Passage 4 Language Section

     Passage 4 

Language Section 

 (2019)

 India is a land of pilgrims and pilgrimages. These holy places, whether in the hills or in the plains, are generally situated on river banks or by the sea. It is not only the religious people who visit these places of pilgrimages, but also travellers and sight-seers from all over India and abroad. Wherever two or more rivers meet, pilgrims come to bathe and worship because that place is supposed to be holy. One such place is Haridwar which is situated on the bank of river Ganga.

1. Holy places are visited by religious people, sight-seens as well as

(A) children

(B) travellers

(C) traders

(D) voyagers

2. Which one of the following is a synonym of the word 'generally'?

(A) usually

(B) publicly

(C) occasionally

(D) eventually

3. The place is considered 'holy' where two or more rivers meet.

Here the antonym of the word 'holy' is:

(A) godly

(B) religious

(C) cursed

(D) pious

4. People come to bathe and worship in the Ganga as its water is:

(A) holy

(B) clear and clean

(C) cool

(D) healthy

5. People go on a pilgrimage because they are:

(A) curious

(B) religious

(C) explorers

(D) old