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Direction: In the following questions, you have several brief passages, where some of the words have been left out. Read the passages carefully and choose the correct answer to each blank out of the four alternatives.

Passage -I

Phobia is the (146) fear of a thing or situation. Social Phobia is the irrational fear of social situations. It occurs in 2.4 person per 100 population, more (147) in men than women, even though recent studies say that it is (148). The problem most often starts during adolescence and early (149). The individual is (150) and tense in social situations -like waiting for a/an (151) in crowded places, at (152) gatherings like marriages, parties, and at restaurants. The (153) is because he feels that something (154) will happen to him, he may go wrong, behave in a silly way and others will (155) him.

A) widespread                    

B) false

C) equal    

D) illogical