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Direction: In the following passage, certain words are omitted and choices of four alternative words, marked [a] - [d], are given. Select an appropriate word to fill in the blanks from the alternatives. Pt. Motilal Nehru passed away on 6 February 1931. He was all but wrapped up in luxury, but he ... (41)... the comforts of life and plunged into the National Movement. He was ...(42)... that he would not be able to keep his son ...(43)... from the Non-cooperation Movement. He, therefore, considered it necessary to (44)... Jawaharlal Nehru in the Congress activities. Motilal was a unique person, who ... (45)... a living legend. Gandhiji's guru, Gokhale, died on 19 February 1815. Bapu had once Said: "Gokhale's political life is ...(46)... ideal. I have enshrined him in my heart. People of the present generation can... (47)... realize what a tremendous job it was to fight the British Raj, in those days. It was ...(48)... difficult for Gokhale to awaken Indians to fight... (49)... the foreign rule. In 1889, for the first time, he attended the annual session of the Congress. He made a powerful... (50)... there and people felt Gokhale would be India's most capable leader in the days to come.

A)  alarmed           

B)  convinced        

C)  convincing       

D)  alert