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Direction: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.

And then Gandhi came. He was like a ... (181) ... current of fresh air that made us ... (182) ... and take deep breaths like a beam of light that .. (183) ... the darkness and allowed us to see; clearly at last; like a fierce wind that upset many things but most of all the working of people's mind. He did not ... (184) ... from the top; he seemed to ... (185) ... from the millions of India; speaking their language and continually drawing attention to them and to their terrible condition ... (186) ... the backs of these peasants and workers he told us all you who live by their exploitation; ... (187) ... the system that ... (188) ... this poverty and misery. Political freedom took new shape then and ... (189) ... a new meaning. Much that he said we only partially accepted or sometimes did not accept at all. But this was not the really important thing. The ... (190)... of his teaching was fearlessness and truth and action allied to these always keeping the welfare of the masses in view.

A) shake off                       

B) overhaul

C) Transform                     

D) get rid of