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Directions: In question numbers 82 to 86, in the passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to the question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks. Even before the commencement of the age of metal large human 82 were seen at many places. The development of agriculture has 83 the way for settled life. Agriculture gave rise to many 84 professions and vocations. Society came to be organized into various classes. The concept of private property and trade started gaining ground. Out of the need to protect life and property and to 85 social life, 86 the idea of public administration. Large human settlements equipped with such administrative machinery generally developed in the valleys of the major rivers and are known as the river valley civilization.

A) allied                            

B) peculiar

C) old                               

D) durable