CBSE Class X Grammar Practice Test 2

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.

There are hundreds of superstitions which …………1………. in various parts of the country, and the story of them is rather amusing. For example, we …………2………….. that it is unlucky to point to the new moon or to look at it through glass, but if we bow nine times ………..3…………. it we shall have a lucky month.

Now suppose you ……………4………….. a scientist that you believe …………..5…………. a certain superstition, the scientist will immediately require evidence ……………6…………… he can accept your belief. He will want figures to prove it. It will be useless to quote two or three cases; he will want hundreds. Your superstition ………..7………… bear investigation. It may impress an ignorant person; but it cannot face the light of facts. Your case will not carry conviction in a court of law.