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7 th Unit: C-Reading: Unity in Diversity in India - Para No: 41 from the List
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Write the corrected word or phrase for each numbered error (22–26). Submit your answers to receive marks, then review the explanations.
Correct (22): We are inheritors of several grand treasures in the fields of music, fine arts, dance, drama, theatre and sculpture.
Explanation: The correct preposition is in when referring to academic or artistic fields.
• for the fields ❌
• in the fields ✔️
Correct (23): Our sages and seers have left behind a tradition of piety, penance, spiritual greatness, conquest of passion, etc.
Explanation: The correct phrasal verb is leave behind (to hand down). “For” is incorrect here.
• left beside for ❌
• left behind ✔️
Correct (24): Our scriptures are the storehouses of spiritual wisdom.
Explanation: The intended meaning is wisdom related to spirituality, not physical matters.
• physical ❌
• spiritual ✔️
Correct (25): Our saints aspired to the realisation of the infinite.
Explanation: The correct structure is aspire to + noun/verb-ing.
• aspired for ❌
• aspired to ✔️
Correct (26): We have inherited great spiritual values contrasted with which the materialistic progress of the West appears insignificant.
Explanation: The paragraph is written in the present tense, so appears is correct.
• appeared ❌
• appears ✔️