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thesmallest of the small and larger than thelargest thing.So he took on a   5____formand went down the hole.  \nHe went and went and went and___6_fell into the netherworld.There were womendown there.\"Look,a tiny monkey!It's fallenfrom above?Then they caught him and  \nplaced him on a platter (thali).The King of  \nSpirits (bhut),who lives in the netherworld,  \nlikes to eat animals.So Hanuman was sent tohim as part of his dinner,along with hisvegetables.Hanuman sat on the platter;7_whatto do.  \nWhile this was going on in the netherworld,Rama sat on his throne on the earth above.The   8___Vasistha and the__9Brahma came to see him.They said to Rama,\"We want to talk privately with you.We don'twant anyone to   10_what we say orinterrupt it.Do we agree?\"“All right.\"SaidRama,\"We'll walk.\"  \n(SSC CGL2014)  \n1.(a)bench(b)chair(c)throne(d)rock  \n5.〔a〕corporeal(b)humungous(c)tiny(d)substantial  \nDetailed Analysis:  \n1.i king Rama市寸市ac言|Rama,bench,chairπ rock升记I言fc-blankspace☆Bc possessive pronoun his 3TTT言|3c:king市according throne    answer TI forwardreading☆last para并，……Rama sat on histhrone on the earth above……  \n5.option (b)humungous(very big)T2T option(d)substantial (large in amount,value orimportance)aì factually wrong ufcRing,earthhole qHI    e  f3Tc:Hanuman市价cI可   π可  aSI I  \nOption(a)corporeal,irrelevant言I corporeal币T 3T9f body π physical lcTt,文HT cis sensepassage并  言1  \n3C:option(c)tiny(zìei)  言1  \nForward reading ì passage并3Hanuman市feg tiny monkey word gac 53IT言1……\"Look,a tiny monkey!It's fallen fromabove?..  \nNote-5 passage市t questions c detailedanalysis uG寸市fy   book   passage.8I  \n01  \nEg.  \nMy aunt Myra is strangely like athunderstorm when she is angry.Like abright,sunny day that is usually the_1_to astorm,her normal 2 suddenly begins tocloud.As the day__3__and a fewthunderclaps roll out she also darkens andbegins to__4 _the bolts get more andmore 5 until finally the rain begins.Withaunt Myra,however,it is a 6_of wordspunctuated with 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