I was engaged in many activities and I wanted a proper reconciliation

In the following passage, at certain points you are given a choice of three words, one of which fits the meaning of the passage. Choose the best word.

I was engaged in many activities and I wanted a proper reconciliation between my activity and thought. Thought without 1. (a) wish (b) action (c) idea is undeveloped thought. Action without 2. (a) thought (b) wish (c) idea is folly. Of course we 3. (a) never (b) belatedly (c) sometimes act on some impulse or 4. (a) peaceful (b) uncontrollable (c) indisputable urge. If suddenly you through 5. (a) no (b) an (c) a brick at me and my 6. (a) hand (b) wrist (c) finger goes up in front to 7. (a) stimulate (b) rescue (c) protect myself, it is an automatic 8. (a) uncontrollable (b) instinctive (c) impulsive action and not a result 9. (a) to (b) in (c) of deliberate thought. Over living is 10. (a) made (b) conditioned (c) developed by a series of automatic 11. (a) thoughts (b) actions (c) wishes from morning till night. Anything 12. (a) we (b) I (c) they do outside that common range of 13. (a) thoughts (b) ideas (c) actions, however, has to be 14. (a) proceeded (b) preceded (c) followed by some measure of thinking. 15. (a) Some (b) If (c) The more action and thought are 16. (a) developed (b) allied (c) hostile and integrated, the more effective 17. (a) they (b) thoughts (c) we become and the happier you 18. (a) appear (b) develop (c) grow. There will then be no 19. (a) reconciliation (b) conflict (c) inflict between a wish to do something and 20. (a) inability (b) probability (c) plausibility to act.

Answers

  1. action
  2. thought
  3. sometimes
  4. uncontrollable
  5. a
  6. hand
  7. protect
  8. instinctive
  9. of
  10. conditioned
  11. actions
  12. we
  13. actions
  14. preceded
  15. The
  16. allied
  17. they
  18. grow
  19. conflict
  20. inability