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7 th Unit: C-Reading: Unity in Diversity in India - Para No: 41 from the List

India has a rich cultural heritage. (22) We are inheritors of several grand treasures for the fields of music, fine arts, dance, drama, theatre and sculpture. (23) Our sages and seers have left for a tradition of piety, penance, spiritual greatness, conquest of passion, etc. (24) Our scriptures are the storehouses of physical wisdom. (25) Our saints aspired for the realisation of the infinite. (26) We have inherited great spiritual values contrasted with which the materialistic progress of the West appeared insignificant.

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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 ✔️

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