IBPS Clerk Prelims Model Paper 1

Directions (25-30):
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
An idol-maker had to deliver an idol to a customer. He placed it on his donkey’s back and they began their journey. The idol-maker was extremely ...(25)... at his job and this particular ...(26)... was one of the best he had ever made. Whoever saw it stopped to bow down and ...(27).... The donkey ...(28)... they were bowing to him. He was enormously pleased and flattered. He did not wish to go away from the place where he was held in such high ...(29)... and so he stopped ...(30)....