IBPS Clerk Prelims Model Paper 15

Directions (7-10):
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.
Long time ago, there lived a group of rats under a tree ...(7)... One day a group of tigers in search of water passed that way and ...(8)... the homes of the rats. As a result, many of them were crushed to ...(9)... The king of rats decided to ...(10)... the tiger king and request him to use another route.