Direction (Q. Nos. 76-80 ) : in the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct words for the given blanks.

It is not luck but labour that ___76___ men, says an American writer. Luck is ever waiting for something to turn up; labour with keen eyes and strong will always turn ___77___ something. Luck lies in bed and wishes the postman would bring him news of legacy; labour turns out at six and with busy pen and ringing hammer lays the ___78___ of competence. Luck whines, labour watches. Luck relies on change, labour on character. Luck slips downwards to self-indulgence ;labour strides upwards and ___79___ to independence. The conviction, therefore, is extending that diligence is the mother of good luck, in other words, that a man’s success in life will be ___80___ to his efforts, to his industry, to his attention to small things.

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