(A) Choose the best word from the options given to complete the following passages. (I) In 1502, the great explorer Christopher Columbus visited the West Indies in a new search for a sea-route to India. (a) ... he was there, the natives told him of a mysterious channel leading into the Pacific Ocean, (b).. ran across the present Panama Canal, joining North America (c) South America. Columbus searched for this channel (d) .......... in vain. Nobody else attempted to do so (e) .... 1879, (f) a Frenchman set himself to the task. (g) on the way (h) with undaunted courage and hard work. (a) (i) As (b) (i) as (c) (i) till (d) (i) but (e) (i) after (f) (i) while (g) (i) Yet (h) (i) and there were many difficulties they were overcome (ii) While (iii) Though (ii) that (iii) so (ii) and (iii) while (ii) yet (iii) and (ii) since (iii) because (ii) when (iii) as (ii) If (iii) (ii) yet (iii) Because so (iv) Until (iv) how (iv) or (iv) although (iv) until (iv) after (iv) Although (iv) since (II) The education at the school was poor, according to our ideas, (a) ...... it included almost no science, (b)............. the headmistress did teach Elizabeth that women ought to have as good a chance in life (c) ............. men. (d) ............, when she left school, she was expected to help her mother in running the household (e) ....... she got married. Elizabeth ​