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Directions for the Close Comprehension Passage (For the 20 items which follow) : Supply suitable word in the blank of each item which is followed by four words or groups of words. In a few seconds we ran the boat into a little bay, where we made her fast to a piece of coral, and running up the beach, entered the ranks of the penguins armed with our sticks and spears. We were greatly surprised to that instead of attacking us or signs of fear at our these strange birds do not move their places until we took hold them, merely their eyes on us wonder as we passed. There one old penguin, however that to walk slowly towards the sea, and Peterkin it into his head that he try to stop it, so he between it and the sea and his stick in its face. But this to be a determined old . It would not go back; in fact, it not cease to advance, but with Peterkin bravely, and him before it until it the sea. Had Peterkin used his he would have easily killed it. 44
Answer: C
Directions for the Close Comprehension Passage (For the 20 items which follow) : Supply suitable word in the blank of each item which is followed by four words or groups of words. In a few seconds we ran the boat into a little bay, where we made her fast to a piece of coral, and running up the beach, entered the ranks of the penguins armed with our sticks and spears. We were greatly surprised to that instead of attacking us or signs of fear at our these strange birds do not move their places until we took hold them, merely their eyes on us wonder as we passed. There one old penguin, however that to walk slowly towards the sea, and Peterkin it into his head that he try to stop it, so he between it and the sea and his stick in its face. But this to be a determined old . It would not go back; in fact, it not cease to advance, but with Peterkin bravely, and him before it until it the sea. Had Peterkin used his he would have easily killed it. 45
Answer: A
Directions for the Close Comprehension Passage (For the 20 items which follow) : Supply suitable word in the blank of each item which is followed by four words or groups of words. In a few seconds we ran the boat into a little bay, where we made her fast to a piece of coral, and running up the beach, entered the ranks of the penguins armed with our sticks and spears. We were greatly surprised to that instead of attacking us or signs of fear at our these strange birds do not move their places until we took hold them, merely their eyes on us wonder as we passed. There one old penguin, however that to walk slowly towards the sea, and Peterkin it into his head that he try to stop it, so he between it and the sea and his stick in its face. But this to be a determined old . It would not go back; in fact, it not cease to advance, but with Peterkin bravely, and him before it until it the sea. Had Peterkin used his he would have easily killed it. 46
Answer: B
Directions for the Close Comprehension Passage (For the 20 items which follow) : Supply suitable word in the blank of each item which is followed by four words or groups of words. In a few seconds we ran the boat into a little bay, where we made her fast to a piece of coral, and running up the beach, entered the ranks of the penguins armed with our sticks and spears. We were greatly surprised to that instead of attacking us or signs of fear at our these strange birds do not move their places until we took hold them, merely their eyes on us wonder as we passed. There one old penguin, however that to walk slowly towards the sea, and Peterkin it into his head that he try to stop it, so he between it and the sea and his stick in its face. But this to be a determined old . It would not go back; in fact, it not cease to advance, but with Peterkin bravely, and him before it until it the sea. Had Peterkin used his he would have easily killed it. 47
Answer: A
Directions for the Close Comprehension Passage (For the 20 items which follow) : Supply suitable word in the blank of each item which is followed by four words or groups of words. In a few seconds we ran the boat into a little bay, where we made her fast to a piece of coral, and running up the beach, entered the ranks of the penguins armed with our sticks and spears. We were greatly surprised to that instead of attacking us or signs of fear at our these strange birds do not move their places until we took hold them, merely their eyes on us wonder as we passed. There one old penguin, however that to walk slowly towards the sea, and Peterkin it into his head that he try to stop it, so he between it and the sea and his stick in its face. But this to be a determined old . It would not go back; in fact, it not cease to advance, but with Peterkin bravely, and him before it until it the sea. Had Peterkin used his he would have easily killed it. 48
Answer: B
Directions for the Close Comprehension Passage (For the 20 items which follow) : Supply suitable word in the blank of each item which is followed by four words or groups of words. In a few seconds we ran the boat into a little bay, where we made her fast to a piece of coral, and running up the beach, entered the ranks of the penguins armed with our sticks and spears. We were greatly surprised to that instead of attacking us or signs of fear at our these strange birds do not move their places until we took hold them, merely their eyes on us wonder as we passed. There one old penguin, however that to walk slowly towards the sea, and Peterkin it into his head that he try to stop it, so he between it and the sea and his stick in its face. But this to be a determined old . It would not go back; in fact, it not cease to advance, but with Peterkin bravely, and him before it until it the sea. Had Peterkin used his he would have easily killed it. 49
Answer: C
Directions for the Close Comprehension Passage (For the 20 items which follow) : Supply suitable word in the blank of each item which is followed by four words or groups of words. In a few seconds we ran the boat into a little bay, where we made her fast to a piece of coral, and running up the beach, entered the ranks of the penguins armed with our sticks and spears. We were greatly surprised to that instead of attacking us or signs of fear at our these strange birds do not move their places until we took hold them, merely their eyes on us wonder as we passed. There one old penguin, however that to walk slowly towards the sea, and Peterkin it into his head that he try to stop it, so he between it and the sea and his stick in its face. But this to be a determined old . It would not go back; in fact, it not cease to advance, but with Peterkin bravely, and him before it until it the sea. Had Peterkin used his he would have easily killed it. 50
Answer: B
Directions (For the next 08 items which follow) : Read the following 02 passages and answer the questions that follow each passage : PASSAGE I There was a farewell ceremony on her last day at school, to which my parents and I were invited. It was a touching ceremony in a solemn kind of way. The City Corporation sent a representative and so did the two main political parties. There were many speeches and my grandmother was garlanded by a girl from every class. Then the head-girl, a particular favourite of hers, unveiled the farewell present the girls had bought for her by subscription. It was a large marble model of the Taj Mahal; it had a bulb inside and could be lit up like a table lamp. My grandmother made a speech too, but she couldn't finish it properly, for she began to cry before she got to the end of it and to stop to wipe away her tears. I turned away when she began dabbing at her eyes with a huge green handkerchief, and discovered, to my surprise, that many of the girls sitting around me were wiping their eyes too. I was very jealous, I remember. I had always taken it for granted that it was my own special right to love her; I did not know how to cope with the discovery that my right had been infringed by a whole school.
The farewell ceremony described in the passage is for the
Answer: D
Directions (For the next 08 items which follow) : Read the following 02 passages and answer the questions that follow each passage : PASSAGE I There was a farewell ceremony on her last day at school, to which my parents and I were invited. It was a touching ceremony in a solemn kind of way. The City Corporation sent a representative and so did the two main political parties. There were many speeches and my grandmother was garlanded by a girl from every class. Then the head-girl, a particular favourite of hers, unveiled the farewell present the girls had bought for her by subscription. It was a large marble model of the Taj Mahal; it had a bulb inside and could be lit up like a table lamp. My grandmother made a speech too, but she couldn't finish it properly, for she began to cry before she got to the end of it and to stop to wipe away her tears. I turned away when she began dabbing at her eyes with a huge green handkerchief, and discovered, to my surprise, that many of the girls sitting around me were wiping their eyes too. I was very jealous, I remember. I had always taken it for granted that it was my own special right to love her; I did not know how to cope with the discovery that my right had been infringed by a whole school.
The farewell ceremony made everyone feel
Answer: A
Directions (For the next 08 items which follow) : Read the following 02 passages and answer the questions that follow each passage : PASSAGE I There was a farewell ceremony on her last day at school, to which my parents and I were invited. It was a touching ceremony in a solemn kind of way. The City Corporation sent a representative and so did the two main political parties. There were many speeches and my grandmother was garlanded by a girl from every class. Then the head-girl, a particular favourite of hers, unveiled the farewell present the girls had bought for her by subscription. It was a large marble model of the Taj Mahal; it had a bulb inside and could be lit up like a table lamp. My grandmother made a speech too, but she couldn't finish it properly, for she began to cry before she got to the end of it and to stop to wipe away her tears. I turned away when she began dabbing at her eyes with a huge green handkerchief, and discovered, to my surprise, that many of the girls sitting around me were wiping their eyes too. I was very jealous, I remember. I had always taken it for granted that it was my own special right to love her; I did not know how to cope with the discovery that my right had been infringed by a whole school.
Before the writer attended the ceremony he/she had thought
Answer: A
Directions (For the next 08 items which follow) : Read the following 02 passages and answer the questions that follow each passage : PASSAGE I There was a farewell ceremony on her last day at school, to which my parents and I were invited. It was a touching ceremony in a solemn kind of way. The City Corporation sent a representative and so did the two main political parties. There were many speeches and my grandmother was garlanded by a girl from every class. Then the head-girl, a particular favourite of hers, unveiled the farewell present the girls had bought for her by subscription. It was a large marble model of the Taj Mahal; it had a bulb inside and could be lit up like a table lamp. My grandmother made a speech too, but she couldn't finish it properly, for she began to cry before she got to the end of it and to stop to wipe away her tears. I turned away when she began dabbing at her eyes with a huge green handkerchief, and discovered, to my surprise, that many of the girls sitting around me were wiping their eyes too. I was very jealous, I remember. I had always taken it for granted that it was my own special right to love her; I did not know how to cope with the discovery that my right had been infringed by a whole school.
PASSAGE II It is no doubt true that we cannot go through life without sorrow. There can be no sunshine without shadow, we must not complain that roses have thorns but rather be grateful that thorns bear flowers. Our existence here is so complex that we must expect much sorrow and suffering. Yet it is certain that no man was ever discontented with the world who did his duty in it. The world is like a looking glass; if you smile, it smiles; if you frown, it frowns back. Always try, then, to look at the bright side of things. There are some persons whose very presence seems like a ray of sunshine and brightens the whole room. Life has been described as a comedy to those who think and a tragedy to those who feel. The author says that we cannot go through life without sorrow because
Answer: D
Directions (For the next 08 items which follow) : Read the following 02 passages and answer the questions that follow each passage : PASSAGE I There was a farewell ceremony on her last day at school, to which my parents and I were invited. It was a touching ceremony in a solemn kind of way. The City Corporation sent a representative and so did the two main political parties. There were many speeches and my grandmother was garlanded by a girl from every class. Then the head-girl, a particular favourite of hers, unveiled the farewell present the girls had bought for her by subscription. It was a large marble model of the Taj Mahal; it had a bulb inside and could be lit up like a table lamp. My grandmother made a speech too, but she couldn't finish it properly, for she began to cry before she got to the end of it and to stop to wipe away her tears. I turned away when she began dabbing at her eyes with a huge green handkerchief, and discovered, to my surprise, that many of the girls sitting around me were wiping their eyes too. I was very jealous, I remember. I had always taken it for granted that it was my own special right to love her; I did not know how to cope with the discovery that my right had been infringed by a whole school.
According to the author no man can be discontented with the world if he
Answer: B
Directions (For the next 08 items which follow) : Read the following 02 passages and answer the questions that follow each passage : PASSAGE I There was a farewell ceremony on her last day at school, to which my parents and I were invited. It was a touching ceremony in a solemn kind of way. The City Corporation sent a representative and so did the two main political parties. There were many speeches and my grandmother was garlanded by a girl from every class. Then the head-girl, a particular favourite of hers, unveiled the farewell present the girls had bought for her by subscription. It was a large marble model of the Taj Mahal; it had a bulb inside and could be lit up like a table lamp. My grandmother made a speech too, but she couldn't finish it properly, for she began to cry before she got to the end of it and to stop to wipe away her tears. I turned away when she began dabbing at her eyes with a huge green handkerchief, and discovered, to my surprise, that many of the girls sitting around me were wiping their eyes too. I was very jealous, I remember. I had always taken it for granted that it was my own special right to love her; I did not know how to cope with the discovery that my right had been infringed by a whole school.
The expression “life is a tragedy to those who feel” means that it is a tragedy to those who
Answer: D
Directions (For the next 08 items which follow) : Read the following 02 passages and answer the questions that follow each passage : PASSAGE I There was a farewell ceremony on her last day at school, to which my parents and I were invited. It was a touching ceremony in a solemn kind of way. The City Corporation sent a representative and so did the two main political parties. There were many speeches and my grandmother was garlanded by a girl from every class. Then the head-girl, a particular favourite of hers, unveiled the farewell present the girls had bought for her by subscription. It was a large marble model of the Taj Mahal; it had a bulb inside and could be lit up like a table lamp. My grandmother made a speech too, but she couldn't finish it properly, for she began to cry before she got to the end of it and to stop to wipe away her tears. I turned away when she began dabbing at her eyes with a huge green handkerchief, and discovered, to my surprise, that many of the girls sitting around me were wiping their eyes too. I was very jealous, I remember. I had always taken it for granted that it was my own special right to love her; I did not know how to cope with the discovery that my right had been infringed by a whole school.
The author says, “There are some persons whose very presence seems like a ray of sunshine and brightens the whole room”. The reason for this is that they
Answer: C
Directions (For the next 08 items which follow) : Read the following 02 passages and answer the questions that follow each passage : PASSAGE I There was a farewell ceremony on her last day at school, to which my parents and I were invited. It was a touching ceremony in a solemn kind of way. The City Corporation sent a representative and so did the two main political parties. There were many speeches and my grandmother was garlanded by a girl from every class. Then the head-girl, a particular favourite of hers, unveiled the farewell present the girls had bought for her by subscription. It was a large marble model of the Taj Mahal; it had a bulb inside and could be lit up like a table lamp. My grandmother made a speech too, but she couldn't finish it properly, for she began to cry before she got to the end of it and to stop to wipe away her tears. I turned away when she began dabbing at her eyes with a huge green handkerchief, and discovered, to my surprise, that many of the girls sitting around me were wiping their eyes too. I was very jealous, I remember. I had always taken it for granted that it was my own special right to love her; I did not know how to cope with the discovery that my right had been infringed by a whole school.
What is the author's message in this passage?
Answer: A
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His information is not AUTHENTIC.
Answer: B, D
MCQ (More than One Correct Answer) Refer to the directions above.
He is not CUT OUT to be a teacher.
Answer: B
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The Chief Minister REPRIMANDED the officers for their methods of handling the public.
Answer: B
MCQ (More than One Correct Answer) Refer to the directions above.
Sin is the sole calamity that a wise man should APPREHEND.
Answer: D
MCQ (More than One Correct Answer) Refer to the directions above.
We must be proud of our cultural HERITAGE.
Answer: C
Directions (For the 10 items which follow) : Read the following three passages and answer the items that follow each passage. PASSAGE—1 Even in the most primitive societies, the great majority of people satisfy a large part of their material needs by exchanging goods and services. Very few people indeed can make for themselves everything they need —all their food, their clothes, their housing, their tools. Ever since men started living in communities, they have been satisfying their needs by means of specialization and exchange; increasingly each individual has concentrated on what he can do best, and has produced more of the special goods or services in which he has concentrated, than he can consume himself. The surplus he has exchanged with other members of the community, acquiring, in exchange the things he needs that others have produced.
According to the passage, the great majority of people can satisfy their needs today by
Answer: B
Directions (For the 10 items which follow) : Read the following three passages and answer the items that follow each passage. PASSAGE—1 Even in the most primitive societies, the great majority of people satisfy a large part of their material needs by exchanging goods and services. Very few people indeed can make for themselves everything they need —all their food, their clothes, their housing, their tools. Ever since men started living in communities, they have been satisfying their needs by means of specialization and exchange; increasingly each individual has concentrated on what he can do best, and has produced more of the special goods or services in which he has concentrated, than he can consume himself. The surplus he has exchanged with other members of the community, acquiring, in exchange the things he needs that others have produced.
Exchange of goods becomes possible only when
Answer: B
Directions (For the 10 items which follow) : Read the following three passages and answer the items that follow each passage. PASSAGE—1 Even in the most primitive societies, the great majority of people satisfy a large part of their material needs by exchanging goods and services. Very few people indeed can make for themselves everything they need —all their food, their clothes, their housing, their tools. Ever since men started living in communities, they have been satisfying their needs by means of specialization and exchange; increasingly each individual has concentrated on what he can do best, and has produced more of the special goods or services in which he has concentrated, than he can consume himself. The surplus he has exchanged with other members of the community, acquiring, in exchange the things he needs that others have produced.
Specialization and exchange began when men started
Answer: D
Directions (For the 10 items which follow) : Read the following three passages and answer the items that follow each passage. PASSAGE—1 Even in the most primitive societies, the great majority of people satisfy a large part of their material needs by exchanging goods and services. Very few people indeed can make for themselves everything they need —all their food, their clothes, their housing, their tools. Ever since men started living in communities, they have been satisfying their needs by means of specialization and exchange; increasingly each individual has concentrated on what he can do best, and has produced more of the special goods or services in which he has concentrated, than he can consume himself. The surplus he has exchanged with other members of the community, acquiring, in exchange the things he needs that others have produced.
Exchange of goods and services becomes necessary because
Answer: D
Directions (For the 10 items which follow) : Read the following three passages and answer the items that follow each passage. PASSAGE—1 Even in the most primitive societies, the great majority of people satisfy a large part of their material needs by exchanging goods and services. Very few people indeed can make for themselves everything they need —all their food, their clothes, their housing, their tools. Ever since men started living in communities, they have been satisfying their needs by means of specialization and exchange; increasingly each individual has concentrated on what he can do best, and has produced more of the special goods or services in which he has concentrated, than he can consume himself. The surplus he has exchanged with other members of the community, acquiring, in exchange the things he needs that others have produced.
PASSAGE—2 What interests many people is the possibility of finding an Earth-like planet, and many science fiction stories have been woven around the possibility of there existing a planet somewhere in the universe which is an exact replica of the Earth. There are too many variable quantities for this to be a possibility worth considering. What is possible, if planetary systems are common as they seem to be, is the existence of planets where the conditions are similar to conditions on the Earth and to which our form of life could rapidly adapt. If life had gained a foothold on such a planet, it is possible that life closely paralleling our own planet could have developed. What sort of conditions is necessary for life as we know it to develop? First of all of course a suitable planetary body is essential. Given this, then two vital conditions must be satisfied. The temperature must be neither too hot nor too cold, since intense heat breaks down organic molecules and severe cold prevents activity from going on. Too much short-wave radiation also upsets living organisms. The other prerequisite is a suitable atmosphere sufficiently dense to give protection from radiation and meteorites and containing oxygen and water vapour in reasonable quantities. This passage suggests that there
Answer: C