Directions​: Read the text and answer the multiple-choice question by selecting the

correct response. Only one response is correct.

The coastal wetlands have environmental and economic importance. Wetlands provide
natural wealth. They have important filtering capabilities. As the run off water passes, they
retain excess nutrients and some pollutants. They maintain water flow during dry periods.
Thousands of people depend on groundwater for drinking. They act as natural sponges of
flood waters and contain soil erosion. They control floods and save the buildings from
collapsing during heavy rains. The hardwood-riparian wetlands along the Mississippi River
can store sixty days of floodwater.
1 Which of the following could be a suitable heading for the paragraph?

a. The Filtering Mechanism of Wetlands

b. Riparian Wetlands along the Mississippi
c. Wetlands- A Great Source of Water During the Dry Summer Days
d. The Ecological Functions and Economic Values of Coastal Wetlands

Directions​: Read the text and answer the multiple-choice question by selecting the
correct response. Only one response is correct.
IT may well change the way you live, yet again. Welcome to the world of mobile commerce,
where your hand–held device, be it a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA) or
any other wireless application will soon be used for commercial transactions. Skeptical?
Consider these facts. In Japan, mobile phones are used for location based services where
the mobile service provider ties up with a host of other players such as restaurants, car
rental companies etc. When the mobile user enters that zone, messages from all these
players are flashed on the mobile device. Location based services are provided in several
other countries as well.
2 Which of the following most accurately summarises the opinion of the author in
the text?
A Location based services are the new craze in technology savvy Japan.
B Service providers in Japan are networking to squeeze the client.
C Mobile commerce is the next big thing on the technology block.
D Location based services are becoming fashionable these days.
English as a Medium
In the past, learning English as a separate subject seemed relatively easy. The textbook
selected and graded items of language which were put into context and then practised
intensively. New items were carefully controlled so that the student could cope quite easily.
Now that English is used as a medium of instruction, however, all this has changed.
Unknown items of grammar and vocabulary appear in texts which attempt to explain new
and often difficult information. Difficulties with the language interact with difficulties as
regards the subject matter. The student's reading in his own subject slows down, and his
comprehension becomes less secure. He expresses himself slowly and often fails to convey
his ideas exactly. He is disappointed to find that under pressure he makes a lot of
unnecessary mistakes in areas where he knows the correct language forms. His social
relations are difficult as he cannot find the right phrase quickly enough to keep a
conversation going, so his language often betrays him into dullness, coldness, or worst of
all, rudeness. Instead of the student being in control of the language, the language seems
now to be in control of the student.All this can be very depressing and the student can start
to feel anxious. Working in a foreign language is also very tiring, and the concentration and
self-discipline required to correct one's mistake is very great indeed.
Read the text and answer the question by selecting all the correct responses.
More than one response is correct.

3 Which of the following statements about learning English can be supported from the
text?
1.​ Learning of English as a subject is the more difficult part.

2.​ Learning of English as a medium of instruction is the more difficult part.

3.​ Language may hinder understanding of the subject.

4.​ Learning of English as a medium of instruction is the easier part.

5.​ Learning of English as a subject is the easier part.

Early Rising
The great advantage of early rising is the head start it gives us in our day’s work. The early
riser has done a large amount of hard work before other men even get out of bed. In the
early morning, the mind is fresh, and there are few sounds or other distractions. In many
cases, the early riser also finds time to take some exercise in the fresh morning air. By
beginning so early, he knows that he has plenty of time to do thoroughly all the work he can
be expected to do. All his work having been finished in good time, he has a long interval of
rest in the evening before the timely hour when he goes to bed. After a sound night’s rest,
he rises early next morning in good health and spirits for the labours of a new day.
Late Rising
The person who lies in bed late, if he wishes to do a full day’s work, goes on working to a
corresponding late hour and denies himself the hour or two of evening exercise that he
ought to take for the benefit of his health. He gets ready for sleep very late in the night.

Read the text and answer the question by selecting all the correct responses.
More than one response is correct.

Which of the following statements are ​not true​ in accordance with the information given
in the above passage?
1.​ Work done early in the morning is generally well done.

2.​ The early riser does not have to hurry over any part of his day’s work.
3.​ Sleep is most refreshing before midnight.

The life of an early riser is more conducive to health than that of the man who
4.​
rises late.

The morning exercise supplies the early riser with a reserve of energy that will
last until the evening
5.​

5 The text boxes in the left panel have been placed in a random order. Restore the
original order by dragging the text boxes from the left panel to the right panel.

1.​ It also will give him something worthwhile to live for.

2.​ If he fails, it may have been due to troubles in his home, his school or
unsympathetic and hostile relative.

3.​ The finest asset any child can have is a happy home.

4.​ If he exhibits good judgement in later years, much of the credit must go to those
who trained him.

5.​ Such environment will enable him to develop strength and stability of character
thereby teaching him to face the future without fear or undue anxiety

6 The text boxes in the left panel have been placed in a random order. Restore the
original order by dragging the text boxes from the left panel to the right panel.

1.​ During this time, I succeeded in learning to read and write.

2.​ I lived in Master Hugh’s’ family for seven years.

3.​ I had no regular teacher.

4.​ Mrs. Hugh, who had kindly consented to instruct me, had, in compliance with the advice
and direction of her husband, not only ceased to instruct, but had set her face against my
being instructed by any one else.

5.​ In accomplishing this, I was compelled to resort to various stratagems.

7 ​Directions:​ ​In the text below, some words are missing. From the boxes given below,
choose the correct word for each blank to complete the text​.

Dreams are ​Blank 1​ of body, mind and spirit in the environmental state of being. Our brains are
in ​Blank 2​ activity. Different states of consciousness cause different brain wave activity. Our
conscious mind only takes up a very small ​Blank 3​ of our brain activity.

fulfilment,communications,sleeping,constant,portion,regular struggle

8 Directions​: In the text below, some words are missing. From the boxes given below,
choose the correct word for each blank to complete the text.

Avoiding exercise could be bad for our mental health too, pushing us into the pit of depression
and causing ​Blank 1​ ​at work. Management experts have discovered that employees who ​Blank
2​ in physical activity are less likely to experience a ​Blank 3​ ​of their mental health,
including ​Blank 4​ ​of burnout and depression.

symptoms,expertise,Impulse,burnout,boost,result,engage,deterioration

9 Directions:​ In the text below, some words are missing. From the boxes given below,
choose the correct word for each blank to complete the text​.

Solar technologies are ​Blank 1​ ​characterized as either passive or active depending on the way
they capture, ​Blank 2​ and distribute sunlight. Active solar techniques​ ​use photo voltaic panels,
pumps, and fans to convert sunlight into useful outputs. Passive solar techniques include
selecting materials with ​Blank 3​ thermal properties, designing spaces that naturally circulate air,
and referencing​ ​the position of a building towards the Sun..

guard,favourable,succinctly,broadly,convert,absorb
10​ EM Forster was highly disgusted to ​Blank 1​ the decline of human values during the days of
World War I. Being a pacifist; he believed that ​Blank 2​ even in self defence is unjust under any
conditions. Forster refused to fight in the First World War; the war which ​Blank 3​ untold miseries
to people. Andre Breton was a French writer and the​Blank 4​ of Surrealism and he believed that
the cultural sensibility of Europe was at ​Blank 5

Options-reflect,crossroads,observe,philosopher,violence,shown,brought,founder,
anger

11 Directions​: Below is a text with blanks. From the boxes given below, choose the
correct word for each blank to complete the text.

The sleep cycle ​Blank 1​ of four stages and lasts about 90 to 120 minutes. Dreams can occur in
any of the four stages of sleep. In 5 percent cases, dreams occur in the last stage of
sleep ​Blank 2​ to as REM sleep stage. Often the sleep cycle repeats after an hour and the
process continues. That is how a person has several different dreams in one night. Most people
remember dreams that occur in the morning when they are about to wake up. But, some
persons can’t remember their dreams. The stages in the sleep cycle are ​Blank 3​ by the
changes in the specific brain activity. In stage one, man is in NREM when muscle relaxation,
lowered body temperature and slowed heart rate is observed. In the dreaming process,
adrenaline is secreted, blood pressure increases and heart beats become faster. People with a
weak heart may die in sleep. Researches have shown that people who are deprived from REM,
exhibit symptoms of ​Blank 4​ and anxiety. Deprivation of REM sleep causes over-senility, lack of
concentration and memory loss. So, dreaming helps tackle stress, the mind is recharged and
the body is revitalized. Dreaming transcends the mere unconscious aspects of social, emotional
and personal awareness.

Blank 1​-comprises,formalizes,initiates,speaks

Blank 2​-differed,addressed,referred,given

Blank 3​-organised,recognised,stirred,linked

Blank 4​-emotions,irritability,desirability,love

12 Directions:​ Below is a text with blanks. From the boxes given below, choose the
correct word for each blank to complete the text.
By the standards of the 70s, when the ​Blank 1​ climbing routes were littered with ​Blank ​2​ tents
and food packets, Everest is a lot cleaner, with just a smattering of plastic bottles and sweet
wrappers on the rocky plateau that is the base camp. But, a Nepali environmental coalition
is ​Blank 3​ the government in Kathmandu to adopt a new management ​Blank 4​ to safeguard the
Himalayas in the ​Blank 5​ of mass tourism – and to make amends for the ​Blank 6​ ​sins of the
past.
Blank 1​-main,real,true,minor,firm

Blank 2​-huge,discarded,exhausted,damaged,small

Blank 3​-encouraging,discouraging,manipulating,pressing​,stimulating

Blank 4-​method,role,technology,plan,plot

Blank 5​-age,era,eon,year,decade

Blank 6​-biological,environmental,technological,chronological,factual

13 Directions:​ Below is a text with blanks.From the boxes given below, choose the correct word
for each blank to complete the text.
Legends have been told for many years about the Great Sphinx. These stories tell about the ​Blank 1​ and
mysteries of this sphinx. Some people even believe that there are hidden passageways or ​Blank
2​ ​underneath the Great Sphinx, but nothing has been found yet.
The beginning of one ​Blank 3​ about the Great Sphinx is written on a stele between the sphinx's
paws.The story reads that one day a young prince fell asleep next to the Great Sphinx. He had been
hunting all day, and was very ​Blank 4​. ​He dreamt that the Great Sphinx promised that he would become
the ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt if he cleared away the sand covering its body (the Great Sphinx was
covered up to its neck). The rest of the story is gone, so you will have to use your ​Blank 5​ to work out the
ending. This stele was put up by the pharaoh Thutmosis IV who lived around 1400 B.C.

Blank 1​-abilities,aptitudes,capabilities,gifts,powers
Blank 2​-gallery,rooms,corridor,entrance,hall
Blank 3​-novel,book,story,tale,record
Blank 4​-angry,rude,jealous,sad,tired
Blank 5​-intelligence,notion,imagination,creation,cognition

14Directions:​ Below is a text with blanks. From the boxes given below, choose the
correct word for each blank to complete the text.
Circumstantial evidence suggests that if the basic building ​Blank 1​ of life are seen scattered in
space, why not life itself? In the sixties, there started inter-disciplinary discussions about ​Blank
2​ life. The astronomers can tell what are the likely sites for life and how many of them are there
in our Milky Way Galaxy of stars. Biologists have to decide what is it that ​Blank 3​ the
life-mechanism and where among the various astronomical sites it is likely to occur. Then, the
evolutionists have to say how a simple living system can develop over what time ​Blank 4​ into a
complex intelligent species. Experts in artificial intelligence, communications and information
transfer are needed to resolve the problem of contacting such species if they ​Blank 5​. And the
social scientists need to assess the lifetime of an advanced civilization.
Blank 1-​cells,spans,blocks,designs

Blank 2​-alien,extra-terrestrial,native,celestial
Blank 3​-imperils,invokes,stirs,triggers

Blank 4​-span,gap,test,sequence

Blank 5​-hold,exist,desire,die

15 Directions​: Below is a text with blanks.From the boxes given below, choose the
correct word for each blank to complete the text​.
A zero–ended rationalism about computers is that they only do what they are programmed to.
The reasoning goes something like this: If one incorporates into a computer the capability
to ​Blank 1​ ​the meaning and function of the symbols representing 'two', 'multiply' and 'equals to'
then it would have no problem solving the equation : 2 x 2 =? But how different is this really
from what a child learns in grade school? It's exactly the same. There can definitely be no ​Blank
2​ in certain children to be better in maths than others since arithmetic even at a lowly human
level is, after all, only an acquired trait and acquired traits are not inherited. However, what has
been missing so far in the environment of a computer is the role of a family and the nurture it
provides for a ​Blank 3​ predisposition. This is because genetically, some children could have
stronger musculature to become better cricketers or actors but only when given the ​Blank
4​ ​ambient training. The answer therefore lies not in suddenly blitzing a super computer's
hardware memory and logic bank its equivalent of musculature with the rules and ​Blank 5​ of
some table game, but to bring it home as a baby.

Blank 1​-arrange,recognise,explain,discuss
Blank 2-​force,propensity,compulsion,necessity

Blank 3​-certain,desirable,potential,necessary

Blank 4​-necessary,desirable,certain,potential

Blank 5​-practices,principles,rhymes,strategies