Question 1 :
<div><div><div><span>Read the passage and answer the question that follows. </span></div></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span>Ah! Whatever could be said was said. All held him guilty. Even his own mother who claimed to understand him the best. All had betrayed him in his hour of need. Yet, there he was, still with a sparkling hope and knew that the truth must prevail. In the cold, dark and damp cell he never for a moment lost faith in God and goodness and was waiting anxiously for an angel to come, plead </span>non-guilty<span> for him and free him of his miseries.</span></div></div><div><br/></div>Whatever others said about him, he ________.
Question 3 :
<span>Poet: "Who art thou?"</span><br/><span>Rain: "I am the poem of the earth."</span><br/><span>Poet: "Why have you come here?"</span><br/><span>Rain: "To beautify my origin. I also want to give life to unborn seeds."</span><br/><span>A poet asked the rain __________</span><span class="MathJax_Preview"></span><span class="MathJax"><span class="math"><span><span><span class="mrow"><span class="mo">[</span><span class="mn">1</span><span class="mo">]</span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span><span class="MJX_Assistive_MathML">[21]</span></span><span>. The rain answered that ________</span><span class="MathJax_Preview"></span><span class="MathJax"><span class="math"><span><span><span class="mrow"><span class="mo">[</span><span class="mn">2</span><span class="mo">]</span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span><span class="MJX_Assistive_MathML">[22]</span></span><span>. The poet again asked it __________</span><span class="MathJax_Preview"></span><span class="MathJax"><span class="math"><span><span><span class="mrow"><span class="mo">[</span><span class="mn">3</span><span class="mo">]</span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span><span class="MJX_Assistive_MathML">[23]</span></span><span>. The rain replied that ________</span><span class="MathJax_Preview"></span><span class="MathJax"><span class="math"><span><span><span class="mrow"><span class="mo">[4</span><span class="mo">]</span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span><span class="MJX_Assistive_MathML">[24]</span></span><span>. It further told that _________</span><span class="MathJax_Preview"></span><span class="MathJax"><span class="math"><span><span><span class="mrow"><span class="mo">[</span><span class="mn">5</span><span class="mo">]</span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span><span class="MJX_Assistive_MathML">[25]</span></span><span>.</span><div><br/></div><div>Read the following dialogue between the poet and the rain, and fill in the blank [2]<span> with the most appropriate option.</span></div>
Question 4 :
<div><div><span>Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.</span></div></div><div><br/></div><div><span>We should preserve nature to preserve life and beauty. A beautiful landscape, full of green vegetation, will not just attract our attention but will fill us with infinite satisfaction. Unfortunately, because of modernization, much of nature is now yielding to towns, roads and industrial areas In a few places, some natural reserves are now being carved out to avert the danger of destroying nature completely. Man will perish without nature, so modern man should continue this struggle to save plants, which give us oxygen, from extinction. Moreover, nature is essential to man's health.</span><br/></div><div><br/></div>What does "Nature" in the passage mean? 
Question 5 :
Arrange the parts to form a meaningful sentence:<br/><br/>P) <u>no conclusive evidence</u><br/>Q) <u>the enquiry committee found</u><br/>R) <u>to the airplane</u><br/>S) <u>of a thermal shock</u> <br/>
Question 6 :
<div><span>In the following, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to re-arrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. </span><br/></div><div><br/></div>Such was <br/>(P) the scale of devastation <br/>(Q) that it was described as the worst natural disaster<br/>(R) caused by the hurricane <br/>(S) to hit Central America this century.<div><br/></div><div><span>The correct sequence should be:</span><br/></div>
Question 7 :
<span>Each conversation has the sentences mixed up. Reorder them correctly. Choose from (A), (B), (C) or (D).</span><div><br/></div><div>__________<br/>(a) Yes, please. And you have to wear this badge all the time.<br/>(b) No, you can keep it until you leave.<br/>(c) OK, we need to do a couple of things first. You need to fill in your details here.<br/>(d) Do I give it back when I finish in the evening ?<br/>(e) Fine. Shall I do that now ?</div>
Question 8 :
<div><span>Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.<br/></span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span>As civilization proceeds in the direction of technology, it passes the point of supplying all the basic of life, food, shelter, clothes and warmth. Then we are faced with a choice between using technology to provide and fulfil needs which have hitherto been regarded as unnecessary or, on the other hand, using technology to reduce the number of hours of work which a man must do in order to earn a given standard of living. In other words, we either raise our standard of living above that necessary for comfort and happiness or we leave it at this level and work shorter hours. I shall take it as axiomatic that mankind has, by that time, chosen the later alternative. Men will be working shorter and shorter hours in their paid employment.</span><br/></div><div><br/></div>"Then we are faced with a choice...." what does "then" refer to? 
Question 9 :
<span></span><div>Read the telephonic conversation between Rohit and Radhika and answer the question that follows:</div><div><br/></div><div>Rohit:" Hello!"</div><div>Radhika: "Hello, could I speak to Shreya please?"</div><div>Rohit: "No, she has gone to the market to purchase balloons for her birthday party. I am her younger brother, Rohit."</div><div>Radhika: "Oh! Would you convey my message to her? I am her friend Radhika."</div><div>Rohit: "Of course, with pleasure."</div><div>Radhika: "Tell her that I will not be able to attend her birthday party because my mother has slipped from the stairs, and I have to take her to the hospital."</div><div>Rohit: "Okay, I'll convey your message to Shreya and you do take care of your mother. Bye."</div><div><br/></div>Radhika will not be able to attend Shreya's birthday party because _____
Question 10 :
Read the following short passage and answer the question that follow each passage.<br><br>For some women, the cost of giving birth can be an unexpectedly a large burden. The average normal birth now costs ? 3,200 and a birth with complications can cost thousands of rupees more. Of women in the primary child-bearing age. range of eighteen to twenty-four, who.account for about 40 percent of all births in this country annually, more than 25 percent have no health care insurance to pay maternity costs. <br>If the above statements are true, which one of the following must also be true ?<br>
Question 11 :
<span>Read the following story and answer the question that follows:</span><br/><span>All the animals of the forest gathered to elect their new king.</span><br/><span>They chose the monkey because they were amused by his antics. The fox was very disappointed at not being chosen and waited for a chance to get it.</span><br/><span>One day, he found a piece of meat on a path. He realized at once it was the bait for a trap. But off he went to the monkey and offered to show him where it was, as a sign of his loyalty. The monkey king at once fell into the trap and the fox burst out laughing.</span><br/><span>'With so few wits, you cannot even rule yourself; let alone animals.'</span><span><br/><br/>Fill in the blank with a suitable option:<br/>The fox was disappointed because __________________.</span>
Question 12 :
<span>Poet: "Who art thou?"</span><br/><span>Rain: "I am the poem of the earth."</span><br/><span>Poet: "Why have you come here?"</span><br/><span>Rain: "To beautify my origin. I also want to give life to unborn seeds."</span><br/><span>A poet asked the rain __________</span><span class="MathJax_Preview"></span><span class="MathJax"><span class="math"><span><span><span class="mrow"><span class="mo">[</span><span class="mn">1</span><span class="mo">]</span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span><span class="MJX_Assistive_MathML">[21]</span></span><span>. The rain answered that ________</span><span class="MathJax_Preview"></span><span class="MathJax"><span class="math"><span><span><span class="mrow"><span class="mo">[</span><span class="mn">2</span><span class="mo">]</span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span><span class="MJX_Assistive_MathML">[22]</span></span><span>. The poet again asked it __________</span><span class="MathJax_Preview"></span><span class="MathJax"><span class="math"><span><span><span class="mrow"><span class="mo">[</span><span class="mn">3</span><span class="mo">]</span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span><span class="MJX_Assistive_MathML">[23]</span></span><span>. The rain replied that ________</span><span class="MathJax_Preview"></span><span class="MathJax"><span class="math"><span><span><span class="mrow"><span class="mo">[4</span><span class="mo">]</span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span><span class="MJX_Assistive_MathML">[24]</span></span><span>. It further told that _________</span><span class="MathJax_Preview"></span><span class="MathJax"><span class="math"><span><span><span class="mrow"><span class="mo">[</span><span class="mn">5</span><span class="mo">]</span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span><span class="MJX_Assistive_MathML">[25]</span></span><span>.</span><div><br/></div><div>Read the following dialogue between the poet and the rain, and fill in the blank [5] with the most appropriate option.</div>
Question 13 :
<span>Poet: "Who art thou?"</span><br/><span>Rain: "I am the poem of the earth."</span><br/><span>Poet: "Why have you come here?"</span><br/><span>Rain: "To beautify my origin. I also want to give life to unborn seeds."</span><br/><span>A poet asked the rain __________</span><span class="MathJax_Preview"></span><span class="MathJax"><span class="math"><span><span><span class="mrow"><span class="mo">[</span><span class="mn">1</span><span class="mo">]</span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span><span class="MJX_Assistive_MathML">[21]</span></span><span>. The rain answered that ________</span><span class="MathJax_Preview"></span><span class="MathJax"><span class="math"><span><span><span class="mrow"><span class="mo">[</span><span class="mn">2</span><span class="mo">]</span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span><span class="MJX_Assistive_MathML">[22]</span></span><span>. The poet again asked it __________</span><span class="MathJax_Preview"></span><span class="MathJax"><span class="math"><span><span><span class="mrow"><span class="mo">[</span><span class="mn">3</span><span class="mo">]</span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span><span class="MJX_Assistive_MathML">[23]</span></span><span>. The rain replied that ________</span><span class="MathJax_Preview"></span><span class="MathJax"><span class="math"><span><span><span class="mrow"><span class="mo">[4</span><span class="mo">]</span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span><span class="MJX_Assistive_MathML">[24]</span></span><span>. It further told that _________</span><span class="MathJax_Preview"></span><span class="MathJax"><span class="math"><span><span><span class="mrow"><span class="mo">[</span><span class="mn">5</span><span class="mo">]</span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span><span class="MJX_Assistive_MathML">[25]</span></span><span>.</span><div><br/></div><div>Read the dialogue between the poet and the rain, and fill in the blank [4] with the most appropriate option.</div>
Question 14 :
<div><div><div><span>Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.<br/></span></div></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span>As civilization proceeds in the direction of technology, it passes the point of supplying all the basic of life, food, shelter, clothes and warmth. Then we are faced with a choice between using technology to provide and fulfill needs which have hitherto been regarded as unnecessary or, on the other hand, using technology to reduce the number of hours of work which a man must do in order to earn a given standard of living. In other words, we either raise our standard of living above that necessary for comfort and happiness or we leave it at this level and work shorter hours. I shall take it as axiomatic that mankind has, by that time, chosen the later alternative. Men will be working shorter and shorter hours in their paid employment.</span></div></div><div><br/></div>What does the passage suggest about the use of technology? 
Question 15 :
<span>Choose the best answer from (A), (B), (C) or (D), to complete sentence.</span><div><u>WONDERLAND PARK<br/></u>Come see the new baby elephants.<br/>Feeding time daily at 7 A.M.<br/>Visitors are welcome to watch.</div>
Question 16 :
<div><div><div><span>Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.</span></div></div><div><br/></div><div><span>We should preserve nature to preserve life and beauty. A beautiful landscape, full of green vegetation, will not just attract our attention but will fill us with infinite satisfaction. Unfortunately, because of modernization, much of nature is now yielding to towns, roads and industrial areas In a few places, some natural reserves are now being carved out to avert the danger of destroying nature completely. Man will perish without nature, so modern man should continue this struggle to save plants, which give us oxygen, from extinction. Moreover, nature is essential to man's health.</span></div></div><div><br/></div>Which one of the following is the correct statement? According to the passage ________. <span><br/></span>
Question 17 :
Arrange the sentences in a logical sequence.<br/><br/>(i) He loved to distribute them among small kids.<br/>(ii) He wore a long, loose shirt with many pockets.<br/>(iii) And in doing so his eyes brightened.<br/>(iv) The pockets of his shirt bulged with toffees and chocolates.<br/>
Question 18 :
<div><div><div><span>Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.<br/></span></div></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span>As civilization proceeds in the direction of technology, it passes the point of supplying all the basic of life, food, shelter, clothes and warmth. Then we are faced with a choice between using technology to provide and fulfil needs which have hitherto been regarded as unnecessary or, on the other hand, using technology to reduce the number of hours of work which a man must do in order to earn a given standard of living. In other words, we either raise our standard of living above that necessary for comfort and happiness or we leave it at this level and work shorter hours. I shall take it as axiomatic that mankind has, by that time, chosen the later alternative. Men will be working shorter and shorter hours in their paid employment.</span></div></div><div><br/></div>What does increased use of technology imply?<span><br/></span>
Question 19 :
<div><div><span>Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.</span></div></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span>The world is full of people - appallingly full; it has never been so full before, and they are all tumbling over each other. Most of these people one doesn't know and some of them one doesn't like. Well, what is one to do? There are two solutions. One of them is the Nazi solution. If you don't like people, kill them, banish them, and segregate them. The other way is much less thrilling, but it is, on the whole, the way of the democracies, and I prefer it. If you don't like people, put up with them as well as you can. Don't try to love them: you can't, you'll only strain yourself. But try to tolerate them.</span><br/></div><div><br/></div>What does the author mean by 'appallingly'? 
Question 20 :
Experts musicologists believe that Beethoven wrote his last piano sonata in 1824, three years before his death. However, the manuscript of a piano sonata was recently discovered that bears Beethoven's name and dates from 1825. Clearly, the experts are mistaken because, not every piece that Beethoven wrote was catalogued in his lifetime, and it is known that Beethoven continued to compose until just weeks before his death. <br><br>The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to which of the following criticisms ?