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.
b.
c.
d.

The Filtering Mechanism of Wetlands

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

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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 handheld 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.
2.
3.
4.

Learning of English as a subject is the more difficult part.

Learning of English as a medium of instruction is the more difficult part.
Language may hinder understanding of the subject.
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 days
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 nights 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 days 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.
2.
3.
4.

5.

Work done early in the morning is generally well done.

The early riser does not have to hurry over any part of his days work.
Sleep is most refreshing before midnight.
The life of an early riser is more conducive to health than that of the man who
rises late.
The morning exercise supplies the early riser with a reserve of energy that will
last until the evening

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 Hughs 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.
fulfillment, 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
theBlank 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 cant 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 zeroended 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