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DEPARTMENT OF STATE EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING
NO.4, 100 FT. RING ROAD, 3RD STAGE - 560 085

STATE LEVEL NTSE EXAMINATION - NOVEMBER 2014

PAPER -II-cA' : LANGUAGE COMPREHENSIVE TEST CLASS -10

REGISTER NO. :

TIME: 45 MINUTES MAX. MARKS: 40

Instructions to Candidates

1. The Question Booklet containing 40 questions and the OMR answer sheet is given to you.

2. All questions are compulsory, each question carries one mark.

3. During the examination,

Read the questions carefully .

Completely darken/shade the relevant oval against Question No. in the OMR answer sheet,
using blue/black ball point pen. Do not try to alter the entry and not do any stray marks on
OMR Sheet.
Ex: In an question paper if 51. No.3 is correct answer for Question No. 20, then darken OMR
answer sheet using blue/black ball point pen as follows.
20. Q) (6). @ (This is an example only)

4. If more than one oval is darkened for a given question, such answer is treated as wrong and no
marks will be given.

5. Sheet for rough work are appended in the Question Booklet.

6. Candidate should return the OMR answer sheet only to the room supervisor before leaving the
examination hall.

7. The calculator, mobiles and any other electronic equipments are not allowed inside the
examination hall.
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Questions (1 - 5) :
Read the following passage and choose the most appropriate answer to the questions:
Over four hundred years after Michelangelo's death, scholars are still unravelling the
mysteries of his art. Recently one mystery that was revealed was that his famous
painting of a pensive Cleopatra included a hidden drawing of a different Cleopatra on the
reverse side. This hidden Cleopatra shows a tormented woman, whose eyes stare out at
the viewer and whose mouth is open, screaming in horror. The two images, drawn on
two sides of the same paper, can be viewed simultaneously. The second mystery concerns
Michelangelo's architectural plan for the dome of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Did he
intend the dome to look like the model he built between 1558 and 1561 ? Or did he
change his mind after building the model and decide to elevate the dome in the way it is
today? Scholars do not agree on the answer. The third mystery about this great artist
was why he destroyed hundreds or thousands of his drawings before he died. Did he feel
they were unimportant? Did he want posterity to see only his finished products?

1. It can be inferred from the passage that the most unusual aspect of the Cleopatra
drawing is that
1) the figure is tormented
2) the figure is screaming
3) one drawing is hidden
4) one drawing is backward

2. The word 'pensive' in the passage can be best substituted with the word
1) angry 2) happy
3) anxious 4) sad

3. The dome of 51. Peter's Basilica

1) bears no relation to the one in the model
2) was destroyed after the model was built
3) is raised more than the one in the model
4) follows the plan of the model

4. According to the passage, Michelangelo is

1) a private person
2) one of the greatest artists in the world
3) the most famous architect in Rome
4) a depressed man

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1) Nobody knows Ii
2) They were unimportant
3) They were only drafts
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4) He had changed the drawings
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Questions (6 -10) : \II;

Read the following passage and choose the appropriate answer to the questions: A
The arrival of the train did not disturb Sir Mohan Lal's sang-froid. He continued to sip his N
scotch and ordered the bearer to tell him when he had moved the luggage to a first class N
compartment. Excitement, bustle and hurry were exhibitions of bad breeding and
Sir Mohan was eminently well-bred. He wanted everything 'tickety-boo' and orderly. In
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his five years abroad, Sir Mohan had acquired the attitude and manners of the upper It'
classes. He rarely spoke Hindustani. When he did, it was like an Englishman's - only the A
necessary words and properly anglicised. He fancied his English; finished and refined at
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no less a place than the University of Oxford. He was fond of conversation and like a
cultured Englishman, he could talk on almost any subject, books, politics, people. How
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frequently had he heard English people say that he spoke like an Englishman! TI

6. Sir Mohan Lal is portrayed as AI

1) a person who loves Indian culture It
2) a true Englishman Ie
3) a Hindu Vv
4) an Anglophile W
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7. When Sir Mohan Lal spoke Hindustani, it was
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1) Colloquial Hindi 2) Literary Hindi
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3) Indian English 4) Anglicised Hindi
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8. According to Sir Mohan Lal, a well-bred person would
1) remain aloof from the crowd
2) like to drink only scotch in public
3) always be calm and orderly
4) speak like an Englishman

9. From the description in this passage, Sir Mohan Lal appears to be 1

1) a snob 2) an aristocrat
3) a man of culture 4) a scholar

10. According to the passage, a cultured Englishman is able to talk effortlessly on 1:

1) art and culture 2) human civilization
3) modern science 4) almost any subject
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Questions (11 -15) :
Read the following poem and choose the appropriate answer to the questions:
The Lapwing
In the dark that falls before the dawn,
when the dew has settled on the thorn,
when the stars have been obscured by clouds,
A silence covers all things in shrouds.

s No wind sighs in the mljlberry tree,

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s No firefly glimmers wild and free,

d A shadow has wrapped the night in gloom,
n It's silent as a deserted tomb.
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e All of a sudden a lapwing's cry
it Cuts the black silence as it flies by,
a Again and again it slashes the dark
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That haunts the empty, desolate park.
Anguish, sorrow pours from its throat,
It wings in the night, note after note;
I open my window so the light
Will flood the dark of this wretched night.
Why does it cry so miserably?
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Why is it so solitary ?
All I know is that loss and ache
Are left behind in the I~pwing's wake.

11. When darkness falls there is

1) complete silence everywhere
2) a shroud covering all things
3) the crying of the lapwing to be heard
4) gloom and desolation

12. The lapwing comes out

1) atdawn 2) at night
3) just before dawn 4) in the morning

m 13. The poet opens the window because

1) he wanted some light 2) the light would replace the darkness
3) he could hearthe lapwing 4) he wanted some air
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14. The causes of the lapwing's misery was
1) loneliness and gloom
2) darkness and loss
3) darkness and pain
4) loss and pain

15. The pair of words which doesn't rhyme is

1) sighs-weigh
2) gloom-tomb
3) throat-note
4) ache-wake

16. The following five sentences come from a paragraph. The first and the last sentences
are given. Choose the order in which the three sentences (PQR) should appear to
complete the paragraph.

S1 Most people in India are farmers and they are poor.

S2 '" ...................................................................................... '" .

S3 .

S4 .....................................................................................................................................

S5 They try to put up with all these difficulties.

P: Hence what they earn from agriculture is not enough to keep them going.

0: Sometimes floods, cyclones and famines make their lives miserable.

R: So they earn money by making baskets out of bamboo and combs out of wood.

Choose from the options given below:

1) ROP 2) POR 3) PRO 4) ORP

17. The following question has the second sentence missing. Choose the appropriate
sentence from the given options to complete it :

A. At the age of 18 Gandhi went to college but remained there for only part of the year, as
B. . .
C. Soon after this he was advised to go to England to study to be a Lawyer.
1) Children at that time did not go to college.
2) It was difficult for him to improve relationship.
3) The lessons did not interest him and he did not do well.
4) Inspite of all the difficulties, Mohandas sailed to England.
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Questions (18 - 25):
Choose the word which best fills the blank from the four options given:

18. You a reward for saving that child's life.

1) deceive 2) desert 3) debt 4) deserve

19. There were a lot of in the harbour sheltering from the storm.
1) barrels 2) buckets 3) vessels 4) trunks

20. The solicitor's clerk has to have a attitude to his seniors and clients.
1) respective 2) receptive .3) reciprocal 4) reflect

21. If someone tells lies about you in a newspaper article you can take court action for

2) defamation 3) depreciation 4) destruction

1) deformation
22. She the disease and died on 24th Aug. 1901.
1) contracted 2) appreciated 3) assessed 4) maintained

23. He had forgotten to _. his house, so when it burned down, he lost all his
money.
1) ensure 2) insure 3) encourage 4) reduce

24. He is a very boy; whenever he crosses the road, he always looks in

both directions first.
1) cautious 2) careless 3) excited 4) hasty

25. He left town at 11 a.m., so we him at 2.15 p.m.

1) accept 2) except 3) expect 4) exact
Questions (26 - 29) :
Select the meaning of the given phraseslidioms:

26. Do away with

2) delay 3) include 4) abolish
1) progress

27. Call for

2) repeat 3) reduce 4) relocate
1) require

28. Spill the beans

1) to hide a secret 2) to collect the secret
3) to reveal a secret 4) to find a secret

29. Green-eyed
2) jealous 3) hateful. 4) dishonest
1) greedy
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Questions (30 - 35) :

In the following passage are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the
most appropriate word for each blank from the given options:

A man who confides (0. 30) a friend will not (Q. 31) anything
(0.32) him, but will confer (Q. 33) him (0. 34) all matters
(Q. 35) real importance.

30. 1) for ,~ in 3) of 4) from

31. 1) concealed 2) concealing 9') conceal 4) conceals
32. 1') from 2) with 3) on
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33. JI( by 2) with 3) into 4) since
34. 1) to 2) into .3) on 4) for
35. 1) after 2) of 3) over
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Questions (36 - 38) :

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks from the given alternatives:

36. He was acquainted with every language of modern Europe.

1) intimated 2) intimates 3) intimating 4) intimately

37. A severe penalty was on everyman who possessed that dangerous book.
1) inflicted 2) infection 3) infused 4) inducted

38. The that the lower animals display is different from blind instinct.
1) intelligent 2) intelligently 3) intelligence 4) intelligible
Questions (39 and 40) :

Select the word which means the opposite of the given word:

39. Impudent
1) insolent 2) fresh 3) rude 4) polite
40. Cursory
1) thorough 2) careless 3) hasty 4) superficial