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Section A – Reading
A.1. Read the poem and answer the questions that follow. Choose the best Malternative. (1x5 = 5)
The sorrows of the blind world afflict me,
Drowning me in an ocean of deep pathos.
Blood of humans flows like a stream of water;
Cries of pain and anguish rent the still air
Like dust of storm, sins of man rise upwards.
The wondrous blue sky is darkened with grief,
The holiness and aura of man is damned,
Stars no longer twinkle to charm one’s eye.
The Sun and the Moon lie eclipsed to mourn the loss
Of God’s creation, destroyed by selfish man.
1. What afflicts the poet much?
a) Joys of the world
b) Joys of his neighbours
c) Sorrows of the world
d) None of the above
2. What rents the still air?
a) Laughter of the children
b) Cries of pain and anguish
c) Talks of culprit
d) None of the above
3. What according to the poet rises upwards and how?
a) Sins of man like dust of storm
b) Joys of man like a wave
c) Guilt of man like a cloud
d) None of the above
4. What is darkened with grief?
a) The blue sea
b) The wondrous blue sky
c) The environment
d) None of the above
5. The Sun and the Moon lie eclipsed ------------
a) To mourn the loss of God’s creation
b) To enjoy the beauty of the Earth
c) To see deadly evils on the Earth
d) None of the above
A2. Read the following passage.
1. When Pankaj Sharma of New Delhi overheard the security guard at his office,
Harsh Singh, casually mention that he was looking for a computer for his collegegoing daughter, Sharma immediately shot off an e-mail to his friends and acquaintances. “Does anyone have a functioning second hand PC?” he asked.
2. One friend, a doctor, readily agreed to donate a used PC, but there was a catch: it had a malfunctioning hard disk. Sharma didn’t mind that. He drove over to the doctor’s house and collected it. Sharma then bought a new hard disk with his own money and fixed it in the machine. He also loaded it with software the security guard’s daughter would need.
3. He then drove over to Harsh Singh’s home and delivered it. Singh could scarcely believe his eyes. He repeatedly asked Sharma how much it had cost him,
unwilling to believe that any one could give away something like that to him.
“Don’t bother,” Sharma replied, “your child needs the PC”.
4. “It all stems from just being human, from feeling empathy,” says Sharma. “I knew Harsh could not afford a computer with his earnings. When you think of someone trying to study, some one dedicated, I think it’s quite natural to want to help them.” (Readers’ Digest – February 2011)
A2.1. On the basis of your reading of the passage, complete the following by choosing the correct option. (1x5 = 5)
1. ‘casually mention’ means -
a) Harsh Singh was a casual worker.
b) Harsh Singh was not very serious about buying a PC.
c) Harsh Singh just said that he wanted a PC, with out thinking someone is listening.
2. ‘Sharma didn’t mind that’. ‘that’ stands for –
a) a doctor had donated the PC.
b) the hard disk of the PC was not working properly.
c) there was a catch in the computer.
3. Pankaj told Harsh Singh “Don’t bother” because –
a) Pankaj did not want to take any money from Singh.
b) Harsh Singh did not believe Pankaj.
c) Harsh Singh’s daughter needed the PC.
4. Pankaj helped Harsh Singh because –
a) he was a human being.
b) Harsh could not afford to buy a PC.
c) Pankaj had helping nature and could understand others’ needs.
5. the word that means ‘understanding, compassion or concern’ is –
a) stems
b) empathy
c) dedicated
A3. Read the following passage.
1. My father was getting worse everyday. Ayurvedic physicians had tried all their ointments, Hakims their plasters, and local quacks their nostrums.
2. An English surgeon had also used his skill. As the last and only resort he had recommended a surgical operation. But the family physician came in the way.
He disapproved of an operation being performed at such an advanced age. The physician was competent and well known, and his advice prevailed. The operation was abandoned, and various medicines purchased for the purpose were of no account.
3. I have an impression that if the physician had allowed the operation, the wound would have been easily healed. The operation also was to have been performed by a surgeon who was then well known in Bombay. But God had willed otherwise. When death is imminent, who can think of the right remedy?
4. My father returned from Bombay with all the paraphernalia for the operation, which were now useless. He despaired of living any longer. He was getting weaker and weaker, until at last he had to be asked to perform the necessary functions in bed. But up to the last he refused to do anything of the kind, always insisting on going through the strain of leaving his bed. The Vaishnavite rules about external cleanliness are so inexorable. (Courtesy to ‘An Autobiography’
by M.K.Gandhi)
A3.1. On the basis of your reading the passage, answer the following questions by choosing the correct option. (1 x 3 = 3)
1. Why was surgical operation recommended for Gandhiji’s father?
a. An ayurvedic physician had suggested it.
b. Other medicines had not worked.
c. The physician was competent.
2. Why was the operation not performed?
a. The family physician was afraid of operations.
b. The paraphernalia of the operation were useless.
c. His father was too old for an operation.
3. What does Gandhiji mean when he says ‘When death is imminent, who can think of the right remedy?
a. An operation would have been the will of god.
b. When the time of death comes, nothing can save a person.
c. If the operation had been performed, his father could have been saved.
A3.2. On the basis of your reading of the passage, complete the following by choosing the correct option. ( 1x2 = 2)
1. Gandhiji’s father was so weak that ________
a. he was advised not to get up from bed even for his morning chores.
b. he had to do his morning chores in bed.
c. he refused to do his morning chores.
2. ‘inexorable’ means ________
a. which are very rude.
b. which cannot be changed.
c. which are very costly.
A4. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow choosing the best alternative. (1 x 5 = 5)
Believe it or not, a fragile and tiny wisp of paper could fetch millions of dollars! Considering their size and weight, postage stamps are perhaps the costliest item in the world.
A well informed buyer or seller, who knows the intrinsic value of the postage stamp, can make this an alternate investment. As an investment it may be slow off-the-block as it is not guided by concepts of stock and exchange, but it does have a global market. In USA ,China and Europe, there are auction houses specializing in auctioning of stamps.
Stanley Gibbsons Ltd. and Sothby’s are some of the well known auction houses. The stamp dealers and collectors purchase and resell stamps here.
Trading of stamps like any other commodity, is a knowledge game based on the rules of demand and supply. The stamps which are rare, few in number or with error in printing or old stamps with limited editions are valuable from auctioneer’s and collector’s point of view. The price depends on the condition of the stamps. They have to be preserved in transparent pouches and handled with great care. In India there is no organized sector for stamp dealers and collectors, but there are a few auction houses.
Stamp auctions are of two types-room auction, the traditional style where connoisseurs collect to bid for items and post auctions in which auctioneer sends catalogue to collectors and they bid via post, e-mail or fax.
An author of books on Philately, Vishnu Saxena, said, “Some of the most prestigious and popular stamps that were auctioned at Rs. One lakh each are the American cover known as lady McGill printed in 1852, British Guiana 1885, Swedish stamp of 3 shillings of 1885, India’s crowning glory, invested head of 1854, bi colour stamp, queen’s head in red with blue border printed upside down.
1. What amongst the following is NOT TRUE about stamp collection?
a. It could fetch millions of dollars
b. It does have a global market
c. There is no auction house in India
d. Sothby’s and Stanley Gibbson Ltd. are well known auction houses
2. Stamp market is
a. guided by concepts of stock exchange
b. a knowledge game based on concept of demand and supply
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. None of these
3. Which word doesn’t have the same meaning as intrinsic ?
a. Inherent
b. Essential
c. Belonging naturally
d. Carrying an underhand plot
4. One of the following stamps were not auctioned at Rs. one lakh. Which one is that?
a. Lady McGill printed in 1882
b. British Guiana, 1885
c. Sind Dak , 1852
d. Swedish stamp of three shillings of 1885
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