Directions (1-5): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, four words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Once, there was a poor boy who made a living by selling various objects from door to door. This was the way he earned money to pay for his school. One day, as he was walking from house to house, as usual, he felt very hungry and weak. He felt that he couldn’t walk even a few steps. He decided to ask for food at a house. He knocked on the door and was stunned to see a beautiful young girl open the door. With much___ (1) _____, he asked the girl for a glass of water. The young girl understood his condition and offered him a huge glass of milk. With a ___ (2) ______look, the boy drank the milk very slowly.“How much do I owe you for this milk?” he asked her. The girl replied, “I do not want any money for this.”The boy thanked the girl from the bottom of his heart and left the place. Years passed by. The young girl grew up. In her youth, unfortunately, she fell ill and was diagnosed with the rarest kind of nervous disorder. Many experienced doctors were ___ (3) ________at her condition, and she was admitted in the city hospital with the most advanced facilities. Dr. Kevin, a renowned neuro specialist was called in by the hospital to examine her. Even with his extraordinary expertise, Dr. Kevin found the girl’s illness very hard to cure. However, with ____ (4) ________and hard work that lasted months, he was finally able to get the disease under control. With careful medication and monitoring, the girl was completely cured in the end. Everyone praised the doctor, but the girl was quite worried about how much the hospital bill would come to. Her family had just a little money kept away in the bank, which was by no means enough to pay for such a long treatment in that reputed hospital. The girl was given the hospital bill finally. With ___ (5) ________hands, she opened it. She was stunned to see that the bill had been crossed out and cancelled, and there was a note underneath signed by Dr. Kevin. “Bill paid years ago with a glass of milk!”
Question1. (a) Conflict (b) Hesitation
(c) Force (d) Persistent
Question2. (a) Credible (b) Scared
(c) Interrogative (d) Astonished
Question3. (a) Baffled (b) Enlightened
(c) Relieved (d) Deprived
Question4. (a) Laziness (b) Irresolution
(c) Perseverance (d) Apathy
Question5. (a) Trembling (b) Calm
(c) Frozen (d) Quaking
Directions (6-10): Rearrange the parts of the sentence in the correct order.
Question6. US President Donald Trump,
(A) On social media with rambunctious postings,
(B) Who has garnered a large following
(C) Said he sometimes tweets from bed,
(D) Though he occasionally allows others to post his words.
(a). ACBD (b) BDCA
(c) CDBA (d) BACD
Question7. Once upon a time there was an old man
(A) He lived alone as his only son had gone far away to study.
(B) He never grumbled or complained about anything.
(C) Called Yugiyama, in a small village in Japan.
(D)He had a very positive view of everything that happened around him.
(a) DBAC (b) CADB
(c) BDCA (d) BACD
Question8. A majority of Indians prefer to use the Internet
(A) Than shopping online, shows a new survey.
(B) Almost 57 percent of Indian respondents using the Internet prefer to bank online and use other financial services
(C) Due to hassle-free access and time saving feature of online banking, according to survey.
(D) For accessing banking and other financial services
(a) BDCA (b) DABC
(c) BCDA (d) DCAB
Question9. There was a girl who sang
(A) Beautifully at the temple every morning.
(B) Daughter and taught her to sing before she spoke her first word.
(C) The music master used to happily recall,” One day I went into the woods to pluck flowers, I found this baby under a Pipal tree”.
(D) He picked her up carefully, raised her lovingly as if she were his
(a) ACBD (b) BDCA
(c) DBCA (d) ACDB
Question10. Once upon a time there lived a lion in a forest.
(A) However, all the three had a selfish motive behind this so-called friendship with him.
(B) To meet their selfish ends, they started obeying and were always at the service of the lion.
(C) They knew that the lion was the king of the forest and friendship with such a fierce creature would always help them.
(D) A jackal, a crow and a wolf had developed friendship with him.
(a) ABDC (b) DBAC
(c) DACD (d) ABCD
| 1.(b) | 2.(d) | 3.(a) | 4.(c) | 5.(a) | 6.(d) | 7.(b) | 8.(b) | 9.(d) | 10.(c) |
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