16-01-2025
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ENGLISH (FL) (Science Stream)
PART-A
1) Watchter was while instructing the author.
(1) serious
(2) joking
(3) flippant
(4) playful
2) Franze was addressed by watcher as a/an ___________.
(1) teenager
(2) adult
(3) boy
(4) brother
3) When the author reached M. Hamel’s garden, he was literally.
(1) excited
(2) curious
(3) worried
(4) panting
4) Vive La France ! means .
(1) Glory to France
(2) Long live France
(3) Hail France
(4) Love France
5) Would you agree that promises made to poor children are rarely kept? Answer with the reference
to ‘Lost Spring’.
(1) Yes
(2) No
(3) Both A and B
(4) Can’t Say
6) Saheb didn’t go to school as .
(1) he did not have time
(2) he was not interested in studies
(3) there was no school in his neighbourhood
(4) he did not have money to pay the fees
7) Mukesh was different from his family as he was a/an ______ .
(1) optimist
(2) pessimist
(3) fatalist
(4) opportunist
8) 8. Anees Jung talks about the grinding poverty and traditions which condemn the poor children
to a life of __________ .
(1) exploration
(2) exploitation
(3) exposition
(4) expectation
9) In the essay, William Douglas talks about his fear of .
(1) height
(2) fire
(3) water
(4) failure
10) Yakima river was feared to swim in due to its .
(1) strong currents
(2) reptile infestation
(3) scary location
(4) unpredictable climatic conditions
11) Y.M.C.A. revived writer’s___________ memories.
(1) pleasant
(2) unpleasant
(3) sweet
(4) strange
12) The old man in the grey cottage_________________ .
(1) welcomed the peddler
(2) shooed away the peddler
(3) fought with the peddler
(4) argued with the peddler
13) What was the mistake made by the old man when the peddler was in his house?
(1) He asked his address.
(2) He called the police
(3) He showed him where he kept his money.
(4) He abused the peddler
14) The peasants in India are described as by Louis Fischer.
(1) poor and emaciated
(2) gaunt and ill
(3) lean and sick
(4) poor and emancipated
15) Who commented, “He had read our minds correctly” in the lesson ‘Indigo’?
(1) Gandhiji
(2) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(3) Charles Freer
(4) Kripalani
16) When the English poet felt that he couldn’t have addressed a more dazed and silent audience...
he meant ?
(1) baffled and chaotic audience
(2) dumb and confused audience
(3) energetic and enthusiastic audience
(4) disinterested and calm audience
17) _______is the writer of the lesson ‘Interview.’
(1) Christopher Silverster
(2) Stephen Spender
(3) Mark Twain
(4) Lewis Carroll
18) Which quality of Eco impressed David Lodge ?
(1) Multitasking
(2) Honesty
(3) Truthfulness
(4) Punctuality
19) Sophie worked in a biscuit factory but dreamt of owing a _______
(1) beauty Parlour
(2) Spa
(3) Hair Salon
(4) Boutique
20) Watching ‘United’ on every Saturday was termed as a in the lesson ‘Going Places.’
(1) Saturday Pilgrimage
(2) Weekly Pilgrimage
(3) Weekly Pilgrimage
(4) Saintly Pilgrimage
21) ‘My Mother at Sixty-Six’ is an example of complex subtleties of .
(1) human relationships
(2) pain of separation
(3) sense of aging
(4) childhood worries
22) The merry children spilled out of their____________ .
(1) playgournds
(2) schools
(3) clubs
(4) homes
23) Identify the figure of speech in the line: Perhaps the earth can teach us.
(1) Metaphor
(2) Simile
(3) Personification
(4) Oxymoron
24) Pablo Naruda talks about the necessity of quiet
(1) introspection
(2) surroundings
(3) mind
(4) environs
25) According to John Keats, some shape of beauty move away the___.
(1) mountains
(2) monuments
(3) pall
(4) atrocities
26) Identify the figure of speech in the line, ‘an endless fountain of immortal drink.’
(1) Euphemism
(2) Hyperbole
(3) Paradox
(4) Synecdoche
27) A Roadside Stand is made to help the poor .
(1) sleep during rains
(2) earn livelihood
(3) educate their children
(4) cherish memories
28) Robert Frost could hardly bear the thought of so much in vain.
(1) humanity
(2) childish longing
(3) deprivation
(4) pitiless clarity
Common Content for Question No. 29 to 30
Read the following stanza and answer question numbers 29 and 30.
When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie, still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by
The tigers in the panel that she made Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid
29) Ringed with ordeals signifies Aunt’s
(1) excitement
(2) mastery
(3) bafflement
(4) sufferings
30) After Aunt’s death, the tigers will move .
(1) freely
(2) fearfully
(3) slyly
(4) cunningly
31) Why was the operation successful in ‘The Tiger King’ ?
(1) The Maharaja survived.
(2) The Maharaja recovered fast.
(3) The Maharaja died.
(4) The Maharaja was able to gain consciousness.
32) Susan hill has penned down ___________.
(1) On the Face Of it
(2) The Enemy
(3) The Tiger King
(4) The Third Level
33) Charley used to tell Sam about .
(1) New York
(2) New Jersey
(3) Galesburg
(4) Washington
34) Bama had felt, experienced and humiliated but never heard people _________untouchability.
(1) favoured
(2) abandoned
(3) openly argued
(4) openly speak of
35) _________ and lack of biodiversity makes Antarctica a perfect place for study.
(1) Simple ecosystem
(2) Complex ecosystem
(3) Diverge ecosystem
(4) Splendid ecosystem
36) Gandhi chided the lawyers for collecting big fee from the share croppers. Identify the correct
passive sentence.
(1) Gandhi was chiding lawyers as they were collecting big fees from sharecroppers.
(2) Lawyers were chided by Gandhi for charging big fees from sharecroppers.
(3) Lawyers chided by Gandhi for charging big fees from sharecroppers
(4) Gandhi was chided lawyers as they were collecting big fees from sharecroppers.
37) M. Hamel said that French was clearest, most logical language. -- Identify the correct
comparative sentence.
(1) M. Hamel said that French was a clear and logical language.
(2) M. hamel said that French was very clear and most logical language.
(3) M. Hamel said that French was clearer and more logical language than all other languages.
(4) M. Hemal said that French was clearer and more logical language.
38) “What I did was a very ordinary thing.” – Identify the type of statement.
(1) Interrogative
(2) Assertive
(3) Comparative
(4) Exclamatory
39) I consider myself a university professor_______ writes a novel on Sunday – insert the preposition.
(1) which
(2) who
(3) as
(4) like
40) They wouldn’t make you manager straight off. (Choose the correct question Tag)
(1) Would they?
(2) Will he?
(3) Were they?
(4) Won’t they?
41) Identify the figures of speech in the line, “I looked again at her wan, pale as a late winter's
moon.”
(1) Tautology and Antithesis
(2) Oxymoron and Simile
(3) Tautology and Simile
(4) Climax and Irony
42) Who uttered the words, “Ignorance of the human body is the surgeon's cardinal sins, sirs!”?
(1) Sadao's wife
(2) Sadao's American professor of anatomy
(3) Sadao himself
(4) Sadao's General
Common Content for Question No. 43 to 44
Read the following stanza and choose the correct answers for questions 43 and 44.
The little old house was out with a little new shed,
In front at the edge of the road where the traffic sped,
A roadside stand that too pathetically pled,
It would not be fair to say for a dole of bread.
43) A roadside stand is erected for.
(1) earning money
(2) gaining sympathy
(3) attracting the people
(4) stopping traffic
44) “A roadside stand that too pathetically pled" means. Country people_________
(1) urge city people to buy things from them
(2) are happy to exhibit their goods
(3) are proud of their little new shed
(4) want to stop speeding traffic as it is risky
45) I was thinking of all this and I heard my name called. (Choose the correct complex sentences)
(1) While I was thinking of all this, I heard my name called.
(2) Because I was thinking of all this I heard my name called.
(3) I heard my name called while I thought of all this.
(4) Thinking of all this, I heard my name called.
46) The tramp did not say anything. (Choose the correct affirmative sentence)
(1) The tramp refrained from saying anything.
(2) The tramp was unable to say anything.
(3) The tramp was able to say nothing.
(4) The tramp was not able to say nothing.
47) We were given two hours to talk the offer _____________ with our partners.
(1) to
(2) personally
(3) over
(4) directly
48) He continued to play __________________ the injury.
(1) despite
(2) although
(3) though
(4) however
49) As he walked along with the money in his pocket, he felt quite pleased with his smartness –
Identify the correct option.
(1) Walking quite pleased with his smartness, he felt money is this pocket.
(2) Walking with the money he pleased himself with his smartness.
(3) Walking along with the money is his pocket, he felt quite pleased with his smartness.
(4) Walking along with the money in his pocket to feel quite pleased with his smartness.
50) If ever I come into money, I will buy a boutique. [Select the correct sentence]
(1) Unless I ever come into money, I will not buy a boutique.
(2) Unless I ever come into money, I will buy a boutique.
(3) Unless I never come into money, I will buy a boutique.
(4) Unless I ever come into money, I am not buying a boutique.
ANSWER KEYS
ENGLISH (FL) (Science Stream)
PART-A
Q. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
A. 4 3 4 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 4 3
Q. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
A. 1 4 3 1 3 2 2 2 4 1 3 1 3 4 1 2 3 4 2 1
Q. 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
A. 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 3
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