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    Gr? 2008 ENGLISH (Compulsory) Time +3 Hours ] {Maximum Marks : 150 INSTRUCTIONS. (1) Candidates should attempt all parts and all questions. '2) The nuniber of marks carried by each question is indicated with the question. (3) Answers must be written in English. (1 In the cuse of Q. No. 13 of Part C, marks will be deducted if the precis is much longer or shorter than the prescribed length. (5) Q. No. 13 of Part C should be answered in the Precis Sheet provided. (6! Please do not affix your signatures or reveal your identity while answering the question on letter writing and anywhere else in the answer paper. Lote Tans 1 oe abeyow secs! sya Gasosboy, o ZZ Tye doduw Burd aoaveond. © dy Was BB (2) PART A 1, Rearrange the words in the proverbs given below, in the correct order : 5u1=6 (a) All that gold is not glitters ib) Home begins at charity. te) Every lining has a silver cloud. {d) A Mock of birds feather together. (e) Don't all eggs basket in your one put. 2. Match the idioms in Column A with their correct meanings in Column B : Column A Column B (a) stone’s throw 1. be very firm ib) by hook or crook 2. stand up boldly to trouble (c) put one’s foot down 3. at a short distance (d) turn a deaf car 4, by any means le) face the music a pretend not to hear 3. Substitute the following phrases with single words from the list given below = boxed [ terrestrial, shiver, revert, ophthalmology, rotate | (a) turn round and round tb} go back to a former state (©) shake with cold (a) of the planet Earth (e) the study of eye disorders and diseases 4 ea 6. (3) 8B Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the pair of words given in. brackets + 5x1=5 (a) I can't ____ with a fountain pen. (right/write) (>) The manager let ______his anger on the clerk. (lose/loose) (c) The patient is ina ____.__. (coma/eomma) id) The pilot could not find a for his aircraft. (hangar/hanger) te) An factory will be set up in our State. (ordinance/ordnance) Write the opposites of the following, using the appropriate prefixes given in brackets : BxT=5 line, ir_, i_, im_, un_] (a) mobile {b) lucky (ce) competent (@) legible fe) responsible Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the word given in brackets : oxled (a) Mumbai is the _ capital of India. (finance)

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