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Maximum Marks: 50
Time Allowed: 90 minutes
General Instructions:
READING
Question No. 1 to 10 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the
questions:
1. I’ve always held the belief that rationale or logic has no place in faith. If you have faith in the
Supreme then you must also accept that you are not out there to defend your faith based on any
scientific evidence. Those who don’t share your belief have an equal right to their opinion. What
matters is your personal stand. If you feel peaceful and joyous if you feel inspired to do good deeds
by having your faith, then, by all means, keep it, there’s no reason to abandon it.
2. Einstein once got a letter asking if he believed in the Supreme. Einstein sent a telegram in response
stating, “I believe in Spinoza’s idea of the Supreme who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of
what exists, not in someone who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings.” In
case you are not familiar, Baruch Spinoza (1632 – 1677) was a Dutch philosopher (yes, not just
brilliant engineers, they have philosophers too). An unorthodox and independent thinker, his
views were revolutionary at the time. His philosophy is thought-provoking. So, where does that
leave us in regards to faith?
3. To me, faith is a sentiment, it’s an emotion. Just like you fall in love and you surrender in love and
you find yourself willing to do anything for the person you love, the same is with faith. Faith is
love. When you have faith, you let go off your worries of the future, you let go of your guilt of the
past because you have surrendered to the divine will. You remain committed to a life of goodness
and action. But, you also recognize that there are other bigger forces, of immense scale, in play in
the grand scheme of things and it’ll do you much good to play along.
4. You gain this courage, zest and zeal to work hard, to excel, to serve. Life looks beautiful and
everything looks priceless then because it truly is. Even our suffering is priceless. It gives you
strength, it makes you reflect on you. It is priceless because you appreciate life more, it brings you
closer to you, the real you. Don’t limit yourself by asking petty things from the Supreme. Trust the
immensity of nature. Faith does not mean all your dreams will come true, it simply means you look
upon everything that’s granted to you as a blessing. Just focus on your needs, and before long,
you’ll be filled beyond measure.
5. Accepting the transient nature of this world, and its eternal impermanence is the definitive path to
inner peace. Either live in complete surrender or exercise total control. If your boat is neither
anchored nor guided, it’ll just drift then. It’ll drift in the direction of your thoughts, desires and
emotions. Here today, there tomorrow.
6. Cosmic intelligence is infinitely more subtle, smart, organized and selfless than individual
intelligence. Anchor your ship if you are tired of rowing. Have faith.
1. What does one gain from having faith?
a. Emotion
b. Guilt
c. Hatred
d. Courage
2. In what way does suffering become priceless?
a. You become disillusioned
b. You start appreciating yourself
c. You lose focus in life
d. You start limiting yourself
3. Why does the writer say that logic has no place in faith?
a. Everything can be scientifically proven
b. Personal stand is all that matters
c. People have a right to their opinion
d. One can never be rational if having faith
4. What is the definitive path to inner peace?
a. Being afraid of the changing world
b. Living in complete surrender
c. Accepting the impermanence of life
d. Realizing that life is permanent
5. How is cosmic intelligence superior to individual intelligence?
a. All of these
b. Less subtle
c. Selfish
d. Smart and Organized
6. The synonym of give up in paragraph 3 is:
a. worries
b. surrender
c. immense
d. guilt
7. The antonym of permanent in paragraph 5 is:
a. definitive
b. impermanence
c. drift
d. transient
8. What object does the writer use to personify faith?
a. A sentiment
b. Einstein’s telegram
c. Boat
d. Anchor
9. Faith
a. is a personal stand
b. does not depend on rationale and logic
c. fills us with joy and peace
d. All of these
10. Here today, there tomorrow (Para 5) refers to
a. our faith
b. our desires
c. our thoughts
d. our emotions
Question No. 11 to 18 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the
questions:
People, generally are emotionally attached to their place of birth. But millions of people leave their
places of birth and residence. There could be a variety of reasons. These reasons can be put into two
broad categories:
i. push factor, these cause people to leave their place of residence or origin; and
ii. pull factors, which attract people from different places. In India, people migrate from rural to
urban areas mainly due to poverty, high population pressure on the land, lack of basic
infrastructural facilities like health care, education, etc.
Apart from these factors, natural disasters such as floods, drought, cyclonic storms, earthquakes,
tsunami, wars and local conflicts also give an extra push to migrate. On the other hand, there are pull
factors that attract people from rural areas to cities. The most important pull factor for the majority of
the rural migrants to urban areas is the better opportunities, availability of regular work and relatively
higher wages. Better opportunities for education, better health facilities and sources of entertainment,
etc. are also quite important pull factors.
11. Based on the stories of four characters in the passage, choose the option that lists the statements that
are TRUE with respect to life in their own villages.
A. The city gives everything but not the pleasure of family members and children.
B. Villagers often suffer from poverty and they lack basic health services
a. Option (3)
b. Option (4)
c. Option (2)
d. Option (1)
16. Arrange the given pull factors from the least likely to the most likely cause of shifting places of birth
and residence, as per the order stated by the writer:
A. better opportunities for education
B. cyclonic storms
C. poverty
D. pressure of population
a. D, A, B, C
b. C, B, A, D
c. C, D, B, A
d. B, D, C, A
17. According to the passage, one of the reasons for Subbalakhsmi and Mohan Singh do not wish to go back
to their places of birth or residence is that the:
a. absence of family members and children in the new city.
b. amount of wages they get in the city is far more than they get in their villages.
c. the city gives financial security which could help them in rearing their families.
d. the places they come from are not liked by them.
18. Pick the option that lists statements that are NOT TRUE according to the passage.
A. Push factors are quite a compulsion for rural people to move to a city.
B. All those who migrate to cities have to bear the separation of their families.
C. Pull and push factors are equally responsible for migration from rural areas to city.
D. Only educated youth are shifting their residence in search of jobs.
a. A and D
b. B and C
c. B and D
d. A and B
WRITING -A
Question No. 19 to 23 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the
questions:
b. Catchy title/heading
c. Brief but clear details
d. It's well-written phrases
WRITING -B
Question No. 24 to 30 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the
questions:
You are writing a letter to the Editor expressing your anguish over the problems faced by people due to
illicit liquor.
24. Choose the most appropriate subject for this letter from the following.
a. The horror of illicit liquor
b. Terror caused by illicit liquor
c. Health hazards of illicit liquor
d. Tragedy entailed by illicit liquor
25. Which of the following statements can be used in this letter?
i. Deaths due to the consumption of illicit liquor
ii. Children being orphaned, families ruined
iii. Government’s apathy towards the issue
iv. Exemplary punishment to eliminate this
a. i and ii
b. i, ii, iii, iv
c. ii and iv
d. i, ii, iii
26. Which of the following actions will you not do through your letter?
a. Give a complimentary closure
b. Ask the editor to solve the problem
c. Be courteous and use polite tone
d. Include specifics (if needed)
27. Which of the following are the key features of writing a letter to the editor?
a. Stick to the point
b. All of these
c. Relevant content
d. Use Formal language
28. Which of the following is not a transition words used in formal letters:
a. Finally
b. Lastly
c. Merrily
d. Equally
29. Select the option that completes the concluding line appropriately.
I hope that my letter will…
a. help spread awareness about the issue
b. result in positive reviews by the readers
c. improve circulation of the national daily
d. lead to action against all authorities responsible, ban the liquor shops
30. What can the readers through by writing a letter to the editor? Which of the following options is most
Question No. 31 to 35 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the
questions:
For a moment I thought of running away and spending the day out of doors. It was so warm, so bright!
The birds were chirping at the edge of the woods; and in the open field back of the sawmill the Prussian
soldiers were drilling. It was all much more tempting than the rule for participles, but I had the
strength to resist, and hurried off to school.
31. What was more tempting than the rule for participles?
a. Drilling by Prussian soldiers
b. Chirping of birds
c. Warm and bright day
d. All of these
32. What were the Prussian soldiers doing?
a. Drilling in the open field back of the sawmill
b. Chirping at the edge of the woods
c. Both (i) and (ii)
d. Drilling in the open field back of the sand-mill
33. What temptations did the speaker have?
a. None of these
b. Chirping of birds and Sawmill
c. Sawmill and Prussian Soldiers drilling
d. Chirping of birds and Prussian soldiers drilling
34. Who is I in the above lines?
a. Franz
b. Watcher
c. A Soldier
d. M. Hamel
35. For a moment I thought of running away and spending the day out of doors. Why did he think so?
a. Because he was afraid of M. Hamel's scolding
b. Because he was late for school
c. All of these
Question No. 36 to 40 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the
questions:
I used every way I knew to overcome this fear, but it held me firmly in its grip. Finally, one October, I
decided to get an instructor and learn to swim. I went to a pool and practised five days a week, an hour
each day. The instructor put a belt around me.
Question No. 41 to 45 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the
questions:
And
looked out at Young
Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes, but after the airport’s
security check, standing a few yards
away, I looked again at her, wan, pale
as a late winter’s moon and felt that old
familiar ache ...
41. What is the most likely reason the poet capitalised Young Trees?
Question No. 46 to 50 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the
questions:
Sadao slept badly that night. Time and time again he woke, thinking he heard the rustling of footsteps,
the sound of a twig broken or a stone displaced in the garden - a noise such as men might make who
carried a burden.
Solution
READING
1. (d) Courage
Explanation: Courage
2. (b) You start appreciating yourself
Explanation: You start appreciating yourself
3. (b) Personal stand is all that matters
Explanation: Personal stand is all that matters
4. (c) Accepting the impermanence of life
Explanation: Accepting the impermanence of life
5. (d) Smart and Organized
Explanation: Smart and Organized
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6. (b) surrender
Explanation: surrender
7. (d) transient
Explanation: transient
8. (c) Boat
Explanation: Boat
9. (d) All of these
Explanation: All of these
10. (a) our faith
Explanation: our faith
11. (d) A and B
Explanation: A and B
12. (c) He is away from his family members and children.
Explanation: He is away from his family members and children.
13. (c) Subbalakshmi
Explanation: Subbalakshmi
14. (b) Life in Mumbai is better than life in Bhandara.
Explanation: Life in Mumbai is better than life in Bhandara.
15. (c) Option (2)
Explanation: Option (2)
16. (c) C, D, B, A
Explanation: C, D, B, A
17. (c) the city gives financial security which could help them in rearing their families.
Explanation: the city gives financial security which could help them in rearing their families.
18. (c) B and D
Explanation: B and D
WRITING -A
19. (a) Classified
Explanation: Classified
20. (b)
SITUATION WANTED
Explanation: SITUATION WANTED
Explanation: The poet highlighted that in the period of inactivity, the salt gatherers would get time to
heal their rough and scarred hands which metaphorically refers to the wounds that humans have
incurred as a result of their reckless and insensitive actions.
59. (c) So that his own family would not be harmed by the Japanese army
Explanation: Dr Sadao told everything to the general about the man he had operated upon for the sake
of his own family. So, he told everything, about the American prisoner of war, to the general so that his
own family would not be harmed by the Japanese army because that was the time of war between
America and Japan.
60. (a) Free verse
Explanation: The poem does not follow any rhyming scheme and was composed in free verse.