Maharashtra: State Level Question Paper (LANG) - 2017-18 | NTSE for Class 10 PDF Download

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NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION 
2017-18 
Time : 45 minute                     Maximum Marks : 50 
Please read the instructions carefully.  
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 
 
 Read the following instructions carefully before you answer the questions.  
 Answer are to be given on the answer-sheet, which combines both the tests: 
 
1. Please write your Centre Code and Seat No. very clearly (only one digit in one block). Before writing your 
Seat No. get it ascertained from the Centre Conductor. Please see that no block is left unfilled and even 
zeros appearing in the Centre Code and Seat No. are correctly transferred to the appropriate blocks on the 
booklet and on the answer-sheet. 
 
 Example 
  
Centre Code.       
  
  
Seat No.              
 
 For all subsequent purposes your Centre Code and Seat No. shall remain the same. Centre once allotted 
 will not be changed. 
 
2. All questions carry one mark each. 
 
3. Since all questions are compulsory do not try to read through the whole question paper before beginning 
 to answer it. 
 
4. Begin with the first question and keep on trying one question after another till you finish. 
 
5. If you do not know the answer to any question do not spend much time on it and pass on to the next one. 
 Time permitting you can come back to the questions which you have left in the first instance and try them 
 again. 
 
6. Since the time allotted is very short you should make best use of it. The rough work is to be done in the 
 box given under each page. 
 
7. Remember you have to mark on your answers in “Language Testing” Section of the answer-sheet only. 
 
8. Answer to each question is to be indicated in the answer-sheet by encircle by black pen in the appropriate 
 number of alternative in the answer-sheet from amongst the ones given for the corresponding question in 
 the test booklet. 
 
9. Do not write anything except Centre Code, Seat No. and rough work anywhere in this booklet. 
 
10. Now turn to the next page and start answering the questions. 
    
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NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION 
2017-18 
Time : 45 minute                     Maximum Marks : 50 
Please read the instructions carefully.  
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 
 
 Read the following instructions carefully before you answer the questions.  
 Answer are to be given on the answer-sheet, which combines both the tests: 
 
1. Please write your Centre Code and Seat No. very clearly (only one digit in one block). Before writing your 
Seat No. get it ascertained from the Centre Conductor. Please see that no block is left unfilled and even 
zeros appearing in the Centre Code and Seat No. are correctly transferred to the appropriate blocks on the 
booklet and on the answer-sheet. 
 
 Example 
  
Centre Code.       
  
  
Seat No.              
 
 For all subsequent purposes your Centre Code and Seat No. shall remain the same. Centre once allotted 
 will not be changed. 
 
2. All questions carry one mark each. 
 
3. Since all questions are compulsory do not try to read through the whole question paper before beginning 
 to answer it. 
 
4. Begin with the first question and keep on trying one question after another till you finish. 
 
5. If you do not know the answer to any question do not spend much time on it and pass on to the next one. 
 Time permitting you can come back to the questions which you have left in the first instance and try them 
 again. 
 
6. Since the time allotted is very short you should make best use of it. The rough work is to be done in the 
 box given under each page. 
 
7. Remember you have to mark on your answers in “Language Testing” Section of the answer-sheet only. 
 
8. Answer to each question is to be indicated in the answer-sheet by encircle by black pen in the appropriate 
 number of alternative in the answer-sheet from amongst the ones given for the corresponding question in 
 the test booklet. 
 
9. Do not write anything except Centre Code, Seat No. and rough work anywhere in this booklet. 
 
10. Now turn to the next page and start answering the questions. 
    
    
 
  
 
  
LANGUAGE TESTING – ENGLISH 
 
Directions (Q. Nos 1 - 5) :  
 
 Read the passage and answer the question given below it: 
  
Parents of children who were saved by fisherman Abdul Sattar flocked the Triveni Kala Sangam on Wednesday 
afternoon to greet Abdul Bhai, who rescued most of the children in last week’s school bus tragedy. 
Abdul was awarded the Times Hero Award by Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson, Najma Heptullah. ‘I find a God in 
this man’, said Raj Kumari Devi, whose ten-year-old son. Arun, was rescued  by him, ‘This man emerged like an 
angel. None of us knew swimming. We did not know how to reach the scene of the accident, which was in the 
middle of the river’, said Arun’s father, Chand Sharma was another happy soul. Her two sons were saved by Sattar. 
Chand says, ‘We were helplessly roaming about on the river bank, while this man was struggling to save my 
children. I shall never forget the contribution of this man to our life. We go to the temple, but these are the true Gods 
amongst us. I wish I could give him every little belonging that I have. He is great. ‘Abdul Sattar is simple fisherman. 
He has spent twenty five years of his life worrying over his daily meal, what he wears and a fixed dwelling unit for 
his family. But the man made a mark when the recent school tragedy occurred in the Yamuna. He saved the lives 
of most of the children, who were drowning in the river. 
 
1. What is Abdul Sattar? 
 (1) a teacher (2) a fisherman 
 (3) a carpenter (4) a driver 
 
2. Pick out the antonym for ‘remember’? 
 (1) save (2) rescue 
 (3) forget (4) forgot 
 
3. Which award is mentioned in the passage? 
 (1) Times Hero award (2) Times Heroine award 
 (3) Padmashri award (4) Padmabhushan award 
 
4. “He is great”, who has made this statement? 
 (1) Abdul Sattar (1) Najma Heptullah 
 (3) Rajkmari Devi (4) Chand Sharma 
 
5. Which of these pairs is the odd man out? 
 (1) last week (2) little belonging 
 (3) happy soul (4) little family 
 
 
  
 
  
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NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION 
2017-18 
Time : 45 minute                     Maximum Marks : 50 
Please read the instructions carefully.  
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 
 
 Read the following instructions carefully before you answer the questions.  
 Answer are to be given on the answer-sheet, which combines both the tests: 
 
1. Please write your Centre Code and Seat No. very clearly (only one digit in one block). Before writing your 
Seat No. get it ascertained from the Centre Conductor. Please see that no block is left unfilled and even 
zeros appearing in the Centre Code and Seat No. are correctly transferred to the appropriate blocks on the 
booklet and on the answer-sheet. 
 
 Example 
  
Centre Code.       
  
  
Seat No.              
 
 For all subsequent purposes your Centre Code and Seat No. shall remain the same. Centre once allotted 
 will not be changed. 
 
2. All questions carry one mark each. 
 
3. Since all questions are compulsory do not try to read through the whole question paper before beginning 
 to answer it. 
 
4. Begin with the first question and keep on trying one question after another till you finish. 
 
5. If you do not know the answer to any question do not spend much time on it and pass on to the next one. 
 Time permitting you can come back to the questions which you have left in the first instance and try them 
 again. 
 
6. Since the time allotted is very short you should make best use of it. The rough work is to be done in the 
 box given under each page. 
 
7. Remember you have to mark on your answers in “Language Testing” Section of the answer-sheet only. 
 
8. Answer to each question is to be indicated in the answer-sheet by encircle by black pen in the appropriate 
 number of alternative in the answer-sheet from amongst the ones given for the corresponding question in 
 the test booklet. 
 
9. Do not write anything except Centre Code, Seat No. and rough work anywhere in this booklet. 
 
10. Now turn to the next page and start answering the questions. 
    
    
 
  
 
  
LANGUAGE TESTING – ENGLISH 
 
Directions (Q. Nos 1 - 5) :  
 
 Read the passage and answer the question given below it: 
  
Parents of children who were saved by fisherman Abdul Sattar flocked the Triveni Kala Sangam on Wednesday 
afternoon to greet Abdul Bhai, who rescued most of the children in last week’s school bus tragedy. 
Abdul was awarded the Times Hero Award by Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson, Najma Heptullah. ‘I find a God in 
this man’, said Raj Kumari Devi, whose ten-year-old son. Arun, was rescued  by him, ‘This man emerged like an 
angel. None of us knew swimming. We did not know how to reach the scene of the accident, which was in the 
middle of the river’, said Arun’s father, Chand Sharma was another happy soul. Her two sons were saved by Sattar. 
Chand says, ‘We were helplessly roaming about on the river bank, while this man was struggling to save my 
children. I shall never forget the contribution of this man to our life. We go to the temple, but these are the true Gods 
amongst us. I wish I could give him every little belonging that I have. He is great. ‘Abdul Sattar is simple fisherman. 
He has spent twenty five years of his life worrying over his daily meal, what he wears and a fixed dwelling unit for 
his family. But the man made a mark when the recent school tragedy occurred in the Yamuna. He saved the lives 
of most of the children, who were drowning in the river. 
 
1. What is Abdul Sattar? 
 (1) a teacher (2) a fisherman 
 (3) a carpenter (4) a driver 
 
2. Pick out the antonym for ‘remember’? 
 (1) save (2) rescue 
 (3) forget (4) forgot 
 
3. Which award is mentioned in the passage? 
 (1) Times Hero award (2) Times Heroine award 
 (3) Padmashri award (4) Padmabhushan award 
 
4. “He is great”, who has made this statement? 
 (1) Abdul Sattar (1) Najma Heptullah 
 (3) Rajkmari Devi (4) Chand Sharma 
 
5. Which of these pairs is the odd man out? 
 (1) last week (2) little belonging 
 (3) happy soul (4) little family 
 
 
  
 
  
    
 
  
 
  
Directions (Q. Nos 6 - 10) :  
 
Read the passage and answer the question given below it: 
 
 Anaemia is a major public health problem that affects women and children throughout their life. In young boys and 
girls, anaemia limits their growth development, reduces their concentration, affects their learning capabilities and 
makes them susceptible towards infection, thereby increasing school drop-out rates, reducing their physical 
fitness and work productivity. 
 
 In girls, anaemia leads to early delivery in future, birth of low weight babies, higher infant mortality rates and 
higher maternal mortality rates. 
 
 Anaemia is a preventable disorder. Adding rich food items to the diet and taking iron-folic items to the diet and 
taking iron-folic acid tablet regularly go a long way in maintaining natural haemoglobin levels and reducing 
prevalence of anaemia. 
 
6. The major public health problem mentioned in the passage is ____________ 
 (1) Anaemia (2) Typhoid 
 (3) Malaria (4) Swine flu 
 
7. In young boys and girls Anaemia affects their ___________ 
 (1) teaching capabilities (2) learning capabilities 
 (3) eating habits (4) physical fitness 
 
8. We should take __________ tables regularly. 
 (1) calcium (2) iron-folic acid 
 (3) vitamin (4) tonic 
 
9. We can prevent Anaemia by maintaining natural ____________ 
 (1) oxygen level (2) red and white blood cells 
 (3) haemoglobin level (4) calcium level 
 
10. Which word in the passage means ‘curable’? 
 (1) major (2) susceptible 
 (3) preventable (4) natural  
  
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NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION 
2017-18 
Time : 45 minute                     Maximum Marks : 50 
Please read the instructions carefully.  
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 
 
 Read the following instructions carefully before you answer the questions.  
 Answer are to be given on the answer-sheet, which combines both the tests: 
 
1. Please write your Centre Code and Seat No. very clearly (only one digit in one block). Before writing your 
Seat No. get it ascertained from the Centre Conductor. Please see that no block is left unfilled and even 
zeros appearing in the Centre Code and Seat No. are correctly transferred to the appropriate blocks on the 
booklet and on the answer-sheet. 
 
 Example 
  
Centre Code.       
  
  
Seat No.              
 
 For all subsequent purposes your Centre Code and Seat No. shall remain the same. Centre once allotted 
 will not be changed. 
 
2. All questions carry one mark each. 
 
3. Since all questions are compulsory do not try to read through the whole question paper before beginning 
 to answer it. 
 
4. Begin with the first question and keep on trying one question after another till you finish. 
 
5. If you do not know the answer to any question do not spend much time on it and pass on to the next one. 
 Time permitting you can come back to the questions which you have left in the first instance and try them 
 again. 
 
6. Since the time allotted is very short you should make best use of it. The rough work is to be done in the 
 box given under each page. 
 
7. Remember you have to mark on your answers in “Language Testing” Section of the answer-sheet only. 
 
8. Answer to each question is to be indicated in the answer-sheet by encircle by black pen in the appropriate 
 number of alternative in the answer-sheet from amongst the ones given for the corresponding question in 
 the test booklet. 
 
9. Do not write anything except Centre Code, Seat No. and rough work anywhere in this booklet. 
 
10. Now turn to the next page and start answering the questions. 
    
    
 
  
 
  
LANGUAGE TESTING – ENGLISH 
 
Directions (Q. Nos 1 - 5) :  
 
 Read the passage and answer the question given below it: 
  
Parents of children who were saved by fisherman Abdul Sattar flocked the Triveni Kala Sangam on Wednesday 
afternoon to greet Abdul Bhai, who rescued most of the children in last week’s school bus tragedy. 
Abdul was awarded the Times Hero Award by Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson, Najma Heptullah. ‘I find a God in 
this man’, said Raj Kumari Devi, whose ten-year-old son. Arun, was rescued  by him, ‘This man emerged like an 
angel. None of us knew swimming. We did not know how to reach the scene of the accident, which was in the 
middle of the river’, said Arun’s father, Chand Sharma was another happy soul. Her two sons were saved by Sattar. 
Chand says, ‘We were helplessly roaming about on the river bank, while this man was struggling to save my 
children. I shall never forget the contribution of this man to our life. We go to the temple, but these are the true Gods 
amongst us. I wish I could give him every little belonging that I have. He is great. ‘Abdul Sattar is simple fisherman. 
He has spent twenty five years of his life worrying over his daily meal, what he wears and a fixed dwelling unit for 
his family. But the man made a mark when the recent school tragedy occurred in the Yamuna. He saved the lives 
of most of the children, who were drowning in the river. 
 
1. What is Abdul Sattar? 
 (1) a teacher (2) a fisherman 
 (3) a carpenter (4) a driver 
 
2. Pick out the antonym for ‘remember’? 
 (1) save (2) rescue 
 (3) forget (4) forgot 
 
3. Which award is mentioned in the passage? 
 (1) Times Hero award (2) Times Heroine award 
 (3) Padmashri award (4) Padmabhushan award 
 
4. “He is great”, who has made this statement? 
 (1) Abdul Sattar (1) Najma Heptullah 
 (3) Rajkmari Devi (4) Chand Sharma 
 
5. Which of these pairs is the odd man out? 
 (1) last week (2) little belonging 
 (3) happy soul (4) little family 
 
 
  
 
  
    
 
  
 
  
Directions (Q. Nos 6 - 10) :  
 
Read the passage and answer the question given below it: 
 
 Anaemia is a major public health problem that affects women and children throughout their life. In young boys and 
girls, anaemia limits their growth development, reduces their concentration, affects their learning capabilities and 
makes them susceptible towards infection, thereby increasing school drop-out rates, reducing their physical 
fitness and work productivity. 
 
 In girls, anaemia leads to early delivery in future, birth of low weight babies, higher infant mortality rates and 
higher maternal mortality rates. 
 
 Anaemia is a preventable disorder. Adding rich food items to the diet and taking iron-folic items to the diet and 
taking iron-folic acid tablet regularly go a long way in maintaining natural haemoglobin levels and reducing 
prevalence of anaemia. 
 
6. The major public health problem mentioned in the passage is ____________ 
 (1) Anaemia (2) Typhoid 
 (3) Malaria (4) Swine flu 
 
7. In young boys and girls Anaemia affects their ___________ 
 (1) teaching capabilities (2) learning capabilities 
 (3) eating habits (4) physical fitness 
 
8. We should take __________ tables regularly. 
 (1) calcium (2) iron-folic acid 
 (3) vitamin (4) tonic 
 
9. We can prevent Anaemia by maintaining natural ____________ 
 (1) oxygen level (2) red and white blood cells 
 (3) haemoglobin level (4) calcium level 
 
10. Which word in the passage means ‘curable’? 
 (1) major (2) susceptible 
 (3) preventable (4) natural  
  
    
 
  
 
  
Directions (Q. Nos 11 - 15) :  
 
Read the passage and answer the question given below it: 
 
 Shree was working in the stone quarries at Turbhe. He had son, Shekhar. He was blind from birth. His father had 
never let him out of the house as he was afraid of his safety. One day he was twelve, five boys from the local 
Municipal School came to Shekhar’s house. They were shocked to know that he had never stepped out of his 
house since, his birth. The boys were members of an ‘Arambh’ project that tries to get children to be educated. 
They told shree that he should send his boy to school. Shree didn’t like idea. He belonged to a poor family. After 
repeated visits, the boys again visited and told shree that the school admission was free. Shekhar was very 
clever. He got 2nd rank in his S.S.C. Exam. The school headmistress called Shree and said, “Your son was 
proved the best in the school and I am proud of him, he was really a hard working boy.” 
 
11. Where was shree working? 
 (1) in the stone quarry (2) in the stone lorry  
 (3) in the municipal school (4) in an ‘Aurambh’ project. 
 
12. How many boys came to Shekhar’s house? 
 (1) twelve (2) five 
 (3) two (4) seven 
 
13. The phrase ‘to let one out’ means _____________ 
 (1) to be shocked (2) to go out 
 (3) to give permission to go out (4) to agree 
 
14. The boys were shocked to know that ____________ 
 (1) he belonged to a poor family. 
 (2) he had never stepped out of his house, since his birth. 
 (3) he had never visited school. 
 (4) None of the above. 
 
15. The school head mistress was proud of Shekhar as ___________ 
 (1) he was blind from his birth. 
 (2) he was an honest boy. 
 (3) he was really a hard working boy. 
 (4) he was an educated person now. 
 
Directions / Indirection  
 
16. Once I decided to prepare tea myself for my friends. 
 S1 :  ......................................................................... 
 S2 :  ......................................................................... 
 S3 : ......................................................................... 
 S4 :  ......................................................................... 
 S5 : Finally I trained tea and served it with biscuits. 
 P   : I added five tea spoons of sugar and three spoons of tea powder. 
 Q   : I took three cups of sugar and three tea spoons of tea powder.  
 R   : Then I switched on the gas stove and boiled water.   
 (1) PQR (B) QRP    
 (3) PRQ (4) QPR 
 
17. S1 : The menace of plastic in the state came to the fore when thin plastic bags choked the drains and caused 
 water logging. 
 S1 :  ......................................................................... 
 S2 :  ......................................................................... 
 S3 : ......................................................................... 
 S4 :  ......................................................................... 
 S5 : But the anti plastic movement is gaining stream in cities. 
 P   : Later the government decided to ban only bags of thickness less than 50 microns. 
 Q  : In the aftermath of the incident the government proposed a complete ban on plastics. 
 R  : However it may be a long time before plastic is completely banned in the state due to its widespread utility. 
 (1) PRQ (B) PQR    
 (3) QPR (4) QRP 
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NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION 
2017-18 
Time : 45 minute                     Maximum Marks : 50 
Please read the instructions carefully.  
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 
 
 Read the following instructions carefully before you answer the questions.  
 Answer are to be given on the answer-sheet, which combines both the tests: 
 
1. Please write your Centre Code and Seat No. very clearly (only one digit in one block). Before writing your 
Seat No. get it ascertained from the Centre Conductor. Please see that no block is left unfilled and even 
zeros appearing in the Centre Code and Seat No. are correctly transferred to the appropriate blocks on the 
booklet and on the answer-sheet. 
 
 Example 
  
Centre Code.       
  
  
Seat No.              
 
 For all subsequent purposes your Centre Code and Seat No. shall remain the same. Centre once allotted 
 will not be changed. 
 
2. All questions carry one mark each. 
 
3. Since all questions are compulsory do not try to read through the whole question paper before beginning 
 to answer it. 
 
4. Begin with the first question and keep on trying one question after another till you finish. 
 
5. If you do not know the answer to any question do not spend much time on it and pass on to the next one. 
 Time permitting you can come back to the questions which you have left in the first instance and try them 
 again. 
 
6. Since the time allotted is very short you should make best use of it. The rough work is to be done in the 
 box given under each page. 
 
7. Remember you have to mark on your answers in “Language Testing” Section of the answer-sheet only. 
 
8. Answer to each question is to be indicated in the answer-sheet by encircle by black pen in the appropriate 
 number of alternative in the answer-sheet from amongst the ones given for the corresponding question in 
 the test booklet. 
 
9. Do not write anything except Centre Code, Seat No. and rough work anywhere in this booklet. 
 
10. Now turn to the next page and start answering the questions. 
    
    
 
  
 
  
LANGUAGE TESTING – ENGLISH 
 
Directions (Q. Nos 1 - 5) :  
 
 Read the passage and answer the question given below it: 
  
Parents of children who were saved by fisherman Abdul Sattar flocked the Triveni Kala Sangam on Wednesday 
afternoon to greet Abdul Bhai, who rescued most of the children in last week’s school bus tragedy. 
Abdul was awarded the Times Hero Award by Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson, Najma Heptullah. ‘I find a God in 
this man’, said Raj Kumari Devi, whose ten-year-old son. Arun, was rescued  by him, ‘This man emerged like an 
angel. None of us knew swimming. We did not know how to reach the scene of the accident, which was in the 
middle of the river’, said Arun’s father, Chand Sharma was another happy soul. Her two sons were saved by Sattar. 
Chand says, ‘We were helplessly roaming about on the river bank, while this man was struggling to save my 
children. I shall never forget the contribution of this man to our life. We go to the temple, but these are the true Gods 
amongst us. I wish I could give him every little belonging that I have. He is great. ‘Abdul Sattar is simple fisherman. 
He has spent twenty five years of his life worrying over his daily meal, what he wears and a fixed dwelling unit for 
his family. But the man made a mark when the recent school tragedy occurred in the Yamuna. He saved the lives 
of most of the children, who were drowning in the river. 
 
1. What is Abdul Sattar? 
 (1) a teacher (2) a fisherman 
 (3) a carpenter (4) a driver 
 
2. Pick out the antonym for ‘remember’? 
 (1) save (2) rescue 
 (3) forget (4) forgot 
 
3. Which award is mentioned in the passage? 
 (1) Times Hero award (2) Times Heroine award 
 (3) Padmashri award (4) Padmabhushan award 
 
4. “He is great”, who has made this statement? 
 (1) Abdul Sattar (1) Najma Heptullah 
 (3) Rajkmari Devi (4) Chand Sharma 
 
5. Which of these pairs is the odd man out? 
 (1) last week (2) little belonging 
 (3) happy soul (4) little family 
 
 
  
 
  
    
 
  
 
  
Directions (Q. Nos 6 - 10) :  
 
Read the passage and answer the question given below it: 
 
 Anaemia is a major public health problem that affects women and children throughout their life. In young boys and 
girls, anaemia limits their growth development, reduces their concentration, affects their learning capabilities and 
makes them susceptible towards infection, thereby increasing school drop-out rates, reducing their physical 
fitness and work productivity. 
 
 In girls, anaemia leads to early delivery in future, birth of low weight babies, higher infant mortality rates and 
higher maternal mortality rates. 
 
 Anaemia is a preventable disorder. Adding rich food items to the diet and taking iron-folic items to the diet and 
taking iron-folic acid tablet regularly go a long way in maintaining natural haemoglobin levels and reducing 
prevalence of anaemia. 
 
6. The major public health problem mentioned in the passage is ____________ 
 (1) Anaemia (2) Typhoid 
 (3) Malaria (4) Swine flu 
 
7. In young boys and girls Anaemia affects their ___________ 
 (1) teaching capabilities (2) learning capabilities 
 (3) eating habits (4) physical fitness 
 
8. We should take __________ tables regularly. 
 (1) calcium (2) iron-folic acid 
 (3) vitamin (4) tonic 
 
9. We can prevent Anaemia by maintaining natural ____________ 
 (1) oxygen level (2) red and white blood cells 
 (3) haemoglobin level (4) calcium level 
 
10. Which word in the passage means ‘curable’? 
 (1) major (2) susceptible 
 (3) preventable (4) natural  
  
    
 
  
 
  
Directions (Q. Nos 11 - 15) :  
 
Read the passage and answer the question given below it: 
 
 Shree was working in the stone quarries at Turbhe. He had son, Shekhar. He was blind from birth. His father had 
never let him out of the house as he was afraid of his safety. One day he was twelve, five boys from the local 
Municipal School came to Shekhar’s house. They were shocked to know that he had never stepped out of his 
house since, his birth. The boys were members of an ‘Arambh’ project that tries to get children to be educated. 
They told shree that he should send his boy to school. Shree didn’t like idea. He belonged to a poor family. After 
repeated visits, the boys again visited and told shree that the school admission was free. Shekhar was very 
clever. He got 2nd rank in his S.S.C. Exam. The school headmistress called Shree and said, “Your son was 
proved the best in the school and I am proud of him, he was really a hard working boy.” 
 
11. Where was shree working? 
 (1) in the stone quarry (2) in the stone lorry  
 (3) in the municipal school (4) in an ‘Aurambh’ project. 
 
12. How many boys came to Shekhar’s house? 
 (1) twelve (2) five 
 (3) two (4) seven 
 
13. The phrase ‘to let one out’ means _____________ 
 (1) to be shocked (2) to go out 
 (3) to give permission to go out (4) to agree 
 
14. The boys were shocked to know that ____________ 
 (1) he belonged to a poor family. 
 (2) he had never stepped out of his house, since his birth. 
 (3) he had never visited school. 
 (4) None of the above. 
 
15. The school head mistress was proud of Shekhar as ___________ 
 (1) he was blind from his birth. 
 (2) he was an honest boy. 
 (3) he was really a hard working boy. 
 (4) he was an educated person now. 
 
Directions / Indirection  
 
16. Once I decided to prepare tea myself for my friends. 
 S1 :  ......................................................................... 
 S2 :  ......................................................................... 
 S3 : ......................................................................... 
 S4 :  ......................................................................... 
 S5 : Finally I trained tea and served it with biscuits. 
 P   : I added five tea spoons of sugar and three spoons of tea powder. 
 Q   : I took three cups of sugar and three tea spoons of tea powder.  
 R   : Then I switched on the gas stove and boiled water.   
 (1) PQR (B) QRP    
 (3) PRQ (4) QPR 
 
17. S1 : The menace of plastic in the state came to the fore when thin plastic bags choked the drains and caused 
 water logging. 
 S1 :  ......................................................................... 
 S2 :  ......................................................................... 
 S3 : ......................................................................... 
 S4 :  ......................................................................... 
 S5 : But the anti plastic movement is gaining stream in cities. 
 P   : Later the government decided to ban only bags of thickness less than 50 microns. 
 Q  : In the aftermath of the incident the government proposed a complete ban on plastics. 
 R  : However it may be a long time before plastic is completely banned in the state due to its widespread utility. 
 (1) PRQ (B) PQR    
 (3) QPR (4) QRP 
    
 
  
 
  
18. A  : Sparrow was the first bird I was introduced to. 
 B  :  ......................................................................... 
 C  :  Later the roads were widened and the birds left our area. 
 (1) Sparrows love feeding on grains. 
 (2) As a child I would keep watching them after my school hours. 
 (3) Fruiting trees attract many birds. 
 (4) I know it doesn’t understand our language. 
 
19. A  :  The leopard was found in the basement of the school. 
 B  :  ......................................................................... 
 C  : After an 18 hour operation forest department officials finally captured the leopard. 
 (1) The leopard had entered in the premises of NES school. 
 (2) The leopard had entered in the premises of police station. 
 (3) The leopard was kept in a cage. 
 (4) Even today leopards are being hunted everyday. 
 
20. Superstitions introduce ___________ fears in the mind and weaken it by the power of suggestion. 
 (1) rational (2) vague 
 (3) valid (4) weak 
 
21. My greatest guru is my mother. She gave me _________ of life. 
 (1) values (2) meals 
 (3) education (4) message 
 
22. If we had the _______ that however difficult things are right now, it will not remain so forever. 
 (1) impression (2) conviction 
 (3) belief (4) thought 
 
23. While you deliver a speech, always be ______________ 
 (1) shy (2) nervous 
 (3) confident (4) stubborn 
 
24. We should have ‘balanced diet’ every day. He balanced diet means ___________ 
 (1) delicious food (2) limited nutritious food 
 (3) food that is oily and spicy (4) local food 
 
25. Many people consume packaged food because ____________ 
 (1) It was become a matter of convenience 
 (2) It has become a matter of convenience 
 (3) It is become a matter of convenience 
 (4) It had become a matter of convenience 
 
26. Previously they used to live __________ Paris. 
 (1) with (2) by 
 (3) within (4) in 
 
27. She always avoids artificial products and goes only for the natural _________ ? 
 (1) does she? (2) doesn’t she? 
 (3) don’t she? (4) will she? 
 
28. If it rains tomorrow, we _____________ paper boats. 
 (1) Prepare (2) will prepare 
 (3) could preparing (3) are preparing 
 
29. ______________ you like to have tea or coffee? 
 (1) can (2) will 
 (3) would (4) should 
 
30. She has got green fingers. This means ______________ 
 (1) she’s got no experience of life. 
 (2) she steals things. 
 (3) she’s good at gardening. 
 (4) she’s got fingers green in colour.