Chandigarh: State Level Question & Answer Paper (Language) - 2017-18 | NTSE for Class 10 PDF Download

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LANGUAGE COMPRHENSIVE TEST ? 2017 
 
Time: 45 Minutes Maximum Marks: 50 
 
Please read the instructions carefully. 
 
INSTRUCTIONS 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
             
           
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
Instructions to the Candidates 
Read the following instructions carefully before you answer the question: 
  
1. Answer are to be given on a SEPARATE ANSWER SHEET. 
2. Please write your eleven digits Roll Number very clearly on the Test-Booklet and                  
Answer Sheet as given in your admission card. 
3. Please note and follow the instructions given on the answer sheet for writing the answers. 
4. Darken the CIRCLE with pen for answering the question in the appropriate space against 
the number corresponding to the questions you are answering. 
5. There are 50 questions in the test. 
6. Since all questions are compulsory, do not try read the whole question paper before 
beginning to answer it. 
7. 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 question, which you left in the first 
instance and try them again.  
8. Since the time allotted for this question paper is very limited you should make the best use of 
it by not spending too much time on any one question. 
9. Rough work can be done anywhere in the booklet but not on the answer sheet/loose paper. 
10. Every correct answer will be awarded one mark. 
11. Please return the answer sheet to the invigilator after the test. 
 
 
 
 
 
Enrollment No. :  Batch : 
 
Name :  
 
 
Candidate ’s Signature Invigilator ’s Signature:   
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LANGUAGE COMPRHENSIVE TEST ? 2017 
 
Time: 45 Minutes Maximum Marks: 50 
 
Please read the instructions carefully. 
 
INSTRUCTIONS 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
             
           
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
Instructions to the Candidates 
Read the following instructions carefully before you answer the question: 
  
1. Answer are to be given on a SEPARATE ANSWER SHEET. 
2. Please write your eleven digits Roll Number very clearly on the Test-Booklet and                  
Answer Sheet as given in your admission card. 
3. Please note and follow the instructions given on the answer sheet for writing the answers. 
4. Darken the CIRCLE with pen for answering the question in the appropriate space against 
the number corresponding to the questions you are answering. 
5. There are 50 questions in the test. 
6. Since all questions are compulsory, do not try read the whole question paper before 
beginning to answer it. 
7. 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 question, which you left in the first 
instance and try them again.  
8. Since the time allotted for this question paper is very limited you should make the best use of 
it by not spending too much time on any one question. 
9. Rough work can be done anywhere in the booklet but not on the answer sheet/loose paper. 
10. Every correct answer will be awarded one mark. 
11. Please return the answer sheet to the invigilator after the test. 
 
 
 
 
 
Enrollment No. :  Batch : 
 
Name :  
 
 
Candidate ’s Signature Invigilator ’s Signature:   
NTSE STAGE 1 -2017-18 LANGUAGE COMPRHENSIVE TEST-NTSE-2017-051117.DOCX 
   
 
 
Directions: 1-5 Read the following passage and answer the questions based on it. 
Gandhi without realising it, had found the secret of success. He began to look on every difficulty as an opportunity for 
service, a challenge which could draw out of him greater and greater resources of intelligence and imagination. In turning 
his back on personal profit or prestige in his work, he found he had won the trust and even love of white and Indian South 
Africans alike. More and more people from his own community began to entrust their legal work to him. In short time he 
was a successful lawyer, dignified with westernized life style. 
He brought his wife Kasturba and two sons to their new home and painfully they adjusted to the tortures of alien cloths 
and artificial manners. At first they objected bitterly, but Gandhi was unyielding. It was essential to look “civilized” that is, 
European. That was the price of success, and all of them had to pay for it. 
But the political and social repression of all Indian in South Africa, and especially the desperate condition of those who 
come as labourers on a system equivalent to legalized slavery, had made a deep impression on Gandhi. When the black 
plague broke out in the squalid ghetto of Johannesburg, the sick and dying were taken to an abandoned, quarantined 
building where a heroic English nurse spent long hours alone caring for them. Many years later she related that at the 
height of epidemic Gandhi come to help. She warned him that it was plague, but he went straight to the sick. She saw 
him bending over a dying man covered with vermin. Gandhi tended to him and whispered. “He is my brother”. 
 
1. Gandhi found the secret of success in ………… 
 (A) Personal Profit  
 (B) Prestige in his work 
 (C) Every difficulty as an opportunity  
 (D) Turning his back on personal profit or prestige in his work 
 
2. Kasturba …………………. 
 (A) was happy dressing in alien clothes 
 (B) did not agree to dress in alien clothes 
 (C) initially resisted to wear alien clothes and adopt artificial manners 
 (D) could not adjust to alien clothes and artificial manners 
 
3. Gandhi identified with …………………. 
 (A) the Europeans (B) his family 
 (C) the labourers who came from India (D) None of the above 
 
4. The nurse was looking after …………………. 
 (A) Plague patients (B) Patients with infectious disease 
 (C) Sick and the dying Indians (D) Indian labourers suffering from black plague 
 
5. The man dying due to …………………. 
 (A) vermin (B) black plague 
 (C) ill treatment (D) Squalid living conditions 
 
Directions: 6-10 Read the passage given below and answer the questions based on it. 
 
It is a common belief that without money nothing is possible in the modern era. It is so because the MNCs (Multi National 
Companies) are spreading their wings in every field in India. 
So, we have in our country all things from a pin to an aeroplane made by some foreign company. In the glitter of foreign 
life, which is based on manipulation of money instead of real friendship or real love between human hearts, the Indians 
are losing their cultural shape to some extent. This is bringing about a number of changes in our living styles. 
In the name of globalization we are being sold foreign branded sweetened water in the form of cold drinks, sweet things 
like biscuits made of wheat, tinned fruits, vegetables, jams, concentrated fruit juices, chocolates etc. All these things are 
produced in India. For that the foreign companies buy raw material at low rates in India, process it in India and then sell 
the manufactured products to the Indians at a very high price. Previously, the Britishers took the raw material from India, 
changed it into finished goods and sold it back to the Indians at exorbitant rates. Now, the foreigners need not take the 
raw material to their own countries when they can do the mischief on our own land and thus beat us in our own house. 
 
6. Which common belief has got the hold of every Indian mind? 
 (A) Money is the be all and end all of everything 
 (B) Balance between money and family is important 
 (C) Everything is useless 
 (D) Real friendship and love in human hearts make life worth living 
 
7. Money is affecting the cultural shape of our society because 
 (A) Human values appear cheap in face of glitter of money 
 (B) We have started to run after material gains 
 (C) We like to be manipulated by money 
 (D) Friendship cannot be easily bought 
  
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LANGUAGE COMPRHENSIVE TEST ? 2017 
 
Time: 45 Minutes Maximum Marks: 50 
 
Please read the instructions carefully. 
 
INSTRUCTIONS 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
             
           
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
Instructions to the Candidates 
Read the following instructions carefully before you answer the question: 
  
1. Answer are to be given on a SEPARATE ANSWER SHEET. 
2. Please write your eleven digits Roll Number very clearly on the Test-Booklet and                  
Answer Sheet as given in your admission card. 
3. Please note and follow the instructions given on the answer sheet for writing the answers. 
4. Darken the CIRCLE with pen for answering the question in the appropriate space against 
the number corresponding to the questions you are answering. 
5. There are 50 questions in the test. 
6. Since all questions are compulsory, do not try read the whole question paper before 
beginning to answer it. 
7. 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 question, which you left in the first 
instance and try them again.  
8. Since the time allotted for this question paper is very limited you should make the best use of 
it by not spending too much time on any one question. 
9. Rough work can be done anywhere in the booklet but not on the answer sheet/loose paper. 
10. Every correct answer will be awarded one mark. 
11. Please return the answer sheet to the invigilator after the test. 
 
 
 
 
 
Enrollment No. :  Batch : 
 
Name :  
 
 
Candidate ’s Signature Invigilator ’s Signature:   
NTSE STAGE 1 -2017-18 LANGUAGE COMPRHENSIVE TEST-NTSE-2017-051117.DOCX 
   
 
 
Directions: 1-5 Read the following passage and answer the questions based on it. 
Gandhi without realising it, had found the secret of success. He began to look on every difficulty as an opportunity for 
service, a challenge which could draw out of him greater and greater resources of intelligence and imagination. In turning 
his back on personal profit or prestige in his work, he found he had won the trust and even love of white and Indian South 
Africans alike. More and more people from his own community began to entrust their legal work to him. In short time he 
was a successful lawyer, dignified with westernized life style. 
He brought his wife Kasturba and two sons to their new home and painfully they adjusted to the tortures of alien cloths 
and artificial manners. At first they objected bitterly, but Gandhi was unyielding. It was essential to look “civilized” that is, 
European. That was the price of success, and all of them had to pay for it. 
But the political and social repression of all Indian in South Africa, and especially the desperate condition of those who 
come as labourers on a system equivalent to legalized slavery, had made a deep impression on Gandhi. When the black 
plague broke out in the squalid ghetto of Johannesburg, the sick and dying were taken to an abandoned, quarantined 
building where a heroic English nurse spent long hours alone caring for them. Many years later she related that at the 
height of epidemic Gandhi come to help. She warned him that it was plague, but he went straight to the sick. She saw 
him bending over a dying man covered with vermin. Gandhi tended to him and whispered. “He is my brother”. 
 
1. Gandhi found the secret of success in ………… 
 (A) Personal Profit  
 (B) Prestige in his work 
 (C) Every difficulty as an opportunity  
 (D) Turning his back on personal profit or prestige in his work 
 
2. Kasturba …………………. 
 (A) was happy dressing in alien clothes 
 (B) did not agree to dress in alien clothes 
 (C) initially resisted to wear alien clothes and adopt artificial manners 
 (D) could not adjust to alien clothes and artificial manners 
 
3. Gandhi identified with …………………. 
 (A) the Europeans (B) his family 
 (C) the labourers who came from India (D) None of the above 
 
4. The nurse was looking after …………………. 
 (A) Plague patients (B) Patients with infectious disease 
 (C) Sick and the dying Indians (D) Indian labourers suffering from black plague 
 
5. The man dying due to …………………. 
 (A) vermin (B) black plague 
 (C) ill treatment (D) Squalid living conditions 
 
Directions: 6-10 Read the passage given below and answer the questions based on it. 
 
It is a common belief that without money nothing is possible in the modern era. It is so because the MNCs (Multi National 
Companies) are spreading their wings in every field in India. 
So, we have in our country all things from a pin to an aeroplane made by some foreign company. In the glitter of foreign 
life, which is based on manipulation of money instead of real friendship or real love between human hearts, the Indians 
are losing their cultural shape to some extent. This is bringing about a number of changes in our living styles. 
In the name of globalization we are being sold foreign branded sweetened water in the form of cold drinks, sweet things 
like biscuits made of wheat, tinned fruits, vegetables, jams, concentrated fruit juices, chocolates etc. All these things are 
produced in India. For that the foreign companies buy raw material at low rates in India, process it in India and then sell 
the manufactured products to the Indians at a very high price. Previously, the Britishers took the raw material from India, 
changed it into finished goods and sold it back to the Indians at exorbitant rates. Now, the foreigners need not take the 
raw material to their own countries when they can do the mischief on our own land and thus beat us in our own house. 
 
6. Which common belief has got the hold of every Indian mind? 
 (A) Money is the be all and end all of everything 
 (B) Balance between money and family is important 
 (C) Everything is useless 
 (D) Real friendship and love in human hearts make life worth living 
 
7. Money is affecting the cultural shape of our society because 
 (A) Human values appear cheap in face of glitter of money 
 (B) We have started to run after material gains 
 (C) We like to be manipulated by money 
 (D) Friendship cannot be easily bought 
  
LANGUAGE COMPRHENSIVE TEST-NTSE-2017-051117.DOCX-3 NTSE-2017 
    
 
 
8. Globalization means 
 (A) We can tour the world 
 (B) Whole world is one big market 
 (C) Free exchange of ideals with anybody 
 (D) We become citizens of the world 
 
9. How are foreign companies taking advantage of India? 
 (A) They buy the raw material from India and sell them the finished products 
 (B) They buy the raw material, get things produced in India and sell finished products at high prices 
 (C) They buy raw material from India and sell finished products in their own countries only 
 (D) They buy raw material from India, get things produced in India and sell the finished product in other countries 
 
10. How did the foreign companies and the Britishers differ? 
 (A) Foreign companies sold products in India wheras Britishers did not 
 (B) Foreign companies gave jobs to Indians but Britishers did not do so 
 (C) Foreign companies bought the raw material from India and produced the finished products here only 
whereas Britishers took the raw material to their own country for production 
 (D) Britishers liked Indian raw material but not the finished goods and foreign companies like every product of 
India. 
 
Direction: 11-15 Read the following passage and answers the questions based on it. 
 
Crime has become an inseparable part of our society. But this doesn’t mean that we can allow them to impact our daily 
lives and create darkness even on the brightest days. Eliminating crime is must and harsh punishment are one of the 
effective ways to reduce crime. It stands especially true for the people who commit crime just for fun. The concept of 
punishment is based on theories. 
The theory in which goal of punishments is to deter the future crime is known as utilitarian theory. Deterrence is the 
objective of harsh punishments as it creates an aversion for the possible results of criminal actions. It is justified only 
when the harm that punishment prevents is more than punishment given to criminal. If it doesn’t deter, it adds to the 
human suffering. However, utilitarian theory believes that punishment may or may not have deterrent effect. 
Retributive theory focuses on the past actions of criminal. The moral blame is assigned to criminal and his future conduct 
doesn’t form a base for deciding punishment. In it, punishment is must and justified as criminals have committed an 
immoral act and deserve harsh punishment. It basically follows the concept of an eye for an eye. The emphasis is on the 
moral connection between guilt and punishment. Punishment is seen as a question of accountability and responsibility, 
Criminals pay their debt in form of punishment. Retributive theory advocates harsh punishment and they argue that it 
reduces crime as no matter what. Some people don’t learn easy lessons. If they are treated with sympathy, they take it 
as a weakness of society. 
 
11. The main idea of the passage is to 
 (A) Describe crime and teach people to live with it 
 (B) Explain the theories of punishment 
 (C) Have a deterrent effect on criminal minds 
 (D) Make people aware of different theories for mitigating crime 
 
12. Utilitarian theory advocates 
 (A) giving harsh punishment so that in future crime is not committed 
 (B) punishment cannot stop crime 
 (C) to understand the behavior pattern of criminals 
 (D) to enhance the positive outcomes of punishment 
 
13. The focus of Retributive theory is on 
 (A) giving same pain and punishment to the criminals which they have given to others 
 (B) creating an aversion for the possible results of criminal actions 
 (C) giving appropriate punishment to the criminal 
 (D) teaching them to be vindictive and full of vengeance 
 
14. The effect of crime on daily life is that 
 (A) people have lost their peace of mind 
 (B) crime is equated at par with fun 
 (C) society try to eliminate crime through punishment 
 (D) it impacts daily life and creates darkness on the brightest days. 
 
15. Gun culture is prevalent in America. We keep reading about incidents of any crazy guy who catches hold of gun 
and indiscriminately opens fire and kills many people without any rhyme or reason. In such instances punishment 
should be decided by 
 (A) Understanding the background of the attacker 
 (B) Correcting him morally first 
 (C) Making him suffer the way he made others 
 (D) Making him understand the severity of his actions and the sorrow that he has brought on others 
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LANGUAGE COMPRHENSIVE TEST ? 2017 
 
Time: 45 Minutes Maximum Marks: 50 
 
Please read the instructions carefully. 
 
INSTRUCTIONS 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
             
           
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
Instructions to the Candidates 
Read the following instructions carefully before you answer the question: 
  
1. Answer are to be given on a SEPARATE ANSWER SHEET. 
2. Please write your eleven digits Roll Number very clearly on the Test-Booklet and                  
Answer Sheet as given in your admission card. 
3. Please note and follow the instructions given on the answer sheet for writing the answers. 
4. Darken the CIRCLE with pen for answering the question in the appropriate space against 
the number corresponding to the questions you are answering. 
5. There are 50 questions in the test. 
6. Since all questions are compulsory, do not try read the whole question paper before 
beginning to answer it. 
7. 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 question, which you left in the first 
instance and try them again.  
8. Since the time allotted for this question paper is very limited you should make the best use of 
it by not spending too much time on any one question. 
9. Rough work can be done anywhere in the booklet but not on the answer sheet/loose paper. 
10. Every correct answer will be awarded one mark. 
11. Please return the answer sheet to the invigilator after the test. 
 
 
 
 
 
Enrollment No. :  Batch : 
 
Name :  
 
 
Candidate ’s Signature Invigilator ’s Signature:   
NTSE STAGE 1 -2017-18 LANGUAGE COMPRHENSIVE TEST-NTSE-2017-051117.DOCX 
   
 
 
Directions: 1-5 Read the following passage and answer the questions based on it. 
Gandhi without realising it, had found the secret of success. He began to look on every difficulty as an opportunity for 
service, a challenge which could draw out of him greater and greater resources of intelligence and imagination. In turning 
his back on personal profit or prestige in his work, he found he had won the trust and even love of white and Indian South 
Africans alike. More and more people from his own community began to entrust their legal work to him. In short time he 
was a successful lawyer, dignified with westernized life style. 
He brought his wife Kasturba and two sons to their new home and painfully they adjusted to the tortures of alien cloths 
and artificial manners. At first they objected bitterly, but Gandhi was unyielding. It was essential to look “civilized” that is, 
European. That was the price of success, and all of them had to pay for it. 
But the political and social repression of all Indian in South Africa, and especially the desperate condition of those who 
come as labourers on a system equivalent to legalized slavery, had made a deep impression on Gandhi. When the black 
plague broke out in the squalid ghetto of Johannesburg, the sick and dying were taken to an abandoned, quarantined 
building where a heroic English nurse spent long hours alone caring for them. Many years later she related that at the 
height of epidemic Gandhi come to help. She warned him that it was plague, but he went straight to the sick. She saw 
him bending over a dying man covered with vermin. Gandhi tended to him and whispered. “He is my brother”. 
 
1. Gandhi found the secret of success in ………… 
 (A) Personal Profit  
 (B) Prestige in his work 
 (C) Every difficulty as an opportunity  
 (D) Turning his back on personal profit or prestige in his work 
 
2. Kasturba …………………. 
 (A) was happy dressing in alien clothes 
 (B) did not agree to dress in alien clothes 
 (C) initially resisted to wear alien clothes and adopt artificial manners 
 (D) could not adjust to alien clothes and artificial manners 
 
3. Gandhi identified with …………………. 
 (A) the Europeans (B) his family 
 (C) the labourers who came from India (D) None of the above 
 
4. The nurse was looking after …………………. 
 (A) Plague patients (B) Patients with infectious disease 
 (C) Sick and the dying Indians (D) Indian labourers suffering from black plague 
 
5. The man dying due to …………………. 
 (A) vermin (B) black plague 
 (C) ill treatment (D) Squalid living conditions 
 
Directions: 6-10 Read the passage given below and answer the questions based on it. 
 
It is a common belief that without money nothing is possible in the modern era. It is so because the MNCs (Multi National 
Companies) are spreading their wings in every field in India. 
So, we have in our country all things from a pin to an aeroplane made by some foreign company. In the glitter of foreign 
life, which is based on manipulation of money instead of real friendship or real love between human hearts, the Indians 
are losing their cultural shape to some extent. This is bringing about a number of changes in our living styles. 
In the name of globalization we are being sold foreign branded sweetened water in the form of cold drinks, sweet things 
like biscuits made of wheat, tinned fruits, vegetables, jams, concentrated fruit juices, chocolates etc. All these things are 
produced in India. For that the foreign companies buy raw material at low rates in India, process it in India and then sell 
the manufactured products to the Indians at a very high price. Previously, the Britishers took the raw material from India, 
changed it into finished goods and sold it back to the Indians at exorbitant rates. Now, the foreigners need not take the 
raw material to their own countries when they can do the mischief on our own land and thus beat us in our own house. 
 
6. Which common belief has got the hold of every Indian mind? 
 (A) Money is the be all and end all of everything 
 (B) Balance between money and family is important 
 (C) Everything is useless 
 (D) Real friendship and love in human hearts make life worth living 
 
7. Money is affecting the cultural shape of our society because 
 (A) Human values appear cheap in face of glitter of money 
 (B) We have started to run after material gains 
 (C) We like to be manipulated by money 
 (D) Friendship cannot be easily bought 
  
LANGUAGE COMPRHENSIVE TEST-NTSE-2017-051117.DOCX-3 NTSE-2017 
    
 
 
8. Globalization means 
 (A) We can tour the world 
 (B) Whole world is one big market 
 (C) Free exchange of ideals with anybody 
 (D) We become citizens of the world 
 
9. How are foreign companies taking advantage of India? 
 (A) They buy the raw material from India and sell them the finished products 
 (B) They buy the raw material, get things produced in India and sell finished products at high prices 
 (C) They buy raw material from India and sell finished products in their own countries only 
 (D) They buy raw material from India, get things produced in India and sell the finished product in other countries 
 
10. How did the foreign companies and the Britishers differ? 
 (A) Foreign companies sold products in India wheras Britishers did not 
 (B) Foreign companies gave jobs to Indians but Britishers did not do so 
 (C) Foreign companies bought the raw material from India and produced the finished products here only 
whereas Britishers took the raw material to their own country for production 
 (D) Britishers liked Indian raw material but not the finished goods and foreign companies like every product of 
India. 
 
Direction: 11-15 Read the following passage and answers the questions based on it. 
 
Crime has become an inseparable part of our society. But this doesn’t mean that we can allow them to impact our daily 
lives and create darkness even on the brightest days. Eliminating crime is must and harsh punishment are one of the 
effective ways to reduce crime. It stands especially true for the people who commit crime just for fun. The concept of 
punishment is based on theories. 
The theory in which goal of punishments is to deter the future crime is known as utilitarian theory. Deterrence is the 
objective of harsh punishments as it creates an aversion for the possible results of criminal actions. It is justified only 
when the harm that punishment prevents is more than punishment given to criminal. If it doesn’t deter, it adds to the 
human suffering. However, utilitarian theory believes that punishment may or may not have deterrent effect. 
Retributive theory focuses on the past actions of criminal. The moral blame is assigned to criminal and his future conduct 
doesn’t form a base for deciding punishment. In it, punishment is must and justified as criminals have committed an 
immoral act and deserve harsh punishment. It basically follows the concept of an eye for an eye. The emphasis is on the 
moral connection between guilt and punishment. Punishment is seen as a question of accountability and responsibility, 
Criminals pay their debt in form of punishment. Retributive theory advocates harsh punishment and they argue that it 
reduces crime as no matter what. Some people don’t learn easy lessons. If they are treated with sympathy, they take it 
as a weakness of society. 
 
11. The main idea of the passage is to 
 (A) Describe crime and teach people to live with it 
 (B) Explain the theories of punishment 
 (C) Have a deterrent effect on criminal minds 
 (D) Make people aware of different theories for mitigating crime 
 
12. Utilitarian theory advocates 
 (A) giving harsh punishment so that in future crime is not committed 
 (B) punishment cannot stop crime 
 (C) to understand the behavior pattern of criminals 
 (D) to enhance the positive outcomes of punishment 
 
13. The focus of Retributive theory is on 
 (A) giving same pain and punishment to the criminals which they have given to others 
 (B) creating an aversion for the possible results of criminal actions 
 (C) giving appropriate punishment to the criminal 
 (D) teaching them to be vindictive and full of vengeance 
 
14. The effect of crime on daily life is that 
 (A) people have lost their peace of mind 
 (B) crime is equated at par with fun 
 (C) society try to eliminate crime through punishment 
 (D) it impacts daily life and creates darkness on the brightest days. 
 
15. Gun culture is prevalent in America. We keep reading about incidents of any crazy guy who catches hold of gun 
and indiscriminately opens fire and kills many people without any rhyme or reason. In such instances punishment 
should be decided by 
 (A) Understanding the background of the attacker 
 (B) Correcting him morally first 
 (C) Making him suffer the way he made others 
 (D) Making him understand the severity of his actions and the sorrow that he has brought on others 
NTSE STAGE 1 -2017-18 LANGUAGE COMPRHENSIVE TEST-NTSE-2017-051117.DOCX 
   
 
 
Directions: 16-17 The follows five sentences come from a single paragraph. 
 
The first and last sentences are given choose. The right order in which the sentences (PQR) should appear to complete 
the paragraph. 
 
16. S.1 Computers have become an in integral part of our lives as they offer us just anything under the sun. 
 S.2 
 S.3 
 S.4 
 S.5 Excessive use of computer is causing innumerable problems related to health so it should be used 
judiciously.  
 P ? Modern children easily get hooked on to them especially because of the games 
 Q ?  No doubt they have made lives easier but not without a price 
 R ?  From banking, shopping, entertainment, knowledge, you name it and you have access to it. 
 
 Choose from the options given below 
 (A) RPQ (B) PQR 
 (C) QPR (D) RQP  
 
17. S.1 The means used to achieve ends are important as the end itself. 
 S.1 
 S.3 
 S.4 
 S.5 Therefore success without values is unreprehensible and can never acquire societal approval. 
 P ?  Success achieved through dishonesty is illegal and gets disrepute rather than praise 
 Q ?  Using unfair means to get what you want is in a way succeeding in your endeavour but cannot be approved 
 R ?  It is an easy way out to succeed and makes one compromise not only with learning gained in the process of 
achieving ones good but also with ones integrity. 
 
 Choose from the options given below. 
 (A) RPQ (B) QRP 
 (C) PQR (D) RQP 
 
Directions: 18-19 The following questions have the second sentence missing. Choose the appropriate sentence 
from the given options to complete it. 
 
18. A.  In most of the villages in India people are poor so are illiterate also  
 B. 
 C.  Thus, they are unable to extricate themselves out of this miserable life 
 (A) They are superstitious, backward and believe in witches, wizards and ghosts 
 (B) They consume alcohol, tobacco and also narcotics 
 (C) Many people in villages live in small houses made of mud 
 (D) Village life is slow paced and full of leisure 
 
19. A. Hostel life is larger than family life  
 B. 
 C. One gets the lessons of mutual help and team-spirit 
 (A) The strict discipline of hostel detaches them from real life 
 (B) It is a popular place for enjoying adventure 
 (C) There is always some kind of activity going on 
 (D) One can learn to live together with friends in good as well as bad times. 
 
Directions: 20-29 Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option from given alternatives 
 
20. Most of the migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh have settled in …………. 
 (A) the outskirts of Delhi (B) and around Delhi 
 (C) the Posh areas Delhi (D) hub of Delhi 
 
21. The direction we take …………. The rest of our Journey through life 
 (A) decide (B) determines 
 (C) directs (D) revolves 
 
22. He wears eyeglasses with …………. Lenses 
 (A) Square (B) Improper 
 (C) Thick (D) Unusual 
 
23. When a child is working on a computer one …………. To think he is engaged in serious work. 
 (A) forced (B) tends 
 (C) believed (D) envisage 
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LANGUAGE COMPRHENSIVE TEST ? 2017 
 
Time: 45 Minutes Maximum Marks: 50 
 
Please read the instructions carefully. 
 
INSTRUCTIONS 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
             
           
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
Instructions to the Candidates 
Read the following instructions carefully before you answer the question: 
  
1. Answer are to be given on a SEPARATE ANSWER SHEET. 
2. Please write your eleven digits Roll Number very clearly on the Test-Booklet and                  
Answer Sheet as given in your admission card. 
3. Please note and follow the instructions given on the answer sheet for writing the answers. 
4. Darken the CIRCLE with pen for answering the question in the appropriate space against 
the number corresponding to the questions you are answering. 
5. There are 50 questions in the test. 
6. Since all questions are compulsory, do not try read the whole question paper before 
beginning to answer it. 
7. 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 question, which you left in the first 
instance and try them again.  
8. Since the time allotted for this question paper is very limited you should make the best use of 
it by not spending too much time on any one question. 
9. Rough work can be done anywhere in the booklet but not on the answer sheet/loose paper. 
10. Every correct answer will be awarded one mark. 
11. Please return the answer sheet to the invigilator after the test. 
 
 
 
 
 
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Directions: 1-5 Read the following passage and answer the questions based on it. 
Gandhi without realising it, had found the secret of success. He began to look on every difficulty as an opportunity for 
service, a challenge which could draw out of him greater and greater resources of intelligence and imagination. In turning 
his back on personal profit or prestige in his work, he found he had won the trust and even love of white and Indian South 
Africans alike. More and more people from his own community began to entrust their legal work to him. In short time he 
was a successful lawyer, dignified with westernized life style. 
He brought his wife Kasturba and two sons to their new home and painfully they adjusted to the tortures of alien cloths 
and artificial manners. At first they objected bitterly, but Gandhi was unyielding. It was essential to look “civilized” that is, 
European. That was the price of success, and all of them had to pay for it. 
But the political and social repression of all Indian in South Africa, and especially the desperate condition of those who 
come as labourers on a system equivalent to legalized slavery, had made a deep impression on Gandhi. When the black 
plague broke out in the squalid ghetto of Johannesburg, the sick and dying were taken to an abandoned, quarantined 
building where a heroic English nurse spent long hours alone caring for them. Many years later she related that at the 
height of epidemic Gandhi come to help. She warned him that it was plague, but he went straight to the sick. She saw 
him bending over a dying man covered with vermin. Gandhi tended to him and whispered. “He is my brother”. 
 
1. Gandhi found the secret of success in ………… 
 (A) Personal Profit  
 (B) Prestige in his work 
 (C) Every difficulty as an opportunity  
 (D) Turning his back on personal profit or prestige in his work 
 
2. Kasturba …………………. 
 (A) was happy dressing in alien clothes 
 (B) did not agree to dress in alien clothes 
 (C) initially resisted to wear alien clothes and adopt artificial manners 
 (D) could not adjust to alien clothes and artificial manners 
 
3. Gandhi identified with …………………. 
 (A) the Europeans (B) his family 
 (C) the labourers who came from India (D) None of the above 
 
4. The nurse was looking after …………………. 
 (A) Plague patients (B) Patients with infectious disease 
 (C) Sick and the dying Indians (D) Indian labourers suffering from black plague 
 
5. The man dying due to …………………. 
 (A) vermin (B) black plague 
 (C) ill treatment (D) Squalid living conditions 
 
Directions: 6-10 Read the passage given below and answer the questions based on it. 
 
It is a common belief that without money nothing is possible in the modern era. It is so because the MNCs (Multi National 
Companies) are spreading their wings in every field in India. 
So, we have in our country all things from a pin to an aeroplane made by some foreign company. In the glitter of foreign 
life, which is based on manipulation of money instead of real friendship or real love between human hearts, the Indians 
are losing their cultural shape to some extent. This is bringing about a number of changes in our living styles. 
In the name of globalization we are being sold foreign branded sweetened water in the form of cold drinks, sweet things 
like biscuits made of wheat, tinned fruits, vegetables, jams, concentrated fruit juices, chocolates etc. All these things are 
produced in India. For that the foreign companies buy raw material at low rates in India, process it in India and then sell 
the manufactured products to the Indians at a very high price. Previously, the Britishers took the raw material from India, 
changed it into finished goods and sold it back to the Indians at exorbitant rates. Now, the foreigners need not take the 
raw material to their own countries when they can do the mischief on our own land and thus beat us in our own house. 
 
6. Which common belief has got the hold of every Indian mind? 
 (A) Money is the be all and end all of everything 
 (B) Balance between money and family is important 
 (C) Everything is useless 
 (D) Real friendship and love in human hearts make life worth living 
 
7. Money is affecting the cultural shape of our society because 
 (A) Human values appear cheap in face of glitter of money 
 (B) We have started to run after material gains 
 (C) We like to be manipulated by money 
 (D) Friendship cannot be easily bought 
  
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8. Globalization means 
 (A) We can tour the world 
 (B) Whole world is one big market 
 (C) Free exchange of ideals with anybody 
 (D) We become citizens of the world 
 
9. How are foreign companies taking advantage of India? 
 (A) They buy the raw material from India and sell them the finished products 
 (B) They buy the raw material, get things produced in India and sell finished products at high prices 
 (C) They buy raw material from India and sell finished products in their own countries only 
 (D) They buy raw material from India, get things produced in India and sell the finished product in other countries 
 
10. How did the foreign companies and the Britishers differ? 
 (A) Foreign companies sold products in India wheras Britishers did not 
 (B) Foreign companies gave jobs to Indians but Britishers did not do so 
 (C) Foreign companies bought the raw material from India and produced the finished products here only 
whereas Britishers took the raw material to their own country for production 
 (D) Britishers liked Indian raw material but not the finished goods and foreign companies like every product of 
India. 
 
Direction: 11-15 Read the following passage and answers the questions based on it. 
 
Crime has become an inseparable part of our society. But this doesn’t mean that we can allow them to impact our daily 
lives and create darkness even on the brightest days. Eliminating crime is must and harsh punishment are one of the 
effective ways to reduce crime. It stands especially true for the people who commit crime just for fun. The concept of 
punishment is based on theories. 
The theory in which goal of punishments is to deter the future crime is known as utilitarian theory. Deterrence is the 
objective of harsh punishments as it creates an aversion for the possible results of criminal actions. It is justified only 
when the harm that punishment prevents is more than punishment given to criminal. If it doesn’t deter, it adds to the 
human suffering. However, utilitarian theory believes that punishment may or may not have deterrent effect. 
Retributive theory focuses on the past actions of criminal. The moral blame is assigned to criminal and his future conduct 
doesn’t form a base for deciding punishment. In it, punishment is must and justified as criminals have committed an 
immoral act and deserve harsh punishment. It basically follows the concept of an eye for an eye. The emphasis is on the 
moral connection between guilt and punishment. Punishment is seen as a question of accountability and responsibility, 
Criminals pay their debt in form of punishment. Retributive theory advocates harsh punishment and they argue that it 
reduces crime as no matter what. Some people don’t learn easy lessons. If they are treated with sympathy, they take it 
as a weakness of society. 
 
11. The main idea of the passage is to 
 (A) Describe crime and teach people to live with it 
 (B) Explain the theories of punishment 
 (C) Have a deterrent effect on criminal minds 
 (D) Make people aware of different theories for mitigating crime 
 
12. Utilitarian theory advocates 
 (A) giving harsh punishment so that in future crime is not committed 
 (B) punishment cannot stop crime 
 (C) to understand the behavior pattern of criminals 
 (D) to enhance the positive outcomes of punishment 
 
13. The focus of Retributive theory is on 
 (A) giving same pain and punishment to the criminals which they have given to others 
 (B) creating an aversion for the possible results of criminal actions 
 (C) giving appropriate punishment to the criminal 
 (D) teaching them to be vindictive and full of vengeance 
 
14. The effect of crime on daily life is that 
 (A) people have lost their peace of mind 
 (B) crime is equated at par with fun 
 (C) society try to eliminate crime through punishment 
 (D) it impacts daily life and creates darkness on the brightest days. 
 
15. Gun culture is prevalent in America. We keep reading about incidents of any crazy guy who catches hold of gun 
and indiscriminately opens fire and kills many people without any rhyme or reason. In such instances punishment 
should be decided by 
 (A) Understanding the background of the attacker 
 (B) Correcting him morally first 
 (C) Making him suffer the way he made others 
 (D) Making him understand the severity of his actions and the sorrow that he has brought on others 
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Directions: 16-17 The follows five sentences come from a single paragraph. 
 
The first and last sentences are given choose. The right order in which the sentences (PQR) should appear to complete 
the paragraph. 
 
16. S.1 Computers have become an in integral part of our lives as they offer us just anything under the sun. 
 S.2 
 S.3 
 S.4 
 S.5 Excessive use of computer is causing innumerable problems related to health so it should be used 
judiciously.  
 P ? Modern children easily get hooked on to them especially because of the games 
 Q ?  No doubt they have made lives easier but not without a price 
 R ?  From banking, shopping, entertainment, knowledge, you name it and you have access to it. 
 
 Choose from the options given below 
 (A) RPQ (B) PQR 
 (C) QPR (D) RQP  
 
17. S.1 The means used to achieve ends are important as the end itself. 
 S.1 
 S.3 
 S.4 
 S.5 Therefore success without values is unreprehensible and can never acquire societal approval. 
 P ?  Success achieved through dishonesty is illegal and gets disrepute rather than praise 
 Q ?  Using unfair means to get what you want is in a way succeeding in your endeavour but cannot be approved 
 R ?  It is an easy way out to succeed and makes one compromise not only with learning gained in the process of 
achieving ones good but also with ones integrity. 
 
 Choose from the options given below. 
 (A) RPQ (B) QRP 
 (C) PQR (D) RQP 
 
Directions: 18-19 The following questions have the second sentence missing. Choose the appropriate sentence 
from the given options to complete it. 
 
18. A.  In most of the villages in India people are poor so are illiterate also  
 B. 
 C.  Thus, they are unable to extricate themselves out of this miserable life 
 (A) They are superstitious, backward and believe in witches, wizards and ghosts 
 (B) They consume alcohol, tobacco and also narcotics 
 (C) Many people in villages live in small houses made of mud 
 (D) Village life is slow paced and full of leisure 
 
19. A. Hostel life is larger than family life  
 B. 
 C. One gets the lessons of mutual help and team-spirit 
 (A) The strict discipline of hostel detaches them from real life 
 (B) It is a popular place for enjoying adventure 
 (C) There is always some kind of activity going on 
 (D) One can learn to live together with friends in good as well as bad times. 
 
Directions: 20-29 Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option from given alternatives 
 
20. Most of the migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh have settled in …………. 
 (A) the outskirts of Delhi (B) and around Delhi 
 (C) the Posh areas Delhi (D) hub of Delhi 
 
21. The direction we take …………. The rest of our Journey through life 
 (A) decide (B) determines 
 (C) directs (D) revolves 
 
22. He wears eyeglasses with …………. Lenses 
 (A) Square (B) Improper 
 (C) Thick (D) Unusual 
 
23. When a child is working on a computer one …………. To think he is engaged in serious work. 
 (A) forced (B) tends 
 (C) believed (D) envisage 
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24. The post …………. To convey that there is a generation gap between father and son 
 (A) unable (B) wishes 
 (C) regards (D) perceivers 
 
25. Every day they would …………. And munch everything in sight 
 (A) drink (B) swallow 
 (C) chomp (D) crash 
 
26. The …………. Son needs to realize that his father loved him 
 (A) intelligent (B) smart 
 (C) thoughtful (D) prodigal 
 
27. Childhood is a lost …………. Hidden in some forgotten place 
 (A) opinion (B) thought 
 (C) feeling (D) memoray 
 
28. Water has made our earth colourful …………. With life of a vast variety 
 (A) vibrate (B) pulsating 
 (C) jubilant (D) delightful 
 
29. The Japanese and the Hawaiians …………. Eating sea plants but it is not so in other countries where it is used as 
manure 
 (A) adored (B) abhor 
 (C) relish (D) enjoy  
 
Directions: 30-35 Select meaning of the underlined phrase/idioms. 
 
30. All the politicians are chips of the same block 
(A) alike (B) different 
(C) patriotic (D) full of loyalty 
 
31. My neighbor always threatens me with dire consequences if I do not submit to his aggressive behavior 
 (A) unfair results (B) misunderstanding 
 (C) indecisive results (D) restoring faith 
 
32. Shagun is always boasting about his achievement where as it is just a case of empty vessels making a lot of 
noise 
 (A) self praise (B) to glorify others 
 (C) behaving in a strange way (D) always picking up a fight 
 
33. Though the car looks good but it is not worth a dime 
 (A) expensive (B) very cheap 
 (C) not in good condition (D) completely wrecked 
 
34. Her imagination plays havoc as idle mind is a devils workshop 
 (A) to over think (B) remain absentminded 
 (C) lost in thought (D) today-dream 
 
35. I am at my wits ends as I did not prepare for exam in time. 
 (A) impatient (B) to feel completely at loss 
 (C) helpless (D) make sense 
 
Directions: 36-43 in the following passage there are some numbered blanks.     
 
Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the given options. 
 
The rain gets (36) …………. Over the land and the sea. The vapoursgo to the (37) …………. And take the (38) …………. 
Of clouds. These clouds have the (39) …………. Which form the 40 …………. On the earth. The rain (41) …………. On 
the earth to wash and (42) …………. The dry and (43) …………. Things. 
   
36. (A) constructed (B) cascade 
 (C) formed (D) manufactured 
 
37. (A) Planet (B) Moon 
 (C) Heaven (D) Hell 
 
38. (A) Shape (B) Shadow 
 (C) Shade (D) From