West Bengal: State Level Question Paper (LANG) - 2015-16 | NTSE for Class 10 PDF Download

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NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION, 2015-16 
(STATE LEVEL) 
(FOR STUDENTS STUDYING IN CLASS X) 
English 
Full Marks: 50         Total Time: 45 minutes  
 
Instructions to Candidates 
 
Read the instructions carefully before you start answering the questions. Answers are to be given on a OMR 
Answer-Sheet provided. 
 
1. In this Paper you are to answer 50 questions. Each question carries l(one) mark. You are to answer all 
the questions. 
2. Before you proceed to mark in the OMR Answer- Sheet find out the correct answer from the four 
alternatives (a), (b), (c) and (d) against each question in the Question Booklet. Darken the circle with a 
Black Ball Point Pen, to the corresponding correct answer to the item in the OMR Answer-Sheet. 
 
(a) If more than one circle is encoded or darken against a particular answer, it will be treated as a wrong 
answer. 
(b) There will be no penalty marks or negative marking for a wrong answer. 
(c) You are to start recording answers with the ‘start’ instruction from the Officer-in-Charge of your 
room/hall. 
(a) You are to write your Name and Roll No. in the space provided with for this purpose on the OMR 
Answer-Sheet. You must encode your Roll no. in OMR Answer Sheet. 
(b) The OMR Answer-Sheet should be handed over to the Invigilator before leaving the Examination Hall. 
You may take away the used Question Booklet after completion of the examination. 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
    
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NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION, 2015-16 
(STATE LEVEL) 
(FOR STUDENTS STUDYING IN CLASS X) 
English 
Full Marks: 50         Total Time: 45 minutes  
 
Instructions to Candidates 
 
Read the instructions carefully before you start answering the questions. Answers are to be given on a OMR 
Answer-Sheet provided. 
 
1. In this Paper you are to answer 50 questions. Each question carries l(one) mark. You are to answer all 
the questions. 
2. Before you proceed to mark in the OMR Answer- Sheet find out the correct answer from the four 
alternatives (a), (b), (c) and (d) against each question in the Question Booklet. Darken the circle with a 
Black Ball Point Pen, to the corresponding correct answer to the item in the OMR Answer-Sheet. 
 
(a) If more than one circle is encoded or darken against a particular answer, it will be treated as a wrong 
answer. 
(b) There will be no penalty marks or negative marking for a wrong answer. 
(c) You are to start recording answers with the ‘start’ instruction from the Officer-in-Charge of your 
room/hall. 
(a) You are to write your Name and Roll No. in the space provided with for this purpose on the OMR 
Answer-Sheet. You must encode your Roll no. in OMR Answer Sheet. 
(b) The OMR Answer-Sheet should be handed over to the Invigilator before leaving the Examination Hall. 
You may take away the used Question Booklet after completion of the examination. 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
    
 
 
    
    
 
 
Q. 1-5. Read the passage and answer the questions given below: 
 
It happened one day, about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of mans 
naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen in the sand. I stood like one thunderstruck, or as it I had 
seen an apparition. I listened, I looked round me, I could hear nothing, nor see anything. I went up the shore, and 
down the shore, but it was all one, I could see no impression but that one. I went to it again to see if there were 
any more, and to observe if it might not be my fancy; but there was no room for that for there was exactly the 
very print of a foot—toe, heel and every part of a foot. 
 
Choose the correct answer from the options given below: 
 
1. On finding the foot-print on the shore, what did the author do? 
(a) Did not pay much attention. 
(b) Began to investigate its origin. 
(c) Ran away in fear. 
(d) Went to his boat. 
 
2. Which one of the following expressions best describes the emotion evoked by the foot-print in the 
 author? 
(a) Curiosity 
(b) Indifference 
(c) Terror 
(d) Surprise 
 
3. How does the author convince himself that the foot-print is a real one? 
(a) By finding the person who made it. 
(b) Being told about it by a witness. 
(c) By thinking about it for some time. 
(d) By examining it carefully and noticing its details. 
 
4. Which one of the following expressions best brings out the effect of the foot-print on the author? 
(a) Stood like one thunder-struck 
(b) Could hear nothing 
(c) Went up the shore 
(d) Looked round himself 
 
5. The passage is full of short simple sentences. Their purpose is to 
(a) facilitate easy understanding. 
(b) give a plain narration. 
(c) convey breathless excitement. 
(d) imply the inability of the author to write in a better way. 
 
 
Q. 6-10. Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it: 
 
Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam was one who constantly worried about how technology can help the common man, the 
disabled, and the disadvantaged. Even as he was involved in applying technology to produce tools and devices 
for national defence, he asked “what else can they do” for the community at large. His interest and contributions 
in the health sector may be exemplified through two examples. When he realized that a coronary stent (a small 
extendable tube inserted in order to help smooth blood flow in heart patients) cost over Rs. 60,000, he decided to 
make a prototype, using the safe, biocompatible and long-lasting stent from the alloys used in missile 
technology. He worked with Dr. Somaraju in this project and they succeeded to make it. This Kalam-Raju stent 
proved to be a low cost, safe and effective stent; it is now used in several hundred patients with success. 
Similarly, noting that the calipers that polio-affected individuals use for locomotion are not only heavy but also 
expensive, he devised (along with Dr. Narendra Nath of Hyderabad) a far lighter one, made of a composite 
material used to make the nose cone of the Agni missile. 
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NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION, 2015-16 
(STATE LEVEL) 
(FOR STUDENTS STUDYING IN CLASS X) 
English 
Full Marks: 50         Total Time: 45 minutes  
 
Instructions to Candidates 
 
Read the instructions carefully before you start answering the questions. Answers are to be given on a OMR 
Answer-Sheet provided. 
 
1. In this Paper you are to answer 50 questions. Each question carries l(one) mark. You are to answer all 
the questions. 
2. Before you proceed to mark in the OMR Answer- Sheet find out the correct answer from the four 
alternatives (a), (b), (c) and (d) against each question in the Question Booklet. Darken the circle with a 
Black Ball Point Pen, to the corresponding correct answer to the item in the OMR Answer-Sheet. 
 
(a) If more than one circle is encoded or darken against a particular answer, it will be treated as a wrong 
answer. 
(b) There will be no penalty marks or negative marking for a wrong answer. 
(c) You are to start recording answers with the ‘start’ instruction from the Officer-in-Charge of your 
room/hall. 
(a) You are to write your Name and Roll No. in the space provided with for this purpose on the OMR 
Answer-Sheet. You must encode your Roll no. in OMR Answer Sheet. 
(b) The OMR Answer-Sheet should be handed over to the Invigilator before leaving the Examination Hall. 
You may take away the used Question Booklet after completion of the examination. 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
    
 
 
    
    
 
 
Q. 1-5. Read the passage and answer the questions given below: 
 
It happened one day, about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of mans 
naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen in the sand. I stood like one thunderstruck, or as it I had 
seen an apparition. I listened, I looked round me, I could hear nothing, nor see anything. I went up the shore, and 
down the shore, but it was all one, I could see no impression but that one. I went to it again to see if there were 
any more, and to observe if it might not be my fancy; but there was no room for that for there was exactly the 
very print of a foot—toe, heel and every part of a foot. 
 
Choose the correct answer from the options given below: 
 
1. On finding the foot-print on the shore, what did the author do? 
(a) Did not pay much attention. 
(b) Began to investigate its origin. 
(c) Ran away in fear. 
(d) Went to his boat. 
 
2. Which one of the following expressions best describes the emotion evoked by the foot-print in the 
 author? 
(a) Curiosity 
(b) Indifference 
(c) Terror 
(d) Surprise 
 
3. How does the author convince himself that the foot-print is a real one? 
(a) By finding the person who made it. 
(b) Being told about it by a witness. 
(c) By thinking about it for some time. 
(d) By examining it carefully and noticing its details. 
 
4. Which one of the following expressions best brings out the effect of the foot-print on the author? 
(a) Stood like one thunder-struck 
(b) Could hear nothing 
(c) Went up the shore 
(d) Looked round himself 
 
5. The passage is full of short simple sentences. Their purpose is to 
(a) facilitate easy understanding. 
(b) give a plain narration. 
(c) convey breathless excitement. 
(d) imply the inability of the author to write in a better way. 
 
 
Q. 6-10. Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it: 
 
Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam was one who constantly worried about how technology can help the common man, the 
disabled, and the disadvantaged. Even as he was involved in applying technology to produce tools and devices 
for national defence, he asked “what else can they do” for the community at large. His interest and contributions 
in the health sector may be exemplified through two examples. When he realized that a coronary stent (a small 
extendable tube inserted in order to help smooth blood flow in heart patients) cost over Rs. 60,000, he decided to 
make a prototype, using the safe, biocompatible and long-lasting stent from the alloys used in missile 
technology. He worked with Dr. Somaraju in this project and they succeeded to make it. This Kalam-Raju stent 
proved to be a low cost, safe and effective stent; it is now used in several hundred patients with success. 
Similarly, noting that the calipers that polio-affected individuals use for locomotion are not only heavy but also 
expensive, he devised (along with Dr. Narendra Nath of Hyderabad) a far lighter one, made of a composite 
material used to make the nose cone of the Agni missile. 
 
 
    
    
 
 
Choose the correct answer from the options given: 
 
6. Dr. Kalam took interest in the health sector because 
(a) he was involved in producing stent. 
(b) he wanted to help the disadvantaged students. 
(c) he wanted to use technology to help common man. 
(d) he was involved in producing missiles. 
 
7. Kalam’s contribution to health sector proves why 
(a) he was called people’s president. 
(b) he wanted to be the president. 
(c) he became a doctor. 
(d) he worried about the diseased. 
 
8. A coronary stent is required by patients suffering from 
(a) Kidney problem 
(b) Heart problem 
(c) Lungs problem 
(d) Blood problem 
 
9. The phrase ‘at large’ here means 
(a) in the main 
(b) on the loose 
(c) on average 
(d) in general 
 
10. Calipers is used by patients who have problem 
(a) in carrying heavy things. 
(b) in moving from one place to another. 
(c) in moving hands and feet. 
(d) in moving any limb. 
 
Q. 11-15. Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it: 
 
J(oanne) K(athleen) Rowling claims that she was a compulsive storyteller from a young age. On a particularly 
long train journey from Manchester to London in the summer of 1990, the idea came to her for the story of a boy 
who finds out he is a wizard and is sent off to wizard school. The Harry Potter series— which begins with Harry 
Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997) followed by Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998)—was 
conceived from the start as comprising seven novels, covering to the seven years Harry spends as a pupil at the 
Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry and exploring, among their many themes, the development of 
identity during adolescence. On his 11th birthday, the orphaned Harry— whose life until then has been a litany 
of misery with his aunt, uncle and obnoxious cousing Dudley— discovers he is a wizard and is whipped off to a 
magical version of the traditional boarding school where he learns the craft of wizardry. 
Choose the correct answer from the options given: 
 
11. The story of Harry Potter was conceived by Rowling during 
(a) a train journey in winter. 
(b) a train journey in summer. 
(c) a tram journey in summer. 
(d) a train journey in monsoon. 
 
12. The second story of Harry Potter was published in the 
(a) eighth decade of nineteenth century. 
(b) fourth decade of twentieth century. 
(c) last decade of twentieth century. 
(d) final decade of nineteenth century. 
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NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION, 2015-16 
(STATE LEVEL) 
(FOR STUDENTS STUDYING IN CLASS X) 
English 
Full Marks: 50         Total Time: 45 minutes  
 
Instructions to Candidates 
 
Read the instructions carefully before you start answering the questions. Answers are to be given on a OMR 
Answer-Sheet provided. 
 
1. In this Paper you are to answer 50 questions. Each question carries l(one) mark. You are to answer all 
the questions. 
2. Before you proceed to mark in the OMR Answer- Sheet find out the correct answer from the four 
alternatives (a), (b), (c) and (d) against each question in the Question Booklet. Darken the circle with a 
Black Ball Point Pen, to the corresponding correct answer to the item in the OMR Answer-Sheet. 
 
(a) If more than one circle is encoded or darken against a particular answer, it will be treated as a wrong 
answer. 
(b) There will be no penalty marks or negative marking for a wrong answer. 
(c) You are to start recording answers with the ‘start’ instruction from the Officer-in-Charge of your 
room/hall. 
(a) You are to write your Name and Roll No. in the space provided with for this purpose on the OMR 
Answer-Sheet. You must encode your Roll no. in OMR Answer Sheet. 
(b) The OMR Answer-Sheet should be handed over to the Invigilator before leaving the Examination Hall. 
You may take away the used Question Booklet after completion of the examination. 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
    
 
 
    
    
 
 
Q. 1-5. Read the passage and answer the questions given below: 
 
It happened one day, about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of mans 
naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen in the sand. I stood like one thunderstruck, or as it I had 
seen an apparition. I listened, I looked round me, I could hear nothing, nor see anything. I went up the shore, and 
down the shore, but it was all one, I could see no impression but that one. I went to it again to see if there were 
any more, and to observe if it might not be my fancy; but there was no room for that for there was exactly the 
very print of a foot—toe, heel and every part of a foot. 
 
Choose the correct answer from the options given below: 
 
1. On finding the foot-print on the shore, what did the author do? 
(a) Did not pay much attention. 
(b) Began to investigate its origin. 
(c) Ran away in fear. 
(d) Went to his boat. 
 
2. Which one of the following expressions best describes the emotion evoked by the foot-print in the 
 author? 
(a) Curiosity 
(b) Indifference 
(c) Terror 
(d) Surprise 
 
3. How does the author convince himself that the foot-print is a real one? 
(a) By finding the person who made it. 
(b) Being told about it by a witness. 
(c) By thinking about it for some time. 
(d) By examining it carefully and noticing its details. 
 
4. Which one of the following expressions best brings out the effect of the foot-print on the author? 
(a) Stood like one thunder-struck 
(b) Could hear nothing 
(c) Went up the shore 
(d) Looked round himself 
 
5. The passage is full of short simple sentences. Their purpose is to 
(a) facilitate easy understanding. 
(b) give a plain narration. 
(c) convey breathless excitement. 
(d) imply the inability of the author to write in a better way. 
 
 
Q. 6-10. Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it: 
 
Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam was one who constantly worried about how technology can help the common man, the 
disabled, and the disadvantaged. Even as he was involved in applying technology to produce tools and devices 
for national defence, he asked “what else can they do” for the community at large. His interest and contributions 
in the health sector may be exemplified through two examples. When he realized that a coronary stent (a small 
extendable tube inserted in order to help smooth blood flow in heart patients) cost over Rs. 60,000, he decided to 
make a prototype, using the safe, biocompatible and long-lasting stent from the alloys used in missile 
technology. He worked with Dr. Somaraju in this project and they succeeded to make it. This Kalam-Raju stent 
proved to be a low cost, safe and effective stent; it is now used in several hundred patients with success. 
Similarly, noting that the calipers that polio-affected individuals use for locomotion are not only heavy but also 
expensive, he devised (along with Dr. Narendra Nath of Hyderabad) a far lighter one, made of a composite 
material used to make the nose cone of the Agni missile. 
 
 
    
    
 
 
Choose the correct answer from the options given: 
 
6. Dr. Kalam took interest in the health sector because 
(a) he was involved in producing stent. 
(b) he wanted to help the disadvantaged students. 
(c) he wanted to use technology to help common man. 
(d) he was involved in producing missiles. 
 
7. Kalam’s contribution to health sector proves why 
(a) he was called people’s president. 
(b) he wanted to be the president. 
(c) he became a doctor. 
(d) he worried about the diseased. 
 
8. A coronary stent is required by patients suffering from 
(a) Kidney problem 
(b) Heart problem 
(c) Lungs problem 
(d) Blood problem 
 
9. The phrase ‘at large’ here means 
(a) in the main 
(b) on the loose 
(c) on average 
(d) in general 
 
10. Calipers is used by patients who have problem 
(a) in carrying heavy things. 
(b) in moving from one place to another. 
(c) in moving hands and feet. 
(d) in moving any limb. 
 
Q. 11-15. Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it: 
 
J(oanne) K(athleen) Rowling claims that she was a compulsive storyteller from a young age. On a particularly 
long train journey from Manchester to London in the summer of 1990, the idea came to her for the story of a boy 
who finds out he is a wizard and is sent off to wizard school. The Harry Potter series— which begins with Harry 
Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997) followed by Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998)—was 
conceived from the start as comprising seven novels, covering to the seven years Harry spends as a pupil at the 
Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry and exploring, among their many themes, the development of 
identity during adolescence. On his 11th birthday, the orphaned Harry— whose life until then has been a litany 
of misery with his aunt, uncle and obnoxious cousing Dudley— discovers he is a wizard and is whipped off to a 
magical version of the traditional boarding school where he learns the craft of wizardry. 
Choose the correct answer from the options given: 
 
11. The story of Harry Potter was conceived by Rowling during 
(a) a train journey in winter. 
(b) a train journey in summer. 
(c) a tram journey in summer. 
(d) a train journey in monsoon. 
 
12. The second story of Harry Potter was published in the 
(a) eighth decade of nineteenth century. 
(b) fourth decade of twentieth century. 
(c) last decade of twentieth century. 
(d) final decade of nineteenth century. 
 
 
    
    
 
13. What does the expression “litany of misery' signify? 
(a) types of misery 
(b) traces of misery 
(c) list of misery 
(d) sufferings of misery 
 
14. One of the themes explored in Harry Potter stories is 
(a) development of a person’s identity. 
(b) development of adolescent psychology. 
(c) development of identity of wizards. 
(d) development of identity of orphans. 
 
15. Select which of the following statements is true? 
(a) The Harry Potter series starts with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. 
(b) The second book on Harry Potter is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. 
(c) The last book on Harry Potter is Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 
(d) Harry joined Hogwart school of Witchcraft and Wizardry at the age of 12. 
 
Q. 16-17. The following five sentences come from a paragraph. The first and the last sentences are given. 
Choose the order in which the three sentences (P,Q,R,) should appear to complete the paragraph: 
 
16. S1. It would be foolish to deny that the countryside has many attractions to offer. 
S2 _____________________________________ 
S3 _____________________________________ 
S4 _____________________________________ 
S5 One soon gets tired of looking at the same old scenes and same creatures. 
 
P - But, there is another side to the picture. 
Q - The honesty and frankness of the country folk, too, is a refreshing change from the dishonesty and 
selfishness we find in so many urban people. 
R - There are the lovely scenery, varied wildlife, and the clean, healthy air. 
 
Choose from the options given below: 
(a) RQP 
(b) PQR 
(c) RPQ 
(d) QPR 
 
17. S1. ‘As a matter of fect,’ said the boy modestly, 'I'm a spaceman’. 
 S2 ____________________________________ 
 S3 ____________________________________ 
 S4 ____________________________________ 
 S5 ‘You can’t see it from here.’ 
P - 'I'm a spaceman’, he said again. 
Q - ‘From another planet.’ 
R - George and Cathy stared at the boy. Choose from the options given below: 
(a) RQP 
(b) QPR 
(c) PQR 
(d) RPQ 
 
Q. 18-19. These questions have the second sentence missing. Choose the appropriate sentence from the 
options given below: 
 
18. P - As a boy, Premchand had developed a voracious appetite for books. 
 Q - ______________________________________________ 
 R - These were, by and large, stirring sagas of romance and adventure. 
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NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION, 2015-16 
(STATE LEVEL) 
(FOR STUDENTS STUDYING IN CLASS X) 
English 
Full Marks: 50         Total Time: 45 minutes  
 
Instructions to Candidates 
 
Read the instructions carefully before you start answering the questions. Answers are to be given on a OMR 
Answer-Sheet provided. 
 
1. In this Paper you are to answer 50 questions. Each question carries l(one) mark. You are to answer all 
the questions. 
2. Before you proceed to mark in the OMR Answer- Sheet find out the correct answer from the four 
alternatives (a), (b), (c) and (d) against each question in the Question Booklet. Darken the circle with a 
Black Ball Point Pen, to the corresponding correct answer to the item in the OMR Answer-Sheet. 
 
(a) If more than one circle is encoded or darken against a particular answer, it will be treated as a wrong 
answer. 
(b) There will be no penalty marks or negative marking for a wrong answer. 
(c) You are to start recording answers with the ‘start’ instruction from the Officer-in-Charge of your 
room/hall. 
(a) You are to write your Name and Roll No. in the space provided with for this purpose on the OMR 
Answer-Sheet. You must encode your Roll no. in OMR Answer Sheet. 
(b) The OMR Answer-Sheet should be handed over to the Invigilator before leaving the Examination Hall. 
You may take away the used Question Booklet after completion of the examination. 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
    
 
 
    
    
 
 
Q. 1-5. Read the passage and answer the questions given below: 
 
It happened one day, about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of mans 
naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen in the sand. I stood like one thunderstruck, or as it I had 
seen an apparition. I listened, I looked round me, I could hear nothing, nor see anything. I went up the shore, and 
down the shore, but it was all one, I could see no impression but that one. I went to it again to see if there were 
any more, and to observe if it might not be my fancy; but there was no room for that for there was exactly the 
very print of a foot—toe, heel and every part of a foot. 
 
Choose the correct answer from the options given below: 
 
1. On finding the foot-print on the shore, what did the author do? 
(a) Did not pay much attention. 
(b) Began to investigate its origin. 
(c) Ran away in fear. 
(d) Went to his boat. 
 
2. Which one of the following expressions best describes the emotion evoked by the foot-print in the 
 author? 
(a) Curiosity 
(b) Indifference 
(c) Terror 
(d) Surprise 
 
3. How does the author convince himself that the foot-print is a real one? 
(a) By finding the person who made it. 
(b) Being told about it by a witness. 
(c) By thinking about it for some time. 
(d) By examining it carefully and noticing its details. 
 
4. Which one of the following expressions best brings out the effect of the foot-print on the author? 
(a) Stood like one thunder-struck 
(b) Could hear nothing 
(c) Went up the shore 
(d) Looked round himself 
 
5. The passage is full of short simple sentences. Their purpose is to 
(a) facilitate easy understanding. 
(b) give a plain narration. 
(c) convey breathless excitement. 
(d) imply the inability of the author to write in a better way. 
 
 
Q. 6-10. Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it: 
 
Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam was one who constantly worried about how technology can help the common man, the 
disabled, and the disadvantaged. Even as he was involved in applying technology to produce tools and devices 
for national defence, he asked “what else can they do” for the community at large. His interest and contributions 
in the health sector may be exemplified through two examples. When he realized that a coronary stent (a small 
extendable tube inserted in order to help smooth blood flow in heart patients) cost over Rs. 60,000, he decided to 
make a prototype, using the safe, biocompatible and long-lasting stent from the alloys used in missile 
technology. He worked with Dr. Somaraju in this project and they succeeded to make it. This Kalam-Raju stent 
proved to be a low cost, safe and effective stent; it is now used in several hundred patients with success. 
Similarly, noting that the calipers that polio-affected individuals use for locomotion are not only heavy but also 
expensive, he devised (along with Dr. Narendra Nath of Hyderabad) a far lighter one, made of a composite 
material used to make the nose cone of the Agni missile. 
 
 
    
    
 
 
Choose the correct answer from the options given: 
 
6. Dr. Kalam took interest in the health sector because 
(a) he was involved in producing stent. 
(b) he wanted to help the disadvantaged students. 
(c) he wanted to use technology to help common man. 
(d) he was involved in producing missiles. 
 
7. Kalam’s contribution to health sector proves why 
(a) he was called people’s president. 
(b) he wanted to be the president. 
(c) he became a doctor. 
(d) he worried about the diseased. 
 
8. A coronary stent is required by patients suffering from 
(a) Kidney problem 
(b) Heart problem 
(c) Lungs problem 
(d) Blood problem 
 
9. The phrase ‘at large’ here means 
(a) in the main 
(b) on the loose 
(c) on average 
(d) in general 
 
10. Calipers is used by patients who have problem 
(a) in carrying heavy things. 
(b) in moving from one place to another. 
(c) in moving hands and feet. 
(d) in moving any limb. 
 
Q. 11-15. Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it: 
 
J(oanne) K(athleen) Rowling claims that she was a compulsive storyteller from a young age. On a particularly 
long train journey from Manchester to London in the summer of 1990, the idea came to her for the story of a boy 
who finds out he is a wizard and is sent off to wizard school. The Harry Potter series— which begins with Harry 
Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997) followed by Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998)—was 
conceived from the start as comprising seven novels, covering to the seven years Harry spends as a pupil at the 
Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry and exploring, among their many themes, the development of 
identity during adolescence. On his 11th birthday, the orphaned Harry— whose life until then has been a litany 
of misery with his aunt, uncle and obnoxious cousing Dudley— discovers he is a wizard and is whipped off to a 
magical version of the traditional boarding school where he learns the craft of wizardry. 
Choose the correct answer from the options given: 
 
11. The story of Harry Potter was conceived by Rowling during 
(a) a train journey in winter. 
(b) a train journey in summer. 
(c) a tram journey in summer. 
(d) a train journey in monsoon. 
 
12. The second story of Harry Potter was published in the 
(a) eighth decade of nineteenth century. 
(b) fourth decade of twentieth century. 
(c) last decade of twentieth century. 
(d) final decade of nineteenth century. 
 
 
    
    
 
13. What does the expression “litany of misery' signify? 
(a) types of misery 
(b) traces of misery 
(c) list of misery 
(d) sufferings of misery 
 
14. One of the themes explored in Harry Potter stories is 
(a) development of a person’s identity. 
(b) development of adolescent psychology. 
(c) development of identity of wizards. 
(d) development of identity of orphans. 
 
15. Select which of the following statements is true? 
(a) The Harry Potter series starts with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. 
(b) The second book on Harry Potter is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. 
(c) The last book on Harry Potter is Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 
(d) Harry joined Hogwart school of Witchcraft and Wizardry at the age of 12. 
 
Q. 16-17. The following five sentences come from a paragraph. The first and the last sentences are given. 
Choose the order in which the three sentences (P,Q,R,) should appear to complete the paragraph: 
 
16. S1. It would be foolish to deny that the countryside has many attractions to offer. 
S2 _____________________________________ 
S3 _____________________________________ 
S4 _____________________________________ 
S5 One soon gets tired of looking at the same old scenes and same creatures. 
 
P - But, there is another side to the picture. 
Q - The honesty and frankness of the country folk, too, is a refreshing change from the dishonesty and 
selfishness we find in so many urban people. 
R - There are the lovely scenery, varied wildlife, and the clean, healthy air. 
 
Choose from the options given below: 
(a) RQP 
(b) PQR 
(c) RPQ 
(d) QPR 
 
17. S1. ‘As a matter of fect,’ said the boy modestly, 'I'm a spaceman’. 
 S2 ____________________________________ 
 S3 ____________________________________ 
 S4 ____________________________________ 
 S5 ‘You can’t see it from here.’ 
P - 'I'm a spaceman’, he said again. 
Q - ‘From another planet.’ 
R - George and Cathy stared at the boy. Choose from the options given below: 
(a) RQP 
(b) QPR 
(c) PQR 
(d) RPQ 
 
Q. 18-19. These questions have the second sentence missing. Choose the appropriate sentence from the 
options given below: 
 
18. P - As a boy, Premchand had developed a voracious appetite for books. 
 Q - ______________________________________________ 
 R - These were, by and large, stirring sagas of romance and adventure. 
 
 
    
    
 
(a) Premchand and a few of his friends would meet regularly and read aloud from their favourite books. 
(b) It was perhaps natural that a man, who loved books as much as Premchand did, should take to writing. 
(c) His first novel appeared in 1901 and his first short story in 1907. 
(d) He read all Urdu novels he could lay his hands on. 
 
19. P- According to Megasthenes all the Indians were free and not one of them was a slave. 
 Q - _________________________________________________ 
 R - As a matter of fact slavery did exist, though in a form hardly noticeable to a Greek. 
(a) But in the light of Arthasastra we can never modify this statement. 
(b) But in the light of Arthasastra slavery cannot be defined. 
(c) But in the light of Arthasastra we have to accept this. 
(d) But in the light of the Arthasastra we have to modify this statement. 
 
Q. 20-29. Choose the word that best fills the blank from the four options given: 
 
20. People were _____ their lips over a tasty tidbit. 
(a) showing 
(b) licking 
(c) smacking 
(d) putting 
 
21. The car ______ to a halt. 
(a) crashed 
(b) screeched 
(c) slammed 
(d) whirred 
 
22. A _________ of deadly weapons was unearthed in the godown. 
(a) group 
(b) troop 
(c) stockpile 
(d) volley 
 
23. The ______ is being prepared to ensure smooth running of the children’s library. 
(a) list 
(b) itenerary 
(c) mass 
(d) catalogue 
 
24. Great men often ______ a crusade against the grossness of society. 
(a) waged 
(b) fought 
(c) achieved 
(d) struggled 
 
25. Our efforts were all in ______. 
(a) vain 
(b) volley 
(c) vein 
(d) vane 
 
26. The ______ of the fort lasted for a month. 
(a) cease 
(b) Seize 
(c) cess 
(d) siege