Question Number 19-22 : Complete
the passage choosing the right words from those given below it. Each blank is
numbered and for each blank four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) are given.
Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A) or (B) or (C) or (D)
in your answer booklet.
Exercise-1:
At a time when it has become so
important to succeed in …………….. (19) school, we shouldn’t be ……………. (20) to
learn that more students are cheating than ever before. With so many of them
anxious ………. (21) failing. Students also now seem to be lieve that those who
cheat are unlikely ………………. (22).
19.
A) the B)
a C) an C) those
20.
A) surprise B)
surprised C) surprises C) surprising
21.
A) have B)
had C) has C) will have
22.
A) an B)
a C) in C) the
Exercise-2:
Harsha
and Varsha went ……………. (19) the cinema on Saturday. ……………………. (20) was a long
queue. It was a cold evening and they …………….. (21) to stand in the queue for
nearly …………… (22) hour.
19.
A) to B)
for C) by C) into
20.
A) Their B)
There C) They C) The
21.
A) have B)
had C)
has C) will have
22.
A) an B)
a C) in C) the
Exercise-3:
The
smoke ………….. (19) seen by the Forest Department people …………….. (20) immediately
went ……………. (21) action to halt ………………… (22) fire and prevented any further
damage and death.
19.
A) is B)
was C) had C) has
20.
A) which B)
when C) that C) who
21.
A) son B)
upon C) into C) in
22.
A) the B)
a C) an C) that
Exercise-4:
When
the weather is hot, the shady places ………………… (19) the best. People prefer to
sit …………….. (20) a tree or in a cool room, or lif they must go out, they ………….
(21) along the shady side of the street ……………… (22) is cooler in the shade then
the bright sunshine so we should plant trees on either side of a street.
19.
A) is B)
was C) are C) were
20.
A) under B)
above C) over C)
below
21.
A) walking B)
have walked C) walk C) walks
22.
A) That B)
What C) How C) It
Question Number
23-28 : Read the following passage and fill in the blanks choosing
the correct words from the brackets and write them in your answer booklet.
Exercise-1:
Animals that
are in danger of ……………… (23) (become/becoming) extinct are called endangered
animals. Some of these endangered animals live in India. One is called the
Indian purple frog, and it is very rare. The purple frog ………….. (24)
(lives/live) in India’s Western Ghats. This unusual place has mountains,
forests, Savannahs, peat bogs, and fresh water wetlands. ………… (25)
(Because/Though) the Western Ghats have so much variety; it is home to a large
variety of plants and animals. One of these animals, the purple frog, was only
……………. (26) (recently/rarely) discovered. Although local people knew about the
frog, scientists only discovered it and …………. (27) (recalled/realized) it was a
new species in 2003. The frog ……… (28) (digs/burrows) underground and eats
termites.
