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Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Choose the right answer from the given alternatives:<\/span><\/p>\n(1)<\/span><\/p>\nAlmost all creatures care for their young. Many animals play with their babies and show their love by touching and hugging them. Most animals clean, feed and protect their babies. Birds also teach their fledglings how to go about in the world as adults. A number of animals build homes for their young. Tailor birds and weaver birds, ants, wasps and bees are among nature’s master designers, engineers and architects. They weave, stitch and make different types of homes for their young using twigs, leaves, plant fibers, saliva, piud, wood and wax. Female elephants care the longest for calves. After a baby is born, it is closely guarded for months. While marching through the jungle, it is made to walk between the mother and an aunt (another adult female). The males of a number of species also help look after the young. The male saltwater crocodile is known to care for its babies when ‘mama’ is out for swim. At meal times, the chief gorilla keeps a watch while the females and the youngsters feed.<\/em><\/p>\nQuestion 1.
\nMany animals …………………. their young in order to show their love for them.
\n(a) play with them
\n(b) enjoy with
\n(c) touch and hug
\n(d) accompany<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) touch and hug<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 2.
\nOne of the following who is not called nature’s engineers and architects?
\n(a) tailor birds
\n(b) weaver birds
\n(c) ants
\n(d) goats<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) goats<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 3.
\nThe things that are needed for making a house by the birds:
\n(a) twigs
\n(b) plant fibres
\n(c) leaves
\n(d) all of them<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) all of them<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 4.
\nWho takes care of salt water crocodile’s babies in their mother’s absence?
\n(a) their father
\n(b) their community members
\n(c) they themselves
\n(d) none of these<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) their father<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 5.
\nWhat is the duty of the chief gorilla at the time when the females and the youngsters feed?
\n(a) to keep a watch
\n(b) to arrange the food items
\n(c) to help the babies
\n(d) to accompany all of them<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) to keep a watch<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 6.
\nThe ‘architect’ is a person …………………
\n(a) who works for money
\n(b) who makes designs for buildings
\n(c) who does wooden work
\n(d) none of the above<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) who makes designs for buildings<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 7.
\nThe opposite of ‘show’ is:
\n(a) hide
\n(b) shown
\n(c) unshow
\n(d) do<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) hide<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n(2)<\/span><\/p>\nThere is an interesting story about a rabbit and his grandpa. It happened on a full-moon night. Our friend, the rabbit, had gone out for a stroll when I s met a cunning Jackal. Luckily for Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Jackal had a very hearty meal that night. So, instead of making Mr. Rabbit his dinner, Mr. Jackal decided to have only some fun at the expense of Mr. Rabbit. He said to Mr. Rabbit, “Look up there. Your grandpa is waiting for you on the moon. Don’t you want to go up there and see him ?” Mr. Rabbit was taken in. He did not understand that cunning Mr. Jackal was only trying to befool him. He paid no heed to the advice of his dear mother and went from friend to friend seeking help in reaching the moon.<\/em><\/p>\nQuestion 1.
\nWhen did Mr. Rabbit meet Mr. Jackal?
\n(a) In the evening
\n(b) At night
\n(c) In the morning
\n(d) On a full moon night<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) On a full moon night<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 2.
\nWhy did Mr. Jackal not eat up Mr. Rabbit?
\n(a) he did not like Mr. Rabbit
\n(b) rabbit’s grandfather was with him
\n(c) his stomach was full
\n(d) none of the above<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) his stomach was full<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 3.
\nWhat was Mr. Rabbit told about his grandpa?
\n(a) that his grandfather was waiting for him
\n(b) that he was very active
\n(c) that his mother was waiting for him
\n(d) that his friends were waiting for him<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) that his grandfather was waiting for him<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 4.
\nWhat was its effect on Mr. Rabbit?
\n(a) the rabbit began to cry
\n(b) the rabbit went to his mother for help
\n(c) he believed what Jackal said
\n(d) none of the above<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) he believed what Jackal said<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 5.
\nWhat would the rabbit not understand?
\n(a) that the jackal wanted to kill him
\n(b) that the jackal was cunning
\n(c) that the jackal was trying to help him
\n(d) that the jackal was befooling him<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) that the jackal was befooling him<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 6.
\nThe rabbit did not pay heed to his …………………… advice
\n(a) father’s
\n(b) mother’s
\n(c) brother’s
\n(d) friend’s<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) mother’s<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 7.
\nWrite the meaning of ‘taken in’.
\n(a) deceived
\n(b) taken out
\n(c) come in
\n(d) withdrew<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) deceived<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n(3)<\/span><\/p>\nAndrocles was ordered to fight with a huge lion that had been kept hungry for two days. He was sure the lion would tear him to pieces. So, he was sad to be back. A large crowd of people had come to see the fight. The lion was let loose into the arena where Androcles had been made to enter. The beast came roaring aloud out of its cage looking fiercely. As the lion neared him people got excited to see the bloody drama. But suddenly the lion stopped roaring and became calm. Instead of attacking Androcles he crouched at his feet and began to lick hands. Tears of joy welled up in Androcles’ eyes and he embraced the lion. It was the same lion with whom Androcles had lived in den for many days.<\/em><\/p>\nQuestion 1.
\nWho was Androcles?
\n(a) a king
\n(b) a minister
\n(c) a slave
\n(d) a guard<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) a slave<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 2.
\nWhat was Androcles ordered to do?
\n(a) to fight with the other king
\n(b) to fight with an elephant
\n(c) to fight with a minister
\n(d) to fight with a huge and hungry lion<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) to fight with a huge and hungry lion<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 3.
\nWhat was Androcles sure of?
\n(a) that the lion would tear him to pieces
\n(b) that the king would kill him
\n(c) that the ministers would put him in jail
\n(d) none of the above<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) that the lion would tear him to pieces<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 4.
\nWho came to see the fight?
\n(a) the king only
\n(b) a large crowd of people
\n(c) the king and the ministers
\n(d) all the animals<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) a large crowd of people<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 5.
\nHow did the lion come towards Androcles?
\n(a) roaring
\n(b) shivering
\n(c) limping
\n(d) smiling<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) roaring<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 6.
\nWhat did the lion do?
\n(a) killed Androcles
\n(b) began to lick his hands
\n(c) killed the minister
\n(d) fought with Androcles<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) began to lick his hands<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 7.
\nGive the meaning of \u2019embraced\u2019.
\n(a) hugged
\n(b) killed
\n(c) smiled
\n(d) hold<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) hugged<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n(4)<\/span><\/p>\nChildren should be educated without pressure. They should enter into adulthood free from the damaging effects of tradition and fear. Free expression of thought should be given to the children. A child once asked Krishnamurthy, \u201cIs it your hobby to give lectures? Don’t you get tired of talking? Why are you doing it ?\u201d Krishnamurthy replied : \u201cI am glad you asked that question. You know, if you love something, you never get tired of it. I mean love in which there is no desire of wanting something out of it. If you are talking because you are getting something out of it: money, reward, sense of your importance : then there is weariness. Then it has no meaning because it is only self fulfillment, but if there is love in your heart, it is like a fountain, always giving fresh water.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nQuestion 1.
\nChildren should be educated without …………………
\n(a) fear
\n(b) money
\n(c) pressure
\n(d) teachers<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) pressure<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 2.
\nWhat type of expression should be given to children?
\n(a) busy
\n(b) damaging
\n(c) complex
\n(d) free<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) free<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 3.
\nIf you ……………………… something you never get tired of it.
\n(a) hate
\n(b) love
\n(c) enjoy
\n(d) express<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) love<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 4.
\nWeariness means feeling ……………………
\n(a) happy
\n(b) joy
\n(c) tired
\n(d) angry<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) tired<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 5.
\nWhat quality of Krishnamurthy excited the child?
\n(a) talking
\n(b) singing
\n(c) listening
\n(d) enjoying<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) talking<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 6.
\nWhich word is wrongly matched with its opposite?
\n(a) damaging\u2014preserving
\n(b) never\u2014always
\n(c) give\u2014take
\n(d) fresh\u2014sour<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) fresh\u2014sour<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 7.
\nWhich reward will not make you feel weariness?
\n(a) money
\n(b) sense of importance
\n(c) only reward
\n(d) love in your heart<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) love in your heart<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n(5)<\/span><\/p>\nIn history we read of great periods in the life of nations. We also read of great men and women and great deeds performed by them. Sometimes in our dreams we imagine doing brave deeds like the heroes and heroines of old. Do you remember how attracted you were when you first read the story of Joan of Arc. How your ambition was to be something like her! Ordinary men and women are not usually heroic. They think of their daily bread and butter, of their children, of their household worries and the like. But a time comes when a whole people become full of faith for a great cause. Then even simple, ordinary men and women become heroes. Great leaders have something in them which inspires a whole people and makes them do great deeds.<\/em><\/p>\nQuestion 1.
\nIn history we read life of ………………
\n(a) nations
\n(b) deeds
\n(c) great periods
\n(d) all of above<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) all of above<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 2.
\nOrdinary men and women think of ……………….
\n(a) bread and butter
\n(b) heroes
\n(c) heroines
\n(d) heroism<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) bread and butter<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 3.
\nJoan of Arc inspired people to be ……………………..
\n(a) cowards
\n(b) ambitious
\n(c) brave
\n(d) heroic<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) ambitious<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 4.
\nHeroism is found in …………………..
\n(a) ordinary men
\n(b) ordinary women
\n(c) great men
\n(d) ordinary children<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) great men<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 5.
\nThey think of ordinary bread and butter, they are ………………..
\n(a) heroes
\n(b) heroines
\n(c) great figures
\n(d) ordinary people<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) ordinary people<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 6.
\nWhich is not a matter of concern for ordinary men and women?
\n(a) daily bread
\n(b) children
\n(c) household worries
\n(d) great shows<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) great shows<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 7.
\nWhich word can be used for \u2019work’?
\n(a) deeds
\n(b) nations
\n(c) performed
\n(d) household<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) deeds<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n(6)<\/span><\/p>\nThe dams not only save the water of our rivers for irrigation but they do other things as well. They control floods in the rivers. When there are floods, the gates of the dam opened and the water flows down the rivers and into the canals. The water does not overflow the banks. The dams also do other important things; for example, they make electricity. The water in the dams falls on giant wheels and turns them. The wheels turn machines which produce electric current. Some years ago, only the cities and the big towns in our country had electricity. But now-a-days a lot of it produced by the dams and supplied also to the villages. When more dams are built and more electricity is produced, it can be supplied even to small villages. This will give our villages not only light but also power for small industries.<\/p>\n
Question 1.
\nWhat important works do the dams do?
\n(a) save water for irrigation
\n(b) supply water for irrigation
\n(c) control floods
\n(d) all the above<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) all the above<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 2.
\nThe water does not overflow the …………………
\n(a) banks of rivers and canals
\n(b) canals
\n(c) rivers
\n(d) ponds<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) banks of rivers and canals<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 3.
\n……………………. is also produced from water.
\n(a) wheat
\n(b) gram
\n(c) electricity
\n(d) rice<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) electricity<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 4.
\nElectricity is supplied to …………………..
\n(a) cities
\n(b) small villages
\n(c) big towns
\n(d) all the above<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) all the above<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 5.
\nFor what purpose is the electricity used in villages?
\n(a) for running small industries
\n(b) for cooking
\n(c) for watching T.V. etc.
\n(d) for studying<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) for running small industries<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 6.
\nWrite the opposite of ‘light’.
\n(a) bright
\n(b) faint
\n(c) dark
\n(d) lighted<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) dark<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 7.
\nWrite the verb form of irrigation.
\n(a) irrigating
\n(b) irrigate
\n(c) enirrigate
\n(d) doing irrigation<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) irrigate<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n(7)<\/span><\/p>\nOf all the creatures living on earth, none causes more harm to man than the rats and mice. Their high rate of breeding beats all efforts at controlling them. The damage done by them to agriculture alone is enormous. Grains of all sorts are their chief and favourite food. Grave havoc is also caused to all kinds of fruits and vegetables and to poultry and other domestic stock. They are also the cause of dangerous diseases. Ratainted food causes disease to man and animal. Bubonic plague, the dreadful disease, is spread by rats. There are many kinds of rats and mice in India: first, those that live in fields, the common enemy of crops; the second, the wild species found in forests; and the last those which are household pests.<\/em><\/p>\nQuestion 1.
\n………………… cause the most harm to men.
\n(a) rats and mice
\n(b) cats
\n(c) dogs
\n(d) cows<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) rats and mice<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 2.
\nWhy is it difficult to control them?
\n(a) low rate of breeding
\n(b) high rate of breeding
\n(c) a lot of damage caused to agriculture
\n(d) they run away here and there<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) they run away here and there<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 3.
\n……………… is the favourite food of rats.
\n(a) Rice
\n(b) Pulses
\n(c) Fruits
\n(d) Grains<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) Grains<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 4.
\n‘Havoc’ means ………………….
\n(a) construction
\n(b) destruction
\n(c) breeding
\n(d) control<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) destruction<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 5.
\nBubonic plague is caused by …………………
\n(a) cats
\n(b) rats
\n(c) dogs
\n(d) cows<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) rats<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 6.
\nCommon enemy of crops lives in ………………….
\n(a) forests
\n(b) household
\n(c) fields
\n(d) water<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) fields<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 7.
\nThe word \u2018enormous\u2019 means:
\n(a) big
\n(b) very big
\n(c) small
\n(d) very small<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) very big<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n(8)<\/span><\/p>\nTilak was born on July 23,1856 in Maharashtra. After completing his schooling, he joined Deccan College in Pune. As a college student he enjoyed participating in discussions and debates and devoted ample time to physical exercise. He graduated in 1877. He established New English School in 1880 and taught mathematics at this school. To reach out to the masses, Tilak launched two journals\u2014”KESARI” in Marathi and “MARATHA” in English in 1881-. Very soon he was addressed as Lokmanya which means respected one. He also wanted to bring in a social change in the country. He was against child marriage and advocated widow remarriage. He also felt that the women must be educated. Tilak became an important member of the Indian National Congress. He was accused of writing poems and articles and giving speeches that stirred a revolt. After the partition of Bengal in 1905, Tilak launched a new party called National Party and started working actively for the freedom of India. Witha.ll kinds of pressures, diabetes and old age, Tilak\u2019s health began to fail. Finally on August 1, 1920-the nation lost its leader who had shown such grit and courage.<\/em><\/p>\nQuestion 1.
\nBal Gangadhar Tilak was born on ………………..
\n(a) July 23, 1756
\n(b) July 25, 1856
\n(c) July 23, 1856
\n(d) July 22, 1850<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) July 23, 1856<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 2.
\nHe was born in ……………….
\n(a) Calcutta
\n(b) Delhi
\n(c) Chennai
\n(d) Maharashtra<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) Maharashtra<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 3.
\nWhich college did Tilak join?
\n(a) Deccan College in Delhi
\n(b) Deccan College in Pune
\n(c) Degree College in Pune
\n(d) Degree College in Delhi<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) Deccan College in Pune<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 4.
\nTwo journals launched by Tilak were:
\n(a) Marathi News, English News
\n(b) Kesari Nandan, Maharattan
\n(c) Kesari, Maratha
\n(d) Kesariana, Maharattan<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) Kesari, Maratha<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 5.
\nTilak was accused of:
\n(a) stopping child marriages
\n(b) advocating widow remarriage
\n(c) writing poems and articles that stirred a revolt
\n(d) none of the above<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) writing poems and articles that stirred a revolt<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 6.
\nHe was titled ………………….
\n(a) saint
\n(b) Gandhi
\n(c) Lokmanya
\n(d) prophet<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) Lokmanya<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 7.