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Read the given passages carefully and answer the questions that follow by choosing the answer from the given alternatives:<\/span><\/p>\n(1)<\/span><\/p>\nVidyasagar was a very generous and charitable man. From his earliest years he helped the poor and the needy to the utmost of his power. As a boy at school he often gave some of the little food he had to another boy who had none. If one of his school fellows fell ill, little Ishwar would go to his house, sit by his bed and nurse him. When he grew rich, hundreds of poor widows and orphans were supported by him. He would never have an attendant at his gate lest some poor man who wished to see him should be turned away. Rich or poor, high or low, all loved him alike.<\/em><\/p>\nQuestion 1.
\nWhat type of man was Vidyasagar?
\n(a) Good looking
\n(b) Generous
\n(c) Charitable
\n(d) Both (b) and (c)<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) Both (b) and (c)<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 2.
\nWhom did he use to help?
\n(a) The poor
\n(b) The needy
\n(c) The poor and the needy
\n(d) The rich<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) The poor and the needy<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 3.
\nWhom did he give his food in school?
\n(a) To a poor boy
\n(b) To his sister
\n(c) To his friend
\n(d) To a laborer<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) To a poor boy<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 4.
\nWhom did he support when he grew rich?
\n(a) The poor
\n(b) The widows
\n(c) The orphans
\n(d) All of them<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) All of them<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 5.
\nVidyasagar was loved and respected by ………………
\n(a) the rich
\n(b) the poor
\n(c) the low
\n(d) all of them<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) all of them<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 6.
\nGive the meaning of \u2018generous\u2019.
\n(a) kind
\n(b) cunning
\n(c) cruel
\n(d) wise<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) kind<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 7.
\nWrite the opposite of \u2018rich\u2019.
\n(a) wise
\n(b) helpful
\n(c) poor
\n(d) kind<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) poor<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n(2)<\/span><\/p>\nGandhiji\u2019s elder brother got into a debt and didn\u2019t know what to do about it. At last he thought to clip a bit out of a golden bangle he always wore on his arm and sell it. Gandhiji, who was in know of this secret, helped his brother in this plan. The debt was paid. However, as soon as it was done, Gandhiji s heart almost broke with remorse. He felt sure that what he had done was wrong, and he made up his mind to confess it to his father. He felt terribly afraid, but he wanted to get the weight off his conscience. So he wrote what he had to say on a sheet of paper. He told him everything and ended by promising never to steal again and asked for his forgiveness.<\/em><\/p>\nQuestion 1.
\nWho had got into debt?
\n(a) Gandhiji\u2019s brother
\n(b) Gandhiji\u2019s friend
\n(c) Gandhiji\u2019s father
\n(d) Gandhiji<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) Gandhiji\u2019s brother<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 2.
\nHow was the debt paid?
\n(a) By selling the golden bangle
\n(b) By selling part of the golden bangle
\n(c) By mortgaging the bangle
\n(d) By borrowing<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) By selling part of the golden bangle<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 3.
\nWhat does the word \u2018remorse\u2019 mean?
\n(a) happy
\n(b) sad
\n(c) joyful
\n(d) guilty<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) guilty<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 4.
\n……………… to confess it to his father. What was to be confessed for?
\n(a) For loss of money
\n(b) For theft
\n(c) For debt
\n(d) For helping brother in trouble.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) For helping brother in trouble.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 5.
\nHow did Gandhiji clear his conscience?
\n(a) Talked to his father
\n(b) Talked to his brother
\n(c) Talked to his friend
\n(d) Wrote on a sheet of paper<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) Wrote on a sheet of paper<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 6.
\nWhich one single word can describe the quality of Gandhiji?
\n(a) Coward
\n(b) Brave
\n(c) Truthful
\n(d) Afraid<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) Truthful<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 7.
\nChoose the word which means \u2018You owe something to other.\u2019
\n(a) conscience
\n(b) confess
\n(c) remorse
\n(d) debt<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) debt<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n(3)<\/span><\/p>\nWe now know many curious things about ants. Some red ants in Europe keep other ants as slaves. They take their slaves from black ants which are smaller in size. When they want slaves they attack the nests of black ants and carry off some of their eggs. Their eggs are hatched in the red ants nests and produce black ants. These black ants are then treated as slaves. They are taught to obey orders and made to do all kinds of work. The driver ants of Africa are the most fierce ants. They are completely blind and they march like a big army from one place to another. On the way they eat up any living animals including big animals like tigers, and elephants. When these driver ants enter a house the people leave the house and run away into the forests.<\/em><\/p>\nQuestion 1.
\nRed ants are found in ………………..
\n(a) Europe
\n(b) Africa
\n(c) Asia
\n(d) America<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) Europe<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 2.
\n…………….. ants are smaller in size.
\n(a) Red
\n(b) White
\n(c) Black
\n(d) All of them<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) Black<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 3.
\nBlank ants are treated as ………………..
\n(a) masters
\n(b) guards
\n(c) helpers
\n(d) slaves<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) slaves<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 4.
\nWhich are the most fierce ants?
\n(a) Red ants
\n(b) Driver ants of Africa
\n(c) White ants
\n(d) Black ants<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) Driver ants of Africa<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 5.
\nThe driver ants of Africa eat big animals like …………………..
\n(a) tiger
\n(b) elephants
\n(c) both (a) & (b)
\n(d) none of these<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) both (a) & (b)<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 6.
\nHow do driver ants of Africa move?
\n(a) Independently
\n(b) Like a big army
\n(c) Separately
\n(d) Jointly<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) Like a big army<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 7.
\nWrite the opposite of \u2018slave\u2019.
\n(a) king
\n(b) kind
\n(c) master
\n(d) brave<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) master<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n(4)<\/span><\/p>\nMen, women, and children are full of joy. People wear beautiful clothes. Children go to the shops with their parents. They buy toys and sweets. There is a heavy rush at the shops. People light hundreds of lamps and candles in the evening. Diwali is one of the most important festivals of the Hindus. Everyone is happy on the Diwali day. Shopkeepers start new account books. People worship Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth. They pray to her to give them wealth and health.<\/em><\/p>\nQuestion 1.
\nPeople are full of joy on the occasion of:
\n(a) Holi
\n(b) Id
\n(c) Diwali
\n(d) Lohri<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) Diwali<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 2.
\nChildren go to the shops with their …………….
\n(a) friends
\n(b) parents
\n(c) mother
\n(d) classmates<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) parents<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 3.
\nWhat do the children buy?
\n(a) Toys
\n(b) Sweets
\n(c) Toys and sweets
\n(d) Books<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) Toys and sweets<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 4.
\nDiwali is an important festival of ………………….
\n(a) Muslims
\n(b) Christians
\n(c) Sikhs
\n(d) Hindus<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) Hindus<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 5.
\nGoddess Laxmi is called \u2018the goddess of ………………..’.
\n(a) health
\n(b) wealth
\n(c) welfare
\n(d) none of these<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) wealth<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 6.
\nPeople pray to Goddess Lakshmi to give them ……………..
\n(a) health
\n(b) wealth
\n(c) health and wealth
\n(d) friends<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) health and wealth<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 7.
\nGive the opposite of \u2018sad\u2019.
\n(a) happy
\n(b) unhappy
\n(c) foolish
\n(d) crazy<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) happy<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n(5)<\/span><\/p>\nOnce a servant carried a letter and basket of mangoes from his master to his master\u2019s daughter. The young lady got the basket and the letter and she found four of the mangoes missing. Then she asked the servant why he had taken four mangoes from the basket. The servant who did not know how to read or write, said, \u201cThis is really wonderful! When I asked the master for a message for you, he told me that the letter would tell you everything. On my way to this village I felt very hungry and wanted to eat some of the mangoes. I buried the letter deep in the earth to make sure that it did not see me eating them. After eating four mangoes, I dug the letter out and put it back in the basket. But the letter must have somehow seen me eating the mangoes and it has now told you about it. This is something magical!\u201d If you think about it, there cannot be anything more magical than writing. The simple servant realized its magic, but we do not realize it at all!<\/em><\/p>\nQuestion 1.
\nFrom where did the servant carry basket of mangoes?
\n(a) Market to master\u2019s house
\n(b) Master\u2019s house to market
\n(c) Master\u2019s house to his master\u2019s daughter
\n(d) Master\u2019s daughter to master\u2019s house<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) Master\u2019s house to his master\u2019s daughter<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 2.
\nHow many mangoes were found missing?
\n(a) One
\n(b) Two
\n(c) Three
\n(d) Four<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) Four<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 3.
\nWhat had happened to the mangoes?
\n(a) They fell down
\n(b) The monkey ate them
\n(c) The servant ate them
\n(d) The master ate them<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) The servant ate them<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 4.
\nWhat type of person was a servant?
\n(a) Greedy
\n(b) Coward
\n(c) Liar
\n(d) Truthful<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) Truthful<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 5.
\nHow did servant try to save himself?
\n(a) By buried the letter under the earth
\n(b) By telling a lie
\n(c) By not going to master\u2019s daughter\u2019s house
\n(d) By eating all the mangoes<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) By buried the letter under the earth<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 6.
\nChoose the word which means \u2018buried\u2019.
\n(a) lying on the top
\n(b) eating
\n(c) put under the earth
\n(d) saw<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) put under the earth<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 7.
\nChoose the word which is antonym of \u2018shallow\u2019.
\n(a) deep
\n(b) buried
\n(c) magical
\n(d) hollow<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) deep<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n(6)<\/span><\/p>\nIt is no easy matter to decide what is right sing and what is not. One little test I shall ask you to apply whenever you are in doubt. Never to anything in secret or anything that you would wish to hide. For the desire to hide anything means that you are afraid. Fear is a bad thing and unworthy of you. Be brave. If you are brave, you will not fear and will not do anything of which you are ashamed. You know that in our great Freedom Movement, under Bapuji\u2019s leadership, there is no room for secrecy. We have nothing to hide. So in our private lives let us do nothing secretly. And if you do so, my dear, you will grow up a child of light, unafraid and undisturbed, whatever may happen (Taken from Nehru\u2019s A Birthday Letter\u2019 to his daughter Indira on 26th October 1930)<\/em><\/p>\nQuestion 1.
\nDesire to hide means that you are ………………
\n(a) happy
\n(b) in doubt
\n(c) in anger
\n(d) afraid<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) afraid<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 2.
\nIf you are brave you will not be ………………….
\n(a) happy
\n(b) angry
\n(c) ashamed
\n(d) unworthy<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) ashamed<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 3.
\nUnder Bapuji\u2019s leadership, there was no room for ………………….
\n(a) money
\n(b) secrecy
\n(c) power
\n(d) love<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) secrecy<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 4.
\nIf we do nothing secretly, we will grow up a child of ……………….. Which of the choices is inaccurate?
\n(a) light
\n(b) unafraid
\n(c) undisturbed
\n(d) dark<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) dark<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 5.
\nWho is the speaker of these lines?
\n(a) Jawahar Lai Nehru
\n(b) Indira Gandhi
\n(c) Mahatma Gandhi
\n(d) Kamla Nehru<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) Jawahar Lai Nehru<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 6.
\n\u201cOne little ………………….. you are in doubt.\u201d \u2018Doubt\u2019 stands for:
\n(a) What is right or not
\n(b) What is right
\n(c) What is wrong
\n(d) Secret<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) What is right or not<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 7.
\nWhich word is antonym of \u2018coward\u2019?
\n(a) strange
\n(b) fear
\n(c) brave
\n(d) ashamed<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) brave<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n(7)<\/span><\/p>\nOur world seems to be in the grip of speed age. Don\u2019t you see everyone in a great hurry to reach somewhere? God knows where and why? Out on the roads, fast moving vehicles are driven faster, pedestrians also appear to be running instead of walking, queue or no queue, hefty people push their way through the crowd, injuring or hurting women, old people or even small children. Doctors, lawyers, and even shopkeepers have no patience or time to listen to you, or attend to you. People have no time even to have their food peacefully and so \u2018superfast\u2019 food joints have sprung up. No surprise then that so many suffer from hypertension or heart diseases. Even nature seems to have joined this race. Years, months, weeks and days seem simply to fly away as if to take mankind faster aster to the new century promising a brighter and happier era.<\/em><\/p>\nQuestion 1.
\nThe world seems to be in the grip of …………………… age.
\n(a) stone
\n(b) speed
\n(c) iron
\n(d) none of these<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) speed<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 2.
\nHow do pedestrians look like on the road?
\n(a) Walking
\n(b) Jogging
\n(c) Running
\n(d) Talking<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) Running<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 3.
\nWhy have \u2018superfast\u2019 foods become popular?
\n(a) People have no time to have their food peacefully
\n(b) People have no time to cook food
\n(c) People do hot want to cook food
\n(d) None of these<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) People have no time to have their food peacefully<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 4.
\n……………… seems to have joined this race.
\n(a) Trees
\n(b) Earth
\n(c) Plants
\n(d) Nature<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) Nature<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 5.
\nPeople suffer from ………………… due to speed age.
\n(a) cancer
\n(b) headache
\n(c) hypertension
\n(d) fever<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) hypertension<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 6.
\nPick out the word from the passage which means the same as \u2018the person walking on foot\u2019.
\n(a) driver
\n(b) pedestrian
\n(c) plumber
\n(d) carpenter<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) pedestrian<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 7.
\n\u2018Century\u2019 means a period of ……………..
\n(a) ten years
\n(b) twenty years
\n(c) hundred years
\n(d) fifty years<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) hundred years<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n(8)<\/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 he 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, \u201cLook up there. Your grandpa is waiting for you on the moon. Don\u2019t you want to go up there and see him?\u201d 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.
\nThe above story is about ……………….
\n(a) a rabbit
\n(b) a rabbit and his grandpa
\n(c) a tortoise
\n(d) a Jackal<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) a rabbit and his grandpa<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 2.
\nWhom did rabbit meet on his way?
\n(a) A tortoise
\n(b) A cunning fox
\n(c) A jackal
\n(d) A lion<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) A jackal<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 3.
\nWhy did Mr. Jackal not eat up Mr. Rabbit?
\n(a) Because his stomach was full
\n(b) Because he did not like rabbit
\n(c) Because he had a fast on that day
\n(d) None of these<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) Because his stomach was full<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 4.
\nWhat could the rabbit not understand?
\n(a) That the Jackal was going to eat him
\n(b) That the Jackal was going to eat his grandpa
\n(c) That the Jackal was befooling him
\n(d) None of these<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) That the Jackal was befooling him<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 5.
\nThe rabbit did not pay heed to his ………………… advice.
\n(a) mother\u2019s
\n(b) friend\u2019s
\n(c) father\u2019s
\n(d) sister\u2019s<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) mother\u2019s<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 6.