1. S1 : Growing up means not only getting larger, but also using our sense and our brain is to become more aware of things around us.
P : Not only does he have a memory but he is able to think and reason
Q : In this, man differs from all other animals.
R : Before we spray our roadside plants or turn sewage in to our rivers, we should pause to think what the results of our action are likely to do.
S : This is to say, he is able to plan what he is going to do in the light of his experience before he does it.
S6 : In other words , we must develop and use our ability to reason, because the destruction or the preservation of the places in which we live depend on us.
A. QRSP
B. SPQR
C. SPRQ
D. QPSR
ANSWER: D.QPSR
SOLUTION :In this man differs from all other animals. Not only does he have a memory but he is able to think and reason. This is to say, he is able to plan what he is going to do in the light of his experience before he does it. Before we spray our roadside plants or turn sewage into our rivers, we should pause to think what the results of our action are likely to do.
2. S1 : But how does a new word get into the dictionary?
P : When a new dictionary is being edited, a lexicographer collects all the alphabetically arranged citation slips for a particular word.
Q : The dictionary makers notice it and make a note of it on a citation slip.
R : The moment new word is coined, it usually enter the spoken language.
S : The word then passes from the realm of hearing to the realm of writing.
S6 : He sorts them according to their grammatical function, and carefully writes a definition.
A. PQRS
B. PRSQ
C. RQPS
D. RSQP
ANSWER:C.RQPS
SOLUTION:The moment new word is coined, it usually enter the spoken language. The dictionary makers notice it and make a note of it on a citation slip. When a new dictionary is being edited, a lexicographer collects all the alphabetically arranged citation slips for a particular word. The word then passes from realm of hearing to the realm of writing.
3. S1 : This weather – vane often tops a church spire, tower or high building.
P : They are only wind – vanes.
Q : Neither alone can tell us what the weather will be.
R : They are designed to point to direction from which the wind is coming.
S : Just as the barometer only tell us the pressure of air, the weather – vane tells us the direction of wind.
S6 : The weather – vane can, however give us some indication of other.
A. PQRS
B. PSRQ
C. PRSQ
D. SPQR
ANSWER :D.SPQR
SOLUTION: Just as the barometer only tells us the pressure of air, the weather-vane tells us the direction of wind. They are only wind-vanes. Neither alone can tell us what the weather will be. They are designed to point to direction from which the wind is coming.
4. S1 : Throughout history man has used energy from the sun.
P : Today, when we burn wood or use electric current we are drawing an energy.
Q : However we now have a new supply of energy.
R : All our ordinary life depends on sun.
S : This has come from the sun.
S6 : This energy comes from inside atoms.
A. SQPR
B. RQPS
C. QSRP
D. PSRQ
ANSWER:D.PSRQ
SOLUTION: Today, when we burn wood or use electric current we are drawing an energy. This has come from the sun. All our ordinary life depends on sun. However we now have new supply of energies.
5. S1 : Politeness is not a quality possessed by only one nation or race.
P : One may observe that a man of one nation will remove his hat or fold his hands by way of greetings when he meets someone he knows.
Q : A man of another country will not to do so.
R : It is a quality to be found among all peoples and nations in every corner of the earth.
S : Obviously, each person follows the custom of his particular country.
S6 : In any case, we should not mock at others habbits.
A. RPQS
B. RPSQ
C. PRQS
D. QPRS
ANSWER:B.RPSQ
SOLUTION:
ANSWER & SOLUTION
ANSWER:B.RPSQ
SOLUTION:
One should also learn how to think calmly and clearly. It is not as difficult as most men imagine. Nor is it a gift bestowed by providence on only a few. It is like the ability to play golf.
6. S1 : There is a touching story of Professor Hardy visiting Ramanujan as he lay desperately ill in hospital at Putney.
P : ‘No Hardy, that is not a dull number in the very least.
Q : Hardy, who was a very shy man, could not find the words for his distress.
R : It was 1729.
S : The best he could do, as he got to the beside was ” I say Ramanujan, I thought the number of taxi I came down in was a very dull number”.
S6 : It is the lowest number that can be expressed in two different ways as the sum of two cubes.
A. RPQS
B. RPSQ
C. PRQS
D. QPRS
ANSWER: B.RPSQ
SOLUTION: It was 1729. ‘No hardy, that is not a dull number in the very least’. The best he could do, as he got to the beside was ”I say Ramanujan, I thought the number of taxi I came down in was a very dull number ”. Hardy, who was a very shy man, could not find the words for his distress.
7. S1 : The December dance and music season in Madras is like the annual tropical cyclone.
P : A few among the new aspirants dazzle with he colour of youth, like fresh saplings.
Q : It rains an abundance of music for over a fortnight.
R : Thick clouds expectation charge the atmosphere with voluminous advertisements.
S : At the end of it one is left with the feeling that the music of only those artists seasoned by careful nurturing, stands tall like well – routed trees.
S6 : Many a hastily planed shrub gets washed away in the storm.
A. RQPS
B. QRPS
C. RQSP
D. QRSP
ANSWER:B.QRPS
SOLUTION :
It rains an abundance of music for over a fortnight. Thick clouds expectation charges the atmosphere with voluminous advertisements. A few among the new aspirants dazzle with the colour of youth, like fresh saplings. At the end of it one is left with the feeling that the music of only those artists seasoned by careful nurturing, stands tall like well-routed trees.
8. S1 : Once upon a time an ant lived on the bank of river.
P : The dove saw the ant struggling in water in a helpless condition.
Q : All is efforts to come up is failed.
R : One day it suddenly slipped in to water.
S : A dove lived in the tree on the bank not far from the spot.
S6 : She was touched
A. RQSP
B. QRPS
C. SRPQ
D. PQRS
ANSWER: A.RQSP
SOLUTION: One day it suddenly slipped into water. All its efforts to come up failed. A dove lived in the tree on the bank not far from the spot. The dove saw the ant struggling in water in a helpless condition.
9. S1 : We speak today of self – determination in politics.
P : So long as one is conscious of a restraint, it is possible to resist it or to near it as a necessary evil and to keep free in spirit.
Q : Slavery begins when one ceases to feel that restraint and it depends on if the evil is accepted as good.
R : There is, however, a subtler domination exercised in the sphere of ideas by one culture to another.
S : Political subjection primarily means restraint on the outer life of people.
S6 : Cultural subjection is ordinarily of an unconscious character and it implies slavery from the very start.
A. SPRQ
B. RSQP
C. SPQR
D. RSPQ
ANSWER: C.SPQR
SOLUTION: Political subjection primarily means restraint in the outer life of people. So long as one is conscious of a restraint, it is possible to resist it or to near it as a necessary evil and to keep free in spirit. Slavery begins when one ceases to feel that restraint and it depends on if the evil is accepted as good. There is, however, a subtler domination exercised in the sphere of ideas by one culture to another.
10. S1 : Reliogion is not a matter of mere dogmatic conformity.
P : It is not merely going through the ritual prescribed to us.
Q : It is not a question of ceremonial piety.
R : Unless that kind of transformation occurs, you are not an authentically religious man.
S : It is the remarking of your own self, the transformation of your nature.
S6 : A man of that character is free from fear, free from hatred.
A. SPRQ
B. QPSR
C. PSRQ
D. SPQR
ANSWER: B.QPSR
SOLUTION:
It is not the question of ceremonial piety. It is not merely going through the ritual prescribed to us. It is the remarking of your own self, the transformation of your nature. Unless that kind of transformation occurs, you are not an authentically religious man.