1. S1 : Venice is a strange and beautiful city in the north of Italy.
P : There are about four hundred old stone bridges joining the island of Venice.
Q : In this city there are no motor cars, no horses, no buses.
R : These small islands are near one another
S : It is not an Island but a hundred and seventeen isalands
S6 : This is because Venice has no streets.
A. PQRS
B. PRQS
C. SRPQ
D. PQSR
ANSWER: C.SRPQ
SOLUTION : It is not an island but a hundred and seventeen islands. These small islands are near one another. There are about four hundred old stone bridges joining the island of Venice. In this city there are no motor cars, no horses, no buses.
2. S1 : The city is almost a slum and stinks most of time.
P : The slush on the road did not deter them.
Q : The occasionals slips and falls were considered a small price to pay for the trip.
R : They were excited , fascinated by the sight of fresh snow on the roads.
S : Even so, it looked beautiful to tourists of various categories.
S6 : But some visitors came away with the unforgettable sight of young labours scantily clad.
A. RQPS
B. QPRS
C. RSQP
D. SPQR
ANSWER:D.SPQR
SOLUTION:Even so, it looked beautiful to tourists of various categories. The slush on the road did not deter them. The occasional slips and falls were considered a small price to pay for the trip. They were excited, fascinated by the sight of fresh snow on the roads.
3. S1 : A father having offered to take the baby out in a perambulator, was tempted by the sunny morning to slip into a pub for a glass of beer.
P : Indignant at her husband’s behaviour, she decided to teach him a lesson.
Q : She wheeled away the pram.
R : A little later, his wife came by, where to her horror, she discovered her sleeping baby.
S : Leaving the pram outside, he disappeared inside the bar.
S6 : She waited for him, anticipating the white face and quivering lips which would soon appear with the news that the baby had been stolen.
A. SRPQ
B. RQPS
C. SPQR
D. PQSR
ANSWER :A.SRPQ
SOLUTION: Leaving the pram outside, he disappeared inside the bar. A little later, his wife came by, where to her horror, she discovered her sleeping baby. Indignant at her husband’s behavior, she decided to teach him a lesson. She wheeled away the pram.
4. S1 : When a satellite is launched, the rocket begins by going slowly upwards through the air.
P : However, the higher it goes, the less air it meets.
Q : As the rocket goes higher , it travels faster.
R : For the atmosphere becomes thinner.
S : As a result there is less friction.
S6 : Consequently, the rocket still does not become too hot.
A. QPRS
B. QSPR
C. PQRS
D. PQSR
ANSWER:A.QPRS
SOLUTION: As the rocket goes higher, it travels faster. However, the higher it goes, the less air it meets. For the atmosphere becomes thinner. As a result there is less friction.
5. S1 : You know my wife, Madhavi, always urged me to give up smoking
P : I really gave it up.
Q : And so when I went to jail I said to myself I really must give it up, if for no other reason than of being self – reliant.
R : When I emerged from jail, I wanted to tell her of my great triumph.
S : But When I met her, there she was with a packet of cigarettes.
S6 : Poor girl!
A. PSRQ
B. SPQR
C. QPRS
D. RSPQ
ANSWER:C.QPRS
SOLUTION:
And so when I went to jail I said to myself I really must give it up, if for no other reason than of being self-reliant. I really gave it up. When I emerged from jail, I want to tell her of my great triumph. But when I met her, there she was with a packet of cigarettes.
6. S1 : Smoke oozed up between the planks.
P : Passengers were told to be ready to quit the ship.
Q : The rising gale fanned the smouldering fire.
R : Everyone now knew there was fire on board.
S : Flames broke out here and there.
S6 : Most people bore the shock bravely.
A. SRQP
B. QPSR
C. RSPQ
D. QSRP
ANSWER: A.SRQP
SOLUTION: Through the ages, plants have evolved from simple to more complex forms. First there were water plants then land plants appeared during the Paleozoic era. Records of the history of the world are contained in fossils. But since the fossil remains appear locked in rock layers, they are closely related to the geologist area of investigation.
7. S1 : All the land was covered by the ocean.
P : The leading god fought the monster, killed it and chopped its body in to two halves.
Q : A terrible monster prevented the gods from separating the land from the water.
R : The god made the sky out of the upper part of the body and ornamented it with stars.
S : The god created the earth from the lower part, grew plants on it and populated it with animals.
S6 : The god moulded the first people out of clay according to his own image and mind.
A. PQRS
B. PQSR
C. QPSR
D. QPRS
ANSWER:D.QPRS
SOLUTION :
A terrible monster prevented the gods from separating the land from the water. The leading god fought the monster, killed it and chopped its body into two halves. The god made the sky out of the upper part of the body and ornamented it with stars. The god created the earth from the lower part, grew plants on it and populated it with animals.
8. S1 : For some time in his youth Abraham Lincoln was manager for a shop.
P : Then a chance Customer would come.
Q : Young Lincoln way of keeping shop was entirely unlike anyone else’s.
R : Lincoln’s would Jump up and attend to his needs and then revert to his reading.
S : He used to lie full length on the counter of the shop eagerly reading a book.
S6 : Never before had Lincoln had so much time for reading as had then.
A. SRQP
B. QSPR
C. SQRP
D. QPSR
ANSWER: B.QSPR
SOLUTION: Young Lincoln way of keeping shop was entirely unlike anyone else’s. He used to lie full length on the counter of the shop eagerly reading a book. Then a chance customer would come. Lincoln would jump up and attend to his needs and then revert to his reading.
9. S1 : Calcutta unlike other cities kepts its trams.
P : As a result there horrendous congestion.
Q : It was going to be the first in South Asia.
R : They run down the centre of the road.
S : To ease in the city decided to build an underground railway line.
S6 : The foundation stone was laid in 1972.
A. PRSQ
B. PSQR
C. SQRP
D. RPSQ
ANSWER: D.RPSQ
SOLUTION: They run down the centre of the road. As a result there horrendous congestion. To ease in the city decided to build an underground railway line. It was going to b the first in South Asia.
10. S1 : A force of exists between everybody in the universe.
P : Normally it is very small but when the one of the bodies is a planet, like earth, the force is considerable.
Q : It has been investigated by many scientists including Galileo and Newton.
R : Everything on or near the surface of the earth is attracted by the mass of earth.
S : This gravitational force depends on the mass of the bodies involved.
S6 : The greater the mass, the greater is the earth’s force of attraction on it. We can call this force of attraction gravity.
A. PRQS
B. PRSQ
C. QSRP
D. QSPR
ANSWER: D.QSPR
SOLUTION:
It has been investigated by many scientists including Galileo and Newton. This gravitational force depends on the mass of the bodies involved. Normally it is very small but when the one of the bodies is a planet, like earth, the force is considerable. Everything on or near the surface of the earth is attracted by the mass of earth.