Group IV Test Batch Free Mock Test Answers with Explanation (General English)

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1 Group IV Test Batch Free Mock Test Answers with Explanation (General English) 1. Answer: (D) Explanation: Stimulate Pacify Blurt Conceal Impute Disbelieve Protract - Curtail 2. Answer: (D) Explanation: Question tag for Affirmative sentence is Auxiliary + n t + S In option D the statement is affirmative; hence the tag will be negative. The auxiliary verb is should and the pronoun is He. Hence the question tag for the statement D is Shouldn t he? He should see a doctor if he is unwell, shouldn t he? 3. Answer: (D) Explanation: The given lines are taken from Vision for the Nation (from India 2020) The speaker of the given line is Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (11 TH STD P 219) Nuclear tests are the culmination of efforts to apply nuclear technology for national security. When we carried out the tests in May 1998, India witnessed issuing of sanctions by a few developed countries. 4. Answer: (D) Explanation: Accursed - under a curse, used to express strong dislike of or anger at someone or something. The poet describes how he was filled with regret that he had acted in such a cruel and petty way with the snake. He hated himself and the education that had urged him to act in such a manner. 5. Answer: (B) Explanation: Mark Antony, Caesar s trusted friend, meets the murderers and requests them to allow him to take Caesar s body to the market place. Marcus Brutus agrees, but warns Antony not to blame them in his funeral speech. (11 TH STD P 8) 6. Answer: (B) Explanation: In the given sentence action was going on for a longer duration of time hence past perfect continuous tense (had + been + V+ ing) should be used Past Perfect Continuous Tense is used to indicate a temporary activity which was in progress up to a specific time in the past. Before I went to Delhi, I had been living in Chennai for eight years.

2 7. Answer: (C) Explanation: No one heard her cries, did they? 8. Answer: (D) Explanation: The Cry of the Children is a poem that talks about child labour by Elizabeth Barret Browning Walker's first novel, A Canadian Heroine, was published in Walker's second novel, Hollywood, was published in 1875 Anne Louisa Walker s poem "The Night Cometh" provides the text of the popular hymn "Work, for the night is coming". 9. Answer: (C) Explanation: Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me die These are the words said by R.L. Stevenson. 10. Answer: (C) Explanation: Capture: If you capture someone or something, you catch them; take into one's possession or control by force Seize: If you seize something, you take hold of it quickly, firmly, and forcefully Cease: to stop something; Bring to an end Photograph - a picture produced using a camera Free - not under the control of another. Hence the antonym for the word Capture is Free 11. Answer: (A) Explanation: (A) O, no! it is an ever fixed mark, That looks on tempests and is never shaken; - This line belongs to William Shakespeare from the poem Sonnet No: 116. The poet says that Not at all! Love is a permanent mark that persists unshaken despite the harsh winds of change (B) Was never secret history But birds tell it in the bowers These lines are from the poem The Apology by Ralph Waldo Emerson. (C) If you can t be a bush, be a bit of the grass, And some highway happier make; - These lines are from the poem Be the Best by Douglas Malloch (D) The well was dry beside the door, And so we went with pail and can - These lines are from the poem Going for Water by Robert Frost 12. Answer: (C)

3 Explanation: Djinn is a character in charge of all deserts in the story How The Camel Got Its Hump written by noted writer Rudyard Kipling. Sue - "The Last Leaf" is a short story by O. Henry published. Sue is one of the main characters in the story The Last Leaf. She is a young artist and that she comes from Maine Mrs. Sappleton is a character from the story The Open Window by Saki. Hector Hugh Munro better known by the pen name Saki, and also frequently as H. H. Munro Mrs Sappleton is Vera s aunt and Framton s host Grandson The Refugee is a story by Pearl S Buck. The story deals with the sufferings of the people who had to seek shelter during floods. Characters: old man, Grandson (Old man s grandson), noodle vendor, passer-by; Rickshaw pullers 13. Answer: (B) Explanation: The given line is from the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Speaker: Antony. Antony said that when the poor cried, Caesar cried too an ambitious person would be strict not soft (12 TH STD P -15) 14. Answer: (B) Explanation: D.H.Lawrence H.W.Longfellow Walt Whitman Annie Louisa Walker Answer: (A) Explanation: The given lines are taken from the poem Be the Best by Douglas Malloch The poet says that all of us cannot be the captain because the crew field is also waiting for someone. If all are captain by themselves then everything just would become a mess. 16. Answer: (B) Explanation: Antonym is a word opposite in meaning to another. Innate - Acquired 17. Answer: (B) Explanation: Blending is the word formation process in which parts of two or more words combine to create a new word. The meaning of those words is often a combination of the original words. Brunch is formed by combining Breakfast and lunch - Breakfast + lunch = Brunch Electrocute is formed by combining Electro and execute -Electro + execute = Electrocute

4 Telex is formed by combining Teleprinter and exchange - Teleprinter + exchange = Telex Mobike is formed by combining Motor and bike - Motor + bike = Mobike 18. Answer: (B) Explanation: (a) The Migrant Bird is a poem by Famida Y. Basheer. Migrant Bird is the speaker in this poem. The bird feels that the globe is its world and clouds are its relatives. (b) Thomas Hardy wrote the poem 'The Man He Killed' The speaker recalls a time when he shot a man in war, and realizes that if they had met at a bar instead of on the battlefield, they could have had a drink. (c) Manliness If, written by manly writer Rudyard Kipling, is an amazingly insightful poem on the attributes of what makes a man a man. (d) Don t Quit by Edgar A. Guest is truly an exceptionally inspiring poem that encourages you to work towards your goal whatever be the obstacles 19. Answer: (D) Explanation: Some nouns (Mathematics) which are plural in form but singular in meaning take a singular verb as, Use singular verb in option D Mathematics is an intellectual subject (A) The jury were divided in their opinions A collective noun like Committee, Jury etc take a plural verb if the individuals or members of the group are thought of separately. Hence the sentence is right (B) Iron as well as copper is found in India Words joined to a singular subject by With, As well as do not affect the number of the verb. Therefore it takes singular verb (C) I, who am your friend, will help you When the subject of the verb is a relative pronoun, the verb must be made to agree in number and person with the antecedent of the relative In the given sentence antecedent of the relative pronoun is I. I followed by am Hence the sentence is correct 20. Answer: (B) Explanation: The author of the story Sam is Tammy Ruggles. This is a lovely recollection of a boy and his dog A Man who had No Eyes by Mackinlay Kantor. Hence the incorrect option is B Two Friends is a short story by the French author Guy de Maupassant. The story is about two friends who meet in Paris during the Franco-Prussian war "The Face of Judas Iscariot" by Bonnie Chamberlain, is a story narrated to the author by an old priest. Swami and the Sum by R.K. Narayan. This is an episode selected from his book Malgudi Days 21. Answer: (B)

5 Explanation: The given lines are taken from the poem The Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth The poet begs someone to tell him what the girl is singing about. Receiving no answer, he muses that, perhaps, she is singing about old sorrows, or battles of long ago, or more mundane concerns, or even some suffering which she has endured and may endure again. 22. Answer: (B) Explanation: "Two Friends" is a short story by the French author Guy de Maupassant Colonel Dumoulin is a character who gives the friends (Monsieur Morissot and Monsieur Sauvage) the password to leave the city 23. Answer: (D) Explanation: Lyrical Ballads is a collection of poems by the English poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It was first published anonymously in September 1798 as Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. (11 TH STD P 134) 24. Answer: (A) Explanation: In the above lines He refers to Julius Caesar Speaker: Antony Antony says that Caesar brought many prisoners home to Rome whose ransoms filled the treasury of Rome with huge wealth. 25. Answer: (A) Explanation: sentence A is in Active Voice Active voice describes a sentence where the subject performs the action stated by the verb. In passive voice sentences, the subject is acted upon by the verb. In option A subject is the doer of the action hence the sentence is Active (A) He has built a house in his native place has + V3 Active Voice (present perfect tense) (B) The flag song is sung is + V3 - Passive voice (C) The campus is filled with gaiety is + V3 - Passive voice (D) A trolley was pulled by the porter was + V3 - Passive voice 26. Answer: (A) Explanation: In large cities and towns in New York Since starting time (perfect tense) Since 1990 On on surface; on the first floor on the third floor Sharad has been living in New York since His apartment is on the third floor 27. Answer: (D) Explanation: The given lines are taken from the poem Women s Rights by Anne Louisa Walker. The poem is addressed to the male and those who suppress the women. This poem tells us the noble qualities of women

6 28. Answer: (A) Explanation: Walt Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American Canon, often called the Father of Free verse. 29. Answer: (A) Explanation: One life is not enough is the biography of K. Natwar Singh. 30. Answer: (A) Explanation: Option A is Simple sentence A sentence which has only one subject and one verb or one main clause is called a Simple Sentence. Simple Sentence can also contain phrases In the above example In spite of being old, he walks quickly Phrase Main Clause Options B, C and D are compound sentences - Two main clauses connected using the conjunction and 31. Answer: (A) Explanation: For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitor s arms, Quite vanquished him: then burst his mighty heart; And, in his mantle muffling up his face, - It means that Caesar did not resist. Instead he covered his face with his mantle. (12 TH STD P 17) 32. Answer: (B) Explanation: Nine Gold Medals, written by the American Rock vocalist David Roth, is a song that inspires human compassion and cooperation. This is a poem that beautifully illustrates the team spirit among nine athletes. 33. Answer: (C) Explanation: A suffix is a letter or a group of letters linked to the end of a word. By adding suffixes, the grammatical function of the words get changed. The correct suffix is -ose Verbose. 34. Answer: (B) Explanation: Second conditional (unreal/imaginary condition) If Clause : If + past tense Main Clause : would/wouldn t If the sun had not been bright, the pictures would not have come out well.

7 35. Answer: (B) Explanation: A Compound word is a unit consisting of two or more words: Noun Naming words (Rabbit, hole, ware, sun, bird) Adjectives Describing Words (Soft) Verb Action words (rise) Gerund V + ing (Dancing) Soft ware = Software Adjective Noun Sun rise = Sunrise Noun Verb Dancing bird = Dancing bird Gerund Noun Rabbit hole = Rabbit - hole Noun Noun 36. Answer: (B) Explanation: These lines are taken from the poem Shilpi. Author Ashwin Parthiban Stark refers to Sheer. 37. Answer: (D) Explanation: The given lines are taken from the poem To India My Native Land by Henry Louisa Vivian Derozio The poet has no wreath of flowers to offer the country but instead, he will dig into the past and will try to sing of some parts of that great history which is no longer available to the younger generation 38. Answer: (B) Explanation: (B)"The Solitary Reaper" is a poem by English Romantic poet William Wordsworth, and one of his best-known works. The poet tells us the story of a lovely Highland Girl, who is working in a field and singing a song. (A) A Psalm of Life is an inspiring poem written by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This poem gives a great deal of good advice (C) Women's Rights - Poem by Annie Louisa Walker. This poem expresses the wishes of women (D) You can t be that, No You can t be that is a poem by Brian Patten. In this poem the speaker points out that the present day youth are capable of working wonders 39. Answer: (C)

8 Explanation: A Prefix is a letter or a group of letters which is added to the beginning of a word in order to modify its meaning. Dis - to refuse, Multi many, Mis wrong, Semi half The correct prefixes for the given words are: Dis + obedient = disobedient Mis + judge = misjudge Multi + ply = multiply Semi + precious = semi precious 40. Answer: (D) Explanation: Childish - behaving like a child, not mature Many grown ups still possess a childish attitude Childlike like or Typical of a child His childlike innocence endears him to all Continuous - Going on without stopping Education is a continuous process Continual - Occurring repeatedly There was continual rain last week 41. Answer: (A) Explanation: Present Perfect tense: Refers to a recent past action that affects the present; a general experience and indicates an activity in a time period Present Perfect tense: Subject + Have/Has + V3 + O I have visited that city many times - Present Perfect tense (have + V3 have visited) 42. Answer: (C) Explanation: To refer to an action which began in the past and is in progress at the present moment we use present perfect continuous tense present perfect continuous tense has/ have + been + V + ing. Hence the correct tense for the given sentence is has been batting Tendulkar has been batting since the match started this morning 43. Answer: (A) Explanation: The speaker of the given lines is Kalpana Chawla. (11 TH STD P 7) On realization of her dream, she was to say one day. I could then see my reflection in the window and in the retina of my eye the whole earth and sky could be seen reflected..so I called the crew members one by one and they all saw it and everybody said, Oh, wow! 44. Answer: (D) Explanation: Adjective Describing words (describes a noun)

9 Adverb: A word that modifies the meaning of a verb, an Adjective, or another Adverb is called an Adverb Industrious (Adjective) - someone who is hardworking Ex: Mohan is an industrious boy. Terrible (Adjective) - very unpleasant Ex: a terrible storm Fearful (Adjective) - feeling or showing fear or anxiety Ex: a fearful storm Hardly (Adverb) - at a fast speed; rapidly Ex: He hardly works 45. Answer: (A) Explanation: The correct answer is Walking on the roof is dangerous. 46. Answer: (B) Explanation: Subject The person who does the action Verb The word that indicates an action done by the subject or expresses a state of being or possession. Complement The word or phrase which completes the meaning Object the word which receives the action from the subject An adjunct is a word or group of words which provides answers to the questions: How, When, Why, where My uncle presented me a watch on my birthday S V IO DO A (Action verb presented, DO (what?) a watch, IO (Whom?) me, A (When?) on my birthday) Birds fly in the sky S V A (Action verb fly, A (where?) in the sky) The teacher read a story today S V O A (Action verb read, O (what?) a story, A (when?) Today) Velu grew tired after the match S V C A (Action verb grew, after grew we use C hence tired is C, A (when?) after the match) 47. Answer: (D) Explanation: British English Paraffin Wing Caretaker American English Kerosene Fender Janitor

10 Caravan Trailer 48. Answer: (B) Explanation: Subject The person who does the action Verb The word that indicates an action done by the subject or expresses a state of being or possession. Complement The word or phrase which completes the meaning Object the word which receives the action from the subject The crowd laughed S V (Action verb laughed) He has donated his eyes S V O (Action verb has donated, O (what?) his eyes) Brutus is an honourable man S V C ( Be verb is, after be verb we use Complement hence, C- an honourable man) You lend me your ears S V IO DO (Action verb lend, IO (whom?) me, DO (what?) your ears) 49. Answer: (A) Explanation: The correct sentence is Either of the roads leads to the railway station. 50. Answer: (B) Explanation: The given lines are taken from Dale Carnegie s The Road to Success Par excellence - by way of special eminence; being the best of a kind; being an example of excellence; superior; Par excellence is a term of praise for things that are great (11 TH STD P 186) 51. Answer: (A) Explanation: 1. But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man The given line is taken from the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Speaker: Antony. Antony says I m no orator, as Brutus is. I m only, as you know, a plain, blunt man who loved his friend 2. There is tears for his love; joy for his fortune; honor for his valour; - The given line is taken from the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Speaker: Brutus. Brutus while justifying the murder of Caesar says there are tears for his love, joy for his fortune, honor for his bravery, and death for his ambition

11 3. Is it so nominated in the bond? - The given line is taken from the play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Speaker: Shylock. Portia suggests Shylock could have a qualified surgeon on his charge to arrest bleeding and save the life of Antonio. So he doesn t bleed to death. Shylock claims that it is not mentioned in the contract 4. Of strange nature is the suit you follow; - The given line is taken from the play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Speaker: Portia. Portia briefs Shylock that Venetian law cannot oppose his suit. But it was a strange case. 52. Answer: (A) Explanation: These are the characters in To the Land of Snow by Athushi Deshpande Mr. Rare - Mr. Rare, the KMVN (Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam) manager Khem Nam - Mr. Rare, the KMVN manager, is helpful and tells me that his father, Khem Nam, could act as guide on my trek. Laxmi - It is heartening to meet Laxmi, our porter. He is a sturdy young man and seems like just the support frail Khem Nam and I need. Bhutias - The Bhutias, who once ruled the trade routes, may have lost their business, but they have retained their enterprise (12 TH STD P -110) 53. Answer: (D) Explanation: The plural form of Corpus is Singular Plural Corpus Corpora 54. Answer: (C) Explanation: H.W. Longfellow s great fame began with the publication of his first volume of poems Voices of the Night in 1839, which included A Psalm of Life, one of nineteenth century s best-loved poems. (12 TH STD P 52) 55. Answer: (B) Explanation: Caesar is shocked when he sees his friend Marcus Brutus with a sword. With an anguished cry of Et tu, Brute? (Yoo too Brutus) he dies (12 TH STD P 8) 56. Answer: (D) Explanation: domineering - trying to control other people without thinking about their feelings Submissive: A submissive person allows themselves to be controlled by other people; you obey someone without arguing. Hence Submissive is the antonym for Domineering Subjective - Something that is subjective is based on personal opinions and feelings rather than on facts.

12 Objective - (of a person or their judgement) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts. Powerful is having a lot of strength, authority or force 57. Answer: (D) Explanation: The correct plural form of the word Genie is Singular Plural Genie Genii, Genies Hence option D is incorrect pair 58. Answer: (B) Explanation: These lines are taken from Yaanai Malai from The Multiple Facets of My Madurai Author- Manohar Devadoss Manohar s wife was mahema paralysed below the shoulder in a road accident 36 years ago in Answer: (C) Explanation: 1. And share my Umbrella in the rain The given line is taken from the poem With a Friend by Vivian Gould 2. Remember they have eyes like ours that wake - The given line is taken from the poem No Men are Foreign by James Kirkup. This poem tells us that we should not consider anyone as foreign or 'strange.' 3. The house withdrew into silence, snakes moved - The given line is taken from the poem My Grandmother s House by Kamala Das 4. Where the mind is led forward by thee - The given line is taken from the poem Where the Mind is Without Fear by Rabindranath Tagore 60. Answer: (B) Explanation: Edgar A. Guest known as the people s poet for having contributed 11,000 poems to English Literature. The poem Don t Quit is by Edgar A. Guest (9 TH STD) 61. Answer: (D) Explanation: The given lines are taken from To the Land of Snow by Athushi Deshpande To the Land of Snow is the trekking experience of Athushi deshpande who is the speaker of the given lines (12 TH STD P 109) 62. Answer: (A) Explanation: The given line is taken from the poem The Piano by D.H. Lawrence The singer in the above line is the poet s mother. The poet sees himself sitting under the piano as his mother plays and sings. This is a happy time because the mother smiles at her child.

13 63. Answer: (C) Explanation: Superlative degree when comparing more than two people or things i.e. on the whole we use Superlative Degree. Positive Comparative Superlative Serious more serious most serious This is one of the most serious problems the world faces. Hence the given sentence is in Superlative degree. 64. Answer: (C) Explanation: The given line is taken from the poem Sonnet No: 116 by William Shakespeare. Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound in several nearby words The Alliterated words in the given line are: Let me not to the marriage of true minds 65. Answer: (A) Explanation: Frankly, ladies and gentlemen, I expect you not only to master music; I expect you to save the planet. If there is a future wave of wellness on this planet, of harmony, of peace, of an end to war, of mutual understanding, of equality, of fairness, I don t expect it will come from a government, a military force or a corporation. I no longer even expect it to come from the religions of the world, which together seem to have brought us as much war as they have peace. (10 TH STD P -28) 66. Answer: (C) Explanation: The given line is taken from the poem To a Millionaire by Archibald Lampman. The millionaire pins down the large number of poor people by giving them low wages. It is a curse for them. 67. Answer: (A) Explanation: He is a one eyed man. O begins with W sound which is a consonant sound hence article a is used 68. Answer: (A) Explanation: (a) For the idle flowers I brought The given line is taken from the poem The Apology by Ralph Waldo Emerson Personification is a figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes. Idle means lazy, or unemployed which is human quality Flowers (non human) are described as idle. The flowers are given the human characteristic of being idle. (b)...teacups circling round me like the planets round the sun - The given line is taken from the poem Off to Outer Space Tomorrow Morning by Normal Nicholson

14 Repetition is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer..teacups circling round me like the planets round the sun The word round is repeated (c) Old age and youth alike mistaught and misfed - The given line is taken from the poem To a Millionaire by Archibald Lampman Alliteration is the repetition of same consonant sound in several words in the same line. The Alliterated words in the given line: mistaught and misfed (d).the prize we sought is won - The given line is taken from the poem O Captain! My Captain by Walt Whitman An implied simile is a Metaphor. "Prize won" represents the salvaged union i.e. the prize is the preservation of the Union after the long and difficult war between the states 69. Answer: (B) Explanation: The given lines are taken from the poem A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman. In this poem, the speaker Walt Whitman observes a noiseless, patient spider on a promontory (a rock outcropping over the ocean). It leaves a mark on its vast surroundings by weaving its web. 70. Answer: (A) Explanation: Salim Moizuddin Abdul Ali (12 November June 1987) was an Indian ornithologist and naturalist. Often referred to as the "birdman of India", Salim Ali was among the first Indians to conduct systematic bird surveys across India and wrote several bird books that popularized ornithology in India. The most prominent book among of them is The Book of Indian Birds in Answer: (D) Explanation: He wept to see the desolation caused by the flood. 72. Answer: (D) Explanation: To refer to an action which started before the action in the simple past we use past continuous tense Past continuous tense was/ were + V + ing He was watching Cricket when I phoned him 73. Answer: (B) Explanation: Subject The person who does the action Verb The word that indicates an action done by the subject or expresses a state of being or possession. Complement The word or phrase which completes the meaning

15 Object the word which receives the action from the subject An adjunct is a word or group of words which provides answers to the questions: How, When, Why, where He became the leader S V C (verb became, after became we use C hence C the leader) We applauded the leader S V O (Verb applauded, O (Whom?) the leader) You speak English well S V O A (Verb speak, O (what?) English, A (How?) well) He was going to school S V A (Verb was going, A (where?) to school) 74. Answer: (C) Explanation: The Giant came near to the child. And when he came quite close his face grew red with anger, and he said, Who hath dared to wound thee? cried the Giant, tell me, that I may take my big sword and slay him. Nay! answered the child, but these are the wounds of Love. Who art thou? said the Giant, and a strange awe fell on him, and he knelt before the little child. (12 TH STD P- 328) 75. Answer: (C) Explanation: A complex sentence is one which has one main clause and one or more dependent clauses. Even though Anuja was poor dependent clause (subordinate clause) She stood first in the examination Main clause. Hence the given sentence is Complex 76. Answer: (B) Explanation: The vultures break the eggs of ostrich by pelting stones. 77. Answer: (A) Explanation: The given lines are taken from the poem Off To Outer Space Tomorrow Morning by Normal Nicholson The poet says that People can watch the journey of the space craft in their television sets. Generally, shooting stars make downward journey into the atmosphere of the earth. This shooting star makes an upward journey away from the atmosphere. The space craft is the upward shooting star.

16 78. Answer: (A) Explanation: The given sentence is in simple past tense in passive voice. The Active Voice of the given simple past tense is Caught Active Voice (V2) Passive Voice (Was/ were + V3) Caught Was caught 79. Answer: (A) Explanation: Some words in British English have different equivalents in American English British English American English Cot Crib 80. Answer: (A) Explanation: The given sentence is in Active Voice. The subject (Florist) is singular Every day is a keyword to use simple present tense. Hence Option A delivers is the correct form of the verb (present tense singular) (B) is delivered - Passive (is+v3) (C) was delivered - Passive (Was+V3) (D) were delivered - Passive (were+v3) 81. Answer: (A) Explanation: Bose was born in Cuttack in Orissa on 23 rd January 1897 in a very rich family. His father Janakinath Bose was a famous lawyer. His mother, Prabhavathi made her son aware of the great traditions of India. Netaji formed the Indian National Congress in 1941 in Singapore with the help of Indian prisoners who were released by the Japnese. (7 TH STD P 46). 82. Answer: (A) Explanation: Lakshmibai s father Moropant Tambe moved to s place called Bithur. There he worked for Baji Rao II, who had once been the Peshwa. (8 TH STD P 80) 83. Answer: (A) Explanation: If threatened a Pangolin would quickly roll up into a scaly ball and wait for the danger to pass away (8 TH STD P 120) 84. Answer: (D) Explanation: Nelson Mandela was awarded Bharat Ratna in the year Answer: (B) Explanation: Hughie was as popular with men as he was with women, and he had every accomplishment except that of making money. He had tried everything. But he became nothing, a delightful, ineffectual young man with a perfect profile and no profession. (10 TH STD P 1) Hence the option is B

17 86. Answer: (D) Explanation: It was a large lovely garden, with soft green grass. Here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars, and there were twelve peach-trees that in the spring-time broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, and in the autumn bore rich fruit. (12 TH STD P- 323) 87. Answer: (D) Explanation: The given lines are taken from the poem A Psalm of Life by H.W. Longfellow The poet says Dust thou art, to dust thou returnest (You are made of dust, and you will go back to dust after death) is only spoken of the body and it is not applicable to the soul. So the poet makes it clear that he believes in the existence of the soul after our death. 88. Answer: (D) Explanation: The given lines are taken from the poem A Psalm of Life by H.W. Longfellow The poet then says that though our hearts are brave and stout at other times, we fear death and our heart beats when we realize that Death is certainly coming our way bit by bit. Longfellow compares this situation of our heart to the beating of the clothed drums at the funeral marches to the grave. 89. Answer: (C) Explanation: Keep Your Spirits High is a motivational poem by Hope Spencer. This poem suggests a solution to face the confusing problems, fears and sorrows The given line suggests that one should be positive, hopeful and confident about the future. Don t prove yourself a quitter. Keep your spirits always as good things are just waiting to happen 90. Answer: (D) Explanation: According to Gokhale the last duty that you owe to those who are in the wider world is to acquire acknowledge of their needs, observe their condition and observe their struggle, and to acquire an attitude to mind, so as to sympathize with those who are struggling, even though you are not immediately able to give them redress. (10 TH STD P- 53) Gokhale in his speech said that you should sympathize who are struggling. Hence option D is irrelevant statement 91. Answer: (D) Explanation: A dominant landmark of the north eastern outskirts of Madurai is Yanaai Malai. Hence option D states that North Western outskirts of Trichy is Yanaai Malai which is incorrect (7 TH STD P 108) All the other options A, B, and C are correct (B)Yaanai Malai a solid rocky hill (7 TH STD P 108)

18 (C) What appears from Madurai to have a pyramidal shape is in actuality a very elongated hill. (7 TH STD P 110) (D) When seen or approached from Madurai, this hill has a rather striking resemblance to a seated elephant hence the name Yaanai Malai (7 TH STD P 108) 92. Answer: (A) Explanation: The given line is taken from the poem Don t Quit by Edgar A. Guest Don t give up, though pace seems slow The figure of speech used here is Assonance Repetition of Vowel sound in the same line (9 TH STD) 93. Answer: (A) Explanation: (a) Bhangra dance is one of the popular folk dance forms in Punjab region of India. The dance is generally performed during the Vaisakhi festival that celebrates the harvest. (b) Kavadi Attam is a traditional and religious dance of Tamil Nadu performed by devotees during the religious festival of Thaipusam (c) Dandaniya dance is the most traditional form of dance Indian state of Maharashtra. (d) Kaikottikali, or thiruvathirakali, is one of the most famous group-dances of women of Kerala to mark the festival seasons Onam 94. Answer: (A) Explanation: The given lines are taken from the poem You Can t be that, No, You Can t be that by Brian Pattern. Unicorn - A Mythical white horse like creature with a single horn growing from its forehead (8 TH STD P 45). The speaker of these lines points out that the present day youth are capable of working wonders 95. Answer: (C) Explanation: O my soul where you stand The given line is taken from the poem A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman When a writer talks straight to an abstract idea like that, it s called an "apostrophe. The poet here talks to his soul which will not reply. Hence it is apostrophe 96. Answer: (D) Explanation: Robert Frost ( ) was an American poet and one of the most popular poet in the United states during the mid 1900 s. He received four Pulitzer prizes for his poetry. 97. Answer: (B) Explanation: The given lines are taken from the poem English Words by V.K. Gokak English words are portrayed as winged seeds the winged seeds crossed the furrowed seas Crossed the furrowed seas imply that English is a foreign language. The English words crossed the sea to settle comfortably in India. Furrowed means - Deep and Wavy

19 98. Answer: (A) Explanation: The prose Swept Away describes a woman s will to live for her family members gave her the strength to struggle under filthy water. A woman with an iron will against nature 99. Answer: (D) Explanation: Honesty and Truth are interrelated. Honesty is basically an expression of truth. There is no substitution for truth. Truth alone brings conviction said by Kiran Bedi (8 TH STD P -119) 100. Answer: (D) Explanation: Rajaraja, his sister and queens donated their possessions of gold and silver to this temple. The gold the king donated came from his treasury. (10 TH STD P 152)