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Question 2 MCQ · 2.0 marks
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
Our family came originally from Dapoli Taluka of the Ratnagiri District of the Bombay Presidency.
From the very commencement of the rule of the East India Company my fore-fathers had left their
hereditary occupation for service in the Army of the Company. My father also followed the family
tradition and sought service in the Army. He rose to the rank of an officer and was a Subhedar
when he retired. On his retirement my father took the family to Dapoli with a view to settling down
there. But, for some reasons, my father changed his mind. The family left Dapoli for Satara where
we lived till 1904. The first incident which I am recording as well as I can remember, occurred in
about 1901 when we were at Satara. My mother was then dead. My father was away on service as
a cashier at a place called Goregaon in Khatav Taluka in the Satara District, where the Government
of Bombay had started the work of excavating a tank for giving employment to famine stricken
people who were dying by the thousands. When my father went to Goregaon he left me, my
brother who was older than myself and two sons of my eldest sister who was dead, in charge of
my aunt and some kind neighbours. My aunt was the kindest soul I knew, but she was of no help
to us. She was somewhat of a dwarf and had some trouble with her legs, which made it very
difficult for her to move about without the aid of somebody. Oftentimes she had to be lifted. I had
sisters. They were married and were away living with their families. Cooking our food became a
problem with us especially as our aunty could not on account of her helplessness, manage the job.
We four children went to school and we also cooked our food. We could not prepare bread. So we
lived on pulav which we found to be the easiest dish to prepare, requiring nothing more than
mixing rice and mutton. Being a cashier, my father could not leave his station to come to Satara to
see us, therefore he wrote to us to come to Goregaon and spend our summer vacation with him.
We children were thoroughly excited over the prospect especially as none of us had up to that
time seen a railway train.
Great preparations were made. New shirts of English make, bright bejewelled caps, new shoes,
new silk-bordered dhoties were ordered for the journey. My father had given us all particulars
regarding our journey and had told us to inform him on which day we were starting so that he
would send his peon to the railway station to meet us and to take us to Goregaon. According to
this arrangement myself, my brother and one of my sister's sons left Satara, our aunt remaining in
charge of our neighbours who promised to look after her. The railway station was 10 miles distant
from our place and a tonga (a one-horse carriage) was engaged to take us to the Station. We were
dressed _____ the new clothing specially made _____ the occasion and we left our home full of joy
but amidst the cries of my aunt who was almost prostrate with grief at our parting. When we
reached the station my brother bought tickets and gave me and my sister's son two annas each as
pocket money to be spent at our pleasure. We at once began our career of riotous living and each
ordered a bottle of lemonade at the start. After a short while the train whistled in and we boarded
it as quickly as we could for fear of being left behind. We were told to detrain at Masur, the nearest
railway station for Goregaon.
Excerpted from: Ambedkar, B. R. Waiting for a Visa. People’s Education Society, 1990. Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar
Why was the narrator going to Goregaon?
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To spend the summer vacation with his father
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To excavate a tank in Khatav Taluka
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To see a railway train
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To begin a career of riotous living
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** A comprehension answer must follow the purpose explicitly stated in the passage.
**2. Apply it in context:** The father invites the children to Goregaon to spend their summer vacation with him because he cannot leave his cashier’s station.
**Answer: A — To spend the summer vacation with his father.**
A: **Correct:** This is the stated purpose of the visit.
B: **Incorrect:** The tank project employs famine-stricken workers; it is not the children’s task.
C: **Incorrect:** Seeing a train excites the children but is not the main reason for the visit.
D: **Incorrect:** This is the narrator’s humorous description of buying lemonade, not a travel purpose.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
Our family came originally from Dapoli Taluka of the Ratnagiri District of the Bombay Presidency.
From the very commencement of the rule of the East India Company my fore-fathers had left their
hereditary occupation for service in the Army of the Company. My father also followed the family
tradition and sought service in the Army. He rose to the rank of an officer and was a Subhedar
when he retired. On his retirement my father took the family to Dapoli with a view to settling down
there. But, for some reasons, my father changed his mind. The family left Dapoli for Satara where
we lived till 1904. The first incident which I am recording as well as I can remember, occurred in
about 1901 when we were at Satara. My mother was then dead. My father was away on service as
a cashier at a place called Goregaon in Khatav Taluka in the Satara District, where the Government
of Bombay had started the work of excavating a tank for giving employment to famine stricken
people who were dying by the thousands. When my father went to Goregaon he left me, my
brother who was older than myself and two sons of my eldest sister who was dead, in charge of
my aunt and some kind neighbours. My aunt was the kindest soul I knew, but she was of no help
to us. She was somewhat of a dwarf and had some trouble with her legs, which made it very
difficult for her to move about without the aid of somebody. Oftentimes she had to be lifted. I had
sisters. They were married and were away living with their families. Cooking our food became a
problem with us especially as our aunty could not on account of her helplessness, manage the job.
We four children went to school and we also cooked our food. We could not prepare bread. So we
lived on pulav which we found to be the easiest dish to prepare, requiring nothing more than
mixing rice and mutton. Being a cashier, my father could not leave his station to come to Satara to
see us, therefore he wrote to us to come to Goregaon and spend our summer vacation with him.
We children were thoroughly excited over the prospect especially as none of us had up to that
time seen a railway train.
Great preparations were made. New shirts of English make, bright bejewelled caps, new shoes,
new silk-bordered dhoties were ordered for the journey. My father had given us all particulars
regarding our journey and had told us to inform him on which day we were starting so that he
would send his peon to the railway station to meet us and to take us to Goregaon. According to
this arrangement myself, my brother and one of my sister's sons left Satara, our aunt remaining in
charge of our neighbours who promised to look after her. The railway station was 10 miles distant
from our place and a tonga (a one-horse carriage) was engaged to take us to the Station. We were
dressed _____ the new clothing specially made _____ the occasion and we left our home full of joy
but amidst the cries of my aunt who was almost prostrate with grief at our parting. When we
reached the station my brother bought tickets and gave me and my sister's son two annas each as
pocket money to be spent at our pleasure. We at once began our career of riotous living and each
ordered a bottle of lemonade at the start. After a short while the train whistled in and we boarded
it as quickly as we could for fear of being left behind. We were told to detrain at Masur, the nearest
railway station for Goregaon.
Excerpted from: Ambedkar, B. R. Waiting for a Visa. People’s Education Society, 1990. Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar
What did the children buy at the railway station?
i. Lemonade
ii. Bejewelled caps
iii. Tickets
iv. Bread
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ii and iii only
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iii and iv only
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i and iii only
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All i, ii, iii and iv
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** Separate purchases at the station from preparations made before the journey.
**2. Apply it in context:** The brother buys tickets, and the younger children buy lemonade with their pocket money. The caps were ordered beforehand, and no bread purchase is stated.
**Answer: C — i and iii only.**
A: **Incorrect:** The caps were obtained during preparations, not bought at the station.
B: **Incorrect:** No bread purchase is reported.
C: **Correct:** Lemonade and tickets are the two station purchases.
D: **Incorrect:** The passage does not support caps and bread as station purchases.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
Our family came originally from Dapoli Taluka of the Ratnagiri District of the Bombay Presidency.
From the very commencement of the rule of the East India Company my fore-fathers had left their
hereditary occupation for service in the Army of the Company. My father also followed the family
tradition and sought service in the Army. He rose to the rank of an officer and was a Subhedar
when he retired. On his retirement my father took the family to Dapoli with a view to settling down
there. But, for some reasons, my father changed his mind. The family left Dapoli for Satara where
we lived till 1904. The first incident which I am recording as well as I can remember, occurred in
about 1901 when we were at Satara. My mother was then dead. My father was away on service as
a cashier at a place called Goregaon in Khatav Taluka in the Satara District, where the Government
of Bombay had started the work of excavating a tank for giving employment to famine stricken
people who were dying by the thousands. When my father went to Goregaon he left me, my
brother who was older than myself and two sons of my eldest sister who was dead, in charge of
my aunt and some kind neighbours. My aunt was the kindest soul I knew, but she was of no help
to us. She was somewhat of a dwarf and had some trouble with her legs, which made it very
difficult for her to move about without the aid of somebody. Oftentimes she had to be lifted. I had
sisters. They were married and were away living with their families. Cooking our food became a
problem with us especially as our aunty could not on account of her helplessness, manage the job.
We four children went to school and we also cooked our food. We could not prepare bread. So we
lived on pulav which we found to be the easiest dish to prepare, requiring nothing more than
mixing rice and mutton. Being a cashier, my father could not leave his station to come to Satara to
see us, therefore he wrote to us to come to Goregaon and spend our summer vacation with him.
We children were thoroughly excited over the prospect especially as none of us had up to that
time seen a railway train.
Great preparations were made. New shirts of English make, bright bejewelled caps, new shoes,
new silk-bordered dhoties were ordered for the journey. My father had given us all particulars
regarding our journey and had told us to inform him on which day we were starting so that he
would send his peon to the railway station to meet us and to take us to Goregaon. According to
this arrangement myself, my brother and one of my sister's sons left Satara, our aunt remaining in
charge of our neighbours who promised to look after her. The railway station was 10 miles distant
from our place and a tonga (a one-horse carriage) was engaged to take us to the Station. We were
dressed _____ the new clothing specially made _____ the occasion and we left our home full of joy
but amidst the cries of my aunt who was almost prostrate with grief at our parting. When we
reached the station my brother bought tickets and gave me and my sister's son two annas each as
pocket money to be spent at our pleasure. We at once began our career of riotous living and each
ordered a bottle of lemonade at the start. After a short while the train whistled in and we boarded
it as quickly as we could for fear of being left behind. We were told to detrain at Masur, the nearest
railway station for Goregaon.
Excerpted from: Ambedkar, B. R. Waiting for a Visa. People’s Education Society, 1990. Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar
To detrain is to _____.
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Get on a train
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Get off a train
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Cause a train to derail
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To detract someone from rain
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** To detrain means to leave a railway train, just as to disembark means to leave a vehicle.
**2. Apply it in context:** The children are instructed to get off at Masur, the station nearest Goregaon.
**Answer: B — Get off a train.**
A: **Incorrect:** Getting on is boarding, the opposite action.
B: **Correct:** It means getting off the train.
C: **Incorrect:** Derail has a different meaning involving departure from the tracks.
D: **Incorrect:** This wordplay is unrelated to the railway verb.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
Our family came originally from Dapoli Taluka of the Ratnagiri District of the Bombay Presidency.
From the very commencement of the rule of the East India Company my fore-fathers had left their
hereditary occupation for service in the Army of the Company. My father also followed the family
tradition and sought service in the Army. He rose to the rank of an officer and was a Subhedar
when he retired. On his retirement my father took the family to Dapoli with a view to settling down
there. But, for some reasons, my father changed his mind. The family left Dapoli for Satara where
we lived till 1904. The first incident which I am recording as well as I can remember, occurred in
about 1901 when we were at Satara. My mother was then dead. My father was away on service as
a cashier at a place called Goregaon in Khatav Taluka in the Satara District, where the Government
of Bombay had started the work of excavating a tank for giving employment to famine stricken
people who were dying by the thousands. When my father went to Goregaon he left me, my
brother who was older than myself and two sons of my eldest sister who was dead, in charge of
my aunt and some kind neighbours. My aunt was the kindest soul I knew, but she was of no help
to us. She was somewhat of a dwarf and had some trouble with her legs, which made it very
difficult for her to move about without the aid of somebody. Oftentimes she had to be lifted. I had
sisters. They were married and were away living with their families. Cooking our food became a
problem with us especially as our aunty could not on account of her helplessness, manage the job.
We four children went to school and we also cooked our food. We could not prepare bread. So we
lived on pulav which we found to be the easiest dish to prepare, requiring nothing more than
mixing rice and mutton. Being a cashier, my father could not leave his station to come to Satara to
see us, therefore he wrote to us to come to Goregaon and spend our summer vacation with him.
We children were thoroughly excited over the prospect especially as none of us had up to that
time seen a railway train.
Great preparations were made. New shirts of English make, bright bejewelled caps, new shoes,
new silk-bordered dhoties were ordered for the journey. My father had given us all particulars
regarding our journey and had told us to inform him on which day we were starting so that he
would send his peon to the railway station to meet us and to take us to Goregaon. According to
this arrangement myself, my brother and one of my sister's sons left Satara, our aunt remaining in
charge of our neighbours who promised to look after her. The railway station was 10 miles distant
from our place and a tonga (a one-horse carriage) was engaged to take us to the Station. We were
dressed _____ the new clothing specially made _____ the occasion and we left our home full of joy
but amidst the cries of my aunt who was almost prostrate with grief at our parting. When we
reached the station my brother bought tickets and gave me and my sister's son two annas each as
pocket money to be spent at our pleasure. We at once began our career of riotous living and each
ordered a bottle of lemonade at the start. After a short while the train whistled in and we boarded
it as quickly as we could for fear of being left behind. We were told to detrain at Masur, the nearest
railway station for Goregaon.
Excerpted from: Ambedkar, B. R. Waiting for a Visa. People’s Education Society, 1990. Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar
What family tradition did the narrator’s father follow?
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Worked on a railway train
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Wore silk bordered dhoties
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Sought service in the army of the East India Company
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Made pulav
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** The family tradition is identified in the opening account of the narrator’s forefathers.
**2. Apply it in context:** They left their hereditary occupation for army service, and the father also sought army service, eventually retiring as a Subhedar.
**Answer: C — Sought service in the army of the East India Company.**
**Convention note:** This reports the tradition as the excerpt describes it; the question does not require reconstructing the historical organization of the army at each date.
A: **Incorrect:** The passage does not say he worked on a train.
B: **Incorrect:** Clothing for the journey is not the occupational family tradition.
C: **Correct:** Army service is the tradition explicitly described.
D: **Incorrect:** The children cooked pulav out of necessity, not as the father’s family profession.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
Our family came originally from Dapoli Taluka of the Ratnagiri District of the Bombay Presidency.
From the very commencement of the rule of the East India Company my fore-fathers had left their
hereditary occupation for service in the Army of the Company. My father also followed the family
tradition and sought service in the Army. He rose to the rank of an officer and was a Subhedar
when he retired. On his retirement my father took the family to Dapoli with a view to settling down
there. But, for some reasons, my father changed his mind. The family left Dapoli for Satara where
we lived till 1904. The first incident which I am recording as well as I can remember, occurred in
about 1901 when we were at Satara. My mother was then dead. My father was away on service as
a cashier at a place called Goregaon in Khatav Taluka in the Satara District, where the Government
of Bombay had started the work of excavating a tank for giving employment to famine stricken
people who were dying by the thousands. When my father went to Goregaon he left me, my
brother who was older than myself and two sons of my eldest sister who was dead, in charge of
my aunt and some kind neighbours. My aunt was the kindest soul I knew, but she was of no help
to us. She was somewhat of a dwarf and had some trouble with her legs, which made it very
difficult for her to move about without the aid of somebody. Oftentimes she had to be lifted. I had
sisters. They were married and were away living with their families. Cooking our food became a
problem with us especially as our aunty could not on account of her helplessness, manage the job.
We four children went to school and we also cooked our food. We could not prepare bread. So we
lived on pulav which we found to be the easiest dish to prepare, requiring nothing more than
mixing rice and mutton. Being a cashier, my father could not leave his station to come to Satara to
see us, therefore he wrote to us to come to Goregaon and spend our summer vacation with him.
We children were thoroughly excited over the prospect especially as none of us had up to that
time seen a railway train.
Great preparations were made. New shirts of English make, bright bejewelled caps, new shoes,
new silk-bordered dhoties were ordered for the journey. My father had given us all particulars
regarding our journey and had told us to inform him on which day we were starting so that he
would send his peon to the railway station to meet us and to take us to Goregaon. According to
this arrangement myself, my brother and one of my sister's sons left Satara, our aunt remaining in
charge of our neighbours who promised to look after her. The railway station was 10 miles distant
from our place and a tonga (a one-horse carriage) was engaged to take us to the Station. We were
dressed _____ the new clothing specially made _____ the occasion and we left our home full of joy
but amidst the cries of my aunt who was almost prostrate with grief at our parting. When we
reached the station my brother bought tickets and gave me and my sister's son two annas each as
pocket money to be spent at our pleasure. We at once began our career of riotous living and each
ordered a bottle of lemonade at the start. After a short while the train whistled in and we boarded
it as quickly as we could for fear of being left behind. We were told to detrain at Masur, the nearest
railway station for Goregaon.
Excerpted from: Ambedkar, B. R. Waiting for a Visa. People’s Education Society, 1990. Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar
Who was “almost prostrate with grief” when the children left their home?
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The second son of the narrator’s deceased sister
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The narrator’s neighbours
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The narrator’s mother
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The narrator’s aunt
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** Identify the person described at the moment of the children’s departure.
**2. Apply it in context:** The passage describes the aunt crying and overcome by grief as they leave, while the neighbours remain to care for her.
**Answer: D — The narrator’s aunt.**
A: **Incorrect:** The phrase is not applied to this nephew.
B: **Incorrect:** The neighbours promise assistance rather than being described as prostrate.
C: **Incorrect:** The narrator states that his mother was already dead.
D: **Correct:** The description explicitly refers to the aunt.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
Our family came originally from Dapoli Taluka of the Ratnagiri District of the Bombay Presidency.
From the very commencement of the rule of the East India Company my fore-fathers had left their
hereditary occupation for service in the Army of the Company. My father also followed the family
tradition and sought service in the Army. He rose to the rank of an officer and was a Subhedar
when he retired. On his retirement my father took the family to Dapoli with a view to settling down
there. But, for some reasons, my father changed his mind. The family left Dapoli for Satara where
we lived till 1904. The first incident which I am recording as well as I can remember, occurred in
about 1901 when we were at Satara. My mother was then dead. My father was away on service as
a cashier at a place called Goregaon in Khatav Taluka in the Satara District, where the Government
of Bombay had started the work of excavating a tank for giving employment to famine stricken
people who were dying by the thousands. When my father went to Goregaon he left me, my
brother who was older than myself and two sons of my eldest sister who was dead, in charge of
my aunt and some kind neighbours. My aunt was the kindest soul I knew, but she was of no help
to us. She was somewhat of a dwarf and had some trouble with her legs, which made it very
difficult for her to move about without the aid of somebody. Oftentimes she had to be lifted. I had
sisters. They were married and were away living with their families. Cooking our food became a
problem with us especially as our aunty could not on account of her helplessness, manage the job.
We four children went to school and we also cooked our food. We could not prepare bread. So we
lived on pulav which we found to be the easiest dish to prepare, requiring nothing more than
mixing rice and mutton. Being a cashier, my father could not leave his station to come to Satara to
see us, therefore he wrote to us to come to Goregaon and spend our summer vacation with him.
We children were thoroughly excited over the prospect especially as none of us had up to that
time seen a railway train.
Great preparations were made. New shirts of English make, bright bejewelled caps, new shoes,
new silk-bordered dhoties were ordered for the journey. My father had given us all particulars
regarding our journey and had told us to inform him on which day we were starting so that he
would send his peon to the railway station to meet us and to take us to Goregaon. According to
this arrangement myself, my brother and one of my sister's sons left Satara, our aunt remaining in
charge of our neighbours who promised to look after her. The railway station was 10 miles distant
from our place and a tonga (a one-horse carriage) was engaged to take us to the Station. We were
dressed _____ the new clothing specially made _____ the occasion and we left our home full of joy
but amidst the cries of my aunt who was almost prostrate with grief at our parting. When we
reached the station my brother bought tickets and gave me and my sister's son two annas each as
pocket money to be spent at our pleasure. We at once began our career of riotous living and each
ordered a bottle of lemonade at the start. After a short while the train whistled in and we boarded
it as quickly as we could for fear of being left behind. We were told to detrain at Masur, the nearest
railway station for Goregaon.
Excerpted from: Ambedkar, B. R. Waiting for a Visa. People’s Education Society, 1990. Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar
Fill in the blanks with fitting prepositions.
We were dressed _____ the new clothing specially made _____ the occasion.
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In…for
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For…in
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On…in
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To…on
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** English uses “dressed in” for clothing and “made for” to indicate the intended occasion.
**2. Apply it in context:** The completed phrase is “dressed in the new clothing specially made for the occasion.”
**Answer: A — In…for.**
A: **Correct:** Both prepositions form the natural expressions.
B: **Incorrect:** It reverses the required relationships.
C: **Incorrect:** Dressed on is not the required clothing construction.
D: **Incorrect:** Dressed to and made on do not fit these noun phrases.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
Our family came originally from Dapoli Taluka of the Ratnagiri District of the Bombay Presidency.
From the very commencement of the rule of the East India Company my fore-fathers had left their
hereditary occupation for service in the Army of the Company. My father also followed the family
tradition and sought service in the Army. He rose to the rank of an officer and was a Subhedar
when he retired. On his retirement my father took the family to Dapoli with a view to settling down
there. But, for some reasons, my father changed his mind. The family left Dapoli for Satara where
we lived till 1904. The first incident which I am recording as well as I can remember, occurred in
about 1901 when we were at Satara. My mother was then dead. My father was away on service as
a cashier at a place called Goregaon in Khatav Taluka in the Satara District, where the Government
of Bombay had started the work of excavating a tank for giving employment to famine stricken
people who were dying by the thousands. When my father went to Goregaon he left me, my
brother who was older than myself and two sons of my eldest sister who was dead, in charge of
my aunt and some kind neighbours. My aunt was the kindest soul I knew, but she was of no help
to us. She was somewhat of a dwarf and had some trouble with her legs, which made it very
difficult for her to move about without the aid of somebody. Oftentimes she had to be lifted. I had
sisters. They were married and were away living with their families. Cooking our food became a
problem with us especially as our aunty could not on account of her helplessness, manage the job.
We four children went to school and we also cooked our food. We could not prepare bread. So we
lived on pulav which we found to be the easiest dish to prepare, requiring nothing more than
mixing rice and mutton. Being a cashier, my father could not leave his station to come to Satara to
see us, therefore he wrote to us to come to Goregaon and spend our summer vacation with him.
We children were thoroughly excited over the prospect especially as none of us had up to that
time seen a railway train.
Great preparations were made. New shirts of English make, bright bejewelled caps, new shoes,
new silk-bordered dhoties were ordered for the journey. My father had given us all particulars
regarding our journey and had told us to inform him on which day we were starting so that he
would send his peon to the railway station to meet us and to take us to Goregaon. According to
this arrangement myself, my brother and one of my sister's sons left Satara, our aunt remaining in
charge of our neighbours who promised to look after her. The railway station was 10 miles distant
from our place and a tonga (a one-horse carriage) was engaged to take us to the Station. We were
dressed _____ the new clothing specially made _____ the occasion and we left our home full of joy
but amidst the cries of my aunt who was almost prostrate with grief at our parting. When we
reached the station my brother bought tickets and gave me and my sister's son two annas each as
pocket money to be spent at our pleasure. We at once began our career of riotous living and each
ordered a bottle of lemonade at the start. After a short while the train whistled in and we boarded
it as quickly as we could for fear of being left behind. We were told to detrain at Masur, the nearest
railway station for Goregaon.
Excerpted from: Ambedkar, B. R. Waiting for a Visa. People’s Education Society, 1990. Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar
Which of the following is NOT true about the narrator’s aunt?
i. It was very difficult for her to move about without someone’s aid
ii. She cooked food for the children in her care
iii. She was left in the care of their neighbours when the children left for Goregaon
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i only
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i and ii only
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ii only
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ii and iii only
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** A NOT-true question requires identifying the statement contradicted by the passage.
**2. Apply it in context:** The aunt needs help to move and is left with neighbours, making i and iii true. She cannot manage the cooking, which the children do themselves; ii alone is false.
**Answer: C — ii only.**
A: **Incorrect:** Statement i is explicitly supported.
B: **Incorrect:** It incorrectly includes the true statement i.
C: **Correct:** Only the claim that she cooked for them is contradicted.
D: **Incorrect:** It incorrectly includes the true statement iii.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
Our family came originally from Dapoli Taluka of the Ratnagiri District of the Bombay Presidency.
From the very commencement of the rule of the East India Company my fore-fathers had left their
hereditary occupation for service in the Army of the Company. My father also followed the family
tradition and sought service in the Army. He rose to the rank of an officer and was a Subhedar
when he retired. On his retirement my father took the family to Dapoli with a view to settling down
there. But, for some reasons, my father changed his mind. The family left Dapoli for Satara where
we lived till 1904. The first incident which I am recording as well as I can remember, occurred in
about 1901 when we were at Satara. My mother was then dead. My father was away on service as
a cashier at a place called Goregaon in Khatav Taluka in the Satara District, where the Government
of Bombay had started the work of excavating a tank for giving employment to famine stricken
people who were dying by the thousands. When my father went to Goregaon he left me, my
brother who was older than myself and two sons of my eldest sister who was dead, in charge of
my aunt and some kind neighbours. My aunt was the kindest soul I knew, but she was of no help
to us. She was somewhat of a dwarf and had some trouble with her legs, which made it very
difficult for her to move about without the aid of somebody. Oftentimes she had to be lifted. I had
sisters. They were married and were away living with their families. Cooking our food became a
problem with us especially as our aunty could not on account of her helplessness, manage the job.
We four children went to school and we also cooked our food. We could not prepare bread. So we
lived on pulav which we found to be the easiest dish to prepare, requiring nothing more than
mixing rice and mutton. Being a cashier, my father could not leave his station to come to Satara to
see us, therefore he wrote to us to come to Goregaon and spend our summer vacation with him.
We children were thoroughly excited over the prospect especially as none of us had up to that
time seen a railway train.
Great preparations were made. New shirts of English make, bright bejewelled caps, new shoes,
new silk-bordered dhoties were ordered for the journey. My father had given us all particulars
regarding our journey and had told us to inform him on which day we were starting so that he
would send his peon to the railway station to meet us and to take us to Goregaon. According to
this arrangement myself, my brother and one of my sister's sons left Satara, our aunt remaining in
charge of our neighbours who promised to look after her. The railway station was 10 miles distant
from our place and a tonga (a one-horse carriage) was engaged to take us to the Station. We were
dressed _____ the new clothing specially made _____ the occasion and we left our home full of joy
but amidst the cries of my aunt who was almost prostrate with grief at our parting. When we
reached the station my brother bought tickets and gave me and my sister's son two annas each as
pocket money to be spent at our pleasure. We at once began our career of riotous living and each
ordered a bottle of lemonade at the start. After a short while the train whistled in and we boarded
it as quickly as we could for fear of being left behind. We were told to detrain at Masur, the nearest
railway station for Goregaon.
Excerpted from: Ambedkar, B. R. Waiting for a Visa. People’s Education Society, 1990. Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar
How did the children get from their place to the railway station?
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By a bullock-cart
6406536003085.
By a one-horse carriage
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By bus
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By train
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** Distinguish the journey to the station from the later rail journey.
**2. Apply it in context:** A tonga, explained as a one-horse carriage, is hired to cover the ten miles from home to the station.
**Answer: B — By a one-horse carriage.**
A: **Incorrect:** The passage specifies a tonga rather than a bullock-cart.
B: **Correct:** A tonga is the one-horse carriage explicitly described.
C: **Incorrect:** No bus is mentioned.
D: **Incorrect:** They board the train only after reaching the station.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
Our family came originally from Dapoli Taluka of the Ratnagiri District of the Bombay Presidency.
From the very commencement of the rule of the East India Company my fore-fathers had left their
hereditary occupation for service in the Army of the Company. My father also followed the family
tradition and sought service in the Army. He rose to the rank of an officer and was a Subhedar
when he retired. On his retirement my father took the family to Dapoli with a view to settling down
there. But, for some reasons, my father changed his mind. The family left Dapoli for Satara where
we lived till 1904. The first incident which I am recording as well as I can remember, occurred in
about 1901 when we were at Satara. My mother was then dead. My father was away on service as
a cashier at a place called Goregaon in Khatav Taluka in the Satara District, where the Government
of Bombay had started the work of excavating a tank for giving employment to famine stricken
people who were dying by the thousands. When my father went to Goregaon he left me, my
brother who was older than myself and two sons of my eldest sister who was dead, in charge of
my aunt and some kind neighbours. My aunt was the kindest soul I knew, but she was of no help
to us. She was somewhat of a dwarf and had some trouble with her legs, which made it very
difficult for her to move about without the aid of somebody. Oftentimes she had to be lifted. I had
sisters. They were married and were away living with their families. Cooking our food became a
problem with us especially as our aunty could not on account of her helplessness, manage the job.
We four children went to school and we also cooked our food. We could not prepare bread. So we
lived on pulav which we found to be the easiest dish to prepare, requiring nothing more than
mixing rice and mutton. Being a cashier, my father could not leave his station to come to Satara to
see us, therefore he wrote to us to come to Goregaon and spend our summer vacation with him.
We children were thoroughly excited over the prospect especially as none of us had up to that
time seen a railway train.
Great preparations were made. New shirts of English make, bright bejewelled caps, new shoes,
new silk-bordered dhoties were ordered for the journey. My father had given us all particulars
regarding our journey and had told us to inform him on which day we were starting so that he
would send his peon to the railway station to meet us and to take us to Goregaon. According to
this arrangement myself, my brother and one of my sister's sons left Satara, our aunt remaining in
charge of our neighbours who promised to look after her. The railway station was 10 miles distant
from our place and a tonga (a one-horse carriage) was engaged to take us to the Station. We were
dressed _____ the new clothing specially made _____ the occasion and we left our home full of joy
but amidst the cries of my aunt who was almost prostrate with grief at our parting. When we
reached the station my brother bought tickets and gave me and my sister's son two annas each as
pocket money to be spent at our pleasure. We at once began our career of riotous living and each
ordered a bottle of lemonade at the start. After a short while the train whistled in and we boarded
it as quickly as we could for fear of being left behind. We were told to detrain at Masur, the nearest
railway station for Goregaon.
Excerpted from: Ambedkar, B. R. Waiting for a Visa. People’s Education Society, 1990. Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar
What is the meaning of the word in bold?
We at once began our career of **riotous** living and each ordered a bottle of lemonade at the start.
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Fascinating to the listener
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Smelling strongly of something
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Having little value or importance
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Characterised by wild, uncontrolled and possibly disorderly energy
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** A figurative description may exaggerate the excitement of an otherwise ordinary action.
**2. Apply it in context:** Riotous denotes wild or exuberantly uncontrolled behaviour; the narrator humorously applies it to the children spending their pocket money on lemonade.
**Answer: D — Characterised by wild, uncontrolled and possibly disorderly energy.**
A: **Incorrect:** This describes fascination, not riotous behaviour.
B: **Incorrect:** This describes a strong smell.
C: **Incorrect:** This describes triviality.
D: **Correct:** It gives the relevant sense of wild, uncontrolled energy.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
Our family came originally from Dapoli Taluka of the Ratnagiri District of the Bombay Presidency.
From the very commencement of the rule of the East India Company my fore-fathers had left their
hereditary occupation for service in the Army of the Company. My father also followed the family
tradition and sought service in the Army. He rose to the rank of an officer and was a Subhedar
when he retired. On his retirement my father took the family to Dapoli with a view to settling down
there. But, for some reasons, my father changed his mind. The family left Dapoli for Satara where
we lived till 1904. The first incident which I am recording as well as I can remember, occurred in
about 1901 when we were at Satara. My mother was then dead. My father was away on service as
a cashier at a place called Goregaon in Khatav Taluka in the Satara District, where the Government
of Bombay had started the work of excavating a tank for giving employment to famine stricken
people who were dying by the thousands. When my father went to Goregaon he left me, my
brother who was older than myself and two sons of my eldest sister who was dead, in charge of
my aunt and some kind neighbours. My aunt was the kindest soul I knew, but she was of no help
to us. She was somewhat of a dwarf and had some trouble with her legs, which made it very
difficult for her to move about without the aid of somebody. Oftentimes she had to be lifted. I had
sisters. They were married and were away living with their families. Cooking our food became a
problem with us especially as our aunty could not on account of her helplessness, manage the job.
We four children went to school and we also cooked our food. We could not prepare bread. So we
lived on pulav which we found to be the easiest dish to prepare, requiring nothing more than
mixing rice and mutton. Being a cashier, my father could not leave his station to come to Satara to
see us, therefore he wrote to us to come to Goregaon and spend our summer vacation with him.
We children were thoroughly excited over the prospect especially as none of us had up to that
time seen a railway train.
Great preparations were made. New shirts of English make, bright bejewelled caps, new shoes,
new silk-bordered dhoties were ordered for the journey. My father had given us all particulars
regarding our journey and had told us to inform him on which day we were starting so that he
would send his peon to the railway station to meet us and to take us to Goregaon. According to
this arrangement myself, my brother and one of my sister's sons left Satara, our aunt remaining in
charge of our neighbours who promised to look after her. The railway station was 10 miles distant
from our place and a tonga (a one-horse carriage) was engaged to take us to the Station. We were
dressed _____ the new clothing specially made _____ the occasion and we left our home full of joy
but amidst the cries of my aunt who was almost prostrate with grief at our parting. When we
reached the station my brother bought tickets and gave me and my sister's son two annas each as
pocket money to be spent at our pleasure. We at once began our career of riotous living and each
ordered a bottle of lemonade at the start. After a short while the train whistled in and we boarded
it as quickly as we could for fear of being left behind. We were told to detrain at Masur, the nearest
railway station for Goregaon.
Excerpted from: Ambedkar, B. R. Waiting for a Visa. People’s Education Society, 1990. Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar
What did the children have to do so that the narrator’s father could send his peon to the railway
station to take them to Goregaon?
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They had to inform the narrator’s father on which day they were starting
6406536003093.
They had to dress in new clothing made especially for the occasion
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They had to begin a career of riotous living
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They had to find the easiest dish to prepare for the journey
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** Find the condition attached to the father’s proposed station pickup.
**2. Apply it in context:** He tells the children to inform him of the day they are starting so he can send his peon to meet them.
**Answer: A — They had to inform the narrator’s father on which day they were starting.**
A: **Correct:** Their departure date lets him arrange the pickup.
B: **Incorrect:** New clothing is a preparation, not the pickup requirement.
C: **Incorrect:** The lemonade episode is unrelated to the arrangements.
D: **Incorrect:** Cooking an easy dish is unrelated to the station meeting.
**Read the following email and answer the given subquestions.**
From: x@mailbox.com
To: niranjan@formulaelectric.com
Subject: _____________________
____________,
I trust this message finds you in good health. I am reaching out to express my interest in
establishing an electric scooter showroom through FormulaElectric's esteemed franchise
program. The growing demand for electric transportation aligns with my business plans, and I am
eager to explore this opportunity.
Could you kindly share comprehensive information regarding the franchise terms of
FormulaElectric, initial investment details, and the other support provided to franchisees?
Additionally, if there are upcoming events or presentations hosted by the company, I would
appreciate an invitation. Thank you for considering my inquiry, and _____________
Best regards,
X.
Choose the appropriate subject line for this e-mail.
6406536003096.
Need some details on Electric Scooter Showrooms
6406536003097.
Scooter Showroom - Interested!
6406536003098.
Franchise Inquiry for Electric Scooter Showroom
6406536003099.
Application for Electric Scooter Franchise
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** An informative business subject should identify the specific purpose of the email.
**2. Apply it in context:** The writer is asking for franchise information, not yet submitting a formal application; “Franchise Inquiry for Electric Scooter Showroom” states that purpose precisely.
**Answer: C — Franchise Inquiry for Electric Scooter Showroom.**
A: **Incorrect:** It is vaguer and does not identify the franchise enquiry.
B: **Incorrect:** Its wording and exclamation mark are less professional and specific.
C: **Correct:** It concisely identifies the franchise information request.
D: **Incorrect:** Application overstates the stage reached by this exploratory enquiry.
**Read the following email and answer the given subquestions.**
From: x@mailbox.com
To: niranjan@formulaelectric.com
Subject: _____________________
____________,
I trust this message finds you in good health. I am reaching out to express my interest in
establishing an electric scooter showroom through FormulaElectric's esteemed franchise
program. The growing demand for electric transportation aligns with my business plans, and I am
eager to explore this opportunity.
Could you kindly share comprehensive information regarding the franchise terms of
FormulaElectric, initial investment details, and the other support provided to franchisees?
Additionally, if there are upcoming events or presentations hosted by the company, I would
appreciate an invitation. Thank you for considering my inquiry, and _____________
Best regards,
X.
Choose the appropriate salutation.
6406536003100.
Dear Mr. Niranjan
6406536003101.
Respected FormulaElectric
6406536003102.
Sir/Ma'am
6406536003103.
Greetings Mr. Niranjan
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** A named business recipient is normally addressed with a courteous personal salutation.
**2. Apply it in context:** “Dear Mr. Niranjan” is the most conventional formal salutation among the offered choices.
**Answer: A — Dear Mr. Niranjan.**
**Convention note:** The exercise assumes the supplied title and name are appropriate. In actual correspondence, use the recipient’s known preferred title/name rather than inferring them from an email address.
A: **Correct:** It directly and politely addresses the identified recipient.
B: **Incorrect:** It addresses the organization rather than the named person and is awkward as a salutation.
C: **Incorrect:** This generic form is less suitable when the recipient is named.
D: **Incorrect:** It is understandable but less conventional than Dear in this formal email.
**Read the following email and answer the given subquestions.**
From: x@mailbox.com
To: niranjan@formulaelectric.com
Subject: _____________________
____________,
I trust this message finds you in good health. I am reaching out to express my interest in
establishing an electric scooter showroom through FormulaElectric's esteemed franchise
program. The growing demand for electric transportation aligns with my business plans, and I am
eager to explore this opportunity.
Could you kindly share comprehensive information regarding the franchise terms of
FormulaElectric, initial investment details, and the other support provided to franchisees?
Additionally, if there are upcoming events or presentations hosted by the company, I would
appreciate an invitation. Thank you for considering my inquiry, and _____________
Best regards,
X.
In case Niranjan hasn't replied back for more than a week, pick the appropriate way to send a
reminder.
(i) Just reaching out for an update on the franchise opportunity I inquired about earlier.
(ii) Still waiting for a response on the franchise opportunity. Please reply with necessary details.
(iii) Following up on my franchise interest; I'd be grateful for an update.
(iv) I don't think the previous mail went through. I wanted to inquire about franchises.
Pick the correct option:
6406536003104.
ii and iii
6406536003105.
i and iv
6406536003106.
iii and i
6406536003107.
i, ii and iv
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** A reminder should reference the earlier enquiry and politely request an update without blame.
**2. Apply it in context:** Statements i and iii do this. Statement ii sounds impatient, while iv assumes a delivery failure without evidence.
**Answer: C — iii and i.**
A: **Incorrect:** Although iii is suitable, ii is unnecessarily impatient.
B: **Incorrect:** Although i is suitable, iv presumes the earlier email failed.
C: **Correct:** Both iii and i are polite, relevant follow-ups.
D: **Incorrect:** It includes the less suitable impatient and unsupported formulations.
**Read the following email and answer the given subquestions.**
From: x@mailbox.com
To: niranjan@formulaelectric.com
Subject: _____________________
____________,
I trust this message finds you in good health. I am reaching out to express my interest in
establishing an electric scooter showroom through FormulaElectric's esteemed franchise
program. The growing demand for electric transportation aligns with my business plans, and I am
eager to explore this opportunity.
Could you kindly share comprehensive information regarding the franchise terms of
FormulaElectric, initial investment details, and the other support provided to franchisees?
Additionally, if there are upcoming events or presentations hosted by the company, I would
appreciate an invitation. Thank you for considering my inquiry, and _____________
Best regards,
X.
Choose the appropriate closing line
6406536003108.
I hope to hear something quick.
6406536003109.
I sincerely wish to set up a profitable franchise soon
6406536003110.
I'll be very glad to meet you in person.
6406536003111.
I look forward to the possibility of a fruitful collaboration.
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** A closing should courteously express the next-step expectation relevant to the enquiry.
**2. Apply it in context:** Looking forward to possible collaboration maintains a professional tone without demanding a fast response or assuming that a deal already exists.
**Answer: D — I look forward to the possibility of a fruitful collaboration.**
A: **Incorrect:** “Something quick” sounds vague and demanding.
B: **Incorrect:** It focuses on the writer’s desired profit rather than a suitable courteous closing.
C: **Incorrect:** It introduces an in-person meeting that has not been discussed.
D: **Correct:** It appropriately expresses interest in future collaboration.
**Read the following email and answer the given subquestions.**
From: x@mailbox.com
To: niranjan@formulaelectric.com
Subject: _____________________
____________,
I trust this message finds you in good health. I am reaching out to express my interest in
establishing an electric scooter showroom through FormulaElectric's esteemed franchise
program. The growing demand for electric transportation aligns with my business plans, and I am
eager to explore this opportunity.
Could you kindly share comprehensive information regarding the franchise terms of
FormulaElectric, initial investment details, and the other support provided to franchisees?
Additionally, if there are upcoming events or presentations hosted by the company, I would
appreciate an invitation. Thank you for considering my inquiry, and _____________
Best regards,
X.
Suppose Niranjan is no longer part of FormulaElectric and you will need to inquire the details from
a different person (Raghu). What do you do?
6406536003112.
Add Raghu as a recipient to the mail thread and remove Niranjan
6406536003113.
CC Raghu and keep Niranjan in the thread
6406536003114.
Write a new mail to Raghu
6406536003115.
Forward the mail with Subject prefixed 'FWD:'
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** A new responsible contact should receive a clear email addressed to them with the relevant context.
**2. Apply it in context:** Writing a new enquiry to Raghu gives a clean introduction and avoids keeping a former employee unnecessarily involved.
**Answer: C — Write a new mail to Raghu.**
A: **Incorrect:** Editing the old thread is less clear than properly introducing the new enquiry.
B: **Incorrect:** Keeping the departed employee included is unnecessary.
C: **Correct:** A fresh, contextualized email is the most appropriate offered action.
D: **Incorrect:** A bare forward does not itself provide a courteous introduction or explain the new request.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Derivational prefix
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-ify in solidify
6406536003117.
-vive in revive
6406536003118.
-s in moves
6406536003119.
be- in belittle
6406536003120.
Yet
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** A derivational prefix is attached before a base to form a new word.
**2. Apply it in context:** In belittle, be- occurs before little and helps form a verb meaning to make something seem unimportant.
**Answer: D — be- in belittle.**
A: **Incorrect:** -ify is a suffix, not a prefix.
B: **Incorrect:** -vive is the bound root in this example.
C: **Incorrect:** -s marks an inflection rather than derivation.
D: **Correct:** be- is the derivational prefix.
E: **Incorrect:** Yet is a free word rather than a prefix.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Derivational suffix
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-ify in solidify
6406536003122.
-vive in revive
6406536003123.
-s in moves
6406536003124.
be- in belittle
6406536003125.
Yet
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** A derivational suffix follows a base and creates a new lexeme, often changing word class.
**2. Apply it in context:** -ify attaches to solid to produce the verb solidify, “make or become solid.”
**Answer: A — -ify in solidify.**
A: **Correct:** It follows the base and forms the verb.
B: **Incorrect:** -vive is a bound root rather than the suffix in this matching exercise.
C: **Incorrect:** -s changes grammatical form rather than creating a new lexeme.
D: **Incorrect:** be- is a prefix.
E: **Incorrect:** Yet is a separate free word.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Grammatical morpheme
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-ify in solidify
6406536003127.
-vive in revive
6406536003128.
-s in moves
6406536003129.
be- in belittle
6406536003130.
Yet
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** In this one-to-one matching exercise, the grammatical-word category is distinguished from the separate inflectional-affix category.
**2. Apply it in context:** Yet can function as a free grammatical word, especially as a conjunction linking contrasting clauses. The inflectional ending -s is matched separately to “inflectional affix.”
**Answer: E — Yet.**
**Convention note:** “Grammatical morpheme” is broader than this matching table suggests: inflectional -s is also a grammatical morpheme. E is the intended one-to-one match, not a claim that C has no grammatical meaning. Yet’s classification also depends on its use; as a conjunction its grammatical role is clear.
A: **Incorrect:** -ify is a derivational suffix.
B: **Incorrect:** -vive is the bound root assigned to another category.
C: **Incorrect:** -s is also grammatical in the broad sense, but the table reserves it for the specific inflectional-affix match.
D: **Incorrect:** be- is the derivational prefix.
E: **Correct:** Yet is the intended free grammatical-word match.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Inflectional affix
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-ify in solidify
6406536003132.
-vive in revive
6406536003133.
-s in moves
6406536003134.
be- in belittle
6406536003135.
Yet
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** An inflectional affix marks grammatical information without producing a new dictionary word.
**2. Apply it in context:** In moves, -s can mark third-person singular present tense, or plural if moves is a noun. Either reading is inflectional.
**Answer: C — -s in moves.**
A: **Incorrect:** -ify forms a new lexeme and is derivational.
B: **Incorrect:** -vive is a root.
C: **Correct:** -s marks an inflected grammatical form.
D: **Incorrect:** be- is derivational.
E: **Incorrect:** Yet is free-standing and is not an affix.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Bound root
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-ify in solidify
6406536003137.
-vive in revive
6406536003138.
-s in moves
6406536003139.
be- in belittle
6406536003140.
Yet
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** A bound root carries core lexical meaning but cannot normally stand alone as a current English word.
**2. Apply it in context:** The element -vive occurs in revive and survive; it is the bound root intended by the table.
**Answer: B — -vive in revive.**
A: **Incorrect:** -ify is an affix rather than the root.
B: **Correct:** -vive is not an independent ordinary English word in this use.
C: **Incorrect:** -s is an inflectional affix.
D: **Incorrect:** be- is a derivational prefix.
E: **Incorrect:** Yet is a free word, so it is not a bound root.
**Read the following exchange between a student and a professor and answer the given**
**subquestions:**
Abeer: Hi, Professor Sriram. My name is Abeer.
Prof. Sriram: Hi, Abeer. How can I help you?
Abeer: I was told that you place students in internships for various university programs.
Prof. Sriram: Yes.
Abeer: Well, I am interested in the internship at the university art museum… I needed to know
what responsibilities interns have, what qualifications they need to have etc...
Prof. Sriram: Sorry, those positions are all filled for this year...
Abeer: Oh! But I just saw the announcement on the museum website this morning.
Prof. Sriram: Unfortunately, the website is out of date.
Abeer: I want to do museum work after I graduate, and the job experience would look great on my
résumé. Plus it's the only paid internship on campus.
Prof. Sriram: I understand. However, there are some other ways to get some work experience,
even if it's not exactly what you want. For instance, the library is looking for student volunteers.
Abeer: The library? But...
Prof. Sriram: Well, they're planning an exhibition of photographs documenting the history of the
university. And they're looking for student volunteers to help go through the archives and select
images that'll show how the university's changed over the last hundred years.
Abeer: Hmm...
Prof. Sriram: Now that's only a four-week project, I think. And, of course, it's unpaid.
Abeer: But it would be something to put on my résumé...
Prof. Sriram: Exactly. Why don't you read the job description—it's posted on the library's website.
If you're interested, let me know, and I'll put in a good word for you with Geeta Raj. She's the
library's exhibitions director and will be interviewing applicants.
Abeer: OK, thank you! I'll do that right away.
What do the speakers mainly discuss?
6406536003141.
Internship opportunities for students
6406536003142.
The professor's work at the museum
6406536003143.
The man's qualifications for a job
6406536003144.
Possible careers for the man after he graduates
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** The main topic covers the overall exchange rather than one incidental detail.
**2. Apply it in context:** Abeer asks about a museum internship, learns it is full, and is offered another experience opportunity at the library.
**Answer: A — Internship opportunities for students.**
A: **Correct:** Student internship/work-experience opportunities organize the conversation.
B: **Incorrect:** The professor’s own museum work is not discussed as the topic.
C: **Incorrect:** Specific qualifications are requested but never become the main subject.
D: **Incorrect:** Future museum work motivates Abeer, but the exchange focuses on current opportunities.
**Read the following exchange between a student and a professor and answer the given**
**subquestions:**
Abeer: Hi, Professor Sriram. My name is Abeer.
Prof. Sriram: Hi, Abeer. How can I help you?
Abeer: I was told that you place students in internships for various university programs.
Prof. Sriram: Yes.
Abeer: Well, I am interested in the internship at the university art museum… I needed to know
what responsibilities interns have, what qualifications they need to have etc...
Prof. Sriram: Sorry, those positions are all filled for this year...
Abeer: Oh! But I just saw the announcement on the museum website this morning.
Prof. Sriram: Unfortunately, the website is out of date.
Abeer: I want to do museum work after I graduate, and the job experience would look great on my
résumé. Plus it's the only paid internship on campus.
Prof. Sriram: I understand. However, there are some other ways to get some work experience,
even if it's not exactly what you want. For instance, the library is looking for student volunteers.
Abeer: The library? But...
Prof. Sriram: Well, they're planning an exhibition of photographs documenting the history of the
university. And they're looking for student volunteers to help go through the archives and select
images that'll show how the university's changed over the last hundred years.
Abeer: Hmm...
Prof. Sriram: Now that's only a four-week project, I think. And, of course, it's unpaid.
Abeer: But it would be something to put on my résumé...
Prof. Sriram: Exactly. Why don't you read the job description—it's posted on the library's website.
If you're interested, let me know, and I'll put in a good word for you with Geeta Raj. She's the
library's exhibitions director and will be interviewing applicants.
Abeer: OK, thank you! I'll do that right away.
Why does Abeer want to intern at the university’s art museum?
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Because museum internships are paid a lot, and he needs the money
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Because he needs to fulfill a credit requirement
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Because he couldn’t find a job yet, and needs some work experience
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Because he wants to work in a museum after he graduates, and needs the
experience
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** Use the student’s explicitly stated motivation rather than adding an unstated requirement.
**2. Apply it in context:** Abeer wants museum work after graduation and believes the internship experience would strengthen his résumé.
**Answer: D — Because he wants to work in a museum after he graduates, and needs the .**
A: **Incorrect:** He notes that it is paid, but does not say the pay is large or that he urgently needs money.
B: **Incorrect:** No credit requirement is stated.
C: **Incorrect:** The passage does not say he unsuccessfully searched for a job.
D: **Correct:** It gives his stated career and experience motivation.
**Read the following exchange between a student and a professor and answer the given**
**subquestions:**
Abeer: Hi, Professor Sriram. My name is Abeer.
Prof. Sriram: Hi, Abeer. How can I help you?
Abeer: I was told that you place students in internships for various university programs.
Prof. Sriram: Yes.
Abeer: Well, I am interested in the internship at the university art museum… I needed to know
what responsibilities interns have, what qualifications they need to have etc...
Prof. Sriram: Sorry, those positions are all filled for this year...
Abeer: Oh! But I just saw the announcement on the museum website this morning.
Prof. Sriram: Unfortunately, the website is out of date.
Abeer: I want to do museum work after I graduate, and the job experience would look great on my
résumé. Plus it's the only paid internship on campus.
Prof. Sriram: I understand. However, there are some other ways to get some work experience,
even if it's not exactly what you want. For instance, the library is looking for student volunteers.
Abeer: The library? But...
Prof. Sriram: Well, they're planning an exhibition of photographs documenting the history of the
university. And they're looking for student volunteers to help go through the archives and select
images that'll show how the university's changed over the last hundred years.
Abeer: Hmm...
Prof. Sriram: Now that's only a four-week project, I think. And, of course, it's unpaid.
Abeer: But it would be something to put on my résumé...
Prof. Sriram: Exactly. Why don't you read the job description—it's posted on the library's website.
If you're interested, let me know, and I'll put in a good word for you with Geeta Raj. She's the
library's exhibitions director and will be interviewing applicants.
Abeer: OK, thank you! I'll do that right away.
Why is Abeer disappointed?
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He has to quit his job at the library.
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The professor will not allow him to take her class.
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The university recently closed its museum.
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The internship he wants is unavailable.
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** The disappointment occurs immediately after the professor explains the museum’s situation.
**2. Apply it in context:** All museum internship places have already been filled; the announcement Abeer saw was outdated.
**Answer: D — The internship he wants is unavailable.**
A: **Incorrect:** He has not been described as already employed by the library.
B: **Incorrect:** No refusal to join a class occurs.
C: **Incorrect:** The museum is not said to have closed.
D: **Correct:** His desired internship has no available place.
**Read the following exchange between a student and a professor and answer the given**
**subquestions:**
Abeer: Hi, Professor Sriram. My name is Abeer.
Prof. Sriram: Hi, Abeer. How can I help you?
Abeer: I was told that you place students in internships for various university programs.
Prof. Sriram: Yes.
Abeer: Well, I am interested in the internship at the university art museum… I needed to know
what responsibilities interns have, what qualifications they need to have etc...
Prof. Sriram: Sorry, those positions are all filled for this year...
Abeer: Oh! But I just saw the announcement on the museum website this morning.
Prof. Sriram: Unfortunately, the website is out of date.
Abeer: I want to do museum work after I graduate, and the job experience would look great on my
résumé. Plus it's the only paid internship on campus.
Prof. Sriram: I understand. However, there are some other ways to get some work experience,
even if it's not exactly what you want. For instance, the library is looking for student volunteers.
Abeer: The library? But...
Prof. Sriram: Well, they're planning an exhibition of photographs documenting the history of the
university. And they're looking for student volunteers to help go through the archives and select
images that'll show how the university's changed over the last hundred years.
Abeer: Hmm...
Prof. Sriram: Now that's only a four-week project, I think. And, of course, it's unpaid.
Abeer: But it would be something to put on my résumé...
Prof. Sriram: Exactly. Why don't you read the job description—it's posted on the library's website.
If you're interested, let me know, and I'll put in a good word for you with Geeta Raj. She's the
library's exhibitions director and will be interviewing applicants.
Abeer: OK, thank you! I'll do that right away.
What will be displayed in the exhibition at the university library?
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Rare books
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Paintings
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Photographs
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Historical reports
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** Identify the material the volunteers are to select from the archives.
**2. Apply it in context:** The professor says the library is planning an exhibition of photographs documenting university history.
**Answer: C — Photographs.**
A: **Incorrect:** The display is not described as a rare-book exhibition.
B: **Incorrect:** Paintings are not the stated material.
C: **Correct:** Photographs are explicitly named.
D: **Incorrect:** Reports are not the selected display medium.
**Read the following exchange between a student and a professor and answer the given**
**subquestions:**
Abeer: Hi, Professor Sriram. My name is Abeer.
Prof. Sriram: Hi, Abeer. How can I help you?
Abeer: I was told that you place students in internships for various university programs.
Prof. Sriram: Yes.
Abeer: Well, I am interested in the internship at the university art museum… I needed to know
what responsibilities interns have, what qualifications they need to have etc...
Prof. Sriram: Sorry, those positions are all filled for this year...
Abeer: Oh! But I just saw the announcement on the museum website this morning.
Prof. Sriram: Unfortunately, the website is out of date.
Abeer: I want to do museum work after I graduate, and the job experience would look great on my
résumé. Plus it's the only paid internship on campus.
Prof. Sriram: I understand. However, there are some other ways to get some work experience,
even if it's not exactly what you want. For instance, the library is looking for student volunteers.
Abeer: The library? But...
Prof. Sriram: Well, they're planning an exhibition of photographs documenting the history of the
university. And they're looking for student volunteers to help go through the archives and select
images that'll show how the university's changed over the last hundred years.
Abeer: Hmm...
Prof. Sriram: Now that's only a four-week project, I think. And, of course, it's unpaid.
Abeer: But it would be something to put on my résumé...
Prof. Sriram: Exactly. Why don't you read the job description—it's posted on the library's website.
If you're interested, let me know, and I'll put in a good word for you with Geeta Raj. She's the
library's exhibitions director and will be interviewing applicants.
Abeer: OK, thank you! I'll do that right away.
Why is the library conducting an exhibition?
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To show the history of the town
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To show how the university has changed over the last hundred years
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To mark the silver jubilee year of the university
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To document the histories of famous alumni from the university
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** The exhibition’s purpose is stated when the archive work is explained.
**2. Apply it in context:** The selected images will show changes in the university over the last hundred years.
**Answer: B — To show how the university has changed over the last hundred years.**
A: **Incorrect:** It concerns the university rather than the town generally.
B: **Correct:** It states the exhibition’s documented purpose.
C: **Incorrect:** A silver jubilee is 25 years and is not the stated occasion.
D: **Incorrect:** The project concerns institutional change rather than famous alumni specifically.
**Fill in the blanks with the correct discourse markers.**
(1)_____________, pickles can be made out of anything. There might just be no fruit or vegetable that
has been untouched by the magic of pickles. (2)____________, there might also not be a single taste
that pickles don't cater to. There (3)__________ is a pickle for every occasion. (4)____________, pickles
are not universally popular. There are a great many people who keep pickles at an arm's length
(5)__________ they have no real choice.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Choose the correct answer for blank (1).
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In addition
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As well
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As a matter of fact
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However
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** A factual introductory marker can announce the general claim that begins a passage.
**2. Apply it in context:** “As a matter of fact” introduces the assertion that pickles can be made from almost anything; there is no previous point to add to or oppose.
**Answer: C — As a matter of fact.**
A: **Incorrect:** In addition presupposes an earlier item being extended.
B: **Incorrect:** As well does not naturally introduce this opening assertion in that position.
C: **Correct:** It appropriately presents the opening factual claim.
D: **Incorrect:** However requires a preceding contrasting proposition.
**Fill in the blanks with the correct discourse markers.**
(1)_____________, pickles can be made out of anything. There might just be no fruit or vegetable that
has been untouched by the magic of pickles. (2)____________, there might also not be a single taste
that pickles don't cater to. There (3)__________ is a pickle for every occasion. (4)____________, pickles
are not universally popular. There are a great many people who keep pickles at an arm's length
(5)__________ they have no real choice.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Choose the correct answer for blank (2).
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Nevertheless
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Furthermore
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Nevermore
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Ever
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** An additive transition introduces a further supporting point.
**2. Apply it in context:** After discussing the variety of ingredients, the writer adds the variety of tastes catered to, so furthermore fits.
**Answer: B — Furthermore.**
A: **Incorrect:** Nevertheless would introduce a concession rather than added support.
B: **Correct:** Furthermore adds the related supporting claim.
C: **Incorrect:** Nevermore means never again, not additionally.
D: **Incorrect:** Ever does not function as the required sentence-linking transition.
**Fill in the blanks with the correct discourse markers.**
(1)_____________, pickles can be made out of anything. There might just be no fruit or vegetable that
has been untouched by the magic of pickles. (2)____________, there might also not be a single taste
that pickles don't cater to. There (3)__________ is a pickle for every occasion. (4)____________, pickles
are not universally popular. There are a great many people who keep pickles at an arm's length
(5)__________ they have no real choice.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Choose the correct answer for blank (3).
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Truly
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Emotionally
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Consequently
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Disparagingly
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** An emphasis adverb can strengthen the assertion inside the clause.
**2. Apply it in context:** “There truly is a pickle for every occasion” reinforces the writer’s broad claim naturally.
**Answer: A — Truly.**
A: **Correct:** Truly emphasizes the truth of the assertion.
B: **Incorrect:** Emotionally would refer to a manner or emotional standpoint absent here.
C: **Incorrect:** Consequently would express a result and fits this position less naturally than the emphatic marker.
D: **Incorrect:** Disparagingly describes a belittling manner that the sentence does not convey.
**Fill in the blanks with the correct discourse markers.**
(1)_____________, pickles can be made out of anything. There might just be no fruit or vegetable that
has been untouched by the magic of pickles. (2)____________, there might also not be a single taste
that pickles don't cater to. There (3)__________ is a pickle for every occasion. (4)____________, pickles
are not universally popular. There are a great many people who keep pickles at an arm's length
(5)__________ they have no real choice.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Choose the correct answer for blank (4).
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As ever
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In consequence
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Explicitly
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However
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** A contrast marker introduces a statement that limits or challenges the preceding positive claim.
**2. Apply it in context:** Despite the variety of pickles, they are not universally liked. However signals that contrast.
**Answer: D — However.**
A: **Incorrect:** As ever means as usual and does not mark the contrast.
B: **Incorrect:** In consequence suggests a result, not the contrast.
C: **Incorrect:** Explicitly concerns clarity of expression, not this logical relation.
D: **Correct:** However introduces the contrasting limitation.
**Fill in the blanks with the correct discourse markers.**
(1)_____________, pickles can be made out of anything. There might just be no fruit or vegetable that
has been untouched by the magic of pickles. (2)____________, there might also not be a single taste
that pickles don't cater to. There (3)__________ is a pickle for every occasion. (4)____________, pickles
are not universally popular. There are a great many people who keep pickles at an arm's length
(5)__________ they have no real choice.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Choose the correct answer for blank (5).
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Unexpectedly
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Ultimately
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Unless
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Universally
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** Unless introduces an exception condition, meaning except if.
**2. Apply it in context:** The people normally avoid pickles except when they have no real alternative: “unless they have no real choice.”
**Answer: C — Unless.**
A: **Incorrect:** Unexpectedly does not introduce the required conditional clause.
B: **Incorrect:** Ultimately gives a final outcome rather than an exception condition.
C: **Correct:** Unless connects their avoidance to its exception.
D: **Incorrect:** Universally is an adverb and cannot introduce the conditional clause.
Fill in the blanks with correct expressions of numbers/values/quantity.
Exercising regularly before a cancer diagnosis is associated with slower disease progression and a
lower risk of death, finds a study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Even [i] _____
levels of physical activity appear to offer significant benefits. The study analysed data from 28,248
patients with stage 1 cancer. Researchers compared participants’ activity levels in the 12 months
before cancer diagnosis with the rate of cancer progression and death following diagnosis. Breast
and prostate cancers were the [ii] _____, making up 44 percent of the cases in the study.
The odds of disease progression were 16 percent lower among those who engaged in low levels of
physical activity [60 or [iii] _____ minutes per week] in the year preceding their diagnosis compared
with those who were not physically active. The risk was 27 [iv] _____ lower in those who engaged in
moderate to high levels of activity [60 [v] _____].
Adapted from: “Regular Exercise before Cancer Diagnosis May Slow Disease Progression.” The
Week, 02 Feb. 2025
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Fill in blank [i] with the most appropriate option.
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Relative low
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Relatively low
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Lowly relative
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** An adjective can be modified by an adverb of degree.
**2. Apply it in context:** Relatively modifies low, which in turn modifies levels: “relatively low levels of physical activity.”
**Answer: B — Relatively low.**
A: **Incorrect:** Relative is an adjective and does not modify low in this construction.
B: **Correct:** It supplies the proper adverb-adjective sequence.
C: **Incorrect:** This reverses the roles and creates an unsuitable expression.
Fill in the blanks with correct expressions of numbers/values/quantity.
Exercising regularly before a cancer diagnosis is associated with slower disease progression and a
lower risk of death, finds a study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Even [i] _____
levels of physical activity appear to offer significant benefits. The study analysed data from 28,248
patients with stage 1 cancer. Researchers compared participants’ activity levels in the 12 months
before cancer diagnosis with the rate of cancer progression and death following diagnosis. Breast
and prostate cancers were the [ii] _____, making up 44 percent of the cases in the study.
The odds of disease progression were 16 percent lower among those who engaged in low levels of
physical activity [60 or [iii] _____ minutes per week] in the year preceding their diagnosis compared
with those who were not physically active. The risk was 27 [iv] _____ lower in those who engaged in
moderate to high levels of activity [60 [v] _____].
Adapted from: “Regular Exercise before Cancer Diagnosis May Slow Disease Progression.” The
Week, 02 Feb. 2025
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Fill in blank [ii] with the most appropriate option.
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More prevalent
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Most prevalent
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Mostly prevalent
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** The highest-ranked examples within a set use a superlative, here preceded by the.
**2. Apply it in context:** “The most prevalent” identifies the cancer types occurring most often in the study sample.
**Answer: B — Most prevalent.**
A: **Incorrect:** More is comparative and normally needs a stated comparison here.
B: **Correct:** Most prevalent is the appropriate superlative phrase.
C: **Incorrect:** Mostly prevalent does not express the required ranking.
Fill in the blanks with correct expressions of numbers/values/quantity.
Exercising regularly before a cancer diagnosis is associated with slower disease progression and a
lower risk of death, finds a study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Even [i] _____
levels of physical activity appear to offer significant benefits. The study analysed data from 28,248
patients with stage 1 cancer. Researchers compared participants’ activity levels in the 12 months
before cancer diagnosis with the rate of cancer progression and death following diagnosis. Breast
and prostate cancers were the [ii] _____, making up 44 percent of the cases in the study.
The odds of disease progression were 16 percent lower among those who engaged in low levels of
physical activity [60 or [iii] _____ minutes per week] in the year preceding their diagnosis compared
with those who were not physically active. The risk was 27 [iv] _____ lower in those who engaged in
moderate to high levels of activity [60 [v] _____].
Adapted from: “Regular Exercise before Cancer Diagnosis May Slow Disease Progression.” The
Week, 02 Feb. 2025
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Fill in blank [iii] with the most appropriate option.
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Fewer
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Few
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Fewest
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** A comparison with an explicit count can use fewer for plural count units.
**2. Apply it in context:** “60 or fewer minutes per week” defines an upper bound for the low-activity category.
**Answer: A — Fewer.**
A: **Correct:** Fewer gives the comparative quantity required by “60 or ...”.
B: **Incorrect:** Few is not the comparative needed after this numerical boundary.
C: **Incorrect:** Fewest is a superlative, not the boundary comparison.
Fill in the blanks with correct expressions of numbers/values/quantity.
Exercising regularly before a cancer diagnosis is associated with slower disease progression and a
lower risk of death, finds a study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Even [i] _____
levels of physical activity appear to offer significant benefits. The study analysed data from 28,248
patients with stage 1 cancer. Researchers compared participants’ activity levels in the 12 months
before cancer diagnosis with the rate of cancer progression and death following diagnosis. Breast
and prostate cancers were the [ii] _____, making up 44 percent of the cases in the study.
The odds of disease progression were 16 percent lower among those who engaged in low levels of
physical activity [60 or [iii] _____ minutes per week] in the year preceding their diagnosis compared
with those who were not physically active. The risk was 27 [iv] _____ lower in those who engaged in
moderate to high levels of activity [60 [v] _____].
Adapted from: “Regular Exercise before Cancer Diagnosis May Slow Disease Progression.” The
Week, 02 Feb. 2025
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Fill in blank [iv] with the most appropriate option.
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Degrees
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Centigrade
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Percent
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** A proportional change is expressed as a percentage.
**2. Apply it in context:** “27 percent lower” gives a relative decrease in the stated risk; degrees and centigrade measure different quantities.
**Answer: C — Percent.**
A: **Incorrect:** Degrees do not express the stated proportional reduction.
B: **Incorrect:** Centigrade refers to a temperature scale.
C: **Correct:** Percent is the correct unit for the proportional change.
Fill in the blanks with correct expressions of numbers/values/quantity.
Exercising regularly before a cancer diagnosis is associated with slower disease progression and a
lower risk of death, finds a study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Even [i] _____
levels of physical activity appear to offer significant benefits. The study analysed data from 28,248
patients with stage 1 cancer. Researchers compared participants’ activity levels in the 12 months
before cancer diagnosis with the rate of cancer progression and death following diagnosis. Breast
and prostate cancers were the [ii] _____, making up 44 percent of the cases in the study.
The odds of disease progression were 16 percent lower among those who engaged in low levels of
physical activity [60 or [iii] _____ minutes per week] in the year preceding their diagnosis compared
with those who were not physically active. The risk was 27 [iv] _____ lower in those who engaged in
moderate to high levels of activity [60 [v] _____].
Adapted from: “Regular Exercise before Cancer Diagnosis May Slow Disease Progression.” The
Week, 02 Feb. 2025
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Fill in blank [v] with the most appropriate option.
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Minutes or more per week
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Minutes or less per week
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Minutes or most per week
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** The higher-activity category needs a lower-bound expression.
**2. Apply it in context:** “60 minutes or more per week” contrasts with the preceding low-activity category’s upper bound.
**Answer: A — Minutes or more per week.**
**Convention note:** The adapted wording uses 60 in both category boundaries. This language question selects the intended higher-activity phrase without resolving the original study’s exact inclusion rule.
A: **Correct:** It gives the intended minimum activity duration.
B: **Incorrect:** It repeats a low-activity upper bound rather than identifying the higher category.
C: **Incorrect:** Most is not used as the comparative numerical bound “or more.”
Given below is the recipe to make rasmalai. Go through the recipe and answer the given
subquestions.
Objective: To make rasmalai.
1.In a heavy-bottomed pan, boil 3 cups of whole or full-fat milk. Stir at short intervals so that the
milk does not burn at the bottom of the pan.
2.To the boiling milk, add a quarter cup of sweetened condensed milk, a teaspoon of each of
crushed almonds and pistachios and half a teaspoon of powdered cardamom.
3.Stirring continuously, cook the milk mixture on low to medium heat until it is reduced to roughly
2 cups and set the milk syrup or rabri aside.
4.In another heavy-bottomed pan, bring a litre of whole or full-fat milk to a boil while stirring
occasionally.
5.As the milk is being brought to a boil, in a separate tumbler or a cup, mix a quarter cup of white
vinegar with a quarter cup of water.
6.Once the milk comes to a boil, turn off the heat and add the water and vinegar mixture to it in
small amounts, and _____ it _____ gently until the milk curdles completely.
7.Once the milk has fully curdled, immediately add in ice cubes or ice cold water to the pan. This is
to ensure that the resultant chhena stays soft.
8.As the milk solids separate from the water, you will see the water turn to a mellow green hue.
9.Drain the curdled milk through a cloth lined over a colander.
10.Rinse the milk solids or chhena under cold water to remove any lingering taste of vinegar.
11.Squeeze the water from the chhena, and drain any excess by hanging the chhena tied up in the
cloth for 15 minutes.
12.Gently but thoroughly knead the chhena after 15 minutes with half a teaspoon of cornstarch.
Do not apply excessive pressure while kneading. The goal is to allow the chhena curds to stick
together.
13.Roll into small balls and gently flatten the balls in the palm of your hand to mould small pillowy
cushions of chhena. Take care to not form cracks in the chhena cushions.
Cracking will cause the cushions to burst when they are boiled.
14.In a pan, boil 4 cups of water and 1 cup of sugar on high heat for five minutes. Stir to dissolve
the sugar completely.
15.Lower the heat and drop the chhena cushions one by one into the sugar syrup.
16.Cover with lid and let it boil for 10 minutes on moderately high heat until the cushions have
doubled in size.
17.Turn off the heat and allow it to cool down for 20 minutes.
18.Once the temperature has reduced, carefully remove the cushions from the sugar syrup and
drain excess syrup from the cushions without disfiguring them.
19.You can lightly _____ the cushions between your palms or between a slotted spatula and a
spoon.
20.Add warm milk syrup or rabri on top of the prepared chhena cushions and allow to rest for a
couple of hours.
21._____ chilled.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb.
You can lightly _____ the cushions between your palms or between a slotted spatula and a spoon.
6406536003196.
Crease
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Fuse
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Squeeze
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Shear
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** Squeezing applies pressure to expel liquid from a soft object.
**2. Apply it in context:** The recipe asks the cook to remove excess syrup without deforming the cushions, so they should be squeezed lightly.
**Answer: C — Squeeze.**
A: **Incorrect:** Crease means make a fold or wrinkle, not drain liquid.
B: **Incorrect:** Fuse means join or melt together.
C: **Correct:** Squeeze describes the required gentle pressure to drain syrup.
D: **Incorrect:** Shear means cut or subject to sliding force, which would damage the cushions.
Given below is the recipe to make rasmalai. Go through the recipe and answer the given
subquestions.
Objective: To make rasmalai.
1.In a heavy-bottomed pan, boil 3 cups of whole or full-fat milk. Stir at short intervals so that the
milk does not burn at the bottom of the pan.
2.To the boiling milk, add a quarter cup of sweetened condensed milk, a teaspoon of each of
crushed almonds and pistachios and half a teaspoon of powdered cardamom.
3.Stirring continuously, cook the milk mixture on low to medium heat until it is reduced to roughly
2 cups and set the milk syrup or rabri aside.
4.In another heavy-bottomed pan, bring a litre of whole or full-fat milk to a boil while stirring
occasionally.
5.As the milk is being brought to a boil, in a separate tumbler or a cup, mix a quarter cup of white
vinegar with a quarter cup of water.
6.Once the milk comes to a boil, turn off the heat and add the water and vinegar mixture to it in
small amounts, and _____ it _____ gently until the milk curdles completely.
7.Once the milk has fully curdled, immediately add in ice cubes or ice cold water to the pan. This is
to ensure that the resultant chhena stays soft.
8.As the milk solids separate from the water, you will see the water turn to a mellow green hue.
9.Drain the curdled milk through a cloth lined over a colander.
10.Rinse the milk solids or chhena under cold water to remove any lingering taste of vinegar.
11.Squeeze the water from the chhena, and drain any excess by hanging the chhena tied up in the
cloth for 15 minutes.
12.Gently but thoroughly knead the chhena after 15 minutes with half a teaspoon of cornstarch.
Do not apply excessive pressure while kneading. The goal is to allow the chhena curds to stick
together.
13.Roll into small balls and gently flatten the balls in the palm of your hand to mould small pillowy
cushions of chhena. Take care to not form cracks in the chhena cushions.
Cracking will cause the cushions to burst when they are boiled.
14.In a pan, boil 4 cups of water and 1 cup of sugar on high heat for five minutes. Stir to dissolve
the sugar completely.
15.Lower the heat and drop the chhena cushions one by one into the sugar syrup.
16.Cover with lid and let it boil for 10 minutes on moderately high heat until the cushions have
doubled in size.
17.Turn off the heat and allow it to cool down for 20 minutes.
18.Once the temperature has reduced, carefully remove the cushions from the sugar syrup and
drain excess syrup from the cushions without disfiguring them.
19.You can lightly _____ the cushions between your palms or between a slotted spatula and a
spoon.
20.Add warm milk syrup or rabri on top of the prepared chhena cushions and allow to rest for a
couple of hours.
21._____ chilled.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate phrasal verb.
Once the milk comes to a boil, turn off the heat and add the water and vinegar mixture to it in
small amounts, and _____ it _____ gently until the milk curdles completely.
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Fill…in
6406536003201.
Stir…in
6406536003202.
Pull…in
6406536003203.
Rub…in
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** To stir in means to incorporate an ingredient by stirring.
**2. Apply it in context:** The water-vinegar mixture is added gradually and stirred into the milk gently to distribute it.
**Answer: B — Stir…in.**
A: **Incorrect:** Fill in does not describe mixing this ingredient.
B: **Correct:** Stir in is the appropriate mixing phrasal verb.
C: **Incorrect:** Pull in describes drawing something inward, not incorporating by mixing.
D: **Incorrect:** Rub in is unsuitable for combining this liquid mixture.
Given below is the recipe to make rasmalai. Go through the recipe and answer the given
subquestions.
Objective: To make rasmalai.
1.In a heavy-bottomed pan, boil 3 cups of whole or full-fat milk. Stir at short intervals so that the
milk does not burn at the bottom of the pan.
2.To the boiling milk, add a quarter cup of sweetened condensed milk, a teaspoon of each of
crushed almonds and pistachios and half a teaspoon of powdered cardamom.
3.Stirring continuously, cook the milk mixture on low to medium heat until it is reduced to roughly
2 cups and set the milk syrup or rabri aside.
4.In another heavy-bottomed pan, bring a litre of whole or full-fat milk to a boil while stirring
occasionally.
5.As the milk is being brought to a boil, in a separate tumbler or a cup, mix a quarter cup of white
vinegar with a quarter cup of water.
6.Once the milk comes to a boil, turn off the heat and add the water and vinegar mixture to it in
small amounts, and _____ it _____ gently until the milk curdles completely.
7.Once the milk has fully curdled, immediately add in ice cubes or ice cold water to the pan. This is
to ensure that the resultant chhena stays soft.
8.As the milk solids separate from the water, you will see the water turn to a mellow green hue.
9.Drain the curdled milk through a cloth lined over a colander.
10.Rinse the milk solids or chhena under cold water to remove any lingering taste of vinegar.
11.Squeeze the water from the chhena, and drain any excess by hanging the chhena tied up in the
cloth for 15 minutes.
12.Gently but thoroughly knead the chhena after 15 minutes with half a teaspoon of cornstarch.
Do not apply excessive pressure while kneading. The goal is to allow the chhena curds to stick
together.
13.Roll into small balls and gently flatten the balls in the palm of your hand to mould small pillowy
cushions of chhena. Take care to not form cracks in the chhena cushions.
Cracking will cause the cushions to burst when they are boiled.
14.In a pan, boil 4 cups of water and 1 cup of sugar on high heat for five minutes. Stir to dissolve
the sugar completely.
15.Lower the heat and drop the chhena cushions one by one into the sugar syrup.
16.Cover with lid and let it boil for 10 minutes on moderately high heat until the cushions have
doubled in size.
17.Turn off the heat and allow it to cool down for 20 minutes.
18.Once the temperature has reduced, carefully remove the cushions from the sugar syrup and
drain excess syrup from the cushions without disfiguring them.
19.You can lightly _____ the cushions between your palms or between a slotted spatula and a
spoon.
20.Add warm milk syrup or rabri on top of the prepared chhena cushions and allow to rest for a
couple of hours.
21._____ chilled.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb.
_____ chilled.
6406536003204.
Discard
6406536003205.
Swerve
6406536003206.
Sire
6406536003207.
Serve
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** The final recipe instruction commonly states how the prepared food should be presented.
**2. Apply it in context:** “Serve chilled” tells the cook to offer the finished rasmalai cold.
**Answer: D — Serve.**
A: **Incorrect:** Discard would mean throw the completed dish away.
B: **Incorrect:** Swerve means change direction abruptly.
C: **Incorrect:** Sire means father offspring and is unrelated to serving food.
D: **Correct:** Serve gives the appropriate final instruction.
Given below is the recipe to make rasmalai. Go through the recipe and answer the given
subquestions.
Objective: To make rasmalai.
1.In a heavy-bottomed pan, boil 3 cups of whole or full-fat milk. Stir at short intervals so that the
milk does not burn at the bottom of the pan.
2.To the boiling milk, add a quarter cup of sweetened condensed milk, a teaspoon of each of
crushed almonds and pistachios and half a teaspoon of powdered cardamom.
3.Stirring continuously, cook the milk mixture on low to medium heat until it is reduced to roughly
2 cups and set the milk syrup or rabri aside.
4.In another heavy-bottomed pan, bring a litre of whole or full-fat milk to a boil while stirring
occasionally.
5.As the milk is being brought to a boil, in a separate tumbler or a cup, mix a quarter cup of white
vinegar with a quarter cup of water.
6.Once the milk comes to a boil, turn off the heat and add the water and vinegar mixture to it in
small amounts, and _____ it _____ gently until the milk curdles completely.
7.Once the milk has fully curdled, immediately add in ice cubes or ice cold water to the pan. This is
to ensure that the resultant chhena stays soft.
8.As the milk solids separate from the water, you will see the water turn to a mellow green hue.
9.Drain the curdled milk through a cloth lined over a colander.
10.Rinse the milk solids or chhena under cold water to remove any lingering taste of vinegar.
11.Squeeze the water from the chhena, and drain any excess by hanging the chhena tied up in the
cloth for 15 minutes.
12.Gently but thoroughly knead the chhena after 15 minutes with half a teaspoon of cornstarch.
Do not apply excessive pressure while kneading. The goal is to allow the chhena curds to stick
together.
13.Roll into small balls and gently flatten the balls in the palm of your hand to mould small pillowy
cushions of chhena. Take care to not form cracks in the chhena cushions.
Cracking will cause the cushions to burst when they are boiled.
14.In a pan, boil 4 cups of water and 1 cup of sugar on high heat for five minutes. Stir to dissolve
the sugar completely.
15.Lower the heat and drop the chhena cushions one by one into the sugar syrup.
16.Cover with lid and let it boil for 10 minutes on moderately high heat until the cushions have
doubled in size.
17.Turn off the heat and allow it to cool down for 20 minutes.
18.Once the temperature has reduced, carefully remove the cushions from the sugar syrup and
drain excess syrup from the cushions without disfiguring them.
19.You can lightly _____ the cushions between your palms or between a slotted spatula and a
spoon.
20.Add warm milk syrup or rabri on top of the prepared chhena cushions and allow to rest for a
couple of hours.
21._____ chilled.
Match the actions in column A with the correct options in column B.
6406536003208.
(i)-(3), (ii)-(1), (iii)-(4), (iv)-(2)
6406536003209.
(i)-(4), (ii)-(1), (iii)-(3), (iv)-(2)
6406536003210.
(i)-(3), (ii)-(2), (iii)-(4), (iv)-(1)
6406536003211.
(i)-(2), (ii)-(4), (iii)-(1), (iv)-(3)
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** Match each instruction to its explicit manner or timing in the recipe.
**2. Apply it in context:** Knead gently but thoroughly (3); remove cushions carefully (1); flatten gently (4); add ice immediately (2). This yields i-3, ii-1, iii-4, iv-2.
**Answer: A — i-3, ii-1, iii-4, iv-2.**
A: **Correct:** All four matches follow the recipe wording.
B: **Incorrect:** It exchanges the kneading and flattening descriptions.
C: **Incorrect:** It exchanges careful removal and immediate addition of ice.
D: **Incorrect:** Its assignments do not follow the four stated instructions.
Given below is the recipe to make rasmalai. Go through the recipe and answer the given
subquestions.
Objective: To make rasmalai.
1.In a heavy-bottomed pan, boil 3 cups of whole or full-fat milk. Stir at short intervals so that the
milk does not burn at the bottom of the pan.
2.To the boiling milk, add a quarter cup of sweetened condensed milk, a teaspoon of each of
crushed almonds and pistachios and half a teaspoon of powdered cardamom.
3.Stirring continuously, cook the milk mixture on low to medium heat until it is reduced to roughly
2 cups and set the milk syrup or rabri aside.
4.In another heavy-bottomed pan, bring a litre of whole or full-fat milk to a boil while stirring
occasionally.
5.As the milk is being brought to a boil, in a separate tumbler or a cup, mix a quarter cup of white
vinegar with a quarter cup of water.
6.Once the milk comes to a boil, turn off the heat and add the water and vinegar mixture to it in
small amounts, and _____ it _____ gently until the milk curdles completely.
7.Once the milk has fully curdled, immediately add in ice cubes or ice cold water to the pan. This is
to ensure that the resultant chhena stays soft.
8.As the milk solids separate from the water, you will see the water turn to a mellow green hue.
9.Drain the curdled milk through a cloth lined over a colander.
10.Rinse the milk solids or chhena under cold water to remove any lingering taste of vinegar.
11.Squeeze the water from the chhena, and drain any excess by hanging the chhena tied up in the
cloth for 15 minutes.
12.Gently but thoroughly knead the chhena after 15 minutes with half a teaspoon of cornstarch.
Do not apply excessive pressure while kneading. The goal is to allow the chhena curds to stick
together.
13.Roll into small balls and gently flatten the balls in the palm of your hand to mould small pillowy
cushions of chhena. Take care to not form cracks in the chhena cushions.
Cracking will cause the cushions to burst when they are boiled.
14.In a pan, boil 4 cups of water and 1 cup of sugar on high heat for five minutes. Stir to dissolve
the sugar completely.
15.Lower the heat and drop the chhena cushions one by one into the sugar syrup.
16.Cover with lid and let it boil for 10 minutes on moderately high heat until the cushions have
doubled in size.
17.Turn off the heat and allow it to cool down for 20 minutes.
18.Once the temperature has reduced, carefully remove the cushions from the sugar syrup and
drain excess syrup from the cushions without disfiguring them.
19.You can lightly _____ the cushions between your palms or between a slotted spatula and a
spoon.
20.Add warm milk syrup or rabri on top of the prepared chhena cushions and allow to rest for a
couple of hours.
21._____ chilled.
Match the options in column A with the most appropriate options in column B.
6406536003212.
(i)-(2), (ii)-(3), (iii)-(4), (iv)-(1)
6406536003213.
(i)-(4), (ii)-(3), (iii)-(2), (iv)-(1)
6406536003214.
(i)-(2), (ii)-(4), (iii)-(3), (iv)-(1)
6406536003215.
(i)-(2), (ii)-(3), (iii)-(1), (iv)-(4)
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** Match the descriptive feature to the item it actually modifies in the recipe.
**2. Apply it in context:** Chhena cushions are pillowy (2); almonds and pistachios are crushed (3); the spatula is slotted (4); the pan is heavy-bottomed (1).
**Answer: A — i-2, ii-3, iii-4, iv-1.**
A: **Correct:** It matches all four items and their features.
B: **Incorrect:** It incorrectly makes cushions slotted and the spatula pillowy.
C: **Incorrect:** It exchanges the crushed nuts and slotted spatula features.
D: **Incorrect:** It exchanges the pan and spatula features.
Kishore sings melodiously with karaokes. The word ‘karaoke’ is from ___.
6406536003216.
Hindi
6406536003217.
Japanese
6406536003218.
Italian
6406536003219.
English
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** The question asks for the source language of an English loanword.
**2. Apply it in context:** Karaoke was borrowed from Japanese; it refers to singing with recorded musical accompaniment.
**Answer: B — Japanese.**
A: **Incorrect:** Hindi is not the source language.
B: **Correct:** Japanese is the source of karaoke.
C: **Incorrect:** Italian contributes many musical terms, but not this word.
D: **Incorrect:** It is used in English but originated as a borrowing.
He was tested through impromptu tasks at the selection board. Here ‘impromptu’ means ____.
6406536003220.
Difficult
6406536003221.
Extra
6406536003222.
Spontaneous
6406536003223.
Tricking
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** Impromptu describes something done without preparation or advance planning.
**2. Apply it in context:** Impromptu tasks are unprepared or spontaneous tasks, not necessarily difficult or deceptive.
**Answer: C — Spontaneous.**
A: **Incorrect:** Difficulty is not what impromptu denotes.
B: **Incorrect:** Extra describes an additional amount, not lack of preparation.
C: **Correct:** Spontaneous is the closest meaning.
D: **Incorrect:** The word does not imply trickery.
Choose the correct option.
John went to the theatre __ I went to the cafe.
6406536003224.
And
6406536003225.
As a result
6406536003226.
Because
6406536003227.
Though
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** And coordinates two independent statements without adding an unsupported cause or concession.
**2. Apply it in context:** “John went to the theatre and I went to the cafe” simply reports the two actions.
**Answer: A — And.**
**Convention note:** Because or though can form grammatical sentences with suitable intended meanings. And is the best neutral completion when no causal or concessive context is supplied.
A: **Correct:** It provides the natural neutral coordination.
B: **Incorrect:** As a result is a conjunctive adverb and would need appropriate sentence punctuation.
C: **Incorrect:** Because imposes a causal link that the context does not establish.
D: **Incorrect:** Though imposes an unstated concessive contrast.
Choose the right option:
A: He wrote the entrance exam but didn’t qualify
B: He wrote the entrance exam however didn’t qualify
6406536003228.
A is correct and B is wrong
6406536003229.
A is wrong and B is correct
6406536003230.
Both are correct
6406536003231.
Both are wrong
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** But can coordinate contrasting predicates; however is a linking adverb rather than a direct substitute for that coordinator.
**2. Apply it in context:** A correctly contrasts writing the exam with not qualifying. B needs restructuring, for example “He wrote the entrance exam; however, he did not qualify.”
**Answer: A — A is correct and B is wrong.**
A: **Correct:** A is well formed and B does not have the required construction/punctuation.
B: **Incorrect:** It reverses the status of the two sentences.
C: **Incorrect:** B is not well formed as the direct replacement shown.
D: **Incorrect:** A is a valid sentence.
Fill in the blank using the most appropriate contrast word.
She had had one of her headaches that afternoon, and _____ the pain had gone, she felt weak and
“tuckered out,” as she expressed it.
6406536003232.
Although
6406536003233.
However
6406536003234.
Despite
6406536003235.
In spite of
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** Although introduces a concessive finite clause. Despite and in spite of require a noun phrase or an -ing clause instead.
**2. Apply it in context:** “Although the pain had gone” is a full subject-verb clause conceding recovery of pain while contrasting persistent weakness.
**Answer: A — Although.**
A: **Correct:** It directly introduces the finite concessive clause.
B: **Incorrect:** However cannot replace although at the head of this finite subordinate clause.
C: **Incorrect:** Despite would require “despite the pain having gone” or “despite the fact that ...”.
D: **Incorrect:** In spite of has the same noun/-ing requirement as despite.
In the following sentences, add apostrophe appropriately in the underlined words, to indicate
contraction or possession.
He hasnt done his homework and therefore, he isnt going to his friend Rajus birthday party.
6406536003236.
Has’nt, is’nt, Rajus’
6406536003237.
Ha’snt, i’snt, Raj’us
6406536003238.
Hasnt’, isnt’, Ra’jus
6406536003239.
Hasn’t, isn’t, Raju’s
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** Apostrophes mark omitted letters in contractions and possession after a singular name.
**2. Apply it in context:** Has not becomes hasn’t, is not becomes isn’t, and the party belonging to Raju is Raju’s birthday party.
**Answer: D — Hasn’t, isn’t, Raju’s.**
A: **Incorrect:** Its contraction apostrophes and the name’s possessive are misplaced.
B: **Incorrect:** The apostrophes split the words at incorrect positions.
C: **Incorrect:** Apostrophes at the ends of hasnt and isnt do not mark the omissions correctly.
D: **Correct:** It correctly forms both contractions and the singular possessive.
“Jane can you pass the salt?” For this sentence,which among the options is correctly punctuated?
6406536003240.
Jane can you, pass the salt?
6406536003241.
Jane, can you pass the salt?
6406536003242.
Jane can, you pass the salt?
6406536003243.
Jane can you pass, the salt?
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** A directly addressed name is set off from the rest of the sentence by a comma.
**2. Apply it in context:** Jane is the addressee, so the comma follows Jane: “Jane, can you pass the salt?”
**Answer: B — Jane, can you pass the salt?**
A: **Incorrect:** It fails to separate the addressed name and wrongly splits the verb phrase.
B: **Correct:** It correctly sets off the addressed name.
C: **Incorrect:** It incorrectly separates the auxiliary can from its subject you.
D: **Incorrect:** It incorrectly separates pass from its object phrase.
Spot the embedded clause in the given sentence.
The boy and his friends did not know if they would be able to make ends meet.
6406536003244.
If they would be able to make ends meet
6406536003245.
To make ends meet
6406536003246.
The boy and his friends
6406536003247.
Did not know if
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** An embedded interrogative clause gives the content of what is not known.
**2. Apply it in context:** “If they would be able to make ends meet” is the whole clause governed by know, with its own subject they and finite modal would.
**Answer: A — If they would be able to make ends meet.**
A: **Correct:** It is the full embedded content question.
B: **Incorrect:** This is only an infinitival phrase within that clause.
C: **Incorrect:** This is the main-clause subject.
D: **Incorrect:** It combines part of the main predicate with only the introductory word of the embedded clause.
The complementizer in the sentence ‘They are as yet undecided on whether to buy a house or to rent
an apartment’ can be replaced with ‘if’.
The given statement is:
6406536003248.
False
6406536003249.
True
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** Whether, rather than if, is used directly after a preposition and before a to-infinitive in this construction.
**2. Apply it in context:** “On whether to buy ... or to rent ...” contains both restrictions, so replacing whether with if is not standard.
**Answer: A — False.**
A: **Correct:** The proposed replacement fails in this preposition-plus-infinitive pattern.
B: **Incorrect:** It wrongly extends the interchangeability of if and whether to this restricted environment.
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate modal verb.
If they had bought some land here, then they ______ have been filthy rich now.
Hint: To talk about an imaginary situation
6406536003250.
Will
6406536003251.
Would
6406536003252.
Can
6406536003253.
Could
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** Would have plus a past participle expresses the result of an unreal past condition, including a present resulting state.
**2. Apply it in context:** “If they had bought ... they would have been ... now” presents the imagined consequence as the counterfactual result.
**Answer: B — Would.**
A: **Incorrect:** Will does not fit this unreal past-condition pattern.
B: **Correct:** Would marks the intended counterfactual consequence.
C: **Incorrect:** Can does not fit the specified counterfactual perfect construction.
D: **Incorrect:** Could would instead emphasize a possible result or opportunity, not the straightforward result intended here.
**Identify the most appropriate sentence to use in the following social setting.**
**Setting: Communicating with an employer in an office.**
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
When discussing a mistake you made with your employer, which sentence is the most
appropriate?
6406536003254.
I messed up, sorry.
6406536003255.
The mistake happened; there was nothing I could do about it.
6406536003256.
I apologise for the mistake; could you please let me know what I can do to
improve the situation?
6406536003257.
Mistakes happen, let’s move on.
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** An appropriate response to one’s mistake acknowledges responsibility and seeks a remedy.
**2. Apply it in context:** C apologizes and asks how to improve the situation, which makes it constructive and professional.
**Answer: C — The apology followed by a request for corrective guidance.**
A: **Incorrect:** It admits the mistake but is too casual and does not seek a remedy.
B: **Incorrect:** It avoids responsibility.
C: **Correct:** It combines an apology with a constructive request for corrective action.
D: **Incorrect:** It dismisses the problem.
**Identify the most appropriate sentence to use in the following social setting.**
**Setting: Communicating with an employer in an office.**
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
When requesting additional training or support from your boss, which sentence is the most
appropriate?
6406536003258.
I need extra assistance with this work.
6406536003259.
Could I receive some additional training or support for this task? It would help
me perform more efficiently.
6406536003260.
I need help with this task.
6406536003261.
Can you help me with this work?
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** A professional support request should specify the help requested and explain its work-related benefit.
**2. Apply it in context:** B politely requests additional training/support and links it to improved performance.
**Answer: B — The polite training/support request with its purpose.**
A: **Incorrect:** It is a statement of need, with less clarity about the requested training.
B: **Correct:** It explicitly requests support and gives a practical reason.
C: **Incorrect:** It is vague about the kind of help needed.
D: **Incorrect:** It is polite but less specific than B about training and the benefit.
**Identify the most appropriate sentence to use in the following social setting.**
**Setting: Communicating with an employer in an office.**
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
When suggesting a more efficient way of completing a task to your employer, which sentence is
the most appropriate?
6406536003262.
Can we discuss my approach? It is more efficient.
6406536003263.
Fine, we’ll do it your way, even if it’s inefficient.
6406536003264.
Why bother suggesting anything? You won’t listen anyway.
6406536003265.
I have another approach we could consider. It may be more efficient. May I
share it?
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** A collaborative suggestion invites consideration without dismissing the employer’s approach.
**2. Apply it in context:** D introduces an alternative tentatively and requests permission to share it.
**Answer: D — The respectful invitation to consider an alternative approach.**
A: **Incorrect:** It asserts superiority directly and is less tactful than D.
B: **Incorrect:** It sounds resentful rather than constructive.
C: **Incorrect:** It anticipates rejection and attacks the listener.
D: **Correct:** It presents a potentially useful alternative respectfully.
**Identify the most appropriate sentence to use in the following social setting.**
**Setting: Communicating with an employer in an office.**
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
When asking your employer for clarification on a task, which sentence is the most appropriate?
6406536003266.
I do not understand what you want me to do. Could you help?
6406536003267.
Could you please provide more details about the task? It would help me be
more efficient.
6406536003268.
I need help with this task, it is too confusing.
6406536003269.
Can you explain the task in more detail?
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** A clarification request should identify the missing information and remain polite.
**2. Apply it in context:** B asks for more details and explains how that would help performance, making the request purposeful.
**Answer: B — The polite request for details to improve efficiency.**
A: **Incorrect:** It is understandable but more blunt about not understanding the employer.
B: **Correct:** It requests detail politely and connects it to better task performance.
C: **Incorrect:** It labels the task confusing without a clear constructive request.
D: **Incorrect:** It is a valid request, but B is more courteous and gives a reason.
**Identify the most appropriate sentence to use in the following social setting.**
**Setting: Communicating with an employer in an office.**
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
When requesting a day off from work for personal reasons, which sentence is the most
appropriate?
6406536003270.
I’m taking a day off.
6406536003271.
Could I have a day off next week for personal reasons?
6406536003272.
I won’t be able to come to work next week.
6406536003273.
I’ll be absent next week.
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** A leave request seeks authorization and gives a usable time frame rather than merely announcing absence.
**2. Apply it in context:** “Could I have a day off next week for personal reasons?” is a polite request with a reason and period.
**Answer: B — Could I have a day off next week for personal reasons?**
A: **Incorrect:** It announces a decision instead of requesting leave.
B: **Correct:** It politely requests a day off and provides the relevant context.
C: **Incorrect:** It suggests absence for the whole week without asking permission.
D: **Incorrect:** It announces absence and is unclear about the number of days.
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate modal verb.
We _________ drop by Varsha’s home in the evening. (Clue: direct suggestion)
6406536003274.
May
6406536003275.
Could
6406536003276.
Both
6406536003277.
Neither
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** Could can make a direct tentative suggestion about an action available to the speakers.
**2. Apply it in context:** “We could drop by Varsha’s home” proposes visiting as an option. May would primarily announce a possibility rather than make the same direct suggestion.
**Answer: B — Could.**
A: **Incorrect:** May would normally express possibility in this declarative form.
B: **Correct:** Could is the conventional suggestion form matching the clue.
C: **Incorrect:** Both express possibilities, but only could directly fits the intended suggestion function.
D: **Incorrect:** Could provides the required completion.
Complete the given sentence with the most fitting question tag.
Yesterday was not a great day, ________?
6406536003278.
Was it
6406536003279.
Were it
6406536003280.
Wasn’t it
6406536003281.
Is it
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** A negative statement normally takes a positive tag with the same tense; a time/day reference is represented by it.
**2. Apply it in context:** “Yesterday was not a great day, was it?” uses past singular was and reverses the negative polarity.
**Answer: A — Was it.**
A: **Correct:** Was it has the correct tense, agreement and opposite polarity.
B: **Incorrect:** Were does not agree with singular it in this factual past statement.
C: **Incorrect:** Wasn’t repeats the negative polarity.
D: **Incorrect:** Is changes the tense to present.
In the expression, ‘Alice’s white shoes,’ the word ‘white’ is a noun.
6406536003282.
True
6406536003283.
False
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** A word naming a colour can function as an adjective when it modifies a noun.
**2. Apply it in context:** In “Alice’s white shoes,” white describes the colour of shoes; it is not the noun naming the objects.
**Answer: B — False.**
A: **Incorrect:** It wrongly classifies the modifier as the head noun.
B: **Correct:** White is an attributive adjective modifying shoes.
“The child did not appreciate the companionship of his mother much.”
The use of the degree adverb in the given sentence is:
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Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** Much can modify the degree of a verb, particularly in negative clauses and questions.
**2. Apply it in context:** “Did not appreciate ... much” means the child did not value or enjoy that companionship to a great extent. The negative clause licenses this natural use.
**Answer: A — Correct.**
A: **Correct:** Much appropriately modifies appreciate in this negative construction.
B: **Incorrect:** It incorrectly rules out a normal degree modifier after a negative verb phrase.
Identify the nature of the subordinate clause in the sentence "He speaks as if he knows everything":
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Noun clause
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Adjectival clause
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Adverbial clause
Published solution
**1. Identify the relevant rule:** An as-if clause describes the manner or appearance of an action and functions adverbially.
**2. Apply it in context:** “As if he knows everything” describes how he speaks, rather than naming a thing or modifying a noun.
**Answer: C — Adverbial clause.**
A: **Incorrect:** The clause does not occupy a noun position.
B: **Incorrect:** It does not describe a noun as a relative clause would.
C: **Correct:** It modifies the speaking through a comparison of manner.
