1.
Such is the littleness of our home in space when measured
up against the total substance of the universe. 12601001
a) shut b) calculated
c) forgotten d) left
2.
These millions of stars are wandering about in space. 12601002
a) roaming
b) colliding
c) running
d) shining
3.
For the most part each star makes its voyage in complete loneliness,
like a ship on an empty ocean. 12601003
a) margin b) life
c) company d) solitude
4.
From this it is easy to understand why a star seldom finds another anywhere near it.
12601004
a) always b) rarely
c) yearly d) sometimes
5.
We believe, however, that some two thousand million years ago this rare
event took place. 12601005
a) seen b) occurred
c) played d) born
6.
As the cause of the disturbance came nearer and nearer,
the mountain would rise higher and higher. 12601006
a) dawn b) mountain
c) pain d) upheaval
7.
But from these humble beginnings came a stream of
life. 12601007
a) important b) modest
c) lively d) remaining
8.
Calculation shows that there can be only very few such systems in space. 12601008
a) statistics b) addition
c) subtraction d) division
9.
We find an immense
star large enough to contain millions and millions of earths.
a) tiny b) huge 12601009
c) various d) similar
10. And even inside them, life
must be very rare, for it is extremely unusual for suns to throw
off planets as our sun has done.
a) usual b) ordinary 2601010
c) common d) unusual
11. Such is the littleness of
our home in space when measured up against the total substance. 12601011
a) mass b) number
c) travel d) voyage
12. Each star makes its voyage
in complete loneliness. 12601012
a) journey b) routine
c) address d) reset
13. An immense tidal
wave was raised on the surface. 12601013
a) tsunami b) whirlpool
c) windstorm d) breeze
14. In course of time one of
these cooling pieces gave birth to life. 12601014
a) decomposed b) devastated
c) produced d) depended
15. In the immense stretches of
space beyond the Milky Way, it is colder still. 12601015
a) glacier
b) dim stars
c) planets
d) collection of
stars
16. Away from the fires there is
this unimaginable cold of hundreds of degrees of frost. 12601016
a) unpleasant b) unconcerned
c) inconceivable d) determined
Questions from Textbook
Q.1. How is it that a star seldom finds another
star near it? (Board 2010, 16) 12601017
OR
Why do the stars not
come close to each other?
Q.2. What
happened when, according to Sir James Jeans, a wandering star, wandering
through space, came near the sun? (Board 2008, 2009) 12601018
OR
What happened when a wandering star came near the sun?
Q.3. What
happened when the wandering star came nearer and nearer? 12601019
Q.4. What are the planets and how did they come into existence? 12601020
OR
How did our earth come into existence? (Board 2015)
Q.5. Why is there no life on the stars? (Board 2008, 2010) 12601021
Q.6. Write a
note on the beginning of life on the earth. (Board 2010) 12601022
OR
When and how did life start on the earth?
OR
How did life come into being on the earth?
Q.7. Why is
the universe, of which our earth is a part, so frightening? Give as many
reasons as you can. (Board 2007, 2009) 12601023
OR
Why is the universe, of which our earth is a part, so
frightening?
Q.8. What, in your opinion, should be the
conditions necessary, for the kind of life we know to exit on other heavenly
bodies? (Board 2015) 12601024
OR
Why do we come to believe that life can exist only on a
planet like the earth?
(Board 2016)
Additional
Questions
Q.9. What, according to James Jeans, is the total number of stars in
the universe? 12601025
Q.10. What is the most important requirement for the appearance of life?
12601026
Q.11. What is a narrow belt?
12601027
Q.12. What is the Milky Way? 12601028
Q.13. What is the size of the earth as compared to other stars? 12601029
Q.14. What happened when a wandering star began to
move away from the sun?
(Board 2010) 12601030
Lesson
2
USING THE SCIENTIFIC
METHOD
Darrel
Barnard & Lon Edwards
Synonyms
1.
All of us have benefitted greatly from the use of
scientific method. 12602001
a) learnt b) profited
c) believed d) appreciated
2.
We have been greatly benefitted in the production and preservation
of food.
12602002
a) infusion b) provision
c) storage d) transformation
3.
Scientific method has helped us in the improvement of communication
and transportation. 12602003
a) exchange of information
b) translation
c) promotion
d) transfusion
4.
We are more critical in our thinking than our ancestors. 12602004
a) elders b) forefathers
c) seniors d) relatives
5.
By the time you reached the age of twelve, you would undoubtedly
have had measles. 12602005
a) perhaps b) unimaginably
c) severely d) surely
6.
Even then your battle for life was not over:
a) struggle b) wish 12602006
c) try d) idea
7.
Life was most uncertain. 12602007
a) unassuming b) believable
c) insecure d) imperfect
8.
Once started, it spread through a community. 12602008
a) family b) country
c) an
area d) commercial area
9.
A person who lived more than thirty years was indeed fortunate. 12602009
a) lucky b) frowning
c) impressive d) intelligent
10.
Young people are treated to protect them against disease. 12602010
a) stand b) perform
c) guard
d) fight
11.
These changes have helped in solving such problems as the causes of
disease and its prevention.
12602011
a) treatment b) avoidance
c) production d) performance
12.
Into the narrow, unpaved city streets household garbage and other refuse
were thrown. 12602012
a) deny b) garbage
c) things d) material
13.
The streets were poorly drained. 12602013
a) cleared out b) carpeted
c) made d) framed
14.
Sewage is carried through sealed pipes.
a) open b) steel 12602014
c) paved d)
closed
15.
Sewage is carried through sealed pipes to the disposal
plants. 12602015
a) dumping b) hidden
c) different d) dangerous
16.
It has been demonstrated that unsanitary conditions cause
disease. 12602016
a) told b) watched
c) shown d) exaggerated
17.
Unsanitary conditions cause dysentery and cholera. 12602017
a) dehydration b) loss of blood
c) diarrhea d) depression
18.
Water was used very sparingly for bathing and cleaning
purposes. 12602018
a) specially b) rarely
c) economically
d) fluently
19.
Water is carried through an aqueduct to the city of Los
Angeles. 12602019
a) furrows
b) underground water channel
c) vehicles
d) water tanks
20.
This is a remarkable advance from the bucket system of
supplying homes with water. 12602020
a) twist b) descent
c) progress d) recovery
21.
Thrifty housewives preserved their home-grown vegetables. 12602021
a) carefree
b) quarrelling
c) frugal
d) spendthrift
22.
Regardless of where people live today,
they can obtain some fresh fruits. 12602022
a) with
high regard
b) thankful
c) irrespective of
d) concerning
23.
Food is preserved so that it is both nutritious and
enjoyable. 12602023
a) natural
b) rich in food value
c) low in proteins
d) balanced
24.
Modern methods of selecting, grading and processing have removed the
risk of dehydration from food. 12602024
a) adding water
b) lack of fluids
c) getting state
d) damaging
25.
Feelings which involve fears such as this are called superstitions. 12602025
a) excuses b) evil
ideas
c) sensations d) baseless fears
26.
Superstitious beliefs are overcome by using the scientific
method. 12602026
a) matched b) crossed
c) controlled d) proved
27.
Astrology and fortune-telling are still practised today. 12602027
a) study of planets
b) study of institutions
c) the knowledge of stars
d) study
of people
Questions from Textbook
Q.1. How has the use of scientific method helped us in our fight
against disease?
(Board
2009) 12602028
Q.2. Write a note on the better sanitary
conditions available in our cities today and compare them with what they were
like a hundred years ago. 12602029
Q.3. What are the sanitary conditions like in
our villages today and how would you improve them? 12602030
Q.4. How has the scientific method helped us in the preservation and
production of food?
(Board 2007, 15) 12602031
Q.5. We are
now generally less fearful than our ancestors. What were our ancestors afraid
of? 12602032
OR
Why are we less fearful than
our ancestors?
OR
How are we different from our ancestors? (Board 2007) 12602033
Q.6. How has the scientific method enabled us to
get over the old fear? 12602034
Q.7. What part did astrology play in the lives
of men and women in the past? Give examples. 12602035
Q.8. Describe some of the superstations still
current in our country. How do they affect the lives of those who believe in
them?
Additional Questions
Q.9. In what different ways has the use of scientific method helped
mankind? 12602037
Q.10. What was the infant death/mortality rate some two hundred years
ago? 12602038
Q.11. What different diseases did a child suffer from before
reaching his 12th birthday? 12602039
Q.12. What were the sanitary conditions in our cities some 100 years
ago? (Board 2015) 12602040
Q.13. What are the sanitary conditions like in our cities today? (Board 2010) 12602041
Q.14. How was water carried to homes in the past and why was it used
sparingly? 12602042
Q.15. How did Los Angeles solve the water problem? 12602043
Q.16. What is an attitude? 12602044
Q.17. What are superstitions? 12602045
Q.18. How have we benefitted from the use of science in our
surroundings? 12602046
Q.19. How were meats and vegetables preserved? (Board 2010) 12602047
Q.20. How did women preserve fruits and vegetables in the past? (Board 2009, 2010) 12602048
Q.21. How has the scientific method removed the risk of poisoning from
canned foods?
12602049
Q.22. What different diseases are caused by unsanitary conditions? 12602050
Q.23. How are superstitious beliefs being overcome? 12602051
Q.24. What has been the important problem in the growth of cities? 12602052
Q.25. What were the superstitions that were very common in the
past? (Board 2008) 12602053
Q.26. Discuss how science has made man open-minded. (Board 2008) 12602054
Q.27. Why was the variety of food limited in the past? (Board 2015,16) 12602055
Q.28. How did people arrange water in the past? (Board 2016)
Lesson
3
WHY BOYS FAIL IN
COLLEGE
Herbert E. Hawkes
Synonyms
1.
Many students have the native ability to pass. 12603001
a) active b) resident
c) inborn d) local
2.
They do not concentrate on the tasks assigned. 12603002 a) focus b) lay
c) get through d) current
3.
They do not concentrate on the tasks assigned. 12603003 a) developed b) allotted
c) given up d) shown
4.
Such nervous habits are not easy to uproot.
a) illuminate b) promote
12603004
c) cultivate d) eliminate
5.
Such nervous habits cannot be eradicated by anyone. 12603005
a) developed b) uprooted
c) applied d) substituted
6.
The boy must take himself by the collar.
a) deal firmly b) allocate 12603006
c) sharpen d) observe
7.
The boy must make himself cultivate a poise
and calm that smothers the fidgets.
a) career 12603007
b) ambition
c) composure
d) presence
8.
The boy should cultivate a poise and calm that smothers the fidgets. 12603008
a) communicates
b) refuses
c) maintains d) suppresses
9.
A common cause of failure is a mistaken ambition on the part of his parents. 12603009
a) wrong b) desirous
c) urgent d) growing
10.
The boy is not trying to do it with any distinction. 12603010
a) conclusion b) excellence
c) direction d) counter
11.
He is following a direction, mapped out by his parents. 12603011
a) planned b) helped
c) eradicated d) stepped
12.
It may be unreasonable for the boy.12603012
a) sensible b) illogical
c) social d) nervous
13.
He ought to like onions when he detests them. 12603013
a) approves b) likes
c) hates d) favours
14.
The boy wins out in such controversies.
a) applications b) conflicts 12603014
c) likings d) cooperation
15.
He cannot bring himself to try to do the work that is distasteful to him. 12603015
a) unpleasant b) pitiable
c) reasonable d) necessary
16.
Such boy is the most pitiable object among all our failing students. 12603016
a) ideal b) glorious
c) pathetic d) shining
17.
It is tragedy to see all of this keenness going to waste. 12603017
a) joy b) happiness
c) desire d) intelligence
18.
The entire opportunity is passed up because of a too receptive mind. 12603018
a) quick
b) receipt
c) dull d) consent
19.
An adequate health service is available in the college. 12603019
a) slow b) sharp
c) proper d) local
20.
An immense number of failures can be avoided. 12603020
a) large b) short
c) small d) proper
21.
In the case of poor academic work, for which
the reason is not apparent. 12603021
a) hidden b) clear
c) surprising d) thorough
22.
Various reasons have been brought to light for the enlightenment of the faculty.12603022
a) awareness b) lighten
c) disappointment d) prompt
23.
Occasionally, one meets an old-fashioned person. 12603023
a) frequently b) sometimes
c) impulsively d) automatically
24.
He would not consent to the operation.
a) disagree b) assent 12603024
c) vigour d) doubt
25.
There is no substitute for health. 12603025
a) price b) alternative
c) alter d) altar
26.
He possesses the physical vigour. 12603026
a) weakness b) strength
c) process d) trust
27.
He possesses the vigour to bring it to bear on the world’s problems. 12603027
a) shrink from b) point out
c) apply to d) endure
28.
It is always to the detriment of their health. 12603028
a) damage b) use
c) benefit d) chance
29.
Boys undergo transfusion of blood. 12603029
a) change b) transfer
c) donor d) sight
30.
It is a heartrending spectacle. 12603030
a) scene b) felicity
c) vain d) sickness
31.
Inevitably it is an important reason for failure. 12603031
a) doubtfully b) certainly
c) indefinitely d) sorrowfully
32.
Most colleges try to alleviate this situation. a) increase b) intense 12603032
c) lessen d) lesson
33.
Their judgment is perverted by the attractiveness of athletic sports. 12603033
a) misled b) calmed
c) demanded d) led
34.
A few lazy bluffers drift into college. 12603034
a) boasters b) shirkers
c) deceivers d) cricketers
35.
A few lazy bluffers drift into college.
a) go aimlessly b) go purposefully
c) go wisely d) go reasonably
36.
He is helping the young men to see life steadily. 12603036
a) inconsistent b) gradually
c) usually d) inactively
37.
The college dean should have the diagnostic
ability. 12603037
a) examining b) ailing
c) diseased d) engrossing
Questions from
Textbook
Q.1. According to the author there are some boys
who fail because they do not try. Who are they? Can we help them? 12603038
Q.2. How does mistaken ambition on the part of
the parents lead to failure?
OR (Board 2009, 10) 12603039
What is the ‘mistaken ambition’ for a boy and what is its
consequence?
OR (Board 2016)
What is meant by mistaken ambition? (Board 2016)
Q.3. There are some boys who have done well at
school but fail to make their mark at college. Who are they? Do you have such
boys in college in your country? 12603040
Q.4. How does financial pressure lead to the
failure of the students? (Board
2008, 09, 15) 12603041
Q.5. To what extend does the question of health
lead to failure at college? How far can the college authorities with their medical
officers help students in such cases? 12603042
OR
How
does bad health lead to the failure of students? (Board 2007)
Q.6. What place would you accord to sportsmen in
colleges? 12603043
Q.7. There are some students who join college
for the fun of it. Should they be allowed to stay? 12603044
OR
What punishment does the essayist
suggest for the lazy bluffers?
OR
What advice does the writer give
about the lazy bluffers? (Board 2015)
Additional Questions
Q.8. What are the different kinds of boys who fail in college? (Board 2010) 12603045
Q.9.
How can nervous habits be eradicated
among boys? 12603046
Q.10. Why does a boy who follows a wrong path fail? 12603047
Q.11. What is the most pitiable case among the boys
who fail? 12603048
Q.12. How can failure be avoided among bright boys? 12603049
Q.14. Why does Hawkes ask the boys to undergo a
thorough physical examination? 12603050
Q.
15. From what different diseases boys
suffer from in college? 12603051
Q.16. What do parents owe to their son towards his
studies? 12603052
Q.17. What is a heartrending spectacle? 12603053
Q.18. How can college authorities solve the problem
of financial difficulty? (Board 2010) 12603054
Q.19.
How do sports become a cause of failure
among boys? 12603055
Q.20. What should be the role of a college dean? (Board 2008, 10) 12603056
Q.21. Give two reasons for boys’ failure in
college. (Board 2008) 12603057
Q.22. In which two classes does the writer divide
the unsuccessful boys? (Board 2016) 12603058
Lesson
4
END OF TERM
David Daiches
Synonyms
1.
That phrase expresses my attitude to the arrival of weekend. 12604001
a) passage b) approach
c) period d) excess
2.
The daily grind of school pressed heavily upon me. 12604002
a) pressing time b) hard
work
c) duty d) going
3.
The daily grind of school with its abundant
homework pressed heavily upon me. 12604003
a) difficult b) challenging
c) regular d) excessive
4.
There was no possibility of turning over for an extra doze. 12604004
a) sleep b) medicine
c) time d) money
5.
There was no possibility of turning over for an
extra doze. 12604005
a) asking b) attending
c) requesting d) availing
of
6.
It was a dismal experience seeing the hours of school stretching ahead. 12604006
a) bleak b) demanding
c) daring d) dependable
7.
We had a maid once. 12604007
a) male servant b) cook
c) female servant d) gardener
8.
The maid would climb with grim steps to the attic floor. 12604008
a) threatening b) measured
c) haunting d) gleeful
9.
The maid would climb with grim steps to the attic floor. 12604009
a) paved b) upper floor
c) unpaved d) polished
10.
She would announce in deep, funereal tones. 12604010
a) funny b) loud
c) suppressed d) mournful
11.
I used to lie waiting for that ominous
tread.
12604011
a) threatening b) recognized
c) fearful d) expected
12.
I used to lie waiting for that ominous tread.
a) talk b) scene 12604012
c) transmission d) step
13.
The voice it heralded sounded like a summons to damnation. 12604013
a) proposed b) conveyed
c) ticked d) cleared
14.
The voice it heralded sounded like a summons to damnation. 12604014
a) push b) call
c) invitation d) greeting
15.
The voice it heralded sounded like a summons to damnation. 12604015
a) hell b) heaven
c) dead
valley d) haunting place
16.
The oppressive weight of the knowledge of
a full day’s school work remained a characteristic sensation. 12604016
a) total b) ordinary
c) pressing d) routine
17.
The oppressive weight of the knowledge of a full day’s school work remained a characteristic sensation. 12604017
a) character-based b) special
c) clueless d) dramatic
18.
The university had a new kind of academic
world. 12604018
a) competitive b) ordinary
c) educational d) ambitious
19.
Friday morning was positively rose- coloured. 12604019
a) pink b) fragrant
c) pleasant d) dull
20.
The last period on Friday had a special happy flavour. 12604020
a) taste b) appeal
c) message d) significance
21.
We walked home with a tread of an escaped
prisoner. 12604021
a) runaway b) scared
c) important d) dangerous
22.
Sometimes there were unexpected respites.
a) exceptional b) happy 12604022
c) unforeseen d) motivated
23.
Sometimes there were unexpected respites.
a) periods b) reasons
12604023
c) breaks d) respiration
24.
Some unforeseen circumstances caused unexpected crisis. 12604024
a) unimportant b) unfavourable
c) imitating d) unexpected
25.
Some unforeseen circumstances caused to be cancelled the preceding Saturday.
12604025
a) earlier b) onward
c) star d) studies
26.
Sometimes there was a sudden dismissal of school.
12604026
a) demolition b) closure
c) construction d) function
27.
A Monday off, made a luxuriously long weekend. 12604027
a) conveniently b) easily
c) limitedly d) clearly
28.
If there had been a continuous hard frost for some days. 12604028
a) condition b) clime
b) fuss d) snowfall
29.
They were the blessed breaks in routine.
a) bad b) pleasant 12604029
c) standard d) dedicated
30.
Later, three weeks’ holidays were tragically
reduced to a fortnight. 12604030
a) tactfully
b) unfortunately
c) tastefully
d) temporarily
31.
I could look forward to a period of permanent
felicity. 12604031
a) happiness b) sorrow
c) alignment d) peculiarity
32.
I would savour my happiness with conscious relish. 12604032
a) protect b) enhance
c) enjoy d) leave
33.
I would savour my happiness with conscious
relish. 12604033
a) consecutive b) known
c) common d) keen
34.
I would savour my happiness with conscious
relish. 12604034
a) realism b) relief
c) taste d) mood
35.
I could hardly believe that three strenuous terms had rolled away. 12604035
a) arduous b) tremendous
c) sad d) significant
36.
I could hardly believe that three strenuous terms had rolled away. 12604036
a) set in
b) passed
c) removed d) combined
37.
The longed for, mythical summer holidays were at hand. 12604037
a) majestic b) memorable
c) funny d) imaginary
38.
The longed for mythical summer holidays were at hand. 12604038
a) offered b) left
c) near
d) lost
39.
Summer holidays were unspoilt and lying intact. 12604039
a) ineffective b) in
action
c) unused d) useless
40.
I often hung on the outskirts of an
ice- cream barrow. 12604040
a) border b) outer edge
c) shop d) sight
41.
I often hung on the outskirts of an
ice- cream barrow. 12604041
a) shop b) parlour
c) trolley d) factory
42.
I wondered whether the ice-cream man would
be miraculously inspired. 12604042
a) supernaturally b) merely
c) momentarily d) permanently
Questions from Textbook
Q.1. What was Daiches’ attitude towards the week-end as
a school boy? Why did he long for it? (Board 2008) 12604043
OR
What was
Daiches’ attitude towards the weekend, as a school boy?
Q.2. What was Daiches’ general view of school life? (Board 2009) 12604044
Q.3. Daiches liked holidays for their freedom. Freedom from what? 12604045
Q.4. How did Daiches spend his summer holidays? (Board 2009) 12604046
Q.5. Wishes don’t come true in this life, writes
Daiches. What are the things he longed for but could not have? 12604047
OR
What the things Daiches longed for but could not have? (Board 2015)
OR
What did Daiches wish to buy during his childhood?
Q.6. What did Daiches do with his pocket money? 12604048
Additional Questions
Q.7. What was Daiches dismal experience on a Monday morning? 12604049
Q.8. Why was anticipation always worse than reality? 12604050
Q.9. What was a characteristic sensation of Daiches’ childhood and
when did it disappear?
12604051
Q.10. What was rose-coloured for the writer? (Board 2008) 12604052
Q.11. What was Daiches’ attitude towards Friday, Saturday and Sunday
nights? 12604053
Q.12. What were the different unexpected respites? 12604054
Q.13. What different holidays did Daiches have during an academic
year? 12604055
Q.14. What was Daiches’ summer school uniform? 12604056
Q.15. When did Daiches buy his first bicycle? (Board 2008) 12604057
Q.16. What miracle did Daiches wish to happen when he was at school? 12604058
Q.17. What is the significance of No.6 Millerfield place in the essay? 12604059
Q.18. Why was the writer fed up with the school? (Board 2010) 12604060
Q.19. ‘Friday Thank God’. Does this phrase show the writer’s attitude
towards holidays? Comment on it. (Board 2010) 12604061
Q.20. What did Daiches feel about summer vacation? (Board 2015) 12604062
Lesson
5
ON DESTROYING BOOKS
J. C. Squire
Synonyms
1.
It says in the paper that over two million volumes have
been presented to the troops by the public. 12605001
a) books b) instruments
c) things d) immense
2.
In some cases, one imagines, such indigestibles get into
the parcels by accident. 12605002
a) simple books
b) uninteresting books
c) novels
d) dramas
3.
But most people, especially non-bookish people, are very reluctant
to throw away anything that looks like a book. 12605003
a) perverted b) rubbish
c) hesitant d) ready
4.
In the most illiterate houses, every worthless volume finds its way to a
shelf. 12605004
a) worthy b) important
c) insignificant d) excellent
5.
Destruction not merely makes room for the new
books but saves one’s heirs the trouble of sorting out the
rubbish or storing it. 12605005
a) friend b) successors
c) success d) relative
6.
I was living in a small and heaven-kissing flat in Chelsea, and books
of inferior minor verse gradually accumulated there. 12605006
a) petty b) of mines
c) superior d) likable
7.
I was living in a small and heaven-kissing flat in
Chelsea, and books of inferior minor verse gradually accumulated
there. 12605007
a) sold b) heaped
c) bought d) stole
8.
I was faced with the alternative of either evicting the
books or taking rooms elsewhere for myself. 12605008
a) mustering b) stealing
c) quailing d) ousting
9.
I, therefore, had to throw them away or wipe them off the map
altogether. 12605009
a) destroy b) study
c) road d) examine
10.
I could not toast them on the gas cooker or consume them
leaf by leaf in my small study fire. 12605010
a) throw b) burn
c) expend d) find
11.
It is as hopeless to try to burn a book without opening it as to try to
burn a piece of granite. 12605011
a) paper b) book
c) stone d) cooker
12.
So in the end I determined to do to them what so
many people do to kittens: tie them up and consign them to the
river. 12605012
a) flavour b) dispatch
c) mark d) sour
13. I improvised a
sack, and stuffed the books into it. 12605013
a) stole b) sold
c) managed d) threw
14. There rang out the steps of solitary
travellers. 12605014
a) group b) worried
c) tired d) lonely
15. I strode off
towards the little square glow.
a) strove 12605015
b) marched
c) swam
d) burnt
16.
I passed a policeman who was flashing his lantern.
12605016
a) stepping b) shining
c) dim d) sacking
17.
He looked suspicious. 12605017
a) doubtful b) timid
c) coward d) frightened
18.
I trembled slightly. 12605018
a) forcefully b) a little
c) dull d) foolishly
19.
He may suspect I have swag in this sack.
a) novels b) kittens 12605019
c) things d) stolen goods
20.
He may suspect I have swag in this sack.
a) clear b) give 12605020
c) doubt d) trust
21.
They are detected in any deliberately furtive act. 12605021
a) secret b) apparent
c) luxuriant d) easy
22.
He acquitted me apparently. 12605022
a) helped b) exonerated
c) marked d) punished
23.
He acquitted me apparently. 12605023
a) legally b) scornfully
c) secretly d) evidently
24.
I prevented from growing more rapid.
12605024
a) summoned b) avoided
c) fixed d) assembled
25.
All the implications of my act revealed themselves. 12605025
a) protection b) consequences
c) rumination d) absorption
26.
I looked down into the faintly luminous swirls of the
river. 12605026
a) dim b) pitchy
c) shining d) parapet
27.
I fervently hoped. 12605027
a) secretly b) furtively
c) ardently d) faintly
28.
I fervently hoped, an air of rumination.
12605028
a) meditation b) revelation
c) recitation d) rejection
29.
It was a tramp, who had other things to think about. 12605029
a) worker b) vagabond
c) thief d) pirate
30.
I could hear his gruff, sneering laugh.
12605030
a) rough b) pleasing
c) joyful d) pleasant
31.
I could hear his gruff, sneering laugh.
12605031
a) pleasing b) mocking
c) pleasant d) shrinking
32.
I strayed up and down. 12605032
a) strolled b) talked
c) twirled d) trembled
33.
The writer quailed from it at the last moment. 12605033
a) ran b) stepped
c) drew back d) revealed
34.
There are projecting circular bays with seats in them. 12605034
a) bulging b) kneeling
c) bending d) shining
35. I knelt on the
seat. 12605035
a) sat b) stood
c) stooped d) fainted
36. There is a shrinking and contemptible
coward. 12605036
a) disgraceful b) respectable
c) respectful d) brave
37.
The books were subsiding on the ooze of the bottom. 12605037
a) dip b) mud
c) plunge d) nip
38.
The books were there to lie forlorn and forgotten whilst
the unconscious world of men went on. 12605038
a) alone b) unhappy
c) unaware d) blaze
Questions from Textbook
Q.1. What sort of books were presented by the British public to the
soldiers? 12605039
Q.2. Was it
interest of soldiers that prompted their action, or was it the wish to get rid
of useless books? (Board 2010 ) 12605040
OR
Why did the people send old and odd books to the
soldiers?
Q.3. Why
should bad books be destroyed? (Board 2009, 2010) 12605041
OR
Why should old and useless books be destroyed?
Q.4. Why is it
difficult to destroy books? (Board 2008) 12605042
OR
Why is it not always easy to destroy books?
Q.5. Why
could not the author burn the unwanted books? (Board 2010, 2008) 12605043
OR
Why could the author not burn his books?
Q.6. How did Squire decide to get rid of unwanted books? (Board 2009) 12605044
Q.7. Describe the author’s midnight venture to
throw the books in the river and the suspicions which his actions were likely
to arouse. 12605045
OR
What
difficulty brought J.C. Squire within the shadow of the Rope? (Board 2015)
Q.8. How did Squire muster up courage at last to
fling the books into the river?
(Board 2016) 12605046
Q.9. Did Squire come to have a feeling for the books
once he had got rid of them? 12605047
OR
Describe the feelings of J.C Squire
for the books while returning home. (Board 2010)
Additional Questions
Q.10. How many books were presented to the soldiers by the people? (Board 2009) 12605048
Q.11. What is the attitude of non-bookish people towards books? 12605049
Q.12. Describe the scene during the author’s midnight venture. 12605050
Q.13. What was Squire’s fear about the policeman? 12605051
Q.14. Why could the author bear the investigation of the police? 12605052
Q.15. Why did the author feel a slight unease? 12605053
Q.16. What idea made the writer frightened when he thought of the
splash? (Board
2008) 12605054
Q.17. What suspicion could a splash raise among the listener? 12605055
Q.18. Why would it be difficult to satisfy a London
constable? 12605056
Q.19. What were the titles of the books mentioned
in the essay? 12605057
Q.20. What kind of books did accumulate in the
writer’s flat? (Board 2015) 12605058
Q.21. Justify the author’s act of destroying books.
(Board 2016) 12605059
Lesson
6
THE MAN WHO WAS A
HOSPITAL
Jerome K. Jerome
Synonyms
1. I had just been reading a patent
liver-pill circular. 12606001
a) pirated b) licensed
c) local d) strong
2. I had just been reading a
patent liver-pill circular. 12606002
a) magazine b) medicine
c) leaflet d) copy
3. In which were detailed the
various symptoms. 12606003
a) details b) signs
c) numbers d) matters
4. I never read a patent
medicine advertisement without
being impelled to the
conclusion. 12606004
a) forced b) resulted
c) worried d) taken
5. I am suffering from the
particular disease therein dealt with in
its most virulent form.
12606005
a) strange b) amazing
c) poisonous d) new
6. The diagnosis seems in every
case to correspond
exactly with all the sensations.
a) correlate b) say 12606006
c) enjoy d) feel
7. The diagnosis seems in every
case to correspond exactly with
all the sensations.
a) problems b) feelings
12606007
c) wisdom d) pain
8. To read the treatment for
some slight ailment. 12606008
a) headache b) disease
c) fever d) gout
9. I idly turned
the leaves. 12606009
a) happily b) sadly
c) quickly d) lazily
10. I idly turned the leaves,
and began to indolently
study diseases. 12606010
a) lazily b) keenly
c) thoroughly d) poorly
11. I forget which was the first
distemper.
a) disease b) member 12606011
c) circular d) feeling
12. Some dreadful, devastating
scourge.
12606012
a) nice b) fatal
c) pleasing d) old
13. Some dreadful devastating scourge.
12606013
a) affliction b) painful
c) notion d) dream
14. I had glanced
half down the list of premonitory
symptoms. 12606014
a) judged b) looked
c) checked d) disturbed
15. I had glanced half down the list
of premonitory symptoms. 12606015
a) dangerous b) poor
c) forewarning d) changed
16. Then in the listlessness
of despair. 12606016
a) sluggish b) position
c) lethargy d) worry
17. And determined to sift
it to the bottom.
a) transferred b) know 12606017
c) go through d)
changed
18. I was sickening
for it. 12606018
a) nourishing b) fearing
c) sifting d) weakening
19. The acute
stage would commence in about fortnight. 12606019
a) good b)
severe
c) periodic d) decent
20. The acute stage would commence
in about fortnight. 12606020
a) end b) start
c) change d) reverse
21. The acute stage would
commence in about fortnight. 12606021
a) one
month b) one week
c) two days d) two weeks
22. Cholera I had with severe
complications.
a) acute b)difficulties 12606022
c) fever d) pain
23. I plodded
conscientiously through the twenty-six
letters. 12606023
a) read b) wrote
c) turned d) took
24. I plodded conscientiously
through the twenty-six letters. 12606024
a) quickly b) lazily
c) carefully d) carelessly
25. It seemed somehow to be a
sort of slight. a) insult b) honour
12606025
c) problem d) right
26. Why this invidious
reservation? 12606026
a) offensive b) fair
c) pleasing d) valuable
27. Why this invidious reservation? 12606027
a) disturbance b) favour
c) reluctance d) anxiety
28. After a while, however, less
grasping feeling prevailed. 12606028
a) horrible b) selfish
c) romantic d) sad
29. After a while, however, less
grasping feeling prevailed. 12606029
a) faced b) overcame
c) withdrew d) felt
30. I reflected. 12606030
a) wrote b) read
c) said d) thought
31. I reflected that I had every
other known malady in
pharmacology. 12606031
a) thing b) disease
c) problem d) matter
32. I reflected that I had every
other known malady in pharmacology. 12606032
a) science
of diseases
b) science of motion
c) science of drugs
d) science of art
33. Gout, in its most malignant
stage. 12606033
a) early b) later
c) normal d) cruel
34. Zymosis, I had evidently
been suffering with from boyhood. 12606034
a) always b) obviously
c) partially d) forcefully
35. I concluded
there was nothing else the matter
with me. 12606035
a) pleased b) corresponded
c) gathered d) checked
36. I sat and pondered. 12606036
a) agonized
b) wept
c) laughed
d) contemplated
37. What an acquisition
I should be to a class.
12606037
a) problem
b) relaxation
c) achievement d) important
38. I pulled out my watch and timed
it.
12606038
a) calculated b) looked
c) settled d) threw
39. I have since been induced to
come to the opinion. 12606039
a) inclined b) through
c) felt d) started
40. I patted
myself all over my front. 12606040
a)
shook b) washed
c) stroked d) checked
41. I stuck it out
as far as ever it would go.
a) took b) pasted 12606041
c) forced d) showed
42. I crawled out
a decrepit wreck. 12606042
a) walked b) shambled
c) went d) ran
43. I crawled out a decrepit
wreck. 12606043
a) healthy b) old
but poor
c) old and rich d) old and weak
44. I crawled out a decrepit wreck. 12606044
a) worm b) person
c) ruin d) fruitful
45. He is an old chum
of mine. 12606045
a) student b) teacher
c) relative d) friend
46. I would do him a good
turn by going to him now. 12606046
a) round b) payment
c) favour d) visit
47. He clutched
hold of my wrist. 12606047
a) grasped b) scratched
c) pulled d) pressed
48. And immediately afterwards butted
me.
a) touched b) kicked 12606048
c) hit with head d) followed
49. Being only a chemist hampers
me.
12606049
a) exits b) hinders
c) allows d) disturbs
Questions from Textbook
Q.1. How did Jerome K. Jerome come to suspect
that his liver was out of order? What were the diseases he thought he was
suffering from on reading a book on the treatment of diseases? 12606050
OR
Mention the various diseases the writer through he was
suffering from. (Board 2016)
Q.2. What was
the disease he discovered he didn’t have? (Board 2008) 12606051
OR
What
was the only disease the writer was not suffering from?
Q.3. Was the author pleased to find he didn’t
have housemaid’s knee? What was his first reaction? 12606052
Q.4. Why should the writer be an
acquisition to a medical class? (Board 2009, 2010) 12606053
OR
What, according to the writer, should the medical
students do to obtain their diploma?
OR
Why
did the writer consider himself a hospital?
Q.5. Describe Jerome’s visit to the medical man. (Board 2010, 16) 12606054
OR
How
did the doctor examine the writer?
Q.6. Jerome thought
he was doing the doctor a good turn by going to him. Why? 12606055
OR
Why
did the writer go to his medical man? And how much practice would the doctor
get from him?
Q.7. What
was the prescription given to Jerome K. Jerome by the doctor?
OR (Board 2009, 08)
12606056
Write
down the prescription the doctor wrote for Jerome K. Jerome. (Board 2015)
Q.8. Describe Jerome’s visit to the chemist. 12606057
OR
What did the chemist tell the writer?
Q.9. What is the significance of the doctor’s
advice: don’t stuff your head with things you don’t understand? 12606058
Additional Questions
Q.10. What was Jerome’s conclusion on reading the liver-pill circular? 12606059
Q.11. Why did
the writer go to the British Museum? (Board 2010,
2007,08,09 ) 12606060
Q.12. Why did
Jerome freeze with horror?
Q.13. Why did
Jerome start reading the book alphabetically?
Q.14. What
were his observations about cholera and diphtheria?
Q.15. Give an
account of how the writer felt his pulse and heart.
Q.16. What
was the result of examining his tongue?
Q.17. What
parts of his body did the writer examine?
Q.18. What
was Jerome’s reply to the doctor’s question?
Q.19. What
was the result of following the doctor’s advice? (Board 2006)
Q.20. What
was the last disease the writer studied and what did he say after studying it? (Board 2015)
Lesson 7
MY FINANCIAL CAREER
Stephen
Leacock
Synonyms
1. When I go into a bank I get rattled. 12607001
a) confused b) cash
c) reward d) enlightened
2. The wickets rattle me. 12607002
a) windows b) people
c) things d) rupees
3. The moment I cross the threshold of a bank. 12607003
a) wall b) room
c) doorstep d) passage
4. Attempt to transact business there. 12607004
a) get b) execute
c) stop d) start
5. I become an irresponsible idiot. 12607005
a) careful b) strange
c) idle d) foolish
6. I become an irresponsible idiot. 12607006
a) fool b) wise
c) person d) clerk
7. I knew this beforehand. 12607007
a) later b) already
c) fully d) soon
8. So I shambled in. 12607008
a) rushed b) cried
c) walked d) hurried
9. So I shambled in and looked timidly around at the clerks. 12607009
a) happily, b) sadly
c) nicely d) hesitantly
10. I have an idea that a person about to open an account must consult
the manager.
12607010
a) discuss with b) agree with
c) say d) refuse
11. My voice was sepulchral. 12607011
a) pleasant b) high
c) low d) gloomy
12. “Can I see the manager?” I said and added solemnly “alone”.
12607012
a) seriously b) smartly
c) loudly d) strongly
13. The accountant fetched him. 12607013
a) urged b) called
c) brought d) sent
14. The manager was a grave, calm man.
12607014
a) funny b) talkative
c) sensitive d) serious
15. I held my fifty-six dollars clutched in a crumpled ball.
12607015
a) opened b) grabbed
c) hidden d) put
16. I held my fifty-six dollars clutched in a crumpled ball.
12607016
a) big b) small
c) creased d) cricket
17. Without it the thing seemed self-evident.
12607017
a) obvious b) useful
c) disclose d) apparent
18. I had an awful secret to reveal. 12607018
a) new b) grave
c) financial d) terrible
19. I had an awful secret to reveal. 12607019
a) hold b) hide
c) unveil d) manage
20. “We are safe from interruption here”. 12607020
a) interference b) business
c) discussion d) people
21. “You are one of Pinkerton’s men, I presume,” he said. 12607021
a) tell b) assume
c) know d) admit
22. He had gathered from my mysterious manner. 12607022
a) revealed b) known
c) fascinated d) concluded
23. He had gathered from my mysterious manner. 12607023
a) strange b) horrible
c) fashionable d) funny
24. He had gathered from my mysterious manner. 12607024
a) call b) process
c) knowledge d) behaviour
25. Seeming to imply that I came from a rival agency. 12607025
a) mean b) explain
c) consider d) ask
26. Seeming to imply that I came from a rival agency. 12607026
a) new b) strong
c) civilized d) competitor
27. I had been prompted to lie about it. 12607027
a) declined b) thought
c) induced d) ready
28. I intend to keep all my money in this bank.
a) try b) plan 12607028
c) need d) hope
29. The manager looked relieved. 12607029
a) disturbed b) worried
c) relaxed d) shocked
30. “A large account, I suppose,” he said.
12607030
a) decide b) suggest
c) deposit d) assume
31. I went up to the accountant’s wicket and poked the ball of money
at him. 12607031
a) gave b) thrust
c) took d) threw
32. I went up to the accountant’s wicket and poked the ball of money
at him with a quick convulsive movement. 12607032
a) spastic b) slow
c) controlled d) measured
33. If I were doing a conjuring trick. 12607033
a) funny b) magic
c) fantastic d) dull
34. My face was ghastly pale. 12607034
a) extremely b) pleasant
c) very ill d) fresh
35. My face was ghastly pale. 12607035
a) red b) white
c) yellow d) calm
36. I asked in a hollow, vibrating voice. 12607036
a) sharp b) clear
c) weak d) angry
37. I asked in a hollow, vibrating voice.
12607037
a) shaky b) resounding
c) crying d) whistling
38. I was an invalid millionaire. 12607038
a) famous b) unknown
c) clever d) ailing
39. Reckless with misery. 12607039
a) care b) afraid
c) desperate d) horrified
40. Reckless with misery. 12607040
a) fun b) gloom
c) poverty d) pleasure
41. I made a plunge. 12607041
a) decided b) refused
c) cried d) spoke
42. I made a wretched attempt. 12607042
a) fresh b) same
c) strange d) miserable
43. I made a wretched attempt to look like a man with a fearfully
quick temper. 12607043
a) disposition b) notion
c) habit d) method
44. As the big door swung behind me. 12607044
a) swayed b) opened
c) shut d) moved
45. I caught the echo of a roar of laughter.
a) resonance b) noise 12607045
c) wave d) word
46. I caught the echo of a roar of laughter.
a) voice b) call 12607046
c) howl d) whisper
Questions from Textbook
Q.1. What
light do the following expressions throw on Leacock’s state of mind when he
entered the bank: ‘looked timidly round’, ‘shambled in’?
Q.2. Why
did the manager come to think that Leacock had an awful secret to reveal? 12607048
OR
Why
did the manager think the author to be a detective?
Q.3. What
was the attitude of the manager towards Leacock on learning that he only wished
to deposit 56 dollars in the bank?
Q.4. What
other blunders did Leacock commit after leaving the manager’s office? 12607050
Q.5. After
his misadventure in the bank where did Leacock keep his money? 12607051
Q.6. Give as
many examples as you can to show that Leacock was feeling completely lost in
the bank all the time he was there.
Additional Questions
Q.7. Why did the author get rattled on entering the bank? 12607053
OR
Why did the writer get confused in
the bank? (Board 2016)
Q.8. How
did Leacock behave in the bank?
Q.9. Why
did Leacock want to open an account in the bank?
Q.10. What
effect did the accountant have on the author?
Q.11. What
did the manager think of the author?
Q.12. What
was the reaction of the manager towards the author after his discovery?
OR
Describe
Stephen Leacock’s meeting with the bank manager. (Board 2015)
Q.13. Why did
all the clerks stop writing?
Q.14. What
idiot hope did strike Leacock? 12607060
Q.15. What
happened as Leacock came out of the bank?
OR
Briefly
described the reaction of the bank officials when Stephen Leacock left the
bank?
(Board 2015)
Q.16. What
did the writer’s answer ‘No, not from Pinkertons’ imply?
Q.17. What
did the manager feel when the author said that he was not a detective?
Q.18. Why did
the author enter a safe?
Q.19. Where
did the author go when he was drawn out of the safe? How did the author deposit
the money? 12607065
Q.20. How did
the voice of the author sound when he asked the accountant to deposit the
money? 12607066
Q.21. What
did the clerk ask the author in surprise when the writer
gave him a cheque?
Q.22. What
did the writer pretend about drawing all his money from the bank?
OR
Why
did Leacock hope that the people in the bank would have the impression that he
was and invalid millionaire? (Board 2016)
OR
Could the author explain why he wanted to draw
all his money?
Q.23. Draw a
character sketch of the accountant.
Lesson 8
CHINA'S WAY TO
PROGRESS
Galeazzo Santini
Synonyms
1. China was confused
with a small island.
12608001
a) mistaken
for b) unmixed
with
c) troubled
with d) detached
from
2. The flexible
Chinese bamboo curtain was countered. 12608002
a) rigid b) stretchy
c) new
d) old
3. The flexible Chinese bamboo
curtain was countered. 12608003
a) responded b) chanced
c) ignored d) neglected
4. Chinese bamboo curtain was
countered by a Western curtain of
rigid disregard . 12608004
a) neglect b) respected
c) regarded d) said
5. Then suddenly that
one-fourth of mankind enclosed
in the world’s third largest country. 12608005
a) opened b) contained
c) placed d) kept
6. The country was brought out
of the memory attic
with a loud bang. 12608006
a) lost
recollection b) mind
c) recollection d) store
7. The country was brought out
of the memory attic with a loud
bang. 12608007
a) explosion b) thing
c) viewed d) silence
8. But the occidentals
certainly launched the warm
hug. 12608008
a) Easterners b) Westerners
c) Northerns d) Southerns
9. But the occidentals
certainly launched the warm
hug. 12608009
a) played b) kept
c) introduced d) discouraged
10. But the occidentals
certainly launched the warm hug. 12608010
a) embrace b) kept
away
c) far d) remote
11. The crowd of official
visitors to Peking is now more numerous
than the battalion of traders. 12608011
a) great number b) small
number
c) division d) soldiers
12. Seventy three years old Chou
En-Lai will end up dislocating
his right hard. 12608012
a) placing b) disjoining
c) joining d) keeping
13. His eye blinded by the
constant flashing of the
official souvenir photographers. 12608013
a) shining
b) news
c) information d) meeting
14. His eye blinded by the
constant flashing of the
official souvenir photographers. 12608014
a) memento b) rare
c) award d) gift
15. The queue of
countries on the waiting list to recognize
the Peoples Republic of China is growing. 12608015
a) line b) agenda
c) thought d) meditation
16. With the mounting
awareness of the absurdity. 12608016
a) increasing b) decreasing
c) falling d) showing
17. With the mounting awareness
of the absurdity. 12608017
a) oblivion b) consciousness
c) chance d) feelings
18. With the mounting awareness
of the absurdity. 12608018
a) meaninglessness b) cleverness
c) wisdom d) vagueness
19. With the mounting awareness
of the absurdity of the past oblivion. 12608019
a)
tradition b) custom
c) forgetfulness d) recollection
20. A political guilt
complex for having kept China out of the
U.N. for a long time.
a) remorse b) action 12608020
c) deed d) achievement
21. China is now the fashion
around the world, and in no uncertain
terms. 12608021
a) clear b) vague
c) difficult d) easy
22. Everywhere politicians of
the most conservative
and bourgeois kind are attempting. 12608022
a) orthodox b) heretical
c) radical d) democratic
23. Politicians of the most
conservative and bourgeois
kind are attempting. 12608023
a) of
middle class b) poor
c) rich d) wealthy
24. When confronting
the enigma of the Chinese planet. 12608024
a) facing b) ignoring
c) neglecting d) in
mind
25. When confronting the enigma
of the Chinese planet. 12608025
a) riddle b) event
c) incident d) problem
26. During our visits to the
agriculture communes
we were proudly told. 12608026
a) communities b) homes
c) farms d) storage
27.
Russia did not have the grim
inheritance.
12608027
a) good b) fortunate
c) bleak d) fine
28. Russia did not have the grim
inheritance.
12608028
a) legacy b) history
c) record d) event
29. Russia did not have the grim
inheritance of a century of a shattering
multi-colonial experience. 12608029
a) constructing b) devastating
c) building d) placing
30. Russia never suffered
China’s fate of such a sharp
and pervasive Western impact.
12608030
a) dull b) omnipresent
c) nominal d) insignificant
31. Russia never suffered
China’s fate of such as sharp and pervasive Western impact.
12608031
a) effect b) place
c) rite d) watch
32. It was forced into a kind of
national schizophrenia. 12608032
a) mental
disease
b) feeling
c) character
d) nature
33. But above all in terms of a split
culture.
12608033
a) dependable b) independent
c) divided d) mixed
34. In China the individual has
been rescued.
a) place
b) kept 12608034
c) freed d) promoted
35. In China the individual has
been rescued from the aftermath
of this unfortunate heritage.
12608035
a) outcome b) comments
c) opinions d) events
36. Just as the Vietnams have withstood
American technology. 12608036
a) understood
b) promoted
c) resisted
d) forced
37. The ascetic militant
Chinese have gone straight to the
roots of the problem. 12608037
a) austere b) honest
c) brave d) innocent
38. That have plagued Asian
countries for thousand of years. 12608038
a) afflicted b) encouraged
c) controlled d) saved
39. The lack of food and low
level of nutrition. 12608039
a) nourishment b) fats
c) wheat d) iron
40. Gross inequalities
of income and consumption. 12608040
a) balance b) disparity
c) resistance d) sufficient
41. Gross inequalities of income
and consumption. 12608041
a) income b) earning
c) spending d) saving
42. The gigantic Chinese
social experiment does not concern
only Asia. 12608042
a) small
b) with
c) insignificant
d) huge
43. For years, the Chinese have
been striving to make
the world realize. 12608043
a) endeavouring b) excusing
c) playing d) feeling
44. Chinese have been striving
to make the world realize, through
the official interpreter.
12608044
a) translator b) viewer
c) transporter d) musician
45. The Chinese model cannot
be analyzed according to
the western system. 12608045
a) specimen b) film
star
c) new d) later
46. It involves an utterly
different approach.
a) new b) modern 12608046
c) completely d) old
47. It involves an utterly different approach.
12608047
a) access
b)recommendation
c)
method d)
through
48. It is neither backwardness
nor delay, but a rejection. 12608048
a) acceptance b) access
c) refusal d) displacement
49. Political control over the masses
not only stops exodus. 12608049
a) people
b) matter
c) material d) non-material
50. Political control over the
masses not only stops exodus. 12608050
a) migration b) modern
c) completely d) old
51.
Agricultural mechanization is being introduced
with considerable caution.
12608051
a) automation
b) introducing
c) planning d) investment
52. Agriculture mechanization is being introduced with considerable caution.
12608052
a) care b) ideal
c) thought d) planning
53. Agricultural labour is kept
on the spot and incorporated in
local small industries.
12608053
a) helped
b) integrated
c) avoided
d) saved
54. He does not flee to
the cities. 12608054
a) work b) escape
c) walk d) left
55. Economic decentralization
has freed China from a
traditionally cumbersome bureaucracy.
12608055
a) resourceful b) sure
c) cooperative d) inefficient
56. It has developed local enterprise
to the greatest possible degree of
independence.
12608056
a) mill
b) factory
c) project d) experiment
57. The 26 Chinese provinces
could subsist on their
own in the event of war. 12608057
a) help
b) burrowed
c) loan d) survive
58. While anybody invading
the country would be literally
drowned in a sea of people.
a) helping
b) saving
12608058
c) mixing
d) attacking
59. While anybody invading the
country would be literally
drowned in the sea of people.
a) of
literature b) of
book 12608059
c) actually
d) briefly
60. The heart of the matter is
the need to root out selfishness.
12608060
a) produce
b) eradicate
c) plant
d) sow
61. China is striving to conceive
modernization as part
of process of embellishment of landscape. 12608061
a) achieve
b) consider
c) get
d) gain
62. China is striving to
conceive modernization as part
of a process of embellishment of landscape.
12608062
a) simplicity
b) beautification
c) program
d) promotion
63. Peking people daily has to
say commenting on Mao’ famous maxim.
12608063
a) example
b) elaboration
c) proverb
d) thought
64. National machines and
equipment are not entirely indigenous.
12608064
a) costly
b) cheap
c) excellent
d) local
65. Indigenous equipment can be promptly
prepared. 12608065
a) slowly
b) gradually
c) quickly
d) with
planning
66. It can stimulate the
revolutionary spirit of the
masses. 12608066
a) kindle b) slow down
c) stop d) hinder
67. With this revolutionary
spirit of the masses all difficulties
can be overcome. 12608067
a) promoted
b) program
c) controlled
d) increased
68. Despite having to use an
interpreter, he was able to find
out. 12608068
a) explain
b) discover
c) hide
d) keep secret
69. I get up at 6 o’clock in the
morning, do a few chores in
the house. 12608069
a) washing
b) routine
c) preparation d) household
work
70. All political news which illustrate
the national and international
situation. 12608070
a) prove
b) explain
c) modify
d) simplify
71. We do some sports and often
play ping pong. 12608071
a) football b) cricket
c) table
tennis d) hockey
72. From a western angle there
is a lack of femininity
in the Chinese women. 12608072
a) beauty b) fashion
c) cosmetics d) womanhood
73. In the land of opium drugs
are non- existent. 12608073
a) available b) absent
c) too
much d) present
74. Mao says that women hold
up half the sky.
a) support b) stop 12608074
c) fall d) watch
75. Woman are determined
to keep their half raised at the same
height as that held up by men. 12608075
a) thought b) pondered
c) resolved d) ambitions
76. Free hospitalization and
medical care, nursery and infant
school. 12608076
a) boys b) girls
c) adults d) baby
77. She always concludes by affirming
that in the west women have
not yet succeeded in obtaining all
this. 12608077
a) confirming b) describing
c) explaining d) reporting
78. The radical change
in women’s condition in China has given women a sense of confidence hitherto unknown to them.
12608078
a) white b) insignificant
c) fundamental d) gradual
79. The radical change in
women’s condition in China has
given women a sense of confidence hitherto
unknown of them.
a) till
now b) then 12608079
c) now d) never
80. If the patient has money
problem then the company steps in with
direct assistance.
12608080
a) contact b) subordination
c) support d) addition
81. Nearly all plants boast
nurseries and kindergartens.
12608081
a) pre-schools b) high
schools
c) colleges d) universities
82. Children are fed under the
control of a dietician for
a very modest sum. 12608082
a) optician b) cardiologist
c) nutritionist d) glutton
83. Children are fed under the
control of a dietician for a very modest
sum. 12608083
a) small b) big
c) large
d) excessive
84. When a low wage category
worker finds he has to maintain
a large family, his expenses may exceed
his income. 12608084
a) surpass b) decrease
c) improve
d) promote
85. The Chinese regime
has set up an assistance system
guaranteeing a minimum subsistence
level. 12608085
a) government b) leader
c) patriot d) nationalist
86. The company where the worker
is employed then intervenes and
raises his salary. 12608086
a) postpone b) separate
c) interferes d) dismiss
87. It uses money form a
specially constituted fund. 12608087
a) formulated
b) claimed
c) rights d) regards
88. The fund comprises
two percent of the community
annual wage. 12608088
a) places b) consists
of
c) saves d) replaces
89. 800 million people, who can
be convinced, governed and
directed, might overthrow the
whole problem from all sides. 12608089
a) throw b) change
c) chance d) defeat
90. The contribution of
a dollar from each Chinese would make
roughly 800 million dollars. 12608090
a) donation b) achievement
c) deed d) salary
91.
When the number is not simply a juxtaposition
of persons, but a compact whole,
then it tends to become power.
a) introduction b) policy 12608091
c) market d) comparison
Questions
from Textbook
a.
Q.1. Why has the world changed
its attitude towards China? 12608092
Q.2. Discuss
Chinese agriculture system.
OR
How would you
describe China’s agriculture system? 12608093
Q.3. How does
China rely on its own resources? 12608094
Q.4. Describe
a day in the life of a Chinese student. (Board 2015) 12608095
Q.5. Write a note on Chinese
women. (Board 2016) 12608096
OR
How is a Chinese
woman different from a Western one? (Board 2016)
Q.6. What are the social
security benefits provided to the Chinese workers? 12608097
Q.7. “It is
the people and not the things that are decisive.” Discuss. 12608098
Q.8. “The
heart of the matter is the need to root out selfishness.” Discuss. 12608099
Additional
Questions
Q.9. How did the world behave
with China before and after her Independence? 12608100
Q.10. Point out the real
problems faced by China before Independence. 12608101
Q.11. Which three fevers do the
Chinese avoid? 12608102
Q.12. What does a decentralized
economy mean? 12608103
OR
Briefly explain the
term “ economic decentralization”. (Board 2015)
Q.13. How would you describe
“the real key to success” of China? 12608104
b.
Q.14. How have social benefits
empowered Chinese women? 12608105
Q.15. What is
an assistance scheme? 12608106
c.
Q.16. How does the world treat
China now and why? 12608107
Q.17. What impact did the foreign rule have on
China?
OR
From what
psychological problems did the Asian civilization suffer? 12608108
d.
Q.18. How did China rescue its
people from colonial heritage? 12608109
e.
Q.19. What different problems
did the Asian countries face in the past? 12608110
f.
Q.20. How do Chinese cities
differ from Western cities? 12608111
g.
Q.21. How does China control
exodus from villages? 12608112
h.
Q.22. What is the Chinese
concept of humanism? 12608113
i.
Q.23. Why does China prefer
indigenous machinery? 12608114
j.
Q.24. What is Mao’s belief about
women? 12608115
Lesson 09
HUNGER AND POPULATION
EXPLOSION
Anna Mckenzie
Synonyms
1. After a few slices of bread
and butter you forgot all about those
hunger pangs. 12609001
a) feelings b) incidents
c) spasms d) experience
2. They are the children whose
eyes stare as if blind,
whose arms and legs are sticks of liquorice. 12609002
a) gaze b) surprise
c) astonish d) seem
3. They are the children whose
legs and arms are like sticks
of liquorice? 12609003
a) liquor b) soap
c) wood d) sugar candy
4. Famine has been a problem since
the beginning of time. 12609004
a) food
shortage b) female
c) appetite d) thirst
5. The early hunter suffered grave
shortages during the winter months. 12609005
a) serious b) maximum
c) slight d) obvious
6. Quite often these were
serious enough to mean starvation
for him and his family.
12609006
a) famine b) thirst
c) hunger d) crisis
7. One of the first records of
famine was carved in
granite by an Egyptian pharaoh.
12609007
a) engraved b) embossed
c) written d) put
8. During my reign,
the Nile has not been in flood for seven
years. 12609008
a) time b) space
c) rule d) period
9. Corn is scarce
and food is lacking. 12609009
a) abundant b) short
c) enhancing d) perishing
10. Widespread disaster
was only averted by the pervious
compulsory storage of food under
Joseph’s management during plentiful
harvests. 12609010
a) matter b) season
c) bluster d) calamity
11. Widespread disaster was only
averted by previous
compulsory storage of food under Joseph’s
management during plentiful harvests. 12609011
a) invented b) embellished
c) evaded d) accepted
12. Widespread disaster was only
averted by the previous compulsory
storage of food under Joseph’s
management during plentiful
harvests. 12609012
a) abundant b) doleful
c) exceptional d) intense
13. We can get some idea of
these famines from our folklore. 12609013
a) local
tales b) songs
c) poems d) universal
ideas
14. Robin helping with transport
of food, robbing the rich to feed
the poor or poaching
for them from the Royal forests.
a) strolling b) stealing
12609014
c) scratching d) throwing
15. Nine and a half million
people perished in a single
famine. 12609015
a) suffered b) diseased
c) lost d) died
16. Even if there had been
enough availability, the ports
could not cope with all the ships bringing the cargoes. 12609016
a) handle b) responsible
c) save d) free from
17. The food could not have been
distributed to many of the isolated
and hardest hit areas.
a) joint b) remote 12609017
c) nearby d) charming
18. A tremendous
population explosion is taking place.
12609018
a) tragic b) large
c) lofty d) treat
19. In the past only a fraction
of the babies born grew up. 12609019
a) small
number b) identical
c) great d) twisted
20. In Ceylon for example, the
death rate reduced by one third in
two years greatly reducing mortality
from malaria. 12609020
a) morbid b) disease
c) malady d) death
21. This disease starts as
little hard pimples which may join
together to make blotches
a) scars b) spots 12609021
c) injuries d) medicine
22. Muscles are destroyed and
bones deformed. 12609022
a) strengthened b) grew
c) deshaped d) designed
23. The sufferer becomes depressed
and feels very ill. 12609023
a) dejected b) panicked
c) annoyed d) lonely
24. Many countries have carried
out massive programmes to
free their countrymen of yaws. 12609024
a) casual b) extensive
c) small d) essentially
25. The study of the population
growth indicates one of the
greatest paradoxes of our
time. 12609025
a) contradictions
b) imitations
c) tragedies d) happenings
26. These are the countries
usually marked by inadequate
supplies of power and light.
12609026
a) suitable b) moderate
c) insufficient d) accurate
27. The goods the country
exports are nearly always raw materials
which are much more subject to price fluctuation. 12609027
a) variation b) fall
c) rise d) fixation
28. We have the power to abolish
war if we have the will. 12609028
a) impose b) suppose
c) eliminate d) favour
Questions
from Textbook
Q.1. What does hunger mean on a large scale as
viewed by the author? 12609029
OR
What is hunger?
Q.2. Describe
some great famines of the past. 12609030
Q.3. How
do famines occur?
Q.4. What
are the reasons for population explosion?
OR
What is the main reason for
population increase today? (Board 2015)
Q.5. What is
meant by birth rate and death rate, and how do they affect the population of a
country?
OR
What is meant by death rate and birth rate?
Q.6. What have
public health measures to do with increase in population? 12609034
Q.7. Account
for the high birth rate in under-developed countries? 12609035
OR
Describe the rise
in birth rate in underdeveloped countries.
Q.8. Why is birth rate not so
high in advanced countries?
Q.9. Give a
brief account of the poor economic conditions prevailing in under-developed
countries.
Additional
Questions
Q.10. What did Hopcraft visit
and how did he describe the starving children?
Q.11. When was the first famine
recorded?
Q.12. How did Robin Hood help
the poor during local famines?
Q.13. What is a famine?
Q.14. How can hunger and famines be prevented?
Q.15. What is the greatest paradox of our times?
Q.16. What are general and local famines?
Q.17. How do
we measure population increase?
Q.18. How can the problem of population explosion
be solved? (Board 2016)
Lesson 10
THE JEWEL OF THE
WORLD
Philip K. Hitti
Synonyms
1.
It was in 750 that the Umayyad dynasty
in Damascus was overthrown by
the Abbasid family. 12610001
a) attack b) rule
c) control d) family
2.
It was in 750 that the Umayyad dynasty in Damascus was overthrown
by the Abbasid family. 12610002
a) scratched b) injured
c) grown d) defeated
3.
Abd-al-Rahman was a striking young man, tall, lean, with sharp, aquiline features.
12610003
a) vulture
like b) impressive
c) furious d) eagle-like
4.
In North Africa Abd-al-Rahman barely escaped
assassination. 12610004
a) arrest b) death
c) murder d) suicide
5.
It took Abd-al-Rahman some years more to bring all of Spain to subjection.
12610005
a) slavery b) elevation
c) height d) control
6.
They offered him refuge. 12610006
a) refute b) refund
c) fine d) asylum
7.
Thanks be to Allah for having placed the sea between us and such a foe. 12610007
a) ruler b) terrorist
c) spy d) enemy
8.
With his realm consolidated,
Abd-al- Rahman turned to the arts
of peace.
12610008
a)
abolished b) strengthened
c) conquered d) freed
9.
He beautified the cities of his domain.
12610009
a) choice b) neighbours
c) capital d) realm
10. Abd-al-Rahman
was a youth of exceptional nerve and ability. 12610010
a) extraordinary
b) ordinary
c) revolutionary
d) mediocre
11.
He kept in power the Umayyad dynasty which was wiped out in the east. 12610011
a) banished b) restored
c) eliminated d) flourishing
12.
Never before was Cordova so prosperous, Andalusia so rich and the state
so triumphant. 12610012
a) show b) successful
c) hectic d) declining
13.
Abd-al-Rahman’s court received envoys
from the Byzantine emperor. 12610013
a) refugees b) diplomats
c) spies d) soldiers
14. To his villa he brought
water and introduced exotic plants, such as peaches
and pomegranates. 12610014
a) foreign b) colourful
c) red-coloured d) known
15. This garden was proverbial for its extensive shades, falling waters and soft breeze. 12610015
a) difficult b) strange
c) healthful d) famous
16. With his thirteen years old
brother,
Abd-al-Rahman dashed into the river.
12610016
a) drowned b) plunged
c) threw d) swam
17. In the South of Spain,
across the strait from Ceuta, were stationed Syrian troops
from Damascus. 12610017
a) sea b) canal
c) channel d) river
18.
‘Thanks to be Allah for having placed the sea between us and such a foe!’ was the Caliph’s fervent rejoinder.
12610018
a) promise b) reply
c) motivation d) decision
19.
His reign lasted for
fifty years from 912 to 961. 12610019
a) duel b) order
c) constitution d) rule
20. His reign and that of his
two immediate successors mark the height of Muslim rule in the west. 12610020
a) detectors b) followers
c) ancestors d) planners
21. The capital boasted some
thirteen thousand weavers and a
flourishing leather industry. 12610021
a) anguishing b) prospering
c) conspiring d) declining
22. Paterna in Valencia was the
home of pottery. 12610022
a) poultry b) glassware
c) textile d) earthenware
23. It took him some years more
to bring all of Spain to
subjection, but he persisted.
12610023
a) aggrieved b) treated
c) retreated d) continued
24. With his realm consolidated,
Abd-al-Rahman turned to the arts of
peace.
12610024
a) province b) territory
c) government d) segment
25. Cordova acquired international fame.
a) deleted b) attained 12610025
c) qualified d) accumulated
26. Al-Hakam was himself a
scholar and patronized learning. 12610026
a) assisted b) captured
c) focused d) supported
27. He was generous to scholars and established
twenty-seven free schools in the
capital. 12610027
a) thrifty b) open-handed
c) careful d) loyal
28.
He invited professors from the east to the university and set aside endowments
for their salaries. 12610028
a) accounts b) salaries
c) property d) funds
29. His agents ransacked the bookshops of Alexandria. 12610029
a) courted b) founded
c) studied d) searched
30. Al-Hakam decorated the
mosque with mosaics brought by Byzantine artists.
12610030
a) fitting b) panels
c) decorative
stones d) scenery
31. Al-Zahra became the nucleus of a royal suburb. 12610031
a) pride b) excellence
c) centre d) outskirts
32.
The remains of Al-Zahra, partly excavated in and after 1910, can still be seen. 12610032
a) dug b) turned
over
c) ploughed d) smeared
33.
Completed and enlarged by his successors, it soon became the shrine
of Western Islam. 12610033
a) state b) sacred
place
c) land d) territory
34. The royal revenue of Spain was 62,45,000 dinars. 12610034
a) saving b) income
c) tax d) expenses
35. As always, under any
dynasty, sovereignty in the Muslim World, West or East was unstable. 12610035
a) management b) parliament
c) supremacy d) politics
36. In Spain, the Umayyad
dynasty kept the nominal rule from the time
Abd-al-Rahman I imposed it. 12610036
a) wide b) short
c) small d) huge
37. Dozy was a distinguished Dutch Scholar. 12610037
a) different b) renowned
c) ancient d) modern
38. His notes on certain
manuscripts rendered them highly prized by later
collectors.
a) printed b) sold 12610038
c) made d) saved
39. All this when in Christian
Europe only the rudiments of learning were
known, and that chiefly by a few churchmen. 12610039
a) books b) end
c) neat d) basics
40. In addition to the
university, the capital housed a library
of first magnitude. 12610040
a) average b) class
c) manuscript
d) collection
Questions
from Textbook
Q.1. Give an account of the early career of
Abd-al-Rahman I, his dramatic escape and his adventures in Africa. 12610041
OR
What do you know of the early life
of Abd-al-Rahman?
Q.2. How did
Abd-al-Rahman deal with the governor appointed by the Abbasid caliph to contest
his rule? 12610042
Q.3. What
did the Abbasid caliph say on receiving the head of his governor?
(Board
2015) 12610043
Q.4. How
did Abd-al-Rahman beautify the capital? 12610044
Q.5. What
did Abd-al-Rahman do to make himself strong? 12610045
Q.6. Give an
account of the all-round progress made by Muslim Spain under Abd-al-Rahman III.
12610046
Q.7. What did
Al-Hakam do to promote learning and scholarship in his kingdom? 12610047
OR
How
did Al-Hakam promote learning and scholarship in Muslims Spain? (Board
2015)
Additional
Questions
Q.8. What is the significance of the title ‘The
Jewel of the World’? 12610048
Q.9. Draw a
character sketch of Abad-al-Rahman. 12610049
Q.10. Draw a
character sketch of Abd-al-Rahman III. 12610050
Q.11. What do
you know about Al-Hakam’s love for books? 12610051
Q.12. What
different agricultural methods did the Spanish Muslims introduce? 12610052
Q.13. What do
you know of the garden, the ‘Genera life’? 12610053
Q.14. What
were the major exports of Muslim Spain? 12610054
Q.15. What do
you know of Cordova? 12610055
Q.16. What
momentous decision did Abd-al-Rahman take in the year 773? 12610056
Q.17. Write a
note on the Mosque of Cordova. 12610057
Q.18. What
were Abd-al-Rahman’s interests other than the material welfare of his people?
12610058
Q.19. What do
you know of Abd-al-Rahman’s court? 12610059
Q.20. Write a
note on the royal palace, Al-Zahra. 12610060
Q.21. What do
you know of the royal revenues and how were they spent? 12610061
Q.22. What
statement did Abd-al-Rahman leave after his death? 12610062
Q.23. What
was Toledo famous for? 12610063
Q.24. What is
Spain’s contribution to the art of tanning and embossing leather? 12610064
Q.25. What do
you know of the industrial and agricultural products of the Muslim Spain?
12610065
Q.26. What do
you know of the Arab supremacy on the seas? 12610066
Q.27. What do
you know of the Spanish coinage? 12610067
Q.28. What
did Dozy claim about Andalusia? 12610068
Q.29. Give an
account of Abdal Rahman’s dramatic escape. (Board 2016) 12610069
Lesson 11
FIRST
YEAR AT HARROW
Sir Winston
S. Churchill
Synonyms
1.
I had scarcely passed my twelfth birthday when I entered the inhospitable regions of examinations. 12611001
a) greatly b) hardly
c) newly d) rarely
2.
I had scarcely passed my twelfth birthday when I entered the inhospitable regions of examinations.
12611002
a) blank b) kind
c) harsh d) soft
3.
I had scarcely passed my twelfth birthday when I entered the inhospitable regions of examinations. 12611003
a) dominion b) classes
c) cities d) banks
4.
These examinations were a great trial to me. 12611004
a) tease b) trouble
c) cause d) pressure
5.
The examiners, on the other hand, were partial
to Latin and mathematics and their will
prevailed. 12611005
a) biased
against b) averse to
c) affected
by d) fond
of
6.
The examiners, on the other hand, were partial
to Latin and mathematics and their will prevailed.
12611006
a) caused b) triumphed
c) strive d) clutched
7.
When I would have willingly displayed my knowledge, they sought to expose my ignorance. 12611007
a) tried b) conveyed
c) exhibited d) crossed
8.
When I would have willingly
displayed my knowledge, they
sought to expose my ignorance. 12611008
a) reveal b) check
c) maintain d) switch
9.
He showed discernment in judging my general ability. 12611009
a) insight b) sight
c) fright d) flight
10.
After much reflection I put a bracket round it
thus (I). 12611010
a) consideration b) view
c) patience d) planning
11.
Incidentally there arrived from nowhere in particular a blot and several smudges.
12611011
a) stain b) clue
c) star d) ink
12.
Incidentally there arrived from nowhere in particular a blot and several smudges.
12611012
a) smears b) particles
c) plain d) spits
13.
I gazed for two whole hours at this sad spectacle. 12611013
a) novel b) scene
c) film d) drama
14.
And then merciful ushers collected my piece of foolscap with all the others and carried it up to the Headmaster’s table. 12611014
a) attendants b) policemen
c) surgeons d) actors
15.
And then merciful ushers collected my piece of foolscap with all the others and carried it up to the Headmaster’s table.
12611015
a) purity b) grievance
c) intelligence d) large
paper
16.
It was from these slender indications of scholarship that Mr. Welldon drew the conclusion that I was worthy to pass into Harrow. 12611016
a) meager b) special
c) new d) old
17.
It was from these slender indications of scholarship that Mr. Welldon drew the conclusion that I was worthy to pass into Harrow. 12611017
a) visit b) enter
c) get
out d)
claim
18.
A man not dependent upon paper manifestations. 12611018
a) picture b) expressions
c) work d) handle
19.
It showed that he was a man capable of looking
beneath the surface of things.
12611019
a) near b) above
c) over d) under
20.
I have always had the greatest regard for him. 12611020
a) respect b) love
c) hate d) company
21.
In consequence of his decision I was in due course placed in the third, or lowest, division of the Fourth, or
bottom. 12611021
a) result b) recognition
c) opposition d) total
22.
I continued in this unpretentious situation for
nearly a year. 12611022
a) beautiful b) vague
c) clear d) unassuming
23.
They all went on to learn Latin and Greek and splendid things like that. 12611023
a) marvellous b) serious
c) important
d) clear
24.
We were considered such dunces that we could learn only English. 12611024
a) ruffians b) wits
c) fools d) intellectuals
25.
Not only did we learn English parsing thoroughly, but we also practiced continually English analysis. 12611025
a) learning b) deconstruction
c) vocabulary d) lesson
26.
It was a kind of drill. 12611026
a) beauty b) exercise
c) sports d) games
27.
I learned it thoroughly. 12611027
a) clearly b) partially
c) completely d) verbally
28.
Naturally I am biased in favour of boys learning English. 12611028
a) pleased b) against
c) learn d) prejudiced
29.
But the only thing I would whip them for is not
knowing English. 12611029
a) plead b) punish
c) weed d) vanish
Questions from Textbook
Q.1. The writer says that the examiners ask
questions which students cannot answer and not those which they can answer. Is
the complaint just? 12611030
Q.2. What
sort of questions were asked by Churchill’s examiners? 12611031
Q.3. Why did
Churchill not do well in examinations at Harrow? 12611032
OR
Why
were examinations a great trial to Churchill? (Board 2015)
OR
Why
was Churchill afraid of examinations? (Board 2015)
Q.4. How did Churchill do his Latin paper? (Board
2006, 2010) 12611033
Q.5. Churchill
was taught English at Harrow and not Latin and Greek. Was it a gain or loss to
him? (Board 2006) 12611034
Q.6. What
good did Churchill’s three-year stay at Harrow do to him? (Board 2015, 16) 12611035
Q.7. In after
years, how did the knowledge of English which Churchill acquired at Harrow
School, stand him in good stead?
Q.8. Write an appreciation or criticism of
Churchill’s views in regard to the study of Latin, Greek and English and their
value in earning a living.
Additional
Questions
Q.9. Why was
Churchill biased in favour of boys learning English?
OR
What
are Churchill views about learning of English language? (Board
2016)
Q.10. What do
you know of Harrow and Churchill’s experiences there?
Q.11. What were
Churchill’s views about examinations?
Q.12. Why did
Churchill feel indebted to Mr. Welldon?
Q.13. What was
taught to Churchill in the lowest Division of the Fourth Class?
Q.14. Into how
many components did Somervell break a sentence?
OR
How
did Somervell teach English? (Board
2015)
Lesson 12
HITCH-HIKING
ACROSS THE SAHARA
G. F. Lamb
Synonyms
1.
The full Sahara area, stretching
almost the complete width of
North Africa, is many times the
size of Great Britain. 12612001
a) hiking b) hunting
c) extending d) travelling
2.
About half of this gigantic area is mainly under French control. 12612002
a) beautiful b) horrible
c) mythical d) monstrous
3.
Immense stretches of barren sand, intensely hot during the day, with few water wells and little vegetation. 12612003
a) vast b) certainly
c) objectively d) imagery
4.
Immense stretches of barren sand, intensely
hot during the day, with few water wells
and little vegetation. 12612004
a) impatiently b) severely
c) largely d) seemingly
5.
Immense stretches of barren sand, intensely hot during the day, with few water wells and little vegetation. 12612005
a) deserted b) optimism
c) foliage d) food
6.
Large parts were almost uninhabited.
12612006
a) unimportant b) uncultivated
c) unpaved d) unpopulated
7.
In other parts there were just a few towns very widely scattered, and occasional wandering tribes of Arabs or Berbers.
12612007
a) infrequent b) provisional
c) zonal d) criminal
8.
Instead of alarming him, the idea aroused in him a keen desire to see this distant place. 12612008
a) informing b) advising
c) frightening d) exciting
9.
By the time he was a young man he was firmly
gripped by the wanderlust.
12612009
a) greed b) dreaming
c) walk d) urge to travel
10.
Yet this was just the mode of travel that Robert Christopher, a young American, decided to adopt. 12612010
a) means b) road
c) route d) transport
11.
The conditions were agonizing. 12612011
a) teasing b) flourishing
c) painful d) dangerous
12.
The lieutenant pointed out that strict military
regulations forbade the carrying of
civilians. 12612012
a) systems b)
accommodations
c) rules d)
signals
13.
The permission had later been withdrawn.
12612013
a) allowed b) permitted
c) cancelled d) accepted
14.
He was dropped at the town of Ghardaia, a typical desert city. 12612014
a) average b) particular
c) nominal d) important
15.
I had to be vigilant until each mouthful was safely behind my teeth. 12612015
a) excellent b) negligent
c) courageous d) cautious
16.
But I got only a vague idea of what they looked like, for they all wore a mask of flies. 12612016
a) definite b) clear
c) simple d) unclear
17.
He was able to continue his hitch-hike to the South in the leisurely manner that was so typical of the desert. 12612017
a) active b) silent
c) relaxed d) extremely
18.
Nonetheless, the driver picked his way with
uncanny skill. 12612018
a) unassuming
b) strange
c) special d) happy
19.
Ten-foot strips of steal mesh were dragged from the truck and placed together to make a runway for the wheels to bite on
as the truck moved. 12612019
a) grip b) snatch
c) travel d) hang on
20.
Christopher performed useful service in helping the greaser with this arduous operation. 12612020
a) major b) wholesome
c) difficult d) amazing
21.
Their car had become stuck in a sand dune.
12612021
a) mound b) depression
c) plain d) mountain
22.
They had drained the radiator in their desperate thirst. 12612022
a) replenished b) depleted
c) wasted d) evaporated
23.
He spared his listeners none of the grim details. 12612023
a) told b) heard
c) grabbed d) left
24.
He spared his listeners none of the grim details. 12612024
a) slim b) exciting
c) oral d) depressing
25.
The story came vividly to Christopher’s mind on the second morning. 12612025
a) intentionally b) suddenly
c) clearly d) explosively
26.
With a scream of pain he hopped back into the truck. 12612026
a) jumped b) flew
c) entered d) looked
27.
Meanwhile his thirst grew fiercer. 12612027
a) fast b) increased
c) inviting d) ferocious
28.
Everything was dead and dry and hot …. My mind was foggy. 12612028
a) jumping b) shrinking
c) burning d) dizzy
29.
There were times when I tried to make myself
faint. 12612029
a) black out b) sleep
c) lie d) stop
30.
But my head was pounding with such pain that it kept me conscious. 12612030
a) moving b) beating
c) resting d) scorching
31.
The heat was incredible. 12612031 a) enhancing b) enjoyable
c) certain d) unbelievable
32.
It was a fascinating little town, a true oasis.
a) culminating b) huge 12612032
c) small d) captivating
33. It was made in a heavy truck
carrying ten tones of ammunition. 12612033
a) food b) grains
c) arms d) scrap
34. The result was disastrous. 12612034
a) beautiful b) pathetic
c) ruinous d) dejected
35.
His head started to pound, and he found himself shivering violently. 12612035
a) stealthily b) silently
c) fiercely d) slightly
36.
He knew he was going to collapse. 12612036
a) faint b) enjoy
c) shiver d) tremble
37.
He made a desperate effort to avoid the blazing sand. 12612037
a) cold b) soft
c) notorious d) burning
38.
His fall as he blacked out fortunately, woke
the other two. 12612038
a) walked out b) ran away
c) fainted d) hopped
39.
The latter town, with its shady swimming- pools and its luxuriant trees and plants has triumphed over the barrenness of the desert. 12612039
a) vast b) uncountable
c) lush d) sparse
40.
The latter town, with its shady swimming- pools and its luxuriant trees and plants has triumphed over the barrenness of the desert. 12612040
a) unaccomplished b) hovered
c) defeated d) yielded to
41.
The sand is constantly encroaching on the town. 12612041
a) intruding b) moving
c) attracting d) covering
42.
Parts of the town are being swallowed by the desert. 12612042
a) turned b) spoiled
c) gulped d) destroyed
43.
The desert keeps tightening its strangle- hold. 12612043
a) noose b) smart
c) strong d) complete
44.
A truck was leaving shortly; a big, dirty, clumsy looking oil-truck. 12612044
a) new b) big
c) heavy d) awkward
45.
This time the driver and greaser seemed reluctant to take him. 12612045
a) willing b) annoyed
c) hesitant d) agreed
46.
It was unbearably stifling in the driver’s cabin.
12612046
a) foggy b) suffocating
c) refreshing d) hot
47.
He staggered inside, to the astonishment of the French officer quartered there. 12612047
a) faltered b) sat
c) pondered d) wandered
48.
He staggered inside, to the astonishment of the
French officer quartered there.
12612048
a) frightening b) amusement
c) bewilderment d) threatening
49.
He staggered inside, to the astonishment of the French-officer quartered there. 12612049
a) gossiping b) lying
c) sitting d) stationed
50.
Most wisely, he adapted himself to their habits and customs. 12612050
a) adjusted b) moralized
c) established d) found
51.
Rather than to persuade them to adopt Western habits unsuited to their land and traditions. 12612051
a) push b) compel
c) convince d) impel
52.
With his assistance, Christopher was able to spend a week in the encampment
of the Taureg (King) Amenokal. 12612052
a) rooms b) abode
c) camp d) parlour
53.
The Tauregs, though their life is primitive, are people of great dignity, extreme honesty, high intelligence and with quite an
ancient history. 12612053
a) domestic b) ancient
c) hollow d) calm
54. It was on
this formidable type of transport that he was to continue his Sahara journey.
12612054
a) exceptional b) fearsome
c) imported d) inviting
55. The most
difficult and dangerous stage of the
journey now had to be endured. 12612055
a) evaded b) passed
c) borne d) lasted
56. They began
by setting out to find a well which
was on their route, in order to replenish
their water-bags. 12612056
a) spending out b)
starting
c) fixing out d) finding
57. They began
by setting out to find a well which
was on their route, in order to replenish
their water-bags. 12612057
a) refill b) repair
c) pick d) sew
58. They set
off for the next water hole, about five
hours distant. 12612058
a) headed b) planned
c) made off d) decided
59. Christopher
being asked o pay his share of the
cost, to which he willingly agreed.
12612059
a) half-heartedly b) invariably
c) readily d) obviously
60. It would be
hard to think of a less appetizing
drink than the greenish fluid, like
thin blood, produced from this source.
12612060
a) bitter b) nourishing
c) havoc d) enticing
61. Christopher
could not tackle it parched though
he was, until he had boiled it.12612061
a) taste b) detest
c) handle d) test
62. Christopher
could not tackle it parched though
he was, until he had boiled. 12612062
a) dehydrated b) torn
c) tired d) hungry
63. It was an
area notorious for sandstorms as well
as for dried-up waterholes. 12612063
a) famous b) known
c) infamous d) airy
64. The camels
all instinctively turned off their course to the right, making for the nearest depression in the waste of sand. 12612064
a) suddenly b) severely
c) impulsively d) obediently
65. The camel
all instinctively turned off their course
to the right, making for the nearest depression
in the waste of sand. 12612065
a) hollow b) void
c) well d) pond
66. It was incredible
the dunes seemed to be on fire. 12612066
a) unbelievable b) intruding
c) impressive d) interesting
67. I could feel
the impact of the wall of sand that
came s1treaming along the earth.
12612067
a) wave b) tide
c) stroke d) effect
68. There was
nothing he could do but crouch down waiting for the storm the
finish.
12612068
a) face b) bend down
c) move d) run down
69. The present
storm fortunately was less drastic
and lasted only half an hour.
12612069
a) strong b) fatal
c) fearful d) light
70. It did not
need much imagination to understand
how a party could easily be buried
and suffocated. 12612070
a) terminated b) shifted
c) drifted d) stifled
71. The stress
of the desert travel had affected him
physically. 12612071
a) tough b) urge
c) strain d) burden
72. To add to
his troubles, he took his camel one day
across a huge slab of rock on a slight
incline. 12612072
a) plain b) mountain
c) slope d) rock
73. He managed
to jump back just in time to avoid the
deadly fangs. 12612073
a) poison b) pain
c) teeth d) snakes
74. The guide’s
slave killed it with a stone, indicating
by gestures that it was a very poisonous
specimen. 12612074
a) motives b) signs
c) fingers d) hanks
75. The guide’s
slave killed it with a stone, indicating
it by gestures that it was a very poisonous
specimen. 12612075
a) insignia b) snake
c) kind d) food
76. A day later
he caught the first glimpse of Timbuktu. 12612076
a) feeling b) facing
c) glance d) visit
77. He
experienced a curious longing to see some more of the strange and mighty desert before leaving the
country. 12612077
a) investigative b) usual
c) strange d) sublime
78. He
experienced a curious longing to see some more of the strange and mighty desert before leaving the
country. 12612078
a) height b) habit
c) desire d) happening
79. He flew
rapidly eastward by plane, partly across
the Land of thirst and death across which
he had so painfully toiled. 12612079
a) laboured b) faced
c) gripped d) walked
80. Unfortunately
the caravan with which Christopher
was travelling insisted on making a
lengthy detour to water their camels
at a well. 12612080
a) tour b) journey
c) alternative route d) travelling
81. The American
insisted to getting back to the road again as soon as possible, expressing himself vigorously to the leader by signs. 2612081
a) enthusiastically b) painfully
c) indistinctively d)
massively
82.
It would carry about half a cupful of liquid at a time if
a line was tied to the handle and the spout plugged up. 12612082
a) handle b) bottom
c) nozzle d) upper
83.
Fastening together all the available bits of cord and articles of clothing he could at first
make only 8 meters. 12612083
a) ropes b) pieces
c) wires d) stones
84.
On an inspiration he tore the turban he was wearing
into four strips.
12612084
a) brainwave b) dream
c) indication d) awareness
85.
It was now the winter season, which meant that the nights were bitterly cold. 12612085
a) nicely b) fairly
c) severely d) incidentally
86.
That night he lay in his sleeping bag picturing
himself dying of thirst and hunger. 12612086
a) sketching b) imagining
c) drafting d) graphing
87.
The notion of death suggested to him that it might be a good idea to record his
last thoughts for the benefit of those
who found his body. 12612087
a) idea b) motion
c) fear d) trouble
88.
It dawned on him suddenly that there was the ‘rope’ he needed to reach the
water in the well. 12612088
a) thrust b) burst into
c) ordered d) occurred
to
89.
The scheme worked. 12612089
a) idea b) plan
c) thought d) promotion
90.
Seven strands of wire, laboriously twisted together, just reached comfortably
to water-level in the well. 12612090
a) really b) accidentally
c) painstakingly d) hardly
91.
The liquid brought up in the teapot was not particularly inviting. 12612091
a) tempting b) calling
c) repelling d) hesitating
92.
The following evening as he sat outside the bordj, staring only half-consciously at the horizon. 12612092
a) thirsty b) naughty
c) curiously d) vaguely
93.
There was indeed too much dust to be raised
by a small jeep, but it was a rescue
party nonetheless. 12612093
a) patrol b) relief
c) police d) sports
94.
Two big desert patrol cars came roaring up
to the bordj and death reluctantly departed. 12612094
a) growing b) climbing
c) speeding up d) dusting
95.
Two big desert patrol cars came roaring up to the bordj, and death reluctantly departed. 12612095
a) came b) arrived
c) left d) invited
96.
They had later been misdirected by a native
who thought Christopher had returned to Agades. 12612096
a) man b) local
c) traveler d) affluent
97.
His foresight saved Christopher’s life, and enabled the hitch-hiking journey
across the Sahara. 12612097
a) poor sight b) eyesight
c) far-sightedness d) viewpoint
Questions from Textbook
Q.1. Give an idea of the size of the Sahara. How
does it compare with England?
OR (Board 2016)
12612098
How does the author show the vastness of the Sahara?
Q.2. What had Christopher’s foster mother to do
with his desire to see distant place? 12612099
OR
What was the result of Christopher’s foster mother’s
threatening to send him to Timbuktu? (Board 2016)
OR
How did Christopher develop interest in crossing the
Sahara? (Board 2009, 08)
OR
What role did Christopher’s foster mother play in
his future adventures?
Q.3. How did Christopher manage to get a seat in the weapons carrier? 12612100
Q.4. What was the most noticeable feature of the
desert city named Ghardaia?
(Board
2006) 12612101
Q.5. How did they manage to drive the heavy
truck in the trackless desert with its soft sand? (Board 2016)
12612102
OR
What method did the driver use to cross the soft sand
area?
Q.6. What did the driver of the truck tell
Christopher about the three Englishmen who had attempted to cross the desert? (Board 2007) 12612103
OR
What happened to the three
English travellers who attempted to cross the desert?
Q.7. Give an account of the little town, named EI
Golea, and compare it with in Salah, bringing out the difference between the
two. 12612104
OR
Write a note on In Salah.
Q.8. What do you know of Professor Claude
Balanguernon? 12612105
OR
Who was Professor Claude Balanguernon?
Q.9. Describe the events leading to the killing
of a camel. What sort of water did they get from its stomach? 12612106
Q.10. Describe Christopher's journey through the
land of Thirst and Death. 12612107
Q.11. Describe the stay at In Abbangarit. How did
Christopher manage to get water there?
OR 12612108
How did Christopher manage to get water out of the well
at In Abbangarit?
(Board 2007)
Additional Questions
Q.12. What
description of the Sahara does G.F. Lamb present in the essay? 12612109
Q.13. What mode of travel did Christopher use in the Sahara crossing? 12612110
Q.14. What do you know of Boussaada? 12612111
Q.15. What were the conditions like in the driver’s cabin? 12612112
Q.16. What was the temperature in the desert? 12612113
Q.17. What is the distance between Tamanrasset and Timbuktu? 12612114
Q.18. What incident added to the misery of Christopher? 12612115
Q.19. Why did the writer like El-Golea? (Board 2008) 12612116
OR
Describe EI-Golea? (Board 2015)
Q.20. What
mode of travelling did Christopher use from El-Golea to In Salah? 12612117
Q.21. Why were the driver and the greaser reluctant to take Christopher alone? 12612118
Q.22. What help did Balanguernon extend toChristopher? 12612119
Q.23. What did the professor do to educate the Tauregs? 12612120
Q.24. Where did Christopher end his journey? 12612121
Q.25. How did the professor’s foresight save Christopher? 12612122
Q.26. What art did Christopher learn during his Sahara journey? 12612123
Q.27. Who was Boubaker? 12612124
Q.28. Why was it essential to have maximum supplies on the way to
Timbuktu? 12612125
Q.29. Describe Tamanrasset. 12612126
Q.30. What was the most difficult part of the Sahara crossing and how
long it was? 12612127
Q.31. What is the desert custom among the desert people when travellers
are hungry or thirsty?
12612128
Q.32. What is the episode about vultures? 12612129
Q.33. What incidents did remind Christopher that desert had many ways to
destroy its victims?
12612130
Q.34. What do you know of Timbuktu? 12612131
Q.35. What sudden decision did Christopher take in Timbuktu? 12612132
Q.36. What mode of travelling did Christopher use from Agades onwards? 12612133
Q.37. What arrangement was made between the professor and Christopher? 12612134
Q.38. Describe the journey through the land of Thirst and Death. 12612135
Q.39. What true story did Christopher recall of a sandstorm? 12612136
Q.40. Describe Kidal. 12612137
Q.41. Describe In Abbangarit. 12612138
Q.42. What was the result of the detour by the caravan? 12612139
Q.43. What was the liquid like from the well at In Abbangarit? 12612140
Q.44. How much water did Christopher draw out of the well? 12612141
Lesson 13
SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING
Patrick
Pringle
Synonyms
1.
Both the scientists revolutionized
the theory and practice of
medicine. 12613001
a) burdened
b) introduced
c) rationalized d) transformed
2.
Pasteur discovered that disease was caused by microbes
or bacteria. 12613002
a) fungus b) insects
c) flu d) germs
3.
Lord Lister was the first medical peer
who applied Pasteur’s discovery
to surgery.
a) foe b) friend 12613003
c) contemporary d) founder
4.
Previously surgeons had infected
their patients on the operating
table with germs.
a) cured b) spoiled 12613004
c) injured d) contaminated
5.
Lister sterilized his
instruments with carbolic acid. 12613005
a) disinfected b) decorated
c) stabilized d) scrutinized
6.
Lister’s aim was the prevention
of disease. a) diagnose b) divide 12613006
c) disorganize d) avoidance
7.
The cure of disease
was a more difficult problem, for here
the germs were already inside the
body. 12613007
a) treatment b) diagnose
c) prevention d) check
8.
Injecting carbolic acid was abandoned
soon. 12613008
a) adopted b) utilized
c) discarded d) flourished
9.
A bacteriologist,
named Metchnikoff, revealed the true
nature of the problem.
12613009
a) botanist b) micro-biologist
c) mathematician d) optician
10.
He revealed the true
nature of the problem.
12613010
a) referred b) considered
c) disclosed d) reviewed
11.
He discovered the body’s natural armour
against disease. 12613011
a) defense b) attack
c) treatment d) softy
12.
He discovered the body’s natural Armour against disease – the leucocytes. 12613012
a) red blood cells
b) tissues
c) germs
d) white blood cells
13.
They rush to join the battle with the invader.
12613013
a) warner b) defender
c) raider d) provider
14.
Thomas was a qualified oculist. 12613014
a) cardiologist b) physician
c) optician d) radiologist
15.
Alexander Fleming joined the staff of inoculation department of St.
Mary’s Hospital, Paddington. 12613015
a) vaccination b) diagnosis
c) purification d) radiology
16.
One of his sisters married a veterinary surgeon. 12613016
a) plant and herb b) animal related
c) heart d) professional
17.
He received a share in legacy. 12613017
a) lottery b) inheritance
c) machinery d) pottery
18.
It was not large but enough for him to train for a career with better prospects. 12613018
a) career profile b) chances
c) objectives d) planning
19.
Lister’s antiseptic method of surgery had been largely replaced by what was called aseptic
method. 12613019
a) disinfect with chemicals
b) disinfect with heat
c) disinfect with Vaccine
d) disinfect with water
20.
Instead of chemicals, heat was used to sterilize
instruments, clothing and other operating–theatre
equipment. 12613020
a) instrument b) preparation
c) team d) medicine
21.
In peace time, aseptic method was adequate. 12613021
a) improper b) inefficient
c) suitable d) rare
22.
Infection was a tremendous
problem in the past. 12613022
a) minor b) trivial
c) massive d) little
23.
In the war explosives were used extensively. 12613023
a) rapidly b) sparingly
c) sluggishly d) widely
24.
In 1922, he discovered an antiseptic-not a chemical like carbolic acid, but a natural antiseptic manufactured
by the body.
a) produced b) sought
12613024
c) consumed d) wasted
25.
Sir Almroth Wright wanted to tackle
the problem of wound infection. 12613025
a) suspend b) handle
c) abandon d) develop
26.
He made the discovery by what he modestly called an accident. 12613026
a) rudely b) proudly
c) humbly d) slowly
27.
He was suffering from catarrh. 12613027
a) malaria b) cough
c) typhoid d) nasal secretion
28.
Experiments gave way
to the next. 12613028
a) failed b) played
c) overcame d) led
29. Lysozyme was forerunner of penicillin.
12613029
a) breeder b) predecessor
c) producer d) lender
30.
He was suffering from catarrh, and began to examine his own nasal secretions.
12613030
a) emissions b) pains
c) tensions d) sneezes
31.
In the same year he “hit on”
penicillin.
a) disclosed b) planned 12613031
c) struck d) discovered
32.
A mould spore dropped
on the plate.
a) dust b) fungus 12613032
c) perspiration d) water
33.
The spore might have come from the larder of some forgetful Paddington housewife.
a) oven b) ladder 12613033
c) food cupboard d) room
34.
This particular mould commonly breeds
on damp bread, cheese and
preserves. 12613034
a) nurtures b) eats
c) sips d) ascends
35.
This particular mould commonly breads on damp bread, cheese and preserves. 12613035
a) jam and jelly
b) fruit
c) tins d) ice
36.
Fleming put aside the
work he was doing and began to
investigate. 12613036
a) postponed b) concentrated
c) focused d) modernized
37.
Fleming put aside the work he was doing and began to investigate. 12613037
a) comment b) review
c) launch d) examine
38.
Some grew right up to it others were inhibited by its antibacterial
action. 12613038
a) obstructed b) promoted
c) preserved d) flourished
39.
Fleming did this by plating the mould on a meat broth. 12613039
a) mince b) crumble
c) soup d) flavour
40.
It grew on the surface as a felt
like mass.
a) fur b) blood
12613040
c) skin d) perspiration
41.
It grew on the surface as a felt like mass.
a) warm b) cold 12613041
c) accumulation d) clear
42.
Penicillin had no toxic
effect on leucocytes.
a) healthy b) massive 12613042
c) poisonous d) heavy
43.
In practice, there was one big obstacle.
12613043
a) hindrance b) arrangement
c) loss d) achievement
44.
Penicillin was unstable
in its crude form.
a) reliable b) strong 12613044
c) unbalanced d) affordable
45.
Penicillin was unstable in its crude
from.
a) useable b) strong
12613045
c) raw d) natural
46.
It was easily the strongest weapon yet forged in the fight against
disease. 12613046
a) created b) bought
c) sought d) shaped
47.
Penicillin was hailed
as a wonder drug.
a) smeared b)
welcomed 12613047
c) watched d) observed
48.
If these children are alive “he said, they owe it to you.” 12613048
a) indebted b) objected
c) questioned d) strived
49.
Fleming protested that such gratitude
was not due to him. 12613049
a) thanklessness b) gratefulness
c) applaud d) praise
50.
Fleming said that nature made penicillin and he discovered it. It
was his modesty which made
him say so. 12613050
a) diligence b) pride
c) arrogance d) humility
51.
He protested vigorously
against the idea that penicillin was a
man made invention.
a) meekly b) feebly 12613051
c) abruptly d) forcefully
52.
It was a restatement
of his belief in the healing power of
nature. 12613052
a) interpretation b) decline
c) reiteration d) disbelief
53.
I have been accused
of inventing penicillin.
a) blamed b) gifted 12613053
c) applauded d) appreciated
54.
And always he insisted
that he discovered it by chance. 12613054
a) strict chain b) disclaimed
c) proclaimed d) endeavoured
55.
Nature in the lowly
vegetable form had been making it for
thousands of years.
a) common b)
restricted 12613055
c) limited d)
ample
56.
Fleming was not happy in the limelight.
12613056
a) struggle b) continuity
c) fame d) power
57.
Fleming was shown over in Detroit the last world in research laboratories gleaming dustless,
air-conditioned sterilized sanctum. a) shining b) costly 12613057
c) ghostly d) lastly
58.
Fleming visited the air-conditioned sterilized
sanctum. 12613058
a) hall b) dirty
place
c) furnished place d) private
place
59.
Their culture plates were contaminated.
12613059
a) polished b) cleaned
c) purified d) polluted
60.
Fleming provoked
other scientists to seek new antibiotics. 12613060
a) motivated b) discouraged
c) helped d) guided
61.
The greatest benefit penicillin had conferred to humanity. 126130961
a) awarded b) admonished
c) banished d) punished
62.
Fleming provoked other scientists to seek new antibiotics. 12613062
a) search for b) research
c) deject d) reject
63.
The discovery of penicillin stimulated
new research. 12613063
a) prompted b) showed
c) displayed d) profited
64. He discovered the body’s
natural armour against disease. 12613064
a) defense b) power
c) arms d) way
65. Meanwhile a fresh attempt
had been begun to solve the
problem of concentrating penicillin. 12613065
a) condensing b) freezing
c) boiling d) searching
Questions from Textbook
Q.1. What are antiseptics and what is the antiseptic
method? 12613066
Q.2. What was the chief defect of antiseptics
method? (Board 2016) 12613067
OR
Why was the use of the
antiseptic method abandoned? (Board 2009)
Q.3. What part is played by the white cells in
the blood of a human body? 12613068
OR
What role do the white blood cells/leucocytes play in
human body?
Q.4. Give an account of the early life of
Fleming. (Board 2008) 12613069
OR
Write a brief note on Fleming’s
early life.
Q.5. How did Fleming discover penicillin? (Board 2009, 15, 16) 12613070
Q.6. In what respect is penicillin better than
the chemical antiseptics? (Board 2016) 12613071
Q.7. What do you know of the Oxford team? 12613072
Q.8. How did the Oxford team make penicillin
more effective? (Board 2016) 12613073
OR
How did the Oxford team solve the problem of
concentrating penicillin?
Q.9. Write a note on penicillin as a wonder
drug. 12613174
OR
What were the remarks of the Surgeon-General of the
United States Forces about Fleming?
Q.10. Was Fleming proud of his discovery? (Board 2015) 12613075
OR
What was Fleming’s reaction towards people’s gratitude?
Q.11. Why couldn’t penicillin have been discovered
in the research laboratories of America? 12613176
OR
How different was the American laboratory from Fleming’s?
Q.12. Fleming’s achievement paved the way for other
discoveries in the medical field. What are they? 12613177
OR
What,
according to Fleming, was the greatest benefit of penicillin?
Additional Questions
Q.13. How did Louis Pasteur and Lister revolutionize the theory and
practice of medicine?
OR 12613078
What
did Pasteur and Lister do in the medical field? (Board 2015,16)
Q.14. What are germs/microbes/bacteria/micro organisms? 12613079
Q.15. What are antiseptic and aseptic methods? (Board 2007, 2006) 12613080
Q.16. What, according to Metchnikoff, is disease? 12613081
Q.17. What is the significance of the year 1906 in the life of Alexander
Fleming? 12613082
Q.18. What was the problem faced by the surgeons during the treatment of
wounds? 12613083
Q.19. What picture did the Director-General of the Armed Medical Service
present of the war wounds? 12613084
Q.20. What did medical officers use against the wounds during the World
War I? 12613085
Q.21. What do you know about Sir Almroth Wright? 12613086
Q.22. What did Fleming discover about the treatment of wounds? 12613087
Q.23. What, according to Fleming, should be a surgeon’s aim? 12613088
Q.24. How many men were killed during World War I? 12613089
Q.25. What is the significance of the year 1922 in the life of Alexander
Fleming? 12613090
Q.26. How did Fleming make the discovery of a
natural antiseptic? 12613091
Q.27. What is the significance of lysozyme in the field of medical
science? 12613092
Q.28. What is lysozyme? 12613093
Q.29. What is the significance of the year 1928 in the life of Alexander
Fleming? 12613094
Q.30. How did Fleming produce penicillin free of mould? 12613095
Q.31. What obstacle was faced in the use of penicillin in practice? 12613096
Q.32. Why could Fleming not concentrate penicillin? 12613097
Q.33. When was the first human case treated with penicillin? 12613098
Q.34. Why is the year 1943 important in the discovery of penicillin? 12613099
Q.35. How did Viscount Montgomery praise penicillin? 12613100
Q.36. How did Fleming become famous? 12613101
Q.37. When was Fleming knighted and awarded the Nobel Prize for
Medicine? 12613102
Q.38. How did Lord Moran pay tribute to Fleming? 12613103
Q.39. What were the remarks of the Americans about Fleming’s
laboratory? 12613104
Q.40. How did Fleming shock his American hosts? 12613105
Q.41. What is an antibiotic? 12613106
Q.42. How did Lister kill germs and what was his
aim? 12613107
Q.43. What happened during a medical gathering in
Italy? 12613108
Q.44. How did Lister apply Pasteur’s discovery to
surgery? 12613109
Q.45. Draw a character sketch of Metchnikoff.
Lesson 14
LOUIS PASTEUR
Margaret
Avery
Synonyms
1.
His father, as a young man, had been one of Napoleon’s conscripts. 12614001
a) spies b) soldiers
c) freedom
fighters d) supporters
2.
He had won the Cross of the Legion of Honour on the field of battle,
for valour and fidelity. 12614002
a) loyalty b) freedom
c) salvation d) association
3.
The son was fortunate in possessing forbears of character and strength. 12614003
a) relatives b) companions
c) ancestors d) rivals
4.
There is much evidence
of the influence of the father on the son. 12614004
a) providence b) symbol
c) impact d) proof
5.
Pasteur used to embarrass
his professor of chemistry with unanswerable questions.
12614005
a) make
aware b) enlighten
c) confuse d) ascertain
6.
The professor in question disapproved of
saying, “I don’t know. 12614006
a) acclaimed b) disliked
c) suggested d) blamed
7.
Pasteur enrolled
himself in the National Guard. 12614007
a) applied b) enquired
c) registered d) tested
8.
Europe was politically upheaved. 12614008
a) settled b) challenged
c) strengthened d) disrupted
9.
He hurried to Paris and was exceedingly
disappointed. 12614009
a) extremely b) unlikely
c) impatiently d) relentlessly
10.
“Today the sight of this parchment is odious to me. 12614010
a) pleasing b) delicious
c) honorary d) hateful
11.
He imparted his
discoveries to the English brewers as well as to the French. 12614011
a) passed
on b) resumed
c) displayed d) exaggerated
12.
He devoted his
attention to fishing and making sketch of his companions. 12614012
a) spent b) indebted
c) dedicated d) rewarded
13.
Pasteur went on the Besancon, a bigger place with better educational provision. 12614013
a) arrangements b) perceptions
c) arguments d) selections
14.
It has been attributed
to over work on the silk problem. 12614014
a) combined b) ascribed
c) resolved d) dissolved
15.
Providentially however, his mind was not
injured. 12614015
a) by
chance b) particularly
c) fortunately d) voluntarily
16.
This was the result of mysterious epidemic
of silkworm diseases. 12614016
a) level b) primary
c) outbreak d) problem
17.
He proceeded to inoculate
various birds with those dead or dying germs. 12614017
a) taken
orally b) inject
c) discover d) engulfed
18.
He settled the matter once
for all in the negative. 12614018
a) shortly b) momentarily
c) for
good d) periodically
19.
Pasteur asked for arbitration. 12614019
a) mediation b) announcement
c) order d) request
20.
So he arrived at the method of attenuating
germs. 12614020
a) killing b) examining
c) weakening d) strengthening
21.
Pasteur was devoured
by fears and anxiety about the results. 12614021
a) overwhelmed b) targeted
c) observed d) estimated
22.
In India during 1913, 93% of the British garrison were inoculated. 12614022
a) officers b) battalion
c) rankers d) surgeons
23.
On the appointed day
Pasteur appeared loaded with apparatus. 12614023
a) ceremonial b) fixed
c) tentative d) off
24.
The attenuated spinal cord introduced into dogs rendered them immune to hydrophobia. 12614024
a) screened b) made
c) purified d) excited
25.
It was the starting-point for Lord Lister’s work on inflammation of wounds. 12614025
a) brewing b) swelling
c) cure d) infection
26.
Surgeons were unwilling to operate except as a last and desperate resort. 12614026
a) final
effort b) serious
effort
c) hopeless
attempt d) funny effort
27.
Silkworm diseases had been devastating
the silk-industry in the South of France.
12614027
a) destroying b) challenging
c) reinforcing d) selling
28.
Until 1849, the industry had flourished
consistently. 12614028
a) flashed b) smashed
c) enjoyed d) prospered
29.
Until 1849, the industry had flourished consistently. 12614029
a) off
and on b) alternately
c) regularly d) flawlessly
30.
Nobody had succeeded in finding a remedy. 12614030
a) solution b) resurgence
c) burden d) observation
31.
Windows and doors must have wire gauze shutters. 12614031
a) filters b) product
c) articles d) curtains
32.
It is impossible even to catalogue
the list of the medical discoveries. 12614032
a) materialize b) add
c) compile d) accumulate
33.
Its results were by no means confined
to the cure of hydrophobia. 12614033
a) surrounded b) limited
c) imprisoned d) invertible
34.
It was banished by draining
the malarial districts. 12614034
a) drying
out b) pouring
c) replenishing d) shaking
35.
Sleeping sickness, which devastates central Africa was conveyed by a species of tsetse-fly. 12614035
a) feature b) property
c) type d) quality
36.
As an expression of
world gratitude, the Pasteur institute was built in Paris. 12614036
a) enclosure b) disposition
c) exposure d) sign
37.
As an expression of world gratitude,
the Pasteur Institute was built in Paris. 12614037
a) grace b) valour
c) thankfulness d) support
38.
The malign and mysterious influence of the moon caused lunacy. 12614038
a) seclusion b) depression
c) anger d) madness
39.
There was the evil eye with its morbific
powers. 12614039
a) working b) disease-causing
c) spiritual d) vital
40.
In fever and in epilepsy the body was possessed by demons. 12614040
a) plants b) animals
c) evil
spirits d) birds
41.
Far more than all other men, Pasteur abolished
for ever these superstitions. 12614041
a) discoveries b) false
beliefs
c) affairs d) inventions
42.
The malign and mysterious influence
of the moon caused lunacy. 12614042
a) approach b) effect
c) domination d) result
Questions from Textbook
Q.1. Describe
the early life of Pasteur. (Board 2015 ) 12614043
OR
What do you know
about Pasteur’s early life? (Board 2006)
Q.2. Give some
instances of Pasteur’s patriotism. 12614044
OR
What do you know about
Pasteur’s patriotism?
OR
Give Examples of
Pasteur’s Patriotism. (Board 2006, 07, 09)
Q.3. What do you mean by
“Spontaneous generation”? (Board 2008, 09) 12614045
OR
What is Spontaneous
generation? (Board
2015)
Q.4. How did Pasteur prove
that “spontaneous generation” was not a fact? (Board 2016) 12614046
Q.5. Describe
the importance and popularity of the silkworm industry in France. What help did
Pasteur render in curing the silkworm
disease in his country? 12614047
OR
What help did Pasteur
render in curing the silk-worm disease in his country?
Q.6. How did Louis Pasteur discover the
treatment for the cattle disease, Anthrax?
(Board 2009, 15) 12614048
Q.7. How did Louis Pasteur discover the method
of making vaccines? (Board 2016) 12614049
OR
What is the
method of making vaccines? (Board 2008, 07, 09)
Q.8. Give an
account of Pasteur treatment of Hydrophobia and how he cured the first patient
suffering from it. 12614050
OR
Describe Pasteur’s treatment of
hydrophobia (Rabies). (Board 2007)
Q.9. How did
Pasteur show the way to other scientist? Give an account of the discoveries?
OR 12614051
How did Pasteur show the way to
other scientists?
Additional
Questions
Q.10. Describe the importance of the silkworm
industry in France. 12614052
Q.11. What was the common greeting in silk towns in
France? 12614053
Q.12. To what extent has the death-rate from
anthrax decreased owing to the treatment discovered by Pasteur? 12614054
Q.13. What help did Pasteur render to the beer
industry in his country? 12614055
Q.14. Give an account of Pasteur’s work on
fermentation and its subsequent benefit. 12614056
Q.15. When and how did Pasteur cure the human
patient suffering from hydrophobia?
12614057
Q.16. How did Louis Pasteur discover the cause of
puerperal fever? 12614058
Q.17. What do you know about Pasteur’s father? 12614059
Q.18. What do you mean by ‘autel de la patrie’? 12614060
Q.19. Where did Pasteur meet his future wife? 12614061
Q.20. How can milk bacteria be killed? 12614062
Q.21. Why did Pasteur refuse at first to
investigate the silkworm disease? 12614063
Q.22. When did Pasteur suffer from a stroke? 12614064
Q.23. What are the symptoms of hydrophobia
(Rabies)? 12614065
Q.24. What are the preventive measures against
malaria? 12614066
Q.25. What do you know of the Pasteur Institute? 12614067
Q.26. What were the various superstitions before
the work of Pasteur? 12614068
Q.27. What is vaccine? (Board 2007 GII) 12614069
Q.28. What was Pasteur’s advice to the silkworm
rearers? 12614070
Q.29. What do you know of Pasteur’s early school
life? 12614071
Q.30. For what work Pasteur is known to the man in
the street?
Lesson 15
MUSTAFA KAMAL
Wilfrid F.
Castle
Synonyms
1.
After the war, throughout the Middle East the armies of the democracies
were hailed.
a) punished 12615001
b) awarded
c) hated
d) welcomed
2.
Padishah himself was eager to collaborate with all Allies. 12615002
a) angry b) happy
c) keen d) joyful
3.
Padishah himself was eager to collaborate with the
Allies. 12615003
a) co-operate
b) non-co-operate
c) fight
d) war
4.
Their conception of the best interest of the nation was the loyalty to
the Armistice.
12615004
a) war b) fight
c) fire d) ceasefire
5.
Govt. was practically superseded by orders and
suggestions from the Allies. 12615005
a) controlled
b) uncontrolled
c) accepted
d) rejected
6.
Some undefeated remnants of the Ottoman Army began to
obstruct the Allies. 12615006
a) fresh b) new
c) discipline d) remains
7.
Some undefeated remnants of the Ottoman Army began to obstruct
the Allies. 12615007
a) hinder b) welcome
c) hail d) greet
8.
Week by week little encounters increased.
12615008
a) delays b) skirmishes
c) engagements d) hindrances
9.
The encounters caused consternation not only among the
Allies but also in Istanbul itself. 12615009
a) joy b) happiness
c) appreciation d) disquiet
10.
At first the British High Commissioner demurred. 12615010
a) applauded b) favoured
c) objected d) approved
11.
He issued orders that the ship of Mustafa Kamal should be intercepted.
12615011
a) attacked b) boarded
c) stopped d) set free
12.
The Turks were infuriated by the occupation of the
richest Turkish province.
12615012
a) troubled b) amused
c) enraged d) saddened
13.
The Turks were infuriated by the occupation of the
richest Turkish province.
12615013
a) capture b) profession
c) vocation d) skill
14.
The Turks had a flame of indignation not of hatred for
the Greeks. 12615014
a) joy b) happiness
c) merriment d) anger
15.
A magnificent Greek royalist protested to his Govt. 12615015
a) favoured b) awarded
c) liked d) opposed
16.
A congress of delegates should be called at once. 12615016
a) men b) women
c) children d) representatives
17.
There was an undisbanded Turkish army corps at Diyarbakir. 12615017
a) united b) disunited
c) dispersed d) scattered
18.
Men came crowding back to the ranks with guns and ammunition
raided from the Allies arm dumps. 12615018
a) weapons b) wheat
c) food d) communication
19.
Men came crowding back to the ranks with guns and ammunition raided
from the Allied arm dumps. 12615019
a) looted b) bought
c) gifted d) awarded
20.
Men came crowding back to the ranks with guns and ammunition raided
from the allied arms dumps. 12615020
a) mills b) stores
c) planes d) buildings
21.
There came the peremptory command of the king that the rebel
should report.
12615021
a) mutineer b) good
c) excellent d) passive
22. Mehmet IV could see no other
way to regain the provinces of Anatolia for the throne than by
subtlety. 12615022
a) get
back b) recoil
c) guard d) shift
23. Mehmat IV could see no other
way to regain the province of Anatolia for the throne than by subtlety. 12615023
a) safety b) cunning
c) loyalty d) test
24. The patriots could scarcely
imagine their state without a sultan. 12615024
a) joyfully b) awfully
c) hardly d) happily
25.
In her diary, an American medical practitioner chronicled
the daily deterioration of the position in Anatolia.
12615025
a) nurse b) dispenser
c) doctor d) guard
26. In her diary, an American
medical practitioner chronicled the daily deterioration of the
position in Anatolia.
a) recorded b) news 12615026
c) event d) function
27.
In her diary, an American practitioner chronicled the daily deterioration
of the position in Anatolia. 12615027
a) worsening b) develop
c) progress d) growth
28.
They realize that this is the end of them, and are desperate. 12615028
a) happy b) sorrowful
c) cautious d) reckless
29.
A general massacre of the Americans is expected. 12615029
a) meeting b) exodus
c) killing d) protest
30.
They evacuated the important Baghdad Railway junction. 12615030
a) vacated b) filled
c) tested d) captured
31.
The courage of the first words of the Turkish Govt. was astonishing. 12615031
a) fooling b) befooling
c) amazing d) caring
32.
All the orders of the Padishah should be considered null and void. 12615032
a) legal b) illegal
c) cancelled
d) needful
33.
Only the immediate hinterland of Istanbul was to remain
of the once extensive Turkey. 12615033
a) remote
area b) interior
c) close
area d) good
land
34.
Only the immediate hinterland of Istanbul was to remain of the once extensive
Turkey. 12615034
a) huge b) small
c) short d) close
35.
The Ottoman Govt. at Istanbul was branded by the patriots
as a puppet Govt. of traitors and dotard. 12615035
a) labelled b) respected
c) regarded d) lauded
36.
The Ottoman Govt. as Istanbul was branded by the patriots as a puppet
Govt. of traitors and dotards. 12615036
a) dummy b) clever
c) intelligent d) stupid
37.
The Ottoman Govt. at Istanbul was branded by the patriots as a puppet
Govt. of traitors and dotards. 12615037
a) soldiers b) fools
c) clever d) weaklings
38.
The Greeks attacked with reckless abandon and the Turks
hanged grimly on the heights. 12615038
a) wild b) careful
c) well-guarded d) uncontrolled
39.
The Greeks attacked with reckless abandon and the Turks
hanged grimly on the height. 12615039
a) courage b) care
c) guard d) safety
40.
The Greeks attacked with reckless abandon and the Turks hanged
grimly on the heights. 12615040
a) occupied b) rolled
c) vacate d) filled
41.
In the harbour towards the Allied battleship. 12615041
a) barber b) building
c) sea
port d) airport
42.
A long line of decorated cars entered Izmir on the 9th of
September 1922, on either side an escort of cavalry. 12615042
a) scout b) guard
c) soldier d) rampart
43.
A long line of decorated cars entered Izmir on the 9th
September 1922, on either side an escort of cavalry. 12615043
a) fools b) children
c) horsemen d) students
44.
Mustafa Kamal was the saviour of Turkey.
a) teacher b) deliverer
12615044
c) headmaster d) chief
45.
He proposed that the sultanate should be abolished. 12615045
a) developed b) eliminated
c) grew d) progressed
46.
The Grand Turkish National Assembly gave the verdict. 12615046
a) opposed b) view
c) decision d) review
47.
By the unanimous vote of the Assembly, sultanate is
abolished. 12615047
a) united b) disunited
c) without name d) wise
48.
The Padishah requested for the British refuge. 12615048
a) guard b) shelter
c) victory d) help
49.
This was a gigantic task. 12615049
a) huge b) small
c) short d) little
50.
He was willing to break down the barrier.
a) building b) taboo 12615050
c) obstruction
d) deed
51.
He toured to demonstrate how to use the new language. 12615051
a) explain b) view
c) review d) discuss
52.
The elaborate address and flowery phrases were out of
place. 12615052
a) detailed
b) brief
c) little d) showy
53.
The houses of the foreigners were ransacked. 12615053
a) built b) searched
c) viewed d) guarded
54.
He refused to disband. 12615054
a) disperse b) fight
c) obey d) unarm
55.
But his objections were for once overruled. 12615055
a) praised b) accepted
c) doubtful d) rejected
56.
The Padishah issued orders for the ship to be intercepted. 12615056
a) stopped
b) attacked
c) drowned
d) drawn
57.
The only imaginable reply to Mustafa Kamal’s invitation was a peremptory command. 12615057
a) quick b) slow
c) foolish d) authoritative
58.
There was no one to enforce the terms of the treaty. 12615058
a) pact b) agreement
c) dinner d) love
59.
The two valiant people fought. 12615059
a) brave b) nations
c) coward d) slow
60.
Armenian population crazed with fear.
a) mad b) upset 12615060
c) left d) surprised
61.
The last of the sultans was on his way to exile 12615061
a) extradition b) banishment
c) palace d) lead
62.
Mustafa Kamal inaugurated great development projects. 12615062
a) stopped b) launched
c) checked d) removed
63.
The changes in all branches of Turkish life are stupendous. 12615063
a) deliberate b) stupid
c) amazing d) strange
64.
The Turks now traversed in a few years.
a) travelled b) make 12615064
c) strange d) changed
65.
The thorough democratization of the nation. 12615065
a) making democratic b) government
c) freedom d) autocratic
Questions from Textbook
Q.1. What was the attitude of the Turkish
government towards the Allies after World War I?
(Board 2007) 12615066
Q.2. Why was Mustafa Kamal sent to Anatolia? (Board 2006, 08, 09 ) 12615067
Q.3. What was the reaction of the Turkish
patriots to the intention of the Allies’ plan to partition the Ottoman Empire?
Q.4. Write a
note on Mustafa Kamal’s activities in Anatolia. (Board 2016) 12615069
OR
What were the activities of Mustafa
Kamal in Anatolia? (Board 2010)
Q.5. Why did
Mehmet order Mustafa Kamal to return to Constantinople?
(Board 2010, 15)
Q.6. What was Mustafa Kamal’s reply?
Q.7. How did Mehmet try to regain Anatolia for
himself? (Board 2008, 09) 12615072
Q.8. What were the terms offered to Turkey by
the Allies?
Q.9. Give an
account of the Greek attack and its defeat.
OR
Describe
the event of war between the Greeks and the Turk patriots. (Board
2015)
Q.10. Give an
account of the departure of Mehmet from Istanbul.
Q.11. What did Kamal say about the education of
women?
Q.12. Describe Mustafa Kamal’s educational
reforms. (Board 2007)
Q.13. Describe the social changes introduced by
Mustafa Kamal.
Q.14. Describe the cultural changes introduced by
Mustafa Kamal.
Q.15. Describe the economic reforms introduced by
Mustafa Kamal. (Board 2007, 10, 15) 12615080
Q.16. What has been the achievement of Mustafa
Kamal for the Turkish People?
Additional
Questions
Q.17. Why were armies of the democracies hailedas
deliverers?
Q.18. How did the Allies control Istanbul?
Q.19. Write a brief note on Mustafa Kamal’s
departure to Anatolia? Why was Mustafa Kamal sent to Anatolia?
Q.20. What was the plan of resistance of Mustafa
Kamal? (Board 2010)
Q.21. Why was Ankara chosen as a center of
nationalists’ activities?
Q.22. How did Mustafa Kamal make use of the absence
of the nationalists?
Q.23. When did the revolutionary assembly meet and
what was its first act?
OR
When and where was the Turkish Grand
National Assembly formed? (Board 2016)
Q.24. For how many days did the Greeks fight with
the Turks?
Q.25. What was Mustafa Kamal’s famous battle-call?
Q.26. How and when was the Sultanate abolished? (Board 2009)
Q.27. What happened on the 17th of
November, 1922?
Q.28. What was the first objective of Mustafa as
president?
Q.29. What type of teacher was Mustafa Kamal?
Q.30. What did the British admiral confide in the
Governor?
Q.31. Which two major reforms for women did Mustafa
Kamal introduce? (Board 2015)
