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TYPE I PASSAGES

Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.

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It may seem puzzling that the hours of U.S. women’s home activities have not declined in spite of the availability of many appliances (washing machines, gas and electric ranges, blenders, etc.). The truth is that appliances tend to be energy-saving rather than time saving and lead to a rise in the standards of housekeeping. Hence women today spend more time than their grandmothers doing laundry, since family members demand more frequent changes of clothing today than in earlier generations. Husbands and children expect more varied meals. Advertising encourages women to devote an inordinate amount of time and money to waxing floors, creating rooms free of ‘odour-causing’ germs and seeking to meet other extraordinary standards of cleanliness. Furthermore, the increasing concern for good nutrition means that many home-makers are now spending more time preparing foods that are not available in the marketplace or which are only available at great costs.

Choose the correct option to answer each question. 1. How have household appliances affected women’s home activities? (a) They have increased the hours of women’s work. (b) They have decreased the hours of women’s work. (c) They have not brought about any big change. (d) They have not helped them in any way.

2. How have the household appliances helped the standard of housekeeping? (a) It has declined. (b) It has risen. (c) It has been going up and down. (d) It has remained constant.

3. The modern home appliances are … (a) time-saving (b) energy-saving (c) both (a) and (b) (d) neither (a) nor (b)

4. Why are the home-makers spending more time in preparing food? (a) Because the concern for nutrition has increased (b) Because food of required quality is quite costly (c) Because good food is not available (d) Because of all the above factors

5. In the passage, the word ‘inordinate’ means … (a) far less than is expected (b) far more than is expected (c) adequate (d) none of the above

Ans. 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (d) 5. (b)

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All-round development of man is the true aim of education. It should train not only the head, but also the hands and the heart. But our present system of education has miserably failed to achieve this aim. It suffers from many grave defects.

The present system of education was founded by the British for their own convenience. Lord Macaulay was the father and founder of this system. He wanted it to produce clerks to help the British in running their administration. Today the English have gone but the same old system of education still continues. We are free but we are still slavishly following the system evolved by the British.

This system of education has many defects. It must be changed and overhauled. The greatest defect in our present system of education is that it is too theoretical.

An educated man has only bookish knowledge. He knows nothing about practical things. He finds that his education has not made him fit to do any useful work for his society.

Choose the correct option to answer each question. 1. What is the true aim of education? (a) Training of the head (b) Training of the heart (c) All-round development of man (d) All of the above

2. What was Lord Macaulay’s aim? (a) To bring about an all-round development of the Indian people (b) To train the head and the heart of the Indian students (c) To continue with the old system of education in India (d) To produce clerks who could help the British in running their administration

3. What is the biggest defect in our present system of education? (a) It is bookish. (b) It is too theoretical. (c) It is not practical. (d) All of the above

4. Whatdoesaneducatedmanfind? (a) He finds that his education has been only bookish. (b) He finds that his education has not enabled him to be useful for society. (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Neither (a) nor (b)

5. The word ‘convenience’ means … (a) luxury (b) comfort (c) support (d) favour

Ans. 1. (d) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (b)

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We have been brought up to fear insects. We regard them as unnecessary creatures that do more harm than good. Man continually wages war on them, for they contaminate his food, carry diseases or devour his crops. They sting or bite without provocation, they fly uninvited into our rooms on summer nights, or beat against our lighted windows. We live in dread not only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps, but of quite harmless ones like moths. Reading about them increases our understanding without dispelling our fears. Knowing that the industrious ant lives in a highly organised society does nothing to prevent us from

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being filled with revulsion when we find hordes of them crawling over a carefully prepared picnic lunch. No matter how much we like honey, or how much we have read about the uncanny sense of direction which bees possess, we have a horror of being stung. Most of our fears are unreasonable, but they are difficult to erase. At the same time, however, insects are strangely fascinating.

Choose the correct option to answer each question.

1. What is our attitude towards insects full of? (a) Love (b) Hatred (c) Fear (d) Ignorance

2. What do we think of insects as creatures? (a) Important (b) Necessary (c) Essential (d) Unnecessary

3. Why does man continually wage war on insects? (a) They contaminate his food. (b) They carry diseases. (c) They devour his crops. (d) All of the above

4. How, do you think, are most of man’s fears of insects? (a) Unreasonable (b) Illogical (c) Reasonable (d) Logical

5. Find a word in the passage which means ‘large groups’. (a) Devour (b) Provocation (c) Revulsion (d) Hordes

Ans. 1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (d)

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The real way to distinguish a star from a planet is to see whether it twinkles or not. Stars twinkle, planets don’t. Planets shine only because they get the light of the sun. It is merely the sunshine on the planets or the moon that we see.

Stars are like the sun. They shine of themselves because they are very hot and burning. In fact, the sun itself is a star. It looks bigger than stars because it is much nearer. We see it as a great ball of fire in the sky.

Thus our earth belongs to the family of the sun. We think the earth is very big.

Compared to our tiny selves, it is truly very big. It takes weeks and months in a fast train or ship to go from one part of the earth to another. But although it seems so big, it is just like a speck of dust hanging in the air. The sun is millions of miles away and the other stars are even further away. That is why they look so small to us.

Choose the correct option to answer each question. 1. How can we distinguish a star from a planet? (a) Planets twinkle, stars don’t. (b) Stars twinkle, planets don’t. (c) Stars are farther than planets. (d) Planets are farther than stars.

2. What makes the stars shine? (a) The stars shine because they are very big. (b) The stars shine because they get the light of the moon. (c) The stars shine because they are very hot and burning. (d) The stars shine because we see them during the day.

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3. What makes the moon shine? (a) The light of the sun falling on it (b) The light of the earth falling on it (c) The light of the stars falling on it (d) The light of the satellites falling on it

4. How big is the earth as compared to the universe? (a) It is a little smaller than the sun. (b) It is bigger than the sun. (c) It is as big as the sun. (d) It is only a speck of dust.

5. The word ‘distinguish’ means … (a) differentiate (b) combine (c) distribute (d) none of the above

Ans. 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5. (a)

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Miss Hall, a beautiful actress, had her home in a small town, but she did not want to go back there every night. So she rented a flat in the centre of the city. It was an old flat and needed much repair. The walls looked shabby and the old paint on them was peeling off. So the actress placed an order for some beautiful furniture and also hired a man to paint the rooms. She was a great actress and it was very difficult to get tickets for her show. She decided to give the painter two free tickets of her show. She hoped that this would make him work better for her. The painter took the tickets without saying anything and she heard no more about him. At the end of the month, she got the painter’s bill. At the bottom of it were the words: Three hours, watching Miss Hall sing and dance — Rs. 60/- with this note: After 5 p.m., I charge Rs. 20/- an hour instead of Rs. 10/-.

Choose the correct option to answer each question.

1. Who was Miss Hall? (a) An old lady (b) A beautiful actress (c) A great writer (d) An ugly woman

2. WhydidMissHallrentaflatinthecity? (a) Because she was very beautiful. (b) Because she did not want to go back to her house every night. (c) Because she was afraid of going alone. (d) Because she was a successful actress.

3. What did she do to make her house look nice? (a) She got the rooms painted. (b) She bought new curtains. (c) She bought a new house. (d) She kept a servant in the house.

4. Why did she give the painter two free tickets? (a) She thought the painter would thus work better. (b) She wanted to help the poor painter. (c) The painter had no money to buy the tickets for himself. (d) The painter wanted to see her show.

5. What is the opposite of ‘better’? (a) Best (b) Bad (c) Worse (d) Worst

Ans. 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (c)

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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was President of the United States from 1861 to 1865. Once a very rich man came to him with a case. Lincoln was then practising as a lawyer. This man wanted Lincoln to take a poor neighbour to court for not paying back a small sum of two and a half dollars. The poor man had refused to pay it because, he said, he didn’t really owe it. Lincoln had an idea. He agreed to take up the case if he was paid ten dollars, cash down. The rich man readily paid him the cash. Lincoln at once went and gave the other man five dollars and said, “Now go and pay two and a half dollars to that neighbour of yours and take two and a half dollars for yourself.” Both Lincoln and the poor man gained some money and the rich man was completely satisfied.

Choose the correct option to answer each question. 1. Why did the rich man want to take his poor neighbour to court? (a) For not paying back his money (b) For not giving back his car (c) For stealing his money (d) None of the above

2. How much money did the rich man say the poor man owed to him? (a) Three and a half dollars (b) Two and a half dollars (c) Two dollars (d) Three dollars

3. Why was the poor man refusing to pay the rich man? (a) Because he didn’t really owe it. (b) Because he had no money with him. (c) Because he had become greedy. (d) Because he wanted to rob the rich man.

4. On what condition did Lincoln agree to take up the rich man’s case? (a) If the poor man paid him ten dollars (b) If the rich man paid him fifty dollars (c) If he was paid ten dollars, cash down (d) None of the above

5. Which word in the passage is the synonym of ‘declined’? (a) Reacted (b) Satisfied (c) Escaped (d) Refused

Ans. 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (c)

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Valentin Hauy developed a system of reading for the blind. He printed normal letters in relief that could be felt by a touch of finger. He also started a school for the blind children. Hauy’s system of reading for the blind was very useful. But it was quite difficult to learn. Moreover, it was only a reading system. There was no way for the blind to write in this system. In 1819, a ten-year-old blind boy named Louis Braille entered Hauy’s school. He was an intelligent student and quickly learnt to read with the help of embossed letters. But he soon realised the disadvantages in Hauy’s system. He made up his mind to develop an easier method of reading and writing for the blind. And in 1824, when he was only 15, Braille invented a system of writing which has been accepted all over the world. He was yet a student in Hauy’s school. This school is now known as the National Institute for Blind Children. It is supported by the French government.

Choose the correct option to answer each question:

1. What were the disadvantages in Hauy’s system? (a) It was difficult to learn. (b) It was only a reading system. (c) There was no way for the blind to write in this system. (d) All of the above.

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