COMPREHENSION TEST
1237. (1) 1238. (2) 1239. (1) 1240. (3)   20. (2) Science cannot explain human     57. (4) to have a direct conversation
                                              emotions. Hence, people have a           with the interviewees
1241. (1) 1242. (4) 1243. (4) 1244. (3)
                                              soft corner for those who produce    58. (2) I ought to plan and prepare
1245. (2) 1246. (3) 1247. (4) 1248. (2)       a splendid display of emotions in        for the interview well in advance
1249. (3) 1250. (4) 1251. (2) 1252. (1)       their work.                          59. (1) understand shades of mean-
1253. (3) 1254. (4) 1255. (2) 1256. (4)   21. (2) whale                                ing not readily available in writ-
1257. (3) 1258. (4) 1259. (2) 1260. (1)   22. (2) cooking                              ten responses
1261. (2) 1262. (3) 1263. (1) 1264. (4)   23. (1) liver                            60. (3) psychological properties par-
                                          24. (3) blubber                              ticular to a given interviewee
1265. (4) 1266. (2) 1267. (3) 1268. (2)
                                          25. (4) Soaps                            61. (1) human labour
1269. (3) 1270. (4) 1271. (3) 1272. (2)
                                          26. (1) explore the history of vacations 62. (4) both men and women
1273. (2) 1274. (4) 1275. (2) 1276. (4)                                            63. (1) role of women
                                          27. (1) a more carefree nature
1277. (1) 1278. (2) 1279. (3) 1280. (1)   28. (3) varied                           64. (3) any voice in family or com-
1281. (4) 1282. (1) 1283. (3) 1284. (1)   29. (2) privilege                            munity decision or legal or eco-
1285. (2) 1286. (3) 1287. (1) 1288. (4)   30. (3) All work and no play makes           nomic status
1289. (3) 1290. (1) 1291. (2) 1292. (1)       Jack a dull boy                      65. (1) an essential power in the de-
                                          31. (1) only a third of those aboard         velopment of the nation
1293. (4) 1294. (3) 1295. (1) 1296. (2)
                                              perished                             66. (2) A period of change
1297. (3) 1298. (3) 1299. (1) 1300. (2)
                                          32. (4) The Carpathia                    67. (3) Financially healthy
1301. (3) 1302. (4) 1303. (3) 1304. (2)                                            68. (1) By being innovative.
                                          33. (1) 2
1305. (1) 1306. (4) 1307. (1) 1308. (3)                                            69. (2) Immense conservatism
                                          34. (1) inaugural
1309. (2) 1310. (1) 1311. (2) 1312. (4)   35. (3) Overconfidence by builders       70. (2) Will undermine the banks’
1313. (2) 1314. (4) 1315. (1) 1316. (3)       and owners was greatly respon-           social commitment.
1317. (2) 1318. (4) 1319. (2) 1320. (2)       sible for the sinking of the vessel  71. (3) they are over-used
                                          36. (4) are sensational                  72. (3) we cannot stop using antibi-
1321. (2) 1322. (1) 1323. (2) 1324. (2)
                                          37. (4) make money easily                    otics
1325. (2) 1326. (1) 1327. (2)
                                          38. (4) To bring out the evil impacts    73. (4) antibiotics are used indis-
                                              of the printing press.                   criminately
                                          39. (4) argues convincingly              74. (3) antibiotics
  1. (4) synthetic fibre                  40. (4) A novelist                       75. (2) it is a common practice to
  2. (2) become popular during the last   41. (3) Awareness of time in the mod-        prescribe antibiotics
     twenty years                             ern industrial world                 76. (3) with an adhesive organ found
  3. (4) the synthetic cloth              42. (2) the notion of time as a collec-      in its head
  4. (3) the newly rich people                tion of minutes                      77. (1) to one and harmless to other
  5. (3) sombre                           43. (3) does not care about each         78. (4) are related to each other
  6. (4) people are too lazy to change        minute                               79. (2) benefit at the expense of the
     their bad habits                     44. (2) the Americans or the English-        animals they live with
  7. (3) the decline in the language can      men are punctual                     80. (2) on the left-over parts of the
     be stopped                           45. (1) China and Japan                      shark’s prey
  8. (1) taking the necessary trouble     46. (3) automation                       81. (3) Humanistic
     to avoid bad habits                  47. (2) most capable of dealing with     82. (2) Cruel and greedy
  9. (3) our thoughts are becoming            the changing reality                 83. (3) Non-humans have refused co-
     uglier because we are making the     48. (4) synchronization                      operation to human beings
     language uglier                      49. (3) a believer in doing what he is   84. (4) Poor and weak people are op-
 10. (3) Political and economic causes        told, right or wrong                     pressed by the modern man
 11. (1) The impact of science can be     50. (2) a critical mind having insight   85. (4) Understanding
     felt in every sphere of life             into future                          86. (4) No students can be barred
 12. (4) expository                       51. (1) we should do to make children        from the Boards without prior
 13. (4) Science                              read                                     clearance from the CBSE
 14. (4) mankind                          52. (3) stop compelling children to      87. (1) Students must pass the pre-
 15. (2) Science, a great boon                read books recommended by                board exam before appearing for
 16. (3) Friendship is beyond science’s       them                                     the Board exam.
     mastery                              53. (1) win the favour of thei r
                                                                                   88. (3) Students who fare poorly at
 17. (4) setting of the sun, with all its     teachers
                                                                                       the pre-board will fail at the
     beauty                               54. (4) recommending them the books          boards
 18. (1) Love and laughter, pain and          intended for adults.
     loneliness                                                                    89. (4) Attracting talented students
                                          55. (1) reads books not suitable for
 19. (3) large number of foreign                                                   90. (4) linking performance of their
                                              his age
     tourists visiting homes of                                                        works in pre-boards to the de-
                                          56. (2) instruct people on the best          barment
     playwrights, writers, poets              means of conducting interviews
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