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You have been preparing for the National Talent Search Examination for the last one year and have got a very good rank. Write your story in 150-200 words using the following cues.

Humble family background – ambition to be something – scholarship, a means to that – preparation – help from the teachers – use of library – examination – result.

I was born into a middle-class family with less financial stability and both my Father and Mother works hard to meet the expenses of family and at a very young age I had a desire in my mi8nd to become a scientist and I read scientific journals borrowed from friends and library my teachers helped me in succeeding by providing proper guidelines on time they taught me difficult questions and gave me financial support in order to do experiments and prepare for examination finally I prepared for my national talent search examination and secured good rank now government is providing me scholarship amount for my studies and I decreased my parents burden by reducing expenses they spent for me.


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One of the key messages of the Prime Minister’s Independence Day speech was ‘Clean India’. The Government has taken an initiative for cleaning the river especially ‘The Ganges’. The Government has also urged the people of India to realize the dream of ‘Clean India’. Write an article in 100-120 words mentioning the measures people can take for a cleaner and greener India.

 4

Complete the story in 150-200 words which starts like this:

“It was a quiet, cold and dark night like it usually is in winter when all retire to bed early. Suddenly at the dead of night, a shriek jerked the people in the building out of their beds. It was distinctly the voice of …………”

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Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate words from the given options.

Today a good (a) ………. varieties of tea and tea brands are available in the market. Green tea is popular (b) ………. China and the Far East. In Japan, the tea ceremony is a traditional way of greeting guests, (c) ……… is a social occasion.


(a) (i) very


(ii) many


(iii) much


(iv) more


(b) (i) on


(ii) at


(iii) in


(iv) for


(c) (i) and


(ii) it


(iii) both


(iv) this

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The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank has been given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer-sheet against the correct blank number as given in the example. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.