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Complete the given story in 150-200 words.

One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the purpose of showing his son how the poor people live so he could be thankful for his wealth. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, “How was the trip”? —————.

One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the purpose of showing his son how the poor people live so he could be thankful for his wealth. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, “How was the trip”? the son replied to the father “it was an amazing learning experience”. The father then asked his son “what knowledge did you gain from this visit?” The son with a heavy voice replies “it was sad to see how people live who don’t have enough money?” he then explained to his father that the family had very limited space to live, the electricity supply wasn’t available with which their living was based on the natural light and in the latter half of the day they used oil lamps he said “if I don’t have electricity for one hour also I get annoyed and these people live every day without electricity” he then thanked his father and promised him not to waste and misuse what he had with him.


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Write-an article in about 100-120 words on ‘River pollution.’

You may use the clues given below:


* rivers, the biggest source of water


* victims of pollution


* industrial waste


* city waste drained into them


* religious ceremonies—idol immersion


* garlands and flowers


* ashes after cremation poured into rivers

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Complete the given story in 150-200 words.

It was an unusual instance. Mr. Subramanium was late for his lecture. He hurried to his room and saw a peon dusting the table by putting all the articles of his table to one side. Mr. Subramanium mistook him for a thief who had come to steal the office property ——.

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Complete the paragraph given below by filling in the blanks with one word only with the help of options that follow:

While peeling the sweet lime and oranges (a)……… careful so that the segments are not mashed.


The lettuce leaves are (b)……… into pieces.


They are kept in ice-cold water (c)………ten minutes.


(a) (i) was (ii) is (iii) be (iv) will


(b) (i) broken (ii) break (iii) breaks (iv) broke


(c) (i) with (ii) for (iii) on (iv) during

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In the following passage, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing words along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after in your answer sheet against the correct blank number.

(a) The days global warming a very hot


(b) topic, seeing as the earth grows hotter each passing


(c) year. The effect of man’s industrialization quietly


(d) yet continuously eked away at the delicate balance the


(e) planet’s atmosphere and ecosystem, but within last


(f) 30 years the damage markedly increased.


(g) The cruel perspective of global warming a phenomenon


(h) of increase the average temperature of an atmosphere.