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Read the extract given below and answer ghe questions that follow:

When I got to New Mullion, my eager expectations of a sweet and simple country village ere severely disappointed. Its streets were rivers of mud, with rows of wooden shops, either painted a sour brown, or bare of any paint at all.


A. Who is “I”?


B. Why was “I” disappointed?


C. What does the word “expectations” mean?

A. “I”, in this context, refers to the young lawyer who has been sent out forty miles in the country, to at town called New Mullion, to serve summons on a man called Oliver Lutkins who would serve as a witness to a law case.


B. The young lawyer was disappointed as his eager expectations of a sweet and simple country village were not satisfied. New Mullion’s streets were rivers of mud, with rows of wooden shops, either painted a sour brown or bare of any paint at all.


C. “Expectations” refer to something eagerly wished for. As in this context, the young lawyer’s expectations of a country life were severely disappointed by muddy streets, and bare wooden shops.


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The following passage has not been edited. There is on 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.


Error Correction


Summer camps develop a child confidence. e.g. child child’s


They also encourages children (a) __________ ____________


to do things by their own. (b) __________ ____________


The camps is beneficial to (c) __________ ____________


aggressive children as we promote (d) __________ ____________


mutual understanding.

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Rearrange the following words and phrases into meaningful sentences. One has been done for you as an example.

Example:


Person/physically/ a/ was/Kitty/ handicapped


Kitty was a physically handicapped person.


A. sat up/wheelchair/in a / battery driven/every evening,/ she


B. drove/an/she/her wheelchair/to/ apple orchard


C. Very happy/with apples/the trees/she was/to see/ laden

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“Never shall a young man,

Thrown into despair


By those great honey-coloured


Ramparts at your ear,”


A. Who is the speaker of these lines? Who is he speaking to?


B. What does the young man mean by “honey-coloured ramparts?


C. What does the word “despair” mean?

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Answer the following questions in 30-40 words each:

Why did Buddha choose Benares to preach his first sermon?