Directions (Questions 101 to 110): Read the passage and complete it by selecting the right words for the numbered blanks. While a certain 101 attitude can be detected in the 102 of fast food in the narratives of the established 103, the popular writings which appear in cookbooks and dailies 104 the virtues of fast food. A quick 105 through some recipes published in ‘Metro Plus’ in The Hindu, a 106 Indian newspaper, will show the importance given to the time 107 to cook and the appliances 108 in cooking. On the cover of ‘Readymade Paneer’, I have come across the 109 ‘no cooking required’. All that is required is heating the food in a microwave oven. This is probably the other end of the 110 of food writing in India where minimalism has become the buzzword.
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Correct answer: (B) disapproving The passage carries a note of disapproval towards fast food, so the blank takes ‘disapproving’.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 102
Directions (Questions 101 to 110): Read the passage and complete it by selecting the right words for the numbered blanks. While a certain 101 attitude can be detected in the 102 of fast food in the narratives of the established 103, the popular writings which appear in cookbooks and dailies 104 the virtues of fast food. A quick 105 through some recipes published in ‘Metro Plus’ in The Hindu, a 106 Indian newspaper, will show the importance given to the time 107 to cook and the appliances 108 in cooking. On the cover of ‘Readymade Paneer’, I have come across the 109 ‘no cooking required’. All that is required is heating the food in a microwave oven. This is probably the other end of the 110 of food writing in India where minimalism has become the buzzword.
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Correct answer: (A) description What is meant here is the description of fast food, so ‘description’ fits.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 103
Directions (Questions 101 to 110): Read the passage and complete it by selecting the right words for the numbered blanks. While a certain 101 attitude can be detected in the 102 of fast food in the narratives of the established 103, the popular writings which appear in cookbooks and dailies 104 the virtues of fast food. A quick 105 through some recipes published in ‘Metro Plus’ in The Hindu, a 106 Indian newspaper, will show the importance given to the time 107 to cook and the appliances 108 in cooking. On the cover of ‘Readymade Paneer’, I have come across the 109 ‘no cooking required’. All that is required is heating the food in a microwave oven. This is probably the other end of the 110 of food writing in India where minimalism has become the buzzword.
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above The reference is to those who write, for which both ‘authors’ and ‘writers’ serve—so the answer is ‘more than one’.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 104
Directions (Questions 101 to 110): Read the passage and complete it by selecting the right words for the numbered blanks. While a certain 101 attitude can be detected in the 102 of fast food in the narratives of the established 103, the popular writings which appear in cookbooks and dailies 104 the virtues of fast food. A quick 105 through some recipes published in ‘Metro Plus’ in The Hindu, a 106 Indian newspaper, will show the importance given to the time 107 to cook and the appliances 108 in cooking. On the cover of ‘Readymade Paneer’, I have come across the 109 ‘no cooking required’. All that is required is heating the food in a microwave oven. This is probably the other end of the 110 of food writing in India where minimalism has become the buzzword.
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Correct answer: (A) praise The sense of the sentence is one of commendation, so ‘praise’ belongs in the blank.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 105
Directions (Questions 101 to 110): Read the passage and complete it by selecting the right words for the numbered blanks. While a certain 101 attitude can be detected in the 102 of fast food in the narratives of the established 103, the popular writings which appear in cookbooks and dailies 104 the virtues of fast food. A quick 105 through some recipes published in ‘Metro Plus’ in The Hindu, a 106 Indian newspaper, will show the importance given to the time 107 to cook and the appliances 108 in cooking. On the cover of ‘Readymade Paneer’, I have come across the 109 ‘no cooking required’. All that is required is heating the food in a microwave oven. This is probably the other end of the 110 of food writing in India where minimalism has become the buzzword.
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Correct answer: (B) look ‘A closer look’ is the ordinary phrase, so ‘look’ fits here.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 106
Directions (Questions 101 to 110): Read the passage and complete it by selecting the right words for the numbered blanks. While a certain 101 attitude can be detected in the 102 of fast food in the narratives of the established 103, the popular writings which appear in cookbooks and dailies 104 the virtues of fast food. A quick 105 through some recipes published in ‘Metro Plus’ in The Hindu, a 106 Indian newspaper, will show the importance given to the time 107 to cook and the appliances 108 in cooking. On the cover of ‘Readymade Paneer’, I have come across the 109 ‘no cooking required’. All that is required is heating the food in a microwave oven. This is probably the other end of the 110 of food writing in India where minimalism has become the buzzword.
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Correct answer: (B) leading ‘Leading’ means foremost, so ‘leading magazines’ suits the sense of the sentence.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 107
Directions (Questions 101 to 110): Read the passage and complete it by selecting the right words for the numbered blanks. While a certain 101 attitude can be detected in the 102 of fast food in the narratives of the established 103, the popular writings which appear in cookbooks and dailies 104 the virtues of fast food. A quick 105 through some recipes published in ‘Metro Plus’ in The Hindu, a 106 Indian newspaper, will show the importance given to the time 107 to cook and the appliances 108 in cooking. On the cover of ‘Readymade Paneer’, I have come across the 109 ‘no cooking required’. All that is required is heating the food in a microwave oven. This is probably the other end of the 110 of food writing in India where minimalism has become the buzzword.
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above Here ‘required’ and ‘needed’ carry the same sense, so the answer is ‘more than one’.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 108
Directions (Questions 101 to 110): Read the passage and complete it by selecting the right words for the numbered blanks. While a certain 101 attitude can be detected in the 102 of fast food in the narratives of the established 103, the popular writings which appear in cookbooks and dailies 104 the virtues of fast food. A quick 105 through some recipes published in ‘Metro Plus’ in The Hindu, a 106 Indian newspaper, will show the importance given to the time 107 to cook and the appliances 108 in cooking. On the cover of ‘Readymade Paneer’, I have come across the 109 ‘no cooking required’. All that is required is heating the food in a microwave oven. This is probably the other end of the 110 of food writing in India where minimalism has become the buzzword.
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Correct answer: (A) used The blank is about the ingredients being used, so ‘used’ goes in.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 109
Directions (Questions 101 to 110): Read the passage and complete it by selecting the right words for the numbered blanks. While a certain 101 attitude can be detected in the 102 of fast food in the narratives of the established 103, the popular writings which appear in cookbooks and dailies 104 the virtues of fast food. A quick 105 through some recipes published in ‘Metro Plus’ in The Hindu, a 106 Indian newspaper, will show the importance given to the time 107 to cook and the appliances 108 in cooking. On the cover of ‘Readymade Paneer’, I have come across the 109 ‘no cooking required’. All that is required is heating the food in a microwave oven. This is probably the other end of the 110 of food writing in India where minimalism has become the buzzword.
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Correct answer: (B) instruction A line of a recipe setting out a step is an instruction, so that is the word wanted.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 110
Directions (Questions 101 to 110): Read the passage and complete it by selecting the right words for the numbered blanks. While a certain 101 attitude can be detected in the 102 of fast food in the narratives of the established 103, the popular writings which appear in cookbooks and dailies 104 the virtues of fast food. A quick 105 through some recipes published in ‘Metro Plus’ in The Hindu, a 106 Indian newspaper, will show the importance given to the time 107 to cook and the appliances 108 in cooking. On the cover of ‘Readymade Paneer’, I have come across the 109 ‘no cooking required’. All that is required is heating the food in a microwave oven. This is probably the other end of the 110 of food writing in India where minimalism has become the buzzword.
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above ‘Spectrum’, ‘field’ and ‘genre’—more than one of them fits the sentence, so that is the answer.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 111
Read the extract carefully and answer the questions that follow: “We look before and after, / And pine for what is not: / Our sincerest laughter / With some pain is fraught; / Our sweetest songs are those / that tell of saddest thought.” Which one of the following best expresses the paraphrase of the above?
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Correct answer: (C) Life has both joys and sorrows about it Shelley's lines mean that life holds joys and sorrows together—even the sweetest songs tell of saddest thought.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 112
Read the extract carefully and answer the questions that follow: “The child is father of the Man; / And I could wish my days to be / Bound each to each by / natural piety.” Which one of the following is the best paraphrase of the above?
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Correct answer: (A) The soul is immortal Wordsworth's ‘The child is father of the Man’ implies that what is within us, the soul, is immortal.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 113
I have observed that a reader seldom pursues a book with pleasure until he knows whether its writer is a black or fair man, mild or choleric, married or bachelor, and other particulars that conduce to the right understanding of an author. Which one of the following is a suitable heading for the above?
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Correct answer: (A) Mr. Author The extract turns on the writer's own person, so the fitting title is ‘Mr. Author’.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 114
Thus I live in the world rather as a spectator of mankind than as one of the species, by which means I have made myself a speculative statesman, soldier, merchant and artisan without ever meddling with any practical part in life. I am well versed in the theory of a husband or a father, and can discern the errors in economy, business and diversions of others better than those engaged in them. Which one of the following is a suitable heading for the above?
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Correct answer: (C) Author’s Account of Himself In this extract the writer gives an account of himself, so the title ‘Author's Account of Himself’ fits.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 115
Health is most valuable of all earthly possessions. Without it all the rest are worth nothing. To enjoy good health we should refrain from excess in eating. We should eat moderately and not devour whatever we get. Which one of the following is the best summary of the above?
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Correct answer: (C) To enjoy good health, we should eat moderately The gist of the passage is that for good health we should eat moderately.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 116
Charity begins at home. Which one of the following best expresses the meaning of the above?
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Correct answer: (A) Having looked after one’s kiths and kins, one can proceed to help others ‘Charity begins at home’ means that one helps others only after looking after one's own kith and kin.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 117
It is never too late to mend. Which one of the following is the explanation of the above?
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Correct answer: (B) Knowledge can be acquired regardless of time ‘It is never too late to mend’ implies that knowledge can be acquired regardless of time.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 118
Of Friendship. To which one of the following categories would the above essay belong?
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Correct answer: (A) Reflective In an essay such as ‘Of Friendship’ the writer muses on his subject, so it is a reflective essay.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 119
The Cinema. The cinema is an outstanding wonder of this modern age. Apart from the great pleasure it gives us as a means of entertainment, it is in many ways an education in itself. To which one of the following categories would the above essay belong?
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Correct answer: (C) Expository ‘The Cinema’ sets out and explains its subject in order, so it is not descriptive but expository.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 120
“Honor and shame from no condition rise; / Act well your part, there all the honor lies. / Fortune in men has some small difference made, / One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade; / The cobbler apron’d and the parson gown’d, / The friar hooded, and the monarch crown’d.” Which one of the following is the best paraphrase of the above?
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Correct answer: (A) Honour and shame do not depend on a man’s position in the world, but on what he is and what he does. Pope's lines mean that honour and shame do not depend on a man's position but on how he acts his part.