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Directions (1-5): A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.
My brother, David, was always close to our grandmother. Both of them shared a love of Mother Nature and of food that they had grown themselves. Whenever his schedule permitted, he would drop in for a short visit and a cup of coffee. One day, when he found no one home, he left a chunk of dirt on her porch. This started what was later to be known as his "calling card". Grandmother would come home occasionally and instantly know that Dave had been by when she spotted the chunk of dirt on her porch. Although Grandmother had a poor upbringing in Italy, she managed to do well in the United States. She was always healthy and independent and enjoyed a fulfilling life. Recently she had a stroke and died. Everyone was saddened by her death. David was disconsolate. His life-long friend was now gone.
Q1. What is the opposite of the word 'disconsolate'?
Devastated
Hilarious
Exuberant
Sombre
Solution:
Option C fits in the context.
Q2. David would drop in for a short visit and leave a _____ as a sign on grandma's porch if she was not at home.
schedule
chunk of dirt
calling card
cup of coffee
Solution:
Option B fits in the context.
Q3. Grandmother used to be _____ .
rich in Italy but poor in the United States
in the United States but is now in Italy
poor earlier but became rich later on
rich earlier but now poor
Solution:
Option C fits in the context.
Q4. Grandmother enjoyed a _____ life.
healthy but sickly
good and healthy
rich but sickly
poor and healthy
Solution:
Option B fits in the context.
Q5. Grandmother's death made everyone
sad including David
disconsolate excluding David
happy and disconsolate
sad excluding David
Solution:
Option A fits in the context.
Directions (6-10): A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.
One of the most intriguing stories of the Russian Revolution concerns the identity of Anastasia, the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II. During his reign over Russia, the czar had planned to revoke many of the harsh laws established by previous czars. Some workers and peasants, however, clamored for more rapid social reform. In 1918, a group of these people known as Bolsheviks overthrew the government. On July 17 or 18, they murdered the czar and what was thought to be his entire family. Although witnesses vouched that all the members of the czar's family had been executed, there were rumors suggesting that Anastasia had survived. Over the years, a number of women claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia. Perhaps the most famous claimant was Anastasia Tschaikovsky, who was also known as Anna Anderson.
In 1920, 18 months after the czar's execution, this terrified young woman was rescued from drowning in a Berlin river. She spent two years in a hospital, where she attempted to reclaim her health and shattered mind. The doctors and nurses thought that she resembled Anastasia and questioned her about her background. She disclaimed any connection with the czar's family. Eight years later, however, she claimed that she was Anastasia. She said that she had been rescued by two Russian soldiers after the czar and the rest of her family had been killed. Two brothers named Tschaikovsky had carried her into Romania. She had married one of the brothers, who had taken her to Berlin and left her there, penniless and without a vocation. Unable to invoke the aid of her mother's family in Germany, she had tried to drown herself. During the next few years, scores of the czar's relatives, ex-servants, and acquaintances interviewed her. Many of these people said that her looks and mannerisms were evocative of the Anastasia that they had known. Her grandmother and other relatives denied that she was the real Anastasia, however.
Tired of being accused of fraud, Anastasia immigrated to the United States in 1928 and took the name Anna Anderson. She still wished to prove that she was Anastasia, though, and returned to Germany in 1933 to bring suit against her mother's family. There she declaimed to the court, asserting that she was indeed Anastasia and deserved her inheritance. In 1957, the court decided that it could neither confirm nor deny Anastasia's identity. Although it will probably never be known whether this woman was the Grand Duchess Anastasia, her search to establish her identity has been the subject of numerous books, plays, and movies.
Q6. Some Russian peasants and workers ______ for social reform.
longed
cried out
begged
hoped
Solution:
Clamor for: to raise a great outcry for something. Cry out: to shout or make a loud noise because you are frightened or hurt. Hence option B is a correct choice.
Q7. Witnesses ______ that all members of the czar's family had been executed.
gave assurance
thought
hoped
doubted
Solution:
Vouch: assert or confirm as a result of one's own experience the truth or accuracy of (something). Hence option A is a correct choice.
Q8. Tschaikovsky initially ______ any connection with the czar's family.
denied
stopped
noted
justified
Solution:
Disclaim: refuse to acknowledge; deny. Hence option A is a correct choice.
Q9. She was unable to ______ the aid of her relatives.
locate
speak about
call on
identify
Solution:
She was unable to invoke, i.e. to call on, the aid of relatives.
Q10. In court she _________ maintaining that she was Anastasia and deserved her inheritance.
finally appeared
spoke forcefully
gave testimony
gave evidence
Solution:
The clause in the passage ‘’There she declaimed to the court, asserting that she was indeed Anastasia’’ justifies option B as declaim means to express something with strong feeling, especially in a loud voice or with forceful language.
Directions (11-15): A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.
In May 1966, the World Health Organization was authorized to initiate a global campaign to eradicate smallpox. The goal was to eradicate the disease in one decade. Because similar projects for malaria and yellow fever had failed, few believed that smallpox could actually be eradicated but eleven years after the initial organization of the campaign, no cases were reported in the field. The strategy was not only to provide mass vaccinations, but also to isolate patients with active smallpox in order to contain the spread of the disease and to break the chain of human transmission. Rewards for reporting smallpox assisted in motivating the public to aid health workers. One by one, each smallpox victim was sought out, removed from contact with others and treated. At the same time, the entire village where the victim had lived was vaccinated. Today smallpox is no longer a threat to humanity. Routine vaccinations have been stopped worldwide.
Q11. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
The World Health Organization
The Eradication of Smallpox
Smallpox Vaccinations
Infectious Diseases
Solution:
Option B fits in the context.
Q12. What was the goal of the campaign against smallpox?
To decrease the spread of smallpox worldwide
To eliminate smallpox worldwide in ten years
To provide mass vaccinations against smallpox worldwide
To initiate worldwide projects for smallpox, malaria and yellow fever at the same time
Solution:
Option B fits in the context.
Q13. According to the paragraph what was the strategy used to eliminate the spread of small pox?
Vaccination of the entire village
Treatment of individual victims
Isolation of victims and mass vaccinations
Extensive reporting of outbreaks
Solution:
Option C fits in the context.
Q14. Eleven years after the initial organization of the campaign, ___________
Smallpox was no longer a threat to humanity
No cases were reported in the field
Organization members changed the strategy
More number of people had been victimized from smallpox
Solution:
Option B fits in the context.
Q15. It can be inferred that—
No new cases of smallpox have been reported this year
Malaria and yellow fever have been eliminated
Smallpox victims no longer die when they contract the disease
Smallpox is not transmitted from one person to another
Solution:
Option C fits in the context.
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