Below given is a letter with four blanks. Fill in the Blanks with the options provided in P, Q, R and S to make the letter a sensible one. Aryan B 14th December 2011 14th Baker Street Copernicus Circus The Editor The Hindu New Delhi Subject: ________I_______ Dear Sir, Through the column of your esteemed News pa per I would like to express my concern on the issue of corruption in India. Nothing in recent days has rocked the nation much, then the issue of corruption. One can find and be the victim of it in every step of one's public life. For a normal work done, we need to pay bribe, which is, otherwise, ____II___. Today, India tops the list of corrupted nations. According to the data provided by the Swiss Banking Association Report (2006), ____III__________. It is, therefore, high time that we all unite to eradicate this evil from our lives, forever. Only then__ IV__ as a nation, in the world stage. Yours faithfully Aryan B
P: Our right to get free of cost
Q: Expressing concern on the issue of corruption in India
R: India has more black money than the rest of the world combined
Below given is a sentence in four parts. One of the parts contains grammatical error. Find the part. On my request /Robin introduced me / to his friend/ who is singer and a scientist
P: While planting the saplings, sufficient space should be left in between for their growth. This entire process of transplanting saplings requires careful handling.
Q: First of all, seeds should be sown in a place that gets sufficient air and light. The seeds then sprout forth and tender plants appear.
R: Planting of sapling is a delicate process which requires utmost care and attention.
S: These tiny saplings are then uprooted and taken to the place where we want them to be finally planted
P: After hard labour of several hours, he succeeded to turn the rock over. But alas!
There was no treasure beneath it, only another inscription on the underside on the rock.
Q: A man was crossing a jungle alone, to each nearby town. Suddenly he came across a huge boulder buried half in the earth. On careful inspection, he found an inscription on it: TURN ME OVER AND YOU
WILL BENEFIT FROM IT.
R: The man felt sure that there was a great treasure hidden beneath the rock and worked hard to turn it over.
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Once while travelling by train, he was asked by the white passengers to leave the first class compartment and shift to the van compartment Gandhiji refused to do so. Thereafter, he was pushed forcibly out of the compartment and his luggage was thrown on the platform. It was winter and he kept shivering all night. He did not go to the waiting room because the white men sleeping there might insult him further. This event was a turning point in the life of Gandhiji and he decided to stay back in South Africa and fight against this blatant injustice.
The white people asked Gandhiji to leave the first class compartment because:
A)
They wanted to annoy him.
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B)
They wanted to avenge themselves on Gandhiji.
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C)
They treated Indians as inferior.
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D)
They were in fact looking for a chance to talk to him.
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Once while travelling by train, he was asked by the white passengers to leave the first class compartment and shift to the van compartment Gandhiji refused to do so. Thereafter, he was pushed forcibly out of the compartment and his luggage was thrown on the platform. It was winter and he kept shivering all night. He did not go to the waiting room because the white men sleeping there might insult him further. This event was a turning point in the life of Gandhiji and he decided to stay back in South Africa and fight against this blatant injustice.
Why did he not go to the waiting room to spend the night?
A)
The room was unclean
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B)
He wanted to sleep in the open
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C)
He was badly hurt and unable to move.
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D)
He feared that white men there might insult him further
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Once while travelling by train, he was asked by the white passengers to leave the first class compartment and shift to the van compartment Gandhiji refused to do so. Thereafter, he was pushed forcibly out of the compartment and his luggage was thrown on the platform. It was winter and he kept shivering all night. He did not go to the waiting room because the white men sleeping there might insult him further. This event was a turning point in the life of Gandhiji and he decided to stay back in South Africa and fight against this blatant injustice.
Which event was a turning point in Gandhiji's life?
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Once while travelling by train, he was asked by the white passengers to leave the first class compartment and shift to the van compartment Gandhiji refused to do so. Thereafter, he was pushed forcibly out of the compartment and his luggage was thrown on the platform. It was winter and he kept shivering all night. He did not go to the waiting room because the white men sleeping there might insult him further. This event was a turning point in the life of Gandhiji and he decided to stay back in South Africa and fight against this blatant injustice.
Why did Gandhiji stay back in South Africa?
A)
His official work was not completed
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B)
To fight against racial discrimination
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C)
To built up an army for India's independence
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D)
To take revenge on the white people who insulted him in train