Part – A
Seen Comprehension

Read the Passage below and answer the questions 1– 4:

His name was Jerry; he had been at the orphanage since he was four. I could picture him at four, with the same grave gray-blue eyes and the same independence? No, the word that comes to me is Ôintegrity.Õ It is embedded on courage, but it is more than brave. It is honest, but it is more than honesty. The axe handle broke one day. Jerry said the orphanage woodshop would repair it. I brought money to pay for the job and he refused it. ÒIÕll pay for it,Ó he said, ÒI brought the axe down careless.Ó ÒBut no one hits accurately every time,Ó I told him. ÒThe fault was in the handle.Ó It was only the that he would take the money. He was standing back of his own carelessness. He was a freewill agent and he chose to do careful work; and if he failed, he took the responsibility without subterfuge. And he did for me the unnecessary thing, the gracious thing that we find done only by the great of heart. Things no training can teach, for they are done on the instant, with no predicated experience. He found a cubbyhole beside the fireplace that I had not noticed. There, of his own accord, he put wood, so that I might always have dry fire material ready in case of sudden wet weather. A stone was loose in the rough walk to the cabin. He dug a deeper hole and steadied it, although he came, himself, by a shortcut over the bank.

1. Choose the Right word to complete each sentence: 1×5 = 5
a) JerryÕs sense of duty/courtesy/ integrity impressed the authoress.
b) Jerry wanted to get the axe-handle repair/repaired /repairing.
c) JerryÕs courtesy was formal/ artificial/inborn.
d) Jerry came to the orphanage at the age of eight/four/twelve.
e) The phrase Ôof his own accordÕ means willingly/at random/freely.
2. True/Fals? If false, give the correct information: 1×5 = 5
a) Jerry steadied at the loose stone for his own use.
b) Jerry had been at the orphanage for four years.
c) The axe-handle broke because Jerry brought the axe down careless.
d) Integrity is embedded on courage.
e) Jerry did for me the necessary thing.

3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the word. Add prepositions if necessary: 1×5 = 5
a) Jerry (be) ........ at the orphanage since he was four.
b) He took the (responsible) ........ breaking the axe-handle.
c) He chose to do work (careful) ........
d) He was an orphan boy (live) ....... the orphanage.
e) Dig ........ a deeper hole, Jerry steadied a loose stone.

4. Make a list of five points describing JerryÕs character.

Read the Passage below and answer the questions 5–8:

It has been over three hundred years since Emperor Shah Jahan of Delhi built the Taj Mahal as a tomb for his wife in Agra. Architecturally, it is still one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. The building is made of fine white marble with inlays of coloured marble. It has eight sides and many open arches. It rests on a platform or terrace of red sandstone. Four slender white towers rise from the corners of the terrace. There is a large dome above the centre of the building. Around this large dome there are four smaller domes. Just inside the outer walls, there is an open corridor from which visitors can look through curved marble screens into a central room. The bodies of Shah Jahan and his wife Momtaj lie in two graves below this room. The Taj Mahal is surrounded by a beautiful garden and there is a long pool that stretches out in front of the building. One can see the beauty of the Taj Mahal in its reflection in the pool water. Visitors come to see this wonderful building at different times of the day since it assumes a different look at different times. Most people like it best on moonlit nights.

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions following it:

Strategy is an appropriate word to use for your approach to the examination on the day. it has been said that about 50 percent of your chances of success relate to your examination skill rather than to your subject knowledge.
So check and double-check your exam dates and times. Check what you are allowed and what you are not allowed to take in with you and have these ready the day before. Budget your time. Do not waste time elaborating adequate answers if you ought to be moving to the next question. Always attempt to answer all the questions.
Follow the instructions. It is a good idea to double check this before the exam. Read through the whole question paper before starting to write. Take each question as you come to it and think how you might cope with it. Then move on to the next question and do the same again. By the time you get to the last question, you will have found the questions easier than they seemed at first glance. Spend at least five minutes per question thinking about and planning your answer. This is never a waste of time.
Underline the key words in the questions that indicate what you are required to do. Again, it is useful half way through writing the answer, to check back that you are doing what you should. Make your answer legible. You canÕt change your handwriting but if it is very tiny or very large use double spacing to make it easy on the eye for the reader.