In the following questions, you have brief passages with 5 / 10

Previous Year Papers

Download Solved Question Papers Free for Offline Practice and view Solutions Online.

Test Series

Take Zigya Full and Sectional Test Series. Time it out for real assessment and get your results instantly.

Test Yourself

Practice and master your preparation for a specific topic or chapter. Check you scores at the end of the test.
Advertisement

 Multiple Choice QuestionsMultiple Choice Questions

171.

In the following questions, read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

One conspicuous question in the modern journals is: How can I develop personality? Ursula Bloom gives his noteworthy advice to young people: Please do not do as I did, at your age, and waste years copying other people. Of old, to the same question asked by Greek youth, Socrates replied: Know yourself! That was excellent advice; but it did not satisfy, because it did not go far enough.

When Roman youth questioned Marcus Aurelius, he said: Be yourself! To the youth of our atomic age, the psychologist says: Develop yourself! That is the answer to the question: what is personality? Personality is the development of oneself.

The question on personality development has ___________.

  • no definitive answers

  • correct answers

  • a definitive answer

  • a definitive answer

79 Views

172.

In the following questions, read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

One conspicuous question in the modern journals is: How can I develop personality? Ursula Bloom gives his noteworthy advice to young people: Please do not do as I did, at your age, and waste years copying other people. Of old, to the same question asked by Greek youth, Socrates replied: Know yourself! That was excellent advice; but it did not satisfy, because it did not go far enough.

When Roman youth questioned Marcus Aurelius, he said: Be yourself! To the youth of our atomic age, the psychologist says: Develop yourself! That is the answer to the question: what is personality? Personality is the development of oneself.

The Greek philosopher Socrates promoted ___________.

  • tested-knowledge

  • self-knowledge

  • referred-knowledge

  • referred-knowledge

80 Views

173.

In the following questions, read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

One conspicuous question in the modern journals is: How can I develop personality? Ursula Bloom gives his noteworthy advice to young people: Please do not do as I did, at your age, and waste years copying other people. Of old, to the same question asked by Greek youth, Socrates replied: Know yourself! That was excellent advice; but it did not satisfy, because it did not go far enough.

When Roman youth questioned Marcus Aurelius, he said: Be yourself! To the youth of our atomic age, the psychologist says: Develop yourself! That is the answer to the question: what is personality? Personality is the development of oneself.

Ursula Bloom propagated that young people should ______________.

  • copy others

  • not copy others

  • not waste years

  • not waste years

79 Views

174.

In the following questions, you have brief passages with 5 / 10 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

As my train was not due to leave for another hour, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some magazines to read on the journey, I made my way to the luggage office to collect the heavy suitcase I had left there three days before. There were only a few people waiting. and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. The receipt did not seem to be where I had left it. I emptied the contents of the wallet, and the railway tickets, money, scraps of paper, and photographs tumbled out of it: but no matter how hard I searched, the receipt was nowhere to be found.
I explained the situation sorrowfully to the assistant. The man looked at me suspiciously as if to say he had heard this type of story many times and asked me to describe the case. I told him that it was an old, brown looking object no different from the many suitcases i could see on the shelves. The assistant then gave me form and told me to make a list of the contents of the case.
After I had done this, I went to look among the shelves. there were hundreds of cases there and for one dreadful moments. it occurred to me that if someone had picked the receipt up, he could easily have claimed the case already. Fortunately this had not happened, for, after a time, I found the case lying on its side high up in the corner. After examining the articles inside, the assistant gave me the case.
I took out my wallet to pay him. I pulled out a ten shilling note and out slipped my ‘lost’ receipt with it! I could not help blushing. The assistant nodded his head knowingly as if to say that he had often seen this happen too !!

The writer had plenty of time to spare because

  • he had arrived three days before

  • he had arrived an hour earlier

  • he had to collect his luggage

  • he had to collect his luggage

71 Views

Advertisement
175.

In the following questions, you have brief passages with 5 / 10 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

As my train was not due to leave for another hour, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some magazines to read on the journey, I made my way to the luggage office to collect the heavy suitcase I had left there three days before. There were only a few people waiting. and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. The receipt did not seem to be where I had left it. I emptied the contents of the wallet, and the railway tickets, money, scraps of paper, and photographs tumbled out of it: but no matter how hard I searched, the receipt was nowhere to be found.
I explained the situation sorrowfully to the assistant. The man looked at me suspiciously as if to say he had heard this type of story many times and asked me to describe the case. I told him that it was an old, brown looking object no different from the many suitcases I could see on the shelves. The assistant then gave me form and told me to make a list of the contents of the case.
After I had done this, I went to look among the shelves. there were hundreds of cases there and for one dreadful moment, it occurred to me that if someone had picked the receipt up, he could easily have claimed the case already. Fortunately this had not happened, for, after a time, I found the case lying on its side high up in the corner. After examining the articles inside, the assistant gave me the case.
I took out my wallet to pay him. I pulled out a ten shilling note and out slipped my ‘lost’ receipt with it! I could not help blushing. The assistant nodded his head knowingly as if to say that he had often seen this happen too !!

The writer needed the receipt 


  • to claim his suitcase

  • to pay at the luggage office

  • to prove that he had paid at the luggage office

  • to prove that he had paid at the luggage office

64 Views

176.

In the following questions, you have brief passages with 5 / 10 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

As my train was not due to leave for another hour, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some magazines to read on the journey, I made my way to the luggage office to collect the heavy suitcase I had left there three days before. There were only a few people waiting. and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. The receipt did not seem to be where I had left it. I emptied the contents of the wallet, and the railway tickets, money, scraps of paper, and photographs tumbled out of it: but no matter how hard I searched, the receipt was nowhere to be found.
I explained the situation sorrowfully to the assistant. The man looked at me suspiciously as if to say he had heard this type of story many times and asked me to describe the case. I told him that it was an old, brown looking object no different from the many suitcases I could see on the shelves. The assistant then gave me form and told me to make a list of the contents of the case.
After I had done this, I went to look among the shelves. there were hundreds of cases there and for one dreadful moment, it occurred to me that if someone had picked the receipt up, he could easily have claimed the case already. Fortunately this had not happened, for, after a time, I found the case lying on its side high up in the corner. After examining the articles inside, the assistant gave me the case.
I took out my wallet to pay him. I pulled out a ten shilling note and out slipped my ‘lost’ receipt with it! I could not help blushing. The assistant nodded his head knowingly as if to say that he had often seen this happen too !!

The writer felt foolish because 


  • he could not find his receipt

  • he hadn't really lost his receipt at all

  • he had to fill in a form

  • he had to fill in a form

61 Views

177.

In the following questions, you have brief passages with 5 / 10 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

As my train was not due to leave for another hour, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some magazines to read on the journey, I made my way to the luggage office to collect the heavy suitcase I had left there three days before. There were only a few people waiting. and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. The receipt did not seem to be where I had left it. I emptied the contents of the wallet, and the railway tickets, money, scraps of paper, and photographs tumbled out of it: but no matter how hard I searched, the receipt was nowhere to be found.
I explained the situation sorrowfully to the assistant. The man looked at me suspiciously as if to say he had heard this type of story many times and asked me to describe the case. I told him that it was an old, brown looking object no different from the many suitcases I could see on the shelves. The assistant then gave me form and told me to make a list of the contents of the case.
After I had done this, I went to look among the shelves. there were hundreds of cases there and for one dreadful moment, it occurred to me that if someone had picked the receipt up, he could easily have claimed the case already. Fortunately this had not happened, for, after a time, I found the case lying on its side high up in the corner. After examining the articles inside, the assistant gave me the case.
I took out my wallet to pay him. I pulled out a ten shilling note and out slipped my ‘lost’ receipt with it! I could not help blushing. The assistant nodded his head knowingly as if to say that he had often seen this happen too !!

There weren't ___________ people waiting at the luggage office.


  • very much

  • a great deal of

  • lots of

  • lots of

68 Views

178.

In the following questions, you have brief passages with 5 / 10 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

As my train was not due to leave for another hour, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some magazines to read on the journey, I made my way to the luggage office to collect the heavy suitcase I had left there three days before. There were only a few people waiting. and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. The receipt did not seem to be where I had left it. I emptied the contents of the wallet, and the railway tickets, money, scraps of paper, and photographs tumbled out of it: but no matter how hard I searched, the receipt was nowhere to be found.
I explained the situation sorrowfully to the assistant. The man looked at me suspiciously as if to say he had heard this type of story many times and asked me to describe the case. I told him that it was an old, brown looking object no different from the many suitcases I could see on the shelves. The assistant then gave me form and told me to make a list of the contents of the case.
After I had done this, I went to look among the shelves. there were hundreds of cases there and for one dreadful moment, it occurred to me that if someone had picked the receipt up, he could easily have claimed the case already. Fortunately this had not happened, for, after a time, I found the case lying on its side high up in the corner. After examining the articles inside, the assistant gave me the case.
I took out my wallet to pay him. I pulled out a ten shilling note and out slipped my ‘lost’ receipt with it! I could not help blushing. The assistant nodded his head knowingly as if to say that he had often seen this happen too !!

'wrote them down' means


  • copied them

  • signed them

  • made a note of them

  • made a note of them

67 Views

Advertisement
Advertisement

179.

In the following questions, you have brief passages with 5 / 10 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

As my train was not due to leave for another hour, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some magazines to read on the journey, I made my way to the luggage office to collect the heavy suitcase I had left there three days before. There were only a few people waiting. and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. The receipt did not seem to be where I had left it. I emptied the contents of the wallet, and the railway tickets, money, scraps of paper, and photographs tumbled out of it: but no matter how hard I searched, the receipt was nowhere to be found.
I explained the situation sorrowfully to the assistant. The man looked at me suspiciously as if to say he had heard this type of story many times and asked me to describe the case. I told him that it was an old, brown looking object no different from the many suitcases I could see on the shelves. The assistant then gave me form and told me to make a list of the contents of the case.
After I had done this, I went to look among the shelves. there were hundreds of cases there and for one dreadful moment, it occurred to me that if someone had picked the receipt up, he could easily have claimed the case already. Fortunately this had not happened, for, after a time, I found the case lying on its side high up in the corner. After examining the articles inside, the assistant gave me the case.
I took out my wallet to pay him. I pulled out a ten shilling note and out slipped my ‘lost’ receipt with it! I could not help blushing. The assistant nodded his head knowingly as if to say that he had often seen this happen too !!

The writer found the receipt


  • on the high shelf near the cases

  • among the contents of his suitcase

  • nestled with the money in his wallet

  • nestled with the money in his wallet


C.

nestled with the money in his wallet

79 Views

Advertisement
180.

In the following questions, you have brief passages with 5 / 10 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

As my train was not due to leave for another hour, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some magazines to read on the journey, I made my way to the luggage office to collect the heavy suitcase I had left there three days before. There were only a few people waiting. and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. The receipt did not seem to be where I had left it. I emptied the contents of the wallet, and the railway tickets, money, scraps of paper, and photographs tumbled out of it: but no matter how hard I searched, the receipt was nowhere to be found.

I explained the situation sorrowfully to the assistant. The man looked at me suspiciously as if to say he had heard this type of story many times and asked me to describe the case. I told him that it was an old, brown looking object no different from the many suitcases I could see on the shelves. The assistant then gave me form and told me to make a list of the contents of the case.

After I had done this, I went to look among the shelves. there were hundreds of cases there and for one dreadful moment, it occurred to me that if someone had picked the receipt up, he could easily have claimed the case already. Fortunately this had not happened, for, after a time, I found the case lying on its side high up in the corner. After examining the articles inside, the assistant gave me the case.

I took out my wallet to pay him. I pulled out a ten shilling note and out slipped my ‘lost’ receipt with it! I could not help blushing. The assistant nodded his head knowingly as if to say that he had often seen this happen too !!

The writer took out his wallet the first time to

  • on the high shelf near the cases

  • among the contents of his suitcase

  • nestled with the money in his wallet

  • nestled with the money in his wallet

106 Views

Advertisement