Page 1 : English Language and Literature (Code 184), , Time Allowed : 90 Minutes, General Instructions +, The Question Paper contains THREE sections,, , Section A-READING has 18 questions, Attempt a total of 14 questions, as per specific instructions for each, , question, 3. Section B-GRAMMAR & WRITING has 12 questions. Attempt a total of 10 questions, as per specific instructions:, , for each, , All questions carry equal marks., ‘There is no negative marking., , ere, , question., Section C-LITERATURE has 30 questions. Attempt 26 questions, as per specific instructions for each question., , , , cf, , Read the passage given below., , A Rassian proverb advises ux not to buy a house, but, the neighbourhood. While till some years ago, it wax, impossible to dictate who lived with you in the same, quarters, today when you think of buying a home, you, could actually create your own dream neighbourhoodthanks to the Internet and the group buying model., The group buying model has been applied in different, industries, from car ta baby merchandise to pet care, products . Now, the trend ix catching on in the real, extate sector, with many sites as well as broking firms, offering group deals on real estate projects in India., , TLL. The way it works is simple. Take s0cx.com for example., , VL, , This is an online and offline integrated platform which, showcases property. It use social media networks to, let buyers know about possible good deals, and leaving., it to them to do some viral marketing. once a lange, group of buyers is thus developer and helps negotiate, a suitable discount, , . Since, the developer doesn't have to pay for the, , marketing, it is willing enough to pay these companies a, transection fee whieh is a percentage of the total value, of the deal. For the buyers, it offers the rates at no fee,, thus making it « win-win proposition for all involved,, The developer also benefit by getting wubwtantial cash, flow, giving them « good amount of working capital., “Tn today's real estate scenario, bulk baying coukl be, the anewer to the market slump and the long awaited, cash flow,” says the Founder of socx,com,, Sometimes, the discount size is not to be sneered at., Discounts on group baying vary from 5-30 percent,, the average divergence from market rate being 25-90, , percent., nae is the model. But is it temporary, , ee the online group buying set-up is similar to, the model developers share sixth speculators, who bay:, in bulk even before the project gots kick-started and, get discounts of 3040 percent. They pay W percent of, the property value upfrout, Group buying companies, prove more beneficial for developers as they get away:, with providing lower discounts than to speculators., , VILL, Some sound « note of caution on the trend. Present, , conditions are conductive for this business model as, group baying works well in a situation where stocks, are moving slowly, markets are jittery and there bs, ample supply. It may not work in a seller's market,, , . Another caution is very often the builders do not offer, , the best inventory to the group in terms of location, aad utility. The buyers have to use their astute, Judgement to avoid such traps., , Based on your understanding of the passage, answer, any eight out of the ten questions by choosing the, correct option,, , Which of the following may be the objective of the, ?, , Passage”, , (a) To reveal low discounts being offered by the, developers, , (b) To highlight the problems f housing industry, , (ec) To highlight the importance of neighbourhood in, , one life, (d) To improve information on group buying trends of, property, , Group baying of real estate is done, (a) mainly offline, , (b) only offfine, , (c) only through brokers, , (d) either on-line or off-line, , ‘The group buying model certainly did not start with, (a) cars, , (b) road estate, (e) pet care products, (d) baby products, , Which of the following best describes the meaning of, , the Russian proverb being quoted?, (a) It ts better to rent a house than to buy it,, , (b) Don't buy a single Mat, buy multiple Mats, (e) Fools build houses wise people live in them, (d) None af these

Page 2 : Which of the following is one of the questions posed, , in the passage?, , (a) Is group buying model a temporary fad?, , (b) Is the builder offering you the best inventory?, , (ce) Should we buy a house or the neighbourhood?, , (d) Are present market conditions conducive for this, business 7, , Which of the following ix true in the context of the, , passage?, , (a) The bayers, though have to play higher fee and, price, get their dream neighbourhood, , (b) The customer buy in model is not dependent on, market conditions, , (c) Group buying companies don't buy with the same, objective as that of speculators, , (d) The buyers /developers offer the best available, property to the group buyers, , In Which of the following situations, Customer “huyin’ model may not work?, , (a) Buyer's market, , (b) When markets are booming with ample supply, (c) When there is short supply, , (d) When houses are comparatively cheap, , Which of the following is not true in the context of, , the passage ?, , (a) The Speculators also buy in bulk, , (b) Social media network is used for marketing group, buying, , (ec) The group buying companies take « transaction, fee from both Buyers as well as Developers, , (d) The Speculators get a better deal in terms of, discounts as compared to that of other Group, buying companies, , (Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning, cof the word printed in bold, as used in the passage, DICTATE, , (a) Read, , (b) Manipulate, , (c) Speak, , (d) Wish, , Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning of, the word printed in bole, as used in the passage, ASTUTE, , (a) Latelligent, , (b) Sharp, , (ce) Insider, , (d) Naive, , Read the passage given below,, The magnitude 9.0 Japan's Tohoku Earthquake, occurred at 1 46 local time on Friday. 11 March, 2011, 125 ken east const of Honshu and 380 km far, from Tokyo and rattled the lange parts of Japan, and some part of cast China and Russia with 30 km, depth of the hypocenter. This earthquale that lasted, 3 minutes (170 seconds) caused « 130, km long by 159 km wide rupture zone on the pacific, , plate subduction zone and followed by a hage tsunami, with more than 40 meter waves. The destructive, aftermaths of this incident made an irreparable, disaster not only for the Japan, but also for the whole, world because except for the enormous death toll and, debris, the damages of nuclear power plants were a, hazardous unexpected tragedy., , According to the report of the Japanese National, Police Agency, 15854 dead. 3167 missing and 20992, injured across twenty prefectures are the result of this, devastating earthquake and tsunami which rained, more than 125000 buildings. Moreover. it caused long, blackouts for more than 4.4 million buildings and left, 1.5 million buildings out of water for days, also large, fires were triggered one after another even for weeks, after the main quake., , Explosion and demolition of the Fukushima I Nuclear, Power Plant (Fukushima Daiichi), which generated, radioactive contamination near the plant's area with, irreversible damages to the environment, was one the, most significant isues of thix catastrophe and ranked, 7 (the most severe level for nuclear power plant) based, on the International Nuclear Event Seale, similar to, the Chernobyl disuiter on 26 April 1986. Therefore,, it is not strange to consider to this earthquake as, the most important destructive seismic event of the, beginning of the twenty first century in the advanced, industrial world. Division of total 19100 death and, missed by the reason as of 10th March 2012, (CATDAT) in as follows:, 268; 14%, 230; 1.2%, 600; S19, , , , , , © Tsunami (Drowing ete.), @ Shaking (Collapse etc.), G Fire, Landslides, Other, i Indirect Causes, , . Losses intensified by hit of the teunami as the statintios, , shows it was more fatal (figure given below) and also, more buildings destroyed by its strike. However, the, quake was the main cause of the partial damage of, buildings., , Based on your understanding of the passage, answer, , any six out of the eight questions by choosing the, , correet option., , 1, , Which of the following country was not affected by, the 11 March, 2011 earthquake?, , (a) Russia (b) Japan, (c) Indonesia {d) China, The earthquake of 2011 was followed by, (a) an unstoppable landslide, , (b) « mamive flood, , (c) « huge tsunami, , (d) # voleanic eruption

Page 3 : Which of the following was not a destructive aftermath, of the 11 March 2011 disaster seen worldwide?, , (a) Lacrease of seismic activity, , (b) Enormous death toll, , (e) Hage amount of debris, , (d) Damage to nuclear power plants, , What can be considered as the most important, , destructive seismic event of the beginning of the, , twenty first century in the advanced industrial world’?, , (a) Hoge tsunami with more than 40 meter waves, , (b) Chernobyl disaster on 26 April 1986, , (ce) Explosion arid demolition of the Fukushima I, Nuclear Power Plant, , (d) Tohoku earthquake on 11 March, 20111, , According to the passage, maximum people on 11, March, 2011 died because of, , (a) shaking and collapse of buildings, houses, ete,, (b) drowning because of the tsunami., , (ec) indirect causes., , (d) fire, landslides and other reasons., , According to the data as of 10 March 2012, how many, people died because of the 2011 disaster?, , (a) 3.167 (b) 15854, (e) 19,100 (d) 26,992, According to the report of the Japanese National, , Police Agency, which of the following was not caused, , by the dewastating earthquake and tsunami of 2011, , in Japan?, , (a) Long blackouts in buildings, , (b) Buildings with no water for days, , (c) Many areas received no help for days from the, rescue team, , (d) Large fires triggered one after the other for weeks, , Which of the following statements is not true in the, , context of the passage?, , (a) The earthquake caused the explosion and, demolition of « nuclear power plant,, , (b) The earthquake was the main cause of the partial, damage of buildings., , (ec) The earthquake lasted approximately 3 minutes, (170 seconds)., , (d) The destructive aftermaths of the earthquake, made an irreparable disaster only for Japan., , IIL, Answer any five out of six questions by selecting the, , most appropriate option for each., , In the United States of America, there are literacy, clases for workers, of whom never graduated, from high school., (a) o little, , (ec) any, , (b) much, (d) many, , (a) should (b) aaast, , (ce) would (d) ought to, Deepak, with his members, well, (a) sing (b) singing, , (c) have sung (dl) sings:, es for a grocer's when I saw her., , (a) is looking, , (b) was looking, , (ec) will be looking, , Which option displays the correct change of the, following to reported speech?, , The teacher said, “Water boils at 100°C.”, , (a) The teacher told water boiled at 100°C., , (b) The teacher said that water boiled at 100°C., , (c) The teacher said that water boils at 100°C., , (d) The teacher told that water boiled at 100°C., , Which option displays the correct change of the, , following to reported speech?, , I said to my servant, “Make haste,”, , (a) 1 asked my servant that why does he not make, haste., , (b) Lasked my servant that make haste., , (ce) Lordered my servant to make haste., , (d) Lordered my servant that it is good that he makes, haste., , Answer any five out of the six questions by selecting, the most appropriate option for each,, , Where should the signature of the writer be placed’?, (a) Below the courteous leave taking, , (b) Above the courteous leave taking, , (ce) On the envelope, , (d) Next to the courteous leave taking, , What is the information endorsed on the envelope?, (a) Address, , (b) Name, , (c) Name and date, , (d) Name and address, , Tn @ formal letter, receiver's address includes, (a) Recelver's name, , (b) Sender's address, , (c) Sir/Madam, , (d) Date, , A formal letter should be, effect on the recipient., , (o) To the point and relewant, , (b) In the proper format, , (c) Grammatically correct, , (d) All of the above

Page 4 : 29. Suppose we didn't know the recipient's name, how we, can close and end the letter?, (a) Yours faithfully (b) Affectionately yours, (c) Your's sincerely (d) None of these, , 30. How will you end the main body of a formal letter?, (a) By discussing the weather in your city, (b) By showing your love for the recipient, (c) By telling the recipient what he should be doing, ext, , (d) By discussing the weather in the recipient's city, LITERATURE, , This section has sub-sections - V, VI, VII, VIII &, IX. There are a total of 30 questions in this section., Attempt any 26 questions from the sub-sections V, to IX., , V. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that, follow:, , On the day of the inauguration | was overwhelmed, with « sere of history, In the first decade of the 20th, century of few years after the bitter Anglo-Boor war, and before my own birth, the white-skinned people of, South Africa patched up their differences and created, a system of racial domination against the dark-skinned, people of their own land. The structure they created, formed the basis of one of the harshest, most inhumane, sociotios the world has ever known, Now, in the last, decade of the twentieth century, and my own eight, decades as 4 ran that system has been overturned, forever and replaced by one that recognived the rights, amd! freedoms of all peoples, regardless of the colour, of their skin., , (Nelson Mandela ; Long Walk To Freedom), 3, ‘T here refers to, , (a) Klerk (b) Zenani, (c) Nelson Mandela (d) Mbeki, 32. The narrator was overwhelmed with, (a) a sense or charity (b) a sense of gratitude, (c) a sense of insecurity (d) 4 sense of history, 33. The system of racial domination against the Black of, South Africa has been overturned, , (a) (a the last decade of the 20th century, (b) in 18th century, , (c) ja late 18th century, , (d) in the first decade of 19th century, , The system of racial domination has been replaced by, a system that, , (a) confirms the education of the Blacks, , (b) recognises the rights and freedom of all people, (c) recollects the bitter experiences, , (d) focusses on the personality development, , The word ‘patched up' means, , (a) solved (b) filled, , (ec) pasted (d) charmed, , Wanda, defending her from great crowds of girls who, were trying to tease her with, “How many dresses, have you got?” And before Wanda coukd pres ber, lips together in a tight line, the way she did before, answering, Maddie would cry out, “Stop!”, , (The Hundred Dresses I), , Which primary feelings of Mackie does the extract reveal?, (a) Guilt, regret and righteousness, , (b) Guilt and shame, , (ce) Shame, regret and courage, , (d) Courage and righteousness, , Which of the following is most likely to be a part of, , Maddie's speech”?, , (a) Stop! I think it's about time we asked her a new, question. This is not fun anymore, How about her, fauked dren?, , (b) Stop! Don't you know that I'm the one who had, to lead in Poggy’s absence? This is unacceptable., , {c) Stop! How dare you all join in without Peggy's, pertnission? Don't you know she'd be angry?, , (d) Stop! Aren't you all ashamed of yourself’? Why do, you trouble her? She means no harm to anyone,, , Choose the declaration which is likely to be received, with the pressing of lips together in a tight line,, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (1) Hetho mann, past (4) Petia sivatm, jut, wrtedd to unborn vote that wanted to inform yo, 1 fanget to cho my Biology that e1y cnliee cba for, TLW. yesterday & haw Engiien tae been, heen given a diary note temeterrdeledd, few yous Uo akg,, {a) Option 1, (b) Option 2, (ec) Option 3, (d) Option 4, , Pick the option with a cause-effect relation, with, , reference to the given extract,, , (a) Wanda's absence — Peggy missing Wanda, , (b) Maddie's need to make amends - Confessing, publicly, , (c) Wanda's absence - Maddie's need to make amends, , (d) Peggy teasing Wanda — Maddie's stand against it

Page 5 : 40. Wanda didn’t reply to the letter for weeks,, , Pick the option that does not supply a possible reason, , for this, from those given below., , (a) The letter took more than a couple of weeks, reaching her as it didn't have an address and, needed to be forwarded., , (b) She needed time to forgive Maddie and Peggy and, think her reply through., , (ce) Peggy had second thoughts after mailing the, letter and reclaimed it from the post office, to, mail weeks later., , (d) She was occupied with settling in at the new, school in the city., , VIL.Read the given extract to attempt the questions that, , follow:, He should be lurking in shadow,, , Sliding through long grass, Near the water hole, , Where plump deer pass., (A Tiger In The Zoo), , According to the extract, the poet wishes for the tiger, , to be ‘sliding’ through the foliage as this would, , (a) amsist in keeping the prey unsuspecting of the, predator's sound., , (b) aid in camouflaging the presence of the predator, before it rushes in., , (c) help the predator pounce on the prey comfortably, without getting tired,, , (d) Support the predator's vision as it eyes its prey., , Which fact does not connect with the significance of, the water bole for the tiger?, , (a) Many tigers chase prey into the water and holds, the vietim’s head under water until it drowns., (b) Prey feed in the water on water-lilies, and often, , wander into the middle of the water hole, where, they are vulnerable and easy for the tiger to kill,, (c) Prey that has quenched its thirst ensures, consumption of hydrated meat for the tiger., (d) Chasing the panicked prey from shallow to deep, water where the tiger grabs it., , Pick the option that does not use “lirking’ correctly, to fill in the blank., , (a) The thug was in the alley late evening,, for unsuspecting passers-by., (b) The hyena was in its den after a good, , aa dangers likely to impact the case., , Here, ‘Shadow’ refers to the shadow of, (a) the tiger, (b) long grass., (c) water hole. (d) deer,, , Pick the phrase that does not suggest that the forest, in the extract is lush., , (a) Long, grass, (e) Plump deer, , (b) The water hole, (d) Lurking in shadow, , VILL Read the given extract to attempt the questions that, , follow:, , The entire staff was roused and maids rushed in and, out bringing his day bed, his night bed, favourite, cushions, toys and rubber rings, breakfast bowl, lunch, bowl, supper bowl. Realising that my car would never, hold all the stuff, I started to drive away. As I moved, off, Mrs. Pumphrey, with a despairing cry, threw an, armful of the little coats through the window, I looked, in the mirror before I turned the corner of the drive;, , everybody was in tears,, , (A Triumph Of Surgery), , Why was everybody in tears’?, , (a) For Tricki had died, , (b) Por Trick! had fallen from the car, (c) Por Tricki was being sent to a doctor, (d) Por Trick had refused to leave, , Which of the following things was not related to, Tricki?, , (a) Wrist wateh, , (b) Breakfast bow!, , (c) Toys and rubber rings, , (d) Favourite cushions, , Why was Tricki being driven away?, , (a) For improvement in his health, , (b) For degradation of his health, , (c) For his master had failed to pay off her debts, (d) None of these, , What does the word 'Despairing’ mean?, (a) Desperate, , (b) Hopeless, , (c) Despondent, , (d) All of these, , Which literary device has been used in Rubber rings’?, (a) Simile, , (b) Metaphor, , (c) Personification, , (d) Alliteration, , TX. Attempt the following., , Who is the author of the lesson “A Letter to God’?, (o) GL, Puentes, (b) Jk. Rowling, , (c) William Shakespeare, (d) Roald Daht, , What did Seagull’s parents threaten him with if be, didn't flew away’, , (a) ‘To never talk to him, , (b) ‘To punish him, , (c) To starve him, , (d) To abandon bim