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100 Marks600 Wordsmedium
Write an essay in about 600 words on any one of the following topics : (a) OTT and the future of Multiplexes (b) Global warming in an unequal world (c) Social media and the marketing of the self (d) Happiness is a state of mind
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75 Marksmedium
Read carefully the passage given below and write your answers to the questions that follow in clear, correct and concise language :
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15 Marksmedium
What is the correlation between rights and duties ?
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15 Marksmedium
Enumerate the duties of the state mentioned in the passage.
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15 Marksmedium
What are the responsibilities of the citizens towards the nation?
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15 Marksmedium
Elaborate the principle on which society works.
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15 Marksmedium
Write the meaning of the idiom 'leave no stone unturned'.
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75 Marksmedium
Make a précis of the following passage in about one-third of its length. Do not give a title to it. The précis should be written in your own words :
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10 Marksmedium
Rewrite the following sentences after making necessary corrections. Do not make unnecessary changes in the original sentence :
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10 Marksmedium
The book comprises of twelve chapters.
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10 Marksmedium
He scarcely comes to see me now.
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10 Marksmedium
If I will have time, I shall visit the art exhibition.
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10 Marksmedium
He bought the book before he met me.
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10 Marksmedium
I found that he is guilty.
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10 Marksmedium
She is senior than me in service.
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10 Marksmedium
Shakespeare is Kalidasa of English literature.
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10 Marksmedium
Home is place where we earn our grace.
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10 Marksmedium
While I was travelling in a train, piece of luggage fell on my head.
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10 Marksmedium
One of the students were absent for a week.
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5 Marksmedium
Supply the missing words :
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5 Marksmedium
The regulations apply all the employees.
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5 Marksmedium
Why are you afraid my sister?
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5 Marksmedium
The decision depends the statement of the witness.
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5 Marksmedium
The train will depart platform number five.
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5 Marksmedium
You should think the matter again.
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5 Marksmedium
Use the correct form of the verbs given in brackets :
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5 Marksmedium
My father (be) eighty years old next Monday.
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5 Marksmedium
The workmen (repair) the road near our house.
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5 Marksmedium
We (wait) for you since yesterday.
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5 Marksmedium
She (read) the newspaper, when I saw her.
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5 Marksmedium
If water freezes, it (turn) to ice.
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5 Marksmedium
Write the antonyms of the following :
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5 Marksmedium
Emigration
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5 Marksmedium
Negative
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5 Marksmedium
Prudence
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5 Marksmedium
Infernal
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5 Marksmedium
Mandatory
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10 Marksmedium
Rewrite the following sentences as directed without changing the meaning:
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10 Marksmedium
Few students knew the answer ? (Add a tag question)
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10 Marksmedium
The problem is very complex. It cannot be solved easily. (Combine the sentences using 'too' - 'to')
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10 Marksmedium
He lost his purse. He lost his bicycle. (Combine the sentences using 'not only' 'but also')
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10 Marksmedium
The teacher said, "something is better than nothing." (Change into indirect speech)
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10 Marksmedium
Somebody stole my laptop. (Change into passive voice)
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10 Marksmedium
He ran very fast. He did not want to miss the last train. (Rewrite the sentence using 'so as')
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10 Marksmedium
Physics is the most interesting of all subjects I study. (Rewrite the sentence using comparative degree)
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10 Marksmedium
My friend does not drink. He does not smoke. (Combine the sentences using 'neither - nor')
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10 Marksmedium
Work hard. You will not succeed in life. (Rewrite the sentence using 'unless')
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10 Marksmedium
I have some duties. I must perform them. (Rewrite the sentence using an infinitive)
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5 Marksmedium
Use the following words to make sentences that bring out the meaning clearly. Do not change the form of the words. (No marks will be given for vague and ambiguous sentences) :
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5 Marksmedium
Quarantine
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5 Marksmedium
Parody
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5 Marksmedium
Expedite
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5 Marksmedium
Gullible
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5 Marksmedium
Veracity
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5 Marksmedium
Choose the appropriate word to fill in the blanks :
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5 Marksmedium
The government did not last long. (coalition / collision)
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5 Marksmedium
The sun is from the earth than the moon. (further / farther)
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5 Marksmedium
We reached an agreement. (amicable / amiable)
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5 Marksmedium
His behaviour is so that no one likes him. (childish / childlike)
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5 Marksmedium
Coarse are much in demand now for reasons of health. (serials / cereals)
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5 Marksmedium
Use the following idioms/phrases in sentences of your own to bring out their meaning clearly :
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5 Marksmedium
put out
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5 Marksmedium
to come to terms
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5 Marksmedium
in the blues
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5 Marksmedium
to go against the grain
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5 Marksmedium
land of milk and honey