Instructions

For the following questions answer them individually

SNAP 2009 - Question 101

Complete the given sentence by choosing the correct phrase.
You cannot succeed unless

Solution

Since the sentence is in the present tense, options B and C can be eliminated.

Since "unless" is used, the second part will be a positive sentence. Thus, option A can be eliminated.

Hence, the answer is option D.

SNAP 2009 - Question 102

Re-arrange the scrambled segments in logical order to make a complete sentence.
1. to place where more opportunities are available
2. and so there is a great demand for English
3. for professional and economic growth
4. because it takes one outside one’s own community
5. English is language of opportunities

Solution

5 starts the discussion by introducing the topic.

4 follows 5 as it gives the reason why English is called the language of opportunities.

1 will follow 4 as it tells where the language can take us in terms of opportunities.

3 will follow 1 as it mentions what the opportunities are for.

Finally, 2 concludes by telling that there is a great demand for English.

Thus, the required sequence is 5-4-1-3-2

Hence, the answer is option B.

SNAP 2009 - Question 103

Choose the best construction:

Solution

"wouldn't have got typhoid" means that the sentence is in the past perfect tense.

Option D is the only grammatically correct sentence of the given tense.

Hence, the answer is option D.

Instructions

Choose the correct option.

SNAP 2009 - Question 104

At times, we are all _______ to be mistaken.

Solution

The context of the line indicates the possibility of a mistake.

Among the options, "likely" is the most appropriate choice.

Hence, the answer is option B.

SNAP 2009 - Question 105

He hardly cares, ________?

Solution

Since the sentence is negative, the question tag will be positive. Options B and D are thus, eliminated.

The auxiliary verb used here is "is". Thus, the question tag will be "does he?".

Hence, the answer is option A.

Instructions

Identify the figures of speech in the following sentences:

SNAP 2009 - Question 106

As proud as a peacock.

Solution

The use of "as ... as" always denotes a simile.

Hence, the answer is option B.

SNAP 2009 - Question 107

Death lays his icy hand on kings.

Solution

"Death" is given a human ability to lay a hand on someone. This signifies personification.

Hence, the answer is option A.

Instructions

Read the passage carefully and answer within the context.

“A way to deal with frozen feelings”
Every child experiences all that happens around him with total awareness. In the first seven years the child's brain is like a sponge, taking in all sensory inputs and building his idea of his surroundings. As long as the environment is safe, the child learns with incredible speed. However, when the environment is scary or stressful, the child unlearns past learning just as rapidly.

In the early years of every child's life, whenever there is shock, violence, fear or pain, these intense emotions are imprinted deeply into memory. Whenever the same activity or situation is repeated, the nervous system and body subconsciously re-experience the memory of that trauma.

Any emotional situation that takes us out of the present and into the past means that whenever the same kind of emotion crops up later in our life we return to the past for our reference point. If that point was at age three, we find ourselves behaving like a three-year-old. We feel childish and we behave childishly. Our feelings are the cause of this 'glitch' in our learning process. We know we should be able to make a positive change, but that doesn't change anything.

The process of change need not be traumatic. We couldn't have done any better because we didn't know how to. But we should realise that was then and this is now! We can choose to choose again. It's up to us. It's our movie!

SNAP 2009 - Question 108

The “Frozen Feelings” being talked about are about

Solution

The “Frozen Feelings” in the passage refer to a) negative childhood experiences. The text explains how intense emotions like shock, violence, fear, or pain from early childhood are deeply imprinted into memory, causing a subconscious re-experience of trauma when similar situations arise later in life. This "freezing" of feelings ties directly to negative experiences, not merely learning patterns or adult learning inability, making a) the best answer. Options b) and c) are related but too broad or inaccurate, and d) is incorrect as a) fits the context.

SNAP 2009 - Question 109

A ‘glitch’ is

Solution

A "glitch" refers to a sudden "malfunction".

The author says that whenever we are faced with a negative situation similar to what we have experienced in our childhood, it causes a glitch and we experience all the emotions and the memories of our childhood associated with it.

Hence, the answer is option C.

SNAP 2009 - Question 110

Identify the correct sentence, based on the paragraph

Solution

In the last paragraph, the author says that the process of change need not be traumatic. This negates option A.

Option B says that we behave childishly all the time, whereas the author associates this behaviour with a "glitch". Hence, option B is also negated.

Hence, the answer is option C.

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