SSC CGL Tier-2 2010 English

Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
Passag I:

Fingerprints are the marks made by the ridges on the ends of the fingers and thumbs. These ridges form a pattern that stays the same throughout a person's life. No two persons have ever had the same fingerprints. So fingerprints are a foolproof way of identifying a person.

A fingerprint record is madein an interesting manner. A small piece of metal is coated with a thin film of ink. Next, a person’s finger and thumb tips are pressed against the inked surface. Then the fingertips are pressed on a white card. The prints are recorded in
exact detail.

Fingerprinting is often used to solve crimes. Fingerprints are picked up at the scene of a crime. These are compared with those of a suspect. Millions of fingerprints are kept on files by police departments.

Fingerprinting is also used in finding missing persons and identifying unknown dead. It is used to screen people who apply for certain jobs.

It is thought that the Chinese used thumbprints to sign documents a long time before Christ. The system used today was invented by Sir Francis Galton in the 1880's. In 1901 Sir E.R. Henry found a simple wayof grouping fingerprints. His system is used by many law-enforcement organizations.

Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
Passage II:

An old man with steel-rimmed spectacles and very dusty clothes sat by the side of the road. There was a pontoon bridge across the river and carts, trucks, and men, women and children were crossing it. The muledrawn carts staggered up thesteel, bank from the bridge with soldiers helping to push against the spokes of the wheels. The trucks ground up and away heading outofit all. The peasants plodded along in the ankledeep dust. But the old man sat there without moving.