SSC CGL Tier-2 25-October-2015 English

Instructions

In the following questions the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

Question 41

1. Katherine Mansfield was born in Wellington, New Zealand.
P. In 1908 she went back to the London which shefelt to be her spiritual home.
Q. She was sent to Queen's College Schoo, Londonin her fifteenth yearto finish’ her education.
R. She remained there for four years.
S. Soon after returning to New Zealand, she became dissatisfied.
6. She hoped to makea literary carreer there,

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Question 42

1. a couple in my neighbour is known for shouting at each other.
P. With an apprehension of a serous fight between the two I went closer to the door and peeped in.
Q. I intended to calm them down.
R. I could guess both of them lay peacefully in their bed.
S. Last night at about 11 O'clock I could hear shrieks and sounds.
6. The fight was going on ina T.V. Senal on a channel.

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Question 43

1. Technology is meant for bringing comfort to the body and spintuality brings comfort to the mind.
P. But in India that never happened, religion has always encouraged Science.
Q. Scientists were persecuted.
R. Here religion and Philosophy were never isolated practices.
S. In the West, religion was always opposed to Science.
6. They interwined with life, in music, art. drama, dance,painting and sculpture.

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Question 44

1. The world leaders,
P. that the despotic regimewill try to get
Q. by unleashing cruder vicience that may come
R. gathered in the peace-conference, were unanimous in voicing their fears
S. over its palpable sense of insecurity
6. in the form of the use of chemical weapons.

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Question 45

1. The Cinemais a very valuable teaching aid.
P. The cinema is entertaining also.
Q. Historical films help the teacher of History.
R. Science can also be taught very effectively through Cinema.
S. Large number of people like social films.
6. Thus Cinema has a great impact on our society.

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Question 46

1. Grandpa had someold clothes.
P. But my mother took them out and kept them neatly folded in the cupboard again.
Q. So he threw them Into the waste basket.
R. So he put the clothing into the family’s bag of items to donate to charity.
S. My mother found them and put them backin his basket.
6. Grandpa finally put the items in my mother’s mending basket and never saw them again.

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Question 47

1. Childrenlike to celebrate their birthday.
P. In addition to birthday presents, they also receive greetings.
Q. It provides an opportunity for them to enjoy themselves with their fiends.
R. The birthday presents also add to their joy.
S. Nobody can deny that company of friends is joyful.
6. All these factors make birthday worth celebrating.

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Question 48

1. Rola Sleiman parked her car in the only empty spot outside Tripoli’s evangelical church.
P. But that's not the only thing makes her unique,
Q. She's a pastor, and at 37, she's younger than most of her colleagues.
R. It is a small sand-coloured building with a simple fagade and large wooden doors in the midde of the city
S. It was Sunday morning and, like every Sunday at around this time, Rola was headed to work.
6. Rola is also, as far as she knows, the only female pastor in Lebanon — and perhaps even inthe entire Middle East.

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Question 49

1. Reasearches say that jogging alone is unhealthy.
P. ‘tt was found that communal joggers have double the number of brain cells as solo runners.
Q. These positive effects are suppressed when running occurs in isolation.
R. Experiments indicated that running alone stifles brain cell regeneration.
S. Experienced in a group, running stimulates brain ceil growth.
6. However, joggers around the world should rememberthat jogging is healthier than the rat race.

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Question 50

1. The heart is the pump of life.
P. They have even succeeded in heart transplants.
Q. Now-a-days surgeons are able to stop a patient's heart and carry out complicated operations.
R. A tew years ago, it was impossible to operate on a patient whose heart was not working properly.
S. If the heart stops we de in about five minutes.
6. All this was made possible by the invention of the heart lung machine.

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