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ho ldi n~ clo wn n cnn •r•r 111 fm·ou r uf q11 nll ty fo mll y lift•
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·rs hM 11 °t d1,111~t:·d 111111·'1 ,
w lhn t tht ' lt•n gth of tl11 1t• Pl'O plt• stn~• w ith t•111pl11~·,
10. Sta tis t ics sho lh,• lt wm kt 11i,: llvc •s ht1v ,·
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a stopga p. Oft.en it is 1•111pln~111w111 wo rk
b e,w fits m id rig hts 11 u1 k1• It t·oi np nrn hlt • to ft1ll•tl1111•
years mean that the
T ick the mo st ap pro p1 iat
c r ho ice . (I. I I)

a. Sar ah Riley is a
1.su nlig hte r. 111 prn prl t'tn r.

11. mo on lig hter . I\'. fttn d rnl sn .

L>. Dual car eer ist s are

i. used to fra ud ule nt wa
ys o f h111ctionl11g.
t' nf the • u tl1t •r,
n for sac rifi cin g the wo rk of 0 11e f•m plo yt• r for tht' snk
11. kn ow
Ill. com mi tted to mo re
than on e l'nr ee r.
Iv. alw ays sh ort o f tim e.
c. Sarah ch ose a sec on d ca reer
J. for mo ne y. 111. fm, w.

ii. for wo rld ly pleasu res . Iv. fo r Its nt• ntl vlt y.
petus hy
Th e trend of ad op tin g tw o car eer s has been giv en nn l111
ci.
. 111. on lln c lt'f hnu lo~ y.
1. the nee d for mo ney
11. cre ativit y. Iv. un de r fun din g.
ls o f yo ur lnl e rt•s t
e. Nic ola Wr igh t thi nk
s that If yo ur sec on d cn rcer
1. yo u be co me mo re effici
ent in yo ur ma in job .
11. yo u wa nt to giv e up
yo ur ma in Job .
111. it can be v ery exh au
sti ng
Iv. it can Inc r ease yo ur life
sp an .
(paras 8- IO) that 111eu11 s ·un i
nu •· Is
1. Th e wo rd In the passage
111. no tio n.
1. rev ival.
II. my th. Iv. st ert>otype.
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3. Read the given passag e carefully and answe r the quest ion s t hat fo llow.
1 6
1. The Scandinavian countries are much admired all over the world for their enlight t>ned
social policies. Sweden has evolved an excellent system for protec ting the individual citi2e11
from high-handed or incompetent public officers. The system has worke d so well that it
has
been adopted in other countries like Denmark, Norway, Finlan d and New Zealan
d.
Even countries with a large population are now seriou sly consi dering i1nitat ing the Swt:des
.
2. The Swedes were the first to recognize that public officials like civil serva nts . µo lk t'
officer s , health inspectors or tax collectors can make mista kes or act over-z
ealouslv in
~he belief th at th ey are serving the public. As long ago as 1809 the Swed ish Parlic.u,~ent
introduced. a scheme to safeguard th · ' A parlia ,nt'nt arv n>l1l. 1111·ttl•'~
e intere st of the indivi dual
represenLing aJI political p rt" . · · .
private grie . a ies appoin ts a perso n who is suitab ly qualified to invt.•sti g~,tl'
vances agamst the State Th O ffi . 1 . \ ·
but the Swedes co · e eta title of the pe rson is 'Justicv O\\\htH :-ni.,11·
mmonly refer to him as the 'JO' or IOmb udsman' .
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tn lll'lp 111111. 1111d l w l'X,Hll itll's cvt·ry sl 11glt•
Hlt•11 cc Is ope n to p11bllt- 111 sp1 ·rtl111 1.
tlll' 0 111 bucls111n11·s wor k . for his t·orr1 •sp1H
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Ill'
1 If a dllz cn 's <.:nm pl al nt is jus tifil•cl, llu• 0111b 1.d
l '0t11pl alnt. llt• ,nay gc11tly rt·i,rl111H 1HI a11 olfh
takes vari es acco r ding In tl w natu re u f lite ,,I
or eve11 sugg est t o I h e Parl iame nt that a
h,w h e 1111 e rNI. Thi' fnllo wln1,1 ('a s, · i:,i a t ypk
exam p le of the Omb uds111an ·s wo rk.
l o thE' 0 111buclsntan com pl111t1 h1g th11t l w
!>. A for eign er livin g in a Swedish v illage wro te 1rn11
heta use he• was a forelg11C'r. T h e Omh uds1
had been ill-tr eated by the police, simp ly nf 11 11'
in the clist r k t aski ng him to sc11r l a rc <'ord
imm edia tely wro te to the Chie f o f Po lice j11 -;t lflt'd
show that the fore igner 's co111plali11 was
case . The re was noth ing in the reco rd to
acn 1satio11 .
and the Chie f of Poli ce stou tly den ied tfw
1 Ill'
o take actio n on t lt e com1)lal11t . but wltt·1
· It was imp ossi ble fo r the Omb ud sm an l l l•l y
fo reig ner in the sam e vi llage , lw im111e<lla
h.
received a simi lar com plai nt from ano ther lncl1·t·cl
lawy er asce rt ained that a polk C'ma n h.id
sent one o f his lawy er s to investigate. The
occa sion s. T he fa ct I ha t the p11li<'C'111a11 was
deal t ro ugh ly with fo reig ner s o n several
not be reco rded in the offi cial filC's.
prej udic ed agai nst the for eign er s cou ld
n to find I his o ut hy send ing o ne of ltl s
i. It was only poss i ble for t he Om bud sma 'rr l y
spo t. The po litcm an in quc· stion w as st'Vl
represen tatives to c hec k the fa cts on the hll 11 . I ll'
fu rther com plai nts wer e rt·c-e lvNI ag;1l11st
repr ima nde d and was info rme d t hat if any an t·11d tu
's prom pt act i on In tlw mat tt•r at CllH'(• pul
wou ld be pros ecu ted . T he Omb uds man
gon e unn ot iced .
an unp leas ant prac tice wh ich mig ht have

T ic k t he mos t app rop riat e cho ice.

intro duc ed
a. T he inst ituti o n o f Omb uds man was
i. to enco urag e hea lth insp ecto
rs to act ove r zeal ous ly.
ii. to safe gua rd the cit izen s· int er est.
ii i. to h elp the high han ded o ffic
ials.
iv. to enli ghte n the citiz en .
b. The Om bud sma n is app oint ed
i. o n the basi s of his p opu l arity .
ii. on the bas i s of his qua lific atio
ns and suit ahil il y.

iii. afte r the app ro val of the pub

lic o ffi cer s.
ers.
iv. alte r the app rova l of a set o f lawy

c. He is assi sted by
i. l ocal o ffi cer s.
ii. com mo n p eop le.
ill. a Par liam enta ry Com mi ttee .
iv. lawy er s.

d. His corr esp onde nce

i. is a secr et d ocu m ent.
ii. ope n t o pu b lic inspecti o n .
ee.
Iii. is kep t confined to Parliam entary Com mitt
Iv. a pri vate doc um ent.
•' He has the authorit y to
, make new laws. iii. suggest a change in a law .
11. assault policemen. iv. break a law.
r Find a word in the passage (paras 6- 7) that means the same as biased.
1. reprima nd ed ii. prosecu ted iii. recorde d iv. prejudi ced
 , • ••• , . ~ ,
11 \fl.l\\..f\ftl\. ,

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10 ~e.:ln the fltven pac;sa Q~ c,ur>f ull)' c1nd an c. wPr thP qu ""-f"H
111 ,rn cwrH Fl{vpt i.m
Glass-maki ng is an o ld art. Small glass o bj ec ts ltaw· b('en found
rl1t· Vt•n~·t ,.m !.!l,1-.s-mtik.- r"
temp les of 4000 BC. The art then. it is believ ed. moved to lt,tly
prodtu: 111),! h1h ' ~I" "",." 1r••-;
exp r iml"nt ed and fo und new ways of wo rking with glass and
ry . 111clustnt·s wt·n· ,t't ,p ir
Later . th e art spread to Europ e. Durin g the nineteenth ct>ntu
w,,ys 0 1 1111pr nv111~ tlw qu,1111 ·.
t he m ass produ ction of glass ware and soon scien tists found
bt>aut ~• and clurab ility o f glass.
' <1lass is made up o f mat erials w hic h are heated to about
1:wo F Tlw m,1tt·r1.,b fl1~t· rnd , 11
are s1liCtl. c.1lk,1I I ,met lltnt' °"'l dh 1
coolin g they harde n int o glass . The main ingred ients used
 I in the Iargest proportion. Minerals d
are add ed to .
give t 1
baslcallY sand, s or to make it stronger an colourful. Por e .. ie Rl,i.~~
vhlch Is ap1Jearance dd d t k X<1rnp1 .
\ . nd brighter d boric oxide is a e o ma e heat-resist e, le- I
"dell• er a nake crystal, an an t glass <tr
·id<> is added to• . materials fuse together, the glass is handled .
o)x . ,tense heating when t_he hraw ldest way of handling glass. It may be carriedaccor<11n~ t
.l Cnu Blowing ,st e o l . k . out b '1
the requirement. . . d' ped into the molten g ass, to pie up Just enough t YhanrJ
or machine. A blowp1p~ is. •~lown from the other end, producing a bubbl e. Th o rnake the
. t The pipe is . d I f h I en the .
designed ob~ec . rolled for getting the require s 1ape o t e g ass. When the I Pip~
is swung, twisted and f h ·pe and its edges are smoothened. g ass
dens it is broken of t e p1 .
har ' d b the pressing technique. Pressed glass, an American .
Jso be ma e Y tnventi
4. Glass may a Id bl wn glass It was once also called sandwich alass T! . 0n.
st1·t te for mou - o · ~ · 1e s1mp1
is a sub u k sheet glass is to pour the ingredients in a flat sheet and ff . es1
d fastest way to ma e . . Pll it.
an . nd white glass is used for making tableware. Glass Is made
Milk glass Is opaque a . h 0 Paque
·t·on of tin oxide. Satin glass 1s remarkably smoot to the touch. This is mad
by the add 1 1 • • . ebv
. with fumes of hydrofluoric acid. Spang 1e g 1ass 1s n1ade by rollina mo1t1:1 •
treating g1ass . _ . . . :) d l metal
over powdered or flaked silver, gold, or mica and finally casing 1t m clear glass. It was first
made by Americans in the 1880s. Spatter glass, also called splash glass. is streaked With
variegated colours. Heat-resistant glass has a high content of silica and o ften contains boric
oxide as well. Bullet-resistant glass is multilayered and thick. It can absorb the energy ol the
bullet, and with layers of plastic lamination, the broken pieces of glass are held together.
Laboratory glassware, like beakers and test tubes, is n1ade of h eat-resistant glass and has
the ability to resist chemical attack.

courtt'$y The Tribune

it On the_ basis of your read ing of the given passage make notes on it. us i ng
re~ognizable abbreviation s (minimum 4), w herever possibl e. Gi ve the passage a
suitable title.
5
b. From the passage fi nd w d5 h
. or t at m ean the san1e as th e following \-\lord s.
l. lastingness (para I)

IL extraordinarily (para 4)
Iii. different (para 5)
----
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Nt' ' I·
11 v 0 11 ·
' '
' . ._ ,111n•d lll'll .
The dt('!-~ 1. 1 RECTION
G. ERROR COR
I sen tences .
write the f olloW ng
c ori rc t ancl re .
' Id l clp her parent s. . b , use I shall be gettin g an aw ard for hrav,. .
o Mnyn wou 1 les t day of my hfe eca . . .,,
Tomorrow wns the happ . I I not go for the pi cnic.
h . "' ·1 that we cou c
r It rained very hcav1 y I ·ng hte al nigh t .
d Mohll Is having<, , a
. I . bit of s eep1 '
. he follow ing sente nces.
2. Correc t and rewrit e t . . r e here for the semin ar.
" M·ini along with her friends , a nd on cloth es.
R~pe.es five thousand are a lot of mon~y t o spe
b. b f e I went to Delhi.
c. I went to Kolkata e or d u wit h th is wo r k.
d. I
r I have been told in time, I could have helpe yo

3. Correc t and rewri te the follow in g senten ces.

a. He quickly wore an unilorm and rushed t o his office.
b. I think yester day was the colder day of the year.
c. Everyone are invited for the inaugu ration of the shop .
d. Tanya and her friend is going for the competition.

4. Correc t and rewri te th e fol lowi ng senten ces.

a. Mohit shall be meeting me today.
b. I will go t o the market and buy some grocer ies.
c. It was her. Mother Teresa , who helped the destitu te.
d. If it hadn't been for her, he would be in gr eat troubl e t oday.

s. Corre ct and rewrit e t he follow ing senten ces.

a. As chi ldren, we use to play pr anks on our neighb ours.
b. If I were the princip al I wi ll ban homew ork.
c Until you work har d you can not succeed.
d. Do not leave th is room until you is told t o do so.

6. Corre ct and r ewrite t he fo llowin g sente nces.

a. A dri ver left the injured on the road and Oed from the spot.
b The oxygen is essent i al ror life.
c. T he higher we cl imb th e co lcl it will get.
d I was so tired then I went off to sleep.