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The saddest part of life lies not in the act of dying, but in failing to truly live while we are alive. Too many of us play small with our lives, never letting the fullness of our humanity see the light of day. I’ve learned that what really counts in life, in the end, is not how many toys we have collected or how much money we’ve accumulated, but how many of our talents we have liberated and used for a purpose that adds value to this world. What truly matters most are the lives we have touched and the legacy that we have left. Tolstoy put it so well when he wrote: “We live for ourselves only when we live for others.” It took me forty years to discover this simple point of wisdom.

Forty long years to discover that success cannot really be pursued. Success ensues and flows into your life as the unintended yet inevitable byproduct of a life spent enriching the lives of other people. When you shift your daily focus from a compulsion to survive towards a lifelong commitment to serve, your existence cannot help but explode into success. I still can’t believe that I had to wait until the “half-time” of my life to figure out that true fulfillment as a human being comes not from achieving those grand gestures that put us on the front pages of the newspapers and business magazines, but instead from those basic and incremental acts of decency that each one of us has the privilege to practice each and every day if we simply make the choice to do so. Mother Teresa, a great leader of human hearts if ever there was one, said it best: “There are no great acts, only small acts done with great love.” I learned this the hard way in my life. Until recently, I had been so busy striving, I had missed out on living. I was so busy chasing life’s big pleasures that I had missed out on the little ones, those micro joys that weave themselves in and out of our lives on a daily basis but often go unnoticed. My days were overscheduled, my mind was overworked and my spirit was underfed.

Suggest a suitable title for the passage?

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    Living truly
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    Learning it the hard way
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    True happiness as experienced by Mother Teresa
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    Forty years of discovery Tolstoy
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उत्तर : 1. "Living truly"

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Read the carefully the following passage and give answer the questions.

The victory of the small Green democracy of Athens over the mighty Persian empire in 490 B.C. is one of the most famous events in history. Darius, king of the Persian empire, was furious because Athens had interceded for the other Greek city-states in revolt against Persian domination. In anger the king sent at enormous army to defeat Athens. He thought it would take drastic steps to pacify the rebellious part of the empire Persia was reuled by one man.
 In Athens, however, all citizens helped to rule. Ennobled by this participation, Athenians were prepared to die for their city- state. Perhaps this was the secret of the remarkable victory at Marathon, which freed them from Persian rule. On their way to Marathon, the Persians tried to fool some Greek city-states by claiming to have come in peace. The frightened citizens of Delos refused to believe this. Not wanting to abet the conquest of Greece, they fled from their city and did not return until the Persians had left. They were wise, for the Persians next conquered the city of Etria and captured its people. Tiny Athens stood alone against Persia. The Athenian people went to their sanctuaries. There they prayed for deliverance. They- asked their Gods to expedite their victory. The Athenians refurbished their weapons and moved to the plain of Marathon, where their little band would meet the Persians. At the last moment, soldiers from Plataea reinforced the Athenian troops.
 The Athenian army attacked, the Greek citizens fought bravely. The power of the mighty Persians was offset by the love that the Athenians had for their city. Athenians defeated the Persians in archery and hand combat. Greek soldiers seized Persian ships of burned them, and the Persians fled in terror. Herodotus, a famous historian, reports that 6400 Persians died, compared with only 192 Athenians. 

In the passage "intercede" means to- 

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    argue in favour of
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    support without any conditions
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    justify with examples
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    intervene on behalf of
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उत्तर : 4. "intervene on behalf of "

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Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

To pull a long face

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    Looked surprised
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    Looked happily
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    Looked sad
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    Looked calm
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उत्तर : 3. "Looked sad"

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उत्तर : 1. "has"

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Select the most appropriate homonym to fill in the blank.

______________ knowledge in this field is really profound.

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    There
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    Their 
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    Dare 
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    They‘re
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उत्तर : 2. "Their "

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Direction: In the question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

The traffic constable said to us, “Stop”,

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    The traffic constable requested us to stop
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    The traffic constable ordered that we were made to stop.
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    The traffic constable ordered us to stop
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    We were asked by the traffic constable to stop.
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उत्तर : 1. "The traffic constable requested us to stop"

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Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.

One who has narrow and prejudiced religious views

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    religious
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    fanatical
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    bigot
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    bellicose
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उत्तर : 3. "bigot"

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उत्तर : 2. "2"

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