Directions: In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.

How much longer __ this book ?

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

Surrender something as a punishment or penalty-

The 1^st and the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct. The find the correct answer and indicate it in the answer sheet.

1. The boy-urchin stood on the pavement outside the shop.
P. He was observing the boy closely.
Q. He looked longingly at all the cakes and cookies in the display window.
R. Leaving his table, the gentleman crossed the street.
S. An elderly gentleman was sitting at a table in a cafe across the street.
6. Walking up to the boy. he tapped him on the shoulder.

Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word as your answer.

Monotonous

In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).

He stayed in Delhi (A)/ for one and a half months (B)/ because I insisted on him doing that. (C)/No error (D) 

India and 25 other countries agreed to the Copenhagen Accord even as other developing countries accepted it as an irreversible decision later. The Accord came out of__(a)___ bargaining lasting almost 20 hours among ___(b)___ of governments of some of the most__(c)__ countries of the world. At the__(d)__of the day on Saturday, India___(e)__ to have given ground on some issues but blocked intrusion on other red lines. It had become evident within the first week of the talks that the best the emerging and praiseworthy economies of the developing world were going to do was to defend the existing economic resource sharing regimes.

 Fill the blank at (a).

Read the following given passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and appropriate in the answer sheet.

Suppose your son misbehaves towards you, or your father one day in his anger is unduly severe to you, it is not great virtue to forgive them. Suppose a brother of yours does you some harm and you say. “Never mind, you are my brother, I let you go,” there is no great virtue in that. The difficulty is when you have to forget the sin of your enemies. It your Dayady who has always hated you, does you some fresh injury and you forgive that, then it is a real act of forgiveness.
It is that which the Mahatma preaches. He says, “Forgive thine enemies,” which is one of the teachings of Jesus Christ. It is a mistake to think Christianity alone preaches the virtue. Other religions also teach it. Now Gandhi is pre-eminently a Hindu, and he says he is living the best part of Hinduism when he himself forgives the sin of enemies, and asks people to love them as their friends.

“Forgive thine enemies”_ is one of the teachings of_

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

Uncle always welcomes us to his home with a big smile.