Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.

I take my hat off to all those who worked hard to turn my dream into a reality.

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. Jai Hai is a hand-ball type game.
P. In fact this game originated in the Basque region of Spain.
Q. And in Florida it is legal to place bets on the players of Jai Hai.
R. It is one of the fastest-moving ball games.
S. Although played quite well in Florida & Latin America, it is not an American game.
6. Sports experts agree that Jai Hai requires more skill, speed, endurance and nerve than any other game.

In each of 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 and indicate your choice for the correct answer.

Every year millions of tourists ______ the Anna Centenary Library in Chennai.

In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. 

Select the correctly spelt word.

Direction: Use the verbs given in brackets either in Active or Passive according to sense of the given sentence.
Yesterday the meaning of the poem……..to the students but they……it.(explain, understand)

In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below each sentence,there are five words out of which one can be used to fill the blank to make the sentence grammatically and coherently correct. Find the most appropriate word that fit into the blank contextually.

In the past year alone, India has ______________ defence deals worth about $14.5 billion from Russia.

ERRAND 

Directions : In these questions , a part of the sentence is given in bold . Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (A) , (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence . Choose the correct alternative . In case no improvement is needed you answer is (D ) .

With time now available for leisure, my father (discover) a new side to himself.