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(3) English Language (Q.No 61- 90)
ENGLISH COMPREHENSION
Directions (Q. No 61-69)- Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.
Every evening, some part of the British Commonwealth hears the chimes of Big Ben, largest of the bells in the clock tower of the Palace of Westminister.The bell is popularly called Big Ben. and it is this bell which chimes out the quarter hours to the people of London. For Bristons at sea or living in distant lands, the sound of Big Ben is still a link with home, for the chimes are broadcast each evening by the British Broadcasting Corporation. Big Ben has been chiming out the quarter hours now for more than one and a half centuries. It started chiming on June 11, 1859, At that time, the Parliament couldn’t decide what to name the bell, A light-hearted Member of Parliament called attention, in a speech, to the impressive bulk of Sir Benjamin Hall, Queen Victoria’s Chief Lord of the Woods and Forests. Call it Big Ben’ said the speaker, and the name stuck. Big Ben is 9 feet in diameter, 7 feet 6 inches tall, and the thickness where the hammer strikes is 8.75 inches. The clock that regulates the chiming of Big Ben keeps good time In 1939, the Royal Astronomer made a 290 day check on the performance of the clock. He found that during this test, the margin of error was less than two-tenth of a second in 24 hours on 93 days and greater than one second only on 16 of the 290 days.There was an unexpected lapse on August 12, 1945, and consternation swept through the Ministry of Works. On that dark day, the clock was five minutes slow. A flock of starlings had roosted on the minute hand.
61. Aside from popular usage, Big Ben is really the ______
a) Exclusive radio signal of the BBC
b) Great bell in the clock tower of the Palace of Westminister.
c) Name of Chief Lord of the Woods and Forests
d) Clock tower of the Palace of Westminster
Answer – b
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62. The year 1959 was the ________
a) Last year Big Ben was heard
b) 59th anniversary of big Ben.
c) 100th Anniversary of Big Ben
d) Year in which Big Ben was restored
Answer – c
63. The World ‘consternation’ used in the last paragraph stands for
a) despair
b) anxiety
c) alarm
d) sorrow
Answer – d
64. In the Royal Astronomer’s 290-day check, it was established that
a) the clock was reasonably accurate
b) The clock was maintaining accurate time on all days.
c) the clock was losing time alarmingly
d) The clock did not function properly for 93 days.
Answer – a
65. On August 12, 1945, Big Ben’s clock was ____
a) 5 minutes fast
b) 5 minutes slow
c) Bombed
d) being checked for accuracy.
Answer – b
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66. For the Britons at sea or living in distant land, the Big Ben serves as a link with home, It shows that
a) the Big Ben has become a powerful national symbol
b) the British are fond of travelling to far- off lands
c) the British are very patriotic
d) the British are very sentimental
Answer – d
67. People outside London can hear the chimes of the Big Ben because
a) the recording of the bell’s chrime is available all over the world.
b) the bell’s sound is so loud that it can travel to all parts of the world.
c) The BBC broadcasts the chimes.
d) the legendary bell has become a global phenomenon
Answer – c
68. The clock lost five minutes once because
a) The maintenance was not done by the Ministry of works
b) It was a dark day
c) Some starlings had roosted on the minute hand
d) there was an unexpected lapse.
Answer – c
69. Call it Big Ben’ can be written in passive voice as
a) Let it be called Big Ben
b) You will call it Big Ben
c) People should call it big Ben
d) We may call it Big Ben
Answer – a
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Directions (Q. No 70-75) : Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.
I Build Walls
I build walls
Walls that protect
Walls that shield,
Walls that say I shall not yield
Or reveal
Who I am or how I feel.
I build walls
Walls that hide,
Walls that cover what’s inside,
Walls that stare or smile or look away,
Silent lies,
Walls that even block my eyes
From the tears I might have cried
I build walls :
Walls that never let me
Truly touch
Those I love so very much
Walls that need to fall !
Walls meant to be fortresses
Are prisons after all.
70. What are the walls in this poem made of ?
a) Cement and tiles
b) Blood and flesh
c) Bricks of many physical material
d) Hidden feelings and thoughts.
Answer – d
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