Directions ( 1-5 ) : Each sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits the meaning of the sentence sa a whole.
1.Rohit______a huge library and has a large collection of books in it.

2. Rachana liked her room to be exactly the way she left it and she would______allow anyone to touch her things.

3. Elephant are the largest living land animals _______ earth today.

4. Josephine was elated because the doctor confirmed the news _____her pregnancy.

5. It____ been estimated that there may be many millions of species of plants, insects and microorganisms still undiscovered in tropical rainforests.

Directions ( 6- 10 ) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain word/phrase have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

A long time ago, on a big tree in the lap of the mountain, lived a bird named Sindhuka. It was a rather special bird because its droppings turned into gold as soon as they hit the ground.

One day, a hunter came to the tree in search of prey and he saw Sindhuka’s droppings hit the ground and turn into gold. The hunter was struck with wonder. He thought, “I have been hunting bird and small animals since I was a boy, but in all my 80 years, I have never seen such a miraculous creature. He decided that he had to catch the bird somehow. He climbed the tree and skilfully set a trap for the bird. The bird, quite unaware of the danger it was in, stayed on the tree and sang merrily. But it was soon caught in the hunter’s trap. The hunter immediately seized it and shoved it into a cage.

The hunter took the bird home joyfully. But as he had time to think over his good fortune later, he suddenly realised, “If the king comes to know of this of this wonder, he will certainly take away the bird from me and he might even punish me for keeping such a rare treasure all to myself. So it would be safer and more honourable if I were to go to the king and present the unique bird to him.”

The next day, the hunter took the bird to the king and presented it to him in court with great reverence. The king was delighted to receive such an unusual and rang gift. He told his courtiers to keep the bird safe and feed it with the best bird food available.

The king’s prime minister though, was reluctant to accept the bird. He said “ O Rajah, how can you believe the word of a foolish hunter and accept this bird ? Has anyone in our kingdom ever seen a bird dropping gold ? The hunter must be either crazy or telling lies. I think it is best that you release the bird from the cage.”

After a little thought, the king felt that his prime minister’s words were correct. So he ordered the bird to be released. But as soon as the door of the cage was thrown open, the bird flew out, perched itself on a nearby doorway and defecated. To everyone’s surprise, the dropping immediately turned into gold. The king mourned his loss.

6. Which of the following is possibly the most appropriate title for the story ?

Which of the following emotions made the hunter gift the bird to the king ?

Which of the following is TRUE according to the story ?

Why was the king’s prime minister reluctant to accept the bird?

How did the hunter find Sindhuka ?

Directions ( 11-15) : Choose the word?/group of words which is most similar in meaning to the word/group words printed in bold as used in the passage.

11. RATHER

RELEASE

REVERENCE

Directions ( 14-15 ) Choose the word/group of words which is most opposite in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.

14. RELUCTANT

SKILFULLY