Passage 29

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Sugar comes from a plant which is call ed sugarcane . Th e sugarc an e gro w s in e h ot co u ~~ri?s .
When sugarcanes are .ripe, they are cut down . Then, their large gree n leav es a r e t a ken off. 1 he
canes, then are tied in bundles and sent to the sugar mills . H e re they are presse d hard so t h at a ll the
juice comes out of them. The juice now looks like dirty water. It is, then cle an e d and h eated in iro n
pans . All the water goes off, leaving the sugar oehind . The sugar is brown in colour . It is h eated
again and cleaned till it becomes white . This is called cane sugar. In the past all the sug a r w e u sed
came to India from Java and other countries . Now sugar is made in our own country . Th e r e a re
many sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. UNY 19991

1. In which type of . countries are 3. What is the first colour of sugar?

(1 ). White (2) Black
sugarcanes grown?
(3) Yellow (4) Brown
(1) Dry countries (2) Cold countries
(3) Hot countries (4) All types of countries 4. Which part of sugarcanes is cut off
2. Which are the sugar producing stat'es in before sending them to sugar mills?
India? , (1) .Leaves (2) Roots
(1) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar (3) Stem (4) Branches
(2) Madhya Pradesh and Bihar 5. The opposite word for 'tied' is
' (3) Bihar and Andhra Pradesh
(1) united (2) untied
(4) Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
(3 ) open (4) clean

Passage 30
Mr. Verma is a typist in the town hospital. He lives near the hos · · . . .
daughter, Leela, are a small and happy family They are h d . pital. He, his w1fe and their
, . . . . · ar -working.
Mr. Verma s wife, Shnmat1 Aruna, 1s busy from morning to ·
before sunrise and begins her work. She sweeps the room everunh g. She has no servant. She gets up
, . s, was es the vessels and cooks the food
Leela wakes up before 6 o clock. She helps her mother with h · . . · ·
water from the well and washes the clothes: So, she is bus tr work m the kitchen. She brings
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breakfast and leaves for school at nine . .. Y · She does her homework after
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1. Who is a typist in the town hospital? 3 Shri . l)NV 199 1
(1) Shrimati Aruna (2) Leela • (
1) roo
mati Aruna has no ........ .
· (2
(3) Mr. Verma (4) None of these m ) foo_d (3) work (4) servant ·
4. Who b nngs
· - water from the well?
2. Who is busy from morning to evening?
(1) Leela (2) Sh . .A
(1) Shrimati Aruna (3) Mr V nmat1 runa
(2) Mr. Verma · erma (4) Servant
(3) Leela 5. At what t·ime d oes Leela get up?
(4) None of the above ( 1) After 6 o,clock (2) Before 6 o,clock
(3) At 6 o'clock (4) None of these
 ~ Passage 31
ere was once a boy who would never pay any attention to his studies . His parents sent h~rn to
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1, but he took to playing on the road and did not care for the opinion of even those friends
cbo helped him in danger. One day a gentleman who was on the h~o~ o:1t for a boy-s_ervant,
appened to com~ across him, wandering all alone in the street. He earned him_ away to a different
wn and made him work day and night as a servant. Now the boy repented his folly and one day
a
bile his master was fast asleep, he slipped away and after good deal of trouble, reached home .
e applied himself hard to his books now and rose,· in after life, to be a great man . [JNV 1999]

. 4. "The boy slipped away when the master

1. Who took to playing on the road?
(1) A servant (2) A boy "
was .....
· (3) Parents (4) A gentleman (1) working (2) sleeping
(3) playing cards (4) having lunch
z. Who helped him in danger? word
(1) Friends (2) Parents 5. The opposite gender for the
(3) A gentleman (4) A boy-servant 'gentleman' is
let{
(1) gentlewoman (2) lady
r.l(i' 3. What did the gentleman make him to do
(3) gentlemen (4) madam
Jiji:1; day and night?
n,·•,r,... , (1) Play (2) Study' (3) Work (4) Sleep

Passage 32
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The Earth is known as a 'watery planet' because it is the only planet of the solar system containing
ater in abundance . The presence of life on our planet is mainly due to water and air. More than
a-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water. Oceans contain about 97% · of the total
water available on the Earth's surface. The fresh water found in the form of snow and ice on the
lAf ground and water in lakes and rivers accounts for the remaining 3% . Ocean wate·r . is always saline .
Hence, it is not of direct use to man . It is, however, important as it provides the bulk of water
:;t vapour th<;1t enters the atmosphere where it forms clouds . [}NV l99S]

1. _The presence of life on our Earth is due to (2) Fresh water is always saline
(1) good food and crops (3) Ocean water is always saline
(2) good roads and motor cars (4) Earth gets water trom Sun
· (3) air and water 4. Oceans contain _
(4) sunlight -
(1) 55% of the total water (2) 3% of the total water
. 2• •...... .. surface of the Earth is covered
(3) 97% of the total water (4) ice and snow
with water.
(1) More than half . (2) More than two-th irds 5. · · Clouds are farmed
(3) Less than half (4) Less than two-thirds (1) by th e water vapours (2) by the sunlight
3· Spot the correct statement.
(3) by th e ice and ~now (4) by air and sunlight
(1) Man uses ocean water directly