In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

Rama was a naughty boy __(1)___lived in the village of Tenali. His mother did not __(2) ___ what to do with him since he ___(3)___ to study or do any work. One day __(4)__ took him to see a Guru. She told the __(5)___ man that she wanted him to take Rama Under his guardianship.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No.3

Which word is opposite in meaning to ‘interesting’? 

Pick out the correct sentence from those given below: 

(A) She turned down the offer after the package was quite unattractive.
(B) She turned down the offer if the package was quite unattractive.
(C) She turned down the offer because the package was quite unattractive.
(D) She turned down the offer in case the package was quite unattractive. 

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.

Whom should we forgive ?

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

P. The prices of cooking gas, pulses and vegetables have registered a sharp rise.

Q. In recent years the prices of essential commodities have gone up sharply.

R. The low-income groups and the salaried classes are the worst sufferers.

S. Living has become quite a costly affair these days.

Use the correct word in the following:
 Before the bell rang, the class was _____ to go home.

Directions (8): In the following passages, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer in the Answer-Sheet. (Mark your answer 8)
Science (6) the average man and woman in two ways already.  He or she benefits by its (7), driving in a motor-car or omnibus instead of a horse-drawn (8), being treated for disease by a doctor or surgeon rather than a priest or a (9), being (10) with an automatic pistol or a shell in of a dagger or battle-axe. It also affects his or her opinions. Almost everyone believes that the earth is and the heavens, nearly, instead of solid. And we are beginning to believe in our animal and the possibility of vast improvements in nature by biological methods.

Direction: Use the verbs given in brackets either in Active or Passive according to sense of the given sentence.
After he……the child, the body……………into the river. (murder, throw)