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.

He is known for blowing his own trumpet.

Read the passage carefully and given the answer of the following questions.
We are tempted to assume that technological progress is the real progress and that material success is the criterion of civilisation. If the Eastern people become fascinated by machines and techniques and use them as Western nations do, to build industrial organisations and large military establishments, they will get involved in power politics and drift into the danger of death. Scientific and technological civilisation brings opportunities and great rewards but also great risks and temptations. If machines get into the saddle, all our progress will have been in vain. The problem facing us is a Universal one. Both East and West are threatened with the same danger and face the same destiny. Science and technology are neither good nor bad. They are not to be tabooed but tamed and assigned their proper place. They become dangers only if they become idols.
Apart from this, many other countries are busy with their scientific research on the constant gear.
They also involve in hazardous kind of activities. It is not only harmful for the global but also a package of disaster for the human race.
It should be curb altogether and develop the things to create a harmony around the global. 

Which of the following statements is/are true in the context of the passage?
1. Science and technology are neither good nor bad.
2. Through machines, man can achieve all progress.
3. Science and technology bring great risks and temptations.

Identify the best way to improve the Bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’-

Word by word reading lead to the development of another bad habit which is the habit of reading aloud.

Directions: In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If a sentence is free from errors, then your answer is (4) i.e., No error. 

 If you had told me(1) / I would have helped you (2) / solve the problem. (3)/ No error (4)  

Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word as your answer.

Flout

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.

A snake in the grass

Read the passage carefully and give the answer of following questions.

Smile, they say, and soon there will be miles and miles of smiles. If we keep __(A)_ourselves and do not mix with others, we shall soon be left alone to ponder __(B)__the misfortunes of life. Nobody likes to come across a _( C) _and self-centred person. People __(D)__gregarious and outgoing souls who are prepared to share their Joys and sorrows vanish if they have the capacity to laugh away their problems and miseries

Mark your answer at (B).

Direction : Which of the following phrases (i), (ii), and (iii) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) i.e., "No correction required" as the answer.

The strategy of human lockdown is being unprecedented in human history and the World Health Organisation has called it the most “aggressive disease containment effort in history”.
i. Was unprecedented in human history.
ii. Was unprecedented during human history.
iii. Was unprecedented in the history of human beings.