NTSE-2013(Stge-I) (For Clss X Stuents) ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST Time: 40 Minutes Mximum Mrks: 40 Diretion: Choose the wor tht is most nerly opposite in mening to the given wors in Question No. 51 to 54. 51. CHIVALROUS (1) timi (2) venturous (3) mirulous (4) ourgeous 51. 1 52. TRANSIENT (1) urgent (2) eternl (3) youthful (4) originl 52. 2 53. GRADUAL (1) energeti (2) ynmi (3) rpi (4) enthusisti 53. 3 54. FRAGILE (1) unknown (2) intelligent (3) strong (4) foolish 54. 3 Diretion: In questions Nos. 55 to 58 there is lnk in eh sentene. Four lterntives re suggeste for eh lnk. Choose the orret one n mrk it in the nswer sheet. 55. He is... heir of rih mn. (1) (2) n (3) the (4) mny 55. 3 56. Rhul hs spent... money he h. (1) little (2) the little (3) few (4) little 56. 2 57. This is...est prt of the story. (1) the (2) some (3) ll (4) 57. 1 FIITJEE 1
58. Woul you len me...money? (1) some (2) little (3) few (4) ny 58. 1 Diretion: In Questions Nos. 59 to 62 hoose the most pproprite synonym. 59. SLIGHTLY (1) strikingly (2) to smll extent (3) extly (4) to lrge extent 59. 2 60. FAVOUR (1) show (2) pprove (3) rewr (4) inulge 60. 2 61. ADVERSARY (1) opponent (2) nniversry (3) mirer (4) ministrtor 61. 1 62. SQUANDER (1) lerner (2) eveloper (3) wste wy (4) repel 62. 3 Diretion: In Questions Nos. 63 to 70, fill in the lnks with suitle onjuntion: 63. Do goo unto others... forget. (1) ut (2) yet (3) n (4) otherwise 63. 3 64.... I lle on her, she ws not t home. (1) Whenever (2) Before (3) After (4) When 64. 4 65. Sngeet psse... she worke hr. (1) yet (2) ut (3) euse (4) tht 65. 3 66. She wlke refully... she shoul slip. (1) tht (2) lest (3) in orer (4) so tht 66. 2 FIITJEE 2
67. You nnot pss... you work hr. (1) unless (2) provie (3) if (4) till 67. 1 68.... he ws ill, he went to ollege. (1) Though (2) Although (3) However (4) Still 68. 2 69. A wise enemy is etter... foolish frien. (1) thn (2) s (3) so (4) or 69. 1 70. You shoul wit here... I return. (1) efore (2) while (3) till (4) s soon s 70. 3 Diretion: In Questions Nos. 71 76, fill up the lnks with most suitle lterntives n mrk them in the nswer sheet: 71. Mr. Gutm ws Writer. He live... his pen. (1) with (2) for (3) t (4) y 71. 4 72. Nin feels lonely here s she oes not onfie... nyoy. (1) to (2) in (3) with (4) for 72. 2 73. A ptient who ws fflite... ner ws rying with pin. (1) with (2) from (3) y (4) of 73. 1 74. Be reful... you shoul slip. (1) otherwise (2) or (3) lest (4) so 74. 3 75. No sooner i the thief see the polie he rn wy. (1) when (2) efore (3) then (4) thn 75. 4 76. I will not tten the prty I m invite. (1) unless (2) until (3) if (4) till 76. 1 FIITJEE 3
Diretions: Re the pssge refully n hoose the orret nswer from the given options: I onsier myself something of n uthority on pologies, euse quik temper hs provie me with plenty of opportunities to mke them. In one of my erliest memories, my mother is telling me, Don t look t the groun when you sy, I m sorry. Hol your he up n look the person in the eye, so he ll know you men it. My mother thus onveye the first priniple of suessful pology: It must e iret. You must never preten to e oing something else. You o not lef through shef of orresponene while pologising to suorinte fter lming her for mistke tht turne out to e your fult. You o not pologise to hostess, whose guest of honour you insulte, y sening flowers the next y without mentioning your ehviour. 77. The uthor hs got mny opportunities of pologies euse he is: (1) A person who gets ngry quikly (2) An mile person (3) A very forgetful person (4) A very polite person 77. 1 78. A suessful wy of pology is tht it: (1) shoul not e mixe up with shme (2) shoul not e mixe up with other tivities (3) shoul e hinte t iniretly to the person onerne (4) shoul e me sully even when you re usy 78. 2 79. You shoul pologise for your ehvior t prty y sening: (1) Flowers to guests of honour (2) Flowers to your hostess with note of pology (3) Flowers to your hostess fter week (4) Flowers without note to your hostess 79. 2 80. While pologizing to suorinte, you must not: (1) Pluk the lef (2) turnover new lef (3) turnover the pges of letters to hie emrrssment (4) shift the lef from one ple to nother 80. 3 Diretion: In question Nos. 81 85, Choose the lterntive whih expresses the mening of the iiom/phrse. 81. Turn turtle : (1) To kill turtle (2) to estroy (3) to egre (4) turn upsie own 81. 4 82. To rink like fish: (1) To rink slowly (2) To rink little quntity (3) Not to rink exessively (4) To rink exessively 82. 4 FIITJEE 4
83. A wil goose hse: (1) A fruitful hse (2) To run like wil goose (3) A useless effort (4) To run willy 83. 3 84. To oil one s tongue: (1) To spek hrshly (2) To spek slowly (3) To stmmer (4) To spek politely 84. 4 85. A hr nut to rk: (1) iffiult tsk (2) hr nut to rek (3) to rk eliious nut (4) hr to fin hr nuts 85. 1 Diretions: In question Nos. 86 to 90, one prt of eh sentene hs n error. Fin out whih prt of the sentene hs n error: 86. The stuents only rew on one sie of the pper (1) (2) (3) (4) 86. 1 Rmesh hs een working in this firm for 10 yers 87. reognise his potentil (1) (2) (3) (4) 87. 1 88. The frmers will hve repe their rops efore (1) (2) (3) (4) 88. 1 ut no one hs the riny seson sets on 89. The teher tol the stuents tht the erth move roun the sun (1) (2) (3) (4) 89. Plese note tht this question hs the possiility of hving two nswers i.e. 1 n 3 s oth prts () n () rry errors. In prt () the wor move n e orrete s moves n in prt () the wor roun n e orrete s roun. 90. They in't work hr to get goo mrks. Din't they? (1) (2) (3) (4) 90. 2 FIITJEE 5