Directions : Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow (Q. Nos. 16 to 24) by selecting the correct/most appropriate options.
What we call Old Delhi is actually only about 350 years old, which is not terribly ancient, considering that the city was inhabited around 1000 to 800 BC. But it is a good place to look because Old Delhi has retained its character from the Mughal days. Most of what we call Old Delhi was built by the emperor Shah Jahan who, with characteristic modesty, called it Shahjahanabad. The city was built around 1640–1650 AD (so, by Delhi standards, it is actually young !) and remained the capital of the Mughal empire ever since.
India was one of the world’s richest countries in that age, so the capital’s commercial quarter was one of the most important trading and business centres in the East. The original Chandni Chowk was built around a canal of the Yamuna, which passed down the street, forming a pool that reflected the moonlight and gave the area its name.
The business of Chandni Chowk was business only. Some people say that it was the ruthless reprisals from the British after the 1857 Mutiny/War of Independence that destroyed the peaceful character of Chandni Chowk; as did the looting that was the hallmark of the East India Company soldiers. Others say that the rot set in after New Delhi was created in the 20th century.
Either way, Chandni Chowk is a mess now. It is overcrowded, parts of it are dirty and its wonderful historical mansions are now in disrepair. In an era when the world’s great squares have become landmarks, why should Chandni Chowk become a slum?
16. Study the following statements :
A. A canal used to run through Chandni Chowk.
B. Business and trading was done on the banks of the canal.
C. People visited Chandni Chowk to view the moonlight reflected in the canal.
Which of the above statements are true?
(1) A, B and C
(2) A and B
(3) B and C
(4) A and C
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17. Shah Jahan named the new city of Delhi, Shahjahanabad. It shows his :
(1) love of art
(2) pride
(3) modesty
(4) character
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18. By Delhi standards, Old Delhi is called young because :
(1) it was built around 1640–1650 AD
(2) it was an active business centre
(3) it was visited by young tourists
(4) it was inhabited around 1000-800 BC
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19. During the Mughal period, Delhi was very prosperous because :
(1) it was built by Shah Jahan
(2) it was looted by East India Company’s soldiers
(3) a lot of trade and commerce took place here
(4) it was ruled by the rich Mughals
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20. East India Company’s soldiers were :
(1) greedy but not cruel
(2) noble and brave
(3) cruel and greedy
(4) cruel but not greedy
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21. “_____ a pool that reflected the moonlight ____”
Which part of speech is the underlined word?
(1) An interjection
(2) A pronoun
(3) An adjective
(4) A determiner
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22. “_____ terribly ancient considering that ___”
The underlined word is a/an :
(1) adverb
(2) noun
(3) participle
(4) verb
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23. “Either way, Chandni Chowk is a mess now.”
The word ‘mess’ means the same as :
(1) upset
(2) canteen
(3) snare
(4) confusion
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24. “___ a pool that reflected the moonlight ____”
The word opposite in meaning to ‘reflected’ is :
(1) discredited
(2) imitated
(3) claimed
(4) absorbed
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Directions: Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow (0. Nos, 115 to 120) by selecting the correct/most appropriate options.
I love the Brooks which down their channels fret,
Even more than when I tripped lightly as they;
The innocent brightness of a new-born Day Is lovely yet;
The Clouds that gather round the setting sun
Do take a sober colouring from an eye
That hath kept watch o’er man’s mortality;
Another race hath been, and other palms are won.
Thanks to the human heart by which we live,
Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears,
To me the meanest flower that blows can give
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
25. The poet loves the brooks:
(1) because he too can run briskly like them
(2) because they flow between their banks
(3) now more than when he was young
(4) as they are overflowing their banks
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26. The clouds around the setting sun make the poet :
(1) sad
(2) thoughtful
(3) happy
(4) curious
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27. During his lifetime, the poet has thought about :
(1) love in human heart
(2) the rat race of man
(3) the dawn of the new day
(4) mortal nature of man
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28. Today the poet is thankful for :
A. the human heart which is full of joys and sorrows
B. the beauty of the meanest flower
C. the palms won by him in the race of life
Which of the above are true?
(1) A, B and C
(2) A and B
(3) B and C
(4) A and C
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29. The figure of speech used in line 1 is :
(1) irony
(2) a simile
(3) a metaphor
(4) personification
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30. “The innocent brightness ___” is an example of :
(1) irony
(2) metonymy
(3) synecdoche
(4) transferred epithet
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