Q1:
6th June Shift 1
Vocabulary > Spelling
Easy
Choose the correctly spelled word from the given options:
Correct Answer
Option 2
Correct Answer
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Q2:
6th June Shift 1
Vocabulary > Antonyms
Easy
Choose the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word in the following sentence: She **declined** to participate in the soccer game.
Correct Answer
Option 1
Correct Answer
Q3:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Rearrangement
Easy
Rearrange the following phrases to form a meaningful sentence: (A) and saw her son in a blue shirt (B) she came to the balcony (C) surging on the rocking horse (D) hearing some sound suddenly Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Correct Answer
Option 1
Correct Answer
Q4:
6th June Shift 1
Vocabulary > Antonyms
Medium
Select the word from the given options that is OPPOSITE to the meaning of the word-TACITURN.
Correct Answer
Option 3
Correct Answer
Q5:
6th June Shift 1
Vocabulary > Phrasal Verbs
Medium
Choose the sentences which show the correct usage of phrasal verbs: (A) The unruly students egged on him to break the lock and enter the dean's office. (B) We promise to wrap up the session before sun-down. (C) Please turn in the volume of your music system. (D) She will not come to school today as she has suddenly come up with viral fever. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Correct Answer
Option 3
Correct Answer
Q6:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Grammar
Easy
Fill in the blank with the correct option. My friend had barely __ to pull out of the garage when he realised that he had left the dog inside.
Correct Answer
Option 4
Correct Answer
Q7:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Rearrangement
Easy
Rearrange the following phrases to form a meaningful sentence: (A) actions of characters and dialogues (B) intended to be (C) a drama is a composition in prose or verse (D) acted on stage through Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Correct Answer
Option 1
Correct Answer
Q8:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Rearrangement
Easy
Rearrange the following phrases to form a meaningful sentence: (A) most roads and routes across Delhi NCR (B) appeared as a crimson streak on real-time traffic maps (C) and increased travel time (D) indicating high traffic volume Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Correct Answer
Option 3
Correct Answer
Q9:
6th June Shift 1
Vocabulary > Word Usage
Easy
Fill in the blank in the sentence with the correct word from the options given:- After a minor accident with a bus, Madan's movements are-------------- restricted, otherwise he is very active.
Correct Answer
Option 2
Correct Answer
Q10:
6th June Shift 1
Vocabulary > Word Usage
Easy
Choose the correct option given below to fill in the blank. I could not stand in that room as there was a __________ smell.
Correct Answer
Option 3
Correct Answer
Q11:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Grammar
Medium
Fill in the blanks given in List-I with the words given in List-II | List-I | List-II | |---|---| | (A) He______ the television when the bell rang. | (I) watch | | (B) I,already, _________ this movie. | (II) watching | | (C) The police teams are on duty to _________ over his whereabouts. | (III) have watched | | (D) At this time tomorrow, you will be ____ the cricket match in London. | (IV) was watching | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Correct Answer
Option 2
Correct Answer
Q12:
6th June Shift 1
Vocabulary > Idioms
Easy
Match the idioms given in List-I with their meanings given in List-II | List-I (Idioms) | List-II (Meanings) | |---|---| | (A) Eat one's words | (I) Straightforward | | (B) Fair and square | (II) Expressionless | | (C) Play with fire | (III) Admit one's mistakes humbly | | (D) Poker-faced | (IV) To do something dangerous | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Correct Answer
Option 4
Correct Answer
Q13:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Grammar
Medium
Choose the correct passive construction of the given sentence from the options given :- **The government will offer incentives to contractors completing high priority projects.**
Correct Answer
Option 3
Correct Answer
Q14:
6th June Shift 1
Vocabulary > Synonyms
Easy
Select the word from the given options that is similar in meaning to the word-VOLATILE.
Correct Answer
Option 1
Correct Answer
Q15:
6th June Shift 1
Vocabulary > Spelling
Easy
Choose the word which is correctly spelled from the given options:
Correct Answer
Option 1
Correct Answer
Q16:
6th June Shift 1
Vocabulary > Word Usage
Easy
Select the word which can replace the given phrase:. **The state of being legally responsible for something.**
Correct Answer
Option 2
Correct Answer
Q17:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Grammar
Easy
Fill in the blank by selecting the appropriate word from the options given below:- As Rohit was driving fast, his car hit the divider and fell ------------- a ditch.
Correct Answer
Option 2
Correct Answer
Q18:
6th June Shift 1
Vocabulary > Word Usage
Medium
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word from the options given: As an employee working for a long time, you know too _________ who could have spilled the beans.
Correct Answer
Option 4
Correct Answer
Q19:
6th June Shift 1
Vocabulary > Idioms
Medium
Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate Idioms given in List-II | List-I (Sentences) | List-II (Idioms) | |---|---| | (A) The persuasive powers of his friends proved successful and he _______. | (I) to live the life of Reilly | | (B) After inheriting her family fortunes, she is going ________. | (II) hold your horses | | (C) Please __________ and do not jump to unfounded conclusions. | (III) cloud nine | | (D) When my brother was selected in the NDA, he was on _________. | (IV) knuckled under | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Correct Answer
Option 1
Correct Answer
Q20:
6th June Shift 1
Vocabulary > Idioms
Easy
Match the idioms given in List-I with their meanings given in List-II | List-I (Idioms) | List-II (Meanings) | |---|---| | (A) Hands full | (I) Leave in a difficult situation | | (B) Hand in glove with | (II) To be busy | | (C) grease someone's palm | (III) To be closely associated with | | (D) Leave in the lurch | (IV) To bribe someone | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Correct Answer
Option 3
Correct Answer
Q21:
6th June Shift 1
Vocabulary > Synonyms
Medium
Select the word/ words which mean the same as the given word. **Calumny** (A) Defamation (B) Praise (C) Vindication (D) Aspersion Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Correct Answer
Option 1
Correct Answer
Q22:
6th June Shift 1
Vocabulary > Word Usage
Easy
Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List I with the appropriate words given in List II:- | List-I (Sentences) | List-II (Words) | |---|---| | (A) A/an _________ studies secret writing and coded words. | (I) lexicographer | | (B) A/an________ compiles a dictionary. | (II) cartographer | | (C) A/an _____ draws a map. | (III) anthropologist | | (D) A/an _________ studies the evolution of mankind. | (IV) cryptographer | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Correct Answer
Option 4
Correct Answer
Q23:
6th June Shift 1
Vocabulary > Word Usage
Easy
Fill in the blanks with the correct pair from the options given below. Even in the present times, some people ---------------their votes according to their ------------. Choose the appropriate words from the given options:-
Correct Answer
Option 1
Correct Answer
Q24:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Literary Devices
Easy
Identify the **figure of speech** used in the following lines:- 'The house was crouching on its elbows then,' Choose the appropriate option from the ones given below:-
Correct Answer
Option 1
Correct Answer
Q25:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Literary Devices
Easy
Identify the Figure of Speech used in the given sentence :- She was impressed to see shining silver spoons at the serving counter.
Correct Answer
Option 2
Correct Answer
Q26:
6th June Shift 1
Vocabulary > Antonyms
Medium
Choose the word/words which are opposite in meaning to the given word. **Redress** (A) set right (B) remedy (C) retribution (D) harm Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Correct Answer
Option 4
Correct Answer
Q27:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Grammar
Easy
Choose the correct transformation of the given sentence in Indirect Speech:- The teacher said to the boy, "Why don't you bring your books?"
Correct Answer
Option 2
Correct Answer
Q28:
6th June Shift 1
Vocabulary > Phrasal Verbs
Easy
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate Phrasal Verb from the options given below:- A snake might be hidden in this garden. You are advised to --------------- the grass.
Correct Answer
Option 3
Correct Answer
Q29:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Grammar
Easy
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word from the options given below: The director is a perfectionist,_____, he is seldom satisfied with average performance
Correct Answer
Option 1
Correct Answer
Q30:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Grammar
Easy
Complete the sentence with the appropriate word from the given options:- Her command over English is --------------------------- .
Correct Answer
Option 3
Correct Answer
Q31:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Grammar
Medium
Given below are four sentences.Choose the one which is grammatically correct:-
Correct Answer
Option 3
Correct Answer
Q32:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Rearrangement
Medium
Rearrange the following phrases to form a meaningful sentence: (A) following the guidelines of the Supreme Court, (B) I appeal to the people of Delhi, (C) as responsible citizens, (D) to burn only green crackers Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Correct Answer
Option 2
Correct Answer
Q33:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Grammar
Medium
Fill in the blanks given in List-I with the correct words given in List-II | List-I | List-II | |---|---| | (A) He has changed a lot _________ I last saw him. | (I) although | | (B) She arrived on time______ it was raining cats and dogs. | (II) unless | | (C) _______ there is an emergency don't disturb me. | (III) as | | (D) Do unto others_______ you would have them do unto you. | (IV) since | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Correct Answer
Option 3
Correct Answer
Q34:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Grammar
Easy
Fill in the blanks with the correct pair of words arranged sequentiallly: I__________ now that his views on how to control pollution _____ worth listening to.
Correct Answer
Option 1
Correct Answer
Q35:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Rearrangement
Easy
Rearrange the following phrases to form a meaningful sentence: (A) that true science fiction (B) is a creation of (C) I have often made the point (D) the last two centuries Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Correct Answer
Option 2
Correct Answer
Q36:
6th June Shift 1
Vocabulary > Synonyms
Easy
Choose the word similar in meaning to the underlined word in the following sentence: Vitality and **zest** for life were at a vanishing point, spirituality glowed but in fitful embers.
Correct Answer
Option 2
Correct Answer
Q37:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Grammar
Easy
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word from the options given below.- It is really difficult to deal ___those people who do not want to listen to others .
Correct Answer
Option 4
Correct Answer
Q38:
6th June Shift 1
Vocabulary > Word Usage
Medium
Match the words given in List-I with the phrases given in List-II | List-I (Words) | List-II (Phrases) | |---|---| | (A) ERGONOMY | (I) The study of the human race | | (B) ETHNOLOGY | (II) The study of earthquakes | | (C) ARBORICULTURE | (III) The study of the effect of environment on workers | | (D) SEISMOLOGY | (IV) Cultivation of trees and vegetables | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Correct Answer
Option 3
Correct Answer
Q39:
6th June Shift 1
Vocabulary > Word Usage
Easy
Fill in the blank with the correct word from the options given below:- Even at the risk of losing his job, as a man of character, he -----------------will not compromise with his morals.
Correct Answer
Option 1
Correct Answer
Q40:
6th June Shift 1
Vocabulary > Phrasal Verbs
Easy
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate Phrasal Verbs from the options given below:- The negotiations between the neighbouring states will surely ------------------ over the contentious river water issue.
Correct Answer
Option 1
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Q41:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Passage
Medium
Declining Number of Elephants
All is not well with India's elephants. A population estimation exercise by the Wildlife Institute of India has suggested a disturbing decline in their number: the 2025 count is 22,446, 17% lower than in 2017, when the count was 27,312. Incidentally, the Centre informed the Lok Sabha in 2024 that India's pachyderm population, as per a synchronised estimation, was 29,964. These surveys are not comparable because of methodological differences. Experts have also said that the DNA model may have under-estimated the elephant count. These counters are valid, but there is enough and more evidence to be concerned about the health of the Indian elephants.
At least three inferences in the SAIFE report ask for close reading. One, the once-contiguous elephant population in the Western Ghats is rapidly splintering due to changing land use, including expanding commercial plantations, invasive plants, farmland fencing, human encroachment and mushrooming developmental projects, all of which impact elephant survival and migration. Two, habitats in East Central India face fragmentation and deterioration from unmitigated mining and infrastructure projects, habitat degradation and human use. This has prompted long-ranging elephants to venture into human dwellings, escalating human-wildlife conflict.
Three, the North East holds the second-largest elephant population in India but exploitation of natural resources since colonial times, driven by the productive nature of floodplains and geopolitics, has led to habitat loss and rising conflict with humans. The frequent reports of such conflicts and accidents on rail tracks from states such as Kerala, West Bengal and Assam confirm the anxieties recorded by the report. Project Elephant, established in 1992, needs a renewed push.
The changing land use in the Western Ghats is responsible for the---------------- of the elephant population.
Correct Answer
Option 2
Correct Answer
Q42:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Passage
Easy
Declining Number of Elephants
All is not well with India's elephants. A population estimation exercise by the Wildlife Institute of India has suggested a disturbing decline in their number: the 2025 count is 22,446, 17% lower than in 2017, when the count was 27,312. Incidentally, the Centre informed the Lok Sabha in 2024 that India's pachyderm population, as per a synchronised estimation, was 29,964. These surveys are not comparable because of methodological differences. Experts have also said that the DNA model may have under-estimated the elephant count. These counters are valid, but there is enough and more evidence to be concerned about the health of the Indian elephants.
At least three inferences in the SAIFE report ask for close reading. One, the once-contiguous elephant population in the Western Ghats is rapidly splintering due to changing land use, including expanding commercial plantations, invasive plants, farmland fencing, human encroachment and mushrooming developmental projects, all of which impact elephant survival and migration. Two, habitats in East Central India face fragmentation and deterioration from unmitigated mining and infrastructure projects, habitat degradation and human use. This has prompted long-ranging elephants to venture into human dwellings, escalating human-wildlife conflict.
Three, the North East holds the second-largest elephant population in India but exploitation of natural resources since colonial times, driven by the productive nature of floodplains and geopolitics, has led to habitat loss and rising conflict with humans. The frequent reports of such conflicts and accidents on rail tracks from states such as Kerala, West Bengal and Assam confirm the anxieties recorded by the report. Project Elephant, established in 1992, needs a renewed push.
In the word PACHYDERM, **derm** means--
Correct Answer
Option 4
Correct Answer
Q43:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Passage
Easy
Declining Number of Elephants
All is not well with India's elephants. A population estimation exercise by the Wildlife Institute of India has suggested a disturbing decline in their number: the 2025 count is 22,446, 17% lower than in 2017, when the count was 27,312. Incidentally, the Centre informed the Lok Sabha in 2024 that India's pachyderm population, as per a synchronised estimation, was 29,964. These surveys are not comparable because of methodological differences. Experts have also said that the DNA model may have under-estimated the elephant count. These counters are valid, but there is enough and more evidence to be concerned about the health of the Indian elephants.
At least three inferences in the SAIFE report ask for close reading. One, the once-contiguous elephant population in the Western Ghats is rapidly splintering due to changing land use, including expanding commercial plantations, invasive plants, farmland fencing, human encroachment and mushrooming developmental projects, all of which impact elephant survival and migration. Two, habitats in East Central India face fragmentation and deterioration from unmitigated mining and infrastructure projects, habitat degradation and human use. This has prompted long-ranging elephants to venture into human dwellings, escalating human-wildlife conflict.
Three, the North East holds the second-largest elephant population in India but exploitation of natural resources since colonial times, driven by the productive nature of floodplains and geopolitics, has led to habitat loss and rising conflict with humans. The frequent reports of such conflicts and accidents on rail tracks from states such as Kerala, West Bengal and Assam confirm the anxieties recorded by the report. Project Elephant, established in 1992, needs a renewed push.
'Project Elephant' needs a renewed push because:
Correct Answer
Option 3
Correct Answer
Q44:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Passage
Easy
Declining Number of Elephants
All is not well with India's elephants. A population estimation exercise by the Wildlife Institute of India has suggested a disturbing decline in their number: the 2025 count is 22,446, 17% lower than in 2017, when the count was 27,312. Incidentally, the Centre informed the Lok Sabha in 2024 that India's pachyderm population, as per a synchronised estimation, was 29,964. These surveys are not comparable because of methodological differences. Experts have also said that the DNA model may have under-estimated the elephant count. These counters are valid, but there is enough and more evidence to be concerned about the health of the Indian elephants.
At least three inferences in the SAIFE report ask for close reading. One, the once-contiguous elephant population in the Western Ghats is rapidly splintering due to changing land use, including expanding commercial plantations, invasive plants, farmland fencing, human encroachment and mushrooming developmental projects, all of which impact elephant survival and migration. Two, habitats in East Central India face fragmentation and deterioration from unmitigated mining and infrastructure projects, habitat degradation and human use. This has prompted long-ranging elephants to venture into human dwellings, escalating human-wildlife conflict.
Three, the North East holds the second-largest elephant population in India but exploitation of natural resources since colonial times, driven by the productive nature of floodplains and geopolitics, has led to habitat loss and rising conflict with humans. The frequent reports of such conflicts and accidents on rail tracks from states such as Kerala, West Bengal and Assam confirm the anxieties recorded by the report. Project Elephant, established in 1992, needs a renewed push.
Pachyderm population refers to the population of ___.
Correct Answer
Option 4
Correct Answer
Q45:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Passage
Medium
Declining Number of Elephants
All is not well with India's elephants. A population estimation exercise by the Wildlife Institute of India has suggested a disturbing decline in their number: the 2025 count is 22,446, 17% lower than in 2017, when the count was 27,312. Incidentally, the Centre informed the Lok Sabha in 2024 that India's pachyderm population, as per a synchronised estimation, was 29,964. These surveys are not comparable because of methodological differences. Experts have also said that the DNA model may have under-estimated the elephant count. These counters are valid, but there is enough and more evidence to be concerned about the health of the Indian elephants.
At least three inferences in the SAIFE report ask for close reading. One, the once-contiguous elephant population in the Western Ghats is rapidly splintering due to changing land use, including expanding commercial plantations, invasive plants, farmland fencing, human encroachment and mushrooming developmental projects, all of which impact elephant survival and migration. Two, habitats in East Central India face fragmentation and deterioration from unmitigated mining and infrastructure projects, habitat degradation and human use. This has prompted long-ranging elephants to venture into human dwellings, escalating human-wildlife conflict.
Three, the North East holds the second-largest elephant population in India but exploitation of natural resources since colonial times, driven by the productive nature of floodplains and geopolitics, has led to habitat loss and rising conflict with humans. The frequent reports of such conflicts and accidents on rail tracks from states such as Kerala, West Bengal and Assam confirm the anxieties recorded by the report. Project Elephant, established in 1992, needs a renewed push.
_________ have compelled the elephant population to invade human dwellings.
Correct Answer
Option 1
Correct Answer
Q46:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Passage
Easy
When Tao Ying rides on the bus alone, quite often she does not bother to buy a ticket.
Why should she? Without her, the bus would still be stopping at every stop, a driver and a conductor would still have to be employed, and the same amount of petrol used.
Clearly Tao Ying has to be astute. When the bus conductor looked like the responsible type, she would buy a ticket as soon as she got on board. But if he appeared to be casual and careless, she would not dream of paying, considering it a small punishment for him and a little saving for herself.
Tao Ying works as a cook in the canteen of a factory. She spends all day next to an open fire, baking screw-shaped wheat cakes with sesame butter.
Today she is with her son Xiao Ye. She follows him onto the bus. As the doors shut her jacket is caught, ballooning up like a tent behind her. She twists this way and that, finally wrenching herself free.
'Mama, tickets!' Xiao Ye says. Children are often more conscious of rituals than adults. Without a ticket in his hand, the ride doesn't count as a proper ride.
On the peeling paint of the door somebody has painted the shape of a pale finger. It points at a number: 1.10 m.
Xiao Ye pushed through. His hair looks as fluffy as a bundle of straw-dry and without lustre. As a rule, Tao Ying is very careful with her purse, but she has never skimped on her child's diet. Nonetheless, the goodness in his food refuses to advance beyond his hairline. As a result, Xiao Ye is healthy and clever, but his hair is a mess.
Tao Ying's son's concern about the ticket shows that children, compared to adults, are :
Correct Answer
Option 3
Correct Answer
Q47:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Passage
Medium
When Tao Ying rides on the bus alone, quite often she does not bother to buy a ticket.
Why should she? Without her, the bus would still be stopping at every stop, a driver and a conductor would still have to be employed, and the same amount of petrol used.
Clearly Tao Ying has to be astute. When the bus conductor looked like the responsible type, she would buy a ticket as soon as she got on board. But if he appeared to be casual and careless, she would not dream of paying, considering it a small punishment for him and a little saving for herself.
Tao Ying works as a cook in the canteen of a factory. She spends all day next to an open fire, baking screw-shaped wheat cakes with sesame butter.
Today she is with her son Xiao Ye. She follows him onto the bus. As the doors shut her jacket is caught, ballooning up like a tent behind her. She twists this way and that, finally wrenching herself free.
'Mama, tickets!' Xiao Ye says. Children are often more conscious of rituals than adults. Without a ticket in his hand, the ride doesn't count as a proper ride.
On the peeling paint of the door somebody has painted the shape of a pale finger. It points at a number: 1.10 m.
Xiao Ye pushed through. His hair looks as fluffy as a bundle of straw-dry and without lustre. As a rule, Tao Ying is very careful with her purse, but she has never skimped on her child's diet. Nonetheless, the goodness in his food refuses to advance beyond his hairline. As a result, Xiao Ye is healthy and clever, but his hair is a mess.
Which of the following does not hold true for the protagonist of the story?
Correct Answer
Option 1
Correct Answer
Q48:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Passage
Easy
When Tao Ying rides on the bus alone, quite often she does not bother to buy a ticket.
Why should she? Without her, the bus would still be stopping at every stop, a driver and a conductor would still have to be employed, and the same amount of petrol used.
Clearly Tao Ying has to be astute. When the bus conductor looked like the responsible type, she would buy a ticket as soon as she got on board. But if he appeared to be casual and careless, she would not dream of paying, considering it a small punishment for him and a little saving for herself.
Tao Ying works as a cook in the canteen of a factory. She spends all day next to an open fire, baking screw-shaped wheat cakes with sesame butter.
Today she is with her son Xiao Ye. She follows him onto the bus. As the doors shut her jacket is caught, ballooning up like a tent behind her. She twists this way and that, finally wrenching herself free.
'Mama, tickets!' Xiao Ye says. Children are often more conscious of rituals than adults. Without a ticket in his hand, the ride doesn't count as a proper ride.
On the peeling paint of the door somebody has painted the shape of a pale finger. It points at a number: 1.10 m.
Xiao Ye pushed through. His hair looks as fluffy as a bundle of straw-dry and without lustre. As a rule, Tao Ying is very careful with her purse, but she has never skimped on her child's diet. Nonetheless, the goodness in his food refuses to advance beyond his hairline. As a result, Xiao Ye is healthy and clever, but his hair is a mess.
'She has never skimped on her child's diet' clearly states that:
Correct Answer
Option 3
Correct Answer
Q49:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Passage
Easy
When Tao Ying rides on the bus alone, quite often she does not bother to buy a ticket.
Why should she? Without her, the bus would still be stopping at every stop, a driver and a conductor would still have to be employed, and the same amount of petrol used.
Clearly Tao Ying has to be astute. When the bus conductor looked like the responsible type, she would buy a ticket as soon as she got on board. But if he appeared to be casual and careless, she would not dream of paying, considering it a small punishment for him and a little saving for herself.
Tao Ying works as a cook in the canteen of a factory. She spends all day next to an open fire, baking screw-shaped wheat cakes with sesame butter.
Today she is with her son Xiao Ye. She follows him onto the bus. As the doors shut her jacket is caught, ballooning up like a tent behind her. She twists this way and that, finally wrenching herself free.
'Mama, tickets!' Xiao Ye says. Children are often more conscious of rituals than adults. Without a ticket in his hand, the ride doesn't count as a proper ride.
On the peeling paint of the door somebody has painted the shape of a pale finger. It points at a number: 1.10 m.
Xiao Ye pushed through. His hair looks as fluffy as a bundle of straw-dry and without lustre. As a rule, Tao Ying is very careful with her purse, but she has never skimped on her child's diet. Nonetheless, the goodness in his food refuses to advance beyond his hairline. As a result, Xiao Ye is healthy and clever, but his hair is a mess.
Tao Ying is 'very careful with her purse'. This means that :
Correct Answer
Option 4
Correct Answer
Q50:
6th June Shift 1
VA > Passage
Easy
When Tao Ying rides on the bus alone, quite often she does not bother to buy a ticket.
Why should she? Without her, the bus would still be stopping at every stop, a driver and a conductor would still have to be employed, and the same amount of petrol used.
Clearly Tao Ying has to be astute. When the bus conductor looked like the responsible type, she would buy a ticket as soon as she got on board. But if he appeared to be casual and careless, she would not dream of paying, considering it a small punishment for him and a little saving for herself.
Tao Ying works as a cook in the canteen of a factory. She spends all day next to an open fire, baking screw-shaped wheat cakes with sesame butter.
Today she is with her son Xiao Ye. She follows him onto the bus. As the doors shut her jacket is caught, ballooning up like a tent behind her. She twists this way and that, finally wrenching herself free.
'Mama, tickets!' Xiao Ye says. Children are often more conscious of rituals than adults. Without a ticket in his hand, the ride doesn't count as a proper ride.
On the peeling paint of the door somebody has painted the shape of a pale finger. It points at a number: 1.10 m.
Xiao Ye pushed through. His hair looks as fluffy as a bundle of straw-dry and without lustre. As a rule, Tao Ying is very careful with her purse, but she has never skimped on her child's diet. Nonetheless, the goodness in his food refuses to advance beyond his hairline. As a result, Xiao Ye is healthy and clever, but his hair is a mess.
The poetic device used in the line 'his hair looks as fluffy as a bundle of straw' is:
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Option 4
Correct Answer
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