AFCAT Revision Question- 2015.
AFCAT Revision Question- 2015.
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6.Comprehension Passage
Today every major anthology of nineteenth – century poetry
includes examples of the work which Christina Rossetti produced during her
literary career. Born in 1830, she, began composing verse at the age of eleven
and continued to write for the remaining fifty-three years of her life. Her brother dante Gabriel Rossetti, himself a
poet and painter, soon recognized her genius and urged her to publish her
poems. By the time of her death in 1894,
Christina had written more than eleven hundred poems and had published over
nine hundred of them. Although this work
has earned her recognition as the greatest woman poet of the Victorian Age,
there is still no authoritative edition of her poetry.
Q.1. Who was the poet discussed in the passage and to which
age did she belong?
Q.2. In which year
did she begin composing verse?
Q.3 Who was the poet’s brother and how did he help her?
Q.4. What was the status of the collections of her poems at
the time of her death?
Q.5. In which country was the Victorian Age?
7. Arrange the words in these
sentences in the correct order so that they make sense:-
has, made, for, friends, Face book, it, easy, and ,
relatives, places, in, far, off, each, other , to, communicate, with, very
(Clue: please follow
these steps for arrangement of sentences
a) Look
for the main subject
b) Look
for helping verb / tense.
c) Look
for object
d) Put
adjectives with subjects
e) Check
the sense of your sentence.
The above sentence would be
Face book has made it very easy for friends and relatives in
far off places to communicate with each other.
8. Fill
in the blanks with suitable forms of the verbs given at the end of the blank
spaces:-
a)The Principal____ ( take)
his daily round of the school when he caught Manpreet bunking class.
b) A little boy______( ring) the doorbell and ran away.
He_____( disturb) my sleep.
C The authorities_____
(Concern) about rising cases of truck accidents in the capital, hence they
allow trucks only at night.
d) There________(be) a loud blast
on the road even as we______ ( enjoy) the party last night.
e) The play was scheduled
to_______( start) at 8:50 p.m. but it had to be________( postpone) due to heavy
rains.
f) Mary ______ (live) in
London for several years before she came to Chennai.
8. Read the following poem and answer the questions that
follow:-
THE RACE
I’m running a race!
It’s a game I play
A game for sun-lit
Summer days.
My heart is pumping
Will I win this race?
My legs are flying
In a high-speed
chase.
I’m really fast,
But he’s still ahead!
Wish I were winning
This race instead!
I’m tiring out;
My running slows.
He slows down, too
I think he knows…
I just can’t catch
him.
I admit defeat.
My shadow ‘s so fast,
He can’t be beat!
Q.1 Who is the boy in the poem racing against?
Q.2 Which of the statements is probably true about the race
in the poem?
a) The boy is a slow runner. b)
It is impossible for the boy to win the race
c) The boy gets tired quickly d) The boy will probably win next time.
Q.3. Why does the poem state that this is a game for “
sun-lit summer days”?
Q.4. Do you think the boy really expected to win the race?
Why or why not?
Q.5 List out four pairs of rhyming words the poet uses in
this poem. Further write another similar
rhyming word in the box provided against each pair.
English
Answers:
Answers:
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S/ No:
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Adjective
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Noun
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1
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Annual
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Income
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2
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Cloudy
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Sky
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3
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Healthy
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Diet
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4
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Dense
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Forest
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5
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Historical
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Building
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6
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Easy
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Answer
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7
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Shallow
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Lake
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8
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Fast
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Train
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9
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Careful
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Step
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10
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Fresh
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Bread
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Answer 2:
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Q.No
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Present
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Past
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Past Participle
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1
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Catch
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Caught
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Caught
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2
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Choose
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Chose
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Chosen
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3
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Come
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Came
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Come
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4
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Dive
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Dived, dove
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Dived
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5
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Do
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Did
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Done
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6
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Drag
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Dragged
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Dragged
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7
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Draw
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Drew
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Drawn
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8
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Drink
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Drank
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Drunk
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9
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Drive
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Drove
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Driven
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10
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Eat
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Ate
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Eaten
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Answer
3:
3. Give the job done by the following experts:-
a) Philanthropist—-One who engages in Charitable Work.
b) Anthropologist—Student of the development of Mankind
c) Gynecologists----One who treats female disorders
d) Misogamist------One who hates marriage
e) Obstetrician-----One who delivers babies and takes care
of the mother
f) Cardiologist------One who treats disorders of the heart.
g) Orthopedist-----One who deals with the Skeletal structure
of the body
h) Psychiatrist------- One who treats mental or emotional
disorders
i) Neurologist--------One who treats disorders of the brain
and spinal chord
i) Dermatologist----One who treats Skin diseases.
5. Answers to Comprehension
1. The
poet discussed in the passage is Christina Rossetti. She belonged to the Victorian Age.
2. She
began composing verse in 1841 at the age of Eleven.
3. Her
brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti, himself a poet and a painter, recognized her
genius and urged her to publish her poems.
4. At
the time of her death, Christina had written more than eleven hundred poems and
ad published over nine hundred of them.
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