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_______will the summer vacations begin?

A When
B Who
C What
D Whose

Read the passage and answer the question that follow.
In the far-away land of Japan, there was a little village that lay at the foot of a high mountain. Every day, the children went to play on the grassy bank near a pond at one end of the village. They threw stones into the water. They fished, and they sailed their toy boats. They plucked the wild flowers that grew in the fields nearby. They carried with them rice to eat, and from morning until evening, they played near the pond. One day, while they were playing, the children were surprised to see an old man with a long, white beard walking towards them. He came from the direction of the mountain. The children stopped their games to watch the old man. He came into their midst and, patting them on their heads easily, made them his friends. The children continued their play because they knew that the old man was kind. The man watched the children, and when it was time for them to go home, he said, “Come to the flat rock on the side of the mountain tomorrow, and I will show you some wonderful games.” Then he climbed up the mountain once more and disappeared.
The following morning, the children went to the flat rock. They found the old man waiting for them. “Now, my dear children,” he said, “I am going to amuse you. Look here!” He picked up some dry sticks. He blew at the ends of the sticks, and at once they became twigs of beautiful cherry, plum, and peach blossoms. He passed a branch of each of the flowers to the girls. Then he took a stone and threw it into the air. The stone turned into a dove! Another stone became an eagle, another a nightingale, or any bird a boy chose to name. “Now,” said the old man, “I will show you some animals that I am sure will make you laugh.” The children clapped their hands. He recited some verses, and a company of monkeys came leaping upon the rock. The monkeys jumped about, grinning at the same time and performing funny tricks. The children clapped their hands again. Then the old man bowed to them and said, “Children, I can play no more games today. It is time for you to go back to the village. Farewell.” The old man turned to go. He went up the mountain in the direction of a cave. The children tried to follow him, but in spite of his age, he was more nimble than they were. They ran far enough, however, to see him enter the cave. When they reached the entrance, the old man had disappeared. The cave was surrounded by fragrant flowers, but the children did not dare to go into its depths.
Suddenly one of the girls pointed upwards and cried, “There is the old grandfather!” The others looked up, and there, standing on a cloud over the top of the mountain, was the old man. “Let us go home now,” said one of the boys. On the way, they met two men from the village whom their parents had sent to search for them. When the children had told their story, one of the men exclaimed, “Ah, happy children! The kind old man is surely Sennin, the wonderful Hermit of the Mountain!”
Select the option that lists down the antonyms of the word ‘nimble’.
(i) Inept (ii) Prompt (iii) Deft (iv) Adept (v) Sluggish

A(ii), (iii) and (iv) only
B(i), (iv) and (v) only
C(i) and (v) only
D(ii) and (iv) only

CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE.
The new ____________ did an outstanding job in the play.

A doctor
B government
C hawker
D actor

READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.
Rainbows are meteorological phenomena that you sometimes see when there is both rain and sun at the same time. They occur as a result of reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets that cause the spectrum of light to appear in the sky. A rainbow has the form of a multicoloured arc. When rainbows are caused by sunlight, they always appear in the sky directly opposite the sun. Sometimes you might see a double rainbow in the sky. Here, the primary rainbow, that which is more vivid, will have red on the outer part and violet on the inner, with all the colours of the spectrum in between. The secondary rainbow, which is normally less clear, will have the reverse order of colours, with violet on the outer and red in the inner sides of the arc.
Rainbows are often thought to be very beautiful and a relatively rare sight. As such, they have inspired cultures and legends for millennia. In Greek and Roman mythology, the rainbow was thought to be a path made by a messenger between the Earth and Heaven. In Norse mythology, which was once widely accepted by northern Germanic and Scandinavian people, the bridge connecting the realms of the gods and humans, was a rainbow. In Chinese mythology, the rainbow was thought to be a cut, or slit, in the sky that was sealed by the goddess Nüwa using stones that had five different colours. In yoga, a popular form of exercise and relaxation, it is taught that there are seven centres, or chakras, in the human body. These are thought to reflect the colours of the rainbow and start with red at the base of the spine and as you move up the body, the colour changes until you reach violet at the top of the head. Today, rainbows are commonly thought of as having seven colours, however some of these are hard to distinguish from each other and so it is possible to understand why people may have thought that there are only five. In actual fact, it is a continuum of colour that gradually changes due to differing wavelengths that the human eye cannot see. Isaac Newton, discovered how to reproduce the colours of the rainbow using a glass prism and a slit of light. This is a common experiment carried out by schoolchildren all over the world who can experience the phenomenon of splitting white light into its constituent colours in their classroom.
In Ireland, leprechauns are said to hide their pots of gold at the end of a rainbow. The idea is that, if you can find the end, you can find the pot of gold. However, this place is impossible to reach. A rainbow is an optical effect, and can be considered an illusion, that is dependent on the location of the viewer. When you walk towards the end of a rainbow, it will seemingly move further away. Likewise, if two people observe a rainbow simultaneously but from different locations, they will disagree on the exact positioning of the rainbow. Finding the end of a rainbow will also be hindered by the fact that they are in fact full circles, and have no ends. So, it is impossible to find that ever illusive pot of gold. We usually only see the half of a rainbow due to our positioning with respect to it. However, although even rarer than seeing a half rainbow, it is sometimes possible to see a full rainbow circle from tall buildings or when flying in aeroplanes.
The rainbow is a natural and universal symbol that works in any language and in any culture. Whatever you associate a rainbow with, it is undeniable that the phenomenon is fascinating. In seeing the colours of light separated out, we have been able to make scientific advances in optics and understand a lot about our world and the universe beyond it. Our current comprehension of how light works enables us to stare at the night sky with specially designed instruments so that we can see distant stars and actually get a glimpse of events that have happened in the past. As the light from distant galaxies takes a long time to travel to us, what we see with our telescopes, is not happening now but occurred many millennia ago.
Choose the best title or heading for the passage.

A Time travel using light
B How to find a pot of gold
C Somewhere over the rainbow
D Different ideas from around the world

Read the following passages and poetry and answer the questions by choosing the most appropriate option:
Urbanisation and its Impact
Scores of people leave the countryside every year to come to the cities. The booming cities have far more to offer them, in terms of personal and professional growth. This results in deforestation, as more and more trees are cut down. In fact, this results in more consumption of goods, like furniture, which results in harming the environment.
What most people think is that better seeds will enable them to use available land far more frugally. The arrival of better and more scientific ways of land management will make sure that more crops are produced on smaller area of land.
Man is aware of the harmful effects of deforestation. Regardless of this knowledge, forests are still being cut down in large numbers leaving animals homeless.
Which word in the above passage means ‘advent’?

A Start
B Commence
C Arrival
D All of these

Choose the indirect speech of the given sentences :
The gardener said, “Don’t pluck flowers.”

A The gardener asked us not to pluck flowers.
B The gardener forbade us from plucking flowers.
C Both A and B
D None of these

CHOOSE THE WORD WITH THE CORRECT SPELLING.

AZygot
BZuccini
CZoroastrianism
DZaphyre