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Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
THE RED PLANET
Do you know there are many planets in our solar system and one of them is referred as 'the red planet'? This fourth planet from the sun, which is reddish in colour, is Mars. Mars gets its reddish colour from the high amount of iron oxide on its surface.
Mars is also home to Olympus Mons, the highest discovered mountain in the solar system. With its peak at 88,600 feet, Olympus Mons is about three times as high as Mount Everest, which is 29,029 feet, the highest peak on Earth. Mars' Valles Marineris is the solar system's largest canyon, measuring more than seven miles deep.
Of all the planets, temperatures on Mars are most similar to those on Earth. Unlike Earth, however, the thin atmosphere gives rise to fearsome dust storms that may envelop the entire planet and cause overall temperatures to rise. Mars has an extremely thin atmosphere.
95% of it is carbon dioxide, 3% is nitrogen, 1.6% is argon, and the remainder consists of traces of oxygen and water. Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos. Interestingly, Phobos orbits Mars at a distance of only about 5,500 miles from its center, the closest any moon orbits its parent planet. Because Phobos has a particularly low orbit, scientists believe it will eventually crash into Mars or break up into pieces, possibly forming rings around the planet like Saturn.
There has long been speculation concerning the possibility of life and of liquid water on Mars. Some evidence on the planet's surface suggests the presence of liquid water at some point in history, but scientists think this water would be too salty or acidic to support life. There is compelling evidence, however, that Mars was once much more habitable to life than it is today.
Many spacecraft have attempted to visit Mars, the most notable of which was NASA's Mariner 4, the first to visit in a fly-by in 1965. In 1976, Viking 1 and 2 became the first spacecrafts to conduct successful and sustained landings on Mars. They provided the first colour photographs of the "red planet". In May of 2008, the NASA Phoenix lander touched down on the north polar region of Mars to study surface features.

The atmosphere of Mars is dominated by ______.

Acarbon dioxide
Bargon
Cnitrogen
Doxygen

Read the passage given below and complete the sentences using the verb given in the brackets :
Water in the sea and on the ground constantly ________ (evaporate) due to heat of the sun. Water ________ (get) converted into vapour which ________ (go) upwards in the atmosphere. Water vapours then ________ (condense) on the dust particles to form clouds. When clouds ________ (go) up, they condense into water which ________ (come) down again as rains. _____?______ (you know) what ________ (happen) to this water? All of it ________ (not seep) into earth. Most of it ________ (collect) in the sea and other reservoirs of water on land. It evaporates again, ________ (rise) in the sky and ________ (convert) into rain water.

A You know
B You do know
C You knows
D Do you know

Choose the correct word/phrase to complete each sentence.


There was nowhere to play in the park. There were ___________ people.

A too many
B too much
C some

Choose the correct option to complete each sentence.

My sister studies in _____________ university.

Aa
Ban
Cthe
Dno article

CHOOSE THE BEST RESPONSE TO COMPLETE THE CONVERSATION.
Stranger : Here, take this chocolate.
Siya: ____________.

AHow many can you give?
BYes, give it to me.
CSorry, I dont take anything from strangers.
DDo you have my favourite chocolate?

CHOOSE THE COORECT WORD.

MBLRLUEA

AABREULLM
BUMBRELLA
CUMALLBRE
DALLUMBRE

Choose the best option.
Memories of past are called _______

AMemories
BNostalgia
CRememberance
DDreams

Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions :
A duck lived ___________ the waterside.

A in
B by
C on
D into

Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles :
___________ honesty is the best policy.

A A
B An
C The
D None of these

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
As humans, we spend a lot of time thinking about the future. We might think about this on an individual level, and wonder what will happen to us and our families, or we might consider the fate of the human race as a whole. In the last thirty years, there has been a revolution occurring under our noses that will influence the future to a huge extent. We have embraced the recent technological advances that have brought us the Internet, laptops, smartphones and many other things that we now rely on for our modern lives, but where are these advances taking us?
The amount of data collected by all our fancy new electronic devices is huge. So huge that it is inconceivable to most. This data is not just hidden away in a supercomputer somewhere unknown, but it could be used too. There are people who are becoming increasingly concerned that this data could be used against us, and that too not just in the case of a computer hack. Advertising companies can also pay for access to our data and use this to target their advertising campaigns.
If you spend time online looking at pictures of nice cars, or jewellery, or even ancient stone carvings, advertisers can alter what you see so that they can try to sell you products related to what they know you like. You may think this is marvellous and something that will help you in life, making your searches more fruitful and the decisions you make, easier. You maybe right. However, they can also ensure you spend more on things, as they know you will buy them whatever the price. This is something we need to monitor.
The power of this data is not limited to targeted advertising and our ability to create data is increasing. In fact, we seem to really enjoy creating data. At the moment, there is increasing popularity of devices that monitor us and our physical activity and health levels. These are worn like watches and can help us keep fit by giving us prompts to move or increase our exercise levels.
It might be the last days of the fitness instructors! The devices are connected to the Internet and help us monitor our health over time, creating a lot of data. In some cases, they can help us lose weight and avoid medical conditions in the future. As such, these devices have the potential to save lives. However, we must remain vigilant and make sure the data collected is not taken advantage of and not used to our detriment.

What does the author think is marvellous?

ATargeted advertising
BHow technology can help our daily life
CGetting help in decision making
DAll of these