English I · End Term · Jan 2026 · AN

**Read the following passage and answer the given sub-questions:** I was nearing my fifth birthday (January, 1902) when I was told I would be sent to school. I do not know how other children have felt in similar circumstances, but I was delighted. To see your elder brothers and sisters dress and go to school day after day and be left behind at home simply because you are not big enough – not old enough – is a galling experience. At least, so I had felt, and that is why I was overjoyed. It was to be a red-letter day for me. At long last I was going to join the grown-up respectable folks who did not stay at home except on holidays. We had to start at about 10 a.m. because the classes commenced _____ at 10 a.m. Two uncles of about the same age as myself were also to be admitted along with myself. When we were all ready, we began to run towards the carriage which was to take us to school. Just then, as ill-luck would have it, I slipped and fell. I was hurt and, with a bandage round my head, I was ordered to bed. The rumbling of the carriage wheels grew fainter in the distance. The lucky ones had gone, but there I lay with darkness staring me in the face and my fond hopes dashed to the ground. Twenty-four hours later I found solace. Ours was a missionary school meant _____ for European and Anglo-Indian boys and girls with a limited number of seats (about 15 per cent) for Indians. All our brothers and sisters had joined this school, and so I did. I do not know why our parents had selected this school, but I presume it was because we would master the English language better and sooner there than elsewhere, and knowledge of English had a premium in those days. I still remember that when I went to school I had just learnt the English alphabet and no more. How I managed to get along without being able to speak a word of English beats me now. I have not yet forgotten one of my first attempts at English. We had been given slate pencils and told to sharpen them before trying to write. Mine was done better than that of my uncle; so I pointed that out to our teacher by saying, “Ranendra mot I shor” – and thought I had talked in English. [“Mota” in Bengali means “thick” and “mot” was a distortion of it. “Shoroo” in Bengali means “thin” and “shor” was a distortion of it. Thus, “Ranendra thick I thin.”] Our teachers were Anglo-Indians (and mostly ladies) with the exception of the headmaster and headmistress, Mr and Mrs Young, who had come from England. Most of our teachers we did not fancy. Some like Mr Young we feared, though we respected, for he was too liberal with his cane. Some like Miss Cadogan we tolerated. Others like Miss S. we positively hated and would cry ‘Hurrah’ if she ever absented herself. Mrs Young we liked, but Miss Sarah Lawrence who was our first teacher in the Infant Class we loved. She had such a sympathetic understanding _____ the child’s mind that we were irresistibly drawn _____ her. But for her, I doubt if I would have got on so _____ at a time when I was unable to express myself in English. Excerpted from: Bose, Subhas Chandra. An Indian Pilgrim: An Unfinished Autobiography and Collected Letters 1897-1921. Asia Publishing House, 1965, pp. 19-20.

Which of the following is true about Miss Sarah Lawrence?

**Read the following passage and answer the given sub-questions:** I was nearing my fifth birthday (January, 1902) when I was told I would be sent to school. I do not know how other children have felt in similar circumstances, but I was delighted. To see your elder brothers and sisters dress and go to school day after day and be left behind at home simply because you are not big enough – not old enough – is a galling experience. At least, so I had felt, and that is why I was overjoyed. It was to be a red-letter day for me. At long last I was going to join the grown-up respectable folks who did not stay at home except on holidays. We had to start at about 10 a.m. because the classes commenced _____ at 10 a.m. Two uncles of about the same age as myself were also to be admitted along with myself. When we were all ready, we began to run towards the carriage which was to take us to school. Just then, as ill-luck would have it, I slipped and fell. I was hurt and, with a bandage round my head, I was ordered to bed. The rumbling of the carriage wheels grew fainter in the distance. The lucky ones had gone, but there I lay with darkness staring me in the face and my fond hopes dashed to the ground. Twenty-four hours later I found solace. Ours was a missionary school meant _____ for European and Anglo-Indian boys and girls with a limited number of seats (about 15 per cent) for Indians. All our brothers and sisters had joined this school, and so I did. I do not know why our parents had selected this school, but I presume it was because we would master the English language better and sooner there than elsewhere, and knowledge of English had a premium in those days. I still remember that when I went to school I had just learnt the English alphabet and no more. How I managed to get along without being able to speak a word of English beats me now. I have not yet forgotten one of my first attempts at English. We had been given slate pencils and told to sharpen them before trying to write. Mine was done better than that of my uncle; so I pointed that out to our teacher by saying, “Ranendra mot I shor” – and thought I had talked in English. [“Mota” in Bengali means “thick” and “mot” was a distortion of it. “Shoroo” in Bengali means “thin” and “shor” was a distortion of it. Thus, “Ranendra thick I thin.”] Our teachers were Anglo-Indians (and mostly ladies) with the exception of the headmaster and headmistress, Mr and Mrs Young, who had come from England. Most of our teachers we did not fancy. Some like Mr Young we feared, though we respected, for he was too liberal with his cane. Some like Miss Cadogan we tolerated. Others like Miss S. we positively hated and would cry ‘Hurrah’ if she ever absented herself. Mrs Young we liked, but Miss Sarah Lawrence who was our first teacher in the Infant Class we loved. She had such a sympathetic understanding _____ the child’s mind that we were irresistibly drawn _____ her. But for her, I doubt if I would have got on so _____ at a time when I was unable to express myself in English. Excerpted from: Bose, Subhas Chandra. An Indian Pilgrim: An Unfinished Autobiography and Collected Letters 1897-1921. Asia Publishing House, 1965, pp. 19-20.

In the sentence below, what does the word in bold mean? To see your elder brothers and sisters dress and go to school day after day and be left behind at home simply because you are not big enough– not old enough– is a **galling** experience.

**Read the following passage and answer the given sub-questions:** I was nearing my fifth birthday (January, 1902) when I was told I would be sent to school. I do not know how other children have felt in similar circumstances, but I was delighted. To see your elder brothers and sisters dress and go to school day after day and be left behind at home simply because you are not big enough – not old enough – is a galling experience. At least, so I had felt, and that is why I was overjoyed. It was to be a red-letter day for me. At long last I was going to join the grown-up respectable folks who did not stay at home except on holidays. We had to start at about 10 a.m. because the classes commenced _____ at 10 a.m. Two uncles of about the same age as myself were also to be admitted along with myself. When we were all ready, we began to run towards the carriage which was to take us to school. Just then, as ill-luck would have it, I slipped and fell. I was hurt and, with a bandage round my head, I was ordered to bed. The rumbling of the carriage wheels grew fainter in the distance. The lucky ones had gone, but there I lay with darkness staring me in the face and my fond hopes dashed to the ground. Twenty-four hours later I found solace. Ours was a missionary school meant _____ for European and Anglo-Indian boys and girls with a limited number of seats (about 15 per cent) for Indians. All our brothers and sisters had joined this school, and so I did. I do not know why our parents had selected this school, but I presume it was because we would master the English language better and sooner there than elsewhere, and knowledge of English had a premium in those days. I still remember that when I went to school I had just learnt the English alphabet and no more. How I managed to get along without being able to speak a word of English beats me now. I have not yet forgotten one of my first attempts at English. We had been given slate pencils and told to sharpen them before trying to write. Mine was done better than that of my uncle; so I pointed that out to our teacher by saying, “Ranendra mot I shor” – and thought I had talked in English. [“Mota” in Bengali means “thick” and “mot” was a distortion of it. “Shoroo” in Bengali means “thin” and “shor” was a distortion of it. Thus, “Ranendra thick I thin.”] Our teachers were Anglo-Indians (and mostly ladies) with the exception of the headmaster and headmistress, Mr and Mrs Young, who had come from England. Most of our teachers we did not fancy. Some like Mr Young we feared, though we respected, for he was too liberal with his cane. Some like Miss Cadogan we tolerated. Others like Miss S. we positively hated and would cry ‘Hurrah’ if she ever absented herself. Mrs Young we liked, but Miss Sarah Lawrence who was our first teacher in the Infant Class we loved. She had such a sympathetic understanding _____ the child’s mind that we were irresistibly drawn _____ her. But for her, I doubt if I would have got on so _____ at a time when I was unable to express myself in English. Excerpted from: Bose, Subhas Chandra. An Indian Pilgrim: An Unfinished Autobiography and Collected Letters 1897-1921. Asia Publishing House, 1965, pp. 19-20.

“Ranendra mot I shor” is an example of ____. i. One of the narrator’s first attempts at English ii. A perfectly grammatical English sentence iii. A child’s distortion of Bengali and English into one

**Read the following passage and answer the given sub-questions:** I was nearing my fifth birthday (January, 1902) when I was told I would be sent to school. I do not know how other children have felt in similar circumstances, but I was delighted. To see your elder brothers and sisters dress and go to school day after day and be left behind at home simply because you are not big enough – not old enough – is a galling experience. At least, so I had felt, and that is why I was overjoyed. It was to be a red-letter day for me. At long last I was going to join the grown-up respectable folks who did not stay at home except on holidays. We had to start at about 10 a.m. because the classes commenced _____ at 10 a.m. Two uncles of about the same age as myself were also to be admitted along with myself. When we were all ready, we began to run towards the carriage which was to take us to school. Just then, as ill-luck would have it, I slipped and fell. I was hurt and, with a bandage round my head, I was ordered to bed. The rumbling of the carriage wheels grew fainter in the distance. The lucky ones had gone, but there I lay with darkness staring me in the face and my fond hopes dashed to the ground. Twenty-four hours later I found solace. Ours was a missionary school meant _____ for European and Anglo-Indian boys and girls with a limited number of seats (about 15 per cent) for Indians. All our brothers and sisters had joined this school, and so I did. I do not know why our parents had selected this school, but I presume it was because we would master the English language better and sooner there than elsewhere, and knowledge of English had a premium in those days. I still remember that when I went to school I had just learnt the English alphabet and no more. How I managed to get along without being able to speak a word of English beats me now. I have not yet forgotten one of my first attempts at English. We had been given slate pencils and told to sharpen them before trying to write. Mine was done better than that of my uncle; so I pointed that out to our teacher by saying, “Ranendra mot I shor” – and thought I had talked in English. [“Mota” in Bengali means “thick” and “mot” was a distortion of it. “Shoroo” in Bengali means “thin” and “shor” was a distortion of it. Thus, “Ranendra thick I thin.”] Our teachers were Anglo-Indians (and mostly ladies) with the exception of the headmaster and headmistress, Mr and Mrs Young, who had come from England. Most of our teachers we did not fancy. Some like Mr Young we feared, though we respected, for he was too liberal with his cane. Some like Miss Cadogan we tolerated. Others like Miss S. we positively hated and would cry ‘Hurrah’ if she ever absented herself. Mrs Young we liked, but Miss Sarah Lawrence who was our first teacher in the Infant Class we loved. She had such a sympathetic understanding _____ the child’s mind that we were irresistibly drawn _____ her. But for her, I doubt if I would have got on so _____ at a time when I was unable to express myself in English. Excerpted from: Bose, Subhas Chandra. An Indian Pilgrim: An Unfinished Autobiography and Collected Letters 1897-1921. Asia Publishing House, 1965, pp. 19-20.

Fill in the blank with the correct adverb. Choose your answer on the basis of what fits best with the tone and context of the passage. We had to start at about 10 a.m. because the classes commenced _____ at 10 a.m.

**Read the following passage and answer the given sub-questions:** I was nearing my fifth birthday (January, 1902) when I was told I would be sent to school. I do not know how other children have felt in similar circumstances, but I was delighted. To see your elder brothers and sisters dress and go to school day after day and be left behind at home simply because you are not big enough – not old enough – is a galling experience. At least, so I had felt, and that is why I was overjoyed. It was to be a red-letter day for me. At long last I was going to join the grown-up respectable folks who did not stay at home except on holidays. We had to start at about 10 a.m. because the classes commenced _____ at 10 a.m. Two uncles of about the same age as myself were also to be admitted along with myself. When we were all ready, we began to run towards the carriage which was to take us to school. Just then, as ill-luck would have it, I slipped and fell. I was hurt and, with a bandage round my head, I was ordered to bed. The rumbling of the carriage wheels grew fainter in the distance. The lucky ones had gone, but there I lay with darkness staring me in the face and my fond hopes dashed to the ground. Twenty-four hours later I found solace. Ours was a missionary school meant _____ for European and Anglo-Indian boys and girls with a limited number of seats (about 15 per cent) for Indians. All our brothers and sisters had joined this school, and so I did. I do not know why our parents had selected this school, but I presume it was because we would master the English language better and sooner there than elsewhere, and knowledge of English had a premium in those days. I still remember that when I went to school I had just learnt the English alphabet and no more. How I managed to get along without being able to speak a word of English beats me now. I have not yet forgotten one of my first attempts at English. We had been given slate pencils and told to sharpen them before trying to write. Mine was done better than that of my uncle; so I pointed that out to our teacher by saying, “Ranendra mot I shor” – and thought I had talked in English. [“Mota” in Bengali means “thick” and “mot” was a distortion of it. “Shoroo” in Bengali means “thin” and “shor” was a distortion of it. Thus, “Ranendra thick I thin.”] Our teachers were Anglo-Indians (and mostly ladies) with the exception of the headmaster and headmistress, Mr and Mrs Young, who had come from England. Most of our teachers we did not fancy. Some like Mr Young we feared, though we respected, for he was too liberal with his cane. Some like Miss Cadogan we tolerated. Others like Miss S. we positively hated and would cry ‘Hurrah’ if she ever absented herself. Mrs Young we liked, but Miss Sarah Lawrence who was our first teacher in the Infant Class we loved. She had such a sympathetic understanding _____ the child’s mind that we were irresistibly drawn _____ her. But for her, I doubt if I would have got on so _____ at a time when I was unable to express myself in English. Excerpted from: Bose, Subhas Chandra. An Indian Pilgrim: An Unfinished Autobiography and Collected Letters 1897-1921. Asia Publishing House, 1965, pp. 19-20.

Fill in the blank with the correct adverb. Choose your answer on the basis of what fits best with the tone and context of the passage. Ours was a missionary school meant _____ for European and Anglo-Indian boys and girls with a limited number of seats (about 15 per cent) for Indians.

**Read the following passage and answer the given sub-questions:** I was nearing my fifth birthday (January, 1902) when I was told I would be sent to school. I do not know how other children have felt in similar circumstances, but I was delighted. To see your elder brothers and sisters dress and go to school day after day and be left behind at home simply because you are not big enough – not old enough – is a galling experience. At least, so I had felt, and that is why I was overjoyed. It was to be a red-letter day for me. At long last I was going to join the grown-up respectable folks who did not stay at home except on holidays. We had to start at about 10 a.m. because the classes commenced _____ at 10 a.m. Two uncles of about the same age as myself were also to be admitted along with myself. When we were all ready, we began to run towards the carriage which was to take us to school. Just then, as ill-luck would have it, I slipped and fell. I was hurt and, with a bandage round my head, I was ordered to bed. The rumbling of the carriage wheels grew fainter in the distance. The lucky ones had gone, but there I lay with darkness staring me in the face and my fond hopes dashed to the ground. Twenty-four hours later I found solace. Ours was a missionary school meant _____ for European and Anglo-Indian boys and girls with a limited number of seats (about 15 per cent) for Indians. All our brothers and sisters had joined this school, and so I did. I do not know why our parents had selected this school, but I presume it was because we would master the English language better and sooner there than elsewhere, and knowledge of English had a premium in those days. I still remember that when I went to school I had just learnt the English alphabet and no more. How I managed to get along without being able to speak a word of English beats me now. I have not yet forgotten one of my first attempts at English. We had been given slate pencils and told to sharpen them before trying to write. Mine was done better than that of my uncle; so I pointed that out to our teacher by saying, “Ranendra mot I shor” – and thought I had talked in English. [“Mota” in Bengali means “thick” and “mot” was a distortion of it. “Shoroo” in Bengali means “thin” and “shor” was a distortion of it. Thus, “Ranendra thick I thin.”] Our teachers were Anglo-Indians (and mostly ladies) with the exception of the headmaster and headmistress, Mr and Mrs Young, who had come from England. Most of our teachers we did not fancy. Some like Mr Young we feared, though we respected, for he was too liberal with his cane. Some like Miss Cadogan we tolerated. Others like Miss S. we positively hated and would cry ‘Hurrah’ if she ever absented herself. Mrs Young we liked, but Miss Sarah Lawrence who was our first teacher in the Infant Class we loved. She had such a sympathetic understanding _____ the child’s mind that we were irresistibly drawn _____ her. But for her, I doubt if I would have got on so _____ at a time when I was unable to express myself in English. Excerpted from: Bose, Subhas Chandra. An Indian Pilgrim: An Unfinished Autobiography and Collected Letters 1897-1921. Asia Publishing House, 1965, pp. 19-20.

Fill in the blank with the fitting preposition. She had such a sympathetic understanding [6.i] __BLANK 1___ the child’s mind that we were irresistibly drawn [6.ii] _BLANK 2___ her. **NOTE:** Enter the correct answer for BLANK 1.

**Read the following passage and answer the given sub-questions:** I was nearing my fifth birthday (January, 1902) when I was told I would be sent to school. I do not know how other children have felt in similar circumstances, but I was delighted. To see your elder brothers and sisters dress and go to school day after day and be left behind at home simply because you are not big enough – not old enough – is a galling experience. At least, so I had felt, and that is why I was overjoyed. It was to be a red-letter day for me. At long last I was going to join the grown-up respectable folks who did not stay at home except on holidays. We had to start at about 10 a.m. because the classes commenced _____ at 10 a.m. Two uncles of about the same age as myself were also to be admitted along with myself. When we were all ready, we began to run towards the carriage which was to take us to school. Just then, as ill-luck would have it, I slipped and fell. I was hurt and, with a bandage round my head, I was ordered to bed. The rumbling of the carriage wheels grew fainter in the distance. The lucky ones had gone, but there I lay with darkness staring me in the face and my fond hopes dashed to the ground. Twenty-four hours later I found solace. Ours was a missionary school meant _____ for European and Anglo-Indian boys and girls with a limited number of seats (about 15 per cent) for Indians. All our brothers and sisters had joined this school, and so I did. I do not know why our parents had selected this school, but I presume it was because we would master the English language better and sooner there than elsewhere, and knowledge of English had a premium in those days. I still remember that when I went to school I had just learnt the English alphabet and no more. How I managed to get along without being able to speak a word of English beats me now. I have not yet forgotten one of my first attempts at English. We had been given slate pencils and told to sharpen them before trying to write. Mine was done better than that of my uncle; so I pointed that out to our teacher by saying, “Ranendra mot I shor” – and thought I had talked in English. [“Mota” in Bengali means “thick” and “mot” was a distortion of it. “Shoroo” in Bengali means “thin” and “shor” was a distortion of it. Thus, “Ranendra thick I thin.”] Our teachers were Anglo-Indians (and mostly ladies) with the exception of the headmaster and headmistress, Mr and Mrs Young, who had come from England. Most of our teachers we did not fancy. Some like Mr Young we feared, though we respected, for he was too liberal with his cane. Some like Miss Cadogan we tolerated. Others like Miss S. we positively hated and would cry ‘Hurrah’ if she ever absented herself. Mrs Young we liked, but Miss Sarah Lawrence who was our first teacher in the Infant Class we loved. She had such a sympathetic understanding _____ the child’s mind that we were irresistibly drawn _____ her. But for her, I doubt if I would have got on so _____ at a time when I was unable to express myself in English. Excerpted from: Bose, Subhas Chandra. An Indian Pilgrim: An Unfinished Autobiography and Collected Letters 1897-1921. Asia Publishing House, 1965, pp. 19-20.

Fill in the blank with the fitting preposition. She had such a sympathetic understanding [6.i] __ BLANK 1___ the child’s mind that we were irresistibly drawn [6.ii] __ BLANK 2___ her. **NOTE:** Enter the correct answer for BLANK 2.

**Read the following passage and answer the given sub-questions:** I was nearing my fifth birthday (January, 1902) when I was told I would be sent to school. I do not know how other children have felt in similar circumstances, but I was delighted. To see your elder brothers and sisters dress and go to school day after day and be left behind at home simply because you are not big enough – not old enough – is a galling experience. At least, so I had felt, and that is why I was overjoyed. It was to be a red-letter day for me. At long last I was going to join the grown-up respectable folks who did not stay at home except on holidays. We had to start at about 10 a.m. because the classes commenced _____ at 10 a.m. Two uncles of about the same age as myself were also to be admitted along with myself. When we were all ready, we began to run towards the carriage which was to take us to school. Just then, as ill-luck would have it, I slipped and fell. I was hurt and, with a bandage round my head, I was ordered to bed. The rumbling of the carriage wheels grew fainter in the distance. The lucky ones had gone, but there I lay with darkness staring me in the face and my fond hopes dashed to the ground. Twenty-four hours later I found solace. Ours was a missionary school meant _____ for European and Anglo-Indian boys and girls with a limited number of seats (about 15 per cent) for Indians. All our brothers and sisters had joined this school, and so I did. I do not know why our parents had selected this school, but I presume it was because we would master the English language better and sooner there than elsewhere, and knowledge of English had a premium in those days. I still remember that when I went to school I had just learnt the English alphabet and no more. How I managed to get along without being able to speak a word of English beats me now. I have not yet forgotten one of my first attempts at English. We had been given slate pencils and told to sharpen them before trying to write. Mine was done better than that of my uncle; so I pointed that out to our teacher by saying, “Ranendra mot I shor” – and thought I had talked in English. [“Mota” in Bengali means “thick” and “mot” was a distortion of it. “Shoroo” in Bengali means “thin” and “shor” was a distortion of it. Thus, “Ranendra thick I thin.”] Our teachers were Anglo-Indians (and mostly ladies) with the exception of the headmaster and headmistress, Mr and Mrs Young, who had come from England. Most of our teachers we did not fancy. Some like Mr Young we feared, though we respected, for he was too liberal with his cane. Some like Miss Cadogan we tolerated. Others like Miss S. we positively hated and would cry ‘Hurrah’ if she ever absented herself. Mrs Young we liked, but Miss Sarah Lawrence who was our first teacher in the Infant Class we loved. She had such a sympathetic understanding _____ the child’s mind that we were irresistibly drawn _____ her. But for her, I doubt if I would have got on so _____ at a time when I was unable to express myself in English. Excerpted from: Bose, Subhas Chandra. An Indian Pilgrim: An Unfinished Autobiography and Collected Letters 1897-1921. Asia Publishing House, 1965, pp. 19-20.

Fill in the blank with the correct adverb. But for her, I doubt if I would have got on so _____ at a time when I was unable to express myself in English.

**Read the following passage and answer the given sub-questions:** I was nearing my fifth birthday (January, 1902) when I was told I would be sent to school. I do not know how other children have felt in similar circumstances, but I was delighted. To see your elder brothers and sisters dress and go to school day after day and be left behind at home simply because you are not big enough – not old enough – is a galling experience. At least, so I had felt, and that is why I was overjoyed. It was to be a red-letter day for me. At long last I was going to join the grown-up respectable folks who did not stay at home except on holidays. We had to start at about 10 a.m. because the classes commenced _____ at 10 a.m. Two uncles of about the same age as myself were also to be admitted along with myself. When we were all ready, we began to run towards the carriage which was to take us to school. Just then, as ill-luck would have it, I slipped and fell. I was hurt and, with a bandage round my head, I was ordered to bed. The rumbling of the carriage wheels grew fainter in the distance. The lucky ones had gone, but there I lay with darkness staring me in the face and my fond hopes dashed to the ground. Twenty-four hours later I found solace. Ours was a missionary school meant _____ for European and Anglo-Indian boys and girls with a limited number of seats (about 15 per cent) for Indians. All our brothers and sisters had joined this school, and so I did. I do not know why our parents had selected this school, but I presume it was because we would master the English language better and sooner there than elsewhere, and knowledge of English had a premium in those days. I still remember that when I went to school I had just learnt the English alphabet and no more. How I managed to get along without being able to speak a word of English beats me now. I have not yet forgotten one of my first attempts at English. We had been given slate pencils and told to sharpen them before trying to write. Mine was done better than that of my uncle; so I pointed that out to our teacher by saying, “Ranendra mot I shor” – and thought I had talked in English. [“Mota” in Bengali means “thick” and “mot” was a distortion of it. “Shoroo” in Bengali means “thin” and “shor” was a distortion of it. Thus, “Ranendra thick I thin.”] Our teachers were Anglo-Indians (and mostly ladies) with the exception of the headmaster and headmistress, Mr and Mrs Young, who had come from England. Most of our teachers we did not fancy. Some like Mr Young we feared, though we respected, for he was too liberal with his cane. Some like Miss Cadogan we tolerated. Others like Miss S. we positively hated and would cry ‘Hurrah’ if she ever absented herself. Mrs Young we liked, but Miss Sarah Lawrence who was our first teacher in the Infant Class we loved. She had such a sympathetic understanding _____ the child’s mind that we were irresistibly drawn _____ her. But for her, I doubt if I would have got on so _____ at a time when I was unable to express myself in English. Excerpted from: Bose, Subhas Chandra. An Indian Pilgrim: An Unfinished Autobiography and Collected Letters 1897-1921. Asia Publishing House, 1965, pp. 19-20.

Why couldn’t the narrator go with the others on the first day of school?

**Read the following passage and answer the given sub-questions:** I was nearing my fifth birthday (January, 1902) when I was told I would be sent to school. I do not know how other children have felt in similar circumstances, but I was delighted. To see your elder brothers and sisters dress and go to school day after day and be left behind at home simply because you are not big enough – not old enough – is a galling experience. At least, so I had felt, and that is why I was overjoyed. It was to be a red-letter day for me. At long last I was going to join the grown-up respectable folks who did not stay at home except on holidays. We had to start at about 10 a.m. because the classes commenced _____ at 10 a.m. Two uncles of about the same age as myself were also to be admitted along with myself. When we were all ready, we began to run towards the carriage which was to take us to school. Just then, as ill-luck would have it, I slipped and fell. I was hurt and, with a bandage round my head, I was ordered to bed. The rumbling of the carriage wheels grew fainter in the distance. The lucky ones had gone, but there I lay with darkness staring me in the face and my fond hopes dashed to the ground. Twenty-four hours later I found solace. Ours was a missionary school meant _____ for European and Anglo-Indian boys and girls with a limited number of seats (about 15 per cent) for Indians. All our brothers and sisters had joined this school, and so I did. I do not know why our parents had selected this school, but I presume it was because we would master the English language better and sooner there than elsewhere, and knowledge of English had a premium in those days. I still remember that when I went to school I had just learnt the English alphabet and no more. How I managed to get along without being able to speak a word of English beats me now. I have not yet forgotten one of my first attempts at English. We had been given slate pencils and told to sharpen them before trying to write. Mine was done better than that of my uncle; so I pointed that out to our teacher by saying, “Ranendra mot I shor” – and thought I had talked in English. [“Mota” in Bengali means “thick” and “mot” was a distortion of it. “Shoroo” in Bengali means “thin” and “shor” was a distortion of it. Thus, “Ranendra thick I thin.”] Our teachers were Anglo-Indians (and mostly ladies) with the exception of the headmaster and headmistress, Mr and Mrs Young, who had come from England. Most of our teachers we did not fancy. Some like Mr Young we feared, though we respected, for he was too liberal with his cane. Some like Miss Cadogan we tolerated. Others like Miss S. we positively hated and would cry ‘Hurrah’ if she ever absented herself. Mrs Young we liked, but Miss Sarah Lawrence who was our first teacher in the Infant Class we loved. She had such a sympathetic understanding _____ the child’s mind that we were irresistibly drawn _____ her. But for her, I doubt if I would have got on so _____ at a time when I was unable to express myself in English. Excerpted from: Bose, Subhas Chandra. An Indian Pilgrim: An Unfinished Autobiography and Collected Letters 1897-1921. Asia Publishing House, 1965, pp. 19-20.

What did the narrator do better than his uncle?

**Read the passage and answer the given sub-questions:** People came to him when the patient _____ (1) **(is)** on his last legs. Dr. Raman often burst out, ‘Why couldn’t you have come a day earlier?’ The reason was obvious – the ____(2) **(visit)** fee was twenty- five rupees, and more than that, people liked to shirk the fact that the time had come to call in Dr. Raman; for them there was something ominous in the very association. As a result, when the big man ______(3) **(come)** on the scene, it was always a quick decision one way or another. There was no scope or time for any kind of wavering or whitewashing. Long years of practice of this kind had _____(4) **(breed)** in the doctor a certain curt truthfulness; for that very reason his opinion was valued; he was not a mere doctor _____(5) **(express)** an opinion but a judge pronouncing a verdict. The patient’s life hung on his words. This never worried Dr. Raman. He never believed that agreeable words ever saved lives.

Choose the correct option for blank (1).

**Read the passage and answer the given sub-questions:** People came to him when the patient _____ (1) **(is)** on his last legs. Dr. Raman often burst out, ‘Why couldn’t you have come a day earlier?’ The reason was obvious – the ____(2) **(visit)** fee was twenty- five rupees, and more than that, people liked to shirk the fact that the time had come to call in Dr. Raman; for them there was something ominous in the very association. As a result, when the big man ______(3) **(come)** on the scene, it was always a quick decision one way or another. There was no scope or time for any kind of wavering or whitewashing. Long years of practice of this kind had _____(4) **(breed)** in the doctor a certain curt truthfulness; for that very reason his opinion was valued; he was not a mere doctor _____(5) **(express)** an opinion but a judge pronouncing a verdict. The patient’s life hung on his words. This never worried Dr. Raman. He never believed that agreeable words ever saved lives.

Choose the correct option for blank (2).

**Read the passage and answer the given sub-questions:** People came to him when the patient _____ (1) **(is)** on his last legs. Dr. Raman often burst out, ‘Why couldn’t you have come a day earlier?’ The reason was obvious – the ____(2) **(visit)** fee was twenty- five rupees, and more than that, people liked to shirk the fact that the time had come to call in Dr. Raman; for them there was something ominous in the very association. As a result, when the big man ______(3) **(come)** on the scene, it was always a quick decision one way or another. There was no scope or time for any kind of wavering or whitewashing. Long years of practice of this kind had _____(4) **(breed)** in the doctor a certain curt truthfulness; for that very reason his opinion was valued; he was not a mere doctor _____(5) **(express)** an opinion but a judge pronouncing a verdict. The patient’s life hung on his words. This never worried Dr. Raman. He never believed that agreeable words ever saved lives.

Choose the correct option for blank (3).

**Read the passage and answer the given sub-questions:** People came to him when the patient _____ (1) **(is)** on his last legs. Dr. Raman often burst out, ‘Why couldn’t you have come a day earlier?’ The reason was obvious – the ____(2) **(visit)** fee was twenty- five rupees, and more than that, people liked to shirk the fact that the time had come to call in Dr. Raman; for them there was something ominous in the very association. As a result, when the big man ______(3) **(come)** on the scene, it was always a quick decision one way or another. There was no scope or time for any kind of wavering or whitewashing. Long years of practice of this kind had _____(4) **(breed)** in the doctor a certain curt truthfulness; for that very reason his opinion was valued; he was not a mere doctor _____(5) **(express)** an opinion but a judge pronouncing a verdict. The patient’s life hung on his words. This never worried Dr. Raman. He never believed that agreeable words ever saved lives.

Choose the correct option for blank (4).

**Read the passage and answer the given sub-questions:** People came to him when the patient _____ (1) **(is)** on his last legs. Dr. Raman often burst out, ‘Why couldn’t you have come a day earlier?’ The reason was obvious – the ____(2) **(visit)** fee was twenty- five rupees, and more than that, people liked to shirk the fact that the time had come to call in Dr. Raman; for them there was something ominous in the very association. As a result, when the big man ______(3) **(come)** on the scene, it was always a quick decision one way or another. There was no scope or time for any kind of wavering or whitewashing. Long years of practice of this kind had _____(4) **(breed)** in the doctor a certain curt truthfulness; for that very reason his opinion was valued; he was not a mere doctor _____(5) **(express)** an opinion but a judge pronouncing a verdict. The patient’s life hung on his words. This never worried Dr. Raman. He never believed that agreeable words ever saved lives.

Choose the correct option for blank (5).

Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense consistency of the excerpt. With a sigh of rapture, she relapsed into silence. Matthew stirred uneasily. He felt glad that it would be Marilla and not he who would have to tell this waif of the world that the home she (i)____ for was not to be hers after all. They (ii)____ over Lynde’s Hollow, where it was already quite dark, but not so dark that Mrs. Rachel could not see them from her window vantage, and up the hill and into the long lane of Green Gables. By the time they (iii)____ at the house, Matthew was shrinking from the approaching revelation with an energy he did not understand. It was not of Marilla or himself he (iv)____, or of the trouble this mistake was probably going to make for them, but of the child’s disappointment. When he thought of that rapt light being quenched in her eyes he (v)___ an uncomfortable feeling that he was going to assist at murdering something—much the same feeling that came over him when he had to kill a lamb or calf or any other innocent little creature. Extracted from: Montgomery, L. M. Anne of Green Gables. Project Gutenberg, 21 Jan. 2021. Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Find the appropriate verb to fill the blank (i).

Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense consistency of the excerpt. With a sigh of rapture, she relapsed into silence. Matthew stirred uneasily. He felt glad that it would be Marilla and not he who would have to tell this waif of the world that the home she (i)____ for was not to be hers after all. They (ii)____ over Lynde’s Hollow, where it was already quite dark, but not so dark that Mrs. Rachel could not see them from her window vantage, and up the hill and into the long lane of Green Gables. By the time they (iii)____ at the house, Matthew was shrinking from the approaching revelation with an energy he did not understand. It was not of Marilla or himself he (iv)____, or of the trouble this mistake was probably going to make for them, but of the child’s disappointment. When he thought of that rapt light being quenched in her eyes he (v)___ an uncomfortable feeling that he was going to assist at murdering something—much the same feeling that came over him when he had to kill a lamb or calf or any other innocent little creature. Extracted from: Montgomery, L. M. Anne of Green Gables. Project Gutenberg, 21 Jan. 2021. Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Find the appropriate verb form to fill the blank (ii).

Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense consistency of the excerpt. With a sigh of rapture, she relapsed into silence. Matthew stirred uneasily. He felt glad that it would be Marilla and not he who would have to tell this waif of the world that the home she (i)____ for was not to be hers after all. They (ii)____ over Lynde’s Hollow, where it was already quite dark, but not so dark that Mrs. Rachel could not see them from her window vantage, and up the hill and into the long lane of Green Gables. By the time they (iii)____ at the house, Matthew was shrinking from the approaching revelation with an energy he did not understand. It was not of Marilla or himself he (iv)____, or of the trouble this mistake was probably going to make for them, but of the child’s disappointment. When he thought of that rapt light being quenched in her eyes he (v)___ an uncomfortable feeling that he was going to assist at murdering something—much the same feeling that came over him when he had to kill a lamb or calf or any other innocent little creature. Extracted from: Montgomery, L. M. Anne of Green Gables. Project Gutenberg, 21 Jan. 2021. Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Find the appropriate verb form to fill the blank (iii).

Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense consistency of the excerpt. With a sigh of rapture, she relapsed into silence. Matthew stirred uneasily. He felt glad that it would be Marilla and not he who would have to tell this waif of the world that the home she (i)____ for was not to be hers after all. They (ii)____ over Lynde’s Hollow, where it was already quite dark, but not so dark that Mrs. Rachel could not see them from her window vantage, and up the hill and into the long lane of Green Gables. By the time they (iii)____ at the house, Matthew was shrinking from the approaching revelation with an energy he did not understand. It was not of Marilla or himself he (iv)____, or of the trouble this mistake was probably going to make for them, but of the child’s disappointment. When he thought of that rapt light being quenched in her eyes he (v)___ an uncomfortable feeling that he was going to assist at murdering something—much the same feeling that came over him when he had to kill a lamb or calf or any other innocent little creature. Extracted from: Montgomery, L. M. Anne of Green Gables. Project Gutenberg, 21 Jan. 2021. Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Find the appropriate verb form to fill the blank (iv).

Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense consistency of the excerpt. With a sigh of rapture, she relapsed into silence. Matthew stirred uneasily. He felt glad that it would be Marilla and not he who would have to tell this waif of the world that the home she (i)____ for was not to be hers after all. They (ii)____ over Lynde’s Hollow, where it was already quite dark, but not so dark that Mrs. Rachel could not see them from her window vantage, and up the hill and into the long lane of Green Gables. By the time they (iii)____ at the house, Matthew was shrinking from the approaching revelation with an energy he did not understand. It was not of Marilla or himself he (iv)____, or of the trouble this mistake was probably going to make for them, but of the child’s disappointment. When he thought of that rapt light being quenched in her eyes he (v)___ an uncomfortable feeling that he was going to assist at murdering something—much the same feeling that came over him when he had to kill a lamb or calf or any other innocent little creature. Extracted from: Montgomery, L. M. Anne of Green Gables. Project Gutenberg, 21 Jan. 2021. Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Find the appropriate verb form to fill the blank (v).

**Complete the telephonic conversation given below with most polite and correct responses.** Customer Care: Good morning, FoodFast Delivery. (1)________________________ Customer: Hello, this is Megha. I placed an order an hour ago, and it still hasn't arrived. Customer Care: (2)______________________Can I have your order number, please? Customer: Yes, it’s 98765. Customer Care: Thank you. Let me check... It appears that your order is on its way but running late due to traffic. Customer: (3) _________________________ Customer Care: It should arrive within the next 15 minutes. We apologise for the inconvenience. Customer: This delay is quite irritating. (4) ____________________________________ Customer Care: I understand, Ms. Megha. I’ll apply a 20% discount to your current order and offer you a ₹100 credit for your next order. Customer: (5) _________________________ Based on the above conversation, answer the given subquestions.

Fill in blank (1) with the appropriate answer.

**Complete the telephonic conversation given below with most polite and correct responses.** Customer Care: Good morning, FoodFast Delivery. (1)________________________ Customer: Hello, this is Megha. I placed an order an hour ago, and it still hasn't arrived. Customer Care: (2)______________________Can I have your order number, please? Customer: Yes, it’s 98765. Customer Care: Thank you. Let me check... It appears that your order is on its way but running late due to traffic. Customer: (3) _________________________ Customer Care: It should arrive within the next 15 minutes. We apologise for the inconvenience. Customer: This delay is quite irritating. (4) ____________________________________ Customer Care: I understand, Ms. Megha. I’ll apply a 20% discount to your current order and offer you a ₹100 credit for your next order. Customer: (5) _________________________ Based on the above conversation, answer the given subquestions.

Fill in blank (2) with the appropriate answer.

**Complete the telephonic conversation given below with most polite and correct responses.** Customer Care: Good morning, FoodFast Delivery. (1)________________________ Customer: Hello, this is Megha. I placed an order an hour ago, and it still hasn't arrived. Customer Care: (2)______________________Can I have your order number, please? Customer: Yes, it’s 98765. Customer Care: Thank you. Let me check... It appears that your order is on its way but running late due to traffic. Customer: (3) _________________________ Customer Care: It should arrive within the next 15 minutes. We apologise for the inconvenience. Customer: This delay is quite irritating. (4) ____________________________________ Customer Care: I understand, Ms. Megha. I’ll apply a 20% discount to your current order and offer you a ₹100 credit for your next order. Customer: (5) _________________________ Based on the above conversation, answer the given subquestions.

Fill in blank (3) with the appropriate answer.

**Complete the telephonic conversation given below with most polite and correct responses.** Customer Care: Good morning, FoodFast Delivery. (1)________________________ Customer: Hello, this is Megha. I placed an order an hour ago, and it still hasn't arrived. Customer Care: (2)______________________Can I have your order number, please? Customer: Yes, it’s 98765. Customer Care: Thank you. Let me check... It appears that your order is on its way but running late due to traffic. Customer: (3) _________________________ Customer Care: It should arrive within the next 15 minutes. We apologise for the inconvenience. Customer: This delay is quite irritating. (4) ____________________________________ Customer Care: I understand, Ms. Megha. I’ll apply a 20% discount to your current order and offer you a ₹100 credit for your next order. Customer: (5) _________________________ Based on the above conversation, answer the given subquestions.

Fill in blank (4) with the appropriate answer.

**Complete the telephonic conversation given below with most polite and correct responses.** Customer Care: Good morning, FoodFast Delivery. (1)________________________ Customer: Hello, this is Megha. I placed an order an hour ago, and it still hasn't arrived. Customer Care: (2)______________________Can I have your order number, please? Customer: Yes, it’s 98765. Customer Care: Thank you. Let me check... It appears that your order is on its way but running late due to traffic. Customer: (3) _________________________ Customer Care: It should arrive within the next 15 minutes. We apologise for the inconvenience. Customer: This delay is quite irritating. (4) ____________________________________ Customer Care: I understand, Ms. Megha. I’ll apply a 20% discount to your current order and offer you a ₹100 credit for your next order. Customer: (5) _________________________ Based on the above conversation, answer the given subquestions.

Fill in blank (5) with the appropriate answer.

Fill in the blanks in List A using appropriate idioms from List B.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

AI cameras were introduced to _____ on those who disobey traffic rules.

Fill in the blanks in List A using appropriate idioms from List B.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

He is not only an entrepreneur but also a strategist, and most certainly a _____

Fill in the blanks in List A using appropriate idioms from List B.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

It was only after a good two days of chasing clues that incriminated the victim’s husband that the police realised that they were _____

Fill in the blanks in List A using appropriate idioms from List B.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Once, sour candies were a novelty, but now they are _____.

Fill in the blanks in List A using appropriate idioms from List B.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

I am not fond of packing my suitcase, but I guess I’ll just have to _____.

Read the following letter and answer the given sub-questions. The General Secretary Narmada Hostel for Boys Pondicherry Central University XX/YY/ZZZZ The Dean, Hostel Affairs Pondicherry Central University Unavailability of Necessary Facilities in Narmada Hostel Respected Sir, I am writing to you to draw your attention to some necessary student facilities which are found to be lacking in Narmada Hostel. The washing machines on all floors have stopped working, but the hostel authorities have not taken any measures to get them repaired despite repeated pleas by the student community. One of the elevators in the hostel ceased to work a year ago and has not yet been repaired. Consequently, there is overcrowding in the one available elevator, which, in addition to being inconvenient, is a grave safety hazard. Several toilets in the hostel do not have operational flushes. This causes unsanitary living conditions in the hostel and does not aid the cause of the residents’ well-being. Inedible and possibly hazardous materials such as strands of a steel scrubber, insects and glass shards have lately been found in the mess food. A sickly looking rat was seen scurrying through the mess hall during dinner time. The green moong dal served in the mess in the past two weeks tasted discernibly stale. As evident from these instances, the mess management is unscrupulously lax in the discharge of their duties. The newly admitted students have been accommodated in rooms without almirahs, tables and chairs. Even after the newly ordered furniture reached the hostel, no provisions were made for its being shifted to the rooms in need. I kindly request you to address these pressing concerns with the hostel management and enable their hasty redressal. Yours sincerely, [Sign] XYZ General Secretary Ph: 1234567890

Why is it necessary to list the lacking amenities in the letter?

Read the following letter and answer the given sub-questions. The General Secretary Narmada Hostel for Boys Pondicherry Central University XX/YY/ZZZZ The Dean, Hostel Affairs Pondicherry Central University Unavailability of Necessary Facilities in Narmada Hostel Respected Sir, I am writing to you to draw your attention to some necessary student facilities which are found to be lacking in Narmada Hostel. The washing machines on all floors have stopped working, but the hostel authorities have not taken any measures to get them repaired despite repeated pleas by the student community. One of the elevators in the hostel ceased to work a year ago and has not yet been repaired. Consequently, there is overcrowding in the one available elevator, which, in addition to being inconvenient, is a grave safety hazard. Several toilets in the hostel do not have operational flushes. This causes unsanitary living conditions in the hostel and does not aid the cause of the residents’ well-being. Inedible and possibly hazardous materials such as strands of a steel scrubber, insects and glass shards have lately been found in the mess food. A sickly looking rat was seen scurrying through the mess hall during dinner time. The green moong dal served in the mess in the past two weeks tasted discernibly stale. As evident from these instances, the mess management is unscrupulously lax in the discharge of their duties. The newly admitted students have been accommodated in rooms without almirahs, tables and chairs. Even after the newly ordered furniture reached the hostel, no provisions were made for its being shifted to the rooms in need. I kindly request you to address these pressing concerns with the hostel management and enable their hasty redressal. Yours sincerely, [Sign] XYZ General Secretary Ph: 1234567890

State true or false. The part of the sentence marked out in bold cannot be omitted from the below-given statement because it is used as a transitional device. **As evident from these instances,** the mess management is unscrupulously lax in the discharge of their duties.

Read the following letter and answer the given sub-questions. The General Secretary Narmada Hostel for Boys Pondicherry Central University XX/YY/ZZZZ The Dean, Hostel Affairs Pondicherry Central University Unavailability of Necessary Facilities in Narmada Hostel Respected Sir, I am writing to you to draw your attention to some necessary student facilities which are found to be lacking in Narmada Hostel. The washing machines on all floors have stopped working, but the hostel authorities have not taken any measures to get them repaired despite repeated pleas by the student community. One of the elevators in the hostel ceased to work a year ago and has not yet been repaired. Consequently, there is overcrowding in the one available elevator, which, in addition to being inconvenient, is a grave safety hazard. Several toilets in the hostel do not have operational flushes. This causes unsanitary living conditions in the hostel and does not aid the cause of the residents’ well-being. Inedible and possibly hazardous materials such as strands of a steel scrubber, insects and glass shards have lately been found in the mess food. A sickly looking rat was seen scurrying through the mess hall during dinner time. The green moong dal served in the mess in the past two weeks tasted discernibly stale. As evident from these instances, the mess management is unscrupulously lax in the discharge of their duties. The newly admitted students have been accommodated in rooms without almirahs, tables and chairs. Even after the newly ordered furniture reached the hostel, no provisions were made for its being shifted to the rooms in need. I kindly request you to address these pressing concerns with the hostel management and enable their hasty redressal. Yours sincerely, [Sign] XYZ General Secretary Ph: 1234567890

This is an example of a/an _____ letter.

Read the following letter and answer the given sub-questions. The General Secretary Narmada Hostel for Boys Pondicherry Central University XX/YY/ZZZZ The Dean, Hostel Affairs Pondicherry Central University Unavailability of Necessary Facilities in Narmada Hostel Respected Sir, I am writing to you to draw your attention to some necessary student facilities which are found to be lacking in Narmada Hostel. The washing machines on all floors have stopped working, but the hostel authorities have not taken any measures to get them repaired despite repeated pleas by the student community. One of the elevators in the hostel ceased to work a year ago and has not yet been repaired. Consequently, there is overcrowding in the one available elevator, which, in addition to being inconvenient, is a grave safety hazard. Several toilets in the hostel do not have operational flushes. This causes unsanitary living conditions in the hostel and does not aid the cause of the residents’ well-being. Inedible and possibly hazardous materials such as strands of a steel scrubber, insects and glass shards have lately been found in the mess food. A sickly looking rat was seen scurrying through the mess hall during dinner time. The green moong dal served in the mess in the past two weeks tasted discernibly stale. As evident from these instances, the mess management is unscrupulously lax in the discharge of their duties. The newly admitted students have been accommodated in rooms without almirahs, tables and chairs. Even after the newly ordered furniture reached the hostel, no provisions were made for its being shifted to the rooms in need. I kindly request you to address these pressing concerns with the hostel management and enable their hasty redressal. Yours sincerely, [Sign] XYZ General Secretary Ph: 1234567890

This is a letter that wishes to express an urgent need. Pick out the statement that does not convey this urgency.

Read the following letter and answer the given sub-questions. The General Secretary Narmada Hostel for Boys Pondicherry Central University XX/YY/ZZZZ The Dean, Hostel Affairs Pondicherry Central University Unavailability of Necessary Facilities in Narmada Hostel Respected Sir, I am writing to you to draw your attention to some necessary student facilities which are found to be lacking in Narmada Hostel. The washing machines on all floors have stopped working, but the hostel authorities have not taken any measures to get them repaired despite repeated pleas by the student community. One of the elevators in the hostel ceased to work a year ago and has not yet been repaired. Consequently, there is overcrowding in the one available elevator, which, in addition to being inconvenient, is a grave safety hazard. Several toilets in the hostel do not have operational flushes. This causes unsanitary living conditions in the hostel and does not aid the cause of the residents’ well-being. Inedible and possibly hazardous materials such as strands of a steel scrubber, insects and glass shards have lately been found in the mess food. A sickly looking rat was seen scurrying through the mess hall during dinner time. The green moong dal served in the mess in the past two weeks tasted discernibly stale. As evident from these instances, the mess management is unscrupulously lax in the discharge of their duties. The newly admitted students have been accommodated in rooms without almirahs, tables and chairs. Even after the newly ordered furniture reached the hostel, no provisions were made for its being shifted to the rooms in need. I kindly request you to address these pressing concerns with the hostel management and enable their hasty redressal. Yours sincerely, [Sign] XYZ General Secretary Ph: 1234567890

Why does the speaker’s identification of herself/himself as ‘I’ not make the letter unprofessional?

Read the following letter and answer the given sub-questions. The General Secretary Narmada Hostel for Boys Pondicherry Central University XX/YY/ZZZZ The Dean, Hostel Affairs Pondicherry Central University Unavailability of Necessary Facilities in Narmada Hostel Respected Sir, I am writing to you to draw your attention to some necessary student facilities which are found to be lacking in Narmada Hostel. The washing machines on all floors have stopped working, but the hostel authorities have not taken any measures to get them repaired despite repeated pleas by the student community. One of the elevators in the hostel ceased to work a year ago and has not yet been repaired. Consequently, there is overcrowding in the one available elevator, which, in addition to being inconvenient, is a grave safety hazard. Several toilets in the hostel do not have operational flushes. This causes unsanitary living conditions in the hostel and does not aid the cause of the residents’ well-being. Inedible and possibly hazardous materials such as strands of a steel scrubber, insects and glass shards have lately been found in the mess food. A sickly looking rat was seen scurrying through the mess hall during dinner time. The green moong dal served in the mess in the past two weeks tasted discernibly stale. As evident from these instances, the mess management is unscrupulously lax in the discharge of their duties. The newly admitted students have been accommodated in rooms without almirahs, tables and chairs. Even after the newly ordered furniture reached the hostel, no provisions were made for its being shifted to the rooms in need. I kindly request you to address these pressing concerns with the hostel management and enable their hasty redressal. Yours sincerely, [Sign] XYZ General Secretary Ph: 1234567890

What suitable action does the letter seek?

Read the following letter and answer the given sub-questions. The General Secretary Narmada Hostel for Boys Pondicherry Central University XX/YY/ZZZZ The Dean, Hostel Affairs Pondicherry Central University Unavailability of Necessary Facilities in Narmada Hostel Respected Sir, I am writing to you to draw your attention to some necessary student facilities which are found to be lacking in Narmada Hostel. The washing machines on all floors have stopped working, but the hostel authorities have not taken any measures to get them repaired despite repeated pleas by the student community. One of the elevators in the hostel ceased to work a year ago and has not yet been repaired. Consequently, there is overcrowding in the one available elevator, which, in addition to being inconvenient, is a grave safety hazard. Several toilets in the hostel do not have operational flushes. This causes unsanitary living conditions in the hostel and does not aid the cause of the residents’ well-being. Inedible and possibly hazardous materials such as strands of a steel scrubber, insects and glass shards have lately been found in the mess food. A sickly looking rat was seen scurrying through the mess hall during dinner time. The green moong dal served in the mess in the past two weeks tasted discernibly stale. As evident from these instances, the mess management is unscrupulously lax in the discharge of their duties. The newly admitted students have been accommodated in rooms without almirahs, tables and chairs. Even after the newly ordered furniture reached the hostel, no provisions were made for its being shifted to the rooms in need. I kindly request you to address these pressing concerns with the hostel management and enable their hasty redressal. Yours sincerely, [Sign] XYZ General Secretary Ph: 1234567890

The topic sentence in this letter is:

Read the following letter and answer the given sub-questions. The General Secretary Narmada Hostel for Boys Pondicherry Central University XX/YY/ZZZZ The Dean, Hostel Affairs Pondicherry Central University Unavailability of Necessary Facilities in Narmada Hostel Respected Sir, I am writing to you to draw your attention to some necessary student facilities which are found to be lacking in Narmada Hostel. The washing machines on all floors have stopped working, but the hostel authorities have not taken any measures to get them repaired despite repeated pleas by the student community. One of the elevators in the hostel ceased to work a year ago and has not yet been repaired. Consequently, there is overcrowding in the one available elevator, which, in addition to being inconvenient, is a grave safety hazard. Several toilets in the hostel do not have operational flushes. This causes unsanitary living conditions in the hostel and does not aid the cause of the residents’ well-being. Inedible and possibly hazardous materials such as strands of a steel scrubber, insects and glass shards have lately been found in the mess food. A sickly looking rat was seen scurrying through the mess hall during dinner time. The green moong dal served in the mess in the past two weeks tasted discernibly stale. As evident from these instances, the mess management is unscrupulously lax in the discharge of their duties. The newly admitted students have been accommodated in rooms without almirahs, tables and chairs. Even after the newly ordered furniture reached the hostel, no provisions were made for its being shifted to the rooms in need. I kindly request you to address these pressing concerns with the hostel management and enable their hasty redressal. Yours sincerely, [Sign] XYZ General Secretary Ph: 1234567890

The argumentative strategy used most profusely in this letter is:

Read the following letter and answer the given sub-questions. The General Secretary Narmada Hostel for Boys Pondicherry Central University XX/YY/ZZZZ The Dean, Hostel Affairs Pondicherry Central University Unavailability of Necessary Facilities in Narmada Hostel Respected Sir, I am writing to you to draw your attention to some necessary student facilities which are found to be lacking in Narmada Hostel. The washing machines on all floors have stopped working, but the hostel authorities have not taken any measures to get them repaired despite repeated pleas by the student community. One of the elevators in the hostel ceased to work a year ago and has not yet been repaired. Consequently, there is overcrowding in the one available elevator, which, in addition to being inconvenient, is a grave safety hazard. Several toilets in the hostel do not have operational flushes. This causes unsanitary living conditions in the hostel and does not aid the cause of the residents’ well-being. Inedible and possibly hazardous materials such as strands of a steel scrubber, insects and glass shards have lately been found in the mess food. A sickly looking rat was seen scurrying through the mess hall during dinner time. The green moong dal served in the mess in the past two weeks tasted discernibly stale. As evident from these instances, the mess management is unscrupulously lax in the discharge of their duties. The newly admitted students have been accommodated in rooms without almirahs, tables and chairs. Even after the newly ordered furniture reached the hostel, no provisions were made for its being shifted to the rooms in need. I kindly request you to address these pressing concerns with the hostel management and enable their hasty redressal. Yours sincerely, [Sign] XYZ General Secretary Ph: 1234567890

State true or false. The sentence below does not make use of transitional words. Consequently, there is overcrowding in the one available elevator, which, in addition to being inconvenient, is a grave safety hazard.

Read the following letter and answer the given sub-questions. The General Secretary Narmada Hostel for Boys Pondicherry Central University XX/YY/ZZZZ The Dean, Hostel Affairs Pondicherry Central University Unavailability of Necessary Facilities in Narmada Hostel Respected Sir, I am writing to you to draw your attention to some necessary student facilities which are found to be lacking in Narmada Hostel. The washing machines on all floors have stopped working, but the hostel authorities have not taken any measures to get them repaired despite repeated pleas by the student community. One of the elevators in the hostel ceased to work a year ago and has not yet been repaired. Consequently, there is overcrowding in the one available elevator, which, in addition to being inconvenient, is a grave safety hazard. Several toilets in the hostel do not have operational flushes. This causes unsanitary living conditions in the hostel and does not aid the cause of the residents’ well-being. Inedible and possibly hazardous materials such as strands of a steel scrubber, insects and glass shards have lately been found in the mess food. A sickly looking rat was seen scurrying through the mess hall during dinner time. The green moong dal served in the mess in the past two weeks tasted discernibly stale. As evident from these instances, the mess management is unscrupulously lax in the discharge of their duties. The newly admitted students have been accommodated in rooms without almirahs, tables and chairs. Even after the newly ordered furniture reached the hostel, no provisions were made for its being shifted to the rooms in need. I kindly request you to address these pressing concerns with the hostel management and enable their hasty redressal. Yours sincerely, [Sign] XYZ General Secretary Ph: 1234567890

State true or false. This letter does not use a definition-based style of argumentation.

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