Q.1 Nowadays television plays a much bigger part in people’s lives than it used to. Children, it has been suggested, watch far too much ‘throwaway’ television, resulting in a lack of motivation and, to a degree, a lack of basic literary skills. Too much poor quality television viewing affects not only children on a motivational level. Of course, television is not a wholly negative creation – it can be educational and informative as well as thought-provoking and moving. It can also help to widen our horizons beyond immediate concerns and assist in changing lifestyle than as a mean to blank out reality. It is very easy for any of us to come in after a hard day’s work and settle down in front of the television, without even thinking about it.

Q.2 It is said that the lateral is placement at the terrace level of a 100 metre tall building can be even one metre during storms. Tall buildings and bridges have been reported to oscillate due to the effect of heavy wind and earthquake Engineers have been using various types of dampers to minimise such oscillations. In the case of tall buildings whose height is more than few hundred metres, the oscillation due to wind is more pronounced.

Q.3 The cochlea is a recent addition to the ear, and so also are the middle and outer ear. In fact, if we trace the ear back in the animal series, we find that its first use was to respond not to vibrations, but to movements and positions of the head. The vestibule and the semicircular canals are the old parts and they are fundamentally more important than hearing itself. It is a surprising fact that some parts of the inner ear are connected with hearing at all.

q.4 Towards the end of the boom and bust cycle, cement prices fell taking down with it the cement companies’ profitability. The last two years gave testimony to the last stage of the cycle. The profitability of cement companies suffered and the scrips took a beating on the stock markets. But the good part is that the glut in the industry and the resulting crunch in profitability deterred many entrepreneurs from entering the sector.

Q.5 The National Security Strategy of 2002 says America must ensure that its current military dominance – often described as the greatest since Rome's – is not even challenged, let alone surpassed. The country is exceptional in more profound ways – it is more strongly individualistic than Europe, more patriotic, more religious and culturally more conservative. Military might is only a symptom of what makes America itself unusual. The best indication of American exceptionalism is military power as it spends more on defence than the next dozen countries combined..

Q.7 1. A major task for the planner is to decide which resources are vital and then to discover the size of the available stock. The launching of Earth Resource Technology satellite in 1977 was a major step forward. Resource evaluation from satellites is particularly valuable as infra-red photography, radar scanning and other technical developments have supplied new tools to increase our knowledge of the earth and its potentials. This stocktaking has been considerably aided by the development of techniques for the remote sensing of the environment such as aerial or satellite photography. It was specifically designed to record and transmit resource information back to earth. 6. There is still a great deal of work to be done before knowledge of the stock of resources is complete.

Q.7 1. The word "history" in a dictionary means a record of past events, involving people, their countries, etc. He or she is concerned with the study of the events for which records have been prepared by the historians. While reading history, realities of the past should be taken into account. It usually incorporates an interpretation and assessment of the causes and consequences of those events. The common man is not concerned with the study of the records prepared by the historians. 6. They should be compared with the successes or failures of the present and try to work for a better future.

Q.8 1. When other people are manifesting a certain feeling, it seems natural to have the same feeling yourself. This "feeling with" another person is sympathy. Often there is something more to it than mere imitation. Gay, happy companions infect you with a happy feeling, sad companions with gloomy feeling. Whether it is an instinctive response or a learned response, has not been proved one way of the other. 6. Often there is a positive motive involved, a desire to feel the same as your friend is feeling.

Q.9 Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 & 6
1. Finicky consumers in the rich word may be rejecting genetically modified crops, At the moment, 9% of the world's maize crop is lost to insect pests which costs $5.7 billion, while a further $550 million is spend on insecticide. But a report suggests many poor countries are embracing them enthusiastically. The widespread deployment at Bt. Maize could halve the figures. The report examines the take-up of maize that has had the gene for a natural insecticide produced by a bacterium, called bacillus Thuringiensis, or Bt. engineered into it. 6. Gains in countries where Bt. maize is already planted commercially, range from 5% to 10%.

Q.10 Directions : Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
1. The first man in Europe to succeed in his aim of making white translucent hard porcelain was Bottcher. Bottcher’s own story was that he left William to work for Augustus II because he was annoyed at the unbearable supervision to which he was subjected. He got away just in time. He first worked for William I as an alchemist. The true story probably was Bottcher himself became doubtful whether the shift which he turned out was really gold and decided to get away. 6. In fact as soon as he reached the first town in Saxony he was arrested at the request of his last employer William.