NTSE Language Comprehensive Test

Read the following passage and answer the question that follow-The sun was getting warm as Philip put on his shoes and prepared to go for a run. At the edge of the lake the ice was still quite hard, and he did not seem to realize there was any danger, but nearer the middle of lake the warm sun had already begun to melt the ice.After making a few practice turns, Philip set out with long sweeping strides to cross the lake at its widest point. In order to make himself go faster, he tried to race his own shadow as it fell on the ice ahead of him, when he was about half way across, crunch the weak ice suddenly broke beneath his weight, and with a splash he fell through it. All the air was sucked about of his lungs by the shock of the freezing water biting into his body, so that for twenty or thirty seconds afterwards he was not even able to scream. Then at last he found his voice, shouted for help and almost immediately afterwards blacked out.When he opened his eyes again, he was lying in bed in his own home, with his father bending anxiously over him. You should have known better than to do a silly thing like that, were the first comfortless words he heard after his narrow escape.Philip sketed across the lake-

Read the following passage and answer the question that follow-The sun was getting warm as Philip put on his shoes and prepared to go for a run. At the edge of the lake the ice was still quite hard, and he did not seem to realize there was any danger, but nearer the middle of lake the warm sun had already begun to melt the ice.After making a few practice turns, Philip set out with long sweeping strides to cross the lake at its widest point. In order to make himself go faster, he tried to race his own shadow as it fell on the ice ahead of him, when he was about half way across, crunch the weak ice suddenly broke beneath his weight, and with a splash he fell through it. All the air was sucked about of his lungs by the shock of the freezing water biting into his body, so that for twenty or thirty seconds afterwards he was not even able to scream. Then at last he found his voice, shouted for help and almost immediately afterwards blacked out.When he opened his eyes again, he was lying in bed in his own home, with his father bending anxiously over him. You should have known better than to do a silly thing like that, were the first comfortless words he heard after his narrow escape.Philip fell through the ice-

Read the following passage and answer the question that follow-The sun was getting warm as Philip put on his shoes and prepared to go for a run. At the edge of the lake the ice was still quite hard, and he did not seem to realize there was any danger, but nearer the middle of lake the warm sun had already begun to melt the ice.After making a few practice turns, Philip set out with long sweeping strides to cross the lake at its widest point. In order to make himself go faster, he tried to race his own shadow as it fell on the ice ahead of him, when he was about half way across, crunch the weak ice suddenly broke beneath his weight, and with a splash he fell through it. All the air was sucked about of his lungs by the shock of the freezing water biting into his body, so that for twenty or thirty seconds afterwards he was not even able to scream. Then at last he found his voice, shouted for help and almost immediately afterwards blacked out.When he opened his eyes again, he was lying in bed in his own home, with his father bending anxiously over him. You should have known better than to do a silly thing like that, were the first comfortless words he heard after his narrow escape.Which of these statements about the sun is correct? It was-

Read the following passage and answer the question that follow-The sun was getting warm as Philip put on his shoes and prepared to go for a run. At the edge of the lake the ice was still quite hard, and he did not seem to realize there was any danger, but nearer the middle of lake the warm sun had already begun to melt the ice.After making a few practice turns, Philip set out with long sweeping strides to cross the lake at its widest point. In order to make himself go faster, he tried to race his own shadow as it fell on the ice ahead of him, when he was about half way across, crunch the weak ice suddenly broke beneath his weight, and with a splash he fell through it. All the air was sucked about of his lungs by the shock of the freezing water biting into his body, so that for twenty or thirty seconds afterwards he was not even able to scream. Then at last he found his voice, shouted for help and almost immediately afterwards blacked out.When he opened his eyes again, he was lying in bed in his own home, with his father bending anxiously over him. You should have known better than to do a silly thing like that, were the first comfortless words he heard after his narrow escape.Philip fell into the water because-

Read the following passage and answer the question that follow-The sun was getting warm as Philip put on his shoes and prepared to go for a run. At the edge of the lake the ice was still quite hard, and he did not seem to realize there was any danger, but nearer the middle of lake the warm sun had already begun to melt the ice.After making a few practice turns, Philip set out with long sweeping strides to cross the lake at its widest point. In order to make himself go faster, he tried to race his own shadow as it fell on the ice ahead of him, when he was about half way across, crunch the weak ice suddenly broke beneath his weight, and with a splash he fell through it. All the air was sucked about of his lungs by the shock of the freezing water biting into his body, so that for twenty or thirty seconds afterwards he was not even able to scream. Then at last he found his voice, shouted for help and almost immediately afterwards blacked out.When he opened his eyes again, he was lying in bed in his own home, with his father bending anxiously over him. You should have known better than to do a silly thing like that, were the first comfortless words he heard after his narrow escape. ‘blacked out’ means-

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it-Every reader of this passage must spend the whole of his waking life looking at things, Looking, like breathing, is natural; we do it without noticing it. Looking is passive-but seeing is active. Once you start. Seeing things you really begin to wake up. People who see things which others have only looked at, and seeing, draw conclusions from what they see, can add to man’s knowledge and help progress.Someone recently discovered a place where metal had been worked continuously longer than anywhere else in England. He ‘saw’ a wall in the Forest of Dean. Thousands of people must have looked at it without really seeing it, but this man noticed that among the usual stones of that place were bits and pieces of a different colour, they also felt different to the hand. A closer sight showed that those pieces had been left behind in the fires of ancient peoples who had smelted rocks to get metals. Looking around, he found more and more information, until the history of what men had done at that place over tens of centuries was known. ‘his waking life’ means-

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it-Every reader of this passage must spend the whole of his waking life looking at things, Looking, like breathing, is natural; we do it without noticing it. Looking is passive-but seeing is active. Once you start. Seeing things you really begin to wake up. People who see things which others have only looked at, and seeing, draw conclusions from what they see, can add to man’s knowledge and help progress.Someone recently discovered a place where metal had been worked continuously longer than anywhere else in England. He ‘saw’ a wall in the Forest of Dean. Thousands of people must have looked at it without really seeing it, but this man noticed that among the usual stones of that place were bits and pieces of a different colour, they also felt different to the hand. A closer sight showed that those pieces had been left behind in the fires of ancient peoples who had smelted rocks to get metals. Looking around, he found more and more information, until the history of what men had done at that place over tens of centuries was known.For this writer ‘seeing’ means-

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it-Every reader of this passage must spend the whole of his waking life looking at things, Looking, like breathing, is natural; we do it without noticing it. Looking is passive-but seeing is active. Once you start. Seeing things you really begin to wake up. People who see things which others have only looked at, and seeing, draw conclusions from what they see, can add to man’s knowledge and help progress.Someone recently discovered a place where metal had been worked continuously longer than anywhere else in England. He ‘saw’ a wall in the Forest of Dean. Thousands of people must have looked at it without really seeing it, but this man noticed that among the usual stones of that place were bits and pieces of a different colour, they also felt different to the hand. A closer sight showed that those pieces had been left behind in the fires of ancient peoples who had smelted rocks to get metals. Looking around, he found more and more information, until the history of what men had done at that place over tens of centuries was known.The man found a place where-

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it-Every reader of this passage must spend the whole of his waking life looking at things, Looking, like breathing, is natural; we do it without noticing it. Looking is passive-but seeing is active. Once you start. Seeing things you really begin to wake up. People who see things which others have only looked at, and seeing, draw conclusions from what they see, can add to man’s knowledge and help progress.Someone recently discovered a place where metal had been worked continuously longer than anywhere else in England. He ‘saw’ a wall in the Forest of Dean. Thousands of people must have looked at it without really seeing it, but this man noticed that among the usual stones of that place were bits and pieces of a different colour, they also felt different to the hand. A closer sight showed that those pieces had been left behind in the fires of ancient peoples who had smelted rocks to get metals. Looking around, he found more and more information, until the history of what men had done at that place over tens of centuries was known.The man who ‘saw’ the wall got more and more information-

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it-Every reader of this passage must spend the whole of his waking life looking at things, Looking, like breathing, is natural; we do it without noticing it. Looking is passive-but seeing is active. Once you start. Seeing things you really begin to wake up. People who see things which others have only looked at, and seeing, draw conclusions from what they see, can add to man’s knowledge and help progress.Someone recently discovered a place where metal had been worked continuously longer than anywhere else in England. He ‘saw’ a wall in the Forest of Dean. Thousands of people must have looked at it without really seeing it, but this man noticed that among the usual stones of that place were bits and pieces of a different colour, they also felt different to the hand. A closer sight showed that those pieces had been left behind in the fires of ancient peoples who had smelted rocks to get metals. Looking around, he found more and more information, until the history of what men had done at that place over tens of centuries was known.The man’s discovery was useful because it gave us more knowledge about-

Arrange these parts so as to form a complete meaningful sentence and then choose the correct combination. While arranging shelves-P – Where I workQ – I came across a book calledR – at the libraryS – Finding God in Mysterious places

Arrange these parts so as to form a complete meaningful sentence and then choose the correct combination. We cannot perform-P – some principles of scienceQ – brought into playR – without havingS – the simplest act

Choose the order in which the three sentences (PQR) should appear to complete the paragraph. S1 A rainbow is red on one edge, violet on the other. S2 ………………………………………………… S3 ………………………………………………… S4 ………………………………………………… S5 Now, although we are unable to see ultra-violet light, bees can do so, for them ultra-violet is a colour P – This colour beyond the violet, invisible to us, is called ultra-violet. Q – Outside the violet of the rainbow there is another colour which we cannot see at all. R – Although it is invisible, we know that ultra-violet is there because it affects a photographic plate. Choose from the options given below:-

Choose the order in which the three sentences (PQR) should appear to complete the paragraph. S1 Nigel had been born an only child. S2 ……………………………………………………… S3 ……………………………………………………… S4 ……………………………………………………… S5 Nature had made her the sort of person to captain industry or an army, instead, she was Nigel’s mother. P – While she lived, all decisions about his daily life, his friendship, his fortune, had been taken by that overbearing woman. Q – His father had died when he was small, and when his mother, although still not old, died too, he was like a man lost, a car without a steering-wheel, a prisoner set free after a lifetime in prison. R – In all things her word had been law. Choose from the options given below.

Choose the word which best fills the blank: I was out on a morning walk on a quiet, …………………… path which ran through the wood.

Choose the word which best fills the blank: Everyone was …………………. by a device small enough to fit on a desk-

Choose the word which best fills the blank: The previous owner of our house …………… a burglar alarm system in the house but we never used it –

Choose the word which best fills the blank: Rajeev was discussing his …………………. Flight with his friends when I reached his home-

Choose the word which best fills the blank: What if he ……………… everything and returned the clock which he was still carrying in his bag-

Select the meaning of the given phrases / idioms- “A bolt from the blue”-

Select the meaning of the given phrases / idioms- “A hard nut to crack”-

Select the meaning of the given phrases / idioms- “A man of letters”-

Select the meaning of the given phrases / idioms- “From hand to mouth”-

Select the meaning of the given phrases / idioms- “In a nutshell”-

Select the meaning of the given phrases / idioms- “To get rid of”-

In the following passage there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the options given below-Elizabeth was waiting __26__ a bus. She was going to buy a German dictionary and a German grammar __27__. She wanted to learn the language before __28__ holiday in Australia. __29__ it began to rain. She had neither umbrella not raincoat, and she was soon wet. A man in a car __30__ and gave her a __31__ into the town. The sun came out again __32__. She was in the car, and, when she got out, she stood in the __33__ sun till she was dry.Which of the following fits in gap 26?

In the following passage there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the options given below-Elizabeth was waiting __26__ a bus. She was going to buy a German dictionary and a German grammar __27__. She wanted to learn the language before __28__ holiday in Australia. __29__ it began to rain. She had neither umbrella not raincoat, and she was soon wet. A man in a car __30__ and gave her a __31__ into the town. The sun came out again __32__. She was in the car, and, when she got out, she stood in the __33__ sun till she was dry.Which of the following fits in gap 27?

In the following passage there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the options given below-Elizabeth was waiting __26__ a bus. She was going to buy a German dictionary and a German grammar __27__. She wanted to learn the language before __28__ holiday in Australia. __29__ it began to rain. She had neither umbrella not raincoat, and she was soon wet. A man in a car __30__ and gave her a __31__ into the town. The sun came out again __32__. She was in the car, and, when she got out, she stood in the __33__ sun till she was dry.Which of the following fits in gap 28?

In the following passage there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the options given below-Elizabeth was waiting __26__ a bus. She was going to buy a German dictionary and a German grammar __27__. She wanted to learn the language before __28__ holiday in Australia. __29__ it began to rain. She had neither umbrella not raincoat, and she was soon wet. A man in a car __30__ and gave her a __31__ into the town. The sun came out again __32__. She was in the car, and, when she got out, she stood in the __33__ sun till she was dry.Which of the following fits in gap 29?

In the following passage there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the options given below-Elizabeth was waiting __26__ a bus. She was going to buy a German dictionary and a German grammar __27__. She wanted to learn the language before __28__ holiday in Australia. __29__ it began to rain. She had neither umbrella not raincoat, and she was soon wet. A man in a car __30__ and gave her a __31__ into the town. The sun came out again __32__. She was in the car, and, when she got out, she stood in the __33__ sun till she was dry.Which of the following fits in gap 30?

In the following passage there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the options given below-Elizabeth was waiting __26__ a bus. She was going to buy a German dictionary and a German grammar __27__. She wanted to learn the language before __28__ holiday in Australia. __29__ it began to rain. She had neither umbrella not raincoat, and she was soon wet. A man in a car __30__ and gave her a __31__ into the town. The sun came out again __32__. She was in the car, and, when she got out, she stood in the __33__ sun till she was dry.Which of the following fits in gap 31?

In the following passage there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the options given below-Elizabeth was waiting __26__ a bus. She was going to buy a German dictionary and a German grammar __27__. She wanted to learn the language before __28__ holiday in Australia. __29__ it began to rain. She had neither umbrella not raincoat, and she was soon wet. A man in a car __30__ and gave her a __31__ into the town. The sun came out again __32__. She was in the car, and, when she got out, she stood in the __33__ sun till she was dry.Which of the following fits in gap 32?

In the following passage there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the options given below-Elizabeth was waiting __26__ a bus. She was going to buy a German dictionary and a German grammar __27__. She wanted to learn the language before __28__ holiday in Australia. __29__ it began to rain. She had neither umbrella not raincoat, and she was soon wet. A man in a car __30__ and gave her a __31__ into the town. The sun came out again __32__. She was in the car, and, when she got out, she stood in the __33__ sun till she was dry.Which of the following fits in gap 33?

Select the most appropriate option to fill the blanks: Granny …………….. her book every-where-

Select the most appropriate option to fill the blanks: The wind blew out the …………… -

Select the most appropriate option to fill the blanks: I’ll think ……………… your idea carefully before I take a final decision-

Select the most appropriate option to fill the blanks: The travelers were delayed because the bus had broken …………………-

Select the word which means the opposite of the given word:- “Abundance”-

Select the word which means the opposite of the given word:- “Ferocious”-

Select the word which means the opposite of the given word:- “Compulsory”-