NTSE Language Comprehensive Test

Read the passage and answer the questions given after it:The idea of evolution (which is gradual change) was not a new one. The Greeks thought of it, so had Erasmus Darwin, the grandfather of Charles Darwin, and also the Frenchman, Lamarck. It is one thing to have an idea; we can all guess and sometimes make lucky guess. It is quite another thing to produce a proof of the correctness of the idea. Darwin thought that he had that proof in his notebooks. He saw that all animals had to struggle to survive. Those which were best at surviving their environment passed on the good qualities which helped them to their descendent. This was called ‘the survival of the fittest’. For example, in a cold climate, those who have the warmest fur will live. Darwin believe that this necessity for animal to deal with its environment explained the immense variety of creatures.At the time that Darwin arrived on the scene, the idea of evolution

Read the passage and answer the questions given after it:The idea of evolution (which is gradual change) was not a new one. The Greeks thought of it, so had Erasmus Darwin, the grandfather of Charles Darwin, and also the Frenchman, Lamarck. It is one thing to have an idea; we can all guess and sometimes make lucky guess. It is quite another thing to produce a proof of the correctness of the idea. Darwin thought that he had that proof in his notebooks. He saw that all animals had to struggle to survive. Those which were best at surviving their environment passed on the good qualities which helped them to their descendent. This was called ‘the survival of the fittest’. For example, in a cold climate, those who have the warmest fur will live. Darwin believe that this necessity for animal to deal with its environment explained the immense variety of creatures.According to Darwinian thought, the world of animals is marked by

Read the passage and answer the questions given after it:The idea of evolution (which is gradual change) was not a new one. The Greeks thought of it, so had Erasmus Darwin, the grandfather of Charles Darwin, and also the Frenchman, Lamarck. It is one thing to have an idea; we can all guess and sometimes make lucky guess. It is quite another thing to produce a proof of the correctness of the idea. Darwin thought that he had that proof in his notebooks. He saw that all animals had to struggle to survive. Those which were best at surviving their environment passed on the good qualities which helped them to their descendent. This was called ‘the survival of the fittest’. For example, in a cold climate, those who have the warmest fur will live. Darwin believe that this necessity for animal to deal with its environment explained the immense variety of creatures.The expression ‘the survival of the fittest’ means that

Read the passage and answer the questions given after it:The idea of evolution (which is gradual change) was not a new one. The Greeks thought of it, so had Erasmus Darwin, the grandfather of Charles Darwin, and also the Frenchman, Lamarck. It is one thing to have an idea; we can all guess and sometimes make lucky guess. It is quite another thing to produce a proof of the correctness of the idea. Darwin thought that he had that proof in his notebooks. He saw that all animals had to struggle to survive. Those which were best at surviving their environment passed on the good qualities which helped them to their descendent. This was called ‘the survival of the fittest’. For example, in a cold climate, those who have the warmest fur will live. Darwin believe that this necessity for animal to deal with its environment explained the immense variety of creatures.In colder climates

Read the passage and answer the questions given after it:The idea of evolution (which is gradual change) was not a new one. The Greeks thought of it, so had Erasmus Darwin, the grandfather of Charles Darwin, and also the Frenchman, Lamarck. It is one thing to have an idea; we can all guess and sometimes make lucky guess. It is quite another thing to produce a proof of the correctness of the idea. Darwin thought that he had that proof in his notebooks. He saw that all animals had to struggle to survive. Those which were best at surviving their environment passed on the good qualities which helped them to their descendent. This was called ‘the survival of the fittest’. For example, in a cold climate, those who have the warmest fur will live. Darwin believe that this necessity for animal to deal with its environment explained the immense variety of creatures.Darwin thought that the environment

Read the passage and answer the questions given after it:Most of us use the products of science – railways, aeroplanes, electricity, wireless and thousands of others – without thinking how they came into existence. We take them for granted, as if we were entitled to them as a matter of right. We are very proud of the fact that we live in an advanced age and are ourselves very advanced. Now, there is no doubt that our age is very different from previous ages and I think it is perfectly correct to say that it is far more advanced. But it is a different thing from saying that we, as individuals or groups, are more advanced. It would be the height of absurdity to say that because an engine driver can run an engine and Plato or Socrates could not, the engine drive is more advanced than, or is superior to, Plato or Socrates. But it would be perfectly correct to say that the engine itself is a more advanced method of locomotion than Plato’s chariot was.Which one of the following statements is true?

Read the passage and answer the questions given after it:Most of us use the products of science – railways, aeroplanes, electricity, wireless and thousands of others – without thinking how they came into existence. We take them for granted, as if we were entitled to them as a matter of right. We are very proud of the fact that we live in an advanced age and are ourselves very advanced. Now, there is no doubt that our age is very different from previous ages and I think it is perfectly correct to say that it is far more advanced. But it is a different thing from saying that we, as individuals or groups, are more advanced. It would be the height of absurdity to say that because an engine driver can run an engine and Plato or Socrates could not, the engine drive is more advanced than, or is superior to, Plato or Socrates. But it would be perfectly correct to say that the engine itself is a more advanced method of locomotion than Plato’s chariot was.In the passage the author mentions Plato and Socrates to emphasize that

Read the passage and answer the questions given after it:Most of us use the products of science – railways, aeroplanes, electricity, wireless and thousands of others – without thinking how they came into existence. We take them for granted, as if we were entitled to them as a matter of right. We are very proud of the fact that we live in an advanced age and are ourselves very advanced. Now, there is no doubt that our age is very different from previous ages and I think it is perfectly correct to say that it is far more advanced. But it is a different thing from saying that we, as individuals or groups, are more advanced. It would be the height of absurdity to say that because an engine driver can run an engine and Plato or Socrates could not, the engine drive is more advanced than, or is superior to, Plato or Socrates. But it would be perfectly correct to say that the engine itself is a more advanced method of locomotion than Plato’s chariot was.According to the author the present age is far more advance than

Read the passage and answer the questions given after it:Most of us use the products of science – railways, aeroplanes, electricity, wireless and thousands of others – without thinking how they came into existence. We take them for granted, as if we were entitled to them as a matter of right. We are very proud of the fact that we live in an advanced age and are ourselves very advanced. Now, there is no doubt that our age is very different from previous ages and I think it is perfectly correct to say that it is far more advanced. But it is a different thing from saying that we, as individuals or groups, are more advanced. It would be the height of absurdity to say that because an engine driver can run an engine and Plato or Socrates could not, the engine drive is more advanced than, or is superior to, Plato or Socrates. But it would be perfectly correct to say that the engine itself is a more advanced method of locomotion than Plato’s chariot was.Many of us make use of machines

Read the passage and answer the questions given after it:Most of us use the products of science – railways, aeroplanes, electricity, wireless and thousands of others – without thinking how they came into existence. We take them for granted, as if we were entitled to them as a matter of right. We are very proud of the fact that we live in an advanced age and are ourselves very advanced. Now, there is no doubt that our age is very different from previous ages and I think it is perfectly correct to say that it is far more advanced. But it is a different thing from saying that we, as individuals or groups, are more advanced. It would be the height of absurdity to say that because an engine driver can run an engine and Plato or Socrates could not, the engine drive is more advanced than, or is superior to, Plato or Socrates. But it would be perfectly correct to say that the engine itself is a more advanced method of locomotion than Plato’s chariot was.People today are very proud because they live

Read the passage and answer the questions given after it:In 1913, the English mathematician G.H. Hardy received a strange letter from an unknown clerk Madras, India. The ten-page letter contained about 120 statements of theorems on infinite series, improper integrals, continued fractions, and number theory. Something about the formulas made him take a second look, and show it to his collaborator J. E. Littlewood. After a few hours they concluded that the results “must be true because, if they were not true, no one would have had the imagination to invent them”.Thus was Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920) introduced to the mathematical world. However, his total immersion in mathematics was disastrous for Ramanujan’s academic career: ignoring all his other subjects, he repeatedly failed his college examinations. He lived off the charity of friends, filling notebooks with mathematical discoveries and seeking patrons to support his work. Finally, he me with modest success when the Indian mathematician Ramchandra Rao provided him with first a modest subsidy, and later a clerkship at the Madras Port Trust. Ramanujan had his first paper published, a 17-page work on Bernoulli numbers that appeared in 1911 in the Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society.Ramanujan’s first paper was published

Read the passage and answer the questions given after it:In 1913, the English mathematician G.H. Hardy received a strange letter from an unknown clerk Madras, India. The ten-page letter contained about 120 statements of theorems on infinite series, improper integrals, continued fractions, and number theory. Something about the formulas made him take a second look, and show it to his collaborator J. E. Littlewood. After a few hours they concluded that the results “must be true because, if they were not true, no one would have had the imagination to invent them”.Thus was Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920) introduced to the mathematical world. However, his total immersion in mathematics was disastrous for Ramanujan’s academic career: ignoring all his other subjects, he repeatedly failed his college examinations. He lived off the charity of friends, filling notebooks with mathematical discoveries and seeking patrons to support his work. Finally, he me with modest success when the Indian mathematician Ramchandra Rao provided him with first a modest subsidy, and later a clerkship at the Madras Port Trust. Ramanujan had his first paper published, a 17-page work on Bernoulli numbers that appeared in 1911 in the Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society.The mathematician who first helped Ramanujan was

Read the passage and answer the questions given after it:In 1913, the English mathematician G.H. Hardy received a strange letter from an unknown clerk Madras, India. The ten-page letter contained about 120 statements of theorems on infinite series, improper integrals, continued fractions, and number theory. Something about the formulas made him take a second look, and show it to his collaborator J. E. Littlewood. After a few hours they concluded that the results “must be true because, if they were not true, no one would have had the imagination to invent them”.Thus was Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920) introduced to the mathematical world. However, his total immersion in mathematics was disastrous for Ramanujan’s academic career: ignoring all his other subjects, he repeatedly failed his college examinations. He lived off the charity of friends, filling notebooks with mathematical discoveries and seeking patrons to support his work. Finally, he me with modest success when the Indian mathematician Ramchandra Rao provided him with first a modest subsidy, and later a clerkship at the Madras Port Trust. Ramanujan had his first paper published, a 17-page work on Bernoulli numbers that appeared in 1911 in the Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society.Which of the following words is not a synonym of “collaborator”?

Read the passage and answer the questions given after it:In 1913, the English mathematician G.H. Hardy received a strange letter from an unknown clerk Madras, India. The ten-page letter contained about 120 statements of theorems on infinite series, improper integrals, continued fractions, and number theory. Something about the formulas made him take a second look, and show it to his collaborator J. E. Littlewood. After a few hours they concluded that the results “must be true because, if they were not true, no one would have had the imagination to invent them”.Thus was Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920) introduced to the mathematical world. However, his total immersion in mathematics was disastrous for Ramanujan’s academic career: ignoring all his other subjects, he repeatedly failed his college examinations. He lived off the charity of friends, filling notebooks with mathematical discoveries and seeking patrons to support his work. Finally, he me with modest success when the Indian mathematician Ramchandra Rao provided him with first a modest subsidy, and later a clerkship at the Madras Port Trust. Ramanujan had his first paper published, a 17-page work on Bernoulli numbers that appeared in 1911 in the Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society.Ramanujan failed in his college examinations because

Read the passage and answer the questions given after it:In 1913, the English mathematician G.H. Hardy received a strange letter from an unknown clerk Madras, India. The ten-page letter contained about 120 statements of theorems on infinite series, improper integrals, continued fractions, and number theory. Something about the formulas made him take a second look, and show it to his collaborator J. E. Littlewood. After a few hours they concluded that the results “must be true because, if they were not true, no one would have had the imagination to invent them”.Thus was Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920) introduced to the mathematical world. However, his total immersion in mathematics was disastrous for Ramanujan’s academic career: ignoring all his other subjects, he repeatedly failed his college examinations. He lived off the charity of friends, filling notebooks with mathematical discoveries and seeking patrons to support his work. Finally, he me with modest success when the Indian mathematician Ramchandra Rao provided him with first a modest subsidy, and later a clerkship at the Madras Port Trust. Ramanujan had his first paper published, a 17-page work on Bernoulli numbers that appeared in 1911 in the Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society.Till Ramanujan started working as a clerk he depended on

Choose the order in which the three sentences (PQR) should appear to complete the paragraph: S1. If the heart stops we die in about five minutes.S2 ……………………………………………………………………..S3 ……………………………………………………………………..S4 ……………………………………………………………………..S5 All this was made possible by the invention of heart-lung machine.P – A few years ago it was impossible to operate on a patient whose heart was not working properly.Q – They have even succeeded in heart transplants.R – Nowadays surgeons are able to stop a patient’s heart and carry out complicated operations.Choose from the options given below:

Choose the order in which the three sentences (PQR) should appear to complete the paragraph: S1. Chaplin, the great actor, was introduced to the stage when he was five.S2 …………………………………………………………………….S3 …………………………………………………………………….S4 ……………………………………………………………………..S5 When Chaplin was 17, he developed his comic skills with the help of Fred Karno’s company.P – Young Chaplin was watching a show starring his mother when her voice cracked.Q – He was a son of London music hall entertainers.R – He was quickly shuffled onto the stage to finish the act.Choose from the options given below:

The following questions have the second sentence missing. Choose the appropriate sentence from the given options below:P – The allied powers came out victorious in the Second World War.Q – ……………………………………………………………………..R – Britain became an ordinary power.

The following questions have the second sentence missing. Choose the appropriate sentence from the given options below:P – Of the 80 ancient pyramids in Egypt the great Pyramid at Gizeh, built by King Cheops, holds most interest.Q –……………………………………………………..R – At the centre of the pyramid is the King’s chamber and leading down from there is a long narrow area known as the Grand Gallery.

Choose the word that best fills the blank from the four options given:Farmers worry that the ____________________ will affect their food crops.

Choose the word that best fills the blank from the four options given:The __________________ of gases remain almost constant in the atmosphere.

Choose the word that best fills the blank from the four options given:The sea-route through the port of Mumbai _______________ trade and commerce.

Choose the word that best fills the blank from the four options given:The ______________________ of life made the miner melancholic

Choose the word that best fills the blank from the four options given:A person coming to a new county for permanent settlement is an _________________.

Choose the word that best fills the blank from the four options given:Some people ____________________ from voting at the last election.

Choose the word that best fills the blank from the four options given:The old freedom fighter became emotional _________________ the days of struggle for freedom.

Choose the word that best fills the blank from the four options given:Many engineering industries have been developed with the technical ___________________ of reputed foreign companies.

Choose the word that best fills the blank from the four options given:The word

Choose the word that best fills the blank from the four options given:Only those who are _____________________ take advertisements seriously.

Select the meaning of the given phrases / idioms:Man of letters

Select the meaning of the given phrases / idioms:All Greek

Select the meaning of the given phrases / idioms:A live wire

Select the meaning of the given phrases / idioms:Writing on the wall

Select the meaning of the given phrases / idioms:A fool’s paradise

Select the meaning of the given phrases / idioms:Nip in the bud

In the following passage there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word from the given options:With a culture that has for centuries ___36___ deep respect to its natural environment, ___37___ it as the ___38___ of the gods, it comes as no surprise that the government of Bhutan has ___39___ a controlled tourism policy. The only means of ___40___ to this gorgeous but land-locked mountain kingdom by road is through the tiny border town of Phuntsholing near the Doars region of West Bengal.Which of the following fits in gap 36?

In the following passage there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word from the given options:With a culture that has for centuries ___36___ deep respect to its natural environment, ___37___ it as the ___38___ of the gods, it comes as no surprise that the government of Bhutan has ___39___ a controlled tourism policy. The only means of ___40___ to this gorgeous but land-locked mountain kingdom by road is through the tiny border town of Phuntsholing near the Doars region of West Bengal.Which of the following fits in gap 37?

In the following passage there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word from the given options:With a culture that has for centuries ___36___ deep respect to its natural environment, ___37___ it as the ___38___ of the gods, it comes as no surprise that the government of Bhutan has ___39___ a controlled tourism policy. The only means of ___40___ to this gorgeous but land-locked mountain kingdom by road is through the tiny border town of Phuntsholing near the Doars region of West Bengal.Which of the following fits in gap 38?

In the following passage there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word from the given options:With a culture that has for centuries ___36___ deep respect to its natural environment, ___37___ it as the ___38___ of the gods, it comes as no surprise that the government of Bhutan has ___39___ a controlled tourism policy. The only means of ___40___ to this gorgeous but land-locked mountain kingdom by road is through the tiny border town of Phuntsholing near the Doars region of West Bengal.Which of the following fits in gap 39?

In the following passage there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word from the given options:With a culture that has for centuries ___36___ deep respect to its natural environment, ___37___ it as the ___38___ of the gods, it comes as no surprise that the government of Bhutan has ___39___ a controlled tourism policy. The only means of ___40___ to this gorgeous but land-locked mountain kingdom by road is through the tiny border town of Phuntsholing near the Doars region of West Bengal.Which of the following fits in gap 40?