1. Cock and bull story – an unbelievable tale. Example- She started to tell some cock and bull story to the police officers about how she found a huge bag containing 5 pounds of gold. 2. Ethnic cleansing – killing of a certain ethnic or religious group on a massive scale. Example- The horror of…
Read the text below and answer Questions 1-6. While India celebrates Science Day on February 28 and remembers the contribution of Raman, it is also an opportunity to take stock of the status of science in India. Such introspection is necessary as science and technology have become the most important drivers of the economy of…
Read the text below and answer Questions 1-6. The Pride of the Thames I was one of a party who hired an up-river boat one summer, for a few day’s trip. We had none of us ever seen the hired up-river boat before; and we did not know what it was when we did see…
Read the text below and answer Questions 1-6. PONDICHERRY Pondicherry as a seaside resort has an enchanting ambience, not felt anywhere else in India. It is a blend of spiritual aura, French colonial heritage, Tamil culture and the cosmopolitan flair of many nationalities in a small, vibrant town. The inherent ambience of Pondy, as it…
Read the text below and answer Questions 1-6. DISCOVERING THE KING With mounting excitement Howard Carter, an English archaeologist, financed by Lord Carnarvon, opened the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. The first mortal who laid eyes on Tutu’s tomb treasures was amazed by the grand and intricate design of the objects found within. It took…
Read the text below and answer Questions 1-6. NO PESTICIDES, HIGHER CROP YIELDS It was in 1999 that Punukula, a tiny village in Andhra Pradesh’s Khammam district successfully began experimenting with non-pesticidal management practices. The contaminated environment began to change. Soil and plant health looked revitalized, and the pests began to disappear. Restoring the ecological…
Read the text below and answer Questions 1-6. SENTINELS OF SLANDER Gossip is the art of putting two and two together to make five. If all persons knew what others said of them behind their back, there would be no friends left in the world. The spiteful gossip has plenty of spare time but little…
Read the text below and answer Questions 1-6. Environmental Engineering- A NEW SUBJECT TO EXPLORE Gone are the days when there used to be just civil, mechanical or electrical engineering. Rapid industrialization brought a large number of specializations in engineering which have been derived from the above three basic engineering courses. In fact, when the…
Read the text below and answer Questions 1-6. Read the following passage carefully. A leader should make his men want him. He should make his people accept him freely, willingly and eagerly. He should influence their thinking, shape their ideas and direct their actions to achieve the required objective. An aspiring leader should, as a…
Read the text below and answer Questions 1-5. Man-The Original Kin The conventional view about the origin of man holds that homonids or manlike creatures began to evolve from ape-like ancestors in Africa about four million years ago. Until recently the evolutionary theories of modern man were propagated by biologists who spent most of their…