1–5): Read the following passage carefully and choose the most suitable answer to each question:

When I came home from the hostel for the first time, I was looking quite pulled down and pale. There I had lost interest in food and this naturally showed in my lacklustre face and sunken eyes. I must have looked like a rogue when I stepped out of the tonga, for, my father, from the terrace, showered me with his patent set of four-letter words, “You buffoon”, “good-for-nothing fellow”, etc. He was an officer, yet his stock of four-letter words was rather limited and so he welcomed me with a softer set of words and did not care to see me again. But after the vacation when I set off for the hostel, there was a servant walking with me with a huge tin of home-made ghee and a large sack of super-fine rice. He cooked my food separately in the hostel. By and by I grew pink and hefty. I generally survived on rice and slept a lot. I am fond of sleep till date. Once I slept for thirty-six hours at a stretch.

Having a short nap after the breakfast is my hobby almost. For that I have been missing my lunch too. At night also it is extremely painful for me to keep awake after dinner. Evenings have always appeared ominous to me; so this part of the day I spent either in making preparations for supper or in going for a film show. My interest in films has been of a classical kind, in items like who has produced the film, who all have acted in it, etc. Almost the same amount of time as I spent in viewing a film did I spend in procuring information about these. Raising a debate and making an issue of a non-issue is my favourite pastime.

1) How did the author look when he returned home from the hostel?
a) worthless
b) angry
c) depressed
d) clownish
e) None of these

2) In the tone of the father, there was
a) warmth
b) arrogance
c) affection
d) taunt
e) request

3) The speaker had come home because of
a) home-sickness
b) vacation
c) bad health
d) financial difficulties
e) None of these

4) In whose company did he leave for the hostel?
a) orderly
b) cook
c) servant
d) maid-servant
e) owner

5) What was his hobby?
a) to have a long sleep after lunch
b) to miss his lunch once a week
c) to go for a long walk after breakfast
d) to enjoy a short sleep after breakfast
e) None of these

6-10): Rearrange the following eight sentence in a proper sequence to construct a meaningful paragraph and answer the questions given below

(A) But there is a large middle ground, consisting of people who support privatisation as a policy.
(B) So we hope he will not mind setting all the doubt at rest.
(C) But they are increasingly worried by reports of rampant crony capitalism.
(D) These are not questions that would probably disturb either ideological extreme-both camps have already made up their minds and no amount of argument is going to convince them otherwise.
(E) However, some disturbing questions regarding BALCO remain.
(F) This group does not wish to needlessly impugn anyone’s integrity.
(G) Disinvestment minister has been largely cooperative with the media.
(H) But this group would like to be sure that the government’s dealings are completely above board.

6) Which of the following should be EIGHTH statement after rearrangement?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) H
e) F

7) Which of the following should be SECOND statement after rearrangement?
a) B
b) A
c) C
d) H
e) D

8) Which of the following should be FIFTH statement after rearrangement?
a) F
b) E
c) H
d) G
e) C

9) Which of the following should be SEVENTH statement after rearrangement?
a) D
b) B
c) G
d) H
e) E

10) Which of the following should be FIRST statement after rearrangement?
a) A
b) C
c) F
d) E
e) H