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Test
1
Read the following passage and answer
the questions nr. 1-3.
“But I did not want to shoot the elephant.
I watched him beating his bunch of grass
against his knees, with the
preoccupied
grandmotherly
air that elephants have. It
seemed to me that it would be murder to
shoot him. I had never shot an elephant
and never wanted to. (Somehow it always
seems worse to kill large animal). Be-
sides, there was the beast’s owner to be
considered. But I had got to act quickly. I
turned to some experienced-looking
Burmans who had been there when we
arrived, and asked them how the ele-
phants had been behaving. They all said
the same thing; he took no notice of you
if you left him alone, but he might charge
if you went too close to him”.
1)
The
phrase
“
preoccupied
grandmother-
ly
air
”
signifies:
A. being totally unconcerned
B. pretending to be very busy
C. a very superior attitude
D. calm, dignified and affectionate dis-
position
E. being happy for grandmother
2)
From
the
passage
it
appears
that
the
author was:
A. an inexperienced hunter
B. kind and considerate
C. possessed with fear
D. a worried man
E. carefree and light-hearted
3)
The
author
did
not want
to
shoot
the
elephant because he:
A. was afraid of it
B. did not have the experience of shoot-
ing big animals
C. did not wish to kill animal which was
not doing anybody any harm
D. did not find the elephant to be fero-
cious
E. was attached to the elephant
4)
A
can do a work
in 15 days and
B
in 20
days.
If
they
work
on
it
together
for
4
days,
then
the
fraction of
the work
that
is
left
is:
A. 1/4
B. 1/10
C. 7/15
D. 8/15
E. 3/5
5)
A
,
B
and
C
can
do
a
piece
of work
in
20,
30
and
60
days
respectively.
In
how
many
days
can
A
do
the work
if
he
is
as-
sisted by
B
and
C
on
every
third day?
A. 12 days
B. 15 days
C. 16 days
D. 18 days
E. 20 days
6) The sum of ages of 5 children born at
the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years.
What is the age of the youngest child?
A. 4 years
B. 8 years
C. 10 years
D. 5 years
E. 7 years
7)
A
is
two
years
older
than
B
who
is
twice
as
old
as
C
.
If
the
total
of
the
ages
of
A
,
B
and
C
be
27,
the how old
is
B
?