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Language Conventions - 3

Grammar and Vocabulary PSA CBSE - 3

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the correct spelling of 'peaping'?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

It was October. The pink-white leaves of the flowering dogwood covered (1) the entire yard. The clumps (2) of glossy red fruits, peaping (3) from gaps between its leaves, made the tree look like a giant sundae. A flock of bluebirds flying over the town’s sky couldn’t resist (4) the temptation and nosedived for the tree. The tree looked washed (5) in pink, white and red, with busy blue dots moving all over. The bluebirds were back again. The little six inch birds ate grasshoppers, beetles and caterpillars. But, the fruits of the flowering dogwood surely (6) topped their list of favourites. Their numbers had fallen (7) recently, and may be the starlings and sparrows were giving them a hard time to find nests. But everybody in the town started putting out nesting boxes - and that seems to have worked pretty well (8). The bluebirds have returned to the town.
  1. peeping
  2. pepping
  3. peepeing
  4. peepoing
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of these fits gap 21?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

A day at the zoo is a _____(21)_____ experience. You see all kinds of animals there. Lions, elephants, snakes, turtles, foxes, pandas, wolves, raccoons, you name them and you got them. You can see all kinds of animals whether they are ______(22)_____ or common, for the state allows a zoo to keep such animals. Great animal _____(23)____ take care of them in a zoo. In a circus, we have lots of fun. But, only those animals that are ______(24)______ enough to show tricks can be seen in a circus.
  1. spiritual
  2. bad
  3. lovely
  4. tiring
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the opposite in meaning to ‘fallen’ as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

It was October. The pink-white leaves of the flowering dogwood covered (1) the entire yard. The clumps (2) of glossy red fruits, peaping (3) from gaps between its leaves, made the tree look like a giant sundae. A flock of bluebirds flying over the town’s sky couldn’t resist (4) the temptation and nosedived for the tree. The tree looked washed (5) in pink, white and red, with busy blue dots moving all over. The bluebirds were back again. The little six inch birds ate grasshoppers, beetles and caterpillars. But, the fruits of the flowering dogwood surely (6) topped their list of favourites. Their numbers had fallen (7) recently, and may be the starlings and sparrows were giving them a hard time to find nests. But everybody in the town started putting out nesting boxes - and that seems to have worked pretty well (8). The bluebirds have returned to the town.
  1. stood up
  2. increased
  3. moved
  4. dropped
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of these fits gap 23?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

A day at the zoo is a _____(21)_____ experience. You see all kinds of animals there. Lions, elephants, snakes, turtles, foxes, pandas, wolves, raccoons, you name them and you got them. You can see all kinds of animals whether they are ______(22)_____ or common, for the state allows a zoo to keep such animals. Great animal _____(23)____ take care of them in a zoo. In a circus, we have lots of fun. But, only those animals that are ______(24)______ enough to show tricks can be seen in a circus.
  1. nurses
  2. species
  3. experts
  4. hunters
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following options is the best substitute for the underlined words in statement I?

Directions: In this passage, errors or parts of a sentence, which have been left out, have been underlined. To correct these errors and correctly complete the passage, choose the correct option.
Statement I: Once a wood-cutter had cutting a tree on the bank of a river.
Statement II: Fortunately, his axe fell into the river. He was helpless and
Statement III: began to weep. The goddess of the water heard it. She said to him, “Why are you weeping?” The wood-cutter
Statement IV: said _____________.                                               

  1. is cutting
  2. was cutting
  3. has been cutting
  4. had been cutting
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following could replace 'covered' as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

It was October. The pink-white leaves of the flowering dogwood covered (1) the entire yard. The clumps (2) of glossy red fruits, peaping (3) from gaps between its leaves, made the tree look like a giant sundae. A flock of bluebirds flying over the town’s sky couldn’t resist (4) the temptation and nosedived for the tree. The tree looked washed (5) in pink, white and red, with busy blue dots moving all over. The bluebirds were back again. The little six inch birds ate grasshoppers, beetles and caterpillars. But, the fruits of the flowering dogwood surely (6) topped their list of favourites. Their numbers had fallen (7) recently, and may be the starlings and sparrows were giving them a hard time to find nests. But everybody in the town started putting out nesting boxes - and that seems to have worked pretty well (8). The bluebirds have returned to the town.
  1. enclosed
  2. exposed
  3. layered
  4. spread
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of these fits gap 19?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
The coelacanth is a primitive fish that once ______(17)______ to be long extinct.
They are called living fossils because they have several body structures and adaptations that are _____(18)_____ in fossil fish and in no other living specimen.
They date _____(19)_____ the Devonian Period of the Earth that is at least 350 million years old.

They ______(20)_____ the deep sea and are found in small numbers below a depth of 200 meters in the Indian Ocean.
  1. long back
  2. since then
  3. back to
  4. long ago
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of these fits gap 24?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

A day at the zoo is a _____(21)_____ experience. You see all kinds of animals there. Lions, elephants, snakes, turtles, foxes, pandas, wolves, raccoons, you name them and you got them. You can see all kinds of animals whether they are ______(22)_____ or common, for the state allows a zoo to keep such animals. Great animal _____(23)____ take care of them in a zoo. In a circus, we have lots of fun. But, only those animals that are ______(24)______ enough to show tricks can be seen in a circus.
  1. lazy
  2. dangerous
  3. friendly
  4. smart
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of these fits gap 20?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
The coelacanth is a primitive fish that once ______(17)______ to be long extinct.
They are called living fossils because they have several body structures and adaptations that are _____(18)_____ in fossil fish and in no other living specimen.
They date _____(19)_____ the Devonian Period of the Earth that is at least 350 million years old.

They ______(20)_____ the deep sea and are found in small numbers below a depth of 200 meters in the Indian Ocean.
  1. prefer
  2. challenge
  3. litter
  4. survey
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following could replace 'clumps' as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

It was October. The pink-white leaves of the flowering dogwood covered (1) the entire yard. The clumps (2) of glossy red fruits, peaping (3) from gaps between its leaves, made the tree look like a giant sundae. A flock of bluebirds flying over the town’s sky couldn’t resist (4) the temptation and nosedived for the tree. The tree looked washed (5) in pink, white and red, with busy blue dots moving all over. The bluebirds were back again. The little six inch birds ate grasshoppers, beetles and caterpillars. But, the fruits of the flowering dogwood surely (6) topped their list of favourites. Their numbers had fallen (7) recently, and may be the starlings and sparrows were giving them a hard time to find nests. But everybody in the town started putting out nesting boxes - and that seems to have worked pretty well (8). The bluebirds have returned to the town.
  1. chunks
  2. crowd
  3. bunches
  4. baskets
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following options best corrects / completes statement IV?

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.

Statement I: Icici Bank opened 101 rural branches across six states.
Statement II: These rural branches had offer all the basic banking services.  
Statement III: They branches were formally inaugurated in 19 districts.  
Statement IV: ICICI Bank Executive Director Rajiv Sabharwal said, ________.                

  1. “we will continue our financial inclusion agenda in the years to come.”
  2. “we will, continue our financial inclusion agenda in the year’s to come.”
  3. “We will continue our financial inclusion agenda in the years to come.”
  4. “We will continue our financial inclusion agenda in the years’ to come.”
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of these fits gap 22?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

A day at the zoo is a _____(21)_____ experience. You see all kinds of animals there. Lions, elephants, snakes, turtles, foxes, pandas, wolves, raccoons, you name them and you got them. You can see all kinds of animals whether they are ______(22)_____ or common, for the state allows a zoo to keep such animals. Great animal _____(23)____ take care of them in a zoo. In a circus, we have lots of fun. But, only those animals that are ______(24)______ enough to show tricks can be seen in a circus.
  1. rare
  2. extinct
  3. dangerous
  4. domestic
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of these fits gap 17?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
The coelacanth is a primitive fish that once ______(17)______ to be long extinct.
They are called living fossils because they have several body structures and adaptations that are _____(18)_____ in fossil fish and in no other living specimen.
They date _____(19)_____ the Devonian Period of the Earth that is at least 350 million years old.

They ______(20)_____ the deep sea and are found in small numbers below a depth of 200 meters in the Indian Ocean.
  1. is true
  2. was thought
  3. was confirmed
  4. is predicted
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following options best corrects/completes statement II?

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.

Statement I: Icici Bank opened 101 rural branches across six states.
Statement II: These rural branches had offer all the basic banking services.  
Statement III: They branches were formally inaugurated in 19 districts.  
Statement IV: ICICI Bank Executive Director Rajiv Sabharwal said, ________.                

  1. should
  2. may
  3. would
  4. did
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following could replace ‘pretty well’ as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

It was October. The pink-white leaves of the flowering dogwood covered (1) the entire yard. The clumps (2) of glossy red fruits, peaping (3) from gaps between its leaves, made the tree look like a giant sundae. A flock of bluebirds flying over the town’s sky couldn’t resist (4) the temptation and nosedived for the tree. The tree looked washed (5) in pink, white and red, with busy blue dots moving all over. The bluebirds were back again. The little six inch birds ate grasshoppers, beetles and caterpillars. But, the fruits of the flowering dogwood surely (6) topped their list of favourites. Their numbers had fallen (7) recently, and may be the starlings and sparrows were giving them a hard time to find nests. But everybody in the town started putting out nesting boxes - and that seems to have worked pretty well (8). The bluebirds have returned to the town.
  1. fictionally
  2. practically
  3. unknowingly
  4. ironically
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following could replace 'washed' as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

It was October. The pink-white leaves of the flowering dogwood covered (1) the entire yard. The clumps (2) of glossy red fruits, peaping (3) from gaps between its leaves, made the tree look like a giant sundae. A flock of bluebirds flying over the town’s sky couldn’t resist (4) the temptation and nosedived for the tree. The tree looked washed (5) in pink, white and red, with busy blue dots moving all over. The bluebirds were back again. The little six inch birds ate grasshoppers, beetles and caterpillars. But, the fruits of the flowering dogwood surely (6) topped their list of favourites. Their numbers had fallen (7) recently, and may be the starlings and sparrows were giving them a hard time to find nests. But everybody in the town started putting out nesting boxes - and that seems to have worked pretty well (8). The bluebirds have returned to the town.
  1. cleaned
  2. filled
  3. bathed
  4. decorated
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following options is the best substitute for the underlined words in statement III?

Directions: In this passage, errors or parts of a sentence, which have been left out, have been underlined. To correct these errors and correctly complete the passage, choose the correct option.
Statement I: Once a wood-cutter had cutting a tree on the bank of a river.
Statement II: Fortunately, his axe fell into the river. He was helpless and
Statement III: began to weep. The goddess of the water heard it. She said to him, “Why are you weeping?” The wood-cutter
Statement IV: said _____________.                                               

  1. the axe
  2. the water
  3. the tears
  4. the cry
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following could replace ‘resist’ as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

It was October. The pink-white leaves of the flowering dogwood covered (1) the entire yard. The clumps (2) of glossy red fruits, peaping (3) from gaps between its leaves, made the tree look like a giant sundae. A flock of bluebirds flying over the town’s sky couldn’t resist (4) the temptation and nosedived for the tree. The tree looked washed (5) in pink, white and red, with busy blue dots moving all over. The bluebirds were back again. The little six inch birds ate grasshoppers, beetles and caterpillars. But, the fruits of the flowering dogwood surely (6) topped their list of favourites. Their numbers had fallen (7) recently, and may be the starlings and sparrows were giving them a hard time to find nests. But everybody in the town started putting out nesting boxes - and that seems to have worked pretty well (8). The bluebirds have returned to the town.
  1. disobey
  2. accept
  3. hold back
  4. believe
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following options best corrects/completes statement I?

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.

Statement I: Icici Bank opened 101 rural branches across six states.
Statement II: These rural branches had offer all the basic banking services.  
Statement III: They branches were formally inaugurated in 19 districts.  
Statement IV: ICICI Bank Executive Director Rajiv Sabharwal said, ________.                

  1. ‘Bank’ should not begin with a capital.
  2. ‘icici’ should be in all capitals.
  3. Comma is required after ‘branches’.
  4. ‘icici’ should have dots between the letters.
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following options best corrects / completes statement III?

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.

Statement I: Icici Bank opened 101 rural branches across six states.
Statement II: These rural branches had offer all the basic banking services.  
Statement III: They branches were formally inaugurated in 19 districts.  
Statement IV: ICICI Bank Executive Director Rajiv Sabharwal said, ________.                

  1. There
  2. Those
  3. These
  4. Their
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following options is the best substitute for the underlined word in statement II?

Directions: In this passage, errors or parts of a sentence, which have been left out, have been underlined. To correct these errors and correctly complete the passage, choose the correct option.
Statement I: Once a wood-cutter had cutting a tree on the bank of a river.
Statement II: Fortunately, his axe fell into the river. He was helpless and
Statement III: began to weep. The goddess of the water heard it. She said to him, “Why are you weeping?” The wood-cutter
Statement IV: said _____________.                                               

  1. Immediately
  2. Lately
  3. Suddenly
  4. Instantly
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of these fits gap 18?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
The coelacanth is a primitive fish that once ______(17)______ to be long extinct.
They are called living fossils because they have several body structures and adaptations that are _____(18)_____ in fossil fish and in no other living specimen.
They date _____(19)_____ the Devonian Period of the Earth that is at least 350 million years old.

They ______(20)_____ the deep sea and are found in small numbers below a depth of 200 meters in the Indian Ocean.
  1. also seen
  2. to be seen
  3. presently seen
  4. only seen
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following could replace 'surely' as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

It was October. The pink-white leaves of the flowering dogwood covered (1) the entire yard. The clumps (2) of glossy red fruits, peaping (3) from gaps between its leaves, made the tree look like a giant sundae. A flock of bluebirds flying over the town’s sky couldn’t resist (4) the temptation and nosedived for the tree. The tree looked washed (5) in pink, white and red, with busy blue dots moving all over. The bluebirds were back again. The little six inch birds ate grasshoppers, beetles and caterpillars. But, the fruits of the flowering dogwood surely (6) topped their list of favourites. Their numbers had fallen (7) recently, and may be the starlings and sparrows were giving them a hard time to find nests. But everybody in the town started putting out nesting boxes - and that seems to have worked pretty well (8). The bluebirds have returned to the town.
  1. perfectly
  2. routinely
  3. certainly
  4. traditionally
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following options best corrects / completes statement IV?

Directions: In this passage, errors or parts of a sentence, which have been left out, have been underlined. To correct these errors and correctly complete the passage, choose the correct option.
Statement I: Once a wood-cutter had cutting a tree on the bank of a river.
Statement II: Fortunately, his axe fell into the river. He was helpless and
Statement III: began to weep. The goddess of the water heard it. She said to him, “Why are you weeping?” The wood-cutter
Statement IV: said _____________.                                               

  1. that his axe had fallen into the river and requested her to help him
  2. that he could not jump into the river as he did not know how to swim
  3. that the axe was made of gold and he wanted her to give it back to him
  4. that he has no idea how he will cut the tree now
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