Sample Paper 6

ANSWER KEYS
1 (a) 7 (d) 13 (c) 19 (a) 25 (c) 31 (b) 37 (b) 43 (a) 49 (a) 55 (d)
2 (d) 8 (b) 14 (c) 20 (d) 26 (c) 32 (d) 38 (a) 44 (c) 50 (d) 56 (a)
3 (a) 9 (c) 15 (c) 21 (b) 27 (a) 33 (b) 39 (d) 45 (b) 51 (a) 57 (a)
4 (d) 10 (a) 16 (b) 22 (d) 28 (c) 34 (d) 40 (d) 46 (c) 52 (a) 58 (a)
5 (a) 11 (d) 17 (b) 23 (b) 29 (c) 35 (c) 41 (d) 47 (a) 53 (d) 59 (a)
6 (a) 12 (d) 18 (a) 24 (c) 30 (c) 36 (c) 42 (a) 48 (d) 54 (c) 60 (d)

1. (a) Ben Johnson 22. (d) Information about availability of basic necessities
2. (d) Paradoxical ratiocination and passionate feelings nearby should be provided.
3. (a) Samuel Johnson 23. (b) The seller may or may not put the exact price on the
4. (d) Metaphysical conceits advertisement.
5. (a) Coarse, jerky 24. (c) Through the columns of your esteemed daily, I wish
6. (a) Assimilation of feelings and thoughts to bring to the notice of the concerned authorities…
7. (d) It was not a formal group of poets and the members 25. (c) Appeal to make roads near school, congestion free.
were unknown and unfamiliar to each other and their 26. (c) (1), (2), (3) and (5)
writings. 27. (a) Hiring more traffic police to control the traffic,
8. (b) 17th century literature installing more sign boards stating strict adherence to
9. (c) Spirituality and religion low speed and sound.
10. (a) An ingenious or fanciful comparison or metaphor 28. (c) Formal and appealing
11. (d) Chandigarh 29. (c) Hence, through the column of your esteemed daily, I
12. (d) Delhi would like to appeal to the concerned authority of the
13. (c) 01-1000 city...
Visually Impaired Candidates 30. (c) Proper location of the occurrence of congestion
(d) The density of population of Uttarakhand is more 31. (b) (1) and (3)
than that of Madhya Pradesh. 32. (d) The time of narrator's grandfather did not witness
14. (c) Cause: Punjab and Haryana have highly developed much hustle and competitive attitude, their outlook on
agricultural amenities. life was more optimistic, thus they did not have to seek
Effect: The states have high density of population. escape mechanism to cope with the reality.
15. (c) 382 persons per sq. km. 33. (b) Pessimistic
16. (b) 319 34. (d) Stamp collection
17. (b) Maharashtra is a highly urbanized and industrial state. 35. (c) That it was a waking dream wish fulfillment
18. (a) West Bengal has both agricultural and industrial 36. (c) To spring up from the bottom of the pool and to
facilities to support population. come to the surface like a cork
19. (a) Flat for sale 37. (b) Becoming paralyzed with fear he choked and thus
20. (d) (1), (2) and (3) he could not even scream
21. (b) Yes, as the buyer would need to contact the seller for 38. (a) Pumping of his heart and pounding of his head
further discussion. 39. (d) When he would reach the edge of the pool
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40. (d) When he tried and could not save himself 51. (a) Duty of a doctor and loyalty towards nation
41. (d) Aging of parent 52. (a) Human tendency to escape from the harsh realities
42. (a) Painful old age of the present to past happy times
43. (a) Her childhood fear of losing her mother 53. (d) A blend of reality with fantasy
44. (c) Pale and colourless face of poet's mother 54. (c) Allegory
45. (b) Assurance to mother and putting a brave front 55. (d) All of these
46. (c) She had to do all the work as servants had left. 56. (a) He felt he would be able to come up like a cork
47. (a) Official sepoy 57. (a) Because he wanted to swim in the waters of the
48. (d) The cook,Yumi & old gardener Cascade
49. (a) She felt that Sadao was being summoned for 58. (a) Seemapuri
imprisonment. 59. (a) For not sending them to school
50. (d) That the general was in pain. 60. (d) All of these
 Sample Paper 7
ANSWER KEYS
1 (c) 7 (c) 13 (d/a) 19 (a) 25 (c ) 31 (a) 37 (a) 43 (d) 49 (c ) 55 (d)
2 (a) 8 (b) 14 (b) 20 (c) 26 (a) 32 (b) 38 (d) 44 (c ) 50 (c ) 56 (d)
3 (b) 9 (b) 15 (c) 21 (b) 27 (a) 33 (d) 39 (d) 45 (d) 51 (d) 57 (d)
4 (a) 10 (b) 16 (a) 22 (b) 28 (b) 34 (a) 40 (b) 46 (c ) 52 (d) 58 (d)
5 (b) 11 (c) 17 (a) 23 (a) 29 (a) 35 (a) 41 (d) 47 (d) 53 (c ) 59 (d)
6 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) 24 (c ) 30 (b) 36 (a) 42 (c) 48 (c ) 54 (a) 60 (d)

1. (c) Matthew Arnold 24. (c) Appeal to control reckless driving on roads
2. (a) Myth and supernatural 25. (c) Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper, I
3. (b) 1798 wish to bring to the notice of the authorities
4. (a) Lyrical Ballads concerned…
5. (b) William Wordsworth 26. (a) Formal and appealing
6. (b) A rebel who rejects the ‘proper’ rules of society and 27. (a) Address of Rita’s school.
is very independent. 28. (b) Hence, through the column of your esteemed daily, I
7. (c) The World is Too Much with Us would like to appeal to the concerned administrative
8. (b) morals authority of the city...
9. (b) inspiration, destructive 29. (a) The mayor of the city
10. (b) William Wordsworth, S.T. Coleridge 30. (b) Rules should be made stricter and efficient traffic
11. (c) Discouraging the aspirations of women and other police should be hired.
marginalised communities. 31. (a) The law, if enforced can take all the children out from
12. (c) 1983 – 2010 the hot furnaces where they work to make bangles.
13. (d) 2017-18, 32. (b) Causes damaging of brightness of their eyes
Visually Impaired Candidates 33. (d) Went behind the broken wall and brought her veil
(a) 186 million closer to her face
14. (b) Twice 34. (a) Bahu
15. (c) 17 35. (a) Unstable
16. (a) households 36. (a) not to put off things that one can do that day
17. (a) Preventing their mobility 37. (a) Participles
18. (d) social, economic and cultural factors 38. (d) to show gratitude
19. (a) Annual Day- an Extravaganza. 39. (d) strange silence
20. (c) (1), (2), and (4) 40. (b) new notebooks
21. (b) This to inform all the students that the cultural team 41. (d) strange blissful oneness
is organising Annual Day.... 42. (c) to think and stop harming the fish
22. (b) All are welcome for enthusiastic participation. 43. (d) he will think of the harm the salt is doing to his hands
23. (a) Formal yet attractive.
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44. (c) it will help to create peace and harmony 53. (c) Bangle maker
45. (d) because of perfect peace and harmony 54. (a) For Charley’s tendency to treat harsh realities with
46. (c) Third level does exist and Charley was advised to his imaginary Third Level
keep looking for this place 55. (d) All of these
47. (d) for a lemonade party 56. (d) Soul searching
48. (c) Sam 57. (d) To overcome his fear of water and learn swimming
49. (c) an imaginary discovery of the narrator’s mind 58. (d) because of fear and insecurity
50. (c) wanted to take a break from office 59. (d) A little hell
51. (d) By swimming in the lake Wentworth 60. (d) have shut the children inside and blocked their growth.
52. (d) desire and hope
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ANSWER KEYS
1 (b) 7 (a) 13 (d), (a) 19 (a) 25 (a) 31 (a) 37 (c) 43 (a) 49 (d) 55 (d)
2 (a) 8 (c) 14 (c) 20 (a) 26 (a) 32 (c) 38 (c) 44 (b) 50 (c) 56 (c)
3 (c) 9 (a) 15 (d) 21 (b) 27 (b) 33 (a) 39 (c) 45 (d) 51 (d) 57 (d)
4 (b) 10 (b) 16 (d) 22 (c) 28 (a) 34 (a) 40 (a) 46 (b) 52 (b) 58 (d)
5 (d) 11 (b) 17 (c) 23 (b) 29 (c) 35 (c) 41 (a) 47 (d) 53 (a) 59 (b)
6 (a) 12 (b) 18 (a) 24 (b) 30 (a) 36 (d) 42 (d) 48 (b) 54 (c) 60 (d)

1. (b) Scholar 25. (a) Through the columns of your esteemed daily, I would
2. (a) University Wits like to bring to notice of the administrative head of
3. (c) The Battle of Alcazar Kolkata Municipality…
4. (b) Christopher Marlowe 26. (a) Formal and appealing
5. (d) Thomas Kyd 27. (b) Hence, through the column of your esteemed daily, I
6. (a) George Peele would like to appeal to the concerned administrative
7. (a) Acting authority of the city...
8. (c) Romantic comedy 28. (a) Noise pollution
9. (a) Christopher Marlowe 29. (c) Emission of foul smell and breeding of insects and
10. (b) William Shakespeare pests
11. (b) 13% 30. (a) Brief and relevant
12. (b) Birth rates at sub-state, viz., NSS National Division 31. (a) Writing
Level 32. (c) Scratching of pen over paper
13. (d) Uttar Pradesh; 33. (a) Forty
Visually Impaired Candidates 34. (a) The next day
(a) Crude Birth Rate (VI) 35. (c) Unadorned
14. (c) nearly same 36. (d) President Roosevelt
15. (d) 17.6% 37. (c) thrice
16. (d) All the states mentioned above 38. (c) out of his wits
17. (c) Total Fertility Rate 39. (c) he was alone
18. (a) 80.8 40. (a) In New Hampshire
19. (a) Innovative Minds. 41. (a) Simile
20. (a) Formal yet attractive 42. (d) Magically
21. (b) Name of Rajan's class-teacher 43. (a) the real beautiful world outside
22. (c) (I), (II), and (IV) 44. (b) Metaphor
23. (b) All are welcome for enthusiastic participation. 45. (d) foggy slums and bottle bits on stones
24. (b) Appeal to install garbage bins at shorter intervals 46. (b) (I) and (III)
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47. (d) The narrator's grandfather’s time was very laid back 53. (a) Japan USA War
and without any hurry;their outlook on life was more 54. (c) bangles
optimistic, thus they did not have to seek escape 55. (d) how to strike a balance between duties and
mechanism to cope with the reality. responsibilities
48. (b) Pessimistic 56. (c) ration cards
49. (d) stamp collection 57. (d) a true patriot and traditional person
50. (c) That it was a waking dream wish fulfillment 58. (d) a lesson from desk
51. (d) because of no access to hope and openness of the 59. (b) 'Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling out of
world their homes'
52. (b) Procrastination 60. (d) Change of teachers
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ANSWER KEYS
1 (b) 7 (b) 13 (b) 19 (b) 25 (c) 31 (a) 37 (b) 43 (a) 49 (b) 55 (a)
2 (b) 8 (a) 14 (b) 20 (a) 26 (c) 32 (a) 38 (d) 44 (c) 50 (a) 56 (d)
3 (c) 9 (c) 15 (a) 21 (a) 27 (b) 33 (b) 39 (a) 45 (c) 51 (c) 57 (c)
4 (c) 10 (d) 16 (a) 22 (b) 28 (a) 34 (a) 40 (a) 46 (c) 52 (b) 58 (a)
5 (a) 11 (a) 17 (a) 23 (a) 29 (b) 35 (b) 41 (a) 47 (c) 53 (b) 59 (c)
6 (c) 12 (b) 18 (c) 24 (c) 30 (d) 36 (a) 42 (a) 48 (b) 54 (a) 60 (d)

1. (b) Staying at home governing a household, taking care 16. (a) With the increase in population, demand for rice
of children and performing duties decreased as people started to consume more wheat
2. (b) Passion and reason products.
3. (c) Institution of marriage 17. (a) The yield of rice in the financial year of 2020 was
4. (c) Feminist outlook more than the yield in fiscal year 1991.
5. (a) Upper-middle class 18. (c) (1) and (3)
6. (c) Simple yet witty 19. (b) Scheduled Closure of Roads
7. (b) Elizabeth Bennet 20. (a) This is to inform all the residents of Kolkata about...
8. (a) Partiality 21. (a) (1), (2), (3) and (6)
9. (c) Yes, Austen showed a very positive outlook towards 22. (b) Inconvenience regretted.
the progression of women. 23. (a) Formal and informative
10. (d) Love 24. (c) An appeal for the betterment of the roads
11. (a) Farmers of rice cultivation are experiencing setbacks 25. (c) With great admiration and belief in the columns of
as less labour-intensive technology is being adapted for your newspaper, I seek to bring to your notice...
farming and erratic monsoon adds up to the difficulty. 26. (c) All the points
12. (b) Introduction of these new methods will make 27. (b) Hence, through the columns of your esteemed daily,
cultivation easier for farmers and would not be a threat to I would like to appeal to the concerned administrative
their livelihood. authority of the city...
13. (b) A steady growth in yield of rice, then a gradual decline 28. (a) The mayor of the city
and then a growth in production of rice. 29. (b) All of the options except (4)
Visually Impaired Candidates 30. (d) Formal and appealing
(b) Consumption for the people of the country. 31. (a) A boy of about eighteen years, with thick hair on
14. (b) China chest, with a good physique .
15. (a) Cause: Rice is the staple food of India and is 32. (a) The narrator flailed at the surface of the water, tried
consumed at least once a day. to bring his legs up, but they hung as dead weight,
Effect: Though other food crops are also cultivated in paralysed and rigid.
India, rice was the most consumed agricultural product in 33. (b) Scared and frightened
2016. 34. (a) Timid but confident
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35. (b) Afraid, that he was drowning 45. (c) Carry on

36. (a) Delhi a metropolitan city is clean and inhabited by 46. (c) Were very critical of him
upper class or middle class families, whereas in contrast 47. (c) Kidney
Seemapuri located near it is a slum area. 48. (b) Endanger all of them
37. (b) The citizens of Seemapuri have lived there without 49. (b) Surgery and medicine
any of their identity proofs or permits, but with ration 50. (a) 22
cards that helped them get their names on the voters' list. 51. (c) Thin
38. (d) Centre 52. (b) This indicates a single thought that is interconnected
39. (a) Wonder, survival with many fragmented observations of real world, but
40. (a) Scrounging altogether portraying a single idea.
41. (a) Our lives have become so busy that we hardly got 53. (b) Acquaintance
the time to take a break and enjoy life for what it is. Let all 54. (a) People have some passions which make them happy
stop for a moment, not to be inactive but be in the moment and joyful and transcend them into another world of
and live for that moment. utopian happiness when doing the same, temporarily
42. (a) The people who go on wars, their dresses would be escaping from the harsh reality.
clean from blood for once and they would connect with 55. (a) Narrator's grandfather and President Roosevelt
their brothers whom they lost during battles. 56. (d) Obsessive
43. (a) One party out of the two in a battle gets victory but 57. (c) M. Hamel
with most of the soldiers dead. 58. (a) Malnourished and almost as thin as paper
44. (c) The moment at which everyone would withdraw from 59. (c) Louisa
their busy schedule and be in the moment, would definitely 60. (d) Deep Water
turn out to be sublime and pure.
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1 (b) 7 (a) 13 (b) 19 (b) 25 (c) 31 (a) 37 (b) 43 (d) 49 (d) 55 (b)
2 (b) 8 (c) 14 (a) 20 (d) 26 (a) 32 (c) 38 (a) 44 (b) 50 (b) 56 (a)
3 (a) 9 (a) 15 (a) 21 (c) 27 (b) 33 (c) 39 (b) 45 (a) 51 (c) 57 (a)
4 (c) 10 (a) 16 (c) 22 (a) 28 (b) 34 (c) 40 (b) 46 (c) 52 (b) 58 (c)
5 (b) 11 (d) 17 (b) 23 (b) 29 (b) 35 (c) 41 (a) 47 (c) 53 (c) 59 (b)
6 (a) 12 (b) 18 (a) 24 (a) 30 (d) 36 (a) 42 (c) 48 (d) 54 (a) 60 (a)

1. (b) World War II 25. (c) Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper,
2. (b) Disgust I wish to bring to the notice of the authorities concerned…
3. (a) ALL 1-5 26. (a) Name of the concerned authority
4. (c) Jimmy is not at all religious as he is seen to get angry 27. (b) All of the options except (2) and (5).
when Alison goes to church with Helena. 28. (b) The Mayor of the town.
5. (b) Working, Upper middle 29. (b) Hence through the column of your esteemed daily, I
6. (a) The British Labour Party. would like to appeal to the concerned administrative
7. (a) Skeptical authority of the city…
8. (c) Bishop of Bromley 30. (d) Immediately inform the electricity department to fix
9. (a) Hopeless, disgusted, pessimistic, irritated the faulty lamp - posts
10. (a) Calming 31. (a) To his school
11. (d) (1), (2) and (4) 32. (c) His teacher did not scold him, rather asked him
12. (b) Marginal politely to quickly take his seat
13. (c) A somewhat steep growth with a gradual decline. 33. (c) Wachter, the blacksmith
Visually Impaired Candidates 34. (c) Participle
(a) Inward migration 35. (c) Because of the clamour of desks repetition of lessons
14. (a) 1.2 billion, 17 billion. in unison and the teacher's great ruler rapping on the
15. (a) Inverted U-shaped. table
16. (c) 2060 36. (a) The poet realized that her mother has grown as old
17. (b) Fertility rate, mortality rate as the actually looked..
18. (a) Change in demographic features for the last few 37. (b) She turned away and looked at the young trees, the
decades and probable change in the future. children rushing out from their home
19. (b) Caution About a Devastating Storm 38 (a) Signifies old age.
20. (d) This notice is written to make all the residents of 39. (b) Old age of parents and consequent feelings of the
Kolkata and it's adjoining areas cautions about… same in their wards.
21. (c) (1), (2), (3) and (6) 40. (b) Pale, whitish like a dead body.
22. (a) No, that piece of information will be irrelevant in a 41. (a) We should stop doing anything for a moment,
notice. neither move nor talk much.
23. (b) Stay Alert 42. (c) Everyone should stop rushing to reach somewhere
24. (a) Appeal for immediate repairing of faulty lamp posts and halt their vehicles.
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43. (d) Unusual. 50. (b) He lost the colour of his face, lost his carefree and
44. (b) The poet wants everyone to stop and introspect jolly attitude
45. (a) It would be a strange and exotic feeling to unite in 51. (c) William Shakespeare
silence. 52. (b) Pablo Naruda
46. (c) Saheb goes inside the neighbouring club when no 53. (c) On a spot of the Japanese coast
one is around. 54. (a) The bulletin board of the town hall.
47. (c) Saheb started working at a tea stall down the road 55. (b) motor mechanic
where he has to listen to its owner all the time. 56. (a) optimistic and confident
48. (d) A pair of tennis shoes was given to Saheb. 57. (a) could use his intelligence
49. (d) 800 rupees 58. (c) attempt to get past the fear and trying to overcome
it.
59. (b) Involving oneself in activities that help escaping from
mundane reality and getting a little joy and happiness.
60. (a) French.