Read the following telephonic conversation and fill in the blank with appropriate responses:

Harilal: Hello! Is this Nirjeevani Hospital?

Receptionist: Yes. (i) ______________

Harilal: I wanted to know if Dr. Arundhati will be available for consultation.

Receptionist: Yes Ma’am. (ii) ____________ book an appointment?

Harilal: Yes, I want to book an appointment

Receptionist: Please tell me your name and age. Hello! (iii) _____________

(The call gets disconnected)

Harilal: Hello!

Receptionist: Hello! Nirjeevani Hospital.

Harilal: The call got (iv) _____________. My name is Harilal Khan and I am 35 years old.

Receptionist: Could you please (v) ____________

Harilal: Harilal Khan, 35 years.

Receptionist: Alright. Please be here by 10: 00 a.m. Thank you!

Read the following telephonic conversation and fill in the blanks with appropriate responses and answer the given subquestions:

Sister: Hi bro, how are you doing?

Brother: Hey sis, (i)_____________________. How about you?

Sister: (ii)_________________. How is your preparation for exams going on?

Brother: Good, but I am really scared for my exams.

Sister:(iii)_______________

Brother: Because I think I am still lacking somewhere.

Sister: Don’t worry dear. You still have a month. You will do a better job!

Brother: (iv)_______________________. But I think I need more guidance.

Sister: For that, you can take coaching from the best institute which will help and guide you.

Brother: Yeah, this seems like the perfect idea. (v)______________________

Sister: There is a good coaching institute. It is called Genius Plus. Try to contact them.

Brother: Thank you, I will contact them immediately.

Read the following telephonic conversation and answer the given subquestions with appropriate responses:

Samrat: Hello, Priya! How are you?

Priya:(i)_______________, and you?

Samrat: I am also fine. By the way, (ii)________________________

Priya: A very good idea indeed. Let us fix up a date and a venue.

Samrat: (iii)___________________________

Priya: Oh, fine! Darjeeling is a very beautiful and historical place.

Samrat: (iv)____________________

Priya: Only your brothers and sisters and mine. When shall we start?

Samrat: We shall start at 6 o'clock from our residence.

Priya:(v)_____________________

Samrat: Biriyani. Don't you like it?

Priya: Of course, but we will cook our food ourselves.

Read the following telephonic conversation and fill in the blanks with appropriate responses:

Jay – Hello? (i)__________________

Prateek – Hello. Yes, I am Prateek Agarwal. (ii)__________________

Jay – Prateek, it’s me Jay Roy from college. Remember?

Prateek – Hey Jay, (iii)_______________It has been such a long time.

Jay – I am doing good. Yes, four long years after college. I got your contact number from Piyush. (iv)________________

Prateek – Yes, yes, I do remember him. Wasn’t he the one who topped our engineering batch last year?

Jay – Yes, that’s him! He’s in Boston working for a big MNC now.

Prateek- (v)_____________

Complete the telephonic conversation given below with most polite and correct responses. Receptionist: Good afternoon, Verma Enterprises. (i) _______________________

Caller: Hello, this is Usha Patel from Vision Tech. Can I speak with Raghu Nath in IT?

Receptionist: Sure, ma’am. What's the purpose of your call?

Caller: I need to discuss the new software integration.

Receptionist: (ii) ___________________________________

Raghu: Hi, this is Raghu Nath in IT. How can I help?

Caller: Hello, Raghu. This is Usha from Vision Tech. I want to go over the new software integration details.

Raghu: Sure, we plan to start next Monday and finish in two weeks. Does that work?

Caller: Yes, will there be any downtime?

Raghu: About an hour during setup, scheduled off-peak.

Caller: Great. (iii) ___________________________

Raghu: I'll email it by the end of the day.

Caller: (iv) __________________Looking forward to working with you.

Raghu: No problem, Usha. Reach out if you need anything.

Caller: Will do. Thanks. Bye.

Raghu: (v) _________________

Based on the above data answer the given subquestions.

Complete the telephonic conversation given below with most polite and correct responses. Receptionist: Good morning, Dr. Agarwal's office. How can I help you today?

Patient: Hello, (i) ___________________________________________

Receptionist: Certainly. May I have your name, please?

Patient: Sure, it's ....................

Receptionist: (ii)_________________________________

Patient: Sure. My name is Neha Kumar.

Receptionist: Ms. Kumar. Are you a new patient or have you visited Dr. Agarwal before? Patient: (iii)__________________________

Receptionist: Great. When would you like to schedule your appointment?

Patient: (iv)__________________________________

Receptionist: Sure. Your appointment with Dr. Agarwal is scheduled for 10:30 AM tomorrow. Patient: (v)_______________

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Complete the telephonic conversation given below with the most polite and correct responses.

Ravi: Hello, Sneha. It’s Ravi. Are you free? (1)_________________________________

Sneha: Yes, Ravi. I’m free now, please tell me.

Ravi: I need to reschedule our project meeting. Something urgent has come up.

Sneha: I understand. (2) _______________________________

Ravi: Instead of tomorrow morning, how about we have the meeting on Thursday at 2 PM? Sneha: Let me check... Yes, I’m available then. But we need to make sure everyone else can make it too.

Ravi: (3) _________________ I’ll send an email to confirm with the rest of the team.

Sneha: Sounds good. I’ll tentatively block my calendar for Thursday at 2 PM.

Ravi: Yes, Sneha. (4) ______________________________

Sneha: No problem, Ravi. Just let me know if the time works for everyone.

Ravi: (5) ______________________________

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Complete the telephonic conversation given below with the most polite and correct responses in the given subquestions.

Ravi: Hello, Sneha. It’s Ravi. Are you free? (1)_________________________________

Sneha: Yes, Ravi. I’m free now, please tell me.

Ravi: I need to reschedule our project meeting. Something urgent has come up.

Sneha: I understand. (2) _______________________________

Ravi: Instead of tomorrow morning, how about we have the meeting on Thursday at 2 PM? Sneha: Let me check... Yes, I’m available then. But we need to make sure everyone else can make it too.

Ravi: (3) _________________ I’ll send an email to confirm with the rest of the team.

Sneha: Sounds good. I’ll tentatively block my calendar for Thursday at 2 PM.

Ravi: Yes, Sneha. (4) ______________________________

Sneha: No problem, Ravi. Just let me know if the time works for everyone.

Ravi: (5) ______________________________

Read the passage and answer the given subquestions.

People came to him when the patient ____(1)_____ (is) on his last legs. Dr. Raman often burst out, ‘Why couldn’t you have come a day earlier?’ The reason was obvious—____(2)_____ (visit) fee twenty-five rupees, and more than that, people liked to shirk the fact that the time had come to call in Dr. Raman; for them there was something ominous in the very association. As a result, when the big man ______(3)____ (come) on the scene, it was always a quick decision one way or another. There was no scope or time for any kind of wavering or whitewashing. Long years of practice of this kind had _____(4)____ (breed) in the doctor a certain curt truthfulness; for that very reason his opinion was valued; he was not a mere doctor _____(5)_____ (express) an opinion but a judge pronouncing a verdict. The patient’s life hung on his words. This never worried Dr. Raman. He never believed that agreeable words ever saved lives.

Fill in the blank with appropriate options. Maintain the tense consistency.

Rhea _____ (1) to spend her afternoon in the park. She brought a book to read and sat _____ (2) a bench near the pond. As she was reading, a dog _____ (3) by her, chasing a ball thrown by its owner. After a while, Rhea walked over ______ (4) the ice cream stand to get a treat. She enjoyed her ice cream while sitting under a large oak tree, savouring _____ (5) peaceful moment. Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense consistency of the excerpt.

Wasobiowe [i] _____ in the neighbourhood of Nagasaki. He loved nothing better than to spend his days far out at sea, fishing from a little boat. Once, when the eighth full moon [ii] _____—which in Japan is called the “bean moon” and is the most beautiful of all—Wasobiowe started on a long voyage. Leisurely he [iii] _____ the coast, and rejoiced in the bold outlines of the rocks seen by the light of the moon. But, without warning, black clouds gathered overhead. The storm [iv] _____, the rain poured down, and darkness fell. The waves were lashed into fury, and the little boat was driven swift as an arrow before the wind. For three days and nights the hurricane raged. As dawn [v] _____ on the fourth morning, the wind was stilled, and the sea grew calm.

Excerpted from: Old-World Japan: Legends of the Land of the Gods. Retold by Frank Rinder, The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, 2014, p. 77.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb. Your chosen verbs should agree with their respective subjects and should be fitting and meaningful within the context of the passage and answer the given subquestions.

“The first of your tasks [i] _____ to bring me the skin of the Nemean lion,” said the King of Greece to Hercules. “Neither weapon nor stone [ii] _____ the flesh of the Nemean lion,” whispered the people amongst themselves. “If he [iii] _____ to no weapon, I will tear off his hide with his own claws,” said Hercules, and that was exactly how he defeated the ferocious Nemean lion. Out of the lion’s skin, a coat of mail, and out of his neck, a helmet [iv] _____ prepared. Neither this labor nor any of the other labors assigned to him by the King of Greece [v] _____ impossible for the mighty Hercules.

Match Column A with suitable options in Column B. (Hint: Word collocation)

Column A: 1. Land · 2. Moral · 3. Final · 4. Weather · 5. Unanimous

Column B: a) Forecast · b) Decision · c) Acquisition · d) Blow · e) Decay

Match Column A with suitable options in Column B. (Hint: Word collocation)

Column A: 1. Sports · 2. Library · 3. Garden · 4. Job · 5. Fishing

Column B: a. Card · b. Offer · c. Equipment · d. Rod · e. Hose

Match Column A with suitable options in Column B. (Hint: Word collocation)

Column A: 1. Bank · 2. Strong · 3. Lazy · 4. Short · 5. Ancient

Column B: a. Temper · b. Account · c. Ruins · d. Afternoon · e. Coffee

Match the words in List A with the correct synonyms in List B.

List A: (i) Prove · (ii) Maladroit · (iii) Tired · (iv) Coach · (v) Coarse

List B: (a) Wearied · (b) Counsel · (c) Gravelly · (d) Establish · (e) Clumsy

Based on the above data answer the given subquestions.

Match the words in List A with those in List B that are similar in meaning to them.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Fill in the blanks in List A with the most appropriate options in List B. There is only one fitting answer for each blank.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Fill in the blanks in List A using appropriate idioms from List B

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:

The Easy ‘A’

As opposed to the ‘true sciences,’ the social sciences are often seen as an “extra,” like an appendage to the main body. Even the content in liberal arts and humanities courses is considered to be supplementary. Such biases stem from the colonial mindset of “empiricism” as the metric for “good” or valuable research. Shibashis Chatterjee, a senior professor at the Department of International Relations at Jadavpur University states that the study of humanities and social sciences has been in a state of worldwide crisis for a while now: “Subjects that do not use quantification are labelled as easy.” However, the professor feels that the idea of a competition amongst arts, science and technology is wrong. “These are complementary fields. To me, it is an identification problem. If natural sciences set the bar and humanities must measure up to it, there is no way they can meet the standards. Unless we agree to create our own standards, these accusations would never end. Hence, we must stop making these comparisons,” he states. The professor of political thought and critical theory also adds that how society looks at knowledge is a political question. “From resource allocation to salaries, the logic of instrumentality trumps everything else,” Chatterjee states. The narratives through which liberal arts courses are shunned are all too familiar. Social sciences never had democratic equality with the

natural/biological sciences and technological education. They are dismissed either as questionable or as useless. Modern education is predicated upon science and technology. It has increasingly reduced the space for criticality and reflective variations on the theme of instrumentality, and humanities and social sciences are automatically downgraded.

In capitalist societies, education is just another financial sector and the loftier philosophical goals of education – the pursuance of knowledge and happiness in knowing – lie discarded. It is significant that the students who pursue humanities do not study for the money. Humanities cannot be made more appealing by tying it to vocational needs. “That would be sounding the death knell to liberal education,” states Chatterjee. Humanities can flourish when democratic values thrive in society, the spirit of questioning is highly regarded, and liberalism enjoys legitimacy. In other words, if philosophy matters to our lives, humanities is indispensable. But most researchers and students of humanities do not think that any autocratic state would be fundamentally interested in reviving humanities and social sciences since these disciplines encourage critical thinking and questioning of authority structures. The more authoritarian states become, the less tolerant they will be of humanities and social sciences.

Excerpted from:

Bose, Rakhi. “The Easy ‘A’.” Outlook, 11 Jul. 2023, pp. 46-50.

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.

My father, Janakinath Bose, had migrated to Orissa in the eighties of the last century and had settled down at Cuttack as a lawyer. There I was born on Saturday, the 23rd January, 1897. My father was descended from the Boses of Mahinagar, while my mother, Prabhabati (or rather Prabhavati) belonged to the family of the Dutts of Hatkhola. I was the sixth son and the ninth child of my parents.

In these days of rapid communication, a night’s journey by train southwards along the eastern coast takes one from Calcutta to Cuttack and on the way there is neither adventure nor romance. But things were not quite the same sixty years ago. One had to go either by cart and encounter thieves and robbers on the road, or by sea and brave the wrath of the winds and the waves. Since it was safer to trust in God than in brother man, it was more common to travel by boat. Sea-going vessels would carry passengers up to Chandbali where transhipment would take place and from Chandbali, steamers would get to Cuttack through a number of rivers and canals. The description I used to hear from my mother since childhood of the rolling and pitching and the accompanying discomfort during the voyage would leave no desire in me to undergo such an experience. At a time when distances were long and journey by no means safe, my father must have had plenty of pluck to leave his village home and go far away in search of a career. Fortune favours the brave even in civil life and, by the time I was born, my father had already made a position for himself and was almost at the top of the legal profession in his new domicile.

Though a comparatively small town with a population in the neighbourhood of 20,000, Cuttack had an importance of its own owing to a variety of factors. It had an unbroken tradition since the days of the early Hindu Kings of Kalinga. It was the de facto capital of Orissa which could boast of such a famous place of pilgrimage as Puri (or Jagannath) and such glorious art-relics as those of Konarak, Bhuvaneswar, and Udaigiri. It was the headquarters not only for the British administration in Orissa, but also for the numerous ruling chiefs in that province. Altogether, Cuttack afforded a healthy environment for a growing child, and it had some of the virtues of both city and country life.

Ours was not a rich, but what might be regarded as a well-to-do, middle-class family. Naturally, I had no personal experience of what want and poverty meant and had no occasion to develop those traits of selfishness, greed, and the rest which are sometimes the unwelcome heritage of indigent circumstances in one’s early life. At the same time, there was not that luxury and lavishness _____ our home which has been the ruin _____ so many promising but pampered young souls or has helped to foster a supercilious, highbrow mentality in them. In fact, considering their worldly means, my parents always erred– and, I daresay, rightly too– on the side of simplicity in the upbringing of their children.

Excerpted from: Bose, Subhas Chandra. An Indian Pilgrim: An Unfinished Autobiography and Collected Letters 1897-1921.

Fill in the blank with appropriate options. Maintain the tense consistency.

Rhea _____ (1) to spend her afternoon in the park. She brought a book to read and sat _____ (2) a bench near the pond. As she was reading, a dog _____ (3) by her, chasing a ball thrown by its owner. After a while, Rhea walked over ______ (4) the ice cream stand to get a treat. She enjoyed her ice cream while sitting under a large oak tree, savouring _____ (5) peaceful moment. Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Fill in the blank with appropriate options.

“Mrs Pumphrey hastened (1)_______ explain, “He was so listless, Mr Herriot. He seemed to have no energy. I thought he must be suffering(2)____________malnutrition, so I have been giving him some little extras between meals(3)______ build him up, some malt and cod-liver oil and a

bowl(4)____________ Horlicks (5)________ night to make him sleep — nothing much really.” (Source: Herriot, James. “A Triumph of Surgery.” Footprints Without Feet, National Council Of Educational Research And Training, 2022, p. 1.)

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.