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Directions (Q 1–8): Read the passage Working in the Heat and answer the questions.
For millions of people who work outdoors – construction workers, street vendors, delivery riders and farm labourers – a hot afternoon is not an inconvenience but a danger. When the air is hotter than the body, the body can no longer lose heat easily, and sweating becomes its main defence. Sweat cools the skin only when it evaporates. In humid weather it evaporates slowly, which is why a humid day at a lower temperature can be more dangerous than a dry day that feels hotter.
The risks are not limited to heat stroke, the most serious form of heat illness. Long hours in the heat also cause exhaustion, cramps and dehydration, and they reduce concentration. A tired worker on a scaffold or a busy road is more likely to have an accident. Productivity falls as well: tasks take longer, and many workers lose income because they simply cannot work through the hottest hours.
Simple measures can reduce much of this harm. Drinking water at regular intervals, before thirst sets in, keeps the body supplied. Shaded rest areas allow the body to cool down. Shifting heavy work to the early morning and the evening avoids the worst heat of the day. Some cities have prepared heat action plans that warn residents when a heat wave is expected and ask employers to adjust working hours.
Such plans work only if they reach the people they are meant for. A warning on a website is of little use to a labourer who does not read the news, and advice to rest in the afternoon means nothing to a daily-wage worker who will not be paid for the hours he rests. For this reason, the most successful efforts combine warnings with practical support: drinking-water points at work sites, cool shelters in markets and agreements with employers that protect wages when work is paused.
Heat waves are expected to become more frequent as the climate warms. Protecting outdoor workers is therefore not a matter of charity but of planning – for their health, for the safety of everyone around them and for the economy that depends on their labour.
Correct Answer: B [to argue that protecting outdoor workers from heat needs planned, practical measures]
Explanation:
Proof: “Protecting outdoor workers is therefore not a matter of charity but of planning”.
According to the passage, why can a humid day be more dangerous than a hotter dry day?
Correct Answer: E [Sweat evaporates slowly, so the body is cooled less.]
Explanation:
Proof: “In humid weather it evaporates slowly”.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an effect of long hours in the heat?
Correct Answer: D [loss of eyesight]
Explanation:
Proof: “also cause exhaustion, cramps and dehydration, and they reduce concentration”.
Why, according to the passage, is a warning on a website of little use to some workers?
Correct Answer: A [It may not reach workers who do not follow the news.]
Explanation:
Proof: “of little use to a labourer who does not read the news”.
Why might a daily-wage worker ignore advice to rest in the afternoon?
Correct Answer: C [He would lose pay for the hours he rests.]
Explanation:
Proof: “who will not be paid for the hours he rests”.
Which word is closest in meaning to inconvenience as used in the passage?
Correct Answer: D [a minor trouble]
Explanation:
Proof: “is not an inconvenience but a danger”.
Which word is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to frequent as used in the passage?
Correct Answer: B [rare]
Explanation:
Proof: “expected to become more frequent”.
Which of the following is/are true according to the passage?
I. Heat can make accidents more likely.
II. Heat action plans may ask employers to adjust working hours.
III. Heat stroke is the only risk of working in the heat.
Correct Answer: C [Only I and II]
Explanation:
Proof: “is more likely to have an accident” … “ask employers to adjust working hours”.
Directions (Q 9–14): In the passage below, each blank is numbered. Choose the word that best fits each blank.
Offices that have moved to digital files often find that their paper use has not fallen as much as they (9) ________. Printed copies are still made for meetings, for signatures and simply out of (10) ________.
A small change in default settings can make a large (11) ________: printers set to print on both sides of the page use far less paper without anyone having to (12) ____ to choose that option. Paper that is used should be (13) ________ separately, because paper mixed with food waste or plastic is difficult to recycle. Recycled paper, in turn, needs less water and energy to produce than paper made from fresh wood pulp, so every sheet saved or recycled (14) ________ the pressure on forests and water.
Correct Answer: A [expected]
Explanation:
“expected” – ‘as much as they expected’ compares the result with their hopes.
Blank (10)
Correct Answer: C [habit]
Explanation:
“habit” – ‘out of habit’ is the fixed phrase; a noun is needed.
Blank (11)
Correct Answer: E [difference]
Explanation:
“difference” – make a difference = have an important effect.
Blank (12)
Correct Answer: D [remember]
Explanation:
“remember” – having to + base verb with no object → remember.
Blank (13)
Correct Answer: A [collected]
Explanation:
“collected” – passive ‘should be collected’ needs the past participle.
Blank (14)
Correct Answer: B [eases]
Explanation:
“eases” – ‘eases the pressure’ = reduces it; ‘raises’ reverses the sense.
Directions (Q 15–19): Read each sentence to find whether there is a grammatical error in it. The error, if any, is in one part. Choose that part; if there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
Correct Answer: C [(C)]
Explanation:
Part (C): quick → quickly.
The bank has (A) / decided opening (B) / a new branch (C) / in Hosur. (D)
Correct Answer: B [(B)]
Explanation:
Part (B): decided opening → decided to open.
The training covers (A) / counting cash, (B) / filling forms and (C) / to talk to customers politely. (D)
Correct Answer: D [(D)]
Explanation:
Part (D): to talk → talking.
You (A) / must not (B) / bring your passbook; (C) / the ATM card is enough. (D)
Correct Answer: B [(B)]
Explanation:
Part (B): must not → need not.
Neither the clerk (A) / nor the officers (B) / were aware (C) / of the change. (D)
Correct Answer: E [No error]
Explanation:
No error. With neither … nor the verb agrees with the nearer subject, ‘the officers’ – plural (SV3).
Directions (Q 20–24): Rearrange the five sentences (A)–(E) to form a meaningful paragraph and answer the questions.
(A) Without one, the family may have to produce legal papers that take months to obtain.
(B) If a nominee has been named, the bank can pay that person the money with fewer documents.
(C) Yet it becomes important the day an account holder dies.
(D) They see it as an unnecessary formality.
(E) Many account holders never fill in the nomination section of their account opening form.
Correct Answer: E [(E)]
Explanation:
(E). Sequence EDCBA. Opener names the account holders; ‘They’ see it as a formality; ‘Yet’ it matters at death; ‘If a nominee’ → easy payment; ‘Without one’ → the contrast closes.
(Nomination) Which sentence is SECOND in the rearranged paragraph?
Correct Answer: D [(D)]
Explanation:
(D). Sequence EDCBA. Opener names the account holders; ‘They’ see it as a formality; ‘Yet’ it matters at death; ‘If a nominee’ → easy payment; ‘Without one’ → the contrast closes.
(Nomination) Identify the FOURTH sentence of the meaningful paragraph.
Correct Answer: B [(B)]
Explanation:
(B). Sequence EDCBA. Opener names the account holders; ‘They’ see it as a formality; ‘Yet’ it matters at death; ‘If a nominee’ → easy payment; ‘Without one’ → the contrast closes.
(Nomination) Which one is the FIFTH sentence once the sentences are rearranged?
Correct Answer: A [(A)]
Explanation:
(A). Sequence EDCBA. Opener names the account holders; ‘They’ see it as a formality; ‘Yet’ it matters at death; ‘If a nominee’ → easy payment; ‘Without one’ → the contrast closes.
(Nomination) Which is the correct sequence of the sentences?
Correct Answer: C [EDCBA]
Explanation:
EDCBA. Opener names the account holders; ‘They’ see it as a formality; ‘Yet’ it matters at death; ‘If a nominee’ → easy payment; ‘Without one’ → the contrast closes.
Directions (Q 25–27): Choose the word that best fills the blank.
Correct Answer: E [launched]
Explanation:
has + past participle → launched.
The auditor found several ________ in the accounts.
Correct Answer: C [discrepancies]
Explanation:
several + plural noun → discrepancies (mismatches).
The officer was ________ about the customer's request and promised to help.
Correct Answer: B [sympathetic]
Explanation:
An adjective after ‘was’ that agrees with ‘promised to help’ → sympathetic.
Directions (Q 28–30): Choose the phrase that should replace the part in bold to make the sentence correct. If no change is needed, choose ‘No improvement required’.
Correct Answer: C [interest in politics]
Explanation:
the noun ‘interest’ takes ‘in’ (interest in something).
The cheque was sign by the manager.
Correct Answer: A [was signed]
Explanation:
passive voice = be + past participle → was signed.
The goods were delivered on time.
