English: Coffee and A. General B.
Sample Paper
BOTANY
NTD
ENGLISH
Complete the sentences by choosing the most appropriate word, from the given lettered choices (A to D) below each.
1. Almost everyone has trouble ______ at one time or another.
A. sleeping
B. for sleeping
C. sleep
D. slept
Each question below consists of a related pair of words, followed by five lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.
2. PAGE: BOOK::
A. sailors: crew
B. petal: flower
C. leaf: stalk
D. singers: chorus
Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.
3. PARTICULAR:
A. general
B. widespread
C. diffused
D. common
Choose the word most similar in meaning to the capitalized ones.
4. CHANGE:
A. alter
B. church
C. complete
D. decide
E. agree
Read the passage to answer question 5-6
In the late seventeenth century, a transformation began that would make coffee one of the most popular drinks in Europe. The coffeehouse-meeting place of bankers, dissidents, artists, merchants, poets, wits, and rogues was in some ways the cradle of modern Europe. Coffee would change, in less than a century, from the drink of a few princes and a few paupers to the chief social beverage of the rising middle class.
5. The word “transformation” is closest in meaning to:
A. trend
B. event
C. change
D. custom
6. The word “rogues” refers to a type of:
A. beverage
B. person
C. book
D. coffee
QUANTITATIVE
7. 18 ÷ 0.04 =?
A. 4.5
B. 45
C. 450
D. 4,500
E. 45,000
8. What is 0.1 percent expressed as a decimal?
A. 0.001
B. 0.01
C. 0.1
D. 1
E. 10.0
9. Evaluate, if a = -3, and b = -1.
A. -29
B. 29
C. -25
D. 25
E. 83
10. A coat is on sale for Rs.120 after a discount of 20 percent. Find the original price.
A. Rs. 96
B. Rs.144
C. Rs.150
D. Rs.180
E. Rs.140
BOTANY
NTD
ENGLISH
Complete the sentences by choosing the most appropriate word, from the given lettered choices (A to D) below each.
1. Almost everyone has trouble ______ at one time or another.
A. sleeping
B. for sleeping
C. sleep
D. slept
Each question below consists of a related pair of words, followed by five lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.
2. PAGE: BOOK::
A. sailors: crew
B. petal: flower
C. leaf: stalk
D. singers: chorus
Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.
3. PARTICULAR:
A. general
B. widespread
C. diffused
D. common
Choose the word most similar in meaning to the capitalized ones.
4. CHANGE:
A. alter
B. church
C. complete
D. decide
E. agree
Read the passage to answer question 5-6
In the late seventeenth century, a transformation began that would make coffee one of the most popular drinks in Europe. The coffeehouse-meeting place of bankers, dissidents, artists, merchants, poets, wits, and rogues was in some ways the cradle of modern Europe. Coffee would change, in less than a century, from the drink of a few princes and a few paupers to the chief social beverage of the rising middle class.
5. The word “transformation” is closest in meaning to:
A. trend
B. event
C. change
D. custom
6. The word “rogues” refers to a type of:
A. beverage
B. person
C. book
D. coffee
QUANTITATIVE
7. 18 ÷ 0.04 =?
A. 4.5
B. 45
C. 450
D. 4,500
E. 45,000
8. What is 0.1 percent expressed as a decimal?
A. 0.001
B. 0.01
C. 0.1
D. 1
E. 10.0
9. Evaluate, if a = -3, and b = -1.
A. -29
B. 29
C. -25
D. 25
E. 83
10. A coat is on sale for Rs.120 after a discount of 20 percent. Find the original price.
A. Rs. 96
B. Rs.144
C. Rs.150
D. Rs.180
E. Rs.140