Symbiosis International University 2008 SNAP - Question Paper

d. though India is smaller than the US its cars reason more pollution
9. In saying 23 square metres of parking space costs 40 lakhs, the author is _____
a. caustic
b. exaggerating
c. sarcastic
d. ironical

10. The author blames India for
a. subsidizing kerosene whereby greenhouse emissions are indirectly subsidized
b. subsidizing diesel
c. for increasing the cost of parking by the hour
d. for not making it mandatory for car owners to own parking space
11. The most suitable title for this passage is
a. Polluting Politics
b. No No Nano
c. Submerge Subsidies
d. More Cars, Less Pollution
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12. The plural of Virus is
a. Viruses
b. Virae
c. Virii
d. Virus

13. If the subsequent segments of a sentence are to be rearranged in logical order as A, B, C, D where would =3‘ be placed
1) to see that students do not altogether forget to write especially during examination time
2) the education groups are now asking for hand writing classes
3) thanks to mobile testing and computer literacy
4) writing in long hand is becoming a vanishing art
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

14. If leaf is to leaves and knife is to knives, then belief is to --------
a. beliefs
b. believes
c. belief
d. believing

15. select the sentence where the underlined word is used correctly.
a. This recent novel is a pedestrian story about spies.
b. The examination paper is not pedestrian but difficult.
c. This is the pedestrian highway.
d. Every week we are forced to listen to a pedestrian lecture.

16. When the fire alarm rang _______ left the building immediately
a. all
b. everyone
c. all the people
d. every person

17. In the subsequent sentence select the erroneous segment/s
A B C He is 1 of those people / who thinks / he owns the world
a. fault in segment A
b. fault in segment B
c. fault in segment A & C
d. fault in segment B & C
18. select the accurate meaning for the word: cynic-
a. the person who is selfish
b. the person who is concerned about others

Earning:   Approval pending.