Reconstruction of Sentences-Test 1

When you

(P) which one is closest in meaning

(Q) read the four sentences in your text book and decide.

(R) to the statement you have heard

(S) hear a statement

(1) Thick glass may

(P) which are available

(Q) of the home bottle-cuttlers

(R) in many large stores, but any fine

(S) be cut with one

(6) glass requires personal attention.

(1) There is a fashion now-a-days

(P) as an evil

(Q) who is born with a silver spoon

(R) to bewail poverty

(S) and to pity the youngman

(6) in his mouth.

A typical Prakash Padukone day

(P) or even a game of tennis

(Q) starts off

(R) on some days

(S) with an early morning.

(1) Long, long, time ago

(P) who lived with his virtuous wife

(Q) in a country called Chinchinchon

(R) there ruled a noble king

(S) and seven daughters.

(6) pretty, graceful and well-versed in fine arts.

(1) Those who

(P) expect others

(Q) cannot treat

(R) Should not

(S) others well

(6) to treat them well.

Alexander,

(P) was a disciple of Aristotle,

(Q) who was a great conqueror.

(R) whom the world acknowledge as the greatest philosopher

(S) the world has ever known

(1) When I reached my office

(P) to get home early

(Q) I phoned my mother

(R) that I wouldn’t be able

(S) to tell her

(6) as I had promised.

(1) The department has initiated steps

(P) from the corporate sector

(Q) to evolve appropriate schemes

(R) and financial institutions for

(S) for mobilising investment

(6) the development of wastelands.

Jawaharlal Nehru

(P) under the Cabinet Mission Scheme

(Q) was the first to articulate

(R) long before such an assembly was set up

(S) the idea of a Constituent Assembly

I read an advertisement that said

(P) posh, airconditioned

(Q) gentlemen of taste

(R) are available for

(S) fully furnished rooms

(1) Nationalism in its extreme form

(P) that nations are not able to understand one another rightly

(Q) and good will, which are essential

(R) creates false notions with the result

(S) it stands in the way of mutual understanding

(6) for international peace and security.

As a youth

(P) extravagant clothes and adopting

(Q) he was a dandy

(R) melodramatic Byronic poses

(S) who delighted in wearing

(1) The man

(P) to be changed

(Q) who resolves

(R) by the first counter suggestion of a friend

(S) but suffers his resolution

(6) can never accomplish anything great or useful.

In the modern times

(P) certainly

(Q) hijackings are

(R) experienced by the air personnel

(S) the most cruel form of horror

They tell us

(P) in some places

(Q) there must have been

(R) that when the great glaciers of the Ice Age melted

(S) vast steppes or wide treeless plains

(P) after travelling in other countries,

(Q) he should not forget

(R) all about the countries he has travelled

(S) when a man returns home

The Indian woman wants

(P) in a male dominated society

(Q) as an equal partner

(R) and it is not too much to demand

(S) her rightful place

The national unity of a free people

(P) to make it impracticable

(Q) for there to be an arbitrary administration

(R) depends upon a sufficiently even balance of political power

(S) against a revolutionary opposition that is irreconcilably opposed to it

(1) Variety, they say, is the spice of life,

(P) decided to take this adage to heart and

(Q) pieces of garlic

(R) serve sambar garnished with a few

(S) but a certain reputed hotel

(6) in its ‘vegetarian food only’ restaurant.

I was

(P) and stay for a few days in Delhi

(Q) when my father told me

(R) very excited

(S) that I could go with him

(1) They’re mostly people

(P) and they find the club very convenient,

(Q) to get a reasonable meal

(R) who work in the neighbourhood,

(S) because it enables them

(6) without too much trouble

The invasion of India

(P) is more interesting than any other episode of early Indian history

(Q) to most European readers

(R) by Alexander the Great of macedonia

(S) which occurred during the rule of the Nandas

(1) I have not come

(P) even if it means some humiliation

(Q) but the boy must learn

(R) to complain, he said,

(S) to be honest

(6) and admit he broke our window pane.

(1) If you are serious about

(P) vocabulary building not a hobby,

(Q) you will have to make

(R) an absorbing interest,

(S) increasing your vocabulary,

(6) or even an obsession.