Reconstruction of Sentences-Test 8

1. Philip has not been to this part of the library before.

P. The shelves were filled with thick volumes : dictionaries in many languages encyclopedias, atlases, biographics and other works of reference.

Q. The books in this section were on a high shelf out of his reach, so he had to fetch a small ladder in order to get one down.

R. He walked around the room almost on tiptoe, afraid of disturbing the industrious readers with his high shoes.

S. He found nothing that was likely to interest him, until he came to a small section on photography, which was one of his hobbies.

6. Unfortunately, as he was climbing down the ladder, the book he had chosen slipped from his grasp and fell on the floor with a loud crash.

1. They were afraid of rats.

P. Any grain the people kept in store was eaten up.

Q. The people found rats even in their shoes and hats and pockets

R. There were hundreds and hundreds of rats in every house

S. Every morning they found their flour, bread and cheese eaten up.

6. When it was time for the children to be put to bed, mothers found rats lying in comfort in beds and cradles.

1. Newton had a little dog named ‘Diamond’.

P. One day he was working on some problem and after a while he went out of his room.

Q. A heap of written papers, containing the labours of twenty years, lay on the table.

R. The little dog was asleep in the room near the fire.

S. In the absence of Newton, little Diamond rose up, jumped on the table and knocked down the lighted candle.

6. The papers immediately caught fire and were burnt to ashes.

1. Newton had a little dog named ‘Diamond’.

P. One day he was working on some problem and after a while he went out of his room.

Q. A heap of written papers, containing the labours of twenty years, lay on the table.

R. The little dog was asleep in the room near the fire.

S. In the absence of Newton, little Diamond rose up, jumped on the table and knocked down the lighted candle.

6. The papers immediately caught fire and were burnt to ashes.

1. Newton had a little dog named ‘Diamond’.

P. One day he was working on some problem and after a while he went out of his room.

Q. A heap of written papers, containing the labours of twenty years, lay on the table.

R. The little dog was asleep in the room near the fire.

S. In the absence of Newton, little Diamond rose up, jumped on the table and knocked down the lighted candle.

6. The papers immediately caught fire and were burnt to ashes.

1. The Ganga is a holy river to the Hindus.

P. Every Hindu wishes to die on the bank of holy Ganga, so that he may reach heaven.

Q. It comes from the Gangotri mountains in the Himalayas.

R. It is one of the biggest rivers in India.

S. The Hindus call the Ganga ‘Mother Ganga’

6. At Hardwar, it leaves the mountains and enters the plains.

1. The Ganga is a holy river to the Hindus.

P. Every Hindu wishes to die on the bank of holy Ganga, so that he may reach heaven.

Q. It comes from the Gangotri mountains in the Himalayas.

R. It is one of the biggest rivers in India.

S. The Hindus call the Ganga ‘Mother Ganga’

6. At Hardwar, it leaves the mountains and enters the plains.

1. The Ganga is a holy river to the Hindus.

P. Every Hindu wishes to die on the bank of holy Ganga, so that he may reach heaven.

Q. It comes from the Gangotri mountains in the Himalayas.

R. It is one of the biggest rivers in India.

S. The Hindus call the Ganga ‘Mother Ganga’

6. At Hardwar, it leaves the mountains and enters the plains.

1. Unluckily, Denys had climbed a dead tree.

P. Sitting at the very top of the tree, Denys looked at the bear.

Q. In a few minutes its jaws would close on him.

R. It had no branches and there were no trees nearby.

S. He looked at death approaching him slowly, but surely.

6. But he decided to meet it like a man.

1. Unluckily, Denys had climbed a dead tree.

P. Sitting at the very top of the tree, Denys looked at the bear.

Q. In a few minutes its jaws would close on him.

R. It had no branches and there were no trees nearby.

S. He looked at death approaching him slowly, but surely.

6. But he decided to meet it like a man.

1. Unluckily, Denys had climbed a dead tree.

P. Sitting at the very top of the tree, Denys looked at the bear.

Q. In a few minutes its jaws would close on him.

R. It had no branches and there were no trees nearby.

S. He looked at death approaching him slowly, but surely.

6. But he decided to meet it like a man.

1. Tom sawyer was very naughty.

P. But he could not resist the temptation

Q. He had been told not to touch the sweets in his aunt’s cupboard.

R. He went to the cupboard and opened it.

S. As he was taking a sweet his aunt Polly came into the room.

6. She had just raised her stick to beat him when Tom said, “Look behind you, Aunt.”

1. Long, long ago, in a big forest, there were many trees.

P. One day late in the evening, the pine tree saw a little girl approaching him.

Q. He could easily gaze over the heads of the other trees.

R. He was so tall that he could talk to the stars in the sky.

S. Among the cluster of trees, there was a very tall pine tree.

6. He could see her only because of his height.

1. Gandhiji was first class nurse to the sick.

P. In the Ashram at Sabarmati all sick persons came directly under his eye and care.

Q. Where he picked up nursing was a mystery.

R. As in many other things, he learned it the hard way of experience.

S. He certainly did not pass through a nursing school.

6. Doctors were, of course, consulted, but the care of the sick Gandhiji arranged in person.

1. Some months ago, the children of Japan wrote to me and asked me to send them an elephant.

P. When it reached Tokyo, thousands of children came to see it.

Q. It travelled all the way by sea to Japan.

R. This elephant came from Mysore.

S. I sent them a beautiful elephant on behalf of the children of India.

6. Many of them had never seen an elephant.

1. Even today in many countries

P. neglected and there are far

Q. women continue to be

R. who have had the benefit of

S. fewer women than men

6. education and vocational, training.

1.Knowledge is like

P. drop into it

Q. that you

R. and your mind is the little bucket

S. A deepwell, fed by perennial springs

6. as you can assimilate.

1. Inspite of the immense hope

P. failed to develop men of

Q. we placed in it, our civilization has

R. who are capable of leading us

S. intelligence and culture

6. away from the dangerous road we are now treading.

1. Science improves our living conditions, but

P. rejecting or accepting anything, provided

Q. and not be afraid of

R. teach us to think straight

S. it should also

6. there are sufficient reasons for doing so.

1. In ancient times the

P. enjoying many comforts

Q. of the population which did

R. most of the work without

S. vast majority

6. had scarcely any political power

1. The Minister of the State for power

P. laying emphasis

Q. in conservation of electricity in industries

R. has written to higher counterparts in the State Governments

S. on bringing about improvement

6. by introduction of energy efficient equipment

1. The move to revert to six day week

P. among the employees

Q. while their leaders represented to the Chief Minister

R. that they be taken into confidence

S. led to animated discussion

6. before any decision was taken.

1. The old idea in Europe

P. as in other religious

Q. as elsewhere, in Christianity

R. were the common and

S. was that sin and unhappiness

6. inevitable lot of man

Chile’s military ruler Augusto Pinocher has accepted

P. in reducing the time

Q. with opponents

R. but ruled out any negotiations

S. defeat in a presidential plebiscite

6. he can remain in office

1. At last seven persons were killed

P. many of them seriously,

Q. an an unspecified number injured,

R. bound for Madras jumped rail shortly after the

S. When the rear bogie of the Brindavan Express

6. train had left the Cantonment station here this afternoon.