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    S1: Palaeobotany is the study of fossil plants preserved in rocks dating back in millions of years.
    P : Records of the history of the world are contained in fossils.
    Q : Through the ages, plants have evolved from simple to more complex forms.
    R : First there were water plants then land plants appeared during the Paleozoic era.
    S : But since the fossil remains appear locked in rock layers, they are closely related to the geologist area of investigation.
    S6: The fossil plants indicate the age of the rock, and also point to facts regarding climate, temperature and topography.

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    S1: On vacation in Tangier, Morocco, my friend and I sat down at a street cafe.
    P : At one point, he bent over with a big smile, showing me, a single gold tooth and a dingy fez.
    Q : soon I felt the presence of someone standing alongside me.
    R : But this one wouldn't budge.
    S : We had been cautioned about beggars and were told to ignore them.
    S6: Finally a man walked over to me and whispered, "Hey buddy this guy is your waiter and he wants your order".

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    S1: And then Gandhi came.
    P : Get off the backs of these peasants and workers, he told us, all you who live by their exploitation.
    Q : He was like a powerful current of fresh air, like a beam of light, like a whirlwind that upset many things.
    R : He spoke their language and constantly dre their attention to their appalling conditions.
    S : He didn't descent from the top, he seemed to emerge from the masses of India.
    S6: Political freedom took new shape and then acquired a new content.

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    S1: Biological evolution has not fitted man to any specific environment.
    P : It is by no means a biological evolution, but it is a cultural one.
    Q : His imagination, his reason, his emotional subtlety and toughness, makes it possible for him not to accept the environment but to change.
    R : And that series of inventions by which man from age by age has reshaped his environment is a different kind of evolution.
    S : Among the multitude of animals which scamper, burrow swim around us he is in the only one who is not locked in to his environment.
    S6: That brilliant sequence of cultural peaks can most appropriately be termed the ascent of man.

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    S1: The dictionary is the best friend of you task.
    P : That may not be possible always.
    Q : It is wise to look it up immediately.
    R : Then it must be firmly written on the memory and traced at the first opportunity.
    S : Never allow a strange word to pass unchallenged.
    S6: soon you will realize that this is an exciting task.

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    S1: The Bhagavadgita recognises the nature of man and the needs of man.
    P : All these three aspects constitute the nature of man.
    Q : It shows how the human being is rational one, an ethical one and a spiritual one.
    R : More than all, it must be a spiritual experience.
    S : Nothing can give him fulfilment unless it satisfies his reason, his ethical conscience.
    S6: A man whom does not harmonise them, is not truly human.

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    S1: I usually sleep quite well in the train, but this time I slept only a little.
    P : Most people wanted it shut and I wanted it open.
    Q : As usual, I got angry about the window.
    R : The quarrel left me completely upset.
    S : There were too many people too much huge luggage all around.
    S6: It was shut all night, as usual.

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    S1: In 1934, William Golding published a small volume of poems.
    P : During the World War II(1939-45) he joined the Royal Navy and was present at the sinking of the Bismarck.
    Q : He returned to teaching in 1945 and gave it up in 1962, and is now a full time writer.
    R : In 1939, he married and started teaching at Vishop Wordsworth school in Salisbury.
    S : At first his novels were not accepted.
    S6: But the Lord of the files which came out in 1954 was welcomed as "a most absorbing and instructive tale".

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    S1: The future beckons to us.
    P : In fact we have hard work ahead.
    Q : Where do we go and what shall be our endeavour?
    R : We shall also have to fight and end poverty, ignorance and disease.
    S : It will be to bring freedom and oppurtunity to the common man.
    S6: There is no resting for any one of us till we redeem our pledge in full.

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    S1: Most of the universities in the country are now facing financial crisis.
    P : Cost benefit yardstick thus should not be applied in the case of universities.
    Q : The current state of affairs cannot be allowed to continue for long.
    R : Universities cannot be equated with commercial enterprises.
    S : Proper development of universities and colleges must be ensured.
    S6: The Government should realise this before it is too late.

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    S1: While talking to a group, one should feel self-confident and courageous.
    P : Nor is it a gift bestowed by providence on only a few.
    Q : One should also learn how to think calmly and clearly.
    R : It is like the ability to play golf.
    S : It is not as difficult as most men imagine.
    S6: Any man can develop his capacity if he has the desire to do so.

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    S1: A ceiling on urban property.
    P : No mill-owner could own factories or mills or plants.
    Q : And mass circulation papers.
    R : Would mean that.
    S : No press magnate could own printing presses.
    S6: since their value would exceed the ceiling fixed by the government.

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    S1: The art of growing old is one which the passage of time has forced upon my attention.
    P : One of these is undue absorption in the past.
    Q : One's thought must be directed to the future and to things about which there is something to be done.
    R : Psychologically, there are two dangers to be guarded against in old age.
    S : It does not do to live in memories, in regrets for the good old days, or in sadness about friend who are dead.
    S6: This is not always easy one's own past is gradually increasing weight.

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    S1: I keep on flapping my big ears all day.
    P : They also fear that I will flip them all away.
    Q : But children wonder why I flap them so.
    R : I flap them so to make sure they are safely there on either side of my head.
    S : But I know what I am doing.
    S6: Am I not a smart, intelligent elephant?

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    S1: Once King Shantnu met a young and beautiful fisher girl.
    P : He went to the fisherman and asked him for her asked him for her hand in marriage.
    Q : The King was extremely sad and returned to his palace.
    R : He fell in love with the fisher girl.
    S : The fisherman agreed to it condition that the son of his daughter should be heir to the throne of Hastinapur.
    S6: Devavrata, the King's son, asked him the reason of his sadness.

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