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[passage-header]Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.[/passage-header]Honeybees are social insects that live in large families in hives or honey combs. There are three sections in them. In each section, families of different forms or castes live. They are: queens, drones and worker bees. Thus a bee colony has one queen, hundreds of drones and more than one lakh workers.

[passage-header]Read the following extract and answer the question given below.[/passage-header]After a while Mrs. Dalal turned on the electric blender. Mr. Dalal switched on the TV to listen to the news. At the same time their neighbour's son Kishan started his bike and raised it several times to warm it up. A motorcar passed by continuously blowing the horn. "What a noise!", the boys grumbled and turned their C.D. player still higher.

[passage-header]Read the following extract and answer the question by selecting the most appropriate option.[/passage-header]All living organisms have a biological clock. Animals and plants are all in rhythm with the natural divisions of time: day, night and seasons. At sunrise, plants open their leaves and begin producing food.

[passage-header]Read the following extract and answer the question by selecting the most appropriate option.[/passage-header]Just before the noon of 24th of December 1971, our plane took off from Lima. I was sitting near a window, enjoying the most beautiful view of snow-covered Andes. It was a clean, bright day. Everyone was enjoying breakfast and coffee. Now we were over a jungle, flying at the height of 3000 metres. Suddenly our plane entered a huge cloud. I could not see anything for a while.

[passage-header]Read the following extract and answer the question by selecting the most appropriate option.[/passage-header]Just before the noon of 24th of December 1971, our plane took off from Lima. I was sitting near a window, enjoying the most beautiful view of snow-covered Andes. It was a clean, bright day. Everyone was enjoying breakfast and coffee. Now we were over a jungle, flying at the height of 3000 metres. Suddenly our plane entered a huge cloud. I could not see anything for a while.

[passage-header]Read the following passage and answer the question by selecting the most appropriate option. [/passage-header]Mr. Jones was very fond of climbing mountains, so one year he wanted to go to Switzerland for his holidays. He was climbing a peak with his guide. "Be careful here," the guide said. "This is a dangerous place. You can easily fall, and if you do, you will fall straight down a long way." But he continued calmly. "If you do fall here, don't forget to look to the right while you are going down. There is a quite extraordinary beautiful view there, much more beautiful than the one you can see from here."

[passage-header]Read the following extract and answer the question that follows.[/passage-header]Abbot : No, Your Majesty. I don't. I'm a humble servant of God.
King : I don't believe you. You can't be so rich. And besides, you shouldn't be so rich. You're a priest. A priest should be learned and wise not rich. Are you a learned and wise man?

[passage-header]Read the following passage and answer the question by selecting the most appropriate option.[/passage-header]In the middle of the last century, areas on the boundary of Maharashtra were full of thieves and dacoits. They used to raid the villages, terrify people and take away valuables. The police could not protect the people. The villagers had to do something to save themselves.
One such dacoit was Makhkhan Singh. He was dangerous and had a strong gang. He had now become very bold. He sent warnings in advance to the people about his raid. If anyone tried to play a trick, they were severely punished by him. The villagers tried to resist the dacoits but they failed.

[passage-header]Read the following passage and answer the question by selecting the most appropriate option.[/passage-header]Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and highest continent in the world. It lies at the bottom of the world, surrounding the South Pole. The name Antarctica means opposite to the Arctic referring to the Arctic circle on the other side of the world. The coldest temperature recorded in Antarctica is -89.2 degrees celsius. A sheet of ice covers the entire continent. At its thickest point, the ice is almost 5 kilometres deep. The continent contains most of the world's ice and much of the world's fresh water.

[passage-header]Read the passage carefully and choose the most suitable option for the given question.[/passage-header]I am capable. I can take care of myself. I don't need someone else to take care of my problems. I can think for myself and take my own decisions. I don't have to depend on someday else to take decisions on my behalf.