English Test - 15

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

As the rains receded, I got a strange job. Our neighbour, a rich merchant decided to become a politician. His major handicap was that he was illiterate and he asked me for the job of accompanying him on trips into interior villages to read and write for him at wages of Rs. 600 a month. I made several trips with Lala Munshiram, as he was called, to the outskirts of the village, sleeping under trees, eating stomach-full meals for once in my life.

In the village, I was astonished at the ignorance and poverty of the children I met. I looked learned and rich against their ignorance and poverty. At night, seated on a bench, I would write down the point dictated to me by Lala Munshiram and then read to him so that they would be fixed in his brain. Many labourers would come to listen to his speeches, which promised them prosperity.

Our trips were tiresome. Travelling by bus, bullock cart, rickshaw, or on foot, we went from house to house and from village to village. I became a machine, recording names and addresses of his supporters, and the listening seemed to be endless. My job seemed to be monotonous - doing the same job, seeing the same people, houses and farms. To a huge crowd, he would talk like a sermon, spitting on the floor to mark off his paragraphs, clapping occasionally and thumping his feet to punctuate his sentences, all of which captivated the simple villagers, who in return shouted slogans promising him their support.

I returned home in the third month of the year with a pocketful of money that vanished into the bottomless pit of needs of the household. My mother was proud, even Aunt Sarala became friendly, grandmother thought I performed a miracle and my mischievous qualities had, by now evaporated. But little did they know that Lala Munshiram had lost the election, I had lost my job and my status had reverted to the earlier one of being a wayward boy.

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

As the rains receded, I got a strange job. Our neighbour, a rich merchant decided to become a politician. His major handicap was that he was illiterate and he asked me for the job of accompanying him on trips into interior villages to read and write for him at wages of Rs. 600 a month. I made several trips with Lala Munshiram, as he was called, to the outskirts of the village, sleeping under trees, eating stomach-full meals for once in my life.

In the village, I was astonished at the ignorance and poverty of the children I met. I looked learned and rich against their ignorance and poverty. At night, seated on a bench, I would write down the point dictated to me by Lala Munshiram and then read to him so that they would be fixed in his brain. Many labourers would come to listen to his speeches, which promised them prosperity.

Our trips were tiresome. Travelling by bus, bullock cart, rickshaw, or on foot, we went from house to house and from village to village. I became a machine, recording names and addresses of his supporters, and the listening seemed to be endless. My job seemed to be monotonous - doing the same job, seeing the same people, houses and farms. To a huge crowd, he would talk like a sermon, spitting on the floor to mark off his paragraphs, clapping occasionally and thumping his feet to punctuate his sentences, all of which captivated the simple villagers, who in return shouted slogans promising him their support.

I returned home in the third month of the year with a pocketful of money that vanished into the bottomless pit of needs of the household. My mother was proud, even Aunt Sarala became friendly, grandmother thought I performed a miracle and my mischievous qualities had, by now evaporated. But little did they know that Lala Munshiram had lost the election, I had lost my job and my status had reverted to the earlier one of being a wayward boy.

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

As the rains receded, I got a strange job. Our neighbour, a rich merchant decided to become a politician. His major handicap was that he was illiterate and he asked me for the job of accompanying him on trips into interior villages to read and write for him at wages of Rs. 600 a month. I made several trips with Lala Munshiram, as he was called, to the outskirts of the village, sleeping under trees, eating stomach-full meals for once in my life.

In the village, I was astonished at the ignorance and poverty of the children I met. I looked learned and rich against their ignorance and poverty. At night, seated on a bench, I would write down the point dictated to me by Lala Munshiram and then read to him so that they would be fixed in his brain. Many labourers would come to listen to his speeches, which promised them prosperity.

Our trips were tiresome. Travelling by bus, bullock cart, rickshaw, or on foot, we went from house to house and from village to village. I became a machine, recording names and addresses of his supporters, and the listening seemed to be endless. My job seemed to be monotonous - doing the same job, seeing the same people, houses and farms. To a huge crowd, he would talk like a sermon, spitting on the floor to mark off his paragraphs, clapping occasionally and thumping his feet to punctuate his sentences, all of which captivated the simple villagers, who in return shouted slogans promising him their support.

I returned home in the third month of the year with a pocketful of money that vanished into the bottomless pit of needs of the household. My mother was proud, even Aunt Sarala became friendly, grandmother thought I performed a miracle and my mischievous qualities had, by now evaporated. But little did they know that Lala Munshiram had lost the election, I had lost my job and my status had reverted to the earlier one of being a wayward boy.

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

As the rains receded, I got a strange job. Our neighbour, a rich merchant decided to become a politician. His major handicap was that he was illiterate and he asked me for the job of accompanying him on trips into interior villages to read and write for him at wages of Rs. 600 a month. I made several trips with Lala Munshiram, as he was called, to the outskirts of the village, sleeping under trees, eating stomach-full meals for once in my life.

In the village, I was astonished at the ignorance and poverty of the children I met. I looked learned and rich against their ignorance and poverty. At night, seated on a bench, I would write down the point dictated to me by Lala Munshiram and then read to him so that they would be fixed in his brain. Many labourers would come to listen to his speeches, which promised them prosperity.

Our trips were tiresome. Travelling by bus, bullock cart, rickshaw, or on foot, we went from house to house and from village to village. I became a machine, recording names and addresses of his supporters, and the listening seemed to be endless. My job seemed to be monotonous - doing the same job, seeing the same people, houses and farms. To a huge crowd, he would talk like a sermon, spitting on the floor to mark off his paragraphs, clapping occasionally and thumping his feet to punctuate his sentences, all of which captivated the simple villagers, who in return shouted slogans promising him their support.

I returned home in the third month of the year with a pocketful of money that vanished into the bottomless pit of needs of the household. My mother was proud, even Aunt Sarala became friendly, grandmother thought I performed a miracle and my mischievous qualities had, by now evaporated. But little did they know that Lala Munshiram had lost the election, I had lost my job and my status had reverted to the earlier one of being a wayward boy.

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

As the rains receded, I got a strange job. Our neighbour, a rich merchant decided to become a politician. His major handicap was that he was illiterate and he asked me for the job of accompanying him on trips into interior villages to read and write for him at wages of Rs. 600 a month. I made several trips with Lala Munshiram, as he was called, to the outskirts of the village, sleeping under trees, eating stomach-full meals for once in my life.

In the village, I was astonished at the ignorance and poverty of the children I met. I looked learned and rich against their ignorance and poverty. At night, seated on a bench, I would write down the point dictated to me by Lala Munshiram and then read to him so that they would be fixed in his brain. Many labourers would come to listen to his speeches, which promised them prosperity.

Our trips were tiresome. Travelling by bus, bullock cart, rickshaw, or on foot, we went from house to house and from village to village. I became a machine, recording names and addresses of his supporters, and the listening seemed to be endless. My job seemed to be monotonous - doing the same job, seeing the same people, houses and farms. To a huge crowd, he would talk like a sermon, spitting on the floor to mark off his paragraphs, clapping occasionally and thumping his feet to punctuate his sentences, all of which captivated the simple villagers, who in return shouted slogans promising him their support.

I returned home in the third month of the year with a pocketful of money that vanished into the bottomless pit of needs of the household. My mother was proud, even Aunt Sarala became friendly, grandmother thought I performed a miracle and my mischievous qualities had, by now evaporated. But little did they know that Lala Munshiram had lost the election, I had lost my job and my status had reverted to the earlier one of being a wayward boy.

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.

Panchen Lama was just six years old when he was allegedly abducted by the Chinese government on 17 May 1995, along with his family members, after he was recognised by the Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama. On the 25th anniversary of his disappearance, the Tibetan government-in-exile on Sunday demanded China to release the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, considered to be a reincarnation of Bodhisattva Amitabha.

In a statement issued here, the President of the exiled government, Lobsang Sangay, said China’s abduction of the Panchen Lama and forcible denial of his religious identity and the right to practice in his monastery is not only a violation of religious freedom but also a gross violation of human rights. After orchestrating the disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama, Sangay alleged that China, a self-declared atheist government and infamous for its persecution of religious groups, placed a young boy, Gyaltsen Norbu, as their own 11th Panchen Lama.

“This politically-motivated action failed, however, to displace the position of the true Panchen Lama from the hearts and minds of the Tibetan people. For Tibetans and Buddhists around the world, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima will always be the true Panchen Lama,” he added. Today marks the 25th anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama’s disappearance, said Sangay, adding that 25 years is a significant time in an individual’s life. He said the communist government must honour its claim of ethnic harmony in China by fulfilling the aspirations of the Tibetan people. “It must right the wrong and release the 11th Panchen Lama along with his family, Chadrel Rinpoche, and all Tibetans unjustly imprisoned,” he said while appealing to the international community to make a concerted effort to press China to release Nyima and resolve the critical human rights situation in Tibet.

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.

Panchen Lama was just six years old when he was allegedly abducted by the Chinese government on 17 May 1995, along with his family members, after he was recognised by the Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama. On the 25th anniversary of his disappearance, the Tibetan government-in-exile on Sunday demanded China to release the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, considered to be a reincarnation of Bodhisattva Amitabha.

In a statement issued here, the President of the exiled government, Lobsang Sangay, said China’s abduction of the Panchen Lama and forcible denial of his religious identity and the right to practice in his monastery is not only a violation of religious freedom but also a gross violation of human rights. After orchestrating the disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama, Sangay alleged that China, a self-declared atheist government and infamous for its persecution of religious groups, placed a young boy, Gyaltsen Norbu, as their own 11th Panchen Lama.

“This politically-motivated action failed, however, to displace the position of the true Panchen Lama from the hearts and minds of the Tibetan people. For Tibetans and Buddhists around the world, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima will always be the true Panchen Lama,” he added. Today marks the 25th anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama’s disappearance, said Sangay, adding that 25 years is a significant time in an individual’s life. He said the communist government must honour its claim of ethnic harmony in China by fulfilling the aspirations of the Tibetan people. “It must right the wrong and release the 11th Panchen Lama along with his family, Chadrel Rinpoche, and all Tibetans unjustly imprisoned,” he said while appealing to the international community to make a concerted effort to press China to release Nyima and resolve the critical human rights situation in Tibet.

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.

Panchen Lama was just six years old when he was allegedly abducted by the Chinese government on 17 May 1995, along with his family members, after he was recognised by the Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama. On the 25th anniversary of his disappearance, the Tibetan government-in-exile on Sunday demanded China to release the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, considered to be a reincarnation of Bodhisattva Amitabha.

In a statement issued here, the President of the exiled government, Lobsang Sangay, said China’s abduction of the Panchen Lama and forcible denial of his religious identity and the right to practice in his monastery is not only a violation of religious freedom but also a gross violation of human rights. After orchestrating the disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama, Sangay alleged that China, a self-declared atheist government and infamous for its persecution of religious groups, placed a young boy, Gyaltsen Norbu, as their own 11th Panchen Lama.

“This politically-motivated action failed, however, to displace the position of the true Panchen Lama from the hearts and minds of the Tibetan people. For Tibetans and Buddhists around the world, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima will always be the true Panchen Lama,” he added. Today marks the 25th anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama’s disappearance, said Sangay, adding that 25 years is a significant time in an individual’s life. He said the communist government must honour its claim of ethnic harmony in China by fulfilling the aspirations of the Tibetan people. “It must right the wrong and release the 11th Panchen Lama along with his family, Chadrel Rinpoche, and all Tibetans unjustly imprisoned,” he said while appealing to the international community to make a concerted effort to press China to release Nyima and resolve the critical human rights situation in Tibet.

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.

Panchen Lama was just six years old when he was allegedly abducted by the Chinese government on 17 May 1995, along with his family members, after he was recognised by the Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama. On the 25th anniversary of his disappearance, the Tibetan government-in-exile on Sunday demanded China to release the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, considered to be a reincarnation of Bodhisattva Amitabha.

In a statement issued here, the President of the exiled government, Lobsang Sangay, said China’s abduction of the Panchen Lama and forcible denial of his religious identity and the right to practice in his monastery is not only a violation of religious freedom but also a gross violation of human rights. After orchestrating the disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama, Sangay alleged that China, a self-declared atheist government and infamous for its persecution of religious groups, placed a young boy, Gyaltsen Norbu, as their own 11th Panchen Lama.

“This politically-motivated action failed, however, to displace the position of the true Panchen Lama from the hearts and minds of the Tibetan people. For Tibetans and Buddhists around the world, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima will always be the true Panchen Lama,” he added. Today marks the 25th anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama’s disappearance, said Sangay, adding that 25 years is a significant time in an individual’s life. He said the communist government must honour its claim of ethnic harmony in China by fulfilling the aspirations of the Tibetan people. “It must right the wrong and release the 11th Panchen Lama along with his family, Chadrel Rinpoche, and all Tibetans unjustly imprisoned,” he said while appealing to the international community to make a concerted effort to press China to release Nyima and resolve the critical human rights situation in Tibet.

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.

Panchen Lama was just six years old when he was allegedly abducted by the Chinese government on 17 May 1995, along with his family members, after he was recognised by the Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama. On the 25th anniversary of his disappearance, the Tibetan government-in-exile on Sunday demanded China to release the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, considered to be a reincarnation of Bodhisattva Amitabha.

In a statement issued here, the President of the exiled government, Lobsang Sangay, said China’s abduction of the Panchen Lama and forcible denial of his religious identity and the right to practice in his monastery is not only a violation of religious freedom but also a gross violation of human rights. After orchestrating the disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama, Sangay alleged that China, a self-declared atheist government and infamous for its persecution of religious groups, placed a young boy, Gyaltsen Norbu, as their own 11th Panchen Lama.

“This politically-motivated action failed, however, to displace the position of the true Panchen Lama from the hearts and minds of the Tibetan people. For Tibetans and Buddhists around the world, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima will always be the true Panchen Lama,” he added. Today marks the 25th anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama’s disappearance, said Sangay, adding that 25 years is a significant time in an individual’s life. He said the communist government must honour its claim of ethnic harmony in China by fulfilling the aspirations of the Tibetan people. “It must right the wrong and release the 11th Panchen Lama along with his family, Chadrel Rinpoche, and all Tibetans unjustly imprisoned,” he said while appealing to the international community to make a concerted effort to press China to release Nyima and resolve the critical human rights situation in Tibet.