Sushovan Pal

  Section I: MCQs (questions with answers) Iron and steel industry and petroleum industry are the ______ industries. (a) Tertiary (b) Ancillary (c) Basic (d) Secondary Answer: c) Basic Assertion (A): Jute mills are concentrated in the Hooghly region. Reason (R): Industries in India developed near the sources of raw material. Answer: (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. Assertion (A): Industrial units are located at places where water is easily available. Reason (R): All industries depend heavily on the availability of fresh water. Answer: (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. ______ are the industries which provide public utility based services. (a) Basic Industries (b) Cooperative Industries (c) Ancillary Industries (d) Tertiary Industries Answer: d) Tertiary Industries Railways, Banking, Post and Telegraph industries are ______ industries....

  1. My father was a medical professional.  (Frame a Wh-question to get the underline part as an answer) 2. My father was a medical professional.  (Add a question tag) 3. My father was a medical professional.  (Frame a Wh-question to get the underline part as an answer) 4. They had all become a part and parcel of our existence.  (Identify the tense) 5. They had all become a part and parcel of our existence.  (Rewrite using ‘Simple Past Tense’) 6. Our house was in a corner of the campus.  ( Choose the correct question tag) i. was it?   ii. wasn’t he?  iii. wasn’t it? 7. The officer’s club was adjacent to the boundary wall of our garden.  (Frame a Wh-question to get the underline part as an answer) 8. The magnificent trees constantly attracted squirrels.  (Begin the sentence with ‘Squirrels…….’/Change the voice) 9. The holidays provided an opportunity for me.  (Rewrite using ‘Present Perfect Cont...

The Scholarship Jacket 1 The small Texas school that I attended carried out a tradition every year during the eighth grade graduation—a beautiful gold and green jacket, the school colors, was awarded to the class valedictorian. The scholarship jacket had a big gold S on the left front side and the winner's name was written in gold letters on the pocket. 2 My oldest sister, Rosie, had won the jacket a few years ago and I fully expected to win it as well. I was fourteen and in the eighth grade. I had been a straight A student since the first grade, and for the last year, I had looked forward to owning that jacket. My father was a farm labourer who didn't earn enough money to feed eight children, so when I was six, I was sent to live with my grandparents. All the children in our family couldn't participate in sports in school because there were registration fees, uniform costs and trips out of town—so there would never be a school sports jacket for us. This one, the scholarshi...