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Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
'10 Downing Street' is the official abode and the office of the first Lord of the Treasury and hence the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The headquarters of Her Majesty's Government, it is situated on Downing Street in the City of Westminster, in London. Number 10 is perhaps the most famous address in the United Kingdom and one of the most widely recognised houses in the world. Almost three hundred years old, the building contains about one hundred rooms.
There is a private residence on the third floor and a kitchen in the basement. The other floors contain offices and numerous conference, reception, sitting and dining rooms where the Prime Minister works and meets with and entertains government ministers, national leaders and foreign dignitaries. There is an interior courtyard and behind, a terrace overlooking a half acre garden. Adjacent to St. James Park, Number 10 is near the Palace of Westminster, the Houses of Parliament, and the Buckingham Palace, the official London residence of the British Monarch.
Originally Number 10 consisted of three houses that were offered to Robert Walpole as he was given the office of first Lord of Treasury. There after Walpole commissioned William Kent to join the three houses together. It is this larger house that is today
known as 'Number 10 Downing Street. The arrangement was not an immediate success. Despite its size and convenient location near Parliament, only a few early Prime Ministers lived there. Costly to maintain, neglected, and run-down, Number 10 was close to being razed several times. Nevertheless, Number 10 survived and became linked with many statesmen and events in British history. In 1985, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said Number 10 had become "one of the most precious jewels in the national heritage".
How many rooms are there in '10 Downing Street'?

AThree hundred rooms
BA private residence
CAbout one hundred rooms
DNone of these

REARRANGE THE WORDS/PHRASES TO FORM MEANINGFUL SENTENCE.

her mother / going to the / Malini is / market with
       a              b             c               d

Ac b d a
Bd a c b
Cb a c d
Da c d b

The following is the layout of a 'postcard' (of one side). Fill in the blanks by choosing from the options given below :

Choose the correct option for __31__:

A Pincode
B Receiver’s address
C Contents
D Left blank

CHOOSE THE BEST OPTION TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE
The principal ________ the meeting due to being unwell.

Acalled at
Bcalled in
Ccalled out
Dcalled off

CHOOSE THE MOST SUITABLE IDIOM.
My sister always wins all the debate competitions. She surely has a ________ of the gab.

Agift
Bloan
Cpoint
Dseries

CHOOSE THE BEST OPTION TO COMPLETE EACH BLANK.
Dear Tony,
Thank you ___()___ your letter. You wanted to know about the last prize giving ceremony of our school. Today I am giving you a short ___()___ about it. It was held last Monday in our school compound. We decorated our school building very beautifully. The chief guest ___()___ just a few minutes before the starting of the programme. He was given a warm welcome. The function began at 10 a.m. with the recital of our school prayer. After reading out the report the principal called each recipient by name ___()___ the chief guest gave away the prizes. You will be very glad to know that I got two prizes. Finally the chief guest delivered his speech. He gave the students valuable advice. The function ended at 2 p.m.
With best wishes and love.
Yours ___(?)___
Sheela

Asincerely
Bsincere
Ccarefully
Dlovingly

USE THE CLUES TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD.

You go there to play in the evening -

APublic park
BSchool
CLibrary
DSchool

Mark the words for countable and uncountable nouns in the following sentences:
There are only __________ passengers on the bus.

A a little
B a few
C many
D none of these

CHOOSE THE MOST SUITABLE IDIOM.
Khushi promptly agreed to try bungee jumping. She is such a dare______.

Adevil
Bevil
Cbare
Dperson

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
Fiona walked across the kitchen to the far end where she saw a door leading to the backyard of the house. When she tried to open the door to the back she struggled because it was locked. She thought that this was strange because it had never been locked before and she had no idea where the key was. There was music playing in the background and she noticed that it was her father's favourite song about a cowboy or something; it wasn't a tune that she particularly favoured.
She chose to go and find her mother who she thought might be at the front of the house on the veranda with her uncle and aunty. It turned out that her mother was with them and that she had left the key on the table in the kitchen. Fiona went back and checked but couldn't find it. She looked around and eventually found it on the sideboard next to the fruit bowl.
When Fiona eventually got outside into the back garden it had started to rain lightly and it made the garden look like a movie set. She set up her table and got her tea and book and sat down to relax. As she did she heard a loud banging noise coming from over the wall. This was not good, and it was really vexing her and ruining her quiet time. Fiona decided to text her neighbour who was in the same year as her at school. She asked what all the noise was about and how long it would last. There was no reply to her text, so she packed up and went inside again.
Where did her mother leave the key?

AWith her uncle
BOn the table
CNext to the fruit bowl
DIn the door