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Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
We all think mice are a bit of a pest, but they are much more developed than we thought before. They communicate in ways that have shocked scientists and seem to have brain power that is making people reconsider their treatment of them. A recent study of mice offers new insights into the brain's workings.
The remarkable songs of these mice calling each other are very similar to our human conversations. There seem to be similar brain control clusters in these tiny mammals to brain control systems in humans that are responsible for language.
The study revealed that while one brain system directs the patterns of notes that make up songs, the other brain system controls duets with another mouse, according to Michael Long, a neuroscientist at New York University's School of Medicine. This was a real surprise for them.
The mice call each other with repeating calls. Their duets are to attract mates and stake out territory. Two male singing mice create a rapid-fire duet. Once an animal calls, it's like a symphony that goes off.
Although the singing mice's brains are not exactly like the human brains, the areas that are used to pace chatter, give clues to the workings of human conversations.
The singing mice live high in the mountains of the Central American cloud forest. Their main diet consists of fresh insects, fruits and berries. The dark brown mice have a short tail and are infinitesimally tiny. An adult mouse weighs only about 12g, which is as much as a tablespoon of sugar!

What surprised the scientists in New York?

AMice did two things at once.
BMice can sing really well.
CMice only eat when they are with others.
DMice like to run around all the time.

From the given adjectives pick the odd one out:

A Hostile
B Affable
C Jovial
D Sociable

Arrange the jumbled words appropriately to form a meaningful sentence :
physics lab | gone | He | has | to

A To Physics lab he has gone.
B Has he gone to Physics lab.
C He has gone to Physics lab.
D Gone to Physics lab he has.

Replace the following underlined phrases with appropriate collective nouns :
The maid-servent scowled to see a lot of dirty clothes.

A collection of dirty clothes
B camp of dirty clothes
C group of dirty clothes
D class of dirty clothes

Fill in the blanks with the given options to form a commonly used word pair :
Kith and _______.

A children
B kin
C dearest
D fin

For each of the given sentences,choose the right situation:
It's one of the chef's specialities. It's done in a microwave oven with red wine.

A Understanding the menu.
B Complimenting the chef.
C Welcoming a colleague.
D Getting away.

Read the poems carefully and answer the questions that follow :
Grandpa Dropped His Glasses

Grandpa dropped his glasses once
In a pot of dye,
And when he put them on again
He saw a purple sky.
Purple fires were rising up
From a purple hill,
Men were grinding purple cider
At a purple mill.
Purple Adeline was playing
With a purple doll;
Little purple dragonflies
Were crawling up the wall
And at the supper-table
He got crazy as a loon
From eating purple apple dumplings
With a purple spoon
- Leroy F. Jackson
Which word rhymes with “loon” in the poem?

A Toon
B Moon
C Spoon
D Boon

Choose the sentence in which verb in Bold print is correct:

A The raindrops were large.
B The sun were out too.
C A rainbow were in the sky.
D Many colours was in the rainbow.

Mark the option with the incorrect spelling of the given words:

A Occasionally
B Ommitted
C Outrageous
D Omission

Fill in the blanks with articles 'a', 'an' or 'the':
_____ brave man lost an arm in the battle.

A The
B A
C An
D None of these