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       Primitive man was probably more concerned with fire as a source of warmth and as a means of cooking food than as a source of light. Before he discovered less laborious ways of making fire, he had to preserve it, and whenever he went on a journey he carried a firebrand with him.
       His discovery that the firebrand, from which the torch may very well have developed, could be used for illumination was probably incidental to the primary purpose of preserving a flame.
      Lamps, too, probably developed by accident. Early man may have had his first conception of a lamp while watching a twig or fibre burning in the molten fat dropped from a roasting carcass.
      All he had to do was to fashion a vessel to contain fat and float a lighted reed in it. Such lamps, which were made of hollowed stones or sea shells, have persisted in identical form up to quite recent times.

Q.1. Primitive man’s most important use for fire was:

(A) to provide warmth
(B) to cook food
(C) to provide light
(D) Both (A) and (B)


Q.2. The firebrand was used to:

(A) prevent accidents
(B) provide light
(C) Scare animals
(D) save labour


Q.3. By ‘primary’ the author means:

(A) primitive (B) fundamental
(C) elemental (D) essential


Q.4. Lamps probably developed through mere:

(A) hazard
(B) fate
(C) chance
(D) planning


Q.5. Early lamps were made by:

(A) using a reed as a wick in the fat
(B) letting a reed soak the fat
(C) putting the fat in a shell and lighting it
(D) floating a reed in the sea-shell

Q.6-10.In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and blacken the circle corresponding to the appropriate letter (A, B, C). If there is no error, blacken the circle corresponding to (D) in the Answer Sheet.

Q.6. Atul's habit of
(A)/ delaying his work has put his colleagues (B)/ in a lot of trouble (C)/ No error (D)

Q.7. It is every one's duty to
(A)/ wipe out the tear's from (B)/ the eyes of the people in distress (C)/ No error (D).

Q.8. I have seen that
(A)/ film last year, but I do not (B)/ remember its story (C) / No error(D)

Q.9. The Government has decided
(A)/ to decrease the price (B)/ for rice and wheat (C)/ No error(D).

Q.10. I was surprised
(A)/ when he told me how much (B)/ does he study everyday (C)/ No error(D)

**    ANSWERS
Q.1.(D).     Q.2.(B).     Q.3.(D).     Q.4.(C).    Q.5.(A).   
Q.6.(D).     Q.7.(B).     Q.8.(A).     Q.9.(C).    Q.10.(C)

English Grammar Quiz-3@ Active Passive Quiz - Most Preferable For GSSSB, GSRTC, SSB, RRB,IBPS, GPSC, All Exam @ English Portion.

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1. Rita sings a song.
2. Children love the rainbow.
3. Granny told us an interesting story.
4. Call in the doctor at once.
5. Everyone loved Mother Teresa.
6. The wolf chased the sheep.
7. Sujata drew a village scene.
8. Rakesh made special Kashmiri tea for everyone.
9. Neha's father praised her.
10. People formed a queue on the road.
11. Hanif drank the bitter medicine in one gulp.
12. We elected Balachandran as our team leader.
13. Santa Claus gave toffees to all the children in the shop.
14. Grandfather called up Ayushi to wish her on her birthday.
15. We all know the facts.
16. The people crowned him the king.
17. Suman is reading a book.
18. Your mother taught us Mathematics.
19. The gardener looks after the flowers.

**     Answers :
1. A song is sung by Rita.
2. The rainbow is loved by Children.
3. An interesting story was told us by Granny.
4. Doctor is to be called at once.
5. Mother Teresa was loved by everyone.
6. The sheep was chased by the wolf.
7. A village scene was drawn by Sujata.
8. Special Kashmiri tea was made by Rakesh for everyone.
9. Neha was praised by her father.
[Note: The sentence 'She was praised by Neha's father.' may be correct. Because there is ambiguity if 'She' and Neha are same persons or not. ]
10. A queue was formed on the road (by the people).
[Note: 'by the people' is optional.]
11. The bitter medicine was drunk in one gulp by Hanif.
12. Balachandran was elected as our team leader (by us).
13. Toffees were given to all the children in the shop by Santa Claus.
14. Ayushi was called up by her Grandfather to wish her on her birthday.
15. Facts are known to all of us.
16. The king was was crowned.
17. A book is being read by Suman.
18. Mathematics was taught to us by your mother. OR
      We were taught Mathematics by your mother.
19. The flowers are looked after by the gardener.