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READING COMPREHENSION 

1. Match the ideas given below with the options provided and complete the sentence. 

The behavior of earth quake is the evidence to show that 

i. 

The outer layer is not semi-solid. 

ii. 

The interior of the earth is not solid. 

iii. 

The interior  layer consists of compressed rock 

iv. 

Earth quakes can be controlled. 

2. Complete the sentence by matching the ideas given below with the options provided. 

The Progress in the field of Chemistry has helped in 

i. 

The development of many types of industries. 

ii. 

The  progress of space research 

iii. 

The innovations in the communication field. 

iv. 

The increase of computers. 

3. Use the appropriate option and complete the sentence. 

i. 

India and Russia build Brahmos missiles on---------- 

a)  Working separately 

b)  Working abroad 

c)  Collaboration 

d)  Working in native country 

 

2) Read the Passage and answer the question that follows it: 

 Considering the enormous number of things which could turn a space mission into a fatal 

disaster, it is remarkable that there have been so few accidents. 1967 was a bad year; in January, 

the Americans lost three astronauts in a fire which occurred during tests on the ground and, in 

April, the Russians lost astronaut komarov landing after sixteen successful Earth orbits. The 

accident was due to  a parachute failure. Neither of these tragedies was quite what the world had 

expected. It was feared that one day astronauts would be strande4d in space, alive but with no 

possibility of returning to Earth. This very nearly happened in 1970 during the flight of Apollo 

13. 

The life-support and other systems of spacecraft are interlinked. This means that if one system 

fails it is likely to cause other systems to fail too. Designers have tried to avoid disasters by 

duplicating, and in some cases triplicating, important  pieces of equipment; for example , Apollo 

has no less than three fuel cells. Even so, a breakdown in the service module of Apollo 13 was 

nearly fatal. On 13 April one of the low temperature oxygen tanks in the service modulesuddenly 

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broke open; the explosion probably damaged the other oxygen tank close beside it. The exact 

reason for the explosion may never be known.the important point to note is that the oxygen from 

these tanks is not only used by the crew but also feeds  the fuel  cells and fuel cells produce 

electrical power and water. So, one failure immediately caused a major power failure affecting 

nearly every system in the command module and produced a shortage of oxygen and water for 

life-support. 

The safe return of the astronauts was due to their ingenuity and powers of improvisation. They 

managed to adapt their equipment. They were able to use it for different purposes from those for 

which it had been originally intended. 

Intelligence and the ability to use limited resources for self-preservation have always been 

admired by writers of adventure book. The shipwrecked sailor who converts bits of wreckage 

into a raft and an explorer who makes a bow and arrow from branches and bootlaces are 

considered heroes because they survive by their own wits. Many people thought that the 

advanced technology of space flight ruled out all opportunities for makeshift repairs, but Apollo 

13 proved them wrong. Luckily, at the time of the accident the lunar module was still joined to 

the command and service modules and the lunar module had most of the things urgently needed 

by the disabled modules.  The spacecraft was not on a free return trajectory, one which would 

bring it round the moon back to Earth, and rocket power was needed to bring it into such a 

trajectory. With out a proper power supply, the rocket of the services module could not be fired; 

the rocket of the lunar module had to be used instead. Inside this module there was a supply of 

oxygen, water and power, and a guidance System. Though it was designed forgrew oftwo for 

only about thirty hours, and intended for landing on the moon, this vehicle became the lifeboat of 

Apollo 13. 

Life for the three crew members was difficult but bearable. A lunar module can notreenter the 

Earth’s atmosphere without burning up, so the crew had to return to the command module, 

jettison their lifeboat and the service module, and turn themselves into the right position for re-

entry, hoping that their heat-shield had not been damaged by the explosion of the oxygen tank. 

Re-entry and recovery were totally successful. 

(a)write a response which best reflects the meaning of the text: 

i. 

1967 was 

1.  A good year for the Russians and Americans. 

2.  A good year for the Americans but not for the Russians. 

3.  A bad year for the Americans and the Russians. 

4.  A bad year for the Americans but not for the Russians. 

ii. 

Why was the breakdown of the oxygen supply so important? 

1.  Because it could cause an explosion. 

2.  Because they could not fire their rocket without it. 

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3.  Because they never found out the reason for it. 

4.  Because it affected all the systems in the module. 

iii. 

The astronauts survived because 

1.  The command module was not very badly damaged. 

2.  The lunar module was intended as a lifeboat. 

3.  They managed to improvise. 

4.  They had read a lot of adventure stories 

iv. 

How did the astronauts get back into the atmosphere from space? 

1.  By using a Parachute. 

2.  By going back into the command module. 

3.  By  staying in the service module 

4.  By burning the lunar module 

(b)State whether the following statements are true or false: 

i. 

The Americans lost an astronaut when his parachute did not open. 

ii. 

People expected that someday astronauts would be left in space. 

iii. 

Makeshift repairs are impossible in space. 

iv. 

The spacecraft was on a trajectory which would have brought in back to earth. 

v. 

Life for the astronauts in Apollo 13 was unbearable. 

vi. 

The heat-shield of the command module had been damaged by the explosion. 

(c)Choose the definition which best reflects the meaning of the word as it is used in the text: 

i. 

Fatal 

1.  Causing injury 

2.  Causing death 

3.  Causing illness 

4.  Causing failure 

ii. 

Stranded 

1.  Delayed 

2.  Isolated 

3.  Injured 

4.  Killed 

iii. 

Jettison 

1.  Get off 

2.  Trun over 

3.  Throw away 

4.  Break down 

iv. 

Makeshift 

1.  Expensive 

2.  Elaborate 

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3.  Technical 

4.  Improvised 

v. 

Wits 

1.  Endurance 

2.  Experience 

3.  Intelligence 

4.  Connections 

vi. 

Ruled out 

1.  Ruined 

2.  Excluded 

3.  Improved 

4.  Justified 

NOTEMAKING 

Read the following passage carefully and make meaningful notes. 

“Even God cannot sink her”, proudly said Captain Edward Smith. R.M.S. Titanic, the biggest 

and greatest ship left from Southampton on 10

th

 April 1912 with 1316 board members and 891 

crew members. The ship had to reach New York. First four days went in joy, flourishing all 

through the ship with new friendship. On the daybreak of 14

th

 radio news said about the 

intervention of ice bergs on the way of the ship. The crew neglected the message that the 36,000 

tone weighing ship can break through them. 

That night around 11.40 p.m. one of the outlooks of the ship n Mr.Fredrick Fleet saw some white 

mass which on nearing grew to a big ice mountain. He immediately passed on the information 

cabin. The crew, by the order of the Captain, tried its best to avoid the collision, but it was of no 

use. Like giant axe it cut the side portion of the ship. within seconds, water rose to fourteen feet 

in the lower deck. Titanic’s designer Mr.Thomas Andrew, with horror-stricken eyes said, “She is 

sinking, At the maximum she will be for 2 hours. 

Adding to irony was the less number of life boats in which not half the number of boarders could 

escape. Immediately, Captain Smith ordered for sending women and children, mostly lower class 

ladies. Boys above the age of 14 were strictly kept on board. A boy who tried to escape by hiding 

in his mother’s clothes was pulled out and advised. “Don’t be a coward”. Wives were separated 

from their husbands; girls from their beloved ones; mothers from their sons and were pushed into 

life boats. When the life boats moved away from the ship, it was almost half-sunk. 

Now the men on board, with shivering hands started playing cards; some had their last peg of 

drink; but most of them sat and prayed to God. The Titanic Orchestra began to play a famous 

devotional song, “O God! We are near you”. Some survivors said until the whole ship was sunk 

their music was heard. Some people jumped into the sea water to escape by swimming. But who 

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could survive in that 4 degree Celsius cold without proper dresses. Captain Edward Smith was 

seen on the top deck in full uniform sinking with the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic. 

California, another ship just 500 m away from the Titanic could have saved most of the lives of 

the boarders but the radio room  was shut down by 10 p.m. Carpetia, another ship on receiving 

signals from the rushed to its site of accident, but could reach there only around 5 a.m. the next 

day to pick up the survivors. 

The graveyard of Titanic is still kept a secret, so that its external sleep is undisturbed.