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c. A musical instrument

1. (b) endowed

2. (a) influences

3. (c) rundown

4. (a) disposable

5. (b) edge

6. (b) inventiveness

7. (a) agreemen

8. (a) locally

9. (c) attendant

10. (a) collection

11. (d) instinctively

12. (c) grasped

13. (d) doubted

14. (c) suddenly

15. (a) shredding

16. (b) feeble

17. (a) autocracy

18. (c) obviously

19. (b) banged

20 (a) volunteered

21. (b) harmony

22. (c) tweeting

23. (d) trainee

24. (a) tapped

25. (b) textbook

26. (b) depression

27. (b) whined

28. (d) spreadable

29. (a) trembled

30. (d) incoherent

a) Taste buds are the chemoreceptors seen in the papilla?

c) Impulses from the olfactory receptors reach the cerebrum through the olfactory nerve.

a) Internal ear

b) 1. X-Vestibular nerve

2. Y – Auditory nerve

c) 1. X- Transmits impulses form the vestibular apparatus to cerebellum.

2. Y-Transmits Impulses from the cochlea to the cerebrum.

Every human being has to earn his bread and butter. Means vary from person to person, but one has to face many obstacles and odd situations in life. These means can be fair or foul, honest or dishonest. Unfortunately, the modem man hankers after money and has become commercial-minded. People are not afraid of the Almighty. They wish to accumulate riches by hook or by crook. They have no respect for human and moral values. The social norms and time – tested principles bemoan somewhere in a comer. The mortals of this computer age focus only on money. They want to become rich overnight. It is sure that no one can make easy money without resorting to corruption. One should always remember those who are honest get respect in society and feel satisfied. They don’t have to feel guilty. Those who are corrupt, hide behind the veils when caught. A person should always be honest and sincere. The factory workers, farmers, teachers and poor artisans live an honest life and are appreciated everywhere.

a. A-Cornea, B- Sclera, C-Pupil, D-Optic nerve

b.

• A-Slightly projected transparent anterior part of the sclera.
• C – The aperture seen at the centre of the iris. The size increases and decreases depending on the intensity of light.

c.

• Sclera – Gives firmness to the eye
• Optic nerve – Transmits impulses from photoreceptors to the visual centre in the brain.

a) Planaria. 

b) Jacobson’s organ. 

c) Detects smell. 

d) Receptors in the lateral line.

Co – education is the need of the hour. Many convent schools and public institutions are coeducational. Co – education has many advantages. It enhances the performance of the children. They feel that if they fail in any subject, it will be their insult. It is essential for a healthy competition. It also gives maximum exposure to teenagers. It is a bare fact that villagers don’t know how to talk to the womenfolk. However if they sit in a room and study together, they come to know about the various ways of interacting with girls. It increases the status of women in society. You can run separate schools for boys and girls. Will it be possible for a nation to make separate departments in government and private offices for men and women? Girls should be given ample opportunities to know the habits of men. It is beneficial for their married life also. Co – educational schools are indispensable for the harmonious growth of a child. There is no need to keep boys and girls apart. It will be an injustice to them.

a) Lens in the eye becomes opaque.

b) Glaucoma. 

c) Laser surgery. 

d) Xerophthalmia.

Now – a – days, computers have become a craze for the present generation. Of late, we have become almost addicted to this fascinating machine of new age. As a result, we tend to overlook outdoor games. Recently, I had been to my cousin’s house in a small town. Wi-fi network connectivity was not available. Hence, most of the children were out on the road, playing hide – n – seek, seven stones, current or flying kite. That was the day when I went out and played Hide and Seek. Till then, I never realized how much we were missing in life. I enjoyed the game thoroughly finding new places to hide every time a person closed his/her eyes to count. There were times when we would go out even on sunny afternoons to play and we would not like to return home till late in the evening. I have understood that Outdoor games is very good and keeps one healthy and active, agile and alert. There is no scope of loneliness and tension in this joyful group activity. After a tiring day of sitting in school and concentrating on studies, an hour or two spent in playing takes off fatigue and refreshes us all over again. We can cultivate positive values like sportsman spirit, teamwork and cooperation. I have understood that playing outdoors is more joyful and enriching in many ways than sitting all alone and playing video games on computers and spoiling our eyes.

Our country is prone to disasters like floods, drought, cyclones, or earthquakes. We do not have any clear – cut policy of disaster management nor any force to tackle the situation. Adhoc measures are adopted to cope with every disaster. We wait and watch for others to join the fray. There are heated arguments over jurisdiction – centre or state liability, official assessment and surveys before any help is rushed out to the affected area. The slow response results in the loss of precious human life and valuable property. 

We must have clear – cut, well defined guidelines for disaster management. A well – trained task – force having special equipment and trained personnel should be constituted. Its controlling officer should have the authority to •fake decisions and ensure their speedy implementation. Better transport and communication facilities will ensure better results. Bureaucratic set – up should not be allowed to interfere with the work of the disaster – management group.

Corruption 

In its simplest sense, corruption may be defined as an act of bribery or misuse of public position or power for the fulfilment of selfish motives. Corruption is today more prevalent than honesty in the society. The basic reason behind the corruption is the increasing desires of human beings. Today, all of us want to become rich without working. This desire leads to corruption. Attempt should be made by one and all in the society to fight corruption. It is well established that politicians are extremely corrupt the world over. Such political leaders who are corrupt and earn a lot through illegal means should not be supported. If all of us guard against corruption, we can make the society healthier.

Computer technology since 17th Century has infused a high level of implication especially within the latter half of the twentieth century. Computers have distorted contemporary lifestyles. The automobile industry has enhanced its designs to advance comfort and services. Research and technology industries have been able to obtain augmentation in social wellbeing. The leisure industry have also benefited from this. Socially, computers and the internet have improved the communication process in terms of dependability and openness. Statistics proves increased number of users.

The advertisement industry has matured over the years with various promotional channels. Teleconferencing as a means of working has also supported trade growth. Unemployment levels have been checked with the ease of information distribution. Computers have also positively transformed the learning field to enhance the learning process with the inclusion of superior teaching techniques. This has infused variances within classrooms from the conventional teaching forms and learning has become more appealing.

Additionally, distance learning has improved with the internet especially in undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Despite the various benefits accorded to computer technology in the current world setting, various harmful impacts have also been recognized. Malware includes the use of infected programs. Business rivals may tend towards unethical practices. Identity theft is used for criminal practices with the perpetrators concealed on internet application.

Cashing in on the students’ love for ICTbased learning, QR code is imbedded in the latest text books in Tamil Nadu. Students now access lesson related videos and learn easily. In conclusion, computers have both merits and demerits within the current society and efforts should be to reduce the disadvantages for a better world.

Newspaper reading is indeed a good habit that can provide a great sense of educational and information about politics, economy, entertainment, sports, business, industry, trade and commerce. This habit will improve your and vocabulary. Many people have habits of reading daily newspapers that their day seems incomplete without taking hold of early morning newspapers. Here are some of the benefits that you can get by reading daily newspapers. They carry the news of the world and you feel you have visited many places reading news about various places.

Reading a newspaper is a good habit and it is already a part of the modem life. This habit will broaden your viewpoint and will augment your information. It makes you well informed and enables you to take part in every conversation pertaining to the world’s contemporary events. Reading newspapers wll improve your nowledge in general and it will be easy for you to relate to other people who often talk about current events and politics. Through newspapers, you will have an apparent thought and perceptive of what is happening in your country and the world around.

Today women in India occupy challenging positions. There are women pilots and women serve the armed forces too. There are successful IAS and IPS officers. Kiran Bedi is an example for a successful police officer. There are women chief ministers, M.P.s and M.L.A.s. To add a feather to their cap, Mrs. Indira Gandhi was a successful Prime minister.

Our constitution guarantees equal rights to women. In Tamil Nadu, the right of inheritance has been given to women. Education and employment has been made a basic necessity for women. Though there are many progresses in the lives of women, still the other side of the coin is noteworthy and terrific. Dowry death and Eve teasing still prevails. Female baby is still considered a burden and female infanticide is still in existence. Male chauvinism is hurting women.

Sania Mirza, Kalpana Chawla, Sunitha Williams and many such women add glory to womanhood.

Government must give 50% reservations to women in higher education and career choice.

Newspaper reading is indeed a good habit that can provide a great sense of educational and information about politics, economy, entertainment, sports, business, industry, trade and commerce. This habit will improve your language skills and vocabulary. Many people have habits of reading daily newspapers that their day seems incomplete without taking hold of early morning newspapers. Here are some of the benefits that you can get by reading daily newspapers. The carry the news of the world and you feel you have visited many places reading news about various places. Reading a newspaper is a good habit and it is already a part of the modem life. This habit will broaden your viewpoint and will augment your information. It makes you well informed and enables you to take part in every conversation pertaining to the world’s contemporary events. Reading newspapers will improve your knowledge in general and it will be easy for you to relate to other people who often talk about current events and politics. Through newspapers, you will have an apparent thought and perceptive of what is happening in your country and the world around.

Newspaper 

Man is not a creature only to eat and drink. Man is a social animal. He always wants to know diff the society. Newspaper plays a pivotal role to tell us about the society. It has become as important as food and drink. We all eagerly wait for it. When we wake up in the morning we rush to see the newspaper. If the hawker comes late we become restless in the morning. It is apt to say that Newspaper is the most important thing in the morning. It gives us news from each and every corner of the world. It is known as the fourth pillar of democracy. It keeps a check on the government. Actually, there are three important aspects of a Newspaper. These aspects are News, advertisement, and editorial. All these three aspects have their own importance. It helps job seekers in the society. It also helps people in finding suitable matches for their sons and daughters. I think, that everyone should develop a regular habit of reading newspaper. A newspaper helps in developing the intellectual and mental facilities of a person.

Self-medication is defined as the selection and use of medicines by individuals to treat self- diagnosed symptoms. Self-medication is thought to reduce the load on the medical services, decrease the time spent in waiting to see the physician, and save cost especially among economically deprived people. Since it is instant, there is no expense of the doctor but when they ultimately suffer from severe health issues, their medical expense increases two-fold.

Self-medication as a habit can damage one’s health irrevocably, causing disabilities and even premature death. Self-medication is okay to many of us. It’s just a crocin or some ‘safe’ antibiotic we believe we are taking as going to the doctor can be time consuming and expensive. But there are side-effects to this and very harmful ones at that. The idea of self¬medication even for small health issues can lead to complications. People tend to pop pills as they are popping candies. Medicines such as pain relief drugs, cough syrups, laxatives, antibiotics, anti-allergy medicines, vitamins and even antacids. Since these are drugs that can be bought over the counter meds, these are easier to acquire.

Popping pills may get us instant relief but what we don’t realize is that it is. not free of side-effects. This is because one drug may react differently when consumed with another drug. This can even lead to death. Hence, consulting a doctor is a must and self-medication is an unhealthy practice.

Summary No. of words given in the original passage: 347 No. of words to be written in the summary: 347/3 = 115 ± 5

Rough Draft Self-medication is part of normal living. Medicinal experts are required for diagnosis and treatment of diseases according to symptoms and causes. The development of drug therapy and improvement in public health organizations and nutritional standards have helped progress in medicinal science. Excessive advertising by pharmaceutical companies and emergence of the sedentary society are two counter trends. Self-medication is dangerous as the preparation may be toxic or contain unsuitable ingredients; the user becomes dependent and consumes medicine in excess. Self-diagnosis is worse than self-medication.

No. of words in the summary: 83

Notes: 

Title: Self-Medication

1. Self-medication 

(a) Part of normal living—last 100 yrs

(b) Advance in diagnostic technology 

(c) Doctors required – diagnosis & treatment of disease 

(d) Self-medication differs from medical prescription

2. Technological Advmnt in medicine 

(a) Drug therapy 

(b) Improvement in public health organizations 

(c) Increase in nutritional standards

3. Clever advertising by pharmaceutical companies 

(a) Take advantage of people’s need 

(b) Chronic sufferers 

(c) Faulty lifestyle

(i) Lack of exercise, overeating, insufficient sleep, etc. 

(ii) Stress, unhappy rela’ps, etc.

4. Dangers of self-medication 

(a) Preparation of some drugs contains unsuitable ingredients 

(b) Taker becomes dependent 

(c) Taker consumes medicine in excess

(d) Preparations may cause poisoning . 

(e) Real cause of illness gets suppressed or untreated

Abbreviations used: yrs – years; Advmnt – Advertisement; rela’ps – relapses

Self-medication is defined as the selection and use of medicines by individuals to treat self- diagnosed symptoms. Self-medication is thought to reduce the load on the medical services, decrease the time spent in waiting to see the physician, and save cost especially among economically deprived people. Since it is instant, there is no expense of the doctor but when they ultimately suffer from severe health issues, their medical expense increases two-fold. 

Self-medication as a habit can damage one’s health irrevocably, causing disabilities and even premature death. Self-medication is okay to many of us. It’s just a crocin or some ‘safe’ antibiotic we believe we are taking as going to the doctor can be time consuming and expensive. But there are side-effects to this and very harmful ones at that. The idea of self¬medication even for small health issues can lead to complications. People tend to pop pills as they are popping candies. Medicines such as pain relief drugs, cough syrups, laxatives, antibiotics, anti-allergy medicines, vitamins and even antacids. Since these are drugs that can be bought over the counter meds, these are easier to acquire. 

Popping pills may get us instant relief but what we don’t realize is that it is. not free of side-effects. This is because one drug may react differently when consumed with another drug. This can even lead to death. Hence, consulting a doctor is a must and self-medication is an unhealthy practice.

These two sentences have the same meaning. These are simply two different ways of saying the same thing. There is, however, a shift in stress on the agent and also a change in the form of the verb. In sentence (i), the subject ‘Magesh ’ is the ‘doer’ of the action. It acts or is active. So the verb ’’killed’’ is in an active voice. In sentence (ii), the subject ’A rat’ is the ‘receiver’ of action. It suffers the action done by someone else (Magesh, in this case). It is acted upon. So the verb ‘ was killed’ is in the passive voice.

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• It was an expression of the accumulated grievances against the company administration. 
• It was an ultimate expression Indian’s dislike of British Rule. 
• The administration passed into the hands of the crown by the Government of India Act 1858. 
• Doctrine of Lapse was withdrawn. 
• End of Mughal and Peshwa rule.

Credit to be given to the candidate’s creativity in presentation of ideas, appropriate use of language and skills of reasoning.

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Taking a photo or posing for a photo is something that I have always enjoyed even as a small little kid. There’s one thing that gets me to do and excites me. It is photography and that really stands out from all the rest. I always think of going all over the world and take shots of everything worth seeing. I want to stick to photography all the time. I think I will never get tired of it. Even as a kindergartener, I used to admire pictures taken and collect pictures. I always asked my parents to get me a camera. For my 14th birthday, I was gifted an SLR because of my passion for photography.

I know there’s so much I have to leam about photography and I am trying to learn more and more about it. I joined a photography class after my tenth exams. I always used to take part in competitions and win prizes. I think there are many people in my community who are really good at photography and present outstanding photographs regarding nature’s beauty and others. Many of them held photography contests to motivate and encourage new photographers. I now have a craze to do Candid Photography. I know for sure that I can pursue this as a hobby as well as my profession. If you love your job, you will never feel the pressure of working and hence I have decided to become a photographer for my life.

Education provides us knowledge. It trains our mind and sharpens our skills and abilities. Education refines our tastes and temperaments and builds our thought process. Vocational courses help young boys to earn and leam together. They provide means of earning a livelihood and open the route to employment. Professional courses, as is evident from the name itself, equip us for adopting various professions. Some of these highly skilled professionals seek placements or jobs in esteemed companies and business concerns. Thus education is important for our survival. 

Decent living is impossible without good income or high salary. Education improves the quality of our life and frees us of superstition, foolish, meaningless mind-blocks and rituals. If women are educated the whole family benefits as the food is hygienically prepared, children are healthy, wellmannered and disciplined. Education gives us power over our environment. We can control the situation and shape our destiny. Education spreads awareness among people and gives them freedom from social ills. It makes people independent by providing them means to earn their living.

They become responsible citizens and realise their rights and duties. In short, education gives one power.

Chandrayaan 2: Chandrayaan 2 was launched on July 22 from the Satish Dawan Space Center, Sriharikota launch pad from which I Chandrayaan 1 had taken off. Instead of using the up dated PSLV rocket used career, the spacecraft made use of the advanced Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, Mark III (GSLV Mk III).

The spacecraft was expected to land on the Moon on September 7, 2019. According to NASA, the Moon’s polar craters have the Solar System’s lowest temperature. It would have been the first probe in the world to land on the lunar south- pole. The main mission objective was the exploration of lunar water near the polar region.Also, ISRO planned to test the capabilities of its lunar rover named Pragyan. Weighing 27kg, the rover operates on solar power and travels at a speed of 1cm per second. It will continuously perform chemical analysis of the soil and send back to the lander -Vikram, and update the ground station.

It was expected that the rover will operate for 14 days but the duration may vary since Pragyan uses solar power to keep itself up. 

Unlike last time, ISRO declined to carry any foreign payloads due to weight restrictions. But in June 2019, it agreed to carry a small laser retroreflector from NASA. The orbiter will carry eight payloads, while the Lander is carrying three and the rover just two. However, the orbiter will be hovering over the moon at a distance of 100km and performing passive experiments just like it did on Chandrayaan 1.

Chandrayaan 2 successfully entered space. The most critical part was the auto soft-landing. But unfortunately the Rover lost contact with the base station. On 7 September 2019, the lander, Vikram tried to make a soft landing on the moon but when it was 2 kms away from the surface, the ISRO lost contact with Vikram.

Many efforts have been made to restore communication but the efforts have not been fruitful. The rover has not been able to come out of the lander and thus, it cannot gather important information related to the Moon. Due to this, the data that was supposed to be collected by Vikram and Pragyaan cannot be collected.

If the spacecraft had landed successfully on the Moon, India would have been the fourth country to join the moon club after China, the United States and Russia.

The entire Chandrayaan 2 mission cost approximately $141 million. This is less than every installment in the Marvel Avenger series.

Unlike Chandrayaan 1, the stakes were pretty high this time since the spacecraft was also carrying a lunar rover, orbiter and a lander. Moreover, Chandrayaan 2 used indigenously manufactured components and design vehicles for the first time.

Even if the mission ended in failure, ISRO will have a lot to learn from its experiences, motivating it to do better in the future. India is the only country in the world which successfully completed its maiden interplanetary mission to Mars.

The mission has achieved a 95% success with the placement of the orbiter in the moon’s orbit. It will take images of the moon for one year and send the data to earth. The launch is significant for a number of reasons, including the fact that, for the first time in Indian history, a space mission is spearheaded by two women. Chandrayaan-2 is led by Muthayya Vanitha and Ritu Karidhal, the project director and mission director.

A, the, by, over.

the, by, a, from.

the, for. In, a.

In, a, the, of.

Correct option is D) by / out of / with

Correct option is C) keep up with

Correct option is A) dynamite

Correct option is A) with

Correct option is D) talk over

Correct option is A) died down

Correct option is D) loss

Correct option is C) limp

Correct option is C) carry out

Correct option is C) set off

D. positive for both fusion and fission reactions

C. deuteron-deuteron fusion 

B. magnetic fields

E. used to heat the fuel pellet

D. deuteron-triton fusion

B. greater particle number densities

1. We do not want to go to the cinema tonight.

2. He did not play the piano on Sunday.

3. She is not in England now.

4. I do not eat ice-cream in winter.

5. We do not have time right now.

1. Who broke the window?

2. How is your grandmother?

3. Did she do her homework in my room?

4. When does the train leave Talaguppa Station?

5. Where does Babar Ali conduct classes?

6. Which creeper has been cursed by a sage?