1. (1) In the middle of the dark night,
(P) of a woman
(Q) by the shrill cry
(R) I was awakened
(S) who seemed to be wailing
(6) the death of someone close to her

2. (1) The department has initiated steps
(P) from the corporate sector
(Q) to evolve appropriate schemes
(R) and financial institutions for
(S) for mobilising investment
(6) the development of wastelands.

3. Only
(P) to make himself
(Q) by shouting at the top of his voice
(R) was he able
(S) heard

4. (1) Though the Govt. claims
(P) it has failed to arrest
(Q) the rate of inflation is down
(R) or the decrease
(S) the rise in prices
(6) in the per capita income

5. (1) Inaugurating the Bharat Bhawan
(P) the then Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi said that
(Q) in all states so that the creative faculties of.the people
(R) in Bhopal on February 13, 1982
(S) it had been her long cherished desire to see such bhavans come up
(6) could find their proper outlet

6. The invasion of India
(P)is more interesting than any other episode of early Indian history
(Q)to most European readers
(R)by Alexander the Great of Macedonia
(S) which occurred during the rule of the Nandas

7. Recently,
(P)containing memorable letters of Churchill
(Q) a book
(R) has been published
(S) by a reputed puslisher

8. (1) Above all,
(P) in the present age of light reading,
(Q) it is well if something heavier is cast now and then
(R) of reading hastily and thoughtlessly (S) that is,
(6) into the midst of the reading public.

9. (P) The management having agreed
(Q) the workers called off the strike
(R) to increase their wages
(S) and returned to work

10. As a youth
(P) extravagant clotheg and adopting
(Q) he was a dandy
(R) melodramatic Byronic poses
(S) who delighted in wearing