English Preliminary Paper I Ssc

Q1. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.

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What should you avoid doing with life as far as possible? How often are we urged to use the fit of life? Where do people usually keep their treasures and keepsakes? Fill in the blanks with the appropriate textual words given below: sipped, chest, service, treasure, grooves. a. A life spent worthily is measured in _________, not in years. b. Treasures are usually kept in a ___________. c. What are the best things you ___________? d. Life cannot be __________ only sometimes. 5. In what way can life be smothered? 6. How does the poet view life? 7. How can life be lived in full? 8. What does the poet mean when he says “It isn’t a joy to be sipped now and then”. 9. Do you think that most people are doing enough to enrich their lives? 10.Give the verb for of gift. 11.Use the word ‘store’ both as a noun and as a verb. 12.Give the verb form of joy. 13.Re – arrange the letters in the grid so as to make the word Life in the central vertical squares. 1 E U S L R 2 I T E S X 3 R E E D F 4 L E D I A

Q2. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.

1. What should you avoid doing with life as far as possible? 2. How often are we urged to use the fit of life?