TPSC: (i) English Composition

The lecture was boring ; everyone was busy on their phone ____ the session.

The story has a sudden twist _____ the end.

She takes great interest _____ discussing political issues.

Can we expect the results of the exams ______ the end of May ?

There is _______ great deal of confusion here.

At last ____ justice has been done to the accused.

Cathy goes to ____ church every Sunday.

It is a long drive to ___ airport.

Having walked ten kilometers, he is quite done up.

I am afraid you two are at cross-purposes.

A spirit of celebration is in the air.

The historic post and telegraph building was pulled down within a day.

Buoyed by a remarkable victory last week, Indian cricket team feels confident of winning the trophy.

The project has been shelved .

Their sympathy emboldened me to ask them for help.

All his friends are afraid of his ratty nature.

He puts on an air of dignity.

They won the match hands down.

A minute before the curtain went up, I ran through my lines once again.

He goes over the same ground again and again.

Of the club (P) / have finally (Q) / arrested the owner (R) / the police (S)

Study designing (P) / would not allow (Q) / the parents (R) / the son to (S)

Back to school (P) / to head (Q) / and time (R) / it was March (S)

A lapse of time occurred (A) / before we (B) / reached the scene (C) / No error (D)

Many new homes (A) / have been built (B) / in this area (C) / No error (D)

I will (A) / see you (B) / at library (C) / No error (D)

There's a lot (A) / to see (B) / in this museum (C) / No error (D)

PASSAGE Dreams are the sunrise streamers heralding a new day of scientific progress, another forward surge. Every forward step man takes, in any field of life, is first taken along the dreamy paths of imagination. Poets are dreamers, but it would be wrong to assume that the dreams of poet have no practical value beyond the realm of literary diversion. The truth is that poets are just as practical as people who build bridges or look into microscopes ; and just as close to reality and truth. Only that they are ahead of their time, while engineers and scientists are rooted to their contemporary time. The poet says to the scientist, “Here, I give you a flash of the future.” The wise scientiest thanks him, and takes that flash of the future and makes it over into a fibre of today. The automobile was not dug out of the ground like a nugget of gold, it was first envisioned in a dream of a poet. Afterward, long afterward, the practical-minded engineers caught up with what had been created by winging fantasy. According to the passage, dreams are useful to the world because :

PASSAGE Dreams are the sunrise streamers heralding a new day of scientific progress, another forward surge. Every forward step man takes, in any field of life, is first taken along the dreamy paths of imagination. Poets are dreamers, but it would be wrong to assume that the dreams of poet have no practical value beyond the realm of literary diversion. The truth is that poets are just as practical as people who build bridges or look into microscopes ; and just as close to reality and truth. Only that they are ahead of their time, while engineers and scientists are rooted to their contemporary time. The poet says to the scientist, “Here, I give you a flash of the future.” The wise scientiest thanks him, and takes that flash of the future and makes it over into a fibre of today. The automobile was not dug out of the ground like a nugget of gold, it was first envisioned in a dream of a poet. Afterward, long afterward, the practical-minded engineers caught up with what had been created by winging fantasy. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage ?

PASSAGE Dreams are the sunrise streamers heralding a new day of scientific progress, another forward surge. Every forward step man takes, in any field of life, is first taken along the dreamy paths of imagination. Poets are dreamers, but it would be wrong to assume that the dreams of poet have no practical value beyond the realm of literary diversion. The truth is that poets are just as practical as people who build bridges or look into microscopes ; and just as close to reality and truth. Only that they are ahead of their time, while engineers and scientists are rooted to their contemporary time. The poet says to the scientist, “Here, I give you a flash of the future.” The wise scientiest thanks him, and takes that flash of the future and makes it over into a fibre of today. The automobile was not dug out of the ground like a nugget of gold, it was first envisioned in a dream of a poet. Afterward, long afterward, the practical-minded engineers caught up with what had been created by winging fantasy. Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage ?