SSC SI & ASI (Delhi Police, CAPF, CISF) Exam paper – 2013

161. A. view
B. concept
C. text
D. content

162. A. culinary
B. musical
C. literary
D. theatrical

163. A. country
B. region
C. village
D. school

164. A. revolution
B. transformation
C. progress
D. evolution

165. A. clear
B. subtle
C. appropriate
D. adequate

Passage III

(Q. 166-170):
Fragmentation of environment is the curse of modern towns. __(166)__ public authorities working together to achieve a __(167)__ landscape, they appear to act in blinkered isolation and mutual __(168)__ as though the human environment __(169)__ best split up into separate bits, with blind disregard __(170)__ what the final result looks like.
166. A. Even if
B. Even though
C. Instead of
D. In spite of

167. A. co-ordinated
B. clean
C. beautiful
D. imaginary

168. A. distrust
B. disrespect
C. trust
D. interest

169. A. is
B. were
C. are
D. was

170. A. from
B. of
C. to
D. for

Directions (Q. 171-200): You have a few passages with some questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the given alternatives.
Passage- I
(Q. 171-175):
A glass bottle that is sent to a landfill can take up to a million years to break down. By contrast, it takes as little as 30 days for a recycled glass bottle to leave your kitchen recycling bin and appear on a store shelf as a new glass container. Glass containers are 100 percent recyclable, which means they can be recycled repeatedly, again and again, with no loss of purity or quality in the glass. Recovered glass from glass recycling is the primary ingredient in all new glass containers. A typical glass container is made of as much as 70 percent recycled glass. According to industry estimates, 80 percent of all recycled glass eventually ends up as new glass containers. Every ton of glass that is recycled saves more than a ton of the raw materials needed to create new glass, including 1.300 pounds of sand, 410 pounds of soda ash, and 380 pounds of limestone.
Because glass is made from natural materials, such as sand and limestone, glass containers have a low rate of chemical interaction with their contents. As a result, glass can be safely reused. Besides serving as the primary ingredient in new glass containers, recycled glass also has many other commercial uses – from creating decorative tiles and landscaping material to rebuilding eroded beaches.
171. Recycling glass will help the______.
A. industrialists
B. government
C. environment
D. bureaucrats

172. Glass is safe to use as it
A. has high resistance to chemicals.
B. has low resistance to chemicals.
C. looks very clean.
D. can be cleaned easily.

173. The material used for making glass is
A. soda ash and limestone.
B. sand and limestone.
C. soda and lime.
D. sandstone and tiles.

174. People don’t mind using recycled glass as it
A. has high rate of chemical reaction.
B. is made from natural materials.
C. helps create landscaping material.
D. retains its purity or quality to large extent.

175. On the basis of your reading, complete the following statement:
It is important to send used glass bottles to the recycling plant because
A. they are not biodegradable.
B. they can be reused.
C. they can be sold.
D. they can be used for decoration.

Passage- II
(Q. 176-180):
Sleep, as every parent knows, is central to kids’ well-being. There are three main ways of sleeping in case of children: falling asleep, staying asleep and being too sleepy during the daytime. Every parent experiences at least one of them at some point or the other. Perhaps because of this and because sleepless nights have come to be regarded as normal, we fail to appreciate just how important sleep is for our children’s health. In fact, sleep has a major impact on their physical development and growth. Research has shown that children who do not sleep as much as they should are smaller than they ought to be. But the impact of sleep is just not physical.
Sleep also has a profound influence on children’s behaviour, emotions and ability to learn. As a result, children’s sleep disorders are not often referred to hospital for treatment of behavioural problems. And what is completely counter-intuitive is that many of those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) also experience daytime sleepiness as revealed by something called a multiple sleep latency test. Another common problem is obstructive sleep apnea. Children with this respiratory condition will be awake up to 12 hours a day, making themselves severely sleep-deprived.
176. Children who do not have enough sleep may
A. have to be taken to the hospital.
B. have problems falling asleep.
C. have healthy growth patterns.
D. be smaller than they ought to be.

177. Many children are taken to hospitals for treatment because they
A. are badly behaved due to lack of sufficient sleep.
B. are not disciplined at home.
C. suffer from behavioural disorders.
D. suffer from respiratory disorders.

178. The sleep latency test helps in identifying whether a child
A. suffers from apnea.
B. suffers from ADHD.
C. is growing normally
D. experiences normal sleep pattern.

179. Lack of sleep can affect a child_______.
A. physically and emotionally.
B. mentally.
C. emotionally.
D. psychologically.

180. parents often fail to appreciate the importance of sleep because
A. they are inexperienced.
B. they are unaware of the importance of sleep in a child’s life.
C. the doctors have not told them so.
D. they feel not having regular sleep is normal.

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