Directions for the following 15 (Fifteen ) items : In the following passages, at certain points you are given a choice of three words marked (a), (b) and (c) one of which fits the meaning of the passage. Choose the best word out of the three. Mark the letter, viz., (a), (b) or (c), relating to this word on your Answer Sheet, Examples K and L have been solved for you.
K                                                                                     L
The (a) boy was in the school in Simla.                          (a) She was homesick
        (b) horse                                                                (b) It
         (c) dog                                                                   (c) He
Explanation : Out of the list given in item K, only, ‘boy’ is the correct answer because usually, a boy,
and not a horse or a dog, attends school. So ‘(a)’ is to be marked on the Answer Sheet for item K. A
boy is usually referred to as ‘he’, so for item L, ‘(c)’ is the correct answer. Notice that to solve the first
item K, you have to read of the sentence and then see what fits best.
Passage
All of us know the kinds of substances that are known as metals. They are commonly distinguished from other substances by their bright and shiny surfaces. The majority of them are fairly heavy. 1. (a) Since(b) Although (c) When  most metals are hard and strong, they 2. (a) can be (b) cannot be  (c) a hammered, pulled and pressed into Various shapes 3. (a) by mean of (b) by meaning of (c) by means of strong machines. It is more easy to shape 4.  (a) the piece of metal after (b) that (c) a It has just been 5. (a) lightly (b) warmly (c) now heated because heat softens it. very great heat 6.  (a) must need (b) a been needed (c) is needed to melt metal to its liquid 7.  (a) flow.(b) condition.(c) content.  Metal workers always pour the liquid metal 8.  (a) out of (b) into (c) onto a hollow form called a mould, usually made of 9.  (a) specialist(b) specified (c) specially prepared moulding sand held in a box of wood or iron 10. (a) Before (b) After (c) While the metal 11.  (a) has cooled(b) have cooled (c) has been cooled the moulding boxes are broken open and the 12.  (a) liquid  (b) solid  (c) soiled metal shapes are taken out of the moulds. 13. (a) That(b) This (c) Thus it process is called casting. Metal objects that 14. (a) have been fashion (b) have been fashioned(c) are in fashion by this process break more easily than those made by hammering. When 15. (a) those(b) two(c) all metals are melted they can do mixed together. The mixture is called an alloy.