CET result 2024

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Q. 1. (A) Read the extract and complete the activities given below: (12) 

 I A. Rewrite the following sentences and state whether they are 'True' or 'False': (2)

1. 'Politeness' was the chief character of the liftman.
- False

2. The passenger was pushed out of the lift by the liftman.- True

3. Moral and intellectual damages are not allowed in such cases. - True

4. The passenger's demand was denied by the liftman. - True

A2. Write the given points below:

1. Act of the lift-man: - Threw a passenger out of the lift.

2. Reason: - The passenger did not say "please" when requesting the top floor.

A3. Complete the following:

The legal system cannot
1. Legislate against bad manners.
2. Sanction the use of violence against bad manners.

A4. "An ill-mannered fellow is harmful to our society". Explain the statement in your own words. (2)

An ill-mannered person negatively affects social interactions by creating unnecessary conflict and discomfort. Their behavior can disrupt the harmony of communal living.  This, in turn, can lead to further discourtesy and a general decline in mutual respect among people.

A5. Language study:

1. If I am physically assaulted, it will permit me to retaliate with reasonable violence.
Ans: Unless I am physically assaulted, it will not permit me to retaliate with reasonable violence.

2. I may be as uncivil as I may please.
Ans: I may not be as civil as I may please.

A6. Write the meaning of the given words: (2)

1. Legislate: - To make or enact laws.

2. Haughty: - Arrogantly superior and disdainful. -[/expand]

At a corner of Sixth Avenue electric lights and cunningly displayed wares behind plateglass made a shop window attractive. Soapy took a stone and dashed it through the glass. People came running, round the corner, a policeman in the lead. Soapy stood still with his hands in his pockets, and smiled at the sight of brass button.

"Where's the man that done that?" inquired the officer agitatedly.
"Don't you think that I might have had something to do with it?" said Soapy, with a friendly voice, as one greets good fortune.

The policeman refused to accept Soapy even as a clue. Men who smash windows do not remain to chat with the police. They take to their heels. The policeman saw a man half-way down the block running to catch a car. With drawn club he joined in the pursuit. Soapy, with disgust in his heart, drifted along, twice unsuccessful.

On the opposite side of the street was a restaurant of no great pretensions. It catered to large appetites and modest purses. Its crockery and atmosphere were thick; its soup and napery thin. Into this place Soapy betook himself without
challenge. At a table he sat and consumed beefsteak, flapjacks, doughnuts and pie. And then he told the waiter the fact that the minutest coin and himself were total strangers.

"Now, get busy and call a cop," said Soapy. "And don't keep agentleman waiting."

"No cop for you," said the waiter, with a voice like butter cakes and an eye like the cherry in the Manhattan cocktail. "Hey, Con!"

Neatly upon his left ear on the callous pavement two waiters pitched Soapy. He arose, joint by joint, as a carpenter's rule opens, and dusted his clothes. Arrest seemed now but an elusive dream. The island seemed very far away. A policeman who
stood before a drug tore two doors away laughed and walked down the street.

Al. True / False :
Read the following sentences and state whether they are true or false. Correct the false statements and rewrite them.
(a) Soapy broke the glass of the shop willow.
(b) Nobody heard the breaking of the glass window.
(c) The policeman chased Soapy.
(d) Soapy did not run away from the place.

A2. Rearrange the following statements in order of their occurrence in the extract.
(a) The policeman refused to accept Soapy even as a clue.
(b) Soapy took a stone and dashed it through the glass.
(c) "Now, get busy and call a cop," said Soapy.
(d) Soapy, with disgust in his heart, drifted long twice unsuccessful.

A3. Guess
Read the following sentences and write down what it means.
(a)"Don't you think that I might have had something to do with it ?"
(b) He told the waiter the fact that the minutest coin and himself were total strangers.

A4. Personal response :
Suppose you are a manager of a hotel, a poor boy has taken dinner in the hotel and then he found, he has not enough money to pay the bill. Describe how you will react in the situation.

A5. Language study :
(1) On the opposite side of the street was a restauran of no great pretensions. (Wh Question)
(1) Men who smash windows do not remain to chat with the police.
(Make the above sentences simple)

A6. Vocabulary :
Match the following words in column 'A' with their meanings in column B

Column 'A' -         Column 'B'
(a) gibberish     -  (i) magic
(b) enchantment- (ii) meaningless speech
(c) arrest
(d) pitched

Column 'B'
(i) magic
(ii) meaningless speech
(iii) threw
(iv) nab