NTSE Exam Papers : 2017 Maharashtra State (LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION TEST)

• PART -3
• SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST
• (Q. Nos. 1 to 50)
• Max. Marks : 50
• State : Maharashtra

Directions (Q. Nos 1 - 5) :

Read the passage and answer the question given below it:

Parents of children who were saved by fisherman Abdul Sattar flocked the Triveni Kala Sangam on Wednesday afternoon to greet Abdul Bhai, who rescued most of the children in last week’s school bus tragedy. Abdul was awarded the Times Hero Award by Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson, Najma Heptullah. ‘I find a God in this man’, said Raj Kumari Devi, whose ten-year-old son. Arun, was rescued by him, ‘This man emerged like an angel. None of us knew swimming. We did not know how to reach the scene of the accident, which was in the middle of the river’, said Arun’s father, Chand Sharma was another happy soul. Her two sons were saved by Sattar. Chand says, ‘We were helplessly roaming about on the river bank, while this man was struggling to save my children. I shall never forget the contribution of this man to our life. We go to the temple, but these are the true Gods amongst us. I wish I could give him every little belonging that I have. He is great. ‘Abdul Sattar is simple fisherman.He has spent twenty five years of his life worrying over his daily meal, what he wears and a fixed dwelling unit for his family. But the man made a mark when the recent school tragedy occurred in the Yamuna. He saved the lives of most of the children, who were drowning in the river. 

1. What is Abdul Sattar?
(1) a teacher
(2) a fisherman
(3) a carpenter
(4) a driver

2. Pick out the antonym for ‘remember’?
(1) save
(2) rescue
(3) forget
(4) forgot

3. Which award is mentioned in the passage?
(1) Times Hero award
(2) Times Heroine award
(3) Padmashri award
(4) Padmabhushan award

4. “He is great”, who has made this statement?
(1) Abdul Sattar
(1) Najma Heptullah
(3) Rajkmari Devi
(4) Chand Sharma

5. Which of these pairs is the odd man out?
(1) last week
(2) little belonging
(3) happy soul
(4) little family

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