%3Cstrong%3EGeneral%20Instructions%3A%3C/strong%3E

1.%26nbsp%3BThis%20paper%20is%20divided%20into%20two%20parts%3A%20A%20%26amp%3B%20B.

2.%26nbsp%3BPart%20A%20%u2013%2040%20Marks

Part%20B%20%26nbsp%3B-%20%26nbsp%3B40%20Marks

3.%26nbsp%3BSeparate%20%26nbsp%3Binstructions%20%26nbsp%3Bare%20%26nbsp%3Bgiven%20%26nbsp%3Bwith%20%26nbsp%3Beach%20%26nbsp%3Bpart%20%26nbsp%3Band%20%26nbsp%3Bquestion%2C%20%26nbsp%3Bwherever%20%26nbsp%3Bnecessary.%20%26nbsp%3BRead%20%26nbsp%3Bthese%20instructions%20very%20carefully%20and%20follow%20them%20faithfully.

4.%20Do%20not%20exceed%20the%20prescribed%20word%20limit%20while%20answering%20the%20questions.

%26nbsp%3B

%3Cstrong%3EPart%20A%20%2840%20Marks%29%3C/strong%3E

%26nbsp%3B

%3Cstrong%3EREADING%26nbsp%3B%2820%20marks%29%3C/strong%3E%26nbsp%3B

Q1.%20%26nbsp%3BRead%20the%20passage%20given%20below%20and%20answer%20the%20questions%20that%20follow%3A%20%28Any%20Twelve%29%20%281×12%29

1.%20The%20man%20with%20the%20white%20face%20entered%20the%20carriage%20at%20Rugby.%20He%20moved%20slowly%20in%20spite%20of%20the%20urgency%20of%20his%20porter%2C%20and%20even%20while%20he%20was%20still%20on%20the%20platform%20I%20noted%20how%20ill%20he%20seemed.%20He%20dropped%20into%20the%20corner%20over%20against%20me%20with%20a%20sigh%2C%20made%20an%20incomplete%20attempt%20to%20arrange%20his%20travelling%20shawl%2C%20and%20became%20motionless%2C%20with%20his%20eyes%20staring%20vacantly.%20Presently%20he%20was%20moved%20by%20a%20sense%20of%20my%20observation%2C%20looked%20up%20at%20me%2C%20and%20put%20out%20a%20spiritless%20hand%20for%20his%20newspaper.%20Then%20he%20glanced%20again%20in%20my%20direction.%20I%20feigned%20to%20read.%20I%20feared%20I%20had%20unwittingly%20embarrassed%20him%2C%20and%20in%20a%20moment%20I%20was%20surprised%20to%20find%20him%20speaking.

2.%20%22I%20beg%20your%20pardon%3F%22%20said%20I.

%22That%20book%2C%22%20he%20repeated%2C%20pointing%20a%20lean%20finger%2C%20%22is%20about%20dreams.%22

%22Obviously%2C%22%20I%20answered%2C%20for%20it%20was%20Fortnum%20Roscoe%27s%20Dream%20States%2C%20and%20the%20title%20was%20on%20the%20cover.%20He%20hung%20silent%20for%20a%20space%20as%20if%20he%20sought%20words.

%22Yes%2C%22%20he%20said%20at%20last%2C%20%22but%20they%20tell%20you%20nothing.%22%20I%20did%20not%20catch%20his%20meaning%20for%20a%20second.

%22They%20don%27t%20know%2C%22%20he%20added.%20I%20looked%20a%20little%20more%20attentively%20at%20his%20face.%20%22There%20are%20dreams%2C%22%20he%20said%2C%20%22and%20dreams.%22

That%20sort%20of%20proposition%20I%20never%20dispute.

%22I%20suppose–%22%20he%20hesitated.%20%22Do%20you%20ever%20dream%3F%20I%20mean%20vividly.%22

%22I%20dream%20very%20little%2C%22%20I%20answered.%20%22I%20doubt%20if%20I%20have%20three%20vivid%20dreams%20in%20a%20year.%22

%22Ah%21%22%20he%20said%2C%20and%20seemed%20for%20a%20moment%20to%20collect%20his%20thoughts.%20%22Your%20dreams%20don%27t%20mix%20with%20your%20memories%3F%22%20he%20asked%20abruptly.%20%22You%20don%27t%20find%20yourself%20in%20doubt%3B%20did%20this%20happen%20or%20did%20it%20not%3F%22

%22Hardly%20ever.%20Except%20just%20for%20a%20momentary%20hesitation%20now%20and%20then.%20I%20suppose%20few%20people%20do.%22

%22Does%20he%20say–%3F%22%20He%20indicated%20the%20book.

%22Says%20it%20happens%20at%20times%20and%20gives%20the%20usual%20explanation

about%20intensity%20of%20impression%20and%20the%20like%20to%20account%20for%20its%20not%20happening%20as%20a%20rule.%20I%20suppose%20you%20know%20something%20of%20these

theories–%22

%22Very%20little–except%20that%20they%20are%20wrong.%22

%26nbsp%3B

3.%20His%20emaciated%20hand%20played%20with%20the%20strap%20of%20the%20window%20for%20a%20time.%20I%20prepared%20to%20resume%20reading%2C%20and%20that%20seemed%20to%20precipitate%20his%20next%20remark.%20He%20leant%20forward%20almost%20as%20though%20he%20would%20touch%20me.

%22Isn%27t%20there%20something%20called%20consecutive%20dreaming–that%20goes%20on%20night%20after%20night%3F%22%20%22I%20believe%20there%20is.%20There%20are%20cases%20given%20in%20most%20books%20on%20mental%20trouble.%22

%22Mental%20trouble%21%20Yes.%20I%20daresay%20there%20are.%20It%27s%20the%20right%20place%20for%20them.%20But%20what%20I%20mean–%22%20He%20looked%20at%20his%20bony%20knuckles.%20%22Is%20that%20sort%20of%20thing%20always%20dreaming%3F%20Is%20it%20dreaming%3F%20Or%20is%20it%20something%20else%3F%20Mightn%27t%20it%20be%20something%20else%3F%22

%26nbsp%3B

4.%20I%20should%20have%20snubbed%20his%20persistent%20conversation%20but%20for%20the

drawn%20anxiety%20of%20his%20face.%20%26nbsp%3BI%20remember%20%26nbsp%3Bnow%20the%20look%20of%20his%20faded%20eyes%20and%20the%20lids%20red%20stained–%20perhaps%20you%20know%20that%20look.

%22I%27m%20not%20just%20arguing%20about%20a%20matter%20of%20opinion%2C%22%20he%20said.%20%22The%20thing%27s%20killing%20me.%22

%22Dreams%3F%22

%22If%20you%20call%20them%20dreams.%20Night%20after%20night.%20Vivid%21%u2014so%20vivid%20.%20.%20.%20%26nbsp%3Bthis–%22%20%28he%20indicated%20the%20landscape%20that%20went%20streaming%20by%20the%20window%29%20%22seems%20unreal%20in%20comparison%21%20I%20can%20scarcely%20remember%20who%20I%20am%2C%20what%20business%20I%20am%20on%20.%20.%20.%20.%22He%20paused.%20%22Even%20now–%22

%22The%20dream%20is%20always%20the%20same–do%20you%20mean%3F%22%20I%20asked.%20%22It%27s%20over.%22

%22You%20mean%3F%22%20%22I%20died.%22%20%22Died%3F%22

%26nbsp%3B

5.%20%22Smashed%20and%20killed%2C%20and%20now%2C%20so%20much%20of%20me%20as%20that%20dream%20was%2C%20is%20dead.%20Dead%20forever.%20I%20dreamt%20I%20was%20another%20man%2C%20you%20know%2C%20living%20in%20a%20different%20part%20of%20the%20world%20and%20in%20a%20different%20time.%20I%20dreamt%20that%20night%20after%20night.%20Night%20after%20night%20I%20woke%20into%20that%20other%20life.%20Fresh%20scenes%20and%20fresh%20happenings–until%20%26nbsp%3BI%20came%20upon%20the%20last–%22

%22When%20you%20died%3F%22%20%22When%20I%20died.%22%20%22And%20since%20then–%22

%22No%2C%22%20he%20said.%20%22Thank%20God%21%20That%20was%20the%20end%20of%20the%20dream..%20.%20%22

%26nbsp%3B

6.%26nbsp%3BIt%20was%20clear%20I%20was%20in%20for%20this%20dream.%20And%20after%20all%2C%20I%20had%20an%20hour%20before%20me%2C%20the%20light%20was%20fading%20fast%2C%20and%20Fortnum%20Roscoe%20has%20a%20dreary%20way%20with%20him.%20%22Living%20in%20a%20different%20time%2C%22%20I%20said%3A%20%22do%20you%20mean%20in%20some%20different%20age%3F%22

%22Yes.%22%20%22Past%3F%22

%22No%2C%20to%20come–to%20come.%22

%22The%20year%20three%20thousand%2C%20for%20example%3F%22

%22I%20don%27t%20know%20what%20year%20it%20was.%20I%20did%20when%20I%20was%20asleep%2C%20when

I%20was%20dreaming%2C%20that%20is%2C%20but%20not%20now–not%20now%20that%20I%20am%20awake.

There%27s%20a%20lot%20of%20things%20I%20have%20forgotten%20since%20I%20woke%20out%20of%20these%20dreams%2C%20though%20I%20knew%20them%20at%20the%20time%20%26nbsp%3Bwhen%20%26nbsp%3BI%20was–I%20%26nbsp%3Bsuppose%20%26nbsp%3Bit%20was%20%26nbsp%3Bdreaming.%20%26nbsp%3BThey%20%26nbsp%3Bcalled%20the%20year%20%26nbsp%3Bdifferently%20%26nbsp%3Bfrom%20our%20%26nbsp%3Bway%20of%20calling%20the%20year%20.%20.%20.%20What%20did%20they%20call%20it%3F%22%20He%20put%20his%20hand%20to%20his%20forehead.%20%22No%2C%22%20said%20he%2C%20%22I%20forget.%22

He%20sat%20smiling%20weakly.%20For%20a%20moment%20I%20feared%20he%20did%20not%20mean%20to%20tell%20me%20his%20dream.%20As%20a%20rule%20I%20hate%20people%20who%20tell%20their%20dreams%2C%20but%20this%20struck%20me%20differently.%20I%20proffered%20assistance%20even.

%22It%20began–%22%20I%20suggested.

%26nbsp%3B

7.%20%26nbsp%3B%22It%20was%20vivid%20from%20the%20first.%20I%20seemed%20to%20wake%20up%20in%20it%20suddenly.%20And%20it%27s%20curious%20that%20in%20these%20dreams%20I%20am%20speaking%20of%20I%20never%20remembered%20this%20life%20I%20am%20living%20now.%20It%20seemed%20as%20if%20the%20dream%20life%20was%20enough%20while%20it%20lasted.%20Perhaps–But%20I%20will%20tell%20you%20how%20I%20find%20myself%20when%20I%20do%20my%20best%20to%20recall%20it%20all.%20I%20don%27t%20remember%20anything%20clearly%20until%20I%20found%20myself%20sitting%20in%20a%20sort%20of%20loggia%20looking%20out%20over%20the%20sea.%20I%20had%20been%20dozing%2C%20and%20suddenly%20I%20woke%20up–fresh%20and%20vivid–not%20a%20bit%20dreamlike–because%20the%20girl%20had%20stopped%20fanning%20me.%22

On%20%26nbsp%3Bthe%20%26nbsp%3Bbasis%20%26nbsp%3Bof%20your%20%26nbsp%3Breading%20%26nbsp%3Bof%20the%20%26nbsp%3Babove%20%26nbsp%3Bexcerpt%2C%20%26nbsp%3Bchoose%20%26nbsp%3Bthe%20%26nbsp%3Bcorrect%20%26nbsp%3Boption%20%26nbsp%3Bto%20%26nbsp%3Banswer%20%26nbsp%3Bthe%20following%20questions%20%3A%20%26nbsp%3B%28Any%20Twelve%29

%26nbsp%3B

%28i%29%26nbsp%3B%20How%20did%20the%20man%20with%20the%20white%20face%20behave%20as%20he%20entered%20the%20carriage%3F

a.%20%26nbsp%3BExcited%20and%20enthusiastic

b.%20%26nbsp%3BScared

c.%20%26nbsp%3BExcited%20and%20nervous

d.%20showed%20no%20enthusiasm

%26nbsp%3B

%28ii%29%26nbsp%3BWhat%20was%20the%20name%20of%20the%20book%20which%20the%20narrator%20was%20reading%3F

a.%20Fortnum%20Roscoe%27s%20Dream%20States%26nbsp%3B

b.%20Dream%20States

c.%20Dreams%20of%20the%20States%26nbsp%3B

d.%20State%20of%20the%20Dream

%26nbsp%3B

%28iii%29%26nbsp%3BWhat%20was%20the%20man%u2019s%20opinion%20about%20the%20theory%20of%20dreams%20given%20in%20the%20narrator%u2019s%20book%3F

a.%20He%20felt%20that%20it%20was%20all%20correct

b.%20He%20felt%20the%20book%20painted%20a%20wrong%20picture.%26nbsp%3B

c.%20He%20felt%20that%20the%20book%20explained%20nothing.%26nbsp%3B

d.%20He%20felt%20that%20the%20book%20was%20confusing

%26nbsp%3B

%28iv%29%26nbsp%3BWhy%20couldn%u2019t%20the%20narrator%20snub%20the%20man%u2019s%20conversation%3F

a.%20The%20narrator%20liked%20listening%20to%20conversations.%26nbsp%3B

b.%20The%20book%20which%20he%20was%20reading%20was%20lost.

c.%20The%20man%20with%20the%20white%20face%20looked%20anxious.

d.%20The%20man%20begged%20him%20to%20listen.

%26nbsp%3B

%28v%29%26nbsp%3BWhat%20is%20NOT%20the%20reason%20for%20the%20narrator%20being%20interested%20in%20listening%20to%20the%20man%u2019s%20description%20of%20his%20last%20dream%3F

a.%20The%20man%u2019s%20dream%20was%20about%20an%20alien.%26nbsp%3B

b.%20It%20was%20getting%20dark

c.%20The%20narrator%20had%20still%20an%20hour%u2019s%20journey%20left.

d.%20His%20book%20was%20getting%20boring.

%26nbsp%3B

%28vi%29%26nbsp%3BWhat%20did%20the%20man%20NOT%20say%20about%20the%20last%20dream%20which%20he%20had%3F

a.%20It%20was%20a%20dream%20which%20wasn%u2019t%20clear%26nbsp%3B

b.%20He%20was%20sitting%20in%20the%20loggia

c.%20His%20last%20dream%20was%20very%20clear

d.%20He%20would%20wake%20up%20in%20these%20dreams%20suddenly.

%26nbsp%3B

%28vii%29%26nbsp%3BChoose%20the%20correct%20option%3A

Which%20of%20the%20following%20is%20NOT%20true%20for%20the%20Man%20with%20the%20white%20face%3F

a.%20He%20moved%20around%20slowly%26nbsp%3B

b.%20He%20looked%20sickly

c.%20He%20didn%u2019t%20want%20to%20talk%20about%20his%20dream.

d.%20He%20didn%u2019t%20believe%20in%20%26nbsp%3Btheories%20of%20Fortnum%20Roscoe%27s%20Dream%20States

%26nbsp%3B

%28viii%29%26nbsp%3B%22I%20%26nbsp%3Bdream%20%26nbsp%3Bvery%20little%2C%22%20%26nbsp%3BI%20answered.%20%26nbsp%3B%22I%20doubt%20%26nbsp%3Bif%20I%20have%20%26nbsp%3Bthree%20%26nbsp%3Bvivid%20%26nbsp%3Bdreams%20%26nbsp%3Bin%20a%20year.%20%26nbsp%3BThis%20%26nbsp%3Bline%20highlights%20that%20the%20narrator%20did%20not%20%26nbsp%3B%u2013

a.%20Have%20%26nbsp%3Bnormal%20dreams%26nbsp%3B

b.%20Good%20sleep%20pattern.

c.%20Give%20much%20importance%20to%20the%20science%20behind%20dreams.%26nbsp%3B

d.%20like%20talking%20to%20the%20man%20with%20the%20white%20face

%26nbsp%3B

%28ix%29%26nbsp%3BChoose%20the%20synonym%20of%20thin%20%28para%203%29

a.%20precipitate%26nbsp%3B

b.%20knuckles

c.%20emaciated

d.%20resume

%26nbsp%3B

%28x%29%26nbsp%3BChoose%20the%20antonym%20of%20dull%28para%207%29

a.%20Proffered%26nbsp%3B

b.%20vivid

c.%20assistance

d.%20loggia

%26nbsp%3B

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He%20hung%20silent%20for%20a%20space%20as%20if%20he%20sought%20words.%26nbsp%3B

a.%20he%20was%20at%20a%20loss%20of%20words.

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d.%20he%20stayed%20silent%20for%20sometime%20as%20if%20%26nbsp%3Bhe%20searched%20for%20words.

%26nbsp%3B

%28xii%29%26nbsp%3B%u201CI%20feigned%20to%20read%u201D%20implies%26nbsp%3B

a.%20I%20feared%20reading.

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d.%20I%20continued%20to%20read.

%26nbsp%3B

%28xiii%29%26nbsp%3B%u2018Proffered%u2019%20means

a.%20hold%20out%20or%20put%20forward%26nbsp%3B

b.%20to%20obtain%20something

c.%20to%20project%20something

d.%20to%20establish%20the%20validity

%26nbsp%3B

%28xiv%29%26nbsp%3BThe%20word%20which%20is%20a%20synonym%20of%20%u2018boring%u2019%20in%20para%206%20is%20%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%20%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B

a.%20fading%26nbsp%3B

b.%20fast

c.%20dreary

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%26nbsp%3B

%28xv%29%26nbsp%3BThe%20man%20in%20his%20dream%20lived%20in%20the%20%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%20%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B

a.%20%26nbsp%3BPresent%20Age%26nbsp%3B

b.%20%26nbsp%3BFuture

c.%20%26nbsp%3BPast

d.%20%26nbsp%3BJacobean%20era

%3Cbr%3EAll%20the%20best%20to%20the%20board%20aspirants%21

%26nbsp%3B

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