AP Highcourt Stenographer Grade III Junior Assistant Typist Field Assistant : 21/12/2022 Shift 2 previous year paper Full Length PDF

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Question 41

Select the grammatically correct and meaningful sentence.

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A

The leaders of affiliated unions invariably play into the politically hands of their bosses.

B

The leaders of politically affiliated unions invariably play into the hands of their bosses.

C

The politically affiliated of the unions invariably play into leaders of their bosses hands.

D

Unions invariably play into the leaders of the politically affiliated bosses of their hands.

Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

The leaders of politically affiliated unions invariably play into the hands of their bosses.

Question 42

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. A touch of vermilion was added too, to make the line visible in the sky.
B. The boy and his friends calculated how much line they would need for the kites to fly.
C. Glue was added to the glass granules to make paste for the line.
D. They collected empty bottles and got them ground.

Options

A

B, C, D, A

B

B, D, C, A

C

B, A, C, D

D

B, D, A, C

Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

B, D, C, A

Question 43

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Split one’s sides

Options

A

Be in acute pain

B

Convulse with laughter

C

Undergo a surgery

D

Divide one’s property

Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

Convulse with laughter

Question 44

Select the most appropriate synonym for the given word.
Elapse

Options

A

Travel

B

Accept

C

Sprint

D

Expire

Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

Expire

Question 45

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

She ______ to clear her debts within a month.

Options

A

pretended

B

provided

C

produced

D

promised

Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

promised

Question 46

Select the most appropriate synonym for the given word.
Demolish

Options

A

Devastate

B

Reinstate

C

Repudiate

D

Abdicate

Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

Devastate

Question 47

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

A person who eats too much

Options

A

Bigmouth

B

Glutton

C

Extravagant

D

Windbag

Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

Glutton

Question 48

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

______! I’m going on a road trip with my friends.

Options

A

Bravo

B

Good

C

Oops

D

Yippee

Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

Yippee

Question 49

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

She divided her savings ______ two parts and gave them to her daughters.

Options

A

to

B

into

C

for

D

from

Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

into

Question 50

Parts of a sentence are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the parts in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence.

A. wielded by nuclear weapons
B. are quite aware
C. all the nations
D. of the monstrous strength

Options

A

C, B, D, A

B

D, A, B, C

C

C, D, B, A

D

A, C, D, B

Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

C, B, D, A

Question 51

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Cut from the same cloth

Options

A

To take someone’s share

B

To deceive a close friend

C

To be of the same nature

D

To use resources carefully

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

To be of the same nature

Question 52

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks.

He gifted me a ______, ______, ______ handbag.

Options

A

large, leather, brown

B

large, brown, leather

C

leather, large ,brown

D

brown, leather, large

Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

large, brown, leather

Question 53

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Let us hire a cab ______ we should get late.

Options

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while

B

that

C

lest

D

unless

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

lest

Question 54

Parts of a sentence are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the parts in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence.

A. condemned on account of the
B. examinations are often
C. involved in them
D. very prominent role of chance

Options

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B, C, A, D

B

A, D, B, C

C

B, A, D, C

D

D, A, B, C

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

B, A, D, C

Question 55

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM for the given word.
Reprimand

Options

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Compliment

B

Censure

C

Rebuke

D

Empathise

Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

Compliment

Question 56

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. It is also true that we have paid a price for the comforts of life that we enjoy today.
B. We have grown selfish and greedy and lead a life of stress and strain.
C. For example, old values like, love, care, simplicity, affection and sympathy have disappeared from our lives.
D. In the light of the achievements made in different fields, we can certainly take pride in saying that we are happier than our forefathers.

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D, C, B, A

B

D, A, C, B

C

A, B, C, D

D

B, C, A, D

Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

D, A, C, B

Question 57

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

She ______ about her dingy apartment but did not have funds to buy a better one.

Options

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is complaining

B

complains

C

has been complaining

D

was complaining

Solution:

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was complaining

Question 58

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Swim with sharks

Options

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To challenge the toughest opponent

B

To operate among dangerous people

C

To live under constant fear

D

To defeat the enemies

Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

To operate among dangerous people

Question 59

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

The study of plants

Options

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Botany

B

Zoology

C

Geology

D

Anatomy

Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

Botany

Question 60

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The welfare of the soul is surely ______ to that of the body.

Options

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preferable

B

more preferable

C

most preferable

D

much preferable

Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

preferable

Question 61

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

I have never told a lie ______ deceived anybody.

Options

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or

B

as

C

neither

D

either

Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

or

Question 62

Select the grammatically correct and meaningful sentence.

Options

A

Indian goods helps in popularisation of tourism and improving business contacts with the external world.

B

Improving business contacts with the external world and popularisation of tourism helps in Indian goods.

C

The external world helps in popularisation of Indian goods and business contacts with improving tourism.

D

Tourism helps in popularisation of Indian goods and improving business contacts with the external world.

Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

Tourism helps in popularisation of Indian goods and improving business contacts with the external world.

Question 63

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

If you ______ me to the manager, he might consider my case favourably.

Options

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speak out

B

speak on

C

speak against

D

speak for

Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

speak for

Question 64

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM for the given word.
Aspersion

Options

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Calumny

B

Adulation

C

Invective

D

Slander

Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

Adulation

Question 65

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

He is only ______ glad to meet his friends.

Options

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too

B

rather

C

fully

D

much

Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

too

Question 66

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The boy was quite intelligent but the teacher tried to ______ as a dull student.

Options

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pass him off

B

pass him away

C

pass him out

D

pass him by

Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

pass him off

Question 67

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

She is ______ casual in her approach to life.

Options

A

yet

B

enough

C

rather

D

much

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

rather

Question 68

Parts of a sentence are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the parts in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence.

A. one’s outlook on life
B. like affluence, status or power
C. than on extraneous factors
D. happiness depends more upon

Options

A

D, A, B, C

B

A, D, B, C

C

D, A, C, B

D

A, B, C, D

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

D, A, C, B

Question 69

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

______! Watch out for the potholes!

Options

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Ah

B

Hi

C

Hey

D

Oh

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

Hey

Question 70

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

I see no chance ______ making a profit in this business.

Options

A

to

B

of

C

in

D

for

Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

of

Question 71

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The wind and rain had whipped a (1) ______ of gritty dust against the panels. The room inside was musty and (2) ______ of furniture. The spiders had (3) ______ great stretchings of their webs about the fireplace. It was fairly (4) ______ that the house had been shut for years. I had a sudden (5)______ to be out of this house forever.
SubQuestion No : 71
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.

Options

A

sheen

B

polish

C

coating

D

packaging

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

coating

Question 72

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The wind and rain had whipped a (1) ______ of gritty dust against the panels. The room inside was musty and (2) ______ of furniture. The spiders had (3) ______ great stretchings of their webs about the fireplace. It was fairly (4) ______ that the house had been shut for years. I had a sudden (5)______ to be out of this house forever.
SubQuestion No : 72
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.

Options

A

destitute

B

disposed

C

devoid

D

deficient

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

devoid

Question 73

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The wind and rain had whipped a (1) ______ of gritty dust against the panels. The room inside was musty and (2) ______ of furniture. The spiders had (3) ______ great stretchings of their webs about the fireplace. It was fairly (4) ______ that the house had been shut for years. I had a sudden (5)______ to be out of this house forever.
SubQuestion No : 73
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.

Options

A

uplifted

B

boosted

C

levelled

D

erected

Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

erected

Question 74

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The wind and rain had whipped a (1) ______ of gritty dust against the panels. The room inside was musty and (2) ______ of furniture. The spiders had (3) ______ great stretchings of their webs about the fireplace. It was fairly (4) ______ that the house had been shut for years. I had a sudden (5)______ to be out of this house forever.
SubQuestion No : 74
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.

Options

A

odious

B

obnoxious

C

conspicuous

D

dubious

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

conspicuous

Question 75

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The wind and rain had whipped a (1) ______ of gritty dust against the panels. The room inside was musty and (2) ______ of furniture. The spiders had (3) ______ great stretchings of their webs about the fireplace. It was fairly (4) ______ that the house had been shut for years. I had a sudden (5)______ to be out of this house forever.
SubQuestion No : 75
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5.

Options

A

inspiration

B

impulse

C

passion

D

momentum

Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

impulse

Question 76

Comprehension:
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

I often went to the lagoon, which has a four-fathom bank where the tababa (tiger shark) muster in hundreds for a day or two every month. Offshore at rising tide, you can watch their great striped bodies sliding and swooping with arrogant ease not six feet under your keel. They range in length from nine to fourteen feet, with an occasional giant of eighteen feet.
Thirty-five years ago the Gilbertese were beginning to use steel hooks for shark-fishing but many still claimed that the old-style twelve-inch wooden hook, trained to the right shape was the only thing for tiger shark. The shark hunter’s gaff was a glorious club with a ten-pound stone for its head. He fished from a canoe not much longer than a man, with the line made last to it. When a big shark took the hook, the craft lurched suddenly and bounced insanely up and down; or it zigzagged like a misdirected rocket, the fisherman holding on grimly. But the fury of a tiger shark’s struggles soon exhausted it and it floated limply to the surface. Then the fisherman hauled the spent brute cautiously alongside and, letting out one piercing howl of pleasure, cracked it on the nose with his club.
Usually safety first is the rule when tiger sharks are about, but the feat of one Tarawa man, Teriakai, became a matter of official record. His vital, stocky frame was the equal of a giant’s for work. Whenever there was a special job to be done, we always chose Teriakai to do it. Thus when the captain and chief engineer of a visiting steamer wanted to go out for a sail in threatening weather, we sent Teriakai along to look after them.
A northerly storm caught Teriakai and his friends and capsized their boat, spilling them into the lagoon eight miles from land, with tiger sharks all round. Teriakai immediately hacked the main sail adrift; buoyed at head and foot by its spars, it made a fine bag under water. “Stay inside this,” he said to the captain and engineer, “and the tababa won’t smell you from a distance.” Then he put down the anchor and started for shore to get help. “If I get past the tababa,” he said, “we shall perhaps be meeting again.”
He swam straight at the tiger sharks – the captain and engineer watched him – and the devils let him through. Teriakai told me afterwards, “If you stay still in the sea, or swim away in fear, the tababa will charge you. If you swim without fear towards them, they will be afraid and leave you in peace.” So he chose his shark, swam full speed towards it and lo! the line melted away before him. Teriakai missed his direction and swam into a maze of reefs off the coast. The breaking seas flung him on cruel edges, rolled him over coral-branches, but he got through, still conscious, swam a mile to the shore, walked two more to a white trader’s house and collapsed on the veranda.
SubQuestion No : 76
The old style of shark fishing made use of:

Options

A

keels

B

stone-head clubs

C

steel hooks

D

wooden hooks

Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

wooden hooks

Question 77

Comprehension:
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

I often went to the lagoon, which has a four-fathom bank where the tababa (tiger shark) muster in hundreds for a day or two every month. Offshore at rising tide, you can watch their great striped bodies sliding and swooping with arrogant ease not six feet under your keel. They range in length from nine to fourteen feet, with an occasional giant of eighteen feet.
Thirty-five years ago the Gilbertese were beginning to use steel hooks for shark-fishing but many still claimed that the old-style twelve-inch wooden hook, trained to the right shape was the only thing for tiger shark. The shark hunter’s gaff was a glorious club with a ten-pound stone for its head. He fished from a canoe not much longer than a man, with the line made last to it. When a big shark took the hook, the craft lurched suddenly and bounced insanely up and down; or it zigzagged like a misdirected rocket, the fisherman holding on grimly. But the fury of a tiger shark’s struggles soon exhausted it and it floated limply to the surface. Then the fisherman hauled the spent brute cautiously alongside and, letting out one piercing howl of pleasure, cracked it on the nose with his club.
Usually safety first is the rule when tiger sharks are about, but the feat of one Tarawa man, Teriakai, became a matter of official record. His vital, stocky frame was the equal of a giant’s for work. Whenever there was a special job to be done, we always chose Teriakai to do it. Thus when the captain and chief engineer of a visiting steamer wanted to go out for a sail in threatening weather, we sent Teriakai along to look after them.
A northerly storm caught Teriakai and his friends and capsized their boat, spilling them into the lagoon eight miles from land, with tiger sharks all round. Teriakai immediately hacked the main sail adrift; buoyed at head and foot by its spars, it made a fine bag under water. “Stay inside this,” he said to the captain and engineer, “and the tababa won’t smell you from a distance.” Then he put down the anchor and started for shore to get help. “If I get past the tababa,” he said, “we shall perhaps be meeting again.”
He swam straight at the tiger sharks – the captain and engineer watched him – and the devils let him through. Teriakai told me afterwards, “If you stay still in the sea, or swim away in fear, the tababa will charge you. If you swim without fear towards them, they will be afraid and leave you in peace.” So he chose his shark, swam full speed towards it and lo! the line melted away before him. Teriakai missed his direction and swam into a maze of reefs off the coast. The breaking seas flung him on cruel edges, rolled him over coral-branches, but he got through, still conscious, swam a mile to the shore, walked two more to a white trader’s house and collapsed on the veranda.
SubQuestion No : 77
The fierce struggle of a large shark resulted in:

Options

A

zig-zag or up and down rocking of the boat

B

tearing of the main sail

C

capsizing of the boat

D

its freedom from the fisherman’s grip

Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

zig-zag or up and down rocking of the boat

Question 78

Comprehension:
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

I often went to the lagoon, which has a four-fathom bank where the tababa (tiger shark) muster in hundreds for a day or two every month. Offshore at rising tide, you can watch their great striped bodies sliding and swooping with arrogant ease not six feet under your keel. They range in length from nine to fourteen feet, with an occasional giant of eighteen feet.
Thirty-five years ago the Gilbertese were beginning to use steel hooks for shark-fishing but many still claimed that the old-style twelve-inch wooden hook, trained to the right shape was the only thing for tiger shark. The shark hunter’s gaff was a glorious club with a ten-pound stone for its head. He fished from a canoe not much longer than a man, with the line made last to it. When a big shark took the hook, the craft lurched suddenly and bounced insanely up and down; or it zigzagged like a misdirected rocket, the fisherman holding on grimly. But the fury of a tiger shark’s struggles soon exhausted it and it floated limply to the surface. Then the fisherman hauled the spent brute cautiously alongside and, letting out one piercing howl of pleasure, cracked it on the nose with his club.
Usually safety first is the rule when tiger sharks are about, but the feat of one Tarawa man, Teriakai, became a matter of official record. His vital, stocky frame was the equal of a giant’s for work. Whenever there was a special job to be done, we always chose Teriakai to do it. Thus when the captain and chief engineer of a visiting steamer wanted to go out for a sail in threatening weather, we sent Teriakai along to look after them.
A northerly storm caught Teriakai and his friends and capsized their boat, spilling them into the lagoon eight miles from land, with tiger sharks all round. Teriakai immediately hacked the main sail adrift; buoyed at head and foot by its spars, it made a fine bag under water. “Stay inside this,” he said to the captain and engineer, “and the tababa won’t smell you from a distance.” Then he put down the anchor and started for shore to get help. “If I get past the tababa,” he said, “we shall perhaps be meeting again.”
He swam straight at the tiger sharks – the captain and engineer watched him – and the devils let him through. Teriakai told me afterwards, “If you stay still in the sea, or swim away in fear, the tababa will charge you. If you swim without fear towards them, they will be afraid and leave you in peace.” So he chose his shark, swam full speed towards it and lo! the line melted away before him. Teriakai missed his direction and swam into a maze of reefs off the coast. The breaking seas flung him on cruel edges, rolled him over coral-branches, but he got through, still conscious, swam a mile to the shore, walked two more to a white trader’s house and collapsed on the veranda.
SubQuestion No : 78
Which of the following is NOT true of the tababa?

Options

A

They attack a person who remains still in water.

B

They lack the sense of smell.

C

Their average length is from nine to fourteen feet.

D

They have huge striped bodies.

Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

They lack the sense of smell.

Question 79

Comprehension:
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

I often went to the lagoon, which has a four-fathom bank where the tababa (tiger shark) muster in hundreds for a day or two every month. Offshore at rising tide, you can watch their great striped bodies sliding and swooping with arrogant ease not six feet under your keel. They range in length from nine to fourteen feet, with an occasional giant of eighteen feet.
Thirty-five years ago the Gilbertese were beginning to use steel hooks for shark-fishing but many still claimed that the old-style twelve-inch wooden hook, trained to the right shape was the only thing for tiger shark. The shark hunter’s gaff was a glorious club with a ten-pound stone for its head. He fished from a canoe not much longer than a man, with the line made last to it. When a big shark took the hook, the craft lurched suddenly and bounced insanely up and down; or it zigzagged like a misdirected rocket, the fisherman holding on grimly. But the fury of a tiger shark’s struggles soon exhausted it and it floated limply to the surface. Then the fisherman hauled the spent brute cautiously alongside and, letting out one piercing howl of pleasure, cracked it on the nose with his club.
Usually safety first is the rule when tiger sharks are about, but the feat of one Tarawa man, Teriakai, became a matter of official record. His vital, stocky frame was the equal of a giant’s for work. Whenever there was a special job to be done, we always chose Teriakai to do it. Thus when the captain and chief engineer of a visiting steamer wanted to go out for a sail in threatening weather, we sent Teriakai along to look after them.
A northerly storm caught Teriakai and his friends and capsized their boat, spilling them into the lagoon eight miles from land, with tiger sharks all round. Teriakai immediately hacked the main sail adrift; buoyed at head and foot by its spars, it made a fine bag under water. “Stay inside this,” he said to the captain and engineer, “and the tababa won’t smell you from a distance.” Then he put down the anchor and started for shore to get help. “If I get past the tababa,” he said, “we shall perhaps be meeting again.”
He swam straight at the tiger sharks – the captain and engineer watched him – and the devils let him through. Teriakai told me afterwards, “If you stay still in the sea, or swim away in fear, the tababa will charge you. If you swim without fear towards them, they will be afraid and leave you in peace.” So he chose his shark, swam full speed towards it and lo! the line melted away before him. Teriakai missed his direction and swam into a maze of reefs off the coast. The breaking seas flung him on cruel edges, rolled him over coral-branches, but he got through, still conscious, swam a mile to the shore, walked two more to a white trader’s house and collapsed on the veranda.
SubQuestion No : 79
The word ‘collapse’ in the passage means:

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to shut down abruptly

B

to completely shrink

C

to fall down unconscious

D

to break apart suddenly

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Correct Answer:

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to fall down unconscious

Question 80

Comprehension:
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

I often went to the lagoon, which has a four-fathom bank where the tababa (tiger shark) muster in hundreds for a day or two every month. Offshore at rising tide, you can watch their great striped bodies sliding and swooping with arrogant ease not six feet under your keel. They range in length from nine to fourteen feet, with an occasional giant of eighteen feet.
Thirty-five years ago the Gilbertese were beginning to use steel hooks for shark-fishing but many still claimed that the old-style twelve-inch wooden hook, trained to the right shape was the only thing for tiger shark. The shark hunter’s gaff was a glorious club with a ten-pound stone for its head. He fished from a canoe not much longer than a man, with the line made last to it. When a big shark took the hook, the craft lurched suddenly and bounced insanely up and down; or it zigzagged like a misdirected rocket, the fisherman holding on grimly. But the fury of a tiger shark’s struggles soon exhausted it and it floated limply to the surface. Then the fisherman hauled the spent brute cautiously alongside and, letting out one piercing howl of pleasure, cracked it on the nose with his club.
Usually safety first is the rule when tiger sharks are about, but the feat of one Tarawa man, Teriakai, became a matter of official record. His vital, stocky frame was the equal of a giant’s for work. Whenever there was a special job to be done, we always chose Teriakai to do it. Thus when the captain and chief engineer of a visiting steamer wanted to go out for a sail in threatening weather, we sent Teriakai along to look after them.
A northerly storm caught Teriakai and his friends and capsized their boat, spilling them into the lagoon eight miles from land, with tiger sharks all round. Teriakai immediately hacked the main sail adrift; buoyed at head and foot by its spars, it made a fine bag under water. “Stay inside this,” he said to the captain and engineer, “and the tababa won’t smell you from a distance.” Then he put down the anchor and started for shore to get help. “If I get past the tababa,” he said, “we shall perhaps be meeting again.”
He swam straight at the tiger sharks – the captain and engineer watched him – and the devils let him through. Teriakai told me afterwards, “If you stay still in the sea, or swim away in fear, the tababa will charge you. If you swim without fear towards them, they will be afraid and leave you in peace.” So he chose his shark, swam full speed towards it and lo! the line melted away before him. Teriakai missed his direction and swam into a maze of reefs off the coast. The breaking seas flung him on cruel edges, rolled him over coral-branches, but he got through, still conscious, swam a mile to the shore, walked two more to a white trader’s house and collapsed on the veranda.
SubQuestion No : 80
What kind of passage is it?

Options

A

Persuasive

B

Factual

C

Discursive

D

Narrative

Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

Narrative

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