KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM

UNIT - 10

10. KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM

I.       Choose the Correct meaning of the words given and write them.

1.       Correlative     :      a.  a very close relative     

                                      b.  to establish relationship

                                      c.  having mutual relationship

                                      d. of a higher degree

2.       Incidentally   :      a. on purpose                   b. by chance

                                      c. every now and then      d. likely to happen

3.       Distort           :      a. sorting in a wrong order

                                      b. starting in a bad way

                                      c. give a false account of   d. twist out of true meaning

4.       Inculcate       :      a. calculate wrongly          b. show by example

                                      c. involve                          d. fix firmly by repetition

5.       Appalling       :      a. making an appeal         b. causing great damage

                                      c.  shocking                      d. making quiet of calm

6.       Comprehensive:    a. with understanding      b. causing fear and anxiety

                                      c. worried                         d. all inclusive

7.       Prejudice       :      a. ill-will                           b. weakening of one’s cause

                                      c. dislike                          

                                      d. an opinion formed without proper study

8.       Emancipation:      a. salvation                       b. conversion into vapor

                                      c. setting free                    d. becoming weak

9.       Elixir             :      a. a liquid which makes people immoral

                                      b. a very tasty drink

                                      c. liquid that makes people immortal

                                      d. a remedy that cures all ills

10.     Exhort           :      a. use up completely         b. explain fully

                                      c. urge strongly                d. encourage

11.     Precept          :      a. a receipt given in advance    b. preaching

                                      c. showing by example     d. having knowledge of

12.     Fanatical       :      a. wild and strong            b. crazy

                                      c. excessively enthusiasticd. praiseworthy

13.     Augment       :      a. discussion                    b. summary

                                      c. increase                        d. supplement

14.     Surpasses      :      a. surrounds                     b. excels

                                      c. surprises                       d. decreases

15.     Contribute     :      a. control over                   b. help to bring about

                                      c. oppose something         d. co-operate

16.     Lunatics        :      a. a kind of mopeds          b. agitators

                                      c. mad men                       d. great men

17.     Pursue           :      a. present                         b. go on with

                                      c. predict                          d. present

18.     Eminent        :      a. distinguished                b. mean

                                      c. enemy                           d. foolish

19.     Pervasiveness :      a. quality of pursuit          b. ability to persuade

                                      c. hatred                           d. pleasant manners

20.     Fragment       :      a. drawn figure                 b. contempt

                                      c. separate part                 d. arrogance

21.     beneficient    :      a. doing good                    b. efficient

                                      c. receiving                       d. favourable

22.     induce           :      a. introduce                      b. persuade

                                      c. encourage                     d. interrogate

23.     customary     :      a. usual                            b. out of fashion

                                      c. difficult                         d. impracticable

24.     customary     :      a. expensive                      b. usual             

                                      c. dangerous                     d. polite

25.     beneficent      :      a. efficient                         b. intelligent      

                                      c. generous                       d. sufficient

26.     induce         :         a. persuade                    b. allow                

                                      c. point                           d. appear

27.     disastrous   :         a. enormous                   b. harmful           

                                      c. very unfortunate         d. un happy

28.     spectacular :         a. expensive          b. impressive                 

                                      c. colourful                     d. enormous

29.     incidentally :         a. by chance                   b. correctly          

                                      c. incomplete                  d. coincidence

29.     cease           :         a. grow                           b. search              

                                      c. stop                            d. enter

30.     emancipation :      a. freedom                      b. curiosity          

                                      c. tension                       d. chance

II.    Choose the alternative that best fits in each blank and write your                           choice.

1.       The population of the city has …… enormously in recent years.

                                                                 (exceeded, increased, developed)

2.       It has become imperative for the Government to ……. Its resources to                    meet the extra expenditure.                    (develop, augment, exceed)

3.       The witness is giving a ……. Account what had actually happened.

                                                                 (false, partial, distorted)

4.       All the characters in this novel are …      

                                        (imaginable, imaginary, imaginative)

5.       By a strange ……..  she got her first job the day she got married.

                                                       (incidence, accident, coincidence)

6.       In the play ‘Akbar’ that we performed at school, all the players were in               Moghul.                                                (uniform, garment, costume ) 

7.       Excessive drinking is ……..  with good health.

                                                                   (harmful, dangerous, incompatible)

8.       Hatred of evil is itself a kind of  ……….  To evil.

                                                                   (practice, society, bondage)

9.       Sight, sound and touch are bound up with our own bodies and cannot              be made...                                     (self-centred, impersonal, personal)

10.     We cannot help the egoism of our ……               (body, heart, senses)

11.     The Government has promised to ………. the price of each item.

                                                                   (lower, shorten, decrease)

12.     Our new Manager is …….  of everything.

                                                                 (suspected, suspicion, suspicious)

13.     As the patient has recovered from his illness, he was ….  from the

          hospital.                                         (released, discharged, set free)

14.     A …….. library lends books to us every week.

                                                                   (mobile, mobility, movable)

15.     My uncle is so old that he is totally ……… in the thing happening.

                                                          (uninteresting,disinterested, interested)

16.     He is a famous palmist. He has …….. knowledge about palmistry.

                                                                             [ broad, great, vast ]

17.     Our state has had …….. rainfall this year.

                                                                   [ normal, ordinary, common ]

18.     Before they decided to market their new product, the company made a               …….. survey.                                                        [ broad, wide, long ]

19.     The lodge has …….. rooms to accommodate all the guests.

                                                          [ adequate, sufficient, satisfactory ]

20.     They have agreed to …….. price of each item

                                                                             [ decrease, lower, down ]

IV.     Find the wrongly spelt word in each of the following sets and write                it correctly.

1.       argument      agument       augment             fragment        Ans: …….

2.       sealed            instilled         instaled              misled           Ans: …….

3.       extremity       enemity         proximity           amity             Ans: …….

4.       onerous         monstrous     disasterous         murderous    Ans: …….

5.       correct           erect              corelate              relate             Ans: …….

6.       passion          fashion          emancipashion   relation          Ans: …….

7.       palatable       eatable           compatable         comparable    Ans: …….

8.       beautifull       smell             wonderfully        powerfully     Ans: …….

9.       tapping          stealing         longing               until              Ans: ……..

10.     considered     stoped           natural               minutes         Ans: ……..

11.     impatient       descendent    roaring               running         Ans: …….

12.     kicked           mastache       happened           frightened      Ans: …….

13.     parallel          intelectual     feeling                false               Ans: …….

14.     difficult          conffer           effect                  suffer             Ans: …….

15.     succeed         supply           proggress           passion          Ans: …….

16.     essense          patience         nonsense            resistance      Ans: …….

17.     personal        continual       emotional           probabal        Ans: …….

V.      Find the word in each of the sets below in which the underlined                      part of the word is pronounced in the same way as in the key word                       and write it.

1.       search       : teach        speech            bread         learn             Ans: …….

2.       lunatic      : pure         supra             lukewarm  rude              Ans: …….

3.       argue        : engage     cage               augment    range            Ans: ……

4.       wisdom     : pious       horses            casual        cats               Ans: ……

5.       knowledge: known     naughty         nowhere     lot                 Ans:........

6.       cure          : rule          lunatic           hug            lure              Ans: ……

7.       limit          : bicycle     dine               elite            ship              Ans: ……

8.       Jam          : bug          gimmicks       waggon      suggest        Ans: …….

9.       taste         : past         false               plate          dance           Ans: …….

10.     curd          : girl           lust                kitten         hoard           Ans: …….

11.     running    : mute        rude               cushion     custom         Ans: …….

12.     desire        : advice      result             sense         suffer           Ans: …….

13.     result        : desire       race                sense         safe              Ans: …….

14.     enough     : dough      bough            ghost         tough           Ans: …….

15      true          : shut         could              food           wood             Ans …….

16.     war           : pour         sour               tour           our                Ans …….

17.     right         : bit            height            weight        wait              Anss …….

VI.     Find the word rhyming with the key word and write it.

1.       rhyme       :    shame       same           lime        dam          Ans : …….

2.       appear      :    prepare     umpire        happier  bare          Ans : …….

3.       core          :    moor         four             severe     mar           Ans : …….

4.       soap          :    soup         shape          hope       shop         Ans : …….

5.       weigh        :    eye            dew             pray       lie             Ans : ……..

6.       steal          :    hale          mail            real         deal          Ans : …….

7.       shout        :    boat          short           doubt     knot          Ans : …….

8.       voice         :    boys          dice             choice     tries          Ans : …….

9.       much        :    torch         pouch         crouch    touch        Ans : …….

10.     strike        :    meak        lake             like         break        Ans : …….

11.     leaf           :    beef           wife             tough     laugh        Ans : …….

12.     reach        :    hatch        dutch          mock      teach        Ans : …….

13.     choice       :    voice         toys            boys       house       Ans : …….

14.     through    :    show         bough         blue        though     Ans : …….

15.     tough        :    watch       much          vouch     porch        Ans : …….

16.     skill          :    feel            steel            still         steal          Ans : ……

17.     urge          :    large         merge          forge       huge         Ans : …….

VII.    In the following passages the end of each sentence is not indicated. Decide where each sentence ends and write the last word followed by (.) or (?) or (!)  :

1.       A long time ago there lived a very rich king he was very powerful but unhappy why was he always in a bad mood how he wished he would smile just once

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2.       Well, what shall we do now asked the crocodile  Let’s go back I must get my heart to please my dear sister said the monkey

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3.       O King said Vishnu Sarma, I am an old man of eighty  I have not come to you for wealth I have seen much of the world

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4.       Every one was shocked what a strange sight how could this happen         they couldn’t believe what they saw

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5.       When I woke up do you know what I saw it was something unbeliev   
 able what a stunning beauty I have never seen such a sight

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6.       18. He opened his eyes wide could his eyes be mistaken what a strange  
 resemblance between this girl and his daughter

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VIII.   Punctuate and rewrite :

1.       how horrible she cried can that be possible

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2.       tell mr durell how many species are actuallyendangered

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3.       mr a and mr b who hate each other and through mutual hatred bring                  each other to destruction.

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4.       get away you rascal shouted the monkey  in anger

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5.       my lord this gentleman is a friend of mine said Sancho

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6.       why can’t he go to his ancestral home inquired Holmes

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7.       it seems very natural doesn’t it said Holmes

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8.       No I said I cannot see any connection at all

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9.       Yes sir said Wilson he is still with us

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10.     Does she know the way asked Shilpa. What a silly question She  
          grew up in this village said Mrs. Sharma

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IX.     Read the sentence (a) and then complete the sentence (b) by using                          the ideas in (a)  :

1.       (a)      Although our age far surpasses all previous ages in knowledge                            there has been no corresponding increase in wisdom.

          (b) Our age ……………………………………………………………………….

2.         (a) What can be done to teach wisdom ?

          (b) What ………………………  we ……………………………….

3.       (a) This has now become more difficult than it used to be.

          (b) It used not to be ……………………………………………………………..

4.       (a) You place in the hands of powerful lunatics the means of destroying                   the human race.

          (b) The means of …………………………………………………………………

5.       (a) It is not only in public life but also in private life equally that wisdom                 is needed

          (b) We …………………………. Wisdom both …………………………..

6.       (a) Their lives were wasted.

          (b) They …………………………………………………………………………

7.       (a) Go to Mr. B and ask him why he hates Mr. A

          (b) Go to Mr. B and say “ ………………………………………………… ?”

8.       (a) Only if you do this, you will have instilled some wisdom.

          (b) Unless ………………………………………………………………………….

9.       (a) Can wisdom be taught ?

          (b) Can we …………………………………………………………………

10.     (a) Agreement ceases as soon as we attempt to define wisdom.

          (b) No sooner …………………………………………………………………

11.     (a) Copper is more useful than most other metals.

          (b) Very few …………………………………………………………………

12.     (a) “I saw that film two days ago,” Ramesh said to us.

          (b)  Ramesh told us …………………………………………………………..

13.     (a) Everyone cannot be pleased.

          (b) We ………………………………………………………………………..

14.     (a) Why are insects attracted by light ?

          (b) Why does ………………………………………………………………..

15.     (a) He is intelligent. He is industrious also.

          (b) Besides …………………………………………………………………..

16.     (a) I feel pity for the old woman. I gave her some money.

          (b) Feeling ……………………………………………………………………..

17.     (a) It is very expensive to run a car now a days.

          (b) Running ……………………………………………………………………..

18.     (a) I can not stop you. You are old enough to decide on your own.

          (b)……………………………………………………………………..

19.     (a) Jack built a house. I know it.

          (b) Jack ……………………………………………………………………..

20.     (a) The oranges were sour. We could not eat them.

          (b) The oranges …………………………………………………..

21.     (a) A young boy met us at the church. He is may cousin.

          (b) The yougn boy  ……………………………………………………

22.     (a) We were talking about a man yesterday. He was standing at the
               bus stop.

          (b) The man ………………………………………………………………

23.     (a) Some people always expect the worst to happen. They are
              pessimists.

          (b) people ……………………………………………………………………..

24.     (a) A lion may be helped even by a little mouse.

          (b) A little mouse …………………………………………………………

25.     (a) Men have been ruined by gambling.

          (b) Gambling ……………………………………………………………………..

26.     (a) By wom were you taught Latin?

          (b) Who ……………………………………………………………………..

27.     (a) Mr. Yaseen has taught us Engligh.

          (b) We ……………………………………………………………………..

28.     (a) It has been decided to issue identity cards to all persons above18.

          (b) All person above 18 ………………………………………………………

29.     (a) They will say nothing more about the matter if some one returns
               the stolen gun.

          (b) Nothing more ……………………………………………………

30.     (a) People should handle this equipment with care.

          (b) The equipment …………………………………………………………

X.      Identify the part of speech of each underlined word :

1.  Hatred of evil is itself a kind of bondage to evil.

Ans :      (a) ……………      (b) ………….   (c) ……….  (d)………….

2.  Where did you meet  my friend ?

Ans :      (a) ……………      (b) …………..  (c) ……….. (d) …………

3.  There are several factors that contribute to wisdom.

Ans :      (a) ……………      (b) …………… (c) ………   (d) ………….

4.  If you can do this, you will have instilled some fragment  of wisdom.

Ans :      (a) …………….     (b) …………… (c)………..  (d) ………….

5.  Sherlock Holmes had an unusual power of detaching his mind at will.

Ans :      (a) ……………..    (b) …………….                (c) ………..     (d) ………….

6.  He was very angry and had an old boot in his hands.

Ans :      (a) ……………..    (b) …………… (c) …………  (d) ………..

XI.     Rewrite the following sentences making the necessary corrections :

1.  I am always thinking of you.

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2.  You cannot get through unless you will work hard.

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3.  He is one of the finest boy in the school.

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4.  Are you knowing that I am superior than you ?

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5.  One of the cars have been repaired.

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6.  No sooner he entered the house when his dog rushed to him.

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7.  He told me that  he will come to our village on next Monday.

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8.  The two dogs are quarrelling among themselves for a piece of meat.

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XII.    Rewrite the following passages making improvements  you think necessary.

          1.  The founder of Buddhism was Prince Gautama  Siddhartha. Prince Siddhartha was born to luxury. One day as Gautama left the palace, Gautama saw three men, one man very sick, one man very old and one man dead. Gautama was very disturbed by his evidence of man’s suffering. He began to wonder. He wondered how man might find happiness. The happiness should be true andlasting.

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          2.  Ramu is an intelligent boy. Ramu is nine years old. Ramu is a pupil of fourth class. He is studying at Model High School. The classes  are just over. So Ramu is talking to Ashok. Ashok is his classmate. He is Ramu’s good friend also.

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          3.  Tyagaraja was a gifted musician. He was also a great composer of songs. Tyagaraja was interested in music from his childhood. Even as a young boy, Tyagaraja used to compose songs. He also used to write them on the walls of their house. His father observed Tyagaraja’s interest in music. So his father took him to Sonti Venkataramayya. He was a great musician. Tyagaraja became his disciple and learnt music.

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