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SI. No.: 10181245 VGE19 I I I I I I I I I I 2016 GENERAL ENGLISH WITH GENERAL STUDIES Time Allowed: 3 Hours] [Maximum Marks: 300 Read the following instructions carefully before you begin to answer the questions. IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS 1. This Booklet has a cover (this page) which should not be opened till the invigilator gives signal to open it at the commencement of the As soon as the signal is received you should tear the right side of the booklet cover carefully to open the booklet. Then proceed to answer the questions. 2. This Question Booklet contains 200 questions. Prior to attempting to answer the candidates are requested to check whether all the questions are there in series without any omission and ensure there are no blank pages in the question booklet. In case any defect in the Question Paper is noticed it shall be reported to the Invigilator within first 10 minutes. 3. Answer all questions. All questions carry equal marks. 4. You must wnte your Register Number in the space provided on the top right side of this page. Do not write anything else on the Question Booklet. 5. An Answer Sheet will be supplied to you separately by the Invigilator to mark the answers. 6. You will also encode your Register Number, Subject Code, Question Booklet SL No. etc. with Blue or Black Ball point pen in the space provided on the side 2 of the Answer Sheet. If you do not encode properly or fail to encode the above information, action will be taken as per commission's notification. 7. Each question comprises four responses (A), (B), (C) and (D). You are to select ONLY ONE correct response and mark in your Answer Sheet. In case, you feel that there are more than one correct response, mark the response which you consider the best . In any case, choose ONLY ONE response for each question. Your total marks will depend on the number of correct responses marked by you in the Answer Sheet. 8. In the Answer Sheet there are four circles @, @, © and@ against each question. To answer the questions you are to mark with Blue or Black ink Ball point pen ONLY ONE circle of your choice for each question. Select one response for each question in the Question Booklet and mark in the Answer Sheet. If you mark more . than one answer for one question, the answer will be treated as wrong. e.g. If for any item,@ is the correct answer, you have to mark as follows : @ ©@ 9. You should not remove or tear off any sheet from this Question Booklet. You are not allowed to take this Question Booklet and the Answer Sheet out of the Examination Hall during the examination. After the examination is concluded. you must hand over your Answer Sheet to the Invigilator . You are allowed to take the Question Booklet with you only after the Examination is over. 10. The sheet before the l ast page of the Question Booklet can be used for Rough Work. 11. Failure to comply with any of the above instructions will render you liable to such action or penalty as the Commission may decide at their discretion. 12. For Question No. 81 to 200 in all matters and in cases of doubt, the English Version is final. 13. Do not tick-mark or mark the answers in the Question booklet. !TAMIL VERSION OF INSTRUCTIONS IS PROVIDED ON THE BACK COVER OF THIS BOOKLET! [Turn over

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SI. No.: 10181245 VGE19

~,e:::i:~ I I I I I I I I I I 2016

GENERAL ENGLISH WITH GENERAL STUDIES Time Allowed: 3 Hours] [Maximum Marks: 300

Read the following instructions carefully before you begin to answer the questions.

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS

1. This Booklet has a cover (this page) which should not be opened till the invigilator gives signal to open it at the commencement of the exam~nation. As soon as the signal is received you should tear the right side of the booklet cover carefully to open the booklet. Then proceed to answer the questions.

2. This Question Booklet contains 200 questions. Prior to attempting to answer the candidates are requested to check whether all the questions are there in series without any omission and ensure there are no blank pages in the question booklet. In case any defect in the Question Paper is noticed it shall be reported to the Invigilator within first 10 minutes.

3. Answer all questions. All questions carry equal marks. 4. You must wnte your Register Number in the space provided on the top right side of this page. Do not

write anything else on the Question Booklet. 5. An Answer Sheet will be supplied to you separately by the Invigilator to mark the answers. 6. You will also encode your Register Number, Subject Code, Question Booklet SL No. etc. with Blue or

Black Ball point pen in the space provided on the side 2 of the Answer Sheet. If you do not encode properly or fail to encode the above information, action will be taken as per commission's notification.

7. Each question comprises four responses (A), (B), (C) and (D). You are to select ONLY ONE correct response and mark in your Answer Sheet. In case, you feel that there are more than one correct response, mark the response which you consider the best. In any case, choose ONLY ONE response for each question. Your total marks will depend on the number of correct responses marked by you in the Answer Sheet.

8. In the Answer Sheet there are four circles @, @ , © and@ against each question. To answer the questions you are to mark with Blue or Black ink Ball point pen ONLY ONE circle of your choice for each question. Select one response for each question in the Question Booklet and mark in the Answer Sheet. If you mark more. than one answer for one question, the answer will be treated as wrong. e.g. If for any item,@ is the correct answer, you have to mark as follows :

@ • ©@

9. You should not remove or tear off any sheet from this Question Booklet. You are not allowed to take this Question Booklet and the Answer Sheet out of the Examination Hall during the examination. After the examination is concluded. you must hand over your Answer Sheet to the Invigilator. You are allowed to take the Question Booklet with you only after the Examination is over.

10. The sheet before the last page of the Question Booklet can be used for Rough Work. 11. Failure to comply with any of the above instructions will render you liable to such action or penalty as

the Commission may decide at their discretion. 12. For Question No. 81 to 200 in all matters and in cases of doubt, the English Version is final. 13. Do not tick-mark or mark the answers in the Question booklet.

!TAMIL VERSION OF INSTRUCTIONS IS PROVIDED ON THE BACK COVER OF THIS BOOKLET!

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1. Match the words under Column 'A' with the suitable infinitives under Column 'B' and select

the right option from the codes given below:

Column A Column B

(a) The parcel was heavy 1. to wear

(b) These clothes are comfortable 2. to learn

(c) English is easy 3. to follow

(d) Her speech was difficult 4. to carry

(a) (b) (c) (d)

\)It( 4 1 2 3

(B) 3 2 1 4

(C) 2 4 3 1

(D) 1 2 3 4

2. Choose the statement that takes the question tag 'should they'?

(A) People could not be rude to one another, -------

(B) People should be rude to one another, -------

(C) People must be rude to one another, ----'------

~ People should not be rude to one another, -------

3. "Success does not mean the absence of failures

It means winning the war, not every battle" is a famous quote by

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(C) Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam

4. 'I thought how paltry, how vulgar.

\Jl'!f' Edwin C. Bliss

(D) H. W. Longfellow

What a mean act'? What is referred to as a 'mean act'?

~ throwing a log at the snake (B) killing the albatross

(C) bringing water (D) allowing the snake to leave

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5. Choose the option that contains the name of speaker and the play from which these lines are

taken:

'The quality of mercy is not strain'd

It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven'.

(A) Shylock from 'The Merchant of Venice' (B) Brutus from 'Julius Caesar'

(C) Antony from 'Julius Caesar' ~ Po1-tia from 'The Merchant of Venice'

6. Choose the correct tense of the verb given in bracket from the options given below:

When I reached the station, the train (leave).

(A) has left (B) leaves

(C) left ~ had left

7. Fill in the blank with the correct question tag:

The sun sets in the west, -------

(A) did it?

(C) don't it?

~doesn't it?

(D) do it?

8. Of the following works, which is not that of Pearl S. Buck?

(A) The Good Earth (B) My Several Worlds

'1fl'f' The Happy Prince (D) The Child Who Never Grew

9. In which poem do the following lines occur?

"And kingdoms may forget their kings

And dogs forget their bites"

(A) A Tiger in the Zoo

(C) No Men are Foreign

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(B) My Faithful Dog

~ The Flying Wonder

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10. Choose the correct Synonym of the un:derlined word from the options given below :

They reflect the m unjf)cence of the Cholas.

(A) paucity

(B) miserliness

(C) atrocity

\j}iJi'f generosity

11. Which of the following works is not a drama by Shakespeare?

(A) Richard III

(B) Henry V

\JP!" Charles II

(D) King John

12. Identify the nationality of the author of story. 'The Last Leaf

(A) Russia

(B) China

(C) France

~ TheU.S.A

13. The Shakespearean character, Bassanio is from the play .....

(A) Julius Caesar

~ The Merchant of Venice

(C) Macbeth

(D) King Lear

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14. Complete the blank in the given sentence with the suitable option given below :

Walt Whitman is ------poet.

~ an American (B) an Australian

(C) a British (D) a Scottish

15. Name the poet in whose poem the following line occurs:

'Life is real ! Life is earnest !'

(A) V.K Gokak (B) Douglas Malloch

~ H.W. Longfellow (D) Rabindranath Tagore

16. Identify the sentence in which the comparative form of the adjective is used.

(A) This is the most interesting book that I have read

'1J'f' Prevention is better than cure

(C) This is the longest lesson in this book

(D) No other animal runs as fast as the cheetah

17. Identify the words which blend to form the word Interpol and choose the correct answer from

the codes given below.

(A) Inter+ police

(B) Information+ police

~ International+ police

(D) Internal+ police

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18. Select the correct meaningful sentence from the following:

(A) The Quality of the apples were good

(B) The Quality of apples were good

, The Quality of apples was good

(D) The Qualities of the apple was good

19. Match Column A with Column B

Column A Column B

(a) Be the best 1. Thomas Hardy

(b) Manliness 2. D.H. Lawrence

(c) The Piano 3. Rudyard Kipling

(d) The Man He killed 4. Douglas Malloch

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 3 2 1 4

~ 4 3 2 1

(C) 2 1 3 4

(D) 3 4 2 1

20. Find the Wrong pair from those given below.

(A) Snake

(B) The Solitary Reaper

\Jll!f The Cry of the Children

(D) A sonnet for my incomparable mother -

. D.H. Lawrence

William Wordsworth

William Shakespeare

F. Joanna

21. Name the poet who describes the search for water in his poem. "Going for water".

(A) Lord Tennyson (B) Robert Browning

(C) Wilfred Owen ~Robert Frost

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22. Match the chaxacters in Column 'A' with the relevant titles with Column 'B'

Column A Column B

(a) Morissot 1. The selfish giant

(b) Noodle Vendor 2. Two friends

(c) Djinn 3. The refugee

(d) Cornish Ogre 4. How the camel got his hump

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Jiff 2 3 4 1

(B) 3 2 1 4

(C) 2 4 1 3

(D) 1 4 3 2

23. Which one of the following drama is not written by William Shakespeare?

(A) Othello

(B) Coriolanus

~ Dr. Faustus

(D) Timon of Athens

24. "He hath brought many captives home to Rome

Whose ransom did the general coffers fill"

In the above quote, "He" refers to -----

(A) Mark Antony VJilf' Julius Caesar

(D) Octavius Caesar (C) Decius Brutus

25. Identify the sentence that contains the passive form of the verb:

(A)

(B)

.Jll!f (D)

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The workers are painting the walls

Ram was driving the car at that time

A laptop will have been sent to me by my mother

Antony touched the hearts of the people

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26. Choose the option containing the right sequence of articles that would complete the passage given below :

----- Mettur dam is -----old multipurpose project of----- South Indian state of Tamil Nadu across Cauvery river.

(A) a, an, no article, the

'1J1f' the, an, the, the

(C) an, a, the, no article

(D) no article, a, the, an

27. 'To live unknown beyond the cherished circle'

The phrase 'Cherished Circle' refers to-----

(A) a big circle

~ family members and friends

(C) memorable days

(D) dead people

28. Fill in the blank with a suitable Gerund

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-----tigers is a popular sport in this country.

(A) To hunt

(C) Hunted

~Hunting

(D) Hunt

29. Fill in the blank with the suitable participial form of the verb

I saw the storm-----

(A) had approached '1Jilf' approaching

(C) was approach (D) approaches

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30. Identify the type of this sentence:

The teacher punished the boy for disobedience

(A) Compound

(B) Complex

~Simple

(D) None of these

31. The line, "The evil that men do lives after them" occurs in the play

-Jiff' Julius Caesar (B) As YOU like it

(C) Twelfth Night (D) The Merchant of Venice

32. Identify the author of the story "The Wooden Bowl".

(A) Saki

(C) Mackinlay Kantor

33. William Shakespeare was born at

¥ Stratford

(C) Cumberland

(B) Zai Whitaker

,Leo Tolstoy

(B) Stanford

(D) Stratfort

34. Select the correct option to complete the given sentence :

If I were your employer, ------

(A)

(B)

(C)

.Jl11)

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I may treat you with friendliness

I will treat you with friendliness

I would have treated you with friendliness . I would treat you with friendliness

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35. Match the patterns given under Column A with the compound words under Column Band

select the answer from the codes given below:

Column A ColumnB

(a) Verb+ Noun 1. Dining table

(b) Gerund + Noun 2. Newspaper

(c) Noun+Noun 3. Sunrise

(d) Noun+ Verb 4. Playmate

(a) (b) (c) (d)

'1Jlf 4 1 2 3

(B) 3 4 1 2

(C) 1 2 3 4

(D) 2 3 4 1

36. In Oscar Wilde's "The Model Millionaire" The wedding present from the 'Old beggar' to

Hughie was a cheque for

(A) Five thousand pounds

(C) Fifteen thousand pounds

37. 'It isn't by size that you win or you fail' -

The given lines are taken from the poem

(A) A Psalm of Life

~ Bethebest

~ Ten thousand pounds

(D) Twenty thousand pounds

. ..

(B) Where the Mind is Without Fear

(D) Sonnet No : 116

38. Who among the following wrote the play "Julius Caesar"?

"1Ji/' William Shakespeare

(B) Ben Jonson

(C) Marlow

(D) John Keats

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39. Match the prefixes under Column 'A' with the words under Column 'B' and select the answer

from the codes given below:

Column A Column B

(a) mal 1. claim

(b) un 2. nutrition

(c) mis 3. aware

(d) pro 4. spell

(a) (b) (c) (d)

\,/!!(' 2 3 4 1

(B) 1 2 4 3

(C) 3 4 2 1

(D) 4 2 1 3

40. Choose the suitable Question tag from the list given below:

Our team will win the match, ------

(A) will it?

~ won'tit?

(B) don't it?

(D) doesn't it?

"

41. Match the words under Column 'A' with the suffixes under Column 'B' and select the answer

from the codes given below:

Column A ColumnB

(a) Hero 1. less

(b) Hope 2. ist

(c) Art 3. cracy

(d) Demo 4. lSID

(a) (b) (c) (d)

\JI(( 4 1 2 3

(B) 2 3 1 4

(C) 1 2 4 3

(D) 3 4 2 1

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42. Fill in the blank with the correct tense form of the verb from the options given below.

The cabinet (decide) on the bill next week

(A) has decided \lii!l'(' will decide

(C) decided (D) had decided

43. From whose work is following utterance taken?

"I tried hard to control my thoughts and my mind to influence destiny"

(A) Rabindranath Tagore

(C) Sarojini Naidu

~ A.P.J. Abdulkalam

(D) R.K Narayan

44. Identify the simple sentence from the options given below :

~ Having completed my homework, I set out to play

(B) I completed my homework and I set out to play

(C) After I had completed my homework, I set out to play

(D) I had to complete my homework but I set out to play

45. Match the following homophones with their related meanings and select the answer from the

codes given below :

Homophones Meanings

(a) Counsel 1. route

(b) Council 2. rough

(c) Course 3. advice

(d) Coarse 4. administrative body

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 4 3 2 1

\J8)3 4 1 2

(C) 1 2 3 4

(D) 2 1 4 3

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46. During his life time, H.W. Longfellow became a-------

\)J'f' 'National Institution'

(B) 'Stylish Institution'

(C) 'Popular Institution'

(D) 'Global Institution'

47. Replace the underlined British word with its American equivalent.

She is having a holiday

¢" Vacation

(C) Package

(B)° Vocation

(D) Permission

48. Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition :

Chawla started off-------her path to the milky way

(A) of (B) at

\?'f' on (D) beside

49. To Which nationality does the poet H.W. Longfellow belong?

(A) India ~ TheU.S.A

(C) China (D) France

50. Choose the correct 'antonym' of the underlined word from the given options :

Similarly Women's marvellous power is lying dormant.

(A) sluggish

(C) unused

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(B) passive

\fil'!)' active

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51. 'This was the most unkindest cut of all'.

By whom was the most unkindest cut inflicted?

(A) Casca (B) Decius Brutus

tp(" Marcus Brutus (D) Cassius

52. Match the characters listed under Column A with the stories they appear in listed under

Column B

Column A Column B

(a) Makhan Lal 1. Reflowering

(b) Matilda 2. Holiday

(c) Row th er 3. The Open Window

(d) Vera 4. The Necklace

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 2 3 1 4

(B) 2 1 3 4

~2 4 1 3

(D) 1 2 4 3

53. Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition :

There is not enough space ------the desk and the bench.

\Jlif" between (B) among

(C) with (D) besides

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54. 'There is no power in the tongue of man

To alter me '.

Who uttered these words?

\,/!ff' Shylock

(C) Portia

(B) Antonio

(D) Bassanio

55. The attainment of a developed status by 2020 does not mean that we can then rest on our

laurels.

'rest on one's laurels' means-----­

~ stop seeking further success (B) have a good rest and sleep

(D) not to let anyone take rest (C) have no rest at all

56. Identify the adverb from the following list.

(A) heavy

"1 brightly

(B) dirty

(D) value

57. Match the patterns under Column A with the corresponding sentences under Column Band

select the answer from the codes given below.

Column A Column B

(a) SVCA 1. She sent me a parcel

(b) S VIO DO 2. He gave prizes to the winners

(c) SVC 3. The weather is hot in chennai

(d) S VDO IO 4. She is a teacher

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 4 1 2 3

(B) 2 4 1 3

~ 3 1 4 2

(D) 1 3 2 4

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58. . ... . 'Love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds'

Who said this?

(A) Rabindranath Tagore

(B) William Wordsworth

(C) H.W. Longfellow

\J1I'!" William Shakespeare

59. Of the following poets, who was known as the 'People's Poet' for having contributed

11,000 poems to English Literature?

(A) Stephen Vincent Benet

\,/Jiff' Edgar Alber~ Guest

(C) F. Joanna

(D) Rudyard Kipling

60. A Close Encounter is written by ------

(A) Rob Reilly

(B) Rudyard Kipling

(C) Robert Frost

..p' RexCoker

61. Which of the following characters is not from the drama, "Julius Caesar"?

(A) Gasca

(B) Cassius

~Antonia (D) Amelius Lepidus

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62. Which of the words given below can be placed after the word Spell to form a compound word?

(A) work

(C) fine

(B) word

..,¢' bound

63. Shakespeare's sonnets are----- in number.

(A) 159

(C) 134

(B) 156

~154

64. Choose the correct option and complete the following sentence:

Kalpana Chawla married-----

(A) an astronaut

(C) her neighbour

~ a flight instructor

(D) a doctor

65. The theme of the story, 'The Model Millionaire' is-----

(A) Work is worship

(C) Art is long

66. Fill in the blanks with a suitable article.

He works at----- university.

(A) an

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(B) Hard work never fails

~ Kindness begets kindness

(B) the

(D) no article

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67. Identify the figure of speech employed in the following line :

68.

The reddest flower would look as pale as snow

(A) Metaphor (B) Oxymoron

Irony .Jli1{ Simile (D)

Match the poets under Column A with the lines from their works under Column B

Column A Column B

(a) Robert Frost 1. Let us, then, be up and doing

(b) Ii.W. Longfellow 2. It isn't by size that you win or you fail

(c) William Shakespeare 3. Like gnomes that hid us from the moon

(d) Douglas Malloch 4. Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks

(a) (b) (c) (d)

VJ!( 3 1 4 2 (B) 1 2 4 3

(C) 4 3 1 2 (D) 2 4 3 1

69. "Their hands are ours, and in their lines we read

And labour not different from our own".

In which poem do these lines occur?

(A) The Flying Wonder (B) The Apology

.Ji!( No Men Are Foreign (D) My Native Land

70. Match the characters under Column A with their utterances given under Column B :

i::

Column A Column B

(a) Brutus

(b) Portia

(c) Antony

(d) Shylock

(a) (b)

(A) 3 1

(B) 1 4

..Jli'/'4 3 (D) 1 2

1.

2.

3.

4.

(c) (d)

2 4

3 2

2 1

4 3

Most learned judge ! A sentence ! come, prepare

For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel!

It blesseth him that gives and him that takes

Not tbat I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more

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71. "There is a house now far Away where once ......... " "This line is by the Indian Author"?

$ KamalaDas

(C) R.K Narayan

(B) Rabindranath Tagore

(D) Sarojini Naidu

72. Match the following words given under Column A with the blended words under Column B and select the answer from the codes given below :

Column A Column B

(a) Motor + Pedal Cycle 1. Medicare

(b) Medical+ Care 2. Mobike

(c) Motor + Bike 3. Motel

(d) Motor+ Hotel 4. Moped

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73. Find out the part containing an error

Sangeetha has left A B

(A) Sangeetha

(C) for Mumbai

for Mumbai c

last night D

'1(i!ff"' has left

(D) last night

74. This rose looks beautiful.

75.

Identify the sentence pattern from the options given below.

(A) SVO (B) SVOA

(C) SVA ~SVC

The selfish giant saw a little boy standing under a ------ in a corner of the garden.

(A) Rock VJilf Tree

(C) Fountain (D) Plant

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76. If you miss the bus, take a taxi.

Identify the correct type of sentence from the options given below :

(A) A simple sentence

(C) A compound sentence

.J}JI!' A complex sentence

(D) A negative sentence

77. When Trevor informed Hughie that he had clearly explained Hughie's condition to the old

model, Hughie------

(A) Became very sad

~ Became very angry

(B) Praised him

(D) Smiled at him

78. Choose the correct synonym for the underlined word from the options given :

.... Seek to restore the harmony of bygone days.

(A) Future (B) Present

t/ll!!f Olden (D) Modern

79. Identify the type of sentence from the options given below:

The source of the Nile was difficult to discover .

.JJff A simple sentence

(C) A complex sentence

(B) A compound sentence

(D) An exclamatory sentence

80. Identify the compound sentence from the options given below :

$ He must not be late, or he will be punished

(B) In the event of his being late, he will be punished

(C) If he is late he will be punished

(D) Unless he comes early, he will be punished

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