Application Form for Admission in RIMC,Dehradun

RASHTRIYA INDIAN MILITARY COLLEGE, DEHRADUN
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION- JUN 2012
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
TIME: 2 hours MM: 125
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Read all the nineteen questions and their sub parts thoroughly before answering.
2. Write the answers on the sheet provided separately. Do not write answers on the question paper.
3. Write only the answers suitably numbered as per the question paper.
4. All questions are compulsory. Neatness has a suitable award.
5. The paper consists of three sections:
(a) Reading - 20 marks (b) Writing - 30 marks (c) Grammar -75 marks
SECTION A - READING
Q1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: - (10 marks)
No one would quarrel with the state for having honoured Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Laxman with Padma Vibhushan . For
Laxman the creator of the silent but observant ‘Common Man’ who has kept three generations of readers of The Times of India
company at breakfast , is no friend of power and wealth.
Apart from a brief interval , Laxman has been continuously at work for the last Fifty-eight years , recording foibles with an
unsparing , independent eye. He has punctured the pride of many people through his cartoons which take a close look at peoples
pretences and bring them out in the open in a matter of fact manner. Even now he has the ability to frankly criticise people and their
actions and he continues to offer amusement to the people of India.
The Common Man , The legendary hero of Laxman’s pocket cartoon ‘ You Said It’ has represented the Indian since the
late 1940’s. As a voiceless witness – accompanied by his wife or by a changing cast of characters – he has battled several things. If
no one remembers today who The Times of India cartoonist was before Laxman came in , it is because there was none. Laxman
who joined the paper in 1947 had become indispensable within ten years. Having launched off as a freelance cartoonist in Mysore ,
he had hoped to work in Delhi. He first came to Mumbai only to look at the sights. His tourist adventure become more serious when
a friend offered to take him to Mumbai Stock Exchange. After amusing himself, watching the shouting and gesticulating at the stock
exchange , he walked down the Meadows Street. He saw a large board which read – The Free Press Journal. He went in to meet
the editor and was given a job.
He did a variety of daily cartoons, caricatures and Sunday specials for the Free Press Journal. India had by then achieved
independence but at the cost of partition. Laxman the caricaturist, had a field day with Gandhi, Jinnah, Mountbatten, Nehru and other
‘actors’ in those momentous dramas.
Laxman soon quit the The Free Press Journal and joined The Times of India. He just walked into The Times of India office
, ‘ No one stopped me, so I wandered in , came up to the third floor and asked to see the Editor ‘ recalls Laxman. He was asked to
meet Walter Langhammer , who was the art director of The Times of India. Langhammer already knew his work and hired him
immediately. From that day, Laxman’s cartoons have greeted the readers of the newspaper every morning with the themes ranging
from political commentary to humour .
(a) What have R K Laxman’s cartoons achieved and who is the voiceless witness in his cartoons ? (02 Marks)
(b) What were the circumstances in India just before he joined The Times of India ? (02 Marks)
(c) How did R K Laxman start his career and in which city ? (02 Marks)
(d) How does R K Laxman recall his first visit to The Times of India office ? (02 Marks)
(e) Give the meaning of following words :- (02 Marks)
(i) Foibles (ii) momentous (iii) caricature (iv) freelance
Q2 Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow :- (10 Marks)
Macavity a Mystery cat : he’s called the hidden Paw
For he’s the master criminal who can defy the Law
He ‘s the bafflement of the Scotland Yard , the flying squad’s despair
For when they reach the scene of crime – Macavity is not there !
Macavity, Macavity, there’s no one like Macavity,
He’s broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity
His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare
And when you reach the scene of crime – Macavity is not there !
Macavity is a ginger cat, he’s very tall and thin
You would know him if you saw him, for his eyes are sunken in.
His brow is deeply lined with thought, his head is highly domed.
You may seek him in the basement, you may look up in the air
But I tell you once and once again – Macavity is not there!