Name of the Organization : Vidya Council for education
Name Of The Exam : MTS Examination
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
Grade : Class XI - XII
Year : 2015 -16

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MTS Examination Class XI - XII Sample Question Paper :
Score : 400
Time : 2 hrs

General Instructions :
1. Candidates are supplied with an OMR Answer Sheet.
2. Answer the questions in the OMR Sheet by shading the appropriate bubble.
3. Shade the bubbles with black ball point pen.
4. Each question carries four marks.
5. Use the space provided in the last page for rough work.

PART A :
Questions : 1 to 80 ( Common to all candidates)
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :
Public debate around climate change and its effects on agriculture tends to focus on the large-scale industrial farms of the North. Farmers who work on a small-scale and use traditional methods have largely been ignored. However ,as the world slowly comes to terms with the threat of climate change,native farming traditions will warrant greater attention. In the industrial model of agriculture,one or two crop varieties are grown over vast areas.Instead of trying to use local resources of solid and water optimally and sustainably,the natural enviornment is all but ignored and uniform growing condtions are fabricated through large-scale irrigation and intentive use of artificial fertilizers and pesticides.
1. The passage illustrates ......................................................
A. importance of large scale industrial farms.
B. importance of debates on climate change.
C. harm of artificial fertilizers and pesticides.
D. the need for preserving native and traditional farming.

2. Where are one or two crop varieties grown over vast areas?
A. In the industrial model of agriculture.
B. In the native farming traditions.
C. In the traditional farming.
D. In the indigenous farming traditions.

3. ‘ The natural environment is all but ignored’ means .......................
A. The natural environment is not ignored.
B. The natural environment alone is ignored.
C. The natural environment is almost ignored.
D. The natural environment will soon be ignored.

4. Fabrication of uniform growing conditions is a characteristic of .............................
A. Large-scale industrial farming.
B. Small-scale farming.
C. Indigenous farming.
D. Native farming traditions.

5. Pick a word from the passage which means ‘native’.
A. intensive
B. indigenous
C. genetic
D. natural

6. Every one ........................................
A. have come
B. is come
C. has come
D. are come

7. Choose the incorrect sentence.
A. It looks as if it is going to rain.
B. You look angry.
C. It looks like its mother
D. She looks like dreaming.

8. Choose the appropriate preposition to complete the sentence.
She insisted ............................ doing the work herself.
A. in
B. at
C. about
D. upon

9. Choose the appropriate option to complete the sentence.
You had better .......................... that music down before your dad gets angry.
A. turn
B. to turn
C. turned
D. turning

10. Rewrite the sentence using passive voice.
The president has called off the strike.
A. The strike had called off by the president.
B. The strike had been called off by the president.
C. The strike has been called off by the president.
D. The strike have been called off by the president.

11. Choose the incorrect sentence.
A. Is it warm enough for you
B. You didn’t buy enough cards.
C. I don’t know French enough to read this
D. We have got big enough nails.

12. Choose the correct sentence.
A. Have you ever been to USA?
B. Are you free in this morning ?
C. He can swim across the Chaliyar .
D. He got a degree from the Oxford University.

13. Report the following
John asked himself , ‘Does he really mean it?’
A. John wondered whether he really means it.
B. John wondered whether he really meant it.
C. John wondered whether he really mean it.
D. John wondered if he had really meant it.

14. ‘Life is like a journey’ is an example of ..............................
A. simile
B. metaphor
C. metonymy
D. alliteration

15. ‘His voice was worse than that of a frog.’ The figure of speech used in the above line is ...............................
A. metaphor
B. simile
C. exaggeration
D. allusion

16. Sleepless night is an example of ...................
A. metaphor
B. simile
C. irony
D. transferred epithet

17. ‘Feeble’ is a synonym of ..........................
A. strong
B. heavy
C. uninteresting
D. weak

18. A person who helps the poor, especially by giving money is called ............................
A. millionaire
B. opulant
C. protagonist
D. philanthropist

19. He .......................... a story to cheat his friend.
A. made up
B. made out
C. cooked out
D. cooked up

20. Pick the misspelt word out.
A. athlet
B. ballet
C. tuition
D. depot

21. Who among the following is the chairman of the recently constituted 7th pay commission?
A. Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur
B. Dr.Rathin Roy
C. Justice B.N.Srikrishna
D. C.Rangarajan

22. Prof. CNR Rao,who was recently awarded Bharat Ratna holds which among the following offices currently?
A. Chairman DRDO
B. Head of the scientific Advisory council to the prime Minister
C. Chairman of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board
D. None of these

23. Long sight would be corrected by ......................... lens
A. Concave
B. Convex
C. Diverging
D. None of these

24. Defficiency of Vitamine A results in ....................
A. Night blindness
B. Rickets
C. Scurvey
D. Hairfall

25. Who is the present Governer of Kerala?
A. P.Sadasivam
B. R.L.Bhatia
C. France
D. Sheela Dikshit

26. India signed agreement with which country for the supply of 36 Rafale fighter jets?
A. Germany
B. Russia
C. France
D. Italy

27. Name the first Indian to become World no.1 Womens Double?
A. Sania Mirza
B. Serena Williams
C. Saina Nehwal
D. Jwala gutta

28. Kailashnath Temple at kanchi was constructed by
A. Dantidurga
B. Narasimhavarman
C. Rajendra
D. Guru Arjun Dev

29. Chichen itza is located in which of the following countries?
A. Mexico
B. United states
C. Chile
D. Argentina

30. Which virus is treated as the first computer virus?
A. Trojan horse
B. SCA Virus
C. Creepor Virus
D. Rabbit