SATHWAY ASSESSMENT TEST: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Although I enjoy cooking, we usually eat out on weekends. Choose the conjunction from the sentence.

He failed in the examination as he did not work hard. Choose the conjunction from the options below.

__________________British ruled India for 400 years. Add an article if necessary.

Each one of us _______ being trained at AtoS.

The Alaska pipeline starts at the frozen edge of the Arctic Ocean.
It stretches southward across the largest and northernmost state in
the United States, ending at a remote ice-free seaport village nearly
Line 800 miles from where it begins. It is massive in size and extremely
(5) complicated to operate.
The steel pipe crosses windswept plains and endless miles of
delicate tundra that tops the frozen ground. It weaves through
crooked canyons, climbs sheer mountains, plunges over rocky
crags, makes its way through thick forests, and passes over or
(10) under hundreds of rivers and streams. The pipe is 4 feet in diameter,
and up to 2 million barrels (or 84 million gallons) of crude oil can
be pumped through it daily.
Resting on H-shaped steel racks called "bents," long sections of
the pipeline follow a zigzag course high above the frozen earth.
(15) Other long sections drop out of sight beneath spongy or rocky
ground and return to the surface later on. The pattern of the
pipeline's up-and-down route is determined by the often harsh
demands of the arctic and subarctic climate, the tortuous lay of the
land, and the varied compositions of soil, rock, or permafrost
(20) (permanently frozen ground). A little more than half of the pipeline
is elevated above the ground. The remainder is buried anywhere
from 3 to 12 feet, depending largely upon the type of terrain and
the properties of the soil.
One of the largest in the world, the pipeline cost approximately
(25) $8 billion and is by far the biggest and most expensive construction
project ever undertaken by private industry. In fact, no single
business could raise that much money, so 8 major oil companies
formed a consortium in order to share the costs. Each company
controlled oil rights to particular shares of land in the oil fields and
(30) paid into the pipeline-construction fund according to the size of its
holdings. Today, despite enormous problems of climate, supply
shortages, equipment breakdowns, labor disagreements, treacherous
terrain, a certain amount of mismanagement, and even theft, the
Alaska pipeline has been completed and is operating.
Now answer the questions from 16 to 20.
Question 16: The passage primarily discusses the pipeline's

Choose the correct from of the verb.
Rekha _____________Telugu very well.

The word "particular" in line 29 is closest in meaning to

Laughing ____ the beggars is not considered to be good.

Ravi's camera is working now. He _________ it.

Choose the correct from of the verb.
Anita ___________ the window curtains when the phone rang.

One of my friends ____________ gone to US.

A bridge was built ____________the river. Choose the correct preposition.

Do not make _________ noise, else you will be punished. Add an article if necessary.

Kamal eats __________ rice as rice is his favourite food.

According to the passage, 84 million gallons of oil can travel through the pipeline each

The scenery of Kashmir are enchanting. Find out the incorrect word.

All the students of the class are ________ ; they love each other.

The word "it" in line 4 refers to

The phrase "Resting on" in line 13 is closest in meaning to

I prefer reading ________ sleeping.