- Sainik School 2024 Entrance Exam for Class 6 Students
- Sainik School Question Paper 2024 for Class 6
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below: Q. 014-018
It is believed that a pashmina shawl is as warm as six sweaters. It is very thin yet very warm. The goats from which the soft pashmina wool is collected are found on very high altitudes of 5000 metres. In winter, the temperature here drops below 0 °C ( -40 °C). A coat of warm hair grows on the goat's body, which protects it from extreme cold. The goats shed some of their hair (fur) in summer. This hair is so fine that six of these would be as thick as one hair of yours!
The fine hair cannot be woven on machines and so weavers of Kashmir make these shawls by hand. This is a long and difficult process. After almost 250 hours of weaving, one plain Pashmina shawl is made. Imagine how long it would take to make a shawl with embroidery.
014: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank:
It is believed that a pashmina shawl is as warm as -------
(1) three sweaters!
(2) six sweaters!
(3) nine sweaters!
(4) eleven sweaters!
Answer. (2) six sweaters!
The passage clearly states:
“It is believed that a pashmina shawl is as warm as six sweaters.”
Hence, option (2) is correct.
015: Choose the correct statement:
(1) The goats shed some of their hair ( fur) in summer.
(2) The goats shed some of their hair ( fur) in winter
(3) The goats shed some of their hair ( fur) in rainy season.
(4) The goats shed some of their hair ( fur) in spring.
Answer. (1) The goats shed some of their hair ( fur) in summer.
The passage mentions:
“The goats shed some of their hair (fur) in summer.”
Therefore, option (1) is the correct statement.
016: Choose the correct option:
After almost ------ of weaving plain pashmina shawl is made.
(1) 100 hours
(2) 150 hours
(3) 200 hours
(4) 250 hours
Answer. (4) 250 hours
The passage says:
“After almost 250 hours of weaving, one plain Pashmina shawl is made.”
Thus, option (4) is correct.
017: "A coat of warm hair grows on the goat's body which protects it from extreme cold."
Identify the part of speech of "hair" from the given sentence.
(1) Verb
(2) Noun
(3) Pronoun
(4) Adjective
Answer. (2) Noun
The word “hair” names a thing and is used as an object in the sentence, so it is a noun.
018: Choose the opposite of "thick".
(1) warm
(2) soft
(3) thin
(4) fine
Answer. (3) thin
1. Thick means having more width.
Its opposite is thin, which means having less width.
2. Warm = = is a pleasant temperature with fairly high, between cool and hot
soft ==not hard
fine == in good health or happy
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