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AILET MOCK – 9 (Based on New AILET Pattern) Test Code: CP/24/A9 Instructions Before the test: 1) Do not start the test until the invigilator gives the instruction to start the test. 2) Do not keep with you books, rulers, slide rulers, drawing instruments, calculators (including watch calculators), papers, cellular phones, stop watches or any other device or loose papers. You are allowed to only keep pencil, pen eraser and sharpener. 3) Ensure that your personal data have been entered correctly on the Answer Sheet. At the start of the test: 1) As soon as the signal to start the test is given, open the test booklet. 2) This test booklet contains 32 pages. Immediately after opening the Test Booklet verify that all the pages are printed properly and are in order. If there is a problem with your Test Booklet, immediately inform the invigilator. You will be provided with a replacement. How to Answer: 1) This test contains 150 questions in five sections as follows: Section I – English Usage Section II – General Knowledge Section III – Logical Reasoning 2) You have 1:30 hour to complete the test. 3) Directions for answering the questions are given before each group of questions. Read these directions carefully and answer the questions by darkening the appropriable circles on the Answer Sheet. Each question has only one correct answer. 4) Each question carries 1 mark. There is a negative marking of .25 for every wrong answer. 5) Do your rough work only on the Test Booklet and NOT on the Answer Sheet. Candidates giving assistance or seeking/receiving from any source in answering questions or copying in any manner in the test will forfeit their chances of being considered for evaluation. The testing authority reserves the right to exclude any question or questions from Test Booklet for final examination.

(1) © Possible education Pvt. Ltd.: All rights reserved. Unauthorized copying, sale, distribution or circulation of any of the contents of this work is a punishable offence under laws of India AILET Mock-9 Question Paper Section–I: English Usage Directions for questions 1-5: Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate option. Passage 1 Scientists are aware of more than 7,100 languages in use today. Nearly 40 percent of them are considered endangered, meaning they have a declining number of speakers and are at risk of dying out. Some languages are spoken by fewer than 1,000 people, while more than half of the world’s population uses one of just 23 tongues. These languages and dead ones that are no longer spoken weave together millennia of human interactions. That means the task of determining the world’s oldest language is more than a linguistic curiosity. For instance, in order to decipher clay tablet inscriptions or trace the evolution of living tongues, linguists must grapple with questions that extend beyond language. In doing so, their research reveals some of the secrets of ancient civilizations and even sparks debates that blend science and culture. Ancient languages, just like contemporary languages, are crucial for understanding the past. We can trace the history of human migrations and contacts through languages. And in some cases, the language information is our only reliable source of information about the past. The words that we can trace back through time give us a picture of the culture of past societies. Tracing the oldest language is “a deceptively complicated task,” says Danny Hieber, a linguist who studies endangered languages. One way to identify a language’s origins is to find the point at which a single tongue with different dialects became two entirely distinct languages, such that people speaking those dialects could no longer understand each other. For example, how far back in history would you need to go for English speakers to understand German speakers? That point in time would mark the origins of English and German as distinct languages, branching off from a common proto -Germanic language. Alternatively, if we assume that most languages can be traced back to an original, universal human language, all languages are equally old. You know that your parents spoke a language, and their parents spoke a language, and so forth. So intuitively, you’d imagine that all languages were born from a single origin. [From ‘What’s the World’s Oldest Language?’, by The Editorial Team, International New York Times, 2023] 1. Which one of the following best states the main idea of the passage? a) Tracing the history of a language is a tricky business. b) Sometimes, studying a past language is the only mean to understand the society of an ancient era. c) It’s unreasonable to assume that most languages can be traced back to a universal original human language. d) The study of endangered or dead languages, or the quest for the oldest language is an important part of our efforts to understand our past. 2. Which of the following best describes the definition of an endangered language, as per the information given in the passage? a) An endangered language is a dead language. b) Any language spoken by fewer than 1000 people is endangered. c) An endangered language has a reducing number of speakers or is at risk of becoming extinct. d) Any language neglected by its native speakers, who favour one the 23 global languages, will become extinct soon. 3. In the passage, the author mentions all of the following points EXCEPT: a) All languages may have evolved from a single source language. b) Nearly 23 percent of the world’s population speak more than half of all the languages that exist in the world. c) Once upon a time, English speakers probably understood German speakers easily. d) Almost 2840 languages are at risk of dying.
(2) © Possible education Pvt. Ltd.: All rights reserved. Unauthorized copying, sale, distribution or circulation of any of the contents of this work is a punishable offence under laws of India AILET Mock-9 Question Paper 4. When Danny Heiber uses the phrase ‘a deceptively complicated task’, he most likely: a) acknowledges a fundamental issue related to his research. b) emphasises upon the unique problems found in his research work. c) stresses upon the sheer futility of trying to find the world’s oldest language. d) indulges in exaggerating the extent of an otherwise simple problem associated with linguistic research. 5. The author believes that: a) all languages are equally old. b) not all languages are equally old. c) some languages are definitely not old. d) all languages may be assumed to be equally old. Directions for questions 6-10: Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate option. Passage 2 Latin America is one of three regions where deforestation continues, according to The State of the World’s Forests 2018, published today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO. The FAO report indicates that between 1990 and 2015, the world's forests decreased from 31.6% of the world's land areas to 30.6%, although the rate of loss has slowed down in recent years. This loss occurred mainly in developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. According to the report, deforestation is the second leading cause of climate change - after the burning of fossil fuels - and accounts for almost 20% of all greenhouse gas emissions. This is more than the entire transport sector. Between 24% and 30% of the total mitigation potential can be obtained by stopping and reducing tropical deforestation. In places where the demand for charcoal is high, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, South-East Asia and South America, its production puts pressure on forest resources and contributes to degradation and deforestation, especially when access to these forests is not regulated. According to the FAO report, the proportion of people who depend on firewood varies from 63% in Africa to 38% in Asia, and 16% in Latin America. The forests managed for soil and water conservation have increased worldwide in the last 25 years, with the exception of Africa and South America. Only 9% of the forest area of South America is managed with the objective of protecting soil and water, well below the global average of 25%. Costa Rica is one of the main ecotourism destinations in the world: in 2016, 2.9 million foreign tourists visited the country and 66% of them said that ecotourism was one of their main reasons for visiting. The tourists spent an average of 1 309 dollars per person, reporting income to the country of 2 500 million dollars, related in part to ecotourism, which is equivalent to 4,4 % of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Costa Rica. It is estimated that, in 2015, forest conservation areas received approximately one million non-resident visitors and 900,000 national visitors. [From ‘Time is Running out for the World’s Forests: total area is shrinking by the day’, FAO report, 2018] 6. Which of the following best describes the tone of the passage? a) Impassioned b) Informative c) Narrative d) Speculative 7. The FAO report mentions all of the following EXCEPT: a) More people in Africa depend on firewood than do people in Asia and Latin America. b) Fossil fuels is the second leading cause of climate change in the world. c) The amount of area in South America managed with the intention of protecting soil and water is less than the global average. d) The rate of deforestation is concerning in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia.