A. SAIL THROUGH B. COME INTO C. DEAL WITH D. TURN OUT...

30. A. sail through B. come into C. deal with D. turn out Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions. Question 31: Despite his early retirement, he found no peace in life. A. Although he retired early, but he found no peace in life. B. His early retirement has brought him peace in life. C. He found no peace in life because he retired early. D. Early as he retired, he found no peace in life. Question 32: “Please do not touch that wire!” the old man said to me. A. The old man told me not to touch that wire. B. The old man said that I didn't touch that wire. C. The old man asked me to not touch that wire. D. The old man said to me to touch that wire. Question 33: It’s more than a couple of years since I last went there. A. I have never stayed there for longer than two years. B. It was only after two years that I went there again. C. I haven’t been there since my visit over two years ago. D. I had never been there until the year before last. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions. Question 34: The referee brought the football game to a halt. He blew his whistle. A. The referee stopped playing football and blowing his whistle. B. The referee stopped the football game before he blew his whistle. C. Having stopped the football match, the referee blew his whistle. D. The referee brought the football game to a halt by blowing his whistle. Question 35: We planned to visit Eiffel Tower in the afternoon. We could not afford the fee, however. A. As planned, we could not afford the visit to Eiffel Tower in the afternoon because of the fee. B. We visited Eiffel Tower in the afternoon though the fee was too high for us. C. We were going to visit Eiffel Tower in the afternoon, but the fee was too high for us. Code 127/ 2 D. The fee was, however, high enough for us to plan a visit to Eiffel Tower in the afternoon. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. Buying a house is the single largest financial investment an individual makes. Yet, in India this act is fraught with risk and individuals depend on weak laws for justice. Occasionally, deviant promoters are called to account as was the case in the detention of Unitech's promoters. This incident shows up the fallout of an absence of proper regulation to cover contracts between buyers and real estate promoters. A real estate bill, which is presently pending in Rajya Sabha, seeks to fill this gap. It has been debated for over two years and should be passed by Parliament in the budget session. India is in the midst of rapid urbanization and urban population is expected to more than double to about 900 million over the next three decades. Unfortunately, even the current population does not have adequate housing. A government estimate in 2012 put the shortage at nearly 19 million units. If this shortage is to be alleviated quickly, India's messy real estate sector needs reforms. The real estate bill seeks to set standards for contracts between buyers and sellers. Transparency, a rare commodity in real estate, is enforced as promoters have to upload project details on the regulators' website. Importantly, standard definitions of terms mean that buyers will not feel cheated after taking possession of a house. In order to protect buyers who pay upfront, a part of the money collected for a real estate project is ring-fenced in a separate bank account. Also, given the uncertainty, which exists in India on land titles, the real estate bill provides title insurance. This bill has been scrutinized by two parliamentary committees and its passage now brooks no delay. This bill is an important step in cleaning up the real estate market, but the journey should not end with it. State governments play a significant role in real estate and they are often the source of problems. Some estimates suggest that real estate developers have to seek approvals of as many as 40 central and state departments, which lead to delays and an escalation in the cost of houses. Sensibly, NDA government's project to provide universal urban housing forces states to institute reforms to access central funding. Without real estate reforms at the level of States, it will not be possible to meet the ambition of making housing accessible for all urban dwellers.