is very eager to know (2) about their vacation dates. (3)

(II) Rearrange the following lines to form a meaningful passage and answer the following question by choosing the correct option (2.5 marks)

1. 
   Telecommuters produce, on average, 20% more than if they were to work in an office.
   
2. 
   More and more office workers telecommute from offices in their own homes. Their flexible schedule allows them to balance both their family and work responsibilities.
   
3. 
   The upside of telecommuting is both greater productivity and greater flexibility. Ans: cab
   

The paragraph best supports the statement that telecommuters

1. 
   get more work done in a given time period than workers who travel to the office.
   
2. 
   produce a better quality work product than workers who travel to the office.
   
3. 
   are more flexible in their ideas than workers who travel to the office.
   
4. 
   would do 20% more work if they were to work in an office.
   

4. 
   The following paragraph is jumbled. Rearrange the sentences to form a meaningful passage (4 marks)
   

5. 
   With this the total number of public holidays in Uttar Pradesh has reached 39. This is the seventh such holiday announced by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav after taking charge of the state just over three-and-a-half years ago.
   
6. 
   He later declared holidays on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Chandrashekhar (April 17), Maharishi Kashyap and Maharishi Nishadraj Jayanti (April 5), Hazrat Ajmeri Garib Nawaj Urs (April 26), Maharana Pratap Jayanti (May 9). June 24 was also declared as public holiday to mark socialist leader and former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur’s birth anniversary.
   
7. 
   Continuing with its “holiday politics”, the Akhilesh Yadav government Friday announced a public holiday on October 31 —- to mark the birth anniversaries of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel and socialist Acharya Narendra Dev.
   
8. 
   Akhilesh had first declared a holiday on December 6 as the death anniversary of Bhim Rao Ambedkar, which was seen as an attempt to appease Dalits, the traditional vote bank of Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party. Ironically, Akhilesh had earlier scrapped the same decision that was taken by Mayawati, who was his predecessor. Ans: CADB
   

5. 
   Compose a well knit paragraph in about 50 – 70 words on the following proverb
   

(5 marks)

“No man is an island.”

6. 
   Compose a well knit paragraph in about 50 words that starts with the given line. (5 marks)
   

“Saving energy means saving money. ……”