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

(I) Fill blanks with missing sentences (5 marks)

Happify, a startup "experience" that claims to help people improve their emotional well-being through research-backed activities and games, has _____. In 2014, the New York Times called it "perhaps the most sophisticated positive vibes app available now," and the New Yorker even_____, focusing on co-founder Ofer Leidner. With nearly $4 million dollars in early funding and another five in convertible debt as of May this year, Happify caught my attention too. _____. According to Leidner, 1.3 million people are now training on Happify. That's a 1200% increase_____. "The whole idea behind Happify is to create a rigid, scientific framework that applies to happiness but layer over it a user experience that is fun," _______"I think we’re getting the response we’re getting because of that.”

1. 
   since Happify's beta-days just two years ago
   
2. 
   I decided to try the service and see how I felt
   
3. 
   Leidner told Business Insider
   
4. 
   created a lot of buzz since its launch two years ago
   
5. 
   wrote a short piece about Happify's creation
   

Ans: (iv), (v), (ii), (i), (iii)

2. 
   Rearrange the following lines to form a meaningful passage and answer the following question by choosing the correct option (2 marks)
   

1. 
   Members of your investigative team may have skills and abilities of which you are not aware.
   
2. 
   This way, you are likely to discover special investigative skills you never suspected your team members had.
   
3. 
   As investigator in charge of a case, you should seek out and take advantage of potential talent in all the members of your team. Ans: acb
   
1. 
   The following paragraph is jumbled. Rearrange the sentences to form a meaningful passage (4 marks)
   

1. 
   Raman, as he is fondly called, was in the news recently, as a victim of a conspiracy after bits and pieces of blades were found in his food.
   
2. 
   He was rushed to the hospital but died the following day. Now why he did that has been a matter of debate amongst the temple trust, the cops and the locals of Peramangalam town just outside the city of Thrissur in Kerala. An inconsolable Raman did not eat for two days after the death of his mahout of two years, Shibu.
   
3. 
   Meet Techikotukavu Ramachandran—Bihari by birth, he was blinded in one eye, arrested once, bailed out and eventually exonerated of his “crime” later, but still has managed to keep the tag of one of the most coveted and sought after tuskers in Kerala.
   
4. 
   The incident took a somber turn after his mahout consumed poison, bypassed the cops investigating the case and lay down at the elephant’s foot. Ans : CADB
   

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

“You can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs”

6. 
   Compose a well knit paragraph in about 50 words that starts with the given line. (5 marks)
   
7. 
   “Having a strategy is a matter of discipline. ……”