This document is a summary of a diagnostic test containing multiple choice and short answer questions. The test covers topics like information about Abdul Kalam, identifying adjectives, rewriting sentences, making sentences from given words, and changing sentences from active to passive voice. It tests vocabulary, comprehension, and grammar skills across 6 sections with a maximum score of 20 points.

1. GOVT. BOYS H S S, PATHANAPURAM
DIAGONOSTIC TEST-August 2020
Time:20 min Max Score: 20
I. Fill in the Blanks (1x5 =5)
1. Abdul Kalam was born at ___________ (Rameshwaram/Tanjavur)
2. Abdul Kalam earned his first wages by __________ (Bundling newspaper/selling
lottery)
3. Marriage site of the Lord Rama was called _________ (Rama Tirtha/Rama
Vihar)
4. Distinguishing people on the basis of their religion _________
(communal/commodity)
5. Something about to happen _________ (Imminent/Eminent)
II. Pick out the Adjectives (1x3=3)
1. Say the same thing twice over.
2. Several persons were present at the time.
3. Every dog has his day.
III Give one word: (1x5=5)
1. A strong opinion or belief (conviction/ convenience)
2. Practice of old traditions (orthodox/modern)
3. Separation of something (Segregation/Aggregation)
4. To seek forgiveness (Apologise/Apocalypse)
5. To make unclean (Defile/Default)
IV Rewrite the following sentences: (1x2=2)
1. A nurse maid is wanted for a baby about twenty years old.
2. I spent the three last days of my holiday in a char with a swollen leg.
V Make meaningful sentences from following words: (1x2=2)

2. 1. Inequality
2. Inheritence
VI Turn following sentences from Active to Passive Voice: (1x3=3)
1. My father will write a letter.
2. My cousin has drawn this picture.
3. People will soon forget it.