Prelims 2014 • Paper 2 (CSAT) • Q.70

Prelims 2014Paper 2 (CSAT) • Q.70
PrelimsPaper 2 (CSAT)2014 • Q.70
CSAT
Reading Comprehension Passage / Context

Directions for the following 6 (six) items: The following six items are based on two passages in English to test the comprehension of English language and therefore these items do not have Hindi version. Read each passage and answer the items that follow. Passage - 1 In front of us was walking a bare-headed old man in tattered clothes. He was driving his beasts. They were all laden with heavy loads of clay from the hills and looked tired. The man carried a long whip which perhaps he himself had made. As he walked down the road he stopped now and then to eat the wild berries that grew on bushes along the uneven road. When he threw away the seeds, the bold birds would fly to peck at them. Sometimes a stray dog watched the procession philosophically and then began to bark. When this happened, my two little sons would stand still holding my hands firmly. A dog can sometimes be dangerous indeed.

Which of the following is/are the example/examples of chemical change?

1
Crystallization of sodium chloride
2
Melting of ice
3
Souring of milk
2014 PrelimsPaper 2 (CSAT)

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