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48

Southern India

Paragraph 1, line 3, “Hong Kong was the latest stop for the Tamil Nadu school dropout…” dropout refers to Ramar Pillai; Line 15, “In Tamil Nadu in the south of India, …”. It suggests the location of Tamil Nadu.

Context

49

Herbs

Paragraph 1, linse 6-7, “his secret method of turning herbs into a fuel which he claims is cleaner…”

Reading for specific information

50

Fuel

Paragraph 1, lines 6-7, “his secret method of turning herbs into a fuel which he claims is cleaner…”

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51

school picnic

Paragraph 3, line 3, “He says he discovered the properties of the mystery ‘herb’ during a school picinc in 1978.

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52

formula

Paragraph 3, line 9, “and then toiled tirelessly in his home-made laboratory to perfect his formula.”

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53

chemicals

Paragraph 3, line 11, “the correct quantities of a number of common chemicals such as citric acid………”

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54

Plant

Para 3, line 11, “requires water, the mystery plant, the correct”. There are two secret ingredients needed to make the fuel.

Context

55

Catalyst

Para 3, line 14, “plus a secret catalyst” There are two secret ingredients needed to make the fuel.

Context

56

pure

Para 5, line 3, “the purity improves dramatically to more than 95 per cent, ” It matches with the second versions “When these are combined, a mixture is initially produced which will burn � although it is not very pure.

Change part of speech

57

modified

Line 8 of paragraph 5’regular patrol when used in an unmodified engine.’ As ‘not’ is used in the passage, a positive word be used. ‘modified’ is the answer.

inference

58

police

Line4 of 2^nd paragraph ‘state accorded him police protection’ the word ‘police’ is directly suite in the sentence of version 2.”Mr. Pillai had to be guarded by the police

context

59

fraud

Line13 of paragraph 2 ‘in India’s parliament, branding Mr. Pillai a fraud’ we can use the word ‘fraud’ in the sentence of version 2

context

60

Spoon

Paragraph 2, lines 9-11, ‘A spoon Mr.Pillai insisted on using to stir the mixture was discovered to have been hollowed out and filled with petrol.’ A hollowed-out spoon is used to inject petrol into the mixture.

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61

Hero

Paragraph 2, line s17-18, ‘he has become a folk hero to motorists’ Mr. Pillai was regarded as a hero by the motorists.

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62

Scooters

Paragraph 2, lines 13-14, ‘scooter owners around his home town of Idaiyankulam continue to have faith in him’ People who ride scooters regarded him as a hero.

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63

motorists

We can find the answer in the second paragraph. Last but one line. “He has become a folk hero to motorists, producing 1000 liters a day before hordes of cheering spectators.”

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64

petrol

We can find the answer in the last line of the first paragraph. “motor scooter owners queue up to buy it at 10 rupees, 15 rupees less than the cost of petrol.” That means less than half the petrol price, which should be 25 rupees originally

inference

65

supporter

Backing someone means supporting someone. So the answer is “supporter”

Reading for specific information

66

stolen

Paragraph 4, line 13, “making sure his formula did not fall into the wrong hands.” It means Mr. Pillai was afraid his formula was stolen.

Inference

67

patent

In the first line of the third paragraph, “ Mr. Pillai’s says he has applied for a patent for his fuel Invention needs a patent to secure the inventor. Mr. Pillia didn’t get a patent, so he was afraid his formula was stolen.

Reading for specific information

68

fume

Paragraph 4, the last but two lines, “After drawing off the oil, Mr. Pillia demonstrated that it burned vigorously, as searing, eye-watering fumes filled the room.” We can directly copy from this sentence.

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