INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION [HEADQUARTERS]
WRITTEN TEST FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POST OF

ACCOUNTS OFFICER
Test Booklet:
Date 25.3.2007 Time: 1000 hrs to 1230 hrs.
No. of questions
Part-A Arithmetic, Test of Reasoning etc. (Objective type) 36
Part-8 English Grammar 32
Part-C Area 36
Part-D Descriptive type 02 INSTRUCTIONS

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Enter all information as per the instructions given in the answer sheet.

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Question Booklet for Accounts Officer ··PARTA .. ;wroteJhe==firsJ==w.eJ>:.:browser?-·
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Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina
Tim Berners-Lee
Steve Jobs
2. When was the Constitution of India enacted, signed and adopted by the Constituent Assembly?
January 26, 1950
December 11, 1946

December 1946
November 26, 1949
3. Who among the following have a right to vote in the Vice-Presidential election, but not in the Presidential election?
Judges of the Supreme Court.
Ministers who are not members of either of the houses of the State.
Nominated members of the Parliament.
Members of Parliament who absent from ali meetings of the Houses for a period of sixty days without the permission of the House.
4. Phillaur in Punjab, Azamgarh and Bijnor in UP. What links the winners of the 1989 elections in these three constituencies?
Five-time winners
All SSP candidates
All members of the first Lok Sabha
There are no links.
5. Unripe fruits contain
amino acid uric acid
. lactic acid malic acid

6. Who was the first person to introduce the logarithm tables?
Benjamin Franklin 1. A. Edison
Napier . Einstein
1. Which plan was formulated against the backdrop of severe inflationary pressure? (The period of the plan was 1974-1979 but was terminated by the Janata Government in 1918, one year before the scheduled period.)
Fifth Five Year Plan
Second Five Year Plan
Third Five Year Plan
Sixth Five Year Pian
8. This famous business personality earned money by repairing toy trains when he was 13. His father escaped from the British Police in 1920 and landed in the USA with $20 in his pock.et and later married an American schoolteacher and settled in Philadelphia. His corporate headquarters is k.nown as The Mountain. Identify him.
Nani Gopai Bose Amar Gopal Bose
Anand Gopal Bose Shashikant Bose
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9. "I would have been a biscuit-maker," he said, when asked in an interview what he would have been had it not been for his current job! Biscuit manufacturing would not have been a problem for him, as his father has been running Luckyland Biscuits for the past three decades, and it now is the third-biggest biscuit maker in Sri Lanka. Name him.
Sanath Jayasuriya
Maravan Attapattu
Rumesh Ratnayake
Muttiah Muralidharan
10. The prolific Sir Donald Bradman, who passed away recently, was dismissed for a duck in his last Test innings and hence couid not finish his career with an average of 100. Who denied him that singular honour?
Eric Hollies Larwood
Tyldesley Jim Laker
11. Which is the biggest church in India?
S1. Cathedral, Goa
The Rachol Seminary, Goa
Basciiica of Born Jesus, Goa
Church of Our Lady of Rosary, Goa.
12. The arrests of which two prominent leaders of Congress caused serious unrest in Punjab finally leading to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in the year 1919?
Dr. Kitchlu and Dr.Satyapal
Dr.Kitchlu and Madan Mohan Malviya
Madan Mohan Malviya and Dr.Satyapal
Mohammed Ali Jinnah and Madan Mohan Malviya
13. Which of the following events is not related to the year 2001?
'Agra Summit' between India and Pakistan
Worst natural calamity in india: Gujarat Earthquake
Enron bids'farewell to Indian energy sector
Three new states Chattisgarh, Uttaranchal and Jharkhand are created.
14. The layer which helps human beings on the earth to receive radio signals is?
Ionosphere
Atmosphere
Thermosphere
Mesosphere.
15. In the development of black and white photo film
the silver salts are converted to metallic silver
the silver salts are converted to bleaches
the silver salts are converted to coloured dyes
all of these
16. (856 167)2 (856 -167)2 . is equal to 856 x 856 167 x 167
1 2 689 1023
17. A number when divided by the sum of 555 and 445 gives two times their difference as quotient and 30 as the remainder. The number is
1220 1250
22030 220030
18. Which of the following set of fractions are arranged in perfect ascending order?

35 9 11 9


53 11 99


53 9 11 9


9 1193 5

19. A train starts with full of passengers. At the first station, it drops one-third of the passengers and takes 280 more. At the second station, it drops one-half of the new total and takes 12 more. On arriving at the third station, it is found to have 248 passengers. Find the number of passengers in the beginning.
278 288. 296 275
20. Kiran had 85 currency notes in all, some of which were of R.100 denomination and the remaining of Rs.50 denomination. The total amount of ail these currency notes was Rs.5000. How much amount did she have in the denomination of Rs.50?
4000 3500 3000 4200
21.· At an International Dinner, 1/5 of the people attending were French men. If the number of French women at the dinner was 2/3 greater than the number of French men, and there were no other French people at the dinner, then what fraction of the people at the dinner were not French?
1 I 55 3 15
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22. In Awn's opinion, his weight is greater than 65 kg but less than 72 kg. His brother does not agree with Arun and he thinks that Arun's weight is
His mother's view is that his
greater than 60 kg but less than 70 kg.
weight cannot be greater than 68 kg. If all of them are correct in their
estimation, what is the average of different probable weight of Arun?

68.5 kg
67.5 kg
66.5 kg
69.5 kg
In an election between two candidates, 75% of the voters cast their
23. votes, out of which of the votes were declared invalid. A candidate got 9261 votes which were 75% of the total valid votes. Find the total number of votes enrolled in that election.
16500 17000
16200 16800
24. If the manufacturer gains the wholesale dealer 15% and the retailer then find the cost of production of a table, the retail price of which
is Rs.1265?
1000 Rs.500 Rs.1200 Rs.800
60 kg of an alloy A is mixed with 100 kg of alloy B. If alloy A has lead
25. and tin in the ratio 3 2 and alloy B has tin and copper in the ratio 1
then the amount of tin in the new alloy is 49 kg
36kg 44kg 53kg
26. A invested Rs.75,000 in a business. After few months, B joined him with
At the end of the year, the total profit was divided between
Rs.57,OOO.
them in the ratio 2 1. After how many months did B join?
5 months
4 months
3 months
2 months
27. 2 men and 3 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 3 men and 2 boys can do the same work in 8 days. In how many days can 2 men and
1 boy do the work?
12% days 12 days 13% days 13 days
Four years ago, the father's age was three times the age of his son. The
28. total of the ages of the father and the son after four years will be 54 years. What is the father's age at present?
32 years 36 years
44 years 40 years
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29. A rectangular grassy plot 110 m by 65 m has a gravel path 2.5 m wide all round it on the inside. Find the cost of gravelling the path at 80 paise per sq. metre.
RS.685 RS.675 RS.690 RS.680
30. Two equal amounts of money was lent out at and simple interest respectively at the same time. The former is recovered two years earlier than the latter and the amount so recovered in each case is Rs. 2,880. Determine the amount that was lent out.
RS.1800 RS.1700 RS.1600 RS.1900
31. Which of the following gives the proper relation of Tall men, Black haired people, Indians?
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32. In the following diagram, the square represents girls, the circle tall persons, the triangle is for tennis players and the rectangle stands for the swimmers.
E·
F HI
L

On the basis of the above diagram, answer the following question.
Which letter represents tall girls who are swimmers but don't play tennis?
c D G H
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FoliowiA§j=-questioi"i'=-c6tisists:::fiSleLfigures marked and 5 the problem figures followed by four other figures marked d calledthe answer figures. Select the figure from amongst the answer figures which will continue the same series as established by the five problem figures:
Problem Figures Answer Figures
0.6.
0 0 0 000 . 0
ADe • •• 0 •10+ •
1 2 345 a b c d
34. In the following question there is a set of four figures labeled and 4 called the problem set followed by set of four other figures labeled c and d called the answer set. Figure 3 contains a Question Mark Select suitable figure from the answer set which will substitute the question mark so that a series ,is formed by the figures and 4 taken in order. The label of the selected figure is the answer.
Problem Set Answer Set
.0 .01_0 .0
111[1 111]111 [I.
1234 a b c d
35. The following question consists of a set of five figures, the first of which is not labeled and makes the beginning of series continued in. the successive figures labeled from a to d. However, the series will be established only if the positions of the two of the labeled figures are interchanged. The label of the earlier of the two figures is the answer.
abc
d
36. The following question consists of two sets of figures 2 and 4 which ·--constitute C anddcollstitute the answer set. There is a definite relationship between· figures·r-and-2.
Establish a similar relationship between figure 3 and 4 by choosing a suitable figure 4 from the answer set.
Problem Set Answer Set
I
23 4
1 b c "d
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CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD OR PHRASE WHICH IS MOST NEARLY SIMILAR IN TO THE WORD GIVEN IN CAPITAL LETTERS AND MARK
MEANINGAPPROPRIATELY:
37. CAUTIOUSLY
carefully genuinely secretly somewhat

38. ROBUST
wear useless able stupid

39. CREPT
walked pushed crawled pulled

40. RHETORIC
the art of good painting
incapable of making right speech
the art of elegant speech or writing
the art of real writing

41. EPITAPH a)words written down in the history words which are inscribed on the grave or the tomb in the memory of buried a historical writing which can be obtained from any library a memoriam for the dead
42. POLYGLOT
One who plays more than one game

One who cannot play any sports
One who speaks many languages

One who provides lot of advices.
43. PHILOGYNIST
one who practices philosophy

one who hates women
one who loves mankind·
a lover of womankind.

CORRECT THE SENTENCES BY SUBSTITUTING WITH ONE OF THE OPTIONS FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS IN THE SENTENCES
44. Eggs are usually sold in the dozen.c) in dozen no change.
by the dozen by dozen
45. I have great pleasure in seeing you this morning.
to see on seeing for seeing no improvement.

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brought to prison brought to book brought to court.
no change.
FILL IN THE BLANKS IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES OUT OF THE
WORDS GIVEN BELOW:

41. She took an umbrella with her to getting wet. deny avoid prevent resist
48. The flood victim went a very painful experience.
By through in for out of SELECT THE COMBINATiON OF NUMBERS SO THAT lETTER5IWORDS ARRANGED ACCORDINGLY WILL FORM A MEANINGFUL WORD:
49.KATCE L
12 34 5 6
a)423156 b)124563 c)653241 324165
50. REST L U
123 456

3461 25 b) 45326 1 c)563412 6 521 43
51. J COPT E R
1234567

1345672 b) 2645137 c)7645132 d)4731625
IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS, AN IDiOMATIC EXPRESSION/A BEEN GIVEN, FOLLOWED BY SOME ALTERNATIVES.
PROVERB HAS CHOOSE THE ONE WHICH BEST EXPRESSES THE MEANING OF THE GIVEN IDIOM/PROVERB.
52 To frame a person
to befool someone to make one appear guilty to praise someone a narrow escape.
53. To spill the beans
To reveal secret information to misbehave to keep secrets to talk irrelevant
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BY SOME ALTERNATIVES.
CHOOSE THE ONE WHICH BEST EXPRESSES ITS MEANING.
54. To blaze trail
. to set on fire b) to be annoyed
. to initiate work in a movement

to vehemently oppose
55. To have brush with
to start painting to have good and pleasing terms
to be impressed to have a slight encounter

IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS, A SENTENCE HAS BEEN GIVEN OUT OF THE FOUR ALTERNATIVE
IN ACTIVE (OR PASSIVE) VOICE. SUGGESTED, SELECT THE ONE WHICH BEST EXPRESSES THE SAME SENTENCE IN PASSIVE (OR ACTIVE) VOICE
56. The French surrendered Quebec to, the English in 1759
Quebec was surrendered by the French to the English in 1759. Quebec was surrendered to the English in 1759 by the French The English were surrendered Quebec in 1759 by the French. Quebec was surrendered in 1759 by the French to the English
57. My uncle promised me a Present
A present was promised by my uncle to me
I was promised a present by my uncle
I had been promised a present by my uncle
I was promised by my uncle a present

58. It is time to ring the bell
It is time the bell rings
It is being time to ring the bell
It is time for the bell to ring
It is time for the bell to rung

IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTION A WORD HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS, OUT OF WHICH ONLY ONE IS CORRECTLY SPELT. FIND THE CORRECTLY SPELT WORD.
59. Sedantry Sedentery Sedentary Sedantary
60. Scriptur Skripture Scripture Scripcher
Gramatic61. Grametic Grammetic Grammatic
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..tOF THE EQttOWING-SENl"ENGES, CHOOSE THE WORD OPPOSITE
iN MEANING TO THE ITALICIZED WORD TO FILL IN THE BLANKS
62. My plans may sound rather nebulous to you, but they are very
................ to me

clear concrete prominent conspicuous
63.
Never dissipate energy resources, but always them Utilise Organise Mobilise conserve

64.
History has seen more ...... wars than civil wars
Political Urban Military Rural



PICK OUT THE WORD THAT IS MOST NEARLY OPPOSITE IN MEANING OF THE WORD GIVEN IN CAPITALS
65.
REDOLENT
pesticised sticky yellowish stinking


66.
ADVERSITY
enmity severity prosperity calamity


67.
AROMATIC
tart disagreeable sour odorous


68.
JOCOSE
dull humorous playful diseased



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PARTC

69. Under section 217(2AA) of Companies Act the compliance with accounting standards by the company is the responsibility of
a.
SEBI

b.
Statutory Auditor

c.
Board of Directors

d.
Financing bankers and shareholders


70. For the purpose of analysis of financial statement, a banker needs following:
a.
Balance sheet along with all schedules

b.
Profit and loss account and trading and manufacturing account.

c.
Report of auditors along with comments on accounts

d.
All the above


71. Which of the following best describes the primary objective of an independent financial audit?
a.
Detection and prevention of frauds

b.
Detection and prevention of errors

c.
Both and

d.
Expression of independent opinion by the auditor about the truth and fairness of financial information examined by him.


72. "An auditor is a watchdog and not a bloodhound." This was observed in
a.
London Oil Storage Company

b.
Kingston Cotton Mills Co. Ltd.

c.
London and General Bank

d.
Delightful Cigarette Co. Ltd.


73. When prices show a rising trend, which one of the following methods of inventory valuation will result in lower income and lower valuation of inventory?
a.
FIFO

b.
LIFO

c.
Simple average method

d.
Weighted average method


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ofthe...:-J.9110wingsections-of-the Companies Act 1956 deals with the maintenance of proper books of account?
a. Section 211 b. Section 209
c. Section 227(3) d. Section 205
Who among the following is the bread butter scientist of economics?
15.
a.Thomas b. Adam smith
c. Walker d. John Ruskin
16. A consumer is in equilibrium when he spends his income according to the
law of diminishing marginal utility
b. principle of increasing returns c.law of supply and demand
d. principle of equi-marginal utility
71. The employer should obtain Tax deduction Account Number from ITO[TDS] as per Section
a. 203-Ab. 215
c. 204-A d. 215-A
A valid Contract should contain the following essentials:78.
a. lawful consent consideration
b. parties must be competent
c. lawful object
d. all the above
79. A cheque dated Oct. 12, 2006, is presented for payment on Oct. 27, 2006. It is however observed that the cheque book from which the cheque was issued, was issued to the customer on Oct. 22, 2006 only. What would the bank do with the cheque?
a. this is ante-dated cheque and would be paid, if otherwise in order.
b. the cheque would be paid, if drawer confirms that he put the date intentionally
c. the cheque would be returned, as apparent tenor of the drawer is not clear.
d. the cheque being ante-dated would be returned.
Banks do not disclose the affairs of the customer's account and
80.
maintain secrecy in terms of which of the following:
a. Banking Regulation Act Section 27
b. RBI Act Section 17 Banking Companies (Acquisition Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1970
c.
Section 13

d. Banking Secrecy Act Section 43
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for····raw materials during a period are given below:
Date Receipts Price Issues quantity Rs. quantity 2,005 Jan.1 Opening 1,500 1.50 Balance
Jan.12 2,000 1.525 Jan.15 1,100 Jan.18 800
Following FIFO method, the value of issue on January 18 is
a.
Rs.1,200 b. Rs.1,210

c.
Rs.1,220 d. none of the above


82. At the start of the quarter there were 14,630/. workers. 750 employees left during the quarter while 600 joined the organization during the same period. Using the flux method, the labour turnover was:
a.
5.13% b. 9.23%

c.
9.32% d. 9.28%


83. Gotham City Council is considering the purchase of wheel clamping equipment. The equipment will cost Rs.1,00,000 and will last for three years. It will have no scrap value. It is expected to generate Rs.50,OOO a year in Years 1 and and Rs.40,OOO in Year 3. What is the Net present Value of the investment?
Use PV factors of 0.91 for Year 0.83 for Year and 0.75 for Year 3.
a.
Rs.1,17,000 b. RsAO,OOO

c.
40% d. Rs.17,000


84. The following is an extract of the financial statements of Delta public limited company for 2003
Rs. in thousands
Accruals 80
Closing stock 610
Creditors 260
Debentures 410
Debtors 362
Opening stock 520
Return outwards 60

What is the current asset ratio?
a.
1.54:1 b. 2.86:1

c.
3.06:1 d. 1.68:1


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85. The net present value model can be used to evaluate and rank two or more proposed projects. The approach that computes the total impact on cash flows for each option and then converts these total cash flows to their present values is called the
a.
differential approach

b.
incremental approach

c.
contribution approach

d.
total project approach


86. There are several capital budgeting decision models that do not use discounted cash flows. What is the name of the simple technique that calculates the total time it will take to recover, using cash inflows from operations, the amount of cash invested in a project?
a.
Recovery period

b.
Payback model

c.
External rate of return

d.
Accounting rate of return


87. Suppose CopyMaster purchased a block of shares in its own company from the stock market. CopyMaster plans to hold this stock and distribute it at year=end as bonuses for some key managers. This stock is called and is reported with the on CopyMaster's balance sheet.
a.
investments, assets

b.
treasury stock, equities

c.
marketable securities, assets

d.
stock dividends payable, ·liabilities


88. Recording of a financial transaction can be done in which of the following books
a.
journal b. cash book c. purchase book

d.
any of the above


89. When error is counter-balanced by another error in such a way that it is not disclosed by trial balance, it is
a.
error of principle

b.
error of omission

c.
error of commission

d.
compensating error



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90;--Which ofauditevidence1
a.
Inspection

b.
Observation

c.
Accounting statistics

d.
Computation


91. The most important objective of internal audit is
a.
early detection of errors and frauds

b.
facilitate final audit

c.
early finalization of annual accounts

d.
ensure systematic accounting


92. A company auditor on being an individual cannot be an auditor of more than the following number of companies at one time:
a. 2 b.5 c. 10 d. 20
93. For which purpose can the premium received on shares not be used?
a.
For writing off the discount on company's debentures

b.
For writing off the preliminary expenses of the company

c.
For distributing dividend

d.
For providing for the premium payable on the redemption
of preference shares.



94. While declaring 'interim Dividend' which of the following should not be considered?
a.
Proper valuation of assets and liabilities

b.
Adequacy of contingencies for future losses

c.
Dividend policies followed in past and rate of interim
dividend paid in past.


d.
To set off past losses


95. Marginal product is
a.
the produce when all factors of production are employed at optimum efficiency.

b.
annual output of the most efficient firm

c.
the extra output obtained from employing an additional unit of
a factor.


d.
what is left to the entrepreneur after he has met all the expenses


96. When the output produced is maximum for the given level of inputs the firms achieve
a.
technical efficiency b. technological efficiency

c.
technical inefficiency d. maximum profit


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97. Whether the costs do or do not vary with the quantity of output ......
a.
distinction between variable and direct cost

b.
distinction between variable and fixed cost

c.
distinction between variable and prime cost

d.
distinction between opportunity cost and indirect cost


98. For calculation of Income Tax, which one of the following does not include
a. Retirement Gratuity
b. Pension c. Reimbursement of Tuition fee
d. Value of rent free quarters
99. Which one of the following is not a Contract
a.
An agreement to sell a car

b.
An agreement of Lease

c.
An agreement to marry

d.
An agreement of hire purchase


100. The instruments such as airway bill, bank note, letter of credit, lorry receipts, demand draft are taken as negotiable instrument. Which of these is correct?
a.


b.


c.


d.
e only


101. A company absorbs overheads, on machine hours which were budgeted at 11,250 with overheads of Rs.2,58,750. Actual results were 10,980 hours with overheads of Rs.2,54,692. Overheads were:
a.
underabsorbed by Rs.2,152

b.
overabsorbed by RsA,058

c.
underabsorbed by RsA,058

d.
overabsorbed by Rs.2,152


102. The system of product costing that allocates costs to products that are readily identifiable by individual units or batches is referred to as
a.
job costing

b.
process costing

c.
activity-based-costing

d.
flexible costing


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and
or stocks in other companies are reported in which section of the cash
flows statement?

a.
Financing

b.
Operating

c.
Investing

d.
These cash flows are not reported on the cash flows statement;
instead, they are reported on the balance sheet.



104. A business's telephone bill should be classified into which one of these categories?
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a.
Fixed cost

b.
Stepped fixed cost

c.
Semi-variable cost

d.
Variable cost


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I. Write an essay on anyone of the topics in not exceeding 800 words
1.
Atrocities against women in India are being effectively tackled by the ,--Government of India. Do you agree or not and explain why?

2.
A manned mission to the Moon reality or Myth

3.
Indo-US Nuclear agreement boon or bane

4.
Production of India's indigenous weapons has come of age -Explain


II. in the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, three or four words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word.
Some scholars were exploring the forests of Middle America. They discovered, during their exploration some buildings which were in ruins. These buildings were ruined by the encroaching forest. It was also clear that these buildings were no ordinary structures. They were remnants of a (2)..........civilisation. The scholars got interested. They excavated more and discovered their utmost surprise the remains of a flourishing civilisation -the Mayan's they named it. Thus, it was as late as in
19th century that the secrets of a new civilisation were For some time, the scholars believed that the Mayans must have the descendants of ancient Egyptians or one of the lost tribes of Israel; or perhaps a brand of South East Asia's immigrants. However, they could not come to a unanimous decision. Nonetheless, the fact remains that even to-day the Mayan culture is one of most fascinating ancient civilisations. This civilisation was situated in the of Middle America. It covered area equivalent to France, spread across Guatemala, Belize and some parts of Mexican Honduras. It started in 2500 B.C. and continued its progress till 34 Iater. Throughout its period of progress, the people struggled against the invading They use to burn the plants and make the land .for cultivation. Their staple food was maize. But even while ,.for existence, they found time to build remarkable buildings for they used mortar, sandstone and volcanic rock. The buildings do tell us about the technological advances they had attained.
1.
reasonably surely apparently

2.
ordinary new great

3.
to at for

4.
when as while

5.
at then the

6.
unparalleled unearthed unmatched


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8. an the
9. head heart tail
10. and yet but
11. years centuries decades
12. civilisation enemies forests
13. fertile good properly
14. fighting struggling doing
15. that which it

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