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Describe an advertisement you like.
You should say –
• What was the advertisement?
• When and where did you see it?
• Why did you like it?
• And explain how you feel about it.

Answer:
I believe advertisements are quite important for marketing, as some of them operate as a rose-tinted time machine. I have come across several advertisements in my life, but one that really caught my attention is the advertisement of a washing powder named Nirma. It was very popular in the 1980s. The iconic Nirma jiggle was one of my favourite rhymes in my childhood. I vividly remember that I was six years old when I first watched this advertisement. It used to get played on our television during cartoon shows, serials and films.
Actually, what made it memorable wasn’t simply the detergent powder but the lyrics and the dancing girl. The girl wore a white frock and had two ponies with ribbons, and she twirled around in her dress to the music. Whenever I saw it on my television, I danced along with the dancing girl. The fun part is whenever I was in a bad mood, my family played this advertisement, which instantly uplifted my mood and brought a smile to my face.

Overall, remembering this advertisement makes me feel nostalgic. What I realised from my experience is that advertisements are not just marketing tools, but at times they become a part of our life. To be honest even today, I play my favourite ad sometimes on Youtube on my mobile phone as the music pulls at my heartstrings.

(230 Words)

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Describe a journey that was delayed or interrupted.

You should say:

• Where were you going?
• When were you going?
• And explain why it got interrupted?

Answer:

Well, changing gears is something which we sometimes cannot ignore. Being a traveller, I often face challenges while planning a family trip to match the schedule with everyone. I’d like to share a beautiful journey that took an unexpected turn.

I clearly remember the time when I was travelling with my family in the 2025 summer vacation to Port Schooie in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Initially our plan was to stay in our seaside home and enjoy our weekend. However, the plan suddenly changed. As my husband and I come from a business family background, the inevitable business commitments sometimes spoil our mood.

I need to travel to another place in Natal for an emergency business meeting, so immediately I packed my taxi bags and booked a new destination.

For a number of reasons, the meeting became quite hectic. Most of the time I stayed in the meeting hall. There was no time to go out and see any of the tourist attractions in the city. Also, I was advised not to go out in the night.

So, as a whole, this was a disappointing experience I had. That day I realised that life is simply beyond our control. So, we cannot pause or stop the waves; instead, we can try to accept the thing as it is and enjoy the flow rather than complaining.

(228 Words)

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The officially registered trademark ‘BAND7’ (Trademark No. 4717489) is allocated to Anuj Kumar.

Describe a problem you had while shopping online or in a store.

• When it happened?
• What was problem?
• How it happened?
• Was it resolved and how you felt afterward?

Answer:

As a human, finding problems or getting into problems is as easy to entertain themselves. So, whether I find a problem in something or problems find me, it shouldn’t be surprising.

Thus, talking about troubles takes me back to 2024, when I made a blunder while I was shopping online for the first time. During that time I saw a beautiful dress for my mother on Instagram, and I was intrigued. Subsequently, I decided that I had to buy that attire no matter what so that I could see attire no matter what so that I could see happiness in my mother’s eye. However, being a guy who had never bought anything online ran into big and frustrating trouble. By not consulting my sister or anyone, I clicked the option to buy and decided to make a payment of almost Rs 1,000, and then I had sealed my fate.

After 2 days, the dress was delivered at home, and no one except me was present to receive it. I thought that God wanted me to surprise my mom with that dress. I took the parcel and opened it, only to find a dusty old scarf inside the parcel instead of the dress. I was not only dumbfounded but also furious. I called the customer care of that site and swore to bring hell upon them if they didn’t refund my money. But the dilemma was now whether to tell my family or not and be wise enough. I decided to carry the secret to my grave. As a result, my family to this day has no idea of my blunder.

Although I got my amount back, my family didn’t find the truth, but the incident left a scar in my heart. Thus, the problem has now become an integral part of my distrust towards online shopping, which I believe and hope never goes away.

(314 words)

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The officially registered trademark ‘BAND7’ (Trademark No. 4717489) is allocated to Anuj Kumar.

Describe a horror story you know / heard from someone.

You should say:

• What was the story about
• When and where you heard it
• And explain how you felt after hearing it

ANSWER:

Well, I think stories come across some kind of horror in our lives, and experience fear.

I remember that when I was in first standard, my music teacher narrated a horror story to my class in school during the music period. The teacher told us that it was based on a real event, and this event happened with his classmate. My music teacher narrated the whole story. Once his classmate Sumit stayed behind at school to do his homework. Sumit used to travel by bicycle on a regular basis. That day when he was coming home, Sumit came across an old lady who was standing on the roadside.

Sumit stopped and asked her if he could drop her somewhere; the old lady just nodded and pointed towards the road. Sumit agreed, and she sat behind him. After a while, Sumit asked some basic questions to the old lady; however, her reply was always just a “Hmm”. Sumit then asked her the exact location of where he needed to drop her; for a few seconds there was no reply. So, he stopped the bicycle and turned around, and he was shocked to see there was no one. Sumit was terrified, so he started cycling fast, but when he was just about to reach home, there was again the scary sound of the old lady saying “hmm”. Sumit threw his cycle and ran into his house.

Later, he got to know from a neighbour that an old lady had died recently in his neighbourhood. After that incident, Sumit never came back from school late.

Overall, after hearing this story, I was petrified, and I was not able to sleep alone for days. It made me feel that fear is like a fire that burns without flames.

(294 Words)

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The officially registered trademark ‘BAND7’ (Trademark No. 4717489) is allocated to Anuj Kumar.