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QUESTION PAPER 1
Time :3 Hours] ITotal Marks : 80
Instructions:(1)Write in a clear leglble handwriling
D, E and
has flve Sectlons:A, B, C,
2) This questlon paper
Questions 1 to 57.
numbers to the rlght represent the marks of the questions.
3 ) The Write the
( 4 )New sections should be started on a new page.
answers in the numerlcal order.
Read the following passage and
Section A answer the questions in one
Read the following passage and sentence each: 3
select the appropriate answers gifts are meaningless
Marriage
from the options given below: 2 the sweet bread known
without
The young seagull was alone on as the bol, just as a party or
loses its charm without
his ledge. His two brothers and his a feast
be said
sister had already flown away the bread. Not enough can
had been afraid to to show how important a baker
day before. He
Somehow when he can be for a village. The lady of
fy with them.
had taken a little run forward to the house must prepare sandwichess
on the occasion of her daughter's
the brink of the ledge and attempted
engagement. Cakes and bolinhas
are
to flap his wings he became afraid.
a must for Christmas as well as
The great expanse of sea stretched
other festivals. Thus, the presence
down beneath, and it was such a
of the baker's furnace in the village
down miles down. HHe
long way
-
is absolutely essential.
felt certain that his wings would
The baker or bread-seller of
never support him: so he bent his
the
those days had a peculiar dress
head and ran away back to
known as the kabai. It was a single-
little hole under the ledge where
he slept at night. piece long frock reaching down to
the knees.
made the seagull afraid?
1. What guestions:
A. To be alone on the ledge
3. When does a party or a feast lose
B. His brothers and his sister teased
its charm?
him
C. The ledge was too high above 4.Why is the presence of the baker's
furnace in every village essential ?
the sea
D. His wings were very weak 5. Describe kabai in one sentence.
2. Which of the following is closer in Fill in the blanks choosing the
meaning to the term, 'on the brink correct words given in the
of? brackets 5
A. 'at the end of (extraordinary, disaster, humanity,
B. 'on the verge of glory. lberty)
C. 'in front of Today, all of us do, by our
D. 'over the edge of presence here confer 6 and hope
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to newborn
7. Out of
experlence of an 8 human 9
the20. And Mustard growled, and they all
that looked around'
lasted too long. must
be born a
A. Antithecsls
society of which all 10 will be B. Lltotes
C.
proud. Onomatopoela D., Hyperbole
Answer the Answer the questions in three to
questions in three to
four sentences each:
four sentences each: (Any (Any three)
three)
6
11.Lencho 21.
had immense falth
in God. According to
Leslle Norrls, what
Comment. contrasts the tiger in the z00
with
12. Describe the the tiger in its natural
narrator's experlence as habltat?
he flew the 22. Why does Walt
aeroplane into the storm. Whitman want to
13.Why do you think Wanda Iive with animals?
Maddie and Peggy the gave
23. Comment
dresses? Why are they
drawings
of the humour in the poem,
on
surprised? The Tale of Custard the
14. How did Buddha Dragon'.
convey to Kisa 24. What does the man
the truth of life and say to Anne
death? about love ?
15. Why does Maxwell say the air 25. Why does the poet
hostess was, 'the very compare the
queen of her trees with 'patients'?
kind'?
Read the following passage and
Section B answer the questions in one
Read the sentence each: 3
following stanza and
answer the questions given below: Ausable moved to an armchair
and sat down heavily. "T'm
3 going to
He is raise the devil with the
learning. well behind his management
this time, and you can bet on it,"
desperate eyes,
The epistemology of loss, how to he said grimly. "This is the second
stand upp time in month that somebody
a
Knowing what every man must one has got into my room through that
day know nuisance of a balcony!" Fowler's eyes
And most know many days, how went to the single window of the
to stand up. room. It was an ordinary window.
against which now the night was
guestions:
pressing blackly.
16. Why are the boy's eyes desperate? "Balcony ?" Max said, with a
17. What does the boy have to learnn? rising inflection. "No. a passkey.
18.What is 'the epistemology of loss'? I did not know about the balcony.
Select the correct Figures of It might have saved me some trouble
Speech from the options given: 2 had I known."
19. Has given my heart, a change of "It's not my balcon." Ausable
sald with extreme irritation. "It
mood.
A. Simile B. Synecdoche belongs to the next apartment."
D. Tautolog He glanced explanatorily at Fowler.
C. Apostrophe
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bowled
"You see," he said, "this room used discovered the joys of being
to be part of a large unit. and over, tramped on and squashed
He became an
the next room - through that door every few minutes.
an
there used to be the living room. accepted member of the gang.
the
It had the balcony. which extends unlikely, silky little object among
for
under my window now. You can get shaggy crew, fighting like a tiger
onto it from the empty room two his share at mealtimes and hunting
doors down - and somebody did, last rats in the old henhouse at night.
He had never had such a time in
month. The management promised
to block it off. But they haven't." his life.
All the while, Mrs Pumphrey
guestions
hovered anxiously in the background,
26.Why was Ausable greatly annoyed?
day for
ringing a dozen times a
27. From where had someone entered
the latest bulletins. I dodged
into Ausable's room? the questions about whether his
28. What had the management not done cushions were being turned regularly
as promised ? or his correct coat worn according
Read the following passage and to the weather; but I was able to
answer the questions in one tell her that the little fellow was out
sentence each 2 of danger and convalescing rapidly.
From then on, his progress guestions:
was rapid. He had no medicinal 29. Which activities brought him joy?
treatment of any kind but all day
30. What shows anxiety of Mrs
he ran about with the dogs, joining
in their friendly scrimmages. He
Pumphrey?
SectionC
Rectify the errors in the given passage:
Error Correction
The Children burst into applaud applaud applause
31.and even the boy were glad
32. to had a chance to stamp
33. over the floor,
34. put the fingers in there mouths and whistle.
Punctuate the following lines: (guestion nos. 35 to 38) 2
Another aeroplane Up there in this storm
Fll in the blanks with proper articles, conjunctions and prepositions:
(Write only the answers.)
(the, or, wlthout, as)
Marriage gifts are meaningless 39 the sweet bread known as 40 bol, just
41 a party 42 a feast loses its charm without bread
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43. Convert the following into Indirect Speech:
who know least.
Natalya: T've noticed that those hunters argue most
Lomov: Madam. please be silent, My heart is going to pleces (shouts) shut
up!
Natalya:l shant shut up until you acknowlege that Sqeezer is a hundred
times better than your Guess
Do as directed:
44. It was a very strong wind. (Turn into Exclamatory.)
A. How strong wind it was B. What a strong wind it was!
C. What strong wind it was! D. How a strong wind it was!
45. The Sun was now ascending the sky. (Select the correct questlon tag.)
A. The sun was now
ascending the sky, didn't it?
B. The sun was now ascending the sky. wasn't her
C. The sun was now
ascending the sky. wasn't it?
D. The sun was now
ascending the sky. don't it ?
46. The issue was too
complex to solve. (Remove 'too'.)
A. The issue was
very complex to solve.
B. The issue was so
complex to solve.
C. The issue was so
complex
that it could not be solved easily.
D. The issue was so complex that they could solve it easily.
47. The air was fresh and sweet.
(Use 'not only.. but also'.)
A. Not only the air was fresh but sweet also.
B. The air not only was fresh but also sweet.
C. Not the air was only fresh but sweet also.
D. The air was not only fresh but also sweet.
48. I was pained that I not able to thank them. (Use
was
'so'.)
A. I was not able to thank them, so I was
pained.
B. I was pained. so I was not able to thank them.
C. So that I was not able to thank them, I was pained.
D. So that I was pained, I was not able to thank them.
Section D the responsibility of looking after
this particular stone. along
Read the with
following passage and other things, lay with Manuben.
answer the
questions in one
Unfortunately. though. she forgot
sentence each 4 the stone at the last
Many people know that instead halting place.
" I want you to go back and
of soap. Gandhiji used a stone look for the stone," said
to scrub himself.
Very few people, Bapu. "Only
then will you not
however, know how precious this forget it the next
time." "May I take a
volunteer with
stone, glven by Miraben was to
me?" "Why ?" Poor Manu.
She did
Gandhlj. not have the
courage to say that
This happened during the the way back
lay through forests of
Noakhali march. when Gandhijl and coconut and
others halted at a village called
supari, (betel nut), so
dense that a
the
stranger might easily
Narayanpur. During march, lose his
way. Moreover, it was the
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secretary of the
time of riots. How could she go 54. You are the
The
back alone? recreation club of your school.
celebration of the school
But she did go. and alone: annual day
be held next month. Write
a
after all she had committed the is to
error. Leaving Narayanpur at 9.30 notice for the school display board
in this reference. 4
in the morning. Manu trudged along
the forest path. taking the name of OR
Ram as she went. 54. You are the owner of a fitness
On reaching the village she centre. Prepare an impressive
went straight to the weaver's house advertisement for the promotion of
that had been their last halt. An your fitness centre.
old woman lived
And she there.
had thrown the stone away. When Section E
Manuben found it after a difficult
55. Write a report on Selfie Mania'
search her joy knew no bounds.
among the youngsters. 4
Carrying the precious stone,
she returned to Narayanpur by late 56. Write a letter to your friend making
afternoon. an appeal to avoid Chinese fire
Placing it in Bapu's lap
she burst into tears. crackers and have a safe Diwali,
You have idea how free of sound and air pollution. 6
no happy
I feel. This stone has been my OR
cherished companion for the past
56. Write an e-mail to your friend
twenty-five years. Whether in prison
informing him/her about the newly
or in a palace, it has been with
fitted Water Percolation System in
me. Now, you have seen that every
your society and how it saves
useful thing is worth taking care
of, even a stone". water.
57. Write an essay in about 200 words
guestions:
49. What on any one of the following: 8
was precious to Gandhiji?
Why? (1)Keeping a Healthy Lifestyle
50. Why was Manuben hesitant to go (What is a healthy lifestyle ?
to the last halting place ? unable to
-
keep -
balanced
51. Which lesson did Manuben learn ? meals- exercise-sleep - recrea
52. What do you know about tional activities avoiding
Bapu
from this passage? bad habits and unhealthy
53. You are Avani/Avi Mehta. Make a pursuits - conclusion)
diary entry of your two day visit
(2) Online Shopping v/s Offline
to your friend's village.
Shopping
OR (tntroduction - availability
53. A famous cricketer visited your
-variety-price cheek- return
school. You are the sports secretary
of school. Write at least
refund policies quality -pocket
your
Sriendliness - time Sactor
four dialogues which you used to
- conclusion)
nterview him/ her.
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57. Complete the story and glve it a suitable title:
An engineer - Intervlew in a Multlnatlonal company-goes to cobbler-shoe
pollshing-tlps for Intervlew and salary - Intervlew goes well - gets Joh - comes
to know the real boss
- awestruck
QUESTION PAPER 2
Time : 3 Hours] Total Marks: 80
Instructions As per Question Paper 1.
D. Who will design a prize-winning
Section A
motorboat among all?
Read the following passage and 2. Everybody's assumption about
select the appropriate answers
Peggy's winning the contest was
from the options given below: 2 reasonable as ...
Thinking about Wanda and her A. Peggy drew better than anyone
hundred dresses all lined up in
else in the room.
the closet. Maddie began to wonder
B. Peggy could copy a picture in
who was going to win the drawing a magazine or some film star's
and colouring contest. For girls, head quite vividly.
this contest consisted of designing C. Peggy always stood first in the
dresses and for boys, of designing drawing competition.
motorboats. Probably Peggy would D. Both A and B3
win the girls' medal. Peggy drew
Read the following passage and
better than anyone else in the
answer the questions in one
room. At least, thae's what everybody sentence each 3
thought. She could copy a picture
Icabled to England. and
in a magazine or some film star's
when, three days after, nothing had
head that you could almost
so
tell1 happened, I tried to telephone. The
who it was. Oh, Maddie was sure
call had to be booked
Peggy would win. Well, tomorrow twenty-four
hours in advance. On the first
the teacher was going to announce day
the line was out of order;
the winners. on the
Then they'd know.
second the exchange
closed for
was
1. What was going on in Maddie's a
religious holiday. On the third
mind constantly? day there was another breakdown.
A. Were there really hundred dresses My friend left, and I
all lined up in Wanda's closet ? meet him in a week's
arranged to
time. Five
B. Who will win the drawing and days later, my mail arrived.
colouring contest?
I carried it to my bedroom
C. Whether Peggy would win the to read, and there,
contest or not. the floor, were two
squatting on
Arabs: beside
