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2. (a) Answer any four of the following questions, each in a complete sentence:1×4=4
(i) What did Abdul Kalam's father used to avoid?
Ans:Kalam's father used to avoid all inessential comforts and luxuries.
(ii) Who was bestowed the title of 'Bahadur' in Strong Roots?
Ans: One of Kalam's mother's forebears was bestowed the title of 'Bahadur' by British in Strong Roots
(iii) According to Mrs. Jones, how old was the boy?
Ans:According to Mrs. Jones, the boy was fourteen or fifteen years old.
(iv) Who broke into the narrator's reverie?
Ans:The new fellow traveller who got in the train at Saharanpur broke into the narrator's reverie.
(v) What shoes and jeans was Roger wearing?
Ans:Roger was wearing blue jeans and tennis shoes.
(vi) What were the eyes of the narrator in 'The Eyes Have It' sensitive to?
Ans :As the narrator was blind, his eyes were sensitive only to light and darkness.
(vii) How did the Tsar meet the hermit?
Ans :Leaving his bodyguard and wearing simple clothes, the Tsar met hermit alone.
(viii) Where did the hermit in 'Three Questions' live?
Ans :In 'Three Questions',the hermit lived in wood.
(b) Answer any four of the following questions each in a complete sentence.
(i) Where does the tree's strength lie?
Ans:The tree's strength lies in its root.
(ii) Where does the soldier lie stretched?
Ans:The soldier lies stretched in heavy undergrowth in the small green valley.
(iii) Where does the grasshopper rest?
Ans:The grasshopper rests at ease beneath some pleasant wood.
(iv) What does 'the eye of heaven' refer to?
Ans:The eye of heaven' refers to the sun.
(v) "...a voice will run"- Whose voice is referred to here?
Ans:The grasshopper's voice is referred to here.
(vi) How does the tree grow?
Ans : The tree grows slowly consuming the earth.
(vii) How does the stream look like in the poem 'Asleep In the Valley'?
Ans:In the poem 'Asleep In the Valley',the stream looks like long strands of silver.
(viii) What gives life to the poet's friend in Shakespearean Sonnet No. 18?
Ans :The sonnet of Shakespeare gives life to the poet's friend in Shakespearean Sonnet No. 18.
(a) Do as directed
1×6=6
6) I don't intend to give up what I have. (Use the underlined word as a noun & rewrite).
Ans: I don't have any intention to give up what I have.
(ii) I am the most unhappy of men. (Change to positive degree).
Ans :No other man is as unhappy as I.
(iii) I found the window (Change the voice).
Ans :The window was found by me.
(iv) A man getting into the compartment, stammered an apology (Split into two simple sentences).
Ans:A man got into the compartment. He stammered an apology.
(v) The poetry of earth is never dead (Turn into affirmative).
Ans:The poetry of earth is always alive.
(vi) "You have already been answered," said the hermit to the Tsar (Turn into indirect speech ).
Ans:The hermit told the Tsar that he had already been answered.
(b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate article or preposition.
I was prepared to sit there for almost any length of time, just to listen to her talking . Her voice had the sparkle of a mountain stream.
c. Few girls can resist flattery.
HS ABTA ENGLISH ALL PAGES :2022-2023
ABTA HIGHER SECONDARY TEST PAPER
All pages of English are solved by PKG English Study Centre.
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