HS ABTA TEST PAPER PAGE 226
ABTA TEST PAPER PAGE 226
Abta
PROSE
(i) Where did the hermit live?
Ans:The hermit lived in a wood .
(ii) Why did Roger try to snatch Mrs. Jones' pocket-book?
Ans: Roger tried to snatch Mrs. Jones' pocket-book because he wanted to buy a pair of blue suede shoes.
(iii) Who was Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry?
Ans: Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry, a close friend of Kalam's father , was the high priest of Rameswaram temple.
(iv) "You must be disappointed," - Who said this and to whom?
Ans: The third co-passenger said this to the narrator.
The third co-passenger who entered in the train at Saharanpur said this to the narrator.
(v) Where was Kalam's ancestral house located?
Ans.Kalam's ancestral house was located on the Mosque Street in Rameswaram.
(vi) What were the last words, Mrs. Jones spoke to Roger?
Ans: At the end Mrs Jones advised Roger to behave properly.
(vii) Why did the Tsar put on simple clothes to meet the hermit?
Ans : Tsar put on simple clothes to meet the hermit because hermit met only common people.
(viii) How was the girl's voice to the narrator?
Ans :According to the narrator ,the girl's voice had the sparkle of a mountain stream.
POETRY
(ix) How was the soldier's smile?
Ans: The soldier's smile was like an infant's -gentle without guile.
(x) What do your mean by 'miniature boughs'?
Ans; The word 'miniature boughs' means very small branches of a tree.
(xi) What is meant by the phrase 'nature's changing course'?
Ans:'Nature's changing course' means the fact that everything must undergo change with the progress of time by nature's law.
(xii) Whare role does the grasshopper play in the poem 'The poetry of Earth'?
Ans:In the poem 'The poetry of Earth' the grasshopper takes the lead in summer luxury.
(xiii) Which creates silence in the Poem 'The Poetry of Earth'?
Ans:The frost creates silence in the Poem 'The Poetry of Earth'?
(xiv) "Nor Shall death brag thou wanderest in his shade" What rhetorical device does the poet use here?
Ans:The poet employs personification in the line "Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade" from Shakespeare's Sonnet 18.
(xv) What do 'red holes' signify in 'Asleep in the Valley.
Ans: red holes signify bullet wounds in 'Asleep in the Valley.
(xvi) "But this alone won't do it" - What is referred to by 'this'?
Ans: Here this refers to the act of hacking and chopping.
4. (a) Do as directed:1×6=6
(i) The woman said to Roger, "What did you want to do it for?" (Change into indirect speech).
Ans: The woman asked Roger What he had wanted to do it for.
(ii) Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection (Make it negative).
Ans: Adversity never stops presenting opportunities for introspection
(iii) Her next question removed my doubts. (Change the voice).
Ans: My doubts were removed by her next question.
(iv) He takes the lead in summer luxury. (Use the verb form of Lead' to rewrite).
Ans: He leads in summer luxury.
(v) The humming insects don't disturb his rest. (Make it a complex sentence).
Ans: The insects which are humming don't disturb his rest.
(vi) The Tsar was very glad to have made peace with his enemy so easily. (Split in two simple sentences)
Ans:Tsar had made peace with his enemy so easily. He was very glad.
(b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and/or prepositions :
There was a very old mosque in our locality where my father would take me there evening prayers. I had not the faintest idea of the meaning of the Arabic prayers.
(c) Correct the error in the following sentence by replacing the underlined word with the right one from the options given below :
When the Tsar approaching, the hermit was digging the soil.
[Options: Approach, Approached ]
Ans: When the Tsar approached , the hermit was digging the soil.
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