AIMS Question Bank,Page: 400, solved,Madhyamik Examination Practice Set 2024

AIMS Question Bank,Page: 400, solved,Madhyamik Examination Practice Set 2024

 Madhyamik Examination 2024

Practice Set-2024

AIMS Question Bank,Page: 400, solved 

Uluberia High School 

#### Reading Comprehension (Seen)

**1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:**

We had a kite that was big and covered with lovely red paper. We pasted gold tinsel stars all over it and had written our names full on it—Claude Leete and Philippa Leete, Big Half Moon lighthouse.

One day there was a grand wind for kite flying. I'm not sure how it happened, but as I was bringing the kite from the house, I tripped and fell over the rocks. My elbow went clear through the kite, making a big hole.

We had to hurry to fix the kite if we wanted to send it up before the wind fell. We rushed into the lighthouse to get some paper. We knew there was no more red paper. We took the first thing that came handy—an old letter lying on the bookcase in the sitting room. We patched the kite up with the letter, a sheet on each side and dried it by the fire. We started out, and up went the kite like a bird. The wind was glorious and it soared. All at once—snap! And there was Claude, standing with a bit of cord in his hand, looking foolish. Our kite has sailed away over to the mainland.

**A. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:**

(i) The narrator of the text is

(a) Dick

(b) Mimi

(c) Philippa

(d) Claude

**Answer:** (c) Philippa

(ii) The kite was mended with a

(a) newspaper

(b) leaflet

(c) letter

(d) red paper

**Answer:** (c) letter

**B. State whether the following statement is true or false. Write 'T' for true or 'F' for false in the box given on the right-hand side. Provide sentences/words in support of your answer.**

(i) The patched kite was dried in the sun.

**Answer:** False

**Supporting Statement:** "We patched the kite up with the letter, a sheet on each side and dried it by the fire."

**C. Answer the following question:**

(i) Why did Claude stand there looking foolish?

**Answer:** Claude stood there looking foolish because the kite string had snapped, and he was left holding just a bit of the cord while the kite sailed away to the mainland.

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**2. Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow:**

Once I crept in an oak wood—I was looking for a stag,

I met an old woman there all knobby stick and rag,

She said: 'I have your secret here inside my little bag.'

Then she began to cackle and I began to quake,

She opened up her little bag and I came twice awake—

Surrounded by a staring tribe and me tied to a stake.

They said: "We are the oak-trees and your own true family,

We are chopped down, we are torn up, you do not blink an eye

Unless you make a promise now you are going to die."

'Whenever you see an oak-tree felled, swear now you will plant two.

Unless you swear the black oak bark will wrinkle over you

And root you among the oaks where you were born but never grow.'

**A. Tick (✓) the right answer:**

(i) 'You do not blink an eye-By this, the trees mean—

(a) human beings are caring

(b) human beings have weak eyesight

(c) human beings frown at every inhuman act

(d) human beings are indifferent

**Answer:** (d) human beings are indifferent

(ii) The poet was looking for—

(a) an old woman

(b) oak trees

(c) a female deer

(d) a male deer

**Answer:** (d) a male deer

(iii) A 'staring tribe' refers to—

(a) the oak trees

(b) local inhabitants

(c) homeless people

(d) the primitive people

**Answer:** (a) the oak trees

**B. Answer the following questions:**

(i) How did the trees narrate their plight?

**Answer:** The trees narrated their plight by expressing their suffering due to being chopped down and torn up. (They confronted the poet, making him realize his indifference towards their destruction and demanding a promise to plant two oaks for every one felled to prevent further harm to their kind.)

(ii) What was the promise that the poet had to make?

**Answer:** The poet had to promise that whenever he saw an oak tree being felled, he would plant two in its place. (If he failed to make this promise, the black oak bark would wrinkle over him, and he would be rooted among the oaks, never to grow.)

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#### Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

**3. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:**

We must pay close attention to our choice of words when we speak, because respectful words make a person sublime and graceful. For a comfortable and effective conversation, one should always use appropriate language. With the use of literary and apt language, human ideas and emotions can be conveyed effectively.

In contrast, using words carelessly may lead to misunderstanding and disturbances. It could also reflect badly on the personality of the speaker. Inappropriate, hurtful, sarcastic words may not only hurt feelings but also end relationships.

A conversation is not simply an exchange of ideas; it is also an exchange of personalities. If the personalities match, harmony is achieved. If they do not, it may lead to irreversible disharmony. When personalities get along with each other, great things can be achieved. The captain and vice-captain of a cricket team, for example, may communicate politely and respectfully, thus encouraging their team to a victory; on the other hand, if their words carry a burden of their differences, their team's morale and performance may suffer.

Therefore, one should choose the words carefully. Our words can attract the attention of the other's personality, style, speech, and gesture and leave a mark on them.

**A. Tick (✔) the right answer:**

(i) Careless use of words may lead to—

(a) good understanding

(b) happiness

(c) disturbances

(d) sweet relations

**Answer:** (c) disturbances

(ii) The harmony of society depends on—

(a) nothing

(b) a single person

(c) the matching of personalities

(d) economical condition

**Answer:** (c) the matching of personalities

(iii) When personalities go hand in hand—

(a) nothing is achieved

(b) insignificant things are achieved

(c) trifling things are achieved

(d) great things can be achieved

**Answer:** (d) great things can be achieved

**B. State whether the following statement is 'True' or 'False'. Write 'T' for true or 'F' for false in the box given on the right-hand side. Provide sentences/words in support of your answer.**

(i) A conversation is a mere exchange of ideas.

**Answer:** False

**Supporting Statement:** "A conversation is not simply an exchange of ideas; it is also an exchange of personalities."

**C. Answer the following question:**

(i) Which things hurt feelings and end relationships?

**Answer:** Inappropriate, hurtful, sarcastic words hurt feelings and end relationships.

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### SECTION-B

#### Grammar and Vocabulary

**4. Do as directed:**

**A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions:**

1×3=3

There was __a__ chance Samuel might do something __during__ the course of the day __to__ justify the letter.

**B. (i) The teacher delivered a lecture to a group of students. (Change the voice)**

**Answer:** A lecture was delivered to a group of students by the teacher.

**(ii) Mr. Dey said to his son, "Did you work out the sum?" (Change into indirect speech)**

**Answer:** Mr. Dey asked his son if he had worked out the sum.

**(iii) The poem is too simple to need an explanation. (Turn into a complex sentence)**

**Answer:** The poem is so simple that it does not need an explanation.

**5. Given below are the meanings of two words which you will find in the passage in Question No. 3. Find out the words and write them in the appropriate boxes on the right-hand side:**

(i) movement of the body and limbs: **gesture**

(ii) a talk, especially an informal one, between two or more people, in which news and ideas are exchanged: **conversation**

### SECTION-C

#### Writing

**6. Write a newspaper report on the incident of burglary in a flat in Kolkata using the following points:**

**[Date and place —— time—— occupants of the house —– number or robbers —— list of articles stolen —- police investigation.]**

**Answer:**👉Answer

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Madhyamik Examination Practice Set-2024

AIMS Question Bank,Page: 400, solved 

Uluberia High School