Ray & Martin,Page -66,Second Summative, Madhyamik 2025
Reading Comprehension (Seen)**
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:**
A month later a letter came for Father. After he finished reading it, his eyes looked as if he had been crying. "Do you want to know what became of your kite?" he said. Then he sat down beside us and told us the whole story. Father had a brother and a sister. He had quarrelled with his brother and left home. Years afterward, he felt sorry and when he went back, he found his brother had died and he couldn't find his sister.
The letter Father had just received was from his sister, Aunt Esther, mother of Dick and Mimi. She was a widow who lived hundreds of miles inland. One day when Dick and Mimi were out in the woods, they discovered the kite on the top of a tree and carried it home. When their mother saw the kite patched with the letter, she turned pale. It was the very letter she had once written to her brother. Philippa was her mother's name and Claude was her father's. She knew who we must be. So she sat down and wrote to Big Half Moon and Father received her letter.
Next day, Father went and brought Aunt Esther and Dick and Mimi with him. They have been here ever since. Aunt Esther is such a dear, and Dick and Mimi are too jolly for words.
But the best of it all is that we have relations now!
**A. Write the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:**
1x2=2
(a) After a month a letter came for:
(i) Claude
(ii) Dick
(iii) the narrator's Father
(iv) Mimi
**Answer:** (iii) the narrator's Father
(b) The number of siblings the narrator's Father had was:
(i) one
(ii) two
(iii) three
(iv) four
**Answer:** (ii) two
**B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:**
1x2=2
(i) The person who sent the letter.
**Answer:** Aunt Esther
(ii) Name of Aunt Esther's mother.
**Answer:** Philippa
**C. Answer the following question:**
Why did the narrator's Father feel sorry years afterward?
**Answer:** The narrator's Father felt sorry years afterward because he had quarrelled with his brother and left home, and by the time he decided to return and reconcile, his brother had already died, and he couldn't find his sister.
**2. Read the poem and answer the questions that follow:**
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking.
I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
**A. Tick the right answer:**
1x2=2
(a) The poet will ask for a:
(i) tall sailor
(ii) fellow rover
(iii) tall ship
(iv) sea-gull
**Answer:** (iii) tall ship
(b) The poet asks for a sail the colour of which would be:
(i) blue
(ii) grey
(iii) black
(iv) white
**Answer:** (iv) white
**B. Answer the following questions:**
1x2=2
(i) During what time of the day does the poet wish to go down to the seas?
**Answer:** The poet wishes to go down to the seas at dawn, (as indicated by the "grey dawn breaking.")
(ii) Whose call cannot be denied?
**Answer:** The call of the running tide cannot be denied,( as it is described as a "wild call and a clear call that may not be denied.")
Reading Comprehension (Unseen)
3. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :
Raiganj, Oct 9: Yesterday, over 500 residents who had performed Lakshmi Puja at their homes on October 5, brought the idols to the Hatkhola Ground in Barduari to participate in the exhibition and the competition. In Raiganj this has been a traditional custom for the past 23 years,
It would not be an exaggeration if the event is termed as 'Lakshmi Puja Carnival'. People move in a procession
to bring the idols to the ground, where those are displayed. A fair is also organised for the occasion. "Earlier,
only local people used to participate in the event but for the past few years, people from other areas of the
North Dinajpur district also bring the Lakshmi idols", said Nabakumar Saha, an organiser of the event. A committee formed by the residents of Barduari is the organiser of the carnival. It is indeed a unique practice. A visit to Barduari during the fair and competition is of a great experience.
Every year, the competition is held on the Sunday that falls after Lakshmi Puja. The fair starts in the evening, and after the selection of the best idols, they are taken from the ground for immersion. "The families then take out the idols in a procession and head for different rivers and streams to immerse the idols. A crowd greets them along the route," an organiser said. Adapted from The Telegraph, published on October 10, 2017
A. Tick the right answer:
(i) Every year the people of Raiganj bring their Lakshmi idols to the Hatkhola Ground for (a) sale, (b) competition, (c) immersion, (d) puja. (
ii) The number of residents who took part in the Lakshmi idol competition this year was
(a) more than three hundred, (b) four hundred, (c) more than five hundred, (d) six hundred.
(iii) People of Raiganj had started the Lakshmi Puja Carnival- (a) 20 years ago, (b) 23 years ago, (c) 10 years ago, (d) 25 years ago.
(iv) This year Raiganj held exhibition and competition of Lakshmi idols on
(a) October 8, (b) October 9, (c) October 10, (d) October 6.
B. Each of the following statements is either 'True' or 'False'. Write 'T' for 'True' and 'F' for 'False' in the boxes
on the right-hand side:
(i) Unlike every year this Lakshmi Puja fair was held on the Sunday that fell after Lakshmi Puja.
(ii) The organisers of the fair take out the idols in a procession for immersion.
(iii) The District Magistrate organises the carnival.
(iv) It can be exaggeratedly called 'Lakshmi Puja Carnival'.
C. Answer the following question :
Who are the participants in the exhibition and competition of Lakshmi idols at present ?
Reading Comprehension (Unseen)**
**3. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:**
Raiganj, Oct 9: Yesterday, over 500 residents who had performed Lakshmi Puja at their homes on October 5, brought the idols to the Hatkhola Ground in Barduari to participate in the exhibition and the competition. In Raiganj this has been a traditional custom for the past 23 years,
It would not be an exaggeration if the event is termed as 'Lakshmi Puja Carnival'. People move in a procession to bring the idols to the ground, where those are displayed. A fair is also organised for the occasion. "Earlier, only local people used to participate in the event but for the past few years, people from other areas of the North Dinajpur district also bring the Lakshmi idols", said Nabakumar Saha, an organiser of the event. A committee formed by the residents of Barduari is the organiser of the carnival. It is indeed a unique practice. A visit to Barduari during the fair and competition is of a great experience.
Every year, the competition is held on the Sunday that falls after Lakshmi Puja. The fair starts in the evening, and after the selection of the best idols, they are taken from the ground for immersion. "The families then take out the idols in a procession and head for different rivers and streams to immerse the idols. A crowd greets them along the route," an organiser said. Adapted from The Telegraph, published on October 10, 2017
**A. Tick the right answer:**
(i) Every year the people of Raiganj bring their Lakshmi idols to the Hatkhola Ground for
(a) sale, (b) competition, (c) immersion, (d) puja.
**Answer:** (b) competition
(ii) The number of residents who took part in the Lakshmi idol competition this year was
(a) more than three hundred, (b) four hundred, (c) more than five hundred, (d) six hundred.
**Answer:** (c) more than five hundred
(iii) People of Raiganj had started the Lakshmi Puja Carnival-
(a) 20 years ago, (b) 23 years ago, (c) 10 years ago, (d) 25 years ago.
**Answer:** (b) 23 years ago
(iv) This year Raiganj held exhibition and competition of Lakshmi idols on
(a) October 8, (b) October 9, (c) October 10, (d) October 6.
**Answer:** (b) October 9
**B. Each of the following statements is either 'True' or 'False'. Write 'T' for 'True' and 'F' for 'False' in the boxes on the right-hand side:**
(i) Unlike every year this Lakshmi Puja fair was held on the Sunday that fell after Lakshmi Puja.
**Answer:** True
(ii) The organisers of the fair take out the idols in a procession for immersion.
**Answer:** True
(iii) The District Magistrate organises the carnival.
**Answer:** False
(iv) It can be exaggeratedly called 'Lakshmi Puja Carnival'.
**Answer:** True
**C. Answer the following question:**
Who are the participants in the exhibition and competition of Lakshmi idols at present?
**Answer:** The participants include over 500 residents from Raiganj who bring their Lakshmi idols to Hatkhola Ground in Barduari for the exhibition and competition. Additionally, people from other areas of North Dinajpur district also participate in this event.
4. Write the correct alternatives to fill in the blanks: 1x3=3
Lepchajagat is ___the __ most exquisite place in the western part of Darjeeling hills. It offers __a___unique experience____for_ nature lovers with its alpine scenario and magnificent view of Kanchenjunga.
5. Do as directed:
A. Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given in brackets: 1x2=2
(i) We all had the happy day then.
[Change the voice]
(ii) He is poor but he is happy.
[Make it a simple sentence]
(i) The happy day was had by us all then. [Change the voice]
(ii) Despite/In spite of being poor, he is happy. [Make it a simple sentence]
B. Choose the correct phrasal verb from the list given below to replace the word underlined. Write the correct phrasal verb in the box on the right-hand side changing the form where necessary. There is one extra phrasal verb in the list:
The old lady slowly regained her senses.
[turn up, come round]
came round
6. 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: 2x2=4
(i) Exposition: Exhibition
(ii) Construct: Formed
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