AIMS MADHYAMIK QUESTION BANK PAGE 460 SOLVED
AIMS QUESTION BANK 2025
Section A
Reading Comprehension (Seen)
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
A. Write the correct alternative in the given space to complete the following sentences:
(a) It is always lovely on the island in…
(i) summer
(ii) winter
(iii) autumn
(iv) spring
Ans: (i) summer
(b) When it is fine, the harbour is…
(i) calm and blue
(ii) windy and blue
(iii) windy and rippling
(iv) calm, blue and windy
Ans: (i) calm and blue
(c) The boy who taught Claude how to make a kite lived…
(i) on the island
(ii) in the lighthouse
(iii) on the Big Half Moon
(iv) on the mainland
Ans: (iv) on the mainland
(d) The big kite was covered with…
(i) lovely paper
(ii) lovely red paper
(iii) lovely gold paper
(iv) red paper
Ans: (ii) lovely red paper
(e) The narrator and Claude pasted gold tinsel stars on…
(i) paper
(ii) red paper
(iii) a small kite
(iv) a big kite
Ans: (iv) a big kite
B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(i) The big kite was covered with lovely red paper.
(ii) The colour of the tinsel stars was gold.
(iii) The full name of the narrator is Phillip Leete.
C. State whether the following statements are 'True' or 'False'. Write 'T' for True and 'F' for False in the boxes on the right-hand side. Provide sentences/phrases/words from the passage in support of your answers:
(i) The harbour is blue and calm when the weather is rough.
False
*Supporting Sentence:* "When it is fine, the harbour is blue and calm."
(ii) Back on the island, they made few kites.
False
*Supporting Sentence:* "Back on the island we made plenty of kites."
(iii) They would play shipwrecked mariners signalling to each other with kites.
True
*Supporting Sentence:* "We would play shipwrecked mariners signalling to each other with kites."
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2. Read the stanza/poem and answer the questions that follow:
A. Write the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(a) The above poem is written by…
(i) William Wordsworth
(ii) William Cowper
(iii) John Masefield
(iv) Ted Hughes
Ans: (ii) William Cowper
(b) The poem takes us into the world of…
(i) human beings
(ii) snail
(iii) the dwelling place of all snails
(iv) none of these
Ans: (ii) snail
(c) The snail lives…
(i) with other snails
(ii) alone
(iii) in a permanent place
(iv) with other tiny creatures
Ans: (ii) alone
(d) The snail…
(i) never feels any displeasure
(ii) often feels displeasure
(iii) always feels displeasure
(iv) is never satisfied
Ans: (ii) often feels displeasure
B. Answer the following questions:
(i) When and how does the snail shrink into his house?
Ans: The snail shrinks into his house when his horns are given the slightest touch. His self-collecting power makes him withdraw with much displeasure.
(ii) Why doesn't the snail fear to fall?
Ans: The snail doesn’t fear to fall because he sticks so close to grass, leaf, or wall that it seems as if he grows there with his house.
Reading Comprehension (Unseen)
3. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
A. Tick the right answer:
(i) Hepatitis B affects…
(a) Stomach
(b) Pancreas
(c) Liver
(d) Lungs
Ans: (c) Liver
(ii) Hepatitis B does not in many cases show symptoms among…
(a) children
(b) adults
(c) youths
(d) old
Ans: (b) adults
(iii) The discovery of the disease received…
(a) Nobel Prize
(b) Oscar Prize
(c) Padma Bhushan
(d) Dronacharya Award
Ans: (a) Nobel Prize
(iv) Irving Millman was…
(a) orthopaedic
(b) neurologist
(c) sociologist
(d) microbiologist
Ans: (d) microbiologist
(v) The first vaccine for Hepatitis B was developed in…
(a) 1965
(b) 1969
(c) 1980
(d) 1985
Ans: (b) 1969
(vi) Chronic infection of Hepatitis B may cause…
(a) paralysis
(b) brain stroke
(c) sleeplessness
(d) death
Ans: (d) death
B. State whether the following statements are 'True' or 'False'. Write 'T' for True and 'F' for False in the boxes on the right-hand side. Provide sentences/phrases/words from the passage in support of your answers:
(i) Dr. Blumberg alone discovered the vaccine for Hepatitis.
False
*Supporting Sentence:* "Dr. Blumberg and Dr. Millman developed the first hepatitis B vaccine."
(ii) Eighty percent of all liver cancer is caused by Hepatitis B.
True
*Supporting Sentence:* "Worldwide, chronic hepatitis B causes 80 percent of all liver cancer."
(iii) Hepatitis B in most cases persists long among children.
True
*Supporting Sentence:* "In children, it often persists for years."
C. Answer the following questions:
(i) How does Hepatitis B spread?
Ans: Hepatitis B spreads through infected blood or body secretions.
(ii) When does it develop into chronic infection?
Ans: It develops into a chronic infection when it does not pass within a few months and continues to persist.
(iii) Who helped to develop the blood test for Hepatitis B and how?
Ans: Microbiologist Irving Millman helped to develop the blood test for Hepatitis B by working with Dr. Blumberg.
(iv) What does a vaccine for Hepatitis B do?
Ans: A vaccine for Hepatitis B protects against the virus and helps to prevent liver cancer caused by the infection.
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Section B
4. Write the correct alternative to fill in the blanks:
(i) He could not understand the situation.
(ii) I shall come after the examination.
(iii) My father used to walk in the evening.
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5. A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions:
Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal. The city stands on the bank of river Hooghly. There is a university in Kolkata.
B. Rewrite the sentences as directed:
(i) This is the darkest evening of the day.
Ans: No other evening of the day is as dark as this.
(ii) Please open the door.
Ans: You are requested to open the door.
Let the door be opened.
(iii) He is too weak to walk. Ok
Ans: He is so weak that he cannot walk.
C. Choose the correct phrasal verbs from the list:
(i) None can bear with such insult.
(ii) I cannot call up your name.
(iii) The plan fell through for want of money.
[List: call up, bear with, bear upon, fall through]
6. Given below are the meanings of four words from the passage in Question No. 3:
(i) To occur again and again: persist
(ii) Continue to exist: persist
(iii) Certain indications: symptoms
(iv) To keep safe from being harmed: protect
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