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ENGLISH (Second Language)

READING COMPREHENSION (SEEN)

1. Read the passage below and answer the following questions:

When the family has finished tea, and gathers round the fire, the cat casually goes out of the room. True life now begins for him. He saunters down his own backyard, springs to the top of the fence, drops lightly down to the other side. He trots across and skips to the roof of an empty shed. His movement becomes lithe and pantherlike. He looks keenly from side to side and moves noiselessly, for he has so many enemies-dogs and small boys with stones.

On top of the shed, the cat arches his back and rakes his claws once or twice through the soft bark of the roof. He stretches himself a few: times to see if every muscle is in full working order. Then, drooping his head nearly to his paws, he sends across a call to his kindred. Before long they come, gliding, graceful shadows. No longer are they the meek creatures who an hour ago were mewing for fish and milk. They are now grim fighters.

A. Tick (✓) the correct alternatives in the given spaces to complete the following sentences:1×5=5

(i) After finishing tea the family gathers round the-

(a) cat

(b) dinner

(c) fire

(d) newspapers

(ii) The Cat saunters down his own-

(a) bed

(b) backyard

(d) frontyard

(iii) The Cat's movement becomes-

(a) lithe and fox like

(b) lithe and snakelike

(d) lithe and pantherlike

(iv) The Cat sends across a call to his

(a) mother

(b) sister

(c) friends

(d) relatives.

(v) Almost an hour later the cats are horrible—

(a) fighters

(b) runners

(d) watchers.

B. Complete the sentences with information from the text: 1×3=3

(i) The Cat springs to the top of the fence and then____ drops lightly down to the other side.

(ii) He looks keenly from side to side and moves noiselessly because____he has so many enemies—dogs and small boys with stones.

(iii) The cat arches his back and rakes his claws ---once or twice through the soft bark of the roof.

C. Complete the following chart with information from the Text:

Cause

(i) The cat has many enemies.

Effect

(i)The cat looks keenly and moves noiselessly

Cause

(ii)To ensure every muscle is in full working order.

Effect

(ii) The cat stretches himself a few times.

2. Read the extract of a poem and answer the questions that folow:

If I'm not so large as you,

You are not so small as I,

And not half so spry.

I'll not deny you make

A very pretty squirrel track;

Talents differ ; all is well and wisely put, If I cannot carry forests on my back, Neither can you crack a nut.

A. Tick (✓) the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

(i) And not half so spry-here 'spry' refers to the–

(a) a nut

(b) squirrel

(d) forests

_ full of life and energy (Squirrel )

(ii) 'I'll not deny you make" - Here 'you' refers to-

(a) mountain

(b) squirrel

(d) weather

(iii) A squirrel can crack a-

(a) stone

(b) mountain

(d) track

(iv) Mountain can carry-

(a) nut

(b) forests

(d) sphere

B. Answers the following questions:

2x2-4

(i) What is it that the squirrel doesn't deny?

Ans: The squirrel doesn't deny that the mountain makes very pretty squirrel track.

(ii) What is the squirrel's opinion about the talent?

Ans:The squirrel's opinion about talent is that talents differ, and everything is wisely and well arranged.

READING COMPREHENSION (UNSEEN)

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

Rabindranath Tagore is revered across the world for his remarkable contributions to literature, music and art. To commemorate his birth anniversary, Rabindranath Jayanti is celebrated across the country on the 25th day of the Bengali Month Baishakh. According to the Gragorian Calender, Rabindranath Tagore was born on May 7, 1861. He was the youngest son of Debendranath Tagore. He was educated at home: and although at seventeen he was sent to England for formal schooling, he did not finish his studies there. He published several books of poetry in 1880s and completed Mansi (1890), a collection that marks the maturing of his . In 1901 Tagore founded an experimental school in rural West Bengal at Santiniketan (Abode of Peace). In 1913 he became the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize for literature. Tagore was knighted by the ruling British Government in 1915. But within a few he resigned the honour as a protest against British polices? Atrocity in India. He is the author of several volumes of short stories and a number of novels, among them a few are Gora (1910), Ghare-Baire (1916) and Yogayog (1929). He wrote musical dramas, dance-dramas, essays of all types, travel diaries and two autobiographies, one of in his years and the other shortly before his death in 1941.

Ans:

(i) (c) 25th Baishakh

(ii) (b) May 7, 1861

(iii) (a) Debendranath Tagore

(iv) (c) seventeen

(v) (d) Santiniketan

(vi) (d) 1915

A. Tick (✓) the correct alternative to complete the following sentences: 1×6=6

(i) Rabindra Joyanti is celebrated on —

(a) 20th Boishakh

(b)22th Boishakh

(d) 26th Baishakh

(ii) Rabindranath Tagore was born on (a) May 9, 1863 (b) May 7, 1861 (c) May 6, 1861 (d) May 8, 1961 (iii) The father's name of Rabindrath Tagore was-(a) Debendranath Tagore

(b) Abanindranath Tagore

(d) Atulendranath Tagore

(iv) Rabindranath was sent to England at the age of

(a) nineteen

(b) sixteen

(d) eighteen.

(v) Rabindranath founded an experimental school at- (a) Saithia

(b) Santaldihi

(d) Santiniketan.

(vi) Tagore was knighted in the year-

(a) 1815

(b) 1916

(d) 1915.

B. State whether the following statements are true 'True' or 'False'. write 'T' for 'True' and 'F' for 'False' in the boxes given on the Right-hand side. Provide sentence/phrase(s)/word (s) from the passage in support of your answer: (1+1)×3=6

(i) Rabindranath published several books of short stories in 1880s. Supporting Statement:

(ii) Rabindranath became the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize for literature.

Supporting Statement:

(iii) Rabindranath gave up the honour 'Knighthood'.

Supporting Statement:

State true or false with supporting statements:

Ans:

(i) False.

Supporting Statement: He published several books of poetry in the 1880s.

(ii) True.

Supporting Statement: In 1913 he became the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

(iii) True.

Supporting Statement: He resigned the honour as a protest against British policies.

C. Answer the following questions:2×4=8

(i) Which collection of poetry marked him a genius as poet?

Ans:

(ii) In which year did Tagore found an experinetal school?

(iii) In which year was Tagore given Nobel Prize for Literature?

(iv) Which novel of Rabindranath was publshed in 1910?

Ans:

#Answer the following questions:

(i) The collection of poetry that marked him a genius as a poet is "Mansi" (1890).

(ii) Tagore founded the experimental school in 1901.

(iii) Tagore was given the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.

(iv) The novel of Rabindranath published in 1910 is "Gora."

SECTION-'B' (GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY)

4. Use appropriate forms of the verb given in the brackets: 1×3-3

I along with my friend ____ (gone/went/go) to enjoy the cricket match (have reached/reaching/reached) the stadium, Rinku Singh (batted/was batting/bat) and Sunil was at non-stricker end.

5. A. Fill up the blanks with appropriate article or preposition:

1x3=3

Many people are fond ___of ___music .But few others love to read__the__story books. Children like ___to__ play.

B. Do as directed:

(i) The poet met an old woman in the oak-wood (Change the voice).

Ans: An old woman was met with the poet in the oak-wood.

(ii) I went to the light house. I got a letter (Join into a simple sentence).

Ans: Getting a letter, I went to the light house.

(iii) My father said to me, "Why are you not going to school?" (Change the mode of narration).

My father asked me why I was not going to school.

C. Choose the correct phrasal verbs from the list given below to replace the words underlined. Write the correct phrasal verbs in boxes on the right-hand side, changing the form where necessary. There is an extra phrasal verbs in the list: 1×3=3

(i) She resembles her grandmother.

takes after

(ii) I cannot understand that you are saying.

make

(iii) Solve the problem

work ouup

[List: Make out, Take off, Work out, Take after]

6. Given below are the meanings of four words which you will find in question No-03. Find out the words and write them in appropriate boxes on the right-hand side:

2×4-8

(i) Admired: Revered

(ii) Observed: Celebrated

(iii) Established: Founded

(iv) Gave up: Resigned

SECTION-'C' (WRITING)

7. Using the following points wirte a paragraph (within 100 words) on Ruskin Bond, the famous writer of your time: 10

[Year of Birth: May 19, 1934— Place of Birth: Kasauli Himachal Pradesh – Grew up in :Jamnagar (Gujrat) Dehra (Simla) - Went to England: 1951-Returned to India: 1955, never left the country since then - First book: 'The Room of the Roof' (1957) - Books written: Over 35, novels, short stories, poems, autobiographies - Awards won : (i) Sahitya Academy Award 1992 (ii) Padmashree 1999 - Lives in: Mussoorie, with his adopted family.]

8. Study the following flow-chart. It tells you how newspapers are produced. Write a paragraph in about 100 words describing the process with an introductory sentence:

[Press reporters collect news - Press photographers take pictures News sorted and edited - types set in macllines - paper rolls inserted - news printed - folded and cut - Newspapers ready for distribution - delivered home

9. Expand the following outline into a stroy in about 100 words. Add a title to the story.

[subjects complain against the king's dishonesty - the king plans a milk pond in the capital - workers dig up a big pond - each subject is ordered to pour a jar of milk at night - the chosen day arrives - everyone pours a jar of water - thinks his one jar of water would make no difference -pond of water - king proves his point]

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