ABTA 2025 PAGE 374
Questions and Answers
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
A. Choose the correct alternatives:
(i) To get his share, the cat appears at the time of:
(a) lunch
(b) dinner
(c) breakfast
(d) tea
Ans: (d) tea
(ii) The cat is particularly civil to:
• (a) the members of the house
• (b) guests
• (c) its master
• (d) children
Ans :(b) guests
(iii) The cat is eager about the guest's:
• (a) attention
• (b) care
• (c) praise
• (d) helping
Ans: (a) attention
(iv) The cat accepts the bit of fish:
(a) carefully
(b) cautiously
(c) gratefully
(d) unwillingly
Ans: carefully
(v) As the cat retires to a safe distance, he:
• (a) purrs
• (b) mews
• (c) scowls
• (d) snores
Ans: (a) purrs
B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(i) When the family gathers round the fire, the cat appears to get his share.
(ii) The guest dares not to do what he would like to do, kick the cat out of the window.
(iii) The guest stoops down and strokes the cat while saying, "Poor pussy! Poor pussy!"
C. State whether the following statements are True or False. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false. Provide sentences/phrases in support of your answers:
(i) The guest is really amused by the cat's behaviour.
False (F)
S.S.: "The guest dares not to do what he would like to do—kick the cat out of the window."
(ii) The guest wants to stroke the cat after he rakes him.
False (T)
S.S.: "The guest dares not to do what he would like to do—kick the cat out of the window."
2. Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow:
A. Tick off (✓) the correct alternatives to complete the following sentences:
(i) The poet was looking for a:
(a) rag
(b) tribe
• (c) stag
(d) bag
(ii) There was a ______ inside the woman's bag:
(a) cat
(b) stick
• (c) secret
(d) rag
(iii) The woman began to:
• (a) cackle
(b) smile
(c) cry
(d) laugh
(iv) The poet was tied to a:
(a) pole
• (b) stake
(c) column
(d) branch
B. Answer the following questions:
(i) What was it that altered the poet?
Answer: The poet was altered by the dream beneath the bough.
It was the dream beneath the bough that altered the poet.
(ii) What did the woman say to the poet?
Answer: The woman told the poet that she had the poet's secret in her little bag and then warned him about his actions against oak trees.
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Continuing the answers
3. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:
A. Tick off (✓) the correct alternatives:
(i) One of the commonest uses of plastics in the world is as:
• (a) fuel
• (b) toys
• (c) packaging material
• (d) food
(ii) The polythene bags came into our market:
• (a) 25 years ago
• (b) 30 years ago
• (c) 40 years ago
• (d) more than 40 years ago
(iii) Polythene bags have given a beating to:
• (a) jute bags
• (b) paper bags
• (c) cotton bags
• (d) none of these
(iv) Babies love to cover their head with:
• (a) polythene bags
• (b) paper packets
• (c) caps
• (d) jute bags
(v) Babies often die for lack of:
• (a) water
• (b) breath
• (c) light
• (d) food caused by plastic bags
(vi) Fish and other marine life also face the same fate when polythene finds its way into:
• (a) air
• (b) water
• (c) nature
• (d) home
B. State whether the following statements are True or False. Write "T" for True and "F" for False statements. Provide supporting sentences:
(i) Polythene bags have caused the death of infants.
True (T)
S.S.: "Polythene bags have often caused the death of infants the world over."
(ii) Newspaper bags have driven away polythene bags from the market.
False (F)
S.S.: "Polythene bags have given such a beating to our recycled newspaper bags that one hardly sees the latter now."
(iii) The polythene bags came into the market in 1982.
True (T)
S.S.: "The polythene bags came into our markets only as late as 1982."
C. Answer the following questions within 25 words:
(i) How have polythene bags caused death to infants?
Answer: Infants sometimes play with polythene bags by covering their heads and suffocate to death as polythene blocks airflow.
(ii) How does polythene affect marine life?
Answer: Polythene pollutes water bodies, leading to the death of fish and other marine creatures that ingest or get trapped in it.
(iii) What is one of the most common uses of plastics in the world?
Answer: One of the most common uses of plastics is as packaging material, such as polythene bags.
(iv) Give a suitable title to the text above.
Answer: "The Dangers of Polythene Bags"
4. Grammar
A. Fill in the blanks with the correct alternative:
They were swimming in the pool when the wind started blowing hard.
Or
They swimSthe pool when the wind starts blowing hard.
swim-- starts - blowing
preposition
in -of -the
B. Do as directed:
(i) The headmaster gave away the prizes. (Change the voice)
Answer: The prizes were given away by the headmaster.
(ii) The teacher said to the student, "Listen carefully to what I say." (Change into indirect speech)
Answer: The teacher told/advised the student to listen carefully to what he said.
(iii) He returned home. It was evening. (Join into a simple sentence)
Answer: He returned home in the evening.
C. Replace the underlined words with the correct phrasal verbs:
(i) Cholera has spread in our area.
Answer: Cholera has broken out in our area.
(ii) The child was reared by his aunt.
Answer: The child was brought up by his aunt.
(iii) He rejected my proposal.
Answer: He turned down my proposal.
5. Vocabulary
Find the words from the passage:
(i) Obligatory: Mandatory
(ii) Relating to sea: Marine
(iii) A very young child: Infant
(iv) Deserving blame: Reprehensible
6. Writing
A. Story
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