Madhyamik ABTA 2025 PAGE: 715
Section-A: Reading Comprehension
A. Write the correct alternative in the given space to complete the following sentences:1×5=5
(a) Father received a letter after a -
(iii) month
(b) The letter was sent to Father by his -
(iv) sister
(c) The kite was discovered on the top of a tree by -
(iv) both Dick and Mimi
(d) It was the very letter she had once written to the -
(ii) the narrator's father
(e) Aunt Esther is a dear and Dick and Mimi are too -
(iii) hearty
B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
1×3=3
(i) Years afterward, going back home, Father found his brother had died and he couldn’t find his sister.
(ii) Aunt Esther lived hundreds of miles inland.
(iii) Next day, Father went to bring Aunt Esther and Dick and Mimi home.
C. Fill in the chart with information from the text:
2×2=4
Statement
Narrator's father left home
Reason
He had quarreled with his brother.
Statement
She recognized her letter written by herself patched on the kite.
Reason
Aunt Esther knew who Philippa and Claude must be.
Section-A: Poetry Comprehension
A. Tick the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
1×4=4
(a) To occupy one's own place is not an act of -
(iii) disgrace
(b) Unlike a mountain, the squirrel is so -
(i) small
(c) The squirrel was full of -
(ii) life and energy
(d) The squirrel accepts that the mountain can make a -
(iii) track
B. Answer the following questions:
2×2=4
(i) Why is it not a disgraceful act for the squirrel to occupy his place?
The squirrel believes that every being has a unique role, and fulfilling that role is honorable, not disgraceful.
(ii) How do talents differ?
Talents differ as every creature or being has its own strengths and weaknesses. The mountain can carry forests, but the squirrel can crack nuts.
Section-A: Unseen Comprehension
A. Tick the right answer:
1×6=6
(i) The color of the female Baltimore oriole is -
(d) dull orange
(ii) The Baltimore oriole can be found as far West as -
(a) Dakota
(iii) Where would you probably not find a Baltimore oriole? -
(d) The Sahara desert
(iv) The nest of the Baltimore oriole -
(c) hangs from the branch of a tree
(v) The other name of Baltimore oriole was -
(c) Northern oriole
(vi) Which of these colors is not found on a Baltimore oriole? -
(b) purple
B. Write 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements and justify:
(1+1)×3=6
(i) Baltimore oriole is seven twelfth in length.
F. "Baltimore orioles are about 7 inches in length."
(ii) The tail of the bird is mostly black with orange fringes.
T. "The tail is mostly black with orange fringes."
(iii) Naturally, Baltimore orioles are active and acrobatic.
T. "Active and acrobatic by nature."
C. Answer the following questions:
2×4=8
(i) Where do the Baltimore orioles visit in summer?
They visit Eastern and Midwestern deciduous woodlands, neighborhoods, and gardens.
(ii) Describe the wings of the Baltimore orioles.
The male has black wings with orange patches and white wing bars.
(iii) Where do they build their nests?
They build pouch-like nests that hang from branches, usually high in the trees.
(iv) What do Baltimore orioles eat?
They eat insects, berries, and occasionally feed at hummingbird feeders and sapsucker wells.
Section-B: Grammar and Vocabulary
4. Write the correct alternatives to fill up the blanks:
1×3=3
(i) It is known to all that children generally emulate adults.
(ii) When a child imitates an elder smoking by holding a pencil between his/her tiny fingers, most of us find it quite cute.
5. Do as directed:
A. Fill up the blanks with appropriate articles or prepositions:
1×3=3
Each July 1, India recognises the significant accomplishments of doctors on Doctors’ Day.
B.
(i) When can their glory fade?
Their glory can never fade.
(ii) The music of A.R. Rahman interests me.
I am interested in the music of A.R. Rahman.
(iii) He enquired, "Did they understand what you said to them?"
He enquired if they had understood what I had said to them.
C. Choose the correct phrasal verbs:
(i) The man fell out with the lady.
(ii) It was difficult, but he got through.
(iii) He likes to put on new dresses.
6. Find the words:
2×4=8
(i) Wedge
(ii) Rump
(iii) Sapsucker
(iv) Feeder
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