ABTA CLASS X PAGE 640 SOLVED
SECTION A: READING COMPREHENSION (SEEN)
1. Passage-Based Questions on Gandhiji's Funeral:
A. Tick the correct alternative:
(a) Gandhiji's funeral took place:
(ii) a day after his demise.
(b) The people of India were:
(iii) shocked at Gandhiji's death.
(c) "As I moved forward..." Here 'I' refers to:
(ii) Nayantara herself.
(d) According to the author, walking requires:
(iv) both (ii) and (iii) above.
(e) Bapu's body was covered with:
(i) flowers.
B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(i) Moving with the procession, the author felt that she was not merely in the midst of grieving people.
(ii) The only way open to the average Indian was to walk, requiring no vehicle except his body and energy.
(iii) The weeping people in the procession were trying to touch Bapu's feet.
C. True or False with Supporting Statements:
(i) Padmasi Naidu declared that they would walk with Bapu.
Answer: True.
Supporting Statement: "Padmasi... spoke for us all when she said simply: we will walk. It is the last time we shall be walking with Bapu."
(ii) Gandhiji was a leader whom people loved.
Answer: True.
Supporting Statement: "This was even more than the funeral procession of India's beloved leader."
2. Poem-Based Questions:
A. Tick the correct alternative:
(a) The snail lives:
(i) alone.
(b) The snail gathers information of danger with his:
(iii) horns.
(c) Wherever the snail sticks, it fears:
(ii) not to fall.
(d) The snail has:
(ii) a house to live in.
B. Answer the following questions:
(i) Where does the snail stick to?
The snail sticks to grass, leaf, fruit, or wall.
(ii) What is the name of the poem?
The name of the poem is The Snail.
(iii) Who is the poet?
The poet's name is William Cowper.
3. Passage-Based Questions on R. K. Narayan:
A. Tick the correct alternative:
(i) Narayan stayed in his grandmother's house for:
(c) fifteen years.
(ii) His father was a:
(a) school-teacher.
(iii) His grandmother was:
(b) careful of him.
(iv) Narayan's Madras days were:
(a) full of excitement.
(v) Narayan's pets were:
(d) a monkey and a peacock.
(vi) In his early age, Narayan was:
(a) serious.
B. True or False with Supporting Statements:
(i) Narayan spent his childhood in Madras.
Answer: True.
Supporting Statement: "He spent his first fifteen years at his grandmother's house in Madras."
(ii) R. K. Narayan was a writer.
Answer: True.
Supporting Statement: "Timeless Malgudi, R. K. Narayan."
(iii) His father had to travel from town to town.
Answer: True.
Supporting Statement: "His father... was posted in several small towns in Karnataka."
C. Answer the following questions:
(i) What is the full name of R. K. Narayan?
Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami.
(ii) How did Narayan grow up in Madras?
Narayan grew up under the benevolent but watchful eye of his grandmother and under the supervision of his uncle.
(iii) What is the name of R. K. Narayan's autobiography?
The name of his autobiography is My Days.
(iv) Describe the early photograph of R. K. Narayan printed in his autobiography.
The early photograph shows a serious-faced little boy with large, dark, piercing eyes.
SECTION B: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
4. Fill in the blanks with correct alternatives:
It (is) rare when a man's influence not only lasts but (increases) also after his death, and this (is) certainly the case with Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
5. Articles and Prepositions:
The of for
Delhi Metro Managing Director Dr. E. Sreedharan, widely hailed as the Metro Man of India, is responsible for single-handedly rewriting the country's urban transport story.
6. Do as Directed:
(i) He was reading a book. (Change the voice)
Answer: A book was being read by him.
(ii) The teacher said to the student, "Come here." (Turn into indirect speech)
Answer: The teacher told/ordered the student to come there.
(iii) Asitbabu is a B.Sc. in Chemistry. He is our headmaster. (Join into a simple sentence)
Answer: Asitbabu, a B.Sc. in Chemistry, is our headmaster.
7. Phrasal Verbs:
(i) Taking alcohol acts upon our health.
(ii) The hooligans broke into the school.
(iii) She was brought up by her aunt.
8. Vocabulary from Passage:
(i) Those who are friendly: benevolent
(ii) Penetratively: piercingly
(iii) Remembering: recollections
(iv) Preparational: formative
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