ABTA HS 2025 PAGE 220 SOLVED

ABTA HS 2025 PAGE 220 SOLVED

(1) The narrator tried to flatter the girl as he knew that - (a) all girls can resist flattery (b) most girls can resist flattery (c) few girls feel flattered (b) most girls give in resist flattery.

(ii) Kalam's father believed that for people in distress, he was - (a) a mere mediator (b) greater than God. (c) a solver of problems (d) a helpless onlookers. 

(iii) Roger looked a boy of fourteen to fifteen and put on (a) a pair of suede shoes and blue jeans. (b) tennis shoes and blue jeans. (c) blue jeans and blue shirt (d) blue jeans and black shoes.

 (iv) When the bearded man revived he asked for- (a) forgiveness (b) water (c) food (d) tea.

PEOTRY

(v) The process of the destruction of a tree is not complete when - (a) the free is withered (b) the tree is browned (c) the tree is hacked and chopped. (d) the tree is scorched. 

(vi) The poem 'Asleep in the valley' by Arthur Rimbaud is written in the form of (a) a sonnet (b) a lyric (c) an ode (d) a ballad.

(vii) "And often is his gold 'complexion" dimmed" - Here complexion refers to the colour of the - (a) Summer season (b) Sun (c) poet's friend (d) flower of the summer season.

 (viii) The grasshopper is tired of (a) the sun (b) the cold (c) both heat and cold (d) much fun.

DRAMA

(ix) The value of Oxen Meadows is - (a) five dessiatins (b) 85 roubles (c) 125 roubles (d) around 300 roubles. 

(x) Natalya offered Lomov- (a) lunch (b) dinner (c) supper (d) breakfast

 (xi) Natalya lent Lomoy their threshing machine - (a) last year (b) two years ago (c) three years ago (d) five years ago.

 (xii) Chubukov told Lomov that if he continued arguing he would give up the meadows to- (a) the count (b) Lomov (c)peasants 

 PROSE

1.How far did the rather travel alone in the train compartment? 

The rather travelled alone upto Rohana in the train compartment.

(ii) What would Kalam's father avoid? 

Ans: Kalam's father would avoid inessential comforts and luxuries.

(iii) What did the ice box contain?

Ans: The ice box contained ham.

(iv) Why did the bearded man want to kill the Tsar?

Ans: The bearded man wanted to kill the Tsar because the Tsar killed his brother and seized his property.

(v) "Then I made a mistake What mistake did the narrator make? 

Ans: 

(vi) To which genre does the essay "Strong Roots' belong?

Ans: The essay "Strong Roots' belongs to the genre of autobiography.

(vii) What did Mrs. Jones do when the boy fell? 

(viii) How did the Tsar meet the hermit?

POETRY

(ix) "And every fair from fair sometime declines" - What does "every fair' mean here? 

(x) "The source, white and wet" - What is the source described as wet?

 (xi) What shocks the readers at the end of the poem "Asleep in the Valley? 

(xii) Where is the soldier's hand kept? 

(xiii) How long will the poet's friend's beauty live? 

(xiv) Where from do the crickets shrill their voice? 

(xv) Where does a grasshopper rest?

(xvi) Where will curled green twigs rise from?

3. Answer any two questions from 'PROSE, two questions from POETRY' and one question from 'DRAMA', of the following questions, each in about 100 words:

PROSE

(i) "This is not a correct approach at all and should never be followed" - Where does this line occur? Who says this and in what context? Which is not a correct approach? What is a correct approach? (ii) "... but it was a safe remark" Whose remark is referred to here? What was the remark? Why was it a safe remark? What was the response of the person spoken to? (iii) Who was the bearded man? Where and why did he ambush? Why was he wounded? (iv) "If I turn you loose, will you run?" Who said this and to whom? Give a brief description of the person spoken to. What food was served by the speaker to the person spoken to?

POETRY

(v) How does a tree withstand man's cruelty to kill it? When does it ultimately surrender? (vi) How does Arthur Rimbaud depict two contrasting pictures in the poem 'Asleep in the Valley'? What attitude of the poet is expressed through the poem? (vii) Who are the nature's musicians in the poem "The Poetry of Earth"? How do they keep alive: the poetry of earth? (viii) "But thy eternal summer shall not fade" Who is the poet? What is meant by eternal summer? How does the poet suggest that 'thy eternal summer shall never fade"?

DRAMA

(ix) Sketch the character of Chubukov as a sensible father. (x) "I have (ix) Sketchou, honoured Stepan Stepanovitchat trouble you with a request" - Who has come with a request? What is the request? What does the person spoken to think to be the purpose of the visit? How does he react to the request finally? (xi) Why did Lomov think about taking a decision about getting married? Whom did he want to marry? Why? 4. (a) Do as directed:

1×6-6

(i) The hermit was digging the ground. (Change the voice).

 (ii) What is it like outside" I asked. (Change into indirect speech) 

(iii) Father always smiled and asked them to thank Allah, the merciful. (Rewrite the sentence using the noun form of 'smiled').

 (iv) She led him down the hall to the front door and opened it. (Make it a simple sentence).

(v) The hermit listened to the Tsar, but answered nothing. (Turn into an affirmative sentence).

 (vi) I do not recall the exact number of people she fed everyday. (Split into two simple sentence).

(b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and/or prepositions:

2×6=3 man, getting the door banged, and the There was some confusion compartment, stammered world was shut again. the doorway. apology. Then

(c) Correct the error in the following sentence by replacing the underlined word with the right one from the options given below: It has growing slowly consuming the earth. [Options: grown). growth, grow,

5. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: At 3:15 p.m. on Thursday, 12th February, with Sir Atul Chatterjee in

the chair, Mr. Edward Thompson gave members of the Royal Central Asian Society a fascinating interpretation of the work of Rabindranath Tagore, whom he knew so well. Parodying the words of George III on Gibbon, Tagore once said to himself that if not a luminous poet he was voluminous, and his output in poetry, drama, and fiction was huge. Even in the early twenties he knew himself destined to be a great poet. Family interests then turned him into a most competent business man and he was never the mawkish mystic some European admirers have sought to make him. The salient feature of his poetry was its marvellous expression of every mood and change in nature. Tagore constantly used

[12/19/2024, 08:54] +91 98003 53772: into another tongue. In any case, to capture the magic of his verse, in inanslation was impossible, and the only one of his works that was at ill adequately rendered into English was Gitanjali. An ardent patriot, Tagore was also a man of immense courage and as frank in criticism of his own people as of Europeans. He dreaded the world effects of exaggerated nationalisme and cool own inventionschanization

would bring, making men the tools of their own inventions. (a) State whether the following statements are True or False. Write T' for True and 'F' for False. (You need not write the sentences, write the numbers only).

(i) Tagore was familiar to Mr. Edward Thomson. (ii) Mr. Edward Thompson recited Tagore's poem infront of the members of the Royal Central Asian Society. (iii) Tagore was in favour of exaggerated nationalism. (iv) Tagore's use of colloquialism was difficult to render into another language.

(b) Answer each of the following questions in about 30 words.2×3=6

(i) What did Mr. Edward Thompson do on the 12th February in front of the members of the Royal Central Asian Society? (ii) Why was it difficult to capture the magic of Tagore's verse in translation? (iii) What was Tagore's anticipation about the impact of mechanization?

6. (a) Write a report on 'Self Defence Programme' recently organized in your school in which the girl students from class IX to XII took part. The report is to be published in your school magazine. (Word limit: 150 words) 2+8-10

Or, (b) Write an application to the manager of a bank for getting education loan under West Bengal Student Credit Card scheme to pursue higher education. (Word limit: 150 words)

Or, (c) Write a precis of the following passage. Add a suitable title. Keeping a commitment or a promise is a major deposit; breaking one is a major withdrawal. In fact there is probably not a more massive withdrawal than to make a promise that is important to someone and then not to come through. The next time a promise is made, they won't believe it. People tend to build their hopes around promises, particularly promises about their basic livelihood.

I have tried to adopt a philosophy as a parent never to make a promise 1 don't keep. I therefore try to make them very carefully, very sparingly, and to be aware of as many variables and contingencies as possible so that something doesn't suddenly come up to keep me from fulfilling it. Occasionally, despite all my effort, the unexpected does come up,