Class 10 ABTA PAGE 776

 Class 10 ABTA PAGE 776

SECTION A: READING COMPREHENSION (SEEN)

1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

When the family sits down to tea, the cat puts in an appearance to get his share. He purrs noisily and rubs himself against the legs of the family members. If there is a guest at the table, the cat is particularly civil to him, because the guest is likely to have the best of what is offered. Sometimes, instead of giving him something to eat, the guest stoops down and strokes the cat, and says, "Poor pussy! Poor pussy!" The cat soon tires of that. He puts up his claw and quietly but firmly rakes the guest in his leg. "Ow!" says the guest. "The cat stuck his claws into me!" The delighted family remarks, "Isn't it sweet of him? Isn't he intelligent? He wants you to give him something to eat."

The guest dares not do what he would like to do—kick the cat out of the window. So, with tears of rage and pain in his eyes, he affects to be very much amused, sorts out a bit of fish from his plate, and hands it down. The cat gingerly receives it with a look in his eyes that says, "Another time, my friend, you won’t be so slow to understand." He purrs as he retires to a safe distance from the guest's boot before eating his food.

A. Write the correct alternative in the given space to complete the following sentences:

1. If there is a guest at the table, the cat is -

(i) happy with him

(ii) angry with him

(iii) civil to him

(iv) dissatisfied with him.

Answer: (iii) civil to him

2. The cat rubs himself against the legs of -

(i) the guest

(ii) the family members

(iii) a stranger

(iv) another cat.

Answer: (ii) the family members

3. Putting up his claw, the cat firmly rakes the guest in -

(i) the hand

(ii) the head

(iii) the leg

(iv) the eye.

Answer: (iii) the leg

4. With tears in his eyes, the guest pretends to be -

(i) unhappy

(ii) amused

(iii) embarrassed

(iv) angry.

Answer: (ii) amused

5. The cat received the food from the guest -

(i) hurriedly

(ii) reluctantly

(iii) carefully without making a noise

(iv) angrily.

Answer: (iii) carefully without making a noise

B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:

1. The cat wants the guest to give him something to eat.

2. The guest cannot gather the courage to kick the cat out of the window.

3. The cat stays at a safe distance from the guest's boot before eating his food.

C. State whether the following statements are true or false. Write "T" for true and "F" for false. Provide sentences, phrases, or words in support of your answer:

1. The cat puts in an appearance to get his share at lunch.

Answer: False

S.S: "When the family sits down to tea, the cat puts in an appearance to get his share."

2. Instead of giving the cat anything to eat, the guest leaves the place.

Answer: False

S.S: "The guest sorts out a bit of fish from his plate and hands it down."

2. Read the poem and answer the questions given below:

The Mountain and the Squirrel

The mountain and the squirrel

Had a quarrel;

And the former called the latter

'Little prig.'

Bun replied,

"You are doubtless very big;

But all sorts of things and weather

Must be taken in together,

To make up a year

And a sphere.

And I think it no disgrace

To occupy my place."

A. Write the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

1. The squirrel is -

(a) wise

(b) foolish

(c) cunning

(d) unintelligent.

Answer: (a) wise

2. And the former called the latter 'Little prig.' Here the 'former' refers to the -

(a) squirrel

(b) mountain

(c) Bun

(d) hill.

Answer: (b) mountain

3. The squirrel has -

(a) no value

(b) demand

(c) importance

(d) no importance of its own.

Answer: (c) importance

4. Bun does not deny the -

(a) largeness

(b) kindness

(c) smallness

(d) existence of the mountain.

Answer: (a) largeness of the mountain.

B. Answer the following questions:

1. What moral does the fable convey?

Answer: The fable conveys that every creature, regardless of size or strength, has its unique place and importance in the world.

2. What does the mountain boast of?

Answer: The mountain boasts of its large size and grandeur.

SECTION A: READING COMPREHENSION (UNSEEN)

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

Siliguri, February 12: Recent cases of mysterious deaths of patients in Siliguri town and nearby areas have spread terrible panic among the people. Seven patients, all from well-to-do families, all between 12-16 years of age, showed identical symptoms of severe headache, nausea, and breathing troubles before being admitted to Medinova Nursing Home, the best medical facility in Siliguri, this month. Unfortunately, despite the efforts of efficient physicians, all patients succumbed to the illness.

In response to the crisis, Medinova Nursing Home sent an SOS to Kolkata. The health department head subsequently alerted hospitals and nursing homes across the district. Sample tests were conducted by the School of Tropical Medicine in Kolkata. A team of thirty doctors equipped with essential medicines was dispatched to the district to combat the strange disease.

A. Write the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

1. The above text is -

(a) a story

(b) a report

(c) an essay

(d) a narrative.

Answer: (b) a report

2. The incident took place in -

(a) Kolkata

(b) Jalpaiguri

(c) Siliguri

(d) Malda.

Answer: (c) Siliguri

3. The affected patients were admitted to -

(a) Medinova Clinic

(b) Medinova Nursing Home

(c) Medinova Centre

(d) Medinova Hospital.

Answer: (b) Medinova Nursing Home

4. The symptoms of the disease were -

(a) headache

(b) nausea

(c) breathing troubles

(d) all three.

Answer: (d) all three

5. Sample tests were carried out by -

(a) The School of Tropical Medicine

(b) Siliguri Medicine School

(c) Kolkata Medicine School

(d) Siliguri Tropical Medicine School.

Answer: (a) The School of Tropical Medicine

6. The patients admitted to the treatment center were all from -

(a) pavement dwellers' families

(b) poor families

(c) wealthy families

(d) slum dwellers.

Answer: (c) wealthy families

B. State whether the following statements are true or false. Write "T" for true and "F" for false. Provide sentence/phrases/words in support of your answers:

1. The efficient doctors could not clearly find out the causes of the disease.

Answer: True

S.S.: "The efficient physicians here could not clearly detect the causes of the disease."

2. A team of 20 doctors has been sent to the district carrying medicines to combat this disease.

Answer: False

S.S.: "A team of thirty doctors equipped with essential medicines was dispatched to the district."

3. Seven patients between 16-18 years of age were admitted in Siliguri Hospital within a month.

Answer: False

S.S.: "Seven patients, all between 12-16 years of age, were admitted to Medinova Nursing Home."

C. Answer the following questions:

1. What were the symptoms of the mysterious disease?

Answer: The symptoms of the mysterious disease were severe headache, nausea, and breathing troubles.

2. Who had sent an SOS and to where?

Answer: Medinova Nursing Home sent an SOS to Kolkata.

3. How many doctors were sent to the district, and why?

Answer: A team of thirty doctors was sent to the district to combat the mysterious disease.

4. Who carried out the sample tests of the disease and where?

Answer: The School of Tropical Medicine in Kolkata conducted the sample tests.

SECTION B: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

4. Write the correct alternative to fill in the blanks:

1. The volcanoes which have not (erupted/erupt/erupting) for a long time (is called/are called/called) dormant volcanoes.

2. Mount Kilimanjaro (is/being/was) a good example of a dormant volcano.

Answers:

1. erupted, are called

2. is

5. Do as directed:

1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles or prepositions:

o She is fond of books.

o She reads everything, from an ordinary cookery book to the Ramayana.

2. Change the following sentences as directed:

(i) Did you tell him this story? (Change the voice)

Answer: Was this story told to him by you?

(ii) She is one of the most intelligent girls of the class. (Rewrite using the positive degree)

Answer: Very few girls in the class are as intelligent as she (is).

(iii) They said, "Hurrah! We have won the match." (Change the mode of narration)

Answer: They exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.

3. Choose the correct phrasal verb to replace the underlined words:

(i) Yesterday I met my friend on the way.

Answer: came across

(ii) The child was reared by his aunt.

Answer: brought up

(iii) None can tolerate such insults.

Answer: bear with

6. Find the words from the passage in Q3 based on their meanings:

1. Failed to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force:

Answer: succumbed

2. A feeling of sickness with an inclination to vomit:

Answer: nausea

3. Skillful:

Answer: efficient

4. Take action to reduce or prevent something bad or undesirable:

Answer: combat