HS ABTA PAGE 143
PROSE
(i) The thought of laughter only made the narrator of the story - (a) feel serious (b) feel troubled (c) feel lonely (d) feel troubled and lonely.
(ii) From Kalam's ancestral house, the Shiva temple was - (a) 5 Km (b) 10 miles (c) a ten minute walk (d) twenty minute walk.
(iii) The last utterance made by Roger was (a) Thank you (b) Thank you Madam (c) Thanks (d) Thank you Ma'am.
(iv) When the Tsar went out into the porch and looked around for the hermit, the hermit was - (a) digging beds (b) sowing seeds (c) nursing the wound of the bearded man (d) talking to the wounded man.
POETRY
(v) In winter the cricket takes its shelter
(a) in cooling trees (b) in some pleasant weed (c) beside the stove (d) in the new-mown mead.
(vi) "Miniature boughs"-the word "boughs' meantier (s) on his (b) stern (c) branches (d) leaves.
(vii) One hand of the soldier is on his (a) face (b) breast (c) gun (d) side.
(viii) The buds of May are described as - (a) ugly (b) beautiful (c) lovely (d) darling.
DRAMA
(ix) Lomov wanted to remind Natalya that her dog was - (a) ugly (b) old (c) overshot (d) lame.
(x) Oxen Meadows has also been referred as (a) green meadows (b) red meadows (c) blue meadows (d) yellow meadows.
(xi) What type of play is 'The Proposal (a) Tragedy (b) comedy (c) One-act play (d) Farce.
(xii) Natalya claims that they had the land for- (a) nearly 200 years (b) nearly 300 years (c) nearly 400
years (d) more than 200 years. (Short Answer Type Question)
2. Answer any four questions from Prose and four questions from Poetry, of the following questions, each in a complete sentence: 1×8=8
PROSE
(i) What did the narrator hear in the train compartment sitting in front of the window?
Ans: Sitting in front of the window, the narrator heard the panting of the engine and rumble of the wheel.
(ii) How was the ancestral house of Kalam?
Ans:The ancestral house of Kalam was a fairly large pucca house made of limestone and brick.
(iii) Why did the boy attempt to snatch the purse of Mrs. Jones?
Ans: The boy attempted to snatch the purse of Mrs. Jones because he wanted to buy a pair of blue suede shoes.
(iv) Where did the Tsar fall asleep?
Ans: The Tsar fell asleep on the threshold of hermit's hut.
(v) Why is Rameswaram so famous to pilgrims?
Ans: Rameswaram is so famous to pilgrims for Shiva Temple.
(vi) What assumption did the narrator make about the girl's hairstyle?
Ans: The narrator wondered if she wore her hair in bun, or if it was plaited perhaps it was hanging loose over her shoulder or if it was cut very short.
(vii) Where did Mrs. Jones work?
Ans: Mrs Jones worked in a hotel beauty shop.
(viii) What did the hermit do after hearing the three questions of the Tsar?
Ans:After hearing the three questions of the Tsar, the hermit spat on his hand and recommenced digging.
POETRY
(ix) Where does the strength of the tree lie?
Ans: The strength of the tree lies in its roots. (x) What is the condition of the birds in the summer day?
Ans: The birds are faint with the hot sun in the summer day
(xi) What does the poet mean by the word 'hollow'?
Ans: By the word 'hollow' the poet means valley.
(xii) Who is addressed in the sonnet "Shall I compare thee to a Summer's Day?"
Ans: Poet's young friend is addressed in the sonnet "Shall I compare thee to a Summer's Day.
(xiii) What is meant by 'leprous hide'?
Ans: The word 'leprous hide' means rough bark of a tree.
(xiv) How is the smile of the soldier?
Ans:The smile of the soldier is like an infant's gentle without guile.
(xv) What shakes the darling buds of May?
Ans: Rough wind shakes the darling buds of May.
(xvi) What has wrought a silence on a lone winter evening?
Ans: Frost has wrought a silence on a lone winter evening
3. Answer any two questions from Prose , two questions from poetry and one question from Drama of the following question. Each question, inclusive of subparts, should not exceed 100 words: 6×5=30
PROSE
(i) "But her next question removed my doubts."- (a) Who is referred to here as 'her'? (b) What was the next question? (c) What were the doubts? (d) How were the doubts removed? (ii) "People of different religious would be sitting outside, waiting for him." (a) Who is referred to as 'him'? (b) Where did the people wait for him? (c) When
[12/19/2024, 08:35] +91 98003 53772: did they meet him? (d) Why did they wait for him? (iii) (a) What had Mrs. Jones guessed to be the real reason behind Roger's action? (b) What was the real reason? (c) What did Mrs. Jones do so that Roger could fulfil his wish? (d) What did she tell him then? (iv) "I resolved to kill yount to kill way back." (a) Who said this? (b) Whom did the speaker want to kill and why? (c) What happened to the speaker when he tried to kill the person?
POETRY
(v) "So hack and chop/But this alone won't do it" (a) What does 'it' refer to? (b) Why cannot hacking and chopping alone do it? (c) What other activities are needed to complete it? (vi) "They fill the hollow full of light." (a) What are 'they referred to here? (b) How does the 'hollow' look like? (c) Who is lying in the 'hollow"? (d) How is he lying there? (vii) "...he takes the lead." (a) Who is 'he"? (b) When does 'he' take the lead" (c) How does "he" take the lead? (viii) But thy eternal summer shall not fade." (a) Who is the poet? (b) What is meant by 'thy eternal summer'? (c) How does the poet suggest that 'thy eternal summer' shall never end?
DRAMA
(ix) "My dear fellow, why are you so formal in your get up?" Who is the speaker? Who is 'So formal' in his get up? What does he wear? What is the real intention behind wearing the dress? (x) Give a brief character sketch of Chubukov in the play "The Proposal." (xi) Why did Lomov think about taking a decision about getting marred? Whom did he want to marry why?
4. (a) Do as directed :
(i) She said with a little exclamation," I did't know anyone else was here." (Change the mode of narration).
Ans: She said with a little exclamation that she had not known anyone else had been there.
(ii) The Tsar put on simple clothes. (Change the voice)
Ans Simple clothes were put on by the Tsar.
(iii) My mother's lineage was the more distinguished than my father's. (Change into positive degree)
Ans: My father's lineage was not as distinguished as my father's.
(iv) You might run that comb through your hair so you will look presentable. (Turn into a simple sentence)
You might run that comb through your hair to look presentable.
(v) You will remember that my Oxen Meadows touch your Birchwoods. (Split into simple sentences)
Ans:My Oxen Meadows touch your Birchwoods.You will remember this.
(vi) He sleeps in sunlight. (Turn into a negative sentence)
Ans: He does not stay awake in sunlight.
(b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and/or preposition:
Sweat popped out — on - the boy's face and he began to
struggle. Mrs. Jones stopped, jerked him around in front of her, put a half-nelson about his neck and continued to drag him
(c) Correct the error in the following sentence by replacing the underlined word with the right one from the options given below:
There was nothing mystery about prayer.
There was nothing mysterious about prayer.
[Option: mystic/mysterious/mysteriously 5. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
Mrs. Hallett enjoyed watching people from her window. She herself sat there at her tea table pouring tea from a beautiful silver-pot. She looked out of the window and enjoyed people watching her pouring fen from it. It gave her an opportunity to display all of her possessions, in her husband died a year ago leaving her this little house, a very small income and the son, Robert. Mrs. Hallett never said to anyone that Robert had been rather a disappointment. She had gone without many things to send him to a good school and had given him everything she could. And then, on his eighteenth birthday, he came and announced that he was going away to Canada. For some reason, he looked a little frightened, Mrs. Hallett thought. "When will you go?" She asked, concealing her disappointment. "Almost at once, please don't ask me why," Mrs. Hallett never liked to interfere with
what her son wanted to do. (a) State whether the following statements are 'True' or 'False," 1x4-4 Write "T' for True and 'F' for false. (You need not write the sentences, write the numbers only)
(i) Robert was Mrs. Hallett's son.
(ii) Mrs. Hallett was a widow,
(iii) Mrs. Hallett was a friendly person. (iv) Mrs. Hallett liked to
interfere in her son's affair.
(b) Answer each of the following questions in about 30 words: 2×3-6
(i) What did Mrs. Hallett enjoy sitting by the window? did Mrs. Hallett try to bring up her son? (iii) What happened on
(ii) How
Robert's eighteenth birthday.?
6. (a) Your school organized a free health check up camp for the students. Write a report on the day's proceeding for the Annual Magazine of your school. (word limit: 150) 2+8-10
Or, Write a letter to the manager of a nationalised bank requesting him to sanction an education loan in your favour for your higher studies. 2+8-10
Or, Write a precis of the following passage. Add a suitable title.
Teaching is the noblest of professions. A teacher has a sacred duty to perform. It is he on whom rests the responsibility of moulding the character of young children. Apart from developing their intellect, he
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