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Foreword

This book has been thoughtfully crafted to assist Class X students in their preparation for the SSC
public examinations under the 100-Day Action Plan. It is designed to be a practical tool, offering
an organized structure to make the learning process more effective and focused.
The book includes three key components:
¨ Action Plan: A day-by-day schedule guiding students through a systematic preparation
process.

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¨ Question Bank: A collection of chapter - wise questions to practice and strengthen
understanding.
¨ Model Papers: Simulated exam papers aligned with the latest blueprint to help students
gain familiarity with the exam format.
To get the best results, students are encouraged to:
1. Follow the Action Plan: Stay consistent with the schedule and complete the tasks as
outlined.
2. Use the Question Bank Regularly: Practice questions daily to identify areas for
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improvement and reinforce key concepts.
3. Attempt Model Papers Under Timed Conditions: Simulate real exam scenarios to
build confidence and improve time management skills.
Teachers are encouraged to use this book as a resource for conducting guided study sessions and
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tests, analysing and monitoring progress, offering personalized feedback, and holding remedial
classes. Together, we can ensure that every student is well-prepared and confident to excel in the
SSC public examinations.
We hope this book becomes a reliable companion on the path to academic success.
Wishing all students a rewarding and successful preparation journey.
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ACTION PLAN

[Link] DATE/DAY SESSION DESCRIPTION

1 1-Dec-24 / SUNDAY UNIT 5 - COMPREHENSION AND

VOCABULARY

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2 2-Dec-24/MONDAY UNIT 4
COMPREHENSION AND VOCABULARY
3 3-Dec-24 / TUESDAY ***
4 4-Dec-24 / WEDNESDAY Q 33 PHRASAL VERBS AND IDIOMS
Q 34 MATCHING
5 5-Dec-24/THURSDAY Q 16, 37 B INFORMATION TRANSFER
6 6-Dec-24/FRIDAY Q 36 A LETTER Q35A - DIARY
T, Q 35B CONVERSATION
7 7-Dec-24/SATURDAY REVISION TEST
8 8-Dec-24 / SUNDAY ***
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9 9-Dec-24 / MONDAY UNIT 3 COMPREHENSION AND
VOCABULARY
10 10-Dec-24 / TUESDAY ***
11 11-Dec-24 / WEDNESDAY ***
12 12-Dec-24/THURSDAY REVISION 1-5 UNITS
13 13-Dec-24 / FRIDAY REVISION FOR S.A.1
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14 14-Dec-24 / SATURDAY ***

15 15-Dec-24 / SUNDAY ***
16 16-Dec-24 / MONDAY ***
17 17-Dec-24 . TUESDAY ***
18 18-Dec-24 WEDNESDAY ***
19 19-Dec-24 /THURSDAY Q 18 RELATIVE CLAUSES , Q 23
ARTICLES, Q 30 PREFIX -SUFFIX
20 20-Dec-24/ FRIDAY Q 21 PREPOSITIONS , Q19- VOICE
21 21-Dec-24/ SATURDAY REVISION TEST

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23 23-Dec-24 / MONDAY Q 6-10 FROM POEMS 7 AND 8
24 24-Dec-24 / TUESDAY ***
25 25-Dec-24 / WEDNESDAY ***
26 26-Dec-24 / THURSDAY Q 22 EDITING, Q 32 DICTIONARY
SKILLS
27 27-Dec-24 / FRIDAY Q 11-15, 37 A WH- QUESTIONS
FROM SR 5 AND 6
28 28-Dec-24 / SATURDAY REVISION TEST

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29 29-Dec-24 / SUNDAY Q 6-10 FROM POEMS 5 AND 6
Q 17 JUMBLED SENTENCES
Q 26 ADVICE
30 30-Dec-24 / MONDAY Q 24 USED TO / WOULD
Q 25 NOUN MODIFIER
31 31-Dec-24 / TUESDAY ***
32 1-Jan-25 / WEDNESDAY ***
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2-Jan-25 / THURSDAY Q 20 REPORTED SPEECH
34 3-Jan-25 / FRIDAY Q 27 SYNONYMS, Q 28 ANTONYMS
Q 29 RIGHTFORMS
35 4-Jan-25 / SATURDAY REVISION TEST
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36 5-Jan-25 / SUNDAY ***

37 6-Jan-25 / MONDAY Q 1-5 FROM UNIT 8
38 7-Jan-25 / TUESDAY ***
39 8-Jan-25 / WEDNESDAY Q 11-15, 37 A WH- QUESTIONS
FROM SR 7 AND 8
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40 9-Jan-25 / THURSDAY Q 6-10 FROM POEMS 3 AND 4

41 10-Jan-25 / FRIDAY Q 31 WRONGLY SPELT WORDS
Q 34 MATCHING
42 11-Jan-25 / SATURDAY Q 36 B SCRIPT FOR SPEECH
Q 31 WRONGLY SPELT WORDS
43 12-Jan-25 / SUNDAY Q 16, 37 B, INFORMATION TRANSFER
44 13-Jan-25 / MONDAY ***
45 14-Jan-25 / TUESDAY ***
46 15-Jan-25 / WEDNESDAY ***
47 16-Jan-25 / THURSDAY Q 1-5, FROM UNIT 6 TB

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48 17-Jan-25 / FRIDAY Q 11-15, UNIT 5 SR
49 18-Jan-25 / SATURDAY Q 6-10 FROM POEMS 6 AND 7
50 19-Jan-25 / SUNDAY Q 1-5 UNIT 7 TB
51 20-Jan-25 / MONDAY Q 11-15 UNIT 6 SR
52 21-Jan-25 / TUESDAY ***
53 22-Jan-25 / WEDNESDAY Q 35 A CONVERSATION
54 23-Jan-25 / THURSDAY Q 35 B DESCRIPTION
55 24-Jan-25 / FRIDAY Q 27 SYNONYMS, 28 ANTONYMS

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Q 29 RIGHTFORMS FROM UNIT 6 AND
7 TB Q 33 PHRASAL VERBS
56 25-Jan-25 / SATURDAY REVISION TEST
57 26-Jan-25 / SUNDAY ***
58 27-Jan-25 / MONDAY Q 24 USED TO/ WOULD , Q 25 NOUN
MODIFIERS FROM UNIT 6 TB
59 28-Jan-25 / TUESDAY ***
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29-Jan-25 / WEDNESDAY ***
61 30-Jan-25 / THURSDAY ***
62 31-Jan-25 / FRIDAY Q 27 SYNONYMS, Q 28 ANTONYMS,
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Q 29 RIGHTFORMS FROM UNIT 9 TB
63 1-Feb-25 / SATURDAY REVISION TEST
64 2-Feb-25 / SUNDAY ***
65 3-Feb-25 / MONDAY Q 1-5 FROM UNIT 9 TB
66 4-Feb-25 / TUESDAY ***
67 5-Feb-25 / WEDNESDAY Q 18 RELATIVE CLAUSES,
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Q 21 PREPOSITIONS Q 26 ADVICE
68 6-Feb-25 / THURSDAY Q 28 ANTONYMS Q 30 PREFIX SUFFIX
69 7-Feb-25 / FRIDAY Q 27 SYNONYMS Q29 RIGHT FORMS
70 8-Feb-25 / SATURDAY REVISION TEST
71 9-Feb-25 / SUNDAY Q 36 A LETTER - FORMAL AND
INFORMAL Q 35B DIARY ENTRY
Q 37 B INFORMATION TRANSFER
72 10-Feb-25 / MONDAY Q 23 ARTICLES, Q 24 USED TO /
WOULD Q 25 NOUN MODIFIERS
73 11-Feb-25 / TUESDAY ***

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74 12-Feb-25 / WEDNESDAY ***
75 13-Feb-25 / THURSDAY ***
76 14-Feb-25 / FRIDAY Q17 JUMBLED SENTENCES
Q 32 DICTIONARY SKILLS
77 15-Feb-25 / SATURDAY REVISION TEST
78 16-Feb-25 / SUNDAY ***
79 17-Feb-25 / MONDAY ***
80 18-Feb-25 / TUESDAY ***

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81 19-Feb-25 / WEDNESDAY ***
82 20-Feb-25 / THURSDAY ***
83 21-Feb-25 / FRIDAY Q 22 EDITING
84 22-Feb-25 / SATURDAY REVISION TEST
85 23-Feb-25 / SUNDAY ***
86 24-Feb-25 / MONDAY Q 19 VOICE, Q 34 MATCHING
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25-Feb-25 / TUESDAY ***
88 26-Feb-25 WEDNESDAY ***
89 27-Feb-25 / THURSDAY Q 33 IDIOMS AND PHRASAL VERBS
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90 28-Feb-25 / FRIDAY Q 6-10 ALL POEMS REVISION
91 1-Mar-25 / SATURDAY REVISION TEST
92 2-Mar-25 / SUNDAY Q 1-5 ALL PROSE
93 3-Mar-25 / MONDAY ***
94 4-Mar-25 / TUESDAY ***
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95 5-Mar-25 / WEDNESDAY ***

96 6-Mar-25 / THURSDAY ***
97 7-Mar-25 / FRIDAY ***
98 8-Mar-25 / SATURDAY REVISION FOR GRAND TEST
99 9-Mar-25 / SUNDAY ***
100 10-Mar-25 / MONDAY GRAND TEST ANALYSIS

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SSC EXAMINATION
MODEL QUESTIONS

SECTION- A: READING COMPREHENSION

1. (Questions 1-5): Read the following passage carefully.

The woman who was preparing supper, replied, “Yes, God willing”. The older boys were working in
the field, while the smaller ones were playing near the house until the woman called to them all, “Come for
dinner”. It was during the meal that, just as Lencho had predicted, big drops of rain began to fall. In the
north-east huge mountains of clouds could be seen approaching. The air was fresh and sweet. The man

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went out for no other reason than to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body, and when he
returned he exclaimed, ‘‘These aren’t raindrops falling from the sky, they are new coins. The big drops
are ten-cent pieces and the little ones are fives.’’
(A Letter to God)
Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10 M
1. Who is the woman mentioned in the passage?
2. How did Lencho feel initially?
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3. What are the big drops compared to?
A) ten cents B) five cents C) ten dollars
4. What figure of speech is used in the passage?
A) metaphor B) simile C) personification
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5. Lencho went out in the rain to …………

A) experience the weather B) welcome rain C) feel the rain on his body
2. (Questions 1-5): Read the following passage carefully.

So, in order not to shake the writer’s faith in God, the postmaster came up with an idea: answer the
letter. But when he opened it, it was evident that to answer it he needed something more than goodwill,
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ink and paper. But he stuck to his resolution: he asked for money from his employees, he himself gave
part of his salary, and several friends of his were obliged to give something ‘for an act of charity’. It was
impossible for him to gather together the hundred pesos, so he was able to send the farmer only a little
more than half. He put the money in an envelope addressed to Lencho and with it a letter containing only
a single word as a signature: God.
(A Letter to God)
Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10 M
1. Why did the postmaster decide to help Lencho?
2. What did the postmaster need to help Lencho?
3. Who read Lencho’s letter?
A) postman B) postmaster C) Lencho’s wife
4. To whom did Lencho write a letter?
A) friend B) God C) postmaster
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3. (Questions 1-5): Read the following passage carefully.

TENTH May dawned bright and clear. For the past few days I had been pleasantly besieged by dignitaries
and world leaders who were coming to pay their respects before the inauguration. The inauguration would
be the largest gathering ever of international leaders on South African soil. The ceremonies took place in
the lovely sandstone amphitheatre formed by the Union Buildings in Pretoria. For decades this had been
the seat of white supremacy, and now it was the site of a rainbow gathering of different colours and nations
for the installation of South Africa’s first democratic, non-racial government. On that lovely autumn day I
was accompanied by my daughter Zenani. On the podium, Mr de Klerk was first sworn in as second
deputy president. Then Thabo Mbeki was sworn in as first deputy president. When it was my turn, I
pledged to obey and uphold the Constitution and to devote myself to the well being of the Republic and its

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people. (Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom)

Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10 M

1. What is the meaning of rainbow gathering?

2. Where was the inauguration taking place?

3. Who is the speaker of the passage?

A) Nelson Mandela B) Zenani C) Mr. de Klerk

4. The speaker is besieged by………

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A) crowd B) world leaders C) family and friends

5. What did the speaker promise?

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A) to sustain the constitution

B) to devote his life to the people

C) both A and B

4. (Questions 1-5): Read the following passage carefully.

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In life, every man has twin obligations — obligations to his family, to his parents, to his wife and
children; and he has an obligation to his people, his community, his country. In a civil and humane society,
each man is able to fulfil those obligations according to his own inclinations and abilities. But in a country
like South Africa, it was almost impossible for a man of my birth and colour to fulfil both of those obligations.
In South Africa, a man of colour who attempted to live as a human being was punished and isolated. In
South Africa, a man who tried to fulfil his duty to his people was inevitably ripped from his family and his
home and was forced to live a life apart, a twilight existence of secrecy and rebellion. I did not in the
beginning choose to place my people above my family, but in attempting to serve my people, I found that
I was prevented from fulfilling my obligations as a son, a brother, a father and a husband.
(Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom)

Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10 M

1. According to the speaker what are the two obligations of a person in his life?

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2. What did the speaker say about the life of a man of colour?
3. In the beginning the speaker gave importance to……
A) family B) people C) career
4. What would happen if a man of colour wanted to live as a human being?
A) punished B) become alone C) A and B
5. The speaker was unable to fulfil his responsibility towards……

A) family B) community C) education

5. (Questions 1-5): Read the following passage carefully.

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The young seagull was alone on his ledge. His two brothers and his sister had already flown away the
day before. He had been afraid to fly with them. Somehow when he had taken a little run forward to the
brink of the ledge and attempted to flap his wings he became afraid. The great expanse of sea stretched
down beneath, and it was a long way down - miles down. He felt certain that his wings would never
support him; so he bent his head and ran away back to the little hole under the ledge where he slept at
night. Even when each of his brothers and his little sister, whose wings were far shorter than his own, ran
to the brink, flapped their wings, and flew away, he failed to muster up courage to take that plunge which
appeared to him so desperate. His father and mother had come around calling to him shrilly, upbraiding

move.
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him, threatening to let him starve on his ledge unless he flew away. But for the life of him he could not
(His First Flight)
Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10 M
1. Why was the young seagull alone on his ledge?
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2. What made the young seagull afraid?

3. If the seagull didn’t fly, the seagull has …….
A) to starve on his ledge
B) to sleep on his ledge
C) to stay on his ledge
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4. The younger seagulls had already flown away before as they …….
A) had learnt how to fly on their own
B) did not want to stay on the ledge any more
C) did not know anything about the great sea
5. The seagull failed to muster up the courage to take the plunge becaus…….
A) it was an unsuccessful attempt
B) it seemed impossible to him
C) it caused a sense of fear in him

6. (Questions 1-5): Read the following passage carefully.

The young seagull was alone on his ledge. His two brothers and his sister had already flown away the
day before. He had been afraid to fly with them. Somehow when he had taken a little run forward to the
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brink of the ledge and attempted to flap his wings he became afraid. The great expanse of sea stretched
down beneath, and it was a long way down - miles down. He felt certain that his wings would never
support him; so he bent his head and ran away back to the little hole under the ledge where he slept at
night. Even when each of his brothers and his little sister, whose wings were far shorter than his own, ran
to the brink, flapped their wings, and flew away, he failed to muster up courage to take that plunge which
appeared to him so desperate. His father and mother had come around calling to him shrilly, upbraiding
him, threatening to let him starve on his ledge unless he flew away. But for the life of him he could not
move. (His First Flight)
Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10 M
1. Why did the seagull feel that his wings would never support him?

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2. What did the seagull do after he was afraid to fly?
3. What happened when the seagull attempted to flap his wings?
A) He flew successfully.
B) He became afraid and retreated.
C) He called out for help.
4. How did the seagull feel about the distance from the ledge to the sea?
A) He felt it was manageable.
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B) He felt it was exciting.
C) It was too long and frightening.
5. Why did the seagull run back to the hole under the ledge?
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A) He wanted to hide from his family.

B) He was too tired and felt sleepy.

C) He was afraid of the sea below.

7. (Questions 1-5) : Read the following passage carefully.

His mother had picked up a piece of the fish and was flying across to him with it. He leaned out eagerly,
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tapping the rock with his feet, trying to get nearer to her as she flew across. But when she was just
opposite to him, she halted, her wings motionless, the piece of fish in her beak almost within reach of his
beak. He waited a moment in surprise, wondering why she did not come nearer, and then, maddened by
hunger, he dived at the fish. With a loud scream he fell outwards and downwards into space. Then a
monstrous terror seized him and his heart stood still. He could hear nothing. But it only lasted a minute.
The next moment he felt his wings spread outwards. The wind rushed against his breast feathers, then
under his stomach, and against his wings. He could feel the tips of his wings cutting through the air. He was
not falling headlong now. He was soaring gradually downwards and upwards.

(His First Flight)

Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10 M
1. What did the seagull’s mother do with a piece of fish?

2. Why was the seagull maddened?

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3. What did the hungry seagull do?
A) He dived at the fish.
B) He looked at the fish.
C) He waited for his mother.
4. How did he feel when he fell into the space?
A) He felt worried.
B) He felt happy.
C) He was terrified.

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5. How could the young seagull feel the air?
A) He felt a bit dizzy.
B) He sensed the air.

C)He feels happy.

8. (Questions 1-5): Read the following passage carefully

The moon was coming up in the east, behind me, and stars were shining in the clear sky above me.
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There wasn’t a cloud in the sky. I was happy to be alone high up in the sleeping countryside. I was flying
my old Dakota aeroplane over France back to England. I was dreaming of my holiday and looking
forward to being with my family. I looked at my watch: one thirty in the morning. ‘ I should call Paris
Control soon’, I thought. As I looked down past the nose of the aeroplane, I saw the lights of a big city in
front of me. I switched on the radio and said, “Paris Control, Dakota DS 088 here. Can you hear me? I’m
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on my way to England. Over.” (The Black Aeroplane)

Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10 M
1. What was the narrator doing at one thirty in the morning?
2. What did the narrator observe past the nose of the aeroplane?
3. What did the narrator do when he saw the lights of a big city?
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A) He landed aeroplane immediately.

B) He called Paris Control on the Radio.
C) He changed his path of flight.
4. What did the narrator plan to do soon?
A) He wanted to land in Paris.
B) He called the Paris Control.
C) He changed the direction.
5. What was the narrator’s concern as he approached the city?
A) The weather conditions were not favourable.
B) The time of day did not allow landing.
C) He wanted to communicate with Paris Control
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9. (Questions 1-5) : Read the following passage carefully

After half an hour the strange black aeroplane was still there in front of me in the clouds. Now, there
was only enough fuel in the Dakota’s last tank to fly for five or ten minutes more. I was starting to feel
frightened again. But then he started to go down and I followed through the storm. Suddenly I came out of
the clouds and saw two long straight lines of lights in front of me. It was a runway! An airport! I was safe!
I turned to look for my friend in the black aeroplane, but the sky was empty. There was nothing there. The
black aeroplane was gone. I could not see it anywhere. I landed and was not sorry to talk away from the
old Dakota near the control tower. I went and asked a woman in the control centre where I was and who
the other pilot was. I wanted to say ‘Thank you’. She looked at me very strangely, and then laughed.
(The Black Aeroplane)

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Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10 M
1. Why did the narrator go to the control centre after landing?
2. The woman in the control centre looks at the narrator strangely. Why?
3. How long did the narrator travel with the help of the black aeroplane?
A) less than half an hour
B) more than an hour
C) more than two hours
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4. How much fuel was there in the Dakota’s last tank?
A) Enough to reach England.
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B) Enough to fly five or six minutes more.
C) The last tank was full of fuel.
5. What did the narrator see suddenly?
A) his friend in the Black aeroplane
B) two long straight lines in front of him
C) dark clouds surrounding the flight
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10. (Questions 1-5) : Read the following passage carefully

‘Paper has more patience than people’. I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was
feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering
whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding; Yes, paper does have more patience,
and since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a
‘diary’ unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of difference. Now, I’m back to
the point that prompted me to keep a diary in the first place: I don’t have a friend.

(From the Diary of Anne Frank)

Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10 M

[Link] does Anne get a little depressed?

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2. Anne says: ‘Paper has more patience than people’. What does she mean?
3. Why did Anne give more importance to the diary?
A) She didn’t have a true friend.
B) She has more patience than others.
C) She was very much depressed.
4. Anne would allow one to read her diary when…….
A) she would have a real friend.
B) she would have a real well-wisher.

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C) she would have a caring, loving aunt.
5. What does ‘stiff-backed’ in this context mean?
A) having a problem with the back
B) having hard-bound

C) having external support

11. (Questions 1-5) : Read the following passage carefully

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Let me put it more clearly since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the
world. And I’m not. I have loving parents a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can
call friends. I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface seem to have everything,
except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a good time. I can’t bring
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myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and
that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other. In any case, that’s just how
things are. This is why I’ve started the diary. To enhance the image of this long-awaited friend in my
imagination, I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the
diary to be my friend, and I’m going to call this friend, and I’m going to call this friend ‘Kitty’.
(From the Diary of Anne Frank)
Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10 M
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1. Why doesn’t Anne feel that she is alone?

2. Why did Anne think she could confide more in her diary than in people?
3. Anne actually doesn’t have…….
A) a real well-wisher
B) a real friend
C) good classmates
4. Anne calls her diary a long-awaited friend because…….
A) She had had no close friend to confide in.
B) She didn’t try to have a friend.
C) She didn’t desire to have a friend.
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5. Anne names her diary Kitty because…….

A) She likes the diary and the name
B) she desires to confide in it as a true friend
C) she doesn’t want to confide in it as a true friend

12. (Questions 1-5) : Read the following passage carefully.

Our entire class is quaking in its boots. The reason, of course, is the forthcoming meeting in which the
teachers decide who’ll move up to the next form and who’ll be kept back. Half the class is making bets.
G.N. and I laugh ourselves silly at the two boys behind us, C.N. and Jacques, who have staked their entire

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holiday savings on their bet. From morning to night, it’s “You’re going to pass”, “No, I’m not”, “Yes, you
are”, “No, I’m not”. Even G.’s pleading glances and my angry outbursts can’t calm them down. If you ask
me, there are so many dummies that about a quarter of the class should be kept back, but teachers are the
most unpredictable creatures on earth. I’m not so worried about my girlfriends and myself. We’ll make it.
The only subject I’m not sure about is maths. Anyway, all we can do is wait. Until then, we keep telling
each other not to lose heart. (From the Diary of Anne Frank)
Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10 M
1. Who are the two boys?
2. What did the two boys do?
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3. Why was the entire class quaking?
A) The teachers were in a meeting.
B) The headmaster scolded the teachers.
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C) The future of the students was to be decided.

4. What passed among the students the whole day?
A) ‘You are going to pass’, ‘No I’m not..
B) ‘You first’… ‘No… no… you first’…
C) Remarks of criticising the teachers
5) Anne looks at her teachers as…….
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A) most unpredictable creatures on the earth

B) most respectable creatures on the earth
C) most obedient creatures on the earth

13. (Questions 1-5) : Read the following passage carefully.

I finished my poem, and it was beautiful! It was about a mother duck and a father swan with three
baby ducklings who were bitten to death by the father because they quacked too much. Luckily, Mr
Keesing took the joke the right way. He read the poem to the class, adding his own comments, and to
several other classes as well. Since then I’ve been allowed to talk and haven’t been assigned any extra
homework. On the contrary, Mr Keesing’s always making jokes these days.

(From the Diary of Anne Frank)

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Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10 M
1. What was good about [Link]?
2. What was the poem about?
3. The baby ducklings are done to death because…….
A) they quacked greatly
B) father swan got angry
C) mother swan was fed up
4. The Father swan of Anne’s poem symbolised …….

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A) all swans in the world.
B) the foster father
C) [Link], the teacher
5. Mr Keesing didn’t punish Anne for talking, shows him as a …….
A) considerate teacher
B) good teacher

C) bad-tempered teacher
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14. (Questions 1-5) : Read the following passage carefully.

The baker usually collected his bills at the end of the month. Monthly accounts used to be recorded on
some wall in pencil. Baking was indeed a profitable profession in the old days. The baker and his family
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never starved. He, his family and his servants always looked happy and prosperous. Their plump physique
was an open testimony to this. Even today any person with a jackfruit-like physical appearance is easily
compared to a baker. (A Baker from Goa)
Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10 M
1. What was indeed a profitable profession in the olden days?
2. Where did the baker use to record his monthly accounts?
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3. The baker usually collected his bills…….

A) in the middle of the month
B) at the end of the month
C) at the beginning of the month
4. What is the testimony of a happy and prosperous life?
A) plump physique
B) tall body
C) happy smiles
5. Any person with a jack-fruit like physical appearance is easily compared to…….
A) a joker B) a butcher C) a baker

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15. (Questions 1-5) : Read the following passage carefully.

The river, Kaveri, obtains its water from the hills and forests of Coorg. Mahaseer — a large freshwater
fish — abounds in these waters. Kingfishers dive for their catch, while squirrels and langurs drop partially
eaten fruit for the mischief of enjoying the splash and the ripple effect in the clear water. Elephants enjoy
being bathed and scrubbed in the river by their mahouts. (Coorg)
Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10 M
1. What is Mahaseer?
2. Where does the river Kaveri obtain its water from?

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3. Which of the following animals is not mentioned in the passage?
A) elephant B) langur C) tiger
4. A mahout looks after........ .
A) langur B) rivers C) elephants
5. Who dives for their catch?

A) squirrels B) kingfishers C) langurs

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16. (Questions 1-5) : Read the following passage carefully.

The train pulled out of the station. Pranjol buried his nose in his detective book again.
Rajvir too was an ardent fan of detective stories, but at the moment he was keener on looking
at the beautiful scenery. It was green, green everywhere. Rajvir had never seen so much greenery
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before. Then the soft green paddy fields gave way to tea bushes. It was a magnificent view.
Against the backdrop of densely wooded hills, a sea of tea bushes stretched as far as the eye
could see. Dwarfing the tiny tea plants were tall sturdy shade trees and amidst the orderly rows
of bushes busily moved doll-like figures. In the distance was an ugly building with smoke
billowing out of tall chimneys. (Tea from Assam)
Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10 M
1. What kind of books did Pranjol and Rajvir love most?
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2. How was the view from the train?

3. Who were referred to as ‘doll-like figures’?
A) tea plants B) shady trees C) women plucking the tea leaves
4. ‘Sea of tea bushes’- identify the figures of speech.
A) simile B) metaphor C) personification
5. Rajvir was keener on looking at …….
A) beautiful scenery B) detective book C) tall chimneys

17. (Questions 1-5) : Read the following passage carefully.

Mijbil, as I called the otter, was, in fact, of a race previously unknown to science, and was at length
christened by zoologists Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli, or Maxwell’s otter. For the first twenty four hours
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hours Mijbil was neither hostile nor friendly; he was simply aloof and indifferent, choosing to sleep on the
floor as far from my bed as possible. The second night Mijbil came onto my bed in the small hours and
remained asleep in the crook of my knees until the servant brought tea in the morning, and during the day
he began to lose his apathy and take a keen, much too keen, interest in his surroundings. I made a body
belt for him and took him on a lead to the bathroom, where for half an hour he went wild with joy in the
water, plunging and rolling in it, shooting up and down the length of the bathtub underwater, and making
enough slosh and splash for a hippo. This, I was to learn, is a characteristic of otters.
(Mijbil the Otter)

Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10 M

1. How was Mijbil, the otter christened by the zoologists?

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2. According to the passage, what is the characteristic feature of the otters?
3. Which of the following best describes Mijbil for the first twenty-four hours
A) hostile B) friendly C) aloof
4. How much time did Mijbil spend in the bathroom
A) an hour B) half an hour C) An hour and a half
5. Mijbil, with his play way, in the bathroom is compared to ……. .

A) hippo B) horse
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18. (Questions 1-5) : Read the following passage carefully.

I sat in the back of the car with the box beside me as the driver tore through the streets of Basra like a
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ricochetting bullet. The aircraft was waiting to take off; I was rushed through to it by infuriated officials.
Luckily, the seat booked for me was at the extreme front. I covered the floor around my feet with
newspapers, rang for the air hostess, and gave her a parcel of fish (for Mij) to keep in a cool place. I took
her into my confidence about the events of the last half hour. I have retained the most profound admiration
for that air hostess; she was the very queen of her kind. She suggested that I might prefer to have my pet
on my knee, and I could have kissed her hand in the depth of my gratitude. But, not knowing otters, I was
quite unprepared for what followed. (Mijbil the Otter)
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Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10 M

1. Why were the officials infuriated?
2. She was the very queen of her kind. Who was referred to as queen here?
3. What do you mean by the expression, “tore through the streets.”
A) move quickly B) move slowly C) cut into pieces
4. Why did he give a parcel of fish to the air hostess?
A) to eat B) to keep in a cool place for Mij C) to take home
5. Where was the seat booked for him on the plane?

A) at the extreme front B) at the extreme back C) in the middle

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19. (Questions 1-5) : Read the following passage carefully.

Over many days and months, Valli listened carefully to conversations between her neighbours and
people who regularly used the bus, and she also asked a few discreet questions here and there. This way
she picked up various small details about the bus journey. The town was six miles from her village. The fare
was thirty paise one way — “which is almost nothing at all,” she heard one well-dressed man say, but to
Valli, who scarcely saw that much money from one month to the next, it seemed a fortune. The trip to the
town took forty-five minutes. On reaching town, if she stayed in her seat and paid another thirty paise, she
could return home on the same bus. This meant that she could take the one-o’clock afternoon bus, reach
the town at one forty-five, and be back home by about two forty-five... On and on went her thoughts as
she calculated and recalculated, planned and replanned.

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(Madam Rides the Bus)
Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10 M
1. Whose conversations did Valli listen carefully?
2. How far was the town from her village?
3. What is the fare for two-way from her village?
A) Thirty paise B) Fifty paise C) Sixty paise
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4. Which bus could she take if she planned to be back home by 2.45 p.m.?
A) One o’clock B) One forty-five C) Two o’clock
5. How do you think Valli gathered information to plan her ride on the bus?
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A) listening carefully to the conversations

B) by asking discreet questions

C) both A & B

20. (Questions 1-5) : Read the following passage carefully.

At about the age of twenty-five, the Prince, heretofore shielded from the sufferings of the world, while
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out hunting chanced upon a sick man, then an aged man, then a funeral procession, and finally a monk
begging for alms. These sights so moved him that he at once went out into the world to seek enlightenment
concerning the sorrows he had witnessed. He wandered for seven years and finally sat down under a
peepal tree, where he vowed to stay until enlightenment came. Enlightened after seven days, he renamed
the tree the Bodhi Tree (Tree of Wisdom) and began to teach and share his new understandings. At that
point, he became known as the Buddha (the Awakened or the Enlightened). The Buddha preached his first
sermon at the city of Benares, the most holy of the dipping places on the River Ganges; that sermon has
been preserved and is given here. It reflects the Buddha’s wisdom about one inscrutable kind of suffering.
(The Sermon at Benaras)
Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10 M
1. Who was the Prince referred to here?
2. What made him seek enlightenment?
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3. Why do you think he was unaware of sorrows till he was twenty five years old?
A) because he was a prince
B) because he was shielded from the sufferings of the world
C) because he was enlightened
4. Bodhi tree means.…….
A) tree of wisdom
B) tree of knowledge
C) tree of enlightenment

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5. Buddha gave his first sermon at …….
A) river Ganges
B) the city of Benaras
C) the city of Bangalore
21. (Questions 1-5) : Read the following passage carefully
Chubukov : (aside) He’s come to borrow money. Shan’t give him any! (aloud) What is it, my
beauty?
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Lomov: You see, Honoured Stepanitch…. I beg pardon Stepan Honouritch …
I mean, I’m awfully excited, as you will please notice… In short,
You alone can help me, though I don’t deserve it, of course… and
haven’t any right to count on your assistance…
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Chubukov: Oh, don’t go round and round it, darling! Spit it out! Well?
Lomov: One moment…. this very minute. The fact is I’ve come to ask the hand of your
Daughter, Natalya Stepanovna, in marriage. (The Proposal)
Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10 M
1. Who are Chubukov and Lomov?
2. What does Chubukov think Lomov has come to ask for?
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3. Which of the following doesn’t express the feelings of Lomov?

A) excited
B) awfully excited
C) joyful
4. Natalya Stepanovna is the daughter of ____________
A) Ivan Vassilvetch
B) Chubukov
C) Lomov

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5. Why did Lomov come to Chubukov’s house?
A) to borrow money
B) to settle property matters

C) to ask the hand of Natalya Stepanovna in marriage

22. (Questions 1-5) : Read the following passage carefully.

Lomov: But isn’t my Guess better? Really, now?

Chubukov: Don’t excite yourself, my precious one. Allow me. Your Guess certainly has his good
points. He’s purebred, firm on his feet has well-sprung ribs, and all that. But, my dear man, if you want

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to know the truth, that dog has two defects: he’s old and he’s short in the muzzle.

Lomov: Excuse me, my heart... Let’s take the facts. You will remember that on the Marusinsky hunt
my Guess ran neck-and-neck with the Count’s dog, while your Squeezer was left a whole verst behind.

Chubukov: He got left behind because the Count’s whipper-in hit him with his whip.

(The Proposal)
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Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10 M

1. What is ‘Guess’ mentioned in the conversation?

2. What are the defects of Guess according to Chubukov?

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3. What is the name of Chubukov’s dog?

A) Squeezer

B) Guess

C) Marusinsky

4. Which of the following is not a good point about Guess?

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A) He is purebred.

B) He is firm on his feet.

C) He is short in muzzle.

5. Whose dog was left behind with the Count’s dog on the Marusinsky hunt?

A) Lomov

B) Chubukov

C) Natalya
1. (Questions 6-10) : Read the following stanza carefully.
The way a crow
Shook down on me
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The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part

Of a day I had rued. ( Dust of Snow)

Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 1= 5 M
6. What is the name of the tree given in the stanza?

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7. Where is the poet according to the stanza?
8. How is the poet’s mood initially?
A) excited B) depressed C) happy
9. What changes the poet’s mood?
A) cool weather B) snow C) rain
10. How was the poet’s rest of the day?
A) sad B) happy
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C) irritated
2. (Questions 6-10) : Read the following stanza carefully
Some say the world will end in fire
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Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
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Is also great

And would suffice. (Fire and Ice)

Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 1= 5 M
6. What do the people say about the world?
7. According to the stanza what does ‘tasted desire’ refer to?
8. What do fire and ice stand for?
A) passion B) hatred C) both A and B
9. What is the meaning of suffice?
A) destruction B) sufficient C) favour

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10. The poet’s opinion is that the world ….....
A) will end in fire B) will end in ice C) will end in fire or ice
3. (Questions 6-10) : Read the following stanza carefully
He should be lurking in shadow,
Sliding through long grass
Near the water hole
Where plump deer pass. (A Tiger in the Zoo)
Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 1= 5 M

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6. Who is ‘he’ in the first line?
7. Why is the tiger hiding in the long grass?
8. How is the deer?
A) lean B) fat C) tall
9. Where is the tiger according to the stanza?
A) cage B) forest C) grass field
10. Where does the tiger find the food?
A) in the shadow
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B) near the water hole C) in the cage
4. (Questions 6-10) : Read the following stanza carefully
Or if sometimes when roaming around,
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A noble wild beast greets you,
With black stripes on a yellow ground.
Just notice if he eats you.
This simple rule may help you learn
The Bengal Tiger to discern (How to Tell Wild Animals)
Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 1= 5 M
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[Link] kind of wild beast is described in the stanza?

7. How can you identify the Bengal Tiger according to the stanza?
8. What might happen if you encounter the Bengal Tiger, as suggested in the stanza?
A) He might roar at you.
B) He might eat you.
C) He might smile at you.
9. How has the Bengal Tiger been described?
A) a noble wild beast
B) a black and yellow striped beast
C) both A and B
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10. Which word in the above stanza means ‘recognize of ‘find out’?
A) discern
B) roaming
C) greets
5. (Questions 6-10) : Read the following stanza carefully.
If when you’re walking round your yard
You meet a creature there,
Who hugs you very, very hard,

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Be sure it is a Bear.
If you have any doubts, I guess
He’ll give you just one more caress. (How to tell Wild Animals)
Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 1= 5 M
6. What are the bears thought to be?
7. Give the distinctive feature of a bear.
8. ‘Your yard’ here means….....
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A) the country yard
B) the market yard
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C) the grave yard
9. What does the word ‘you’ refer to in the first line?
A) reader
B) scholar
C) poet
10. How does one recognise that he is meeting a bear?
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A) by the bear’s tight hug

B) by the bear’s laugh
C) by the bear’s growl
6. (Questions 6-10): Read the following stanza carefully.
What is the boy now, who has lost his ball,
What, what is he to do? I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over - there is in the water!
No use to say ‘O there are other balls’.
An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
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As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went. (The Ball Poem)
Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 1= 5 M
6. What happens when he stares at where the ball went?
7. Where did the ball go?
8. What happens to the boy when he has lost his ball?
A) He gets confused.

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B) He becomes sad.
C) He loses peace of mind.
9. Where did the ball go to?
A) It went into the water.
B) It went into a wooden box.
C) It went into the air.
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10. How does the boy react to the loss of the ball?
A) trembling and staring
B) serious and careful
C) cheerful and negligible
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7. (Questions 6-10) : Read the following stanza carefully

Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight,
Amanda!
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(There is a languid, emerald sea,

Where the sole inhabitant is me-
Amermaid, drifting blissfully.) (Amanda)
Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 1= 5 M
6. Where is Amanda at present?
7. What bad things does Amanda do?
8. What emotion of the speaker does the exclamation mark show?
A) happiness
B) irritation
C) sadness

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9. Amanda imagines herself as ..............
A) a fish in the sea
B) a mermaid
C) a queen of the sea
10. What could Amanda do if she were a mermaid?
A) drift blissfully
B) clean her shoes
C) tidy her room

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8. (Questions 6-10): Read the following stanza carefully
Don’t eat that chocolate, Amanda!
Remember your acne, Amanda!
Will you please look at me when I’m speaking to you,
Amanda!
(I’m Rapunzel, I have not a care;
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Life in a tower is tranquil and rare;
I’ll certainly never let down my bright hair!) (Amanda)
Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 1= 5 M
6. What effect will the nagging of Amanda’s parents leave on?
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7. Why is Amanda advised not to eat chocolate?

8. Who is the speaker in the stanza?
A) Amanda’s parents
B) Amanda’s brother
C) Amanda’s sister
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9. How does the speaker address Amanda?

A) with humility
B) with joy
C) with care
10. What does the word ‘tranquil’ mean?
A ) quill
B) peaceful
C) bright
9. (Questions 6-10) : Read the following stanza carefully
All night the roots work
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to disengage themselves from the cracks
in the veranda floor.
The leaves strain toward the glass
small twigs stiff with exertion
long-cramped boughs shuffling under the roof
like newly discharged patients
half-dazed, moving
to the clinic doors.

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Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 1= 5 M
6. Why do the roots work all night?
7. Where are the roots?
8. Who are shuffling under the roof?
A) leaves
B) twigs
C) boughs
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9. What are the long-cramped boughs compared with?
A) clinic
B) the glass
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C) discharged patients
10. What happens to the leaves?
A) strain towards the glass
B) stiff with exertion
C) shuffling under the roof
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10. (Questions 6-10) : Read the following stanza carefully.

The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbour and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on. (Fog)
Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 1= 5 M
6. How does the fog come?
7. Which metaphor is used in the above lines?
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8. What does ‘It’ refer to here?
A) cat B) fog C) harbour
9. Where does the fog set over?
A) harbour and city B) city and village C) village and harbour
10. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
A) abaaba B) abcbca C) no rhyme scheme
11. (Questions 6-10) : Read the following stanza carefully.
Belinda lived in a little white house,

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With a little black kitten and a little grey mouse,
And a little yellow dog and a little red wagon,
And a realio, trulio, little pet dragon.
Now the name of the little black kitten was Ink,
And the little grey mouse, she called him Blink,
And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard,
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But the dragon was a coward, and she called him Custard.
(The tale of the Custard the Dragon)
Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 1= 5 M
6. Where did Belinda live?
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7. Name a few pets that she had.

8. Whom did she call Blink?
A) little grey mouse B) yellow dog C) black kitten
9. What was the Yellow dog called as?
A) custard B) mustard C) coward
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10. Custard is a______________

A) fruit B) wagon C) dragon
12. (Questions 6-10) : Read the following stanza carefully
“I heard an old religious man
But yesternight declare
That he had found a text to prove
That only God, my dear,
Could love you for yourself alone
And not your yellow hair.”
(For Anne Gregory)
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Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 1= 5 M
6. What colour is Young Woman’s hair?
7. Whom did the girl hear?
8. According to the religious man who loves you for yourself alone?
A) young man B) god C) friends
9. How did the religious man support himself?
A) he has a proof of text
B) he believes it

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C) with the support of his religion
10. Who is the speaker of the above lines?
A) god B) religious man C) a young woman

1. (Questions 11-15) : Read the following passage carefully.

I was really worried about Tricki this time. I had pulled up my car when I saw him in the street with
his mistress and I was shocked at his appearance. He had become hugely fat, like a bloated sausage
with a leg at each corner. His eyes, bloodshot and rheumy, stared straight ahead and his tongue lolled
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from his jaws. Mrs. Pumphrey hastened to explain, “He was so listless, Mr Herriot. He seemed to have
no energy. I thought he must be suffering from malnutrition, so I have been giving him some little extras
between meals to build him up, some malt and cod-liver oil and a bowl of Horlicks at night to make him
sleep — nothing much really.” (A Triumph of Surgery)
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Choose the appropriate answer from the options given : 5x1=5M
11. Who is ‘I’ in the first line?
A) Mrs. Pumphrey B) Mr. Herriot C) Tricki
12. What is the name of Mrs. Pumphery’s pet?
A) Joe B) Tricki C) hound
13. According to Pumphery, what is her dog suffering from?
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A) malnutrition B) exercise C) lack of friends

14. How did the dog become?
A) very fat B) tall C) active
15. What food did Pumphery decide to give her pet between meals?

A) bowl of rice B) bread C) bowl of malt

2. (Questions 11-15): Read the following passage carefully.

At the surgery, the household dogs surged round me. Tricki looked down at the noisy pack with
dull eyes and, when put down, lay motionless on the carpet. The other dogs, after sniffing round him for
a few seconds, decided he was an uninteresting object and ignored him. I made up a bed for him in a
warm loose box next to the one where the other dogs slept. For two days I kept an eye on him, giving

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him no food but plenty of water. At the end of the second day he started to show some interest in
hissurroundings and on the third he began to whimper when he heard the dogs in the yard.

(A Triumph of Surgery)
Choose the appropriate answer from the options given:
11. How did other dogs feel about Tricki?
A) most interesting B) cunning C) uninteresting
12. Who is Mr. Harriot?
A) owner of dog B) doctor C) guardian

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13. ….……..is arranged for Tricki to sleep.
A) a carpet B) a comfortable box C ) a couch
14. What is the meaning of the word ‘whimper’?
A) cry B) laugh C) jump
15. From which day did Tricki respond to the other dogs?
A) Second day B) Third day C) Fourth day
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3. (Questions 11-15) : Read the following passage carefully.
I was still a thief when I met Anil. And though only 15, I was an experienced and fairly successful
hand. Anil was watching a wrestling match when I approached him. He was about 25 — a tall, lean
fellow — and he looked easy-going, kind and simple enough for my purpose. I hadn’t had much luck
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of late and thought I might be able to get into the young man’s confidence. “You look a bit of a wrestler
yourself,” I said. A little flattery helps in making friends. “So do you,” he replied, which put me off for a
moment because at that time I was rather thin. “Well,” I said modestly, “I do wrestle a bit.” “What’s
your name?” “Hari Singh,” I lied. I took a new name every month. That kept me ahead of the police
and my former employers. (The Thief’s Story)
Choose the appropriate answer from the options given: 5x1=5M
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11. Who is Anil?

A) thief B) master C) wrestler
12. How old was the thief ?
A) 25 B) 15 C) 13
13. What kind of person was Anil?
A) rude and simple B) generous and simple C) problematic and simple
14. What is the real purpose of the thief to meet Anil?
A) to rob B) to make friends C) to learn to read and write
15. What is the name of the match mentioned in the paragraph?
A) wrestling B) basketball C) football
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4.(Questions 11-15) : Read the following passage carefully.

Anil was asleep. A beam of moonlight stepped over the balcony and fell on the bed. I sat up on
the floor, considering the situation. If I took the money, I could catch the 10.30 Express to Lucknow.
Slipping out of the blanket, I crept up to the bed. Anil was sleeping peacefully. His face was clear and
unlined; even I had more marks on my face, though mine were mostly scars. My hand slid under the
mattress, searching for the notes. When I found them, I drew them out without a sound. Anil sighed in
his sleep and turned on his side, towards me. I was startled and quickly crawled out of the room.
(The Thief’s Story)
Choose the appropriate answer from the options given: 5x1=5M

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11. Which train did the thief want to catch?
A) Express to Lucknow B) Express to Delhi C) Express to Mumbai
12. Where did Anil keep the money?
A) under pillow B) under mattress C) in the cupboard
13. What is the meaning of the word ‘startled’?
A) Fearless B) Surprised C) Started
14. How much money did he steal?
A) 500 rupees in fifties
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B) 600 rupees in fifties
C) 6000 rupees in hundreds
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15. Whos face had more marks and scars?

A) Anil B) Hari Singh C) Hari Singh’s friend

5. (Questions 11-15): Read the following passage carefully.

Ausable did not fit any description of a secret agent Fowler had ever read. Following him down
the musty corridor of the gloomy French hotel where Ausable had a room, Fowler felt let down. It was
a small room, on the sixth and top floor, and scarcely a setting for a romantic adventure. Ausable was,
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for one thing, fat. Very fat. And then there was his accent. Though he spoke French and German
passably, he had never altogether lost the American accent he had brought to Paris from Boston twenty
years ago. “You are disappointed,” Ausable said wheezily over his shoulder.
(The Midnight Visitor)
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11. Where was the Ausable’s room?
A) seventh floor of a French Hotel
B) the sixth and top floor of a French Hotel
C) the fifth and top floor of a French Hotel

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12. Why was Fowler disappointed by Ausable when he met him?
A) because Ausable didn’t have the personality of a spy
B) Because he lived in a small room
C) Because he had never altogether lost the American accent
13. How did the atmosphere of the French Hotel influence Fowler’s mood?
A) The atmosphere added to Fowler’s feeling of disappointment
B) The atmosphere added to Fowler’s feeling of happiness
C) The atmosphere added to Fowler’s feeling of sadness
14. How was the atmosphere of the French Hotel?

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A) gloomy, musty and small
B) grand and big
C) full of greenery
15. How many years ago did Ausable go to Paris?
A) twenty years ago
B) twenty-five years ago
C) twenty-three years ago
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6 (Questions 11-15) : Read the following passage carefully.
“Instead, you have spent a dull evening in a French music hall with a sloppy fat man who, instead
of having messages slipped into his hand by dark-eyed beauties, gets only a prosaic telephone call
making an appointment in his room. You have been bored!” The fat man chuckled to himself as he
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unlocked the door of his room and stood aside to let his frustrated guest enter. “You are disillusioned,”
Ausable told him. “But take cheer, my young friend. Presently you will see a paper, a quite important
paper for which several men and women have risked their lives, come to me. Some day soon that
paper may well zaffect the course of history. In that thought is drama, is there not?”
(The Midnight Visitor)
Choose the appropriate answer from the options given. 5x1=5M
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11. Which of the best describes what Ausable is doing in the extract?
A) He is relating to Fowler and attempting to change his view.
B) He is justifying his appearance to Fowler as that of a real spy
C) He is shaming himself so that Fowler’s disappointment is reduced.
12. ‘If someone is disillusioned,’ it means that they _______
A) have become angry at someone for having unrealistic ideas
B) have disappointed someone with how they are in real life
C) have created fantasies to make it easier to accept reality
13. Who was bored?
A) Fowler
B) Ausable
C) Max
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14. Why does Ausable refer to Fowler as ‘my young friend’?

A) to make a sarcastic comment about Fowler’s childishness
B) to remind Fowler that young people are usually cheerful
C) to highlight how native and innocent Fowler is
15. For which several men and women risked their lives?
A) a quite important paper
B) a gun
C) drugs in the wine

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7. (Questions 11-15) : Read the following passage carefully.
EVERYONE thought that Horace Danby was a good, honest citizen. He was about fifty years old
and unmarried, and he lived with a housekeeper who worried over his health. In fact, he was usually
very well and happy except for attacks of hay fever in summer. He made locks and was successful
enough at his business to have two helpers. Yes, Horace Danby was good and respectable — but not
completely honest. Fifteen years ago, Horace had served his first and only sentence in a prison library.
He loved rare, expensive books. So he robbed a safe every year. Each year he planned carefully just
what he would do, stole enough to last for twelve months, and secretly bought the books he loved
through an agent.
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11. What kind of a person was Horace Danby according to everyone?
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A) rude and dishonest
B) unsuccessful and bad
C) good and honest
12) How old was Horace?
A) fifty years old
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B) sixty years old

C) thirty years old
13 Who took care of him?
A) his wife
B) a housekeeper
C) his parents
14. How did he make his living?
A) by robbing
B) by farming
C) by making locks

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15. Where had Horace served his first and only sentence?
A) in a school
B) in a prison library
C) in a hospital

8. (Questions 11-15) : Read the following passage carefully.

But Horace found that the flowers were hindering him in his work. He buried his face in his handkerchief.
Then he heard a voice say from the doorway, “What is it? A cold or hay fever?” Before he could think,
Horace said, “Hay fever,” and found himself sneezing again. The voice went on, “You can cure it with
a special treatment, you know, if you find out just what plant gives you the disease. I think you’d better

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see a doctor, if you’re serious about your work. I heard you from the top of the house just now.” It was
a quiet, kindly voice, but one with firmness in it. A woman was standing in the doorway, and Sherry was
rubbing against her. She was young, quite pretty, and was dressed in red. She walked to the fireplace
and straightened the ornaments there. (A Question of Trust)
Choose the appropriate answer from the options given : 5x1=5M
11. What was hindering Horace’s work?
A) a voice
B) a bowl of flowers
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C) a dog
12. Where did he hear a voice?
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A) from the kitchen
B) from the doorway
C) from the hall
13. What did the voice inquire Horace?
A) about his health
B) about his robbery
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C) about his wealth

14. What did the voice advise Horace?
A) to leave the house immediately
B) to continue his robbery
C) to consult a doctor
15) What kind of voice was it?
A) quiet and kind
B) rude and hard

C) dominant and blunt

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9. (Questions 11-15): Read the following passage carefully.

The arrival of a stranger at an inn in winter was in any case an unusual event. A stranger of such
uncommon appearance set all tongues wagging. Mrs Hall, the landlord’s wife, made every effort to be
friendly. But Griffin had no desire to talk, and told her, “My reason for coming to Iping is a desire for
solitude. I do not wish to be disturbed in my work. Besides, an accident has affected my face.” Satisfied
that her guest was an eccentric scientist, and in view of the fact that he had paid her in advance, Mrs
Hall was prepared to excuse his strange habits and irritable temper. But the stolen money did not last
long, and presently Griffin had to admit that he had no more ready cash. He pretended, however, that
he was expecting a cheque to arrive at any moment. (Footprints without feet)

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Choose the appropriate answer from the options given. 5 x 1 = 5M
11. Who was the stranger?
A) [Link] B) Griffin C) Land lord’s wife
12. What had not lasted long for Griffin?
A) solitude B) irritable temper C) stolen money
13. which season was mentioned in the passage?
A) winter B. autumn C) summer
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14. The name of the village is ______
A) winter B) iping C) solitude
15. Griffin pretended that he was expecting ______
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A) a friend B) a cheque C) an invitation

10. (Questions 11-15) : Read the following passage carefully.

At the age of twenty-two, a former ‘Scout of the Year’ excited the scientific world with a new
theory on how cells work. Richard H. Ebright and his college roommate explained the theory in an
article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. It was the first time this important
scientific journal had ever published the work of college students. In sports, that would be like making
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the big leagues at the age of fifteen and hitting a home run your first time at bat. For Richard Ebright, it
was the first in a long string of achievements in science and other fields. And it all started with butterflies.

(The Making of a Scientist)

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given : 5 x 1 = 5M
11. Richard H. Ebright is a/an _____________.
A) scientist B) professor C) businessman
12. Richard published his theory on ___________
A) butterflies B) college days C) how cells work
13. How old was Richard when his theory was published?
A) 15 years B) 22 years C) 32 years
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14. According to the passage Richard H. Ebright was a _______of the year.
A) farmer B) former scout C) student
15. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science is a / an________

A) article B) college C) a science journal

11. (Questions 11-15): Read the following passage carefully.

SHE was one of those pretty, young ladies, born as if through an error of destiny, into a
family of clerks. She had no dowry, no hopes, no means of becoming known, loved, and
married by a man either rich or distinguished; and she allowed herself to marry a petty clerk
in the office of the Board of Education. She was simple, but she was unhappy. She suffered

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incessantly, feeling herself born for all delicacies and luxuries. She suffered from the poverty
of her apartment, the shabby walls and the worn chairs. All these things tortured and angered
her. When she seated herself for dinner opposite her husband who uncovered the tureen
with a delighted air, saying, “Oh! the good potpie! I know nothing better than that…,” she
would think of elegant dinners, of shining silver; she thought of the exquisite food served in
marvellous dishes. She had neither frocks nor jewels, nothing. And she loved only those
things. (The Necklace)
Now, choose the appropriate answer from the options given: 5 x 1 = 5M
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11. What kind of family was she born into?
A) rich family B) family of clerks C) poor family
12. Whom did she marry?
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A) petty clerk B) teacher C) businessman
[Link] depicts the poverty of her apartment ?
A) shabby walls B) worn chairs C) both A and B
14. What did she love most?
A) elegant dishes B) marvellous dishes C) normal dishes
15. She was unhappy, because__________
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A) she likes to be simple.

B) she loved the delicacies and luxuries which she cannot afford.
C) she was not beautiful.

12. (Questions 11-15) : Read the following passage carefully.

HER name was Sulekha, but since her childhood everyone had been calling her Bholi, the simpleton.
She was the fourth daughter of Numberdar Ramlal. When she was ten months old, she had fallen
off the cot on her head and perhaps it had damaged some part of her brain. That was why she
remained a backward child and came to be known as Bholi, the simpleton.
At birth, the child was very fair and pretty. But when she was two years old, she had an attack of
small-pox. Only the eyes were saved, but the entire body was permanently disfigured by deep black
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pock marks. Little Sulekha could not speak till she was five, and when at last she learnt to speak, she
stammered. The other children often made fun of her and mimicked her. As a result, she talked very
little. Ramlal had seven children — three sons and four daughters, and the youngest of them was Bholi.
It was a prosperous farmer’s household and there was plenty to eat and drink. All the children except
Bholi were healthy and strong. The sons had been sent to the city to study in schools and later in
colleges. Of the daughters, Radha, the eldest, had already been married. The second daughter Mangla’s
marriage had also been settled, and when that was done, Ramlal would think of the third, Champa.
They were good-looking, healthy girls, and it was not difficult to find bridegrooms for them.
(Bholi)

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11) Bholi had a fall when she was a child. What happened with the fall?
A) a loud sound came
B) the girl’s brain was damaged
C) the head broke into pieces
12) Choose the word equivalent in meaning to “innocent” in the passage.
A) cripple
B) simpleton
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C) arrogant
13) What effect did smallpox have on the girl?
A) She lost her eyesight.
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B) Her body was disfigured.

C) She had to join a big hospital.
14. Why did the other children make fun of the girl?
A) She was deaf.
B) She could not hear anything.
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C) She could not speak normally.

15 What problem is the father likely to face?
A) He will not be able to support her sons.
B) It will be difficult to see Bholi married.

C) He will have to spend a lot of money.

13. (Questions 11-15) : Read the following passage carefully.

Oop: Yes, sir. (reading)

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall,

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;

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All the King’s horses and all the King’s men,
Cannot put Humpty Dumpty together again.
Oh, look, sir. Here’s a picture of Humpty Dumpty. Why, sir, he looks like
— he looks like — (turns large picture of Humpty Dumpty towards Think-
Tank and the audience)
Think-Tank : (screaming and holding his head) It’s me! It’s my Great and Mighty
Balloon Brain. The Earthlings have seen me, and they’re after me. “Had a
great fall!” — That means they plan to capture Mars Central Control and

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me! It’s an invasion of Mars! Noodle, prepare a space capsule for me. I
must escape without delay. Space people, you must leave Earth at once,
but be sure to remove all traces of your visit. The Earthlings must not
know that I know. (Omega, Iota, and Oop rush about, putting books back
on shelves.) (The Book That Saved the Earth)
Choose the appropriate answer from the options given: 5 x 1 = 5M
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11.‘Had a great fall;’ How did Think-Tank understand this line of Nursery Rhyme?
A) The Earthlings will attack on the Planet Venus
B) The Earthlings will attack on him
C) The Earthlings will capture Mars Central Control and Think-Tank
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12. Who were planning to capture the Mars Central Control according to the passage?
A) people from the planet Mercury
B) people from the planet Earth
C) people from the planet Venus
13. The picture of Humpty Dumpty looks like the face of ................
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A) Noodle
B) Think-Tank
C) Iota
14. Think-Tank wants to escape from an invasion by wearing ..............
A) swimsuit
B) spacesuit
C) snipersuit
15. Think-Tank ordered his people to remove all their traces of visit to the ...............
A) Moon
B) Venus
C) Earth
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Q NO.16 (Information Transfer)

1. Observe the following bar graph.

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Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 1 = 5M
i. What does the graph depict?
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ii. How many states are shown in the graph?

iii. Which state has less than 10 thousand hectares of flood-affected area? ( )
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Meghalaya
c) Punjab
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iv. Pick two states that have the most flood-affected area. ( )
a) Haryana and Odisha
b) Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
c) Assam and Chattisgarh
v. Choose the correct statement from the following. ( )
a) West Bengal and Assam have equal flood-affected areas.
b) Punjab has less flood-affected area than Andhra Pradesh.
c) Rajasthan has less flood-affected area than Karnataka.

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2. Study the following pie chart.

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Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 1 = 5M
i. What does the graph convey?
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ii. How many components are compared in the graph? What is the year of reference?

iii. Which is the highest contributor of all? ( )

a) solar

b) wind energy

c) hydro-electric
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iv. Hydroelectric power amounts to… ( )

a) almost 75%

b) less than 42%

c) nearly 50%

v. Which two contributed the least of all? ( )

a) Bio-mass and solar

b) Solar and hydro-electric

c) Wind energy and bio-mass

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3. Study the following bar graph.

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Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 1 = 5M

i. What does the graph convey?

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ii. How many brands were compared in the graph? Which was the most popular brand?

iii. Which of the brands was/were the top-selling brand(s)? ( )

a) iPhone 11

b) iPhone XR

c) Samsung Galaxy A 51
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iv. The sales of iPhone 11 Pro Max were… ( )

a) between 7 and 8 million

b) above 32 million sets

c) below 15 million phones

v. Choose the correct statement of the following. ( )

a) There are 8 brands of phones.

b) No mobile sold less than the iPhone 11 Pro.

c) Three models shared recorded equal sales.

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4. Observe the following table.

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Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 1 = 5M

i. What does the table convey?

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ii. How many cars were sold in six months?

iii. How many individual brands were sold below 100 cars? ( )

a) six brands

b) five brands

c) three brands
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iv. When did Jaguar Land Rover India NOT have any sales? ( )

a) in April and May

b) in August and September

c) in June and July

v. Choose the correct statement. ( )

a) Mercedez Benz was the highest-selling car.

b) Tata Motors recorded the highest sales.

c) BMW India had no sales at all in six months.

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5. Observe the following tree diagram.

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Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 1 = 5M

i. What are the main divisions of the Union Government?

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ii. What is the legislature of parliament composed of?

iii. What is the responsibility of the Executive? ( )

a) to implement laws

b) to supervise law making

c) to pass laws made by the executive

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iv. Prime Minister is a part of…. ( )

a) judiciary

b) legislature

c) executive

v. Choose the correct statement from the following. ( )

a) The Supreme Court resolves the conflicts in public matters.

b) The Judiciary has two tiers- Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

c) The president and prime minister together implement laws.

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6. Observe the following Pie chart.

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Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 1 = 5M

i. What does the picture depict?

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ii. What units are used to express the figures?

iii. What does CRP stand for? ( )

a) Central Reserve Police Force

b) Central Armed Police Force

c) Conservation Reserve Programme Land

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iv. Two types of lands have almost the same area. What are they? ( )

a) pasture land and developed land

b) forest land and lange land

c) federal and crop land

v. Choose the correct statement from the following. ( )

a) Crop Land has an area of 377.0 million acres.

b) CRP has the largest piece of land of all.

c) Other types of land are of 53 million hectares.

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7. Observe the following tree diagram.

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Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 1 = 5M

i. What is the tree diagram about?

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ii. How many main types of education are there?

iii. How many sub-divisions are there in school education? ( )

a) four

b) three

c) two
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iv. Which of the following is NOT a part of higher education? ( )

a) vocational education

b) play group

c) distance education

v. Choose the correct statement from the following. ( )

a) Secondary education includes 10th and 12th classes.

b) Higher education has four sub-components.

c) Playgroup is called post nursery.

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8. Study the following Bar graph.

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T,
Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 1 = 5M
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i. What does the bar graph convey?

ii. What is the reason for the maximum number of road accidents?

iii. What causes the second-highest number of accidents? ( )

a) not wearing the helmet

b) improper actions of the drivers

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c) overtaking other vehicles

iv. The least number of accidents are caused because of… ( )

a) not wearing a seatbelt

b) not wearing a helmet

c) fatigue and sickness

v. Choose the correct statement from the following. ( )

a) Driving without a seatbelt caused more than six thousand deaths.

b) Over speeding causes nearly seventy-five thousand deaths.

c) Less than ten thousand deaths were caused by helmetless driving.

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9. Study the following Bar graph.

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T,
Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 1 = 5M

i. What does the bar graph convey?

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ii. What are the three courts with the highest pendency of cases?

iii. Which courts have the least number of pending cases? ( )

a) Orissa and Patna

b) Bombay and Calcutta

c) Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh

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iv. Which two high courts have nearly the same number of pending cases? ( )

a) Bombay and Calcutta

b) AP& Telangana and Madras

c) Allahabad and Calcutta

v. Choose the correct statement from the following. ( )

a) Allahabad has the highest number of pending cases.

b) Rajasthan has the least pendency.

c) Patna occupies the second place in pending cases.

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10. Study the following bar graph.

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Now, answer the following questions. 5 x 1 = 5M

i. What does the bar graph depict?

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ii. How many years are taken for study?

iii. How much was the growth in the year 1995? ( )

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a) less than Rs 250000 million

b) more than Rs 500000 million

c) more than Rs 1000000 million

iv. Which year did the growth reach its peak? ( )

a) in the year 2007

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b) in the year 2000

c) in the year 1980

v. Choose the correct statement from the following. ( )

a) The economic growth went down in the end.

b) The economic growth increased and decreased.

c) The economic growth constantly increased.

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(Question – 17) (Jumbled Sentences)

1. Read the following passage carefully.

Raman learned the Kali mantras taught by the monk. He grasped it soon. He went to the Kali
temple in the night and began to chant it. It was midnight and an uneasy calm prevailed in that area.
Only Raman’s mantras burst the silence. Suddenly a frightening figure appeared on the scene amidst
thunderous noise. It was really the Goddess Kali. The Kali Devi had a thousand faces and all the
thousand mouths were opened, the long teeth stretched outside the mouth. Fire emanated from all the
thousand eyes. It was altogether a tenable figure.

Now, arrange the following jumbled sentences into a meaningful order. 5x1=5M

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a) Fire came out from all thousand faces.
b) She had a thousand faces with all thousand mouths open.
c) Then, he went to Kali temple and chanted it in an uneasy situation.
d) Raman learned the Kali mantra from the monk.
e) Suddenly Kali Devi appeared with a loud noise.

2. Read the following passage carefully.

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Wilhelm Röntgen was a physics professor. He received the very first Nobel Prize in Physics in
1901 for is discovery of X-rays. Within two weeks of first generating X-rays, he had invented X-ray
photography. The first ever X-ray photograph was of the bones in his wife’s hand. When his university,
the University of Würzburg, realized how dramatically X-rays would transform the diagnosis of bone
injuries and diseases, it awarded Röntgen an honorary degree in medicine. The discovery of X-rays
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was perhaps the single most important event in atomic and molecular science, not to say surgery.

Now, arrange the following jumbled sentences into a meaningful order. 5x1=5M
a) The discovery of X-rays was an important event in atomic science.
b) Wilhelm Röntgen worked as a physics professor.
c) He invented X-ray photography immediately after generating X-rays.
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d) Diagnosis was transformed after he discovered the X-ray.

e) The bones of his wife were photographed

3. Read the following passage carefully.

Tycho Brahe was a larger than life aristocratic astronomer. His observations became the foundation
for a new understanding of the solar system and ultimately gravity. He was brought up by an uncle.
Tycho defied both his natural and foster parents to become a scientist rather than a nobleman at the
Royal Court. As a young man, he lost most of his nose in a duel. He continued to argue vehemently
with a variety of foes for the rest of his life. In August 1563, aged 16, Tycho began his first logbook of
astronomical observations. He observed a one-in-twenty-year conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn and
again noted errors in both Copernicus’s and Ptolemy’s predictions. Using Ptolemy’s data tables, the
conjunction timing was wrong by a month! It became Tycho’s goal to produce truly accurate predictions
of planetary positions based on accurate observations.
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Now, arrange the following jumbled sentences into a meaningful order. 5x1=5M
a) He began his first log book of observations.
b) He wanted to prepare correct predictions of the planet.
c) Tycho Brahe was a ruler and an astronomer.
d) He found errors in Ptolemy’s predictions about a conjunction.
e) He was brought up by an uncle.

4. Read the following passage carefully.

Once upon a time, there lived a rich merchant in a village, by the name of Jeevandhara. He was the

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owner of a big business. The village, in which he lived, was situated near a river. Once, due to heavy
rains, the river was flooded. The whole village got submerged in neck-deep water. The crops, houses,
and factories in the village were damaged and hundreds of people and cattle perished in the flood. Due
to this flood, the merchant had to suffer heavy losses in the business. He decided to leave the village and
try his luck in a new place. He planned to earn a lot of money and then come back to his native village
to restart his business.
Now, arrange the following jumbled sentences into a meaningful order. 5x1=5M
a) There were heavy rains and the village was flooded.
b)
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He planned to earn a lot of money and come back.
c) There lived a merchant who owned a business in the village of Jeevandhara.
d) The village was submerged and a lot of people and cattle died.

e) The merchant suffered huge losses and wanted to leave.

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5. Read the following passage carefully.

Brahmagupta is unique. He is the only scientist we have to thank for discovering the properties of
precisely zero… Brahmagupta was an Ancient Indian astronomer and mathematician. He lived from
597 AD to 668 AD. He was born in the city of Bhinmal in Northwest India. Although Brahmagupta
thought of himself as an astronomer who did some mathematics, he is now mainly remembered for his
contributions to mathematics. Many of his important discoveries were written as poetry rather than as
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mathematical equations!
Now, arrange the following jumbled sentences into a meaningful order. 5x1=5M
a) His contributions in mathematics are remembered even today.
b) Brahmagupta is a unique scientist who discovered the properties of zero.
c) Much of his work was in the form of poetry but not as equations.
d) He was born in Bhinmal and lived between 597 AD and 668 AD.

e) He thought that he was an astronomer who knew some mathematics.

6. Read the following passage carefully.

Once upon a time, there was a royal elephant that used to reside in the premises of the
king’s palace. The elephant was very dear to the king, so he was cared for, well-fed and
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well-treated. There was a Dog who used to live in the neighbourhood of the Elephant shed.
He was very weak and skinny. He was always fascinated by the smell of the rich sweet rice
being fed to the royal elephant. One day, the Dog could not resist the aroma of the rice and
somehow, he sneaked into the Elephant’s shed. He ate the sweet rice that fell from the
Elephant’s mouth. He liked the rice so much, that he started coming daily to eat the rice.
For days, the huge Elephant didn’t notice the small dog as he was busy enjoying the delicious
food. Gradually, the Dog became bigger and stronger by eating such rich food.
Now, arrange the following jumbled sentences into a meaningful order. 5x1=5M
a) A weak and skinny dog lived near the elephant’s shed.

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b) An elephant lived in the premises of the king’s palace.
c) The elephant did not notice the dog which became bigger and stronger.
d) He ate the sweet rice and started coming there every day.

e) The sweet smell tempted the dog to enter the elephant’s shed.

7. Read the following passage carefully.

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There was a village that was abandoned by its people after an earthquake. However, the mice
living in the village decided to stay and make it their home. On the outskirts of this village, there was a
lake, where a herd of elephants visited regularly to bathe and drink water. Since the village was on the
way to this lake, the elephants trampled the mice while walking there. So, the king of mice decided to
meet the elephants. They met and told the elephant of their problem. But the elephant paid no attention.
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After a few days, the elephants got trapped and entangled in nets that were set up by hunters.

Now, arrange the following jumbled sentences into a meaningful order. 5x1=5M
a) The mighty elephant paid no attention to the request of the mice.
b) The herd of elephants trampled the mice on their way to the lake.
c) There was a village left by its people because of an earthquake.
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d) But, the mice living in the village decided to stay in the village.
e) So, the mice requested the king of the elephants to change their route

8. Read the following passage carefully.

Once upon a time, there lived a washerman in a village. He possessed a thin donkey by the name
of Udhata. The donkey used to work for the washerman and carry loads of clothes to the river bank by
the day. The donkey was not satisfied with the food that was provided by the washerman. In the night,
he usually wandered in the fields nearby and ate the crops stealthily. One night, he met a jackal and
made friends with him. Both of them went out in search of food. They found a field full of cucumbers
and had them to their full. They were happy to find a nice place for their food and decided that they
would come daily to eat cucumbers. Now daily, they came to the field to have cucumbers. Soon, the
donkey started looking healthy and fat.

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Now, arrange the following jumbled sentences into a meaningful order. 5x1=5M
a) So, he moved across the fields and grazed without being noticed.
b) The washerman did not feed the animal properly and so he was dissatisfied.
c) Both of them went there daily to eat and the donkey looked fat and healthy.
d) Once, the donkey and a jackal went to a field of cucumbers and ate their fill.
e) There lived a washerman in a village who had a donkey to carry loads of clothes.

9. Read the following passage carefully.

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Eratosthenes was an Ancient Greek scientist born in the town of Cyrene in about 276 BC. Cyrene,
then a Greek city, is now the town of Shahhat in Libya. Eratosthenes was educated in philosophy and
mathematics in Athens. A painter Bernardo Strozzi painted Eratosthenes in the year 1635, nineteen
centuries after the era of Eratosthenes. It shows Eratosthenes teaching geography, the academic discipline
he founded.

Now, arrange the following jumbled sentences into a meaningful order. 5x1=5M

a) A picture was painted by Bernardo Strozzi, a famous painter.

b)
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The scientist studied philosophy and mathematics in Athens.

c) It shows Eratosthenes teaching geography which he founded.

d) Eratosthenes was born in Cyrene and was a Greek scientist.

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e) Cyrene is now located in the town of Shahhat in Libya these days.

10. Read the following passage carefully.

Once upon a time, there lived two friends in the shade of a rock. It would sound strange, but one
of them was a lion and the other was a tiger. They have been friends since their childhood. They knew
each other from the time when they were too small to understand the difference between the lions and
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the tigers. Thus, their friendship was not at all strange to them. Moreover, the part of the mountain
under which they lived was peaceful; it could be due to the presence of a monk who lived under the
same rock. He was a hermit, one who lived far away from worldly affairs. One day, the two friends got
into a stupid argument for some unknown reason.

Now, arrange the following jumbled sentences into a meaningful order. 5x1=5M

a) On the same peaceful mountain, there lived a hermit, who lived detached.

b) The two animals were too young to know the difference between them.

c) Surprisingly, the two friends got into a stupid argument without any reason.

d) Once, there lived two strange friends- a lion and a tiger in the shade of a rock.

e) So, their friendship was not strange to them and they were quite happy.

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SECTION – B
GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY
Note: Answer all the questions from Section – B in the same order at one place in your
answer book
[Link]. 18 (Relative Clauses) 2M
Combine the following sentences using who/whose/which/whom
1. I often go to Mumbai. Mumbai is the commercial capital of India. (Which)
2. My mother is going to host a TV show on cooking. She cooks very well. (Who)

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3. These sportspersons are going to meet the president. Their performance
has been excellent. (Whose)
4. Lencho prayed to God. His eyes see into our minds. (Whose)
5. This man cheated me. I trusted him. (Whom)
6. A tailor is a person. He stitches clothes. (Who)
7. A dictionary is a book. It contains the meanings of words. (Which)
8. Lencho is a faithful person. He thought God would help him. (Who)
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9. Students need to fill out the application. They should meet the principal in her office. (Who)
10. The book is about a famous scientist. He won the Nobel prize. (Who).
11. Keerthi is my sister. She sings very well. (Who)
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12. I read a novel. It is very interesting. (Which)
13. This is the Maruti car. I bought it yesterday. (Which)
14. She is my teacher. I like her very much. (Whom)
15. Raju is my friend. He loves pets. (Who)
16. This is a great book. It is about all freedom fighters. (Which)
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17. Rajesh is my neighbour. His heart is so kind. (Whose)

18. This is a famous place. I spend my time. (Where)
19. Rani is my cousin. Her eyes are so beautiful. (whose)
20. I met my friend. She is going abroad. (Who)

[Link] (Voice) 2 M
Change the following sentence into Passive Voice
1. Shahjahan built Taj Mahal.
2. Female Anopheles mosquito transmits malaria.
3. The police have solved the case and arrested two persons.

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4. Lencho wrote a letter to God.

5. The postmaster opened the letter.
6. The woman was preparing supper.
7. The conductor is counting the money.
8. I had completed the homework.
9. Mr Keesing had assigned me some extra homework.
10. He assigned me a second essay.
11. My brother will send money.

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12. You must complete the task.
13. Grandmother told me bedtime stories.
14. They are counting books.
15. She has written stories.
16. We are drawing pictures.
17. I am singing a song.
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18. Father gave me a pen to write the exam.
19. The teacher scolded me for late coming.
20. Nelson Mandela gave a wonderful speech on the tenth of May.
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[Link]. 20 (Reported Speech) 2M
Change the following into reported speech
1. Mamta said, “I went to visit my grandma last week.”
2. Lomov said, “I am getting a noise in my ears from excitement.”
3. Natalya said, “My mowers will be there this very day.”
4. The teacher said to students, “I am going to conduct a new experiment.”
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5. The mother said to his son, “Complete your homework early.”

6. Ramesh said to his friend, “Why haven’t been here for such a long time?”
7. The teacher said to students,” Pay the fee next week.”
8. Valli said to the conductor, “Give me a ticket to the town.”
9. Suresh said, “I want to come with you today.”
10. The teacher said,” How do you come to school every day.”
[Link]. 21 (Prepositions) 2 x 1 = 2M
Fill in the blanks with a suitable preposition given in the bracket
1. Ravi is suffering ……………… fever. (with, from, to)
2. Lencho is an ox ……………… man. (with, of, in )
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3. Sanae is good ………………poetry. (at, in, with)
4. Otter is not interested………his surroundings. (in, for, to)
5. I agree ……………… my parents. (to, with, for)
6. Grandma died …………….. January 1942. (of, in, off)
7. Children are fond of ……….. sweets. (off, of, with)
8. Don’t make fun …………… handicapped people. (with, of, off)
9. Mr Keesing laughed …………. her arguments. (at, to, with )
10. Seagull is afraid ……………….. flying over the sea. (of, with. for)
11. An island is surrounded …………water. (by, with, over)

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12. Valli listened carefully …………..conversation between
her mother and aunt. (to, at, from)
13. My mother is angry…………………………me. (on, with, to)
14. He agreed …………………. my proposal. (with, to, for)
15. She died of ……………….. heart attack. (of , with, in )
16. People usually prepare sandwiches ………………. the occasion of birthday parties.
(in, on, at)
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17. Our success depends…………………… hard work. (with, on, by)
18. I prefer coffee ……………tea. (to, than, for)
19. Nelson Mandela was besieged……………… a group of officers. (by, with, in)
20. The sight ………………. food maddened him. (of, off, at).
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[Link].22 (EDITING) 4 X 1 = 4M
Edit the following passage.
1. I don’t mean that some peoples (a) are born clear-headed a) _________
and is (b) therefore natural writers, whereas others b) _________
are naturally fuzzy and will never wrote (c) well. c) _________
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Thinking clearly was (d) a conscious act that writers d) _________

must force on themselves.
2. It was a bitterly colder (a) night, and even at the far end a)_________
of the bus an (b) east wind who (c) raved along the street b)__________
cut like a knife. The bus stops (d) and two women and c)__________
a man got in together and filled the vacant places. d)__________
3. A farmer return (a) from the market, which (b) he bought a a)__________
goat, a cabbage, and an (c) wolf On the way home he must b)__________
cross a river. Her (d) boat is small and won’t fit more than one c)__________
of his purchases. d)__________
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4. During our childhood at (a) Goa, the baker used to be his (b) a)___________

friend, companion, and guide. He used to came ( c) at least twice b)__________

a day. Once, when he set out in the morning on his selling round, c)___________

and again, when he returned after emptying his huge basket. d) __________

The jingling thud of his bamboo woke us up (d) from sleep

5. An elderly women (a) asked, “Are you alone, dear?” a)__________

The conductor told (b), “Won’t your mother be looking for b)__________

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you?” The old woman continues (c) asking, “Is it proper for such c)__________

an (d) young person to travel alone? d)__________

6. If society’s moral values but (a) standards of behaviour a)__________

becomes (b) negative, each of we (c ) will suffer. Therefore, b)__________

the intentions of an individual are very much related to an (d) c)___________

interests of society.
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7. The fascinating and world-famous Sanchi stupa was (a) located a)__________

in (b) a hilltop in Sanchi town, Madhya Pradesh, India. He (c) is b)__________

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one of the most important Buddhist monument (d) that portrays c)__________

Buddhist art and sculpture. d)__________

8. Facial expressions is (a) non-verbal communication. These a)__________

expressions play the (b) important role in a play. Them (c ) are b)__________

powerful communication tools. The human face is extreme (d) c)__________

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expressive. d)__________

9. Their (a) is a great deal of violence at (b) the world. a)__________

There are (c) physical violence and also inward violence. b)_________

Physical violence is to kill (d) another, to hurt other c)_________

peoples consciously, d)_________

10. Gautama Buddha begins (a) life as a Prince named Siddhartha a)_________

Gautama on (b) northern India. At twelve he was sent away b)__________

for schooling in the Hindu sacred scriptures and four years (c) later c)__________

he returned home to marriage (d) a princess. d)__________

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11. The ceremonies took place in an (a) a)_________
lovely standalone amphitheatre formed
with (b) the Union Buildings in Pretoria. b)________
For decades this had being (c) the seat of white c)_________
Supremacy, and now it was the sight (d) of a d)_________
rainbow gathering of South Africa’s first
democratic, non-racial Government.
12. Balasubrahmanyam is one of the greatest a)_________

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singer (a) of Inda. Apart from that he is a great actor.
His acting in the film ‘Mithunam’ is excellence (b) b)________
He can be rightly calling (c) a legend in Telugu film industry. c)_________
We are very lucky two (d) have such singers with d)_________
wonderful voice.
13. Suddenly Valli clapped her hands with glee. A young a)_________
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cow, tail height (a)in the air, was running very fast, right b)_________
in the air, was running very fastly, (b) right in the middle c)_________
of the road, right In front of the bus. A (c) bus slowed to a d)_________
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crawl, and the driver sounding (d) his horn loudly again and again.
14. I started rite (a) away at the Montessori nursery school. I stayed a)_________
there until I was six, at whose (b) time I started in the first form. b)_________
In the six (c) form my teacher Mrs Kuperus, the headmistress c)_________
At the end of the year, we are (d) both in tears as we say a d)_________
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heartbreaking farewell.
15. Once we had planted the trees, we seeing (a) the need for a)_________
them to understand what (b) we have to have good b)_________
governance; so it became important to give them civic c)_________
educational (c) so that they could understand how they (d) d)_________
govern ourselves.
16. The creature that emerged for (a) this sack onto a)_________
the spacious tiled floor of a (b) Consulate bed b)_________
room resembling (c) most of all a very small, c)_________
medievally-conceive (d) dragon. d)_________
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17. I implore you! The peasants of your fathers’ (a) grandfather, a)_________
as I have already had the honour for (b) explaining to you, b)_________
used to baking (c) bricks for my aunt’s grandmother. Now, c)_________
my aunt’s grandmother, wishes to make their (d) pleasant., d)_________
[Link].23 (Articles)
Fill in the blanks with suitable articles 2 x 1 = 2M
1. My sister works in ………….bank.
2. ………… man is a social animal.

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3. Have you ever visited ,,,,,,,,,,,,,U.S.A.
4. Can you turn off………light?
5. Sunday is……..holiday.
6. Brutus is ……..honourable man.
7. The old man eats ….. apple a day.
8. John is …….European scholar.
9.
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He has been looking for ……job for the last seven years.
10. ………..world is a beautiful place to live in.
11. ……..year has 365 days.
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12. We met him at …….bank.
13. Cow is ……useful animal.
14. We feed on …….rice.
15. The Pacific is …… deepest ocean.
Note: ‘Would’ and ‘used to’ denote past habits. But ‘would’ can not be used with stative verbs like,
hate, think, remember, understand etc. In such situations only ‘used to’ is possible.
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[Link].24 (Used to/ Would)

Change the following into repeated action in the past using ‘would/used to’ 2 X 1 = 2M
1. Every day she came home from work with a rose to give to her mother.
2. I lent him my books when he was preparing for his examinations.
3. During his hostel life, he ate all kinds of food without grumbling.
4. When I was a child, I believed that fireflies were small fireballs.
5. He visited his friend in the hospital every evening.
6. He teased me when mother was not around.
7. On his way home, Mij tugged me to this wall.
8. When he was at home, he played for hours with a selection of toys.

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9. Mij followed me without a lead and came to me when I called him.
10. When we were young, we believed there were ghosts in the school.
11. Thirty years ago, more women were housewives than now.
12. During holidays, I always went to the seaside.
13. When I was a child, I liked peanuts.
14. When I was younger, I was a painter.
15. As a child, I hated having to get up early.
Note: ‘Modifiers’ are a class of adjectives. So, they modify nouns. Noun modifiers are also nouns. ‘ing’
froms used as nouns are also treated as noun modifiers. When an adjective and a noun modifiers are used

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the adjective comes first, and then the noun modifiers.

[Link]. 25 (Noun Modifiers)

Rewrite the sentences into a single sentence using ‘noun modifiers’ 2 x 1 = 2M
1. I participated in a Christmas party yesterday. It was a lovely party.
2. Sruthi wore a designer dress. It was made of silk.
3. He has a golden watch. It is an expensive watch.
4. I bought a Maruthi car. The colour is blue. It is sporty.
5.
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He made a speech. The speech was short. The speech was interesting.
6. Suresh went to a house. It was decorated beautifully.
7. She bought a dress. It is a designer one but frightfully expensive.
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8. The food was tasty. It was prepared quickly.
9. Valli is a young girl. She is a village girl. She is eight years old.
10. Francis Bacon wrote many essays. They were in English.
11. My neighbour bought a dog. It was big. It was a German Shepherd.
12. Caesar was an emperor. He was very powerful. He was a Roman.
13. Valli saw a cow running on the road. The cow was strong and young.
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14. Rani bought a silk sari. It was expensive and made in Kanchipuram.
15. I met a Young man. He was European. He was handsome.
[Link]. 26 (Advice)
Give suitable advice for the situation given below 1 x 2 = 2M
1. Your friend is not taking the midday meal provided by the government at your school. Advise him/
her to take a midday meal.
2. Your friend is coughing continuously. Advise him /her to seek medical attention.
3. Your friend consumes a lot of junk food. Advise him/her to stop it to stay healthy.
4. Your brother is working continuously without a break. Advise him to take care of his health.
5. Your friend wastes a lot of water. Advise him/her not to do so.
6. Your sister does not turn off the lights. Advise her to turn off the lights before leaving.
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7. Your friend does not respect elders. Advise him to respect elders.
8. Your friend speaks on the phone while driving. Advise him/her not to speak while driving.
9. Your sister postpones work. Advise her to complete work on time.
10. Your brother keeps his room in a mess. Advise him to tidy up his room.

[Link]. 27 (Synonyms)

Read the following paragraph and write the synonyms of the underlined words, choosing the
words given in the box 4 x 1=4M

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1.

adorned, viewed, appear like, huge, differ

With a satisfied expression, Lencho regarded (a) the field of ripe corn with its flowers, draped (b) in a
curtain of rain. But suddenly a strong wind began to blow and along with the rain very large (c) hailstones
began to fall. These truly did resemble (d) new silver coins.

2.
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solemn declaration, commit, ignore, promised, attended
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On that lovely autumn day I was accompanied (a) by my daughter Zenani. On the podium, Mr. De Klerk
was first sworn in as second deputy president. Then Thabo Mbeki was sworn in (b) as the first deputy
president. When it was my turn, I pledged (c) to obey and uphold the Constitution and to devote (d)
myself to the well-being of the Republic and its people.

3.
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accuracy, justly, extremely, show, devotion

It was not only a display (a) of pinpoint precision (b) and military force, but a demonstration of the
military’s loyalty (c) to democracy, to a new government that had been freely and fairly (d) elected.

4.

preceding, burning, overhead, soaring, sill

The Sun was now ascending (a) the sky, blazing (b) on his ledge (c) that faced the south. He felt the heat
because he had not eaten since the previous (d) nightfall.

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5.

decrease, accountable, regrettably, increase, idea

Unfortunately, (a) they’re not liable (b) to change. This is why I’ve started the diary. To enhance ( c) the
image of this long-awaited friend in my imagination (d), I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the
way most people would do.

6.

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many, war-related stories, reception, awardee, decked

Coorgi homes have a tradition of hospitality, (a) and they are more than willing to recount numerous (b)
tales of valour (c) related to their sons and fathers. The Coorg Regiment is one of the most decorated (d)
in the Indian Army.

7.
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quickly took off, shocking scene, gaps, drizzled, streamed

When I returned, there was an appalling spectacle. (a) There was complete silence from the box, but from
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its airholes and chinks (b) around the lid, blood had trickled (c) and dried. I whipped off (d) the lock and
tore open the lid.

8.

suddenly, slowly, glide, wish, enormous, entered

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Day after day she watched the bus, and gradually, (a) a tiny wish crept (b) into her head and grew there.
She wanted to ride on that bus even if just once. This wish became stronger and stronger until it was an
overwhelming (c) desire (d).

9.

opposite, ill, moaning, joy, depressing

Not from weeping nor from grieving (a) will anyone obtain peace of mind; on the contrary, (b) his pain will
be the greater and his body will suffer. He will make himself sick and pale, (c) yet the dead are not saved
by his lamentation. (d)

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revered, fortunate, short, long, took over

I shall try to be brief. (a) You must know, honored (b) Natalya Stepanovna, that I have long, since my
childhood, in fact, had the privilege ( c) of knowing your family. My late aunt and her husband, from whom,
as you know, I inherited (d) my land, always had the greatest respect for your father and your late mother.

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Read the following paragraph and write the antonyms to the underlined words

1. With a satisfied (a) expression, Lencho regarded the field of ripe (b) corn with its flowers, draped
(c) in a curtain of rain. But suddenly (d) a strong wind began to blow and along with the rain very
large hailstones began to fall.

2. I was rushed through to it by infuriated (a) officially. Luckily (b) the seat booked for me was at the
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extreme (c) front. I covered (d) the floor around my feet with newspapers.

3. Then he completely (a) forgot that he had not always (b) been able to fly, and commended (c)
himself to dive and soar and curve, shrieking (d) shrilly.
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4. Let me put it more clearly (a), since no one will believe (b) that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely
alone (c) in the world. And I’m not. I have loving (d) parents and a sixteen-year-old sister.

5. Since no one would understand (a) a word of my stories to Kitty if I were to plunge right in, I’d
better (b) provide a brief (c) sketch of my life, much as I dislike (d) doing so.
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6. The baker usually (a) collected his bills at the end (b) of the month. Monthly accounts used to be
recorded on some wall in pencil. Baking was indeed a profitable (c) profession in the old (d) days.

7. The fiercely (a) independent (b) people of Coorg are possibly (c) of Greek or Arabic descent (d)

8. If one of her friends happened to ride the bus and tried (a) to describe the sights of the town to her,
Valli would be too jealous (b) to listen and would shout, in English: “Proud! Proud!” (c). Neither
she nor her friends (d) really understood the meaning of the word.

9. “ Of those who, overcome by death, (a) depart (b) from life, a father cannot save (c) his son, nor
kinsmen their relations. Mark! while relatives are looking on and lamenting (d) deeply.

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10. The weather is splendid (a) now, but yesterday it was so wet (b) that the workmen didn’t do
anything all day. How much hay have you stacked? ( c) Just think, I felt greedy (d).

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Fill in the blanks with the right form of words given in the brackets

1. “It’s really ___________(a) (get, getting, got) bad now,” __________(b) (exclaim, exclaimed,
exclaims) the man.

2. Even in the _______(a) (grim, grimmer, grimmest) times in prison, when my comrades and I were

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_____(b) (push, pushed, pushing) our limits, I would see a glimmer of humanity in one of the
guards.

3. The day before, all day long he had _________(a) (watch, watched, watching) his parents flying
about with his brothers and sister, ______(b) (perfect, perfectly, perfecting) them in the art of
flight.
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4. He turned his aeroplane ______(a) (slow, slowed, slowly) to the north, in front of my Dakota, so
that it would be easier to ________(b) (follow, followed, following) him.

5. My father__________ (a) (emigrate, emigrated, emigrates) to Holland in 1933. My mother, Edith

Hollander Frank, went with him to Holland in September, __________(b) (while, when, who)
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Margot and I were sent to Aachen to stay with our grandmother.

6. Our elders are often ___________(a) ( hear, hears, heard) reminiscing ___________(b) (nostalgic,
nostalgically, nostalgia) about those good old Portuguese days, the Portuguese and their famous
loaves of bread.

7. The baker made his ___________(a) (music, musical, musician) entry on the scene with ‘jhang,
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jhang’ sound of his __________(b) (special, specially, speciality) made bamboo staff.

8. He was simply aloof and _____________(a) (indifferently, indifferent, indifference), choosing to

sleep on the floor as far from the bed as ______(b) (possibly, possible, possibility).

9. Over many days and months, Valli listened ______________(a) (careful, carefully, care) to
conversations between her neighbours and people who _____________(b) (regular, regularly,
regularity) used the bus and she also asked a few discreet questions here and there.

10. Kisa Gotami became weary and _________( a) (hope, hopeful, hopeless) , and sat down at the
wayside watching the lights of the city, as they flickered up and were _________(b) (extinguished,
extinguish, extinguishes) again.
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Q. NO. 30 (Prefix – Suffix) 2 x 1 = 2M

Complete the word with the correct Prefixes and Suffixes given in the bracket

1. With a satisfied expres_____ (tion, sion) Lencho regarded the field of ripe corn with flowers
draped in a curtain of rain.

2. That night was a sorrow _______(ful, fully) one.

3. The postman went to his boss laughing heart______(ely, ily) and showed him the letter to God.

4. The postmaster commented, “Starting up a correspond______(ence,ance) with God!”

5. The inaugura________(tion,sion) would be the largest gathering ever of internation_________

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(el,al) Leaders on South African soil.

6. The Sun shall never set on so glori_________(ous, aus) a human achieve______________

(ment, mant).

7. I learnt that my boyhood freedom was an illu__________ (tion, sion).

8. They walked on the big plateau, taunting him with his coward_____(ly, ice).

9. Writing in a diary is a really strange experi__________ (ence, ance).

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I was not ______ (un, dis) mindful of the fact.

11. That day had come about through the _____(un, in) imaginable sacrifices of my people.

12. But the decades of oppres_____(sion, tion) and brutality had another ____(un, mis) intended
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effect on us.

13. They are men of courage, wisdom and genero________(city, sity).

14. ____ (un, il) fortunately I don’t have close friends.

15. Teachers are most ____ (im, un) predictable creatures on earth.

16. The fiercely ______ (in, un) dependent people of Coorg are possibly of Greek or Arabic descent.
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17. Mijbil _______(dis, in) appeared from my bedroom.

18. I have decided to prove the necess__________(ary, ity) of talking in the class.

19. I was assigned to write an essay on “An ___(in, un) corrigible chatterbox.”

20. I’d nearly exhausted my ____(in, dis) genuity on the topic of chatterboxes.

21. During our child_______(hood, ish) in Goa, the baker used to be our friend.

22. Marriage gifts are meaning______(ful, less) without sweets.

23. Baking was indeed a profit______(ably, able) profession in the olden days.

24. Bakers always looked happy and prosper_______(ous, ity)

25. Coorgis are always willing to recount numer_____(ous, al) tales of valour related to their sons and
fathers.
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26. The days passed peace______(fully, ful) at Basra with Mijbil.

27. I was quite __prepared (un, mis) for the transporting of Mijbil to England.

28. Mij quickly developed certain compuls_______(ary, ive) habits to walk in London streets.

29. Watching the street gave Valli many new ____usual (in, un) experiences.

30. The sight of the bus was a source of _____ ending (dis, un) joy for Valli.

Q. NO. 31 (Wrongly Spelt Word) 2 x 1 = 2M

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Find the wrongly spelt and write the correct spellings

1. storm, typhon, tornado, cyclone ………….

2. employee, employment, employor, recruitment ………….

3. mindful, grimmest, precision, militery ………….

4. democrasy, loyalty, defence, anthem ………….

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ledge, brink, courrage, plunge ………….

6. plateau, clliff, skim, flap ………….

7. airport, radar, compas, runway ………….

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8. musings, patiance, listless, prompt ………….

9. problem, fortunately, confide, ordinary ………….

10. glance, predictible, calm, quarter ………….

11. pretty, annoy, ramble, argumant ………….

12. vanish, mouldar, furnace, baker ………….

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13. martial, reziment, valour, licence ………….

14. steam, densely, magnifisent, sturdy ………….

15. hostiel, apathy, slosh, splash ………….

16. fascinate, passengers, wistfuly, overwhelm ………….

17. conducter, slack, empty, whistle ………….

18. secred, princess, royalty, funeral ………….

19. preach, sermon, presarve, inscrutable ………….

20. precious, previlege, treasure, tremble ………….

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Q. 32. (Dictionary Entry) 2 x 1 = 2M

Read the following dictionary entry of the word given below

1. Study the following dictionary entry.

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Now, answer the following questions.

a) What does ‘impudent’ mean?

b) Which part of speech does ‘impudent’ belong to?

2. Study the following dictionary entry.

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Now, answer the following questions.

a) Identify the part of speech of ‘mortal’.

b) What is the literary meaning of ‘mortal ?

3. Study the following dictionary entry.

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Now, answer the following questions.

a) What does ‘thoroughfare’ mean?

b) Pick the sentence in which ’thoroughfare’ was used.

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4. Study the following dictionary entry.

Now, answer the following questions.

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a) Pick a synonym for ‘squirm’.

b) What is the noun form of ‘squirm’?

5. Study the following dictionary entry.

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Now, answer the following questions.
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a) How many meanings are given in the entry?

b) What is the adjectival form of ‘canopy’.

6. Study the following dictionary entry.

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Now, answer the following questions.

a) What is the noun form of ‘emigrate.’

b) Use ‘emigrate’ in your own sentence.

7. Study the following dictionary entry.

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Now, answer the following questions.

a) What does ‘ledge’ mean in the context of a house?

b) Which part of speech is ‘ledge’ treated as?

8. Study the following dictionary entry.

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Now, answer the following questions.

a) What does ’amphitheatre’ mean?

b) Identify the part of speech of ‘amphitheatre’.

9. Study the following dictionary entry.

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Now, answer the following questions.

a) Which part of speech is ‘amiable’ treated as?

b) Write the noun form of ‘amiable.’

10. Study the following dictionary entry.

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Now, answer the following questions.

a) Pick any of the sentences in which ‘preen’ is used.

b) Identify the part of speech of ‘preen’ from the entry.

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[Link]. 33 (Phrasal verbs and idiomatic expressions)
Use the following expressions in sentences of your own 2 x 1 = 2M
1. i) Phrasal verb: ramble on
ii) Idiomatic expressions: your heart goes out to somebody
2. i) Phrasal verb: move up
ii) Idiomatic expressions: keep me going
3. i) Phrasal verb: get along with
ii) Idiomatic expressions: pushed to our limits
4. i) Phrasal verb: calm down

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ii) Idiomatic expressions: earning my keep
5. i) Phrasal verb: make up for
ii) Idiomatic expressions: caught my eye
6. i) Phrasal verb: stay in
ii) Idiomatic expressions: unmindful of
7. i) Phrasal verb: hand in
ii) Idiomatic expressions: quaking in its boots
8. i) Phrasal verb: run out of
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ii) Idiomatic expressions: not to lose heart
9. i) Phrasal verb: plunge in
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ii) Idiomatic expressions: for ages
10. i) Phrasal verb: reach out to
ii) Idiomatic expressions: have enough
11. i) Phrasal verb: kept back
ii) Idiomatic expressions: raining cats and dogs
12. i) Phrasal verb: get on
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ii) Idiomatic expressions: can’t bring myself to

13. i) Phrasal verb: run away
ii) Idiomatic expressions: laugh ourselves silly
14. i) Phrasal verb: look after
ii) Idiomatic expressions: from the (bottom of your) heart
15. i) Phrasal verb: break down
ii) Idiomatic expressions: have a heart of stone
16. i) Phrasal verb: call up on
ii) Idiomatic expressions: break somebody’s heart
17. i) Phrasal verb: look into
ii) Idiomatic expressions: close /dear to the heart

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[Link]. 34 (Match the following) 4 x ½ =2M

1.
Part - A Part - B
i) fly a flag ( ) a) suddenly become angry
ii) fly into a rage ( ) b) move quickly
iii) fly along ( ) c) be successful
iv) fly high ( ) d) display a flag on a long pole
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Part - A Part - B
i) ascend ( ) a) move rapidly through the air
ii) paddle ( ) b) hover
iii) swoop ( ) c) move a boat through water
iv) flutter ( ) d) move up
3.
Part - A
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i) descend ( ) a) move swiftly
ii) sink ( ) b) move near the surface of
iii) flit ( ) c) move downwards
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iv) float ( ) d) go down below the surface

4.
Part - A Part - B
i) heart-breaking ( ) a) respecting law.
ii) homesick ( ) b) a stupid person
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iii) blockhead ( ) c) producing great sadness

iv) law-abiding ( ) d) missing family very much
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Part - A Part - B
i) overdo ( ) a) an occasion when machines stop working
ii) daydream ( ) b) a service or goods produced
iii) breakdown ( ) c) think about pleasant things forgetting the present
iv) output ( ) d) do something to an excessive degree

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SECTION – C: CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS

Q. NO. 35 A (Conversation) 10M

1. A) After reading Lencho’s letter to God, the postmaster decided to help Lencho, not to shake his faith
in God. For that, he wanted to collect money from his employees and friends and wanted to give some
amount from his salary. His employees and friends agreed to his proposal. They were ready to donate
money ‘for an act of charity’.

Now, write a possible conversation between the postmaster and his employees.

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2. A) After a continuous hailstorm for an hour, the corn was totally destroyed. The hail has left nothing.
Not a leaf remained on the trees. The flowers were gone from the plants. His soul was filled with
sadness. When the storm passed, he returned home with a heavy heart and a single hope that God
would help them.

Now, write a possible conversation between Lencho and his wife.

3. A) The following Sunday of the storm Lencho went to the post office and wrote a letter to God,
placed a stamp, and dropped it in the mailbox. Later the postman who helped in the post office saw
that letter and went to his boss laughing heartily and showed him the letter to God. The postmaster also
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broke out laughing and appreciated the man’s faith. The postmaster decided to answer the letter and
help him not to shake his faith in God.

Now write a possible conversation between the postmaster and the postman.
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4. A) In the lesson ‘His First Flight’ the little Seagull was afraid to fly. His two brothers and his sister were
able to get perfection in flying under the guidance of his parents. But this little seagull was certain that
his wings would not support him. His parents were sad. They were anxious about his inability to fly.

Now, Write a possible conversation between his mother and the father in this context.

5. A) In the lesson ‘His First Flight’, the young seagull’s mother is very much unhappy and restless
because her little son cannot fly. He is diffident and afraid. She is worried about his inability. She wants
to boost confidence in him.
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Now, write a possible conversation between the little seagull and his mother.

6. A) In the ‘Black Aeroplane’, the narrator went to the control centre, immediately after landing at the
airport to enquire about the pilot and the black a aeroplane.

Now, write a possible conversation between the narrator and the woman in the Control Centre.

7. A) In the lesson ‘Black Aeroplane’, haunted by the strong desire to be with family and obsessed by the
big, delicious English breakfast the narrator decided to take the risk by flying his aeroplane straight into
the storm. Caught in the furious storm, the compass and radio of his aeroplane stopped working. He
was in the middle of black clouds. He could not see where he was. Then at that time of fear and panic,
there came another aeroplane. The pilot of the black aeroplane gave him courage and guided him
through the danger. He was his saviour. The narrator wanted to share his experience of driving through
the black clouds and - how he was saved by the pilot of the black aeroplane, with his wife.

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Now, write a possible conversation between the narrator and his wife.

8. A) In the lesson ‘From the Diary of Anne Frank’, Anne got along pretty well with all her teachers except
[Link] who teaches mathematics. [Link] was annoyed with Anne for a long time because
she talked so much in the classroom. After several warnings, he assigned Anne extra homework as a
punishment.

Now, write a possible conversation between Anne and maths teacher Mr. Keesing.

9. A) In the lesson ‘Madam Rides a Bus’, the village girl Valli gets on a bus. The conductor is a jovial
person. Valli travels on the bus. Both of them talk to each other occasionally.

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Now, Write a possible conversation between Valli and the conductor in this context.

10. A) In the lesson ‘The Proposal’ Ivan Lomov, a longtime wealthy neighbour of Stephen Chubukov, also
comes to seek the hand of Chubukov’s twenty-five-year-old daughter Natalya. All these are quarrelsome
people. They quarrel over petty issues. The marriage proposal is in danger of being forgotten amidst all
this quarrelling. But economic good sense ensures that the proposal is made after all.

Write a possible conversation between Ivan Lomov and Natalya.

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[Link].35 B (diary entry/ description of thoughts and feelings) 10M

1. B) In the lesson ‘His First Flight’ the young Seagull completely forgot that he had not been always able
to fly, and commended himself for diving and soaring and curving, shrieking shrilly. But he was tired
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and weak with his hunger and he could not rise, exhausted by the strange experience. In this way, he
had made his flight.

Now, imagine yourself as the young seagull and describe your feelings about your first flight.

2. B) In the lesson ‘His First Flight’ Mother Seagull was very sad. She is worried about her little son. He
was unable to fly. He didn’t have any confidence. She tried to build confidence in him. But she could
not. She was very much anxious about his undoing.
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Imagine yourself as the mother seagull and write your feelings in a diary entry.

3. B) Now In the lesson ‘Black Aeroplane’ the narrator flew his Dakota and reached England safely
through the huge black storm clouds. The pilot of the black aeroplane guided him. After landing at the
airport, he enquired the woman in the Control Centre about the pilot. But the woman said that there
was no other pilot and no other aeroplane flew that night. The narrator was surprised.

Imagine you are in the place of the narrator and write a diary entry about the day’s experience.

3. B) In the story ‘The Midnight Visitor’, Ausable shows great presence of mind, the ability to think
quickly and act calmly and wisely in a situation of danger and surprise. He gets rid of Max with the
attitude mentioned above. The wise talk from Ausable makes Max believe that there is a balcony near
the window. Fowler, the reporter is the silent spectator for the entire episode. He was surprised about
the time sense and presence of the mind of Ausable.

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Imagine yourself as a Fowler and write a diary entry about the incident.
5. B) Horace Danby was surprised when the police arrested him for the jewel robbery. He understood
that he was cheated by the pretty young lady who demanded him open the safe at Shotover Grange.

Imagine you are Horace Danby and make a diary entry about the bitter experience.

6. B) In the lesson ‘From the Diary of Anne Frank’, Anne got along pretty well with all her teachers except
[Link] who teaches mathematics. [Link] was annoyed with Anne for a long time because
she talked so much in the classroom. After several warnings, he assigned Anne some extra homework.

Imagine you are in the place of Anne Frank and describe your thoughts when

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Mr. Kessing assigned you extra homework as a punishment for your talking in class.

7. B) The lesson ‘Madam Rides a Bus’ introduces a girl Valli to us. She enjoyed many things in the village.
Of which, the bus journey between the village and the town was the most interesting experience for her.
It was a source of unending joy.

Write a description of Valli’s feelings towards the bus and the passengers.

8. B) In ‘The Sermon at Benares’, Kisa Gotami went from house to collect a seed of mustard. She was
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looking for a house from which nobody died, to collect the mustard seed. She met many people in
search of such a house.

Now, write a description of the feelings of Kisa Gotami as she moved around the houses.

9. B) In the lesson ‘The Necklace’, Matilda’s life is ruined because of a small mistake. In the end, she
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came to know that she had to struggle hard for nothing.

Now. write a description/diary entry of her feelings as she knew that the necklace was not
made of gold.
10. B) In the lesson ‘The Proposal’ Ivan Lomov, a longtime wealthy neighbour of Stephen Chubukov, also
comes to seek the hand of Chubukov’s twenty-five-year-old daughter Natalya. All these are quarrelsome
people. They quarrel over petty issues. The marriage proposal is in danger of being forgotten amidst all
this quarrelling. But economic good sense ensures that the proposal is made after all.
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Imagine yourself as Natalya and describe your feelings when you came to know about Ivan
Lomov’s marriage proposal.

11. B) in the one act play, ‘The Book that Saved the Earth,’ Lieutenant Iota, a historian narrates about a
book called Mother Goose which saved the earth from the Martian invasion of 2040.

Imagine yourself as the historian Lieutenant Iota and write your feelings in a diary entry.

Q. NO. 36 A (Letter writing formal/informal) 10M

1. A)Recently, the Government of India successfully undertook ‘Chandrayaan-3’. Our satellite successfully
landed on the south pole of the Moon. With this success, our nation became one among the other
developed nations. No other country has achieved this so far. The entire nation is happy about this.

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Now, write a letter to your friend who lives in Srikakulam about this success. In the letter
explain the event and the benefits we have from it.

2. A) Recently, the AP state witnessed severe floods in several districts. So many colonies in Vijayawada,
Srikakulam, and other places were severely affected.

Write a letter to your friend explaining how the floods caused unbelievable damage, property
loss, and loss of crops. Also, outline the steps taken by the officials and voluntary organizations
to rescue people.

3. A) There are reported incidents of crimes in the newspapers. In one colony there was a theft worth Rs
5 lakh. The thieves handcuffed a resident of the defence colony. Then, they took away jewellery and

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money. Yet, in another colony, an old couple has been murdered, for no reason. This indicates the need
for strict measures to protect law and order situations.

Write a letter to the Police Commissioner/ Superintendent of Police of your city/district

explaining this menace. Request the officer to take steps to improve the law and order
situation. Suggest some measures from your side.

4. A) Write a letter to the editor of The Hindu, about the impact of technology on young students.

Write the disadvantages of overuse of technology. Give examples in support of your opinion and
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suggest measures to use the gadgets for reaping the benefits, particularly in students.

5. A) There are frequent reports of stray dogs and monkeys moving on roads and colonies. The dogs
have become a nuisance to the public. The dogs are moving in large groups. They are causing fear
among the public. Herds of monkeys are another problem. The monkeys even enter the houses and
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carry away valuable things and foodstuff. It is causing tremors of fear among the residents.

Write a letter to the district collector about this. Request him/her to prevent this problem
and create a sense of security among people.
6. A) Write a letter to your friend about the recently celebrated Independence Day in your
school.

Include the details of the guests, their messages, welcome address, vote of thanks, etc.
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7. A) Your father’s scooter has been stolen recently. Your father and you searched for it everywhere. But,
you could not find it.

Write a letter of complaint to the Station House Officer of your locality. Give details of the
vehicle, its model, registration number, colour; the time of noticing the crime, and the place.
Request the office to make an inquiry into the matter and restore the vehicle to you.

8. A) The twentieth century was often called the era of the [Link] those days there were books about
everything from ant eaters to Zulus. Books taught people how to, when to, where to and why to. They
illustrated, educated, punctuated and even decorated. You have read this information from the lesson
the book that saved the earth

Now, write a letter to your friend throwing light on the importance of books. Also, mention the
importance of inculcating book reading habits to children and the impact of great books on young
minds/ character building.
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Q. NO. 36 B (Script for Speech) 10M

1. Have you ever been in great difficulty, and felt that only a miracle could help you?
How was your problem solved?
Prepare a script for a speech to describe your experience.
2. In ‘The Sermon at Benares’, Kisa Gotami realised that death is common for all.
That was possible only because of the Buddha’s preachings.
Imagine that Kisa Gotami listened to the Buddha’s preachings. Prepare a script for speech
in this context. Include the Buddha’s preachings.

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3. One important lesson from the one-act play ‘The Proposal’ is managing our temper.
Based on the topic prepare a script for speech using the given hints:
· Three ill effects that result from anger
· Ways to avoid losing our temper in such situations
· Are there any benefits from anger?
Q. NO. 37 A (WH – Questions) 10M

1. A) Read the following passage carefully focusing on the underlined parts.

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I was really worried about Tricki (A) this time. I had pulled up my car when I saw him in the street (B)
with his mistress and I was shocked at his appearance (C). He had become hugely fat, like a bloated
sausage (D) with a leg at each corner. His eyes, bloodshot and rheumy,(E ) stared straight ahead and
his tongue lolled from his jaws.
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Now, frame the ‘wh’ questions to get the underlined parts as answers.

2. A) Read the following passage carefully focusing on the underlined parts.

Later, Anil (A) patted me on the head and said never mind, he’d teach me to cook. (B) He also taught
me to write my name and said he would soon teach me to write whole sentences and to add numbers.
I was grateful. (C) I knew that once I could write like an educated man there would be no limit to what
I could achieve. It was quite pleasant working for Anil. I made the tea in the morning (D) and then
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would take my time buying the day’s supplies, usually making a profit of about a rupee a day. I think he
knew I made a little money this way but he did not seem to mind (E).

Now, frame the ‘wh’ questions to get the underlined parts as answers.

3. A) Read the following passage carefully focusing on the underlined parts.

Max’s face (A) was black with anger as he backed swiftly towards the window. He swung a leg over
the sill. (B) “Send them away”!(C) He warned. “I (D) will wait on the balcony. Send them away or I’ll
shoot and take my chances!” The knocking at the door became louder and a voice was raised. (E)

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Now, frame the ‘wh’ questions to get the underlined parts as answers.

4. A) Read the following passage carefully focusing on the underlined parts.

The safe (A) was not going to be hard to open. After all, he had lived with locks and safes all his life.
The burglar alarm was poorly built. (B) He went into the hall to cut its wire. (C) He came back and
sneezed loudly as the smell of the flowers came to again. How foolish people are when they own
valuable things (D), Horace thought. A magazine article (E) head described this house, giving a plan of
all the rooms and a picture of this room.

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Now, frame the ‘wh’ questions to get the underlined parts as answers.

5. A) Read the following passage carefully focusing on the underlined parts.

Madam Loisel seemed old A) now. She had become a strong, hard woman,(B) the crude woman of
the poor household. Her hair (C) badly dressed, her skirts awry, her hands red, she spoke in a loud
tone, and washed the floors with large pails of water.(D) But sometimes, when her husband was at the
office,(E) she would seat herself before the window and think of that evening party of former times, of
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that ball where she was so beautiful and so flattered.

Now, frame the ‘wh’ questions to get the underlined parts as answers.

6. A) Read the following passage carefully focusing on the underlined parts

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Suddenly she discovered, in a black satin box,(A) a superb necklace of diamonds.(B) Her hands trembled
as she took it out. (C ) She placed it about her throat (D) against her dress and was ecstatic. (E)

Now, frame the ‘wh’ questions to get the underlined parts as answers.

7. A) Read the following passage carefully focusing on the underlined parts

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At birth, the child was very fair and pretty. (A) But when she was two years old, she had an attack of
smallpox. (B) Only the eyes were saved, but the entire body was permanently disfigured by deep
black pockmarks.(c) Little Sulekha (D) could not speak till she was five, and when at last she learnt
to speak, she stammered.(E)

Now, frame the ‘wh’ questions to get the underlined parts as answers.

8. A) Read the following passage carefully focusing on the underlined parts.

Bholi was seven years old ( A) when Mangla was married. The same year a primary school (B) for
girls was opened in their village. The Tehsildar (C) came to perform its opening ceremony. Hesaid to
Ramlal, “As a revenue official (D )you are the representative of the government in the village and so
you must set an example to the villagers. You must send your daughters to school.” (E)
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Now, frame the ‘wh’ questions to get the underlined parts as answers.

9. A) Read the following passage carefully focusing on the underlined parts.

Stop! A thought of magnificent brilliance (A) has come to me. Space people, our chemical department
(B) has given you vitamins (C )to increase your intelligence. (D ) Take them immediately and then
watch the sandwich. The meaning of the code will slowly unfold (E )before you.

Now, frame the ‘wh’ questions to get the underlined parts as answers.

10. Read the following passage carefully focusing on the underlined parts.

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Cease laughter. Desist. This is more and more alarming. The Earthlings (A) have reached a high level
of civilisation.(B) Didn’t you hear? They have taught their domesticated animals musical culture and
space techniques. (C) Even their dogs have a sense of humour.(D) Why, at this very moment, they may
be launching an interplanetary attack (E) on millions of cows!

Now, frame the ‘wh’ questions to get the underlined parts as answers.
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Q. NO. 37 B

Note: you may use the following templates to give practice to the slow learners.
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Pie chart/bar graph/ table: The template below can be used for almost all graphs/table. It helps
the learner to write the question easily.

The ……………………………......................... (pie chart/bar graph/table)

shows…………………………………………. There are ……………. (number)
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components in the ………………picture/diagram. The……… has the information from

the year……….to the year…………

On the whole, The maximum share belongs to……. (name of the highest holder). Its
share is ………….…. …………… has the least share. The proportion of the minimum
share is…………………. The second highest place is taken by………………… with
a share of ……………. …………………….. and …………………………… have
equal share with……………… and ………………………. respectively. Interestingly,
……………………………. with …………. share leads ……………………with
…………………………… percentage.

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Tree Diagram:

The tree diagram depicts ……………………………………………..............................….

There are……………………………… (number) types of…………………….. They

are:……………………………, ………………………… ,……………………. and
……………………………………….. The…….. are further divided into…….. types. They
are:……………………., ………………………….. and …………………………… The
second type is……………………………... There are …………….. elements in this type.

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They are sub-divided as ………. The third type is ………………………………………. There
are ……………..items in this. They are: …………………………………….,
………………………… and

1. B) Study the following bar graph and write a paragraph the information given in it.
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2. B) Study the following tree diagram and write a paragraph about the information given in it.

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3. B) Study the following pie chart and write a paragraph about the information given in it.
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4. B) Study the following bar graph and write a paragraph about the information given in it.

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5. B) Study the following bar graph and write a paragraph about the information given in it.
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6. B) Study the following bar graph and write a paragraph about the information given in it.

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7. B) Study the following table and write a paragraph about the information given in it.
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8 . B) Study the following pie chart and write a paragraph about the information given in it.

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9. B) Study the following tree diagram and write a paragraph about the information given in
it.
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10. B) Study the following bar graph and write a paragraph about the information given in it

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11. B) Study the following bar graph and write a paragraph about the information given in it.
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ENGLISH
Third Language
(Model Question Paper -1) 2025
Class: 10 [Link]: 100 Time: 3:15m
Instructions :
1. The question paper has 37 questions in three sections (A, B and C)
2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you.
3. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 3 hours for

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writing the answers.
4. Answer all the questions of SECTION – B (Grammar and Vocabulary) in the same order at
one place in your answer book.

SECTION — A : READING COMPREHENSION

(Questions 1 - 5) : Read the following passage carefully.

His Mother Had picked up a piece of the fish and was flying across to him with it .he leaned
out eagerly. Tapping the rock with his feet, trying to get nearer to her as she flew across but when
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she was just opposite to him, she halted, her wings motionless, the piece of fish in her beak
almost within reach of his beak, he waited a moment in surprise, wondering why she did not come
nearer and then, maddened by hunger, he dived at the fish .with aloud scream he fell outwards and
downwards into space. Then a monstrous terror seized him and heart stood still. He could hear
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nothing but it only lasted a minute. The next moment he felt his wings spread outwards the wind
rushed against this breast feathers, then under his stomach and against his wings. He could feel
the tips of his wings cutting through the air. He was not falling headlong now. He was soaring
gradually downwards and outwards. He was no longer afraid. He just felt dizzy. The he flapped his
wings once and he soared upwards (His First Flight)
Now, answer the following questions. 5 X 2 = 10 M
SC

1. What did the seagull’s mother do?

2. What surprised the young sea gull?
3. What made the young Seagull dive into the sky?
A) hunger
B) anger
C) fear
4. Why did the young Seagull’s heart stand still?
A) The seagull fell into the Water.
B) The Seagull’s mother maddened him.
C) The Seagull was terrified to enter the space outwards and downwards.

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5. What made the Seagull fearless?
A) The experience of flight into the sky.
B) The sight of the fish.
C) The encouragement of siblings

(Questions 6 - 10) : Read the following stanza carefully.

He should be snarling around houses
At the jungle’s edge,
Baring his white fangs, his claws,
Terrorising the village!

But he’s locked in a concrete cell,

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His strength behind bars,
Stalking the length of his cage,

Ignoring visitors.
He hears the last voice at night,
The patrolling cars,
And stares with his brilliant eyes
At the brilliant stars. (A Tiger in the Zoo)

6. Who does ‘he’ refer to?

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Now, answer the following questions. ` 5X1=5M

7. How did he terrorise the villagers?

8. Where was he locked in?
A) in the forest edge
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B) in a concrete cell
C) in an old building
9. What is the mood of the person /animal in second stanza?
A) agony
B) pride
C) relaxed
10. What is the last voice he hears in the poem?
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A) The voice of visitors.

B) The patroling cars.
C) The brilliant stars.

(Questions 11 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully.

I awoke late next morning to find that Anil had already made the tea. He stretched out his hand
towards me. There was a fifty-rupee note between his fingers. My heart sank. I thought I had
been discovered.
“I made some money yesterday,” he explained. “Now you’ll be paid regularly.”
My spirits rose. But when I took the note, I saw it was still wet from the night’s rain.
“Today we’ll start writing sentences,” he said.
He knew. But neither his lips nor his eyes showed anything. I smiled at Anil in my most appealing
way. And the smile came by itself, without any effort. (The Thief’s Story)

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Choose the appropriate answer from the options given: 5X1=5M
11. ‘My heart sank’. What does the sentence mean?
A) He jumped up and down.
B) He became disappointed.
C) He felt fear of being caught.
12.‘He stretched out his hand’. Who does ‘He’ refer to?
A) the publisher
B) the writer
C) the thief
13. ‘He knew’. What did ‘he’ know?

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A) He knew that it rained.
B) He knew that he studied well.
C) He knew that Hari tried to steal.
14. ‘The smile came by itself. Why?
A) His thoughts were clean.
B) So far, he held the smile back.
C) The incident was amusing.
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15. What will the narrator probably do after this?
A) He will help the poor.
B) He will change his behaviour.
C) He will go from there at once.
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(Question 16) : Study the following Tree-diagram.
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Now, answer the following questions. 5X1=5M

i) What does the Tree-diagram show?
ii) How many types of musical instruments are there?
iii) How many instruments are shown in percussion instruments?
a) eleven
b) five
c) two

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iv) Identify the wind instrument from the following.
a) guitar
b) flute
c) xylophone

v) Identify the correct statement.

a) Drum is a wind instrument.
b) Guitar is a stringed instrument.
c) Mouth organ is a percussion instrument.

(Question 17) : Read the following passage carefully.

There was a big banyan tree, where two crows - husband and wife, had prepared

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a nice nest and made it their home. In the hollow of the same tree, lived a black cobra.
The crows had a problem because the black cobra would climb up the tree and eat
the newborns, whenever the female crow hatched her eggs. They could do nothing to
save them.
The crows went to a jackal, who lived in a nearby banyan tree, to seek his advice.
They narrated everything to him and requested his advice for them to get rid of their
problem. They said, “O Friend, It has become dangerous to live here. Please tell us
how we can protect our children from being eaten up by the wicked black cobra.
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The jackal replied, “Please don’t give up. Even powerful enemies can be overcome
with the use of wit.”
Now, arrange the following jumbled sentences into a meaningful order. 5X1=5M
a) The crows went to a jackal and sought his advice.
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b) Powerful enemies can be overcome with the use of wit.
c) Two crows prepared a nice nest and made it their home.
d) The jackal assured the birds and asked the birds to be brave.
e) There was a black cobra in the hollow and ate the newly born birds.

SECTION — B
GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY
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Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B in the same order at one place in
your answer book.
18. Combine the following sentences using ‘whom’ 2M
He is the new principal. I worked with him before.
19. Change the following sentence into ‘passive voice’ 2M
Sheela has prepared tasty dishes.
20. Change the following into Reported Speech. 2M
The patient said to the doctor,’ I have bought the medicines.
21. Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition given in brackets. 2 × 1= 2 M
i) The baker collected his bills …....the end of the month. (with, at, in)
ii) The aeroplane had no lights........ its wings. (for, on, by)
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22. Edit the following passage. 4X1=4M

The bus rolls (a) on now cutting across a bare a)…………....……...………
Landscape, now rushing down (b) a tiny b)……...........………………
Hamlet or past a (c) odd wayside shop. Sometimes the bus c)…………................……..
seemed on the point of gobbling to other vehicle (d). d)………….......…........……

23. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles. 2X1=2M

1. I could not see ......… black aeroplane.
2. ......… guard gave green signal and the train pulled out.

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24. Change the following into Repeated action in the past using ‘would/used to’ 2X1=2M
i) When I was a child, I played cricket every evening.
ii) In my school days, our teacher felt happy teaching us.

25. Rewrite the sentences into a single sentence using Noun-modifiers. 2X1=2M
i) I bought a mobile. It is an Android mobile and is red in colour.
ii) She wore a saree. It is a Kancheepuram saree. It is blue in colour.
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26. Give a suitable advice for the situation given below. 2M
Your friend is interested in computers. Advise him to join a computer course.

27. Read the following paragraph and write the synonyms of the underlined words,
choosing the words given in the box. 4X1=4M
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creativity, end of life, good-looking, despair, fortunately

I finished my poem, and it was beautiful (a)! It was about a mother duck and a father swan with
three baby ducklings who were bitten to death (b) by the father because they quacked too much.
Luckily (c), Mr Keesing took the joke the right way. He read the ingenuity originality and inventiveness
(d), adding his own comments, and to several other classes as well.
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28. Read the following paragraph and write the antonyms of the underlined words.
4X1=4M
When I casually mentioned this to a friend (a), he has casually replied (b) that I had better get
one in the Tigris marshes, for there they were as common (c) as mosquitoes, and were often
tamed by the Arabs. We were going to Basra to the Consulate-General to collect (d) and answer
our mail from Europe.

29. Fill the blanks with the right form of words given in the brackets. 2X1=2M
We just get along somehow, my angel, thanks to your prayers, and so on. Sit down, please
do. Now, you know, you shouldn’t ……(a) (forget/forgetfulness/ forgetful) all about your……(b)
(neighbourhood/neighbour/neighbouring), my darling.

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30. Complete the words with correct Prefixes and Suffixes given in the brackets. 2X1=2M

i) She calculated and recalculated, planned and………planned. (re, dis)

ii) The Buddhist ascetic felt sleepy during medita……… (tions, sions).

31. Find the wrongly spelt word and write the correct spelling. 2X1=2M

i) pledge, inagaration, courage, obligation ......................

ii) compulsive, barrage, apparantly, windshield ......................

32. Read the following dictionary entry of the word given below. 2X1=2M

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i) What is the part of speech of the word ‘squirm’?

ii) Pick one sentence with the word ‘squirm’ used in it.

33. Use the following expressions in sentences of your own. 2X1=2M

i) Phrasal verb: make up for

Ans. ..................................................................................................................................
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ii) Idiomatic expression: quaking in the boots

Ans. ..................................................................................................................................

34. Match the following. 4X½=2M

Part - A Part - B
i) get along with ( ) a) to take care of

ii) stay in ( ) b) remain quiet

iii) look after ( ) c) stay indoors

iv) calm down ( ) d) have a good relation with

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SECTION — C : CREATIVE EXPRESSION

35. A) In the lesson ‘The Black Aeroplane’, The pilot wants to land the flight and tries to contact the
ground station. But he could not as the sky was full of clouds and the ground control does not
respond. Even the compass fails. But, dramatically he landed the aeroplane safe in those
conditions. meets an officer and at the control centre and talks to her. 10 M
Now, write a possible conversation between the pilot and the officer in the control
station.
(OR)

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B) In the lesson ‘Madam Rides the bus’, Valli got into the bus in the village to go to the town.
She devours everything in and around the bus. She looks outside through the window at
the canal. Palm trees, grassland, distant mountains and blue, blue sky. The green fields
are wonderful to her. She admired the running across the street, the passengers travelling
along with her cow’s Imagine you are Valli and landscape, conductor and passengers.
Write your experience with the sight of Landscape, Conductor and Passengers.
36. A) There is an issue of spread of sewage water in your area. It causes a major health hazard
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and Inconvenience to the residents. It becomes a breeding ground for mosquitoes. It also
causes discomfort to people. Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner take to steps to
prevent such problems and take prompt action against them. 10 M
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(OR)
B) Books are very important sources of knowledge. They help us develop
intellectually. Book reading a very good habit. It needs to be cultivated in student
life. But, now book reading among students is not up to the mark.
Prepare a script for speech on the occasion of International Literacy Day (ILD), 08th September,
2024. Include the benefits of book reading, and how it can help in individuals progress and
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propects.
37. A) Read the following passage carefully focussing on the underlined parts.
At birth, the child was very fair and pretty (A). But when she was two years old, she had
an attack of small-pox (B). Only the eyes were saved, but the entire body was permanently
disfigured by deep black pock marks. (C) Little Sulekha could not speak (D) till she was
five, and when at last she learnt to speak, she stammered. The other children (E) often
made fun of her and mimicked her. As a result, she talked very little.

Now, frame ‘WH´ questions to get the underlined parts as answers. 10 M

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(OR)
B) Study the following flow chart and write a paragraph based on the information given
in it.

KINDS OF FUEL

SOLID LIQUID GASEOUS

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Included substances Three kinds Three kinds

Wood Coal Coke Petrol Kerosene Diesel Manufactured Natural Petroleum

fuel gases gases gas

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ENGLISH
Third Language
(Model Question Paper -1) 2025
Class: 10 [Link]: 100 Time: 3:15m
Instructions :
1. The question paper has 37 questions in three sections (A, B and C)
2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you.
3. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 3 hours for

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writing the answers.
4. Answer all the questions of SECTION – B (Grammar and Vocabulary) in the same order at
one place in your answer book.

SECTION — A : READING COMPREHENSION

(Questions 1 - 5) : Read the following passage carefully.

His Mother Had picked up a piece of the fish and was flying across to him with it .he leaned
out eagerly. Tapping the rock with his feet, trying to get nearer to her as she flew across but when
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she was just opposite to him, she halted, her wings motionless, the piece of fish in her beak
almost within reach of his beak, he waited a moment in surprise, wondering why she did not come
nearer and then, maddened by hunger, he dived at the fish .with aloud scream he fell outwards and
downwards into space. Then a monstrous terror seized him and heart stood still. He could hear
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nothing but it only lasted a minute. The next moment he felt his wings spread outwards the wind
rushed against this breast feathers, then under his stomach and against his wings. He could feel
the tips of his wings cutting through the air. He was not falling headlong now. He was soaring
gradually downwards and outwards. He was no longer afraid. He just felt dizzy. The he flapped his
wings once and he soared upwards (His First Flight)
Now, answer the following questions. 5 X 2 = 10 M
SC

1. What did the seagull’s mother do?

2. What surprised the young sea gull?
3. What made the young Seagull dive into the sky?
A) hunger
B) anger
C) fear
4. Why did the young Seagull’s heart stand still?
A) The seagull fell into the Water.
B) The Seagull’s mother maddened him.
C) The Seagull was terrified to enter the space outwards and downwards.

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5. What made the Seagull fearless?
A) The experience of flight into the sky.
B) The sight of the fish.
C) The encouragement of siblings

(Questions 6 - 10) : Read the following stanza carefully.

He should be snarling around houses
At the jungle’s edge,
Baring his white fangs, his claws,
Terrorising the village!

But he’s locked in a concrete cell,

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His strength behind bars,
Stalking the length of his cage,

Ignoring visitors.
He hears the last voice at night,
The patrolling cars,
And stares with his brilliant eyes
At the brilliant stars. (A Tiger in the Zoo)

6. Who does ‘he’ refer to?

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Now, answer the following questions. ` 5X1=5M

7. How did he terrorise the villagers?

8. Where was he locked in?
A) in the forest edge
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B) in a concrete cell
C) in an old building
9. What is the mood of the person /animal in second stanza?
A) agony
B) pride
C) relaxed
10. What is the last voice he hears in the poem?
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A) The voice of visitors.

B) The patroling cars.
C) The brilliant stars.

(Questions 11 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully.

I awoke late next morning to find that Anil had already made the tea. He stretched out his hand
towards me. There was a fifty-rupee note between his fingers. My heart sank. I thought I had
been discovered.
“I made some money yesterday,” he explained. “Now you’ll be paid regularly.”
My spirits rose. But when I took the note, I saw it was still wet from the night’s rain.
“Today we’ll start writing sentences,” he said.
He knew. But neither his lips nor his eyes showed anything. I smiled at Anil in my most appealing
way. And the smile came by itself, without any effort. (The Thief’s Story)

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Choose the appropriate answer from the options given: 5X1=5M
11. ‘My heart sank’. What does the sentence mean?
A) He jumped up and down.
B) He became disappointed.
C) He felt fear of being caught.
12.‘He stretched out his hand’. Who does ‘He’ refer to?
A) the publisher
B) the writer
C) the thief
13. ‘He knew’. What did ‘he’ know?

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A) He knew that it rained.
B) He knew that he studied well.
C) He knew that Hari tried to steal.
14. ‘The smile came by itself. Why?
A) His thoughts were clean.
B) So far, he held the smile back.
C) The incident was amusing.
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15. What will the narrator probably do after this?
A) He will help the poor.
B) He will change his behaviour.
C) He will go from there at once.
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(Question 16) : Study the following Tree-diagram.
SC

Now, answer the following questions. 5X1=5M

i) What does the Tree-diagram show?
ii) How many types of musical instruments are there?
iii) How many instruments are shown in percussion instruments?
a) eleven
b) five
c) two

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iv) Identify the wind instrument from the following.
a) guitar
b) flute
c) xylophone

v) Identify the correct statement.

a) Drum is a wind instrument.
b) Guitar is a stringed instrument.
c) Mouth organ is a percussion instrument.

(Question 17) : Read the following passage carefully.

There was a big banyan tree, where two crows - husband and wife, had prepared

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a nice nest and made it their home. In the hollow of the same tree, lived a black cobra.
The crows had a problem because the black cobra would climb up the tree and eat
the newborns, whenever the female crow hatched her eggs. They could do nothing to
save them.
The crows went to a jackal, who lived in a nearby banyan tree, to seek his advice.
They narrated everything to him and requested his advice for them to get rid of their
problem. They said, “O Friend, It has become dangerous to live here. Please tell us
how we can protect our children from being eaten up by the wicked black cobra.
T,
The jackal replied, “Please don’t give up. Even powerful enemies can be overcome
with the use of wit.”
Now, arrange the following jumbled sentences into a meaningful order. 5X1=5M
a) The crows went to a jackal and sought his advice.
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b) Powerful enemies can be overcome with the use of wit.
c) Two crows prepared a nice nest and made it their home.
d) The jackal assured the birds and asked the birds to be brave.
e) There was a black cobra in the hollow and ate the newly born birds.

SECTION — B
GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY
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Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B in the same order at one place in
your answer book.
18. Combine the following sentences using ‘whom’ 2M
He is the new principal. I worked with him before.
19. Change the following sentence into ‘passive voice’ 2M
Sheela has prepared tasty dishes.
20. Change the following into Reported Speech. 2M
The patient said to the doctor,’ I have bought the medicines.
21. Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition given in brackets. 2 × 1= 2 M
i) The baker collected his bills …....the end of the month. (with, at, in)
ii) The aeroplane had no lights........ its wings. (for, on, by)
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22. Edit the following passage. 4X1=4M

The bus rolls (a) on now cutting across a bare a)…………....……...………
Landscape, now rushing down (b) a tiny b)……...........………………
Hamlet or past a (c) odd wayside shop. Sometimes the bus c)…………................……..
seemed on the point of gobbling to other vehicle (d). d)………….......…........……

23. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles. 2X1=2M

1. I could not see ......… black aeroplane.
2. ......… guard gave green signal and the train pulled out.

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24. Change the following into Repeated action in the past using ‘would/used to’ 2X1=2M
i) When I was a child, I played cricket every evening.
ii) In my school days, our teacher felt happy teaching us.

25. Rewrite the sentences into a single sentence using Noun-modifiers. 2X1=2M
i) I bought a mobile. It is an Android mobile and is red in colour.
ii) She wore a saree. It is a Kancheepuram saree. It is blue in colour.
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26. Give a suitable advice for the situation given below. 2M
Your friend is interested in computers. Advise him to join a computer course.

27. Read the following paragraph and write the synonyms of the underlined words,
choosing the words given in the box. 4X1=4M
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creativity, end of life, good-looking, despair, fortunately

I finished my poem, and it was beautiful (a)! It was about a mother duck and a father swan with
three baby ducklings who were bitten to death (b) by the father because they quacked too much.
Luckily (c), Mr Keesing took the joke the right way. He read the ingenuity originality and inventiveness
(d), adding his own comments, and to several other classes as well.
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28. Read the following paragraph and write the antonyms of the underlined words.
4X1=4M
When I casually mentioned this to a friend (a), he has casually replied (b) that I had better get
one in the Tigris marshes, for there they were as common (c) as mosquitoes, and were often
tamed by the Arabs. We were going to Basra to the Consulate-General to collect (d) and answer
our mail from Europe.

29. Fill the blanks with the right form of words given in the brackets. 2X1=2M
We just get along somehow, my angel, thanks to your prayers, and so on. Sit down, please
do. Now, you know, you shouldn’t ……(a) (forget/forgetfulness/ forgetful) all about your……(b)
(neighbourhood/neighbour/neighbouring), my darling.

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30. Complete the words with correct Prefixes and Suffixes given in the brackets. 2X1=2M

i) She calculated and recalculated, planned and………planned. (re, dis)

ii) The Buddhist ascetic felt sleepy during medita……… (tions, sions).

31. Find the wrongly spelt word and write the correct spelling. 2X1=2M

i) pledge, inagaration, courage, obligation ......................

ii) compulsive, barrage, apparantly, windshield ......................

32. Read the following dictionary entry of the word given below. 2X1=2M

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T,
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i) What is the part of speech of the word ‘squirm’?

ii) Pick one sentence with the word ‘squirm’ used in it.

33. Use the following expressions in sentences of your own. 2X1=2M

i) Phrasal verb: make up for

Ans. ..................................................................................................................................
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ii) Idiomatic expression: quaking in the boots

Ans. ..................................................................................................................................

34. Match the following. 4X½=2M

Part - A Part - B
i) get along with ( ) a) to take care of

ii) stay in ( ) b) remain quiet

iii) look after ( ) c) stay indoors

iv) calm down ( ) d) have a good relation with

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SECTION — C : CREATIVE EXPRESSION

35. A) In the lesson ‘The Black Aeroplane’, The pilot wants to land the flight and tries to contact the
ground station. But he could not as the sky was full of clouds and the ground control does not
respond. Even the compass fails. But, dramatically he landed the aeroplane safe in those
conditions. meets an officer and at the control centre and talks to her. 10 M
Now, write a possible conversation between the pilot and the officer in the control
station.
(OR)

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B) In the lesson ‘Madam Rides the bus’, Valli got into the bus in the village to go to the town.
She devours everything in and around the bus. She looks outside through the window at
the canal. Palm trees, grassland, distant mountains and blue, blue sky. The green fields
are wonderful to her. She admired the running across the street, the passengers travelling
along with her cow’s Imagine you are Valli and landscape, conductor and passengers.
Write your experience with the sight of Landscape, Conductor and Passengers.
36. A) There is an issue of spread of sewage water in your area. It causes a major health hazard
T,
and Inconvenience to the residents. It becomes a breeding ground for mosquitoes. It also
causes discomfort to people. Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner take to steps to
prevent such problems and take prompt action against them. 10 M
ER
(OR)
B) Books are very important sources of knowledge. They help us develop
intellectually. Book reading a very good habit. It needs to be cultivated in student
life. But, now book reading among students is not up to the mark.
Prepare a script for speech on the occasion of International Literacy Day (ILD), 08th September,
2024. Include the benefits of book reading, and how it can help in individuals progress and
SC

propects.
37. A) Read the following passage carefully focussing on the underlined parts.
At birth, the child was very fair and pretty (A). But when she was two years old, she had
an attack of small-pox (B). Only the eyes were saved, but the entire body was permanently
disfigured by deep black pock marks. (C) Little Sulekha could not speak (D) till she was
five, and when at last she learnt to speak, she stammered. The other children (E) often
made fun of her and mimicked her. As a result, she talked very little.

Now, frame ‘WH´ questions to get the underlined parts as answers. 10 M

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B) Study the following flow chart and write a paragraph based on the information given
in it.

KINDS OF FUEL

SOLID LIQUID GASEOUS

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Included substances Three kinds Three kinds

Wood Coal Coke Petrol Kerosene Diesel Manufactured Natural Petroleum

fuel gases gases gas

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ENGLISH
Third Language
(Model Question Paper -3) 2025
Class: 10 [Link]: 100 Time: 3:15m
Instructions :
1. The question paper has 37 questions in three sections (A, B and C)
2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you.
3. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 3 hours for
writing the answers.

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4. Answer all the questions of SECTION - B (Grammar and Vocabulary) in the same order at one
place in your answer book.
SECTION — A : READING COMPREHENSION
(Questions 1 - 5): Read the following passage carefully.
MIDWAY between Mysore and the coastal town of Mangalore sits a piece of heaven that
must have drifted from the kingdom of god. This land of rolling hills is inhabited by a proud
race of martial men, beautiful women and wild creatures.
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Coorg, or Kodagu, the smallest district of Karnataka, is home to evergreen rainforests,
spices and coffee plantations. Evergreen rainforests cover thirty percent of this district. During
the monsoons, it pours enough to keep many visitors away. The season of joy commences
from September and continues till March. The weather is perfect, with some showers thrown
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in for good measure. The air breathes of invigorating coffee. Coffee estates and colonial
bungalows stand tucked under tree canopies in prime corners.
The fiercely independent people of Coorg are possibly of Greek or Arabic descent. As one
story goes, a part of Alexander’s army moved south along the coast and settled here when
return became impractical. These people married amongst the locals and their culture is
apparent in the martial traditions, marriage and religious rites, which are distinct from the
Hindu mainstream. The theory of Arab origin draws support from the long, black coat drifted
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from been carried along gently by air martial having to do with war canopies roof-like coverings
that form shelters prime here, best mainstream a tradition which Traditional Coorgi dress
most people follow with an embroidered waist-belt worn by the Kodavus. Known as kuppia,
it resembles the kuffia worn by the Arabs and the Kurds.
(Glimpses of India)
Now, answer the following questions below. 5 x 2 = 10 M
1. What is the passage about?
2. What is special with the location and people living there?
3. The people of Coorg are possibly of __________ descent.
A) Greek or Arabic descent
B) Greek or Indian descent
C) Arabic or American descent

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4. An embroidered waist-belt worn by the Kodavus is known as ______
A) Kuffia
B) Kuppia
C) Kurda
5. How much percentage of evergreen rain forests cover the district of Coorg?
A) 50%
B) 30%
C) 70%
(Questions 6 - 10): Read the following stanza carefully.
Now the name of the little black kitten was Ink,

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And the little grey mouse, she called him Blink,
And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard,
But the dragon was a coward, and she called him Custard.

Custard the dragon had big sharp teeth,

And spikes on top of him and scales underneath,
Mouth like a fireplace, chimney for a nose,
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And realio, trulio daggers on his toes.

Belinda was as brave as a barrel full of bears,

And Ink and Blink chased lions down the stairs,
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Mustard was as brave as a tiger in a rage,
But Custard cried for a nice safe cage.
(The Tale of Custard Dragon)

Now, answer the following questions. 5×1=5M

6. What did Custard, The dragon cry for?
7. How brave was Belinda?
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8. What was the name of the little yellow dog?

A) Custard
B) Mustard
C) Blink
9. What did Ink and Blink do?
A) Chased barrel full of bears
B) Chased lions down the stairs
C) Cried for nice safe cage
10. Which of the following is TRUE according to the poem above?
A) Custard showed true courage.
B) Custard cried for an iron safe.
C) Belinda is the name of Dragon.

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(Questions: 11 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully.

On the morning of the third day, however, he thought of the books he wanted and he knew he
would have to look for another safe. But he never got the chance to begin his plan. By noon a
policeman had arrested him for the jewel robbery at Shotover Grange.
His fingerprints, for he had opened the safe without gloves, were all over the room, and no one
believed him when he said that the wife of the owner of the house had asked him to open the safe
for her. The wife herself, a gray-haired, sharp-tongued woman of sixty, said that the story was
nonsense.
Horace is now the assistant librarian in the prison. He often thinks of the charming, clever

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young lady who was in the same profession as he was, and who tricked him. He gets very angry
when anyone talks about ‘honour among thieves’. (A Question of Trust)

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given : 5x1=5M

11. The police arrested Horace for a robbery. Where did he do it?

A) in a guest house

B) at Shotover Grange

C ) in the kitchen
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12. What did Horace like very much?

A) jewellery
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B) books

C ) garments

13. According to Horace, who asked him to open the safe?

A) his dear wife

B) the house owner

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C) house owner’s wife

14. What evidence made the police arrest Horace?

A) the CCTV footage

B) his footsteps

C) his finger prints

15. What makes Horace angry?

A) The rude behaviour of visitors to library.

B) The rigours of the prison life.

C) The discussion on ‘Honour among Thieves’.

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(Questions 16): Study the following Bar chart.

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Now, answer the following questions. 5x1=5M
i) What does the bar-chart show?
ii) Which period is taken as reference in the graph?
iii) What was the trend observed in the graph?
a) Women outnumbered men in admissions.
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b) More men were enrolled in higher courses.
c) Men and women are equal in admissions.
iv) Of all, which year recorded LEAST number of enrollments?
a) 2016-17
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b) 2015-16
c) 2012-13
v) Choose the CORRECT statement based on the bar-graph.
a) The graph represents dropouts from higher education.
b) There is a gradual improvement of enrollments.
c) There is a gradual decline in women enrollment.
(Question 17): Read the following passage carefully.
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and
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philosopher who played a significant role in the Scientific Revolution. He is considered the
“father of observational astronomy” and the “father of modern physics.” Galileo is known for
his improvements to the telescope, which he used to observe and make important discoveries
about the moons of Jupiter, the phases of Venus, and the dark spots on the Sun. He also
developed the concept of the scientific method and made critical discoveries in the fields of
kinematics and the strength of materials. The Catholic Church persecuted him for his support
of heliocentrism, the idea that the Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun.
Now, arrange the following jumbled sentences into a meaningful order. 5x1=5M
a) He developed scientific method and made important findings in physics.
b) It was Galileo who improved telescope for astronomical observations.
c) The Church punished him for his support of heliocentric theory.
d) Galileo was born in Italy and is considered the pioneer in astronomy.
e) With the help of the telescope he observed planets and their movements.
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SECTION — B : GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY

Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B in the same order at one place in your
answer book.
18. Combine the following sentences using ‘whom’ 2M
Shama is my friend. I like her very much.
19. Change the following sentence into ‘passive voice’ 2M
Siddhu can drive a car.
20. Change the following into Reported Speech. 2M

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The teacher said to the students, ‘How did you write the exam?’
21. Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition given in brackets. 2 x 1= 2 M
i) Your success depends ….your hardwork. (of, for, on)
ii) She applied ……. a job in collector’s office. (for, with, at)
22. Edit the following passage. 4x1=4M
I was still a thief when I meet (a) Anil. And though only 15, a)…………………………….
I was a fairly successfully (b) hand. Anil was watching b)…………………….………
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the (c) wrestling match when I approached c)…………………….…....…
him. His (d) was about 25 a tall, lean fellow. d)…………….…...………….
23. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles. 2x1=2M
1. ………..landlord and his wife were up very early in the morning.
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2. She uttered ……….. cry of joy.
24. Change the following into Repeated action in the past using ‘would/used to’
i) When she was a student, she loved music very much. 2x1=2M
ii) In his childhood, he swam in the river every morning .
25. Rewrite the sentences into a single sentence using Noun-modifiers. 2x1=2M
i) I bought a boat. It is a big one. It is a motor boat.
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ii) He made a speech. It was an inspiring speech. It was a long speech.

26. Give a suitable advice for the situation given below. 2x1=2M
Your friend is coming on a bicycle to school. Suggest him/her to continue for good health.
27. Read the following paragraph and write the synonyms of the underlined words, choosing
the words given in the box. 4x1=4M

face, particularly, completed, characteristics, lean

Max was slender (a), a little less than tall, with features (b) that suggested slightly the crafty,
pointed countenance (c) of a fox. There was about him — aside from the gun — nothing
especially (d) menacing.

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28. Read the following paragraph and write the antonyms of the underlined words.
4x1=4M
He escaped easily enough (a)from the boys who followed (b) his footprints in London. But
his adventures were by no means over. He had chosen a bad (c) time of the year to wander
about London without clothes. It was mid-winter. The air was bitterly cold (d) and he could not
do without clothes.
29. Fill the blanks with the right form of words given in the brackets. 2x1=2M
Poor Kisa Gotami now went from house to house, and the people….. (a(pity/ pitied/pitiable)
her and said, “Here is mustard seed; take it!” But when she asked, “Did a son or daughter, a
father or mother..... (b)(deadly/die/death) in your family?” they answered her, “Alas! the living

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are few, but the dead are many. Do not remind us of our deepest grief.” And there was no
house but some beloved one had died in it.

30. Complete the words with correct Prefixes and Suffixes given in the brackets.
2x1=2M

i) He totally …….....understood what I said. (mis, dis)

ii) I am surprised this phone is still function ................ (al/el)
31. Find the wrongly spelt word and write the correct spelling. 2x1=2M

i) sentence, resiliance, humanity, thousand

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ii) beverage, beautiful, distance, officeals ......................

32. Study the following dictionary entry. 2 x 1= 2M

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Now, answer the following questions.

a) What does ‘thoroughfare’ mean?

b) Pick the sentence in which ’thoroughfare’ was used.

33. Use the following expressions in sentences of your own. 2x1=2M

i) Phrasal verb: ramble on

Ans. ..................................................................................................................................
ii) Idiomatic expression: for ages

Ans. ..................................................................................................................................

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34. Match the following. 4×½=2M

Part - A Part - B

i) calm down ( ) a) be relaxed

ii) pick up ( ) b) take something from ground

iii) break down ( ) c) stop working

iv) wake up ( ) d) make someone awake

SECTION — C : CREATIVE EXPRESSION

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35. A) In the lesson ‘A letter to God’, Lencho wrote a letter to God asking for help. When the
postman saw the letter, he went to the postmaster laughing heatedly and showed him the
letter. The postmaster also laughed but he was impressed by the faith of the man who wrote
that letter. He decides to help Lencho, so as not to shake his faith in God.

Now, write a possible conversation between the postman and the postmaster in the above
context. 10 M
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B) In ‘The thief’s story’, Hari Singh steals money from Anil, and runs away to catch the 10:30
express to Lucknow to leave the city. But at the station, he does not board the train. He
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regrets his action thinking that he had betrayed Anil’s trust and lost the chance of becoming
a cleaver, respectful and educated man. In the end he decided to go back to anil and return
his money.
Write a dairy entry of Hari Singh describing his feelings in the above context.

36. A) Traffic congestion has become a routine in your city. As a result, the travellers, students
and other sections of people are under severe pressure of not reaching offices and schools
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in time. Your school area is also facing the same problem. The parents are facing difficulty
to drop their children at school during morning hours and even while picking them up in the
evening. You think there is a need of traffic constables at your school.
Write a letter to the Superintendent of Police to make a note of this issue and request him to
post traffic constables at your school point to control traffic and avoid accidents. 10 M

(OR)
B) You have read the lesson “A Long Walk to Freedom”. You liked Nelson Mandela’s speech
very much.
Now, prepare a script for speech on the subject of human rights, their violation and the
need to implement the laws made for the protection of human rights.

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37. A) Read the following passage carefully focussing on the underlined parts.
Ramlal had seven (A) children — three sons and four daughters, and the youngest of them
was Bholi (B). It was a prosperous (C) farmer’s household and there was plenty to eat and
drink. All the children except Bholi were healthy and strong (D). The sons had been sent to
the city to study in schools and later in colleges. (E) Of the daughters, Radha, the eldest,
had already been married. The second daughter Mangla’s marriage had also been settled,
and when that was done, Ramlal would think of the third, Champa.

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Now, frame ‘WH´ questions to get the underlined parts as answers. 10M
(OR)
B) Study the following pie-chart and write a paragraph based on the information
given in it.

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