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FIRST MIDTERM ASSESSMENT
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Grade Max. Marks 40
Date 27.06.2024 No. of Questions 02
Duration 1hour No. of Printed sides 05
Session 02

[Answers to this paper must be written on the answer booklet provided.]

The first 15 minutes is allotted for reading the question paper.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets. |U
All questions are compulsory.

Question 1 [12 marks]

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

The appointed day has come - the day appointed by destiny - and India stands
forth again, after a long slumber and struggle; awake, vital, free and
independent. The past clings to us still in some measure and we have to do
much before we redeem the pledges we have so often taken. Yet the turning
point is past, and history begins anew for us, the history which we shall live
and act and others will write about.

It is a fateful moment for us in India, for all Asia and for the world. A new star
rises, the star of freedom in the East, a new hope comes into being, a vision
long cherished materializes. May the star never set and that hope never be
betrayed!

We rejoice in that freedom, though clouds surround us, and many of our
people are sorrow-stricken and difficult problems encompass us. But freedom
brings responsibilities and burdens and we have to face them in the spirit of a
free and disciplined people.

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 On this day, our first
thoughts go to the architect of this freedom, the
our Nation, who
reedom and lightedembodying
up the
the old spirit of India, held aloft the father
of
torchbeenof
darkness that
unworthy followers of his and have strayedsurrounded us. We have often
from his message, but not only we
but succeeding generations will
remember
in their hearts of this great Son of this message and bear the imprint
India, magnificent in his faith, strength.
courage and humility.
Our next thoughts must be of the
who, without praise or reward, haveunknown volunteers and soldiers of freedom,
served India even unto death.
We think also of our brothers and
political boundaries and who unhappily sisters who have been cut off from us by
that has come. They are of us and cannot share at present in the freedom
will remain of us whatever may happen.
The future beckons us. Where do
we go and what shall be our
bring freedom and
the common man, to the endeavour? To
workers of India, to opportunity
to
fight and end poverty and peasants and
up a prosperous, ignorance and disease; to buld
democratic and progressive nation, and to create social,
economic and political institutions which will ensure justice and fullness of life
to every man and
woman.
We have a lot of work
full, till we make all theahead..
people
There is no resting till we redeem our
of India what destiny pledge in
are citizens of a great intended
country, the verge of bold advance and we
on them to be. We
up to that high have to live
standard. All of us, to whatever religion we may
equally the children of India with equal rights, privileges and belong, are
cannot encourage comnmunalism or obligations. We
narrow-mindedness,
great whose people are narrow in thought or in action.
for no nation can be
To the nations and peoples of
ourselves to cooperate with them inthefurthering
world, we send greetings and pledge
peace, freedom and democracy.
And to India, our much-loved
motherland,
ever-new, we pay our reverent homage and we bindthe ancient, the eternal and the
service. ourselves afresh to her

(Jawaharlal Nehru's message on 15th August, 1947)

a. Find the words from the passage that have
the following meanings.

i To prevent something from being

i. Having an important effect on thecompletely
future.
bad.
iii. To become real; to happen.
iv. Surround and have or hold within.

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b. Answer the following questions:

i. What is the 'appointed day' referred to in the passage? [1|

ii. What does the 'new star' that Jawaharlal Nehru refers to,
represent? (2]
iii. Whom do Jawaharlal Nehru's thoughts go to on this great day'?
(2]|
iv. What is the pledge made by Jawaharlal Nehru, in this speech?
2]
V. What is the future that is visualised in this passage? [2)
vi. Give a suitable title to the passage. [1]

Question 2 [28 marks]

Rewrite the sentence after inserting articles wherever necessary. 2]

a.

i Doyou want to take walk with me?

ii. Earlier everybody arrives, sooner we can begin theshow.
ii. He stays in bed tillnine every morning.
[4)
b. Fillin the blanks with appropriate words.
life and
i He is a man deep learning,but totally ignorant of
manners.
SriLanka had inured his
system
ii. A residence of eight years in
the tropical climate. succeed
People who are averse
hard work, generally do not
ii.
in life. eminence in any field of
He was endowed gifts fitted to win
iv.
human activity. an author.
man
V. Imistook the old beardedtheir ancestral house 2005.
vi. They have not renovated Malaria.
vii. Quinine is an effective antidote wOod.
The houses in Japan are made
viii.
 C. Fill in cach of the numbered blanks with the
words given in brackets. Do not copy the correct form of the
correct serial order the word or phrase passage, but write in
space. Example: (0) - was appropriate to the blank
[5]
Ibrahim Ibn Adham 0 (be) a prince of a small
was very pious and 1
kingdom in Persia. He
in a beautiful mosque in his(spend) many hours everyday in prayer
(pray), he 3
palace. One day, as he 2
(hear) a loud thumping sound on his roof. It
sounded like the clattering of horses' hooves 4
He 5
(look) up at the roof, and sure enough, (rush) out.
(be) his palace guards - twenty men on there 6

horseback.
"What On earth are
7
you doing there?" Ibrahin
(shout). "Your
back, "We are searching majesty,"
for our
the captain of the guard yelled
away." "But why are you looking forcamels that 8
(wander)
camnels on the roof?" asked the
prince. *We are only following Your Majesty's
(seek) God while 10
example; you strive
royal palace," came the reply. (live) in the luxuries of a

d. Fill in the blanks with the

correct form of the verbs given in
brackets. Write only the answers.
[4]
i. Neither the manager nor the workers
(is/are) in the factory.
i. Every man and every Woman
(was/were) thoroughly frisked.
ii. Hema or her friends
(has/have)
made this painting.
iv. The number of illiterate people
(is/are) decreasing.
 Doasdirected. [10]
e.

i. The labourers are cutting the grass.

(Begin: The grass .....
i. A poor man was laughed at by them.
(End: man.)
iii. He said, "Let me have some water."
(Begin: He wished...
iv. Does the team include any new players?
(Begin:Are any...) traitor."
V. The soldiers said, "Curse on the
(End: ..... traitor.) the
Anil, Iamn busy, Icannot accomparny you to
vi. Sumit said to
market.
.......)
(Begin: Sunil informed bov if he was the one who had taken
vi. The teacher asked the
day.
away the ball the previous ...)behaviour.
(Begin: "Were you the boy
blame me for my son's
viii. Everyone will
(Begin: I ....... some achieve it.
success and
0x. All desire and
(End: ........ by some.) "You have crossed the red light
said tome,
The policeman
X
for this."
I willbook you
(Begin: The policeman .....)
given below. Write only the
Write one word for the meanings (3)
f.
answers.
intimidation
Invulnerable to fear or
i annoyed
ii. Easily irritated or
Someone who fights
iii. point importance
iv. Brief and to the inflated idea of their own
Someonehaving an numbers
V in large
Vi. Be abuzz/move