I.Multiple Choice Questions:
1.Choose the appropriate question tag and fill in the blank.
Rockets carry satellites and people into space, ......................?
A) doesn't they (B) don't they (C) didn't they (D) did they
Answer: (B) don't they
2.Read the given conversation and choose the language function for the underlined sentence:
Archana: Good Morning Deepa.
Deepa: Very Good morning. What can I do for you?
Archana: If you don't mind, could I use your pen?
Deepa: It's a pleasure. You can.
A) Giving direction B) Offering help C) Seeking permission D) Expressing agreement
Answer: C) Seeking permission
3.Fill in the blank choosing the appropriate 'if clause':
Ananda: Akash, I'm going to picnic tomorrow, Will you come?
Akash: Thank you for inviting me. If you had told earlier, I ................ joined you.
A) would not have (B) would have (C) shall have (D) will have
Answer: B) would have
4. Read the given conversation and choose the passive form of the underlined sentence:
Tanushree: Hello, Panchami, where did you to yesterday?
Panchami: I went shopping.
Tanushree: Did you buy anything?
Panchami: Yes. I have bought some books.
A) Some books had been bought by me. (B) Some books will have been bought by me. (C) Some books were brought by me. (D) Some books have been bought by me.
Answer: D) Some books have been bought by me.
II. Do as directed:
5. Combine the word in Column - A with its collocative word in Column-B:
A - fast
B - table, food, water breakfast
Answer: fast food
6. Which one of the following words has two syllables?
committee, capacity, combine, call
Answer: Combine
III. Answer the following questions in 2-3 sentences each:
1. How was Swami honoured by his classmates, teachers and the headmaster?
Answer: Swami was congratulated by everyone. His classmates looked at him with respect and his teachers patted his back. The headmaster said that he was truly a brave boy.
2. Why did Baleshwar revisit the spot where Roma had fallen?
Answer: Baleshwar had even revisited the spot where Roma had fallen to bring her belongings because Dinesh had told him that her cell phone and handbag were missing. With the help of a railway employee he was able to recover some of her belongings.
3. What makes you feel that Don Anselmo was a man of principles?
Answer: Don Anselmo was generous, because he refused to take the extra money offered by Americans for his lands.
4. Why do you consider Anant a talented boy?
Answer: Anant was a talented boy. At the age of fifteen, he was the best table tennis player and the fastest runner in the School. He was learning to play sitar and was already able to compose his own tunes to the astonishment of his guru.
5. Why do you think that jazz player keeps his head down?
Answer: The jazz player keeps his head down because his mind is filled with the worries of life.
6. The student leaders managed the protest to go peacefully. Why?
Answer: The police expected to shout slogans like British Quit India and cause violence. This would make the police arrest them, beat them up and imprison them. The students gave a notice to the DSP about the protest.
7. Haneef was a young man with varied talents and interests. Explain.
Answer: Haneef was good in art, sketched very well and made beautiful cards out of waste materials. He read a great deal and loved playing music. These show that Haneef was a young man with varied talents and interests.
IV) Answer the following questions in 5-6 sentences each:
1. Dr. B.R.Ambedkar worked for the upliftment of the depressed classes. Explain.
Answer: While Ambedkar was in U.S.A., the 14th Amendment of the constitution of USA gave freedom to the black Americans. The situation for the depressed classes in India had also faced the same problem. Mahatma Phule worked for classless society and women's uplifting. Ambedkar was impressed by both the events.
Newspapers started by him such as the Mooknayak, Bahishkrit Bharat and Samata were at once recognised as the authentic voices of the depressed classes. Likewise, institutions set up by him such as the Hitakarini Sabha and the Independent Labour Party of India became vehicles of change. Ambedkar reminded the depressed classes about their rights for equality.
2. Identify the two speakers in the poem 'The song of India.' What does the speaker want to sing about?
Answer: The speakers are the poet, V.K.Gokak and Mother of India. The speaker wants to sing about the beauty of India, its history, its saints, its progress and achievements.
V) Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow:
1. 'You are in the second form and I don't like the way you are being brought up.'
A) Who does 'I' refer to?
B) Who was studying the second form?
C) When did the speaker say this?
Answer:
A) 'I' refers to Swami's father.
B) Swami was studying in the second form.
C) When Swami sleeps besides his granny, then the speaker said this.
2. 'If you want to get on in life, you have to read a lot. You can learn a great deal of things just by reading.'
A) Who is the speaker here?
B) Who does 'you' refer to?
C) How did the speaker encourage reading?
Answer:
A) Avatar Narain
B) Satish
C) By giving an armful of books.
VI)
1. Given below is a profile of Vijendra Singh. Write a paragraph using the same:
Birth : October 29, 1995
Place: Haryana
Interest: Boxing
Practising Club: Bhiwani Boxing Club
Participation: 2004 Athens Summer Olympics, 2006 Commonwealth Games, 2006 Asian Games.
Achievements: Won the first Bronze medal in 2008 Beijing Olympics
Awards: 2009 rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
Answer:
Vijendra Singh was born on October 29, 1985 in Haryana. He practiced his interest, boxing at Bhiwani boxing club. He has participated in the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics, 2006 Commonwealth Games and 2006 Asian Games. He has won the first Bronze medal in 2008 Beijing Olympics. He was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2009.
2. Write a paragraph, using the clues given below.
In a distant village - farmer - a magical hen - one golden egg - everyday - the richest man - He thought - lazy hen - greedy and impatient - thought of an idea - take out all the eggs - big knife - cut her stomach - no eggs - hen died - moral.
In a distant village, there lived a farmer with a magical hen. It laid one golden egg each day. He thought that the hen was lazy. The greedy man became impatient and thought of an idea of taking out all the golden eggs. He took a big knife and cut her stomach. He found no eggs, but the hen died.
Moral: Greed is the mother of all sorrows.
VII) Study the picture given below:
Write a description or an account of what the picture suggests to you in a paragraph.
Answer:
There is a big market. Many people are there in the market. Some one is carrying a trunk and a bag. Some one is cleaning the road. The children are going to the school and the women are carrying the bags of vegetables. A man is polishing the shoes. A man is carrying a cement bag on his bag.
VIII)
Quote from memory
The throned........................................
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..................................sceptred sway;
It is enthroned....................................
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..................................seasons justice.
IX) Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
In every country, people imagine that they are the best and the cleverest and others are not so good as they are. The Englishman thinks that he and his country are the best; the Frenchman is very proud of France and everything French. The Germans and Italians think no less of their countries and many Indians imagine that India is in many ways the greatest country in the world. This is wrong. Everybody wants to think well of himself and his country. But really there is no person who has not got some good and bad qualities. In the same way there is no country which is not partly good and partly bad. We must take the good wherever we find it and try to remove the bad wherever it may be. We of course, most concerned with our country, India. Unhappily, it is in bad way today. Most of our people are poor and unhappy. They have no joy in their lives. We have to find out how we can make them happier. We have to see what is good in our ways and customs and try to keep it, and whatever is bad we have to throw away. If we find anything good in other countries, we should certainly take it.
a) What should we do to make our people happier?
Answer: We are of course, most concerned with our country, India. Unhappily, it is in a bad way today. We have to find out how we can make them happier. We have to see what is good in our ways and customs and try to keep it and whatever is bad, we have to throw away. If we find anything good in other countries, we should certainly take it.
b) What do people think about themselves and other in every country?
Answer: Everybody wants to think well of himself and his country. But really there is no person who has not got some good and bad qualities. In the same there is no country which is not partly good and partly bad. We must take the good wherever we find it and try to remove the bad wherever it may be.
X) Sum up the conversation between the poet and the Mother India in your own words
Answer: The poem was written by V.K.Gokak in the form of a dialogue between Mother India and the poet. In this poem, the poet wants to sing about our Himalayas, three seas, rock-cut temples, freedom struggle, dams and lakes, steel mills and ship-building yards and the atomic age.
As Indians, we can rightly be proud of our country's natural beauty, its rich cultural heritage, its ancient wisdom, its glorious freedom struggle and its Industrial progress.
But Mother India reminds the poet about India's problems like beggary, diseases, filth and dirt, wrinkled faces, children born in bleak, dark home, and the strikes.
As the poet said our Mother India has to write the book of our destiny, cancelling all our sorrow. Tomorrow should be clear dawn. Our nightmares should fly away and we have to welcome the bright future.
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