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SECTION-A (Objective Type Questions)
Question No. 1 to 50 have four options, out of which only one is correct. You have to mark, your selected option, on the OMR -Sheet.
Instruction : Q. No. 1 to 30 are based on prescribed texts. Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
1. The author of ‘Me and the Ecology Bit’ used to meet people and create awarencess about :
(A) Importance of health
(B) Importance of money
(C) Importance of ecology
(D) Importance of play
2. In the poem ‘Ode On Solitude’ the poet draws a beautiful picture of –
(A) A Village
(B) a poor man
(C) a happy man
(D) a town
3. The garden that burns the heart of ‘Koel’ is-
(A) green
(B) thin
(C) dense
(D) thick
4. In the story ‘Once upon a Time’ the woman is the daughter of –
(A) Merchant
(B) Politician
(C) Slave
(D) A rich man
5. During the first year of imprisonment of the lawyer in ‘the Bet’ –
(A) suffered terribly
(B) enjoyed happily
(C) ate heavily
(D) listened to music
6. The name of Halku’s wife in ‘January Night’ was –
(A) Chunni
(B) Munni
(C) Tunni
(D) Banni
7. Satyajit Ray is the writer of –
(A) What is wrong with Indian Films
(B) What is wrong with Indian Festivals
(C) What is wrong with Indian Foods
(D) What is wrong with Indian Books
8. The author of the story “The pace for Living’ enjoyed going in a car at.
(A) Ninety miles an hour
(B) Eightly miles an hour
(C) Sixty miles an hour
(D) Seventy miles an hour
9. Substances causing a violent reaction to the human immune system are called –
(A) Allergy
(B) Allergents
(C) Allergens
(D) None of these
10. The writer of ‘the pace for Living’ belongs to the tribe
(A) Average thinkers
(B) Slow thinkers
(C) Fast thinkers
(D) Good thinkers
11. William Cowper has written the poem-
(A) God made the Men
(B) God made the Country.
(C) God made the Land
(D) God made everything
12. It’s …….. that specially distinguishes the culture of India as per ‘The Unity of Indian Culture’.
(A) Variety of religions
(B) Unity of people
(C) Unbroken continuity
(D) Cultural Variety
13. ‘The Sleeping Porter’ is challenging-
(A) the forest
(B) the mountain
(C) the river
(D) the footpath
14. ‘Polythene Bag’ makes ….. noise.
(A) squeaky
(B) chirpy
(C) harsh
(D) soft
15. Radha’s tears in the poem ‘thinner than a crescent’ has created –
(A) a pool
(B) a sea
(C) a river
(D) a lake
16. ‘Martha’s chin was-
(A) wide
(B) flat
(C) broad
(D) narrow
17. ‘Quality’ is a story written by –
(A) Anton Chekhov
(B) John Galsworthy
(C) Leo Tolstoy
(D) William Shakespeare
18. The daughter in the story ‘Two Horizons’ learnt everything from her mother except –
(A) secret of laughter
(B) importance of wealth
(C) mantra of loving pain
(D) hardship of loving life
19. As per essay ‘What is wrong with Indian Films’ the majority of our films are replete with –
(A) Very good message
(B) Visual dissonances
(C) Visual imbalances
(D) Very exciting scenes
20. Who has delivered the speech ‘the Unity of Indian Culture?
(A) Humayun Kabir
(B) Dr. Trinath Mishra
(C) Mahadevi Verma
(D) Leo Tolstoy
21. As per ‘Acceptance Speech’ the struggle taking place in Rangoon was for –
(A) emancipation of human spirit from political tyranny
(B) emancipation of political tyranny from human spirit.
(C) emancipation of human from politics
(D) emancipation of politics from human tyranny
22. ‘Toni Morrison’ received the Nobel Prize in the field of –
(A) Peace
(B) Science
(C) Literature
(D) Economics
23. ‘Gillu’ would inform by twittering –
(A) tick-tick
(B) tring-tring
(C) chik-chik
(D) cring-cring
24. Elderly people in the story ‘Little Girls Wiser than Men’, were ashamed because –
(A) Little girls were quarreling
(B) Little girls were dancing
(C) Little girls became friends
(D) Little girls became enemies again
25. ‘Humanity can no longer be tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war’, was said by –
(A) Martin Luther King Sr
(B) Matin Luther King Jr
(C) Aung San Sun kyi
(D) Perez de Cuellar
26. In the story ‘Little Girls wiser than Men’, the girls are named –
(A) Maria and Anne
(B) Malasha and Akoulya
(C) Mary and Maria
(D) Natasha and Jinny
27. The boy in the story ‘Love Defiled’ developed cold feet towards tying the knot with the girl due to –
(A) difference in their castes
(B) difference in their religions
(C) Parental opposition
(D) His dislike for her
28. When the author of ‘Me and Ecology Bit’ went to Mr. Williams, he was –
(A) burning fire
(B) buring straw
(C) burning forest
(D) burning leaves
29. ‘The Empty Heart’ has been composed by
(A) Periyasamy Thooran
(B) Keki. N. Daruwalla
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Mahadevi Verma
30. According to the story ‘Gillu’, squirrels have a life span of –
(A) one year
(B) two years
(C) three years
(D) four years
Direction (31-33) : Choose the correct option of the following :
31. His mother was comforting him.
(A) He is being comforted by his mother
(B) He was being comforted by his mother.
(C) He has been comforting by his mother
(D) He was being comforting by his mother.
32. He is reading a novel.
(A) A novel is read by him
(B) A novel is being read by him.
(C) A novel was being read by him.
(D) A novel is reading by him.
33. Shubham will clean the class
(A) The class will be cleaned by Shubham.
(B) The class will be clean by Shubham.
(C) The class will clean by Shubham.
(D) The class will be cleaning by Shubham.
Direction (34-36) : Choose the indirect speech of the given sentences :
34. The master said to his servant, “Close the door.”
(A) The master ordered his servant to close the door.
(B) The master advised his servant to close the door.
(C) The master said to his servant to close the door.
(D) The master inquired his servant to close the door.
35. The emperor said, “My wife is beautiful,”
(A) The emperor said that my wife is beautiful.
(B) The emperor said that his wife was beautiful.
(C) The emperor said that his wife is beautiful.
(D) The emperor said that my wife was beautfiul.
36. He said, ‘I am planning to migrate’.
(A) He said that he was planning to migrate.
(B) He said that I was planning to migrate.
(C) He said that I am planning to migrate.
(D) He said that he is planning to migrate.
Direction (37-39) : Choose the correct form of verb :
37. I ……. home before she arrived
(A) have left
(B) has left
(C) had left
(D) None of these
38. Bread and butter …….. my breakfast.
(A) are
(B) is
(C) were
(D) have
39. It ……. hot tomorrow.
(A) is
(B) will be
(C) has been
(D) is being
Direction (40-42) : Choose the most suitable preposition :
40. He died ……. cancer.
(A) from
(B) by
(C) of
(D) for
41. Three persons were witness ……. that event.
(A) to
(B) for
(C) of
(D) with
42. Look ……. the child.
(A) in
(B) on
(C) after
(D) with
Direction (43-45) : Choose the correct spelling :
43. (A) astonished
(B) astonised
(C) astfonished
(D) astonissed
44. (A) exeption
(B) exception
(C) exepson
(D) excepson
45.(A) Circumstances
(B) Circumsstance
(C) Circumstances
(D) Circumstancis
Direction (46-50) : Choose the most suitable translation :
46. तुम इस काम को चार बजे तक खत्म कर चुके होगे।
(A) You will have finished this work by 4 o’ clock.
(B) You will finish the work by 4 o’ clock.
(C) You will be finishing this work till 4 o’ clock.
(D) You will be finsihed this work until 4 o’ clock.
47. बहुत से पढ़े लिखे लोग देख रहे थे ?
(A) Many persons are educating.
(B) Many educated persons were watching.
(C) Many persons were watching educated.
(D) Many educated persons are watching.
48. मैं फुटबॉल से क्रिकेट को अधिक पसंद करता हूँ।
(A) I prefer cricket to football.
(B) I like more cricket than more football.
(C) I enjoy cricket than football.
(D) I play circket more than football.
49. मेरा वाहन चालक चार दिनों से बीमार है।
(A) My driver has been ill for the last four days.
(B) My driver is ill for last four days.
(C) My driver is suffering ill for four days.
(D) My driver is seriously ill for four days.
50. मजुमदार साहब सबसे वरिष्ठ अधिकारी हैं।
(A) Majumdar Sahib is the biggest officer.
(B) Majumdar Sahib is the most senior officer.
(C) Mujumdar Sahib is the senior most officer
(D) Majumdar Sahib is oldest officer.
SECTION-B (Descriptive Questions)
1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is improtable that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child. A child finds pleasure in playing in the rain or in the snow. His first visit to seaside is a marvelous adventure. But a child has his pains; he is not free to do what he wished to; he is continually being told not to do things or being punished. His life. therefore, is not perfectly happy.
(i) How is childhood?
(ii) What is the benefit of having good parents?
(iii) What are the rewards of childhood?
(iv) Why is the life of a child not perfectly happy ?
OR,
When most of us think of forests, we think of trees. True, trees are the most prominent from of life in a forest. But there is much more to a forest than the eye can see. Each forest is a growing, changing community made up of different plants and animals that interact with each other in a variety of ways. Associated with trees are thousands of other kinds of plant-shrubs, Vines, leaves, herbs and ferns. These use trees for support, for shade and for moisture to grow.
Questions :
(i) Which is the most prominent from of the life in a forest ?
(ii) What is a forest made up of?
(iii) Who all are associated with trees and for what ?
(iv) Make sentences with : Community, Forest.
2. Direction :- Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow in your own words :
Without water no creature can survive. In desert regions the greatest threat to life is drying up. But many creatures are able to make use of the little water that exists in arid areas. One of nature’s masterpieces among creatures equipped to cope with desert life is the hardy Camel. Stories range to desert lands far and wide about feats of remarkale endurance of camels. It is said that Camels can cover a distance of about 800 miles in eight days through continuous travel without taking a single drop of water. The popular belief the Camels store water in the humps is misleading in a way; water is indeed stored there but in the form of fat.
(i) What is the greatest threat to life in desert regions ?
(ii) Why is the Camel considered as a masterpiece in deserts ?
(iii) What type of stories range far and wide about Camels ?
(iv) Describe the reality about the storage of water by Camels.
OR,
One Saturday, Ramayana was offering prayers to the lord when the called his son and told him to get some plantains for a rupee. The boy readily ran out and purchased the plan-tains, but one the way back, he saw another boy with his mother. They were very hungry. The young boy felt sorry for the sufferers. He gave the bananas to the mother and her son and relieved them of their hunger. The two expressed their gratitude in many different ways. The young boy went home empty-handed and told the reason of not bringing the plan-tains. The father was very happy with his son.
Questions :
(i) What did the father tell his son to do?
(ii) What did the son see on his way back home?
(iii) What did the boy do?
(iv) Make sentences with ; Hungry, Gratitude.
3. Direction : Read the given poem carefully and answer the questions the follow in your own words.
What is a house ?
It’s brick and stone
and wood that’s hard.
Some window glass
and perhaps a yard.
It’s eaves and chimneys
and title floors
and stucco and roof
and lots of doors.
What is a home?
It’s loving and family
and doing for others.
It’s brothers and sisters
and fathers and mothers.
It’s unselfish acts
and kindly sharing
and showing your loved ones
you’re always caring.
(i) Describe a house in your own words.
(ii) Define a home as described in the poem.
(iii) What do you like a house or a home? Why?
OR,
Success is counted sweetests
By those who ne’er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.
Not one of the purple Host
Who look the Flag today
Can tell the definition
So clear of Victory.
As he defeated-dying.
On whose forbidder ear
The distant strains of triumph
Burst agonized and clear!
Questions :
(i) By whom is true value of success felt ?
(ii) Who cannot tell the definition of victory ?
(iii) Make sentences with ; Soldier, Success.
4. Direction : Answer any five of the following questions : 5 x 2 = 10
(a) How would ‘Gillu’ inform that he was hungry?
(b) What is the most important need of today’s Indian Cinema?
(c) Where does the old woman live in ‘Once Upon A Time?
(d) How does ‘Polythene Bag’ affect environment ?
(e) From whom do they get attire in ‘Ode On Solitude’?
(f) What did the man lose while trying to fill the half filled pitchers in The Empty Heart’?
(g) How did the author feel about Mr. Gessler as a shoemaker’?
(h) Comment on the feeling of the mother in ‘Two Horizons’ that she had after going through her daughter’s letter.
5. Write a paragraph on any one of the following topics in about 60-70 words :
(i) A Road Accident
(ii) Importance of Newspaper
(iii) The pen is mightier than the sword
(iv) The subject you like most
Direction (6-11) : Answer any three from Q. No. 6 to 11. 3×5=15
6. You are Ritesh, the Captain of your school. Write a notice informing the students about the “Teachers Day’ programme that is to be organized in your school.
7. You have come from an Educational Tour recently. Write a report in about 60-70 words about the same.
8. You are Dazy of +2 High School, Jamui. Write an application to the Principal requesting to allow you a writer for the ex-amination as you have fractured you hand.
9. You are Sunny from Residential High School, Danapur. Write a letter to your elder brother asking him for some important books that you need for the preparation of the Board Examination.
10. You are Pragyan. Write a speech in about 60-70 words to be delivered on the occasion of the ‘Republic Day’ 2019.
11. You are Satish. Write a short message in about 30-40 words to your uncle Ravish inviting him to attend a function at your home.
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