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SECTION-A (OBJECTIVE TYPE)
Question No. 1 to 60 have four options, out of which only one is correct. You have to mark, your selected option, on the OMR -Sheet. You have to attempt only 50 questions.
Instruction : Q. No. 1 to 36 are based on prescribed texts.
1. Martha’s stories were listened to by the children with
(A) tension
(B) joy
(C) ease
(D) attention
2. Who has written the poem, “The Empty Heart’?
(A) Durga Prasad Panda
(B) Periasamy Thooran
(C) Puran Singh
(D) Vidyapati
3. The porter is out of
(A) courage
(B) breath
(C) money
(D) energy
4. The poet in ‘Ode on Solitude’ wants to live
(A) seen
(B) unseen
(C) remembered
(D) praised
5. An Indian film should steer clear of
(A) ambiguity
(B) inconsistencies
(C) controversies
(D) music
6. Who switched on the heater for Gillu?
(A) The servant
(B) The house manager
(C) The gardener
(D) The author
7. Rapid movement gives you a superficial sense of
(A) drama
(B) music
(C) security
(D) hope
8. According to Jim, who uses electric appliances the most ?
(A) Women
(B) Men
(C) Young girls
(D) Old men
9. Allergens are of …….. types.
(A) two
(B) three
(C) four
(D) five
10. Jabra was Halku’s
(A) dog
(B) cat
(C) horse
(D) cow
11. “Her voice and her narrow chin” is from the poem.
(A) The sleeping Porter
(B) The Empty Heart
(C) Martha
(D) Koel
12. According to the bet, the lawyer had to remain in the cell for …… years.
(A) twenty
(B) ten
(C) twelve
(D) fifteen
13. Who received the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Aung San Suu Kyi?
(A) Her husband
(B) Her son
(C) Her brother
(D) Her sister
14. The old woman’s house is situated outside of
(A) camp
(B) town
(C) city
(D) village
15. When akoulya saw …….. on her frock, she was angry.
(A) stains
(B) flowers
(C) drawings
(D) fruits
16. Health and virtue can be found in the people of
(A) villages
(B) metropolitan cities
(C) towns
(D) big colonies
17. Aung San Sau Kyi fought for ……… of the human spirit.
(A) participation
(B) suppression
(C) emancipation
(D) separation
18. Gillu was buried under the ……….. plant.
(A) Sonjuhi
(B) Tulsi
(C) Dahlia
(D) Rose
19. The two girls, Malasha and Akoulya had gone to the …….. to pray.
(A) Temple
(B) Mosque
(C) Church
(D) Gurudwara
20. R.C. Hutchinson wrote that he watched a play in
(A) Chicago
(B) Dublin
(C) Netherlands
(D) New York
21. Radha’s friends are ……. about Radha.
(A) angry
(B) happy
(C) worried
(D) weeping
22. The polythene bag makes a ………. noise.
(A) musical
(B) humming
(C) singing
(D) squeaky
23. Who has written the poem “The Sleeping Porter’?
(A) Vidyapati
(B) Puran Singh
(C) Alexander Pope
(D) Laxmi Prasad Devkota
24. The ……… of the koel has been charred by the fire of love.
(A) legs
(B) beak
(C) wings
(D) eyes
25. In the town, the nightingale is :
(A) happy
(B) scared
(C) mute
(D) sad
26. Indian culture is amazing because of its
(A) myth
(B) logic
(C) vitality
(D) courage
27. There was ……. to look after Sun and Moon.
(A) nobody
(B) everybody
(C) someone
(D) one
28. According to Martin Luther King, Jr., humanity cannot be bound to ……. and war.
(A) dictatorship
(B) racism
(C) torture
(D) atuocracy
29. When Gillu was happy, he made a sound of
(A) cluck-cluck
(B) chik-chik
(C) kaw-kaw
(D) kai-kai
30. The author finds himself in a hopeless situation when he goes to watch the
(A) cinema
(B) theatre
(C) dance programme
(D) singing competition
31. According to Jim, nobody wants to do anything about
(A) plants
(B) security
(C) ecology
(D) none of these
32. The colour of Gillu’s eyes was
(A) red
(B) green
(C) blue
(D) black
33. Akoulya’s mother struck
(A) Malasha
(B) Malasha’s mother
(C) Akoulya
(D) Akoulya’s aunt
34. “Nobody’s willing to do anyting about ecology” is said by
(A) Jim
(B) Jack
(C) Michael
(D) Jill
35. Binapani Mohanty is a well known ……… short story writer.
(A) Bengali
(B) Assamese
(C) Oriya
(D) Marathi
36. Mr. Gessler was a
(A) Shoemaker
(B) carpenter
(C) painter
(D) teacher
Direction (37-40) : Choose the indirect speech of the given sentences :
37. He said, “Where is my car?”
(A) He asked where was his car
(B) He asked where his car was
(C) He told where my car is
(D) He enquired where my car was
38. Sunita said to me, “Thank you.”
(A) Sunita thanked me
(B) Thanking me was Sunita
(C) Sunita was thanking me
(D) Sunita will thank me
39. My father said to me, “Go home.”
(A) My father pleaded going home to me
(B) My father said to go home to me
(C) My father told me to home going
(D) My father ordered me to go gome.
40. Asha said, “I never eat fish.”
(A) Asha says that she never eats fish
(B) Asha said that she never ate fish
(C) Asha said that fish never ate by her
(D) Asha told that fish she never ate
Direction (41-44) : Choose the correct option of the following :
41. Passive voice of “Mr. Sinha teaches us Physics” is
(A) We are taught Physics by Mr. Sinha
(B) We teach Physics by Mr. Sinha
(C) We have been taught Physics by Mr. Sinha
(D) We has been taught Physics by Mr. Sinha
42. Active voice of “Is Bhojpuri spoken by her?” is
(A) Do she speak Bhojpuri?
(B) Does she speak Bhojpuri ?
(C) He she spoken Bhojpuri?
(D) Have she speak Bhojpuri?
43. Active voice of “Your shoes should be taken off’ is
(A) Taken your shoes off
(B) Take your shoes off
(C) Had you taken your shoes off?
(D) Taking your shoes off
44. Passive voice of “I helped the old woman’ is
(A) The old woman helping by me
(B) The old woman was being helped by me
(C) The old woman was helped by me
(D) The old woman has been helped by me
45. Maya is suffering …….. fever.
(A) from
(B) in
(C) at
(D) of
46. She is known ………. me.
(A) to
(B) at
(C) on
(D) with
47. Sheela lives …… her parents.
(A) by
(B) with
(C) on
(D) at
48. The room in full …….. people.
(A) at
(B) by
(C) of
(D) for
Direction (49-52) : Choose the correct spelling.
49. (A) Jealous
(B) Jeelous
(C) Jialous
(D) Jaelous
50. (A) Turist
(B) Toerist
(C) Tourist
(D) Toorist
51. (A) Quarrel
(B) Querral
(C) Querrel
(D) Quirral
52. (A) Faiery
(B) Fiery
(C) Feiry
(D) Feeiary
Direction (53-56) : Choose the most suitable translation.
53. वह बाजार गया है।
(A) He has gone to market
(B) He will go to the market
(C) He went to market
(D) He is going to market
54. तुमसे यह किसने कहा?
(A) Who tell you this?
(B) Who said this to you?
(C) Who this said to you
(D) Who tells this to you?
55. तुमने गलती की है।
(A) You have made mistake
(B) You made a mistake
(C) You have make is mistake
(D) You have made a mistake
56. तस्वीर दीवार पर है।
(A) The picture is on the wall
(B) On the wall is picture
(C) Picture is in the wall
(D) Wall is on the picutre
Director (57-60) : Choose the correct form of verb.
57. He ….. a ghost last night.
(A) see
(B) saw
(C) has seen
(D) seeing
58. Keep quiet, we are …….. to the Prime Minister’s speech.
(A) listened
(B) listen
(C) had listened
(D) listening
59. The portrait was …….. on the wall.
(A) hung
(B) hanged
(C) will hanging
(D) be hanging
60. Ritesh ……. tomorrow.
(A) came
(B) will come
(C) comes
(D) coming
SECTION-B (Descriptive Test)
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :
We must take proper care of our hair. Healthy hair looks beautiful. It is important to keep our hair clean by washing is regularly with shampoo. this removes the dirt and dust and prevents scalp infections. For healthy hair, we must eat a balanced diet with lots of green vegetables, fresh fruits and cereals. It we follow a healthy regime of yoga, we can enjoy helathy hair as it slows down the process of graying and agening.
(i) Why is it important to keep our hair clean?
(ii) How can we get healthy hair?
(iii) How does yoga help in having healthy hair?
(iv) What causes scalp infections?
OR,
Animals can be grouped under four categories depend-ing on their food habits. Animals that eat plants are called herbivorous like cows, sheep and giraffes. Carnivorous animals are those who eat flesh of other animals like tigers and lions. Some birds who eat flesh are called scavengers like the eagles and vultures. Animals that eat both plants and flesh are called omnivorous like the bears.
Questions :
(i) Who are carnivorous animals?
(ii) Name the scavengers.
(iii) What do herbivorous animals eat?
(iv) In how many groups can be animals be divided depend-ing on their food habits?
2. The sun, eight planets, satellites and some other celestial bodies form the solar system. The sun is the centre of the solar system. The sun is the ultimate source of heat and light for the solar system. There are eight planets in our solar system -Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mercury is the nearest planet to the sun.
(i) What from the solar system?
(ii) What does the sun provide us with?
(iii) How many planets are there in the solar system?
(iv) Name the nearest planet to the sun.
OR,
Coconutis the most important nut in the world. Not only it is one of the biggest of all nuts, but almost all parts of the tree are useful to the man. It is an elegant palm tree growing up to a height of a hundred feet. The flesh of the green coconut in used as a vegetable. The milk inside the young nut is used as a drink. Rope matting and brooms are made from the outside layer which protects the nuts.
(i) What is the height of an average coconut tree ?
(ii) Which part of the coconut is used as a vegetable?
(iii) What is made from the outside layer of the coconut?
(iv) Make sentence with Coconut, Vegetable.
3. Read the poem carefully and answer the questions that follow :
A very hungry mouse who said,
I’ll do just what I please!”
Snuck into a house on night
And stole a chunk of cheese
He scampered down the passageway
And thinking that was that,
Was very unprepared to see
The shadow of a cat.
(i) What did the hungry mouse say?
(ii) What did he steal?
(iii) What was he not prepared to see ?
OR,
Sometimes I feel all then inside
Insufficient, small,
I feel when people look at me
They don’t see me at all.
I feel that all my beauty’s lost
On cold, indifferent eyes
And offereing what I want to give
Would only be unwise
But then a friend will greet me
And my inner life will bloom
It only takes but one kine word
To sweep away the gloom!
(i) What does indifferent mean?
(ii) What is this poem about?
(iii) What does the poet feel sometimes ?
4. Answer any five of the following questions :
(a) Who was the chief character in the play ‘Hutchinson Watched”?
(b) What is a squirrel’s life span?
(c) Why are the young visitors reprimanded in ‘Once Upon a Time’?
(d) What does the Indian cinema need today?
(e) What are the characteristic features of Indian culture?
(f) How can allergy be treated ?
(g) What does the poet say about the porter?
(h) Why did the poet pray to the wish-yielding tree?
(i) When does a polythene bag make a noise?
(j) Why are Radha’s friends worried in “Thinner than a Crescent?
5. Write a paragraph on any one of the following in about 60-70 words :
(i) A Village Fair
(ii) Hostel Life
(iii) Television
(iv) A Prize Distribution Ceremoney
(v) Terrorism.
Direction (6-11) : Answer any three from Q. No. 6 to 11. (3 × 5 = 15)
6. You are Suresh, Secretary of the Cultural Club of your school. Write a notice in about 50-60 words informing the students about a cultural event going to be organized in your school.
7. Write a report in about 60-70 words about the Prime Minister visit to Patna.
8. You are Rita studying in a school at Motihari. Writes an application to your Headmaster requesting him to arrange a football match between your school and another school of the town.
9. You are Vishal. Write a letter to your mother describing her about your visit to Pawapuri.
10. You are Naina. Write a speech in about 60-70 words to be delivered on ‘Independence Day’.
11. You are Mohini. Write a message in about 30-40 words to your friend Rachna, asking her to be ready to go to a movie with you.
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