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SECTION-A (Objective Type Questions)
Question No. 1 to 100 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.
1. Which of the following is caused by Allergy?
(A) Fever
(B) Hunger
(C) Sleeplessness
(D) Fatigue
2. The lawyer read books with ……. themes in his first year of confinement.
(A) serious
(B) violent
(C) light
(D) sad
3. The narrator in ‘Love Defiled’ realised that he was ……… from within.
(A) handsome
(B) ugly
(C) charming
(D) attractive
4. What did the pitchers contain?
(A) Gold coins
(B) Silver coins
(C) Copper coins
(D) Lead coins
5. What happens when a polythene bag gets a little heated?
(A) It melts down
(B) It becomes solid
(C) It vaporizes
(D) It becomes slippery
6. What was in the yard in ‘Little Girls Wiser Than Men’?
(A) Cold water
(B) Hot water
(C) Dirty water
(D) Ice water
7. To which country does Aung San Suu Kyi belong?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) Myanmar
(C) Malaysia
(D) Indonesia
8. Who is the first black woman to receive a Nobel Prize in literature?
(A) Aung San Suu Kyi
(B) Toni Morrison
(C) Amrita Pritam
(D) Mahadevi Verma
9. When was Aung San Suu Kyi born?
(A) 19th June, 1945
(B) 21st July, 1944
(C) 8th November, 1948
(D) 25th September, 1946
10. Humayun Kabir was a
(A) doctor
(B) orator
(C) lawyer
(D) political thinker
11. Vidyapati is a ……… poet.
(A) Oriya
(B) English
(C) Maithili
(D) Bhojpuri
12. The porter ……. ‘over the rich kingdom of sleep’.
(A) reigns
(B) thinks
(C) cries
(D) whispers
13. The common characteristic of all cultures is
(A) adjustment
(B) civilization
(C) toleration
(D) unity
14. If the Indian film makers keep their …… open, they are sure to make good films.
(A) windows
(B) eyes
(C) mouths
(D) doors
15. Akoulya’s and Malasha’s mothers …….. with each other.
(A) sat
(B) laughed
(C) shopped
(D) quarrelled
16. Some ……. people visited the old woman in ‘Once Upon a Time’.
(A) young
(B) old
(C) gentle
(D) uncivilized
17. The corn-merchant was getting ……. by his nephew in ‘The Pace for Living’.
(A) beaten up
(B) scolded
(C) cheated
(D) praised
18. Mr. Johnson tells Jim that driving his motorbike causes ……. pollution.
(A) noise
(B) soil
(C) water
(D) air
19. What is the poet’s desire in ‘God Made The Country’?
(A) To enjoy luxury
(B) To enjoy life in the countryside
(C) To eat good food
(D) To wear good clothes
20. Hours, days and years slide away ……. for the happy man.
(A) hardly
(B) quickly
(C) softly
(D) tensely
21. Halku heard some noises coming from the
(A) house
(B) terrace
(C) groves
(D) fields
22. The high-pitched strains of the Koel wakes in the poet’s soul a thousand
(A) dreams
(B) desires
(C) memories
(D) regrets
23. Who was Mr. Gessler?
(A) A goldsmith
(B) A carpenter
(C) A shoemaker
(D) A farmer
24. Martha’s stories were about ……. and fairies.
(A) gnomes
(B) children
(C) ghosts
(D) adults
25. Katherine Mansfield followed in the footsteps of
(A) Leo Tolstoy
(B) T.S. Eliot
(C) Anton Chekov
(D) Jane Austen
26. ‘Two Horizons’ written by Binapati Mohanty has been translated into English by
(A) Mahadevi verma
(B) Nissin Ezekiel
(C) Jayanta Mahapatra
(D) Shiv K. Kumar
27. ‘It was so typical of her-writtey to the hilt, understanding to a fault’ – is from
(A) January Night
(B) Love Defiled
(C) Quality
(D) Two Horizons
28. ‘What I say is, give up this tenant farming’ – Why does Munni say this?
(A) Because they were poor
(B) Because they were lazy
(C) Because the master would threaten and insult them
(D) Because they were farmers
29. The author in ‘Quality’ wanted Mr. Gessler to make him a pair of ………… leather boots.
(A) Chinese
(B) Japanese
(C) Russian
(D) Indian
30. Why was there no one to look after Sun and Moon?
(A) All were travelling
(B) All were busy making preparations for a party
(C) All were sleeping
(D) All were eating
31. The Koel is desperately looking for his
(A) beloved
(B) food
(C) friends
(D) rain
32. ‘The demon Desire now made him mad’ is from
(A) The Empty Heart
(B) Koel
(C) Thinner Than a Crescent
(D) Martha
33. When Martha told her stories, the children started at her with
(A) joy
(B) ease
(C) tension
(D) attention
34. The porter is the proud conqueror of
(A) mountain
(B) cliff
(C) sleep
(D) nature
35. The poem “The Empty Heart” highlights man’s insatiable
(A) food
(B) hunger
(C) greed
(D) nature
36. “I am restless. Where is my Beloved?” is from
(A) Koel
(B) Martha
(C) Thinner Than a Crescent
(D) Ode on Solitude
37. “Eager and anxiously he shamelessly took …..” What did the man take?
(A) Gold coins
(B) Fancy clothes
(C) Beautiful gems
(D) Property
38. Vidyapati was born in
(A) Bhagalpur
(B) Motihari
(C) Darbhanga
(D) Madhubani
39. Halku wanted to save himself and his pet dog Jabra from the biting
(A) cold
(B) fire
(C) hunger
(D) fog
40. Allergy causes a violent ……. against normally harmless substances in our environment.
(A) anger
(B) roughness
(C) action
(D) reaction
41. The banker in ‘The Bet’ had given a party ……. years back.
(A) 10
(B) 12
(C) 15
(D) 20
42. The author knew Mr. Gessler from his ……. days.
(A) youth
(B) old
(C) childhood
(D) worse
43. The author was sad that the squirrel would not …….. after being attacked by the crows.
(A) sleep
(B) eat
(C) live
(D) run
44. Gillu always wanted to catch Mahadevi Verma’s
(A) pen
(B) sari
(C) bed cover
(D) attention
45. Preaching about ecology is easy but it is difficult to abide by the rules of
(A) preservation
(B) water wastage
(C) population growth
(D) noise pollution
46. Gillu’s ……. astonished everybody who watched him.
(A) anger
(B) weakness
(C) jumps
(D) antics
47. The Indian Films imitate stories mostly from
(A) Tollywood
(B) Hollywood
(C) Bollywood
(D) Kolywood
48. Aung San Suu Kyi’s Nobel Prize was received by her son, because she was in
(A) home
(B) prison
(C) office
(D) hospital
49. The main character in the play which the author saw in ‘The Pace for Living’ was a/an ….. man.
(A) Elderly
(B) Handicapped
(C) Young
(D) Diabetic
50. Jim asked Mrs. Greene to save the old newspapers for the school
(A) office
(B) pickup
(C) children
(D) library
51. The author admits that quick travel does not give the traveller the real …… of travel.
(A) pains
(B) pleasure
(C) feel
(D) knowledge
52. Mr. Johnson was asked to use his car less in order to save the
(A) environment
(B) diesel
(C) weight
(D) petrol
53. What does the world ‘abode’ mean in ‘Gillu’?
(A) home
(B) garden
(C) foreign
(D) field
54. In which year was the first short film produced in India?
(A) 1907
(B) 1919
(C) 1925
(D) 1949
55. Jim asks Ms. Greene to save …….. so that they can be made into paper.
(A) leaves
(B) garbage
(C) newspapers
(D) fruit-skins
56. Who was the recipient of Mangala Prasad Prize?
(A) Mahadevi Verma
(B) Anita Desai
(C) Ashapurna Devi
(D) Nayantara Sahgal
57. “There only minds like yours can do no harm” is from
(A) Ode on Solitude
(B) The Sleeping Porter
(C) Koel
(D) God Made the Country
58. The man is content to get his food from his
(A) cattle
(B) parents
(C) fields
(D) relatives
59. ‘Her tears carved a river’ – whose tears is the poet referring to?
(A) Radha
(B) Radha’s friend
(C) Radha’s sister
(D) Radha’s mother
60. ……… causes pain.
(A) Furniture
(B) Utensils
(C) House
(D) Hurt
Direction (61-67) : Choose the correct form of verb.
61. We shall get wet if it …….. .
(A) rains
(B) raining
(C) rained
(D) will rains
62. The train usually ….. at 9 am.
(A) arrived
(B) will arrive
(C) arrives
(D) arriving
63. While the child played, the mother ……. the food.
(A) cooked
(B) cooking
(C) will cooking
(D) had cook
64. Will you mind …….. the door?
(A) close
(B) closing
(C) to close
(D) closed
65. Keep quiet, we are …….. to the radio.
(A) listen
(B) listened
(C) will listen
(D) listening
66. We have not ……. him for a year.
(A) saw
(B) seen
(C) see
(D) seeing
67. The news …….. alarming.
(A) is
(B) were
(C) are
(D) has
Direction (68-73) : Choose the correct option of the following :
68. Active voice of “You will be given a pen by me.” is
(A) I had given you a pen
(B) I have to give you a pen
(C) I shall have given a pen
(D) I shall give you a pen
69. Active voice of “By whom was this book given to you?” is
(A) Who gave you this book?
(B) Who given you this book?
(C) Who has given this book?
(D) Book was given by who?
70. Passive voice of “Tell him to feed the cow.” is
(A) Let him tell to feed the cow.
(B) Let him be told to feed the cow.
(C) Feed the cow tell him.
(D) The cow must be fed by him.
71. Active voice of “I was made to laugh.” is
(A) Laughing is me
(B) Me is laughed
(C) He made me laugh
(D) He should be laugh
72. Passive voice of ‘A reply must be sent.’ is
(A) You must send a reply
(B) You have sent a reply
(C) You can send reply
(D) Replying by you is must
73. Active voice of ‘Was a car bought by Suman?’ is
(A) Do Suman buy a car?
(B) Suman did buy a car?
(C) Did Suman buying a car?
(D) Did Suman buy a car?
Direction (74-80) : Choose the correctly spelt word :
74. (A) Impatient
(B) Empasent
(C) Impetent
(D) Impecent
75. (A) Apeal
(B) Apiel
(C) Appcal
(D) Apeil
76. (A) Recomend
(B) Recoumend
(C) Ricomind
(D) Recommend
77. (A) Stragal
(B) Struggle
(C) Strugle
(D) Striggle
78. (A) Faverite
(B) Fuverite
(C) Favourite
(D) Feverite
79. (A) Seige
(B) Siege
(C) Sege
(D) Saege
80. (A) Thiner
(B) Thinar
(C) Thinner
(D) Thener
Direction (81-86) : Choose the indirect speech of the given sentences :
81. They said to us, “Good evening.”
(A) They asked us to say good evening
(B) They wished us good evening
(C) They wanted to wish good evening
(D) They were asking to wish good evening
82. He said, “I am ill today.”
(A) He said that he was ill that day
(B) He says that he has been ill
(C) He is saying that he is ill today
(D) He will say that he was ill
83. Mr. Singh said, “She will dance.”
(A) Mr. Singh says that she will dance
(B) Mr. Singh is saying that she is dancing
(C) Mr. Singh will say that she is dancing
(D) Mr. Singh said that she would dance
84. “You are very intelligent, Mitu,” said Meera.
(A) Meera says to Mitu about her being intelligent
(B) Meera asked Mitu that she is intelligent
(C) Meera told Mitu that she was very intelligent
(D) Meera said that Mitu is really intelligent
85. She said, “I am going home.”
(A) She is saying that she goes home.
(B) She said that she was going home.
(C) She will say that she goes home.
(D) She says that she went home.
86. He said, “Where is my suitcase?”
(A) He asked where his suitcase was
(B) He asking where is my suitcase
(C) Asking he where is his suitcase
(D) He may ask about his suitcase
Direction (87-93) : Choose the most suitable translation.
87. बच्चे रोज शतरंज खेलते हैं।
(A) Children will be playing chess everyday
(B) Chess is being played everyday
(C) Children play chess everyday
(D) Everyday chess played by children
88. कृपया बैठ जाएँ।
(A) You are asked to sit down
(B) Sit down please
(C) Request you to sit down
(D) You should sit down
89. उसने मुझे भारत के बारे में कहानियाँ सुनाई।
(A) He told me stories about India
(B) He used to tell me stories about India
(C) Told stories about India by him
(D) He tell stories about India
90. आज पूरा विश्व कोविड 19 से प्रभावित है।
(A) The whole world has hit Covid 19 today
(B) Today the whole world is affected by Covid 19
(C) Today complete world is hit by Covid 19
(D) The world is entirely affected by Covid 19 today
91. वह सोमवार से बीमार है।
(A) He is ill till Monday
(B) He has been ill since Monday
(C) He is ill from Monday
(D) Ill is he since Moday
92. क्या तुम पत्र लिख रहे हो?
(A) Are you writing a letter?
(B) Letter you writing?
(C) Writing you letter?
(D) Letter is you writing?
93. जो वह कहता है, सही है।
(A) He says is right what
(B) What he saying was right
(C) What he says is right
(D) Which he said is right
Direction (94-100) : Choose the most suitable preposition.
94. The band will play ……. request.
(A) on
(B) by
(C) with
(D) for
95. Let us hope …….. the best.
(A) by
(B) at
(C) for
(D) of
96. We got …… difficulties.
(A) into
(B) at
(C) by
(D) with
97. What are you looking …… for?
(A) by
(B) in
(C) with
(D) at
98. He is interested ……. music.
(A) on
(B) by
(C) in
(D) at
99. Aim …… doing your work.
(A) at
(B) by
(C) with
(D) of
100. She was called ……. an interview.
(A) by
(B) at
(C) for
(D) of
SECTION-B (Descriptive Type Questions)
1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
Tea was first grown and used in China. It was first used as medicine, and then became a very popular drink. It is now largely grown in India and Ceylon. The habit of drinking tea has now spread all over the world. It is perhaps the most popular of drinks. People find it very refreshing after hard work. And it is practically harmless. That is the reason why it is very popular. It is taken in many ways. Usually some leaves are put in boiling water, which is then strained and taken with a little sugar and milk. Some boil the leaves in milk with sugar and even spices. Another way is to take it with sugar and lemon juice.
Questions :
(i) Where is tea now largely grown?
(ii) Why is it a popular drink?
(iii) What are some of the ways of taking tea?
(iv) Where is tea drunk today?
OR,
The horse is a very useful animal. It is found in almost every country. It feeds on grass or gram. It is used for riding long distances. It is used in the cities for carrying luggage by cart. An Arabian horse is world famous. It is used by the military to carry soldiers. It is also used in sports. Horse racing and polo are very popular sports in which horses play a part.
Questions :
(i) What does the horse feed on?
(ii) How is the horse used in cities?
(iii) Which horse is used in military?
(iv) Name two games where horses play a part.
2. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :
If you wish to be a writer, you must learn to develop your own point of view. All good writers make us see things in a different light. You may be writing about the same things as your classmate, but your presentation must reflect your personality and individu-ality. There are so many interesting subjects you can write about in different forms. There is a good market for short stories like humorous stories, domestic stories, adventure stories and mys-tery stories. Try to make your story interesting.
Questions :
(i) What do we have to do to become a writer?
(ii) How can you be different from your classmate in writing?
(iii) What do good writers do?
(iv) What are the different types of short stories?
OR,
We must do all we can to prevent conflicts and civil war. Most conflicts happen in poor countries, especially which are badly governed or where power and health are not distributed fairly be-tween tribal and religious groups. So the best way to check fight-ing is to make a political arrangement in which all groups have their representative. The need is to ensure human rights and economic development of all.
Questions :
(i) Where do conflicts mostly happen?
(ii) What should be done to check fighting?
(iii) What should be ensured for all?
(iv) Make sentences with ‘Representative’, ‘Economic’?
3. Read the poem carefully and answer the questions that follow :
Behold her, single in the field,
Yon solitary Highland Lass!
Reaping and singing by herself;
Stop here, or gently pass!
Alone she cuts and binding grain,
And sings a melancholy strain;
O listen! for the Vale profound
Is overflowing with the sound.
Questions :
(i) What did the poet see in the field?
(ii) What was she doing in the field?
(iii) What was the whole valley overflowing with?
OR,
My heart leaps when I behold
A rainbow in the sky;
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old
Or let me die!
The child is father of the Man.
Questions :
(i) How does the poet feel when he sees the rainbow in the sky?
(ii) What does the poet wish to happen when he grows up?
(iii) What does the last line of the poem suggest?
4. Answer any five of the following questions :
(a) Was Gillu in a miserable condition when the author found him? What did she do?
(b) How do modern appliances affect ecology?
(c) What is the most dominant influence on Indian films?
(d) What are the main features of Indian culture?
(e) Why is the nightingale mute and dumb in big cities?
(f) What does Radha’s friend believe in?
(g) Why was the Wish-Yielding Tree called unkind?
(h) Why were the Koel’s wings burnt?
(i) What are the lawyer’s views on capital punishment?
(j) Why does the daughter feel empty and weary all the time?
5. Write a paragraph on any one of the following in about 60-70 words :
(i) Covid 19 and its impact on Education
(ii) Health is Wealth
(iii) My Ideal Teacher
(iv) Honesty is the best policy
(v) A prize distribution ceremony.
Direction (6-11) : Answer any three from Q. Nos. 6 to 11.
6. You are Sangeeta, the treasurer of the Cultural Society. Write a notice in about 50-60 words, informing the members to clear their dues.
7. Write a report in about 60-70 words about your visit to the flood affected areas.
8. Write an application to your Principal asking for leave due to your illness.
9. Write a letter to your elder brother to send some notes on Chemistry for your upcoming examination.
10. You are Sunaina. Write a speech in about 60-70 words on ‘Need for Sanitation in Villages’.
11. You are Ritik. Write a message in about 30-40 words asking your friend to come to your house for a get-together party.
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