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MODEL TEST PAPERMODEL TEST PAPERMODEL TEST PAPERMODEL TEST PAPERMODEL TEST PAPER 3 (3 (3 (3 (3 (UNSOLUNSOLUNSOLUNSOLUNSOLVEDVEDVEDVEDVED)))))[For Summative Assessment-II(Term-II) to be held in March 2011 & onwards]

(Based on the latest CBSE Sample Paper released by CBSE, New Delhi in October, 2010.)

Time : 3 hrs. Max. Marks : 80

General Instructions :

The Question Paper is divided into four sections:

Section A: Reading 20 Marks

Section B: Writing 20 Marks

Section C: Grammar 20 Marks

Section D: Literature 20 Marks

All questions are compulsory.

You may attempt any section at a time.

All questions of that particular section must be attempted in the correct order.

SECTION A : READING (20 MARKS)

Q.1. Read the following poem carefully. [5]

Up before the dawn

each daychurning butter

Milling grain

while I lay lulled by rhythm

She marked each step

of her destiny, locked

within the halo of praise.

Did she ever sleep?

I have no memory of it.

Looking back

these ages of timerobust in my youth

I now wonder

what was milled

my mother

or the grain by Dwik Ramesh

Fill in the blanks in the summary that is provided. Write only one word in each

blank. [5]

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The poet looks back in time to his (a) __________ He is a robust (b) __________

now remembers the (c) __________ done by his mother. The poets mother used toget before (d) __________ she used to do lots of chores like churning (e)

__________ or (f) __________ grain. She never seemed to have (g) __________. The

poet no longer wondered what was (h) __________ he knew that it was his (i)

__________ not the __________ .

Q.2. Read the following passage and complete the sentences given below. [5]

When Rama, Sita and Lakshman were travelling through the forest during their 14

years exile, they once met some devotee. All sat under the shade of a tree.

O Lord, inquired a devotee, could you tell us the difference between good and bad?

Lord Rama smiled and said, The difference between good and bad is just like the

difference between a sandalwood tree and an axe.The devotee was baffled. O Lord, could you elaborate?

Like all good things, the sandalwood tree gives freely of its fragrance. And like

all bad things, the axe only knows how to cut and destroy. Even when the axe cuts

the sandalwood tree, the sandalwood gives freely of its fragrance making everyone

happy, explained Lord Rama.

Is that not unfair? queried the devotee.

It may appear unfair, said Lord Rama, but the chopped pieces of sandalwood

are rubbed to make a paste and this paste is applied on the forehead. The axe, blunt

after having cut the tree, is put into the fire till red-hot and beaten to make it sharp

again.

With rapt attention, Gurujis disciples heard how Lord Rama had differentiatedbetween good and bad.

We are often dissuaded from the good path because of the injury we sustain at

the hands of those who are bad, Guruji said. But as Lord Rama explained so

beautifully, the good never stop giving freely of their fragrant actions even though the

bad hurt them. But then good is always rewarded. And the bad are always punished.

(a) The devotees of Lord Rama and Sita wished to know the difference __________

(b) Lord Rama said that the difference between good and bad ______________

(c) Lord Rama praised the sandalwood tree because _______________________

(d) The axe was not considered good because _____________________________

(e) The moral of the story is ____________________________________________

Q.3. Read the following passage and write the correct choice choosing from the

options given. [5]

Finding a female mechanic is a rare feat, even more so in the male-dominated

environment of a truckers halt point such as the Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar

(SGTN), the largest trucking stop in Asia. Perhaps thats what makes this photo of

mechanic and owner of repair shop Shanti Devi an award-winning one. Taken by

19-year-old Manish Gupta, this was one of the six pictures chosen from the 1,700

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photos submitted for global photo contest of the World Association for Christian

Communication (WACC). The theme of this particular competition was PortrayingGender, and photographers were invited to submit photos portraying women or men

in ways that offer new perceptions about their roles and responsibilities.

Manish worked as a helper of a trucker and only learned to use a camera in 2008

when he joined the Centre for Human Progress (CHP), an organisation that works to

improve the lives of people susceptible to HIV infection such as truckers, and drug

users. It was CHP director Ash Pachaurls bright idea to involve a group of truckers

in a photo-documentation project. He says the project was just one small effort being

made to strengthen the response and the enabling environment for such communities.

Cameras were rented for them and they learned to take pictures that told a story. We

regularly reviewed progress and provided feedback. Besides the technical aspects,

they also learned how to take photos that would depict ideas they wanted to convey,explains Pachauri. Last year, the truckers photos were exhibited in a well-received

show entitled Expressions of Empowerment held at the India Habitat Centre.

(a) The largest truckers halt point Sanjay Gandhi Transport is situated in

(i) Bangladesh (ii) Asia

(iii) Africa (iv) Europe

(b) Why was Shanti Devis photo chosen for a contest?

(i) because it was very bright (ii) because it was very true

(iii) because Shanti Devi had readily agreed

(iv) because it portrayed a women in a different perception and role trade.

(c) CHP is committed to improve the lives of the people who are susceptible to

(i) fame (ii) HIV infection

(iii) publicity (iv) dengue

(d) The purpose of taking photographs was to enable the truckers to

(i) get confidence (ii) depict ideas they wanted to convey

(iii) make money (iv) be able to change their jobs

(e) A word in the passage which means prove is

(i) submitted (ii) susceptible

(iii) perception (iv) documentation

Q.4. Read the following passage and write the most appropriate option fromthe ones given. [5]

Children below three should be prevented from watching television as it poses a risk

of irreversibly damaging their health, leading British psychologist Dr Aric Sigman has

said.

There needs to be a recommended daily allowance for screen time as we have

with salt and fat, or we risk harming our children when at their most vulnerable, he

writes.

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Research suggests it is not what you watch, it is what age you start and how long

you watch that has a detrimental effect. In many ways Teletubbies, or any othereducational programme for children, could be as physiologically damaging as a violent

video game.

So, how does watching something on a screen whether TV, computer games or

surfing the internet have a negative impact? It is because we are instinctively

transfixed by television. It elicits the orienting response our sensitivity to movement

and sudden changes in vision or sound. Studies have shown that infants, when lying

on their backs on the floor, will crane their necks around 180 degrees to watch. Our

attraction to looking at anything bright and fast-moving is an evolutionary mechanism,

a survival instinct.

These images on screen trigger what psychologists call attentional inertia we

are dazzled and cannot take our eyes off the screen. The same behaviour is seen insome animals.

But it seems we pay the price for tapping into these primitive urges. Scientists

have observed effects ranging from the immediate release of hormones into the blood,

which can contribute to long-term health problems, to actual physical changes in the

brain and learning disorders.

Daily Mail

(a) Watching too much T.V. can be very harmful mainly due to

(i) health hazards (ii) the age at which one starts watching

(iii) sleeplessness (iv) the bright lights

(b) T.V has a negative impact on children because of

(i) its message (ii) loud sound(iii) the dresses the actors flaunt

(iv) sudden changes in vision and sound.

(c) It is an instinctive action of human beings to

(i) See T.V

(ii) look at anything that is bright and fast-moving

(iii) watch sudden changes in vision and sound.

(iv) become immobile when watching T.V.

(d) When we cannot take our eyes off the screen it is called

(i) teletubbies (ii) evolutionary mechanism

(iii) orienting response (iv) attention inertia

(e) A word in the passage which means harmful is(i) inertia (ii) trigger

(iii) primitive (iv) detrimental

SECTION B : WRITING SKILLS (20 MARKS)

Q.5. You are to receive at the railway station a cousin whom you have never

met before. Write to him a description of yourself, your physical appearance

and any striking feature so that he may have no problem in recognising

you. (80 words) [4]

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Q.6. You are Manav Vohra of XC, St. Johns, School. You have recently been

on a 4 - day trek to the nearby wildlife sanctuary with the local adventureclub. The adventure club organises treks and rock-climbing on a regular

basis. Write a short article based on your trek to be published in a

magazines/newspaper. (120 words) [8]

Details of activities organised by your club

Your experience of how you felt.

The benefits members can hope to get.

Q.7. The Municipal Corporation of your city has launched a unique plan for

garbage disposalgreen sack for biodegradable rubbish (like food scraps,

vegetable peels etc) and blue for non-biodegradable rubbish (like tin,

polythene bags) etc. Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper regarding

this scheme. You are Mohan / Mohana. [8]

Merits of this scheme

Demerits

Cleaner Environmentsome hope for furure.

SECTION C : GRAMMAR (20 MARKS)

Q.8. The following passage is a job advertisement to be published in a

newspaper, but it has not been edited. Write the incorrect word and the

correction in your answer sheet against the correct blank number after

reading the passage. [4]Some highly reputable travel agency (a)__________________________

had vacancies for guides. The work (b)___________________________

involve taking charge of tourists on (c)___________________________

conducted tours. Applicants should well (d)___________________________

educated with a working knowledge for at (e)___________________________

least two languages. He must also be able (f)___________________________

to get in well with all sorts of people. (g)___________________________

He should also be interact. (h)__________________________

Q.9. Use the sentences below to write notices for public places. The first onehas been done for you. [4]

(a) Dont feed the monkeys

VISITORS ARE REQUESTED

NOT TO FEED THE MONKEYS

(b) You cant take radios, dogs or bicycles into the park.

(c) Keep these seats for elderly or handicapped passengers.

(e) None should enter the colony and trespass, otherwise he will be punished.

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Q.10. Complete the headlines given below. Write the answers in your

answer-sheet. [4]

(a) FIRE DESTROYS FOREST IN KUMAON HILLS

Fire ____________ over 4 hectares of forestland is the Kumaon hills.

(b) HICKERS SUSPECTED OF CAUSING CONFLAGARATION

Authorities suspect that the conflagration ____________ by hikers.

(c) TWO DIE IN ROAD ACCIDENT ON GANDHI ROAD. CAR AND MOTOR-

BIKE CRASH.

Two people (c) ____________ in a serious accident on the park-road. The accident

occurred when a car (d) __________ a motor-bike.

Q.11. The following letter is written by your mother but some words have got

smudged. Fill in the blanks with one word in each blank. [4]

Dear Meera,

I have (a) ___________ in New York for a week now [(i) lived (ii) have been

living (iii) have lived (iv) lives] I (b) __________ [(i) was staying (ii) am staying (iii)

have been staying (iv) have stayed] in a new hotel in the centre of the city.

I (c) _____________ [(i) have (ii) have had (iii) am having (iv) was a very busy week

(d) __________ [(i) since (ii) till (iii) from (iv) when] I arrived. I (e) _______ [(i)

has (ii) have (iii) will have (iv) having] taken two interesting bus tours of the city.

On one of them we went past the homes of (f) ________ [(i) the (ii) a (iii) an (iv)

some] famous film stars. Tomorrow I am going to Disneyland. I have (g) ________

[(i) think (ii) thinking (iii) thinks (iv) thought] so much about it. I hope I have

(h) ________ [(i) were (ii) less (iii) of (iv) enough] money for the rest of our holiday.

Love,

Mother.

Q.12. Fill in the blanks choosing from the options provided. [4]

Ramesh (a) __________ [(i) give (ii) gave (iii) had given (iv) has given] his maiden

concert at the FICCI auditorium that evening. As he (b) __________ [(i) gets (ii) get

(iii) got (iv) getting] ready to leave the house, his mother (c) __________ [(i) calls

(ii) call (iii) calling (iv) called] him and he (d) __________ [(i) asked (ii) ask (iii)

asks (iv) asking] him if he (e) __________ [(i) can (ii) could (iii) would (iv) should]

offer his prayers to the Goddess of learning. Sunil (f) __________ (i) answer

(ii) answers (iii) answered (iv) answering] in the affirmative and reached for the keysof his two-wheeler. He (g) __________ [(i) practise (ii) had practiced (iii) has pracicted

(iv) practiced] well and looked forward to the concert as an opportunity to establish

his musical talent. He (h) __________ [(i) know (ii) known (iii) knew (iv) knows]

that he had to face every obstacle for his success.

SECTION D : LITERATURE (20 MARKS)

Q.13. (A) I was frightened. I picked a palm leaf and chased them. [3]

(a) The narrator was frightened because

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(i) grandfather was lost (ii) she was tired and hungry

(iii) she thought her grandmother was dead

(iv) she thought they would never reach Kruger Park

(b) Whom did she chase away?

(i) the animals (ii) the guards

(iii) other men in their group (iv) the flies

(c) What does the above stanza reflect about the grandmother?

(i) she was lazy (ii) she was not bothered

(iii) she was very tired and exhausted (iv) she was too old to notice

OR

Tortured by doubts and remorse, he sat down in the glow of the

charcoal sigri to wait.

(a) Identify the he in the above paragraph.

(i) Ali (ii) Laxmi Das

(iii) Postmaster (iv) Other staff

(b) Why is he feeling remorse?

(i) because he had been scolded (ii) because he had lost his promotion

(iii) because he had insulted and abused Ali (iv) he was not well

(c) What heightened his emotional torture?

(i) he was temperamental(ii) he had no news of his own ailing daughter

(iii) he hated Ali so hated to think of him

(iv) the staff was lazy so no work was done

(B) Read the following stanza and answer the question. [3]

But I cant sing in this weather

Come my dear, we II sing together

(a) Why can the nightingale not sing in that weather?

(b) Why did the frog insist that the nightingale should sing?

(c) What was the effect of the training?

Q.14. Answer any four of the following in 50-40 words. [8]

(a) Give an example of dramatic irony from the lesson The Letter?

(b) Who was the solitary loon in the poem The Frog and the Nightingale?

Why did he cry when the nightingale wept?

(c) Why is the mirror called four-cornered?

(d) The wedding guest listened to the mariners story like a three-year old why?

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(e) Why does Cassius shout, Liberty, freedom and enfranchisement after the

murder of Caesar?

Q.15. Discuss the effectiveness of the use of super natural in Julius Caesar.

What dramatic purpose does it serve. [6]

OR

Discuss the superhuman qualities that Grandmother possesses in the lesson,

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