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Set - 11. Read the following paragraphs and answer the questions

that follow :A month later a letter came for Father. After he finished readingit, his eyes looked as if he had been crying. ‘‘Do you want toknow what became of your kite?’’ he said. Then he sat downbeside us and told us the whole story.Father had a brother and a sister. He had quarrelled with hisbrother and left home. Years afterward, he felt sorry and whenhe went back, he found his brother had died and he couldn’tfind his sister. The letter father had just received was from hissister, Aunt Esther, mother of Dick and Mimi. She was a widowwho lived hundreds of miles inland. One day when Dick andMimi were out in the woods, they discovered the kite on thetop of a tree and carried it home. When their mother saw thekite patched with the letter, she turned pale. It was the veryletter she had once written to her brother. Philippa was hermother’s name and Claude was her father’s. She knew who wemust be. So she sat down and wrote to Big Half Moon andFather received her letter.Next day, Father went and brought Aunt Esther and Dick andMimi with him. They have been here ever since. Aunt Esther isa dear and Dick and Mimi are too jolly for words.But the best of it all is that we have relations now!

A. Write the correct alternative to complete the followingsentences in the give spaces : 1×5=5

(i) Narrator’s father left home—[A] after he had finished his home work.[B] after he had seen his brother.[C] before his brother had entered into his home.D after he had fallen out with his brother.


(ii) A letter came for father—A a month later [B] two months later[C] three months later [D] fifteen days later

(iii) Dick and Mimi discovered the kite on the top of a—A tree [B] roof [C] tower [D] light past

(iv) Father went back home after—[A] days [B] weeks [C] months D years

(v) After returning home father found his brother had—A died [B] fainted[C] broken his legs [D] broken his hands

B. Complete the following sentences with information fromthe text : 1×3=3

(a) The name of Aunt Esther’s mother ______________________Ans. was Philipa.

(b) Aunt Esther was the mother of _________________________Ans. Dick and Mimi.

(c) Aunt Esther lived ____________________________________Ans. hundreds of miles inland.

C. (a) State whether the following statements are True or False.Write ‘T’ for ‘True’ and ‘F’ for ‘False’ statements. Providesentences/phrases/words in support of your answer :

2×2=4(i) A letter came for writer’s father two months later. F

S.S. : A month later a letter came for father.

(ii) The writer had an uncle and an aunt. TS.S. : Father had a brother and a sister.

OR(b) Fill in the chart with information from the text : 2×2=4

Statement ReasonDick and Mimi’s mothersaw the kite patched withthe letter.

Writer’s uncle left home.

Ans. Statement ReasonOne day when Dick andMimi were out in the words.

He had quarrelled with hisbrother.


2. Read the extract of the poem given below and answer thequestions that follow :I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,

And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sails’s shaking,

And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide

Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,

And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

A. Write the correct alternative to complete the followingsentences : 1×4=4

(i) On the sea voyages the poet desires to hear the cry of—[A] pigeon [B] crow [C] owl D sea-gulls

(ii) ‘‘.........and the blown spume’’.—the synonym of the word ‘spume’is—[A] bad smell [B] sweet smell C foam [D] flying water

(iii) On the sea voyages the poet liking tide—[A] high tide [B] low tide C running tide [D] sudden tide

(iv) The poet asks for a—[A] cloudy day [B] bright day C windy day [D] winter day

B. Answer the following questions : 2×2=4(i) What may not be denied by the poet?

Ans. The call of the running tide is a wild call and also a clear call. Itmay not be denied by the poet.

(ii) What do you meant by the ‘flung spray’?Ans. The meaning of the word ‘flung spray’ is thrown up a cloud of

flying water drops.


that follow :Gandhiji’s funeral was to take place the day after his death.Hours in advance, people lined the route the funeral processionwas to follow. Padmasi, Mrs Naidu’s daughter, spoke for us allwhen she said simply : we will walk. It is the last time we shallbe walking with Bapu.


It was an agonizing walk. Thousands silently watched theprocession. Bapu lay on an open truck covered with flowers.Thousands of people wept, trying to touch Bapu’s feet. It wasimpossible to move in the thick crowd.As I moved forward slowly I understood I was not merely in themidst of grieving people. This was even more than the funeralprocession of India’s beloved leader. I was among people forwhom walking with Bapu had a special meaning. We had walkedwith Bapu over the rough and smooth of India’s recent history.We could not now accept the fact that the man who had led usover many difficult paths, was never going to walk with us again.Bapu’s slight figure had walked, staff in hand, over a large partof India. To walk is to make slow progress. It is to think withclarity and closely look at all that is around you, from smallinsects to the horizon in the distance. Moreover, to walk wasoften the only way open to the average Indian. It required novehicle except his own body and cost him nothing but his energy.Gandhiji took this necessity, as he took much that wascommonplace and transformed it into a joyful effort.


(i) Bapu lay on—[A] an open roof of a bus [B] an open premisesC an open truck [D] an open green field.

(ii) Thousands of people were trying to touch—[A] Bapu’s head [B] Bapu’s handC Bapu’s feet [D] Bapu’s body

(iii) To walk is to make—[A] fast progress B slow progress[C] less progress [D] no progress

(iv) Thousands of people silently watched—[A] thick crowd [B] the beautiful natureC the procession [D] the waves of the river

(v) Bapu’s figure was—A slight [B] fat [C] not very slim[D] very fat


(a) Mrs. Naidu’s daughter Padmassi spoke simply on about Bapu’sdeath _____________________________________________

Ans. we will walk. It is the last time we shall be walking with Bapu.


(b) Bapuji’s dead body lay on ______________________________Ans. an open truck covered with flowers.

(c) The last time walking with Bapu was _____________________Ans. an agonizing walk.


2×2=4(i) To walk is to make quick progress. F

S.S. : To walk is to make slow progress.

(ii) Thousands of people watched the procession creating anoise. F

S.S. : Thousands silently watched the procession.OR

(b) Fill in the chart with information from the text : 2×2=4Statement Reason

Walking required no vehicleexcept his own body andcost him nothing but hisenergy.

It was an agonizing walk.

Ans. Statement ReasonTo walk was often the onlyway open to the averageIndian.

It is the last time we shallbe walking with Bapu.

2. Read the extract of the poem given below and answer thequestions that follow :Give but his horns the slightest touch,His self-collecting pow’r is such,He shrinks into his house with much

Displeasure.Where’er he dwells, he dwells alone,Except himself has chatells none,


Well satisfied to be his ownWhole treasure.


(i) Give but his horns—here ‘horns’ refer to—A a hard bony outgrowth [B] hard shell of the body[C] upper parts of the body [D] lower part of the body

(ii) The snail shrinks when someone touches its—[A] the body B the horns[C] the face [D] everywhere of its body

(iii) As the snail is own whole treasure, so he is—[A] happy [B] unhappy C satisfied [D] indifferent

(iv) The house of the snail is made of—[A] bricks [B] leaves[C] straw D the hard shell

B. Answer the following questions : 2×2=4(i) What is the collecting power of the snail?

Ans. When someone touches it slightly, it shrinks into his house withmuch displeasure.

(ii) What is the feeling of the snail when he becomes his ownwhole treasure.

Ans. The snail feels well satisfied to be his own whole treasure.


that follow :‘‘When the family sits down to tea, the cat puts in an appearanceto get his share. He purrs noisily and rubs himself against thelegs of the family members. If there is a guest at the table thecat is particularly civil to him, because the guest is likely to havethe best of what is offered. Sometimes, instead of giving himsomething to eat, the guest stoops down and strokes the cat,and says, ‘‘Poor pussy! Poor pussy!’’ The cat soon tires of that.He puts up his claw and quietly but firmly rakes the guest in theleg. ‘‘Ow!’’ says the guest, ‘‘The cat stuck his claws into me!’’The delighted family remarks, ‘‘Isn’t it sweet of him? Isn’t heintelligent? He wants you to give him something to eat.’’The guest dares not do what he would like to do—kick the cat


out of the window. So, with tears of rage and pain in his eyes,he affects to be very much amused, and sorts out a bit of fishfrom his plate and hands it down. The cat gingerly receives it,with a look in his eyes that says, ‘‘Another time, my friend, youwon’t be so slow to understand.’’ He purrs as he retires to asafe distance from the guest’s boot before eating his food.


(i) The cat wants from the guest’t plate—[A] meat B a bit of fish[C] a piece of chicken [D] a piece of bread

(ii) If there is a guest at the table the cat is particularly—[A] angry [B] obediant [C] civil to him [D] unhappy

(iii) The cat rubs himself against the—[A] wall [B] handsC legs [D] body of the family members

(iv) What the guest usually would like to do—[A] to throw the catB to kick the cat out of the window[C] to pick up the catintap [D] to take care the cat

(v) The cat takes a bit of fish—[A] angrily [B] peacefully [C] noisilyD carefully without making any noise


(a) ‘‘Poor Pussy! Poor Pussy!’’ is called by ______________________Ans. the guest.

(b) The cat keeps himself to a safe distance _____________________Ans. from guest’s boot.

(c) To save himself from the cat’s claws, the guest usually gives him_____________________________________________________

Ans. a bit of fish from his plate.


2×2=4(i) When the guest wants to give the cat a bit of fish, the cat

receives it without making any noise. T


S.S. : Sorts out a bit of fish from his plate and hands it down,the cat gingerly receives it.

(ii) Instead of giving the cat something to eat, the guest stoopsdown and bite the cat. F

S.S. : The guest stoops down and strokes the cat.OR


The cat puts in anappearance to get his share

The cat struck his clawsinto the guest.

Ans. Statement ReasonWhen the family sits downto tea.

‘Owl’ says the guest.

2. Read the extract of the poem given below and answer thequestions that follow :‘‘The mountain and the Squirrel

Had a quarrel :And the former called the latter ‘Little Prig’.

Bun replied,‘You are doubtless very big;But all sorts of things and weather

Must be taken in together,To make up a year

And a sphere.And I think it no disgrace

To occupy my place.If I’m not so large as you,You are not so small as I,

And not half so spry.I’ll not deny you make

A very pretty squirrel track;Talents differ; all is well and wisely put;

If I cannot carry forests on my back,Neither can you crack a nut.’



(i) ‘Bun replied’—here ‘bun’ refers to—[A] the mountain [B] the forestC the squirrel [D] the river

(ii) The mountain cannot crack—[A] stone [B] nut [C] iron [D] brick

(iii) A very pretty squirrel track is made by—[A] the squirrel B the mountain[C] weather [D] rat

(iv) And not half so spry—here ‘spry’ means—[A] pretty [B] ugly [C] talent C lively

B. Answer the following questions : 2×2=4(i) What will not be denied by the squirrel?

Ans. The mountain will make a very pretty squirrel track that will notbe denied by the squirrel.

(ii) What can the mountain not do, that the squirrel can do?Ans. The mountain can not crack a nut but the squirrel can do it.


that follow :Lying in bed, Swami realized with a shudder that it wasMonday morning. It looked as though only a moment ago itwas Friday. Already Monday was here. He hoped he didn’thave to go to school.At nine o’ clock, Swaminathan wailed, ‘‘I have a headache.’’Mother generously suggested that Swami might stay at home.At 9.30, when he ought to have been in the school prayerhall, Swami was lying on the bench in Mother’s room.Father asked him, ‘‘Have you no school today?’’‘‘Headache,’’ Swami replied.‘‘Nonsense! Dress up and go.’’‘‘Headache!’’‘‘Loaf about less on Sundays and you will be without aheadache on Monday.’’Swami knew how strict his father could be. So he changed histactics. ‘‘I can’t go so late to the class.’’



(i) Swami understood by fear that it was––[A] Tuesday morning C Monday morning[C] Monday evening [D] Friday morning

(ii) Swami was lying in mother’s room—[A] on the floor [B] on the mat[C] on the bench D in bed

(iii) Swami cried aloud when it was at—[A] 9-30 am B 9 o’ clock [C] 8-30 pm [D] ten o’ clock

(iv) Swami’s father was—[A] careful [B] hopeful C strict [D] generous

(v) ‘‘Nonsense! Dress up and go’’—this remark was made by—[A] Swami’s classmate [B] Swami’s mother[C] Swami’s brother D Swami’s father


(a) Swami’s mother lovingly proposed ______________________Ans. that Swami might stay at home.

(b) Swami wished ______________________________________Ans. he did not have to go to school.

(c) Swami understood with ______________________________Ans. a shudder that it was Monday morning.


2×2=4(i) Swami was lying on the floor in the mother’s room. F

S.S. : Swami was lying on the bench in the mother’s room.

(ii) At five O’clock, Swaminathan cried about, ‘‘I have aheadache.’’ T

S.S. : At nine O’clock, Swaminathan cried, ‘‘I have a headache.’’OR



Swaminathan changed histactics.

‘‘I have a headache.’’

Ans. Statement ReasonSwami knew how stricthis father could be.

Already Monday was here.

2. Read the extract of the poem given below and answer thequestions that follow :‘‘Once I crept in an oakwood—I was looking for a stag.I met an old woman there—all knobby stick and rag.She said : ‘I have your secret here inside my little bag.’

Then she began to cackle and I began to quake.She opened up her little bag and I came twice awake—Surrounded by a staring tribe and me tied to a stake.


(i) The old lady had the secret of the—A the poet [B] the stag [C] the animals [D] the trees

(ii) The poet met an old lady in the—[A] field [B] School [C] Premises D oakwood

(iii) The meaning of the word ‘stag’ is—[A] male deer [B] female deer [C] colt [D] kid

(iv) The old woman had a—[A] cane stick B stick with knots[C] stick [D] umbrella

B. Answer the following questions : 2×2=4(i) What was the poet searching for and where?

Ans. The poet was searching for a stag in an oakwood.(ii) When did the poet came twice awake?

Ans. When the old lady opened up her little bag, the poet cametwice awake.



that follow :I was having tea at home on the evening of 30th January, 1948,when I was called to Birla house by an urgent telephone. Gandhijihad been shot on his way to a prayer meeting. I was numb withshock as I got into the car.At the Birla House, Gandiji’s relatives and followers had gatheredround his body. There was silence in the room as Gandhijibreathed his last. Words of Bapuji’s death had spread throughDelhi like a flame fanned by wind. Sad groups of men and womenhad collected around Birla House. Out of every window onecould see a brown blur of faces. They did not make a sound.There was an unnatural silence. It was as if time stood still forthose few minutes.The people were too stunned to speak in the beginning. Laterthey clamoured wildly, shouting and crying. They jostled oneanother in a stampede to break into the house. They calmed alittle when it was announced that they would be allowed to seeGandhiji before the funeral.


(i) Gandhiji’s death was known to the poet by—[A] a letter [B] a telegramC an urgent telephone call [D] telecast

(ii) Gandhiji’s relatives and followers had gathered round—A his body [B] his burial [C] his house [D] his garden

(iii) Gandhiji was shot on his way to—[A] a political meeting [B] a public gathering[C] the Birla house D a prayer meeting

(iv) Around Birla House, there was—[A] a silence [B] a noiseC an unnatural silence [D] a peace

(v) The writer got into the carbing—C numb with shock [B] paralysed[C] hopeful [D] delightful



(a) By an urgent telephone __________________________________Ans. the author was called to Birla House.

(b) The news of Bapuji’s death had spread through Delhi like _______Ans. a flame fanned by wind.

(c) There was and unnatural silence as it _______________________Ans. if time stood still for those few minutes.


2×2=4(i) The writer was paralysed with shock as she got into the

car. TS.S. : I was numb with shock as I got into the car.

(ii) There was a natural silence around the Birla House. FS.S. : There was an unnatural silence.


Statement ReasonGandhiji breathed his last.

They jostled on another ina stampede.

Ans. Statement ReasonThere was silence in theroom.

To break into the house.

2. Read the extract of the poem given below and answer thequestions that follow :‘‘I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.



(i) The poet likes to go to—[A] the sky B sea-voyage [C] adventure [D] village

(ii) The dawn at the sea will be appeared as grey—A due to mist [B] due to smoke[C] due to dust [D] due to sunlight

(iii) The tall ship will be steered by—A a star [B] captain [C] a sailor [D] the sun

(iv) The poet wants for a ship that is—[A] small B tall [C] big [D] oval

(v) ......a star to steer her by—Here ‘steer’ means—[A] to drive a bus [B] to drive a carC to direct the movement of a ship[D] to drive a train

B. Answer the following questions : 2×2=4(i) How do you know that the poet is not going to the sea for the

first time?Ans. The poet is not going to the sea for the first time as he says that

he must go down to the seas again.

(ii) In what time of the day does the poet express his desire to godown to the seas?

Ans. The poet expresses his desire to go down to the seas when theday is breaking.


that follow :Some days after the funeral, a special train took Gandhiji’s ashesto Allahabad. The compartment was decked with flowers. Peopleon the train sang bhajans. People did not weep anymore forthey could feel Gandhiji’s presence amid the flowers and thesongs. At every station sorrowful crowds filled the platform.Amid song and prayer the train reached Allahabad. The asheswere immersed in the Ganges where a huge crowd had gatheredat the bank. Afterwards we all went back to Delhi.Back in Delhi, I felt at sea. I had not directly walked with Gandhiji,gone to prison at his call or made any sacrifice for my country.My sisters and I, and other young people like me, had been


merely onlookers. But still felt at sea. I felt I had grown upwithin a magic circle. With Bapu’s passing away, I felt the magiccircle had vanished, leaving me unprotected.With an effort I roused myself. I asked myself—had Bapu livedand died for nothing? How could I so easily lose courage whenhe was no longer there? My values were not so weak. Millionsof people would have been ordinary folk but for Bapu. Hebrought them out of indifference and awakened them to oneanother’s suffering. What if now Bapu is gone? We were stillthere, young, strong and proud to bear his banner before us.


(i) The ashes were immersed in the—[A] Bramhaputra [B] SindhuC Ganges [D] Damodar

(ii) With the song and the Prayer the train reached—[A] Kolkata B Allahabad [C] Patna [D] Delhi

(iii) The compartment was decorated with—[A] Indian Flags [B] CurtainsC Flowers [D] Pictures

(iv) People on the train song—[A] Rabindra Sangeet [B] Classical songC Bhajans [D] Nazrul Sangeet

(v) I had not walked directly with—[A] Netaji B Gandhiji [C] Surya Sen [D] Khudiram


(a) The platform of every station was filled by __________________Ans. sorrowful crowds.

(b) The author felt he had grown up within ____________________Ans. a magic circle.

(c) Gandhiji’s ashes were taken to Allahabad by _________________Ans. a special train.


2×2=4(i) At each station mornful crowds filled the platform. T


S.S. : At every station sorrowful crowds filled the platform.(ii) Gandhiji’s ashes were phenged in the Ganges. T

S.S. : The ashes were immersed in the Ganges.OR


People could feel Bapu’spresence in the middle offlowers and songs.

The compartment of thespecial train was decoratedwith flowers.

Ans. Statement ReasonPeople did not weep anymorefor they could feel Gandiji’spresence.

A special train tookGandhiji’s ashes toAlahabad.

2. Read the extract of the poem given below and answer thequestions that follow :‘‘To grass, or leff, or fruit, or wallThe snail sticks close, nor fears to fallAs if he grew there, house and all,

Together.Within that house secure he hidesWhen danger imminent betidesOf storm, or other harm besides

Of weather.Give but his horns the slightest touch,His self-collecting pow’r is such,He shrinks into his house with much

Displeasure.Where’er he dwells, he dwells alone,Except himself has chatells none,Well satisfied to be his own

Whole treasure.



(i) The snail sticks to grass—[A] loosely [B] restlessly C closely [D] helplessly

(ii) The snail hides in his house—C securely [B] uncertainly [C] restlessly [D] joyfully

(iii) The snail shrinks into his house with—[A] less pleasure [B] angrily[C] peacefully C displeasure

(iv) The snail lives in his house—[A] lonely [B] with a friendC only himself [D] without any friend

B. Answer the following questions : 2×2=4(i) When does the snail hide in his house with secure?

Ans. The snail hides in house with secure at the period of imminentdanger i.e. storm or other harm besides of weather.

(ii) What does the snail do when it touches slightest on its horns?Ans. The snail shrinks into his house with much displeasure when it

touchess lightest on its horns.


that follow :Swami hoped that with this his father would be made to seewhy he must avoid school for the day. But Father’s behaviourtook an upexpected turn. He proposed to send a letter withSwami to the headmaster. No amount of protest from Swamiwould make him change his mind.By the time Swami was ready to leave for school, Father hadcomposed a long letter to the headmaster. He put it in anenvelope and sealed it.‘‘What have you written, Father?’’ Swami asked apprehensively.‘‘Nothing for you. Give it to your headmaster and go to yourclass.’’‘‘Have you written anything about our teacher Samuel?’’‘‘Yes. Plenty of things.’’‘‘What has he done, Father?’’‘‘Everything is there in the letter. Give it to your headmaster.’’Swami went to school feeling that he was the worst boy onearth. His conscience bothered him. He wasn’t at all sure if his


description of Samuel had been accurate. He felt he had mixedup the real and the imagined.Swami stopped on the roadside to make up his mind aboutSamuel. Samuel was not such a bad man after all. Personally hewas much more friendly than the other teachers. Swami alsofelt Samuel had a special regard for him.Swami’s head was dizzy with confusion. He could not decide ifSamuel really deserved the allegations made against him in theletter. The more he thought of Samuel, the more Swami grievedfor him. To recall Samuel’s dark face, his thin moustache,unshaven cheek and yellow coat filled Swaminathan with sorrow.


(i) Swami’s father wrote a letter to—[A] the teacher B the headmaster[C] the post master [D] the bank manager

(ii) Swami’s father put the letter in—[A] a box [B] a pocket C an envelope [D] a Suit-case

(iii) Swami went to school thinking that he was—[A] the bad boy on earth [B] the worse boy on earth[C] the happiest boy on earth D the worst boy on earth.

(iv) Swaminathan stood on the roadside—[A] for his classmate[B] for his brotherC to make up his mind about Samuel[D] to cross the road.

(v) Samuel’s coat was—[A] black B yellow [C] white [D] brown


(a) Swaminathan was not fully certain _________________________Ans. If his description of Samuel had been accurate.

(b) As a person Samuel was ________________________________Ans. Much more friendly than the other teachers.

(c) Swami’s heart was filled with sorrow _______________________Ans. To recall Samuel’s dark face, his thin moustache, unshaven cheek

and yellow coat.



2×2=4(i) Swami’s father had written a short letter to the

headmaster. FS.S. : Father had composed a long letter to the headmaster.

(ii) Swami’s head was giddy with confusion. TS.S. : Swam’s head was dizzy with confusion.


Statement ReasonSwami stopped on theroadside.

Swami felt that he wasthe worst boy on earth.

Ans. Statement ReasonTo make up his mindabout Samuel.

Samuel had a special regardfor him.

2. Read the extract of the poem given below and answer thequestions that follow :They said : ‘We are the oak-trees and your own true family.We are chopped down, we are torn up, you do not blink an eye.Unless you make a promise now—now you are going to die.’‘Whenever you see an oak-tree felled, swear now you will plant two.Unless you swear the black oak bark will wrinkle over youAnd root you among the oaks where you were born but never grew.’This was my dream beneath the boughs, the dream that altered me.When I came out of the oakwood, back to human company,My walk was the walk of a human child, but my heart was a tree.


(i) Whenever an oak tree is knocked down, the poet will plant thenumber of trees is—[A] one [B] three C two [D] four


(ii) If the poet failed to make the promise, the poet would—[A] live B die [C] be angry [D] anxious

(iii) The colour of the bark of the oak tree is—[A] white [B] red C black [D] green

(iv) After coming out of the oakwood, the poet’s heart was like a/an—[A] oldman [B] goat [C] child D tree

B. Answer the following questions : 2×2=4(i) If the poet failed to make the Promise, what would happen to

him?Ans. If the poet failed to take an oath, the poet would die and the

black oak bark would wrinkle over the poet.

(ii) What was it which altered the poet?Ans. The dream that the poet dreamt beneath the boughs, changed

the poet by bringing his heart close to the oak trees.


that follow :As he entered the school gate, an idea occurred to him. Hewould deliver the letter to the headmaster at the end of theday. There was a chance Samuel might do something during thecourse of the day to justify the letter.Swami stood at the entrance to his class. Samuel was teachingarithmetic. He looked at Swami. Swami hoped Samuel wouldscold him severely.‘‘You are half an hour late,’’ Samuel said.‘‘I have a headache, sir.’’ Swami said.‘‘Then why did you come at all?’’This was an unexpected question from Samuel.Swami said, ‘‘My father said I shouldn’t miss school, sir.’’Samuel looked impressed. ‘‘Your father is quite right. We wantmore parents like him.’’‘‘Oh, you poor man!’’ Swami thought, ‘‘You don’t know whatmy father has done to you.’’‘‘All right, go to your seat.’’Swami sat down, feeling sad. He had never met anyone as goodas Samuel.


The teacher was inspecting the home lessons. To Swami’sthinking, this was the time when Samuel got most angry. Buttoday Samuel appeared very gentle.‘‘Swaminathan, where is your homework?’’‘‘I have not done my homework, sir.’’ Swami said.‘‘Why—headache?’’ asked Samuel.‘‘Yes, sir.’’‘‘All right, sit down,’’ Samuel said.When the bell rang for the last period at 4.30, Swami picked uphis books and ran to the headmaster’s room. He found theroom locked. The peon told him the headmaster had gone on aweek’s leave. Swaminathan ran away from the place.As soon as he entered home with the letter, Father said, ‘‘Iknew you wouldn’t deliver it.’’‘‘But the headmaster is on leave’’, Swami said.Father snatched the letter away from Swami and tore it up.‘‘Don’t ever come to me for help if Samuel scolds you again.You deserve your Samuel,’’ he said.


(i) Swami wanted to deliver the letter to—[A] the peon B the headmaster[C] the class teacher [D] his father

(ii) Samuel was teaching—[A] Bengali [B] English [C] History D Arithmetic

(iii) When Swami was entering his school, he halted—[A] at the school premises [B] at the tea stall[C] at the book stall [D] at the school gate

(iv) Swami was hopeful that Samuel would—[A] thank him B scold him[C] bite him [D] encourage him

(v) Swami said that he had a—[A] toothache [B] bodyache C headache [D] throatache


(a) Samuel was teaching _________________________________Ans. arithmetic.


(b) Swami’s thinking, this was the time ____________________Ans. when Samuel got most angry.

(c) Father snatched the latter away from ____________________Ans. Swami and tore it up.


2×2=4(i) Swami thought that he would deliver the letter to the

Headmaster at the end of the night. FS.S. : He would deliver the letter to the headmaster at the end

of the day.

(ii) Samuel was teaching geomatry. FS.S. : Samual was teaching arithmetic.


Statement ReasonSwami told Samuel thathis father said he shouldnot miss school.

Swami could not deliver theletter to the Head Master.

Ans. Statement ReasonWhy did you come at all?

He found the room locked.

2. Read the extract of the poem given below and answer thequestions that follow :‘‘I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.’’


(i) The Poet wants to hear a story of—A gay [B] sad [C] horrible [D] painful


(ii) The poet asks for a story from—[A] a farmer [B] a story tellerC a sad fellow-rover [D] an old woman

(iii) The poet wants to spend the life of a gypsy which is—[A] busy [B] bright C vagrant [D] smooth

(iv) The wind has been compared to a—[A] blunt knife [B] wood cutter C whetted knife [D] spare

B. Answer the following questions : 2×2=4(i) What does the poet ask for after the long trick?

Ans. The poet wants to quiet sleep and a sweet dream when thelong tricks over.

(ii) What type of life does the poet ask for?Ans. The poet asks for the vagrant life of a gypsy.


that follow :‘‘It is always lovely on the Big Half Moon in summer. When it isfine, the harbour is blue and calm, with little wind and ripples.Every summer, we had some hobby. The last summer beforeDick and Mimi came, we were crazy about kits. A boy on themainland showed Claude how to make them, Back on the islandwe made plenty of kites. Claude would to around to the otherside of the island and we would play shipwrecked marinerssignalling to each other with kites.We had a kite that was big and covered with lovely red paper.We pasted gold tinsel stars all over it and had written our namesfull on it—Claude Leets and Philippa Leete, Big half Moonlighthouse.One day there was a grand wind for kite-flying. I’m not surehow it happened, but as I was bringing the kite from the house,I tripped and fell over the rocks. My elbow went clear throughthe kite, making a big hole.We had to hurry to fix the kite if we wanted to send it up beforethe wind fell. We rushed into the lighthouse to get some paper.We knew there was no more red paper. We took the first thingthat came handy—an old letter lying on the bookcase in thesitting room. We patched the kite up with the letter, a sheet oneach side and dried it by the fire. We started out, and and up


went the kite like a bird. The wind was glorious and it soared.All at once—snap! And there was Claude, standing with a bit ofcord in his hand, looking foolish. Our kite had sailed away overto the mainland.


(i) One day there was a—[A] little wind [B] stormC grandwind [D] heavy storm

(ii) The kite was—[A] small [B] neither big nor small[C] so tiny [D] big

(iii) The Big Half moon is always lovely in—[A] Winter [B] Spring C Summer [D] Autumn

(iv) The author was bringing the kite from—A house [B] shop[C] market [D] roof of the house

(v) The kite was covered with lovely—[A] brown paper [B] black paperC red paper [D] blue paper


(a) The torn kite was repaired with ___________________________Ans. an old letter.

(b) I stumbled and ________________________________________Ans. fell over the rocks.

(c) We ran quickly into the light house to get ___________________Ans. some paper.


2×2=4(i) It is never ugly on the Big Half Moon in Summer. T

S.S. : It is always lovely on the Big Half Moon is summer.

(ii) The writer’s big kite was covered with ugly yellow paper.F

S.S. : We had a kite that was big and covered with lovely redpapper.



Statement ReasonThe writer’s elbow wentthrough the kite.

The writer and her play-mates rushed into thelighthouse.

Ans. Statement ReasonMaking a big hole.

To get some paper.

2. Read the extract of the poem given below and answer thequestions that follow :This was my dream beneath the boughs, the dream that altered me.When I came out of the oakwood, back to human company,My walk was the walk of a human child, but my heart was a tree.


(i) When the poet came out of the oakwood, his heart was that ofa—[A] stag [B] human child [C] old man D tree

(ii) The dream of the poet had—[A] made the poet happy [B] made the poet unhappyC changed him [D] moderestless

(iii) The poet dreamt—[A] in a house [B] under a tree[C] in a cottage D beneath the boughs

(iv) After coming out of the oakwood, the poet’s walk was the walkof a/an—[A] young man B human child [C] old man [D] boy

B. Answer the following questions : 2×2=4(i) What was the changing of the poet when he came out of the

oakwood?Ans. At that time, the poet returned to human company. The walk of

the poet was the walk of a human child and his heart was thatof a tree.

(ii) What did the poet felt in his dream?Ans. The feeling of the poet was that he dreamt beneath the boughs

and the dream changed him also.


Section-B

Reading Comprehension [Unseen]Set - 1

1. Read the following passage and answer the questions below :Background [edit]The construction for the 2.2 kilometre (1.4 mi) Vivekanandaflyover was constructed in 2008 and the work began in 2009.IVRCL, a construction firm based in Hyderabad, won the bid forthe project. The company was given an 18 month deadline byChief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee to completethe flyover by February 2016 and allocated a budget of nearly165 crore (US$25 million) but only about 60 percent of thework was completed. As of March 2015, IVRCL had a debt of4055 crore (US$600 million) and reported losses of 672 crore(US$100 million). In December 2015, a consortium of banksthat had lent to the company took over and the company hadbeen banned from doing business in Uttar Pradesh and severalothers states.On 30 March 2016, one day before the collapse, concrete waslaid on the bridge and hours before the collapse, constructionworkers had heard the cracking noise of nuts in the cantilever.

Incident [edit]At 12:40 pm IST on 31 March 2016, a 150 m (490 ft) span ofsteel of the bridge collapsed, trapping many pedestrians andvehicles underneath. The incident took place at the busyRabindra Sarani— K K Tagore road crossing. 27 people werekilled and at least 80 others were injured. More than 90 peoplehad been pulled from the rubble, but as of 1 April, over 100people were still unaccounted for. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) volunteers worked in Kolkata flyover collapse reliefoperations with police, NDRF and other security personnel andthe photographs of it have gone viral on various social mediaplatforms.

Aftermath [edit]On 1 April 2016, the construction company IVRCL was charged


with murder, under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. Thepolice detained five IVRCL officials in Kolkata and two inHyderabad and sealed off IVRCL’s local office in Kolkata. Thefirm called the collapse an ‘‘accident’’, while one IVRCL officialdescribed it as an ‘‘act of god’’. The shares of the company fell11.7% the day after the disaster. Sixty-two families living inbuildings near the accident site were asked to vacate temporarilyfor the safe removal of collapsed debris. In a letter sent to BSE,IVRCL claimed that the design of the flyover was done by areputed consulting firm of Kolkata.Reaction [edit]The Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, rushed tooversee the post-crash relief and rescue operation, and made astatement blaming the previous left-wing government for thedisaster. The previous state government, headed by the CPI(M),alleged that the portion of the bridge that collapsed was builtduring the current Government’s tenure. Minister of State forUrban Development, Babul Supriyo remarked that theconstruction work of the flyover was carried on in an unscientificmanner and ‘‘the state administration did not take any lessoneven after the collapse of Ultadanga flyover three years ago.’’The legal advisor to IVRCL, Sheela Peddinti said, ‘‘The glass wasshattered. It could have been a blast.’’ The vice-president of theIndian National Congress, Rahul Gandhi visited the injured andthe site of accident. He refused to make any political statements.Later, he incidentally raised the issue at rallies and accused theruling party, Trinamool Congress of negligence.’’

[An extract from the Times of India]


(i) The construction for the Vivekananda flyover was constractedin—[A] 2009 B 2008 [C] 2010 [D] 2016

(ii) The construction work for the flyover was started in—[A] 2010 B 2009 [C] 2008 [D] 2015

(iii) The incident took place—[A] at 11:40 am on 30th March 2016[B] at 12:30 pm on 31 March 2016C at 12:40 pm on 31 March 2016[D] at 10:40 am on 31 March 2016


(iv) The Chief Minister of W.B., Mamata Banerjee gave thecompany—[A] 12 month deadline [B] 13 month deadline[C] 16 month deadlineD 18 month deadline to complete the flyover

(v) The Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee allocated a budget ofnearly—[A] 60 crore B 165 crore [C] 186 crore [D] 672 crore

(vi) This fatal incident took place at the—[A] busy Shyambazar road crossing[B] Rabindra Sarabar road crossingC busy Rabindra Sarani—K K Tagore road crossing[D] Jatin Das Park road crossing.

B. Each of the following sentences is either ‘True’ or ‘False’.Write ‘T’ for ‘True’ and ‘F’ for ‘False’ in the right hand side.Also pick out suitable line from the text in support of youranswer : (1+1)×3=6

(i) Hours before the collapse, the pedestrians had heard the crackingnoise of nuts in the cantilever. F

S.S. : Hours before the collapse, construction workers had heard thecracking noise of nuts in the cantilever.

(ii) RSS came forward for relief operations. TS.S. : Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh volunteers worked in Kolkata

flyover collapse relief operations with police.

(iii) The collapse was called a natural disaster by the firm. FS.S. :

C. Answer the following questions : 2×4=8(i) What was happend one day before and hours before the

collapse of the flyover?Ans. On 30 March 2016, one day before the collapse the concrete

was laid on the bridge and hours before the collapse,construction workers had heard the cracking noise of nuts inthe cantilever.

(ii) What was happend on the 1st April 2016?Ans. On 1 April, 2016 the construction company IVRCL was charged

with murder, under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code.(iii) What was written in a letter sent to BSE?

Ans. In a letter sent to BSE, IVRCL claimed that the design of theflyover was done by a reputed consulting firm of Kolkata.


(iv) What was stated by Babul Supriyo on the account of thecollapse of flyover?

Ans. Babul Supriyo remarked that the construction work of the flyoverwas carried on in an unscientific manner and the stateadministration did not take any lesson even after the collapseUltadanga flyover three years ago.

Set - 21. Read the following passage and answer the questions that

follow :Six persons including a child were killed and over 70 woundedin Manipur in an earthquake at 4.35 this morning, which tremorswere felt in Calcutta as well as Dhaka.Five persons were killed in Bangladesh. Two persons died inMurshidabad in Bengal and one in Bihar, taking the total toll inIndia and across the border to 14.The quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale, had its epicentreat Noney in Tamenglong district, 40 km from Imphal.The worst impact was felt in the twine districts of Imphal, Eastand West, where five of the deaths occurred and many buildings,including government offices, either collapsed or developedcracks. The six death was reported from sadar Hills of Senapatidistrict.When the termor struck, the market complexes of Imphal cityhad already opened and some buyers had turned up. ‘‘I wasbargaining over a kilo of cabbage when I felt the tremor. I satdown and saw people running here and there in panic. It wasreally scary,’’ said Mr. Ratan Singh, an early buyer.Imphal city police, Sudhir Kumar Singh, said he was standingunder the Bir Tikendrajit flyover near the vegetable vendorswhen he first felt the tremor. ‘‘I tried to calm the terror strickenvendors and shoppers. However there was complete chaos atthat time.’’ the officer said.People had a tough time regulating the traffic with many peopleturning up to see the cracked market building later in the day.The damage was muchless because of the depth, about 40kmbelow the earth’s surface, at which there could be said to be afault dislocation because of stress. Had it occurred at a depth of18-20km, such a high intensity quake would have resulted inmore damage.


The government announced the closure of all educationalinstitutions in Manipur for a week, beginning today, to ensurestudent’s safety. Government offices, barring emergency services,have also been shut down for two days from tomorrow in casethese are more aftersocks.A 65 member National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teamhas arrived in the state. One of the teams, along with a team ofGeological Survey of India, will visit Noney tomorrow to surveythe area. (adopted from the Telegraph, dated 5th Jan, 16)


(i) The quake, measuring on the Richter scale—[A] 5.4 B 6.8 [C] 9.5 [D] 7.8

(ii) The epicentre of this earth quake was—[A] at Nanur B at Noney [C] at Patiyala [D] at Munger

(iii) When the tremor struck Imphal, the market had already—A open [B] close [C] lonely [D] crowded

(iv) Sudhir Kumar Singh was—A a police inspector [B] civic police[C] guard [D] shopkeeper

(v) In Manipur an earthquake strucks at—[A] 5.35am [B] 4.40am C 4.35am [D] 6pm

(vi) The government announced the closure of all educationalinstitutions in Manipur for—[A] one month [B] fifteen daysC a week [D] two months


(i) The worst effect was felt in the thrice districts of Imphal. FS.S. : The worst impact was felt in the twine district of Imphal.

(ii) Mr. Ratan Singh was early visitor. FS.S. : Mr. Ratan Singh, an early buyer.

(iii) The epicentre was at Nanur in Tamenglong district, 40 km fromImphal. F

S.S. : The quake had its epicentre at Noney in Tamenglong district40 km from Imphal.


C. Answer the following questions : 2×4=8(i) How many people were killed in Bangladesh, Murshidabad and

in Bihar?Ans. Five persons were killed in Bangladesh, two died in Murshidabad

and one in Bihar.(ii) Describe the worst effect in Imphal.

Ans. The worst impact was felt in the twin districts of Imphal, Eastand West, where five of the deaths occurred and many buildings,including government offices either collapsed or developedcracks.

(iii) What was the situation of market when the tremor struck?Ans. When the tremor struck, the market complexes of Imphal city

had already opened and some buyers had turned up.(iv) Give an account of the experience of the earthquake according

to Mr. Ratan Singh?Ans. Mr. Ratan Singh said, ‘‘I was bargaining over a kilo of cabbage

when I felt the tremor. I sat down and saw people running hereand there in panic. It was really scary.’’

Set - 31. Read the following passage and answer the questions that

follow :Ahmedabad : A Buddha tourist circuit in Gujarat was among thehigh points of the meeting between Chinese President XI Jinpingand Prime Minister Narendra Modi here in September 2014.But recent constructions around the 4th century Buddhist cavein Khambalida, in Jetpur taluka of Rajkot, are an eyesore forheritage conservationists.The facade of the ancient Buddhist cave has been hidden behinda fibreglass shield. Inside the floor has been plastered with freshlylaid stone tiles. These are the interventions of the Gujaratarcheology department, which seems to have got the basics ofconservation wrong.The reason offered for constructing the grotesque canopy isconstant see page from cracks during monsoon, which wasdissolving the facade of the limestone cave. However,conservationists say there were better ways of protecting themonument which has braved the vagaries of nature for over1,600 years—than covering it with artificial material.


Ajanta caves had faced a similar problem and were reinforcedwith compatible material. Khambhalida has three caves.The entrance of the central cave, ‘Chaitya’ is flanked by twolarge sculptures of Avalokiteshvara Padmaponi andAvalokiteshvara Vajrapani—both forms of Buddha. These arethe only depictions of Avalokiteshvara in a Gujarat cave. Thecave features prominently in a book Buddha circuit brought outby the government in 2010.The former director of Gujarat state archeology department, Y SRawat, said, ‘‘There was no other way. This was a limestonecave which was fragile. The fibreglass on top prevents limestonefrom dissolving due to seepage. The complex is also sinking as awhole due to weakening and had to be supported by pillars.’’

[An extract from the Times of India, 24th Sep. 2015]


(i) The meeting between XI Jinping and Narendra Modi was held in—[A] October 2016 B September 2014[C] 5th September 2014 [D] 20th September 2014

(ii) The former director of Gujarat state archaeology department is—[A] R K Narayan [B] S Bhenkat SwamiC Y S Rawat [D] Narendra Modi

(iii) The facade of the ancient Buddhist cave has been hidden behind a—[A] glass shield [B] metal shield[C] plastic shield D fibreglass shield

(iv) The place of the meeting between Chinese President XI Jinpingwith Narendra Modi was—[A] Bombay [B] Canada [C] Ahmedabad [D] New Delhi

(v) Ajanta caves had faced a—[A] minor problem [B] great problemC similar problem [D] critical problem

(vi) Khambhalida has—[A] two caves [B] four caves [C] three caves [D] six caves


(i) The W. B. Government brought out the cave features prominentlyin a book Buddha circuit. F


S.S. : The cave features prominently in a book Buddha circuit broughtout by the government.

(ii) Recent constructions around the 4th century are a coldsore forheritage conservationists. F

S.S. : But recent constructions around the 4th century Buddhist cavein Khambalida, in Jetpur taluka of Rajkot, are an eyesore forheritage conservationists.

(iii) The floor of the Buddhist cave has been plastered with freshly-laid cement tiles. F

S.S. : Inside the floor has been plastered with freshly-laid stone tiles.

C. Answer the following questions : 2×4=8(i) How is the enbrance of the central cave ‘Chaitya’ flanked by?

Ans. The entrance of the central cave, ‘Chaitya’ is flanked by twolarge sculptures of Avalokiteshvara Padmapani andAvalokiteshvara vajrapani—both forms of Buddha.

(ii) What are the two forms of Buddha mentioned in the text?Ans. Avalokiteshvara Padmapani and Avalokiteshvara Vajrapani both

are the two forms of Buddha.(iii) What is the reason offered for constructing the grotesque

canopy?Ans. The reason offered for constructing the grotesque canopy is

constant see page from cracks during monsoon, which wasdissolving the facade of the limestone cave.

(iv) Which are the interventions of the Gujarat archaeologydepartment?

Ans. The facade of the ancient Buddhist cave has been hidden behinda fibreglass shield. Inside, the floor has been plastered withfreshlylaid stone tiles. These are the interventions of the Gujaratarchaeology department.

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Section-C

Grammar and Vocaublary

Set - 1A. Choose the correct forms of verbs to fill in the blanks :

1×3=3(i) Thousands of people wept, (tried/were trying/will try/

trying) to touch Bapu’s feet.(ii) He (purred/is purring/purrs/purr) as he retires to a

safe distance from the guest’s boot before eating his food.(iii) We (will live/live/lived/lives) on the Big Half Moon

island.

B. Fill in the blanks with appropriate article and prepositions :1×3=3

I must go down (of/for/to/into) the seas again. (for/of/on/to) the call of (a/an/the).

C. Do as directed : 1×6=6(i) When their mother saw the kite patched with the letter, she

turned pale. (Split up the sentence)Ans. (a) Their mother saw the kite.

(b) The kite was patched with the letter.(c) She turned pale.

(ii) They jostled one another is a stampede to break into the house.(frame a question with ‘why’)

Ans. Why did they jostle one another in a stampede?N.B. Î!ò ˆÜ˛yö ÓyˆÏÜ˛ƒ Auxiliary verb öy ÌyˆÏÜ˛ ï˛ˆÏÓ Ä•z ÓyˆÏÜ˛ƒÓ˚ finite verb-~Ó˚

tense xö%ÎyÎ˚# ‘Do’ ‘operator’ Ó!§ˆÏÎ˚ ≤ÃŸ¿ ˜ï˛!Ó˚ Ü˛Ó˚̂ Ïï˛ •ˆÏÓ–

(iii) He purrs noisily. (Turn into negative)Ans. He does not purr without noise.N.B. Affirmative sentence!ê˛ˆÏÜ˛ Negative Ü˛Ó˚ÓyÓ˚ çöƒ ‘Do’ support !ö Ï̂Î˚

‘Noisily’ÈÙÈ~Ó̊ ‘Antonym’ ÓƒÓ•yÓ̊ Ü˛ Ï̂Ó̊ Negative Óy Ï̂Ü˛ƒ ˛õ!Ó̊îï˛ Ü˛Ó̊y • Ï̂Î̊ Ï̂åÈ–

(iv) ‘‘Do you want to know what became of your kite?’’ he said(N.C.)

Ans. He asked if they wanted to know what had became of their kite.


N.B. (i) ≤ÃŸ¿ˆÏÓyôÜ˛ ÓyˆÏÜ˛ƒÓ˚ Narration change •ÄÎ˚yÓ˚ çöƒ reporting verbtense xö%ÎyÎ˚# asked •ˆÏÎ˚̂ ÏåÈ–

(ii) ≤ÃŸ¿ ‘Do’ operator !òˆÏÎ˚ ¢%Ó˚% •ÄÎ˚yÓ˚ çöƒ ‘Linker’ !•§yˆÏÓ if ÓˆÏ§ˆÏåÈ–

‘if’ÈÙÈ~Ó˚ ˛õˆÏÓ˚ ‘you’ ˛õ!Ó˚Ó!ï≈˛ï˛ •ˆÏÎ˚ ‘they’ •ˆÏÎ˚̂ ÏåÈ–

(v) The ashes were immersed in the Ganges. A huge crowd hadgathered at the bank. (Join into complex sentence)

Ans. The ashes were immersed in the Ganges where a huge crowdhad gathered at the bank.

(vi) I ask a windy day. (Turn into nagative)Ans. I do not ask a windless day.N.B. Negative sentence-~ ˛õ!Ó˚îï˛ Ü˛Ó˚yÓ˚ §üÎ˚ finite verb-~Ó˚ tense xö%ÎyÎ˚#

~Ü˛!ê˛ ‘Do’ support !öˆÏÎ˚ not Ó§yˆÏï˛ •ˆÏÓ ~ÓÇ ò%Û~Ü˛!ê˛ ¢ˆÏ∑Ó˚ ‘oppositeword’ ÓƒÓ•yÓ˚ Ü˛Ó˚̂ Ïï˛ •ˆÏÓ–

D. Given below are the meanings of four words which you willfind in Unseen Set-2 (Page-40). Find out the words and writethem in the appropriate boxes on the right hand side.

2×4=8(i) suitable : compatible

(ii) carving : sculpture(iii) not natural : artificial(iv) rainy season : monsoon


1×3=3(i) Swami (stands/is standing/stood/stands) at the

entrance to his class.(ii) Swami (hopes/hoped/has hoped/had hoped) Samuel

would scold him severely.(iii) Gandhiji’s funeral was (took/to take/taken/had taken)

place the day after his death.


When (a/to/the/at) family sits down (to/for/ over/the) tea, the cat puts in (an/the/a/for)appearance to get his share.


C. Do as directed : 1×6=6(i) My grandfather lives in a big house. The house is by the river.

(Join into a complex sentence)Ans. My grandfather lives in a big house which is by the river.N.B. Ó› !ÓˆÏ¢£Ï (house) ~Ó̊ ˛õ Ï̂Ó̊ ‘which’ ‘Pronoun’!ê˛ ÓƒÓ•yÓ˚ Ü˛ Ï̂Ó˚ Adjective

clause-~ ˛õ!Ó˚îï˛ Ü˛ˆÏÓ˚ complex sentence-~ ˛õ!Ó˚îï˛ Ü˛Ó˚y •ˆÏÎ˚̂ ÏåÈ–

(ii) The call of the running tide is wild. (Shorten the sentence)Ans. The running tide calls wildly.N.B. ~áyˆÏö ‘wild’-~Ó˚ ‘Adverb’ form ÓƒÓ•yÓ˚ Ü˛ˆÏÓ˚ ÓyÜ˛ƒ!ê˛ˆÏÜ˛ ‘shorten’ Ü˛Ó˚y

•ˆÏÎ˚̂ ÏåÈ–

(iii) Samuel said, ‘‘You are half an hour late.’’ (Turn into indirectspeech)

Ans. Samuel said that he was half an hour late.N.B. (i) Assertive sentence-~Ó̊ Narration change •ÄÎ˚yÎ˚ Reporting verb

‘said’ x˛õ!Ó˚Ó!ï≈˛ï˛ Ó˚ˆÏÎ˚ˆÏåÈ–

(ii) ~Ü˛!ê˛ ‘that’ linker ÓˆÏ§ˆÏåÈ– ‘you’ ‘he’ÙÈˆï˛ ˛õ!Ó˚îï˛ •ˆÏÎ˚̂ ÏåÈ– Reportingverb ‘said’ simple past-~ ÌyÜ˛yÎ˚ ‘are’ ‘was’ •ˆÏÎ˚̂ ÏåÈ–

(iv) As he entered the school gate, an idea occured to him. (Splitup the sentence)

Ans. (i) He entered the school gate.(ii) An idea occured to him.

(v) I have not done my homework. (Change the voice)Ans. My homework has not been done by me.N.B. ÓyÜ˛ƒ!ê˛ Present perfect TenseÈÙÈ~ Ó̊ Ï̂Î̊ Ï̂åÈ– ï˛y•z !öÎ̊ü!ê˛ •°ÈÙÙÙÈsubject+have

been/has been+v3+by+object.


2×4=8(i) An annual financial estimate of government. : budget

(ii) one journeying on foot. : pedestrian(iii) calamity : disaster(iv) sudden broke down : collapsed



1×3=3(i) Swami (was stopped/stopped/had stopped/stops) on

the road side to make up his mind about Samuel.(ii) Swami’s head (is/had/was/will be) dizzy with

confusion.(iii) I was (called/being called/calling/call) to Birla house

by an urgent telephone.


They jostled on another (in/for/into/of) a stampede (for/to/on/of) break into (a/an/the/for)

house.

C. Do as directed : 1×6=6(i) They did not make a sound. (Turn into affirmative sentence)

Ans. They were soundless.N.B. ‘did not’ í z̨!ë˛ Ï̂Î̊ !ò Ï̂Î̊ tense xö%ÎyÎ˚# were Ó!§ Ï̂Î̊ ‘sound’ÙÈ~Ó̊ synonym/

opposite word ÓƒÓ•yÓ˚ Ü˛Ó˚y •ˆÏÎ˚̂ ÏåÈ–

(ii) Swami changed his tactics. (change the voice)Ans. His tactics were changed by Swami.N.B. Subject+was/were/+v3+by+object ‘change’ verb!ê˛ past

indefiniteÈÙÈ~ ÌyÜ˛yÓ˚ çöƒ Passive Auxiliary ‘were’ ÓƒÓ•yÓ˚ Ü˛Ó˚y •ˆÏÎ˚̂ ÏåÈ–

(iii) Bapu had died but his India would continue to live in hischildren. (Replace the underlined word with phrasal verb)

Ans. Bapu has passed away but his India would continue to live in hischildren.

(iv) Father asked Swami, ‘‘Have you no school today?’’ (Changethe narration)

Ans. Father asked Swami if he had no school that day.N.B. ≤ÃŸ¿ ‘Have’ Auxiliary !òˆÏÎ˚ ¢%Ó˚% •ÄÎ˚yÎ˚ Linker !•§yˆÏÓ if ÓˆÏ§ˆÏåÈ– Repoting

verb ≤ÃŸ¿ˆÏÓyôÜ˛ ÓyÜ˛ƒ •ÄÎ˚yÎ˚ ‘asked’-•z Ó˚ˆÏÎ˚ˆÏåÈñ ÓyÜ˛# §Ó•z Narrationchange-~Ó˚ !öÎ˚̂ Ïü •ˆÏÎ˚̂ ÏåÈ–

(v) I was numb with shock. I got into the car. (Join into simple)Ans. Being numb with shock, I got into the car.N.B. ~Ü˛•z Ü˛ï≈˛y ò%!ê˛ !Ü ˛Î˚y ˛õÓ˚̨ õÓ˚ Ü˛Ó˚̂ Ï° xyˆÏàÓ˚ !Ü ˛Î˚yÓ˚ §ˆÏAà ‘ing’ ˆÎyà •ˆÏÓ–

‘was’, ‘be’ verb-~Ó˚ xhsˇû%≈˛=˛ •ÄÎ˚yÎ˚ ‘being’ •ˆÏÎ˚̂ ÏåÈ–


(vi) When the bell rang for the last period at 4-30, Swami Pickedup his books and ran to the headmaster’s room. (Split up thesentence)

Ans. (a) The bell rang for the last period at 4-30.

(b) Swami picked up his books.

(c) He ran to the headmaster’s room.


2×4=8(i) distinct : several

(ii) assigned : allocated(iii) a bracket from wall to support balcony. : cantilever(iv) enter into any service of one’s own free will. : volunteer

Set - 4A. Choose the correct forms of verbs to fill in the blanks : 1×3=3(i) We had a kite that was big and . (iscovered/covered/

will cover/had covered)(ii) He (will rub/is rubbing/rubs/had rubbed) himself against the

legs of the family members.(iii) He (gave/is giving/will give/has given) them the

privilege of boarding him while he enjoys life in his own way.


One day when Dick and Mimi were (in/out/on/to) in (a/an/the) woods, they discovered the kite

(on/of/in/over) the top of a tree and carried it home.

C. Do as directed : 1×6=6(i) Most of the people think that the cat is not an unintelligent

animal. (Turn into affirmative)Ans. Most of the people think that the cat is an intelligent animal.N.B. ~áyˆÏö Negative ˆÌˆÏÜ˛ Affirmative-˛õ!Ó˚îï˛ Ü˛Ó˚yÓ˚ §üÎ˚ ‘Not’ í˛z!ë˛ˆÏÎ˚ !òˆÏÎ˚

‘unintelligent’-~Ó̊ Antonym/opposite word ÓƒÓ•yÓ˚ Ü˛Ó˚y •ˆÏÎ˚ˆÏåÈ–


(ii) He was the worst boy on earth. (Change into positive degree)Ans. No other boy was as so bad as he on the earth.N.B. Rule –– No other+noun+verb+as+adjective+as+noun/Pronoun

ÓyˆÏÜ˛ƒÓ˚ ˆ¢ˆÏ£ÏÓ˚ Noun xÇ¢ ÓyˆÏÜ˛ƒÓ˚ ¢%Ó˚%Ó˚ xÇˆÏ¢Ó˚

(iii) The people were too stunned to speak in the beginning. (removetoo).

Ans. The people were so stunned that they could not speak in thebeginning.

N.B. ‘too’-~Ó˚ ˛õ!Ó˚ÓˆÏï≈˛ ‘so’ ~ÓÇ ‘to’ ÈÙÈ~Ó˚ ˛õ!Ó˚ÓˆÏï≈˛ that ÓˆÏ§ˆÏåÈ– ‘that’clause!ê˛ˆÏÜ˛ Nagative Ü˛Ó˚y •Î˚ ÓyˆÏÜ˛ƒ ÓƒÓ•,ï˛ verb-~Ó˚ Tense xö%ÎyÎ˚#–

‘Be’ verb-~Ó˚ Present form-~ ÌyÜ˛ˆÏ° ‘cannot’ ~ÓÇ past form-~ÌyÜ˛ˆÏ° could not Ó§ˆÏÓ–

(iv) Father had composed a long letter to the headmaster. (Changethe voice)

Ans. A long letter had been composed to the headmaster by father.N.B. ÓyÜ˛ƒ!ê˛ Past perfect-~ ÌyÜ˛yÎ˚ passive voice-~Ó˚ ˆ«˛ˆÏe Rule!ê˛ •°ÈÙÙÙÈ

subject+had been+v3+by+object.

(v) ‘‘Swaminathan, where is your homework?’’ asked Samuel.(Change into indirect speech)

Ans. Samuel asked Swaminathan where his homework was.N.B. ≤ÃŸ¿ˆÏÓyôÜ˛ ÓyˆÏÜ˛ƒÓ˚ Narration change.

(i) Reporting verb ask Ó§ Ï̂Ó tense xö%ÎyÎ˚#–

(ii) ≤ÃŸ¿ ‘wh’ word !òˆÏÎ˚ ¢%Ó˚% •ˆÏ° ‘wh’ word-•z Ó§ˆÏÓ–

(iii) ‘wh’ word-~Ó˚ ˛õÓ˚ reported speech ~Ó˚ ‘your’ ˛õ!Ó˚Ó!ï≈˛ï˛ •ˆÏÎ˚

‘his’ •ˆÏÎ˚̂ ÏåÈ–

(iv) ‘Reporting verb’ ‘Past’ Tense-~ ÌyÜ˛yÎ˚ Reported speech-~Ó˚

verbÄ past •ˆÏÎ˚̂ ÏåÈ–

(vi) There was silence in the room as Gandhiji breathed his last.(Rewrite the sentence using the adjective form of silence)

Ans. The room was silent as Gandhiji breathed his last.N.B. ‘Parts of speech’ ˛õ!Ó˚Óï≈˛öÈÙÈ~Ó˚ ˆ«˛ˆÏe Ü˛áöÄ Ü˛áöÄ ÓyÜ˛ƒ!ê˛ˆÏÜ˛ xÌ≈ !ë˛Ü˛

ˆÓ˚̂ Ïá ~Ü˛ê%˛ â%!Ó˚̂ ÏÎ˚ !°áˆÏï˛ •Î˚– ˆ§•z ‘word’-~Ó˚ í˛z˛õÎ%=˛ ‘Parts of speech’ÓƒÓ•yÓ˚ Ü˛Ó˚̂ Ïï˛ •Î˚–



2×4=8(i) an agreement concerning purchase or sale : bargain

(ii) Thrill : tremor(iii) The end or conclusion : closure(iv) extreme or sudden fright : panic

Set - 5A. Choose the correct forms of verbs to fill in the blanks : 1×3=3(i) And the former (was calling/had called/will call/called)

the latter ‘Little Prig’.(ii) They (looked/is looking/was looking/had looked) like

lost children.(iii) The peon told him the headmaster (had gone/would

have gone/would go/has gone) on a week’s leave.


(In/On/To/Upto) top of the shed, the cat arches hisback and rakes his claws once or twice (throug/on/of/in) the soft bark of (a/an/the/under) old roof.

C. Do as directed : 1×6=6(i) When the family has finished tea, and gathers round the fire

the cat casually goes out of the room. (Split up the sentence)Ans. (a) The family has finished the tea.

(b) The family gathers round the fire.(c) The cat casually goes out of the room.

N.B. Split up-~Ó̊ ˆ«˛ Ï̂e ~Ü˛!ê˛ ò#â≈ ÓyÜ˛ƒ Ï̂Ü˛ âê˛öy ˛õÓ̊¡õÓ̊y verb-~Ó̊ tense xö%ÎyÎ̊#

ÎÌy§Ω˛Ó ˆåÈyˆÏê˛y ˆåÈyˆÏê˛y §Ó˚° ÓyÜ˛ƒ Óy simple sentence-~ (i), (ii),(iii)ÙÙÙÈ~û˛yˆÏÓ ˛õÓ˚̨ õÓ˚ !°áˆÏï˛ •ˆÏÓ–

(ii) Swami sat down, feeling sad. (Join into complex)Ans. Swami who sat down, felt sad.N.B. Óƒ!=˛ !ÓˆÏ¢ˆÏ£ÏÓ˚ ˆ«˛ˆÏe ‘who’ ~•z Pronoun!ê˛ ÓƒÓ•yÓ˚ Ü˛ˆÏÓ˚ ‘Adjective

clause’ÈÙÈ~ ˛õ!Ó˚îï˛ Ü˛ˆÏÓ˚ complex sentence-~Ó̊ joining Ü˛Ó˚y •Î˚–


(iii) As he entered the school gate, an idea occurred to him. (Turninto simple sentence)

Ans. On his entrance the school gate, an idea occurred to him.N.B. ~áyˆÏö Preposition with Noun ˆÎy Ï̂à simple sentence-~ ˛õ!Ó˚îï˛ Ü˛Ó˚y

•ˆÏÎ˚ˆÏåÈ– ~áyˆÏö ‘On’ Preposition ~ÓÇ ‘entered’ verbÈÙÈ~Ó˚ Noun form‘entrance’ ÓƒÓ•yÓ˚ Ü˛Ó˚y •ˆÏÎ˚̂ ÏåÈ–

(iv) The call of the running tide, is a wild call and a clear call. (Usenot only....but also)

Ans. The call of the running tide is not only wild but also clear.N.B. ‘Not only.....but also’ÈÈÙÙÙÈ~!ê˛ ~Ü˛!ê˛ §üß∫Î˚Óyã˛Ü˛ xÓƒÎ˚– ò%!ê˛ ~Ü˛•z çyï˛#Î˚

!ç!öˆÏ§Ó˚ §üß∫Î˚ ˆÓyé˛yˆÏï˛ ÓƒÓ•,ï˛ •Î˚– ˆÎüö ı ‘wild call’ Ä ‘clear call’-ò%!ê˛Ó˚ §üß∫Î˚ ˆÓyé˛yˆÏï˛ ‘Not only.....but also’ ÓƒÓ•yÓ˚ Ü˛Ó˚y •ˆÏÎ˚ˆÏåÈ–

(v) ‘‘Swaminathan, where is your home work?’’ said Samuel. (Turninto indirect speech)

Ans. Samuel asked Swaminathan where his home work was.(vi) Claude and I couldn’t understand what he meant. (Replace the

underlined word with a phrasal verb)Ans. Claude and I couldn’t make out what he meant.N.B. ‘Phrasal verb’ à%!° ÓyˆÏÜ˛ƒ ÓƒÓ•,ï˛ verb-~Ó˚ Tence xö%ÎyÎ˚# ÓƒÓ•yÓ˚ Ü˛Ó˚̂ Ïï˛

•ˆÏÓ– ˆÎüöñ ‘understand’ verb!ê˛ Present Tense ÌyÜ˛yÎ˚ ‘Makeout’phrasal verb!ê˛Ó˚Ä Present form ÓˆÏ§ˆÏåÈ– ~Ó˚çöƒ à%Ó˚%c˛õ)î≈ Phrasalverbà%!° xÌ≈ xö%ÎyÎ˚# ˜ï˛!Ó˚ Ü˛Ó˚̂ Ïï˛ •ˆÏÓ–


2×4=8(i) the front of a building to words a street or

open space. : facade(ii) frail : fragile

(iii) the study of ancient buildings and other remains. : archaeology(iv) before in time. : former

N.B. ‘D’ xÇˆÏ¢ ‘unseen’ passage ˆÌˆÏÜ˛ ˆÎ ã˛yÓ˚!ê˛ ‘word’-~Ó˚ synonyms á%Ñ̂ Ïç

ÓyÓ˚ Ü˛Ó˚̂ Ïï˛ •Î˚ñ ï˛yÓ˚ çöƒ åÈyeÈÙÈåÈye#ˆÏòÓ˚ •zÇˆÏÓ˚!ç ˜ò!öÜ˛ ˛õ!eÜ˛y ˛õˆÏí ¸̨ !öˆÏçÓ˚

‘stock of words’ Óy ¢∑ û˛y[˛yÓ˚ ˛õ)î≈ Ü˛Ó˚̂ Ïï˛ •ˆÏÓ–


Section-D

WRITING SKILLRULES OF WRITING SECTION

PARAGRAPHParagraph ˆ°áyÓ˚ §üÎ˚ !öˆÏã˛Ó˚ !öÎ˚ü ˆüˆÏö ã˛°ˆÏÓ ı

1. ≤ÃÌˆÏü•z ˆÎ !Ó£ÏˆÏÎ˚ Paragraph !°áˆÏï˛ •ˆÏÓ ˆ§•z !Ó£ÏÎ˚!ê˛ˆÏÜ˛ ˛õÓ˚ ˛õÓ˚ §•ç

û˛y£ÏyÎ˚ üˆÏöÓ˚ üˆÏôƒ ôyÓ˚yÓy!•Ü˛ §y!çˆÏÎ˚ !öˆÏï˛ •ˆÏÓ–

2. ≤ÃÌˆÏü•z Paragraph!ê˛Ó˚ !¢ˆÏÓ˚yöyü Óy Title!ê˛ Óí ¸̨ •yˆÏï˛Ó˚ •Ó˚̂ Ïú˛ xÌ≈yÍ Capitalletter-~ !°áˆÏï˛ •ˆÏÓ–

3. ü)° !Ó£ÏÎ˚!ê˛Ó˚ í˛zˆÏÕ‘á Ü˛ˆÏÓ˚ Paragraph!ê˛Ó˚ ≤ÃÌü ÓyÜ˛ƒ!ê˛ ˆ°áy í˛z!ã˛ï˛–

4. Paragraph ˆ°áyÓ˚ §üÎ˚ §Ó§üÎ˚ §•ç ¢∑ Ä §Ó˚° ÓyÜ˛ƒ ÓƒÓ•yÓ˚ Ü˛Ó˚̂ Ïï˛ •ˆÏÓ–

5. ≤ÃˆÏï˛ƒÜ˛!ê˛ Hints-~Ó˚ í˛z˛õÓ˚ ~Ü˛!ê˛ xÌÓy ò%!ê˛ ÓyÜ˛ƒ ˆ°áy ˆÎˆÏï˛•z ˛õyˆÏÓ˚–

6. ~Ü˛!ê˛ Concluding sentence Óy §üy!Æ ÓyˆÏÜ˛ƒÓ˚ üyôƒˆÏü paragraph!ê˛ ˆ¢£Ï

Ü˛Ó˚̂ Ïï˛ •ˆÏÓ–

7. Paragraph ˆ°áyÓ˚ §üÎ˚ xÓ¢ƒ•z spelling Óy Óyöyöñ capital letters Óy Óí ¸̨

•yˆÏï˛Ó˚ x«˛ˆÏÓ˚Ó˚ ÓƒÓ•yÓ˚ñ grammar Óy ÓƒyÜ˛Ó˚̂ ÏîÓ˚ û%˛°ñ ˆåÈò Óy Î!ï˛ !ã˛•´

(punctuation marks)-~Ó˚ ÓƒÓ•yÓ˚ÈÙÈ~Ó˚ !òˆÏÜ˛ öçÓ˚ ˆòÄÎ˚y í˛z!ã˛ï˛–

STORYStory ˆ°áyÓ˚ §üÎ˚ !öˆÏã˛Ó˚ !öÎ˚ü ˆüˆÏö ã˛°ˆÏÓ ı

1. ≤ÃÌˆÏü•z àˆÏ“Ó˚ Hints à%!° û˛yˆÏ°y Ü˛ˆÏÓ˚ ˛õˆÏí ¸̨ !öˆÏÎ˚ üˆÏöÓ˚ üˆÏôƒ âê˛öy ˛õÓ˚¡õÓ˚y

à“!ê˛ˆÏÜ˛ §y!çˆÏÎ˚ !öˆÏï˛ •ˆÏÓ–

2. àˆÏ“Ó˚ çöƒ ~Ü˛!ê˛ í˛z˛õÎ%=˛ !¢ˆÏÓ˚yöyü (justified title) ÓƒÓ•yÓ˚ Ü˛Ó˚ˆÏï˛ •ˆÏÓ–

!¢ˆÏÓ˚yöyü!ê˛ xÓ¢ƒ•z capital letters-~ !°áˆÏï˛ •ˆÏÓ–

3. Hints xö%ÎyÎ˚# àˆÏ“Ó˚ verb Óy !Ü ˛Î˚y˛õòà%!°ˆÏÜ˛ past form (Past Indefinite)ÈÙÈ~Ó˚ ÓƒÓ•yÓ˚ Ü˛Ó˚̂ Ïï˛ •ˆÏÓ–

4. ˆÓ¢ ≤Ãyã˛#ö à“ •ˆÏ° ‘Once upon a time’, ‘Once there lived’ •zï˛ƒy!ò

phrase à%!° !òˆÏÎ˚ à“ÈÙÈ~Ó˚ ≤ÃÌü ÓyÜ˛ƒ!ê˛ ¢%Ó˚% Ü˛Ó˚y ˆÎˆÏï˛ ˛õyˆÏÓ˚–

5. àˆÏ“Ó˚ ˆ¢ˆÏ£Ï ‘moral’ ≤Ã§ˆÏAà Ó°y ÎyÎ˚ÈÙÙÙÈ‘moral’ ≤ÃˆÏŸ¿ ã˛y•zˆÏ° ï˛ˆÏÓ•z ˆòÄÎ˚y í˛z!ã˛ï˛–

PROCESSINGProcess ˆ°áyÓ˚ §üÎ˚ !öˆÏã˛Ó˚ !öÎ˚ü ˆüˆÏö ã˛°ˆÏÓ ı

1. ≤ÃÌˆÏü•z ˆ°áy ¢%Ó˚%Ó˚ xyˆÏà Ä ˛õˆÏÓ˚ üyé˛yüy!é˛ çyÎ˚àyÎ˚ ˆÎ !Ó£ÏˆÏÎ˚Ó˚ processingˆ§!ê˛ capital letters-~ !°áˆÏÓ–


2. ˆÎ !Ó£ÏˆÏÎ˚ Processing, ˆ§•z processing-~Ó˚ à%Ó˚%c Óy importance §¡õˆÏÜ≈˛

2ÈÙÈ3!ê˛ ÓyÜ˛ƒ ˆòÄÎ˚y ˆÎˆÏï˛ ˛õyˆÏÓ˚–

3. §yôyÓ˚îû˛yˆÏÓ ‘processing’ÈÙÈ~Ó˚ ≤Ã!ï˛!ê˛ ÓyˆÏÜ˛ƒ•z passive voice ÓƒÓ•yÓ˚ Ü˛Ó˚̂ Ïï˛

• Ï̂Ó–

4. ÓyÜ˛ƒà%!°Ó˚ ˛õyÓ˚flõ!Ó˚Ü˛ §¡õÜ≈˛ ÓçyÎ˚ Ó˚yáyÓ˚ çöƒ ¢%Ó˚%ˆÏï˛•z at first, ï˛yÓ˚̨ õÓ˚

then, after that, there after •zï˛ƒy!ò ÓƒÓ•yÓ˚ Ü˛Ó˚y •Î˚– ˆ¢ˆÏ£Ï at last/finally ÓƒÓ•yÓ˚ Ü˛Ó˚y ˆÎˆÏï˛ ˛õyˆÏÓ˚–

5. ≤ÃˆÏï˛ƒÜ˛!ê˛ processing ˆ«˛ˆÏe it is made/prepared through a numberof steps/stages ÓyÜ˛ƒ!ê˛ ÓƒÓ•yÓ˚ Ü˛Ó˚y ÎyˆÏÓ–

6. ~áyˆÏö !Ó!û˛ß¨ ôÓ˚ˆÏöÓ˚ ‘processing’-~Ó˚ ‘solution’ ˆ°áy •°– ˆ§à%!°

û˛yˆÏ°yû˛yˆÏÓ ˛õˆÏí ¸̨ processingÈÙÈ~Ó˚ ˆ¢£Ï ÓyÜ˛ƒà%!° ˆ°áy ˆÎˆÏï˛ ˛õyˆÏÓ˚– ˆÎüöÈÙÙÙÈ

(i) Now mustard oil is ready for use, (ii) It is sent to market forsale, (iii) It is served •zï˛ƒy!ò–

7. ~•z Ó•zÈÙÈ~Ó̊ !Ó!û˛ß̈ ôÓ̊ Ï̂öÓ̊ Processing-~Ó̊ Introductionà%!° ˆÌ Ï̂Ü˛Ä xöƒyöƒ

Processing-~ ÓƒÓ•yÓ˚ Ü˛Ó˚y ÎyˆÏÓ–

REPORTReport ˆ°áyÓ˚ §üÎ˚ !öˆÏã˛Ó˚ !öÎ˚ü ˆüˆÏö ã˛°ˆÏÓ ı

1. Report ˆ°áy ¢%Ó˚% Ü˛Ó˚yÓ˚ xyˆÏà•z ~Ü˛!ê˛ í˛z˛õÎ%=˛ Ä ï˛yÍ˛õÎ≈˛õ)î≈ !¢ˆÏÓ˚yöyü Óy

Title !òˆÏï˛ •ˆÏÓ– ‘Title’!ê˛ ~üö •ÄÎ˚y í˛z!ã˛ï˛ ÎyˆÏï˛ !Ó£ÏÎ˚!ê˛ ≤Ãû˛y!Óï˛

(impressive) •ˆÏÓ–

2. ‘Title’!ê˛ xÓ¢ƒ•z capital letter-~ !°áˆÏï˛ •ˆÏÓ– xÌÓy ≤Ã!ï˛!ê˛ ¢ˆÏ∑Ó˚ ≤ÃÌü

x«˛Ó˚ Óy first letter, capital •ˆÏÓñ ¢%ô% prepositions Ä conjunctionsÓyˆÏò– ˆÎüöÈÙÙÙÈDIED IN A ROAD ACCIDENT/Died in a Road Accident–

3. ‘Title’-~Ó˚ !ë˛Ü˛ ö#ˆÏã˛ ~Ü˛ê%˛ í˛yö !òÜ˛ ˆâÑˆÏ£Ï ‘By a staff Reporter’ !°áˆÏï˛

• Ï̂Ó–

4. The main body of the report ¢%Ó˚% •ˆÏÓ place, date ~ÓÇ year !ò Ï̂Î̊–

‘Place’ xÓ¢ƒ•z capital letters-~ !°áˆÏï˛ •ˆÏÓ– ˆÎüöÈÙÙÙÈKOLKATA,March-3, 2016

5. Report xÓ¢ƒ•z past tense-~ •ˆÏÓ–

NOTICENotice ˆ°áyÓ˚ §üÎ˚ !öˆÏã˛Ó˚ !öÎ˚ü ˆüˆÏö ã˛°ˆÏÓ ı

1. ¢%Ó̊%̂ Ïï˛•z üyé˛yüy!é˛ çyÎ̊àyÎ̊ ‘Notice’ ¢∑!ê˛ˆÏÜ˛ capital letters-~ !°á Ï̂ï˛ • Ï̂Ó–

ˆÎüöÈÙÙÙÈNOTICE2. ‘NOTICE’ ¢∑!ê˛ ˆ°áyÓ̊ !ë˛Ü˛ ö# Ï̂ã˛•z ‘notice’-~Ó̊ !Ó£ÏÎ̊!ê˛ !°á Ï̂ï˛ • Ï̂Ó– !Ó£ÏÎ̊!ê˛Ó̊

≤ÃˆÏï˛ƒÜ˛!ê˛ ¢ˆÏ∑Ó˚ ≤ÃÌü x«˛Ó˚ capital letter •ˆÏÓñ ¢%ô% Prepositions Ä

conjunctions ÓyˆÏò–


3. ‘Notice’ÈÙÈ~Ó˚ !Ó£ÏÎ˚ ˆ°áyÓ˚ ˛õÓ˚ ï˛yÓ˚ ö#ˆÏã˛ Óyü!òÜ˛ ÓÓ˚yÓÓ˚ ‘Notice’ÈÙÈ~Ó˚ !ÓK˛!Æ

ö¡∫Ó˚ !òˆÏï˛ •ˆÏÓ– !ë˛Ü˛ !ÓK˛!Æ ö¡∫Ó˚ ÓÓ˚yÓÓ˚ í˛yö!òˆÏÜ˛ ‘Notice’ Óy !ÓK˛!Æ çy!Ó˚Ó˚

ï˛y!Ó˚á !òˆÏï˛ •ˆÏÓ– ˆÎüöÈÙÙÙÈ

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5. Your friendBidesh

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3. Sub :4. Sir,

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6. Yours faithfully!öˆÏçÓ˚ öyü

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Set - 1

1. Write a paragraph (in about 100 words) about the‘Kanyashree Project’ undertaken by the W. B. Government :

10[Points : A social development project––started in 2011––a greatview––its goal––an annual scholarship––a one time scholarshipof Rs. 2500]

THE KANYASHREE PROJECTThe Kanyashree Project is a social development project. It isundertaken by the women development and social welfaredepartment of the West Bengal Government. It was started in2011. The purpose of this project is to ensure the study of thegirls of West Bengal. Through the help of this project the girlscan study to a minimum of H. S. level. In the rural areas, afterfinishing the study, the children become the victims of childmarriage. This project is also helpful to stop this child marriage.The girls who are under the school education will get an annualscholarship of Rs. 500/. The unmarried girls whose ages are18–19 years will get a one-time scholarship of Rs. 25,000. The


government think that this project will be helpful to reduce thegender bias. It will also be helpful to cut down the number ofschool droptouts. (words–106)

2. Write a letter to your pen friend telling him about yourrecent visit to a place of historical interest : 10

Own address .............................Date : ........................................

Dear Dipak,It is nice to get your letter after a long time. I have gone

through your letter and felt a great joy. But here is a good newsfor you. I am going to tell you about that. In the last winter Iwent to visit Murshidabad, a place of historical interest.Murshidabad offers a multitude of interesting places. I wasaccompanied by my parents. There are many attractive places,such as ‘the Hazarduari’, ‘the New palace’, ‘the Kathgola Bagan’,‘the Khoshbag Fomb’, ‘Jagath Set’s House’, etc. The mostinteresting place is the Hazarduari which I have seen on the firstday. We also paid a visit to the notable attractions like theKathgola bagan, ‘the new palace’, the Khoshbag Fomb etc by a‘To-To car’. I really enjoyed this trip very much.

No more today, more when we meet again.With love and best wishes.

Yours everSTAMP Rohan

Dipak Sarkar27 College StreetKolkata-700073

3. Write a newspaper report using the following points : 10

Points :Date, Time & place : In the morning of 10 January, 2016 inRajasthan.Incident : A luxury bus carrying 35 tourists fell into a ditch, 12km of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, killing at least 18 persons andothers injured.Cause : The driver lost control over the speeding bus.Rescue : Local people helped––the victims rushed to the localhospital––the police arrived late.Effect : The angry mob blocked the high way for two hours.


18 KILLED AS BUS FALLS INTO ADITCH––By Staff Reporter

Rajasthan, January 10, 2016 : 18 persons were killed andseventeen were injured in a serious bus accident. The accidenttook place in the morning at 12 Km away of Jaisalmer inRajasthan. The bus was carrying 35 tourists of Kolkata on itsway to Rajasthan. The luxury bus running at a high speed. Thedriver lost control over the speeding bus and the bus fell into aditch. The local people came forward. The injured persons werereleased after the first-aid. But the seriously injured were atfirst admitted into a local hospital. The little injured personswere hospitalised. The police arrived at late. The angry mobblocked the road for two hours.

Set - 21. Write a newspaper report about a train robbery with the

following points : 10[Points : Date : 25th May, 2016, Place : between Kharagpur andBankura. Time : 9 p.m., Vehicle involved : Delhi, Rajdhani Express,Result : Rs. 40,000/- from a business and wrist-watches andornaments from other passengers robbed.]

A DARING TRAIN ROBBERY––By a Staff Reporter

Kolkata, 26th May, 2016 : A daring train robbery took place inthe Delhi-Rajdhani Express between Kharagpur and Bankura atabout 9 p.m. yesterday. When the Express Train was running,five robbers enterd into a compartment. Each of them had pistolsin their hand. Two of them forced a business man to pay Rs.40,000/-. Rest of them were busy to take away many wrist-watches and ornaments from other passengers and pulled thechain to flee. Thy fled with the valuables worth rupees on lakh.The passengers informed the R.P.F. But they reached after halfan hour, and tackled the situation.

2. Suppose you are secretary of the students’ welfarecommittee of your school. Write a notice for the schoolnotice board placing restriction on the use of cell phones ormobile phones : 10


NOTICE[Restriction on The Use of Cell Phones]

No. S / 03 / 2016 Date : 03.06.2016

It is here by notified that the management of the school hasdecided to ban the use of the cell phones in the school premises.The constant use of the cell phones during school hours hampersthe academic atmoshphere in the school. This distracts the mindsof other students from their studies. The students are asked notto use the cell phones during school hours in the school premises.If any student breaks the discipline, he will be punished accordingto school law.

Asit SenCounter signed by the SecretaryHeadmaster The students’ Welfare Committee

3. Write a paragraph on ‘Global Warming’ (in about 100words) : 10[Points : Global warming, a burning question––averagetemperature —causes of warming––affects of warming––conclusion.

GLOBAL WARMINGGlobal warming has become a burning question now-a-days. Itis the increase in the average temperature of Earth’s surface air.The cause of the ‘Global warming’ is green house gases due tofuel burning. This fuel is burnt in the motor vehicles, differenttypes of industries and factories. The cause of deforstation isthe root of ‘Global warming’. The ‘Global warming’ leads todifferent problem in the earth. It causes the rise of sea-levels.The weather becomes extreme hot. If this conditions continue,human civilization will be destroy. In this very situation a generalawareness is urgently needed.

Set - 31. Write a paragraph about the bad-effects of excessive use of

plastic : 10[Points : The most harmful to the man––the use of plasticincreasing day by day––react with food––water polluted––nonbiodegradable––soil fertility reduced––Gas from burnt plastic


causes different disease––the Gas also pollutes the air––eco-system damage––a great threat to the human civilization.]

BAD EFFECTS OF PLASTICPolymer or plastic is the most harmful to the human civilization.The use of articles made of polymer or plastic are increasingday-by-day. Plastic carry bags or plastic containers make thefood toxic. It is often found plastic wastes from different factoriesare thrown into the rivers and also seas. It pollutes the waterand it becomes harmful to the marine lives. The articles madeof plastic or polymer are non bio-degradable. So, these are oftenget burried into the ground. It reduces the soil fertility. Gasfrom burnt plastic causes asthma, cancer, skin disease etc. Thegas from burnt plastic also pollutes the air. The balance of eco-system is being damage. After all it poses a great threat to thehuman civilization. (words 109)

2. Suppose your pen friend wants to know more about you.Now write a letter to him describing your likes and dislikes :

10Own address .............................Date : ........................................

Dear Santu,It is nice to get your letter after a long time. I have gone

through your sweet letter and realised the theme of it. It is myfortune that you have responsed of my letter from far-off Sikim.Well, you have wanted to know more about me. Let me jot-down. You know that I am a student of very old Govt. SchoolNawab Bahadur’s Institution of Murshidabad. I live with myfamily. I am fond of songs of Kishore Kumar and Manna Dey, inreading story books, in reading news paper etc. My favouritefood is maggi and chocolate. I also like ice-cream and cold-drinks. I am interested in travelling. On the other hand, I dislikethe examinations and more advice from others. It is endless tosay that what I like or what I dislike.

No more today, more when we meet again. With love andbest wishes.

Yours everSTAMP Surendra

Santu RoyRupnagar139 New BangloSikim


3. Write a news paper report using the following points : 10[Points : Boat capsized in the Ganges––50 feared dead––11bodies rescued so far of them 7 are women, 2 children, 30passengers swam ashore. Cause : Irregular ferry service, boatcarrying passengers beyond capacity. Place : Lalbagh SadarGhat.]

50 DIED IN A BOAT CAPSIZESGanges, January ’23, 2016 : A ferry boat capsized in the middleof the Ganges last night. It was carring 89 passengers of a touristparty. The boat carrying passengers were beyond of its capacity.Being irregular ferry service, the boat was over loaded. Theincident took place at Lalbagh Sadar Ghat. The boat left SadarGhat at 7 p.m. When it was going through the middle of theGanges, it drowned suddenly. The passengers tried to save theirlives by swiming. But 50 passengers were died in fear. 30passengers swam ashore. 11 bodies were rescued. So far ofthem 7 were women and two were children. The rescued personswere admitted to Lalbagh Hospital.

Set - 4

1. Write a paragraph (in about 100 words) about ‘morningwalk’ : 10[Points : Health is welath––duty can not be performed withoutphysical fitness–easiest exercise––healthy habit––start a goodday— enjoy the beauty of nature––fresh air full of oxygen––relief from tension––contact with nature––an independentexercise––essential to every body]

MORNING WALKHealth is wealth. This expression is a universal truth. Nobodycan perform his duty without physical fitness. Morning walk isone of the easiest exercise. It is a healthy habit. A good day canbe started with the help of morning walk. A riser who gets upearly in the morning, can enjoy the beauty of nature. The freshmorning air is full of oxygen which every one can inhale. Anearly riser can get relief from tension through the habit ofmorning walk. It also helps us to contact with nature closelyand deeply. It is an independent exercise. Anybody can do it. Ifwe want to keep our body fit, we should do the morning walk.(words 102)


2. Suppose you are the secretary of ECO club of your school .Now write a notice on the school notice board on behalf ofthe students on ‘Safe Drinking Water’ to make themconscious about the problems of drinking water : 10[Points : water a great need in human life––source and substanceof life––safe water needed for healthy life––unsafe water cousesmany diseases like diarrhoea, jaundice, typhoid––unsafe water,great problem to the Indians––according to UNICEF programmesafe water is needed for all.]

NOTICE[Safe Drinking Water]

No. S / 01 / 2016 Date : 28.05.2016It is notified to all the students of our school that the ECO Clubof our school is going to make the student’s conscious aboutthe problems of drinking water. We know that water is a greatneed in human life. Water is the source and substance of life.Safe water is need for healthy life. Unsafe water causes manywater borne disease like diarrhoea, jaundice, typhoid etc. Unsafewater is a great problem to all the Indians. UNICEF has decidedto supply drinking water for all. The students are said to beconscious about the problem of impure drinking water.Countriergned by the Ranajit ChowdhuryHeadmaster Secretary, ECO-Club

N.B. Institution

3. Write a letter to the HM of your school about a treeplantation programme you and your friends have decidedto take up in the ground of your school : 10

2nd June, 2016Lalbag, Murshidabad

To,The HeadmasterN. Bahadur’s InstitutionMurshidabad

Sub : Seeking permission for a tree plantation programmeSir,

With due respect, we, the students of your school, seekyour kind permission to hold a tree plantation programme inthe premises of our school on 5th June, 2016. The WorldEnvironment day. The teachers are agreed with us. They will


also help us in this programme. They have suggested us to collectthe saplings from Murshidabad Municipality free of cost. Thenewly planted saplings will make the school campus beautiful.It will also be helpfull to improve our environment.

We shall, therefore, be grateful if you kindly grant our abovepermission.

Thanking you,Yours faithfully

Soumyadeep Day (Class X)on behalf of the students of NBI

Set - 51. Write a short report in 100 words to be published in a

newspaper. Use the following points : 10[Points : Incident––A devastating fire, Date and time––3rdMarch, 2016, 3 P.M., Place––Kolkata Book fair, Source of Fire––Blaze in food stall, Result––stalls destroyed, people panic striken,no casualty, Measures taken––two fire tenders stationed, securityinstalled, Home Minister’s announcement of reopening the fairwithin a week.]

A MAJOR FIRE ENGULFED THE KOLKATA BOOK FAIRKOLKATA, 4th March, ’16 : A devastating fire engulfed the big

book fair of Kolkata. It occured at 3 P.M. on 3rd March. About seventypercent stalls were destroyed. The blaze broke out in a food stall justat 3. P.M. the fire was spreading rapidly. The people who went to thebook fair were panic striken. But they were in safe. The half-burntbooks were found lying on the ground here and these. Only two fireengines stationed at the fair ground. The engines controlled the totalfire within half an hour. Some security guards were installed. TheHome Minister announced the reopening of the fair within a week.

2. Write a letter to your friend about the new syllabus onEnglish text ‘Bliss’ of Class-X : 10

Own address .............................

Date : ........................................Dear Aniket.

It is nice to get your letter after a long time. I have gone throughyour sweet letter and realised the theme of it. It is my fortune that


you have responsed of my letter within two weeks. Well, you havewanted to know my opinion about the new syllabus on English text‘Bliss’ of Class-X. The new book is really interesting. The book hasbeen redesigned by the English Syllabus Advisory Committee of theWest Bengal Board of Secondary Education. The reading materials areso much interesting. These (both prose and poetry) are enriched witheligible language. All the lessons are language function based. Thereare available M.C.Q type and ultimate objective type questions ineach lesson. I hope that all these will help us to acquire the skills oflanguage. We are thankful to the West Bengal Board for such booksand syllabus. There is indeed novelty in the new books.

No more today, more when we meet again. With love and bestwishes.

Yours everSTAMP Diptesh

Aniket RoyP.O. - BerhamporeDist.-Murshidabad

3. Write a notice as the Secretary of your club informing themembers in detail of a picnic to be organized by the club :

10NOTICE

[In Detail of A Picnic]No. 5 / 04 / 2014 Date : 10.06.2016

It is here by notified to all the members of our club that ourclub is going to organize a picnic at Motijhil Park in Murshidabad on15th August. A luxuary bus will be hired for this purpose. The bus willstart from our club premises. Each of the participants should submitas the picnic charge Rs. 500/- within 12th August. They will depositthe money to the secretary of the club. As the bus will start forMotijhil at 5 a.m. the participants should present at the club premisesat 4-30 a.m. on that day.

Susanta SenSecretary, Arabinda Club

Murshidabad


Set - 6

1. Write a short report in 100 words to be published in anewspaper. Use the following points : 10[Points : Date : 12th February, Time : 7 p.m., Place : SealdahPremises, near Big Bazar, Kolkata, Incident : IED explosion bymilitants, Casualty : 5 killed, 15 injured, injured were taken tonearby Nil Ratan Hospital, no crime arrest yet, none claimsresponsibility Lalbazar Police came, tackled the whole situation.]

BLAST NEAR BIG BAZAR 5 KILLED––By a Staff Reporter

Kolkata, 12th February : At least five persons were killed andmore over fifteen persons were injured in an IED explosion at acrowded Sealdah Premises near Big Bazar at 7 p.m. to day.Immediately with the explosion fiue persons were died on thespot. The injured persons were taken to nearby Nil RatanHospital. Ten persons were seriously injured. They were admittedat the hospital. But rest of them were relased after first-aidtreatment. Police came from Lalbazar after fifteen minutes. Theycarried out a search operation across the city. But no crime hasbeen arrested yet. According to police opinion the explosionwas tiggered by militants. But none of them claimed theirresponsibility. At last, police tackled the whole situation.

2. Write a story (in about 100 words)on the basis of thefollowing points and add a suitable title to it : 10[Points : Ranjan, a poor taxi driver––a man hired his taxi fromthe station at 10 p.m.––dropped the man near his house––inthe morning found a briefcase inside the taxi––bundles of moneyand documents in the briefcase––got his address from the visitingcard––drove straight to the man’s house––overwhelmed––offered Ranjan a cash reward––refused saying it was his duty.]

TITLE : A KIND HEARTED TAXI-DRIVEROnce Ranjan, a poor taxi driver lived near a station. He earnedsome money by driving taxi. One day a business man got downfrom train at 10 p.m. and then he hired a taxi to go to hishouse. His house was far away from the station. The driverdropped the man near his house. After that, the driver went


straight to his house. In the morning, the driver found a briefcaseinside the taxi. He was amazed to see it. Then he saw the bundlesof money and some docoments that were releated with hisbusiness in the brief case. He also found a visiting card from it.He got his address from it. So, he went straight to the businessman’s house. The driver returned him bundles of money anddocoments. The man was overhelmed. The man rewarded thedriver but the driver refused it telling him that it was his duty.

7. Suppose you are secretary of a local club. Your club hasarranged a free eye treatment camp in your club premises.Write a notice for the local people in this regard : 10

NOTICE[Free Eye Treatment Camp]

No. S / 05 / 2016 Date : 18.06.2016It is notified to all the local people of our locality that our club isgoing to organize a Free Eye Treatment Camp as a social service.The camp will be held on 26th June 2016 from 10 am to 4pm. Itwill be held in our club premises. Dr. S. K. Jha and Dr. P. K. Roywill be present here as eminent doctors. Of course, there willbe present other junior doctors to assist them. So the peoplewho are willing to do their cataracts operation are requested tocontact the secretary of the club. Free medicines will also beavailable at the camp. Co-operation and participation from allthe people is highly solicited.

Tarun Adhikari

SecretaryVivekananda Club

Lalbagh, Murshidabad

Set - 7

1. Write a paragraph (in about 100 words) about pollution : 10[Points : Pollution, a great problem––types of pollution––airpollution and its cause––land pollution and its cause––waterpollution and its cause––steps to control it.]

POLLUTIONPollution has become a great problem all over the world. Thereare three types of pollution. Such as––Land Pollution, Air


Pollution and Water Pollution. The air is being mostly pollutedby carbon monoxide which is emitted by motor vehicles. The airis being also polluted by smoke which is emitted from factory.The main source of ground pollution is uncollected garbage. Onthe other hand, indiscriminate use of chemicals in the soil isalso a source of land pollution. Water is being polluted by theuntreated sewage and chemical waste from factories, often theoil of oil tankers is mixed with the sea water. In this way, seawater is being polluted. If we want to make pollution free world,we should take steps to control such environmental pollution.(Words–110)

2. Use the following hints to describe ‘How Tea is prepared’ : 10[Points : Pour cold water in kettle––boil it until vapour comesout—put tea-leaf in a tea pot––pour boiled water in the tea potand leave it for 2 minutes––add sugar and milk––stir with ateaspoon pour it in cups––serve it hot.]

TEA PREPARATIONCoffee is the first favourite hot drink to all the people of India.So, in this way, we can say that tea is the second not drink to allover the world. This tasty hot drink is prepared in a systemeticway at home. At first, cold water is poured in a kettle. The kettleis put on an oven. Then water is boiled until vapour comes out.After that, tea-leaves are put in a tea pot. Boiled water is pouredin the tea-pot. Then it is left for two minutes. Sugar and milkare added to it. Then this mixture is stirred with a tea-spoon.Now, tea is prepared. Tea is poured in cups. Finally, tea is servedhot to the members of the family or the guests.

3. Write a story (within 100 words) using the given points.Give a title to the story : 10[Points : Crow sitting on a tree––piece of meat in its beak––foxpassing under the tree––wants the meat––asks the crow to sing–– crow keeps meat under its feet and sings––fooled, fox leaves.

THE VAIN CROWOnce upon a time, crow had a nest on the branches of a tree.One day she stole a piece of meat from a shombles. She sat ona tree with the piece of meat in its beak. At the same time a foxwas passing under the tree. He saw the peace of meat in thebeak of the crow. He wanted to get the meat. So, the fox madea plan. He asked the crow to sing. Hearing it, she became very


pleased. So the crow kept the piece of meat under its feet andbegan to sing. At once, the piece of meat fell from its feet.Without delay, the fox picked it up and left the place. In thisway, the crow became foolis.

Set - 81. Use the following points to write a processing on how a

building is constructed : 10[Points : Drawing of a plan of the building by the architect––getting the sanctioned by the corporation or municipalauthorities––engaging masons and labourers––starting theconstruction with bricks, cement and sand––fitting doors andwindows––plastering of walls––wiring––electric and waterconnections––painting––building completed––fit for living.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONMan is a social animal. So they need building for living. Buildingis constructed through the following steps. At the beginning, aplan of the building is drawn by the architect. After that, theplan is got sanctioned by the corporation or municipality. Afterthat, masons and labourers are engaged to build the building.Then the construction is started with bricks, cement and sand.There after, the doors and windows are fitted. Then, walls ofthe building are plastered with sand and cement. Electric wiringis done. Now, electric and water connection are given. Then thebuilding is painted with chooseable colours. After that thebuilding is completed. At last, the building is fit for living.

2. Write a letter to the Editor of an English newspapercomplaining against the misuse of microphones : 10

10th May, 2016To, Lalbagh, MurshidabadThe Editor,The Telegraph, Kolkata

Sub : Misuse of MicrophonesSir,

I want to draw your kind attention about the misuse of microphonesin our locality, through the columns of your popular daily.

I live at Swarup Nagar in the district of Murshidabad. In ourlocality, the reckless use of microphones has created a great


headache to the peaceloving people. There are thirteen festivalsin twelve months. On the other hand, some organizers organizeseveral cultural functions. So, in the festivals and also in thecultural functions, organizers use microphones indiscriminatelyday and might. It causes a great disturbance to the students.The old and the patients of heart disease spend sleepless night.There are some officials restrictions and laws, but it is going on.

So, I shall be highly obliged, if you take the positive steps toregulate the use of microphones and save the public from thediscomforts.

Thanking you.Yours faithfully

Vikram Chatterjee

3. Describe the process of ‘Preparation of Lemon Squash’ usingthe following points : 10[Points : Buying lemons––sorting and removing rotten ones––cleaning––crushing to extract Juice––straining the seeds with apiece of cloth––mixing sugar and citric acid––pouring the mixturein sterilized bottles––sealing and labelling––packing in cartoons––sending to market for sale.]

LEMON SQUASH PREPARATIONLemon squash is a delicious drink to all of us. It is generallytaken in the season of summer. It can be prepared through thesystematic way. At first, lemons are bought from the market.Only good ones are sorted. Rotten ones are removed. Then thegood ones are cleaned with water. These lemons are peeled.Then, these are boiled with water. After that, boiled lemons arecooled. These are chushed to extract juice. Then, the seeds arestrained with a piece of cloth. Sugar and citric acid are addedwith the juice. After that, the mixture is poured in sterilizedbottles. Then, the bottles are sealed and labeled. The bottlesare packed in cartoons. At last the cartoons are sent to marketfor sale.

Set - 91. Write a story (within 100 words) using the given points.

Give a title to the story : 10[Points : The wheels of a cart sank into mud––the carter whippedthe bulocks in vain––prayed to the god of strength for help––


the god came––asked the carter to put his shoulder to the wheel––he did––cart came out of mud.]

TITLE : THE CARTER AND THE GODOnce upon a time a carter lived in a certain village. One day inthe monsoon, he was driving his loaded cart along the muddyroad of the village. On the way, the wheels of the cart sank intomud. The carter whipped the bulocks to pull the cart out. Bulockscould not draw the wheels out of the mud. Finding no way, thecarter prayed to the ‘God of strength’ for help. The god camebefore him. He advised him to put his own shouder to one ofthe wheels and pushed the forward. The carter followed hisadvice. At last, the cart came out of mud. The cart started tomove on.

2. Use the following points to write a processing on HowOmelet is prepared : 10[Points : buying an egg––cutting onions, chillies––breaking egg–– sliced onions, sliced, chillies, salt added––pouring mustard oilin a frying pan––stirring the mixture with a spoon––the mixturepoured in pan––spreading it––rolling it––omelet ready––serveit.]

OMELET PREPARATIONOmelet is a very delicious food to the food Humorous Bengales.It can be easily made at our homes through the systematic way.At first, an egg, onions, chilli etc. are bought from the market,Now, an egg is broken in a bowl. Then onions and chillies arecut into small pieces with a knife. Sliced onions, sliced chillies,salt are added to the egg. Then mustard is poured in a fryingpan. After that, the pan is heated. Sliced onions, sliced chillies,salt, egg are stirred with a spoon. Then the mixture is poured inthe frying pan. It is spread on the pan. After a few seconds, themixture becomes solid and then it is rolled. Now an omelet isready. At last, not omelet is served to a plate.

3. As a reporter of an English daily, write a report using thefollowing points in about 100 words : 10[Accident : Air crash, Date : 20th January, morning, Place :Mangalore Bajpee Airport, Flight involved : An Air India ExpressBoeing 737 from Dubai to Mangalore, Cause of disaster : Planemissed touch––down point––overshort runway––plunged into


gorge—burst into flames, Casualties : 155 persons including crewmembers killed––8 passengers survived, Rescue work : Firebrigade, local people, Police and airport staff, Measures taken :Civil Aviation Minister rushed to Mangalore––compensationdeclared.]

A TERRIBLE AIR CRASH––By a Staff Reporter

21st January, Mangalore : A terrible Air crash happened onyesterday, morning at Mangalore, Bajpee Airport. It is reportedthat an Air India Express Boeing 737 from Dubai to Mangalorewas involved in this crash. Suddenly the plane missed touchdown point. It is also said that the plane over short runway. Itplunged into gorge. At last, it burst into flames. As a result 155persons includeing crew members were killed on the spot. Eightpassengers survived very soon. Fire Brigade, local people cameforward to rescue quickly. After half an hour, police and air portstuff reached there and controlled the situation. Civil AviationMinister rushed to Mangalore and declared the compensationfor the family of the dead persons.

Set - 10

1. Write a paragraph on role of mobile phones (in 100 words)in modern life : 10[Points : Not only amazing medium, but also instantcommunication–––substitutes for computers––preserveimportant information and photographs––equips with G.P.R.S.camera, F.M. radios etc.––misuses also––affects on students andyounger generation––accidents occur.]

ROLE OF MOBILE PHONES IN MODERN LIFEA mobile phone or cellular phone are not only amazing mediumin modern life but it also communicates instantly. Some costlymobile phones are used as a substitute for computer. It preservesimportant information and photographs. Cellular phones areequipped with G.P.R.S., camera, F.M. radios etc. The SMS facilityof it is the most convenient form to keep in touch with one’s dearones. But it has abuses also. Students and young generation areaddicted to cellular phones. They use their hand sets while theywalk and also while they drive cars. It causes accident. It hasproved that excessive use of mobile phones can cause ‘BrainCancer’.


2. Write a notice as the secretary of your club informing themembers in detail of a blood donation camp to be organizedby the club : 10

NOTICE[Donate Blood and Save a Life]

No. S / 02 / 2016 Date : 05.06.2016It is notified to all the members of our club that our club isgoing to organize a blood donation camp on 10th June in theclub premises at 8 a.m. All the willing members and local peopleare requested to contact with the undersigned in the club ‘HallGhar’ from 5 pm. to 8 pm. They should enlist their names. Theage limit of the willing persons should be 20 to 50 years. In caseof female, it is 20 to 45 years. Every donors will get the certificatesigned by the Chief Minister. Active co-operation will acceptfrom any source to make this great effort a grand success.

Animesh AdhikariSecretary

Vivekananda ClubMurshidabad

3. Write a letter to the Editor of an English daily, expressingyour great concern about the felling of trees at random inyour locality : 10

25th May, 2016Lalbag, Murshidabad

To,The EditorThe Times of IndiaKolkata

Sub : About the felling of treesSir,

I want to draw your kind attention about the felling of treesat random in our locality, through the columns of your populardaily.

I live at Nanur in the district of Murshidabad. In this village,there are many old trees along with the road side like shal,mahogany, sirish and many other trees. But now-a-days thesetrees are being cut thoughtlessly. This thoughtlessly cutting oftrees is damaging our environment and also our eco-system. Itis under the criminal-act.


According to my opinion, transplant may be the substituteway, to protect this damage of environment.

I shall be highly obliged if you kindly grant my above prayer.Thanking your,

Yours faithfullyRaktim Singha Roy

Set - 111. Write a biography of Swami Vivekananda based on the

following points : 10[Points : Name––Swami Vivekananda––parents––BiswanathDutta and Bhubaneswari Devi––Date of birth––12th January,1863––Education––studied in Metropolitan Institution,graduation from Scottish Church College––contact SriRamakrishna––delivered speeches on religions at Chicago––founded Ramkrishna Mission––Die––2nd July, 1902.

SWAMI VIVEKANANDAIn every century and in every country many men and womenwere born. The works what they did for their own country madethem famous. Swami Vivekananda was one of them. He wasborn on 12th January, 1863. His pet name was Narendranath.His father’s name was Biswanath Dutta. His mother’s name wasBhubaneswari Devi. He studied in Metropolitan Institution. Hedid his graduation from Scottish Church College in 1884. He metSri Ramkrishna and became his disciple. He delivered hisspeeches on religions at Chicago. He founded RamkrishnaMission at Belur Math. He breathed his last at the age of thirty-nine. He was a great monk. We remember him for ever.

2. Describe the process of ‘Preparation of Mustard Oil’ usingthe following hints : 10[Hints : seeds collected––dried––curshed in a machine––a littlewater added––oil cakes separated––oil kept in containers––sealed— ready for use and sale.]

MUSTARD OIL PREPARATIONMustard oil is known as edible oil. Bengalees family cannot cookvegetables without mustard oil. Mustard oil is prepared in anumber of stages in mills. At first, mustard seeds are collectedfrom the market. After that, the seeds are dried in the sun.


Then the dried seeds are sent to a mill. there, the seed arecrushed in a machine. Then a little water is added to it.Thereafter, oil is extracted. Then oil cakes are separated. Oil iskept is containers. After that, the containers are sealed. At last,mustard oil is ready for use and it is sent to market for sale.

3. Write a story (within 100 words) using the given points.Give a title to the story : 10[Points : A villager and his goats––tend his goats––keep thegoats under a shed––during his sleeping hours, goat stole by hisneighbours––villager made a plan––kept a dog––the dogbarked–– villager woke up––neighbour caught and punished.]

TITLE : THE VILLAGER AND HIS GOATSOnce upon a time, a villager lived in his village with peacefully.He had a number of goats. He used to tend his goats. He keptthe goats under a shed. At every night, the villager used tosleep in his cottage. Every night, during his sleeping hour, hisneighbours used to steal the goats. As a result, the number ofgoats were decreasing day by day. So the villager made a plan,One day, he kept a dog under the goat shed. At that night,whenever the neighbour entered the shed to steal the goat, thedog barked frequently. The villager woke up to hear the dog’sbark. The neighbour was caught and punished. In this way thevillager saved his goats.

Moral : Cleverness brings its reward.

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Subject : BIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE BERNARD SHAW[Inspired from ‘Freedom’]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTI, Sri Paresh Das, a student of Class-X, is merely grate ful to

respected Ajoy Bhaskar, My model guide for inspiring,encouraging and helping me to complete the ‘Model’, I amobliged to him for his kind sonsideration, co-operation andinspiring guidance.

Paresh DasDate : Signature of the Student

Resource of the Topic :I have read ‘Freedom’ by

George Bernard Shaw from ‘Essays,short stories and one-act plays’––Oxford. From this source, I havecome to know about this famouswriter, George Bernard Shaw. Therefore, I have selected this topic‘Biography of Bernard Shaw’.

Out come of the Topic :George Bernard Shaw was a famous dramatist who was born

in a Dublin Protestant family in 1856. Shaw quit school at fourteento work as a rent collector until moving to London in 1876 to joinhis mother, a music teacher. Shaw learned how to laugh at life’stragedies from his father. He also learned a sound appreciation ofmusic from his mother. He studied Marx and Engles and becameone of the founders of the Fabian Society in 1884. He was a musiccritic. He wrote the perfect wagnerite (1898). He became adramatist and gained popularity in 1925.

PROJECT

CASE STUDY


He got award the ‘Nobel prize’ in 1926 for his constribution toBritish drama. He had astoundin vitality. Through this vitality hefascinated and delighted the audience. He made people think bycompelling them to laugh. As an essayist and pamphleteer, Shawadvocates spiritual freedom, honesty, courage and idealism.

Among his literary works are : Plays pleasant and playsunpleasant; Man and superman; Saint Joan, The intelligent woman’sGuide to Socialism, Capitalism and Essays in Falsian Socialism.

The essay ‘Freedom’ one of the series of B.B.C. Radio talksdelivered on 18 June, 1935. It was published in the Listerner, 26June, 1935. In ‘Freedom’ Shaw pleads for an original and stimulatingattitude towards the concept of Freedom––individual, Social andPolitical and Skilfully anolyses the difference between the naturalslavery of man to Nature and unnatural slavery of man to man.

Conclusion :The model, ‘Case Study’ was completed written scheduled time.

But we need huge time to make it enlightening. Having completedthe model I have learn the following :

(a) How to re-arrange the sequence of materials.(b) How to write biography.(c) How to organise a biography.(d) How to enjoy group work.

IDENTIFYING CARD

I, Bipul Tiwari hereby declare that Paresh Das, the studentof Class-X has prepared the model under my Supervision andguidance.

Bipu TiwaryDate : Signature of the Teacher


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Time : 3 Hours 15 Minutes For Regular Candidates : F.M - 90[First 15 Mins. for reading the For External Candidates : F.M - 100question paper only]

Section-AReading Comprehension (Seen)

1. Read the following paragraphs and answer the questionsthat follow :

Most people think that the cat is an unintelligent animal,fond of ease and caring little for anything but mice and milk.But a cat has really more character than most human beings,and gets a great deal more satisfaction out of life.

He––or she––is an athlete, an acrobat and a grim fighter.All day long the cat loafs about the house, takes things easyand allows himself to be pestered by the attentions of thepeople in the house. To pass the time away he sometimeswatches a mouse-hole for an hour or two––just to keephimself from dying of boredom. People get this idea that thissort of thing is all that holds life for a cat. But watch him asthe shades of evening fall. You can see the cat as he really is.

A. Write the correct alternative to complete the followingsentences in the given spaces : 1×5=5

a) According to the people’s thinking, the cat is––i) an intelligent animal

ii) an unintelligent animaliii) a dull animal iv) a wise animal.

Answer : _____________________________________________b) All day long the cat loafs about––

i) the market ii) the gardeniii) the house iv) the pond.

Answer : _____________________________________________c) The pass the time away, a cat––

i) shows anger ii) sleepsiii) sings iv) watches a mouse-hole.

Answer : _____________________________________________


d) One can see the cat as he really is in the––i) night ii) afternoon

iii) evening iv) morning.Answer : _____________________________________________

e) The cat likes to eat––i) milk and bread ii) fish and bread

iii) milk and mice iv)butter and bread.Answer : _____________________________________________


a) According to the opinion of most people the cat ______b) To idel the time away a cat ________________________c) The cat is watched as ____________________________

C. a) State whether the following statements are True orFalse. Write ‘T’ for ‘True’ and ‘F’ for ‘False’ statements.Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of youranswer : 2×2=4

i) All day long the cat roams about the garden.Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________

ii) To idle the time away a cat sometimes watches the

members of the family.Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________

OR

b) Fill in the chart with information from the text : 2×2=4Statement Reason

A cat fond of case andcaring little for anythingbut mice and milk.

To pass the time away acat sometimes watchesa mouse hole for anhour-two


2. Read the extract of the poem given below and answer thequestion that follow :

The mountain and the squirrelHad a quarrel:

And the former called the latter ‘Little Prig.’Bun replied,

‘You are doubtless very big;But all sorts of things and weather

Must be taken in together,To make up a year

And a sphere.And I think it no disgrace

To occupy my place.If I’m not so large as you,you are not so small as I,

And not half so spry.I’ll not deny you make

A very pretty squirrel track;Talents differ; all is well and wisely put;

If I cannot carry forests on my back,Neither can you crack a nut.’


a) The mountain makes a squirrel track which is––i) ugly ii) small

iii) pretty iv) broadAnswer : _____________________________________________

b) But all sorts of things and weather combindly makeup––

i) a year and a sphere ii) a yeariii) a sphere iv) a month

Answer : _____________________________________________

c) The mountain and the squirrel had a––i) misunderstanding ii) quarrel

iii) friendship iv) fightAnswer : _____________________________________________


d) The differ that is between the mountain and the squirrelis––

i) courage ii) talentiii) wisdom iv) strength

Answer : _____________________________________________

e) The squirrel can not carry––i) forests ii) the mountain

iii) the burden iv) heavy loadAnswer : _____________________________________________

B. Answer the following questions : 2×2=4a) To whom does the ‘little prig’ refers to and by whom?

Answer : _____________________________________________

b) In which way, one can make up a year?Answer : _____________________________________________

Reading Comprehension (Unseen)3. Read the following passage and answer the questions that

follow :Berhampore, Aug., 5 : The Murshidabad flood situation

worsened again with the river Bhairav rising one meter abovethe danger level. Flood waters are submerging vast areas orNaoda, Harihorpara and Beldanga. An embankment atDangapara gave in yesterday. Army has rescued 300 peoplein Farakka and Dhuliyan. About 6,000 people have beenaffected with gastroenteritis or diarrhoeal disorders seniorhealth officials said.

Nine expert doctors have been sent to Murshidabad fromCalcutta to arrest the outbreak or any epidemic, once thewater recedes. Complaints of inadequate relief and lack ofattention, however, comtinue to pour in. The death toll standsat 43 officially.

With water-levels in all rivers remaining steady, therehas been no deterioration in the flood situation in Nadiadistrict today. No fresh areas have been inundated, accordingto Mr. S. K. Majumder, Additional District Magistrate. Butone more diarrhoea death has been reported fromNakashipara. The Official death toll now stands at eight. Mr.


Majumder said 1,20,000 people had been affected by thefloods. Of them 20,000 were taken to relief camps, Rs. 2lakhs in cash, 50 M.T. wheat, 10 M.T. rice and 1, 500 tarpaulinhad been distributed.

While the flood situation is better in South Dinajpur, it isstill grim in North Dinajpur, so far 11 people died in SouthDinajpur while the death toll rose to 45. Water level isgradually decreasing in South Dinajpur. But there had beenincreased cases of enteric diseases. The major affected areashad been Gangasagar, Hili and Gangarampur.

[From the Statesman]A. Write the correct alternative to complete the following

sentences : 1×6=6a) Murshidabad flood situation worsened again with the

river––i) Bhagirathi ii) Ajoy

iii) Damodar iv) BhairavAnswer : _____________________________________________

b) In Farakka and Dhuliyan, Army has rescued––i) 400 people ii) 300 people

iii) 600 people iv) 500 peopleAnswer : _____________________________________________

c) Number of people who have been affected withgastroenterities or diarrhoeal disorders we––

i) about 600 people ii) 6000 peopleiii) 8000 people iv) 20,000 people

Answer : _____________________________________________

d) The doctors who have been sent to Murshidabad fromCalcutta were in number—

i) six expert doctors ii) four expert doctorsiii) nine expert doctors iv) three expart doctors

Answer : _____________________________________________

e) The death toll officially stands at––i) 50 ii) 40

iii) 53 iv) 43Answer : _____________________________________________


f) Additional District Magistrate was––i) Mr. S. K. Nandy ii) Mr. R. K. Raha

iii) Mr. S. K. Majumdar iv) Mr. S. K. MondalAnswer : _____________________________________________


i) The rising of water level in the river Bhairav did notshow, the danger of flood.Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________

ii) An expert medical team was sent to South Dinajpur.Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________

iii) Only one diarrhoea has been reported fromMurshidabad.Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________

C. Answer the following questions : 2×4=8a) Which districts were effected by the flood?

Answer : __________________________________________________________________________________________

b) How many people were died at different parts of thedistrict?

Answer : __________________________________________________________________________________________

c) What was the name of Additional District Majistrate?Answer : _____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

d) Tick the most appropriate title for the passage :i) A devastative flood in Murshidabad, Nadia, North and

South Dinajpurii) River Bhairav caused the flood in Murshidabad.iii) Better flood situation in South Dinajpur.


Section-BGrammar and Vocabulary

4. Write the correct alternative to fill in the blanks : 1×3=3Swami __________ (stand/stood/standing) at the entranceto his class.Samuel __________ (is/was/are) __________ (teach/tought/teaching) arithmatic.

5. Do as directed : 1×9=9a) Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and

prepositions : 1×3=3It is all ________ account of __________ kite that thereare more __________ us.

b) Answer the following questions : 1×3=3i) She said, ‘‘I have your secret here inside my little bag.’’

(Chang the mode of narration)Answer : _____________________________________________

ii) Father received her letter. (Change the voice)Answer : _____________________________________________

iii) As soon as spring comes, back we sail to our owndear island. (Use ‘no sooner’ in place of ‘as soon as’)

Answer : _____________________________________________

c) Choose the correct phrasal verbs from the list givenbelow to replace the words underlined. Write thecorrect phrasal verbs in the boxes on the right handside, changing the form, where necessary. There is oneextra phrasal verb in the list : 1×3=3

i) Whenever you see an oak tree felled, swear nowyou will plant two.

ii) Women had collected around Birla House.

iii) Lying in bed, Swami realised with a shudder that itwas Monday morning.[ List of phrasal verbs : cut down, get together,get at, take place ]


6. Given below are the meanings of four words which youwill find in Question No. 3. Find out the words and writethem in the appropriate boxes on the right hand side :

2×4=8a) spread outb) wide spreadc) by degreesd) frequent evacuation of the bowels

Section-C(Writing)

7. Write a paragraph on ‘Today’s Terrorism’ (about 100 words).Use the given hints : 10Hints : Introduction––description––examples from recent

incidents––threats––recovery ––conclusion.Answer : ______________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

8. Write a report (about 100 words) for a daily newspaper.Use the given hints : 10Hints : Bomb blast on railway track between Kantadih and

Urma––railway track destroyed––train servicesdisrupted for about 12 hours on Adra-Chandil routeon the S.E. Railway.

Answer : __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. Write a letter to the Chairman of your Municipality,requesting him to take immediate steps for preventingspread of ‘Dengi’ and other infections (about 100 words) :

10Answer : ______________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________


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‘‘At the Birla House, Gandhiji’s relatives and followershad gathered round his body. There was silence in the roomas Gandhiji breathed his last. Words of Bapuji’s death hasspread through Delhi like a flame fanned by wind. Sad groupsof men and women had collected around Birla House. Out ofevery window one could see a brown blur of faces. They didnot make a sound. There was an unnatural silence. It was asif time stood still for those few minutes.

The people were too stunned to speak in the beginning.Latter they Clamoured wildly, shouting and crying. Theyjostled one another in a stampede to break into the house.They calmed a little when it was announced that they wouldbe allowed to see Gandhiji before the funeral.

When one is faced with the shock of a loved one’s death,on whimpers : ‘‘What will become of me now that he hasleft me?’’ This was surely the question uppermost in themind of the mourning people. They looked lost children. Itwas the question in many of our hearts as we sat, still shockedand unbelieving. We listened to the broadcast telling thepeople of India that their Bapu was no more.’’


a) Out of every window one could see––i) a darken blur of facesii) a brown blur of facesiii) a reddened blur of facesiv) a pale blur of faces.

Answer : _____________________________________________


b) The death news of Bapuji has spread like––i) fire ii) wind

iii) a flame fanned by wind iv) fog.Answer : _____________________________________________

c) The people were too stunned to speak––i) at the endii) in the beginningiii) at the mid wayiv) after an hour of the beginning.

Answer : _____________________________________________

d) When one is faced with the shock of a loved one’s deathone––

i) morns ii) criesiii) whimpers iv) laughs

Answer : _____________________________________________

e) The mourning people looked like––i) lost children ii) foot

iii) dumb iv) madAnswer : _____________________________________________


a) Out of every window, one could see ____________b) It was as if _______________________c) The people who were mourning had collected _______


i) The jostled one another in a stampede to break into

the wall.Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________

ii) The people were so delighted that they couldnot speak.

Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________


ORb) Fill in the chart with information from the text : 2×2=4

Statement Reason

The people were verystunned

one whimpers

2. Read the extract of the poem given below and answer thequestions that follow :

Within that house secure he hidesWhen danger imminent betidesOf storm, or other harm besides

Of weather.Give but his horns the slightest touch,His self-collecting pow’r is such,He shrinks into his house with much

Displeasure.Where’er dwells, he dwells alone,Except himself has chatells none,Well satisfied to be his own

Whole treasure.A. Write the correct alternative to complete the following

sentences : 1×4=4a) When any danger appears, the snail hids––

i) in front of the houseii) out of the house

iii) within the houseiv) beside the house

Answer : _____________________________________________

b) When there is imminent danger, the snail loves to––i) dance ii) sleep

iii) move iv) hideAnswer : _____________________________________________

c) The snail has the power to collect his own––i) horns ii) food

iii) body iv) eyesAnswer : _____________________________________________


d) The word ‘imminent’ means––i) thinking ii) expressing

iii) approaching iv) relatingAnswer : _____________________________________________

B. Answer the following questions : 2×2=4a) What type of danger does the snail appear?

Answer : _____________________________________________

b) What kind of power the snail has?Answer : _____________________________________________


follow :It was some days before the extent of the damage to

Hiroshima was known. Immediately after the bomb hadexploded on that fateful morning of 6th August, 1945, it wasevident that the destruction in the city was beyond all livingexperience. A single atomic bomb, and a small one at that,had an effect similar to the simultaneous explosion of 20,000tons of high explosive. It was estimated that about 1,00,000people were killed by that one explosion––more than thepopulation of a town the size of Cambridge. Another 40,000people were injured. More than two-thirds of the buildingsin Hiroshima were destroyed and thousands more weredamaged beyond repair. It was found that telegraph polesabout two and a half miles form the centre of the explosionwere charred by the intense heat.

Statesmen and ordinary men and women all over theworld were shocked and frightened by the news of theterrible devastation caused by this single atomic explosion.Ever since, the peoples of the world have lived in the fearthat one day the final catastrophe would happen. As onenewspaper put it : ‘‘the atomic bomb means the end of warand the end of the human race.’’

If men can agree to settle their disputes by peacefulmeans, the atomic power which can mutilate and kill in wascan be used to treat diseases and to produce enough power


to make life easier and more prosperous that it has everbeen.


a) The bomb had exploded in Hiroshima––i) 5th August ii) 6th August

iii) 5th September iv) 6th June.Answer : _____________________________________________

b) It was estimated that about 1,00,000 people were killedby that––

i) two explosions ii) three explosionsiii) one explosion iv) 4th explosions

Answer : _____________________________________________

c) The people who were killed in Hiroshima were morethan the population of a town the size of––

i) Kolkata ii) Mumbaiiii) Cambridge iv) Maxico

Answer : _____________________________________________

d) The people who were injured in the explosion wereabout––

i) 4,000 ii) 40,000iii) 20,000 iv) 1,000

Answer : _____________________________________________

e) The buildings which were destroyed in Hiroshima weremore than––

i) one-fourth ii) two-thirdsiii) one-thirds iv) three-fourths

Answer : _____________________________________________

f) The telegraph poles were charred by the intense heatfrom the centre of the explosion were––

i) mile ii) 2½ milesiii) 3 miles iv) 5 miles

Answer : _____________________________________________

B. Each of the following sentences is either ‘True’ or ‘False’.Write ‘T’ for ‘True’ and ‘F’ for ‘False’ in the right hand side.


Also pick out suitable line from the text in support of youranswer : (1+1)×3=6

i) It was estimated that about 1000 people were killed by

that one explosion.Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________

ii) The number of seriously injured people in Hiroshima

were 40,000.Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________

iii) Only men and women were shocked all over the world.


C. Answer the following questions : 2×4=8a) When did the bomb explode?

Answer : _____________________________________________

b) What are the peaceful uses of atomic energy?Answer : _____________________________________________

c) How many people were killed by that one explosion inHiroshima?

Answer : _____________________________________________

d) Tick the most appropriate title for the passage :i) The fateful morning of 6th August 1945 in Hiroshima.

ii) An atomic bomb caused a great damage at Hiroshima.

iii) Hiroshima lost its wealth.


4. Write the correct alternative to fill in the blanks : 1×3=3And there _________ (was/were/is) Claude, __________

(stand/standing/is standing) with a bit of cord in his hand__________ (look/looked/looking) foolish.



prepositions : 1×3=3Some days __________ the funeral, __________ specialtrain took Gandhiji’s ashes __________ Allahabad.

b) Answer the following questions : 1×3=3i) He was the worst boy on earth. (Put into Positive

degree)Answer : _____________________________________________

ii) So he changed his tactics. (Use the noun form ofchange)

Answer : _____________________________________________

iii) I cannot carry forests on my back. (Change thevoice)

Answer : _____________________________________________


i) Amid song and prayer the train reached Allahabad.

ii) I met an old woman.

iii) Claude and I never quarrelled.

[ List of phrasal verbs : come across, get together,fall out, arrive at ]


2×4=8a) any loss b) fatal

c) obvious

d) happening or existing at the same time


Section-CWriting

7. Write a biography of Sukumar Roy (within 100 words) usingthe given hints : 10Hints : Name––Sukumar Roy, Date of birth––31st October

1887, Father––Upendra Kishore Roy, Mother––Bidhumukhi Devi, Education––1902, Passed EntranceExamination from City school, 1906, passed B. Sc.with honours in physics and chemistry fromPresidency College,––1911 to England for higherstudy in painting technology.Profession––1913, returned from England, Publishedpainting and Articles in ‘Sandesh’, 1915––Editor ofSandesh, published ‘Ha-Ja-Ba-Ra-La’––1923,Published Abol-Tabol. Death : 19th September, 1923.

Answer : ______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

8. As the captain of your school write a notice on your schoolnotice board requesting the students to participate in theevents organised under ‘Swachha Bharat, Abhiyan’programme. 10

Answer : ______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

9. Write a letter (in about 100 words) to Headmaster orHeadmistress requesting him or her to make available textand reference books in your school library. 10

Answer : ______________________________________________

______________________________________________

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When the family has finished tea, and gathers roundthe fire, the cat casually goes out of the room. True life nowbegins for him. He saunters down his own backyard, springsto the top of the fence, drops lightly down to the other side.He trots across and skips to the roof of an empty shed. Hismovement becomes lithe and pantherlike. He looks keenlyfrom side to side and moves noiselessly, for he has so manyenemies––dogs and small boys with stones.

On top of the shed, the cat arches his back and rakes hisclaws once or twice through the soft bark of the old roof. Hestretches himself a few times to see if every muscle is in fullworking order. Then, drooping his head nearly to his paws,he sends across a call to his kindred. Before long they come,gliding, graceful shadows. No longer are they the meekcreatures who an hour ago were mewing for fish and milk.They are now grim fighters.

Just think how much more he gets out of his life thenyou do out of yours! And the sports they have, too! As theyget older they go in for sport to the suburban backyards.These backyards that are dull to us, are to them huntinggrounds where they have more gallant adventure than KingArthur’s knights ever had.

It is always spoken as a reproach against cats that theyare more fond of their home than of the people in it.Naturally, the cat doesn’t like to leave his country, the landwhere all his friends are, and where he knows everylandmark. Exiled in a new land, he would have to learn a


new geography. So, when the family moves, the cat, ifallowed, will stay at the old house and attach himself to thenew tenants. He will give them the privilege of boarding himwhile he enjoys life in his own way.


a) The cat’s enemies are––i) dogs and small boys with stonesii) Pigs and womeniii) meniv) cows and goats.

Answer : _____________________________________________

b) The cat moves––i) angrily ii) loudly

iii) noiselessly iv) shamelessly.Answer : _____________________________________________

c) The cat plays––i) in front of the house ii) the suburban backyards

iii) the garden iv) the room.Answer : _____________________________________________

d) According to text we can say the cat––i) the bravo creatures ii) the angry creatures

iii) the gentle creatures iv) the meek creatures.Answer : _____________________________________________

e) The cat casually goes out of the room when the familyhas finished tea and gathers round––

i) the table ii) the roomiii) the tree iv) the fire.

Answer : _____________________________________________


a) Sometimes the cat’s movement becomes an elegantmanner and ________________

b) A blame against cats is that __________c) The backyards which are dull to us are to the cats ____



i) Naturally, the cat dislike to leave his country.Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________

ii) People speak as a blame against cats that they are more

fond of their home than of the people in it.Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________


Statement Reason

The cat would have to learna new geography

The cat looks kinly fromside to side and movesnoiselessly.


Once I crept in an oakwood––I was looking for a stag.I met an old woman there––all knobbly stick and rag.She said : ‘I have your secret here inside my little bag.’Then she began to cackle and I began to quake.She opened up her little bag and I came twice awake––Surrounded by a staring tribe and me tied to a stake.They said : ‘We are the oak-trees and your own true family.We are chopped down, we are torn up, you do not blink an eye.Unless you make a promise now––now you are going to die.’


a) Once the poet went in quitely in––i) a bamboo wood ii)a mehagoni wood

iii) an oak wood iv)a Rojadendron wood.Answer : _____________________________________________


b) The poet met someone in the oakwood––‘someone’refers to––

i) young man ii) young womaniii) very young iv) old woman.

Answer : _____________________________________________

c) In this poem, the woman began to laugh creating astrange sound like as a goose or hen, the poet thenbegan to––

i) sing ii) cryiii) laugh loudly iv) tremble

Answer : _____________________________________________

d) In this poem the poet awake––i) once ii) twice

iii) thrice iv) more than once.Answer : _____________________________________________

B. Answer the following questions : 2×2=4a) What did the oak trees tell the poet to do?

Answer : _____________________________________________

b) Who were the own true family of the poet?Answer : _____________________________________________


follow :Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In

otherwords, we do not educate children only for the purposeof educating them; our purpose is to fit them forlife. As soonas we realize this fact we will understand that it will veryimportant to choose a system of education which will reallyprepare children for life. It is not enough just to choose thefirst system of education one finds : or to continue with oneold system of education without examining it to see whetherit is in fact suitable or not.

In many modern countries it has for some time beenfashionable to think that by free education for all whether


rich or poor clever or stupid-one can solve all the problemsof society. It also build a perfect nation. But we can alreadysee that free education for all is not enough; we find in suchcountries a far larger number of people with universitydegrees than there are jobs for them to fill. Because of theirdegrees, they refuse to do what they think ‘low’ work; andin fact, work with the hands is thought to be dirty andshameful in such countries.

But we have only to think a moment to understand thatthe work of a completely uneducated farmer is far moreimportant than that of a professor : we can live withouteducation, but we die if we have no food. If no one cleanedour streets and took rubbish away from our towns. Incountries where there are no servants because everyone isashamed to do such work, the professors have to waste muchof their time doing house work.

In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated, wemean that all of us must be educated in such a way that,firstly, each of us can do whatever job is suited to his brainand ability, and secondly, that we can realize that all jobs arenecessary to society, and that it is very bad to be ashamedof one’s work, or to scorn someone else’s. Only such a typeof education can be called valuable to society.


a) We educate our children to––i) unfit them for life ii) fit them for life

iii) civilize in life iv)do bad manners in life.Answer : _____________________________________________

b) Education will really prepare children for––i) evil work ii) peace

iii) life iv) quarelling.Answer : _____________________________________________

c) Free education for all is––i) not enough ii) enough

iii) shameful iv) harmful.Answer : _____________________________________________


d) We can live without––i) food ii) water

iii) education iv) enjoyment.Answer : _____________________________________________

e) It is very important to choose a system of––i) song ii) education

iii) examination iv) modernization.Answer : _____________________________________________

f) We can realize that all jobs are necessary to––i) town ii) village

iii) society iv) country.Answer : _____________________________________________


i) Education can not be end.Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________

ii) We educate our children to do bad manners in life.Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________

iii) The work of a completely uneducated farmer is less

important than that of a professor.Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________

C. Answer the following questions : 2×4=8

a) We do we educate children?Answer : _____________________________________________

b) Do you think that free education will solve all of ourproblems?

Answer : _____________________________________________

c) Is it possible that an uneducated farmer is moreimportant than that of a professor?

Answer : _____________________________________________


d) Tick the most appropriate title for the passage :i) Education helps to fit the children.ii) Education is not an end, but a means to an end.

iii) Mass education.Section-B

Grammar and Vocabulary4. Write the correct alternative to fill in the blanks : 1×3=3

We _________ (take/took/taken) the first thing that ________(come/came/coming) handy-an old letter _________ (lie/lied/lying) on the book case in the sitting room.


prepositions : 1×3=3It was _________ agonizing walk. Thousands silentlywatched _________ procession. Bapu lay _________ anopen truck covered with flowers.

b) Answer the following questions : 1×3=3i) They did not make a sound. (Change the voice)

Answer : _____________________________________________ii) ‘’What has he done, Father?’’ (Change the mode of

narration)Answer : _____________________________________________

iii) There was an unnatural silence. (Split up thesentence)

Answer : _____________________________________________c) Choose the correct phrasal verbs from the list given

below to replace the words underlined. Write thecorrect phrasal verbs in the boxes on the right handside, changing the form, where necessary. There is oneextra phrasal verb in the list : 1×3=3

i) The mountain and the squirrel had a quarrel.

ii) The teacher was inspecting the home lessons.

iii) He entered home.

[ List of phrasal verbs : turn down, fall out, getinto, look into ]



2×4=8a) adequate b) precious

c) illiterate d) indecent

Section-CWriting

7. Write a story (within 100 words) using the given hints. Givea title to the story : 10Hints : Grasshopper hungry––wintry day––hopped every

where––found an ant––asked for some grains ofcorn––the ant said, ‘‘Why did not you save insummer?’’––Grasshopper replied, ‘‘I sang’’––the antsaid, ‘‘Now dance.’’

Answer : __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. It is known to all that the north India has gone under waterdue to heavy rain. So your school’s student’s committeehas decided to raise a fund to stand by illfated people these.As you are the secretary of that committee write a noticein this regard. 10

Answer : __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. Write a letter to your friend informing that you have got acycle with free of cost from school. You will also mentionthat the Govt. has taken a good decision for the students.You will also add that the students will get benefit fromthis endeavour of the Government. 10

Answer : __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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Of course, there was nobody for us to play with on theBig Half Moon. We just had to make the most of each other,and we did.

We live on the Big Half Moon island. ‘We’ are Fatherand Claude and I and Aunt Esther and Mimi and Dick. It usedto be only Father and Claude and I. It is all on account of thekite that there are more of us. This is what I want to tell youabout.

Father is the keeper of the Big Half Moon lighthouse. Iam eleven years old. Claude is twelve. In winter, when theharbour is frozen over, we all move over to the mainland. Assoon as spring comes, back we sail to our own dear island.

The funny part used to be that people always pitied uswhen the time came for us to return. They said we must beso lonesome over there, with no other children near us. Ofcourse Claude and I would have liked to have someone toplay with us. It is hard to run pirate caves and things like thatwith only two. But we used to quarrel a good deal with themainland children in winter. So it was perhaps just as wellthat there were none of them on the Big Half Moon. Claudeand I never quarrelled. To be sure, Father didn’t seem tohave any relations except us. This used to puzzle Claude andme. Everybody on the mainland had relations. Why hadn’twe? Was it because we lived on an island? We thought itwould be so jolly to have an uncle and aunt and some cousins.Once we asked Father about it, but he looked so sorrowfulthat we wished we hadn’t. He said it was all his fault. Claudeand I didn’t understand what he meant.



a) The writer’s father was the keeper of the Big Half Moon–i) hospital ii) office

iii) school iv) lighthouseAnswer : _____________________________________________

b) There was nobody for the writer and his playmates toplay with––

i) on the yard ii) on the Big Half Mooniii) in the field iv) on the metal road

Answer : _____________________________________________

c) The writer and her family sail back to their own dearisland when the––

i) spring comes ii) summer comesiii) winter comes iv) monsoon comes.

Answer : _____________________________________________

d) The harbour is frozen over––i) in spring ii) in winter

iii) in autumn iv) in late autumn.Answer : _____________________________________________

e) The age of claude is––i) twelve ii) fifty

iii) twenty iv) eleven.Answer : _____________________________________________


a) The narrator lived on the ________________________b) At the time of come back from the mainland people __c) The writer and Claude would have liked to have

someone to ___________________C. a) State whether the following statements are True or

False. Write ‘T’ for ‘True’ and ‘F’ for ‘False’ statements.Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of youranswer : 2×2=4

i) The narrator and the Claude always quarrelled.Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________


ii) All the people on the main land were related with each

other.Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________


Statement Reason

There was nobody for themto play with on the Big HalfMoon.

This used to puzzleClaude and thenarrator.


‘Whenever you see an oak-tree felled, Swear now youwill plant two.

Unless you swear the black oak bark will wrinkle overyou

And root you among the oaks where you were born butnever grew.’

This was my dream beneath the boughs, the dream thataltered me.

When I came out of the oakwood, back to humancompany,

My walk was the walk of a human child, but my heartwas a tree.


a) The poet returned to––i) a human childii) the old woman

iii) human company iv) his family.

Answer : _____________________________________________


b) Unless the poet swear––i) the black oak bark will kill himii) the black oakbark will wrinkle over himiii) it will break down on himiv) it will knock him.

Answer : _____________________________________________

c) After coming out of the oakwood, the poet’s walk wasthe walk of––

i) an old man ii) a young ladyiii) a human child iv) an angry person

Answer : _____________________________________________

d) The poet’s dream beneath the boughs––i) gave him sorrow ii) gave him pleasure

iii) gave him shame iv) gave him alterationAnswer : _____________________________________________

B. Answer the following questions : 2×2=4a) What would happen if the poet failed to keep his

promise?Answer : _____________________________________________

b) In which way, the oak trees threated the poet?Answer : _____________________________________________


follow :The porter asked Michael Faraday to wait at the wooden

bench by the window. As he sat these, he became acutelyconscious of the stillness of the room. It made him feelthousands of miles away from the noisy streets and shopsand general clatter of London. He became conscious of soundof his own breathing, sitting here was like sitting in thecomforting stillness of a beautiful cathedral.

Suddenly he was roused from his dreamlike state. A manwas approaching. Michael looked up and for a brief momenthe did not recognize Sir Humphry Davy. He had seen himbefore but only from a distance. At that time he was a


dignified figure on the lecture platform, dressed in aprofessor’s black coat. Now he saw a slim, round-shoulderedman of medium height, with brilliant dark eyes. The facewas oval and the determined chin seemed out of keepingwith the soft mouth about which hovered a friendly almostshy smile.


a) Michael Faraday has to wait at––i) the roomii) the wooden bench

iii) the wooden chairiv) the iron chair

Answer : _____________________________________________

b) Faraday became conscious of the sound of his own––i) chewing ii) talking

iii) walking iv) breathingAnswer : _____________________________________________

c) The stillness of the room made him feel thousands ofmiles away from the––

i) crowded streets ii) noisy streetsiii) conely streets iv) silence streets

Answer : _____________________________________________

d) Where Faraday was sitting was like sitting in thecomforting stillness of a––

i) beautiful garden ii) beautiful parkiii) beautiful temple iv) beautiful cathedral

Answer : _____________________________________________

e) Humphry Davy was a man of––i) low height ii) high height

iii) medium height iv) minimum heightAnswer : _____________________________________________

f) Michael Faraday did not recognize––i) Sir Wordsworth ii) Sir J. K. Hadson

iii) Sir William Jones iv) Sir Humphry DavyAnswer : _____________________________________________



i) Sir Humphry Davy was a man of short height.Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________

ii) Michael Faraday was dressed in a professor’s black coat.


iii) A man who was approaching to Michael Faraday was

Sir Humphry Davy.Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________

C. Answer the following questions : 2×4=8a) Who was Sir Humphry Davy?

Answer : _____________________________________________

b) Describe the appearance (looking) of Sir Humphry Davy?Answer : _____________________________________________

c) Where was Michael Faraday waiting?Answer : _____________________________________________

d) Tick the most appropriate title for the passage :i) Faraday came to visit Humphry Davy.

ii) Sir, Humphry Davy, a dignified figure.iii) A secreat meeting between Michael Faraday and Sir

Humphry Davy.


4. Write the correct alternative to fill in the blanks : 1×3=3

‘‘What __________ (have/has/had) you __________ (write/wrote/written), Father?’’ Swami __________ (ask/asked/asking) apprehensively.



prepositions : 1×3=3I was having tea __________ home ____________________ evening of 30th January.

b) Answer the following questions : 1×3=3i) There was an unnatural silence. (Make it a complex)

Answer : _____________________________________________

ii) Father snatched the letter away from Swami andtore it up. (Make it simple sentence)

Answer : _____________________________________________

iii) ‘‘Do you want to know what become of your kite?’’he said. (Change the mode of narration)

Answer : _____________________________________________


i) You would not deliver it.ii) I think it no disgrace to occupy my place.

iii) Gandhiji breathed his last.

[ List of phrasal verbs : pass away, give away, takeover, callup ]

6. Given below are the meanings of four words which youwill find in Question No. 3. Find out the words and writethem in the appropriate boxes on the right hand side : 2×4=8

a) aware

b) noble

c) resoluted) The Principal church of a district under the charge of a

bishop


Section-CWriting

7. Write a paragraph on a Rainy Day using the following hints :10

Hints : Introduction––about the rain––the rain over––thesight and the scene of nature ––your feeling.

Answer : ______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

8. Write a notice as the secretary of the students welfaresociety of your school informing the students about thecelebration of 5th June as the World Environment Day.Mention the time, place, duration and all other informationabout this programme. 10

Answer : ______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

9. Write a letter to your brother congratulating him on hisbrilliant result in the Madhyamik Examination. 10

Answer : ______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________


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As he entered the school gate, an idea occurred to him.He would deliver the letter to the headmaster at the end ofthe day. There was a chance Samuel might do somethingduring the course of the day to justify the letter.

Swami stood at the entrance to his class. Samuel wasteaching arithmetic. He looked at Swami. Swami hopedSamuel would scold him severely.

‘‘You are half and hour late’’, Samuel said.‘‘I have a headache, Sir.’’ Swami said.‘‘Then why did you come at all?’’This was an unexpected question from Samuel.Swami Said, ‘‘My father said I shouldn’t miss school, Sir.’’Samuel looked impressed. ‘‘Your father is quite right.

We want more parents like him.’’‘‘Oh, you poor man!’’ Swami thought, ‘‘You don’t know what

my father has done to you.’’‘‘All right, go to your seat.’’Swami sat down, feeling sad. He had never met anyone

as good as Samuel.The teacher was inspecting the home lessons. To Swami’s

thinking, this was the time when Samuel got most angry. Buttoday Samuel appeared very gentle.

‘‘Swaminathan, where is your homework?’’‘‘I have not done my homework, Sir,’’ Swami said.‘‘Why––headache?’’ asked Samuel.‘‘Yes, Sir.’’‘‘All right, sit down,’’ Samuel said.


a) Swami decided to deliver the letter to the headmaster–i) at the begining of the dayii) during the arithematics class


iii) at the end of the dayiv) during tiffin break.

Answer : _________________________________________

b) Samuel was teaching––i) geometry ii) algebra

iii) trigonomety iv) arithmeticAnswer : _________________________________________

c) According to Samuel, Swami was late by––i) half an hour ii) one hour

iii) two hours iv) quarter of an hourAnswer : _________________________________________

d) Swami said that he had a––i) fever ii) headache

iii) toothache iv) stomach acheAnswer : _________________________________________

e) To Swami’s thinking. Samuel used to get most angrywhen he inspected––

i) home lessons ii) class workiii) project work iv) examination copies

Answer : _________________________________________


a) As Swami entered the school gate __________________b) There was a chance Samuel might __________________c) Samuel said they wanted more parents like __________


i) Swami expected that Samuel wouldn’t scold him.Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________

ii) Swami left that he had never met a person as good asSamuel.Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________

OR


b) Fill in the chart with information from the text : 2×2=4Statement Reason

Swami felt sadSwami could not do thehomework

2. Read the extract of the poem given below and answer thequestions that follow :Once I crept in an oakwood––I was looking for a stag.I met an old woman there––all knobbly stick and rag.She said : ‘I have your secret here inside my little bag.’Then she began to cackle and I began to quake.She opened up her little bag and I came twice awake––Surrounded by a staring tribe and me tied to a stake.They said : ‘We are the oak-trees and your own true family.We are chopped down, we are torn up, you do not blink an eye.Unless you make a promise now––now you are going to die.’


a) The poet was looking for a––i) lamb ii) stag

iii) goat iv) dogAnswer : _________________________________________

b) The woman whom the poet met in the oakwood was––i) young ii) middle aged

iii) very young iv) oldAnswer : _________________________________________

c) As the woman began to cackle the poet began to––i) shout ii) sing

iii) quake iv) sweatAnswer : _________________________________________

d) The oak-trees wanted the poet to make a––i) promise ii) prayer

iii) wish iv) contractAnswer : _________________________________________

B. Answer the following questions : 2×2=4a) What did the old woman say?

Answer : _________________________________________


b) Who introduced themselves as the poet’s own truefamily?

Answer : _________________________________________


follow :Kolkata : On reaching Hatkhola, off Shobhabazar, a drive

down Hara Chandra Mullick Street leads the visitor to anarrow lane, cramped even for two persons to walk together.The whitewashed walls abound with paintings of freedomfighters, Swami Vivekananda, Sister Nivedita and scenes fromthe ‘Ramkrishna Kathamrita’.

Where this old-world north Kolkata alley ends is theentrance to Hatkhola Byayam Samiti. At 106, it is the city’soldest gymnasium. Established by freedom fighters in 1910,it is still going strong.

Manohar Aich and many other legends would regularlywork out there with ‘kusti’ and ‘mugur’ at the feet ofmammoth-sized wall paintings of Lord Hanuman, the residentdeity of the samity.

The Mitra family of Hatkhola donated the plot of land tofreedom fighters Upendranath Bandyopadhyay and PushpalalChakraborty who were associated with Anushilan Samity.Bandyopadhyay was also a co-accused with Barin Ghosh andArobindo Ghosh in the Alipore Bomb case.

Body building and exercise were part of the regimenthat the revolutionaries of the samity followed. With thesympathy of the Mitras, the samity naturally teemed withfreedom fighters at that time.


a) The lane leading to the Hatkhola Byayam Samity is––i) very dirty ii) broad enough

iii) reeking with bad smell iv) very narrowAnswer : _________________________________________

b) The walls along the lane are abound with––i) paintings of freedom fightersii) film posters iii) political slogans


iv) advertisementsAnswer : _________________________________________

c) The entrance to Hatkhola Byayam Samity is––i) Hara Chandra Mullick Streetii) at the end of a norht Kolkata alley

iii) near Shobhabazariv) on Vivekananda Road

Answer : _________________________________________d) The Samity was established in––

i) 1926 ii) 1906 iii) 1910 iv) 1920Answer : _________________________________________

e) At present Hatkhola Byayam Samity––i) has been shut downii) is still patronised by body-builders

iii) has been shifted to a new addressiv) is in a dilapidated condition

Answer : _________________________________________f) The wall paintings of Lord Hanuman––

i) are extremely large in sizeii) look dull and unattractive

iii) are very small in sizeiv) are gaudy and colourful

Answer : _________________________________________


i) The Hatkhola Byayam Samity is said to be the city’soldest gymnasium.Supporting Statement(s) : _________________________

ii) A group of stage actors thronged at the HatkholaByayam Samity.Supporting Statement(s) : _________________________

iii) The age of most of the members ranges between 20and 70.Supporting Statement(s) : _________________________


C. Answer the following questions : 2×4=8a) Who donated the plot of land?

Answer : _____________________________________________

b) Name the two revolutionaries connected with theAlipore Bomb Case.

Answer : _____________________________________________

c) How many members does the samity have at present?Answer : _____________________________________________

d) Tick the most appropriate title for the passage :i) Gymnasium and freedom fighters.

ii) Hatkhola Byayam Samity––the city’s oldest gymnasium.

iii) Old world of North Kolkata.


4. Write the correct alternative to fill in the blanks : 1×3=3Four persons ______________ (kill / was killed / were killed)when a matador van _________ (collides / collided / wascolliding) with a scooter last might. The river of the matadorvan __________ (is arrested / have arrested / has beenarrested).


prepositions : 1×3=3_________ great deal has been said and written_________ the gypsies. The gypsies attracted manypeople _________ their magic shows.

b) Answer the following questions : 1×3=3i) She is the best student in the class. (Rewrite the

sentence using ‘better’)Answer : _________________________________________

ii) Can you do this exercise? (Change the Voice)Answer : _________________________________________


iii) I said to him, ‘‘May you be happy.’’ (Change themode of narration)

Answer : _________________________________________


i) The brave never surrenders to evil.

ii) The rains will begin soon.

iii) His proposal was rejected.

[ List of phrasal verbs : turn down, give in, bearaway, set in ]


2×4=8a) not having enough space to move freely.

b) a narrow passage between buildings.

c) a god or goddess.

d) a set of rules about food or exercise.

Section-CWriting

7. Write a story (within 100 words) using the given hints. Givea title to the story : 10Hints : A soldier––prisoner of war for some years–war ends–

–returnse––sees a bird seller on the way––buys allthe birds and sets them free.

Answer : ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8. Use the following flow-chart to write a paragraph (within100 words) on how a School magazine in published : 10Hints : Essays, stories, poems, sketches collected from

students and teachers––edited by the editor––sentto press––proofs corrected––final printing––cut intobook forms––books bound––distributed amongstudents, teachers and others.

Answer : __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper (within 100words) about the problems faced by common people dueto uncontrolled use of loudspeakers and soundboxes duringdifferent programmes and festivals. You may use thefollowing points : 10Points : Loudspeakers and soundboxes used day in and day

out––government norms frequently violated––agedpersons, patients and students suffer severely––permanent remedy required.

Answer : __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Section-D(SUPPLEMENTARY)

[For External Candidates only]1. Give antonyms of the following words : (any four) 1×4=4

i) rise _______ ii) heavy _______iii) virtue _______ iv) beautiful _______v) slow _______

2. Replace the following expressions by single words formedby using prefixes listed below : (any three) 2×3=6

i) not even ___________________ii) not satisfied ___________________iii) to give courage ___________________iv) not sufficient ___________________

[dis _______ , en ______ , in ______ , un _______ ]


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No longer are they the meek creatures who an hourago were mewing for fish and milk. They are now grimfighters.

Just think how much more he gets out of his life thenyou do out of yours ! And the sports they have, too! Asthey get older they go in for sport to the suburbanbackyards. These backyards that are dull to us, are to themhunting grounds where they have more gallant advanturethan King Arthur’s knights ever had.

It is always spoken as a reproach against cats that theyare more fond of their home than of the people in it.Naturally, the cat doesn’t like to leave his country, the landwhere all his friends are, and where he knows everylandmark. Exiled in a new land, he would have to learn anew geography. So, when the family moves, the cat, ifallowed, will stay at the old house and attach himself to thenew tenants. He will give them the privilege of boardinghim while he enjoys life in his own way.

1. Answer the following : 2×2=4(a) Why are the backyards so exciting to older cats?

Answer : _____________________________________________

(b) Why is the cat unwilling to leave his country?Answer : _____________________________________________

2. State ‘True’ or ‘False’ with supporting statement for each :2×2=4

(i) Cats get more out of life than us.Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________

(ii) Suburban backyards are happy hunting grounds foryoung cats.Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________


3. Tick the correct answer : 2(i) Backyards are dull to––

(a) the cats, (b) to us, (c) to the guests.(ii) Cats prefer to attach themselves to––

(a) old tenants in new house(b) new tenants in old house(c) New tenants in new house.

Section-BReading Comprehension (Seen)

It is always lovely on the Big Half Moon in summer. When itis fine, the harbour is blue and clam, with little wind andripples. Every summer, we had some hobby. The last summerbefore Dick and Mimi came, we were crazy about kites. Aboy on the mainland showed Claude how to make them.Back on the island we made plenty of kites. Claude wouldgo around to the other side of the island and we wouldplay shipwrecked mariners signalling to each other with kites.We had a kite that was big and covered with lovely redpaper. We pasted gold tinsel stars all over it and had writtenour names full on it––Claude Leete and Philippa Leete, BigHalf Moon lighthouse.

1. Cause Effect 2×2=4

(a) The Weather on the (a)Big Half Moon is alwaysfine in summer.

(b) (b) Back on the island thechildren made plentyof bites.

2. Answer the following : 2×2=4(a) How did the children play ‘shipwrecked Mariners’ on

the island?Answer : _____________________________________________

(b) How was the big kite decorated by them?Answer : _____________________________________________


3. State ‘True’ or ‘False’ : 2(a) The children had their own hobbies throughout all

seasons.(b) Before Dick and Mimi came the children played with

kites.Section-C

Reading Comprehension (Unseen)Chris wondered hopefully if Mr. Sundar was coming acrossto offer some fresh views, but his footsteps dwindled away.He stretched, thinking of how he came to be here and hisexperiences in the last month.It had all been quite sudden. His father owned Stark Plastics,a small but highly-regarded company making plasticproducts, and when he came home after his final semesterin college he was told of the exciting new collaborationbetween them and KapCo in India who wanted to diversityfrom steel into plastics. The project progressed smoothly,with executives from India coming to be trained and ordersbeing placed for the appropriate injection machines andmoulds to be sent to India.Then suddenly there had been a silence. When Chris, whohad become interested in the project as soon as he hadstarted working for his father, faxed to ask the reason, hereceived an unsatisfactory reply about ‘Labour problems’.‘‘May be I can help explain what its all about and try andsort it out’’, he suggested to his father.‘‘Sure’’, the old man had grunted. ‘‘With your vast experienceof six months.’’But he had let him go. A letter to the Kapoors had elicited acordial invitation to stay with them, which Chris hadaccepted with unseemly haste. He prepared in a blur ofpacking, visas, and sage counsel. ‘Don’t drink the water’.And had arrived one chilly and mistry dawn at Indira GandhiInternational Airport outside Delhi.

1. Complete the following : 3×2=6(a) Chris hoped that _______________________________(b) Chris’ father was the owner of ____________________(c) After Chris’ final semester in college _______________


1. Cause Effect 2×2=4

(a) (a) The project progressedsmoothly.

(b) Chris faxed to ask the (b)reason of silence.

3. Answer the following : 3×2=6(a) What was Chris’ suggestion to his father ?

Answer : _____________________________________________(b) How did the kapoors replied to Chris and what has

Chris’ reaction?Answer : _____________________________________________

(c) What was the ‘sage counsel’ that Chris got?Answer : _____________________________________________

4. State True or False with supporting statements : 2×2=4(a) KapCo was originally a company manufacturing plastics.

Supporting Statement(s) : ________________________(b) Delhi was cold and misty when Chris arrived these.


Section-DGrammar

1. Fill in the blanks with articles and prepositions : 6×½=3The road ________ the jungle was lined _______ tall tree______ pine and cedar. _______ a cloudy day __________beauty of __________ place fascinated any on looker.

2. Rewrite using appropriate phrasal verbs : 4×1=4[ Put on, Put out, Put off, Come across, Call on](a) The Five brigade extinguished the fire.

Answer : _____________________________________________(b) I met my friend after 5 long years.

Answer : _____________________________________________(d) The examination was postponed till next week.

Answer : _____________________________________________3. Do as directed : 5×1=5

(a) I saw a tiger at the zoo. (interrogative using ‘did’)Answer : _____________________________________________


(b) He is sincere. He is clearer. (Join into a single sentence)Answer : _____________________________________________

(c) Being injured he was given first aid. (Split into twosentences)

Answer : _____________________________________________(d) What a Wonderful News! (Change into assertive)

Answer : _____________________________________________(e) I went to the movie yesterday. (Simple question using

‘did’)Answer : _____________________________________________

4. Rewrite as directed : 4×2=8(a) Nobody will deny that our players played well. (Begin

with : Everybody........)Answer : _____________________________________________

(b) Robert is not such a good player as Prerna. (Use :than.......)

Answer : _____________________________________________(c) Work hard and you will succeed. (Begin with :

Unless............)Answer : _____________________________________________

(d) ‘I am sorry I was rude to you’, said kiran to Ravi. (Use :‘apologised’ and change the mode of narration)

Answer : _____________________________________________

Section-EWriting

1. Write a letter to the editor of a local newspaper complainingabout the disruption of water supply in your city. 10

Answer : ____________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Write an imaginary dialogue between you and yourfavourite cartoon character about the special powers he/she have and how he/she uses them. 10

Answer : ____________________________________________________________________________________________

3. You have survived in a serious accident in which yourschool bus was involved. Write a paragraph giving anaccount of the accident. 10Hints : Where––how––what time––how many injured––how wereyou rescued––role of local people and the police––your reaction.]

Answer : ____________________________________________________________________________________________

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