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8/8/2019 English Exam Full Marks 40 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/english-exam-full-marks-40 1/2 ENGLISH EXAM FULL MARKS 40 READING UNSEEN A. You never saw such a commotion up and down a house, in all your life as when my Uncle Podger undertook to do a job. A picture would have come home from the frame-maker’s and be standing in the dining room waiting to be put up and Aunt Podger would ask what was to be done with it and Uncle Podger would say: “Oh, you leave that to me. Don’t you any of you, worry yourselves about that. “I’ll do all that.” And then he would take off his coat, and begin. He would send the girl out for six- pence worth of nails and then one of the boys after her to tell what size to get, and from that he would gradually work down and start and the whole house. 1. What was the commotion all about? 2. How much did the nails cost? Where was the picture? 3. What did Uncle say when Aunt asked him about the picture? 2+2+2 B.Mumbai-based artist, writer and filmmaker Gautam Benegal believes the ideas of India's most famous bard are still relevant today. He made an animation film "Kalakalam" (literally meaning "The pen machine") based on Tagore's "Totakahini". "I was motivated to make Tagore's 'Totakahini' because I felt what he had to say about the education system then still holds true today," says Benegal who won a national award this year for his film "Prince and the Crown of Stones" . "Only the players have changed." 1. Who is referred to as India’s most famous bard? 2. What prompted Benegal to make Tagore’s Tota Kahini? 3. What is Kalakalam? 4. Which film of Benegal has won a national award? 4x2=8 SECTION B( SEEN POEMS) 5X2 1. “I saw a crowd”- What is referred to here by crowd? 2. Continuous as the stars-Which stars is referred to here? 3. What is meaning of the word out-did? 4. What is bliss of solitude to the poet? 5. Why does the poet repeat the word gazed in the poem?

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ENGLISH EXAM FULL MARKS 40

READING UNSEEN

A. You never saw such a commotion up and down a house, in all your life as when

my Uncle Podger undertook to do a job. A picture would have come home fromthe frame-maker’s and be standing in the dining room waiting to be put up andAunt Podger would ask what was to be done with it and Uncle Podger would say:

“Oh, you leave that to me. Don’t you any of you, worry yourselves about that. “I’ll do allthat.”

And then he would take off his coat, and begin. He would send the girl out for six- penceworth of nails and then one of the boys after her to tell what size to get, and from that hewould gradually work down and start and the whole house.

1. What was the commotion all about?2. How much did the nails cost? Where was the picture?3. What did Uncle say when Aunt asked him about the picture?

2+2+2

B.Mumbai-based artist, writer and filmmaker Gautam Benegal believes the ideas of India's most famous bard are still relevant today. He made an animation film"Kalakalam" (literally meaning "The pen machine") based on Tagore's "Totakahini". "Iwas motivated to make Tagore's 'Totakahini' because I felt what he had to say about theeducation system then still holds true today," says Benegal who won a national award thisyear for his film "Prince and the Crown of Stones" . "Only the players have changed."

1. Who is referred to as India’s most famous bard?2. What prompted Benegal to make Tagore’s Tota Kahini?3. What is Kalakalam?4. Which film of Benegal has won a national award?

4x2=8

SECTION B( SEEN POEMS)

5X21. “I saw a crowd”- What is referred to here by crowd?2. Continuous as the stars-Which stars is referred to here?3. What is meaning of the word out-did?4. What is bliss of solitude to the poet?5. Why does the poet repeat the word gazed in the poem?

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ENGLISH EXAMFULL MARKS 40

1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

All day long they played, and in the evening they came to the Giant to bid him good-bye.

'But where is your little companion?' he said: 'the boy I put into the tree.' The Giant loved him the best because he had kissed him.

'We don't know,' answered the children; 'he has gone away.'

'You must tell him to be sure and come here to-morrow,' said the Giant. But the children said that theydid not know where he lived, and had never seen him before; and the Giant felt very sad.

Every afternoon, when school was over, the children came and played with the Giant. But the little boywhom the Giant loved was never seen again. The Giant was very kind to all the children, yet he longed for his first little friend, and often spoke of him. 'How I would like to see him!' he used to say.

Years went over, and the Giant grew very old and feeble. He could not play about any more, so he sat ina huge armchair, and watched the children at their games, and admired his garden. 'I have many beautifulflowers,' he said; 'but the children are the most beautiful flowers of all.'

A. Complete the following sentences

i) The Giant eagerly waited for……… 2

ii) The Giant felt very sad when………. 1

iii) When the Giant grew old and feeble………… 1

iv)The little boy whom the Giant loved was never seen again because…………. 2

READING POEM SEEN5x2

1.…little thought-What is the thought?2.Which nocturnal animal is mentioned in the poem Silver?3.Is the casement personified in the poem Silver?4.Describe the beauty of the moveless fish in the poem5. Is the title “Silver” justified?