(a)
The bird was flying over/in the __________ .
(i) buildings
(ii) sky
(iii) mountain
(iv) sea
(b) The grown ups were interested in __________ .
(i) killing the bird
(ii) selling the bird
(iii) eating the bird
(iv) having the skin and
feathers of the bird
(c)
The person shot the bird through the _________ .
(i) breast
(ii) head
(iii) feathers
(iv) green chest
(d) The people did not like the feathers
because they were _______ .
(i) of no use
(ii) too big
(iii) strange and not very
pleasant
(iv) pleasant
(e) ‘outlandish’ in the above context means
_______ .
(i) uncanny
(ii) familiar
(iii)
strange
(iv) beautiful
Section
- B
(Writing
– 20 Marks)
Q4. Your school is
planning to organize a grand function on the National Girl Child ( 4 Marks)
Day.
Draft a notice in about 50 words informing the students about the function.
Invent all other necessary details. You are Ram/Rosita, Cultural Secretary.
Q5. Given below is a
profile of Ms Poonam Seth. Write a short sketch of her, in about (
6 Marks)
100
words with the help of clues given below :
Birth : Delhi,
rich family
Age,
etc : 35, beautiful, smart, agile
Family : married, handsome husband, Director in a
company, one school going
daughter, joint family
daughter, joint family
Likes and Dislikes : keen reader of The Ramayan, discharges
duties sincerely, good daughter-
in-law and daughter, loves movie and watch a new movie every Friday.
in-law and daughter, loves movie and watch a new movie every Friday.
Hobbies : dancing and gardening
Q6. You visited the Water
Park in your city as a
part of school excursion. You noticed that
( 7 Marks)
the
water was not clean and also had a stale smell which could result in many water
borne diseases. Taking idea from the unit; Health and your own ideas, write a
letter in about 120 words to the editor of a local newspaper on your experience
on visiting the place and how the polluted water would affect the visitors.
Include the precautions that should be taken in the Water Park.
You are Neeta / Nitin .
Q7. You are an avid
reader and would like to address the students in the library class on ( 8 Marks)
“The Joy Of Reading”. Prepare your
speech taking help form the following points along with your own ideas in not
more than 150 words.
Joy of reading - wide
variety of books – informative, interesting, colourful – library has silence
all around – can pick up any book that we desire – can get to know the writers
through their books – pleasure of having our own books is incomparable
Section
- C
(Grammar
– 20 Marks)
Q8. Edit the following passage by choosing the
correct option from the options given
(4 Marks)
below:
In
1911, the British (a) ________ their
capital from Calcutta (b) ________ Delhi. After the First
World War, (c) ________ government got
down to the task of (d) ________ a new
capital. Two renowned architects, Sir Edwin Lutyen and Sir Herbert Baker (e)
________ assigned the task of (f) ________
Delhi.
The India Gate was (g) ________ to
immortalize the 85,000 soldiers (h) ________
died in World War II .
(a) (i) shift
(ii) shifts
(iii)
shifting (iv)
shifted
(b) (i) to
(ii) at
(iii)
in
(iv) on
(c) (i) an (ii) the
(iii)
a
(iv) all
(d) (i) building (ii)
build
(iii)
built
(iv) builds
(e) (i) was
(ii) were
(iii)
will be
(iv) should
(f) (i) designs
(ii) design
(iii)
designing (iv) designed
(g) (i) build
(ii) built
(iii) building (iv)
builds
(h)
(i) which
(ii) who
(iii)
whom
(iv) that
Q9. Read the notes given below and complete the
paragraph that follows with the
( 4 Marks)
help of given options :
Sir Issac Newton
Birth : in 1642 on Christmas day
Residence : in a small village
of Woolsthrope, Lincolnshire
Parents : father died, mother remarried a clergyman
Guardian : his good old grandmother, kind, sent him to
school
First
achievement : set of little tools, saws of various sizes
manufactured
Next
step : made many strange articles
Sir
Issac Newton (a) ________ on Christmas
day in Woolsthrope, a small village in Lincolnshire.
His mother remarried after (b) ________. Newton
(c) ________ by his good old
grandmother. As a boy, his first achievement was (d) ________ .
(a) (i) was born
(ii) was birth
(iii)
is birth (iv) is
born
(b) (i) the death of his
father
(ii) the dead of his mother
(iii)
the marriage of his mother (iv) the
death of her father
(c) (i) is brought
(ii) was brought up
(iii)
was brought
(iv) is bring up
(d) (i) preparing a new set of tools (ii) was prepared
a new set of tools
(iii)
is prepared a new set of tools (iv) still
prepared a new of tools
Q10. The following paragraph has not been edited.
There is one error in lines. ( 4 Marks)
Write the incorrect word
along with the correct word in your answer sheet. The first one has been done
as an example :
Incorrect Word Correct Word
Three
men was once going on
was were
a
long journey. As luck will have it (a) ________ ___________
they
come across a bag full of
(b) ________ ___________
gold
pieces. They were beside
(c) ________ ___________
themselves
with joyful and decided (d) ________ ___________
to
divide the money equal. But the (e) ________ ___________
long
and tiring journey has made (f) ________ ___________
them
hungry. So, they decide to eat something (g) ________ ___________
and
then divided the money.
(h) ________ ___________
Q11. Rearrange
the following words and phrases to make meaningful sentences. (1x4=
4 Marks)
(a) stories / loved / my grandfather /
telling / me
(b) used / celebrated / his birthday /
differently / to be
(c) distribute sweets / instead of / they /
cutting a cake / used to
(d) blow out / but / used to / they / we /
candles / light a lamp
Q12. Read the conversation given below and
complete the paragraph that follows :
( 4 Marks)
Veena :
Did you watch the IPL
Cricket match yesterday?
Megha :
No.
Veena :
You should have watched. The Deccan Chargers played very well.
Megha :
I will surely watch their next match. Isn’t it on this Friday?
Veena :
Yes, it is.
Veena
asked Megha (a) ________. Megha replied (b) ________ . Veena told her that she
should have watched as (c) ________. Megha assured her that she would watch the
next match and asked (d) ________ . Veena confirmed that it was on Friday.
Section
- D
(Literature
– 25 Marks)
Q13. A. Read the extract and answer the
following questions by choosing the
(1X3= 3 Marks)
most
appropriate options.
‘Well,
poor bird – she should have known
That your song must be your own
That’s why I sing with panache
‘Koo-oh-ah! Ko-ash! Ko-ash!
And the foghorn of the frog
Blared unrivalled through the bog.
That your song must be your own
That’s why I sing with panache
‘Koo-oh-ah! Ko-ash! Ko-ash!
And the foghorn of the frog
Blared unrivalled through the bog.
(a) Why is
the nightingale referred to as a poor bird?
(i) because
she was a poor bird
(ii) because she had no money
(iii) because
she did not understand the cunningness of the frog
(iv) because
she should be pitied
(a) Why
did the frog make her sing with all her might?
(i) he was
cunning
(ii) he
wanted to kill her
(iii) As she
did not practice
(iv) so that
he could attract the audience back
(a) Which
trait of the frog’s character is reflected here?
(i) Cunning
(ii) Meanness
(iii)
Jealousy
(iv) All of
the above
B. Read the given extract and answer the
following questions.
(1x3 = 3 Marks)
“Ms Mebbin had a
protective elder sister like attitude towards money.”
(a) Who was Ms Mebbin?
(b) How did she adopt an elder sister like
attitude?
(c) How did she prove in the end that she was
a money-minded lady?
C. Read the given extract and answer the
following questions.
(1x3 = 3 Marks)
“Aye, you both say
that because of what I’ve told about leaving my money. Well, since, you don’t
want me I’ll go to someone that does.”
(a) Identify the speaker.
(b) Why is the speaker insisting on going
somewhere?
(c) What does the decision of the speaker say
about him?
Q14. Answer any FOUR of the following questions
in about 30-40 words each. (2X4=8
Marks)
1.
Why does the mirror call
itself, ‘not cruel but only truthful’?
2.
Ali had lost the zeal to do
anything else except to come to the post office and wait for his name to be
announced. Comment.
3.
How will the living record of
the memory remain according to the poet in ‘Not marble, nor the Gilded
Monuments’ ?
4.
Why does Mrs Slater ask Victoria to go upstairs?
How does Vicky react ?
5.
What all odd jobs were the two
boys ready to do in ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ ?
Q15. Answer the following in about 150 words
:
(8 Marks)
Imagine yourself to be the narrator of the story, ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’. Write a letter
to one of your friends to contribute some money to aid the treatment of Lucia.
Imagine yourself to be the narrator of the story, ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’. Write a letter
to one of your friends to contribute some money to aid the treatment of Lucia.
OR
As the Owl of Sandwich who had attended all the
concerts of the nightingale, write a diary
entry about the untimely death of the beautiful singer, the way she was used by the frog for
making money and her sad state . Write a diary entry expressing your feelings about the
nightingale.
entry about the untimely death of the beautiful singer, the way she was used by the frog for
making money and her sad state . Write a diary entry expressing your feelings about the
nightingale.
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