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Question paper 1
1. Answer the following Objective Type Questions :
(i) Liberty is a personal affair only, not a social contract. (State True / False)
Answer:
1(i) False
Read more(ii) Mrs. Harding did not have her right foot. (State True / False)
Answer:
(ii) False
Read more(iii) Mrs. Parker had hidden a Bentley Sports car in her ............
(Choose the correct answer from the option given below)
(a) garage (b) shed (c) farm-house (d) drawing-room
Answer:
(iii) (b) shed
Read more(iv) Walk fast lest you _ fail.
(Fill in the blank with suitable modal from the options given below.)
(a) may (b) should (c) might (d) would
Answer:
(iv) (b) should
Read more(v) Who brought God the leaden heart and the dead bird?
Answer:
(v) The angle brought God the leaden heart and dead bird.
Read more(vi) who is the speaker of the poem 'sweet are the uses of Adversity,?
Answer:
(vi) William Shakespeare
Read more(vii) victor smith had been murdered by a culvert on Smith by the use of ........
(Choose the correct answer from the options given below)
(a) a poisonous ring (c) a poisonous spring (b) an ivory box (d) a sharp spring
Answer:
(vii) an ivory box
Read more(viii) Fill in the blank with the future Continuous form of the verb given in the bracket
He _ not _ his friends. (Cheat)
Answer:
(viii) He will not be cheating his friend.
Read more(ix) Name the only vulnerable part of Achilles, body.
(choose the correct answer from the options given below :)
(a) Hand (b) Heel (c) Head (d) Heart.
Answer:
(ix) (b) Heel
Read more(x) One who eats human flesh. (Give one word)
Answer:
(x) Cannibal
Read more2. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: Guru Gobind Singh, the last of the ten Sikh Gurus, was a great son of India. He led India to sublime heights of glory. He brought about the moral resurgence and created order out of disorderly social conditions. He was a multi-faceted personality. He was a poet, a soldier, a statesman, a leader, and a true socialist, all in one. He put life into the dying social order by giving it a wholly new outlook.
Questions :
(i) Who was the last Sikh Guru?
Answer:
(i) The last Sikh Guru was Guru Gobind Singh.
(ii) What did he do to improve the social order?
Answer:
(ii) To improve the social order about the moral resurgence
Read more(iii) How did he put life into the dying social order?
Answer:
(iii) By giving it wholly new viewpoint he put life into the dying social order.
(iv) Complete the following sentences :
(a) Guru Gobind Singh was a ............ of India.
(b) He was a great soldier ................ and a true socialist.
Answer:
(iv) (a)Guru Gobind Singh was a great son of India.
(b) He was a great soldier a statesman, a leader, and a true socialist.
Read moreRead the poem given below and answer the questions that follow :
Not gold, but only men can make
A people great and strong
Men who, for truth and honour's sake,
Stand fast and suffer long
Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly,
They build a nation's pillars deep,
And lift them to the sky.
Questions :
(i) What makes a nation great and strong?
Answer:
(i) Man who stands truth and honour sake makes a nation great and strong.
(ii) What do brave men do while others sleep?
Answer:
(ii) Brave men work hard while others sleep.
(iii) How can they lift a nation to the sky?
Answer:
(iii) By building a nation's pillars deep, can be lifted a nation to the sky.
(iv) (a) Give the other word that rhymes with 'fly'.
(b) Explain, 'They build a nation's pillars deep'.
Answer:
(iv) (a) Fly-sky
(b) Man who work hard and stand for truth and honour man who dare to fly and take the nation to sky this make a nation's pillars deep.
3. (a) Answer any three of the following questions in 15-20 words :
(i) Why did Bishamber send forhis sister ? (The Home Coming)
Answer:
(ii) What does the policeman at Picadilly Circus symbolize ?(The Rule of the Road)
Answer:
(iii) What are the different types of fear experienced by people ?(Secret of Happiness)
Answer:
(iv) How had Jim managed to buy the present for Della ? (A Gift for Christmas)
Answer:
(v) Define solar system (The Making of The Earth)
Answer:
(b) Answer the following questions in 30-50 words :
"I cannot choose but weep". Why did the Happy Prince say so ? (The Huppy Prince)
Or
Write a short note on the dispute between the three goddesses. (The War of Troy)
Answer:
4. Answer any four of the following questions in 25-30 words :
(i) Why did the tube break ? What did the visitor do then ? (The Stolen Bacillus)
Answer:
(ii) Did Terry believe the policeman ? What did he do then ? (Terry"s Tree)
Answer:
(iii) Both men were startled. Who were these 'both men' and why were they startled ? (AVine on a House)
Answer:
(iv) Why did Joe want to catch the convicts ? (The Unexpected)
Answer:
(v) Where was Naeem when the author regained his eyesight ? (Bed Number-Z9)
Answer:
(vi) Why was theboy called 'sausage' ? (Return to Air)
Answer:
5. (a) Answer any twoof the fotlowing Questions afterreading the stanza:
Enough of scienie and of art;
Close up those barren leaves;
Come forth, and bring with you a heart
That watches and receives.
Questlons :
(i) Name the poem and the poet.
Answer:
(ii) What does the poet mean by 'barren leaves' ?
Answer:
(iii) What kind of heart does the poet want man to have ?
Answer:
(b) Answerthe followingquestion in about 30-50 words :
Give the central idea of the poem.
'Where the Mind is without Fear'.
or
Why does Razia, the tigress, live alone ? (Razia, The Tigrers)
Answer:
6, (a) Give one word for the following :
To send articles out of the country.
Answer:
6 (a)Export
(b) Correct the following sentence :
It is no use to cry over spilt milk
Answer:
(b) It is no use cry over spilted milk.
(c) Fill in the blank with suitable word from those in the bracket :
The bread is made of _ (Floor; Flour)
Answer:
(c) The bread is made of flour.
(d) Use the following idiom in sentence of your own :
Hard and Fast
Answer:
(d)Hard and Fast: this is not a Hard and Fast rule but one which usually it is safe to fallow.
7. Do as directed :
(i) Combine the sentences with suitable Conjunction :
Mohan is honest. He is sincere. (both-and)
Answer:
7(i) Mohan is both honest and sincere.
(ii) Fill in the blank with correct form of the non-finite verb given in the bracker :
Every miser hates.......... money. (spend)
Answer:
(ii) Every miser hates to spend money.
(iii) Change the Narration :
(a) "Stand up on the benches," I said to the children.
(b) My mother said to me, "Did you break the slate ?"
Answer:
(iii) (a) I ordered to children to stand up on benches.
(b) My mother asked me if I break the slate.
(iv) Punctuate the following sentence :
l like the poems of_amrita Pritam
Answer:
(iv) l like the poems of Amrita Pritam.
(v) Fill in the blanks with suitable determiner:
My grandmother......... was old lady............. parents left.me with her.
Answer:
(v)My grandmother was an old lady my parents left me with her.
(vi) Fill in the blank with suitable Modal :
(a) If I were the Prime Minister, I ............ fight corruption. (will, )
(b) How ............... you abuse your elder brother? (could, should)
Answer:
(vi)(a)If I were the Prime Minister, I would fight corruption.
(b)How could you abuse your elder brother?
(vii) This is the doctor who treated me.
(Identify the Subordinate Clause and name it)
Answer:
(vii) who treated me (adjective Clause)
(viii) I shall go to Delhi. (Change into past Indefinite Tense)
Answer:
(viii) I went to Delhi.
(ix) Fill in the blanks with suitable Prepositions :
Dreams have been the topic................. discussion with men............... centuries.
(x) Change the Voice :
(a) Who had been defined ? Sit down, please.
Answer:
(ix) Dreams have been the topic of discussion with men during centuries.
(x)(a) whom had he fined?
(b) Can you please sit down.
(x) Change the Voice :
(a) Who had been fined?
(b) Sit down, please.
Answer: