Section ‘a’
Q-1 Read the passage given below and answer the question that follow:
There was man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. so he send them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was at a great distance. The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer and youngest son in the fall.
When they had all gone and come back , he called them together to describe what they had seen. The first son said that the tree was ugly , bent and twisted. The second son said, “No, it was covered with green buds and full of promise. ” The third son disagreed; her said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them, he said it was ripe and dropping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment. The man then explained to his sons that they were all right because they had each seen but only one season in the tree’s life. he told them that they cold not judge a tree, or a person, by only one season , and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy and loved that come from the life can only be measured at the end , when all the seasons are up.
Questions:
(a) When did the youngest son go to the pear tree ?
(b) What did the third son say about pear tree ?
(c) What do you learn from this story ?
(d) When did the man call his sons together ?
2. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
In every country people think that they are the best and the cleverest and other are not so good as they are. The Englishman think that he and his country are the best, the Frenchman is very proud of France and everything French. The German and Italians think no less of their countries and many Indians imagine that India is in many ways the greatest country of the world.
Everybody wants to think well of himself and his country. But really there is no person in this world who has not got some good and and some bad qualities. In the same way , There is no country which is totally good and none who is free all deficiencies
We must take the good wherever we find it and try to remove the bad wherever it many be. In the modern times too, we as a nation are getting much appreciation for sustained economic growth and robust democratic insititutions. However there is a lot that can be improved in our country . We have to remove those areas of darkness-poverty, depivation , illiteracy which still hover a large section of our population.
We can also learn from other countries in the matters of civic sense and disciplaine in our social and political behaviour. India is more then a nation; it is a very ancient civilization. It is the duty of the nationals of this country to present before the rest of the world model of the right conduct and make this nation an example of hope for the future.
Questions:
(a) What is not about to find every thing with other countries ?
(b) Is it Possible to imagine a person who has not got any good qualities at all ? Explain.
(c) What his the opinion of the world about India today ?
(d) What can we do to make our country still better ?
(e) Chose the correct option and write in your answer book :
(i) Find the word from passage which means ‘shortage’-
(A) country (B) qualities (C) deficiencies.
(ii) Find the world from passage which is opposite in meaning of ‘literacy’-
(A) poverty (B) illiteracy (C) economic.
(f) Select the correct option and write in you answer book-
(i) In the given passage, the word ‘ sustained’ means-
(A) maintained (B) Disowned (C) endured.
(ii) The opposite of the word ‘discipline’ given in passage is –
(A) misconduct (B) indiscipline (C) rudeness.
Section ‘B’ (Writing)
3. You are Kishore/Kiran, living at main Bazaar ,Almora. Write a letter to the Municipality officer camplaining against the irregular electric supply in your location .
or You are Rohan/Rekha of Vatika Vihar , Hardwar . Write a letter to your father about your board examination’s preparation.
4. Write a paragraph on any one of the following in about 60 words :
(a) My favourite book (b) Importance of Sports
(c) Flood Scene
5. On the basis of hints given below , write a paragraph in about 80 words on ‘A Cricket match’.
Hints : toss……………win/loss ………………….decides to bat …………….over……………………scored ……………….won………….exciting.
Section ‘C’ -(Grammar)
6. Fill in the blanks with correct from of non-finites given in the brackets :
(a) We saw a birds …………………..in the garden.
(b) You are too young …………………this tree.
(c) ……………..is my hobby .
(d) Having …………………..his home work , he retired to bed.
7. Combine the following pairs of sentences using sentence connectors given in the brackets :
(a) This is the village. I was born here. (where)
(b) He will pass . he has done well. (because)
8. Join the following pairs of sentences as directed :
(a) Where does she live ? Can you tell me ? (Begin with ” Can you…………………”)
(b) He is a good person . I know. (Begin with ‘ I know ………………………….”)
9. Fill in the blanks with correct from of verds given in the brackets :
The teacher ………………….(leave) The room. The classroom ……………..(became ) like a busy market . all the students ………………… (talk) to each other.
10. complete the following sentences using modals :
(a) He was so old that he ………………not run.
(b) Do not eat this fruit. It………………………be poisonous.
11. (A) Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences :
(a) the /early /up/he/in gets/morning.
(b) is/policy/the/honesty/best.
(B) transform the following words and pharases to form meaningful sentences :
(a) we love our nation.
(b) She has written a book.
Section “D” – (Textbook )
12. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :
The young seagull was alone on his ledge. His two brothers and his sister had already flown away the day before. He had been afraid to fly with them . Somehow when he had taken a little run forwards to the brink of the ledge and attempted to flap his wings he become afraid. The great expanses of sea stretched down beneath, and it was such a long away down – miles down. He felt certain that he is wings would never support him, so he bent his head and ran away back to the little hold under the ledge where he slept at night.
Question:
(a) Why was the seagull alone his ledge ?
(b) What was it that made him afraid of making his first fight ?
(c) Why did he came back to his hole ?
(d) Find a word in the passage which mean ‘edge’.
13. Read the following passage and answer the question that follow :
Kisa Gotami became weary and hopeless, and sat down at the wayside watching the lights of the city, as they flickered up and were extinguished again. At last the darkness of the night reigned everywhere. And she considered the fate of the men, that their lives flicker up and are extinguished again. And she thought to herself , “How selfish am I in my grief Death is common to all ; yet in this valley of desolation there is a path that leads him to immortality who has surrendered all selfishness”.
Question :
(a) Why did Kisa Gotami became hopeless ?
(b) What realization came to Kisa Gotami ?
(c) Why did she call herself selfish ?
(d) Find words in the passage that mean :
(i) Stopped burning (ii) Thought about
14. Answer the following questions in about 80 words :
Why does lencho write a letter to god ? What does he experience ?
OR What does Nelson Mandela say about courage, Sacrifices and strength of the leaders of freedom struggle ?
15. Answer the following question in about 30-40 words :
“The proposal’ is a conflict of egos. Explain.
OR Why did Lomov fight with Natalya ?
(Poetry)
16. Read the following extract and answer the question that follow –
‘The tress inside are moving out into the forest ?
The forest that was empty all these days
Where no bird could sit
no insect hide
no sun burry its feet in shadow
the forest that was empty all these nights
will be full of tress by morning”.
QUESTIONS :-
(a) Where are the tress before they move into the forest ?
(b) describe a forest without tress.
(c) Give the name of the poem and the poet.
OR Belinda lived in a little white house,
With a little black kitten and a little grey mouse,
and a little yellow dog and a little red wagon,
And a realio, trulio , Lettle pet dragon.
QUESTIONS :
(a) Where did belinda live ?
(b) Who are the characters in the stanza ?
(c) Name the poem and the poet.
17. Answer any two of the following questions in about 30-40 words each :
(a) What message has robert frost given in his poem ‘Dust of snow’ ?
(b) What is the central idea of the poem ‘The ball poem’ ?
(c) What virtues does walt whiteman feel in animals. ?
( Supplementary Reader )
18. Answer the following questions in about 100 words :
who was MR. Herriot