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The programme ran________six hours.

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2017-2018 (March) English Set 1

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Answer of these question in a short paragraph (about 30 words).

What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?


Dahl is annoyed that people – including children – watch too much television. Do you agree, or disagree? Why, or why not?


What do you think is the poet’s attitude towards the following 3 things: nature, memory, loneliness?


Which line(s)/stanza(s) do you enjoy most? Why?


What kind of person was Abou Ben Adhem?


How does the story “A Horse and Two Goats” develop the idea of the need to interact with people who have vastly different identities from your own?


Besides being an amusing tale about a failure to communicate the story “A Horse and Two Goats” makes some crucial points also. Justify.


Is the story Didactic and gives a moral?


Anderson’s story shows the young girl having visions. Through them Anderson gives didactic and moralistic lessons. Discuss.


She laid the table after she had finished the cooking. (Begin: When…) 


Walter Scott appears sympathetic to Isaac's troubles. How does Scott highlight the treatment given to Jews through the character of Isaac? 


Join the following sentence to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.

She was so excited about her performance. She could not sleep at night.


Describe the incident of the assassination attempt that took place during the night, in not more than 100 words (Paragraphs 4 to 15). Failure to keep within the word limit will be penalized. You will be required to:

(i) List your ideas clearly in point form. [6]
(ii) In about 100 words, write your points in the form of a connecting passage. [6]


In the poem Breaking Out. the poet shows the gradual transformation of a young girl into a confident and independent individual who breaks the conventional stereotypes of society. Discuss with close reference to the text. 


Given below is an interesting combination of words. Explain why they have been used together.

stunning artefacts


The dominant colour in the poem.


Look at the highlighted expressions in the following sentences from the text and explain their figurative meaning.

  • 'I went through it, sir, with a fine-toothed comb and never a Garrideb could I catch.'
  • 'They are my favourite covert for putting up a bird, and I would never have overlooked a cock pheasant as that.'

  • 'There is no bolt-hole for you in this country.'

  • 'When his castle in the air fell down, it burred him beneath the ruins.'


Entomologist and lepidopterists are mentioned in the text and you must have guessed the meanings of these words or found them out in the dictionary.

Now match the kinds of scientists given with the work they do:

A

B

ornithologist

study of the skin

gerontologist

study of cells

ergonomist

study of birds

dermatologist

study of old age

cytologist

study of the design of equipment


What kind of relationship did Mrs. Croft share with her daughter Helen?


A handicraft exhibition is being organized in your college. You are given the task to compere the inaugural function. Write the script for comparing.


The words in the box are all words that describe movement. Use them to fill in the blank in the sentence below.
When he began to trust me, the squirrel began ____________ into my pockets for morsels of cake.


Think and write in your own words.

How can the tender maiden Autumn become a full-grown woman? What change in nature does this imply?


Do you have pet animals? Write an interesting story about your own or your friends' pet. 


Imagine the Stranger-man narrates how the Neolithic ladies overpowered him. Write an account of the same making him the narrator.


“I met you yesterday.” Sam told me that he had met me ______


Now complete the following suitably.

_______ a dog ran out onto the road.


Write these sentences in the correct order. Also, choose the right word from the box and add it before each sentence. Remember to put a comma after it, for example, Finally...

First, Then, After, that, Finally
  1. It gave him its branches to make a house.
  2. It asked him to sit on the stump.
  3. It gave him its trunk to make a boat.
  4. The tree gave its apples to the boy.

The given bar graph shows the preferences of children in a school in playing different games over the span of six years. Write an analytical paragraph about the given information in about 109 words:


Using the internet, find the following information about a place you wish to visit using the following points.

  • Distance from your place
  • Available modes of transport
  • Accommodation facilities
  • Historical facts
  • Climate
  • Famous sites

Show how Carol Ann Duffy presents a disturbing picture of confinement and exploitation in the poem, The Dolphins. Write your answer in about 200-250 words.


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