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Read the given extract to attempt the questions with reference to context:
| Sometimes I feel myself I can hardly bear The thought of so much childish longing in vain, The sadness that lurks near the open window there, That waits all day in almost open prayer For the squeal of brakes, the sound of a stopping car, Of all the thousand selfish cars that pass, Just one to inquire what a farmer’s prices are. |
- What is the sentiment expressed in the above extract? (1)
(i) remorse
(ii) regret
(iii) empathy
(iv) disappointment
(v) guilt
Choose the correct appropriate option.
- (iii) and (iv)
- (ii) and (iii)
- (iv) and (v)
- (i) and (v)
- Identify the phrase in the extract that suggests 'innocent desires'. (1)
- The roadside stand owners pray for ______. (1)
- a relief from the heat
- free housing
- cars stopping
- benefits from pollution
- Complete the following analogy correctly: (1)
He fought like a lion : Simile :: selfish cars : ______. - On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to (1) and (2) given below: (1)
(1) The people who have put up the roadside stand keep waiting for customers.
(2) They become sad when someone turns up.- (1) is true, but (2) is false.
- (1) is false, but (2) is true.
- Both (1) and (2) are true.
- Both (1) and (2) are false.
- Fill in the blank appropriately with reference to the extract. (1)
'Squeal of brakes' implies ______.
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Read the given extract and answer the questions.
| Mr. Lamb: | Well, that needn’t stop you, you needn’t mind. |
| Derry: | It’d stop them. They’d mind me. When they saw me here. They look at my face and run. |
| Mr. Lamb: | They might. They might not. You’d have to take the risk. So would they. |
| Derry: | No, you would. You might have me and lose all your other friends, because nobody wants to stay near me if they can help it. |
| Mr. Lamb: | I’ve not moved. |
| Derry: | No.... |
| Mr. Lamb: | When I go down the street, the kids shout ‘Lamey-Lamb.’ But they still come into the garden, into my house; it’s a game. They’re not afraid of me. Why should they be? Because I’m not afraid of them, that’s why not. |
- The kids tease Mr. Lamb but still come into his garden. Why? (1)
- Choose the best option that describes Mr. Lamb. (1)
- headstrong
- pessimist
- negligent
- positive
- Choose the correct option with reference to the extract: (1)
'What makes Derry tell Mr. Lamb that if he comes, others would stop coming?
- Mr. Lamb would not let others come.
- They would be repulsed by Derry.
- Mr. Lamb will have to choose between him and others.
- Derry would flare up.
- What does Mr. Lamb mean by 'They might, they might not'? (1)
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Read the given extract and answer the questions.
| And in dark hutments, next to lines of flames of flickering oil lamps, sit boys and girls with their fathers and mothers, welding pieces of coloured glass into circles of bangles. Their eyes are more adjusted to the dark than to the light outside. That is why they often end up losing their eyesight before they become adults. |
- Complete the sentence with reference to the extract: (1)
Their eyes are more adjusted to the dark than to the light outside because ______. - Which of the following would NOT be true? (1)
- The hutments were shining and inviting.
- The children's lives were as bleak as their surroundings.
- There were no electricity connections.
- The boys and girls had got used to the dark.
- The bangle workers lose their eyesight before they become adults because ______. (1)
- they already have poor eyesight
- they work in dim light
- they are married in childhood
- they are malnourished
- Which of the following most nearly means 'adjusted' in the context of the extract? (1)
- conditioned
- favoured
- accepted
- reconciled
- 'Flickering oil lamps' suggests ______. (1)
- What is the antonym from the extract of the word 'rarely'? (1)
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Read the given extract and answer the questions.
| “I am thinking of this stranger here,” said Edla. “He walks and walks the whole year long, and there is probably not a single place in the whole country where he is welcome and can feel at home. Wherever he turns he is chased away. Always he is afraid of being arrested and cross-examined. I should like to have him enjoy a day of peace with us here – just one in the whole year.” |
- Complete the following sentence with the most appropriate option: (1)
Edla wished the Pedlar to have a peaceful day because ______.
- the Pedlar had worked for Edla
- the Pedlar had not been released from jail
- the Pedlar had been staying at the forge
- the Pedlar had always been looked with suspicion
- Select a suitable word from the extract to complete the analogy. (1)
single : multiple :: abroad : ______. - In the above extract, Edla comes across as ______. (1)
- conscientious
- pretentions
- compassionate
- selfless
- Based on the above extract, choose the statement which is true. (1)
- Relationships are rattraps.
- Money is important in the world.
- Criminal is not born but made.
- Christmas is a time of charity.
- In the context of the given extract, which day is referred to in the expression 'just one in the whole year'? (1)
- What does the expression 'he is cross examined' suggest? (1)
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Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
When do the residents of Alsace realise how precious their language is to them?
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What are the feelings of the poet about her aged mother with reference to the poem 'My Mother at Sixty Six'?
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Describe the role of Raj Kumar Shukla in Indigo.
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'There can be life under apparent stillness'. Explain.
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Explain the metaphor of the rattrap.
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Describe Gondwana.
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Do you agree with the Tiger King's statement?
You may kill even a cow in self-defence.
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Answer the following in about 120-150 words.
'Lost Spring' and 'Indigo' bring out how the common man is a victim of exploitation. Explain.
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'Aunt Jennifer's Tigers' and 'A Thing of Beauty', can be read together to show the permanence and everlasting impact of art and of thµtgs of beauty. Comment.
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After seeing off the enemy soldier, Dr. Sadao must have felt relieved. He was able to uphold the oath that he had taken as a doctor. Dr. Sadao made an entry into his daily diary explaining the dilemma faced by him and how he resolved it.
Imagine yourself to be Dr. Sadao and express his thoughts.
(You may begin like this: I was able to uphold the oath that I had taken as a doctor ....)
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You are Neelam/Nitesh, Secretary of the school Library Club. The club is organizing an inter school "Let's Read a Book" week to help develop and encourage the habit of reading among children. Draft a notice in about 50 words for the school notice board inviting club members from classes X-XII to be student volunteers for the event. Mention the day, date, time and venue.
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Draft a notice in about 50 words, urging students of classes IX and XI to be volunteer teachers for a three-week literacy camp to be held in your school from Monday, 15th May to Friday, 2nd June as part of the community service internship. Children from the neighbourhood slums would be taught basic reading, writing, listening, speaking, and numerical skills. Mention the timings and the venue of the camp. You are Rita/Kailash, Teacher-in-charge of community service.
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Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
What prevented the Shokalskiy from going further? What did the captain instruct the passenger to do?
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What did the Maharaja and dewan do to avoid the danger of losing the throne?
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What did Judewin tell the narrator? What was the effect?
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The Literary Society of Glory Public School is setting up a Creative Writing Club to encourage and develop the habit of creative writing. Draft a notice in not more than 50 words for the school notice board, inviting students from classes VI-X to join the Writer's Society. The members would be expected to stay back after school for 2 hours once a week. Mention the day, date, time and venue. You are Ragini/Rakesh, President of the Society.
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