CLASS
X (2019-20)
ENGLISH
(CODE 0184)
SAMPLE
PAPER-9
Time
Allowed : 3 Hours Maximum
Marks : 80
General Instructions :
(i)
This paper is divided into three sections: A,
B and C. All questions are compulsory.
(ii)
Separate instructions
are given with each section and question, wherever necessary. Read these
instructions very carefully and follow them.
(iii)
Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while
answering the questions
SECTION A - READING
(20 MARKS)
1.
Read the passage given below and answer the
questions
that
follow: (8
Marks)
1.
Walter Elias “Walt”
Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in Hermosa, Illinois. He lived most of his
childhood in Marceline, Missouri, where he began drawing, painting and selling
pictures to neighbours and family friends. Disney attended McKinley High School
in Chicago, where he took drawing and photography classes and was a
contributing cartoonist for the school paper. At night, he took courses at the
Chicago Art Institute.
2.
When Disney was 16, he
dropped out of school to join the army but was rejected for being underage.
Instead, he joined the Red Cross and was sent to France for a year to drive an
ambulance. When Disney returned from France in 1919, he moved back to Kansas
City to pursue a career as a newspaper artist. His brother Roy got him a job at
the Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio, where he met cartoonist Ubbe Eert Iwwerks, better
known as Ub Iwerks. From there, Disney worked at the Kansas City Film Ad
Company, where he made commercials based on cutout animation. Around this time,
Disney began experimenting with a camera, doing hand-drawn cel animation, and
decided to open his own animation business. From the ad company, he recruited
Fred Harman as his first employee.
3.
Walt and Harman made a
deal with a local Kansas City theater to screen their cartoons, which they
called Laugh-O-Grams. The cartoons were hugely popular, and Disney was able to
acquire his own studio, upon which he bestowed the same name. Laugh-O-Gram
hired a number of employees, including Harman’s brother Hugh and Iwerks. They
did a series of seven-minute fairy tales that combined both live action and
animation, which they called Alice in Cartoonland. By 1923, however, the studio
had become burdened with debt, and Disney was forced to declare bankruptcy.
4.
Disney and his
brother, Roy, soon pooled their money and moved to Hollywood. Iwerks also
relocated to California, and there the three began the Disney Brothers’ Studio.
Their first deal was with New York distributor Margaret Winkler, to distribute
their Alice cartoons. They also invented a character called Oswald the Lucky
Rabbit, and contracted the shorts at $1,500 each.
1.1 On
the basis of your reading of the passage given above, answer the
following questions:(1 × 8 = 8)
(a)
Why was Walt not selected in the army?
(i)
For being overweight
(ii)
For being underage
(iii)
For being colour blind
(iv) For being underweight
(b)
The first employee of the Ad Company was:
(i) Fred Harman (ii)
Ubbe Eert Iwwerk
(iii)
Roy (iv)
Hugh
(c)
The studio was burdened by debt in:
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(i)
1927
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(ii) 1926
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(iii) 1923
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(iv) None of these
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(d)
Walt Disney moved
back to Kansas City to pursue a career as a:
(i) Newspaper (ii)
Cartoonist
(iii)
Studio artist (iv) distributor
(e)
Walt and Harman made a
deal with a local Kansas City theater to:
(i)
act as their distributor
(ii)
screen their cartoons
(iii)
Self their cartoons
(iv)
become a studio artist
(f)
Walt Disney learnt to _____ in his childhood.
(i) do woodwork (ii)
be a mimic
(iii)
paint (iv)
sing
(g)
Disney worked at
the Kansas City Film Ad Company, where he made commercials based on.
(h)
Their first deal
was with New York distributor Margaret Winkler, to distribute their Alice
cartoons. (True/false)
Ans :
(a)
(ii) For being underage
(b)
(i) Fred Harman
(c)
(iii) 1923
(d)
(i) Newspaper artist
(e)
(ii) screen their cartoons
(f)
(iii) paint
(g)
cutout animation
(h)
True
2.
Read the passage given below and answer the
questions
that
follow: (12
Marks)
1.
To make our life a
meaningful one, we need to mind our thoughts, for our thoughts are the
foundation, the inspiration, and the motivating power of our deeds. We create
our entire world by
the way we think. Thoughts are the causes and the conditions are
the effects.
2.
Our circumstances and
conditions are not dictated by the world outside; it is the world inside us
that creates that outside. Self-awareness comes from the mind, which means
soul. Mind is the sum total of the states of consciousness grouped under
thought, will and feeling. Besides self-consciousness we have the power to
choose and think. Krishna says: “no man resteth a moment inactive”. Even when
inactive on the bodily plane we are all the time acting on the thought plane.
Therefore if we observe ourselves, we can easily mould our thoughts. If our
thoughts are pure and noble, naturally actions follow the same. If our thoughts
are filled with jealousy, hatred, and greed, our actions will be the same.
3.
Karmically, however,
thought or intent is more responsible and dynamic than an act. One may perform
a charitable act, but if he does not think charitably and is doing the act just
for the sake of gain and glory, it is his thoughts that will determine the
result. Theosophy teaches us that
every thought, no
matter how fleeting, leaves a seed in the mind of the thinker. These small
seeds together go to make up a large thought seed and determine one’s general
character. Our thoughts affect the whole body. Each thought once generated and
sent out becomes independent of the brain and mind and will live upon its own
energy depending upon its intensity.
4.
Trying to keep a
thought from our mind can produce the very state we are trying to avoid. We can
alter our environment to create the mood. When, for instance, we are depressed,
if we sit by ourselves trying to think cheerful thoughts, we often do not succeed.
But if we mix with people who are cheerful we can bring about a change in our
mood and thoughts. Every thought we think, every act we perform, creates in us
an impression, like everything else, is subject to cyclic law and become
repetitive in our mind. So, we alone have the choice to create our thoughts and
develop the kind of impressions that make our action more positive.
2.1. On
the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following questions
in 30-40 words:
(2 × 4 = 8)
(a)
How can we make our life meaningful?
(b)
Why does Krishna say,
“No man resteth a moment inactive”?
(c)
How do our thoughts affect the whole body?
(d)
How can we change our
mood when we are depressed?
Ans :
(a)
We need to mind our
thoughts which are the foundation, the inspiration, the motivating power of our
deeds to make our life meaningful.
(b)
Krishna says this
because even when inactive on the physical plane, we are all the time acting on
the thought plane. If we observe ourselves we mould our thoughts.
(c)
Our thoughts affect
the whole body. Each thought once generated and sent out becomes independent
of the brain and mind and we live upon its energy depending upon
its intensity.
(d)
When we are depressed,
if we mix with people who are cheerful, we can bring about a change in our mood
and thoughts.
2.1. On
the basis of your reading of the passage,
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answer the following:
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(1
× 4 = 4)
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(a)
In para 1, the
word which means stimulation is_____
(i) inspiration (ii)
effect
(iii)
foundation (iv) consequence
(b)
In para 4, the
word which means ‘ceaselless’ is_____
(c)
In para 1, the
word opposite in meaning to ‘discouraging’ is _____
(i) meaningful (ii)
inspiration
(iii)
motivating (iv) foundation
(d)
In para 4, the
word opposite in meaning to ‘happy’ is _____
Ans :
(a)
(i) inspiration
(b)
repetitives
(c)
(iii) motivating
(d)
depressed
SECTION B - WRITING & GRAMMAR (30 MARKS)
3.
In almost all big
cities in the country there is a mushrooming growth of slums where people are
living in inhuman conditions. Write an article in about 100-150 words about
this problem suggesting steps to deal
with
it. You are Sagar/Seema. (8
Marks)
or
You are
Neelam/Rakesh, Store Incharge Diksha Stores, 32/54, Rajeev Nagar, Delhi. Your
school requires school bags and accessories in bulk for the commencement of the
new session. Write a letter of inquiry to the Sales Manager, Sky Bags
Industries Ltd. 15/3, Ravi Nagar, Delhi enquiring about the details of goods
manufactured.
Ans :
Growth
of Slums in Big Cities (Sagar)
A slum is a heavily populated urban informal settlement
characterised by substandard housing and squalor. Slums form and grow in
different parts of the world for many different reasons.
The
population distribution is uneven with cities like Delhi and Mumbai being more
densely populated than the rest of the cities or towns. Slums are usually
characterised by urban decay, high rates of poverty, illiteracy and
unemployment. They are commonly seen as ‘breeding ground’ for social problems
such as crime, drug addiction, alcoholism etc. In many poor countries they
exhibit high rates of disease due to unsanitary conditions, malnutrition and
lack of basic healthcare. Providing education and creating employment in rural
areas can help in the long run to get rid of slums in cities. The fruits of
industrialisation and economic growth should reach the rural areas so
that people do not
migrate to the cities.
or
Diksha Stores
32/54, Rajeev Nagar
Delhi
28th August, 2019
The Sales Manager
M/s Sky Bags Industries Limited 15/3, Ravi Nagar Delhi
Sub: Inquiry about school
bags and accessories Sir,
There has been
enormous demand by our customers of the school bags and accessories you
manufacture for primary and secondary school students and they are inquiring
about quality, price, durability, etc.
We shall feel
obliged if you could please send us 100 pieces of school bags for every age
group on approval and return basis.
If we find the
quality and price satisfactory then we expect to purchase more from you. Before
placing a large order of the bags, we would like you to send the above quantity
of the desired products on approval basis.
The remaining of
the unsold pieces would be returned to you at your expense within a period of
one month from receipt of the products.
We hope to hear from
you very soon.
Yours faithfully
Rakesh
Store Incharge
4.
Write a story in about 150-200 words with the
help of
the
following hints. (10
Marks)
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Hints: Divya excited/her
favourite Honey Singh concert/car ride/tyre burst/mom changes tyre.
or
Develop a story with the help of the following outline. There was a boy Atul—father and mother gifted cricket
set—thought girls cannot play cricket— girls practised—proved.
Ans :
Divya was excited
to go to her first Honey Singh concert in Agra. Honey Singh is Divya’s
favourite Rapper Player. In fact, Divya told her mother Anne, “Honey Singh is
my all time favourite rapper in the world!”
When
they were about halfway to Greater Noida, Anne heard a weird noise. ‘Oh no’,
she said, realising that they had a flat tyre.
There
was no much space on the side of the road, but Anne slowly pulled the car down
and climbed out. Sure enough, their right rear tyre was flat.
Anne
opened the trunk to get the jack and the spare tyre. Traffic continued to whiz
past at 120 km per hour.
‘Mom,
are we going to die? Divya asked. She was really scared.
‘Don’t
worry Honey, I will be quick’ Anne said as she started to jack up the car.
‘Our,
Mom!’ you know how to do this?’ Divya was shocked and impressed to see her
mother’s hidden talent.
Anne
took off the flat tyre and put the spare tyre.
Divya said, ‘Mom,
you are truly a superwoman.’ It took Anne only 10 minutes to change the tyre.
They both soon were back on the road again when Anne said ‘I’m so sorry Honey,
but we cannot drive all the way to Agra on this spare tyre. We have to stop and
get the busted tyre repaired. We might be late for your concert.’ ‘That’s okey
Mom, “Divya said ‘you are an amazing person. Mom, you are my favourite person
now! Your company is more important than the concert.”
or
There was a boy
called Atul. Once his parents gifted him cricket set on his birthday. Atul
called his friends in the playground, they were all excited to see the cricket
set.
“Let’s
make two teams and play a match,” said Atul. “I’ll be the captain of the other.
You can select your team and I’ll select mine.”
They started calling out the names, Gaurav ....... Naman .......
The
girls waited but no one called their names. When they asked, the boys said,
“girls can’t play cricket.” Ravi suggested that girls could cheer the teams.
The girls went angrily. “It’s not fair, we’re friends. We should be playing
together!” cried Ruhi.
“We
should teach them a lesson!” said Prachi. The girls explained the matter to
Ruhi’s mother. Ruhi’s mother said, “Make your own cricket team and challenge
the boys to a match.” The girls said that neither they have the cricket set,
nor they know how to play cricket. Ruhi’s mother disclosed them that she was
the captain of the girls’ cricket team at school. Ruhi’s mother bought a
cricket set and for the next two weeks, Ruhi and Prachi practised batting,
bowling and fielding. Soon they became good at playing cricket. Ruhi was
especially good at bowling. They along with Ruhi’s mother went to the
playground and set up bails and the stumps. Soon the boys came and laughed at
them. The girls asked, “How about a match?”
“Don’t be silly. Girls can’t play cricket,” said Atul. “Why
don’t you play with us and find out what
happens?” said Ruhi’s mother.
“Will
you also play, Aunty?” asked Gauray. “If you don’t mind,” said Ruhi’s mother.
Otherwise, two girls against four boys would not be fair.”
The
boys were a little surprised. The match started. The boys won the toss and
decided to bat. Atul was the first to bat. He hit the very first ball for four
runs.
“Come
on, Ruhi” shouted Prachi. “Bowl your fast ones.” After hitting two more runs
Atul was clean bowled. He couldn’t believe it. It was Ravi’s turn next. The
balls were fast and Ravi made fifteen runs and then he was run out. Gaurav and
Naman made another eight runs and then they two were out. They had scored
twenty nine in all.
“Don’t
worry. We’ll get the girls out in no time” said Ravi.
Ruhi
faced Ravi nervously as he bowled the first ball. “I must not be nervous”
thought Ruhi. Soon she had made fifteen runs. The boys were getting worried.
But the girls and Ruhi’s mother were determined. They scored thirty runs with
Ruhi’s mother not out.
They had won the
game. The girls jumped with joy. The boys clapped for them and agreed that
girls can play cricket.
5.
Fill in the gaps by choosing the most
appropriate
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words from the options given below.
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(1
× 4 = 4)
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The meat-eating
competition is another popular event. Meat being (a) _____ major part of the
Northeastern cuisine, all possible meat dishes are (b)
_____ offer for
tourists (c) _____ relish. Roasted,
dried and smoked meat
are available (d) _____ the
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traditional Naga style.
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(a)
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(i) a
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(ii) the
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(iii) an
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(iv) most
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(b)
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(i) on
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(ii) an
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(c)
the/warming/increased/driver/dioxide/primary/
global/is/carbon/of
(d)
impact/already/warming/is/creating/global/
significant
Ans :
(a)
Global warming is the
single biggest threat to life on earth today.
(b)
The term is used to
describe the unnatural rise in earth’s average temperature.
(c)
Increased carbon
dioxide is the primary driver of global warming.
(d)
Global warming is
already creating significant impact.
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(iii) the
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(iv) a
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SECTION C - LITERATURE
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(c)
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(i) of
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(ii) with
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(30 MARKS)
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(iii) in
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(iv) to
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(d)
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(i) to
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(ii) of
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8. Read the
extracts given
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below and
answer the
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(iii) on
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(iv) in
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questions that
follow:
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(1
× 4 = 4)
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Ans :
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Or if some time when
roaming round.
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A noble wild beast
greets you,
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(a)
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(i) a
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With black stripes
on a yellow ground.
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(b)
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(i) on
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Just notice if he
cats you.
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(c)
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(iv) to
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This simple rule may
help you learn
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(d)
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(iv) in
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The Bengal Tiger to
discern.
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6. The
following passage has not been edited. There is
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(a) The
Bengal tiger is:
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one error in each
line. Write the incorrect word and the
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(i) a clever wild beast
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(ii) ferocious wild
beast
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correction against
each line of the passage. (1 × 4 = 4)
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(iii) sturdy wild
beast
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(iv) noble wild
beast
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Incorrect
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Correction
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(b) His
skin is:
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(i) yellow with white stripes on it
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Marie Curie
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make e.g.
make
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made
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(ii) yellow with red
stripes on it
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history in
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(iii) yellow with
brownish stripes on it
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1903 when she
became (a)
a first
woman on receive
the (b)
Nobel
Prize in Physics.
She (c)
won that
prestigious honour (d)
alongside his
husband and Henri
Becquerel for their
work on radio activity
Ans :
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Incorrect
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Correction
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(a)
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the
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(c)
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that
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(d)
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his
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7.
Rearrange the following groups of words and
phrases
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to form meaningful sentences:
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(1
× 4 = 4)
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(a)
threat/earth/global/to/on/today/is/warming/
the/biggest/life/single
(b)
average/used/tenn/earth’s/rise/the/describe/in/
temperature/is/to/unnatural/the
(iv) yellow with black
stripes on it
(c)
The moment he
sees you; he will _____ to eat you.
(d)
The simple rule will help you to learn that
you are
_____ the Bengal
Tiger.
Ans :
(a)
(iv) noble wild beast
(b)
(iv) yellow with black stripes on it
(c)
pounce on you
(d)
seeing
or
Writing in a
diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve
never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on
neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year
old schoolgirl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing, and I have an
even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.
(a)
Writing a diary for Anne Frank was:
(i)
a really strange experience
(ii)
a really bad experience
(iii)
a really pleasant
experience (iv) a really unpleasant experience
(b)
Anne has written a diary:
(i) never before (ii)
much before
(iii)
much earlier (iv) even in the past
(c)
No one will be interested in the musings
of_____
(d)
Anne wanted to get all kinds of things _____
her heart.
Ans :
(a)
(i) a really strange experience
(b)
(i) never before
(c)
a thirteen-year-old school girl
(d)
off
9.
Answer any five of the following questions in
30-40
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words each:
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(2
× 5 = 10)
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(a)
Why did the pilot call
the Paris Control Room the first time? Why could he not contact it the second
time?
(b)
Why did Anne start writing a diary?
(c)
What was Fowler’s
perception about a secret agent?
(d)
How did the vet cure Tricki of his ailment?
(e)
Why was Matilda Loisel always unhappy?
(f)
What is the Indian
legend regarding the discovery of tea?
Ans :
(a)
The pilot called the
Paris Control Room to inform the airport authorities about his flight to
England. He also wanted to ask for the proper direction. He could not contact
it the second time because his radio was dead due to storm.
(b)
Anne had all the
loving parents, a sister and many friends. But she had no real friend. She
needed someone to listen to her musings, to share her secrets with and to
confide in. She could not feel free with her friends. This prompted her to keep
a diary.
(c)
Fowler had a romantic
perception about a secret agent. He used to think that a secret agent should be
tall and handsome. He should deal with a dangerous situation. His life should
be full of thrill and action. He should receive messages from mysterious
beautiful woman and be surrounded by mysterious figures.
(d)
Tricki was kept in a
warm box. He was given plenty of water. He was made to walk freely from the
third day onwards. He was served food but he had to jostle with the bigger dogs
for his food. It gave him the needed exercise. He started running, playing and
fighting with other dogs. Soon he transformed into a healthy, golden, silky,
muscular and flexible dog.
(e)
Matilda Loisel was
always unhappy because she did not get what she aspired for. She wanted to
enjoy all the delicacies and luxuries. But she did not get these things as her
husband was a poor clerk in the Board of Education.
(f)
We have an Indian
legend regarding the discovery of tea. Boddhidharma, an ancient Buddhist
ascetic, cut off his eyelids because he fell sleepy during meditations. It is
said that ten tea plants grew out of the eyelids. The leaves of those plants
when put in hot water and drunk, banished sleep.
10.
Answer any one of the following questions in
about
100-150 words. (8
Marks) Hope and faith still exist in the society. Lencho is the perfect example
of this saying. Write a paragraph ‘Hope and Faith’ on the basis of reading ‘A
Letter to
God.’
or
Explain Mandela’s experience of freedom as a
child and as an adult.
Ans :
It is true that faith can do a lot. Anything
that is considered to be impossible by ordinary people can be accomplished if
we have strong faith in God. God is within us. He is present everywhere.
Therefore by believing in God we believe in ourselves. Our hope and faith can
create a lot of positive energy within us which helps us overcome any
difficulty or obstacle in life. Ironically most of us look for God outside our
bodies and when we are not able to find such a person we declare “I do not have
faith in God”. On the other hand when we can see God in ourselves, we can see
God in others too. This makes our faith stronger and acts lovingly and
compassionately towards everyone else and give them all an experience of God
through our kind act.
or
As a child he was free he was free to run in
the fields, free to swim, ran through the fields at will, everything seemed to
be good and exciting. But as he gradually grew up he realised his childhood
freedom was actually no freedom. As he reached adulthood he realised his
freedom has already been taken away. He observed that not only his but that of
others’ freedom too was missing. Mandela thought that the chains on others was
a chain on him also. His desire, that everyone should live with dignity and
self-respect, propelled him to fight till the end to get freedom.
11.
Answer any one of the following questions in
about
100-150 words. (8 Marks) Give the character
sketch of Bholi’s teacher.
or
What guesses are made by Think-Tank about the
books found on earths? (NCERT)
Ans :
Bholi’s teacher was a gem. Such teachers are
very rare. She gave congenial atmosphere to Bholi who was handicapped. She had
full sympathies with Bholi who was suffering from physical disability as well
as mental infirmity. She provided all possible help and assistance to her. She made
her feel at home. She encouraged and inspired her to get over her stammer. She
treated her like her daughter. She was her true guide. She inculcated the
qualities of confidence and daring in her. She never scoffed at Bholi whom all
the other girls mimicked. She urged her to make persistent efforts to get over
her handicap. She enabled Bholi to challenge the dowry seeker.
or
After seeing the books, Think Tank jumps to a
strange conclusion. He says that the books are sandwiches. He asks Omega to eat
it. At last, Oop bites the corner of the book and reports that it is not
delicious. Noodle guesses that the books are communication devices. Noodle
again suggests that they are perhaps for eye-communication and not for
ear-communication.
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