SECTION C - GRAMMAR 20
Q. 7 Look at the notes given below and complete the paragraph that follows. 4
Do not add any new information. Write the answers against the correct blank
numbers in your answer.
Russian Scientist – evacuate – research station – built – ice floe – drift –
western – Arctic ocean – global warming – melt – ice early – force – left –
ahead of schedule
According to newspaper reports, Russian scientists (a) ___________________ a 1
research station. The research station (b) ________________ on an ice floe 1
drifting in the western. Arctic Ocean. Global warming is (c) _______________ the 1
Scientists to (d) __________________ ahead of schedule, because of early 1
melting of ice.
Q. 8 In the following paragraph, one word has been omitted from each line. 4
Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the word
that comes after it in your answer sheet against the correct blank number.
Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined.
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No. Questions Marks
Not a mood to eg. Not in a
waste time the University reopens, (a)
the Dyal Ram College, affiliated to Delhi
University is organizing orientation (b)
program the Freshers on Monday. (c)
The session is organized (d)
two days before new (e)
session kicks. The college (f)
wants organize the orientation session (g)
because they want to start off
regular classes from very first (h)
day.
Q. 9 In the passage given below, fill in each blank with one word only. Write the 4
correct word in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers
After a tepid (a) _______________ half this year car makers are planning (b)
_____________ new launches in the (c) ____________ months, hoping (d)
_________________ will bring buyers back to a market that has seen demand (e)
______________ amid rising cost (f) ______________ finance. The headline grabber
(g) _______________ to be Tata’s Nano-the (h) ____________ cheapest car.
Q. 10 Read the conversation given below and complete the passage that follows. 4
Write the answers against the correct blank numbers. Do not copy the whole
sentences.
Karan : Are you going to attend Vikram’s Birthday party ?
Rohit : I am not sure if my mother will permit me to go .
Karan : You can tell your mother that all of us are going to the party.
Rohit : She knows that all my fiends are going, but she also wants me to do well
in tomorrow’s English cycle test.
Karan asked Rohit (a) _______________ attend Vikram’s birthday party. Rohit replied
that (b) ________________ him to go. Karan advised Rohit (c) ________
were going to the party. Rohit told Karan that his mother was aware that all his
friends were going but (d) _____________.
Q. 11 Look at the newspaper items given below. Use the information in the Head- 4
lines to complete the paragraphs. Write the answers against the correct blank
numbers in your answer sheet.
(a) Two pilgrims killed in Amarnath shrine stampede 1
Two Pilgrims to _____________ in a stampede near the cave.
(b) Hundred of US N-parts missing 1
The US military __________ sensitive nuclear missile components.
(c) Dead fish flood Satluj Beas Canal 1
Drinking water supply to several areas in Punjab has been stopped after
__________________ dead fish.
(d) Ribbery’s surgery successful 1
Berlin : France midfielder Franck Ribbery _________________ on his
injured left ankle on Thursday
SECTION D - LITERATURE 30
Q. 12 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. Write the 3
answers in your answer sheet in one or two lines only. Number the answers
correctly.
O Wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being,
Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead
Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing.
(a) Which season of the year is depicted in the poem? 1
(b) Identify the figure of speech in the first line. 1
(c) Explain like ghosts from an enchanter fleeting. 1
OR
Then she turns to those liars, the candle or the moon.
I see her back, and reflect if faithfully.
She rewards me with tears and an agitation of hands.
(a) Why have the candle and the moon been referred to as ‘liars’ ? 1
(b) Why does the woman turn her back to the mirror ? 1
(c) Explain ‘ an agitation of hands’.
Q. 13 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. Write the 4
answers in your answer sheet in one or two lines only. Number the answer
correctly.
Ten hours of steady rain had driven him
to crawl beneath a sack of rice.
Parting with his poison – flash
of diabolic tail in the dark room-
(a) What had driven the scorpion to take shelter beneath a sack of rice? 1
(b) Explain “flash of diabolic tail” 1
(c) What happened to poet’s mother after being stung by the scorpion? 1
Q. 14 The peasants in ‘ Night of the Scorpion ‘ are ignorant , but their hearts are 4
full of love and compassion. Comment. Attempt in 50-75 words.
OR
Sharing his grief with the wedding - guest helps alleviate the pain of the 4
ancitent marnier. Comment. Attempt in 50 - 75 words
Q.16 ‘The Christmas Carol’ depicts the transformation of a selfish miser into a 4
kind and benevolent man . Comment.
OR
How does Charles Dickens bring out the spirit of Christmas in
‘The Christmas Carol’ ?
Q.17 ‘We were in the war, too but we were children’. What does the narrator 4
mean by this statement ?
OR
Why did grandmother continue the journey without grandfather ? 4
Q.18 Imagine you are Babuli’s wife. Write a diary entry expressing your 8
reactions once Babuli informs you of his decision of giving his share
of land to his elder brother.
OR
Imagine you are the postmaster. Since you have relized the pain Ali has 8
gone through, you are full of remorse. Write a letter to your friend.
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