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I. Multiple choice questions : 6×1=6
1. We tried hard, ................... .
The appropriate question tag to be added is
(A) did we ? (B) didn’t we ?
(C) don’t we ? (D) do we ?
Ans. :
Rem. (B) didn’t we ? 1
2. .................. Ganga is .................. sacred river.
The appropriate articles to be filled in the blanks
are
(A) A, the (B) An, the
(C) The, an (D) The, a
Ans. :
Rem. (D) The, a 1
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3. Life is a dream.
The figure of speech used here is
(A) Simile (B) Metaphor
(C) Personification (D) Alliteration
Ans. :
Rem. (B) Metaphor 1
4. The word that takes ‘un’ as a negative prefix is
(A) logical (B) disciplined
(C) polite (D) educated
Ans. :
Rem. (D) educated 1
5. Give the noun form of the word ‘confuse’.
(A) confusingly (B) confusion
(C) confused (D) confusing
Ans. :
Rem. (B) confusion 1
6. The plural of the word ‘photo’ is
(A) Photos (B) Photoes
(C) Photo (D) Photoess
Ans. :
Rem. (A) Photos 1
II. Observe the relationship in the first pair of
words and complete the second pair
accordingly in the following : 4×1=4
7. Eye diseases ; Oculist :: Nose diseases : ........... .
Ans. :
Rem. Rhinologist 1
8. Ransack : Search :: Chronicle : ...................... .
Ans. :
Rem. Story 1
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9. Mean : Meant :: Fight : ....................... .
Ans. :
Rem. Fought 1
10. Hope : Hopeful :: Glory : ....................... .
Ans. :
Rem. Glorious 1
III. Rewrite as directed : 3×1=3
11. Change the voice of the sentence :
The mason is building the wall.
Ans. :
Exp. The wall is being built by the mason 1
12. Frame a question to get the underlined word as
answer :
The milk turns sour by a thunderstorm.
Ans. :
Exp. What turns the milk sour ? 1
13. Rewrite the following sentence using ‘so ... that ...
not’ :
The students were too tired to sit in the class.
Ans. :
Exp. The students were so tired that they could not sit
in the class. 1
IV. Answer the following questions in a sentence
each : 4×1=4
14. According to the narrator, which is the best month
to visit Mussoorie ?
Ans. :
Rem. October 1
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15. What were the precious possessions of Jim and
Della ?
Ans. :
Comp. Jim’s gold watch and Della’s hair 1
16. Why was Pierre pinched the previous month ?
Ans. :
Comp. For begging 1
17. What did Drona seek from Buttoo as recompense ?
Ans. :
Rem. Buttoo’s right hand thumb 1
V. Answer the following questions in two to three
sentences each : 7 × 2 = 14
18. What did the hunters do to the male bird after it
was shot ?
Ans. :
Rem. — The male bird was picked up hands and jaws
— It was treated like dirty linen and dumped into
a coarse washing bag. 2
19. Why does Drona bless, that men will link Butto’s
name to Self-help, Truth and Modesty ?
Ans. :
Comp. — Self help : Learnt archery himself.
— Truth : Acknowledged that he had been
inspired by Drona as he received inspiration
from him.
— Modesty : Trusted / believed that his master
would not set a task too hard for him – kept
his promise. 2
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20. How do you know that the female crane was
desperate to bring the male bird back to life ?
Ans. :
Comp. — With her beak she kissed a few feathers
— Picked the ones that wind had not taken away
and sat to hatch the blood stained feathers
into a toddling chick. 2
21. Why did the great Saint Teresa wish to have a
torch in her right hand and a vessel of water in her
left ?
Ans. :
Comp. — With the torch she might burn the glories of
heaven and with the other extinguish the fires
of hell
— Men might learn to serve God from love alone
without fear of hell and without temptation of
heavenly bliss. 2
22. What did Duryodhana envy about Arjuna ?
Ans. :
Rem. — Arjuna displayed superhuman skill with
weapons
— The vast assemblage was lost in wonder and
admiration. 2
23. Explain briefly to show that Cyclops were not
civilized in the art of cultivation.
Ans. :
Comp. — Cyclops were giant shepherds that neither sow
nor plough.
— The earth untilled produced for them rich
wheat, barley and grapes.
— Yet they had neither bread nor wine. 2
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24. Why did the narrator remark that the girl had an
interesting face ?
Ans. :
Comp. — The narrator had become quite daring.
— It was a safe remark.
— Few girls can resist flattery. 2
VI. Rewrite as directed : 3×2=6
25. Change the following sentence to the other two
degrees of comparison :
Sumudra Gupta was one of the greatest Indian
kings.
Ans. :
Exp. — Positive : Very few Indian Kings were as great
as Samudra Gupta.
— Comparative : Samudra Gupta was greater
than most other Indian Kings. 2
26. Change the following sentence into simple and
complex :
I saw a girl and she was very beautiful.
Ans. :
Exp. — Simple : I saw a beautiful girl.
— Complex : I saw a girl who was very beautiful 2
27. Change the following sentence to reported speech :
The Prince said, “It gives me great pleasure to be
here this evening.”
Ans. :
Exp. The Prince said that it gave him great pleasure to
be there that evening. 2
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VII. Answer the following questions in five to six
sentences each : 6 × 3 = 18
28. Summarise Basavanna’s opinion and message in
the poem ‘Vachana’.
Ans. :
Comp. — The rich people can build temples of gold.
— The poor man cannot do what the rich man
can do.
— His legs are compared to the pillars of the
temple-body the shrine-head is compared to a
dome or gopura of the temple.
— Our body houses the soul and is therefore the
temple of God.
— All material things are subject to destruction in
the course of time.
— The, spiritual person who moves according to
God’s will be permanent. 3
29. Explain the following lines with reference to the
poem “A Poison Tree” :
And I water’d it in fears,
Night and morning with my tears ;
Ans. :
Comp. — When the poet was angry with his foe, he
suppressed it
— He was afraid of consequences of his anger
— The anger remained unexpressed for many
days.
— Anger grew
— Suppression of anger made the poet suffer. 3
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30. Explain how Lord Krishna recounts the acts of
Karna and the Kauravas which violated fair play
and chivalry. ( Any three )
Ans. :
Exp. — When Duryodhana, Duhsasana and Sakuni
dragged Draupadi to the Assembly and
insulted her.
— Persuaded Dharmaputra to gamble and
cheated him.
— Refused to give Yudhishthira his kingdom
— Conspired with the wicked men who sought to
poison and kill Bhima
— Acquiesced ( accepted without protest ) in the
plot to burn the Pandavas alive when sleeping
in the palace of wax.
— When violent hands were laid on Draupadi,
Karna enjoyed the sight and mocked at her.
— When they slew young Abhimanyu. 3
31. The narrator was haunted by a mysterious
presence within him after the stolen boat
experience. Justify.
Ans. :
Comp. — The narrator left the boat and he went
homeward in a serious mood.
— After that spectacle, for many days his brain
worked with a dim and undetermined sense.
— Unknown mode of being took over his
thoughts.
— There hung a darkness – solitude or blank
desertion.
— No familiar shapes remained
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— No pleasant images of trees, sea or sky.
— No colours of green fields
— But he was troubled by huge and mighty
forms, that did not live, like living men moved
slowly through his mind.
— During the day and his dreams. 3
32. How did the young people and students respond to
a Hamburg student in March 1957 ?
Ans. :
Comp. — More than 2000 young people eagerly
answered his appeal
— Hundreds peddled on bikes 120 kilometres in
lashing rain
— Standing in front of one of the mass graves, a
seventeen year old school girl expressed what
all felt
— Anne Frank was younger than them when her
life so horribly ended
— She had to die because others had decided to
destroy her race
— Never again among them must such a diseased
and inhuman hatred arise. 3
33. Louis Pasteur had a very busy and interesting life.
Explain.
OR
What was the attitude of men and women before
the entry of the wrong man in Workers’ Paradise ?
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Ans. :
Comp. — He not only made exciting discoveries about
germs but he was able to use his discoveries
about germs.
— Used his discoveries in very practical ways.
— Worked hard in his laboratory with test tubes.
— All the time working to help people who
suffered in some special way from disease.
— Helped brewers, breeders of silk worms, and
cow keepers, all of whom were trying to carry
on important industries in France.
— He was always very proud of being able to help
his country in this way. 3
OR
Comp. — In Worker’s Paradise everything was found
except leisure
— Man exclaimed that they hadn’t a moment to
spare
— Women whispered, let’s move on, time’s a
flying.
— All exclaimed that time was precious
— They complained that their hands were full,
they made use of every minute and yet those
words made them happy and exalted. 3
VIII. Explain with reference to the context :
5 × 3 = 15
34. “What do you want of me ?”
Ans. :
Exp. Lesson : A Wrong Man in a Workers’ Paradise
Author : Rabindranath Tagore
— The girl of the silent torrent to the idler /
painter / wrong man.
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— When the girl sets out for the torrent the
following day, her hurrying feet were a little
less hurried than before.
— For a new sense seemed to have awakened in
her, a sense that seemed to have no meaning
and no purpose at all.
— She saw the painter standing and asked the
above question in confusion. 3
35. “Please God, make him think I am still pretty.”
Ans. :
Exp. Lesson — The Gift of Magi
Author — O’Henry
— Della whispered to herself.
— As Della waited for Jim’s return, she heard his
step on the stair away down on the first flight,
and she turned white for a moment.
— She had a habit of saying little silent prayers
about the simplest everyday things and
whispered the above line. 3
36. “Thief, dog, cut-purse, reptile, rapscallion,
slubberdegullion ! What have you done with my
pie ?”
Ans. :
Exp. Lesson — The Pie and the Tart
Author — Hugh Chesterman.
— Gaultier asked Jean.
— After Pierre sent Jean to fetch the tart
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— Jean informs Marion that Gaultier had sent
him to get the cranberry tart
— Marion goes in to get it
— When Gaultier hears Jean he runs out from
the shop, begins to cudgel him and says the
above sentence. 3
37. “Give me, O youth, thy right-hand thumb.”
Ans. :
Exp. Poem — Buttoo
Poet — Toru Dutt
— Dronacharya said to Buttoo.
— Buttoo tells his teacher that the skill he has
acquired is because of his master.
— Hence is willing to pay his master’s due
— So Drona asks Buttoo for his right hand
thumb. 3
38. “My mother’s life made me a man.”
Ans. :
Exp. Poem — C.L.M.
Poet — John Masefield.
— The poet said this
— He says that he was born at the cost of his
mother’s life.
— She destroyed a part of her life to make him a
man. 3
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IX. Quote from memory : 4
39. My legs are ......................................
........................................................
........................................................
......................................... shall stay.
OR
And it grew ......................................
........................................................
........................................................
...................................... it was mine.
Ans. :
Rem. My legs are pillars,
the body the shrine
The head a cupola
of gold.
Listen, O Lord of the meeting rivers
things standing shall fall,
but the moving ever shall stay 4
OR
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright ;
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine. 4
X. Answer the following questions in seven to
eight sentences each : 3 × 4 = 12
40. List the values which the poet-father wants the
teacher to teach his son. ( Any eight )
Ans. :
Appr. — There are both good and bad people in the
world
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— It is better to be away from envy
— Never be afraid of bullies
— It is better to fail than to cheat
— Knowledge is gained through books and
through deep thoughts
— To be gentle with gentle and tough with tough
— To have faith in his own ideas even if others do
not agree
— Not to blindly follow the majority
— Listen to all and be able to differentiate the
truth and falsehood
— Not to be ashamed of tears
— Stand to fight for right things
— Not to sell his strength and intelligence to the
highest bidders
— Teach him how to laugh with cynics, and to be
careful with the people, who show too much
sweetness.
— To have sublime faith in mankind.
( Any eight ) 4
“Water is the basis of all life.” Substantiate.
41.
OR
How did Pasteur show that air is full of dust
particles ?
Ans. :
Comp. — Water is the basis of all life, animals, plants or
human-beings.
— Water has the power to carry silt which is very
necessary for agriculture.
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— C. V. Raman shows that water is the elixir of
life.
— He gives us the example of the Libyan desert
where there is no vegetation and not a single
living thing visible.
— On the other hand in the immediate
neighbourhood, the Nile valley is teeming with
vegetation and people.
— The water has shaped the history and
civilization of our earth
— The presence of water makes the country side
beautiful and it has enabled agriculture to
thrive
— Water enriches soil and makes it fertile
— If water is used judiciously, it can improve our
economy by generating electricity. 4
OR
Exp. — Pasteur filled some bottles with soup
— Took some to a hotel bedroom where the air
hardly ever changed
— Broke their necks off so that air could enter
freely
— Sealed them up again after a few minutes
— Took some bottles into a field and did the
same
— Result :
— Bottles opened in the bedroom — Completely
mouldy — Those opened in the field — mouldy
but not that bad — those opened on the
mountain — no germs at all. 4
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42. Gandhiji says that it is not enough for a moral act
to be done with a good intention, but it should
have been done without compulsion. Explain with
examples.
OR
The prose “The Girl who was Anne Frank” gives us
a glimpse of Nazi Cruelty. — Illustrate.
Ans. :
Exp. — There is no morality in my act, if I rise early
out of the fear that, if I am late for my office, I
may lose my situation.
— There is no morality in my living a simple and
unpretentious life if I have not the means to
live otherwise.
— But plain, simple living would be moral if,
though wealthy, I think of all the want and
misery in the world about me and feel that I
ought to live a plain, simple life and not one of
ease and luxury.
— It is only selfish, and not moral, of an employer
to sympathize with his employees or to pay
them higher wages lest they leave him.
— It would be moral if the employer wished well
of them and treated them kindly realizing how
he owed his prosperity to them.
— This means that for an act to be moral it has to
be free from fear and compulsion. 4
OR
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Exp. — Nazis were hateful towards jews.
— They had no compassion for women and
children too.
— Jews had to follow many rules
— They were called up by the police without any
reason and deported to concentration camps
— They were made to starve and die there
— Members of family were separated and children
died of typhoid.
— The Jews were transported in cattle trucks
filled way beyond capacity
— Adults were usually taken directly to gas
chambers
— Starvation and disease killed them in
holocaust camps
— Human dignity was stripped in these camps
and everyday was a struggle physically and
emotionally 4
XI. Read the following passage carefully and answer
the questions given below : 1 × 4 = 4 (2 × 2)
43. Many of us believe that science is something
‘modern’, though the truth is that man has been
using science for a very very long time. However, it
has probably had a greater affect on human lives
in the last 25 or 30 years than in the hundreds of
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years since the invention of the plough or the
wheel. The marvellous gifts of science, which make
modern life so comfortable as well as exciting, are
there for everyone to see. But what cannot always
be clearly seen are the problems that science has
brought us, which were unknown to man a few
years ago. Science is certainly very modern if we
consider some of the problems it has created for us
today.
One of these problems, which may become worse
in the years to come, is that of ‘Jet lag’.
With the coming of modern jets, flying at more
than 900 kilometres an hour, the world has
become very small indeed. Today you can leave
New Delhi at 6.00 in the morning, eat an early
breakfast in the sky, over Kabul and be in London
in time for lunch, by about 1.00 p.m.
Questions :
a) What is the false belief and truth about
science ?
b) How has the world become very small ?
Ans. :
Comp. a) Many of us believe that science is something
‘modern’ though the truth is that man has
been using science for a very very long time. 2
b) With the coming of modern jets, flying at more
than 900 kilometres an hour, the world has
become very small indeed. 2 4
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XII. Write an essay of about 18 – 20 sentences on
any one of the following topics : 1×5=5
44. a) Noise pollution — A growing concern.
b) Internet — Advantages and disadvantages.
Ans. :
Exp. — Matter 2
— Sequence 2
— Language 1 5
XIII. Imagine you are Abhin / Aditi of Government
High School, Kolar.
45. Write a letter to your father seeking permission to
go on a trip arranged by the school and informing
him of the expenditure involved. 1×5=5
OR
Imagine you are Rimone / Rishona of
Government High School, Mandya.
Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper,
advocating the establishment of a ‘Free Library’ in
your town.
Ans. :
Exp. — Format 2
— Matter 2
— Language 1 5
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