Set-4

UNIT-1: PROSE
Choose the appropriate answer for each question :1 × 10 = 10
1. Assertion (A): The narrator never broke his journey at Deoli.
Reason (R): At the end of the story, he lost interest in Deoli.
(a)A is true but R is false (b)R is true but A is false (c)Both A and R are false
(d)Both A and R are true
2. What literary device is used when the narrator describes the girl's eyes as 'dark, smouldering eyes'?
(a)Simile (b)Metonymy (c)Synecdoche
(d)Metaphor
3. What was the narrator's initial reason for deciding to get off the train at Deoli?
(a)To buy basket from the girl
(b)To explore the town of Deoli
(c)To show sympathy for the lonely platform
(d)To explore its business prospect
4. Rearrange the following events properly.
(a)The girl came to the narrator's window and stopped.
(b)The girl moved on.
(c)The girl stood by the window for some time.
(d)The narrator found himself leaving his seat and going to the carriage door.
(a)(i)-(ii)-(iii)-(iv) (b)(ii)-(i)-(iii)-(iv)
(c)(i)-(iii)-(ii)-(iv) (d)(i)-(iv)-(iii)-(ii)
5. APJ Abdul Kalam's own world was concerned with-
(a)Science and war (b)Science and technology (c)missile technology
(d)FMCD sector
6. Assertion (A): Kalam's father could freely discuss religious matters with Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry, the
priest of a Shiva Temple.
Reason (R): He did not believe in religious bigotry.
(a)A is true but R is false (b)A is false but R is true (c)Both A and R are false (d)Both A and R are true
7. Which of the following statements is not true?
(a)Kalam's father was a frugal man.
(b)Kalam's father was a philanthrope.
(c)Kalam's mother was concerned with her family members only.
(d)Kalam's mother took great pride in her ancestral heritage.
8. 'I have heard the singing of the sirens...' 'Sirens' were famous for their-
(a)beauty of hair (b)sorcery (c)beautiful songs (d)none of these
9. Match the Columns.
Column-A Column-B
(i) After the tenth year, (a) an extraordinary the lawyer read... amount,
quite haphazard
(ii) During the first year (b) only for classics
of his imprisonment...
(iii) In the second year, (c) Gospel
the lawyer asked
(iv) During the last two (d) the lawyer years, the lawyer rejected wine
and read... tobacco
(A) (i)-(b), (ii)-(c), (iii)-(a), (iv)-(d)
(B) (i)-(c), (ii)-(d), (iii)-(b), (iv)-(a)
(C) (i)-(c), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(a), (iv)-(d)
(D) (i)-(d), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(c), (iv)-(b)
10. Assertion (A): The guests as well as scholars and journalists disapproved of Capital Punishment.
Reason (R): They found it unfitted to a Christian state and immoral.
(a)Both A and R are false (b)A is true and R is the correct explanation of A (c)A is true but R is false (d)A is
false but R is true
UNIT-2: VERSE
Choose the appropriate answer for each question : 1×10=10
1. Who sits like a statue in Toru Dutt's 'Our Casuarina Tree'?
(a)A baby (b)A baboon (c)A baby baboon
(d)A gray baboon
2. Find out the incorrect option. The Casuarina tree represents-
(a)the speaker's childhood
(b)the speaker's homeland, India
(c)nostalgia, longing and memory
(d)the poet's profound love for England and its culture
3. The 'huge python' in the poem is-
(a)the tree (b)the creeper (c)the crimson flowers (d)the sibling
4. The rhyme scheme of the first four lines of the poem is-
(a)aabb (b)abcd (c)abba (d)abab
5. Identify the figure of speech used in the expression 'the waves gently kissed the classic shore of
France.'
(a)Personification (b)Pathetic fallacy
(c)Apostrophe (d)Hyperbaton
6. Telemachus was the prince of-
(a)Thebes (b)Athens (c)Troy (d)Ithaca
7. "By this still hearth, among these barren crags..." What figure of speech is used in the underlined
phrase?
(a)Metaphor (b)Personification (c)Synecdoche (d)Metonymy
8. "I will drink life to the_____.
"(Fill in the gap with the correct option given below)
(a)less (b)lees (c)lese (d)lies
9. Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades. Here 'Hyades' suggests____.
(a)The heroes of Troy (b)The heroes of Athens (c)Ulysses and his followers
(d)Rainers, a group of seven stars in the head of the constellation Taurus
10. Match the Columns.
Column-A Column-B
(i) Ulysses (a)Slayer of Hector /Paradigm of heroism
(ii) Telemachus (b)The Roman name of the legendary
Greek hero Odysseus
(iii)Achilles (c)Son of Penelope
(iv)Penelope (d)Queen of Ithaca
(A) (i)-(d), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(c), (iv)-(b)
(B) (i)-(c), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(d), (iv)-(b)
(C) (i)-(b), (ii)-(c), (iii)-(a), (iv)-(d)
(D) (i)-(a), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(c), (iv)-(d)
UNIT-3: DRAMA
Choose the appropriate answer for each question :1×5=5
1. Who wants to go to the Galway Fair?
(a)Michael (b)Bartley (c)Cathleen (d)Nora
2. What is Bartley looking for when he comes back home?
(a)Money (b)Rope (c)Food (d)Clothes
3. Which is a ominous number is 'Riders to the Sea'?
(a)3 (b)7 (c)9 (d)13
4. "I've had a husband, and a husband's father, and six sons in this house..."
Here, Maurya plays the role of a_____.
(a)tragic hero (b)pathetic character
(c)chorus (d)Both b and c
5. "Michael has a clean burial in the far north by the grace of Almighty god... No man at all can be living
for ever and we must be satisfied."
This statement of Maurya suggests her-
(a)optimism (b)stoicism (c)sadism
(d)narcissism
UNIT-4: TEXTUAL GRAMMAR
Choose the appropriate answer for each question :1×5=5
1. It was a cold winter morning. A girl came down the platform. She was selling baskets. (Join the
sentences into a simple one)
(a)It was a cold winter morning when a girl came down the platform to sell baskets.
(b)In a cold winter morning, a girl came down because she wanted to sell her baskets.
(c)A girl came down the platform for she wanted to sell baskets in a cold winter morning.
(d)In a cold winter morning, a girl came down the platform selling baskets.
2. I ran up to the station-master and said, "Do you know the girl who used to sell baskets here?" (Change
into Indirect speech)
(a)I ran up to the station-master and asked if he knew the girl who used to sell baskets there.
(b)I ran up to the station-master and asked if he had known the girl who used to sell baskets there.
(c)I ran up to the station-master to ask him if he knows the girl who sold baskets there.
(d)I ran up to the station-master and asked him if he did knew the girl who used to sell baskets there.
3. I wanted to raise my hand touch her hair, but she moved away. (Turn into a complex sentence)
(a)Though I wanted to raise my hand to touch her hair but she moved away.
(b)In spite of wanting to raise my hand to touch her hair, she moved away.
(c)Though I wanted to raise my hand to touch her hair, she moved away.
(d)Arising my hand, I wanted to touch her hair but she moved away.
4. A man getting into the compartment stammered an apology. (Split up into two simple sentences)
(a)A man was got into the compartment. He stammered an apology.
(b)A man getting into the compartment. He stammered an apology.
(c)A man got into the compartment. He stammered an apology.
(d)A man who had got into the compartment. He stammered an apology.
5. In the second half of the sixth year, the prisoner began zealousy to study languages, philosophy, and
history. Correct the underlined error and replace the word from the following options.
(a)jealously (b)zealously (c)zelaously
(d)jealous
UNIT-5: READING COMPREHENSION (UNSEEN)
Read the passage given below and choose the appropriate answer for each question:
1x10=10
Indian education system is evolving in many ways, owing to advancement of technology as well as rapid
change of mentality of the people of all segments of society. Government intervention in merging
pedagogical systems of education has taken a new avenue, opering new doors of opportunities for both
the educator as well as the students. There are two segments in every education system, teachers and
learners. In the traditional system, the teacher narrates a topic to the students, holds demonstration of
the topic occasionally and assesses the students. However, not all have the same gasping capabilities,
due to which traditional models of education are
gradually paving way for ever innovative methods. The government has acknowledged the limitations of
existing
system and taken initiative in incorporating Information and Communication Technology in the
education system. With the help of it, teachers can easily explain the complex situation and the students
can retain information better remembering the usual explanation of a particular situation for a longer
time. When education is infused with technology, learning is augmented, which deeply impacts a
student's learning experience. Information Technology supports through video chat or online distance
learning, meaning a student from any remote area can easily have quality education from any institution
of the world.
1. Indian education system is evolving in many ways due to-
(a)good teachers (b)modern syllabus
(c)progress of technology
(d)good atmosphere
2. The induction of Information system has benefitted-Technology in the pedagogical
(a)teachers (b)students (c)none of them
(d)both of them
3. Assertion (A): There are limitations in the traditional academic system.
Reason (R): The government is on the look out for innovation.
(a)A is true but R is false. (b)R is true but A is false (c)Both A and R are false (d)A is true and R is the
correct explanation of A
4. In the traditional system of education, the role of the teacher is-
(a)active (b)passive (c)friendly (d)non-cooperative
5. The above passage may be classified as a/an-
(a)report (b)story (c)essay (d)pastoral dialogue
6. Point out the incorrect statement.
(a)The government has denied the limitations of the existing pedagogical system.
(b)The government has admitted the limitations of the pedagogical system.
(c)In the traditional system the teachers evaluate the students.
(d)Students are greatly benefitted in the audio-visual system.
7. The word 'acknowledge' means-
(a)deny (b)refuse (c)admit (d)none of these
8. The word 'augment' means-
(a)to decrease the amount, value, size etc of something
(b)to increase the amount, value, size etc of something
(c)to produce a bad effect (d)none of these
9. Assertion (A): Technology is of no help to the teachers.
Reason (R) With the help of it, teachers can easily explain the complex situation.
(a)A is true but R is false (b)Both A and R are false (c)A is false but R is true
(d)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
10. Find out the correct statement.
(a)Indian education system has remained static.
(b)Innovative approach is destroying the age old classical method.
(c)Indian education system is rapidly changing with the induction of technology.
(d)Indian education system has remained static because it has no flow.