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CHANDIGARH REGION
CLASS: X
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
YEAR: 2021-2022
INDEX
S. PAGE
TOPIC
NO. NO.
READING SECTION 1
1. UNSEEN PASSAGES 2 – 59
WRITING SECTION 60
FORMAL LETTERS
1) LETTER OF COMPLAINT
a) Official 61 – 64
2.
b) Business
2) Letter to the Editor 65 – 86
GRAMMAR 87
3. Tenses 88 – 94
4. Modals 95 – 101
5. Reported Speech 102 – 119
6. Determiners 120 – 126
7. Subject Verb Concord 127 – 136
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 137
LITERATURE READER – PROSE (First Flight)
1) A Letter to God 138 – 168
2) Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom 169 – 197
3) Two Stories about Flying 198 – 221
8.
4) From the Diary of Anne Frank 222 – 250
5) The Hundred Dresses – I 251 – 283
6) The Hundred Dresses – II 284 – 312
POETRY (First Flight)
1) Dust of Snow 313 – 318
2) Fire and Ice 319 – 326
9.
3) A Tiger in the Zoo 327 – 336
4) The Ball Poem 337 – 348
Supplementary Reader (Footprints without Feet)
1) A Triumph of Surgery 349 – 384
10. 2) The Thief’s Story 385 – 417
3) Footprints Without Feet 418 - 442
READING COMPREHENSION
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FACTUAL PASSAGES
Passage 1
Nothing better sums up the outdoors than the centuries-old human

endeavour to scale mighty peaks. Mountaineering involves hiking,
climbing, or simply walking on the hilly or mountainous ground with the
help of technical equipment and support. In mountaineering, you come
across different types of terrain - mainly snow, glaciers, ice or just naked
rocks. The feats, like that of Edmund Hilary and George Mallory to
mention just two legendary mountaineers, have contributed to make this
activity a popular one worldwide, one that has also been known to build
a person's character. One has to be physically robust, very fit and display
a decent level of athleticism and suppleness of body to climb mountains;
training, conditioning and preparation are essential if you are looking to
attempt an ascent on a particularly challenging peak. In addition, the
mountaineer, often having to withstand extreme climatic conditions, has
to display a good degree of mental fortitude to survive and succeed. But
in the end, all of this is worth your while - there is no better feeling than
being out in the open, in high nature's playground, breathing in the pristine
mountain air, as close to the sky as it's humanly possible to be.
Mountaineering is as old as the earth, as old as human life. In the 19th
century, many people would climb just for pleasure, for the sheer thrill of
conquering peaks near and far. But over time, the sport has split into
separate disciplines, each of them calling for varying degrees of skills and
preparation. Today, climbers have the comfort of having the most
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advanced equipment and gear at their disposal. In contrast, men in the
ancient times had to rely on their feet, legs, arms, and hands-and wits - to
climb mountains. These old climbing techniques are still relevant today
(as well as being utterly reliable and safe), but the 21st-century
mountaineer has the added advantage of depending on hi-tech safety
equipment. Closer home, the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute has
played a big part in conquering the Greater Himalayas. Many of the
planet's mountaineering greats have tested their skills and earned their
name in the Himalayan Theatre of Dreams, considered the ultimate arena
for climbing enthusiasts. Mountaineering demands a lot of physical
fitness, and attempts at the highest peaks can push your body to the limit.
Before attempting any climb, make sure you are fit enough to endure
everything that nature and the elements may throw at you. Remember that
mountaineering may be an exhilarating activity, and it is far from an easy
sport! At high altitudes, it is important to give enough time for
acclimatisation and make sure you get a clean bill of health from your
doctor before embarking on an expedition.
I. Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the following

questions by choosing the most appropriate option.
1. Mountaineering involves-
a. Hiking
b. Climbing
c. Just simply walking on hilly or mountainous ground
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d. All of the above
2. These old climbing techniques are-
a. Obsolete
b. Of no use
c. Not safe
d. Still very much relevant today
3. The 21st-century mountaineer has the added advantage of-
a. Hi-tech safety equipment
b. More opportunities
c. More funds
d. Training
4. One of the leading institutes for climbing enthusiasts is-
a. Mountaineering Institute
b. Himalayan Mountaineering Institute
c. Himalayan Theatre of Dreams
d. Himalayan Institute
5. Mountaineering demands-
a. Resources for life
b. Modern gadgets
c. Lot of physical fitness
d. Money
6. At high altitudes, it is important to give enough time for-
a. Fun
b. money
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c. acclimatisation
d. Resources
II. Given below is a pie chart related to the passage.
People and Mountaineering
people who want to mountaineer(68%)

people who have mountaineered once only(10%)
people who don't want to mountaineer(19%)
people who mountaineer regularly(3%)
Based on your understanding of the pie chart, answer the following

7. How many people like mountaineering?

a. 68%
b. 13%
c. 81%
d. 54%
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8. How many people have experience in mountaineering?
a. 78%
b. 13%
c. 81%
d. 69%
9. How many people haven't mountaineered?
a. 84%
b. 85%
c. 86%
d. 87%
10. How many people would be certainly strong?
a. 68%
b. 10%
c. 19%
d. 3%
11. How many people don't mountaineer regularly?
a. 3%
b. 27%
c. 13%
d. 97%
12. How many people have mountaineered at least once?
a. 13%
b. 31%
c. 67%
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d. 49%
Passage 2
Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat
India is a unique nation whose fabric has been woven by diverse

linguistic, cultural and religious threads, held together into a composite
national identity by a rich history of a cultural revolution, coupled with a
rousing freedom struggle built around the tenets of non-violence and
justice. The spirit of mutual understanding amidst a shared history has
enabled a special unity in diversity, which stands out as a tall flame of
nationhood that needs to be nourished and cherished into the future.
Time and technology have narrowed down distances in terms of

connection and communication. In an era that facilitates mobility and
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outreach, it is important to establish cultural exchanges between people
of different regions to further human bonding and a common approach to
nation-building. Mutual understanding and trust are the foundations of
India's strength, and all citizens should feel culturally integrated into all
corners of India. Students from the northeast, for example, should not feel
like 'strangers in a strange land' when they arrive in Delhi.
The idea of a sustained and structured cultural connection between

denizens of different regions was mooted by Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi during the Rashtriya Ekta Divas held on 31st October
2015 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Hon'ble Prime Minister propounded that cultural diversity is a joy that
ought to be celebrated through mutual interaction & reciprocity between
people of different States and UTs so that a shared spirit of understanding
resonates throughout the country. Every State and UT in the country
would be paired with another State/UT for a year, during which they
would carry out a structured engagement with one another in the spheres
of language, literature, cuisine, festivals, cultural events, tourism etc. For
example, Andhra Pradesh is paired with Punjab for the year 2017. During
the year, Punjabis would attempt to learn keywords in Telugu, and a few
Telugu books would be translated into Punjabi & vice-versa. Andhraites
would hold food festivals offering Punjabi dishes, Punjabis would
perform Andhra folk dances, while Andhraites would perform Bhangra at
staged events etc. This pattern of cultural adoption of the partner State/UT
would be followed by all States and UTs. States/UTs in India were paired
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till March 2019. The paired States/UTs signed MoUs with each other,
delineating a set of activities that they would carry out. An activity
calendar for each pair was prepared through mutual consultation, paving
the way for a yearlong process of mutual engagement.
Such interaction between different segments of the population of

each team of States /UTs at the cultural level generated the vibrance of
understanding and appreciation amongst the people and forge mutual
bonding, thus securing an enriched value system of unity in the nation.
The same pairing of States/ UTs will continue till June 2020. After
creating UT of Ladakh, it has been paired along with Jammu & Kashmir
with Tamil Nadu. The pairing of States/ UTs is available on the website.
The new pairing of States/UTs may come into force from 01.07.2020.

1. India's uniqueness lies in
_________________________________.
a. diversity of languages
b. composite identity
c. cultural revolution
d. singular identity
2. India is a united country because of
___________________________________.
a. its shared history
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b. diversity of religions
c. spirit of mutual understanding
d. diversity of languages
3. According to the passage, which feelings should be nourished and
cherished?
a. Fanaticism
b. Casteism
c. Nationalism
d. Communalism
4. Which programme among the following intends to enhance
optimum bonding among the citizens of our country?
a. Religious exchange programme
b. Cultural exchange programme
c. Language exchange programme
d. Academic exchange programme
5. The Rashtriya Ekta Divas is not celebrated to
_____________________________.
a. Give an opportunity to the people of India to have the joy
of living together.
b. Make people acquainted with India's cultural, social,
linguistic and religious diversity.
c. Arouse the feeling of language chauvinism among the
native speakers.
d. To promote national integration.
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6. By pairing a state/UT with another state /UT, we learn about
the_____________ of that state/UT.
a. language, literature
b. cultural events, tourism
c. cuisine, festivals
d. all of the above
7. India's prosperity rests in its _________________________.
a. Economic Development
b. National Integration
c. Sectarian development
d. None of the above
8. Which of the following (other than the ones given in the passage)
can enhance the bond of National Integration among the country's
people-
a. Celebration of festivals of other religions
b. Visiting places of worship of other religion
c. Only a
d. Both a and b
9. Who mooted the concept of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat
a. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
b. Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
c. Sh.Narendra Modi
d. Dr Manmohan Singh
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10. Which of the following is not the objective of the Ek Bharat
Shrestha Bharat programme?
a. To nourish the feeling of nationalism
b. To promote the sense of mutual understanding
c. To connect the people culturally
d. To celebrate the differences of Indians
11. Find words from the options given below which mean the same as
Propound
a. Nominate
b. Theorise
c. Insinuate
d. Propose
12. Which word of the following means the same as Denizens
a. Reluctant
b. Independent
c. Abetment
d. Residents
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Passage 3
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For millions of people in India, the river Ganga is the most sacred river.
It is considered as mother and goddess. It is also a lifeline of millions of
Indians who live on the banks of its course and depend on it for their daily
needs. River Ganga is the third largest river globally by the amount of
water that flows through it. It is the longest river in India. The river water
of Ganga is used for irrigation, transportation and fishing. The Gangetic
plain formed by the river Ganga is one of the most fertile lands on earth.
This is why almost 10% of the world population lives here and earns its
livelihood. The Ganga in India is the most worshipped body of water. The
irony here is that despite being the most revered river, it is also the dirtiest
one. It carries metals thrown out by tanneries, waste produced by
industries and urban waste from different cities. All this has made river
Ganga the fifth most polluted river in the world.
Another major reason that adds to the Ganga River pollution is the
coal-based power plants on its banks which burn tons of coal every year
and produce a lot of fly ash. This ash mixed with domestic wastewater is
released into the river. This bad situation calls for an urgent need to make
efforts to reduce pollution and revive river Ganga. To achieve these
objectives, the government of India has started a programme named
'Namami Gange Programme".
The main pillars of this programme are sewage treatment, river surface
cleaning, afforestation, riverfront development and public awareness. The
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importance of the success of the "Namami Gange Programme" depends
on the commitment and dedication of the people and administration.

1. __________________ river is a lifeline for millions of
Indians.
a. Krishna
b. Ganga
c. Narmada
d. Yamuna
2. _________________ of world population lives near river
Ganga.
a. 15%
b. 20%
c. 30%
d. 10%
3. Ganga is the ___________________ most polluted river in the
world.
a. Second
b. Third
c. First
d. Fifth
4. What are the parameters in deciding Ganga as the third largest
river in the world?
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a. Millions of people live on its bank.
b. The amount of water that flows through it.
c. Millions of people depend on it for their livelihood.
d. All of the above.
5. What is the feature of the river Ganga that makes it so unique?
a. It is the longest river in the world.
b. Its water is used for irrigation.
c. Gangetic plain is one of the most fertile lands on earth.
d. Millions of people live on its bank.
6. If we talk about Ganga, the irony with Ganga
is_____________________ .
a. Despite being the most worshipped body of water, it is
also the dirtiest one.
b. It is considered as mother and goddess.
c. People throw waste in it.
d. Its water is used for irrigation.
7. What makes river Ganga polluted?
a. Metals thrown by tanneries.
b. Waste produced by industries.
c. Urban waste (sewage)
d. All the above
8. Which programme has been initiated to ensure the revival of
clean Ganga?
a. Cleaning The River
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b. Namami Gange
c. Mission Gangotri
d. Purify Ganga
9. The main pillars of this programme

are____________________________.
a. River surface cleaning and afforestation
b. Sewage treatment and public awareness
c. Riverfront development
d. All the above
10. Another significant threat to Ganga is
_____________________________.
a. Development
b. Careless attitude of people
c. Dumping all kinds of waste in it.
d. Coal-based power plants.
11. Find a synonym for ‘bring together parts or establish’.
a. Fertile
b. Form
c. Fishing
d. Course
12. Find an antonym for 'inessential'.
a. Urban
b. Urgent
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c. Achieve
d. Earn
Passage 4
The story of people and pathogens is that of a problematic
evolutionary marriage. Pathogens want to live and prosper. Killing off
humans — the hosts — would become a self-defeating exercise. Both
parties, therefore, try to work towards mutual survival. After a certain
point in time, the two declare an uneasy truce and humans start to live
with the pathogen. We have done so many times before, and we will do
so with the novel coronavirus. The biological coexistence that emerges
out of a pandemic is in stark contrast to its social effects. Diseases don't
have a social preference, and pathogens don't distinguish victims by race,
class, religion, gender or other identities. However, history shows that
deep-rooted social prejudice resurfaces each time there is a pandemic,
often with horrifying results.
During the Great Bubonic Plague in Europe in 1348, the Catholic

Church was convinced that the Black Death was a Jewish conspiracy to
undermine Christianity. Accused of poisoning wells to spread the disease,
Jews were subjected to horrific torture and forced to make false
confessions. Soon, the mephitic smell of the burning flesh of thousands
of Jews lingered in the air of Strasbourg, Cologne, Basel and Mainz. The
Roma of Europe faced similar persecution.
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In his book Storia Degli Zingari in Italia (1997), Giorgio Viaggio
has documented 121 laws framed in Italy between 1493 and1785,
restricting the movement of Zingaris (a pejorative term for Roma's). Such
laws were driven partly by the prejudiced view that the Roma people
caused and spread epidemics. In medieval Europe, outbreaks of plague
were blamed on people who practised traditional medicine. They were
branded 'witches' and persecuted. Historian Brian Levack (2006)
estimated that 90,000 people were punished for witchcraft in Europe.
Though we don't have exact figures, its brunt seems to have been borne
by women.
I. Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the

following questions by choosing the most appropriate option.
1. The passage mentioned above speaks about how

_____________________________.
a. pandemics and deep-rooted social prejudices are
unrelated.
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b. pandemics help resurface social prejudices.
c. pandemics help to overcome social prejudices.
d. pandemics help to promote social integration.
2. Pathogens have very strong social preferences for
_________________________.
a. Jews
b. Zingaris
c. Christians
d. None
3. A community was wrongly accused of poisoning well and
spreading bubonic plague. The social group being targeted is
_____________________________________.
a. Christians
b. Parsis
c. Zoroastrians
d. Jews
4. In Italy, 121 laws were framed between 1493 and 1785,
restricting the movement of one particular group. The group we
are referring to is-
a. Pindaris
b. Zingaris
c. Pandaras
d. Zombies
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5. In medieval Europe, people became so suspicious that they
blamed other marginalised groups for all unexplained problems.
One such group of people were branded 'witches'. Who were
they?
a. People practising traditional medicine
b. People practising black magic.
c. People practising hypnotherapy.
d. People practising modern medicine.
6. In the overall social system, we can assume, women did not

occupy any significant status. This statement is strengthened by
which of the following observations?
a. Illiterate women were sent for skill training.
b. Vagabonds were provided free support from the
government.
c. Gypsy women were given kiosks to carry trade.
d. Women were persecuted most for witchcraft.
7. Pathogens tend to kill people. But after some time, they stop
killing people, as they need them to survive. Which state do they
reach then?
a. State of biological coexistence
b. State of dormancy
c. State of hyperactivity
d. None of these
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8. The Catholic Church developed a hypothesis regarding the spread
of bubonic plague. The theory they believed was
______________________________.
a. It was a German conspiracy.
b. It was a punishment from God.
c. It was a Jewish conspiracy.
d. It was an Islamic conspiracy.
9. From the given passage, it can be understood that it is a human
tendency to blame others for our sufferings when we don't
understand the real cause behind it. Generally, we blame those
people who are associated with
____________________________.
a. Disliked social communities.
b. Non-Europeans.
c. Illiterate people.
d. Poor indigenous people.
10. It is scientifically proven that the pathogens
__________________________.
a. Don't distinguish victims by race, class, religion, gender
or other identities.
b. Only certain groups of people have immunity.
c. Witchcraft is one of the potent sources of spreading
diseases.
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d. New research establishes the conspiracy theory behind
the bubonic plague.
11. Find the word which is similar in meaning to the word
'conspiracy’.
a. machination
b. Ignorance
c. Loyal
d. faithful
12. Find the word from the passage which means 'threaten or
sabotage.'
a. Novel
b. Undermine
c. Pathogen
d. mephitic
Passage 5
The Sahara sets a standard for dry land. It's the world's largest
desert. Relative humidity can drop into the low single digits. There are
places where it rains only about once a century. There are people who
reach the end of their lives without ever seeing water come from the sky.
Yet beneath the Sahara are vast aquifers of fresh water, enough liquid to
fill a small sea. It is fossil water, a treasure laid down in pre-historic times,
some of it possibly a million years old. Just 6,000 years ago, the Sahara
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was quite a different place. It was green. Pre-historic rock art in the Sahara
shows something surprising: hippopotamuses, who need water year-
round.
We don't have much evidence of a tropical paradise out there, but

we had something perfectly liveable, says Jennifer Smith, a Geologist at
Washington University in St. Louis. At times when the Northern
Hemisphere tilts sharply towards the sun and the planet makes its closest
approach, the increased blast of sunlight during the North's summer
months can cause the African monsoon (which currently occurs between
the Equator and roughly 17°N latitude) to shift to the North as it did
10,000 years ago, inundating North Africa
Around 5,000 years ago, the monsoon shifted dramatically

southward again. The pre-historic inhabitants of the Sahara discovered
that their relatively green surroundings were undergoing something worse
than a drought (and perhaps they migrated towards the Nile Valley, where
Egyptian culture began to flourish at around the same time).
As the land dried out and vegetation decreased, the soil lost its
ability to hold water when it rained. Fewer clouds formed from
evaporation. When it rained, the water washed away and evaporated
quickly. There was a kind of runaway drying effect. Around 4,000 years
ago, the Sahara became what it is today. No one knows how human-
driven climate change may alter the Sahara in the future. It's something
scientists can ponder while sipping bottled fossil water pumped from the
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underground. It's the best water in Egypt, 'Robert Giegengack', a
University of Pennsylvania geologist, said — clean, refreshing mineral
water. If you want to drink something good, try the ancient buried treasure
of the Sahara.

1. In the line 'Pre-historic rock art in the Sahara' the word "pre-
historic" does not mean:
(a) primitive
(b) modern
(c) ancient
(d) pristine
2. Which of the following statements about the Sahara Desert is not
correct?
(a) the inability of the soil to hold water.
(b) the washing away and the fast evaporation of water
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(c) the tendency of soil absorbing all the water
(d) strong sunlight in the desert
3. The world's largest desert is:
(a) the Gobi
(b) Thar
(c) Sahara
(d) Kalahari
4. The monsoon shifted dramatically southward again. When did
this happen?
(a) 4000 years ago
(b) 5000 years ago
(c) 6000 years ago
(d) 10000 years ago
5. Based on your understanding of the passage, choose the option
that best defines the 'runaway drying effect'?
(a) The inability of the soil to hold water.
(b) The washing away and the fast evaporation of water.
(c) The tendency of soil absorbing all the water.
(d) Strong sunlight in the desert
6. Despite the dry land, Sahara has a vast amount of water:
(a) in dams
(b) in aquifers
(c) in reservoirs
(d) all of these
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7. The shortage of water is evident from the fact that:
(a) it never rains.
(b) some people spend their entire life without experiencing
rain.
(c) people cannot recognise rain.
(d) people do not know when will it rain.
8. Look at the given map of Africa and choose the country which
has the lowest hydro generators in Sub-Sahara Africa
(a) Sudan
(b) Zambia
(c) Mozambique
(d) Ethiopia
9. The monsoon shift coincided with:
(a) greenery flourishing
(b) new civilisations flourishing elsewhere
(c) storms becoming prevalent
(d) more areas turning into deserts
10. Which of the following statements about how the rich
underground reserves help Sub Saharan Africa is incorrect?
(a) They help by providing rainfall.
(b) They help in generating electricity.
(c) They help by using hydropower to generate electricity.
(d) They help by boosting its economy.
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11. What played an essential role in the formation of Sahara as we
know it today?
(a) less cloud formation
(b) runway drying effect
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these
12. Fossil water comes from heavy rains.
(a) The statement is partially true.
(b) The statement is completely false.
(c) The statement is partially false.
(d) The statement is completely true.
DISCURSIVE PASSAGES
Passage 1
The seasonal problem of water taps running dry is plaguing most

of our major cities. With the bigger rivers flowing in trickles and ponds
and wells reduced to clay pits, village women in remote areas have to
fetch every drop of water for drinking, cooking, washing and so on, across
large distances. This has only worsened a perennial problem of
widespread water pollution, rendering it unfit for human consumption.
The monsoons and the attendant floods will not solve this problem.
The Delhi Administration is seriously worried about the threat to

civic health posed by the polluted waters of the Yamuna. Two main tanks
are to be set up to treat sewage. At present, only 60 per cent of the 200
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million gallons of the city's sewage receives any kind of treatment before
it is dumped into the river, which supplies water not only to this city but
to innumerable towns and villages downstream. The Ganga, the Yamuna,
the Kaveri, all our important rivers serving many urban conglomerations,
are fast becoming a major source of diseases.
A comprehensive bill introduced in the Parliament recently

envisages the setting up of central and state boards to prevent and control
water pollution. But it will take some time before legislation is passed and
effectively implemented. Meanwhile, the problem continues to swell.
According to a survey of eight dwelling countries conducted a couple of
years ago, 90 per cent of all child deaths were due to water-borne diseases.
It is the same unchanged story today.
In a country like India, a burgeoning population continuing to use

the open countryside as a lavatory means that with every dust storm and
rain, human excreta laden with germs and parasites find their way to
ponds, shallow wells and even the streams and rivers. Only 18 per cent of
the rural folk have access to potable water.
A new threat that has already assumed alarming proportions is

industrial waste, generally dumped untreated into the nearest river. For
instance, 30-40 litres of foul-smelling wastewater have to be disposed of
for every kilogram of process hide. There are at least 900 licensed
tanneries in the organised sector. Putrefied paper and jute waste, metallic
salts and corrosive acids all find their way to the rivers of India.
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It is essential to make new laws to ensure water purity and realise
the urgency of implementing them ruthlessly to avoid a national health
disaster cutting across the barrier between towns and the countryside.

1. Which problem is highlighted in the given passage?
a. Reduction of groundwater
b. Droughts
c. Water pollution
d. All of the above
2. According to the passage, women in rural areas
a. try to obtain as much usable water
b. have to travel long distances to get water
c. cause water pollution
d. die due to thirst
3. Which of the following is a threat to the residents of Delhi?
a. Zero groundwater level, untreated open water and lack of
the treatment of sewage.
b. The Yamuna is over-polluted and lack of treatment of
sewage.
c. Zero groundwater level and lack of potable water
d. The Yamuna is over-polluted and open untreated water
4. The Delhi Administration is worried about
_________________________________
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a. Threat to civic health posed by polluted waters of
Yamuna.
b. The rivers becoming a major source of diseases.
c. Lack of water treatment facilities.
d. Both (a) and (b)
5. What is the purpose of the bill mentioned in the passage?
a. It creates financial scope for water treatment facilities
b. It creates a Central and State Boards for control of water
pollution
c. It looks into the effective implementation of legislation
d. It looks into the proper treatment of water bodies
6. According to the passage, what can cut through the barrier
between the towns and villages?
a. Number of child deaths
b. Water pollution
c. Decreasing potable water
d. Civic health problems
7. Why are most child deaths in India due to water-borne diseases?
a. Due to the lack of potable water
b. Due to the open lavatory system
c. Lack of proper sanitation and hygiene
d. Chemicals found in water
8. The industrial waste dumped in the river is/are
a. Putrefied paper
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b. Metallic waste
c. Corrosive acids
d. All of these
9. Which of the following will be the most appropriate title for the
passage?
a. The Inevitable Evil of Pollution
b. Water Scarcity
c. Water Pollutions
d. Tackling Water Pollution
10. The phrase "is passed and effectively implemented" refers to the
implementation of
a. Amendment laws
b. Legislations
c. Legal punishments
d. All of these
11. Select the option that makes the correct use of 'Plaguing' as used
in the passage, to fill in the space.
a. You’re sure you don't have a child _________________
you?
b. Xander was there for a reason, and Damian was
________________ it?
c. It's now likely that he'll need plastic surgery to prevent
further cuts _______________the rest of his career.
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d. Birds are the biggest culprit _______________ grape
vines.
12. Choose the option that correctly states the meaning of 'dumped',
as used in the passage
a. Garbage and Waste
b. Leave and sell
c. Waste and sell
d. Throw and leave
Passage 2
Have you ever failed at something so miserably that the thought

of attempting to do it again was the last thing on your mind?
If your answer is yes, then you should understand that you are not
a robot. Unlike robots, we human beings have feelings, emotions, and
dreams. We are all meant to grow despite our circumstances and
limitations. Flourishing and trying to make our dreams come true feels
great when life goes our way. But what happens when it does not? What
happens when you fail despite all your hard work? Do you stay down and
accept defeat, or do you get up again? If you tend to persevere and keep
going, you have what experts call 'grit'.
Falling down or failing is one of the most agonising,

embarrassing, and scary human experiences. But it is also one of the most
educational, empowering, and essential parts of living a successful and
fulfilling life. Did you know that perseverance (grit) is one of the seven
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qualities that has been described as the key to personal success and
betterment in society? The other six are curiosity, gratitude, optimism,
self-control, social intelligence, and zest. Thomas Edison is an example
of grit for trying more than 1,000 times to invent the light bulb. If you are
reading this with the lights on in your room, you will realise the
importance of his success. When asked why he kept going despite
hundreds of failures, he merely stated that they had not been failures; they
were hundreds of attempts towards creating the light bulb. This statement
not only revealed his grit but also his optimism for looking at the bright
side.
Grit can be learnt to help you become more successful. One of the
techniques that help is mindfulness. Mindfulness is a practice that makes
individuals stay at the moment by bringing awareness of their experience
without judgement. This practice has been used to quieten the noise of
fears and doubts. Through this simple mindfulness practice, individuals
can stop the self-sabotaging downward spiral of hopelessness, despair,
and frustration.
What did you do to overcome the negative and self-sabotaging

feelings of Failure? Reflect on what you did, and try to use those same
powerful resources to help you today.

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1. The reason why you are not a robot is that:
a. You fail miserably at tasks
b. Failure and success can affect your emotions
c. You work hard
d. You have limitations
2. Choose the option that best captures the central idea of the
passage from the given quotes.
a. "What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try
to do something remarkable?"- John Green
b. "Mistakes are the portals of discovery."-James Joyce
c. "Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker.
Failure is a delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not
a dead end."- Denis Waitley
d. "A person who never made a mistake never tried
anything new." -Albert Einstein
3. What is the tone of the following context: "Falling or failing is
one of the most… educational, empowering, and essential parts
of living a successful and fulfilling life."?
a. Humorous
b. Optimistic
c. Horrifying
d. Solemn
4. Which of the following is relevant for the title of the passage?
a. Dreams Always Come True
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b. Failure And Grit Go Hand in Hand
c. Humans vs Robots
d. Falling Down and Getting Up
5. ______________________ was created after many attempts.
a. Electricity
b. Light bulb
c. Current
d. Tube light
6. Which of the following sentences makes the correct use of "grit",
as used in the passage?
a. Get rid of that grit in your shoes.
b. She had a bit of grit in her eye.
c. The road had been covered with grit.
d. Her grit never made her give up.
7. To develop perseverance, one must:
a. become more aware
b. work hard
c. be in the moment and be aware without judgement
d. seek guidance
8. How does mindfulness help?
a. It creates awareness
b. It quietens the noise of fears and doubts
c. It helps one become successful
d. It helps develop focus
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9. What do you understand from this line, "Falling down or failing
is one of the most agonising, embarrassing, and scary human
experiences."?
a. Falling down makes us angry.
b. Failure can deeply affect our emotions
c. Stay positive and be optimistic
d. Self-control is empowering
10. Choose the option that correctly states the meaning of 'social
intelligence' as implied in the passage:
a. Knowing others
b. Knowing oneself and others
c. Knowing oneself
d. Knowing one's surroundings
11. The importance of perseverance and optimism for a successful
and fulfilling life is explained using the example of?
a. Thomas Edison
b. Flourishing
c. Grit
d. Limitations
12. What is the message conveyed in the last paragraph of the
passage?
a. Always aim for the best
b. Live life king size
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c. Through mindfulness, we can overcome the negative
impact of Failure
d. Social intelligence is crucial for a successful life
Passage 3
The choices we make daily—wearing a seatbelt, lifting heavy

objects correctly or purposely staying out of any dangerous situation—
can either ensure our safety or bring about potentially harmful
circumstances. You and I need to make a decision that we are going to
get our lives in order. Exercising self-control, self-discipline and
establishing boundaries and borders in our lives are some of the most
important things we can do. A life without discipline is one that's filled
with carelessness. We can think it's kind of exciting to live life on the
edge. We like the image of "Yeah! That's me! Living on the edge! Woo-
hoo!" It's become a popular way to look at life. But if you see, even
highways have lines, which provide margins for our safety while we're
driving. If we go over one side, we'll go into the ditch. If we cross over
the line in the middle, we could get killed. And we like those lines because
they help to keep us safe.
Sometimes we don't even realise how lines help to keep us safe.

I'm not proud of this, but I ignored my limits for the first 20 years of my
life at work. I felt horrible, physically, most of the time. I used to tell
myself, "I know I have limits and that I've reached them, but I'm going to
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ignore them and see if or how long I can get by with it." I ran to doctors,
trying to make myself feel better through pills, vitamins, natural stuff and
anything I could get my hands on. Some of the doctors would tell me, "It's
just stress." That just made me mad. I thought stress meant you don't like
what you do or can't handle life, and I love what I do. But I kept pushing
myself, travelling, doing speaking engagements and so on— simply
exhausting myself.
Finally, I understood I was living an unsustainable life and needed

to change my outlook and lifestyle. You and I don't have to be like
everyone else or keep up with anyone else. Each of us needs to be exactly
the way we are, and we don't have to apologise for it. We're not all alike,
and we need to find a comfort zone where we can enjoy our lives instead
of making ourselves sick with an overload of stress and pressure.

1. The reason why living on the edge has become popular is
because of the
a. Constant need for something different.
b. Population being much younger.
c. Exhausting effort to make changes.
d. Strong tendency to stay within our limits
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a. Option (1)
b. Option (2)
c. Option (3)
d. Option (4)
3. Which of the characteristics are apt about the writer in the

following context: "I know I have limits and that I've reached
them, but I'm going to ignore them and see if or how long I can
get by with it."?
a. indecisive and purposeless
b. spontaneous and patient
c. negligent and reckless
d. indecisive and spontaneous
4. Which of the following will be the most appropriate title for the
passage?
a. Much too soon
b. Enough is enough
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c. How much is too much?
d. Have enough to do?
5. The phrase "potentially harmful circumstances" refers to
circumstances that can
a. Certainly be dangerous
b. Be fairly dangerous
c. Be possibly dangerous
d. Seldom be dangerous
6. Select the option that makes the correct use of "unsustainable",
as used in the passage, to fill in the blank space.
a. In the long run, the ______ officials followed emergency
procedures.
b. Emergency procedures were _______ by the officials.
c. Officials reported an __________ set of events during the
emergency.
d. Officials admit that the emergency system is _____ in the
longer run.
7. The author attempts to __________________ the readers
through this write-up.
a. rebuke
b. question
c. offer aid to
d. offer advice to
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8. The author uses colloquial words such as "yeah" and "Woo-
hoo!". Which of the following is NOT a colloquial word?
a. hooked
b. guy
c. stuff
d. stress
9. What does the author mean when he says, "to get our lives in
order"?
a. To resume our lives.
b. To organise our lives.
c. To rebuild our lives
d. To control our lives
10. Choose the option that correctly states the two meanings of
'outlook', as used in the passage.
a. A person's evaluation and regrets in life
b. A person's experiences and point of view towards life
c. A person's point of view and general attitude towards life
d. A person's regrets and general attitude towards life
11. The author explains the importance of discipline and boundaries
in our lives using the example of:
a. road accidents.
b. traffic rules.
c. Lines on the highway
d. Safe driving
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12. What is the message conveyed in the last paragraph of the
passage?
a. Love what you do.
b. Love yourself to love others.
c. Be the best version of yourself
d. Be yourself
Passage 4
Happiness is not something far away and unattainable. Happiness

does not depend on circumstances or objects. It is an inseparable part of
our consciousness, of our essence, but hidden and covered from sight by
our thoughts, desires and worries. We all seek happiness, but few, very
few, indeed, get it. We are unhappy partly because we desire much more
than what we can hope to attain. Our countless desires are hard to be
satisfied. And that is what makes us so sad in life. The secret of happiness
lies in the simplification of life. Simple living encourages high thinking.
It leads to contentment. Contentment gives us inner wealth, the wealth of
the mind and the soul.
A contented man devotes himself to virtues; a man can feel true

happiness. I do not mean that for simplification of life, a man should
become an ascetic. The happiness of a sadhu is of a negative kind. I want
a positive kind of happiness. For this, I must live in the midst of life and
faithfully carry out my responsibilities to my home and country. But all
this should be done in the spirit of selfless service.
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A man, who wants to lead a happy life, should also make others
happy. In making others happy, he will taste real and lasting happiness.
There is a kind of joy in serving others with virtuous motives, in
sacrificing what one has for the good of others. An act of goodness is, of
itself, an act of happiness. The secret of perfect happiness lies in
renunciation.
Wealth may give us joy for a while, and fame may provide us with
fleeting excitement. But they cannot give us permanent happiness. Kings
have everything to make them happy, and yet they feel unhappy. It is
because they do not practise renunciation. There is a sense of joy in doing
one's work honestly and efficiently. A research worker feels joy in
research and a journalist in writing. In doing one's duty sincerely, one
feels peace of mind, an important essence of happiness. It is only by
cultivating the spirit of renunciation, self-sacrifice, contentment and
science work that one can be happy. The strings of misfortune spare none,
but they will not cow such a person.
Happiness is like the sun; it is often hidden by the clouds of

thoughts, worries and desires. We have to scatter and dissolve them to
experience happiness. You don't have to create happiness. All you have
to do is calm your mind because there is happiness when there is a quiet
mind and inner peace.

following questions: -
1. We are unhappy partly because we have ________________.
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a. No inner strength
b. Lost moral and spiritual values
c. Countless, unfulfilled desires
d. Extremely complicated lives
2. According to the passage, the essence of happiness lies
in_________________.
a. Worldly desires
b. Doing one's duty sincerely
c. Avoiding all unfortunate events
d. Adopting a simple lifestyle
3. Which of the following is the correct chain of things, as
mentioned in the passage, leading to happiness?
a. contentment, high thinking, simple living, inner wealth
b. simple living, high thinking, inner wealth, contentment
c. high thinking, simple living, inner wealth, contentment
d. simple living, high thinking, contentment, inner wealth
4. What does a contented man do?
a. He assimilates the basic virtues of life
b. He faces boldly the adversities of life
c. He encounters the strings of misfortunes
d. He gives up bad habits effortlessly
5. What according to the passage is a positive kind of happiness?
a. Keeping one's motives and feelings under control
b. Love for life and a country
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c. Leading a simple life of an ascetic
d. Carrying out all worldly activities in the spirit of selfless
service
6. A man who wants to live a happy life should _____
a. make others happy
b. master the art of renunciation
c. pursue wealth and fame
d. inculcate the virtues of life
7. Which of the following is OPPOSITE in meaning to the word

'fleeting' as used in the passage?
a. permanent
b. passing
c. fast
d. momentary
8. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE in the context
of the passage?
a. One feels peace of mind in doing one's duty sincerely
b. Renunciation is the result of perfect happiness.
c. The multiplicity of desires makes us unhappy.
d. Making others happy makes one happy.
9. The phrase "cow a person" refers to get someone:
a. spare
b. conquer
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c. scare
d. provoke
10. Which of the following statements is TRUE in the context of the
passage?
a. Human beings seldom seek happiness
b. Doing one's work sincerely hardly makes one happy
c. Peace of mind is tangent to happiness
d. Simple life is like a life of an ascetic
11. Select the option that makes the correct use of "unattainable", as
used in the passage, to fill in the blank space.
a. __________ development implies a long-term
perspective.
b. Keep goals small so they are more easily __________.
c. Diabetes is __________ but not curable.
d. Some economists think that 100% employment in India is
an ____________ goal.
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a. Option (1)
b. Option (2)
c. Option (3)
d. Option (4)
Passage 5
A youngster quit Facebook in December after spending over three

years on the social networking site. With that one act, he bid a silent adieu
to more than 300 contacts that he had added to his account during the
period. Like almost everyone from his "friends' circle," the 20–year–old
was a regular on the service, visiting it every day to post photos and status
updates. But last week, a new feature on Facebook called timeline forced
him to reconsider the pros and cons of being on the networking site.
'Everyone has some skeletons in their closet, and I am just not

comfortable with Facebook digging up and displaying all the facets of my
life on a bulletin board,' says this youngster who joined the network in
July 2007 while he was in Class 11.
Facebook, you see, had compressed the time he spent on the site
and arranged it in chronological order. And while he initially liked the
new, neatly organised scrapbook-like feature, he wasn't happy to reveal
posts from the past, those that, until recently, were hidden under layers
and layers of recent updates. Just clicking on a date on the timeline could
transport his friends back in time and enable them to view every
embarrassing comment, link or photo he had posted on his profile.
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"I think it's a recipe for disaster," he says. "In 2007, I had some
wall posts, which seemed appropriate at the time, but now after a lapse of
four years, I have moved on and don't want them to be openly displayed
for all to see."
And he is not alone. Many users, worried about how the Facebook
activity could affect their offline lives, choose to commit 'Facebook
suicide'. While some have privacy concerns, others feel that the site meant
to bring them closer to their friends does the opposite – it reduces their
friendship to something superficial.
"Poking and liking are not enough to keep a friendship going,"

says a business analyst. Having quit Facebook three years ago, she prefers
meeting her 'real' friends’ face–to–face instead of reading their trite posts
online.
"On Facebook, people hype everyday issues including what they

ate and where they went on a daily basis," says this analyst who continues
to use Twitter.
Similarly, an engineering student quit Facebook last December,

four years after joining it. He exported all the data from his account into
a little zip file and hit the delete button one fine day.
"I realised that when it came to my friends who mattered, I could

keep in touch with them over the phone or by meeting them in real life,"
he wrote on his blog.
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following questions.
1. The feature of Facebook where one can see the posts, the
embarrassing comments and thoughts, photos and links that a
person has put on his profile in the past is:
a. Create a story
b. Facebook live
c. Timeline
d. Messenger
2. According to the passage, the social media:
a. Causes more harm than good.
b. Is just a waste of time.
c. Connects one to real life.
d. Provides an opportunity to meet people face to face.
3. The feature 'Timeline' on Facebook, according to the passage,
forces the youngster to reconsider:
a. Meeting friends face to face.
b. Increasing use of social media.
c. Saving time on social media.
d. The advantages and disadvantages of being on Facebook
passage from the given quotes-
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a. "What is interesting is the power and the impact of social
media. So we must try to use social media in a good way." -
Malala Yousafzai
b. "The great thing about social media was how it gave a voice
to voiceless people."-Jon Ronson
c. "Facebook is not your friend. It is a surveillance engine." -
Richard Stallman
d. "Social media is awesome because I can somewhere paint
myself the way I want people to see me." -Kevin Abstract
5. Many people are getting out of Facebook as they feel:
a. Addicted to it
b. That their Facebook activity could affect their real life
c. They should join Instagram, WhatsApp or Twitter
d. Poking and liking is not enough
6. The meaning of the word 'share' in para 3 is-
a. liked
b. timeline
c. hidden
d. reveal
7. Which of the following is the OPPOSITE in meaning to the word
'retained' as used in the passage?
a. Exported
b. delete
c. Account
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d. quit
8. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE in the context
of the passage?
a. People love being poked and liked on Facebook.
b. People visit social media every day to post photos and for
status updates.
c. No one prefers meeting 'real' friends face–to–face instead of
reading their trite posts online.
d. Few think that social media reduces their friendship to
something superficial.
9. The phrase "Facebook suicide" refers to get someone:
a. Poking and liking
b. Quitting Facebook as it could affect their real life.
c. clicking on a date on the timeline
d. using Twitter
10. Which of the following statements is TRUE in the context of
the passage?
a. Time spent on social media is better than meeting face‐to‐
face.
b. Social media use could increase the time teens spend
together in person.
c. Stalking, personal attacks, and misuse of information are
some of the threats faced by social media users.
d. Facebook activity does not affect real life.
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11. Select the option that makes the correct use of "trite", as used in
the passage, to fill in the blank space.
a. At that moment, his words sounded _______ to me.
b. It was either a __________ or an excellent copy.
c. Her ___________ powers give life and colour to her
paintings.
d. A little __________ air might clear some of the cobwebs.
12. Which of the following can be the most appropriate title for the
passage?
a. social media: a powerful tool
b. your privacy & Facebook
c. virtual life
d. Facebook friends
ANSWERS FACTUAL PASSAGES

Passage 1
1. d. All of the above

2. d. Still very much relevant today
3. a. Hi tech safety equipment
4. b. Himalayan Mountaineering Institute
5. c. Lots of physical fitness
6. c. Acclimatisation
7. c. 81%
8. b. 13%
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9. d. 87%
10. a. 68%
11. d. 97%
12. a. 13%
Passage 2
1. b. Composite identity
2. c. spirit of mutual understanding
3. c. Nationalism
4. b. Cultural exchange program
5. c. Arouse the feeling of language chauvinism among the native
speakers.
6. d. All of the above
7. b. National Integration
8. d. Both a and b
9. c. Narendra Modi
10. d. To celebrate the differences of Indians
11. d. Propose
12. d. Residents
Passage 3
1. b. Ganga
2. d. 10%
3. d. Fifth
4. b. The amount of water that flows through it.
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5. c. Gangetic plain is one of the most fertile lands on earth.
6. In spite of being the most worshipped body of water, it is also
the dirtiest one.
7. d. All the above
8. b. Nanami Ganga
9. d. All the above
10. d. Coal based power plants.
11. b. Form
12. b. Urgent
Passage 4
1. b. How pandemics, help resurface social prejudices.

2. d. None
3. d. Jews
4. b. Zingaris
5. a. people practicing traditional medicine
6. d. Women were persecuted most for witchcraft.
7. a. state of biological coexistence
8. c. it was a Jewish conspiracy
9. a. associated with disliked social communities
10. a. don’t distinguish victims by race, class, religion, gender or
other identities.
11. a. machination
12. b. undermine
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Passage 5
1. b. Modern
2. a. The inability of soil to hold water
3. c. Sahara
4. b. 5000 years ago
5. b. The washing away and the fast evaporation of water.
6. b. in aquifers
7. b. Some people spend their entire life without experiencing rain
8. a. Sudan
9. b. New civilisation flourishing elsewhere
10. a. they help by providing rainfall
11. b. runway drying effect
12. d. the statement is completely false
DISCURSIVE PASSAGES
Passage 1
1. c. Water pollution
2. a. Try to obtain as much usable water
3. b. The Yamuna is over-polluted and lack of treatment of sewage.
4. a. Threat to civic health posed by polluted waters of Yamuna.
5. b. It creates a Central and State Boards for control of water
pollution
6. b. Water pollution
7. a. Due to the lack of potable water
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8. d. All of these
9. d. Tackling Water Pollution
10. b. Legislations
11. d. Birds are the biggest culprit ............... grape vines.
12. d. throw and leave
Passage 2
1. b. Failure and success can affect your emotions
2. c. "Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is a
delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end."-
Denis Waitley
3. b. Optimistic
4. d. Falling Down and Getting Up
5. b. light bulb
6. d. Her grit never made her give up.
7. c. be in the moment and be aware without judgement
8. b. It quietens the noise of fears and doubts
9. b. Failure can deeply affect our emotions
10. b. Knowing oneself and others
11. a. Thomas Edison
12. c. Through mindfulness we can overcome the negative impact of
Passage 3
1. a. constant need for something different

2. d. Option (4)
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3. c. negligent and reckless
4. c. How much is too much?
5. c. Be possibly dangerous
6. d. Officials admit that the emergency system is __________ in
the longer run.
7. d. Offer advice to
8. d. Stress
9. b. To organise our lives.
10. c. A person's point of view and general attitude towards life
11. c. Lines on the highway.
12. d. Be yourself.
Passage 4
1. c. Countless, unfulfilled desires
2. b. Doing one's duty sincerely
3. d. Simple living, high thinking, contentment, inner wealth
4. a. He assimilates the basic virtues of life
5. d. Carrying out all worldly activities in the spirit of selfless
service
6. a. Make others happy
7. a. Permanent
8. b. Renunciation is the result of perfect happiness.
9. c. scare
10. c. Peace of mind is tangent to happiness
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11. d. Some economists think that 100% employment in India is an
____________ goal.
12. c. Option (3)
Passage 5
1. c. timeline
2. a. can cause more harm than good.
3. d. the advantages and disadvantages of being on Facebook
4. c. "Facebook is not your friend. It is a surveillance engine." -
Richard Stallman
5. b. that their Facebook activity could affect their real life
6. d. reveal
7. a. exported
8. c. No one prefers meeting 'real' friends face–to–face, instead of
reading their trite posts online.
9. b. quitting Facebook as it could affect their real life.
10. c. Stalking, personal attacks, and misuse of information are some
of the threats faced by the users of social media.
11. a. At that moment, his words sounded _______ to me.
12. b. your privacy & Facebook
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WRITING SECTION
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LETTER OF COMPLAINT
FORMAT 5 Marks
Sender’s Address
Date:
Receiver’s Address
Salutations (Dear/Mr./Ms.)
Subject: (Mention the reason for complaint)
Body of the letter:
● Introduction
● Main reason to write the letter
● Conclusion
Closing of letter (Yours sincerely/faithfully)
Signature with Name
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SAMPLE LETTER OF COMPLAINT
You are T.K Pramod Kumar /P.V Pramodini,

22 Church Road, Chennai. Last week you
placed an order for the supply of a few items
of furniture. On receiving the furniture you
found that some items were damaged and
some not according to specifications.
Describing the shortcomings, write a letter
(100-150 words) of complaint to the supplier,
Sri Rama Furniture Mart, Mint Road,
Chennai asking for an immediate
replacement.
22, Church Road

Chennai
February 26, 2020
The Manager
M/S Sri Rama Furniture Mart
Mint Road, Chennai
Sub: Complaint about damaged and improper

items.
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Dear Sir
I am writing this letter to notify you concerning

the damaged furniture that I received on February
19, 2020 against order no. KT253562.
I was assured that the furniture would be

delivered in good condition as yours is an
esteemed company. But I got disappointed on
receiving the items sent by you. Chairs had
scratches all over and there were dents here and
there. Table’s glass top was cracked at the right
corner. Apart from this, the study table was not
the one I had ordered. I ordered a maroon
coloured table with two drawers; instead you sent
a white one with a single drawer.
I request you to look into this matter and replace

the damaged items immediately. Send me the
study table that I had ordered. Please find
enclosed the photocopy of the bill and photo of
damaged items.
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Yours faithfully
T.K. Pramod Kumar
Enclosures:
i.Photo of the damaged items
ii. copy of the bill
ADDITIONAL QUESTION OF LETTERS

OF COMPLAINT
Q.1 The unsanitary conditions in your colony are 5 Marks
causing multiple diseases. Write a letter to the
Municipal Commissioner bringing the
problem to his notice and requesting him to
take urgent action in the matter. You are
Sumita/ Sumit of C 2/8, Ankur
Enclave,Chandigarh.
Q.2 You are Amit Sethi / Amrita Sethi, the 5 Marks
Physical Education Instructor at KV NO 4
Pathankot. You had placed an order for
sports goods with Student Sports Enterprises.
When the items arrived you found that some
of them were defective. Write a letter to the
Manager, Student Sports Enterprises, asking
him to replace the defective items.
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Q.3 You had bought a mobile phone from a 5 Marks
reputed showroom in Mumbai but after a
month it developed a serious fault. Write a
complaint letter to the manager asking for
immediate repair or replacement of the same.
You are Sadiq/Razia, 123, TT Nagar, Bhopal.
Q.4 Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner 5 Marks
of New Town, North East District, about the
dilapidated condition of a public monument,
requesting him to take urgent steps for the
preservation of this valuable heritage. You are
Anuj/Anju, 40, Civil Lines, New Town.
Q.5 You are Reena/Raju of 85, Ramesh Nagar, 5 Marks
New Delhi. Write a letter to the General
Manager, DTC, complaining about
inadequate bus service in your area and
urging him to take urgent steps in this matter.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Purpose of the letter:
● To express one’s opinion on a wide range

of issues
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● To express and share one’s observations
and views in public forum, for example a
magazine or a newspaper
Language of the letter:
● Formal language must be used

● Repetition of ideas must be avoided
● Sub paragraphs should be used in an
organized way
● Personal outlook must be included but
biased language should be avoided
● Word limit must be kept in mind.
SAMPLE LETTER
You are Chandani Sharma, 55, Brindavan

Lane, Bengaluru. Write a letter to the Editor
of a local newspaper expressing concern at
the misbehavior of the auto rickshaw drivers
in the city.
55, Brindavan Lane

Bengaluru
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12 March 20XX
The Editor
The Daily Mirror
Shivaji Nagar
Bengaluru
Sir
Subject: Misbehaviour of the auto rickshaw
drivers in the city.
Through the columns of your esteemed

newspaper I would like to draw the attention of
the authorities concerned towards the above
mentioned problem.
The growing misdemeanor among auto drivers is

a common concern of every citizen of the state.
Not only do they charge fare in excess of the
metered rate, but also misbehave with the
passengers. They promise to drop the passenger
at the doorstep but stop midway and ask the
passenger to get down claiming that the distance
agreed upon was shorter than the distance being
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asked to cover and ask for more money for the
same.
In order to make extra money they take extra

passengers; mid–way who may be some
antisocial element and put the life of passengers
at risk. Moreover, they talk incessantly on the
phone putting the life of the passenger in danger.
You are requested to give an appropriate space to
my letter in your newspaper.
Thanking you
Yours faithfully
Chandani
Q.1 Write a letter to the newspaper editor 5 Marks

highlighting the condition of the roads in our
area and suggest suitable measures. (BAD
CONDITION OF ROADS DURING RAINS
LEADS TO MISHAPS).
Q.2 You recently visited an important historical 5 Marks
monument. You were shocked to find it in a
state of utter neglect. Taking help from the
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clues given below and with your own ideas
write a letter to the editor of a leading
newspaper highlighting the poor condition of
important archaeological and heritage ‘ sites.
Point out the lack of essential services, the
poor state of maintenance and its misuse by
people. Give suggestions for improving the
situation.
Q.3 Write a letter in about 120 words to the Editor 5. Marks
of ‘National Herald’, New Delhi, about the
scarcity of water in your locality suggesting
ways to improve the position of water supply.
Yon are Kunal/Karuna of Ghaziabad.
Q.4 You are Amit/ Amita. You happened to take 5 Marks
part in a medical camp organized by Health
Club of your school in a remote village near
Delhi. You are surprised to find that most of
the people there have no awareness of basic
health and hygiene. As a concerned citizen you
decide to take up their cause and organize
camps to make the villagers aware of the
importance of hygiene. Taking ideas from the
given notes and the unit on ‘Health and
Medicine’ alongwith your own ideas, write a
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letter to the editor of a newspaper, in about
120 words, expressing your concern and
encouraging youngsters to take part in such
campaigns.
Q.5 You are Dipti/ Deepak, C-4C Janakpuri, New 5Marks
Delhi. Write a letter to the editor of a local
daily complaining against the school-bus
drivers for rash-driving and overcrowding of
buses causing risk to the lives of innocent
school children.
ANSWER OF LETTER OF COMPLAINT
Ans: 1 C 2/8, Ankur Enclave

Chandigarh
20 August 20XX
The Municipal Commissioner
New Duplex Building
Chandigarh
Sir
Subject: Insanitary conditions in the colony
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I have been a resident of Ankur Enclave for the
past eleven years. I would like to bring to your
notice the insanitary conditions in our colony.
Rubbish and garbage lie in heaps. Lack of drainage
system raises a persistent foul smell in the area.
During rainy season water stagnates in pits on the

street which makes the whole condition even
worse. These become the breeding ground for
mosquitoes, which expose the residents to
multiple diseases like dengue, malaria, etc. Our
colony has become an unhealthy and disease–
prone area. Every day, someone or the other is
succumbing to deadly diseases. Some of the
families have also shifted lock, stock, and barrel to
better localities.
You are requested to take an immediate remedial

action to set things right.
Thanking you
Yours faithfully
Sumit
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Ans:2 Physical Education Dept.
KV NO 4 Mamun Cantt
Pathankot 1400501
01 March 20XX
The Manager
Student Sports Enterprises
Sadar Bazar,
Ludhiana
Sir
Subject: Replacement of damaged goods
Please refer to our order number 965/94/XX dated
19 December 20XX for some sports goods. The
above consignment was delivered to us on 15
February 20XX.
I regret to inform you that some of the items have

been found defective and are not as per
specification. It seems that this particular
consignment has not undergone any inspection as
not a single sports equipment is in good condition.
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You are, therefore, requested to replace the
defective items immediately. Please do ensure the
quality of the items as also the specifications this
time. An early response will be highly appreciated.
Yours faithfully
Amit Sethi
Ans:3 123, T.T. Nagar
Bhopal
30 September 20XX
The Manager
Shiv Ram & Sons
Mumbai
Dear Sir
Subject: Complaint against a defective mobile
phone
I bought an LG Nexus 5 from your show–room
vide receipt number 123 dated 15 September
20XX. The phone has a warranty of three years
vide Guarantee Card number 123 valid upto 30th
August 2021.
I regret to inform you that the phone has developed

a technical snag and stopped working. In fact, just
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a few days after its purchase, it had started giving
me trouble off and on but I related it to the
connectivity issue or some minor fault that I
thought would settle with time.
Since it is still in warranty period, you are

requested to replace it immediately. Needless to
say those mobile phones are not a luxury but a
necessity these days. An early and appropriate
action will be highly appreciated.
Yours faithfully
Razia
Ans:4 40, Civil Lines

New Town
Delhi 1100XX
11 December 20XX
The Municipal Chairman
New Town
North East District
Delhi 1100XX
Dear Sir
Subject: Preservation of public monuments
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I would like to draw your attention to the
deteriorating state of historical monuments in the
city. Despite several complaints; no action has
been taken till date. Most of the monuments are
in a pitiable state. There is no proper maintenance
of these monuments. These have not been
cleaned properly for years and there are heaps of
garbage lying here and there. People spit on the
walls and relieve themselves unchecked. Graffiti
is seen everywhere bringing to light the scant
regard people have for the historical monuments
of their country.
These monuments are part and parcel of our

cultural heritage and need to be preserved and
taken care of. Proper maintenance of these
monuments should be our prime concern. I hope
speedy remedial action will be taken to preserve
these monuments.
Yours faithfully
Anuj
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Ans:5 85, Ramesh Nagar
New Delhi
14 April 20XX
The General Manager

DTC
New Delhi
Dear Sir
Subject: Inadequate bus services in Raj Nagar

area
I would like to draw your attention to the

irregular bus service in our area. The buses never
come on time and commuters experience a lot of
inconvenience while waiting at the bus stop for
hours.
The matter gets compounded when the drivers

and conductors do not stop the bus at the bus stop
or speed away before one gets in or out of it.
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Many a time it leads to serious injuries to
commuters. Sometimes we see a number of buses
plying on the same route while as others there are
no buses for hours.
I, therefore request you to look into matter and

take urgent remedial action. More buses should
be put on the road. The useless ones should be
taken off to ensure speedy and regular trouble–
free traffic.
Thanking you
Yours faithfully
Raju
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Ans. 1 42, SN Gupta Lane,
Morabadi, Ranchi-21
21st July 2020
The Editor
The Times of India
Ranchi
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Respected Sir/Madam
Subject-Bad condition of roads during rains leads
to mishaps
I, Riya, a resident of Madhur Tej Colony, Ranchi,
want to highlight the issue of the poor condition
of roads in the city of Ranchi during the rainy
season. Since the onset of monsoon in the city in
the month of May, the people of Ranchi are
facing the menace of broken roads and potholes.
The Municipal Corporation had not taken the

initiative of repairing the roads that were slightly
in poor condition during the dry weather, due to
which the conditions of the roads worsened with
the rainfall and water logging in some areas. On a
daily basis, so many mishaps are occurring on the
roads. In a recent incident near my locality, the
wheels of a car suddenly got stuck in a pothole
while moving through the road, and as a result, the
cars behind also collided due to the sudden brake.
This caused the death of five people and injury to
ten more people. However, despite such incidents
being reported, the municipal authorities have not
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taken cognizance of the situation and have not
taken any action to make the roads safe for travel.
I request you to highlight this issue in your

esteemed newspaper in order to draw the
attention of the authorities to this grave situation
and look for suitable solutions to end this
problem.
Thank you
Yours sincerely,
Madhur Tej
Ans:2 136, New Kamla Nagar

Agra
May, 20xx
The Editor
The Times of India
New Delhi
Subject: Poor Condition of Heritage Sites
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Sir
Last Sunday I went to visit Taj Mahal along with
my parents. I was quite excited but all the
excitement was only short-lived as the place was
not as beautiful as it should have been. The Taj
no doubt, is an epitome of beauty. But the place
outside was littered with plastic plates, broken
bottles, leftover food, etc.
Many tourists come to Agra to view Taj but the

mess around the monument leaves a bad
impression on the tourists. People must acquire
some good civic habits. Dustbins should be
provided at short distances and people should use
them. They should throw the wastes and leftovers
in the dustbins There is a dire need to check all this
and to take preventive steps.
Through this letter of mine, I want to create

awareness among general public that we must not
neglect our archaeological and heritage sites. We
must take good care of them by following good
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civic habits and following the code of conduct
ethically.
Thanking you.
Yours truly
Archit Mahajan
Ans:3 522, Railway Colony

Ghaziabad
27th April, 20xx
The Editor
National Herald
New Delhi
Subject: Poor Water Supply
Sir
Through the columns of your reputed newspaper,

I, Satish Sharma, a resident of Railway colony
wish to draw your attention towards the water
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supply in our colony. There is a great scarcity of
water in our colony.
We’re supplied water for only 3-4 hours in the

whole day. The pressure at that time is so low
that it is very difficult to finish the chores in time.
Moreover, sometimes the water supplied is dirty
and unclean. Most of the times, there is a power-
cut also at the same hours when water is supplied
which affects us a lot.
So, I request the concerned authorities to improve

the quality of water supplied in our area and
increase the hours of supply so that the residents
of our area do not face the problem.
Thanking you.
Yours truly
Kanina
Ans:4 47, COD colony
Jaipur
18th February, 20 xx
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The Editor
The Hindu
New Delhi _
Subject: Creating Awareness towards Health and

Hygiene
Sir

newspaper, I wish to draw the attention of the
youngsters towards the negligent attitude of
people towards basic health and hygiene.
The villagers are not paying any attention to

sanitation and personal hygiene which is leading
them towards ill health. This hurdle can be
overcome by organizing Health Camps in these
areas where we can make these villagers aware of
the importance of a healthy lifestyle by means of
discussions or health checkups by specialists. A
small dispensary can also be set up there for their
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regular routine checkup. They must be taught that
cleanliness is next to godliness.
I invite youngsters through this letter of mine to

volunteer their names so that we can put our plan
into action. A little effort on our part will save
these villagers from contracting serious diseases.
Thanking you.
Yours sincerely
Amita
Ans:5 C-4C Janakpuri
New Delhi
July 19, 2021
The Editor
The Tribune
Mahatma Gandhi Marg
New Delhi
Subject – regarding reckless driving of school bus

drivers.
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Sir/Madam
newspaper, I wish to draw the attention of the
concerned authorities towards the grave issue of
rash driving being done by school bus drivers that
pose a threat to the lives of innocent school
children and trespassers.
Driving in a zigzag manner on packed roads,

crossing speed-limits, not following traffic lights
has become very common. Despite such strict
regulations regarding speed, none of these drivers
seem to follow them. This shows that there is a
lack of implementation. This is amenace to other
road users as the bus drivers that drive at high
speed might crush downwhoever comes in their
way.
By addressing this issue, it is hoped that public

awareness of the dangers of reckless driving can
be raised. It is also time for the traffic authorities
to take Stronger measures against reckless drivers,
which include levying heavy fines and forfeiting
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their licenses if they are found guilty of breaching
the traffic rules.
Yours Sincerely
Dipti/Deepak
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GRAMMAR
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TENSES
Fill in the blanks with the correct use of tenses. 1 Mark each
Question 1. My mother _______________ up early in the morning.
a) get
b) gets
c) will be
d) shall be
Question 2. The children _______________ in the field now.
a) has played
b) are playing
c) plays
d) will had played
Question 3. I _______________ her for several years.
a) has known
b) have known
c) knows
d) knew
Question 4. It ________________ raining since morning.
a) have been
b) has been
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c) is
d) was
Question 5. He ______________ his house seven days ago.
a) left
b) leave
c) leaves
d) is leaving
Question 6. I __________________a letter when he came to my house.
a) am writing
b) was writing
c) will write
d) wrote
Question 7. The train _______________ before he reached the station.
a) has left
b) was left
c) had left
d) is left
Question 8. It ______________ raining since morning when you rang

me up.
a) had been
b) has been
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c) have been
d) was
Question 9. If he works hard he ______________ pass.
a) will
b) shall
c) will be
d) shall be
Question 10. The cook _______________ cooking food at this time

tomorrow.
a) shall be
b) will be
c) shall
d) will
Question 11. You ____________ got ready before we visit your house.
a) will have
b) shall have
c) are
d) were
Question 12. By next Monday he ______________ staying at my

uncle’s house for three weeks.
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a) will have
b) shall have
c) will have been
d) shall have been
Question 13. This road _____________ to the post office.
a) is leading
b) leads
c) has lead
d) lead
Question 14. He ________________ very hard these days.
a) had been working

b) is working
c) have been working
d) have worked
Question 15. Gambling __________ ruined many careers.
a) is
b) was
c) has
d) have
Question 16. I ____________ white washing my house since morning,

so I am feeling tired.
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a) have been
b) has been
c) will be
d) will have been
Question 17. Our servant____________ us two week ago.
a) leave
b) leaves
c) is leaving
d) left
Question 18. When I saw him, he ______________ playing chess.
a) is
b) was
c) will
d) shall
Question 19. The movie _______________ started when I reached the

cinema hall.
a) has
b) have
c) had
d) had been
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Question 20. The candidate __________________ speaking for ten
minutes.
a) had
b) had been
c) was
d) is
Question 21. I hope you ________________ lend him money.
a) will
b) shall
c) will be
d) shall be
Question 22. He _________________ writing an essay at this time the

next week.
a) will
b) shall
c) will have
d) will be
Question 23. If you study hard, you ____________ get a first class.
a) are
b) will be
c) will
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d) had
Question 24. He ______________ prepared well for the exams.
a) is
b) was
c) will
d) has
Question 25. I never ________________ what you have told me.
a) forget
b) forgot
c) forgets
d) forgotten
ANSWER KEY
1 B 14. C
2 B 15. C
3 B 16. A
4 B 17. D
5 A 18. B
6. B 19. C
7. C 20. B
8. A 21. A
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9. A 22. D
10. B 23. C
11. A 24. D
12. C 25. B
13. B
MODALS
Fill in the blanks with correct form of modals.
Question 1. I wish she ________ reach here soon. (Desire)
a) Should
b) Would
c) Will
d) Shall
Question 2. I ________ accompany you without fail. (Commitment)
a) Shall
b) Will
c) Would
d) Can
Question 3. Walk steadily lest you ________ stumble. ( Advice)
a) Would
b) Should
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c) Could
d) Ought to
Question 4. The sky is clear, it ________ rain today. (Less Possibility)
a) May
b) Might
c) Could
d) Should
Question 5. You ________ respect your elders. (Moral Obligation)
a) Should
b) Could
c) Would
d) Ought to
Question 6. You ________ not stay here. ( Necessity)
a) Need
b) Can
c) Will
d) Would
Question 7. My uncle ________ go for a walk every morning. (Habit in

Past)
a) Must
b) Should
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c) Would
d) Used to
Question 8. You have fever so you ________ see a doctor. (Emphatic

Advice)
a) Must
b) Should
c) Can
d) Will
Question 9. She ________ be seventy now. ( Certainty of belief)
a) Would
b) Need
c) Must
d) Could
Question 10. The clouds are dark it ________ rain. (Possibility)
a) Will
b) Can
c) May
d) Might
Question 11. ________ God bless you with a son!. (Wish or Prayer)
a) Might
b) May
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c) Can
d) Could
Question 12. ________ I use your telephone? (Polite Request)
a) Can
b) Could
c) Would
d) Should
Question 13. She ________ be very silly at times. (Nature)
a) Can
b) Could
c) Must
d) Ought to
Question 14. We ________ help the needy. (Duty or Obligation)
a) Can
b) Could
c) Should
d) Might
Question 15. How ________ you declare so? (Threat)
a) Need
b) Can
c) Could
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d) Dare
Question 16. It may rain. You ________ take an umbrella. (Logical

Necessity)
a) Can
b) Would
c) Shall
d) Must
Question 17. If you are going to the market, you ________ bring me a
shawl. (Request)
a) May
b) Might
c) Will
d) Shall
Question 18. A man ________ travel in a ladies compartment.

(Prohibition)
a) Cannot
b) Could not
c) Shall not
d) Will not
Question 19. If he had money, he ________ buy a car. (Possibility in

Past)
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a) Would
b) Could
c) Can
d) May
Question 20. You earn so that you ________ eat well. (Purpose)
a) Might
b) May
c) Need
d) Must
Question 21. You ________ obey the laws of the land. (Compulsion)
a) Ought to
b) Must
c) Can
d) Will
Question 22. How ________ you go against me? (Threat)
a) Ought to
b) Dare
c) Would
d) Need
Question 23. I ________ find out the truth at all costs. (Determination)
a) Can
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b) Will
c) Could
d) Might
Question 24. ________ you go to the market, bring some fruit for me.
(Supposition)
a) Would
b) Should
c) Must
d) Might
Question 25. Dinner _______ be ready by now. (Logical ecessity)
a) Could
b) Can
c) Should
d) May
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ANSWER KEY
1 B 14 C
2 B 15 D
3 B 16 D
4 B 17 B
5 D 18 A
6 A 19 B
7 D 20 B
8 A 21 B
9 C 22 B
10 C 23 B
11 B 24 B
12 B 25 C
13 A
REPORTED SPEECH
(Statements, Commands, Requests, and Questions)

The words spoken by a person can be reported in two ways—
Direct and Indirect. When we quote the exact words spoken by
a person, we call it Direct Speech.
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● Sohan said to Mohan, “I am going to school.”
The exact words spoken by Sohan are put within inverted

commas. But when we give the substance of what Sohan said,
it is called the Indirect Speech.
1. Rules for Changing Direct Speech into Indirect Speech:
● In the Indirect speech, no inverted commas are used.

● The conjunctions that, if, whether, are generally used
after the reporting verb.
● The first word of the reported speech begins with a
capital letter.
● The tense of the reporting verb is never changed.
● The reporting verb changes according to sense: it may
be told, asked, inquired
2. Rules for the Change of Pronouns:
● The first person pronouns (I, me, my, we, us, our) in
the reported speech change according to the subject of
the reporting verb.
● The pronouns of the second person (you, your,
yourself) in the reported speech change according to
the object of the reporting verb.
● The pronouns of the third person do not change.
For example:
● He said, “I like the book.”

He said that he liked the book.
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3.Changes in words expressing nearness, time, auxiliaries,
etc.
This changes into That
These changes into Those
Now changes into Then
Here changes into There
Today changes into That day
Tomorrow changes into the next day
Yesterday changes into the previous day
Last night changes into the previous night
Can changes into Could
May changes into Might
Shall changes into Should/ Would
Will changes into Would
Ago changes into Before
Just changes into Then
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Come changes into Go
Thus changes into So
4. Change in Tenses:
● If the reporting verb is in the present or the future

tense, the tense of the reported speech is not changed:
Satish says, “I am flying a kite.”
Satish says that he is flying a kite.
● If the reporting verb is in the past tense, then the tense
of the reported speech will change as follows:
5.If the direct speech expresses a historical fact, universal

truth, or a habitual fact, then the tense of the direct speech
will not change:
Direct: He said, “Honesty is the best policy.”
Indirect: He said that honesty is the best policy.
6. Changing Statements into Indirect Speech:
● The reporting verb ‘said to’ is changed-to ‘told’,

‘replied’, ‘remarked’,
● When reporting verb is not followed by an object, it is
not changed.
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● The inverted commas are removed. The conjunction is
used to connect the reporting clause with the reported
speech.
7.The rules for the change of pronouns, tenses, etc. are

followed.
Ex. Direct: Ramu said, “I saw a lion in the forest.”

Indirect: Ramu said that he had seen a lion in the
forest.
8. Rules for the Change of Interrogative (Questions)

sentences:
The reporting verb “say’ is changed into ask, inquire,
The interrogative sentence is changed into a statement by

placing the subject before the verb and the full stop is put at
the end of the sentence.
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If the interrogative sentence has a wh-word (who, when,
where, how, why, etc) the wh-word is repeated in the sentence.
It serves as conjunction.
If the interrogative sentence is a yes-no answer type sentence

(with auxiliary verbs am, are, was, were, do, did, have, shall,
etc), then ‘if or ‘whether’ is used as a conjunction.
The auxiliaries do, does, did in a positive question in the

reported speech are dropped.
The conjunction is not used after the reporting clause.
● Direct: I said to him, “Where are you going?”

Indirect: I asked him where he was going.
9. Changing Commands and Requests into Indirect

Speech:
● In imperative sentences having commands, the reporting

verb is changed into command, order, tell, allow,
request, etc.
● The imperative mood is changed into the infinitive
mood by putting ‘to’, before the verb. In case of
negative sentences, the auxiliary ‘do’ is dropped and ‘to’
is placed after ‘not’:
● Direct: She said to me, “Open the window.”

Indirect: She ordered me to open the window.
10. Sentences with ‘Let’.
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● ‘Let’ is used in various meanings.
(i) ‘Let’ is used to make a proposal.
● First change the reporting verb into ‘proposed’ or

‘suggested’.
● Use ‘should’ instead of ‘let’.
Example:
Direct: He said to me, “Let us go home.”
Indirect: He suggested to me that we should go home.
(ii) ‘Let’ is used as ‘to allow’.
● In Indirect Speech, we change the reporting verb to

‘requested’ or ‘ordered’.
● We start Reported Speech with ‘to’.
Direct: Ram said to Mohan, “Let him do it.”
Indirect: Ram ordered Mohan to let him do that.
Or
Ram told Mohan that he might be allowed to do that.
11. Sentences with Question Tags

(i) In the indirect speech the question-tag is usually left.
(ii) In indirect speech these words are removed and the word
‘respectfully’ is used in the reporting clause.
Ex. Direct: Mahesh said, “Sir, may I go home?”
Indirect: Mahesh respectfully asked his sir if he
might go home.
12. Sentences with ‘have to’ or ‘had to’
(i) Change ‘have to’ according to the rules.

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(ii) But change ‘had to’ into ‘had had to’ in the indirect
speech.
Ex.
Direct : Hari said, “I have to work a lot.”
Indirect: Hari said that he had to work a lot.
13. Exclamations and Wishes

Sometimes Exclamatory sentences contain exclamations like
Hurrah!, Alas!, Oh!, Heavens!, Bravo, etc. Such exclamatory
words are removed in the indirect speech and we use
‘exclaimed with sorrow’, exclaimed with joy, exclaimed with
surprise, etc. instead of ‘said’.
Ex. Direct : Rohan said, “Hurrah! We won the match.”
Indirect: Rohan exclaimed with joy that they had won the
match.
Read the following sentences and choose the correct option to

transform into Reported Speech:-
1. Sonia said, "You help my sister". 1 Mark
a. Sonia said that I helps her sister.
b. Sonia said to me that I helped her sister.
c. Sonia said that I helped her sister.
d. Sonia says that I helped her sister.
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2. They said, "We cannot live without oxygen". 1
Mark
a. They said that we cannot live without oxygen.
b. They said that they cannot live without oxygen.
c. They said that they would not live without oxygen.
d. They says that they cannot live without oxygen.
3. John says, "I shall go there". 1

Mark
a. John said that he went there.
b. John says that he will go there.
c. John says that he went there.
d. John said that I will go there.
He said, "Honesty is the best policy." 1

4.
Mark
He said that Honesty is the best policy.

a.
b. He said that Honesty was the best policy.
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c. He said that Honesty would be the best policy.
d.A. He said that Honesty will be the best policy.
B.
5. Deepak said to me, "I had finished the coffee." 1

Mark
a. Deepak told me that he had finished the coffee.
b. Deepak told me that he had been finished the coffee.
c.A. Deepak told me that he had finish the coffee.
d.B. Deepak told me that he finished the coffee.
C.
6. . He said to us, "Are you going to market today?" 1

Mark
a. He asked us if we were going to market that day.
b.A. He asked us if you are going to market that day.
c.B. He asked us if we went to market that day.
d. He asked us if we had gone to market that day
D.
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7. He said to me, "You are rich, aren't you ?" 1
Mark
a. He asked me if I had rich.
b.A. He asked me if I had been rich.
c.B. He asked me if I was rich.
d.C. He asked me if I was rich, wasn't me.
E.
8. He said to me, "Do read the holy Gita daily." 1

Mark
a. He asked to me to read the holy Gita daily.
b.A. He asked me to do read the holy Gita daily.
c.B. He asked me to read the holy Gita daily.
d.C. He requested me to read the holy Gita daily.
F.
9. Sahil said to his friends, "Lets go to the park." 1

Mark
a. Sahil suggested to his friends that we should go to the park.
b.A. Sahil requested to his friends that we should go to the park.
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c.B. Sahil suggested to his friends that we would go to the park.
d.C. Sahil suggested to his friends that we have to go to the park.
G.
10. She said, "Madam, I have done homework." 1

Mark
a. She said respectfully that she had been done homework.
b.A. She said respectfully that she has done homework.
c.B. She said respectfully that she had done homework.
d.C. She said respectfully to her teacher that she had done
homework.
H.
11. Captain said, "Bravo ! We have won the match." 1

Mark
a. Captain exclaimed with joy that they have won the match.
b.A. Captain exclaimed that they had won the match.
c.B. Captain exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.
d.C. Captain exclaimed with surprise that they had won the match.
I.
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12. Shakshi said, "How clever I am!" 1
Mark
a. Shakshi exclaimed that she was very clever.
b.A. Shakshi exclaimed with joy that she was very clever.
c.B. Shakshi exclaimed that she is very clever.
d.C. Shakshi said that she was very clever.
J.
13. Bhaskar said to Kapil, "Please do come some time." 1

Mark
a. Bhaskar requested Kapil to do come sometime.
b.A. Bhaskar requested Kapil to come sometime.
c.B. Bhaskar asked Kapil to come sometime.
d.C. Bhaskar requested Kapil to please come sometime.
K.
14. Kiran asked me, "Did you see the Cricket match on television 1
last night?" Mark
a. Kiran asked me whether I saw the Cricket match on television

the earlier night
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b. Kiran asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on
television the earlier night.
c. Kiran asked me did I see the Cricket match on television the

last night.
d. Kiran asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on
television the last night.
15. David said to Anna, "Mona will leave for her native place 1
tomorrow." Mark
a. David told Anna that Mona will leave for her native place
tomorrow.
b. David told Anna that Mona left for her native place the next
day
c. David told Anna that Mona would be leaving for her native
place tomorrow.
d. David told Anna that Mona would leave for her native place
the next day.
16. He said to her, "What a cold day!" 1

Mark
a. He told her that it is a cold day.
b. He said that it is a cold day.
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c. He exclaimed that it is a cold day.
d. He exclaimed that it was a cold day.
17. The tailor said to him, "Will you have the suit ready by 1
tomorrow evening?" Mark
a. The tailor asked him that he will have the suit ready by the
next evening.
b. The tailor asked him that he would had the suit ready by the
next evening.
c. The tailor asked him if he would have the suit ready by the
next evening.
d. The tailor asked him if he will like to the suit ready by the next
evening.
18. Sushant said to him, "I have been helping your son for years". 1
Mark
a. Sushant told him that he has helped his son for years.
b.A. Sushant told him that he have been helping his son for years.
c.B. Sushant told him that he had been helping his son for years.
d.C. Sushant told him that he has been helping his son for years.
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19. Rahul said to me, " I had gone through it." 1
Mark
a. Rahul told me that he have went through it.
b.A. Rahul told me that he have gone through it.
c.B. Rahul told me that he had went through it.
d.C. Rahul told me that he had gone through it.
20. Sheela said, "I must go." 1

Mark
a. Sheela said that she had to go.
b.A. Sheela said that I must go.
c.B. Sheela said that she need to go.
d.C. Sheela said that she must went.
21. The children said, "Let us complete homework together." 1

Mark
a. The children told that let them complete homework together.
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b.A. The children told that they should complete homework
together.
c.B. The children suggested that they should complete homework
together.
d. The children asked that they should complete homework
C.
together.
22. They said to me, "May you live long." 1

Mark
a. They prayed for me that I might live long.
b.A. They blessed me that I might live long.
c.B. They blessed me that I may live long.
d.C. They blessed me that may I live long.
23. He said, "May God bless you." 1

Mark
a. He prayed that God bless him.
b.A. He prayed that may God bless him.
c.B. He told that may God bless him.
d.C. He prayed that might God bless him.
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24. She said, " Ugh! I have hated him." 1
Mark
a. She exclaimed with disgust that she had been hated him.
b.A. She exclaimed with disgust that she had hated him.
c.B. She exclaimed with sorrow that she had hated him.
d.C. She exclaimed with disgust that I had hated him.
25. I said her, "Could you please help me ?" 1

Mark
a. I requested her to help me.
b.A. I asked her to help me.
c.B. I told her if she can help me.
d.C. I asked her if she can help me.
ANSWER KEY
1. C 14. B
2. A 15. D
3. B 16. D
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4. A 17. C
5. A 18. C
6. A 19. D
7. C 20. A
8. C 21. C
9. A 22. B
10. C 23. D
11. C 24. B
12. A 25. A
13. B
DETERMINERS
A determiner is a word placed in front of a noun to specify quantity (e.g.,

"one dog," "many dogs") or to clarify what the noun refers to (e.g., "my
dog," "that dog," "the dog"). All determiners can be classified as one of
the following:
An article (a/an, the)
A demonstrative (this, that, these, those)
A possessive (my, your, his, her, its, our, their)
A quantifier (common examples include many, much, more, most,
some)
A number – (one, two, three, twenty, forty …)
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An ordinal – (first, second, 1st 2nd, 3rd, last, next, etc.)
Choose the correct response to complete each sentence:

Q1. __________ sisters are married.
A. Each
B. Every
C. Both
D. Any
Q2. _________ students should attend the conference.
A. Both
B. Each
C. Every
D. None of These
Q3. We should inform __________customers about this scheme.
A. little
B. every
C. an
D. all
Q4. They have spent __________money for their son’s wedding.
A. many
B. enough
C. few
D the few
Q5. Nowadays __________candidates pass the exams.
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A. a little
B. neither
C. either
D. most
Q6. __________ deadline is met.
A. Neither
B. Most
C. Many
D. Much
Q7. Can I borrow __________ sugar?
A. much
B. some
C. the few
D. a few
Q8. With this, you have lost __________ chance that you had.
A. a little
B. little
C. the little
D. slight
Q9. __________ participants left the meeting in between.
A. Several
B. Much
C. The few
D. Little
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Q10. It seems that they would need _________ workers for the
construction.
A. little
B. either
C. more
D. some
Q11. _________ man that we saw turned out to be a thief.
A. A
B. The
C. That
D. This
Q12. _________ people in India know about Cricket.
A. Little
B. Either
C. Neither
D. Many
Q13. He does _________ work in the company.
A. less
B. the few
C. fewer
D. all of these
Q14. He told me that __________ blue was her favourite colour.
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A. a
B. the
C. this
D. None of the above
Q15. You can pick ___________dress.
A. much
B. more
C. either
D. some
Q16. ___________students were punished.
A. All
B. Much
C. little
D. Every
Q17. There isn’t ___________ cash left with us.
A. some
B. many
C. more
D. much
Q18. He does not have ___________ friends.
A. much
B. more
C. many
D. all
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Q19. ____________ relative has been invited.
A. Every
B. Few
C. Many
D. Much
Q20. ___________ sun is about to set.

A. A
B. An
C. The
D. A little
Q21. ___________ people who came have left.
A. Most
B. Much
C. Every
D. Each
Q22. We need to do ___________lot of work before the event starts.
A. much
B. a
C. more
D. some
Q23. There are ___________ messages for you.
A. none
B. no
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C. much
D. little
Q24. ___________ people who migrated here died in the floods.
A. A few
B. Few
C. The few
D. Many
Q25. ___________ information is not known about these legends.

A. Fewer
B. Few
C. Many
D. All
Answer Key for Determiners MCQs
Q A Q A Q A Q A Q A
1 C 2 A 3 D 4 B 5 D
6 A 7 B 8 C 9 A 10 C
11 B 12 D 13 A 14 D 15 C
16 A 17 D 18 C 19 A 20 C
21 A 22 B 23 B 24 A 25 D
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SUBJECT VERB CONCORD
Subjects and verbs must AGREE with one another in number (singular or
plural). Thus, if a subject is singular, its verb must be singular; if a subject
is plural, its verb must be plural.
Basic rules of subject-verb concord
Rule 1
The verb and the subject must agree in number (singular or plural)
Examples:
1. He plays basketball. (Singular subject and Singular Verb)
2. They play basketball. (Plural Subject and Plural Verb)
Rule 2
The number of the subject (singular or plural) will not change due to
words/phrases in between the subject and the verb.
Examples:
1. One of the glasses is empty. (Here, since the subject is ‘one’, the
verb should be ‘is’).
2. The bouquet of red roses smells so sweet. (Here, since ‘bouquet’ is
the subject and not ‘roses’, the verb should be ‘smells’ and not
‘smell’)
Rule 3
Two or more singular nouns or pronouns connected by ‘either… or’,
‘neither …nor’ require a singular verb.
Examples
1. Either Stephan or Rocky has broken the vase.
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2. Neither she nor I was in London.
3. Neither praise nor blame affects him.
Rule 4
‘Either’ and ‘neither’ must be followed by singular verbs.
Examples
• Tell me if either of the applicants is suitable.
Rule 5
The verb in a sentence containing ‘or’, ‘either/or’, ‘neither/nor’ agrees
with the noun or pronoun closest to it.
Examples:
1. Neither the shoes nor the bag matches the dress. (Here, ‘bag’ is
closest to the verb, hence ‘matches’)
2. Neither the bag nor the shoes match the dress. (Here, ‘shoes’ is
closest to the verb, hence ‘match’)
Rule 6
When the subject is followed by words such as ‘as well as’, ‘along
with’, ‘besides’, ‘not’ etc. ignore them and use a singular verb if the
subject is singular.
Examples:
1. The house with all its furniture and fittings is for sale.
2. The gold as well as silver is loved by we Indians.
3. Milk besides butter is supplied by the dairy.
Rule 7
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In sentences that begin with ‘here’, ‘there’, the true subject usually
follows the verb.
Examples:
1. Here are the chocolates.
2. There is a big puddle on the road.
Rule 8
Any noun qualified by ‘each’ and ‘every’ must be followed by a
singular verb.
Examples
1. Every one of the students carries a badge.
2. Each one of these mangoes is rotten.
3. Every man and every woman has the right to vote.
Rule 9
When a plural noun denotes a period of time, an amount, a quantity
considered as a whole, the verb is singular.
Examples
1. Ten rupees is not a large sum.
2. Three-quarters of the earth is water.
3. Six miles is a long distance.
Rule 10
When a collective noun is used as a common noun, showing division,
the verb is plural.
Examples
1. The Ministry are divided in their opinion.
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2. A number of beautiful toys were displayed.
3. The crew of the aircraft were hijacked.
4. The majority of the members have resigned.
Rule 11
When a collective noun acts as one unit, the verb is singular.
Examples
1. The crowd moves forward.
2. The audience was restless.
3. The committee has issued its report.
Rule 12
When the nouns are singular in meaning and seem plural, the verb is
singular.
Examples
1. The news is very encouraging.
2. Mathematics is a tough subject.
3. Billiards is an expensive game.
4. Measles is a dangerous disease.
Rule 13
When two nouns or pronouns are joined by ‘not only… but also’ the
verb agrees with the second noun or pronoun.
Examples
1. Not only the officer but also the soldiers are enjoying.
2. Not only the soldiers but also the officer was enjoying.
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Choose the correct response to complete each sentence:
Q1. This part of the book ___________ boring.
A. is
B. are
C. has
D. have
Q2. Either of the two candidates __________ eligible.
A. is
B. have
C. are
D. has been
Q3. Most of the workers _____________ on the strike.
A. is
B. have
C. has
D. are
Q4. My neighbourhood ___________ very popular.
A. are
B. is
C. were
D. has
Q5. Neither you nor your sister should ___________ to them.
A. talk
B. talks
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C. talked
D. talking
Q6. Twenty years _________ the minimum age to fill this form.
A. are
B. is
C. has
D. have
Q7 The teacher and the students __________ just arrived.
A. has
B. have
C. will
D. are
Q8. Everyone ____________ been informed about the incident.
A. have
B. are
C. were
D. has
Q9 Neither the principal nor the teachers ___________ convinced.
A. has
B. were
C. was
D. have
Q10. According to the news, the shower __________ to take place.
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A. are
B. is
C. were
D. has
Q11. A number of cases __________ reported in the area.
A. is
B. have been
C. was
D. has
Q12. Politics ___________ been one of the debatable topics.
A. is
B. are
C. have
D. has
Q13. These ___________ religious rituals.
A. are
B. is
C. have
D. has
Q14 Deepak with his friends ____________ signed the petition.
A. has
B. have
C. are
D. is
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Q15. The panel of judges ___________ sentenced him to death.
A. have
B. were
C. has
D. is
Q16. The dog and the cat ___________ been fed.
A. has
B. are
C. were
D. have
Q17. His works __________ appreciable.
A. are
B. is
C. has
D. have
Q18. Many a man ___________ suffered during partition.
A. have
B. has
C. were
D. is
Q19. The chief along with his family __________ involved.
A. are
B. has
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C. is
D. have
Q20 She along with her friends __________ taking the exam.
A. are
B. were
C. have
D. is
Q21. Measles ___________ a common disease among children.
A. are
B. is
C. were
D. has
Q22. The directors ___________ anxious.
A. is
B. are
C. will
D. did
Q23. Few applicants __________ backed out.
A. have
B. has
C. were
D. are
Q24. Some of the rice ___________ still left.
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A. is
B. are
C. has
D. have
Q25. Public speaking ___________ a skill.
A. are
B. have
C. has
D. is
Answer Key for Subject Verb Concord MCQs
Q A Q A Q A Q A Q A
1 A 2 A 3 D 4 B 5 A
6 B 7 B 8 D 9 B 10 B
11 B 12 D 13 A 14 A 15 C
16 D 17 A 18 B 19 C 20 D
21 B 22 B 23 A 24 A 25 D
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English Language
And
Literature
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PROSE (First Flight)
Supplementary Reader (Footprints without Feet)
PROSE (First Flight)
A LETTER TO GOD
Q.1. Where was Lencho’s house situated? 1
Mark
(a) Bottom of the hill
(b) Top of a hill
(c) Top of a plateau
(d) In a city
Q.2. What was the only thing that the Earth needed 1
according to Lencho? Mark
(a) A shower
(b) A snowfall
(c) Strong winds
(d) Sunlight
Q.3. Where did Lencho expect the downpour to come 1

from? Mark
(a) North
(b) North-east
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(c) North-west
(d) South-east
Q.4. What did Lencho compare the large raindrops with? 1

Mark
(a) Silver coins
(b) Pearls
(c) Diamonds
(d) New coins
Q.5. Which crop was growing on Lencho’s fields? 1

Mark
(a) Corn
(b) Barley
(c) Rice
(d) None of the above
Q.6. What destroyed Lencho’s fields? 1

Mark
(a) Heavy rain
(b) Hailstorm
(c) Landslide
(d) Flood
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Q.7. The field looked as if it were covered in 1
__________. Mark
(a) Salt
(b) Locusts
(c) Sugar
(d) Ice
Q.8. Lencho compared the quantum of damage with 1

Mark
(a) Attack by rats
(b) Attack by crows
(c) Plague of locusts
Q.9. What was the only hope left in the hearts of 1

Lencho’s family? Mark
(a) Compensation from government
(b) Help from framer’s association
(c) Help from God
(d) There was no hope left
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Q.10. How did Lencho decide to contact his last reason? 1
Mark
(a) By visiting them personally
(b) Through a letter
(c) Through e-mail
(d) Through fax
Q.11. How much money did Lencho ask for? 1

Mark
(a) 100 pesos
(b) 1000 pesos
(c) 10 pesos
(d) 500 pesos
Q.12. What was the immediate reaction of the postman on 1

seeing the letter? Mark
(a) laughed whole-heartedly
(b) cried
(c) felt sad about what happened
(d) felt empathetic
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Q.13. The postmaster was a fat, amiable man. What is the 1
meaning of amiable? Mark
(a) rude
(b) helpful
(c) friendly
(d) enthusiastic
Q.14. On seeing the letter, the postmaster was moved by 1

Lencho’s _________. Mark
(a) unwavering faith
(b) handwriting
(c) love of God
(d) determination
Q.15. Why did the postmaster decide to reply to Lencho’s 1

letter? Mark
(a) he was a good man
(b) he felt empathetic
(c) to preserve Lencho’s faith in God
(d) all of the above
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Q.16. What else did the reply demanded apart from 1
goodwill, ink and paper? Mark
(a) lost crop
(b) money
(c) God’s signature
(d) new seeds
Q.17. How much money was the postmaster able to 1

arrange? Mark
(a) 100 pesos
(b) nil
(c) 100 pesos
(d) 70 pesos
Q.18. What did the postmaster feel on experiencing 1

Lencho receive the letter? Mark
(a) contended
(b) proud
(c) overwhelmed
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Q.19. Why was Lencho not surprised on seeing the money 1
in the envelope? Mark
(a) he was too sad to acknowledge it
(b) he had unwavering faith in God
(c) he was an ungrateful man
(d) none of the above
Q.20. How did he feel when he counted the money? 1

Mark
(a) grateful
(b) joyful
(c) relieved
(d) angry
Q.21. What did Lencho think of the post-office employees? 1

Mark
(a) bunch of crooks
(b) rude
(c) unhelpful
(d) proud
Q.22. What did Lencho ask for in his second letter? 1

Mark
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(a) more money
(b) remaining amount and not send it by mail
(c) remaining amount and send it by mail only
(d) he didn’t ask for anything
Q.23. What is the irony in this lesson? 1

Mark
(a) Lencho was sad after the hail storm even though
he was the one waiting for a shower
(b) Postmaster laughed at Lencho but still helped

arrange money for him
( c) Lencho blamed the post office employees who in

fact helped him
(d) there is no irony
Q.24. What type of conflict does the chapter highlight? 1

Mark
(a) conflict between nature and humans
(b) conflict among humans
( c) conflict among God and nature
(d) both a and b
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Q.25. Who is the author of the lesson “ A Letter to God”? 1
Mark
(a) G.L. Fuentes
(b) J.K. Rowling
( c) William Shakespeare
(d) Roald Dahl
Q.26. Why was Lencho satisfied? 1

Mark
(a) on seeing a new tractor in his field
(b) on seeing a new buffalo
(c) on seeing the field of ripe corn with flowers
(d) on seeing the field of rice
Q.27. The field of corn dotted with flowers means that---- 1

Mark
(a) not a single flower was bigger than a dot
(b) the flowers were scattered across
(c) the flowers were in shaped like dots
(d)The flowers had shrunk in size
Q.28. The strange address written on Lencho’s envelope 1

was---- Mark
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(a) To God
(b) To Post-office master
(c)To head of the village
(d) To railway master
Q.29. What is a valley? 1

Mark
(a) an area of low land between hills or mountains
(b) a road between two mountains
(c) a space dividing two lands
(d) a high land area
Q.30. One word for “made a forecast is” 1

Mark
(a) assumed
(b) predicted
(c) presumed
(d) declared
Q.31. The adverse impact of the hailstones on Lencho’s 1

crops was---- Mark
(a) that the quality of the crops improved
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(b) that the field liked beautiful
(c) that the crops grew in abundance
(d) that the crops were totally destroyed
Q.32. Lencho was an ox of a man’s because---- 1

Mark
(a) he was a male
(b) he looked like an ox
(c) he worked in the fields
(d) he was very hard working
Q.33. Lencho, the protagonist of the story was---by 1

profession. Mark
(a) farmer
(b) monk
(c) peon in post-office
(d) trader
Q.34. The story sets in____ 1

Mark
(a) Latin America
(b) Africa
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(c)Europe
(d) Australia
Q.35. “Now we ‘re going to get some water”—Lencho told 1

this to----- Mark
(a) wife
(b) elder son
(c) daughter
(d) another farmer
Q.36. Large droplets were equivalent to---- 1

Mark
(a) five cents coin
(b) two cents coin
(c) ten cents coin
(d) three cents coin
Q.37. For----the hail rained. 1

Mark
(a) an hour
(b) five hours
(c) two hours
(d) half an hour
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Q.38. Lencho’s letter addressed to God was ________ 1
Mark
(a) strange
(b) wise
(c) funny
(d) thought provoking
Q.39 Extract based comprehension questions:-

.
So, in order not to shake the writer’s faith in God, the
postmaster came up with an idea: answer the letter. But
when he opened it, it was evident that to answer it he
needed something more than goodwill, ink and paper.
But he stuck to his resolution: he asked for money from
his employees, he himself gave part of his salary, and
several friends of his were obliged to give something
for ‘an act of charity’.
It was impossible for him to gather together the
hundred pesos, so he was able to send the farmer only
a little more than half. He put the money in an envelope
addressed to Lencho and with it a letter containing only
a single word as a signature: God
i. The narrator said that the Postmaster needed 1

something more than goodwill, ink and paper. What Mark
was that?
a. sympathy
b. empathy
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c. money
d. physical work
ii. Which resolution is being talked about in the 1

passage? Mark
a. Postmaster’s resolution to not let Lencho’s faith in

God shaken.
b. Lencho’s resolution to grow his field again.
c. God’s resolution to punish Lencho.
d. Postmaster’s resolution to collect money from his
friends in the name of Lencho.
iii. What was the act of Charity that is referred to in the 1

passage? Mark
a. to donate 10% of total income.

b. to donate food and clothes for the homeless people.
c. to pay income tax.
d. to contribute money to help a needy farmer.
iv. Who contributed money to help Lencho? 1

a. the postmaster Mark
b. his employees
c. postmaster’s friends
d. all of above
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v. Why did the postmaster sign the letter in the name of 1
God? Mark
a. to keep Lencho’s faith intact.

b. to play the role of God.
c. he considered himself God.
d. God had ordered him to do so.
Q.40. Extract based comprehension Questions: -

Immediately, Lencho went up to the window to ask
for paper and ink. On the public writing table, he
started to write, with much wrinkling of his brow,
caused by the effort he had to make to express his
ideas. When he finished, he went to the window to buy
a stamp which he licked and then affixed to the
envelope with a blow of his fist. The moment the letter
fell into the mailbox the postmaster went to open it. It
said: “God: Of the money that I asked for, only
seventy pesos reached me. Send me the rest, since I
need it very much. But don’t send it to me through the
mail because the post office employees are a bunch of
crooks. Lencho.”
i. What does the phrase – ‘much wrinkling of his brow’ 1

– suggest here about Lencho? Mark
a. he was very irritated and angry.
b. he was elated with happiness.
c. he had deformed eyebrows.
d. he was trying to look funny
ii. I ‘…bunch of crooks.’ Pick the option that DOES 1

NOT collate with ‘bunch of’, correctly. Mark
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a) option (i)
b) option (ii)
c) option (iii)
d) option (iv)
iii. Pick the most suitable quote for this extract. 1

a) “It is easier to fool people than to convince them Mark
that they have been fooled.” – Mark Twain
b) “Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s
ignorance.”- Confucius
c) “You see a person’s true colours when you are no
longer beneficial to their life.”- anonymous
d) “True generosity means accepting ingratitude.” –
Coco Chanel
iv. Pick the option that does not list the correct usage 1
of—’with a blow of his fist.’ Mark
a. he broke his teeth with the blow of his fist.
b. I can complete my exam with the blow of my fist.
c. I tried to affix the picture with the blow of my fist.
d. The gangster believed in getting everything done
with the blow of his fist.
v. From the passage given above find the word similar 1

to – ‘offender’. Mark
(a) honest
(b) law abiding
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(c) straight
(d) crooks

“Don’t be so upset, even though this seems like a
total loss. Remember, no one dies of hunger.”
“That’s what they say: no one dies of hunger.” All
though the night, Lencho thought only of his one
hope: the help God, whose eyes, as he had been
instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one’s
conscience. Lencho was an ox of a man, working like
an animal in the fields, but still he knew how to write.
The following Sunday, at daybreak, he began to write
a letter which he himself would carry to town and
place in the mail. It was nothing less than a letter to
God.
i. Who is speaking these lines? 1 Mark
(a) the author of the lesson

(b) G.L. Fuentes
(c) Postmaster
(d) Lencho
ii. As a farmer, Lencho was _________. 1 Mark
(a) weak
(b) strong and active like an ox.
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(c) pale and fragile
(d) All of the above
iii. Had the postman even known the address written on 1 Mark
the envelope?
(a) yes, the postman knew the address
(b) no
(c) the postman was doubtful
(d) the postman was sure
iv. There where wrinkles on Lencho’s brow because 1 Mark

___________.
(a) he was not much educated and had to put

pressure on his mind to express his ideas on the
letter
(b) there was less money in the envelope
(c) God had deceived him
v. What was Lencho thinking while writing the letter? 1 Mark
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(a) God would have made a mistake by giving less
money
(b) Lencho had not mentioned the amount clearly
(c) post officer employees had stolen a part of his

money sent by God

With a satisfied expression, he regarded the field of
ripe corn with its flowers, draped in a curtain of rain.
But suddenly a strong wind began to blow and along
with the rain very large hailstones began to fall.
These truly did resemble new silver coins. The boys,
exposing themselves to the rain, ran out to collect the
frozen pearls. “It’s really getting bad now,”
exclaimed the man. “I hope it passes quickly. It did
not pass quickly. For an hour the hail rained on the
house, the garden, the hillside, the cornfield, on the
whole valley. The field was white as if covered with
salt.
i. Why did Lencho have a satisfied expression? 1 Mark

Because.
(a) he just enjoyed a tasty meal
(b) he had won an argument with his wife
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(c) rain had begun as per his expectations
(d) his field was full of ripe corn
ii. Which of the following sentences has been used in 1 Mark

the same sense as Lencho said, “I hope it passes
quickly”?
(a) last week my grandmother passed away due to a
covid infection
(b) I have got free passes for the cricket match
(c) the pass mark is 50% for this diploma course
(d) the street was crowded and the two buses could
not pass
iii. Find the literary device used in those truly did 1 Mark
resemble new silver coins.
(a) metaphor
(b) assonance
(c) synecdoche
(d) satirical hyperbole
iv. How would you define hailstones? 1 Mark

(a) light rain falling in fine drops.
(b) large balls of ice that fall like rain
(c) strong wind, rain, and thunder
(d) a cloudburst
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v. “It made everything look so white that it seemed as 1 Mark
if it was covered with salt”. Why are the snow
pellets compared to salt?
(a) it was white in colour
(b) it spread throughout the field
(c) it had spoiled the cornfields
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Q.43. "A plague of locusts would have left more than 1 Mark
this. The hail has left nothing….."
What is the speaker's state of mind at this time?
(a) He is extremely happy and satisfied.

(b) He is extremely worried at this time.
(c) He is excited.
(d) He is overjoyed.
Q.44. "On the public writing-table, he started to write, 1 Mark
with much wrinkling of his brow, caused by the
effort he had to make to express his ideas".
What is 'he' writing?
(a) Another letter to his friend.

(b) Another letter to the postmaster.
(c) Another letter to God.
(d) Another letter to his family.
Q.45. " But in the hearts of all who lived in that solitary 1 Mark
house in the middle of the valley, there was a
single hope:
Who all lived in that 'solitary house'?
(a) Lencho and his brothers.
(b) Lencho and his wife.
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(c) Lencho, his wife and their sons.
(d) Lencho and his friends.
Q.46. Assertion:Lencho wrote a letter to God, assuming 1 Mark
that the postmaster would open it and help him.
Reason: The postmaster did not want to shake the
writer’s faith in God and decided to help Lencho.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct

explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
(e) Both A and R are false.
Q.47. Assertion:Lencho called the post office employees 1 Mark

a bunch of crooks.
Reason:Lencho asked God not to send him the rest

of the money by post.
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explanation of A.

explanation of A.
(e) Both A and R are false
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Q.48. Assertion:Lencho had an immense faith in God. 1 Mark
Reason:Lencho wrote a letter to God asking God

to send him one hundred pesos.

explanation of A.

explanation of A.
Q.49. Assertion: When Lencho counted the money, he 1 Mark

became angry.
Reason: God had made the mistake of sending

only 70 Pesos.

explanation of A.
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explanation of A.
Q.50. Assertion:Lencho was surprised to receive more 1 Mark

money than what he had asked God for.
Reason:Lencho wondered if ever his wishes would

be granted by God.

explanation of A.

explanation of A.
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ANSWER KEY
Question Answers Marks

No.
1. B. Top of a hill 1
2. A. A shower 1
3. B. North-east 1
4. D. New coins 1
5. A. Corn 1
6. B. Hailstorm 1
7. A. Salt 1
8. C. Plague of locusts 1
9. C. Help from God 1
10. B. Through a letter 1
11. A. 100 pesos 1
12. A. Laughed whole-heartedly 1
13. C. Friendly 1
14. A. Unwavering faith 1
15. C. To preserve Lencho’s faith in God 1
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16. B. Money 1
17. D. 70 pesos 1
18. A. Contented 1
19. B. He had unwavering faith in God 1
20. D. Angry 1
21. A. Bunch of crooks 1
22. B. Remaining amount and not send it by 1

mail
23. C. Lencho blamed the post office 1

employees who in fact helped him
24. D. Both a and b 1
25. A. G.L. Fuentes 1
26. C. On seeing the field of ripped corn with 1

flowers
27. B. The flowers were scattered across 1
28. A. To God 1
29. A. An area of low land between hills or 1

mountains
30. B. Predicted 1
31. D. That the crops were totally destroyed 1
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32. D. He was very hard working 1
33. A. Farmer 1
34. A. Latin America 1
35. A. Wife 1
36. C. Ten cents coin 1
37. A. An hour 1
38. A. Strange 1
39. (PASSAGE 1)
i. C. Money 1
ii. A. Postmaster’s resolution 1

to not let Lencho’s faith in
God shaken
iii. D. To contribute money to 1

help a needy farmer
iv. D. All of above 1
v. A. To keep Lencho’s 1
intact
40. (PASSAGE 2)
i. A. He was irritated and 1

angry
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ii. D. Option (iv) 1
iii. D. “True generosity means 1

accepting in gratitude” –
Coco Chanel
iv. B. I can complete my 1

exam with the blow of my
fist
v. A. Crooks 1
41. (PASSAGE 3)
i. D. Lencho 1
ii. B. Strong and active like 1

ox
iii. B. No 1
iv. A. He was not much 1

educated and had to put
pressure on his mind to
express his ideas on the
letter
v. C. Post office employees 1

had stolen a part of his
money sent by God
42. (PASSAGE 4)
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i. C. Rain had begun as per 1
his expectations
ii. D. The street was crowded 1

and the two buses could
not pass
iii. D. Synecdoche 1
iv. B. Large balls of ice that 1

fall like rain
v. D. All of the above 1
43. B. He is extremely 1
worried at this time.
44. C. Another letter to God. 1
45. C. Lencho, his wife and 1

their sons.
46. D. A is false but R is true 1
47. B. Both A and R are true 1

but R is NOT the correct
explanation of A
48. A. Both A and R are true 1

and R is the correct
explanation of A
49. C. A is true but R is false 1
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50. E. Both A and R are false 1
NELSON MANDELA: LONG WALK TO

FREEDOM
Extract based questions: Read the extracts
given below and choose the most
appropriate answer for the questions:
PAS 10th May dawned bright and clear. For the past few Ma
SAG days I had been pleasantly besieged by dignitaries rks
E1 and world leaders who were coming to pay their
respects before the inauguration. The inauguration
would be the largest gathering ever of international
leaders on South African soil. The ceremonies took
place in the lovely sandstone amphitheater formed by
the Union Buildings in Pretoria. For decades this had
been the seat of white supremacy, and now it was the
site of a rainbow gathering of different colors and
nations for the installation of South Africa’s first
democratic, non-racial government.
1 When was the inauguration day in the story? 1
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a. 20 March
b. 10 May
c. 10 March
d. 20 May
2 It was a celebration of South Africa's first ______ 1

government.
a. democratic and racial
b. autocratic and racial
c. monarch and non-racial
d. democratic and non-racial
3 Where did the ceremonies take place? 1
a. London
b. Pretoria
c. New York
d. New Delhi
4 For decades South Africa had been the seat for: 1
a. White Supremacy
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b. Power of Politicians
c. Equality
d. Justice
5. What does “rainbow gathering” refer to : 1
a. People of all races, caste, color, national and

international had come together to celebrate the
glory of democratic elections.
b. People of all colors
c. Seven rainbow colors
d. People of all communities and nations
PAS We, who were outlaws not so long ago, have today
SAG been given the rare privilege to be host to the
E2 nations of the world on our own soil.
We thank all of our distinguished international
guests for having come to take possession with the
people of our country of what is after all a common
victory for justice, for peace, for human dignity.
We have, at last, achieved our political
emancipation. We pledge ourselves to liberate all
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our people from the continuing bondage of poverty,
deprivation, suffering, gender and other
discrimination.
1. Why does the speaker say that it is a ‘rare 1

privilege’? He says this as they have
a. been deprived of this honour.
b. seldom been given this honour.
c. experienced it for the first time.
d. been chosen over other countries, for

this honour.
2. "We have achieved our political emancipation." 1

What is the meaning of emancipation?
a. freedom from restriction
b. enslavement and slavery both
c. enslavement
d. slavery
3 "We thank all of our distinguished international 1

guests for having come to take possession with the
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people of our country of what is, after all, a
common victory for ____."
a. peace
b. justice
c. human dignity
d. all of these
4 The guests at the spectacular ceremony are being 1

called distinguished because
………………………………………………………
…………………….
a. they have been invited as guests to attend it.

b. they are eminent world leaders witnessing it.
c. they are visiting the country for this purpose.
d. they have resumed diplomatic relations with
the country.
5 It is a victory for ‘human dignity’. Pick the option 1

that lists the correct answer for what ‘human
dignity’ would include.
a. i) equality ii) liberty iii) indecency

b. i) liberty ii) indecency iii) self-respect
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c. i) immorality ii) self-respect iii) equality
d. i) equality ii) liberty iii) self-respect
PAS “It was only when I began to learn that my boyhood

SAG freedom was an illusion, when I discovered as a
E3 young man that my freedom had already been taken
from me, that I began to hunger for it. At first as a
student I wanted freedom only for myself, the
transitory freedoms of being able to stay out at
night, read what I pleased and go where I chose.
Later, as a young man in Johannesburg, I yearned
for the basic and honourable freedoms...”
1 What realizations did Mandela have of his 1

boyhood freedom?
a. he was born free
b. it was just an illusion
c. he had no realizations
d. freedom was meant for kids
2 Why do you think the speaker mentions some 1
freedoms as ‘transitory’?
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a. The freedoms are momentary and keep
changing with time.
b. The definition of freedom is constant but
perspectives differ.
c. Freedom means different things to different
people.
d. Freedom is not that important after a certain
age.
3 What began Mandela's hunger for freedom? 1
a. the fact that it had already been taken away
from him
b. his obligation towards family
c. he was born to fight
d. his obligation towards people
4 The speaker says, ‘at first as a student I wanted 1
freedom only for myself.’ Why do you think he only
thought about himself?
a. He didn’t want to think about the freedom denied

to others.
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b. He was being selfish and was only bothered about
himself.
c. He didn’t think that freedom denied to him was

important for others.
d. He was too young to realise that freedom was

denied to others as well.
5 What is the meaning of the word ‘transitory’? 1
a. Momentary
b. Transforming
c. Transferring
d. Moderating
PAS The day was symbolised for me by the playing of
SAG our two national anthems, and the vision of whites
E4 singing ‘Nkosi Sikelel –iAfrika’ and blacks singing
‘Die Stem’, the old anthem of the Republic.
Although that day neither group knew the lyrics of
the anthem they once despised, they would soon
know the words by heart.
1. “The day” here refers to: 1
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a. Republic Day of South Africa
b. Constitution Day of South Africa
c. Inauguration Day Ceremony after
Independence
d. Annual Election Day
2 Why were two national anthems sung at the 1

installation ceremony?
a. to symbolise the equality of blacks and whites
and the termination of apartheid.
b. to impress the world with two national anthems.
c. to please the people of all races and colours.
d. the new government believed that two anthems
would help in double the growth of the country.
3 Why did they despise the lyrics of the anthems? 1
a. the lyrics contained sensitive words.
b. both the groups hated each other due to the
policy of apartheid and oppression of blacks.
c. they were demanding to keep one anthem for
South Africa.
d. the lyrics of the anthems were not relevant for
them.
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4 Assertion: Two National anthems were sung on the 1
Inauguration Day.
Reason: Because the Whites and the Blacks
wanted to sing their own anthem only and despised
the other one.
a. Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct
explanation of A.
b. Both A and R are true and R is the correct
explanation of A.
c. A is false but R is true.
d. A is true but R is not the correct explanation of
A.
5 What is the Title of Nelson Mandela’s biography? 1
a. Freedom from Racialism

b. Long walk to Justice
c. Long Walk to Freedom
d. Long Walk to Love and Freedom
PAS “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear,
SAG but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who
E5 does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
No one is born hating another person because of the
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colour of his skin or his background or his religion.
People must learn to hate and if they can learn to
hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more
naturally to the human heart than its opposite. Even
in the grimmest times in prison, when my comrades
and I were pushed to our limits, I would see a
glimmer of humanity in one of the guards, – perhaps
just for a second, but it was enough to reassure me
and keep me going. Man’s goodness is a flame that
can be hidden but never extinguished.”
1 What did Mandela learn about courage? 1
a. it is the triumph over fear
b. absence of fear and triumph over it
c. it is absence of fear
d. none of these
2 What comes more naturally to heart according to 1
Mandela?
a. love
b. racial discrimination
c. unity
d. hatred
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3 Which flame can be hidden but never extinguished? 1
a. Man’s love
b. Man’s natural way
c. Man’s goodness
d. None of the Above
4. The meaning of the phrase “pushed to our limits” 1

here is………………
a. Were being put upon utmost physical
pressure.
b. They were treated badly.
c. Were pushed towards the wall.
d. All limits were crossed.
5 Assertion: Bravery is not absence of fear. A brave
man is not necessarily fearless.
Reason: A brave man becomes fearless after
facing with the difficulties. He is brave because he
has conquered his fears.
a. Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct
explanation of A.
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b. Both A and R are true and R is the correct
explanation of A.
c. A is false but R is true.
d. Both A and R are false.
OTHER MCQs
1 What does the narrator mean by – “that long and 1

noble line ended and now begin again with me”.
a. he broke the line and stood himself in the first
place.
b. all the old noblemen of South Africa died and a
new leader was born.
c. the fellow patriots of Mandela sacrificed their
lives but now South Africa had got freedom in
Mandela’s leadership.
d. Mandela will become the world leader now.
2 What does Nelson Mandela mean when he says 1

“Perhaps it requires such depth of oppression to
create such heights of character.”
a. People must undergo oppression to become
great.
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b. Oppression turns people violent.
c. Oppression creates a strong character in those
affected.
d. Oppression creates rivalry among people.
3 How many Deputy Presidents were elected? 1

a. three
b. one
c. two
d. none of these
4 Why did other countries break off diplomatic 1

relations with South Africa?
a. Other countries are racial
b. Due to Apartheid policy
c. It is a poor country
d. Due to its White rulers
5 What has Nelson Mandela achieved? 1

a. Political emancipation
b Political love
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c. Political goodness
6 What was it, that the nation needed to be liberated 1

from?
a. gender discrimination
b. deprivation
c. poverty
d. all of these
7 The spectacular array of South African jets was a 1
display of -___________ .
a. military's loyalty to democracy
b. military precision and loyalty
c. military's precision
d. none of these
8 What colours does the new South African flag 1

possess?
a. orange, black, yellow, blue and silver
b.black, red, green, blue and gold
c.black, red, yellow, blue and gold
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d.black, blue, violet, saffron and green
9 "The structure they created formed the basis of one 1

of the harshest, most inhumane, societies the world
has ever known." What structure is Mandela talking
about?
a. Discrimination against the poor
b. Racial domination against the black
skinned
c. Poverty and suffering
d. oppression of women
10 Whom did Mandela want to thank but couldn't? 1
a. Military
b. his family
c. African patriots who no longer existed
d. white rulers
11 What unintended effect did the decades of 1

oppression and brutality have?
a. boycott from foreign nations
b. Poverty and suffering
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c. poverty, suffering and boycott of foreign
nations
d. created men of extraordinary courage,
wisdom and generosity
12 According to Mandela, what is the greatest wealth 1

of a nation?
a. people
b. minerals
c. gems
d. diamonds
13 In the article, who have the people been compared 1
to?
a. Utensils
b. Minerals and Gems
c. Technology
14 What is the dream of Nelson Mandela for the future 1

of South Africa?
a. Free from all selfishness
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b. Free from all love and emotions
c. Free from poverty and discrimination
d, None of the Above
15 What are a man's obligations in life? 1

a. Obligation to people and family both
b. Obligation to people
c. Obligation to God
d. Obligation to family
16 Who was appointed the president of South Africa? 1

a. Nelson Mandela
b. Mr de Klerk
c. Thabo Mbeki
d. Oliver Tambo
17 Which party did Mandela join? 1

a. National African Party
b. African National Congress
c. he did not join any party
d. Indian National Congress
18 How did Mandela's hunger for freedom change his 1

life?
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a. turned from law-abiding attorney to a
criminal
b. turned a life-loving man to live like a
monk
c. turned from frightened to bold
d. all of these
19 A man who takes away another man's freedom is 1

_____ .
a. rude
b. criminal
c. White
d. a prisoner of hatred
20 Who, according to Mandela is not free? 1

a. oppressor
b. oppressor and oppressed both
c. oppressed
none of these
21 What does depths of oppression create? 1

a. poverty
b. heights of character
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c. oppressed
e. d. lack of freedom
22 Why is it easy to learn to love? 1

a. Because it comes naturally
b. Because they are less in number
c. Because you have will to do this.
23 What created a lasting wound in Nelson’s country? 1

a. The policy of fighting
b. The policy of economic backwardness
c. The policy of apartheid
24 Who was appointed the first Deputy President of 1

South Africa ?
a. Oliver Tambo
b. Thabo Mbeki
c. Mr de Klerk
d. Nelson Mandela
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25 Who was appointed the second Deputy President of 1
South Africa ?
a. Oliver Tambo
b. Nelson Mandela
c. Thabo Mbeki
d. Mr de Klerk
26 The Apartheid regime of South Africa were strong 1

believers of:
a. God
b. Equality
c. Racialism
27 Politicians and Dignitaries from more than 1

………….. countries attended the ceremony.
a. 240
b. 150
c. 220
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d. 140
28 Nelson Mandela’s life was animated by: 1
a. Riches and golds of South Africa
b. Laughter of his people
c. The desire for the freedom for his people
d. Justice for his people
29 How many national anthems were sung on the 1

occasion of inauguration?
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. none
30 What change brought international leaders to 1

South Africa?
a. peace
b. humanity
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c. trade negotiations
d. End of Apartheid
31 How do you think the speaker feels? Choose the 1

option that best fits his state of mind.
a. i) emotional ii) elated iii) unmindful

b. i) elated ii) unmindful iii) overwhelmed
c. i) overwhelmed ii) elated iii) honoured
d. i) elated ii) honoured iii) unmindful
32 Of the following who fought against 'Apartheid'? 1
a. Oliver Tambo
b. Walter Sisulu
c. Chief Luthuli
d. All of these
ANSWER KEY:
Nelson Mandela :Long Walk to Freedom (MCQ)
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Question Answers Marks
No.
PASSAGE
1
1 b. 10 May 1
2 d. democratic and non- 1

racial
3 b Pretoria 1
4 a White Supremacy 1
5 a. People of all races, 1

caste, colour, national and
international had come
together to celebrate the
glory of democratic
elections.
PASSAGE
2
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1. c. experienced it for the first 1
time.
2. a. freedom from restriction 1
3 d. all of these 1
4 b. they are eminent world 1

leaders witnessing it.
5 d. i) equality ii) liberty iii) 1

self-respect
PASSAGE
3
1 b.it is just an illusion 1
2 a. the freedoms are 1

momentary and keep
changing with time.
3 a. the fact that it had 1
already been taken away
from him
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4 d. He was too young to 1
realize that freedom was
denied to others as well.
5 a. Momentary 1
PASSAGE
4
1. c. Inauguration Day 1
Ceremony after
Independence
2 a. to symbolise the equality 1
of blacks and whites and
the termination of
apartheid.
3 b. both the groups hated 1
each other due to the policy
of apartheid and oppression
of blacks.
4 d. A is true but R is not the 1
correct explanation of A.
5 c Long Walk to Freedom 1
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PASSAGE
5
1 b. absence of fear and 1

triumph over it
2 a. love 1
3 c. Man’s goodness 1
4. a. Were being put upon the 1

utmost physical pressure.
5. b. Both A and R are true 1
and R is the correct
explanation of A.
OTHER MCQs
1 c. the fellow patriots of 1
Mandela sacrificed their
lives but now South Africa
had got freedom in
Mandela’s leadership.
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2 c. Oppression creates a 1
strong character in those
affected.
3 c. two 1
4 b. Due to Apartheid policy 1
5 a. Political emancipation 1
6 d. all of these 1
7 b. military precision and 1

loyalty
8 b. black, red, green, blue and 1
gold
9 b. Racial domination 1
against the black skinned
10 c. African patriots who no 1
longer existed
11 d. created men of 1
extraordinary courage,
wisdom and generosity
12 a. people 1
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13 b. Minerals and Gems 1
14 c. Free from poverty and 1

discrimination
15 a. Obligation to people and 1

family both
16 a. Nelson Mandela 1
17 b. African National 1
Congress
18 d. all of these 1
19 d. a prisoner of hatred 1
20 b. oppressor and oppressed 1

both
21 b. heights of character 1
22 a. because it comes 1
naturally.
23 c. The policy of apartheid 1
24 b. Thabo Mbeki 1
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25 d. Mr de Klerk 1
26 c. Racialism 1
27 d. 140 1
28 c. The desire for the 1

freedom for his people
29 b. two 1
30 d. End of Apartheid 1
31 c. i) overwhelmed ii) elated 1

iii) honoured
32 d. All of these 1
TWO STORIES ABOUT FLYING
HIS FIRST FLIGHT - PART 1
THE BLACK AEROPLANE - PART 2
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Read the passages given below and answer
the questions that follow:
The moon was coming up in the east, behind

me, and stars were shining in the clear sky
above me. There wasn't a cloud in the sky. I
was happy to be alone high up above the
sleeping countryside. I was flying my old
Dakota aeroplane over France back to
England. I was dreaming of my holiday and
looking forward to being with my family. I
Passage 1
looked at my watch: one thirty in the morning.
1. '1' here refers to: 1
(a) a passenger
(b) plane's assistant
(c) plane's pilot
(d) an engineer
2. He was flying his old Dakota aeroplane: 1
(a) over England to France

(b) over France to England
(c) from New York to England
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(d) from France to New York
3. He thought of his holiday and looked 1
forward to:
(a) being with his officer

(b) being with his colleagues
(c) being with his family
(d) being with his spouse
4. The phrase 'looking forward to' mean: 1
(a) expecting
(b) excepting
(c) accepting
(d) existing
5. The 'sleeping countryside' refers to all the 1
people who:
(a) lay asleep on hot day

(b) lay asleep during day
(c) lay asleep during hot noon
(d) lay asleep at night in the coutryside
Passage 2 'I 'll be in time for breakfast, "I thought. A
good big English breakfast! Everything was
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going well - it was an easy flight. Paris was
about 150 kilometers behind me when I saw
the clouds. Strom clouds. They were huge.
They looked like black mountains standing in
front of me across clouds. They were huge.
They looked like black mountains standing in
front of me across the sky. I knew I could not
fly up and over them, and I did not have
enough fuel to fly around them to the north or
south. "I ought to go back to Paris," I thought,
but I wanted to get home. I wanted that
breakfast.
6. He expected to reach England in the 1

morning:
(a) at tea time

(b) at brunch
(c) at lunch
(d) at breakfast time
7. He saw the storm clouds when: 1
(a) Paris was 150 km
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(b) Paris was 75 km
(c) Paris was 50 km
(d) Paris was 200 km
8. The narrator compares the clouds with: 1
(a) black mountains

(b) black diamonds
(c) black stones
(d) black soil
9. 'I' here refers to" 1
(a) clerk
(b) commander
(c) plane's pilot
(d) assistant
10. The pilot could not go back to Paris and: 1
(a) headed towards France

(b) headed towards England
(c) headed towards New York
(d) headed towards Canada
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Passage 3 Suddenly, I came out of the clouds and saw
two long straight lines of lights in front of me.
It was a runway! An airport! An airport! Was
safe! I turned to look for my friend in black
aeroplane, but the sky was empty. There was
nothing there. The black aeroplane was gone.
I could not see it anywhere. I landed and was
not sorry to walk away from the old Dakota
near the, control tower. I went and asked a
woman in the control centre where I was and
who the other pilot was. I wanted to say.’
Thank you.’
11. As the pilot came out of the clouds he saw: 1
(a) Two straight lines of lights

(b) Two curved lines of stones
(c) Two straight lines of stones
(d) Two curved lines of lights.
12. The woman at the control tower was 1
confident that:
(a) He could not land
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(b) There was no facility
(c) There was no other aeroplane
(d) There was no signal.
13. He wanted to thank the other pilot for: 1
(a) His tea

(b) His help
(c) His notice
(d) His plans.
14. The pilot of old Dakota inquired about the 1
other pilot as:
(a) He wanted to slap him

(b) He wanted to Thank him
(c) He wanted to curse him
(d) He wanted to invite him.
15. The antonym of ‘straight’ is: 1
(a) Simple
(b) Curved
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(c) Common
(d) Lined.
Passage 4 Inside the clouds, everything was suddenly
black. It was impossible to see anything
outside the aeroplane. The old aeroplane
jumped and twisted in the air. I looked at the
compass. I couldn’t believe my eyes : the
compass was turning round and round and
round. It was dead. It would not work! The
other instruments were suddenly dead, too. I
tried the radio, ‘Paris control? Paris Control?
Can you hear me?’ There was no answer. The
radio was dead too. I ha&no radio, no
compass, and I could not see where I was. I
was lost in the storm.
16. It was a total blackness: 1
(a) Outside the clouds

(b) Inside the clouds
(c) Inside the room
(d) On the runway.
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17. The plane was jumping and twisting: 1
(a) In water
(b) On runway
(c) In storm
(d) In the air.
18. The compass was not working and: 1
(a) The radio was dead

(b) He lost his patience
(c) He lost his grip
(d) The steering was upset.
19. The pilot could not make a contact with: 1
(a) His colleagues

(b) Paris control
(c) His commander
(d) His boss.
20. The word 'twisted' means: 1
(a) fell
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(b) dropped
(c) turned
(d) stopped
Passage 5 But when she was just opposite to him, she
halted her wings motionless, the piece of fish
in her beak almost within reach of his beak.
He waited a moment in surprise, wondering
why she did not come over and then
maddened by hunger, he dived at the fish.
With a loud scream he fell outwards and
downwards into space. Then a monstrous
terror seized him and his heard stood still. He
could hear nothing. But it only lasted a
minute.
21. Who was she? 1
(a) The seagull’s sister

(b) The seagull’s mother
(c) A female seagull
(d) An eagle
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22. The piece of the fish was within the reach 1
of……………….
(a) His beak

(b) His hand
(c) His paw
(d) Wings
23. Maddened by hunger the 1
seagull…………..the fish.
(a) Moved to
(b) Tore
(c) Fell at
(d) Pouched upon
24. In which state of mind was the seagull as it 1
flew at first?
(a) Happy
(b) Ecstatic
(c) Sad
(d) Panicky
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25. The word ‘seized’ corresponds to 1
(a) Held tightly

(b) Touched
(c) Devoured
(d) Released
Passage 6 He answered her with another scream. Then
his father flew over him screaming. He saw
his two brothers and his sister flying around
him curveting and banking and soaring and
diving.
Then he completely forgot that he had not

always been able to fly and commended
himself to dive and soar and curve, shrieking
shrilly.
He was near the sea now, flying straight over

it facing straight out over the ocean. He saw
a vast green sea beneath him with little
ridges moving over it and he turned his beak
sideways and cawed amusedly.
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26. ‘He’ in the first line stands for………. 1
(a) the young seagull

(b) the seagull’s sister
(c) his father
(d) His mother.
27. The seagull forgot that he had not been able 1
to…….
(a) Dive
(b) Tear seagull’s sister
(c) His father
(d) His mother
28. The seagull’s whole family had come 1
seemingly to
(a) Ridicule him

(b) Support him
(c) Avoid him
(d) Laugh at
29. As the seagull dive, soar and curve he 1
(a) Was panicky

(b) Become more and more confident
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(c) Felt happy
(d) Lost confidence.
30. Finally, the seagull began to………..his 1

fight.
(a) Understand
(b) Be fearful of
(c) Enjoy
(d) Repeat
Passage 7 He saw his two brothers and sisters lying on
the plateau dozing with their heads sunk into
their necks. His father was preening the
feathers on his white back. Only his mother
was looking at him. She was standing on a
little high hump on the plateau, her white
breast thrust forward. Now and again, she tore
at a piece of fish that lay at her feet and then
scrapped each side of her beak on the rock.
The sight of the food maddened him.
31. ‘He’ here refers to: 1
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(a) Young brother
(b) Elder father
(c) Young seagull
(d) Lovely neighbor
32. Young seagull’s mother was standing on: 1
(a) A little plant

(b) A high mountain
(c) A tree
(d) A little mound
33. The sight of the food maddened him 1
because:
(a) He was extremely hungry

(b) He was tired of it
(c) He was full of appetite
(d) He was interested to get
34. The word ‘hump’ here means: 1
(a) Coat
(b) Mound
(c) High
(d) Low
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35. His father was smoothing his feathers on: 1
(a) His black back

(b) His silver back
(c) His white back
(d) His blue back
Passage 8 With a loud scream he fell outwards and
downwards into space. Then a monstrous
terror seized him and his heart stood still. He
could hear nothing. But it only lasted a
minute. The next moment he felt his wings
spread outwards. The wind rushed against his
breast feathers, then under his stomach, and
against his wings. He could feel the tips of his
wings cutting through the air, he was not
falling headlong now. He was soaring
gradually downwards and outwards. He was
no longer afraid.
36. The young seagull felt terror because: 1
(a) He was being chased

(b) He was still scared of flying
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(c) He was attacked
(d) He had nothing to do
37. The young seagull uttered a loud scream 1
because:
(a) He fell downwards into the space

(b) He fell upwards
(c) He fell with tied wings
38. He was no longer afraid. ‘He’ here refers 1
to:
(a) Father seagull

(b) Brother seagull
(c) A cousin
(d) Young seagull
39. He could feel the tips of his wings: 1
(a) Cutting through the air

(b) Dipping in the water
(c) Burning in sunlight
(d) Wetting in rain
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40. The word ‘monstrous’ means: 1
(a) Pleasant
(b) Monster-like
(c) Joyful
(d) Horrible
Passage 9 His parents and his brothers and sister had
landed on this green flooring ahead him. They
were beckoning to him, calling shrilly. He
dropped his legs to stand on the green sea. His
legs sank into it. fly screamed with fright and
attempted to rise again flapping his wings.
But he was tired and weak with hunger and he
could not rise, exhausted by the strange
exercise. His feet sank into the green sea, and
then his belly touched it and he sank no
Farther. He was floating on it, and around him
his family was screaming, praising him and
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their beaks were offering him scraps of dog-
fish.
41. Here ‘green flooring’ refers to: 1
(a) the green sea

(b) the green grass
(c) the green carpet
(d) the green plateau
42. The seagull got over his fear of water only: 1
(a) when he fell downwards

(b) when his belly touched it
(c) when he was pushed ahead
(d) when he was slapped
43. His whole family was around him: 1
(a) cursing him

(b) torturing him
(c) praising him
(d) taunting him
44. The word ‘scraps’ means: 1
(a) logs
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(b) prints
(c) bundles
(d) pieces
(a) young seagull

(b) his father
(c) his brother
(d) none
Passage “Ga, ga, ga” he cried begging her to bring him
10 some food .” Gaw-col-ah,” she screamed back
derisively. But he kept calling plaintively, and
after a minute or so he uttered a joyful scream.
His mother had picked up a piece of the fish
and was flying across to him with it. He
leaned out eagerly, tapping the rock with his
feet, trying to get nearer to her as she flew
across. But when she was just opposite to him,
she halted, her wings motionless, the piece of
fish in her beak almost within reach of his
beak. He waited a moment in surprise,
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wondering why she did not come nearer, and
then madden by hunger, he dived at the fish.
(a) young seagull

(b) the narrator
(c) the neighbour
(d) his brother
47. When young seagull saw his mother, he 1
cried because:
(a) he was alone

(b) he understood his mistake
(c) he was being punished
(d) he begged her to bring some food
48. The young seagull uttered a joyful scream 1
as:
(a) he saw his father approaching him

(b) he saw his brother made signs
(c) he saw his mother was flying to him with
fish
(d) he saw his sister was flying to him
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49. The young seagull dived at the fish 1
because:
(a) he liked it very much

(b) he could not tolerate hunger any more
(c) he could grasp it
(d) he could use it
50. The word ‘plaintively’ means: 1
(a) in a way of complaint

(b) in a way of praise
(c) in a way of approval
(d) in a way of regard
51. His First Flight
1. Assertion: Then a monstrous terror seized

for the young seagull’s heart and his heart
stood still.
Reason: Because it was night and he was all

alone.
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Options:- 1
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the

(b) Both A and R are false
52. THE BLACK AEROPLANE
2. Assertion: it was impossible to see anything

outside the aeroplane.
Reason: I did not have enough fuel to fly

around them to the north or south.
Options:- 1
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
(c) Both A and R are false.
(d) A is true but R is false.
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1. C 27. C
2. B 28. B
3. C 29. B
4. A 30. C
5. D 31. C
6. D 32. D
7. A 33. a
8. B 34. B
9. C 35. C
10. B 36. B
11. A 37. A
12. C 38. D
13. B 39. A
14. B 40. D
15. B 41. A
16. B 42. b
17. D 43. C
18. A 44. D
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19. B 45. A
20. C 46. A
21. B 47. D
22. A 48. C
23. C 49. B
24. D 50. A
25. A 51. C
26. A 52. B
FROM THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

Read the following passages carefully and
answer the questions that follow.
Passage: 1
Writing in a diary is a really strange
experience for someone like me. Not only
because I have never written anything
before, but also because it seems to me that
later on neither I nor anyone else will be
interested in the musing of a thirteen year
old school girl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I
feel like writing and I have an even greater
need to get all kind of things off my chest.
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‘Paper has more patience than people.’ I
thought of this saying on one of those days
when I was feeling a little depressed and
was sitting at home with my chin in my
hands, bored and listless, wondering
whether to stay in or go out.
(A) To whom do ‘I’ refer in the given passage? 1
MARK
(i) Margot
(ii) Anne Frank
(iii) Kitty
(iv) Otto Frank
(B) ‘Paper has more patience than people’ – 1
MARK
Why did Anne Frank say that?
(i) Anne thought that one could rely on
paper.
(ii) She thinks that that paper is her best
friend
(iii) paper is quite handy
(iv) Paper is easily available
(C) Find a word in the passage that means ‘deep 1
MARK
thought’.
(i) depressed
(ii) bored
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(iii) chin
(iv) musing
(D) Which word in the passage is a synonym of 1
MARK
lethargic?
(i) feeling
(ii) listless
(iii) bored
(iv) patience
(E) “Anne could easily rely on paper” this 1
MARK
thought is mentioned in which phrase?
(i) Do good have good.
(ii) a bird in hand is better than two in
the bush.
(iii) Paper has more patience than
people.
(iv) Hard work is the key to success.
PASSAGE 2
Let me put it more clearly, since no one will
believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is
completely alone in the world. And I’m not.
I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old
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sister, and there are about thirty people I can
call friends. I have a family, loving aunts
and a good home. No, on the surface I seem
to have everything, except my one true
friend. All I think about when I’m with
friends is having a good time. I can’t bring
myself to talk about anything but ordinary
everyday things. We don’t seem to be able
to get any closer, and that’s the problem.
Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in
each other. In any case, that’s just how
things are, and unfortunately they’re not
liable to change. This is why I’ve started the
diary.
(A) Why was Anne Frank disturbed even when 1
MARK
she had loving parents, relatives and
friends?
(a) she did not have anyone with whom
she could share her feelings.
(b) she did not have any true friend
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(c) she was literally all alone in the
world.
(d) (i) and (ii) both
(B) Why did Anne decide to write a diary? 1
MARK
(a) she was all alone in the world.
(b) she did not have any relative.
(c) she could not confide in anyone and
felt lonely.
(d) she had a loving family.
(C) Find the word that means the same as 1
MARK
‘unluckily’.
(a) unhappy
(b) sad
(c) unfortunately
(d) lonely
(D) To confide in somebody is to ……… 1
MARK
(a) hide something
(b) to display something
(c) to borrow from another person
(d) It means tell somebody your secrets
or personal information.
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(E) How old is Anne and her sister as 1
MARK
mentioned in the passage?
(a) 13 years, 16years
(b) 10 years and 13 years
(c) 12 years and 15 years
(d) 15 years and 18 years
PASSAGE 3
To enhance the image of this long awaited
friend in my imagination, I don’t want to jot
down the facts in this diary the way most
people would do, but I want the diary to be
my friend, and I’m going to call this friend
‘Kitty’. Since no one would understand a
word of my stories to Kitty if I were to
plunge right in, I’d better provide a brief
sketch of my life, much as I dislike doing
so.
(A) Who was the long awaited friend of Anne? 1
MARK
(a) Her diary “Kitty”.
(b) Margot Frank.
(c) her mother.
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(d) Her grandmother.
(B) What did she provide in her diary? 1
MARK
(a) her short biography
(b) fables
(c) ballads
(d) myths
(C) Find a word from the extract which means 1
MARK
the same as ‘submerge’.
(a) note down
(b) clear the text
(c) to highlight
(d) jot
(D) Find a word from the extract which means 1
MARK
the same as “To write down the idea as and
when it occurs in mind”.
(a) to jump in
(b) to jump out
(c) to pick
(d) to plunge in
(E) What did Anne dislike to do? 1
MARK
(a) to talk
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(b) to play with friends
(c) to have a great time with family
(d) to give a brief sketch of her life.
PASSAGE 4
My father the most adorable father I’ve ever
seen didn’t marry my mother until he was36
and she was 25. My sister Margot was born
in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926.1 was born
on 12th June, 1929.1 lived in Frankfurt until
I was’ four. My father emigrated to Holland
in 1933. My mother, Edith Hollander Frank,
went with him to Holland in September,
while Margot and I were sent to Aachen to
stay with our grandmother.
(A) (i) The narrator is………. 1
MARK
(a) Anne Frank
(b) Margot
(c) Anne’s father
(d) Anne’s brother
(B) Margot and the narrator stayed with 1
MARK
their………..
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(a) maternal uncle
(b) paternal uncle
(c) grandfather
(d) grandmother
(C) The narrator’s sister was born in…….. 1
MARK
(a) 1936
(b) 1914
(c) 1926
(d) 1920
(D) Anne has ______________ for her father 1
MARK
(a) dislike
(b) love
(c) respect
(d) love and respect
(E) The word ‘emigrated’ corresponds to 1
MARK
(a) left one’s country
(b) left one’s country to settle abroad
(c) travelled to a foreign
(d) stayed in a foreign country
temporarily.
PASSAGE 5
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That evening, after I’d finished the rest of
my homework, the note about the essay
caught my eye. I began thinking about the
subject while chewing the tip of my
fountain pen. Anyone could ramble on and
leave big spaces between the words, but the
trick was to come up with convincing
arguments to prove the necessity of talking.
I thought and thought, and suddenly I had
an idea,: I wrote the three pages Mr.
Keesing had assigned me and was satisfied.
I argued that talking is a student’s trait and
that I would do my best to keep it under
control, but that I would never be able to
cure myself of the habit since my mother
talked as much as I did if not more, and that
there’s not much you can do about inherited
traits.
(A) Anne’s argument about her being too much 1
MARK
talkative was that…………..
(a)her father talked too much
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(b) her sister talked too much
(c) it was an inherited quality
(d) she was helpless
(B) What shows that Anne was quite 1
MARK
intelligent?
(a) She could argue well
(b) She could write three pages
independently
(c) she did not talk trash
(C) Who was Mr. Keesing? 1
MARK
(a) Anne’s friend
(b) Anne’s teacher
(c) Anne’s Maths teacher
(d) Anne’s father
(D) Anne in her essay was 1
MARK
(a) self-defensive
(b) aggressive
(c) argumentative
(d) confused
(E) The word ‘trait’ corresponds to 1
MARK
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(a) one’s nature
(b) one’s temperament
(c) a Particular quality that forms part of
your character
(d) a sign
PASSAGE 6
However, during the third lesson he’d
finally had enough. ‘Anne Frank, as
punishment for talking in class write an
essay entitled ‘Quack, Quack, Quack, Said
Mistress Chatterbox’.” The class roared. I
had to laugh too, though I’d nearly
exhausted my ingenuity on the topic of
Chatterboxes. It was time to come up with
something else, something original. My
friend, Sanne, who’s good at poetry, offered
to help me write the essay from beginning
to end in verse and I jumped for joy. Mr
Keesing was trying to play a joke on me
with this ridiculous subject, but I’d make
sure the joke was on him.
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(A) Why did Mr Keesing her teacher asks her to 1
MARK
write another essay?
(a) she was an expert in writing essays.
(b) she was a good girl
(c) She did not stop talking in the class.
(d) this was a reward of her hard work.
(B) Why did Anne want to write the essay with 1
MARK
the help of her friend Sanne?
(a) She did not know how to write
(b) She was talkative.
(c) Wanted to write the essay with
something original.
(d) she want to finish her work as soon
as possible.
(C) Find out the word which means ‘deserving 1
MARK
or inviting mockery’.
(a) clever
(b) subject
(c) chatterbox
(d) Ridiculous
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(D) The word ……. means the ability to invent 1
MARK
things and solve problems in a clever and
new way.
(a) Ridiculous
(b) ingenuity
(c) Sanne
(d) original
(E) What was the title of the third essay given 1
MARK
by Mr. Keesing?
(a) Mrs. Chatterbox
(b) Anne the chatterbox
(c) Entitled ‘Quack, Quack, Quack, Said
Mistress Chatterbox’.”
(d) A good chatterbox
PASSAGE 7
I finished my poem, and it was beautiful! It
was about a mother duck and a father swan
with three baby ducklings that were bitten
to death by the father because they quacked
too much. Luckily, Mr Keesing took the
joke the right way. He read the poem to the
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class, adding his own comments, and to
several other classes as well. Since then I’ve
been allowed to talk and haven’t been
assigned any extra homework. On the
contrary, Mr Keesing’s always making
jokes these days.
(A) What did the father Anne’s poem signify? 1
MARK
(a)Cruelty
(b)sympathy
(c) arrogance
(d)dominance
(B) What tells you that Mr. Keesing was not “an 1
MARK
old fogey” as Anne would describe him?
(a) took the joke rightly
(b) gave his own commentary
(c) read the essay out to other classes
(d) none of these
(C) Mr. Keesing’s response was 1
MARK
(a) unexpected
(b) negative
(c) harsh
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(d) unexpectedly positive
(D) Anne has compared Mr. Keesing in her 1
MARK
poem to
(a) the baby duck
(b) a duck
(c) the father duck
(d)the mother duck
(E) Who is I in the above passage? 1
MARK
(a) Anne
(b) Mr. Keesing
(c) Father swan
(d) ducklings
PASSAGE 8
Anneliese Marie ‘Anne’ Frank (12 June
1929 – February/March 1945) was a
German – born Jewish girl who wrote while
in hiding with her family and four friends in
Amsterdam during the German occupation
of the Netherlands in World War II. Her
family had moved to Amsterdam after the
Nazis gained power in Germany but were
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trapped when the Nazi occupation extended
into the Netherlands. As persecutions
against the Jewish population increased, the
family went into hiding in July 1942 in
hidden rooms in her father Otto Frank’s
office building.
(A) Where was Anne born? 1
MARK
(a) Berlin
(b) Germany
(c) Amsterdam
(d) Netherlands
(B) What is the name of Anne’s father? 1
MARK
(a) Otto Frank
(b) Margot Frank
(c) Edith Frank
(d) Mr. Keesing
(C) When did her family go in hiding? 1
MARK
(a) In June 1942
(b) in July 1942
(c) In May 1942
(d) In September 942
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(D) Where did the family hide? 1
MARK
(a) In the bunkers
(b) underground room of their house
(c) in the hidden rooms of Otto Frank’s
office building
(d) In the cottage
(E) Meaning of the word ‘ persecution’ is 1
MARK
(a)unfair or cruel treatment because of
religion, race or political views
(b) to welcome
(c) to give away prizes
(d) to give fair judgment
PASSAGE 9
The diary was given to Anne Frank for her
thirteenth birthday and chronicles the events
of her life from 12 June 1942 until its final
entry of 1 August 1944. It was eventually
translated from its original Dutch into many
languages and became one of the world’s
most widely read books. There have also
been several films, television and theatrical
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productions, and even an opera, based on
the diary. Described as the work of a mature
and insightful mind, the diary provides an
intimate examination of daily life under
Nazi occupation. Anne Frank has become
one of the most renowned and discussed of
the Holocaust victims.
(A) When was the diary given to Anne Frank? 1
MARK
(a) on her fifteenth birthday
(b) On her 13th Birthday
(c) on her sixteenth birthday
(d) on her 20th birthday
(B) What language was the diary originally 1
MARK
written in ?
(a) German
(b) Dutch
(c) American
(d) English
(C) When did she make the final entry in her 1
MARK
diary?
(a) on 1 August1944
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(b) on 3 March 1943
(c) on April 12
(d) on 5 June 1942
(D) When did she make first entry in her diary? 1
MARK
(a) 13 July 1942
(b) 14 June 1945
(c) 12June 1942
(d) 16 August 1941
(E) Choose the word from below that means: a 1
MARK
situation where destruction is done on a
large scale
(a) Nazi
(b) victims
(c) holocaust
(d) insight
GENERAL MCQs
(CCT based)
1. 1
MARK
Assertion: Anne decided to write a diary, as
she has no true friend with whom she could
share her secrets.
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Reason: She was not literally alone in this
world but she could not confide in with any
of her friend.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
2. Assertion: “Paper has more patience than 1
MARK
people” Anne thinks so when she was
feeling little depressed.
Reason: Paper cannot expose any body’s
feelings.
a) Both A and R are true.
b) A is true but R is False.
c) A is true and R is the correct explanation
of A.
d) Both A and R are false.
3. Assertion: As persecutions against the 1
MARK
Jewish population increased, the family
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went into hiding in July 1942 in hidden
rooms in her father Otto Frank’s office
building.
Reason: Nazis gained power in Germany
and then they started persecuting the Jewish
people who were living in Germany that is
why Anne’s family went into hiding.
a) Both A and R are false.
b) A is true but R is false.
c) R is the correct explanation of A.
d) R is true but A is false.
4. Assertion: Described as the work of a 1
MARK
mature and insightful mind, the diary
provides an intimate examination of daily
life under Nazi occupation. Anne Frank has
become one of the most renowned and
discussed of the Holocaust victims.
Reason: Anne Frank’s diary provided an
account of the conditions of the people
under Nazi occupation.
a) A is true but R is false
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b) R is the correct explanation of A.
c) Both A and R are false.
5. Assertion: It was eventually translated from 1
MARK
its original Dutch into many languages and
became one of the world’s most widely read
books.
Reason: Anne Frank’s diary published
under the name of “from the diary of a
young Girl” is one of the best sellers of the
world.
a) A is true but R is false.
b) Both A and R are true.
c) A is true but R is not the correct
explanation of A
6. Assertion: I don’t want to jot down the facts 1
MARK
in this diary the way most people would do,
but I want the diary to be my friend, and
I’m going to call this friend ‘Kitty’.
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Reason: Anne did not want to write the
diary on her own.
a) Both A and R are true.
b) A is true but R is false.
of A.
7. Assertion: Since no one would understand a 1
MARK
word of my stories to Kitty if I were to
plunge right in, I’d better provide a brief
sketch of my life, much as I dislike doing
so.
Reason: Anne wanted to give a short
introduction of her life so that the readers
could clearly understand her writings.
b) A is true and R is the correct explanation
of A.
c) Both A and R are false.
d) A is false and R is not the correct
explanation of A.
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8. Assertion: Grandma died in January 1942. 1
MARK
No one knows how often I think of her and
still love her. This birthday celebration in
1942 was intended to make up for the other,
and Grandma’s candle was lit along with
the rest.
Reason: Anne did not love her grandmother
and this is evident from the above
statement.
of A.
d) A is false but R is the correct explanation
of A.
9. Assertion: Our entire class is quaking in its 1
MARK
boots. The reason, of course, is the
forthcoming meeting in which the teachers
decide who’ll move up to the next form and
who’ll be kept back.
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Reason: Whole of the class was worried
about the results that the teachers are going
to decide.
a) A is false and R is true.
b) Both A and R are false.
c) Both A and R are true.
d) A is true but R is not the correct
explanation of A.
10. Assertion: Mr Keesing, the old fogey who 1
MARK
teaches maths, was annoyed with me for
ages because I talked so much.
Reason: Anne’s Mathematics teacher was
annoyed with her because she talked too
much.
c) A is true but R is not the correct
explanation of A.
Answer key
PASSAGE 1
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(A) b
(B) a
(C) d
(D) b
(E) c
PASSAGE 2
A) d
B) c
C) c
D) d
E) a
PASSAGE 3
A) a
B) a
C) d
D) d
E) d
PASSAGE 4
A) a
B) d
C) c
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D) d
E) b
PASSAGE 5
A) c
B) d
C) c
D) a
E) c
PASSAGE 6
A) c
B) c
C) d
D) b
E) c
PASSAGE 7
A) a
B) a
C) d
D) c
E) a
PASSAGE 8
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A) b
B) a
C) b
D) c
E) a
PASSAGE 9
A) b
B) b
C) a
D) a
E) c
General MCQS (CCT Based)
1) a
2) b
3) c
4) b
5) b
6) b
7) b
8) b
9) c
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10) b
The Hundred Dresses Part-1

NOTE: All questions carry one mark each.
Read the passage carefully and answer the
following question
(1) Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract
(1) She always wore a faded blue dress that didn't

hang right. It was clean, but it looked as though it
had never been ironed properly. She didn't have
any friends, but a lot of girls talked to her.
Sometimes, they surrounded her in the school yard
as she stood watching the little girls play
hopscotch on the worn hard ground. "Wanda,"
Peggy would say in a most courteous manner, as
though she were talking to Miss Mason. "Wanda,"
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she'd say, giving one of her friends a nudge, "tell
us. many dresses did you say you had.
l)The 'most courteous manner' here means that

Peggy was – 1 mark
a) on her best behaviour.
b) teasing Wanda.
c) trying to impress Wanda.
d) respectful to Wanda.
II) Peggy gave her friend a nudge because – 1

mark
a) she wanted to push her away from the scene.
b) she disliked her friend being distracted
then.
c) she was teasing Wanda and wanted her to
make others pay attention.
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d)She was angry.
III)iv. Why was Wanda's answer to Peggy's

question always the same? -Pick the LEAST
probable reason. This was so because she knew
that- 1 mark
a) she was being picked on and it was probably

her defence.
b) confessing the truth would probably worsen the

situation.
c) she didn't know how else to get out of that

situation.
d) sticking to an unexpected answer would
get her the attention she needed.
IV)she was teasing Wanda and didn't want anyone

her miss the 'fun'.
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.Pick the option having the words that DO NOT
loosely match the word, 'closet', from those given.
– 1 Mark
a) wardrobe
b) cabinet
c)porch
d) cupboard
V)
Regarding Wanda being teased, Miss Mason was

– 1 Mark
a) in denial that such behaviour was possible by

her students.
b) aware, but didn't want to discuss it with the

students.
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c) unaware that the students were frequently
teasing Wanda.
d) of the belief that such behaviour was a normal

part of growing up.
2)
Today, Monday, Wanda Petronski was not in her

seat. But nobody, not even Peggy and Maddie, the
girls who started all the fun, noticed her absence.
Usually Wanda sat in the seat next to the last seat
in the last row in Room Thirteen. She sat in the
corner of the room where the rough boys who did
not make good marks sat, the corner of the room
where there was most scuffling of feet, most roars
of laughter when anything funny was said, and
most mud and dirt on the floor. Wanda did not sit
there because she was rough and noisy. On the
contrary, she was very quiet and rarely said
anything at all. And nobody had ever heard her
laugh out loud. Sometimes she twisted her mouth
into a crooked sort of smile, but that was all.
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I) Who didn't notice Wanda's absence? – 1 Mark
a)Girls
b) Peggy
c) Maddie
d)All of them
(II) Why did Wanda Petronski sit in the last row
of the class? 1 Mark
a) She didn't get good marks.
b)She wanted to create noise
c)She wanted to avoid bad remarks
d)She wanted to enjoy by herself
(III) Find out the word which means the same –

1Mark
as 'dragging'.
a)push
b) twist
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c) scuffling
d) crooked
(IV) What kind of a girl Wanda was? – 1 Mark
a)lively
b) chatterbox
c)happy
d)mostly silent
V)Why did the boys sit in the last row -1 Mark
of the class?
a)To laugh
b)to create noise
c)to be inattentive
d)all of the above
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3)As for Maddie, this business of asking Wanda
every day how many dresses and how many hats,
and how many this and that she had was bothering
her. Maddie was poor herself. She usually wore
somebody's hand-me-down clothes. Thank
goodness, she didn't live up on Boggins Heights or
have a funny name. Sometimes, when Peggy was
asking Wanda those questions in that mocking
polite voice, Maddie felt embarrassed and studied
the marbles in the palm of her hand, rolling them
round and saying nothing herself.
l)Maddie used to wear old clothes because:
(a) she had a universal one
(b) she never wants others
(c) she liked them
(d)she was poor

ll) Why does Maddie stand by and not do
anything? – 1Mark
a)Because she was herself victim
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b)Because she doesn't have courage
c)) Because the same could happen to her
d)Because she doesn't want to
III) Why was Peggy's game bothering Maddie? 1

Mark
a) she cared about Wanda
b) Peggy was harsh on Wanda
C) she feared she'd be next to get teased
d) all of the above
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IV) How is Wanda seen as different by the other
girls? – 1Mark
(a) Because of her nature
b) Because of her tasks
c)Because of her origin and dress
(d)) None of the Above
V)The word which means the same as

embarrassed is -1Mark
a)awkward
b)uncomfortable
C)both of these
d)None of these
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4)Thinking about Wanda and her hundred dresses
all lined up in the closet, Maddiel began to wonder
who was going to win the drawing and colouring
contest. For girls, this contest consisted of
designing dresses and for boys, of designing
motorboats. Probably Peggy would win the girls'
medal. Peggy drew better than anyone else in the
room. At least, that's what everybody thought. She
could copy a picture in a magazine or some film
star's head so that you could almost tell who it
was. Oh, Maddiel was sure Peggy would win.
Well. tomorrow the teacher was going to
announce the winners. Then they'd know.
I).For girls, this contest consisted of:-1 Mark
(a) designing motorboats
(b) designing dresses
(c) designing sceneries
(d) designing forests
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II)According to the class, the girl who would win -
1Mark
it was:
(a) Maddie
(b) Peggy
(c) Wanda
(d) C.N.
III)Maddie thought Peggy was sure to win it
because: 1 Mark
(a) she had setting with teacher
(b) she was teacher's relative
(c) she drew worse than others
(d) she drew better than others
lV)Names of the classmates of Wanda are: 1Mark
(a) Jacques, John
(b) Peggy, C.M.
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(c) Maddie,Peggy
(d) Maddie ,Jerk
V)The noun form of 'win' is: 1 Mark
(a) winable
(c) winning
(b) winably
(d) winner
5 .Wanda Patronski Most of the children in Room

Thirteen didn't have names like They had names
to say, like Thomas, Smith or Allen. There was
one boy Bounce, Willie Bounce, and people
thought that was funny, but not funny in the same
that Petronski was. Wanda didn't have any friends.
She carne to school alone and home alone. She
always wore a faded blue dress that didn't hang
right. It was clean, looked as though it had never
been ironed properly. She did not have any
friends, but of girls talked to her.
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I)Wanda had a peculiar and uncommon name
which:1Mark
(a) her classmates found it beautiful.
(b) her classmates found it funny
(c) was not found actually
(d) was unnatural
II)Wanda always used to wear:-1 Mark
(a) a faded white dress
(b) a faded yellow dress
(c) a faded red dress
(d) a faded blue dress
III)The noun form of 'funny' is: 1 Mark
(a) funnier
(b) fantastic
(c) fun
(d) funnily
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IV)The peculiarity about Wanda's dress was that:
1Mark
(a) it could not suit her
(b) it was faded
(c) it was dark coloured
(d) it cost too much
V)
The dress Wanda used to wear looked as though:-

1 mark
(a) it was from generation back
(b) it was discarded one
(c) it had never been washed
(d) it had never been ironed properly
6)"As for the girls", she said, "although just one or

two sketches were submitted by most, one girl -
and Room Thirteen should be proud of her - this
one girl actually drew one hundred designs - all
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different and all beautiful. In the opinion of the
judges. any one of the drawings is worthy of
winning the prize. I am very happy to say that
Warida Petronski is the winner of the girls' medal.
Unfortunately, Wanda has been absent from
school for some days and is not here to receive the
applause that is due to her. Let us hope she will be
back tomorrow. Now class, you may file around
the room quietly and look at her exquisite
drawings."
I)'She' here refers.-1mark
(a) class teacher
(b) Wanda
(c) Peggy
(d) Maddie
2)Among girls the winner of the contest was:-1

Mark
(a) Rozy
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(b) Maddie
(c) Peggy
(d) Wanda
lll)Wanda Patronski had drawn: 1 Mark
(a) one hundred fifty designs
(b) one hundred twenty designs
(c) one hundred designs
(d) one hundred ten designs
IV)The word 'exquisite' means:-1 Mark
(a) extremely ugly
(b) extremely beautiful and well-made
(c) extremely foolish
(d) extremely innocent
V)Wanda was being taught In: 1 Mark
(a) Room Twelve
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(b) Room Fourteen.
(c) Room Thirteen
(d) Room Seventeenth
7)Wanda did not sit there because she was rough

arid or noisy. On the contrary, she was very quiet
and rarely said anything at all. And nobody had
ever heard her laugh out loud. Sometimes she
twisted her mouth into a crooked sort of smile, but
that was all. Nobody knew exactly why Wanda sat
in that seat, unless it was because she came all the
way from Boggins Heights and her feet were
unusually caked with dry mud. But no one really
thought much about Wanda Petronski, once she
sat in the corner of the room.
I)Wanda sat in that corner of the room which:-

1Mark
(a) had a carpet on the floor
(b) had a velvety bench
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(c) had a cosy corner
(d) had the most mud and dirt on the floor
II)Wanda was a very quiet girl who:- 1Mark
(a) rarely had an angry mood
(b) rarely said anything
(c) rarely laughed
(d) rarely had a gossip
III)Wanda sat among rough and noisy boys
because:
1Mark
(a) her feet were awkward
(b) her feet were full of wet mud
(c) her feet were caked with the dry mud
(d) her feet had no socks
4)The word 'unusually' means: 1Mark
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(a) strangely
(b) clearly
(c) definitely
(d) sparsely
V)Wanda twisted her mouth sometimes into:-

1Mark
(a) a childish tone
(b) a crooked sort of impatience
(c) a crooked sort of anger
(d) a crooked sort of smile
8.But on Wednesday, Peggy and Maddie, who sat

down front with other children who got good
marks and who didn't track in a whole lot of mud,
did notice that Wanda wasn't there. Peggy was the
most popular girl in school. She was pretty, she
had many pretty clothes and her hair was curly.
Maddie was her closest friend. The reason Peggy
and Maddie noticed Wanda's absence was because
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Wanda had made them late to school. They had
waited and waited for Wanda, to have some fun
with her, and she just hadn't come. They often
waited for Wanda Petronski - to have fun with her
The Petronski - to have fun with her.
I)The names of Wanda's classmates are-1Mark
(a) Peggy and Klerk
(b) Maddie and John
(c) John and Kierk
(d) Peggy and Maddie
II)Peggy and Maddie sat in front seats with -
children who:
(a) got less marks
(b) got a few marks
(c) got good marks
(d) got negatives
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III)Maddie was her closest friend. 'Her' here -
refers to:
(a) Klerk
(b) Peggy
(c) C.N.
(d) Jacques
4)Peggy and Maddie got late to the school

because:1Mark
(a) they had been waiting for Wanda
(b) they had been loitering
(c) they had been talking on road
(d) they had been late
V)The antonym of 'pretty' is:-1Mark
(a) beautiful
(b) gentle
(c) smart
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(d) ugly
9)In the opinion of the judges, any one of the

drawings is worthy of winning the prize. I am very
happy to say that Wanda Petronski is the winner
of the girls' medal. Unfortunately,
Wanda has been absent from school for some days

and is not here to receive the applause that is due
to her. Let us hope she will be back tomorrow.
Now class, you may file around the room quietly
and look at her exquisite drawings."
I) Pick the statement that is TRUE, according to

the information given in the extract.- 1Mark
a) Wanda won the prize because she had

submitted a variety of entries.
b) Wanda would have still won the prize even
if she had submitted just one entry.
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c) Wanda won the prize because the majority
of judges were women.
d) Wanda would have still won the prize if she

had drawn something else.
II). Miss Mason says, "I am very happy to ...".

Which phrase DOES NOT replace the
underlined phrase correctly from those given
below? -1Mark
a) It gives me great pleasure to...
b) I am sure you'll be surprised to...
c) I am delighted to...
d) It fills me with joy to…..
III) When the teacher wants them to 'file

around', she wants the students to -1Mark
a) put the files in their proper places.
b) gather around her table to discuss the

designs.
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c) file the designs properly in their folders.
d) walk in a line to admire the designs.
IV)Pick the sentence that DOES NOT use 'due

to' in the same sense as in the given extract.-
1Mark
a) She was disappointed due to their rude

behaviour.
b) We must give our colleagues the vacation
due to them.
c) I have some extra money due to me this

month from my friend.
d) You have an apology due to your parents.
V)The teacher refers to Wanda's designs as

'exquisite' because -1Mark
a) each one of the hundred designs was

different.
b) each one of them was very beautiful.
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c) each of them was a copy of the latest fashion
trend.
d) each one had the same colour theme as the

other.
GENERAL MCQs
Q1- Who is the author of "The Hundred

Dresses"? 1Mark
A) Liam O' Flaherty
B) Frederick Forsyth
C) Roal Dahl
D) El Bsor Ester
Q2- Who were the two best friends? -1 Mark
A) Peggy, Maddie
B) Wanda, Peggy
C) Maddie, Wanda
D) Willie, Wanda
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Q3- Where in the classroom does Wanda sit?
1Mark
A) end corner
B) middle
C) front
D) rotational
Q4- Why did Wanda used to sit there? -1Mark
A) she didn't score very good marks
B) her feet were filled with dirt and mud
C) her friends sat there
D) no one really knows
Q5-What tells you that Peggy wasn't cruel?-

1Mark
A) protected small children from bullies
B) couldn't stand animals getting mistreated
C) did not make Wanda cry
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D) all of the above
Q6-Why was Peggy's game bothering Maddie?

-1Mark
A) she cared about Wanda
B) Peggy was harsh on Wanda
C) she feared she'd be next to get teased
D) all of the above-mentioned
Q7- How many shoes did Wanda say she had?

1Mark
A) 50
B) 100
C) 10
D) 60
Q8- Why did Maddie not write to Peggy in the

first place? 1Mark
A) She was afraid she'd be next to get teased
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B) She thought Peggy was right in teasing
Wanda
C) She did not really care
D) She realised Wanda deserved it
Q9-What did the drawing and colouring

contest mean for the girls and boys?- 1Mark
A) designing dresses and motorboats
B) designing interiors and bikes
C) designing dresses and bikes
D) designing interiors and motorboats
Q10- Where did they used to wait for Wanda?

1Mark
A) Bakers street
B) Boggins Heights
C) Boggins street
D) Oliver street
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Answer key
PASSAGE 1
I)b
Il) c
III) d
IV)c
V)c
PASSAGE 2
I)d
Il)c
III)c
IV)d
V)d
PASSAGE 3
i) d
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Il)c
III)c
IV)c
V)c
PASSAGE 4
i)b
Il)b
III)d
IV)c
V) d
PASSAGE 5
i)b
Il)d
III)c
IV)b
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V)b
PASSAGE 6
i) a
Il)b
III)c
IV)d
V)c
PASSAGE 7
i) d
ii) b
iii) c
iv) a
v) d
PASSAGE 8
i) d
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ii) c
iii) b
iv) a
v) d
PASSAGE 9
i) b
ii) a
iii) d
iv) a
v) b
General MCQS
1)d
2) a
3) a
4) b
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5) b
6) c
7) d
8) b
9) a
10) d
THE HUNDRED DRESSES – II

1. My Wanda will not come to your school anymore. (1)
Jake also. Now we move away to big city. No
more holler ‘Pollack’. No more ask why funny
name. Plenty of funny names in the city.
Yours truly
Jan Petronski
Jan’s tone in the writing of the letter is NOT

a) distressing.
b) spiteful.
c) hurt.
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d) painful.
2. What, according to the letter, was the primary (1)

reason that prompted Mr Petronski to take the
decision to move to a big city?
a) His wish to achieve success in the big city.
b) His urge to join his relatives who mostly lived

in the big city.
c) His anxiety over their poverty in the small city.
d) His agony about his children being viewed as

‘outsiders’ by their schoolmates.
3. The dictionary says the following about migration. (1)
Migration involves the movement of people

(birds, fish etc.) from one place to another with
intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily,
at a new location (geographic region).
Which of the following options INCORRECTLY

uses ‘migration’?
a) After gold was found in the uninhabited region,

there was a migration to that area.
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b) Bears sleep through winters. This migration
helps bears to use their stored energy much more
slowly.
c) There was a mass migration of youngsters to

the tagged locale, to assist the cause for charity.
d) Scientists have studied the migration of fish

over long distances in the river
4. The phrase ‘Pollack’ reveals a discrimination on (1)

the basis of
a) race.
b) gender.
c) religion.
d) wealth.
5. The line-- Plenty of funny names in the city— (1)

suggests that the city
a) is a melting pot of people from different parts

of the world.
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b) has foreign people willing to give opportunities
to the poor.
c) is a safe haven for immigrants if they have

funny names.
d) has a special status for all who are willing to be

funny.
6. Which of the following is most likely to be a part (1)

of Maddie’s speech?
a) Stop! I think it’s about time we asked her a new

question. This is not fun anymore. How about her
faded dress?
b) Stop! Don’t you know that I’m the one who had
to lead in Peggy’s absence? This is unacceptable.
c) Stop! How dare you all join in without Peggy’s

permission? Don’t you know she’d be angry?
d) Stop! Aren’t you all ashamed of yourself? Why

do you trouble her? She means no harm to anyone.
7. Pick the option with a cause-effect relation, with (1)

reference to the given extract.
a) Wanda’s absence— Peggy missing Wanda
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b) Maddie’s need to make amends – Confessing
publicly
c) Wanda’s absence – Maddie’s need to make

amends
d) Peggy teasing Wanda— Maddie’s stand against

it
8. Wanda didn’t reply to the letter for weeks. Pick (1)

the option that DOES NOT supply a possible
reason for this, from those given below.
a) The letter took more than a couple of weeks

reaching her as it didn’t have an address and
needed to be forwarded.
b) She needed time to forgive Maddie and Peggy

and think her reply through.
c) Peggy had second thoughts after mailing the

letter and reclaimed it from the post office, to mail
weeks later.
d) She was occupied with settling in at the new

school in the city.
9. How did the girls know that Wanda liked them (1)
even though they had teased her?
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(a) She offered them all the hundred dresses
(b) She offered them tea.
(c) She offered them a house
(d) None of the Above
10. What was Miss Mason reaction when she came (1)
to know that the class had been making fun of
Wanda?
(a) she started laughing

(b) she started crying
(c) she was unhappy and upset
11. The grass along the pathway to Wanda’s house (1)

looked like __
(a) puppies
(b) snakes
(c) kittens
(d) monkeys
12. What did Peggy infer from the drawing? (1)
(a) Wanda was a good artist

(b) Wanda liked them
(c) Wanda hated them
(d) All the above
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13. What do you mean by “picking on someone”? (1)
(a) Unfairly criticising them

(b) Taking something from them
(c) Taking them somewhere
14. What excuses does Peggy think of for her (1)

behaviour?
(a) Wanda didn’t know she was being made fun of

(b) she got the idea of hundred drawings only
when Peggy asked her
(c) None of the above
(d) Both of the above
15. “So Peggy had the same idea! Maddie glowed” (1)
What was the idea?
(a) To tease Wanda one more time

(b) To go and look for Wanda at Boggins Height
(c) To apologise to Wanda
(d) Both (a) and (b)
16. What was just as bad as what Peggy had done? (1)
(a) Maddie staying silent while Peggy teased

Wanda
(b) Maddie not stopping Peggy
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(c) Maddie teasing Wanda
17. How did the girls know that Wanda liked them (1)
even though they had teased her?
(a) She offered them all the hundred dresses
(b) She offered them tea.
(c) She offered them a house
18. What did the girls write to Wanda? (1)

(a) about her rude behaviour
(b) about the contest
(c) about a new dress
(d) about new teacher
19. What was Miss Mason reaction when she came (1)
to know that the class had been making fun of
Wanda?
(a) she started laughing

(b) she started crying
(c) she was unhappy and upset
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20. What could Maddie not do in the first period? (1)
(a) Failed to complete her homework.

(b) Failed to concentrate on studies.
(c) Failed to recover her textbook.
21. Which comments hurt the feelings of Wanda? (1)
(a) About her nature

(b) About her house
(c) About her dress
(d) About her Father
22. Maddie found that the face and head of the (1)
drawing:
(a) just looked like teacher

(b) just looked like her
(c) just looked like Peggy
(d) just looked like a statue
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23. _______ brought the note for Miss Mason from (1)
the Principal’s office.
(a) Peggy
(b) Maddie
(c) Clerk
(d) Class monitor
24. Why Wanda’s family had to leave the city? (1)
(a) because both the children were not

doing well in their studies
(b) because the father got transferred
(c) because the mother was not well
(d) because their names were being mocked

by others
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25. It was the month of ________when the (1)
Petronski family decided to leave the city.
(a) November
(b) December
(c) January
(d) February
26. Who suggested to visit the house of Wanda? (1)
(a) Maddie
(b) Miss mason
(c) Peggy
(d) Smith
27. The colour of the house of wanda was…. (1)
(a) White
(b) Yellow
(c) Blue
(d) Green
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28. On _______ Maddie and Peggy decided to (1)
write a letter to Wanda Petronski.
(a) Saturday
(b) Sunday
(c) Monday
(d) Tuesday
29. The class teacher got the letter before ________ (1)
holidays.
(a) Durga Puja
(b) Christmas
(c) Summer
(d) Winter
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30. Wanda wanted to give _____ colour dress to (1)
Peggy.
(a) Blue
(b) Red
(c) Green
(d) White
31. Wanda requested Maddie to take the (1)

________colour dress for Christmas.
(a) Blue
(b) Green
(c) Red
(d) White
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32. Maddie pinned her drawing over a torn place (1)
in the ________flowered wallpaper in the
bedroom.
(a) White
(b) Yellow
(c) Pink
(d) Red
33. Who was ‘Jake’ in the story The Hundred (1)

Dresses.
(a) Jake was Wanda’s father
(b) Jake was Wanda’s friend
(c) Jake was Wanda’s sibling
(d) Jake was Wanda’s neighbor
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34. Extract based question: (1)
The two girls hurried out of the building, up

the street towards Boggins Heights, the part of
town that wore such a forbidding air on this
kind of a November afternoon, drizzly, damp
and dismal.
Here, damp & dismal means:
(a) Low & throaty
(b) Wet & sad
(c) Feeling sorry
(d) Scattered
35. Below are given adjectives describing human (1)

qualities. Find out the adjective indicating a
negative quality.
(a) courteous
(b) compassionate
(c) sensitive
(d) insipid
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36. Colours are used to describe feelings, moods, (1)
and emotions.
Match the colour expression ‘the Monday

morning blues’ with the phrases given below:
(a) feel embarrassed/angry/ashamed
(b) feel ver sick, as if about to vomit
(c) sadness or depression after a weekend of

fun
(d) a noble birth in a royal family
37. Match the phrase ‘a subject or a situation (1)

where matters are not very clear, with the
following colour expressions:
(a) a grey area
(b) a blackguard
(c) a white flag
(d) a blueprint
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38. Who wrote the first & second latter to the (1)
teacher?
(a) Peggy & Maddie
(b) Jan & Jake
(c) Jan & Wanda
(d) Wanda & Jan
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Miss Mason stood there a moment and the

silence in the room grew tense and expectant.
The teacher adjusted her glasses slowly and
deliberately. Her manner indicated that what
was coming – this letter from Wanda’s father –
39A
was a matter of great importance. Everybody
listened closely as Miss Mason read the brief
note.
What did Miss Mason’s manners indicate?
(a) The letter was of great importance.
(b) The letter was from Wanda’s father.

39B
(c) There was an important message in the
letter.
(d) There was something unpleasant in the

letter.
How did the students behave in the class when

the letter was read to them by Miss Mason?
(a) The students did not pay any heed to the

letter
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(b) The students listened closely and
attentively to the letter
(c) The students felt very sad and gloomy
(d) The students were excited to listen to

what was written in the letter
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“Well, anyway,” said Peggy, “she’s gone now,

so what can we do? Besides, when I was asking
her about all her dresses, she probably was
getting good ideas for her drawings. She might
not even have won the contest, otherwise.”
How was Peggy different from Maddie?
(a) Peggy was not much agitated as

Maddie was, at Wanda’s going
away to a new town.
(b) Peggy was more agitated than

Maddie, at Wanda’s going away to
a new town.
(c) Peggy and Maddie were equally

agitated, at Wanda’s going away to
a new town.
(d) Peggy and Maddie hardly bothered,

at Wanda’s going away to a new
town.
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41. Extract Based question: (1)
She was never going to stand by and say

nothing again. If she ever heard anybody
picking on someone because they were funny
looking or because they had strange names,
she’d speak up.
After Wanda left the school, Maddie reached

an important conclusion, what was that?
(a) She would never think about

Wanda anymore
(b) She would never speak up against

injustice.
(c) She would never mind if she ever

heard anybody picking on someone.
(d) She would not standby and speak

up against injustice.
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42. What was Miss Mason’s opinion of the boys & (1)
girls of Room Thirteen?
(a) None of the boys & girls in Room

Thirteen would purposely &
deliberately hurt anyone’s feelings.
(b) The boys & girls in Room Thirteen

would purposely & deliberately hurt
anyone’s feelings.
(c) The boys in Room Thirteen would

purposely & deliberately hurt anyone’s
feelings but not the girls.
(d) The girls in Room Thirteen would

purposely & deliberately hurt anyone’s
feelings but not the boys
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43. Wanda’s feelings were hurt because of the (1)
following reasons?
(a) She had to sit at the back because she

used to come from Boggins Heights.
(b) She had the same faded blue dress.
(c) She was an immigrant and she looked

differently
(d) She was embarrassed by uncomfortable

questions about her dresses being asked
by her classmates
44. What made Maddie visit Boggins heights? (1)
(a) She wanted to apologize Wanda
(b) She wanted to tell Wanda that she

hadn’t mean to hurt Wanda
(c) She wanted to tell Wanda that she had

won the contest
(d) Both (b) and (c) above
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45. What did Peggy think about Wanda Petronski? (1)
(a) Peggy thought that she had never made

fun of Wanda
(b) Peggy thought that Wanda herself was

responsible for her making of fun
(c) Peggy thought that Wanda had no sense

of knowing that they were making fun
of her
(d) Peggy thought that Wanda was well

aware that they were making fun of her
46. Why was Maddie sad in the end? (1)
(a) She thought of the time when she along

with Peggy used to make fun of Wanda
(b) She could not make the hundred dresses

as beautiful as made by Wanda
(c) She thought she would never see the

little Polish girl again
(d) Options (a) & (b)
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47. At the end, who remembered Wanda as a little (1)
tight-lipped Polish girl.
(a) Maddie
(b) Peggy
(c) Miss mason
(d) Jan
48. Wanda didn’t reply to the letter for weeks. (1)
Pick the option that DOES NOT supply a

possible reason for this, from those given
below.
a) The letter took more than a couple of weeks

reaching her as it didn’t have an address and
needed to be forwarded.
b) She needed time to forgive Maddie and
Peggy and think her reply through.
c) Peggy had second thoughts after mailing the

letter and reclaimed it from the post office, to
mail weeks later.
d) She was occupied with settling in at the new

school in the city.
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49. Peggy’s cowardly act was to: (1)
(a) read by silently
(b) pay attention to
(c) stand by silently
50. Eleanor Estes was: (1)
(a) an American children’s author
(b) a British children’s author
(c) a Scottish children’s author
(d) a Polish children’s author
Answer key:
1. (b) – spiteful
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2. (d) His agony about his children being
viewed as ‘outsiders’ by their schoolmates.
3. (b) Bears sleep through winters. This
migration helps bears to use their stored
energy much more slowly.
4. (a) race.
5. (a) is a melting pot of people from different
parts of the world.
6. (a) Stop! I think it’s about time we asked her
a new question. This is not fun anymore.
How about her faded dress?
7. (c) Wanda’s absence – Maddie’s need to
make amends
8. (c) Peggy had second thoughts after mailing
the letter and reclaimed it from the post
office, to mail weeks later.
9. (a) She offered them all the hundred dresses
10. (c) she was unhappy and upset
11. (c) kittens
12. (b) Wanda liked them

13. (a) Unfairly criticising them
14. (d) Both of the above
15. (d) Both (a) and (b)
16. (a) Maddie staying silent while Peggy teased
Wanda
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17. (a) She offered them all the hundred dresses
18. (b) about the contest

19. (c) she was unhappy and upset
20. (b) Failed to concentrate on studies.
21. (c) About her dress
22. (b) just looked like her
23. (d) Class monitor
24. (d) because their names were being mocked
by others
25. (a) November
26. (c) Peggy
27. (a) white
28. (a) Saturday
29. (b) Christmas
30. (c) Green
31. (a) blue
32. (c) pink
33. (c) Jake was Wanda’s sibling
34. (b) wet & sad
35. (d) insipid
36. (c) sadness and depression after a weekend
of fun
37. (a) a grey area
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38. (c) Jan & Wanda
39. A. (d) There was something unpleasant in
the letter.
39.B. (b) The students listened closely and

attentively to the letter
40. (a) Peggy was not much agitated as Maddie

was, at Wanda’s going away to a new town.
41. (d) She would not standby and speak up

against injustice.
42. (a) None of the boys & girls in Room
Thirteen would purposely & deliberately
hurt anyone’s feelings.
43. (d) She was embarrassed by uncomfortable

questions about her dresses being asked by
her classmates
44. (d) Both (b) and (c) above
45. (c) Peggy thought that Wanda had no sense
of knowing that they were making fun of
her
46. (c) She thought she would never see the

little Polish girl again
47. (a) Maddie
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48. (c) Peggy had second thoughts after mailing
the letter and reclaimed it from the post
office, to mail weeks later.
49. (c) stand by silently
50. (a) an American children’s author

DUST OF SNOW
Q1- Who is the poet of the poem “Dust of Snow”?

a) Leslie Norris
b) Robert Frost
c) Carolyn Wells
d) Robin Klein
Q2- Why does the poet call it “Dust of Snow”?

a) Snow particles were too tiny
b) they came over him like dust
c) they felt like dust
d) they looked like dust
Q3- The poet says,” Of a day I had rued”. What is the

meaning of ‘rued’?
a) ruined
b) held in regret
c) ruled
d) conquered
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Q4- Name the poetic device used in the line ‘Has
given my heart’
a) alliteration
b) metaphor
c) oxymoron
d) simile
Q 5- Name the poetic device used in the line ‘and

saved some part’?
a) alliteration
b) metaphor
c) oxymoron
d) simile
Q 6-What does ‘Dust of Snow’represent?

a) healing power of nature
b) particles of snow
c) cool weather
d) none of the above
Q 7- What are the two negative creatures that Frost

used as carriers of positivity?
a) Snow,dust
b) Hemlock tree,snow
c) Snow,crow
d) Hemlock tree, crow
Q8-The crow and Hemlock tree symbolize?

a) Sorrow
b) Happiness
c) Celebration
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d) Death
Q9- Who shook down the Hemlock tree?

a) Crow
b) Cuckoo
c) Parrot
d) Mynah
Q10- What was the impact of the crow’s action on the

poet?
a) He had a change of mood
b) He became sad
c) He contracted a cold
d) He died
Q11- ‘The way a crow shook down on me’ In the

above line, ‘Me’ refers to the poet ……….
a) Robert Frost
b) Robert Snow
c) John Donne
d) John Keats
Q12-The ongoing season,mentioned in the poem is?

a) Summer
b) Extreme summer
c) Winter
d) Autumn
Q13-The similar word to ‘ ICE’ is?

a) Ice cream
b) Frozen pearls
c) Snow
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d) Frozen water
Q14- Which is a similar word to ‘regret’?

a) Lost
b) Rued
c) Cruel
d) Vengeance
Q15- Where do you think was the poet then?

a) Behind the hemlock tree
b) Under the hemlock tree
c) Under the oak tree
d) Behind the oak tree
Q16- What had the poet thought of that day?

a) The poet felt sad about the day
b) The poet felt happy about the day
c) The poet did not think of the day
d) The poet was confused about the day
Q17- How was some part of the day saved for the
poet?
a) He stopped ruing the day and his mood
changed
b) The crow shook its dust of snow
c) The poet decided to see a movie
d) Both a and b
Q18- Why do you think’ Dust of Snow’ is a highly

symbolic poem?
a) Option b and c
b) It highlights that crows are a symbol of ill omen
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c) It highlightsvery simple moments that turns
into significant ones
d) It compels you to think whether simple things
can turn into great deeds
Q19- What does ‘Dust of Snow’ represent’?

a) Healing power of nature
b) Cool weather
c) Particles of snow
d) None of the above
Q20- The poet describes the hemlock tree as a

………..
a) Long tree
b) Small tree
c) Fruitless tree
d) Poisonous tree
Q21- What was saved for the poet in the poem ‘Dust
of Snow’?
a) Crow
b) Tree
c) Some part of the day
d) Snow
Q22- What does the word ‘rued’ not mean?

a) Regret
b) Lament
c) Contentment
d) Repent
Q23- “Has given my heart
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A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued”
What is the rhyme scheme of the above stanza?

a) abba
b) abab
c) abcb
d) aabb
Q24- How has the poet observed nature in the poem

‘Dust of Snow’?
a) Pessimistic medium of change for him
b) Negative medium of change for him
c) Positive medium of change for him
d) Gloomy medium of change for him
Q25- The poet conveys through the poem ‘Dust of

Snow’ ……..
a) Smaller moments have no significance
b) Crow and hemlock tree are sign of negativity
c) Smaller moments have larger significance
d) It is good to repent sometime.
ANSWER KEY
1. b
2. a
3. b
4. a
5. a
6. a
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7. d
8. a
9. a
10. a
11. a
12. c
13. c
14. b
15. b
16. a
17. d
18. a
19. a
20. d
21. c
22. c
23. b
24. c
25. c
FIRE AND ICE

Questions with Multiple Choice Questions
Q 1. Who wrote the poem ‘Fire and Ice’?
a. John Keats
b. P B Shelly
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c. Robert Frost
d. W Wordsworth
Q 2. The world would end in how many ways according to
the poet?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Q 3. What is the rhyming scheme of the poem?
a. Abababaca
b. Abaabcbcb
c. Abcabcabc
d. acbabcacb
Q 4. What according to the poet will cause the end of the
world in the second stanza?
a. water
b. fire
c. ice
d. heat
Q 5. What according to the poet will cause the end of the
world in the first stanza?
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a. water
b. fire
c. ice
d. heat
Q 6. What can the second stanza be termed as?
a. Couplet
b. Quintain
c. Quatrain
d. Tarcet
Q 7. What can the first stanza be termed as?
a. Couplet
b. Quintain
c. Quatrain
d. Tarcet
Q 8. Which literary device has been used in ‘world will’
a. Assonance
b. Alliteration
c. Anaphora
d. imagery
Q 9. Which literary device has been used in ‘some say’
a. Assonance
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b. Alliteration
c. Anaphora
d. imagery
Q 10. The lines “From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire” - are an example
of:
a. consonance
b. enjambment
c. personification
d. alliteration
Q 11. The long sound of ‘o’ in “I hold with those who
favour fire” is an example of:
a. Assonance
b. Alliteration
c. consonance
d. imagery
Q 12. “‘Some’ say the world will end in fire”- What is
implicit in this line
a. fire
b. ice
c. poet
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d. people
Q 13. What is the meaning of ‘perish’ in the poem
a. enjoy
b. sad
c. live
d. die
Q 14. “From what I’ve tasted of desire”
Which form of verb taste has been used in the above
line?
a. Present
b. Past
c. Past Participle
d. Future
Q 15. “The world will end in fire”- is an example of:
a. Present Indefinite
b. Past Perfect
c. Future Continuous
d. Future Indefinite
Q 16. What does the ‘fire’ stand for?
a. Hate
b. Love
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c. Sacrifice
d. Desire
Q 18. What is word ‘suffice’ in the last line?
a. Noun
b. Adjective
c. Verb
d. Adverb
Q 19. What does the ‘ice’ stand for?
a. Hate
b. Love
c. Sacrifice
d. Desire
Q 20. What is ‘ion’ in the word ‘destruction’?
a. Suffix
b. In-fix
c. Prefix
d. None of the above
Q 21. ‘I’ve’ is an example of:
a. Abbreviation
b. Contraction
c. Subscription
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d. salutation
Q 22. ‘Favour’ and ‘Favor’ are two spelling variants of the
same word. They are:
a. American and British respectively
b. Only British
c. British and American respectively
d. Only American
Q 23. What is conditional word in the sentence- “But if I
had to cherish twice”
a. But
b. If
c. I
d. had
Q 24. Locate ‘adverb’ in the sentence – “if I had to cherish
twice”
a. had
b. to
c. cherish
d. twice
Q 25. What is ‘I’?
a. reflexive pronoun
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b. demonstrative pronoun
c. personal pronoun
d. relative pronoun
Q 1. c. Robert Frost
Q 2. b. 2
Q 3. b. abaabcbcb
Q 4. c. ice
Q 5. b. fire
Q 6. b. quintain
Q 7. c. quatrain
Q 8. b. alliteration
Q 9. c. anaphora
Q 10. b. enjambment
Q 11. a. Assonance
Q 12. d. people
Q 13. d.die
Q 14. c. Past Participle
Q 15. d. Future Indefinite
Q 16. d. Desire
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Q 17. c. Destruction
Q 18. c. Verb
Q 19. a. Hate
Q 20. a. Suffix
Q 21. b. contraction
Q 22. c. British and American respectively
Q 23. b. if
Q 24. d. Twice
Q 25. c. Personal pronoun
A TIGER IN THE ZOO
Q1- The poem draws a contrast between _____ and

_____ .
A) animals, human beings
B) tiger in a zoo, tiger in a forest
C) tiger in a zoo, humans
D) humans, tiger in forest
Q2- What has been personified in the poem?

A) tiger
B) forest
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C) zoo
D) all of the above
Q3- Name the poetic device used in the line "In his quiet
rage".
A) metaphor
B) assonance
C) Oxymoron
D) Consonance
Q4- Name the poetic device used in the line "He stalks in
his vivid stripes".
A) metaphor
B) assonance
C) Oxymoron
D) Consonance
Q5- Name the poetic device used in the line "On pads of
velvet quiet".
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A) metaphor
B) assonance
C) Oxymoron
D) Consonance
Q6- Name the poetic device used in the line "Baring his
white fangs,his claws".
A) metaphor
B) assonance
C) Oxymoron
D) Consonance
Q7- Why should he be lurking in shadow?

A) out of fear
B) out of anger
C) to catch the deer
D) both 1 and 2
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Q8- By "ignoring visitors", what is the poet trying to
say?
A) tiger knows his power is restricted
B) there is no use of showing rage
C) he is less terrorising because of the cage
D) all of the above
Q9- What describes "tiger in a cell"?

A) Locked in concrete cell
B) snarling around houses
C) shadow, long grass
D) baring his white fangs
Q10- What described "tiger in a jungle"?

A) Locked in concrete cell
B) his strength behind bars
C) ignoring visitors
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Q11.At what does the tiger look at night?
A) Patrolling cars
B) His house
C) Stars
D) All of the above
Q12.How do the eyes of the tiger look?

A) sad
B) brilliant
C) dark
D) light
Q13.How does the caged tiger react to the visitors?

A) he ignores them
B) with happy face
C) with the sad face
D) proudly
Q14.Who passes near the water hole?
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A) fat pig
B) fat buffalo
C) fat deer
D) all of the above
Q15- Where should the tiger hide himself?

A) behind the trees
B) in the shadow
C) in the house
D) in the jungle
Q16. What describes “tiger in the jungle”?

A) locked in concrete cell
B) his strength behind bars
C) ignoring visitors
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He should be lurking in shadow,
Sliding through long grass,
Near the water hole,
Where plump deer pass.
Q17-Where should he be sliding?
A) forest
B) bushes
C) cage
D) long grass
He hears the last voice at night,

The patrolling cars,
And stares With his brilliant eyes
At the brilliant stars.
Q18- What kind of voices does the tiger hear?
A) patrolling cars
B) buses
C) train
D) sound of dear
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Q19- The tiger should take few step as the cage is too-
A) big
B) small
C) moving
D) all of the above
Q20-The tiger has velvet like -

A) paws
B) nose
C) body
D) hair
Q21- The free tiger would hide its self behind the-
A) banyan tree
B) long grass
C) cage
D) big stone
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Q22-Which of the following places Royal Bengal Tiger
found?
A) Mahanadi delta
B) Kaveri delta
C) Godawari delta
D) Sunderban delta
Q23.In which of the following state is the simplipal bio -

reserve located?
A) Punjab
B) Delhi
C) Orissa
D) West -Bengal
Q24- Which of the following Bio-reserves of India is not

included in the world network bio- reserve?
A) Manas
B) Sunderbans
C) Gulf of Mannar
D) Nanda Devi
Q25-Which is the natural habitat of the Indian lion?

A) Sunderban delta in Bengal
B) Gir forest in Gujarat
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C) Thorn forest in Rajasthan
D) Deciduous forest in Madhya Pradesh
ANSWER KEY
1. B 12. B
23. C
2. A 13. A
24. A
3. C 14. C
25. B
4. D 15. B
5. A 16. D
6. D 17. D
7. C 18 . A
8. D 19. B
9. A 20. A
10. D 21. B
11. C 22. D
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THE BALL POEM
A. What is the boy now, who has lost his
ball,
What, what is he to do? I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street, and
then
Merrily over – there it is in the water!
No use to say ‘O there are other balls’:
Q1. Who is the poet according to the extract? 1M
a. an onlooker observing.
b. a parent recounting the incident.
c. the boy talking about himself.
d. imagining the incident.
Q2. The poet seems to have indicated the merry 1M
bouncing of the ball to-
a. create a sense of rhythm in these
lines.
b. support the happiness of the
experience of playing.
c. contrast with the dejected feeling of
the boy.
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d. indicate the cheerful mood of the
boy.
Q3. The poet has started the poem with a 1M

question because -
a. He wants the boy to answer the
question.
b. He wants people to answer him.
c. He is looking for an answer.
d. He is thinking to himself.
Q4. Why does the poet say, No use to say ‘O 1M
there are other balls’?
a. He would never be able to buy
another ball.
b. The memories associated with the
ball are lost forever.
c. He can never buy the same ball
again.
Q5. Which literary device has been used in 1M
‘Merrily bouncing’?
a. Oxymoron
b. Alliteration
c. Assonance
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d. Personification
B. An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went. I would not intrude on him;
Q1. The poet says, ‘An ultimate shaking grief 1M

fixes the boy’. Which poetic device has
been used here?
a. Personification
b. Oxymoron
c. Repetition
d. Transferred epithet
Q2. Why is the boy in grief? 1M
a. Because his ball is stolen.
b. Because he has misplaced his ball.
c. Because he has broken his favourite
toy.
d. Because his ball went into the
water.
Q3. Why does the speaker choose not to 1M
intrude?
This is so because the poet –
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a. knows that it would embarrass the
boy in his moment of grief.
b. feels that it’s important that the boy
learn an important life lesson,
undisturbed.
c. doesn’t have money to buy a new
ball for the boy.
a. experiences a sense of distress
himself, by looking at the boy’s
condition.
Q4. What does the ball represent in ‘The 1M
Ball Poem’?
a. Lost childhood
b. Lost possessions
c. Lost time
b. All of these
Q5. Which of the following is not the 1M
meaning of ‘intrude’?
a. To enter with permission.
b. To enter without permission
c. To encroach
d. To trespass
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C. A dime, another ball, is worthless. Now
He senses first responsibility
In a world of possessions. People will
take
Balls, balls will be lost always, little boy.
d. And no one buys a ball back.
Money is external.
Q1. The poet says that money is external 1M
because it cannot –
a. teach the boy any lesson.
b. buy back the lost ball.
c. buy a new ball.
make the boy responsible.
Q2. What according to the poet is the world 1M
made of?
a. Possessions
b. Happiness
c. Joys
d. Troubles
Q3. Name the literary device used in ‘And no 1M
one buys a ball back.’
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a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c. Alliteration
d. Anaphora
Q4. What does ‘in the world of possessions’ 1M
mean?
a. Love
b. Lust
c. Materialistic things
e. None of the above
Q5. What does a ball cost? 1M
a. 5 dimes
b. 10 dimes
c. 1 dime
d. 4 dimes
D. He is learning, well behind his desperate
eyes,
The epistemology of loss, how to stand
up
Knowing what every man must one day
know
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And most know many days, how
to stand up.
Q1. According to the poet, what is the child 1M
learning?
a. To bear loss
b. To take care of things
c. To be responsible
d. To be careful
Q2. The boy’s eyes are desperate. What does 1M
desperate mean?
a. Angry
b. Revengeful
c. Remorseful
e. hopeless
Q3. What message does the poet convey in 1M
this poem?
a. No use crying over loss.
b. Must learn to live with loss
c. Money can buy everything
d. Both (a) and (b)
Q4. What is epistemology? 1M
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a. The philosophical theory of
knowledge.
b. The philosophical theory of work.
c. The philosophical theory of
behaviours.
d. None of these
GENERAL MCQs
Q1. Who is the poet of the poem ‘The ball 1M
Poem’?
a. John Berryman
b. Robert Frost
c. Carolyn wells
Leslie Norris
Q2. Why are the boy’s eyes desperate? 1M
a. As he is elated to see the ball gone
forever.
b. As he is uninterested to see the ball
gone.
c. As he is happy to see the ball gone.
d. As he is sad to see the ball gone.
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Q3. What does every man need to know one 1M
day?
a. Losses will happen.
b. We have to cope up with the losses.
c. One day we will lose our closed
ones.
Q4. How does the boy feel when he loses the 1M
ball?
a. Confused
b. Shaken
c. Trembling
d. All of the above
Q5. When the boy grows up, what will he think 1M
of his reaction of ‘Ultimate shaking grief’
to be?
1.disproportionate to the loss.
2. pretension to procure a new toy.
3. according to his exposure and experience
then.
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4. a reaction to the failure of retrieving the
boy.
5. justified and similar to what it would be
currently.
a. 5&2
b. 1&3
c. 2&4
d. 3&5
Q6. Why does the poet decide not to condole
the boy?
a. He is busy
b. He is indifferent
c. It will be of no use
d. He is happy
ANSWER KEY
Question No. Answers Marks

A. 1.a) an onlooker observing. 1M
2.d) indicate the cheerful mood of 1M
the boy. 1M
3.c) He is looking for an answer. 1M
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4.c) He can never buy the same ball 1M
again.
5.d) Personification
B. 1.d) Transferred epithet 1M
2.d) Because his ball went into the 1M
water 1M
3.b) feels that it’s important that the 1M
boy learn an important life lesson, 1M
undisturbed. 1M
4.d) All of these 1M
5.a) to enter with permission
C. 1.b) buy back the lost ball. 1M
2.a) possessions 1M
3.c) alliteration 1M
4.c) materialistic things 1M
5.c) 1 dime 1M
D. 1.a) to bear loss 1M
2.d) hopeless 1M
3.d) Both (a) and (b) 1M
4.a) The philosophical theory of 1M
knowledge.
GENERAL MCQs
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Q1. a) John Berryman 1M
Q2. d) As he is sad to see the ball 1M
Q3. gone. 1M
Q4. d) All of the above. 1M
Q5. d) All of the above. 1M
Q6. d) 3&5 1M
c) It will be of no use
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SUPPLEMENTARY READER (FOOTPRINTS
WITHOUT FEET)
A TRIUMPH OF SURGERY
S.NO. QUESTIONS MARKS
Question 1
Observe the picture carefully and answer the questions

that follow:
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(i)Who was Tricki? 1
(a) A monkey
(b) A tortoise
(c) A dog
(d) A parrot
(ii) How was Tricki acting? 1
(a) refusing to eat his favourite food
(b) didn’t go for walks
(c) vomiting
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(iii) Who is the lady in the picture? 1
(a) Mrs. Mason
(b) Mrs. Maddison
(c) Mrs. Pumphery
(d) Mrs. Peggy
(iv) What was peculiar about Tricki’s appearance? 1
(a) He was dirty and muddy.

(b) Tricki had grown very fat.
(c) He got his hair coloured.
(d) Tricki had grown weak
(v) Why was it a matter of shock? 1
(a) Tricki’s condition was very bad.

(b) Tricki’s condition had worsen.
(c) Tricki’s condition was a matter of concern.
(d) All the above
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(vi) Who is the author of the story "A Triumph of 1
Surgery"?
(a) James Herriot
(b) Ruskin Bond
(c) Robert Arthur
(d) Victor Canning
(vii) What is the name of the veterinary surgeon? 1
(a) Tricki
(b) Mrs. Pumphrey
(c) Hodgkin
(d) Mr. Herriot
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Question 2
Read the following extract and answer the questions that

follow :
The entire staff was roused and maids rushed in and out
bringing his day bed, his night bed, favourite cushions,
toys and rubber rings, breakfast bowl, lunch bowl, supper
bowl. Realising that my car would never hold all the stuff,
I started to drive away. As I moved off, Mrs Pumphrey,
with a despairing cry, threw an armful of the little coats
through the window. I looked in the mirror before I turned
the corner of the drive; everybody was in tears. Out on the
road, I glanced down at the pathetic little animal gasping
on the seat by my side. I patted the head and Tricki made a
brave effort to wag his tail. “Poor old lad,” I said. “You
haven’t a kick in you but I think I know a cure for you.”At
the surgery, the household dogs surged round me. Tricki
looked down at the noisy pack with dull eyes and, when
put down, lay motionless on the carpet. The other dogs,
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after sniffing round him for a few seconds, decided he was
an uninteresting object and ignored him.
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(i) What might the atmosphere of the household in the 1
above extract signify?
(a) Mrs Pumphrey’s status in society reflected in Tricki’s

lifestyle.
(b) The staff’s love for Tricki, which matched that of Mrs.
Pumphrey
(c) The grand life of comforts and luxuries that Tricki

enjoyed.
(d) Mrs. Pumphrey’s indulgence and anxiety acted upon

by the staff.
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1
(ii) Given below are emotions reflecting various

expressions and reactions. Choose the option that correctly
describes the narrator’s mindset in the given extract.
(a) Options (i) and (iii)
(b) Options (ii) and (iv)
(c) Options (iii) and (v)
(d) Options (ii) and (v)
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1
(iii) Given below are some well-known quotes shared by

the staff to console Mrs. Pumphrey, after Tricki’s
departure.
Choose the option that correctly identifies the quote

that IS NOT appropriate to the consolation offered.
(a) Option (i)
(b) Option (ii)
(c) Option (iii)
(d) Option (iv)
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(iv) As the extract indicates, Mrs. Pumphrey indulged 1
Tricki and bought him many things.
Choose the option that best describes the kinds of

advertisement/s that seem likely to persuade Mrs.
Pumphrey to buy something for Tricki.
(i) Statistics Appeal – Such advertisements use facts and

data to convince consumers to buy products.
(ii) Scarcity Appeal – Such advertisements create a

feeling of exclusivity and are often used to convince
people to take advantage of a sale or limited period offer.
(iii) Personal Appeal – Such advertisements focus on

evoking emotions to convince consumers and often relate
to family or other inter-personal interactions.
(iv) Fear Appeal – Such advertisements focus on inspiring

some kind of fear to convince consumers to take action in
order to avoid certain negative or undesirable
consequences.
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Choose the correct option from the following:
(a) Options (i), (ii) and (iv)
(b) Options (iii) and (iv)
(c) Options (i), (iii) and (iv)
(d) Option (ii) only
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(v) The narrator describes Tricki as a “pathetic little 1
animal”. The use of the word ‘pathetic’ indicates that the
narrator
(a) was very fond of Tricki.
(b) thought Tricki was contemptible.
(c) pitied Tricki’s condition.
(d) believed Tricki’s health was deteriorating
(vi) Who is ‘I’ in the above sentences? 1
(a) Tricki.
(b) Tricki’s master.
(c) The vetenary surgeon.
(d) The cab driver
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(vii) Was the narrator waiting for a call from Mrs 1
Pumphrey?
(a) no
(b) yes
(c) maybe
(d) maybe not
(viii) What was best according to the vet? 1
(a) to take him to the hospital
(b) to take him for a walk
(c) to let him have sugar
(d) both b and c
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(ix) Who do you blame for Tricki’s illness? 1
(a) Mrs. Pumphrey
(b) Tricki
(c) Herriot
(d) Vet
(x) ‘Glanced’ in the above sentences means 1
(a) To look.
(b) To stare.
(c) To share.
(d) To halt
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(xi) Who is/are referred to as the ‘noisy pack” in the above 1
passage?
(a) a pack of dogs at the centenary surgeon’s place
(b) a musical set up
(c) a pack of wolves
(d) a pack of cards
(xii) What did the ‘noisy pack’ consider Tricki? 1
(a) a soft toy
(b) something edible
(c) an opponent
(d) an uninteresting object
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Question 3

follow :
Mrs. Pumphrey was distraught. Tricki would eat nothing.

Refused even his favourite dishes; and besides, he had
bouts of vomiting. He spent all his time lying on a rug,
panting. Didn’t want to go for walks, didn’t want to do
anything.
(i) What problem does Mrs Pumphrey think Tricki has? 1
(a) diarrhoea
(b) malnutrition
(c) allergies
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(ii) Did Mrs Pumphrey cut down on sweets as was 1
advised?
(a) yes
(b) no
(c) only for a while
(d) she was not advised anything like that
(iii) According to the exact, how was Tricki behaving? 1
(a) He was relishing his favourite dishes only
(b) He was refusing to eat anything
(c) He only wanted meat
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(iv) How did Tricki spend his day? 1
(a) feeding himself
(b) lying on the rug
(c) panting
(d) both b and c
(v) What is the meaning of ‘distraught’? 1
(a) bend
(b) worried
(c) upset
(d) both b and c
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(vi) Select the option that means the same as ‘Refused’ 1
used in the above passage.
(a) denied
(b) reject
(c) none
(d) both a and b
Question 4

follow :
Later that day, I was present at feeding time. I watched

while Tristan slopped the food into the bowls. There was
the usual headlong rush followed by the sounds of high-
speed eating ; every dog knew that if he fell behind the
others he was liable to have some competition for the last
part of his meal.
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(i) Why did the other dogs ignore Tricki? 1
(a) he was an uninteresting object
(b) he was ill
(c) he was furious
(ii) What do you understand by the word ‘Liable’ used in 1

the extract ?
(a) digestible
(b) responsible
(c) both a and b
(d) none
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(iii) Who was Tristan? 1
(a) nurse
(b) gardener
(c) servant
(d) cat
(iv) What did the dogs know about food? 1
(a) last ones will be liable to have competition for the

leftover food
(b) there was no competition
(c) it wasn’t good
(d) it was the best part of the day
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(v) How would you describe the vet? 1
(a) tactful
(b) over-doing
(c) careless
(d) irrational
Question 5

follow :
He discovered the joys of being bowled over, tramped on

and squashed every few minutes. He became an accepted
member of the gang, an unlikely, silky little object among
the shaggy crew, fighting like a tiger for his share at
mealtimes and hunting rats in the old henhouse at night.
He had never had such a time in his life. All the while,
Mrs Pumphrey hovered anxiously in the background,
ringing a dozen times a day for the latest bulletins.
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(i) What does the narrator refer to Tricki as, in the group
of other dogs?
(a) silky little object
(b) shaggy little object
(c) he didn’t say anything
(ii) What does the reference to Tricki as a “silky little

object” signify?
(a) Tricki was a very small and rather pampered dog.
(b) Tricki was comfortably attired in fine silks and warm

coats.
(c) Unlike the other dogs, Tricki had lived in the lap of
luxury with care and grooming.
(d) The narrator’s mockery of Tricki’s life and treatment

with Mrs. Pumphrey.
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(iii)Read the following statements, each of which
describes the gist of the given extract. Select the option
that captures the essence of the extract correctly.
Statement I – It highlights the kind of comforts and

luxuries that Tricki was used to at home.
Statement II – It brings out a contrast between Tricki and

Mrs. Pumphrey’s state of being.
Statement III – It reflects that Tricki was happier at the

surgery, and loved being with other dogs.
Statement IV – It shows Tricki’s journey with his peers at

the surgery and documents his recovery.
(a) Statements I and II

(b) Statements III and IV
(c) Statements I and III
(d) Statements II and IV
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(iv) “All the while, Mrs Pumphrey hovered anxiously in 1
the background”. Given below are different types of pet
parenting styles described in Country Living, an e-
magazine. Choose the option that best reflects the kind of
pet owner Mrs. Pumphrey was.
(i)Traffic Light pet owners have a healthy balance of rules

and freedom and give clear and consistent signals for ‘yes’
and ‘no’.
(ii) Entranced pet owners have the best intentions, but as

soon as their pet locks eyes with them and gives their
command, they are at their pet's beck and call.
(iii) The Goose pet owners go all-out in protecting their

pet. They often limit their time away from their pet,
especially puppies.
(iv) The Baggage Handler pet owners love being close to

their pets and going on adventures together. They are
always mindful of the pet's comfort and security.
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Choose the correct option among the following:
(a) Option (i)
(b) Option (ii)
(c) Option (iii)
(d) Option (iv)
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(v) Why does the narrator describe being “tramped on and 1
squashed” as joys?
(a) To suggest the irony about the strange ways of dogs.
(b) To mention the simple pleasures of canine life.
(c) To compare it to Tricki’s earlier play-time at the house.
(d) To direct attention towards Tricki’s successful

recovery.
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(vi) Pick the option that reveals Tricki’s characteristics in 1
the context of ‘fighting like a tiger for his share at
mealtimes and hunting rats in the old henhouse at night.’
1) selfish
2) happy
3) greedy
4) confident
5) sturdy
6) cruel
Choose the correct option among the following:
(a) 2,4 and 5
(b) Only 2
(c) 1 and 5
(d) 3,4 and 6
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Question 6

follow :
They were days of deep content, starting well with the

extra egg in the morning, improved and sustained by the
midday wine and finishing luxuriously round the fire. It
was a temptation to keep Tricki on as a permanent guest,
but I knew Mrs Pumphrey was suffering and after a
fortnight, felt compelled to phone and tell her that the little
dog had recovered and was awaiting collection.
(i) Why is the narrator tempted to keep Tricki as a 1

permanent guest?
(a) because he loved Tricki
(b) he thought Mrs. Pumphrey wouldn’t take good care of

Tricki
(c) they would lose all benefits like eggs, wine and brandy
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(ii) How would you decribe Mrs. Pumphrey? 1
(a) loving
(b) over-doing
(c) intelligent
(d) rational
(iii) What did Mrs Pumphrey bring first? 1
(a) Eggs
(b) Brandy
(c) Wine
(d) None of these
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(iv) Was Tricki happy to see Mrs. Pumphrey? 1
(a) yes
(b) no
(c) maybe
(d) she showed no emotions
(v) Which “days” is the narrator referring to in the above 1

passage?
(a) Summer days
(b) Days when he took care of Tricki
(c) Days when he was on vacation
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(vi) How did the staff benefit from Mrs Pumphrey’s 1
overdoing?
(a) breakfast with eggs
(b) lunch with wine
(c) dinner with brandy
(vii) What feeling /feelings does the narrator refer to in the 1

above lines?
(a) repentance
(b) grief
(c) both a and b
(d) happily satisfied
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(viii) What made the narrator call Mrs Pumphrey after a 1
fortnight?
(a) Tricki got recovered
(b) Tricki got unwell
(c) he knew she was suffering
(d) both a and c
Question 7

follow :
The poor lady almost swooned. She was sure he would

pine and die if he did not see her every day. But I took a
firm line. Tricki was very ill and this was the only way to
save him; in fact, I thought it best to take him without
delay and, followed by Mrs. Pumphrey’s wailings, I
marched out to the car carrying the little dog wrapped in a
blanket.
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(i) Who marched out to the car? 1
(a) Tricki
(b) Mrs. Pumphrey
(c) Hodgkin
(d) Mr. Herriot
(ii) What do you understand by the word ‘Pine’ in the 1

above sentences?
(a) Eat a lot
(b) Leave eating due to illness
(c) Feel sad on not seeing Mrs. Pumphery
(d) Feel over-excited
(iii) What was Mrs. Pumphery’s reaction when the veteran 1

surgeon took Tricki with him?
(a) She fainted

(b) She left with Tricki
(c) She started wailing
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(iv) What does “swooned” in the above sentences mean? 1
(a) Feverish
(b) Emotional
(c) Lethargic
(d) Excited
(v) What was Tricki wrapped in? 1

(a) In a quilt
(b) In a blanket
(c) In a towel
(vi) What is the antonym of ‘Firm’? 1

(a) Soft
(b) Yielding
(c) Both
(d) None
ANSWER KEY
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Q1 (i) C (iv) B (ii) C Q5 A (v) B
(i)
(ii) D (v) C (iii) B (ii) C (vi) D
(iii) C (vi) C (iv) D (iii) D (vii) D
(iv) B (vii) B (v) D (iv) B (viii) D
(v) D (viii) A (vi) D (v) B Q7 (i) D
(vi) A (ix) A Q4(i) A (vi) A (ii) C
(vii) D (x) A (ii) B Q6 C (iii) C

(i)
Q2 (i) D (xi) A (iii) C (ii) B (iv) B
(ii) B (xii) D (iv) A (iii) A (v) B
(iii) D Q3 B (v) A (iv) A (vi) C

(i)
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THE THIEF’S STORY
1. What could be the reason for Hari Singh for 1MARK
not catching the Lucknow express?
a) He felt guilty and bad
b) he felt sad and was worried about how
Anil would feel.
c) He lost the chance to get away because
he was late
2. Why Hari does not have any friend? 1MARK
a) He believes that friends were more
trouble than help
b) He hesitates to make friends
c) He was a thief
3. How, according to Hari, would Anil feel 1MARK
upon finding out about the theft?
a) angry
b) acceptance
c) fear
d) sad
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5. "I knew that Anil's face, when he 1MARK
discovered the theft, would show only a
touch of sadness."
Why did Hari feel so?
a) because he robbed Anil and betrayed him
b) because he stole a rupee from the money
for buying the day's supplies.
c) because he changed his name frequently
d) because he told him lie
6. Why did Hari Singh never buy a ticket? 1MARK
a) He was illiterate
b) He did not have enough money
c) He was a young boy
7. What could bring Hari more money? 1MARK
a) Education
b) Robbery
c) cooking
d) all of the above
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8. " A clever and respected man, was 1MARK
something else. “Why did Hari say so?
a) There are more opportunities of work for
a clever and respected man
b) A clever and respected man has more
skills and knowledge about theft
c) A clever and respected man can cook
good food
9. Why did Anil not hand over the thief to the 1MARK
police?
a) He understood his mistake
b) He wanted to educate him for the better
c) He was happy to see a change in him
d) all of the above
10. Who was the only person Hari knew? 1MARK
a) Anil
b) his former employer
c) police officer
d) His friend
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11. Why was Hari feeling very nervous while 1MARK
going back to the room?
a) He was worried that Anil might have
discovered the theft
b) He was feeling bad for stealing the
money
c) He was reluctant to return the money
d) All of the above
12. Why did Hari return the money to him? 1MARK
a) he understood the importance of
Education
b) he wanted to serve Anil
c) All of the above
d)None of the above
13. Why did Hari not stay at the small hotels? 1MARK
a) he didn't want to make anyone curious
b) He didn't want the police to know about
his location
c) he was afraid that Anil could catch him
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there
14. How Hari Singh realised that Anil knew 1MARK

about his theft?
a) Anil had already made the tea
b) Anil gave him a fifty rupee note and it
was still wet
c) Anil told him that he would teach him to
write full sentences
15. "I smiled at Anil in my most appealing way. 1MARK
“What does appealing mean here? How
was Hari able to produce the smile?
a) interesting; by great effort
b) attractive; by itself and without any effort
c) pathetic; by itself
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16. What is the theme of the story? 1MARK
a) revenge and guilt
b) honesty and loyalty
c) trust and betrayal
d) friendship and connection
17. What message do we get from this story? 1MARK
a) true values and kindness win everyone's
heart, even a thief's heart
b) Once the trust of person is lost,
everything is lost
c) relationships are important in the life
d) All of the above
18. "Circumstances can make or mar a person" 1MARK
What could be the circumstances that turned
Hari Singh into a thief?
a) poverty
b) lack of formal education
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c) both a and b
d) he liked to rob people
19. Anil made money ‘by fits and starts’ mean 1MARK
that he
a) deemed it fit to start investing money
b) started earning money in the recent past
c) received money intermittently
d) put his money to use frequently
20. When does Anil lend money after borrowing 1MARK

it?
a) next week
b) that day
c) after a month
d) after two days
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23. ’One evening, Anil came home with small 1MARK
bundle of notes.’ How did he earn that
money?
a) by fits and starts
b) by selling his book
c) by selling his typewriter
24. ‘I saw him tuck the money under the 1MARK

mattress’, here ‘I’ refers to whom?
a) Anil
b) Hari Singh
c) Anil’s friend
d) Hari Singh’s friend
25. How much money did he steal? 1MARK

a)500
b) 600
c) 700
d) 800
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26. What had Anil given to Hari Singh? 1MARK
a) some money
b) a book
c) a key
d) all his money
27. Who was the most trusting person Hari 1MARK

Singh had ever met?
a) publisher
b) Anil
c) Inspector
d) train attendant
28. Why it is difficult to rob Anil? 1MARK
a) because he will call police if he get caught
b) he will kill him if he robbed him
c) because Anil is greedy
d) because Anil is careless man
29. Who is easier to rob? 1MARK

a)careless man
b) a greedy man
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c) a trusting man
d) Anil
30. Who stepped over the balcony and fell on 1MARK

bed?
a) Anil
b) a beam of sunlight
c) a beam of torchlight
d) a beam of moonlight
31. How did Hari Singh decide to run from 1MARK

there?
a) by express to Lucknow
b) by express to Delhi
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c) by express to Jharkhand
d) to hide in a safe place for some days
32. How was Anil sleeping? 1MARK

a) He was asleep
b) He was sleeping peacefully
c) His face was cleared and unlined
d) Anil sighed and turned towards Hari
Singh
33. Where did Hari Singh look for notes? 1MARK

a) above the mattress
b) under the mattress
c) above the cupboard
d) under the cupboard
34. How did Hari Singh drew out the money? 1MARK
a) with slid hand
b) without doing sound
c) with his foot
d) with his nails
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35. When did he begin to run? 1MARK
a) when he was on road
b) when he saw Anil awakening
c) when he saw police
d) when he saw dog
36. Where did Hari Singh keep the 1MARK

money?
a) at the string of the pyjamas
b) at his waist
c) in his pocket
d) in his wallet
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37. How much money did he have? 1MARK
a) ₹1030
b) ₹650
c) ₹601
d) ₹600
38. Mention the denomination of the 1MARK

stolen money.1MARK
a) in 100
b) in 50
c) in 500
d) in 10
39. How did he imagine to live l with 1MARK

the money he had stolen?
a) like Anil
b) like oil rich Arab
c) like prime minister
d) like a billionaire
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Reference to the context questions
40. “You look a bit of a wrestler 1MARK

yourself”, I said a little flattery
helps in making friends.”
40.A.
Who is the speaker trying to
flatter?
a) Hari Singh
b) Anil
c) The author
d)The Wrestler
40.B. What is the age of the Speaker? 1MARK

a) 27 years
b) 25 years
c)14 years
d) 15 years
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40.C. Which quality does not describe 1MARK
the person being flattered here?
a) Relaxed
b) Easy Going
c) Lean
d) Insensitive
40.D. Which is not a synonym of word 1MARK
flattery?
a) Praise
b) Admiration
c) Blandishment
d) criticism
41. “But the meal I cooked that 1MARK
night must have been terrible
because Anil gave it to a stray
dog and told me to be off. But I
just hung around, smiling in my
most appealing way, and
41.A he couldn’t help laughing.”
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Why did the speaker just hung
around?
a) He didn`t have much to say
b) Anil walked away
c) Both a and b
d) He cooked a terrible meal and
was asked to leave
41.B. Who smiled in the most 1MARK
appealing way?
a) Anil
b) Hari Singh
c) The cook
d) None of these
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41.C. What was the result of the 1MARK
narrator`s appealing smile?
a) Anil started laughing
b) Anil was convinced
c) Anil patted him
d) All of these
42. “I gave him my most appealing 1MARK
smile. “I want to work for you,” I
said. “But I can’t pay you.
I thought that over a minute.
42.A. Perhaps I had misjudged my
man.’’
Who was been misjudged here?

a) Anil
b) Hari Singh
c) The Wrestler
d) The Cook
42.B. Why does the author say so? 1MARK
a) The man didn`t know how to
cook
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b) Man was thin but was called a
wrestler
c) Man said he couldn`t pay him
d) Man used to steal money from
profit
42.C. Choose the close meaning of 1MARK
`thought that over`.
a) Started to imagine
b) Began to create a story
c) Became confused
d) Started thinking about lie
42.D. What did the author do to see if 1MARK
his doubt was right?
a) Asked if he really knew how
to cook
b) Asked if he was a wrestler
c) Asked if he could feed him
d) None of these
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43. "Money cannot make a man as 1MARK
much as education ". Which
reason support this statement?
a) He stole the “money from Anil's

mattress
b) He did not catch the Lucknow
express
c)’He returned the money to Anil
and went back to his room to be
educated
d) He stole a rupee from the money
for buying the day's supplie
44. " And that is why it was so 1MARK
difficult to rob him. It is difficult
to rob a careless ma’- sometimes
he doesn’t even notice he's been
robbed and that takes all the
‘pleasure out of ’he work."
How Anil was a careless man?
Choose the correct option with
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respect to this statement.
a) As soon as he received his
cheque, he would go out and
celebrate
b) Anil had given Hari a key to the
door
c) Anil did not notice the theft
d) Anil made money by fits and
starts
45. Anil looked easy-going, kind and 1MARK
simple to the narrator. Which of
the given character?
would not fit in with his
description?
a) compassionate
b) charming and confident
c) uncomplicated
d) carefree
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46. "Anil was sleeping peacefully, his 1MARK
face clear and unlined." What
does unlined mean here?
a) no sign of worry or anxiety
b) clear face with no scars or marks
c) Face with no expression
d) All of the above
1MARK
CRITICAL AND CREATIVE
THINKING
The Thief’s Story by Ruskin

Bond, "is based on the theme"
of friendship, betrayal,
aspirations, connection,
trust, guilt, change, kindness,
loyalty, revenge and honesty. The
story is based on the fact that how
love
47. and kindness can transform even
the most destructive minds of
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criminals and thief in this cruel
world.
What would you do in the

following situations?
If you were travelling by bus and
you saw someone pick another
passenger's pocket.
a) Alert the passenger and

everyone on the bus.
b) Ask the conductor to

stop the bus.
c) Ask the other

passengers to help you
nab the pickpocket.
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d) If you manage to nab
him, ask the driver to
divert the bus to the
nearest police station
and hand him over to
the police.
48. If you found a wallet on the 1MARK
road.
a) Pick it up and check if
there is any information
in it that could lead you
to the owner.
b) If there is an address
book or telephone book,
call the numbers and
inform someone that
you have found it.
c) If you manage to
contact the owner, ask
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him or her to meet you
in some place where
you can hand the wallet
over.
49. If you were in a shop and you 1MARK
saw a well-dressed lady
shoplifting.
a) Ascertain whether the
lady is actually stealing.
b) If she is, inform her that

it is not the right thing
to do.
c) If she ignores your

advice and is rude to
you, inform the owner
of the shop about what
you have seen.
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50. If your best friend is getting 1MARK
involved with an undesirable set
of friends.
a) You should call him/her
aside and advice
him/her about the
consequences and
disadvantages
of this type of
friendship.
b) If he/she does not listen,

you should ask a few of
his/her genuine friends
to talk to him/her out
of keeping such a
company.
c) You could speak to

his/her parents or
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caretakers and ask them
to advise him/her.
51. If you were in school and you 1MARK

saw one of your class-mates steal
another child's pen. 1MARK
a) Go up to the child
quietly and ask him/her
to return it.
b) Inform the child the

reason why he/she
should not steal; Tell
him/her how it could
lead to bigger crimes.
c) If the child refuses to

return the pen, inform
the teacher as someone
else in the class may be
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wrongly blamed for the
missing pen.
Norman McKinnell s The Bishop’s Candlesticks ’is

a very popular play based on a similar theme that
love and kindness can change a man rather than
violence. 10 MARKS
Complete the following paragraph about the theme

of the play :
The play deals with a 52) ………………… and 53)

… ……………………… Bishop who is
always ready to lend a 54)
……………………. hand to anyone in distress.
A 55) ………………… breaks into the Bishop’s
house and is 56) ……………… and warmed.
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The benevolence of the Bishop somewhat 57)
……………………… the convict, but, when he
sees the silver
candlesticks, he.58) …………………them, and
runs away.
However, he is 59) …………………………. and
brought back. He expects to go back to jail, but the
Bishop informs the police they are a…60)
……………………
The convict is 61) ……………... by this kindness
of the Bishop and before he leaves he seeks
the priest’s blessing.
Answers
1. a
2. a
3. d
4. a
5. a
6. b
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7. a
8. a
9. c
10. a
11. a
12. a
13. a
14. b
15. b
16. c
17. a
18. c
19. c
20. a
21. b
22. d
23. b
24. b
25. b
26. c
27. b
28. d
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29. b
30. d
31. a
32. b
33. b
34. b
35. a
36. a
37. a
38. b
39. b
40. A. b)
B. d)
C. d)
D. d)
41. A.d)
B. b)
C. d)
42. A. a)
B. c)
C. c)
D. c)
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43. c
44. b
45. b
46. a
47. d
48.c
49.c
50.c
51.b
52. convict
53. a
54. helping
55. convict/thief
56. given food
57. changes the heart of
58. steals
59. caught.
60. gift given to him
61. converted/impressed
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FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET
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Q.1 Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract.
They naturally gave chase. In the end he was 1x5=5

able to escape only by quickly taking off his marks
newly found clothes. So once more he found
himself invisible but naked in the chill January
air.
(i) Who are 'they' referred to in the above

extract?
(a) the two boys
(b) the shop assistants
(c) The clergyman and his wife
(d) The constable and Mrs Hall
(ii) Where did this incident happen?
(a) the inn
(b) the theatre shop
(c) the clergyman's house
(d) a big London store
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(iii) What all things did he wear in the store?
(a) shoes
(b) overcoat
(c) warm clothes
(d) all the above
(iv) Find a word from the extract that means the

same as 'run away'.
(a) escape
(b) chase
(c) take off
(d) chill
(v) What is the opposite of 'invisible'?
(a) naked
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(b) visible
(c) naturally
(d) quickly
ANSWER KEY
i. Option b
ii. Option d
iii. Option d
iv. Option a
v. Option b
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Q.2
Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract.
As she and her husband turned away in terror,

the extraordinary chair pushed them both out
of the room and then appeared to slam and lock
1x5=5
the door after them. Mrs Hall almost fell down
marks
the stairs in hysterics. She was convinced that
the room was haunted by spirits, and that the
stranger had somehow caused these to enter
into her furniture.
“My poor mother used to sit in that chair,” she
moaned! To think it should rise up against me
now!
The feeling among the neighbours was that the
trouble was caused by witchcraft.”
i. Mrs Hall felt that the room was haunted by

spirits because
a) she could see evil spirits.
b) she heard strange noise.
c) uncanny things happened there.
d) the door slammed shut.
ii. Pick out the option that best describes how

Mrs Hall must be feeling at the moment
described in the extract.
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a) stunned and furious
b) shocked and outraged
c) outraged and nervous
d) stunned and agitated
iii. Pick out the sentence that brings out the

meaning of ‘hysterics’ as used in the extract.
a) My friend and I were in splits when we saw the

clown’s antics.
b) I don’t know why I suddenly felt worried about
flying home.
c) The sight of blood put the old man in a frenzy.
d) The people who had witnessed the accident
were spellbound.
iv. Pick out the option that displays a cause ->

effect relationship.
Pick the correct option among the following:
a) pushed and locked out -> hysterical
b) rising of the chair -> slammed
c) troubled neighbours -> witchcraft
d) stranger -> haunted spirits
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v. The neighbours thought it was ‘witchcraft’.
This tells us that neighbours were
a) suspicious.
b) superstitious.
c) nervous wrecks.
d) gossip-mongers.
vi. Look at the different meanings of ‘haunt’.
Pick the option that DOES NOT correspond to its

meaning
a) to be conscious of a strange phenomenon.

b) be persistently and disturbingly present in (the
mind).
c) (of something unpleasant) continue to affect or
cause problems for
d) a place frequented by a specified person.
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ANSWER KEY
1. c) uncanny things happened there.
2. d) stunned and agitated
3. c) The sight of blood put the old man in a

frenzy.
4. a) pushed and locked out -> hysterical
5. b) superstitious
6. a) to be conscious of a strange phenomenon.
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As they gazed, a remarkable sight met their eyes. A

fresh footmark appeared from nowhere! Further
footprints followed, one after another, descending 1x5=5
the steps and progressing down the street. marks
(i) Who are ‘they’ in the above extract?
(a) Boys of the lping village

(b) two boys on a street in London
(c) people of village
(d) landlords
(ii) Who is making these footprints?
(a) Griffen’s landlord

(b) The scientist Griffin
(c) Clergyman
(d) Mr.Hall
(iii) "THE two boys started in surprise at the fresh

muddy imprints of a pair of _____"
(a) bare feet

(b) shoes
(c) Tyres
(iv) Who is the author of the story "Footprints

without feet"?
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(a) HG Wells
(b) James Herriot
(c) John Keats
(d) WB Butler
(v) What is the opposite of ‘remarkable’?
(a) Useful
(b) Ordinary
(c) Special#
(d) funny
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Answer:
i option (b) ‘They’ in the above extract are two

boys on a street in London.
ii option (b) The scientist Griffin, who has become

invisible, is making these footprints.
iii option (a)bare feet
iv option (a) HG Wells
v option (b) Its opposite is ‘ordinary’.
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The air was bitterly cold and he could not do 1x5=5

without clothes. Instead of walking about the marks
streets he decided to slip into a big London store
for warmth.
i. Who is ‘he’ in the above extract?
(a) The invisible scientist
(b) The boy
(c) The constable
(d) The storekeeper
(ii) Why was the air bitterly cold?
(a) Because he did not wear any cloth
(b) Because he was not inside the house
(c) Because of mid-winter
(d) Because he was old
(iii) He decided to enter into------------------------
(a) An Inn
(b) A house
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(c) A big London store
(d) Cottage
(iv) Find a word from the extract that means the

same as ‘quietly enter’
(a) Slip
(b) Bitterly
(c) Inside
(d) none
(v) What is the opposite of ‘warmth’?
(a) Comfort
(b) Chill
(c) Hot
(d) Warm
ANSWER KEY
i option (a) He’ in the above extract is Griffin, the

invisible scientist.
ii option (c) The air was bitterly cold because the
season was mid-winter.
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iii option (c) Big London store
iv option (a) The word is ‘slip’.
v option (b) Its opposite is ‘chill’.
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1x5=5
Suspicion grew even stronger when he suddenly marks
produced some ready cash, though he had admitted
not long before that he had no money.
(i) Where did he steal cash from?
(a) He stole money from his landlord’s house
(b) He stole money from a clergyman’s desk.
(c) He stole money from London store
(d) none of above
(ii) What was ‘he’ suspected for?
(a) A role in the burglary at Mrs Hall’s

home.
(b) A role in the burglary at the

clergyman’s home.
(c) A role in the burglary at London big

store.
(d) All the above
(iii) Find a word / phrase from the extract that

means the same as ‘money’.
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(a) Ready cash
(b) Burglary
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) None
(iv) Give a synonym of ‘suddenly’
(a) Quickly
(b) Immediately
(c) Swiftly
(d) None
ANSWER KEY
(i) Option (b) He stole money from a

clergyman’s desk.
(ii) Option (b)A role in the burglary at the

clergyman’s home.
(iii)Option (a) The phrase is ‘ready cash’.
(iv) Option (b) Its synonym is ‘immediately’.
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1x20=20
Multiple Choice Questions based on Text marks
Q.1 Why was it a bad time to wander in London?

a) it was mid-winter
b) he was without clothes
c) both 1 and 2
Q.2 Where did he find comfort in London?

a) at the inn
b) a big store
c) theatre store
Q.3 Where did he go next?

a)at the inn
b) a big store
c) theatre store
Q.4 What did he take from there?

a) food
b) wine
c) bandages
d) all of the above
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Q.5
How did Griffin finally escape?
a) by hitting them
b) by taking off all his clothes
c) by running away as fast as he could
d) by hiding
Q.6
Where did he go next?
a) Piping
b) Iping
c) Snowland
Q.7
What was an unusual event?
a) a guest at the inn during winters

b) a guest at the inn during summers
c) a guest at the inn during spring
d) nothing was unusual there
Q.8 How did he justify his disinterest in having a

conversation with Mrs Hall?
a) desired solitude
b) didn’t want to be disturbed during work
c) both 1 and 2
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Q.9
What do you mean by the word "eccentric"?
a) uncommon
b) extra
c) catchy
Why does Mrs Hall find the scientist eccentric?

Q.10
a) he visited during off season
b) his intention was only to work
c) he looked weird
d) all of the above
Q.11 Why was Mrs Hall prepared and ready to

tolerate strange habits and irritable temper?
a) he had paid in advance
b) he was a scientist
c) both 1 and 2
Q.12 What does the first encounter tell us about Mrs

Hall?
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a) She is not friendly
b) She is money-minded
c) she is disinterested in her guests
d) all of the above
Q.13
What is being referred to as the "strange
incident" that happened in the study?
a) Griffin stealing money while being invisible

b) Griffin arriving at the inn during off season
c) Griffin pretending to be waiting for a cheque
Q.14 d) none of the above
Who called the incident "an extraordinary

affair"?
a) clergyman
Q.15 b) clergyman’s wife
c) Mrs Hall
d) all of the above
What did she think had happened to her

furniture?
Q.16
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a) nothing
b) the scientist had put spirits in them
c) the scientist was playing with them
d) the furniture had gone mad
Q.17
What do you mean by the word "hysterics"?
a) an exaggerated reaction
b) a normal reaction
c) no reaction
Q.18
What caused the villagers to suspect the
scientist?
a) the robbery
b) the furniture incident
c) unexpected availability of cash on him
d) all of the above
"The scientist was always _____; now he

became furious."
a) patient
b) quick-tempered
c) calm
Q.19 d) none of the above
What was easier said than done?
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a) to see him
Q.20 b) to talk to him
c) to hold him
Where was the theatrical company shop

situated?
a) Dury lane
b) Drury lane
c) Druy lane
d) Druri Lane
ANSWER KEY
1 C 11 A
2 B 12 B
3 C 13 A
4 C 14 A
5 B 15 B
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6 B 16 A
7 A 17 A
8 C 18 B
9 A 19 C
10 D 20 B
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II. Given below is a pie chart related to the passage.

People and Mountaineering

people who want to mountaineer(68%)

Based on your understanding of the pie chart, answer the following

7. How many people like mountaineering?

Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat

India is a unique nation whose fabric has been woven by diverse

Time and technology have narrowed down distances in terms of

The idea of a sustained and structured cultural connection between

Such interaction between different segments of the population of

I. Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the following

I. Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the following

9. The main pillars of this programme

During the Great Bubonic Plague in Europe in 1348, the Catholic

I. Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the

1. The passage mentioned above speaks about how

6. In the overall social system, we can assume, women did not

We don't have much evidence of a tropical paradise out there, but

Around 5,000 years ago, the monsoon shifted dramatically

I. Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the

The seasonal problem of water taps running dry is plaguing most

The Delhi Administration is seriously worried about the threat to

A comprehensive bill introduced in the Parliament recently

In a country like India, a burgeoning population continuing to use

A new threat that has already assumed alarming proportions is

I. Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the following

Have you ever failed at something so miserably that the thought

Falling down or failing is one of the most agonising,

What did you do to overcome the negative and self-sabotaging

I. Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the

The choices we make daily—wearing a seatbelt, lifting heavy

Sometimes we don't even realise how lines help to keep us safe.

Finally, I understood I was living an unsustainable life and needed

I. Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the

3. Which of the characteristics are apt about the writer in the

Happiness is not something far away and unattainable. Happiness

A contented man devotes himself to virtues; a man can feel true

Happiness is like the sun; it is often hidden by the clouds of

I. Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the

7. Which of the following is OPPOSITE in meaning to the word

A youngster quit Facebook in December after spending over three

'Everyone has some skeletons in their closet, and I am just not

"Poking and liking are not enough to keep a friendship going,"

"On Facebook, people hype everyday issues including what they

Similarly, an engineering student quit Facebook last December,

"I realised that when it came to my friends who mattered, I could

ANSWERS FACTUAL PASSAGES

1. d. All of the above

1. b. How pandemics, help resurface social prejudices.

1. a. constant need for something different

Subject: (Mention the reason for complaint)

Body of the letter:

Closing of letter (Yours sincerely/faithfully)

Signature with Name

You are T.K Pramod Kumar /P.V Pramodini,