Class 5 Sample Paper Ut
Class 5 Sample Paper Ut
Class 5 Sample Paper Ut
CLASS – 5
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
SAMPLE PAPER
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SECTION A (READING)
Q1 Read the following paragraph and answer the given questions.
The rate at which forests are disappearing on the Himalayan range is so rapid that this flourishing
mountain chain could be reduced to a stark, denuded landscape by the first half of the next century.
The Kulu valley, once bedecked by deodars, some 150 feet in height and 10 feet or more in girth,
has almost been stripped bare. Much of central and western India, formerly criss-crossed by
flowing rivers and lakes, bears an eerie resemblance to a lunar landscape. And Cherapunji, the
wettest spoton earth, where dense subtropical forests once stood sentinel, is today gaunt and
scarred.
Does this sound like a nightmare? Indeed, one wishes it were so! Unfortunately, the truth is that 6
million hectares of agricultural land in the world is being lost each year to the desert and another
21 million hectares is reduced to a state of near complete uselessness, threatening the livelihoods of
1.2 billion people worldwide.
Right now in India itself, 53 percent of the total land area is heading towards devastation. The
implications are horrifying.
The main reason behind this ugly disfigurement of fertile land is not poor rainfall but human error.
In the name of progress, trees have been cut down for housing, for heating and cooking, to produce
paper, and to make way for more agricultural land. Vast tracts of thick luxuriant forests have been
destroyed, together with their root systems which hold the soil together and retain, its precious
moisture. In the rainy season, water spills down the slopes as there are no roots left in the soil to
absorb it. It washes away tonnes of fertile topsoil. The rivers turn muddy and the level of their beds
rise, creating floods which cause destruction of property and human life. It is the erosion of
Himalayan topsoil that is creating a new island in the Bay of Bengal!
SECTION B
WRITING SKILLS
Q7 You have lost a blue pencil pouch with a cartoon design on the front of it, in the
School playground. It contains school supplies, including pencils, pens, an eraser,
and a small ruler. Write a lost notice in not more than 50-60 words, Ask the students
to return it to you mention your name and class. Also mention that a small reward
is offered for its safe return.
Q8 Write a letter to the Editor of Times Of India Newspaper expressing your concern
and frustration about the condition of roads in your city,how it affects people in daily
commuting, also suggest some measures to improve the conditions of roads.
“And away they ran as fast as they could go. When Lion came to the foot of the tree,
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not one of the hunters was to be seen. The tired Kingfisher came out of the hiding
and so did the turtle. The grateful Hawks said “You have saved us. We appreciate
your efforts. You have proved that friends in need are friends indeed”
(a) Why did the hunters run away when Lion came to the foot of the tree?
(b) How did the Hawks express their gratitude towards the Lion,Kingfisher and
the turtle?
(c) What do you think the phrase "friends in need are friends indeed" means in
this context?
(d) Who came out of hiding when Lion arrived?
(e) what might have happened if the Kingfisher, Lion and the turtle hadn't come
to help the hawks?
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