MODULE FIVE – GRAMMAR (f) any....

many
CA (CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENT) – 34 (g) his....their
1. (c) A little 9. (c) some; any (h) a....an
2. (d) All 10. (d) enough
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3. (a) Few 11. (b) that
1. (b) reduces
4. (b) The few 12. (d) Neither
2. (c) met
5. (a) less 13. (d) several
3. (b) have written
6. (d) every 14. (b) Both
4. (d) were playing
7. (b) many 15. (c) some
5. (c) have been living
8. (c) much
6. (c) will have left
PA (PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT) – 20 7. (a) wants
(A) 1. (a) a, an (b) a, any (c) Some, an, an 8. (b) had been sleeping
(d) several (e) The, the (f) some (g) a few 9. (d) was launched
(h) each (i) both (j) little 10. (a) are falling
2. (a) his (b) much (c) your, your (d) enough 11. (b) am going
(e) our, the (f) Every (g) another 12. (b) is about to start
(h) my (i) their (j) many 13. (b) had died
(B) 1. (a) most (b) They (c) their (d) a few (e) the 14. (c) has fascinated; encountered
(f) these (g) enough (h) their (i) its (j) This 15. (c) will be able
2. (a) the (b) a (c) his (d) any (e) much (f) other 16. (b) greeted

HA (HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT) – 17 PA (PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT) – 21

(A) 1. (a) All (b) the/their (c) a few (A) 1. (a) goes (b) rains, is raining
(d) some (e) the (f) any (c) is crying (d) haven't seen
2. (a) a (b) many (c) the (d) This (e) my (e) have lived/have been living
(f) The (g) some (h) a (f) have not been speaking
3. (a) more (b) any (c) a (d) much (g) passed away (h) was sitting
(e) little (f) a little (g) Many/Some (i) had reached (j) will stay
(h) much (i) None (j) any 2. (a) returns (b) hears (c) gets, will light
(B) (a) an.......a/the (d) will be, go (e) would you buy
(b) its.......their (f) was sleeping (g) finish (h) sees
(c) the......an (i) has sold (j) pay, will be delivered
(d) every.....both (k) arrive (l) are leaving (m) melts
(e) a....the 3. (a) sleeps/slept (b) will be doing

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 (c) Are you taking (d) will be doing (d) has ruined (e) have not been spared
(e) has lived (f) will have stayed (f) is (g) favours (h) averted
(g) will have lived (h) will have seen 4. (a) took (b) gave (c) felt (d) had moved
(i) is writing, hopes (e) moved (g) had asked (h) stopped
4. (a) have been going, will go (i) asked (j) was missing
(b) have you been
CA (CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENT) – 36
(c) is, has passed away (A) (a) Shall (b) will (c) shall (d) shall (e) will
(d) are melting, is going to (B) (a) would (b) would (c) should (d) should
(e) will you take, will plan/have to plan (e) would
(f) is getting on (g) will have been building (C) (a) may (b) May (c) May (d) might (e) may
(h) will have died (D) (a) must (b) could (c) can (d) must (e) can
(i) will have been listening (E) (a) used to (b) dare (c) need (d) Need (e) ought to
(j) have mended (F) 1. (b) Can 15. (b) Can't
(B) 1. (a) leave (b) am going / will be going 2. (c) Would 16. (c) wouldn't
(c) have (d) has injured (e) is 3. (a) shall 17. (a) will
(f) was riding (g) fell (h) reached 4. (d) can; cannot 18. (d) may
(i) scolded (j) is 5. (b) used to 19. (d) must
2. (a) were gripped (b) was found 6. (b) can't; will 20. (d) must
(c) was made (d) keeping 7. (c) must 21. (c) ought to
(e) was ignored (f) was forced 8. (c) ought to 22. (d) may

(g) raised (h) were informed 9. (d) must 23. (c) will

(i) was got (j) was removed 10. (b) needn't 24. (b) cannot
11. (c) must 25. (b) can
HA (HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT) – 18
12. (b) mustn't 26. (b) should
1. (a) was reading (b) heard (c) looked
13. (b) Would 27. (a) should
(d) was (e) put (f) was dreaming
14. (d) Must 28. (d) might
(g) had broken (h) were sleeping
(i) shouted (j) shook (k) held (l) thought PA (PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT) – 22

(m) was holding (n) realised (o) opened (A) 1. (d) can 6. (a) shall

(p) was holding (q) was 2. (b) ought not to 7. (c) will
3. (c) Should 8. (d) daren't
2. (a) was (b) had not been put (c) stood
4. (b) might 9. (d) can
(d) noticed (e) took (f) smiled (g) said (h) are
5. (d) would 10. (b) ought to
3. (a) had been raining (b) was feeling/felt
(B) 1. (a) would (b) used to (c) shall (d) will
(c) will have to be postponed
(e) will (f) can

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 2. (a) cannot (b) can (c) will (d) may (e) should (h) what you can do today
(f) need (g) will (h) can (i) May (i) who broke the desk
3. (a) May (b) will (c) may (d) won't (e) would (j) those who help themselves
(f) won't (g) must (h) could (i) shall (j) must (C) (a) The travellers saw the rain coming and
4. (a) may (b) would (c) couldn't (d) might took shelter under a tree.

(e) couldn't (f) would (g) could (h) must (b) Mr Brownlow not only educated Oliver but

(i) may (j) will also set him up in business.

5. (a) May (b) Would (c) shall / will (c) Gulshan Nanda was very popular but he
could never enjoy the status of a
(d) can (e) could (f) Would (g) needn't
mainstream novelist.
(h) will (i) will / shall (j) Could
(d) Ketan was negligent so the investors
HA (HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT) – 19 suffered heavy losses.
1. (a) must (b) cannot (c) must (d) will (e) He agreed to do this act for he had a desire
(e) should (f) should (g) ought for revenge.

(h) Would (i) could (j) must (D) (a) We wept bitterly because we had been
punished.
2. (a) Could (b) can (c) could (d) should
(b) Chetan works harder than Nitin does.
(e) can (f) would (g) will (h) May (i) will
(c) She is so lazy that she cannot succeed.
(j) can (k) would (l) will
(d) Do you wish that I should go?
CA (CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENT) – 37
(e) A man who is drowning will catch at a straw.
(A) (a) He excused him by saying that he was tired. (E) (a) It is raining heavily, therefore I will carry
(b) She did as she was told. an umbrella with me.
(c) No sooner did he see me than he came (b) She is not only foolish but also obstinate.
rushing and jumped upon me. (c) The car was wrecked but no one was hurt.
(d) If you had not helped me, I would have (d) Hurry up or you will be late.
failed this year, too.
(e) Either you or Rehana is wrong.
(e) The train had left a long time before we
(F) (a) I am sure that you are wrong.
reached the station.
(b) If a lady calls, please ask her to wait.
(B) (a) who could play the piano.
(c) This is the school where I studied.
(b) which of these paintings is fake.
(d) I could not hear what he said.
(c) that we could not see anything.
(e) Although he is very old, he enjoys good
(d) that you are trying to block the project. health.
(e) intelligent as she is beautiful. (G) (a) who has moved into our neighbourhood
(f) when it is heated up to 100 C. 0
(b) that was leaking
(g) that no one ever liked to invite him to (c) that catches a lot of mice, that doesn't
parties. catch any.

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 PA (PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT) – 23 (f) one needs connections / one needs
(A) 1. (a) and may consider this as your first political influence
entrance into the world 2. (a) I can buy
(b) and I may not be with you long (b) you want to buy an
(c) and it may be something for you (c) should go

(d) may at least be able to caution you (d) the watch I buy is

(e) so that you benefit fully by my advice. (e) ought to

2. (a) who have been rendered homeless and (f) must issue a
shelterless (g) have given me will be
(b) is our first and foremost duty (h) show you my watch
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(d) will lose faith in the goodness of life 1. (b) All the books are being returned to you by
(e) we must provide them me.
3. (a) where you are 2. (c) When was the bill paid by you?
(b) when you are coming back 3. (a) Only roses are liked by me.
(c) that the captain was really angry 4. (d) All the tickets have been booked by
(d) that you will be back soon Singham.

4. (a) because it was raining 5. (c) Is reopening of primary schools being

considered by the government?
(b) that today was an important meeting
6. (b) The match can still be won by us.
(c) but I have a valid excuse
7. (a) The ATM may have been looted by the
(d) and inform them of the revised timings
same thieves.
(e) for I will never let you down
8. (b) You are requested to send me your latest
5. (a) what he wanted medical reports.
(b) that he wanted to stay at home 9. (d) Are only deer liked to be hunted for food by
(c) when his father was arriving tigers?

(d) that the plane was due to land 10. (c) Will a song be sung by you at the party?

(e) that he must come in the morning 11. (a) When will the second dose of the Covid-19
vaccine be got by you?
(f) If he absented himself in the morning
12. (b) Where is this puppy being taken for
(B) 1. (a) can't play badminton
vaccination by you?
(b) I need to work
13. (c) Our papers are being marked by her these
(c) I want to
days.
(d) you are going to spoil
14. (d) Proper sleep and rest should be taken by
(e) you don't work for it you.

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 15. (b) Penicillin was discovered by Alexander (3) (a) is (b) between (c) To (d) would
Fleming. (4) (a) be (b) on (c) in (d) of (e) a (f) every
16. (c) Which film is being directed by you these (5) (a) with (b) to (c) who (d) have
days?
(6) (a) as (b) with (c) on (d) to (e) we (f) in
17. (c) By whom was America discovered?
(7) (a) are (b) of (c) that (d) They (e) in (f) a
18. (b) My application was refused by the visa
(8) (a) of (b) in (c) on (d) It (e) by (f) the
officer.
(9) (a) of (b) for (c) it (d) that (e) into (f) with
19. (b) This photo had been taken by Chris way
(10) (a) of (b) how (c) in (d) to (e) has (f) have
back in 1960.
20. (d) Why is the bill not being paid by them? (11) (a) of (b) have (c) do (d) is (e) in (f) been

21. (a) Will my parents be informed by you? PA (PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT) – 25

22. (c) This beautiful painting has been made by (1) (a) of (b) to (c) were (d) but (e) with (f) the
my daughter. (2) (a) were (b) they (c) on (d) but (e) of
23. (b) Grapes must not be eaten by you. (3) (a) to (b) having (c) is (d) other (e) between
24. (d) Was your medicine taken by you today (f) by
morning?
(4) (a) who (b) have (c) to (d) of (e) as (f) are
25. (c) Why was I not recognised by you?
(5) (a) are (b) that (c) be (d) as (e) an (f) may
PA (PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT) – 24 (6) (a) to (b) is (c) from (d) of
1. (i) (d) plenty of water is boiled (7) (a) in (b) it (c) of (d) is (e) if (f) of
(ii) (b) the pasta is added (8) (a) which (b) being (c) in (d) to (e) among
(iii) (c) is cooked uncovered (f) there (g) are (h) as
(iv) (b) it is drained (9) (a) is (b) It (c) the (d) in (e) to (f) their
(v) (d) drained once again and kept aside (10) (a) an (b) of (c) be (d) Its
(vi) (a) is added to it
CA (CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENT) – 40
2. (i) (c) are processed
(1) (i) (c) forest fire to spread
(ii) (b) are processed separately
(ii) (b) anything that is flammable
(iii) (d) egg and vanilla essence are added
(iii)(d) for igniting a forest fire
(iv) (d) a smooth dough is formed
(2) (i) (d) Diamonds form
(v) (b) are added and blended in a processor
(vi) (c) a baking sheet is greased (ii) (c) are carried to the surface

(vii) (a) are baked (iii)(d) found are between

(viii) (d) they are transferred (iv) (d) ranging from

(3) (i) (c) except Australia
CA (CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENT) – 39
(ii) (d) They inhabit
(1) (a) for (b) be (c) are (d) in (e) they (f) of
(iii)(b) in the Pacific Ocean
(2) (a) are (b) While (c) by (d) there (e) as (f) of

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 (iv) (d) offers it some help CA (CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENT) – 41
(4) (i) (a) Located almost on the edge (A) 1. (a) I used to see in the past but not now.
(ii) (d) Spread across more than (b) you told me you had seen Avataar
(iii)(c) to be the breeding ground only last week.
(5) (i) (d) extending over (c) but Kapil insisted I should accompany
(ii) (b) so vast that it covers him, so I went.

(iii)(c) exists among regions 2. (a) is your tutor coming today?

(iv) (d) is experiencing midnight (b) she has been suffering from Malaria

(6) (i) (c) they do not have since Wednesday.

(ii) (d) They use their tongue (c) Has she informed you on the phone?

(iii)(a) for grinding up (d) she has sent a message through her
daughter.
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(B) 1. (a) Probably the best place to watch the
(1) (i) (c) which is not owned rain is in the hills.
(ii) (d) is regarded as (b) The air is cool and there is a smell of
(iii)(b) Though it does not have wet earth and the warm perfume of
(iv)(d) visiting the region each year the recently washed flowers.
(2) (i) (c) across many parts (c) A weak sun tries to come out from its
(ii) (b) that can last cover of clouds.

(iii)(d) Scientists believe (d) It is the chill wind that awakens you
(3) (i) (c) do you have out of the reverie reminding you that

(ii) (b) how long do these

it would be back.

(iii)(d) something most of us 2. (a) Old Behrman who was a painter lived
on the ground floor of the building.
(4) (i) (c) in which scientists alter
(ii) (d) to understand their (b) He was a failure in art because for
forty years he had been wishing to
(iii)(c) that cause
paint a master piece but never had
(5) (i) (b) If you have listened
put a paint brush to the canvas.
(ii) (d) create sounds that fall
(c) He earned a little by serving as a
(iii)(c) which can be heard
model to the two young artists who
(6) (i) (b) conducted
could not pay of a professional model.
(ii) (c) has been increasing
(d) He drank gin to excess and still
(iii)(d) is particularly heartening
talked of his coming master piece.
(7) (i) (d) that lay eggs
3. (a) Education may not ensure a job at a
(ii) (c) can live multinational company.
(iii)(a) because they are
(b) But it will certainly improve the

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 standard of living of peple by opening (d) The school syllabi should be prescribed in
up a world of opportunities for them. a manner such that proper attention is
(c) With education, the importance of given to character building.
issues like sanitation and personal 3. (a) Water is becoming scarce day by day and
hygiene are also understood. nobody can deny it.
(d) With education people will also (b) Some causes of water scarcity are natural
understand the need for family planning while others are man-made.
and preventive health care.
(c) Human behaviour can modify physical
4. (a) Every student wants to be successful environment in a way that makes useful
in the examination and works hard to water scarce.
achieve it.
(d) Some reasons for water scarcity are
(b) Some work extremely hard but lady growth in population, climatic changes
luck does not smile on them. and variability.
(c) Sometimes a person gets an opportunity 4. (a) Patience is a very important part of our life.
for success and he avails of it without
(b) Losing our temper means we have no
delay.
control over our minds and also signifies a
(d) Proper planning and thoughtful loss of concentration.
arrangement of material are essential
(c) Patience is a great virtue that helps us be
ingredients to be successful in any
successful in whatever we do.
venture.
(d) Patient people have the knack of finishing
PA (PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT) – 27 their work on time.
1. (a) Blessed are those who have loving and 5. (a) The bicycle is the only vehicle that does
caring parents. not require fuel to run.
(b) A child's life flowers if he has the support of (b) It is pollution-free and the cost of running
his parents. it is nil.
(c) Parents are the pillars that provide strength (c) Over a short distance, especially in small
to us. towns it is quick.
(d) Their advice not only help us overcome our (d) It takes you through even the narrowest of
failures but also helps remove obstacles in lanes.
life. 6. (a) With lots of free time at hand you can
2. (a) Of a man's possession character is the make friends with maths.
most valuable. (b) Practice and consistency are the key
(b) Character is based on truthfuless, honest words for mathematics.
living, moral outlook, purity of thought (c) It is always better to clear the concepts
and deed. than just solve problems from books.
(c) Character building must start right from (d) Regular practice is very important to
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 HA (HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT) – 20 7. Our history teacher told us that Rome was
1. (a) India spends a little over 1% of its GDP on not built in a day.
public health while the United States 8. Karim informed the Principal that he had
spends 18% of its GDP on public health. marked all the papers that were there to
(b) While India's per capita public expenditure mark.
on health has increased from Rs 621 per 9. The devotee asked the Sage when hatred,
person in 2009-10 to Rs 1,657 in 2017-18, bloodshed and war would end in the world.
it still remains very low compared to other 10. Upharika told Tim that they were running
countries. late for the concert.
(c) The government has aimed to raise (B) (a) A discarded bus
expenditure on public health services to
(b) was turned into a unique
2.5 per cent of the country's GDP by 2025.
(c) makeover of the bus cost
2. (a) Maintain at least three feet distance
(d) contains a smart TV, an air conditioner
between yourself and anyone who is
coughing or sneezing. (e) has a seating capacity

(b) Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth. (C) (a) means 'winged finger' and is pronounced

(c) Stay home when you are sick. (b) that had a wing span of anywhere

(d) Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, (c) could fly long distances / had the ability to
then dispose of the tissue safely. fly long distances

(e) Clean and disinfect frequently-touched (d) sharp enough to spot and hunt
objects and surfaces using a regular (e) have been located
household cleaning spray or wipe. (D) 1. were rescued; heavy rains inundated tracks

CA (CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENT) – 42 2. crashed on; killing the pilot and a girl

(A) 1. Ankit asked his physician if they (mankind) 3. who was abducted; was rescued; were also
would ever be able to conquer Covid-19 arrested
virus. 4. had a narrow escape; caught fire
2. Vishavmohan exclaimed to Aqib that the
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film was very boring and that he could not
(A) 1. (c) Vimla Chakarpani asked her husband
watch it anymore.
where he was going to stay in Shimla.
3. Geeta asked Mr. Bryan if he would like to
2. (d) Mother asked Shantanu if he had said
have some cold-coffee.
his morning prayer.
4. Mr. Singh urged/requested Ms. Sameera to
3. (b) Aruna politely requested a stranger to
give a motivational talk to their/his students.
guide her to the nearest hospital.
5. Mrs. Sarojini advised Tikku to take care of
4. (b) The poor man wished that he were rich.
his mother.
6. Vipul's mother told/warned/advised him 5. (b) Granny wanted to know who had come
not to spend more than he earned. to see Betty.

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 6. (a) Ria said that she would have to buy a 3. (a) that it was a very lovely shot
new smart phone very soon. (b) it deserved the treatment it had got
7. (d) The priest remarked that God helps (c) was not seen very often
those who help themselves. (d) it was a superb shot
8. (c) The author remarked that her new (B) (a) (i) that they should go home
novel had a very thrilling story.
(b) (iii) that they should stay on in that garden
(B) (a) has invented a night lamp
(c) (iv) that she had lots of work to do
(b) It is scary to look at
(d) (ii) that she would help her with her
(c) has been designed for use
(e) (iv) that they had to hurry home
(d) do not need to switch on
(C) (a) (i) that they should put on their sheets
(e) was prepared for his
(b) (iv) that he did not feel very good
(C) (a) is heated up to 1860C
(c) (ii) that he would not be able to come to her
(b) is poured into the
(d) (iii) that he would get better soon
(c) is rotated at a high speed
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(d) burnt and caramelized
(e) are collected (A) (a) that he was going home for lunch

(f) shaped into a cone (b) should not send anybody away disappointed

(D) (a) when he was going to see his eye doctor (c) if anyone had come while he had been

(b) that he had gone for a check-up five years (d) that a man had come with a very big gun

(c) that he had failed the test and had demanded

(d) that he was slightly short-sighted (e) he had made sure that the man did not
leave
(e) those thin lenses enabled him to see
(B) (a) are rubbed on a quartzite slab and crushed
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(b) is combined
(A) 1. (a) how she might help him
(c) is mixed with charcoal, stone chips, quartz
(b) that he would like to book a non- grain
smoking room
(d) is transferred to abalone shells
(c) if he wanted to book it for himself
(e) gently stirred
(d) that he needed it for a guest of his who
was CA (CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENT) – 44

2. (a) how his sister was feeling then (A)

(b) that she was much better then (1) (a) lose.......lost
(c) that she had heard about her surgery (b) constantly....constant
from her husband (c) all......every
(d) had been discharged from hospital and (d) is.....was
had come (e) a....an

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 (f) knew....know (7) (a) (iii) all (d) (ii) them
(g) me....myself (b) (ii) since (e) (i) in
(h) in....on (c) (iv) who (f) (ii) should
(2) (a) as....when
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(b) looks.......looked
(A)
(c) by.......from
(1) (a) much.......most
(d) little.......few
(b) on.......of
(e) so.......very
(c) wag...wagging
(f) should.......can
(d) happily...happy
(g) mine.......my
(e) in.......with
(h) anything.......something
(f) another.......others
(3) (a) an.......a
(g) since.......if
(b) In.......With
(h) bit.......bitten
(c) kind.......kindly
(2) (a) understood.......understand
(d) ate.......eats
(b) us.......them
(e) A.......The
(c) quite.......quiet
(f) backwards....back
(d) And.......But
(g) where.......when
(e) doing.......do
(h) us.......them
(f) on.......of
(4) (a) for.......to
(g) which.......what
(b) what.......which
(c) longer.......longest (h) them....themselves

(d) other.......another (3) (a) other...another

(e) can't.......didn't (b) on.......at

(f) watched.......watching (c) which....what

(g) the.......a (d) went.....gone

(h) into.......in (e) yours....your

(B) (f) A.......The

(5) (a) (iv) could (c) (iii) several (g) mine.......my

(b) (ii) its (d) (iv) or (h) was.......is

(e) (ii) took (g) (iii) at (4) (a) importance...important

(f) (ii) explanation (h) (iv) has written (b) an.......the

(6) (a) (ii) eat (d) (iv) with (c) on.......in
(b) (iv) they (e) (iii) lacking (d) form.......forms
(c) (iii) Instead (f) (i) need (e) more....most

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 (f) each.......all (2) (a) on..........in
(g) has.......have (b) an..........a
(h) lives.......life (c) on..........to
(B) (d) occupy......occupied
(5) (a) (iii) about (e) They..........It
(b) (iv) is (f) but..........and
(c) (ii) but (g) every......each
(d) (iii) at (h) have........has
(e) (ii) than (3) (a) help.......helping
(f) (i) many (b) stucked.......stuck
(6) (a) (ii) under (c) by.......with
(b) (ii) sight (d) gets.......get
(c) (iii) a little (e) to.......from
(d) (iii) known (f) but.......and
(e) (iii) Each (g) which.......who
(f) (iv) On (h) involve..involves
(7) (a) (iv) blasted (i) is.......are
(b) (ii) in (j) for.......to
(c) (iii) when (4) (a) Their..........There
(d) (ii) off (b) emit..........emitted
(e) (ii) The (c) you..........your
(f) (iv) involved (d) by..........from

(C) (a) known (e) on..........of

(b) the (f) damaging..........damage

(c) gifted (B)

(5) (a) (ii) may
HA (HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT) – 22
(b) (iii) by
(A)
(c) (iv) within
(1) (a) have..........has
(d) (i) which
(b) for..........to
(e) (iii) life
(c) a..........the
(f) (iv) have originated
(d) encouraging..........encourage
(e) since..........as (6) (a) (iv) everyone

(f) with..........against (b) (iii) accepts

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 (c) (ii) of (f) it is something
(d) (ii) to (g) need to know
(e) (iv) strong (h) about its working
(f) (iii) not (4) (a) drugs are available
(g) (ii) can (b) distributed in the
(h) (iv) some (c) is no longer
(C) (1) (a) world's (d) one has a
(b) than (e) to which they
(c) its (f) detection and prevention
(2) (a) around (g) distribution in the
(b) resembling (h) to be done
(c) as (5) (a) commuters have no

CA (CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENT) – 45 (b) before and after

(A) (c) hours is an

(1) (a) there was a (d) trucks the way

(b) looked at each (e) crowded into buses

(c) knowing how to (f) activists would have

(d) laughing and said (g) Unfortunately no one

(e) How do you (h) bothered about the

(f) humiliated to open (B)

(2) (a) man was getting (6) (a) (i) largest

(b) he would peep (b) (ii) growing

(c) see how many (c) (iv) much

(d) time when his (d) (iii) their

(e) reluctantly and said (e) (i) of

(f) have any problem (f) (iv) to

(g) cured me of (g) (iv) can

(h) only to thank (h) (i) search

(3) (a) certainly one of (7) (a) (ii) himself

(b) forces of the (b) (iv) got

(c) wondered about the (c) (iii) a

(d) technology that makes (d) (i) but

(e) How does your (e) (iv) had

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 (f) (ii) to (g) other are just
(g) (iii) no (h) fit into a
(h) (iv) could (4) (a) that among people
(8) (a) (ii) have (b) 91% of men
(b) (iv) in (c) one or more
(c) (iii) when (d) people to doctors
(d) (i) are (e) year and is

(e) (ii) what (f) Anything from the

(f) (iii) leave (g) eat to a

(g) (iv) on (h) routine can set

(h) (iv) them (5) (a) barefoot over the

(b) family was very
PA (PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT) – 30
(c) and when he
(A)
(d) choice but to
(1) (a) dedication to the
(e) job to help
(b) sports are the
(f) hiked more than
(c) aspirant should have
(g) university as a
(d) training from/at Sports
(h) next few years
(e) though there are
(f) constituted to tap (B)

(2) (a) time when school (6) (a) (iii) you

(b) nightmare for me (b) (ii) towards

(c) clung to my (c) (iv) in

(d) to go to (d) (i) is

(e) liking for school (e) (ii) of

(f) reached the age (f) (iv) known

(g) twelve or so (g) (ii) they

(h) shouldn't be any (h) (ii) after

(7) (a) (iv) with
(3) (a) comes from the
(b) (ii) will
(b) nanotechnology is defined
(c) (iii) of
(c) manipulation of matter
(d) (iv) affects
(d) smaller than 100
(e) (iv) every
(e) scale of things
(f) (iv) test
(f) up against each

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 (g) (i) on (e) (iv) where
(h) (iii) that (f) (iii) has
(8) (a) (iv) has (g) (ii) and
(b) (ii) from (h) (ii) found
(c) (iii) there
(d) (iv) can
(e) (iii) effective
(f) (iv) to
(g) (ii) in
(h) (i) making

HA (HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT) – 23
(A)
(1) (a) spreading from one
(b) person to another
(c) congregations are shut
(d) People who would
(e) worship to seek
(f) diseases have nowhere
(2) (a) can be cooked
(b) as they retain
(c) nutrients and colour
(d) cooked in casserole
(B)
(3) (a) (ii) of
(b) (iii) not
(c) (iii) because
(d) (iii) have
(e) (ii) for
(f) (iv) them
(4) (a) (iv) a
(b) (iii) who
(c) (ii) about
(d) (iii) with

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 MODULE SIX – LITERATURE-I (2)
HORNBILL (PROSE) (i) the narrator and his grandmother

The Portrait Of A Lady (ii) (b) Options 2 and 4

(iii) (c) were beyond the grandmother's under-
(TEXT-BASED MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)
standing
(i) (c) was once young and charming (iv) (d) she could find ways to show her kindness
(ii) (d) changed little to creatures
(iii) (b) calmness and contentment
(3)
(iv) (c) to make the narrator learn the prayer
(i) (a) Options 1 and 3
(v) (b) feed them to the street dogs
(ii) (a) That his grandmother would remain alive
(vi) (b) alphabet and prayers until his return from abroad
(vii) (a) religious and caring (iii) (c) All except 3
(viii) (d) they wanted to settle down properly before (iv) (c) he did not hope that she would be alive
bringing the narrator to the city when he came back
(ix) (b) his grandmother could no longer (v) (d) cleaned
accompany him to school
(4)
(x) (c) conservative
(i) (d) Options 5 and 6
(xi) (d) feeding sparrows
(ii) (c) Options 1, 3 & 4
(xii) (a) staying calm and composed
(iii) (b) were overwhelmed with the demise of the
(xiii) (b) not changed at all
grandmother, their friend
(xiv) (a) the narrator's return from abroad
(iv) (b) they were surprised to see thousands of
(xv) (c) She felt that she was about to die. sparrows sitting quietly in the verandah
(xvi) (b) When her grandson returned from abroad (v) (c) heighten the family's sense of loss at the
(xvii) (b) "She died suddenly but peacefully." demise of the grandmother
(xviii) (b) bemoaned the grandmother's death
We're Not Afraid To Die ... If We Can All Be
Together
(EXTRACTS FOR COMPREHENSION)
(TEXT-BASED MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)
(1)
(i) (c) a businessman
(i) The narrator's grandmother
(ii) (b) James Cook
(ii) (c) 'she' seemed to have undergone no change
in her looks and physiognomy (iii) (b) after training hard for it in their leisure
time
(iii) (b) Options 1, 2, 5 and 7
(iv) (a) in crossing the southern Indian Ocean
(iv) (b) Grandmother was quite agile despite her
old age. (v) (d) had reached 3500 kilometres east of Cape
Town
(v) (c) wrinkled

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 (vi) (d) He was thrown overboard. (ix) (b) Option 2
(vii) (c) he resigned himself to the approaching (x) (c) Option 3
death
(2)
(viii) (b) His head unexpectedly rising up from the
(i) (b) Option 2
water
(ii) (c) to drown and die
(ix) (a) he wanted to go to the children's cabin
(iii) simile
(x) (c) her forehead had hit against the boat
(iv) (a) Most of the injuries of the narrator
(xi) (b) he was more concerned about repairing
occurred before he was thrown overboard.
the boat so that it remained afloat
(v) (c) held on to the wheel tightly
(xii) (b) canvas and hatch covers
(vi) (d) As the burning plane landed, the terrified
(xiii) (a) it had short-circuited
passengers scrambled for the door.
(xiv) (b) they were in a remote part of the world
(3)
(xv) (c) she did not want to bother her father as he
(i) (b) The narrator knew that the Wavewalker
was desperately trying to save them all
was too damaged to complete the journey.
(xvi) (d) The islands were much too small in the
(ii) (b) the tiny sizes of the islands
vast ocean.
(iii) (d) principal
(xvii) (b) feel all the more determined to find the
islands (iv) (c) All except 3 & 5

(xviii) (d) 1-E, 2-C, 3-A, 4-B (4)

(xix) (b) his family members were together (i) (d) it was the only hope for survival
(xx) (c) did not lose their spirts and hope (ii) (d) All except 3 & 6
(iii) (d) Options 5 and 6
(EXTRACTS FOR COMPREHENSION)
(iv) (c) Option 3
(1) (v) (b) A-5, B-1, C-2, D-3
SET-I
Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues
(i) (b) gigantic: enormous
(TEXT-BASED MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)
(ii) (a) a 'never say die' attitude
(iii) (d) It failed to dampen the party's spirit of (i) (c) Kings were buried after death
festivity. (ii) (d) Options 4, 5 & 6
(iv) (b) Option 2 (iii) (b) The person who disturbed Tut's dead
(v) It would turn good. body would suffer ill-fortune or death.

SET-II (iv) (c) books in tablet forms

(vi) (c) Options 1, 4 & 5 (v) (d) garlands of willow and olive leaves in the

(vii) (d) Options 4 and 6 coffin.

(viii) (d) Statements 4 and 6 (vi) (d) the hardened resins

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 (vii) (c) chiselling under the limbs (iv) (c) Carter and his men put the mummy in a
(viii) (d) The mummy had been ransacked badly new wooden coffin.
by thieves before Carter discovered it. (v) (b) supported

(ix) (a) A professor of anatomy discovered that (3)

Tut’s breast-bone and front ribs were (i) (b) He could not tolerate god Amun.
missing. (ii) (d) He changed his name to Akhenaten.
(x) (b) Amenhotep IV (iii) (c) All except 4 & 5
(xi) (a) sand in the cooler fan (iv) (c) A ruling family running into several

(xii) (d) Tutankhamun died after a prolonged generations

illness. (v) (d) sensible

(xiii) (a) is covered by a fine layer or paint of gold (4)

(i) (b) a windy weather
(xiv) (d) the Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme
Council of Antiquities (ii) (c) the scanner was placed in the trailer

(xv) (d) he was afraid that things might go (iii) (d) replace the faulty fans in the scanner
seriously wrong during the scanning (iv) (a) fast speed

(xvi) (b) life after death (v) (c) the sand storm hitting the scanner

(xvii) (c) His was among the first mummies to be (vi) (c) someone who disturbs Tut would come to

scanned. harm or trouble

The Adventure
(EXTRACTS FOR COMPREHENSION)
(TEXT-BASED MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)
(1)
(i) (b) To research on the history of the present
(i) (c) deep and narrow
state of India of that time
(ii) (d) on the cover of the coffin
(ii) (c) in a world of 'another reality', as explained
(iii) (c) Options 2, 3 & 6 by Rajendra Deshpande
(iv) (b) people opening the tomb might have to (iii) (b) complete checking of travel permits
suffer (iv) (d) The Minister ventured to contradict the
(v) (c) plundered King.
(vi) (c) He circumvented the guards and stole the (v) (b) the Professor was interested in finding
gold from the mummy. out more about the India of the alternative
world
(2)
(vi) (c) The ticket checker being an Anglo-Indian.
(i) (c) Using chisel to separate the mummy from
(vii) (c) utter disbelief
the coffin
(viii) (a) Pre-1857 Rebellion
(ii) (b) during his life after death
(ix) (d) she and Vinay Gaitonde belonged to two
(iii) (d) Options 1, 3 & 5
different periods in Indian 'history'

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 (x) (a) The Headquarters of the East India (EXTRACTS FOR COMPREHENSION)
Company
(1)
(xi) (c) the point that proved to be the turning
(i) (b) A description of something in which every
point in Indian history
minute detail and action of an event is
(xii) (b) The Marathas had defeated Ahmad Shah
explained in the order it happened.
Abdali.
(ii) (d) The Marathas systematically extended
(xiii) (d) The Maratha rulers refused to accept any
their influence all over India soon.
help from the East India Company for
(iii) (c) He was reading the book in 'a world of
making the local centres of the Maratha
alternative reality'.
regime self-sufficient.
(iv) (a) passionately
(xiv) (c) All the Statements are correct but
(v) (b) is downgraded or reduced in power,
Statement 1 is probably the cause of
influence or importance
Statement 2 but not of Statement 3.
(vi) (d) The Rise of the Marathas
(xv) (c) It did not allow the British to use Bombay
as their sole outpost on the Indian (2)
subcontinent. (i) (c) so shocked that he/she cannot speak
(xvi) (b) they often contained factually wrong (ii) (d) figure out what might have triggered
historical details Prof. Gaitonde's deviation into another
(xvii) (c) carried a copy of Bhausahebanchi Bakhar world of reality
out of the library, even inadvertently (iii) (d) Option 4
(xviii)(d) because he had to listen to the speeches (iv) (b) behaves in a crazy way
going on there
(v) (d) Option 4
(xix) (d) attitude
(vi) (b) an account of the precise moment in
(xx) (d) Options 3 and 6 the Battle of Panipat when Marathas
(xxi) (d) Professor Gaitonde had forcibly occupied supposedly got a decisive upper hand
the symbolic presidential chair at the
(3)
meeting.
(i) (c) I understand what you say.
(xxii) (b) A point to ponder over seriously
(ii) (d) "Your perception in a particular moment
(xxiii)(c) had been lost in a fantasy
is your reality of that moment. Another
(xxiv) (d) Vishwasrao escaped the bullet by a moment will bring you a reality of its own."
narrow margin (iii) (b) similarly
(xxv) (b) Options 2 and 3 (iv) (a) an explanation
(xxvi) (b) there may be more than one worlds
(4)
(xxvii)(a) the consequences of the Battle of Panipat (i) (a) hypothetical history
if the Peshwas had not lost it
(ii) (b) "Never ever agree to be the president at a
(xxviii)(a) rationalist conference or meeting."

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 (iii) (c) "I am sorry I will not be able to deliver the (xxii) (a) he spoke English
lecture on the topic: The Speculative (xxiii) (b) scholarly men
History of the Third Battle of Panipat."
(EXTRACTS FOR COMPREHENSION)
(iv) (d) He was hit by a truck and probably had
become unconscious. (1)

Silk Road (i) (b) shepherds

(ii) (a) being hit by the car
(TEXT-BASED MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)
(iii) (c) ready to attack any strangers coming
(i) (c) she knew that the narrator would need it near to the tent
in the cold weather
(iv) (b) curiosity
(ii) (b) circumambulation
(v) (d) Both the sheep and the mastiffs reacted
(iii) (b) From gently rolling hills to vast open to the narrator's speeding vehicle in their
plains unique and natural ways.
(iv) (c) extremely ferocious (vi) (d) inactivity
(v) (d) Option 4
(2)
(vi) (b) the car could not carry much load on the
(i) snow
snow
(ii) (b) slippery track
(vii) (c) They were very small and cute.
(iii) (c) The road petered out into a narrow, bumpy
(viii) (a) All except 1 & 6
passage.
(ix) (a) moved fast and in a way that is out of (iv) (d) Options 2 and 4
control
(v) (b) A possible situation
(x) (c) his head was throbbing
(vi) (d) extraordinary sense of judgement
(xi) (d) The fuel had expanded because of low
(3)
atmospheric pressure.
(i) (b) because of breathing problem while lying
(xii) (c) Option 3
down
(xiii) (d) collision of continents
(ii) (b) Options 1, 4 & 5
(xiv) (b) dented
(iii) (b) not have minded the death of the narrator
(xv) (a) All except 1 & 4 if it did not risk his business
(xvi) (c) The Sutlej (iv) (c) the Buddhist ideas
(xvii) (d) The beauty of the Lake Manasarovar (v) (d) is in deep sleep
(xviii) (b) Option 2 (4)
(xix) (c) lack of oxygen (i) In a small café
(xx) (b) was out of danger (ii) (c) Options 2, 4, 6 & 7
(xxi) (d) he had started his pilgrimage before the (iii) (b) someone who wanted to do kora like him
season started (iv) (d) stable

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 HORNBILL (POETRY) (iv) (d) nostalgia
(v) (c) a beach
A Photograph

(TEXT-BASED MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)

(2)
(i) (c) narrator's mother and her two cousins
(i) (a) cousins
(ii) alliteration
(ii) (d) not born yet
(iii) (d) With their hair covering their faces
(iii) (b) she was the oldest of all the three cousins
(iv) (b) very short life
(iv) (c) 4
(v) (d) All except 4
(v) (c) changed only a little
(vi) (c) present a contrast
(vi) (b) some things in nature take a long long time
(vii) (c) Human life is short-lived as compared to
to change
some other natural things like the sea.
(vii) (d) brevity of human life
(viii) (d) He had been living as a transient in
(viii) (d) the transitory nature of human life
Mumbai for several years before his
(ix) (b) Betty and Dolly's looks; the dresses of arrest.
three girls
(ix) (a) Only Statements 1 and 2 are true.
(x) (d) Her mother's laughter
(3)
(xi) (a) loss of her mother
SET-I
(xii) (d) Her mother's death
(i) (b) time after the photograph was taken
(xiii) (b) missed their past life
(ii) (a) Options 1 and 3
(xiv) (a) Options 1, 2 and 4
(iii) (a) Options 1 and 2
(xv) (c) alliteration
(iv) (b) The mother's laughter is a thing of the
(xvi) (b) She would laugh to see herself and her
past because she is no more.
cousins in the picture.
(v) oxymoron
(xvii) (d) All except 4 & 5
SET-II
(xviii)(d) All except 5 & 6
(i) elders in the family
(xix) (a) empathy
(ii) (d) painting
(xx) (b) Option 2
(iii) (b) cheerful
(EXTRACTS FOR COMPREHENSION) (iv) (a) Both had a difficult time to accept their
loss.
(1)
(v) (c) "Time and tide wait for none." – Geoffrey Chaucer
(i) (c) the poet's mother as a young girl on a
picnic with two of her cousins (vi) (b) Sooner or later people reconcile them-
selves with the loss of their loved ones.
(ii) (c) No line in the extract rhymes with another
in the extract. (4)
(iii) (d) Option 4 (i) the narrator's mother as a girl

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 (ii) (c) loss of mother (ii) (a) The Laburnum top is silent
(iii) (d) loneliness and grief (iii) (b) All except 3 & 5
(iv) alliteration (iv) (a) alliteration and enjambment
(v) (b) "I understand what the loss of your mother (v) (c) the sun is shining brightly in a cloudless
means to you." sky
(vi) (c) Some experiences in life leave us stunned (vi) (c) visual imagery (sight)
and at loss for words.
(2)
(vii) (c) "You must endure what you cannot cure."
(i) (b) Silence prevails all over the tree until the
The Laburnum Top goldfinch arrives.

(TEXT-BASED MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)

(ii) (c) Options 2 and 3
(iii) (a) simile
(i) (d) silent and still
(iv) metaphor
(ii) (c) autumn
(v) (b) sound and movement
(iii) (d) They have already fallen down.
(vi) (d) Option 4
(iv) (a) the silence of the tree is disturbed
(vii) onomatopoeia
(v) (b) suddenly
(viii) (b) "Hey, Mom has come with grub! Mom, me
(vi) (b) the goldfinch family starts moving and
first!"
chirping
(vii) (c) noisy activities of the young ones of the (3)
goldfinch (i) metaphor
(viii) (b) feeds the young ones to their fill (ii) (a) feeds
(ix) (d) gets ready to fly out again (iii) (c) The goldfinch is actually trapped in a cage.
(x) (b) Options 2 and 4 (iv) (b) moves
(xi) (a) look for more food (v) (b) satisfaction
(xii) (b) quiet
(4)
(xiii) (c) quietness
(i) (a) unusual
(xiv) (d) whisperings
(ii) (b) noise made by the young ones of the
(xv) (b) The satisfaction of a goldfinch's maternal
goldfinch
instinct in feeding its chicks
(iii) (b) the vast expanse of the sky
(xvi) (c) Silence and stillness
(iv) (d) The Laburnum tree loses liveliness after
(xvii) (a) yellow
the goldfinch flies away.
(xviii) (c) exaggeration
(v) enjambment
(EXTRACTS FOR COMPREHENSION) (vi) (d) Maternal Love and Care
(1) (vii) (b) "Now that I've fed my brood, let me look
(i) (c) no activity is going on it for some grub for myself."

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 The Voice Of The Rain (2)

(TEXT-BASED MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS) (i) (b) Options 2, 3 & 5

(ii) (c) precipitation
(i) (c) who or what actually the rain was
(iii) wash
(ii) (b) his own language
(iv) (a) sprout into plants
(iii) (c) His poetic sensibility
(v) (d) active
(iv) (a) personification
(vi) (c) altogether changed, and yet the same
(v) (d) the earth and the sea
(vi) (b) indistinct (vii) (d) destroyer

(vii) (d) the water and the vapour that make the (3)
rain are different yet same (i) (c) The rain water, once evaporated, never
(viii) (a) bathes comes back.
(ix) (d) sprout (ii) (a) Options 1, 3 and 5
(x) (b) replenishing the earth and water-bodies (iii) personification
(xi) (d) both come back to their source of origin (iv) (d) the property of returning to the source of
(xii) (b) atmosphere their origin

(xiii) (c) Its form changes but it essentially remains (v) (b) wrecked or unwrecked
water only. (vi) (c) free verse
(xiv) (d) All except 4 (vii) (b) regeneration
(xv) (d) inversion
Childhood
(xvi) (b) All except 2, 3 and 4
(TEXT-BASED MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)
(xvii) (b) Option 2
(i) (c) unable to determine when he ceased to be
(xviii) (c) Option III
a child
(EXTRACTS FOR COMPREHENSION) (ii) (c) adolescence
(1) (iii) (d) he had experienced neither of them
(i) poet himself

(ii) (b) archaic (iv) (b) a rational attitude

(iii) (c) Options 1, 2 & 4 (v) (a) The double standards of adults

(iv) (a) Options 1 and 2 (vi) (b) believed adults were what they appeared

(v) (b) is in the form of vapours to be

(vi) (a) evaporation (vii) (c) started thinking in his own original way

(vii) (b) personification and metaphor (viii) (d) Ability to think like adults

(viii) (c) The sea is phenomenally deep and has (ix) (a) innocence

immeasurable quantity of water. (x) (c) refrain

(ix) (a) All except 4 (xi) (a) reason when he ceased to be a child

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 (xii) (c) childhood innocence is a bliss (iii) Line 5
(xiii) (d) the loss of his childhood innocence (iv) (b) original
(xiv) (a) monologue (4)
(xv) (b) "Adulthood often corrupts the pure (i) abba
innocence of childhood." – HKS
(ii) (c) innocence

(EXTRACTS FOR COMPREHENSION) (iii) (d) long past

(iv) (d) His childhood is gone forever.
(1)
(v) (b) regret
(i) abbccd
(vi) (c) "How I wish I could be innocent like an
(ii) (a) The narrator believes that he is still a
infant again!"
child.
(iii) (d) Parents never teach children to believe in Father To Son
things that have no rational basis. (TEXT-BASED MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)
(iv) (a) got evidence of their existence
(i) (b) They share the same space.
(v) (b) still unsure about when he ceased to be
(ii) (d) he fails to understand his own son
child
(iii) (c) as a young child only
(vi) (b) rationalism
(iv) (d) deep estrangement
(vii) repetition
(v) (a) wasteful and reckless
(viii) (d) did not question the existence of Heaven
and Hell (vi) (c) forgive
(vii) (d) a new love
(2)
(viii) (b) according to his own plans
(i) (a) disapproving
(ix) (b) the generation gap
(ii) (c) As a child, the speaker was unaware of
the pretentious ways of adults. (x) (c) anger

(iii) (b) Options 3, 5 & 6 (xi) (d) fail to forgive each other

(iv) (a) the innocence of children (xii) (b) A father grieves over his estrangement

(v) (c) criticized from his son.

(vi) (d) Option 4 (xiii) (c) "The son loved his father with all his
heart and soul."
(vii) (a) hypocrisy
(viii) (b) 2 and 3 (EXTRACTS FOR COMPREHENSION)
(ix) (d) Shun pretentiousness, be kind and honest
(1)
and love all.
(i) (c) a grown up adult son
(3)
(ii) (d) Options 4 and 5
(i) (b) growing individuality
(iii) (b) understand and know his son better
(ii) (c) I had my own original ideas.

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 (iv) (d) alienation MODULE SEVEN – LITERATURE-II
(v) (b) Options 2 and 3
SNAPSHOTS (SUPPLEMENTARY READER)
(vi) enjambment
The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
(vii) (c) "It's high time my son moved away to a
house of his own." (TEXT-BASED MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)

(2) (i) (c) was full of magnificence

(i) (c) realize that the child he has begotten is (ii) (b) craziness
not what he had expected (iii) (d) The Garoghlanian tribe's
(ii) metaphor (iv) (d) He follows the Garoghlanian principles
(iii) (a) All except 1 & 3 of truth and honesty in letter and spirit.

(iv) (d) All except 4 (v) (c) Its members believed in what is right and
wrong before they believed in pride and
(v) (d) There is a land dispute between the
honesty.
father and the son
(vi) (d) Both decided to seek the help of Uncle
(3) Khosrove in procuring the white horse.
(i) (d) There is little communication between (vii) (a) temptation
the father and the son.
(viii) (b) to (not) care two hoots for
(ii) (c) "I would like my son to return to me and I
(ix) (a) Nature has bestowed different members
would welcome him."
of our tribe with different qualities that
(iii) (d) The father wishes to build a cordial are considered characteristic of our tribe.
relationship with the son all over again.
(x) (b) disastrous
(iv) (a) Options 1 and 2 (xi) (d) MOURAD HAS A WAY WITH ANIMALS
(v) (b) Options 1, 2, 3 and 5 AND BIRDS : He has an absolutely hassle-
(vi) (a) mellow free ride of the horse.
(vii) (c) Option 3 (xii) (c) The narrator really wanted Mourad to
return the horse to its owner immediately
(4)
in accordance with the Garoghlanian
(i) (c) Options 3 and 5 values of truth and honesty.
(ii) (b) mutually co-exist (xiii) (d) All except 4 and 7
(iii) (b) his relation with his son is not cordial (xiv) (c) All except 4 and 5
(iv) (d) Both the father and the son are desperate (xv) (c) The narrator and his cousin Mourad one
to improve their relationship. day coming face to face with farmer John
(v) (b) difference between their respective Byro while riding his horse.
outlooks and attitudes (xvi) (d) The horse was actually a twin of the white
(vi) (d) Both the father and the son fail to achieve horse that farmer John Byro had.
what they wanted – to forgive each other. (xvii) (d) 1-T, 2-F, 3-F, 4-T, 5-T and 6-F

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 (xviii) (c) stronger and better tempered (iii) (a) humour
(iv) (d) Honest people who were true to their word
(EXTRACTS FOR COMPREHENSION)
The Address
(1)
(TEXT-BASED MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)
(i) (d) remorse
(ii) (d) Options 1, 3 & 4 (i) (c) Her mother's green cardigan worn by the

iii) (a) glory woman

(iv) (c) is about to happen soon (ii) (a) Both 1 and 2

(v) (b) Only 2 and 4 are valid reasons. (iii) (c) cold reception
(iv) (d) Both (a) or (b)
(2)
(v) (b) She had heard of Mrs. Dorling and knew
(i) (d) Mourad, the narrator's cousin, has either
that she was one of her mother's
bought the horse or borrowed it.
acquaintances.
(ii) (b) He is in a state of dilemma.
(vi) (c) Option 3
(iii) (c) Mourad and his family were too poor to
(vii) (d) During the war 'things' like the narrator's
own a horse
mother's cups, saucers, plates and cutlery
(iv) (b) are traditionally very honest
survived but many 'people' did not.
(v) (a) DEDUCTIVE REASONING: A fact or a
(viii) (b) Options 1 and 3
conclusion is drawn by applying logic on
the basis of a given set of data or (ix) (d) All except 4 & 5
observations. (x) (d) It was not going to be easy for her to
(vi) (c) gradual temptation forget Mrs Dorling's address.
(xi) (d) Option 4
(3)
(i) (c) most families have some typical oddity in (EXTRACTS FOR COMPREHENSION)
personality, behaviour, habits, looks or
tradition etc. (1)

(ii) (b) Mourad had all the traits of the traditional (i) (a) Options 1 and 2
crazy streak of the family that Uncle (ii) (c) The listener owes the speaker some money.
Khosrove had. (iii) (b) Options 1, 2 and 3
(iii) (b) Options 2 and 4 (iv) (b) for a very short time
(iv) (d) fun and ridiculousness (v) (c) Option 3
(v) (c) Option 3 (vi) (a) Options 1 and 2

(4) (2)
(i) (c) he wanted to break the news of John (i) (d) Option 4
Byro's visit to his house (ii) (d) carrying or dragging something heavy
(ii) (b) false anger and pranking with great effort

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 (iii) (b) All except 2 (viii) (d) Options 5-2-4-1-3
(iv) (d) robbing her mother of her valuable (ix) (c) Mrs Pearson will permanently live in
possessions Mrs Fitzgerald's house as Mrs Fitzgerald.
(v) (c) becomes stiff and aches (x) (b) Her husband and her children will have
(vi) (d) Option 4 to deal with her real self.
(xi) (c) Mrs Pearson will not get to see how Mrs
(3)
Fitzgerald reforms the former's family.
(i) (c) has proved to be an utter failure
(xii) (c) All except 3
(ii) (d) All except 4
(xiii) (a) All except 1
(iii) (a) paradox (xiv) (d) All except 4
(iv) (d) a state of bliss (xv) (b) DORIS: 1 and 3; CYRIL: 2 and 4
(v) (b) unpleasantly warm and humid (xvi) (a) Only 1 and 2
(vi) (b) Many things in the room once belonged to (xvii) (d) A hen-pecked husband
the narrator's mother : The narrator felt (xviii) (d) All except 4
sad looking at them.
(xix) (d) All except 4
(4) (xx) (a) He keeps wasting his time at the club.
(i) Mrs Dorling's daughter (xxi) (c) 1-B, 2-D, 3-E and 4-A
(ii) (d) draperies (xxii) (b) Silly old bag
(iii) (d) all of the above (xxiii) (d) a stupid person
(iv) (c) (i) sarcasm, (ii) comment, (iii) understand, (iv) antique (xxiv) (d) The cat comes at sixes and sevens in the
evening every day.
Mother's Day
(xxv) (d) She has been caught drinking stout by
(TEXT-BASED MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)
Mrs. Fitzgerald.
(i) (c) sinister (xxvi) (a) Only 1 and 2
(ii) (b) to be the boss of her family
(EXTRACTS FOR COMPREHENSION)
(iii) (d) wants to teach her family members a
hard lesson once and for all (1)
(iv) (c) she is too timid to tell her family point- (i) (b) She also needs respect, dignity and respite
blank that they ill-treat her from work.
(v) (a) To refuse very firmly to do or accept (ii) (c) firm
something
(iii) (d) At this point you must not yield to your
(vi) (b) She would like to swap her personality family's pressure and stick to your decision.
with that of Mrs Pearson and then reform
(iv) (b) stage directions
the latter's family.
(v) (a) To forcibly reform Mrs Pearson's family.
(vii) (b) is unable to make up her mind on
anything fast enough (vi) (b) All except 2

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 (2) (ii) (a) Options 1 and 2
(i) (b) have already exchanged their personalities (iii) (c) dull and listless
(ii) (a) allay Mrs Pearson's fears about changing (iv) (a) Dr. Andrew had a premonition that the
her personality with hers night call at Joe Morgan's house would
(iii) (d) All except 4 prove unusual.

(iv) (b) This statement is a mere assumption of (v) (d) His thought of marrying Christine, his
Mrs. Fitzgerald which is based on her girlfriend, did not charm him anymore.
opinion that Mrs. Pearson's life is essentially (vi) (b) all mothers are worried about the safety
unhappy and that her own life is full of and well-being of their babies
happiness. (vii) (a) He had no reaction to show for it was
(v) (a) Only Statements 1 and 4 are most probably nothing unusual for him.
True. (viii) (d) limp and loose as if lifeless
(3) (ix) (c) On a pile of newspapers under the bed;
(i) (b) feels quite perplexed and upset at his because the baby was still-born.
mother's changed behaviour (x) (d) All except 4
(ii) (d) his 'mother' in front of him at this (xi) (d) He gave the child mouth to mouth
moment is actually Mrs. Fitzgerald resuscitation.
(iii) (a) being out of sorts (xii) (d) at sixes and sevens
(iv) (d) feeling unhappy or depressed (xiii) (d) Both 1 and 2 are related to the birth of the
(v) (d) He has been intentionally rude to his mother. Morgan baby
(xiv) (d) "It's remarkable that my skills as a doctor,
(4)
with God's grace, have been instrumental
(i) (d) The real Mrs Pearson does not accept any in saving a life."
nonsense behaviour from her family.
(xv) (b) A-(ix), (vii); B-(iii), (v); C-(iv), (viii);
(ii) (c) let them know what their real worth,
D-(ii), (vi)
respect or importance is
(iii) (d) They dislike the fact that he likes to go (EXTRACTS FOR COMPREHENSION)
out with his wife.
(1)
(iv) (b) Mrs. Fitzgerald should not have told
(i) (d) She wanted a cup of tea for herself, too.
George about his image in the club
(ii) (d) Options 2 and 4
(v) (d) will completely accept whatever she says
(iii) (c) are full of reassurance for the old lady
or wants
(iv) (b) a feeling of being dead tired
(vi) (b) addressing him with his first name
(v) (d) enthusiasm
Birth
(2)
(TEXT-BASED MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)
(i) (d) Susan, her daughter, fears that her child
(i) (c) well-built would be still born.

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 (ii) (b) a term of friendly address (ix) (a) The King's own negligence
(iii) (c) The child was born dead. (x) (d) Option 4
(iv) (a) Option 1 (xi) (d) The hanging of the King was justified
(v) (d) "The child is about to be born." according to the law of natural justice.

(3) (xii) (c) Option 3

(i) (c) The fear of being scolded by the doctor for (xiii) (d) "Never question the validity of customs;
carelessly placing the newborn under the just follow them in toto. "
bed. (xiv) (d) It heaps praises on the system of instant
(ii) (c) wet justice as practised in Melon City.
(iii) simile
(EXTRACTS FOR COMPREHENSION)
(iv) (d) All except 4
(v) (d) Option 4 (1)

(vi) (b) I was fishing for my phone under the couch (i) (a) ill-tempered
when Mom entered my room. (ii) (c) vanity

(4) (iii) (b) extend from one side to another

(i) (d) Option 4 (iv) (b) a public road or path

(v) (c) very foolish and dishonest
(ii) (a) relentlessness
(iii) (d) Options 4 and 6 (2)

(iv) (d) exchange (i) an arch

(v) (a) All except 1 (ii) (c) "We built the thing to avoid the wrath of
the King."
(vi) (d) Option 4
(iii) (d) speak to his subjects under the newly
The Tale of Melon City built arch
(TEXT-BASED MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS) (iv) (b) humiliated

(i) (d) pathos (v) (b) Option 2

(ii) (d) All except 4 & 5 (vi) (b) the way the King's crown had fallen down

(iii) (a) "They are dumb-headed people whom I (vii) (c) rhyming couplets
must turn into wise, responsible citizens." (3)
(iv) (c) A blame game among the builders,
(i) (c) a royal proclamation
workmen and masons
(ii) (c) made a last ditch effort to save his life
(v) (d) They are all unwilling to accept their
(iii) (b) The arch was built too low.
mistakes.
(vi) (c) authoritarian (iv) (c) The execution of his orders

(vii) (b) the arch (v) (b) Option 2

(viii) (c) Statement 1 is the cause of Statement 2. (vi) (d) Option 4

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 (4) (ii) (b) dumb-headed
(i) (d) The proceedings of the hanging of the chief (iii) (a) indifferent
of builders (iv) (a) "People often get the government they
(ii) (d) poetic licence deserve."
(iii) (d) All except 5 & 6
(iv) (c) to pass the buck
(v) (b) invocation
(vi) (d) fickle-minded

(5)
(i) (b) trying to defend himself
(ii) (d) The architect's implied suggestion that the
King himself was to blame for the fault in
the arch-design
(iii) (c) became very angry
(iv) (b) the King was easily provoked, and therefore
was not placid

(6)
(i) (b) the commoners
(ii) (a) a hanging
(iii) (d) the King did not truly understand how
justice was to be dispensed
(iv) (b) sense of urgency
(v) (c) was afraid of public outrage

(7)
(i) (b) utterly foolish
(ii) (b) the general public to go out of control
(iii) (a) Options 1 and 2
(iv) (b) finding a new King for the throne
(v) (b) The seat of government can never be kept
vacant.

(8)
(i) (d) The people of the Melon city were always
very concerned about who their ruler
should be.

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