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General Instructions to the Candidate :

1. This question paper consists of objective and subjective types of
45 questions.
2. This question paper has been sealed by reverse jacket. You have to cut
on the right side to open the paper at the time of commencement of the
examination. Check whether all the pages of the question paper are
intact.
3. Follow the instructions given against both the objective and subjective
types of questions.
4. Figures in the right hand margin indicate maximum marks for the
questions.
5. The maximum time to answer the paper is given at the top of the
question paper. It includes 15 minutes for reading the question paper.
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I. Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions /

incomplete statements. Only one of them is correct or most

appropriate. Choose the correct alternative and write the complete

answer along with its letter of alphabet : 6×1=6

1. The busy farmers laughed at the ...................... artist.

The appropriate antonym to be filled in the blank for the underlined

word is

(A) idle

(B) ideal

(C) idol

(D) idyll

2. ....................... Cauvery flows into ...................... Bay of Bengal.

The appropriate articles to be filled in the blanks are

(A) The, the

(B) A, the

(C) An, a

(D) An, the

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3. They loved each other very much, ........................ .

The correct question tag to be added is

(A) had they ?

(B) did they ?

(C) didn’t they ?

(D) hadn’t they ?

4. The package containing books and records ......... ............ last week.

(A) is delivered

(B) was delivered

(C) are delivered

(D) were delivered.

5. Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide.

The figure of speech used here is

(A) Synecdoche (B) Simile

(C) Personification (D) Metaphor.

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6. Please convey my best wishes ......................... him.

The correct preposition to be filled in the blank is

(A) of

(B) with

(C) in

(D) to.

II. Observe the relationship in the first pair of words and complete the

second pair accordingly in the following : 4×1=4

7. Meat : Meet :: Die : .......................... .

8. Ransack : Search :: Flutter : ........................... .

9. Poor : Poverty :: Brave : ............................ .

10. Kidney : Urologist :: Heart : .......................... .

III. Rewrite as directed : 3×1=3

11. Change the voice of the sentence :

The king gave the commander a reward.

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12. Rewrite the sentence using ‘so ... that ... not’ :

He was too old to learn new things.

13. Frame a question to get the underlined words as answer :

I met an old woman in the park last night.

IV. Answer the following questions in a sentence each : 4×1=4

14. What is Pasteurisation ?

15. What was Anne’s father ?

16. Who opens the door of the cake-shop when Pierre knocks on it ?

17. Who was Lochinvar ?

V. Answer the following questions in two to three sentences each :

7 × 2 = 14

18. How could the narrator, being blind describe Mussoorie ?

19. Why was Pierre pinched ? How did he defend himself before Judge

Gaston ?

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20. Describe how the majestic neck was humbled by the hunter.

21. According to William Blake what are the results of expressing and

suppressing his anger ?

22. How did Dronacharya bless Buttoo ?

23. Indra granted the boon with a condition. What was the condition ?

24. How did Ulysses introduce himself and his group to the Cyclop ?

VI. Rewrite as directed : 3×2=6

25. Change the following sentence to the other two degrees of comparison :

No other metal is so heavy as lead.

26. Change the following sentence to reported speech :

The teacher said to the boys, “I shall prove now that the earth moves

round the sun.”

27. Change the sentence into compound and complex sentences :

Being tired, he sat down to rest.

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VII. Answer the following questions in five to six sentences each :

6 × 3 = 18

28. State Jim’s reaction when he saw Della without her lovely hair.

29. List the values which the poet-father wants the teacher to teach his

son. ( any six )

30. How and why is the human body compared to a temple by the poet ?

31. “Providing a happier life to one’s mother will repay for all her sacrifice.”

How does John Masefield regret for being ungrateful towards his

mother ?

32. How did Ulysses himself escape from the cave ?

33. Why does Gandhiji say that Alexander’s conquests cannot be called

moral actions ?

OR

Give instances to show that the narrator tried his best to impress on

her, that he could see during his encounter with the girl.

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VIII. Explain with reference to the context : 5 × 3 = 15

34. “You have no work in hand, have you ?”

35. She got out her curling irons and lighted the gas.

36. “I have read Anne Frank’s Diary.”

37. Only the test of fire makes fine steel.

38. There was no tear in Buttoo’s eye.

IX. Quote from memory : 1×4=4

39. My legs .......................................................

....................................................................

....................................................................

.............................................. ever shall stay.

OR

O, young Lochinvar ...........................................

...........................................................................

...........................................................................

..................................................... rode all alone.

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X. Answer the following questions in seven to eight sentences each :

3 × 4 = 12

40. Describe the effect that the spectacle of the peak had on the poet’s

mind.

41. According to C. V. Raman, what are the various causes of soil

erosion ? How can we prevent it ?

OR

Why are the gifts of Della and Jim compared to those of the Magi ?

42. How did Pasteur develop the idea of immunity ?

OR

Write on Mahatma Gandhi’s comments on action prompted by motive

of happiness in another world with examples.

XI. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given

below : 1 × 4 = 4 (2 × 2)

As a countryman was carelessly driving his waggon along a muddy road,

the wheels of the cart sank deep into the mud. The waggoner urged on the

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horses, but they could not draw the waggon out of the soft mud. Upon this

the man, without making the least effort of his own, began to call upon

Hercules to come and help him out of his trouble. Hercules appeared

instantly before the kneeling man and said to him, “Do not kneel there, you

lazy fellow, but get up and lay your shoulder to the wheel. Heaven helps

only those who try to help themselves.” The waggoner got up, put his

shoulder to the wheel, and the wheel of his cart got out of the mud.

Questions :

43. a) Why did the waggoner call on Hercules ?

b) What did Hercules reply to the man ?

XII. Write an essay of about 18-20 sentences on any one of the following

topics : 1×5=5

44. a) The problems of unemployment.

b) Global warming — ‘A threat to the life on earth.’

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XIII. Imagine you are Priya / Prakash studying in Government High School,

Kolar.

45. Write a letter to your friend, how you try to remain safe during the

Pandemic. 1×5=5

OR

Imagine you are Rama / Radha of Government High School, Bidar.

Write a letter to the Municipal Corporator of your area drawing his

attention to the urgent need for a Government hospital in your town.

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