TEST PAPER :: 3

Instructions to student as in the First Test Paper

ESTION:1
Donott spend more than 30 minutes on this
question.)
Write a composition (300-350 words) on any one of the following: (20]
Imagine that you are a trapeze artist. Describe your lHfe for just a day
Write an interesting story beginning with: Three men found a purse full of gold coins whíle
walking through a forest
H) Spare the rod and spoil the child." How far do you agree or disagree with this statementr
Give relevant arguments to support your opinion.
(iv) Whatever you become, whenever you go, at the end of the day, you would love to brinB a
smile on a face. Narrate an incident when vOu made a remarkable difference in the life oI a
classmate.

(v) Study the picture given below. Write a story description or an account of what the
picture suggests to you.Your composition may be about the subject of thepicture or you
between the
may take suggestions from it; however, there must be a clear connection
picture and your composition :

QUESTION :2
spend more than 20 minutes on this question.)
o not [10]
following
Select any one of the
used as a rubbish dump. Write aletter to the Mayor of
localityis slowly beingand danger this poses. Request that action be taken to
0) Aparkin your nuisance
the
your city pointing out
stop this immediately.
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 (i) You had fractured your leg due to an accident,
you have recovered now. Write
experience to your cousin.
QUESTION :3 about yo
(1) A summer camp for the
children of the age group 12-15 years is being
month of May. Draft a notice giving details. Mention the last date of organised during t
(ii)
Royston/Anna, Secretary, Cultural Club, B.T. PublicSchool, Prayagraj.registration. You an
Send an e-mail to the
of cost of bookings for Manager of a travel agency asking for details of offers and an
atleast 100 students. estimate
QUESTION : 4
Read the following passage
The first thing I noticed on carefully and answer the questions that
On each shelf was entering his room was a glass case. It follow :
to the displayed covered a large portion of a wall
a range of very
relationship other.
ancient tin of Gold Flake One ordinary
shelf, for instance, had theobjects, not one of which
seemed to bear any
me staring at these cigarettes, a knitting root of some plant, a
needle, a shoe-brush and old torch rusted padlock, an
they are worth." objects and said, "None of those things will give you any joy, cells. The man caught
"Ibelieve there is a since only I know what
story behind
"Yes,there certainly is. everything
There may be a special
in your
collection?"
many of those things incident related to mnany
would
Only very rarely would you continue to carry memories
find of the past? Of the things,"he said. "But how
Mr. anything like that. This scene they have
I could seeEccentricpicked it up and handed it to me. button that I found for witnessed?
yesterday example...
nothing special in it. It was a
brown button, clearly torn
"Can you see anything?" he from a jacket
Iwas asked.
iacket of anobliged to admit that Icould not. Mr.
Englishman.
clothes, amilitary man.
He was riding
When down Eccentric began speaking, "That
Jalaphar He was about button came from the
from his horse. Two he reached the spot where Road. sixty,
as he fell from his passersby rushed to
help but he was found that button, he haddressed
I in riding
horse." a stroke and
"Did you see this already dead. That button came off fel
happen yesterday? Imean all his jacket
"Vividly. these
event.Whenever
Icame past events?"
a across an object that has this
I see the
It starts with
various scenes start headache. Then mny specialIpower to take me
thing is over, my flashing before my eyes and vision blurs, and back to the pas.
temperature rises. But the fever my legs become feel faint. But almost immediately.
Everything he does not last for steady once more.
He strode over said sounded far to0 more than a few When the whole
to the glass exaggerated, but Ifelt quite amused. hours."
"This glove," he told me, "is case and lifted an old
By then I had
finished my studiesthe first thing I leather glove and placed it on
in found. Ifound it ina the table.
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Marburg and was wood outside
touring the continent Lucrene, in Switzerland.
before coming back to
 ndia I was out on a morning walk on a quiet, secluded path which ran through the wood. Feeling a
Rle tired. sat
I down on a bench.
Almostnear
ere sticking out from the undergrowth immediately.
the trunk ofmy aeyes At oncesight
tree. caught of only
my head a portion
started of the
throbbing.
vision blurred.
Walking down the Then...... could see it all. A
Then my I
s same path. In his mouth was a well-dressed gentleman, possibly an aristocrat,
ewas carTying a walking stick. Suddenly Swiss pipe,
two men jumped on his
out fromn hands
behind were leather
a bush gloves hím.
and attacked and
Whle fighting, the glove on his right hand came off.
mereilessly and looted Those criminals then grabbed him, killed him
what money they could find in his pockets and took his gold watch."
"Did something like this really
happen?" I asked.
I learnt that two years earlier, a wealthy man called
y asIhad seen it. His son Count Ferdinand was killed at the same sPOL,
recognized the glove."
The man told his story so easily and naturally that I
found it hard not to believe him.
OFor each word given below choose the correct meaning (as used in the
the options provided: passage) rom
[2]
(1) vividly (ne 20)
(a) brightly coloured
(b) producing strong clear image in the mind
(c) producing a lasting impression in the mind
(d) a blurred vision
(2) strode (line 25)
(a) walked with long steps (b) walked leisurely
(c) walked cautiously (d) wallked very slowBy
Which word in the passage means the opposite of the word clear.
(a) exaggerated
(b) ordinary
(c) secluded
(d) blurred

Answer the following questions briefly in your own words :

in the glass case?
(a) What was unusual about the displayed items (2]
the owner?
Why were the objects valuable to [21
known by the name Mr. Eccentric
Why do you think that the man was (2]
d) What history lay behind the button?
(2]
Mr. Eccentric know each incident? Was he present during the
How did
Occurrence of each? [1]

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 (iv) In not more than 50 words relate the story linked to Count Ferdinand's
it proved to be true. glove and how
18]

QUESTION :5
(i) Fill in each of the
Do not copy the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word
to the blank passage, but write in correct serial order the word or given in brackets.
space: phrase appropriate
L........1)....... (isten)
Do you think that you to the wireless tomorroW when your choir
I were going to ........ 3)....... (feel) nervous? I know that Iperformance is ........(2)........ (air.
make
choir ........7)..... a
broadcast. It ....... (4)....... (be) very
........5)........(be) definitely
(perform). ......8)........ (love) to know exciting .....(6)...... (hear)
I nervous I
1.
about the experience. your
3.
2.
5. 4.

7. 6.
(i) Fil in the 8.
(a) blanks with
They motored appropriate
words.
(b) The public are Mumbai
(c) cautioned
Theparty of politicians
(d) The celebration arrived Pune.
.. pickpockets.
(e) Theteachers hadcontinued .....
Little children are complete faith . . me.
often afraid me so I the night.
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performed well.
..the dark.
 Helooked so
(e
(h) The forbidding
Prime Minister that
of Bhutanchildren were afraid. *****..alk to him.
said that he
Jointhe)
enjoyed the confidence
following
80.Choosethe sentences to make one complete
the Indiarn people.
correct option.
(1) She is very clever. She
sentence without using and, but or
[4]
la) She is clever to be cannot be deceived.
b) She deceived
(cl She iscannot deceive being very
too clever to be deceived clever.
(d) She is very
(01
clever for being deceived.
The girl lost her
(a) Having lost herbangle. The girl began to cry.
(b) Losing her bangle, the girl began to cry.
(c) The girl willbangle
begin
she began
to cry whencrying.
(d) The girl cried for the lost she loses her bangle.
bangle loudly.
(3) The
examination was over. The boys were happy.
(a) The examination had been
over so the boys are happy.
(b) The boys were happy while the
(c) The examination was over sinceexamination was over.
the boys were happy.
(d) The boys were happy when the examination was over.
(4) Iwent to your mother. She received me kindly.
la) Iwent to your mother who received me kindly.
(b) Your mother receives me kindly on going to her.
(c) Iwent to your mother who was kind while she received me.
(d) Your mother was kind to receive me.
Choose the correct option to rewrite the following according to the instructions given
after each sentence. [8]
1) What he intended to do was clear to everyone.
todo)
(End: do.
intends to
la) Everyone was clear, what he intended to do.
(b) It was clear to everyone, what he
intention was to do.
C) Everyone knew what his everyone clear what to do.
) What he intended made he sald.
2) "1 have been looking after your dog since yesterday"
(Change into Indirect Speech.) dog since yesterday
was looking after my
a He told me that he been looking after my dog since the previous day.
(b) He said that he had my dog since the previous day.
(c) He told that he looked after dog since the previous day.
he had been looking after my
(d) He told me that
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(3) Iwanta camera. It has interchangeable lenses
(Combine using that' ) interchangeable lenses.
(a) Twant a camera that has interchangeable lenses.
nera having
(b) Iwant that camera
lenses is what I want.
(C) That camera which has interchangeableinside is that Iwant.
(d) A camera with interchangeable lenses
(4) He just missed the first position by two marks.
(Begin: Had he obtained .... )
(a) Had he obtained two more marks he would have missed the first position.
(b) Had he obtained two more marks he would not have missed the first
(c) Had he obtained two more marks he would not have got the first position. position.
(d) He obtained two more marks yet he missed the first position.
(5) Gold is more valuable than any other metal.
(Use : Most valuable)
(a) Most valuable metal is gold.
(b) Gold is the most valuable of all
(c) Gold is most valuable than
metals.
any other metal.
(d) No other metal is most
valuable as gold.
(6) "Aren't youafraid of going out alone in the
(Begin : My friend asked stormy night?" My friend said to me.
(a) My friend asked me )
(b) My friend asked me that Iwas afraid of
going out alone in the stormy
(c) My friend whether Iwas not
if the stormy night afraid of going out alone in the stormy
night.
(d) My friend asked nig
asked if the stormy night made me not afraid to go out alone.
(7) She will tell makes you afraid of going out.
everyone our
(Begin : We must prevent secret if we do not stop her.
(a) We must
(b) We must prevent
prevent everyone to know our
her to tell our secret
.... )
by her.
(c) We must
(d) We must prevent our secret fromsecret to everyone.
prevent her from being told by her to all.
(8) Isat
down and telling our secret to
(Begin : Sitting waited for the dogs to
join me. everyone.
(a) Sitting down.down
b) Sitting down, IIwaited to join the dogs.
(c) Sitting down, waited for the
(d) Sitting down IIthe dogs were dogs to join me.
waited waiting
while the dogs join
to me.
joined me.