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Examination, November

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ENGLISH

Time:3Hoursl

Answer all questions as directed.

Spelling and grammaticar errors shall be penalized.

Fill in the blanks with appropriate word(s)

(1)

Abraham Lincoln says that

(2)

Egypt is sustained by the life-giving waters of the

The Principal calls Mr. Tagde,s report

"My Lost Dollar" is a humourous short story by

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Answer any twelve ofthe following questions in two or three

sentences each :
(1) How does Lincorn suggest one should react towards cynics

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(2) What is 'euiet Laughter, ?

(3) What charucteized Della,s life ?
(4) Why did Della admire her hair with tearful eyes ?
(5) Why the collection and utilization of rain water are of vital importance ?
(6) In what ways is soil erosion dangerous to agriculture ?
(7) Why does Mr. Thakar call Veerendra a worthless boy ?
(8) How is Mr. Tagde described in the story ?
(9) How does self-esteem operate ?

(10) What does high self-esteem seek ?

(11) What did Todd,s note from Bermuda contain ?
(12) What is the meaning of a ,straight pathway, ?

(13) Why should doubts and fears be excluded ?

(1a) What is the obligation of the public authority

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ru. Write short notes on any two of the following
(a) Conservation of water
(b) Comment on the system responsible for the death of a hero.

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What is the 'ultimate teaching' the author recorlmends and to what result

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Identify the parts of speech of the underlined words.

Her song still echoes in my head.

(2)

Pick out the countable nouns in the following :

It took the people over an hour to catch the escaped cows.

(3)

Fill in the blanks with "some I

marry

/ a lot of

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few / little".
(a) Do Indians eat
spicy food ?
are left.
O) I had 10 mangoes now only
(c)
water has flowed under the bridge.
(d)
kings have tried to conquer the land but none were
successful.
(e) The candle burns only for
time.
more.
I can't eat

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(a)

(b)
(c)

Fill in the blanks with suitable auxiliaries

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you let me go to play ?

go outside.
But finish your homework first then you
I-do
the household chores once I'm back.

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(5) Fillin the blanks with the correct form of the verb given in the brackets. 8 x 1 :
(a) I
Jack for dinner tonight. (meet)
(b) Last year I
on a holiday to Egypt. (go)
(c) She
her finger. (cut)
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After he
fall)
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(h)

Tom
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(e)

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since 9 a.m. (wait)

a large dinner, he

asleep. (eat,

well at the moment. (not feel)

to work at 9 a.m. everyday. (go)
(see) you in ten minutes.

Fill in the blanks using the passive form of

the verbs in brackets.

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yesterday by Radio city (sack). Max

DJ Max
the job of DJ a month ago (give). Yesterday moming, he had an argument with
a caller. The argument
by the director of the radio station
(heard) the programme
immediately
. (stop)

(l)

Fill in the blanks with

(a) I

(b)

the negative of the verb.

wash my clothes because there was no water.

recall the incident that you mention.

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Fill in the blanks with suitable interrogatives :
I was once travelling from Spain to Switzerland, but I missed my train at the
I should ask
I should do or
French border. I didn't know

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for advice.

to make a fool

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(a)
(b)

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You live in Bangalore,

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(10) Supply suitable question

Tina can't sPeak English,

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(11) Fill in the blanks with 'very/too'

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much sugar in my coffee'
(a) I don't like

(b)

The movie we saw yesterday was

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(12) Use the following idioms and phrases in sentences of your own
(a) to cope with
to look after
to put off

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(c)
(d)

(1)

Construct a readable story from the outline given below

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distressed - his people luy - wants to teach lesson - has big

stone put in middle of road - next day many people pass - merchants go round
it - officer in carriage does the same - young soldier on horseback does the
same - all curse the stone and blames the government for bad maintenance king finally has stone removed - under it an iron box - has "For the man who
moves away the stone" written on it - inside a purse full of money - people

A king

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Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions :
Thursday. I want to be certain that it is all
I have got to give a speech
it and make any changes you think are
right. Would you look
this before and I don't want
necessary ? I have never done anything _-

(9)

ashamed.

(2)

Write

paragraph of not more than 100 words using the following points

Weaver birds - live in large communities - build large nests - look like
city apartment blocks - upto 100 nest holes - rainy season - nest wet and soggy
- collapse under weight.

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(3)

Read the following passage and write a summary in not more than

its length

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follows

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The pressures of childhood or the pleasures of

? Children always
wonder why they have to slog. They always want to play, and concentrating
on
studies is difficult. Most schools, instead of instilling confidence in the
students, only put fear into them. In many schools the strength of a classroom
is
about sixty or even more. So, it is practically impossible for teachers to attend
to each student's problems. So the easiest way of maintaining order and
discipline in classrooms was by instilling fear in the minds of the students. So,
it is a pity that most children grow up in this atmosphere of fear. It's no wonder
that they often lack in confidence.
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The history of Indian music in brimming with stories and anecdotes. The
creator, Brahma, made this universe. He created a variety of wonderfully
beautiful and enchanting things : He created the majestic mountains, the
thundering waterfalls and the trees as also the nimble deer, the colourful
peacock and the exquisite flowers. He filled his creation with
beauty, charm and
splendour' But He was sad. His conson. Saraswathi, asked him the reason
for
his sadness' Brahma said, "It is true that I have created all this wonder and
charm and showered beauty.r.ryih.... But what is the use ? My
children, the
humans, simply pass by. They do not seem to be sensitive to the
teauty around
thern. It seems to have been wasted on them, this creation seems
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purposeless."
Saraswathi understood his feelings and told him. ,.well, iet me
do my share in
the great work. You have created ali this beauty and splendour
; I shall create in
our children the power to respond, to appreciate and be uplifted
by them, I shall
give thern music and other arls which rvill drau out from deep
within them the
capacity to respond to the majestic and exquisite charm and wondrous
beauty of
all creations." the great muse then gave us music and other fine arts,
in the
hope that through them, man would understand something
of the divine. one of
the basic truths on which all Indian art is developed is-that
true afi is never
made to order : it comes as a result of an irresistible inner
urgd. When we hear a
song sung by an artist, when we see a majestic temple and, gaze
on it and
wonder when we see our ancient sculptures, we feel thrilled.
Behind all such
works of art is a great spiritual urge.
complete the following statements using information from the passage
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(a) Apart from creating the universe, Brahma created

(b)

Brahma was sad because

(c)
(d)
(e)

His consorl saraswathi decided to

The Goddess hoped that
True art is the result of

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