Q. I(A) Read the Following Passage and Answer the Questions: (1X5=5Marks)
SECTION A- READING
Q. I(A) Read the following passage and answer the questions: (1x5=5Marks)
I came out of the Museum of National History and was crossing the street on my way to the subway when I saw a large crowd and police cars. I could hear the sound of an ambulance.
I walked on. I should have stopped to find out more. But I decided to talk to my father who is
detective. Sometimes he talked about cases without giving too many details.“ The thief didn’t succeed in hiding in the museum, every inch!” My father frowned at me. “ The people who were
after him, caught up with him outside the museum, killed him and ran away. We know who they are.” He nodded his head. “ They’re what is left of the gang that broke into the jewellery store two weeks ago. We managed to get some of the jewels back. One big diamond was left, worth a lot of money.
“ That must have been what the killers were after,” I said. “ Very likely. The dead man was probably trying to run off with that one stone for himself.” “ Did they get the diamond?” I asked.
“ How can we tell? The woman who reported the killing found him when he could hardly breathe. She said that he had said three words to her, very slowly, ‘Try…sarah…Tops.’ Then he died.
I and father somehow managed to go into the museum that night. It looked like a huge underground cave.
I leaned against the platform, looking at the greyish material the skeleton was standing on. Something inside flashed. It was the diamond.
And on the magnificent skeleton was written, ‘ triceratops.’
a) What did the narrator see when he came out of the museum?
b) What was the profession of the narrator’s father?
c) What were those three words, said by the man who died?
d) Finally, what was written on the skeleton?
e) Have you ever visited a Museum?
Q. I(B) Read the following passage and answer the questions: (1X5=5Marks)
Nathu grumbled to himself as he swept the steps of the Pipalnagar Bank,owned by Seth Govind Ram. He used the small broom hurriedly and carelessly and dust after rising in a cloud above his head settled down again on the steps. As Nathu was banging his pan against a dustbin, Sitaram, the washerman’s son, passed by.
Sitaram was on his delivery round. He had a bundle of freshly pressed clothes balanced on his head. “Don’t raise such dust!” he called out to Nathu. “ Are you annoyed because they are still refusing to pay you an extra two rupees a month?”
“ I don’t wish to talk about it,” complained the sweeper boy.” I haven’t even received my regular pay. And this is the twentienth of the month. Who would think a bank would hold up a poor man’s salary? As soon as I get my money, I’m off? Not another week I work in this place,” and Nathu banged the pan against the dustbin several times, just to emphasise his point and giving himself confidence.
“ Well, I wish you luck,” said Sitaram. “ I’ll keep a lookout for any jobs that might suit you.” And he plodded barefoot along the road, the big bundle of clothes hiding most of his head and shoulders.
At the fourth home he visited, Sitaram heard the lady of the house mention that she was in need of a sweeper. Tying his bundle together, he said- “I know of a sweeper boy who’s looking for work. He can start from next month.”
a) How do we know that Nathu was sweeping carelessly?
b) Who was Sitaram?
c) What did Sitaram hear as soon as he reached the fourth home?
d) Why was Nathu upset ?
e) Where did Nathu bang the pan to emphasise his point?
Q. II(A) Read the following poem and answer the questions: (1X5=5Marks)
A Food Lover
It can’t be said, that everyone
is a lover of food.
But I’m one of those people, who can indulge,
regardless of my mood.
Everything that’s put before me,
I’m eager to taste.
With me around,
Nothing will ever have to go waste.
I don’t like to experiment, with dishes I’m not at all familiar with,
So I stick with what I know.
I’m really the perfect guest,
as I clean my plate, with gusto.
When it’s time for the sweets to be put on the table,
Well, that’s my downfall.
Whatever is made from chocolate,
I can devour it all.
I’m the perfect guest to have,
I have to say.
So whenever you want to invite me again,
I hope it’s not too far away!
a) In what way is the poet different from the other food lovers?
b) Does the poet really eat whatever is put before her? Give reasons.
c) Is she really a ‘ perfect guest’?
d) Would you like to be a food lover? Give reasons.
e) Suggest another title to the poem.
Q. II(B) Read the following poem and answer the questions: 1X5=5Marks
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Into the street the Piper stept,
Smiling first a little smile,
As if he knew what magic slept
In his quiet pipe the while;
To blow the pipe his lips wrinkled,
And green and blue his sharp eyes
twinkled,
Like a candle-flame where salt is sprinkled;
And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered,
You heard as if an army muttured;
And the mutteringgrew to a grumbling;
And grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling;
And out of the rats came tumbling.
Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats,
Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats,
Grave old plodders, gay young friskers,
Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins,
Cocking tails and pricking whiskers,
Families by tens and dozens,
Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives-
Followed the Piper for their lives.
From street to street he piped advancing.
And step for step they followed dancing,
Until they came to the river Weser
Wherein all plunged and perished!
a) Describe the color and type of rats mentioned in the poem.
b) Explain these lines from the poem:
Until they came to the river Weser
Wherein all plunged and perished!
c) Write two rhyming words from the poem.
d) How does the Piper blow his pipe? Describe his actions.
e) Give the meaning of: brawny
SECTION B- GRAMMAR
Q.III(A) Fill up the blank with possessive nouns: 5X1=5Marks
a) This is my ………….room.
b) Doctors today are too busy to listen to their ………… problems.
c) I am planning something big for my ………. anniversary.
d) The vacant plot of land was to be used to build a ……….. park.
e) ……… father’s bike was stolen last night.
Q.III(B) Underline the adjectival clause in each sentence: 5x1=5Marks
a) This is the place where I lost my pen.
b) The boy who is wearing a green shirt is the naughtiest.
c) The pretty girl, who gave a speech in the morning was the monitor.
d) Summer season is when we can enjoy the most.
e) The bunglow where we met has been renovated again.
Q.IV(A) Do as directed: 5x1=5Marks
a) We don’t have ……… water left. ( Use a quantifier)
b) About an hour ago, I saw a fellow hanging around our bunglow.
( Underline the idiomatic phrase)
c) The children of this school are very well behaved. ( Separate the subject and the predicate)
d) We often practice conversation with Mrs Clement, our English teacher.
( Underline the noun phrase in apposition)
e) Because of the rains ……………….
(Complete the sentence using the given adverbial of reason)
Q.IV(B) Edit the following with definite and indefinite articles: 5x1=5Marks
a) We can have the games period because a maths teacher hasn’t come today.
b) Try to finish a homework in the afternoon; then we can go out to play.
c) She performs tricks and do handsprings. So she is the acrobat.
d) We came across a ancient museum over there.
e) In a morning, I was fresh now I am tired.
SECTION C- CREATIVE WRITING
Q.V(A) Paragraph Writing: 1x5=5Marks
Imagine yourself to be Helen Keller.You get just three days of eyesight. Write a paragraph
on how you would utilize those three days to admire the beauty of the world.
Q. V(B) Dairy Writing: 1x5=5Marks
Imagine you are Subhadra. One day you see your grandfather sitting under the shade of a
a tree. You motivate him to make dolls again. You write a page in your diary that night. Write
a diary entry.
SECTION D
Q.VI(A) Answer the following question in details: 5x3=15Marks
a) In the lesson, ‘The New Wave’, how did the old artist feel when he couldn’t sell his dolls?
b) Name the three places Helen would visit on the second day?
c) In the lesson, ‘The Model Millionaire’, what surprise awaited Hughie the next morning?
d) In the lesson, ‘The Praying Hands’, what kind of art pieces did Albrecht create?
e) But younger times had newer demands. Explain the meaning of this sentence.
Q.VI(B) Answer the following question in details: 5x3=15Marks
a) In the poem, ‘My Mother Saw a Dancing Bear’, what is the strong message conveyed to
the children?
b) Statues, pictures and verses stand for all that is grand in life. Comment on this statement.
c) Animals also have rights like human beings. Do you agree? Why? What are their rights?
d) If you were given an option to get a statue erected near your house, whose statue would
you get made and why?
e) In the poem, ‘My Mother Saw a Dancing Bear’,what do you think the bear was feeling
while it danced for the children?
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