Mock Test – 1

English

Total No. of Questions : 20 Full Marks : 100

Time : 3 Hours
General Instruction :
1. Candidate are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable.
2. This paper is divided into four sections A, B, C and D.
3. All questions are compulsory.
4. Figures in the margin indicate full marks.
5. Answers of the questions must be in the context of the instructions given therein.
6. Answer the questions in the space provided and nowhere else.

Section – A
(Reading)
(Marks : 20)
1) Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :

Success in life depends largely on good health. Keep your body fit and strong by being
clean, inhailing fresh air and following regular habits and suitable entertaiment. Avoid
anything that will weaken your strength. Smoking harms the body and clouds the brain.
Beware of drink. It is the deadly enemy of health and efficiency. Above all remember
that your character is a precious possession. Be truthful in all things, courteons and
considerate to everybody, fair to your opponents, kind and helpful to all who are weak
and suffering and do not be afraid to have the courage to stand up for what is good, pure
and noble.

Questions :
a) How can we keep our body fit and strong ? 2
b) What are the ill efects of smoking ? 2
c) What is the role of the character in life ? 2
d) Complete the following : 1+1
i) Avoid anything that will …………….
ii) It is the deadly enemy of …………….
2) Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :

Vegetable oil has been known from antiquity. No household can get on without it, for it
is used in cooking. Perfumes may be made from the oils of certain flowers. Soaps are
made from vegetable and animal oils.
To the ordinary man, one kind of oil may be as important as another. But when the
politician or the engineer refer to oil, he almost means mineral oil, the oil that drives
tanks, aeroplanes, motor cars and diesel locomotive, the oil that is used to lubricate all
kinds of machinery. When it is refined into petrol it is used to drive the internal
combustion engine. This kind of oil comes out of the earth. Because it burns well it is
used for illumination, countless homes are still illuminated with oil burning lamps.
Because it is very slippery, it is used for lubrication.
Questions :
a) How is vegetable oil used in every household ? 2
b) How are perfumes and soaps made ? 2
c) Give two uses of mineral oil. 2
d) Why is mineral oil used for illumination ? 2
 e) Complete the following : 1+1
i) When it is refined nito petrol it is used to …………….
ii) Because it is very slippery, it is ………………………
f) Make sectences with the following words : 1+1
i) Perfume ii) Burn

Section – B
(Writing)
(Marks : 20)
3) Write a letter to your brother scolding him for having neglected his studies. 8
(In about 100 words)
OR
Write a letter to the Editor of “The Times of India” about the frequent breakdown of
electricity in your area.
4) Write a paragraph on any one of the following topics in about 60 words : 4
a) Your aim in life
b) Discipline
c) A football match
5) Write a paragraph on “A visit to a zoo” in about 80 words. 8

Section – C
(Grammer)
(Marks : 15)
6) Fill in the blanks with the correct form of non-finite verbs given in brackets : 2
(to talk, lost, running, cheating)
a) He was punished for …………………….
b) She was too small …………………..
c) She found her …………………. Bag.
d) Never board a ……………….. train.
7) Fill in the blanks with suitable sentence connectors given below : 3
(until, since, while)
a) ………………. we have no time, we cannot play.
b) I like tea …………. He likes coffee.
c) Let us wait ……………. he comes.
8) Transform the following sentence as directed : 3
a) He is too dull to understand. (Remove Too)
b) Tell me the time of his arrival. (Into complex)
c) She said to me, “Do you play cricket ?” (Into indirect speech)
9) Fill in the blanks with suitable modals given below : 2
(May, might, can must)
a) You …………….. take an umbrella since its raining.
b) I asked him if I ………….. see him.
c) ………………. her soul rest in peace !
d) ………………. you lend me your book ?
10) Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs given in brackets : 2
a) Babur ……………….. the Mughal Empire. (found)
b) My mother ……………… when I returned home. (sleep)
11) Fill in the blanks with, “why, what, where”. 3
a) I now remember ……………… I had met her.
b) She told us …………….. she went to Delhi.
c) I won’t believe ……………… you say.
 Section – D
(Text-Book)
(Marks : 45)
(a) Prose
(Marks : 20)
12) Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :

The moon was coming up in the east, behind me, and stars were shining in the clear sky
above me. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky. I was happy to be alone high up above the
sleeping countryside. I was flying my old Dakota aeroplane over France back to
England. I was dreaming of my holding and looking forward to being with my family. I
looked at my watch: One thirty in the morning.

Questions :
a) Who is ‘me’ here in the first line ? 1
b) What indicates that the weather was fine at that time ? 1
c) Which two things made the pilot happy ? 1
d) Where was he going ? 1
e) Find a word from the passage which means “without any company”. 1
13) Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :

Coorg or Kodagn, the smallest district of Karnataka, is home to evergreen rainforests,

spices and coffee plantations. Evergreen rainforests cover thirty percent of this district.
During the monsoons, it pours enough to keep many visitors away. The season of joy
commences from September and continues till March. The weather is perfect with some
showers thrown in for good measure. The air breathes of invigorating coffee.

Questions :
a) Where is Kodagu ? 1
b) How much area of this district is covered by evergreen rainforests ? 1
c) Why did not the visitors stay there during mansoons ? 1
d) How many months are there to enjoy the beauty of nature ? 1
e) Find a word from the passage which means “starts”. 1
14) Describe how the young seagull made his first flight. 6
OR
What kind of girls were Peggy and Maddie ? What did they do to Wanda ?
15) Who read Lencho’s letter ? What did he do then ? 4
OR
Why was Mr. Keesing annoyed with Anne ? What did he ask her to do ?

(b) Poerty
(Marks : 10)
16) Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :

The way a crow

Shook down on me
The dust of show
From a hemlock tree

Questions :
a) Name the poem from where these lines have been taken ? 1
b) Who has written these lines ? 1
 c) Who shook down the dust of snow ? 1
d) Where was the dust of snow ? 1
17) Answer any two of the following questions in about 30-40 words each :
a) What happens when the trees stumble forward into the night ? 2
b) How does the Bengal Tiger look ? 2
c) What names did Belinda give to her pets ? 2

(c) Supplementary Reader

(Marks : 15)
18) Give a character sketch of Matilda. 8
OR
Describe how Mr. Herriot cured Tricki’s illness.
19) Why did the marriage of Bholi not take place ? 4
OR
Who was Horace Danby ? what kind of a person was he ?
20) Why was the narrator sent to New Mullion by his law firm ? 3
OR
What work did the thief do for Anil ?