(i) Solovyova (ii) an ordinary pilot (iii)

nobody (iv) her cousin

(c) When Tereshkova made her first jump, she was an employee.
First Weekly Test -2021
(i) In a local textile factory (ii) in a sewing factory
Class: XII
(iii) in a kindergarten-school (iv) in an aerospace company
Subject: English First Paper Code: 1 0 7
(d) How many applicants were there for the project?
(i) 300 (ii) 400 (iii) 450
Time: 1 Hours Marks: 25 (iv) 500
[N.B. The figures in the right margin indicate full marks. (e) What does the word 'proletaria' in the passage refer to?
(i) the working class people (ii) people with special needs
1. Read the following text and answer the questions A and B. (iii) common people (iv) people who are sick
Valentina Tereshkova was born in the village Maslennikovo, B. Answer the following questions.
Tutayevsky District, in Central Russia. Tereshkova's father was a (a) What do you know about Tereshkova's early life?
tractor driver and her mother worked in a textile plant. Tereshkova (b) What led to the selection of Tereshkova as a cosmonaut?
began school in 1945 at the age of eight, but left school in 1953 and (c) What can you say about the trainings Tereshkova took?
continued her education through distance learning. She became (d) Who was the first human being to fly to outer space?
interested in parachuting from a young age, and trained in skydiving at (e) Briefly discuss Tereshkova's experience in Vostok-6.
the local Aeroclub, making her first jump at age 22 on 21 May 1959. At
that time she was employed as a textile worker in a local factory. It was 2.Write a paragraph on" Folk Music "by answering the following questions
her expertise in skydiving that led to her selection as a cosmonaut. in about 200 words. 10
After the flight of Yuri Gagarin (the first human being to travel to outer A, what is folk music ?
space in 1961), the Soviet Union decided to send a woman in space. On B, what are the components of folk music?
16 February 1962, "proletaria" Valentina Tereshkova was selected for C. What are the traditional musical instruments in our country ?
this project from among more than four hundred applicants. Tereshkova D . Mention three types of folk music based on the dialects of three different
had to undergo a series of training that included weightless flights, regions.
isolation tests, centrifuge tests, rocket theory, spacecraft engineering, E. What do you know about the effect of our tribal community on folk
120 parachute jumps and pilot training in MiG-15UTI jet fighters. music.
Since the successful launch of the spacecraft Vostok-5 on 14 June 1963, .
Tereshkova began preparing for her own flight. On the morning of 16
June 1963, Tereshkova and her back-up cosmonaut Solovyova were
dressed in space-suits and taken to the space shuttle launch pad by bus.
After completing her communication and life support checks, she was
sealed inside Vostok-6. Finishing a two-hour countdown, Vostok-6
launched faultlessly.
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 15=5
(a) What does the word 'expertise' mean?
(i) proficiency (ii) ability (iii)
knowledge (iv) expert opinion
(b) Who was Tereshkova's back-up cosmonaut?