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Sample Paper 1
Class X Exam 2022-23
English-Language and Literature (184)
Time Allowed : 3 Hrs. Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions:
1. 15-minute prior reading time allotted for Q-paper reading.
2. The Question Paper contains THREE sections READING, GRAMMAR & WRITING and LITERATURE.
3. Attempt question based on specific instructions for each part.
SECTION A- READING SKILLS 20

I. Read the passage given below. 10
1. Hobbies help us grow as a person. The best way to have a new hobby is to try something new. All of us
are unique, and this is the reason why our hobbies and interests are different. Once we find an activity we
are passionate about, we can explore that activity more. When you get hooked, you will realize that your
hobby has become an integral part of your life. Having a hobby that we enjoy brings us joy and refreshes
us. Hobbies help us to manage our leisure and unplanned time more productively. It also affords you the
opportunity to learn new skills in your work. But these are not the only benefits of having a hobby.
2. It feels great to be skilled and good at something, doesn’t it ? And this is what that makes you confident.
It can take some time to develop your hobby so that you may be able to tell that you are skilled. But,
the journey of experiencing your hobby is very rewarding in itself. With the exposure to different types
of activities these days, it doesn’t matter which activity you choose. Whether you are pursuing a craft,
sports, puzzles, or skill development, your hobby should be a diversion and a passion. Simultaneously,
if your hobby gives you a sense of purpose, then you will be more confident about challenging yourself
in your hobby and help you prepare for learning new things at work.
3. Hobbies give you an opportunity to enhance your life Hobbies allow you to de-stess yourself while
remaining mentally productive. Having hobbies promotes better health and may lower the risk of having
high blood pressure. Enjoying a few hours of your hobby a week can also reduce the risk of depression
and dementia. Hobbies refocus your mind on to something that you enjoy doing. Hobbies that include
physical activities create chemical changes in your body that help to reduce stress.
4. Even if it doesn’t involve physical activities, you can still reap the benefits of having a hobby. Getting a
short break from work and doing something you are passionate about can rejuvenate your mind and help
prepare you to handle challenges in the future in a better way.
5. Hobbies may provide an opportunity for you to socialize with people and that can be an additional
benefit for your overall well-being. You can connect with people who enjoy doing the same things that
you do. You can meet new people, discuss your hobby and get connected to a bigger circle that may even
help you turn your hobby into your profession. The internet provides numerous groups and forums to
connect with people that enjoy doing the same things that you want to do.
6. Some hobbies require creativity and if you develop creativity through your hobby, it can be beneficial.
Creativity can help you experience new things at school and work. The skill of being creative is essential
in today’s world.
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Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below.
i. When a person gets hooked on a hobby, he realises that :

(a) it has become an integral part of our life.
(b) it has much more benefits than we realised.
(c) it is much more enjoyable to have a hobby.
(d) it is quite essential for us to learn some skills through our hobbies.
ii. No matter which sort of hobby you are pursuing, be it a craft, sports, puzzles, or skill development, your
hobby should be :
(a) useful for you in the long run.
(b) a skill that improves your present circumstances.
(c) a diversion and a passion.
(d) followed through till the end.
iii. The journey of experiencing a hobby is quite :

(a) challenging for a person.
(b) rewarding in itself.
(c) demanding in itself.
(d) inspirational for a person.
iv. State any one way through which hobbies enhance your life?
v. Getting a hobby means having a short break from work and doing something you are passionate about
which can
(a) give you a peace of mind from all the other problems of daily hectic life and make you feel refreshed.
(b) help you enhance and improve your skills and push you forward on your path to success.
(c) make you enjoy and appreciate your life much more as you are happy pursuing what you love.
(d) rejuvenate your mind and help prepare you to handle challenges in the future in a better way.
vi. List any two benefits of having a hobby.

1. __________
2. __________
vii. What is essential in today’s world?
viii. Give an appropriate title for the passage.
ix. Supply 1 point to justify the following:

Hobby provides you with an opportunity to socialise with people.

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x. Choose an option that is clearly a synonym of the word ‘hooked’.

(a) opposed
(b) indifferent
(c) willing
(d) captivated
II. Read the passage given below. 10
1. Conference series LLC Ltd organises a conference series of 1000+ global events inclusive of 300+
conferences, 900+ upcoming and previous symposiums and workshops in USA, Europe and Asia with
support from 1000 more Scientific societies and publishes 700+ open access journals which contain over
30000 eminent personalities, reputed scientists as Editorial board members.
2. Recycling and Waste Management Convention 2018 proudly invites contributors across the globe to 9th
World Convention on Recycling and Waste Management during October 22-23,2018 in Osaka, Japan,
which includes prompt keynote presentations, oral talks, poster presentations and exhibitions. We are
delighted to say that it is the 9th World Convention on Recycling and Waste Management which will be
held in a beautiful city of Osaka, Japan and hence we invite you all to attend and register.
3. 9th World Convention on Recycling and Waste Management is mainly based on the theme “Advocating
Waste Disposal and Recycling Practices for Clean and Green Environment.” We warmly welcome all
the participants - leading scientists, researchers and scholars of the world to attend the convention. We
provide a platform for young researchers and students to present their research through oral presentations
through which they can develop a foundation for collaboration among young researchers.
4. The organising committee aims at setting a platform for all the budding scientists and researchers to
present their real-time work and share their views and aspects related to the theme of the conference. The
organising committee is gearing up for an exciting and informative conference programme including
plenary lecture, symposia, workshops on a variety of topics, poster presentations and various programmes
for participants from all over the world.
i. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in the passage.
Waste management and recycling it.

ii. Select the appropriate option to fill in the blanks.

_____ has been considered as the second nature to us.
(a) Sorting of waste
(b) Recycling of waste
(c) Waste management
(d) Implementing steps framed and deployed in convention
iii. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word/phrase from paragraph 2:
Delhi : India :: Tokyo : _____
(Clue : Delhi is capital of India, similarly Tokyo is capital of...)
iv. What theme is being highlighted in the given passage?

(a) Efficient means of reducing garbage
(b) Various techniques to be employed to recycle the goods
(c) Efficient ways of waste disposal
(d) Both (b) and (c)
v. Which of the following notion in the conference has been emphasised to be deployed?
(a) Waste disposal management
(b) Waste management
(c) Recycling of goods
(d) Reshaping Earth’s future
vi. Fill in the blank by selecting the correct option.

According to the pie-chart, Branches & wood has been recycled at the rate of _____.
(a) 1%
(b) 24%
(c) 4%
(d) 3%
vii. Substitute the word ‘present’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following sentence from
paragraph 3:
We provide a platform for young researchers and students to present their research...
viii. List any two points that the given data represents.
ix. Which activity contributes collectively towards paper waste recycled percentage?
x. What has been considered as an efficient means to reduce landfill area?
(a) Sorting of waste
(b) Recycling or composting waste
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

III. SECTION B- GRAMMAR 10

Attempt ANY TEN of the following questions. 10
i. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the sentence.
The boys _____ to my lecture since 8 O’clock this morning.
(a) were listening
(b) have been listening
(c) had been listening
(d) None of these
ii. Read the conversation between a mother and her daughter. Complete the sentence by reporting daughter’s
reply correctly.
Mother: Why are you looking so worried?
Daughter: My exams are approaching.
Mother asked her daughter why she was looking very worried. The daughter replied that _____.
iii. Select the correct option to fill in the blank for the given line.
I _____ rather die than join the gang of terrorists.
(a) could
(b) should
(c) would
(d) can
iv. Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line:
A little political thinkers think that liberty and equality can’t go together.
Option No. Error Correction
(a) can’t couldn’t
(b) think thinks
(c) A little Some
(d) go goes
v. Complete the given sentence, by filling in the blank with the correct option:
They met you at night after you _____ your work.
(a) had finished
(b) have finished
(c) finished
(d) will finish

vi. Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket.
Chris, in addition to his brother Zack, _____ (play)hockey on Saturday.
vii. Report the dialogue between a doctor and a patient, by completing the sentence:
Doctor : You should take this medicine every day.
Patient : Should I take it before dinner or after dinner?
Doctor : No, you should take it after breakfast.
The Doctor advised the patient that he should take that medicine every day. The patient further asked if
he should take it before dinner or after dinner. The doctor replied negatively and then said that _____.
viii. Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction.
Some guys like to fights on even playing grounds, and some guys like to cheat.
Use the given format for your response.
Error Correction
ix. Transform the following direct speech into reported speech:

He asked, “Will you be coming?”
x. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option, to complete the sentence.
My class teacher told me that I _____ work hard.
(a) shall
(b) could
(c) can
(d) should
xi. Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between Radha and Shikha.
Radha : Do you know how to swim?
Shikha : Yes I know. I have learnt it during this summer vacation.
Radha asked Shikha if/whether she knew how to swim. Then Shikha replied in affirmative and also
added that _____.
(a) she had learnt it during the summer vacation
(b) she has learnt it during the summer vacation
(c) she have learnt it during the summer vacation
(d) she had learn it during the summer vacation
xii. Identify the error and supply the correction, for the following sentence:
Every people went to welcome the Indian Cricket team.
Error Correction

IV. SECTION B- CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS 10

All the names and addresses used in the questions are fictitious. Resemblance, if any, is purely coincidental.
1. Attempt ANY ONE from A and B given below. 5

A. Write a letter to the Editor of “The Times of India”, Delhi expressing your concern over the increase in
the rate of road accident, rash driving and overcrowded road transport. You are Priya/Priyanshu living at
B-47 Avas Vikas, Mayur Vihar, New Delhi.
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B. Write an application to your principal asking permission to remain absent from school for 5 days on
account of your brother’s marriage.
A. The charts below show agricultural production in two different regions of the country. Write an analytical
paragraph in 100-120 words by selecting and reporting the main features, and making comparisons
where relevant.
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B. Given below is a newspaper report on the state of cancer prevailing in India. You have been asked to
write an analytical paragraph on ‘Cancer - a silent killer’ Taking information from the clipping given
below together with your own ideas, write this paragraph in 100-120 words.
“In India, cities are more cancer-prone than rural areas. In the early 1990’s, we expected one out of 10-
15 urban Indians to get cancer in their life -time, that is every second or third family would have to face
this disease. This is partly due to high levels of benzene in the air and also that the metros are exposed
to high levels of pesticides in their foods. In order to check the steady growth of cancer in the country,
the Government shall have to give priority to preventive action. At the same time measures to undertake
improvement in facilities for the treatment of cancer shall have to be adopted.”
SECTION C- LITERATURE 40
V. Reference to the Context 10
1. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 5
1.A “It was only when I began to learn that my boyhood freedom was an illusion, when I discovered as a
young man that my freedom had already been taken from me, that I began to hunger for it. At first as a
student I wanted freedom only for myself, the transitory freedoms of being able to stay out at night, read

what I pleased and go where I chose. Later, as a young man in Johannesburg, I yearned for the basic and
honourable freedoms...”
(Nelson Mandela : Long Walk to Freedom)
i. The title that best suits this extract is

(a) Freedom for everything
(b) Knowledge about Freedom
(c) Significance of Freedom
(d) Realisation of Freedom
ii. Why do you think the speaker mentions some freedoms as ‘transitory’?
iii. Choose the option that best fits the usage of the word ‘illusion’ as used in the extract.
(a) He was never able to get past the illusion.
(b) The illusion I experienced was quite intriguing.
(c) A large mirror in the room creates an illusion.
(d) I was living under the illusion that this is possible.
iv. The speaker says, ‘at first as a student I wanted freedom only for myself.’ Why do you think he only
thought about himself?
(a) He didn’t want to think about the freedom denied to others.
(b) He was being selfish and was only bothered about himself.
(c) He didn’t think that freedom denied to him was important for others.
(d) He was too young to realise that freedom was denied to others as well.
v. Fill in the blank with ONE WORD only.

The speaker’s belief about freedom, since _____ proved false. It was not until the speaker grew up to be
a young man when it dawned on him that he was deprived of freedom.
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1.B THINK-TANK: Mirror, mirror, in my hand. Who is the most fantastically intellectually gifted being in
the land?
OFFSTAGE VOICE: (after a pause) You, sir.
THINK -TANK: (smacking mirror) Quicker. Answer quicker next time. I hate a slow mirror. (He
admires himself in the mirror.) Ah, there I am. Are we Martians not a handsome race? So much more
attractive than those ugly Earthlings with their tiny heads. Noodle, you keep on exercising your mind,
and someday you’ll have a balloon brain just like mine.
NOODLE: Oh, I hope so, Mighty Think-Tank. I hope so.
THINK -TANK: Now, contact the space probe. I want to invade that primitive ball of mud called Earth
before lunch.
NOODLE: It shall be done, sir. (He adjusts levers on switchboard. Electronic buzzes and beeps are heard
as the curtains open.)
(The Book that Saved the Earth)

i. Choose the option that lists the most appropriate meaning of think-tank from those given below.
(a) A tank that helps you think deeper than an average person, if you use its contents regularly.
(b) Non-stop flow of ideas from a fixed source about one particular issue.
(c) A pool of ideas and solutions to various problems via an individual, group or organisation.
(d) A method by way of which people think collectively to identify stray thoughts among them.
ii. The playwright places certain words and sentences in brackets in the given extract.
List any two ways these benefit both the director and actors.
1. __________
2. __________
iii. Choose the option that correctly categorizes the phrase “(after a pause)” based on the dialogue given
above.
(a) aside
(b) stage direction
(c) narration
(d) setting
iv. Choose the option that gives you fits the example of an irony from the ones given below.
(a) “Who is the most fantastically intellectually gifted being in the land?”
(b) “I hate a slow mirror.”
(c) “Noodle, you keep on exercising your mind, and someday you’ll have a balloon brain just like
mine.”
(d) “I want to invade that primitive ball of mud called Earth before lunch.”
v. Complete the analogy by selecting the suitable word from the text.
spinning : top :: rotation : _____
(Clue : Spinning is the movement of a top, similarly rotation is the movement of the...)

2.A If strolling forth, a beast you view,
Whose hide with spots is peppered,
As soon as he has lept on you,
You’ll know it is the Leopard.
Twi’ll do no good to roar with pain,
He’ll only lep and lep again.
(How to Tell Wild Animals)
i. Choose the option listing the stanza that would follow the given extract.

1. The leopard stalks on silent paws.

With deadly armor of fangs and claws.
He lies in his tree perch through out the day.
Sleeping and resting the hours away.
2. A spotted leopard in a banyan tree,
kept his yellow carnivore-ic eyes on me.
I knew better than to move fast or try to flee.
His eyes narrowed, but I refused to see.
How fast that cat was chasing after me.
If I can just get to that tall tall......
3. His claws and paws will make you forget,
If you’re in a dream or reality,
And you’ll feel clawed and pawed. I bet,
The peppered pounce a certainty.
This a beast that runs and strikes fast,
If you’re caught you sure won’t last.
4. The leopard and the lion chose to become friends,
For they were all proud of claws on their paws,
They each glorified one another for their mighty,
Ability to live on meat of other fauna throughout a year,
They each admired one another for running speed,
They each remained firm and loyal to one rule;
Lions don’t eat leopards neither leopards eat lions.
(a) Option 1
(b) Option 2
(c) Option 3
(d) Option 4
ii. Given below are four examples of activities that Jasmeet does. Choose the option that correctly
demonstrates ‘strolling’.
(a) Jasmeet runs with a great speed after being chased by a dog.
(b) Jasmeet walks in the garden, relaxing while listening to his favourite song.
(c) Jasmeet skids sharply on the icy skate rink.
(d) Jasmeet rushes to switch off the water pump in the backyard.
iii. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

The poet asks the reader to hide on seeing the leopard.
iv. The repetition used in “he’ll only lep and lep again” is an example of _____.
v. Choose the option that matches with the rhyme scheme of the extract.
1. Pround loud child wild jungle mingle

2. Wild jungle child mingle loud proud

3. Wild proud child loud jungle mingle
4. Loud jungle wild child mingle proud
(a) option 1
(b) option 2
(c) option 3
(d) option 4
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2.B The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbour and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on. (Fog)
i. List any two qualities of the cat that Carl Sandburg applies to the fog?
1. __________
2. __________
ii. Which one/s of the following applies to the given lines?
1. Personification is a literary device where you give an animal, object or natural phenomenon,
qualities or abilities that only a human can have.
2. Transferred epithet is a literary device when an adjective usually used to describe one thing is
transferred to another.
3. Imagery is the language used by poets and writers to create visual representation of ideas in the
minds of the readers.
4. Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear side by side.
(a) 1 and 4
(b) 2 and 3
(c) Only 1
(d) Only 3
iii. Pick the option that includes an image of the cat on its haunches.
(a) Option 1
(b) Option 2
(c) Option 3
(d) Option 4

iv. Choose the option that does not list movement of the fog.
1. It stole in on us like a foot-pad somewhere out of the sea and air... E.J.Pratt
2. A fog drifts in, the haevy-laden Cold white ghost of the sea- Sara Teasdale
3. The fog it tricks the eye The wonder of the vell of shite under the clear blue sky. K.C.Cox
4. ...comes gliding, rolling in at ground level, pressing its white featureless face against... -R.H.Grenville
(a) Option 1
(b) Option 2
(c) Option 3
(d) Option 4
v. Complete the analogy by selecting the suitable word from the text.
manacle : hands :: fetter : _____
(Clue : A manacle is a shackle for the hands, and a fetter is a shackle for the...)
VI Answer ANY FOUR of the following in about 40-50 words each. 4 # 3 = 12
i. Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter ‘God’?
(A Letter to God)
ii. What special characteristic of Mijbil did Maxwell learn after he took him to the bathroom?
(Mijbil the Otter)
iii. Why did the Buddha ask Kisa Gotami to bring a handful of mustard seeds?
(The Sermon at Benares)
iv. Describe the method Anne Gregory suggested in order to prove that she is loved for who she is.
(For Anne Gregory)
v. “Fire and Ice” project a pessimistic outlook. Comment.

VII Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 40-50 words each. 2#3 = 6
i. Why was Tricki an uninteresting object for other dogs at the surgery?
(A Triumph of Surgery)
ii. Henry unintentionally saved Ausable’s life. Briefly comment.

(The Midnight Visitor)
iii. How did the Loisels react when they realized that the necklace had been lost?
VIII Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 100-120 words. 6
i. Valli was sensitive, but at the same time, she was fearless and quite determined. Think of another
character from your textbook, First Flight, who displayed similar character traits. Compare and contrast
the lives of Valli and the other character.
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ii. Explain the phrase “the forest that was empty all these days”. After reading the poem “The Trees”, for
whom do you think are the forests needed ? Imagine you are a tree in a forest, what values would you
like the humans to learn from the tree ?

IX Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 100-120 words. 6

i. “And in her smiling eyes was the right of deep satisfaction that an artist feels when he is contemplating
the completion of his masterpiece.” Imagine you are Bholi’s teacher. You are overwhelmed with a sense
of satisfaction to see the conversion of ‘Bholi’ to ‘Sulekha’. Express your feelings in the form of a diary
entry.
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ii. Give a character-sketch of Hari Singh.

(The Thief ’s Story)
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Sample Paper 3

1. The problem of the conservation of historical monuments (statues, columns, ancient buildings) requires
an accurate study of the many environmental agents which bring about the deterioration process and
affect the actual rate of deterioration. Among the most active causes of weathering, we can cite : (i) the
weakening of the outer layer of the art work, which is caused by complex microphysical effects and is in
particular due to wetting of the outer layer of the artwork (a comparison between the effects of rainwater
and condensation is made); (ii) the chemico-physical action of pollutants captured in both the dry and
wet phase.
2. The destructive processes depend on many factors : the past history of the monument, the capture and
nature of the pollutants, and the frequency of some microclimatic conditions, particularly those supplying
the water necessary for chemical reactions. To this end studies of diurnal and seasonal variations on the
monument of both the heat wave and the fluxes of moisture and energy are very important.
3. Some of these processes have been shown with microclimatic studies and microphysical investigation
associated with mineralogic and chemical analyses of samples of weathered material. Mathematical
models in some cases (especially for solar radiation and temperature) permit physical simulation,
reconstruction of past data and extrapolation into the future observation of many monuments from
different epochs; situated at various sites, gives examples of the fundamental processes that are often
associated with, or masked by, other effects.
4. The main weathering processes are due to the combined action of rainwater and atmospheric pollutants
(particularly the carbonaceous particles due to combustion) deposited on the surface of the monument.
The way in which the surface is wetted is very important : in fact, a short drizzle can activate the dry
deposit without washing it away, and in this case the pH of rain droplets is of secondary importance; on
the other hand, showers supply abundant water which favours dissolution of the stone and removal of
the solute, resulting in a thinning of the original rock. Another important factor is the dynamic regime
(i.e. laminar or turbulent) of the water flowing over the surface of the monument.
5. In zones where the surface of marble or calcareous monuments is only wetted, but protected from run-
off, black crusts (characterized by crystals of gypsum and calcite with carbonaceous particles embedded
in the crusts) are formed. Zones subjected to heavy run-off are also subjected to a thinning of the rock
and small authentic calcite crystals form that are white in appearance.
6. In the case of relatively unpolluted towns, where marble and limestone sulphation is not the main cause

of the deterioration process, biological deterioration mechanisms are often very important, due to the
activity of epilithic and endolithic microflora and microfauna.
7. The case of particularly precious mortars, e.g. murals or frescoes, is discussed in order to clarify the
thermodynamic method proposed for the analysis of experimental campaigns. Finally actions are
described that act on the causes and not only on the effects.
i. List any two factors on which the destructive processes of historical monuments depend.
1. __________
2. __________
ii. The problem of the conservation of historical monuments requires :

(a) an understanding of the deterioration process.
(b) an accurate study of the many environmental agents.
(c) an accurate assumption of effects of rainwater.
(d) an understanding of the effects caused by the chemico-physical action of pollutants.
iii. The main weathering processes of the monument are caused due to the deposition of _____ on the
surface of the monument.
(a) gypsum and calcite with carbonaceous particles
(b) the heat wave and the fluxes of moisture and energy
(c) pollutants which weaken the art work
(d) the combined action of rainwater and atmospheric pollutants
iv. What favours the dissolution of the stone and removal of the solute, resulting in a thinning of the original
rock?
v. To understand the destructive process of a monument it is very important to study the :

(a) moisture deposited on the monument yearly.
(b) understand the variations of heat affecting the monument.
(c) diurnal and seasonal variations on the monument.
(d) fluxes of energy experienced by the monument.

Zones that experience _____ are also subjected to a thinning of the rock and small authentic calcite
crystals form that are white in appearance on the monument.
(a) extreme air pollution
(b) acid rainfall
(c) harsh winds
(d) heavy run-off

vii. Which of the following will be the most appropriate title of the passage ?
(a) Deterioration Process of Historical Monuments
(b) Monuments and their Deteriorations
(c) The Legacy of Monuments
(d) The Science of Deterioration
viii. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word/phrase from paragraph 2:
tree : sap :: hydrant : _____
(Clue : Just like a tree is a source of sap, similarly a hydrant is a source of...)
ix. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

When talking about weathering processes, the way in which the surface is wetted is very important.
x. Substitue the word ‘weathering’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following sentence from
paragraph 4:
The main weathering processes are due to the combined action of rainwater and atmospheric pollutants...
1. The ocean is one of the most unexplored parts of our planet, with a magnitude of undiscovered species
and mysteries. It turns out from the studies conducted over the last few decades, this magnificent
environment is under serious threat from human intervention, with plastics set to outnumber fish by
2050.
2. Marine life, as we know it, is suffering irreparable damage from the chemical pollution of the waters and
the millions of tons of mismanaged waste dumped in the oceans each year. The result is a planetary crisis
with over 100 million marine animal’s lives get lost every year, and the decay of the ocean’s ecosystem.
Shocking Ocean Pollution Statistics:

• 100 melon marine animals die each year from plastic waste alone.
• 100000 marine animal die from getting entangled in plastic yearly - this is just the creatures we find.
• 1 in 3 marine mammal species get found entangled in litter, 12-14000 tons of plastic are ingested by North Pacific fish yearly.
• In the past 10 years, we’ve made more plastic than the last century. By 2050, the pollution of fish will be outnumbered by our dumped
plastic.
• The largest trash site on the planet is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, twice the surface area of Texas, it outnumbers sea life there 6 to 1.
• Chine is ranked #1 for mismanaged waste and plastics. However, the US is in the top 20 with a more significant waste per person
contributions.
• 300 Million tons of plastic gets created yearly, and this weighs the same as the entire human population, and 50% is single-use only.
• There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic waster estimated to be in our oceans. 269000 tons float, 4 billion microfibers per km2 dwell below
the surface.
• 70% of our debris sinks into the ocean’s ecosystem, 15% floats and 15% lands on our beaches.
• In terms of plastic, 8.3 million tons are discarded in the sea yearly. Of which, 236000 are ingestible microplastics that marine creatures
mistake for food.
• Plastics take 500-1000 years to degrade; currently 79% is send to lands or the oceans, while only 9% is recycled, and 12% gets incinerated.
• 1950-1998 over 100 nuclear blast tests occurred in our oceans.
• 500 marine locations are now recorded as dead zones globally, currently the size of the United Kingdom’s surface (245000 km2)
• 80% of global marine pollution comes from agriculture runoff, untreated sewage, discharge of nutrients and pesticides.
• 90% of the worldwide ocean debris comes from 10 rivers alone.

3. Almost 1,000 species of marine animals get impacted by ocean pollution, and we now have over 500
locations recorded as dead zones where marine life cannot exist. How did this happen, what is causing
the most damage, find out everything above in the marine pollution statistics round-up.
4. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a floating island of debris, accumulated in the North Pacific Ocean
by an extensive system of currents called gyres. It is built up from two other waste patches, the western
garbage patch near Japan and the eastern garbage patch near America’s west coast near California and
Hawaii.
5. The North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone links the east and western garbage patches, acting as
a highway for waste to move from one to the other. Because of this, a small item of debris dropped near
California can travel across to Japan, then eventually get sucked up by these swirling garbage patch
vortexes.
6. The great pacific garbage patch size is quite shocking. These patches of trash are said to be twice the size
of Texas and float on the surface but do drop several meters into the ocean in places, which makes the
correct size challenging to measure. The world’s largest garbage site is mainly made up of microplastics
creating a vast cloud, with newer items of debris that haven’t broken down as much floating around like
chunks in a soup. The great pacific garbage patch effects on marine life are extremely significant.
i. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in paragraph 5:

A small item of debris dropped near California can travel across to Japan.
ii. According to the passage, what is set to outnumber the fish in the ocean by the year 2050?
(a) pollution
(b) garbage
(c) plastics
(d) human waste
iii. The largest trash site on the planet, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, is twice the size of which city?
(a) Arizona
(b) Florida
(c) Colorado
(d) Texas
iv. Which country is ranked number one for mismanaged waste and plastics?
v. Which of the following is not a place from where 80% of global marine pollution comes?
(a) agriculture run-off
(b) untreated sewage
(c) discharge of nutrients and pesticide
(d) factory waste disposal

vi. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

700 marine locations are now recorded as dead zones globally.
vii. Fill in the blank by selecting the correct option:

An extensive system of currents in the North Pacific Ocean is called _____.
(a) debris
(b) vortex
(c) convergence
(d) gyres
viii. Substitute the word ‘irreparable’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following sentence from
paragraph 2:
Marine life, as we know it, is suffering irreparable damage from the chemical pollution of the waters...
ix. Choose an option that is an antonym of the word ‘unexplored’?

(a) known
(b) undiscovered
(c) irrelevant
(d) unimportant
x. Based on your understanding of the text, list 2 reasons for the following:
Marine life is suffering from irreparable damage.
1. __________
2. __________

The bridge is being _____ at the moment so it can’t be used.
(a) repaired
(b) repairing
(c) repair
(d) repairs
ii. Read the conversation between Raman and Anitha. Complete the sentence by reporting Anitha’s reply
correctly.
Raman : What’s the matter, Anitha?
Anitha : Oh, nothing. You cannot help me. I only want that blue umbrella.
Raman asked Anitha what the matter was. She replied that it was nothing and he could not help her as
_____

_____ I suggest a slight change in your plan ?
(a) May
(b) Would
(c) Must
(d) Will
The people of India show remarkable unity at the time of Kargil Conflict.
(a) time times
(b) conflict conflicts
(c) show showed
(d) The A
v. Complete the given sentence, by filling in the blank with the correct option :
When I was a child, I _____ to school everyday instead of going by cycle.
(a) walked
(b) have been walking
(c) had walked
(d) have walked
Many a student _____ (try) hard to pass his entrance exam.
vii. Report the dialogue between Gardener and Dev, by completing the sentence :
Gardener: Did you water the plant today?
Dev: No, but I will, today.
Gardener: Then tomorrow I will get a sapling of sunflower.
The Gardener asked Dev if he had watered the plant that day. Dev replied negatively but said he would
that day. Then the gardener said that _____
Diwali, well known as the festival of lights, is a festival that is celebrate in almost all parts of India.

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The beggar said to the old man, “Can you tell me the way to the nearest temple?”
x. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option.

You have a large number of shirts. You _____ buy any more.
(a) need not
(b) can not
(c) would not
(d) should not
xi. Rohit and Rajat are discussing their plans for the weekend. Complete the dialogue below by choosing
the correct option.
Rohit : How do you like the idea of going to the zoo?
Rajat : That sounds good, But I _____ my parent’s permission.
(a) needs to take
(b) need not to take
(c) needs not to take
(d) need to take
xii. Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction.
At the age of seventeen, Galileo know that he had discovered an important law- a law of a pendulum.

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A. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper highlighting the problem of traffic jam near Chinpumi Temple
Crossing and suggesting some remedy for it.
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B. You are Neelam/Rakesh, Store Incharge Diksha Stores, 32/54, Rajeev Nagar, Delhi. Your school requires
school bags and accessories in bulk for the commencement of the new session. Write a letter of inquiry
to the Sales Manager, Sky Bags Industries Ltd. 15/3, Ravi Nagar, Delhi enquiring about the details of
goods manufactured.


A. The two maps below show an island, before and after the construction of some tourist facilities. Write
an analytical paragraph in 100-120 words by selecting and reporting the main features, and making
comparisons where relevant.
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B. Study the concept chart from a recent study by WHO that has described some positive effects of quitting
smoking.
Write an analytical paragraph in 100-120 words, analysing the given information.


1.A “Paper has more patience than people’ I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a
little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether
to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since
I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a ‘diary’, unless
I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of difference.”
(From the Diary of Anne Frank)
i. ‘Paper has more patience than people.’ What does this imply?
ii. Pick out the emoticon which clearly brings out the meaning of ‘listless’ as used in the extract?
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(a) Option (i)
(b) Option (ii)
(c) Option (iii)
(d) Option (iv)
iii. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in extract:
Anne doesn’t plan to let anyone else read her diary.
iv. If the diary were a ‘real friend’, what qualities would Anne expect it to have?
Pick the option that lists these correctly.
1. optimistic
2. good listener
3. confidant
4. energetic
5. non-judgemental
6. outgoing
7. ambitious
(a) 1 and 4
(b) 5, 6 and 7
(c) 2, 3 and 5
(d) 3 and 7

v. Pick out the sentence that brings out the meaning of ‘brooding’ as used in the extract?
(a) The mysterious house on the hill is still brooding above the village.
(b) The people at the stock market always keep brooding about the gains.
(c) He was brooding over the matter and took a long time to decide.
(d) Suspense and drama were brooding at the site of the investigation.
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1.B I think he knew I made a little money this way but he did not seem to mind. Anil made money by fits and
starts. He would borrow one week, lend the next. He kept worrying about his next cheque, but as soon
as it arrived, he would go out and celebrate. It seems he wrote for magazines - a queer way to make a
living!
i. Complete the following with a phrase from extract:

Opinion Reason
_______ Anil received money intermittently.
ii. The information in the extract suggests that Anil could be a

(a) salaried professional
(b) freelancer
(c) business man
(d) volunteer
iii. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word/phrase from extract:
lose : find :: lend : _____
(Clue : Just like lose is antonym of find, similarly lend is antonym of...)
iv. The reference to making a little money ‘this way’ refers to a way that is viewed by most people as
(a) sensible
(b) inappropriate
(c) charitable
(d) Aggressive
v. Based on your understanding of Anil in the extract, choose the option that synchronises with his thinking.
(a) So what if I don’t have much money? Giving it to that person is important as they could do with a
helping hand.
(b) I better learn how to protect my money. I think I’m being looted.
(c) I earn money with such tremendous effort. Where does it all go?
(d) When I become rich, I can begin to help friends then. Right now, I will spend only on myself.


2.A Some say the world will end in fire
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.
(Fire and Ice)
i. Which literary device has been used in ‘I hold with those who favour fire’?
(a) Simile
(b) Assonance
(c) Alliteration
(d) Enjambment
ii. How many predictions does the poet make for the ending of the world?
iii. What does ‘Fire’ symbolise according to the poet?

(a) Desire
(b) Avarice
(c) Greed
(d) All of these
iv. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

People think that the world is a beautiful place to live in.
v. What is the poet’s opinion about the world?

(a) The poet feels that a man should fulfil all his desires.
(b) He think that we should control our growing desires.
(c) He feels that we should live life to the full.
(d) He says that one should live the life of an ascatic.
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2.B Belinda tickled him, she ticked him unmerciful,
Ink, Blink and Mustard, they rudely called him Percival,
They all sat laughing in the little red wagon
At the realio, trulio, cowardly dragon.
(The Tale of Custard the Dragon)
i. Who was tickled by Belinda?
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ii. Why did she tickle ‘him’?

(a) To make him happy
(b) To bite him
(c) To make fun of him
(d) To mistreat him
iii. Who are Ink, Blink and Mustard?

(a) Belinda’s friend
(b) Belinda’s pet
(c) Belinda’s neighbour
(d) None of these
iv. Why did they all laugh at ‘him’?

(a) He was a coward
(b) He was childish
(c) He was too ugly
(d) He wore make up
v. Fill in the blank with ONE WORD only.

All other pets were _____ to the dragon.
i. What was the effect of hailstones on Lencho’s crop ?

(A Letter to God)
ii. Young seagull tried to fly but he could not. Why was he afraid to fly ?
(Two Stories About Flying)
iii. Why should the tiger snarl around houses at the edge of the forest ?
(A Tiger in the Zoo)
iv. What makes Chubukov misunderstand the purpose of Lomov’s visit?

(The Proposal)
v. “Money is external”. What does the poet mean by this expression taken from ‘The Ball Poem’?
i. How did Ausable befool Max about the balcony?

ii. Griffin’s brilliance as a man of science fades before his darker traits. Comment.
(Footprints Without Feet)

iii. What does Noodle tell Think-Tank about the books?

i. Gotami comes to Buddha praying to him to revive her dead son. Buddha asks her to bring a handful of
mustard seeds from a house where no one has lost a child, husband, parent or friend. Through this simple
act, Buddha communicates the most profound truth of life, not only to Gotami but also to the whole
mankind. What is the truth that Buddha communicates? What lesson does Gotami learn? What changes
would take place in a common man’s life if that truth is understood?
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ii. “Difficulties do come in our lives, but they are not there to stay forever.” Comment on this statement
with reference to the poem ‘Fog’ by Carl Sandburg.
i. Albert Einstein said, ‘The important thing is to never stop questioning.’ Richard was a genius who
proved this quote true. Justify.
(The Making of a Scientist)
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ii. Give a brief character sketch of Mrs. Pumphrey. What values are reflected through her character ?
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Sample Paper 6

1. Keep your watch accurate. For some people, moving up the time on their watch will help them get
up earlier. For others, they will remember that the time on the watch is wrong and will disregard it
altogether. It may be helpful to set your watch just two minutes ahead instead of five or ten.
2. Keep a clock, phone, computer or anything that displays time in each room of your house. One of the
easiest ways to run late is simply by not realising that the time is passing as quickly as it is.
3. Set all your clocks and watches to the same time. Don’t be an optimist. Things usually take Longer than
what you’d expect, even without major delays. If you have a dinner appointment at 7:30 p.m., don’t
think you can work till 7 p.m., then take a bath, dress and reach on time. Realistically, calculate the time
you will take at each step and then add 10 minutes more to allow for unexpected delays, or you cannot
get to your job done in time.
4. Wake up when you are supposed to wake up. Don’t hit the snooze button, keep on lying in bed, and
watch TV at the very start of your day. May be you can try even setting your clock 10 minutes earlier
than you need. If you have difficulty with this, move your alarm clock to somewhere away from your
bed; that way, you will have to get up to turn it off. Commit yourself to being 15 minutes early for
everything. If you have to reach your place of work at 8:00, don’t even tell yourself this. Just tell yourself
(and everyone else who listens—but don’t annoy them or make them think that they are late or early!)
“I have to be at work at 7:45.” If you do this, you will be on time even with little unforeseen delays. You
will be on time even with a traffic jam.
i. Fill in the blank by selecting the correct option.

We should be _____ in approach with time management.
(a) optimistic (b) pessimistic
(c) realistic (d) utopian
ii. Infer one reason for being delayed, based on information in paragraph 2:
iii. It is good to commit yourself _____ for everything.

(a) to be late
(b) to delay
(c) to being 15 minutes early
(d) to search the last moment
iv. What does the passage highlight?
v. To be punctual we should _____.

(a) hit the snooze button of the alarm clock
(b) get up at the right time
(c) start watching TV in the morning
(d) keep on lying in bed
vi. The narrator does not deny which of the following activity just after waking up:
(a) hitting snooze button
(b) keep on lying in bed
(c) watch TV
(d) wake up when you actually have to
vii. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

One of the easiest ways to run late is simply by not realising that the time is passing as quickly as it is.
viii. Find ONE WORD for the following phrase in paragraph 3:

A person who always thinks positively.
ix. Substitute the word ‘unforeseen’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following, sentence from
paragraph 4:
Just tell yourself “I have to be at work at 7:45.” If you do this, you will be on time even with little
unforeseen delays.
x. The narrator denies us to:

(a) be realistic
(b) be optimistic
(c) keeping our watch accurate
(d) wake up when we are supposed to


1. The report, progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (2000-2017): Special focus
on inequalities, is the most recent publication by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme,
which tracks global progress in achieving the water and sanitation portion of the UN’s Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs).
2. The 17 SDGs aim is to “end poverty in all its forms everywhere” by 2030. Goal 6 calls for universal
access to safe and adequate access to drinking water and sanitation services.
3. According to the new report, progress has been made since 2000, yet billions of people are still
underserved. The report delineates between access to basic services, which has greatly improved, and
access to “safely managed” services, which is inadequate in many parts of the world. Only about 45
percent of the global population has access to safely- managed sanitation services. In 2017, an estimated
673 million people continued to openly defecate, most of them in 61 “high burden” countries where the
practice remained common among more than 5 percent of the population.
4. To qualify as being “safely managed”, drinking water must meet three criteria: be accessible on the
premises, be available for at least 12 hours per day, and be free from E. coli, arsenic, or fluoride
contamination. Sanitation is considered safely managed when facilities are not shared with other
households, and waste is safely treated on-site or at an off-site facility.
5. In 2017, an estimated 5.3 billion people had access to safely-managed drinking water. Of that number,
1.4 billion used basic services, 206 million used limited services, 435 used unimproved sources, and the
remaining 144 million relied on untreated surface water.
6. Poor and rural populations are at the greatest risk of being left behind. In 2017, urban access to basic
drinking water services was at 97 percent, while rural coverage was at 81 percent.
7. In terms of sanitation, an estimated 2.1 billion people gained access to basic services between 2000 and
2017, but 2 billion remain without access.
8. The report also focuses on improvements in eliminating open defecation. Between 2000 and 2017, the
global rate of open defecation fell from 21 percent to 9 percent.

i. What is the percentage of population which has access to sanitation services?

(a) 45%
(b) 22%
(c) 15%
(d) 8%
ii. The given passage focuses on
(a) sanitation

(b) drinking water

(c) hygiene
(d) All of these
iii. List any 2 criteria for water to qualify as being ‘safely managed’ drinking water.
1. __________
2. __________
iv. State any 1 target that has been set by UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) programme.
v. What percentage of people in urban areas have access to drinking water?

(a) 45%
(b) 21%
(c) 97%
(d) 9%
vi. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word from paragraph 2:
bow : obeisance :: objective : _____
(Clue : Just like a bow is a synonym for an obeisance, similarly an objective is a synonym for...)
vii. Which countries have the maximum access to safely managed water?
(a) Small Island Developing states
(b) Australia and New Zealand
(c) Europe and North America
(d) Northern Africa and Western Asia
viii. Rank the following countries from the highest to the lowest accessibility to surface water:
A. Latin America and the Caribbean
B. Oceania
C. Sub-Saharan Africa
D. Europe and North America
(a) BADC
(b) BCDA
(c) BACD
(d) BCAD
ix. What is the number of population that has gained access to basic services by 2017?
x. Supply 1 point for the following question:

When is sanitation considered as safely managed?


When the third entered the house, the inmates _____ in the hall.
(a) were slept
(b) were sleeping
(c) slept
(d) had been sleeping
ii. Read the conversation between Harry and Cobbler. Complete the sentence by reporting cobbler’s reply
correctly.
Harry : Can you polish my shoes?
Cobbler : Yes sir. But I will take 10 rupees for each shoe.
Harry asked the cobbler if he could polish his shoes. The cobbler replied affirmatively but said that
_____
You _____ work hard if you want to get good marks.
(a) must
(b) might
(c) can
(d) should
iv. Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line, from a news
report:
Our soldiers are better equipped than that of Pakistan.
(a) are is
(b) equipped equip
(c) that those
(d) of at
Rohit _____ when we arrived at the party.
(a) had already left
(b) has already left
(c) have already left
(d) was already left

The Sushi and the pasta _____ (look) delicious.
vii. Report the dialogue between a doctor and patient, by completing the narration:
Doctor : You should take this medicine every day.
Patient : Should I take it before dinner or after dinner?
Doctor : No, you should take it after breakfast.
The Doctor advised the patient that he should take that medicine every day. The patient further asked
_____. The doctor replied negatively and then said that he should take it after breakfast.
The boys were played in the park when it started raining.

Error Correction

The principal said, “Why didn’t you attend the flag hoisting ceremony, Anuj ?”
The German force lost no time in retreat lest they _____ be cut off and surrounded.
(a) would
(b) should
(c) might
(d) could
xi. Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between Sunita and Neetu.
Sunita : Tomorrow is your birthday, what do you want as a gift?
Neetu : That is a lovely thought but I don’t want anything.
Sunita asked Neetu since the next day was her birthday, what she wanted as a gift. Neetu replied that that
was a lovely thought but _____.
(a) she do not want anything.

(b) she did not wanted anything.
(c) she did not want anything.
(d) she wants something.
Have you got some proof that he committed the crime?


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A. Increase in the number of private vehicles coupled words to the editor of a local daily urging people with
the lack of civic sense has led to several road to use public transport and to have patience while accidents
in your city. Write a letter in 100-120 words. You are Ram/Rama, 4 Raja Road, Karnal.
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B. You are Parvati/Praveen, Store In-Charge of Aman Stores, 32/54, Ravi Nagar, Delhi. Your school
requires school bags and accessories in bulk for the commencement of the new session. Write a letter
of enquiry to the Sales Manager, Duckback Industries Ltd. 13/4, Maharajpur, Delhi enquiring about the
details of goods manufactured.
A. The following pie-chart shows the comparison of different kinds of energy production in France in two
different years.
Study the pie-charts and summarise them into an analytical paragraph of 100-120 words.
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B. Study the given line graph carefully and summarise it into a paragraph of 100-120 words.

1.A “I can hardly believe my ears.
These meadows aren’t worth much to me. They only come to five dessiatins and are worth perhaps 300
roubles, but I can’t stand unfairness. Say what you will, I can’t stand unfairness.”
(The Proposal)
i. Who is the speaker of these lines?

(a) Natalya
(b) Chubukov
(c) Chubukov’s Aunt
(d) Lomov
ii. To whom are these words said to?

(a) Chubukov
(b) Chubukov’s Aunt
(c) Natalya to herself
(d) Lomov
iii. In what context is ‘unfairness’ being talked about?

(a) To the worthlessness of meadows
(b) The worth of meadows being 300 roubles
(c) The claiming of meadows by Lomov
(d) The possession of meadow lands by Chubukov’s for years
iv. What could the speaker not believe?
v. Substitute the word ‘unfairness’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following, sentence from
extract:
They only come to five dessiatins and are worth perhaps 300 roubles, but I can’t stand unfairness.
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1.B ‘Tea was first drunk in China,’ Rajvir added, ‘as far back as 2700 BC. In fact words such as tea, chai and
chini are from chinese.’ Tea came to Europe only in sixteenth century and was drunk more as medicine
than a beverage.
(Glimpses of India)
i. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word from extract:

begin : binge :: eat : _____
(Clue : Just like begin is an anagram for binge, similarly eat is an anagram for...)

ii. Who is the speaker of these lines?

(a) Rajvir
(b) Pranjol’s father
(c) Pranjol
(d) Anne
iii. Where was the tea first brought into use?

(a) Europe
(b) Assam
(c) Darjeeling
(d) China
iv. What is special about tea?

(a) It has medicinal use as well as beverage
(b) It gives flavour and aroma
(c) It was first drunk in China
(d) All of the above
v. Where was Rajvir when he told these facts?

2.A But up jumped Custard, Snorting like an engine,

Clashed his tail like irons in a dungeon,
With a clatter and a clank and a jangling squirm,
He went at the pirate like a robin at a worm (The Tale of Custard the Dragon)
i. Who is ‘Custard’ here referred to?

(a) A dragon
(b) Name of pirate
(c) Belinda
(d) Mustard
ii. ‘He went at the pirate like a robin at a worm. Why has this comparison been used here?
(Clue : Just like the robin catches the worm, similarly Custard...)
iii. What is meant by the phrase ‘Snorting like an engine’?

(a) The very deep and loud sound of an engine of a train
(b) The snorting sound made by custard
(c) The sound of weapons
(d) The nasty sound made by pirate

iv. What does the given stanza show?
v. Which poetic device is used here?

(a) Simile
(b) Alliteration
(c) Metaphor
(d) Personification
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2.B His ball went. I would not intrude on him;
A dime, another ball, is worthless. Now
He senses first responsibility
In a world of possessions. People will take
Balls, balls will be lost always, little boy.
(The Ball Poem)
i. Who is ‘I’ in the first line?

(a) Child
(b) Child’s father
(c) Poet
(d) None of these
ii. What does the word ‘Intrude’ mean?

(a) To enter with permission
(b) To enter without permission
(c) To enter someone’s heart without permission
(d) None of these
iii. Why does the poet not want to intrude on the child?
iv. What is the poet trying to make the child understand?

(a) That he should forget the ball and stand up for future
(b) That he should keep on remembering the ball
(c) That he should worry about other balls
(d) None of these
v. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

According to the poet, the time has come for the boy to learn the responsibility of taking care of his
things.
i. Do you consider Amanda’s mother to be a nagging mother? (Amanda!)

ii. How did Anne justify her being a chatterbox in her essay? (From the Diary of Anne Frank)
iii. How does the tiger walk in the cage? (A Tiger in the Zoo)
iv. After achieving political emancipation what does Mandela want to do in South Africa?
(Nelson Mandela- Long Walk to Freedom)
v. “He disappeared at high speed down the aircraft.” What did Mij do when he came back to Maxwell’s
seat ?
(Mijbil the Otter)
i. Do you think Mr. Loisel had an enjoyable evening at the ball? (The Necklace)
ii. How does Think-Tank interpret the library found by his crew on earth ? Why does he ask Omega to eat
a book?
iii. Why did the police arrest Horace Danby when he had not kept the jewels stolen from Grange safe?
(A Question of Trust)

i. Valli was a young girl yet she shows the characteristics of a mature and practical person which were
beyond her years. Justify the statement by giving the character sketch of her personality.
(Madam Rides the Bus)
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ii. ‘Departure is painful’. So is the departure of the trees painful for the poetess. What will happen after
their departure?
(The Trees)

i. Dr. James Herriot was a competent veterinary surgeon. His practical approach and common sense helped
in the rapid recovery of Tricki. Comment.
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ii. Love, human sympathy and education can transform even a thief. How could Anil bring such a change
in Hari Singh?
(The Thief’s Story)
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Sample Paper 15

1. Social media sites serve as a platform to connect with our friends and relatives. We share our happiness
as well as sad moments on social media platforms to let those on our friend list know how we are feeling
and what we are doing in life. People ‘like’ our status updates, and photographs and comments on them
to tell us how they feel about it all. This is a great way to socialise in this busy world. It makes us feel
that everyone we love and want to be in touch with, is just a click away. However, social media becomes
a problem when we get addicted to it.
2. Many people living in different parts of the world are suffering from social media addiction and are
bearing their consequences too. Social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter may help us connect
with our distant relatives and long-lost friends, but social media addiction is distancing us from our
immediate family and close friends. People addicted to social media are hooked to these platforms for
hours. They do not care if their loved ones are sitting with them or trying to make a conversation. All
they care about is who updated what on social media and how many people liked or commented on their
posts.
3. Social media addicts frequently check updates and notifications on social media platforms. This can be
as frequent as twenty-thirty times in an hour. Viewing a new notification, especially one involving their
posts gives them a high. Lack of it, on the other hand, can make them feel sad and depressed.
4. All that the social media addicts care about is to maintain an attractive social media profile. They are mostly
seen clicking pictures during social events, family gatherings and even during getaways with friends. They
hardly enjoy the moment or talk to the people around them. They are either focused on collecting pictures
that can be uploaded on their social media accounts or are found busy checking and commenting on the
status updates of those on their friend lists.
5. They post updates stating they are enjoying with their family or having fun with their friends, while in
reality, they do not even interact properly with anyone around. This is the grave reality of social media
addicts. Social media addiction is becoming a big problem. It is ironic how a platform created to help
people socialise is actually cutting them off from society.

i What is the negative effect of social media?
(a) connecting with friends
(b) ignoring family
(c) ignoring friends
(d) making friends
ii. Select the option that corresponds to the following relation below:
Social media sites may help us connect with our distant relatives and long-lost friends but social media
addiction is distancing us from our immediate family and close friends.
(a) They walked together to the corner, but then they separated and went.
(b) The study demonstrates the link between poverty and malnutrition.
(c) Joint family connects each member of the family with one another, unlike a nuclear family which
makes us apart.
(d) The four men followed them for some distance and then lost them on the hillside.
iii. Select the option that displays what the passage projects with reference to the following :
According to the context of the passage, what does a social media addict care about?
(a) family
(b) children
(c) parents
(d) update about friends
iv. Complete the following with a phrase from Paragraph 1.
Opinion Reason
_______________ It’s very easy to get on the computer, especially from the internet.
v. Social media addiction is distancing us from our immediate family and close friends.
State one point of difference between addiction and distancing.
vi Based on your reading of the text, list 2 reasons why the writer says that—
“All that the social media addicts care about is to maintain an attractive social media profile”.
1. __________
2. __________
vii What is the biggest issue with social media?

viii The writer says, “We share our happiness as well as sad moments on social media platforms.”
Select the reason why a social media user does so.
(a) It makes them popular among their friend zone.
(b) To let those on their friend list know how they are feeling and what they are doing in life.
(c) It makes them happy.
(d) It provides them with healthy sleep patterns.

It is ironic how a platform created to help people socialise is actually cutting them off from society.
x. Choose the option that correctly states the two aspects of ‘social media’, as used in the passage.
1. connects with friends
2. share happiness and sad moments
3. share property
4. share food
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4 (d) 2 and 4

1. The protests against police brutality and systemic racism have seen several American and international
celebrities donate to U.S. nonprofits and organizations dedicated to racial justice. On June 5, racial
justice organization Black Lives Matter confirmed it had received a $1 million donation from South
Korean pop group BTS and its record label, Big Hit Entertainment.
2. Shortly after the news became public, BTS fans organized an online campaign to match the donation
under the hashtag #MatchAMillion and reached their goal in just 25 hours.
3. K-pop fans are known for their prolific social media activity and have used their influence to support
social justice issues. On Instagram and Twitter, they have taken over white supremacist hashtags with
fancams – short videos of their favourite pop idols performing. When the Dallas Police Department
asked the public to submit videos of “illegal activity” during protests to its iWatch Dallas app, fans
encouraged each other to submit fancams instead, and the app went temporarily offline. More recently,
fans were credited alongside TikTok-using teenagers for registering en masse for tickets for President
Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but not attending.

4. These fanbases are sometimes generalized as young and obsessive individuals who occasionally take
collective action. But they have a history of raising money for charity and breaking social media records,
and BTS fans in particular are enabled by the semi-structured organization of the fanbase and the diversity
within their ranks.
5. BTS is a seven-member K-pop group whose music draws from several genres, including hip-hop, pop
and R&B. Since their 2013 debut, they’ve become known for their meticulous choreography, elaborate
music videos with connected storylines and youth-focused lyrics that touch on themes such as self-
confidence, mental health and societal norms.
i. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in Paragraph 1.
Several American and international celebrities donate to U.S. nonprofits and organisations dedicated to
racial justice.
ii. Why have American celebrities donated to U.S. nonprofits and organisations dedicated to racial justice?
(a) due to systemic racism
(b) for George Floyd’s death
(c) for the injustices in general
(d) for coronavirus pandemic
iii. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word from Paragraph 3:
savory : delicious :: productive : _____
(Clue : Just Like savory is a synonym for delicious, similarly productive is a synonym for...)
iv. Select the option which contains two inherent qualities of fan bases.
1. people with prolific social media
2. young and obsessive individuals
3. use their influence to support media
4. organise online campaign to support donation
5. raise money for charity
6. ask police to submit videos of illegal activities
(a) 1 and 3
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 5 and 6
(d) 2 and 5
v. Select the option that appropriately represents the difference in time taken for first 500,000 and 1 million
collection when @BTS_History613 begins tweeting updates.

(a) 6 hours approx.

(b) 7 hours approx.
(c) 5 hours approx.
(d) 4 hours approx.
BTS army has a history of _____.
(a) raising money for events
(b) raising money for the band
(c) raising money for concerts
(d) raising money for charity
vii. Substitute the word ‘sometimes’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following, sentence from
Paragraph 4:
These fanbases are sometimes generalised as young and obsessive individuals who occasionally take
collective action.
viii. List any 2 records of young and obsessive individuals often generalised as fanbases.
ix. List one reason why K-pop fans are known for their prolific social media activity.
x. Select the option that titles paragraphs 1-3 appropriately, with reference to information in the text.
(a) 1. seven-member K-pop
2. youth-focused lyrics
3. hashtag #MatchAMillion
(b) 1. hashtag #MatchAMillion
2. systemic racism
3. Dallas Police Department
(c) 1. K-pop group
2. youth-focused lyrics
3. hip-hop, pop and R&B
(d) 1. hashtag #MatchAMillion
2. seven-member K-pop
3. hip-hop, pop and R&B


I _____ following you in the evening today.
(a) will
(b) will be
(b) will have been
(d) would have been
ii. Read the conversation between Radha and Anu. Complete the narration by reporting Radha’s reply
correctly.
Anu : Today, it was boring at school, don’t you think so?
Radha : No, I think it was a fun day today.
While walking back from school, Anu and Radha were discussing their day, when Anu asked Radha
about her day at school and Radha replied _____.
iii. Select the correct option to fill in the blank for the given line, from a newspaper.
In India, the death toll due to road accidents has increased drastically. Wider road awareness among road
users _____ be taught to all the people.
(a) ought to (b) could
(c) should (d) will
report:
Dolphins and killer whales has learned an elaborate routine to entertain aquarium audiences.

(a) an a
(b) to entertain entertaining
(c) audiences audience
(d) has have
v. Complete the given sentence by filling in the blank the correct option :
I tried the new dish to see how it _____.
(a) taste (b) tasting
(c) tasted (d) will taste
vi. Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket for the given portion of a magazine:
High-fat diets and ‘life in the fast lane’ have long _____ (know) to contribute to the high incidence of
heart failure.

vii. Report the dialogue between a teacher and a student, by completing the sentence:
Teacher : I instructed you to draw a diagram of bacteria. Why did you submit a blank sheet?
Student : Sir, I had drawn the diagram of bacteria, but you can’t see it because it is not visible to the
naked eye.
In response to the question about submitting a blank sheet, student respectfully answered _____.
viii. Identify the error in the given sentence from an article and supply the correction.
What many people do not knew is that unlike most of their fellow astronauts, Neil Armstrong was a
civilian.
Error Correction
ix. Mohit shared some information with Jyoti about a visit to a circus. Report Jyoti’s question.
Did you see the clowns in the circus?
x. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the sentence.
_____ you show me the road to the market?
(a) Will
(b) Could
(c) May
(d) Can
xi. Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between Sarita and Gayatri.
Sarita : I’m really looking forward to the class picnic tomorrow.
Gayatri : Yes, after a long time we will be meeting our friends and teachers.
Sarita told Gayatri that she was really looking forward to the class picnic the next day. Gayatri agreed
that after a long time _____.
(a) they will be meeting their friends and teachers.
(b) they would be meeting their friends and teachers.
(c) they should be meeting their friends and teachers.
(d) they shall be meeting their friends and teachers.
xii. Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction :
I haven’t got many change; I’ve only got a hundred rupee note.

Error Correction


All the names and addresses used in the questions are fictitious. Resemblance, if any, is purely
coincidental.
A. You are Abhimanyu Sikri, resident of 119, Nilgiri Apartments, Kirti Nagar, Delhi. You purchased a
wardrobe made of recycled wood shaving; from M/s Pawan Sales, Ramesh Nagar, Delhi. Write a letter
of complaint to the Sales Manager asking for replacement of the product which you purchased 15 days
ago. You have found that doors do not shut and the paint is uneven.
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B. You are Narendra sharma/Nitin sharma, Head, Fitness Group of Gold Gym, 234, Ram Vihar, Delhi. You
wish to purchase certain herbal medicines and wellness products. Write a letter to the Store Manager,
M/s East India, 54, Preet Vihar, Delhi placing an order for the specific products required by you.
A. The following data in the form of histogram shows that death rate (in 1000s) due to violence has increased
considerably during recent years. Write its interpretation in 100-120 words on how educated youth can
play a major role in establishing peace in society.
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B. The table below shows risk of death posed by five different causes in two income groups of people along
with the world average of these deaths. Study the data carefully and then summarise it in the form of an
analytical paragraph in 100-120 words.
Causes World Low and Middle High Income
Income
Risk Percentage of Death
Indoor smoke from solid fuels 3.3 3.9 0.0
Unsafe drinking water, insanitation, lack of hygiene 3.2 3.8 0.1
Urban outdoor air pollution 2.0 1.9 2.5
Global climate change 0.2 0.3 0.0
Lead exposure 0.2 0.3 0.0


1.A I finished my poem, and it was beautiful! It was about a mother duck and a father swan with three baby
ducklings who were bitten to death by the father because they quacked too much. Luckily, Mr. Keesing
took the joke the right way. He read the poem to the class, adding his own comments, and to several
other classes as well.
i. Why did Anne write a poem?
(a) Because she loved writing poems
(b) She was helping her friend and wrote one herself
(c) She was punished
(d) She wanted to impress the teacher
ii. Why does Anne say that the poem was beautiful?
iii. Fill in the blank with ONE WORD only.

Mr. Keesing was _____ enough to take the joke the right way.
iv. Choose the option that lists the set of statements that are NOT TRUE according to the given extract.
1. I could not finish my poem.
2. it was beautiful.
3. mother duck was bitten.
4. father swan bit the ducklings.
5. they did not quack.
6. they quacked too much.
7. Mr. Keesing could not read the poem.
(a) 1, 3, 7
(b) 2, 3, 6
(c) 4, 5, 6
(d) 3, 4, 5
v. Select the option that correctly captures the application of the word ‘right’ as used in the extract.
(a) Shivaay said, “I hope we’re doing the right thing”.
(b) The car spun right off the track.
(c) She doesn’t understand the difference between right and wrong.
(d) She had every right to be angry.

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1.B He had not thought of that; he stammered, “Why, the dress you wear when we go to the theatre. It seems
very pretty to me...” He was silent, stupefied, in dismay, at the sight of his wife weeping. He stammered,
“What is the matter? What is the matter?”
(The Necklace)
i. Select the option that correctly captures the usage of the word ‘sight’ as used in the extract.
(a) Joseph lost his sight as a baby.
(b) The flowers at the annual flower show were a beautiful sight.
(c) Machines don’t have a sense of sight.
(d) The bill read “30 days after sight.”
ii. Complete the following analogy by selecting the suitable word from the extract :
chuckling : laughing :: crying : _____.
(Clue : Just Like chuckling is a synonym of laughing, similarly crying is a synonym of...)
iii. Select the option that displays why Mrs. Loisel wanted a new dress.
(a) It was a birthday.
(b) She had to attend a huge party of her friend.
(c) She had thrown a lavish party.
(d) She had to attend a party at the Minister’s residence.
iv. According to the extract, what did weeping of Matlida signify about her character?
1. Dissatisfied
2. Arrogant
3. Proud
4. Exhibitionist
5. Content
(a) 1 & 2 (b) 1 & 4
(c) 3 & 5 (d) 2 & 4
v The author uses quotation marks in between the given extract.
List any way how this benefits the author.
O
2. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given.
2.A Did you finish your homework, Amanda?
Did you tidy your room, Amanda?
I thought I told you to clean your shoes,
Amanda!
(I am an orphan, roaming the street.
I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.
The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.)
(Amanda!)

i. Complete the sentence appropriately.

It is clear that Metaphor is the poetic device used for ‘the freedom is sweet....’ because _____ .
(Clue : explain how metaphor applies here)
ii. The poet has used a poetic device in the given lines. What effect does she wish to create by its use?
Did you finish your homework, Amanda?
I thought I told you to clean your shoes,
Amanda!
(a) Emphasis
(b) Comparison
(c) Rhyme
(d) Humour

The extract uses Amanda as a symbol for all the young girls who are growing up with their worlds of
fantasies and freedom.
iv. Which of the following word is the synonym for ‘wandering’?

(a) running
(b) walking
(c) standing
(d) roaming
v. How does the use of brackets impact this extract?

(a) It shows contrast in the thinking of the characters.
(b) It simplifies the meaning.
(c) It builds momentum.
(d) It makes the lines lyrical.
O
2.B He should be lurking in shadow,
Sliding through long grass
Near the water hole
Where plump deer pass.
He should be snarling around houses
At the jungle’s edge,
Baring his white fangs, his claws,
Terrorising the village!

i. What is the poet’s tone in the extract?

1. Thoughtful
2. Authoritative
3. Argumentative
4. Regretful
5. Suppressed Anger
Option :
(a) 1, 4 (b) 3, 4
(c) 2, 5 (d) 4, 5
ii. What causes the tiger to slide ‘through long grass near the water hole’?
iii. The antonym of ‘protecting’ as given in the extract is:

(a) preventing
(b) terrorising
(c) fearing
(d) annoying
iv. Complete the following analogy about the tiger’s actions.

snarling : growling :: hiding : _____.
v. Select the sentence in which the word ‘fangs’ is used in the similar manner as line 7 of the extract.
(a) This is the era of the FANG, the big four of technology.
(b) Rohit said, “Let’s fang up to the beach!”
(c) The dog growled and bared its fangs.
(d) Politics operates at many levels in the Fang.
i. Why did the woman in the control centre give a strange look to the narrator?
ii. When did the baker collect his bill usually? Where was his account recorded?
(Glimpses of India)
iii. How can one obtain peace of mind after a dear one’s death?
iv. How is divine love different from human love?

(For Anne Gregory)
v. The ending of the poem indicates a celebration of victory. Discuss.

(The Trees)

i. Why was the narrator shocked at Tricki’s appearance?

ii. Who was Griffin? What did he want to prove through his repeated experiments?
(Footprints without Feet)
iii. What subject did Richard Ebright choose for next year’s science fair?
i. How does the character of Lencho inspire us to have faith in God? How did he react to the help offered
by the post office employees? What was his reaction towards the post office employees?
(A Letter to God)
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ii. Who was the real hero ? How did he save the other animals ? Was he proud of his bravery? Justify your
answer with instances from the poem.
i. Ausable knew Fowler was very disappointed on seeing him. What did Ausable say to him and how did
he console him?
O
ii. Bholi has multiple handicaps. She is a girl. She has pock-marks, she stammers. How can we change the
social attitudes towards the differently abled?
(Bholi)
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1. Over the past few decades, research has revealed a great deal of information about how readers get
meaning from what they read and about the kinds of instructional activities and procedures that are most
successful in helping students to become good readers. For many years, reading instruction was based
on a concept of reading as the application of a set of isolated skills such as identifying words, finding
main ideas, identifying cause and effect relationships, comparing and contrasting and sequencing.
Comprehension was viewed as the mastery of these skills.
2. One important classroom study conducted during the 1970s found that typical comprehension instruction
followed what the study called a mentioning, practicing, and assessing procedure. That is, teachers
mentioned a specific skill that students were to apply, had students practice the skill by completing
workbook pages, then assessed them to find out if they could use the skill correctly. Such instruction did
little to help students learn how or when to use the skills, nor was it ever established that this particular
set of skills enabled comprehension.
3. At about this time, a group of psychologists, linguists, and computer scientists began to focus research
attention on how the mind works — how people think and learn. A goal of this new research movement,
called cognitive science, was to produce an applied science of learning.
4. In the field of reading, a number of cognitive scientists focused their attention on how readers construct
meaning as they read. Specifically, they studied the mental activities that good readers engage in to
achieve comprehension. From these studies an entirely new concept emerged about what reading is.
According to the new concept, reading is a complex, active process of constructing meaning - not skill
application.
The act of constructing meaning is :
Interactive - it involves not just the reader but also the text and the context in which reading takes place.
Strategic - readers have purposes for their reading and use a variety of strategies and skills as they
construct meaning.
Adaptable - readers change the strategies they use as they read different kinds of text or as they read for
different purposes.
5. While cognitive science research was producing valuable information about comprehension processes,
reading education researchers were reporting important findings about what comprehension instruction
looks like in the most effective reading classrooms.

6. The convergence of these strands of research has provided a wealth of information about what good
readers do as they read, about how good and poor readers differ, and about the kind of instruction that is
needed to help students to become good readers.
i. Which of the following is not a procedure that followed a typical comprehension instruction during the
1970s, as revealed after a classroom study done by researchers ?
(a) practicing procedure
(b) mentioning procedure
(c) memorisation procedure
(d) assessing procedure
ii. A number of cognitive scientists, in the field of reading, focused their attention on :
(a) how much an average reader can read in a day.
(b) learning why many people preferred learning through reading.
(c) learning why readers had a much better knowledge of vocabulary than others.
(d) how readers construct meaning as they read.
iii. Suppy 1 point to justify the following:

Readers change the strategies they use.
iv. Select the appropriate option to fill in the blanks:

According to the new concept of reading, reading is not _____ but a complex, active process of
constructing meaning.
(a) an insignificant expertise
(b) a comprehension skill
(c) a skill application
(d) a preferred ability
v. The act of constructing meaning is :

I. Comprehensive
II. Adaptable
III. Strategic
IV. Interactive
(a) I, II and III
(b) I, III and IV
(c) II, III and IV
(d) I, II, III and IV
vi. Which instruction gave no help to the students to learn how or when to use certain skills nor was it ever
established that this particular set of skills enabled comprehension?


In the late 20th century a group of psychologists, linguists, and computer scientists began to focus
research attention on how the mind works i.e. how people think and learn.
viii. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word/phrase from paragraph 3:
bow : obeisance :: objective : ______
(Clue : A bow is a synonym for an obeisance, similarly an objective is a synonym for a...)
ix. Choose an option that clearly states the meaning of the word ‘convergence’.
(a) two or more things become similar or come together
(b) two thoughts or things going parallelly
(c) the emergence of new and distinct thoughts or patterns
(d) the violent mixing of two or more things
x. For many years, reading instruction was based on a concept of reading as the application of a set of
isolated skills.
List any two such isolated skills.
1. __________
2. __________
1. The chart given below provides information about the amount of carbon emissions in different countries
during three different years (1975, 1990, and 2005).
2. The bar chart compares the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere of six countries, including
two of them coming from emerging nations, for three decades starting from 1975 until 2005.
3. As an overall assessment, it can clearly be seen that only Germany and United Kingdom managed to
reduce the carbon emissions compared to the other countries.

4. USA, being the number one polluter of all, emitted 1,200,000 thousand metric tonnes in 1975 and this
count increased to 1,300,000 and 1,600,000 thousand metric tonnes in 1990 and 2005 respectively. In
contrast, the carbon emissions of China was nearly 300,000 thousand metric tonnes in 1975 and it rose
by nearly 100% in 1990 and surged dramatically to just below 1,600,000 thousand metric tonnes in
2005. In terms of the percentage increase, China was the largest contributor in carbon emissions of all.
5. The figures for Germany and the United Kingdom remained relatively stable throughout the period of
time, and so were for Canada until 1990. The carbon dioxide emissions in India increased exponentially
from around 100,000 in 1975 to just below 400,000 thousand metric tonnes in 2005.
i. The data given in the graph compares the amount of emission of _____.
(a) nitrogen
(b) carbon dioxide
(c) oxygen
(d) none of these
ii. Which country was the largest contributor in carbon emissions of all in year 2005 in terms of percentage
increase?
iii. According to the passage, which country is the most polluter country?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) USA
(d) Germany
iv. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in the passage:
Surging of CO2 emission in million tonnes.
v. Which country has the lowest emission of CO2 in the graph?

(a) Germany
(b) United Kingdom
(c) Canada
(d) India
vi. Which country has observed a dramatic rise over the years in CO2 emission?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) USA
(d) Germany

vii. Substitute the word ‘nearly’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following sentence from
paragraph 4:
The carbon emissions of China was nearly 300,000 thousand metric tonnes in 1975 and it rose...
viii. Name two countries which had the same level of CO2 emission in the first and the second decade?
1. __________
2. __________
ix. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

The countries have achieved meteoric rise in CO2 emission.
x. Which of the following countries reported gradual growth in reduction of global CO2 emission?
(a) Germany and India
(b) USA and China
(c) The United Kingdom and USA
(d) Germany and The United Kingdom

If we _____ one more batsman in our team, we would have won the match.
(a) had had
(b) would have been
(c) would have
(d) would have had
ii. Read the conversation between Reena and Rakesh. Complete the sentence by reporting Rakesh’s reply
correctly.
Reena : Have you seen ‘Three Idiots’?
Rakesh : I saw them yesterday in my class.
Reena asked Rakesh if he had seen ‘Three Idiots’. Rakesh replied that _____.
The swimmer was tired but he _____ reach the shore before he collapsed.
(a) will
(b) could
(c) may
(d) must

iv. Select the option identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line:
Have you ever learn from a mistake you have made?
(a) learn learnt
(b) Have Has
(c) a the
(d) made make
I bought a new car last year, but I _____ my old car yet, so at present I have two cars.
(a) sell
(b) have not sold
(c) sold
(d) did not sell
Neither you nor your sister should _____ (talk) to them.
vii. Report the dialogue between Sanjay and Madan, by completing the sentence :
Sanjay: I am surprised to see you here in Delhi. When did you come?
Madan: I came here yesterday. I have been offered a job here.
Sanjay told Madan that he was surprised to see him there in Delhi and asked when he had come. Madam
replied that he had come there the previous day and added that _____.
A good business letter is one that get results.

Error Correction

He said, “Reena, do you want to buy a house in Noida?”
He said I _____ use his car whenever I wanted.
(a) will
(b) would
(c) could
(d) can

xi. Ram and Shyam are discussing their plans for the weekend. Fill in the blank to complete the dialogue
below by choosing the correct options.
Ram: What are you doing this weekend, shyam?
Shyam: I don’t have any special plan.
Ram: How do you like the idea _____.
(a) of go for a picnic to the Dal Lake?
(b) of going for a picnic to the Dal Lake?
(c) of went for a picnic to the Dal Lake?
(d) of going for a picnic by the Dal Lake?
xii. Identify the error and supply the correction, for the following sentence:
Every trees have a single woody stem called a trunk which supports a mass of branches carrying leaves.

Error Correction

A. You are Praveen of 23, Civil Lines, Jaipur. Write a letter to the Editor of Dainik Bhaskar, Jaipur about
frequent break-down of electricity.
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B. You have seen an advertisement of a new model sports bike launched by Honda. You are a passionate
racer and are keen to buy the new model of racing bikes being offered. Next month a zonal level Bike
Marathon is taking place and you are keen to enroll your name as a contestant. Write a letter to M/s
Honda Bikes and Scooters, Kashmere Gate, New Delhi enquiring about the price, specifications and
availability of accessories that long distance racers would require. You are Man Singh living in Green
Park, New Delhi.
A. You are Suresh/Lalita. Given below is a table based on data given about the number of tourists who
visited your city in the past two years. Write an analytical paragraph on ‘Promotion of Tourism’ taking
information from the table given below together with your own ideas in 100-120 words.
Year Tourists Who Visited
Domestic International
2020 444569 8563
2021 436350 11478

Plans of Tourism Department:

• To develop a wildlife park.
• Illumination and light and sound programme at one of the places of tourist interest in the city.
• To develop a big amusement park.
• Convention centre and a multiplex in the city.
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B. You are the Head Boy/Head Girl of your school. You decided to make the school population aware of
the advantages of tree plantation and tell them how trees can serve as better air-conditioners. Write an
analytical paragraph in 100-120 words. Take help of the cues given below.
Cues :
Trees keep environment cool by
• taking heat of earth and air
• absorbing carbon-dioxide that helps in controlling temperature rise
• bringing rains
• checking direct sunlight
• providing shade
1.A The house- the only one in the entire valley- sat on the crest of a low hill. From this height one could see
the river and the field of ripe corn dotted with the flowers that always promised a good harvest. The only
thing the earth needed was a good downpour or at least a shower. Throughout the morning Lencho - who
knew his fields intimately- had done nothing but see the sky towards the north-east.
(A Letter to God)
i. Where was Lencho’s house located?
ii. The field of corn dotted with flowers means that

(a) not a single flower was bigger than a dot
(b) the flowers were scattered across.
(c) the flowers were in shaped like dots.
(d) the flowers had shrunk in size.
iii. Find the word from the passage which means ‘very closely’.

iv. Based on the given extract, what is Lencho not likely to think while looking at his field?
(a) Option (i)

(b) Option (ii)
(c) Option (iii)
(d) Option (iv)
v. Which quote supports the idea in the given extract?

(a) “Farming is a profession of hope.”
(b) “I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.”
(c) “Farming looks mighty easy when your plough is a pencil, and you’re a thousand miles from the
corn field.”
(d) “Those too lazy to plough in the right season will have no food at the harvest.”
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1.B The two boys started in surprise at the fresh muddy imprints of a pair of bare feet. What was a barefooted
man doing on the steps of a house in the middle of London? And where was the man? As they gazed, a
remarkable sight met their eyes. A fresh footmark appeared from nowhere! Further footprints followed,
one after another, descending the steps and progressing down the street. The boys followed, fascinated,
until the muddy impressions became fainter and fainter, and at last disappeared altogether.
i. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in the extract.
The boys were surprised to see a barefooted man in London.
ii. Complete the analogy by selecting the suitable word from the text.
partition : divide :: conjugate : _____
(Clue : To partition means to divide, similarly to conjugate means to...)
iii. Pick the option that best describes how the boys are feeling based on the extract.
(a) enchanted, curious, puzzled
(b) captivated, curious, puzzled
(c) repulsed, curious, captivated
(d) enchanted, repulsed, curious

iv. The boys felt that the footprints were

(a) seen due to some magic trick.
(b) a figment of imagination.
(c) of a man who was invisible.
(d) those of a mysterious man.
v. Pick the option that lists the correct direction of the footprints on the stairs, as noticed by the boys.
(a) option (i)

(b) option (ii)
(c) option (iii)
(d) option (iv)
2.A Has given my heart

A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
(Dust of Snow)
i. How does the poet feel now?

(a) Ecstatic
(b) Pessimistic
(c) Reckless
(d) Despondent
ii. What does the poem Dust of Snow teach us?

iii. Which poetic device has been used in ‘And saved some part’?
(a) Assonance
(b) Personification
(c) Alliteration
(d) Enjambment

iv. What does the word ‘Rued’ mean?

(a) Feel happy
(b) Feel remorse for
(c) Feel ravishing
(d) Feels on the top of the world
v. Fill in the blank with suitable poetic device.

_____ has been used in ‘Has given my heart’.
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2.B But I can get a hair-dye
And set such colour there,
Brown, or black, or carrot,
That young men in despair
May love me for myself alone
And not my yellow hair.
(For Anne Gregory)
i. Given below are the taglines of four hypothetical brands. Choose the correct option that fits the best with
the first three lines of the given stanza.
1. LITELIFE
Food that makes you light.
2. GET SET
My home. My gym.
3. LOOKBOOK
No game over, get makeover.
4. PLANET FOOD
Eat! Eat! Eat! Repeat!
(a) Option 1
(b) Option 2
(c) Option 3
(d) Option 4
ii. The form of the given stanza is a part of

(a) an agreement.
(b) a disapproval.
(c) an engagement.
(d) an argument.
iii. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in the passage:
Anne says that she can change her hair colour.


The speaker wants to change her hair colour so that it may appeal to young men.
v. Choose the product that best shows what Anne would invest in, to ensure that young men love her for
herself and not her hair.
(a) Option 1
(b) Option 2
(c) Option 3
(d) Option 4
i. Nelson Mandela speaks of twin obligations. What are they?

(Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom)
ii. What does Anne write in the diary about herself and her sister ?
iii. How did the Buddha teach Kisa Gotami the truth of life?
iv. How did Belinda, Ink, Blink and Mustard react on seeing the pirate ?
v. The tigers in the poem ‘A Tiger in the Zoo’ has some obvious limitations, describe them in contrast to
its natural habitat.
i. Why did Hari Singh think that Anil’s job was queer?
ii. Why did Horace Danby feel sure of his success in that year’s robbery?
iii. Which character traits of Bholi have had an everlasting impression on you? Why?
(Bholi)

i. One is known by one’s roots. The people of Coorg are also recognized for their values and traits in spite
of being thousands of miles away from their places of origin-Greece and Arabia. Describe their values
and traits.
(Glimpses of India)
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ii. If the Buddha were to summarise the life lessons of ‘the Ball poem’ what would that sermon be? Think
and create this address for people of your age.


i. Not to accept the limitations of our life makes us unhappy in our lives. Describe how Matilda Loisel
suffers in her life because she does not accept that she is not a rich person.
(The Necklace)
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ii. Give a brief character sketch of Fowler ? What are the values reflected in his character?
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Sample Paper 4

1. The modern classroom has taken several steps forward in its evolution of the learning environment in the
past 25 years. Many of the benefits that we have seen in this setting are due to the introduction of new
technology options for students. Instead of having a single computer for a class to use or a laboratory
environment for the entire school placed in one room, we can now help students learn at their table or
desk with items issued to them directly. Thus, there are quite a lot of advantages of having technology
in classrooms.
2. Technology helps children to stay motivated during the learning process. Most students don’t like to go
to school if they feel like they are wasting their time. When there is technology allowed in the classroom,
then teachers have an opportunity to let children work at a pace which suits them the best without
disturbing others. They can look up additional information about a subject they are learning about that
day, play educational games that reinforce the lesson, or work on advanced material using a program.
3. Because many of today’s technology options allow students to see how well they are doing compared to
the average of all users, it gives them a chance to push harder for themselves and their education. Many
of the programs that encourage learning also issue rewards or award certificates, which helps to make
the lessons fun as well.
4. Technology encourages more communication between teachers and parents. When there is technology
in the classroom, then there are more opportunities for parents and teachers to connect with each other.
Using a blog for the classroom can help parents get to see what their children are learning each day.
Apps and software options allow teachers to instantly report on a child’s behaviour to let parents know
in real-time what is happening throughout the day. There are options for chat boxes, instant messaging,
and other forms of communication as well.
5. Let’s not forget about email here either. Since the 1990s when this technology option came into the
classroom, it created more reliability in messaging between teachers and parents should there be a need
to talk.
6. Technology also creates new ways to learn for today’s student. There are three critical forms of
intelligence that we see in children today : emotional, creative, and instructional. The traditional
classroom environment, which typically encourages lecture-based lessons, focuses more on the latter
option. Standardized tests and similar ranking tools do the same. When children have access to technology
today, then those who excel outside of the standard learning setup can still achieve their full potential.

7. Technology allows children to embrace their curiosity in multiple ways. They can try new things without
embarrassment because their tech access gives them a level of anonymity. This process allows children
to work, through trial-and error if they wish, to see if a different strategy helps them to learn more
effectively.
8. It even encourages students to stay engaged with their learning environment. Children get bored very
easily when they feel like they already know what is being taught in their classroom. Some children
will transform into mentors or leaders in this situation to help their fellow students, but there are many
more who disengage because they lack stimulation. By introducing technology to the classroom, there
are fewer places where repetitive learning must take place. Teachers can introduce new subjects, try
new techniques, or use different projects to encourage ongoing learning, which creates more overall
engagement.
i. Most children don’t like to go to school if :
(a) they don’t understand what is being taught in class.
(b) they feel like they are wasting their time.
(c) they find class too boring.
(d) they can get away with it.
ii. Supply one advantage of having a technology that allows students to see how well they are doing
compared to the average of other students.
iii. Select the appropriate option to fill in the blanks:

Technology allows children to embrace their _____ in multiple ways.
(a) intelligence
(b) hard work
(c) curiosity
(d) passion
iv. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE.

Technology creates new ways to learn for today’s student.
v. Based on your reading of the text, list 2 ways through which technology helps children to stay motivated
during the learning process.
1. __________
2. __________
vi. The three critical forms of intelligence that we see in children today are :
I. motivational
II. creative
III. instructional
IV. competitive
V emotional

(a) I, II and III

(b) II, III and IV
(c) II, III and V
(d) I, IV and V
vii. Who is a mentor ?

(a) someone who gives someone help and advice related to something
(b) someone who leads someone to become a better person
(c) someone who helps someone in their time of need
(d) someone who provides a better learning standard
viii. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in paragraph 7.
Children can try new things with the help of technology without embarrassment.
ix. State 1 method through which technology encourages more communication between teachers and
parents.
x. Technology helps children to see if a different strategy helps them to learn more effectively through :
(a) hard work and diligence.
(b) trial and error method.
(c) advanced software programs.
(d) strategies and lessons.

1. In addition to using libraries and visiting art museums, historic site visitation is another common form
of public engagement with the humanities. According to the National Endowment for the Arts’ Survey
of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA). the percentage of people making at least one such visit fell
steadily from 1982 to 2012, before rising somewhat in 2017. Visits to historic sites managed by the
National Park Service (NPS) were substantially higher in 2018 than 1980, despite a decline in recent
years.
In 2017, 28% of American adults reported visiting a historic site in the previous year. This represented an
increase of 4.4 percentage points from 2012 but a decrease of 8.9 percentage points from 1982. The bulk of
the decline in visitation occurred from 2002 to 2008.
The recent increases in visitation rates were statistically significant for the 35-44- and 45-54-year-old
age groups 1. The larger change was found among 35-to-44-year-olds, whose visitation rate increased 8.7
percentage points. Despite the increase from 2012 to 2017 for these groups, there was a net decline in historic
site visitation since 1982 for Americans of virtually all ages. Only among the oldest Americans (age 75 or
older) was the rate of visitation higher in 2017 than 35 years earlier.
From 1982 to 2017, the differences among age groups with respect to rates of historic site visitation decreased.
For example, in 1982, the rate of visitation among 25-to-34-year-olds (the group most likely to visit a historic
site in that survey) was approximately 11 percentage points higher than that of the youngest age group
(18-to-24-year-olds). and more than 17 points higher than that of people ages 65-74. By 2017, however, the
visitation rate of 25-to-34-year-olds had dropped to within five percentage points of the younger cohort and
was virtually identical of that for the older group.

2. While visitation rates are converging among the age cohorts, the differences by level of educational
attainment are still pronounced. In 2017, as in earlier years, the visitation rate among college graduates
was more than twice as high as the rate among those who finished their studies with a high school
diploma (43% as compared to 17%). Among those who did not finish high school, visitation rates were
below 10% throughout the 2008-2017 time period. Conversely, among Americans with a graduate or
professional degree, visitation rates were in the vicinity of 50% during these years. Data from the National
Park Service (NPS) indicate the types of historical sites visited most and also the demands made of these
sites’ physical infrastructure and staff. Visits to NPS historic sites rose from approximately 59.5 million
in 1980 to almost 112 million in 2018. Throughout this time period, visits to historic sites constituted
approximately a third of total NPS recreational visitation.
3. Since hitting a recent low in visits in 1995, total visits to historic sites of all types increased 58% to a
high of 120.3 million in 2016, before falling 7%, to 111.9 million visits in 2018.
4. Much of the recent growth in visits to historic sites occurred among parks classified as national memorials
and was driven by a particularly high level of visitation at sites that did not exist in 1995, such as the
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (3.3 million visitors in 2018), the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
(3.6 million visitors), and the World War II Memorial (4.7 million visitors). As a result, visits to national
memorials increased more than 300% from 1995 to 2016, even as the number of sites increased just 26%
(from 23 to 29). In comparison, visits to national monuments increased only 3%, even as the number of
sites in the category increased by 9% (from 64 to 70). From 2016 to 2018, the number of visits fell in
every category, with the largest decline occurring at the memorial sites (down 10%), and the smallest
drop at national monuments (3%).
i. Which of the following is not a common form of public engagement with the humanities.
(a) visiting public memorials
(b) visiting art museums
(c) using libraries
(d) historic site visitation
ii. Which age group had a higher rate of visitation to historic sites in 2017 than 35 years earlier in America?
iii. After the year 1995, total visits to historic sites of all types increased 58% in the year _____.
(a) 2014
(b) 2015
(c) 2016
(d) 2017
iv. Based on your reading of the text, list 2 historical memorial in America?
1. __________
2. __________

v. The number of historical sites visits fell in every category from the year 2016 to the year 2018, with the
largest decline occurring at :
(a) the national monuments. (b) the archaeological sites.
(c) the art museums. (d) the memorial sites.
vi. Select the appropriate option to fill in the blanks.

Though the visitation rates are converging among the age groups, the differences by the level of _____
are still pronounced.
(a) employment attainment
(b) gender category
(c) international visitation
(d) educational attainment
vii. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word/phrase from paragraph 2.
general : ______ :: mythical : _____
(Clue : Just like general is an antonym for particular, similarly mythical is an antonym for...)
viii. In earlier years the visitation rate among college graduates was more than twice as high as the rate
among those :
(a) who were employed individuals.
(b) who had a graduate or professional degree.
(c) who finished their studies with a high school diploma.
(d) who did not finish high school.
ix. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE.

Data from the National Park Service (NPS) only indicate the types of historic sites visited most.
x. Substitute the word ‘classified’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following sentence from
paragraph 4:
Much of the recent growth in visits to historic sites occurred among parks classified as national memorials
and...

The higher you go, the more difficult it _____ to breathe.
(a) had become
(b) becomes
(c) is becoming
(d) became

ii. Read the conversation between Abhishek and Inspector. Complete the sentence by reporting Abhishek’s
reply correctly.
Abhishek : I have lost my wallet.
Inspector : How did you lose it?
Abhishek : My pocket was picked.
Abhishek reported to the inspector that he had lost his wallet. The inspector asked him how he had lost
it. Abhishek replied that _____
I _____ go on with the work, cause what may.
(a) may
(b) will
(c) shall
(d) can
I don’t think there will be a severe shortage of usable water because there was some rain fall yesterday.
(a) some a lot of
(b) will should
(c) think thinks
(d) was were
Had the police not reached there in time, the bandits _____ him.
(a) did have killed
(b) will have killed
(c) would kill
(d) would have killed
The level of intoxication _____ (vary) from subject to subject.
vii. Report the dialogue between Buddha and his disciple, by completing the sentence :
Buddha : Honesty is the best policy.
Disciple : Does honesty always pay?
Buddha : It may or may not, but at least you will never feel guilty.
Buddha in his preaching said that honesty is the best policy. A disciple asked him if honesty always pays.
Buddha replied that _____

Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer, and the first person to
walking on the Moon.

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I said to my friend, “Can I borrow your dictionary for one day ?”
We _____ eat lots of fruit and vegetables every day.
(a) ought to
(b) may
(c) can
(d) could
xi. Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between Garima and Karan.
Garima : So, after a decade in the industry, are you truly ‘satisfied’?
Karan : I love the film industry. It has its flaws though.
Garima asked Karan if after a decade in the industry he was truly ‘satisfied’. Karan told her that _____
although it had its flaws.
(a) he loved the film industry
(b) I loved the film industry
(c) I love the film industry
(d) he loves the film industry
Our defence academies are better than that of Afghanistan.
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A. You are Tushar Mathur of D-95, Sindhu Nagar, Jaipur. Write a letter to the General Manager of the
Jaipur Transport Undertaking complaining about the local bus service.

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B. You are Anita/Amit, the student prefect and incharge of the school library. You have been asked to place
an order for textbooks on Mathematics. Write a letter to M/s Good Marks (P) Ltd., 8A/1, Ansari Road,
Daryaganj, New Delhi placing an order for the books. Invent the necessary details.
A. The graph below shows the number of visitors to two different tourist attractions in the city of Grenby
during one particular week. Write an analytical paragraph in 100-120 words by selecting and reporting
the main features, and making comparisons where relevant.
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B. “The ban on single-use plastic is impractical. The purpose of articles like bags and packaging is ultimately
to make human life easier. Plastic articles do this well, so they shouldn’t be banned.”
Write an analytical paragraph in 100-120 words to analyse the given argument. You could think about
what alternative explanations might weaken the given conclusion and include rationale/evidence that
would strengthen/counter the given argument.
1.A That evening, after I’d finished the rest of my homework, the note about the essay caught my eye. I
began thinking about the subject while chewing the tip of my fountain pen. Anyone could ramble on
and leave big spaces between the words, but the trick was to come up with convincing arguments to
prove the necessity of talking. I thought and thought and suddenly I had an idea. I wrote the three pages
Mr. Keesing had assigned me and was satisfied. I argued that talking is a student’s trait and that I would
do my best to keep it under control, but that I would never be able to cure myself of the habit since my
mother talked as much as I did if not more, and that there’s not much you can do about inherited traits.

i. What is the main feature of an essay according to Anne?
ii. Anne’s argument about talking was that:

(a) talking is a fundamental right
(b) talking is a student’s trait
(c) talking is a birth-right
(d) talking is a duty
iii. Anne would never be able to cure herself of this habit since:
(a) her mother also talked much
(b) her father also talked much
(c) her grandma also talked much
(d) her grandpa also talked much
iv. The word ‘trait’ means:

(a) a particular quantity
(b) a particular quality
(c) a particular touch
(d) a particular lesson
v. Complete the following with a phrase from extract:

Opinion Reason
__________ to attract attention
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1.B Ausable did not fit any description of a secret agent Fowler had ever read. Following him down the
musty corridor of the gloomy French hotel where Ausable had a room, Fowler felt let down. It was a
small room, on the sixth and top floor, and scarcely a setting for a romantic adventure. Ausable was, for
one thing, fat. Very fat. And then there was his accent. Though he spoke French and German passably,
he had never altogether lost the American accent he had brought to Paris from Boston twenty years ago.
“You are disappointed,” Ausable said wheezily over his shoulder.
(The Midnight Visitor )
i. Substitute the word ‘musty’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following sentence from
extract:
“Following him down the musty corridor of the gloomy French hotel where Ausable had a room…”
ii. Amy is an American woman who teaches French and German in a primary school. This means that Amy
is
(a) an empathetic teacher.
(b) a rational human being.
(c) an experienced guide.
(d) a multilingual instructor.

iii. It can be inferred from the extract that a secret agent is expected to be
1. fit.
2. compassionate.
3. apologetic.
4. suave.
5. violent.
(a) Option 1, 3 & 5
(b) Option 1 & 4
(c) Option 2, 4 & 5
(d) Option 2 & 3
iv. Based on your reading of the extract, list one reason for the following:
Fowler was disappointed by Ausable when he met him.
v. Choose the option that lists the CORRECT statements about the given passage.
1. Fowler had no expectations at all from Ausable.
2. Fowler was elated when he met Ausable.
3. Ausable was living in France as a spy.
4. Ausable had acquired the French accent over twenty years ago.
(a) 1, 2
(b) 3, 4
(c) 1, 3
(d) 2, 4
2.A He hears the last voice at night,
The patrolling cars,
And stares with his brilliant eyes
At the brilliant stars.

The animal referred to in the extract is in _____.
(a) the forest
(b) a zoo
(c) a circus
(d) a wildlife sanctuary
ii. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word/phrase from extract:
battles : history :: _____ : astronomy
(Clue : Just like battles make up history, similarly... are a component of astronomy)

iii. To go around an area at regular times to check that it is safe is called

(a) Brightning
(b) Staring
(c) Patrolling
(d) Searching
iv. Where does the tiger look at in the night?
v. The word in the extract opposite in meaning to the word, ‘dull’ is

(a) brilliant
(b) stare
(c) patrolling
(d) stars
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2.B Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight, Amanda!
(Amanda!)
i. The purpose of the speaker’s words in the given extract is to

(a) show the speaker’s power over the listener.
(b) make the listener a better human being.
(c) advise the listener as an elder.
(d) improve the listener’s posture and habits.
ii. Pick the option that lists the image which correctly corresponds to the speaker’s mood in the extract.

(a) Image (1) (b) Image (2)
(c) Image (3) (d) Image (4)
iii. Alliteration is a literary device used in the extract.

Which of the following options does not include examples of this literary device?
(a) The moon and the shimmering stars watched over us
(b) With that charming chat, Catherine chose comfort
(c) Away ran the pathetic pooch pouting like a princess
(d) Dee dee was driving down day after day

iv. What does the repetition of “Amanda!” at the end of each line reflect?
v. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word from extract:

lazy : agile :: slouching : _____
(Clue : Just like lazy is an antonym for agile, similarly slouching is an antonym for...)
i. What ideals does Mandela set out for the future of South Africa in his speech?
(Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom)
ii. What did Frederick Forsyth think when he called Paris Control ?
iii. What attractions in Coorg wait to be discovered by tourists?

(Glimpses of India)
iv. With what does the poet compare the fog?

(Fog)
v. ‘Dust of Snow’ is one of Frost’s most loved poems. Elaborate why you think this is so.
i. Why did Mrs. Pumphrey take Tricki to the doctor?

ii. How did Ebright’s mother encourage his interest in learning?

iii. What was Oop’s opinion about the ‘sandwiches’ he had eaten?

i. “If you don’t help me, my family and I will go hungry this year.” Lencho had faith in God but he didn’t
manage to solve the problem by himself. Did he lack the courage to resolve his matter himself? What
values did he lack ? Explain.
(A Letter to God)
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ii. Being impressed by Custard’s feat, the young seagull’s sister wrote a letter to Custard seeking advice on
addressing the situation with her young brother. Write Custard’s response to this letter. Base the advice
from his experiences.
You may begin like this:
Dear Ms Seagull,
Thank you for seeking me out. I am humbled. Based on my limited experiences I feel...


i. Who do you think is the real culprit in the story ‘A Question of Trust’? Explain.
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ii. Read the following quote.

“We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don’t satisfy us. The loving relationships we have,
the universe around us, we take these things for granted.” – Mitch Albom Matilda was never satisfied
with her life and desired more. The given quote reflects her character. Justify.
(The necklace)
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Sample Paper 5

1. Social media has become almost a necessity for us, in today’s world. It’s become so important and
evolved so much, that we carry our social media with us throughout the day, on our phones.
2. One of the major benefits of social media is that you can connect with people all over the world, for free.
This comes in handy if you have friends who have travelled abroad. You can send them messages on
Facebook or Twitter or Instagram, and they can respond quickly from wherever they are. Social media
helps to fortify and maintain your personal relationships, even with people who are far away from you.
If you have a family member that’s travelling, you won’t have to wait until they return to hear about their
adventures. Just hop on Facebook or Instagram and start chatting and exchanging pictures.
3. This ability to communicate quickly and easily with people overseas is also very convenient for those who
do business, in foreign lands. Social media platforms provide a cheap, easy way to quickly communicate
your point to your customers or clients, who are across the world. You can send a private message,
publicly share something or video chat, for free. Using social media for a company is very cost effective
and time efficient. Staying connected to these people is important to improve your business relationship,
and keep your company running properly.
4. Staying connected to your social networks on the platforms that you use can be vital to your professional
success. Through social media sites, you can find jobs, inform your community of business opportunities
and career openings, and you can even monetize your accounts. Keeping a well-maintained network will
help you achieve success in your career. A good site to look at, if you’re trying to create a professional
network, is Linkedln. The site is designed specifically to help you advance in your career. You’ll open
up plenty of new opportunities that you didn’t have, before.
5. Being an active participant in social media is a great way to learn new things. News outlets are constantly
using social media, to help keep people in the loop. Social media is the way that news is heard, and it’s
the way that news is spread. You can make the argument that staying connected to social media is, in
fact, staying connected to life. It’s not only good for sharing and spreading news, it’s a great place to
find out about people’s opinions on various topics. For example, if you’ve built a sports community,
you’ll learn about the sports that you love. You can build communities around politics, business, cars,
family, education and pretty much whatever other topic you’d like. Social media will enhance your life.
It will provide you the chance to communicate, connect and be involved like never before. You’ll stay
connected with news outlets, family, friends and virtually whatever else you’d like to connect with.

i. List 1 major benefits of social media.
ii. Using social media for a company is :

1. very cost effective.
2. time efficient.
3. very profitable.
(a) Only 1
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 2 and 3
iii. Substitute the word ‘necessity’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following sentence from
paragraph 1:
Social media has become almost a necessity for us, in today’s world.
iv. Which of the following is not a social media platform?

(a) Facebook
(b) Instagram
(c) Google
(d) Twitter
v. For whom is the ability to communicate quickly and easily with people overseas very convenient ?
(a) those who live away from their families
(b) those who have connections with people in other countries
(c) those who travel to foreign lands a lot
(d) those who do business in foreign lands
vi. Social media platforms that you use can be vital to your professional success because through them you
can :
1. create a business circle and increase your business connections
2. inform your community of business opportunities
3. find jobs
4. monetize your accounts
5. inform your community of career openings
(a) 1, 2 and 4
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(d) 2, 3, 4 and 5


LinkedIn is a good site to look at if you’re trying to create a professional network.
viii. Based on your reading of the text, list any 2 features of social media.
1. __________
2. __________
ix. Choose ONE WORD from paragraph 5 that clearly states the meaning of the phrase ‘further improve the
quality or value of something’.
x. Which of the following is an appropriate title for the passage ?

(a) The Beneficial Social Media
(b) Social Media - A Necessity
(c) Importance of Staying Connected Through Social Media
(d) The Revolution of the Whole World Around the Social Media
1. Uttarakhand is located at the foothills of the Himalayan mountain ranges. The state shares borders
with China (Tibet) in the north & Nepal in the east & inter-state boundaries with Himachal Pradesh
in the west & northwest & Uttar Pradesh in the south. Hindi, Garhwal & Kumaoni are commonly
spoken in the state. English is the medium of education in many of its schools. Uttarakhand has diverse
geographical features ranging from snowcapped mountain peaks in the north to tropical forests in the
south; its climate & vegetation vary accordingly. The state was formed in November 2000 by carving
out the 13 hill districts of Uttar Pradesh. It was formerly named Uttaranchal.
2. The main railway stations in the state are Dehradun, Haridwar, Roorkee, Kotdwar, Kashipur, Udham
Singh Nagar, Haldwani, Ramnagar and Kathgodam. Uttarakhand had 339.80 km of rail routes. The state
is focusing on increasing the share of railways in cargo and passenger transport. Initiatives have been
undertaken to start monorails at Dehradun, Haridwar and Rishikesh, on the inter-city linkage routes.
3. The state has two domestic airports : one at Jolly Grant in the Dehradun district and another at Pant Nagar
in the Udham Singh Nagar district. The state intends to position air transport as a reliable all-weather
transport option for the hills. With Uttarakhand emerging as a hot tourist and industrial destination,
the state government is focussing on upgrading the Jolly Grant airport as an international airport, in
coordination with Airports Authority of India. In 2018-19, Dehradun airport handled 7,374 aircraft
movements and 709,227 passengers, approximately.
VISION 2022
Transport • Strengthen road network in urban areas and upgrade national highways.
• Develop two major all-weather airports with connectivity to metro cities.
Health • Affordable healthcare with focus on disease prevention.

• Provide state funded maternal and child healthcare, especially in rural areas.
Tourism • Promote the state as a global tourist destination by showcasing its spiritual, cultural and adventure tourism
• Target 0.5 million international tourists by 2022.
Agriculture • Improve yield and quality by providing irrigation facilities and latest technology.
• Create cold chain infrastructure and success to market intelligence for farmers.

Infrastructure • Hamess hydro-power for 100% electrification in the state and supply power to other states.
• Connect major cities through multi-lane highways and proper roads for villages.
Environment • Promote the state as a green economy by focusing on section such as IT. Agriculture, tourism, hydro-power and
education.
• 100% solid waste management, waste water treatment and recycling.
Industries • Become a world leader in green energy by leveraging hydro-power potential.
• Promote micro and small enterprises.
Education of skill • Quality primary education to be provided to all children.
development • Job oriented vocational training facilities and establishment of higher education institutions.
i. Which of the following language is not a commonly spoken language in Uttarakhand?

(a) Kumaoni
(b) Hindi
(c) Punjabi
(d) Garhwali
ii. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

The state of Uttarakhand was formed by carving out the 11 hill districts of Uttar Pradesh.
iii. Which of the following states/countries do not surround Uttarakhand from any side?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Nepal
(c) China
(d) Bangladesh
iv. Based on your reading of the text, list any 2 features of Uttarakhand.
1. __________
2. __________
v. When talking about environment, by 2022, Uttarakhand wants to :

I. have perfect waste water management in the state
II. harness hydropower for 100 % electricity in the state
III. have a 100 % solid waste management in the state
IV. promote the state as a green economy
(a) I and II
(b) I and III
(c) II, III and IV
(d) I, III and IV
vi. Choose an option that lists the main factors considered in Uttarakhand’s vision of 2022.
1. Education

2. Agriculture
3. Development
4. Transport
5. Tourism
6. Mining
7. Environment
(a) 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7
(b) 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7
(c) 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7
(d) 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7
vii. Suppy 1 point to justify the following:

Uttarakhand is emerging as a hot tourist and industrial destination.
viii. What is the international tourist visitation target of the state of Uttarakhand by the year 2022?
ix. Complete the follwoing analogy correctly with a word from paragraph 2:
rickshaw : carry :: elevator : _____
(Clue : Just like a rickshaw is used to carry people, similarly an elevator is used to...)
x. Which of the following clearly explains the meaning of the word ‘initiatives’?
(a) standards
(b) visions
(c) talks
(d) measures

If only he _____ us truth in the first place, things would not have gone wrong.
(a) has told
(b) would have told
(c) had told
(d) should have told
ii. Read the conversation between Prateek and Raghav. and complete the narration that follows.
Prateek: I don’t feel well today.
Raghav: What can I help you, Sir?
Prateek: Can you take me to the doctor?

Raghav: Yes, Sir.
Prateek told Raghav that he did not feel well that day. Raghav asked respectfully what he could help him.
Prateek asked Raghav _____. Prateek replied in the affirmative.
If I dyed my hair green, everybody _____ laugh at me.
(a) would
(b) should
(c) may
(d) can
iv. Select the option identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line:
As far as climate change is concerned, South Asia is one of a world’s most sensitive areas.
(a) change changes
(b) is was
(c) most many
(d) a the
As he was crossing the road, a car _____ him down.
(a) was knocking
(b) had knocked
(c) knocked
(d) would have knocked
The woman in the pool _____ (swim) well.
vii. Report the dialogue between Mannu and Annu, by completing the narration:
Mannu: Where are you going to?
Annu: I am going to the market. Do you want anything?
Mannu asked Annu where she was going. Annu replied that she was going to the market and she further
asked _____.
I met her by chance then I gone to get some Medicine which Sister Amy used to give.

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I said to him, “Where have you lost the pen I brought for you yesterday ?
I remember my promise. I _____ help you in the hour of your need.
(a) can
(b) would
(c) will
(d) might
xi. Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between a teacher and a student.
Biology Teacher : I instructed you to draw the diagram of bacteria. Why did you submit a blank sheet?
Sameer : Sir, I had drawn the diagram of bacteria, but you can’t see it because it is not visible to the
naked eye.
The biology teacher had instructed Sameer to draw the diagram of a bacterial cell and asked him why
he had submitted a blank sheet. Sameer respectfully answered that he had drawn the diagram but _____
(a) he can’t see it because it is not visible to the naked eye.
(b) he couldn’t see it because it is not visible to the naked eye.
(c) he could see it because it is visible to the naked eye.
(d) he could not be seen it because it is not visible to the naked eye.
There are a little countries in the world where the population is not growing fast.

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A. Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner bringing the problem of insanitary conditions in your
colony to his notice and request him to take urgent action in the matter.
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B. You are Apoorva/Arpit. You bought a refrigerator from Ganesh Electronics and Electricals, Gandhi
Marg, Nagpur. It does not function properly. Write a letter to the Sales Manager of the shop, complaining
about the defect and asking for immediate replacement or repair, as necessary.


A. Given below is a newspaper report on the state of cancer prevailing in India. You have been asked to
write an analytical paragraph on ‘Cancer - a silent killer’ Taking information from the clipping given
below together with your own ideas, write this paragraph in 100-120 words.
“In India, cities are more cancer-prone than rural areas. In the early 1990’s, we expected one out of 10-
15 urban Indians to get cancer in their life -time, that is every second or third family would have to face
this disease. This is partly due to high levels of benzene in the air and also that the metros are exposed
to high levels of pesticides in their foods. In order to check the steady growth of cancer in the country,
the Government shall have to give priority to preventive action. At the same time measures to undertake
improvement in facilities for the treatment of cancer shall have to be adopted.”
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B. The maps below show the village of Stokeford in 1930 and 2010. Write an analytical paragraph in 100-
120 words by selecting and reporting the main features, and making comparisons where relevant.
(a)
(b)

1.A Marriage gifts are meaningless without the sweet bread known as the bol, just as a party or a feast loses
its charm without bread. Not enough can be said to show how important a baker can be for a village. The
lady of the house must prepare sandwiches on the occasion of her daughter’s engagement. Cakes and
bolinhas are a must for Christmas as well as other festivals. Thus, the presence of the baker’s furnace in
the village is absolutely essential.
(Glimpses of India)
i. In Goan village, what are meaningless without the sweet bread ‘bol’?
(a) Birthday parties
(b) Holi celebration
(c) Wedding gifts
(d) All the occassions
ii. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

Cakes and bolinhas are compulsorily prepared during Christmas in Goa.
iii. Find the word in the extract which means ‘celebration meal’.
(a) Charm
(b) Occassion
(c) Engagement
(d) Feast
iv. What is must for a lady of Goa on the occassion of her daughter’s engagement?
(a) She must prepare sandwiches
(b) She must dean the house
(c) She must feed seven children
(d) She must purchase any gold item
v. What does the lady of the house prepare on the occasion of her daughter’s engagement?
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1.A How foolish people are when they own valuable things, Horace thought. A magazine article had described
this house, giving a plan of all the rooms and a picture of this room. The writer had even mentioned that
the painting hid a safe! But Horace found that the flowers were hindering him in his work. He buried his
face in his handkerchief. Then he heard a voice say from the doorway, “What is it? A cold or hay fever?”
Before he could think, Horace said, “Hay fever,” and found himself sneezing again. The voice went on,
“You can cure it with a special treatment, you know, if you find out just what plant gives you the disease.

I think you’d better see a doctor, if you’re serious about your work. I heard you from the top of the house
just now.”
i. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in extract:

Horace was sneezing.
ii. Which magazine could have published the article mentioned in the given extract?
(a) Paws & Claws
(b) Outdoors & Landscaping
(c) Interiors
(d) The Investor
iii. Choose the image that correctly describes the location of the safe, based on the given extract.
(a) Option (1)

(b) Option (2)
(c) Option (3)
(d) Option (4)
iv. In the line – Before he could think, Horace said, “Hay fever,” –the response was
(a) rehearsed.
(b) spontaneous and natural.
(c) hesitant.
(d) rapid and hostile.
v. Write a line from the extract that can be considered an example of sarcasm.
2.A And no one buys a ball back. Money is external.
He is learning, well behind his desperate eyes,
The epistemology of loss, how to stand up
Knowing what every man must one day know
And most know many days, how to stand up.
(The Ball Poem)

i. What is epistemology?
(a) The philosophical theory of knowledge
(b) The philosophical theory of work
(c) The philosophical theory of behaviours
(d) None of these
ii. What piece of advice is being given to the child by the poet?
iii. What is the poet trying to tell us in this poem?

(a) That age once lost can’t be regained
(b) That ball once lost can’t be regained
(c) That all the balls are useless
(d) None of these
iv. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word from the extract:
logorrhea : words :: wealth : _____
(Clue : Just like logorrhea is an excess of words, similarly wealth is an excess of...)
v. Why does the poet say ‘Money is external’?
(a) He means money can buy everything
(b) He means money can’t buy everything
(c) He means money can buy everything except balls
(d) None of these
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2.B The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbour and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
(Fog)
i. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

By keeping the lines short, the poet is controlling the pace to make the reader slow down thereby
reflecting the slow rolling in of the fog.
ii. What does the poet mean by ‘little cat feet’?

(a) small feet like that of the cat.
(b) little soft feet of the cat which leave marks in the home.
(c) little marks which a cat leaves behind in the sand.
(d) the silent and careful steps of the fog which do not let anyone know of its arrival.

iii. Which poetic device used in second line?

(a) Simile (b) Alliteration
(c) Metaphor (d) Personification
iv. Supply 1 point to justify the following:

The poet says that the fog is like a cat.
v. The word ‘haunches’ means.

(a) legs (b) eyes
(c) thighs (d) knees
i. Why did the postmaster want to help Lencho? And how did he do that?
(A Letter to God)
ii. What arguments did Anne give in her essay titled ‘A Chatterbox’?
iii. What was a source of unending joy for Valli? What was her strongest desire?
iv. What is the theme of the poem ‘How to Tell Wild Animals’ ?
v. What changes can be seen in the moon during the course of the poem ‘The Trees’?
i. Why was it difficult for Hari Singh to rob Anil ?

ii. What lesson did Ebright learn when in the seventh grade he entered a country science fair?
iii. Why did Bishamber’s marriage with Bholi not take place?
(Bholi)

i. “Water must be kept on the move and made to do things; when static it is wasted and provoking.” Do
you think this statement was true in case of Mijbil, the otter ?
(Mijbil the Otter)
ii. Imagine Anne Gregory grows up to be a motivational speaker. As Anne Gregory, write a short speech on
the importance of loving oneself.
You may begin this way:

Dear friends
The importance of believing in oneself can never be overstated. It becomes most important, therefore, to
love oneself. I learnt this, as a young teen, the day a poet pointed out that (continue) .....
(For Anne Gregory)


i. Readers believe that Griffin was a man without a conscience. You have a class discussion on why our
conscience plays a vital role in shaping our character.
Present a summary of your views on this.
ii. Attempt character sketch of Great and Mighty Think-Tank.

(Te Book that Saved the Earth)
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1. If you are addicted to coffee, and doctors warn you to quit the habit, don’t worry and just keep relishing
the beverage, because it’s not that bad after all! In fact, according to a new study, the steaming cup of
Java can beat fruits and vegetables as the primary source of antioxidants. Some studies state that coffee
is the number one source of antioxidants in American diet and both caffeinated and decaf versions
appear to provide similar antioxidant levels.
2. Antioxidants in general have been linked to a number of potential health benefits, including protection
against heart diseases and cancer. But Sandra Vinson, a dietitian, said that their benefits ultimately
depend on how they are absorbed and utilised in the body. The research says that coffee outranks popular
antioxidant sources like tea,milk,chocolate and cranberries. Of all the food and beverages studies, dates
actually have the most antioxidants based solely on serving size, but since dates are not consumed
anywhere near the level of coffee, the drink comes as the top source of antioxidants, Vinson said.
3. Besides keeping you alert and awake, coffee has been linked to an increasing number of potential health
benefits, including protection against liver and colon cancer, type 2 diabetes, and Parkinson’s disease
according to some recently published studies.
4. The researchers, however, advise that one should consume coffee in moderation, because it can make
you jittery and cause stomach pains.

_____ have the most antioxidants among all the food and beverages.
(a) Dates
(b) Cranberries
(c) Tea and milk
(d) Coffee
ii. What do doctors advise us about the habit of drinking coffee?
iii. According to dietitian Sandra Vinson, the benefits of coffee ultimately depend on:

(a) how it is relished

(b) how they are absorbed and utilised in the body
(c) how they are served and consumed
(d) whether it keeps us alert and awake

Coffee outranks popular antioxidant sources like tea, milk, chocolate and cranberries.
v. What is the correct order of the information given below?

I. Antioxidants are linked to a number of health benefits
II. One should consume coffee in moderation
III. Decaf versions of coffee provide antioxidants levels
IV. Dates have the most antioxidants based solely on serving size
(a) III, I, IV, II (b) III, IV, I, II
(c) III, I, II, IV (d) II, I, IV, III
vi. Coffee provides a large number of health benefits including protection against:
(a) liver and colon cancer
(b) type 2 diabetes
(c) Parkinson’s disease
vii. Substitute the word ‘jittery’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following sentence from
paragraph 4:
One should consume coffee in moderation, because it can make you jittery and cause...
viii. List any 2 benefits of antioxidants.

1. __________
2. __________
ix. What do researchers warn us about the excessive use of coffee?
x. Besides keeping us alert and awake, coffee provides us protection against:

I. liver and colon cancer
II. stomach ache
III. type 2 diabetes
IV. lung diseases
(a) I and II (b) II and III
(c) I and IV (d) I and III


1. In the year ended December 2016, 3.5 million overseas visitors arrived in New Zealand. But how many
visitors are in New Zealand on any given day of the year ? The question has practical importance. Visitors
to New Zealand create demand for goods and services, including transportation, accommodation, and
tourist activities. They also have an impact on local infrastructure. Knowing how many visitors are in
New Zealand on any given day might be important for civil defence or flu pandemic planning.
2. The following data explores the seasonal fluctuations of visitors to New Zealand and New Zealand
residents travelling overseas. This is based on short-term trips - those travelling for less than 12 months.
• In 2016, the number of overseas visitors in New Zealand ranged from 112,000 on 31 August to 354,000
on 29 December.
• In contrast, in 2016 the number of New Zealand residents temporarily overseas ranged from 72,000 on
1 March to 235,000 on 29 December.
• In both cases, the late December peak reflects an upsurge in travellers visiting friends and family, as
well as an upsurge in those visiting for holidays.
3. There are strong seasonal patterns in visitor numbers (see figure below). In recent years the number
of visitors in New Zealand peaked in the week of 27 December to 2 January. The peak day was 29
December in 2011-13 and 2016, and 28 December in 2014 and 2015.
4. At that peak in 2016, the number of overseas visitors in New Zealand was 354,000. This compares with
a peak of 191,000 in 2000. Since 2000, the number of visitors in New Zealand has increased across
every day of the year, but more during the summer months (December to March).
5. The number of visitors in New Zealand tends to be at its lowest in late August, early September, and
mid-June. On 31 August 2016, there were an estimated 112,000 overseas visitors in New Zealand. This
is 242,000 less than the peak reached on 29 December.
6. The seasonality of visitor numbers presents challenges to the tourism sector. These challenges include :
• Managing the peak summer influx of visitors
• Marketing New Zealand as a destination at other times of the year, in order to spread visitor numbers
throughout the year.

i. Which of the following is not a demand that is created in New Zealand because of the visitors coming
to the country?
(a) health
(b) accommodation
(c) transport
(d) goods
ii. State 1 reason for the following sentence:

It is good to have an understanding of how many visitors are in New Zealand on any given day.
iii. On 29 December 2016, how many residents of New Zealand were temporarily overseas?
iv. List any 2 challenges faced by the tourism sector because of the seasonality of the number of visitors.
1. __________
2. __________
v. The number of overseas visitors increases in New Zealand at a certain time of the year. This time is
usually :
(a) from mid-June to late September.
(b) from December to March.
(c) during the late August.
(d) during the early September
vi. The peak day of the number of overseas visitors in New Zealand in the year 2015 was:
(a) 28 December
(b) 31 December
(c) 30 December
(d) 29 December
vii. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word from paragraph 5:
house : roof :: mountain : _____
(Clue : Just like the roof is a top of a house, similarly top of a mountain is...)
viii. The peak of overseas visitors and the temporary leaving of residents in the country in the late December
reflects :
I. an upsurge of people getting temporarily stuck because of bad weather.
II. an upsurge in travellers visiting friends and family.
III. an upsurge in travellers just passing through the country to go to some other destination.
IV an upsurge of people visiting for holidays.

(a) I and II
(b) I and III
(c) II and III
(d) II and IV
ix. State whether the following sentence is TRUE or FALSE:

The number of visitors in New Zealand tends to be at its lowest only in late August.
x. The number of visitors in New Zealand on 31 August is _____ less than the visitors on the peak day in
the year 2016.
(a) 354,000
(b) 235,000
(c) 242,000
(d) 191,000

My mother _____ my clothes at this time.
(a) is washing
(b) was washing
(c) has washing
(d) will be washing
ii. Read the conversation between Anamika and Ronak. Complete the narration correctly.
Anamika : Can you teach me how to swim?
Ronak : Yes, I will. Come to my swimming club tomorrow.
Anamika asked Ronak if he could teach her how to swim. Ronak replied that he would. He also asked
Anamika _____.
However honest he _____, I do not trust him.
(a) is
(b) may be
(c) might be
(d) could be
A little political thinkers think that liberty and equality can’t go together.


(a) A little Some
(b) think thinks
(c) can’t couldn’t
(d) that those
Many researchers _____ how small business owners can be successful beyond the initial few years in
business.
(a) have studied
(b) has studied
(c) had studied
(d) is studied
Age and experience _____ (bring) wisdom to man.
vii. Report the dialogue between a teacher and children, by completing the sentence:
Teacher : Children, let us all pledge to save trees.
Children : Yes, mam, we all pledge to save our trees as the trees are the lungs of the city.
The teacher asked all the children to pledge to save trees. The children replied affirmatively saying that
_____ as the trees are the lungs of the city.
A teacher can tell you that learning English is not an easy job.

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He said, “Ravi, why are you sounding so depressed today ?”
The news I heard just now is so strange that you _____ not believe it.
(a) will
(b) could
(c) might
(d) None of these

xi. Anil recently attended an interview for the selection of a computer programmer. Select the correct option
to complete the narration of the dialogue between Interviewer and Anil.
Interviewer : So, why do you want to be a computer programmer?
Anil : Well, I have always been interested in computers.
At the interview, he was asked why he wanted to be a computer programmer. To this question he replied
that he wanted to change his job because _____.
(a) he had always be interested in computers
(b) he had always been interested in computers
(c) he has always been interested in computers
(d) he have always been interested in computers
xii. Identify the error in the given description about sachin tendulkar and supply the correction.
Sachin Tendulkar is the best cricketer in India. He has played for many than twenty years for the Country.

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A. Owing to the MCD employees’ strike, the roads in your area are Littered with garbage. The place not
only is stinking but also has become a health hazard. As Mini/Manish of 112, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi, write
a letter in 100-120 words to the editor of a local newspaper informing the concerned authorities of the
unhygienic conditions and requesting them to take appropriate and necessary actions in the matter.
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B. You are Nikhil/Nisha staying at 53, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. Last week you bought a new laptop
from ‘M/S Clear Vision’ of Hyderabad, with a warranty of 2 years. You worked on the laptop all week
and finished writing a Long assignment that is due shortly. However this week, the laptop doesn’t even
switch on. Write a letter to the dealer complaining about the problem and requesting him to get the defect
rectified.


A. On the basis of the given line graph, write an analytical paragraph in about 100-120 words describing
the given information. 5
The Number of Girls per 100 Boys in Elementary and Lower-Secondary Education in India Selected Between 2000 and 2014
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B. On the basis of the given bar graph, by analysing and carefully understanding the data, write an analytical
paragraph in not more than 120 words.
1.A The jingling thud of his bamboo woke us up from sleep and we ran to meet and greet him. Why was it
so? Was it for the love of the loaf? Not at all. The loaves were bought by some Paskine or Bastin, the
maid-servant of the house! What we longed for were those bread bangles which we choose carefully.
Sometimes it was sweet bread of special make.
(Glimpses of India)
i. What was special about those bread bangles sometimes?

(a) The sweet bread of special make
(b) The fresh morning breads

(c) The maid servant of the house bought the loaves of bread
(d) Both (a) and (b)
ii. Whose bamboo is being discussed here?

(a) The baker (b) Paskine
(c) Bastin (d) The watchman
iii. What made the narrator and his friends wake up in the morning?
iv. What would happen after the author woke up on hearing the baker’s jingling sound?
(a) Pick up the bread bangles from the basket
(b) Ran to meet and greet him
(d) To meet their friend, companion and guide

In the olden days baker in Goa was known as pader
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1.B He dropped his legs to stand on the green sea. His legs sank into it He screamed with fright and attempted
to rise again flapping his wings. But he was tired and weak with hunger and he could not rise, exhausted
by the strange exercise. His feet sank into the green sea, and then his belly touched it and he sank no
further. He was floating on it and around him his family was screaming praising him and their beaks
were offering him scraps of dog fish.
i. How did the seagull feel when his belly touched the green sea?
ii. Why was he so scared to dive?

(a) because it was his last flight
(b) because he was sick
(c) because he had no legs
(d) because it was his first flight
iii. An antonym for the word ‘scrap’ is:

(a) whole (b) piece
(c) chunk (d) bits
iv. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word from extract:
abandon : reclaim :: abate : _____
(Clue : Just like to abandon is an antonym of to reclaim, similarly to abate is an antonym of to...)

v. Why did his family praise him?

(a) because he successfully made his first flight
(b) because he caught a fish
(c) because he grabbed his own food
(d) none of thaw
2.A The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
(Dust of Snow)
i. Of the many symbols the hemlock tree represents, choose the one that Frost drew upon in all likelihood,
for this poem.
(a) Symbol of longevity
(b) Symbol of togetherness
(c) Symbol of healing
(d) Symbol of protection
ii. Choose the option that lists the possible feelings of the poet prior to the experience shared in the poem.
1. reassured
2. disappointed
3. curious
4. demotivated
5. thankful
6. disheartened
7. impulsive
(a) 1, 3 & 7
(b) 2, 4 & 6
(c) 5 & 7
(d) 1 & 3
iii. Identify the option that does not use the word ‘rue’ correctly.
(a) The film was a disaster and he rued his decision to act in it.
(b) I am sure she rued the day she listened to a fortune-teller.
(c) It wasn’t long before I rued my disobedience and my deceit.
(d) Others finally rue the one who is dishonest and heartless.

iv. Synecdoche is a poetic device that uses a part to represent the whole. E.g. That’s a great set of wheels!
(Set of wheels has been used for car.)
Give an example of synecdoche from the extract.

Generally, hemlock tree and crow are used for negative references but the poet used them beautifully to
portray that inauspicious things can bring joy and happiness too.
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2.B Belinda embraced him, Mustard licked him.
No one mourned for his pirate victim.
Ink and Blink in glee did gyrate.
Around the dragon that ate the pirate.
i. Whom does ‘him’ refer to in the stanza?

(a) Belinda (b) Custard
(c) Mustard (d) Pirate
ii. Why did Belinda embrace him?

(a) Out of helplessness (b) Out of gratitude
(c) Out of fear (d) Out of shock
iii. Why were Ink and Blink happy?
iv. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word from extract:
charity : malice :: gloom : _____
(Clue : Just like charity is an antonym for malice, similarly gloom is an antonym for...)
v. Which figure of speech/literary device has been used here?

(a) Personification (b) Enjambment
(c) Alliteration (d) All of these
i. How did Valli develop a longing for the bus ride?

ii. What did the Buddha preach to the people?

iii. How can you differentiate between a hyena and a crocodile ?

iv. Describe the havoc created by Mijbil on the airplane when it came out of the box.
(Mijbil the Otter)

v. What do you think would be enough to destroy the world ? Can Fire and Ice contribute to it?
(Fire and Ice)
i. What did Griffin, the scientist, do to escape after setting the fire to his landlord’s house?
ii. Did Ebright have other interests besides science? Mention them.
iii. For what unusual reasons was Bholi sent to school?

(Bholi)

i. “So, in order not to shake the writer’s faith in God, the postmaster came up with an idea to answer the
letter”. What does this statement tell us about the postmaster? Was his idea successful ? How did the
receiver react?
(A Letter to God)
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ii. The poet’s views about beauty are not justified. Anne’s arguments are correct. Express your views in
support of Anne.
(For Anne Gregory)

i. What kind of person is Matilda’s husband? Support your answer giving examples from the text.
(The Necklace)
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ii. Herriot enjoyed the lavish meal during Tricki’s stay but still, he felt compelled to inform Mrs. Pumphrey
about the recovery of Tricky. Why did he not keep Tricki for a longer time? Did he feel concerned for
Mrs. Pumphrey?
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Sample Paper 8

1. Man does not Live by food alone. Water is vital to human health and fitness. Although it is not a nutrient
per se as are carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins and minerals. It, in fact, is a key nutrient as no life
is possible without it. Whereas we can do for weeks without food, we cannot live without water longer
than a couple of days.
2. Water approximates 60 per cent of the body weight of human adults. The total amount of water in a man
weighing 70 kilograms is approximately a little over 40 litres. It is an excellent solvent - more substances
are soluble in water than in any other liquid known so far. This makes it an ideal constituent of the body
fluids which sustain life supporting chemical reactions. It dissolves varied products of digestion and
transports them to the rest of the body. Likewise, it dissolves diverse metabolic wastes and helps drain
them out of the body. Besides, it performs a variety of functions - some well known and well understood
while others not so well appreciated yet vita l. The no less important role of water is to distribute/
dissipate the body heat efficiently, thereby regulating body’s temperature. Water accomplishes this role
ideally because it has high thermal conductivity ensuring rapid heat transfer from one part to the other.
3. Above all, water has a high-specific heat, implying that it takes a lot of heat to raise the temperature of
water and likewise much heat must be lost to lower its temperature.
4. Drinking a lot of water is an inexpensive way to stay healthy. Even excess of water is harmless. Water
therapy - drinking a litre or so the first thing in the morning is kidney-friendly.
5. The water regulation in the body is affected by hypothalamus in two ways i.e., (i) by creating the
sensation of thirst which makes us drink water and (ii) by controlling the excretion of water as urine. If
water regulation fails, medical emergency ensues.
i. Water is vital to human health and fitness because:

(a) man does not live by food alone
(b) it is an excellent solvent
(c) we cannot survive for more than a couple of days without it
(d) it controls thirst and excretion of water as urine

ii. Water is called a key nutrient because:

(a) it dissolves different products of digestion
(b) no life is possible without it
(c) it carries products to the rest of the body
(d) it raises temperature of the body
iii. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in paragraph 2:
Water is an ideal constituent of the body fluids.
iv. Water regulates body temperature efficiently as:

(a) it circulates easily
(b) it has high-specific heat
(c) it dissolves food easily
(d) it has high thermal conductivity
v. What does the author means when he uses the word ‘regulation’ in the last para?
(a) Official rule
(b) Control
(c) Device for fair use
(d) Worn or used as per rules
vi. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

Water transports nutrients to the body.
vii. Which activity is considered as water therapy?
viii. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word from paragraph 3:
pitch : throw :: warm : _____
(Clue : Just like to pitch is a synonym of to throw, similarly to warm is a synonym of to...)
ix. Substitute the word ‘sustain’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following sentence from
paragraph 2:
This makes it an ideal constituent of the body fluids which sustain life supporting...
x. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option.

_____ is an inexpensive way to stay healthy.
(a) Water
(b) Minerals
(c) Vitamins
(d) Proteins


1. People in only 12 out of 35 States (Figures are for undivided Andhra Pradesh) and Union Territories had
overwhelmingly chosen Hindi as the first choice for communication. Among the rest, while a few chose
Hindi as their second or third language of communication, a majority of them chose English, according
to the results of the 2011 language Census released in 2018. About 43.63% of the total population said
their mother tongue was Hindi.
2. Which Indian States are primarily Hindi-speaking according to the language Census?
3. The 2011 Census data shows that most Indian States, apart from a handful of States in northern and
central India, do not primarily speak Hindi but have adopted the language as a secondary language. Most
southern and north-eastern States are not Hindi-speaking and have adopted English as their secondary
language. The given map shows the State-wise percentage of people who stated that Hindi was their
first, second, or third choice of language. Most of the 12 States and Union Territories that chose Hindi
as their first choice were located in northern and central India - over 96% of the population in Uttar
Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh speak Hindi.
4. The share of Hindi-speaking people in Gujarat is significantly lower than most States. The southern and
north-eastern states, apart from Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, have the lowest proportion of Hindi-
speaking population among all states.
i. About how much percentage of population said that their mother tongue was Hindi?
ii. Which states have adopted English as their secondary language of communication?
I. Southern states of India
II. Northern states of India
III. North-Eastern states of India
IV. Central states of India
(a) I and II
(b) I and III
(c) III and IV
(d) I, II and III

iii. Name any two states or union territories that chose Hindi as their first language of communication.
1. __________
2. __________
iv. Hindi speaking population in Arunachal Pradesh is :

(a) lowest among the north-eastern and southern states.
(b) higher than other north-eastern states.
(c) lowest among the north-eastern states.
(d) higher than other north-eastern and southern states.
v. Which state has a more lower share of Hindi speaking people than any other state?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Kerela
(d) West Bengal
vi. People of most states and union territories located in northern and central India :
(a) speak their own mother tongue rather than English or Hindi to communicate.
(b) speak English as their first language of communication.
(c) chose Hindi as their first choice of language for communication.
(d) are divided in the usage of English and Hindi in their daily life for communication.

Over 96% of population in Southern India speaks Hindi as their first language of communication.
viii. According to 2011 census data, most Indian States, apart from a handful of States in northern and central
India,
(a) primarily speak Hindi and the rest have adopted it as a secondary language
(b) primarily speak Hindi
(c) have adopted English as a secondary language
(d) do not primarily speak Hindi but have adopted it as a secondary language
ix. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word from paragraph 1:
mnemonics : memory :: phonetics : _____
(Clue : Just like mnemonics deals with memory, similarly phonetics deals with...)
x. According to the map, which state has the highest percentage of Hindi speaking population in India?


The director had come out of the office before I _____.
(a) arrived
(b) arrive
(c) was arrived
(d) had arrived
ii. Read the conversation between a father and his son. Complete the sentence by reporting son’s reply
correctly.
Father : How was the paper?
Son : It was easy.
The father asked his son how the paper had been. Son replied that _____.
I doubt, if it _____ be of any use telephoning them so late.
(a) would
(b) could
(c) should
(d) might
A pleasure in being outdoors is fundamental for human happiness.
(a) being be
(b) A The
(c) is are
(d) in at
When he died, Ramanujan _____ behind 3 notebooks.
(a) was leaving
(b) had left
(c) left
(d) leaves

The furniture in his house _____ (look) impressive.
vii. Report the dialogue between Anita and Seema, by completing the narration.
Anita : Do you know how to swim?
Seema : Yes I know. I have learnt it during this summer vacation.
Anita asked Seema _____. Then Seema replied in affirmative and also added that she had learnt it during
the summer vacation.
The movie, including all the previews, take about two hours to watch.

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He said to us, “Why are you all sitting about there doing nothing ?”
You _____ be hungry after all that walking.
(a) may
(b) must
(c) need
(d) can
xi. Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between electrician and Mohan.
Electrician: When did your electricity go?
Mohan: It is not working since evening.
The electrician asked Mohan when his electricity had gone. Mohan replied that _____.
xii. Identify the error and supply the correction for the following sentence:
Countries near on equator are some warmer than countries farther to the North and South.

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A. You are Aman/Amita, Blue Bells Public School, Delhi. Write a letter to UK Publishers, Pratap Vihar,
Delhi to place an order for English to Hindi, encyclopedia, fiction books etc. for your school library.
Request them for a catalogue, discount offered and other necessary details.
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B. You are Mohit/Mohini, a resident of 32/B, Ravi Nagar, Delhi. Last week, you came across an advertisement
pertaining to city tour of Kerala and wish to avail it during the vacations. Write a letter of enquiry to
the Tour Manager, Balaji Tours and Travels, Connaught Place, Delhi, enquiring about the itinerary for 7
children and 20 adult members.
A. The bar graph given below contains data related to the people’s opinion about their consideration for the
most important factor for success. Write an analytical paragraph in 100-120 words after observing the
graph carefully and analysing; highlight the main features and make suitable comparisons
The Most Important Factor For Success
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B. The following pie charts show the percentage of students taking admission in different faculties of XYZ
University over a certain period of time. Write an analytical paragraph on your understanding of the
given data.

V. Reference to the Context. 10
1.A Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in
the world. And I’m not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty
people I can call friends. I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to
have everything, except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a good
time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don’t seem to be able
to get any closer, and that’s the problem. May be it’s my fault what we don’t confide in each other. In any
case that’s just how things are, and unfortunately they are not liable to change. This is why I’ve started
the diary.
i. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in the extract:
Despite having thirty people around Anne feels lonely.
ii. When Anne is with friends, she can only think of:
(a) having a good time
(b) chatting
(c) laughing and laughing
(d) talking too much
iii. ‘I’ here refers to:

(a) Robert Frost
(b) Anne Frank
(c) Robin Klein
(d) Carolyn Wells
iv. Her problem of loneliness is that:

(a) she feels irritated
(b) she can’t manage a group
(c) she can’t confide in her friend
(d) she feels over confidence
v. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word from the extract:
profuse : lush :: prosaic : _____
(Clue : Just like profuse means lush, similarly prosaic means ...)

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1.B When he saw those photos, Ebright didn’t shout, ‘Eureka!’ or even, ‘I’ve got it!’ But he believed that, along
with his findings about insect hormones, the photos gave him the answer to one of biology’s puzzles: how
the cell can ‘read’ the blueprint of its DNA. DNA is the substance in the nucleus of a cell that controls
heredity. It determines the form and function of the cell. Thus, DNA is the blueprint for life. Ebright and his
college room-mate, James R. Wong, worked all that night drawing pictures and constructing plastic models
of molecules to show how it could happen. Together they later wrote the paper that explained the theory.
i. Choose the option that shows the picture of the type of task Ebright and Wong were engaged in, as per
the extract.
(a) Option (1)

(b) Option (2)
(c) Option (3)
(d) Option (4)
ii. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in the extract:
Ebright was perhaps expected to shout ‘Eureka!’.
iii. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option:
“Thus, DNA is the blueprint for life”, is another way of saying that the DNA contains a genetic _____.
(a) experiment
(b) ultimatum
(c) takeaway
(d) plan
iv. Four newspapers published a headline about Ebright and Wong. Choose the option that published a
factually correct headline, as per the extract.
Newspaper 1 WONG DENIES CONTRIBUTING TO EBRIGHT’S THEORY
Newspaper 2 EBRIGHT COLLABORATES WITH ROOM-MATE WONG
Newspaper 3 WONG AND EBRIGHT EXAGGERATE THEIR THEORYDEFY LOGIC
Newspaper 4 EBRIGHT AND WONG’S THEORY PROVED WRONG
(a) Newspaper 1
(b) Newspaper 2
(c) Newspaper 3
(d) Newspaper 4

v. Compound words are those words which are formed by joining two separate words to create a new word
with an entirely different meaning.
List any two compound words from the above extract.
1. __________
2. __________
2.A “In a world of possessions, people will take”
Balls, Balls will be lost always, the little boy
And no one buys a ball back. Money is external.”
(The Boll Poem)
i. Name the poem and the poet.

(a) The Ball Poem, Leslie Norris
(b) Animals, John Berryman
(c) The Ball Poem, John Berryman
(d) Animals, Walt Whitman
ii. Where did the boy lost the ball?
iii. The poet speaks of a ball as a symbol of:

(a) wealth (b) childhood memories
(c) property (d) All of these
iv. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in the extract;
No one will buy a ball back.
v. Which literary device is used here?

(a) Personification (b) Alliteration
(c) Imagery (d) Illusion
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2.B He stalks in his vivid stripes
The few steps of his cage
On pads of velvet quiet,
In his quiet rage.
i. Who is ‘he’ here?

(a) Tiger (b) Human being
(c) Lion (d) Dragon

ii. How does ‘he’ walk?

(a) Angrily (b) Fiercely
(c) Steadily (d) All of these
iii. List any two expressions the tiger expresses.

1. __________
2. __________
iv. Where is the tiger now?
v. Which literary device is used here?

(a) Personification (b) Repetition
(c) Imagery (d) Allusion
i. What brought a sudden change in the poet of ‘Dust of Snow’?
ii. What is the greatest wealth of a country according to Nelson Mandela?

iii. Describe the dreadful appearance of the pirate?

iv. What were Lencho’s feelings when he found the letter with money in it ? What did he do after opening the letter ?
(A Letter to God)
v. How did Chubukov react when Lomov told him that he had come to propose to his daughter, Natalya?
(The Proposal)
i. How did Bholi’s teacher play an important role in changing the course of her life?
(Bholi)
ii. What did Griffin, the scientist, do to escape after setting the fire to his landlord’s house?
iii. Why does Mrs. Pumphrey think the dog’s recovery is “a triumph of surgery”?

i. Rajvir felt too excited on reaching Assam while Pranjol showed least interest in his excitement. What
could be the reason behind this ? Do you think it is appropriate on Pranjol’s part to react like this? Justify
you answer with reason.
(Glimpses of India)
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ii. Humour is the best medicine for every ailment in life. Is the poem humorous ? Give reasons for your
answer.

i. Looking back at the story, when do you think Ausable thought up his plan for getting rid of Max ? Do
you think he had worked out his plan in detail right from the beginning ? Or did he make up a plan taking
advantage of events as they happened ?
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ii. Read the following quote.

“We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don’t satisfy us. The loving relationships we have,
the universe around us, we take these things for granted.”
Mitch Albom Matilda was never satisfied with her life and desired more. The given quote reflects her
character. Justify.
(The Necklace)
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Sample Paper 9

1. Economist, ethicists and business experts persuade us that honesty is the best policy, but their evidence
is weak. We hoped to find data that would support their theories and thus, perhaps, encourage higher
standards of business behaviour. To our surprise, their pet theories failed to stand up. Treachery, we
found, can pay. There is no compelling economic reason to tell the truth or keep one’s word. Punishment
for the treacherous in the real world is neither swift nor sure.
2. Honesty is, in fact, primarily a moral choice. Business people do tell themselves that, in the long run,
they will do well by doing good. But there is little factual or logical basis for this conviction. Without
values, without a basic preference of right over wrong, trust based on such delusion would crumble in
the face of temptation. Most of us choose virtue because we want to believe in ourselves and because
others respect and believe us.
3. And due to this, we should be happy. We can be proud of a system in which people are honest because
they want to be, not because they have to be. Materially, too, trust based on morality provides great
advantages. It allows us to join in great and exciting enterprises that we could never undertake if we
relied on economic incentives alone.
4. Economists tell us that trust is enforced in the market place through retaliation and reputation. If you
violate a trust, your victim is apt to seek revenge and others are likely to stop doing business with you, at
least under favourable terms. A man or woman with a reputation for fair dealing will prosper. Therefore,
profit maximisers are honest. This sounds plausible enough until you look for concrete examples. Cases
that apparently demonstrate the awful consequences of trust turn out to be few and weak, while evidence
that treachery can pay seems compelling.
i. According to the passage, what do economists and ethicists, want us to believe?

(a) Businessmen should always be honest
(b) Businessmen cannot always be honest
(c) Businessmen turn dishonest at times
(d) Businessmen are honest only at times

ii. What did the author find out about the theory that ‘honesty is the best policy’?
(a) It is correct on many occasions
(b) It is correct for all businesses
(c) It is a useless theory
(d) It is a theory which seems to be correct only occasionally
iii. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in paragraph 2:
Businessmen are honest in their dealings.
iv. According to the author, which of the following, is the reason for being honest in business?
(a) It gives no immediate benefits
(b) It gives no long-term benefits
(c) It makes a person self-seeking
(d) None of these
v. Supply one point to justify the following:

The author says that one can be proud of the present situation.
vi. Suppy one material advantage which the author sees in being honest.
vii. Which of the following phrases is most nearly the same in meaning as the word ‘persuade’ as it has been
used in the passage?
(a) Give an assurance
(b) Give an opinion
(c) Try to convince
(d) Cheat
viii. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

Economists believe that all businessmen are dishonest.
ix. Substitute the word ‘conviction’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following sentence from
paragraph 2:
Business people do tell themselves that, in the long run, they will do well by doing good. But there is
little factual or logical basis for this conviction.
x. Which of the following best describes what the author is trying to point out through the last sentence of
the passage, “Cases that…..compelling”?
(a) The consequences of business
(b) The contradictions in the real world
(c) Economists predict incorrectly
(d) The contradictions is unreal


1. The ocean is one of the most unexplored parts of our planet, with a magnitude of undiscovered species and
mysteries. It turns out from the studies conducted over the last few decades, this magnificent environment
is under serious threat from human intervention, with plastics set to outnumber fish by 2050.
2. Marine life, as we know it, is suffering irreparable damage from the chemical pollution of the waters and
the millions of tons of mismanaged waste dumped in the oceans each year. The result is a planetary crisis
with over 100 million marine animal’s lives get lost every year, and the decay of the ocean’s ecosystem.
Shocking Ocean Pollution Statistics
• 100 melon marine animals die each year from plastic waste alone.
• 100000 marine animal die from getting entangled in plastic yearly - this is just the creatures
we find
• 1 in 3 marine mammal species get found entangled in litter, 12-14000 tons of plastic are
ingested by North Pacific fish yearly.
• In the past 10 years, we’ve made more plastic than the last century. By 2050, the pollution
of fish will be outnumbered by our dumped plastic.
• The largest trash site on the planet is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, twice the surface
area of Texas, it outnumbers sea life there 6 to 1.
• Chine is ranked #1 for mismanaged waste and plastics. However, the US is in the top 20
with a more significant waste per person contributions.
• 300 Million tons of plastic gets created yearly, and this weighs the same as the entire human
population, and 50% is single-use only.
• There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic waster estimated to be in our oceans. 269000 tons
float, 4 billion microfibers per km2 dwell below the surface.
• 70% of our debris sinks into the oceans’s ecosystem, 15% floats and 15% lands on our
beaches.
• In terms of plastic, 8.3 million tons are discarded in the sea yearly. Of which, 236000 are ingestible
microplastics that marine creatures mistake for food.
• Plastics take 500-1000 years to degrade; currently 79% is send to lands or the oceans, while
only 9% is recycled, and 12% gets incinerated.
• 1950-1998 over 100 nuclear blast tests occurred in our oceans.
• 500 marine locations are now recorded as dead zones globally, currently the size of the
United Kingdom’s surface (245000 km2)
• 80% of global marine pollution comes from agriculture runoff, untreated sewage, discharge
of nutrients and pesticides.
• 90% of the worldwide ocean debris comes from 10 rivers alone.
3. Almost 1,000 species of marine animals get impacted by ocean pollution, and we now have over 500
locations recorded as dead zones where marine life cannot exist. How did this happen, what is causing
the most damage, find out everything above in the marine pollution statistics roundup.
4. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a floating island of debris, accumulated in the North Pacific Ocean by an
extensive system of currents called gyres. It is built up from two other waste patches, the western garbage
patch near Japan and the eastern garbage patch near America’s west coast near California and Hawaii.

5. The North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone links the east and western garbage patches, acting as
a highway for waste to move from one to the other. Because of this, a small item of debris dropped near
California can travel across to Japan, then eventually get sucked up by these swirling garbage patch
vortexes.
6. The great pacific garbage patch size is quite shocking. These patches of trash are said to be twice the size
of Texas and float on the surface but do drop several meters into the ocean in places, which makes the
correct size challenging to measure. The world’s largest garbage site is mainly made up of microplastics
creating a vast cloud, with newer items of debris that haven’t broken down as much floating around like
chunks in a soup. The great pacific garbage patch effects on marine life are extremely significant.
i. In the ocean what is set to outnumber the fish by the year 2050?
(a) pollution (b) plastics
(c) human waste (d) garbage
ii. List any two reasons for the following, based on information in paragraph 2
Marine life is suffering from irreparable damage.
1. __________
2. __________
iii. The largest trash site on the planet, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, is twice the size of which city ?
(a) Arizona (b) Colorado
(c) Texas (d) Florida
iv. Which country is ranked number one for mismanaged waste and plastics ?
(a) China (b) USA
(c) India (d) France
v Complete the following analogy correctly with a word from paragraph 3:
slug : land :: shark : _____
(Clue : Just like a slug lives on land, similarly a shark lives in...)
vi. Which of the following is NOT a place from where 80% of global marine pollution comes ?
(a) untreated sewage
(b) agriculture run-off
(c) discharge of nutrients and pesticide
(d) factory waste disposal
vii. List one reason for the following, based on informatin in paragraph 5:
A small item of debris dropped near California can travel across to Japan.
viii. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE;

700 marine locations are now recorded as dead zones globally.

ix. Substitute the word ‘irreparable’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following sentence from paragraph 2:
Marine life, as we know it, is suffering irreparable damage from the chemical pollution of the waters...
x. An extensive system of currents in the North Pacific Ocean is called :

(a) vortex
(b) convergence
(c) gyres
(d) debris

The mechanic _____ the vehicle since the morning.
(a) repaired
(b) repairing
(c) has been repairing
(d) will be repairing
ii. Read the conversation between customer and shopkeeper. Complete the sentence by reporting
shopkeeper’s reply correctly.
Customer : Can I have a bottle of juice?
Shopkeeper : Sorry, we only have milk bottles.
The customer asked the shopkeeper if he could have a bottle of juice. The shopkeeper apologized and
said _____.
Genius does what it must, and talent does what it _____.
(a) can
(b) would
(c) may
(d) should
There are not some buses because the drivers have gone on a strike.
(a) are is
(b) the a
(c) some any
(d) have has

I have _____ Lakshmi for the past twelve years.
(a) know
(b) knew
(c) known
(d) knows
According to the news, the shower _____ (were) to take place.
vii. Report the dialogue between Meena and Neha, by completing the narration:
Meena : Tomorrow is your birthday, what do you want as a gift?
Neha : That is a lovely thought but I don’t want anything.
Meena asked Neha since the next day was her birthday, _____. Neha replied that that was a lovely
thought but she did not want anything.
Dawn’s favorite activity is draw sketches of her family.

Error Correction

He said, “Has anybody been unkind to you ?”
There _____ something wrong with the cooker today.
(a) must be
(b) should have been
(c) must have been
(d) None of these
xi. Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between Tanmay and Astha.
Tanmay : How did you spend your vacation?
Astha : I visited Kashmir with my parents.
Tanmay asked Astha how she had spent her vacation. Astha replied that _____.
(a) she has visited Kashmir with her parents
(b) she had visited Kashmir with her parents
(c) she have visited Kashmir with her parents
(d) she hadn’t visited Kashmir with her parents

We can expect few more mosquitoes after continued falls of rain.

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A. You are Arihant/Ananya of Ashok Vihar. Write a letter of complaint to Cabinet World regarding the
faulty cabinet that they have sold to you. Invent the necessary details on your own.
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B. You are Mohammad Ali/Sahiba Ali, residing in 1545, Kirti Nagar, New Delhi. Write a letter to the
Deputy Commissioner of Police, drawing his attention to the deteriorating law and order situation in the
city.

A. The following line graph shows the average monthly temperatures in three major cities. Write an
analytical paragraph on the basis of the line graph reporting the important information and making
comparisons where relevant.
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B. The graph below shows fast food consumption among men and women in 2015. Write an analytical
paragraph in 100-120 words by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where
relevant.


1.A Inside the clouds, everything was suddenly black. It was impossible to see anything outside the aeroplane.
The old aeroplane jumped and twisted in the air. I looked at the compass. I couldn’t believe my eyes : the
compass was turning round and round and round. It was dead. It would not work! The other instruments
were suddenly dead, too. I tried the radio.
i. What was causing the plane to jump and twist in the air ?
(a) air pressure
(b) wind currents
(c) black stormy clouds
(d) dead engine
ii. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in the extract:
The compass was turning round and round.
iii. The narrator couldn’t see outside the aeroplane because :

(a) it was too bright to look outside.
(b) he was too high in the clouds to see anything clearly.
(c) everything was black inside the storm clouds.
(d) there was too much lightening.


It was impossible to see anything outside the aeroplane.
v. Over which country was the pilot flying at this moment ?

(a) Germany (b) Spain
(c) United Kingdom (d) France
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1.B It was green, green everywhere. Rajvir had never seen so much greenery before. Then the soft green
paddy fields gave way to tea-bushes.
It was a magnificent view. Against the backdrop of densely wooded hills a sea of tea bushes stretched
as far as the eye could see. Dwarfing the tiny tea plants were tall sturdy shade-trees and amidst the
orderly rows of bushes busily moved doll-like figures. In the distance was an ugly building with smoke
billowing out of tall chimneys.
“Hey, a tea-garden !” Rajvir cried excitedly.
Pranjol, who had been born and brought up on a plantation, didn’t share Rajvir’s excitement.
(Glimpses of India)
i. Supply one reason for the following, based on information in the extract:
Pranjol did not share Rajvir’s excitement about the view outside.
ii. Why has the building been called ugly ?

(a) because it was an old building
(b) because the construction was bad
(c) because smoke was coming out of its tall chimneys
(d) because it didn’t have a good history
iii. Why did Rajvir cry excitedly ?

(a) because he saw too much greenry
(b) because he saw a tea-garden
(c) because he saw a plantation
(d) because he saw an ugly building
iv. What has been called ‘magnficent’ in the extract?
v. Which of the following options tells the meaning of the word ‘billowing’ ?
(a) aggressively shooting upwards
(b) rolling outward
(c) moving at a great speed
(d) gathering at a place


2.A Now the name of the little black kitten was Ink,
And the little grey mouse, she called him Blink,
And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard,
But the dragon was a coward, and she called him Custard.
(The tale of Custard the Dragon)
i. Who is ‘she’?
(a) Amanda (b) Belinda
(c) Wanda (d) Peggy
ii. What was the little kitten called?

(a) Mustard (b) Blink
(c) Ink (d) Custard
iii. Supply one characteristic of the dragon according to the extract.
iv. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in the extract:
The little dog was called Mustard.
v. Choose an option that is an antonym of the word ‘coward’.

(a) weakling (b) scaredy cat
(c) aggressor (d) master
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2.B The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
(Dust of Snow)
i. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word from the extract:
eider : duck :: cedar : _____
(Clue : Just like an eider is a type of duck, similarly a cedar is a type of...)
ii. Which literary device has been used throughout the poem?
(a) Simile
(b) Personification
(c) Alliteration
(d) Enjambment

iii. Where is the poet sitting in the poem Dust of Snow?

(a) Under a laburnum tree
(b) Under a hemlock tree
(c) Under a peepal tree
(d) None of these

hemlock tree is a a poisonous tree with white flowers.
v. What makes the fine particles of snow fall from the tree?
(a) Frog
(b) Crow
(c) Snake
(d) Goldfinch
i. What does Chubukov at first suspect Lomov had come to his house for ?
(The Proposal)
ii. How did Valli manage to leave her house?

iii. ‘Money is external.’ What does the poet John Berryman mean by these words?
(The Ball Poem)
iv. The “yellow hair” is a symbol in the poem. Briefly support the statement with reference to the poem “For
Anne Gregory”.
v. How far would you agree that one’s positivity can bring in a spark of brightness even in adverse
circumstances.?
(A Letter to God)
i. Was there any balcony outside the window? What role does it play in the story, ‘The Midnight Visitor’?
ii. ‘If the theory proves correct, it will be a big step towards understanding the processes of life.’ What is
the theory and who proposed it?
iii. What happened at the ball ? Was Matilda’s dream fulfilled?

(The Necklace)

i. According to Nelson Mandela, every man in life has twin obligations. What are these obligations ? Do
you agree with Nelson Mandela’s opinion about the ‘twin obligations’?
(Nelsom Mandela : Long Walk to Freedom)
O
ii. How does Amanda tackle the nagging nature of her parents? Explain with examples from the poem
‘Amanda!’. What values does it portray about Amanda?

i. “Oh I will, Mr Herriot. I’m sure you are right, but it is so difficult, so very difficult.”
Above statement easily shows that Mrs Pumphrey is a very loving and caring mistress for Tricki. Explain
the truth with instances from the story ‘A Triumph of Surgery’.
O
ii. “A lawless scientist is a curse to the society.”

Discuss with reference to the story ‘Footprints without Feet’.
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Sample Paper 10

1. Birds have been building nests for over 100 million years. Dinosaurs, the ancestors of birds, also built
terrestrial nests over hundreds of millions of years. The diversity we see in bird’s nests today is a result
of these thousands of bird species, evolving in different environments, creating diverse ways to house
and protect their families.
2. We think of architecture as a result of conscious design, purpose and aesthetic expression there is,
precisely, such architecture in avian nests. These are not unplanned constructions. These are shaped by
a history of selection and functionality. Also, the diversity of materials used by birds to build nests is
astonishing and birds arrive at this independently.
3. As adults, the birds go out into nature alone and gather materials to construct their nests which have
very specific structures. They have extraordinary building capacities which show both flexibility and an
innate way of interacting with the environment.
4. Interestingly, all nests perform a physical job to house and protect a bird’s eggs from bad weather and predators.
The nest is also often the location of the development of the young. Therefore, knowing the nest’s centrality,
birds have developed habitat-based strategies to meet these needs. Diverse species use sticks, twigs, webs or
mud, handled in specific ways to create the nest they require. Like human builders, birds choose materials
related to the actual structure they want.
5. Birds’ nests also have regular styles of construction - historically conditioned by circumstances, like
human communities which use bricks or stones. Birds have a similar historical investment in their
nests. For instance, a group of land birds, which includes kingfishers, hornbills, and woodpeckers, is
about 60 million years old. All of these nest in holes, from ground burrows to holes in trees, where
they can safely keep their eggs. None of them has created an alternative way. Nests are, therefore,
conservative structures - birds don’t change the designs much, unless they are sure they are improving
on the conditions required for breeding and protecting their young.
6. Now weaver birds are an extraordinary example of a group that makes impressive nests. These include
an egg chamber suspended from a branch, with a doorway. The complexity is amazing - the fibres are
interlaced, like weaves.
7. This creates very strong water-repellent structures. The weaver bird starts with a vertical ring, like a
hoop, and adds a back hemisphere to this. It then weaves on the front to create a small door. Some
species add a tubular passage to the back chamber - this can be up to five times the length of the nest.

i. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in paragraph 1:

Different birds build their nests in different ways.
ii. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word from paragraph 3:
fuzzy : clarity :: rigid : _____
(Clue : Just like fuzzy means lacking in clarity, similarly rigid means lacking...)

Diverse species use sticks, twigs, webs or mud, handled in specific ways to create the nest they require.
iv. Substitute the word ‘instance’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following sentence from
paragraph 5:
Birds have a similar historical investment in their nests. For instance, a group of land birds,
v. Birds also have aesthetic sense. They show it through

(a) the architecture of their nests
(b) their multi-coloured plumes
(c) how they protect their families
(d) the precision of their nests
vi. When the birds think of building their nests, the most important factor in their minds is :
(a) its beauty
(b) its purpose
(c) its design
(d) its colour
vii. List any two jobs performed by a bird’s nest.

1. __________
2. __________
viii. The materials all birds use for building their nests are
(a) sticks
(b) twigs only
(c) webs or mud
(d) any of the above, according to their specific needs
ix. A woodpecker lays its eggs
(a) in a nest made of mud
(b) in a hole in a free
(c) in a web made of twigs
(d) in a nest made of sticks

x. ‘Nests are, therefore, conservative structures’ means

(a) nests are modern in design
(b) nests have to be carefully constructed
(c) nests are traditional in design
(d) nests are flashy and gaudy in looks
1. In addition to using libraries and visiting art museums, historic site visitation is another common form of
public engagement with the humanities. According to the National Endowment for the Arts’ Survey of
Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA). the percentage of people making at least one such visit fell steadily
from 1982 to 2012, before rising somewhat in 2017. Visits to historic sites managed by the National Park
Service (NPS) were substantially higher in 2018 than 1980, despite a decline in recent years.
2. In 2017, 28% of American adults reported visiting a historic site in the previous year. This represented
an increase of 4.4 percentage points from 2012 but a decrease of 8.9 percentage points from 1982. The
bulk of the decline in visitation occurred from 2002 to 2008.
3. The recent increases in visitation rates were statistically significant for the 35-44- and 45-54-year-old
age groups 1. The larger change was found among 35-to-44-year-olds, whose visitation rate increased
8.7 percentage points. Despite the increase from 2012 to 2017 for these groups, there was a net
decline in historic site visitation since 1982 for Americans of virtually all ages. Only among the oldest
Americans (age 75 or older) was the rate of visitation higher in 2017 than 35 years earlier.
4. From 1982 to 2017, the differences among age groups with respect to rates of historic site visitation
decreased. For example, in 1982, the rate of visitation among 25-to-34-year-olds (the group most
likely to visit a historic site in that survey) was approximately 11 percentage points higher than that
of the youngest age group (18-to-24-year-olds). and more than 17 points higher than that of people
ages 65-74. By 2017, however, the visitation rate of 25-to-34-year-olds had dropped to within five
percentage points of the younger cohort and was virtually identical of that for the older group.
5. While visitation rates are converging among the age cohorts, the differences by level of educational
attainment are still pronounced. In 2017, as in earlier years, the visitation rate among college
graduates was more than twice as high as the rate among those who finished their studies with a high
school diploma (43% as compared to 17%). Among those who did not finish high school, visitation
rates were below 10% throughout the 2008-2017 time period. Conversely, among Americans with a
graduate or professional degree, visitation rates were in the vicinity of 50% during these years. Data
from the National Park Service (NPS) indicate the types of historic sites visited most and also the
demands made of these sites’ physical infrastructure and staff. Visits to NPS historic sites rose from
approximately 59.5 million in 1980 to almost 112 million in 2018. Throughout this time period, visits
to historic sites constituted approximately a third of total NPS recreational visitation.
6. Since hitting a recent low in visits in 1995, total visits to historic sites of all types increased 58% to a
high of 120.3 million in 2016, before falling 7%, to 111.9 million visits in 2018.
7. Much of the recent growth in visits to historic sites occurred among parks classified as national
memorials and was driven by a particularly high level of visitation at sites that did not exist in 1995,
such as the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (3.3 million visitors in 2018), the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Memorial (3.6 million visitors), and the World War II Memorial (4.7 million visitors). As

a result, visits to national memorials increased more than 300% from 1995 to 2016, even as the
number of sites increased just 26% (from 23 to 29). In comparison, visits to national monuments
increased only 3%, even as the number of sites in the category increased by 9% (from 64 to 70).
From 2016 to 2018, the number of visits fell in every category, with the largest decline occurring at
the memorial sites (down 10%), and the smallest drop at national monuments (3%).
i. Supply one common form of public engagement with the humanities.
ii. Which age group had a higher rate of visitation to historic sites in 2017 than 35 years earlier in America?
(a) 35-44 year-olds
(b) 45-54 year-olds
(c) 75 or more year-olds
(d) 25-34 year-olds
iii. After the year 1995, total visits to historic sites of all types increased 58% in the year _____.
(a) 2015
(b) 2016
(c) 2017
(d) 2018
iv. Name any two historical memorial in America.

1. __________
2. __________

The number of historical sites visits fell in every category from the year 2016 to the year 2018, with the
largest decline occurring at the memorial sites.
vi. Write full form of SPPA.
vii. The rate of visitation among 25-to-34-year-olds was approximately _____ points higher than that of the
youngest age group i.e. 18-to-24-year-olds.
(a) 11 percentage
(b) 20 percentage
(c) 15 percentage
(d) 7 percentage
viii. Substitute the word ‘attainment’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following sentence from
paragraph 5:
While visitation rates are converging among the age cohorts, the differences by level of educational
attainment are still pronounced.

ix. In earlier years the visitation rate among college graduates was more than twice as high as the rate
among those :
(a) who had a graduate or professional degree.
(b) who finished their studies with a high school diploma.
(c) who did not finish high school.
(d) who were employed individuals.
x. In America most of the _____ in visitation of historic sites occurred from the year 2002 to the year 2008.
(a) increase
(b) decline
(c) converging
(d) diverging
At one time, Mr. Nigel _____ this supermarket.
(a) was owing
(b) used to own
(c) had owned
(d) owned
ii. Read the conversation between Nisha and Anjali. Complete the narration by reporting Anjali’s reply
correctly.
Nisha : I want to improve my command over the English language.
Anjali : For that you need to do a lot of reading in English.
Nisha said she wanted to improve her command over the English language. Anjali said that _____.
Principal to a student : You _____ with bad girls.
(a) must not mix
(b) cannot mix
(c) may not mix
(d) None of these

We, here in India have so many religions, we eat so many different foods, we wear so much different
kinds of dresses.
(a) much many
(b) eat ate
(c) have has
(d) wear wears
Two years have passed since he _____ here.
(a) has come
(b) come
(c) came
(d) had come
They _____ (wish) me on my birthday every year.
vii. Report the dialogue between Parul and Nikhil, by completing the narration:
Parul : Where did you spend your holidays?
Nikhil : I went to many hill stations.
Parul asked Nikhil _____. Nikhil replied that he had gone to many hill stations.
I like to drinking juice in the morning, and tea at lunchtime.
Use the given format for your answer:

Error Correction

“Who now”, they had asked, “will listen to our troubles and protect us from the crocodiles ?”
The father divided his property among his three sons lest they _____ quarrel afterwards.
(a) should
(b) shall
(c) will
(d) could

xi. Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between Arthur and Kevin.
Arthur : Kevin, are you going to the hospital again? Is your mother okay?
Kevin : My mother is now better. Thank God, she has been back to normal since Friday.
Arthur asked Kevin if he was going to the hospital again. He also asked him whether his mother was
okay. Kevin replied that _____ and thanking God, the boy said that his mother had been back to normal
since.
(a) his mother was better now
(b) his mother had been better now
(c) his mother is better now
(d) his mother has been better now
I walk 3 kilometres each day to reach my school.

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A. You are Nitish /Nikita, the Head Boy/ Girl of Tagore Public School, Agra. Write a letter to Messers
New Star Sports, Kalkaji, New Delhi asking them to send sports equipment for the games and sports
department of your school.
O
B. Write a letter to the editor of a local daily complaining against the school-bus drivers for rash-driving
and overcrowding of buses causing risk to the lives of innocent school children. You are Dipti/Deepak
of C-156, Janakpuri, New Delhi.
A. The following table gives information about some of the world’s most studied languages. Write an
analytical paragraph summarizing the given information by analyzing and reporting the main and
relevant information.

S. Languages No. of people Native speakers of a Speakers in

No. studying a language language
1. English 1.5 billion 527 million 101
2. French 82 million 118 million 51
3. Chinese 30 million 1.39 billion 33
4. Spanish 14.5 389 million 31
million
5. Italian 8 million 67 million 29
6. Japanese 3 million 123 million 25
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B. Look at the given bar graph which shows the result of a survey conducted in the public and government
schools of Mathura. The graph depicts the types of activities the teenagers from the age of 14 years to
19 years are involved in during their leisure time.
Write an analytical paragraph highlighting the result of the survey, including all the main points and
relevant information.
1.A The baker made his musical entry on the scence with the ‘Mang jhang’ sound of his specially made
bamboo staff. One hand supported the basket on his head and the other banged the bamboo on the
ground. He would greet the lady of the house with ‘Good morning’ and then place his basket on the
vertical bamboo. We kids would be pushed aside with a mild rebuke and the loaves would be delivered
to the servant. But we would not give up. We would climb a bench or the parapet and peep into the
basket.
(Glimpses of India)

i. How did the baker make his musical entry?
ii. How would the baker greet the lady of the house?
(a) by saying good morning
(b) by saying hello
(c) by bowing his head
(d) by jingling the bamboo stick
iii. What is the antonym of ‘vertical’?

(a) slanted
(b) straight
(c) horizontal
(d) diagonal
iv. Choose an option that states the meaning of the word ‘rebuke’
(a) a backlash of using an instrument
(b) to investigate something to a great extent
(c) an expression of disapproval or a scolding
(d) a scream to ward off something
v. What did the author and the other kids do to look into the baker’s basket?
O
1.B It is from these comrades in the struggle that I learned the meaning of courage. Time and again. I have
seen men and women risk and give their lives for an idea. I have seen men stand up to attacks and torture
without breaking, showing a strength and resilience that defies the imagination. I learned that courage
was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid,
but he who conquers that fear.
i. Who taught the real meaning of courage to Nelson Mandela?
ii. To author, the men and women risk and sacrifice their lives for:
(a) the sake of family
(b) the sake of an idea
(c) the sake of friends
(d) the sake of money

iii. The author defines courage not the absence of fear:

(a) but rather afraid of it
(b) but rather the triumph over it
(c) but presence of shivering
(d) but rather reject it
iv. The word ‘resilience’ means:

(a) the ability to deal with any kind of hardship
(b) the ability to conquer the foe
(d) the ability to dive deep
(d) The ability to keep mum

People risking and giving their lives for an idea, braving torture without breaking, showing strength and
resilience when faced with atrocities, simply defies one’s imagination.

2.A No use to say ‘O there are other balls’ :
An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went. I would not intrude on him;
A dime, another ball, is worthless. Now
He senses first responsibility
In a world of possessions. People will take
Balls, balls will be lost always, little boy.
(The Ball Poem)
i. What does the poet mean by ‘first responsibility’?
ii. Complete the analogy by selecting the suitable word from the extract:
privy : secret :: sympathetic : _____
(Clue : Just like privy is sharing in a secret, similarly sympathetic is sharing in...)
ii. Which figure of speech is used in the above lines?

(a) metaphor
(b) personification
(c) anaphora
(d) simile

iv. Which of the following emotions does the boy feel when the ball goes into the dark water of the harbor?
1. Grief
2. Disbelief
3. Hope
4. Desperation
5. Excitement
(a) Only 1 and 2
(b) Only 2 and 4
(c) Only 2, 3 and 5
(d) Only 1, 2 and 4
v. Which of the following is NOT a meaning one can signify with the word ‘ball’ in this poem ?
(a) innocence
(b) irreplaceable memories
(c) precious things
(d) darker path of life
O
2.B He hears the last voice at night,

The patrolling cars,
And stares with his brilliant eyes
At the brilliant stars.
i. Select one word from the extract and fill in the blank:
To go around an area at regular times to check that it is safe is called _____.
ii. Who is ‘he’?

(a) a lion
(b) a tiger
(c) a jaguar
(d) a leopard
iii. At what does he stare?

(a) the visitors
(b) the bright stars
(c) the guards
(d) other animals

iv. What is the last thing the tiger hears at night ?
v. Why has the poet used the word ‘brilliant’ twice?

(a) to create a sense of rhyme in the poem
(b) to catch the attention of the reader
(c) to lay more stress on the brightness of the eyes and the stars
(d) there is no deeper meaning behind the usage
i. Mr. Keesing was a strict but kind teacher. Explain the truth of this statement.
ii. What does Natalya say about the dog named Guess?
(The Proposal)
iii. How did the young seagull try to catch the attention of his family?
iv. How would a life on a tower be different from a life anywhere else for Amanda ?
(Amanda!)
v. Do you think the trees are justified in the revolt? State two values which man should possess to stop the revolt.
(The Trees)
i. How and when did Matilda find the borrowed necklace missing ?
(The Necklace)
ii. “The two boys stared in surprise at the fresh muddy imprints of a pair of bare feet.” What did the bewildered
boys observe while looking at these footprints ?
iii. Had Anil really forgiven Hari Singh ? Support your answer with evidence.
i. “So, in order not to shake the writer’s faith in God, the postmaster came up with an idea to answer the
letter”.
What does this statement tell us about the postmaster? Was his idea successful ? How did the receiver react?
(A Letter to God)
O
ii. Being impressed by Custard’s feat, the young seagull’s sister wrote a letter to Custard seeking advice on addressing
the situation with her young brother. Write Custard’s response to this letter. Base the advice from his experiences.
You may begin like this:
Dear Ms Seagull,
Thank you for seeking me out. I am humbled. Based on my limited experiences I feel...

i. After reading the story ‘Bholi’ by the author K.A. Abbas, what impression do you form of the protagonist
of the story Bholi?
O
ii. “Horace had some hope because she seemed to be amused at meeting him.” Why did Horace feel so?
Did he consider the young lady compassionate towards him? Did he find her free from biases? Discuss
the values Horace should have imbibe understanding of the person.
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Sample Paper 11

1. Located about 60 miles south of Baghdad in modern-day Iraq, the ancient city of Babylon served for
nearly two millennia as a centre of Mesopotamian civilization.
2. One of its early rulers, Hammurabi, created a harsh system of laws, while in later times, the Babylonian
language would be used across the Middle East as a way of communicating across borders. Another
great accomplishment, if the ancient stories are true, is the construction of the Hanging Gardens, a
wonder of the ancient world, which some believe was built by the biblical king Nebuchadnezzar II.
3. The ancient scientists who lived in the city made important discoveries in mathematics, physics and
astronomy. Among their many accomplishments, they developed trigonometry, used mathematical
models to track the planet Jupiter and developed methods of tracking time that is still used today. Ancient
Babylonian records are still used by modern-day astronomers to study how the rotation of the Earth has
changed.
4. Archaeologically, little is known about the early history of Babylon. Ancient records suggest that more
than 4,000 years ago, at a time when the city of Ur was the centre of an empire, Babylon appears to have
been a provincial administration centre. “Babylon had not been an independent city,” writes researcher
Gwendolyn Leick in her book “The Babylonians”.
5. She notes that in 1894 B.C. after the Ur-based empire had collapsed, the city was conquered by a man
named Samu-abum. He was an Amorite, a Semitic-speaking people from the area around modern-day
Syria. He proceeded to turn Babylon into a petty kingdom made up of the city and a small amount of
nearby territory. Babylon would remain this way until, six kings later, a man named Hammurabi (1792-
1750 B.C.) ascended the throne. He was the ruler who would go on to turn this once small kingdom into
a great empire.
6. While the Law Code of Hammurabi (now in the Louvre) is well known for its “eye for an eye” style of
lawmaking, it also sets out the nature of the relationship between Hammurabi, the gods and the people
he ruled. Ultimately, Hammurabi’s empire was not to last, falling into decline after his., death. In 1595
B.C., the Hittite ruler Mursili I captured Babylon, bringing the rule of Hammurabi’s successors to a
close.

i. Choose the option that best captures the central idea of the passage from the given quotes.
(a) “Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.” — Mark Twain
(b) “The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any
civilization.” — Sigmund Freud
(c) “The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is
spiritual”. — Muir
(d) “Each civilization dies from indifference to the unique values which created it.” — Davila
He was the ruler who would go on to turn this once small kingdom into a great empire.
(a) The government assisted in transforming micro scale industries into large scale industries.
(b) Some people think that it’s better to eat less than the appetite.
(c) The vase had a very small neck, and spread out at the top like a bowl.
(d) The little girl has a miniature garden in her house.
iii. Read the following sentences :

1. Hammurabi, created a harsh system of laws.
2. The Babylonian language would be used across the Middle East as a way of communicating across
borders.
3. The collapse of the Ur-based empire.
4. Babylon becomes a petty kingdom made up of the city and a small amount of nearby territory.
Which of the following options presents the correct order of the events?
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4 (b) 3, 1, 4, 2
(c) 3, 4, 1, 2 (d) 3, 2, 4, 1
iv. Complete the following with a phrase or an idiom from Paragraph 6 .

Opinion Reason
_______________ Someone should be harmed as they harmed someone else
v. The writer uses two contrasting words in the line- Ancient Babylonian records are still used by modern-
day astronomers to study how the rotation of the Earth has changed.
State one point of difference between ancient and modern.
vi. Based on your reading of the text, list 2 reasons why the writer says that: “The ancient scientists who lived
in the city made important discoveries”.
1. __________
2. __________

vii. The writer says, “ Babylon would remain this way until, six kings later, a man named Hammurabi (1792-
1750 B.C.) ascended the throne”.
Select the reason of change of Babylon after the throne was ascended by Hammurabi.
(a) He transformed a small kingdom into a great empire.
(b) He was a ruthless leader.
(c) He transformed a great empire into a small kingdom.
(d) He was a fighter.
viii. The writer says, “Samu-abum proceeded to turn Babylon into a petty kingdom...”
Why the writer said so?
One of its early rulers, Hammurabi, created a harsh system of laws.
x. Choose the option that correctly states the two meanings of ‘close’, as used in the passage.
1. adjacent
2. imminent
3. near-at-hand
4. approaching
5. across the street
(a) 1 and 4 (b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 5 (d) 4 and 5
1. Elephant babies like coconut oil. This discovery has saved the life of hundreds of orphaned, unweaned
elephants, left behind when their mothers were killed, victims of the ivory wars that have catastrophically
reduced elephants populations across Africa.
2. The discovery came after two decades of efforts by the renowned conservationist Daphne Sheldrick, who has
died aged 83. She devoted most of her life rescuing young elephants and releasing them back in to the wild.
3. When she first made attempts to keep the orphaned babies alive, often at one or two years old, with other
milk sources, they remained malnourished and faded into death. It was only after trying every combination
she could find that she hit on one baby milk formula from Europe, which contained coconut oil that seemed
to work. She and the elephants never looked back, and now more than 230 elephants in kenya, and many
others in Asia and other parts of Africa, are alive, and mostly in the wild, thanks to her hand-rearing.

4. Her work grew from her care of orphaned elephants foujd by her husband, David Sheldrick, chief warden
at the Tsavo National Park in Kenya in the 1960s. By the time her sanctuary was well-established, in
the late 70s and 80s, each elephant had its own stal, as otherwise they would disturb one another, was
bottle- fed every three hours, and was given blankets, raincoats and sunscreen as needed. A keeper slept
with each animal under a year old, alternating lest the babies grow too dependent.
5. Often, the elephants arrived traumatized, having experienced the lethal violence and cruelty of
poaching. It was crucial, in her view, to recognize their grief and help them to overcome it. “They
are emotionally human animals, she told journalists. “You have to think in human terms. How does a
child feel when it has lost its whole family and is suddenly in the hands of the enemy?
6. Throughout her life, Sheldrick championed the ability of elephants to communicate and their capacity
for feeling. Once, she recounted, a wrenched the tusks from a newly killed bull elephant and threw them
into the jungle, before the eyes of the poachers.
Each elephant had its own stall.
ii. Select the appropriate option to fill in the blank.

While referring to the emotional side of the elephants, Sheldrick said that _____.
(a) they are babies
(b) they are weak
(c) they are like human beings
(d) they are like women
iii. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word/phrase from Paragraph 2:
critical : crucial :: _____ : eminent
iv. Which of the following oil is linked by elephant babies?

(a) Coconut oil (b) Palm oil
(c) Almond oil (d) Olive oil
v. Select the chart that appropriately represents the workload of the conservationist Daphne Sheldrick
through the given years, as per Paragraph 4.

(a) Option 1 (b) Option 2

(c) Option 3 (d) Option 4
vi. How was Daphne Sheldrick able to save the lives of the orphaned elephants?
(a) By giving them a shelter
(b) By giving them food
(c) By giving them formula milk
(d) By giving them medicines
vii. Substitute the word ‘trying’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following, sentence from
Paragraph 3:
It was only after trying every combination she could find that she hit on one baby milk formula from
Europe, which contained coconut oil that seemed to work.
viii. Based on your reading of the text, list any 2 attempts made by Daphne Sheldrick to keep the orphaned
elephant babies alive.
1. __________
2. __________

ix. List one reason why Daphne Sheldrick told journalists that “You have to think in human terms”.
x. Select the option that titles paragraphs 4-6 appropriately, with reference to information in the text.
(a) (1) National park and sanctuary, (2) Cruelty of poaching (3) Deep sympathy
(b) (1) Zoological park, (2) Poaching as an art, (3) Deep sympathy
(c) (1) National park and sanctuary, (2) Concern for tigers, (3) Love for animals
(d) (1) National park, (2) Passionate towards hunting, (3) Bird sanctuaries

i. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the magazine article.
The status of women in India _____ a gradual change.
(a) undergo (c) is undergoing
(b) undergoes (d) has undergone
ii. Read the conversation between a child and a balloon man. Complete the passage in the reported speech.
Child : I want a balloon, which I can release into the air.
Balloon man : Which colour do you want?
Child : Which colour will take me up with it?
A child told a balloon man that he wanted a balloon to which the balloon man asked _____. And the
child then asked _____.
iii. Select the correct option to fill in the blank for the given narrative.
If you are nervous, _____ I speak to her?
(a) shall (b) would
(c) can (d) could
report:
Ten labourers are killed and four injured when the van in which they are travelling rammed into a truck
parked at Rampura crossing.
(a) are were
(b) into at
(c) when where
(d) at by
v. Complete the given sentence by filling in the blank with the correct option.
Joshua, with his members, _____ really well.
(a) sing (b) singing
(c) have sung (d) sings

vi. Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket, for the given portion of a letter:
Subject : Increase of air pollution in East Hyderabad
Respected Sir/Ma’am,
I am writing to you _____ (bring) to your notice the increasing effect of air pollution in our neighbourhood
and in the surrounding area.
vii. Report the dialogue between a policeman and a driver by completing the sentence:
Policeman : Why were you driving at such a high speed?
Driver : Sorry sir! The engine is not working properly.
Policeman : Come to the police station and bring your car.
The policeman asked the driver the reason for his high speed to which he replied _____.
viii. Identify the error in the given sentence from a book review and supply the correction.
Money is certainly necessary to survive. But is money the more important part of life?
Use the given format for your response:
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ix. Sushila shared some information with Uma about a visit to a zoo. Report Uma’s question.
Did you see the Royal Bengal Tiger?
x. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option, to complete the sentencce.
You _____ disturb him during his work.
(a) could not (b) don’t have to
(c) must not (d) should not
xi. Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between a mother and son:
Mother : What career do you want to choose in life?
Son : I want to become a doctor and serve my fellow beings.
The mother asked her son what career he wanted to choose in life, to which the son replied _____.
(a) that he wanted to become a doctor and serve his fellow beings.
(b) that he wants to become a doctor and serve his fellow beings.
(c) that he wants to be a doctor
(d) that I want to become a doctor and serve my fellow beings.
My writing is better than those of my friend.

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A. You are Amit Kapoor, resident of 43/9, Shyam Enclave, Delhi. You visited Manali with your family
during the summer vacation. You had two double suites at Lake View resort. Your stay at the hotel
fell far short of the description in the brochure. Write a letter of complaint to the Customer Service
Department to refund for your hotel stay.
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B. Your music academy is planning to organise musical shows next month on the occasion of Janmashtmi.
You are Minakshi/Pavan, the band leader of Sargam Music Academy, 55, Dwarka, Ahmedabad. You
require some musical instruments for the smooth running of the events. Write a letter to the Store Manager,
M/s. Sangeet Instruments, Daya Nagar, Ahmedabad placing an order for the specific instruments required
by you.

A. A line graph is given below. The graph shows the number of persons of different age groups killed in
accidents. Analyse the given data in an analytical paragraph of 100-120 words.
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B. Read the following excerpt from a speech by Malala Yousafzai in her address to the United Nations, July
2013.
The wise saying, “A pen is mightier than a sword” was true. The extremists are afraid of books and pens.
The power of education frightens them. They are afraid of women. The power of the voice of women.
Write a paragraph to analyse the given argument.
You could think about what alternative explanations might weaken the given conclusion and include
rationale/evidence that would strengthen/counter the given argument.

1.A This, I was to learn, is a characteristic of otters; every drop of water must be, so to speak, extended and
spread about the place; a bowl must at once be overturned, or, if it will not be overturned, be sat in and
sploshed in until it overflows. Water must be kept on the move and made to do things; when static it is
wasted and provoking.
Two days later, Mijbil escaped from my bedroom as I entered it, and I turned to see his tail disappearing
round the bend of the corridor that led to the bathroom.
(Mijbil the Otter)
i. Why was Mijbil adamant on not keeping water static?
(a) He disliked water and thus keep on disturbing it.
(b) It is a characteristic of otters.
(c) He saved water by splashing it.
(d) It is not made clear in the story.
ii. What does the author mean by saying that water must be made to do things according to Mijbil?

Mijbil’s _____ comes through clearly when the author mentions his habit of constantly keeping water
on the move.
Ans : playfulness
iv. How according to the author does Mijbil react to a bowl of water?
(a) sitting and bathing in it
(b) splashing and refilling it
(c) throwing and running away from it
(d) overturning or sitting in it
v. Select the option that correctly captures the application of the word ‘round’ as used in the extract.
(a) Gautam lives round the corner of our school neighbourhood with his parents.
(b) The best quality pearls are the ones that are lustrous and perfectly round in shape.
(c) We were lost for an hour on the road and just driving round and round on the expressway.
(d) The kids were insistent on riding a merry go round in the amusement park.
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1.B What do they teach children nowadays? Well, you know, the invasion never really happened, because a
single book stopped it. What was the book, you ask? A noble encyclopedia? A tome about rockets and
missiles?

i. As per the play, what are the children taught in the era in which the plot has been set?
(a) Books
(b) A book that saved the earth from Martian invasion
(c) Encyclopedia
(d) A play book
ii. Complete the analogy by selecting the suitable word from the text.
invitation : invasion :: started : _____.
(Clue : Just like invitation is opposite of invasion, similarly started is opposite of ...)
iii. What does the historian do to prove her point about Martian History?
(a) She opens out the pages of the encyclopedia.
(b) She begins to tell the story of the episode.
(c) She says rockets and missiles will prove her point.
(d) She takes the help of a projector like device.
iv. What does ‘tome’ mean?

(a) It is a book.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) A voluminous book written in a scholarly manner.
(d) Encyclopedia.
v. According to your reading of this play, name the book that the narrator of the extract is talking about.
2.A He is learning, well behind his desperate eyes,
The epistemology of loss, how to stand up
Knowing what every man must one day know
And most know many days, how to stand up.
(The Ball Poem)
It is clear that Metaphor is the poetic device used in ‘how to stand up....’ because _____.
(Clue : explain how metaphor applies here)
ii. The poet has used a message in the given lines. What mood does he wish to create by its use?
... every man must one day know
... how to stand up ...
(a) thrilling (b) sinister
(c) thoughtful (d) grim

The extract uses epistemology to convey the feeling of triumph over failure.

iv. Select the appropriate option to complete the sentence, according to the extract.
The idea of behind the boy learning ‘well behind his desperate eyes’ is that :
(a) he is mourning for the loss but slowly coming to terms with it.
(b) he is still hopefully waiting for things to correct themselves.
(c) he is crying for the loss and desperately waiting for his ball to come back.
(d) he is very desperate for everything to become normal.
v. How does the use of the concept of ‘loss’ impact this extract?
(a) The boy experiences the loss of his favourite ball.
(b) The concept of loss is something that shouldn’t be discussed too much.
(c) It is because of the loss that the boy feels pain and the tone becomes serious.
(d) Loss is secondary but the primary focus of the poem is on the ball.
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2.B Did you finish your homework, Amanda?
I thought I told you to clean your shoes, Amanda!
(I am an orphan, roaming the street.
I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.
The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.)
(Amanda!)
i. What is the speaker’s tone in the first stanza of the extract?

1. elated
2. frustrated
3. nagging
4. gentle
5. loving
Select the appropriate option:
(a) 2, 4 (b) 3, 5
(c) 2, 3 (d) 1, 2
ii. What does Amanda imagines herself to be an ‘orphan’, according to the extract?
Ans : Amanda is tired of her over-controlling parents and wishes for the freedom of an orphan, who,
according to her, has the freedom to do anything.
iii. Identify the reason for the poet to put Amanda’s lines in parentheses, as per the extract.
(a) It serves as an internal dialogue for the thoughts she cannot openly say.
(b) It is the argument for every task that is being burdened on her shoulders.
(c) Her imagination is wild and unrealistic which makes sense only in parentheses.
(d) Her lines lack any poetic devices and breaks the flow of the poem.

iv. Complete the analogy using a word given in the extract.

lawless : order :: captive : _____
(Clue : Just like, to be lawless is to lack order, similarly to be captive is to lack...)
v. Select the sentence in which the word ‘pattern’ is used in the similar manner as line 6 of the extract.
(a) It is hard to notice a pattern when the events are unpredictable and unknown.
(b) Sima drew a traditional pattern on her door for festival decorations.
(c) He was arrested in a similar pattern as the police had predicted before catching him.
(d) She had set a pattern for subsequent research studies in the laboratory.
i. What saddened Valli on her first journey by bus? How did it affect her?
ii. Explain the symbols used in the poem “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost.
iii. “You seem to have done your homework before coming,”. Who has done the homework and why is it so
impressive?
(Glimpses of India)
iv. Describe the pirate who comes through the window? What do all of them do when the pirate comes?
v. ‘Sympathy and kindness are human virtues’. Write a character sketch of the postmaster with reference
to these human virtues.
(A Letter to God)
i. Why is Horace described as good and respectable, but not completely honest?
ii. Why was the entire staff of Mrs. Pumphrey at work while Tricki was being taken to the hospital?
iii. Describe the internal conflict in Hari Singh’s mind before the theft.

i. Nelson Mandela and Carl Sandburg both described the arrival of things that were inevitable to stop
democracy and fog, respectively. Assume that they both discuss their viewpoints.
Write this conversation as per your understanding of Nelson Mandela and Fog. You may begin like this:
Mandela : I could feel the change in weather of South Africa’s political environment when our voice
became united against apartheid.
Sandburg : And I could sense the literal change in weather with the arrival of fog. Some things have way
of announcing their coming.

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ii. “I was very happy to go behind the strange aeroplane like an obedient child.”
Analysing the message of newfound hope in the given quote by the pilot (The Black Aeroplane), how
can we say the feeling was mutual regarding the poet’s upliftment of the mood (Dust of Snow)?
Also, evaluate how both situations were similar or different.

i. Give the character-sketch of Matilda.
(The Necklace)
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ii. “A good education can change anyone. A good teacher can change everything.” Discuss this with
reference to Bholi.
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Sample Paper 12

1. An ecosystem is a community of organisms that live and interact within a particular environment. In an
aquatic ecosystem, that environment is water and all the system’s plants and animals live either in or on that
water. The specific setting and type of water, such as a freshwater lake or saltwater marsh, determines which
animals and plants live there. Marine, or ocean, systems cover about 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface and
are identified by the presence of dissolved salts in the water. The level of salinity averages about 35 parts
per thousand g of water, but it can vary in response to climate or a nearby source of freshwater. Marine
organisms must adapt to either a constantly changing or stable level of salt content and cannot move
successfully from one to the other. saltwater ecosystems range from the abundant life of coastal areas to
the nearly barren ocean bottom. In marine habitats, the food chain begins with plankton, micro-organisms
that require sunlight for energy and growth, so systems closest to the surface or in relatively shallow
water support more life. These include estuaries, salt marshes, coral reefs and other tropical habitats, and
intertidal areas such as lagoons and kelp beds.
2. Animal life in marine ecosystems ranges from microscopic zooplankton though fish of all sizes to marine
mammals, including seals, whales and manatees. Freshwater-water that is either drinkable or has little or
no salt content-supports its own aquatic ecosystems. These include river and streams, lakes and ponds,
wetlands and even groundwater. Each of these systems is unique and ven within categories, any specific
habitat is affected by altitude/temperature and humidity. for instance, a plant native to warm shallow lake
in the tropics could not survive on the steep banks of a cold, fast-moving mountain stream Freshwater
ecosystems provide homes for a wide variety of animal life including insects, amphibians and fish.
One estimate of fish species puts the number that lives in freshwater at 40 per cent of the Earth’s total.
Worms, molluscs, algae and bacteria all live in freshwater systems, as do innumerable varieties of plants.
In addition, animals such as birds otters and bears use freshwater ecosystems as a food source.
i. Which of the following statement is True according to the passage?
(a) 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface is covered in oceans
(b) 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface are marine bodies only
(c) 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface is solid landmass
(d) 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface form the entire aquatic system

ii. Select the option that best captures the central idea of the passage from the given quotes.
(a) There is a deep interconnectedness of all life on earth, from the tiniest organisms, to the largest
ecosystems, and absolutely between each person.” - Bryant McGill
(b) “Where there is a smoke, there is an ecologist.” - Ljupka Cvetanova
(c) “When we reconnect with nature, we will be restore ourselves.” - Lailah Gifty Akita
(d) “We can only predict the future ecological changes, by emergence of the past into the present.” -
Lailah Gifty Akita
iii. Select the option that corresponds to the following relation below:
Saltwater ecosystems range from the abundant life of coastal area to the nearly barren ocean bottom.
(a) In the season of spring, plenty of flowers grow while in the season of autumn, the leaves wither and
fall making it a barren season for the growth of plant.
(b) The distinct is the most barren and backward portion of the province.
(c) The room was austere, nearly barren of furniture and decoration.
(d) This zone has an abundant rainfall, dense forests and a fertile soil.
iv. Complete the following with a phrase from paragraph 1:

Opinion Reason
_______________ An ecosystem that lives and interacts within a particular environment.
v. The writer uses two contrasting words in the line:

Marine organisms must adopt to either a constantly changing or stable level of salt content. (Paragraph 1)
State one point of difference between constantly changing and stable.
vi. Based on your reading of the text, list 2 reasons why the writer says that:
Shallow water relatively support more acquatic life.
1. __________
2. __________
vii. The writer says, “Freshwater supports its own aquatic ecosystems”.
Select the reason that appropriately justifies the statement.
(a) Freshwater has little or no salt content.
(b) Freshwater provides oxygen to support the growth of aquatic ecosystem.
(c) It help to prevent erosion.
(d) It provides natural protection from flooding.
viii. Micro-organisms in the saltwater ecosystem grow in shallow water or near the surface because:
(a) the content of salt is low
(b) they get sunlight to grow
(c) they cannot breathe in deep water
(d) Both (a) and (b)


Micro-organisms in the saltwater ecosystem grow in shallow water or near the surface.
x. State whether the following statement is True or False :

Saltwater ecosystems range from the abundant life of coastal areas to the nearly barren ocean bottom.
1. Demonetisation refers to an economic policy where a certain currency unit ceases to be used as a legal
tender. It occurs whenever there is a change in the national currency. The existing form or forms of money
is pulled from circulation and retired, to be replaced with new notes or coins. Sometimes, a country
completely replaces the old currency with new currency.
2. On 8 November, 2016, the Indian government decided to demonetise the 500 and 1000 rupee notes,
the two biggest denominations in its currency system. These notes accounted for 86% of the country’s
circulating cash. With little warning, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to the citizens
that these notes would be rendered immediately ineffective with immediate effect. People were given
time till the end of the year to deposit or exchange them for newly introduced 2000 rupee and 500 rupee
notes.
3. The government’s goal was to combat India’s thriving underground economy on several fronts:
eradicate counterfeit currency, fight tax evasion (only 1% of the population pays taxes), eliminate black
money accumulated from money laundering and terrorist-financing activities, and to promote a cashless
economy. Individuals and entities with huge sums of black money acquired from parallel cash systems
were forced to take their large denomination notes to a bank, and account for them satisfactorily and
submit proof if tax paid. If the owner could not provide proof of making any tax payments on the cash,
a penalty of 200% on the tax due was imposed.
4. Demonetisation had a severe impact on the gold market. The extraordinary demand for the yellow
metal, made a stiff hike in the cost. However, the Government made it mandatory that every buyer had
to submit his/her PAN card details for purchases made. Erring jewellers were brought to book.

5. Many Indians switched to alternative payment methods. The biggest gainers were mobile wallet
companies that offered easy transactions through a large network of partners. Alibaba-backed Paytm
saw a sevenfold increase in overall traffic. Prepaid cash cards were another option that the customers
found useful. Other alternatives were mobile payment systems linked to e-commerce businesses like Ola
Money, FreeCharge, Flipkart Wallet.
i. Infer one reason for demonetisation.
ii. Based on your understanding of the passage, choose the option that lists the objectives of demonetisation.
1. In demonetisation, the existing form of money is pulled from circulation to be replaced with new
notes.
2. Demonetisation had a severe impact on the gold market.
3. Demonetisation eliminates black marketing.
4. Demonetisation eradicates money laundering.
5. Demonetisation helps to retain a cashless economy.
(a) 1 and 5 (b) 4 and 5
(c) 2 and 4 (d) 3 and 5
iii. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word from Paragraph 4.
awful : dreadful :: serious : _____
(Clue : Just like, awful is a synonym of dreadful, similarly serious is a synonym of...)
iv. Which of the following is not a mobile wallet company?

(a) Freecharge (b) Ola Money
(c) Paytm (d) Samsung
v. Select the chart that appropriately represents the growth in volume of rupees in 3 financial years (2015-
16, 2016-17 and 2017-18):

vi. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option. Government’s goal was to eradicate _____.
(a) Counterfeit currency
(b) Black money
(d) None of these
vii. Substitute the word ‘combat’ with one word similar in meaning in the following sentence from Paragraph
3. The government’s goal was to combat Indians thriving underground economy.
viii. List any two points on which the Indian Government thrive to combat underground economy.
1. __________
2. __________
ix. List one reason why the government decided to demonetise the 500 and 1000 rupee notes and not any
other.

x. Select the option that titles paragraphs 3-4 appropriately, with reference to the information in the text.
(a) 1. Demonetise 500 and 1000 rupee notes
2. Newly-introduced 2000 rupee note
3. Severe impact on the gold market
(b) 1. Severe impact on the gold market
2. Combat underground economy
3. Eliminate black money
(c) 1. Alternative payment methods
2. Newly introduced 2000 rupee
3. Ola money
(d) 1. Flipkart wallet
2. Severe impact on the gold market
3. Free charge

i. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the magazine article.
The thief and the eye-witness _____.
(a) has escaped (b) has been escaping
(c) was escaping (d) have escaped
ii. Read the conversation between Rohit and Amal and complete the narration that follows :
Rohit : I’m really looking forward to the class picnic tomorrow.
Amal : Yes, after a long time we will be meeting all our friends and teachers.
When Rohit said that he was looking forward to their class picnic, Amal affirmed that _____.
iii. Select the correct option to fill in the blank for the given line to complete an online update.
During the college days, I _____ beat them all in the race!
(a) could (b) should
(c) can (d) might
iv. Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line, from self-help
book:
Goals provides direction to our behaviour and guide our actions and thoughts.
(a) provides provide
(b) behaviour behaviours
(c) to for
(d) guide guides

v. Complete the notice by filling in the blank with the correct option:
The swimming pool _____ at 6 a.m. daily.
(a) open (b) is opening
(c) opened (d) opens
The forecast _____ (mention) a quiet start to the day with a spell of rain to come later on in the afternoon.
vii. Report the dialogue between two friends, by completing the sentence:
Susan : Do you have any story books to read, Dorothy?
Dorothy : I prefer watching movies in my free time.
In response to the question about story books, Dorothy says that _____.
viii. Identify the error in the given sentence from an article and supply the correction.
Overeating is one of the more wonderful practices among those who think that they can afford it.

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ix. Rohit shared some information with Ankit, about a movie. Report Ankit’s question.
Is the movie enjoyable?
x Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the sentence.
It was a long day. You _____ be hungry.
(a) must (b) might
(c) need to (d) should
xi Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between Abraham and his brother
John.
Abraham : (humming) By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept at the memory of Zion,.....
John : What are you singing , Abraham ?
Abraham : Dear me , don’t you know its Psalm number 137?
John : If one priest found it difficult, then I’ll keep asking, till you know about it!
While Abraham was singing, John asked him what he was singing. Abraham, surprised, asked John if
he did not know that it was Psalm number 137. John exclaimed good-humouredly that if a priest found
it difficult then _____.
(a) he would kept asking till he know about it.
(b) he would keep asking till he knew about it.
(c) he would be keeping to ask until he came to know about it.
(d) None of the above

xii Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction.
There are so much ways of entertainment in life.
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A. Write a formal letter (100-120 words) to the principal about the unhygienic conditions in the school
washrooms.
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B. Write a letter to the Editor of a local newspaper complaining about employing minor children both boys
and girls as full domestic help is a common feature, also advocating the need to stop such practice which
deprives the children of their basic rights. You are Kumar/Nita, B-30, Mayur Vihar, Phase-II, Delhi.
A. Study the graph given below. The graph depicts the number of students of class tenth speaking English and
Hindi in three different types of schools in New Delhi. Based on the details given in the bar graph given
below, write an analytical paragraph in 100-120 words.
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B. Read the following excerpt from an article that appeared in the magazine section of a local daily:
“Technology is addicting, and like any drug, it is especially effective on children. Be it cell phones,
iPods, tablets, computers, or a simple television set, technology hooks children.”


1.A “Alas! the living are few, but the dead are many. Do not remind us of our deepest grief” And there was
no house but some beloved one had died in it.
i. What grief were they talking about when they said “Do not remind us of our grief”?
(a) The grief of losing a loved one.
(b) The grief that many people have died in their house.
(c) The grief of talking about losing a loved one.
(d) The grief that they had lost a son.
ii. What did they mean by ‘the living are few, but the dead are many’?

The people’s _____ comes through clearly when they say “Do not remind us of our deepest grief”.
iv. Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the given extract?
(a) The living population is very few.
(b) The living population has increased manifold.
(c) There was no house where no one had died.
(d) Both (a) and (c)
v. Select the option that correctly captures the application of the word ‘living’ as used in line 1 of the extract.
(a) He was offered the living of St Katherine’s.
(b) She was struggling to make a living as a dancer.
(c) The young man is dead. We have only to consider the living.
(d) Olivia has always been a model of healthy living.
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1.B I had forgotten about them in the excitement of the theft. Whole sentences, I knew, could one day bring me
more than a few hundred rupees. It was a simple matter to steal - and sometimes just as simple to be caught.
But to be a really big man, a clever and respected man, was something else. I should go back to Anil, I told
myself if only to learn to read and write.
(The Thief ’s story)
i. Select the option that correctly captures the usage of the word ‘matter’ as used in the extract.
(a) Please phone me back - it’s a matter of some importance.
(b) Baking a cake isn’t difficult - it’s just a matter of following the recipe.
(c) Being arrested by the police is no laughing matter.
(d) Matter is of three types.

joyful : gloomy :: boredom : _____.
(Clue : Just like jouyful is opposite of gloomy similarly boredom is opposite of...)
iii. Select the option that displays the reason why Hari Singh wanted to return the money initially, even
though he had forgotten about the sentences.
(a) Anil was a genuine man.
(b) Anil was intelligent enough to catch Hari, whatsoever.
(c) Hari was scared.
(d) Hari pitied Anil as he usually he had no money himself.
iv. According to the extract, what did Hari mean by “a really big man”?
1. Learned
2. Bulky
3. Erudite
4. Muscular
5. Powerful
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 5
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 4 and 5
v. The author uses em-dash in the given extract. List any way in which it benefits the writer.

2.A But he’s locked in a concrete cell,
His strength behind bars,
Stalking the length of his cage,
Ignoring visitors.
It is clear that Alliteration is the poetic device used for ‘But his locked in a concrete cell’ because _____.
(Clue : explain how alliteration applies here)
ii. The poet has used a poetic device in the given lines. What effect does she wish to create by its use?
His strength behind bars,
Stalking the length of his cage, .....
(a) Emphasis (b) Imagery
(c) Rhyme (d) Comparison

The extract uses tiger to symbolise the necessity of freedom.

The idea depicted by the tiger that has been ‘Stalking the length of his cage’ is
(a) Unnatural (b) Scary
(c) Helplessness (d) Legendary
v. How does the use of personification impact this extract?

(a) It simplifies the meaning.
(b) It builds momentum.
(c) It makes the lines lyrical.
(d) It connects the reader more to the poem.
O
2.B Belinda giggled till she shook the house,
And Blink said Weeck! which is giggling for a mouse,
Ink and Mustard rudely asked his age,
When Custard cried for a nice safe cage.
i. What are the poetic devices used in the above extract?
1. Hyperbole
2. Onomatopoeia
3. Personification
4. Metonymy
5. Enjambment
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 4
(c) 3 and 5 (d) 2 and 3
ii. What causes Custard to ‘cry’ for a cage?
iii. Identify the rhyme scheme of the given extract.

(a) aabb (b) abab
(c) abba (d) abcd
iv. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word from the extract :
Yeomanly : disloyal :: perilous _____
(Clue : Just like yemanly is an antonym for disloyal, similarly perious is an antonym for...)
v. Select the sentence in which the word ‘safe’ is used in the similar manner as line 4 of the extract.
(a) That shirt is real safe.
(b) Thieves broke into the safe and stole everything.
(c) Sonia said that she feels safe with Jitesh.
(d) With most of the votes counted now, I think it’s safe to say that we won.

i. What were the destructions caused by the hailstorm?

(A Letter to God)
ii. How did Anne Frank’s friends behave just before the declaration of the exam results?
iii. What was the most fascinating thing for Valli?

iv. What message does the poet wish to convey through “The Ball Poem”?
v. In the poem “How to Tell Wild Animals”, how does the poet caution the reader regarding the danger of
animals?
i. What happened at the ball? Was Matilda’s dream fulfilled?

(The Necklace)
ii. Is Max menacing or vulnerable? Comment with reference to “The Midnight Visitor”.
iii. Why did Bholi agree to the unsuitable match at first?

(Bholi)

i. “I’ll take the risk.” The narrator did take the risk. What difficulties did he face ? Who do you think must
have helped him ? As a pilot what would you do in such a situation ? Take risk or take a wise decision ?
O
ii. “The sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement.”
If you had to use the message of the above quote from Nelson Mandela (Nelson Mandela Long Walk to
Freedom) to portray the liberation of women and what it signifies (The Trees), what would you include
in it? Also, evaluate what we can take from the notion.

i. Write a character sketch of Horace Danby.
O
ii. What was the impact of the book ‘The Travels of Monarch X’ on Richard Ebright ?
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Sample Paper 13

1. Power foods are foods that provide rich levels of nutrients like fibre, potassium and minerals. With people
becoming increasingly health conscious today, a lot of fitness trainers encourage their clients to include
these foods in their daily diet to increase muscle development. There are various ways of incorporating
power foods in your daily diet. Of course, the key to enjoying power foods is proper preparation of these
foods, the use of season-fresh foods, and identifying your choice of flavour among power foods.
2. Some of the recommended power food combinations are those that are prepared in our kitchens on
a regular basis. Take for instance, the combination of chickpeas and onions. This combination is a
powerful source of iron which is required by the body to transport oxygen to its various parts. Iron
deficiency can lead to anaemia, fatigue, brain fog and tiredness. A study by the Journal of Agricultural
and Food Chemistry says that sulphur compounds in onion and garlic help in the absorption of iron and
zinc from chickpeas. The combination is a hit with teenagers who need to be diligent about getting iron
in their diet. A quick way to prepare this power food is to make a chickpea salad with chopped onions,
chaat masala and cilantro.
3. Another favourite combination with power food takers is yoghurt and bananas. This makes for a perfect
snack after a rough game of football. Exercising bums glucose and thus lowers blood sugar. Yoghurt is
packed with proteins that help preserve muscle mass, and bananas are packed with carbohydrates that
help in refuelling energy and preventing muscle soreness. A quick and easy recipe with bananas is a
banana smoothie topped with cool yoghurt.
4. Among beverages, green tea is the best source of catechins that are effective in halting oxidative damage
to cells. According to researchers at the Purdue University, adding a dash of lemon juice to green tea
makes the catechins even more easily absorbable by the body. So, the next time you have instead of are
friends serve them rounds of iced green tea with mint and lemon juice.
i. What do you get from power foods?
(a) rich levels of nutrients.
(b) laziness.
(c) immunity.
(d) calcium.

A quick and easy recipe with bananas is a banana smoothie topped with cool yoghurt.
(a) It is the sudden and violent movement of air.
(b) We are fast approaching the end of the hectic trip.
(c) Ram completed his homework very quickly and effortlessly.
(d) He soon learned all that his teacher could teach, for he was bright and quick.
iii. How are onions and garlic beneficial to our diet?
(a) They absorb medicine.
(b) They absorb vegetables.
(c) They absorb food.
(d) They absorb iron and zinc.

Opinion Reason
__________ Something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment
v. State 1 point how exercise helps in lowering blood sugar, based on information in paragraph 3.
vi. Based on your reading of the text, list 2 reasons why the writer says that:
“Among beverages, green tea is the best source of catechins”.
1. __________
2. __________
vii. How can we enjoy power foods in a wholesome way?
viii. The writer says, “Power foods are foods that provide rich levels of nutrients”. Select the nutrient which
the power food does not provide according to the passage.
(a) Fiber (b) Minerals
(c) Potassium (d) Fats

Yoghurt and bananas are enriching power food.
x. Evaluate the appropriate meanings of ‘halting’, as used in the passage.

(a) bring something to a standstill
(b) being hesitant
(c) to arrest progress
(d) keeping up

II. Read the passage given below.

1. Sniffer dog Tucker uses his nose to help researchers find out why a killer whale population off the
northwest coast of the United State is on the decline. He searches for whale faeces floating on the surface
of the water, which are then collected for examination. He is one of the elite team of detection dogs used
by scientists studying a number of species including right whales and killer whales.
2. Conservation canines are fast becoming indispensable tools for biologists according to Aimee Hurt,
associate director and co-founder of Working Dogs for Conservation, based in Three Forks, Montana.
3. Over the last few years, though, so many new conservation dog projects have sprung up that Hurt can no
longer keep track of them all. Her organization’s dogs and their handlers are fully booked to assist field
researchers into 2012.
4. “Dogs have such a phenomenal sense of smell,” explained Sam Wasser, director of the center for
Conservation Biology at the University of Washington in Seattle. He has worked with scat- detection
dogs since 1997. Scientists have been using Conservation Canines in their research since 1997. These
dogs have enabled them to non-invasively access vast amount of genetic and physiological information
which is used to tackle conservation problem around the world. Such information has proved vital for
determining the causes and consequences of human disturbances on wildlife as well as the action needed
to mitigate such impacts.
5. The ideal detection dog is extremely energetic with an excessive play drive. These dogs will happily
work all day long, motivated by the expectation of a ball game as reward for sample detection. The
obsessive high energy personalities of detection dogs also makes them difficult to maintain as pets. As a
result they frequently find themselves abandoned to animal shelters facing euthanasia. The programme
rescues these dogs and offers them a satisfying career in conservation research.
i. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in Paragraph 1:
Sniffer dog Tucker is one of the elite team of detection dogs used by scientists studying several species.
ii. Select the appropriate option to fill in the blank.
These dogs cannot be kept as pets because _____.
(a) they are obsessed with high energy personality of detection
(b) they are possessive
(c) they are aggressive
(d) they are lazy with no personality

iii. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word from Paragraph 2.
Contradictory : similar :: trivial : _____
(Clue : Just like contradictory is an antonym of similar, similarly trivial is an antonym of...)
iv. Choose the option that lists the correct answers for the following:
1. Scarf, since she was pup of five, helped tracking poachers even beyond the neighbourhood. The
anti-poaching team loves Scarf so much that they put her safety above theirs.
2. Once they reach age 10, we have to retire them. No matter how close they are to us, at that age they cannot
continue to do their jobs. There is no law that states what to do with these dogs once they retire.
(a) 1. Scarf gets love
2. but retired dog cannot be loved.
(b) 1. The handler places priority on Scarf
2. No one might know what can be done once the dog retires.
(c) 1. Scarf is very special
2. after she retires she will still be special.
(d) 1. Scarf’s talent was beyond expectation
2. so were the talent of all other sniffer dogs.
v. If the initial number of dogs by 2000 were 50 for assisting psychiatric/emotional needs, then which point
in the graph accurately gives the increase for dogs needed for psychiatric/emotional assistance?
(a) 200 (b) 100

(c) 350 (d) 400

The type of dogs that have increased over the years in California is _____.
(a) medical
(b) mobility
(c) psychiatric/emotional
(d) None of these

vii. Substitute the word ‘abandoned’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following sentence from
Paragraph 5:
As a result, they frequently find themselves abandoned to animal shelters, facing euthanasia.
viii List two types of information that detection dogs can give to tackle conservation problems around the
world.
1. __________
2. __________
ix. List one reason why the writer says “The ideal detection dog is extremely energetic with an excessive
play drive”.
x. Select the option that titles the detection dogs under Paragraph 5 appropriately, with reference to
information in the text.
(a) 1. The ideal detection dog is extremely energetic.
2. Excessive play drive
3. Abandoned to animal shelters
(b) 1. Indispensable tools for biologists
2. Excessive play drive
3. Human disturbances on wildlife
(c) 1. Searches for whale faeces
2. Abandoned to animal shelters
3. Conservation Canines
(d) 1. Field researchers
2. Human disturbances on wildlife
3. Conservation Canines

i. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the online update.
By the next month, we shall _____ the project.
(a) has completed (b) completing
(c) completed (d) have completed
ii. Read the conversation between a traveller and a peasant. Then complete the following in the reported speech.
Traveller : Can you tell me the way to the nearest inn?
Peasant : You must go to the Aheli inn.
The traveller asked the peasant if he could tell him the way to the nearest inn to which the peasant
suggested him _____.

iii. Select the option to fill in the blank for the given line.
He is our colleague. We _____ invite him.
(a) can (b) must
(c) dare to (d) will
report:
The State police have launched a special drive against tractors and trolleys which created chaos in
residential areas these days.
(a) Against For
(b) Have Has
(c) Tractors Has
(d) These This
v. Complete the given narrative by filling in the blank with the correct option.
I _____ this book since morning.
(a) had been reading
(b) has been reading
(c) have had read
(d) shall be reading
vi. Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket, for the given portion of a letter:
Subject: Request for leave to attend cousin’s marriage
Respected Sir/Madam
I am a student in your prestigious institution. I respectfully beg that you _____ (grant) me a five-day
leave of absence to attend my cousin’s wedding.
vii. Report the dialogue between a merchant and his servant by completing the sentence:
Merchant : Do you really want any work?
Servant : Yes, if you have any.
The merchant asked the servant if he really wanted any work to which the servant replied _____.
viii. Identify the error in the given sentence from a school magazine report and supply the correction.
It was the amazing sight to see, a sight which no one could help admiring in spite of the trouble it has
caused us all.
Error Correction

ix. Lata shared some information with John about a visit to a hill station. Report John’s question.
How was your experience with the snow?
x. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the conversation.
Whose bag is this?
I am not sure. It _____ be Ann’s.
(a) might (b) must
(c) should (d) would
xi. Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between Neha and Priya.
Neha : Tomorrow is your birthday, what do you want as a gift?
Priya : That is a lovely thought but I don’t want anything.
Neha asked Priya what gift she wanted for her birthday the next day. Priya replied _____.
(a) I don’t want anything.
(b) it is a lovely thought but she didn’t want anything.
(c) that it was a lovely thought but she did not want anything for her birthday.
(d) that it was a lovely thought but she did not wanted anything for her birthday.
xii Identify the error is the given sentence and supply the correction.
I have met some people in my life but the person who has influenced me the most is Mother Teresa.
Error Correction

A. You are Anita of Adarsh Public School, Nagal, Punjab who had arranged a trip for fifty students of
Nanital in summer vacations for ten days with ‘Mount Travel, and Tourism’. The arrangements done
by the travel agency were far below standard. The accommodation and food facilities were inferior
in quality. Write a letter of complaint to the director of the agency to stop duping tourists with false
promises as it tarnishes the image of locals. (100-120 words)
O
B. You are Vinita/Vinit, a customer of Excitel Broadband. Write a letter to the Customer Care Department,
Excitel regarding the poor service of Internet connection. You are a resident of 485, Ram Nagar, Shandara.


A. Global warming is primarily a result of the greenhouse effect caused by too much carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere which acts as a blanket, trapping heat. Global warming is leading to Arctic meltdown. Study the
following pie chart and write an analytical paragraph in 100-120 words on factors affecting global warming.
O
B. Manisha is to write an analytical paragraph on ‘Smoking is a silent killer of life’. Using your own ideas
and the outline given below, write this paragraph on her behalf in 100-120 words.
Smoking is actually a silent killer _____ nicotine is a poison _____ dangerous to various vital organs
_____ smoking a cigarette shortens _____ causes a deadly disease _____ guide our smoking youth
_____ ensure good health to all Indians.
1.A The following Sunday Lencho came a bit earlier than usual to ask if there was a letter for him. It was the
postman himself who handed the letter to him while the postmaster, experiencing the contentment of a
man who has performed a good deed, looked on from his office.
Lencho showed not the slightest surprise on seeing the money; such was his confidence - but he became
angry when he counted the money. God could not have made a mistake, nor could he have denied
Lencho what he had requested.
(A Letter To God)
i. Why was Lencho not excited after seeing the money?
(a) He knew God would give him money already.
(b) The money was not as much as he had asked.
(c) The harvest of that season has been fruitful.
(d) Lencho wanted God’s assurance more than the money.

ii. Why is there a sense of contentment on the face of the postmaster while handing Lencho his letter?

Lencho’s _____ comes through when he counts the money in the letter he had received from the God.
iv. What, according to Lencho, might have happened to the remaining sum of money he did not receive?
(a) The people at the post office took it.
(b) God could only send him seventy pesos.
(c) The postmaster took the money.
(d) The letter got into wrong hands first.
v. Select the option that correctly captures the application of the word ‘following’ as used in the extract.
(a) Korean pop bands have a huge fan following all around the globe.
(b) They are following the standard protocol for quarantine as prescribed by the doctor.
(c) I ran as fast as I could when I sensed someone was following me at night.
(d) We were to go to the hill station the following weekend but she got sick.
O
1.B “That night when Ramlal consulted his wife, she cried, “Are you crazy? If girls go to school, who will
marry them?”
But Ramlal had not the courage to disobey the Tehsildar. At last his wife said, “I will tell you what to do.
Send Bholi to school. As it is, there is little chance of her getting married, with her ugly face and lack of
sense. Let the teachers at school worry about her.”
The next day Ramlal caught Bholi by the hand and said, “Come with me. I will take you to school.”
Bholi was frightened.
(Bholi)
i. Select the option that correctly captures the usage of the word ‘hand’ from the extract.
(a) Ankit asked for her hand in marriage but she refused him in front of everyone.
(b) The toddler learnt to walk by holding his mother’s hand.
(c) The younger siblings usually have to wear the hand me downs of the elder ones.
(d) It is not in my hand to predict the future of our company.
obey : disobey :: sane : _____.
(Clue : Just like obey is an antonym of disobey similarly sane is an antonym of...)
iii. Select the option that displays the reason why the Tehsildar asked Ramlal to send his daughter to school.
(a) To instil confidence in Bholi by educating her.
(b) Because Bholi was ugly and no one would marry her.
(c) To fight the custom of dowry by educating girls.
(d) To set an example for others in the village.

iv. According to the extract, what is likely to be Bholi’s parents’ attitude towards the notion of sending her
to school?
1. inspiring
2. to educate their daughter for a bright future
3. to get her married as soon as possible
4. to get rid of her for a while
5. hesitant
Select the correct option:
(a) 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 5
(c) 4 and 5 (d) 3 and 4
v. Bholi’s parents, however reluctantly, pave the way for Bholi’s bright future in the given extract. List two
incidents how it benefited Bholi.

2.A “I heard an old religious man
But yesternight declare
That he had found a text to prove
That only God, my dear,
Could love you for yourself alone
And not your yellow hair.”
(For Anne Gregory)
It is clear that Alliteration is the poetic device used in ‘he had’ and ‘your yellow’ because _____.
(Clue: explain how alliteration applies here)
ii. The poet has used a poetic device of Repetition in the given lines. What effect does he wish to create by
its use in ‘your yellow hair’?
(a) ‘your yellow hair’ annoy Anne by repeating her weakness.
(b) ‘your yellow hair’ reinforce the notion of Anne’s physical beauty.
(c) ‘your yellow hair’ tell the readers again that Anne has blonde hair.
(d) ‘your yellow hair’ show everyone that physical beauty matters.
iii State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

The poet is hinting that he had a conversation with a priest who showed him holy scriptures.
The idea that only God ‘could love you for yourself alone’ is _____.
(a) a conflicted idea that can be contested.
(b) the relief that Anne gets after despising her appearance.
(c) an open ended statement that is not true.
(d) The ultimate truth and gist of the poem.

v. The poet directly addresses Anne in the poem. How does this impact the extract?
(a) It tells us that the poet is in love with Anne.
(b) It breaks the flow of the poem so the reader can think.
(c) It gives a sense of discussion going on between two people.
(d) It feels like Anne is complaining about her looks.
O
2.B My head is full of whispers
which tomorrow will be silent.
Listen. The glass is breaking.
The trees are stumbling forward
into the night. Winds rush to meet them.
The moon is broken like a mirror,
its pieces flash now in the crown
of the tallest oak.
(The Trees)
i. What is the tone of the events taking place in the extract?
1. dynamic
2. stagnant
3. monotonous
4. vile
5. revolutionary
Option :
(a) 1, 5 (b). 4, 5
(c) 2, 4 (d) 2, 3
ii. What event is leading to ‘glass is breaking’, according to the extract?
iii. Identify the meaning behind ‘moon is broken like a mirror’, as per the extract.
(a) The moon has shattered at the attempts of the trees to move out in the forest.
(b) Just like the pieces of a broken mirror cannot be fixed, the deeds cannot be undone.
(c) The trees have now tried to reach the moon, and just like the glass before, they have broken it.
(d) The branches of the trees are obstructing the moon’s view, making it look like a broken mirror.
iv. Complete the analogy correctly by choosing the suitable word from the extract :
loud : silent :: today : _____.
(Clue : Just like loud is the opposite of silent similarly today is the opposite of...)
v. Select the sentence in which the word ‘flash’ is used in the similar manner as used in the extract.
(a) Before fainting, she told me she was experiencing a hot flash and it got worse.
(b) The police asked him for the details but it all happened in a flash that he could not remember.
(c) I could see the flash of the torch through my mirror in the room.
(d) We were waiting at the airport and saw a news flash about floods in the North.


i. What was the ‘appalling spectacle’ Maxwell noticed when he returned from having a hurried meal ?
(Mijbil the Otter)
ii. How did Anne finally stop Mr. Keesing from punishing her?
iii. Do you think Chubukov is a good father? Justify your opinion based on your reading of the text.
(The Proposal)
iv. How does the poet suggest that you identify the lion and the tiger? When can you do so, according to
him?
(How To Tell Wild Animals)
v. What impression of Amanda do you get from the poem ‘Amanda!’?
i. Whose footprints did the two boys follow? Why were they charmed then?
ii. What did Ebright do for his eighth-grade project?

iii. What are the subtle ways in which the lady manages to deceive Horace Danby into thinking she is the
lady of the house?

i. The narrator asks a question at the end : “Who was the pilot on the strange black aeroplane, flying in the
storm, without lights ?” Discuss.
O
ii. Discuss how extreme behaviour can hasten the end of the world with respect to the poem ‘Fire and Ice’.
(Fire and Ice)

i. Sometimes appearance can be deceptive. How is this statement proved in the story The Midnight Visitor?
O
ii. “If you ask for too much, you lose even that which you have.” Elaborate this with reference to the
character of Matilda Loisel in “The Necklace”.
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Sample Paper 14

1. Till 1988, the Pamban Bridge was the only surface transport that connected Tamil Nadu’s island of
Rameswaram to the mainland. Said to be an engineering marvel, the Pamban Bridge was once India’s
longest sea bridge, till the Bandra-Worli sea link came up in 2009. What makes Pamban Bridge more
wonderful is that it was built more than 100 years ago.
2. The 2.057 km long bridge, also known as Bridge No. 346 in Indian Railway reference, consists of over
140 spans. The amazing feature of a double-leaf section that can be raised to allow movement of ships
and boats was designed by German engineer Scherzer. The 114th span, midway along the bridge, is
called the Scherzer span.
3. Interestingly, the Scherzer span is now being replaced by a modern one to improve the life of the bridge.
Pamban Bridge is a cantilever bridge, that has structures that project horizontally into space, supported
only on one end.
4. Until recently, the two leaves of the bridge were opened manually using levers by workers, says Indian
Railways. Following cyclone-induced tragic train accident in 1964, Indian Railways installed devices to
check the wind velocity across the Pamban via duct. Train movement on the bridge is halted when the
wind speed exceeds 58 kmph.
5. The construction of the Pamban Bridge began in 1911 and it was opened in 1914. It was only in 2007
that the railway line on Pamban Bridge was converted from metre-gauge to broad-gauge.
6. According to Indian Railways, the famed Ramanathaswamy temple in Rameswaram and the Pamban
Bridge draw scores of foreign tourists and inland pilgrims to the island.
7. Even as Indian Railways’ Pamban Bridge continues to be an engineering marvel, yet another railway
bridge that is likely to be a stunning site is coming up in Jammu and Kashmir. Said to be the world’s
highest railway bridge, the Chenab bridge, is set to be completed by 2019. The bridge will be taller than
Paris’ famous Eiffel Tower and is being built to withstand earthquakes.
8. Yet another bridge that will be a landmark is the Bogibeel Bridge - India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge.
The Bogibeel double-deck bridge is being built over the Brahmaputra in the Dibrugarh district of Assam
and will connect the North and South banks of the river. The total length of the rail-cum-road bridge will
be 4.9 km.

i. How was the Pamban bridge used to be?
(a) The Pamban bridge used to be the only surface transport of India.
(b) The Pamban bridge used to be the longest sea bridge.
(c) The Pamban bridge used to be operated manually.
Train movement on the bridge is halted when the wind speed exceeds 58 kmph.
(a) The car was stopped by the policeman because it exceeded the maximum limit.
(b) The valley of the river exceeds 1000 m, and the stream has a length of not less than 1300 m.
(c) The more we looked the fewer things we found to retrieve.
(d) As we saw more, it was harder to believe.
iii. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the Pamban Bridge:
(a) Pamban Bridge connects Tamil Nadu’s island of Rameswaram to the mainland.
(b) Pamban bridge is longer than the Bandra-Worli sea link.
(c) Pamban bridge draws a lot of foreign tourists.
(d) Pamban bridge is also known as Bridge No. 346 in Indian Railway reference.
Opinion Reason
_______________ Something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment
v. The writer uses two types of gauge in the line- “It was only in 2007 that the railway line on Pamban
Bridge was converted from metre-gauge to broad-gauge”. State 1 point of difference between metre
gauge and broad gauge.
vi. Based on your reading of the text, list 2 reasons why the writer says that “The Pamban Bridge is an
engineering marvel”
1. ________
2. ________
vii. What is the 114th span, midway along the bridge called ?
viii. The writer says, “Yet another bridge that will be a landmark is the Bogibeel Bridge”. Select the reason
why Bogibeel Bridge will be a landmark:
(a) India’s longest rail-cum-road that will connect the North and South banks of the river.
(b) World’s longest rail-cum-road will connect the North and South banks of the river.
(c) Asia’s longest rail-cum-road will connect the North and South banks of the river.
(d) India’s shortest rail-cum-road will connect the North and South banks of the river.


The Chenab Bridge is said to be the world’s highest railway bridge.
x. The Bogibeel double deck bridge is being built over the _____.
(a) Ganga River
(b) Yamuna River
(c) Brahmaputra River
(d) Saraswati River

1. The Arctic is warming more than twice as fast as the rest of the world, and some scientists believe that
thawing permafrost ground frozen since the last Ice Age - is about to release enormous amounts of
climate-warming emissions. In the coldest regions of planet Earth, ice binds together soil, rock, sand and
organic matter. This layer of permafrost can begin just centimeters below the Earth’s surface. Anywhere
cold enough to keep the ground frozen year-round for at least two years counts as permafrost. About a
quarter of the Northern Hemisphere contains permafrost.
2. Warmer temperatures in the Arctic are causing snow and ice to disappear. As ice covering the sea
shrinks back, it exposes darker waters that absorb solar radiation rather than reflecting it back out in
the atmosphere. This is called the albedo effect, and helps explain why the Arctic region is warming so
much faster than the rest of the world. This chart shows how much average surface air temperatures have
changed at different latitudes since 1960.
3. The Siberian Arctic town of Verkhoyansk in June registered a record high temperature of 38 degrees
Celsius (100.4 Fahrenheit) during a prolonged heat wave. Record fires have also engulfed vast swathes
of Siberian Russia, emitting more carbon dioxide than Switzerland or Norway in a year.
4. The boreal forests of the Arctic have evolved to survive and thrive from occasional fires that would
naturally occur every few decades or centuries in the region. But the more recent fires are different,
scientists say. They are starting months earlier than they ever have before, and are smoldering through
the winter as underground ‘zombie fires’.

5. The more intense fires are also burning up peat bogs. A forest might grow back in a few decades and
reabsorb the carbon it released when it burned; a peat bog is the accumulation of thousands of years of
partial decomposition.
6. The best way to prevent permafrost from thawing is to limit climate change by reducing fossil fuel
emissions and protecting forests, scientists say. But once permafrost thaws, there’s nothing that can be
done to stop the carbon from being released.
The Arctic region is warming so much faster than the rest of the world.
ii. From Paragraph 1, it can be inferred that ______and ______ are true about permafrost.
1. ground frozen since the Second Ice Age
2. ice, soil, rock, sand and organic matter bound together
3. can begin just centimetres below the Earth’s surface
4. it is year-round frozen ground for at least one year
option :
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 3 and 4
iii. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word from paragraph 1:
authentic: genuine:: huge : _____
(Clue : Just like authentic is a synonym for genuine, similarly huge is a synonym for...)
iv. Consider the following statements:

Assertion (A) : The Arctic region is warming faster than the rest of the world.
Reason (R) : The exposed layer of darker waters is absorbing radiation.
(a) (A) is correct and (R) is the appropriate explanation of (A).
(b) (A) is incorrect and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is correct and (R) is incorrect.
(d) (A) is incorrect and (R) is correct.
v. Why is the exposure of darker waters spell disaster for the atmosphere?
(a) it absorbs radiation instead of reflecting it back
(b) it can lead to infectious diseases
(c) it releases carbon dioxide
(d) it releases oxygen

vi. Which of the following is the correct consequence of heat waves?

(a) The Siberian Arctic town of Verkhoyansk in June registered a record high temperature of 39
degrees Celsius.
(b) Record fires engulf vast swathes of Siberian Russia.
(d) None of the above
vii. Substitute the word ‘prolonged’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following sentence from
paragraph 3:
The Siberian Arctic town of Verkhoyansk in June registered a record high temperature of 38 degrees
Celsius during a prolonged heat wave.
viii. List any two ways to prevent permafrost from thawing.
ix. List 1 reason why the scientist says- “the more recent fires are different”?
x. According to the chart, what is the hottest temperature that the Arctic has reached since 1960?
(a) + 1 degree
(b) + 2 degree
(c) + 3 degree
(d) + 4 degree

A school of fish _____ spotted in the lake.
(a) are (b) have
(c) has (d) was
ii. Meenu : Will you attend Pamela’s birthday party?

Mayank : My father will not give me permission.
Meenu : But why?
Mayank : He wants me to prepare for tomorrow’s test.
Meenu asked Mayank if he would attend Pamela’s birthday party, to which Mayank replied that _____.
iii. Select the correct option to fill in the blank.

You _____ use mobile phones inside the aircraft.
(a) had to (b) can
(c) could (d) mustn’t

iv. Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line.
An entire household was in the control of my mother-in-law.
(a) An The
(b) The An
(c) was is
(d) of with
v. Complete the notice by filling in the blank with the correct option:
I knew that Ramesh _____ Jaipur before, so I asked him to recommend a good hotel.
(a) had visited
(b) has been visiting
(c) visited
(d) been visiting
The servants _____ (quarrel) for half an hour when we arrived home.
vii. Report the dialogue between a soldier and a boy, by completing the narration.
Boy : Sir, you are a war veteran , how does it feel to receive the adulation?
Soldier : Son, it is very difficult question. We kill our enemies to keep our nation safe. But it is just
humans killing humans.
In response to the question the boy has asked, the soldier says that _____
Discipline in life ensure peace and harmony which in turn, offers the impetus for a nation’s progress.
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ix. Transform the following direct speech into reported speech :

I said to him, “Will you teach me?”
x. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the sentence.
You _____ pay attention in the class.
(a) can (b) should
(c) may (d) might

xi. Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between a father and a son.
Father : Why do you keep breaking a new toy, Son?
Son : If I keep it, will you buy me a new one?
Father asked Son the reason for breaking a new toy every time to which Son asked good humouredly
that if he kept it safe _____ .
(a) will you buy me a new one.
(b) if she would buy me a new one.
(c) then would she buy a new one for him or not
(d) if she would herself buy a new one
We have the little money right now; we should go out for dinner another day.
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A. Write a formal letter to the commissioner of police in about 100-120 words, to employ extra constables
at the beat box close to the locality to check on crimes.
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B. Write a formal letter to the editor of a newspaper in about 100-120 words, highlighting the need to learn
English communication for basic necessities.
2. Attempt ANY ONE from A and B given below.
A. The chart shows the division of household tasks by gender in Great Britain. Write an analytical paragraph
describing the chart given in 100-120 words.

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B. Read the following excerpt from an article that appeared in the magazine section of a local daily:
The World Health Organization defines mental health as a “state of well-being whereby individuals
recognize their abilities, are able to cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively and fruitfully,
and make a contribution to their communities.”
1.A .The baker usually collected his bills at the end of the month. Monthly accounts used to be recorded
on some wall in pencil. Banking was indeed a profitable profession in the old days. The Baker and his
Family never starved. He, his family and his servants always looked happy and prosperous. Their plump
physique was an open testimony to this.
(Glimpses of India)
i. Why was the baker and his family considered happy and prosperous?
(a) They had a plump physique
(b) They all were obese and ate a lot.
(c) They never starved and made profits
(d) They made little money but many friends.
ii. What was the need for the author to call out the baker’s plump physique while mentioning his profession
and family?

Even the baker’s servants lived prosperously in the village, which sets the precedent of how much _____
the business of bakery must have been.
iv. What sort of comparison with a baker does one invite in terms of anatomy?
(a) Wearing half pant which reaches just below the knees
(b) Carrying bamboo sticks with bells
(c) Riding a cycle with a basket
(d) Jackfruit-like body shape
v. Select the option that correctly captures the application of the word ‘open’ as used in the given extract.
(a) All the pharmacy shops were open in my area even during the lockdown.
(b) His views on women’s rights are an open declaration to his respect for women.
(c) The teacher told us that she was open to new ideas for the school play.
(d) It takes me time to open up to people I rarely meet in my life. Ans. B. His views on women’s rights
are an open declaration to his respect for women.

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1.B “But, my dearie, I thought it would make you happy. You never go out, and this is an occasion, and a
fine one! Everybody wishes one, and it is very select; not many are given to employees. You will see
the whole official world there.”
She looked at him with an irritated eye and declared impatiently, “What do you suppose I have to wear
to such a thing as that?”
(The Necklace)
i. Select the option that correctly captures the usage of the word ‘out’ from the extract.
(a) The jam and jellies quickly went out of stock at the harvest festival.
(b) Their team had only one good batsman who got out after a while.
(c) We missed our teacher at the picnic as she could not go out with us.
(d) You missed out the opportunity of scoring good marks by not studying.
sad : happy :: contented : _____.
(Clue : Just like sad is opposite of happy, similarly contended is opposite of... )
iii. Select the option that displays the reason why the ball was a fine occasion for both of them.
(a) The whole world would be there.
(b) The ball required fancy clothes and jewels.
(c) The invitation was only for a few selected.
(d) This was their rare chance to go out.
iv. According to the extract, what did Madame Loisel most likely meant when she said ‘wear to such a thing
as that ...’?
1. she does not know what a ball is
2. she hated what she had
3. she would borrow jewels
4. she did not know what should be worn to a ball
5. she did not have anything fancy enough
option :
(a) 1 and 4
(b) 2 and 5
(a) 3 and 4
(d) 3 and 5
v. The story emphasises on the ungrateful nature of Madame Loisel in the given extract. List two ways in
which the mess in the end could have been avoided at this stage itself.


2.A He should be snarling around houses
At the jungle’s edge,
Baring his white fangs, his claws,
Terrorising the village!
The poet employs onomatopoeia in this stanza in ‘snarling around houses’ because _____.
(Clue: explain how onomatopoeia applies here)
ii. The tiger bares his white fangs to:

(a) scare the villagers
(b) scare the animals
(c) show his power
(d) attract another tiger

The extract emphasises on the wild nature of the tiger and how it should be.
The poet has used the words ‘fangs’, ‘claws’ and ‘Terrorising’ to paint an imagery in the given lines.
The symbolism he wishes to employ by using this is _____ and _____.
(a) power, dominance
(b) evil, destructive
(c) chaos, death
(d) life in captivity
v. What is the impact of masculine pronouns used for the tiger in the given poem?
(a) It personifies the tiger as strong and meek.
(b) It personifies the tiger as fierce and dynamic.
(c) It enforces the idea that the tiger has escaped.
(d) It doesn’t contribute to the poem in any form.
O
2.B The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
(Dust of Snow)

i. What is the poet’s tone in the extract?

1. excited
2. calm
3. weary
4. lethargic
5. rejoiced
option :
(a) 3 and 4 (b) 1 and 4
(a) 1 and 5 (d) 2 and 5
ii. What has saved the poet’s day that he ‘rued’ according to the extract?
iii. Identify the symbols that represent the poet’s depressive mood, as per the extract.
(a) the crow and the hemlock tree
(b) the dust of snow falling from the tree
(c) the change of mood in his heart
(d) his day being saved at last
iv. Complete the following analogy about the poet’s experience.

white : snow :: _____ : crow
v. Select the sentence in which the word ‘shook’ is used in the similar manner as line 2 of the extract.
(a) They shook hands at the airport and parted their ways.
(b) The accident shook his family to their core.
(c) She shook the laundry before hanging it on the line.
(d) He shook his head in shame when his name was called at the last.
VI. Answer ANY FOUR of the following in about 40-50 words each.
i. What does the author think of the wealth of the country?

ii. While alone on the ledge, how did the little seagull try to draw the attention of his family?
iii. Why was Anne’s entire class anxious and nervous?

iv. How does everyone celebrate Custard getting rid of the pirate?
v. Kisa compared human life to an inanimate object. What is it and why does she do so ?

i. Why did the thief smile without any effort towards the end of the story?
ii. “Horace Danby was good and respectable — but not completely honest”. Why do you think this
description is apt for Horace?
iii. Why was “the strange scientist strongly suspected of having had a hand” in the burglary at the clergyman’s
home ?
i. Describe Lencho’s qualities in light of his faith in God. Was Lencho’s reaction towards post office
employees’ justified?
(A Letter to God)
O
ii. How is the lost ball, the metaphor of the lost childhood of the boy ? Why doesn’t the poet want to ‘intrude
on’ the boy by offering him money to buy another ball ?
(The Ball Poem)
IX. Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 100-120 words.
i. “Too much of anything is good for nothing.” Justify it with regard to “A Triumph of Surgery”.
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ii. Noodle avoids offending Think-Tank but at the same time corrects his mistakes. What does this say
about the character of Noodle?
(The Book That Saved the Earth)
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SECTION A- READING SKILLS 20

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i. When a person gets hooked on a hobby, he realises that :

iii. The journey of experiencing a hobby is quite :

vi. List any two benefits of having a hobby.

vii. What is essential in today’s world?

viii. Give an appropriate title for the passage.

ix. Supply 1 point to justify the following:

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x. Choose an option that is clearly a synonym of the word ‘hooked’.

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ii. Select the appropriate option to fill in the blanks.

iv. What theme is being highlighted in the given passage?

vi. Fill in the blank by selecting the correct option.

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III. SECTION B- GRAMMAR 10

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ix. Transform the following direct speech into reported speech:

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IV. SECTION B- CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS 10

1. Attempt ANY ONE from A and B given below. 5

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i. The title that best suits this extract is

v. Fill in the blank with ONE WORD only.

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2. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 5

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1. The leopard stalks on silent paws.

iii. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

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2. Wild jungle child mingle loud proud

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VI Answer ANY FOUR of the following in about 40-50 words each. 4 # 3 = 12

v. “Fire and Ice” project a pessimistic outlook. Comment.

ii. Henry unintentionally saved Ausable’s life. Briefly comment.

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IX Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 100-120 words. 6

ii. Give a character-sketch of Hari Singh.

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SECTION A- READING SKILLS 20

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ii. The problem of the conservation of historical monuments requires :

v. To understand the destructive process of a monument it is very important to study the :

vi. Fill in the blank by selecting the correct option.

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ix. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

Shocking Ocean Pollution Statistics:

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i. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in paragraph 5:

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vi. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

vii. Fill in the blank by selecting the correct option:

ix. Choose an option that is an antonym of the word ‘unexplored’?

III. SECTION B- GRAMMAR 10

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