Sangamner Nagarpalika Arts, D.J. Malpani Commerce & B.N.

Sarda Science College,

Sangamner (Autonomous College)

SYBA- (Semester-IV)

2022-23

Compulsory English

Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA)

Practice Test

Marks: 10

Instructions:

1. This 'Practice Test' is part of your CIA.

2. It carries 10 marks of the CIA for Compulsory English.
3. The activity is mandatory for all the students from SYBA Div 'A' & 'B'.
4. Solve all the questions and submit the copy of your answer sheet in your regular
class by 10 April, 2023.
5. No submissions will be accepted after the above mentioned deadline.

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A) Answer the following questions in one sentence each.

1) What is referred to as the 'mother of religion' by Swami Vivekananda?

2) Who does Swami Vivekananda Pity?

3) Why did Ivan Dmitritch and his wife not look at the number of winning ticket immediately?

4) What does Ivan Dimitritch compare his relatives to?

5) According to the niece, whose bodies are supposedly never recovered in 'The Open Window'?

6) What is the niece's 'speciality’ as it were in 'The Open Window'?

7) Who is the ' He' being referred to in the poem 'On Another Sorrow'?

8) 'He becomes an infant small; / He becomes a man of woe'. What do these lines indicate in the
poem 'On Another Sorrow'?
9) According to the poem, what did God fill in the heaven and the earth with in the poem 'Laugh
and Be Merry'?

10) What does the poet refer to as 'the sign of the joy of the lord' in the poem 'Laugh and Be
Merry'?

11) Who claims to have a 'rainbow robe' in the poem 'The Rock and the Bubble'?

12) What happened to the 'foolish bubble' at the end of the poem, 'The Rock and the Bubble'?

B) Answer the following questions in about 150 words.

1) According to Swami Vivekananda, what are the evils that prevent the advancement of society?

2) How does Vivekananda describe India's history of tolerance?

3) Why did Ivan Dmitritch read out the final number triumphantly ? How did the evening end for
the couple?

4) How is Chekhov's story a satirical comment on human thoughts and aspirations?

5) Why did Franmton come to the Sappleton household?

6) The incident is a comedy for the girl and a tragedy for Framton: do you agree? why?

7) What is the message of the poem 'On Another Sorrow'?

8) Summarise the central idea of the poem 'Laugh and Be Merry'.

9) What qualities are assigned to the bubble and the rock in the poem? why?

C) Do as directed

1) Solve the exercise (Page no. 124 from book, exercise A,B,C)

2) Solve the exercise. (Page no. 127 to 128 from book, exercise A ,B,C)

3) Solve the exercise (Page no. 130 to 131 from book, Exercise A,B,C )

4) Solve the exercise (Page no. 136 from book, Exercise A & B)

5) Solve the exercise (Page no. 142 from book, Exercise A &B)

D) Answer the following questions in about 150 words.

1) What are the basic steps involved in problem solving?

2) How can one manage and organize time effectively?

3) Make a list of six ways in which you usually waste your time and write down how you can
manage your time better