English First Paper

Total Marks – 100

Time: 3 hours
Read the passage. Then answer the question below.
Mother Teresa was moved by the sight of the sick and dying on the streets of
Kolkata. She founded a home for the dying destitute and named it ‘Nirmal
Hridoy’, meaning ‘Pure Heart’. She and her fellow nuns brought the dying
people off the streets of Kolkata to this home. They were lovingly
looked after and cared for. Since then many men, women and children have been
taken from the streets and carried to Nirmol Hridoy. These unloved and uncared
for people get an opportunity to die in an environment of kindness and love. In
their last hours they get human and Divine love, and can feel they are also
children of God. The Missionaries of Charity try to find jobs for those who in a
“May be in our own family, we have somebody, who is feeling lonely, who is
feeling sick, who is feeling worried. Are we there? Are we willing to give until
it hurts in order to be with our families, or do we put our interest first? We must
remember that love begins at home and we must also remember that future of
humanity passes through the family”.
Mother Teresa’s work has been recognised throughout the world and she
received a number of awards. These include the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize
(1971), the Nehru Prize for Promotion of International Peace & Understanding
(1972), the Balzan Prize (1978), the Nobel Peace Prize (1979) and the Bharat
Ratna (1980).
Mother Teresa died at the age of 87, on 5 September 1997.The world salutes her
for her love and compassion for humanity. She has taught us how to extend our
hand towards those who need our love and support irrespective of creed, caste
and religion. The picture of Mother Teresa, draped in a white and blue-bordered
sari, with a wrinkled face, ever soft eyes and a saintly smile, lives on in our
mind.

1. Choose the correct answer from the following alternatives. 1x7=7

(i) Which of the following has the closest meaning of the word ‘destitute’
used in line 2?
(a) solvent (b) rich (c) needy (d) medium
(ii) What does the expression “Nirmal Hriday” mean?
(a) a day of heart (b) a disease of the heart
(c) a part of the heart (d) pure heart
8. Write a the story ‘Honesty is the best policy’ or ‘An honest woodcutter’ (iii) Mother teresa herself had no family but she
(a) asked all to many (b) asked all to give importance to family .
(c) taught all to love their children.
(d) asked the husbands to be loving to their wives
(iv) What were the uncared people given? A number of steps have been taken by the government of Bhutan in (a)....... to
(a) An environment of peaceful death (b) Full medicine protect its bio-diversity. Bhutan is the first country in the world that has specific
(c) Job opportunity (d) An opportunity to set jobs constitutional obligations on its people for the (b)......of environment. It is said
(v) Which of the following statement is true about Mother Teresa? in the constitution that at least 60 percent of the country must remain under
(a) Mother Teresa founded the home for the old forest cover at all times. Efforts are also taken to protect cultures and value
(b) Mother Teresa founded the home for the lame from (c) .......intrusion. The first foreign tourists were allowed into Bhutan in
(e) Mother ‘Teresa founded the home for the blind 1974. (d)........tourism is encouraged, it is controlled and limited to about 6,000
(d) Mother Teresa founded the home for the dying destitute
visitors a year. Bhutan is one of the last countries in the world to introduce
(vi) Recognize stands for-
television and the Internet to its people by (e)..... a ban on TV and the Internet
(a) admit (b) know (c) confess (d) acquit
only in 1999. It is mandatory for all Bhutanese to
(vii) In the passage the word deserve means .
Wear only their national dress in public.
(a) protect (b) conserve (c) preserve (d) be worthy of
4. Çomplete the following table with the Information given in the passage.
2. Answer the following questions. 2x5 =10
1x5=5
(a) What happened when Mother Teresa saw sick and dying people on the
Albert Einstein was one of the greatest scientists of the world. He was born in
streets of Kolkata?
Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879. His father was a business man and his
(b) What did Mother Teresa say about family?
family business was the manufacture of electronic pàrts. When the business
(c) What is the picture of Mother Teresa in our mind?
failed in 1894, the family moved to Milan, Italy. He spent 1895 in a nearby
(d) What are the things that we have learnt from Mother Teresa? .
High School in Aarou, a small town at the border of Germany and Switzerland.
(e) How did the Indian Government and the Christian world honour ‘Mother
There among the pleasant friends, students and excellent teachers he
Teresa?
finished his studies. He returned to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
in 1896 from where he graduated in 1990. For the next couple of years, he
3. Read the following text and fill in each gap with à suitable word based on
taught Mathematics and Physics in a secondary school. In 1902 he obtained a
the information of the text. 1x5=5
Post at the Swiss patent office in Berrn. He submitted one of his scientific
papers to the University of Zurjch to obtain a Ph.D degree in 1905. In 1908 he
The government of Bhutan has taken a number of steps to protect its bio-
sent a second paper to the University of Bern and became a lecturer there.
diversity. Bhutan is the first country in the world with specific constitutional
He received a regular appointed as an associate professor of physics
obligations on its people to protect the environment. According to the
at the University of Zurich In 1909. In 1922, he received a Novel prize In
constitution, at least 60 percent of the country must remain under forest
physics. He was very gifted scientist and he is still considered the world’s
cover at all times. Efforts are also taken to protect the nation against the
most famous scientist.
instrusion of foreign cultures and values. The first foreign tourists were
allowed into Bhutan in 1974. Now, tourism is encouraged but is controlled
and limited to about 6,000 visitors a year. Bhutan is one of the last countries
in the world to introduce television and the Internet to its people. The
government lifted a ban on TV and the Internet only in 1999. The Bhutanese
government has made it mandatory for all Bhutanese to wear only their
national dress in public.