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ANNUAL EXAMINATION SYSTEM
English
Time allowed : 2 Hours Maximum Marks:35

I. Observe the list and answer the following questions:

Sr. Name of Book Author Edition Price in Copies
No. Rs Sold

1 Languages of Truth: Essays 2003- Salman Rushdie 2021 300/- 5

2020

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2 Shame Salman Rushdie 1983 250/- 4

3 Sea of Poppies
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Oxford Advanced Oxford
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2021 777/- 2

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Learner’s Dictionary Publication
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The Collins English b
Harper Collins 1979 500/- 3

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1. Who is the writer of the book Shame?
a) Munshi Prem Chand
b) Salman Rushdie
c) Harper Collins
d) Amitav Ghosh
2. Which books have been published in 2021?
a) Shame and Sea of Poppies
b) Languages of Truth and The Collins English Dictionary
c) Languages of Truth and Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
d) Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary and The Collins English Dictionary
3. Which book has been written by Amitav Ghosh?
a) Sea of Poppies
b) Shame
c) Languages of Truth
d) Dictionary
4. Which book has the maximum sale?
a) Shame
b) Oxford advanced learner’s Dictionary
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d) b & c
5. Which is the most expensive book?
a) Shame
b) The Collins English Dictionary
c) Languages of Truth
d) Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
II. Read the given poem and answer the questions that follow.

Turn, Fortune turn thy wheel, and lower the proud;

Turn thy wild wheel thro' sunshine, storm and cloud;
Thy wheel and thee we neither love nor hate.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel with smile or frown;
With that wild wheel we go not up or down;
Our hoard is little, but our hearts are great.
Smile and we smile, the lords of many lands;
Frown and we smile, the lords of our own hands;
For man is man and master of his fate
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Turn, turn thy wheel above the staring crowd
Thy wheel and thou are shadows in the cloud;

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Thy wheel and thee we neither love nor hate.
1. 'We neither love nor hate' means _________ .
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b) we disregard it
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c) we are careful
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d) we don't know anyone

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a) empower the snobbish b
2. The words 'lower the proud' are a request to Fortune to __________ .

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b) bring down the proud
c) humiliate people

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d) make a person powerful
3. ‘Our hoard is little’ means _________ .
a) we have little savings
b) we don't have much in our banks
c) we are wealthy
d) what we have collected is little
4. 'The Lords of our hands' means ___________ .
a) we have our destiny in our hands
b) we are farmers
c) we have strong hands
d) we don't control our life
5. The wheel of fortune symbolizes __________ .
a) changes in fortune
b) changes in job
c) a spinning wheel
d) a giant wheel
III. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Stammering is a habit disorder. It takes place when a child is afraid of talking in front of
others. Basically, for a child to understand a language, there are four stages. The first is learning
to understand the spoken language and the second is speaking. Both of these usually
develop around the age of two.
The third stage is speaking complex sentences, which develops at around third year and the fourth
is when the child recognises the written alphabet. In 80% of children while the third and fourth stages
are at play, the first two get disturbed because something new is being incorporated in the mind.
This is absolutely normal. But what mothers do is fret a lot and the child develops a fear which later
manifests itself as stammering. In fact, most textbooks on stammering state in bold that “Had there
not been any extra worried mothers, hardly any one would have suffered from stammering.” Fluency
can be incorporated in the speech of such patients through hypnosis.

1. Stammering is caused because of

a) physical disorder
b) normal growth
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c) lack of self confidence
d) lack of understanding

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2. There are four skills of language. The given passage mainly deals with the ____ skill.
a) speaking
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b) writing
c) listening
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d) reading
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3. What is responsible for developing a fear in a child's mind?
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a) motherly love

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c) mother's over cautiousness
d) all of the above

a) stageb
4. Pick out the word from the passage which means 'worry'.

b) fluency
c) complex
d) fret
5. What can be the treatment for stammering according to the passage?
a) hypnosis
b) mother's fret
c) good education
d) speeding up the speech
IV. Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow:
The invention of computers has been one of the greatest advancements in modern
technology. Computers are used not only in industries but also in Universities. Computers have
been pressed in the service of man in all spheres. Computers are capable of doing
extremely complicated work in all branches of learning. They can solve the most
complicated mathematical problems or put thousands of unrelated facts in order. These machines
can be put to various uses. For instance, they can provide information in the best way to prevent
traffic accidents or they can count the number of times a word has been used in the Bible.
 The computers work accurately and at high speed. The whole process by which machines can
be used to work for us has been called “automation”. In future this automation may enable
human beings for more leisure than they do have now.

Nowadays computers are used in every office whether private or government. Mankind is
using computers for decades now. They are used in many fields like agriculture,
designing, machinery making, defence and many more. Above all, they have revolutionized the
whole world.
1. What are the uses of computers?
a) They are used in industries.
b) They are used in universities.
c) Both a) and b)
d) None of these
2. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
a) Computers are capable of doing extremely complicated work.
b) Computers can work with accuracy and high speed.
c) Computers can provide information.
d) Computers are a cause of traffic accidents.
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b) To put data through input devices.

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c) The whole process by which machine can be used to work.
d) None of the above.
4. In future, automation may enable human beings ________________.

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a) too busy in life

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b) to have more free time
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c) independent

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d) none of these

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5. Human beings have been using computers for ____________________.
a) last five years
b) last ten years
c) many decades
d) last century
V. Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow:

The oldest stone buildings in the world are the pyramids of Egypt. They have stood for nearly 5000
years, and it seems likely that they will continue to stand for thousands of years yet. They are over
eighty of them scattered along the bank of the Nile, some of which are different in shape from the
true pyramids. The most famous of these are the 'Step' pyramid and the 'Bent' pyramid. Some of
the pyramids still look much as they must have been when they were built thousands of years ago.
Most of the damage suffered by the others has been at the hands of men who were looking for
treasure or, more often, for stone to use in modern buildings. The dry climate of Egypt has helped
to preserve the pyramids and their very shape has made them less likely to fall in ruins. These are
good reasons why they can still be seen today, but perhaps the most important factor is that they
were planned to last forever.
One thing is certain: there must have been months of careful planning before they could begin to
build. The first thing they had to do was to choose a suitable place. You may think that this was an
 easy task, with miles and miles of empty desert around, but a pyramid could not be built just
anywhere. Certain rules had to be followed strictly and certain problems overcome.

The pyramid had to be on the west side of the Nile; the side on which the sun sets. This was for
religious reasons. The pyramid also had to stand well above the level of the river to protect it against
the regular floods. The pyramid could not be too far from the Nile, however, as the stones to build
it needed to be carried in boats down the river to the nearest point. Water transport was, of course,
much easier than land transport. The builders also had to find rock, which was not likely to crack
under the great weight of the pyramid. Finally, the pyramid had to be near the capital, or better still,
near the king's palace so that he could visit it easily and personally check the progress being made
on the final resting place for his body.

1. The writer says ‘The pyramids have stood for nearly 5000 years, and it seems likely
that they will continue to stand for thousands of years yet.’ His tone is
a) shocked
b) fascinated
c) disbelieving
d) awestruck
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2. The phrase 'fall into ruin' means_____.
a) fall down
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b) falling rain
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c) decay
d)breakdown
3. The maximum damage caused to the pyramids was due to_____.

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a) men looking for treasure

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c) the dry climate
d) their shape and structure

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4. The pyramid had to be on the west side of the Nile as ____.
a) the Egyptians worshipped the setting sun
b) the eastern bank was regularly flooded
c) stones needed to build the pyramids were available on the western bank
d) water transportation was much easier on the western bank
5. The pyramids were built near the king’s palace because_____.
a) the king could have rest there.
b) the king could conveniently visit the place for supervision.
c) the king wanted to give the final touch up to the pyramid.
d) the queen wanted the pyramid near the palace.
VI. Look at the pie chart on monthly expenditure of a state carefully and answer the questions
given below.

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1. Which two sectors have equal expenditure?

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a) Roads and Dairy
b) Roads and Others
c) Roads and Electricity

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d) Electricity and Dairy

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2. What is the difference between the expenditure on Electricity and Dairy?
a) 0%
b) 2%
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c) 3%
d) 4%
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3. 23% was spent on which two sectors?
a) Others and Electricity
b) Roads and Others
c) Others and Dairy
d) Others and Agriculture
4. Even the combined expenditure on Electricity, Roads, Dairy and Others is less than
the expenditure on __________
a) Agriculture
b) Dairy and Others
c) Roads
d) Roads and Electricity
5. What is the combined expenditure on Electricity, Roads, Dairy and Others?
a) 40%
b) 42%
c) 39%
d) 41%
VII. Read the following poster carefully and answer the questions that follow:

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1. The above poster describes ________.

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a) precautions at cinema
b) safety on a building site
c) safe social distancing
d) safety during travel adventure
2. How often a worker should wear safety gears in a building site?
a) always during working hours
b) whenever they feel like
c) whenever they are asked to wear them
d) from 11-30 am to 1pm everyday
3. An employee can lose his job on a building site if he
a) comes late
b) bunks
c) smokes
d) does not smoke
4. Which statement is CORRECT?
a) One can visit lunch room anytime during working hours.
b) With permission one can have lunch outside the lunch room too
c) To have lunch one has to visit the lunch room in a fixed given time
d) Lunch is provided free of cost to all
5. What precaution one should take before having lunch?
a) change clothes
b) avoid use of cell phone
c) wash hands
d) wash clothes

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