English Questions

Q.
1 – 5: Choose the Correct Option: [1x10]
1. Mice don’t have [1]

i) Thick skins
ii) Long tails
iii) Small faces
iv) Pink ears
2. Which of the following is not true? [1]

i) The poet likes mice
ii) Everyone likes mice
iii) No one likes mice
iv) Both ii) and iii)
3. The son-in-law was not advised to [1]

i) Use big and high sounding words
ii) Sit on a high place
iii) Watch the garden
iv) Say ‘no’ to any food given
4. The son-in-law thought it would be _________ to ask for pudding. [1]

i) Impossible
ii) Important
iii) Impolite
iv) Impatient
5. Everyone, except _________ thought him to be foolish [1]

i) The father-in-law
ii) The mother-in-law
iii) The brother-in-law
iv) The sister-in-law
6. The father-in-law planned to drive out the son-in-law because [1]

i) He sat on a high place
ii) He beat his wife
iii) He ate all the rice pudding
iv) His wife took much care of her son-in-law neglecting him
7. The _________ asked, “Why didn’t he write in Santali script”? [1]

i) Old man’s cousin
ii) Students in Badamatolia School
iii) Old man
iv) Person who couldn’t read the letter
8. ________ years after meeting the old man, Raghunath invented Ol Chiki [1]
i) Five
ii) Seven
iii) Ten
iv) Twenty
9. Raghunath was the only educated man in ________ [1]
i) His area
ii) Odisha
iii) West Bengal
iv) Bihar
10. Raghunath would come to his village Dandbose ___________ [1]

i) Every Sunday
ii) On Makar holidays
iii) Every holiday
iv) Everyday
Q.11 – 20: Answer the following Questions briefly: [2x10]
11. What is the poem “Mice” about? [2]

12. What does the tail of a mouse look like? [2]
13. Where do the mice run about at night? [2]
14. Which things do the mice nibble? [2]
15. Who advised the son-in-law what to do and what not to do? [2]
16. What happened when he tried to get the pudding? [2]
17. Why was the father-in-law angry? [2]
18. Why would Santals from nearby villages come to Raghunath? [2]
19. What did Martin Orans call “Kherwar Bir”? [2]
20. Why was Raghunath awarded by Odisha Sahitya Academy? [2]
Q. 21 – 24: Read the Para/Stanza and Answer the Questions that follow: [5x4]
21. My father is a doctor.

My sister's a doctor too.
My cousin works with animals.
He's a keeper at the zoo.
What can I be?
What do I want to do?
I don't want to be a farmer,
A builder or a nurse.
I don't want to be a pilot,
that is even worse.
I don't want to be a painter,
But a keeper at the zoo.
That's what I'll be.
That's what I want to do.
i) Which lesson is this paragraph taken from? [1]

ii) What does the child/poet want to be? [1]
iii) What problem did the rich friend have? [1]
iv) What does the child not want to be? [1]
a) Nurse
b) Builder
c) Farmer
d) All of them
v) What is his father? [1]
22. Now, Mahagiri carried the flagpole up to the hole. But suddenly he stopped and turned back. The
mahout, who was sitting on him, ordered him to put the flagpole in the hole, but Mahagiri would not
move. The mahout shouted and screamed at him but still he did not move. The villagers were angry
and they shouted at the mahout. Mahagiri could not stand the noise any longer. He threw away the
flagpole. And the mahout was also thrown off. The people became so frightened that they ran away
for their lives.

ii) Who carried the flagpole for the villagers? [1]
iii) Why did Mahagiri not fix the pole the first time? [2]
iv) Mahagiri was which type of animal? [1]
a) Mouse
b) Elephant
c) Cat
d) Dog
23. A kite on the ground

Is just paper and string,
But up in the air
It will dance and sing.
A kite in the air

Will dance and caper,
But back on the ground
Is just string and paper.

ii) The two states of a kite are: kite on the _____ and kite ________. [2]
iii) Find the rhyming words of the following from the stanza. [2]
a) Sing
b) Paper
24. I'd like to be a driver

Of an express diesel train
Or be a light-house keeper
Where I want and when.
For the more one lives

The more one learns.
I think I'll be all these things
And go on taking turns.

ii) The child poet wants to become a [1]
a) Driver
b) Light-house keeper
c) Both of them
d) None of them
iii) Why does he want to take up many jobs? [2]
iv) Find the rhyming words of the learns from the stanza. [1]

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Q.

1 – 5: Choose the Correct Option: [1x10]

1. Mice don’t have [1]

2. Which of the following is not true? [1]

3. The son-in-law was not advised to [1]

4. The son-in-law thought it would be _________ to ask for pudding. [1]

5. Everyone, except _________ thought him to be foolish [1]

6. The father-in-law planned to drive out the son-in-law because [1]

7. The _________ asked, “Why didn’t he write in Santali script”? [1]

10. Raghunath would come to his village Dandbose ___________ [1]

Q.11 – 20: Answer the following Questions briefly: [2x10]

11. What is the poem “Mice” about? [2]

21. My father is a doctor.

i) Which lesson is this paragraph taken from? [1]

i) Which lesson is this paragraph taken from? [1]

23. A kite on the ground

A kite in the air

i) Which lesson is this paragraph taken from? [1]

24. I'd like to be a driver

For the more one lives

i) Which lesson is this paragraph taken from? [1]

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