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Unit I: Reading A: ATTITUDE IS ALTITUDE
S.No. Word Meaning Synonyms Antonyms Other form

the way you think and feel mindset, approach,
1 attitude -- attitudinal
about someone or something outlook
2 altitude height height, elevation lowland altitudinal
the main part of the body not
3 torso including the head arms or -- -- --
legs
to put in a particular place or
4 tuck put, insert, place -- --
to cover
upset, troubled,
5 distraught very upset balanced --
worried
bravery, guts, cowardice,
6 courage fearlessness courageous
daring timidity
devise, fabricate,
7 invent to create destroy invention
originate
ordinary, abnormal,
8 mainstream common, normal --
conventional unconventional
cheer up ,
9 depress to make feel sad sadden, dishearten depression
rejoice
victory,
10 triumph a great victory, achievement achievement, failure --
success
hardship,
11 adversity a difficult situation prosperity adverse
misfortune
to influence or motivate,
12 inspire discourage inspiration
guide someone encourage
13 conviction a strong belief, opinion faith, belief doubt convict
to continue trying to do
firmness, vacillation,
14 perseverance something even though persevere
determination lethargy
it is difficult
to understand or understand, make
15 realize forfeit, lose realization
become aware real
support, give
16 encourage to inspire with courage discourage encouragement
confidence
17 decide decision
harass , ill-treat suave,
One habitually cruel to other
18 bully frighten, protecting, --
who are weaker
terrorize, encouraging
cripple, lame,
19 disable put out of action enable disability
incapacitate
20 encourage to motivate support, inspire discourage encouragement
horrify, panic, reassure,
21 terrify to frighten terrific, terrible
frighten please, delight
22 dependent independent dependency
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visualize, envision,
To think or to form a picture
23 Imagine fantasize -- Imagination
or idea in mind
24 concentrate to give your attention to the focus Disperse, dilute concentration
thing you are doing
provisional,
25 absolute total, complete, perfect absolutely
unconfirmed
force someone to do
26 insist claim, assert, vow desert, deny insistence
something
27 achieve -- -- -- achievement
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end.
(Q.Nos. 1 – 5)
Comprehension Passage I: Nick Vujicic was born ……………………………………
…………………………………................................he was four months old.
Q 1: How was Nick born?
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Q 2: What does the word ‘torso’ mean?
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Q 3: What does Nick do according to the first paragraph?
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Q 4: How does his small foot help Nick?
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Q 5: How does Nick use his small foot?
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Q 6: Where was Nick born?
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Q 7: How did Nick call his small foot?
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Q 8: What did his parents decide?
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Q 9: Why was his father shocked when Nick was born?
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Q 10: How long Nick’s mother could not bring herself to hold him?
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Q 11: Nick now lives in --------------------------------- ( )

Ans: a) Melbourne b) Loss Angeles c) Australia
Q 12: “But he doesn’t let the details stop him.” What does this sentence mean? ( )
Ans: a. His disability doesn’t stop his achievements.
b. His disability stops his achievement.
c. He always thinks of his disability.
Q. No. 13: “I call it my chicken drumstick.”…joked Nick.

What does this sentence say about Nick’s nature? ( )
Ans: a) Nick’s positive attitude.
b. Nick’s humourous nature.
c. Nickk’s independent nature..
Q.No. 14: “ I’d be lost without it.” What does Nick mean by this sentence. ( )
a. Nick would have been died without the small foot on his left hip.
b. Nick would have been died with the small foot on his left hip.
c. Nick would have been lost his small foot.
Q No. 15: How did his father feel when Nick was born? ( )
Ans. a. Very happy b. disappointed c. shocked
Q No. 16: How did Nick feel about his parent’s decision? ( )
Ans. A) He felt very happy and accepted their decision.
B) The best decision they could have made for him even though it was hard
C) He felt very unhappy about their decision.
Comprehension Passage 2: I was deeply depressed…………………………………….

………………………………………………………………the article had given me.
Q 1: Why was Nick deeply depressed?
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Q 2: What did he want to do to himself when he was eight years old?
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Q 3: What did Nick try to do at the age of 10?
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Q 4: How could Nick brush his teeth?
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Q 5: What happened when Nick was 13?
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Q 6: What was the newspaper article about?
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Q 7: What did Nick realise?
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Q 8: How did the newspaper article influence Nick?
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Q 9: “I felt cold and bitter”. What does the phrase/idiom ‘cold and bitter’ mean? ( )
Ans: a. very unpleasant b. very happy c. winter season
Q 10: Nick said, “It is hard to hold on.” What does Nick mean by this sentence? ( )
Ans: a. It is very difficult for him to hold anything.
b. It is very difficult for him to study in a special school.
c. It is very difficult for him to live without purpose and strength.
Q 11: When was Nick realised? ( )

Ans: a. When he was teased and bullied in the school.
b. When he read a newspaper article about a disable person.
c. When he was deeply depressed.
Q 12: Nick has become an international symbol of triumph over adversity with the help of ( )
Ans: a. his religion, friends and family.
b. his classmates and neighbours.
c. newspaper article.
Q 13: What did the newspaper article give Nick? ( )

Ans: a. give hope to others.
b.Disappointment
c. Courage and inspiration.
Q 14: “I hated God for doing this to me.” What does the word ‘this’ mean here? ( )
Ans: a. for not giving arms and legs.
b. For giving responsible parents.
c. For joining in a mainstream school.
Comprehension Passage 3: The challenges in our lives are …………………

…………………. ……………………………………………………pretty good balance.
Q 1: What qualities of Nick made him win Austrilian Young Citizen Award?
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Q 2: How are challenges useful in our lives according to Nick?
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Q 3: What did Nick do at traffic lights?
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Q 4: Why did Nick do a 360 degree spin in the car?
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Q 5: Whom did Nick meet in Hawai?
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Q 6: Why did Nick meet Bethany Hamilton?
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Q 7: What was the disability of Bethany Hamilton?
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Q 8: How did Nick feel while learning surfing?
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Q 9: What made Nick appear on the cover page of a surfer magazine?
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Q 10: The challenges are not there……………………………. ( )

Ans: a. to strengthen our convictions.
b. to run us over.
c. to win the award.
Q 11: Why did the girl at traffic lights speed off quickly? ( )
Ans: a. Because she was terrified by Nick’s 360 degrees spin in the car.
b. Because she saw a man without arms and legs.
c. Because she could see only Nick’s head.
Q 12: Why did Nick choose Bethany as his surfing master? ( )

Ans: a. Because she had her arm bitten off by a shark.
b. Because she was a good surfing master.
c. Because Nick thought Bethany could understand the difficulties of a disabled person and
teach him accordingly.
Q 13: Why could Nick do 360 degree spin easily on the surfing board? ( )
Ans: a. Because Nick had no arms and legs.
b. Because Nick had no centre of gravity.
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c. Because Nick had a very low centre of gravity.
Q 14: Nick said, “She was amazing”. Why did Nick say like that? ( )
Ans: a. Because she taught Nick how to surf easily.
b. Because she was very beautiful.
c. Because she had her arm bitten off by a shark.
Q 15: Why did the girl at traffic lights see Nick interestingly? ( )
Ans: a. Because Nick had no arms and legs.
b. Because she could only see Nick’s head.
c. Because Nick knew Nick well.
Unit I: Reading B: Every Success Story Is also a Story of Great Failures (Q.Nos. 6 – 8)
Comprehension Passage I:
A New York Times editorial…………………………………………………we tried as hard as we could?
Q 1: What did the New York Times editorial question? ( )

Ans: a. The wisdom of the Wright Brothers.
b. The recipe of Sanders’ mother.
c. The machine invented by the Wright Brothers which is heavier than the air.
Q 2: Why did the New York Times editorial question the wisdom of the Wright Brothers? ( )
Ans: a) Because they took their famous flight at Kitty Hawk.
b) Because New York Times didn’t like the Wright Brothers’ invention.
c) Because they were trying to invent a machine, heavier than air, that would fly.
Q 3: What does the Wright Brothers prove with their famous flight at Kitty Hawk? ( )
Ans: a) A machine, which is heavier than the air, can fly in the air.
b) The New York Times editorial is true.
c) They do not have wisdom.
Q 4: What was Colonel Sanders’ investment for his business? ( )

Ans: a) $100 cheque
b) His mother’s recipe.
c) a beat-up car.
Q 5: When did he get his first order? ( )

Ans: a) After he knocked less than a 1000 doors.
b) After he knocked a 1000 doors.
c) After he knocked more than a 1000 doors.
Q 6: Why did Colonel Sanders knock more than a 1000 doors? ( )

Ans: a) Because he realized that he had to do something.
b) To get his first order.
c) To sell his beat-up car.
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Comprehension Passage 2:
As a young cartoonist, Walt Disney, ……………………………………….he was partially deaf.
Q 1: What did the newspaper editor say about Walt Disney? ( )

Ans: a) Walt Disney had no talent.
b) Walt Disney was highly talented.
c) To draw Mickey Mouse in his cartoons.
Q 2: Why did a minister at a church hire Walt Disney? ( )

Ans: a) To draw some cartoons.
b) Because he was rejected by a newspaper editor.
c) To draw Mickey Mouse.
Q 3: Why was Mickey Mouse occupied a prominent role in Disney’s cartoons? ( )
Ans: a) Because he was rejected by a newspaper editor.
b) Because he liked mice very much.
c) Because he was inspired by a small mouse.
Q 4: What do successful people do? ( )

Ans: a) Successful people do great things.
b) Successful people do small things.
c) Successful people do small things in a great way.
Q 5: What was the disability of Thomas Edison? ( )

Ans: a) He was a stupid
b) He was partially deaf.
c) He was deaf.
Q 6: What was the note sent to Edison’s mother by his teacher? ( )

Ans: a) Your Tommy is too stupid to learn.
b) Your Tommy is partially deaf.
c) Your Tommy will learn better at home.
Q 7: How did Edison’s mother take the note of the teacher? ( )

Ans: a) Edison’s mother was disappointed.
b) She took it as a challenge.
c) She joined him in another school.
Q 8: How did Edison’s mother react to the teacher’s note? ( )

Ans: a) She got angry with the teacher.
b) She decided to teach him herself at home.
c) She scolded her son.
Q 9: Who made Tommy to grow up to be the great Thomas Edison? ( )

Ans: a) His formal schooling for 3 months.
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b) His teacher.
c) His mother.
Setbacks are inevitable……………………………………………………………….mind can achieve.
Q 1: How can a set back act in our life? ( )

Ans: a) As a driving force.
b) As humility
c) As a kind of encouragement.
Q 2: What do we need to learn? ( )

Ans: a) To be victims.
b) To learn to be in grief.
c) To become victors.
Q 3: How can we overcome setbacks? ( )
Ans: a) With the driving force.
b) With courage and faith.
c) With fear and grief.
Q 4: How can a stumbling block be turned into a stepping stone? ( )

Ans: a) When we learn to become victims.
b) When we find grief from the setbacks.
c) When we learn from the setbacks.
Q 5: Where does the motivation to success come from? ( )

Ans: a) The burning desire to achieve a purpose.
b) The setbacks.
c) The driving force.
A young man asked Socratese………………………………………………………produce great results.
Q 1: What did the young man ask Socrates? ( )

Ans: a) To teach him Philosophy/
b) The secret to success.
c) To meet him near the river the next morning.
Q 2: What did Socrates do the young man? ( )

Ans: a) Socrates ducked the young man into the water.
b) Socrates taught him the secret to success.
c) Socrates taught him swimming in the river.
Q 3: What did the young man do when Socrates ducked him into the water? ( )
Ans: a) The young man learned the secret to success.
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b) The young man learned swimming in the river.

c) The young man struggled to get out of the water.
Q 4: What did the young man want the most when he was there in the water? ( )
Ans: a) air b) success c) deep breath.
Q 5: What is the starting point of all accomplishment? ( )

Ans: a) Intelligence b) A burning desire c) Hard work.
Unit I: Reading ‘C’: I Will Do It (Q.Nos. 9 – 10)
He came from a poor………………………………………………………………….sixteen years old.
Q 1: Who is ‘He’ in the above passage?

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Q 2: What kind of family did he come from?
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Q 3: Why do the brighter ones want to study in IITs?
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Q 4: How did he guide the other IIT aspirants?
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Q 5: What was the ultimate aim for any boy at that age?
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Q 6: How do students get admission into IITs?
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Q 7: What was his father’s hobby? ( )

Ans: a) Reading English Literature
b) Teaching
c) Educating the poor and needy
Q 8: Where do the brighter ones want to study? ( )

Ans: a) In Mysore
b) In foreign Institutions
c) In the IITs
Q 9: “He was guide for the others”. What did the above statement say about the boy? ( )
Ans: a) He was genius and helped others.
b) He was senior to the other boys.
c) He charged money for guiding others.
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Q 10: What did the boy dream of? ( )

Ans: a) The boy dreamt of guiding others.
b) The boy dreamt of studying at IIT.
c) The boy dreamt of establishing an IT company.
Q 11: Why is Mysore described as ‘sleepy town’ in the above passage? ( )

Ans: a) Because the people of Mysore spend most of their time sleeping.
b) Because the weather in Mysore is always cloudy and gloomy.
c) Because Mysore is very peaceful and quiet.
The D-Day came…………………………………………………………………………as much as you want.
Q 1. What was the D-Day according to the passage?
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Q 2: What did he mean when he said ‘OK’ about his entrance exam?
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Q 3: What was his principle?
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Q 4: How did he feel about his entrance exam result?

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Q 5: What was his father’s response when the boy told him that he wanted to join IIT?
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Q 6: Why didn’t his father let him join in IIT? ( )
Ans: a) Because his father wanted him to study in Mysore.
b) Because of their poor financial position.
c) Because his father didn’t like to send him anywhere.
Q 7: Why did his father spoke to him with a heavy voice? ( )

Ans: a) Because his father was not in a position to join his bright son in IIT.
b) Because his father didn’t like to join him in IIT.
c) Because his father wanted him to study at Mysore.
The teenager was disappointed……………………………………………………………have made it.
Q 1: Why was the teenager disappointed?
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Q 2: Why did his heart sink in sorrow?
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Q3: What was the boy’s fondest hope?
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Q 4: Why were his classmates leaving for Chennai?
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Q 5: “You should have made it.” What was the speaker’s intention?
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Q 6: How was the noise made by his friends at the station?
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Q 7: Which sentence in the above passage describes the introvert nature of the teenager? ( )
Ans: a) His heart was bleeding.
b) He never shared his unhappiness or helplessness with anybody.
c) He went to the station to say good bye and good luck to them.
Q 8: Why were all his friends excited? ( )

Ans: a) They were excited and talking loudly.
b) They were excited and discussing their new hostels, new courses etc.
c) They were excited because they got admission into IIT.
Q 9: “The day came”. Which day was mentioned here? ( )

Ans: a) The day on which his classmates were leaving for Chennai.
b) The day of IIT entrance examination.
c) The day of IIT entrance examination results were declared.
Q 10: “You should have made it.” Who said these words to whom? ( )
Ans: a) His father to him
b) His friend to the boy.
c) He to his friend.
Q 11: “He didn’t get angry with anybody.” Why? ( )

Ans: a) Because he was an introvert by nature.
b) Because his heart was bleeding.
c) Because his dream had burnt to ashes.
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II 'A' THE DEAR DEPARTED - I

S.No. Word / Phrase Meaning Synonyms Antonyms Other forms
surprise,
1 amaze surprise astonish,dumbfound calm amazement
2 realize become conscious understand, grasp disbelieve realization
3 worn out useless, tired exhausted, depleted unwearied
4 stretch make bigger extend, enlarge stagnate stretchable
5 arrange put together organize, assemble disorder, mess arrangement
6 bargain negotiate deal, agreement rip-off
7 daft silly silly, foolish sensible daftly
8 delicate easily damaged suble, slight strong, robust delicately
9 shabby worn out untidy, nasty elegant ..
10 get rid of throw out remove, eliminate hold ..
11 fasten attach attach, affix loose, disconnect ..
12 run up continue continue halt ..
13 pinch steal steal .. ..
14 fetch carry bring, carry ..
15 complacent self-satisfie contended, satisfied anxious complacency
16 irritate annoy, bother annoy, exasperate calm, comfort irritation
17 mourning be sad grieving, crying cheer mourn
18 solemn thoughful serious, dignified cheerful solemnly
19 brisk fast quick, rapid, hurried slow briskly
20 annoy irritate, anger irritate, displease please annoyance
21 swindle cheat cheat, fraud truth, frankness
22 crazy mad, idiotic silly, idotic balanced craze
23 transfix stun stun, spellbound .. ..
24 cling embrace hug, adhere loosen
25 chuckle laugh quietly giggle, snigger .. ..
26 vigorous energetic dynamic, strong lethargic vigorously
27 malicious wicked cruel, wicked kind malice
28 obvious understandable clear, evident obscure obviously
29 vulgar rude rude, bad, improper decent vulgarity
30 precocious intelligent intelligent, bright stupid ..
Unit II: Reading ‘A’: The Dear Departed – I (Q.Nos. 1 – 5)
Reading Comprehension Passage 1:
Mrs. Slater: (sharply) Victoria, Victoria……………………………………….it from I can’t tell.
Q 1: Why did Amelia ask Victoria to change her colourful dress?
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Q 2: “They haven’t been here for ages.” What does the phrase ‘for ages’ mean?
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Q 3: Who sent the telegram to whom?
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Q 4: What was the telegram about?
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Q 5: “She’d never set foot in your house again.” What does the phrase ‘set foot’ mean?
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Q 6: Why was Henry not sure about Mr and Mrs. Ben Jordans’ coming?
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Q 7: Why was Amelia Slater amazed at Victoria?
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Q 8: “They’re coming to talk over poor grandpa’s affairs”
Who does the word ‘they’ refer to? ( )
Ans: a) Mr. Ben Jordan and Mrs. Elizabeth Jordan
b) Mr. Henry Slater and Mrs. Amelia Slater
c) Mrs. John Shorrocks and others.
Q 9: “They’re coming to talk over poor grandpa’s affairs” ( )

What are the grandpa’s affairs?
Ans: a) Abel’s affairs with the Slaters.
b) Abel’s affairs with Mrs. John Shorrocks.
c) Abel’s property, insurance and other belongings etc.
Q 10: Who was sure about Mr. and Mrs. Jordans’ coming to Henry’s house? ( )
Ans: a) Mr Henry Slater.
b) Mrs. Amelia Slater.
c) Miss Victoria.
Q 11: Why were Mr. & Mrs. Ben Jordan coming to Henry’s house? ( )
Ans: a) To talk over grandpa’s affairs.
b) Because they haven’t been here for ages.
c) To see Abel’s dead body.
Mrs. Slater: Don’t look so daft………………………………………………………....this morning.
Q 1: “Don’t look so daft.” What does the word ‘daft’ mean here?
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Q 2: Henry said, “It doesn’t seem delicate, somehow.”

What does ‘it’ refer to in the above sentence?
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Q 3: What did Mrs. Henry plan to put in the place of bureau?
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Q 4: Why did Amelia want to put the old chest of drawers in place of bureau?
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Q 5: Why did Henry take his coat off?
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Q 6: Why did Mr. & Mrs. Henry want to bring the bureau down?
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Q 7: Who was drunk that morning?
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Q 8: Why did Mrs. Amelia want to put the shabby old chest of drawers in the place bureau? ( )
Ans: a) Because Abel was dead.
b) Because she wanted to get rid of it.
c) Because she wanted to pinch the bureau.
Q 9. Henry said, “It doesn’t seem delicate, somehow.” Why did Henry say like that? ( )
Ans a) Because Henry felt that the bureau was strong.
b) Because the bureau was delicate.
c) Because the old chest was delicate.
Q 10: “Are you planning to pinch it?” What does the sentence say about Victoria? ( )
Ans: a) She is an innocent girl.
b) She is a young girl.
c) She is an intelligent/precocious girl.
Compehension Passage 3:
Mrs. Jordan: Well, We’ll think about……………………………………………….drunken old beggar.
Q 1: What are all the family members talking about?
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Q 2: What did Abel promise Jimmy?
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Q 3: What did Abel do that morning?
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Q 4: What did Mrs. Jordan guess about the insurance premium?
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Q 5: Who is the drunken old beggar according to Ben?
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Q 6: What were all the family members interested in according the above text? ( )
Ans: a) They were interested in Abel’s gold watch.
b) They were interested in Abel’s insurance premium.
c) They were interested in Abel’s property, insurance and other belongings.
Q 7: Who was Jimmy? ( )

Ans: a) Son of Henry and Amelia Slater.
b) Son of Ben and Elizabeth Jordan.
c) Son of Abel Merryweather.
Q8: Who said that Abel didn’t pay his insurance premium? ( )
Ans: a) Victoria.
b) Ben Jordan.
c) Mrs. Jordan.
Q 9: When did Abel promise his gold watch to Jimmy? ( )

Ans: a) When Jimmy was born.
b) When Abel was living with the Slaters.
c) When Abel was living with the Jordans.
Q 10: Why did Ben call Abel “The drunken old beggar?” ( )
Ans: a) Because Abel didn’t pay his insurance premium.
b) Because Abel promised his gold watch to Jimmy.
c) Because Abel didn’t give his bureau to the Jordans.
Unit II: Reading ‘B’: The Dear Departed – II (Q.Nos. 6 – 8)
Mrs. Jordan: (rising) I’ll tell you what’s …………………………………………….you were dead.
Q 1: Why did Mrs. Jordan want to tell Abel what was going on in the house? ( )
Ans: a) Because Abel was dead.
b) Because Abel didn’t understand about the happening in the house.
c) Because Mrs. Jordan wanted to impress her father.
Q 2: What did Mrs. Slater ask her sister? ( )

Ans: a) To be quiet.
b) To tell everything.
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c) To have tea.
Q 3: Why did Mrs. Slater ask her sister to be quiet? ( )

Ans: a) Because Abel was suffering from headache.
b) Because Abel was dead.
c) Because she didn’t want Abel to know what was happened.
Q 4: “Oh! I call it double-faced.” Who were double-faced here according to the speaker? ( )
Ans: a) Ben Jordan and Elizabeth Jordan.
b) Henry Slater and Amelia Slater.
c) Abel Merryweather.
Q5: What things of Abel did Henry and Amelia steal? ( )

Ans: a) bureau, clock, slippers.
b) old chest of drawers, bureau, slippers.
c) clock, slippers, old chest of drawers.
Compehension Passage 2:
Abel: It didn’t take you long…………………………………………………………….you’ve treated me.
Q 1: Where was Abel living after his wife’s death? ( )

Ans: a) With Henry Slater and Amelia Slater
b) With Ben Jordan and Elizabeth Jordan.
c) Some part of the time with the Slaters and some part of the time with the Jordans.
Q 2: Whom did Abel want to leave his bits of things according to his new will? ( )
Ans: a) To whoever Abel was living at the time of his death.
b) To Henry Slater and Amelia Slater.
c) To Ben Jordan and Elizabeth Jordan.
Q 3: Why did Mrs. Jordan invite Abel to live with them? ( )

Ans: a) Because Mrs. Jordan loved her father very much.
b) Because Mrs. Jordan wanted her father’s property.
c) Because Henry and Amelia were not taking good care of Abel.
Q 4: Mrs. Jordan said, “I don’t think father will fancy living with you after what’s happened today.”
What actually happened that day? ( )
Ans: a) The Slaters thought that Abel was dead and stolen his things unfairly.
b) Abel was dead.
c) There was a quarrel between Amelia and Elizabeth on that day.
Q 5: How did Abel feel about the way his daughters treated him? ( )
Ans: a) Abel felt very happy.
b) Abel was proud about the way his daughters treated him.
c) Abel was not happy about the way his daughters treated him.
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Abel: I’ll tell you what I’ve……………………………………………………..a pleasant surprise.
Q 1: Why did Abel want to meet his lawyer on the next Monday? ( )
Ans: a) To make a will
b) To change his will
c) To pay the insurance premium.
Q 2: Why did Abel want to go to St Philip’s Church on the next Monday? ( )

Ans: a) To offer prayers.
b) To attend a marriage.
c) To get married again.
Q 3: Mrs. Slater said, “He’s out of his senses”. Why did she feel like that? ( )
Ans: a) Because Abel was getting married again at this age.
b) Because Abel was going to change his will.
c) Because Abel was going to pay his insurance premium.
Q 4: What was the reason for Abel’s decision to get married again? ( )
Ans: a) Because Abel liked Mrs. John Shorrocks very much.
b) Because his daughters were not taking proper care of him.
c) Because he wanted to give his property to Mrs. John Shorrocks.
Q 5: Who was Mrs. John Shorrocks? ( b )

Ans: a) Able’s childhood friend.
b) Owner of the Ring-O-Bells.
c) Mother of Amelia and Elizabeth.
Unit II: Reading ‘C’: The Brave Potter (Q.Nos. 9 – 10)
You horrible beast!.....................................................................................................to a nearby tree.
Q 1: ‘You horrible beast! a voice screamed angrily’. Whose voice was that?
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Q 2: Why was the person so angry with the creature?
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Q 3: How did the tiger feel?
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Q 4: Why did the tiger shiver?
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Q 5: What did the tiger decide?
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Q 6: What did the tiger feel on his side?
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Q 7: Where did they stop?
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Q 8: What did the potter do with the tiger?
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Q 9: ‘You horrible beast’. What was the beast here actually? ( )

Ans: a) The old tiger
b) The potter’s donkey.
c) The leak
Q 10: ‘How dare you run away?’ Who was the speaker of these words? ( )
Ans: a) The woman.
b) The leak
c) The potter.
Q 11: Why did the tiger decide to do as he said? ( )

Ans: a) Because it was an old tiger.
b) Because the tiger thought that he would kill him.
c) Because the tiger wanted to make fun of the potter.
Q 12: Where did the mysterious creature take the tiger? ( )

Ans: a) To his home.
b) Into the forest.
c) To the battlefield.
The drunken potter didn’t notice……………………………………………………………………he fainted.
Q 1: What didn’t the drunken potter notice?
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Q 2: Why were the villagers amazed?
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Q 3: “Soon the news spread throughout the village”. What was the news?
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Q 4: Why did the villagers thank the potter?
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Q 5: What did the potter say to the villagers?
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Q 6: What didn’t the potter understand?
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Q 7: Why didn’t the potter notice the difference between the donkey and a tiger? ( a )
Ans: a) Because he was drunk.
b) Because he was innocent.
c) Because it was night time.
Q 8: Who looked in amazement at the potter’s house? ( c )

Ans: a) The tiger.
b) The potter’s wife.
c) The villagers.
Q 9: Why did the villagers praise the potter? ( b )

Ans: a) Because he changed his donkey into a tiger.
b) Because he caught the tiger.
c) Because he tied the donkey to a tree.
Q 10: How did the potter feel when he saw the tiger tied in his yard? ( a )
Ans: a) The potter fainted.
b) The potter felt very happy.
c) The potter was confused.
When they passed a young tree…………………………………………………….and found the letter.
Q 1: What did the potter grab?
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Q 2: Who saw the potter galloping towards the enemy camp?
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Q 3: What did the sentry think about the potter?
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Q 4: What did the sentry do when he saw the potter?
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Q 5: What did the frightened soldiers do?
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Q 6: Why did the enemy king write a letter?
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Q 7: Why did the potter grab the branch of a tree? ( )

Ans: a) To attack the enemy.
b) To stop the galloping horse.
c) To root out the tree.
Q 8: How was the potter galloping towards the enemy camp? ( )

Ans: a) with a branch in one hand and his reins in the other.
b) with a sword in one hand and his reins in the other.
c) with a tree in one hand and his reins in the other.
Q 9: How was the enemy camp when the potter reached there? ( )
Ans: a) The enemy camp was empty.
b) The enemy camp was full of soldiers.
c) The enemy camp was ready for the war.
Q 10: What did the potter find in the king’s tent? ( )

Ans: a) He found a letter in the king’s tent.
b) He found the king waiting for him.
c) He found the generals and soldiers in the king’s tent.
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Unit III: Reading ‘A’: The Journey
III 'A' THE JOURNEY

vacation, holiday, spare leisurely,
1 leisure free time time labour, work leisureliness
2 tire tedious fatigue, weary actie, lively tiresome, tiring
3 lethargy laziness Idleness, laziness energy, busyness lethargic
4 creep move silently crawl, slither dash, race --
5 far-off in the distance distantly, way off near, close --
6 obvious understandable clear, evident obscure obviously
7 terrain land, ground -- -- --
8 certain sure, selected sure, confident, some unsure, all uncertain, all
9 custom practice tradition, norm -- --
10 initial opening first, early final initially
11 dilly-dallying Indecision Wavering, vacillation decisiveness --
12 responsible answerable liable, accountable irresponsible responsibility
13 debt Balance due Liability, debit Credit, debtless --
14 shun turn away from avoid, reject allow --
15 amuse make laugh entertain, bore amusement
16 protest oppose oppose, object agree --
17 dissuade discourage prevent persuade --
18 plight troubles troubles, difficulty boon --
19 guilt fault fault, blame Innocence guilty
to say bye to
20 see-off someone -- -- --
21 belittle minimize criticise praise --
22 admire thinking highly of respect, appreciate disapprove admiration
23 consciousness awareness awareness, realization unconsciousness --
to make someone
24 Convince agree induce, dissuade --
25 reluctant unwilling unwilling willing, keen reluctantly
26 contentment satisfaction satisfaction, happiness discontent content
27 weary tired tired, worn out refreshed --
28 recede `go back withdraw, go back advance --
29 luxurious very comfortable comfortable, deluxe common, meager luxuriously
covered with
30 pebble-strewn pebbles -- -- --
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Reading Comprehension Passage1: (Q.Nos. 1 – 5)
Afters spending a leisurely Sunday…………………………………………………I had got into debts.
Q 1: How long did the narrator spend at home?
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Q 2: Why did the narrator come home?
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Q 3: Why didn’t the narrator want to go to his work place?
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Q 4: Who arranged the narrator’s marriage?
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Q 5: “But after some dilly-dallying, I finally decided…….”
What does the word ‘dilly-dallying’ mean?
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Q 6. Why did the narrator finally decide to go? ( )

Ans: a) He overcame his lethargy and decided to go.
b) Because his marriage increased his responsibilities and debts.
c) Because his job would be in risk if he didn’t go.
Q 7: What did the narrator think of initially? ( )

Ans: a) Extending his leave.
b) Taking his wife to his work place.
c) Resigning the job.
Q 8: What did the narrator realize? ( )

Ans: a) To extend his leave for some more period.
b) It was already five months into his marriage.
c) He had to carry his truck to Dirang.
Q 9: How did his parents arrange the narrator’s marriage? ( )

Ans: a) according to the opinion of the narrator.
b) according to the customs of the tribal society.
c) according to the opinion of the bride.
On my way home from the bust stop……………………………………………….would carry the chest.
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Q 1: Who carried the narrator’s trunk on his way home?

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Q 2: Where were all the villagers busy in?

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Q 3: What was the narrator?

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Q 4: Why did the narrator protest his father’s decision?

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Q 5: What was decided at the end?

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Q 6: What was the problem of the narrator according to the above text? ( )
Ans: a) He couldn’t find anyone to carry his trunk to Dirang.
b) Most of the villagers were busy in the fields.
c) His father came up with a solution.
Q 7: “My education had made me shun physical labour.”

What does the word ‘shun’ mean? ( )
Ans: a) weak physical labour
b) strong physical labour
c) to avoid physical labour
Q 8: The narrator’s trunk should be carried ------------------------------- ( )

Ans: a) from the bus stop to his home.
b) from his home to the bus stop.
c) from the bust stop to Dirang.
Q 9: “Finally, my father came up with a solution.”

What was the solution? ( )
Ans: a) His father found someone to carry the trunk.
b) His father would carry the trunk to the bus stop.
c) His father asked the narrator to carry his trunk.
‘Do you have a pair of old shoes?’……………………………………………Take care, write to us.
Q 1: ‘Do you have a pair of old shoes?’ Who is the speaker?
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Q 2: Why did he ask for a pair of shoes?
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Q 3: How were his father’s feet?
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Q 4: Why didn’t the speaker notice the uneven road?
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Q 5: What did the narrator notice for the first time? ( )

Ans: a) The pebble-strewn road.
b) The feet of an elephant.
c) His father’s feet.
Q 6: Why did the narrator check his wallet? ( )

Ans: a) To know that he had Rs. 40/- with him.
b) Because he wanted to buy his father a new pair of shoes.
c) Because he wanted to go to his work place.
Q 7: “My father protested.” What did he protest? ( )

Ans: a) Spending money on new shoes.
b) Giving him an old pair of shoes.
c) Giving him hunting boots.
Unit III: Reading ‘B’: ONCE UPON A TIME (POEM) (Q.Nos. 6 – 8)
Comprehension Exercise 1: Read the following stanza.
Once upon a time, son,

they used to laugh with their hearts
and laugh with their eyes:
but now they only laugh with their teeth,
while their ice-block-cold eyes
search behind my shadow.
Q 1: Who is speaking to whom? ( )

Ans: a) A father is speaking to his son.
b) A Son is speaking to his father.
c) People of the olden days are speaking to us.
Q 2: How were people in olden days? ( )

Ans: a) People used to laugh with their teeth.
b) People used to laugh with their hearts and eyes.
c) People used to laugh with their eyes and teeth.
Q 3: How are the people now? ( )

Ans: a) People only laugh with their hearts now.
b) People only laugh with their eyes now.
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c) People only laugh with their teeth now.
Q 4: What does the expression ‘ice-block-cold eyes’ mean? ( )

Ans: a) Black eyes. b) Bright eyes. c) Expressionless eyes.
Q 5: What is the mood of the poem? ( )

Ans: a) Nostalgia b) pessimistic c) gloomy
Q 6: What does the poet mean by ‘laughing with teeth?’ ( )

Ans: a) Natural and wholehearted laugh.
b) Unnatural / artificial / fake laugh
c) Laughing to show the beauty of their teeth.
Q 7: Which laugh is genuine? ( )
Ans: a) Laughing with hearts and eyes ( past)
b) Laughing with teeth (present)
c) Laughing with ice-block-cold eyes.
Comprehension Exercise 2:
There was a time indeed

they used to shake hands with their hearts:
but that’s gone son.
now they shake hands with without hearts:
with their left hands search
my empty pockets.
Q 1: How did people shake hands in the past? ( )

Ans: a) People used to shake hands without hearts.
b) People used to shake hands searching the empty pockets.
c) People used to shake hands with their hearts.
Q 2: “but that’s gone, son”….What was gone? ( )

Ans: a) The tradition of shaking hands without hearts.
b) The tradition of shaking hands with hearts.
c) The tradition of searching empty pockets.
Q 3: What does the speaker mean by ‘shaking hands without hearts?’ ( )

Ans: a) Unnatural / artificial / fake wish without emotions and warmth.
b) Natural wish with emotions and warmth.
c) Shaking hands with one hand in the pocket.
Q 4: What does the speaker mean by ‘search my empty pockets?’ ( )

Ans: a) Searching for money.
b) Estimating the financial status of that person.
c) Searching for gold and jewellery.
Q 5: What does the word ‘they’ refer to? ( )
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Ans: a) A father and his son.

b) The people in the past and now.
c) A son and the people.
But believe me, son.

I want to be what I used to be
when I was like you. I want
to unlearn all these muting things.
Most of all, I want to relearn
how to laugh, for my laugh in the mirror
shows only my teeth like a snake’s bare fangs!
Q 1: What does the speaker want to unlearn? ( )

Ans: a) The speaker wants to unlearn shaking hands with heart.
b) The speaker wants to unlearn all these muting things.
c) The speaker wants to unlearn laughing with eyes.
Q 2: What does the speaker want to relearn? ( )

Ans: a) The speaker wants to relearn to laugh without hearts.
b) The speaker wants to relearn to laugh with heart.
c) The speaker wants to relearn to shake hands without heart.
Q 3: What are the muting things according to the speaker? ( )

Ans: a) Expressionless things.
b) Expressive things.
c) Silent things.
Q 4: How does the speaker want to be? ( )

Ans: a) The speaker wants to learn muting things.
b) The speaker wants his teeth like a snake’s bare fangs.
c) The speaker wants to be what he used to be.
Q 5: How does the mirror show his teeth like? ( )

Ans: a) laughing with teeth.
b) laughing with hearth.
c) a snake’s bare fangs.
Q 6: “My teeth like a snake’s bare fangs.” What figure of speech is used here? ( )
Ans: a) Simile b) Metaphor c) Personification
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Unit III: Reading ‘C’: What Is My Name? (Q.Nos. 9 – 10)
A young woman…………………………………………………………………………What is my name?
Q 1: What are the qualities of the young woman before being a housewife?
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Q 2: “Look, ammadu, this is your home.” How did the housewife react to these words?
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Q 3: How did her husband praise her work?
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Q 4: How did she keep her house?
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Q 5: What were the housewife supplied with?
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Q6: Why did the young man marry that young woman? ( )
Ans: a) Because she was educated, quick-witted.
b) Because she was beautiful, intelligent and for the dowry also.
c) Because she was capable and elegant.
Q7: “Look, ammadu, this is your home.” Who said these words? ( )
Ans: a) The woman’s husband.
b) The woman’s father.
c) The woman’s mother.
Q8: Why did the housewife take swabbing as the chief mission in her life? ( )
Ans: a) Because she was very good at swabbing.
b) Because her husband appreciated her work in English.
c) Because she thought that it was her duty.
Q9: How did her husband appreciate the housewife? ( )

Ans: a) By supplying swabbing cloths.
b) By supplying muggu baskets.
c) By giving her a pat on her shoulder.
Q10: Pick out the word from the above text which means ‘splendid?’ ( )
Ans: a) ceaseless b) dexterous c) sumptuous
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During the night meal……………………………………………………………….he advised her.
Q1: What did the housewife request her husband during the night meal?
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Q2: What did her husband do?
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Q3: How does everyone call the housewife?
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Q4: How has her husband got used to call her ever since their marriage?
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Q5: What did her husband advise her?
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Q6: What was never happened so far in her husband’s opinion?
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Q7: Why did the housewife forget her name? ( )

Ans: a) Because she became old.
b) Because she was always busy with her household chores.
c) Because nobody called her by her name after marriage.
Q8: Why did her husband burst out laughing? ( )

Ans: a) Because his wife forgot her name.
b) Because he was a humorous person.
c) Because he remembered his name.
Q9: Why did the husband advise the housewife to find out her name in her certificates? ( )
Ans: a) Because he too forgot her name.
b) Because he didn’t want to tell her name.
c) Because he wanted her to find out on her own.
This friend was also like her……………………………………………………………confronted her.
Q1: What was the difference in lifestyles of the housewife and her friend?
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Q2: Who recognized the housewife?
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Q3: What did the friend do when she saw the housewife?
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Q4: How many friends were they altogether?
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Q5: What was the name of the housewife?
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Q6: How great was Sarada when she was a student?

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Q7: Why did the housewife’s friend remember her name and the names of her friends? ( )
Ans: a) Because swabbing and scrubbing was only a part of her life.
b) Because she was very intelligent.
c) Because swabbing and scrubbing was the sole purpose of her life.
Q8: How did the housewife feel when her friend called her by her name? ( )
Ans: a) Totally parched and dried up.
b) Getting a drink of cool water poured into her mouth.
c) About to die of thirst.
Q9: Pick out the word from the above text which means ‘dehydrated?’ ( )
Ans: a) Parched b) Incognito c) Confronted
Q10: Pick out the word from the above text which means ‘disguised/undercover?’ ( )
Ans: a) Parched b) Confronted c) Incognito
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Unit IV: Reading ‘A’: Rendezvous with Ray

IV ‘A’ RENDEZVOUS WITH RAY
1 unique only one of its kind matchless, distinctive common

a halt in a long
2 stop over journey pause go
3 en route on the way
4 acquaint make familiar accustom, tell hide, withhold acquaintance
5 fascinate put under a spell attract, charm, mesmerize discourage, disgust fascination
understanding,
6 insight observation vision, intuition ignorance insightful
7 accusation blame charge, allegation praise accuse
8 endorse give your support to sanction, approve, support oppose endorsement
9 reputation dignity, name, fame status, position, character Unimportance repute
10 depict give a picture of show, portray, illustrate -- depiction
11 enormous very large huge, vase, massive tiny enormously
12 arrogance self-importance pride, superiority humility, modesty arrogancy
13 convert Change Change, alter, adapt conversion
14 muster up improve rouse, develop calm, pacify --
valuable, worthy,
worthwhile useful unworthy
15 constructive
16 until up to awaiting -- --
17 discreet disconnected separate, isolated connected discreteness
18 massive very big huge, enormous, colossal tiny
physique, build, status,
19 stature size, tallness importance unimportance
20 intimidate terrorize frighten, scare calm, comfort intimidation
21 aloof unfriendly detached, distant friendly --
22 subtle understated slight, delicate obvious --
23 private Personal Confidential, secret public
24 culprit criminal criminal, offender -- --
25 colossus giant giant -- --
a statement that is
26 dictum believed to be true saying, maxim, -- --
using more words
27 verbose than needed Wordy, talkative taciturn --
Informative, teaching,
28 didactic educational moralizing -- --
29 deny disagree with reject, contradict agree denial
A person who
doesn’t know
30 agnostic whether God exists Atheist believer --
31 frail in poor health weak, fragile, feeble sturdy
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Unit IV: Reading ‘A’: Rendezvous with Ray(Q.Nos. 1 – 5)
Reading Comprehension Passage I:
Roberge does not endorse…………………………………………………………….Ray’s death in 1992.
Q1: How did Ray’s detractors accuse Ray?
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Q2: Why did Roberge come here?
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Q3: “The master director made his reputation by selling India’s poverty to the West.”
How did Roberge contradict this opinion of the detractors?
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Q4: Why did Roberge take 9 years to meet Ray in person?
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Q5: How long did their friendship last?
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6. Which poverty was depicted more in Ray’s films according to Roberge? ( )

Ans: a) Enormous spiritual poverty.
b) Material poverty.
c) Cultural poverty.
Q7. What did Roberge know in the process of knowing the world? ( )
Ans: a) Roberge knew the spiritual poverty in Ray’s films.
b) Roberge knew the material poverty in Ray’s films.
c) Roberge knew himself.
Q8. Pick out the word from the above text which means ‘critics?’ ( )
Ans: a) enormous b) detractors c) endorse
Q9. How did Roberge spend 9 years after reaching Calcutta? ( )

Ans: a) He mustered up his confidence to meet Ray in person.
b) Waiting for Ray’s appointment.
c) He watched Apu Trilogy.
Q10: How did Roberge prepare himself to meet Ray? ( )

Ans: a) By knowing the world.
b) By knowing him.
‘ c) By studying Ray’s works deeply.
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Ray’s screenplay manuscripts were an………………………………………….Tagore signed out.
Q1: What were an art by themselves?
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Q2: What does Roberge say about Ray’s manuscripts?
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Q3: What did Roberge find on one Sunday morning?
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Q4: Who had visited Ray that Sunday morning?
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Q5: Did Ray know the culprit?
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Q6: Why was Roberge stunned?
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Q7: How did Ray stride his time?
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Q8: Why did a few well-known personalities of the city visit Ray on one Sunday morning? ( )
Ans: a) To go through some of his manuscripts.
b) To discuss his latest movie.
c) To discuss a new project.
Q9: What did Ray find after they left his place? ( )
Ans: a) Roberge came to meet him.
b) The Charulatha screenplay missing.
c) Ray was disturbed.
Q10:Why was Ray not ready to take action against the culprit? ( )
Ans: a) Because he was not sure who the culprit was.
b) Because he knew that there would be no use.
c) Because he didn’t want to hurt the reputation of the person.
Q11: Who did Roberge compare Ray with? ( )
Ans: a) Other great directors of those times.
b) Rabindranadh Tagore.
c) Rajkapoor.
Q12: Pick out the word from the above text which means a person of great importance or ability.( )
Ans: a) colossus b) culprit c) Manikda
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Q13:” Roberge feels, Ray took off where Tagore signed out.” What does it mean? ( )
Ans: a) Tagore continued the philosophical work of Ray.
b) Ray continued the philosophical work of Tagore.
c) Tagore put his signature on Ray’s work.
The last time two friends met………………………………………………local talent for film making.
Q1: When did the two friends meet last?
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Q2: How was Ray when Roberge met him last?
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Q3: What were the last words of Ray to Roberge?
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Q4: What was the important fallout of their friendship?
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Q5: What was the role of Ray in Chitrabani?
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Q6: Why did Roberge collect funds from Canadian agencies?
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Q7: What did Chitrabani do under the directorship of Roberge?
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Q8: Ray said to Roberge, ‘Bhalo laglo (it was nice). What was nice according to Ray? ( )
Ans: a) Their friendship was nice.
b) The treatment was nice.
c) Ray’s career was nice.
Q9: Pick out the word from the above passage which means ‘result?’ ( )
Ans: a) establishment b) frail c) fallout
Q10: Who was the co-founder of Chitrabani? ( )

Ans: a) Gaston Roberge b) Satyajit Ray c) Rabindranadh Tagore
Q11: Where did Roberge arrange funds for Chitrabani? ( )

Ans: a) His own funds.
b) From Canadian agencies.
c) From Satyajit Ray.
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Q12: How long Roberge was the director of Chitrabani? ( )

Ans: a) for 26 years.
b) for 22 years.
c) for his life time.
Unit IV: Reading ‘B’: Maya Bazaar (Q.Nos. 6 – 8)
Fifty years ago…………………………………………………………………………………every frame of it.
Q1: What wouldn’t have the producers and the director imagined? ( )
Ans: a) They were unleashing a great movie.
b) They decided to make Maya Bazaar.
c) They made a bilingual film.
Q2: When was the movie released? ( )

Ans: a) Fifty years ago b) 1957 c) 100 years ago
Q3: What happened when the movie was released in 1957? ( )

Ans: a) It has been voted as the Greatest Indian Film in an online pole.
b) It became a landmark movie in the Telugu film industry.
c) It was the ‘magnum opus’ of Savitri.
Q4: Why did the film become hit? ( )

Ans: a) Because it was released in 1957.
b) Because it was watched repeatedly.
c) Because of the sterling performances of the actors.
Q5: What was the role of director KV Reddy in making the film a great success? ( )
Ans: a) He took NTR in the role Sri Krishna.
b) He was in full control over every frame of it.
c) He made it a bilingual movie.
It is a tribute …………………………………………………………………..in greeting people.
Q1: What is the movie a tribute to? ( )

Ans: a) Telugu culture, language and customs of the land.
b) The greatness of the director K V Reddy.
c) The sterling performance of the actors.
Q2: Why was the movie watched repeatedly? ( )

Ans: a) Because it was a mythological movie.
b) Because people identified every character of the film with someone in their real life.
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c) Because of the dialogues written by Pingali Nagendra Rao.
Q3: What do the audience do even today according to the passage? ( )

Ans: a) They are watching the movie repeatedly.
b) They are listening to the songs more often.
c) They identify every character of the film with someone in their vicinity.
Q4: What were people using in their conversation everyday? ( )

Ans: a) The dialogues written by Pingali Nagendra Rao.
b) The greatness of the actors.
c) Identifying the characters with them.
Q5: ----------------------was the lyricist of the movie. ( )

Ans: a) Sasirekha b) Pingali Nagendra Rao c) Suryakantham
Frame after frame……………………………………………………….Laahiri, laahiri, laahirilo
Q1: How does the movie impact the viewers? ( )

Ans: a) with similarities.
b) with the greatness of the director.
c) with Telugu atmosphere.
Q2: Where does the greatness of the director lie? ( )

Ans: a) in the selection of the actors.
b) in reducing all the characters to ordinary mortals.
c) in influencing the viewers with similarities.
Q3: We would never see------------------------------------------ throughout the film. ( )

Ans: a) Ghatothkacha b) the Kauravas c) the Pandavas
Q4: ------------------------- is a feast for the eyes and soul. ( )

Ans: a) Laahiri, laahiri lo…b) Maya Bazaar c) Telugu culture
Q5: What is the better way of teaching Telugu culture to NRI children? ( )
Ans: a) to show them recent movies
b) to show them Krishna and Ghatothkacha.
c) to show them Maya Bazaar.
Unit IV: Reading ‘C’: A Tribute (Q.Nos. 9 – 10)
Q1: What made Savtri to be recognized as a potential artiste?
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Q2: Why was Savitri offered a role by LV Prasad in the film Samsaram?
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Q3: Why was Savitri’s heroine role in Samsaram given to someone else?
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Q4: Who wrote the novel Devadas?
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Q5: What are the two different shades in the role played by Savitri in Devadas?
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Q6: What features of Parvathi/Savitri left an indelible imprint in the minds of cine lovers?
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Q7: What role was given to Savitri in the movie Pathalabhairavi? ( )

Ans: a) Heroine b) a song sequence c) full length role
Q8: Who recognized ‘a potential artiste’ in Savitri? ( )

Ans: a) L V Prasad b) Saratchandra Chattarjee c) A lot of film makers
Q9: How did Savitri feel on the sets on Samsaram? ( )

Ans: a) outstanding b) nervous c) expressive
Q10: Pick out the word from the above text which means ‘impossible to remove?’ ( )
Ans: a) indelible b) portray c) innocent
Q11: Which movie was considered as evergreen Telugu classic? ( )

Ans: a) Pathalabhairavi b) Samsaaram c) Devadas
Q12: How was the performance of Savitri in Devadas? ( )

Ans: a) marvellous b) considerable c) nervous
Savitri captured the audience……………………………………………..one of the greatest actresses.
Q1: How did Savitri capture the audiences?
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Q2: What was Savitri able to convey through her expressive eyes?
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Q3: How can the magic spell of her eyes be described?
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Q4: Which movie helped her to establish her place firmly as a star?
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Q5: Why was Savitri adored?
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Q6: What qualities of Savitri made her one of the greatest actresses?
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Q7. Her ------------------------ captivates everyone. ( )

Ans: a) mischievous look b) confident look c) painful look
Q8: Her look filled with ----------------------------------pierces the heart. ( )

Ans: a) fake anger b) real anger c) mischievous look
Q9: Pick out the word from the above text which means ‘countless (or) many.’ ( )
Ans: a) magnificent b) dimension c) myriad
Q10: What was the genre of the movie ‘Missamma?’ ( )

Ans: a) Tragedy b) Comedy c) Tragic comedy
Q11: ‘When I watch Savitri’s acting, I usually get doubts about my own acting.;
Whose statemernt was this? ( )
Ans: a) M.T.Rao b) Mary c) Meena Kumari
Savitri was awarded……………………………………………………………….CELLULOID LIVES ON.
Q1: What was Savitri awarded?
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Q2: What is the magnum opus of Savitri?
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Q3: How did Savitri prove her humanity?
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Q4: How did Dasari Narayanarao pay tribute to Savitri?
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Q5: How can we say Savitri is among us even now?
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Q6: Savitri received Presidential award for her performance in -------------------------- ( )

Ans: a) Mahanati b) Chivaraku Migiledi c) Kalimamani
Q7: Pick out the phrase from the above text which means ‘the greatest work.’ ( )
Ans: a) lion’s share b) unsurpassed legacy c) magnum opus
Q8: How did the Tamil industry honour Savitri? ( )

Ans: a) Mahanati b) Kalaimamani c) Magnum opus
Q9: How can we say Savitri’s passion for films was so strong? ( )
Ans: a) Savitri directed and produced a few films, in spite of certain adversities.
b) She acted in nearly 300 films.
c) Her career was 30 years long.
Q10: Savitri’s rise as a star is compared to ----------------------- ( )

Ans: a) versatility b) legacy c) meteor
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Unit V: Reading ‘A’: Environment

V ‘A’ ENVIRONMENT
1 excerpt piece extract, -- --

lessen, weaken,
2 degrade lessen downgrade upgrade, develop degradation
3 rehabilitation regenerate, restore Improvement, recovery Damage rehabilitate
4 Forested tree-covered woody, sylvan unforested --
5 Sustain keep going, carry on maintain, continue quit sustaineable
6 community group of people society, -- --
7 resources wealth assets, property -- resourcefulness
satisfied, subject
8 content matter happy, pleased discontent contenment
9 conflict clash, disagreement quarrel peace --
10 governance administration control, authority -- government
11 expense cost cost, payment income expensive
12 Pristine spotless clean, pure, -- soiled, dirty
13 exotic not native foreign, unusual familiar --
14 Diversity variey variey, difference uniformity diversion
plant life and animal
flora and fauna -- -- --
15 life
16 campaign attempt to win movement, fight -- --
17 restore Bring back rebuild, rehabilitate damage restoration
18 Vegetation plant life flora, foliage -- --
19 complicate make difficult confuse, obscure simplify complication
20 professional Skilled, trained expert, specialized amateur --
21 cultivate Growing plants Farm, grow, plant -- cultivation
create, generate,
22 produce outcome manufacture production
development. take
23 nurture care of raise, foster, develop -- --
24 germinate grow grow, develop -- --
25 transplant remove remove, relocate, shift -- transplantation
26 civic community public private --
27 competent able capable, skilled inept competency
28 transformation change change, alteration -- transform
Bargaining, give and
29 negotiation take Cooperation, compromise Confrontation negotiate
30 pride Self-importance Self-esteem, honour Humility, modesty
31 inspire encourage motivate, stimulate depress inspiration
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V ‘A’: ENVIRONMENT (Q.Nos. 1 – 5)
From the time we started…………………………………………………….concerned about their lives.
Q1: Where did Wangari Maathai start her work?
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Q2: What were they trying to do?
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Q3: What were the people asking Wangari Maathai for?
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Q4: What were the sources of water and rain?
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Q5: Where do all these basic needs come from? ( )

Ans: a) environment b) trees c) land
Q6: Why didn’t the rural people have those basic needs? ( )
Ans: a) Because of bad rainfall pattern.
b) Because of environmental degradation.
c) Because of the forested mountains.
Q7: What was the reason for shortage of water and a change of rainfall pattern? ( )
Ans: a) Deforestation b) Reforestation c) Poor governance
Q8: How can the basic needs in plenty be made available for the people in the rural areas? ( )
Ans: a) Only through deforestation .
b) Only through environmental rehabilitation.
c) Only through government.
Q9: What can sustain their livelihoods? ( )

Ans: a) Good environment b) Mountains c) Deforestation
When I was ………………………………………………………………………….flora and fauna.
Q1: How was the environment when Wangari Maathai was a child?
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Q2: Why did the British government cut the indigenous forests?
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Q3: What are the disadvantages of commercial plantation?
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Q4: How do the pines and the eucalyptus grow?
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Q5. Pick out the word from the above text which means ‘fresh and clean.’ ( )
Ans: a) pristine b) diversity c) flora and fauna
Q6: What is the advantage of commercial plantation as mentioned in the paragraph? ( )

Ans: a) flora b) commercial timber c) fauna
Q7: Flora and fauna disappeared due to ------------------------------------ ( )

Ans: a) indigenous forests b) commercial plants c) timber industry
Q8: Pick out the word from the above text which means ‘animals of a particular region.’ ( )
Ans: a) flora b) pristine c) fauna
Women work on the farms……………………………………………………building materials.
Q1: Why did Maathai choose women for the environmental rehabilitation?
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Q2: How did she convince the women for the plantation?
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Q3: Why did Maathai give them plastic bags?
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Q4: Why did Wangari Maathai call the women ‘foresters without diplomas?’
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Q5: Why did the women respond well to Maathai’s message?
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Q6: According to Maathai the germination of seeds can easily be done by putting the seeds
even ------------------------- ( )
Ans: a) in old broken pots b) in plastic bags c) in the soil
Q7; ‘In the beginning it was difficult.’ What was difficult? ( )

Ans: a) talking to the women b) growing plants c) collecting firewood
Q8: “…they became very competent foresters.” Who were ‘they?’ ( )
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Ans: a) people in the rural areas b) government officers c) women work on the forms
Q9: How do trees grow in tropics? ( c )

Ans: a) very tall b) very deep c) very fast.
For me my greatest activity…………………………………………………..after we are gone.
Q1: What is Maathai’s greatest activity?
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Q2: What does Maathai say about a tree?
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Q3: What is Maathai’s opinion about planning trees?
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Q4: What do we plant when we plant a tree? ( )

Ans: a) wonderful symbol b) hope c) environment
Q5: What will last even long after we are gone according to Maathai? ( )
Ans: a) trees b) future c) fauna
Unit IV: Reading ‘B’: Or Will the Dreamer Wake? (Poem) (Q.Nos. 6 – 8)
Out in the East……………………………………………………………..Or will the dreamer wake?
Q1: What does the jungle listen? ( )

Ans: a) The tigress’ growl b) The growls of cubs c) The shaking of trees
Q2: Why does the tigress growl in pain? ( )

Ans: a) It was facing the danger of extinction.
b) It was fighting with other animals.
c) It was giving birth to her cubs.
Q3: Why could these cubs be the last cubs ever? ( )

Ans: a) Because they are on the verge of extinction.
b) Because they are migrating to another place.
c) Because aliens are coming to the earth.
Q4: Who is the dreamer? ( )

Ans: a) The tigress b) The man c) The Government
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Q5: What does the word ‘grandchild’ refer to? ( )

Ans: a) Next generation b) The grandchild of the poet c) The cubs
Q6: Why doesn’t the grandchild know the tiger? ( )

Ans: a) Because the grandchild doesn’t like the tiger.
b) Because the tiger is going to extinct.
c) Because the tigers are migrating.
Deep in Ocean………………………………………………………………And did the dreamer wake?
Q1: When do whales sing according to the stanza? ( )

Ans: a) When they are happy
b) When they give birth to their babies.
c) When they are swimming.
Q2: Which moment the thousands of creatures wait for? ( )

Ans: a) Whale song b) Solemn birth of the baby whale c) grand child
Q3: Why could this child sing the final whale song? ( )
Ans: a) Because they go deep in the ocean.
b) Because they are going to another ocean.
c) Because they are on the verge of extinction.
Q4: What are the four directions mentioned in the poem? ( )

Ans: a) Terrestrial, polar, aerial and aqua.
b) East, West, North and South
c) North-East, North-West, South-East, South-West
Q5: What could be the last true moment? ( )

Ans: a) Present b) Past c) Future
Q6: “This could be our last true moment”…What does the poet mean by this? ( )
Ans: a) Because the world is going to decay.
b) Because the man has to wake up to protect the environment.
c) Because the whale is going to die.
Q7: “Knowing the truth, our choices make”….What is truth? ( )

Ans: a) The nature is being destroyed by the man.
b) The man is rehabilitating the environment.
c) The nature is being destroyed by the grandchild.
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Unit V: Reading ‘C’: A Tale of Three Villages (Q.Nos. 9 – 10)

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Koko Village, Nigeria:
“They came on a Wednesday……………………………………………..…………are our neighbours.
Q1. When did they come?
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Q2: How long did they take to unload the lorries?
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Q3: What did they give to the Chief?
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Q4: Who told them that the drums contained poisonous chemical?
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Q5: Where did the drums come from?
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Q6: How were the people of Koko Village affected by the poisonous chemicals?
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Q7: Why did they give a brown paper bag to the chief?
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Q8: What might be there in the brown paper bag? ( )

Ans: a) Money b) Permission letter c) Receipt
Q9: What did the drums contain? ( )

Ans: a) Paints b) Poisonous chemical c) crude oil
Q10: What did the villagers appeal the government? ( )

Ans: a) To take the drums away b) To provide medical facility c) To shift them to a safer place
Q11: What did the Chief say to them? ( )

Ans: a) To remove the drums b) To appeal the government c) To move to another place
Q12: ‘They came on a Wednesday.’ Who are ‘. in the above sentence? ( )

Ans: a) The Chief and his men b) The men who brought poisonous chemicals.
c) Thomas Agonyo and his friends.
Ponnimanthuri Village, India:
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“I can remember the time…………………………………………………………….nothing will grow.
Q1: How were the fields around Ponnimanthuri village according to the speaker?
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Q2: What did they say to the villagers about their future?
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Q3: What is the process of making the animal skin into leather called?
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Q4: How does ‘tanning’ affect the environment?
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Q5: What didn’t they tell the villagers?
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Q6: Her voice spluttered because…….. ( )

Ans: a) she was very angry
b) she was very rich
c) she was very happy
Q7: The woman compared those factories to monsters because… ( )
Ans: a) They resulted a great loss to all the people.
b) The men folk of the village got jobs and became rich.
c) They were permanent buildings.
Q8: These chemicals are discharged into ---------------------from those chimney stacks. ( )
Ans: a) air b) environment c) river
Q9: What would the chemicals do? ( )

Ans: a) They would poison the fields.
b) They would go into the air.
c) They would become clouds.
Vorobyoy Village, Ukraine (formerly USSR)
“It happened on April the 26……………………………………………………..roads with water.
Q1: When did it happen?
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Q2: Why did the speaker remember the date?
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Q3: Why didn’t they worry about the explosion?
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Q4: Why was Natasha in tears?
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Q5: Why did the loudspeaker van announce to wash down their houses and roads?
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Q6: What could they see coming from the reactor? ( )

Ans: a) flames b) white smoke c) gas
Q7: What did the children play with on that Sunday? ( )

Ans: a) Radioactive dust b) Play things c) Football
Q8: The loudspeaker van came to the village to tell the people----- ( )
a) to keep children away and not to touch the radioactive dust.
b) to announce the explosion of Chernobyl.
c) to carry the people away from the village.
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Unit VI: Reading ‘A’: My Childhood

S.No
Word Meaning Synonyms Antonyms Other form
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1 innate inborn inborn, natural extrensic --
2 generosity kindness kindness, charity selfish generous
3 ideal perfect perfect, model imperfect --
4 ancestral hereditary inherited descendant ancestor
5 austere simple and plain simple, rigid, strict flexible --
6 isolate separate detach, segregate attach, join isolation
7 pride self-esteem Dignity, arrogance humility
Conventional, Unorthodoxy,
8 orthodox traditional orthodoxy
accepted unconventional
9 ritual formal procedure Ceremony, habit -- ritually
10 perturb upset disturb, trouble quite --
11 hesitate be uncertain waver, falter continue hesitation
12 confront meet head-on tackle, face avoid confrontation
Extraordinary,
13 unprecedented unmatched ordinary --
unique
14 optimism hopefulness hopefulness pessimism optimist
15 conviction a strong belief, opinion faith, belief doubt convict
16 segregation separation Separation, isolation integration segregate
17 conservative old-fashioned traditional changeable --
innocent
18 harmless, blameless guiltless, pure, naive guilty innocent
tolerance
19 patience patience, lenience intolerance tolerant
20 regret feel sorry apologize for comfort --
21 quit leave give up, stop stay --
22 longing desire desire, wish --
VI: ‘A’: MY CHILDHOOD (Q.Nos. 1 – 5)

Reading Comprehension Passage I:
I was born into a middle-class………………………………………………materially and emotionally.
Q1: Who is the speaker? / Whose autobiography is this?/Who is ‘I’ in the passage?
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Q2: Why did Kalam have a high regard for his father?
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Q3: Who was Ashiyamma? What did she use to do?
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Q4: Where did the speaker live?
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Q5: Why did the speaker’s father avoid all inessential comforts and luxuries?
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Q6: What were provided for the family members?
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Q7: How was the speaker different from his parents in terms of physical appearance?
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Q8: The speaker’s parents were generous. How can we say that? ( )
Ans: a) Because they had neither much formal education nor much wealth.
b) Because they fed many people every day.
c) Because they possessed great innate wisdom.
Q9: How many outsiders did she feed every day? ( )

Ans: a) equal to the number of their family members
b) more than their family members.
c) less than their family members.
Q10: What kind of childhood did the speaker have? ( )

Ans: a) luxurious b) insecure c) secure
Q11: Pick out the word from the above text which means ‘kindness.’ ( )
Ans: a) generosity b) austere c) ancestral
Q12: Who is the ideal helpmate to whom according to the speaker? ( )

Ans: a) Ashiyamma to Jainulabdeen
b) Jainulabdeen to Ashiamma
c) Kalam to Jainulabdeen
Q13: What is the island town mentioned in the text? ( )

Ans: a) Tamilnadu b) Rameswaram c) Madras
One day when I was in the fifth………………………………………………………this young teacher.
Q1; When did a new teacher come to the their class?
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Q2: What couldn’t the new teacher stomach?
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Q3: What did the new teacher ask Kalam?
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Q4: How did Kalam and Ramanadha Satry feel about the new teacher’s order?
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Q5: Why did d Lakshmana Sastry ask the new teacher either to apologize or to quit the school?
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Q6: What did the two friends do when they went back home that day?
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Q7: What made the new teacher to feel sorry and to reform his attitude?
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Q8: The sacred thread is a mark of a ------------------------ ( )

Ans: a) Muslim b) Hindu c) Christian
Q9: Why was Kalam asked to go to the last bench? ( )

Ans: a) Because the new teacher was a Hindu.
b) Because the new teacher was a Muslim.
c) In accordance with the social ranking as the new teacher saw.
Q10: Who summoned the new teacher? ( )

Ans: a) Lakshmana Sastry b) Jainulabdeen c) The Headmaster
Q11: What did Lakshmana Sastry bluntly ask the teacher? ( )

Ans: a) apologize the boys b) quit the school c) either to apologize or to quit the school
Q12: What did the new teacher do at the end? ( )

Ans: a) He resigned the job
b) He regretted his behaviour.
c) He left Rameswaram.
Q13: Pick out the word from the above text which means ‘depressed.’ ( )
Ans: a) downcast b) conviction c) intolerance
One day, he invited me to ………………………………………………………….with her own hands.
Q1: Who invited Kalam for a meal?
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Q2: What did Iyer do when his wife resufed to serve Kalam?
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Q3: What did Iyer’s wife do when Kalam visited their house the next week?
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Q4: Why did Iyer’s wife serve Kalam with her own hands during his second visit?
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Q5: Why did Iyer’s wife refuse to serve Kalam? ( )
Ans: a) Because she never serve anybody.
b) Because she was angry with his husband.
c)Because she was horrified at the idea of a muslim boy being invited to dine in her ritually
pure kitchen.
Q6: Why didn’t Iyer get angry with his wife? ( )

Ans:a) Because he knew such problems have to be confronted when one wanted to change the
system.
b) Because his wife refused to serve Kalam in her kitchen.
c) Because Iyer never got angry with his wife.
Q7: What did Iyer’s wife observe from behind the door? ( )
Ans: a) How Iyer was serving Kalam.
b) How Kalam ate rice and cleaned the floor after the meal.
c) How her kitchen was spoiled.
Q8: Why did Kalam hesitate to answer Iyer’s invitation to come again the next weekend?( )
Ans: a) Because Kalam understood that Iyer’s wife didn’t like inviting him.
b) Because Kalam was busy next weekend.
c) Because Kalam felt uncomfortable at their home.
Q9: “Once you decide to change the system, such problems have to be confronted.”
Which problem was Iyer talking about? ( )
Ans: a) His wife’s refusal to serve a muslim boy
b) Their tradition.
c) The new teacher’s behaviour.
Q10: Pick out the word from the given text which means ‘to deal with a situation.’ ( )
Ans: a) perturbed b) hesitation c) confront
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Unit VI: Reading ‘B’: A Plea for India (poem) (Q.Nos. 6 – 8)
We, Indians, are proud to be a strong nation,

our roots, we declare, cannot be shaken.
Then why these fights,
which leave us in poor plight?
Irrespective of region,
forget the castes
which makes us loose our charm
Q1: Why are we proud of our country? ( )

Ans: a) Because India is a big nation.
b) Because India is a good nation.
c) Because India is a strong nation.
Q2: What cannot be shaken? ( )

Ans: a) Our roots b) Our land c) Our nation
Q3: Our roots cannot be shaken? What does the poet mean by this? ( )
Ans: a) Our trees have deep roots.
b) Deep sense of patriotism.
c) Indians are kind hearted people.
Q4: What do these fights leave us in? ( )

Ans: a) poor plight b) a strong nation c) prosperity
Q5: What makes us lose our charm? ( )

Ans: a) fights b) castes c) religion
Q6: Pick out the word from the above stanza which means ‘a difficult situation.’ ( )
Ans: a) charm b) declare c) plight.
Let’s ignore the selfish call of the each region,

and listen for once to the call of the nation.
Why do we spend our time bickering
when so many tasks need finishing?
Don’t we have better things to do
than indulge in creating problems anew?
Q1: What shall we ignore? ( )

Ans: a) The call of the nation.
b) The call of the leader.
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c) The selfish call of the each region.
Q2: Why should we ignore the selfish call of each region? ( )

Ans: a) Because we should encourage regional differences.
b) Because we should not encourage regional differences.
c) Because we should listen to our leaders.
Q3: How should not we spend our time according to the poet? ( )
Ans: a) We should spend our time bickering.
b) We should not spend our time bickering.
c) We should spend our time leisurely.
Q4: Why should not we spend our time bickering? ( )

Ans: a) Because there are many tasks to be finished.
b) Because we should listen to the selfish call of each region.
c) Because we should listen to the call of our nation.
Q5: Which word in the above stanza suggest that ‘argue about things that are not important?’ ( )
Ans: a) indulge b) region c) bickering
Then let our minds throw out the rot,

and devote our time to pious thoughts,
Let us control the riots,
which leave us with no choice,
but to hang our heads in shame,
and say we have miserably failed.
Q1: What should be thrown out of our minds? ( )

Ans: a) pious thoughts b) the rot c) riots
Q2: What is the rot according to the poet? ( )

Ans: a) narrow and destructive thoughts b) honest thoughts c) pious thoughts
Q3: What make us to hang our heads in shame? ( )

Ans: a) the rot b) the riots c) miserable thoughts
Q4: What is the best way to spend our time according to the poet?
How should we spend our time? ( )
Ans: a) encouraging riots b) throwing out the rot c) pious thoughts
Q5: What is shame for us? ( )

Ans: a) to control the riots b) not to control the riots c) discouraging the riots.
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Unit VI: Reading ‘C’: Unity in Diversity (Q.Nos. 9 – 10)
India, a country of many ethnic groups,……………………………………………vision of the whole.
Q1: What kind of a country is India?
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Q2: What account for these variations and diversities in India?
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Q3: What is the desirable goal of the people of India?
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Q4: Why are the superficial observers likely to be bewildered by?
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Q5: What do the superficial observers fail to discover?
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Q6: What have people sought to develop to achieve unity amidst diversity? ( )
Ans: a) several religions b) sects and beliefs c) common links and uniting bonds
Q7: “They fail to discover…………” What does the word ‘they’ refer to? ( )
a) Many ethnic groups.
b) Veritable tongues.
c) Superficial observers.
Q8: How can one rise one’s vision of the whole? ( )

a) With superior interpretation
b) With the astonishing variety of Indian life.
c) With the goal of unity amidst diversity.
India has one hundred and fifty dialects………………………………………West appears insignificant.
Q1: How many recognised languages does India have?
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Q2: Which is our national language?
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Q3: Which language is understood all over India now?
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Q4: What are we inheritors of?
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Q5: Who have left behind a tradition of piety, penance, spiritual greatness etc.?
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Q6: What did our saints aspire to?

Ans: Our saints aspired to the realisation of the infinite.
Q7: How many dialects does India have? ( )

Ans: a) 22 dialects b) innumerable c) 150 dialects
Q8: Which language is the lingua franca of our nation? ( )

Ans: a) English b) Hindi c) Sanskrit
Q9: What are the storehouses of spiritual wisdom? ( )

Ans: a) Our scriptures b) Our heritage c) Our sculpture
Q10: What have we inherited? ( )

Ans: a) Material progress b) Spiritual values c) Western culture
Q11: Pick out the word from the above text which means ‘self-punishment’ ( )
Ans: a) piety b) realisation c) penance
The great symbol of dance ………………………………………………..society and community
Q1: Who is depicted in sculpture and poetry as Natarja?
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Q2: Where was the classical theatre performed in India?
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Q3: What did the classical plays combine?
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Q4: What is we heir to?
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Q5: Which aspect of India are the West increasingly turning to now?
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Q6: What is the responsibility of our younger generations?
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Q7: What paradox do we find in the West now?
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Q8: Who is the Cosmic Dancer according to the given text? ( )

Ans: a) Nataraja b) God c) Shiva
Q9: Which genre was discouraged in the classical plays? ( )

Ans: a) Tragedy b) Comedy c) Dance
Q10: Which strand do we find through out the country? ( )

Ans: a) classical theatre b) strand of cultural unity c) diversity in unity
Q11: We should not get dazed by the -------------------------------------- ( )

Ans: a) Material achievement of the West.
b) Cultural unity of our country.
c) Cosmic Dancer.
(STUDY SKILLS) READING COMPREHENSION (Q.Nos. 11 – 15)
Q.No. 1- 5: Comprehension Passage: (independent source)
(a tabular form, a pie chart, a bar chart or a tree diagram . 2 – wh questions, 2 MCQs, 1
choosing correct statement)
Ex. 1: Read the following data carefully. 5x1=5M

S.No. State Literacy rate Male Female
(2011 censes Literacy Literacy
Rate (2011 Rate (2011
Census) Census)
1 Andaman & 86.30% 90.10% 81.80%
Nicobar Islands
2 Andhra Pradesh 67.70% 75.60% 59.70%
3 Arunachala Pradesh 67.00% 73.70% 59.60%
4 Assam 73.20% 78.80% 67.30%
5 Bihar 63.80% 73.50% 53.30%
6 Chandigarh 86.40% 90.50% 81.40%
7 Chattisgarh 71.00% 81.50% 60.60%
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 77.70% 86.50% 65.90%
9 Daman & Diu 87.10% 91.50% 79.60%
10 Delhi 86.30% 91.00% 80.90%
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Now, answer the following.

(1) What information is given in the table?
(2) Which state or union territory has the highest literacy rate?
(3) Which two states or union territories occupy the first two places in female literacy rate?
(i) Andhra Pradesh and Bihar
(ii) Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Chandigarh
(iii) Delhi and Chandigarh
(4) Which state or union territory has the least male literacy rate?
(i) Aranachal Pradesh
(ii) Andhra Pradesh
(iii) Bihar
(5) Identify the true statement from the following basing on the data given in the table.
(i) Andhra Pradesh has more percentage of female literates than Assam.
(ii) Delhi and Chandigarh have the same percentage of literacy.
(iii) Male literacy percentage is more than the female literacy rate in all the states or
union territories.
Ex. 2: Read the following tree diagram carefully. 5x1=5M
Now, answer the following.

(1) How do you define literature?
(2) What are the main branches of literature?
(3) Which branch of literature has maximum number of sub branches?
(i) Poetry
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(ii) Drama
(iii) Novel
(4) Comedy comes under .......................
(i) Poetry
(ii) Drama
(iii) Short Story
(5) . Choose the correct statement based on the information given in the Tree Diagram.
(i) There are four kinds of novels.
(ii) Poetry is imaginative and non-realistic.
(iii) Comedy and Tragedy are two wings of Drama.
Ex. III: Read the following table carefully. 5 x 1 = 5M
Table comparing Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar
Information Lara Tendulkar

Batting style Left handed Right handed
Bowling style Right-arm leg break/off
Right-arm leg-break
break/medium
ODI Shirt Number 9 10
Full Name Brian Charles Lara Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
ODI Not Outs 32 41
ODI Debut 9 November 1990; (v 18 December 1989; (v.
Pakistan) Pakistan)
Date of Birth 2-May-69 24-Apr-73
ODI Runs 10405 18426
Role Batsman Batsman, part-time bowler
Sport Cricket Cricket
Country West Indies India
Now, Answer the following questions.
1) How old was Tendulkar when he entered One Day International (ODI)?
2) How many times did Brian Lara batted till the end of the innings ?
3) Tendulkar ….
i) bowls and bats with right hand.
ii) bats with left hand and bowls with right hand.
iii) bowls with left hand and bats with right hand.
4) Brian Lara scored ….
i) above 11000 runs
ii) more than 10000 runs and less than 12000 runs.
iii) 10504 runs
5) Which of the following statements is true according to the above passage.
i) The two batsmen belonged to the same country.
ii) Both have the same number of ODI not outs.
iii) The two batsmen have their debut matches against the same country.
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Ex. 4: Read the following bar chart carefully 5x1=5M
Aging population in 1985 and the prediction of the same in 2035 in 4 U.K. countries.
Now, answer the following questions.

(1) In which country was the population aged 65 and over exceeds 15% in 1985?
(2) What information is depicted in the bar chart given above?
(3) Which country has the lowest percentage of aged population in 1985?
(i) Scotland (ii) England (iii) Northern Ireland
(4) Which country would have the highest percentage of aged people in 2035?
(i) Whales (ii) England (iii) Northern Ireland
(5) Choose the correct statement basing on the information provided in the above bar chart.
(i) There would have been no population aged 65 and over in the countries of the U. K. in
2035.
(ii) There would have been a great decrease in population aged 65 and over in all
countries of the U.K. by 2035.
(iii) There would have been incensement in population of aged 65 and over in all
countries in the U. K. by 2035.
SECTION – B
(Grammar & Vocabulary)
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Q.No. 16. Combine the sentences using Relative clause / Non-finite clauses
(Ref : Units - 1 & 5) 2M
(Syllabus reference: Relative clauses (Reference: Unit - 1)
1. Nick lives in Los Angeles. He was born in Austrilia. (Who)

Ans:___________________________________________________________________
2. Nick met Bethany Hamilton. She taught him surfing. (Who)
Ans:___________________________________________________________________
3. Bethany taught Nick surfing. She had her arm bitten by a shark. (Who)
Ans:___________________________________________________________________
4. Victoria is a precocious girl. She is the only daughter of the Slaters. (Who)
Ans:___________________________________________________________________
5. Edison failed 10000 times. He invented the light bulb. (Who)
Ans:___________________________________________________________________
6. Nick has a small foot on his left hip. It helps him balance and enables him to kick. (Which)
Ans:_______________________________________________________________________
7. Nick read a newspaper article. It made him realized. (Which)
Ans:____________________________________________________________________
8. ‘The Viswambhara’ is a popular book. It was written by Dr.C.Narayanareddy. (Which)
Ans:_____________________________________________________________________
9. The meeting was held in the town hall. It was a great success. (Which)
Ans:_____________________________________________________________________
10. The express train is going to Delhi. It has just arrived. (Which)
Ans:_____________________________________________________________________
11. Napolean won the French honour. He died at St. Helena. (Who)
Ans:___________________________________________________________________
12. Paris is a beautiful city. I visit it every year. (Which)
Ans:____________________________________________________________________
13. Sachin was trained by Ramakanth Achrekar. Ramakanth Achrekar was a great coach. (Who)
Ans:__________________________________________________________________________
14. Apples are grown in Kashmir. They are very delicious and nutritious. (Which)
Ans:____________________________________________________________________
15. Nick had a low centre of gravity. It helped him balance well. (That)
Ans:___________________________________________________________________
16. I had something good. I wanted to concentrate on. (That)
Ans:___________________________________________________________________
17. Smart phone is a great invention. It helps us in many ways. (That)
Ans:___________________________________________________________________
18. Monalisa is a great painting. It was painted by Leo Nardo Davinci. (That)
Ans:____________________________________________________________________
19. Infosys is the largest IT company in India. It was founded by Narayanamurthy. (That)
Ans:____________________________________________________________________
20. Cuckoo is a bird. It sings melodiously. (That)
Ans:____________________________________________________________________
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Q.No. 17. Change the following sentence into passive voice. 2M
1. We can do it before they come. (model paper)

Ans:_______________________________________________
2. You ought to keep your premises clean.
Ans: _______________________________________________
3. They shifted the bureau down.
Ans: _______________________________________________
4. A sentry from the enemy camp saw the potter.
Ans: _______________________________________________
5. Nick was giving a speech.
Ans: _______________________________________________
6. Victoria closes the door after her.
Ans: _______________________________________________
7. Roberge founded Chitrabani.
Ans: _______________________________________________
8. He invited me to his home for a meal.
Ans: _______________________________________________
9. We have inherited great spiritual values.
Ans: _______________________________________________
10. We had planted those trees.
Ans: _______________________________________________
11. Ray would invite Roberge for private screenings.
Ans: _______________________________________________
12. My father will find a solution.
Ans: _______________________________________________
13. Father had provided for my education.
Ans: _______________________________________________
14. Samsuddin helped me earn my first wages.
Ans: _______________________________________________
15. Bethany taught Nick how to surf.
Ans: _______________________________________________
16. The housewife scrubbed the floor spotlessly clean.
Ans: _______________________________________________
17. Please close the door.
Ans: _______________________________________________
18. Open the window.
Ans: _______________________________________________
19. Don’t beat the dog.
Ans: _______________________________________________
20. Don’t pluck the flowers.
Ans: _______________________________________________
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Q.No. 18: Combine the sentences using the linkers given in the brackets.
(Ref : Units - 3, Page 92 & Unit 6 Page 192) 2 Marks
1. It is an interesting city. We are going to visit it again. (SCERT model paper qn.) (such….that)
Ans:_____________________________________________________________________
2. Narayanamurthy was a brilliant student. He got a good rank in IIT entrance exam. (such…that)
Ans:____________________________________________________________________________
3. Savitri was a talented artiste. She was honoured with the title Mahanati. (such…that)
Ans:___________________________________________________________________________
4. It was a beautiful painting. He bought it at once. (such…that)
Ans:___________________________________________________________________________
5. Nick could do 360 degree spin easily. He has a low centre of gravity. (as)
Ans:____________________________________________________________________
6. Ours is a hilly terrain. We don’t have any motorable roads. (as)
Ans:____________________________________________________________________
7. Ray lost his Charulatha screenplay. He was in a disturbed mood. (as)
Ans:_____________________________________________________________________
8. He came out. His friend called him. (as)
Ans:_____________________________________________________________________
9. He woke up late. He missed the school bus. (since)
Ans:_______________________________________________________________________
10. I was wearing a pair of canvas shoes. So I had not noticed that the road was uneven.(since)
Ans:________________________________________________________________________
11. The new teacher ordered Kalam to go to the last row. Kalam went to the last row. (since)
Ans:________________________________________________________________________
12. There was nobody in the village to carry the author’s luggage. Everybody was engaged in
some important work. (because)
Ans:__________________________________________________________________________
13. Ray didn’t want to take action against the culprit. He didn’t want to hurt the reputation of that
person. (because)
Ans:___________________________________________________________________________
14. The Slaters pinched the bureau. Mrs. Slater liked it very much. (because)
Ans:___________________________________________________________________________
15. Nick tried to drown himself in the bath. He was 10 years old then. (when)
Ans:__________________________________________________________________________
16. The second world war broke out in 1939. I was eight years old then. (when)
Ans:__________________________________________________________________________
17. Abraham Lincoln failed many times in his life. Finally he became the President of the USA
(in spite of)
Ans:___________________________________________________________________________
18. Thomas Edison failed approximately 10000 times. He invented the light bulb. (in spite of)
Ans:___________________________________________________________________________
19. Nick has no arms and legs. But he can play football and golf. (although)
Ans:________________________________________________________________________
20. The narrator didn’t want to go. But he finally decided to go. (although)
Ans:________________________________________________________________________
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Q.No. 19. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions given in the bracket. 2 X 1 =2M
Syllabus reference: Compound Prepositional Phrases (Unit 2): Prepositions (Unit 4)
1. Anand goes to school ................................... (along with / in spite of/ instead of) Rambabu daily.
(SCERT model paper)
2. I always go to movies ___________(by means of / in case of / along with) my family members.
3. Tomorrow will be a holiday ___________( in place of / on account of / for the sake of) the
children’s day.
4. The President wished all the Indians ________________(on account of / due to / ahead of)
The New Year’s Day.
5. Satya Nadella became the CEO of Mycrosoft _________( apart from / in place of / by means of)
his intelligence and hard work.
6. You will become perfect singer only ___________( by means of / along with / in addition to )
regular practice.
7. ______________( In spite of / Apart from / for the sake of) school work, I write poetry.
8.There was no major damage, ________(apart from / in spite of / in place of) some windowpanes.
9. Our team has completed the project well _______________ (by means of / by way of / ahead of)
the deadline.
10. Intelligent students are always ______________ (ahead of / along with / on account of) rest of
the students in the class.
11. There is a big banyan tree ______________ (for the sake of / due to / in front of) our house.
12. Virat Kohli is appointed as the Captain _____________( in place of / in spite of / in case of)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
13. I am going to play tomorrow __________ (in spite of / in place of / along with) the injured
Player.
14. Lincoln became the President of the USA _____________ (for the sake of / in spite of / due to)
his failures throughout his life.
15. Kapil Dev bowled well and made Indian win __________ (in spite of / ahead of / by means of)
Injury.
16. Use the staircase _______________ (in case of / along with / due to) fire.
17. You may call 104 _______________ (in spite of / in addition to / in case of ) help for COVID 19
treatment.
18. The teacher explained the concept clearly ___________ (by way of / in accordance with / due to)
demonstration.
19.The match was cancelled ____________ (in case of / for the sake of / due to) bad weather.
20. I was absent to school for 3 days ___________ (due to / in spite of / in place of) ill health.
21. Abdul Kalam dedicated his life _____________ (for the sake of / in addition of / due to)
development of Missile Technology in India.
22. In the Kargil war our Indian soldiers fought ferociously____________ (in front of / in place of /
for the sake of) our country.
23. _____________ (In addition to / in case of / for the sake of) a competitive salary, the company
offers other attractive benefits to its employees.
24. He acted ______________(in accordance with / in spite of / in place of) his belifs.
25. Cancellation charges will apply________________ (in accordance with / due to / by means of )
the existing rules.
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(b) 1. This factory belongs ....................... (by / to /of ) my friend’s father. (SCERT model paper)
2. Abel was fond ___________ (of / at / for) Jimmy.
3. Her parents are proud __________ (about / of / at) her.
4. Abhishek Bachan married ______(with / to / for) Aiswarya Roy.
5. My friend is very good ______ (at / in / with) English.
6. This book different _______ (for / from / out) the original book.
7. Out Headmaster is very keen _____ (for / in / on) discipline.
8. Benaras is famous ______ (about / for / from) silk sarees.
9. This aircraft is capable ______ (in / of / at) going with a speed of 3000 kms per hour.
10. That careless driver is responsible ______ (for / about / from) the accident.
11. We should believe ______ (with / in / to) God.
12. Don’t shout _____ (out / of / at) others.
13. In every beginning think ____ (at / for / of) an end.
14. I agree ________ (with / to / from) you to a certain degree.
15. I will agree _____(with / to / from) your proposal.
16. Animals depend ______ (in / on / at) plants for their food.
17. It will take time for her to recover _________( from / for / to) illness.
18. Lions belong ______ (for / into / to) the cat family.
19. I want to apply _______ (for / into / about) the job.
20. A lot of students suffer ________ (with / from / for) exam nervousness.
21. He was unaccustomed _________(into / to / with) hard work.
22. I am afraid _____ (about / of / to) darkness.
23. I don’t want to argue _____(with / for / at) you.
24. This book is dedicated ______(for / at / to) my parents.
25. He was shocked _____ (at / to / of) her smoking.
26. I was shocked _______(at / to / of) hear the bad news.
27. Can I talk ____ (for / to / with) you for a minute?
28. The animals were terrified _____ (by / of / to) the storm.
29. I am fond ____ (of / at / in) sweets.
30. We must be loyal _____ (to / at / into) our motherland.
31. Don’t refer ____ (to / in / about) the matter again.
32. I guess it may be similar ____ (with / to / at) Hindu culture.
33. She is bad _____ ( at / to / for) English.
34. Listen ____ (at / to / for ) your teacher carefully.
35. Don’t be jealous______ ( of / about / at) others.
Q.No.20: Fill in the blanks with correct form of verbs

(Ref : Units 2, 3 & 4) 2×1=2M
1. She .............................. (buy) a new car yesterday. (SCERT model paper)

2. I ............................................ (know) her for nearly four years. (SCERT model paper)
3. After she ................... (complete) her work, she .............. (go) to bed. (SCERT model paper)
4. I ............................... (do) my homework. I am free now.
5. When I went to the railway station, the train ...............already.................. (leave)
the station.
6. The guard ............................. (hurl) the young man since he ................ (do) a mischievous
thing.
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7. It’s time we ............................ (go) to bed.

8. Look! The ground is wet. It ......................................... (rain).
9. Michael Phelps of USA ----------- (win) 28 Olympic medals in his career.
10. The hero kicked the comedian since the comedian ------------------ (do) mischievous things.
11. P.V.Sindhu ---------------- (win) a silver medal in Rio Olympic games in badminton.
12. As all the actors ------------- (take) their positions, they curtain rose.
From Unit II (page no. 66 of the reader)
13. “Is your brother in?”

“No, he isn’t He ___________________ (go) to Chennai.”
“When _________ he __________ (go) to Chennai?”
Yesterday.
14. “I ________ (lose) my pencil. _______ you ___________ (see) anywhere?”

“No, I _________. When ___________ you last _________ (use) the pencil?”
“I ____________ (use) it when I was in the class.”
“Perhaps you _____________ (leave) it in the class.
15. A: ______________ Madhu ________________ (not arrive) yet?

B: No, he _____________________
C: But he ______________ already ________________ (arrived)
B: __________ you___________ (talk) to him?
C: No, I _____________. I merely ______________ (see) him.
B: That cannot be Madhu. He may have been somebody else.
Q.No. 21. Giving advice using modal verbs or suggestion basing on the given context
(textual / unseen) 2 marks
1: Your friend is waking up late these days. Advise him to wake up early to prepare well for the
exams.
Ans:______________________________________________________________________
2. Your neighbour has been throwing the rubbish onto the road. Advise him to put it to the
rubbish dump.
Ans:______________________________________________________________________
3. Your brother is appearing for a competitive exam. Advise him to read English news paper daily.
Ans:______________________________________________________________________
4. Your friend has started smoking recently. Advise him not to smoke.
Ans:______________________________________________________________________
5. Your friend is crazy about consuming soft drinks which are hazardous. Advise him to take
coconut water instead of soft drinks.
Ans:______________________________________________________________________
6. Your friend always teases a physically challenged boy in your class. Advise him to stop
teasing physically challenged people.
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Ans:______________________________________________________________________
7. Your friend does not wash his / her hands before taking his / her lunch. You think it is not a good
habit. Advise him / her to wash hands before taking lunch. (SCERT model paper)
Ans:______________________________________________________________________
8. Your uncle has put on a lot of weight these days. Advise him to do yoga daily.
Ans:______________________________________________________________________
9. Your uncle is going on a pilgrimage to Tamilnadu. Advise him to learn a few words in Tamil.
Ans:______________________________________________________________________
10. You have completed your examinations. Your friends and you wanted to enjoy the day.
How would you suggest your friends to see a movie.
Ans:______________________________________________________________________
Q.No. 22. Changing a sentence into a polite request (textual / unseen) …..2 marks
1. A student to a teacher: Allow me to come in. (SCERT model paper)

Ans:__________________________________________________________________
2. You to a stranger: Where is the Railway Station?
Ans:__________________________________________________________________
3. You have to leave school a bit earlier today as you have got a doctor’s appointment.
How would you request your teacher?
Ans:__________________________________________________________________
4. I want to know the spelling of the word………..
Ans:__________________________________________________________________
5. You to a stranger: Show me the way to the cinema theatre.
Ans:__________________________________________________________________
6. You to your neighbor: ‘bring these medicines.’
Ans:__________________________________________________________________
7. You to your teacher: ‘ help me to fill this application form for scholarship.’
Ans:__________________________________________________________________
8. You to a stranger: allow me to use your mobile.
Ans:__________________________________________________________________
9. You to your friend: drop at the airport.
Ans:__________________________________________________________________
10. You to your friend: lend me Rs. 1000
Ans:__________________________________________________________________
Q.No. 23. Identifying the appropriate function that the given expression performs.
(textual / unseen) 2 x 1 = 2 marks
What do the following sentences mean? Choose the correct answer and write it in your answer book.
1. You must attend the classes.
A) Offering ( ) B) Obligation ( )
C) Giving information ( ) D) Suggestion ( )
2. Shall I make a cup of coffee for you?
A] Expressing inability ( ) B] Offering ( )
C] Expressing capacity ( ) D] Expressing doubt ( )
3. Shall I carry this bag for you?
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(A) Asking information ( ) (B) Offering help ( )

(C) Giving information ( ) (D) Proposing ( )
4. It’s time we went home.

A) Giving advice ( ) B) Making a suggestion ( )
C) Questioning ( ) D) Seeking information ( )
5. Board of directors said: Examinations might be in a new pattern.

(A) Possibility ( ) (B) Seeking information ( )
(C) Advising ( ) (D) certainty ( )
6. Learn most of the things through discussions.
A) Prediction ( ) B) advice ( )
C) Order ( ) D) Warning ( )
7. You had better consult a doctor.
(A) Giving information ( ) (B) Offering help ( )
(C) Giving advice ( ) (D) Proposing ( )
8. It’s time we saw the movie.
A) Giving advice ( ) B) Making a suggestion( )
C) Questioning ( ) D) Seeking information ( )
9. Shall I make tea for you?
(A) Asking information ( ) (B) Offering ( )
(C) Giving information ( ) (D) suggestion ( )
10. Can I eat one more idly?
A) Giving advice ( ) B) Making a suggestion ( )
C) Seeking permission ( ) D) Seeking information ( )
11. “Road under repair….take diversion.’
(A) Caution ( ) (B) Order ( )
© Advise ( ) (D) offer ( )
12. “How about going to a movie tonight.”

(A) Request ( ) (B) Order ( )
© Offer ( ) (D) suggestion ( )
13. A sign board in a bank says ‘beware of pick pockets.’
(A)Caution ( ) (B) Order ( )
© Advise ( ) (D) offer ( )
14. “When will be next bus to Amaravathi?”
(A) Thanking ( ) (B) Order ( )
© Enquiring ( ) (D) Request( )
Q.No. 24: Read the Paragraph and write the synonyms of the underlined words choosing
from the words given in the box. (Syllabus reference: ‘A’ Readings)4 x 1 = 4 marks
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Ex. 1: (SCERT Model Paper)
Prolonging, wedding, traditions, community, first, moved
My parents had arranged my marriage (a) according to the customs of our society (b). Time
flew and five months into my marriage. I realized it. Initially © I thought of extending (d) my
leave even taking unpaid leave.
(a) ____________ (b) _______________ (c) ____________ (d) ________________
Ex.2: fame, prove, shown, critics, prosperity, approve
Roberge does not endorse (a) the accusation of Ray's detractors (b) that the master
director made his reputation (c) selling India's poverty to the West. "What struck me
most was not the material poverty depicted (d) in the films, but the enormous spiritual
poverty of some rich people is much more deplorable than material poverty," he said.
Answers:
(a) ____________ (b) _______________ (c) ____________ (d) ________________
Ex. 3: bewildered, forecast, carry, departed, gift, steal
Henry: Mother and I are going to bring (a) grand father’s bureau down here.
Victoria: Are you planning to pinch (b) it?
Henry: ( shocked) (c) No, my child. Grandpa gave it to your mother before he died (d)
Victoria: This morning ?
Answers:
(a) ____________ (b) _______________ (c) ____________ (d) ________________
Ex.4:
dissuade, satisfaction, unwillingly, persuade, opposed, willingly
My father protested (a). ‘Give me an old pair. You don’t have to spend money on new shoes.’ I
couldn’t convince (b) him to buy a new pair. Reluctantly (c) I gave him the hunting boots I was
wearing. I then took out my pair of leather shoes from the trunk, and noticed my father’s face
lighting up with contentment (d).
(a) -------------------- (b) ------------------------------- (c) -------------------- (d)-------------------
Ex. 5: determination, attitude, belief, support, national, tests,
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The challenges (a) in our lives are there to strengthen (b) our convictions (c). They are not
There to run us over”, said Nick. In 1990 Nick won the Australian Young Citizen of the Year
Award for his bravery and perseverance (d).
(a)______________ (b) _________________ (c) _________________ (d) ________________
Ex. expectation, despair, understand, bravery, discouraging, motivational,

6:
‘I realised (a) why God had made us like this – to give hope (b) to others. It was so
inspirational © to me that I decided to use my life to encourage other people and give them
the courage (d) that the article had given me.
(a)_______________ (b) __________________ (c) _______________ (d) _________________
Ex. 7: plants, animals, wood, vanish, demolish, appear
All the flora and fauna disappeared (a). So although we were getting commercial timber (b) for
The growing timber industry, we also destroyed © our local flora and fauna (d).
(a) _________________ (b) ______________ (c) _________________ (d) ________________
Ex. 8: pollution, unusual, homegrown, foreign, pure, atmosphere,

When I was a child, which is almost more than fifty years ago, the environment (a) was very
pristine, (b) very beautiful, and very green. We were a British colony, and the British government
at that time started clear cut the indigenous © forest in our forested mountains because they wanted
to establish commercial plantations of exotic (d) species of trees.
(a) ______________ (b) _______________ (c) _______________ (d)_____________
Ex.9:
needs, fortunate, simple, serious, unnecessary, amenities,
My austere (a) father used to avoid all inessential (b) comforts and luxuries (c).
However, all necessities (d) were provided for, in terms of food, medicine or clothes.
(a)______________ (b) _______________ (c) _______________ (d)____________
Ex.10:
flexible, traditional, firm, separation, unity, revolutionary,
On the whole, the small society of Rameswaram was very rigid (a) in terms of the
segregation (b) of different social groups. However, my science teacher Sivasubramania Iyer,
though an orthodox © Brahmin with a very conservative wife, was something of a rebel. (d)
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Q.No.25: Read the paragraph and match the word under ‘A’ with their antonyms under ‘B’.
(Syllabus reference: ‘A’ Readings) 4x1=4
Ex. 1: Father had provided for my education, and I had been able to realize his dreams. My
parents were truly proud (a) of me. It was through me that they had earned (b) a greater degree of
admiration and respect (c) from the villagers. He was stronger and more skilled (d) than I in these
matters.
‘A’ ‘B’
(a) proud ( ) 1. achieved

(b) earned ( ) 2. lost
(c) respect ( ) 3. inexperienced
(d) skilled ( ) 4. contempt
5. humble
6. complicated
Ex. 2: A large (a) crowd gathered at our place the day I was to leave. People had come (b) to wish
me luck. It was 10.20 when I left for Dirang. My father had already left. As I had to do a bit of
catching up, I walked fast (c). Three kilometres down the road, I caught up with my father. Father
said, 'You are late (d). Would you like to rest for some time?'
‘A’ ‘B’
(a) large ( ) 1. go
(b) come ( ) 2. lost
(c) fast ( ) 3. early
(d) late ( ) 4. slow
5. proud
6. small
Ex. 3: In the beginning (a) it was difficult (b) , but they soon gained (c) confidence and they
became very competent (d) forester.
‘A’ ‘B’
(a) beginning ( ) 1. easy

(b) difficult ( ) 2. lost
(c) gained ( ) 3. inept
(d) competent ( ) 4. ending
5. manage
6. unsuccessful
Ex. 4 At age ten Nick tried to drown himself in the bath but luckily the attempt was
unsuccessful. ‘I felt there was no purpose when you lack purpose and strength (a). It is
hard (b)to hold on,’ he said. But with the help of his religion, friends and family, Nick
managed to pull through to become a symbol of triumph (c) over adversity (d)
Answers:
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‘A’ ‘B’
(a) strength ( ) 1. prosperity

(b) hard ( ) 2. weakness
(c) triumph ( ) 3. competent
(d) adversity ( ) 4. Soft
5. purpose
6. defeat
Ex 5: Mrs. Slater: Don’t look so daft. (a) Why not?

Henry: It doesn’t seem delicate, (b) somehow.
Mrs.Slater: We could put that shabby © old chest of drawers upstairs (d) where the
bureau is Now. Elizabeth could have that and welcome. I’ve always wanted to
get rid of it.
Ex 6: Many wars that are fought in the world are fought over natural (a) resources. Some
wars are fought because the environment is so degraded (b) that it is not able (c) to support
communities and so they fight over the little (d) that is left.
‘A’ ‘B’
(a) natural ( ) 1. large

(b) degraded ( ) 2. unnatural
(c) able ( ) 3. small
(d) little ( ) 4. ability
5. upgraded
6. unable
Ex 7: It was a very quiet (a) friendship that developed over years. Manikda was a shy (b)
Person and always very discreet about displaying his emotions,” said Roberge. Though
To outsiders, Ray’s massive © stature-physical and intellectual-might have made him come across
as cold, aloof (d) and even intimidating.
‘A’ ‘B’
(a) quiet ( ) 1.friendly

(b) Shy ( ) 2.tiny
(c) massive ( ) 3. proud
(d) aloof ( ) 4.great
5. outgoing
6. noisy
Ex 8: Ray was almost sure (a) who the culprit was. “I asked him whether he was planning to take
any action, and he said no, and explained to me that he did not want to hurt (b) the reputation of the
person. I was absolutely © stunned by his humane (d) concern.
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‘A’ ‘B’
(a) sure ( ) 1. certain

(b) hurt ( ) 2. extremely
(c) absolutely ( ) 3. inhumane
(d) humane ( ) 4. doubtful
5. soothe
6. somewhat
Ex 9: My austere (a) father used to avoid (b) all inessential (c) comforts (d) and luxuries.
However, all necessities were provided for, in terms of food, medicine or clothes.
‘A’ ‘B’
(a) austere ( ) 1. essential

(b) avoid ( ) 2. serious
(c) inessential ( ) 3. gentle
(d) comfort ( ) 4. escape
5. face
6. discomfort
Ex 10: On the whole, the small society of Rameswaram was very rigid in terms of the
segregation (b) of different (c) social groups. However, my science teacher Sivasubramnia Iyer,
though an orthodox (d) Brahmin with a very conservative wife, was something of rebel.
‘A’ ‘B’
(a) rigid ( ) 1. unorthodox

(b) segregation ( ) 2. same
(c) different ( ) 3. stiff
(d) orthodox ( ) 4. integration
5. conventional
6. flexible
Q.No.26: Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words given in brackets. 4 x 1 = 4M
(Syllabus reference: ‘A’ Readings)
Ex 1: One important fallout of this .................................... (a) (friendship / friendliness/friendly)

was the establishment of Chitrabani a .................................. (b) (communicative / communication/
communicate) and film institute, the first of its ................................. (c) (kindness / kind/ kindly) in
West Bengal, which Roberge ................... (d) (found /founded/ foundation) in 1970. (SCERT)
Ex 2: His parents…………………………..….(a) (decision / decided / decide ) not to send him to

a ………………………………....(b) ( specially / specialization / special ) school –a decision he
said was very ………………..(c) ( hardly / hard / hardness ) for him, but which may have been the
best decision they could have …………………………(d) ( make / making / made ) for him.
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Ex 3: Nick’s father was a computer ……………….(a) (programming / programme / programmer)

and …………….(b) (account / accountable /accountant ) and he taught his little son how to type
with his toe at just 6 years old. His mum ………………….(c) (inventive / invention / invented ) a
special plastic device that meant he could ………..(c) (holding / holder / hold ) a pen and pencil.
Ex 4: Henry : (………..……(a ) ( stupefying / stupefied / stupid ) I wouldn't care to.

Mrs. Slater : Don't look so …………..…..( b ) ( daftly /daft /dafter). Why not?
Henry : It doesn't seem ……….……( c) ( delicately /delicateness / delicate ), somehow.
Mrs. Slater : We could put that………….….(b).( shabbiness / shabbily / shabby ) old chest of
drawers upstairs where the bureau is now.
Ex 5: After spending a…………….…(a) (leisure/ leisurely/leisured ) Sunday at home, the very

thought of returning to work on Monday is ……….……(b) ( tired/ tiring/tiredness ). Lethargy creeps
in if the holiday continues over an …………….…….(c) ( extended/extension/extending ) period.
That is how I felt when I was …………..…..(d) (prepared /preparing/preparedly ) to return to my
place of work after spending six months at home.
Ex 6: I ………….…(a) ( quickness /quick /quickly ) sat down on a rock. My father laughed at my

plight. ‘So this little distance has ………….(b) (tire / tiresome/ tired ) you? Rest for a while. But we
have to be in time for the bus. Father was……………(c) ( quiet/quietly/quietness ) for some time.
He ……..…(d) ( thoughtful/ thoughtfulness / thoughtfully )looked at the sun for a moment,
Ex 7: At the same time, good ……..……( a) ( manage /management/managing) of the

………………..……(b) ( naturally/nature /natural ) resources is not …………..(c) ( possibly
/possibility /possible ) if you do not have ……………….(d) ( democracy / democratically
/democratic ) space, respect for human beings, respect for human rights, giving other people dignity.
Ex 8: All the flora and fauna …….……(a) ( disappearance / disappeared / disappear). So

although we were getting ……....(b) (commercially / commercial /commerciality ) timber for the
growing timber ………...(c ) industrial / industry/ industrially ), we also destroyed our
……………..….(d) (local / locally / locality ) flora and fauna.
Ex 9: I inherited …………..(a) ( honest / honesty / honestly ) and self-discipline from my father;

from my mother, I inherited ………………..(b) ( faith / faithlessness / faithfulness) in goodness and
……………...(c ) ( depth/deep /deeply )kindness and so did my three brothers and sister. I had three
……………….(d) ( closely /close / closeness ) friends in my childhood Ramanadha Sastry,
Aravindan and Sivaprakasan.
Ex 10: He……….…(a) ( blunt / bluntness / bluntly)asked the teacher to either apologize or quit
the school and the island. Not only did the teacher regret his behaviour but the ………………….(b)
( strongly / strong / strength ) sense of conviction Lakshmana Sastry conveyed ……………..……(c)
( ultimately/ ultimate / ultimation ) reformed this …………………...(d) ( youth / youngster / young)
teacher.
Q.No. 27: Complete the following words with vowel clusters i.e.
ei, ie, ou, ee, ea, ai, ia, eu, oo, ui, au, . (Syllabus reference: ‘A’ Readings).2 x 1 = 2 M)
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Ex 1: His distr _ _ght mother couldn’t bring herself to hold him until he was f _ _ r years old.
Ex 2: When I was 13, I r _ _ d a newspaper article about a disabled man who had managed to
ach _ _ ved great things.
Ex 3: We could put that shabby old chest of drawers upst _ _ rs where the bur _ _u is now.
Ex 4: And when I came in I f _ _ nd him undressed sure en _ _ gh and snug in bed.
Ex 5: That fact that I was to leave behind my newly-wed wife and go to a far-off place did
not help _ _ ther. Obvi _ _ sly I did not want to go.
Ex 6: I q _ _ ckly sat down on a rock. My father l _ _ ghed at my plight.
Ex 7: I didn’t want to just go and see him like he was a living mus _ _ m p _ _ce.
Ex 8: The greatest mark of Ray’s apprec _ _ tion for him was that he often addressed the French-
speaking pr _ _st in Bengali.
Ex 9: Many wars that are fought in the world are f _ _ ght over natural res _ _rces.
Ex 10: Because they wanted to establish commerc _ _ l plantations of exotic spec _ _s.
Ex 11: When the women said they needed firew _ _d and b _ _ lding material, we responded
to that need.
Ex12: He bluntly asked the teacher to _ _ther apologize or q _ _ t the school.
Q.No.28: Complete the words with correct suffixes given in brackets. 2 x 1 = 2 M

Ex 1: (a) Nick put the engage .......................... (mant / ment) ring on Kanae’s finger with his mouth.
(b) The image of weeping when I shifted to the last row left a lasting impre ................. (sion / ssion)
on me.
Ex 2: In 1990 Nick won the Australian young citizen award for his (a) brav________ (ary / ery)
(a) persever __________ (ence / ance)
Ex 3: (a) Henry: There’s no jewell _______ (ery / ary) or valuables of that sort.
(b)Victoria goes out reluct ________ (antly / ently)
Ex 4: (a) It was through me that they had earned a greater degree of admira ________ (sion / tion)
and respect from the villagers.
(b)Ours is a hilly terrain without any motor ________ (able / eble) roads.
Ex 5: (a) Eduaction had made me shun physical lab______ (our / or)
(b) I was physically use_______ (less / les)
Ex 6: (a) One important fallout of their friendship was the establish ________ (ment / mant)
of Chitrabani, a (b) communica __________ (sion / tion) film institute.
Ex 7: (a) How do you think you can influ _________ (ence / ance) the rest of Africa?
(b) And the other transforma ________(sion / tion) I saw was the willingness of people.
Ex 8: One leg is peace, the other leg iss good (a) govern________ (ance / ence) and the third
leg is (b) sustain________ (able / eble) management of resources.
Ex 9: (a) He possessed great innate wisdom and a true genero_______(city / sity) of spirit.
(b) I used to collect the seeds and sell them to a provi ______ (sion / son) shop.
Ex 10: (a) The first casualty came in the form of the suspen_______ (tion / sion) of the train halt
at Rameswara station.
(b) The new teacher regretted his behav______ (iour / our)
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Q.No. 29: Find the wrongly spelt word and write the correct spelling. 2 x 1 = 2 M
Ex 1: (a) bureu appealed shabby pinch Ans: ___________

(b) except caught arranged certainity Ans: ___________
Ex 2: (a) decision disability occurrence pregnency Ans: ___________
(b) distraght strength perseverance motivation Ans: ___________
Ex 3: (a) tongue conviction creature daugter Ans:____________
(b) desision computer strength fantastic Ans: ___________
Ex 4: (a) arogance, confidence, analysis, insight Ans :___________
(b) bureau, announcement , primium, insurance Ans: ___________
Ex 5 (a) straight, affair, quarral, kitchen Ans :___________
(b) marriage , education , lugage, language Ans: ___________
Ex 6: (a) perseverence different magazine dictum. Ans : ___________
(b) moustache vigoros delicate guess Ans : ___________
Ex 7: (a) preist cinema insight poverty Ans:__________
(b) acusation detractor quest convert Ans:__________
Ex 8: (a) museum dialoge stature appreciation Ans:__________
(b) colossus didactic verbose dictam Ans:__________
Ex 9: (a) sustain resources environmant protect Ans:__________
(b) pristine, indigenus commercial fauna Ans:__________
Ex 10: (a) generosity auster luxuries comfort Ans:__________
(b) suspension specifik apologize intolerance Ans:__________
Q.No. 30: Dictionary Entry----- 2 marks
Ex.1: SCERT Model paper:
1 What are the two synonyms of the word ‘annoy’ as mentioned in the above entry?
Ans: _______________________________
2. What is the part of the speech of the word ‘annoy’?
Ans: _______________________________
Ex 2: SCERT Model Paper
1. What is the part of speech of the word ‘lethargy’?
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Ans: _____________________________________
2. What is the synonym of word ‘lethargy’ as mentioned in the above entry?
Ans: ________________________________________________________
Ex 3:
1. What is the antonym of the word ‘pious’ as mentioned in the above entry?
Ans: _____________________
2. What is the adverbial form of the word ‘pious’ as mentioned above?
Ansa; _____________________
Ex. 4:
conviction /noun/ con·vic·tion | \ kən-ˈvik-shən \
Definition of conviction
1: the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law
2a: a strong persuasion or belief
b: the state of being convinced
3a: the act of convincing a person of error or of compelling the admission of a truth
b: the state of being convinced of error or compelled to admit the truth
Synonyms - assurance, certainty, confidence, doubtlessness, surety
Antonyms -- doubt, incertitude, uncertainty
1. What is the part of speech of the word ‘conviction’?

Ans: _____________________________________
2. Write two antonyms of the word ‘conviction’ as per the above entry.
Ans: ____________________________________________________
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Ex 5 : Read the following dictionary entry of the word ‘conviction’ given below.
pristine /ˈprɪstiːn , ˈprɪstʌɪn/ ▸ adjective in its original condition; unspoilt:
pristine copies of an early magazine.
▪ clean and fresh as if new; spotless:
a pristine white shirt.
– DERIVATIVES
pristinely adverb
– ORIGIN mid 16th century (in the sense ‘original, former, primitive and undeveloped’): from Latin
pristinus ‘former’. The senses ‘unspoilt’ and ‘spotless’ date from the 1920s.
SYN: pure, spotless ANT: soiled
Now, answer the following questions using the information above. 2x1=2
1. What is the antonym of the word ‘pristine’ as mentioned in the above entry?
Ans: ________________________________
2. What is part of the speech of the ‘pristine?’
Ans: ________________________________
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Ex 6 : Read the following dictionary entry of the word ‘distraught’ given below.
distraught /dɪˈstrɔːt / ▸ adjective = very worried and upset:

distraught parents looking for a runaway teenager
he is terribly distraught.
– ORIGIN late Middle English : alteration of the obsolete adjective distract (from Latin distractus
‘pulled apart’), influenced by straught, archaic past participle of stretch.
1. What does the word ‘distraught’ mean as per the above entry?
Ans: _______________________________
2. What was the origin of the word ‘distraught’ as per the above entry?
Ans: _______________________________
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Ex 7 : Read the following dictionary entry of the word ‘dexterous’ given below.
dexterous /ˈdɛkst(ə)rəs / (also dextrous) ▸ adjective showing or having skill, especially with the
hands:
a dexterous keyboard player.
– DERIVATIVES
dexterously /ˈdɛkst(ə)rəsli / (also dextrously) adverb
dexterousness /ˈdɛkst(ə)rəsnəs / (also dextrousness) noun
– ORIGIN early 17th century (in the sense ‘mentally adroit’): from Latin dexter ‘on the right’ + -ous.
SYN: agile, handy ANT: clumsy, inept
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1. What is the part of speech of the word ‘dexterous?’
Ans: ___________________________
2. What are the antonyms of the word ‘ dexterous’ as mentioned in the above entry?
Anbs: __________________________________
Ex 8 : Read the following dictionary entry of the word ‘austere’ given below
austere /ɒˈstɪə , ɔːˈstɪə / ▸ adjective (austerer, austerest) severe or strict in manner or attitude:
he was an austere man, with a rigidly puritanical outlook.
▪ (of living conditions or a way of life) having no comforts or luxuries:
conditions in the prison could hardly be more austere.
▪ having a plain and unadorned appearance:
the cathedral is impressive in its austere simplicity.
– DERIVATIVES
austerely /ɒˈstɪəli , ɔːˈstɪəli / adverb
– ORIGIN Middle English : via Old French from Latin austerus, from Greek austēros ‘severe’.
1. What is the sentence given in the above entry using ‘austere?’
Ans: ______________________________________________
2. What is the origin of the word ‘austere’ as per the above entry?
Ans: ______________________________________________
Ex 9 : Read the following dictionary entry of the word ‘myriad’ given below
myriad /ˈmɪrɪəd / ▸ noun 1 a countless or extremely great number of people or things:

myriads of insects danced around the light above my head.
2 (chiefly in classical history) a unit of ten thousand:
the army was organized on a decimal system, up to divisions of 10,000 or myriads.
▸ adjective countless or extremely great in number:
he gazed at the myriad lights of the city.
▪ having countless or very many elements or aspects:
the myriad political scene.
– ORIGIN mid 16th century (in myriad (SENSE 2 OF THE noun)): via late Latin from Greek
murias, muriad-, from murioi ‘10,000’.
1. What are the two parts of speech of the word myriad?

Ans: ______________________________
2. What is the meaning of the word ‘myriad?’
Ans:______________________________
Additional information:
1. BrEdenotes British English

2. NAmE denotes North Ameriacan English
3. U C denotes Uncountable and Countable Noun
4. AWL denotes Academic Word List
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5. sth denotes something

6. sb denotes somebody
Q.No. 31: Arrange the following under correct heading: 8x¼=2

(Reference: Units 1, 2, 3, 4)
Ex. 1: lethargy, protest, decide, worry, spend, carry, certainty, plight
State Action
1. ........................................ 1. ..........................................
2. ........................................ 2. ..........................................
3. ........................................ 3. ..........................................
4. ........................................ 4. ..........................................
Ex. 2: programmer, kitchen, institute, field, prophet , citizen , porter, museum

Persons Places
1. ........................................ 1. ..........................................
2. ........................................ 2. ..........................................
3. ........................................ 3. ..........................................
4. ........................................ 4. ..........................................
Ex. 3: Datum, media, axis, bases, syllabus, erratum, theses, crises

Singular Nouns Plural Nouns
1. ........................................ 1. ..........................................
2. ........................................ 2. ..........................................
3. ........................................ 3. ..........................................
4. ........................................ 4. ..........................................
Ex. 4: crisis, drawers, slippers, syllabus, thesis, convictions, countries, fungus
Singulars Plurals
1. ........................................ 1. ..........................................
2. ........................................ 2. ..........................................
3. ........................................ 3. ..........................................
4. ........................................ 4. ..........................................
Ex 5: bye bye, dilly dally, chit chat, tata, papa, ha ha , ping pong, tick tock
Duplicative Expressions Alliterative Expressions
1. ........................................ 1. ..........................................
2. ........................................ 2. ..........................................
3. ........................................ 3. ..........................................
4. ........................................ 4. ..........................................
Ex 6: valiant, sullen, obnoxious, generous, confident, idealistic, lazy, sarcastic
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Positive Qualities Negative Qualities
1. ........................................ 1. ..........................................
2. ........................................ 2. ..........................................
3. ........................................ 3. ..........................................
4………………………………………………… 4……………………………………………………
Q.No.32. Match the following one word substitutes in Part-A with their meanings in Part-B.
(Syllabus reference Units 1, 4 & 5)

(Write only the numbers and their corresponding letters in your answer book) 4x ½ =2M
Ex. 1:
Part – A Part – B
1. Trilogy ( ) (A) one who spends his time and money for others.
2. Dictum ( ) (B) one who is the first to study and develop a
particular area of knowledge, culture etc.
3. Philanthropist ( ) (C) one who hates women
4. Pioneer ( ) (D) a life history written by three persons.
(E) a group of three films that has the same
characters or subject
(F) a statement that expresses something people
believe is true and is to be follow.
Ex. 2:
1. stopover ( ) (A) a person or thing that cannot be corrected

2. verbose ( ) (B) one who is the first to study and develop a
3. incorrigible ( ) (C) an impressive entrance to a building
4. intellectual ( ) (D) using more words than needed
(E) a person of good understanding, knowledge
and reasoning power
(F) a short stay between two places in one’s
journey.
Ex. 3:
1. fatalist ( ) (A) a person or thing that cannot be corrected

2. teetotaler ( ) (B) one who is the first to study and develop a
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3. incorrigible ( ) (C) an impressive entrance to a building
4. theist ( ) (D) one who believes in God
(E) one who abstains from taking alcohol
(F) a person who believes in fate
Ex. 4:
Part – A Part - B
1. epitaph ( ) A) A handwritten document

2. documentary ( ) B) A person who brings out new books
3. publisher ( ) C) A result of a situation or of an action
4. polyglot ( ) D) A person who knows many languages
E) Words inscribed on a tomb
F) A film that gives facts about something
Ex. 5:
1. manuscript ( ) (A) one who can do anything for money

2. publisher ( ) (B) a life history written by somebody else.
3. autobiography ( ) (C) a life history written by oneself
4. biography ( ) (D) one who cannot be corrected.
(E) a person who brings out books
(F) a handwritten document
SECTION – C
(Creative Expression)
Q.No. 33 (a) Conversation (or) Q.No. 33 (b) Diary Entry 10 marks.

Q.No. 34 (a) Letter Writing (or) Q.No. 34 (b) Biographical Sketch 10 marks
Q.No. 35: ( a )A Passage from any ‘C Reading’ is given. Basing on the passage, the student has to
prepare 5 'wh' questions. (Frame 'WH' questions to get the underlined parts as answers.) 5 x 2 = 10
Q.No. 35 (b): Information Transfer
The following indicators should be followed

(in construction of the discourse / to award marks)
i) Using dialogues apt to the context.
ii) Using proper sequence of exchanges.
iii) Using discourse markers (well, precisely, etc.) and appropriate cohesive devices. (for example, therefore, moreover, however, yet, because, rather
than, although, until, after, before, while, so, and, for, but, or, he, she, it, they, these etc.)
iv) Sustaining the conversation with social norms
(being polite, reflecting reflections, greetings, thanking, appreciating, suggesting, congratulating, enquiring, sympathizing, empathizing, leave taking
etc.)
v) Conventions of writing (punctuation, spelling and capitalization)
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Ex 1: Nick was deeply depressed when he was 8 years old. He went to his mum crying and told her
that he wanted to kill himself. Now write a possible conversation between Nick and his mother.
Example 2: Finally, my father came up with a solution. ‘Don’t worry. I myself will see you off at
Dirang.’ I protested. How could I allow my old father to carry my trunk? What would people
think? But I failed to dissuade him. (The journey)
Example 3: One Sunday morning, Roberge found Ray in a disturbed mood When Roberge asked
Ray for the reason, he said that his screenplay Charulatha was missing. Ray knew who the culprit
was. Now write a conversation between Ray and Roberge in the above context.
Example (4): The IIT entrance results came. Narayanamurthy had passed with a high rank. He
went to this father and said that he had passed the exam and wanted to join IIT. Now write a
possible conversation between Narayamurthy and his father. (I- B)
Example (5): In the lesson ‘The Journey’ the narrator and his father were sitting in a tea shop in
Dirang waiting for the bus. Then his father asked him ‘a pair of his old shoes.’ Now write a
possible dialogue between the narrator and his father.
Q.No. 33 (b): DIARY ENTRY: (A, B, C Readings of all 6 Units)

( Discourse indicators / discourse features of diary entry. )
(i) Expression of personal reflections, thoughts and feelings.
(ii) Use of variety of sentences.
(iii) Use of language appropriate to the mood.
(iv) Self criticism and future plans.
(v) Coherence – point of view:
(Coherence: the property of unity in a written text/oral text, logical interconnection, overall sense and understandability)
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Example I: In the play ‘The Dear Departed’, Abel Merryweather was heartbroken with his
daughters behaviour and decided to marry again. Now imagine that you are Abel Merryweather and
make a diary entry of his grief and about his decision to marry again. (II B)
Example II: In the lesson ‘Environment’ Wangari Maathai said, “from the time we started we work
with the rural people, they were asking for basic needs like clean drinking water, food etc.”
She felt really bad for the rural people and wanted to do something for them. Now attempt a diary
entry about the day’s proceedings and her decision to rehabilitate the environment.
Example III: In ‘My Childhood’ you have read that the new teacher asked Kalam not to sit beside
the son of temple priest and to go the last bench. But that evening Lakshmana Sastry taught the new
teacher a lesson not to poison the minds of children. Imagine that you are Abdul Kalam and make
a diary entry of the day’s happenings.
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Example 4: You have read the lesson ‘The Journey.’ The narrator’s father carried his luggage to
Dirang. From Diran the narrator took a luxurious bus and his father walked back to his village.
When the narrator reached his place with mixed feelings about the day’s happenings. Imagine that
you are in the place of the narrator and make a diary entry.
Example 5: Nick chose Bethany Hamilton as his surfing master. He met her and learnt surfing. He
learnt to do a 360 degree spin very quickly. He felt very happy. Now imagine that you are in the
place of Nick and make a diary entry.
Q.No. . 34 (a) Letter Writing
Your school has some children with special needs (C.W.S.N.) in various classes. You, as the
School Pupil Leader, collected donations from the village heads, officers and land lords to
honour such children and encourage them continue their studies. On 3rd December,
International Day for the Disabled, with the permission of Headmaster and the teachers, you
organised a programme in the school and invited the Village President and other elders for the
programme.
Write a letter to your friend in another village describing the event.
(OR)
(b) Biographical Sketch 10 M
b) Write a biographical sketch of Mrs. Sudha Murthy, Chairperson of Infosys Company.
Born : 19 August, 1950 (69 yrs)

Place of Birth : Karnataka, India
Citizenship : Indian
Alma mater : Engineering from B.V.B. College of Engineering &
Technology
Masters in Computers in Indian Institute of Science
Spouse : N. R. Narayana Murthy
Children : Rohan and Akshatha
Career : Started as Engineer in TELCO, Pune, started
Infosys Foundation (1996), Visiting Professor at
PG Center of Bangalore University
Contributions : Literature in Kannada and English, travelogues,
novels and books on education, social-worker in
empowering women
Awards : Gold medals and cash awards in Education,
'Millennium Mahila Shiromani' award,
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R. K. Narayana's Award (2006), PadmaShri
Q.No. 35: (a) Framing 'WH' Questions - (Ref : C Reading)
A Passage from any ‘C Reading’ is given. Basing on the passage, the student has to prepare 5 'wh'
questions. (Frame 'WH' questions to get the underlined parts as answers.) 5 x 2 = 10
Read the following passages carefully focusing on the underlined parts. Then frame
‘Wh’ questions to get the underlined parts in the passage as answers.
Ex. I: The day came. His classmates (1) were leaving for Madras (2) (now Chennai). They
were taking a train from Mysore to Madras. They have shared good years (3) in school and college
(4) together. He went to the station (5) to say goodbye and good luck (6) to them for their future
life.
At the station, (7) his friends were already there. They were excited (8) and talking
loudly. (9) The noise was like the chirping of birds. (10) They were all excited and discussing
their new hostels, new courses etc. He was not part of it. So he stood there silently. (11) One of
them (12) noticed and said, ‘You should have made it.’ He did not reply. He only wished all of
them. They waved at him (13) as the train slowly left the platform.
Ans: 1_________________________________ 2. _____________________________________

3._____________________________________ 4.____________________________________
5.____________________________________ 6.___________________________________
7.____________________________________ 8.___________________________________
9.____________________________________ 10.__________________________________
11.___________________________________ 12.__________________________________
13.___________________________________
Ex.II: When they passed a young tree, the potter (1) grabbed (2) a branch.(3) But
the horse (4) did not stop. Instead the tree (5) was pulled out of the ground. A sentry (6) from
the enemy camp saw the potter galloping towards the camp (7) with a tree in one hand his reins in
the other. ‘That must be the General who captured a tiger (8) with his bare hands,’ (9) he
thought. ‘Now he has uprooted a tree with only one hand! He is not an ordinary man-he’s a giant!’
‘Run, run, save yourselves! The famous Tiger-General (10) is coming at the head of a large
army to attack (11) us. He has the strength of a giant! He has uprooted a tree (12) with one
hand!’
Ans: 1_________________________________ 2. _____________________________________

3._____________________________________ 4.____________________________________
5.____________________________________ 6.___________________________________
7.____________________________________ 8.___________________________________
9.____________________________________ 10.__________________________________
11.___________________________________ 12.__________________________________
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Ex.III: A young woman, before being a housewife. A woman, educated and cultured, and
intelligent, and capable, quick-witted, with a sense of humour and elegance. (1) Falling for
her beauty and intelligence, (2) as also the dowry which her father offered, a young man (3) tied
the three sacred knots (4) around her neck, made her the housewife to a household and said to her,
'Look, ammadu, this is your home.' (5) Then the housewife immediately pulled the end of her sari
and tucked it in at the waist and swabbed the entire house (6) and decorated floor with muggulu
designs. (7) The young man (8) promptly praised her work. 'You are dexterous at swabbing the
floor — even more dexterous in drawing the muggulu. (9) Sabash, keep it up.' He said it in
English, giving her a pat on the shoulder in appreciation. Overjoyed, (10) the housewife began
living with swabbing (11) as the chief mission in her life. She scrubbed the house spotlessly clean
(12) at all times and beautifully decorated it with multi-coloured designs. That's how her life went
on, with a sumptuous and ceaseless supply of swabbing cloths and muggu baskets.
Ans: 1_________________________________ 2. _____________________________________

3._____________________________________ 4.____________________________________
5.____________________________________ 6.___________________________________
7.____________________________________ 8.___________________________________
9.____________________________________ 10.__________________________________
11.___________________________________ 12.__________________________________
13.___________________________________
Ex.IV: Savitri captured the audiences with her charm and magnificent acting.(1) She was
able to convey a wide range of feelings (2) through her expressive eyes. (3) Her mischievous
look (4) - it captivates anyone; the look of fake anger (5) provokes, the look filled with real anger
pierces (6) the heart. The look of passion while waiting for her lover; the pain look when her love
fails; the confident look that seems ready to face any situation, all these myriad emotions (7) are
hidden in her eyes .The dimensions are endless and pages can be filled to describe the magic spell
of her eyes. (8)
Ans: 1_________________________________ 2. _____________________________________

3._____________________________________ 4.____________________________________
5.____________________________________ 6.___________________________________
7.____________________________________ 8.___________________________________
Ex. V: Then three months ago, one of the brightest boys in the village (1) - Thomas Agonyo -
started university in Lagos. He came home one weekend (2) with a new Chemistry book, (3) and
spent all day looking at the drums (4) and writing things down and talking to himself and shaking
his head. We all thought he had gone mad. (5) Then he called a meeting of the village (6) and
told us that the drums contained poisonous chemicals. (7) He said they had come from Italy. (8)
Ans: 1_________________________________ 2. _____________________________________

3._____________________________________ 4.____________________________________
5.____________________________________ 6.___________________________________
7.____________________________________ 8.___________________________________
Ex. VI: India has one hundred and fifty (1) dialects, and twenty two (2) recognised regional
languages, but Hindi, (3) like English, has come to stay as the lingua franca (4) of our nation.
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From Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from Mumbai to Nagaland, Hindi is now understood and is
recognised as the national language of India.
India has a rich cultural heritage. (5) We are inheritors of several grand treasures (6) in
the fields of music, fine arts, dance, drama, theatre and sculpture. Our sages and seers (7) have left
behind a tradition of piety, penance, spiritual greatness, conquest of passion, etc. Our scriptures (8)
are the storehouses of spiritual wisdom. Our saints aspired to the realisation of the infinite. We
have inherited great spiritual values contrasted with which the materialistic progress of the West
appears insignificant. (10)
Ans: 1_________________________________ 2. _____________________________________

3._____________________________________ 4.____________________________________
5.____________________________________ 6.___________________________________
7.____________________________________ 8.___________________________________
9.____________________________________ 10.__________________________________
Q.No. 35 (b) Information Transfer:
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KEY to WORKBOOK 2022-23

Unit I: Reading A – Attitude is Altitude (Q.Nos. 1 – 5)
Reading Comprehension I:
Q 1: Ans: Nick was born with no arms and legs.
Q 2: Ans: The main part of the body, not including the head, arms or legs.
Q 3: Ans: Nick plays football and golf, swims and surfs.
Q 4: Ans: His small foot helps him balance and enables him to kick.
Q 5: Ans: Nick uses his small foot to type, write with a pen and pick things up between his toes.
Q6: Ans: Nick was born in Melbourne, Australia.
Q 7: Ans: Nick called it his chicken drumstick.
Q 8: Ans: Nick’s parents decided not to send him to a special school.
Q 9: Ans: His father was shocked because Nick was born with no arms and legs.
Q10: Ans: Until Nick was four months old.
Q 11: (b) Q 12: (a) Q 13: (b) Q 14: (a) Q 15: (c) Q 16: (b)
Reading Comprehension 2:
Q 1: Ans: Nick was deeply depressed because he was born with no arms and legs.
Q 2: Ans: He wanted to kill himself.
Q 3: Ans: Nick tried to drown himself in the bath.
Q 4: Ans: Nick could brush his teeth with a wall mounted brush.
Q 5: Ans: Nick read a newspaper article about a disabled man.
Q 6: Ans: The newspaper article was about a disabled man who had managed to great things and
helped others.
Q 7: Ans: Nick realised that God had made him to give hope to others.
Q 8: Ans: Nick decided to use his life to encourage other people and give them the courage that the
article had given him.
Q 9: (a) Q 10: (c) Q 11: (b) Q 12: (a) Q 13: (c) Q 14: (a)
Reading Comprehension 3:
Q 1: Ans: For his bravery and perseverance.

Q 2: Ans: Challenges are there to strengthen our convictions.
Q 3: Ans: He did a 360 degree spin in his car.
Q 4: Ans: Nick did a 360 degree spin in the car to freak the girl out.
Q 5: Ans: Nick met Bethany Hamilton.
Q 6: Ans: Nick met Bethany Hamilton to learn surfing from her.
Q 7: Ans: Bethany had her arm bitten off by a shark when she was 12.
Q 8: Ans: Nick was terrified at first but later he felt it fantastic.
Q 9: Ans: For doing 360 degrees spin on the surfing board.
Q 10: (b) Q 11: (a) Q 12: (c) Q 13: (c) Q 14: (a) Q 15: (b)
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Unit I: Reading B: Every Success Story Is also a Story of Great Failures (Q.No. 6-8)
Q 1: ( a ) Q 2: ( c ) Q 3: ( a ) Q 4: ( b ) Q 5: ( c ) Q 6: ( b)
Q 1: ( a ) Q 2: ( a ) Q 3: ( c ) Q 4: ( c ) Q 5: ( b ) Q 6: ( a )
Q 7: ( b ) Q 8: ( b ) Q 9: ( c )
Q 1: ( a ) Q 2: ( c ) Q 3: ( b ) Q 4: ( c ) Q 5: ( a )
Comprehension Passage 4 :
Q 1: ( b ) Q 2: ( a ) Q 3: ( c ) Q 4: ( a ) Q 5: ( b )
Unit I: Reading ‘C’: I Will Do It (Q.No. 9 – 10)
Q 1: Ans: N.R.Narayana Murthy. Q 2: Ans: He came from a poor but educated family.
Q 3: Ans: Because IITs are India’s premier institutions / For their bright future e/ It is prestigious for
any student to study at IIT / It is right place for bright students etc.
Q. 4: Ans: While the others struggled to solve the problems in the question papers, he would smile
shyly and solve them in no time.
Q 5: Ans: To study at IIT. Q 6: Ans: Through an entrance test.
Q 7: ( a ) Q 8: ( c ) Q 9: ( a ) Q 10: ( b ) Q 11: ( c )
Comprehension Passage 2: Q 1: Ans: The day of IIT entrance examination.

Q 2: Ans: His ‘OK’, in the case of entrance examination, implied he did very well.
Q 3: Ans: His principle was never to hurt anyone. Q 4: Ans: He was delighted and thrilled.
Q 5: Ans: His father told him that he was a salaried person and couldn’t afford his expenses at IIT.
Q 6: ( b ) Q 7 : ( a )
Q 1: Ans: The teenager was disappointed because his father didn’t allow him to join in IIT.
Q 2: Ans: Because his dream of studying in IIT was burnt to ashes.
Q 3: Ans: The boy’s fondest hope was to study in an IIT.
Q 4: Ans: His classmates were leaving for Chennai to join in IIT.
Q 5: Ans: The speaker wanted Narayana Murthy to join IIT.
Q 6: Ans: The noise was like chirping of birds.
Q 7: ( b ) Q 8: ( c ) Q 9: ( a ) Q 10: ( b ) Q 11: ( a )
Unit II: Reading ‘A’: The Dear Departed – I (Q.Nos. 1 – 5)
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Q 1: Ans: Because Abel Merryweather (Victoria’s grandfather) was found dead. So it would never
be good in colours.
Q 2: Ans: The phrase ‘for ages’ means for a long time.
Q 3: Ans: Mr. Slater sent the telegram to Mr and Mrs. Ben Jordan.
Q 4: Ans: The telegram was about Abel’s death.
Q 5: Ans: The phrase ‘set foot’ means to go to a place.
Q 6: Ans: Because Mrs. Elizabeth took an oath to never set foot again there during a quarrel with her
sister.
Q 7: Ans: Because Victoria was still in a colourful dress despite of her grandfather’s death.
Q 8: ( a ) Q 9: ( c ) Q 10: ( b ) Q 11: ( a )
Q 1: Ans: The word ‘daft’ means silly/stupid.
Q 2: Ans: In the above sentence ‘it’ refers to stealing Abel’s bureau.
Q 3: Ans: Mrs. Henry planned to put the shabby old chest of drawers in the place of bureau.
Q 4: Ans: Amelia wanted to get rid of the old chest of drawers. If she put the old chest of drawers in
place the bureau Elizabeth could have that.
Q 5: Ans: Henry took his coat off to bring down the bureau.
Q 6: Ans: Because Mrs. Henry wanted to own the bureau unfairly.
Q 7: Ans: Abel was drunk that morning. Q 8: ( b ) Q 9: ( a ) Q 10: ( c )
Q 1: Ans: All the family members are talking about Abel’s jewellery, insurance money, valuables
and furniture etc.
Q 2: Ans: Abel promised his gold watch to Jimmy.
Q 3: Ans: He met Mr. Tattersall and they went off past St. Phillip’s Church.
Q 4: Ans: Mrs. Jordan guessed that Abel didn’t pay insurance premium.
Q 5: Ans: Abel Merryweather. Q 6: ( c ) Q 7: ( b ) Q 8: ( a ) Q 9: ( c ) Q 10: ( a)
Unit II: Reading ‘B’: The Dear Departed – II (Q.No. 6-8)
Comprehension Passage I: Q 1: ( b ) Q 2: ( a ) Q 3 (c ) Q 4: ( b ) Q 5: ( a )
Compehension Passage 2: Q 1: ( c ) Q 2: ( a ) Q3(b) Q 4: ( a ) Q 5: ( c )
Comprehension Passage 3: Q 1: ( b ) Q 2: ( c ) Q3(a) Q 4: ( b ) Q 5: ( b )
Unit II: Reading ‘C’: The Brave Potter (Q.No. 9 – 10)
Q 1: Ans: The potter’s voice. Q 2: Ans: Because it made him walk about in the middle of the night.
Q 3: Ans: The tiger shivered. Q 4: Ans: The tiger thought that the voice must be the leak’s voice.
Q 5: Ans: The tiger decided to do as he said. Q 6: Ans: The tiger felt a sharp kick on his side.
Q 7: Ans: They stopped in front of a small hut on the edge of the thick forest.
Q 8: Ans: The potter bound the tiger with an iron chain to a nearby tree.
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Q 9: ( a ) Q 10: ( c ) Q 11: ( c ) Q 12: ( a )
Q 1: Ans: The difference between the donkey and a tiger.
Q 2: Ans: Because they saw a tiger tied to the tree near the potter’s house.
Q 3: Ans: The news was that the potter caught a tiger and tied it to a tree in his yard.
Q 4: Ans: Because the potter caught the tiger which had eaten many of their goats and buffaloes.
Q 5: Ans: The potter said that he had done nothing great and only brought his donkey home.
Q 6: Ans: The potter didn’t understand how a donkey could change into a tiger.
Q 7: ( a ) Q 8: ( c ) Q 9: ( b ) Q 10: ( a)
Q 1: Ans: The potter grabbed a branch of a young tree.
Q 2: Ans: A sentry from the enemy camp saw the potter.
Q 3: Ans: The sentry thought he must be the General who caught the tiger with his bare hands.
Q 4: Ans: The sentry warned his soldiers to run away to save their lives.
Q 5: Ans: The frightened soldiers fled to their lives.
Q 6: Ans: The enemy king wrote a letter begging for peace and apologizing for attacking the
country. Q 7: ( b ) Q 8: ( c ) Q 9: ( a ) Q 10: ( a )
Unit III: Reading ‘A’: The Journey(Q.Nos. 1 – 5)
Q 1: Ans: The narrator spent six months at home. Q 2: Ans: The narrator came home to get married.
Q 3: Ans: Because of lethargy and he had to leave the newly-wed wife at home.
Q 4: Ans: His parents arranged the narrator’s marriage.
Q 5: Ans: Taking a long time to do something. Q 6: ( b ) Q 7: ( a ) Q 8: ( b ) Q 9: ( b )
Q 1: Ans: A porter carried the narrator’s trunk on his way home.

Q 2: Ans: All the villagers were busy in the fields.
Q 3: Ans: The narrator was a government officer.
Q 4: Ans: Because the narrator couldn’t allow his old father to carry the trunk. (Or)
Because his father was very old to carry the trunk.
Q 5: Ans: It was decided that his father would carry the chest.
Q 6: ( a ) Q 7: ( c ) Q 8: ( b ) Q 9: ( b )
Q 1: Ans: Narrator’s father is the speaker.
Q 2: Ans : Because the road was uneven and full of pebbles.
Q 3: Ans: His father’s feet had developed cracks and somehow resembled those of an elephant.
Q 4: Ans: Because he was wearing a pair of hunting boots.
Q 5: ( c ) Q 6: ( b ) Q 7: ( a )
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Unit III: Reading ‘B’: Once Upon a Time(Q.No. 6-8)
Comprehension Exercise 1:Q 1: (a) Q 2: (b) Q 3: (c) Q 4: (c) Q 5: (a) Q 6: ( b ) Q 7: ( a )
Comprehension Exercise 2: Q 1: ( c ) Q 2: ( b ) Q 3: ( a ) Q 4: ( b ) Q 5: ( b )
Comprehension Exercise 3: Q 1: (b) Q 2: (b) Q 3: (a) Q 4: (c) Q 5: (c) Q 6: ( a)
Unit III: Reading ‘C’: What Is My Name? (Q.No. 9 – 10)
Q1: Ans: Educated, cultured, intelligent, capable, quick-witted with a sense of humour and elegance.
Q2: Ans: The housewife immediately pulled the end of her sari and tucked it at the waist and
swabbed the entire house and decorated the floor with muggulu designs.
Q3: Ans: She was dexterous at swabbing the floor and even more dexterous in drawing the muggulu.
Q4: Ans: Spotlessly clean at all times and beautifully decorated it with multi-coloured designs.
Q5: Ans: Swabbing cloths and muggu baskets. Q6: (b) Q7: (a) Q8: (b) Q9: (c) Q10: (c)
Q1: Ans: The housewife requested the husband to tell her name.
Q2: Ans: The respected husband burst out laughing. Q3: Ans: Everyone calls her Mrs. Murthy.
Q4: Ans: Her husband has got used to call her as yemoi.
Q5: Ans: The husband advised her to find her name in the certificates.
Q6: Ans: His wife was talking about her name that day / His wife’s worry about her identify.
Q7: (b) Q8: (a) Q9: (a)
Q1: Ans: Swabbing and scrubbing was the chief mission of the housewife while swabbing and
scrubbing was only a part of her friend’s life.
Q2: Ans: The housewife’s friend recognized her.
Q3: Ans: She shouted and embraced the housewife happily.
Q4: Ans: They were ten friends altogether. 5: Ans: Sarada.
Q6: Ans: She came first in tenth class and in music competition conducted by the college. She was a
good painter. Q7: (a) Q8: (b) Q9: (a) Q10: (c)
Unit IV: Reading ‘A’: Rendezvous with Ray(Q.Nos. 1 – 5)
Q1: Ans: Ray’s detractors accused him that he made his reputation selling India’s poverty to the
West. Q2: Ans: Roberge was here on a quest to know the world.
Q3: Ans: According to Roberge enormous spiritual poverty of some rich people was depicted but not
the material poverty.
Q4: Roberge took 9 years to meet Ray to get to know his works more. So that there could be a
worthwhile dialogue when they met. Q5: Their friendship lasted for 22 years.
Q6: (a) Q7: (c) Q8: (b) Q9: (a) Q10: (c)
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Q1:Ans: Ray’s screenplay manuscripts were an art by themselves.
Q2:Ans: Roberge says, “handwritten in Bengali, with notes in English for the set designer, with
sketches here and there and occasional staff notation of fragments of music.”
Q3:Ans: Roberge found Ray in a disturbed mood on one Sunday morning.
Q4:Ans: A few well-known personalities of the city visited him.
Q5:Ans: Ray was almost sure who the culprit was.
Q6:Ans: Roberge was stunned by Ray’s humane concern.
Q7:Ans: Ray strode his time like a colossus. Q8: (a ) Q9: (b): Q10: (c) Q11: (b) Q12: (a) Q13: (b)
Q1:Ans: The two friends met for the last time when Ray was in hospital, on his deathbed.
Q2:Ans: Ray had grown so weak that he looked frail as a child.
Q3:Ans: Bhalo laglo (it was nice).
Q4:Ans: The establishment of Chitrabani, a communication and film institute.
Q5:Ans: Ray was the co-founder, a part of first governing body and an adviser for some years.
Q6:Ans: Because he felt that richer countries in the West are indebted to countries like India.
Q7:Ans: Produced important documentary feature and identified the local talent for film making.
Q8: (a) Q9: (c) Q10: (b) Q11: (b) Q12: (a)
Unit IV: Reading ‘B’: Maya Bazaar(Q.No. 6-8)
Comprehension Passage1: Q1: ( a ) Q2: ( b ): Q3: ( b ): Q4: ( c ): Q5: ( b )

Comprehension Passage2: Q1: ( a ) Q2: ( b ): Q3: ( c ): Q4: ( a ): Q5: ( b )
Comprehension Passage3: Q1: ( a ) Q2: ( b ): Q3: ( c ): Q4: ( b ): Q5: ( c )
Unit IV: Reading ‘C’: A Tribute (Q.No. 9 – 10)
Q1:Ans: Savitri’s beautiful expressions in the song sequence of Pathalabharavi.

Q2:Ans: Because of her expressions and performance in the song sequence of Pathalabhairavi.
Q3:Ans: Because Savitri was nervous on the sets and had to repeat many takes.
Q4:Ans: Saratchandra Chattarjee wrote the novel Devadas.
Q5:Ans: The two different shades are Devadas’ lover and a richman’s wife.
Q6:Ans: The curly hair, a lock of hair straying to her forehead, the large round black berry eyes
looking out from an innocent face.
Q7: (b) Q8: (c) Q9: (b) Q10: (a) Q11: (c) Q12: (a)
Q1:Ans: Savitri captured the audiences with her charm and magnificent acting.
Q2:Ans: Savitri was able to convey a wide range of feelings through her expressive eyes.
Q3:Ans: The dimensions are endless and pages can be written to describe the magic spell of her eyes
Q4:Ans: The movie ‘Missamma’ helped Savitri to establish her place firmly as a star.
Q5:Ans: Savitri was adored for her matchless ease in expression.
Q6:Ans: Her strikingly expressive eyes and her superb sense of timing.
Q7: (a) Q8: (b) Q9: (c) Q10: (b) Q11: (c)
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Q1:Ans: Savitri was awarded the title ‘Mahanati’ (the supreme artiste).
Q2:Ans: The film Chivaraku Migiledi is the magnum opus of Savitri.
Q3:Ans: Once, Savitri donated all the jewellery she was wearing to the Prime Minister’s fund.
Q4:Ans: Savitri will be remembered as long as celluloid lives on.
Q5:Ans: Savitri is among us with her unforgettable roles.
Q6: ( b ) Q7: ( c ) Q8: ( b ) Q9: ( a ) Q10: ( c )
Unit V: Reading ‘A’: Environment(Q.Nos. 1 – 5)
Q1:Ans: Wangari Maathai started her work in the rural areas.
Q2:Ans: They were trying to respond to the basic needs of the people in the rural areas.
Q3:Ans: Clean drinking water, firewood, building material and fodder.
Q4:Ans: Forested mountains were the sources of water and rain.
Q5: ( c ) Q6: ( b ) Q7: ( a ) Q8: ( b ) Q9: ( a )
Q1:Ans: The environment was very pristine, very beautiful and very green.
Q2:Ans: Because they wanted to establish commercial plantations of exotic species.
Q3:Ans: As they grow, they destroy all the local biological diversity.
Q4:Ans: They grow very tall and very fast. Q5: (a) Q6: (b) Q7: (b) Q8: (c)
Q1:Ans: Because they’re the ones who plant, cultivate and produce food.
Q2:Ans: She told them to treat those tree seeds and the seeds of other food crops in the same way.
Q3:Ans: To put the seedlings which they have grown and to nurture them.
Q4:Ans: Because those illiterate women became very competent foresters.
Q5:Ans: Because they understood that they could get firewood and building material only by
planting trees. Q6: ( a ) Q7: ( b ) Q8: ( c ) Q9: ( c )
Q1:Ans: Maathai’s greatest activity is to plant a tree.
Q2:Ans: Maathai says that a tree is a wonderful symbol for the environment.
Q3:Ans: Planting trees means planting the future for ourselves, for our children, for the birds.
Q4: ( b ) Q5: ( a )
Unit IV: Reading ‘B’: Or Will the Dreamer Wake? (Q.No. 6-8)
Q1: ( a ) Q2: ( c ) Q3: ( a ) Q4: ( b ) Q5: ( a ) Q6: ( b )
Q1: ( b ) Q2: ( b ) Q3: ( c ) Q4: ( b ) Q5: ( a ) Q6: ( b ) Q7: ( a )
Unit V: Reading ‘C’: A Tale of Three Villages(Q.No. 9 – 10)
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Koko Village, Nigeria:

Q1:Ans: They came on a Sunday. Q2:Ans: They took all day to unload them.
Q3:Ans: They gave a brown paper bag to the Chief.
Q4:Ans: The brightest boy in the village, Thomas Agonyo. Q5:Ans: The drums came from Italy.
Q6:Ans: 13 people died and many children were sick.
Q7:Ans: Because he gave permission to dump poisonous chemicals there. Q8: (a) Q9: (b)
Q10: (a) Q11: (c) Q12: ( b )
Ponnimanthuri Village, India

Q1:Ans: The fields were green and harvest good.
Q2:Ans: Their men folk would get jobs and they would become rich. Q3: Tanning.
Q4:Ans: As the process of tanning needs as many as 250 different chemicals which are discharged
into the environment.
Q5: Ans: They did not tell the villagers that the some chemicals would be discharged into the
environment. They didn’t tell that these chemicals would poison their fields.
Q6: ( a ) Q7: ( a ) Q8: ( b ) Q10: ( a )
Vorobyoy Village, Ukraine (formerly USSR)

Q1: Ans: It happened on April the 26th, 1986.
Q2: Ans: The speaker remembered the date because it was her mother’s birthday.
Q3: Ans: Because there were such explosions before.
Q4: Ans: Because Natasha lost her family in the Chernobyl explosion.
Q5:Ans: Because it would damage their health as it was radioactive dust.
Q6: ( b ) Q7: ( a ) Q8: ( a )
Unit VI: Reading ‘A’: My Childhood(Q.Nos. 1 – 5)
Q1:Ans: Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam.
Q2:Ans: Though his father had neither much formal education nor much wealth, he possessed great
innate wisdom and a true generosity of spirit.
Q3:Ans: Ashiamma was Kalam’s mother. She used to feed more outsiders than all the members of
her family put together. Q4: Ans: They lived in their ancestral house in Rameswaram.
Q5:Ans: Because he was austere.
Q6:Ans: All necessities in terms of food, medicines and clothes were provided
Q7:Ans: Kalam was short with undistinguished looks where as his parents were tall and handsome.
Q8: ( b ) Q9: ( b ) Q10: ( c ) Q11: ( a ) Q12: ( a ) Q13: ( b )
Q1:Ans: A new teacher came to their class when Kalam was in fifth standard.
Q2:Ans: The new teacher couldn’t stomach a Hindu priest’s son sitting with a Muslim boy.
Q3:Ans: The new teacher asked Kalam to go and sit on the back bench.
Q4:Ans: They felt very sad. Q5:Ans: Because he felt it was not good to poison the minds of
young children with social inequality and communal intolerance.
Q6:Ans: They told their respective parents about the incident in the school.
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Q7:Ans: The strong sense of conviction conveyed by Lakshamana Sastry reformed the new teacher.
Q8: ( b ) Q9: ( c ) Q10: ( a ) Q11: ( c ) Q12: ( b ) Q13: ( a )
Q1:Ans: His science teacher Sivasubrahmania Iyer invited Kalam to his home for a meal.
Q2:Ans: Iyer served Kalam with his own hands.
Q3:Ans: She took Kalam inside her kitchen and served him with her own hands
Q4:Ans: Because she was impressed with Kalam’s behaviour and manners.
Q5: ( c ) Q6: ( a ) Q7: ( b ) Q8: ( a ) Q9: ( a ) Q10: ( c )
Unit VI: Reading ‘B’: A Plea for India (poem) (Q.No. 6-8)
Q1: ( c) Q2: (a) Q3: (b) Q4: (a) Q5: (b) Q6:(c)
Q1: ( c) Q2: (b) Q3: (a) Q4: (a) Q5: (c)
Q1: (b) Q2: (a) Q3: (b) Q4: (c) Q5: (b)
Unit VI: Reading ‘C’: Unity in Diversity (Q.No. 9 – 10)
Q1:Ans: India is a country of many ethnic groups, myriad languages, a veritable babel of tongues
and numerous modes of apparel.
Q2:Ans: Continental dimensions of the country account for these variations and diversities.
Q3:Ans: To achieve unity amidst diversity.
Q4:Ans: The astonishing variety of Indian life.
Q5:Ans: They fail to discover the one in many, the individual in the aggregate, the simple in the
composite. Q6: (c) Q7: ( c ) Q8: ( a )
Q1:Ans: India has twenty two recognised languages.
Q2:Ans: Hindi is our national language.
Q3:Ans: Hindi is understood from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from Mumbai to Nagaland.
Q4:Ans: We are inheritors of several grand treasures of music, fine arts, dance, drama and theatre
and sculpture. Q5:Ans: Our sages and seers.
Q6:Ans: Our saints aspired to the realisation of the infinite.
Q7: ( c ) 8: ( b ) Q9: ( a ) Q10: ( b ) Q11: ( c )
Q1:Ans: Shiva is depicted in sculpture and poetry as Nataraja.
Q2:Ans: In India classical theatre was performed in palaces and in temples.
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Q3:Ans: Classical plays combined music and dance.

Q4:Ans: We are heir to the strand of cultural unity through the country.
Q5:Ans: The West are increasingly turning to the strand of cultural unity they find in India.
Q6:Ans: To uphold this torch of cultural unity for the rest of the world to see, follow and emulate.
Q7:Ans: The man of West has set foot on the Moon but finds himself isolated in his own society and
community. Q8: ( c ) Q9: ( a ) Q10: ( b ) Q11: ( a )
(STUDY SKILLS): READING COMPREHENSION: KEY (Q.Nos. 11 – 15)
Ex. 1: Q.1: Ans: Literacy rate according to 2011 censes in ten States and Union Territories.
Q.2:Ans: Daman and Diu. Q.3:Ans: (iii) Q.4: Ans: (iii) Q.5: Ans: (iii)
Ex.2: Q1:Ans: Mirror of life / Reflection of life / Criticism of life

Q2:Ans: Poetry, Drama, Novel, Short Story. Q3 Ans: (iii) Q4 Ans: (ii) Q5:Ans: (iii)
Ex 3: Q1:Ans: Sachin was 16 years old when he entered the ODIs.

Q2:Ans: Brian Lara batted 32 times till the end of the innings.
Q3:Ans: (i) Q4:Ans: (ii) Q5:Ans: (iii)
Ex 4: Q1:Ans: Wales
Q2:Ans: Aging population in 1985 and the prediction of the same in 2035 in 4 U.K. countries
Q3:Ans: (iii) Q4: (i) Q5: (iii)
Q.No.16: Combination of Sentences using Who/Which/That (Relative Clauses)
1. Nick, who was born in Australia, lives in Los Angeles.

(or) Nick, who lives in Los Angeles, was born in Australia.
2. Nick met Bethany Hamilton, who taught him surfing.
3. Bethany, who had her arm bitten by a shark, taught Nick surfing.
(or)Bethany, who taught Nick surfing, had her arm bitten by a shark.
4. Victoria, who is the only daughter of the Slaters, is a precocious girl.
(or) Victoria, who is a precocious girl, is the only daughter of the Slaters.
5. Edison, who invented the light bulb, failed 10000 times.
(or) Edison, who failed 10000 times, invented the light bulb.
6. Nick has a small foot on his left hip which helps him balance and enables his to kick.
7. Nick read a newspaper article which made him realized.
8. The Viswambhara is a popular book which was written by Dr.C.Narayanareddy.
9. The meeting, which was held in the town hall, was a great success.
(or) The meeting, which was a great success, was held in the town hall.
10. The train, which has just arrived, is going to Delhi.
(or)The train, which is going to Delhi, has just arrived.
11. Napolean, who died at St.Halena, won the French honour.
(or)Napolean, who won the French honour, died at St.Halena.
12. Paris is a beautiful city which I visit every year.
13. Sachin was trained by Ramakanth Achreakar who was a great coach.
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14. Apples, which are delicious and nutritious, are grown in Kashmir.
(or)Apples, which are grown in Kashmir, are delicious and nutritious.
15. Nick had a low centre of gravity that helped him balance well.
16. I had something good that I wanted to concentrate on.
17. Smart phone is a great invention that helps us in many ways.
18. Monalisa is a great painting that was painted by Leo Nardo Davinci.
19. Infosys is the largest IT company in India which was founded by Narayanamurthy.
20. Cuckoo is a bird that sings melodiously.
Q.No. 17. Change the following sentence into passive voice. 1M
1. It can be done before they come.

2. Your premises ought to be kept clean.
3. The bureau was shifted down by the.
4. The potter was seen by a sentry from the enemy camp.
5. A speech was being given by Nick.
6. The door is closed by Victoria after her.
7. Chitrabani was founded by Roberge.
8. I was invited by him to his home for a meal.
9. Great spiritual values have been inherited by us.
10. Roberge would be invited by Ray for private screenings.
11. Those trees had been planted by us.
12. A solution will be found by my father.
13. My education had been provided for by father.
14. I was helped by Samsuddin earn my first wages.
15. Nick was taught how to surf by Bethany.
16. The floor was scrubbed spotlessly clean by the housewife.
17. You are requested to close the door.
18. Let the window be opened.
19. Let the dog not be beaten.
20. Let the flowers not be plucked.
Key to Q.No. 18. Adverbs…. 'as / since / because / when / in spite of / such ... that / although
1. It is such an interesting city that we are going to visit it again.

2. Narayanamurthy was such a brilliant student that he got a good rank in IIT entrance exam.
3. Savitri was such a talented artiste that she was honoured with the title Mahanati.
4. It was such a beautiful paining that he bought it at once.
5. Nick could do 360 degrees spin very easily as he has a low centre of gravity.
6. As ours is a hilly terrain, we don’t have any motorable roads.
7. Ray was in a disturbed mood as he lost Charulatha screenplay.
8. He came out as his friend called him.
9. Since he woke up late, he missed the school bus.
10. Since I was wearing a pair of canvas shoes, I had not noticed that the road was uneven.
11. Kalam went to the last row since the new teacher ordered him to go to the last row.
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12. There was nobody in the village to carry the author’s luggage because everybody was engaged in
some important work.
13. Ray didn’t want to take action against the culprit because he didn’t want to hurt the reputation of
that person.
14. The Slaters pinched the bureau down because Mrs. Slater liked it very much.
15. When Nick was 10 years old, he tried to drown himself in the batch.
16. When I was eight years old, the second world war was broke out in 1939.
17. In spite of his many failures in life, Lincoln became the President of the USA.
18. In spite of his 10000 failures, Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.
19. Although Nick has no arms and legs, he can play football and golf.
20. Although the Narrator didn’t want to go, he finally decided to go.
Q.No19: Compound Prepositional Phrases and Prepositions
1. along with 2. along with 3. on account of 4. on account of

5. by means of 6. by means of 7. apart from 8. apart from
9. ahead of 10. ahead of 11. in front of 12. in place of
13. in place of 14. in spite of 15. in spite of 16. in case of
17. in case of 18. by way of 19. due to 20. due to
21. for the sake of 22. for the sake of 23. In addition to 24. in accordance with
25. in accordance with
(b) 1. to 2. of 3. of 4. to 5. at 6. from
7. on 8. for 9. of 10. for 11. in 12. at
13. of 14. with 15. to 16. on 17. from 18. to
19. for 20. from 21. to 22. of 23. with 24. to
25. at 26. to 27. to 28. by 29. of 30. to
31. to 32. to 33.at 34. to 35. of
Q.No.20: Appropriate verb forms:
1. bought 2. have known 3. had completed, went 4. have done

5. had, left 6.hurled, had done 7. went 8. has rained.
9. won 10. had done 11. won 12. had taken
13. went, did, go, 14. lost, Have, seen, haven’t, did , use, used, left
15. Has, not arrived, hasn’t, has, arrived, Have, talked, haven’t, saw.
Q.No. 21: (Any other appropriate response can be validated)
1. You should wake up early and prepare well for the examinations.
2. You should put the rubbish into the rubbish dump.
3. You’d better read English papers daily.
4. It would be better for you to stop smoking.
5. It would better for you to take coconut water instead of cool drinks.
6. You ought not to tease physically challenged persons.
7. You should wash your hands before taking meals.
8. If I were you, I would do yoga daily.
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9. You should learn a few Tamil words.

10. Shall we go to a movie tonight? / Why don’t we go to a movie tonight?
Q.No. 22: (Polite request)

(Could you + V1….., Would you mind + V1+ing…., I wonder if you could + V1…….I would be
grateful to you…..or any other appropriate expression can be used according to the context.)
1. Could you allow me to come in sir?…etc.
2. Would you mind telling me where the railway station is?
3. I would be grateful to you sir, if you allow me to leave the school a bit early./
Please allow me to leave the school a bit early today sir.
4. Could you spell the word…………please?
5. I wonder if you could show me the way to the cinema theatre.
6. Would you mind bringing these medicines to me?
7. Could you help me to fill this application form for scholarship sir?/Please help me to fill this
application form.
8. Could you allow me to use mobile once?
9. Would you mind dropping me at the airport?
10.Could you lend me Rs. 1000 please?
Q.No. 23: 1. B 2.B 3.B 4. B 5.A 6.B 7. C 8. B 9.B 10.C

11.A 12. D 13. A 14.C
Q.No. 24 KEY
Ex 1Ans: a. wedding b. community c. first d. prolonging

Ex 2Ans: a. approve b. critics c. fame d. shown
Ex 3Ans: a. carry b. steal c. bewildered d. departed
Ex 4Ans: a. opposed b. persuade c. unwillingly d. satisfaction
Ex 5Ans: a. tests b. support c. beliefs d. determination
Ex 6Ans: a. understand b. expectation c. motivational d. bravery
Ex 7Ans: a. vanish b. wood c. demolish d. animals
Ex 8Ans: a. atmoshphere b. pure c. homegrown d. unusual
Ex 9Ans: a. serious b. unnecessary c. amenities d. needs
Ex 10Ans: a. firm b. separation c. traditional d. revolutionary
Q.No. 25: ANTONYMS : KEY
Ex 1Ans: 5, 2, 4, 3 Ex 2Ans: 6, 1, 4, 3 Ex 3Ans: 4, 1, 2, 3

Ex 10Ans: 6, 5, 2, 1
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Q.No. 26: RIGHT FORM OF THE WORDS: KEY
Ex 1Ans: (a) friendship (b) communicative (c) kind (d) founded

Ex 2Ans: (a) decided (b) special (c) had (d) made
Ex 3Ans: (a) programmer (b) accountant (c) invented (d) hold
Ex 4Ans: (a) stupefied (b) daft (c) delicate (d) shabby
Ex 5Ans: (a) leisurely (b) tiring. (c) extended (d) preparing
Ex 6Ans: (a) quickly (b) tired (c) quiet (d) thoughtfully
Ex 7Ans: (a) management (b) natural (c) possible (d) democratic
Ex 8Ans: (a) disappeared (b) commercial (c) industry (d) local
Ex 9Ans: (a) honesty (b) faith (c) deep (d) close
Ex10Ans: (a) bluntly (b) strong (c) ultimately (d) young
Q. 27: VOWEL CLUSTERS: KEY
Ex 1Ans: au, ou Ex 2Ans: ea, ie, Ex 3Ans: ai, ea, Ex 4 Ans: ou, ou
Ex 5Ans: ei, ou Ex 6Ans: ui, au Ex7Ans: eu, ie Ex8Ans: ia, ie
Ex 9Ans: ou, ou Ex 10Ans: ia, ie Ex11Ans: oo, ui Ex12 Ans: ei, ui
Q.No. 28: SUFFIXES: KEY
Ex 1Ans: (a) ment, (b) ssion Ex 2Ans: (a) ery, (b) ance
Ex 3Ans: (a) ery (b) antly Ex 4Ans: (a) tion (b) able
Ex 5Ans: (a) our (b) less Ex 6Ans: (a) ment (b) tion
Ex 7Ana: (a) ence (b) tion Ex 8Ans: (a) ance (b) able
Ex 9Ans: (a) sity (b) sion Ex 10: (a) sion (b) iour
Q.No. 29: MISSPELT WORD: KEY
Ex 1Ans: (a) bureau (b) certainty Ex 2Ans: (a) pregnancy (b) distraught
Ex 3Ans: (a) daughter (b) decision Ex 4Ans: (a) arrogance (b) premium
Ex 5Ans: (a) quarrel (b) luggage Ex 6Ans: (a) perseverance (b) vigorous
Ex 7Ans: (a) priest (b) accusation Ex 8Ans: (a) dialogue (b) dictum
Ex 9Ans: (a) environment (b) indigenous Ex10Ans:(a) austere (b) specific
Q.No. 30: Dictionary Entry: Key
Ex 1Ans: 1) irritate, bother 2) Verb

Ex 2Ans: 2) Noun 2) Inertia
Ex 3Ans: 1) Impious 2) Piously
Ex 4Ans: 1) Noun, 2) Doubt, Uncertainty
Ex 5Ans: 1) Soiled 2) Adjective
Ex 6Ans: 1) very worried and upset 2) Middle English
Ex 7Ans: 1) Adjective 2) Clumsy, inept
Ex 8Ans: 1) He was an austere man with a rigidly puritanical outlook. 2) Middle English
Ex 9Ans: 1) Noun and Adjective 2) Countless or extremely great in number.
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Q.No. 31: Arrange the following under correct heading: KEY
Ex 1Ans: STATE: lethargy, worry, certainty, plight

ACTION: protest, decide, spend, carry
Ex 2Ans: PERSONS: programmer prophet citizen porter
PLACES: kitchen institute field museum
Ex 3Ans SINGULAR: datum axis syllabus erratum
PLURAL: media bases theses crises
Ex 4Ans: SINGULAR: crisis syllabus thesis fungus
PLULAR: drawers slippers convictions countries
Ex 5Ans: DUPLICATIVES: tata papa haha bye bye
ALLITERATIVES: dilly-dally chit-chat ping-pong tick-tock
Ex 6Ans: POSITIVE: valiant generous confident idealistic
NEGATIVE: sullen obnoxious lazy sarcastic
Q.No. 32: Matching: Key
Ex.1Ans: E, F, A, B Ex.2Ans: F, D, A, E Ex.3Ans: F, E, A, D

Ex.4Ans: E, F, B, D Ex.5Ans: F, E, C, B
Q.No. 35 (a): Framing ‘Wh’ Questions (KEY)
Ex.I:
1. Who were leaving for Madras? 2. Where were his classmates leaving for?
3. What have they shared? 4. Where have they shared good years?
5. Where did he go? 6. Why did he go to the station?
7. Where were his friends already? 8. How were they?
9. What were they doing? 10. How was the noise like?
11. How did he stand there? 12. Who noticed him?
13. Where did they wave at?
Ex.II:
1. Who grabbed a branch? 2. What did the potter do?
3. What did the potter grab? 4. What did not stop.
5. What was pulled out of the ground? 6. Who saw the potter?
7. What did a sentry from the enemy camp see?
8. What did the tiger general capture? 9. How did he capture the tiger?
10. Who is coming at the head of a large army?
11. Why is the tiger-general coming? 12. What has he uprooted?
Ex.III:
1. What kind of a woman was she? 2. Why did the young man marry her?
3. Who tied the three sacred knots? 4. What did the young man tie around her neck?
5. What did the young man say to his wife? 6. What did the housewife swab?
7. What did the housewife decorate the house with? 8. Who praised her work?
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9. How did the young man praise her work? 10. How did the housewife feel?
11. What was the chief mission in her life? 12. How did she scrub the house?
13. How did her life go on?
Ex.IV:
1. What did Savitri capture the audience with? 2. What was she able to convey?
3. How was she able to convey a wide range of feelings?
4. What does captivate everyone? 5. What does provoke?
6. What does the look filled with real anger do? 7. What are hidden in her eyes?
8. How can pages be filled with?
Ex. V:
1. Who was Thomosa Agonyo? 2. When did he come home?
3. What did he come home with? 4. How did he spend all day?
5. What did we all think? 6. What did he call then?
7. What did the drums contain? 8. Where had the drums come from?
Ex. VI:
1. How many dialects does India have? 2. How many recognised languages does India have?
3. Which language is the lingua franca of our nation?
4. What is the status of Hindi in India? 5. What does India have?
6. What are we inheritors of? 7. Who have left behind a tradition of piety, penance etc.?
8. What are the storehouses of spiritual wisdom?
9. What did our saints aspire to?
10. How does the materialistic progress of the West appear?
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ENGLISH WORK BOOK

Unit I: Reading A: ATTITUDE IS ALTITUDE

S.No. Word Meaning Synonyms Antonyms Other form

Q 1: How was Nick born?

Q 11: Nick now lives in --------------------------------- ( )

Q. No. 13: “I call it my chicken drumstick.”…joked Nick.

Comprehension Passage 2: I was deeply depressed…………………………………….

Q 1: Why was Nick deeply depressed?

Q 7: What did Nick realise?

Q 8: How did the newspaper article influence Nick?

Q 11: When was Nick realised? ( )

Q 13: What did the newspaper article give Nick? ( )

Comprehension Passage 3: The challenges in our lives are …………………

Q 4: Why did Nick do a 360 degree spin in the car?

Q 10: The challenges are not there……………………………. ( )

Q 12: Why did Nick choose Bethany as his surfing master? ( )

c. Because Nick had a very low centre of gravity.

A New York Times editorial…………………………………………………we tried as hard as we could?

Q 1: What did the New York Times editorial question? ( )

Q 4: What was Colonel Sanders’ investment for his business? ( )

Q 5: When did he get his first order? ( )

Q 6: Why did Colonel Sanders knock more than a 1000 doors? ( )

As a young cartoonist, Walt Disney, ……………………………………….he was partially deaf.

Q 1: What did the newspaper editor say about Walt Disney? ( )

Q 2: Why did a minister at a church hire Walt Disney? ( )

Q 4: What do successful people do? ( )

Q 5: What was the disability of Thomas Edison? ( )

Q 6: What was the note sent to Edison’s mother by his teacher? ( )

Q 7: How did Edison’s mother take the note of the teacher? ( )

Q 8: How did Edison’s mother react to the teacher’s note? ( )

Q 9: Who made Tommy to grow up to be the great Thomas Edison? ( )

Setbacks are inevitable……………………………………………………………….mind can achieve.

Q 1: How can a set back act in our life? ( )

Q 2: What do we need to learn? ( )

Q 4: How can a stumbling block be turned into a stepping stone? ( )

Q 5: Where does the motivation to success come from? ( )

A young man asked Socratese………………………………………………………produce great results.

Q 1: What did the young man ask Socrates? ( )

Q 2: What did Socrates do the young man? ( )

b) The young man learned swimming in the river.

Q 5: What is the starting point of all accomplishment? ( )

Unit I: Reading ‘C’: I Will Do It (Q.Nos. 9 – 10)

He came from a poor………………………………………………………………….sixteen years old.

Q 1: Who is ‘He’ in the above passage?

Q 2: What kind of family did he come from?

Q 7: What was his father’s hobby? ( )

Q 8: Where do the brighter ones want to study? ( )

Q 10: What did the boy dream of? ( )

Q 11: Why is Mysore described as ‘sleepy town’ in the above passage? ( )

The D-Day came…………………………………………………………………………as much as you want.

Q 1. What was the D-Day according to the passage?

Q 4: How did he feel about his entrance exam result?

Q 7: Why did his father spoke to him with a heavy voice? ( )

The teenager was disappointed……………………………………………………………have made it.

Q 1: Why was the teenager disappointed?

Q 8: Why were all his friends excited? ( )

Q 9: “The day came”. Which day was mentioned here? ( )

Q 11: “He didn’t get angry with anybody.” Why? ( )

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