These AP 8th Class English Important Questions 3rd Lesson will help students prepare well for the exams.
AP Board 8th Class English 3rd Lesson Important Questions and Answers
SECTION – A
READING COMPREHENSION
Question No. 1
Study the given picture and answer the questions.
1.
a) Who were the two prominent personalities talking to each other? During which movement did it take place?
Answer:
Azimulla Khan and Tatya Tope during the Independence movement.
b) Who did Azimulla Khan tell? What did he tell?
Answer:
He told Tatya Tope. He told him to make Nana Saheb as their leader in that war of independence.
c) Who was the Peshwa? What kind of battles were fought all over North India?
Answer:
Nana Saheb was the Peshwa. Pitched battles were fought.
d) How old was Kunwar Singh? Where was he from?
Answer:
He was eighty years old. He was from Bihar.
e) What did Kunwar Singh receive? What did he do later?
Answer:
He received a bullet in his wrist. He cut off his wrist.
2.
a) In which two languages was education in India? Who was Macaulay?
Answer:
Persian and Sanskrit. He was an English man.
b) What did Macaulay suggest? When did he suggest?
Answer:
He suggested English education for Indians. He suggested it in 1835.
c) What did English education produce ? Who did the British give petty jobs to?
Answer:
It produced Indian clerks. They gave petty jobs to Indians who received English education.
d) It also produced ……….
What does ‘It’ refer to? What did it also produce?
Answer:
English education. It also produced a new generation of intellectuals.
e) “And try to improve their”
Answer:
Raja Ram Mohan Roy. ‘Their’ refers to their Indian brothers’.
3.
a) When did they pass the resolution? What was its effect?
Answer:
They passed it in 1818. Indians were jailed without a trial.
b) What did the British continue to do? Who passed the resolution?
Answer:
They continued to oppress Indians. The British passed the resolution.
c) Who drew big salaries? Were they happy?
Answer:
The English soldiers.-Yes, they were happy.
d) Who received low salaries? Were they happy?
Answer:
Indian soldiers. No, they were nobhappy.
e) Who made fortunes? In which business did they make?
Answer:
The British; in their private business.
4. Read the passage and answer the following questions.
The 1857 revolt started at Meerut. The sepoys who had revolted marched to Delhi. They wer4 shouting slogans for Bahadur Shah Jaffar. Many landlords lost their lands.
a) When did the revolt start ? Where did it start?
Answer:
In 1857; at Merut.
b) Who marched? Where did they march to?
Answer:
The sepoys who had revolted. They marched to Delhi.
c) Who were shouting? For whom were they shouting?
Answer:
The sepoys; Bahadur Shah Jaffar
d) What happened to landlords? Did they help the rebels?
Answer:
They lost their lands. Yes, they helped the rebels.
e) Did the revolt result in violence? Where is Meerut now?
Answer:
Yes, it resulted in violence. Meerut is in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Question No.2
Read the following lines and answer the questions.
1. Macavity, Macavity, there’s no one like Macavity,
He’s broken every human law, he breaks the
law of gravity.
His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare.
a) Who is Macavity?
Answer:
Macavity is a cat.
b) What has he broken?
Answer:
Human laws and laws of gravity
c) What powers does it have?
Answer:
It has powers of levitation.
d) What makes a fakir stare?
Answer:
His powers of levitation.
e) Who do his povy^ers make stare?
Answer:
the fakir
2. And when you reach the scene of crime —
Macavity’s not there!
You may seek in the basement, you may look up in the air —
But I tell you once and once again, Macavity’s
not there!
a) Why do you reach the scene of crime?
Answer:
to catch Macavity
b) Who is supposed to be the cause of the crime?
Answer:
Macavity
c) Is Macavity found at the scene of the crime?
Answer:
No, it is not found.
d) Is Macavity found in the basement?
Answer:
No, it is not found there.
e) Why do you look up in the air?
Answer:
to see if Macavity is there
3. Macavity, Macavity, there’s no one like Macavity,
For he’s a fiend in feline shape, a monster*of depravity.
You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the square — .
But when a crime’s discovered, then Macavity’s not there!
a) Why is there no one like Macavjty?
Answer:
It is unique. He is a fiend in feline shape.
b) For he’s a fiend in feline shape’
What do you understand by this line?
Answer:
He is a devif in the shape of a cat.
c) Where may you see him?
Answer:
I may see him in the square.
d) Is Macavity seen at the place where a crime is discovered?
Answer:
No, it is not seen there.
e) Pick out the word that means ‘moral corruption’.
Answer:
‘depravity’
4. Macavity’s a ginger cat, he’s very tall and thin ;
You. would know him if you saw him, for his eyes are sunken in.
His brow is deeply lined with thought, his head is highly domed.
a) What colour is Macavity?
Answer:
Macavity is ginger coloured.
b) How are his eyes?
Answer:
His are sunken in.
c) Which is highly domed?
Answer:
Macavity’s head is highly domed.
d) Who is tall and thin?
Answer:
Macavity is*tall and thin.
e) Describe his brow.
Answer:
His brow is deeply lined with thought.
5. His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed.
He sways his head from side to side, With movements
like a snake;
And when you think he’s half asleep, he’s always wide awake;
a) How is the skin of Macavity?
Answer:
His skin is dusty.
b) Which are pncombed?
Answer:
His whiskers are uncombed.
c) What doe£ his head do?
Answer:
His head sways from side to side.
d) Which animal is taken for comparison?
Answer:
a snake
e) Who is always wide awake?
Answer:
Macavity is always wide awake.
Question No.3
Read the following passage and answer the questions.
1. It was a large lovely garden, with softjgreen grass. Here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars, and there were twelve peach-trees that in the spring time broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, and in the autumn bore rich fruit.
a) Who do you think owned that garden?
Answer:
The giant
b) Which look like stars?
Answer:
beautiful flowers
c) How many trees were there in the garden?
Answer:
There were 12 peach trees.
d) What did the trees do in the spring?
Answer:
In the spring, they broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl.
e) What did the trees do in the autumn?
Answer:
In the autumn, they bore rich fruit.
2. One day the Giant came back. He had been to visit his friend, the Cornish Ogre,, and had stayed with him for seven years. When he arrived, he saw the children playing in the garden.
a) Who was the friend of the Giant?
Answer:
The Cornish Ogre
b) What did the Giant see when he came back?
Answer:
He saw the children playing in his garden.
c) Why did the Giant leave his garden?
Answer:
He left the garden to visit his friend the Cornish Ogre.
d) How long did he stay with his friend?
Answer:
He stayed with him for seven years.
e) Was the Giant happy to see the children playing in his garden?
Answer:
No, he was not happy.
3. “My own garden is my own garden,” said the Giant; “anyone can,understand that, and I will allow nobody to play in it but myself.” So he built a high wall all round it,and pin up a notice-board:
TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED
a) Who could the Giant allow to play in his garden?
Answer:
He could allow only himself.
b) What do you think is the nature of the Gianf, after listening to his words?
Answer:
He is a selfish Giant.
c) What did he build?
Answer:
He built a high wall.
d) Where did he build?
Answer:
He built all round his garden.
e) What does the notice-board say?
Answer:
TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED.
4. The poor children had now nowhere to play. They tried to play on the road, but the road was very dusty and full of hard stones, and they did not like it. They used to wander round the high walls when their lessons were over, and talk about the beautiiul garden inside.
a) Why could they not play on the road?
Answer:
It was vefy dusty and full of stones.
b) Did they like the road?
Answer:
No, they did not like it.
c) Where did they wander?
Answer:
They wandered round the high walls of the garden.
d) When did they wander?
Answer:
when their lessons were over
e) What were they talking about?
Answer:
They were talking about the beautiful garden inside.
5. In the farthest corner of the garden was a tree quite covered with lovely white blossoms. Its branches were golden, id silver fruit hung down from them, and underneath it stood the little boy he had loved.
a) What was the tree covered with?
Answer:
lovely white blossoms
b) Where was that tree?
Answer:
in the farthest corner of the garden
c) How were its branches?
Answer:
They were golden.
d) Which fruit hung down?
Answer:
silver fruit
e) Where did the boy stand?
Answer:
He stood underneath the tree.
Question No.4
Read the following passage and answer the questions.
1. I started playing cricket when I was a small boy. I remember how once I broke my mother’s nose. She used to bowl to me in the small room, in our house where we played our ‘daily match’ with a tennis ball. There was very little place, so she would kneel and throw the ball gently to me. Once I hit one straight back at her. It hit her on the nose, which started, bleeding. Although it was only a tennis ball, she was very near me when I hit it. This is why the ball hit her with such force. I frightened, but she said it was nothing. She washed her face. The bleeding stopped and again they went on s with the game. But for the rest of the day I played more carefully forward defence only, and no attacking shots.
a) When did the writer start playing cricket?
Answer:
The writer started playing cricket when he was a small boy.
b) Where did the writer and his mother play their daily match?
Answer:
The writer and his mother played their ‘daily match’ in a small room in their house.
c) ‘She was very near me when I hit it.’ Here ‘it’ refers to ________. (ii)
i) wall
ii) ball
iii) face
Answer:
ii) ball
d) Why could his mother kneel and throw the ball? The reason was………. (i)
i) She could not stand.
ii) There was very little space.
iii) She observed the rules of the game.
Answer:
i) She could not stand.
e) Which of the following statements is true with reference to the passage? (iii)
i) Once the writer broke his nose.
ii) They played their daily match in the street.
iii) They played daily match in their house.
Answer:
iii) They played daily match in their house.
2. One day, Rip went to the forest with his pet dog, Wolf. He was near the Catskill mountains and (climbed them Up slowly. Down below, the Hudson river was flowing in a majestic way. He sat on one of the tops of the mountains. It was getting dark. His wife would be angry for returning home late. He was about to descend. Suddenly he heard someone calling him up “Rip Van Winkle”. He saw a strange old man climbing up the rocks. His hair and beard were grey because of his old age. He was carrying a heavy big barrel on his back. Rip thought that the barrel must be containing some wine. On the old man’s request, Rip helped him in carrying the barrel. Both came to an open place.
a) Where did Rip go one day?
Answer:
One day Rip went to the forest with his pet dog.
b) What did Rip think of the barrel?
Answer:
Rip thought that the barrel must be containing some wine.
c) Here ‘Wolf was the name of a ________. (iii)
i) river
ii) person
iii) dog
Answer:
iii) dog
d) What was the strange old man carrying? (i)
i) He was carrying a heavy big barrel.
ii) He was carrying a pet dog.
iii) He was carrying a beard.
Answer:
i) He was carrying a heavy big barrel.
e) Which of the following statements is true with reference to the passage? (iii)
i) Rip was carrying a heavy big barrel on his back.
ii) Rip saw a strange young man climbing up the rocks.
iii) Rip’s wife would be angry for returning home late.
Answer:
iii) Rip’s wife would be angry for returning home late.
3. Long ago, people imagined robots. Over 2,000 years ago, a famous poet imagined robots. The poet’s name was Homer. His robots were made of gold. They cleaned things and they made things. But they were not real. They were imaginary. Nobody was able to make a real robot.
Robotic characters, androids (artificial men / women) or gynoids (artificial women), and cyborgs (humans with significant mechanical enhancements) have become a staple of science fiction.
The first real robot was made in 1961. It was called Unimate. It was used to help make cars. It looked like a giant arm.
In the future, we will have even more robots. They will do things that we can’t do or they will do things that we don’t want to do or they will do things that are too dangerous for us. Robots will help us fight fires. They will help us fight wars. They will help us fight sickness. They will help us discover things They will help make life better.
a) Whose robots were made of gold?
Answer:
Homer’s robots were made of gold.
b) When did the poet’s imagination come true?
Answer:
In 1961
c) The name of the first real robot was ________. (ii)
i) Homer
ii) Unimate
iii) Giant arm
Answer:
ii) Unimate
d) What does the passage convey about the future of robots? (iii)
i) only despair
ii) only hope
iii) both despair and hope
Answer:
iii) both despair and hope
e) Which sentence below is TRUE based on the information in the passage? (iii)
i) The robots can’t do things that we can’t do.
ii) Robots were discovered hundred years back.
iii) Unimate looked like a giant arm.
Answer:
iii) Unimate looked like a giant arm.
4. Bose was born on November 30,1858 in Faridpur, Dacca district, now in Bangladesh. He received his early education in his mother-tongue, Bengali. He went to Calcutta for further studies where he joined St. Xavier School. When he realized that all his schoolmates knew only English, he felt like a fish out of water. Nevertheless, he excelled in his studies. .
He passed the school-final examination in first class and joined for B.A. In those days, science formed a part of the course. Even though he was interested in all branches of sciences, Botany was his favourite.
a) Where was,Bose born? and when?
Answer:
Bose was born on November 30, 1858 in Faridpur, Dacca district, now in Bangla-desh.
b) Why did Bose go to Calcutta?
Answer:
Bose went to Calcutta for further studies. There he joined St. Xavier School.
c) The mother tongue of Bose is _______. (ii)
i) Hindi
ii) Bengali
iii) English.
Answer:
ii) Bengali
d) How did Bose feel when he realized that all his schoolmates knew only English? (iii)
i) He felt happy.
ii) He felt sad.
iii) He felt like a fish out of water.
Answer:
iii) He felt like a fish out of water.
e) Which of the following statements is true with reference to the passage? (ii)
i) Bose did not join in St. Xavier school.
ii) Bose passed his school-final examination in first class.
iii) Bose was interested in Botany only.
Answer:
ii) Bose passed his school-final examination in first class.
5. Chandra Kumar Was waiting for a train when he met a friend. His friend had no money. But he wanted to travel on the same train too. So he asked Chandra Kumar to lend him some mpney.
“I don’t hqve any .money either,” said Chandra Kumar. “But why don’t you get into my compartment and hide under the seat ? Nobody will see you there.”
The friend thought that it was a good idea. When the train, drew in, he got into Chandra Kumar’s compartment and hid under the seat.
After a while, the ticket collector came and asked Chandra Kumar for his ticket. Chandra Kumar gave two tickets. The ticket collector asked, “Who is the second ticket for?” And Chandra Kumar said, “It’s my friend. He is under my seat. That’s where he likes to sit.”
a) Where did Chandra Kumar meet his friend?
Answer:
Chandra Kumar met his friend at the railway station.
b) What happened when the train started?
Answer:
When the train started, the friend got into Chandra Kumar’s compartment and hid under the seat.
c) The friend needed money _________. (iii)
i) to buy a dress
ii) to buy a watch
iii) to buy a ticket
Answer:
iii) to buy a ticket
d) Chandra Kumar asked his Mend to hide ________.(ii)
i) in the toilet
ii) under his seat
iii) under the train
Answer:
ii) under his seat
e) Which of the following statements is true with reference to the passage? (iii)
i) The friend did not agree to Chandra Kumar’s suggestion.
ii) Chandra Kumar gave money to his friend.
iii) Chandra Kumar bought two tickets.
Answer:
iii) Chandra Kumar bought two tickets.
6. In the late nineteenth century the real importance of fingerprints became known. A man called Sir Francis Galton began to study the ridges on the finger-tips. He found that no two people had the same pattern of ridges. He also learnt that the pattern does not change as a person grows older.
The police saw at one how finger prints could help them. They began to keep the records of the fingerprints of people who were known to be criminals. When the police want to find out whether a suspect has committed other crimes before, they take the fingerprints and compare them with those they have. With so many prints on record, it would seerr/very hard to check but an expert can usually find out in a few minutes.
a) When did the real importance of fingerprints become known?
Answer:
The real importance of fingerprints became known in the late nineteenth century.
b) What did Sir Francis Galton find?
Answer:
Sir Francis Galton found that no two people had the same pattern of ridges.
c) The police maintain records of the fingerprints of _______. (i)
i) criminals
ii) pattern of ridges
iii) people
Answer:
i) criminals
d) Who can check fingerprints easily? (iii)
i) the criminal
ii) the thief
iii) an expert
Answer:
iii) an expert
e) Which of the following statements is true with reference to the passage? (i)
i) Sir Francis Galton studied the ridges on the finger-tips.
ii) The pattern of ridges changes as a person grows older.
iii) The fingerprints do not help the police.
Answer:
i) Sir Francis Galton studied the ridges on the finger-tips.
Question No.5
1. A new magazine sales in five months from January to May are given in the table. Study the table and answer the questions.
| Month | Copies sold |
| 1. January | 200 |
| 2. February | 500 |
| 3. March | 520 |
| 4. April | 600 |
| 5. May | 380 |
a) What information does the table give us?
Answer:
The table gives us the sales of a new magazine in five months, i.e. from January to May.
b) How many copies are sold in all the five months put together?
Answer:
The total number of copies sold in all the five months is 2200.
c) The difference in copies sold in the last two months is _________. (iii)
i) 980
ii) 300
iii) 220
Answer:
iii) 220
d) In which two months the copies sold are almost equal? (i)
i) February and March
ii) January and May
iii) February and April
Answer:
i) February and March
e) Which of the following statements is true as per the table? (i)
i) 520 copies are sold in the third month of the year.
ii) In April the copies sold are 500.
iii) The total number of copies sold in March and May is 800.
Answer:
i) 520 copies are sold in the third month of the year.
2. The following chart shows the details of survey made on the concept ‘the colors I like’. Study the chart carefully and answer the questions.
a) Which concept does the chart tell us about?
Answer:
The chart tells us about the colours people like.
b) Mention the colours liked equally by people.
Answer:
The colours equally liked by people are white and yellow.
c) The number of people who like pink colour is _________. (ii)
i) 100
ii) 50
iii) 75
Answer:
ii) 50
d) Which is the largest liked colour according to the survey? (i)
i) Blue
ii) Red
iii) Grey
Answer:
i) Blue
e) Which of the following statements is true as per the data given in the chart? (i)
i) The difference between the people who like blue colour and grey colour is 300.
ii) The number of colours mentioned in the chart is 6.
iii) The number of people who like flesh colour is 100.
Answer:
i) The difference between the people who like blue colour and grey colour is 300.
SECTION – B
CREATIVE WRITING
Question No.6 & 7
6. a) The Giant went to the boy who was struggling to reach the branch of the tree and sit on it. He met the boy and talked to him.
Write a possible conversation between the Giant and the boy.
Answer:
The Giant : Ah ! What are you trying for?
Boy : Trying to reach the branch.
The Giant : The other children ran away seeing me. But you didn’t.
Boy : Why should I, uncle?
The Giant : What a nice calling! Would you like to play here?
Boy : Of course.
The Giant : Then, do come regularly for me.
Boy : For you?
The Giant : Yeah!
Boy : But the other children said that you would not let children play in your grarden.
The Giant : That was once.
Boy : What is, now?
The Giant : Now I am changed. (have realized that my garden remains beautiful only with children playing in it since children are the most beautiful flowers.
Boy : Glad to hear it.
The Giant : If you want to be on that branch, I shall keep you there.
Boy : Really I do. Do it for me.
(The Giant puts the boy on the branch.)
Boy : Uncle, come close to me.
(The Giant goes close to him.)
Boy : Uncle, I’ll do one thing. Don’t think it otherwise.
The Giant; I won’t.
(The Boy kisses him on his cheek.)
The Giant : Nice boy!
Boy : I’m happy because you don’t get angry with me.
The Giant : No, I never.
Boy : Put me down, I’ll be here next time.
(The Giant puts him on the ground)
Boy : Bye, uncle.
The Giant : Bye.
b) Imagine you were one of the children who were prevented from entering the garden by the Giant.
Write your feelings on what had happened that evening.
Answer:
| Today something unlucky happened. As usual, we entered the garden and started playing. While we were playing joyfully and also listening to the song of a bird on a tree, a Giant entered. He is rather big and strong. He can pick up ten children with one hand and throw them away. We were frightened by his appearance. No sooner did he see us than he shotted loudly like a big thunder. He said that his garden was his own garden and he would let none but himself play in his garden.
Immediately we all ran out to escape from being caught. Later ne built a high wall round his garden and hung a notice-board that said, ‘TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED’. Now we have no chance of entering the garden and playing in it. We have no source but the road for our play. But the road is dusty with lots of stones on it. How can we play on it? I hope that God might change him and help us play in that garden as it is indeed a lovely one with many trees in. Srikanth |
c) The boy who was helped by the Giant to reach the branch of the tree and sit on it for sometime, wanted to help the Giant in some way. He expressed his experience in the garden, in his diary.
Write a diary entry by that boy.
Answer:
11 February, 20xx Monday,
9 p.m.
Dear Diary,
Today I felt very happy. Along with many children, I entered the garden of the Giant through the large hole happened in the wall round his garden. While the other children climbed the trees and enjoyed the song of the bird, I went to a tree in one of the corners and wanted to climb that tree. But being short, I could not reach any branch of the trefe. I tried hard but in vain. I started weeping. The tree might have pitied my condition and so bent its branches so that I could reach them. Even then I failed. Then something unusual happened.
The Giant came to me and asked me why I was weeping. I expressed him my position. His heart then moved. He took me in his hands and put me on a branch. I felt happy. I kissed him on his cheek. He was changed. He is kind” towards children. So I decided to help the Giant in some way.
The boy
d) Write a script for a speech on ‘The Importance of Scientific and Practical Knowledge to Indians’.
Answer:
Respect.ed headmaster, respected teachers and my dear friends !
Good morning to everybody. Today I am very happy to stand before you to express my views on The Importance of Scientific and Practical Knowledge to Indians’.
One learns something to gain some knowledge from it. This is what we do here. But the knowledge should keep the person to stand on his / her feet for better livelihood as well as to be of use to his / her country that he / she belongs to. You know why small countries in the West have become well developed and how the living conditions of the citizens in them are. It’s nothing but they have scientific and practical knowledge that comes through their education system. You may spend much time for being a good linguist but that does not prosper your living conditions well.
So India being highly populated, Indians ought to seek scientific and practical knowledge by which not only the individual but also the entire country becomes prosperous by leaps and bounds. Think of the difference in the earnings of a person that acquires B.A. degree in some fine arts and a person who gets a B.Tech or M.B.B.S. degree. I hope you are able to understand the importance of what I said in the beginning.
Thank you one and all for providing me with this opportunity.
Jai Hind.
7. a) Write a letter to your friend on what you have understood by your study of the lesson ‘The Selfish Giant’.
Answer:
|
Vejendla. My dear Sirisha, In this letter, I would like to tell you what I have learnt by studying the lesson The Selfish Giant’. This lesson brings out the fact that people like the selfish Giant have to abandon their self’shnesS so as to please the Almighty. We come across such people frequently nowadays. But looking at them and studying them, you can understand what they have gained and what they have lost. Being selfish, the Giant did not let the children play in his garden. Hence his garden became snowy completely even in the spring. He had to undergo much sufferings. He realized the impact of being selfish and vanished it. He understood-children are the most beautiful flowers and where there are children there is joy and beauty. So, in the later part, he invited the children into his garder and played with them. This made the God be kind towards the Giant and so came as a boy and took him to his paradise in the end. So we all should be selfless and co-operative. Convey my regards to your parents. Awaiting a letter from you, I remain. Yours lovingly, |
b) Write a story using the hints given below.
A camel and a donkey – friends – go together and eat together always – donkey wants to suffer camel – enter a cabbage garden – both start eating – donkey brays – gardener hears – comes out with a cane – donkey runs away – gardener beats camel – camel angry – wants to teach a lesson – another day – both want to cross a river to eat sugar ‘ cane – camel carries donkey on back – middle of river – camel dances – donkey falls – drowns into river.
Answer:
A Camel and a Donkey
Once there, lived a camel and a donkey. They were friends. They went together and ate together always.
One day the camel and the donkey went to a cabbage garden for eating. Then the donkey got a cruel plan. He wanted to suffer his friend. So, while they were eating, the donkey brayed. The gardener who was sleeping inside his house beside the garden, heard it. He got angry. So he came out with a cane in his hand. The donkey immediately ran away. The gardener beat the camel. The camel got angry with the donkey. He wanted to teach him a lesson.
Another day, both the animals wanted to cross a river to eat some sugar cane. The camel was carrying the donkey on its back. When they were in the middle of the river, the camel began to dance. The donkey slipped and fell into the water. He drowned. Moral: Cheating is dangerous.
SECTION – C
VOCABULARY
Question No.8
Choose the words with similar meaning(synonyms) from the list given to the words underlined.
1. [lectured, pride, learned, hated, goes beyond, grief]
Religious leaders preached (a) ideas like untouchability and child marriage. Anyone who crosses (b) the seas loses his religion. All the misery (c) in the world is due to women. The British scorned (d) them.
Answer:
a) lectured
b) goes beyond
c) grief
d) hated
2. [doubtful, profits, unable, desert, faith, sons of the soil]
The British said that the natives (a) were unworthy of trust (b), incapable (c) of honesty. The farmers had to abandon (d) their fields.
Answer:
a) sons of the soil
b) faith
c) unable
d) desert
3. [got, express, small, gist, by the way, worldly]
English education produced clerks to whom the British gave petty (a) jobs. Incidentally (b), it also produced a new generation of intellectuals. Ram Mohan Roy wanted to improve the material (c) conditions of the Indians. He wanted to convey (d) this to his friends.
Answer:
a) small
b) by the way
c) worldly
d) express
4. [strong, big, big houses, dissatisfaction, developing, improve]
Discontent (a) was brewing (b) in the East India Company’s army. The white soldier gets huge (c) pay and mansions (d) to live in.
Answer:
a) dissatisfaction
b) developing
c) big
d) big houses
5. [extended, bitter, bloody, passed on, went in a body, explosion]
There was a violent (a) outbreak (b) at Meerut. The sepoys marched (c) to Delhi. The rebellion spread (d) wider.
Answer:
a) bloody
b) explosion
c) went in a body
d) extended
Question No.9
Write the words opposite in meaning (antonyms) to the words underlined.
1. Macavity is special (a). He is morally (b) corrupt. It is difficult (c) to find him. He is nowhere (d) to be found.
Answer:
a) ordinary
b) immorally
c) easy
d) everywhere
2. Macavity appears lost (a) in deep thinking. His head sits high (b) on his body. He is wide awake (c). He is half (d) asleep.
Answer:
a) found
b) low
c) asleep
d) fully
3. You cannot find Macavity under (a) the earth. He is tall (b) and thin (c). You cannot meet (d) him.
Answer:
a) above
b) short
c) fat / stout
d)leave.
4. Indian princes often (a) took the help of the East India Company. So they became weak (b). Gradually (c) they were oppressed. It became easy (d) for the British to subdue them one by one.
Answer:
a) rarely
b) strong
c) suddenly
d) difficult
5. The British cared (a) little about the needs of the Indians. The dissatisfaction (b) in the public began (c). Chapaties were sent (d).
Answer:
a) neglected
b) satisfaction
c) ended
d) brought
Question No.10
Fill In the blanks with the right form of the words given in brackets.
1. The birds were _______(a) (flew / flying / fly) about and twittering with _______(b) (delightful / delighted / delight). But a little boy was _______(c) (wandered / wander / wandering) all round a tree and crying _______(d) (bitterly / bitter / bittering).
Answer:
a) flying
b) delight
c) wandering
d) bitterly
2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy said, “Cows have _______(a) (difference / differently / different) colours but the _______(b) (colourful / colour / coloured) of their milk is the same.” He _______(c) (crosses / crossing / crossed) the seas and went to England to see what made the British _______(d) (powerful / powered / powers).
Answer:
a) different
b) colour
c) crossed
d) powerful
3. Macaulay said, “We should _______(a) (teach / teaching / taught) the natives through the English language.” English _______(b) (educate / educationally / education) produced clerks. By 1856, the British had (c) (conquered / conquering / conquer) the whole of India. Ram Mohan Roy tried to improve the _______(d) (materially / materialistic / material) conditions of the Indians.
Answer:
a) teach
b) education
c) conquered
d) material
4. Taxes continued to _______(a) (ruin / ruined / ruining) the peasants. In Bengal, the Santhals who had lost their _______(b) (landing / landed / lands) under new land rules, became _______(c) (desperate / desperated / desperating). In 1885, they _______(d) (massacre / massacred / massacring) Europeans.
Answer:
a) ruin
b) lands
c) desperate
d) massacred
5. His coat is _______(a) (dust / dusting / dusty) from _______(b) (neglectful / neglected / neglect), his whiskers are uncombed. His powers of _______(c) (levitation / levitating / levitated) would make a fakir _______(d) (stare / stared / staring).
Answer:
a) dusty
b) neglect
c) levitation
d) stare
Question No.11
a) 1. Complete the following words using ua, au, ea, ee, ei, ie, ou, oo, oi, io, ui.
1. a) Macavity is a f_ _nd in feline shape.
b) You may m_ _t him in a by-street.
Answer:
a) fiend
b) meet
2. a) He has powers of levitat_ _n.
b) His brow is d_ _ply lined, with thought.
Answer:
a) levitation
b) deeply
3. a) You may s_ _k him in the basement.
b) Even the Flying Sq_ _ds can’t catch him.
Answer:
a) seek
b) Squads
4. a) _ _ghty – year old Kunwar Singh received a bullet in his wrist.
b) We should make Nana Saheb the l_ _der of our army.
Answer:
a) Eighty
b) leader
5. a) The patr_ _ts pounced upon the British
b) Chapat_ _s were sent from village to village.
Answer:
a) patriots
b) Chapaties
6. a) They killed th_ _r supporters.
b) He sways his h_ _d.
Answer:
a) their
b) head
2. Complete the following words using oo, ea, ee, ei, ie, ou, au, oi, io, ui.
1. a) s_ _n
b) sold_ _rs
Answer:
a) soon
b) soldiers
2. a)pr_ _d
b) rebell_ _n
Answer:
a) proud
b) rebellion
3. a) spr_ _d
b) polic_ _s
Answer:
a) spread
b) policies
4. a) v_ _lence
b) M_ _rut
Answer:
a) violence
b) Meerut
5. a) th_ _sands
b) p_ _sants
Answer:
a) thousands
b) peasants
6. a) r_ _dy
b) w vers
Answer:
a) ready
b) weavers
7. a) rel_ _f
b) rel_ _se
Answer:
a) relief
b) release
8. a) g_ _ds
b) rup_ _s
Answer:
a) goods
b) rupees
b) 1. Complete the following words with the suffixes given in the brackets.
1. a) His head is high ___(li / ly) domed.
b) I don’t care that comm ___. (ant / ent)
Answer:
a) highly
b) comment
2. a) Keep the sp (each / eech) bubbles.
b) Don’t quarr ___. (al/el)
Answer:
a) speech
b) quarrel
3. a) Be care ___. (ful / full)
b) You can have some refer ___. (ence / ance)
Answer:
a) careful
b) reference
4. a) The emper ___(er / or) was proud.
b) He is also cru ___. (al / el)
Answer:
a) emperor
b) cruel
2. Complete the following words with the letters given in the brackets.
1. a) his___(ary / ory)
b) charact___ (or / er)
Answer:
a) history
b) character
2. a) actua___(ly/ny)
b) sour___ (ses / ces)
Answer:
a) actually
b) sources
3. a) attend___(ence / ance)
b) advant___ (age / ege)
Answer:
a) attendance
b) advantage
4. a) sal___(ery / ary)
b) rec___ (eive / ieve)
Answer:
a) salary
b) receive
5. a) gr___(eese / ease)
b) poli___ (cy/sy)
Answer:
a) grease
b) policy
6. a) regim___(ent/ant)
b) adjut___(ent/ant)
Answer:
a) regiment
b) adjutant
7. a) emper___(or/er)
b) viol___(ent/ant)
Answer:
a) emperor
b) violent
c) One word in the set given below is wrongly spelt. Rewrite it correctly in the space provided.
1. a) mention, naration, social, oppressive
b) exploit, prevailing, suffered, reveals
Answer:
a) narration
b) prevailing
2. a) bulet, offering, ruining, bitter
b) grease, masses, similerly, spread
Answer:
a) bullet
b) similarly
3. a) rebelion, humiliated, services, executed
b) sudden, believe, attempt, terible
Answer:
a) rebellion
b) terrible
4. a) family, rocket, computer, breif
b) oposite, swept, tremors, chaos
Answer:
a) brief recede
b) opposite
5. a) resort, suden, hysterical, cause
b) resede, floods, celebrate, float
Answer:
a) sudden
b) recede
Question No.12
Put the following words under correct headings.
1. [remembered, massive, giant, wooden, celebrate, fainted, triggered, little]
| Adjectives | Verbs |
| 1) massive | 1) remember |
| 2) giant | 2) celebrate |
| 3) wooden | 3) fainted |
| 4) little | 4) triggered |
2. [responsibility, know, acceptance, starved, knowledge, starvation, responsible, accepted]
| Word | Its Noun Form |
| 1) responsible | 1) responsibility |
| 2) know | 2) knowledge |
| 3) accepted | 3) acceptance |
| 4) starved | 4) starvation |
3. [programmer; memorable, disgusting, misunderstand, misuse, singer, incorrect, illogic]
| Prefixes | Suffixes |
| 1) misunderstand | 1) programmer |
| 2) misuse | 2) memorable |
| 3) incorrect | 3) disgusting |
| 4) illogic | 4) singer |
4. [stopped, threw, ceased, hastened, flung, came secretly, hurried, crept]
| Word | Its Meaning |
| 1) ceased | 1) stopped |
| 2) flung | 2) threw |
| 3) hastened | 3) hurried |
| 4) crept | 4) came secretly |
5. [garden, castle, gardener, receptionist, beach, peasant, farm, dramatist]
| Persons | Places |
| 1) gardener | 1) garden |
| 2) receptionist | 2) castle |
| 3) peasant | 3) beach |
| 4) dramatist | 4) farm |
Question No.13
a) Think of two adjectives for each of the following nouns given below and place them before, respectively.
1. a) You can’t see that _____ _____ Macavity easily.
b) The cat has _____ _____ eyes.
Answer:
a) tall thin
b) brownish sunken
2. a) There are _____ _____ clouds in the sky.
b) He has _____ _____ whiskers.
Answer:
a) dark thick
b) long uncombed
3. a) The Giant had a _____ _____ garden.
b) The garden has a lot of _____ _____ grass in it.
Answer:
a) large lovely
b) soft green
4. a) Children could not play on the _____ _____ road.
b) The Snow covered up the grass with her _____ _____ cloak.
Answer:
a) dusty stony
b) great white
5. a) The Giant heard a _____ _____ music.
b) The Giant put that _____ _____ boy on the top of the tree.
Answer:
a) lovely sweet
b) poor little
b) Use the following phrasal verbs in sentences of your own.
1. i) break down : The car broke down as there was trouble in the engine.
(Or)
The worgan broke down on hearing the death news of her husband.
ii) break up : The old man asked his sons to break up the bundle of sticks into small pieces.
2. i) look into : The teacher is looking into the complaint.
ii) look after: Parents look after their children with love and care.
3. i) give up : You should give up that bad habit to prosper yourself.
ii) die of: I won’t let him die of starvation
4. i) break into: They broke into the house at midnight.
ii) look out: He looked out through the window to know what was happening outside.
5. i) knock down: It’s not easy for you to knock him down.
ii) give in : The rebels were forced to give in.
6. i) get rid of : You should get rid of those bad fellows.
ii) drive away : I will drive them away as they are creating nuisance.
7. i) cover with : You can see the married couple in that car covered with beautiful roses.
ii) look for: What are you looking for?
8. i) get through : I can get through the exam easily.
ii) make out : I cannot make out what you say.
SECTION – D
GRAMMAR
Question No.14
Read the following passage and correct the parts underlined. Rewrite the corrected parts in the space provided.
1. Ram Mohan Roy was attracted with (a) practical but (b) scientific knowledge. The suspected (c) British stopped his newspapers in 1823. He understood what made a (d) British powerful.
Answer:
a) by
b) and
c) suspicious
d) the
2. English education produced clerks to which (a) the British gave petty jobs under them. Ram Mohan Roy tried for (b) improve a (c) material conditions of the Indians. By 1856, the British had conquer (d) the whole of India.
Answer:
a) whom
b) to
c) the
d) conquered
3. The British continued to oppressing (a) Indians. In 1818, they had passed Regulation III under whom (b) the (c) Indian could be jailed without trail on (d) acourt.
Answer:
a) oppress
b) which
c) an
d) in
4. Macavity is not a (a) ordinary cat. It is tall but (b) thin. His head is high (c) domed. His whiskers is (d) uncombed.
Answer:
a) an
b) and
c) highly
d) in
5. One morning the Giant was lying on (a) bed when they (b) heard some lovely music who (c) sounded so sweet that he thinks (d) it must be the King’s musicians passing by.
Answer:
a) in
b) he
c) that (or) which
d) are
6. Then the Spring came, and all over the country there are (a) little blossoms but (b) little birds. Only in a (c) garden of the Giant, it was still winter.’ The birds did not care to sing on (d) it as there were no children.
Answer:
a) were
b) and
c) the
d) thought
Question No.15
Complete the following passage choosing the right words from those given below. Each blank is numbered and four choices are given. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B) (C) or (D) in the blank. 4×1 = 4
1. Aditya and Satwik _____(1) to a movie yesterday. There was a _____(2) queue. They _____(3) stand in the queue for _____(4) hour. But they enjoyed watching the film.
1) A) go B) goes C) went D) gone
2) A) longest B) longer C) longing D) long
3) A) have to B) had to C) has to D) had
4) A) an B) a C) the D) any
Answer:
1) C 2) D 3) B 4) A
2. Trees _____(1) the most useful things on the earth. _____(2) take in carbon dioxide _____(3) give out oxygen. Human beings cannot live _____(4) them.
1) A) were B) are C) is D) was
2) A) We B) Their C) Them D) They
3) A) and B) but C) or D) yet
4) A) with B) for C) within D) without
Answer:
1)B 2) D 3) A 4) D
3. Last Monday Sravan met his teacher Annapurna _____(1) sought her help _____(2) completing a project on science. Annapurna assisted _____ (3) and so he was able to _____(4) it in time.
1) A) but B) or C) however D) and
2) A) on B) in G) with D) at
3) A) her B) them C) him D) us
4) A) finish B) finishes C) finished D) has finished
Answer:
1) D 2) B 3) C 4) A
4. Ruthvik and Ananth wanted to go abroad _____(1) hicher studies. But _____(2) parents did not _____(3) their proposal _____(4) they did not want to part with them.
1) A) with B) of C) for D) by
2) A) their B) his C) her D) our
3) A) accepted B) accept C) accepting D) accepts
4) A) so B) because C) although D) in spite of
Answer:
1) C 2) A 3) B 4) B
5. Last Friday Keerthana celebrated _____(1) birthday function on a grand scale. Her mother Lalitha Devi prepared _____(2) dishes. Her daughter Prerana sang _____(3) beautiful song for _____(4) all the participants praised her.
1) A) his B) their C) her D) our
2) A) special B) specially C) speciality D) specialized
3) A) a B) the C) an D) any
4) A) who B) how C) which D) where
Answer:
1) C 2) A 3) A 4) C
6. _____(1) India is a huge country, we are not able to _____(2) outstanding sportsmen. _____(3) are severed reasons _____(4) this sad state.
1) A) On account of B) Although
2) A) produce B) produces
3) A) Where B) There
4) A) for B) to
C) As if C) produced C) Those C) with
D) By means of D) producing D) This D) by
Answer:
1) B 2) A 3) B 4) A
Question No.16
a) Given below are two pieces of conversation. Change each into the Indirect or Reported Speech.
1) Srikar : Sirisha, this sum seems difficult for me to solve.
Sirisha : You can take the help of your teacher.
Srikar : My teacher left for Hyderabad yesterday.
Sirisha : Meet me tomorrow for that, Srikar.
Answer:
Srikar told Sirisha that that sum seemed difficult for him to solve.
Sirisha said that he could take the help of his teacher.
Srikar said tljat his teacher had left for Hyderabad the previous day / the day before.
Sirisha told Srikar to meet her the next day / the following day for that.
2) Roshan : What are you doing, Nirmal?
Nirmal : I am doing some project work in science.
Roshan : Who has given you that?
Nirmal : My science teacher Rukmini has given it.
Answer:
Roshan asked Nirmal what he was doing.
Nirmal said that he was doing some project work in science.
Roshan asked Nirmal who had given him that.
Nirmal said that his science teacher Rukmini had given it.
3) The Giant : Ah, boy! Why are you crying?
The boy : I want to sit on the branch of this tree.
The Giant : I will put you on it.
The boy : I will be very happy if you do it.
Answer:
The Giant asked the boy why he was crying.
The boy said / replied that he wanted to sit on the branch of that tree.
The Giant said that he would put him on it
The boy said that he would be very happy if he did it.
4) lima : Since the Giant has built a huge wall round the garden, we cannot play in that garden.
Sai : We can play on the road.
Sita : The road is dusty and full of stones.
John : What can we do?
Answer:
Uma said that since the Giant had built a huge wall round the garden, they could not play in that garden.
Sai said that they could play on the road.
Sita said that the road was dusty and full of stones.
John asked them what they could do.
b) Change each of the following sentences Into the Indirect or Reported speech.
1. 1) Hema said, “Don’t make bad friends, Sai.”
2) Shakespeare said, “The child is the father of the man.”
3) Sravani said, “Lohitha, what a beautiful painting you have drawn !”
Answer:
1. Hema told Sai not to make bad friends.
2. Shakespeare said that the child is the father of the man.
3. Sravani exclaimed and told Lohitha that she had drawn a very beautiful painting.
2. 1) Ananda Rao says, “I have been working as a teacher since 1986.”
2) Veena said to Ravi Prakash, “Grandpa, did you meet my father last Sunday ?”
3) Balu said, “The valency of carbon is fdur.”
Answer:
1. Ananda Rao says that he has been working as a teacher since 1986.
2. Veena asked her grandpa, Ravi Prakash if / whether he had met her father the previous Sunday.
3. Balu said that the valency of carbon is four.
3. 1) The Giant said, “Don’t enter this garden as it is my garden and I will allow none but myself.”
2) Guru said to his brother, “Don’t make yourseif a fool by doing this task.”
3) My father said, “One cannot act against one’s fate.”
Answer:
1. The Giant told the children not to enter that garden as it was his garden and he would allow none but himself.
2. Guru told his brother not to make himself a fool by doing that task.
3. My father said that one cannot act against one’s fate.
4. 1) Amani said, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a person healthy, wealthy and wise.”
2) The king said to the courtiers, “I am the handsomest one on the earth.”
3) Kausalaya said, “How deep the well is !”
Answer:
1. Amani said that early to bed and early to rise makes a person healthy, wealthy and wise.
2. The king told the courtiers that he was the handsomest one on the earth.
3. Kausalya exclaimed that the well was very deep.
5. 1) “I can trust Mallikharjun and Ram as they are my well-wishers,” said Gowtham.
2) “Go, and send your friend here,” said Surendar to Akash.
3) She said to him, “Please don’t disturb me.”
Answer:
1. Gowtham said that he could trust Mallikharjun and Ram as they were his well- wishers.
2. Surendar told Akash to go and send his friend there.
3. She requested him not to disturb her.
6. 1) He said, “Speech is silver and silence is golden.”
2) She said yesterday, “Charity begins at home.”
3) The headmaster said to the boy, “Didn’t you beat this boy, yesterday?”
Answer:
1. He said that speech is silver and silence is golden.
2. She said yesterday that charity begins at home.
3. The headmaster asked the boy if / whether he had not beaten that boy the previous day / the day before.