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TS 7th Class English Important Questions 8th Lesson Snakes in India

Section – A: Reading Comprehension (25 Marks)

Questions : 1 – 10, Marks : 15

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage.

Of the death-dealing quartet, the Russell’s viper is found from the paddy fields and river valleys of north India to the densely forested hills of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka in the south. Tan or brownish, thick-bodied, and reaching a length of one metre, it has long, movable fangs that inject a large amount of venom, making it even more dangerous than the Indian cobra.

The Indian cobra, a relative of some killer snakes of Asia, Africa and Australia, is readily recognized by the ‘spectacle’ (picture on the right) and ‘monocle’ (picture on the left) marks on its back. However, the black cobra has no distinguishing marks.

About one and a half to two metres long, the cobra spends much of its time underground or beneath dead logs or stones, feeding mainly on frogs and rats. The cobra’s bite is shallow and delivers a smaller dose of venom. But the venom is three times as toxic as that of the Russell’s viper.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
What does the word ‘toxic’ mean ?
A) non-poisonous
B) poisonous
C) conscious
D) painful
Answer:
B) poisonous

Question 2.
Which of the following is a relative of some killer snakes of Asia, Africa and Australia?
A) Common krait
B) Russell’s viper
C) Saw-scaled viper
D) Indian cobra
Answer:
D) Indian cobra

Question 3.
Spectacle or Monocle is not seen on the back of _________
A) Black cobra.
B) Indian cobra.
C) Saw-scaled viper.
D) Russell’s viper
Answer:
A) Black cobra.

Question 4.
Death-dealing quartet means _________ venomous and rather dangerous snakes.
A) three
B) two
C) four
D) five
Answer:
C) four

Question 5.
What does the cobra feed on ?
A) cats
B) rats
C) buffaloes
D) cows
Answer:
B) rats

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences, each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
Where is the Russell’s viper found ?
Answer:
The Russell’s viper is found from the paddy fields and river valleys of north India to the densely’forested hills of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka in the south.

Question 7.
How is the Russell’s viper ?
Answer:
The Russell’s viper is tan or brownish, thick-bodied, and reaching a length of one metre. It has long, movable fangs.

Question 8.
What makes the Russell’s’viper even more dangerous than the Indian cobra ?
Answer:
The long, movable fangs of the Russell’s viper inject a large amount of venom. That makes the Russell’s viper even more dangerous than the Indian cobra.

Question 9.
How is the Indian cobra recognised ? Which cobra has no distinguishing marks ?
Answer:
The Indian cobra is recognised by the ‘spectacle’ or ‘monocle’ marks on its back.
The black cobra has no such distinguishing marks.

Question 10.
What does the cobra’s bite deliver ? How powerful is its venom ?
Answer:
The cobra’s bite delivers a smaller dose of venom. But its venom is three times as toxic as that of the Russell’s viper.

Passage No. 2:

Read the following passage.

Kamal examined his foot and saw two tiny marks near the ankle. Convinced it was a snakebite, he hastily tied a rope just above his knee, and called out to a relative working nearby, who immediately took him by taxi to a local doctor’s dispensary. Unfortunately, the doctor was not a fully qualified allopathic practitioner and did not know about antivenin serum (anti-snake venom) or how to administer it. He gave Kamal a pain- killing injection and antibiotic tablets. He told him.to rest at home until the pain subsides.

But during the next few hours, Kamal felt increasingly giddy and vomited continually. His right foot and lower leg swelled alarmingly and the pain was unbearable. Kamal’s relatives rushed him to a large public hospital in central Mumbai.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the

correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer book. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
Which of the following gives the meaning ‘completely sure about’?
A) toxic
B) giddy
C) convinced
D) nocturnal
Answer:
C) convinced

Question 2.
The local doctor did not know about _________
A) how to administer anti-venin serum.
B) antibiotic tablets.
C) a pain-killing injection.
D) what medicine he should prescribe.
Answer:
A) how to administer anti-venin serum.

Question 3.
Kamal felt increasingly _________
A) toxic.
B) giddy.
C) fat.
D) nervous.
Answer:
B) giddy.

Question 4.
Where was the large public hospital?
A) in central Mumbai
B) in central Chennal
C) in Bengaluru
D) in Delhi
Answer:
A) in central Mumbai

Question 5.
How many tiny marks did Kamal see near his ankle ?
A) three
B) four
C) many
D) two
Answer:
D) two

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences, each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
What did Kainal do, when he convinced himself that it was a snakebite ?
Answer:
When convinced that it was a snakebite, Kamal hastily tied a rope just above his knee. Then he called out to a relative working nearby.

Question 7.
How did the local doctor treat Kamal ?
Answer:
The local doctor gave Kamal a pain-killing injection and antibiotic tablets. He told him to rest at home until the pain subsided.

Question 8.
Did the local doctor give Kamal an injection of antivenin ? Why or why not ?
Answer:
No, the local doctor did not give an injection of antivenin to Kamal because he was not a fully qualified allopathic practitioner and did not know about antivenin serum.

Question 9.
What happened to Kamal during the next few hours ?
Answer:
During the next few hours, Kamal felt increasingly giddy and vomited continually. His right foot and lower leg swelled alarmingly and the pain was unbearable.

Question 10.
If you were in Kamal’s position, what would you do ?
Answer:
If I were in Kamal’s position, I would at once tie a rope just above my knee and go to an allopathic doctor who knows about antivenin serum, by taking the help of some people.

Passage No. 3:

Read the following passage.

Even more toxic is the venom of the secretive and timid common krait. One to one and a half metres in length, it is found throughout India. The common krait is usually glistening, bluish-black, with thin, often indistinct, white cross-bands.

Contrary to what many people believe, most snakes are timid, nocturnal creatures, feeding mostly on rats, mice, frogs, toads, lizards or birds. They attack humans only when actually stepped upon, or provoked in some way. Precautions, such as wearing shoes and long trousers when walking through high grassand undergrowth, will lessen the risk of being bitten, for most snake – bites in India occur as people walk barefoot. Carry a lantern or a torch when you venture out at night.

Beat the ground ahead with a long stick as you walk – snakes will perceive the vibrations and slither away. The snakes move around as long as they have rats to feed on. Hence, keep your home and its surroundings rat-free. One should be alert during the monsoon season when snakes are most active.

Now answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
What does the word ‘nocturnal’ mean ?
A) Active during the day time
B) Active during the night time
C) Venomous
D) Poisonous
Answer:
B) Active during the night time

Question 2.
Most snakebites occur as people walk _________
A) with long sticks.
B) with lantern.
C) barefoot.
D) wearing shoes.
Answer:
C) barefoot.

Question 3.
Snakes are most active during _________
A) monsoon season
B) summer season
C) winter season.
D) spring season.
Answer:
A) monsoon season

Question 4.
Most snakes are _________
A) timid.
B) nocturnal.
C) nocturnal and brave.
D) timid and nocturnal.
Answer:
D) timid and nocturnal.

Question 5.
Which among the death-dealing quartet, is glistening?
A) Common krait
B) Russell’s viper
C) Saw-scaled viper.
D) Indian cobra
Answer:
A) Common krait

Answer the following questions In two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
What precautions are to be taken to lessen the risk of being bitten by a snake ?
Answer:
To lessen the risk of being bitten by a snake, we should wear shoes, and long trousers when walking through grass and undergrowth. While venturing out at night, we should carry a lantern or a torch. While walking, we should beat the ground ahead with a long stick.

Question 7.
What kind of animals are snakes ?
Answer:
A majority of snakes are non-poisonous. Besides, most snakes are timid and nocturnal creatures.

Question 8.
On which do snakes feed mostly ?
Answer:
Snakes feed mostly on rats, mice„ frogs, toads, lizards or birds.

Question 9.
Why should we keep our home and its surroundings rat-free ? In which season are snakes most active ?
Answer:
We should keep our home and its surroundings rat-free because snakes move around as long as they have rats to feed on. During the monsoon season, snakes are most active.

Question 10.
How is the common krait ? Where is it found ?
Answer:
The common krait is usually glistening, bluish-black, with thin, often indistinct, white cross-bands. It is found throughout India.

Passage No. 4:

Read the following passage.

What are the most dangerous animals on the Indian subcontinent? They are not lions, tigers or wolves but poisonous snakes. They attack far more frequently than most people suspect. Over 20,000 humans are bitten by venomous snakes in India each year. Unfortunately, the death-rate from snake bites is high largely because of widespread ignorance about snakes and snakebite prevention.

Also, proper medical treatment is often delayed or unobtainable. According to an estimate made by the World Health Organization, about 15,000 deaths from snakebites occur annually in India—nearly half the world total of such deaths. Even for those who survive, it is a dreadful experience, usually resulting in days or weeks of agony.

Take what happened to Tengal Kamal on a rainy evening in August 1981. Kamal, a 25-year-old farmer living near Goregaon, a suburb of Mumbai, was working barefoot in his fields when he suddenly felt a sharp sting on his right foot.

Now answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
What are the most dangerous animals on the Indian subcontinent?
A) Snakes
B) Lions
C) Tigers
D) Wolves
Answer:
A) Snakes

Question 2.
What happened to Tengal Kamal in August 1981 ?
A) He was bitten by a snake.
B) He was bitten by a mad dog.
C) He was bitten by a stray dog.
D) His hut was set on fire.
Answer:
A) He was bitten by a snake.

Question 3.
The percentage of the world total of snakebite deaths occurs annually in India is _________
A) 40%.
B) 33%.
C) 60%.
D) 50%.
Answer:
D) 50%.

Question 4.
Goregaon is _________
A) a district in Maharashtra.
B) a suburb of Mumbai.
C) a suburb of Kolkata.
D) a village near Nasik.
Answer:
B) a suburb of Mumbai.

Question 5.
How many humans in India are bitten by venomous snakes, each year ?
A) 20,000
B) 2,000
C) 200,000
D) 200
Answer:
A) 20,000

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
Who was Tengal Kamal ? Where did he live ?
Answer:
Tengal Kamal was a 25-year-old farmer. He lived near Goregaon, a suburb of Mumbai.

Question 7.
What happened to Tengal Kamal ? When did it happen ?
Answer:
Tengal Kamal was bitten by a snake. It happened on a rainy evening in August 1981 when he was working barefoot in his fields.

Question 8.
Mention two reasons to say why the death-rate from snakebites is high ?
Answer:
Two reasons to say why the death-rate from snakebites is high are:

1. The widespread ignorance about snakes and snakebite prevention and
2. Proper medical treatment is often delayed or unobtainable.

Question 9.
What is the estimate made by the World Health Organization with regard to snake-bite deaths ?
Answer:
The estimate made by the World Health Organization with regard to the snakebite deaths is about 15,000 deaths from snakebites occur annually in India – nearly half the world total of such deaths.

Question 10.
For whom is snake – bite a dreadful experience ? What does it usually result in ?
Answer:
Snakebite is a dreadful experience for those who survive from snakebites. This dreadful experience results in days or weeks of agony.

Passage No. 5:

Read the following passage.

By then it was more than five hours since Kamal had been bitten and blood had begun to ooze from the snakebite marks. His gums were also bleeding and a soft thin tube put through Kamal’s nose into his stomach revealed a large amount of blood. Fearing that it might already be too late, the doctor gave Kamal an injection
of antivenin, and began ah emergency blood transfusion.

Over the next three days, Kamal was given 15 such transfusions as well as a repeat shot of antivenin. It was only after the fifth day that he was declared out of danger. After about a fortnight he was finally discharged from hospital.

Only about 50 of the more than 200 species of snakes in India are venomous. Of these, only four – Russell’s viper, saw-scaled viper, Indian cobra and common krait – are really dangerous. They are found across the country, from desert to fertile plains. While all the four are most common in rural India, Indian cobras and common kraits can be found in and around any human dwelling, posing danger even in the suburbs of major cities like Mumbai, Kolkata, and New Delhi.

Now answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer book. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
How many blood transfusions were Kamal given?
A) 5
B) 10
C) 20
D) 15
Answer:

Question 2.
Kamal was declared out of danger only after _________
A) a week.
B) the fifth day
C) the 3rd day
D) 4th day.
Answer:

Question 3.
Which poisonous snakes are found in and around human dwellings ?
A) Indian cobras and Russell’s viper
B) Saw-scaled viper and Russell’s viper
C) Indian cobras and common kraits
D) Indian cobras and saw-scaled viper
Answer:
C) Indian cobras and common kraits

Question 4.
Among the options given below, choose the word that gives the meaning of ‘producing poisonous liquid’.
A) Venomous
B) Anti-venomous
C) Transfusions
D) Antivenin
Answer:
A) Venomous

Question 5.
Through which a soft thin tube was put into Kamal’s stomach ?
A) the mouth
B) the belly
C) the nose
D) the shoulder
Answer:
C) the nose

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
How many species of snakes in India are venomous ? Of them, mention the four snakes that are really dangerous.
Answer:
50 species of snakes in India are venomous. Of them, Russell’s viper, saw-scaled viper, Indian cobra and common krait are really dangerous.

Question 7.
When was Kamal declared out of danger ? When was he discharged from hospital?
Answer:
It was only after the fifth day, Kamal was declared out of danger. After about a fortnight he was discharged from hospital.

Question 8.
Where can Indian cobras and common kraits be found ? Even in which areas do they pose danger ?
Answer:
Indian cobras and common kraits can be found in and around human dwellings. They pose danger even in the suburbs of major cities like Mumbai, Kolkata and New Delhi.

Question 9.
What did the doctor do to Kamal when he feared that it might already be too late ?
Answer:
When the doctor feared that it might already be too late, he gave Kamal an injection of antivenin and began an emergency blood transfusion.

Question 10.
How was Kama! saved ?
Answer:
When Kamal was taken to a large public hospital in Mumbai, the doctor noted that his condition was critical and so he gave him antivenin injections and 15 blood ‘ transfusions for about three days. Thus Kamal was saved.

Questions : 11 – 16, Marks : 10

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage.

All of you are bright children. You know me well. For centuries, poets and great thinkers have written in praise of me. They call me Mother Earth with love and affection. That is because, for hundreds of years, I have taken good care of people, just as mother takes care of her children.

Do you know how old I am? I am 4.6 billion years old, much older than your father, your grandfather and any of your great grandfathers.

I give you food to eat, like rice, wheat, and fruits. You also wear clothes made of cotton and live in houses made of leaves, wood, and bricks; all of which come from me. Long ago, humans used to worship me as a goddess and they used to care for me. But now they have big axes to cut my trees down; and cars and buses to pollute my air with smoke and fumes.

They don’t respect me any more.

Fill in the blanks in the following. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
The earth is _________ years old.
Answer:
4.6 billion

Question 12.
_________ are made of cotton.
Answer:
Clothes

Answer the questions in complete sentences. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
Who have written in praise of Mother Earth ? How did they call her ?
Answer:
Poets and great thinkers have written in praise of Mother Earth. They called her Mother Earth’ with love and affection.

Question 14.
What are clothes made of and what are houses made of ? From which do these come?
Answer:
Clothes are made of cotton and houses are made of leaves, wood and bricks. All these come from Mother Earth.

Question 15.
‘You know me well.’ .
Who does ‘You’ refer to and who does ‘me’ refer to ? Does it take good care of us?
Answer:
‘You’ refers to children and ‘me’ refers to ‘Mother Earth’. Yes, Mother Earth takes good care of us.

Question 16.
What did people long ago do ? What do people now do ?
Answer:
Long ago people worshipped Mother Earth as a goddess. But now people cut her trees down with big axes and use cars and buses to pollute her air with smoke and fumes.

Passage No. 2:

Read the following poem.

Trees are the kindest Things I know,
They’do no harm, they simply grow,
And spread a shade for sleepy cows,
And gather birds among their boughs…

They give us fruit in leaves above.
And wood to make our houses of.
And leaves to burn on Halloween
And in the Spring new buds of green.

They are the first when day’s begun
To touch the beams of morning sun,
They are the last to hold the light
When evening changes into night.
And when a moon floats on the sky
They hum a drowsy lullaby
Of sleepy children long ago…
Trees are the kindest things I know -Harry Behn

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
What does the word ‘boughs’ mean ?
A) wings
B) branches
C) rays
D) leaves
Answer:
B) branches

Question 12.
In which season, do new buds of green appear ?
A) Spring
B) Summer
C) Autumn
D) Winter
Answer:
A) Spring

Answer the following questions in complete sentences. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
Who hum a drowsy lullaby ?
When do they hum ?
Answer:
Trees hum a drowsy lullaby. Trees hum when a moon floats on the sky.

Question 14.
What are the kindest things ? Why !
Answer:
Trees are the kindest things. They never do harm to any living being.

Question 15.
What do trees give us ?
Answer:
Trees give us fruit to eat, wood to make our houses, leaves to burn on Halloween and new buds of green in the spring.

Question 16.
What are the trees first to ? What are the last to ?
Answer:
Trees are the first to touch the beams of morning Sun. They are the last to hold the light when evening changes into night.

Passage No. 3:

Read the following passage.

Your teacher must have told you how my forests and mountains help to make rain and keep life on earth going. But nowadays, even my mountains and forests are being destroyed. You humans are yourselves destroying my bountiful forests and making my lands barren. Don’t you understand that I need them to give you enough rain? Without rain, you will not have any food to survive.

I am very sad about what is being done to me. That is why I am talking to you. You will all grow up and become good citizens and I want you to take care of me. Plant more trees in your house, in your school, and in your towns and villages.

Think now, after all you have just one Mother Earth.
I trust you will take care of me well.

Fill in the blanks in the following, with suitable answers. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
‘You humans are yourselves destroying my bountiful forests ………………..
In the above statement, the word ‘bountiful’ means ………………
Answer:
available in large quantities.

Question 12.
The earth needs _________ to give enough rain.
Answer:
bountiful forests.

Answer the following questions in complete sentences. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
What should children do to take care of Mother Earth ?
Answer:
Children in order to take care of Mother Earth should plant more trees in their houses, in their school, and in their towns and villages.

Question 14.
I trust you ………………
Who do the words ‘I’ and ’you’ refer to ?
What does the word ’trust’ mean ?
Answer:
‘I’ refers to Mother Earth.
‘You’ refers to children.
The word ‘trust’ means believe / rely on / depend on.

Question 15.
What help to make rain ?
Which bears them ?
Answer:
Forests and mountains help to make rain. Mother Earth bears forests and mountains.

Question 16.
Why is Mother Earth sad ?
Answer:
Mother Earth is sad because people are cutting down the trees and destroying the forests indiscriminately. They are polluting the air with smoke and fumes.

Passage No. 4:

Read the following passage.

At the far end of the village lived a poor farmer. He lived in a small hut, in the middle of a small piece of land. Years before, when he had come to live in the village, people had tried to be friendly. But the farmer was a strange man. He did not talk much to the people. Soon they went about doing their own work and left him to himself.

Near the farmer’s hut was an old tree. The tree had a hole, and in the hole lived a cobra. When the days were hot, the cobra would come out of its hole and coil itself up in the shade of the tree. The farmer sat on the ground nearby until the sun had set and he would then return to his house.

One day, the man who owned the place came to the farmer and said to him, “I must have firewood for my home. I want you to cut down the tree. Tomorrow I will ask a man to come and help you with the cutting.” And then the land owner left. The farmer watched him as he disappeared down the road.

The farmer stood there thinking. His tree was to go – his tree which gave him shade and comfort! And the cobra? Yes, what about the cobra? If the tree were cut down, he would lose more than shade. He would lose the cobra too, his friend of the summer days.

The farmer sat on the ground thinking. Near the hole the cobra lay coiled. Both remained in complete stillness. The sun set, but the man did not return to his house. The cobra sank into its coils as if it understood the great trouble of its friend. The man slept there that night. Next morning, when he woke up, he his heart sank. In front of its hole lay the cobra, cold and dead.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
What kind of man was the farmer?
A) st range
B) cunning
C) proud
D) harmful.
Answer:
A) st range

Question 12.
Who tried to be friendly?
A) The farmer
B) The land owner
C) People in the village
D) The man sent by the land owner
Answer:
C) People in the village

Answer the following questions in complete sentences. 4× 2 = 8

Question 13.
Where did the farmer live ? Was he rich ?
Answer:
The farmer lived in a small hut, in the middle of a. small piece of land, No, he was not rich.

Question 14.
What would the cobra do when the days were hot ?
Answer:
When the days were hot, the cobra would come out of its hole and coil itself up in the shade of the tree.

Question 15.
Why was the farmer sad ?
Answer:
The farmer was sad because the tree which gave him shade and comfort was going to be cut down and his friend, the cobra would die.

Question 16.
What should we learn from this story ?
Answer:
One should not cut down trees which are always helpful and never do any harm.

Passage No. 5:

Study the bar-chart and answer the questions that follow.
Monthwise distribution of 1379 snakebite incidences during the period 1999 – 2003.

Fill in the blanks in the following with suitable answers. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
_________ months record the highest number of snakebite cases.
Answer:
June and July months

Question 12.
In which months did 8% of snakebite cases occur ?
Answer:
May and November

Answer following the questions in complete sentences. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
What is this bar-chart about ?
Answer:
This bar-chart is about the month-wise distribution of snakebite incidences during the period 1999 – 2003.

Question 14.
What did January and December months record ?
Answer:
January and December months recorded the lowest percent of snakebite cases.

Question 15.
What was the average percentage of snakebite cases in T.S. per month ?
Answer:
The average percentage of snakebite cases in T.S. was 8.3%.

Question 16.
What other inferences tan you draw from this chart ? Support your answer.
Answer:
Snakebites occurred more during rainy season. Snakes are active during rainy season.

Passage No. 6:

Read the following passage.

Once it was the summer season. A stag was grazing in the forest. Suddenly a hunter came there. He set his hounds after the stag. The stag ran for his life. He ran as fast as he could. Soon he was out of the reach of the hunter and his hounds. Thus his ugly and thin legs saved his life.

But unluckily, his big horns were caught in a bush. He tried hard to make himself free but in vain. Now the stag realised his folly. He began to praise his legs that had saved him. At the same time he was attacked by the hounds. The hounds injured the stag severely. But he began to curse his horns that were going to become cause of his death.

Choose the correct answer from the four choices given below the question. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
The stag was very proud of his horns because _________
A) they were very big.
B) they were beautiful.
C) they were very sharp.
D) they help to escape from the danger.
Answer:
A) they were very big.

Question 12.
Which of the following is the meaning of the word ‘hounds’ ?
A) bow and arrows
B) nets
C) foxes
D) dogs
Answer:
D) dogs

Now answer the following questions in complete sentences. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
Why did the stag praise his legs ?
Answer:
The stag praised his legs because his ugly and thin legs saved his life from the hunter and his hounds.

Question 14.
What happened at once ?
Answer:
At once, his big horns were caught in a bush and the stag could not run away, then.

Question 15.
How did the stag realise his folly ?
Answer:
When his horns were caught in a bush, he tried hard to make himself free but in vain. Then he realised his folly.

Question 16.
What was unlucky for the stag ?
Answer:
The stag with its thin legs ran so fast that he went out of the reach of the hunter and his hounds. But the unlucky thing for the stag was his big horns were caught in a bush and he could not free himself.

Section – B : Vocabulary and Grammar (20 Marks)

Questions : 17 – 21, Marks : 5

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage taken from your textbook.

I am very (17) sad about what is being (18) did to me. That is why I am talking to you. You will all grow up and become good citizens and I want you to take care of me. Plant more (19) trees in your house, in your school, and in your towns and villages.

Think now, after all you have just one Mother Earth.
I (20) trust you will take care of me well.

Yours (21) lovingly,
Mother Earth

Now, answer the following questions in complete sentences. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 17.
What is the antonym of the underlined word ?
Answer:
The antonym of ‘sad’ is happy.

Question 18.
Write the correct form of the word.
Answer:
The correct form of the underlined word is done.

Question 19.
Give the singular form of the’word underlined.
Answer:
The singular form of ‘trees’ is tree.

Question 20.
What is the synonym of the underlined word ?
Answer:
Synonym of ‘trust’ is ‘believe’ or ‘rely on’.

Question 21.
Write the suffix of the word underlined.
Answer:
The suffix part in the word ‘lovingly’ is ‘-ly’.

Passage No. 2:

In (17) give you food to eat, like rice, wheat, and fruits. You also (18) wear clothes (19) made of cotton and live in houses made of leaves, wood, and bricks; all of which come from me: Long ago, (20) humans used to worship me as a goddess and they used to care for me. But now they have big axes to cut my trees down and cars and buses to pollute my air (21) with smoke and fumes.

Now answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer book. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 17.
Choose the antonym of the underlined word.
A) send
B) take
C) issue
D) offer
Answer:
B) take

Question 18.
What is the synonym of the underlined word ?
A) Put on
B) Put off
C) Put out
D) Keep out
Answer:
A) Put on

Question 19.
Choose the appropriate verb form in the present simple tense (V1) form.
A) making
B) make
C) has made
D) maked
Answer:
B) make

Question 20.
Choose the suitable meaning to the underlined word.
A) trees
B) immortals
C) animals and birds
D) people
Answer:
D) people

Question 21.
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word.
A) Preposition
B) Adverb
C) Adjective
D) Noun
Answer:
A) Preposition

Passage No. 3:

Kamal examined his foot and saw two (17) tiny marks near the ankle. (18) Convinced it was a snake-bite, he hastily tied a rope just above his knee, and called out to a relative working nearby, (19) who immediately took him by taxi to a local doctor’s dispensary. (20) Unfortunately, the doctor was not a fully qualified allopathic practitioner and did not (21) know about antivenin serum (anti-snake venom) or how to administer it.

Now answer the following questions.

Question 17.
Write the antonym of the word underlined.
Answer:
Big

Question 18.
Give a synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
Completely sure about

Question 19.
What is the part of speech of the word underlined?
Answer:
The underlined word is a pronoun.

Question 20.
What is the prefix in the underlined word ?
Answer:
Un-

Question 21.
There is a word in the given passage, that, sounds same as ‘No’. Identify it and write it.
Answer:
Know

Passage No. 4:

Every child is born with some (17) inherited characteristics, into a specific (18) socio – economic and emotional environment, and trained in certain ways by figures of authority. Mr. Tirupathi Venkata Guruvardhan inherited (19) honesty and self – discipline from his father; from his mother, Sitarama Kalyani, he inherited faith in goodness and deep kindness and so did his sister, Nagalakshmi. In his childhood, he had three close – friends – Guravaiah, Hanuman and Chennakesava Sarma. We all were from (20) orthodox Hindu Brahmin families. Last year, my friend Guravaiah arranged transport for visiting (21) pilgrims.

Now answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer book. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 17.
Choose the noun form of the underlined word.
A) inheritance
B) inherit
C) inherits
D) inheritably
Answer:
A) inheritance

Question 18.
Socio-economic’ is a _________
A compound noun.
B) compound adjective.
C) phrasai verb.
D) phrase.
Answer:
B) compound adjective.

Question 19.
Choose the appropriate antonym of the word underlined.
A) inhonesty
B) unhonesty
C) non-honesty
D) dishonesty
Answer:
D) dishonesty

Question 20.
Choose the appropriate synonym of the underlined word from the given choices.
A) classical
B) rich
C) conventional
D) courageons
Answer:
C) conventional

Question 21.
‘Pilgrims’ are _________
A) animals which go round the villages.
B) people who journey to sacred places for religious reasons.
C) people who make pillows.
D) books read by religious people.
Answer:
B) people who journey to sacred places for religious reasons.

Passage No. 5:

There was once a town in the heart. of America where all life seemed to live in harmony with its surroundings …………….. Even in winter, the roadsides were places of beauty, where countless birds carne to feed on the berries and on the seed heads of the (17) dried weeds rising above the snow ……………..

Then a strange blight crept over the area and everything began to (18) change. Some evil spell had settled on the community: (19) mysterious maladies swept the flocks of chickens; the (20) cattle and sheep sickened and died. Everywhere was a shadow of death ……………. there had been (21) several sudden and unexpected deaths.

Now answer the following, as directed. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 17.
The simple present tense (V1) form of the underlined is
Answer:
The simple present tense of ’dried’ is ‘dry‘.

Question 18.
Write a synonym for the underlined word.
Answer:
The synonym of ‘change’ is ‘alter‘.

Question 19.
What is the suffix in the underlined word ?
Answer:
The suffix in ‘mysterious’ is ‘ous‘.

Question 20.
What is the underlined noun ?
Answer:
‘Cattle’ is a collective noun.

Question 21.
Write the opposite of the underlined word.
Answer:
Opposite of ‘several’ is ‘a few‘.

Questions : 22 – 26, Marks : 5

Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D). given. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer book. 5 × 1 = 5

Passage No. 1:

Your teacher must _________ (22) told you how many forests and mountains help to _________ (23) rain and keep life _________ (24) earth going. But, nowadays, even mountains and forests are being destroyed. You humans are yourselves _________ (25) my beautiful forests and making my lands barren. Don’t you understand that I need them _________ (26) give you enough rain ? Without rain, you will not have any food to survive.

Question 22.
A) had
B) have
C) will
D) was
Answer:
B) have

Question 23.
A) made
B) make
C) making
D) makes
Answer:
B) make

Question 24.
A) in
B) under
C) upon
D) on
Answer:
D) on

Question 25.
A) destroyed
B) destroys
C) destroying
D) destroy
Answer:
C) destroying

Question 26.
A) to
B) for
C) of
D) about
Answer:
A) to

Passage No. 2:

Venkata Guru was _________ (22) naughty boy who lived in the village of Parnasala _________ (23) mother did not know what to do with him as he refused to study or _________ (24) any work. One day, she took him to school _________ (25) told the teacher to take care of him. The teacher _________ (26) him to come to school regularly.

Question 22.
A) an
B) the
C) a
D) one
Answer:
C) a

Question 23.
A) His
B) Her
C) Him
D) Their
Answer:
A) His

Question 24.
A) doing
B) did
C) do
D) done
Answer:
C) do

Question 25.
A) but
B) and
C) yet
D) also
Answer:
B) and

Question 26.
A) tell
B) tells
C) telling
D) told
Answer:
D) told

Passage No. 3:

Near the farmer’s hut was _________ (22) old tree. The tree had a hole, and in the hole _________ (23) a cobra. When the days were hot, the cobra would come out _________ (24) its hole and coil itself up in the shade of the tree. The farmer sat on the ground nearby until the sun had set and _________ (25) would _________ (26) return to his house.

Question 22.
A) the
B) any
C) an
D) a
Answer:
C) an

Question 23.
A) lived
B) live
C) lives
D) living
Answer:
A) lived

Question 24.
A) into
B) of
C) off
D) in
Answer:
B) of

Question 25.
A) they
B) it
C) he
D) she
Answer:
C) he

Question 26.
A) than
B) then
C) now
D) when
Answer:
B) then

Passage No. 4:

One day, Tirupathi Hanumayamma was walking _________ (22) a forest _________ (23) suddenly she _________ (24) someone crying out for help. She _________ (25) in the direction of the sound and _________ (26) upon a well that was dried up.

Question 22.
A) by
B) through
C) in
D) from
Answer:
B) through

Question 23.
A) or
B) though
C) when
D) but
Answer:
C) when

Question 24.
A) heard
B) hear
C) hears
D) hearing
Answer:
A) heard

Question 25.
A) go
B) went
C) goes
D) going
Answer:
B) went

Question 26.
A) came
B) come
C) coming
D) comes
Answer:
A) came

Passage No. 5:

Trees are the _________ (22) things. They _________ (23) no harm, they simply grow. They spread _________ (24) shade for sleepy cows _________ (25) give us fruit to eat and wood to make _________ (26) houses of.

Question 22.
A) kind
B) kindly
C) kinder
D) kindest
Answer:
D) kindest

Question 23.
A) did
B) do
C) does
D) doing
Answer:
B) do

Question 24.
A) a
B) the
C) some
D) an
Answer:
A) a

Question 25.
A) It
B) They
C) Their
D) Its
Answer:
B) They

Question 26.
A) their
B) your
C) our
D) his
Answer:
C) our

Passage No. 6:

Kanadibhatla Ramalakshmamma and Kallem Bhramaramba are friends. Bhramaramba’s daughter, Kalyani was _________ (22) to Venkateswarlu and Ramalakshmamma’s daughter, Hanumayamma was married _________ (23) Tirupathi Guravaiah. Kalyan _________ (24) two children _________ (25) Hanumayamma has five children. Kalyani’s younger brother marriecl Parameswari. Hanumayamma’s eldest daughter, Venkata Narasamma _________ (26) married to Chandramouli.

Question 22.
A) marry
B) marrying
C) will marry
D) married
Answer:
D) married

Question 23.
A) to
B) for
C) on
D) with
Answer:
A) to

Question 24.
A) have
B) having
C) has
D) had
Answer:
C) has

Question 25.
A) whereas
B) which as
C) when as
D) why as
Answer:
A) whereas

Question 26.
A) were
B) was
C) are
D) being
Answer:
B) was

Questions : 27 – 31, Marks : 10

Rewrite the following passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered (27 – 31) at the beginning. Each of the five sentences has an error. Correct and rewrite them in the answer booklet. 5 × 2 = 10

1. (27) Only about 50 of the more than 200 spices of snakes in India are venomous. Of these, only four-Russell’s viper, saw-scaled viper, Indian cobra and common krait—are really dangerous. (28) They are found across the country, from desert and.fertile plains. (29) While all the four are most common in rural India, Indian cobras can be find in and around human dwelling, posing danger even in the suburbs of major cities like Mumbai, Kolkata, and New Delhi. (30) Contrary to what money people believe, most snakes are timid and nocturnal. (31) It attack humans only when they are stepped upon or provoked.
Answer:
27) Only about 50 of the more than 200 species of snakes in India are venomous.
28) They are found across the country, from desert to fertile plains.
29) While all the four are most common in rural India, Indian cobras can be found in and around any human dwelling, posing danger even in the suburbs of major cities like Mumbai, Kolkata, and New Delhi.
30) Contrary to what many people believe, most snakes are timid and nocturnal.
31) They attack humans only when they are stepped upon or provoked.

2. (27) Beat the ground ahead on a long stick as you walk. (28) Snakes will perceive the vibrations but slither away. (29) The snakes move around as long as they have rats to food on. (30) Hence, keep your home and it surroundings rat-free. (31) One should be alert during the monsoon season where snakes are most active.
Answer:
27) Beat the ground ahead with a long stick as you walk.
28) Snakes will perceive the vibrations and slither away.
29) The snakes move around as long as they have rat’s to feed on.
30) Hence, keep your home and its surroundings rat-free.
31) One should be alert during the monsoon season when snakes are most active.

3. Dear children,

All of you are bright children. You know me well. (27) For centuries, poets and great thinkers has written in praise of me. (28) They call me Mother Earth with lovely and affection. (29) I have took good care of people. (30) Do you no how old I am ? (31) I was 4.6 billion years old.
Answer:
27) For centuries, poets and great thinkers have written in praise of me.
28) They call,me Mother Earth with love and affection.
29) I have taken good care of people.
30) Do you know how old I am ?
31) I am 4.6 billion years old.

4. It was cold and wind night. (27) Varalakshmi and Nagalakshmi met after a long time and are chatting for hours. (28) They did not noticed that time flew away and it was close to ten. (29) They decided to take a auto-rickshaw to go to their room.

It started raining. They hurried to get into an auto-rickshaw and reach their place. (30) None of the auto-rickshaws stopped for them expect one. (31) The driver asked them if where they wanted to go and they told him the place.
Answer:
27) Varalakshmi and Nagalakshmi met after a long time and were chatting for hours.
28) They did not notice that time flew away and it was close to ten.
29) They decided to take an auto-rickshaw to go to their room.
30) None of the auto-rickshaws stopped for them except one.
31) The driver asked them where they wanted to go and they told him the place.

5. (27) Once upon a time there was a hungry fox that is looking for something to eat. He was very hungry. (28) No matter how hard he tried, he could not found food. Finally he went to the edge of the forest and searched there for food. (29) Suddenly, he caught the cite of a big tree with a hole in it.

Inside the hole, there was a package. (30) The hungry fox thought that their might be food in it. He became very happy. (31) He jumped in the hole. He opened the package and saw a lot of food, bread and meat in it.
Answer:
27) Once upon a time there was a hungry fox that was looking for something to eat.
28) No matter how hard he tried, he could not find food.
29) Suddenly, he caught the sight of a big tree with a hole in it.
30) The hungry fox thought that there might be food in it.
31) He jumped into the hole.

Section – C : Conventions of Writing (5 Marks)

Question : 32, Marks : 5

Read the following passage taken from your text book and rewrite it with proper punctuation. 5 Marks

Question 1.
of these only four Russell’s viper saw scaled viper indian cobra and common krait are really dangerous they are found across the country from desert to fertile plains.
Answer:
Of these, only four – Russell’s viper, saw – scaled viper, Indian cobra and common krait – are really dangerous. They are found across the country, from desert to fertile plains.

Question 2.
the king asked tell me oh poor brahmin how could you withstand the extreme temperature all through the night the innocent brahmin replied I could see a faintly glowing light a kilometer away and I withstood with that ray of light
Answer:
The King asked, “Tell me, oh poor Brahmin How could you withstand the extreme temperature all through the night ?” The innocent Brahmin replied, “I could see a faintly glowing light a kilometer away and I withstood with that ray of light.”

Question 3.
did you see the snake the next day doctor I asked
The doctor laughed and said I have never seen it since, it was a snake which was taken with its own beauty
Answer:
“Did you see the snake the next day, doctor ?” I asked.
The doctor laughed and said, ”I have never seen it since. It was a snake which was taken with its own beauty!”

Question 4.
i am looking at the house he said why do you want to buy it asked the girl is it your house asked the man it’s my father’s replied the girl. .
Answer:
“I am looking at the house,” he said. “Why ? Do you want to buy it ?” asked the girl.
“Is it your house ?” asked the man. “It’s my father’s,” replied the girl.

Question 5.
this is because for hundreds of years i have taken good care of people just as mother takes care of her children
do you know how old i am i am 4.6 billion years old much older than your father your grandfather and any of your grandfathers
i give you food to eat like rice wheat and fruits
Answer:
This is because, for hundreds of years, I have taken good care of people, just as mother takes care of her children.
Do you know how old I am ? I am 4.6 billion years old, much older than your father, your grandfather and any of your great grandfathers.
I give you food to eat, like rice, wheat, and fruits.

Question 6.
What are the most dangerous animals on the indian subcontinent they are not lions tigers or wolves but poisonous snakes according to an estimate made by the world health organization about 15000 deaths from snakebites occur annually in india nearly half the world total of such deaths even for those who survive it is a dreadful experience usually resulting in days or weeks of agony.
Answer:
What are the most dangerous animals on the Indian subcontinent ? They are not lions, tigers or wolves but poisonous snakes. According to an estimate made by the World Health Organization, about 15000 deaths from snakebites occur annually in India – nearly half the world total of such deaths. Even for those who survive, it is a dreadful experience, usually resulting in days or weeks of agony.

Section – D : Creative Writings (20 Marks )

Question : 33, Marks : 12

1. You have read the letter from Mother Earth. In her letter, she urges you to protect her. She has explained the need of protecting her. You are moved after reading the letter.
Now, write a letter to your friend saying about Mother Earth, her importance and the steps to be taken to protect her.
Answer:

4-23-5/1,
Near Poleramma temple,
Farooq Nagar,
4 July, 20xx.

My dear Venkata Guruvardhan,

I am fine and pink in health. Hope you are also fine and healthy, doing your part well. In this letter, I want to write to you about something very important for each and every human being.

It’s about Mother Earth. Yes, we ought to call ‘Mother Earth’ as she takes full care of all the living things just as our mother does for us. Without Mother Earth, can we exist ? You know it has mountains and forests to give us rainfall with which we are able to survive. Knowing her importance, people in olden days praised her as ‘Mother Earth’ and worshipped her as the Goddess ‘Bhudevi’. But it is rather unfortunate to note that the people nowadays, even the educated, ignore her importance and the service she is doing for us. instead, they are destroying mountains and forests for their selfish deeds and needs, giving the future generation a threat to live on. Deforestation is the cause of global warming which affects the lives rather badly.

It’s time we became strongly determined to protect Mother Earth and took all the steps needed to protect her. Let trees be not cut down. We all should see that more and more Plants / trees are planted every year.

‘Pachani Chetlu Pragathiki MeNu’
Chetkinti Natithe Kshemam
Chetlanu Narikithe Kshamam.
Hope my words go deep into your heart..
Please convey my regards to your parents.

Yours lovingly,
xxxxx

Address on the Envelope:
To
Tirupathi Venkata Guruvardhan,
S/o T. Venkateswarlu,
Near Gandhi Bomma Centre,
Huzur Nagar (Post),
Suryapet district.
Telangana state.

2. You have read about a snakebite death case in the newspaper. You were moved. Write a letter saying about the Dos and Don’ts when a snake bites.
Answer:

Beside Andhra Bank,
Kazipet.
10 October, 20xx.

Hai, Nagalakshmi !

How are you ? Hope this letter finds in happy and healthy mood. Here I am fine. It’s really long since I received a letter from you.

Yesterday I read a snakebite death case in the newspaper. I was shocked and deeply moved. Hence I am writing this letter to make you aware of snakes. Most snakes are non-poisonous. Only a few like the cobra and the common krait are poisonous and dangerous. Snakes are timid and nocturnal. They attack human beings only when they are stepped upon or provoked. Yet we should know the Dos and Don’ts when a snake bites. Given below are the Dos and Don’ts when a snake bites.

Dos:

1. Keep the person (victim) calm.
2. Keep the affected area below the heart well.
3. Tie up the leg upto the knee, when the bite is on the ankle or the foot.
4. Let antivenin serum be injucted.
5. Treat it straight way.
6. Let blood-transfusion be taken.

Don’ts :

1. Don’t wait to see if the bite causes any problems.
2. Don’t lose heart.
3. Don’t be over frightened.
4. Don’t cut, wash or suck the bite.
5. Don’t frighten the victim.
6. Don’t delay in giving the victim to antivenin serum.
7. Don’t delay in taking the victim to hospital.

I hope you would keep these things in your mind well and tell your friends / neighbours about this.

Convey my regards to your parents. No more to my pen, now.

Ever yours,
xxxxx

Address on the Envelope :
To
Tirupathi Nagalakshmi,
D/o Venkateswarlu,
Behind Sivalayam,
4th line,
Sampath Nagar,
Hanamkonda,
Warangal Urban (Dt.)

Question : 34, Marks : 8

1. Prepare a poster, using the information given below.

Answer:

2. You are Arijaneyulu, a student of class VII of ZPH School, Armur. You have found a wrist-watch in the school playground.
Draft a notice to be put up on the school notice-board announcing the find and inviting the owner to claim it from you.
Answer:

Z.P.H SCHOOL, Armur
Nizamabad District
NOTICE

4th August, 20xx.

WRIST WATCH FOUND

A wrist watch was found in the school playground, yesterday. You are requested to collect it from the undermentioned person, if it belongs to you, after giving proper details.

T. Anjaneyulu
Class VII

These TS 7th Class English Important Questions 7th lesson The Wonderful World of Chess will help the students to improve their time and approach.

TS 7th Class English Important Questions 7th lesson The Wonderful World of Chess

Section – A : Reading Comprehension (25 Marks)

Questions : 1 – 10, Marks : 15

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage.

The knight (gurram) and the pawn (bantu) are very special in their own ways. The knight is the only piece that can jump over other pieces. He goes two squares forward (or backward) and one square sideways (to the left r to the right). The pawn, like a brave soldier, marches only forward. When It starts from the second row, it has the option of going one square or two squares forward.

However, after the first move, it can only move one square forward. The pawn has a special move. It can go one square diagonally when it captures one of his opponent’s men: even ifit is the mighty king. The pawn has another speciality. It is the only piece that can have promotion o any rank. This is possible only when it reaches any square on the first row of the opponent.

A player marches her chessmen and tries to capture the opponent’s king. If she does that,she calls out ‘checkmate’ and wins the game. It sounds simple, but ¡t is very, very complicated. Do you know how many ways are there to do that? Mathematicians say that around 100 unique games are possible in chess. Compare this jumbo number with the earlier number 2⁶⁴ – 1. How big is this? There aren’t even that many electrons in this universe.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
What are the two pieces that are very special in their own ways ?
A) The king and the queen
B) The knight and the bishop
C)The pawn and the rook
D) The knight and the pawn
Answer:
D) The knight and the pawn

Question 2.
How many squares can a pawn move forward, after the first move ?
A) two
B) one
C) three
D) any number
Answer:
B) one

Question 3.
A player tries to catch the opponent’s _______
A) king.
B) queen.
C) knight.
D) pawn.
Answer:
A) king.

Question 4.
How many, according to mathematicians, unique games are possible in chess ?
A) 2⁶⁴ – 1
B) 10¹²⁰
C) 10¹²⁰⁰
D) 10¹²
Answer:
B) 10¹²⁰

Question 5.
Which piece can jump over other pieces ?
A) pawn
B) rook
C) knight
D) bishop
Answer:
C) knight

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences, each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
What do Mathematicians say about chess ?
Answer:
Mathematicians say that around 10120 unique games are possible in chess. There are not even that many electrons in this universe.

Question 7.
Which piece is like a brave soldier ? Why ?
Answer:
The pawn is like a brave soldier because like a soldier, it marches only forward.

Question 8.
What option does the pawn have, when it starts from the second row ?
Answer:
When the pawn starts from the second row, it has the option of going one square or two squares forward.

Question 9.
Can the pawn have promotion to any rank ? When is it possible ?
Answer:
Yes, the pawn can have the promotion to any rank. This is possible only when it reaches any square on the first row of the opponent.

Question 10.
What is the special move of the pawn ? When does it have that special move ?
Answer:
The special move of the pawn is it can go one square diagonally. The pawn goes one square diagonally when it captures one of his opponent’s men; even if it is the mighty king.

Passage No. 2:

Read the following passage.

This wonderful game of chess is a gift of India to the world. The Hindus believe that it was invented by Queen Mandodari, the wife of King Ravana. However, historian H.J.R.Murray holds that it was invented by a scholar from North-West India around fifth century. In those days it was called ‘chaturanga’ – the four divisions of the military. Legend has it that this inventor was ordered by the ruler to ask for a reward for his invention. He requested the king to give him I grain of rice for the, first square, 2 for the second one, 4 for the third one, and so on – doubling the number of grains continuously up to the 64th square. Everybody thought that he was a fool.

But when the royal accountants announced the quantity of rice that should be given to the inventor, everyone was awestruck. The figure was gigantic. No one had ever heard of such an enormous number. It was 18, 446, 774, 073, 709, 551, 615. The accountants told the king that it could not be paid even with all the rice available on earth. What a number! If you want an idea of how big this number is, imagine you have this much money. Then, if you spend one crore rupees every second of your life, it takes approximately 60,000 years for you to spend all the money.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
‘ What does the word’ a westruck’ mean ?
A) stop being present
B) restricted
C) filled with feelings of admiration or respect
D) filled with feelings of jealousy and pride
Answer:
C) filled with feelings of admiration or respect

Question 2.
The figure the accountants gave, was _______
A) ridiculous
B) gigantic
C) negligible
D) complicated
Answer:
B) gigantic

Question 3.
Mandodar I was the wife of _______
A) King Rayana.
B) King Devadatta.
C) King Janaka.
D) King Dushyanta.
Answer:
A) King Rayana.

Question 4.
Who believed Mandodarl invented chess?
A) Sikhs
B) Jams
C) Hindus
D) Arabs
Answer:
C) Hindus

Question 5.
When the Inventor expressed the number of the grains he wanted, everybody thought that he was _______
A) a clever man.
B) a fool.
C’) a cunning man.
D) a mad.
Answer:
B) a fool.

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences, each, 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
What had no one ever heard of ?
What was that number ?
Answer:
No one had ever heard of such an enormous number as that given by the inventor. The number was 18, 446, 774, 073, 709, 551; 615.

Question 7.
Who invented chess, according to the Hindus and according to H.J.R. Murray ?
Answer:
According to the Hindus, chess was invented by Queen Mandodari, the wife of King Ravana. But according to H.J.R. Murray, chess was invented by a scholar from North-West India around 5th century.

Question 8.
What did the inventor request the king to give ? Do you think the king could give that ?
Answer:
The inventor requested the king to give him 1 grain of rice for the first square, 2 for the second one, 4 for the third one, and so on – doubling the number of grains continuously up to the 64th square. I think the king could not give that.

Question 9.
Why do you think the king could not give the inventor the number of grains he wanted ?
Answer:
The king could not give the inventor the number of grains he wanted because it was a gigantic number and it could not be paid even with all the rice available on earth,

Question 10.
What was ‘chess’ called in the days of Mandodari ? What did it mean ?
Answer:
In the days of Mandodari, chess was called ‘chaturanga’, It meant the four divisions of the military.

Passage No. 3:

Read the following passage.

Kingdoms have vanished. Kings have gone. But one game they played remained with us; and probably remains with us forever: CHESS. It has won the hearts of Indians, Egyptians, Persians, Chinese, Japanese and every thinking animal on earth. What is it that made it so dear to our hearts? Different people give different reasons.
The benefits of playing chess are innumerable.

Some say it refreshes their mind while others say it improves their memory, concentration, and logical thinking. In fact, some experiments have proved that it does all these things. Since chess involves a number of calculations, it increases our mathematical abilities and problem solving skills. That is why it is taught as a school subject in as many as 30 countries including Venezuela, Iceland, and Russia. So, what are you waiting for? Start playing chess right away!

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
Chess has won the hearts of _______
A) Persians
B) Indians, Egyptians and Japanese
C) Chinese
D) All these
Answer:
D) All these

Question 2.
What is made so dear to our hearts ?
A) Chess
B) Hockey
C) Kho – Kho
D) Kabbadi
Answer:
A) Chess

Question 3.
What does the word ‘vanished’ mean ?
A) appeared
B) fought
C) disappeared
D) reappeared
Answer:
C) disappeared

Question 4.
Chess involves a number of _______
A) players.
B) calculations.
C) referees.
D) people.
Answer:
B) calculations.

Question 5.
The benefits of chess are _______
A) numerable.
B) innumerable
C) limited.
D) a few.
Answer:
B) innumerable

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
In how many countries, now, chess is taught as a school subject ? Name a few countries.
Answer:
Chess is taught asa school subject in as many as 30 countries. Some of them are Venezuela, Iceland and Russia.

Question 7.
Why is chess taught as a school subject in Russia ?
Answer:
Chess is taught as a school subject in Russia because chess increases our mathematical abilities and problem solving skills.

Question 8.
Write some benefits that a person gets by playing chess.
Answer:
Chess has many benefits.

1. It refreshes our mind.
2. It improves our memory, concentration and logical thinking.
3. It increases our mathematical abilities and problem-solving skills.

Question 9.
Which have vanished ? Who have gone ?
Answer:
Kingdoms have vanished. Kings have gone.

Question 10.
What did kings leave for us ?
Does it remain with us forever ?
Answer:
Kings have left the game of chess for Us. Yes, it remains with us forever.

Passage No. 4:

Read the following passage.
Just like any other game, chess is also governed by rules. The pieces or the chessmen like the rook, the knight, the bishop, etc., move on the board in quite a restricted way. The movement of each piece is important because if a piece can move to a square, it can capture the piece in that square, whoever it may be.

The king (raju) and the queen (mantri) can move in any direction. Nevertheless, the king cannot go beyond one square whereas the queen has no such restrictions.

The bishop (sakatu) and the rook (enugu) can move to any square provided it is on their path. The bishop goes diagonally whereas the rook goes straight.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
Chess has _______
A) no rules.
B) rules.
C) 10 members, at least to play.
D) 11 players on either side.
Answer:

Question 2.
Mantri is the other name for _______
A) rook
B) bishop
C) queen
D) pawn
Answer:

Question 3.
Which of the following gives the meaning of the word, ‘restricted’?
A) very strict
B) admired
C) unlimited
D) limited
Answer:
D) limited

Question 4.
Which of the following is a correct statement?
A) The king cannot go beyond one square.
B) The bishop goes straight.
C) The queen cannot go beyond one square.
D) The rook goes diagonally.
Answer:
A) The king cannot go beyond one square.

Question 5.
The word ’Nevertheless’ means _______
A) Not always less
B) However
C) That is why
D) Not in the way
Answer:
B) However

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
What is the special name given to the pieces, on the chess-board ? How do they move on the board ?
Answer:
The special name to the pieces is ‘chessmen’. They move on the board in quite a restricted way.

Question 7.
Who Can move in any direction ? What is the difference between them ?
Answer:
The king and the queen can move in any direction. The difference is – the king cannot go beyond one square whereas the queen has no such restrictions.

Question 8.
Why is the movement of each piece important ?
Answer:
The movement of each piece is important because if a piece can move to a square, it can capture the piece in that square, whoever it may be.

Question 9.
Do you like chess ? Have you ever played chess ?
Answer:
Yes, I like chess. I have played chess many times.

Question 10.
How does the bishop go ?
How does the rook go ?
Answer:
The bishop goes diagonally.
The rook goes straight.

Passage No. 5:

Read the following passage.

Each district and state has a chess association, which conducts training camps and tournaments. The state associations are affiliated to All India Chess Federation, which in turn is affiliated to the World Chess Federation. It is also called FIDE. It acts as the governing body of international chess competitions. It gives a rating to every player in the world, depending upon the number of games won, drawn or lost- the greater the rating the better the player.

If you are on the lookout, you will find many invitation tournaments conducted at school, village, mandal, district and state levels. You can rise to the ranks of an International Grandmaster, (or simply ‘Grandmaster’ as is used nowadays) by winning more and more games and becoming a Candidate Master, then an FIDE Master, and then an International Master.

Now answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) In your answer book. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
Each district conducts _______
A) Physical tests.
B) Debate competitions.
C) Training camps.
D) Training camps and tournaments.
Answer:
D) Training camps and tournaments.

Question 2.
The greater the rating, _______ the better.
A) the best
B) the better
C) the good
D) the less
Answer:
B) the better

Question 3.
Which are conducted at schools?
A) State-level competitions
B) National-level tests
C) Invitation tournaments
D) Chess-training camps
Answer:
C) Invitation tournaments

Question 4.
What is used now a days?
A) Grandmaster
B) International Grandmaster
C) FIDE Master
D) Candidate Master
Answer:
A) Grandmaster

Question 5.
Which acts as the governing body of international chess competitions?
A) FIDE
B) All India Chess Federation
C) District Chess Federation
D) State Chess Federation
Answer:
A) FIDE

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
What is FIDE ? What does it act as ?
Answer:
FIDE is the World Chess Federation. It acts as the governing body of international chess competitions.

Question 7.
To which level can one rise as a chess player ? What is it now used as, nowadays ?
Answer:
As a chess player, one can rise to the ranks of International Grandmaster. Nowadays it is used as ‘Grandmaster’.

Question 8.
What will you find, if you are on the lookout ?
Answer:
If we are on the lookout, we will find many invitation tournaments conducted at school, village, mandal, district and state levels.

Question 9.
What are affiliated to All India Chess Federation ? What are affiliated to the World Chess Federation ?
Answer:
The State Associations are affiliated to All India Chess Federation. All India Chess Federation is affiliated to the World Chess Federation.

Question 10.
Which gives a rating to every chess player ? On what does the rating depend upon ?
Answer:
The World Chess Federation or FIDE gives a rating to every chess player. The rating depends upon the number of games won, drawn or lost.

Questions : 11 – 16, Marks : 10

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage.

Soon after proving her excellence at the national level, Koneru entered the International Chess Circuit. After taking the world by storm by clinching the World Chess titles in the Under 10, Under 12 and Under 14 age groups, Humpy got an International Master title in the year 1999, at the age of 12 years. Further, she achieved her 3rd Grandmaster norm in the Elekes Memorial Grandmaster Tournament held at Budapest, Hungary. Koneru created a world record by earning the International Grandmaster title at the age of 15 years 1 month and 29 days. She broke Judit Polgar’s record to achieve the feat, and became the youngest woman ever to have earned the coveted title. Later, Hou Yifan broke Humpy’s record by earning the title at the age of 14 years 6 months in the year 2008. Koneru Humpy has been the First Indian Woman to have received an International Grandmaster title in the game of chess.

Fill in the blanks in the following. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
Humpy got an International Master title in _______
Answer:
1999

Question 12.
Humpy broke _______ record.
Answer:
Judit Polgar’s

Now, answer the questions in complete sentences. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
How did Koneru Humpy take the world by storm ?
Answer:
Koneru Humpy took the world by storm by clinching the World Chess titles in the Under 10, Under 12 and Under 14 age groups.

Question 14.
When did Humpy get an International Master title ? At what age did she get it ?
Answer:
Humpy got an International Master title in the year 1999. She got it at the age of 12 years.

Question 15.
Where did she get her 3rd Grandmaster norm ? In which tournament did she get ?
Answer:
Koneru got her third Grandmaster norm at Budapest, Hungary. She got it in the Elekes Memorial Grandmaster Tournament.

Question 16.
Who broke Humpy’s record ? Ai what age did she break ? When did she break ?
Answer:
Hou Yifan broke Humpy’s record. She broke it at the age of 14 years 6 months in the year 2008.

Passage No. 2:

Read the following passage.

My name is Health and my husband’s name is Strength. The world is our home. We have two daughters. Their names are Games and Sports. They are twins. They look alike. People often mistake Games for Sports and Sports for Games. But if you observe carefully, you will know who is who.

Sports has grace and dignity in every moment and she likes a lot of physical activity. She is not proud, but she doesn’t like the company of others much. Therefore, you hardly find anybody with her except on festive occasions.

Games, unlike her sister, likes the company of others. You will find at least 2 or 3; and sometimes, as many as 11 people with her. They talk to each other, encourage one another, and enjoy themselves by taking sides and playing against each other. One day Games told me that she wanted to marry Pleasure, who loved her so much.

I remember his name. He is the son of my close relative Entertainment.

Fill in the blanks in the following. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
_______ likes a lot of physical activity.
Answer:
Sports

Question 12.
Games wanted to marry
Answer:
Games

Now, answer the questions in complete sentences. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
‘I remember his name.’
Who does ‘I’ refer to ?
Whose name does the person remember ?
Answer:
‘I’ refers to ‘Health’. She knows the name of ‘Pleasure’ who loved Games so much.

Question 14.
Who is ‘Entertainment’ ?
What is the name of his son ?
Answer:
‘Entertainment’ is the close relative of ‘Health’. Pleasure is the son of Entertainment.

Question 15.
How many daughters do Health and Strength have ? What are their names ?
Answer:
Health and Strength have two daughters. Their names are Games and Sports.

Question 16.
What does’Games’like ?
How many people will you find with her ?
Answer:
‘Games’ likes the company of others. We will find at least 2 or 3 ; and sometimes, as many as 11 people with her.

Passage No. 3:

Read the following poem.

I like to think chess is a courteous game,
I play it with family and friends..
I like to think chess is a peaceful game,
Nobody gets hurt when it ends.

I never distract my opponent,
I don’t want to act like a pest.
I hope they behave in the very same way,
So both of us play at our best.

I know chess is not really gentle,
It’s more like a war or a fight.
I always shake hands at the start and the end,
So we can stay friends day and night,
On the board we’re enemies,
Off the board we’re friends.
On the board there’s never peace,
But that is just pretend.

On the board we’re enemies,
Off the board we ’re friends.
On the board there’s never peace,
But off the board I hope for peace that never, never ends.

Question 11.
The players are enemies
A) off the board.
B) at school
C) on the board.
D) after the play
Answer:
C) on the board.

Question 12.
What is like a war or a fight ?
A) Chess
B) Weight-lifting
C) Swimming
D) Skipping
Answer:
A) Chess

Now, answer the questions in complete sentences. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
What does the poet like to think chess is ? Who does he play it with ?
Answer:
The poet likes to think chess is a courteous game. He plays it with family and friends.

Question 14.
Which is not really gentle ?
How is it more like ?
Answer:
Chess is not really gentle.
Chess is more like a war or a fight.

Question 15.
I never distract my …………….
Who does he never distract ?
What does the word ‘distract’ mean ?
Answer:
He never distracts his opponent. The word ‘distract’ means ‘take somebody’s attention away from what they are trying to do !

Question 16.
Why is chess a peaceful game ?
Mention the names of two great chess players.
Answer:
Chess is a peaceful game because nobody gets hurt when it ends. Viswanathan Anand and Koneru Humpy are great chess players.

Passage No. 4:

Read the following passage.

Very long ago, there lived a huge apple tree offering tasty apples to the people. A little boy became a close friend to the apple tree. The boy used to play with the tree by climbing the branches, sleeping under the shadow, plucking apples, etc. Every day he visited the tree, and ate apples. The apple tree was so kind to the boy and enjoyed spending time with the little boy.

The boy joined school and did not spend time with the apple tree. After several months, the boy came to the tree. The tree was so happy to see the boy and asked him to play with it.

The boy said that he was not a little one to play with the trees. But he had another request to the tree. The boy told the tree that he needed toys to play with, but his parents had no enough money to buy toys for him. Then the tree replied, “Deary boy, I don’t have any money to buy toys for you can pick the apples and sell them to get money for the toys.” The boy picked apples and went away, happily.

The tree was eagerly waiting for the boy’s return, but the boy did not return for several years.
The tree was so said that it did not produce any apples since then.

Fill in the blanks in the following. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
The things that the boy needed were ……………….
Answer:
toys

Question 12.
The tree was waiting for the boy’s return ………………..
Answer:
eagerly

Now, answer the questions in complete sentences. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
Who was the tree kind to ?
What did the tree enjoy ?
Answer:
The tree was kind to the boy. The tree enjoyed spending time with the boy.

Question 14.
When the boy told the tree that he needed money to buy toys, what did the tree tell him?
Answer:
The tree told him that it did not have any money to buy toys for him. It asked him to pick up its apples and sell them to get money for the toys.

Question 15.
Why was the tree sad ?
What did riot it do then ?
Answer:
The tree was sad because the boy did not return. Then it did not produce any apple.

Question 16.
Where did the boy join ?
Did he spend any time with the tree, then ?
Answer:
The boy joined a school. He did not spend any time with the tree, then.

Passage No. 5:

Read the following table.

Choose the correct answer from the four choices given below the question. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
Which disease do old people suffer from, below 10% ? ( B )
A) Sleep disorders
B) Diabetes
C) Urinary problems
D) Cold and cough
Answer:
B) Diabetes

Question 12.
What is the female percentage, suffering from sleep disorders ?
A) 32
B) 36
C) 32.67
D) 48.67
Answer:
C) 32.67

Now, answer the questions in complete sentences. 4× 2 = 8

Question 13.
What does the given table indicate ?
Answer:
The given table indicates the common health problems of the rural elderly in Telangana.

Question 14.
Who suffer less from B.P / Hepertension, male or female ? What is their percentage?
Answer:
Female suffer less, from Hypertension. Their percentage is 12.67.

Question 15.
From which disease most people suffer ? What is that percentage ?
Answer:
Most people suffer from Body / Joint pains. The percentage is 52.

Question 16.
Whose percentage (Male / Female) is less with regard to Piles ? Whose percentage is more with regard to Dental problems ?
Answer:
With regard to piles, the percentage of male is less. With regard to Dented problems, the percentage of male is more.

Passage No. 6:

Read the following passage.

Koneru Humpy is an Indian chess player, and the best woman at the chess board that the nation has ever produced. Among the female chess players of India, she is considered to be on par with Vishwanathan Anand She, holds the World No. 2 rank (Judit Polgar is No. 1) among the female chess players.

She was born on the 31st of March. 1987 at Gudiyada, Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. Her father, Koneru Ashok worked as a lecturer in chemistry.

He was a wonderful chess player, who won the South India Open Championship in 1985.Young Humpy got attracted towards the game at a very young age of just 5 years. Her father soon spotted her extraordinary skills in the game and realized she could become a great player if conditioned properly. Ashok took the bold decision of giving up his job to concentrate fully upon Humpy’s chess career.

Fill in the blanks in the following. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
_______ won the South India Open Championship in 1985.
Answer:
Koneru Ashok, Father of Koneru Humpy.

Question 12.
The bold decision taken by Ashok was _______
Answer:
Giving up his job.

Now, answer the questions in complete sentences. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
Among the female chess players, who holds the World No. 1 rank and who holds the World No. 2 rank ?
Answer:
Among the female chess players, Judit Polgar holds the World No. 1 rank. Koneru Humpy holds the World No. 2 rank.

Question 14.
What was the decision of Humpy’s father ?
Why did he take that decision ?
Answer:
Humpy’s father took the bold decision of giving up his job. He took that decision because he wanted to concentrate fully upon Humpy’s chess career.

Question 15.
Who was Humpy’s father ? What was he ?
Answer:
Koneru Ashok was Humpy’s father. He was a lecturer in chemistry.

Question 16.
When and where was Humpy born ? What was she good at ?
Answer:
Koneru Humpy was born on the 31st of March, 1987 at Gudivada, Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. She was good at playing chess.

Section – B: Vocabulary and Grammar (20 Marks)

Questions : 17 – 21, Marks : 5

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage.

For showing extraordinary talent as a chess player and making the nation proud several times at the international level, Koneru Humpy has been honoured with a number of awards and recognitions. To: commend her exceptional skills and achievements,the Government of India bestowed upon her the coveted Arjuna Award in the year 2003. Further, in the year 2007 she was awarded with the prestigious Padma Shri Award. Humpy was also conferred upon the Raja-Lakshrnl Award in the year 2008 by Raja-Lakshmi Foundation of Chennal.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 17.
The present simple tense (V1) form of ‘bestowed’ is _______
A) bestow
B) bestowing
Q bestowen
D) bestower
Answer:
A) bestow

Question 18.
The antonym of ‘exceptional’ is _______
A) normal / ordinary
B) different
C) same
D) unusual
Answer:
A) normal / ordinary

Question 19.
For ‘showing’ extraordinary _______
The synonym of the underlined word is _______
A) exhibiting
B) existing
C) understanding
D) cheating
Answer:
A) exhibiting

Question 20.
What is the meaning of ‘several’ ?
A) seven
B) all
C) many
D) a few
Answer:
C) many

Question 21.
What is the suffix part in the word ‘exceptional’?
A) except
B) – al
C) – l
D) ex-
Answer:
B) – al

Passage No. 2:

It was evening 6 o’ clock. Rajesh was walking on road. He found a beautiful black purse. There were ten thousand rupees in the purse. He looked around. No one was there. After waiting for some time he started walking on the pavement to the police station. On the way he saw a crowd on the road. Rajesh went there. A man was asking about his purse. He was very decent. After the confirmation with the details of the purse, Rajesh gave the purse to the man. He thanked Rajesh and offered him one thousand rupees but Rajesh refused the money. All the people who gathered there, praised him very much for his honesty. His heart filled with self-satisfaction.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 17.
What is the meaning of ‘looked around’?
A) searched
B) found
C) saw
D) circled
Answer:
A) searched

Question 18.
What is the antonym of ‘beautiful’?
A) nice
B) ugly
C) pretty
D) handsome
Answer:
B) ugly

Question 19.
Pick out the past form ‘praise’ from the passage.
A) praised
B) has praised
C) is praised
D) had praised
Answer:
A) praised

Question 20.
What is the synonym of ‘gave’ from the passage?
A) handed over
B) took
C) asked
D) gathering
Answer:
A) handed over

Question 21.
What is the meaning of ‘decent’?
A) happy
B) respectable
C) sad
D) responsible
Answer:
B) respectable

Passage No. 3:

One day, as I was taking my evening walk, I (17) found her with a young and energetic boy called confidence. He is the son of iny (18) distant relative from my husband’s side. “They will make a good couple,” I thought. Soon they were married. Confidence, my (19) son-in-law, is very much interested in giving (20) children fancy names. I can never tell you all the names unless you give me (21) time.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 17.
Pick out the simple present tense (V1) form of the underlined word.
A) founder
B) founded
C) find
D) finder
Answer:
C) find

Question 18.
What is the antonym of the underlined word ?
A) near
B) big
C) far
D) unknown
Answer:
A) near

Question 19.
Choose the plural form of ‘son-in-law’.
A) daughter – in – law
B) sons – in – law
C) sons – in – laws
D) fatner – in – law
Answer:
B) sons – in – law

Question 20.
What is the singular form of ‘Children’ ?
A) Child
B) Childs
C) Childish
D) Childly
Answer:
A) Child

Question 21.
Pick out the synonym of the underlined word.
A) more
B) less
C) plenty
D) Sufficient
Answer:
D) Sufficient

Passage No. 4:

The inventor (17) requested the king to give him 1 grain of rice for the first square, 2 for the second one, 4 for the third one and so on – doubling the number of grains (18) continuously up to the 64th square. Everybody (19) thought that he was a fool. The (20) figure of the quantity of rice that should be given to the inventor was (21) gigantic.

Question 17.
Write the antonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
Antonym of ‘requested’ is ‘ordered’ or ‘commanded’.

Question 18.
What is the suffix in the underlined word?
Answer:
‘ly’ is the suffix in ‘continuously’.

Question 19.
Write the simple present tense (V1) form of the underlined verb.
Answer:
The V1 form of ‘thought’ is think.

Question 20.
Give a synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
Synonym of ‘figure’ is ‘number’.

Question 21.
What is the meaning of the underlined word?
Answer:
The meaning of ‘gigantic’ is ‘enormous’ or ‘extremely large’.

Passage No. 5:

It is a well known fact that for each and every religious or family function, (17) loud speakers are played. They are played throughout the day as well as the night. They cause a lot of nuisance. They create noise pollution. They do not (18) allow students to concentrate on their studies and (19) sick people to have some sleep. It’s time the Police Department took steps In this regard and stopped the playing of loud speakers (20) indiscriminately. I hope all will (21) agree with me.

Now ailswer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer book. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 17.
What is the underlined word?
A) Simple
B) Complex word
C) Compound word
D) Compound – complex word
Answer:
C) Compound word

Question 18.
Choose the synonym of the underlined word.
A) disallow
B) prohibit
C) exit
D) permit
Answer:
D) permit

Question 19.
What is the meaning of the underlined word?
A) ill-healthy
B) healthy
C) elderly
D) old people
Answer:
A) ill-healthy

Question 20.
What is the ‘prefix’ in the underlined word?
A) in –
B) – ly
C) dis
D) ately
Answer:
A) in –

Question 21.
Which is the antonym of ‘agree’?
A) admit
B) refuse
C) accept
D) confess
Answer:
B) refuse

Questions : 22 – 26, Marks : 5.

Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below It. Each blank is numbered and for each blank four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) are given.

Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or(D) In your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Passage No. 1:

Just like any other game, chess is also governed _______ (22) rules. The pieces or the chessmen like the rook, the knight, the bishop, etc _______ (23) on the board in quite _______ (24) restricted way. The movement of each piece _______ (25) important because if a piece can move to a square, it can capture the piece in that square, (26) it may be.

Question 22.
A) with
B) by
C) in
D) without
Answer:
B) by

Question 23.
A) move
B) moves
C) moved
D) moving
Answer:
A) move

Question 24.
A) an
B) a
C) the
D) any
Answer:
B) a

Question 25.
A) was
B) were
C) is
D) are
Answer:
C) is

Question 26.
A) whoever
B) whenever
C) wherever
D) however
Answer:
A) whoever

Passaae No. 2:

One day Guravaiah and Guruvardhan _______ (22) hunting. They went deep _______ (23) the forest. There _______ (24) saw _______ (25) extremely large and beautiful stag _______ (26) was eating behind some trees.

Question 22.
A) go
B) goes
C) went
D) gone
Answer:
C) went

Question 23.
A) into
B) in
C) at
D) for
Answer:
A) into

Question 24.
A) he
B) they
C) him
D) them
Answer:
B) they

Question 25.
A) a
B) some
C) an
D) the
Answer:
C) an

Question 26.
A) which
B) why
C) where
D) when
Answer:
A) which

Passaae No. 3:

A relative came to see Hanumanu _______ (22) the country. He _______ (23) a duck. Hanumanu was grateful. He has _______ (24) duck cooked and shared it with _______ (25) his guest. The relative felt _______ (26).

Question 22.
A) from
B) on
C) over
D) into
Answer:
A) from

Question 23.
A) brings
B) bring
C) brought
D) bringing
Answer:
C) brought

Question 24.
A) any
B) a
C) an
D) the
Answer:
D) the

Question 25.
A) his
B) he
C) they
D) their
Answer:
A) his

Question 26.
A) happy
B) happily
C) happyful
D) happying
Answer:
A) happy

Passage No. 4:

The little Humpy showed _______ (22) remarkable prowess as _______ (23) excellent chess player as soon as she _______ (24) playing the game. She caught everybody’s attention _______ (25) the first time _______ (26) she won the Under 8 National Chess Championship in the year 1995.

Question 22.
A) our
B) her
C) their
D) she
Answer:
B) her

Question 23.
A) an
B) a
C) the
D) any
Answer:
A) an

Question 24.
A) begins
B) begin
C) begun
D) began
Answer:
D) began

Question 25.
A) to
B) for
C) at
D) on
Answer:
B) for

Question 26.
A) where
B) why
C) when
D) who
Answer:
C) when

Passage No. 5:

Kingdoms have vanished and kings have _______ (22). But one game they played remained _______ (23) us; and probably remains with _______ (24) forever : CHESS. _______ (25) has won _______ (26) hearts of Indians.

Question 22.
A) go
B) went
C) goes
D) gone
Answer:
D) gone

Question 23.
A) by
B) with
C) on
D) into
Answer:
B) with

Question 24.
A) we
B) them
C) us
D) our
Answer:
C) us

Question 25.
A) we
B) they
C) you
D) It
Answer:
D) It

Question 26.
A) the
B) a
C) an
D) some
Answer:
A) the

Questions : 27 – 31, Marks : 10

Rewrite the following passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered (27 – 31) at the beginning. Each of the five sentences has an error. Correct and rewrite them in the answer booklet. 5 × 2 = 10

1. (27) The benefits of chess is innumerable. (28) Some say it refreshes their mind while others say it improves its memory. (29) Some experiment have proved that it does all these things. (30) Chess increases our mathematical abilities but problem solving skills. (31) That is why it is thought as a school subject in many countries.
Answer:
27)The benefits of chess are innumerable.
28) Some say it refreshes their mind while others say it improves their memory,
29) Some experiments have proved that it does all these things.
30) Chess increases our mathematical abilities and problem solving skills.
31) That is why it is taught as a school subject in many countries.

2. (27) At Doha Asian Games 2006, Koneru Humpy make the nation proud by bagging two Gold Medals in the Individual as well as Team Event of Chess. (28) Humpy has broken the world record seat by Susan Polgar. (29) Koneru Humpy is a Indian chess player. (30) she is the better woman at the chess board that the nation has ever produced. (31) She holds the World No. 2 rank between the female chess players.
Answer:
27) At Doha Asian Games 2006, Koneru Humpy made the nation proud by bagging two Gold Medals in the Individual as well as Team Event of Chess.
28) Humpy has broken the world record set by Susan Polgar.
29) Koneru Humpy is an Indian chess player.
30) She is the best woman at chess board that the nation has ever produced.
31) She holds the World No. 2 rank among the female chess players.

3. ‘Health is Wealth’. (27) If we understand this well, we can kept ourselves fit. (28) Apart from a balanced diet, Sports and Games are necessarily to maintain good health. (29) So, study on the morning as the mind is fresh then. (30) After you return from school, play for about one or two hours as the mind is tried then. Always remember the proverb, ‘All study and no play makes Jack a dull boy’. (31) This proverb applies to all of we. .
Answer:
27) If we understand this well, can keep ourselves fit.
28) Apart from a balanced diet, Sports and Games are necessary to maintain good health.
29) So, study in the morning as the mind is fresh then.
30) After you return from school, play for about one to two hours as the mind is tired then.
31) This proverb applies to all of us.

4. Long ago, people happily lived under the rule of a king. (27) One day, the king decided to go on a travel to visit places of historical important and pilgrim centres at distant places. (28) He travelled there by foot and interacted with his poeple. (29) People at those places were so happy that their king is so kind. (30) After several weaks, the king returned to his palace. (31) The king had a intolerable pain in his feet.
Answer:
27) One day the king decided to go on a travel to visit places of historical importance and pilgrim centres at distant places.
28) He travelled there on foot and interacted with his people.
29) People at those places were so happy that their king was so kind.
30) After several weeks, the king returned to his palace.
31) The king had an intolerable pain in his feet.

5. On a very bright sunny day, Hanumayamma went to her friend, Sitarama Kalyani’s village by bus. (27) She was to attended a marriage function there. (28) Sitarama Kalyani is waiting for Hanumayamma at the bus-stop. The bus came. (29) Hanumayamma got of the bus and met her friend. (30) She was very tiresome since she made a long journey. (31) Sitarama Kalyani offered Hanumayamma some coconut water to drink but Hanumayamma asked she for some cool drink.
Answer:
27) She was to attend a marriage function there.
28) Sitarama Kalyani was waiting for Hanumayamma at the bus-stop.
29) Hanumayamma got off the bus and met her friend.
30) She was very tired since she made a long journey.
31) Sitarama Kalyani offered Hanumayamma some coconut water to drink but Hanumayamma asked her for some cool drink.

Section – C : Conventions of Writing (5 Marks)

Question : 32, Marks : 5

Read the following passage taken from your textbook and rewrite it with proper punctuation. 5 Marks

Question 1.
it has won the hearts of indians japanese egyptians Persians Chinese and evfery thinking animal on earth what is it that made it so dear to our hearts different people give different reasons.
Answer:
It has won the hearts of Indians, Japanese, Egyptians, Persians, Chinese and every thinking animal on earth. What is it that made it so dear to our hearts ? Different people give different reasons.

Question 2.
he is the son of my distant relative from my husbands side they will make a good couple soon they were married in a very big place called olympiad
Answer:
He is the son of my distant relative from my husband’s side. “They will make a good couple,” I thought Soon they were married in a very big place called Olympiad.

Question 3.
Koneru humpy is an indian chess player and the best woman at the chess board that nation has produced, among the female chess players pf India she is considered to be on par with Vishwanathan Anand she holds the World no 2 rank among the female chess players
Answer:
Koneru Humpy is an Indian chess player and the best woman at the chess board that nation has ever produced. Among the female chess players of India, she is considered to be bn par with Vishwanathan Anand. She holds the World No. 2 rank among the female chess players.

Question 4.
hello Tirupafhi Nagalakshmi where are you going asked her neighbour Venkata Narasamma I’m going to the market replied Tirupathi Nagalakshmi will you bring me tomatoes asked Venkata Narasamma OK but how much asked Nagalakshmi one kilo said Venkata Narasamma
Answer:
“Hello! Tirupathi Nagalakshmi! where are you going ?” asked her neighbour, Venkata Narasamma. “I’m going to the market,” replied Tirupathi Nagalakshmi. “Will you bring me tomatoes ?” asked Venkata Narasamma. “0,K but how much ?” asked Nagalakshmi. “One kilo,” said Venkata Narasamma.

Question 5.
My friend, Guruvardhan said chess increases our mathematical abilities and problem solving skills I agree with him chess is taught as a school subject in Venezuela Iceland and russia what are you waiting for start playing chess right away
Answer:
My friend, Guruvardhan said, “Chess increases our mathematical abilities and problem solving skills.” I agree with him. “Chess is taught as a school subject in Venezuela, Iceland and Russia. What are you waiting for ? Start playing chess right away!”

Section – D: Creative Writing (20 Marks)

Question : 33, Marks : 12

1. Your school has formed a cricket team. You are the captain of the team. You need good cricket bats,balls, pads, etc.
Write a letter to DRONA SPORT’s AGENCY, Kanchan Bagh, New Delhi. 12, placing an order for the Items of cricket game, which you want to buy for the team.
Answer:

Huzurabad.
15 July, 20xx.

From
xxxxxxx
C/o Headmistress,
Z.P.H. School,
Huzurabad,
Karlmnagar (District),
Telangana.

To
The Manager,
Messers Drona Sports Agency,
Kanchanbagh,
New Delhi – 12.

Sir,

I am’the recently elected captain of our school cricket team. We need the following equipment. Please send them by Railway parcel to the address mentioned above as early as possible. An advance of Rs. 2000/- is sent herewith through the Jank cheque bearing the No. 064357 dated 14th July 20xx.

Items	Quantity
Cricket bats	6
Balls	10
Pads	5 pairs
Gloves	5 pairs
Stump sets	3

 

I request you to allow us some commission as ours is a school team.
Thanking you, sir, I remain

Yours faithfully,
xxxxxx.

2. Write a letter to your friend about your favourite gaine/sport.
Answer:

4th line,
Behind Sivalayam,
Sampath Nagar,
Kodada.

My dear Tirupathi Guruvardhan,

I am fine and doing my part well. I hope the same with you theve. In this letter, I would like to tell you about my favourite game.

Cricket grew out of many stick-and-ball games played in England, 500 years ago. By the seventeenth century, cricket had evolved enough to be recognisable as a – distinct game. One of the peculiarities of cricket is that a test-match can go on for five days and still end in a draw. The specific length of the pitch is 22 yards. The stumps must be 22 inches high and the bail across them is six inches. The ball must be between five and six ounces. But the size and shape of the cricket ground is not fixed.

The most important tools of the game – bat, wickets, bails are made of natural materials. Even today both bat and ball are hand made. Each team consists of 11 players. Of them, one is wicket-keeper cum batsman, some are only batsmen, some bowlers arid some are all-rounders. The captain of the team who wins the toss decides whether to bat first or field first.

Television coverage changed cricket. It expanded the audience for the game by beaming cricket into small towns and villages.

Write me a letter about your favourite game. Convey my regards to your parents.

Your loving friend,
xxxxxxx

Address on the envelope:
To
T. Venkata Guruvardhan,
S/o Mohan Rao,
Near Sri Kodandaramaswamy temple,
Alampur (Post),
Mahaboobnagar (dt).

Question : 34, Marks : 8

1. Prepare a poster on ‘Dance Competition’, using the following information.

Name of the school : Z.P.H.S. Kusumanchi
Event : Dance Competition
Apply : before 3rd Oct., 20xx
Competition held on : 6th Oct, 20xx
Venue : School auditorium
Contact : xxxxxxx
Secretary, Z.P.H.S,
Kusumanchi.
Mobile No. 80xxxxxx71
Kusumanchi, Khammam Dist.
Answer:

Poster:

2. You are Kallem Sivaramakrishna Prasad, the Sports Secretary of Z.P.H. School, Vanasthalipuram. Your school is organising Annual Sports Meet next week.
Write a notice to be put on the school notice board.
Answer:

Z.P.H SCHOOL, VANASTHALIPURAM
HYDERABAD
NOTICE

10 December, 2017,

ANNUAL SPORTS MEET

The Annual Sports Meet of the school is going to be held in the school playground / on 21st and 22nd of this month. Students who wish to take part in any event should give their names to the undersigned by 16th of this month.

K. Sivarama Krishna Prasad
(Sports Secretary)

These TS 7th Class English Important Questions 6th lesson A Hero will help the students to improve their time and approach.

TS 7th Class English Important Questions 6th lesson A Hero

Section – A : Reading Comprehension (25 Marks)

Questions : 1 – 10, Marks : 15

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage.

Swami uncovered his face a little and whispered, “Please, please Granny! Don’t talk to me, and don’t let anyone disturb me even if the house is on fire. I Shall perhaps die if I don’t sleep at once.”

Then he turned over and curled under the blanket. He started snoring but soon found his blanket pulled away. Father was standing over him.

“Get up, Swami,” Father commanded. He looked like a ghost in the semi-darkness of the porch. Swami stirred and groaned as if in sleep.

“Get up, Swami,” said Father a second time. “Why do you disturb him?” Granny pleaded.
“Get up, Swami,” said Father for the third time and Swami got up.

Father rolled up his bed, took it under his arm and said, “Come with me.” ’’Swami looked at Granny, hesitated for a moment, and then followed his father into the office room. “Let me sleep in the hall, Father,” Swami pleaded. “Your office room is very dusty and there may be scorpions behind your law books.”

“There are no scorpions, boy. You can sleep on the bench if you like.”
“Can I have a lamp burning in the room?”

“No. You must learn to be brave. You must not be afraid of darkness; it is only a question of habit.” “Will you at least leave the door open?” Swami said very humbly.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
“Let me sleep in the hall ………………..”
Who did the speaker say these words to ?
A) Swami
B) His father
C) His granny
D) His mother
Answer:
B) His father

Question 2.
“Will you at least leave the door ……………..”
Who does ‘you’ refer to ?
A) Swami’s father
B) Swami
C) His granny
D) His mother
Answer:
A) Swami’s father

Question 3.
Swami’s father said that Swami could sleep ___________
A) under the sofa
B) on the bench
C) under the bench
D) under the table
Answer:
B) on the bench

Question 4.
What did Swami start ?
A) crying
B) shouting
C) snoring
D) weeping
Answer:
C) snoring

Question 5.
Where did Swami follow his father into ?
A) the bedroom
B) the hall
C) the verandah
D) the office room
Answer:
D) the office room

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences, each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
Why did Swami tell his granny that he would die if did not sleep at once ?
Answer:
Swami told his granny that he would die if he did not sleep at once because he was afraid of sleeping alone in his father’s room and so he wanted to sleep before the arrival of his father there.

Question 7.
He starred snoring but soon found his blanket pulled away.’ Who pulled his blanket away ? Why ?
Answer:
Swami’s father pulled his blanket away because he wanted to take Swami to his office room and make Swami sleep there.

Question 8.
What did Swami want to have in his father’s office room ? Why ?
Answer:
Swami wanted to have a lamp burning in the room because he was afraid of darkness.

Question 9.
According to his father, what must Swami learn ? What must he not be afraid of ?
Answer:
According to his father, Swami must learn to be brave. Swami must not be afraid of darkness.

Question 10.
Are you afraid of sleeping alone in darkness ? If so, why ?
Answer:
Yes, I am afraid of sleeping alone in darkness because something might happen to me if I slept alone in darkness.

Passage No. 2:

Read the following passage.

“You think you know better than the newspaper ?” Father said crossly. “A man may have the strength of an elephant and yet be a coward. “Another may be a mere skeleton; but if he has real courage, he can do anything. Courage is everything; strength and age don’t matter much.” “How can that be ?” said Swami. “Suppose
I had a lot of courage, but what could I do if a tiger attacked me ?”

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
Who may have the strength of an elephant and yet be a coward ?
A) a mouse
B) a man
C) a rat
D) a buffalo
Answer:
B) a man

Question 2.
What is everything ?
A) courtesy
B) kindness
C) country
D) courage
Answer:
D) courage

Question 3.
Which one of the following animals is mentioned in the given passage ?
A) cow
B) cat
C) tiger
D) lion
Answer:
C) tiger

Question 4.
What does the word ‘crossly’ mean ?
A) little angrily
B) happily
C) eagerly
D) slowly
Answer:
A) little angrily

Question 5.
Who said, “You know better than the newspaper ?”
A) Son
B) Swami
C) Father
D) Mother
Answer:
C) Father

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences, each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
’’A man may have the strength of an elephant and yet be a coward ?” Do you agree ? Justify your answer.
Answer:
Yes, I agree to the statement. My neighbour’s family has two sons. The elder son is 20 years old. He is tall and strong and yet he is afraid of going out in darkness, alone. But the younger one is just 12 years old. He is lean but bold. He can walk alone outside in darkness.

Question 7.
What can you do if a tiger attacks you ?
Answer:
I know how to climb a’tree. So if a tiger attacks me, I will quickly climb up a tree and shout for help.

Question 8.
Do you have the habit, of reading newspapers ? Mention the names of. those newspapers.
Answer:
I have the habit of reading newspapers. I read them in our local library. I read the Telugu newspapers daily. The newspapers I read are ‘Namaste Telangana’, ‘Saakshi’, ‘Eenadu’ and ‘Andhra Jyothi’.

Question 9.
How can you say ‘courage is everything’ ?
Answer:
I can say ‘courage is everything’. One day a snake appeared on the dais, during the assembly time. Then all the teachers and the students dispersed, in fear. Then a sixth-class student came with a long-stick and killed the snake with that stick. The teachers and the H.M were surprised at his bravery and praised him. So ‘courage is everything’.

Question 10.
Can you sleep alone at night if you were Swami in the place of Swami ?
Answer:
If I were in Swami’s place, I could sleep alone at night. I sometimes sleep, alone at night, in the absence of my parents.

Passage No. 3:

Read the following passage.

As it came nearer, Swami crawled out from under the bench. At once he clutched its leg and dug his teeth in.

There was a painful cry: “Aiyo! Something has bitten me.” Then there was heavy tumbling and falling amidst furniture. Everyone in the house was awakened by the loud noise. In a moment, Father and a servant came running with a light.

Both of them fell on the burglar who lay amidst the furniture with a bleeding knee.

The next day was a day of congratulations for Swami. His classmates looked at him with respect. His teacher patted his back for his courage and bravery. The headmaster said that he was a true scout. Swami had bitten into the knee of a notorious house-breaker and the police were grateful to him.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
The headmaster said that Swami was a true ___________
A) brave boy
B) courageous boy
C) scout
D) student
Answer:
C) scout

Question 2.
Who fell on the burglar ?
A) Father
B) Swami
C) Swami’s father and his servant
D) Father’s servant
Answer:
C) Swami’s father and his servant

Question 3.
The next day a day of ___________ for Swami.
A) congratulations
B) examination
C) courage
D) punishment
Answer:
A) congratulations

Question 4.
Who clutched its leg ?
A) Father
B) Servant
C) The burglar
D) Swami
Answer:
D) Swami

Question 5.
Which part of the burglar’s body was bleeding ?
A) feet
B) head
C) knee
D) elbow
Answer:
C) knee

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
What did Swami do when the burglar came nearer ?
Answer:
When the burglar came nearer, Swami crawled out from under the bench. At once, he clutched its leg and dug his teeth in.

Question 7.
Who cried out painfully ? Why ?
Answer:
The burglar cried out painfully because Swami had dug his teeth into his knee.

Question 8.
What did his teacher do ? Why ?
Answer:
His teacher patted his back for his courage and bravery.

Question 9.
How did his classmates look at Swamy ? Why ?
Answer:
His classmates looked at Swami with respect because Swami had done an act of bravery.

Question 10.
Why were the police grateful to Swami ?
Answer:
The police were grateful to Swami because Swami had bitten into the knee of a notorious house-breaker and thereby helped them to catch him.

Passage No. 4:

Read the following passage.

“Can you prove you have courage?” said Father with a scowl. “Let me see if you can sleep alone tonight in my office room.”

Swami had always slept beside his granny in the porch. The two always had their, beds side by side. Any change in this arrangement kept him trembling and awake all night.

He hoped at first that Father was only joking. He tried to change the topic by saying, “Father, our captain says we shall have some elders also in our cricket club. He has asked me to tell you.” “We’ll see about that later,” Father cut in. “Hereafter you must sleep alone.”

“From the first of next month, I’ll sleep alone,” Swami said very humbly, trying to please his Father.“No, you must do it right from today,” Father said sternly. “Sleeping beside Granny or Mother like a baby is disgraceful. You are,now in the Fifth Standard and I don’t like the way you are being brought up.”

Father lifted the newspaper to his face and started reading it again. Swami rose quietly from his place and tiptoed to his bed in the porch. Granny was sitting up in her bed, and she said, “Boy, are you already feeling sleepy today? Don’t you want to hear a story?”

Swami made no reply. He threw himself on the bed and pulled the blanket over his face.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
In order to prove his courage, Swami had to sleep alone
A) in his bedroom
B) in his father’s office room
C) in the porch
D) beside his granny
Answer:
B) in his father’s office room

Question 2.
The father told Swami to sleep alone from ___________
A) next week
B) that day onwards
C) next month
D) next year
Answer:
B) that day onwards

Question 3.
Father didn’t like the way Swami was being brought up because ___________
A) Swami was spending more time in playing cricket.
B) Swami was sleeping beside his granny.
C) Swami was not sleeping at night.
D) Swami was pampered by his granny.
Answer:
B) Swami was sleeping beside his granny.

Question 4.
Swami wanted to postpone his sleeping alone for a few days because ___________
A) he wanted his father to forget the topic.
B) he needed sometime to pick up courage.
C) he didn’t want to leave his granny.
D) he didn’t like his father’s office room.
Answer:
A) he wanted his father to forget the topic.

Question 5.
Swami pulled the blanket over his face as he ___________
A) was afraid of the darkness.
B) didn’t want to hear the story told by his granny.
C) wanted to give an impression to his father that he was sleeping.
D) it was too cold.
Answer:
C) wanted to give an impression to his father that he was sleeping.

Answer the following in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
Why did Swami’s father challenge him to sleep alone in his office room ?
Answer:
Swami’s father challenged him to sleep alone in his office room because he wanted Swami to learn to be courageous.

Question 7.
Why do you think Swami’s father feels sleeping beside a granny / mother like a baby is disgraceful ?
Answer:
Swami’s father felt sleeping beside granny / mother like a baby was disgraceful because Swami was then in Fifth standard but still sleeping beside his granny like a baby and he didn’t like the way he was being brought up.

Question 8.
Do you support the attitude of Swami’s father in making his son brave ?
Answer:
Yes, I support his attitude as it makes a person brave which is an essential quality for one in the present society.

Question 9.
If you were asked fo sleep alone in your room, what would you do ?
Answer:
If I were asked to sleep alone in my-room, I would make some arrangements to see that the room had ventilation and lighting and also a bed or cot.

Question 10.
Where did Swami always sleep ? What would keep him trembling ?
Answer:
Swami always slept beside his granny, in the porch. Any change in that arrangement would keep him trembling.

Passage No. 5:

Read the following passage.

When Father returned home from the club that night, he asked, “Where is the boy?”

“He is asleep.”
“So early!”
“He didn’t have a wink of sleep the whole of last night,” said Swami’s mother.
“Where is he sleeping?”
“In his usual place.”

“Sleeping beside his granny again !” Father exclaimed. “That is why he wanted to be asleep before I returned home. Clever boy!”

“Let him sleep where he likes,” Mother said angrily. “You needn’t risk his life again.”

“All right, pamper him and spoil him as much as you like,” Father mumbled as he walked away to his room.
Swami was following the whole conversation from under the blanket. He felt a great relief to hear his father giving him up.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
Who said the boy was asleep ?
A) Granny
B) Mother
C) Father
D) Granny and Mother
Answer:
B) Mother

Question 2.
“……………. before I returned ……………” The word ‘returned’ means ___________
A) came back
B) turned again
C) slept back
D) turned round
Answer:
A) came back

Question 3.
“Let him sleep where he likes.” How did Mother say the above words ?
A) happily
B) sadly
C) angrily
D) anxiously
Answer:
C) angrily

Question 4.
Where was Swami following the conversation from ?
A) under the bed
B) near the porch
C) the hall
D) under the blanket
Answer:
D) under the blanket

Question 5.
Which of the following is the synonym of ‘pamper’ ?
A) cosset
B) mumble
C) pardon
D) crossing
Answer:
A) cosset

Answer the following in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
Where did father return home from ? Who did he ask then ?
Answer:
Father returned home from the club. Then he asked his wife.

Question 7.
What was the usual sleeping place of Swami ? Was Swami sleeping in his usual place when father returned ?
Answer:
Usually Swami slept beside his granny in the porch. Yes, he was sleeping in the usual place when father returned home.

Question 8.
According to Swami’s father, what did the boy want to do before his father returned home ?
Answer:
According to his father, the boy wanted to be asleep before father’s returning home.

Question 9.
What did father mumble ? When did he mumble ?
Answer:
Father mumbled his wife to pamper Swami and spoil him as much as she liked. He mumbled as he walked away to his room.

Question 10.
What was Swami following ? How did he feel then ?
Answer:
Swami was following the whole conversation between his mother and his father. He felt a great relief then.

Questions : 11 – 16, Marks : 10

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage.

Later l wound my pugree (turban) round his stomach and knitted it tight to keep everything from falling out again. We started for home walking for seven miles. I led the way and Har Singh followed me. Holding the pugree in position Har Singh told me that he wanted to meet the doctor. We walked for the extra three miles to the hospital. It was night and the hospital was closed.

But the doctor-babu who lived nearby was awake. He asked me to call Aladia, the tobacco-seller. When I returned, the doctor had laid Har Singh on a string bed. Aladia held the lantern and I held the two pieces of flesh together. The doctor was very kind. He sewed up the hole in Har Singh’s stomach. I offered him two rupees but he refused to take it. When we went home, the woman folk were crying.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
When they went to the doctor-babu’s house, he was ___________
A) sleeping
B) treating a patient
C) awake
D) preparing some medicine
Answer:
C) awake

Question 12.
The narrator offered the doctor ___________
A) Ten rupees
B) Two rupees
C) Four rupees
D) A hundred rupees
Answer:
B) Two rupees

Now answer the questions in complete sentences. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
What did the narrator do to Har Singh to keep everything from falling out again ?
Answer:
The narrator wound his pugree (turban) round the stomach of Har Singh and knitted tight to keep everything from falling out again.

Question 14.
I offered him two rupees …………..
Who offered whom two rupees ?
Did the person agree to take it ?
Answer:
The narrator offered the doctor two rupees. The doctor refused to take it.

Question 15.
Who was Aladia ? Who sent for Aladia ?
Answer:
Aladia was a tobacco-seller. The doctor sent for Aladia.

Question 16.
What did Har Singh want the. narrator to do ? Did the narrator do it?
Answer:
Har Singh wanted the narrator to take him to hospital. Yes, the narrator did it.

Passage No. 2:

Read the following passage.

Dr. Dwarakanath Kotnis was born in a lower middle class family on October 10, 1910 in Sholapur, Mumbai. A vivacious kid by nature, Dr. Kotnis forever aspired to become a doctor. After completing his graduation in Medicine from G.S. Medical College, Bombay, he went on to pursue his post graduation internship. However he put aside his post graduation plans when he got the chance to join the medical aid mission to China.

Dr. Kotnis always wanted to travel around the world and practise medicine in different parts of the globe. He started his medical expedition in Vietnam, and then ‘ moved on to Singapore and Brunei. In 1937, the communist General Zhu De requested Jawaharlal Nehru to send Indian physicians to China during the second Sino-Japanese War to help the soldiers. The President of the Indian National Congress, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, accepted the request and made arrangements to send a team of volunteer doctors.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
Dr. Kotnis was born in ___________family.
A) a lower middle class
B) an upper middle class
C) a higher class
D) a lower class
Answer:
A) a lower middle class

Question 12.
He started his medical expedition in ___________
A) India
B) Singapore
C) Japan
D) Vietnam
Answer:
D) Vietnam

Now, answer the questions in complete sentences. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
Who requested Jawaharlal Nehru to send Indian physicians to China ? Why ?
Answer:
The Communist General, Zhu De requested Jawaharlal Nehru to send Indian physicians to China because at that time, the second Sino-Japanese War was going on and he needed Indian physicians to serve the wounded Chinese soldiers.

Question 14.
Who was the President of the Indian National Congress at that time ? Did he accept to send a team of volunteer doctors to China ?
Answer:
At that time, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was the President of the Indian National Congress. Yes, he accepted to send a team of volunteer doctors to China.

Question 15.
What was the aspiration of Dr. Kotnis ? Where did he join for his medicine ?
Answer:
Dr. Kotnis aspired to become a doctor. He joined in G.S. Medical College, Bombay for his medicine.

Question 16.
Where and when was Dr. Kotnis born ? What kind of kid was Dr. Kotnis by nature?
Answer:
Dr. Kotnis was born at Sholapur in Mumbai on October 10,1910. He was a vivacious kid by nature.

Passage No. 3:

Read the following poem.

My plane was just about to crash.
So, I grabbed my bag and
Took out my big blue parachute
to glide me down and land.
At last, I found a spot to land.
But there was a big breeze.
And so, 1 had to painfully land on these sharp pine trees.
I was then filled with bruises as a pine fell on my ear.
I sat down on the ground to rest.
A thorn then poked me.
I slept on the ground frantically.
Mosquitoes bit my nose.
Bugs crept all over me and tickled my body.
I scratched myself when l woke up,
appearing like a fool.
And after the whole thing I thought
I’d rather go to school.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer book. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
The word ‘breeze’ means ___________
A) hot wind
B) gin insect
C) a gentle wind
D) a storm
Answer:
C) a gentle wind

Question 12.
The speaker in the poem slept on the ground ___________
A) frantically
B) happily
C) peacefully
D) joyfully
Answer:
A) frantically

Now, answer the questions in complete sentences. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
Why did the speaker take out his big blue parachute ?
Answer:
His plane was about to crash. He took out his big blue parachute because it would glide him down and later land him.

Question 14.
What happened when the speaker sat down on the ground ? How did he sleep on the ground ?
Answer:
When the speaker sat down on the ground, a thorn poked him. He slept on the ground frantically.

Question 15.
What happened when the speaker was asleep ?
Answer:
When he was asleep, mosquitoes bit his nose, and bugs crept all over him and tickled his body.

Question 16.
How did the speaker appear when he woke up ? What did he finally think to do ?
Answer:
When the speaker woke up, he appeared like a fool. Finally he thought he’d rather go to school.

Passage No. 4:

Read the following passage.

There was a farmhouse near Trondheim in Norway. It was June 1932. A four-year-old child, Svenhild Hansen, was playing in the yard in front of the farmhouse. Suddenly a large eagle came down. It caught, hold of the child in its claws and flew up. Luckily, only the child’s dress was held in his claws, so the child was not hurt.

The big bird carried the child for more them a kilometre. It was flying towards its nest. Eagles build their nests on high rocks. This one’s nest was on the side of a mountain. Growing tired, the bird put the child down on a flat rock. This rock was eight hundred feet high on the side of the mountain. The bird’s nest was just fifty feet away.

But by this time, the child’s mother and father, and a large party of men had set out to look for the child. They noticed the eagle flying round and round over a rock in the mountain. They thought that the child might be there, and climbed quickly to the place. But they did not have much hope that they would find her alive.

When they finally reached there, the little Svenhild was fast asleep. She was not even hurt except for a few scratches.

People say that usually, an eagle kills the animal it catches, before taking it to its nest. Why didn’t the eagle kill the child? We do hot know. We can only say that the child was very, very lucky.

Fill in the blanks in the following. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
The eagle caught hold of the child in ___________
Answer:
its claws

Question 12.
The child was ___________ years old.
Answer:
four

Now, answer the questions in complete sentences. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
When her parents and people reached the place of Svenhild, how did she appear to them ?
Answer:
When they reached there, Svenhild was fast asleep. She was not even hurt except for a few scratches.

Question 14.
Who did the eagle catch hold of and fly up ? When did it happen ?
Answer:
The eagle caught hold of a four – year – old child named Svenhild Hansen and flew up. It happened in June 1932.

Question 15.
Was the child lucky ? How can you say ?
Answer:
Yes, the child was lucky because when the eagle caught hold of the child, only the child’s dress was held in its claws. Later, the eagle put the child down on a flat rock, without killing her.

Question 16.
Where do eagles build their nests ? Where is the nest of the eagle which carried away Svenhild ?
Answer:
Eagles build their nests on high rocks. The nest of the eagle which carried away Svenhild was on the side of a mountain.

Passage No. 5:

Read the following passage.

Once there was a thief and he was captured by the police. The judge said he should be put in prison for five years as he had stolen many valuable things and had been a thief for a long time.

The thief told the jailor that he wanted to see his mother. When the thief’s mother came to see him, she was weeping. As soon as she came close to him, the thief bit her ears. The mother screamed with pain.

The judge called the thief to the court and asked him, “Why did you bite your mother’s ears ?” The thief replied, “When I was a baby, she used to carry me on her shoulder. When she passed the banana seller with a basket on his head, I would reach out and take some bananas. She never checked me then. Slowly I began to steal other things from shops and people and bring them home. My mother did not tell me it was wrong. Instead, she was always happy about what I brought home. So today, if I have become a big. thief it is because of her. That is why I bit her ears. ‘ Could you not punish her cilso ?”

Fill in the blanks in the following. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
Who caught the thief ?
A) the jailor
B) the police
C) the judge
D) the mother
Answer:
B) the police

Question 12.
What do you mean by ‘scream’ ?
A) speak very softly
B) make a loud cry
C) take or get by force
D) said something in a very low voice
Answer:
B) make a loud cry

Now, answer the questions in complete sentences. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
Who called the thief to the court ? What did he ask him ?
Answer:
The judge called the thief to the court. He asked him why he had bitten his mother’s ears.

Question 14.
Why was thief put in the prison ?
Answer:
The thief was put in the prison because he had stolen many valuable things, and had been a thief for a long time.

Question 15.
What did the thief ask the jailor ? Did he do what he had asked ?
Answer:
The thief asked the jailor to bring his mother to him. Yes, the jailor sent for his mother and she came to him.

Question 16.
What did his mother do whenever the thief brought home stolen things ?
Answer:
Whenever the thief brought home stolen things, his mother did not tell him that it was wrong. Instead, she expressed her happiness about what he brought home.

Section – B: Vocabulary and Grammar (20 Marks)

Questions : 17 – 21, Marks : 5

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage taken from your text book.

We (17) continued on our way and ire tiger came out again and (18) it was growling, and twitching its tail. We stood stilnnd (19) luckily, the tiger (20) left the nullah. Being disturbed by the tiger, a number of (21) jungle fowl rose cackling out of the dense scrub.

Now answer the following questions. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 17.
Write the opposite of continued’.
Answer:
The opposite of ‘continued’ is ‘discontinued’.

Question 18.
Give the plural form of it’.
Answer:
The plural form of ‘it’ is ‘they’.

Question 19.
What is the noun form of luckily ‘?
Answer:
The Noun form of ‘luckily’ is ‘luck’.

Question 20.
Write the present simple tense (V1) form of ‘left’.
Answer:
The present simple tense (V1) form of ‘left’ is ‘leave’.

Question 21.
Write the synonym of ‘jungle’.
Answer:
The synonym of ‘jungle’ is ‘forest’.

Passage No. 2:

Globalisation is the process by which (17) business or other organisations develop international influence. They start operating on an international scale. Globalisation is the process of (18) rapid integration or inter-connection between the (19) countries.

The result of greater foreign (20) investment and greater foreign trade has been greater integration of (21) production and markets across countries.

Answer the following questions, as directed. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 17.
The synonym of the underlined word ( )
A) trade
B) fate
C) fare
D) profession
Answer:
A) trade

Question 18.
The antonym of the underlined word
A) quick
B) slow
C) steady
D) balanced
Answer:
B) slow

Question 19.
The singular form of the underlined word is ___________
A) contrary
B) counter
C) continent
D) country
Answer:
D) country

Question 20.
The suffix part in the underlined word is ___________
A) in
B) ent
C) ment
D) invest
Answer:
C) ment

Question 21.
The underlined word is ___________
A) a noun
B) a pronoun
C) an adjective
D) a verb
Answer:
A) a noun

Passage No. 3:

“From the first of next month, I’ll sleep alone,” Swami said very (17) humbly, trying to please his (18) Father. “No, you must do it right from today,” Father said (19) sternly. “Sleeping beside Granny or Mother like a baby is (20) disgraceful. You are now in the Fifth Standard and I don’t like the way you are being brought up.” Father lifted the newspaper to his face and (21) started reading it again.

Choose the correct answer from the four choices given below the question. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 17.
The antonym of the underlined word is ___________
A) politely
B) pleasingly
C) happily
D) proudly
Answer:
D) proudly

Question 18.
The feminine gender form of the underlined is ___________
A) son
B) mother
C) daughter
D) woman
Answer:
B) mother

Question 19.
Which of the following is a synonym of the underlined word ?
A) firmly
B) slowly
C) biggerly
D) gently
Answer:
A) firmly

Question 20.
Which of the following is the suffix part in the underlined word ?
A) – ful
B) dis –
C) disgrace
D) graceful
Answer:
A) – ful

Question 21.
The meaning of the underlined word is ___________
A) stopped
B) startled
C) began
D) bargain.
Answer:
C) began

Passage No. 4:

Kunwar Singh was the first to visit me the day I was given my first gun. I was eight then. He came early, and I put the (17) old double-barrelled gun into his hands with great (18) pride. He (19) laid the gun aside and said to me, “You are no longer a boy, but a man; and with this good gun you can go anywhere you like in the jungles and never be afraid provided you learn how to climb trees. (20) I’ll now tell you a story.to show how (21) necessary it is for us, who shoot in the jungles, to know how to climb trees.

Question 17.
What is the antonym of the underlined word ?
Answer:
The antonym of ‘old’ is ‘new’.

Question 18.
Write the adjective form of the underlined word.
Answer:
Adjective form of ‘pride’ is ‘proud’.

Question 19.
Give ‘the present simple tense (V1) form o f the underlined word. ’
Answer:
The present simple tense (V1) of ‘laid’ is ‘lay’.

Question 20.
Write the expanded form of the underlined word.
Answer:
The expanded form of ‘I’ill is I shall /I will.

Question 21.
Give a synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
The synonym of ‘necessary’ is ‘essential’.

Passage No. 5:

I found that one of the (17) tiger’s claws had (18) entered his stomach and torn the – lining from his navel to within a few fingers (19) breadth of the backbone. All his inside had fallen out. I could not know what to do. Har Singh told me to put his intestines back into his (20) stomach. I stuffed them all back along with the dry (21) leaves, grass and twigs that stuck to them.

Question 17.
The feminine gender form of ’tiger’ is ___________
A) tigry
B) tigress
C) cub
D) baby tiger
Answer:
B) tigress

Question 18.
Which of the following gives the meaning of ’entered’ ?
A) went into
B) went outside
C) came out
D) returned
Answer:
A) went into

Question 19.
Choose the antonym of ’breadth’.
A) broad
B) length
C) width
D) wide
Answer:
B) length

Question 20.
Which of the following is the meaning of ’stomach’ ?
A) chest
B) intestine
C) belly
D) waist
Answer:
C) belly

Question 21.
What is the singular form of ’leaves’ ?
A) leave
B) leap
C) leaf
D) left
Answer:
C) leaf

Questions : 22 – 26, Marks : 5

Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) are given. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer book. 5 × 1 = 5

Passage No. 1:

Swami ___________ (22) got up and spread his bed ___________ (23) the bench and crouched there. It ___________ (24) to be a much safer place. He shut his eyes tight and encased ___________ (25) in his blanket. Unknown to himself, Swami fell asleep. In his sleep he had ___________ (26) terrible dream.

Question 22.
A) hurried
B) hurries
C) hurry
D) hurriedly
Answer:
D) hurriedly

Question 23.
A) under
B) above
C) on
D) over
Answer:
A) under

Question 24.
A) seem
B) seems
C) seemed
D) seemingly
Answer:
C) seemed

Question 25.
A) herself
B) himself
C) themselves
D) itself
Answer:
B) himself

Question 26.
A) every
B) an
C) a
D) the
Answer:
C) a

Passaae No. 2:

T.V. Guruvardhan ___________ (22) is on leave, decided to ___________ (23) his father’s place ___________ (24) he can ___________ (25) his vacation peacefully. However, ___________ (26) sister, Nagalakshmi did not like the plan.

Question 22.
A) who
B) which
C) why
D) when
Answer:
A) who

Question 23.
A) visiting
B) visits
C) visit
D) visited
Answer:
C) visit

Question 24.
A) which
B) where
C) when
D) then
Answer:
B) where

Question 25.
A) spend
B) has spent
C) spent
D) had spent
Answer:
A) spend

Question 26.
A) their
B) her
C) his
D) him
Answer:
C) his

Passaae No. 3:

___________ (22) eight-year eight-year old child, Varalakshmi heard ___________ (23) parents talking about her granny, Hanumayamma. All she knew was that Hanumayamma ___________ (24) very sick and her parents ___________ (25) not have enough money ___________ (26) the treatment.

Question 22.
A) Any
B) The
C) A
D) An
Answer:
D) An

Question 23.
A) his
B) their
C) her
D) him
Answer:
C) her

Question 24.
A) was
B) were
C) is
D) are
Answer:
A) was

Question 25.
A) do
B) did
C) done
D) does
Answer:
B) did

Question 26.
A) to
B) of
C) for
D) with
Answer:
C) for

Passaae No. 4:

Kapil Dev ___________ (22) a former Indian cricket player. ___________ (23) would always be remembered as ___________ (24) most ___________ (25) all-rounder in the game ___________ (26) cricket.

Question 22.
A) is
B) has been
C) is being
D) was
Answer:
D) was

Question 23.
A) we
B) His
C) He
D) It
Answer:
C) He

Question 24.
A) some
B) a
C) an
D) the
Answer:
D) the

Question 25.
A) exciting
B) excite
C) excited
D) excitement
Answer:
A) exciting

Question 26.
A) with
B) of
C) over
D) to
Answer:
B) of

Passage No. 5:

One day Guravaiah was walking ___________ (22) a forest. Suddenly he ___________ (23) someone crying out for help ___________ (24) went in the direction of the sound and ___________ (25) upon a well (26) was dried up.

Question 22.
A) b
B) through
C) in
D) from
Answer:
B) through

Question 23.
A) heard
B) hears
C) hearing
D) hear
Answer:
A) heard

Question 24.
A) They
B) His
C) It
D) He
Answer:
D) He

Question 25.
A) came
B) come
C) coming
D) comes
Answer:
D) comes

Question 26.
A) where
B) that
C) when
D) why
Answer:
A) where

Questions : 27 – 31, Marks :10

Rewrite the following passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered (27 – 31) at the beginning. Each of the five sentences has an error. Correct and rewrite them in the answer booklet. 5 × 2 = 10

1. Father was sitting under the lamp and reading the newspaper. (27) He said, “Swami, listen to this: News has been received with the bravery of a village lad who was returning home by the jungle path. (28) While he was in the medle of the jungle, he came face to face with a tiger.” (29) The newspaper gives a detailed account of the boy’s fight with the tiger. (30) It also described how the boy flew up a tree-who he stayed half a day. (31) At last some people came that way but killed the tiger.
Answer:
27) He said, “Swami, listen to this: News has been received about the bravery of a village lad who was returning home by the jungle path.
28) While he was in the middle of the jungle, he came face to face with a tiger.
29) The newspaper gave a detailed account of the boy’s fight with the tiger.
30) It also described how the boy flew up a tree where he stayed half a day.
31) At last some people came that way and killed the tiger.

2. We started for home walking for seven miles. (27) I lead the way and Har Singh followed me. (28) Holding the pugree in position Har Singh told me that he wanted to meat the doctor. (29) We walked for the extra three miles on the hospital. (30) It was night but the hospital was closed. (31) But the doctor-babu which lived nearby was awake.
Answer:
27) I led the way and Har Singh followed me.
28) Holding the pugree in position Har Singh told me that he wanted to meet the doctor.
29) We walked for the extra three miles to the hospital.
30) It was night and the hospital was closed.
31) But the doctor-babu who lived nearby was awake.

3. The bird carried the child for more than a kilometre. (27) It was flew towards its nest. (28) Eagles build their nests over high rocks. (29) This won’s nest was on the side of a mountain. (30) Growing tiring, the bird put the child down on a flat rock. (31) This rock is eight hundred feet high on the side of a mountain.
Answer:
27) It was flying towards its nest.
28) Eagles build their nests on high rocks.
29) This one’s nest was on the side of a mountain.
30) Growing tired, the bird put the child down on a flat rock.
31) This rock was eight hundred feet high on the side of a mountain.

4. (27) Kalyani is the daughter at Bhramaramba and Radhakrishna Murthy. (28) She has five brothers which are always affectionate to her. (29) Her sun, Venkata Guruvardhan is studying B.Tech III year in K.L. University. (30) Her daughter, Nagalakshmi is doing hers graduation at T.J.P.S. College. (31) The two children love her mother very much.
Answer:
27) Kalyani is the daughter of Bhramaramba and Radhakrishna murthi.
28) She has five brothers who are always affectionate to her.
29) Her son, Venkata Guruvardhan is studying B.Tech III year in K.L. University.
30) Her daughter, Nagalakshmi is doing her graduation at T.P.S College.
31) The two children love their mother very much.

5. Rahim and Hussain were neighbours. (27) Rahim Was a honest man. (28) Hussain was jealously of Rahim. (29) He plans to trouble Rahim. He complained against stealing a silver bowl. Rahim was summoned to the court by the king. (30) Hussain wanted Rahim to held a red-hot iron rod. (31) The king understood the plot and gave a fit reply to Hussain.
Answer:
27) Rahim was an honest man.
28) Hussain was jealous of Rahim.
29) He planned to trouble Rahim. He complained against stealing a silver bowl. Rahim was summoned to the court by the king.
30) Hussain wanted Rahim to hold a red-hot iron rod.
31) The king understood the plot and gave a fitting reply to Hussain.

Section – C : Conventions of Writing (5 Marks)

Question : 32, Marks : 5

Read the following passage taken from your textbook and rewrite it with proper punctuation. 5 Marks

1. We often speak in fun about a bird carrying away a child a mother might say to her little one don’t be naughty or a crow will carry you away But do such things really happen
Answer:
We often speak in fun about a bird carrying away a child. A mother might say to her little one, “Don’t be naughty, or a crow will carry you away.” But do such things really happen ?

2. get up, Swami said father a second time
Why do you disturb him granny pleaded get up Swami said father for the third time and Swami got up
Answer:
“Get up, Swami,” said Father a second time.
“Why do you disturb him ?” Granny pleaded. “Get up, Swami,” said Father for the third time and Swami got up.

3. We’ll see about that later father cut in. hereafter you must sleep alone
from the first of next month I will sleep alone Swami said humbly
Answer:
“We’ll see about that later,” Father cut in. “Hereafter you must sleep alone.”
“From the first of next month, I will sleep alone,” Swami said humbly.

4. the devil would soon pull him out and tear him to pieces
So what is the use of waiting Swami thought as it came nearer, Swami crawled out from under the bench.
Answer:
The devil would soon pull him out and tear him to pieces.
“So what is the use of waiting ?” Swami thought.
As it came nearer, Swami crawled out from under the bench.

5. Can I have a lamp burning in the room No. You must learn to be brave You must not
be afraid of darkness it is only a question of habit .
will you at least leave the door open Swami said very humbly
Answer:
“Can I have a lamp burning in the room ?”
“No. You must learn to be brave. You must not be afraid of darkness; it is only a question of habit.”
“Will you at least leave the door open ?” Swami said very humbly.

Section – D : Crreative Writing (20 Marks)

Question : 33, MArks : 12

1. Father was sitting under the lamp and reading the newspaper. He looked over the newspaper and said, “Swami, listen to this: News has been received about the bravery a village lad who was returning home by the jungle path.-While he was in the middle of the jungle, he came face to face with a tiger.” The newspaper gave a detailed account of the boy’s fight with a tiger. It also described how the boy flew up a tree where he stayed half a day. At last some people came that way and killed the tiger.
Now write a letter to your Mend, how the village boy escaped from the tiger.
Answer:

Basara,
12 October, 20xx.

My dear Nagalakshmi,

I am fine and pink in health. I hope the same with you, there. Now, in this letter, I tell you a detailed account of a village lad, which I read in the newspaper and which I wanted to make you know.

The newspaper says a 12 year-old village lad named Guruvardhan was going to his village through a small jungle. He was coming back to his village after attending the birthday function of his friend, Hanuman who was residing in a town on the other side of the jungle. By nature the boy was brave and was not afraid of going alone. As such, he was returning his home through the jungle. While he was in the middle of the forest, he came face to face with a tiger. Seeing the tiger, the boy was afraid. But, cleverly and bravely he stood still and the tiger was watching him.

Meanwhile the tiger heard the sound of deer running. So he turned back to catch the deer. Immediately the boy, Guruvardhan threw some earth into the eyes of the tiger and flew up a tree. The tiger got angry and growled. He wanted to kill the boy but Guruvardhan was already up in the tree. He was sitting on a high branch of the tree. He stayed there half a day. At last some people came that way and killed the tiger. Later the boy came down and went back to his village along with the villagers. This story inspired me. It taught me that one must be brave in the present society. I hope this account of the village lad interests and inspires you.- No more to my pen, now.

Convey my regards to your parents. Awaiting a letter from you, I remain.

Ever yours,
XX XXX

Address on the Envelope:
To
Tirupathi Nagalakshmi
C/o Kallem Anjaneyulu,
Kallem Vari street,
Palwancha (post),
Bhadradri (Dt).
Telangana.

2. Prepare a poster with the help of the information provided in the following table.

Answer:

Question : 34, Marks : 8

1. You are Mohiddin Basha, the School Pupils Leader of Z.P.H School, Vanasthalipuram. Your school is organizing a Kite-Flying Competition on the occasion of Makara Sankranti.
Write a notice for the school notice board, informing the students about the competition and asking them to submit their names by the 6th of January, 20xx. There will be three prizes, plus two consolation prizes.
Answer:

Z.P.H. School, VANASTALIPURAM
NOTICE
Kite-Flying Competition

02 Jan., 20xx
Attention Kite Lovers !

The school is organising a Kite-Hying Competition on 10 January, 2017 from 10.00 a.m to 1.00 p.m in the school playground. The judges will award the top three kite – fliers and also give away 2 consolation prizes. Interested students should submit their names to the undersigned latest by 6 Jan., 20xx.

Mohiddin Basha Sk.
(School Pupils’ Leader)

2. Write a bio-sketch/profile of Mrs: Pratibha Patil, using the given below information.

Name : Mrs. Pratibha Patil
Position held : First Woman President of India
Birth : 19th Dec., 1934 in Jalgaon district, Maharashtra.
Education : Degree in Law, a practising Lawyer

Career :

• Cabinet Minister in Maharashtra Government from 1972 till 1985
• held many ministries : Social welfare, Education, Public Health, etc.
•  Leader of Opposition (CDP) in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly during 1979 – 1980
• From Nov., 1986 – 88 – Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
• From Nov., 2004 to July 2007 – Governor of Rajasthan.
• From July 2007 to July 2012 – President of India.

Marriage : Married to Devisingh Shekhawat.

Answer:

Mrs. Pratibha Patil

Mrs. Pratibha Patil created history in July, 2007 by becoming the first woman President of India. She was born in the Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. She is married to Shri Devisingh Shekhawat. After obtaining a degree in Law, she pursued her career as a lawyer. From 1972 to 1985, she was the Cabinet Minister in the Maharashtra Government and held various positions like Social Welfare, Education, Public Health, etc. She-became the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha in 1986 and also held office of the Governor of Rajasthan from 2004 to 2007. She was the President of India from July 2007 to July 2012.