These TS 10th Class English Important Questions Reading Comprehension Passages Question Number 1 to 5 will help the students to improve their time and approach.
TS 10th Class English Reading Comprehension Passages Question Number 1 to 5
Section – A : Reading Comprehension
(1) Read the following passage.
It was Mrs. Packletide’s pleasure and intention that she should shoot a tiger. Not that the lust to kill that had suddenly descended on her, or that she felt that she would leave India safer and more wholesome than she had found it, with one fraction less of wild beast per million of inhabitants. The compelling motive for her sudden deviation towards the footsteps of Nimrod was the fact that Loona Bimberton had recently been carried eleven miles in an aeroplane by an Algerian aviator, and talked of nothing else; only a personally procured tiger-skin and a heavy harvest of press photographs could successfully counter that sort of thing.
Mrs. Packletide had already arranged in her mind the lunch she would give at her house in Curzon Street, ostensibly in Loona Bimberton’s honour, with a tiger-skin rug occupying most of the foreground and all of the conversation. She had also already designed in her mind the tiger-claw brooch that she was going to give Loona Bimberton on her next birthday. In a world that is supposed to be chiefly swayed by hunger and by love Mrs. Packletide was an exception; her movements and motives were largely governed by dislike of Loona Bimberton.
Circumstances proved propitious. Mrs. Packletide had offered a thousand rupees for the opportunity of shooting a tiger without overmuch risk or exertion, and it so happened that a neighbouring village could boast of being the favoured rendezvous of an animal of respectable antecedents, which had been driven by the increasing infirmities of age to abandon game – killing and confine its appetite to the smaller domestic animals.
The prospect of earning the thousand rupees had stimulated the sporting and commercial instinct of the villagers; children were posted night and day on the outskirts of the local jungle to head the tiger back in the unlikely event of his attempting to roam away to fresh hunting – grounds, and the cheaper kinds of goats were left about with elaborate carelessness to keep him satisfied with his present quarters. The one great anxiety was lest he should die of old age before the date appointed for the memsahib’s shoot. Mothers carrying their babies home through the jungle after the day’s work in the fields hushed their singing lest they might curtail the restful sleep of the venerable herd-robber.
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.
Question 1.
What do you understand by the expression, “that sort of thing” ?
(A) going towards Nimrod
(B) Loona Bimberton’s becoming familiar
(C) the compelling motive
(D) Loona Bimberton’s meeting an Algerian aviator
Answer:
(B) Loona Bimberton’s becoming familiar
Question 2.
Which of the following words given in the passage means, “favourable” ?
(A) ostensibly
(B) sway
(C) venerable
(D) propitious
Answer:
(D) propitious
Question 3.
Name the figure of speech you find in the expression, “elaborate careless¬ness”.
(A) Hyperbole
(B) Simile
(C) Oxymoron
(D) Metaphor
Answer:
(C) Oxymoron
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
Do you think Mrs. Packletide wished to kill tiger ?
Answer:
Mrs. Packletide wished to kill a tiger to counter the fame of Loona Biraberton who had flown in an aeroplane. She couldn’t bear her becoming familiar. She thought a tiger hunt would put her above her. Hence she decided to hunt a tiger.
Question 5.
How did the villagers help Mrs. Packletide shoot the tiger ?
Answer:
The villagers arranged an old tiger for her to hunt. They posted the-children to see that the tiger didn’t attempt to roam away to fresh hunting – grounds. The women crossing the forest were asked not to sing loudly so that the tiger was not disturbed in his sleep.
(2) Read the following passage.
Working 12 to 18 hours a day was not uncommon for scientists at the rocket launching station, Thuinba. A group of such scientists was frustrated due to the work pressure and meeting their boss’ demands; however, they were loyal to him.
One day, a scientist gathered enough courage to go up to his boss and say, “Sir, I have promised my children that I will take them to the exhibition this evening. Therefore, I have to leave the office at 5.30 pm. Can I leave early today, Sir?”
His boss replied, “Alright You may leave early today.”
The scientist was happy for having received the permission and went on to continue his work. He stayed on to work after lunch, and, as always, got so engrossed in his work, that he peered at his watch only when he thought he was done. Unfortunately, it was past 08:15 pm.
With a jolt, he remembered his promise to his children. He looked for his boss who was not in his office. Having told him just that morning, he wrapped up work and hurried home.
As he drove home, he felt very guilty for having let his children down. When he reached, the children were not at home. His wife was busy reading. He felt that initiating any conversation with her would only add fuel to fire, so he stayed quiet.
Looking up at him, his wife asked, “Do you want something hot to drink or have dinner right away?”,
The man could only ask, “Where are the children?”
His wife said, “Don’t you know? Your boss came here at 5.15 pm and took the children to the exhibition you had promised to take them to.”
He was surprised, but, it did not take him too long to guess what had happened. The boss who granted him permission had observed him working very seriously well past 5.00 pm. He must have thought that the scientist would not leave the work half done, but if he has promised his children a visit to the exhibition, then they deserve it. So, he took the lead in taking them to the exhibition himself.
The boss does not have to do it every time. But once it is done, loyalty established. No wonder, all scientists at Thumba continue to work under this boss in spite of the great pressure.
This boss was none other than Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.
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.
Question 1.
The scientist was happy because
(A) he received permission from his boss to leave early.
(B) he invented a new thing.
(C) he himself took his children to the exhibition.
(D) he was leaving office immediately after their lunch.
Answer:
(A) he received permission from his boss to leave early.
Question 2.
When the scientist went home, he felt very guilty because
(A) he didn’t complete his office work.
(B) his boss didn’t like him.
(C) he broke his promise.
(D) his wife scolded him.
Answer:
(C) he broke his promise.
Question 3.
“He looked for his boss who was not in his office.” Where do you think his boss had gone
(A) He went home.
(B) He took the scientist’s children to the exhibition.
(C) He went to the club.
(D) He went to the nearby town.
Answer:
(B) He took the scientist’s children to the exhibition.
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
Why was the group of scientists frustrated ?
Answer:
The scientists had to work for 12 to 18 hours a day. They were frustrated due to the work pressure and meeting their boss demands.
Question 5.
Why does the writer say, ” Conversation with her would only add fuel to fire.” ?
Answer:
The scientist had promised that he would take his children to the exhibition that day. He even took the permission from his boss but later forgot about It as he got engrossed in his work. Hence, he drove home and found that his children were not at home and his wife was busy reading. He knew that initiating any conversation with her would make her angrier. Add fuel to fire” is used to suggest that the scientist’s wife was angry and she would be angrier if he had tried to talk with her.
(3) Read the following passage.
Speech is a great blessing but it can also be a great curse, for while it helps us to make our intentions and desires known to our friends; it can also, if we use it carelessly, make our attitude completely misunderstood. A slip of the tongue, the use of an unusual word, and so on, may create an enemy where we had hoped to win a friend. Again, different classes of people use different vocabularies, and the ordinary speech of an educated man may strike an uneducated listener as pompous.
Unwittingly, we may use a word which bears a different meaning to our listener from what it does to men of our own class. Thus speech is not a gift to use lightly without thought, but one which demands careful handling. Only a fool will express himself alike to all kinds and conditions of men.
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.
Question 1.
According to the passage, speech is a blessing because
(A) it makes our attitude completely misunderstood.
(B) it helps us to reveal our intentions and desires.
(C) it hurts others.
(D) it helps us to express ourselves alike to all.
Answer:
(B) it helps us to reveal our intentions and desires.
Question 2.
The expression ‘slip of tongue’ means
(A) Something said carefully.
(B) Something said to make ourselves pompous.
(C) Something said without giving proper thought.
(D) Something misunderstood.
Answer:
(C) Something said without giving proper thought.
Question 3.
According to the passage, one can win a friend by
(A) avoiding ambiguity in speech.
(B) using high vocabulary.
(C) using irony in speech.
(D) giving scope to misunderstanding.
Answer:
(A) avoiding ambiguity in speech.
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
‘Speech can also be a curse’. Give examples to this.
Answer:
If we use the speech carelessly, it makes our attitude completely misunderstood. A slip of the tongue may create an enemy.
Question 5.
Why do we change the style of our language according to the context?
Answer:
We should speak carefully, Different classes of people understand the speech differently. A speech demands careful handling. So we should change the style of our language according to the context.
(4) Read the following passage.
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 road-sides were places of beauty, where countless birds came to feed on the berries and on the seed heads of the dried weeds rising above the snow.
Then a strange blight crept over the area and everything began to change. Some evil spell had settled on the community: mysterious maladies swept the flocks of chickens; the cattle and sheep sickened and died. Everywhere was a shadow of death…. There had been several sudden and unexplained deaths, not only among adults but even among children, who would be stricken suddenly while at play and die within a few hours.
There was a strange stillness… The birds, for example where had they gone? Many people spoke of them, puzzled and disturbed. The feeding stations in the backyards were deserted…It was a spring without voices; … only silence lay over the fields and woods and marsh.
On the farms the hens brooded, but no chicks hatched. .. The apple trees were coming into bloom but no bees droned among the blossoms, so there was no pollination and there would be no fruit.
The roadsides, once so attractive, were now lined with browned and withered vegetation as though swept by fire. These, too, were silent, deserted by all living things. Even the streams were now lifeless. Anglers no longer visited them, for all the fish had died.
In the gutters under the eaves and between the shingles of the roofs, a white granular powder still showed a few patches; some weeks before it had fallen like snow upon the roofs and the lawns, the fields and streams.
No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world. The people had done it themselves.
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.
Question 1.
What is the passage about?
(A) a town in the heart of America
(B) the unexplainable deaths of birds, animals and people
(C) total environmental disaster caused by man
(D) the deserted feeding stations in the backyard
Answer:
(C) total environmental disaster caused by man
Question 2.
Why were the apple trees not bearing fruit?
(A) As there was no water.
(B) As there were no trees.
(C) As there was no pollination.
(D) As there were no people to nurture.
Answer:
(C) As there was no pollination.
Question 3.
The writer says that it was a spring without voices, because
(A) there were no bees and birds.
(B) there were no trees.
(C) fire destroyed the vegetation.
(D) there were no living beings.
Answer:
(D) there were no living beings.
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
Why does the writer say that there was a shadow of death?
Answer:
The writer says that there was a shadow of death as mysterious maladies swept the blocks of chickens. The cattle and sheep sickened and died. There had been several sudden and unexplained deaths of both adults and children.
Question 5.
What, according to you, is the white granular powder?
Answer:
The white granular powder is nothing but the harmful chemical remains, from a nuclear station.
(5) Read the following passage.
Mountaineering is now looked upon as the king of sports. But men have lived amongst the mountains since pre-historic times and in some parts of the world, as in the Andes and Himalayas, difficult mountain journeys have inevitably been a part of their everyday life. However, some of the peaks were easily accessible from most of the cities of Europe. It is quite interesting that while modern mountaineers prefer difficult routes for the greater enjoyment of sport, the early climbers looked for the easiest ones, for the summit was the prize they all set their eyes.
In the risky sport of mountaineering the element of competition between either individuals or teams is totally absent. Rather one can say that the competition is between the team and the peaks themselves. The individuals making up a party must climb together as a team, for they depend upon one another for their safety.
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.
Question 1.
People living in the Andes and Himalayas made mountain journeys:
(A) as they lived in pre-historic time.
(B) because of the challenge offered by the difficult journey.
(C) as it was a kind of sport.
(D) Because it was a part of their day-to-day life.
Answer:
(D) Because it was a part of their day-to-day life.
Question 2.
Mountaineers should climb as a team because :
(A) there is no competition among them.
(B) they have to rely on each other for safety.
(C) the height is too much for one individual.
(D) they enjoy as a team.
Answer:
(B) they have to rely on each other for safety.
Question 3.
Mountaineering is different from other sports because the competition is be-tween :
(A) teams.
(B) individuals
(C) teams and individuals.
(D) teams and peaks.
Answer:
(D) teams and peaks.
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
According to the author, what is quite interesting ?
Answer:
According to the author, it is quite interesting that while modern mountaineers prefer difficult routes for the greater enjoyment of sport, the early climbers looked for the easiest ones, for the summit was the prize they all set their eyes.
Question 5.
Why do you think mountaineering is one of the risky sports ?
Answer:
The risks of climate changes, glaciers, crevasses, rockfall, avalanches, equipment failure, fatigue etc. are there in mountaineering. Hence, it is a risky sport.
(6) Read the following passage.
“What’s your name ?” the teacher at the Cleveland School asked the nine-year old new comer.
“J.C. Owens, madam” answered the black boy in a polite tone.
The teacher misheard the initials, and “Sit down, Jesse”.
“My name has been changed. Should I protest ? No, let me accept this name. Owens thought so and he came to be called Jesse Owens thereafter.
But he actually changed the way others looked at black people. Winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics, he shattered the view of many that black people were inferior by birth.
Jesse, the grandson of a slave, was born in Alabama in 1913. Gradually he came to know that the world around him was very strange. He was not served with food at some hotels. While boarding a bus, he was asked to enter by the back door. He was not allowed to use the elevators, which white people used.
He had either to go up the stairs or use the elevator meant for goods. Great people refused to shake hands with him. Why did others treat him in such a cruelly different way ? Not because he had any infection, not because he was dirty, but because he was black! Many black children received similar humiliation.
But there was a different man at school – Charles Riley. At the gymnasium, he saw Jesse’s talent in athletics. He took special care of Jesse who was very poor. He understood the plight of the boy who had to pick 100 pounds of cotton at the age of seven. Now at school, poverty forced him to do some job or the other after school hours. So the coach offered to train this poor boy separately in the morning hours. In course of time, his country recognized Jesse as the best athlete among high school students. Jesse felt indebted to Riley for life.
Later Ownes attended the Ohio State University and his success at athletics continued here too. People were amazed to see him equal the world records. Yet he was a black man and while travelling he had to stay at the ‘Black-only’ hotels.
As a young man of 22 he was one of the members that represented his country at Olympics. In 1936, the Olympics were being held in Germany, when Adolf Hitler was the head of the state. He too believed in racism. He thought that his Germans belonged to the Aryan race, which was the best in the world. All the others were inferior persons in his eyes.
Jesse never believed in the superiority or inferiority of any race. Undaunted, he wanted to do his best. He saw a tall German young man with blue eyes performing very well at the qualifying jumps. Jesse Owens tried to give a better performance. But he made silly mistakes twice. Once he casually ran into the pit and the judges considered it as his first attempt. In the next one he fouled. There was only one attempt left. If he failed now, he would lose the chance of achieving a medal at the long jump event. He was worried.
Now, there was a hand on his shoulder. He turned back to face the tall German with friendly blue eyes.
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.
Question 1.
Great people refused to shake hands with him because
(A) he was dirty.
(B) he suffered from leprosy.
(C) he had some infection.
(D) he was black.
Answer:
(D) he was black.
Question 2.
Owens shattered the view of many that black people were inferior by birth by
(A) changing his name.
(B) winning gold medals.
(C) ioininq the Cleveland school.
(D) protesting against his new name.
Answer:
(B) winning gold medals.
Question 3.
The coach offered to train Owens separately in the morning hours because
(A) the boy had to do some job or the other after school hours.
(B) the boy was the coach’s relative.
(C) the boy was not at all interested to undergo training after school hours.
(D) the boy was the coach’s friend’s son.
Answer:
(A) the boy had to do some job or the other after school hours.
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
“My name has been changed “. Why was his name changed ? Did he accept it? What was his real name ? What was his changed name ?
Answer:
When Owens’ teacher asked him about his name, he answered ‘J.C. Owens’. ‘But the teacher misheard as ‘Jesse Owens’. Thus his name was changed. He accepted it. His real name was J.C.Owens and Jesse Owens was his changed name.
Question 5.
Why did the writer say,”But he actually changed the way others looked at black people”?
Answer:
At his times it was considered that black people were inferior by birth. The white didn’t treat the black as their equals. But Jesse Owens changed the way others looked at black people by winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics.
(7) Read the following passage.
The flu is the common name for influenza. The flu is a respiratory sickness. The flu can be mild. The flu can be severe. Sometimes the flu can even cause death. Each year in the U.S., up to 60 million people get the flu. Each year in the U.S., about 200,000 people go to the hospital because of the flu. Each year in the U.S., about 36,000 people die from problems related to the flu.
The flu is caused by a virus. A virus is a germ. People can spread the virus. The virus can live in tiny drops of liquid. If you have the virus, you can spread it by sneezing or coughing. You can get the virus by touching something that has the virus on it and then touching your eyes, nose, or mouth.
A flu shot can prevent the flu. The nasal flu mist can also prevent the flu. The shot and the nose spray are vaccines. Talk to your doctor about getting a vaccine. You can get information about the flu shot and nasal spray from your local health department.
If you get the flu, you might get a headache. You might have a fever. You might have a cough and a runny nose. You might have a sore throat. You might feel very tired. Your body might hurt all over. Some people have diarrhoea and vomiting.
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.
Question 1.
Influenza is an illness which affects
(A) Intestine
(B) Lungs
(C) Kidney
(D) Heart
Answer:
(B) Lungs
Question 2.
Flu can be controlled by
(A) Vaccine
(B) Surgery
(C) Transplantation
(D) Medicine
Answer:
(A) Vaccine
Question 3.
Flu is a
(A) Epidemic
(B) Common
(C) Dangerous
(D) Serious
Answer:
(C) Dangerous
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
What are the major symptoms of flu?
Answer:
Headache, fever, sore throat, cough and a runny nose are the common symptoms of flu. People might feel very tired and body might hurt all over. Some people have diarrhoea and vomiting.
Question 5.
How can flu be controlled?
Answer:
By using the vaccines like flu shot and a nasal spray called the nasal flu mist.
(8) Read the following passage.
New Delhi : Atithi Devo Bhavah. To make visitors to the city feel welcome during the Commonwealth Games, India Tourism Development Corporatdon (ITDC) is set to train taxi and auto drivers, CISF personnel posted at monuments, dhaba owners, hotel staff, etc. Participants will be taught English as well as courtesy and ways to communicate with tourists.
At present, there is a shortage of trained guides in the city and with Common-wealth Games drawing close, the issue has to be addressed promptly.
With hundreds of historical sites to visit and each monument boasting its own unique history, foreign nationals are often left to fend for themselves and depend on tourist books and brochures for information. Language is another problem. Quite a contrast to facilities offered in tourist sites in western countries, where trained guides-proficient in several languages-are easily available to aid visitors apart from group-guided trips at regular intervals.
Although the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) plans to introduce audio guide services in five languages at some world heritage sites our experts point that not a single monument or tourist place in the city has an interpretation centre where tourists can come and get all information pertaining to a particular site.
ASI is also in the process of bringing out more brochures and guides for foreign visitors in the city. Experts say such facilities are crucial if the government wants to promote Delhi as a ‘heritage city’. Various agencies like INTACH are also involved in the plans.
Under ITDC’s plans, etiquette training for the Games will also be provided to residents who offer rooms to foreigners under Delhi government’s bed and breakfast scheme. “House-owners will be given hospitality related training and a brief of Indian tourism scenario. Most visitors generally question their hosts on information about the city so they will be provided information on the golden triangle-Delhi, Agra and Jaipur as well as where tourists should go visiting in Delhi,” said an official.
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.
Question 1.
The things to be provided to residents who offer rooms to foreigners under ITDC’s plan are
(A) better tourist guides and interpretation centres.
(B) visits to the golden triangle cities.
(C) etiquette training, hospitality treatment.
(D) comfortable stay, friendly and hospitable treatment
Answer:
(C) etiquette training, hospitality treatment.
Question 2.
The initiatives to be taken up by the India Tourism Development Corporation to make the visitors feel welcome during the Commonwealth Games are
(A) arranging audio cassettes and tapes on tourism.
(B) promoting the sale of tourist books and brochures.
(C) constructing more bed and breakfast homes.
(D) training of drivers, CISF personnel, dhaba owners and hotel staff.
Answer:
(D) training of drivers, CISF personnel, dhaba owners and hotel staff.
Question 3.
The type of text you have read just now is
(A) a report
(B) a biographical sketch.
(C) an autobiographical sketch
(D) a narrative.
Answer:
(A) a report
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
What are the problems faced by the foreigners during their visit to our country ?
Answer:
There is a shortage of trained guides in our country. The foreigners had to depend on tourist books and brochures for information. Language is another problem for them.
Question 5.
“…………….. the issue has to be addressed promptly.” What is the issue ? Why has it to be addresser! promptly ?
Answer:
The issue is the shortage of trained guides in New Delhi. It has to be addressed promptly as Common
Wealth Games are drawing close.
(9) Read the following passage.
Water is the most commonly used liquid in the world. Lakes, Rivers, Ponds, Canals, Seas and Oceans contain water. The water in rivers, pends, and canals is fresh water. The water in the seas oceans is salt water.
About 70% of the world is covered by water. About 97% of water in the world is salt water. Only 3% of the world’s water is fresh water. Fresh water is not salty.
People usually think of water as a liquid. But water freezes to form a solid. The solid is called ice. And water boils to form a gas. The gas is called steam or vapour.
Clouds are made of water. Water falls from clouds as rain. When it is very cold, water falls as snow. Sometimes waterfalls as sleet. Sleet is partly water and partly ice. Sometimes waterfalls as hail. Hail is ice. All these are known as Precipitation.
Human beings, Animals, Insects and Plants need water to live. All living things in the world need water to live.
People all over the world need to drink clean water to live. About one billion people in the world do not have clean drinking water. The most important cause of human death in the world is drinking water that is unsanitary.
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.
Question 1.
The amount of salt water in the world is
(A) 70%
(B) 3 %
(C) 97%
(D) 17%
Answer:
(C) 97%
Question 2.
________ is partly water and partly ice.
(A) Mist
(B) Sleet
(C) Waterfall
(D) Hail
Answer:
(B) Sleet
Question 3.
When water boils, it forms ________
(A) Ice
(B) Cloud
(C) Hail
(D) Vapour
Answer:
(D) Vapour
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
What do you mean by Precipitation?
Answer:
The different ways by which the cloud is converted into different forms of water is known as precipitation.
Question 5.
Write about the distribution of water.
Answer:
About 70% of the world is covered by water. About 97% of water in the world is salt water. Only 3% of the world’s water is fresh water. Fresh water is not salty.
(10) Read the following passage.
It was the strangest murder trial I ever attended. They named it the Peckham murder in the headlines, though Northwood Street, where the old woman was found bat-tered to death, was not strictly speaking in Peckham. This was not one of those cases of circumstantial evidence, in which you feel the jurymen’s anxiety – because mistakes have been made – like domes of silence muting the court. No, this murderer was all but found with the body; no one present when the Crown Counsel outlined his case believed that the man in the dock stood any chance at all.
He was a heavy stout man with bulging bloodshot eyes. All his muscles seemed to be in his thighs. Yes, an ugly customer, one you wouldn’t forget in a hurry – and that was an important point because the Crown proposed to call four witnesses who hadn’t forgotten him, who had seen:him hurrying away from the little red villa in Northwood Street. The clock had just struck two in the morning.
Salmon in 15 Northwood Street had been unable to sleep; she heard a door click shut and thought it was her own gate. So she went to the window and saw Adams (that was his name) on the steps of Mrs. Parker’s house. He had just oixte out and he was wearing gloves. He had a hammer in his hand and she saw him drop it into the laurel bushes by the front gate. But before he moved away, he had looked up at her window.
The fatal instinct that tells a man when he is watched exposed him in the light of a street-lamp to her gaze – his eyes suffused with horrifying and brutal fear, like an animal’s when you raise a whip. I talked afterwards to Mrs. Salmon, who naturally after the astonishing verdict went in fear herself. As I imagine did all the witnesses – Henry Mac Dougall, who had been driving home from Bendfleet late and nearly ran Adams down at the corner of Northwood Street Adams was walking in the middle of the road looking dazed.
And old Mr. Wheeler, who lived next door to Mrs. Parker, at No. 12, and was wakened by a noise – like a chair falling through the thin-as-paper villa wall, and got up and looked out of the window, just as Mrs. Salmon had done, saw Adam’s back and, as he turned, those bulging eyes. In Laurel Avenue he had been seen by yet another witness – his luck was badly out; he might as well have committed the crime in broad daylight.
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.
Question 1.
(A) Northwood street murder case.
(B) Peckham robbery case.
(C) Peckham murder case.
(D) Old woman murder case.
Answer:
(C) Peckham murder case.
Question 2.
What do we understand by the sentence “All muscles seemed to be in his thighs.”
(A) All muscles in the body were actually brought to the thighs.
(B) The thighs were very strong and muscular.
(C) There were no muscles elsewhere in the body.
(D) His muscles and bones were strong.
Answer:
(B) The thighs were very strong and muscular.
Question 3.
Who does the word ‘he’ refer to in the sentence “He was a heavy stout man with bulging blood shot eyes.”
(A) The man standing in the yard
(B) The man in the prison
(C) Mr. Parker
(D) The man standing in the dock
Answer:
(D) The man standing in the dock
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
Why is the case strange ?
Answer:
The name of the case is Peckham Murder Case, though the place of murder was not a part of Peckham. The case has every evidence to prove that the accused was the culprit.
Question 5.
How many witnesses did the Crown require ? Why did he need them ?
Answer:
The Crown proposed to call four witnesses who had seen the culprit hurriedly walking away. None of them forgot the accused.
(11) Read the following passage.
Sang Nila Utama was a prince of Sumatra. Wanting to find a suitable place for a new’city, he decided to visit the islands off the coast of Sumatra. He set sail from Sumatra in a number of ships with his men. While hunting on an island, he climbed to the top of a large rock and spotted a beautiful island. When told it was called Temasek, he decided to visit it.
However, when his ship was out at sea, a great storm blew up and the ship was tossed about in the huge waves. The ship began to take water and started to sink. Even though the crew threw out all the things onboard, the ship kept on sinking. It was only when Sang Nila Utama threw his crown into the sea did the storm stop and they reached Temasek safely.
On the island, he saw a majestic animal that moved with great speed as it disappeared into the jungle. When told that it was a lion, he thought that it was a good sign about the island and decided to name it Singapura; ‘Singa’ means lion and ‘pura means city. And that was how Singapore got its name.
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.
Question 1.
Sang Nila Utama was a
(A) prince of Singapura
(B) prince of Sumatra.
(C) sailor
(D) hunter.
Answer:
(B) prince of Sumatra.
Question 2.
He set sail with his men because he wanted to
(A) hunt for lions
(B) look for islands.
(C) create a new city
(D) look for Temasek.
Answer:
(C) create a new city
Question 3.
The ship started sinking when
(A) the crew threw overboard things on the ship
(B) the storm started.
(C) the ship started taking in water.
(D) Sang Nila Utama threw his crown into the sea.
Answer:
(C) the ship started taking in water.
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
Why did he decide to name the island Singapura?
Answer:
He decided to name the island Singapura because he thought that the lion was a good sign and the lion is called ‘Singa’ in their language.
Question 5.
What happened when Sang Nila Utama threw his crown into the sea ?
Answer:
The storm stopped.
(12) Read the following pasage.
There are many ways of dividing human beings into groups and classes. One possible way would be to have two classes: the drifters, who have little will of their own and allow themselves to be carried hither and thither like straw on the surface of the waters, and those who try to play an effective role in life and to influence their surroundings. For the latter class, knowledge and understanding are essential, for effective action can only be based on these.
Mere goodwill or pious hopes are not enough. When there is a natural calamity or an epidemic or a failure of the rains, or almost any other misfortune, we often see, not only in India but in Europe also, people praying for relief. If the prayer soothes them and gives them confidence and courage, it is a good thing, and no one need object to it. But the idea that prayer will stop an epidemic is giving place to the scientific notion that the root-causes of disease should be wiped out by sanitation and other means.
When there is a breakdown in the machinery of a factory or there is a puncture in the tyre of a car,- who has heard of people sitting down and just hoping or piously wishing, or even praying that the machine might right itself or the puncture mend itself ? They set to work and mend the machinery or the tyre, and soon the machinery is functioning again or the car running smoothly along the road.
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.
Question 1.
Human beings are divided into
(A) drifters
(B) who are effective and influence the surroundings
(C) both A & B
(D) non of the above
Answer:
(C) both A & B
Question 2.
For the effective action
(A) good will is enough
(B) pious hopes are enough
(C) both good will and pious hopes are enough
(D) Mere good will and pious hopes are not enough
Answer:
(C) both good will and pious hopes are enough
Question 3.
When the machine breaks down
(A) We should pray to the God
(B) We should set to work
(C) We should sit and hope for good
(D) We should leave it to the God
Answer:
(C) We should sit and hope for good
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
Who are drifters ?
Answer:
Drifters are people who have little will of their own and allow themselves to be carried by the fate.
Question 5.
What should we do when machine fails ?
Answer:
We should set to work and mend the machinery.
(13) Read the following passage.
“What is the world like ?” Hoppy asked everyone he met. “It’s a big flat place,” said his mother. “No, it’s square,” said his father. Nobody could agree.
One evening, Hoppy saw Owl sitting in a tree. He called out, “Owl, what is the world like?” Owl immediately said. “Round.”
Happy believed him but wanted to see it for himself. As soon as he woke up, he said farewell to his family and left. He came to the edge of the woods and saw a fence. It was surrounding a vegetable garden. Hoppy looked round the garden and saw a large round pumpkin. “The world!” he exclaimed, and hopped over to the pumpkin.
Hoppy patted the pumpkin. “The world is hard,” he thought. Then he scrambled to the top of the pumpkin and looked all around, then slid down the other side.
Just then Mr Brown came home and saw Hoppy near his pumpkin. He shouted and frightened Hoppy so much that the little rabbit scampered back to his family in the woods. “Owl is right,” he thought to himself. “The world is round and I have been all over it !”
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.
Question 1.
Hoppy was a
(A) mischievous rabbit.
(B) talkative rabbit.
(C) curious rabbit
(D) rude rabbit.
Answer:
(C) curious rabbit
Question 2.
He left his family to see
(A) the world
(B) the vegetable garden.
(C) the pumpkin
(D) Mr. Brown
Answer:
(A) the world
Question 3.
The vegetable garden was probably part of
(A) the woods
(B) a farm
(C) the world
(D) a house
Answer:
(B) a farm
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
Who was Mr Brown?
Answer:
Mr. Brown was the farmer.
Question 5.
What did Hoppy find in the vegetable garden?
Answer:
Hoppy found a large round pumpkin.
(14) Read the following passage.
The Columbian Exchange was the “exchange of plants, animals, foods, human populations (including slaves) communicable diseases and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres that occurred after 1492,” according to Wikipedia. The term “Columbian. Exchange,” coined in 1972 by historian Alfred Crosby, took hold and became not only standard shorthand for the phenomenon which it exemplified, but also a perspective for witnessing societal and ecological events.
When Christopher Columbus made landfall with his crew in the Bahamas in October 1492, two worlds with separate evolutionary histories met. When Europeans began to settle in America’s east coast, they brought with them and cultivated familiar crops – wheat and apples – as well as familiar weeds, such as dandelion and chickweed. In the 1600s, they introduced cattle and horses, which flourished in the New World climate.
Devastating diseases were introduced to the American population which had no resistance to them. John R. McNeill, Professor of history at Georgetown University, points out that “when the first inhabitants of the Americans arrived across the Bering land bridge between 15,000 and 12,000 years ago, they brought few diseases with them … they had no domesticated animals, the original source of human diseases such as smallpox and measles. In addition, as they passed from Siberia to North America, the first Americans had spent many years in extreme cold, which eliminated many of the disease-causing agents that might have travelled with them.”
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.
Question 1.
The term “Columbian Exchange,” was used by
(A) John R. McNeill
(B) Alfred Crosby
(C) Columbus
(D) Alfred Nobel
Answer:
(B) Alfred Crosby
Question 2.
Christopher Columbus made landfall with his crew in
(A) Siberia
(B) America
(C) Columbia
(D) The Bahamas
Answer:
(D) The Bahamas
Question 3.
Which flourished in the New World climate. New world is in
(A) Australia
(B) North America
(C) Africa
(D) Europe
Answer:
(B) North America
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
Which were the ‘two worlds’ mentioned in the second paragraph?
Answer:
The American and European worlds.’
Question 5.
How did the early Europeans influence the Americans?
Answer:
When Europeans began to settle in America’s east coast, they brought with them and cultivated familiar crops – wheat and apples – as well as familiar weeds, such as dandelion and chickweed.
(15) Read the following passage.
Babies need a lot more sleep than adults. A newborn infant needs up to 18 hours of sleep each day. A baby spends about nine hours in REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep. Five- year-olds need 11-13 hours of sleep each day. A five-year- old spends about 2 hours in REM sleep. Teenagers need 9-10 hours of sleep each day. Many people think that elderly people need less sleep than younger adults, but that is not true. Scientists are not sure of all the reasons for sleep. They know that sleep helps the body to heal and grow.
Sleep helps the immune system – which helps people fight diseases. Sleep helps the infant brain grow. It seems that REM sleep is especially important for babies’ brain growth. It also seems that sleep is a time for processing memories.
Why do we dream? Some scientists believe that dreams have a psychological purpose. Some think that dreams help to organize our brains. Some think that dreams are the result of random brain activity during REM sleep.
Sleep patterns differ substantially from culture to culture. Cultures with artificial light have different sleep patterns from cultures without artificial light (like electric lamps.) In cultures that use artificial light, people usually go to sleep later at night, and they sleep throughout the night. In other cultures, people often sleep for two periods. They go to sleep shortly after the sun goes down. They sleep deeply for several hours. Then, they tend to wake up for several hours. Afterward, they go to sleep again for several more hours. In hunter- gatherer groups, people sleep off and on throughout the day and night.
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.
Question 1.
The total time a baby spends in REM Sleep is ________ hours.
(A) 18
(B) 11-13
(C) 9-10
(D) 9
Answer:
(D) 9
Question 2.
________ helps to fight disease.
(A) Sleep
(B) REM Sleep
(C) Immune System
(D) Cultures
Answer:
(C) Immune System
Question 3.
________ is believed to have a psychological purpose.
(A) Sleep
(B) Dream
(C) REM
(D) Light
Answer:
(B) Dream
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
What is the misconcept that people have about sleep?
Answer:
Many people think that elderly people need less sleep than younger adults, which is not true.
Question 5.
What are the benefits of good sleep?
Answer:
Good sleep helps the immune system and the infant brain to grow. It also seems that sleep is a time for processing memories.
(16) Read the following passage.
The clock is a very old invention. Sundials were used in ancient times. Sundials work by measuring shadows that are cast by the sun. Candle clocks were used a very long time ago.
Candle clocks work by measuring the time it takes for the wax to melt. Hourglasses are similar to candle clocks because they also measure the time it takes for something to happen. Hourglasses work by pouring fine sand through a small opening of one glass into another glass. The time taken is measured, to calculate the accurate time, as it takes one hour to complete one cycle of sand pouring.
Mechanical clocks appeared in the 13th century in Europe. They work with a system of moving gears. The gears always move at the same speed. Pendulum clocks work with a swinging weight.
The swinging weight is called a pendulum. The pendulum makes the clock parts move.
Now people typically use mechanical clocks or digital clocks. Digital clocks show numbers on a screen. The numbers represent the time. Some people use auditory clocks.
Auditory clocks use language to tell the time aloud. Computers also use clocks. Computers use internal clocks in order to work properly.
In today’s world, clocks are everywhere – in homes, schools, offices, and public places.
Most of the people live their lives according to the clock. People go to work and return home according to the clock. School days start and end according to the clock. Airplanes take off and land according to the clock. It is fun to imagine a world without clocks!
Now, answer the following questions. Each cftiestion has four choices.
Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.
Question 1.
The ________ is used shadows to measure time.
(A) Sundial
(B) Candle clock
(C) Pendulum clocks
(D) Auditory clocks
Answer:
(A) Sundial
Question 2
________ use an internal clock.
(A) Swinging weight
(B) Airplanes
(C) Computers
(D) Hourglasses
Answer:
(C) Computers
Question 3.
Mechanical clocks work with a system of ________
(A) Moving Gears
(B) Sand
(C) Pendulum
(D) Shadow
Answer:
(A) Moving Gears
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
How does the hourglass work?
Answer:
Hourglasses work by measuring the time it takes for sand or water to pour through a small opening of one glass into another glass.
Question 5.
How has the pendulum clock become the first mechanical clock?
Answer:
Mechanical clocks work with a system of moving gears. The pendulum clock works with a swinging weight, which in turn makes the gears work, with its swinging movement. Thus, it is the first mechanical clock.
(17) Read the following passage.
The night receptionist regretfully shrugged his shoulders. “It’s all we have available” he said. “And at this late hour you won’t find a single anywhere. It’s up to you, of course, if you want to try other hotels. Let me tell you, though, even this free bed in a double room will no doubt be gone should you decide to come back for it later.”
“Very well,” Schwamm said, “I’ll take it. Only, I’m sure you’ll understand, I should like to know with whom I am sharing the room. Not that I’m afraid, I have no reason to be. Is my partner – as I suppose one might almost call a person with whom one is to spend a night – already in the room ?”
“Yes. He’s probably asleep.”
Schwamm filled out the registration forms and handed them back to the receptionist; then he mounted the stairs.
As he came within sight of the room number, Schwamm instinctively slowed down, held his breath in the hope of hearing some noise the stranger might make, then bent low for a peep through the keyhole. The room was dark. Schwamm pressed down the door handle, shut the door again behind him and started groping for the light switch. Suddenly he froze : a voice at his elbow -deep but firm, called out :
“Hold it ! Please don’t turn on the light. You’d do me a favour if you left the room dark”
“Were you waiting for me ?” Schwamm asked, quite startled. The stranger didn’t answer him but said “Don’t fall over my crutches or run into my suitcase, which I put somewhere in the middle of the room. Let me direct you to your bed : take three stens along the-wall, make a left turn, then taken another three steps and you’ll be able to touch the bedport”.
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.
Question 1.
“It’s all we have available” in this context means
(A) the hotel
(B) single room.
(C) a room to be shared with others
(D) a cot
Answer:
(C) a room to be shared with others
Question 2.
What does the speaker mean when he says “even this free bed in a double room will no doubt be gone….”
(A) Someone will take away the bed.
(B) Some one will occupy the bed.
(C) The hotel management will sell the bed.
(D) None of the above
Answer:
(B) Some one will occupy the bed.
Question 3.
What does the word ‘instinctively’ mean ?
(A) with an expectation
(B) forcibly
(C) with a feeling of fear
(D) without any previous planning
Answer:
(D) without any previous planning
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
Why did Schwamm accept the shared room ?
Answer:
It was a late hour and Schwamm was not sure that he would be able to get a single anywhere. So he accepted the shared room.
Question 5.
“Schwamm filled out the registration forms and handed them back to the receptionist; then he mounted the stairs” – What do the lines tell us about Schwaram?
Answer:
Schwamm accepted to take the shared room and he was eager to know the nature of the person he was going to spend the night with. So he filled out the registration forms. He was eager to go to the room soon. So he mounted the stairs.
(18) Read the following passage.
‘I hope you’ll stay in after that – today being Tagore’s birthday. I met my youngest brother-in-law in Netaji Pharmacy yesterday. He is in the film business, in the production department. He said he was looking for an actor for a scene in a film they’re now shooting. The way he described the character – fiftyish, short, bald-headed – it reminded me of you. So I gave him your address and asked him to get in touch with you directly.
I hope you won’t turn him away. They’ll pay you, of course.’
Patol Babu hadn’t expected such news at the start of the day. That an offer to act in a film could come to a 52-year-old nonentity like him was beyond his wildest dreams.
‘Well, yes or no ?’ asked Nishikanto Babu. ‘I believe you did some acting on the stage at one time ?’
…. ‘That’s true,’ said Patol Babu. ‘I really don’t see why I should say no. But let’s talk to your brother-in-law first and find out some details. What’s his name?’
‘Naresh. Naresh Dutt. He’s about thirty. A strapping young fellow. He said he would be here around ten-thirty.’
Buying provisions in the market, Patol Babu mixed up his wife’s orders and bought red chillies instead of onion seeds. And he quite forgot about the aubergines. This was not surprising. At one time Patol Babu had a real passion for the stage; in fact, it verged on obsession. In Jatras, in amateur theatricals, in plays put up by the club in his neighbourhood, Patol Babu was always in demand. His name had appeared in hand-bills on countless occasions. Once it appeared in bold type near the top : ‘Sitalakanto Ray (Patol babu) in the role of Parasar’. Indeed, there was a time when people bought tickets especially to see him.
That was when he used to live in Kanchrapara. He had a job in the railway factory there. In 1934, he was offered higher pay in a clerical post with Hudson and Kimberley, in Calcutta, and was also lucky to find a flat in Nepal Bhattani Lane. He gave up his factory job and came to Calcutta with his wife. It was quite smooth sailing for some years, and Patol Babu was in his boss’s good books. In 1943, when he was just toying with the idea of starting a club in his neighbourhood, sudden retrenchment in his office due to the war cost him his nine-year-old job.
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.
Question 1.
Patol Babu mixed up his wife’s orders and bought red chillies instead of onions because
(A) he was forgetful in nature
(B) he was reckless.
(C) he liked the onions most
(D) he was excited
Answer:
(D) he was excited
Question 2.
Who does’you’refer to in the expression,” it reminded me of you” ?
(A) Naresh Dutt
(B) the narrator
(C) Patol Babu
(D) Nishikanto Babu
Answer:
(C) Patol Babu
Question 3.
Naresh Dutt chose Patol Babu for the role of a character in his film because
(A) he was a well known actor.
(B) he was Naresh Duds relative.
(C) he was Nishikanto Babu’s relative.
(D) he was fiftyish, short and bald-headed.
Answer:
(D) he was fiftyish, short and bald-headed.
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
“Patol Babu hadn’t expected such news at the start of the day.” What was the news? Why hadn’t he expected that news ?
Answer:
Nishikanto Babu’s brother-in-law told him that he was looking for an actor who could be fiftyish, short and bald-headed. It reminded him of Patol Babu and he gave this news to him. Patol Babu hadn’t expected that news as he was a 52-year-old nonentity.
Question 5.
How did Patol Babu react when he heard the news ?
Answer:
Patol Babu never expected such news because he was a 52-year old nonentity.
(19) Read the following passage:
Azim Hasham Premji, Chairman, Wipro Corporation is an alumnus of Stanford University, USA. He joined Wipro in 1966 at the age of 21. Under his leadership, a Rs. 70 million company in hydrogenated cooking fats has grown to a $500 million diversified Corporation in Services, Technology Products and Consumer Products with leadership positions in the businesses it is in.
One of the world’s richest men, Mr. Azim Premji’s strength lies in bringing together and building teams of high potential-high performing people. His vision and pragmatism have helped Wipro Corporation become the #2 most competitive and successful company in India as rated by Business Today, a leading business magazine in India. Wipro in terms of market capitalization is among the top 10 Corporations in India.
Over the years, Premji diversified into sectors like computer hardware and lighting, disregarding marketing laws that extolled the virtues of core competence and frowned on brand extensions into unrelated segments. Despite all the success, the media-shy Premji maintained a low profile, letting his work do all the talking. Until early last year the media broke the story that Azim Premji had become the second-richest man in India ?. In spite of his billions, however, he still travels economy class and stays in budget hotels.
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.
Question 1.
The word Alumnus means
(A) A metal
(B) An Ore
(C) Old Student
(D) Old Employee
Answer:
(C) Old Student
Question 2.
Azim Hasham Premji is the ________ of Wipro Corporation.
(A) Founder
(B) Manager
(C) Chairman
(D) CEO
Answer:
(C) Chairman
Question 3.
Azim Premji leads an ________ life.
(A) Ordinary
(B) Luxurious
(C) Poor
(D) BPL
Answer:
(A) Ordinary
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
How was Azim Hasham Premji able to be successful?
Answer:
Azim Hasham Premji was able to be successful by bringing together and building teams of high potential-high performing people, with whom he was able to make the company successful.
Question 5.
Explain the meaning of the word ‘Diversification’, from the context.
Answer:
The word diversification means starting different kinds of business, along with the main business. In this context, along with Softwares- the main business of Wipro, Premji was successful in bringing consumer goods and lights also.
(20) Read the following passage.
Many people worked to create television. In 1862, Abbe Giovanna Caselli invented a machine called the Pantelograph. Caselli was the first person to send a picture over wires. By the 1880s, Alexander Graham Bell invented a machine that transmitted pictures and sound over wires. His machine was called the Photophone.
The World’s Fair was held in Paris, France, in the year 1900. The first International Congress of Electricity was held at the World’s Fair. That was when the word television was first used – by a Russian named Constantin Perskyi. That name stuck, and is now shortened to “TV.”
At the beginning of TV history, there were several types of TV technology. One system was a mechanical model based on a rotating disc. (Rotating discs are discs that spin like CDs.) The other system was an electronic model. In 1906, Boris Rosing built the first working mechanical TV in Russia.
In the 1920s, John Logie Baird in England and Charles Francis Jenkins in the United States demonstrated improved mechanical systems. Philo Taylor Farnsworth also showed an electronic system in San Francisco in 1927. His TV was the forerunner of today’s TV, which is an electronic system based on his ideas.
Now TV is everywhere. Before 1947, there were only a few thousand televisions in the U.S. By the 1990s, there were televisions in 98% of American homes.
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.
Question 1.
The forerunner of present day television was first built by ________
(A) Abbe Caselli
(B) Constantin Perskyi
(C) Boris Rosing
(D) Philo Taylor
Answer:
(D) Philo Taylor
Question 2.
________ is a machine which can send pictures and sounds on wires.
(A) Television
(B) Telephone
(C) Photophone
(D) Photovision
Answer:
(C) Photophone
Question 3.
The television of Boris Rosing was the first ________ television.
(A) Electric
(B) Mechanical
(C) Automatic
(D) Plasma
Answer:
(B) Mechanical
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
Explain the term television.
Answer:
The word ‘tele’ means distance and ‘vision’ means view. So, the term television can mean a mechanical device which helps us to watch things telecast from a distant place.
Question 5.
What is the role of Alexander Graham Bell in the invention of television?
Answer:
By the 1880s, Alexander Graham Bell invented a machine, called Photophone, that transmitted pictures and sound over wires.
(21) Read the following passage:
A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle which uses two or more kinds of propulsion. Most hybrid vehicles use a conventional petrol engine as well as an electric motor to provide power to the vehicle. These are usually called hybrid-electric-vehicles, or HEVs. Hybrids use two types of propulsion in order to use petrol more efficiently than conventional vehicles do. Most hybrid vehicles use the petrol engine as a generator which sends power to the electric motor. The electric motor then powers the car. In conventional vehicles, the petrol engine powers the vehicle directly.
Since the main purpose of using a hybrid system is to efficiently use resources, most hybrid vehicles also use other efficient systems. Most hybrid vehicles have regenerative braking systems. In conventional vehicles, the petrol engine powers the brakes, and the energy used in braking is lost. In regenerative braking systems, the energy lost in braking is sent back into the electrical battery for use in powering the vehicle.
Some hybrid vehicles use periodic engine shutoff as a gas-saving feature. When the vehicle is idle, the engine temporarily turns off. When the vehicle is put back in gear, the engine comes back on. Some hybrids use tyres made of a stiff material which rolls easily and prevents drag on the vehicle.
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.
Question 1.
A hybrid vehicle has two or more kinds of..
(A) Propulsion
(B) Engine
(C) Steering
(D) Drivers.
Answer:
(A) Propulsion
Question 2.
Hybrid vehicles make the usage of efficiently.
(A) Engine
(B) Gas
(C) Petrol
(D) Tyres
Answer:
(C) Petrol
Question 3.
In ________ vehicles the energy used for breaking is lost.
(A) Conventional
(B) Petrol
(C) Hybrid
(D) Regenerative
Answer:
(A) Conventional
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
What is meant by Hybrid Vehicle?
Answer:
A vehicle which uses two or more kinds of propulsion, mostly a conventional petrol engine as well as an electric motor to provide power to the vehicle is called a Hybrid Vehicle.
Question 5.
What are the basic energy efficiency systems used in Hybrid Vehicles?
Answer:
Regenerative braking systems, temporary engine off etc are some basic energy efficiency systems used in Hybrid Vehicles.
(22) Read the following passage.
Ethanol is a renewable biofuel; in only six months a new crop can be grown, harvested, and converted to fuel, so it is profitable for rural crop-producing economies. In addition, it keeps engines clean and can be used in gasoline engines with no modifications when combining gas with up to 10% ethanol. It can be used in specially modified vehicles called “flexible-fuel” or “flex-fuel” vehicles in concentrations of up to 85%. Gasoline combined with 85% ethanol is generally referred to as “E85.” Higher ratios of ethanol in the fuel mixture result in less reliance on fossil fuels, so there is less dependence on imports.
American opponents of ethanol fuel point to three disadvantages: its price fluctuations, its energy level, and its availability.
The price of ethanol fluctuates on a different cycle than gasoline; therefore, at times ethanol is more expensive than gasoline, and at times it is cheaper. Another drawback of ethanol is that it contains less energy per gallon than gasoline; even when it is cheaper per gallon than conventional fuel, it does not take the vehicle as far as a gallon of gas.
A car’s fuel economy with ethanol can be expected to be 20-30% less than a vehicle which burns gasoline. So the occasional cheaper price is offset by the lower energy yields. In addition, ethanol is not as widely distributed as gasoline. It is readily available only in the Midwest; other areas have limited ethanol infrastructure.
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.
Question 1.
Production of Ethanol could be a source of income for ________.
(A) Townships
(B) Villagers
(C) City dwellers
(D) Employees.
Answer:
(B) Villagers
Question 2.
E85 is a variety of
(A) Ether
(B) Flex fuel
(C) Petrol
(D) Gasoline
Answer:
(B) Flex fuel
Question 3.
Ethanol is a fuel suitable for ________ engine.
(A) Patrol
(B) Petrol
(C) Gas
(D) All fuels
Answer:
(B) Petrol
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
What do you mean by Flex Fuel Vehicle?
Answer:
Vehicles which can run on a combination of Petrol and Ethanol are called Flex Fuel Vehicles.
Question 5.
What are the major drawbacks of Ethanol?
Answer:
Cost variation, comparatively less energy efficiency and rare availability in different regions of the world are the major drawbacks of Ethanol.
(23) Read the following passage.
The Voyager 1 and 2 spacecrafts left Earth in 1977 on a five-year mission. Their mission was to reach Jupiter and Saturn and send information back to earth about them. Jupiter and Saturn are the largest planets in the solar system. In 1981, they finished their mission. But, they kept going. Scientists decided to plan a longer trip for them: they would travel even further until they reached Uranus and Neptune.
Voyagers 1 and 2 are very efficient. They were built with no moving parts. They use the breakdown, or the decay, of the space element “plutonium” to create fuel. They can each get the equivalent of 30,000 miles per gallon of gasoline! They were made to be able to work in radioactive environments. The “gas giants” – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune – are very radioactive places.
So far, Voyagers 1 and 2 have sent information back to Earth from farther away than any other spacecraft. Scientists have learned about the atmospheres, interiors, and rings of the gas giant planets. They have also learned about the moons of these planets. Scientists think that they will keep getting information from Voyagers 1 and 2 until about 2020. At that time, the power on the Voyagers 1 and 2 will not be strong enough to send information back to Earth.
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.
Question 1.
The Voyager Serles were aimed at the study of
(A) Planets
(B) Comets
(C) Space
(D) Stars
Answer:
(A) Planets
Question 2.
The largest planet in the Solar System is
(A) Saturn
(B) Jupiter
(C) Uranus
(D) Pluto
Answer:
(B) Jupiter
Question 3.
The fuel used in Voyager is ________
(A) Gasoline
(B) Uranium
(C) Solar Energy
(D) Plutonium
Answer:
(A) Gasoline
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
Why do you think Radioactive elements are used as fuel in Voyager?
Answer:
The Voyagers are designed to study distant planets – Saturn and Jupiter. It will take a long time to reach there. So more fuel is required. The region around Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are highly radioactive.
Question 5.
What are the details that the scientists were able to study using Voyagers?
Answer:
Scientists have learned about the atmospheres, interiors, and rings of the gas giant planets Saturn and Jupiter. They have also learned about the moons of these planets.
(24) Read the following passage.
Soaps and detergents are used for washing and cleaning. People usually use detergent to wash clothes to dishes. People usually use soap to wash their bodies.
Soap has a long history. There was soap in Ancient Babylon. There was soap in Ancient Egypt. Some people think there was soap before people wrote history.
Soap and detergent are similar, but soap and detergent are not exactly the same.
In some cases, soap is better than detergent. For example, soap is milder on the skin. Soap is milder on the environment. Soap is biodegradable – nature’s processes clean soap up.
Soap does not build up in rivers. Soap does not cause pollution in rivers. Soap does not build up in streams. Soap does not cause pollution in streams.
In some cases, detergent is better than soap. For example, soap builds up in clothes after many washings. Detergent does not build up in clothes even after many washings. Soap loses its cleaning power in clothes over time. Detergent does not lose its cleaning power in clothes overtime.
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.
Question 1.
The history of soaps could be traced upto
(A) Babylonia
(B) Siberia
(C) Egypt
(D) India
Answer:
(A) Babylonia
Question 2.
________ is used to wash dishes.
(A) Soaps
(B) Detergents
(C) Shampoo
(D) Conditioner
Answer:
(B) Detergents
Question 3.
________ do not pollute water.
(A) Soaps
(B) Detergents
(C) Shampoo
(D) Conditioner
Answer:
(A) Soaps
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
How are soaps better than detergents?
Answer:
Soap is milder on the skin and on the environment. Soap is biodegradable – nature’s processes clean soap up. Soap does not build up in streams and rivers. Hence Soap does not cause pollution in streams and rivers.
Question 5.
What are the advantages that detergents have on soaps?
Answer:
Detergent does not build up in clothes even after many washings. Soap loses its cleaning power on clothes over time. Detergent does not lose its cleaning power in clothes even overtime.
(25) Read the following passage.
The cactus is a plant which grows in very hot, dry places. They do not have leaves. Instead, they have spiny needles which stick out of their stems. There are many shapes of the cactus. Some are small and round. Others are tall like columns or pillars. Some are shaped like tubes or bells. Some are shaped like wheels. Some grow as trees or shrubs. Others grow as ground cover. Cactus flowers are big, and some of them bloom at night. Their flowers come out at night because they are pollinated by insects or small animals that come out at night. Insects and small animals carry pollen from one cactus to another.
Most cacti live in North and South America. Others live in Africa, Madagascar, and Sri Lanka.
Cacti do not have very large leaves because large leaves would allow water to evaporate. When water evaporates, it changes from a liquid to a gas. When it becomes a gas, it is light enough to move through the air. That would be bad for the cactus because the cactus lives in dry areas, where these is only a little water.
Some cacti have waxy coatings on their stems, so that water won’t evaporate and will run down the stem to the roots.
Cacti can absorb water from fog in the air, since it does not rain very much in the desert. Most cacti have long roots which can spread out close to the surface so they can absorb a lot of water on the occasions when it rains.
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.
Question 1.
The Cactus are usually found in ________ region.
(A) Valley
(B) Desert
(C) Coastal
(D) Mountain
Answer:
(B) Desert
Question 2.
The leaves of the cacti are ________
(A) Broad
(B) Thin
(C) Spindle
(D) Spiny
Answer:
(D) Spiny
Question 3.
Most cacti live in ________
(A) America
(B) Australia
(C) Africa
(D) India
Answer:
(A) America
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
What advantages do you think that the cacti have by flowering at night?
Answer:
The flowers of cacti come out at night because they are pollinated by insects or small animals that come out at night. Insects and small animals carry pollen from one cactus to another.
Question 5.
Write about the water management system of cacti.
Answer:
Cacti absorbs water from fog in the air, since it does not rain very much In the desert. Most cacti have long roots which can spread out close to the surface so they can absorb a lot of water on the occasions when it rains.
(26) Read the following passage.
Mr Jones’s shop sold food. Mr Jones and a young man worked there. The young man’s name was George.
A man came into the shop on Monday. He was a funny man.
Mr Jones was in the office. It was behind the shop. The funny man looked at George and said, “I want a small table, please.”
George said, “We don’t sell tables in this shop. We sell food.”
The man smiled and answered, “A small, brown table.” He took a picture out of his bag and showed it to George. It was a picture of a small, brown table.
George put his mouth near the man’s ear and said, “We do not have tables in this shop! Food! Not tables!”
The man smiled and answered, “That’s good. Thank you.”
Then he sat down on a chair and waited.
George was not happy. He went into the office and spoke to Mr Jones. Then he and Mr Jones came out again.
Mr Jones was angry. He looked at the man and said, “What do you want?”
The man smiled and answered, “I want a loaf of brown bread, please. Haven’t you got any bread in your shop?”
Mr Jones said, “Yes, we have.” He looked at George, and then he went and got a loaf of brown bread from a big box and gave it to the man.
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.
Question 1.
The kind of a shop did Mr. Jones had was ________
(A) An hotel
(B) A Restaurant
(C) A Cafe
(D) Bookstall
Answer:
(B) A Restaurant
Question 2.
The picture he took was a photograph of ________
(A) A Table
(B) His own
(C) His pet dog
(D) George
Answer:
(A) A Table
Question 3.
The man was behaving in such a manner because he was
(A) Mad
(B) Angry
(C) Funny
(D) Insane
Answer:
(C) Funny
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
What did the man ask for in the shop?
Answer:
The man asked for a small brown table.
Question 5.
Why do you think George spoke in his ears?
Answer:
Because George thought through the man’s reply that the man was deaf.
(27) Read the following pasage.
Once, there lived a hen with her five chicks. The hen was as red as beetroot. She had three friends: a duck, a cat and a dog. They all lived happily.
One day, the red hen stumbled on to a wheat seed. “Hey, who among you wish to plant this seed?” she asked.
“Not me, friend” refused the duck.
“Nor can I.” declined the cat.
“Count me not.” the dog turned his back.
“All right. I will do it then by myself,” said the hen. She planted the seed and watered it. It grew quickly to yield the brownish wheat. “Hi! There, who among you wish to harvest the wheat?” asked the red hen.
“Not me, friend,” the duck sounded bored.
“Nor can I.” shrugged the cat.
“Count me not!” avoided the dog.
“If so, I will do it by myself,” the red hen spoke up as she laboured all day along. By evening she had two gunny bags full of wheat.
“Hello pal! Who among you will lend me a hand to grind this wheat? She queried. All the three refused as usual.
“I will see that I grind this by myself. I will make flour, knead dough and bake bread!” she announced. The next day she baked delicious bread.
“Howdy, who among you wish to eat this bread?” she asked merrily.
“I want to!” answered the duck, smacking her lips.
“Me too!” said the cat with his mouth watering.
“Yummy, smells good,” spoke up the dog, shuffling his feet eagerly.
“None of you can have a bite! I slaved in the field and at home. Only my children and I are entitled to eat this bread!” So saying the red hen fed her chicks and ate a sumptuous meal that day.
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.
Question 1.
Who were willing to harvest the wheat seed?
(A) All the friends
(B) None of the friends
(C) The Dog and Cat
(D) The Hen
Answer:
(D) The Hen
Question 2.
The word ‘Pal’ means
(A) Friend
(B) Brother
(C) Neighbour
(D) Enemy
Answer:
(A) Friend
Question 3.
The hen had
(A) Good friends
(B) Good enemies
(C) Bad enemies
(D) Bad friends
Answer:
(D) Bad friends
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
How did the friends react to the hen’s ideas?
Answer:
The friends didn’t help the hen in doing anything with the wheat corn it got.
Question 5.
What is the moral that we can learn from the story?
Answer:
We have no rights to enjoy the fruits of the labour of others. We have to earn our bread with working hard.
(28) Read the following passage.
Gladys was at school in a small, quiet town in England. She was sixteen years old, and her father and mother were poor, and their house was very small.
Maisie was Gladys’s friend. She went to that school as well.
Gladys said, “Maisie, I’m going to find a very rich man and I’m going to marry him. Then I’m going to have a beautiful house and a large garden, and a lot of clothes, and a lot of money.”
Maisie smiled and said, “Where are you going to find a very rich man, Gladys? There aren’t any in our town.”
But Gladys was a very pretty girl. Her eyes were blue, and her hair was black and soft. She went to London, and then she went to America. She found a tall, very rich man there, and she married him. She was twenty-two years old then.
Then she and her husband went to England. They went to Gladys’s old house, and Maisie came there.
Gladys saic “I’ve married a very rich man, Maisie, and I’ve got a beautiful house and a large garden and four gardeners. And I’ve bought a lot of clothes and I have money as well. My husband’s got a plane too, and he flies it!”
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.
Question 1.
Gladys was a girl.
(A) Poor
(B) Rich
(C) Bad
(D) Ugly
Answer:
(A) Poor
Question 2.
Gladys had a great dream of
(A) Being rich
(B) Being Poor
(C) Going to US
(D) Being in UK
Answer:
(A) Being rich
Question 3.
When she went back to her village, she had become
(A) Poor again
(B) Very Poor
(C) Became rich
(D) as usual
Answer:
(C) Became rich
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
What aspect of Gladys would the author like to project?
Answer:
Determination to make the dream come true is the aspect of Gladys., the authour likes to project.
Question 5.
What was the dream that Gladys had?
Answer:
To marry a rich man, to have a beautiful house and a large garden, and a lot of clothes, and a lot of money.
(29) Read the following passage.
A lion was getting fed up of hunting. He called all animals and passed an order, “Everyday one of you should come by yourself as my prey”. All animals started to obey this order.
It was the hare’s day. The hare was very sad. As he was going to the lion’s den, he came across an old well. He looked into it. It was very deep and dangerous. He made a plan in his mind.
The lion was very angry that no animal had come till then. The hare slowly came towards the lion. The lion roared “Why are you late?” The hare humbly replied, “On my way another lion chased me. I got away with much difficulty to give my life to you, Your Majesty”.
The lion was pleased with the hare. But the thought of another lion in the jungle made him angry. The lion roared “Do you know where he lives?” The hare replied “Yes, Sir. Please come with me”.
The hare took the lion to the old well. He said “Sir, that lion lives in this well”. The lion peeped into the well. He mistook his reflection for another lion. He roared and there was an echo. He thought that the other lion was roaring too and jumped into the well. That was the end of the lion.
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.
Question 1.
The lion passed the order so as to ________
(A) Avoid the trouble of hunting
(B) Make the animals suffer
(C) Make the hunting a game
(D) Enjoy ease hunting.
Answer:
(A) Avoid the trouble of hunting
Question 2.
The hare is similar to ________
(A) Snail
(B) Tiger
(C) Rabbit
(D) Turtle
Answer:
(C) Rabbit
Question 3.
The plan that the hare had was for ________
(A) Appreciating the lion
(B) Eliminating the trouble
(C) Escaping from the lion
(D) To have a fight with the lion
Answer:
(B) Eliminating the trouble
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
What was the order the lion gave for the animals?
Answer:
The lion had ordered the animals that they should come to him, one by one, everyday, to be his food.
Question 5.
What moral did you learn from the story?
Answer:
If we are calm and self-confident, even at the time of the greatest difficulties, there will be a way out.
(30) Read the following passage.
Many religions existed in India in the Middle Age. The most widely prevalent were of course Hinduism and Islam. But there were other religions too, e.g., Buddhism, Jainism and Christianity. The outlook of the people, whether they were Hindus of Muslims, was the same. They believed that the world was a vale of sorrow, and the only way to escape from it and the attainment of true happiness was by turning their hearts away from the temptations of the senses and taking refuge in complete surrender to the will of God whose unlimited grace alone could save man.
It was, therefore, necessary to place oneself under the control of a spiritual guide and preceptor, and to follow the path of inner discipline which led to the goal of realization of God. Both among the Hindus and the Muslims there were many orders which saintly preceptors had established. The heads of these orders ministered to the needs of their disciples. Kabir, Nanak and others among the Hindus had founded such orders.
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.
Question 1.
The most widely prevalent religions in India during the Middle Age were
(A) Hinduism
(B) Islam
(C) both A & B
(D) None
Answer:
(C) both A & B
Question 2.
People beleived that
(A) the world is a vale of happiness
(B) the world is a vale of sorrow
(C) the world is nothing
(D) the world is only for enjoying themselves
Answer:
(B) the world is a vale of sorrow
Question 3.
To reach the goal of realization of God
(A) We should control ourselves
(B) We should be under the control of a spiritual guide
(C) We should turn our hearts away from the temptations of the world
(D) We need not do anything
Answer:
(B) We should be under the control of a spiritual guide
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
What did people believe regarding the world ?
Answer:
Regarding the world the people believed that it is a vale of sorrow, as they had to struggle for every thing and had to suffer from many problems.
Question 5.
Why should we place ourselves under the control of a spiritual guide ?
Answer:
We should place ourselves under the control of a spiritual guide, as he can minister to our needs and keep us in the path of inner discipline, by which we can realize the God.
(31) Read the following passage.
In the last fifty years, a lot of people have left Europe and have gone to live in Australia. One of them was a Hungarian man.
He lived in Australia for a long time, he had a lot of good friends. He always said to them, “Australia’s beautiful, but Hungary’s beautiful too.”
Then one day he said, “I’m going to go back to Hungary now to visit my old home.” All of his new friends said to him, “We want to go with you, because Hungary’s a beautiful country, and we want to see it too.”
The Hungarian Australian took all his friends from Sydney to Rome in a big plane, and then they went from Rome to Budapest in a train, because they wanted to see the mountains, and the villages, and the towns.
They stayed in Budapest for four days, and they liked it very much. One day they went to the zoo in Budapest and saw two kangaroos there.
The Australians were very happy, because kangaroos are natives of Australia. They said to the animals, “Come here, old friends! Come and see your Australian brothers!” But the kangaroos did not move.
Then the Hungarian Australian spoke to the animals in Hungarian. “Come here!” he said, and both the kangaroos ran to him.
The other Australians laughed and said, “Look at that! They’re Australian, but they only know Hungarian!”
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.
Question 1.
The man had a lot of friends at
(A) Australia
(B) Hungary
(C) Rome
(D) Budapest
Answer:
(A) Australia
Question 2.
He wanted to visit Hungary because
(A) He was tired of Australia
(B) He wanted to visit his old friends
(C) He wanted to settle in Hungary
(D) He wanted to visit his old home
Answer:
(D) He wanted to visit his old home
Question 3.
The Kangaroos made the friends happy because
(A) They were in Australia
(B) They loved Kangaroos
(C) They are also natives of Australia
(D) Kangaroos loved them
Answer:
(C) They are also natives of Australia
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
Why did the friends accompany him to Hungary?
Answer:
The friends accompanied him to Hungary so as to visit that country, as he had told them that Hungary is also a beautiful country.
Question 5.
Why didn’t the Kangaroos respond when the man called them in Australian language?
Answer:
The kangaroos being in the Hungarian Zoo, they are familiar with the Hungarian language but not with Australian. So, they didnt respond, when the man called them in Australian.
(32) Read the following passage.
Mr and Mrs Brown had two daughters and two sons. Both the daughters were married, and were happy. Soon Mr and Mrs Brown had a granddaughter, and then they had two grandsons. They were very happy.
Then one of their daughters had another baby, and she telephoned her mother, “Please come and attend on your new granddaughter.” Mrs Brown went quickly, but Mr Brown stayed at home, because he had to attend his office. But he said, “I’ll come on Friday evening, and I’ll stay till Monday morning.”
On Friday evening, after work, Mr Brown got into a train. He was very happy. “I’m going to see my new granddaughter now,” he said to himself.
There were three empty seats in the train. There was an old man beside one empty seat, and Mr Brown went to him and said nicely, “Are also you a grandfather?”
“Yes,” the man answered, “I have three granddaughters.”
Mr.Brown went to the second empty seat. There was a nice woman beside that. Mr Brown said to her, “Are you also a grandmother?”
The woman answered, “Yes, I have two granddaughters and two grandsons.”
Mr Brown went to the third empty seat. There was a man beside that, and Mr Brown said to him, “And are you also a grandfather?”
“No, I’m not,” the man answered.
Mr Brown smiled happily and said, “That’s good.” He sat down in the empty place and said to the man happily, “Now I’ll tell you about my granddaughters and grandsons.”
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.
Question 1.
Mr. Brown didn’t go with Mrs. Brown because ________
(A) He had to attend his office
(B) His sons didn’t allow him to go
(C) He was aged
(D) His wife didn’t ask him to go.
Answer:
(A) He had to attend his office
Question 2.
Friday evening to Monday morning is usually called ________
(A) Week days
(B) Off Days
(C) Weekend Days
(D) Working Days
Answer:
(C) Weekend Days
Question 3.
Mr. Brown was happy with the man for ________
(A) He was a grandfather
(B) He was not a grandfather
(C) He was not a grandson
(D) He was a grandson
Answer:
(B) He was not a grandfather
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
Why was Mr. Brown happy on Friday evening?
Answer:
Mr. Brown was happy on Friday evening because he was going to see his new granddaughter.
Question 5.
Why didn’t he sit with people who had grandchildren?
Answer:
As they were already grandparents, they too would have got plenty of stories about their grand children. So, they wouldn’t be interested in what he had to say.
(33) Read the following passage.
Joe was the son of a farmer. His father’s farm was poor, and Joe worked on it for a long time. But when father died, Joe said to himself, “I needn’t stay here now. I’ll sell this farm and buy one in a better place. Then I’ll soon be rich.”
He bought a farm in the east of the country, and wanted to settle there. But his new neighbours said to him, “The weather’s often very bad here. The wind’s very strong, and it breaks windows and doors. You must build a room under the ground, and then you and your family can go down there, and you’ll be safe from the wind.”
So Joe built a room under the ground. It was a lot of work, because the ground was hard. But after that, the weather was good for a very long time.
There was no wind, and Joe spoke angrily. He said, “Why have I listened to my neighbours? I didn’t have to make that room under the ground. The wind never blows strongly here.”
But one day there was a very strong wind, and Joe and his family had to go down into their room under the ground.
They were there for a long time. When the wind stopped, and they came up. Some of the windows and doors in their house were broken.
Joe was not angry about his work now. He smiled happily and said, “Ah! I’m glad I built that room!”
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.
Question 1.
Joe wanted to sell his land to ________
(A) Start a business
(B) Buy better land
(C) Build a house
(D) Go abroad
Answer:
(B) Buy better land
Question 2.
The weather was often bad at ________
(A) Joe’s old place
(B) South of the country
(C) East of the country
(D) West of Joe’s new place.
Answer:
(C) East of the country
Question 3.
Joe constructed an underground cellar for ________
(A) Himself
(B) His Family
(C) His friends
(D) His neighbours
Answer:
(B) His Family
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
What advice did the neighbours give to Joe?
Answer:
As there would be strong winds, it was better to construct underground room to save the family.
Question 5.
How did Joe change his attitude?
Answer:
Suddenly there was a heavy wind one day and Joe had to use the cellar to save his family.
(34) Read the following passage. (March 2018)
Tyagaraja was born atTiruvarur in Tanjavur district of Tamil Nadu on May 4, 1767. He was the third child of his parents, Ramabrahmam and Sitamma. They spoke Telugu at home. Tyagaraja had an elder brother named Panchapakesan or Jalpesan.
There was music in Tyagaraja’s blood. His mother was a good singer. He had his first lessons in music from her. His father was a good scholar in Telugu and Sanskrit. He learnt both the languages from him. When he was seven years old, the family moved to a village called Thiruvaiyaru.
Tyagaraja was interested in music from his childhood. Even as a young boy he used to compose songs and write them on the walls of his house. Noticing his son’s interest in music, his father took him to Sonti Venkataramayya, a musician at the court of King Sarabhoji of Tanjavur. Tyagaraja became his disciple and learnt music from him.
When he grew up, he spent most of his time composing songs and singing them in front of the idol of Lord Rama in his house. He was married at the age of eighteen. Once a week he went along the streets singing songs in praise of God and maintained his family with what people gave him. He never cared for wealth. But his elder brother, Jalpesan, wanted him to earn money through his music.
One day, the Raja of Tanjavur invited Tyagaraja to sing in his court. He offered him a gift of fifty acres of land and a lot of gold coins. But Tyagaraja refused to sing in the king’s court. Jalpesan was wild with anger. He insisted Tyagaraja to sing in the king’s court. They can be rich and live a happy life. When Tyagaraja disagreed, he threw the idol of Lord Rama into the river Kaveri.
Not finding his deity at home, Tyagaraja composed many songs in praise of Lord Rama and sang them with great feeling. After two months he had a dream. He saw the place where his idol of Lord Rama was lying. The next morning he went to the place, found the idol and brought it back home. In a joyful mood, he sang many songs in praise of his deity.
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.
Question 1.
Tyagaraja refused the gift of land and gold coins offered to him by the king because
(A) his songs were his dedication to God
(B) he enjoyed singing on the streets more
(C) he did not have any respecty for the king
(D) he had sufficient money to live.
Answer:
(A) his songs were his dedication to God
Question 2.
Tyagaraja had his first music lessons from his
(A) father Ramabrahmam
(B) mother sitamma
(C) music teacher Venkataramayya
(D) brother Jalpesan.
Answer:
(B) mother sitamma
Question 3.
Jalpesan threw the idol of Lord Rama into the river because
(A) the king had ordered him to do so
(B) he wanted to stop Tyagaraja singing in praise of Rama
(C) Tyagaraja was not giving him food
(D) he was jealous of Tyagaraja.
Answer:
(B) he wanted to stop Tyagaraja singing in praise of Rama
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
How did Tyagaraja get the idol back ?
Answer:
Tyagaraja had a dream in which he saw the place where the idol was lying. He went to the place and brought it back home.
Question 5.
Do you support the act of Jalpesan ? Justify your answer.
Answer:
No, I don’t support the act of Jalpesan. His brother Tyagaraja was satisfied with what the people gave him. His songs were dedìcated to God.
(35) Read the following passage. (June 2018)
Chocolate is liked by all irrespective of a child or an adult. Nowadays, different types of edible products mixed with chocolate powder are available in the market. Some of them are chocolate ice-creams, chocolate coffee, chocolate tea and chocolate milk.
A chocolate tree may sound like something made up in a book or film, but chocolate really does come from trees. A tree called ‘Cocoa’ is the source of all cocoa powder and chocolate.
Cocoa trees grow only in warm areas that get a lot of rain. Long fruits called ‘pods’ grow on these trees. Pods range in colour from bright yellow to deep purple. Inside the pods are rows of seeds called cocoa beans. Each is about the size and shape of a big fingernail. It is from these cocoa beans that we get one of the world’s favourite foods, i.e. chocolate.
A lot of things have to be done to the beans before they are formed into chocolates. The beans turn into a rich colour and begin to smell like chocolate after being left in a damp place for a few days. They are roasted and ground into a paste in a factory. A fatty yellow liquid ‘cocoa butter’ has to be removed from the paste to make dry cocoa powder. The paste in fact is very bitter. So, a lot of sugar is mixed in it. The chocolate is then poured into moulds to harden into chocolate bars.
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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.
Question 1.
According to the passage, chocolate is ________
(A) world’s tasty food
(B) world’s popular food
(C) world’s favourite food
(D) world’s expensive food
Answer:
(C) world’s favourite food
Question 2.
Climate most suitable for cocoa trees to grow is ________
(A) dry without rains
(B) slightly wet in monsoon
(C) warm with heavy rains
(D) arid with no rainfall
Answer:
(C) warm with heavy rains
Question 3.
‘Cocoa butter’ is removed from paste to ________
(A) make dry cocoa powder
(B) get bitterness
(C) make pods
(D) to add sugar.
Answer:
(A) make dry cocoa powder
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
Question 4.
How are pods described ?
Answer:
Long fruits of cocoa trees are called pods. Pods range In colour from bright yellow to deep purple.
Question 5.
Write the names of chocolate products available in your area.
Answer:
Chocolate ice-creams, chocolate coffee, chocolate tea and chocolate milk.