Telangana SCERT 7th Class English Guide Pdf Telangana Unit 6C Learn How to Climb Trees Textbook Questions and Answers.
TS 7th Class English Guide Unit 6C Learn How to Climb Trees
Answer the following questions :
Question 1.
What do you think is the main reason for the tiger’s attack on Har Singh ?
Answer:
Har Singh fired at jungle fowl that rose cackling out of the dense scrub. The tiger got angry and attacked on him.
Question 2.
What kind of a person was the doctor ? Justify your answer.
Answer:
The doctor was very kind, dedicated and devoted person in his profession. Even though it was a night time, he sewed the stomach of Har Singh in a lantern light. Moreover he was not greedy. When Kunwar Singh offered him two rupees, he declined it. He thought “Service to humanity is service to God.”
Question 3.
What would you do if you were in the narrator’s place when the tiger attacked Har Singh? Do you think that it is appropriate to give an eight year old a gun?
Answer:
If I were in the narrator’s place, I would shoot the tiger and kill it. I would stop the tiger from attacking Har Singh. I would teach Har Singh to climb trees.
I don’t think it is appropriate to give an eight year old a gun. He is not mature enough to use it. He would not know exactly when to use it.
Question 4.
What do you think the narrator wants to convey through this story ?
Answer:
The narrator wants to convey the idea of learning the skill of climbing trees
since childhood. Whenever any person goes to jungle for shooting, this skill saves him. Otherwise, he will have to face the problem like Har Singh.
Learn How to Climb Trees Summary in English
When I was given a gun for the first time, Kunwar Singh came to me and told me that I should learn to climb trees. That would help me in the forests. He told me a story about the importance of learning to climb trees in the following way.
Har Singh and I went for hunting. But as we could not find any animal we returned. While returning through a nullah, we faced a tiger. As we stood still, he went away. On seeing the tiger birds flew away. One bird sat on a branch. Har Singh shot at it. At that time, the tiger came roaring and attacked Har Singh. I climbed up a tree but Har Singh did not know how to climb a tree. I shot my gun into the air.
The tiger ran away. I came down and saw Har Singh’s stomach. It was tom and the intestines came out. I thrust the intestines into his stomach and tied his stomach with my turban. On the way, we went to a doctor who sewed his stomach. As we reached home the women were crying.
Glossary:
paling (v) = appearing less bright
nullah (n) = a water course, especially a dry one
scrub (n) = an area of dry land covered with small bushes and trees.
scrub (v) = the act of rubbing hard in order to clean some surface
cackling (v) = making a loud unpleasent noise
collapse (v) = to fall down suddenly because of loss of strength or support
sew (v) = to join two pieces of cloth together using a needle and thread
frighten (v) = to cause a feeling of fear
grasp (v) = to catch or hold of something
visit = see
provided = if
stared = looked at seriously
terrifying = fearful
sprang = leaped
knitted = tied
Self Assessment:
How well have I understood this unit?
Read and tick (✓) in the appropriate box.
Section – A : Reading Comprehension
Pleasc also practise additional exercises given from P.No. 228 to 240
(Questions 1 -10) : Read the following passage from “A Hero”.
Swami was pained and angry. He did not like the cruelty his father was showing. He cursed the newspaper that had printed the tiger’s story. He wished that the tiger had not spared the boy.
The night advanced and the silence in the house deepened. Swami’s heart began to beat faster. He remembered all the stories of devils and ghosts he had heard. He was almost faint with fear.
Swami hurriedly got up and spread his bed under the bench and crouched there. It seemed to be a much safer place. He shut his eyes tight and encased himself in his blanket. Unknown to himself, Swami fell asleep. In his sleep he had a terrible dream.
A tiger was chasing him.Swami tried hard to escape but his feet could not move. He tried to open his eyes but his eyelids would not open. He groaned in despair.
(1 – 5) Now answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5 M
Question 1.
Swami was angry because ………………… ( )
A) he became a laughing – stock in school
B) his father complained to his teacher
C) his father threatened to make him a laughing stock if he didnot sleep alone.
D) the tiger’s story was printed in the news paper.
Answer:
C) his father threatened to make him a laughing stock if he didnot sleep alone
Question 2.
Swami was ( )
A) sound asleep
B) sleeping alone
C) waiting for the thief
D) cursing his father
Answer:
B) sleeping alone
Question 3.
Swami saw a ……………… in his dream ( )
A) tiger
B) thief
C) ghost
D) person
Answer:
A) tiger
Question 4.
Swami found the place ………………. to be a much safer place. ( )
A) beside his grandma
B) beside his father
C) in his father’s office
D) under the bench
Answer:
D) under the bench
Question 5.
Swami cursed the tiger’s story because ( )
A) the tiger was chasing him
B) his father wanted Swami to be brave after reading that story
C) he got the dream of a tiger
D) the tiger wounded him
Answer:
B) his father wanted Swami to be brave after reading that story.
(6 – 10) Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10 M
Question 6.
What did father want Swami to do ?
Answer:
Father wanted Swami to steep alone in his office room.
Question 7.
From when did Swami promise to sleep alone ?
Answer:
Swami promised to sleep alone from the 1st of next month.
Question 8.
Why did Swami groan in despair ?
Answer:
Swami saw a tiger chasing him in his dream. He tried hard to escape but his feet could not move. So he groaned in despair.
Question 9.
Why was the burglar have a bleeding knee?
Answer:
Swami clutched the leg of the burglar and bit him hard, so the burglar had a bleeding knee.
Question 10.
Why didn’t Swami’s mother want him to sleep alone again ?
Answer:
Swami’s mother didnot want to risk his life so she didnot want him to sleep alone.
(Questions 11 – 16) : Read the following Passage.
Weight-loss clinics have become big business in India because ninety percent of affluent city Indians are overweight for the simple reason – they constantly overeat foods like wafers, pastries, chocolates and burgers, samosas, icecreams. But what really amazes me is that overweight Indians have no awareness of calorie intake or calorie burning. How can they slim down when they don’t know what made them fat in the first place ?
Ironically, it is the poor people who are slim and muscular in India. People like labourers, plumbers, electricians and carpenters, unlike in the west where the working class tend to be overweight while the rich are lean.
Actually there is a simple trick to staying slim. Don’t keep fattening foods at home. Don’t keep wafers, biscuits, chocolates, pastries or cold cuts like ham salaami or sausages. Instead keep lots of seasonal fruits like guavas, apples, oranges or annar and salads like tomatoes, cucumbers and carrots. That way you don’t eat fattening food even when you want to because it isn’t available. You will be forced to eat fruits and salads which fill the stomach and give the few calories needed.
(11 – 12) Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 2 × 1 = 2 M
Question 11.
It is difficult to slim down in India because ( )
A) people don’t eat apples and oranges.
B) they donot know what food made them fat.
C) they don’t do any exercise
D) there are fewer weight loss clinics.
Answer:
B) they donot know what food made them fat.
Question 12.
The simple trick for staying slim is ( )
A) keeping fattening food at home but not eating them.
B) eating only biscuits and not eating chocolates
C) keeping a record of the calories we take in
D) not keeping fattening food at home
Answer:
D) not keeping fattening food at home
Answer the questions in two or three sentences each. 4 × 2 = 8M
Question 13.
Eating what types of food causes over weight ?
Answer:
Eating wafers, biscuits, chocolates, pastries, ham salads or sausages causes overweight.
Question 14.
What vegetables should be eaten to stay slim ?
Answer:
Salads like tomatoes, cucumber, carrots should be eaten to stay slim.
Question 15.
How do fruits and vegetables help us ?
Answer:
Fruits and vegetables fill our stomach and give the few calories needed.
Question 16.
How are the people of working class in the west ?
Answer:
In the west the working class are over weight while the rich are lean.
Section – B : Vocabulary & Grammar
Read the following passage focussing on the parts that are underlined and answer the questions given at the end. Write the answers in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5M
Ravi : My neighbours play very loud (17) music, which disturbs me when I’m studying.
Mohan : Why don’t you try persuading (18) them to turn down the volume?
Shiela : It that doesn’t work you could think of changing your study time.
Rahim : Why should Ravi have to do that? He really ought to report such anti – social behaviour to the police.
Shiela : Before taking drastic action like that, I would advise you to sort it out (19) amicably (20) with your neighbours.
Rahim : If I were you. I would play my music even louder ! (21)
Mohan : That won’t solve his problem. Ravi, I think you should ask your father to take it up with your neighbours.
Question 17.
Choose an appropriate antonym of loud from the given options. ( )
A) melodious
B) quite
C) quiet
D) noisy
Answer:
C) quiet
Question 18.
Choose an appropriate synonym for ‘persuading’ from the given options.( )
A) convincing
B) ordering
C) commanding
D) begging
Answer:
A) convincing
Question 19.
The phrasal verb ‘sort out’ in the expression ‘sort it out’ means. ( )
A) to check something.
B) to keep something somewhere.
C) to touch something
D) to arrange something in an order
Answer:
D) to arrange something in an order
Question 20.
The meaning of amicably’ ( )
A) hatefully
B) hopefully
C) friendly
D) nicely
Answer:
C) friendly
Question 21.
The underlined expression is ( )
A) an advice
B) a request
C) a command
D) a suggestion
Answer:
A) an advice
(Q. 22 – 26) Complete the following passage choosing right words from those given below it. Each blank is numbered, and for each blank four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) are given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5M
The holy city of Varanasi stands as ………………… (22) evidence for how the people are ………………… (23) and destroying the environment. We, the human beings cause all kinds of pollution ………………… (24) the earth. In one way we are destroying ………………… (25) and our future generations. The Ganga river is one of the fewer rivers in India that ………………… (26) rich in water resources.
Question 22.
A) a
B) an
C) the
D)such
Answer:
B) an
Question 23.
A) polluting
B) pollute
C) polluted
D) pollution
Answer:
A) polluting
Question 24.
A) in
B) at
C) on
D) to
Answer:
C) on
Question 25.
A) ourself
B) themself
C) themselves
D) ourselves
Answer:
D) ourselves
Question 26.
A) are
B) is
C) was
D) were
Answer:
A) are
(Q. 27 – 31) Read the following passage. Five sentences are numbered. Each numbered sentence has an error. Find the error and write the correct answer in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5 M
(27) At last, using utmost effort he open his eyes. (28) He puted his hand out to feel his grany’s presence, as was his habit. (29) But he only touched the wood leg of the bench. (30) At once his lone state came back to him. (31) He shaked in fear and closed his eyes.
Answer:
27. opened his eyes
28. He put
29. the wooden leg
30. his lonely state
31. He shook in fear
Section – C : Conventions of Writing
(Q. 32) Read the following passage carefully and supply the punctuation marks (., ? ” “) and capital letters, wherever necessary. Also correct the spelling of the underlined word. 5M
Raman was equally delited. excellent news he said, smiling at the visitor and then he was lost in thought. But look here krishnan he said turning to the young man.
Answer:
Raman was equally delighted, “Excellent news,” he said, smiling at the visitor and then he was lost in thought. “But look here Krishnan,” he said, turning to the young man.
Section – D : Creative Writing
Question 33 – 12 M
A) In the lesson “A Hero’ Swami caught a thief by biting on his leg. The principal of Swami’s school decides to write a news report for the school daily in order to encourage other students. Imagine you are the principal. Write a news report on the above incident.
Answer:
A brave heart catches a notorious house – breaker
Enmalkuduru, August 19, 20xx :
A young lad of 9 to 10 years studying in class IV in our school makes the whole family and the school proud by nabbing a notarious house – breaker. The boy who was sleeping in his father’s office room, heard a rustling noise in the room. On seeing someone moving in darkness he held the person by his leg and bit him hard. The boy, from the movement of the person, had understood that he was not an inmate of the house. He observed the movements carefully and suspecting him to be an outsider or a thief.
He immediately decided to take an action. On being bitten, the thief fell amidst the furniture making aloud noise and waking everyone up. The elders in the house then rushed into the room and caught the thief. The police was called in immediately and the burglar was handed over. The police was grateful to the boy for nabbing the burglar as he was a wanted criminal. A 4th class student thus saved his house from being robbed and at the same time discharged his social responsibility.
Principal
XYZ School.
Question 34 :
Write a story using the given hints. 8 M
Winter – cold nights – Akbar – near pond people do anything for money says Birbal – Akbar – challenge – stand in pond – full night – gold coins – poor Brahmin – stands – looking at – Akbar’s lamp in palace – next day – Akbar – got heat from lamp – refused award.
Answer:
Once in chilled winter when the nights were very cold, Akbar and Birbal were standing near a pond. Akbar and Birbal had a conversation and Birbal exclaimed that people can do anything for money. Akbar disagreed and challenged Birbal if any one could stand in the cold pond the whole night and risk his life. Birbal said that people would. Akbar announced a bag of coins of gold as reward.
The next day a poor Brahmin agreed to stand in the pond. He spent the whole night in the pond and went to Akbar’s court for reward. Akbar asked him how he could manage the whole night. The Brahmin replied that he kept staring at the lamp lit in the palace. Akbar immediately responded that the Brahmin didnot deserve the reward as he acquired heat from the lamp in his palace. The poor, helpless, Brahmin went home disheartened.
Additional Exercises:
Section – A : Reading Comprehension
Questions 1 – 10:
1. Read the following poem.
My plane was just about to crash.
So, I grabbed my bag and
Took out my big blue parachute
to glide me down and land.
At last, I found a spot to land.
But there was a big breeze
And so, I had to painfully
land on these sharp pine trees
I was then filled with bruises as
a pine fell on my ear.
(1 – 5) 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 poet took out the parachute to ( )
A) glide down and land
B) to practice sky – diving
C) to collect pine
D) for a wonderful experience
Answer:
A) glide down and land
Question 2.
What caused bruises on the poet’s body ? ( )
A) the big breeze
B) a pine
C) the big blue parachute
D) the pine tree
Answer:
B) a pine
Question 3.
The poet had to land in a hurry because ( )
A) there was a big breeze
B) he grabbed his parachute
C) the plane was about to crash
D) his bag was too big to carry
Answer:
C) the plane was about to crash
Question 4.
The word ‘bruise’ means ( )
A) be drunk
B) purple mark of wound
C) clear profile of a person
D) pricks on the body
Answer:
B) purple mark of wound
Question 5.
The poet finally had a ……….. landing. ( )
A) adventurous
B) safe
C) painful
D) dangerous
Answer:
C) painful
(6 – 10) Answer the following questions in one or two sentences each.
Question 6.
What tickled the poet’s body ?
Answer:
Bugs crept all over the poet’s body and tickled him.
Question 7.
Was the poet’s adventure real ? What tells this ?
Answer:
No, the poets adventure was a dream. He woke up scratching and went to school.
Question 8.
Why did the poet appear like a fool ?
Answer:
The poet appeared like a fool because the mosquitoes and bugs crept on him and bit him in his dream but he thought that it was real and he woke up scratching.
Question 9.
What awful experiences did the poet have ?
Answer:
The poet fell in sharp pine trees and had bruises as a pine fell on his ear.
A thorn poked him, mosquitoes bit his nose and bugs crept all over his body.
Question 10.
Pick the pairs of rhyming words in the poem.
Answer:
breeze – trees, fool – school, and – land.
2. Read the following passage.
Har Singh and I went to shoot one day last April. We started when the stars were paling. Since we found nothing to shoot, we started for home towards evening. While we were taking a sandy nullah that ran through dense scrub and thorn-bamboo jungle, a tiger was looking at us. It stared at us for some time but went back.
We continued on our way and the tiger came out again and it was growling and twitching its tail. We stood still and luckily, the tiger left the nullah. Being disturbed by the tiger, a number of jungle fowl rose cackling out of the dense scrub. One of them alighted on a branch and Har Singh fired at it.
(1-5) 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 writer went to the forest at ( )
A) dawn
B) dusk
C) noon
D) mid night
Answer:
A) dawn
Question 2.
The fowl cackled because …………………… ( )
A) Har Singh shot at it
B) they were disturbed by a tiger
C) one of them alighted on a branch
D) the nullah was sandy
Answer:
B) they were disturbed by a tiger
Question 3.
Har Singh fired at …………….. ( )
A) the tiger
B) Jim Corbett
C) a bird
D) a branch
Answer:
C) a bird
Question 4.
The 2nd time the tiger ……………… ( )
A) growled and twitched its tail
B) stood still
C) stared at Har Singh and the narrator
D) attacked Har Singh.
Answer:
A) growled and twitched its tail
Question 5.
The above text is ( )
A) a biography
B) fiction
C) autobiography
D) one act play
Answer:
C) autobiography
(6 – 10) Answer the following questions in one or two sentences each.
Question 6.
How did Jim Corbett escape from the tiger ?
Answer:
Jim Corbett climbed up a rum tree and escaped from the tiger.
Question 7.
How did the narrator chase the tiger away ?
Answer:
The narrator fired a shot off into the air from his gun and drove the tiger away.
Question 8.
Why do you think the tiger attacked them ?
Answer:
Har Singh fired at a fowl sitting on a branch. The gun shot must have angered the tiger so he attacked them.
Question 9.
How deeply was Har Singh wounded ?
Answer:
One of the tigers claws had entered Har singh’s stomach and torn it from the navel to a few fingers beneath the back bone. All his intestines had come out of the stomach and fallen on the ground.
Question 10.
What did the doctor do to Har Singh ?
Answer:
The doctor rewed up the hole in Har Singhs stomach.
3. Read the following passage.
There was once a healthy, attractive young girl named Persephone. She lived with her mother, Demeter, in warm Sicily, Demeter was the powerful Goddess of all growing things, especially plants people use for food. One day Persephone went out into the fields with some of her friends to pick flowers.
Suddenly the earth shook and a large opening appeared. A chariot drawn by two jet black stallions and driven by a man with fearsome features emerged. The frightening figure leaped towards Persephone, grabbed her by the wrist, and dragged her into the chariot.
Persephone called for help and struggled to free herself, but she could not. Within seconds, he had borne her away through the abyss into the earth. He was Hades, king of the underworld. He had heard of Persephone’s great beauty and had come to take her for his bride. Too late, Demeter heard her daughter’s cries and rushed to save her. For days and months she wandered over the earth searching for Persephone. Finally, the Sun told her that Persephone had been taken to the world of the dead, the world beneath the earth.
Demeter was in despair. She neglected her duties and soon the green, fertile land became brown, frozen, and lifeless. She vowed that the earth would never have green plants, trees and grain until her daughter returned to her.
(11 – 12) 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 11.
Who came out of the large opening in the earth? ( )
A) Persephone
B) Demeter
C) Hades
D) Sicily
Answer:
C) Hades
Question 12.
She neglected her duties – who is she ? ( )
A) Persephone
B) Demeter
C) the Sun God
D) Hades
Answer:
B) Demeter
(13 – 16) Answer the following questions in one or two sentences in your own words.
Question 13.
Where was Persephone taken ?
Answer:
Persephone was taken to the world of the dead, the world beneath the earth.
Question 14.
Why did Persephone go out into the fields ?
Answer:
Persephone went out into the fields to pick flowers.
Question 15.
What happened when Demeter was in despair ?
Answer:
When Demeter was in despair, she neglected her duties which made the green fertile land – brown, frozen and lifeless.
Question 16.
Why didn’t Demeter come to save her daughter immediately ?
Answer:
It was too late by the time Demeter heard her daughters cries so she couldn’t come immediately to save her daughter.
4. We first became aware that something unusual was happening when one of the ship’s officers came up to the Chief Engineer, who sat at one table and spoke to him on a low voice. The Chief Engineer at once stood up and with a brief excuse which told us nothing, left the dinning room. At first we thought that there had been an accident or that afire had broken out on board ship, but soon the word went round that a man had been floating in the sea.
Then we noticed that the ship had slowed down and was beginning to turn round, with a rather violent motion. Some of the passengers did not wait to finish their meal, but at once rushed upon deck. Others crowded round the portholes, making it impossible for us to eat in comfort. There was such confusion in the dining room that we decided to join those who had come up on deck.
We learnt that one of the crew had seen a man in the sea some distance from the ship. He had informed the captain who at once ordered the ship to be turned round. We were now only two hundred yards or so from the man and a life boat had already been lowered into the sea. In it there were four sailors, who were sitting ready at the oars, an officer and the ships doctor. The officer shouted an order and the sailors began to row away the ship.
But looking in the same direction as the boat was going, we were able to make out the position of the man in the water. He was clinging to a large piece of wood. At last, after what seemed to us an age the life boat reached the man and two of the sailors pulled him on the boat.This was not at all easy for the sea was rather ruff. Then the sailors began to row back to the ship again. The life boat was raised out of the water and the rescued man, rapped in a blanket was helped out on the deck.
Leaning on the arm of the ships doctor, but still able to walk, in spite of his terrible experience
he was led off to the ship’s hospital. As he passed along the deck everyone cheered loudly.
(11 – 12) 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 11.
The man in the sea was …………….. ( )
A) a pirate
B) a soldier
C) clinging to a piece of wood
D) shouting for help
Answer:
C) clinging to a piece of wood
Question 12.
The ship was turned round …………… ( )
A) because there was an iceberg on the way
B) a man was seen in the sea
C) the weather was rough
D) there were no life boats
Answer:
B) a man was seen in the sea
(13 – 16) Answer the following questions in one or two sentences in your own words.
Question 13.
How many people were there in the life boat ?
Answer:
There were six people – four sailors, an officer and the ship’s doctor.
Question 14.
Why do you think people cheered the man ?
Answer:
The people cheered the man because he didnot give up. lnspite of the rough weather, he was clinging to the piece of wood and survived.
Question 15.
How was the man helped ?
Answer:
The man was saved from the sea. He was wrapped in a blanket and was taken to the ship’s hospital.
Question 16.
What did the captain do on hearing the news ?
Answer:
On hearing the news the captain ordered the ship to be turned round.
Section – B : Vocabulary & Grammar
Questions 17 – 21:
Read the following passage focussing on the parts that are underlined and answer the questions given at the end. Write the answers in your answer booklet.
5. Leadership doesnot exist without fellowship. A leader has to be accepted (17) by the group who (18) the former (19) is supposed to lead. To gain accept (20) the leader should cause an emotive impact (21) on the group members.
Question 17.
Choose the antonym of the underlined word. ( )
A) rejected
B) ascent
C) assent
D) descent
Answer:
A) rejected
Question 18.
Choose the correct word. ( )
A) whom
B) who
C) which
D) whose
Answer:
C) which
Question 19.
Choose the antonym of the underlined word. ( )
A) later
B) latter
C) after
D) next
Answer:
B) latter
Question 20.
Choose the correct word. ( )
A) accepting
B) accepted
C) accept
D) acceptance
Answer:
D) acceptance
Question 21.
Choose the synonym of the word. ( )
A) influence
B) dependance
C) fellowship
D) command
Answer:
A) influence
6. It wasn’t long before Jonathan Gull was off by himself again, far out at sea, hungry (17), happy, learning, careful (18) as he was, working at the very peak (19) of his able (20), he lost control at a high speed. The key he think (21) at last was to hold the wings still at high speed.
Question 17.
Write the noun form of the word. ( )
A) hungrier
B) hungry
C) hungrily
D) hunger
Answer:
D) hunger
Question 18.
Choose the antonym of the underlined word. ( )
A) carefree
B) careless
C) under care
D) cautions
Answer:
B) careless
Question 19.
Choose the meaning of ‘peak’ ( )
A) mountain top
B) top story
C) nadir
D) highest point
Answer:
D) highest point
Question 20.
Choose the correct form of the word. ( )
A) ably
B) ability
C) ableness
D) disable
Answer:
B) ability
Question 21.
Choose the correct word. ( )
A) taught
B) thinking
C) thought
D) thinked
Answer:
C) thought
Questions 22 – 26:
Complete the following passage choosing right words from those given below it. Each blank is numbered, and for each blank four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) are given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5M
7. __________ (22) a landmark judgement, the supreme court __________ (23) Monday legalized passive euthanasia giving thousands __________ (24) patients __________ (25) in a vegetative state all __________ (26) the country, the right to have artificial support system withdrawn.
Question 22.
A) In
B) As
C) For
D) By
Answer:
B) As
Question 23.
A) in
B) at
C) on
D) by
Answer:
C) on
Question 24.
A) in
B) of
C) by
D) for
Answer:
B) of
Question 25.
A) living
B) live
C) lived
D) life
Answer:
A) living
Question 26.
A) by
B) along
C) over
D) across
Answer:
C) over
8. Kites have __________ (22) long and illustrious history, starting perhaps as __________ (23) as 260 BC, when a Chinese general, Han Hsin, used them to overthrow __________ (24) evil emperor. There __________ (25) many versions of the story and one is that Han ordered his men __________ (26) build a kite and fly it over the emperor’s palace.
Question 22.
A) a
B) the
C) some
D) any
Answer:
A) a
Question 23.
A) soon
B) early
C) late
D) before
Answer:
B) early
Question 24.
A) the
B) a
C) an
D) no article
Answer:
C) an
Question 25.
A) has
B) is
C) have
D) are
Answer:
D) are
Question 26.
A) of
B) on
C) to
D) any
Answer:
C) to
Questions 27 – 31:
Read the following passage. Five sentences are numbered. Each numbered sentence has an error. Find the error and write the correct answer in your answer booklet.
9. Swami, “Listen to this: (27) News has been receive (28) about the brave of a village lad (29) which was returning home by a jungle path. While he was in the middle of the jungle, (30) he come face to face with a tiger. The news paper gave a detailed account (31) of the boy’s fight of the tiger.
Answer:
27. has been received
28. about the bravery
29. lad who was
30. he came
31. fight with the tiger.
10. Swami looked at Granny (27), hesitated for a movement and then followed his father into the office room. (28) Let me sleeping in the hall, Father.” (29) Swami plead (30) Your office room is very dirt and (31) there may be scorpions behind you law books.
Answer:
27. for a moment
28. let me sleep
29. Swami pleaded
30. room is very dirty
31. behind your law books as
Section – C : Conventions of Writing
Question 32:
(Q. 32) Read the following passage carefully and supply the punctuation marks (., ? ” “) and capital letters, wherever necessary. Also correct the spelling of the underlined word.
11. Books and stories with morals appealed to gandhi very much the nobel story of the play Sravana Pitrubhakti was read by him again and again.
Answer:
Books and stories with morals appealed to Gandhi very much. The noble story of the play “Sravana Pitrubhakti” was read by him again and again.
12. fire, fire the shouts reached harry. Who was sleeping in a room, are the shouts real or am I dreeming thought he – when he opened his eyes he was shoked.
Answer:
“Fire, Fire”, the shouts reached Harry, who was sleeping in a room. “Are there shouts real or am I dreaming ?’ thought he. When he opened his eyes, he was shocked.
Section – D : Creative Expression
Question 33.
13. The news that Har Singh was attacked by a tiger spread in the nearby villages. A reporter of a local daily comes to interview Har Singh about the incident.
Imagine you are the reporter, write an interview between Har Singh and the reporter.
Answer:
Reporter : Good morning. I come from the local daily to interview you on the incident that happened.
Har Singb : (groaning in pain) Ah ! Good morning.
Reporter : When did it happen?
Har Singh : It happened last evening whiíe we were returning from the jungle.
Reporter : Was any one else there with you?
Has Singh : Yes, my friend Jim and I were together.
Reporter : Did it even attack your friend?
Har Singh : No, he had climbed a tree, so he is safe.
Reporter : What about you then?
Hay Singh : I dont know to climb trees, so the tiger attacked me.
Reporter : Did you do anything on seeing it?
Hat Singh : No, I didn’t do anything to the tiger but, disturbed by the tiger, a number of jungle fowl rose cackling out of the dense scrub. I shot at one which flew on a branch.
Reporter : Oh, so the gun shot must have irked the tiger.
Har Singh : Might be.
Reoorter : How deep is the wound?
Har Singh : (Showing the stitches) The cut was very deep. All the intestines had come out.
Reporter : How did you manage then?
Har Singh : My friend tied his turban around my stomach and helped me to a doctor.
(OR)
14. When Swami’s father asks him to sleep alone, Swami goes to his mother and tries to explain to his mother that he cannot sleep alone. He gives various excuses in order not to sleep alone.
Write an imaginary conversation between Swami and his mother.
Answer:
Mother : What’s the matter Swami, you look sad.
Swami : Mom, I don’t want to sleep alone.
Mother : But you are a grown up chíld now, Swami, you should learn to be independent.
Swami : But none of my classmates sleep alone. They sleep either with their parents or with their grand parents.
Mother : Is it? You know it seems father started sleeping alone right from his 2nd class.
Swami : May be, dad is really brave but I am not that brave.
Mother : Why do you think so?
Swami : I sometimes get terrible dreams. As if a ghost wants to catch me.
Mother : Really, what do you do then?
Swami : I wake granny up. She puts her hand on me and I sleep then.
Mother : You know, you need not wake granny up. There are no ghosts or devils. It is only your fear.
Swami : But mom, why don’t you understand?
Mother : Okay! I shall see what I can do.
Swami : Thank you mom.
Question 34:
15. You visited the zoo last week. Write a diary entry in about 50 words about your experience.
Answer:
Friday, Date : XX.XX.XXXX 9.30 p.m.
Last week my friend and I went to the Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad. It was a kind of picnic for us. We saw various birds and animals. They looked lovely. The monkeys from Africa gave us delight with their feats. We saw lions, tigers, blue bulls, reptiles. However, they looked sad in their enclosures. I felt sad for them and for their loss of their liberty.
Ramana
16. Here is a bio-sketch of Karanam Malleswari. Prepare a profile of her.
Mrs. Karanam Malleswari was born on 01 – 06 -1975. Her height was 158 cm / 5′ 2″. She represented Andhra Pradesh. She was associated with Women’s Weight Lifting. Her first entry was in National Junior Weight Lifting Championship. Her best career was in Asian Games 1998, Bangkok, Silver – 63kg. Her hobbies are watching films, playing cricket. She won 11 Gold, 3 Silver + Olympic Bronze apart from Padma Sri in 1999.
Answer:
Name : Mrs. Karanam Malleswari
Date of Birth : 01 – 06 – 1975
Height : 158 cm / 5’ 2”
State /Team she represented : Andhra Pradesh
Sports / Game she is associated with : Women’s Weight Lifting
Debut (first entry) : National Junior Weight Lifting Championship
Best in the career : Asian Games 1998 Bangkok – Silver – 63kg
Hobbies : Watching films, Playing cricket
Awards / Medals received : 11 Gold, 3 Silver + Olympic Bronze, Padma Sri – 1999.