TS 8th Class English Important Questions 1st lesson Family

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TS 8th Class English Important Questions 1st lesson Family

Section – A: Reading Comprehension (25 Marks)

Questions : 1 – 10, Marks : 15

1. Read the following passage.

When he arrived unexpectedly at his home in the countryside in his office car and got down at the gate, his mother, who was lying in an armchair on the veranda, made a futile attempt to get up.

‘Kamala, there is somebody at the gate,’ she said, ‘somebody is in a car.’

Kamala, her eldest daughter, a widow, who was sitting huddled up on the thinna on the veranda, her head and ears covered with a thin bath towel, got up reluctantly, walked slowly to the gate and screwing up her eyes peered into the darkness.

She saw a bald, fat, middle-aged man walking in through the gate.

‘Oh, Gopi!’ She said in her grating voice. ‘Why this sudden unexpected visit?’ ‘Kamala, who is it?’ Her mother asked loudly from the veranda.

‘Gopi,’ the man said. ‘There was a meeting in Thiruvananthapuram. I just dropped in on my way back.’
‘Who? Kamala, who is it?’ There was a note of alarm in Amma’s voice.

‘Amma, why are you so scared?’ Kamala, Gopi’s eldest sister, asked her a little awkwardly. ‘As if you are seeing Gopi for the first time!’
‘Amma, it’s me, Gopi,’ he said again.

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 = 5M)

Question 1.
Gopi went to his mother’s place when
A) he was on his way to Thiruvananthapuram
B) he was on his way back from Thiruvananthapuram
C) his mother wrote a letter to him
D) he wanted to talk with his mother
Answer:
B) he was on his way back from Thiruvananthapuram

Question 2.
‘There was a note of alarm in Amma’s voice’ – Why do you think there was a note of alarm in Amma’s voice ?
A) She saw a thief.
B) She saw her son coming towards her.
C) She was always careful.
D) She was feared to see a stranger.
Answer:
B) She saw her son coming towards her.

Question 3.
Gopi went to Thiruvananthapuram __________
A) to attend a meeting
B) to sell his property
C) to visit his old mother
D) on a summer vacation
Answer:
A) to attend a meeting

Question 4.
” __________ made a futile attempt to get up.” Why dp you think her attempt was futile?
A) she was not interested in her son
B) she was suffering from paralysis
C) she couldn’t walk any more
D) because of her old age
Answer:
D) because of her old age

Question 5.
The word ‘grating’ means in the expression, ‘Oh, Gopi !’ She said in her grating voice”
A) soft and pleasant
B) angry
C) harsh and unpleasant
D) Worrying
Answer:
C) harsh and unpleasant

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

Question 6.
What does Gopi mean by saying ‘Amma, it’s me, Gopi’ ?
Answer:
Amma couldn’t recognize Gopi because of her loss of memory. Gopi was annoyed and wanted to get recognized by her old mother.

Question 7.
Where was the old woman sitting ? Why do you think she made an attempt to get up? ,
Answer:
The old woman was sitting in an armchair on the veranda. She made an attempt to get up when she saw somebody at the gate in a car. She wanted to know about him.

Question 8.
Who was Kamala ? Why was she there in her mother’s home ?
Answer:
Kamala was Gopi’s sister. She lost her husband (she was a widow). So she was living with her old mother. She was there to look after the old Amma.

Question 9.
Why did Kamala say the words ‘Oh Gopi !’ in a grating voice ?
Answer:
It’s long time since Gopi made a visit to the place. Kamala knew very well that he didn’t have any love and affection for Amma. He didn’t show any concern for her. When he made an unexpected visit, Kamala wished him in a grating voice.

Question 10.
Why do you think Kamala got up reluctantly ?
Answer:
Kamala didn’t expect anyone at that time. It was becoming dark and was very cold outside. She huddled up on the thinna on the veranda beside Amma. She was taking some rest and so she was reluctant to get up.

2. Read the following passage.

He bent down and brought his face close to her wrinkled cheeks. ‘Amma, it’s me.’

‘Gopi? Kamala, I can’t believe it! Has his school closed for vacation?’

‘Amma is often like this these days. She doesn’t recognize anybody,’ Gopi’s sister explained. ‘But sometimes her memory is quite sharp. Then she asks me if you have sent any letter. I tell her everything is fine with you, Vimala and the kids. What is the point of telling her that you haven’t written for a year? Poor thing ! I wouldn’t dream of making her unhappy.’

‘I got a promotion last year. After that I am always on my toes. And there are tours quite often. I don’t get any time to write letters.’

‘Why don’t you ask Vimala to write, or doesn’t she get any time too?’
‘What are you mumbling over there?’ Amma said loudly.
‘I heard somebody coming in a car. Who is it?’ ‘
‘I told you, it’s Gopi.’
‘But Gopi is in Delhi, isn’t he?’
‘Yes, Amma, it’s me. I’ve come from Delhi.’

‘Who did Gopi marry?’ Amma said, suddenly lowering her voice. ‘I mean, what’s his wife’s name?’ ,
‘Don’t say you’ve forgotten her name too. Don’t you remember, Vimala, District Collector Nambiar’s eldest daughter?’ Gopi’s sister said.‘Oh, I forgot the name. Was there a letter from Gopi today?’
‘There was. He writes every 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 (5 × 1 = 5M)

Question 1.
‘Amma is often like this these days.’ ____ What does ‘this’ refer to in the above line?
A) very sharp
B) always asking questions
C) recognising everybody
D) not recognizing anybody
Answer:
D) not recognizing anybody

Question 2.
‘Poor thing ! I wouldn’t dream of making her unhappy.’ — Who’ could be unhappy in the above context if she knew the reality ?
A) Kamala
B) Vimala
C) Gopi’s mother
D) Gopi’s daughter
Answer:
C) Gopi’s mother

Question 3.
Pick out the phrase that means ‘busy’ from the above text.
A) on toes
B) mumbling over
C) bent down
D) quite sharp
Answer:
A) on toes

Question 4.
Which of the following statements is not correct according to the text ?
A) Gopi hasn’t written letters to his mother.
B) Gopi’s school has been closed for vacation.
C) Gopi’s mother doesn’t recognize Gopi.Answer:
D) Kamala knows that Gopi hasn’t any love and affection for his mother.
Answer:
B) Gopi’s school has been closed for vacation.

Question 5.
“He bent down and brought his face close to her wrinkled cheeks.” Why do you think he did like that ?
A) he wanted to be recognized by her
B) he couldn’t see her face
C) he wanted to test her
D) he wanted to hug her to express his love for her
Answer:
A) he wanted to be recognized by her

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

Question 6.
According to Gopi, why couldn’t he write letters to his mother ?
Answer:
According to Gopi, he got promotion the previous year. After that he was always on his toes. And there were tours quite often. He didn’t get any time to write letters.

Question 7.
Do you think Gopi did a right thing in not writing letters to his mother ? Justify your answer.
Answer:
I don’t think so. Gopi should write to his mother regularly. He should show love and affection for her. As Amma was suffering from loss of memory, he should be more watchful.

Question 8.
What do you understand by the expression, “Gopi ? Kamala, I can’t believe it! Has his school dosed for vacation”?
Answer:
Amma didn’t recognize Gopi. Though he stood in front of her, she couldn’t recog¬nize him. She still believed that her son was a school going lad. Hence, we can understand that Amma was forgetful by nature. She didn’t recognize anybody.

Question 9.
Amma asked Kamala, 1 mean, what’s his wife’s name ?’ – Do you think she really didn’t know his wife’s name ? If so, why did she say so ?
Answer:
Actually, Amma knew his wife’s name. But because of her old age, she lost her memory. She forgot his son’s wife’s name. So she asked for her name.

Question 10.
Kamala said to Amma, There was. He writes every day.’ – Do you think he really writes every day ? Why do you think she says so to her mother ?
Answer:
Gopi didn’t write letters to his mother regularly. It’s a long time since he wrote a letter to her. But Amma expected letters every day from him. To make her happy, Kamala used to say that she received letters from Gopi every day.

3. Read the following passage.

‘I’m terribly upset if I don’t get a letter from him every day.’
‘He knows it. That’s why he writes every day.’
‘Look at the way she talks,’ Gopi’s sister turned to him. ‘Just as I told you. You know nothing about what’s going on here, do you?’
‘Who is that?’ Amma said again. ‘Who is that in a car?’

‘It’s me,’ Gopi said, i had to come to Thiruvananthapuram. I thought I should drop into see you, Amma.’
‘Who is your Amma? What is her name? Where does she live? Is it far from here?’
‘No, it is quite near.’
‘I don’t know how I can bring back her memory,’ Gopi’s sister said to him exas-peratedly.
Gopi placed his briefcase on the thinnAnswer: He opened it and pulled out the con¬tents.
Clothes, files, a shaving set….

‘Do you know my son, Gopi?’ Amma asked him. ‘He is in Delhi… a Government Officer. He has Kesariyogam…. He draws a salary of two thousand five hundred rupees. Do you know him?’ ‘Yes, I know him.’

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

Question 1.
“He knows it.” — What does ‘it’ refer to in the above expression ?
A) a letter
B) Amnia’s getting upset if she doesn’t receive a letter from Gopi every day
C) terribly upset
D) every day
Answer:
B) Amnia’s getting upset if she doesn’t receive a letter from Gopi every day

Question 2.
What does the word ‘exasperatedly’ mean ?
A) anxiously
B) very excited
C) eagerly
D) very annoyed
Answer:
D) very annoyed

Question 3.
The expression, “He has Kesariyogam” means ______
A) He gets some sweet to eat
B) He is well educated
C) He is a government employee
D) He is well settled
Answer:
D) He is well settled

Question 4.
Gopi’s sister said, “Just as I told you.” ___ What did she say to her brother ?
A) Gopi’s mother doesn’t recognize anybody.
B) Gopi’s mother is eagerly waiting for his arrival.
C) Gopi’s mother is waiting for her sister-in-law.
D) Gopi writes letters every day.
Answer:
A) Gopi’s mother doesn’t recognize anybody.

Question 5.
Gopi’s mother asked Gopi, “Who is your Amina ? What is her name ? Where does she live ? Is it far from here ?” – What is the mother’s intention behind asking him those questions ?
A) She is inquisitive to know about her.
B) She is forgetful by her nature.
C) She is very sharp.
D) She wants to meet Gopi’s mother.
Answer:
B) She is forgetful by her nature.

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

Question 6.
‘I’m terribly upset if I don’t get a letter from him every day.’ — Who does ‘I’ refer to ? Do you think the speaker gets a letter from the other person every day ? If not, why does the speaker say so ?
Answer:
‘I’ refers to Amma. No, the speaker doesn’t get a letter from the other person every day. The speaker says so as her daughter, Kamala keeps on saying that Gopi writes to her every day.

Question 7.
Gopi knows very well that her mother is asking about him only. But, why does he say, ‘Yes, I know him’ ?
Answer:
Gopi comes to know from Kamala that their mother has lost her memory. Amma doesn’t recognize even Gopi. On seeing this, he understands that there is no use of trying to be recognized by her. So he tells her that he knows Gopi.

Question 8.
‘You know nothing about what’s going on here, do you ?’- Why doesn’t the person know what’s going on there ?
Answer:
The person was Gopi. It’s a long time since he visited his mother’s place. He even didn’t write letters to her. So he doesn’t know what is going on there.

Question 9.
Why do you think Gopi didn’t get anything for his mother ?
Answer:
Gopi didn’t have any love and affection for his old mother. He didn’t have any concern for her. He didn’t think about her. He always thought of the welfare of his wife and the kids. So he didn’t get anything for his mother.

Question 10.
Gopi said, ‘I thought I should drop in to see you, AminAnswer:’ – Do you think Gopi was honest in saying so ?
Answer:
Gopi was not honest in saying so. He went to Thiruvananthapuram to attend a meeting. He dropped in there on his way back not to see his Amma but for selling his share of family property.

4. Read the following passage.

‘Tell him to send me a blanket. There is a cold mist in the mornings. If I catch cold, it doesn’t leave me for a long time. Tell him to send a blanket, won’t you? A red one. I had a blanket, the one he brought for me when he was studying in Madras. It is all tattered now, just a ball of knotted yarn. Tell him to send me a red blanket, will you?’

‘I’ll tell him,’ he nodded.Tlease don’t forget to tell him. The mist is not good for me. I think I’ll stretch myself out for a bit. I have been sitting too long in the arm chair. I have a pain in the neck.

Gopi’s sister put Amma to bed and came back to the veranda.
‘You didn’t come to see Amma, did you?’
‘Delhi is too expensive. You know I have four children to look after now. I can’t make both ends meet with my salary. And one has to keep up one’s status. It will be a great help if I can raise some money by selling my share of the family property.

I came to talk it over with you.’
‘You’ll sell your land and go away with the money. I know you won’t come here anymore after that.’
‘Don’t say that. I’ll come when I get time.’
‘Your time!’

He saw the irritation on his sister’s face.
‘It took you more than five years to find time to come here. Amma is eighty three now. I don’t think she will pull on much longer. It took you so long to visit her after the last time.’
‘But Amma can’t remember who I am,’ he said smiling feebly.
‘But do you remember your Amma?’

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 = 5M)

Question 1.
‘I came to talk it over with you.’ — What does ‘it’ refer to ?
A) his new job
B) his status
C) selling his share of the family property
D) his low salary
Answer:

Question 2.
“He saw the irritation on his sister’s face.’ – There is the irritation on her face because
A) of Gopi’s thoughts and his behaviour
B) of mother’s forgetfulness
C) of Gopi’s frequent visits
D) she was suffering from some illness
Answer:
A) of Gopi’s thoughts and his behaviour

Question 3.
What did the mother request Gopi ?
A) to give her a red blanket
B) to send her a red blanket
C) to tell her son to send her a red blanket
D) to send her a tattered blanket
Answer:
C) to tell her son to send her a red blanket

Question 4.
The word ’irritation’ in the expression, “He saw the irritation on his sister’s face” means ______
A) worry
B) cheerfulness
C) anxiety
D) annoyance
Answer:
D) annoyance

Question 5.
Why did Gopi say, ‘I can’t make both ends meet’ ?
A) he spent a lot of money
B) he earned a lot
C) he gave away all he had
D) he earned just enough money
Answer:
D) he earned just enough money

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

Question 6.
What is meant by the expression ‘the tattered blanket’ ?
Answer:
‘The tattered blanket’ means the torn blanket. A blanket protects us from cold and keeps us warm. In the same way, a family keeps every member of it warm. ‘Tattered blanket’ suggests broken family system.

Question 7.
Why do you think Gopi didn’t answer his sister’s question, ‘Do you remember your Amnia ?’ ?
Answer:
Gopi had no answer. He didn’t visit his mother for five long years. He didn’t even care to write letters. So he couldn’t answer his sister’s question.’

Question 8.
The mother couldn’t remember Gopi. Do you think Gopi remembered his mother? What does it suggest ?
Answer:
I don’t think Gopi remembered his mother. He didn’t show any love and affection for her. It shows us the broken family system and lack of values.

Question 9.
What was Gopi’s real intention behind his visit to his mother ?
Answer:
Gopi didn’t come to see his mother. Actually, he wanted to talk about selling his share of family property over with his sister KamalAnswer: So he came to his mother’s place.

Question 10.
If you were Gopi’s sister, how would you respond to his behaviour ?
Answer:
If I were Gopi’s sister, I would make Gopi realise his wrong doing. I would also try to make him reform himself.

5. Read the following passage.

This is Ramesh. I apologise for not meeting you during your visit to Hyderabad last week. Unfortunately, I had a meeting in my office. 1 remember how we enjoyed our childhood days in Manikonda village. Every day we played together in our garden. Our family was very big. There were twelve members in our family. I re¬member how we played in the moonlight. Our grandma used to give us fruits and biscuits. Our grandpa used to tell us fairy tales, about the princes, warriors and the village boys ………..

Now I am working at Microsoft, a software company, Hyderabad, as a Computer Programmer. I am married and we have a child. My wife works at Dell, Hyderabad as a System Analyst. You know city life is quite busy. We start in the morning; leave our child at the baby care centre and come back in the evening with faded faces. We hardly find time to sit together. How disgusting! We work with computers, think like computers and live like computers. We have forgotten our family.

I remember how we played gilli-danda, hide and seek and kabaddi. We went for swimming in our local tank every Sunday. Here we live in an apartment where there is no room to play. Our flat is our world, just like a well for a frog! (The world remains unheeded.)

How happy we were in our school! We used to sit in the same row, did all the work together and took part in the events. I remember how Padmanabhaiah Sir, our class teacher, appreciated us when we got the first prize in District Science Fair?

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 = 5M)

Question 1.
Ramesh says, “Out flat is our world, just like a well for a frog !” – What do you understand by this expression ?
A) Ramesh likes his city life very much
B) Ramesh is very much satisfied with his apartment
C) Ramesh is quite unhappy about his way of life
D) Ramesh likes to live like a frog
Answer:
C) Ramesh is quite unhappy about his way of life

Question 2.
The expression, “We hardly find time to sit together” means ______
A) They often sit together.
B) They find ample time to sit together.
C) They find no time to sit together.
D) They sit together and enjoy themselves.
Answer:
C) They find no time to sit together.

Question 3.
The word ‘disgusting’ means ______
A) revolting
B) pleasant
C) joyful
D) lovable
Answer:
A) revolting

Question 4.
They went to their local tank every Sunday ______
A) to talk to each other
B) to play with their friends
C) to meet their friends
D) to swim
Answer:
D) to swim

Question 5.
“We work with computers, think like computers and live like computers.” – This expression is used to suggest that ______
A) their life is mechanical
B) they love to deal with computers
C) they try to imitate computers
D) they learn lot from computers
Answer:
D) they learn lot from computers

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

Question 6.
How did Ramesh and Suresh spend their childhood ?
Answer:
Ramesh and Suresh enjoyed their childhood days themselves in Manikonda village. Every day they played together in their garden. They played in the moonlight. They played gilli-danda, hide and seek and kabaddi. They went for swimming in their local tank every Sunday.

Question 7.
Why did Ramesh’s family move to the city ?
Answer:
Both Ramesh and his wife got jobs in software companies in Hyderabad. So they moved to the city.

Question 8.
Why do you think Ramesh apologised Suresh ?
Answer:
Suresh made a visit to Hyderabad the previous week. Though Ramesh knew about Suresh’s arrival, he couldn’t find time to meet him. So, Ramesh apologised Suresh.

Question 9.
What change did you observe in Ramesh’s lifestyle ?
Answer:
Ramesh and his family members became mechanical. They were always busy. They used to leave their child at the baby care centre and come back in the evening with faded faces. They hardly found time to sit together. They worked with computers, thought like computers and lived like computers. They had forgotten their family.

Question 10.
If you were Ramesh, how would you feel ?
Answer:
If I were Ramesh, I would feel the same way as he felt. I would definitely meet Suresh if I got a chance.

6. Read the following passage.

I remember how we went on a picnic to Koil Sagar. There we went boating. Our tour to Srisailam was memorable. Still I remember the green hills full of trees that almost touched the sky ! I remember the roaring of the Krishna River at the dam. There is nothing here ! I wonder at my child’s silence. He always sits in front of the computer and plays games, never caring for anyone.

I remember the happy moments when our uncle visited us. He brought toys and fruit for us. Our aunt brought me a new dr^ss for Dasara. How we enjoyed Deepavali! Still I hear the sound of crackers, I can see the rockets flying into the sky making the night full of light ! Where are those days? My child doesn’t know his uncle or aunt. For him, uncle and neighbour are the same.

Sometimes I think of our childhood days. I think of grandparents, uncles, brothers, sisters ………….
We missed them. We missed the joy of the family. We missed their company. We are missing many things in this busy life.

Suresh, I don’t know where those gardens have gone, those fairy tales, those fruit, those words of love and affection We have lost our real life in this unreal world.

Anyhow I am happy that I have found time to write to you. Please come to me. Let’s remember our childhood days of joy.

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 = 5M)

Question 1.
‘We have lost our real life in this unreal world.’ Here the unreal world is ______
A) the countryside life
B) the city life
C) the fantasy world
D) the imaginary world
Answer:

Question 2.
Ramesh is unhappy with his son because ______
A) he always wants to visit new places
B) he is naughty
C) he always plays computer games
D) he always plays gilli-danda, hide and seek and kabaddi
Answer:
C) he always plays computer games

Question 3.
Ramesh’s child doesn’t know his uncle or aunt because ______
A) his uncle and aunt don’t visit them often
B) he doesn’t have love and affection for them
C) both his uncle and aunt died
D) he doesn’t grow up in a big family
Answer:
D) he doesn’t grow up in a big family

Question 4.
According to Ramesh, he missed his grandparents, uncles, brothers, sisters because ______
A) he showed more interest for his wife and son
B) he gradually lost interest in them
C) of his busy life
D) he did not like them at all
Answer:
C) of his busy life

Question 5.
After going through a part of the letter, you understand that ______
A) Ramesh and Suresh grew up in a large family
B) Ramesh and Suresh grew up in a nuclear family
C) Ramesh and Suresh grew up in a small family
D) Ramesh loves to have a small family
Answer:
A) Ramesh and Suresh grew up in a large family

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

Question 6.
Why do you think Ramesh wrote to Suresh ?
Answer:
Ramesh couldn’t meet Suresh during his visit to Hyderabad the previous week. Though they were very good friends, Ramesh couldn’t find time to meet Suresh. So Ramesh wrote to Suresh.

Question 7.
Do you think Ramesh is happy with his life in the city ? Why (not) ?
Answer:
I don’t think Ramesh is happy with his life in the city. It is clearly known if we read the letter from Ramesh to Suresh. Ramesh felt very happy about their childhood days. He was irritated with his busy city life.

Question 8.
Why did Ramesh ask his Mend to come to him in the end ?
Answer:
Ramesh asked his friend to come to him to enjoy themselves. They would get a chance of recalling their childhood memories. They could get a chance of meeting all the other family members.

Question 9.
How did Ramesh and Suresh enjoy Deepavali ?
Answer:
Ramesh and Suresh enjoyed Deepavali. They celebrated the festival cheerfully. They couldn’t forget the sound of crackers, the flying rockets that made the night full of light, etc.

Question 10.
Why did their class teacher appreciate them ?
Answer:
Padmanabhaiah Sir was their class teacher. He appreciated them when they got first prize in District Science Fair.

Questions : (11 – 16), Marks : 10

1. Read the following passage.

Once there was a rich man named Govind. who lived in a big house in a coastal city. One day he wanted to buy a coconut. He went to a coconut vendor and asked him the price of a coconut.

“Seven rupees each,” said the vendor. “Seven rupees ?” “That’s too much. I’ll pay you five rupees.” said Govind.
“If you go a mile ahead, you’ll get it there for five rupees.” said the vendor.
Govind said to himself. “Money is very precious. I don’t mind walking a mile to save a rupee.”
So he walked a mile ahead and saw a coconut vendor. He asked him the price of a coconut. “Five rupees, each,” said the vendor.

“Five rupees ? That’s too much. I’ve walked all this way. You can reduce the price by a rupee at least ! I’ll pay you three rupees,” said Govind.
.”If you go a mile ahead, you’ll get it there for three rupees,” said the vendor.
Again Govind said to himself, “Money is very precious. I don’t mind walking a mile to save a rupee.”

So he walked a mile ahead and saw a coconut vendor. He asked him the price of a coconut. “Three rupees each,” said the vendor.
“Three rupees ? That’s too much. You must be getting it straight from the tree ! How rrtuch profit do you want ? I’ll pay you one rupee,” said Govind.

“If you go a mile ahead, you will reach the beach. There you’ll get it for one rupee,” said the vendor.
Again Govind said to himself, “Money is very precious. I don’t mind walking a mile to save a rupee.”

So Govind walked a mile ahead and reached the beach. There were many coco¬nut vendors there. Govind went to one of them and asked him the price of a coconut.

“One rupee each,” said the vendor. “One rupee ? That’s too much. I”ll pay you fifty paise,” said Govind.
The vendor said, “Why don’t you climb up one of these coconut trees and get one for nothing ?”

“That’s right,” said Govind, and climbed up a coconut tree. He tightly held a coconut between two hands to pluck it from the tree. But just then his legs lost their hold oi the trunk and he hung in the air. He swung in the air for some time. Then he fell down on the sandy beach. He got a coconut just for a few scratches on his body and a fracture in his leg.

Would you call Govind a sensible 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. (2 × 1 = 2M)

Question 11.
One of the following things that is very important for Govind is ______
A) reaching the sea-shore
B) walking for miles
C) getting a coconut
D) money
Answer:
D) money

Question 12.
After reading the above text, one can understand that Govind is ______
A) a miser
B) a spendthrift
C) a sensible person
D) an ignorant person
Answer:
A) a miser

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences. (4 × 2 = 8M)

Question 13.
Why did Govind get injured himself ?
Answer:
Govind asked the vendor at the beach to give him the coconut for fifty paise. The vendor advised him to climb up the tree to get a coconut for nothing. Govind climbed up the tree, got the coconut but fell down on the sandy beach. There were a few scratches on his body and a fracture in his leg. Thus he got injured.

Question 14.
What made Govind reach the beach ?
Answer:
Govind wanted to buy a coconut for a low cost. He went to a few coconut vendors and bargained. A coconut vendor advised him to go to beach to get the coconut for only one rupee. So, Govind reached the beach by walking all the way.

Question 15.
Do you think Govind was a sensible man ? Justify your answer.
Answer:
I don’t think Govind was sensible. He was a miser. He tried to get a coconut for nothing ; the result was the fracture in his leg.

Question 16.
What would you do if you were in Govind’s place ?
Answer:
If I were in Govind’s place, I would buy the coconut from the first vendor. I wouldn’t bargain.

2. Read the following passage.

The development of science and technology is greatly responsible for a country’s overall growth. The inventions of science are helpful in several fields such as agriculture, industry, defence, human welfare and education. Scientific instruments are used in plenty in all walks of life. These days, we often hear about more and more scientific instruments being used for detecting crimes. It is interesting to know something about how the detectives use these instruments.

On the night of February 24, 1968 a bomb-blast shattered the kitchen in a town in America. The owner of the house died and his body was found mutilated among the ruins. The police registered a case and turned to the detectives for help. The detectives searched the place and collected evidence. They examined the place of accident carefully. The dead man’s son told the police that his father was looking at a parcel at the time of the blast.

Everyone was sure that the parcel had the bomb in it. It was not difficult for the police to find out that the parcel was collected from a woman, the dead man’s mistress. The police soon came to know that there was another man who was also interested in the same woman. They suspected that it was a case of enmity between the two men and the bomb was sent by the other man.

The detectives back in their laboratory rebuilt the bomb with the help of evidence they collected at the scene of crime. They were particularly interested in the plier marks found on the fuse terminals — collected from the kithen. They got the police to search the suspect’s house for pinching tools.

When the tools collected from his house and garage arrived, the tool mark experts made crimping marks in a pliable substance with every tool. Each of these marks was then compared, under a microscope, with the unique ‘metallic fingerprints’ left on the bomb fuse terminals. The marks of one pair of pliers matched the imprint of the terminals. The criminal was arrested.

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 = 2M)

Question 11.
‘The criminal was arrested.’ – What was the crime committed by the criminal ?
A) he rebuilt a bomb
B) the police found pinching tools at the criminal’s house
C) he killed a person by a bomb
D) he caused ah accident
Answer:
C) he killed a person by a bomb

Question 12.
The purpose of the above text is ______
A) to catch the criminal
B) to make us aware how science is helpful to the detectives
C) to make us know how pinching tools are useful to the police
D) to find out the dead man’s wife
Answer:
B) to make us aware how science is helpful to the detectives

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences. (4 × 2 = 8M)

Question 13.
What happened on the night of February 24, 1968 ?
Answer:
On the night of February 24, 1968 a bomb-blast shattered the kitchen in a town in AmericAnswer: The owner of the house died and his body was found mutilated among the ruins.

Question 14.
What was the truth behind the man’s death ?
Answer:
Another man was interested in the dead person’s wife. He gave her a parcel that consisted of the bomb and she gave the same to her husband. Her husband died in the bomb-blast. The police arrested the man who had sent her the bomb after a thorough enquiry.

Question 15.
How did the police find out the criminal ?
Answer:
The detective rebuilt the bomb in their laboratory. They collected the plier marks found on the fuse terminals. They compared them with the marks on the tools found in the suspect’s house. The marks of one pair of pliers matched the imprint on the terminals. Thus the criminal was arrested.

Question 16.
Do you think science is helpful to the world or it destroys the world ? Justify your answer.
Answer:
There is no doubt that science is helpful to the world. The world without science would be unthinkable. But we should use science for the welfare of the mankind. We should not use it for our destruction.

3. Read the following passage.

One morning a king went on horse back to the country side. He came to a village and saw an old man in the field. The old man was digging the earth and planting mango saplings. He was sweating from head to foot. The king got down the horse and went to him.

King : Good morning, friend, you are planting these saplings. When will you get fruit from them ?
Old man : These little saplings will be big trees in ten or fifteen years. They will give fruit then.
King : But you are old and weak. You will die in a few years. You will not eat their fruit.
Old man : You are right, sir. I will not eat the fruit of these trees. But others will eat it. I am planting these saplings for them and I am happy.
King : I am pleased with you, old man. You are doing your duty. You are a good man. Please take this gold coin. It is for you.
Old man : Thank you, sir. This gold coin is the first fruit of my little trees.

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 = 2M)

Question 11.
The old man was sweating from head to foot because ______
A) he was suffering from some illness
B) he was frightened at the sight of the king
C) he wanted the king to see him
D) he was working hard in the field
Answer:
D) he was working hard in the field

Question 12.
The first fruit he got from his trees is ______
A) a real mango fruit
B) a gold coin
C) a mango sapling
D) the king’s fury
Answer:
B) a gold coin

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences. (4 × 2 = 8M)

Question 13.
What made the king happy ?
Answer:
When the king came there, an old man was working hard in the field. He told the king that he was planting mango saplings for others to eat. His answer made the king happy.

Question 14.
What did the king see ?
Answer:
The king saw an old man digging the earth and planting mango saplings. The old man was sweating from head to foot.

Question 15.
Why did the king appreciate the old man ?
Answer:
The king appreciated the old man for his thinking about the future generations. Though he was old, he didn’t keep away from his responsibility. He planted mango saplings for others to eat. He know that he would not be alive for a long time and he would not eat their fruit.

Question 16.
Do you think the old man did a right thing in planting saplings ? Why (not) ?
Answer:
The old man did a right thing in planting saplings. He didn’t think of his own comfort. Though he knew that he couldn’t eat the mango fruit, he did it for others.

4. Read the following passage.

Persuasion is the art of convincing someone to agree with your point of view. According to the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, there are three basic tools of persuasion : ethos, pathos, and logos.

Ethos is a speaker’s way of convincing the audience that she is a credible source. An audience will consider a speaker credible if she seems trustworthy, reliable, and sincere. This can be done in many ways. For example, a speaker can develop ethos by explaining how much experience or education she has in the field.

After all, you would be more likely to listen to advice about how to take care of your teeth from a dentist than a firefighter. A speaker can also create ethos by convincing the audience that she is a good person who has their best interests at heart. If an audience cannot trust you, you will not be able to persuade them.

Pathos is a speaker’s way of connecting with an audience’s emotions. For example, a speaker who is trying to convince an audience to vote for him might say that he alone can save the country from a terrible war. These words are intended to fill the audience with fear, thus making them want to vote for him.

Similarly, a charity organization that helps animals might show an audience pictures of injured dogs and cats. These images are intended to fill the viewers with pity. If the audience feels bad for the animals, they will be more likely to donate money.

Logos is the use of facts, information, statistics, or other evidence to make your argument more convincing. An audience will be more likely to believe you if you have data to back up your claims. For example, a commercial for soap might tell you that laboratory tests have shown that their soap kills all 7,000,000 of the bacte¬ria living on your hands right now.

This piece of information might make you more likely to buy their brand of soap. Presenting this evidence is much more convincing than simply saying “our soap is the best !” Use of logos can also increase a speaker’s ethos; the more facts a speaker includes in his argument, the more likely you are to think that he is educated and trustworthy.

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 = 2M)

Question 11.
Proving oneself that he/she is trustworthy is ______
A) ethos
B) pathos
C) logos
D) a charity organization
Answer:
A) ethos

Question 12.
The purpose of the above text is ______
A) to make the reader aware of ethos
B) to make the reader aware of pathos
C) to make the reader aware of logos
D) how to convince others
Answer:
D) how to convince others

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences. (4 × 2 = 8M)

Question 13.
What is persuasion ? According to Aristotle, how many basic tools of persuasion are there ? What are they ?
Answer:
Persuasion is the art of convincing someone to agree with your point of view. According to Aristotle, there are three basic tools of persuasion. They are ethos, pathos and logos.

Question 14.
A tool of persuasion causes the increase in another tool. What is it ? How does it cause the increase ?
Answer:
It is logos. Use of logos increases a speaker’s ethos. The more facts a speaker includes in his argument, the more likely you are to think that he is educated and trustworthy.

Question 15.
How is data useful to a speaker ? Name the tool which is based on data.
Answer:
If a speaker has data to back up his/her claims, the audience will be more likely to believe him. Logos is based on data to make the argument more convincing.

Question 16.
If you were a speaker, which kind of tool would you use to persuade others ? Justify your answer.
Answer:
If I were a speaker, I would use pathos. I would try to connect with an audience’s emotions. I would try to arouse in the audience the feelings such as pity, fear, sympathy, etc.

5. Read the following passage.

Trees save energy and money. Just three trees strategically planted around your home can cut your air conditioning bill in half. Trees save tax payers. Trees in a city slow storm water run off and reduce the need for storm sewers. Trees shade also helps cool municipal buildings, lowering electricity bills.

Urban “heat islands” are directly related to massive tree-cutting for development. Trees clean our water and air. From low level zone in our cities to pesticide and fertilizer run off from our farms, trees absorb harmful pollutants. Trees help community life.

Trees provide habitat for species of many kinds – including endangered species. A key project of American forests is “Trees for Tigers” in the Russian for east that is restoring habitat for the endangered Siberian tiger. Trees can pay your ‘Carbon debt ! Planting just 30 Global Relief trees will absorb the amount of carbondioxide that is generated in the production of energy for the average American lifestyle each year. Forests act as natural reservoirs, and they protect watershed, providing clean water for cities, bays and rivers.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices.
Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or 01) in your answer booklet. (2 × 1 = 2M)

Question 11.
How can you reduce your air conditioning and electricity bills?
A) consumption of less power
B) use of less appliances
C) growing trees
D) building spacious houses
Answer:
C) growing trees

Question 12.
Why are urban lands very hot?
A) cutting the trees enormously
B) heating of islands
C) urban pollution
D) absence of sewage facilities
Answer:
A) cutting the trees enormously

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.

Question 13.
What are the uses of growing trees ?
Answer:
Trees reduce our air conditioning and electricity bills. They give us shade. They clean our air and water. They help community life. They provide habitat for species of many kinds. They act as natural reservoirs.

Question 14.
What does the sentence “Trees can pay carbon debt” mean ?
Answer:
Trees absorb the amount of carbon dioxide that is generated in the production of energy. Thus trees can pay our carbon debt.

Question 15.
How do forests act as natural reservoirs ?
Answer:
Trees protect watershed. They cause the water go into the earth. Naturally water bodies ire formed there. Thus they provide clean water for cities, bays and rivers.

Question 16.
Do you think trees are part and parcel of human life ? Justify your answer.
Answer:
Trees are part and parcel of human life. There is no life on earth without trees. Trees give us oxygen to live. They give us fruit, vegetables, etc. for our food. We get many kinds of ayurvedic medicines from trees. Paper and rubber are made from trees. They give us honey.

6. Read the following poem.

Love came to Flora asking for a flower
That would of flowers be undisputed queen,
The lily and the rose, long, long had been
Rivals for that high honour. Bards of power
Had sung their claims. “The rose can never tower
Like the pale lily with her Juno mien
“But is the lily lovelier?” Thus between
Flower-factions rang the strife in Psyche’s bower
“Give me a flower delicious as the rose
And stately as the lily in her pride “-
“But of what colour?”- “Rose-red, “Love firs t chose,
Then prayed. – “No, lily-white-or, both provide “
And Flora gave the lotus, “rose-red” dyed.
And “lily-white, “- the queenhiest flower that blows.

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 = 2M)

Question 11.
The characteristic of the rose is _______
A) stateliness in pride
B) delicious
C) loveliness
D) high honour
Answer:
B) delicious

Question 12.
What does the word ‘bard’ literally mean?
A) king
B) queen
C) poet
D) flower
Answer:
C) poet

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences. (4 × 2 = 8M)

Question 13.
Why does love come to Flora?
Answer:
Love comes to Flora to ask for the undisputed queen of flowers.

Question 14.
What is the queen of the flowers? How can you say?
Answer:
The Lotus is the queen of flowers. Flora gave the Lotus, rose red’ and dyed it ‘lily white’. So the Lotus has both the colours and stands as the queen of flowers.

Question 15.
Who are enemies in the above poem? Why?
Answer:
The lily and the rose are the enemies in the above poem. They are competing against each other to occupy the place of the queen of flowers.

Question 16.
The rose can’t do one thing ; what is it?
Answer:
The rose can never tower like the lily with her Juno mien.

Section – B : Vocabulary and Grammar

Questions : (17 -21), Marks : 5

Read the following passage focusing on the parts underlined and answer the questions given at the end as directed. Write the answers in your answer booklet. (5 × 1 = 5 M)

1. When he arrived unexpectedly at his home in the countryside (17) in his office car and got down at the gate, his mother, who was lying in an armchair on the veranda, made a futile (18) attempt to get off (19). ‘Kamala, there is somebody at the gate,’ she said, ‘somebody was (20) in a car. ’Kamala, her eldest daughter, a widow, who was sitting huddled up on the thinna on the veranda, her head and ears covered with a thin bath towel, got up reluctantly (21), walked slowly to the gate and screwing up her eyes peered into the darkness.

Question 17.
The word ‘countryside’ means _______
Answer:
village

Question 18.
Write the synonym of the underlined word
Answer:
pointless/unsuccessful

Question 19.
Use the correct phrasal verb.
Answer:
get up

Question 20.
Use the right form of the verb.
Answer:
is

Question 21.
Write the opposite of the underlined word.
Answer:
willingly

2. Kamala, her eldest daughter, a widow, who was sitting huddled up on the thinna on the veranda, her head and ears covered with a thin bath towel, got up reluctantly, walked slow (17) to the gate and screwing UP her eves peered into the darkness (l81. She saw a bald, fat, middle-aged man walking in through the gate (19). ‘Oh, Gopi!’ She said in her grating (20) voice. ‘Why this sudden unexpected visit?’ ‘Kamala, who is it?’ Her mother asked loudly (21) from the veranda.

Question 17.
Write the right form of the word.
Answer:
slowly

Question 18.
Pick out the phrase which means narrowing’.
Answer:
screwing up

Question 19.
Pick out the noun phrase from the underlined part.
Answer:
a bald, fat, middle-aged man

Question 20.
The word grating’ means ______
Answer:
unpleasant

Question 21.
The opposite of ‘loudly’ is ______
Answer:
quietly

3. ‘I got a promotion last year. After that 1 am always on mv toes (17). And there are tours quiet (18) often. I don’t get any time to write letters.’ ‘Why don’t you ask Vimala to write, or doesn’t she get any time too?’ ‘What are you mumbling (19) over, there? Amma said loudly. ‘I heard somebody come (20) in h car. Who is it?’ 1 told you, it s Gopi.’ ‘But Gopi is at (21) Delhi, isn’t he?’ ‘Yes, Amma, it’s me. I’ve come from Delhi.’

Question 17.
Pick out the idiom which means busy’ from the underlined sentence.
Answer:
on toes

Question 18.
Replace the word with a suitable one.
Answer:
quite

Question 19.
Write the meaning of the underlined word.
Answer:
speaking unclearly and quietly

Question 20.
Use the correct form of the verb.
Answer:
coming

Question 21.
Use the correct preposition in the place of underlined one.
Answer:
in

4. ‘What (17) did Gopi marry?’ Amma said, suddenly (18) lowering her voice. ‘1 mean, what’s his wife’s name?’ ‘Don’t say you’ve forgotten her name too. Don’t you remem¬ber, Vimala, District Collector Nambiar eldest daughter (19)?’ Gopi’s sister said. ‘Oh, 1 forgot the name. Was there a letter with (20) Gopi today?’ ‘There was. He wrote (21) every day.’ ‘I’m terribly upset if I don’t get a letter from him every day.’

Question 17.
Replace the pronoun with the correct one.
Answer:
who

Question 18.
Write the opposite of the underlined word.
Answer:
gradually

Question 19.
Correct the noun phrase and rewrite it.
Answer:
District Collector Nambiar’s eldest daughter

Question 20.
Replace the underlined preposition with the correct one.
Answer:
from

Question 21.
Write the correct form of the verb.
Answer:
writes

5. ‘No, it is quite near (17).’ ‘I don’t know how 1 can bring back her memory’, Gopi’s sister said to him exasperaterilv (18). Gopi placed his briefcase on the thinnAnswer: He opened it and pulled for (19) the contents. Clothes, files, a shaving set …. You do know (20) my son, Gopi?’ Amma asked him. ‘He is in Delhi… a Government Officer. He has Kesariyogam…. He drawn (21) a salary of two thousand five hundred rupees …….

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

Question 18.
What does the word ‘exasperatedly’ mean ?
Answer:
very annoyed

Question 19.
Replace the underlined phrasal verb with the correct one.
Answer:
pulled out

Question 20.
Write the correct word order.
Answer:
Do you know

Question 21.
Write the correct form of the verb.
Answer:
draws

6. How happy we were in our school! We used sit in the same row (17), did all the work together and took part in the events. 1 remember how Padmanabhaiah Sir, our class teacher, appreciated us whv (18) we got the first prize in District Science Fair. I remember (19) how we went on a picnic to Koil Sagar. There we went boating. Our tour to Srisailam was memorably (20). Still I remember the green hills full of trees that almost touched the sky! I remember the roaring of the Krishna River of 0f the dam.

Question 17.
Rewrite the underlined expression after correcting it.
Answer:
We used to sit in the same row

Question 18.
Replace the underlined conjunction with the. correct one.
Answer:
when

Question 19.
What is the antonym of the underlined word ?
Answer:
forget

Question 20.
Write the correct form of the underlined word.
Answer:
memorable

Question 21.
Use the correct preposition in the place of the underlined one.
Answer:
at

Questions : (22 – 26), Marks : 5

Complete the passage choosing the right words from those given below. Each blank is numbered and the choices are given as A, B, C & D. Choose the correct answer and write A, B, C or D in your answer booklet. (5 × 1 = 5M)

1. We slept the _______ (22) of next day and set out at night. The river _______ (23) very wide here and was walled with thick forest on both sides; you couldn’t see a gap in it. _______ (24) wondered whether we would know it when we got there. Jim said that when we reached where the two rivers joined, the place _______ (25) show us Cairo. But I said, perhaps we had already passed _______ (26) the city in last night’s confusion.

Question 22.
A) hole
B) total
C) all
D) whole
Answer:
D) whole

Question 23.
A) was
B) is
C) has
D) had
Answer:
A) was

Question 24.
A) but
B) if
C) and
D) or
Answer:
C) and

Question 25.
A) will
B) would
C) shall
D) must
Answer:
B) would

Question 26.
A) by
B) on
C) in
D) into
Answer:
A) by

2. Chamari was one of the most hard working _______ (22) I have ever employed. He was in charge of a gang and all the men and women _______ (23) his gang loved him and respected him. He was _______ (24) for keeping the accounts of everyone working under him. _______ (25) during the twenty vears he worked for me. the correctness of his accounts _______ (26) never doubted.

Question 22.
A) man
B) men
C) mans
D) employee
Answer:
B) men

Question 23.
A) of
B) to
C) at
D) in
Answer:
D) in

Question 24.
A) responsible
B) responsibly
C) respond
D) responsibility
Answer:
A) responsible

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

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

3. One day a rabbit and a tortoise _______ (22) a race. The rabbit was beautiful hut proud. _______ (23) tortoise was smart but humble. _______ (24) the race began, the rabbit ran fast. But the tortoise crawled _______ (25). After some time the rabbit turned _______ (26) to see where the tortoise was.

Question 22.
A) ran
B) run
C) runs
D) running
Answer:
A) ran

Question 23.
A) Those
B) An
C) A
D) The
Answer:
D) The

Question 24.
A) Where
B) When
C) Why
D) How
Answer:
B) When

Question 25.
A) slow
B) slowed
C) slowly
D) slows
Answer:
C) slowly

Question 26.
A) down
B) back
C) off
D) of
Answer:
B) back

4. _______ (22) English businessman was on a trip to Malaysia and the Far East. He decided to take a few days _______ (23) and see something of the country. So he _______ (24) a car to drive from Singapore to Kota Bharu, a trip of around 600 kilometres. At first everything went on _______ (25), but suddenly the weather changed and he found himself in the middle of a tropical storm. _______ (26) driving became impossible he pulled into the side of the road.

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

Question 23.
A) on
B) of
C) off
D) in
Answer:
C) off

Question 24.
A) hire
B) hired
C) hiring
D) hires
Answer:
B) hired

Question 25.
A) perfectly
B) perfect
C) perfection
D) more perfect
Answer:
A) perfectly

Question 26.
A) Neither
B) Since
C) As soon as
D) So
Answer:
B) Since

5. All the children rushed to the table. _______ (22) in joy. Thev glimpsed _______ (23) the loaves. They elbowed _______ (24) to go forward. Some children tumbled down. Each one tried to _______ (25) a bigger loaf. Nicholas observed a girl _______ (26) sauattine nearby. She was waiting for her turn.

Question 22.
A) screamed
B) screaming
C) screams
D) scream
Answer:
B) screaming

Question 23.
A) at
B) in
C) on
D) to
Answer:
A) at

Question 24.
A) other
B) all others
C) one another
D) each other
Answer:
D) each other

Question 25.
A) gotten
B) got
C) get
D) getting
Answer:
C) get

Question 26.
A) calmly
B) calm
C) calmness
D) calmed
Answer:
A) calmly

6. It is the last day of August, and the lush monsoon _______ (22) has reached its peak. The seeds of the cobra lily are turning red, signifying that the rains are _______ (23) to an end. In a few days the ferns _______ (24) turning yellow, but right now they are still firm, green _______ (25) upright. Grand orchids, mauve lady’s slipper and the white butterfly orchids put on a fashion display on the grassy slopes of Landour. Wild dahlias, red, yellow and magenta, rear their heads from the rocky crevices _______ (26) they have taken hold.

Question 22.
A) grew
B) growth
C) grows
D) growing
Answer:
B) growth

Question 23.
A) come
B) has come
C) coming
D) came
Answer:
C) coming

Question 24.
A) will start
B) will be started
C) has started
D) had started
Answer:
A) will start

Question 25.
A) but
B) since
C) or
D) and
Answer:
D) and

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

Questions : (27 – 31), Marks :10

Read the passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered (27-31) at the beginning. Each of these sentences has an error. Correct and re-write them in the answer booklet. 5 × 2 = 10M

Question 1.
(27) ‘Amma often is like this these days. She doesn’t recognize anybody,’ Gopi’s sister explained. (28) ‘But sometimes his memory is quite sharp. (29) Then she asks me if you had sent any letter. I tell her everything is fine with you, Vimala and the kids. (30) What is the point of telling her that you haven’t written since a year? Poor thing! (31) I wouldn’t dream of make her unhappy.’
Answer:
27) Amma is often like this these days.
28) But sometimes her memory is quite sharp.
29) Then she asks me if you have sent any letter.
30) What is the point of telling her that you haven’t written for a year?
31) I wouldn’t dream of making her unhappy.

Question 2.
Tell him to send me a blanket. (27) There is a cold mist on the mornings. (28) If I catch cold, it doesn’t left me for a long time. (29) Tell him to send a blanket, wouldn’t you? A red one. (30) I had a blanket, the one he brought for me where he was studying in Madras. (31) It is all tattered now, just ball of a knotted yarn.
Answer:
27) There is a cold mist in the mornings.
28) If I catch cold, it doesn’t leave me for a long time.
29) Tell him to send a blanket, won’t you?
30) I had a blanket, the one he brought for me when he was studying in Madras.
31) It is all tattered now, just a ball of knotted yarn.

Question 3.
‘I’ll tell him,’ he nodded. (27) ‘Please don’t forget to told him. (28) The mist is not good to me. (29) I think I’ll stretch ourselves out for a bit. (30) I have sitting too long in the armchair. (31) I have a pain on the neck.
Answer:
27) Please don’t forget to tell him.
28) The mist is not good for me.
29) I think I’ll stretch myself out for a bit.
30) I have been sitting too long in the armchair.
31) I had a pain in the neck.

Question 4.
(27) ‘Delhi is to expensive. (28) You know I have four children to look for now. (29) I can’t make both ends meet in my salary. (30) And one has to keep up his status. (31) It will be a great help if I can raise some money by selling my family property of share.
Answer:
27) Delhi is too expensive.
28) You know I have four children to look after now.
29) I can’t make both ends meet with my salary.
30) And one has to keep up one’s status.
31) It will be a great help if I can raise some money by selling my share of the family property.

Question 5.
(27) ‘It took you much than five years to find time to come here. (28) Amma was eighty three now. (29) I don’t think she will pull off much longer. (30) It took you so long to visit her after the lost time.’ (31) ‘But, Amma can’t remember who am I,’ he said smiling feebly.
Answer:
27) It took you more than five years to find time to come here.
28) Amma is eighty three now.
29) I don’t think she will pull on much longer. .
30) It took you so long to visit her after the last time.
31) ‘But Amma can’t remember who I am’, he said smiling feebly.

Question 6.
(27) I remember a happy moments when our uncle visited us. (28) He brought toys and fruit to us. Our aunt brought me a new dress for Dasara. How we enjoyed Deepavali! (29) Still I hear the sound of crackers, I can see the rockets fly into the sky making the night full of light! Where are those days? (30) My children doesn’t know his uncle or aunt. (31) For him, uncle and neighbour is the same.
Answer:
27) I remember the happy moments when our uncle visited us.
28) He brought toys and fruit for us.
29) Still I hear the sound of crackers, I can see the rockets flying into the sky making the night full of light!
30) My child doesn’t know his uncle or aunt.
31) For him, uncle and neighbour are the same.

Section – C : Conventions of Writing

Question : 32, Marks : 5

Rewrite the following passage using proper punctuation and capitalization. 5M

Question 1.
Oh, Gopi ! She said in her grating voice ‘why this sudden unexpected visit’ ‘Kamala who is it?’ her mother asked loudly from the veranda ‘Gopi’ the man said, there was a meeting in Thiruvananthapuram. I just dropped in on my way back.
Answer:
‘Oh, Gopi !’ She said in her grating voice. ‘Why this sudden unexpected visit?’ ‘Kamala, who is it?’ Her mother asked loudly from the veranda. ‘Gopi,’ the man said. ‘There was a meeting in Thiruvananthapuram. I just dropped in on my way back.’

Question 2.
Kamala there is somebody at the gate she said somebody is in a car. Kamala her eldest daughter a widow, who was sitting huddled up on the thinna on the veranda her head and ears covered with a thin bath towel got up reluctantly walked slowly to the gate and screwing up her eyes peered into the darkness .
Answer:
‘Kamala, there is somebody at the gate,’ she said, ‘somebody is in a car.’ Kamala, her eldest daughter, a widow, who was sitting huddled up on the thinna on the veranda, her head and ears covered with a thin bath towel, got up reluctantly, walked slowly to the gate and screwing up her eyes peered into the darkness.

Question 3.
I got a promotion last year, after that I am always on my toes. And there are tours quite often. I don’t get any time to write letters. ’ ‘why don’t you ask Vimala to write or doesn’t she get any time too’
Answer:
‘I got a promotion last year. After that I am always on my toes. And there are tours quite often. I don’t get any time to write letters.’ ‘Why don’t you ask Vimala to write, or doesn’t she get any time too?’

Question 4.
‘Who did Gopi marry’ Amma said, suddenly lowering her voice. I mean, whats his wife’s name?’ Don’t say youve forgotten her name too Don’t you remember, Vimala, District Collector Nambiar’s eldest daughter? Gopi’s sister said
Answer:
‘Who did Gopi marry?’ Amma said, suddenly lowering her voice. ‘I mean, what’s his wife’s name?’ Don’t say you’ve forgotten her name too. Don’t you remember, Vimala, District Collector Nambiar’s eldest daughter?’ Gopi’s sister said.

Question 5.
‘Who is that’ Amma said again who is that in a car?’ ‘Its me, ’ Gopi said, i had to come to Thiruvananthapuram. I thought I should drop in to see you Amma.
Answer:
‘Who is that?’ Amma said again. ‘Who is that in a car?’ ‘It’s me,’ Gopi said. I had to come to Thiruvananthapuram. I thought I should drop in to see you, Amma.’

Question 6.
‘You’ll sell your land and go away with the money I know you won’t come here anymore after that. ’ ‘Don’t say that. Ill come when I get time. ’ ‘Your time’ he saw the irritation on his sisters face, it took you more than five years to find time to come here
Answer:
‘You’ll sell your land and go away with the money. I know you won’t come here anymore after that.’ ‘Don’t say that. I’ll come when I get time.’ ‘Your time!’ He saw the irritation on his sister’s face. ‘It took you more than five years to find Lime to come here.’.

Section – D : Creative Writing (20 Marks)

Question : 33, Marks : 12

Conversation:

Question 1.
You have read that Gopi visited his mother’s place on his way back from Thiruvananthapuram. After talking to Gopi for some time, Amma told them that she had a pain in the neck. Kamala, Gopi’s sister put Amma to bed and came back to the veranda. Kamala knew about Gopi’s nature very well. She also knew that Gopi didn’t have any concern, love and affection for Amma.
Now, write the possible conversation between Kamala and Gopi.
Answer:
Kamala : Now, come to the point. Why have you come here ?
Gopi : I have come here to see Amma and you.
Kamala : Don’t lie. You haven’t come to see Amma, have you ?
Gopi : But,
Kamala : Say something ; what is the purpose of your visit ?
Gopi : Delhi is too expensive. You know I have four children to look after’now. I can’t make both ends meet with my salary.
Kamala : So ……………
Gopi : I have to keep UR my status. It will be a great help if I can raise some money by selling my share of the family property.
Kamala : So, you have come to sell your share of the family property. You will sell your land and go away with the money. I know you won’t come here anymore after that.
Gopi : Don’t say that. I’ll come when I get time.
Kamala : Your time !
Kamala : It took you more than five years to find time to come here Amma.
is eighty three now. I don’t think she will puli on much longer it took you so long to visit her after the last time.
Gopi : But Amma can’t remember who I am.
Kamala : Do you remember your Amma ?

Narrative:

Question 2.
Kamala came to know that Gopi came to his mother’s place to sell his share of the family property. She got irritated on hearing Gopi’s intention. But she was helpless.
Now, narrate the thoughts of Kamala when she came to know about Gopi’s intention behind his visit.
Answer:
The Thoughts of Kamala

Gopi’s sister, Kamala was a widow. She stayed along with her old …other looking after her. Gopi was not a good son. He was living in Delhi along with it is family. He didn’t have any love and affection for Amma. He didn’t show any concern for her. Kamala knew it very well. But Amma always wanted letters from Gopi. To make her happy, Kamala used to lie that Gopi wrote to her regularly.

Kamala asked Gopi why he had made a visit to the place. She also told him that he didn’t come to see Amma. She didn’t believe his words. At last he revealed the truth that he came there to sell the share of his family property. On hearing this, Kamala got irritated.

She thought, “What an ungrateful son Gopi is ! He didn’t even bring anything for the old mother. He didn’t think about Amma. He always thought of his wife and kids only. He did not have love and affection for Amma. He did not feel any responsibility.

I hate him very much. He doesn’t know the value of a mother. It took him more than five years to find time to come here. He didn’t even write letters to Amma. He should be taught a lesson. Oh, God ! Please give me a chance to make Gopi aware of his faults. The God should make him think of his future. I curse him for his behaviour. I don’t talk with him anymore.” So thinking, she told Gopi that he could sell his share and leave the village immediately.

Letter:

Question 3.
In the lesson The Tattered Blanket’, Kamala used to tell Amma that Gopi was writing letters every day. One day Amma asked for Gopi’s letters. But there were no letters from Gopi. Kamala wanted to write a letter herself to Amma and show it to her.
Imagine that you were Kamala and write a letter to Amma by the name of Gopi.
Answer:
An imaginary letter from Gopi to Amma (Written by Kamala) :

Delhi,
25th July, 20xx.

Dear Amma,
I am safe here and hope the same with you. How is Kamala ? Is your health in a good condition ? I am very happy to say that I have got a raise of Rs. 500 in my salary.

In the next month, I want to make a visit to you. I am glad to say that your daughter-in-law along with our kids accompany me. Please take care of your health. Take medicines regularly. You wrote to me to send you a red blanket in your previous letter. I will bring the red blanket along with me. Don’t wander in the mist. I herewith send you Rs. 500 to you by M.O.

Convey my best wishes to Kamala.

Your loving son,
Gopi.

Address on the envelope :

To
P. Sakunthala,
H.No. 3-12/A,
Ramalayam Street,
Krishna Nagar,
Anukunta,
Adilabad District,
Telangana.

Speech:

Question 4.
In the lesson ‘The Tattered Blanket’, Kamala was surprised when she knew that her brother came home just to sell his land and collect money. She was worried that he didn’t think about the welfare of his mother and his sister. You know well about the problems of old people and what kind of help do they need at their old age.

On the occasion of ‘Parents’ Day, you would like to give speech about how the children should take care of their parents.

Prepare a speech script on this topic. Use the following hints.

• Aged people need assistance in all aspects
• Providing proper medical care to them
• Not to irritate them
• Services they rendered for our growth and development
• Responsibility of the children
• Acts should be strict in this issue

Answer:
How should we treat aged people ?

A very good morning to all ! Today I stand before you to speak about how the children should take care of their parents on the occasion of ‘Parents’ Day’. First of all, I would like to greet all the parents on the occasion of Parents’ Day.’ I observe in my surroundings that most of the elderly people are ill-treated by their younger family members. Some of them are forcefully sent to old age homes where they can’t find love and affection.

The elderly people are not provided proper medical facilities. Some of them are not even given enough food and clothing. It is really horrible ! The younger ones only want their property but they don’t show any love and affection for them. The younger people should remember that they too will become old one day. Aged people need assistance of their younger ones in all aspects.

The younger ones should find time to exchange their views with the old people. They should talk to their parents at least for a few minutes daily. The younger ones should take the advice of the older people. The older people advise the younger ones using all their experience.

The older people should be provided proper medical care. We should not irritate them. They should be respected. We should respect the older people’s wisdom, knowledge, grace and fortitude. We should maintain cordial relations with them The younger ones should remember the services their parents rendered for their growth and development.

They should not forget the sacrifices made by-the elderly to give them the best. The elderly worked hard to make a living and gave the best years of their lives to raise their children. There should be strict acts regarding the . ill-treatment of the elderly. The persons who are ill-treating their parents should be punished severely.

I hope all will agree with me. Thank you one and all for giving me this opportunity.

Letter

Question 5.
Suresh received the letter from Ramesh. You know that Ramesh apologized for his not meeting Suresh during his visit to Hyderabad.
Now, imagine that you were Suresh and write a reply to Ramesh inviting his family to your village and explaining to him how you could enjoy there.
Answer:
A Letter to Ramesh from Suresh

Manikonda,
15th November, 20xx.

My dear Ramesh,

How are you ? I am doing well. I received your letter and knew the things.

In this letter I would like to invite you to come to Manikonda village and spend with us by taking a few days off. I advise you to come out of your mechanical world and get refreshed. We shall enjoy ourselves if you come here. Don’t forget to bring your wife and kids along with you. Your child should know about the cordial relations among the family members. He shall get a chance of mingling with others. He shall also get a chance of enjoying nature beauties. We should make our kids aware of our customs, traditions and practices. We shall go to Srisailam to visit Lord Parameswara.We shall also go to dam. This is surrounded by the green hills full of trees. Take care of your health.

Please come without fail. Convey my regards to your wife. My best wishes to your kids.

Your loving friend,
Suresh.

Address on the envelope:

To
K. Ramesh,
Computer Programmer Microsoft,
High Tech City,
Madapur,
Hyderabad.

Description:

Question 6.
Ramesh and Suresh met in Hyderabad after a long time. They memorised many incidents of their childhood days. Now, describe the memories of Suresh.
Answer:
Suresh was really happy to meet his childhood friend, Ramesh. They enjoyed themselves by recalling their childhood days there. They remembered how they enjoyed their childhood days in Manikonda village. Every day they played together in their garden. Suresh told Ramesh, “I remember how we played in the mooonlight. Our grandma used to give us fruits and biscuits. Our grandpa used to tell us vs tales, about the princes, warriors and the village boys.”

Suresh remembered how they played gilli-danda, hide and seek and kabaddi. They went for swimming in their local tank every Sunday. He remembered how their class teacher, Padmanabhaiah Sir appreciated them when they got the first prize in District Science Fair. He recalled their picnic to Koil Sagar and their visit to Srisailam and how they enjoyed there.

He remembered the happy moments when their uncle visited them. He remembered how they celebrated Dasara and Deepavali. He told Ramesh that they missed their grandparents, uncles, brothers, sisters They missed the joy of the family. They missed their company. These were all the memories of Suresh.

Minor Discourses:

Question : 34, Marks : 5

Message:

Question 1.
Imagine that you were Ramesh. You know that Suresh is visiting your place but you can’t find time to meet him on the day of his visit. Send a message to Suresh telling him that you can meet him the next day.
Answer:
Message

12th November, 2016
Dear Suresh

10.30 A.m.

I am very happy to know about your arrival. I am very sorry for my unavailability to meet you today. I shall meet you tomorrow sharply at 9 Answer:m. Sorry for the inconvenience caused by me.
Ramesh.

Diary Entry:

Question 2.
Imagine that you were Gopi in the lesson, ‘The Tattered Blanket’. You have read the conversation between Kamala and Gopi. After going home, Gopi started to think about Amma and his sister KamalAnswer: He realised that he had made a mistake.and it was all his fault. He understood that he had done nothing as a son.
Now, attempt a diary entry imagining that you were Gopi.
Answer:

Thursday
22nd September, 2016
8 p.m.

Dear Diary,
What a fool I am ! I curse myself for not showing interest in Amma for all these days. Today, Kamala has made me realize my mistake. I am really ungrateful! I should take care of her from today onwards. Excuse me, Amma. I don’t show any love and affection for you. Please forgive me. I shall take my wife and kids to her. I shall not ill treat her anymore. Till now I am interested in her assets only. Now, I am a changed person. I shall look after Amma along with my sister, Kamala. I must not escape from my responsibilities.
Gopi

Poster:

Question 3.
Gopi wanted to sell his share of family property. Imagine that you were Gopi. Gopi got 5 acres of land as his share. He wanted to sell it immediately.

Now, prepare a poster on behalf of Gopi. Include the details such as location of the land, how many acres do you want to sell ? price per acre, contact details, etc.
Answer: