TS 9th Class English Important Questions 8th lesson Travel and Tourism

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TS 9th Class English 8th Lesson Questions and Answers Telangana – Travel and Tourism

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

Questions : (1 – 7), Marks : 10

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage.

Of all the things I am not very good at, living in the real world is perhaps the most outstanding. I am constantly filled with wonder at the number of things that other people do without any evident difficulty that are pretty much beyond me. I cannot tell you the number of times that I have gone looking for the lavatory in a cinema, for instance, and ended up standing in an alley on the wrong side of a self locking door. My particular speciality now is returning to hotel desks two or three times a day and asking what my room number is, I am, in short, easily confused.

I was thinking about this the last time we went en famille on a big trip. It was at Easter, and we were flying to England for a week. When we arrived at Logan Airport ‘ in Boston and were checking in, I suddenly remembered that I had recently joined British Airways’ frequent flyer programme. I also remembered that I had put the card in my carry-on bag. And here’s where the trouble started.

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. (4 × 1 = 4M)

Question 1.
What is the most outstanding thing that the speaker is not good at ?
A) Swimming
B) Studies
C) English
D) Living in the real world
Answer:
D) Living in the real world

Question 2.
What does the narrator wonder at ?
A) The number of things that other people do without any evident difficulty
B) The other people pretty much beyond the narrator
C) The other people’s inability
D) Both A & B
Answer:
D) Both A & B

Question 3.
What kind of a person was the narrator ?
A) Level headed
B) Bad tempered
C) Easily confused
D) Confident
Answer:
C) Easily confused

Question 4.
How many days did the narrator and his family go on a trip and when ?
A) Seven days, at Easter
B) Eight days, at Easter
C) Seven days, at Christmas
D) Eight days, at Christmas
Answer:
A) Seven days, at Easter

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. (3 × 2 = 6M)

Question 5.
What happens when the speaker goes to lavatory ?
Answer:
He ends up standing in an alley on the wrong side pf a self locking door.

Question 6.
What is the speciality of the narrator ?
Answer:
Returning to hotel desks two or three times a day and asking what his room number was.

Question 7.
What did the narrator remember when he arrived at airport ?
Answer:
He remembered that he had recently joined British Airways’ frequent flyer programme and he had put the card in his carry-on bag.

Passage No. 2:

Read the following passage.

It was at this point that my wife looked at me with an expression of wonder – not anger or exasperation, but just simple wonder – and said, .“I can’t believe you do this for a living.”

But I’m afraid it’s so. I always have catastrophes when I travel. Once on an aeroplane, I leaned over to tie a shoelace just at the moment someone in the seat ahead of me threw his seat back into full recline, and found myself pinned helplessly in the crash position. It was only by clawing the leg of the man sitting next to me that I managed to, get myself freed.

On another occasion, I knocked a soft drink onto the lap of a sweet little lady sitting beside me. The flight attendant came and cleaned her up, and brought me a replacement drink, and instantly I knocked it onto the woman again. To this day, I don’t know how I did it. I just remember reaching out for the new drink and watching helplessly as my arm, like some cheap propin one of those 1950s horror movies with a name like The Undead Limb, violently swept the drink from its perch and onto her lap.

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. (4 × 1 = 4M)

Question 1.
What happened to the narrator on aeroplanes ?
A) catastrophes occurred to the narrator.
B) met with an accident.
C) met with memorable incidents.
D) had sweet memories.
Answer:
A) catastrophes occurred to the narrator.

Question 2.
How did the narrator get himself free from the crash position ?
A) by requesting the man next to him
B) by requesting the flight attendant
C) by requesting the pilot
D) by clawing the leg of the man sitting next to the narrator that he managed to get himself freed.
Answer:
D) by clawing the leg of the man sitting next to the narrator that he managed to get himself freed.

Question 3.
The writer met with many catastrophes like
A) Once he opened his carry-on bag in the airport.
B) Once he was arrested under the seat of a plane.
C) Once his soft drink fell in the lap of the next seat lady twice.
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above

Question 4.
What is compared to the cheap prop ?
A) The narrator’s leg
B) The narrator’s arm
C) The narrator’s brain
D) The narrator’s head
Answer:
B) The narrator’s arm

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. (3 × 2 = 6M)

Question 5.
The narrator’s wife looked at him with an experience of wonder. What might the reason be ?
Answer:
The writer was almost hysterical with his bleeding finger. His wife expressed wonder at the fun of the events.

Question 6.
Do you think the narrator knocked the soft drink two times deliberately ? What evidence do you find in the passage ?
Answer:
No, because he himself says that “I don’t know how I did it.”

Question 7.
Do you think the narrator’s hands were like some cheap prop ? If yes, what made you think so ?
Answer:
Yes, the narrator’s’hands were like some cheap prop. The writer himself says it. Moreover his hands violently swept the soft drink onto the lap of the next seat lady for the second time.

Passage No. 3:

Read the following passage.

Now on planes when the food is delivered, my wife says: “Take the lids off the food for Daddy” or “Put your hoods up, children. Daddy’s about to cut his meat.” Of course, this is only when I am flying with my family. When I am on my own, I don’t eat, drink or lean over to tie my shoelaces, and never put a pen anywhere near my mouth. I just sit very very quietly, sometimes on my hands to keep them from flying out unexpectedly and causing liquid mischief. It’s not much fun, but it does at least cut down on the laundry bills. I never did get my frequent flyer miles, by the way.

I never do. I couldn’t find the card in time. This has become a real frustration for me. Everyone I know – everyone – is forever flying off to Bali first class with their air miles. I never get to collect anything. I must fly 100,000 miles a year, yet I have accumulated only about 212 air miles divided between twenty-three airlines.

‘ This is because either I forget to ask for the air miles when I check in, or I remember to ask for them but the air line then manages not to record them, or the check-in clerk informs me that I am not entitled to them. In January, on a flight to Australia – a flight for which I was going to get about a million air miles – the clerk shook her head when I presented my card and told me I was not entitled to any.

“Why?”

“The ticket is in the name of B. Bryson and the card is in the name of W. Bryson.”

I explained to her the close and venerable relationship between Bill and William, but she wouldn’t have it.
So I didn’t get my air miles, and I won’t be flying to Bali first class just yet. Perhaps just as well, really, I could never go that long without eating.

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. (4 × 1 = 4M)

Question 1.
What precaution does the narrator take when he travels alone ?
A) He doesn’t eat or drink.
B) He doesn’t lean over to tie his shoelaces.
C) He never puts a pen anywhere near his mouth.
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above

Question 2.
Why did the narrator sit very very quietly ?
A) he didn’t want to talk with others
B) he didn’t want to fly in an aeroplane
C) for fun sake
D) at least cut down on the laundry bills
Answer:
D) at least cut down on the laundry bills

Question 3.
Why did the narrator not get entitled points though he had a card ?
A) He forgot to ask for the air miles.
B) He couldn’t find the card in time.
C) The ticket was in the name of B. Bryson and card was in the name of W. Bryson.
D) The airline manages not to record entitled points.
Answer:
C) The ticket was in the name of B. Bryson and card was in the name of W. Bryson.

Question 4.
When did the narrator find out the truth of entitled points ?
A) In January on a flight to Australia
B) In January on a flight to Bali
C) In January on a flight to England
D) In January on a flight to the United States of America
Answer:
A) In January on a flight to Australia

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. (3 × 2 = 6M)

Question 5.
Why did the narrator’s wife say to the children, Take the lids off the food for Daddy’?
Answer:
The narrator often confused himself. He caused food and drinks spill over all around. His wife knew it well. So she asked children to help him. This was a precaution.

Question 6.
Did the narrator do all the awkward things intentionally or accidentally ? Give your reasons.
Answer:
The narrator did all those awkward things accidentally. He tried hard to avoid them. But he failed.

Question 7.
What kind of a person was the narrator ? How can you justify your opinion.
Answer:
The narrator was easily confused. He was nervous too. Though he wanted to avoid those awkward incidents, he couldn’t. He was not good at living normally. The incidents in his life proved this point.

B.Reading:

Questions : (8 – 12), Marks : 5

1. Read the following stanzas.

My father travels on the late evening train
Standing among silent commuters In the yellow light
suburbs slid past his unseeing eyes
His shirt, and pants are soggy and his black raincoat
Stained with mud and his bag stuffed with books
Is falling apart. His eyes dimmed byage
fade homeward through the humid monsoon night.
Now I can see him getting off the train

Like a word dropped from a long sentence.
He hurries across the length of the grey platform
Crosses the railway line, enters the lane,
His chappals are sticky with mud, but he hurries onward.

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. (3 × 1= 3M)

Question 8.
What train does the father travel on ?
A) Morning train
B) Afternoon train
C) Evening train
D) Late evening train
Answer:
D) Late evening train

Question 9.
‘A word dropped from a long sentence.’ What does it refer to ?
A) Father is getting off the train
B) Father is getting into the train
C) Father is getting off the train which is like a long sentence and he is a small word in it.
D) Father stands among commuters
Answer:
C) Father is getting off the train which is like a long sentence and he is a small word in it.

Question 10.
How can you say that the father is in a hurry to go home ?
A) Father walks home fast.
B) He starts late evening in the office.
C) He must be tired and hungry.
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above

Answer the following questions in one or two sentences each. (2 × 1 = 2M)

Question 11.
Is the father comfortable on the train ?
Answer:
No, father is not comfortable on the train. He stands among silent commuters.

Question 12.
What does the ‘dress of the father’ indicate ?
Answer:
Father’s dress is soggy. His raincoat is stained. The clothes show that father is poor.

2. Read the following stanzas.

Home again, I see him drinking weak tea,
Eating a stale chapati, reading a book.
He goes into the toilet to contemplate
Man’s estrangement from a man-made world.
Coming out he trembles at the sink,
The cold water running over his brown hands,
A few droplets cling to the greying hairs on his wrists.
His sullen children have often refused to share
Jokes and secrets with him. He will now go to sleep
Listening to the static on the radio, dreaming
Of his ancestors and grandchildren, thinking
Of nomads entering a subcontinent through a narrow pass.

Now answer the following questions. Each question has four choices.
Choose the correct answer and write (A), 08) (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. (3 × 1 = 3M)

Question 8.
What did father do after coming home ?
B) eating a stale chapati
C) reading a book
D) all the above
Answer:
D) all the above

Question 9.
What did his children refuse to share with him ?
A) Jokes and secrets
B) Memories
C) Sorrows
D) Worries
Answer:
A) Jokes and secrets

Question 10.
How did the poet’s father go to sleep ?
A) listening to the static on the radio
B) dreaming of his ancestors and grandchildren
C) thinking of nomads
D) all the above
Answer:
D) all the above

Answer the following questions in one or two sentences each. (2 × 1 = 2M)

Question 11.
What might be the contemplation of the father in the toilet ?
Answer:
Father thinks in the toilet, about man’s isolation from man-made world.

Question 12.
What image do you get from the line, ‘A few droplets cling to the greying hairs on his wrists’ ?
Answer:
The line “A few droplets cling to the greying hairs on his wrists” suggests many images. Greying hair suggests old age. Droplets suggest sweat and hard work.

C. Reading:

Questions : (8 – 12), Marks : 5

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage.

At Pashupathinath (outside which a sign proclaims ‘Entrance for the Hindus only’) there is an atmosphere of ‘febrile confusion’. Priests, hawkers, devotees, tourists, cows, monkeys, pigeons and dogs roam through the grounds. We offer a few flowers. There are so many worshippers that some people trying to get the priest’s attention are elbowed aside by others pushing their way to the front.

A princess of the Nepalese royal house appears; everyone bows and makes way. By the main gate, a party of saffron – clad Westerners struggle for permission to enter. The policeman is not convinced that they are ‘the Hindus’ (only the Hindus are allowed to enter the temple).

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. (3 × 1 = 3M)

Question 8.
Why was there confusion at Pashupathinath temple ?
A) Because there were large crowds of people.
B) Because there were large number of*cows.
C) Because there were large number of monkeys.
D) Because there were large number of pigeons.
Answer:
A) Because there were large crowds of people.

Question 9.
Who gets entry into the Pashupathinath temple ?
A) only the Hindus
B) only the Christians
C) only the Arabs
D) only the Jorastrians
Answer:
A) only the Hindus

Question 10.
Why are the westerners denied permission into the temple ?
A) Because they are not Hindus.
B) Because they are not Muslims.
C) Because they are not Christians.
D) Because they are not Arabs.
Answer:
A) Because they are not Hindus.

Answer the following questions in one or two sentences each.

Question 11.
Who roam through the temple ?
Answer:
Priests, hawkers, devotees, tourists, cows, monkeys, pigeons and dogs.

Question 12.
How do people respect the royal family ?
Answer:
Everyone bows and makes way for the royal family.

Passage No. 2:

Read the following passage.

At the Baudhnath stupa, the Buddhist shrine of Kathmandu, there is, in contrast, a sense of stillness. Its immense white dome is ringed by a road. Small shops stand on its outer edge; many of these are owned by Tibetan immigrants; felt bags, Tibetan prints and silver jewellery can be bought here. There are no crowds; this is a haven of quietness in the busy streets around:

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. (3 × 1 = 3M)

Question 8.
What kind of atmosphere do we observe at the Baudhnath stupa ?
A) A sense of stillness
B) A sense of devotion
C) A sense of salvation
D) A sense of peacefulness
Answer:
A) A sense of stillness

Question 9.
Where do we find small shops at the Baudhnath stupa ?
A) At the outer edge around the white dome
B) At the inner edge around the white dome
C) At the vertex around the white dome
D) Around the white dome
Answer:
A) At the outer edge around the white dome

Question 10.
What things are available at the Baudhnath stupa ?
A) Felt bags
B) Tibetan prints
C) Silver jewellery
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above

Answer the following questions in one or two sentences each. (2 × 1 = 2M)

Question 11.
What makes the Baudhnath stupa a haven of quietness?
Answer:
There are no crowds at the Baudhnath stupa. That makes it a haven of quietness.

Question 12.
Find from the passage a word which means ‘large’.
Answer:
Immense

Passage No. 3:

Read the following passage.

I find it difficult to tear myself away from the square. Flute music always does this to me: It is at once the most universal and most particular of sounds. There is no culture that does not have its flute – the reed neh, the recorder, the Japanese shakuhachi, the deep bansuri of Hindustani classical music, the clear or breathy flutes of South America, the high-pitched Chinese flutes. Each has its specific fingering and compass. It weaves its own associations. Yet to hear any flute is, it seems to me, to be drawn into the commonality of all mankind, to be moved by music closest in its phrases and sentences to the human voice, Its motive force too is living breath: it too needs to pause and breathe before it can go on.

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, (3 × 1 = 3M)

Question 8.
Who is the speaker of this passage ?
A) Gandhi
B) Vikram Seth
C) Bryson
D) Dilip Purushottam
Answer:
B) Vikram Seth

Question 9.
Why does the speaker find it difficult to tear himself away ?
A) Beause he was totally immersed in flute music.
B) Because he was totally immersed in Karnatic music.
C) Because he was totally immersed in devotional songs.
D) Because he was totally immersed in classical dance.
Answer:
A) Beause he was totally immersed in flute music.

Question 10.
What is the motive force of flute music ?
A) Pause
B) Emotion
C) Melody
D) Living breath
Answer:
D) Living breath

Answer the following questions in one or two sentences each. (2 × 1 = 2M)

Question 11.
What is the speciality of the flute music according to the speaker ?
Answer:
It is at once the most universal and most particular of sounds.

Question 12.
How is each flute in the world unique ?
Answer:
Each flute has its specific finering and compass. It weaves its own associations.

Section – B: Vocabulary and Grammar

Question : (13 – 17), Marks : 5

Editing A Passage:

Reading: A, B & C

Read the passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered (13 – 17) at the beginning. Each of these sentences has an error. Correct and re-write them in the answer booklet.

Question 1.
(13) Of all the things I am not very good at, living in the real world is perhaps the more outstanding. (14) I am constantly filled with wonder at the number of things that other people do without any evident difficult that are pretty much beyond me. (15) I cannot tell you the number of times that I have gone looking at the lavatory in a cinema, (16) for instance, and ended up standing in an alley on the wrong side of an self locking door. (17) My particular speciality now is returning to’hotel desks two or three times a day and asked what my room number is, 1 am, in short, easily Confused.
Answer:
13) Of all the things I am not very good at, living in the real world is perhaps the most outstanding.
14) I am constantly filled with wonder at the number of things that other people do without any evident difficulty that are pretty much beyond me.
15) I cannot tell you the number of times that I have gone looking for the lavatory in a cinema,
16) for instance, and ended up standing in an alley on the wrong side of a self locking door.
17) My particular speciality now is returning to hotel desks two or three times a day and asking what my room number is, I am, in short, easily confused.

Question 2.
(13) The zip in the bag was jammed. (14) So I pull on it and yanked at it, with grunts and frowns and increasing consternation. (15) I kept this up for some minute but it wouldn’t budge, (16) so I pulled harder and harder, with most grunts. (17) Well, you could guess what happened.
Answer:
13) The zip on the bag was jammed.
14) So I pulled on it and yanked at it, with grunts and frowns and increasing consternation.
15) I kept this up for some minutes but it wouldn’t budge,
16) so I pulled harder and harder, with more grunts.
17) Well, you can guess what happened.

Question 3.
(13) But I’m afraid its so. (14) I always have catastrophes when I travel. Once on an aeroplane, I leaned over to tie a shoelace just at the movement someone in the seat ahead of me threw his seat back into full recline, and found myself pinned helplessly in the crash position. (15) It was only by clawing the leg of the man sitting next to me that I managed to get me freed. (16) On another occasion, I knocked a soft drink onto the lap of a sweet little lady sitting besides me. (17) The flight attendant came and cleans her up.
Answer:
13) But I’m afraid it’s so.
14) I always have catastrophes when I travel. Once on an aeroplane leaned over to tie a shoelace just at the moment someone in the seat ahead .of me threw his seat back into full recline, and found myself pinned helplessly in the crash position.
15) It was only by clawing the leg of the man sitting next to me that I managed to get myself freed.
16) On another occasion, I knocked a soft drink onto the lap of a sweet little lady sitting beside me.
17) The flight attendant came and cleaned her up.

Question 4.
(13) I never did got my frequent flyer miles, by the way. (14) I never did. (15) I couldn’t find the card on time. (16) This has become the real frustration for me. (17) Everyone 1 knew – everyone – is forever flyifig off to Bali first class with their air miles.
Answer:
13) I never did get my frequent flyer miles, by the way.
14) I never do.
15) I couldn’t find the card in time.
16) This has become a real frustration for me.
17) Everyone I know – everyone – is forever flying off to Bali first class with their air miles.

Question 5.
(13) This is because either I forget to ask for the air miles when 1 check in, are I remember to ask for them but the air line then manages not to record them, (14) or the check-in clerk informed me that 1 am not entitled to them. (15) In January, on a flight to Australia – a flight for who I was going to get about a million air miles – (16) the clerk shake her head when I presented my card and told me I was not entitled to any. (17) “Why?” “The ticket is on the name of B. Bryson and the card is in the name of W. Bryson.”
Answer:
13) This is because either I forget to. ask for the air miles when I check in, or I remember to ask for them biit the air line then manages not to record them,
14) or the check-in clerk informs me that I am not entitled to them.
15) In January,, on a flight to Australia – a flight for which I was going to get about a million air miles
16) the clerk shook her head when I presented my card and told me I was not entitled to any.
17) “Why?” “The ticket’ is in the name of B.Bryson and the card is in the name of W.Bryson.”

Question 6.
(13) At Pashupathinath there is a atmosphere of ‘febrile confusion’. (14) Priests, hawkers, devotees, tourists, cows, monkeys, pigeons and dogs roam threw the grounds. (15) We offered a few flowers. (16) There are so much worshippers that some people trying to get the priest’s attention are elbowed aside by others pushing their way to the front. (17) A princesses of the Nepalese royal house appears; everyone bows and makes way.
Answer:
13) At Pashupathinath there is an atmosphere of ‘febrile confusion’.
14) Priests, hawkers, devotees, tourists, cows, monkeys, pigeons and dogs roam through the grounds.
15) We offer a few flowers.
16) There are so many worshippers that some people trying to get the priest’s attention are elbowed aside by others pushing their way to the front.
17) A princess of the Nepalese royal house appears; everyone bows and makes way.

Question 7.
(13) On the Baudhnath stupa, the Buddhist shrine of Kathmandu, there is, in contrast, a sense of stillness. (14) Its immense white dome is rings by a road. (15) Small shops stood on its outer edge; many of these are owned by Tibetan immigrants; felt bags, Tibetan prints and silver jewellery can be bought here. (16) There are not crowds; (17) this is a haven of quite in the busy streets around.
Answer:
13) At the Baudhnath stupa, the Buddhist shrine of Kathmandu, there is, in contrast, a sense of stillness.
14) Its immense white dome is ringed by a road.
15) Small shops stand on its outer edge; many of these are owned by Tibetan immigrants; felt bags, Tibetan prints and silver jewellery can be bought here.
16) There are no crowds;
17) this is a haven of quietness in the busy streets around.

Question 8.
(13) Kathmandu is vivid, mercenary, religious, with small shrines to flower-adorned deities across the narrowest and busiest streets; (14) with fruit sellers, flute sellers, hawkers of postcards; shops selling western cosmetics, film rolls and chocolate; are copper utensils and Nepalese antiques. (15) Film songs blare in from the radios, car horns sound, bicycle bells ring, stray cows low questioningly at motorcycles, vendors shout out their wares, (16) I indulge me mindlessly; (17) bought a bar of marzipan a t corn-on-the-cob roasted in a charcoal brazier on the pavement.
Answer:
13) Kathmandu is vivid, mercenary, religious, with small shrines to flower-adorned deities along the narrowest and busiest streets;
14) with fruit sellers, flute sellers, hawkers of postcards; shops selling western cosmetics, film rolls and chocolate; or copper utensils and Nepalese antiques.
15) Film songs blare out from the radios, car horns sound, bicycle bells ring, stray cows low questioningly at motorcycles, vendors shout out their wares.
16) I indulge myself mindlessly;
17) buy a bar of marzipan a corn-on-the-cob roasted in a charcoal brazier on the pavement.

Question 9.
(13) I consider whose rout’e I should take back home. (14) If I was propelled by enthusiasm for travel per se, I would go by bus and train to Patna, (15) then sailed up the Ganges past Benaras to Allahabad, then up the Yamuna, past Agra to Delhi. (16) But I am very exhaust and homesick; today is the last day of August. (17) Go home, I tell me. ‘
Answer:
13) I consider what route I should take back home.
14) If I were propelled by enthusiasm for travel per se, I would go by bus and train to Patna,
15) then sail up the Ganges past Benaras to Allahabad, then up the Yamuna, past Agra to Delhi.
16) But I am very exhausted and homesick; today is the last day of August.
17) Go home. I tell myself.

Question 10.
(13) It’s motive force too is living breath: it too needs to pause and breathe before it can go on. (14) That 1 could be so affected by a few familiar phrases on the bansuri surprises me at first, (15) with on the previous occasions that I have returned home after a long absence abroad, (16) I have hard noticed such details, (17) and certainly have not invested them with a significance I now do.
Answer:
13) Its motive force too is living breath: it too needs to pause and breathe before it can go on.
14) That I can be so affected by a few familiar phrases on the bansuri surprises me at first,
15) for on the previous occasions that I have returned home after a long absence abroad,
16) I have hardly noticed such details,
17) and certainly have not invested them with the significance I now do.

Questions : (18 – 22), Marks : 2 1/2

Choose The Right Word:

Complete the passage choosing the right words from the box given below. Each blank is numbered. Write the correct words in your answer booklet. (5 × 1/2 = 2 1/2 Marks)

Question 1.

find, finds, travel, at, humorously, a, the

They say that the world today is a small place because travel (18) has become easy, but not everybody finds (19) it easy to travel. Here, the author reflects humorously (20) his experience as a traveller. Of all the things 1 am not very good at (21), living in the real world is perhaps the (22) most outstanding.

Question 2.

minutes, seconds, jammed, at, and, or, consternation

The zip on the bag was jammed (18). So I pulled on it and yanked at (19) It, with grunts and (20) frowns and increasing consternation (21). 1 kept this up for some minutes (22) but it wouldn’t budge, so I pulled harder and harder, with more grunts.

Question 3.

discovered, invented, in, at, cry, budget, shedding

“My tobacco!” I cried in (18) horror, thinking what I would have to pay for that much tobacco in England now that another budget (19) had come and gone, and then changed the cry (20) to “My finger! My finger!” as I discovered (21) that I had gashed my finger on the zip and was shedding (22) blood in a lavish manner.

Question 4.

best, worst, into, in, amused, attractive, sucking

This, however, was not my worst experience on,a plane flight. My worst (18) experience was when I was writing important thoughts in a notebook ‘buy socks’, ‘clutch drinks carefully’, etc. sucking (19) thoughtfully on the end of my pen as you do, and fell into (20) conversation with an attractive (21) young lady in the next seat. I amused (22) her for perhaps 20 minutes with a scattering of urbane bons mots, then retired to the lavatory where I discovered that the pen had leaked .

Question 5.

flying, travelling, delivered, off, of, about, this

Now on planes when the food is delivered (18), my wife says: “Take the lids off (19) the food for Daddy” or “Put your hoods up, children. Daddy’s about (20) to cut his meat.” Of course, this (21) is only when I am flying (22) with my family.

Question 6.

a, the, cheap, visit, for, few, sacred

I get a cheap (18) room in the centre of town and sleep for (19) hours. ‘The next morning, with Mr. Shah’s son and nephew. I visit (20) the two temples in Kathmandu that are most sacred (21) to the (22) Hindus and the Buddhists.

Question 7.

its, it’s, shrine, immense, by, with, in contrast

At the Baudhnath stupa, the Buddhist shrine (18) of Kathmandu, there is, in contrast (19). a sense of stillness. Its immense (20) white dome is ringed by (21) a road. Small shops stand on its (22) outer edge.

Question 8.

up, down, exhausted, home, by, propelled, on

I consider what route I should take back home (18). If I were propelled (19) by enthusiasm for travel per se, I would go by (20) bus and tram to Patna, then sail up (21) the Ganges past Benaras to Allahabad, then up the Yamuna, past Agra to Delhi. But I am very exhausted (22) and homesick.

Question 9.

off, flute seller, flower seller, an, a, which, of, protrude

I look at the flute seller (18) standing in a corner of the square near the hotel. In his hand is a pole with an (19) attachment at the top from which (20) fifty or sixty bansuris protrude (21) in all directions, like the quills of a porcupine. They are of (22) bamboo.

Question 10.

very, so, smoothly, hardly, at, familiar, previous

That I can be so (18) affected by a few familiar (19) phrases on the bansuri surprises me at (20) first, for on the previous (21) occasions that I have returned home after a long absence abroad, I have hardly (22) noticed such details, and certainly have not invested them with the significance I now do.

Questions : (23 – 27), Marks : 2 1/2

Rewrite As Directed:

Some words in the given passage are underlined. Rewrite the underlined words in your answer booklet as directed. (5 × 1/2 = 21/2 M)

1. My particular (23) speciality (24) now is returned (25) to hotel desks two or three times a day and asking what my room number is, I am, in short, easily bewildered (26). I was thinking on (27) this the last time we went en famille on a big trip.

Question 23.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
general

Question 24.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
special

Question 25.
Write the correct form of the underlined word.
Answer:
returning

Question 26.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
Answer:
confused

Question 27.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one.
Answer:
about

2. I suddenly remembered (23) that I had recently (24) joined British Airways’ frequent flyer programme. I also remembered that I have (25) put the card in my carry-on bag. And here’s where the trouble initiated (26). The zip in (27) the bag was jammed.

Question 23.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
forgot

Question 24.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
recent

Question 25.
Write the correct form of the underlined word.
Answer:
had

Question 26.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
Answer:
started

Question 27.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one.
Answer:
on

3. I just remember reaching out for the new drink and watching helplessly as my arm, like some cheap (23) prop in one of those 1950s horror movies with a name like The Undead Limb, violently (24) swept the drink from its perch and into (25) her lap. The lady looked at me with the shocked (26) expression you would expected (27) to receive from someone whom you have repeatedly drenched.

Question 23.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
expensive

Question 24.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
violent/violence

Question 25.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one.
Answer:
onto

Question 26.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
Answer:
stupefied

Question 27.
Write the correct form of the underlined word.
Answer:
expect

4. So you will understand, I trust (23), when I tell you how much I ache to be polite (24). I would love, just once in my life, to rise from a dinner table without looking as if I have just experience (25) a (26) extremely (27) localised seismic event.

Question 23.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
mistrust/distrust

Question 24.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
Answer:
suave

Question 25.
Write the correct form of the underlined word.
Answer:
experienced

Question 26.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one.
Answer:
an

Question 27.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
extreme

5. This is because either I forget to ask for the air miles when I check in, or I remember to ask for them but the air line then manages not to register (23) them, or the check in clerk informs (24) me that I am not entitled (25) to them. On (26) January, on a flight to Australia – a flight for which I am (27) going to get about a million air miles – the clerk shook her head when I presented my card and told me I was not entitled to any.

Question 23.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
Answer:
record

Question 24.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
information

Question 25.
Write the opposite of the underlined word.
Answer:
ineligible

Question 26.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one.
Answer:
in

Question 27.
Write the correct form of the underlined word.
Answer:
was

6. At Pashupathinath (outside which a sign proclaims ‘Entrance for the Hindus only’) . there is an atmosphere of ‘febrile confusion’(23). Priests, hawkers, devotees, tourists, cows, monkeys, pigeons and dogs move (24) through the grounds. We offer (25) a few flowers. There are so many worshippers that some people trying to got (26) a (27) priest’s attention are elbowed aside by others pushing their way to the front.

Question 23.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
confuse

Question 24.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
Answer:
roam

Question 25.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
refuse

Question 26.
Write the correct form of the underlined word.
Answer:
get

Question 27.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one.
Answer:
the

7. But I am very exhaust (23) and homesick; today is the last day of August. Go home, I tell himself: (24) move directly (25) towards home. I enter (26) the Nepal Airlines office and buy a ticket for tomorrow’s travel (27).

Question 23.
Write the correct form of the underlined word.
Answer:
exhausted

Question 24.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one.
Answer:
myself

Question 25.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
direct

Question 26.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
exit

Question 27.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
Answer:
flight

8. The sound rises clearly above the sound (23) of the traffic and the hawkers’ cries. He played (24) slowly (25) meditatively, without excessive (26) display. He does not shout on (27) his wares.

Question 23.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
Answer:
noise

Question 24.
Write the correct form of the underlined word.
Answer:
plays

Question 25.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
slow

Question 26.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
insufficient/reasonable/moderate

Question 27.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one.
Answer:
out

9. There is no culture that does, not have its flute – the reed neh, the recorder, the Japanese shakuhachi, the deep (23) bansuri of Hindustani classical music, a (24) clear (25) or breathy flutes of South America, the high-sounded (26) Chinese flutes. Each have (27) its specific fingering and compass.

Question 23.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
shallow

Question 24.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one.
Answer:
the

Question 25.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
clearly

Question 26.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
Answer:
pitched

Question 27.
Write the correct form of the underlined word.
Answer:
has

10. That I can be so affected .by a few familiar (23) phrases on a (24) bansuri surprises me at first, for on the past (25) occasions (26) that I have return (27) home after a long absence abroad, I have hardly\noticed such details, and certainly have not invested them with the significance now do.

Question 23.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
strange

Question 24.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one.
Answer:
the

Question 25.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
Answer:
previous

Question 26.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
occasional

Question 27.
Write the correct form of the underlined word.
Answer:
returned

Section – C : Creative Writing (Discourses)

Question : 28, Marks : 10

Major Discourses

Question 1.
Write a possible conversation between the wile and the husband on this incident.
Answer:
Wife : I can’t believe you do this for a living.
Husband – (Narrator) : But I’m afraid it’s so.
Wife : What do you want to get from the bag ?
Husband : Card.
Wife : What card ?
Husband : I had recently joined Britisti Airways’ frequent flyer programme. They gave a card. I am searching that card.
Wife : Where do you put it ?
Husband : In my carry-on bag.
Wife : Why don’t you open the bag slowly and carefully. See, what happened now !
Husband : The zip on the bag was jammed.’So I pulled on it and yanked at it.
Wife : Can’t you guess if you do like that, the zip will give away ?
Husband : I don’t think so.
Wife : See ! All the things rolled down because of your consternation.
Husband : Yes, my tobacco too rolled off. flow, I would have to pay much for tobacco. My finger ! My finger !
Wife : What happened to your finger ?
Husband : I think I had gashed my finger in the zip.
Wife : Oh! Blood is shedding. Let me do the first aid. Then it will be OK.

Question 2.
Write a possible conversation between the narrator and the nun.
Answer:
Nun : What a nasty thing have you done ! What happened to you ?
Narrator : I am extremely sorry, young lady. Mistakenly it happened like that. Pardon me.
Nun : OK! It’s all right. Call the flight attendant to clean it.
Narrator : Don’t worry. Definitely I’ll call her.
Nun : Please call her. I am unable to bear this nuisance.
Narrator : OK, I’ll call her.
(The flight attendant came and cleaned her up.)
Nun : Thank you. Now I am oK.
Narrator : I too got a replacement drink.
Nun : Drink it carefully at least now.
Narrator : Sure. I shall drink carefully.
(He knocked it onto the woman again)
Nun : Oh ! What are, you doing ? Again you are knocking it onto me. Idiot, stupid, don’t you know how to drink in a flight. Don’t you know travel manners. Oh ! God ! What a terrible situation !
Narrator : I’m, I’m sorry.

Question 3.
Describe the problems faced by old people in the society.
Answer:
The old age is an integral part of human life. It is the evening of life. It is unavoidable, undesirable, unwelcome and problem ridden faces of life. An old man is full of experiences and even though his experiences are of immense help to the younger generation is taken as an unwanted burden. He himself is caught in a terrible feeling of redundancy. Thinking of old age visions of loneliness, and neglect emerge in mind.

The picture becomes all the more awesome with the failing health and illness. A sense of despair blooms over all his pleasant feelings. An old man for his every work, he needs someone to help. He becomes dependent on others largely due to his physical infirmity. He is, in fact, filled with feeling of emotional insecurity. He wants someone to take care of his needs and share his feelings. But in this materialistic society, everybody is short of time. Nobody has enough time for him.

Even his own children, to whom he dedicates his life and his earnings do not find time for him. Debilitating body and failing health make things worst. Having rendered service for a life time, the body parts appear to have become tired and weak. He becomes highly vulnerable to ailments-minor or major. Diseases both minor and major always follow them and their waking hours are preoccupied with symptoms and fills, diets and therapies. Regular medical aid and assistance become routine at this stage of life.

Besides, social security and emotional support are terribly needed. A feeling of loneliness adversely affects their mental health which shows through some physical problems. The problem of loneliness and isolation is the gift of modern society. The society forces an old person live like an island: Often he faces the loss of spouse and own friends. In fact, during the Old age one is faced with multidimensional problems. One of the major problems is the financial constraint which is really more.

Question 4.
Describe any tourist place you like the post.
Answer:
This summer vacation, I went to visit the Taj Mahal in Agra. I was mesmerised with its beauty. It is rightly called one of the seven wonders of the world. It is only because of Taj Mahal that Agra has come to be known as the centre of art and architecture. This wonder of the world was built in the memory of Shahjahan’s beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. It is built on the banks of the river Yamuna.

It is made of white marble which reached its prime beauty with the craftsmanship of twenty thousand workmen. They all. were very skilled. This monument is surrounded by beautiful and well maintained gardens. Fountains add to their beauty. Every year many tourists visit this dome shaped epitome of love.

Question 5.
You have read the lesson The Accidental Tourist’. In this lesson the narrator described his journey.
Describe one of your journeys that you feel the happiest journey in your life.
Answer:
A Railway Journey
Travelling is a great and inspiring experience. It is at once instructive and interesting. If we travel second class, a railway journey gives us a true picture of India as the majority of the Indians travel second class.

I had a great desire to go to Simla. Imagine my joy when I received a letter from my cousin to visit him during the summer vacation ! My father gladly allowed me to go.

It was the sticky month of July. The day at last arrived. Our school was closed for articles and left for the railway station. I reached the station fifteen minutes before the arrival of the train. There was a great rush at the platform. I had no worries, since I already had reserved seat. I engaged a coolie and made my way to the train. There was a great hustle and bustle. The passengers sat eagerly waiting for the train.

After ten minutes, the train steamed in. It was fully packed. But I was lucky enough to get a seat near a window. After five minutes the guard whistled and waved his green flag. The train steamed off, soon it gathered speed. Our compartment was packed to its capacity. Some passengers were smoking while others were chatting or reading newspapers. Then the ticket checker entered and checked our tickets.

A young man was found travelling without ticket. He had to pay the fare and the penalty. I looked out of the window. There were green fields on either sides. Cattle were grazing, the trees seemed to be running away. At last I reached Kalka. I took my lunch and changed for Simla. The train for Simla looked like a toy. It was an interesting sight to see the engine climbing the hill like a serpent.

As the train went higher, I saw tall trees of pine. Houses on hills looked very tiny. The train went on a zig-zag path. It passed through many tunnels. The cold increased as the train went higher and higher. After five hours pleasant journey, I reached Simla. My cousin was waiting at the station and received me cheerfully.

Question : 29, Marks : 5

Minor Discourses:

Question 1.
Given below is a telephonic conversation.
Answer:
Mr.Prabhakar : Hello ! Is this Gautam’s. Travel Desk ?
Receptionist : Good afternoon it is.
Mr.Prabhakar : Good afternoon, I would like tb speak to Mr. Gautam, please.
Receptionist : Mr. Gautam has gone out for lunch, sir. I’m Praveen, his receptionist and secretary. I could take a message for Mr. Gautam.
Mr.Prabhakar : Well then, I’m Prabhakar here. I want a vehicle to take us to Betaab valley and Aru park tomorrow. Will it be possible to send us one?
Receptionist : Any other specifications, sir ?
Mr.Prabhakar : Yes, we would prefer a driver who can speak English and we should be picked up in the morning from Hotel Heaven where we are staying. Will it be “possible for you to make these arrangements?
Receptionist : Consider it done. Is there anything else, sir ?
Mr.Prabhakar : No thank you, bye.

Question 2.
Mr. Praveen had to leave the office urgently. So he decides to write a message for his boss Gautam. Write the message in not more than 40 words.
Answer:

Message

12 March 20xx
Dear Mr. Gautam,

I received a call from Mr. Prabhakar who wants a vehicle to take them to Betaab valley and Aru park tomorrow. They are a group of ten adults who want to leave at 6 a.m. and be back by 3 p.m., will take breakfast and lunch at suitable plac,e that serves the local cuisine. They want an English speaking driver who picks them up fn the morning from Hotel Heaven. Please make the necessary arrangements for them.
Praveen