RAPID REVISION
1. Complete the paragraph given below by choosing the correct alternatives given below
Children admitted (a) ________ the government BC Roy Memorial Hospital were exposed to deafening sounds (b) ________ crackers on Diwali night. The residents of nearby multistorey buildings, burst crackers. The decibel (dB) level of crackers exceeded 90 dB. It was the (c) ________ Diwali in Kolkata‟s recent memory.
(a) (i) in (ii) on (iii) to (iv) at
(b) (i) when (ii) of (iii) from (iv) during
(c) (i) noisy (ii) noisier (iii) noisiest (iv) noise
2. In the passage given below, there is an error in each line. Write the correct word and the correction in your answer sheet. The first one has been done as an example.
Error Correction
The sound emitted as the blue whale is e.g. as by
loud than the sound of heavy gunfire (a) _______ _______
as close range or the roar of a rocket. (b) _______ _______
Blue whales founded throughout the world‟s (c) _______ _______
oceans, are the big creatures ever to have lived on earth. (d) _______ _______
3. Rearrange the words and phrases given below to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example :
no parallel / discipline / any kind / has / of
Discipline has no parallel of any kind.
(a) go together / duties / should / discipline / and rights.
(b) equally important / should be / treated / it / as
(c) ignored / be very / bad / it will / if it / is
4.You are Nitish /Nikita, head boy girl of Tagore Public School Jaipur. Write a letter to New Star Sports
Company, Kalkaji, New Delhi asking him to send more popular sports material for your games and bsports department.
OR
Write a letter to the editor of a national daily, expressing your opinion and views on the increased human dependence on technology. Right from a small child to an adult, or even an old man, everyone wants gadgets only-cell phone, I-pod, laptop, etc. This also has a negative effect on social relationships. write the letter in 100-120 words. (Board 2014, Set QUD9VQW)
5.Write a story in 150-200 words using the clues provided below :
I had read about the person who jumped into a lion‟s cage to take a selfie with it, the man who wanted to take a selfie with the charging bull and other razor‟s edge situations. I too dreamed of taking a selfie in a similarly hair raising situation.and now the opportunity was there right before me
OR
I was running running fast for dear life but every moment the witch doctor and his worshippers were drawing closer and closer. Just when I thought I could see a glimmer of hope I feel and
SECTION – C LITERATRE
6. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :
At that moment, the woman’s hand moved. I suddenly saw the photograph that went with the story and gasped.
(a) Who is „I‟ ?
(b) What does the „story‟ refer to ?
(c) What does the word, „gasped‟ mean ?
OR
O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers ?
Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
That ever lived in the tide of times.
(a) Who is speaking these lines ?
(b) Who are the butchers and why does he call them so ?
(c) What does the word, „meek‟ mean ?
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