unit test 3
unit test 3
AGASTHIARPATTI Date:
XII STANDARD Day:
UNIT TEST III Max Marks: 50
I. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: 8X1=8
1. Suffering seems so cruelly prevalent in the world today.[synonym]
a. different b. common c. relevant d. benevolent
2. I had eleven broken ribs and a perforated lung.[synonym]
a. supported b. perfect c. damage d. plastic
3. The mechanical provided motor power by galloping along behind the trolley.[synonym]
a. sloping b. hurrying c. carrying d. doing
4. He had a malignant tumor of brain. [antonym]
a. Deadly b. fatal c. mortal d. benign
5. And very soon this trolley was commandeered.[antonym]
a. confiscated b. released c. activated d. given
6. During the last decade the right wing of the party has held the whip hand [suitable
meaning of the underlined idiom]
a. To be influential b. to be the most powerful c. power of the powerless d. highly strong
7. Nothing is permanent, ………? [add suitable question tag]
a. Isn’t it? b. is it? c. aren’t it? d. aren’t they?
8. Choose the correct combination of the blended word Bionic:
a. Bio + electric b. biology + electronic c. bio + nic d. biology + electric
II. Read the poetic set of lines given below and answer the following questions: 6X1=6
9. “for his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes”
a. How is the voice of a man at this stage?
b. What stage of a man’s life is referred to in these lines?
c. Explain : shrunk shank
10. Then a soldier, full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel
With one sweet song that seems to have no close…..
a. How does the man in this stage have a beard?
b. What is the soldier ready to do?
11. All the world is a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
a. Bring out the figure of speech in the above line:
III. Rewrite as directed [any two]: 2X2=4
12. Jack has to fetch a pail of water for Jill. [change into passive]
13. Where was the boy found by the police? [change into active]
14. Ram did not come to school today. Lakshman did not come to school today. [combine
the sentences using Neither….nor]
IV. Answer the following questions [any one]: 2X3=6
15. How was Dr. Barnard’s attitude towards suffering different from that of his father?
16. How was the unattended trolley put to use?
17. How does Dr. Barnard know the boy who played the driver role of the trolley?
V. Answer the following question as directed: 1X3=3
18. Write a dialogue between a clerk of SBI and a student who wants to open a student
account.
VI. Explain the context with reference: 1X3=3
19. “they have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts”.
VII. Answer the following in paragraphs:[any two] 2X5=10
20. Shakespeare has skillfully brought out the parallels between the life of man and actors
on stage. Elaborate this statement with reference to the poem.
21. These two children had given me a profound lesson… elucidate:
22. Who do you think true friendship Baldwin or Gresham?
VIII. Answer the following: [any two] 2X5=10
23. Read the given sentences and spot the error:
a. Neither john nor Joseph are present today.
b. The opposition party supports rarely the ruling party.
c. The rich should help poor.
d. One of the girl is going to participate in the event.
e. Though Hendry had only one sandwich yet he shared it with his friend.
24. Match each of the following sentences with their field in the list given below:
a. The monitor displays the main menu.
b. The hybrid variety of paddy was a failure.
c. There is no drop- outs in schools now.
d. We go by bus to Bangalore.
e. ‘My goal is winning a grand slam,’ says Sania Mirza.
[Education, sports, computer, travel, agriculture, society, literature]
25. Write a letter to the sub- inspector of police in your area complaining about your
theft scooter.