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Subject : First Language — ENGLISH
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I. Multiple choice questions : 6×1=6

1. Ritesh reads lot of books, .................... .
The appropriate question tag to be added is
(A) does he ? (B) doesn’t he ?
(C) did he ? (D) didn’t he ?
Ans. :
Rem. (B) — doesn’t he ? 1
2. ................. Cauvery flows into ................. Bay of
Bengal.
The appropriate articles to be filled in the blanks
are
(A) A, the (B) The, the
(C) The, a (D) An, a
Ans. :
Rem. (B) — The, the 1

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3. We ................... English since two years.

Choose the correct form of verb :
(A) learn (B) learnt
(C) learning (D) have been learning
Ans. :
Rem. (D) — have been learning 1
4. The plural of the word ‘Half’ is
(A) Halfs (B) Halves
(C) Halfes (D) Halvies
Ans. :
Rem. (B) — Halves 1
5. The word that takes ‘im’ as a negative prefix is
(A) regular (B) finished
(C) legal (D) mortal
Ans. :
Rem. (D) — mortal 1
6. The plants in her house silently begged to be
watered.
The figure of speech used here is
(A) Simile (B) Metaphor
(C) Personification (D) Alliteration
Ans. :
Rem. (C) — Personification 1
II. Observe the relationship in the first pair of
words and complete the second pair
accordingly in the following : 4×1=4
7. Fresh : Stale :: Expand : ..................... .
Ans. :
Rem. Contract 1
8. Success : Triumph :: Stature : ...................... .
Ans. :
Rem. Height 1
9. Teach : Taught :: feed : ........................ .
Ans. :
Rem. Fed 1

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10. Calm : Calmness :: Elegant : ........................ .

Ans. :
Rem. Elegance 1

III. Rewrite as directed : 3×1=3

11. Change the voice of the sentence :

The recitation pleased the judges.
Ans. :
Exp. The judges were pleased by the recitation. 1

12. Frame a question to get the underlined word as

answer :
I met an actor in the park last night.
Ans. :
Exp. Whom / who did you meet in the park last night ? 1

13. Rewrite the following sentence using ‘so .... that ....
not’ :
The news is too good to be true.
Ans. :
Exp. — The news is so good that it cannot be true. 1

IV. Answer the following questions in a sentence

each : 4×1=4

14. Name the branch of Science founded by Pasteur.

Ans. :
Rem. Bacteriology 1

15. Where was the girl going in the lesson ‘The Eyes
are not Here’ ?
Ans. :
Rem. Saharanpur 1

16. What according to Pierre is a sure sign of

starvation ?
Ans. :
Rem. Begging for seven days without food with squint
slightly. 1

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17. Why had Buttoo gone to Dronacharya ?

Ans. :
Rem. Buttoo had gone to Dronacharya to learn thy
Science Archery. 1

V. Answer the following questions in two to three

sentences each : 7 × 2 = 14

18. Describe the appearance of the ‘girl of the silent

torrent’.
Ans. :

Comp. Her hair was carelessly done, inquisitive, wisps

peeped often over her forehead to peer at the dark
wonder of her eye. 2

19. Explain what the advertisers and marketing

professionals are working at.
Ans. :

Exp. Advertisers and marketing professionals are

working hard to see that even people who live in
remote rural pockets are lured and entranced into
becoming passive consumers. 2

20. How does the poet explain the desperate act of the
female bird to bring the male bird back to life ?
Ans. :

Exp. — As the male crane was shot by the hunter, the

female crane flew crying.
— She circled the sky in movements of grace over
his disgraceful end
— As the killers went away and she returned to
the death scene with grief
— Female crane kissed a few feathers with her
beak, picked the one that wind had not taken
and sat to hatch it into a toddling chick. 2

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21. What justification did Drona give for his unfair

demand ?
Ans. :

Exp. Drona had promised in his faithfulness that no-

one would be equal ever to Arjuna in archery. 2

22. List out the four stages of a day which corresponds

to four stages of man’s life in the poem Sonnet 73.
Ans. :

Appr. — Morning — Childhood

— Noon — Youth
— Evening — Old age
— Night — Death 2

23. Explain the encounter between Billy and the

mysterious seafaring man.
Ans. :

Exp. — A sallow evil looking fellow with two fingers

missing appeared

— Mysterious seafaring man

— He argued with Billy
— In no time the two were — Fighting furiously,
wounded the stranger

— Billy was left stretched out on the floor gasping

for death. 2

24. How did Ulysses use rams to prove that “Manly

wisdom excels brutish force” ?
Ans. :

Comp. Ulysses made the knots of the Osier twigs upon

which the cyclop commonly slept, with which he
tied the fattest and fleeciest of the rams together.
The rams carried off with them to the ships 2

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VI. Rewrite as directed : 3×2=6

25. Change the following sentence to the other two

degrees of comparison :
Vivekananda was more popular than most other
Indian saints.
Ans. :
Exp. — Very few Indian Saints were as popular as
Vivekananda
— Vivekananda was one of the most popular
Indian Saints. 2
26. Combine the following sentences using :
a) As soon as
b) No sooner .......... than.
The driver saw the green signal. He started his car.
Ans. :
Exp. a) As soon as the driver saw the green signal he
started his car
b) No sooner did the driver see the green signal
than he started his car
OR
— No sooner had the driver seen the green signal
than he started the car. 2
27. Change the following sentence to reported speech :
He said to him, “Please wait here till I return”.
Ans. :
Exp. — He requested him to wait there till he
returned. 2
VII. Answer the following questions in five to six
sentences each : 6 × 3 = 18
28. The preservation and utilisation of water is
fundamental for human life. Explain.
Ans. :
Comp — The preservation and utilisation of water is
fundamental for human welfare.
— Apart from artesian water the ultimate source
in all cases is rainfall or snowfall.
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— Much of Indian agriculture depends on

seasonal rainfall and is therefore very sensitive
to any failure or irregularities of the same.
— The problems of soil erosion of inadequate or
irregular rainfall are closely connected with
each other
— It is clear that the adaptation of techniques
preventing soil erosion would also help to
conserve and keep the water where it is wanted
— Water is necessary for animal life and plant
life. 3

29. Differentiate between a mechanical act and an

intentional act.
Ans. :
Comp. — If you act mechanically, there is no moral
content in our act such action would be moral.
— If you think it proper to act like a machine and
do so
— In doing so, we use our discrimination.
— We should bear in mind the distinction
between acting mechanically and acting
intentionally.

— It may be moral of a king to Pardon a Culprit.

But the messenger bearing the order of pardon
plays only a mechanical part in the King’s
moral act. 3

30. Give reasons to prove that ‘only the test of fire

makes fine steel’ according to Lincoln.
Ans. :
Comp. — If you heat and beat the iron, then it can be
given any shape you want.
— The poet wants his son to pass through the fire
which means difficulty

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— He is sure that only the test of fire produces

strength.
— The poet wants his son to be trained in school. 3

31. Explain the following lines with reference to the

poem ‘Vachana’ :
My legs are pillars,
the body the shrine,
the head a cupola
of gold.
Ans. :
Comp. — Human body is compared to a temple. The rich
people can build the physical temple of gold.
— Poor man cannot do what the richman do
— Poor man’s legs are compared to pillars of the
temple

— The body shrine of the temple

— The head is compared to dome or gopura of the
temple. 3

32. Summarise John Masefields sense of guilt in the

poem C.L.M.
Ans. :
Comp. — John Masefield explains the dedication to his
mother.
— The poet had begun his life in the dark womb
of his mother
— His mother’s life made him a man.
— Mother did not care for her beauty. She
sustained all pain while giving birth

— She could not see her child grow as she died

— John Masefield gives importance to the
woman-kind. Men triumph over women. The
poet feels that he has not done, tried or said
anything to thank that dear woman dead. 3

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33. How does the writer introduce Karna to the

assembly ?
OR
What was Pasteur’s message to young students on
the occasion of his 70th birthday celebration ?

Ans. :
Rem. — At the close of the day, there came suddenly
from the entrance of the arena a sound, loud
and compelling like thunder.
— The sound made by the slapping of mighty
arms in challenge

— A God like youth from whom light and power

seemed to emanate
— He looked proudly round him, cast a negligent
salute to Drona and Kripa. 3

OR

— ‘The future’, he said, will belong to those who

shall have done the most for suffering
humanity.
— ‘First ask yourselves, “What have I done for my
education ?” Then as you advance in life.
“What have I done for my country ?”

— The consciousness of having contributed in

some measure to the progress and welfare of
humanity. 3
VIII. Explain with reference to the context :
5 × 3 = 15

34. “... don’t look at me that way. I had my hair cut off
and sold ...”
Ans. :
Exp. Lesson : The Gift of Magi
Author : O Henry
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— Della said to Jim

— Della had cut off her beautiful hair, the
valuable possession she had.
— She sold them to give a present to Jim.

— She could not have lived through Christmas

without giving a present.
— When Jim shocked by seeing her face, she told
in that way. 3

35. “Never again among our people must such a

diseased and in human hatred arise.”
Ans. :
Exp. Lesson — The Girl Who was Anne Frank
Author — Louis De Jong
In March 1957, a Hamburg student suggested to
lay flowers — on her last resting place. More than
2000 answered his appeal — standing in front of
one of the graves, a 17 years old school girl said
these words. 3

36. “Paris should be proud of us.”

Ans. :
Exp. Lesson — The Pie and the Tart
Author — Hugh Chesterman.
— Pierre said to Jean.

Pierre was pacing up and down, blowing on his

fingers. Jean was irritated. He asked Pierre to stop
it but Pierre said that he would die if he stopped —
then showed the holes in his tunic — and said the
above line. 3

37. “O come ye in peace here, or come ye in war,”

Ans. :

Exp. Poem — Lochinvar

Poet — Walter Scott

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— Bride’s father asked Lochinvar.

— As the marriage of bride ( Ellen ) was about to
take place, young Lochinvar boldly entered the
Netherby hall.
— Bride’s men and relatives were also present.
— Then spoke the bride’s father. 3

38. “With trembling oars I turned,

And through the silent water stole my way”
Ans. :
Exp. Poem — The Stolen Boat
Poet — William Wordsworth
— The poet said this

— The poet reveals his condition in the stolen

boat. He found a little boat tied to a willow
tree.
— He unloosened his chain.
— He was very happy in the beginning. As it was
becoming dark, he felt alone and frightened by
seeing the mountain ahead. Then he turned
his boat back to the willow tree. 3

IX. Quote from memory : 4

39. I was angry ......................................

........................................................
........................................................
.......................................... did grow.
OR
He staid not ....................................
........................................................
........................................................
......................................... came late.
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Exp. I was angry with my friend :

I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe :
I told it not, my wrath did grow. 4
OR
He staid not for brake, and he stopp’d not for stone,
He swam the Esk river where ford there was none ;
But ere he alighted at Netherby gate,
The bride had consented, the gallant came late : 4
X. Answer the following questions in seven to
eight sentences each : 3 × 4 = 12
40. What argument does the speaker give to convince
his neighbour that they do not need the wall ?
Ans. :
Comp. The speaker says that they do not need the wall.
Because there fields are of two different kinds. The
neighbours field has pine tree. The speaker has an
apple orchard. His apple trees would never get
across and eat the cones under his pines. The
speaker does not relish the idea of a wall between
neighbours.
Every spring, the wall is destroyed. They have to
rebuild it. 4
41. How did the Pasteur develop the idea of
immunity ?
OR
The approach of the Sexton, the Postman, the
Blacksmith and the Baker to the game is typical of
their profession. Explain.
Ans. :
Comp. — Pasteur was trying to discover a cure for the
terrible disease called anthrax.

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— It was attacking cows and sheeps in France

and killing them.
— Cow could not have anthrax twice. It could be
done by giving the cows and sheep very weak,
old germs to make them safe or ‘immune’.
— Collected sheep, cows, goats — divided into
two lots.
— One lot he injected weak anthrax germs, other-
left alone
— Certain day he injected all deadly anthrax
germs
— Third day animals injected with weak germs,
perfectly well
— Others died. 4
OR
Sexton works for a church, the postman, a
government official. A blacksmith, a person who
makes and repairs things made out of iron and the
baker is someone who makes food — by using an
oven or another concentrated heat source.

— Sexton and the Postman do not take risk as

they are Government officials.

— These men behave typical to their professions.

They are not aggressive in taking runs or
bowling. 4
42. Man today is an unstoppable buying machine.
Explain with examples.
OR
Give instances to show that the blind girl’s parents
were very concerned about her.
Ans. :

Comp. — All human beings have rights to the basic

material requirements for a life of dignity.

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— Necessary to say ‘enough’ to the merrily

material.
— Commodities of the spirit.

— It is obvious then that unimaginably vast

amounts of money and enormous resources
are being spent worldwide in an all-out effort
to persuade people to become buying
machines.

— Shopping has become more than a need.

— It has become the chief form of entertainment. 4

OR

— They seemed to be very anxious about her

comfort.
— Woman gave the detailed instructions to the
girl as to where to keep her things.

— Not to lean out of the window.

— And how to avoid speaking to strangers.

XI. Read the following passage carefully and answer

the questions given below : 1 × 4 = 4 (2 × 2)

A newspaper at first was nothing more than a

paper which gave news. In its infancy, it had no
other aim. But as it developed, it began to be used
for various other purposes and served several
ends. Today, it has become a tremendous force for

good and evil in the world. It not only continues, as

before, to give news but also comments on them,
criticises the people and the government, deals

with social, political, industrial and religious

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questions, reviews books and periodicals,

ventilates grievances and does many other things.

Newspapers also wield a tremendous influence to

breakdown barriers between nations and help in
framing themselves into a great brotherhood of
nations. It knits up the different parts of a vast
continent and teaches them to feel for one another.

But it not only fosters international feelings, it

teaches us to embrace the whole world as our kith
and kin.

A sense of fraternity is fostered by the spread of

knowledge through the columns of the newspaper.

Questions :

43. a) What work does the newspaper do today ?

b) How does the newspaper foster international

feelings ?

Ans. :

Comp. a) It gives news but also comments on them,

criticises the people and the government, deals

with social, political, industrial and religious

questions, reviews books and periodicals,

ventilates grievances and does many other

things. 2

b) Breakdown barriers between nations.

— Knits up the different parts of a vast

continent.

— Teaches them to feel for one-another. 2 4

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XII. Write an essay of about 18 – 20 sentences on

any one of the following topics : 1×5=5

44. a) Pollution — the invisible enemy

b) National integration.
Ans. :

Exp. — Matter 2

— Sequence 2

— Language 1 5

XIII. Imagine you are Rohan / Raksha of

Government High School, Kalaburagi. 1×5=5

45. Write a letter to your friend explaining how the

Sports Day was organised in your school. 1 × 5 = 5
OR
Imagine you are Bharat / Bhagya of
Government High School, Yadgir.
Write a letter to the Executive Engineer of
Electricity Board of your locality, highlighting the
irregularity of electricity in your area.
Ans. :

Exp. — Format 2

— Matter 2

— Language 1 5

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