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I. Multiple Choice Questions : 4 × 1 = 4

1. Choose the appropriate question tag

and fill in the blank :
They don’t come on time, ............... .
(A) are they ? (B) aren’t they ?
(C) do they ? (D) won’t they ?
Ans. :

Comp. (C) do they ? 1 1

2. Read the given conversation and choose

the language function for the underlined
sentence :
Kiran : Hello Sir, when can I
meet the Principal ?
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Receptionist : He will be here in ten
minutes.
(A) Giving information
(B) Enquiring
(C) Offering help
(D) Giving suggestion
Ans. :

Comp. (B) Enquiring 1 1

3. Read the following conversation and fill

in the blank choosing the most
appropriate words :
Sneha : Hi Meena ! Why didn’t you
come to the birthday party ?
Meena : Sorry ! I had gone to Mysore.
Otherwise, I ............ missed
it.
(A) would have (B) wouldn’t have
(C) could have (D) shouldn’t have
Ans. :

Comp. (B) wouldn’t have 1 1

4. Choose the passive form of the sentence

given below :
They are constructing new houses.
(A) New houses are constructed by
them
(B) New houses were constructed by
them
(C) New houses are being constructed
by them
(D) New houses have been constructed
by them
Ans. :

Comp. (C) New houses are being

constructed by them 1 1

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II. Do as directed : 12 × 1 = 12

5. Which one of the following words has

one syllable ?
experiment, careful, true, calligraphy
Ans. :
Rem. true 1 1

6. Combine the word in Column-A with its

collocative word in Column-B :
‘A’ ‘B’
Self [ authority, willing, discipline,
nature ]
Ans. :
Rem. discipline 1 1

7. Identify the part of speech of the

underlined word :
Raj is very adventurous.
Ans. :
Rem. adjective 1 1

8. Fill in the blank using the correct

article :
Honesty is ..................... best policy.
Ans. :
Rem. the 1 1

9. Fill in the blank with appropriate

preposition :
Sumit lived in Delhi .................... three
years.
Ans. :
Comp. for 1 1

10. Fill in the blank using suitable linker :

The weather was pleasant .................
we didn’t have the energy to trek.

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Ans. :
Comp. but 1 1

11. Fill in the blank with appropriate tense

form of the verb given in brackets :
The students ................... ( stand ) up
when the chief guest arrived.
Ans. :

Comp. stood 1 1

12. Write the correct form of the word given

in brackets :
Columbus commanded the ..................
( loyal ) of his crew.
Ans. :

Comp loyalty 1 1

13. Use the word ‘present’ as noun in a

sentence.
Ans. :

Exp. Any relevant answer 1 1

14. Change into superlative degree :

No other city is as clean as Mysore.
Ans. :

Exp. Mysore is the cleanest city 1 1

15. Read the following conversation and

change the underlined sentence into
reported speech :
Prema : Hello Sunitha ! Where are
you going ?
Sunitha : I am going to my aunt’s
house.
Sunitha told Prema ........................... .
Ans. :

Exp. That she was going to her aunt's house 1 1

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16. Frame a question to get the underlined

words as answer :
He went to the bank to deposit money.
Ans. :

Exp. Why did he go to the bank ? 1 1

III. The following paragraph has two

errors. Edit the paragraph and rewrite
it in the answer-book : 1×2=2
Satish couldn’t talk free with anyone
17.
because he was unable to here a single
word.
a) Adverbial form to be used
b) Spelling mistake to be corrected.
Ans. :

Exp. a) freely 1

b) hear 1 2

IV. Answer the following questions in 2 –

3 sentences each : 7 × 2 = 14

18. Why did Swami think that his father’s

proposition was frightful ?
Ans. :

Comp. Swami — always — slept beside granny

— any change — kept him trembling —
1 1
1
awake — all night. 2 2 2

19. Ambedkar had a great thirst for books

as a student. Explain.
Ans. :

Comp. Ambedkar — voracious reader —

bought books — curtailing daily needs
1 1
1
— New York — purchased — 2000 old 2 2 2

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books — London — so many books —

sent — India — 32 boxes
How can you say that Satish’s father
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encouraged him to become an artist ?
Ans. :

Exp. Father — realised — passion of Satish

— bought paints, brushes, drawing
sheets — found best school of arts —
1 1
1
encouraged 2 2 2
Why were the technical experts
21.
summoned by the three super-powers ?
Ans. :

Comp. Continuing nuclear tests — develop

stronger bombs — imbalance — nuclear
stand off — three super-powers willing
— agreement — ban on nuclear weapon
test — hence technical experts — solve
1 1
1
the problem — detect violation 2 2 2

22. Why does the Jazz player feel like a bird

when he plays his saxophone ?
Ans. :

Comp. Jazz player — pathetic — sorry figure —

full of wearies of living — music — lifts
his spirits — starts playing — feels like
1 1
1
a bird — light — free 2 2 2

23. How can you say that Sub-Inspector

Patil was a well-wisher of Mohan’s
family ?
OR
How can you say that Dicky Dolma has
zeal and determination ?
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Ans. :

Exp. Patil — Mohan's father's friend —

wanted to help — warned of police raid
— took cyclostyling machine — safer
1 1
1
place. 2 2 2

OR
Dicky Dolma — fascinated — grandeur
of Himalayas — lost family members —
financial problems — father bedridden
— did not give up — got ‘A’ grade —
selected — expedition — scaled —
Everest

24. Do you think that Haneef was very

talented ? Substantiate.
OR
What do you like the most in the story
‘The Bird of Happiness’ ?
Ans. :

Exp. Haneef — bindas — dabbled — art —

sketched well — beautiful cards — read
1 1
1
— loved playing drums. 2 2 2

OR

Wangjia — determined — bring

happiness — village — challenges —
three monsters — did not give up — love
for his people — brought bird of
happiness

[ Any relevant answer ]

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V. Answer the following questions in

5 - 6 sentences each : 2×3=6
How did Baleshwar save Roma’s life ?
25.
Ans. :

Exp. Baleshwar — opposite train — saw —

Roma — falling down — pulled chain —
no one volunteered — jumped out —

ran and found — carried her to main

road — help — truck driver — hospital
2 1 3
— saved Roma.

26. How does the poet describe the earth’s

feelings in the poem “I am the Land” ?

Ans. :

Exp. Land — very patient — man — greedy

— owns — shouts — buys — land waits
— muddy holes — car lot eyes — plants
— grass — children — land happy —
man — with guns — chain link necklace
— chokes — land asserts — warns —

cannot put a fence — patiently waits 2 1 3

VI. Read the following extracts and

answer the questions that follow :
4 × 3 = 12

27. “I did not sell the trees because I could

not. They are not mine.”
a) Who is the speaker ?
b) Who was this said to ?
c) Why did the speaker say ‘they are
not mine’ ?

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Ans. :

Comp. a) Don Anselmo 1

b) To the narrator 1

c) He felt trees belonged to the

children of Rio-en-Medio 1 3

28. “A walk in the park might make you feel

better.”

a) Who is the speaker ?

b) Who does ‘you’ refer to ?
c) Why did the speaker make this
suggestion ?
Ans. :

Comp. a) Aunt Sushila 1

b) Smitha 1

c) Smitha was sad that Aunt could not

go with her to the concert 1 3

29. “Captain, be careful. Sometimes they

are desperate.”

a) Who is the speaker ?

b) Who does ‘they’ refer to ?
c) Why were ‘they’ desperate ?

Ans. :

Comp. a) Pepe 1

b) The seamen / sailors 1

c) They wanted to go back to Spain as

they were tired of long voyage. 1 3

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30. “With the tea cups circling round me

like the planets round the Sun,
I’ll be centre of my gravity, a universe of
one,”
a) Who is the speaker ?
b) Why do tea cups circle round the
speaker ?
c) Who does the speaker compare
himself to ?
Ans. :
Comp. a) Poet Norman Nicholson 1

b) Objects will float around as there is

no gravity in space 1
c) To the sun 1 3

VII. Given below is a profile. Write a

paragraph using the clues given
below : 1×3=3
31. Miss Amritha
Place and date : Hassan, 20th
of birth September, 2000
Qualification : B.E.
Profession : Working in a
private firm
Family : Parents, younger
brother
Hobbies : Singing, trekking
Reasons for : Good singer,
popularity friendly,
hard-working.
Ans. :

Exp. — Inclusion of all the points

— Language accuracy. 2 1 3

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VIII. Develop the story using the clues

given below : 1×3=3

32. A wolf — eating greedily — bone stuck

in the throat — goes to the crane — help
— I will reward — crane — puts long
beak — wolf’s throat — takes out bone
— asks reward — wolf — be thankful —
did not eat you — crane foolish —
moral.
Ans. :

Exp. — Inclusion of all the points

— Language accuracy. 2 1 3

IX. Study the picture given below :

1×3=3

33. Write a description or an account of

what the picture suggests to you in a
paragraph.

Alternative question for Visually

impaired candidates only. ( In lieu of
Q. No. 33 )
Use the following phrasal verbs in
sentences of your own : 3×1=3

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a) set out
b) look into
c) give away.
Ans. :

Exp. — Description
— Language accuracy. 2 1 3

Alternative questions :

— Meaningful sentences 3×1=3

X. Quote from memory : 1×4=4

34. The quality .....................................

......................................................
......................................................
...................................... that takes.
OR
You talk of .......................................
........................................................
........................................................
.................................. day or night ?
Ans. :

Rem. The quality of mercy is not strain’d ;

It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest :
It blesseth him that gives, and him that
takes. 2 2 4

OR

You talk of wondrous things you see,

You say the sun shines bright ;
I feel him warm, but how can he
Or make it day or night ? 2 2 4

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XI. Read the following passage and

answer the questions that follow :
1×4=4(2×2)
As a young girl, Kalpana would sleep in
35.
the front yard of her house during
summer, looking at the spangled skies
and wishing she had a telescope. At
school, in her drawing class, while
others drew houses and plants, Kalpana
would fill her pages with different
designs of planes and stars. Unlike
other girls of her age, she never
bothered about home tuition, marks or
rank. However, she was very much
interested in dancing, music and karate,
and learnt them fairly well. She was
unique in many ways. “I’m not just
another girl,” she would often tell her
brother Sanjay. “I’m going to be better
than boys.”
As Kalpana grew up, she came to know
of JRD Tata who had done some of the
first mail flights in India. She also saw
the airplanes that he flew hanging in
one of the aerodromes. Seeing these
airplanes she came to know of what this
great man had done during those years.
She always held him in high esteem.
a) Why did Kalpana admire JRD
Tata ?
b) How was Kalpana different from
other girls of her age ?
Ans. :

Comp. a) JRD Tata — flew first mail flights in

India — Kalpana — saw — airplanes
he flew — realised — great man —
done during those years. 2
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b) She — never bothered — tuition —

marks — rank — very much
interested — dancing — music —
karate — learnt fairly well —
unique. 2 4

XII. Answer the following question in

about 8 – 10 sentences : 1×4=4
The poet’s grandmother was very
36.
spirited. Substantiate.
OR
How does the poet paint a beautiful
picture of motherland in “The Song of
India” ?
OR
How does the little girl’s words
transform the morale of the sailors in
‘Ballad of the Tempest’ ?
Ans. :
Appr. Poet’s grandmother — genius —
climbing trees — childhood — learnt
from her brother — when six — now
sixty two — happier in a tree — than lift
— everyone — gracefully age — she said
— disgracefully I will age — all wormed
— Grandma — fall — but she enjoyed —
one day — climbed — could not come
down — after rescue — doctor —
advised — one week in bed — felt
miserable — once well — demanded tree
house from son — son loving — built a
tree house — Grandma sits in state —
drinks sherry. 2 2 4
OR
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Poet V. K. Gokak — wants to sing —

beauty of motherland — Himalayan —
snow born peaks — three seas — clear
down — rock-cut temples — soldiers —
seers — prophets — dams — lakes —
ship building yards — technology —
atomic age — men who work hard —
motherland wrote Book of morrow —
Sun God — clear down — fled night.

OR

The crew — crowded in the cabin — not

dare to sleep — storm — deep — rattling
trumpet — shuddered in silence —
hungry sea — death talking — captain
shouted — we are lost — his little
daughter — God will protect us — just
as on land — faith — cheer — the crew
— felt better — kissed — little maiden —
reached safe in harbour.

XIII. Write an essay on any one of the

following : 1×4=4

37. a) Air Pollution

b) Impact of mobile phones on
children

c) Chandrayaan-3
Ans. :

Exp. Inclusion of all the points

Language accuracy 2 2 4

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XIV. Write a letter using the information

given below : 1×5=5

38. Imagine you are Samit / Seema

studying in Government High School,
Hassan.
Write a letter to your friend inviting him
/ her to your elder brother’s marriage.
OR
Write a letter to the Editor of a
newspaper complaining about mosquito
menace in your area.
Ans. :

Exp. Format

Matter and language accuracy 2 3 5

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