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PART - A
( Prose, Poetry and Supplementary Reading )
I. Answer the following in a sentence each : 4×1=4
1. Why did the idler ask the girl of the silent torrent
for one of her pitchers ?
Comp. — to draw pictures on the pitcher. 1 1
2. According to Alexander Cheriyan, what should one
do to make one’s life meaningful and sustainable ?
Exp. — turn to the ‘commodities’ of the spirit — the
arts, culture and community life 1 1
3. What was the science that Buttoo wanted to learn
from Dronacharya ?
Rem. — the science of archery 1 1

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4. How did Buttoo fulfil his promise to his master ?
Comp. — by cutting off his right hand thumb as
recompense. 1 1
II. Answer the following questions in two sentences
each : 8 × 2 = 16
5. How were the ribbons, made by the idler,
responsible for the girl’s work remaining
unfinished ?
Comp. — The girl had now to spend a lot of time tying the
coloured ribbons around her hair.
— The minutes slipped by, unutilised and much
work was left unfinished. 1 1 2
6. How does a close friend describe Anne when she
saw her at the Belsen Camp ?

Rem. — “Cold and hungry ; her head shaved.
— her skeleton — like form draped in the coarse,
shapeless, striped garb of the concentration
camp.” 1 1 2
7. How has shopping become more than a need ?

Comp. — Shopping has become the chief form of
entertainment.
— it’s an obsessive compulsion they have little
control over, it is an end in itself. 1 1 2
8. What was Gaultier’s excuse for not carrying the eel
pie to the Mayor’s house himself ?
Rem. — He could not be seen carrying the eel pie
through the streets of Paris.
— It was not quite the thing for a man of his
position to do. 1 1 2

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9. How does the poet contrast the deaths of the male
and the female cranes ?

Comp. — The male was shot early morning as he tried to
pull the reluctant sun from the horizon.

— The female crane was so engrossed in its grief
that it failed to see Death approaching as a
wave of the seas. 1 1 2

10. How was Lochinvar greeted by the bride’s father
when he entered the Netherby Hall ?

Comp. — The bride’s father had his hand on his sword.

— He questioned Lochinvar if he had come in
peace or in war or to dance at the wedding. 1 1 2
11. What was the curse Parasurama pronounced in his
anger on Karna ?
Rem. — The Brahmastra he had learnt would fail him at
the fated moment.
— He would be unable to recall the invocatory
mantra when his hour came. 1 1 2
12. Why did the fellow Cyclops leave Polyphemus alone
when Ulysses and his men attacked him ?
Comp. — Polyphemus said that Noman had hurt him,
Noman had killed him and Noman was with
him.
— They answered if no man had hurt him, no man
was with him, then he was alone. The evil
which affected him was from Heaven, which
none could resist or help.
So they left him alone, thinking that some
disease troubled him. 1 1 2

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III. Answer the following questions in four to five

sentences each : 4 × 3 = 12

13. How did Pasteur prove himself to be useful to the

manufacturers of Lille ?

Comp. — Pasteur gave lectures in Lille on fermentation

— Chief industry in Lille was the manufacture of

alcohol from beetroot.

— Pasteur helped by conducting experiments in

their breweries.

— He helped a manufacturer whose beer was
turning out badly by discovering about yeast.

— Thus he proved himself useful to the

manufacturers at Lille. 2 1 3

14. How does Basavanna console himself regarding his

helplessness as a poor man ?

Comp. — The rich are building temples which Basavanna

cannot do.

— He too wants to show his devotion to his Lord.

— He consoles himself saying that his body itself

is a temple.

— His legs are pillars, the body is the shrine where

his Lord resides and his head is a cupola of

gold. 2 1 3

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15. How does Robert Frost try to convince his
neighbour that they do not need a wall ? How does
the neighbour respond ?
Comp. — The neighbour has all pine trees while the poet
has an apple orchard.
— The poet tells the neighbour that his apple trees
will never get across and eat the cones under
his pines.
— He points out that there are no cows to wander
across.
— Neighbour responds with his stoic answer,
“Good fences make good neighbours.” 2 1 3
16. Why had the doctor given the pirates the stockade
and the treasure map ?
Comp. — Doctor discovered that Ben Gunn had already
found the treasure.
— The ship had vanished.
— The treasure map was now useless.
— He was sure that they would go down with
malaria. 2 1 3
IV. Explain with reference to the context : 5 × 3 = 15

17. Egypt, in fact, was made by its river.

Exp. — The Elixir of Life — C. V. Raman.
— Writer says to the readers.
— When he talks about the important role of water
— River Nile.

— The entire soil of the Nile Valley is the creation
of the river Nile. The flood waters from
Abyssinia and Central Africa have brought
down the finest silt. Egypt and its ancient
civilisation was created and sustained by the
river Nile. 2 1 3

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18. “But if you’ll unwrap that package you may see why

you had me going a while at first.”

Exp. — The Gift of the Magi — O’ Henry

— Jim says to Della

— When Della tries to convince Jim why she
needed to cut off her hair.

— Jim comes home and is surprised to see Della
without her long hair. Della tries her best to
console and convince Jim. Jim finally reveals
why he is shocked to see Della without her hair
by saying the above statement. 2 1 3

19. “Can you tell me — did she keep her hair long or
short ?”

exp. — The Eyes are not Here — Ruskin Bond

— Speaker asks the man who had entered the
compartment.

— The speaker is curious about the girl who had
just alighted from the train. Since he was blind,
he wasn’t able to see her.

— The speaker had tried his best to conceal the
fact that he was blind from the girl who was
travelling with him. When the girl got down and
a new passenger entered the train, there was
some commotion at the door. The speaker
asked the above question to the new passenger
when he started the conversation with him. 2 1 3

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20. Which by and by black night doth take away,

Exp. — Sonnet 73 - That Time of Year
— William Shakespeare.
— Poet says to his friend / readers.
— When he speaks about his old age.

— The poet is aware of his advancing age. He
compares his life to the Autumn season, the
evening of the day and a dying fire. His life is
like the twilight. Soon sunset will approach,
then there will be darkness. The darkness of the
night, which is personified, will take away his
sleep or Death’s second self. 2 1 3
21. ................ If we should meet,
She would pass by me in the street,
Exp. — C. L. M. — John Masefield.
— Poet says to readers.
— When he talks about his mother who is dead
and he longs to see her.
— The poet brings out the sadness of the situation
when he says the above lines. If his mother
meets him as a passerby, she, his own mother
would be unable to recognise him because he
has now grown into an adult. 2 1 3
V. Answer the following questions in six to eight
sentences each : 4 × 4 = 16
22. How does Gandhiji illustrate that for an act to be
moral, it should be free from fear and compulsion ?
OR
How did the young students of Germany pay
homage to Anne Frank ?

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Exp. — According to Gandhiji, for an act to be moral, it
should be done without fear or compulsion.
— Gives the example of a person who rises early
out of fear that if he is late for his office, he may
lose his job.
— Other instances — a person living a simple life
as he has no means to live a luxurious one ; an
employer sympathising with his employees or
paying them higher wages lest they leave him.
King Richard granting the peasants their rights
only when they rose in revolt and met him with
bloodshot eyes. But when the danger was over,
he forced them to surrender their letters.
— Such acts done under compulsion and fear
cannot be called moral acts. 2 2 4
OR

— In March 1957, a Hamburg student suggested
that flowers should be laid on the mass graves
in Berger-Belsen where Anne Frank had found
her last resting place.

— More than 2000 young people eagerly answered
her appeal.

— Hundreds peddled on bikes 120 kilometres in
lashing rain.

— Standing in front of one of the mass graves, a
seventeen year old school girl expressed what
all felt — Anne was younger than they were
when her life was so horribly ended.

— She had to die because others had decided to
destroy her race.

— She also hoped that never again among their
people should such a diseased and inhuman
hatred arise. 2 2 4

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23. Explain how the hopes of the village, of winning the
cricket match, fell with the resounding fall of their
three champions.
OR
Why should any model of development based on
high consumption and limitless market expansion
prove to be highly dangerous ?

Exp. — During the cricket match, on the terrestrial
sphere, the blacksmith forgot his sprained
ankle. He set out at a capital rate calling out to
Joe.

— The baker who was running on behalf of the
blacksmith also set out roaring, “Come on Joe.”

— Like a pair of high — stepping hackneys they
cantered along.
— From the other end Joe set out and roared,
“Come on Bill.” So all three were running.
— Joe ran with his head thrown back, eyes on the
cricket ball.
— The blacksmith and the baker too ran with their
heads turned upwards and backwards.

— Halfway down the pitch, the three met with a
clang and had a resounding fall and with them,
the hopes of the village also fell. 2 2 4

OR

— Any model of development based on high
consumption life-styles through aggressive
advertising and limitless market expansion is
unsustainable.

— It is also highly dangerous for the well-being of
humanity.

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— The price paid in ecological terms will make it
the most suicidal enterprise the human race
has ever embarked upon

— For such development, the resources of planet
earth will prove horribly inadequate.
— We would need at least another three planets.

— It is clear then that this consumer paradise,
aggressively marketed by giant global
corporations will pave the way for an ecological
holocaust and prove to be the most unworldly
vision of all. 2 2 4

24. The Poet, Sir Walter Scott, brings out the fact that
love and courage go together. Explain this with
reference to the poem “Lochinvar”.

OR

How does Wordsworth describe the beauty of
Nature as he rows the boat he had stolen ?

Appr. — Lochinvar, a brave knight, loved Ellen. But her
father refused his proposal and married her off
to a coward.

— Lochinvar bravely entered the Netherby Hall.

— He convinced Ellen’s father that he did not love
Ellen anymore. He had come only to enjoy the
wedding.

— Lochinvar took Ellen’s hand for a dance, and as
they were dancing he gave Ellen a signal of
what he wanted to do.

— As soon as they reached the doorway and his
horse stood ready, Lochinvar picked up Ellen
and put her on the horse.

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— He himself swung on the horse and they rode
away before any of the family could catch them.

— Thus Lochinvar proved that love and courage go
together. 2 2 4

OR

— As the poet was rowing the boat in the
moonlight, he could hear the mountain echoes.

— As the boat moved in the water, it left behind
her a trail of circles glittering in the moon.

— Far above he saw nothing but stars and the
grey sky.

— He fixed his view upon a craggy ridge that was
the horizon’s utmost boundary.

— The boat, which he compares to an ‘elfin
pinnace’, moved through the water like a swan.

— The horizon was bound with a huge peak which
loomed black and huge.

— It seemed to uprear its head and grow in
stature with every stroke of the oar that the
poet struck into the water.

— It seemed to tower up between him and the
stars. 2 2 4

25. What does the poet father want his son’s teacher to
teach his son about —
a) Books and Nature ?
b) Being honest ?
OR
The poem ‘Buttoo’ is a saga of loyalty and
faithfulness as well as selfishness and cunning.
Explain.

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Comp. The poet father wants his son’s teacher to teach

him many values.

a) Regarding Books and Nature :

— To teach him the wonder of books.

— To give him quiet time to ponder the eternal

mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun,

flowers on a green hillside.

b) The value of being honest :

— the value of a dollar earned is far greater than

five dollars found.

— in school to teach him it is far honourable to fail

than to cheat. 2 2 4

OR

— In the poem ‘Buttoo’, Toru Dutt brings out the

contrasting values of loyalty and selfishness.

— Buttoo, remains loyal to Dronacharya.

— He attributes his success as an archer to

Drona. He says “all my inspiration and all my

knowledge is from thee.”

— This is quite contrary to what Dronacharya has

in mind — he had refused to take Buttoo as his

student and teach him the skill, yet he does not

hesitate to ask for his due, gurudakshina.

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— Drona cunningly manipulates Buttoo’s
unwavering faithfulness and makes him
promise that he would give anything he asks
for.
— Once Buttoo promises it, Drona demands his
right-hand thumb.

— He does this in order to preserve his image and
keep the promise he made to Arjuna that he
would be the greatest archer. 2 2 4
VI. Quote from memory : 4
26. But ere ...... ....................................................

........................................................................

.........................................................................

................................................. of brave Lochinvar.

OR

And it grew ......................................................
........................................................................

.........................................................................

.......................................................... was mine.
Ans. : 2 2 4

Rem. But ere he alighted at Netherby gate,
The bride had consented, the gallant came late :

For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war,

Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. 2 2 4

OR

And it grew both day and night,

Till it bore an apple bright ;

And my foe beheld it shine,

And he knew that it was mine. 2 2 4

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PART - B
( Grammar and Vocabulary )

VII. Multiple choice questions : 10 × 1 = 10

27. He is ............. Indian, but his wife is ............
European.

The correct pair of articles to be filled in the above
blanks is

(A) the ; an (B) an ; an

(C) an ; a (D) a ; a.

Rem. (C) — an ; a 1 1

28. Dr. Jenner discovered how to vaccinate against
small pox, ................. ?

The appropriate question tag to be added to the
above sentence is

(A) hadn’t he (B) didn’t he

(C) did he (D) had he.

Rem. (B) — didn’t he 1 1

29. The bus is coming round the corner.

The tense of the verb in the given sentence is

(A) Simple Past (B) Simple Present

(C) Past continuous (D) Present continuous.

Rem. (D) — Present continuous 1 1

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30. Drive slowly, .................... for potholes on the road.

The correct phrasal verb to be used in the above
blank is

(A) look at (B) look out

(C) look over (D) look up.

Rem. (B) — look out 1 1

31. The President called off the meeting.

The passive form of the above sentence is

(A) The meeting was called off by the President.

(B) The meeting has been called off by the
President.

(C) The meeting had been called off by the
President.

(D) The meeting will be called off by the President.

Rem. (A) — The meeting was called off by the
President. 1 1

32. Pick out the complex sentence from the alternatives
given below :
(A) Being an honourable man, he will not tell lies.
(B) He is an honourable man and he will not tell
lies.
(C) Since he is an honourable man, he will not tell
lies.
(D) In spite of being an honourable man, he will
not tell lies.
Rem. (C) — Since he is an honourable man, he will not
tell lies. 1 1
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33. Only one of the given sentences is correctly
punctuated. Identify it :

(A) “Why are you so late for the meeting, Robert ?”
asked Anwar.

(B) Why are you so late for the meeting, Robert
asked Anwar.

(C) “Why are You so late for the Meeting, robert ?”
asked anwar.

(D) “Why are you so late for the meeting Robert ?
asked Anwar.”

Rem. (A) — “Why are you so late for the meeting,
Robert ?” asked Anwar. 1 1

34. ..................... in dots and pits

like the Morse code of bird’s sorrow.

The figure of speech used here is

(A) Simile (B) Personification

(C) Metaphor (D) Synecdoche.

Rem. (A) — Simile 1 1

35. The government has launched a massive campaign
.................... smoking.

The correct preposition to be used in the above
sentence is

(A) for (B) between

(C) against (D) after.

Rem. (C) — against 1 1

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36. ...................... the boy is clever, he is lazy.
The appropriate conjunction to be used in the blank
is
(A) But (B) And
(C) Though (D) Since.

Rem. (C) — Though 1 1
VIII. Observe the relationship in the first pair of words
and complete the second pair accordingly :
4×1=4
37. Elude : Escape :: Ecstasy : .......................... .

Rem. Thrill ; Happiness ; Joy. ( any one ) 1 1
38. Role : Roll :: Great : ........................... .

Rem. Grate 1 1
39. Moral : Immoral :: Real : ........................... .

Rem. Unreal or Non-real 1 1
40. Progress : Progressive :: Victory : ....................... .

Rem. Victorious. 1 1
IX. Rewrite as directed :
41. Change the following into other two degrees of
comparison : 2
Napoleon was the bravest of the generals.
Exp. — Positive :
No other general was as brave as Napoleon. 1

— Comparative :
Napoleon was braver than any other general. 1 2

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42. Combine the following sentences using “too ..... to” :

1

He is very weak. He cannot play the match.

Exp. He is too weak to play the match. 1 1

43. Frame a question to get the underlined words as an
answer : 1

For his M. A. degree, Radhakrishnan chose the
topic ‘The Ethics of Vedanta’.

Exp. Which / What topic did Radhakrishnan choose for
his M.A. degree ? 1 1
PART - C
( Composition and Comprehension )
X.

44. Imagine you are Rathan / Radhika, studying in
Government High School, Theerthalli.
Write a letter to your younger brother advising him
to participate in the inter-school Music Competition.
5
OR
Write a letter to the local Road Transport Authority
requesting to have more buses along your school
route to help the students.

Exp. Letter writing :

Format 2

Matter 2

Language 1 5

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XI. Write an essay ( in about 15-20 sentences ) on any
one of the following topics : 1×5=5

45. a) Safety and dignity of women in India.

b) The Greener the world, the happier the life.

c) Organ donation — life after death.

Exp. Matter 2

Sequence 2

Language 1 5

XII. Read the following passage carefully and answer
the questions that follow : 5×1=5

Among all the gifts you can give a child, there is
none more conducive to his present and future
happiness and content, none more likely to add
richness to his life, than books. Not a book, but the
habit of reading. Give him the habit of reading and
you have done something for which he may be
thankful all his days. Books should be the daily
companions of a child’s life. And they ought not to
be linked too closely with the school. You don’t
want to create the idea that reading a book is a
task, a lesson. It’s the fun, the good time he can get
out of reading that needs to be emphasized. You
want to make him enjoy reading so that reading will
become a treasured part of his daily life and there is
nothing difficult about this.

46. What can add to the richness of a child’s life ?

Comp. Books ; the habit of reading can add to the richness
of a child’s life. 1 1

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47. Why shouldn’t books be linked too closely to the
school ?

Comp. Books ought not to be so closely linked with the
school because it will create the idea that reading is
a task, a lesson. 1 1

48. What aspects should be emphasized while reading ?

Comp. The fun and the good time one can get out of
reading should be emphasized. 1 1

49. When will reading become a treasured part of a
child’s daily life ?

Comp. When the child enjoys reading it will become a
treasured part of his daily life. 1 1

50. Give a word from the passage which means :
“Valuable”.

Comp. Valuable = treasured. 1 1

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