Answer the following Questions: i. What happened to Baldeo after the tiger attacked him? ii. What was the truth about Aradhana? iii. Why Madan did called Jagdish Babu as ‘Dajyu’? iv. What was the name of Jagdish Babu’s friend? v. What was the crime speciality of the intruder who met Gerrard?
[5 marks]Answer the following Questions: i. What does the phrase “No time to stand and stare” mean in the poem “Leisure”? ii. What does the phrase “The head is held high” mean in the poem “Where the Mind is Without Fear”? iii. Who is the poet of the poem “Where the Mind is Without Fear” iv. Thank God the Scorpion Picked on Me and Spared my Children”. From which poem is this line taken? v. What happened to the Grandmother’s house after her death?
[5 marks]Answer the following Questions: i. Briefly explain the character of “Madan” in the chapter “Big Brother”.02 ii. For whom did Aradhana decide to dance and Why?
[3 marks]Answer the following questions: i. Briefly explain the character of “Baldeo” in the chapter “ The Tiger in the Tunnel”. Page 1 of ii. How tragedy happened to Gavaskar, when he was born, in the hospital? Who saved him?
[2 marks]Answer the following questions: i. Briefly explain the central idea of the poem “ The Night of the Scorpion”.02 ii. What does “Road Not Taken” mean?
[3 marks]How did Sunil Gavaskar’s Mother, Father and Uncle help him to become a good cricketer?
[5 marks]Explain the central idea of the poem “Leisure”.
[5 marks]Explain the central idea of the poem “ My Grandmother”.
[5 marks]Explain the central idea of the chapter “ Father Dear Father”.
[5 marks]Answer the following questions: i. Identify the voice (Active/Passive) of the following sentence and then change the voice:“ Tappu repaired the car”.02 ii. Convert the following sentence into simple future and simple present tense: “ Amitabh worked hard”.01 iii. Explain very briefly the meaning of the word “ wound ”.
[2 marks]Answer the following questions: i. Convert the following statements into Interrogative (Question) Form:
[2 marks]He completed his work on time.
[ marks]He will attend the function tomorrow.02 ii. Fill in the blanks by appropriate linking words/conjunctions by selecting correct options:
[ marks]He tried very hard to win the match ____ he failed. (and/but)
[ marks]He paid all his dues _____ of having lost his job. (but/inspite)01 iii. Explain very briefly the meaning of the word “ fair “.
[ marks]Answer the following questions: Page 2 of i. Identify the voice (Active/Passive) of the following sentence and then a. change the voice: “ Open the door!”.02 ii. Convert the following sentence into future continuous and present continuous tense: “ Vishal gave the lecture”.01 iii. Explain very briefly the meaning of the word “speculation”.
Write a short essay on “India of My Dreams”.
[5 marks]Write a letter to your Principal asking for leave for two days because of your sister’s marriage.
[5 marks]Write a short essay on “How to avoid pollution”.
[5 marks]Write a complaint letter to your Society Secretary regarding disturbance created by your neighbour by playing loud music at night. ============================================================ Page 3 of
[3 marks]Answer the following questions: i. Convert the following statements into Interrogative (Question) Form:02
[ marks]Ram obeyed his father.
[ marks]Grishma likes music. ii. Fill in the blanks by appropriate linking words/conjunctions by selecting correct options:
[2 marks]_________ he was very good in singing, he lost the singing competition. (because/although)01
[ marks]He likes to eat Vadapav _____ Dabeli. (though/and) iii. Explain very briefly the meaning of the word “ alien “.
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