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II. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: [7 marks]
1. Ketchup maybe synonymous with tomato today, but did you know that the ketchup initially did not have
tomato in it? In fact, it wasn’t made with any vegetable. It started out as a fermented fish sauce recipe. It
took trial, error and experimentation with different ingredients plus good many years before turning into its
present, popular and almost indispensable form.
2. Although the word ‘ketchup’ is used interchangeably with ‘sauce’, strictly speaking, tomato sauce is a
stage or two away from tomato ketchup. Ketchup is a condiment. A condiment is a substance such as salt,
mustard or pickle that is used to add flavour to food. So, ketchup enhances the flavour of the food. Sauce,
on the other hand, forms the base of a recipe. Entire dishes depend on the type of sauce they are cooked
in. Ketchup is often used as a sauce, but a sauce can rarely substitute ketchup.
3. Another popular misbelief about ketchup is that it is an American invention. While food historians are
divided about its exact origins, there is enough evidence to suggest that it originated almost five centuries
ago in Asia. The word ‘ketchup’, it is believed, comes from the Chinese word ’ke-tsiap’, meaning pickled
fish sauce. Later, when it went to Malaysia and Indonesia its name changed. The Malaysians called it
‘kechap’ and the Indonesians ‘ketjap’.
4. Further, the North Americans made the most significant changes to ‘ketchup’: they brought in tomatoes
and sweetened it significantly. In 1801, a woman named Sandy Addison came up with a way to preserve it
for years: squeeze the tomatoes dry, press through a sieve, add salt and boil the concoction. Add nutmeg,
cloves, cinnamon, ginger, pepper and allspice. Boil until the mixture thickens. Cool and bottle.
5. Jonas Yerkes, an American , is known to be the first farmer to sell bottled ketchup nationally. Yerkes did
not have any competitors in the market for 40 years until the American company Heinz stepped in to the
fray. Heinz carefully monitored the process to make a ketchup with more taste and texture. They haven’t
looked back since. So the next time you dip your fries, pakoras or bergers into ketchup, think back on the
interesting journey this condiment has had!
III. Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow: [5 marks]
Ans: The speaker drops the idea of taking his dog for a walk because the dog seemed too hyper and hard
to control.
IV. Using the given stem line, write a short story in about 150 words. [8 marks]
It was a Sunday morning and as Allan was getting ready to go for his usual morning walk, he got a call
from an unknown………………………………………………………………………………………………
Format(Title, Paragraph)- 2 ; Content - 4 ; Language and Grammar - 2 (max- 7.5)
V. You are Ankita Singh/ Ankit Singh , a resident of Bengaluru and are disturbed about people driving
rashly on the roads. Write a letter to the editor of The Times of India, complaining about the reckless driving
on the roads. [7marks]
Format – 1.5 ; Content – 4 ; Language and Grammar – 2 (max- 6.5)
VI. Complete the dialogue which you think would have taken place between Jamina and the book shop
owner. [5 marks]
VII. The following passages have not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word
and the correction against the correct question number. [1/2x 8= 4marks]
ERROR CORRECTION
Michael was an poor shepherd. He lived with his wife, (a)_____an_____ _____a_______
Isabel, in a cottages. Their cottage was on the top of a hill. (b)_cottages___ ___cottage___
Both the husband and wife worked very hardly. They worked (c)___hardly____ ____hard____
on their land and looked above their sheep. They lived happily, (d)---above----- ----after-----------
but they had know child. They kept praying God for a (e) __know---- -----no--------------
child. Finally God blessed they with a son. This son (f)----they-------- ------them---------
brought new hopes into the life of her humble parents. (g)-----her------- ------his-------------
They named their son Luke. Luke become a physician (h)-----become----- ----became--------
VIII. Identify the verbs in the sentences given below and write each as Finite or Non-Finite:[1x3=3marks]
IX. Change the following sentences from Direct to Indirect Speech [1x2=2 marks]
(a) Vaani said, “ Wow! Avni has come from London.”
Ans: Vaani exclaimed with joy/ delight/ surprise that Avni had come from London.
(b) Raj said to Ajay, “ Can I help you in repairing the cycle?”
Ans: Raj asked Ajay if/ wether he could help him in repairing the cycle.
X. Change the following sentences from Indirect to Direct speech: [1x2=2marks]
(a) Hari’s father said that Goa is the smallest state of India.
Ans: Hari’s father said, “ Goa is the smallest state of India.”
(b) Sia told Diya that she had eaten all the sweets that day.
Ans: Sia said to Diya, “ I have eaten all the sweets today.”
XI. Change the following sentences from Active to Passive voice: [1x2=2marks]
(a) The booking clerk has issued me a ticket.
Ans: I have been issued a ticket by the booking clerk.
A ticket has been issued to me by the booking clerk.
XII. Change the following sentences from Passive to Active voice: [1x2=2marks]
(a) The ingredients are being mixed by my mother.
Ans: My mother is mixing the ingredients.
XIII. Rearrange the words and phrases to form meaningful sentences: [1x2=2 marks]
(a) family / not / the / members/ of / are / his/ here
Ans: The members of his family are not here.
(b) folk / the / minded / simple / village / are
Ans: The village folk are simple minded.
XIV.Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow. [3x2 = 6marks]
1 “ So it’s smiling and smirking,
Smug as can be,”
(a) Who is referred to as ‘it’ in the above lines?
Ans: ‘It’refers to the cat in the above lines.
(b)Why was ‘it’ smiling?
Ans: It was smiling because it had landed safe and sound on the ground.
(c) Identify and mention the literary device used in the first line of the given extract.
Ans: Alliteration – so , smiling, smirking
2. “ So once again I rolled up my sleeves and set to work. Once again I squeezed my brain, searching for
the new recipe……….”
(a) Who is the speaker of the above lines?
Ans: The speaker of the above lines is Mr. Wonka.
(b) Why was he searching for a new recipe?
Ans: He was searching for a new recipe because he wanted to make people very old.
(c) What did he name his new recipe as?
Ans: He named his new recipe as Vita-Wonk.
XV. Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words each: [2x 6=12 marks]
(a) What are the different meadow houses mentioned in the poem ‘Meadow Surprises’?
Ans: The different meadow houses mentioned in the poem ‘Meadow Surprises’ are burrows in the ground
meant for smaller animals , nests beneath the tall grasses for the birds and the ant’s amazing mound which
is also inhabited by snakes.
(b) What are the things needed to make fire? What is ‘flash point’?
Ans: Three things are needed to make fire. They are fuel, oxygen and heat. Every fuel has a particular
temperature at which it begins to burn. This temperature is called the ‘flash point’ or ‘ kindling temperature’
of the fuel.
(c) Why did the author try to dissuade the man from taking off the gear-case?
Ans: The author tried to dissuade the man from taking off the gear-case because an experienced friend of
the author had once told him that if anything went wrong with the gear-case, it was advisable to sell the
machine and buy a new one. It was cheaper to do so rather than repairing or fixing a new gear-case.
(d) What did the child see one day? Why did the child run away on seeing it?
Ans: The child saw a snake one day. The child ran away on seeing the snake because he had heard the
elders and others say that snakes are very dangerous creatures. Hence the child was scared when he saw
the snake .
(e) What was the shape of the cricket bat initially ? Why was it shaped so?
Ans: The cricket bat had a shape similar to that of a hockey stick . That is it was curved outwards at the
bottom. It was shaped so because the ball was bowled underarm, along the ground and the curve at the
end of the bat gave the batsman the best chance of making contact.
(f) What was ‘that way’ ? Why was Tilloo always curious to go ‘that way’?
Ans: ‘That way’ was an underground passage. That way was a forbidden route and Tilloo had been seeing
his father go to work everyday and come back home through that way. Moreover , not all were allowed to
use that way. Only a few selected people which included Tillo’s father were permitted to go that way.
Hence all this made Tilloo curious to go that way and find out what was there at the end of the passage.