BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN KODAGU VIDYALAYA, MADIKERI

TIME—45 MINUTES ENGLISH—X MARKS—20

1.Read the following extract and answer the questions 1x10=10

1. Has given my heart

A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued
a. The poet seems to be in a ……..mood
1.desperate 2. Despairing 3. Dejected

b. The dust of snow falling on the poet seems to have………..

1. excited him 2. Made him feel cool 3. Changed his mood

c. What is the literary device used in the first sentence?

1. Simili 2. Alliteration 3. Metaphor

d. The word …….. in the stanza means the same as ‘regret’

1. rued 2. Change 3. Mood

e. The season is………

1. autum 2. Winter 3. Spring

2. But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice

a. ‘Ice’ in the above stanza refers to feelings of……..

1.coldness 2. Revenge 3. Discrimination

b. both fire and ice will be enough for………

1. war 2. Destruction 3. Devastation

c.What is the antonym of ‘inadequate’

1. enough 2. Know 3. Suffice

d. what is the rhyme scheme of the stanza

1. ababb 2.ababa 3. Abbab

 e. What should perish twice

1. world 2. Man’s anger 2. Hatred and anger

2. Answer the following questions in 20-30 words 2x3=6

1.What human values does the postmaster display?

2.Why did lencho write a letter to God?

3.What had lencho predicted and expected when drops of rain fell?

4 Marks

3. You are Akash/Anitha, of 85, Ring road, ITO, new Delhi. Write a letter in 100-120 words to the sales
manager M/S Rahul Electronics, Ring road,Lajpat nagar Delhi complaining about the T.V not functioning
properly which you bought.