SANSKRITI SCHOOL

Dr S Radhakrishnan Marg
New Delhi

Academic Session: 2021-22

Pre board 1 Examination
Subject: English
Class: XII

Time: 1hr 30 min Max marks: 40

General Instructions:

● The Question Paper contains THREE sections.

● Please read the instructions given for each question carefully.
● Section A-READING has 18 questions. Attempt a total of 14 questions, as per specific
instructions for each question.
● Section B-WRITING SKILLS has 12 questions. Attempt a total of 10 questions, as per
specific instructions for each question.
● Section C-LITERATURE has 30 questions. Attempt 26 questions, as per specific instructions
for each question.
● All questions carry equal marks.
● This paper has 19 pages.
● No doubts/ clarifications shall be entertained. In case of any, make reasonable assumptions
and proceed.

READING

I. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow:

On Saying Please

The young lift-man in a city office who threw a passenger out of his lift the other morning
and was fined for the offence was undoubtedly in the wrong. It was a question of 'Please'.
The complainant entering the lift, said, 'Top'. The lift-man demanded 'Top-please' and this
concession being refused he not only declined to comply with the instruction but hurled the
passenger out of the lift. This, of course, was carrying a comment on manner
too far. Discourtesy is not a legal offence, and it does not excuse assault and battery. If a
burglar breaks into my house and I knock him down, the law will acquit me, and if I am
physically assaulted, it will permit me to retaliate with reasonable violence. It does this
because the burglar and my assailant have broken quite definite commands of the law, but
no legal system could attempt to legislate against bad manners or could sanction the use of
violence against something which it does not itself recognize as a legally punishable offence.
And whatever our sympathy with the lift-man, we must admit that the law is reasonable. It
would never do if we were at liberty to box people's ears because we did not like their
behaviour, or the tone of their voices, or the scowl on their faces. Our fists would
never be idle, and the gutters of the city would run with blood all day.

I may be as uncivil as I may please and the law will protect me against violent retaliation. I
may be haughty or boorish and there is no penalty to pay
except the penalty of being written down an ill-mannered fellow. The law does not compel
me to say 'please' or to attune my voice to other people's sensibilities any more than it says

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that I shall not wax my moustache or dye my hair or wear ringlets down my back. It does
not recognize the laceration of our feelings as a case for compensation. There is no
allowance for moral and intellectual damages in these matters.

This does not mean that the damages are negligible. It is probable that the lift-man was much
more acutely hurt by what he regarded as a slur upon his social standing than he would have
been if he had a kick on the shins, for which he could have got a legal redress. The pain of a kick
on the shins soon passes away but the pain of a wound to our self-respect or our vanity may
poison a whole day. I can imagine that lift-man, denied the relief of throwing the author of his
wound out of the lift, brooding over the insult by the hour, and visiting it on his wife in the
evening as the only way of restoring his equilibrium. For there are few things more catching than
bad temper and bad manners. Probably the man who said ‘Top’ to the liftman was really only
getting back on his employer who had not said ‘Good morning’ to him because he himself had
been henpecked at breakfast by his wife, to whom the cook had been insolent because the
housemaid had ‘answered her back’. We infect the world with our ill-humour. Bad manners
probably do more to poison the stream of the general life than all the crimes in the calendar. But
all the same, the law cannot become the guardian of our private manners.

No Decalogue could cover the vast area of offences and no court could administer a law which
governed our social civilities, the tilt of our eyebrows and all our moods and manners.
By A G Gardiner

Based on your understanding of the passage, answer any EIGHT out of the ten questions by
choosing the correct option.

Qs 1. In the episode of ‘liftman’, the liftman hurled the passenger out of the lift
a. because the passenger hit the liftman.
b. because the passenger slapped the liftman.
c. because the passenger kicked the liftman on the shins.
d. because the passenger refused to respect the liftman.

Qs2. _________is not a legal offense and it does not excuse assault and betray.

a. Dishonesty
b. Deceit
c. Discourtesy
d. d.Fraudulence

Qs 3. A list of offences is given below. Distinguish between legal offences and moral offences
and tick the option that gives you the most appropriate list of legal and moral offences.
a.
Legal offence Moral offence
Burglary Insolence
Bribery murder Disrespect
Murder Insult
Rape Discrimination
Riot Unfriendliness
Cheating Non cooperation

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b.
Legal offence Moral offence
Insult Discourtesy
Bribery Disrespect
Murder Burglary
Rape Discrimination
Riot Unfriendliness
Cheating Non cooperation

c.
Legal offence Moral offence
Burglary Discourtesy
Bribery Disrespect
Murder Insult
Non cooperation Discrimination
Riot Unfriendliness
Cheating Rape

d.
Legal offence Moral offence
Burglary Discourtesy
Bribery Disrespect
Murder Insult
Non cooperation Cheating
Riot Unfriendliness
Discrimination Rape

Qs 4. The reasons for the passenger’s ill-mannered & rude behaviour were a chain-reaction. Tick
the option that constructs the complete chain.
A. The passenger behaved rudely and impolitely with the lift-man.

B. The house maid ‘answered back’ to the cook.

C. The wife controlled, dominated the employer at breakfast.

D. So, the cook was rude to the passenger’s employer’s wife.

E. The irritated employer did not wish ‘good morning’ to his employee- the passenger.

a. B,D,C,E,A,
b. A, B, C, D,E
c. E,D,A,B,C
d. B,D,E,C,A

Qs 5. The essayist reference to the ten commandments highlights that

a. there is no penalty to pay except being tagged uncivil.
b. insolence does not excuse battering.
c. no legal authority can keep a check on our demeanours.
d. uncouthness can prove to be fatal.

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Qs 6. Which of the following are NOT the antonyms of laceration?
1. incision
2. ameliorate
3. lesion
4. closure
5. mutilate
a. 1,2
b. 1,3
c. 1,5
d. 2,4

Qs 7. The meaning of ’box’ as used in the essay is best brought out in the following sentence.
a. Good operatives have a box full of tricks.
b. Yesterday I received a little box of English violets from Kavita.
c. Narain didn’t miss the chance to box Kamal’s ears.
d. Please help her box up the Christmas tree lights.

Qs 8. Look at the cartoons, based on one’s behaviour, tick the odd one out.

a. b.

c. d.

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Qs 9. Law prescribes no penalty for a discourteous man, but
a. he is regarded an abusive person.
b. he is considered an insolent person.
c. such a person is usually churlish.
d. such a person is always disliked.

Qs 10. Select the option that lists what we can understand from the text.
1. According to the writer pain can be removed but self-respect cannot be restored.
2. Gardiner believes that law can become the custodian of our conduct.
3. According to the writer hurt can be removed but character cannot be restored.
4. Gardiner believes that law cannot compel a person to attune his voice to other people's
feelings.

a. (1) and (2) are true.

b. (2), (3) and (4) are true.
c. (1) and (4) are true.
d. (1), (2) and (3) are true.

II. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow:

The question of what to do with null results—when researchers fail to see an effect that should
be detectable—has long been hotly debated among those conducting medical trials, where the
results can have a big impact on lives and corporate bottom lines.
More recently, the debate has spread to the social and behavioural sciences, which also have the
potential to sway public and social policy. There were little hard data, however, on how often or
why null results were squelched. “Yes, it’s true that null results are not as exciting,” political
scientist Gary King of Harvard University says. “But I suspect another reason they are rarely
published is that there are many, many ways to produce null results by messing up. So, they are
much harder to interpret.”
In a recent study, Stanford political economist Neil Malhotra and two of his graduate students
examined every study since 2002 that was funded by a competitive grants program called TESS
(Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences). TESS allows scientists to order up Internet-
based surveys of a representative sample of US adults to test a particular hypothesis (for
example, whether voters tend to favour legislators who boast of bringing federal dollars to their
districts over those who tout a focus on policy matters). Malhotra’s team tracked down working
papers from most of the experiments that weren’t published, and for the rest asked grantees
what had happened to their results. In their e-mailed responses, some scientists cited deeper
problems with a study or more pressing matters—but many also believed the journals just
wouldn’t be interested. “The unfortunate reality of the publishing world [is] that null effects do
not tell a clear story,”said one scientist. Said another, “Never published, definitely disappointed
to not see any major effects.” Their answers suggest to Malhotra that rescuing findings from the
file drawer will require a shift in expectations. “What needs to change is the culture—the
author’s belief about what will happen if the research is written up,” he says.
Not unexpectedly, the statistical strength of the findings made a huge difference in whether they
were ever published. Overall, 42% of the experiments produced statistically significant results.
Of those, 62% were ultimately published, compared with 21% of the null results. However, the
Stanford team was surprised that researchers didn’t even write up 65% of the experiments that
yielded a null finding. Scientists not involved in the study praise its “clever” design. “It’s a very

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important paper” that “starts to put numbers on things we want to understand,” says economist
Edward Miguel of the University of California, Berkeley. He and others note that the bias against
null studies can waste time and money when researchers devise new studies replicating
strategies already found to be ineffective. Worse, if researchers publish significant results from
similar experiments in the future, they could look stronger than they should because the earlier
null studies are ignored.
Even more troubling to Malhotra was the fact that two scientists whose initial studies “didn’t
work out” went on to publish results based on a smaller sample. “The non-TESS version of the
same study, in which we used a student sample, did yield fruit,” noted one investigator. A
registry for data generated by all experiments would address these problems, the authors argue.
They say it should also include a “preanalysis” plan, that is, a detailed description of what the
scientist hopes to achieve and how the data will be analysed. Such plans would help deter
researchers from tweaking their analyses after the data are collected in search of more
publishable results.

Based on your understanding of the passage, answer any SIX out of the eight questions by
choosing the correct option.

Qs 11. The passage primarily serves to

a. discuss recent findings concerning scientific studies and dispute a widely held belief about the
publication of social science research.
b. explain a common practice in the reporting of research studies and summarize a study that
provides support for a change to that practice.
c. describe the shortcomings in current approaches to medical trials and recommend the
implementation of a government database.
d. provide context as part of a call for stricter controls on social science research and challenge
publishers to alter their mindsets.

Qs12.As used here, the antonym for “strength” is

a. frailty.
b. toughness.
c. weakness.
d. significance.

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Qs 13. The passage indicates that a problem with failing to document null results is that
a. the results of related studies will be misleading.
b. researchers may overlook promising areas of study.
c. mistakes in the collection of null results may be overlooked.
d. the bias against null results will be disregarded.

Qs 14. Based on the passage, to which of the following hypothetical situations would Malhotra
most strongly object?
a. A research team refuses to publish null results in anything less than a top journal.
b. A research team excludes the portion of data that produced null results when reporting its
results in a journal.
c. A research team unknowingly repeats a study that produced null results for another research
team.
d. A research team performs a follow-up study that expands the scope of an initial study that
produced null results.

Qs15. The last paragraph serves mainly to

a. propose a future research project to deal with some of the shortcomings of current publishing
practices noted in the passage.
b. introduce a possible solution to problems discussed in the passage regarding the reporting of
social science studies.
c. summarize the findings of a study about experimental results explained in the passage.
d. reinforce the importance of reexamining the results of all social science trials.

Qs16.According to the graph, social science studies yielding strong results were
a. unwritten over 50 percent of the time.
b. unpublished but written 50 percent of the time.
c. published in a top journal approximately 20 percent of the time.
d. published in a non-top journal almost 80 percent of the time.

Qs 17. Which of the following statements is supported by the graph?

a. Studies with mixed results were just as likely to be published as they were to be left either
unpublished or unwritten.
b. Studies with mixed results occurred more frequently than did studies with strong and null
results combined.
c. Studies with mixed results were more likely to be published in top journals than they were to
be published in non-top journals.
d. Studies with mixed results were the most common type of social science studies.

Qs 18. Read the two statements given below and select the option that suitably explains them.
1. Null results are seldom published.
2. Null results do not give a clear picture.

a. (1) is the problem and (2) is the solution for (1).

b. (1) is false but (2) correctly explains (1).
c. (1) summarises (2).
d. (1) is true and (2) is the reason for (1)

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 WRITING

III. Answer any FOUR out of the five questions given, with reference to the context below.

As Secretary of the Sanskriti Residents Welfare Association write a notice to inform the residents that
water supply will be suspended for eight hours on the 26th of September for the cleaning of the water tank.

Qs 19. In such a notice it is necessary to cover details such as:

1.The main reason for putting up the notice.
2.The venue where the event will be held.
3.Views of the writer
4.Relevant specifics
5. Salutation
6.Name of issuing authority

a.1,2 & 6
b.1, 2, 4 &5
c.1,2,5 & 6
d.1, 4 & 6

Qs 20. Select the option that gives the correct sequence for the given notice.
1. Water Supply Suspended
2. NOTICE
3. All the residents are advised to store water for a day.
4. (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) on the 26th of September for the cleaning of the water tank.
5. This is to inform all the residents that the water supply will be suspended for eight
hours.(10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) on the 26th of September for the cleaning of the water tank

a.1,2,3,5,4
b.2,1,5,4,3
c. 1,2,5,4,3
d.2,3,4,5,1

Qs 21. Choose the most appropriate option that gives a suitable conclusion to the given notice.

a. For further details, contact the undersigned.

b. Whosoever has an issue can call me.
c. In case of a problem, call the President.
d. The inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.

Qs 22. The signing off authority in this notice would be:

a. President, SRWA
b. Estate officer, SRWA
c. Secretary, SRWA
d. Vice President, SRWA

Qs 23. Select the appropriate format in which date is to be written for this notice.
a. September 24, 2021
b.24/09/21
c.24-09-21
d.24 Sept, twenty-one

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IV. Answer any SIX of the seven questions given, with reference to the context below.

Ragging has raised its ugly head again. A recent incident at a prestigious school has shown that this evil
has not yet come to an end. As Shlok Tandon you have to write an article highlighting the reasons for this
and action to be taken by schools.

Qs 24. Shlok, will make sure that his article does NOT have the following:
1. First person account
2.Cause and effect relationship
3. Steps taken to improvise the situation
4.Personal interpretations.

a. 1 & 2
b. 2 & 3
c. 3 & 4
d.1 & 4

Qs 25. Choose the best opening sentence for Shlok’s article.

a. The British used to rag their juniors to teach social hierarchy to them in early career.
b. Ragging is a social evil which has spread to the educational institutions.
c. Strict action should be taken against students indulging in ragging.
d. Ragging is to be eradicated with a heavy hand, so that lives of innocent students can be saved.

Qs.26. What advice would you give to Shlok in order to make his article look synchronized?
1. Stick to your opinion and keep repeating.
2.Present strong arguments for your ideas supporting them with evidence.
3.Introduce a new idea at the beginning of each paragraph to strengthen your ideas.
4.Do not give viable suggestions in the article.

a.1 & 2
b.2 &3
c. 3 &4
d.1 & 4

Qs.27. Choose the option that helps Shlok with an interesting flow of relevant ideas for his
article.
a.

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c.

d.

Qs.28. Read a sentence from Shlok’s article draft and help him complete it by selecting the most
appropriate option.

Such practices need to be ________________from the educational system because they

______________the processes of growth and learning at the institutions which are centres of
wholesome development.

a. i. removed & ii. abstain

b. i. exterminated & ii. retard
c. i. destroyed & ii. delay
d.i. eradicated & ii. impede

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Qs.29. Shlok wants to give probable suggestions in his article. Choose the option that gives some
of the best solutions.

1.
• Sensitise students.
• Create awareness.
• Single gender schools.
• Trained Counsellors
2.
• Create awareness.
• Curtail interaction.
• Trained Counsellors
• Proactive administration

3.
• Sensitise students.
• Create awareness.
• Trained Counsellors
• Proactive administration
4.
• Create awareness.
• Single gender schools.
• Curtail interaction.
• Trained Counsellors

a. Option 1
b. Option 2
c. Option 3
d. Option 4

Qs.30. Which quote/s should Shlok use to summarise the central idea of his article?

1.
2.

3. 4.
a. Option 1 only
b. Option 2 only
c. Option1& 3
d. Option2& 4

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 LITERATURE

This section has sub-sections: V, VI, VII, VIII, IX. There are a total of 30 questions in the
section. Attempt any 26 QUESTIONS from the sub-sections V to IX

V. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow.

“I will learn to drive a car,” he answers, looking straight into my eyes. His dream looms like a
mirage amidst the dust of streets that fill his town Firozabad, famous for its bangles. Every other
family in Firozabad is engaged in making bangles. It is the centre of India’s glass-blowing
industry where families have spent generations working around furnaces, welding glass, making
bangles for all the women in the land it seems.

Qs 31. The above extract has a clear example of _______

a. Hyperbole
b. Simile
c. Metaphor
d. Synecdoche

Qs 32. In the light of these lines one can say that Mukesh is ….

1.Ambitious
2.Daring
3.Meticulous
4.Determined
5.Stern

a.1,2,3
b.1,3,4
c.1,4,5
d.1,2,4

Qs 33. Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE with reference to the extract?

a. Children work in badly lit and poorly ventilated furnaces.

b. Children are unaware that it is forbidden by law to work in such furnaces.
c. Children toil in the furnaces that affects their eyesight.
d. Firozabad has emerged as a nascent producer of bangles in the country.

Qs 34. The word ‘mirage ‘does NOT mean

a. illusion
b. veracity
c. phantasm
d. hallucination

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Qs 35. Select the option that displays a cause-effect set.

1. Cause Effect
Firozabad is the centre of His dream looms like a mirage
India’s glass-blowing
industry

2. Cause Effect
To do anything else other His dream looms like a mirage.
than bangle making would
mean to dare.

3. Cause Effect
To do anything else other Every other family in Firozabad
than bangle making would is engaged in making bangles.
mean to dare.

4. Cause Effect
His dream looms like a To do anything else would
mirage. mean to dare

a. Option 1
b. Option 2
c. Option 3
d. Option 4

VI. Read the given extract to attempt questions that follow:

I heard M. Hamel say to me, “I won’t scold you, little Franz; you must feel bad enough. See how
it is! Every day we have said to ourselves, ‘Bah! I’ve plenty of time. I’ll learn it tomorrow.’ And
now you see where we’ve come out. Ah, that’s the great trouble with Alsace; she puts off
learning till tomorrow. Now those fellows out there will have the right to say to you, ‘How is it;
you pretend to be Frenchmen, and yet you can neither speak nor write your own language?’ But
you are not the worst, poor little Franz. We’ve all a great deal to reproach ourselves with.”

Qs 36. “We’ve all a great deal to reproach ourselves with.” Who did M. Hamel blame for the
neglect of learning?

a. parents, students, teacher b. parents, village elders, students

c. village elders, students, teacher d. village elders, parents, teacher

Qs 37. The human tendency highlighted through these lines is

a. Linguistic Chauvinism
b. Courage
c. Spinelessness
d. Procrastination

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Qs 38. What do you think is the state of mind of M. Hamel at this moment?

a. grim and lost

b. remorseful and sombre
c. astounded and nostalgic
d. tolerant and resigned

Qs.39 Based on the given extract read the description about M. Hamel and choose the options
that fill in the blanks most appropriately.

He was a/an i._____________teacher. He did not ii. _______________his students alone for poor
learning. He also held himself iii. _____________for the same.

a. i. lackadaisical, ii. held, iii. guilty

b. i. true, ii. blame, iii. accountable
c. i. frank, ii. accuse, iii. answerable
d. i. honest, ii. blame, iii. responsible

Qs.40 ‘How is it; you pretend to be Frenchmen, and yet you can neither speak nor write your
own language?’ We can say that this was said in a tone which was

a. Humorous
b. Ironic
c. Critical
d. Assertive

VII. Read the given extract to attempt questions that follow:

On sour cream walls, donations. Shakespeare’s head,

Cloudless at dawn, civilized dome riding all cities.
Belled, flowery, Tyrolese valley. Open-handed map
Awarding the world its world. And yet, for these
Children, these windows, not this map, their world,
Where all their future’s painted with a fog
A narrow street sealed in with a lead sky
Far far from rivers, capes, and stars of words.

Qs 41. The picture that best brings out the imagery created by this stanza would be-

1.
2.

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3.

a. Option 1
b. Option 2
c. Option 3
d. Option 4

Qs 42. Why does the poet refer to the Tyrolese valley in these lines?

a. Spender wants the children to sulk in misery.

b. Spender wants to give the children a dream.
c. It showcases the beautiful Alpine valley.
d. It is in sharp contrast to their dim and dingy slums.

Qs 43. With reference to the line ‘A narrow street sealed in with a lead sky’, choose the options
that are INCORRECT.

1. Narrow streets are indicative of constrained and confined lives of slum children.
2. Lead sky is suggestive of the dark, heavy clouds engulfing the slums.
3. Narrow streets imply that the children live in slums enclosed by the clear bluish sky.
4. Lead sky signifies dreariness and desolation invading the lives of the slum dwellers.

a. 1&2
b. 2&3
c. 3&4
d. 1&4

Qs 44. The phrase ‘Open handed-map’ suggests

a. the map of the world of the rich.

b. the map of the world arbitrarily drawn by powerful people.
c. the map with beautiful bounties of nature.
d. the map that showcases the world of domes and valleys.

Qs 45. Which option has the underlined phrase that applies the poetic device used for
‘sour cream walls’.

a. He fought like a lion in the battle.

b. He is as brave as a lion.
c. He was a lion on the battlefield.
d. The winds roared and the boat steered forth.

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VIII. Read the given extract to attempt questions that follow:

“It was certainly very careless of me,” the General said.

“But you understand it was not lack of patriotism or dereliction of duty.” He looked anxiously at
his doctor. “If the matter should come out you would understand that, wouldn’t you?”
“Certainly, Your Excellency,” Sadao said. He suddenly comprehended that the General was in
the palm of his hand and that as a consequence he himself was perfectly safe. “I can swear to
your loyalty, Excellency,” he said to the old General, “and to your zeal against the enemy.”
“You are a good man,” the General murmured and closed his eyes.” “You will be rewarded.”
But Sadao, searching the spot of black in the twilighted sea that night, had his reward.

Qs 46.’But Sadao ….had his reward.’ This highlights the theme of the story which is best
reflected in the quote:
a. ‘To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.’
b. ’Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.’
c. ‘The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.’
d.’The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.’

Qs 47. Why did Sadao feel that the General was in the palm of his hand?
a.The General thought that the prisoner escaped on account of his carelessness.
b.The General disregarded the concern because of his illness.
c.The General could not do anything without Sadao on account of his ill health.
d.The General had full faith in Sadao’s expertise as a surgeon.

Qs 48. Based on the given extract read the analysis about the General and choose the options that
fill in the blanks most appropriately.

The General (i) ________________power but is (ii) ___________________of the obligations of his
job. He is so (iii) ______________________with his health that he forgets to send the assassins to
kill the prisoner. Due to his (iv) ___________________ interests, he does not want to expose Sadao
and keep the prisoner’s escape a secret.

a. (i)fantasizes (ii)lonely (iii) consumed (iv) vested

b. (i)fancies (ii)apathetic (iii)negligent (iv)worthless
c. (i)relishes (ii)weary (iii)self-absorbed (iv)selfish
d. (i)desires (ii)concerned (iii)indisposed (iv) narrow

Qs 49. Choose the example that is closest in meaning to ‘dereliction of duty’ as mentioned in the
extract.
a. A student bunking school.
b. A lover cheating on his beloved.
c. A teacher skipping her class.
d. A friend backbiting another friend.

Qs 50. “I can swear to your loyalty, Excellency,” he said to the old General, “and to your zeal
against the enemy.” The emotion displayed by Sadao here is

a. Compassion
b. Relief
c. Sarcasm
d. Concern

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IX. Attempt the following.

Read the questions and choose the most appropriate option.

Qs 51. ’I never saw him look so tall.’ Which of the following best captures M. Hamel on the last
day of the school?

a. cranky, miserable, resigned, dedicated

b. patient, dignified, courageous, emotional
c. calm, nostalgic, disappointed, patriotic
d. proud , reproachful, persistent, heroic

Qs 52. Read the statements given below carefully. Choose the option, that best describes these
statements with reference to the poem.

Statement I: The poem ‘Keeping Quiet ’brings out the importance of peace, brotherhood and
humanity.
Statement II: The poet, Pablo Neruda, feels we are victims of misunderstandings and confusions.
Statement III: The poet, Pablo Neruda, promotes inactivity and relates it with death.
Statement IV: The poem,’ Keeping Quiet’, is in favour of war as the only solution to solve all
problems.

a. Statement I is true, Statement II & III cannot be inferred and Statement IV is false.
b. Statement I is true, Statement III cannot be inferred and Statement II and IV are false
c. Statement I &II are true, Statement III cannot be inferred and Statement IV is false.
d. Statement I &II are true, Statement IV cannot be inferred and Statement III is false.

Qs 53. Match the phrases taken from the poem ‘My mother at 66’ with the poetic devices, then
choose the correct option.

i. trees sprinting 1.metaphor

ii. merry children spilling 2.repetition
iii. ashen like that of a corpse 3.personification
iv. smile and smile and smile 4.simile

a.i-1,ii-2,iii-3,iv-4
b.i-1,ii-3,iii-4,iv-2
c.i-3,ii-2,iii-1,iv-4
d.i-3,ii-1,iii-4,iv-2

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Qs 54. Choose the quote that resonates the theme of the story ‘Deep Water’.

1.

2.

3.

4.
a. Option 1
b. Option 2
c. Option 3
d. Option 4

Qs 55.’ The Third Level’ refers to the third level at the Grand Central Station. As a metaphor,
which of the following would NOT be an appropriate explanation of the title?

a.The convergence of reality and fantasy.

b.The oppressive monotony of modern life.
c.The bridge between the past and the present.
d.The need for an alternate plane of understanding.

Qs 56. ’tremendous trees whose branches meet overhead and roof the streets is NOT an example
of:
1.imagery
2.metaphor
3.alliteration
4.anachronism

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b.2&4
c.3&4
d.1&4

Qs 57. How did Charley confirm the specific date of the era he had visited?
a. Consulting an astrologer
b. Checking up with a museum
c. Reading a journal
d. Public Library files

Qs 58. Why does the poet say, ’You keep quiet and I will go’?
a. No questions to ask as I have made myself clear.
b. The activity is for you to do so I can go.
c. I have initiated the activity and can make a quiet exit.
d. I am disappointed by response so I will leave.
Qs 59. ‘Well, Mr. Terror, what do you think you can do to me?’ Pick out the figure of speech
used.
a. Irony
b. Satire
c. Personification
d. Symbolism

Qs 60. Select the option that lists the feelings and attitudes corresponding to the following:
i. and all I did was smile and smile and smile….
ii. but soon put that thought away

a. i. she parted on an optimistic note

ii. she tried to concentrate on her plan

b. i. to reassure her mother as well as

herself she departs with positivity
ii. she tried to get rid of the sad
thought by diverting her thoughts

c. i. her smile is a deliberate attempt to

hide what is going on inside
ii. she withdrew her thoughts from her
mother
d. i. her smile is an attempt to overcome
the ache and fear inside her heart.
ii. she tries to concentrate on her
mother

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