QUESTION

PAPER

DA ENGLISH - WITH READING

COMPREHENSION

CLASS SECTION EXAM CODE

8 A 1741193
8 B 1741203
8 C 1741213

SCHOOL
Pragyan School

1. There are 30 questions in the paper. All are compulsory.

2. Tick or circle the option which is your answer.
3. Show your working on a separate sheet of paper wherever
you need to.
4. Please check your answers carefully before submitting the
test. Once submitted, the answers CANNOT be changed.

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Q: 1 She believes that justice wins at the end.

Choose the correct way of rewriting the sentence above as a simple sentence.
1 She believes in justice that wins at the end.
2 She believes in justice as it wins at the end.
3 She believes in justice and it wins at the end.
4 She believes in the winning of justice at the end.

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

School Breaks Up

With dry lips, parched throat, ink stained fingers, and exhaustion on one side and exaltation on
the other, Swaminathan strode out of the examination hall on the last day .

He would have felt more comfortable if all the boys had given their papers as he had done,
twenty minutes before time. Standing in the verandah, he turned back and looked into the hall
and felt slightly uneasy when he saw his friends, busy writing, thinking or revising their answers.

Swami suddenly wished that he had not come out so soon. But how could he have stayed in the
hall longer? The Tamil paper was set to go on till five o'clock. He had found himself writing the
last question at four-thirty. Out of the six questions set, he had answered the first and third
questions satisfactorily, the second was doubtful; the fourth, he knew, was clearly wrong. He
took only a minute to answer the sixth question.

The question was: 'What moral do you infer from the story of the Brahmin and the Tiger?' (A
Brahmin was passing along the edge of a pond. The tiger hailed him from the other bank and
offered him a gold bangle. The Brahmin first declined the offer, but when the tiger protested its
innocence and sincerity and insisted upon his taking the bangle, he waded through the water.
Before he could hold out his hand for the bangle, he was inside the tiger.) Swami had never
thought that this story contained a moral. But now he felt that it must have one since the
question paper mentioned it. He took a minute to decide whether the moral was: 'We must never
accept a gold bangle when it is offered by a tiger' or 'Love of gold bangles can cost one one's
life'. He saw more logic in the latter and wrote it down. He tried to check his paper after that but
before he had read a few lines of the first question, he was bored. He then set his pen to work
and went on improving the little dash under the last line indicating the end, till it became an
elaborate complicated pattern. Ten minutes had passed. He saw two or three boys giving in their
papers and going out, and felt happy. He briskly folded his paper and submitted his paper too.

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Source: ' External '

Q: 2 The observations expressed in the first paragraph are probably signs preceding a
sense of _____________.
1 relief 2 dislike 3 guilt 4 ignorance

Q: 3 The ' last day ' refers to the day

1 before the last examination. 2 before the holidays commence.

3 the report cards would be given. 4 Swami had to leave the school.

Q: 4 The second paragraph suggests that Swami _____________.

1 felt relaxed and happy that he had left the examination hall early
2 felt uncomfortable on seeing his friends still answering the paper
3 looked angrily at his friends for not coming out of the hall with him
4 was annoyed with himself for handing in his papers late

Q: 5 '... on improving the little dash under the last line indicating the end, till it became an
elaborate complicated pattern.' This suggests that Swami was __________________.
1 artistic by nature 2 bored at that time
3 a brilliant student 4 happy at that time

Q: 6 Swami chose the second moral for the given story because it __________________.

1 was easier to understand 2 had a fewer number of words.

3 was more rational to his mind. 4 did not have the word 'tiger'

Q: 7 Which of these CANNOT be a moral for the story of the Brahmin and the Tiger?

1 Temptation resisted is the true measure of character.

2 The wages of greed can result in irreparable loss.
3 A fool and his money are soon parted.
4 Life is not worth the value of gold.

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Q: 8 With which action mentioned below can the word ' briskly ' also be associated?

1 sleeping 2 walking 3 crawling 4 staring

End of Passage Related Questions

Q: 9 Select the sentence with the most appropriate order of modifiers.

1 That orphan was born in Kolkata in the backroom of a bakery.

2 That orphan was born in the backroom of a bakery in Kolkata.
3 That orphan was born in a bakery in the backroom of Kolkata.
4 That orphan was born in Kolkata in a bakery of the backroom.

Q: 10 The judge declared the accused guilty.

Which option rewrites the above sentence as a complex sentence without any change
in meaning?
1 The judge called the accused as guilty.
2 The judge accused those who were guilty.
3 The judge said that the accused was guilty.
4 The accused was declared guilty by the judge.

Q: 11 The car came around the bend at breakneck speed. The clever monkey jumped out of
the way in a split second.

Choose the option that best combines these two sentences.

1 As if the car came around the bend at breakneck speed, the clever monkey jumped out of the
way in a split second.
2 Just as the car came around the bend at breakneck speed, the clever monkey jumped out of the
way in a split second.
3 The car came around the bend at breakneck speed as though the clever monkey jumped out of
the way in a split second.
4 The car came around the bend at breakneck speed as soon as the clever monkey jumped out of
the way in a split second.

Q: 12 Choose the option that can complete the sentence below meaningfully.

Indian roads can now boast of a wide variety of cars ranging from the ______________ to
the _______________ cars in the world.
1 cheapest - expensivest 2 most cheap - expensivest
3 cheapest - most expensive 4 most cheap - most expensive

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Q: 13 Which words in the given sentence describe actions?

Please check the file soon and mark it as 'Important' before putting it aside in the
cupboard.
1 Please and soon
2 Please and aside
3 soon and before
4 soon and aside

Q: 14 Choose the best way of combining the sentences given below.

"Frogs eat flies. Toads eat flies."

1 Frogs eat flies and toads. 2 Frogs eat flies and toads eat flies.
3 Frogs eat toads and flies eat toads. 4 Frogs and toads eat flies.

Q: 15 Choose the option that best completes the sentence below.

We ______________ walk to school. Nowadays, we take the bus.
1 must 2 could 3 ought to 4 used to

Q: 16 Many tribals claim that there has always been a rift between the tribes of Jataka and
Kantak.

In the above sentence, which word is an adverb?

1 Many 2 always 3 rift 4 tribes

Q: 17 What does the sentence below mean?

No admission to minors without a chaperone.

1 You cannot enter if you are working in a mine.
2 You must be a working individual under 18.
3 If you are under 18, you must have someone with you.
4 You cannot come in if you are not wearing a coat.

Q: 18 Choose the option to complete the sentence meaningfully.

Linda is the _________________ of the twins.

1 young 2 younger 3 youngest 4 most youngest

Q: 19 Choose the correct pair of words that completes the given sentences.

The children _____ not play football in the house. They ____ break something.
1 should... may 2 will... must 3 would... might 4 could... shall

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Q: 20 Choose the option that represents a compound sentence.

1 My friend planned and I made the arrangements for the camp.

2 The students were very excited about going to the camp.
3 Five teachers were to accompany the students to the camp.
4 Sandeep was upset when his father said that he could not go to the camp.

Q: 21 Choose the option that completes the given sentence meaningfully.

Of all the girls in this class, Rebecca speaks _________.

1 softly 2 more softly
3 the most softly 4 very much softly

Source: 'Mangal Desiccated Coconut Powder' - Beverages and Food World, February 2003,
Vol.30. No.2

Q: 22 The information in this advertisement would be of interest to _____________________.

1 children 2 craftsmen
3 vegetable vendors 4 housewives and hoteliers

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Q: 23 The product mentioned in the poster is devoid of _________________________.

1 taste 2 colour 3 texture 4 moisture

Q: 24 An advantage of the product, compared to real coconuts is that ___________________.

1 it tastes better 2 it is much fresher

3 it contains no preservatives 4 it is more convenient to use

Q: 25 The name of the organisation manufacturing this product is ___________________.

1 Tumkur 2 M. G. Road
3 Porwal House 4 Mahavir Coconut Industries

Q: 26 Which of these sets is a pair of words that are OPPOSITE in meaning?

1 'pure' and 'fresh' 2 'add' and 'remove'

3 'airtight' and 'natural' 4 'natural' and 'preservatives'

End of Passage Related Questions

Q: 27 Choose the correct option for the sentence below.

The students of class nine enjoy playing indoor games. The ________ among them prefer
chess and quiz.
1 more intelligent 2 intelligent 3 most intelligent 4 intelligenter

Q: 28 Which of these is a simple sentence?

1 Rohit and Richard played for a long time yesterday.

2 The mother went shopping as the children were playing.
3 I have learnt Spanish and my friend has learnt German.
4 Jon and Abraham went to the mall after they had finished work.

Q: 29 Choose the correct option to complete the given sentence.

The Mysore Palace is a ______ architectural structure. In fact, it is__________ than the
Buckingham Palace.
1 big - hugest 2 huge - bigger 3 big - biggest 4 huge - hugest

Q: 30 Choose the option that represents a complex sentence.

1 During the holiday season, many children sleep late in the night.
2 Children walk and play in the neighbourhood park every evening.
3 When Ron went to church, his sister went to play.
4 They went to the market as well as to the bank.

End of Questions in Paper