1.

Though tobacco is a legal product, governments world over earn

revenues from the industry by levying high deterrent taxes. Tobacco
companies, on the other hand, pass on the few to the smokers. The
rising prices of cigarettes, along with the anti-smoking awareness
measures taken by the public health bodies, have trigged a decline of
cigarette sales.
2.People who smoke are being hounded out of all public places –
offices, restaurants, educational institutions , buses ,trains , etc. Away
from home, now it is becoming nearly impossible to find a place to
smoke. Growing restrictions and the fear of various disease caused by
tobacco are prompting many smokers to stop smoking. Many states in
the L – S have made laws against smoking.
3.Taxes on tobacco products are being raised. Smoking is banned at
several places.Still , the number of smokers is raising in India. More
than 25 crore people in India are addicted to tobacco. And according
to a WHO report, around half of them will die of tobacco related
diseases. Unfortunately , most people in India still need a strict
warning based on a test report before they decide to give up
smoking.Patients, too seek medical help only after they show serious
symptoms of an illness. Some hospitals have set up centre to identify
risk factors among the young, so that they can take preventive
measures like giving up smoking early in life.
4.Tobacco is the second biggest cause of death in the world. Half of
the people who are addicted to tobacco will ultimately be killed by
this addiction. Many people get rid of this habit on their own and
those who are willing to, but can’t go de- addiction centres use
counselling, nicotine replacement herapy and prescriptive drugs to
deal with withdrawal problems.
5.Quitting cold turkey – stopping the use of tobacco at one – works
well but only for those who have control and determination to quit.
Based on your understanding of the passage answer any five out of
six questions by choosing the correct option.
1.According to the passage , state two reasons why smokers give up
smoking?
a.Smokers give up smoking because of the high prices.
b.Smokers give up give up smoking because because they have got
nicotine as the replacements.
c.Smokers give up smoking because of the growing restrictions and
the fear of diseases.
d.Smokers give up smoking because of the strong will power.
a. I and II b. I and III c. III and IV d. II and IV.
2. Select the correct statement from the options given below.
a.De- addiction centres use drug replacement therapy to deal with
withdrawal problems.
b.In India, the situation is unfortunate as people don’t want to quit
voluntarily . Only after medical examination and a warning based on
a test report will they give up smoking,
c.25 % of the smokers will be killed by this addiction.
d.Taxes on tobacco have triggered on increase in cigarette sales.
3.According to a report of WHO, what will happen to smokers in the
future?
a.Tobacco will become the second biggest cause of death in the
world.
b.11 million people will die because of smoking.
c.Half of them will die of tobacco – related diseases,
d.people will have to smoke more to stay alive.
4.Choose the kind of people that go to de-addiction centres.
a.Those people who have a serious illness
b.Those people who are willing to get rid of this habit but are not able
to do in their own.
c. Those who have already quit smoking
d.Those who are not able to smoke in public places.
5.Select the option that makes the correct use of ‘ hounded out ‘, as
used in the passage.
a. Job has finally _______ her.
b.Her job _____ finally.
c._______ for a job has finally left her.
d.she was finally ______ of her job,
6.What do you mean by the phrase ‘ quitting cold turkey’?
a.stopping the use of tobacco gradually
b.stopping the use of tobacco steadily
c.stopping the use of tobacco successively
d.stopping the use of tobacco at once or immediately.
II.Read the passage given below:
1.The Indian subcontinent consists of a number of separate linquistic
communities each of which shares a common language and culture.
The people of India speak many languages and dialects which are
mostly varieties of about 14 principal languages.Some Indian
languages have a long literary history – sanskrit literature is 3000
years old and Tamil 2000.India also has some languages that do not
have written forms.
2.The number of people – speaking each language varies greatly. For
example , Hindi has more than 250 million speakers, but relatively
few people speak Andamanese. Although some of the languages are
called ‘tubal’ or ‘aboriginal’ their populations nay be larger than those
that speak some European languages, each has more than 1 million
speakers, Gondi is spoken by nearly 2 million people.
3.India’s schools teach 58 different languages. The nation has
newspapers in 87 languages, radio programmes in 71 and films in 15.
4.The Indian languages belong to four language families: Indo –
European, Dravidan.Mon –khmer, and Sino – Tibeton. Indo –
European and Dravidan languages are used by a large majority of
India’s population. All language families divide roughly into
geographic groups. Languages of the Indo- European group are
spoken mainly in northen and central regions. The lsngusges of
southern India are mainly of the Dravidan group. Some ethnic groups
in Assam and other pails of eastern India speak languages of the
Mon- khmer group.People in the northern Himalayan region and near
the Burmese border speak Sino- Tibetan languages.
5.Speakers of 54 different languages of the Indo-European family
make up about three quarters of India’s population. Twenty Dravidan
languages are spoken by nearly a quarter of the people. Speakers of
20 Mon- khmer languages and Sino – Tibeton languages together
make up about 2 percent of the population.
6.Official language: Hindi is the principal official language of India .
Sanskrit and 16 regional language are also official languages. English
has the status of an ‘ associate’ language. Hindi is the native language
of more than a third of India’s people, and many others speak Hindi
as a second language. Only about 2 percent speak English, but it
serves as a common language among most educated Indians, and
people use it for many official and administrative purposes.
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer any five out six
questions by choosing the correct options.
1.According to the author , select the correct statements from the
given options.
a.The Dravidian language is spoken in western India.
b.The Indo- European language is mainly spoken in the northern and
central regions.
c.Sino – Tibetan language is spoken by people near the Burmese
border arid northern Himalayan region.
d.Assam and Northern India speak the Mon – khmer diolect.
a. I and IV. b. I and II c. III and IV. D. II and III.
2.________ are considered to be the official language of India.
a. Hindi b. Hindi, Sanskrit and 16 regional languages c. English
d. both a and b.
3.Choose the reason the English language used in India.
a.Educating Indians b,Official and administrative purposes c. As an
official language d. Communication.
4,Select the word from passage that means to form of “a lanuage that
is spoken in one area of country.”
a.linguistic b. Dialact c. Language d. literature.
5.Choose the language from the following that is spoken by almost 2
million people.
a.Santali b. gondi c.Bhili d. Sanskrit.
6.The nation has newspapers in _______ languages.
a. 43 b.50 c.25 d.87.
III.Answer Any five of the six questions by selecting the most
appropriate option for each:
1.There ‘s never ______ petrol left after Rahul uses the car.
a.much b.little c. many d. a little.
Ans Much
2.I am taking driving lessons now. Hopefully , I____ my driving test
by November.
a. will take b. would pass c.will have taken d. will be taking.
3.Which option displays the correct change of the following to
reported speech?
Sunitha asked Venkat, “ How much is the rent for your flat?”
a.Sunitha asked Venkat how much was his rent for flat.
b.Sunitha asked Venkat how much the rent for his flat was.
c.Sunitha enquires from Venkat that how much rent he pays.
d.Sunitha told Venkat how much the rent for his flat was.
Ans : b
4.Which option displays the correct change of the following to
reported speech?
She said, “ I told Damanjith to send you an e-mail three days ago.”
A, she told that Damanjith had mailed you three days then.
b.She informed me that Damanjith has mailed me three days before.
c.She says that she has told Damanjith to send me an e-mail three
days then.
d.She said that she had told Damanjith to send an e-mail to me three
days before.
Ans : d
5.The dog ______ under the chair before the children arrived.
A.has been hiding b. was hid c.have hid d. had hidden.