Maximum Marks : 80 Time : 2 Hr.

General Instructions :
 Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
 You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes. This time is to be spent in reading the question
paper.
 The time given at the head of this paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
 The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].

SECTION-A [ READING ]

1. Read the passage given below. [10]

(i) The funding crisis at many zoos has reopened the debate over the value of zoos and whether they
should be allowed to exist at all. People who are in favour of zoos argue that they perform an
essential role in conserving rare animal species. Over the past 20 years zoos have developed
programmes designed to help preserve endangered species. This involves breeding animals in captivity
in ‘captive breeding programmes-and then reintroducing them into their natural habitats to replenish
the number living in the wild.
(ii) Zoos cooperate with each other in order to ensure the success of their breeding programmes. Animals
are passed from one zoo to another in order to prevent inbreeding-breeding from closely related
animals. If animals that are closely related to one another, there is a danger that they will produce
deformed offspring.
(iii) Supporters of zoos argue that have an important role in educating children, millions of who visit
zoos every year. Television-viewing is no substitute for encountering real animals, they argue. Zoos
also carry out important research, for example, on the best conditions for rare species to reproduce. If
zoos were forced to close, it would be disastrous for world conservation, zoo supporters say. And
most animals in captivity would have to be killed
(iv) Opponents of zoos accept that some species have been saved from extinction by ‘captive breeding
programmes’, but they argue that this offers no solution to the worldwide conservation crisis. The
number of animals protected by 200s is tiny compared with the overall problem. It cost millions to
save the Arabian oryx from dying out; but could that amount be found for every species that is
endangered? The value of zoo-breeding programmes is also questioned as some species, such as the
African elephant, do not reproduce well in captivity.
(v) Captive animals are often kept in poor and inhumane conditions, opponents say. In the worst zoos,
animals are still displayed for the entertainment of the public. Where animals are placed in
impoverished and unsuitable surroundings, they often behave in abnormal and neurotic ways. It is
common for polar bears constantly to pace up and down or twist their heads and circle over and over
again. This behaviour is now recognised by scientists as a sign of stress and frustration. When children
visit zoos where animals are acting in neurotic and abnormal ways, they are not being educated.
Instead, opponents say, they are being given inaccurate information.

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 Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below.
(1×10=10marks)
(i) What are the advantages of zoos? [1]
(a) Breeding of endangered species is done.
(b) Children are educated about wildlife in zoos.
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above
(ii) Zoos provide a chance to encounter real animals,………………. [1]
(a) but visitors do not always see the natural behaviour of animals.
(b) which gives visitors a chance to take pictures with animals.
(c) which can irritate the animals in the zoo.
(d) None of the above
(iii) Select the option that fills the blank appropriately. [1]
The author of the given passage………………..
(a) sides with those who support zoos
(b) sides with those who oppose zoos
(c) takes a neutral stand
(d) Can’t say
(iv) Complete the following with a reason from paragraph two: [1]
Opinion Reason
Inbreeding can lead to deformed animals

(v) How would closing of zoos be disastrous? [1]

(vi) Do you think captive breeding programmes are 100% successful? Choose the answer
with reference to the above passage. [1]
(vii) How does cooperation of zoos support Captive Breeding Programme? [1]
(viii) ‘Captive Breeding Programme’ is beneficial because [1]
(a) it involves breeding animals in captivity.
(b) then reintroducing them into their natural in the wild.
(c) it helps to preserve endangered species.
(d) All of the above
(ix) Supply the disadvantages of zoo. [1]
(x) Choose the option that does not correspond to the word ‘impoverish’. [1]
(a) Weaken (b) Strengthen (c) Exhaust (d) Poor
2. Read the passage given below. [10]
(i) Access to primary education is a basic right of every child. An effective primary education can build
a solid foundation and open avenues for future success. With its profound son both the individual
and society, primary education plays a crucial role in reducing extreme poverty and promoting social
changes. The Sustainable Development implications Agenda acknowledges the importance of primary
education in Goal 4 which stipulates that by 2030, the world should ensure inclusive and equitable
quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all, including a target on universal
access to primary education. Though there are varying standards, primary education is typically

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 designed for children 6 to 11 years of age.
(ii) Significant progress has been made toward achieving universal primary education. Globally, the
adjusted net attendance rate reached 87 per cent in 2019 and about four out of five children attending
primary education completed it. Additionally, over the past two decades, the number of out-of-
school children was reduced by over 40 per cent. However, there is still a long way to go: 58 million
children of primary school age remain out of school, with the majority of them coming from
marginalised groups. In addition, recent Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) results show
that many children do not have foundational reading and numeracy skills, highlighting the massive
challenge to achieving inclusive and equitable quality education for all.
(iii) Globally, a lower proportion of children from the poorest families attend primary education compared
with their wealthier peers. While almost all children from the top wealth quintile attend primary
education, only 75 per cent of children from the bottom wealth quintile do.
(iv) Across different regions, household wealth impacts primary school completion rates differently.
West and Central Africa has the largest gap of 58 percentage points in primary school completion
rates between the and poorest quintiles. In contrast, in East Asia and the Pacific and Latin America
and the Caribbean, children from the top and bottom wealth quintiles complete primary school at
more similar rates, with a gap of just 13 percentage points.
(v) . In the past 20 years, the number of out-of-school children of primary education age fell by more
than 40 per cent, from 99 million in 2000 to 58 million in 2019. However, 54 per cent of these out-
of-school children were girls. Despite this tremendous progress, the world must accelerate the pace
at which the number of out-of-school children is reduced, as the total has remained stagnant since
2007.
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below.
(i) State one target related to primary education. [1]
(ii) What do you think could be the reasons for not completing primary education? [1]
1. Poverty 2. Inaccessibility
3. Feasibility 4. Discrimination
5. Child labour and trafficking 6. Displacement
Codes
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 3, 4, 5 and 6
(c) 1, 4, 5 and 6
(d) All of these
(iii) Complete the following analogy correctly with a word/ phrase from the passage. [1]
Usual: Strange...............: Miniscule.
(iv) Select the correct option to complete the following sentence...........and........ have the
highest rates of primary education completion in the rich quintile. [1]
(a) South Asia and Middle East and North Africa
(b) Latin America and the Caribbean and West and Central Africa
(c) Latin America and the Caribbean and East Asia and the Pacific
(d) Eastern and Southern Africa and East Asia and the Pacific
(v) How much decline in the number of out-of-school children of primary education age is
seen in the past two decades? [1]
(a) From 109 million in 2000 to 99 million in 2019
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 (b) From 99 million in 2000 to 58 million in 2019
(c) From 99 million in 2000 to 68 million in 2019
(d) From 99 million in 2000 to 45 million in 2019
(vi) In 2019, about four out of five children attending primary education completed it
suggests that [1]
(a) less than 80% children completed primary education
(b) almost 100% children completed primary education
(c) more than 80% children completed primary education
(d) about 80% children completed the primary education
(vii) Substitute the word ‘Foundational’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the
following sentence from paragraph 2. [1]
In addition, recent Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) results show that many children do not
have foundational reading and numeracy skills, highlighting the massive challenge to achieving inclusive
and equitable quality education for all.
(viii) How is primary education critical to both an individual and a society? [1]
(ix) How does the Sustainable Development Goals give importance to primary education?
[1]
(x) Select a suitable title for the passage. [1]
(a) Meeting the Targets set by SDG (b) Primary Schools
(c) Importance of Primary Education (d) SDG’s and Primary Education
SECTION-B [ GRAMMAR ]
3. Attempt ANY TEN of the following questions. [1 × 10 = 10]
(i) Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the following sentence.

Shadow puppets …………….. in China.

(a) are originating (b) originate (c) originated (d) will have originated
(ii) Complete the sentence keeping the meaning of the statement intact.
The boss said to him, “Please tell me what the old man said today.”
The boss requested him
(a) to tell him what the old man had said today. (b) to tell him what the old man said that day.
(c) to tell him what the old man said today. (d) to tell him what the old man had said that day.
(iii) Select the correct option to fill in the blank for the given line.
You…………………….have a university degree.
(a) need (b) mustn’t (c) needn’t (d) dare
(iv) Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following
li ne:
I can speak Arabic fluently when I was a child and we lived in Morocco.
Option Error Correction
(a) Can Could
(b) Was Were
(c ) Lived Live
(d) In at
(v) Complete the given sentence by filling in the blank with the correct option.
The plane……………………. in two hours

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 (a) will have taken off (b) will be took off
(c) will take off in two hours (d) will be taking off
(vi) Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket.
The industrialist and the politician……………… (Invite) to the function.
(vii) Write the correct indirect speech of the following sentence.
Ashish said to me, “I shall go to the market today."
(viii) Identify the error in the given sentence.
All works of creative writing have aesthetics appeal.
Use the given format for your response.
Error Correction

(ix) Mayank has seen a drama which he was narrating to his friend. Report the statement from
the drama.
The mother said to her son, “Change your shoes.”
(x) Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option.
………………………students succeeded in passing last year.
(a) Few (b) Fewer (c) Little(d) Much
(xi) Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between Gautami
and Simran.
Gautami-Wow! Your new dress is very beautiful.
Simran- Thank you. My mother gifted it to me on my last birthday.
Gautami exclaimed cheerfully and told Simran ______________________
(xii) Identify the error in the given sentence.
Science and technology and their fallouts do not complete human culture.
Use the given format for your response.
Error Correction

4. Creative Writing Skills [10]

All the names and addresses used in the questions are fictitious. Resemblance, if any, is purely coincidental.
(i) Attempt ANY ONE from A and B given below.
A. For the past seven days, you were late for work to some unavoidable issues at home. Write a letter to
your manager explaining the situation, why you were late for work for several days. (100-120 words) [5]
OR
B. You live in a room in college which you can share with another student. However, there are many
problems with this arrangement and you find it very difficult to work. Write a letter to the accommodation
officer at the college explaining the situation and requesting an earliest redressal. (100-120 words) [5]
5. Attempt ANY ONE from A and B given below.
A. The bar chart shows the scores of teams A, B and C over four different seasons. Write an analytical
paragraph on the given data in about 100-120 words. [5]

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 OR
B. The table illustrates the proportion of monthly household income five European countries spend on
food and drink, housing, clothing and entertainment. Using the given data, write an analytical paragraph
in 100-120 words. [5]
Proportion of Household Income of Five European Countries Spend on Food and Drink, Housing,
Clothing and Entertainment
Food and drink Housing Clothing Entertainment
France 25% 31% 7% 13%
Germany 22% 33% 15% 19%
UK 27% 37% 11% 11%
Turkey 36% 20% 12% 10%
SECTION-C
Spain 31% [Literature]
18% 8% 15% [40]
6. Attempt ANY ONE two extracts given.
A. On the day of the inauguration, I was overwhelmed with a sense of history. In the first decade of the
twentieth century, a few years after the bitter Anglo-Boer war and before my own birth, the white
skinned peoples of South Africa patched up their differences and erected a system of racial domination
against the dark-skinned peoples of their own land. The structure they created formed the basis of one of
the harshest, most inhumane, societies the world has ever known. [5]
(i) The system of racial domination against the dark-skinned people was called a...................
(a) The policy of Apartheid (b) Racial discrimination
(c) Inhumane system (d) Harshest system
(ii) Why did the speaker call that structure 'one of the harshest and the most inhumane'?
(iii) Fill in the blank with ONE WORD only.
Mandela is filled with .............................in the given extract.
(iv) The inauguration was a celebration of South Africa's first...............government.
(a) autocratic, racial (b) democratic, non-racial
(c) democratic, racial (d) monarch, non-racial
(v) Select the option that does not correctly captures the application of the word 'overwhlem'
as used the extract.
(a) Dumbfound (b) Callous (c) Overcome (d) Affector
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B. I found myself in the maidan and sat down on a bench. The night was chilly-itt was early November-
and a light drizzle added to my discomfort. Soon it was raining quite heavily. My to the bazaar and sat
down in the shelter of the clock tower. The clock showed midnight. If felt for the notes. They were damp
from the rain. Anil's money. In the morning he would probably have given me two or three rupees to go
to the cinema, but now I had it all. (The Thief's Story) [5]
(i) Select the option that does not correctly capture the meaning of the word 'drizzle' as
used in the extract.
(a) Sprinkle (b) Spray (c) Shower (d) Rainfall
(ii) Complete the analogry by selecting the suitable word from the text.
Food : Energy :: Clock tower :..................
(iii) What was Hari Singh Thinking while sitting in the shelter of clock tower ?
1. "Education can one day bring me more than a few hundred rupees."
2. "I cannot cook his meals, run to the bazaar."
3. "I should go back to Anil for the the sake of learning to read and write."
4. "I cannot learn to write whole sentences anymore."
Codes
(a) 1 and 4 (b) 2, 3 and 4 (c) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 3 and 4
(iv) According to the speaker, how would Anil react when he would know about the
theft ?
(a) Would show a touch of sadness for the loss of trust.
(b) Would show fear for the loss of money.
(c) Would show anger for the loss of money.
(d) Would show acceptance for the loss of money.
(v) How is Hari feeling in the given extract ?
7. Attempt ANY ONE of the two extracts given. [5]
A. An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went. I would not intrude on him;
A dime, another ball, is worthless. Now
He senses first responsibility
In a world of possessions. (The Ball Poem)
(i) Complete the sentence appropriately.
The mood of the boy is ..............
(ii) Which ultimate grief has fixed the boy ?
(a) Loss of his ball (b) Loss his dear one
(c) Loss of his toys (d) None of these
(iii) State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE.
Another ball worthless for the boy because if cannot replace the memories attached with the lost ball.
(iv) What kind of world is it?
(a) A world of possessions (b) A materialistic world

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 (c) Selfish and self-centered world (d) Both (a) and (b)
(v) Why does the speaker choose not to intrude ? [1]
This is so because the poet
(a) knows that it would embarrass the boy in his momet of grief.
(b) feels that it's important that the boy learn an important life lesson, undisturbed.
(c) realises that he doesn't have sufficient funds to purchase a new ball for the boy.
(d) experiences a sense of distress himself, by looking at the boy's condition.
OR
B. If when you're walking round your yard
You meet a creature there, Who hugs you
very, very hard, Be sure it is a Bear,
If you have any doubts, I guess
He'll give you just one more caress. (How to tell Wild Animals) [5]
(i) How a bear can be recognised by you ?
(a) By skin colour (b) By roar
(c) By body size (d) By tight hug
(ii) How will you judge the poet's sytle of writing in the given extract ?
(iii) Why does it hug very hard ?
(a) It kills by hug (b) It shows its love
(c) It diverts our attention (d) None of these
(iv) Complete the analogy.
Garden : Yard ::..........................:Embrace
(v) Select the sentence in which the word 'round' is used in the similar manner as line 2 of
the extract.
(a) That round fruit is an apple.
(b) You have to turn round the statue to reach the destination.
(c) We played the final round of golf.
(d) He went on the round-about.
8. Answer ANY FOUR of the following in about 40-50 words each. [4 ×3=12]
(i) What is Lomov's reaction when Chubukov says that he is not used to facing misbehaviour by a young
man like Lomov? [3]
(ii) Where should the tiger have been according to the poet? (A Tiger in The Zoo) [3]
(iii) According to the poet, what do 'fire and ice' represent? Do you agree with him ? [3]
(iv) What tells you that Anne loved her grandmother? (From the Diary of the Anne Frank) [3]
(v) Describe the mangificent views of the tea estate with reference to the lesson, 'Tea from Assam'.
(Glimpses of India) [3]
9. Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 40-50 words each. [2 ×3=6]
(i) How did Matilda come to know about the reality of the diamond necklace? (3)
(ii) What other interests, besides science, did Richard Ebright pursue? What opinion did Mr. Weiherer,
his social studies teacher, have about Ebright ? [3]
(iii) Why did Bholi not want to go to school ? [3]

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10. Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 100-120 words. [1 ×6=6]
(i) Does the poem 'The Tress' present a conflict between man and nature? Compare it with 'A Tiger in
the Zoo'. Is the poet suggesting that plants and trees, used for 'interior decoration' in cities while
forests are cut down, are 'imprisoned and need to 'break out' ?
OR
(ii) Valli posed herself to be very confident when the conductor offered her help to ride the bus. Later
on she felt shy when all laughed at her.
What does this tell you about Valli's character? What do we learn from her character ?
11. Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 100-120 words.
(i) Do you think that there are certain situations in which you can be excused for acting dishonestly?
Elaborate with reference to 'A Question of Trust.'
OR
(ii) The play, 'The Book That Saved the Earth' conveys the message that misunderstanding of cultural
difference between various faces can cause confusion and conflict. Based on your reading of the
play, write how such confustion and and conflicts can be checked so that peace and harmony is
maintained.

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