PODAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Yearly Examination (2021-22)

Std: V Subject: English

Reading-Objective
1. Read the passage below and answer the questions.
One of the advantages of growing up in an Army household was
the frequency with which we move. ‘Postings’ came with
predictable regularity every three years. What was unpredictable
and therefore exciting was the suspense. Where would we go this
time? Ambala, Pune, Dehradun, Allahabad, Tejpur, Bangalore, Yo!
In my short span of thirteen years, we had moved lock, stock and
barrel eleven times!
Every move meant a change. New journeys, new places, new
schools, my new books, new uniforms, new friends and new
houses. We lived in tents, bashas, Nissen huts, flats and
bungalows. No matter what the shape and size of the dwelling,
Mother soon put her own special stamps on it and transformed it
into a familiar place; our home complete with bright yellow
curtains, coffee-brown carpet, assorted pictures, hanging ferns
and potted palms providing a comforting sense of continuity in
our essentially nomadic life.
I was thirteen, the year we moved to the Cantonment at
Allahabad. In comparison to the noise and crowd in the city’s
areas like Katra and Chowk, the cantonment was a quiet, orderly
place with broad tree-lined roads that still carried the names of
long-dead Britishers. Our bungalow was on a sleepy by-lane
called MacPherson Road. When we first saw it, my brothers and I
were delighted. It was by far the biggest house we had ever lived
in. The task of furnishing those huge rooms would be a lot of
work for Mother.
Choose the correct option.

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a. What does the narrator call as one of the advantages of growing
up in an Army household?
i. living a settled life in a ii. frequency with which
place they moved
iii. living in different types iv. making each type of
of houses house a home

b. What was unpredictable about the postings?

i. postings would come ii. place where they would
after every three years go
iii. postings would come iv. what kind of house they
every year would live in

c. How old is the narrator of the text?

i. 10 years ii. 12 years
iii. 15 years iv. 13 years

d. What did every move or posting mean?

i. discomfort ii. effort
iii. change iv. contentment

e. What was the benefit of the narrator’s mother transforming each

dwelling into their home?
i. provided continuity in
their nomadic life
iii. provided a break from
living in the same town
ii. provided an opportunity
for living in different
towns
iv. provided a change in
their nomadic life

f. How was the cantonment at Allahabad different from areas like

Katra and Chowk?

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 i. a noisy crowded place ii. a quiet, orderly place
with narrow stone- lined with broad tree-lined
roads roads
iii. a quiet hilly area with tall iv. a hilly deserted area
trees

g. What delighted the narrator and his brother about the bungalow
on MacPherson Road?
i. It was the smallest house ii. It was the quietest
they had ever lived in. neighbourhood.
iii. It was the biggest house iv. It was in the busiest
they had ever lived in. neighbourhood.

h. Choose the correct meaning of the phrase –‘lock, stock and barrel’
as used in the passage.
i. including everything ii. moving items stored in
barrels
iii. including few essential iv. locking items in barrels
items

Grammar –Objective
2. Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.

a. The renovations will be completed ___________ February 2022.

i. since ii. by
iii. for iv. until

b. The little boy pointed _________ the man selling colourful balloons.
i. towards ii. across
iii. along iv. through

c. He ran to the auditorium _____he missed the first scene of the

drama show.

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 i. yet ii. for
iii. or iv. nor

d. I had forgotten my wallet at home _____ I had to go back to get it.

i. but ii. nor
iii. yet iv. so

e. What ______ the cost of the entry ticket to the exhibition?

i. were ii. was
iii. has iv. have

f. The population of the tigers __________ growing steadily in this

region.
i. is ii. are
iii. has iv. have

Literature 1 – Subjective
3. Fill in the blanks with the correct word/words. (1 m each)
a. With reference to the story ‘Time to Play- On line or Offline’
Charles would take Tyson along to play _________ with his friends.

b. With reference to the story ‘Time to Play- On line or Offline’

according to Charles’ father, technology is best used as a tool, not
as a __________.

c. With reference to the text ‘The Chetak Festival’, the Chetak festival
is about _____ years old.

d. With reference to the text ‘The Chetak Festival’, Sarangkheda is on

the banks of River _________.

e. With reference to the poem ‘The Pedlar’s Caravan’, the plates that

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 the pedlar-man sells has ________ around the border.

Literature 2 –Subjective

4. Answer the following questions. (2m each)

a. With reference to the story ‘Time to Play- On line or Offline’, why

did Charles get furious one evening?
b. With reference to the story ‘Time to Play- On line or Offline’, why
did Charles’ father ask him to volunteer at Mr Robert’s NGO for
pets?
c. With reference to the text ‘The Chetak Festival’, what kinds of
horses are brought to the fair?
d. With reference to the text ‘The Chetak Festival’, what did grandpa
tell the narrator about the festival with respect to the location,
area covered and the name of the festival?
e. With reference to the poem ‘The Pedlar’s Caravan’, how does the
pedlar draw the attention of the people?

Writing-Subjective

5. Using the given outline , write a story in not more than 200 8m
words
boy has bad temper- father gives him bag of nails –asks him
hammer a nail into fence every time he gets angry – first day boy
hammered 15 nails- gradually it decreased- easier to control
temper than hammer nails into fence- one day boy did not lose
temper – tells father – now father asks him to pull out a nail on
the day he does not get angry- finally all nails were taken out of
the fence- father tells boy – fence has holes- will never be same –
similarly words spoken in anger leave scars

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