Nirmal Bhartia School

Periodic Test - 2 (2021-22)

ENGLISH
Class: VI
Date: 18 January 2022
Duration: 1 hour
Max. Marks: 20
General Instructions:
• Read the questions carefully.
• For MCQs -Mention the question number, the right option and the correct answer.
• All the answers to be handwritten.
• Handwritten answers to be done in English literature notebook and a PDF copy of the scanned pictures
should be uploaded in portrait mode ONLY.
• Number the pages of your answer script in the correct order and ensure all pages have been uploaded.
• Do not exceed the prescribed word limit.

SECTION A –READING

Q1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. (5 marks)

From Rameshwaram to the Rashtrapati Bhavan, it’s been a long journey. Talking to Nona Walia on
the eve of Teacher’s Day, President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam talked about life’s toughest lessons learnt
and his mission, being a teacher to the Indian youth. “A proper education would help nurture a sense
of dignity and self–respect among our youth,” said President Kalam. There was still a child in him
though, and he was still curious about learning new things. Life was a mission for President Kalam.
Nonetheless, he remembered his first lesson in life and how it changed his destiny.
“I was studying in Standard V and must have been all of 10. My teacher, Sri Sivasubramania Iyer was
telling how birds fly. He drew a diagram of a bird on the blackboard, depicting the wings, tail and the
body with the head and then explained how birds soar to the sky. At the end of the class, I said, I didn’t
understand. Then he asked the other students if they had understood, but nobody had understood how
birds fly,” he recalls.
“That evening, the entire class was taken to Rameshwaram shore,” the President continued, “My
teacher showed us sea birds. We saw marvelous formations of them flying and how their wings flapped.
Then my teacher asked us, ‘Where is the bird’s engine and how is it powered?’ I knew then that birds
are powered by their own life and motivation. I understood all about birds’ dynamics.”

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I. Choose the correct answers from the options given below each question and write the correct
option no. in your answer script. (1x5=5)
1. When did Nona Walia talk to the President Dr. A. P.J. Abdul Kalam?
A. on Teachers’ Day
B. on the eve of Teacher’s Day
C. on the eve of New year
D. on his birthday

2. What did Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam learn when the entire class was taken to the Rameswaram shore?
A. Birds are powered by their own life and motivation
B. Coastal areas have sea birds
C. Engines power the birds
D. Strength is not important in birds

3. What inspiration do you gain after reading about Dr. Kalam’s experiences as a student?
A. The students should pay attention to the teacher
B. One must have a craving to learn more and more in life
C. The birds must be taken care of
D. All the students must stay united

4. Which word in the passage means the same as ‘fate’?

A. mission
B. dynamics
C. destiny
D. dignity

5. What is the antonym of the word ‘easiest’ from the passage?

A. Nurture
B. Toughest
C. Curious
D. Understood

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 Section– B - (Grammar and Writing) (8)

II. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank. (1x3=3)

1. I am confused, whether to watch TV _____________ go out to play.
A. and
B. yet
C. as
D. or
2. Computer saves time, _______________ it is a useful machine.
A. therefore
B. but
C. for
D. as
3. Pip called up his mom ____________________ she had been worried about him.
A. either
B. because
C. but
D. nor

III. Fill in the blanks using the Future Perfect tense of the verb given in the brackets. (1x2=2)

1. I ____________________________ this task by the time you reach here. (complete)

A. Will have completed
B. Am completing
C. Completes
D. Had been completing
2. The workers _______________________ the dining room by the time you get home. (paint)
A. Is painting
B. Will have painted
C. Has painted
D. Will paint

IV. As President of Residents’ Social Club of Vasundhra Residential Society, design a poster in not
more than 50 words for promoting good health through ‘Health Mela’ to be held at Central
Community Hall of the society. Mention some of its attractions. (3)

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 Section– C- (Literature) (7)

V. Answer the following questions in 20-30 words. (2x2=4)

A. Give a brief description of the robotic dog on moon, Robutt.

B. How can you say that Robutt and Jimmy shared a special bond with each other? Give at least two
instances from the story.

VI. Answer the following question in your own words. (40-50 words) (3)

A. Describe the three fantasy places that the story-teller wants to take the children to, through his
magical stories.

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