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Code No. 2/1
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SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT II
ENGLISH
(Language and Literature)
Time allowed : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 80
General Instructions:'
(i) The Question paper is divided into four sections :
Section A Reading 15 Marks
Section B Writing 15 Marks
Section C Grammar 15 Marks
Section D Literature / Text Books 35 Marks
(ii) All questions are compulsory.
(iii) Marks are indicated against each question.
2/1 1 P.T.O:
SECTION A
(Reading) 15
2/1 2
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211 3 P.T.O.
2. Read the poem given below and choose the most appropriate answer to
each question out of the options that follow: lx5=5
(i) education for all
(ii) education free of cost
(iii) education for the rich
(iv) education for the poor
2/1 4
(c) The phrase, 'narrow domestic walls' refers to _
(i) houses with narrow walls
(ii) divisions of the world
(iii) country divided on the lines of caste and religion
(iv) thin walls of a house
(i) customs
traditions
habits
logic
(ii)
. (iv)
(iii)
(e) Who is being addressed in this poem?
(i) People
(ii) Poet
(iii) God
(iv) Country
2/1 5 p.T.a.
The son answered, "I saw that we have a dog at home, and
they have four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of the
garden, they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lamps
"
in the garden, they have the stars. Our patio reaches to the front
yard, they ha've a whole horizon."
You can't buy any of these things. You can have all the
material possessions you can imagine, but if you are poor of spirit,
you have nothing!
(e) The word In the passage which means the same as 'a short
journey' is _
2/1 6
SECTIONB
(Writing) 15
2/1 7 p.T.a.
6. You are Pawan / Preeti, a young reporter of The Daily Times, N. Delhi:
Recently you witnessed an explosion in a bus killing 2 and injuring 25.
Being an eye witness, write a report, in about 80 words, for your
newspaper giving heading, date, bus number, persons killed, injured
and saved. 3
OR
, I
Develop the following o'utline into a story in about 80 words
SECTION C
(Grammar) 15
2/1 8
8. Given b~ow are the notes taken by a reporter regarding the H~alth
Checkup, Camp organized at DAV School premises recently. Study the
given notes and complete the following paragraph by filling III the
spaces from the given options. lx3=3 .
(a) has
is carried out
was carried out
was
can
has been
(i) carried out
been carried out
was organised
organised
was being organised
has organised
(iv)
(ii)
,(iv)
(iv)
(ii)
(iii)
2/1 9 p.T.a.
9. The following passage has not, been edited. There is an errQr in each
line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the
correction in your answer sheet against the correct blank number as
given in the example. Remember to underline the word that you have
supplied. ~x6=3
2
For example :
2/1 ' 10
11. Read'the following dialogue between a mother and her son. Complete'
the paragraph that follows by filling in the gaps appropriately. lx3=3
SECTION D
(Literature/Text Books) 35
12.(a) Read the extract given below and ~nswer the questions that follow. lx4=4
So the world is afflicted with death and decay, therefore the
WIse do not grieve, knowing the terms of the world.
I whipped off the lock and tore open the lid, and Mij,
i
exhausted and bloodspattered, whimpered and caught at my leg. He
had torn the lining 9f the box to shreds; when I removed the last of
it so that there were no cutting edges left, it was just ten minutes
until the time of the flight, and the airport was fiv.e miles distant. I
put the miserable Mij back into the box, holding down the lid with
my hand.
2/1 12
(c) Animals have the 'tokens' dropped by man.
(i) retained and preserved
(ii) searched
(iii) robbed
(iv) lost
2/1 13 p.T.a.
(C) The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
. over harbour and city
on silent haunches
2/1 14
15. Answer the following question in about 80 words 5
2/1 15
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