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2 A certain amount of body fat is needed to store energy, keep warm and
absorb the shocks. Usually men with more than 25% body fat and women
with more than 35% body fat are regarded as obese. Obesity tends to run
in families suggesting a genetic cause. Environmental factors include life-
style behaviour such as what a person eats and his or her level of physical
activity. So, one should choose more nutritious food which is low in fat,
and become more active.
3. When people eat large amounts of food thinking that it is beyond their
control how much they eat is called
a a) dieting b) binge eating c) crash dieting
5. People with the most severe binge eating problem are also likely to
have more symptom of
a) a) low blood pressure b) sugar c) depression
On the basis of your understanding of the above passage, answer the fol-
lowing questions :
1. Who is ‘he’?
a) the writer b)lencho c) a postman
2. What satisfied him?
a) rainfall b) coins of silver c) a strong wind
3. What is ironic about ‘silver coins’?
a) silver coins are valuable b) destructive hailstones look like sil-
ver coins c)silver coins fall from sky
4. How did the ‘silver coins’ affect the corn field?
a) corn started looking beautiful b) they gave new life to the corn
c) they destroyed all the corn
5. ‘draped in a curtain of rain’, which part of speech is ‘draped’?
a a) noun b) verb c) adjective
4. Read the extracts given below and attempt by answering the questions
1. Who is ‘him’ ?
a) The little boy b) a football player c) a responsible person
2. Why won’t ‘I’ intrude on him?
a) he won’t like interference b)l want him to face the situation c) he
is very arrogant
3. ‘l’ seems to be
a a) cruel b) loving c) sensible
4. Why does no one buy a ball back?
A a) a ball is very cheap b) the new ball will cost money c) the boy
should learn to be careful
5. Which word is opposite in meaning to the word ‘worthless’?
a a) bad b) valuable c) mostly
GRAMMAR (10)
5.Complete the paragraph given below by filling in the blanks choos-
ing the correct options from those that follow:
(3)
The school closed during the monsoon but this did not (i)_______that
Raja (ii)________sit at home(iii)_________ nothing.
ii) The river had crept ________the banks and spread across the flat
plains a) over b) into c) below
PART B
( WRITING
Q8.You are Ria/Ranjit. You want to bring to light the parking problem faced
by the people in residential colonies. Write a letter to the Editor of “The
Daily Express” drawing attention to this problem and what measures can
be taken to rectify it. Your address is 22–B, Mandakini Apartments, New
Delhi.(5)