Parle Kelavani Mandal’: rol & ND. Parekh Pre ry RELIMINARY EXAMINATION TIME MAX 2023-24 MARKS CLASS | DATE ~[osoT. 2034 NGUAGE, Zhours | 80 umber ot printed pages =6— This The time given at the head of this paper is the time allotted for writing the answers. ne is to be spe ig the question paper. - “Attempt all five questions . The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [)- You are advised to spend not more than 30 minutes in answering Question 1 and 20 minutes in answering Question 2. ‘Question T i207 (Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this question.) Write a composition (300- 350 words) on any one of the following: ng impact on the minds of students. They rejuvenate, inform and help to oe re ipen this idea and describe ene such trip which turned out to De & i. School trips Ie: become self-rel memorable one. nen you experienced the pain of defeat. It took a great deal of What lessons did you lear from the experience and how did jent in your life wh tuation ii, Frat an inc’ determination to overcome this you move alicad afier that incident? activities must be given equal Importance at school.” Jnst the statement iii, “Academies and co-curricular Express your views for or aga 1: with the following lines: 1 short story beginnins ; rot Ning avas shagiered when I heard the shail ery of iv. Write an ori “The silence of the gests write a story or description or an account of what the pletute rer ut the subject of the picture oF may take suggestions from jon between the picture and the composition ¥. Study the picture given below. to you. Your composition may but there must be some clear connes inary Examination 2023-24 Pagel ore ‘Bid X- English LanguageQuestion 2 (Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this question.) Select any one of the following: ng i, A.cousin from abroad who will be visiting India fo: of “Incredible India.” Write # letter to himvher, g Mention with examples what diverse yet unifi F a fortnight, wishes to be enlightened on the concept iving a brief idea of how this can be implemented. ied aspeets make our country ‘stand out from the crow You require a testimonial or certificate fro studies. Write a letter to your principal req details of your academic record, involvent ™m the principal of your school as you wish to pursue further lucsting hinvher to draft the same. Provide relevant but brief ‘ent in activities, your qualities etc, Question 3 i, You are the President of the school Envi i 'i Write an email to the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency {EPA) requesting hiner to inaugurate the drive, Add details from Q3 (i) Hing “i &) Question 4 ps 4 . 10] Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: ‘Roots’ is a Pulitzer Prize-winning story about the family ancestry of author Alex Haley; a symbolic chronicle of the odyssey of African Americans from the’Continent of Africa to a land not of their choosing” The Washington Pos : In one of the carly pages of “Roots”, Haley describes the ancient ceremony in which one of his African ancestors was named. The father took, the infant in his arms, held it up before a gathering of villagers, and whispered in its ear, the name hé had chosen for it. Only then was the name announced to everyone else, for it was the belief among those people “that each human being should be the first to know who he was.” Alex Haley, a man of fifty-five, belonging to the seventh generation of his family in America, undertook a journey to find out about himself among the people who live where his ancestors lived, to find out who in fact he is. Asa boy, Alex Haley was lucky to have been around a grandmother who had an improbably' long memory of her ancestry. She passed on to him, information about the origins of their family. They came here, after all, in slavery, an institution to serve and provide cheap and economic Inbour to run the plantations of tobacco, coiton and sugarcane; that severed almost all their ties to Africa—to birthplace, lineages. religion, language, and names, Her memory of that name, Kinteh, along with her other memories, has now paid the remarkable dividend of “Roots,” in which Haley traces his family’s origins in Africa, renders the history of his family from before the slave ships. through slavery, and into the present. Briefly, the story was about “the African.” He was brought to this country in a slave ship that docked at a place called *Naplis, he was bought by a Waller family, who lived in Virginia; he worked as a buggy driver on the Waller plantation; married the big-house cook, named Bell, by whom he had a daughter, named Kizay To young Kizzy he told the history of his life in Aftica, and of how, when he was out in the forest one day, cutting wood to make a frame for a drum, ie was set upon by slavers, seized, and dragged to a slave ship, Chained with other captives, Kunta began an agonized odyssey to the New World, the colonial United States. Si English Language Preliminary Examination 2023-24 Page 2 0f 6wi ibe ale, the one conferred on him by his master. His real name, he 7 Ra ccom his mative tongue, Mandinka. His word fora guitar was ko. which ran nearby the plantation, he called it ‘the Kamby According to the research con town of Juffure. The family ears Als Haley, Kunta Kinteh was “the African” from the Gambian Actually Annapolis, Maryland. Ilaley'e ne ‘he was sold into slavery in a town called “Neplis.” Which was from the Gambia River, July, 1767, eith ve identified the slave ship, “The Lord Ligonier’ which sailed Annapolis on Sept ter ay ant La captured Gamblans The Lard Ligonier bad eleared customs at found ihistesie thallweetd Cheep In the issue of the Maryland Gazette, October Ist, Haley 29, 1767, with only 98 cerrvors. Ver Start staves." The ship arrived in Annapolis on September esses Pde plicved that one of those survivors was seventeen-year-old Kurta Riven io song wilh hens en jured the indignity of an Annapolis slave auction. Almost by chance, Alex Holey mele Yorn iambian named Ebou Manga, who said he would be more thin glad to introduce Haley a capital ae bieretae spoke Mandinka, A few days later, both men flew off to ‘The Gambia. In Banjul, eae is story to “a small group of men knowledgeable in their small.county's history.” led gros sil to found in the older back-country villages, men who were ineffevt living, walking archives of, genealogies and oral history. They said there was no question about what Kamby Bolongo meant: it meant the Gambia River. They told him that what he called, or spelled, “Kin-fay?-was Kinteb, and that it was a well-known family name in The Gambia. Broke from having spent almost everything he had on his tesearch; Haley raised enough money for “mini-safari” up the Gambia River. ‘The safari took him to the village of Juffure, where one of the griots lived and where his own ancestor, (as claimed by Haley) Kunta Kinte, had been born and raised. This is Haley's report: “The griot said that the Kine clan belonged to a place called Old Mali. The men traditionally were blacksmiths, the women potters and weavers. Kairaba Kinte—a holy man joumeyed down the country called "The Gambia’ and settled in the village called Fuffure. His descendant Omoro had four sons, the eldest being Kunta. “About the time the King’s soldiers came, Kunta, went away from his village to chop twood, He was never scen again...” And the griot went on with his narrative, The griot had spoken of “the time the King’s soldiers came:" What.lime was that? And what did be mean by the king's soldiers? Continuing his research in one of the archives in London, Haley found a reference to “Colonel O'Haze’s forces, cnt from London in (767, 10 guard the then British-operated Fort James Slave Fort on the Gambia River.” Kinte was captured and taken to a farm in Virginia where he continued his American heritage. Kinte survived to tell his story, u story that was shared by Haley in the book “Roots.” Roots” is a work.of historical fiction based on the author's family history. Haley has used the * Alex Haley's “ word “faction” to describe the book he 1 dig word given below, choose the correct meaning (as used in the passage) from the i, For each of [21 ‘options provided: 1, improbably a, properly b. unbelievably ingly d._ possibly 2. agonized a. grieving b. suffering ¢. tormented d. plaguing ‘Sid X- English Language Preliminary Examination 2023-24 Page 3 of 6Which word in the passage means the opposite of the word ‘parts’. a. knowledgeable b. indignity ¢. composite d. reference i Answer the following questions briefly in your own words: (a) According to the ancient ceremony mentioned by Haley, what was the speeifie purpose of the father taking his infant into his arms and whisper i 2 2 (b) Why were slaves brought to colonial Amerien> SS? tl (c) What details did Kunta tell Kizzy about his Affican life? 2) (a) Why are griots considered important? Why did Haley have to take a ‘mini safari’ and not the ° Vhy f usual larger on€? 21 (c) Which words did Haley use to denote the word he coined as faction’? ti iv. In not more than 50 words of your own, mention what the griot in Juffare?, conveyed to Haley, , 18] Question § “ig, : Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. (Do not copy the passage but write in correct serial order the word appropriate to the blank space.) ow (41 Example: (0) brought. pen i ‘Std X- English Language Preliminary (brit) Rhayader, d wounded migratory bird. She wished the bird to be ‘The gir! (0) treated soon. Rhayader wanted (1) _% (know) how this sniow goose from Canada landed there. But the gir] (2) Goncem) orly about the treatment. Rhayader handled the injured bird skilfully. The girl (3) (fascinate) and her fears (4) (disappear). Rhayader took the bleeding bird and gently put it on the teble. He bandaged its wing close to the body 6) Fio%s,... (immobilize) it. He made a splint for its broken leg, He light-heantedly (6). (call) the bird the ‘Lost Princess.’ Rhayader (7) (reassure) the girl that the ‘Lost Princess’ would be much better soon. He fed it with grains, and the girl (8) (laugh) delightfully at this sight. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. (Do not copy the sentence.) [4] (2) Hurriedly she drove___ the red light. (b) He takes his grandfather, . (c) The police struggled ____the crowd until they reached the speaker's dais. (d) We must refrain subjugating others. (c) She tuned the offer to work at the new hotel, (0 The hostel warden called a written explanation. (g) 1 was carried by his impressive speech. (h) There is no exeeption this rule. Page 4 of 6Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence wi {a5 The tourist bundered down w sitcct ay woemed to lead ne Ab) The tourat blualred down a sect te sem to ead woweres (©) The tourist blundered down a street when seemed to Tend nov {@) The touriet blundered down a stret tht seemed lo lead nowheres, ‘The room was very spacio (@) The room sp (by The room was s0 spac I could ensily accommodate 50 people. us as it could easily accommodate 50 people. us to easily accommodate 50 people. {©) Even though the room was very spacious easily it accommodates 50 people. (d) The room was spacious enough to easily accommodate 50 people», % 3. He came late for the appointment on Tuesday. Tt was foolish of him. (a) Due to his foolishness, he came late for the appointment on Tues (b) As he came late for the appointment on Tuesday, he felt foolisht's CH a he am ah at him to eonne late forthe appoiiment on Tea (BJ He came late for the appointment because he was foolish’of i on Tuesday. 4, Shakespeare's writing is still relevant today. He wrote about timeless themes. a) Shakespeare's writing is still relevanttoday yel fe wrote about timeless themes, (b) Shakespeare + ie atl releyand today When hi wrote about timeless themes. (O) Shakespeare's writing is still relevant today-and he wrote about timeless themes (d) Shakespeare's writing is still relevant fay ag he wrote about timeless themes. iv. Rewrite the following sentens changes that may be necessat Jes according to,the instructions given after each. Make other hint do not change the meaning of each sentence. 18 1. Rita asked the shopkeser, “Can you deliver the grocery to my homie?” (Begin: Rita requested (a) Rita requested the Shopkeeper if the grocery ‘could be delivered to her home. ce Reumatked the'shopkeeper ifthe grocery could be delivered to his home by ber- {o) Rita told the shopkeeper ifthe grocery could be delivered to her home Py Bien {G) Tila requested the shopkeeper to deliver the grocery to her home, (Use: despite) 2. was a pleasant day but in spite of his ill health, Dean decided to go PiKine: (5 Being a pleasant day and despite of ill health Dean des fb) tt being pleasant day, despite his il health, Dean decided t0 go (op Twas 2 pleasant day despite his ill health Dean, decided to go biking (G) being a pleasant day, despite of his ill heatth, Dean decided to go hiking 3, The soundtrack ofa movie is added after the filming is finished. (Us always") (@) Always the soundtrack of a movie is added afer the filming finished. (by The soundirack of a movie is added now after the filming is shed alway {O) The eoundirack of a movie now is added always after she Gimli © finished, (@) The soundurack of a movie is always added after the Blming 18 finished. Sid English Language Preliminary Examination 2023-24 Page 5 of4. Leannot refund your money if you do not * (a) Unless you ean provide the cash rece () Unless you provide the cash (©) Untess you provide the cas! () Until you provide the cash ¢ Provide the cash receipts. (Begin; Unless ) 1S, Lean reg N receipts, | cany ved your money. i refund your money, Hh Feeeipts, 1 will nog efund your money, "eceiots, Vearat refimy your money. $-_Assoon as the thie had been release (©) Barely hod the thie been released (©) Barely had the thiet been released than hy (©) Barely had the thiet been rele () Barely had the thie 6. As soon as the amby (©) No sooner had the ambu (@) No sooner di 7. Radium is one of the most valuable metals, (End: (2) Few metals are as valuable as radium, as valuable as radium) / be (©) Among all metals, the most valusbte 8 radii he (A) Few metals are not so valuable aS radinnizn, 1" 8. (©) Ajay would rathetiread a book than watch a movie, ; ; (c) Ajay would rather prefer'ta Teading a book than to watching the movie.’ (d) Ajay would rather read'the book than to. watching a movie x Tat Page 6 0f6 8 Pr 202: rrcliminary Examination ‘Std X- English Language