HOLY MARY SCHOOL, BANUR

ANSWER KEY OF 1ST REVISION PAPER OF ENGLISH

PART-A (READING)
1. (i) (b) fatty acids and flavonoids are included
(ii) (a) give compound formula to test subjects
(iii) (d) none of the above
(iv) (d) none of the above
(v) (a) incidence of disease
(vi) (b) universal program of micronutrient
(vii) (a) You must test each ingredient individually
(viii) (c) Both (a) and (b)
(ix) (d) Combine
(x) (b) Specifically
(xi) (c) Latency
(xii) (b) Obtain

2. (i) (b) 6
(ii) (c) Oman
(iii) (c) Both (a) and (b)
(iv) (c) Both (a) and (b)
(v) (a) Bahrain
(vi) (d) All of the above
(vii) (b) 3.75
(viii) (a) 4
(ix) (b) Striking
(x) (C) Decade
(xi) (d) Compare
(xii) (a) Major
LITERATURE
3. (A)
(i) (a) North
(ii) (c) Follow the other aeroplane
(iii) (b) To fly for not more than ten minutes
(iv) (a) The Black Aeroplane
(v) (c) Sufficient
OR
(B)
(i) (a) Hard working man
(ii) (c) To God
(iii) (b) Because he wanted help from God
(iv) (a) A hard-working man
(v) (c) To post the letter to God

4. (A)
(i) (a) Because he was locked in a very small cage
(ii) (d) All of the above
(iii) (c) Both (a) and (b)
(iv) (d) All of the above
(v) (b) Vivid
 OR
(B)
(i) (a) The change of mood
(ii) (b) Poet’s
(iii) (c) abab
(iv) (a) Robert Frost
(v) (b) Dust of Snow
GRAMMAR
5. (i) (a) are not
(ii) (b) don't come
(iii) (a) are

6.
(i) (a) that she wanted to start her own blog
(ii) (c) what was she going to write about
(iii) (b) her husband has asked her what had she been going to write about

7. (i) (a) ought to

(ii) (b) need
(iii) (d) have to
(iv) (a) An; a
(v) (c) less
(vi) (a) tells
PART-B (WRITING)
8. (A) 43, Public Road
Chennai
5 June, 20××
The Director
XYZ English
Chennai
Subject : Information regarding course in spoken english.
Sir
With reference to your advertisement in the New Delhi Times dated 3 June, 20×× regarding a course
in spoken English, I wish to solicit some information. I am willing to join this course, but I would like
to know the following details with respect to this course : Duration of the course day and date on
which you intend to begin this course timings for the lessons, different components of the course,
approximate number of participants in each group and schedule of fees to be paid.
I would be grateful if you can supply me all the above details so that I can make up my mind about
joining this course. Looking forward for an early response.
Yours truly
Rajat
OR
(B) 6, Hazouri Garden
New Delhi
15th March, 20××
The Editor
The Times of India
New Delhi
Subject : Accident caused due to low hanging high tension wires.
Sir
This is to express my deep concern over the accidents that caused due to the low hanging high
tension wires in the city. Many accidents have been reported in the recent past. A Few days back a
man died on the spot when a wire accidentally fell on the main gate of his house. There are many
such low hanging high tension wires in the city. They possess serious threat to the people residing
nearby.
So, through the medium of your esteemed daily I request the concerned authorities to look into the
matter and raise the height of these low hanging wires.
I shall be thankful if my views get space in your esteemed newspaper.
Yours truly
Mamta

9. (A) The pie charts show changes in American spending patterns between 1966 and 1996. Food
accounted for 44% of spending in 1966 but this dropped by two thirds to 14% in 1996. However,
the outlay on cars doubled, rising from 23% in 1966 to 45% in 1996. Spending on eating out
doubled, climbing from 7% to 14%. The proportion of salary spent on computers increased
dramatically, up from 1% in 1996 to 10% in 1996. However, as computer expenditure rose, the
percentage of outlay on books plunged from 6% to 1%. In conclusion, increased amounts spent
on cars, computers and eating out were made up for by drops in expenditure on food and books.
OR
(B) Water is an essential common asset. We need water each day for our bodies and
different works. The human body is consists of water of about 70%. People likewise need
water for regular fundamental exercises like washing, bathing, cooking and so on. While
loads of water are utilized daily, very little is reused, and most are wasted in drains. So it is
important for all living beings to save water for future. Water is an underlying asset, and
subsequently, we should spare water for our future generation just as ourselves. Numerous
types of vegetation rely upon the daily accessibility of water. We can save rain water
through harvesting. “There are so many measures which we can take to save water for
future.
10. Answer ANY TWO questions in 20-30 words each, from (A) and (B) respectively. (2 × 4 = 8)
(A) (any two) (2 × 2 = 4)
(i) .

(ii) .

(iii) .

(B) (any two) (2 × 2 = 4)

(i) .

(ii) .

(iii) .

11. Answer ANY TWO questions in 40-50 words each, from (A) and (B) respectively. (3 × 4 = 12)
(A) (any two) (3 × 2 = 6)
(i) .
 (ii) .

(iii) .

(B) (any two) (3 × 2 = 6)

(i) .

(ii) Mr and Mrs Hall got up early in the morning. They were surprised to see Griffin's door
wide open as he did not leave the door open before. Usually it was shut and locked. He
had irritable temper. He became furious if anyone entered his room. They found it a
good opportunity to peep into his room. They peeped round the door and found no one
in his room. They decided to investigate. They entered and observed that his bed clothes
were cold. It meant that the scientist must have got up for sometime. The clothes and
bandages that he always wore were scattered around the room.
Suddenly Mrs Hall heard a sniff near her ear. After a moment, the hat leapt up and
dashed into her face. Then the bedroom chair started moving. They turned away in
terror. The chair pushed them both out of the room and locked the room inside. They
thought that the room was haunted by spirits.
(iii) .

12. Answer ANY ONE of the following questions in 100-120 words. (5 × 1 = 5)

(A) To train the young seagull in the art of flying, the entire family helped out. His sister and
brothers encouraged him to muster up courage and try to fly. The parents called out in a
shrill voice, along with cajoling and scolding him in turn. Then they threatened to let him
starve. When all this proved unsuccessful, his mother tempted him by flying close to his
ledge with a piece of fish in her mouth. Maddened by hunger, he dived forward to get that
piece and fell into the space. To save himself, he spread his wings and found that he was
able to fly. Thus, the entire family helped him in making him to learn the art of flying. His
parents and his brothers and sister had landed on the green surface of water ahead of him.
They were calling him to do the same thing. They were flying around him. They were roaring
and diving. When he was tired and weak with hunger, he could not rise. Then his family
came around him crying and praising him. They offered him scraps of dog-fish because he
had made his first flight successfully.
OR
(B) Mandela had different concepts of freedom at different stages of life. As a boy, freedom
meant for him to run in the fields, to swim in the stream, to run through the village etc. As a
student, he meant freedom to read what he liked and to go wherever he wanted. When he
became young, he yearned for basic and honourable freedoms of achieving his potential, of
marrying and having a family - the freedom to live a lawful life.
Slowly he realized that all these freedoms are transitory. Now his concept of freedom
changed. Now freedom meant to him was the freedom of all his people i.e. African people.
Mandela felt that he was not born with hunger for freedom. When he felt that his freedom
had been taken away from him, he decided to get it back. He struggled for it and abolished
all his fears and became bold. He wanted to liberate all his people from suffering, cruelty
and racial discrimination. In this way, his concept of freedom changed at different stages of
life.
13. Answer ANY ONE of the following questions in 100-120 words. (5 × 1 = 5)
(A) Anil was a young man of 25 years old. He wrote for magazine and made his earnings. He did
not get income regularly. But he was kind, simple and cooperative. The thief met him in a
wrestling match. Anil Looked easy-going that's why he talked to him and thought to make
him his next prey. He flattered him and started living with him. Anil trusted him a lot. He
knew about his saving one rupee a day from shopping but he did not mind. The way he
treated the narrator was amazing. The thief stole his money. But he could not betray Anil's
faith. It was due to Anil's love, trust and Cooperation. The thief's conscience stopped him
and he went back to Anil's room and kept the money back under the mattress.
Moreover, Anil taught him to write sentences and to add numbers. He thought to be an
educated and respectable man. It was possible only with Anil. So he went back to him. Even
Anil came to know about the theft, yet he accepted the narrator and did not show any sign
of doubt. He promised to pay him regularly.
These were Anil's qualities that transformed the life of a thief and he became a good man
OR
(C) Science is both a blessing and a curse. Its discoveries can be used for welfare as well as for
destruction. It is a good servant but a bad master. This is clear from the present story. Griffin
is a brilliant scientist. He discovers a rare drug. It could make the human body invisible. His
discovery could be profitably used by police and security forces to prevent crimes and nab
criminals. But Griffin himself is a lawless person. He misuses his discovery. He sets fire to his
landlord's house. He steals money from the store and clergyman's house. He beats up the
policeman who has come to arrest him.