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TELANGANA_ X_ENGLISH SSC SCORER UNIT - 1 - 8 _PART - II_KEY
CLASS-X_ENGLISH TELANGANA SSC SCORER
TELANGANA
TELANGANA_X_ENGLISH SSC SCORER UNIT - 1 TO 8_PAPER-II KEY
Note for English Teacher :- For Key of paper - I the teachers are required to refer
the text book because all the questions in this paper are seen type (text based).
UNIT - 1-KEY
KEY OF PAPER - II
(Question 1- 5): Read the following Passage:
1.
1. A) to pick up quarrel with Swarochi.
2. C) to get him out of his trouble.
3. D) the chariot presented by the two elderly people.
4. He wanted to take kingdom of Swarochi. He was waiting for an opportunity. He wanted
to pick up a quarrel with Swarochi if he refused to use the chariot presented by him.
5. The devotee is the king Swarochi. When he was in dilemma which chariot he had to
choose for the procession, the God came in the form of two elderly people who rushed
to the king with a new chariot and requested him to use the chariot brought by them
for the marriage procession. The king happily accepted it and used it. Thus the God
solved his devotee’s problem.
2.
1. B) K.S. Krishnan
2. A) Compton’s winning the Nobel Prize
3. D) an important day
4. Sophisticated equipment was not available in those days. With equipment worth hardly
Rs. 200/- and limited facilities, Raman was able to make a discovery. This was the
challenging situation when Raman started his experiment on light.
5. When Raman passed his matriculation, his parents were keen to send him abroad for
higher studies. But on medical ground, a British surgeon advised them against it. So
they didn’t send him abroad.
Narayana Group of Schools 1

(Question 6- 10): Read the following poem:

1.
6. C) the childhood
7. B) tired
8. They are very tired.
9. The children are weary after their day-long hardwork. Their knees ache and tremble.
They can’t jump or run. Their eyelids droop for want of sleep.
10. The child labour system should be eradicated. The children should enjoy their child-
hood.
2.
6. D) hopeful
7. C) the fish and the other sea food
8. To ask the fishermen to follow the path shown by the seagull.
9. I think the seagull is guiding the fishermen to the sea. They are going to be in the
company of the sea, the cloud and the waves.
10. The fishermen love the sea-god. They strongly believe that the sea-god always pro-
tects them. They depend on the mighty sea for their livelihood. They are happy in the
company of the sea.
1.
11. C) etiquette training, hospitality treatment.
12. D) training of drivers, CISF personnel, dhaba owners and hotel staff.
13. A) a report.
14. There is a shortage of trained guides in our country. The foreigners had to depend on
tourist books and brochures for information. Language is another problem for them.
15. Taxi and auto drivers, CISF personnel, dhaba owners, hotel staff, etc.
2.
1. C) growing trees
2. C) community based forestry
3. B) harmful pollutants
4. Trees are said to be carbon debts because the growth and developement of trees
absorb the CO2 generated in production of energy and clean the water and environ-
ment.

5. The means and strategies to balance the environment is called ‘ecosystem’. It is a

biological community to link the living things with environment. The sustenance of
flora and fauna, living habitat can keep up the balance in nature.
Section-B : Vocabulary and Grammar
I. [16-18] Read the passage given below focusing on the parts that are underlined
and answer the questions given at the end as directed. Write the answer in your
booklet.
16. Rewrite the sentence beginning with: Many problems _________________.
A. Many problems such as water logging, traffic jams, etc. are caused by heavy rains.
17. Rewrite the sentence using : Because/As/Since ________________.
A. Since/As this year the heavy rainfall has destroyed the wheat crop, it will affect the
wheat supply in the market. OR The wheal supply in the market will be affected
since/as/because this year the heavy rainfall has destroyed the wheat crop.
18. Rewrite the sentence beginning with: A heavy price for the food _________________.
A. A heavy price for the food will have to be paid by the consumer ultimately.
2.
16. Rewrite the sentence beginning from : Tenali Raman asked ________________.
A. Tenali Raman asked what they (the thieves) wanted him to pay them for their labour.
17. Rewrite the sentence replacing the word ‘too’ with ‘so’. _________________.
A. The thieves were so shocked that they could not say anything.
18. Rewrite the sentence beginning it with: After coming _______________.
A. After coming to know how Tenali Raman had caught the thieves, the king rewarded
him with many gifts.
3.
16. Rewrite the sentence beinning with: No sooner ___________.
A. No sooner did he finish, than he ordered the last man in the row to go into the tent
first.
17. Rewrite the sentence beginning with: Mahmoud Ibn Moosa __________.
A. Mahmoud Ibn Moosa asked me not to worry and said it was all right.
18. Change the Voice:__________.

A. Suddenly his face was lifted and his sword was pulled out.
16. Rewrite the sentence beginning with: Hoping to impress ................
A. Hoping to impress him with some poems he had written, a poet visited Tenali Raman.
17. Rewrite the sentence beginning with:When he woke up, the poet asked Tenali Raman
...................
A. When he woke up, the poet asked Tenali Raman if he should read the poems again.
18. Rewrite the sentence beinning with: When I .....................
A. When I fell asleep, I gave my opinion.
(Questions 19-22) Complete the passage, choosing the right words from those given
below. Each blank is numbered and for each blank, four choices (A), (B), (C) and
(D) are given. Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C)
or (D) in the blanks.
1. 19. A) successed 20. B) really 21. C) flying 22. B) experiments
2. 19. A) of 20. B) by 21. C) of 22. C) play
3. 19. C) oldest 20. B) management
21. A) hence 22. C) may not be
[23-28]Read the following passage and fill in the blanks choosing the correct
options.
1. 23. Several 24. to carry 25. for 26. made 27. that
28. specilaise
2. 23. nervous 24. to bowl 25. quite 26. arrived
27. for 28. being
3. 23. which 24. some 25. behind 26. that
27. large than 28. then
(29-32) Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with the appropriate
form of word given in the brackets.
1. 29. Attended 30. was 31. came 32. ended
2. 29. goes 30. came 31. did 32. returned
3. 29. reached 30. drove 31. left 32. walked

Section–C:
Creative Writing (Discourses)
33.
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34.
STUDENT’S ANSWER
UNIT 2- KEY
KEY OF PAPER - II
1.
1. C) Bharatanatyam, Kathakkali, Odissi etc.
2. B) to enrich Kuchipudi dance form
3. D) to elevate the status of Kuchipudi
4. When the station master asked Satyam where he was going, he didn’t give any reply.
He just looked at the endlesss sky which tells us that he actually didn’t know about
his destination. ‘The endless sky’ denotes that he had to travel a long way.
5. Initially, Kuchipudi was male oriented dance form. Even female roles were played by
men. Later, women were welcomed in to play different roles. This was the transforma-
tion.
2.
1. C) the boy was unhappy and hopeless
2. B) Tom’s indifference was broken
3. D) a report
4. Aunt Polly was concerned about Tom. Tom was sorrowful. He no longer took interest
in war, nor even in piracy. There left only dreariness. The charm of life was gone.
5. Aunt Polly tried many things on Tom to make him normal but there was no use.
Finally she gave Tom a teaspoonful of Pain-killer and watched with the deepest anxi-
ety for the result. She was very much worried about Tom as all her earlier efforts
failed in her attempt in curing his illness.
1.
6. C) the rainbow
7. A) The time when one faces difficulties.

8. God will guide us through the storms of life.

9. God will guide us through the storms of life. God is always with us in our difficult
times and helps us get out of those difficulties.
10. We should always have faith in God. We should face all our difficulties stoically in our
life.
2.
6. B) Teachers losing in the post
7. D) bullies being buttered on toast is something impossible
8. To emphasize the point that man can never fly.
9. We should live in peace. The present world is not nice one. If the weaker ones become
stronger the stronger ones become softer, the losers become winners, flowers come
out when a gun is shot, etc. then the world will be nicer. But most of the above
mentioned things are not at all possible.
10. The poet doesn’t believe that the world could be made nicer than most. He only
wishes that the world would be nicer but he knows very well that the things such as
roaring of mice, soaring of elephants, trees’ growing up in the sky, tigers’ eating
biscuits and wine etc. are not at all possible.
1.
11. B) a bull terrier
12. A) eight feet
13. C) nearly ten years
14. The aim of the passage is to recollect the niceties, adventures and faithfulness of a
dog which is no more.
15. The evidence is one of the admirers said that after “straight-arming the death angle”
for more than one hour.
2.
11. C) a nuclear weapon was used for the first time.
12. C) holding talks on peace and disarmament.
13. A) little progress.
14. Most of the nuclear weapons and arms are with the superpower countries. So the
agreement on disarmament at the superpower level is essential.
15. No, the responsibility lies not only on superpowers but also on the countries who are
developing their nuclear capability. The countries who are developing their nuclear
capability are also equally responsibile as superpower countries. There might be prob-
lems with any nation which possesses the nuclear weapons and arms.


(Questions 16-18): Read the passage given below. Five sentences in the passage
are numbered (16-18) at the beginning. Each of these sentences has an error.
Correct and rewrite them.
1.
[16] Rewrite in passive voice __________________________.
A. We are given fruit by the trees.
(or)
Fruit is given to us by trees.
[17] Rewrite in Type - I __________________________.
A. If there are no trees, there will be no life on the earth.
[18] Rewrite using breathing __________________________.
A. Breathing in oxygen from the air they breath out carbon-dioxide.
2.
[16] Write question tag __________________________.
A. Don’t they?
[17] Rewrite using So that __________________________.
A. They take the help of the sunlight so that they can break up carbon dioxide into
carbon and oxygen.
[18] Rewrite using Not only…but also __________________________.
A. They use the carbon not only to make starch but also to let the oxygen out into the
air.
3.
[16] Rewrite using So __________________________.
A. There are holes in the ozone, so I am afraid to go out in the sun now.

[17] Rewrite in Passive Voice __________________________.
A. What chemicals are in it are not known to me.
[18] Rewrite using Because __________________________.
A. We stopped (going) fishing in Vancouver, my home town, with my Dad, because just a
few years ago we found the fish full of cancers.
4.
(16) Rewrite the sentence using Since he _____________________ .
A. Since he felt thirsty, he got down at a station in search of water.
(17) Rewrite the sentence using Though _______________________ .
A. Though he ran back, he missed the train.
(18) Rewrite the sentence using When ______________________ .
A. When it became dark he decided to spend the night at the station.
1. 19. C) overcrowded 20. B) strangest 21. A) cut off 22. D) slowly
2. 19. A) and 20. D) of 21. C) was 22. A) in
3. 19. A) under 20. C) walk 21. A) that 22. C) so
words from the brackets and write them in your answer booklets.
1. 23. looked 24. eaten 25. still 26. thought 27. stool 28. on
2. 23. on 24. have bought 25. for 26. send 27. said 28. tearful
3. 23. two 24. need 25. to 26. go 27. often 28. forehead
1. 29. eminent 30. was exhausted 31. lay 32. erroneous
2. 29. convinced30. refused 31. would stand 32. picked
3. 29. found 30. exclaimed 31. men 32. slipped

Section–C: Creative Writing (Discourses)

33.
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34.
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UNIT - 3-KEY
PAPER - II
1.
1. B) Loona Bimberton’s becoming familiar
2. C) Oxymoron
3. A) to belittle Loona Bimberton
4. Mrs. Packletide wished to kill a tiger to counter the fame of Loona Bimberton who had
flown in an aeroplane. She couldn’t bear her becoming familiar. She thought a tiger
hunt would put her above her. Hence she decided to hunt a tiger.
5. The feeling of belttling Loona Bimberton by hunting a tiger made her decide to give a
party. She wanted to offer Loona Bimberton a tiger-claw brooch on her birthday.
2.
1. D) he was excited
2. C) Patol Babu
3. D) he was fiftyish, short and bald-headed
4. Patol Babu was very excited on hearing this news. He had never epected such news at
the start of the day.
5. Patol Babu lost his job in Calcutta due to war. A sudden retrenchment in his office
cost him his nine-year-old job.
1.
6. B) the goblet
7. A) the pleasant relationship between the goblet and the flower.
8. Sorrowful.

9. The goblet likes its past life of clay as it has life. It is its natural state. It enjoys the
fragrant friendship of a flower in its natural state.
10. The poet has tender feelings towards the goblet. He sympathizes with the goblet’s
present form.
2.
6. B) he wants to maintain suspense.
7. C) a person with a weak mind
8. sarcastic.
9. The lady reveals all the things such as the plot, the murderer’s identity, the funny
things of the drama beforehand and spoils the poet’s enjoyment. So he appeals to the
lady to keep calm.
10. The poet doesn’t have any love of affection for the lady. He sarcastically addresses her
as ‘Dear Madam’.
1.
11. A) great respect in imagination
12. B) as best example of things to be idolished
13. D) They create natural drainage system
14. The subterranean passages created by rocks result in natural flow of water to form
ponds, lakes and conserve in ground.
15. Apart from the adventurous feeling, the mountaineers are surprised by the flora and
fauna existing in the rocks.
2.
11. A) his songs were his dedications to God
12. B) he wanted to stop Tyagaraja singing in praise of Rama
13. D) in his dream he saw the place where the idol was lying
14. Yes. I think Tyagaraja did the right thing by not heeding to his brother’s words.
Tyagaraja’s brother asked him to sing in the king’s court so that he could get land as
well as gold coins but he refused to do so. He knew that money is temporary while
God is permanent. He didn’t want to sell his songs which he sang praising Lord
Rama. He sang songs for etenal bliss, not for money.
15. One tries to express one’s emotions when one is joyful as well as sorrowful. In both
the occasions, one’s inner feelings are brought out. Hence, Tyagaraja composed many
songs when he was in great sorrow and also when he was in a joyful mood.


1.
16. His friends did not run so fast as he.
17. Glenn told himself that he should become the fastest runner in the world.
18. As soon as he got up, he tried to walk.
2.
16. Taking the shortest way home he happened to pass by his uncle’s watch factory.
17. Going behind the tree quickly he looked around.
18. As Ali knew at once that the men were thieves, he kept very still and quiet.
3.
16. Bobby Pearce won a gold medal for rowing race. He also won the hearts of all who saw
him win.
A. Bobby Pearce won not only a gold medal for rowing race but also the hearts of all who
sam him win.
17. Bobby Pearce was born in Sydney in Australia. His father was a great sculling cham-
pion.
A. Bobby Pearce, whose father was a great sculling champion, was born in Sydney in
Australia.
18. One of the judges asked him, ‘How old are you, Bobby?”
A. One of the judges asked Bobby how old he was.

1. 19. D. come out 20. B. puts on 21. A. into 22. D. last
2. 19. D. that 20. B. to deliver 21. D. as quickly as 22. C. rely on
3. 19. A. complete 20. D. offer 21. B. apply 22. B. remember
1. 23. most 24. cool 25. give 26. with
27. no 28. Everyone
2. 23. there 24. to enter 25. when 26. unfolded
27. then 28. entrance
3. 23. some 24. plenty 25. proudly 26. enough
27. delicious 28. lovely
1. 29. Governed 30. restricted 31. movement 32. has
2. 29. came 30. had 31. could 32. to climb
3. 29. pulled 30. increasing 31. would 32. Abruptly

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UNIT 4 - KEY
PAPER - II
1.
1. C. Total environmental disaster caused by man
2. C. Fire destroyed the vegetation.
3. A. The possibility of new life had been taken away
4. The writer says that there was a shadow of death because everywhere there were
deaths of birds, sheep and children.
5. According to me the white granular power is the limesone used in constructions.
2.
1. B) infectious
2. C) a symbol created for easy and definite recognition.
3. A) hitting the bull's eye.
4. Technology expanded the scope of smilies much more than what the original design-
ers ever imagineD)
5. Smilies have no definite origin, but even today are used to spread positive feelings.
1.
8. B) Teachers losing in the post
9. A) to emphasize the point that man can never fly
10. Bullies being buttered on toast is something impossible
11. The central idea of the poem is to talk about anything you wish to.
12. As all ideas were imaginary, the poet doesn’t believe.
2.
6. A) the ruins of a sculpture
7. C) king of kings
8. The two persons who speak in the first two lines are the poet and the traveller. We
know this through the use of pronouns - I and who.
9. The visage found by the traveller was half sunk in the sand. It was damaged but the
face could be recognized on the sculpture.

10. The lines of the poem: ‘Nothing beside remains, Round the decay’ suggest that noth-
ing else lay.
1.
11. D) all of the above.
12. B) her happiness is infectious.
13. A) be surrounded by happy people.
14. Our body weight is linked with the kind of social bonding that we have.
15. A doctor that honours his commitment to his profession will lead an exemplary life.
2.
11. A) they are not biodegradable.
12. C) environment
13. A) it has high resistance to chemicals.
14. The material used for making glass is sand & lime stone.
15. People don't mind using recycled glass as it remains pure.
[16-18] Read the passage given below focusing on the parts that are underlined
booklet.
1.
16) Emperor Akbar was in the habit of not only putting riddles but also puzzles to his
courtiers.
17) His question dumbfounded the courtiers.
18) Akbar asked how many crows there were in the city.
2.
16) Hoping to impress Tenali Raman with some poems he had written, a poet visited him.
.
17) When he woke up, the poet asked Tenali Raman if he would read the poems again.
18) When I fell asleep, I gave my opinion.

3.
16) If a golden mango was given to eachone of them, his mother’s soul would rest in
peace.
17) As the courtiers were very angry, they complained to the king.
18) As the king wanted an explanation he sent for Raman.
4.
16) He thundered that he had bitten into a fruit meant for him.
17) Raman’s wit amused the king greatly.
18) Besides pardoning him he also gave him a dozen of the peaches he had risked his life
for.
1. 19. C) oldest 20. D) the 21. B) found 22. A) their

2. 19. B) were killed 20. B) who sustained fractures
21. A) the lorry was transporting sugar bags 22. D) while being shifted to
3. 19. C) the biggest 20. B) attains
21. A) is smaller and has 22. A) has an
1. [23] India’s, [24]least, [25]whether, [26]reminder, [27]from, [28] beneficiary]

2. [23] for [24]need [25]among [26]living [27]except [28] much
3. [23] are [24]space [25]unspoilt [26]baths [27]for [28] that
1. 29. loves 30. saw 31. thought 32. goes
2. 29. drawn 30. been 31. become 32. considers
3. 29. was walking 30. tripped
31. fell 32. wasn’t looking

UNIT - 5-KEY
PAPER - II
1.
1. D) Stylized interpretation
2. C) Expression
3. Through ancient library texts, paintings and sculpture, we come to know that dance
is a creative form of art. These evidences are available from prehistoric times to the
medieval period.
4. Natya Shastra tells us that most of these classical dances trace their roots to the
grammar and techniques of movement.
5. Nritta in the broadest sense is pure abstract dance which basically does not interpret
or communicate any specific theme. It is the movement of limbs and body to the
accompaniment of percussion instrument playing a specific rhythemic cycle of tala.
Whereas nritya is the aspect of dance which is expressive and which communicates
meaning or theme of a song through gestures of hands (hastas).
2.
1. C) disaster
2. A) the scientists who study earthquakes
3. D) Measuring the strength of an earthquake
4. It can cause tremendous damage to life and property
5. The movements of rocks called plates below the surface of the earth cause earth-
quakes.
1.
6. c 7. d
8. Tom should be pardoned because his parents tore out the home work done by him.
9. The father forbade his son to submit his essay to his teacher as the family story was
unpleasant.
10. The staff of the school would take the essay in a funny manner.
2.
6. B) 7. B)
8. The truth shown by the mirror is described here as ‘terrible fish’.

9. The fact that now she is old and has lost her beauty and youth, makes the woman
start crying. The truth is bitter for her to bear.
10. The mirror appears to be a lake because it reflects an image in the same manner as it
is reflected in the clear water of the lake.
1.
11. C) a journey into outer space

12. C) A catastrophe was imminent.
13. D) none of above
14. The tunnel started shivering/collapsing.
15. He had to go up into command module. Even after the fiery re-entry splashing down
in 810 water in south pacific, we could still see our frosty breath inside the command
module.
2.
11. A. history
12. C. is more today than ever before
13. B. themselves
14. According to the author his countrymen have a better understanding of other
nations.
15. The character of a nation is the result of its socio-political conditions.
16-18] Read the passage given below focusing on the parts that are underlined and
answer the questions given at the end as directed. Write the answer in your
booklet.
1.
16) I was enocuraged by her and my mother to study.
17) On being forced to open my books I would get bored and feel sleepy.
18) He said that he truly had believed he had been stupid.
2.
16) Threats were tried by mother as well, but nothing worked.
17) On my turning ten my mother and my sister came to live in Mumbai too.
18) She and my mother gave me encouragement to study.

3.
16) A former classmate was seen by me approaching me.
17) Having failed sixth grade I had to repeat the year.[or]As/Since I had failed sixth
grade I had to repeat the year[or] I had to repeat the year because I had failed
sixth grade.
18) Aditi had not only topped the class but also [she] was the brightest student of the
seventh grade.
1. 19. A 20. D 21. C 22. A
2. 19. A. 20. C. 21. B. 22. D
3. 19. C. 20. A. 21. D. 22. A.
1. Maximum, two, ones, are, compared, within
2. makes, diet, into, affects, was, far
3. use, there, scared, is, infection, time
1. 29. to distribute 30. found 31. lost 32. looking
2. 29. Heard 30. Rushed 31. Stood 32. Carrying
3. 29. Has been living 30. has come 31. has settled 32. wanted

UNIT -6 -KEY
PAPER - II
1.
1. D 2. D 3. D. getting RS-5/every week
4. Yes, the old man, very wise. Instead of saying not to play cricket to avoid nuisance, he
made the boys to stop playing cricket in the street on their own.
5. The boys yelled at the old man as he offered to pay only Rs.5/- a week. They felt that
the old man cheated them and decided to stop playing cricket in the street for ever.
2.
1. B) held promise for a better future
2. D) doing all the above and much more
3. A) a supernatural power of god
4. Science and Humanism are equally important
5. a person having varied interests
1.
6. C) rain
7. A) the shimmering drops fall one after the other.
8. love for the earth.
9. The poet describes it to have descended from the heaven as if been delivered to the
nature by the hands of God.
10. 1. It helps in irrigation field.
2. It quenches the thirst of the parched flowers and trees in need.
3. It relieves us from the scorching heat.
4. It helps in facilitating the growth of various herbs and bushes.
5. It helps in the cleaning of atmosphere by washing down all the dust and pollu
tion from the air.
2.
6. C) the place made of mud.
7. A) the flower dandelion
8. If you walk softly through the velvet grass and listen by the brook you may find the
surprises.
9. If you look carefully you will find a butterfly sitting on a butter cup and sipping the
nectar with its drinking straws.

10. Meadow houses are the habitats of animals, birds and insects living in the meadow.
1.
11. A) youth
12. D) follow a disciplined life
13. C) both ‘a’ and ‘b’
14. Youth was the prime actor in the process of socio-political transformation from the
undemocratic, irrational, fragmented, hierarchical structure to the democratic, ratio-
nal, united structure based on equality which Gandhi envisaged for independent
India.
15. From Indian traditional phylosophy which included Buddhism, Jainism, Hindu and
Islamic philosohy.
2.
11. D) dinner
12. B) to admit defeat and surrender
13. A) all men standing in a row in front of him
14. The Sheik conducted the trial in a tent where his donkey was kept.
15. The traveller complained to the Sheikh about the loss his gold coins kept in his
leather bag.
[16-18] Read the passage given below focusing on the parts that are underlined
booklet.
1.
16) When he placed it on his doneky’s back, they started on their journey.
17) Very few idols made by him were as good as this particular idol.
18) The fact was realised by the donkey.
2.
16) When the king saw Raman coming in, he asked him why he was so late.
17) Raman said that he was a fool.
18) He was so proud that he could not acknowledge it.

3.
16) The neighbour told the landlord that he was a prodigy.
17) The landlord was not only a proud but also a haughty man
18) I am not so intelligent as you must have been as a boy.
1. 19. C 20. D 21. A 22. C
2. 19. D 20. B 21. A 22. D
3. 19. A 20. A 21. C 22. B
1. time, week, cure, older, due, decrease
2. contain, any, a, into, value, takes
3. of, the, period, that, upto, were
1. do, receive, pertain, is
2. are, observed, may, took
3. rang, was, went,washed
Section–C:
Creative Writing (Discourses)
33.
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34.
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UNIT - 7-KEY
PAPER - II
1.
1. D) Abraham Lincoln
2. C) American Civil War
3. D) all of the above
4. Abraham Lincoln wanted to dedicate that place to memory of dead soldiers.
5. Americans believed that all men were created equal.
2.
1. C) adventure seekers
2. C) to be cautious
3. A) in a big way
4. The recent change in the attitude of Indians is that they are showing an inclination
towards adventure tourism.
5. satellite television has exposed the people to adventure sports.
1.
6. B) woods
7. A) it is snowing
8. The poet describes the beauty of wood that stood among the frozen lake. It looked
darker because it was snowy evening. Only the man and his horse were there in that
place. The only noise that they could hear was the noise of the wind. The atmosphere
was peaceful and lovely.
9. He was attracted by the scenery.
10. The poet doesn’t want to stop in the woods as he is not ready to die as he still has a
plenty of work to do. So, he moves on.
2.
6. B) leprous hide
7. A) Personification
8. According to the poet the strength of the tree lies in it’s roots.

9. The tone of the last line is of ‘despair’.

10. The poet says that in order to kill the tree one can must pull out the roots by tying the
rope and the roots must be exposed to the scorching sun until they trun brown.
1.
11. C) he had to whitewash a fence.
12. D) he prefers fetching water to whitewashing.
13. D) if he let Tom fetch the water, Aunt Polly would have hit him with her slipper.
14. Tom’s Bringing water had always been a hateful work in Tom's eyes because he was
too lazy to work.
12. Tom sighed because of the large area of the unwhitewashed fence.
2.
11. D) awe-struck
12. A) men looking for treasure.
13. B) collapse
14. The pyramid had to be on the west side of the Nile as the Egyptians worshipped the
setting sun.
15. While building/ choosing a site for the pyramids, the factor not so important was
distance from the desert.
1.
16) I said that he/she/you’d be wasting his/her/your time and that he couldn’t study,
and that he was not as bright as he/she was nor lucky as his sister.
17) I requested to let me try and help him/her and that I would show him/her the right
way to study and said that he/she just had to cooperate with me and asked whether
he/she would try.
18) My doubts about myself didn’t prove to be as powerful as her belief in me.

2.
16) The IUCN lists them as endangered.
17) Have dolphins been destroyed in the upper reaches of many rivers?
18) Very few rivers are as less degraded as the Brahmaputra.
3.
16) The race which was led by dogs was about to begin.
17) The eyes of her were kept by Julie on the clock.
18) No sooner did they leap forward, than the race began!
1. 19. B) careful 20. D) spontaneous 21. D) gathering
22. B) shortcomings
2. 19. A) formally 20. C) educated 21. B) skillful
22. D) freedom
3. 19. B) linking 20. D) creating 21. A) enabling
22. A) covers
[23-28]Read the following passage and fill in the blanks choosing the correct words
from the brackets and write them in your answer booklets.
1. the, listed, at, last, have, lesser
2. Most, or, potable, but, their, economic
3. act, content, proper, bear, pardon, plays
1. 29. wanted 30. was watching 31. saw 32. has always dreamt
2. 29. was 30. got 31. was sewing 32. had
3. 29. is 30. has been 31. had 32. went
33. STUDENT’S ANSWER
34. STUDENT’S ANSWER

UNIT - 8 - KEY
PAPER - II
1.
1. B) by counting rings in the trunk of the tree.
2. B) the hardest wood in the trunk.
3. A) are more than 3,500 years old
4. In the U.S.
5. One ring.
2.
1. D) they did not want to know the name of their new teacher
2. C) That he new teacher’s name is Miss.Sharma
3. D) Miss Sharma was new to the class
4. Yes, Miss sharma is new to the class because she tried to tell them her name and she
also said that it would take same time to know their names.
5. Miss Sharma looked at the time table to see what subject they have in that period.
She must be the teacher for that class for all the subjects.

1.
6. B) to prove beasts were inferior. 7. D) the tiger
Answer the following questions in one or two sentences.
8. He carved a statue of a man riding a tiger.
9. The tiger’s counter-argument was that the situation would be reversed if it became
sculptor.
10. The tiger argued for a long time that it was superior to human being.

2.
6. D) the writer’s love for the singing of the skylark
7. B) earth and the sky
8. The poet was on the path between corn fields. He was certain that among the stalks of
the corn fields, there would be the nest of skylark.
9. Green, blue, white. I think that green symbolises the freshness of nature; it is used in
conjunction with blue to emphasise how bright and vivid nature can be. White is used
to symbolise the purity and elegance of the butterfly.
10. It was the skylark’s partner longing to hear the song along with the poet.
1.
11.A) About saving the earth 12. D) human beings
13. A) available in large quantities
14. Because she is the source of everything on earth.
15. To enlighten the human beings about the importance of protecting mother earth to
protect themselves.
2.
11. B) Prince of Sumatra 12.C) create a new city
13.C)the ship started taking in water
14. He decided to name the island Singapura because he thought that the lion was good
sign.
15. The storm stopped.
1. 16. Broken Biscuits are always given to us by them
17. ..........., don’t you?
18. He agreed that they were not producing anything like they had done the
previous year.
2. 16. He went straight to a village where the communist violence was daily expected
17. He appealed to them to treat him as their fifth son and give him his share.
18. The land lord’s imaginations were touched by him.

3. 16. The doctor who was young, married a rich fat foreign woman
17. Cobras are more poisonous, active and dangerous than all other snakes.
18. The young wife asked/enquired if there were any other funny stories related
to cobras.
1. 19. b 20. b 21. a 22. d
2. 19. b 20. a 21. d 22. c
3. 19. a 20. b 21. b 22. c
1. 23. which 24. and 25. whether 26. include 27. with 28. for
2. 23. enthusiasm 24. by 25. remember 26. called 27.which

28. celebrations
3. 23. with 24. a 25.festive 26. specially 27.their 28. earlier
1. 29. working 30 frustrated 31.was 32. did
2. 29.regarded 30.learn 31.is 32. imagined
3. 29. is 30. helped 31.made 32. helped

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TELANGANA_ X_ENGLISH SSC SCORER UNIT - 1 - 8 _PART - II_KEY

CLASS-X_ENGLISH TELANGANA SSC SCORER

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(Question 6- 10): Read the following poem:

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5. The means and strategies to balance the environment is called ‘ecosystem’. It is a

17. Rewrite the sentence using : Because/As/Since ________________.

18. Rewrite the sentence beginning it with: After coming _______________.

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8. God will guide us through the storms of life.

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Section-B : Vocabulary and Grammar

Fruit is given to us by trees.

[17] Rewrite in Type - I __________________________.

A. If there are no trees, there will be no life on the earth.

[18] Rewrite using breathing __________________________.

A. Breathing in oxygen from the air they breath out carbon-dioxide.

[16] Write question tag __________________________.

[17] Rewrite using So that __________________________.

[18] Rewrite using Not only…but also __________________________.

[16] Rewrite using So __________________________.

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[17] Rewrite in Passive Voice __________________________.

A. What chemicals are in it are not known to me.

[18] Rewrite using Because __________________________.

(16) Rewrite the sentence using Since he _____________________ .

A. Since he felt thirsty, he got down at a station in search of water.

(17) Rewrite the sentence using Though _______________________ .

A. Though he ran back, he missed the train.

(18) Rewrite the sentence using When ______________________ .

A. When it became dark he decided to spend the night at the station.

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Section–C: Creative Writing (Discourses)

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Section-B : Vocabulary and Grammar

16. His friends did not run so fast as he.

18. As soon as he got up, he tried to walk.

17. Going behind the tree quickly he looked around.

A. One of the judges asked Bobby how old he was.

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Section–C: Creative Writing (Discourses)

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1. 19. C) oldest 20. D) the 21. B) found 22. A) their

1. [23] India’s, [24]least, [25]whether, [26]reminder, [27]from, [28] beneficiary]

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(Question 1- 5): Read the following Passage:

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11. C) a journey into outer space

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9. The tone of the last line is of ‘despair’.

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3. A) are more than 3,500 years old