Passages from Flamingo and Vistas

                          Modal Paper 

              Subject : English , Class 12th 

M.M. 80

1.       Or an actress. Now there’s real money in that. Yes, and I could may be have the boutique on the side. Actresses don’t work full time, do they ? Anyway, that or a fashion designer. You know –something a bit sophisticated”. And she turned in through the open street door leaving Jansie standing in the rain. “If I ever come into money I’ll buy a boutique”. “Huh, if you ever come into money … if you ever come into money you’ll buy us a blessed decent house to live in, thank you very much.” Sophie’s father was scooping shepherd’s pie into his mouth as hard as he could go, his plump face still grimy and sweat – marked from the day. “She thinks money grows on trees, don’t she Dad ? Said little Derek, hanging on the back of his father’s chair. Their mother sighed.

(i) Sophie wants to become an actress to

(a) become famous (b) to earn money (c) to support her father (d) to compete with Jansie

(ii) Jansie wanted Sophie to spend her money on

(a)    her marriage (b) her career (c) to open a boutique (d) buying a house

(iii) Sophie is daydreaming about _______.

(iv) The phrase ‘money grows on trees’ indicates that Sophie _____.

v) Sophie’s mother’s sigh is one of

(a) regret (b) delight (c) relief (d) helplessness

(vi) From the extract Jansie comes across as a _____ person.

(a)    practical (b) dominating (c) immature (d) starstruck

2.  “I sometimes find a rupee, even a ten rupee note”, Saheb says, his eyes lighting up when you can find a silver coin in a heap of garbage, you don’t stop scrounging, for there is hope of finding more. It seems that for children, garbage has a meaning different from what it means to their parents. For the children it is wrapped in wonder, for the elders it is a means of survival. One winter morning I see Saheb standing by the fenced gate of the neighbourhood club, watching two young men dressed in white, playing tennis. “I like the game”, he hums, content to watch it standing behind the fence. “I go inside when no one is around” he admits. “The gate keeper lets me use the swing.”

(i) Saheb found a rupee

(a) on the street (b) in the garbage dump (c) in Firozabad (d) on the tennis court

(ii) Which emotion of Saheb is revealed in the phrase ‘his eyes lighting up’ ?

(a)    anxiety (b) envy (c) happiness (d) greed

(iii) For the elders garbage is _______ and for children it is _______.

(iv) On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to I and II given below : I. Saheb watches the game from outside. II. Saheb had lost the previous match.

(a) I is true but II is not (b) II is true but I is not (c) Both I and II are true (d) Both I and II are untrue

(v) ‘Scrounging’ in the passage most nearly means.

(a) digging (b) searching (c) flinging (d) burying

(vi) ‘There is hope for finding more’. Explain with reference to the above extract.

3.       When I was studying in the third class, I hadn’t yet heard people speak openly of untouchability. But I had already seen, felt, experienced and been humiliated by what it is. I was walking home from school one day, an old bag hanging from my shoulder. It was actually possible to walk the distance in ten minutes. But usually it would take me from half an hour to an hour to dawdle along watching all the fun and games that were going on, all the entertaining novelties and oddities in the streets, the shops and the bazaar.

(i)                  The narrator was humiliated because _____.

(ii)                The narrator ‘dawdled along’ as she _____.

(a) enjoyed looking at the various sights

(b) was getting late for school (c) she didn’t like going home (d) she enjoyed haggling and shopping

 (iii) On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below :

(I)                 The distance from school to home was very short.

(II)               She was feeling upset and so dawdling her way home.

(a) (I) can be inferred from the extract but (II) cannot

(b) (II) can be inferred from the extract but (I) cannot

(c) Both (I) and (II) cannot be inferred from the extract

(d) Both (I) and (II) can be inferred from the extract

(iv) The word ‘novelties’ in the passage most nearly means

(a)    colourful trinkets (b) wooden toys (c) unique and interesting items (d) expensive souvenirs


4.       To make sure, I walked over the newsboy and glanced at the stack of papers at his feet. It was The World and The World hasn’t been published for years. The lead story said something about President Cleveland. I’ve found that front page since, in the Public library files, and it was printed June 11, 1894. I turned toward the ticket windows knowing that here – on the third level at Grand Central – I could buy tickets that would take Louisa and me anywhere in the United States we wanted to go. In the year 1894. And I wanted two tickets to Galesburg, Illinois.

(i) The newspaper that covered the lead story about President Cleveland was

(a) The Pioneer (b) The New York Times (c) The World (d) The Times

(ii) The narrator wanted to buy tickets to _______.

(iii) Which of the following in the extract most nearly means the opposite of ‘stare’ ?

(a)    glance (b) peek (c) ignore (d) examine

(iv) Charley wanted two tickets because he wanted to go with

(a)    Sam (b) Cleveland (c) Louisa (d) the Psychiatrist

5.       A thing of beauty is a joy forever

Its loveliness increases, it will never

pass into nothingness: but will keep

A bower quiet for us, and a sleep

Full of sweet dreams, and health and quiet and breathing.

Therefore, on every morrow are we wreathing

A flowery band to bind us to the earth;

 Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth

 Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,

Of all the unhealthy and o’er darkened ways

Made for our searching.

(i) Keats defines beauty as

(a) transient (b) eternal (c) illusionary (d) short lived

(ii) ‘will keep a bower quiet for us’ means all of the following EXCEPT

(a)    create a peaceful, shady place (b) provide a shelter (c) will decrease noise pollution (d) nature’s canopy

(iii) On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below :

1. Beautiful things uplift the soul. 2. Beauty is everchanging.

(a) 1 can be inferred from the extract but 2 cannot.

(b) 2 can be inferred from the extract but 1 cannot.

(c) both 1 and 2 can be inferred from the extract.

(d) both 1 and 2 cannot be inferred from the extract.

(iv) The things that cause unhappiness are

(1) lack of noble nature (2) old tunes (3) dull days (4) calm mind (5) a flowery band (6) strong relationships Choose the most appropriate option :

(a) (1) and (2) (b) (1) and (3)

(c) (4) and (5) (d) (3) and (6)

(v) Complete the analogy. Do not repeat from used example :

 flowery band : metaphor ::                         : alliteration

(vi) According to the poet ‘every morrow’ we are _______.

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