Passages from Book
1.
Read
the following extract and answer the questions that follow :
“Because
we are born into this community, we are never given any honour or dignity or
respect; we are stripped of all that. But if we study and make progress, we can
throw away these indignities. So study with care, learn all you can. If you are
always ahead in your lessons, people will come to you of their own accord and attach
themselves to you. Work hard and learn.”
(i) Who is the speaker? Who is he
speaking to?
(a) Appa; Bama
(b) Bama; Amma
(c) Bama; The
Zamindar
(d) Annan; Bama
(ii) Select the option that best
describes the speaker in the above extract:
I. marginalized
II. Practical
III. Idealistic
IV. Curious
V. aggressive
Select the most appropriate option:
(a) I and II
(b) III and IV
(c) II and IV
(d) IV and V
(iii) Complete the following
statement with reference to the community:
The treatment
meted out to the community was _________.
(iv) Which of the following
summarizes the author’s opinion about study?
(a) Childhood
should be spent in experiential learning.
(b) Studying is
better than playing.
(c) Study is
essential to the nation’s development
(d) Studying leads
to social reforms and progress.
2.
Read the following extract and answer the
questions that follow: 6 * 1=6
The
make-up department was first headed by a Bengali who became too big for a
studio and left. He was succeeded by a Maharashtrian who was assisted by a
Dharwar Kannadiga, an Andhra, a Madras Indian Christian, an Anglo-Burmese and
the usual local Tamils. All this shows that there was a great deal of national
integration long before A.I.R. and Doordarshan began broadcasting programmes on
national integration.. This gang of nationally integrated make-up men could
turn any decent-looking person into a hideous crimson hued monster with the
help of truck-loads of pancake and a number of other locally made potions and
lotions.
(i) How was there national
integration long before A.I.R. and Doordarshan in the make-up department?
(a) The staff
consisted of a Bengali, a Maharashtrian, a Dharwar Kannadiga, an Andhra, a
Madras Indian
Christian, an Anglo-Burmese and Tamils.
(b) They recited
slogans of national integration.
(c) The staff
studied make-up techniques of various states.
(d) Their
clients were from various states.
(ii) Select a suitable word from
the extract to complete the analogy:
Front: rear::
ravishing : ________
(iii) Select the correct option
to fill in the blanks:
The make-up
artists could turn _________ looking people into_________ looking men and
women.
(a) ordinary;
pleasant
(b) ugly; good
(c) pleasant;
ugly
(d)
monstrous; beautiful
(iv) The word pancake in the
extract mostly near means
(a) brand name (b) lemon cake
(c) savoury (d) preservative
(v) Based on the above extract,
choose the statement that is true for the make-up department.
(a) The make-up
artists were welcomed by the actors.
(b) The make-up
artists were poorly paid.
(c) The work
done by the make-up artists was not appreciated.
(d) The
department exhibited national integration.
(vi) Bring out the irony in the
above given extract.
(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
4.
“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.
5.
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
6.
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
7.
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 _______.
8.
Read
the following extract and answer the questions that follow : 6*
1=6
home to Cochin last Friday
morning,
I saw my mother, beside me,
doze, open mouthed,
her face ashen like that of a
corpse
and realised with pain
that she was as old as she looked
but soon put that thought away,
and looked out at Young Trees
sprinting,
the merry children spilling out
of their homes.
(i)
Choose
the option that displays the same poetic device as used in the extract.
(a)
deafening
silence (b) swaying softly and slowly (c) pitter-patter rain (d) as white as
snow
(ii)
?
(a) guilt (b) anguish (c) wounded (d) revelation
(iii)
The
poet describes her mother as
I.
Old II. wise III
quick IV weak V. strong
Choose the most appropriate option:
(a) I and IV (b) II and V (c) III and IV (d) I and V
(iv)
Answer
in one word.
On
seeing her mother dozing, open mouthed the poet felt ___________.
(v)
The merry children symbolize all of the following except
(a) freedom and energy (b)
playfulness and cheerfulness (c) vigour and health (d) maturity and innocence
(vi) Which of the following is an apt title for the extract ?
(a) Spring and Winter (b) Merry Thoughts (c) Trip to Cochin (d) My Beautiful Mother
9. A thing of beauty is a joy forever
Its loveliness increases, it will never
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.
(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 _______.
(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
3. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
(i) With reference to the extract, Douglas was vomiting because
(a) he had got severe food poisoning. (b) he had just been rescued from nearly drowning in the pool.
(c) he was frightened when he saw the big man. (d) he had gone for a swim on an empty stomach.
(ii) Rewrite the sentence by replacing the underlined phrase with its inference.
For days a haunting fear was in my heart.
(iii) On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below:
I. The boy did not know how to swim.
II. The boy took a long time to recover from his fear.
(a) I can be inferred from the extract but II cannot.
(b) I cannot be inferred from the extract but II can.
(c) I is true but II is false.
(d) Both I and II are true.
(iv) Identify the textual clue that allows the reader to infer that the chap threw the boy into the pool just for fun (clue : a phrase)
(v) Complete the sentence with an appropriate explanation as per the extract.
The slightest exertion upset the boy because ___________ .
(vi) Replace the underlined word with its synonym from the extract.
The boy felt unsteady in the knees.
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