अभ्यास सेट 1: अंग्रेज़ी पूर्ण प्रश्न पत्र
पूर्णांक: 100 · कुल समय: 3 घंटे 15 मिनट (इसमें 15 मिनट प्रश्न ध्यान से पढ़ने के लिए अलग से मिलते हैं)
निर्देश
- पत्र में दो खंड हैं: खंड-अ (Section A) और खंड-ब (Section B)।
- खंड-अ में 100 वस्तुनिष्ठ प्रश्न हैं, इनमें से कोई 50 कीजिए। हर प्रश्न 1 अंक का है। 50 से ज़्यादा उत्तर दिए तो जाँच पहले 50 की ही होगी।
- खंड-ब में 11 वर्णनात्मक प्रश्न हैं। प्रश्नों के भीतर दिए विकल्पों पर ध्यान रखिए। प्रश्न 6 से 11 में से कोई तीन ही करने हैं।
- उत्तर अंग्रेज़ी में लिखिए, और जहाँ तक हो सके अपने शब्दों में।
अभ्यास का तरीका: घड़ी सामने रखकर पूरा पत्र एक ही बैठक में कीजिए। खंड-अ के उत्तर पत्र के बाद आने वाली क्विज़ में भरिए, वहीं पता चल जाएगा कि कितने सही हुए। खंड-ब के उत्तर कॉपी में लिखिए, फिर अगले पृष्ठ "अभ्यास सेट 1: उत्तर और हल" से मिलाइए।
SECTION A (Objective Type Questions)
Questions 1 to 100 have four options, out of which only one is correct. Attempt any 50 questions. 50 × 1 = 50
Instruction: Questions 1 to 60 are based on prescribed texts.
1. Munni told Halku that they had only _ saved for the blanket.
(A) two rupees
(B) three rupees
(C) five rupees
(D) ten rupees
2. The story 'Two Horizons' begins as a _ written by a daughter to her mother.
(A) diary
(B) speech
(C) poem
(D) letter
3. Mr. Gessler lived in two little shops let into one with his _.
(A) elder brother
(B) son
(C) wife
(D) nephew
4. The sleeping porter carries a load of _ on his back.
(A) twenty-five kilos
(B) fifteen kilos
(C) fifty kilos
(D) ten kilos
5. The story 'Little Girls Wiser than Men' opens at the time of an early _.
(A) Easter
(B) Christmas
(C) New Year
(D) harvest
6. At the start of his speech, Alexander Aris calls the Nobel Prize for Peace _.
(A) this oldest of prizes
(B) this richest of prizes
(C) this small honour
(D) this greatest of prizes
7. The narrator promised to marry the girl if he became an _ officer.
(A) IPS
(B) IAS
(C) army
(D) income tax
8. The narrator found the baby squirrel hidden in the gap where the _ met the wall.
(A) window
(B) door
(C) flowerpot
(D) table
9. Martha told her stories to the children in the hazel _.
(A) garden
(B) forest
(C) glen
(D) cottage
10. The rich man went to the Wish-yielding Tree and prayed _.
(A) morning, noon and night
(B) only on Sundays
(C) once a year
(D) only at midnight
11. According to Cowper, health and _ abound most in the fields and groves.
(A) wealth
(B) virtue
(C) power
(D) fame
12. According to Humayun Kabir, the Greek invaders were followed by _.
(A) the Aryans
(B) the Sakas and the Huns
(C) the Mughals
(D) the Portuguese
13. Pope's happy man is satisfied with a few _ acres of land.
(A) fertile
(B) rented
(C) distant
(D) paternal
14. According to Satyajit Ray, the first short film in India was produced in _.
(A) 1913
(B) 1921
(C) 1907
(D) 1895
15. In 'The Bet', the banker staked _ on the bet.
(A) two millions
(B) one million
(C) five millions
(D) fifteen millions
16. In 'Thinner than a Crescent', Radha's tears carved a _.
(A) lake
(B) pond
(C) well
(D) river
17. The corn-merchant in the play that the writer saw lived in a small _ country town.
(A) English
(B) Scottish
(C) Irish
(D) Welsh
18. Jim's father made him take up a _ last year.
(A) music class
(B) cricket coaching
(C) shop job
(D) paper route
19. In the poem, 'hurt' is like a polythene bag which never gets dissolved into the earth's _.
(A) crust
(B) core
(C) oceans
(D) atmosphere
20. In the poem 'Koel', the bird sings concealed in the _.
(A) mango-leaves
(B) rose bushes
(C) banyan leaves
(D) bamboo grove
21. One morning Prem Shankar woke up with _.
(A) a high fever and a bad cold
(B) a sharp pain in his stomach
(C) an itching sensation all over his body
(D) a swelling in both his eyes
22. In the afternoon, a whole big cart came full of little _ chairs.
(A) silver
(B) wooden
(C) white
(D) gold
23. The old woman in the story is described as _.
(A) deaf but kind
(B) rich but proud
(C) blind but wise
(D) young and clever
24. Munni wanted Halku to give up _.
(A) smoking
(B) his dog
(C) tenant farming
(D) his village
25. The daughter writes that she learned the secret of _ from her mother.
(A) laughter
(B) silence
(C) wealth
(D) anger
26. Mr. Gessler began to make the narrator's own boots when the narrator was _ years old.
(A) ten
(B) fourteen
(C) sixteen
(D) eighteen
27. Because of the heavy load, the porter's spine is _.
(A) straight and strong
(B) double bent
(C) broken
(D) slightly curved
28. When the two little girls met, they had just come from _.
(A) school
(B) the market
(C) the fields
(D) church
29. Aung San Suu Kyi accepts the prize in the name of _.
(A) her own family
(B) all the people of Burma
(C) the United Nations
(D) the Nobel Committee
30. The narrator and the girl lived their lives together for _ years.
(A) two
(B) five
(C) ten
(D) eight
31. The baby squirrel had been wounded by a pair of _.
(A) cats
(B) crows
(C) kites
(D) sparrows
32. Martha's eyes were _.
(A) dark brown
(B) bright blue
(C) deep black
(D) clear grey
33. The rich man addressed the Wish-yielding Tree as _.
(A) Kalpaka
(B) Peepal
(C) Banyan
(D) Ashoka
34. Health and virtue alone can make sweet the bitter _ that life holds out to all.
(A) draught
(B) medicine
(C) fruit
(D) truth
35. According to Humayun Kabir, only the civilization of _ can possibly be compared with India's in volume and duration.
(A) Greece
(B) Egypt
(C) China
(D) Rome
36. The happy man is content to breathe his _ air.
(A) fresh
(B) foreign
(C) native
(D) cool
37. According to Satyajit Ray, film production in India had reached the status of big business by the _.
(A) thirties
(B) twenties
(C) forties
(D) fifties
38. At the time of the bet, the lawyer was a young man of about _.
(A) eighteen
(B) thirty-five
(C) twenty-five
(D) forty
39. According to her friend, when you ask Radha one thing, she _.
(A) keeps silent
(B) laughs loudly
(C) speaks of another
(D) answers at once
40. One of the corn-merchant's worries was that his _ was cheating him.
(A) brother
(B) nephew
(C) son
(D) servant
41. Jim collects money from the people on his route on _.
(A) Sundays
(B) Saturdays
(C) Mondays
(D) Fridays
42. When left to itself, the polythene bag _.
(A) dissolves in the soil
(B) turns into manure
(C) flies away
(D) pollutes the environment
43. The poet asks the koel what _ fell and singed its wings.
(A) rain
(B) lightning
(C) star
(D) snow
44. According to the doctor, the body's reaction against allergens creates an _, which can lead to hay fever, eczema and asthma.
(A) infection
(B) injury
(C) inflammation
(D) ulcer
45. The name of the real cook in 'Sun and Moon' is _.
(A) Annie
(B) Nellie
(C) Minnie
(D) Nurse
46. In the version Toni Morrison knows, the old woman lives alone in a small house _.
(A) in the middle of a city
(B) near a river
(C) on a hill
(D) outside of town
47. Halku's dog in 'January Night' is named _.
(A) Jabra
(B) Moti
(C) Tommy
(D) Sheru
48. The small by-street where Gessler's shop stood was then most fashionably placed in the _.
(A) East End
(B) City Centre
(C) West End
(D) South Bank
49. The porter has to make a _ climb in the snows of winter.
(A) six-mile
(B) two-mile
(C) ten-mile
(D) sixteen-mile
50. The smaller girl, Malasha, was wearing a _ frock.
(A) yellow
(B) red
(C) green
(D) blue
51. The prize ceremony in Oslo fell on _.
(A) International Human Rights Day
(B) Christmas Day
(C) New Year's Day
(D) Burma's Independence Day
52. For two years, Gillu's home was a light _ hung on the window.
(A) wooden box
(B) flower basket
(C) wire cage
(D) cardboard box
53. At first, the rich man asked the tree for _.
(A) a pot of gold
(B) a silver pitcher
(C) a big palace
(D) a long life
54. The town people are 'borne about in chariots and _'.
(A) boats
(B) carts
(C) trains
(D) sedans
55. In 'Ode on Solitude', the happy man's _ supply him with attire.
(A) herds
(B) flocks
(C) fields
(D) trees
56. At the party, the banker said that capital punishment is more moral and more _ than life imprisonment.
(A) cruel
(B) humane
(C) costly
(D) painful
57. The corn-merchant cried out that an aeroplane going at _ miles an hour was too fast.
(A) 100
(B) 500
(C) 1,000
(D) 90
58. Mr. Williams complained that Jim's compost pile _.
(A) makes a lot of noise
(B) blocks the road
(C) kills the grass
(D) smells up the whole street
59. Normally harmless substances that cause an allergic reaction are called _.
(A) antibodies
(B) antibiotics
(C) steroids
(D) allergens
60. One of the young visitors said to the old woman, "I hold in my hand a _."
(A) bird
(B) stone
(C) flower
(D) coin
Direction: Questions 61 to 67: Choose the most suitable preposition.
61. My sister is very fond _ music.
(A) of
(B) in
(C) with
(D) for
62. The train arrived _ Patna Junction at ten o'clock.
(A) at
(B) to
(C) on
(D) for
63. He has been ill _ last Friday.
(A) for
(B) by
(C) since
(D) at
64. Divide these sweets _ the two boys.
(A) among
(B) in
(C) between
(D) with
65. Mr. Sinha is senior _ me in service.
(A) than
(B) to
(C) from
(D) of
66. My elder brother was born _ 2008.
(A) on
(B) at
(C) since
(D) in
67. Rohan is good _ mathematics.
(A) on
(B) at
(C) for
(D) with
Direction: Questions 68 to 71: Choose the correct synonym or antonym.
68. Choose the correct synonym of 'Brave':
(A) Courageous
(B) Timid
(C) Lazy
(D) Weak
69. Choose the correct antonym of 'Ancient':
(A) Old
(B) Antique
(C) Aged
(D) Modern
70. Choose the correct synonym of 'Huge':
(A) Tiny
(B) Narrow
(C) Enormous
(D) Light
71. Choose the correct antonym of 'Generous':
(A) Kind
(B) Miserly
(C) Liberal
(D) Noble
Direction: Questions 72 to 77: Choose the correct option (active/passive voice).
72. Choose the passive voice of: She writes a letter.
(A) A letter was written by her.
(B) A letter is written by her.
(C) A letter is being written by her.
(D) A letter has been written by her.
73. Choose the active voice of: The thief was caught by the police.
(A) The police have caught the thief.
(B) The police were catching the thief.
(C) The thief caught the police.
(D) The police caught the thief.
74. Choose the passive voice of: Open the door.
(A) Let the door be opened.
(B) Let the door opened.
(C) The door is opened.
(D) Let the door is opened.
75. Choose the passive voice of: They are building a new bridge.
(A) A new bridge is built by them.
(B) A new bridge has been built by them.
(C) A new bridge is being built by them.
(D) A new bridge was being built by them.
76. Choose the active voice of: The match will be won by our team.
(A) Our team will win the match.
(B) Our team would win the match.
(C) Our team will be winning the match.
(D) Our team won the match.
77. Choose the passive voice of: Who broke this glass?
(A) Who was this glass broken?
(B) By whom was this glass broken?
(C) By whom this glass was broken?
(D) By whom was this glass break?
Direction: Questions 78 to 83: Choose the correct modal.
78. You _ to help your parents at home.
(A) ought
(B) should
(C) must
(D) can
79. _ I borrow your pen, please?
(A) May
(B) Ought
(C) Has
(D) Need to
80. My grandfather is old, but he _ still walk five kilometres.
(A) ought
(B) needs
(C) can
(D) is able
81. We _ leave now; otherwise we will miss the train.
(A) dare
(B) must
(C) ought
(D) need
82. Smoking is harmful. You _ give it up.
(A) dare
(B) need
(C) ought
(D) should
83. When I was a child, I _ climb trees easily.
(A) can
(B) could
(C) must
(D) ought
Direction: Questions 84 to 87: Choose the correct form of verb.
84. The sun _ in the east.
(A) rose
(B) rises
(C) is rising
(D) has risen
85. She _ her homework before her father came home.
(A) has finished
(B) finishes
(C) had finished
(D) will finish
86. Look! The children _ in the garden.
(A) play
(B) played
(C) have played
(D) are playing
87. I _ in this town since 2020.
(A) have lived
(B) live
(C) am living
(D) lived
Direction: Questions 88 to 90: Choose the correct translation.
88. Choose the correct translation: क्या तुम कल मेरे घर आओगे?
(A) Will you come to my house tomorrow?
(B) Do you come to my house tomorrow?
(C) Are you come to my house tomorrow?
(D) Will you came to my house tomorrow?
89. Choose the correct translation: He has been reading for two hours.
(A) वह दो घंटे पढ़ता है।
(B) वह दो घंटे से पढ़ रहा है।
(C) वह दो घंटे से पढ़ा था।
(D) वह दो घंटे में पढ़ लेगा।
90. Choose the correct translation: बच्चे मैदान में खेल रहे थे।
(A) The children are playing in the field.
(B) The children played in the field.
(C) The children were playing in the field.
(D) The children have been playing in the field.
Direction: Questions 91 to 95: Choose the correct spelling.
91. Choose the correct spelling:
(A) Necessary
(B) Neccessary
(C) Necessery
(D) Neccesary
92. Choose the correct spelling:
(A) Beautifull
(B) Beautiful
(C) Beutiful
(D) Beatiful
93. Choose the correct spelling:
(A) Goverment
(B) Governmant
(C) Government
(D) Govarnment
94. Choose the correct spelling:
(A) Environment
(B) Enviroment
(C) Environmant
(D) Envirnoment
95. Choose the correct spelling:
(A) Resturant
(B) Restaurent
(C) Restrant
(D) Restaurant
Direction: Questions 96 to 100: Choose the correct option (direct/indirect speech).
96. Choose the indirect speech of: He said, "I am busy."
(A) He said that he was busy.
(B) He said that I was busy.
(C) He said that he is busy.
(D) He told that he was busy.
97. Choose the indirect speech of: She said to me, "Where do you live?"
(A) She asked me where did I live.
(B) She told me where I lived.
(C) She asked me where I lived.
(D) She asked me where you lived.
98. Choose the indirect speech of: The teacher said to the boys, "Do not make a noise."
(A) The teacher told the boys not to make a noise.
(B) The teacher told the boys do not make a noise.
(C) The teacher said the boys not to make a noise.
(D) The teacher told the boys that they do not make a noise.
99. Choose the direct speech of: Mohan asked me if I was ready.
(A) Mohan said to me, "Is he ready?"
(B) Mohan said to me, "Were you ready?"
(C) Mohan asked to me, "Are you ready?"
(D) Mohan said to me, "Are you ready?"
100. Choose the indirect speech of: He said, "Alas! I have lost my purse."
(A) He exclaimed with sorrow that he has lost his purse.
(B) He exclaimed with sorrow that he had lost his purse.
(C) He said alas that he had lost his purse.
(D) He exclaimed with joy that he had lost his purse.
SECTION B (Descriptive Type Questions)
1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: (7 अंक)
Dr. Rajendra Prasad was born on 3 December 1884 at Ziradei, a small village in the Siwan district of Bihar. He was a brilliant student from his childhood. He stood first in the entrance examination of Calcutta University, and his teachers were very proud of him. Later he became a successful lawyer. But money and fame could not hold him for long. In 1917, when Mahatma Gandhi came to Champaran to help the poor indigo farmers, Rajendra Prasad joined him. From then on, he gave his whole life to the freedom struggle and went to jail many times. He lived a very simple life, and people loved him for his gentle nature. He was the President of the Constituent Assembly, which made the Constitution of India. In 1950, he became the first President of India. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1962. He spent his last days at Sadaqat Ashram in Patna.
Questions:
(i) Where was Dr. Rajendra Prasad born? (1)
(ii) What did Rajendra Prasad do in 1917? (2)
(iii) What kind of life did he live? (2)
(iv) What did Rajendra Prasad become in 1950, and which award did he get in 1962? (2)
OR
The Gangetic dolphin is one of the most wonderful animals of our rivers. In Bihar, people call it 'soons' because of the sound it makes when it comes up to breathe. It is not a fish. It is a mammal, so it has to come to the surface of the water again and again to take in air. The Gangetic dolphin is almost blind. It finds its food and its way by sending out sounds and listening to their echoes. In 2009, the Government of India declared it the National Aquatic Animal. A stretch of the Ganga near Bhagalpur has been made into the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary to protect it. Sadly, the number of these dolphins has gone down. Fishing nets, dirty water and dams on rivers are the main dangers to them. If we keep our rivers clean, these gentle animals can live safely.
Questions:
(i) What do people in Bihar call the Gangetic dolphin? (1)
(ii) Why does the dolphin have to come up to the surface again and again? (2)
(iii) How does the dolphin find its food and its way? (2)
(iv) What are the main dangers to the Gangetic dolphins? (2)
2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: (7 अंक)
Mohan was a poor boy who sold newspapers at Gaya railway station. One cold morning, while he was running towards a train, he saw a brown purse lying on the platform. He picked it up and opened it. There were many notes in it and a small card with a name and an address. For a moment Mohan thought of the warm sweater he could buy with that money. But then he remembered his mother's words: "What is not ours must never stay with us." He went straight to the station master and handed over the purse. The station master made an announcement. Soon an old man came running. He had kept that money for his granddaughter's operation. He wept with joy and wanted to give Mohan a reward. Mohan politely refused it. The old man patted him and said, "Your mother has given you the greatest wealth, my son."
Questions:
(i) What did Mohan do for a living? (1)
(ii) What did Mohan find inside the purse? (2)
(iii) What made Mohan return the purse? (2)
(iv) Why was the old man so happy to get his purse back? (2)
OR
Our hands touch hundreds of things every day, such as door handles, coins, books and mobile phones. In doing so, they pick up germs that we cannot see with our naked eyes. When we eat with dirty hands, these germs enter our body and cause diseases like diarrhoea, typhoid and cold. Washing hands with plain water is not enough, because many germs stick to the oil and dirt on our skin. Soap breaks this oily layer, and the germs are washed away with water. Doctors advise us to rub our hands with soap for at least twenty seconds. We should clean the backs of our hands, the spaces between our fingers and the area under our nails. We must wash our hands before eating and after using the toilet. This small habit costs very little, but it can save us from many illnesses and keep our families healthy.
Questions:
(i) What do our hands pick up when they touch things? (1)
(ii) Why is plain water not enough to clean our hands? (2)
(iii) How should we wash our hands? (2)
(iv) When must we wash our hands? (2)
3. Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow: (6 अंक)
Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you:
But when the leaves hang trembling,
The wind is passing through.
Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I:
But when the trees bow down their heads,
The wind is passing by.
(Christina Rossetti)
Questions:
(i) Can anyone see the wind? What does the poet say about it? (2)
(ii) How do we know that the wind is passing through? (2)
(iii) What do the trees do when the wind passes by? (2)
OR
In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer, quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day.
I have to go to bed and see
The birds still hopping on the tree,
Or hear the grown-up people's feet
Still going past me in the street.
And does it not seem hard to you,
When all the sky is clear and blue,
And I should like so much to play,
To have to go to bed by day?
(Robert Louis Stevenson, "Bed in Summer")
Questions:
(i) How does the child get up in winter? (2)
(ii) What can the child see and hear when he goes to bed in summer? (2)
(iii) Why does the child feel that going to bed in summer is hard? (2)
4. Answer any five of the following questions: (10 अंक)
(i) Why was the pace of life getting too much for the elderly corn-merchant?
(ii) Why did Ms. Greene not want to save her newspapers for the school pickup?
(iii) How did the narrator take care of the wounded baby squirrel?
(iv) What happened when Malasha and Akoulya walked through the puddle?
(v) What do the groves of the village do for people?
(vi) How does Pope describe the happy man in the first stanza of 'Ode on Solitude'?
(vii) What did the Kalpaka tree give the rich man?
(viii) Why did Munni not want to give the money to Halku?
(ix) What was the bet between the banker and the lawyer?
(x) How was the shop of the Gessler Brothers different from other shops?
5. Write a paragraph on any one of the following in about 60-70 words: (5 अंक)
(i) My Village
(ii) The Value of Time
(iii) My Favourite Festival
(iv) Mobile Phone in Student Life
(v) Cleanliness
Direction: Questions 6 to 11: Answer any three. 3 × 5 = 15
6. You are Priya Kumari, the Head Girl of Adarsh High School, Muzaffarpur. Write a notice in about 60-70 words informing the students about a tree plantation drive to be held in the school campus. (5 अंक)
7. You are Rohit Kumar, a student of Class X of Government High School, Gaya. Your school celebrated Independence Day with great joy. Write a report on the celebration for your school magazine. (5 अंक)
8. You are Anjali Kumari, a student of Class X, Section A, of Rajkiya Kanya Uchch Vidyalaya, Bhagalpur. Your father has been transferred to Patna. Write an application to your Principal requesting him to issue your School Leaving Certificate. (5 अंक)
9. You are Vikas, living at Hajipur. Write a letter to your friend Aman telling him how you spent your summer vacation at your grandparents' village. (5 अंक)
10. You are Neha, a student of Class X. Write a speech in about 60-70 words on 'Save Water' to be delivered in the morning assembly. (5 अंक)
11. You are Rahul. Write a message in about 30-40 words to your mother telling her that you will be late because of an extra class at school. (5 अंक)