अभ्यास सेट 5: अंग्रेज़ी पूर्ण प्रश्न पत्र
पूर्णांक: 100 · कुल समय: 3 घंटे 15 मिनट (इनमें 15 मिनट प्रश्नों को ध्यान से पढ़ने के लिए हैं)
निर्देश
- प्रश्न पत्र के 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 देंगे तो पहले 50 ही जाँचे जाएँगे।
- खंड-ब में 11 वर्णनात्मक प्रश्न हैं। हर प्रश्न के भीतर दिए विकल्प देखकर चलिए। प्रश्न 6 से 11 में से कोई तीन ही करने हैं।
- उत्तर अंग्रेज़ी में और जहाँ तक हो सके अपने शब्दों में लिखिए।
अभ्यास का तरीका: यह आख़िरी सेट है। इसे ठीक परीक्षा की तरह, तय समय के भीतर एक ही बैठक में कीजिए। खंड-अ के उत्तर क्विज़ में भरिए और खंड-ब कॉपी में लिखिए, फिर अगले पृष्ठ "अभ्यास सेट 5: 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. 'And she broods on its bank.' To 'brood' means
(A) to sing happily
(B) to sleep deeply
(C) to continually think about something painful
(D) to swim across
2. In 'The Pace for Living', the corn-merchant's heart was 'dicky'. Here 'dicky' means
(A) strong
(B) kind
(C) weak
(D) happy
3. 'Malasha scrambled out of the puddle.' Here 'scrambled' means
(A) sang loudly
(B) swam slowly
(C) fell asleep
(D) moved in a hurried way
4. Ragweed pollen, the most troublesome allergen in North America, occurs in
(A) April to May
(B) August to October
(C) May to June
(D) January to March
5. In 'Me and the Ecology Bit', 'huffing and puffing' means
(A) shouting angrily
(B) laughing loudly
(C) breathing in a noisy way
(D) walking slowly
6. The original Tamil title of 'The Empty Heart' is
(A) Kalai Kazhanjiyam
(B) Kurai Kudam
(C) Ilantamiza
(D) Puvin Sirippu
7. Munni took the rupees out of the 'niche' in the wall. A niche is
(A) a big iron box
(B) a cloth bag
(C) a crack in the floor
(D) a small hollow place in the wall
8. '…fighting races who came to conquer but remained to lose themselves in the Indian racial cauldron.' Here 'cauldron' means
(A) a royal army
(B) a small boat
(C) a holy book
(D) a large boiling vessel
9. Toni Morrison received the Nobel Prize in Literature in
(A) 1993
(B) 1983
(C) 1973
(D) 2003
10. The word 'superficial' in 'a superficial sense of drama' means
(A) pertaining to the surface only
(B) very deep
(C) full of fear
(D) lasting for ever
11. According to the lesson, 'acaricide' is a chemical that kills
(A) house-dust mites
(B) germs in water
(C) mosquitoes
(D) rats
12. 'Humanity can no longer be tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war.' Here racism and war are directly called a starless midnight. This figure of speech is
(A) Onomatopoeia
(B) Simile
(C) Metaphor
(D) Pun
13. The rhyme scheme of most stanzas of 'Ode on Solitude' is
(A) abba
(B) aabb
(C) abcb
(D) abab
14. 'The demon Desire now made him mad.' Desire is called a demon here. The figure of speech is
(A) Simile
(B) Pun
(C) Onomatopoeia
(D) Metaphor
15. According to the end notes of 'Quality', a 'guttural' sound is
(A) completely silent
(B) high and musical
(C) soft and sweet
(D) harsh and grating
16. When burnt, the polythene bag exudes a 'pungent' smell. In the poem's glossary, 'pungent' means
(A) poisonous
(B) fresh
(C) sweet
(D) pleasant
17. The speaker suggests that the children's visit may have been only a 'ruse'. A ruse is
(A) a punishment
(B) a trick
(C) a gift
(D) a prayer
18. 'Thus unlamented let me die.' The word 'unlamented' means
(A) unpaid
(B) unhealthy
(C) unmourned
(D) unafraid
19. According to 'Allergy', outdoor mold spores are most prominent from
(A) January to March
(B) July through November
(C) April to May
(D) May to June
20. The narrator calls the girl 'my life force, my source of inspiration and my alter ego'. 'Alter ego' means
(A) a complete stranger
(B) a bitter enemy
(C) a strict teacher
(D) a second self, a very close companion
21. Sitting in Gessler's shop, the author was 'inhaling the incense of his trade'. This 'incense' was the smell of
(A) leather
(B) food
(C) smoke
(D) flowers
22. 'God made the country, and man made the town.' The figure of speech in this line is
(A) Onomatopoeia
(B) Antithesis
(C) Hyperbole
(D) Simile
23. The writer adores the machines that hurl you about at
(A) Somerset
(B) High Street
(C) Battersea
(D) Dublin
24. The daughter writes that her mother's zest for life scatters like abundant
(A) pollen
(B) rain
(C) gold
(D) dust
25. The men in black with funny tails on their coats looked like
(A) beetles
(B) penguins
(C) crows
(D) bats
26. 'A sentence that gestures towards possibility, or one that drops a latch?' A latch is
(A) a small window
(B) a wooden table
(C) a heavy lock and key
(D) a fastening for a door
27. 'Like some kind of witch the cold weather continued to torment him.' The figure of speech here is
(A) Alliteration
(B) Metaphor
(C) Simile
(D) Onomatopoeia
28. 'In spite of a thousand vicissitudes, it has survived to the modern day.' The word 'vicissitudes' means
(A) victories
(B) poverty
(C) variations, changes
(D) silence
29. Eager and anxious, the rich man took each coin he could clutch by
(A) selling his house
(B) begging
(C) borrowing
(D) hook or crook
30. The banker calls his own part in the bet 'the caprice of a well-fed man'. 'Caprice' means
(A) a sudden whim
(B) deep wisdom
(C) hard labour
(D) a long prayer
31. 'Just like the polythene bag his hurt too melts down.' The figure of speech in this line is
(A) Personification
(B) Simile
(C) Metaphor
(D) Irony
32. The bell on Moon's _ bracelet jingled.
(A) silver
(B) coral
(C) glass
(D) gold
33. In 'Koel', the word 'charred' means
(A) washed clean
(B) burnt and became black
(C) painted green
(D) cut into pieces
34. Ms. Greene puts her garbage out for the weekly pickup on
(A) Friday
(B) Monday
(C) Sunday
(D) Saturday
35. The cinema has become 'the century's most potent and versatile art form'. Here 'potent' means
(A) costly
(B) weak
(C) powerful
(D) ancient
36. When the two girls walked towards each other through the puddle, the water came up to Malasha's
(A) ankles
(B) waist
(C) knees
(D) neck
37. 'Tranquil as dreams' is an example of
(A) Simile
(B) Metaphor
(C) Hyperbole
(D) Personification
38. According to Satyajit Ray, the majority of our films are replete with 'visual _'.
(A) harmonies
(B) delights
(C) dissonances
(D) effects
39. Martha told her stories 'in the hazel glen'. The word 'hazel' means
(A) dark blue
(B) bright red
(C) pure white
(D) greenish brown
40. Even where the story was genuinely Indian, the background music showed an irrepressible penchant for the _ idiom.
(A) devotional
(B) jazz
(C) classical
(D) folk
41. 'Alacrity', used for Gillu's quick movement back to his nest, means
(A) a loud noise
(B) eager and cheerful readiness
(C) laziness
(D) deep sadness
42. Blest is the man who can unconcernedly find hours, days and years
(A) slide soft away
(B) fill with hard work
(C) pass in pain
(D) go by in fear
43. 'Incarcerated', used for many senior leaders of Burma, means
(A) honoured
(B) imprisoned
(C) elected
(D) released
44. To make an opening for Gillu in the wire-mesh of the window, the author removed some
(A) bricks
(B) glass panes
(C) nails
(D) wooden planks
45. The porter is wearing a _ cap, dirty and sweat-stained.
(A) black
(B) white
(C) green
(D) red
46. In 'God Made the Country', 'our softer satellite' means
(A) the sun
(B) the town lamps
(C) the stars
(D) the moon
47. After the poetry festival of 1948, Laxmi Prasad Devkota went to _ to edit 'Yugvani'.
(A) Varanasi
(B) Kolkata
(C) Patna
(D) Kathmandu
48. 'What a rain of sparks art thou, O little Bird!' The koel is directly called 'a rain of sparks'. This figure of speech is
(A) Antithesis
(B) Onomatopoeia
(C) Simile
(D) Metaphor
49. Halku 'gave the lie to his name' because
(A) he was always late
(B) he was very rich
(C) his body was heavy
(D) his voice was soft
50. 'Like a bird / his heart is twittering, panting.' The figure of speech used here is
(A) Hyperbole
(B) Alliteration
(C) Simile
(D) Metaphor
51. Both the little girls had _ handkerchiefs on their heads.
(A) white
(B) yellow
(C) blue
(D) red
52. The rich town-dwellers are 'borne about in chariots and sedans'. A sedan is
(A) a motor car
(B) a fast horse
(C) a covered chair carried on poles
(D) a small boat
53. 'Her tears carved a river.' The figure of speech used here is
(A) Hyperbole
(B) Alliteration
(C) Onomatopoeia
(D) Simile
54. The daughter writes that she does not know what her mother does, secreted inside the
(A) bedroom
(B) kitchen
(C) garden
(D) puja-room
55. In the last two years, the lawyer read as though he were swimming in the sea among broken pieces of
(A) rock
(B) wreckage
(C) seaweed
(D) ice
56. The mother compares herself to the mimosa plant and to the _ of the monsoon months.
(A) earthworm
(B) peacock
(C) frog
(D) millipede
57. 'I developed cold feet when it came to tying the knot.' To 'develop cold feet' means
(A) to lose courage and back out
(B) to walk very fast
(C) to fall ill with a cold
(D) to become angry
58. 'There was a man helping in a cap like a blancmange.' Blancmange is
(A) a flower pot
(B) a sweet dish made with milk
(C) a kind of hat
(D) a musical instrument
59. On the third day, the baby squirrel held the author's finger and gazed all around with his blue, _ eyes.
(A) sleepy
(B) tearful
(C) glass-beads-like
(D) half-closed
60. The girl's simplicity ran contrary to the narrator's proclivity of
(A) saving money
(B) overdoing things
(C) telling lies
(D) speaking softly
Direction: Questions 61 to 67: Choose the most suitable preposition.
61. The doctor says that the patient is now out _ danger.
(A) in
(B) off
(C) of
(D) from
62. Mohan is married _ my cousin.
(A) by
(B) to
(C) with
(D) from
63. I have been waiting for you _ two hours.
(A) from
(B) since
(C) for
(D) by
64. We should not depend _ others for everything.
(A) of
(B) with
(C) from
(D) on
65. The servant was accused _ theft.
(A) of
(B) for
(C) with
(D) about
66. Many people were hurt _ the road accident.
(A) in
(B) of
(C) by
(D) at
67. Mr. Gessler prided himself _ the quality of his boots.
(A) with
(B) on
(C) of
(D) in
Direction: Questions 68 to 71: Choose the correct synonym or antonym.
68. Choose the correct synonym of 'Fatigue':
(A) Tiredness
(B) Energy
(C) Hunger
(D) Anger
69. Choose the correct antonym of 'Content':
(A) Happy
(B) Pleased
(C) Discontented
(D) Satisfied
70. Choose the correct synonym of 'Plight':
(A) Prayer
(B) Flight
(C) Promise
(D) Condition
71. Choose the correct antonym of 'Conceal':
(A) Keep
(B) Reveal
(C) Hide
(D) Cover
Direction: Questions 72 to 77: Choose the correct option (active/passive voice).
72. Choose the passive voice of: Somebody has stolen my bicycle.
(A) My bicycle was being stolen.
(B) My bicycle had been stolen.
(C) My bicycle has been stolen.
(D) My bicycle has stolen by somebody.
73. Choose the passive voice of: Do not tease the animals.
(A) Let the animals not be teased.
(B) Not let the animals be teased.
(C) Let the animals not teased.
(D) The animals are not to teased.
74. Choose the active voice of: English is spoken all over the world.
(A) People are speaking English all over the world.
(B) People speak English all over the world.
(C) English speaks people all over the world.
(D) People spoke English all over the world.
75. Choose the passive voice of: Did you invite him?
(A) Was he invite by you?
(B) Had he been invited by you?
(C) Did he invited by you?
(D) Was he invited by you?
76. Choose the passive voice of: The teacher will check the copies.
(A) The copies would be checked by the teacher.
(B) The copies will be checked by the teacher.
(C) The copies are checked by the teacher.
(D) The copies will checked by the teacher.
77. Choose the active voice of: The poor should be helped by us.
(A) We should help the poor.
(B) We should helped the poor.
(C) We should be helping the poor.
(D) The poor should help us.
Direction: Questions 78 to 83: Choose the correct modal.
78. You _ better consult a doctor at once.
(A) should
(B) must
(C) would
(D) had
79. _ you live long!
(A) May
(B) Shall
(C) Can
(D) Must
80. I _ rather die than beg.
(A) can
(B) would
(C) must
(D) could
81. He left very early in the morning. He _ have reached Patna by now.
(A) need
(B) dare
(C) must
(D) ought
82. My grandfather _ to walk five kilometres every morning when he was young.
(A) would
(B) used
(C) must
(D) can
83. You _ not have worried; the result was quite good.
(A) need
(B) dare
(C) ought
(D) used
Direction: Questions 84 to 87: Choose the correct form of verb.
84. Neither the teacher nor the students _ present in the class.
(A) is
(B) were
(C) has
(D) was
85. He _ ill for the last three days.
(A) had been
(B) was
(C) has been
(D) is
86. Mathematics _ my favourite subject.
(A) is
(B) are
(C) were
(D) have
87. I wish I _ a bird.
(A) am
(B) will be
(C) is
(D) were
Direction: Questions 88 to 90: Choose the correct translation.
88. Choose the correct translation: यदि तुम मेहनत करोगे तो सफल होगे।
(A) If you worked hard, you will succeed.
(B) If you work hard, you will succeed.
(C) If you work hard, you succeeded.
(D) If you will work hard, you will succeed.
89. Choose the correct translation: No sooner did he see the police than he ran away.
(A) वह पुलिस को देखने के लिए दौड़ा।
(B) पुलिस को देखकर वह नहीं भागा।
(C) पुलिस को देखते ही वह भाग गया।
(D) पुलिस उसे देखकर भाग गई।
90. Choose the correct translation: मुझे चाय से अधिक कॉफ़ी पसंद है।
(A) I prefer coffee to tea.
(B) I prefer tea to coffee.
(C) I like tea more than coffee.
(D) I prefer coffee than tea.
Direction: Questions 91 to 95: Choose the correct spelling.
91. Choose the correct spelling:
(A) Squirel
(B) Squirral
(C) Sqirrel
(D) Squirrel
92. Choose the correct spelling:
(A) Ancestors
(B) Ansestors
(C) Ancesters
(D) Ancestores
93. Choose the correct spelling:
(A) Guarantied
(B) Guaranteed
(C) Garanteed
(D) Guarranteed
94. Choose the correct spelling:
(A) Tyranny
(B) Tyrrany
(C) Tyrany
(D) Tirranny
95. Choose the correct spelling:
(A) Consciense
(B) Conshience
(C) Conscience
(D) Concience
Direction: Questions 96 to 100: Choose the correct option (direct/indirect speech).
96. Choose the indirect speech of: He said, "I have been working since morning."
(A) He said that I had been working since morning.
(B) He said that he had been working since morning.
(C) He said that he has been working since morning.
(D) He said that he was working since morning.
97. Choose the indirect speech of: She said to her mother, "Please forgive me."
(A) She requested her mother to forgive her.
(B) She requested her mother to forgive me.
(C) She told her mother please forgive her.
(D) She requested her mother that forgive her.
98. Choose the indirect speech of: The old man said, "May God bless the child!"
(A) The old man prayed that God might bless the child.
(B) The old man said that may God bless the child.
(C) The old man ordered that God might bless the child.
(D) The old man prayed that God may bless the child.
99. Choose the direct speech of: The boy asked his father whether he would take him to the fair.
(A) The boy told his father, "Will he take me to the fair?"
(B) The boy said to his father, "Would he take him to the fair?"
(C) The boy said to his father, "Will you take him to the fair?"
(D) The boy said to his father, "Will you take me to the fair?"
100. Choose the indirect speech of: Mohan said to me, "Let us go for a walk."
(A) Mohan proposed to me that let us go for a walk.
(B) Mohan ordered me to go for a walk.
(C) Mohan proposed to me that we should go for a walk.
(D) Mohan told me let us go for a walk.
SECTION B (Descriptive Type Questions)
1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: (7 अंक)
Dashrath Manjhi was a poor labourer from Gehlaur, a small village near Gaya in Bihar. A rocky hill stood between his village and the nearest town. To reach a hospital, a school or a market, the villagers had to go round the hill, a journey of about fifty-five kilometres. One day his wife, Falguni Devi, slipped on the hill and was badly hurt. The hospital was too far away, and she could not get help in time. Her death changed Dashrath's life. He decided that nobody else should suffer like her. With only a hammer and a chisel, he began to cut a path through the hill. People laughed at him and called him mad, but he did not stop. He worked alone, day after day, for about twenty-two years. At last the path was ready, and the long journey became only about fifteen kilometres. Today people remember him as the 'Mountain Man'.
Questions:
(i) Where did Dashrath Manjhi live? (1) (ii) Why did the villagers have to make a long journey? (2) (iii) What made Dashrath decide to cut a path through the hill? (2) (iv) How did people react to his work, and what was its result? (2)
OR
Almost every kitchen in India has a pressure cooker. It cooks rice, dal and vegetables much faster than an open pan, and it also saves fuel. But how does it work? In an open pan, water boils at about 100 degrees Celsius. However much we heat it, the water does not get much hotter. The extra heat only turns the water into steam, and the steam escapes into the air. A pressure cooker has a tight lid with a rubber ring, so the steam cannot escape easily. The trapped steam increases the pressure inside the cooker. When the pressure rises, water boils at a higher temperature, about 120 degrees Celsius. At this higher temperature, food cooks quickly. The weight on the lid, which we call the whistle, lets out extra steam and keeps the cooker safe. We must use a pressure cooker carefully. Its rubber ring and safety valve should be checked often, and it should never be opened while it is still full of steam.
Questions:
(i) Name any two things that a pressure cooker cooks. (1) (ii) Why does water in an open pan not get much hotter than 100 degrees Celsius? (2) (iii) Why does food cook faster in a pressure cooker? (2) (iv) What care should we take while using a pressure cooker? (2)
2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: (7 अंक)
Nandini lived with her parents in a narrow lane in Bhagalpur. One afternoon in May, she was doing her homework when she smelt smoke. She ran to the window and saw thick black smoke coming out of the kitchen window of the house next door. The Guptas, who lived there, had gone to a wedding in Munger, and their door was locked. Nandini did not panic. She shouted loudly for help and asked her mother to call the fire brigade on 101. Then she ran out and told the small children of the lane to stay away from the house. Soon the neighbours came with buckets of water and sand. Within twenty minutes the fire engine arrived, and the firemen put out the fire. Only the kitchen was damaged; the rest of the house was saved. When the Guptas came back, they thanked Nandini again and again. The next day, the principal praised her presence of mind in the morning assembly.
Questions:
(i) Where did Nandini live? (1) (ii) What did Nandini notice one afternoon? (2) (iii) What did Nandini do when she saw the smoke? (2) (iv) How was the fire put out, and what was saved? (2)
OR
In many villages of India, girls were once kept at home to help with household work, while their brothers went to school. Things are changing now. Today we can see groups of girls cycling to school together on village roads. Many of them are the first in their families to read and write. An educated girl can earn her own living, and she also understands her rights and duties. She keeps her family healthy because she knows about clean water, good food and vaccines. Later, she can help her own children with their studies. So when a girl studies, the whole family moves forward. There is a well-known saying: if you educate a man, you educate one person, but if you educate a woman, you educate a whole family. Still, there is a long way to go. Parents must give their daughters the same chances as their sons, and society must make schools safe and close to home.
Questions:
(i) Why were girls kept at home in the past? (1) (ii) How does an educated girl help her family? (2) (iii) What does the well-known saying in the passage mean? (2) (iv) What, according to the passage, still needs to be done? (2)
3. Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow: (6 अंक)
The Eagle
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Questions:
(i) Where does the eagle stand? (2) (ii) Why does the sea look 'wrinkled' and seem to 'crawl'? (2) (iii) Pick out a simile from the poem and explain it. (2)
OR
My Kite
My paper kite, so red and bright,
Goes dancing up in the morning light.
It nods to the clouds, it greets the sun,
It laughs aloud when the breezes run.
But when the evening wind is still,
It slowly drops behind the hill.
I wind the string and bring it home,
And dream of skies where kites can roam.
Questions:
(i) How does the kite behave in the morning? (2) (ii) What happens to the kite in the evening, and what does the child do then? (2) (iii) Pick out an example of personification from the poem and explain it. (2)
4. Answer any five of the following questions: (10 अंक)
(i) What does the writer enjoy about speed, and when does speed become unfriendly to him?
(ii) How did Gillu keep himself cool and close to the author on summer afternoons?
(iii) What practices, according to Satyajit Ray, stand in the way of a distinctive style in Indian films?
(iv) Why did the young people visit the old woman?
(v) Why, according to the poet, do health and virtue abound in the village?
(vi) Why does the poet call the koel 'a rain of sparks'?
(vii) Why does the poet call the porter 'a stout human figure' though his body is weak?
(viii) How did Halku and Jabra fight the cold in the mango grove?
(ix) Why did the banker decide to kill the lawyer?
(x) Why did Sun cry at the end of the story?
5. Write a paragraph on any one of the following in about 60-70 words: (5 अंक)
(i) My Daily Routine
(ii) A Visit to a Zoo
(iii) A Journey by Train
(iv) Kindness to Animals
(v) Honesty is the Best Policy
Direction: Questions 6 to 11: Answer any three. 3 × 5 = 15
6. You are Nikhil, the Secretary of the Science Club of Rajkiya High School, Hajipur. Write a notice in about 60-70 words inviting the students to take part in the school science exhibition. (5 अंक)
7. You are Sneha Kumari, a student of Class X of Government High School, Danapur. Write a report on the cleanliness drive organised by your school in a nearby village. (5 अंक)
8. You are Rakesh Kumar, a student of Class X of Adarsh Vidyalaya, Gaya. Many benches and desks in your classroom are broken, and some students have to sit on the floor. Write an application to your Principal requesting him to get them repaired. (5 अंक)
9. You are Shweta, living at Boring Road, Patna. Write a letter to your younger brother Rishabh, who studies in a hostel, congratulating him on winning the first prize in an inter-school painting competition. (5 अंक)
10. You are Sameer. Write a speech in about 60-70 words on 'Road Safety'. (5 अंक)
11. You are Aditya. Your neighbour's son, Golu, has hurt his leg while playing. Write a message in about 30-40 words to your father informing him that you have gone with your neighbour to take Golu to the hospital. (5 अंक)