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Model Question - 4
Class X
Reading Comprehension (Seen)
1. Read the following text and answer the questions given below:
I was having tea at home on the evening of 30th January, 1948, when I was called to Birla house by an urgent telephone. Gandhiji had been shot on his way to a prayer meeting. I was numb with shock as I got into the car.
At the Birla House, Gandhiji's relatives and followers had gathered round his body. There was silence in the room as Gandhiji breathed his last. Words of Bapuji's death had spread through Delhi like a flame fanned by wind. Sad groups of men and women had collected around Birla House. Out of every window one could see a brown blur of faces. They did not make a sound. There was an unnatural silence. It was as if time stood still for those few minutes.
The people were too stunned to speak in the beginning. Later they clamoured wildly, shouting and crying. They jostled one another in a stampede to break into the house. They calmed a little when it was announced that they would be allowed to see Gandhiji before the funeral.
A. Tick (√) the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(i) An unnatural silence prevailed in the beginning
(a) people were all dumb
(b) people had been ordered to be silent
(c) people were stunned √
(d) people were saying prayers
(ii) Gandhiji had been shot on his way to
(a) the Birla House
(b) the author's house
(c) a business meeting
(d) a prayer meeting √
B. Complete the following sentences with information from the above text :
(i) To break into the Birla House, people jostled one another in a stampede.
(ii) Words of Bapuji's death had spread through Delhi like a flame fanned by wind.
C. Answer the following question :
(i) Describe the reaction of the people collected around Birla House.
Ans.> Out of every window of Birla House one could see a brown blur of faces. They did not make a sound. There was an unnatural silence.
2. Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions given below :
The mountain and the squirrel
Had a quarrel :
And the former called the latter 'Little Prig.'
Bun replied,
'You are doubtless very big;
But all sorts of things and weather
Must be taken in together,
To make up a year
And a sphere.
And I think it no disgrace
To occupy my place.
If I'm not so large as you,
You are not so small as I,
And not half so spry.
I'll not deny you make
A very pretty squirrel track;
Talents differ; all is well and wisely put;
If I cannot carry forests on my back,
Neither can you crack a nut.'
A. Answer the following questions :
(i) Who is the poet of the above poem ?
Ans.> The poet is Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(ii) What is it that the squirrel does not deny ?
Ans.> The squirrel does not deny that the mountain makes a very pretty squirrel track.
B. Write whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences / phrases / words in support of your answers (S.S) :
(i) The squirrel is sprier than the mountain. T
S.S: And not half so spry.
(ii) The mountain can crack a nut. F
S.S: Neither can you crack a nut.
C. Choose the correct alternative :
(i) The mountain called the squirrel –
(a) Bun √
(b) Little Squirrel
(c) Little Pig
(d) Little Prig
(ii) The 'former' in the poem is the —
(a) squirrell
(b) mountain √
(c) forest
(d) poet
Reading Comprehension (Unseen)
3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
It's the middle of a balmy afternoon in Goa; I can feel a gentle breeze cooling off the trail of sweat trickling down my back. I'm working my way through the Chorao Island mangroves, following an ecologist named Katrina Fernandez in search of the elusive smooth-coated otter-I can hear bird songs from the Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary nearby; a black crowned heron swoops down mid-flight, and grabs a fish from the emerald waters of the River Mandovi. And, that is when I hear a 'gunshot’!
Katrina doesn't flinch at all. In fact, she says, "That's a pistol shrimp. It makes that sound by clapping both its claws together.” Katrina, my guide on this Goan isle, is also the director of Wild Otters Research, an adventure camp where guests are welcome to stay with resident conservationists trying to rehabilitate the local otter population. “Otters are extremely shy and nocturnal, and spend a lot time either underwater or in burrows. The island also has wild boars, mongooses, jackals, porcupines, and crocodiles," she adds.
A. Tick (√) the correct alternatives :
(i) The narrator is walking through the
(a) Sundarbans
(b) Amazon rainforest
(c) Chorao Island mangroves √
(d) Sahara desert
(ii) The narrator can hear bird songs from the
(a) Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary
(b) Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary √
(c) Mayani Bird Sanctuary
(d) Sajnekhali Bird Sanctuary
(iii) Katrina does not flinch at the “gunshot' because she is –
(a) deaf
(b) very brave
(c) aware of the sound
(d) not aware of the sound √
(iv) The black crowned heron grabs a fish from
(a) the River Ganges
(b) the River Amazon
(c) the River Mahanadi
(d) the River Mandovi √
B. Complete the following sentences with information from the passage :
(i) The narrator can feel a gentle breeze cooling off the trail of sweat trickling down my back.
(ii) A pistol shrimp makes the sound of a 'gunshot by clapping both its claws together.
(iii) Otters are extremely shy and nocturnal, and spend a lot time either underwater or in burrows.
(iv) The Chorao Island mangroves is inhabited by animals like wild boars, mongooses, jackals, porcupines, and crocodiles.
C. Answer the following question :
(i) Who is Katrina Fernandez ?
Ans.> Katrina Fernandez is a guide, and also the director of Wild Otters research.
Grammar & Vocabulary
4.Do as directed :
(i) The traveller said, “Can you tell me the way to hospital?" (Change the Mode of Narration)
Ans.> The traveller wanted to know if I could tell him the way to hospital.
(ii) She gave me a camera. (Change the Voice)
Ans.> I was given a camera by her.
(iii) I saw a snake. I ran away. (Join into a Simple Sentence)
Ans.> Seeing a snake I ran way.
(iv) Shital is the fastest runner in the school. (Rewrite the sentence using Positive Degree)
Ans.> No other runner in the school is as fast as Shital.
(v) You are doubtless very big. (Make it Negative)
Ans.> No doubt you are very big.
(vi) Smoking affects one's health. (Replace the underlined word with a Phrasal Verb)
Ans.> Smoking acts on one's heath.
5. Find words from the unseen passage (Question No. 3) which mean the following:
(i) A light gentle wind : Breeze
(ii) Active mainly during the night : Nocturnal
[ Writing ]
6. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper (within 100 words) about the problems faced by commuters due to reckless driving of public vehicles.
Ans.>
To
The Editor
The Telegraph
Kolkata - 752001
Subject :- Reckless driving of public vehicles
Respected Sir / Madam, 30th Feb, 2021
Through the columns of your esteemed daily, I want to venture my views on the problem faced by commuters due to reckless driving of public vehicles.
These days reckless driving of buses, trucks, bikes are the trouble of the road. The drivers drive their cars at a high speed with no regards to the rules of road. They overtake speeding cars. As a result common people lost their lives. This had became a big issue now. Last week, a bike accident took place where a teenager was driving the bike. Even the adults, people these days are in such a rush that they don't even care about them. They are driving through the roads when the traffic lights are red. Due to which many commuters are suffering.
Hence, I request you to publish an article in the local newspaper about this, so that the authorities can see and do something about it.
7. Study the following points and write a paragraph on the preparation of lemon squash :
[Points : Lemons collected and scrubbed - lemon rinds scrapped and boiled with water allowed to cool - squeezing out juice strained - citric acid and sugar mixed- poured in clean and dry bottles - packed, sealed and sent to market.]
Ans.>
Preparation of Lemon Squash
The preparation of lemon squash goes through a number of steps. At first lemons are collected and scrubbed. Then lemon rinds are scrapped and boiled with water. Now lemons are allowed to cool. After that the juice is squeezed from the oranges and the juice is strained. Then citric acid and sugar are mixed. Next lemon squash is poured in clean and dry bottles. Then the bottles are packed and sealed. Finally, the packets are sent to market for sale.
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