Q. 9. Fill in the blanks using one word in each blank. The first one is done as an example. Write your answers in the answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. (8×1/2 = 4 marks)
The skin is the largest organ in the human body. It is a natural all-weather waterproof covering (a) .............. protects the body. It is sensitive enough (b) .............. feel a pinprick and tough enough to tolerate extremes (c) ............... heat (d) .............. cold. The skin prevents bacteria (e) .............. harmful chemicals from entering (f) .............. body. It also helps the body (g) .............. excreting waste materials (h) .............. urea, salt and water through sweat.
Ans. (a) that (b) to (c) of (d) and (e) and (f) the (g) in (h) like.
Q. 10. Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows. Write your answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. (4×1=4 marks)
Chinky : I’ve brought my skipping rope. Do you want to take a break and play?
Debby : I’ve got so much to study. I have no time for ropes that can skip.
Debby’s friend, Chinky told her (a) ...................... and asked (b) ...................... . Debby (c) ....................... and (d) ...................... that could skip.
Ans. (a) that she had brought her skipping rope
(b) if she wanted to take a break and play.
(c) said that she had got too much to study
(d) that she had no time for ropes
Q. 11. Given below are instructions for making Pasta Paneer Masala. Complete the following paragraph which describes how Pasta Paneer Masala is made. The first one has been done as an example.
( 6×1/2 = 3 marks)
— Boil 6 cups of water in a large pot.
— Add pasta to the boiling water. Cook for 8 - 10 minutes.
— Drain water from the pasta.
— In a separate frying pan, fry jeera seeds, onion, garlic, garam masala and chilli powder in vegetable
— Add tomatoes and fry for ten minutes.
— Remove from heat. Add cooked pasta, 1 tablespoon salt and butter to the tomato/ onion mixture.
— Stir for 2 minutes and then sprinkle with coriander leaves. Serve hot.
Six cups of water is boiled in a large pot. Pasta (a) ...................... and cooked for 8 - 10 minutes. Then water (b) ...................... . In a separate frying pan (c) ....................... in vegetable oil. Tomatoes are added and (d) ...................... . Then it is removed from heat and (e) .................. to the tomato/onion mixture. The mixture (f) ........................ and then sprinkled with coriander leaves and served hot.
Ans. (a) is added to the boiling water
(b) is drained from the pasta.
(c) jeera seeds, onion, garlic, garam masala and chilli powder are fried
(d) fried for ten minutes.
(e) the cooked pasta, one tablespoon salt and butter are added
(f) is stirred for two minutes
SECTION D (LITERATURE) (30 marks)
Q. 12. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. Write each answer in your answer sheet in one or two sentences only. (4 marks)
Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.
(a) Which figure of speech is used in the first line? (1)
(b) Where were the mariner and the sailors stuck? Why? (2)
(c) Explain—“As idle as a painted ship.” (1)
Ans. (a) The poet uses the repetitive speech to describe each passing day.
(b) The mariner and the sailors were stuck in the middle of the ocean because the sea had become motionless and their ship was not moving.
(c) The ship was as static as a painting of a ship on a painted ocean. It conveys the absolutely still and motionless state of the ship.
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