English (Language and Literature) – 2008 Comptt.

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A Space Visitor
By : Shobha

It was our privilege to invite the famous astronaut of Indian origin, Suneeta Williams under the Guest Speaker Programme on the Ist of October. She interacted with the students, giving them her impressions of India. She also enriched us by sharing with us her experience in space and how it was so much fun fl oating in the air because of weightlessness as a result of there being no gravity. She also enlightened us about how she felt as she landed on earth after fulfi lling her childhood dream. The programme concluded with a thanks giving speech by our Principal.
Head Girl

Q.4. Rash driving is responsible for the increase in accidents in Delhi. Most of the time, it is the fault of drivers who jump signals and over speed, hitting and killing people on the road. Using this information together with your ideas, write an article in about 80 words highlighting the need to follow traffi c rules own and drive carefully. 8.

Ans. Deadly Driving There is no doubt that rash driving is responsible for the increase in the number of accidents in Delhi. Most of the time, it is the fault of the drivers who do not adhere to traffi c rules at all. They jump signals while over speeding and as a result hit people or other vehicles which results in fatal accidents on the road. The need of the times is to follow traffi c rules and drive carefully. Anyone found fl outing the traffi c norms should be heavily fi ned and drivers need to be thoroughly educated about the traffi c rules. Only then can we counter this ‘Deadly Driving’.

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State Science Fair was organised in your city in the month of December. Write a paragraph in about 80 words describing the arrangements of the fair, the working models displayed by the students and any other activity which interested you the most.

Ans. State Science Fair was organised in our city from the 1st to the 4th of December. It was, without
a doubt, not only the most well arranged and organised fair but also most informative and
enlightening. Various students participated in this Fair and displayed their working models. The
most interesting display was a unique model of a space craft put up by the students of ABC, Model
School, Delhi. All in all it was an educative experience where the students got to learn about new
and interesting scientifi c facts.

Q.5. You are Swati/Sourav, living at D-2, Green Park, Hissar, Haryana. For years together you ate fast food without knowing that it would damage your health, make you overweight and suffer from heart disease. Write a letter to the Editor, The Times of India, New Delhi, expressing your ideas on the health hazards caused by the junk food. 8

English Language and Literature 2008 Question Papers Class X