Q.8. In the passage given below, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it in your answer sheet. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined as shown. 8 X1/2=4
Once there was king who thought e.g. was a king very much himself. He often (a) __________ talked of own personal charms (b) __________ and of his greatness a ruler. (c) __________ He wanted people around him to (d) __________ believe all this and talk his greatness. (e) __________ He liked only who praised him. (f) __________ He was seen only in company of (g) __________ those fl attered him.
(h) __________
Ans. (a) much of himself (b) of his own (c) greatness as a (d) wanted the people (e) talk of his (f) only those who (g) in the company (h) those who fl attered.
Q.9. Read the dialogue given below and complete the passage that follows. Write the correct answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. Do not copy the whole sentences. 4 x1=4
Varun : What do you think of the question paper?
Prakriti : It’s not diffi cult, but I have left unattempted a question worth eight marks.
Varun : I fi nd the writing section very interesting?
Varun asked Prakriti (a) _________ of the question paper. Prakriti replied (b) _________ but (c) _________ worth eight marks. Varun said (d) _________ very interesting.
Ans. (a) what she thought
(b) that it was not diffi cult
(c) but she had left unattempted a question
(d) that he found the writing section.
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Q.10. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: 5
‘He knows that I am lost’, I thought. ‘He’s trying to help me.’ He turned his aeroplane slowly to the north, in front of my Dakota, so that it would be easier for me to follow him. I was very happy to go behind the strange aeroplane like an obedient child.
After half an hour the strange black aeroplane was still there in front of me in the clouds. Now there was only enough fuel in the old Dakota’s last tank to fl y for fi ve or ten minutes more. I was starting to feel frightened again. But then he started to go down and I followed through the storm.
(a) Who does ‘he’ refer to in the passage? 1
(b) Who is ‘he’ trying to help and why? 1
(c) How did he help the pilot of the Dakota? 2
(d) Find out a word from the passage which means the opposite of : ‘insuffi cient’. 1
(e) The word ‘slaughter’ means ‘the killing of animals for their meat’.
Q.11. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: 5
That was twenty-four hours ago. Since then no-body had come near him. The day before, all day long, he had watched his parents fl ying about with his brothers and sister, perfecting them in the art of fl ight, teaching them how to skim the waves and how to dive for fi sh. He had, in fact, seen his older brother catch his fi rst herring and devour it, standing on a rock, while his parents circled around raising a proud cackle. And all the morning the whole family had walked about on the big plateau midway down the opposite cliff taunting him with his cowardice.
(a) What did the young seagull see his parents doing the day before? Mention any two acts. 2
(b) For how long had the seagull been alone? 1
(c) Why had the whole family been taunting the young seagull? 1
(d) Which word from the passage means the same as ‘to move lightly just above a surface’? 1
