There was once a boy would never e.g. boy who would
devote any attention his studies. (a) ___________
His parents sent to school, (b) ___________
but he took playing on the road (c) ___________
and did not care the opinion (d) ___________
of even those friends helped him (e) ___________
in danger. In end he found himself (f) ___________
all alone and a job. He had no (g) ___________
option but to get himself employed a servant. (h) ___________
Ans. (a) attention to his (b) sent him to (c) took to playing (d) care for the (e) friends who helped (f) In the end (g) and without a (h) employed as a
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. 4x1=4
Policeman : You are going too fast and you have jumped the red light also.
Car Driver : Sorry Sir, I am late for duty. Please excuse me this time. I shall be careful in future. A traffi c policeman stopped a car driver and told him (a) _________ too fast and (b) _________ the red light also. The car driver felt sorry and politely said (c) _________ and requested him (d) _________ and promised to be careful in future.
Ans. (a) that he was going (b) he had jumped (c) that he was late for duty (d) to excuse him that time.
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Q.10. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: 5
But when she asked, “Did a son or daughter, a father or mother, die in your family?” they answered her, “Alas! the living are few, but the dead are many. Do not remind us of our deepest grief.” And there was no house but some beloved one had died in it. Kisa Gotami became weary and hopeless, and sat down at the wayside watching the lights of the city, as they fl ickered up and were extinguished again. At last the darkness of the night reigned everywhere. And she considered the fate of men, that their lives fl icker up and are extinguished again.
(a) What did Kisa Gotami ask the villagers? 1
(b) What reply did she get? 1
(c) How did the villagers react at the questions asked by her? 1
(d) What did Kisa Gotami think after watching the lights of the city? 1
(e) Find a word from the passage which means the same as ‘to keep going on and off as a light shines’. 1
Ans. (a) Kisa Gotami asked the villagers if they had lost a loved one in their family.
(b) The reply she got was that the living were few but the dead were many.
(c) The villagers requested her not to remind them of their deepest grief.
(d) After watching the fl ickering and then extinguishing lights of the city she could now relate the fate of men to a similar pattern, their lives fl icker up and are extinguished again.
(e) The word ‘fl icker’ means the same as ‘to keep going on and off as a light shines.’
Q.11. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: 5
With a satisfi ed expression he regarded the fi eld of ripe corn with its flowers, draped in a curtain of rain. But suddenly a strong wind began to blow and along with the rain very large hailstones began to fall. These truly did resemble new silver coins. The boys, exposing themselves to the rain, ran out to collect the frozen pearls. “It’s really getting bad now,” exclaimed the man. “I hope it passes quickly.” It did not pass quickly. For an hour the hail rained on the house, the garden, the hillside, the cornfi eld, on the whole valley. The fi eld was white, as if covered with salt.
(a) Why did Lencho look satisfi ed? 1
(b) What happened all at once? 1
(c) What did Lencho hope for? 1
(d) What happened as a result of the hailstorm? 1
(e) Find out a word in the passage which means the same as ‘to look like’. 1
Ans. (a) Lencho looked satisfi ed because his fi eld of corn was ripe with its fl owers and he expected a good harvest.
(b) All at once a strong wind began to blow and along with the rain very large hailstones began to fall.
(c) He hoped that the wind and the hailstorm would pass quickly.
(d) As a result of the hailstorm the corn crop was destroyed as it was completely covered with snow.
(e) The word ‘resemble’ means ‘to look like’.
