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Q. 11. Use the information in the headlines to complete the news items given below. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. Do not copy the whole sentences. 1×4=4
(a) THE GREAT INDIAN CIRCUS STARTS PERFORMANCE FROM FRIDAY
The Great Indian Circus will (a) ........................................ .
(b) FIRE IN SOUTHERN FORESTS UNCONTROLLED
The forest fire in the southern states (b) ........................................ .
(c) CAR ON FIRE MYSTERIOUSLY.
A car (c) ........................................ on the flyover.
(d) NEW VARIETY OF ROSE FLOWER DISCOVERED.
A new variety of (d) ........................................ .

Ans. (a) start performance from Friday (b) remains uncontrolled
(c) mysteriously caught fire (d) rose flower has been discovered

SECTION D (LITERATURE)

Q. 12. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. Write each answer in one or two lines only. 3
More candles, more lanterns, more neighbours,
More insects, and the endless rain.
My mother twisted through and through groaning on a mat.
(a) Why was the mother in pain? 1
(b) To what use were candles and lanterns being put? 1
(c) What does the repetitive use of the word ‘more’ indicate? 1

Ans. (a) The mother was in pain as she had been bitten by a poisonous scorpion.
(b) People coming to see the poet’s mother were carrying candles and lanterns, as it was a dark night.
(c) Therepeated use of the word ‘more’ signifies that though there was an excess of everything, it really didn’t help to relieve mother of her pain.

Q. 13. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. Write each answer in one or two lines only. 3
It is an ancient Mariner,
And he stoppeth one of three.
‘By thy long grey beard and glittering eye, How wherefore
stopp’st thou me?’
(a) Whom did the mariner stop? 1
(b) Why did he stop him? 1
(c) How did the mariner look? 1

Ans. (a) The mariner stopped one of the wedding guests.
(b) He stopped him to relate his story to him. This incident had been plaguing the mariner ever since it had happened.
(c) The mariner looked old with a long grey beard and sparkling eyes.

Or

I have looked at it so long
I think it is a part of my heart. But it flickers.
Faces and darkness separate us over and over.

Ans. (a) ‘I’ is the mirror.
(b) It has been looking at the opposite wall.
(c) Faces during the day and darkness during night separate the mirror and the wall over and over again.

English Communicative 2009 Question Papers Class X
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