Section- A (Reading unseen passage and Note- making) 1.

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: (12 marks) One of the greatest advances in modern technology has been the invention of computers. They are widely used in Industries and in Universities. Now there is hardly any sphere of human life where computers have not been pressed in to service of man. We are heading fast on the close of this present century towards a situation when a computer will be as much part of mans daily life as a telephone or a calculator. Computers are capable of doing extremely complicated work in all branches of learning. They can solve the most complex mathematical problems or put thousands of unrelated facts in order. These machines can be put to varied uses. For instance, they can provide information on the best way to prevent traffic, or they can count the number of times the word and has been used in the Bible. Because they work accurately and at high speed, they save the research workers hard work. This whole process by which machines can be used to work for us had been called automation. In the future automation may enable human beings for more leisure than they do today. The coming of automation is bound to have important social consequences. Some years ago an expert on automation, Sir Leon Bagrit , pointed out that it was a mistake to believe that these machines could think . There no possibility that human beings will be controlled by machines. Though computers are capable of learning from their mistakes and improving on their performance, they need detailed instructions from human beings to operate. They can never, as it were, lead independent lives or rule the world by making decision of their own. Sir Leon said that in future, computers would be developed which would be small enough to carry in the pocket. Ordinary people would then be able to use them to obtain valuable information. Computers could be plugged into a national network and be used like radios. For instance, people going on holiday could be informed about weather conditions. Car drivers can be given alternative routes when there are traffic jams. It will also be possible to make tiny translating machines. This will enable people who do not share a common language to talk to each other without any difficulty or to read foreign publication. It is impossible to assess that importance of a machine of this short, for many international misunderstandings are caused simple through our failure to understand each other. Computers will also be used in ordinary public hospital, by providing a machine with a patients systems; a doctor will be able to diagnosis the nature of illness. Similarly machines could be used to keep a check on a patients health record and bring it up to date. Doctors will there for have immediate access to a great many facts which will help in their work. Bookkeepers and accountants too could be relieved of dull clerical work, for the tedious task of compiling and checking lists of figures could be done entirely by machines. Computers will also be able to tell the exact the age a man is going to live, with the help of his blood picture. Computers are the most efficient servants man has ever had and there is no limit to the way they can be used to improve our life style and life. a) Answer the following: i. What is the greatest advancement in modern technology? ii. Explain Automation? iii. What was the prediction of Sir Leon about the computers in future? iv. Name the areas where computers can be effectively used? b) Find word in above passage which convey the similar meaning for i. Difficult or complex ii. Collect or arrange iii. Another choice

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Read the Following passage carefully: The work of the heart can never be interrupted The hearts job is to keep oxygen rich blood flowing through the body. All the bodys cells need a constant supply of Oxygen, especially those in the brain. The brain cells like only four to five minutes after their oxygen is cut off, and death comes to the entire body.The heart is a specialized muscle that serves as a pump. This pump is divided into four chambers connected by tiny doors called valves. The chambers work to keep the blood flowing round the body in a circle. At the end of each circuit, veins carry the blood to the right atrium, the first of the four chambers 2/5 oxygen by then is used up and it is on its way back to the lung to pick up a fresh supply and to give up the carbon dioxide it has accumulated. From the right atrium the blood flows through the tricuspid valve into the second chamber, the right ventricle. The right ventricle contracts when it is filled, pushing the blood through the pulmonary artery, which leads to the lungs in the lungs the blood gives up its carbon dioxide and picks up fresh oxygen. Then it travels to the third chamber the left atrium. When this chamber is filled it forces the blood through the valve to the left ventricle. From here it is pushed into a big blood vessel called aorta and sent round the body by way of arteries. Heart disease can result from any damage to the heart muscle, the valves or the pacemaker. If the muscle is damaged, the heart is unable to pump properly. If the valves are damaged blood cannot flow normally and easily from one chamber to another, and if the pacemaker is defective, the contractions of the chambers will become un-coordinated. Until the twentieth century, few doctors dared to touch the heart. In 1953 all this changed after twenty years of work, Dr. John Gibbon in the USA had developed a machine that could take over temporarily from the heart and lungs. Blood could be routed through the machine bypassing the heart so that surgeons could work inside it and see what they were doing. The era of open heart surgery had begun. In the operating theatre, it gives surgeons the chance to repair or replace a defective heart. Many parties have had plastic valves inserted in their hearts when their own was faulty. Many people are being kept alive with tiny battery operated pacemakers; none of these repairs could have been made without the heart lung machine. But valuable as it is to the surgeons, the heart lung machine has certain limitations. It can be used only for a few hours at a time because its pumping gradually damages the bloods cells. a) On the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes using headings and sub- headings. Use recognizable abbreviations, wherever necessary (minimum 4). Use a format you consider suitable. Also supply an appropriate title to it. (5 marks) b) Write a summary of the above passage in 80 words (3 marks) Section B (Advanced Writing Skills) (35 marks)

3. You are a HR manager for Wipro Technologies. Draft a staff required advertisement for your new project. You are in need of software developers with minimum 5 years experience in reputed software/ networking companies. (5 marks) (Or) Draft a matrimonial advertisement for your younger sister in a local daily. You need an IT professional settled abroad. 4. You are reporter of Deccan Chronicle. You recently witnessed a road accident due to rash driving with drinking and wearing no helmet. The rider lost his control and dashed on to a lorry and dead on the spot. The pillion rider was seriously injured. Write a report on the same in about 125- 150 words. (10 marks) (Or)

The Economics Club of your school has organized a consumer assurance programme in the school through posters, street plays, etc. As the secretary of the club, write a report for the school magazine. You are Batiya Yadav. (Word limit: 125- 150 words) 5. As the Sports Captain of your school, you have been asked to put up a notice for the selection of inter-school Hockey team, to be held on next week, in the school playground. Write this notice with all the necessary details in 50-60 words. (5 marks) (Or) Ashwani/ Aastha Sharma, in charge of the NSS club of St. Andrews School, Kashipur, is asked to write a notice about a fair being organised by the club to collect articles & money for people affected by floods in Uttaranchal. The notice will be put up for students on the school notice board. Write the notice in around 50 words, including relevant details such as purpose of fair; kind of stalls-games, food etc; contributions accepted; fair timing etc. in your notice so that students may contribute generously. Do not give extra information. Put the notice in a box. 6. You are Priya Khanna, librarian of your school, Aligarh. You have been asked to place an order for some books for the school library. Write a letter to the Sales Manager, Light House, Main Road, Noida, placing an order for the books that you need. (10 marks) (Or) You are Amit Sharma, H.No.573, MG Marg, New Delhi. You have seen an advertisement in The Hindustan Times for the post of Marketing Manager. Write an application for the same to, the General Manager, G.P. Pvt. Limited, Mumbai with complete biodata. 7. On behalf of Delhi police, create a poster on keeping the public alerts against bomb explosions. (5 Marks) (Or) On behalf of Sidhi Traffic police, create a poster on the theme of road safety. Section- C (Literature Textbooks and Long Reading Texts) 8. Read the lines given below and answer the questions that follow: The stunted, unlucky heir Of twisted bones, reciting a father gnarled disease His lesson from his desk. At the back of the dim class One unnoted , sweet and young. His eyes live in a dream Of squirrels game, in tree room, other than this. a) b) c) d) Explain fathers gnarled disease. Who sit at the back of the class? How is he different from others? Explain his eyes live in a dream? What is the comparison drawn with squirrels game? (Or) (35+15= 45 marks) (4 marks)

Perhaps the Earth can teach us As when everything seems dead And later proves to be alive Now Ill count upto twelve

And you keep quiet and I will go. a) What does the earth teach us? b) Why does the poet count upto twelve? c) What would keeping quiet help us achieve? d) Why do you think the poet has used the capital letter E in Earth in the poem? 9. Answer any TWO of the questions briefly: (2X2= 4 Marks) a) What is the main idea expressed in the poem My Mother at Sixty Six? how do the images of the real world, which occur in the poem, connect to this idea? b) What are the circumstances of the lives of the slum children? Who does the poet hold responsible for the deplorable state of the children? c) What are the images that the poet uses in the poem, keeping quiet, to suggest that we humans are steadily creating disharmony, not only among ourselves but also between man and nature? 10. Answer any SIX of the following questions? (6X2=12 Marks) a) How the teacher was dressed that day and why did it surprise Franz? b) Who was the owner of the ironworks and what sort of person he was? c) Do you think Saheb was happy to work at the tea stall? Answer giving reasons. d) What a thunder clap these words were to me! which were the words that shocked and surprised little Franz? e) What was the statement that urged Edla Willmanson to keep the peddler in their house despite knowing who he really was? f) How is Mukeshs attitude to his situation different from that of his family members? 11. Answer any ONE of the following in 100- 125 words ( 2X10= 20 Marks) a) How does Humanity dominate patriotism as per the message given in the lesson The Enemy (Or) The astrologers prediction about the death of the Tiger King came to be true. Do you agree with this statement? Explain why or why not. b) At the end of the last lesson, M. Hamel wrote Vive La France! On the blackboard in the bold letters. Why do you think he wrote that and how did he expect the people of Alsac Lorraine to keep their identity intact? (Or) Edlas actions transformed the rattrap peddler. Describe the role she played in changing the peddler. 12. Answer any One of the following in 100 words: (1X5= 5 Marks) Jack brought the story to life when he narrated the tale remembering certain humiliations of his own childhood. The corners of Jos mouth drooped down and her lower lip bent forward. A tear flowed along the side of the nose. This shows that even Jo could identify with Roger skunk. Do you think Jack and Jo could identify with Roger skunk as a victim of the hatred of other creatures? (Or) Everyone wishes to live a lavish life in a big city. Big cities provide big dreams kin ones eyes. These attract everything especially from villages or small towns. After reading the text LOST SPRING you must have been to point out the possible reasons behind migration from a place to other. Write a paragraph in about 100 words for a social magazine highlighting the issue The reasons for the migration of people from villages to cities.