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I rHou6l
(1)
(2)

Che.l ihe qncstion pip.r forfanness olpri.hnS. lithcre of fanre$, inf,n m the tlall SuIo visor immediately Uso Blnck or nlue n* to qriie

anrh.k

Nore: Th$qrestion paler.onlains Five Sc iors

stcTIoN

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(VOCABULARY : 20 NIARI(S)

PART I

1-

the.ppropriiie slronyms oJ thenfderli,red so,ds: lhech,ldE.'rired lheT.i iuahal lhi.hwNaramazi'rg (i) sr .brand onc an.'rB rhe ser.n rondo,s of the \. d lt rLas trn a{hitectura! DarvPl ot,m,nense g!t+ (0 Ii.\hiLib th. diligen(e (,ii)or those q'ho lrorked &I nr and day outtocrate dns r3r9 (iv) piece o, magic r\ll dre .hildFn pslsL (v) ro, thair losiiions to ger p\oios,nplred, in t.nt oi the r3i \Irial.
Cnoose

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Choost dp ipprcpiate antonyms ol thc underlined

$o(ls
lEv

5x1=5

sood enough loinh.ritanequal share ofthonan.esrDt propefry h) l)reso.iert wa!so nanor, (iii)-minded itrat it paid noheeJ b rheineds lt im|osed linous reshi.tions ul,on rvoiien. Thcy weie given bqs! (iv) hearment at home too Due to lhis, han! or them had to lead a (v) lile 'niserable
'rhe), rve,c noL lortunate

lnar.drt (i)rndii, ile soci.l and eono.ric

starus ot Nomen was noi

(i) G) old t) n{! (ii) (a) tu.kr (.) lnharpr, (iii) h) bro..l (c) .l.ar (iv) (a) Eood t) 8ortle (!) G) P.rheti.

(b) nodsm (d) .urenr (b) u ortunate (d) tootish (b) 8reat (d) simple (b) de'a (d) roush (tr) joj,tut Ldr Jbn..ivp
II
.f
the

PART -

Anstrer any in

following:

10!l=10

3. 'lle ommon erpafsion of TINSI is: (a) T n Nadu S.ience Inshbtions (b) la'nilN.dn smill SGle I'iushies (c) ramil N.du s.heme hstituuons (d) ramil N.du savinss hlomahon 4,
Choos thd

(al

llFt is.odect m meaning: Children fte$ in tuou8h a lotc in ihe $all

$ ere

(r,)
5.

Children depr in throush a drele in rhe wat

Rcpla.e thcrnderlincd $ord rvith iis oqnivalenr Amdican English word:

childr.n like h!!aiG

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pla.od aftar did dold sea to

WlEt is oE prud rom of the word

Ai!i{

G) dile

(l) dies
the word

(c) die
betow to conplete the kntence

3.

Add G)

su{ix to

&!ge! frdm &e list gi@

repiile.

A eal is a very

dan8er

(d)
nderlined wods in
the seniene

Iy

9.

Repla@ the

wfth,,r

of rh phrael vdrb6 aiver below to

convey the sahe meaning.

The chamobn EaLlad

dE

sheth

of

tE oDmnmt

G)
10.

save

on

(b) o)

save

bacr

(c) (c)

save

in

(d)

save

!p

Sepdate the syllables of dry oE of tne iollowing wdds :

(a) about
11. Ch(re

mrertainnenr
Lo

ini.mal

the appropiiate

wod

@l a mearingrul sentdrc.

12.
13-

Conshu.t a sentence usjng 0,. oI rhe rollowing wor<ls givm

(a) couE8e
Rehame the

(b) conra8eous lc)

using the

couiaseously
a

sEnce

trddliftd

word as

n.m

I d(ided to get 6rst class in this eumhation.

14. whid

ol the two smtd.os Sivon telow .onveys the lollowing neaning Any me.an easily leah lnglish.

/J) (b)

No

o-".tr.a6i)
cn

l"Jrn ln8lish.

Evdy one

easily Iedn Ens[sh,

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25 MARKS)

Arewd all the loloBinS Respond to $e foUowing as diBted

15,

l,lhich ol

dt .puoB
have

gn'en below

{iu

suit lhe

lolloting serttue

lI ii lains,

(a) (b)

I shai

td wd

k)
16.

I shal set wet -. b wet I snouu

ldentiiY rhe Pattdn of the

wewe v@llen.btnes (h) (a) svoc

17,
Choose the

svroDo

G)

dre.l

quedtion iag lo! ih iouowin8 sbr.nenr

(b) do6b'rsh.
13,
Complete

l.)

do4'e

tle

Fnld.

19,

Choose the senience

wlich.oireclly .onveYs lhe meansg of

the

Noding is impossitle in Me

(a)

lwdyrn,ng

G Possibrd in

life

O) (c)

sore$ing

is

imPossi

inlife

Nothing is ?ossible in lir.

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Comllete the s.ntsne with a

coret

PiePositional Phrase

hi. ..va,tv

he

G)

rn spik

or

(b)

In the event

of

(c)
snihe:

On

acoft

vdt

lorm to rcnplere the

Choose the

coft.tphr*e b

complete the

mtefte

He i6 fond

wirh dildren. _ (a) ror Playins (b) in praYins

{c)

23. c10o*

l]1. appr.priate a*icle to .omPlet the senten.e

famons

Kanhik is

G) a"
24.

(b) ,
to comPlete rhe smtence
:

Ch@s rne.oGr iense form of th vdb We Delhi last summd.

TANT ,

fi
:

An$vr all OE fdllowin8

Rewite

as

diRtd.

25.

Combitu iwo
'I1E

Mtees.

bd

is very h.avy.

26.

Rwite ui sentence using othd voice : The ma! .ompleted his work. His mastd paid him. ReEite the sdtence in
1'he old man rcquested

27.

students 1o help him ro doss the

shet.

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Read rhe followhg seniences about

obse ahon in

a slngle

soten

aing

(a) Seemat rbbon ls 1s.n lmg. (b) Neht nbbon is 13.m long. (.) Kamala's ribbon is 12 .s long (il) vinala's.ibbor n 20 cn long (e) Sonia's ribbon is 15 cm lons

30,

Puctuate t]le folowing serbme:

have i ben hse for five hours

SECTiON.III
(?ROSE : 15 MARYG)

oi tha fon.wng

qrslio6.

Your

alMd

sn@U noi exc@d

31.

v!ftat wa6 Hudies finan.ial,talrs

32. H.w k

mnsi. diffpreni 6om astrononv

13.

tiow

6.h:raftr lrJludced

by suroundinS6

J4.

\^/hai rude Chaya tflumphdtly ,milP

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lr'hich are the

*:t.s

ln lndia th,t

h,v. sh.wn ..n.am 6r

the dompxti.

w.ikrr ,

:5.
,.

Whlt

couLd be

lhe meaning ol dE ptuase "Cant in8

wi

er on their back" ?

Lbt tut tht sp{iibh.s afl}sn,avu'.

IART "

Ii
1$=5

Answer in a paragraph any one of the follo(ing questioE. You praghpl] shonld
not e{.eed 120

w.rds.

33.

G)

Wnat w.s ihe resuli of Hu+ie s mnhkinA ihe aaron for a beg8a. ?

OR

lrlat de

the

vdioc.lnries oI a student ?
OR

Des.ribe any

t*o dnri6

of a stu.tat

pointed our by Gothale ?

G)

How n ould our res@lch on nigratjon benedt the btds

SECTION -

(POETRY : 20 MARKS)

PART.I
Quote hom mendy on. of
Lhe

following extracls

of the poem -MANLINESS" E\cept the wiU ... ... ........ ....
.

of the poen ,MIGRANT BIRD"

"NoFlags ..... . ... .... ...

...... .. . ... .. nntnown tands"

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PART -

II
gjvo blow
:

Read lhe lollowing sets of pori.linos and answer rhe qustrons

40.

"cood hen pe

on

jusr deeds, and bravd

m6

win nor honour such as sold.an give,,. Who wins rhe ionour 7

Ald

die,

41.

"A child sifting under WIo d@s '.httd, rerq

piann rn the boom

he hn8ling

shjngt,

42,

"And undemcath our he.vy eye,tids drooping 'm. rcdde* nower woutd loot as pate as rnow,,.
Why would th. flowers iook paie ?

43.

Virgin ro.k raks Iorq

WlEt is heant ty virsrn

re(

iK.

"Slurp edges mdgs Into smorhen well - nortded .urvJ, How de well - mortded @6 folmed

6on

the

poefu you hav. studjed

4s.

world in gt@m and sltendou pas*s by And rhou in rhe nidst of ft wiih brows that gl@m A @ature oi that otd disrorted dreao
l1le drat nakes rhe sound or Me an

eil.ry

Pi.k out dE rhyming wods in th6e tines

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hy brood wnere,er Pi.t our ihe words in

rnl

47.

Like pearls and no$,a sitrer blade Na@ rhe 68xre oI speech used in ine above lin.

(.)
43,

ps4onlfi.ahon

Nor torh io hzve ercuse ro Bo, Be.arse the autuhn evd was fan (Tl,ou8h !larlr belaxEy rhe i,etds were ouE. And by ihe broot our woods w-"re Poini

tui

ihde

the rhyme s.heme hptoyed jn rhese lines. a

4q. o've uJreek (bre.[ngout,n 'sbp be !r.t6r for to.day

mrJ

hod,rqr

(b)

Personifi.ation

lnr\er

n a FarJsraph a,9

dr. of

the followjn8

q,sshons yoDr para8laph snoDl.l

oa

ihe p@i on the

mn.er in whjch

rhe

eiuiomtE acqui$ his

(b)

De.ribe

rhe experienes oI ihe chirdFn on rheir way

{c)

Aneipt

OR
a

rhe brook to set<

wats.

dftojptih

of ihe phricat appeaance ot

tu

shirpi as poftayed in the

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51,

Read the passagE

giva below dd

answer rhe quesrion rhai tollow

a

The Autobiograpny of

llro

It rook uu& long yars lor mt, .onin8 inro existan e after the ldaa oI a now .wncy was.onceived. I was corceiv.d an.l mmed o. 18Llan, 1999, whm eleven Europqn colnhies de.ided io luve a new money iom i.e. the Euro. Nry value wd determined a@din8 nr dr .onveEion fixed by these connhes in rorms of their 'ate oM @encies. On 1*lanuary 20OZ I w.s ct.ltated as oren l, nores lvhen tuelve counkies adopted me as their dffi.y. $me .ountries olpo*d rhe idea of using me dd initially retu*d to a..epr me. Bur now almost a[ the Europm .ountrjs hare a&epled me as valid cmeng,. My brorher Dolld who js in Amenca, ml boitrer Lira Bidin8 in Ilaly and my siBier Srerling wde qune jeatous of ne brr soon rhey ac.epred my e,jsten@ and stute'l respeiinS ne. r no* mjoy a prace ot Fide amons aI the cE6.ies in tie world and alnGr everyone ac.eph m fr@ly.

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)

52.

Wnat is the pasge abmr ?

How

my
the
is the

counhl* decided

ro have a
as

rew money idm

?

wlen
Name

was rhe

Euo.irutated

ffi&.y
?

rencies or A(erica and lraty.

wlar

prenr

siatus or the Eurc

ldpnrir. Jrd !ore.. rJF e-u. in

tr|o[ow,n8 rn."1B.

(a) Do you know which rs -orldt taltesl brilding ? (b) I pla@ 8rear.o.6dfte on yo!. (.) He is good athlete who perfoms well. (d) I an abGent ysrdday. G) r.mor diive 3 hsi s Rahll.

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53.

l,ook at rhe picturc given sentences ol ytu own :

the folluw ng quer'ons

'n

otu or

eo

tl_ r

.. ' rlq(L pla, " oo \oL r. s depreo,n.)x. p..ru -. b\ lvl o. do r.u.n,., r,lli o,,hcr , I [h"t r-" rh-, ooL- e Jr . ^opc..un.rfld.lr-, (d) what aF the yd,ols;bjects rhat you see nea the ben h ? (c) wrEr world Le rhe rason lor rhe m3r r,o sleep there at nighi