### Part (i)
Choose the correct meaning for the given words:
1. Tenacious (line 8)
- (a) yielding
- (b) irresolute
- (c) determined
- (d) slack
Answer: (c)
determined
2. Stroke (line 17)
- (a)
achievement
- (b) shock
- (c) swipe
- (d) move
Answer: (c)
swipe
### Part (ii)
Which word in the passage is the opposite of
'impediment'?
- (a)
opportunity
- (b) contrary
- (c) ranching
- (d) settled
Answer: (a)
opportunity
### Part (iii)
Answer the following questions briefly in your own words.
(a) The narrator affirms that he knows 'how to deal with
the situation'. Which situation he is talking about? How does the narrator
usually react when he is confronted with such a 'situation'?
Answer: The
narrator is talking about dealing with a difficult or challenging situation. He
usually reacts by staying determined and not giving up easily.
(b) The narrator says “....it was time now to make a bold
stroke.” What ‘time’ was he referring to?
Answer: The
narrator was referring to the moment when he decided it was necessary to take a
significant or decisive action.
(c) Why does the narrator enquire about Billy and Pete?
Answer: The
narrator enquires about Billy and Pete to understand their involvement or
presence in the situation he is dealing with.
(d) What happened to the stranger when he looked out of
the window? What did he begin to do?
Answer: When the
stranger looked out of the window, he saw something that startled him. He began
to react or take action based on what he saw.
(e) How did the narrator react when he saw the stranger
in trouble?
Answer: The
narrator reacted by taking immediate action to help the stranger who was in
trouble.
(iv) What does the narrator mean by saying that “the
other man was making talk too”? What lesson did the narrator get at the end of
the story. Answer in not more than fifty words.
Answer: The
narrator means that the other man was also trying to communicate or negotiate.
The lesson the narrator learned was the importance of understanding and
cooperation in resolving conflicts.
### Part (v)
Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form
of the word given in brackets to the blank space.
Example: (0) have earned
India’s literary masterpieces ‘Ramcharitmanas’,
‘Panchatantra’, and ‘Sahrdayāloka-locana Regional Register, a significant
acknowledgment of their cultural and ....2.... (history) and Kashmiri poet
Acharya Anandvardhan respectively, these three iconic Indian literary works
have left an ....4.... (endure) impact on readers and artists in India and the
world. In what is a proud moment for India, their inclusion in prestigious
UNESCO register has ....5.... (add) a feather to the cap of the Indira Gandhi
National Centre for the Arts in Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia. Significantly, this is
the IGNCA’s first ....8.... (achieve) at the 10th Regional Register since its
inception in 2008.
1. ....0.... (earn) a ....1.... (prestige) place in
UNESCO’s Memory of the World Asia-Pacific importance. ....3.... (Author) by
saint and poet Goswami Tulsidas, Pandit Vishnu Sharma works have left an
....4.... (endure) impact on readers and artists in India and the world.
Answer:
1. earned
2. prestigious
3. Authored
4. enduring
5. added
6. playing
7. secure
8. achievement
### Part (vi)
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.
(a) Cooperation between workers stems ...... mutual
consideration.
Answer: from
(b) She has embarked ...... the expansion of her company.
Answer: on
(c) The labourers are clamouring ...... revision in their
wages.
Answer: for
(d) His kingdom plunged ...... grief after the battle.
Answer: into
(e) The mother was vexed ...... his son’s behaviour.
Answer: with
(f) She remained aloof ...... her friends at the party.
Answer: from
### Part (vii)
Join the following sentences to make one complete
sentence without using and, but or so. Choose the correct option.
1. She began to plead with me. I did not like it.
- (a) I did not
like her beginning to plead.
- (b) Her
pleading with me is what I did not like.
- (c) She
pleaded with me which I do not like.
- (d) I did not
like her pleading with me.
Answer: (d) I
did not like her pleading with me.
2. It does not matter how hot it is. She always wears an
overcoat.
- (a) She always
wears an overcoat, hotness does matter to her.
- (b) She always
wears an overcoat irrespective of how hot it is.
- (c) How hot it
is but she always wears an overcoat.
- (d) She always
wears an overcoat unless it is very hot.
Answer: (b) She
always wears an overcoat irrespective of how hot it is.
3. The house is big. All of us can live there.
- (a) The house
is big enough for all of us to live there.
- (b) The house
is big enough for everyone to live there.
- (c) The house
which is big enough for all of us to live there.
- (d) The house
there for all of us to live is big enough.
Answer: (a) The
house is big enough for all of us to live there.
4. The source of the Ganges is in the Himalayas. The
Ganges is one of the longest rivers in India.
- (a) The source
of the Ganges is in the Himalayas, one of the longest rivers in India.
- (b) The source
of the Ganges, is one of the longest river in India, is in the Himalayas.
- (c) The source
of the Ganges, for one of the longest rivers in India, is in the Himalayas.
- (d) The source
of the Ganges, which is one of the longest rivers in India, is in the
Himalayas.
Answer: (d) The
source of the Ganges, which is one of the longest rivers in India, is in the
Himalayas.
### Part (viii)
Choose the correct option to rewrite the following
according to the instructions given after each sentence.
1. The Ministers are holding a meeting tomorrow. (Begin
with: A meeting...)
- (a) A meeting
is being held of the Ministers tomorrow.
- (b) A meeting
is been held by the Ministers tomorrow.
- (c) A meeting
is being held by the Ministers tomorrow.
- (d) A meeting
will be held by the Ministers tomorrow.
Answer: (c) A
meeting is being held by the Ministers tomorrow.
2. First deserve, then desire. (Begin with: Do not desire
...)
- (a) Do not
desire if you do not deserve.
- (b) Do not
desire not to deserve.
- (c) Do not
desire when you have deserved.
- (d) Do not
desire even if you do not deserve.
Answer: (a) Do
not desire if you do not deserve.
3. To show disrespect to your teachers is not good.
(Begin with: It ...)
- (a) It is not
good disrespecting of your teachers.
- (b) It is not
good to show disrespect to your teachers.
- (c) It is not
good to show that disrespect to your teachers.
- (d) It is not
good to be disrespecting to your teachers.
Answer: (b) It
is not good to show disrespect to your teachers.
4. Tom ate his breakfast and left for school. (Begin
with: Tom, having ...)
- (a) Tom,
having eaten his breakfast, is leaving for school.
- (b) Tom,
having to eat his breakfast has left for school.
- (c) Tom,
having eaten his breakfast, left for school.
- (d) Tom,
having to eat his breakfast will leave for school.
Answer: (c) Tom,
having eaten his breakfast, left for school.
5. Do not go away until I return. (Use: ‘as long as’)
- (a) Stay as
long as I am away.
- (b) As long as
I do not return, do not go away.
- (c) As long as
you stay, I am away.
- (d) Do stay as
long as I return.
Answer: (b) As
long as I do not return, do not go away.
6. Who is looking after the child? (Begin with: By
whom...)
- (a) By whom
does the child been looking after?
- (b) By whom is
the child been looking after?
- (c) By whom is
the child being looked after?
- (d) By whom is
the child had been looked after?
Answer: (c) By
whom is the child being looked after?
7. He is too young for the job. (Remove ‘too’)
- (a) He cannot
do the job for he is being young.
- (b) He is very
young on the job.
- (c) He is so
young enough for the job.
- (d) He is so
young that he cannot do the job.
Answer: (d) He
is so young that he cannot do the job.
8. Mona said, “Reena is honest but she is lazy.” (Rewrite
in Indirect Speech)
- (a) Mona said
that Reena was honest but she is lazy.
- (b) Mona says
that Reena is honest but she was lazy.
- (c) Mona said
that Reena is honest but she was lazy.
- (d) Mona said
that Reena was honest and lazy.
Answer: (c) Mona
said that Reena is honest but she was lazy.
### Part (ix)
Choose the correct option.
1. He could not muster ...... courage to ask for a raise
in his salary.
- (a) the
- (b) a
- (c) some
- (d) any
Answer: (a) the
2. There is a rage ...... fashionable clothes among the
youth.
- (a) of
- (b) for
- (c) with
- (d) about
Answer: (b) for
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