Updated on 14/03/2021
Revision Paper -1
1. Unseen Passages
a) Women in ancient India ..................... their own husbands.
(i) What was the position of women in ancient- India?
Answer
Well educated, respected members of society
(ii) In which age the women were regarded as chattels?
Answer
the age of Manu
(iii) In the age of the Aryans why the position of women got worse?
Answer
Their household duties left them no time to pursue vedantic studies
(iv) A Vedic woman could:
Answer
sing and play on Vina, dance, read and write
(v) Vedic girls could choose their .........
Answer
husband
(b) The census 2001 report ............................ their own sex.
(i) Which has the worst sex ratio in census 2001 report.
Answer
Punjab
(ii) In which age group is the sex ratio lowest?
Answer
0 - 6
(iii) Which community show the lowest sex ratio?
Answer
The Sikh Community
(iv) Which group can be helpful in making people aware to prevent sex-determination?
Answer
Govt, religious and social groups
(v) Who are often both the victim and vehicle of discrimination against their own sex?
Answer
women
2. Grammar
(a) Direct - Indirect Speech
(i) He said, " I shall go there."
Answer
He said that he would go there.
(ii) He said, "Kamla, do you like this book?"
Answer
She asked Kamla if she liked that that book.
(iii) The Priest said, 'Truth wins in the long race."
Answer
The Priest said that truth wins in the long race.
(b) Articles (A/An/The/X)
(i) It was ......... unique sight
Answer
a
(ii) I read ...... Gita everyday.
Answer
the
(iii) He was struck by ....... arrow.
Answer
an
(c) Modals
(i) She ...... swim very well.
Answer
can
(ii) You ....... work hard this year.
Answer
must
(iii) .......... I come in, Sir?
Answer
May
(d) Active and Passive Voice
(i) Where did they see you?
Answer
Where were you seen by them?
(ii) Could you solve this sum?
Answer
Could this sum be solved by you?
(iii) Summon the Peon.
Answer
You are ordered to summon the peon.
(e) Verb Form
(i) He .......... (not come) back yet.
Answer
has not come
(ii) Last Saturday, I ......... (stay) at home.
Answer
stayed
(iii) Ice .......... (melt) above 0 Celsius.
Answer
melts
7. Prose - Passages
(a) I started for school very late...................... hurried off to school.
(i) Who is 'I'?
Answer
Franz
(ii) Why was the speaker in great dread (fear)?
Answer
because of scolding
(iii) What was M. Hamel going to ask questions on?
Answer
Participles
(iv) How was the day?
Answer
warm and bright
(v) What was much more tempting than the rules of participles?
Answer
chirping of birds, soldiers' drilling
(b) When I first Visited Gandhi in 1942 ....................of Nepal.
(i) Where was Gandhiji's Ashram situated?
Answer
at Sevagram
(ii) Where was the Ashram of Gandhiji situated?
Answer
Central India
(iii) When was the annual convention of the Congress Party held?
Answer
in 1916
(iv) What was the name of the peasant?
Answer
Raj Kumar Shukla
(v) Raj Kumar Shukla was....
Answer
poor, emaciated (thin, weak)
(c) "Why do you do this?" I ask Saheb.................he mutters, looking away.
(i) Name the chapter.
Answer
Lost Spring
(ii) Name the author.
Answer
Anees Jung
(iii) What is not a distant memory?
Answer
Saheb's home
(iv) Who is Saheb?
Answer
a ragpicker
(v) 'Gold' meaning here
Answer
something valuable
10. Poem-Stanzas
(a) ............looked out of young
....... standing a few yards
(i) Name the poem
Answer
My Mother At Sixty Six
(ii) Name the poetess
Answer
Kamala Das
(iii) What were the children doing?
Answer
spilling out of their homes
(iv) Where are the poetess and her mother?
Answer
at the airport
(iv) How did the mother look?
Answer
wan, pale
(b) ..................wan, pale
.................. smile......
(i) Name the poem.
Answer
My Mother At Sixty Six
(ii) Name the poet.
Answer
Kamala Das
(iii) With whom does the poet compare her mother to?
Answer
later winter's moon
(iv) What did the poet feel?
Answer
the old familiar ache and her childhood's fear
(v) Meaning of 'ashen'
Answer
wan, pale
14. Question- Answer
(i) Who is the writer of 'The Third Level'?
Answer
Jack Finney
(ii) Sadao Hoki was a native of ..........
Answer
Japan
(iii) Who was Jack?
Answer
Jo's Father
(iv) What was wrong with Derry?
Answer
One side of his face is burnt
(v) Bama's elder brother was studying at