'Sarthak' Knowledge: April 2021

10th, Revision Paper - 12

Updated on 30/04/2021

Revision Paper- 12 (Answer-Key)

1. Unseen Passages

(a)

(i) (b) dangerous

(ii) (c) it is very expensive

(iii) (c) Both (a) and (b)

(iv) (b) Intimidated

(v) (a) Arduous

(b)

(i) (a) One language as mother tongue

(ii) (b) Lingua franca

(iii) (a) A person has to master more than one language

(iv) (b) Fluency

(v) (c) The language that he learns on his mother’s lap

4. Grammar

(a) Verb Form

(i) had gone

(ii) will be waiting

(iii) have taken

(iv) has been crying

(b) Articles

(i) a

(ii) An, a

(iii) a, an

(iv) a

(c) Indirect Speech

(i) I ordered Naman to look at the map.

(ii) He welcomed me.

(iii) I wished/prayed that our teacher might live long.

(iv) I asked her where she lived.

(d) Modals

(i) should

(ii) Would

(iii) May

(iv) shall

(e) Non-finites

(i) read

(ii) sing

(iii) talking

(iv) laughing

(f) Punctuation

(i) Hari said, “Rama is my sister.”

(ii) Delhi is 121 kms. from Karnal.

(iii) “Yes”, replied Roahn, “I beat him.”

(iv) I read a novel, it was very interesting.

5. Prose - Passages

(a)

(i) (c) A Letter to God

(ii) (c) Farmer

(iii) (d) He had firm faith in God

(iv) (c) Money

(v) (c) He became angry

(b)

(i) (d) Nelson Mandela

(ii) (c) Nelson Mandela

(iii) (a) with a sense of History

(iv) (b) system of racial domination

(v) (b) decade

(c)

(i) (b) The Black Aeroplane

(ii) (b) The pilot of Dakota aeroplane

(iii) (c) The compass was turning round and round

(iv) (d) No answer was given by Paris Control

(v) (b) compass

8. Poem - Stanzas

(a)

(i) (a) John Berryman

(ii) (a) He has lost his ball

(iii) (a) The boy stares at the harbour

(iv) (a) At the harbour

(v) (c) It will be of no use

(b)

(i) (a) Robin Klein

(ii) (c) Amanda

(iii) (b) Tranquil

(iv) (a) A princess

(v) (c) In a tower

10th, Revision Paper -11

Updated on 26/04/2021

Revision Paper- 11 (Answer-Key)

1. Unseen Passages

(a)

(i) (b) wheels produce noise

(ii) (b) fumbling to find passport

(iii) (d) exhausted

(iv) (c) unpleasant

(v) (d) exhausted

(b)

(i) (d) all these

(ii) (a) the character of a good man

(iii) (b) it gives scent

(iv) (d) a person who does not live for others

(v) (a) bliss

4. Grammar

(a) Verb Form

(i) laid

(ii) had helped

(iii) works/is working

(iv) have never seen

(b) Indirect Speech

(i) I asked Ram if he knew Sita.

(ii) The teacher asked the boys why they were making a noise.

(iii) I requested him not to smoke there.

(iv) Suresh asked Mohit if he will help him.

(c) Articles

(i) a

(ii) a

(iii) an

(iv) an

(d) Modals

(i) Would

(ii) should

(iii) must

(iv) may

(e) Non-Finites

(i) go

(ii) to keep

(iii) stopping

(iv) running

(f) Punctuation

(i) "Alas! my dog is thirstry", said the old man.

(ii) The Himalayas are in the north of India.

(iii) Our Prime Minister knows Hindi, Punjabi, English and Urdu.

(iv) Mrs. O.P. Rawat is my neighbour.

5. Prose - Passages

(a)

(i) (a) Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom

(ii) (a) Nelson Mandela

(iii) (b) 10th May

(iv) (a) South Africa

(v) (a) Nelson Mandela

(b)

(i) (b) His First Flight

(ii) (b) A Young Seagull

(iii) (a) Young seagull

(iv) (a) he fell outwards and downwards

(v) (b) monstrous

(c)

(i) (b) The Black Aeroplane

(ii) (c) 150 Km behind him

(iii) (c) clouds

(iv) (b) Dakota

(v) (a) He was not able to see anything

8. Poem - Stanzas

(a)

(i) (c) The Tale of Custard the Dragon

(ii) (b) Pirate

(iii) (b) Two bullets

(iv) (b) Dragon

(v) (b) Belinda

(b)

(i) (a) Walt Whitman

(ii) (a) Animals

(iii) (c) Animals

(iv) (b) Placid

(v) (d) both (a) and ((b)

10th, Revision Paper -10

Updated on 20/04/2021

Revision Paper- 10 (Answer-Key)

1. Unseen Passages

(a)

(i) (d) All these

(ii) (a) They waste too much time on games

(iii) (d) when he plays rashly

(iv) (d) All these

(v) (d) All these

(b)

(i) (d) All these

(ii) (c) Chemical reaction

(iii) (d) All these

(iv) (d) Wood

(v) (a) Fuels with a high percentage of Carbon

4. Grammar

(a) Verb Form

(i) came

(ii) had taken

(iii) came

(iv) had finished

(b) Indirect Speech

(i) The little girl told me that that was her doll.

(ii) She asked me if I was going to Agra the next day.

(iii) The principal ordered the peon to ring the bell.

(iv) They said that work is worship.

(c) Articles

(i) x

(ii) an

(iii) a

(iv) x

(d) Modals

(i) Would

(ii) will

(iii) must

(iv) ought

(e) Non-Finites

(i) repeat

(ii) crying

(iii) to part

(iv) writing

(f) Punctuation

(i) What a beautiful girl!

(ii) The teachers' rooms are separate.

(iii) Yes, I will help, Sohan.

(iv) No, I don't want you here.

5. Prose - Passages

(a)

(i) (c) Nelson Mandela

(ii) (b) South Africa

(iii) (d) All these

(iv) (a) The establishment of a democratic government

(v) (a) bondage

(b)

(i) (a) A Letter to God

(ii) (c) Lencho

(iii) (c) One hundred pesos

(iv) (a) To God

(v) (b) Hailstorm

(c)

(i) (b) His First Flight

(ii) (a) A young seagull

(iii) (d) All these

(iv) (c) his family members

(v) (a) Dozing

8. Poem - Stanzas

(a)

(i) (a) The Tale of Custard the Dragon

(ii) (a) Dragon

(iii) (d) Custard

(iv) (c) Dragon

(v) (a) Simile

(b)

(i) (d) Amanda

(ii) (b) Not to eat chocolate

(iii) (b) Chocolate

(iv) (a) her mother

(v) (b) politely

10th, Revision Paper- 9

Updated on 20/04/2021

Revision Paper- 9 (Answer-Key)

1. Unseen Passages

(a)

(i) (c) by minding our thoughts

(ii) (a) our thoughts

(iii) (d) all these

(iv) (d) by observing our ourselves

(v) (b) immense

(b)

(i) (c) because it causes great damage when it shakes

(ii) (b) without a warning

(iii) (d) all of the above

(iv) (a) in 1968

(v) (b) immense

4. Grammar

(a) Verb Form

(i) comes

(ii) will catch

(iii) will have finished

(iv) was built

(b) Indirect Speech

(i) I asked him if he was happy.

(ii) Rinku says me that he likes tea.

(iii) They said that slow and steady wins the race.

(iv) He wished me Good morning and asked how I was.

(c) Articles

(i) the

(ii) x

(iii) The, a

(iv) the

(d) Non finites

(i) to sleep

(ii) to sell

(iii) laugh

(iv) smoking

(e) Modals

(i) should

(ii) May

(iii) might

(iv) Need

(f) Punctuation

(i) Mukesh will visit Mumbai in January.

(ii) "No", replied Rohit.

(iii) What do you want?

(iv) Hari, come here.

5. Prose - Passages

(a)

(i) (a) From the Diary of Anne Frank

(ii) (a) Anne Frank

(iii) (b) she has no close friend

(iv) Anne Frank

(v) (a) confide

(b)

(i) (b) The Black Aeroplane

(ii) (b) The pilot of Dakota Aeroplane

(iii) (a) It had no lights on its wings

(iv) (b) he was lost in the storm

(v) (d) All these

(c)

(i) (c) A Letter to God

(ii) (c) Farmer

(iii) (a) It began to rain

(iv) (a) new coins

(v) (d) fresh and sweet

8. Poem - Stanzas

(a)

(i) (b) John Berryman

(ii) (a) the boy

(iii) (c) he has lost his ball

(iv) (a) nature of loss

(v) (c) desperate

(b)

(i) (a) Dust of Snow

(ii) (b) crow

(iii) (c) hemlock tree

(iv) (b) abab

(v) (b) happiness

10th, Revision Paper - 8

Updated on 20/04/2021

Revision Paper- 8 (Answer-Key)

1. Unseen Passages

(a)

(i) (a)

(ii) (c)

(iii) (d)

(iv) (c)

(v) (a)

(b)

(i) (c)

(ii) (d)

(iii) (d)

(iv) (a)

(v) (d)

4. Grammar

(a) Verb Form

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(b) Indirect Speech

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(c) Articles

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(d) Non finites

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(e) Modals

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(f) Punctuation

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

5. Prose - Passages

(a)

(i) (a)

(ii) (c)

(iii) (d)

(iv) (d)

(v) (c)

(b)

(i) (b)

(ii) (b)

(iii) (b)

(iv) (c)

(v) (b)

(c)

(i) (a)

(ii) (c)

(iii) (a)

(iv) (d)

(v) (c)

8. Poem - Stanzas

(a)

(i) (b)

(ii) (d)

(iii) (c)

(iv) (c)

(v)

(b)

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

10th, Revision Paper- 7

Updated on 06/04/2021

Revision Paper- 7 (Answer-Key)

1. Unseen Passages

(a)

(i) (a) dowry

(ii) (c) both (a) and (b)

(iii) (d) dowry system

(iv) (c) both (a) and (b)

(v) (a) plot

(b)

(i) (c) both (a) and (b)

(ii) (d) all of these

(iii) (d) mental work

(iv) (a) mental work

(v) (d) all these

4. Grammar

(a) Verb Form

(i) am doing

(ii) shall be doing/shall have done

(iii) have been living

(iv) goes

(b) Indirect Speech

(i) Ankita suggested me that they should sit in the shade.

(ii) Pulkit said that he read the Tribune daily.

(iii) She said that that was her pen.

(iv) He wished me happy new year.

(c) Articles

(i) an

(ii) an

(iii) A/The

(iv) x

(d) Non finites

(i) to win

(ii) to run

(iii) playing

(iv) gardening

(e) Modals

(i) may

(ii) should

(iii) could

(iv) would

(f) Punctuation

(i) This is Mohit's house.

(ii) "Did you see the movie?", said Navtej.

(iii) He is an N.C.C. officer.

(iv) How are you?

5. Prose - Passages

(a)

(i) (a) A Letter To God

(ii) (c) hailstorm

(iii) (d) both a and b

(iv) (d) all these

(v) (c) Lencho

(b)

(i) (b) From the Dairy of Anne Frank

(ii) (b) Anne Frank

(iii) (b) Anne's Maths teacher

(iv) (c) She was asked to write an essay

(v) (b) Ingenuity

(c)

(i) (a) The Hundred Dresses

(ii) (c) Blue

(iii) (a) Peggy

(iv) (d) One Hundred

(v) (c) incredulously

8. Poem - Stanzas

(a)

(i) (b) Ogden Nash

(ii) (d) Belinda and her pets

(iii) (c) A Nasty sound

(iv) (c) Mews

(v) (b) Pirate

(b)

(i) (a) Leslie Norris

(ii) (d) Tiger

(iii) (a) Patrolling cars

(iv) (a) tiger

(v) (b) Brilliant

12th, Revision Paper - 10

Updated on 06/04/2021

Revision Paper- 10 (Answer-Key)

1. Unseen Passages

(a)

(i) (d) Youngsters

(ii) (a) Police and media

(iii) (b) Shopkeepers

(iv) (c) to exchange pleasantries

(v) (a) tremendous

(b)

(i) (d) all of the above

(ii) (d) all of the above

(iii) (b) a Dutch philosopher

(iv) (a) Albert Einstein

(v) (b) transient

2. Grammar

(A) Narration

(i) (b) Mother said that teas was ready.

(ii) (b) She asked the brother if he liked chocolate

(iii) (d) He said to open the door

(B) Articles

(i) (a) x

(ii) (d) the

(iii) (d) x

(C) Modals

(i) (c) would

(ii) (a) must

(iii) (b) May

(D) Voice

(i) (c) The spider was killed by the boy.

(ii) (b) I was kept waiting by Maya.

(iii) (b) The dress will be stitched in a week by Rosy.

(E) Verb form

(i) (c) worship

(ii) (a) is attending

(iii) (b) invited

7. Prose - Passages

(a)

(i) (b) Indigo

(ii) (a) Louis Fischer

(iv) (d) in Central India

(v) (d) Rajkumar Shukla

(b)

(i) (d) The Rattrap

(ii) (a) Selma Lagerlof

(iii) (d) all the above

(iv) (c) hammer strokes

(v) (c) both (a) and (b)

(c)

(i) (b) Shukla

(ii) (c) to the house of a lawyer

(iii) (d) because he was considered an untouchable

(iv) (c) The servants of Rajendra Prasad

(v) (c)

10. Poem - Stanzas

(a)

(i) (c) Keeping Quiet

(ii) (b) Pablo Neruda

(iii) (c) a huge silence

(iv) (b) the earth

(v) (b) interrupt

(b)

(i) (a) Keeping Quiet

(ii) (b) Pablo Neruda

(iii) (a) feelings of mutual understanding

(iv) (b) war against environment

(v) (b) useless

14. MCQ - Supplementary

(i) (c) both (a) and (b)

(ii) (d) hit Skunk's mommy

(iii) (a) his ladder falls back

(iv) (c) Jackson

(v) (c) Vadai or green banana bhaji

12th, Revision Paper - 9

Updated on 04/04/2021

Revision Paper- 9 (Answer-Key)

1. Unseen Passages

(a) (i) (d) Both (b) and (c)

(ii) (b) the age of Manu

(iii) (a) Their household duties left .....

(iv) (d) All are true

(v) (c) companion

(b) (i) (a) Reading Books

(ii) (d) All the above

(iii) (a) Beauties of nature

(iv) (d) all of the above

(v) (c) for reading books

2. Grammar

(A) Narration

(i) (c) He said that he would go on the top.

(ii) (b) He asked what the colour of her hair was.

(iii) (b) Rohit bade good night to me.

(B) Articles

(i) (c) the

(ii) (c) the

(iii) (c) an

(C) Modals

(i) (b) will

(ii) (b) might

(iii) (b) dare

(D) Voice

(i) (a) By whom is a noise being made?

(ii) (b) It is time for food to be cooked.

(iii) (c) You are forbidden to irritate the child.

(E) Verb form

(i) (a) smell

(ii) (a) have never seen

(iii) (c) was watching

7. Prose - Passages

(a) (i) (a) The Last Lesson

(ii) (c) Franz

(iii) (c) M. Hamel

(iv) (a) she is putting off learning till tomorrow

(v) (c) French

(b) (i) (b) Lost Spring

(ii) (c) Anees Jung

(iii) (a) Priest

(iv) (d) A pair of boots

(v) (a) Anees Jung

(c) (i) (d) Deep Water

(ii) (c) William Douglas

(iii) (a) He struck at the water

(iv) (d) all of the above

(v) (d) all of the above

10. Poem - Stanzas

(a) (i) (c) Aunt Jennifer's Tigers

(ii) (a) Adrienne Rich

(iii) (c) Aunt Jennifer

(iv) (b) terrified

(v) (c) both (a) and (b)

(b) (i) (d) A Thing of Beauty

(ii) (a) John Keats

(iii) (b) covert

(iv) (c) they make a cooling covert for themselves

(v) (b) musk-rose flower

14. MCQ - Supplementary

(i) (d) all of these

(ii) (b) to get him slained by his private assassins

(iii) (d) Shunk

(iv) (c) hear it on the roof

(v) (b) he was a parson

12th, Revision Paper- 8

Updated on 03/04/2021

Revision Paper- 8 (Answer-Key)

1. Unseen Passages

(a) (i) (b) in our leisure time

(ii) (a) pleasant intervals

(iii) (b) choice

(iv) (d) glamour

(v) (c) temperament

(b) (i) (c) politics and morals

(ii) (d) all of the above

(iii) (c) both (a) and (b)

(iv) (d) Mahatma Gandhi

(v) (b) cunning

2. Grammar

(A) Narration

(i) (b) He said that he liked swimming.

(ii) (c) Mohan said that he had met Radha the previous day.

(iii) (b) she requested me to help her.

(B) Articles

(i) (b) x

(ii) (b) the

(iii) (c) a

(C) Modals

(i) (c) May

(ii) (c) must

(iii) (c) would

(D) Voice

(i) (a) Four letters had been typed by the typist

(ii) (b) A letter is being written by Sita.

(iii) (a) By whom was this cup broken?

(E) Verb form

(i) (b) saw

(ii) (b) has been raining

(iii) (c) had finished

7. Prose - Passages

(a) (i) (b) Deep Water

(ii) (c) William Douglas

(iii) (d) Both (a) and (b)

(iv) (b) swimming

(v) (a) misadventure

(b) (i) (d) Muzzafarpur

(ii) (c) to obtain complete information

(iii) (a) Professor J. B. Kriplani

(iv) (b) at midnight

(v) (d) college students

(c) (i) (d) Lost Spring

(ii) (b) Anees Jung

(iii) (b) means of wonder

(iv) (a) means of survival

(v) (b) finding more silver coins

10. Poem - Stanzas

(a) (i) (b) An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum

(ii) (a) Stephen Spender

(iii) (c) the unnoted sweet boy

(iv) (a) squirrel's game

(v) (b) stunted

(b) (i) (b) Aunt Jennifer's Tigers

(ii) (c) Adrienne Rich

(iii) (c) her husband

(iv) (c) Aunt Jennifer

(v) (d) both (a) and (b)

14. MCQ - Supplementary

(i) (a) The World

(ii) (c) it was a white man

(iii) (b) like roses

(iv) (c) because of acid

(v) (c) Judewin

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