Board Paper-2017, SET-A
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5.Read the passage given below and answer the questions
that follow. Do any two passages : (a) All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope
: the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything,
even what is deep in one's conscience. Lencho was an ox of a man, working
like an animal in the fields, but still he knew how to write. The following
Sunday, at daybreak, he began to write a letter which he himself would carry
to town and place in the mail. It was nothing less than a letter to God. |
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5 (i)
Name the chapter and its author. (ii)
What kind of a man was Lencho ? (iii)
To whom did Lencho write a letter ? (iv)
What was Lencho's purpose in writing the letter ? (v)
Find words from the passage which mean the same as : (a)
hard working man (b) in
the early morning |
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(b) On the day of the inauguration, I was overwhelmed with a
sense of history. In the first decade of the twentieth century, a few years
after the bitter Anglo-Boer war and before my own birth, the white
skinned peoples of South Africa patched up their differences and erected a
system of racial domination against the dark-skinned peoples of their own
land. The structure they created formed the basis of one of the harshest,
most inhumane, societies the world has ever known. Now, in the last decade of
the twentieth century, and my own eighth decade as a man, that system had
been overturned forever and replaced by one that recognized the rights and
freedoms of all peoples, regardless of the colour of their skin. |
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5 (i) Name the chapter and its author. (ii) What was the author overwhelmed with on the day of
inauguration ? (iii) What kind of system did the white-skinned people of
South Africa create ? (iv) What did the new system recognize ? (v) Find words from the passage which mean the same as : (a) overflowed (b) pitiless |
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(c) "Paris Control ? Paris Control ? Can you hear me ?" There was no answer. The radio was dead too. I had no radio,
no compass, and I could not see where I was. I was lost in the storm. Then,
in the black clouds quite near me, I saw another aeroplane. It had no lights
on its wings, but I could see it flying next to me through the storm. I could
see the pilot's face – turned towards me. I was very glad to see another person. He lifted one hand and
waved. "Follow me," he was saying. "Follow me." "He knows that I am lost," I thought. "He's
trying to help me." He turned his aeroplane slowly to the north, in front of my
Dakota, so that it would be easier for me to follow him. I was very happy to
go behind the strange aeroplane like an obedient child. |
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5 (i) Name the chapter and its author. (ii) How do you know the pilot was completely lost in the
storm ? (iii) Where did the writer see another plane ? (iv) What did the pilot of Dakota do when the other pilot gave
him a signal ? (v) Find words from the passage which mean the same as : (a) instrument for telling direction (b) to come after |
Board Paper-2017, SET-B
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5.Read the passage given below and answer the questions
that follow. Do any two passages : (a) "Writing in a diary is a really strange experience
for someone like me. Not only because I've never written anything before, but
also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be
interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old school girl. Oh well, it
doesn't matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get
all kinds of things off my chest. 'Paper has more patience than people,' I thought of this
saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was
sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether
to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding. Yes, paper does
have more patience, and since I'm not planning to let anyone else read this
stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a 'diary', unless I should
ever find a real friend, it probably won't make a bit of difference. |
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5 (i) Who is the writer of these lines ? (ii) What is the age of the writer ? (iii) What does she say about writing in a diary ? (iv) How does she refer to the diary ? (v) Find words from the passage which mean the same as : (a) thoughts (b) forbearance |
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(b) Today, Monday, Wanda Petronski was not in her seat. But
nobody, not even Peggy and Madeline, the girls who started all the fun,
noticed her absence. Usually Wanda sat in the seat next to the last seat in
the last row in Room Thirteen. She sat in the corner of the room where the
rough boys who did not make good marks sat, the corner of the room where
there was most scuffling of feet, most roars of laughter when anything funny
was said, and most mud and dirt on the floor. Wanda did not sit there because
she was rough and noisy. On the contrary, she was very quiet and rarely said
anything at all. And nobody had ever heard her laugh out loud. Sometimes she
twisted her mouth into a crooked sort of smile, but that was all. |
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5 (i) Name the chapter and its author. (ii) Where did Wanda Petronski usually sit ? (iii) How did most of the boys create fun in the classroom ? (iv) What kind of a girl was Wanda ? (v) Find words from the passage which mean the same as : (a) creating noise by thumping shoes (b) on the other hand |
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(c) While the class was circling the room, the monitor from
the principal's office brought Miss Mason a note. Miss Mason read it several
times and studied it thoughtfully for a while. Then, she clapped her hands.
"Attention, class. Everyone back to their seat." When the shuffling
of feet had stopped and the room was still and quiet, Miss Mason said,
"I have a letter from Wanda's father that I want to read to you."
Miss Mason stood there a moment and the silence in the room grew tense and
expectant. The teacher adjusted her glasses slowly and deliberateIy. Her
manner indicated that what was coming –– this letter from Wanda's father ––
was a matter of great importance. Everybody listened closely as Miss Mason
read the brief note. |
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5 (i) Name the chapter and its author. (ii) What happened when the class was circling the room ? (iii) Why did Miss Mason read the letter of Wanda's father
several times ? (iv) What happened when she said that she wanted to read the
letter to the class ? (v) Find words from the passage which mean the same as : (a) serious (b) short |
Board Paper-2017, SET-C
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5. Read the passage given below and answer the
questions that follow. Do any two passages: (a) The baker made his musical entry on the scene with the
'jhang, jhang' sound of his specially made bamboo staff. One hand supported
the basket on his head and the other banged the bamboo on the ground. He
would greet the lady of the house with "Good morning" and then
place his basket on the vertical bamboo. We kids would be pushed aside with a
mild rebuke and the loaves would be delivered to the servant. But we would
not give up. We would climb a bench or the parapet and peep into the basket,
somehow. I can still recall the typical fragrance of those loaves. Loaves for
the elders and the bangles for the children. Then we did not even care to
brush our teeth or wash our mouths properly. And why should we ? Who would
take the trouble of plucking the mango-leaf for the toothbrush ? And why was
it necessary at all ? The tiger never brushed his teeth. Hot tea could wash
and clean up everything so nicely, after all ! |
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5 (i) Name the chapter and its author. (ii) How did the baker make his musical entry ? (iii) What can the author still recall ? (iv) What did the author and other kids do to look into the
baker's basket ? (v) Find words from the passage which mean the same as : (a) helped (b) welcome |
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(b) The climb to the Brahmagiri hills brings you into a
panoramic view of the entire misty landscape of Coorg. A walk across the rope
bridge leads to the sixty-four acre island of Nisargadhama. Running into
Buddhist monks from India's largest Tibetan settlement, at nearby Bylakuppe,
is a bonus. The monks, in red, ochre and yellow robes, are amongst the many
surprises that wait to be discovered by visitors searching for the heart and
soul of India, right here in Coorg. |
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5 (i) Name the chapter and its author. (ii) What view is seen from the Brahmagiri hills ? (iii) How can we reach Nisargadhama island ? (iv) Why do visitors visit Coorg ? (v) Find words from the passage which mean the same as : (a) beautiful (b) full of mist |
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(c) "I have been reading as much as I could about
tea," Rajvir said. ''No one really knows who discovered tea but there
are many legends." "What legends ?" "Well, there's the
one about the Chinese emperor who always boiled water before drinking it. One
day a few leaves of the twigs burning under the pot fell into the water
giving it a delicious flavour. It is said they were tea-leaves."
"Tell me another !" scoffed Pranjol. ''We have an Indian legend
too. Bodhidharma, an ancient "Buddhist ascetic, cut off his eyelids
because he felt sleepy during meditations. Ten tea plants grew out of the
eyelids. The leaves of these plants when put in hot water and drunk banished
sleep. |
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5 (i) Name the chapter and its author. (ii) What kind of water did the Chinese emperor drink ? (iii) What happened when a few leaves of the twigs fell into
the water kept for boiling ? (iv) How could the sleep be banished ? (v) Find words from the passage which mean the same as : (a) myths (b) branches |
Board Paper-2017, SET-D
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5. Read the passage given below and answer the
questions that follow. Do any two passages : (a) With the opening of that sack began a phase of my life
that has not yet ended, and may, for all I know, not end before I do. It is,
in effect, a thraldom to otters, an otter fixation, that I have since found
to be shared by most other people, who have ever owned one. The creature that
emerged from this sack on to the spacious tiled floor of the Consulate
bedroom resembled most of all a very small, medievally-conceived, dragon.
From the head to the tip of the tail he was coated with symmetrical pointed
scales of mud armour, between whose tips was visible a soft velvet fur like
that of a chocolate-brown mole. He shook himself, and I half expected a cloud
of dust, but in fact it was not for another month that I managed to remove
the last of the mud and see the otter, as it were, in his true colours. |
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5 (i) Name the chapter and its author. (ii) Which creature emerged from the sack ? (iii) What started for the author with the opening of the sack
? (iv) How did the otter look like ? (v) Find words from the passage which mean the same as : (a) a large bag (b) came |
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(b) There was a girl named Valliammai who was called Valli for
short. She was eight years old and very curious about things. Her favourite
pastime was standing in the front doorway of her house, watching what was
happening in the street outside. There were no playmates of her own age on
her street, and this was about all she had to do. But for Valli, standing at
the front door was every bit as enjoyable as any of the elaborate games other
children play. Watching the street gave her many new unusual experiences. The
most fascinating thing of all was the bus that travelled between her village
and the nearest town. It passed through her street each hour, once
going to the town and once coming back. The sight of the bus, filled each
time with a new set of passengers, was a source of unending joy for Valli. |
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5 (i) Name the chapter and its author. (ii) Tell about Valli's favourite pastime. (iii) How many playmates of her age did Valli have ? (iv) What was the most fascinating thing for Valli ? (v) Find words from the passage which mean the same as : (a) eager (b) hobby |
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(c) Gautama Buddha (563 B. C. – 483 B. C.) began life as a
prince named Siddhartha Gautama, in northern India. At twelve, he was sent
away for schooling in the Hindu sacred scriptures and four years later he
returned home to marry a princess. They had a son and lived for ten years as
befitted royalty. At about the age of twenty-five, the Prince,
heretofore shielded from the sufferings of the world, while out hunting
chanced upon a sick man, then an aged man, then a funeral procession, and
finally a monk begging for alms. These sights so moved him that he at once
became a beggar and went out into the world to seek enlightenment concerning
the sorrows he had witnessed. |
Questions : 1 × 5 = 5 (i) Name the chapter and its author. (ii) Who studied the holy books in the passage ? (iii) At what age was he married ? (iv) When did he see a sick and old man ? (v) Find words from the passage which mean the same as : (a) pious (b) religious books |