1. Unseen Passage
(i) (d) The Enlightened one
(ii) (a) Siddhartha
(iii)(a) Prince Siddhartha's charioteer
(iv) (b) the life outside his father's palace
(v) (d) all of the above
2. On the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes on it in points only, using abbreviations, wherever necessary. Also, suggest a suitable title. 5
Answer:
1. How to control common cold:
1.1 No cure to control it
1.2 Cure available, for Typhus & Plague
1.3 Cold not yet solved
2. Reasons for cold:
2.1 It is a viral infection
2.2 It is called Rhinoviruses
3. Identifying viruses:
3.1 Smaller than bacteria so can’t be seen with ordinary microscopes
3.2 Cannot be easily cultivated in bacteriologists lab.
4. No immunity from cold:
4.1 viruses causing cold attacks only on surface & not bloodstream
4.2 cannot be opposed by anti-bodies
4.3 imm. from one virus doesn’t guarantee protection from all
♦ List of Abbreviations
Eff. – effective
& – and
avail. – available
prob. – problem
infec. – infection
lab. – laboratory
Dev. – development
no. – number
imm. – immunver Common Cold
4. Grammar
i. had started
ii. has been
iii. The old man told that Ashoka (had) believed in justice.
iv. the
v. A number of things were stolen by the thief.
vi. My sister baked the cake for the party.
vii. can
5. Passage
(i). c. Prussian forces have taken over the region
(ii) c. The Prussians have ordered that only German would be taught
(iii) b. He regrets it
(iv) c. The significance of his French heritage and culture
(v) c. The importance of one's mother tongue and the impact of political changes on education
OR
i. b) Beauty brings joy that lasts forever
ii. b) It increases constantly
iii. sweet dreams
iv. b) It is a resting place
v. b) Dreams, health, and tranquility
Q.6 What is Saheb looking for in the garbage dumps?
Ans. Saheb is a ragpicker. He scrounges the garbage dumps for bits of paper, rags, plastic items, etc. These are gold for him. He makes his living by selling these things.
Q.7 How did the Champaran episode change the plight of the peasants?Ans. The Champaran episode changed the condition of the peasants. The Peasants now gained courage. They saw that they had defenders of their rights. One by one the British planters left their estates. These estates came back to the peasants. Indigo sharecropping disappeared for ever.
Q. 8 What is the ‘sadness’ that the poet refers to in the poem 'Keeping Quiet'?
Ans. Man’s sadness is the result of his own thinking and actions. He fails to understand himself. He is always in hurry. He has no time to think over his actions. He has no time for self introspections. That is why he often remains sad.
Q.9 Why has the mother been compared to the ‘late winter’s moon’?
Ans. Because the late winter’s moon looks very pale and colourless. The poetess’ mother is also old. She looks pale like late winter’s moon. That is why her mother has been compared to the ‘late winter’s moon.’