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Read the extracts given be1ow and answer the questions that follow :

And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep Steady thy laden head across a brook,


Or by a cider-press, with patient look;


Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.


(a) What is being described in the first two lines ?


(b) Why does the person crossing the brook have to keep his head steady ?


(c) What is a cider-press ?


(d) What is the person sitting by the side of the cider-press doing ?


(a) The autumn’ s harvest is being described in the first two lines.


(b) The person crossing the brook has to keep his head steady because he has weight on his head and he has to make sure that whatever he is carrying on his head should not fall down.


(c) A cider-press is a equipment or in this context, it can be a mill where equipments are employed to crush apples to extract their juices and make cider.


(d) The person who is sitting by the side of the cider-press is actually autumn, who is being personified as a woman in the poem. The poet says that autumn is patiently watching how the juice is being extracted from the apples by the cider-press for several hours and she is mesmerized by it.


(e) In the lines mentioned above, a metaphor is being used. Autumn is being compared to a gleaner who is carrying the leftover harvest on his head and thus has to keep his head steady while crossing the stream.


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7

(A) Rearrange the following words and phrases into meaningful sentences.

(a) is/each/a/one of us/person/unique


Ans: Each one of us is a unique person.


(b) proud/we/abilities/our/should/of/be.


Ans: We should be proud of our abilities.


(c) compare/should not/ourselves/we/with others.


(B) You are suffering from recurrent sore throat. You visit an E.N.T.


specialist who suggests a minor surgery. Frame six questions you would like to ask the doctor. You may use the following clues :


(a) Cause


(b) why medication will not help/why surgery necessary


(c) duration of treatment


(d) Cost


(e) Precautions


(e) Precautions


(C) The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the error and the correction in your answer book against the correct blank number. Remember to underline the word you have supplied.



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Read the extracts given be1ow and answer the questions that follow :

“Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul -


And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all -


(a) Name the poem and the poet.


(b) To what does the poet compare hope ?


(c) Where does hope dwell ?


(d) What is remarkable about the tune of hope ?


(e) Explain : And never stops - at all.


 9

Answer the following in 50-60 words : How does Sergeant Major Morris’ warning turn out to be true ?

OR


Do you think Lord Weston responded sensibly to the situation ? Give a reasoned answer.


 10

(A) Answer any two of the following in 80-100 words each :

(a) Despite Mr. Verma’s irrational and eccentric behaviour Rakesh continues to sincerely perform his duties as a son and doctor. Comment.


(b) What values are highlighted by Ruskin Bond in “What’s Your Dream”? How important are these values ?


(c) What distinction does Robert Lynd make between mosquitoes and wasps, and bees ?


(B) Answer the following in 120-150 words :


What is the attitude of the children to Marian ? How is Freda different from them ?


OR


What are Nehru’s views on danger ? Why should we look at danger positively ?