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Write a story in 150-200 words with the help of the following outline. Give it a suitable title also.

Bunya was a foolish boy, who was as attention seeker. He was a woodcutter and would go deep into the jungle to cut trees. One day he wanted to do an act of mischief. He shouted at the top of his voice, “There’s a tiger, there’s a tiger … ….”


OR


On Sunday I was watching TV. Suddenly I heard people shouting outside….


How Bunya became the hero?

Bunya was a foolish boy, who was as attention seeker. He was a woodcutter and would go deep into the jungle to cut trees. One day he wanted to do an act of mischief. He shouted at the top of his voice, “There’s a tiger, there’s a tiger….” The nearby villagers got frightened and rushed towards their homes. After a few minutes a man who was working in the fields near Bunya shouted and told everyone that there was no tiger around. On hearing this, Bunya started laughing and all the people of the village got angry on this mischief of his. People started talking about him in groups and called him a stupid boy who shouldn’t be trusted.

On the next day while Bunya was following his regular routine of cutting trees he heard 3 men passing through the jungle. They were talking about stealing gold and other valuable things from the houses that keep their windows open at night. Bunya waited for them to pass by and rushed back to inform the villagers about their plans. But knowing how mischievous he was no one was ready to believe him. He tried to convince them and confessed that he was a playing a mischief the other day but now he was serious. He even informed this to his mother who didn’t pay much attention to it. Finally he decided to catch the thieves red handed.

At night he was alarmed and noticed the houses whose windows were open. He heard footsteps approaching and peeped out through his window. He saw the three men moving into three different houses. He woke his mother and pleaded her to believe him. He took her to one of those houses and started knocking heavily at the door. When the people woke up they were shocked to see the thieves. All three of them were caught and tied with the rope while waiting for the police to come.

The villagers thanked Bunya for saving them from being looted and also said sorry for not believing him. They also advised him not to play such mischief’s that can be misleading. From that day Bunya became the hero of the village.

OR

A tragic Sunday

On Sunday I was watching TV. Suddenly I heard people shouting outside and rushed towards my window to check what had happened. There was a foot-bridge collapse at the main road crossing and some people were badly injured. The people around were shouting to call more people for help so that they could be rushed to the hospital.

When our family shifted here there was no footbridge and after a year the new local Government passed a project of constructing one for the convenience of passer-by’s. As far as I know, such constructions take about 6-8 months but this one was labelled to be an ‘urgent project’ and the construction was completely within 3 months. No one interfered in their matter because engineers had come in to check the viability and everything was fine. But this sudden collapse was a result of hurried construction, the cost of which could be lives of many. Thankfully, it was a Sunday and not many people were using the bridge or else this road is fully congested and this would have resulted in a major accident. I couldn’t go out because I was alone at home. According to next day’s newspaper reports, 3 people were injured and recovering whereas no one else was harmed.

I hope constructions are done with more care and precaution. Ignorance of one can cost lives of many. The authorities need to be more careful.

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Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions that follow.

1. Overpowering prey is a challenge for creatures that do not have limbs. Some species like Russell’s viper inject poison. Some others opt for an alternative non-chemical method-rat snakes, for instance, catch and push their prey against the ground, while pythons use their muscle power to crush their prey to death. But snake can’t be neatly divided into poisonous and non-poisonous categories.


2. Even species listed as non-poisonous aren’t completely free of poison. The common Sand Boa, for instance, produces secretion particularly poisonous to birds. So the species doesn’t take any chance – it crushes its prey and injects poison as an extra step.


3. Do vipers need poison powerful enough to kill hundreds of rats with just one drop? After all, they eat only one or two at a time.


4. While hunting animals try their worst to kill most efficiently, their prey use any trick to avoid becoming a meal, such as developing immunity to poison. For instance, Californian ground squirrels are resistant to poison. For instance, Californian grounds squirrels are resistant to Northern Pacific rattlesnake poison.


5. Competition with prey is not the only thing driving snakes to evolve more and more deadly poison. Snakes also struggle to avoid becoming prey themselves.


6. Some snake killers have partial immunity to poison Famously, mongooses are highly resistant to cobra poison, and with their speed and agility, kill snakes fearlessly. It would be the death of cobras as a species if they didn’t evolve a more deadly poison to stop mongooses.


7. Poison has another important role. It’s an extreme meat softener; specific enzymes break up the inside of the prey. Normally, a reptile depends on the sun’s warm rays to aid digestion.


8. But I wonder if we cannot use venom in our favour. In remote parts of India, local hospitality often involves leather- tough meat. I chew and chew until my jaws ache. If I spit it out or refuse, our hots would be offended, I swallow like a python stuffing a deer down its throat and hope I don’t choke. If only I had poison.


2.1 Read the question given below and answer any four in 30-40 words each.


(a) Russell viper and rat snake have different methods to attack prey. How?


(b) How does Sand Boa kill its prey?


(c) There is a constant tussle between the hunting animal and its prey? Why?


(d) What makes mongoose a snake predator?

(e) What difficulty does the writer face when he is entertained in the remote parts of India?


2.2 On the basis of your reading of the above passage fill in any two of the following blanks.


i. Overpowering ………………… is a challenge for creatures that do not have limbs.


a. a kiler b. humans c. a python d. prey


ii. Poison ………………… meat.


a. enhances taste of b. hardens


c. softens d. breaks down


2.3 Find word from the passage which mean the same as:


a. Another (para I)


b. Liquid substance released from glands (para 2)


c. Particular (para 7)

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You are Tanvi/Shirish of Safdarjung Development Area, New Delhi. You are extremely disturbed about the attacks on old people living alone. Write a letter in 100-120 words to the Editor, ‘The New Indian News’ making people sensitive to the authorities to ensure that such attacks do not take place.

OR


You are Ravi/Raveena, Sports Secretary of your school. Write an article in 100-120 words on the topic, ‘Importance of Outdoor Games in the life of a teenager.’


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Fill in any four of the following blanks choosing the most appropriate option from the ones given below. Write the answers in your answer – sheet against the correct black numbers.

Delhi (a) _____ the capital of India. People from all parts (b) _____ the capital and world come to visit Delhi. There (c) _____ many historical building here. Last year I, (d) _____ Delhi. I also watched (e) _____ Commonwealth Games 2010.


(a) (i) was (ii) is (iii) are (iv) being


(b) (i) of (ii) from (iii) for (iv) at


(c) (i) being (ii) are (iii) been (iv) were


(d) (i) visit (ii) visiting (iii) visited (v) some


(e) (i) a (ii) an (iii) the (iv) some

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The following paragraph has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the error along with its correction in the space provided. Do any four.