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Choose the correct options to fill in the blanks to complete the note about the Wangala Festival of Meghalaya.

The Wangala -(i)- festival for the Garo in Meghalaya, Assam and Nagaland. It is a post- harvest festival -(ii)- the end of the agricultural year. It is popularly known as ‘The Hundred Drums’ festival. During the signature dance, the leading warrior -(iii)- with synchronised dance steps and specific hand-head movements.


(i) a) is important


b) are an important


c) was the important


d) is an important


(ii) a) being celebrated for marking


b) celebrated to mark


c) celebrated to marking


d) being celebrated for mark


(iii) a) leads the youngsters


b) is lead the youngsters





c) was leading the youngsters


d) had leads the youngsters



(i) d)


(ii) b)


(iii) a)


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1

Read the extracts given below and attempt ANY ONE, by answering the questions that follow.

A) Suddenly she was startled by a voice. “Listen, child,” said the voice, “you shouldn’t


stand like that. Sit down.”


Sitting down, she looked to see who had spoken. It was an elderly man who had honestly been concerned for her, but she was annoyed by his attention.


“There’s nobody here who’s a child,” she said haughtily. “I’ve paid my thirty paise like everyone else.”


The conductor chimed in. “Oh, sir, but this is a very grown-up madam. Do you think a mere girl could pay her own fare and travel to the city all alone?”


Valli shot an angry glance at the conductor and said, “I am not a madam. Please re- member that. And you’ve not yet given me my ticket.”


“I’ll remember,” the conductor said, mimicking her tone. Everyone laughed, and gradually Valli too joined in the laughter.


i. How did Valli feel when the elderly man expressed concern that she was standing?


a) Rather shocked


b) Somewhat happy


c) Fairly displeased


d) Quite embarrassed


ii. Choose the option that lists the set of statements that are NOT TRUE according to the given extract.


1) Valli was travelling without a guardian.


2) The conductor was bullying Valli.


3) Valli was nervous in her interactions.


4) Valli was a child passenger.


5) Valli followed the elderly man’s advice.


6) Valli’s response to the elderly man was respectful.


7) It took Valli some time to participate in the jocular conversations.





a) 2, 3, 4


b) 5, 6, 7


c) 3, 5, 7


d) 2, 3, 6


iii. Pick the option that correctly classifies fact/s(F) and opinion/s (O) of the students below.



a) F - 1,2 and O - 3,4


b) F - 2,3,4 and O - 1


c) F - 2,4 and O - 1,3


d) F - 3 and O - 1,2,4


iv. Which word does ‘chimed in’ NOT correspond to?


a) Intervened


b) Interrupted


c) Intersected


d) Interjected


v. Choose the characteristic displayed by the conductor when he addressed Valli and declared that she couldn’t be ‘a mere girl’.


a) encouragement


b) indulgence


c) embarrassment


d) authority


OR


(B)


The baker or bread-seller of those days had a peculiar dress known as the kabai. It was a single piece long frock reaching down to the knees. In our childhood we saw bakers wearing shirt and trousers which were shorter than full-length ones and longer than half pants. Even today, anyone who wears a half pant which reaches just below the knees invites the comment that he is dressed like a pader!


i. Choose the answer that lists the correct option about the recording of the baker’s monthly accounts.



a) Option (1)


b) Option (2)


c) Option (3)


d) Option (4)


ii. When the writer says, ‘Baking was indeed a profitable profession in the old days.’, he means that


a) baking isn’t as popular in Goa currently.


b) bakers have chosen to adopt other professions.


c) baking, as a job, isn’t as gainful as it used to be.


d) bakers’ goods were of a better quality in earlier times.


iii. The statement that is TRUE about payment collection, according to the passage is:


a) The baker received payment on a daily basis.


b) The baker was paid for his services at the end of the month.


c) The baker insisted that customers pay before the month-end.


d) The baker chose to receive payment any day of the month.


iv. The kabai was a ‘peculiar’ outfit as it was


a) a tight-fitting apparel.


b) too colourful.


c) made of unsuitable materials.


d) a dress-like attire.


v. The extract uses the phrase, ‘invites (the) comments’. Which of the following expressions is incorrect with respect to the word ‘invites’ ?



a) Option (1)


b) Option (2)


c) Option (3)


d) Option (4)



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Read the extracts given below and attempt ANY ONE, by answering the questions that follow.

(A) But he’s locked in a concrete cell, His strength behind bars,


Stalking the length of his cage, Ignoring visitors.


He hears the last voice at night, The patrolling cars,


And stares with his brilliant eyes At the brilliant stars


i. The fact that the tiger is ‘stalking the length of his cage’ tells us that he is


a) restless.


b) reckless.


c) resilient.


d) reverent.


ii. What is the rhyme scheme of the given stanzas?


a) abcb; abcb


b) abcb; abcd


c) abcd; abcd


d) abcd; abcb


iii. These stanzas bring out the contrast between


a) zoos and cities.


b) strength and weakness.


c) freedom and captivity.


d) visitors and patrolling cars.


iv. What is the caged tiger NOT likely to say to the visitors?


a) “Stop staring”.


b) “Set me free”.


c) “Join me".


d) “Go away”.


v. The tiger’s ‘brilliant eyes’ reveal that he


a) hopes to be free and in the wild, someday.


b) is looked after well and is nourished and healthy.


c) enjoys staring at the bright stars each night.


d) is well-rested and hence, wide-awake.


OR


(B) I saw it go


Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then Merrily over — there it is in the water!


No use to say ‘O there are other balls’: An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy


As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down All his young days into the harbour where His ball went


i. The poet uses the ball as a symbol of theboy’s


a) sense of adventure.


b) carefree childhood days.


c) ability to bounce back.


d) extended family.


ii. The poet feels that there is no point consoling the boy as


a) it would give him false hope.


b) he might demand for a new ball.


c) it might distress him further.


d) whatever he has lost is irretrievable.


iii. The word ‘harbour’ DOES NOT have a meaning similar to


a) port.


b) pier.


c) dock.


d) cargo.


iv. ‘Merrily over — there it is in the water!’ The dash here is meant to convey


a) some familiar experience.


b) a feeling of excitement.


c) a sense of unexpected interruption.


d) some thoughtful moments.


v. The word that DOES NOT indicate a physical manifestation of sorrow in the boy, is


a) worthless.


b) shaking.


c) trembling.


d) rigid.


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Choose the correct options to fill in the blanks to complete Venu’s narration.


I saw Supanddi standing in the field. When I -(i)- doing there, he -(ii)- he was trying to win a Nobel prize. I was confused and enquired how standing in the rice field would help him do so. He stumped me by saying that he -(iii)- won Nobel prizes had all been out- standing in their fields!


(i) a) exclaimed what he was


b) told him what he was


c) asked him what he was


d) says to him about what


(ii) a) ordered that


b) refused that


c) questioned that


d) replied that


(iii) a) has heard that people who has


b) was hearing that people who were


c) had heard that people who had


d) did hear that people who had


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Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct options for ANY FOUR of the six sentences given below.

(i) You consult the Thesaurus if you need groups of synonyms for those


words.


a) had to


b) need to


c) used to


d) might


(ii) Everybody keen to participate in the upcoming nukkad natak.


a) are


b) has


c) is


d) were


(iii) The good news is that… volunteers dropped out this month than the last two.


a) fewer


b) less


c) few


d) a little


(iv) It was …………… historic day for the organisation when honour was bestowed


upon its employees.


a) a; an


b) an; the


c) the; a


d) an; a


(v) At this time tomorrow we our project details to ma’am.


a) are presenting


b) shall be presenting


c) have been presenting


d) will have presenting


(vi) The Komodo dragon follow its prey till it will eventually dies due to its


venomous bite.


a) must


b) will


c) could


d) may