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Complete the story in 150-200 words which starts like this:

“It was a quiet, cold and dark night like it usually is in winter when all retire to bed early. Suddenly at the dead of night, a shriek jerked the people in the building out of their beds. It was distinctly the voice of …………”

It was a quiet, cold and dark night like it usually is in winter when all retire to bed early. Suddenly at the dead of night, a shriek jerked the people in the building out of their beds. It was distinctly the voice of an alien who accidently landed on earth the scream was loud and disturbing people in the area got up from their bed and looked for the source of sound everyone was surprised to see an alien creature in the snow which made children to cry out of fear because it was not looking like living beings it had a huge head and the alien began roaring and started screaming through the colony everyone started closing their door and finally we saw a light from the sky which was like a spaceship a handpicked the alien from the ground and lifted and spacecraft left with a huge noise and dust.


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The recent increase in crimes against people of the Northeast, especially in the cities, has highlighted the growing problem faced by the community. Fear of violence continues to worry them. Write a letter in 100-120 words to the Editor of The Times of India expressing your concern over the recent death of a young student resulting from a racial comment against people from Northeast. Suggest what steps the government should take to solve this problem. You are Aanchal/Aryan, a resident of A-12, East of Kailash, N. Delhi.

Hints: racial comments, attacks – rude behaviour, hurt feelings of our own fellow citizens – disharmony – dents the image of


our country – steps to solve this problem.

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One of the key messages of the Prime Minister’s Independence Day speech was ‘Clean India’. The Government has taken an initiative for cleaning the river especially ‘The Ganges’. The Government has also urged the people of India to realize the dream of ‘Clean India’. Write an article in 100-120 words mentioning the measures people can take for a cleaner and greener India.

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You have been preparing for the National Talent Search Examination for the last one year and have got a very good rank. Write your story in 150-200 words using the following cues.

Humble family background – ambition to be something – scholarship, a means to that – preparation – help from the teachers – use of library – examination – result.

 5

Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate words from the given options.

Today a good (a) ………. varieties of tea and tea brands are available in the market. Green tea is popular (b) ………. China and the Far East. In Japan, the tea ceremony is a traditional way of greeting guests, (c) ……… is a social occasion.


(a) (i) very


(ii) many


(iii) much


(iv) more


(b) (i) on


(ii) at


(iii) in


(iv) for


(c) (i) and


(ii) it


(iii) both


(iv) this