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Develop the following into a short story in about 150-200 words:

One night as I was returning back from work, I saw a thief breaking into my neighbour’s house. Instead of raising an alarm, I decided 10

One night as I was returning back from work, I saw a thief breaking into my neighbour’s house. Instead of raising an alarm, I decided to catch him immediately when he saw me he began rushed out of the gate and started his scooter and tried to escape but my neighbour heard some sound and he got up and saw the thief who is trying to escape immediately he took his revolver and pointed it to the thief whose face was covered with mask and asked him not to move and suddenly i caught him and asked him to remove his mask and at that time my neighbour informed it to the police but the thief was not ready to show his face and forcefully I removed the mask and i was surprised to see my neighbours office staff and enquired him why he came there at that time due to fear he told us that he was in search of a file to do a spy work against the company suddenly police arrived and arrested him my neighbour thanked me for helping him.


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You happened to overhear a conversation:

Rahul: Where have you planned to go during the summer holidays?


Jeevan: I wish I could go boating on Dal Lake.


Rahul: Is it safe to go to Kashmir now? Don’t you hear a lot about terrorism in the newspapers?


You are the newly appointed Tourism Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir. On hearing this dialogue, you decide to write a letter in about 100-120 words to the Tourism Minister on how you propose to bring more tourists to the state. 5

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You are Arpita or Ashwin. You came across the following extract in a magazine. 5

After reading this extract you realized that awareness has to be created among the people on the need for health care and the consequences of a sedentary life. Taking ideas from the unit on ‘Health and Medicine’ along with your own ideas, write an article for your school magazine in 100-120 words.

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Develop the following outline into a short story in about 150-200 words:

An old lady on road—a biker with a pillion-rider—pulls her gold chain—chased by a young man—chain snatchers caught—beaten and handed over to the police.

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Choose the appropriate options from the ones given below to complete the following passage. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. 3 Anaesthesia is vital (a)…………. surgery today. The one that only numbs the area to be operated upon is known as local anaesthesia. The one that makes the patient unconscious, (b) …………… the surgery is over, is general anaesthesia. When anaesthesia (c) …………….. administered, vital signs are monitored (d) ……………. ensure that the correct amount of anaesthesia is given. (e) ……………. anaesthesia became widely used, many physicians began devoting (f)………….. of their time to just administering anaesthesia.

(a) (i) in (ii) on (iii) for (iv) to


(b) (i) until (ii) after (iii) before (iv) when


(c) (i) can (ii) is (iii) was (iv) has


(d) (i) through (ii) and (iii) for (iv) to


(e) (i) However (ii) Though (iii) Once (iv) Knowing


(f) (i) all (ii) many (iii) much (iv) few