Q8 of 35 Page 1

Read the extract given below and answer briefly the questions that follow:

“……. its sculptor well those passions read


Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,


The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed.


(a) What do “lifeless things” refer to?


(b) How do we know that he was a good sculptor?


(c) How did the heart feed the passions?

(a) The phrase “lifeless things” is referred to by the author to depict the fragments or parts of the status built by the sculptor.


(b) The King’s frown and a wrinkled lip coupled with his sneer are very dramatic expressions that were captured very skillfully by the sculptor while creating the King’s statue. Hence, we can conclude that the sculptor was really good at his work.


(c) The expressions on Ozymandias’ face reveal his heartfelt and captivating expressions, implying that they come straight from his heart.


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In the following passage, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing words along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after in your answer sheet against the correct blank number.

(a) The days global warming a very hot


(b) topic, seeing as the earth grows hotter each passing


(c) year. The effect of man’s industrialization quietly


(d) yet continuously eked away at the delicate balance the


(e) planet’s atmosphere and ecosystem, but within last


(f) 30 years the damage markedly increased.


(g) The cruel perspective of global warming a phenomenon


(h) of increase the average temperature of an atmosphere.

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Rearrange the following words / phrases to form meaningful sentences:

(a) more than / are child workers / the Indian population / five per cent of /


(b) engaged / in agriculture / tens of thousands / are chiefly /


(c) work / in urban areas / many/of industries / in a variety /

 8

Read the extract given below and answer briefly the questions that follow:

“I hadn’t the shade of an idea, but at the time that didn’t worry me in the least. You see, 1 had often been like that before “


(a) Who is ‘I’? What did he not have an idea about?


(b) Why was he not worried?


(c) What had actually happened earlier to make things right for him?

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Answer any four of the following in 30-40 words each:

How did Sebastian Shultz communicate with Michael? What did he say in his last message?