The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line against which a blank has been given. Write the error and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct blank number as given in the example. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.

“The date of examination was declared ______ I was horrified_______ My parents helped me ________ reached the examination centre _____ examination commenced _______ took a sigh of relief ______ stood first in the class.

The hints of the story are given above. You can start the story by using hints with your own ideas but you cannot change the end. Write the story in 150-200 words.

Read the sentence given below and fill in the blanks in it by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones that follow:

He was (a) _______ at the news (b) ________ the success of a poor candidate (c) ________ got the highest number of votes in Bihar election.

(a) (i) surprising

(ii) surprise

(iii) surprised

(iv) having surprised

(b) (i) of

(ii) for

(iii) to

(iv) by

(c) (i) which

(ii) whose

(iii) whom

(iv) who

Rearrange the jumbled words and phrases into meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example.

Example: in / the cactus / very hot, / grows / dry places

The cactus grows in very hot, dry places.

A. do not/leaves/have/they/but/spiny needles

B. flowers/and/bloom/some of them/cacti/at night/are big

C. absorb/from fog/water/in the air/cacti can

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

These meadows aren’t worth much to me. They only come to five dessiatins, and are worth perhaps 300 roubles, but I can’t stand unfairness. Say what you will, I can’t stand unfairness.

A. Who speaks the above lines and to whom?

B. How much are the meadows worth?

C. Find a word in the extract that means ‘not based on what is just.’