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A young boy was travelling by train for work from Delhi to Chandigarh. He was all of twenty years and had recently joined his father’s business. He was on his maiden work trip. He was carrying a briefcase….


A young boy was travelling by train for some work from Delhi to Chandigarh. He was all twenty years and had recently joined his father’s business. He was on his maiden work trip. He was carrying a briefcase packed in a brown leather cover. Spreading an immaculate sheet on his seat, he kept the briefcase and watched it with full content and devotion as if some myriad charm was about to evoke from that short, stuffed shabby brown box. As the daylight faded out, all us went off to sleep only t wake up by the shrill cry of the vendors. The twenty year lad was still hugging the briefcase tight to his bosom, as if in the desperate search to feel its contents. After quite some time, I saw him opening the box and taking out a pair of chicks. “Eureka! Eureka!”, shouted the boy. “The eggs belong to a hen. Now I can start my poultry business.”


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You are Ankit/ Ankita. You visited the arctic region as part of an expedition. The melting of the ice caps and the rising water level alarmed you and made you realize the intensity of global warming. On your return you decide to write an article for a youth magazine on your concerns regarding the effects of global warming.


Based on the points given below and your own ideas, write an article in 100-120 words, on the Effects of Global Warming:


•Polar ice caps melt


•Water level rises-flooding of coastal areas


•Increased frequency of weather extremes-climate changes.

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Develop the following into a readable story of 150-200 words:

It was a cold and windy night. My friend and me met after a long time and were chatting for hours. We did not notice that time flew away and it was close to ten. We decided to take an auto rickshaw to go to our room. It started raining and ……………..

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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.

(a) (i) on (ii) within (iii) over (iv) around
(b) (i) from (ii) under (iii) at (iv) for
(c) (i) away (ii) side (iii) nearer


(iv) beside
(d) (i) of (ii) in (iii) off (iv) to
(e) (i) it (ii) we (iii) those (iv) they
(f) (i) from (ii) around (iii) to (iv) at


The tiny hand of my son, held tightly (a)……………. mine a minute ago was now clenched tight. I looked down (b)……………. the curly head of the sturdy boy aged three. He stood


(c) ……………… me, seriously watching the antics


(d)……………….. the green parrots as


(e) ……………. jumped (f)………… the perch to the floor of the cage and climbed up to the roof. The parrots had wicked black eyes and tiny tongues that fascinated us.

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The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Identify the error in each line and write it along with the word that comes after in your answer sheet. Underline the correct word supplied by you. The first one has been done for you as an example.

One day as the girl was played in the courtyard,


e.g was playing in


the ball bounced very high that it flew through the


(a) _ _ _
neighbour’s window. Unfortunately, a ball


(b) _ _ _
fell on a crystal vase right over the window sill


(c) _ _ _
and shattered it from pieces. An old lady stormed


(d) _ _ _
out and complaining so long and loud that the


(e) _ _ _
other neighbours began to come from of their houses


(f) _ _ _
and the little girl was so frightened that she hidden in


(g) _ _ _
a nearby shed. Only then the old man came out did


(h) _ _ _
the lady shut up.