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Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow.

It’s those Ouija board fanatics. There was a time when we had nothing much to occupy us and used to haut a little on the side, purely for adjustment, but not anymore.


(a) Who is the speaker? Who is being addressed?


(b) What is the speaker’s complaint?


(c)What is an Ouija board?

(a) The speaker of the above-mentioned words is the ghost; Helen and these words have been addressed to John Hallock.

(b) In the former scenario, the ghosts used to haunt around in search of amusement. But now, with the onset of fanatics, they just have to sit back and answer questions and hardly have time for haunting. Thus, the speaker, Helen, is complaining against the Ouija board fanatics.


(c) The Ouija board consists of letters of alphabets which are connected by the pointer held by the user to form a meaningful answer to the speaker’s query. This answer is supposed to have been given by the ghost.


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Read the conversation below and complete the passage that follows:

Interviewer: What are your qualifications?


Candidate: I have done Hotel Management from The National Institute of Hotel Management. Interviewer: Do you have any work experience? Candidate: I have worked in a hotel reception for a year,


Interviewer: Can you speak any foreign language?


Candidate: I can speak English fluently. I also know French and German.


The interviewer asked the candidate what his qualifications were . The candidate replied that (a) …………… the National Institute of Hotel Management. To the interviewer’s enquiry as the whether he had experience the candidate said that (b) ……………… in a hotel reception
for one year. The interviewer then wanted to know whether he could speak any foreign language and the candidate informed him that (c)…………. French and German.

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Read the following extract and answer the questions given below:

The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,


The furrow followed free;


We were the first that ever burst- Into that silent sea.


(a) How did the mariners enter the silent sea?


(b) Name the poem and the poet?


(c) Which poetic device is used in the above lines?

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

(a) Which was the first computer game played by Michael? What strange thing happened as he was playing it?


(b) What offer did the conspirators make to Antony after Caesar’s assassination?


(c) How did the mariners react after the death of the albatross?


(d) “We’re going on strike!” Explain the context.


(e) What makes the author refrain from killing the snake?

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The idea of ghosts and haunting have fascinated people for centuries. John Hallock could be the only person who encountered a ghost but many others dedicate their lives searching for paranormal activity.

Write an article on “The Mysterious Creatures of the Other World” in about 80-100 words.