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

(a) What does his “voice of education” tell the poet?


(b) What was common in all the computer games played by Michael?


(c)How did Caesar make the Romans his heirs?


(d)Why did John want his wife to get rid of the Ouija board she had bought?


(e)Why did Potol Babu leave for Calcutta?

(a) The poet is filled with a “voice of education” which makes him associate the golden, brown poisonous snake with some evil, ominous power. He feels that as a courageous man, it is his responsibility to wipe out its existence by killing it. The fact that the snake spells evil makes his urge to vanquish it even stronger.

(b) Sebastian Shultz’s memory was inculcated in every computer game after his accident. Every computer game that Michael played came up with the appeal that he had to save Sebastian. Thus, Sebastian Shultz was the game then and whenever Michael played these games, he was provided with instructions through that game to continue the play till he wins it.


(c) Caesar bequeathed seventy-five drachmas to each Roman. Besides, he also gave away his private, secluded gardens and orchards situated on the banks Tiber River for the jubilance of the Romans and their ongoing generations. He did all these out of love and will not under any compulsion and with some selfish motive. In this way, Caesar made the Romans his heirs.


(d) John had leant from Helen, the ghost, of the incessant trouble that he and the other ghosts were facing because of the Ouija board fanatics.


They had even called for a strike in order to protest against this. John was also requested by Helen to mobilize masses with the attempt to make the people abstain from using Ouija boards. This is then reason why John wanted his wife to get rid of the Ouija board that she bought.


(e) Potol Babu was actually a resident of Kanchrapara and was an employee in the railway factory. However, when he was offered the clerical post at Hudson & Kimberley and with a much higher wage, he left his place and shifted there. Besides, he had also found a flat in Nepal Bhattacharjee Lane to put himself up.


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You overheard the following conversation between two friends:
Ram : Did you read the latest book of Chetan Bhagat?
Shyam : No, I rarely get time to read.
Ram : I heard that it is going to be made into a movie.
Shyam: Then we will go and watch it together.
This dialogue made you realize that the present day generation is not into the habit of reading. The habit of reading has disappeared from the lives of children today. As a concerned parent, write a letter in about 100-120 words to the editor of a newspaper on how reading plays a significant role in shaping the lives of children. You are Ram/ Prerna, 15 Pant Nagar, Agra.
Use the following notes:
• Interesting pastime
• Gives a lot of knowledge
• Get the children interested in books at an early age.

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Chose 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:

Dutta finally revealed the glittering frame and held it (a)…………….. the customer. He was struck by (b)………………….. grandeur and fell silent. Dutta (c)…………. his breath ana watched the man’s expression, (d) every second that passed, he was (e) his nerve. He thought that in another moment the big hoax he had played would be exposed. Suddenly, he saw the customer (f)…………… and the pleased expression vanished from his face.
(a) (i) from (if) towards (iii) on (iv) away
(b) (i) its (ii) it’s (iii) these (iv) that
(c) (i) was holding (ii) hold (iii) held (iv) had held
(d) (i) When (ii) With (iii) Along (iv) In
(e) (i) lost (ii) has lost (iii) losing (iv) are losing
(f) (i) straighten (ii) straight (iii) straightened (iv) strain

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

(a) Why did Potol Babu leave for Calcutta?


(b) Which “mean” act is the poet referring to in the poem “Snake”?


(C) What explanation did Michael find for Sebastian Shultz’s miraculous recovery?


(d) How did Decius Brutus interpret Calpumia’s dream?


(e) ”We’re going on strike”. Explain.

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Choose the appropriate answers from the ones given below to complete the following passage. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers.

The world we live in (a)………….. changed a great deal (b)……………….. the last hundred years
and it is likely to change (c) ……………. more in the next hundred. Some people would like to stop these changes and go back to what they see (d)…………………… a pure and simple age. But history (e)……………….that the past was not (f) ………………wonderful.
(a) (i) will (ii) are


(iii) have (iv) has
(b) (i) to (ii) in


(iii) on (iv) since
(c) (i) even (ii) ever


(iii) over (iv) once
(d) (i) it (ii) has


(iii) in (iv) as
(e) (i) shown (ii) told


(iii) shows (iv) feels
(f) (i) some (ii) that


(iii) what (iv) any