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

Kisa Gotami became weary and hopeless, and sat down at the wayside watching the lights of the city, as they flickered up and were extinguished again; At last the darkness of the night reigned everywhere. And she considered the fate of men, that their lives flicker up and were extinguished again. And she thought to herself, ' How selfish am I in my grief! Death is common to all; ____"


(i) How did Kisa Gotami become weary and hopeless?


(ii) What is common between the lights and the lives of men?


(iii) What had made Kisa Gotami selfish?


(iv) What lesson did she learn from this experience?

(i) Buddha had asked her to get some mustard seeds from a family who had lost no loved ones to death. She became weary and hopeless because she couldn’t find such a house.


(ii) The lights and lives of men both flicker and extinguish with time, it cannot last forever.


(ii) Kisa Gotami’s grief over her son’s death made her selfish.


(iv) She learns that death is unavoidable but those who give up every kind of selfishness are immortal.


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10

Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences as shown.

For example:


of all / the healthiest / ,swimming probably / is / general sports


Swimming probably is the healthiest of all general sports.


(a) lungs and muscles/ it trains heart, / equal extent / to an


(b) strain on / there is / and spine /bones, joints/ very little


(c) for / periods / it's better / to swim slowly/ longer

 11

Read the dialogue given below between a woman and a stranger in a bus, Complete the paragraph that follows.

Woman: Could I have a look at your paper for a moment? I just want to see the cricket result.


Stranger I haven't quite finished with it. Could you wait for a moment?


A woman asked a stranger (a) ____ as she (b) ____The stranger told her that (c) ____ and requested her to wait for a moment.

 12

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

It was a magnificent view. Against the backdrop of densely wooded hills a sea of tea bushes stretched as far as the eye could see, Dwarfing the tiny tea plants were tall sturdy shade-trees and amidst the orderly rows of bushes busily moved doll-like figures. In the distance was an ugly building with smoke billowing out of tall chimneys.


"Hey, a tea garden!" Rajvir cried excitedly. Pranjol, who had been born and brought up on a plantation, didn't share Rajvir's excitement.


(i) What were the doll-like figures doing?


(ii) Why has the building been described as 'ugly'?


(iii) Why didn't Pranjol share Rajvir's excitement?


(iv) Which word in the passage means the opposite of 'beautiful'?

 13

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate options. Do any two:

(A) Pistol in his left hand, pistol in his right, And he held in his teeth a cutlass bright, His beard was black, one leg was wood;


It was clear that the pirate meant no good.


(a) The word 'he' in the second line refers to________


(i) Belinda


(ii) Custard


(iii) the pirate


(iv) Mustard


(b) The man is equipped with


(i) a pistol in his right. hand


(ii) a bright sword in his teeth


(iii) a pistol in his left hand


(iv) All of the above


(c) The description shows that his intention was _______


(i) bad


(ii) good


(iii) to help


(iv) to support