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

Example :

curse / a / illiteracy / is / .

Illiteracy is a curse.

A. illiterate / remain / the / and / backward / poor / people /.

B. easily / by / they / cheated / are / others.

C. our / it is / to help / moral duty / to become / literate / everyone /

Read the paragraph given below. Fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones that follow. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blanks numbers. Do not copy the whole passage.

Kingfisher is (a) ________ beautiful bird with attractive colours. It (b) _________ found near lakes, river, canals (c) _______ ponds.

(a) (i) a (ii) an (iii) the (iv) such a

(b) (i) are (ii) am (iii) is (iv) has

(c) (i) and (ii) but (iii) so (iv) or

In the following paragraph one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along the word before and the word after against the correct blank number.

Before Missing word After

A large part India’s population is (a) ___ ___ ___

Illiterate. Illiteracy is biggest evil (b) ___ ___ ___

of the Indian society. Removal illiteracy (c) __ ___ ___

is necessary an all-round development of (d) __ ___ ___

the country.

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

I had to go to dirty and shadowy corners of the city to seek out my victims. Some of the larger and more self – confident ones even beat me up.

A. Who is ‘I’?

B. Why was ‘I’ beaten up?

C. What does the word, ‘victim’ mean?

At about the age of twenty-five, the Prince, heretofore shielded from sufferings of the world, while out hunting chanced upon a sick man, then an aged man, then a funceral procession and finally a monk begging for alms.

A. Name the Prince.

B. What are the sights of suffering that the Prince saw? (Any 2)

C. Give the meaning of the word, ‘shielded’.