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Nelson Mandela once said, “The greatest glory in living lies not, in never falling, but in rising every time you fall.” Write a short story about someone who failed at something but found the strength to get up, fight back and be successful.

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You move to a new house in a new locality. When you go to school and introduce yourself to your classmates they gasp in shock and horror when you tell them your address…


Write in about 150-200 words what had happened after you mentioned your address

The greatest glory in living lies not, in never falling, but in rising every time you fall. It is very well said by Nelson Mandela.


Once upon a time, there was a girl named Deepali who was studying in class 10th. She was a very assiduous and disciplined girl. She uses to complete all her work on time. Once she was travelling by Mumbai local for a project meeting. She was getting late for the meeting, so she rushed to catch the metro and unfortunately she slipped. That was the turning point in her life.


Her right hand and right leg got detached from the body. She was shattered after the incident and left all hope of recovery. She wasted around a year in bed. She got hand and leg replacement by an artificial one. She lost all hope of living her life. But one day no one was at her home and she needed to use the washroom badly. Till now she didn’t try to walk by the artificial leg. She did it so well that she again became hopeful.


That was the day she walked for the first time after her accident. Thereafter she started learning to write with her left hand and she gained success after six months. She resumed her studies and thereafter she completed her graduation and then became a CA and that too in top 10 ranks all over India. So, anything can happen to anyone. But what is with us is our will power and determination to do something.


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I moved to a new locality and when I told my classmates about my address they were terror struck. At first, I too couldn’t understand what the issue was. When later when they narrated the whole story I realized the truth and cleared their perceptions about that place.


Actually, to begin with, I reside somewhere near what was called booth Bangla. People are scared of living in that place because of the rumours that were spread about that area. It was once rumoured that a finger was spreading here and there and making people scared about the place. It was said that the dead body of some couple is there and because they were killed so they are trying to take revenge.


What I did was that I took all of them to that place in midnight under the surveillance of our family members. Nothing could be traced fishy out there and we all were safe after spending a few hours over there. I explained to them that this all is nothing but the science. What all we think daily reflects in front of us in a similar manner. So we should always be positive in life.


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Read the passage given below:

According to a survey, out of the world’s hundred richest people today, 27 are heirs and 73 are self-made. Of the self-made 18 have no college degrees and 36 are children of poor parents, but some billionaires had neither a degree nor wealthy parents. In other words, super-achievers are not born; they are self- made people. It is not external favour that makes one a super-achiever, but one’s own struggle. Super achievement is not got through inheritance, but is self- acquired success.


No one is a born billionaire, but everyone is a potential billionaire. It is the unfolding of one’s own potential that makes one a billionaire or super achiever. Nature does not discriminate between one person and another. Nature’s gifts come to everyone equally. It is the receiver himself who either utilizes them or not. So called deprived persons are in fact, privileged persons. Their state of deprivation serves as inner motivation when they see others are progressing, it creates a strong incentive in their mind. It is this incentive that makes a person super. It inculcates a strong urge in the individual to make something of his life.


Any state of deprivation brings about a kind brainstorming which enhances inner spirit. They enter the world of competition working to their full capacity. They develop the spirit of doing or die. It is this spirit that leads them to success.


There are numerous examples of one rising to a high position through one’s own struggle, while one’s children might have turned ‘dull’. The reason is simple. The parent started his life with the spirit of discontent; while his children started their lives with contentment. This reason is responsible for the difference between parents and children.


One who is born into a poor family and achieves success by way of struggle achieves one more thing, which is more important than wealth i.e. intellectual development. His circumstances automatically develop an intellectual struggle in his mind. This struggle unfolds his inner capacity, and consequently, he emerges an intellectually developed person.


The laws of nature are greater than everything else. They are eternal they cannot be changed. The law of nature in this regard says that it does not ease but difficulty, effort not facility makes achievers out of ordinary people. So the future is full of hope and opportunity!


On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following questions:


i. How can deprived people become privileged people?


ii. How do the children of some successful parents become ‘dull’ according to the writer of this passage?


iii. Why does intellectual development take place faster in children of ‘poorer parents’?


iv. What is the message the author is trying to give in this passage?


v. Identify the meaning of the word “potential”


a. Latent qualities


b. Prospective


c. Possible


d. Probable


vi. Identify the word which means same as ‘incentive’


a. Motivation


b. Enticement


c. Consideration


d. Temptation


vii. Identify the word which means the same as ‘discontent’


a. Struggle


b. Dissatisfaction


c. Deprivation


d. Discrimination


viii. Identify the word which means the same as ‘eternal’


a. Intellectual


b. Ephemeral


c. Everlasting


d. Incentive

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According to the latest survey by UNICEF, almost half of all children under the age of three are underweight. Malnutrition is one of the biggest challenges the country is facing. Despite many schemes implemented by the government the situation is quite grim. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper expressing your concern about malnutrition and the importance of counselling the parents about junk food and right eating habits. (100-120 words)

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The government has taken the initiative for cleaning the rivers especially the Ganges. The government has also urged the people of India to realize the dream of a ‘Clean India’. Write an article in about 100-120 words mentioning the measures people can take a cleaner and greener country.

 5

Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate word from the given options.

The quality _________(a) quantity of sleep depend among other factors ______(b) the synchronization _________ (c) the body's internal clock with a sleeping and waking schedule.


(a)


a. and b. on


c. Of d. or


(b)


a. and b. on


c. of d. or


(c)


a. and b. on


c. of d. or

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The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank has been given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct blank number as given in the example. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.