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Fill in any four of the following blanks choosing the most appropriate option from the ones given below. Write the answers in your answer –sheet against the correct blank numbers.

(A) Sanitation and hygiene are also important (a) for the well – being of society and biodiversity conservation.


(B) The government has (b) initiated a programme.


(C) It aims to develop (c) the riverfronts.


(D) It will solve the problem of pollution (d) in the rivers.


(E) The need has been (e) felt for a long time.


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You are Sonal/ Samkit of Vidyanjali Public School, Lucknow. You have seen an advertisement in “The Times of India” related to new batches of “Astronomy Club” initiated by National Science Centre, Lucknow starting from the coming fortnight .You wish to join the Club. Write a letter to the Director, enquiring about the venue, duration, fee- structure, activities, transportation etc. Invent other necessary details (100-120 words)

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You are the In-charge of the Medical Section of Gyanodaya Public School, Nehru Vihar, Alwar. Your stock of medicines is about to finish .Write a letter to the Director of Jambo Medicare, Delhi, ordering medical items like glucose, crocin, bandages, tincture ,pain-healers, ointments etc. Ask for discount on bulk order .Invent other necessary details. (100-120 words)

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Write a short story, in about 200-250 words, with any one set of the cues given in the boxes below. Give a suitable title to the story.

Jasmine, Ali and two other friends decided to go on a picnic to a beach. They packed their bags and were quite excited. They reached the picnic spot and came across a small child who was crying ………..


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On October 4, we all were decorating our house to celebrate the most long-awaited festival, Diwali. My heart was filled with excitement to meet my father after a long gap of six years. But a call from the army headquarters left us stunned…

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In the following passage one word has been omitted in each line .Write the missing word, in any four sentences of the given paragraph, along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it in the space provided .

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Rearrange any four of the following word clusters to make meaningful sentences.

( a ) rain water / flooding / helps/ harvesting / in / chances of / reducing


( b ) storm / helps/ also/better/ water/ it / water management / in


( c ) plant growth / in/storing /rainwater / can/ help / improving


( d ) is/ from / stored/ natural and/ pollutants /rain water /free/ man- made


(e) out/ the/street/ earthquake/another/on/people/ came/ fearing/