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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/

( a ) Rain water harvesting helps in reducing chances of flooding.


(b) It can also help in better storm water management.


(c) Storing rainwater can help in improving plant growth.


(d) Natural and stored rainwater is free from man-made pollutants.


(e) People came out on the street fearing another earthquake.


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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.

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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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Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. Write the answer in your answer sheet in one or two lines only.

(a) "We do many things, sir”, Nicola answered seriously. He glanced at us hopefully.


i. What does the speaker mean by “We do many things”, sir?


ii. Whom is he addressing to?


iii. Why was Nicola serious?


iv. Find the synonym of “looked”.


OR


CAESAR: Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard. It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.


i. Whom does Caesar console and why?


ii. Which quality of the speaker is revealed here?


iii. Explain: Cowards die many times before their deaths.


iv. Give the synonym of „Gallant‟.

 9

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

i. Although Calpurnia revealed her fear after nightmare yet Caesar decided to go to senate house. Why?


ii.“Pen is mightier than sword”. Elucidate with reference to the poem “Not Marble Nor Gilded Monuments.”


iii. Why was the, “Writer’s inspiration Bureau” formed?


iv. What message is conveyed by Vikram Seth through the poem “The Frog and the Nightingale”?


v. How does the story “Two Gentlemen of Verona” give hope to the society?