Answer No 1.
1. On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following questions by choosing the best of the given choices.
(a) How does a child learn the ways of its life?
(i) By imitating his elders(ii) by observing
(iii)Through reading and writing
(iv) through school education
Ans: (iii)Through reading and writing
(b) What are the two salient features of reading?
(i) recreative and instructive(ii) pleasure & intellectual exertion
(ii) information and views
(iv) all the above
Ans: (iv) all the above
(c) How does the reading of a novel inculcate the interest of a reader?
(i) Novels take the reader to heights of imagination and give pen pictures from real life.(ii) Novels create interest and sustain it.
(¡¡¡) Novels present the characters of people we see around us.
(vi) Scenes in novels shift and change and unexpected events take place.
Ans: (i) Novels take the reader to heights of imagination and give pen pictures from real life.
(d) Why is the reading of books of travel and adventure, a source of immense pleasure and thrill?
(i) These books provide glamour and romance.(ii) These books inspire us to be like the heroes depicted in them.
(iii) They are the best literature in the world
(iv) These books infuse fearlessness in the reader
Ans: (iv) These books infuse fearlessness in the reader
(e) Choose the synonym of the word 'unavoidable' from the options given below:
(i) Indispensable(ii) avoidable
(iii) Urgent
(iv) Foremost
Ans: (i) Indispensable
(f) Find the antonym of the word 'rest' from the passage.
(i) Ecstasy(ii) pleasure
(iii) exertion
(iv) curiosity
Ans : (iii) exertion
2. (a) Answer the following questions briefly:
(i) How does the reading of novels inculcate the interest of a reader?
Ans: The novel lies in its ability to take the reader to the heights of imagination and brilliant imagination. Thus the novel affects the reader's interest.(ii) Why is the reading of books of travel and adventure, a source of immense pleasure and thrill?
Ans: Humans crave glamor and romantic life, travel and adventure books inspire a sense of fearlessness so reading books of travel and adventure are a source of immense joy and adventure.(b) Find words from the passage which mean the following:
(i) excited with joy (para 1)
Ans: pleasure(ii) Educative (para 2)
Ans: Instructive
Q 2. Read the following passage carefully TECHNOLOGY: IMPACT ON THE DAY-TO-DAY LIFE
1. On the basis of your reading of the passage, following questions, by choosing the best of the given choices,
(a) Why do you not go to buy a postcard or an inland letter?
(i) Because you do not like to communicate in writing(ii) Because you use phone and e-mail
(ii) Because letters do not reach their destination
(iv) Because others do not respond by writing
Ans: (ii) Because you use phone and e-mail
(b) Give an example to show technology used for purposes
(i) cyber crimes(ii) female foeticide
(iii) promotes terrorism
(iv) increases depravity
Ans: (i) cyber crimes
(c) What is Stenography?
(i) a technology used by terrorists(ii) a kind of e-mail
(ii) A technology that sends coded messages with pictures
(iv) (ii) and (iii) Choices
Ans: (ii) A technology that sends coded messages with pictures
(d) How are computers going to bridge the urban and rural divide?
(i) villages too would use computers for self-governance
(ii) panchayats will learn to use computers
(iii) Village children can easily get admissions in city schools and colleges.
(iv) Village banks will get linked to urban banks
Ans:. (ii) panchayats will learn to use computers
(e) Choose the synonym of the word 'odious' from the option given below:
(i) hideous(ii) ugly
(iii) revolting
(iv) Irritating
Ans: (ii) ugly
(f) Pick out the word from the passage which means 'extreme desire for wealth'.
(i) degenerate(ii) nightmare
(iii) disabling
(iv) avarice
Ans: (i) degenerate
2. (a) Answer the following questions briefly:
(i) Give two examples to show the changes that have taken place last decades.
Ans: 1. Those using postcards or inland letters now chit-chat on the phone, mobile, e-mail or even the Internet.2. Cyclists graduated to become scooters or bike riders.
(ii) How can our paradise degenerate into a hideous nightmare?
Ans: Our paradise can turn into a hidden nightmare when technology reaches a bad mind or when technology is misused to prevent the crime of greed and disregard.Grammar:-
Q3. Fill in the blanks choosing the correct alternative given in the brackets (7x1=7) Any seven
1. You are expecting ---- one to call, aren't you? (some, any)
Ans: Some
2. He has---- money, so he can't buy any books. (little, few)
Ans: Little
3. Kalidas has written----- plays. (much, many)
And: many
4. He comes to me---- Monday now. (some, any, many)
Ans: Any
5. Ask the man what he---- (want, wants)
?
Ans: Wants
6. They ....... playing cricket since morning. (played , playing, have been playing)
Ans: have been playing
7. She ----- stories when she was a child. (write, wrote, written)
Ans: Wrote
8. He hasn't got ------ money now. (some, any, many)
Ans: Some
Q 4. Do as directed (anyone)
1. Rearrange the words and write the correct sentences. Does /job/he/then/better/his/brother.
Ans: he does a better job than his brother
2. I did my job well. (change into negative)
Ans: I did not do my job well.
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