ZILLA PARISHAD HIGH SCHOOL, RUDRANGI
GRAND TEST - 1
Time: 3 Hr.15 Min Part A&B Max. Marks : 80
Instructions:
1. Read the question paper carefully.
2. Answer the questions under Part-A in the answer booklet
3. Write the answers to the questions under Part-B on the question paper itself.
Time: 1hr 30 min. Part –A Marks :40
Q.No. (1-5). Read the passage given below.
Father had provided for my education, and I had been able to realize his dreams. My parents were truly proud of me. It was through me that they had earned a greater degree of admiration and respect from the villagers. My father would not like to see me carrying a trunk on my back and would be very hurt if I did so. I concluded that it would be better to let him carry it. Father was used to carrying luggage anyway. He was stronger and more skilled than me in these matters. I had never got used to physical labour having stayed in hostels right from my childhood. So, in spite of my youth and strength, I was physically useless. I continued walking silently with my father. We rested at two places on the way and had our tiffin but we hardly talked. Finally, we reached Dirang. The bus from Tawang had not yet reached Dirang and so we had some time in hand. We entered a tea shop and sat facing each other. Father appeared tired. I felt sorry for him but couldn’t bring myself to say anything. I asked the waiter to get us two cups of tea. Just as I was going to take my first sip, I heard my father's voice, ‘Do you have a pair of old shoes?’ ( The Journey)
Now answer the question in three to four sentences. 5X2=10 Marks
1. Why were the narrator’s parents proud of him? Explain.
2. Who would be hurt and why?
3. How did the narrator justify his conclusion?
4. Why was the narrator physically useless?
5. Why did the narrator feel sorry about his father?.
Q.No (6-10). Read the passage given.
He came from a poor but educated family. His father was a high-school teacher and an avid reader of English literature. He, like all the boys in his class, was trying to get admission into some engineering college. The brighter ones wanted to study in the Indian Institutes of Technology, or the IITs. There was an entrance test for IIT. This boy, along with his friends, applied to appear for the test. They did not have any special books or coaching. All these IIT aspirants would sit below the shade of a stone mandap close to Chamundi Hills in the sleepy town of Mysore. He was the guide for the others. While the others struggled to solve the problems in the question paper, he would smile shyly and solve them in no time. He sat alone below a tree and dreamt of studying at IIT. It was the ultimate aim for any bright boy at that age, as it still is today. He was then only sixteen years old. (I Will Do It)
Now answer the question in three to four sentences 5X2= 10 Marks
6. How can you say that the boy came from an educated family?
7. Why do you think the brighter one chose the IIT’s?
8. Why did the boy apply for IIT?
9. How did the boy prepare for the entrance for IIT?
10. What was the difference between the boy and his friends?
Q.No 11. You have read the lesson, “I Will Do It”. Though he got a rank, he was unable to join the IIT.
Write a conversation between N R Narayana Murthy and his father on his getting good rank and his willingness to join the IIT. 12 Marks.
· The results announced
· Father appreciated
· Father refused to send him to IIT.
· Reasons for not sending him.
· The boy understood
OR
You have seen many school age children doing various jobs- working in hotels, factories, shops and petrol stations. They are deprived of education.
Write a letter to the Commissioner of the Child Welfare Department on this issue. You may use of the following ideas
- Need for education
- The pain they feel while doing such jobs and your feelings when you see them at work
- Risks while doing such jobs
- Responsibilities of the parents and the government in protecting child rights
Q.No.12. You have read the story, “The Journey”.
Write the diary entry of the narrator on the day of his journey to his place of work. 8 Marks
OR
Your friend and you are studying in the same class and staying in the same hostel. You are not feeling well.
Write a message to your friend that you are not going to attend the afternoon session.
ZILLA PARISHAD HIGH SCHOOL, RUDRANGI
GRAND TEST - 1
Time: 3 Hr.15 Min Part A&B Max. Marks : 80
Instructions:
1. Read the question paper carefully.
2. Answer the questions under Part-A in the answer booklet
3. Write the answers to the questions under Part-B on the question paper itself.
English Part-B Marks:40
Note:
1. Answer all the questions in this part on the question paper itself.
2. Avoid over-writing.
13. Read the following poem
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
Glossary:
wandered : roamed
vales : valleys
Tossing: moving up and down
Pensive: sad
Solitude: loneliness
Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in the brackets given. 5 x 1 = 5 Marks.
13. The word’ golden’ in the poem refers to ( )
a. red
b. yellow
c. metal
d. artificial
14. "They stretched in never-ending line" "They" refers to _____ ( )
a. stars
b. clouds
c. flowers
d. daffodils
15 . In whose company could a poet be happy? ( )
a. In the jocund company
b. In the company of the stars
c. In the company of daffodils
d. In solitude.
16. Who gazed and gazed but Little thought? ( )
The waves
The stars
The Milky way
The poet
17. When would the poet remember his visit? ( )
When he visits again.
b. When he was dancing.
c. When he was sad.
d. When he was sad.
Q.No (18-22). In the following passage, five sentences are numbered and each of them has an error. Correct them and rewrite them in the given space. 5X1= 5 Marks
(18) Do you considered these people failures? (19) They succeeded in spite problems, not in the absence of them. (20) But to the outside world, it appears as though they just got luck. (21) All succeed stories are stories of great failures. (22) The only difference is that every time they failed, they bounce back.
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Q.No (23-27). Read the passage given below focusing on the parts that are underlined and answer the questions given at the end as directed. 5 x 2 = 10 Marks
(23) “I didn’t say I didn’t like it,” Margie said quickly.
(24) Margie said to Tommy. “Can I read the book some more with you after school?”
“Maybe,” he said nonchalantly. (25) He walked away whistling, the dusty old book tucked beneath his arm.
(26) Margie went into the schoolroom. It was right next to her bedroom, and the mechanical teacher was on and waiting for her. It was always on at the same time every day except Saturday and Sunday, because her mother said little girls learned better if they learned at regular hours.
The screen was lit up, and it said: “Today’s arithmetic lesson is on the addition of proper fractions. (27) Please insert yesterday’s homework in the proper slot.”
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26. Join the sentences using “which”.
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27. Change the sentence into passive voice.
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Q.No (28-32). Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D). Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in the brackets given. 5X1= 5 Marks
One day a jackal _____ (28) the forest. He was dirty, dangerous and very cunning too. He told the elephants, “You are the biggest animals in ____ (29) forest. Why do you ____ (30) to play with the squirrels and the rabbits?” He poisoned the minds ____ (31) the peacocks saying, “You are the loveliest birds in the forest. Why do you want to praise the mynahs?” The jackal then approached the deer and whispered that the tiger ___ (32) waiting for a chance to kill them.
Q.No (33-37). Complete the passage by choosing the correct words given in brackets. 5X1= 5 Marks
In the late 1950s, those ____ (33) (looking/seeing)for a house on rent would first ____ (34) (ask/say) if the house had a well. The reason is ___ (35)(simply/simple). A domestic draw well promised perennial water supply. There would be a pulley and a bucket tied to the end of a rope to draw water.
Each member of the family would draw as much water as required for ____ (36)(personnel/personal) use. The kitchen ____ (37) (to/too) ran on well water.
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Q.No (38-42). Choose the correct form of the words given in brackets to complete the passage. 5X1= 5 Marks
Dinner was brought for the farmer in a dish which was ten ____ (38) (foot) in diameter. The farmer’s wife crumbled some bread and placed it before me. In the middle of the ___ (39) (dine)I heard a noise behind me. It was the purring of a cat that was ten times ___ (40) (large) than an ox. The farmer’s wife was stroking him. Then entered the farmer’s one year-old son in the arms of a lady. On ___ (41) (see) me the child grabbed me from the table and put my head into his mouth. I shouted so loudly that the baby dropped me. I would have broken my neck if the mother had not held her apron under me. ___ (42) (Late)she put me on her own bed and covered me with a clean white handkerchief. I slept dreaming of my home, my wife and my children.
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Q.No (43-47). Read the following passage with focus on the underlined parts. Answer them as directed. 5X1=5 Marks
I looked at father’s bare (43) feet. Never having worn shoes, his feet had developed (45)cracks and somehow resembled those of an elephant. I noticed this for the first time. I hadn’t noticed that the road was uneven (44). I didn’t have to since (45) I was wearing a pair of hunting boots. I checked my wallet and saw I still had round (46) Rs.40 with me. A couple (47) of canvas shoes would cost around Rs.12 and the remaining amount would be enough for me to get to Bomdila.
43. Write the meaning of the underlined word.
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44. Write the opposite form of the underlined word.
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45. Write the word which is opposite in meaning of the underlined word
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46. Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
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GRAND TEST (PART A) 2
General Instructions:
i.Read the question paper carefully and understand.
ii.Answer the questions under Part-A in the answer booklet provided.
iii.Write the answer to the questions under Part-B in the space provided and attach it to the Part A answer booklet.
PART-A
Marks:40
Q.No. (1-5). Read the passage given below.
Bayaji's new house had caught fire from all sides. It had suddenly flared up. The womenfolk in the front verandah screamed in confusion. The guests stood up swiftly and began to pull out the women like a herd of cattle.
Bayaji was frantic. He ran around crying, 'My house, my storeyed house! It's on fire. My enemy has taken revenge on me.' He entered the roaring flames, crying 'My House, my house.' He climbed up, pulled the pictures of Buddha and Babasaheb from the walls and hurled them down. As he was about to come down the stairs, it crumbled down in flames. People pulled up water from a nearby well to put out the dreadful fire but it could not be easily contained. 'Bayaji, jump down, quick, jump,' people shouted. Women and children were crying and screaming. Now that the staircase had collapsed, no one could go up. Scorched in the flames, Bayaji ran around like a trapped creature, howling all the time, 'My
house, my house!' And then the upper storey itself came down with a crash and along with it Bayaji, with a resounding thud. People pulled him out.
Bayaji was burnt all over. He was still wailing, ‘My house’, ‘my house’! Bayaji's children encircled him and cried their hearts out. The guests were busy putting out the fire. All Bayaji's hopes had been reduced to ashes. What was the use of putting out the fire now?
( The Storeyed House -II)
Now answer the question in three to four sentences. 5X2=10 Marks
1. Why was Bayaji frantic?
2. Why did Bayaji enter roaring flames?
3. What did people do?
4. Do you think Bayaji knew that he would die entering the flames? Explain.
5. Why did Bayaji's children encircle him and what did they do?
Q.No (6-10). Read the passage given below.
As a young cartoonist, Walt Disney faced many rejections from newspaper editors, who said he had no talent. One day a minister at a church hired him to draw some cartoons. Disney was working out of a small mouse infested shed near the church. After seeing a small mouse, he was inspired. That was the start of Mickey Mouse.
Successful people don't do great things; they only do small things in a great way. One day a partially deaf four year old kid came home with a note in his pocket from his teacher, "Your Tommy is too stupid to learn, get him out of the school." His mother read the note and answered, "My Tommy is not stupid to learn, I will teach him myself." And that Tommy grew up to be the great Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison had only three months of formal schooling and he was partially deaf.
(Every Success Story Is also a Story of Great Failures)
Now answer the question in three to four sentences. 5X2= 10 Marks
6. Why was Walt Disney rejected?
7. How did Walt Disney succeed?
8. How are successful people different?
9. Was Thomas Edison a successful learner in his childhood? Explain.
10. How do you think Thomas Edison became great?
Q.No 11. In the lesson ‘The Journey’, we have read and understood that the narrator was very sorry for his father. At the end of the story the narrator gives his hunting boots to his father. Their Journeys started simultaneously with one travelling in a luxurious bus and the other walking on the pebble strewn road.
Now imagine yourself as the narrator and write a letter to father expressing how he felt sorry. 12 Marks
You may use the following ideas.
grateful for the education he received
settled in a good position and hide respect from society
still unable to provide the luxuries to his parents
held false prestige
OR
Write a description of the narrator's thoughts. You may use of the following ideas
- though he was young I didn't carry the luggage
- people would be little him
- he brought respect to his parents
- he should not have let his father carry the luggage
Q.No.12. Your brother is getting married next week.
Prepare a marriage invitation. 8 Marks
OR
An exhibition-cum - sale of handmade sarees from Sircilla, Gadwal and Pochampally is going to be opened in the school grounds of ZPHS, Rudrangi on 20 April 2022. It is being organised by the Department of Textiles, Governmentof Telangana,
Prepare a poster to advertise it.
GRAND TEST (PART B) 2
SSC English
Part- B
Max Marks: 40
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Instructions:
i. Answer all the questions in the space provided
ii. Marks will not be given for over writing or rewriting.
13. Read the following poem
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence;
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I —
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.
-ROBERT FROST
GLOSSARY
diverged: separated and took a different direction
undergrowth: dense growth of plants and bushes
wanted wear: had not been used
hence: here, in the future
Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in the brackets given. 5 x 1 = 5 Marks.
13. The phrase’ yellow wood’ in the poem refers to… ( )
A. A dried forest
B. A forest in summer
C. A forest in autumn
D. A forest coloured yellow
14. Why did the narrator not travel both roads? ( )
A. because he was alone.
B. because he was sad.
C. because he was one traveller.
D. because he stood there for a long time.
15 . How were the leaves on the roads? ( )
A. They were black.
B. They were green.
C. They were fresh.
D. None of the above.
16. Why did the poet take the road less travelled by? ( )
A. He did not know which to take.
B. He wanted to experience a difference.
C. He was afraid of travelling the road more travelled by.
D. None of the above.
17. This poem is about…. ( )
A. Two roads in a forest.
B. Two choices in life.
C. Two types of woods.
D. Two phases of life.
Q.No (18-22). In the following passage, five sentences are numbered and each of them has an error. Correct them and rewrite them in the given space. 5X1= 5 Marks
(18) Do you consider this people failures? (19) They succeeded in spite problems, not in the absence of them. (20) But to the outside world, it appears as though they just got luck. All success stories are stories of great failures. (21) The only different is that every time they failed, they bounced back. This is called failing forward, rather than backward. You learn and move forward. Learn from your failure and keep moving. (22) In 1914, Thomas Edison, at age 67, lost his factory, who was worth a few million dollars, on fire.
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Q.No (23-27). Read the passage given below focusing on the parts that are underlined and answer the questions given at the end as directed. 5 x 2 = 10 Marks
“CHAI-GARAM... garam-chai,” a vendor called out in a high-pitched voice. He came up to their window and asked,”Chai, sa’ab?”
(23) “Give us two cups,” Pranjol said. (24) They sipped the steaming hot liquid. Almost everyone in their compartment was drinking tea too. “(25) Do you know that over eighty crore cups of tea are drunk every day throughout the world?” Rajvir said. “Whew!” exclaimed Pranjol. “Tea really is very popular.”
It was green, green everywhere. (26) Rajvir had never seen so much greenery before. Then the soft green paddy fields gave way to tea bushes. It was a magnificent view. Against the backdrop of densely wooded hills a sea of tea bushes stretched as far as the eye could see. Dwarfing the tiny tea plants were tall sturdy shade-trees and amidst the orderly rows of bushes busily moved doll-like figures.
() The train pulled out of the station. Pranjol buried his nose in his detective book again. Rajvir too was an ardent fan of detective stories, but at the moment he was keener on looking at the beautiful scenery.
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24. Rewrite the sentence beginning with “The steaming hot liquid…”
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26. Add a suitable question tag.
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27. Combine the two sentences using ‘where’.
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Q.No (28-32). Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D). Choose the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in the brackets given. 5X1= 5 Marks
I was ____ (28) to find such ___ (29)lying around me. Then I saw something else that made me very ____ (30). All around the valley there were huge serpents, some of them big enough to even eat ___ (31) elephant! These came out of their holes at nightfall. During the day, I suppose, they hid themselves ___ (32) the rocs.
28. a. excite b. exciting c. had excited d. excited ( )
29. a. rich b. riches c. richer d. richest ( )
30. a. frighten b. frightened c. frightening d. frightens ( )
31. a. an b. a c. No article d. the ( )
32. a. to b. from c. with d. off ( )
Q.No (33-37). Complete the passage by choosing the correct words given in brackets.
5X1= 5 Marks
The _____ (33) (medication/medicated), germinating seeds of paddy are sprinkled ____ (34) (in/on) the paddy fields. Generally farmers ____ (35) (follow/fellow) method to grow paddy crops. Are all the seeds dispersed _____ (36) (like/as) this? Most of the time farmers develop seed beds to grow paddy seedlings. These grown plants are uprooted and planted _____ (37) (throughout/through) the field.
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Q.No (38-42). Choose the correct form of the words given in brackets to complete the passage. 5X1= 5 Marks
We decided to go ashore. My friends went to gather fruits and flowers, but I took my food packet to a place in the shade. I had a good meal and ____ (38) (lie)down to sleep under the trees.
I don’t know how long I slept, but when I awoke and looked out to sea, the ship ___ (39) (have) gone. I was all alone. Not ___ (40) (know) what to do, I climbed up to the top of a tall tree and looked over the island on all sides. In the ____ (41) (distant) I could see something white, and decided to find out what it was.
Soon, I came to what seemed like a huge white ball. When I touched it, it felt very smooth. It was so high that I could not see the top of it, and it was more than fifty paces round. There was no door on any side, and it was too smooth to climb.
Suddenly, the sky above me became dark, as if a huge cloud was covering it. Looking up, I saw that the darkness was caused by the shadow of a huge bird that was flying towards me. I had often heard sailors talk of a great and ____ (42) (wonder) bird, called a ‘roc’. This must be a roc, I thought, and this huge ball must be its egg!
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Q.No (43-47). Read the following passage with focus on the underlined parts. Answer them as directed. 5X1=5 Marks
Between (43) the Bhajan singers, Kalekar Bapu Master has a superior voice. Kadegaonkar Buwa was better at classical singing. Devotional songs were sung in praise of Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar and Lord Buddha. People swayed (44) their heads in appreciate (45)as the programme gathered momentum. It was two O' clock in the morning. Bayaji was strutting about in the pandal. He sat down by a guest now and then, to inquire after his welfare. Small children, unable (46) to resist sleep, had dropped off like bundles of rags. Women sat inn (47) the front verandah.
43. Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
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44. Write the meaning of the underlined word.
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45. Write the appropriate form of the underlined word.
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46. Write the word which is opposite in meaning of the underlined word.
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47. Replace the underlined with the correct word, which is pronounced similarly.
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