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Reading Comprehension

It is easy to make a delicious-looking hamburger at home. But would this

hamburger still look delicious after it sat on your kitchen table under very bright
lights for six or seven hours? If someone took a picture or made a video of this
hamburger after the seventh hour, would anyone want to eat it? More
importantly, do you think you could get millions of people to pay money for this
hamburger?
These are the questions that fast food companies worry about when they
produce commercials or print ads for their products. Video and photo shoots
often last many hours. The lights that the photographers use can be extremely
hot. These conditions can cause the food to look quite unappealing to potential
consumers. Because of this, the menu items that you see in fast food commercials
are probably not actually edible.
Let‟s use the hamburger as an example. The first step towards building the
perfect commercial hamburger is the bun. The food stylist—a person employed
by the company to make sure the products look perfect—sorts through hundreds
of buns until he or she finds one with no wrinkles. Next, the stylist carefully
rearranges the sesame seeds on the bun using glue and tweezers for maximum
visual appeal. The bun is then sprayed with a waterproofing solution so that it
will not get soggy from contact with other ingredients, the lights, or the humidity
in the room.
Next, the food stylist shapes a meat patty into a perfect circle. Only the outside
of the meat gets cooked—the inside is left raw so that the meat remains moist.
The food stylist then paints the outside of the meat patty with a mixture of oil,
molasses, and brown food coloring. Grill marks are either painted on or seared
into the meat using hot metal skewers.
Finally, the food stylist searches through dozens of tomatoes and heads of lettuce
to find the best-looking produce. One leaf of the crispest lettuce and one center
slice of the reddest tomato are selected and then sprayed with glycerin to keep
them looking fresh.
So the next time you see a delectable hamburger in a fast food commercial,
remember: you‟re actually looking at glue, paint, raw meat, and glycerin! Are
you still hungry?

Questions

1) The author‟s primary purpose is to

A. convince readers not to eat at fast food restaurants
B. explain how fast food companies make their food look delicious in
commercials
C. teach readers how to make delicious-looking food at home
D. criticize fast food companies for lying about their products in commercials

2. According to the passage, fast food companies use things like glue and
glycerin on hamburgers that appear in advertisements because
I. no one actually has to eat the food used in the commercial
II. it is important that people who see these advertisements would pay for the
food being advertised
III. filming a commercial or a print ad can take a very long time
A. l only
B. I and II only
C. II and III only
D. I, II, and III

3. As used in paragraph 2, something is edible if it

A. can safely be eaten
B. looks very delicious
C. seems much smaller in real life
D. tastes good

4) According to the passage, a food stylist working on a hamburger commercial

might use glue to
A. make sure the meat patty stays attached to the bun
B. keep the sesame seeds on the bun in perfect order
C. arrange the lettuce on the tomato
D. hold the entire hamburger together

5) Based on information in the passage, it is most important for the lettuce and
tomato used in a fast food hamburger commercial to
A. have a great taste
B. be the perfect shape and size
C. appear natural
D. look fresh

6) Imagine that the author decides to change this passage so that it talks about a
cheeseburger instead of a hamburger. Assume that the cheese goes directly on
top of the hamburger patty. If the author wants to include a paragraph about
how the food stylist designs the cheese and places it on the meat patty, this new
paragraph would best fit into the passage
A. between paragraph 2 and paragraph 3
B. between paragraph 3 and paragraph 4
C. between paragraph 4 and paragraph 5
D. between paragraph 5 and paragraph 6

7) As used in the final paragraph, which is the best synonym for delectable?
A. disgusting
B. familiar
C. fake
D. delicious

Grammar

1. Every pale tomato slice, wilted pickle, and brown lettuce leaf __________ an
extra 25 cents at Bernie‟s Burger Emporium.
A. costs B. cost
2. Not only the Smiths but also Tanya __________ agreed to try one of the
world-famous chocolate-broccoli muffins.
A. has B. have
3) The Smiths, along with Tanya, _________ to avoid indigestion after eating
these weird muffins.
A. hopes B. hope
4. All of my important keys __________ now stuck in the drain pipe of my
bathroom sink. Buster, my kitten, doesn't realize how much his playfulness
inconveniences me.
A. is B. are

5. Neither the students nor their instructor __________ happy with the long
cafeteria line for cabbage soup.
A. is B. are
6. Neither of Freud‟s parents _________ much intelligence when it comes to
choosing spouses. Freud‟s father has married five times, and Mom just presented
him with stepfather number three.
A. has B. have

7. Each of these women __________ that she had read the care instructions
before washing the delicate and expensive dresses
a. claim B. claims
 Writing
Study the line graph given below and write an analytical paragraph to
summarize the information provided in it. Use 80 to 100 words only.

OR
Write a letter to the Chairman, North Delhi Power Limited complaining about
frequent power failures in your area. You are the General Secretary,
Saraswati Vihar Welfare Society, New Delhi. [05 marks]

Literature
Read the passage and choose the correct option with reference to context [05
marks]
“We, who were outlaws not so long ago, have today been given the rare
privilege to be host to the nations if the world on our own soil. We thank all of
our distinguished international guests for having come to take possession with the
people of our country of what is, after all, a common victory for justice, for
peace, for human dignity.”
1. The guests at the spectacular ceremony are being called distinguished
because they
a) they have been invited as guests to attend it.
b) they are eminent world leaders witnessing it.
c) they are visiting the country for this purpose.
d) they have resumed diplomatic relations with the country

2. It is a victory for „human dignity‟. Pick the option that lists the correct
answer for what „human dignity‟ would include.
a) i) equality ii) liberty iii) indecency
b) i) liberty ii) indecency iii) self-respect
c) i) immorality ii) self-respect iii) equality
d) i) equality ii) liberty iii) self-respect

3. Why does the speaker say that it is a „rare privilege‟?

He says this as they have
a) been deprived of this honour.
b) seldom been given this honour
c) experienced it for the first time.
d) been chosen over other countries, for this honour.

4. How do you think the speaker feels? Choose the option that best fits his state
of mind.
a) i) emotional ii) elated iii) unmindful
b) i) elated ii) unmindful iii) overwhelmed
c) i) overwhelmed ii) elated iii) honoured
d) i) elated ii) honoured iii) unmindful

5. Pick the option that showcases the usage of „host‟ as in the extract.
a) He was praised for his hospitality as the host of the party.
b) She was able to host the event without any hindrance.
c) She met the host and apologised for her friend‟s misbehaviour.
d) He is the best host that one can ever come across.

Answer the following in brief: [08]

1. What are Hari Singh‟s reactions to the prospect of receiving an

education? Do they change over time? What makes him return to Anil?
2. Do you think it a significant detail in the story that Anil is a struggling
writer? Does this explain his behavior in any way?
3. Mandela feels that courage is triumph over fear. How would you define
courage in this context?
4. Do you think the tiger in the poem had lost its natural instinct due to
captivity? Support your response with evidence from the poem.

Answer in detail: [80 to 100 words] [10]

1. Imagine the tiger writes a diary entry conveying how he feels helpless,
angry and frustrated in the concrete cell. He writes about his desire to be
free. Write that diary entry. You may begin like this:
15 October 2020, Thursday 9:00 pm
I feel so vulnerable and annoyed at my state. I don’t know if I can ever be a
free inhabitant of the forest.

2. Education means different things to different people. Evaluate how it

impacted the young thief in the story