9. The tool for cutting grass.

Use a single word

Model Questions
a) Knife b) axe
Set-1 (Objective)
c) spade d) sickle
1. The two seasons described in the poem 10. What is the central idea of the poem ―The
are and solitary Reapere‖ ?
a) The summer, the winter a) Love of a beautiful girl
b) The summer, the autumn b) Love of nature
c) The winter, the spring c) Love of country d) Love of travelling
d) The winter, the autumn 11. Lencho, the hero of ―A Letter to God‖ is a
2. ―He gave us eyes to see them and Lips .
that we might tell...‖ In the above line ‗He a) Teacher b) farmer
refers to whom ?‘ c) Businessman d) Priest
a) God b) Our teacher 12. In his second letter Lencho requested God
c) The poet d) Our father to send him pesos.
3. We gather by the water everyday a) 100 b) 70
a) Pebbles b) rushes c) 20 d) 30
c) Fish d) sand 13. The hailstorm continued for
4. An open area of grassland is called a) An hour b) Half an hour
c) Twenty minutes d) two hours
a) Meadows b) field 14. The postmaster was a fellow.
c) Garden d) playground a) Thin and cheerful b) Fat kind
5. The summer sun is pleasant to the poet c) Fat and amiable d) thin amicable
because 15. Gandhi won prizes after he passed out of
a) He is ill the standard.
b) he belongs to a cold country a) Third b) Fifth
c) The summer lasts for a short period c) Sixth d) Second
d) He lives summer sun 16. Who was the headmaster of Gandhiji
6. The Highland lass sings a Melancholy during his school ?
strain. The underlined words mean a) Krishnashankar Pandya
a) Sad song b) patriotic song b) Dorabji EduljiGimi
c) folk song d) devoitional song c) G. L. fuentes
7. The poet of the poem ―The solitary Reaper‖ d) None of the above
is 17. Which subject proved a harder task for
a) C.F. Alexander Gandhi ?
b) William Wordsworth a) Mathematics b) Geography
c) Sarojini Naidu c) Sanskrit d) Persian
d) Dr. Reeta S. Mani 18. Who celebrate Wangala ?
8. welcome the weary bands. a) The Garos b) The Galos
a) The Highland Lase c) The Tribes d) The Nagas
b) Cuckoos 19. The festivals of Nort East India brings out
c) Nightingales d) The poet the of the people.

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 a) Natural talent b) different skills
a) Losar b) Ningol chokouba
c) Religious thoughts
c) Karachipuja d) Wangala
d) scientific inventions
31. Who was a famous hymn writer and poet ?
20. The contiguous seven states are known
a) David Roth b) C.F. Alexander
as land of
c) William Wordsworth
a) seven mothers b) seven brothers d) R.N. Tagore
c) seven fathers d) seven sisters 32. We smell the fragrance of flowers and feel
21. ‗A letter to God‘ is written by the change of
a) L. E. Percy b) M.K. Gandhi a) season b) nature
c) G. L. Fuentes d) Prem Chand c) green wood d) mountain
22. was deeply moved by Lencho‘s 33. According to C.F. Alexander all things are
firm faith in God. .
a) Lencho‘s wife b) The Postmaster a) bright and beautiful
c) The Postman d) Lencho‘s son b) wise and wonderful
23. Lencho‘s corn field was destroyed due to c) great and small d) Both ‗a‘ and ‗b‘
. 34. We see tall trees in the
a) heavy rain b) strong wind a) garden b) meadows
c) hailsom d) hailstorms c) green wood d) valley
24. The hail rained in the valley for 35. What are the little things mentioned in the
a) an hour b) two hours poem ―All Things Bright and Beautiful‖ ?
c) three hours d) four hours
25. Gandhi had to attend the gymnastics class a) flowers b) birds
at on Saturday. c) rushes d) flowers and birds
a) 8 o‘clock b) 11 o‘clock 36. Remote tribal areas are not reached. A
c) 3 o‘clock d) 4 o‘clock single word for the underlined words will
be
26. Gandhi said, ―I saw that a man of truth must
a) inreachable b) misreachable
also be a man of
c) unreachable d) disreachable
a) principle b) discipline
37. I found him a bag.
c) care d) character
a) carry b) carrying
27. Krishnashankar Pandya told Gandhi that
c) to carry d) carried
he was the son of a
38. Sweets were distributed the
a) religious father b) vaishnava father
students.
c) Hindu father d) conservative father
a) between b) for
28. is the festival of light.
c) to d) among
a) Tihaar b) Losar 39. If the farmer hard, he would have
c) Lossong d) Saga Dawa reaped rich harvest.
29. Which festival is named after a bird ? a) had worked b) worked
a) Mopin b) Moastu c) would work d) will work
c) Hombill d) Cheiraoba 40. English all over the world.
30. In which festivals 100 drums are beaten a) speaks b) has been spoken
together ? c) is spoken d) had been spoken

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 41. Her eyes are red, she Or, Why did Gandhi realise that a man of truth
a) was crying b) has cried must also be a man of care ?
c) cried d) has been crying ii) How has God given His blessings to little
42. Our school closes at 4 p.m. I flower and little bird ?
home by 4.30 p.m. Or, How does the girl‘s song remind the poet
a) will return b) will be returning of Cuckoo ?
c) will have returned d) return 2. Answer the following questions.
43. Make haste, you will be late. [2 22  2  2
a) but b) or i) Where is Arunachal Pradesh ? What
c) still d) and festivals do the people celebrate there ?
44. Choose the grammatically correct Or, Who should you seek advice from if you
sentence. are in doubt as to the choice of profession ?
a) What a clever boy is he ! ii) What does the speaker say about the
b) How a clever boy he is ! master of the flower children ?
c) What a clever boy he is ! Or, What caused Vicky‘s accident ? How is the
d) How a clever boy is he ! accident described in the poem ?
45. Two-thirds of the water iii) Imagine that you are Sanjaya Biswal of
evaporated. Bolangir working as a reporter for the Time
a) have b) has of India. Prepare a report, in about 60
c) were d) have been words, on a road accident occurred in our
46. He as well as his friends locality. [5
responsible for this. Or, Read the following passage carefully and
a) to hear b) hearing write its summary in about 60 (sixty)
c) hear d) to hearing words. If we don't immediately stop burning
48. Hot weather makes me and cutting down of the forests and polluting
uncomfortable. our water and air, we will cause more
a) feel b) to feel damage to the earth. Very soon a time may
c) feeling d) felt came when we will have no oxygen to
49. He makes his living teaching. breathe and no rain for agriculture. The
a) in b) for earth would become so hot that human
c) by d) with being can't survive here and the human
50. Don‘t be impolite you teachers. race will exist no longer.
a) at b) for Here is what we can do to save our
c) on d) to earth. We n plant more and more trees and
save our forest can and wildlife. We need
Set-1
to compost the domestic wastes. Farmers
(Subjective : Part II)
should use organic fertilizers instead of
1. Answer the following questions each in chemicals. Let's say 'No' to plastic bags
about 50 words. [ 5 × 2 = 10 because they don't mix up with the soil and
i) Why did Lencho write the second letter to when chewed by cattle can cause their
God ? What did he write in it ? death. We need to conserve our natural
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 resources like air, water, energy and ii) Translate into English. [ 2 × 5 = 10
minerals and fossil fuels like coal, ùcû aû_û b\âLùe eêj«ò û ùiVò Zûue PûKòeú 10 ahð
petroleum and natural gas. We must ùjûAMfû û @ûi«û ahð Zûue a\kò ùja û Ne _ûL aýûuKê
spread awareness among people to save a\kò ùjûA_ûùe û bMaû^u Azû û
our earth if we want our children and Kò´û
grandchildren to live on the earth with health ^úZê – ùKùZùakê GVò ùcûùZ @ù_lû KeòQêì ?
and happiness. aû_ê – NõUûG ùjfû û
3. Write an essay, in about 200 words, on any ^úZê – Zê iûAùKfùe @ûiò ^ûjñêKò ?
one of the following topics keeping to the aû_ê - ^û, ùcû iû^ bCYú Uêýi^ ù^A~ûAQò û
outline given. (i) Our School Peon : [10 ^úZê – Pûf ~òaû û Äêf ùak ùjûAMfûYò û
[ His name, age and appearance - his 5. Read the following passage carefully
family and personal life - his duty at school - and answer the questions that follow,
his qualities as a worker - reasons why the each in about 20 words. [1 × 5= 5
teachers and students like/dislike him ] Once a wolf was very hungry. While
ii) A Journey by Bus : [Proposal and wandering for food, it saw a flock of sheep.
preparations for the journey - description It wished to have a good meal, but the
of the journey from home experiences shepherd guarded the flock very carefully.
during the journey - the sights passed on The wolf made a plan. It put on a sheep‘s
the way - reaching the destination - your skin to look like a sheep. Then it mingled in
feelings on the journey]
the flock and attacked one of the sheep.
iii) My Mother : [Name, age and appearance-
The other sheep recognized the wolf and
nature and qualities - her duties at home -
started bleating. The wolf started to bleat
her relationship with the members of the
like a sheep, but couldn‘t. It only howled.
family and the neighbours - the reason why
Hearing the wolf‘s bowl, the shepherd was
you love and respect her]
certain that there was a wolf in the flock.
4. i) Imagine that you are Biswajit Sahu, a
He could recognize the wolf easily as it was
student of P.R. High School, Bolangir. Your
still howling. He took a sharp weapon and
father Hrusikesh Sahu is at Sohela in the
killed the wolf immediately.
district of Bargarh. Write a letter, in about
Questions :
100 words, to your father seeking
i) What was the wolf wandering for ?
permission to go on an excursion arranged
ii) How could the wolf mingle in the flock ?
by your school. [5
iii) Why did one of the sheep start bleating ?
Or, Suppose you are Pratibha Samal, a
iv) How did the shepherd come to know that
student of Ravenshaw Girls‘ High School,
there was a wolf in the flock ?
Cuttack. All the students of your class
v) What did the shepherd kill the wolf with ?
would like to go on a picnic. Write an
application, in about 100 words, to the
Headmistress of your school seeking her
permission.

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