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Qn. 1 to 4.read the passage and answer the question the follow.
But the nightingale’s voice grew fainter,and her little wings began to beat,and a film came over her in her eyes.Fainter and fainter grew her song,and she felt something choking her in her throat.Then she gave one last burst of music.The white moon heard it,and she forgot the dawn,and lingered on in the sky.(the red rose heard it,and it trembled all over with ecstasy,and opened its petals to the cold morning air)’look,look!’cried the tree,’the rose is finished now,’but the nightingale made no answer,for she was lying dead in the long grass,with the thorn in her heart.
1.How does the narrator describe the death of the nightingale? 2.Pick out the sentence which show that the white moon is very much worried about the death of the nightingale. 3.What effect did the last cry of the nightingale made on red rose? 4.Pick out a word from the passage which mean’stayed in a place longer than necessary’
Qn. 5 to 7.read the lines from the poem and answer the questions that follow.
I am a kind word uttered and repeated By the voice of nature; I am a star fallen from the Blue tent upon the green carpet. I am the daughter of the elements With whomspring gave birth; i was Reared in the lap of summer and i Slept in the bed of autumn.
5.Comment on the expressions’blue’ and ‘green carpet’. 6.How does the poet state that every season play a vital role in the life of a flower? 7.Cite an instance for metaphor from the lines.
Qn.8 to 12.read the passage and answer the questions the follow.
‘Apartheid’ was a system of racial segregation enforced through legislation by the national party(np)governments of south Africa.In this system,which lasted from 1948 to 1994,the rights of the majority black inhabitants of south Africa were curtailed and white supremacy was maintained apartheid as an official policy was introduced following the general election of 1948.New legislation classified inhabitants into four racial groups”native”white””coloured”and Asian’)the government segregated education,medical care,beaches,and other public services,and provided black people with services inferior to those of white people. Apartheid sparked significant internal resistance and violence.In addition to the unrest resulting from the internal protests,the sanctions placed on south Africa by the west made it increasingly difficult for the government to maintain the regime.in 1990 president Frederik Willem De Klerk began negotiations to end apartheid culminating in multi-racial democratic elections in 1994,which were won by the African national congress under nelson Mandela.
8.What is apartheid? 9.Which are the main classification apartheid brought in south Africa? 10.What are the main racial groups mentioned in the passage? 11.How did western countries attempt to stop the apartheid? 12.Who lead African national congress in the anti-apartheid movements?
Qn. 13 and 14.answer any one of the following.
13.Rosa parks by sitting still in her seat fought against the racial discrimination.Imagine rosa herself is narrating the whole events that took place in the bus.Prepare the likely narrative. 14.Dedication and sincerity in one’s work will bring success and fame.Do you agree with this statement?Substantiate your points and prepare a write up based on light onn the hills
Qn.15 to 18.answer any three of the following.
15.Imagine you met the young artist and discussed with him the influence of his little sister in his life.Write the likely conversation between you and him. 16.The splendor and beauty of the nature is fascinating.Prepare a speech to be presented in the school assembly on the topic’the miracle of nature’ 17.The dejected student in the story’nightingale and the rose’wrote down his feeling and expressed his gratitude to the nightingale in his diary entry.write the likely diary ENTRY OF THE STUDENT. 18.Use the given details of Oscar wild and prepare a short profile.
Born : 16 October 1854 Birth place : Dublin,Ireland Nationality : Irish Education : Porora Royal School,Trinity College,Dublin Period of literary contribution : Victorian era. Notable works : The importance of being earnest.The picture of Dorian Gray
19.Some words are missing in the given passage.A/ is given words are missed.Supply the suitable words choosing from the list given below.
It happened before (a)’/’bus started.When the warning bell rang,passengers rushed(b)’/’Many of them were White Americans.Each time a white passenger climbed (c)’/’ the bus,a black passenger got up from (d)’/’seat and moved away.
20.There are some errors in the passage given below.Errors are italics.Edit it.
Song of the flower is one of the beautiful (a) poem about nature.in this poem Khalil Gibran the famous (b)lebanese poet metaphorically (c)opine that each and everything arount us(d)have a soul and self,marking its existence meaningful.
21.Complete the give conversation suitably.
Press reporter: You are Rosa Park,_______(a)_______? Rosa Park: ________(b)_________?What help I can do for you? Press Reporter: Yes,I’m from new India express daily.I need an interview with you. Rosa Park : If you ask questions,I__________(c)_________give answers to it. Press Reporter : I will come tomorrow. Rosa Park : Then see you tomorrow