Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Satara
Special Rehearsal Examination
No - 2
Section A
(Reading skill, Grammar, Vocabulary, Note-making & Summary)
Q.l A) Read the first activity, read extract and then do all the activities. 12
Al) Read the following statements and write down two statements which explains the theme of the extråct. 2
a) King Amrit wanted to know whether the people of his kingdom were really happy or not.
B) Chandan was a wise minister who always helped the king in decision making.
c) The extract is a story of the people who starved due to lack of food and basic needs.
d) King Amrit wanted to talk to the people as he wanted to gift them something.
Answer-
a) King Amrit wanted to know whether the people of his kingdom were really happy or not.
B) Chandan was a wise minister who always helped the king in decision making.
King Amrit loved his people and looked after the affairs of his kingdom well. His minister, Chandan, was a wise man who helped the king in his work tirelessly.
One day, King Amrit and Chandan were taking a walk on the terrace of the palace. The terrace offered beautiful views of the surroundings, and they could see far into the distance. They spotted the weekly market from up there, with people in colourful clothes buying and selling all kinds of things. There wag plenty to buy and people had money to buy too. There were no poor people to be seen anywhere. The king watched with a smile on his face.
He was delighted to see the prosperity of his kingdom. Like any good ruler he was happy when his people were happy.
ile tårned to Chandan and said, "See, how contented my people are. But
I want tocheck this first-hand by talking to them. Tomorrow, summon people from all walks of life to the court, and I will ask them myself how doing. ''Chandan was used to the king's strange requests, and went off to carry out this order.
The next day, the king arrived in court humming a happy •tune to himself. Seeing all the people gathered there waiting for him, he was even more pleased. He cleared his throat at and said in a loud voice, "I have called you here to ask you a very important question. As your king, I need to know if all of you are contented. Do you have enough for your needs ? Do you know anyone who is not happy about anything ?"
The citizens looked at each other, thought for a while and slowly one by one they came forward to answer. One after the other they all said how happy they were-their kitchens had enough food, their trades and businesses were doing well, the king had made them feel safe. The farmers had grown good crops and the rivers and ponqs were full of fish. What more could they ask for ?
The king became more and more pleased as he heard this. Only Chandan, his minister, watched and heard everything with a frown on his face. Why ? What was wrong ? Soon he walked up to the king and whispered something in his ear. King Amrit.'s eyebrows rose up in astonishment. Surely; Chandan could not be serious ! But he looked at the minister's face and 'found no trace of this being a joke.
A2) Complete 2
1) When the king Amrit asked the people •of his kingdom. if they were really happy with their lives, they all said they were happy because...........
Answer-
They all said they were happy because their kitchen had enough food
their trade and businesses are doing well
the king had made them feel safe
the former had grown good crops and the rivers and Ponds are full of fish.
A3) Guess : 2
I) King Amrit was delighted to see the prosperity of his kingdom. Write down the probable reasons for king Amrit's happiness.
Answer-
there was plenty to buy and people had the money to buy too .There were no poor people to be seen anywhere. King Amrit was happy to see the prosperity and happiness of his people
A4) Voculubary
1) Find out the words from the extract which mean the following.
a) Satisfied = contented
b) singing = humming
c) progress = Prosperity
d) call. ,= summon
A5) Personal Response :
We all need a good friend who will guide us from time to time do you agree with this statement? Share your experience in 3 to 4 sentences ?
Yes I agree with the statement 'We all need a good friend who will guide us from time to time' because true friends always tells our faults and also help in our bad situation.
A6) Grammar :
Do as directed :
1) They could see far into the distance. (Use 'be able to' and rewrite)
Answer-
They were able to see far into the distance.
ii) As soon as the king arrived in the court humming a happy tune to himself, he cleared his throat.
(Rewrite using 'No sooner .....than' by filling up the blanks)
Answer-
No sooner did the king arrive in the court humming a happy tune to himself than he cleared his throat.
B) Grammar.
(Do as directed)
i) About 18,000 years ago, there was ........ dramatic change in ..........environment in Bihar.(Fill in blanks with articles)
Answer- a,the
ii) I shall phone you at 7 p.m on Sunday.
(Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions)
iii) He said to me, "She is tall, slim and beautiful."
(Change it into indirect narration)
Answer-
He told me that she was tall slim and beautiful.
Q.2 A) Read the first activity, read the extract and then do all the activities. 2
A1) Complete the following web.
Answer-
Activity curriculum
1.Running 2.climbing. 3.swimming. 4.flying
Once upon a time, the animals decided they must do something heroic to meet the problems of a "new world" , so they organized a school.They adopted an activity curriculum consisting of running, climbing, swimming and flying. To make it easier to administer the curriculum, all the animals took all the subjects.
The duck was excellent in swimming. In fact, better than his instructor
But he made only passing grades in flying and was very poor in running.
Since he was slow in running, he had to stay after school and also drop swim-ing in order to practise running. This was kept up until his webbed feet Were badly worn .and he was only average in swimming. But average was acceptable in school so nobody worried about that, except the duck.
The rabbit started at the top of the class in running but had a nervous breakdown because of so much makeup work in swimming.
The squirrle was excellent in climbing until he developed frustration in the flying class where his teacher made him start from the ground up instead of the treetop down. He also developed a "Charlie *horse" from overexertion and then got a and, climbing and D in running.
The eagle was a problem child and was disciplined severely. In the climbing class, he beat all the others to the top of the tree but insisted on using his own way to get there.
At the end of the year, an abnormal eel that could swim exceedingly well and also run, climb and fly a little had the highest aveiage and was valedicto rian.
A2.State true or false.
1) The eagle was a problem child and was disciplined severely.True
2) The duck was better than his instructor in flying.False
The squirrel was excellent in flying but frustrated in climbing.False
4) The rabbit developed a "Charlie horse" from over exertion.False
Complete :
Complete the following statements by giving reasons :
i) The animals wanted to start a school because
They wanted to do something heroic to meet the problems of new world
ii) The duck's feet were badly worn because
for running practice he had stay after school while practicing running his feet were badly worn up.
A4)Vocabulary :
I) Give one word from the extract.
i) School topper = Valedictorian
ii) Subjects included in a course of study.
= curriculum
A5) Personal response .:
j) State the moral of thé story from the above extract.
Every person has his/her own speciality.
No one is perfect in every subject.
A6) Grammar :
1) The duck was, in fact, better than his instructor. (Change the degree )
Answer-
His instructor was not as good as the duck.
2.Duck was excellent in swimming.
(Fram a wh - type question to get the underlined part as an answer)
-In what was the duck excellent?
B) Read the following extfact carefully and complete the table given below. 3
Different systems of irrigation like over the surface or under the surface to soil by using different methods like furrow, channel—basin or ring, flooding, sprinkler, drip irrigation, etc. are in the use.
Furrow and channel systems are used where the land is firry level and
amount of water is plenty. These are in common use.
Flooding is in general use for most of the crops where water is not a problem. Water is allowed to flow over the field -to a certain depth of its absorption, measured in terms of acre-inch. On slopylands, the nutrients may collect at lower places so upper places may håve less fertility. There can be soil erosion. This system is suitable for flat lands with enough but assured water supply. Ring or basin method is usually employed for irrigating fruit and other trees. individual tree is given water at a time. There is no' loss of soil and nutrients but the method is time consuming and laborious. Amount of water given to a plant is more than its requirement as some of it is likely to be lost through evaporation and seepage.
Sprinkler method requires less water as compared to the above methods and needs no prepåration of the soil before irrigation. There is no soil erosion and no loss of nutrients from the soil.
Drip irrigation method is •also known as trickle irrigation system since every drop of water is made to trickle down into the soil near the root zone of the plant which is utilized by the
Under this system, watey is directly made available to the root zone where it seeps down slowly itno the soil. WatT is allowed to seep drop by drop at a
uniform speed. In this way almost whole of the water meant for a particular plant or plot is utilized to its maximum.
.3 A) Read the first activity, read the extract and then do all the activities. 12
Begging
Causes. Remedies
1................. 1....................
2................. 2.......................
Answer-
Causes
1.lack of work opportunity
2.family break down
Remedies
1.person must be given a chance to have a suitable occupation.
2.handicapped must be helped to become an an asset to society.
The problem of begging in India is a large one, and is a symptom of a number of complex evils. In one State in India it is estimated that there are over 2000 beggars in each district.
The most common cause of begging is the lack of work opportunity in villages so that people are driven to crowd into large towns to look for work. They seek employment as road workers, porters, casual helpers, in markets and as domestic servants. Those who fail to make&i living in these ways, tend to resort to begging to make an income.
Other reasons for resorting to begging are : family breakdown leading to truancy by the children, the death or desertion of a husband, the use of disfigured children to gain some income for'their guardians and the result of disabling diseases which prevent a persolå from making a decent living.
All these causes produce a problem which is magnified in two ways. First, by the general toleration of persistent and open begging in public places, and secondly, by the very bad psychological effects on their way of life on the beggars themselves. Thus they live in s.tate of despair and gradually lose the normal values of self-respect and dignity, so that eventually begging becomes for them an acceptable way of life.
Somehow, a society must be able to make the best use of all its resources, both material and human. All persons who are able to do work must be given a chance to have a suitable occupation. and those who are handicapped must be helped to become an, asset to society. Only by curing many social and economic ills can the evil of begging, a symptom of these ills,.be overcome.
A2) Find out :
Two ways of producing problem. 2
Answer-
first by the General toleration of persistent and open begging in public places and secondly by the very bad psychological effects on their way of life on the beggers themselves.
A3) Conclusion : 2
1) The writer explains the solution of the problem of begger. Pick out the sentences that describe the same.
Answer-
1.All persons who are able to do work must be given a chance to have a suitable occupation .
2.Those who are handicapped must be helped to become an asset to society.
Vocabulary :
1) Find the synonyms of the given words from the passage. 2
i) Opportunity = chance
ii) search .= to look for
iii) start. = leading to
iv) achieve . = gain
A5) Personal Response.- 2
I) Begging is the symptom of illness Do you agree with this statement ? Share your view in 3 to 4 sentences.
Answer-
I agree with the statement that begging is the symptom of illness because it is very big social problem in India.It is harmful to society and our nation.
Grammar 2
1) People are driven to crowd into large towns to look for work. (Use Gerund form of the underlined word)
Answer- People are driven to crowd into large towns looking for work.
2) They live in state of despair.
(Rewrite using Present Perfect Tense)
Answer- They have lived in state of despair.
B) Write a Summary of the above passage pointing out the problems anc solutions of begging, Give it a suitable title. 3
Title-Begging a serious problem
Begging is serious a serious problem.Lack of work opportunity and family break down are main causes of begging.Begging produce many problems.work opportunity and helping handicapped are some solutions to begging.
Section Il Poetry
Read the given extract and then do all the activities that follow. 8
What makes a nation's pillars high
And its foundations strong
What makes it mighty to defy
The foes that round it throng ?
It is not gold. Its kingdoms grand
Go down in battle shock; its shafts are laid on sinkjpg•sand, Not on abiding rock.
It is the sword ? Ask the red dust
Of empires passed away ;
The blood has turned their stones to rust, Their glory to decay.
Al) Say whether the following statements are True or False. 2
i) Strong pillars and strong foundations can protect the nation from the enemy.False
ii) Kihgdoms get destroyed in battle shock.True
iiii) Wars cannot make nations powerful.True
iv) Empires never pass away.False
A2)Poetic devices.
Match the lines of the poem in column'A' with the figure of speech column 'B'.
1) Suggest some ways to make nation strong
Disciplinary citizens make nation strong.
Patriotism makes nation strong.
A3.Poetic devices
1.Is it the sword? = Rhetorical question
2.....sinking sand. = Alliteration
A4) Poetic creation.
1) Change the order of words of the following line to make the figure of speech 'inversion'.
'Its shafts are laid on sinking sand.'
Answer-
On sinking sand it's shafts are laid.
Section - Ill (Rapid Reading and Composition)
5 (A) Read the following extract and do the activities that follow. 4
She pulled an apple from her woollen jacket and threw it over the fence.
I grabbed the fruit and, as I started to run away, I heard her say faintly, "I'll see you tomorrow."
I returned to the same spot•by the fence at the same time every day. She wag always there with something for me to eat-a hunk of bread Or, better yet, an apple.
We didn't dare speak or linger. To be caught would mean death for us both.
I didn't know anything about her, just a kind farm girl, except that she understood Polish. What was her name ? Why wasshe risking her life for me?
Hope was in such short supply, and this girl on the other side of the fence gave me some, as nourishing in its way as the bread and apples.
Nearly seven mönths•later, my brothers and I were crammed into a coal car and shipped to Theresienstadt. camp in Czechoslo+akia.
"Don't return," I told the girl that day. 'We' re leaving." I turned toward the barracks and didn't look back, didn't even say good-by to the little girl whose name I'd never learned, the girl with the apples.
We were in Theresienstadt for three months. The war was winding down and Allied forces were closing in, yet my fate seemed sealed.
On May 10, 1945, I was scheduled to die in the gas chamber at 10:00 A.M.
In the quiet of dawn, I tried to prepare myself. So many times death seemed ready to claim me, but somehow I'd survived. Now, it was over.
I thought of my parents. At least, I thought, ye will be reunited.
But at 8 A.M. there was a commotion. I heard shouts, and saw people running every way though camp. I caught up with my. brothers.
1). Complete the following table of the characters in the story and their nature.2
Characters Nature
i)................ i) .....................
.ii)................ ii)......................
Answer-
Characters
Girl = kind,helpful
Boy = Innocent,
2) Write gist of the story. 2
B) Read the following extract and do the activities that follows. 4
Tom : (down C.. not daring to look round). What's what ?
Ginger : C-corne here. I thought I saw something grinning at me.
Tom : (crossing hastily to door L) I'm going to get out of here.
Ginger : (coming down C.) am I. I'm not afaid of criminals, but I believe this place is haunted.
George : Talk Ginger. Here, give me that torch. (Take torch and goes up
Alfie : (down CC.) I want to go home.
Ginger : Can you anythin& George ?
George : (cautiously approaching white models.) I can't make out what it is, but I txdieve it's an aninul. I say- there's something alive in here - I can see its teeth
(Under tiu• light oi George's torch a row of teech can be dimly seen.) Alfie : (rushing to the door). Ia•t rne out I Let me out ! I want to go home !
Tom : (trying to restrain Allie). D.don't afraid Alfie. W-what-ever it is, we-won't let it hurt you.
Alfie : Let me out. I don't want to stay here. an animal over there with big teeth and I've got my best suit on.
George : Shut up, Alfie, You're making noise enough to wake the dead.
Ginger : D-don't talk about waking the dead. (Going up L.C. and suddenly seeing the skull.) Look ! (All took in the direction in which Ginger is pointing with stupefied horrow.)
•Alfie : (lustily). Let me out ! I want to go home !
Ginger : (coming down L.). Come on, George ! Let's go. Tom: (trying door L.) I can't open-it !
Ginger What ?
Tom : (again trying door). I can't open the door.
1) What kind of extract is this ? Mark (/ ) the correct choice. 2
i) full of suspense—
ii) suspense and comedy
iii) comedy -
iv) tragedy -
2. Continue the conversation suggesting a different end.2
Section IV (Written Communication) (12) Q.VI (A) Letter Writing.
Write any ONE of the following letters. (4)
1.) You want a bonafide certificate in order to register your name in the Employment Exchange office of your district. Write a letter of applicationto the principal of your junior college requesting him / her to issue you the same.
OR
1) Write a letter to the commissioner of the Municipal corporation of your city complaining about the irregular supply of water in your locality.
B) Write on any ONE of the following. 4
1) Appeal : Prepare an appeal to make the general public aware of the need for 'Eye Donation'. Make use of the following points :
* Prepare an attrative slogan
* Make persuasive appeal
* Mention the importance of eye donation
* Add your own ideas.
OR
2) News Writing : Draft a news report on any one of the follwoing headlines :
1) 'Food Poisoning affects 50 school students.'
2) Voor rains may lead to 50% crop loss in
C) Write on any ONE of the following items. 4
1) Counter view : Read the following view section and write a short paragraph .to be used as a counter-view section in about 120 words.
"There should be a ban on fire crackers.' You can cake help of the following points included in the view section.
VIEW-SECTION
Only on certain accasions fire crackers should be allowed.
It is the expression of joy.
* It is the projection of emotional integrity
* There should be used only on certain social occasions
* There should be certaiq time limit set up for that.
Information TRansfer :
OR
2) Read the following pie-chart about poll conducted in one of the metros ascertaining
Death rate due to various reasons.
1) 5% Cause unknown
2) 25% due to accident
3) 40% due to heart related and stress related.
4) 30% due to diseases like cancer, aids, diabetes, tuberculosis etc.
. 7 A) Interview :
Imagine that one of the students from your college has won the state leve Badminton Tournament. Prepare About 8 to 10 questions that you would lik to ask him / her. Make him/ her speak about ambition, difficulties, contribt tion and message.
B) Prepare a speech of about 100 words on the topic 'My duty towards my coul fry.' You may use the following points :
i) your present duty, ii) Your future duty, iii) Provnise to oneself.
