Junior Colleges,
Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Satara Special Rehearsal Examination- 2019-20
std. XII Subject : English
Marks : 80 Date : 28/12/2019
Section I
(Reading skill, Grammar, Vocabulary, Note-making & Summary)
Q.I A) Read the first activity, read the extract and do all the activities. 12
Al) Complete 2
Ans:-
1. He has become the fourth-largest manufacturer of personal computers in America
2. the youngest man ever to head Fortune 500 corporation.
One afternoon in 1977, as his parents and two brothers fished in the Gulf of Mexico. 12 - year - old Michael DEII sat on the beach, painstakingly putting together a trotline - a maze of ropes to which several fish hooks could be attached. "You're wasting your time," the rest of the family called to Michael, as they pulled in fish. "Grab a pole and join in the fun."
Michael kept working. It was dinner time when he finished, and everyone else was ready to call it a day. Still, the youngster cast the trotline far into the water, anchoring it to a stick that he plunged deep in the sand.
Over dinner his family teased young Michael about coming away empty - handed. But afterwards Michael reeled in his trotline, and on the hooks were more fish than the others had caught all together ?
Michael Dell has always been fond of saying, "If you think you have a good idea, try it !" And today, at 29, he has discovered the power of another good idea that has helped him rise in just a few years from teen to tycoon. He has become the fourth-largest manufacturer of personal computers in America and the youngest man ever to head Fortune 500 corporation.
Growing up in Houston, Texas, Michael and his two brothers were imbued by their parents, Alexander and Lorraine - he an orthodontist, she a stockbroker - with the desire to learn and he drive to work hard. Even so, stories about the middlf boy began to be told early.
Like the time a saleswoman came asking to speak to "Mr. Michael Dell"
about his getting a high school equivalency diploma. Moments later, eightyear-old Michael was explaining that he thought it might be a good idea to get high school out of the way. 2
A2)
Ans:-
1.the youngster cast the trotline far into the water.
2.anchoring it to a stick that he plunged deep in the sand.
3.Michael reeled in his trotline
4. on the hooks were more fish than the others had caught all together
2 A3) Guess :
How did Michael surprise his family members ?
Ans:- When Michael came for dinner, the family members saw that he was empty handed, and felt he had wasted his time.
But when he reeled his trotline,there were more fish on it than the others had caught together.
2 Vocabulary :
Find out words from the extract which mean.
i) Filled with a quality.= imbued
ii) With great care or trouble=painstakingly
iii) Specialist in straightening crooked teeth. = Orthodontists
iv) A wealthy and powerful person.=Tycoon
A5) Personal Response :
Do you think new ideas can make your life successful ? How? 2
Ans:- Yes,trying new ideas can certainly make our life successful.
With new ideas scientists invented new technologies.
If you try new ideas in the market then your business gets more profit.
A6) Grammer :
Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed : 2
i)If you have a good idea, try it. (Rewrite using 'unless'.)
Ans:-Unless you think you have a good idea,do not try it.
ii) He had discovered the power of another good idea.
(Rewrite beginning 'The power of
Ans:-The power of another good idea had been discovered by him.
Q.1B) 3
i)Madhu is model and artist.
(Rewrite the sentence by using suitable article)
Madhu is a model and an artist.
ii) Meet me 10.30 a.m. Monday.
Ans:-Meet me at 10.30 a.m. on Monday.
(Rewrite the sentence using suitable prepositions.)
iii) Teacher : How far is your home from your college ?
(Change it into indirect narration)
Ans:- Teachers asked how far was his home from his college.
Q.2A) Read the first activity, read the extract and then do all the activities.
12
Al) True or False.
Write whether the following statements are True or False.
2
i). Any village that sends the proposal is selected under the AGY scheme.
False
ii) Hiware Bazaar gets plenty Of rainfall every year.
False
iii) Growing cash cops helps to reduce poverty.
True
iv) Villages with a revolutionary spark are chosen.
True
Hiware Bazaar (Ahmednagar district) Jhamrun Mahali in Washim district is set to become a model village in Maharashtra's drought-prone, Pov erty-stricken Vidarbha region. By June, this village, along with 37 others modelled along the lines of the Ideal Village, 'Hivvare Bazaar, will be completely self-sustainable and thus ready to be called 'Adarshgaon' under the State government's Adarsh Gaon Yojana (AGY).
A drought-prone village with only about 400 mm of rainfall every year, Hiware Baaar has seen a complete revival ih the last two decades. Watershed development-was adopted to fight acute water crisis that the village was reev ing under. The increased water levels resulted in a better yield, and more grass for animals to graze. This helped the village to make its way out of poverty by adopting cash crops and marketing its dairy products. This accomp!ishment has cöme from utilizing the government schemes to suit the village ments. The village carne under the State's AGY in 1994, and since then, has been scripting its own success story.
The story of Hiware Bazaar that began in 1989 wili repeat itself in these 38 villages ir the years to come.
But being named an 'AdarshGaon' is far from easy. Villages had to give a proposal after which a committee headed by Mr. Pawar inspected the villages. "The villages had to show dedication in the struggle tc fight mediocrity. They had to follow all the conditions of becoming an 'Adarshgaon.' We chose Vijlages with a revolutionary spark," Mr. Pavar says.
Villages need to follow strict rules. The precess begins with Glefrive water management through the watershed technique and taking responsibility of the village's natural resouces- trees stopping grazing, contributing labour for the village work, anti then expande ing to bring about behaviurai changes in the people for social change. Hiware Bazaar is free of any king of addiction and thei e liquor or tobacco shops in the village. Vasectomy has been made compulsory, as the pre-marital HIV test.
A2) Complete the following. 2
Complete the following with correct information from the extract : For becoming an Adarshagaon the villagers had to :
i) Take responsibility of Villages natural resources
ii) Plant Plant more trees.
iii) Contribute Labor for village work
iv) Expand to bring about in the people. Behavioral changes
A3) Guess :
We chose villages with a revolutionary spark
The underlined words mean ? .
2
Ans:- The underlined word revolutionary spark means villages with vigour and vitality to take part in competition.
A4) Vocabulary :
Give words from the passage for the following :
i) Likely to suffer from = Reeling under
ii) improvement in condition=revival
iii) taken up = adopted
iv) very serious or severe.= acute
2 A5) Personal Response :
Do you think all villages in Maharashtra should follow the ideals of Hiware
Bazaar ?
2
Ans:-Yes I think all the villages in Maharashtra should follow the ideals of Hiware Bazaar . This will develop the village water level ,stop migration, increase productivity and social change.
A6) Grammar :-
Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed.:
i) Mr. Pawar inspected the village.
(Rewrite it using the noun form of the underlined word.)
Ans:-Mr.Pawar did an inspection of village.
ii) There are no liquor or tobacco shops in the village.
(Rewrite it using 'neither..... nor')
Ans:-There are neither any liquor shop nor any tobacco shop in the village.
Q.2B) Note Making
Read the following extract and complete the notes with the help of clues provided ? 3
Disaster management is a concept of compensating the loss and rehabilitating public and property affected by any disaster, whether man-made or natural. Disaster management also includes preventive steps in the direction to make such preparations and take such precautions that minimum loss is sustained due to the disaster.
There are, yet manyq natural disasters which can not be prevented by men even after such a progress 111 science and technology. Such a disaster occurring without any control of mankind can be managed by proper planning. Various natural disasters, and steps to tackle them can be enumerated as under :
Flood : Overflow of waer causing loss of life and property are both natural
anthropogenic. Flods are the most common natural disaster in India.
The flood forecasting stations can be established to get prior warning. First such station was established in 1959. Now about 157 Stations are there in the country. People can be transferred at safer places.
Cyclones : These are forced winds blowing violently. Weather satellites can forecast cyclonic conditions and then only way would be to evacuate the posSible way area.
* Drought : Non occurrence or less precipitation which may cause failure of crops and shortage of water. It also can be managed by taking contingency measures. Remote sensing satellites are useful for this purpose.
Earthquakes : The vibration of earth cover due to pressure from beneath or some other reasons. much loss of lives and property can occur. Best way is to build up houses and other buildings with quake proof methods of engineering. It can be forecasted by some scientific instuments.
Tsunami : These are waves from seas and ocean coming violently with huge water mass destroying the whole area. Tsunami warning system can help forecasting its occurrence that evacuation of the probable area can be managed quickly as a preventive measure.
Disaster management
Drought : ...
Management steps
i) Contingeucy measures
ii)
Earthquake
Management steps
i)
ii) Forecasting scientific instuments
Tsunami
Management steps
i) Warning system of forecasting
Ans:-Disaster management
Drought :
Non occurence or less perception of rain
Management steps
i) Contingeucy measures
ii)remote sensing satellites
Earthquake the vibration of Earth cover due to pressure from breath
Management steps
i)build Houses with quake proof technology.
ii) Forecasting scientific instuments
Tsunami waves from seas and oceans coming violently with huge water mass.
Management steps
i) Warning system of forecasting
can help forecasting its occurrence that evacuation of the probable area can be managed quickly as a preventive measure.
Q.3A) Read the following activity read the extract and then do all the activities. 12
Al) Complete :
Complete the following statement by choosing two correct reasons from the options given below.
Rural people are migrating to urban areas because
i) They want to meet their relatives living in city.
ii) Employment opportunaties are available in urban area.
iii) They want to lead only luxurious life.
iv) Educational facilities are present in urban area.
Ans:-ii) Employment opportunaties are available in urban area.
iv) Educational facilities are present in urban area.
People on large scale are migrating to urban areas in search of employment. There is less scope for employment in rural areas; but in urban areas. There is a vast scope for employment in industries, trade. transport. People want to settle in cities for the higher education of their children. Emergence of IT sector has led to migration of working class.
Number of poor in urban areas are increasing rapidly. But only skilled persons in urban areas are having good living standard. Unskilled labourers are in the worst condition. They may not have regular jobs, so, employed workers have to change their job to find a new one. In city area, many poor live in slum area. They have no good houses to live in. The areas in which they live are not having well sanitation facilities. Though, the sanitation is not proper in rural areas, it has vast space to help dispose waste properly.
The rural poor have large space to live in, while the urban poor have to live only in small houses. In urban areas no proper light and air is available in houses. Density is more in urban areas in comparison to rural areas. Unhealthy housing is the burning problem of urban poor.
Rural poors enjoy clean atmosphere in their natural environment. But urban poors have to face pollution problems. Air, water and soil are polluted in urban areas. The noise pollution is one more serious problem for urban poor.
Health of urban poor is always at risk. They have to face epidemics like dengue, malaria, cholera etc.
Social problems of rural poor are not as grave as urban poor. Urban poor have many ill habits like alcoholism, drug addiction, gambling, etc. More work and less rest, no social atmosphere, feeling of being backward etc. can make urban poors mentally disturbed. Their metal health is always at risk as their life is full of strees and strain.
Thus, it seems that rural poors are having better life than urban poors.
A2) True or False :
Rewrite the following sentences stating against them whether they are true or false.
i) Rural areas have no sanitation
True
ii) Urban poor face many social problems.
True
iii) Urban poor lead better life than rural poor.
False
iv) Rural poor enjoy natural and healthy life.
Ans:-True
A3) Conclusion : 2
It seems that rural poors are having better life than urban poors.
The sentence implies the life of rural poors
Ans:- The sentence implies that the life of rural poors are better than urban poors because Rural poors enjoy clean atmosphere in their natural environment.
A4)(Complete it in a paragraph) Match the words in c61umn 'A' with their meaning in column B.
Column ' A' Column 'B'
a) sanitation
i) tightness
b) density ii) infestation
c) epidemics iii) bet
d) gambling iv) hygiene or healthiness
Ans:-
a) sanitation=iv) hygiene or healthiness
b) density i) tightness
c) epidemics ii) infestation
d) gambling iii) bet
A5) Personal response : 2
Write in brief four suggestions on how to handle migration From Rural to Urban .
Ans:- If you want to stop migration from rural to urban provide them
1.job opportunities in village
2. Provide them good educational facilities.
3.tell them importance of good and healthy life.
A6) Grammar :
Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed •
i) The urban poor 'have to' live only in small houses.
The word 'have to' indicates (Choose the correct answer.)
a) ability b) permission c) compulsion
ii) Choose the correct alternative which expresses the present perfect tense form of the given sentences :
In city area many poor live in slum area .
a) In city area many poor will live in slum area.
b) In city area many poor lived in slum area.
c) In city area many poor had lived in slum area.
d) In city area many poor have lived in slum area.
Q.3 B) Summary
Write a summary of the above passage with the help of the points & sugggst a suitable title. 3
title Problems of migrated people
Migration ........ employment and education ........ houses and sanitation density ...... pollutions . halth and social problems life styles.
Section B (Poetry)
Q.IV Read the following extract and do the activities that follow. 8
The truth of that dream we buy of not going to the office on Saturday, at last, and'the merciless bosses whom the worker manufacturers in indivisible grannaries where executioners were always born and grow up and always multiply. We, heroes and poor devils, the feeble, the braggarts, the unfinished, and•capable of everything impossible as long as i€s not seen or heard
Don Juans, women and men, who come and go with the fleeting passage of a runner or of a shy hotel for travelers.
Al. Web. 2
Complete the following diagram by giving characteristics of suburban middle class people. One has been done
Ans:- the truth of that dream buy on credit.
Excessive amounts of food.
Not going to office on Saturday.
A2) Poetic Device : Figure of speech. 2
Name and explain the figure of speech in the following lines.
'I celebrate the virtues and vices of suburban people.'
Ans paradox
We can not celebrate vices.
A3) Personal Response. 2
'The middle class people in suburbs are treated with less importance' explain.
A4. Poetic Creativity.
Life is beautiful, enjoy it. Don't run after money don't destroy it or you will be a fool. Based on this theme compose two poetic lines of your own. 2
Section - Ill
(Rapid Reading and Composition) (8)
Q.5(A) Read the extract and do the activities that follow.
In the garden close by grew many large and magnificent flowers, and, strange to say, the less fragrance they had the haughtier and prouder they were.
The peonies puffed themselves up in order to be larger than the roses, but size is not everything ! The tulips had the finest colours, and they knew it well, too, for they were standing bolt upright like that one might see them the In their pride they did not see the little daisy, which looked over to them and thought. "How rich and beautiful they are ! I am sure the pretty bird will fly down and call upon them. Thank God, that I stand so near and can at least see all the splendour;" And while the daisy was still thinking , the lark came flying down, crying "Tweet," but not to the peonies and tulips - no, into the grass to the poor daisy. Its joy was so great that it did not know what to think. The little bird hopped round it and sang, "How beautifully soft the grass is, and what a lovely little flower with its golden heart and silver dress is growing here." The yellow centre ih the daisy did indeed look like gold, while the little petals shone as brightly as silver.
How happy the daisy was ! No one has the least idea. The bird kissed it with its beak, sang to it, and then rose again up to the blue sky. It was certainly more than a quarter of an hour before the daisy recovered its senses. Half ashamed, yet glad at heart, it looked over to the other flowers in the garden; surely they had witnessed its pleasure and the honour that had been done it it; they understood its joy. But the tulips stood more stiffly than ever, their faces were pointed and red, because they were vexed. The peonies were sulky; it was well that they could not speak, otherwise they would have given the daisy a good lecture. The little flower could very well see that they were ill at ease, and pitied them sincerely.
Al) Choose. 2
Choose two most appropriate statements from the following which reveal the theme of the extract.
i) The extract deals with the contentment of the daisy with its position.
ii) The extract deals with the jealousy of the daisy for other flowers.
iii) The extract deals with the ill feelings of other flowers for the daisy.
iv) The extract deals with unhappy relationship between the lark and the daisy.
Ans:-
i) The extract deals with the contentment of the daisy with its position
A2) Provide different ending to the above story in about 50 words. 2
B) Read the extract and do the activities that follow. 4
Dentist: (sternly). Who are you, and what are you doing in my house ?
Tom: I say- I'm awfully sorry - but we thought you were a ghost.
Dentist : (bewildered). A ghost ! Why on earth should you think I was a ghost ?
George : (crossing C.) I'm awfully sorry, sir. You see, we were out carol-singing, and _ Dentist : Oh,so it was you who were making that horrible din outside ?
George : Yes-that was Ginger's idea - but, you see, it was raining rather hard, and these fellows were afraid of getting wet, so-
Tom : (interrupting). Young Alfie's got his best suit on, otherwise we shouldn't have been afraid of getting wet.
Ginger : Anyhow, sir, we stood in your doorway for shelter.
Tom : (interrupting). Young Alfie's got his best suit on, otherwise we sholdn't have been afraid of getting wet.
Ginger : Anyhow, sir, we stood in your doorway for shelter.
Tom : And the door was open, so we came inside.
Dentist : I see, But what were you making all that confounded noise about ?
Tom : (finding the explanation difficult). Well, you see, we saw that skull, and those white grinning things-and we thought the place was haunted-at least tha(s what Ginger thought.
Dentist : (laughing). Great Scott ! So thaes the explanation. I happen to be a dentist, and what you saw were some of my models used for fitting artificial teeth.
Ginger : Then-those rows of grinning teeth are -
: (picking up model fitted with artificial teeth). Just some of my workmanship. Tom : pointing to skull.) But - What about that ? Thaes the thing that scared us the
George : Scared you, you mean. It didn't frighten me.
Dentist : going up LC And patting the skull). Ah ! This is just a little prize exhibit of at I keep for ornamental purposes. I call him Percy.
Alfie : (till umonvinced) But what abut those awful screams we heard ?
: ye, thought someone was being murdered.)
: I am ! I'm afraid that doesn't speak very well for my painless dentistry. Those screams me from some of my patients in the surgery.)
Bl) True or False.
Rewrite the following statemenb and state if they are true or false. 2
i) The dentist in the house was a ghost. False
ii) The boys entered int he house for shelter.
True
iii) The screaming voice was made by the patients int he surgery. True
True
iv) The skull with artificial teeth was kept by the doctor for ornamental purposes.
True
B2) Convert the above extract into a story form in about 50 words. 2
Section D (Writing Skills)
Q.6 (A) Letter Writing. 12
Write any ONE of the following letters. (4)
1) Imagine that your college has organized a study tour. You are the secretary of your college. As a secretary write a letter to the Depot Manager of the Central Bus Depot asking him/her for the possible concessions he / she can offer for the students. Mention the route of the tour and number of students supposed to be participated.
OR
2) Write a letter to the Health Officer of your city focusing on the problem of improper drainage system. Poor drainage system has caused many health concerns. St—st few solutiotw problem.
B) Write on any one of the following. 4
1) Leaflet:
Your college has arranged a rally to raise funds for the flood affected Maharashtra. Prepare a leaflet appealing to the students and others to participate in it and make contribution in funds. You may take the help of the following points :
* Purpose of the rally. * Time and place
* Persuasive appeal for participation * Add your own points.
OR
2) Report Writing :
The National Youth Day was arranged in your college. It was a great celebration with a variety of activities like lecture series, cultural programs and many other activities. Write a report on it in about 120 words.
C) Write any ONE of the following items :
1) Counter View . 4
Read the following view-section and prepare a counter - view section in about 120 wordsd. Suggest a suitable title for the counter - view section.
View Section
City Life : A Boom
• City life is a fast changing life, adaptable and trendy
• City life offers a person more opportunities for growth
• Man can make rapid progress in a city.
• Social life and entertainment is better and wider.
• In a ci there are better medical and educational facilities.
OR 2) Information Transfer :
Read the following table and write a short paragraph regarding 'Vitamins' in
about 120 words.
Q.7 Do the following activities.
A) Imagine that you have to take an interview of an MPSC topper.
Frame a set of 8-10 questions for his / her interview focusing on his / her preparations, hardships, success and aspirations. 4
B) Your college has organied a Blood
Donation Camp. As a secretary of the college you have to deliver a speech on the occasion of inaugural function.
Prepare a speech on 'Importance of Blood Donation' with the help of the
following.
* Organization of the event
* Importance of blood donation
* Advantages * Add your own points
c) epidemics ii) infestation
d) gambling iii) bet
A5) Personal response : 2
Write in brief four suggestions on how to handle migration From Rural to Urban .
Ans:- If you want to stop migration from rural to urban provide them
1.job opportunities in village
2. Provide them good educational facilities.
3.tell them importance of good and healthy life.
A6) Grammar :
Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed •
i) The urban poor 'have to' live only in small houses.
The word 'have to' indicates (Choose the correct answer.)
a) ability b) permission c) compulsion
ii) Choose the correct alternative which expresses the present perfect tense form of the given sentences :
In city area many poor live in slum area .
a) In city area many poor will live in slum area.
b) In city area many poor lived in slum area.
c) In city area many poor had lived in slum area.
d) In city area many poor have lived in slum area.
Q.3 B) Summary
Write a summary of the above passage with the help of the points & sugggst a suitable title. 3
title Problems of migrated people
Migration ........ employment and education ........ houses and sanitation density ...... pollutions . halth and social problems life styles.
Section B (Poetry)
Q.IV Read the following extract and do the activities that follow. 8
The truth of that dream we buy of not going to the office on Saturday, at last, and'the merciless bosses whom the worker manufacturers in indivisible grannaries where executioners were always born and grow up and always multiply. We, heroes and poor devils, the feeble, the braggarts, the unfinished, and•capable of everything impossible as long as i€s not seen or heard
Don Juans, women and men, who come and go with the fleeting passage of a runner or of a shy hotel for travelers.
Al. Web. 2
Complete the following diagram by giving characteristics of suburban middle class people. One has been done
Ans:- the truth of that dream buy on credit.
Excessive amounts of food.
Not going to office on Saturday.
A2) Poetic Device : Figure of speech. 2
Name and explain the figure of speech in the following lines.
'I celebrate the virtues and vices of suburban people.'
Ans paradox
We can not celebrate vices.
A3) Personal Response. 2
'The middle class people in suburbs are treated with less importance' explain.
A4. Poetic Creativity.
Life is beautiful, enjoy it. Don't run after money don't destroy it or you will be a fool. Based on this theme compose two poetic lines of your own. 2
Section - Ill
(Rapid Reading and Composition) (8)
Q.5(A) Read the extract and do the activities that follow.
In the garden close by grew many large and magnificent flowers, and, strange to say, the less fragrance they had the haughtier and prouder they were.
The peonies puffed themselves up in order to be larger than the roses, but size is not everything ! The tulips had the finest colours, and they knew it well, too, for they were standing bolt upright like that one might see them the In their pride they did not see the little daisy, which looked over to them and thought. "How rich and beautiful they are ! I am sure the pretty bird will fly down and call upon them. Thank God, that I stand so near and can at least see all the splendour;" And while the daisy was still thinking , the lark came flying down, crying "Tweet," but not to the peonies and tulips - no, into the grass to the poor daisy. Its joy was so great that it did not know what to think. The little bird hopped round it and sang, "How beautifully soft the grass is, and what a lovely little flower with its golden heart and silver dress is growing here." The yellow centre ih the daisy did indeed look like gold, while the little petals shone as brightly as silver.
How happy the daisy was ! No one has the least idea. The bird kissed it with its beak, sang to it, and then rose again up to the blue sky. It was certainly more than a quarter of an hour before the daisy recovered its senses. Half ashamed, yet glad at heart, it looked over to the other flowers in the garden; surely they had witnessed its pleasure and the honour that had been done it it; they understood its joy. But the tulips stood more stiffly than ever, their faces were pointed and red, because they were vexed. The peonies were sulky; it was well that they could not speak, otherwise they would have given the daisy a good lecture. The little flower could very well see that they were ill at ease, and pitied them sincerely.
Al) Choose. 2
Choose two most appropriate statements from the following which reveal the theme of the extract.
i) The extract deals with the contentment of the daisy with its position.
ii) The extract deals with the jealousy of the daisy for other flowers.
iii) The extract deals with the ill feelings of other flowers for the daisy.
iv) The extract deals with unhappy relationship between the lark and the daisy.
Ans:-
i) The extract deals with the contentment of the daisy with its position
A2) Provide different ending to the above story in about 50 words. 2
B) Read the extract and do the activities that follow. 4
Dentist: (sternly). Who are you, and what are you doing in my house ?
Tom: I say- I'm awfully sorry - but we thought you were a ghost.
Dentist : (bewildered). A ghost ! Why on earth should you think I was a ghost ?
George : (crossing C.) I'm awfully sorry, sir. You see, we were out carol-singing, and _ Dentist : Oh,so it was you who were making that horrible din outside ?
George : Yes-that was Ginger's idea - but, you see, it was raining rather hard, and these fellows were afraid of getting wet, so-
Tom : (interrupting). Young Alfie's got his best suit on, otherwise we shouldn't have been afraid of getting wet.
Ginger : Anyhow, sir, we stood in your doorway for shelter.
Tom : (interrupting). Young Alfie's got his best suit on, otherwise we sholdn't have been afraid of getting wet.
Ginger : Anyhow, sir, we stood in your doorway for shelter.
Tom : And the door was open, so we came inside.
Dentist : I see, But what were you making all that confounded noise about ?
Tom : (finding the explanation difficult). Well, you see, we saw that skull, and those white grinning things-and we thought the place was haunted-at least tha(s what Ginger thought.
Dentist : (laughing). Great Scott ! So thaes the explanation. I happen to be a dentist, and what you saw were some of my models used for fitting artificial teeth.
Ginger : Then-those rows of grinning teeth are -
: (picking up model fitted with artificial teeth). Just some of my workmanship. Tom : pointing to skull.) But - What about that ? Thaes the thing that scared us the
George : Scared you, you mean. It didn't frighten me.
Dentist : going up LC And patting the skull). Ah ! This is just a little prize exhibit of at I keep for ornamental purposes. I call him Percy.
Alfie : (till umonvinced) But what abut those awful screams we heard ?
: ye, thought someone was being murdered.)
: I am ! I'm afraid that doesn't speak very well for my painless dentistry. Those screams me from some of my patients in the surgery.)
Bl) True or False.
Rewrite the following statemenb and state if they are true or false. 2
i) The dentist in the house was a ghost. False
ii) The boys entered int he house for shelter.
True
iii) The screaming voice was made by the patients int he surgery. True
True
iv) The skull with artificial teeth was kept by the doctor for ornamental purposes.
True
B2) Convert the above extract into a story form in about 50 words. 2
Section D (Writing Skills)
Q.6 (A) Letter Writing. 12
Write any ONE of the following letters. (4)
1) Imagine that your college has organized a study tour. You are the secretary of your college. As a secretary write a letter to the Depot Manager of the Central Bus Depot asking him/her for the possible concessions he / she can offer for the students. Mention the route of the tour and number of students supposed to be participated.
OR
2) Write a letter to the Health Officer of your city focusing on the problem of improper drainage system. Poor drainage system has caused many health concerns. St—st few solutiotw problem.
B) Write on any one of the following. 4
1) Leaflet:
Your college has arranged a rally to raise funds for the flood affected Maharashtra. Prepare a leaflet appealing to the students and others to participate in it and make contribution in funds. You may take the help of the following points :
* Purpose of the rally. * Time and place
* Persuasive appeal for participation * Add your own points.
OR
2) Report Writing :
The National Youth Day was arranged in your college. It was a great celebration with a variety of activities like lecture series, cultural programs and many other activities. Write a report on it in about 120 words.
C) Write any ONE of the following items :
1) Counter View . 4
Read the following view-section and prepare a counter - view section in about 120 wordsd. Suggest a suitable title for the counter - view section.
View Section
City Life : A Boom
• City life is a fast changing life, adaptable and trendy
• City life offers a person more opportunities for growth
• Man can make rapid progress in a city.
• Social life and entertainment is better and wider.
• In a ci there are better medical and educational facilities.
OR 2) Information Transfer :
Read the following table and write a short paragraph regarding 'Vitamins' in
about 120 words.
Q.7 Do the following activities.
A) Imagine that you have to take an interview of an MPSC topper.
Frame a set of 8-10 questions for his / her interview focusing on his / her preparations, hardships, success and aspirations. 4
B) Your college has organied a Blood
Donation Camp. As a secretary of the college you have to deliver a speech on the occasion of inaugural function.
Prepare a speech on 'Importance of Blood Donation' with the help of the
following.
* Organization of the event
* Importance of blood donation
* Advantages * Add your own points
