Tuesday, 16 January 2018

Unseen passage with answers and summary

Read the following extract and answer the questions givenbelow. (11 Marks)

 Kalpana was one of five women of total 23 astronauts selected out of 2962 applicants that year. She was also among seven non-Americans and the only civilian to be selected. She had to undergo a number of psychological tests and interviews. During the process of selection, a watch is kept even on the behaviour of applicants during their stay in the NASA hostel. Apart from qualifications and experience, the qualitiestlut the NASA looks for in an astronaut are. character, integrity, intelligence, team spiritand even public speaking skills. She excelled in all these.

 In March 1995, Kalpanajoined the NASA Astronaut training camp at Johnson Space Centre at Houston, lasting for fourteen months. During the training the participants are called 'Astronaut Candidates'. It is only after the completion of the rigorous training that the candidates are given the 'Astronaut' designation. The astronaut training consists of several parts. First, a theoretical knowledge of space flight, namely navigation and astronomy. Then, hands-on experience with various systems ofthe space shuttle, their repair and  undergoing space-like conditions of vacuum and zero gravity in artificial simulators and even high-altitude flying.

l) Complete : The passage deals with two aspects of NASA's
Astronaut process.
They are A).....  B) .......

2) What are the qualities that NASA wants in an astronaut condidate ?

3) What is the difference between an 'astronaut' and an 'astronaut
candidate?


Would you like to travel in space? Give your reasons.

5) Rewrite the following sentence in the way instructed.

  1. She excelled in all these.
 (Rewrite using the adjective form ofthe underlined word.)
ii) Kalpanajoined the NASA Astronouttraining camp.
(Add a question tag.)

iii) The astronout training consists of several parts.
(Rewrite the sentence using present perfect tense.)
6. Pick out the words from the passage that mean the following.
1. the quality of being honest.
2.  done carefully and thoroughly.

B.Write a brief summary of the above passage with the help of the given clues  and suggest a suitable title. (4 Marks)

I Clues : Selection of Kalpana ........various tests........ joining training in various spheres]


ANSWERS

Q.3. A) 1) The passages deals with two aspects ofthe NASA's Astronaut process they  are
(a) qualities
(b) selection process .

2) Thequalities that the NASA looks for in an astronaut are: inteligence, team spirit and even public speaking skills.

 3) During the training the participants are called 'Astronaut Condidates' . It is  only after the completion ofthe rigorous fraining that the candidates are given  the 'Astronaut'desgination.

 4) Yes, I would love to travel in space . Iwould love go closer to the moon and stars, and see the earh from a distance. It would be a thrilling experience.

5)

 I) She was excellent in all these.

ii) Kalpana join the NASAAstronaut training camp, didn't she?
iil) The astronaut training has consisted of several parts.

6) D integriy  ii) rigorous

Summary

B) KALPANA- THE ASTRONAUT




Kalpana was selected out of numerous applicants after undergo number of tests , during which the NASA looks for various quallities 1 applicant. Kalpana excelled in all the tests andjoined the NASA astrc training camp at johnson space centre at houston. The training consis getting both, theoretical as well as practical knowledge , ofthe varios sy of the space shuttle , as well as experience in various areas.



A List of Suggested Activites for Activity sheet of 11 th class

  A List of Suggested Activites 

l. Complex Factual Comprehension/ Global understanding/,Interpreution/ConcIusion

 1.Identify the intention of the author/   theme of the extract/mood of the characters
 2. True or False
 3. Sequence of sentences

 4. Complete the Web
 5. Find the proofr
 6. Flowchart
7. Complete
8. Putting sentences in correct sequence
9. Choose the appropriate sentence/s summarising the passage
10. Find out the expressions that are against the writer's views
11. Complete the table
12. Filling the gaps of a summary
13. Selection of the right response/s from the multiple statements

 Il. Vocabulary activities

1. Synonyms
 2. Antonyms
3. Contextual meaning
 4. Give one word for
 5. Fill in the blanks by selecting
 6. Find a word from the passage having given the meaning
7. Discourse markers/linkers
8. Word register
 9. Word puzzle
10. Shades of meanings
Il. Matching words with meanings
 12. Using words in meaningful sentences
13. Select a proper word/phrase to complete the sentence
 Ill. Testing Grammar
1. M.C.Q,
2. Begin with
3. Use and rewrite
4. Rewrite using (article, prepositions) missing in a sentence

5, Selecting a preposition by looking at the situation
6. Changing tense forms in sentences (at least 2)
7. Framing a sentence based on the given situation

Personal Response

  Agree or disagree with the Writer's viewsffor or against opinion
2. Reaction to the situation
3. Suggestions or solutions on the problem
4. Seeking opinions with justification
5. Self-experience
6. Parallel experience
7. Commenting or criticising on the writer's point of view / opinions / thoughts etc.
8. Give reason/s
9. List the changes that you would bring in yourself
10. Describe the impact or effect of the message given in the passage on yourmind
V. Creativity in Poetry
1. Framing two continuous lines based on the theme
2. Framing two lines to match the given rhyming words
3. Reframing lines by changing the word order
4. Compose a line on the similar situation
5. Changing the rhyme scheme
6. Framing a slogan based on the poetic concept

VI. Rapid reading:

a) Activity testing global understanding

l. True or False
2. Matching

3. Completing
4. Select the sentence from the given alternatives that describes the passage

5. Select the appropriate title and explain its significance
b) Composition based activity

1. Convert the paragraph into a dialogue / conversation
2. Converting a dialogue into a paragraph
3. Developing an imaginative paragraph in the beginning or at the end as a continution
4. Gist of the extract in his / her own words





Sunday, 14 January 2018

Note-Making


  • B) Note-Making. (4 Marks) 


Read the following extract and complete the table given below:

 Children are perpetually asking questions. As adults, we are awkward  with questions. We link the act ofasking questions to ignorance. It indicates that we do not know; hence we may look stupid when asking questions.
Children have no shame, whereas adults sufferfrom layers and layers ofshame.
Because children have no shame, they are more capable offailing at something and moving on from it. Our sense ofshame makes us inhibited. So we do not try new things at work..
Children quickly make friends with strangers. Put two small kids alongside a few toys and they will start playing before they care to know about each other's antecedents. As adults, we seek the false comfort to known relationships before we agree to play with each other.
Children freely express their emotions; adults learn to suppress their emotional side. We come to the workplace and are frequently counselled. "Do not get emotional."
Children play. They find play in everything. Adults shun play and consider it the oppoiste of " serious work." To a child, every act is an act of play.

Traits Delinking Childhood andAdulthood:
 Ans-



Saturday, 13 January 2018

QUESTION TAG TEXTUAL EXAMPLES

 ENGLISH GRAMMAR

QUESTION TAG

1.That's good for the consumer. (Add a question tag)
Ans : That's good for the consumer, isn't it?

2. All other things are unimportant. (Add a question tag)
 Ans : All other things are unimportant, aren't they?

3. Attitudes have also changed. (Add a questiontag)
Ans : Attitudes have also changed, haven't they?
4. The eagle was aproblemchild. (Add a question tag) 
Ans : The eagle was a problem child, wasn' t it?
5. Michael kept working. (Add a questions tag) 
Ans. Michael kept working, didn't he?

6. I wasn't a bad doctor. (Add a question tag)
Ans. I wasn't a bad doctor, was I ?

7. It altered my life radically. (Add a question tag)
 Ans. It altered my life radically,didn't it?

8. It is quite human. (Add a question tag) Ans It is quite human,isn't it?

9. The sequence of somebody —nobody holds true.
Ans. The sequence of somebody—nobody holds true, doesn't it?

10. It was very efficient and very profitable. (Add a questiontag) 

Ans. It was very efficient and very profitable wasn't it?

11. The page was still blank. (Add a questions tag)

 Ans. Thepagewasstillblank, wasn't it?

12. The word bog is significant. (Add a questiontag)

Ans. The word bog is significant, isn't it?

13. We were an agrarian people. (Add a question tag) 
Ans. We were an agrarian people, weren't we?
14. We are at a crucial juncture. (Add a question tag)
 Ans. We are at a crucial juncture, aren't we?
15 You seduced me steadily. (Add a qu estion tag
 
 Ans. You seduced me steadily, did n't you ?

16. A pilgrimage and a protest are always on the verge of crossing over the edge. (Add a question tag)
Ans. A pilgrimage and a protest are always on the verge of crossing over  the edge, aren't they?

11. They miss trains on a regular basis. (Add a question tag)

Ans. They miss trains on a regular basis, don't they ?

18. Early risers clearly have the edge in life. (Adda question tag)
Ans. Earlyrisers clearly have the edge in life, haven't they?

19. 'Sahukars' are the cause of much distress (Adda question tag)

Ans. 'Sahukars' are the cause of much distress, aren't they?

 20. Mr. Pawar is hopeful. (Add a question tag) 
Ans. Mr.Pawar is hopeful, isn't he?

21. The school had no regular calendar. (Add a question tag)
 Ans. The school had no regular calendar, had it ?
22. The weddings were similarly solemnized on a communal basis.

Ans. The weddings were similarly solemnized on a communal basis,  weren't they?

23. She was alone. (Add a question tag) Ans. She was alone, wasn't she ?

24. We Maharashtrians love him. (Add a question tag)  ns. We Maharashtrians love him, don't we ?

25. They have taught us the principles of equality.

A ns. They have taught us the principles of equality, haven't they ?

26. It looked like a simple task. (Add a question tag)
Ans. It looked like a simple task, didn't it ?

27. It was in a rural area near the Trivandrum backwaters.

. It was in a rural area near the Trivandrum backwaters, wasn't it ?

 28The cellphone is not a panacea. (Add a question tag) n
Ans. The cellphone is not a panacea, is it ?



EXAMPLES Of CHANGE THE VOICE 12 th


TEXTUAL EXAMPLES Of CHANGE THE VOICE

1.The difficulty of a simple statement staggered me.
(Begin your sentence with 'I was...)

  Answer-I was staggered by the difficulty of a simple statement.

 2.I dried it in the kitchen oven.
 (Change the voice)


Answer- It was dried in the kitchen oven.

3.Greed took over their minds. (Change the voice)

Answer-Their minds were taken over by greed.

 4)I was laughed at. (Change the voice)

  : They laughed at me.

5. I have recounted the story umpteen times.

Ans.• The story has been recounted by me umpteen times.

6. The judgement of these ten was accepted as final by the offender.
  (Change the voice)

Ans : The offender accepted the judgement of these ten as final.

7. Our leaders have given us the message of patriotism and self-government. (Change the voice)

Ans : We have been given the message ofpatriotism and self-govemment by our leaders.

8. Farmers carry celephones. (Change the voice)
Ans :Celephones are carried by fÄrmers.

9. We need many such organizations. (Change the voice)

Ans. Many such organizations are needed by us.

10. They would generate extra demand in the market.(Changethevoice)
 Ans : Extra demand would be generated in the market (by them)

 11. Dell gave the customers money back guarantees. (Begin your sentence with 'Money back guarantees

Ans. Money back guarantees were given to the customers by Dell.

12. The things haunted me. (Begin your sentence with 'I')
Ans. I was haunted by the things.

13, The novel was chosen by the Book Society. (Begin your sentence with 'The Book Society

Ans. The Book Society chose the novel.

14. He stunned everybody. (Change the voice)
Ans. Everybody was stunned by him.

15. He was adored by his teacher
(Begin your sentence with 'His teachers')
Ans. His teachers adored him.

16. I loved her. (Begin your sentence with " She  Ans. She was loved by me.

17. I pay tribute to you. (Change the voice) Ans. Tribute is paid to you by me.

18. Religious ceremony was attended by nearly two lakh people.
(Change the.voice)

Ahs. Nearly two lakh people attended the religious ceremony.

19. An equal amount was announced as compensation by the organiz ers. (Change the voice)

Ans. The organizers mnounced an equal amount as compensation.

20. She cooks all the meals. (Change the voice)
Ans. All the meals are cooked by her.

21. Watershed development was adopted to fight the acute water crisis. (Begin yoursentence with 'They

Ans. They adopted watershed development to fight the acute water 

22. Sheku racked his brain. (Begin your sentence with His brain  )

Ans. His brain was rackedby Sheku.

23. We Maharashtrions love him. (Begin your sentence with 'He • •  )
Ans. He is lovedby we Maharashtrians.

24. You have given us the message. (change the voice)
Ans. The message has been given to us by you.

 25. This prayer has been taught to us by Dnyaneshwar. (Begin your sentence with' Dnyaneshwar.. .. . . ')
 Ans. Dnyaneshwar has taught to us this prayer.

26) our leaders have given us the message of patriotism.
(Begin the sentence with 'The message of ism

The message of patriotism has been
given to us by our leaders

27.My team and I read the original versions of Indian scriptures.
(Bgin your sentence with 'The original versions of--')
Ans- The original version of Indian scriptures were read by me and my team.

29. We observe Earth Day on 22 April. (Change the voice)
Ans. Earth Day on 22 April is observed by us.
"30. Let's protect our planet. (Change the Voice)
Ans. Let our planet be protected by us.

31. Will you do something this EarthDay? (ChangeVoice)
 Ans. Will something be done by you this Earth Day?

 32. Start a waste segregation system. (Change the Voice)
Ans. Let a waste segregation system be started. 
33. Cut out plastic. (Begin your sentence withLet)
Ans. Let plastic be cut out.

34. Use kitchen water for plants. (Change the Voice)

 Ans. Let kitchen water be used for plants.

35. Ask them to stop the dumping of organic garbage.

(Begin yoursentence witn 'Let they

Ans. Let they be asked to stop the dumping of organic garbage.

36. Ask them to start harvesting water on roof tops.
Ans. Let they be asked to stan harvesting water on roof tops.



Friday, 12 January 2018

Oct.2015 Question paper


Time : 3 hrs.] OCTOBER 2015 (Set - A)[Max. Marks : 80
SECTION A
(Reading Skill, Grammar, Vocabulary, Note-making and Summary)
Q.I. (A) Read the following extract and answer the questions given below : (11) My own faith in Chaitanya started giving me abundant strength. I no longer wanted to hide myself from the glaring eyes of the world. I took him around with me. He went with us everywhere like any normal child. We were not sorry oruncomfortable carrying

  him around.
If I required help for him in public places, I was not embarrassed to seek it from  people around. I did not mind telling them that he was a special child. I was no more scared of people's curious looks and awkward questions. I could talk about Chaitanya's problem calmly. As my mind opened up further, I could discem a new hope springing in my heart. I felt happy I was a Special Mother.
The special school did Chaitanya a lot of good. He was now a much more confident person, adored by his teachers, his friends and his school staff. His speech improved and expression became clearer. His social manners became laudable.
     Academically, he was still lagging behind the expected standard of learning but it was okay. He started developing an all-round interest in craft, art, music, dancing and sports.
Early in 1997-98, when he returned from state level inter-school sports, he had two prizes to his credit and a silver medal. He had won his laurels in athletic events and the silver medal in a running race.   Questions :

  (1) How was Chaitanya treated in his school ?               (1)
(2) What improvement did the special school bring in Chaitanya ? (2)
(3) How did Chaitanya's mother react to the people's curious looks ? (2)
   (4) How will you help a physically challenged person ?
    (5) Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed ;    (i) His speech improved and expression become clearer. (2)
    (Rewrite it using 'not only but also'.)
(ii) I could talk about Chaitanya's problem calmly. (1)
(Rewrite it using 'be able to')
(iii) He was still lagging behind the expected standard of learning, but it was okay. (1)
(Rewrite it using Though')
(6) Find out words from passage which mean    (1)
(i) recognize (44)
  (ii) afraid (44)
(B) Grammar: (Do as directed)  [4]
(i) Draw —map of world. (Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles.)  
(ii) In a meeting, the physical teachers decided to spend two hours playground  warm-up activities. (1)
(Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions.)
  (iii) "Boys", said the tutor, "sit on the benches. I have got something interesting for you": (1)
(Change it into indirect narration.) (2)
 Read the following extract and answer the questions given below : (11) [15]
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. 'Ihey 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 paséing grades in flying and was very poor in running. Since he was slow in running, he had to stay after school and also drop swimming in order to practise running. This

was kept up until hiswebbed 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 make-up work in swimming.
The squirrel was excellent in climbing until he developed frustration in the flying class where his teacher made him start from the ground up instead ofthe treetop down. He also developed a "Charlie horse" from overexertion and then got a C in climbing and

Din running.
(Rewrite it using the noun form ofthe underlined word.) (iii) The duck was better in swimming than his instructor. (1)
(Change it into positive degree.) (1)
The eagle was a problem child and was disciplined severely. In the climbing class, he beat all the others to the top ofthe tree but insisted on using his own way to get there.   Questions :
  (I) For what purpose did the animals start a school?
(2) Name four students of the 'Animal School' and their specialities in one word each.
  (3) Why was the squirrel frustrated ?
(4) What will happen if all the subjects are made compulsory for all the students ?
(5) Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed :
(i) He had to stay after school.
 (Use the modal auxiliary showing 'compulsion'.) (ii) The squirrel was excellent in climbing. (1)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(1)
(6) Give the antonyms of : (i) better (ii) disciplined (B) Note-making :
Read the following extract carefully and complete the note on 'Delhi : The Capital of
India' with its main points and sub-points given below: (4)
Delhi is the capital of India. It is a very big city with a population of over eight million. It is a fascinating mixture ofthe old and the new. Delhi has some buildings and   monuments that are more than a thousand years old, alongside the most modern towering structures. Delhi is mini India where people from all corners of the country have come to live. The roads ofDelhi are awfully crowded and you can find both bullock carts and the most modern motor cars.
Delhi is the seat of the Government of India, the centre of business, trade and industry. Connaught Place and Chandni Chowk are the two most famous shopping centres of Delhi. The Qutub Minar and the Red Fort are among the oldest buildings of historical interest. Delhi has a zoo, several museums, art galleries, amusement parks   and theatres. It has three universities and a number ofmedical and engineering colleges.
Delhi has an extreme climate. In summer, the day temperature may shoot up to 440 Celsius and in wihter, the night temperature may fall to 30 Celsius. Delhi is one of the greenest capital cities in the world.
 Title — Delhi: The Capital of India
 r: Characteristics (i) densely populated
(iii) mini India (ii) 
(iv) greenest capital city
 (i). (ii) Chandni Chowk
(i) Qutub Minar (ii)
 (ii) museums
(iii) art galleries (iv)
(v) three universities (vi) medical, engineering colleges
IV : Climatic conditions : (i) (ii) 30 Celsius in winter
Q. 3. (A) Read the following extract and answer the questions given below: [111
With the onset ofwinter, the picturesque Nalaban Bird Sanctuary inside the Chilika Lake is agog with the presence of thousands of migratory birds from faraway Siberia, Iraq, Iran and Central Europe.

arrive at winter abode sanctuary, which is spre over 15.5 sq. km., to stay for five months till monsoon sets in. This year the migration of winter birds has begun two weeks ahead due to disturbances and scarcity of food in their native places.
The birds have taken shelter in artificial mounds inside the sanctuary which had been constructed by the wildlife division as the core area of the sanctuary.

According to wildlife offcers, the migration of birds to the Chilika Lake, the second  largest in the world, has increased over the years due to the conducive atmosphere prevailing there,
A survey conducted by the Chilika wildlife division has revealed that the number of migratory birds arriving at the lake has increased to over two million.

Many rare birds like the Smew Duck Mallard, Nakta, Marbled Teal and Goliath Heron have also been spotted last year.
(1) Mmat does the extract throw light on ?
(2) Give a list of the places and birds related with migration.
(3) Why is migration essential for the birds ?
(4) According to you, why are sanctuaries essential for birds and animals ?
(5) Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed : (i) The birds have taken shelter
 (Frame a 'WV question to get the underlined part as its answer.)
(ii) The birds arrive at their winter abode inside the bird sanctuary.  (Make it a complex sentence.) (1)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(1)
(1)
"You are a beacon-light for people far and wide"
(4) Pick out the expressions from the extract showing stubbornness and displeasure.  (1)
(1)
Application of pesticides and chemicals in the fields and loss of natural habitat affect bird migration: Birds and animals have a relationship and their harmonious   presence is beneficial for the continuity of a sanctuary.  Questions :

 (iii) Many rare birds like the Smew Duck Mallard, Nakta, Marbled Teal and Goliath Heron have also been spotted.
(Rewrite the sentence beginning with They....' (1) (6) In the passage the 'core area' means :
(i) overflowing area (ii) central area (iii) isolated area (1) (B) Summary:
Write a summary of the above extract with the help of the outline given below and suggest a suitable title. (4) Winter — Chilika lake — migratory birds — second largest lake — conducive atmosphere — artificial mounds — variety of birds — effects of pesticides / chemicals — harmony.

SECTION -B
(Poetry) I

(A) Read the following extract and answer the questions given below:
If you accept counsel without getting sore
And re-assess yourself in the light thereof
If you pledge not to be obstinate any more    And meet others without any frown or scoff  You may be the person I am looking for.
If you have the will to live and courage to die
You are a beacon-light for people far and wide

If you ignore the jeers and, thus, expose the lie That virtue and success do not go side by side?  You are the person I am looking for.

(1) How does a counsel help a person?
(2) Write any two advantages of having good manners.
(3) Name and explain the figure of speech in the following lines : (1)
(1)
  (B) Read the following extract and answer the questions given below: (4)
All the rest of her children, she said, are on the nuclear blacklist of the dead,  all the rest, unless the whole world understands   that peace is a woman.  A thousand candles then lit  in her starry eyes, and I saw angels bearing a moonlit message.
Peace is indeed a pregnant woman Peace is a mother.
 (1) What will be the effect of a nuclear attack? (1 (2) According to you, how can we prevent war-like tendencies? (1 (3) Name and explain the figure of speech in the following line:

'A thousand candles then lit in her starry eyes' (1
(4) moonlit message do the angels bear?   (1
SECTION -C
(Rapid Reading and Composition)
Q. 5. (A) Read the following extract and rewrite it from the point of view of Sid, the narrator' friend [8 You may begin with : Herman made his way to . (4
Eventually I made my way to England where I was sponsored by a Jewish charity,

put up in a hostĂ©l with other boys who had survived the Holocaust and trained in electronics. Then I came to America, where my brother Sam had already moved. I served  in the U. S. Army during the Korean war, and returned to New York city after two years.

 By August 1957 1'd opened my own electronics repair shop. I was starting to settle in.
One day, my friend Sid who I knew from England called me. "I've got a date. Shö got   a Polish friend. Let's double date."
A blind date? Nah, that wasn't for me.
But Sid kept pestering me, and a few days later we headed up to the Bronx to pick up  his date and her friend Roma.
 I had to admit, for a blind date this wasn't so bad. Roma was a nurse at a Bronx hospital. She was kind and smart. Beautiful, too, with swirling brown curls and green  almond-shaped eyes that sparkled with life.
The four of us drove out to Coney Island. Roma was easy to talk to, easy to be with.  Turned out she was wary ofblind dates too! We were bothjust doing our friends a favor.
We took a stroll on the boardwalk, enjoying the salty Atlantic breeze, and then had dinner by the shore. I couldn't remember having a better time,
(B) Read the following extract and convert it into a continuous write-up (in about 120 words) :
Dentist   Tom 
Dentist :
George 
Dentist   
George .


Tom   
  (sternly) Who are you, and what are you doing in my house ?
I say — I'm awfully sorry — but we thought you were a ghost.
(bewildered) A ghost ! Why on earth should you think I was a ghost ?
(crossing C). I'm sorry, sir. You see, we were out carol-singing, and —  Oh, so it was you who were making that horrible din outside ?
Yes — that was GingeFs idea — but, you see, it was raining rather hard, and these fellows were afraid of getting wet, so —
(interrupting). Young Alfie's got his best suit on, otherwise we shouldn't have
You may begin with : The dentist asked the boys sternly

own (in about 120 words):
"I have no water," said the captive lark, "they have all gone out, and forgotten to    give me anything to drink. My throat is dry and burning. I feel as if I had fire and ice within me and the air ib so oppressive. Alas! I must die, and part with the warm sunshine, the fresh green meadows, and all the beauty that God has created." And it thrust its beak into the piece of grass, to refresh itself a little. Then it noticed the little daisy, and nodded to it,• and kissed it with its beak and said : 'You must also fade in here, poor little flower. You and the piece of grass are all they have given me in exchange for the whole world, which I enjoyed outside. Each little blade of grass shall be a green tree for me, each of your white petals a fragrant flower. Alas! you only remind me of what I have lost".  (4)

 
SECTION -D
  (Written Communication)

(A) Letter Writing :
(Written Communication)
1121 Write any ONE of the following letters :
(1) Read the following advertisement and a letter of application in response to it by using the information given in the advertisement that follows :
 
 
SITUATION VACANT
Data Entry Operators
12th passed, MSCIT, Experience preferred.
Apply   to : Manager, Data Software Company, Krantinagar, Sangli
CV (Resume)
Name Miss Ashwini V. Nikam
Address   1603, Ganesh Sadan, Rajararnpuri, Kolhapur
22 years
  Education 12th passed, MSCIT
  1 year as a data entry operator
InterestsReading, net surfing.




1. INTERVIEW QUESTIONS for 'MUSIC COMPETITION WINNER'



1. INTERVIEW OF 'MUSIC COMPETITION WINNER'

1. Frame questions that you would like to ask the 'winner Of music competition, focusing on the challenges and difficulties faced by the person. (Frame atleast 8 questions)

 I. How do you feel after winning the music competition ?

 2. Who is your idol ?

3. What is your ambition in life ?

4. What were the challenges and difficulties in this field ?

 5. Who supported you most to become a singer ?

6. What is your message to upcoming singers ?

7. Are you confident about your future and career?

8. Which type of music you like most, classical or western ?


Friday, 5 January 2018

PRACTICE PAPER For March 2018

 PRACTICE PAPER For March 2018

SUB: ENGLISH

STD: 12THm
TIME: 3 HRS DATE:
SECTION: A

READING COMPREHENSION, GRAMMAR, NOTE-MAKING & SUMMARY WRITING

Q.1 (A).Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions given below: (11)

I chose a publisher by the simple expedient of closing my eyes and pricking a catalogue with a pin. I dispatched the completed manuscript and promptly forgot about it.
In the days which followed I gradually regained my health, and I began to chafe at idleness. I wanted to be back in harness.
At last my date of deliverance drew near. I went around the village saying good-bye to the simple folk who had become my friends. As I entered the post office, the postmaster presented me with a telegram- an urgent invitation to meet the publisher. I took it straight away and showed it, without a word to John Angus.
The novel I had thrown away was chosen by the Book Society, dramatized and serialised, translated into 19 languages, bought by Hollywood. It has sold a millions of copies. It altered my life radically, beyond my wildest dreams…..and all because of a timely lesson in the grace of perseverance.
But that lesson goes deeper still. Today, when the air resounds with the shrill defeatist cries, when half our stricken world is wailing in discouragement: “What is the use…to work…to save……to go on living…with Armageddon round the corner?” I am glad to recollect it. The door is wide open to darkness and despair. The way to close that door is to go on doing whatever job we are doing and to finish it.
The virtue of all achievement, as to known by my old Scot farmer, is victory over oneself. Those who know the victory can never know defeat.

1)What do you learn from this extract? 1
2)How did the novel thrown away by the writer achieve success? 2

3)What philosophy does the narrator put forth in this extract? 2

4The narrator says, “The virtue of all achievement is victory over oneself.” Do you agree with him? Justify your answer. 2

5)GRAMMAR;
I)As I entered the post office. The post master presented me with a telegram, (Make it Compound) 1
II ) I went around the village. (Change it into Past Perfect Continuous Tense)

III It has sold millions of copies, (Change the voice) 1

6)What does the following words in the extract mean: I) expedient ii} wailing 1

(B) NON-TEXTUAL GRAMMAR (4)
1. And for last nine years, I have been freelance columnist. (Insert an appropriate article wherever it is necessary and rewrite the sentence) 1
2. Let me refer this matter……….the Principal. We shall abide………..his decision. (Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition) 1
3. “The beauty, the serenity and the bhakti that we felt when we reached Manasarovar and Kailash are inexplicable, I felt as if my life’s ambition and dreams had got fulfilled”. Said Mr. Jugal Kishor Chandak, (change it into indirect speech)
Q.2. (A) Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions given below: (11)

Hard labour is the watchword of our times. And Panditji, you have given us the message of building Maharashtra and our nation by hard labour. We are going to inscribe this valuable message on our minds and try our best to look at your blessings and your guidance, as the blessings and guidance as an epoch maker.
And now, following our age old tradition, I pray to God to remove darkness from the life of sinful. This prayer has been taught to us by Dnyaneshwar. It is from our saints that we have got the blessings and the philosophy that the darkness of the evil should vanish from this world and truth only should prevail. They have taught us the principal of equality and taught us to fight against the injustice. Our leaders have given us the message of patriotism and self-government. Against the backdrop of this message, I would like to promise on this auspicious occasion that Maharashtra will never forget the divine message given by Mahatma Gandhi through his person.
On behalf of myself, the Marathi people and the Government of Maharashtra, I thank the Honourable Governor and Panditji. I pray to God to let this new Maharashtra prosper, let its brightness grow and let this brightness be spent on the welfare of India and humanity.

1)What is the extract about? 1
2)What does the speaker pray to God? 2
3)Whose teaching and philosophy has been mentioned in the extract? What is it? 2

4)What is your vision of India? 2
5)GRAMMAR:

1)The darkness of evil should vanish from the world. (Rewrite using another Modal Auxiliary showing Necessity) 1
2)It is from our saints that we have got the blessings. (Make it Simple)  1

3)
I pray to God to remove darkness from the life of sinful. (Frame a ‘Wh’question so that underlined part will be an answer) 1
6)Vocabulary: find out the words from the extract which mean (i) word/phrases expressing belief (ii) condition in which something happens 1

(B) NOTE MAKING: 4
Read the following extract carefully and present the information in the form of notes on the topic ‘Disaster Management’ with the help of the given clues.
Disaster is an event that causes sudden great loss. It is an unexpected and unpredictable event for which people are not prepared. It causes irrecoverable loss to life and property. The losses caused by disaster causes have long term effect. Wider geographical area come under grip of disaster. It has intensity to affect larger size of population. It affects seriously on society in terms of cultural, political, legal, economical and other related environmental factors, natural disasters includes earthquakes, floods, cyclones, Tsunami, landslide, volcanic eruption, epidemic etc. chemical and gas leakages , accidents, industrial fires, structural collapse, radiations, wars are called man-made disaster.
Disaster management is important because it can forecast probable disaster and can take action before its occurrence, rescue operations can be undertaken by disaster management at the occurrence of earthquakes, floods, landslides etc. different rehabilitation programmes can be implemented successfully in the affected area by the team. Disaster management can successfully coordinate with other agencies for financial, medical and legal assistance. The team can release the tension developed due to disaster through psychological, financial and material support. The disaster management team helps in preserving and protecting environment losses due to disasters. It promotes social forestation and it can insist for banning the use of non- decaying substance like plastic.

TITLE- DISATER MANAGEMENT

Disaster
Unexpected and unprecedented event causing sudden great loss
…………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………..
……………………………………
Wider geographical area affected
Ill effect………………………………………..
Ill effect on…………..
Types of Disaster
Natural disaster- earthquakes, …………………………………
Man-made disaster-…………………………………………….
Importance of Disaster Management
Forecasting of disasters
……………………….
Providing relief measures
………………………………..
Coordination with other agencies
………………………………….
Protecting environment

Q.3 (A).Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions given below: (11)

Around 350 differently abled children gathered at Cooperage Ground in Colaba to make the Sunday morning memorable. They participated in fun field sports event, Spirit 2016, organised by the Team Mystiquein association with the Inner Wheel Club of Mumbai. Governor Vidyasagar Rao chaired the event along with social activist Shina NC and MD of Being Human, Manish Mandhana.
The happy faces from eight schools and NGOs catering to children with special needs couldn’t hide their enthusiasm. The children included those with visual and hearing impairment, cerebral palsy, motor impairment, autism, mental illness and learning disabilities.
A delighted Governor said, “Such events inspire the children, motivate them. Such events strengthen their confidence.” Being Human’s Mandhan said, “They are blessed with being special. We must encourage them to do something special.” The partners and sponsors, including corporate bigwigs such as Aditya Birla Group Being Human Foundation, Club Mahindra left no stone unturned to ensure that the world class facilities were extended towards the cause.
According to experts concentrated training can bring a lot of changes to these kid’s physical and mental behaviour. Head trainer Dattaram said, “I saw phenomenal change in the children, earlier, a lot of them couldn’t jump or communicate as their gross and fine motor skills were not up to the mark. They lacked confidence in themselves. The training and motivation has uplifted their confidence. Student, Rishikesh Pkhre came to me one day and said, “I will come first if I get selected.” It gave me immense happiness. (DNA MUMBAI)
1)What is the extract about? 1
2)Where did these differently abled children come from and what problems they were suffering from? 2
3)What did the head trainer see in these kids? 2
4)How will you inspire/ motivate differently abled children? 2
5)Do as directed:
i)Around 350 differently abled children gathered at Cooperage Ground in Colaba to make the Sunday morning memorable. (Rewrite using ‘ing’ form of the underlined word) 1

ii)Children with special needs couldn’t hide their enthusiasm. (Rewrite using ‘be able to’ ) 1

iii)I will come first if I get selected. (Rewrite using ‘unless’) 1

6)Find the words from the passage which mean- 1
In large amount
Remarkable

B) Summary Writing: 4
Write the summary of the above extract with the help of following points and give a suitable title-
Sports event- problems of differently abled children – inspiration – training – changes in children.

SECTION- B (POETRY)
Q.4 (A) Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions given below: 4

I celebrate the virtues and vices
of suburban middle-class people
who overwhelm the refrigerator
and position colourful umbrellas
near the garden that longs for a   
                pool;
for my middle-class brother
the principle of this supreme                                 luxury

what are you and what am I, and                  we go on
deciding the real truth in this                                     truth.

The truth of that dream we buy on                      bcredit
of not going to the office on                             Saturday, at last,
and the merciless bosses whom the         worker
manufacturers in indivisible                          granaries
where executioners were always                   born
and grow up and always multiply.

1)Who are the executioners? Why? 1

2)Do you think the middle-class is marginalised in cities? Why? 1

3)Find out and explain the figure of speech in the following line:
“What are you and what am I” 1
4)
Which symbols are used in this extract? What do they symbolize? 1

(B) Read the following extract and answer the questions given below: 4
My father told the tenants to leave
Who lived in the houses surrounding our house on the hill
One by one the structures were demolished
Only our own house remained and the trees.
Tress are sacred my grandmother used to say
Felling them is a crime but he massacred them all
The Sheoga, the Oudumbur, the Neem were all cut down
But the huge banyan tree stood like a problem
Whose roots lay deeper than all our lives
My father ordered it to be removed.

1)Why was the banyan tree a problem? 1
2)How do trees help in enriching human life? 1
3)Name and explain the figure of speech in the following line:
“But the huge banyan tree stood like a problem” 1
4)The poem has a pictorial quality. Pick up such expressions from the extract. 1

SECTION-C (RAPID READING)

Q.5. (A) Read the following extract and
rewrite it as if you were Roma: you may begin your answer like this: I (Roma) was then a little girl with light, almost luminous curls……. 4
On the other side of the fence, I spotted someone: a little girl with light, almost luminous curls. She was half hidden behind a birch tree.
I glanced around to make sure no one saw me. I called to her softly in German. “Do you have something to eat?”
She didn’t understand.
I inched closer to the fence and repeated the question Polish. She stepped forward. I was thin and gaunt, with rags wrapped around my feet, but the girl looked unafraid. In her eyes, I saw life.
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 tomorrow.”
I returned to the same spot by the fence at the same time every day. She was 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 was she risking her life for me?
Hope was in such short supply, and this girl on the other side the fence gave me some, as nourishing in its way as the bread and apples.
Nearly seven months later, my brother and were crammed into a coal car and shipped to Theresienstadt camp in Czechoslovakia. 

(B.1) Read the following extract and convert it into a dialogue. 4
You may begin your answer as follows:
The Lark: The evening has come and nobody appears to bring me a drop of water, tweet, tweet.
The evening came and nobody appeared to bring the poor bird a drop of water; it opened its beautiful wings, and fluttered about in its anguish; a faint and mournful “Tweet, tweet,” was all it could utter, then it bent its little head towards the flower, and its heart broke for want and longing. The flower could not, as on the previous evening, fold up its petals and sleep; it drooped sorrowfully. The boys only came the next morning: when they saw the dead bird, they began to cry bitterly, dug a nice grave for it, and adored it with flowers. The bird’s body was placed in a pretty red box; they wished to bury it with royal honours. While it was alive and sang they forgot it, and let it suffer want in the cage; now, they cried over it and covered it with flowers. The piece of turf, with the little daisy in it, was thrown out on the dusty highway. Nobody thought of the flower which had felt so much for the bird and had so greatly desired to comfort it.

OR
(B.2) Read the following extract and extend
it by adding an imaginary paragraph of your own in about 120 words.

“I know you’re interested in detective stories,” She wrote during the summer term, and that you fancy yourself a Sherlock Holmes or Elley queen. So what do you make of this strange happening? Last week we decided to clear out an old store-room that hadn’t been opened for years. The keys were missing, so we have to break open the lock inside there was a lot of old furniture, rotting carpets, dusty files, broken flower pots, even a mounted tiger’s head. There were two or three locked cupboards which had to be forced open. Nothing much in the first two, but third cupboard gave everyone a fright. As Triloki, our billiard-marker, pulled open the door, a skeleton tumbled out! I mean a complete human skeleton, it must have been there for twenty or more years. How did it get there, and why? If you were here, you could do some detective work, but you’ll have to wait for the winter holidays. Of course, we had to inform the police, and they took the skeleton away, saying they’d have it examined. But I doubt if they’ll do much about it. It’s obviously someone who died long ago- perhaps a hotel guest! - and someone here decided to hush it up. Suicide, murder, accident, probably we will never know…?” 


SECTION- D WRITING SKILL
Q.6 A. LETTER WRITING: (ANY ONE) 4
 Prepare a letter of application with the help of the given information:
Vikas patil, aged 21, residing at Shyamsunadr Apartment, Lokhandwala Complex, Oshiwara, Goregaon (West), Mumbai wants to apply for the post of salesman. Having passed SSC he has served as a salesman for 2 years at M.G. Emporium, M.G. Rd, Goregaon (West).
He knows Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi and English. Considering yourself as Vikas Patil write a letter of application for the post of salesman.
WANTED SALESMANS
SSC, HSC PASSED, EXPERIENCED
CANDIDATES PREFRRED,
Write To:
The Manager,
Khadi Gramodyog Bhvan, F. M. Rd,
Nariman Point, Mumbai-400001
OR
Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper highlighting the water pollution in your area, (You are avi Shinde, A/32, Ganga Sagar Complex, Tilak Rd, Kurla Mumbai-70)
(B) TOURIST LEAFLET: 4
Write a short tourist leaflet on any Historical place that you know with the help of the following points.
*How to go?
* Where to stay?
* Time to visit,
* What to see?
* Shopping attractions
* Anything special
OR
Recently your junior college celebrated World Environment Day by planting trees. Write a short report about it for your college magazine.
(C) Information Transfer: 4
Read the following table and write a paragraph about daily railway ticket booking in Mumbai.
Mode/ Form
Tickets Booked Everyday
Charges per ticket
Sleeper T.
Charges per ticket
AC/FC

Cell- phones
Launched in Jan-2005
20
Rs, 40
Rs. 60

Internet
2,000
Rs. 40
Rs. 60

Agents
3,000
Rs. 25
Rs, 40

Counter Booking
25,000
Rs. 00
Rs. 00












OR
Prepare a paragraph to be used for the Counter- view section on the following topic.
Is Being Ambitious Good?
Being Ambitious is Good
View Section
Ambition gives direction to life.
A man without ambition is like a ship without rudder.
Ambition helps to explore things around us.
To test success in life we have to take a risk.
Ambitious nature forces to work hard.
Q.7 (A) Framing Interview Question : (At least 8 questions) 4
Frame questions that you would like to ask the Rio Olympics Silver Medal winner P. V. Sindhu focussing on the challenges and difficulties faced by her in her journey as a Badminton player.
OR
Speech Writing: 3
Prepare a speech to deliver in an Intercollegiate elocution Competition on “How to achieve great success in life?”
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Monday, 1 January 2018

BOARD QUESTION PAPER : March 2017 with Solutions


BOARD QUESTION PAPER : March 2017

Time: 3 Hours
Max. Marks: 80

SECTION - A

SECTION-A
(Reading Skill, Grammar, Vocabulary, Note-making and SUmmary

 (A) Read the following extract and answer the questions given
 below :
 (11)
 Now, as I stood on the shore ofthat desolate Highland loch I raised my voice in a surge of self-justification : "By Heavens! This is my opportunity. Gastric ulcer or no gastric ulcer, I will   write a novel." Before I could change my mind I walked straight to the village and bought myselftwo dozen penny exercise books.
Upstairs in my cold, clean bedroom was a scrubbed deal   table and a very hard chair. Next morning, I found myselfin this chair, facing a new exercise book open upon the table, slowly   becoming aware that, short ofdog—Latin prescriptions, I had never pomposed a significant phrase in all my life. It was a discouraging thought as I picked up my pen and gazed out ofthe window. Never mind, I would begin. Three hours later Mrs. Angus, th9 farmer's  wife, called me to dinner. The page was still blank.
 As Iwent down to my milk andjunket — they call this "curds"   in Tarbert — I felt a dreadful fool. I felt like the wretched poet in  Daudet's Jack whose immortal masterpiece never progressed  beyond its stillborn opening phrase : "In a remote valley of Pyrenees ". I recollected, rather grimly, the sharp advice with which my old schoolmaster had goaded me to action. "Get it

hadsaid. "Ifit stops in your head it will always be nothing.  Get it down." And so, after lunch, I went upstairs and began to get it down.
(l) What is the main idea ofthe extract?
(2) Why did the narrator buy two dozen penny exercise books?
(3) How was the narrator unprepared for writing his novel?
 (4) Write in brief about what you will do in your forthcoming vacation.
(5) Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed :  (i) I stood on the shore of that desolate Highland loch.
(Rewrite it using f used to'.)
  (ii) I went down to my milk and junket.
  (Rewrite it in the Past Perfect Tense.)
(iii) I walked straight to the village and bought myself two dozen penny exercise books,
(Make it simple). (1)
 (6) Find out the words from the extract which mean :
(i) chance (h) (ii) lake


Answers Q.1 A

1)main ides of the extract is the author’s idea of writing a novel and his initial problem in starting to write. [1 Marks]

 (2) The narrator bought two dozen penny exercise books so that he would have ready everything necessary to write a novel, and also so that he would not change his decision to write. [2 Marks]

 (3) The narrator was unprepared for writing a novel. He had only written dag - Latin prescriptions before and had never composed a significant phrase in all his life.  [ 2 Marks]

 (4) In my forthcoming vacation, I will play happily with all my friends. I will join a musical class and learn various new things. I will also join computer class to learn computer basics and MS Office. I will also join a library and read valuable books. 

 (5) (i) I used to  stand on the shore of that desolate Highland loch. 
(ii) I had gone down to my milk and junket. 
(iii) Walking straight to the village, I bought myself two dozen penny exercise books. 

 (6) (i) Change - Opportunity
(ii) Lake - Loch.

(B) Grammar :
  Do as directed : (4)
(i) J.R.D. Tatawas amazing personality, He always helped   poor in the country.
(Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles.) (1)
(ii) They stood silence as a mark honour to her.
(Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositiöns.)
(1)
(iii) "Where are you going?" he asked. "Pune, Sir, my husband is  tatting a company called Infosys and I'm shifting to Pune." ange it into Indirect speech.)

Answers Q.1 B


 1. (B) (i) J.R.D. Tata was an amazing personality. He always helped the poor in the country.

 (ii) They stood in silence as a mark of honour to her. 

 (iii) He asked me where I was going. I respectfully told him that I was going to Pune. I further told him that my husband was starting a company called infosys and I was shifting to Pune. . 


Q. 2. (A) Read the following extract and answer the questions,given IIS) below : (11)
We commemorate so many special days such as Republic Day, Independence Day, Mother's Day and so on. Well, here is one day that deserves not only a commemoration, but our total dedication -- Earth Day, 22 April. At Sanctuary, we live our lives like everyday is Earth Day, but we all believe that it would be fantastic to remind our relatives, friends, neighbours, teachers and elders on this day that protecting Mother Earth can end up making us both happy and safe.
Will you do something this Earth Day? Here's a handy list  ofthings you can do
(l) Cut Consumption : Consume as little as possible on Earth
Day. This is a day when you can Refuse (to buy new things),  Repair and Reuse (old stuff), Recycle (what you cannot  reuse), Reject (stuff that is toxic or dangerous to the environment) and Renew (your purpose and resolve to protect the planet).
(2) Cut Energy : (a) Ditch the old incandescent bulbs and shift   to CFLs or LEDs (Google both to find out more). (b) Walk or use public transport, try not to use private cars to save  fuel. Carpool. Cut down on trips. Use Skype instead of

travelling for meetings. (c) Switch off unnecessary gadgets (don'tjust use the remote... walk to the mains!).

(3) Cut Waste : Start a waste segregation system in your building, school or neighbourhood. Compost organic waste,  sell what you can to the raddi-wallah and give him a small token of appreciation also for he is protecting your world. Collect unused papers from old notebooks and make new

 ones from them.
(4) Cut out plastic : Speak to at least five shopkeepers in your area and tell them you and your friends will only use their shops if they move away from wasteful plastic packaging, particularly thin plastic bags.

1 What do you understand from this extract?

(2) What steps can we take to keep our environment clean?

(3) Why should we commemorate Earth Day?

(4) WhaMs your opinion regarding shifting to CF,Ls or LEDs? (2)

(5) Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed :

  (i) Earth Day deserves a commemoration and our total dedication.

(Use 'not only — but also'.)

(ii) Start a Waste Segregation System in your building.
(Rewrite it beginning with 'Let' .)


(iii) You can sell waste to the raddi-wallah and give him a   small token of appreciation.
(Repiace the modal auxiliary by another showing 'obligation'.)

(6) What do the following words in the extract mean?
 (i) resolve (ii) toxic

Answers Q.2A

 (1) The extract is about Earth conservation and saving it by not using man made resources which can harm the environment and sacrificing the same on the Earth Day. [1 Mark]

 (2) Our environment can be made celan by the following activities: [2 Marks]

 (i) Consume as little as possible and try to Repair, Reuse and Refuse to new things.

 (ii) Replacing old bulbs with CFL’s or LED’s as well as using public transport to reduce pollution.

 (iii) We can start a waster segregation system which can help to sell off the compost organic waste in form of money.

 (iv) Avoid using thin plastic bags or any other wasteful plastic packaging which can harm the environment.

 (3) We live our lives like everyday is Earth Day, but we all should believe the same because of the harmful effects that we as humans are contributing everyday in the form of air pollution, water pollution as well as effecting flora and funa. By commemorating Earth Day and following the environmental saving techniques of cutting consumption, saving energy, reducing waste and avoiding man made materials of plastic.

 (4) Regular bulbs release a lot of toxic chemicals in the air which make them polluted as if such chemicals are inhealed by humans can contribute to severe mental disorders such as brain hambrage. Using CFL’s and LED’s firstly would help in less consumption of electricity and as it doesn’t have health
hazard chemicals it does not release any posionous gaseous chemicals.

 (5) (i) Not only Earth Day deserves a commemoration but also our total dedication.

 (ii) Let us start a Waste Segregation System in our building.
(iii) You must sell waste to the raddi-wallah and give him a small token of appreciation.
(6) (i) resolve - to find a solution

(ii) toxic - dangerous / posiononus


(B) Note-making :
 Read the following extract and complete the note with the help ofthe clues provided :
 Vitamins are either fat-soluble (A, D, E, K) or water-soluble   (B vitamins, including niacin, folic acid and riboflavin, and vitamin C). They consist mainly ofthe elements nitrogen, oxygen, carbon and hydrogen. Fat-soluble vitamins are stored in body fat, while water-soluble vitamins are used or quickly excreted in the urine.
 Vitamin A is essential for the eyes, skin, hair and bones; the B vitamins help enzymes to function; C is essential for the formation of collagen; D helps the body absorb calcium; E prevents cell damage, and K helps blood clotting. Most vitamins annotbe roduced by the body and so must be obtained directly


Ans-


(A) Read the following extract and answer the questions given 1151
below : (11)

  Oil is one ofthe world's major sources ofenergy. We depend on it as fuel for heating, transport and generation ofpower.
 For centuries, animal and vegetable oils have been used for

cooking and as a source of artificial light. But it is mineral oil which meets most ofthe world's needs today.
 Crude mineral oil comes out of the earth as a thick brown or black liquid with a strong smell. It is a complex mixture of many different substances, each with its own individual qualities. Most ofthem are combinations ofhydrögen and carbon in varying proportions. Such hydro-carbons are also found in other forms such as bitumen, asphalt and natural gasq Mineral oil originates from the carcasses oftiny animals and from plants that livĂ© in the sea. Over millions ofyears these dead creatures fonn large deposits

 under the sea bed and ocean currents cover them with a blanket of   sand and silt. As this material hardens, it becomes sedimentary

rock and effectively shuts out the oxygen so preventing the complete decomposition ofthe marine deposits underneath. The

layers of sedimentary rock become thicker and heavier. Their pressure produces heat, which transforms the tiny carcasses into crude oil in a process that is still going on today.
The earth's crust is split into a few huge continental plates  which move continuously rather like rafts on a sluggish tide. Geologists call this movement as 'continental drift'.
(1) What does the extract tell us about? (1)
(2) In which fonn does crude mineral oil come out of the earth and from what does it originate? (2) (3) How is 'continental drift' formed? (2)
(4) According to you, how can we stop the excess use of  energy? (2)
(5) Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed :
  (i) Oil is one of the world's major sources of energy.  (Rewrite it as a negative sentence without changing its meaning.)
 (ii) As this material hardens, it becomes sedimentary
(Make it a compound sentence.)
 (iii) Geologists call this movement as 'continental drift'. (Frame a 'Wh-question' to get the underlined part as  an answer.)
(6) Give the antonyms from the extract for :
(i) artificial
 (ii) lighter

Answers Q.3A

(1) The extract tell us about the different types of Oils, its uses and the process of Oil formation. [1 Mark]

 (2) Crude mineral oil comes out of the earth as a thick brown or balck liquid with a strong smell. It is a complex mixture of many different substances, each with its own individual qualities and it originates from the carcasses of tiny animals and from plants that live in the sea. [2 Marks]

 (3) Continental drift is formed when the earth’s crust is split into a few huge continental plates which move continuously rather like rafts on a sluggish tide and this movement is called as ‘continental drift’ by the Geologists. [2 Marks]

 (4) We can stop the excess use of energy by the following methods:
(i) Energy conservation - Petro chemicals form one of the major part of energy which is used in a day to day life in the form of mode of transportation which can be save by optimum utilization of fuels and turning of the engines when not needed.

 (ii) Saving energy - A lot of energy is used in rural and urban areas in the form of coal which actually componsates to major part of air pollution as it releases a lot poisonous gases and not used to the
optinumlevel.ThiscanbesavedbyreplacingthiscoalchimineswithLPG.

 (5) (i) No other source of energy is as major as oil.
(ii) This material hardens and it becomes sedimentary rock.
(iii) What do Geologists call this movement?

 (6) (i) Artificial - Mineral

(ii) Lighter - Thicker


(B) Write a brief summary of the above extract with the help ofthe  points given below and suggest a suitable title.
Oil as a source of energy — our dependence — types of oil  mineral oil — origin of crude oil — formation of crude oil  forming of sedimentary rocks -— continental drift.

Section - B

(Poetry)
(A) Read the following extract and answer the questions given below : (4)
And we with our small vanities, our controlled hunger for climbing and getting as far as everybody else has gotten because it seems that is the way ofthe world :  an endless track ofchampions and in a corner we, forgotten may be because of everybody else, since they seemed to much like us  until they were robbed of their laurels, their medals, their titles, their names.
(1) What is the way ofthe world? (1)

(2) Do you think the middle class people are satisfied with their lives? Explain. (1)
 (
3) Name and explain the figure ofspeech in the following lines :
"Since they seemed so much like us." (1)

 (4) Pick out the expressions from the extract showing the
failure ofman. (1)


 1. Getting as far as everybody else has gotten is the way of the world. [1 Mark]

 2. Not everyone but some of the  middle class people are not satisfied with their lives. They look at those who are wealthier than they are and try to compete with them. They are always trying to earn more and live better lives. [1 Mark]

 3. Alliteration- The sound of the consonant ‘s’ is repeated pleasingly.  [1 Mark]

 4. The expressions fromt he extract showing the failuter of man are Robbed of their lourels, their medals, their titles, their names.   [1 Mark]

(B) Read the following extract and answer the questions given
below :
(4)
Not gold but only men can make
  A people great and strong;
Men who for truth and honor's sake
 Stand fast and suffer long.
Brave menwho work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly...
They build a nation's pillars deep And lift them to the sky.

(1) What do you think is the underlying message ofthe extract? (I)
(2) Which qualities of great men would you like to imbibe in you? (1)
(3) Give the rhyming pairs ofwords ofthe first stanza. (1)

(4) Pick out the expressions from the extract which show the hard work ofbrave men,

 1. The underlying message of the extract is that brave men work hard, are stadfast and suffer. These are the men who build the pillars of the nation and lift the nation to great heights. 

 2. I would like to be brave, honest and hardworking. I would also like to have the qualities of pride in my country and patriotism. 

 3. Rhyming pairs of words: make - sake, strong - long. 

 4. The expressions from the extract showing the hard work of great men are :
They work while others sleep; who dare while others fly.


SECTION - C

  (Rapid Reading and Composition)

(A) Read the following extract and rewrite it from the point ofview   of Orlando :

  [You may begin with : When Duke senior and his followers were taking meal I rushed...... ]

The Duke senior and his followers were stting down to a meal one day when Orlando rushed out from among the trees, his sword in his hand. ' Stop, and eat no more!' he cried. The Duke and his friends asked him what he wanted. 'Food,' said Orlando. 'I am  almost dying ofhunger.'
They asked him to sit down and eat, but he would not do so. He told them that his old servant was in the wood, dying ofhunger.   'I will not eat a bite until he has been fed' , Orlando said.
So the good Duke and his followers helped him to bring  Adam to their hiding place, and Orlando and the old man were fed  and taken care of. When the Duke learned that Orlando was a son ofhis old friend Sir Rowland de Boys, he welcomed him gladly to his forest court.
Orlando lived happily with the Duke and his friends, but he  had not forgotten the lovely Rosalind. She was always in his thoughts and every day he wrote poetry about her, pinning it on the trees in the forest. g These trees shall be my books,' he said,   ' so that everyone who looks in the forest will be able to read how sweet and good Rosalind is. '
Rosalind and Celia found some of these poems pinned on the trees. At first they were puzzled, wondering who could have

written them; but one day Celia came in from a walk with the news that she had seen Orlando sleeping under a tree, and she and  Rosalind guessed that he must be poet.

Answer

  I rushed out from the trees, sword in hand, just as the Duke senior and his followers were sitting doen to a meal. I stopped them from eating and told them that I wanted food as I was almost dying of hunger. The courteously asked me to sit down and eat, but I remembered Adam, and replied that I would not eat until he had been fed. He was in the wood, and the Duke and his servants helped me to bring Adam to their hiding place. They then took care of both of us. The Duke welcomed me when he knew that I was the son of his old friend, Sir Rowland de Boys. 

  Though I continued to live happily with Duke and his friends. I had not forgotten Rosalind. She was always in my thoughts, and I wrote poetry about her and pinned it on the trees in the forest. They served as books and told everyone one looked in the forest how sweet and good Rosalind was. I later came to know Celia and Rosalind saw some of these poems and were puzzled. Then Celia saw me one day, and she and Rosalind guessed that I was the poet.


(B)
(4) [You may begin with : Herman : Roma, let's come here.....l
We piled back into Sid's car, Roma and I sharing the backseat. As European Jews who had survived the war, we were aware  that much had been left unsaid between us.- She broached the subject, "Where were you during the war?" She aked softly.
'The camps,' I said, the terrible memories still vivid, the irreparable loss I had tried to forget. But you can never forget.
  She nodded. "My family was hiding on a farm in Germany, not far from Berlin," she told me. "My father knew a priest, and he got us Aryan papers."
I imagined how she must have suffered too, fear, a constant companion. And yet here we were both survivors, in a new world.

  "There was a carmp next to the farm," Roma continued. "I saw a boy there and I would throw him apples every day."
What an amazing coincidence that she had helped some
 other boy."What did he look like?" I asked. "He was tall, skinny,  and hungry. I must have seen him every day for six months"
My heart was racing. I couldn't believe it. This couldn't be.  "Did he tell you one day not to come back because he was leaving Schlieben?"
Roma looked at me in amazement. "Yes!"
"Thatwasme!"

I was ready to burst withjoy and awe, flooded with emotions. I couldn't believe it! My angel!
"I'm not letting you go." I said to Roma. And in the back of the car on that blind date, I proposed to her. I didn't want to wait.

Heman : Roma, come let’s sit here. 
Roma: Herman, what were you doing during the war?
Herman: I was in the camps, Roma. It was terrible. I will never forget that experienece. 
Roma: Yes, I can understand. My family was hiding on a farm in Germany, not far from Berlin. My father knew a priest and he got us Aryan papers. 
Herman: You must have suffered, too, with fear as a constant companion! And yet we both survived, in a new world!
Roma: There was a camp next to our farm. I saw a boy there. I used to throw him apples every day. 
Herman: What did he look like?
Roma: He was tall, skinny and hungry. I must have seen him every day for six months. 
Herman: I can’t believ this! Did he tell you one day not to come back because he was leaving Schlieben?
Roma: Yes! How did you know?
Heman: That was me! I’m so hsppy to meet you again! My angel! I’m not letting you go. Marry me!

OR

(B.) Read the following extract and extend it by adding an imaginary paragraph ofyour own in about 120 words .
The evening came, and nobody appeared to bring the poor  bird a drop of water; it opened its beautiful wings, and fluttered about in its anguish; a faint and mournful "Tweet, tweet," was all it could utter, then it bent its little head towards the flower, and its heart broke for want and longing. The flower could not, as on the  previous evening, fold up its petals and sleep; it dropped  sorrowfully. The boys only came the next morning; when they saw the dead bird, they began to cry bitterly, dug a nice grave for it, and adorned it with flowers. The bird's body was placed in a   pretty red box; they wished to bury it with royal honours. While it was alive and sang they forgot it, and let it suffer want in the cage•g  now, they cried over it and covered it with flowers. The piece of turf, with the little daisy in it, was thrown out on the dusty highway.

SECTION -D
All the answers of section D are given at the end
(Written Communication)

6. (A) Letter Writing : 1121
Write any ONE of the following letters : (4)
(1) Read the following advertisement and prepare a letter of application in response to it by using the information given in the C.V. (Resume) that follows :



OR

(2) Your locality is facing the problem ofirregular water supply.
Write a letter to the concerned authority about it.
(B) Write on any ONE of the following items : (4)
(1) Read the following Intros ofnews items. Choose any ONE  of them and write the headline, the date line and a short continuing paragraph for it.

 (i) A shortage ofonions in Maharashtra has surged prices   by 30 percent. It forced the authorities to import  onions from abroad.
 (ii) The birth anniversary of the late President Dr. S.   Radhakrishnan was celebrated yesterday in Saraswati   Kanya PathShala as Teacher's Day.
OR
 (2) Your college is going to arrange a rally to raise funds to   help drought affected farmers. Prepare a short appeal for  people tojoin the rally with the help ofthe following points :
 (i) Use slogans.
(ii) Make a Persuasive appeal for  (iii) Time and place ofthe rally.
 (iv) Famous personality to lead the rally.   (v) Add your own points.
(C) Write on any ONE of the following items : (4)
(1) Study carefully the following pie-chart about the
Sources of a City Budget and write a short continuin; paragraph based on it in about 120 words '.

 OR

  (2) Prepare a paragraph with an appropriate title to be used for the Counter-View Section on the following topic in about
 120 words ;
  "Can the use oflnternet enhance students' learning?"
 You can take help of the following points from the View  
Sectione

Answer the following questions as per instruétions :
(A) Imagine that you are ajournalist and you have been assigned the  task of interviewing a film actor I actress. Frame a set of 8 to 10  questions to interview him / her. (4)

(B) Prepare a speech on 'Father's Day' with the help ofthe following    points :
(1) Man ofpractical attitude.
(2) Thinker of future.
(3) Pillar of family.
(4) Greatest family support. (3)


 SECTION-

ANSWERS

(Written Communication)
Q6. Letter Writing

 Ajinkya J. Sharma,
East Shri Nagar Colony,
Solapur Road,
Hadapsar,
Pune.
Date: 28th Feb, 2017.

 To,
The Manager,
Kumar Construction Company,
Andheri (E),
Mumbai.

 Sub: - Application for the post of Civil Engineer in your company.

 Ref: - As per the advertisement printed in Times of India.

 Respected Sir/Madam,
With the reference to your advertisement in the Times of India, Mumbai Edition for the post of Civil Engineer, I apply for the same for your kind perusal.

 I graduated in B.E. (1st Class) from Pune University in the year 2014, I have been working as a Civil Enginner since last 2 years with Tata Group of Companies. The NOC, enclosed with this covering letter will prove my integrity with the current organisation.

 I have rich experience not only engineering but also in photography through which I have captured important pictures relating to many of the industrial heavy machinery and tools which has given exposure to current and next generation equipments in our industry.

 I hope to be granted an interview call from your office. Looking forward to your reply.

 Thanking you.
Yours sincerely,
Ajinkya J. Sharma
Enclosures:
(1) NOC
(2) Resume
(3) Photocopiedmarksheetsofmyqualificationsandachievements.
OR

 East Shri Nagar Colony,
Solapur Road,
Hadapsar,
Mumbai.
Date: 28th Feb, 2017.

 To,
The Commissioner of Municipal Corportion,
Mumbai.


Sub: - Complaint regarding irregular water supply.

 Respected Sir/Madam,

 I the resident of East Shri Nagar Colony, would like to draw your attention towards the irregular water supply in our locality. We are facing this problem, since the time the new building has been constructed in our locality, due to which the water supply has been disrupted.

 Due to the construction of the new building, the water supply has been partioned and now the supply has been interrupted as earlier the regular water supply used to be 3 hours in the morning and the same in the evening, but now the same has been reduced to just an hour as it needs a new water supply unit for individual building.

 I hope for your contribution in solving this problem. Looking forward to your reply.

 Thanking you.

 Yours sincerely,

 X.Y.Z


(B)
Headline writing:

 Shortage of Onions in Maharashtra

 Press Trust of India

 Mumbai, 28/02/2017 at IST : 12:45 pm

 Shortage of onions in Maharashtra has surged prices by 30 percent and it has forced the authorities to import onions from abroad and this has created a difficult situation in the state as onions contribute to majority of our diet and shortage of the same will effect to all walks of life. This shortage striked due to few wholesellers who actually already stock the onions from the farmers and instead of forwarding them to customers they over stock them. They did this activity in order to get more profit for the over stock goods but due to improper handling and incorrect ways of stocking it resulted in corrosion of the onions which in turn impacted the wholeseller and customer and this resulted in price hike from 25 Rs. to 75 Rs. per kg. By looking at this activitiy the food and the drug minister have communicated with other states, so that the high demand of the people of Maharashtra can be met. As per the meeting yesterday the minister will be making the goods available by the end of this week and as per the promise this can also help in reducing the price back to what it was.



(2) Appeal Writing [4 Marks]
Drought affected farmers
Jai Jawaan Jai Kisaan
Water forms an important part of life
No Rain No Gain !
Let’s fight together, help each other and donate the best possibile We’ll gather on 3rd March, 2017 at 10 am at Azad Maidaan, Mumbai.
Anna Hazare will be joining us and leading the rally.
This is the time to understand, support and help each other If not do it now, then is there a use of being called Indian ? It’s time to live, it’s time to breathe, it’s time of togetherness.

 - Students Council
- General body Council


(C) Information Transfer

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 The above pie chart is about the city budget through the income sources of 100% which is divided firstly  with  the local body tax [LBT] of 30% which follows with an equal contribution of citydevelopment charges as well as Property Tax at 18% . Other income contribute to 15% of the total followed by waterchargesat7% Whilethesmartcityfundsremainat6%withtheleastpercentagecontributionof the Govt. Aid and Loan services which remains at 4% and 2% respectivetly.

 (2) View-CounterView

 VIEW:

 Internet helps students to find out all the possible information easily at one go such as finding similar or opposite words in the form of Synnonms or Antonynms. Internet helps creative learning where a student tries to learn and understand the information independently which helps in boosting self confidence and interesting learning. Internet helps in quicker accessing of information which helps in solving problems much quicker without waiting for someone to actually teach you. With internet there’s something that has started which is known as virtual learning where a teacher doesn’t need to be physically available and still a detailed explanation about various subjects and topics can be found in the form of video lectures, saved videos and interactive sessions. Internet is such a mode of technology which gets updated every day, every hour, every minute and this helps the world to be connected together and transfer knowledge without relying on a few.

 COUNTER VIEW: -
Though Internet helps in finding out the words easily but it makes the students a bit lazy to even find same by using Dictionary. Internet though makes learning interesting but there’re certain precautions that need to be taken before handing over the charges to students as some of the content won’t be acceptable as viewable. As much of the material is available on the Internet students don’t feel like reading the basic details by reading textbooks which make them jump to the marks without reading the exact content. Though internet helps in explanations but without the proper guidance of a teacher it’ll be really difficult for a student to figure out what is true and what isn’t. Yes the internet helps to update the latest knowledge but it isn’t true always so the person reviewing the same should take proper care.



Q. 7. Interview Questions: [4 Marks]

 Introduction: - Today I am going to meet one of the legends of Indian cinema who needs no introduction, his name is Mr. Amitabh Bachhan.

 (i) What was your motivation behind a successful actor?

 (ii) How do you manage your personal and professional life?

 (iii) When you decided to be an actor, did your family support you?

 (iv) A part from your acting career, what other profession would you have like to opt, if you would not be an actor?

 (v) How did you tackle the tough phase of your life?

 (vi) What phase of life do you enjoy the most, being a son, being a father or being a grand father?

 (vii) What is your reaction to the people, who mimic you?

 (viii) What advice you would like to give the youngsters who follow you?


(B) Speech Writing: [3 Marks]
Good morning to all present here, I would like to take an oppurnity to share my views and feelings towards my beloved father who has always been a strong moral and physical support of my life. Because of his practicality, I have always been able to take wise decisions during confusing situations.

 Due to my father’s future thinking and focused attitude, I was able to select the correct path of life and develope my career. My father has always stood by me as a guide, philosopher and pillar during my tough times as he always believes that strong support leads to achievements and enhances positivityin life.Ialwaysbelievedthewordfamily,createsanatmosphereofunity,support andequalitybutmy father made me understand the most important part which is love which comes from within and he always kept my expectations ahead without thinking about himself which is a sacrifice not all can go ahead with and I consider him as the greatest family support, due to his never ending love and passion for making me who I am.
Thank you.





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