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Board Paper of Class 10 English (Lang. and Lit.) Term-I 2021 Delhi(SET 4) (Series : JSK/1) - Solutions

General Instructions :

(i) This question paper contains 60 questions out of which 50 questions are to be attempted.

(ii) This question paper consists of three Sections-Section A, B and Section C.

(iii) Section - A - Reading - contains 18 questions. Attempt any 14 questions from Q. No. 1 to 18.

(iv) Section - B - Writing & Grammar - contains 12 questions. Attempt any 10 questions from Q. No. 19 to 30.

(v) Section -C - Literature -contains 30 questions. Attempt any 26 question from Q. No. 31 to 60.

(vi) First 14 questions in Section A, 10 questions in Section B and 26 questions in Section C will be evaluated.

(vii) All questions carry equal marks.

(viii) There is no negative marking.



  • Question 1
    Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the correct options from the given ones:
    1. Some teenagers live in a world of their own. Various causes can be found for this state of affairs, but the first in importance is clearly the lack of parental authority in the home. This depended, more than a century ago, upon the convention of the husband being master in his own house. The wife gave him formal obedience, realising that upon this dependent her authority, in turn, over the children. She was likely to see much more of them and her own efforts to maintain discipline might thus be weakened by familiarity. It was always her best plan, therefore, to fall back on the authority of an absent husband, saying, 'Your father has forbidden it,' often with the inference that she herself would have been more indulgent. It was only by accepting her husband's sway that she could gain obedience from the young. The decision might be hers but the unpopularity was his, the more easily borne in that he might not be there. To precepts about subordination she thus added the potent force of is example. Children and servants were in this way taught to  know their place.

    2. In the twentieth century children became fewer and the feminist revolt was the result. With discipline no longer the chief problem, the pattern of the family life underwent change. Granted a small number of children carefully spaced out, there might, it was thought, be time to reason with them. There might even be time to read books on child psychology. Father's word had no longer the authority of holy writ and given the Bible itself was relegated to a high shelf quite unsuitable for the young. Why should women access their subordinate role? Why indeed? With some hesitation their claim to equality was conceded. Among the intelligent there would henceforth be an easier relationship, a more than causal comradeship and co-operation with love to take the place of fear. Married women and retained their identity and some of them even pursued separate careers; and most men welcomed the change, readily dropping their role of infallible tyrant in the home.

    3. What people were slow to observe was that the emancipation of the wife destroyed the parent's authority over the children. The mother did not exemplify the obedience upon which she still tried to insist. There was more room now for disagreement between to parents, enabling the child to appeal from one to the other, eventually ignoring both. In bringing the man down from his pedestal the wife and mother deprived herself, in fact, of the means of discipline.

    The title of this passage could be:
    (a) Who is Responsible for Indiscipline Among Children?
    (b) Collapse of Discipline at Home
    (c) Place of Children and Servants at Home
    (d) Child Psychology VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 2
    Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the correct options from the given ones:
    1. Some teenagers live in a world of their own. Various causes can be found for this state of affairs, but the first in importance is clearly the lack of parental authority in the home. This depended, more than a century ago, upon the convention of the husband being master in his own house. The wife gave him formal obedience, realising that upon this dependent her authority, in turn, over the children. She was likely to see much more of them and her own efforts to maintain discipline might thus be weakened by familiarity. It was always her best plan, therefore, to fall back on the authority of an absent husband, saying, 'Your father has forbidden it,' often with the inference that she herself would have been more indulgent. It was only by accepting her husband's sway that she could gain obedience from the young. The decision might be hers but the unpopularity was his, the more easily borne in that he might not be there. To precepts about subordination she thus added the potent force of is example. Children and servants were in this way taught to  know their place.

    2. In the twentieth century children became fewer and the feminist revolt was the result. With discipline no longer the chief problem, the pattern of the family life underwent change. Granted a small number of children carefully spaced out, there might, it was thought, be time to reason with them. There might even be time to read books on child psychology. Father's word had no longer the authority of holy writ and given the Bible itself was relegated to a high shelf quite unsuitable for the young. Why should women access their subordinate role? Why indeed? With some hesitation their claim to equality was conceded. Among the intelligent there would henceforth be an easier relationship, a more than causal comradeship and co-operation with love to take the place of fear. Married women and retained their identity and some of them even pursued separate careers; and most men welcomed the change, readily dropping their role of infallible tyrant in the home.

    3. What people were slow to observe was that the emancipation of the wife destroyed the parent's authority over the children. The mother did not exemplify the obedience upon which she still tried to insist. There was more room now for disagreement between to parents, enabling the child to appeal from one to the other, eventually ignoring both. In bringing the man down from his pedestal the wife and mother deprived herself, in fact, of the means of discipline.

    The writer:
    (a) seems to be a male chauvinist pig/an arrogant person.
    (b) takes a light-hearted approach to life.
    (c) is a disgruntled husband.
    (d) has his family's welfare at his heart. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 3
    Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the correct options from the given ones:
    1. Some teenagers live in a world of their own. Various causes can be found for this state of affairs, but the first in importance is clearly the lack of parental authority in the home. This depended, more than a century ago, upon the convention of the husband being master in his own house. The wife gave him formal obedience, realising that upon this dependent her authority, in turn, over the children. She was likely to see much more of them and her own efforts to maintain discipline might thus be weakened by familiarity. It was always her best plan, therefore, to fall back on the authority of an absent husband, saying, 'Your father has forbidden it,' often with the inference that she herself would have been more indulgent. It was only by accepting her husband's sway that she could gain obedience from the young. The decision might be hers but the unpopularity was his, the more easily borne in that he might not be there. To precepts about subordination she thus added the potent force of is example. Children and servants were in this way taught to  know their place.

    2. In the twentieth century children became fewer and the feminist revolt was the result. With discipline no longer the chief problem, the pattern of the family life underwent change. Granted a small number of children carefully spaced out, there might, it was thought, be time to reason with them. There might even be time to read books on child psychology. Father's word had no longer the authority of holy writ and given the Bible itself was relegated to a high shelf quite unsuitable for the young. Why should women access their subordinate role? Why indeed? With some hesitation their claim to equality was conceded. Among the intelligent there would henceforth be an easier relationship, a more than causal comradeship and co-operation with love to take the place of fear. Married women and retained their identity and some of them even pursued separate careers; and most men welcomed the change, readily dropping their role of infallible tyrant in the home.

    3. What people were slow to observe was that the emancipation of the wife destroyed the parent's authority over the children. The mother did not exemplify the obedience upon which she still tried to insist. There was more room now for disagreement between to parents, enabling the child to appeal from one to the other, eventually ignoring both. In bringing the man down from his pedestal the wife and mother deprived herself, in fact, of the means of discipline.

    Earlier, a wife was obedient to her husband:
    (a) so that she could discipline her children.
    (b) so that she could control her entire household.
    (c) as he was the bread winner.
    (d) as men as physically stronger than women. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 4
    Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the correct options from the given ones:
    1. Some teenagers live in a world of their own. Various causes can be found for this state of affairs, but the first in importance is clearly the lack of parental authority in the home. This depended, more than a century ago, upon the convention of the husband being master in his own house. The wife gave him formal obedience, realising that upon this dependent her authority, in turn, over the children. She was likely to see much more of them and her own efforts to maintain discipline might thus be weakened by familiarity. It was always her best plan, therefore, to fall back on the authority of an absent husband, saying, 'Your father has forbidden it,' often with the inference that she herself would have been more indulgent. It was only by accepting her husband's sway that she could gain obedience from the young. The decision might be hers but the unpopularity was his, the more easily borne in that he might not be there. To precepts about subordination she thus added the potent force of is example. Children and servants were in this way taught to  know their place.

    2. In the twentieth century children became fewer and the feminist revolt was the result. With discipline no longer the chief problem, the pattern of the family life underwent change. Granted a small number of children carefully spaced out, there might, it was thought, be time to reason with them. There might even be time to read books on child psychology. Father's word had no longer the authority of holy writ and given the Bible itself was relegated to a high shelf quite unsuitable for the young. Why should women access their subordinate role? Why indeed? With some hesitation their claim to equality was conceded. Among the intelligent there would henceforth be an easier relationship, a more than causal comradeship and co-operation with love to take the place of fear. Married women and retained their identity and some of them even pursued separate careers; and most men welcomed the change, readily dropping their role of infallible tyrant in the home.

    3. What people were slow to observe was that the emancipation of the wife destroyed the parent's authority over the children. The mother did not exemplify the obedience upon which she still tried to insist. There was more room now for disagreement between to parents, enabling the child to appeal from one to the other, eventually ignoring both. In bringing the man down from his pedestal the wife and mother deprived herself, in fact, of the means of discipline.

    Study the following statements:
    (i) Mother spent most of her time at home.
    (ii) Element of familiarity decreased her control over her children.
    Choose the correct option:
    (a) Only (i) is true and represents an assertion.
    (b) (ii) is false and follows the assertion in (i).
    (c) (i) is false, but represents an assertion.
    (d) (ii) is true and follows the assertion in (i). VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 5
    Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the correct options from the given ones:
    1. Some teenagers live in a world of their own. Various causes can be found for this state of affairs, but the first in importance is clearly the lack of parental authority in the home. This depended, more than a century ago, upon the convention of the husband being master in his own house. The wife gave him formal obedience, realising that upon this dependent her authority, in turn, over the children. She was likely to see much more of them and her own efforts to maintain discipline might thus be weakened by familiarity. It was always her best plan, therefore, to fall back on the authority of an absent husband, saying, 'Your father has forbidden it,' often with the inference that she herself would have been more indulgent. It was only by accepting her husband's sway that she could gain obedience from the young. The decision might be hers but the unpopularity was his, the more easily borne in that he might not be there. To precepts about subordination she thus added the potent force of is example. Children and servants were in this way taught to  know their place.

    2. In the twentieth century children became fewer and the feminist revolt was the result. With discipline no longer the chief problem, the pattern of the family life underwent change. Granted a small number of children carefully spaced out, there might, it was thought, be time to reason with them. There might even be time to read books on child psychology. Father's word had no longer the authority of holy writ and given the Bible itself was relegated to a high shelf quite unsuitable for the young. Why should women access their subordinate role? Why indeed? With some hesitation their claim to equality was conceded. Among the intelligent there would henceforth be an easier relationship, a more than causal comradeship and co-operation with love to take the place of fear. Married women and retained their identity and some of them even pursued separate careers; and most men welcomed the change, readily dropping their role of infallible tyrant in the home.

    3. What people were slow to observe was that the emancipation of the wife destroyed the parent's authority over the children. The mother did not exemplify the obedience upon which she still tried to insist. There was more room now for disagreement between to parents, enabling the child to appeal from one to the other, eventually ignoring both. In bringing the man down from his pedestal the wife and mother deprived herself, in fact, of the means of discipline.


    Study the following statements:
    (i) Wife asserted her authority through her husband.
    (ii) Firm steps were taken by the wife in the name of her husband.
    (iii) Wife made the decision and the husband took the blame.

    Choose the correct option:
    (a) (i) and (ii) are true and (iii) is false.
    (b) (ii) and (iii) are true and (i) is false.
    (c) (iii) is true and follows the assertion in (ii).
    (d) (i) is true and follows the assertion in (iii). VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 6
    Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the correct options from the given ones:
    1. Some teenagers live in a world of their own. Various causes can be found for this state of affairs, but the first in importance is clearly the lack of parental authority in the home. This depended, more than a century ago, upon the convention of the husband being master in his own house. The wife gave him formal obedience, realising that upon this dependent her authority, in turn, over the children. She was likely to see much more of them and her own efforts to maintain discipline might thus be weakened by familiarity. It was always her best plan, therefore, to fall back on the authority of an absent husband, saying, 'Your father has forbidden it,' often with the inference that she herself would have been more indulgent. It was only by accepting her husband's sway that she could gain obedience from the young. The decision might be hers but the unpopularity was his, the more easily borne in that he might not be there. To precepts about subordination she thus added the potent force of is example. Children and servants were in this way taught to  know their place.

    2. In the twentieth century children became fewer and the feminist revolt was the result. With discipline no longer the chief problem, the pattern of the family life underwent change. Granted a small number of children carefully spaced out, there might, it was thought, be time to reason with them. There might even be time to read books on child psychology. Father's word had no longer the authority of holy writ and given the Bible itself was relegated to a high shelf quite unsuitable for the young. Why should women access their subordinate role? Why indeed? With some hesitation their claim to equality was conceded. Among the intelligent there would henceforth be an easier relationship, a more than causal comradeship and co-operation with love to take the place of fear. Married women and retained their identity and some of them even pursued separate careers; and most men welcomed the change, readily dropping their role of infallible tyrant in the home.

    3. What people were slow to observe was that the emancipation of the wife destroyed the parent's authority over the children. The mother did not exemplify the obedience upon which she still tried to insist. There was more room now for disagreement between to parents, enabling the child to appeal from one to the other, eventually ignoring both. In bringing the man down from his pedestal the wife and mother deprived herself, in fact, of the means of discipline.

    Study the following statements:
    (i) It gives mothers more time to talk to children.
    (ii) Mothers had more freedom and more time.
    (iii) Mothers could discuss matters with their children.
    (iv) In the twentieth century families had fewer children.
    Which event led to which?
    (a) (i) → (ii) → (iii) → (iv)
    (b) (ii) →  (i) → (iv) → (iii)
    (c) (iv) → (ii) → (i) → (iii)
    (d) (iii) → (iv) → (ii) → (i) VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 7
    Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the correct options from the given ones:
    1. Some teenagers live in a world of their own. Various causes can be found for this state of affairs, but the first in importance is clearly the lack of parental authority in the home. This depended, more than a century ago, upon the convention of the husband being master in his own house. The wife gave him formal obedience, realising that upon this dependent her authority, in turn, over the children. She was likely to see much more of them and her own efforts to maintain discipline might thus be weakened by familiarity. It was always her best plan, therefore, to fall back on the authority of an absent husband, saying, 'Your father has forbidden it,' often with the inference that she herself would have been more indulgent. It was only by accepting her husband's sway that she could gain obedience from the young. The decision might be hers but the unpopularity was his, the more easily borne in that he might not be there. To precepts about subordination she thus added the potent force of is example. Children and servants were in this way taught to  know their place.

    2. In the twentieth century children became fewer and the feminist revolt was the result. With discipline no longer the chief problem, the pattern of the family life underwent change. Granted a small number of children carefully spaced out, there might, it was thought, be time to reason with them. There might even be time to read books on child psychology. Father's word had no longer the authority of holy writ and given the Bible itself was relegated to a high shelf quite unsuitable for the young. Why should women access their subordinate role? Why indeed? With some hesitation their claim to equality was conceded. Among the intelligent there would henceforth be an easier relationship, a more than causal comradeship and co-operation with love to take the place of fear. Married women and retained their identity and some of them even pursued separate careers; and most men welcomed the change, readily dropping their role of infallible tyrant in the home.

    3. What people were slow to observe was that the emancipation of the wife destroyed the parent's authority over the children. The mother did not exemplify the obedience upon which she still tried to insist. There was more room now for disagreement between to parents, enabling the child to appeal from one to the other, eventually ignoring both. In bringing the man down from his pedestal the wife and mother deprived herself, in fact, of the means of discipline.


    'even the Bible itself was relegated to a high shelf'
    The figure of speech used in this expression is:
    (a) Irony
    (b) Metonymy
    (c) Personification
    (d) Metaphor VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 8
    Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the correct options from the given ones:
    1. Some teenagers live in a world of their own. Various causes can be found for this state of affairs, but the first in importance is clearly the lack of parental authority in the home. This depended, more than a century ago, upon the convention of the husband being master in his own house. The wife gave him formal obedience, realising that upon this dependent her authority, in turn, over the children. She was likely to see much more of them and her own efforts to maintain discipline might thus be weakened by familiarity. It was always her best plan, therefore, to fall back on the authority of an absent husband, saying, 'Your father has forbidden it,' often with the inference that she herself would have been more indulgent. It was only by accepting her husband's sway that she could gain obedience from the young. The decision might be hers but the unpopularity was his, the more easily borne in that he might not be there. To precepts about subordination she thus added the potent force of is example. Children and servants were in this way taught to  know their place.

    2. In the twentieth century children became fewer and the feminist revolt was the result. With discipline no longer the chief problem, the pattern of the family life underwent change. Granted a small number of children carefully spaced out, there might, it was thought, be time to reason with them. There might even be time to read books on child psychology. Father's word had no longer the authority of holy writ and given the Bible itself was relegated to a high shelf quite unsuitable for the young. Why should women access their subordinate role? Why indeed? With some hesitation their claim to equality was conceded. Among the intelligent there would henceforth be an easier relationship, a more than causal comradeship and co-operation with love to take the place of fear. Married women and retained their identity and some of them even pursued separate careers; and most men welcomed the change, readily dropping their role of infallible tyrant in the home.

    3. What people were slow to observe was that the emancipation of the wife destroyed the parent's authority over the children. The mother did not exemplify the obedience upon which she still tried to insist. There was more room now for disagreement between to parents, enabling the child to appeal from one to the other, eventually ignoring both. In bringing the man down from his pedestal the wife and mother deprived herself, in fact, of the means of discipline.

    The 'Bible' was unsuitable for the young as:
    (a) it was symbolic of religious authority.
    (b) it talked of male superiority.
    (c) the young did not like to believe in God.
    (d) the scientific temper goes against religious beliefs. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 9

    Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the correct options from the given ones:
    1. Some teenagers live in a world of their own. Various causes can be found for this state of affairs, but the first in importance is clearly the lack of parental authority in the home. This depended, more than a century ago, upon the convention of the husband being master in his own house. The wife gave him formal obedience, realising that upon this dependent her authority, in turn, over the children. She was likely to see much more of them and her own efforts to maintain discipline might thus be weakened by familiarity. It was always her best plan, therefore, to fall back on the authority of an absent husband, saying, 'Your father has forbidden it,' often with the inference that she herself would have been more indulgent. It was only by accepting her husband's sway that she could gain obedience from the young. The decision might be hers but the unpopularity was his, the more easily borne in that he might not be there. To precepts about subordination she thus added the potent force of is example. Children and servants were in this way taught to  know their place.

    2. In the twentieth century children became fewer and the feminist revolt was the result. With discipline no longer the chief problem, the pattern of the family life underwent change. Granted a small number of children carefully spaced out, there might, it was thought, be time to reason with them. There might even be time to read books on child psychology. Father's word had no longer the authority of holy writ and given the Bible itself was relegated to a high shelf quite unsuitable for the young. Why should women access their subordinate role? Why indeed? With some hesitation their claim to equality was conceded. Among the intelligent there would henceforth be an easier relationship, a more than causal comradeship and co-operation with love to take the place of fear. Married women and retained their identity and some of them even pursued separate careers; and most men welcomed the change, readily dropping their role of infallible tyrant in the home.

    3. What people were slow to observe was that the emancipation of the wife destroyed the parent's authority over the children. The mother did not exemplify the obedience upon which she still tried to insist. There was more room now for disagreement between to parents, enabling the child to appeal from one to the other, eventually ignoring both. In bringing the man down from his pedestal the wife and mother deprived herself, in fact, of the means of discipline.


    Study the following statements:
    (i) Now intelligent men and women have developed a comfortable relationship.
    (ii) Wives' fear of the husbands has turned into a feeling of mutual love.
    Choose the correct option:
    (a) (i) is right, but (ii) is wrong and (i) is the result of (ii).
    (b) (ii) is right, but (i) is wrong and (ii) is the result of (i).
    (c) (i) and (ii) and both right and (ii) is the result of (i).
    (d) (i) and (ii) are both wrong and (i) is the result of (ii).

    VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 10
    Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the correct options from the given ones:
    1. Some teenagers live in a world of their own. Various causes can be found for this state of affairs, but the first in importance is clearly the lack of parental authority in the home. This depended, more than a century ago, upon the convention of the husband being master in his own house. The wife gave him formal obedience, realising that upon this dependent her authority, in turn, over the children. She was likely to see much more of them and her own efforts to maintain discipline might thus be weakened by familiarity. It was always her best plan, therefore, to fall back on the authority of an absent husband, saying, 'Your father has forbidden it,' often with the inference that she herself would have been more indulgent. It was only by accepting her husband's sway that she could gain obedience from the young. The decision might be hers but the unpopularity was his, the more easily borne in that he might not be there. To precepts about subordination she thus added the potent force of is example. Children and servants were in this way taught to  know their place.

    2. In the twentieth century children became fewer and the feminist revolt was the result. With discipline no longer the chief problem, the pattern of the family life underwent change. Granted a small number of children carefully spaced out, there might, it was thought, be time to reason with them. There might even be time to read books on child psychology. Father's word had no longer the authority of holy writ and given the Bible itself was relegated to a high shelf quite unsuitable for the young. Why should women access their subordinate role? Why indeed? With some hesitation their claim to equality was conceded. Among the intelligent there would henceforth be an easier relationship, a more than causal comradeship and co-operation with love to take the place of fear. Married women and retained their identity and some of them even pursued separate careers; and most men welcomed the change, readily dropping their role of infallible tyrant in the home.

    3. What people were slow to observe was that the emancipation of the wife destroyed the parent's authority over the children. The mother did not exemplify the obedience upon which she still tried to insist. There was more room now for disagreement between to parents, enabling the child to appeal from one to the other, eventually ignoring both. In bringing the man down from his pedestal the wife and mother deprived herself, in fact, of the means of discipline.


    'their role of infallible tyrant'
    The phrase 'infallible tyrant' means a cruel person who:
    (a) sometimes fails 
    (b) never fails.
    (c) sometimes makes a mistake.
    (d) never makes a mistake. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 11
    Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the correct options from the given ones:
    1. Roads have a negative impact on chimpanzee populations that can extend for more than 17 km, a new report shows. A team led by the University of Exeter examined the impact of major and minor roads on wild western chimpanzee numbers in eight African countries in which they live.

    2. Chimpanzee population density drops consistently from the edges of these areas to a lowest value at the roads. The situation in untouched areas is hard to assess because less than five percent of western chimpanzees range is outside the road-effect zones identified in the study.

    3. The human population in West Africa is growing rapidly and chimpanzees face mounting pressure from the expansion of settlements and infrastructure. Previous research suggests that roads dramatically reduce western chimpanzee numbers, rather than simply displacing the animals. Just 4.3 p.c. of their range remains unaffected by roads, so they don't have anywhere else to go and in any case migration over long distances is uncommon.

    4. Western chimpanzees are highly territorial, so attempting to move could lead to conflict with neighbouring groups. The study did not directly investigate the reasons why roads affect chimpanzee numbers, but the researchers highlight several possible explanations. As well as direct impacts like roadkill and noise, they say roads open up unexploited areas to industries such as mining and agriculture which often reduce of remove forest habits.

    5. Roads can also restrict chimpanzee movements, dividing population and causing genetic isolation. Hunting too, is a persistent threat to western chimpanzees and roads provide easier access to hunters. "When roads appear, so do all sorts of human activities"

    6. Regulations in many countries require that wildlife should be considered before new roads are built, but until now the size of the impact area affecting chimpanzees had not been estimated, The researchers hope their findings will help to bring about more effective guidelines to mitigate road impacts. They will also ensure the true costs of infrastructure development on the critically endangered chimpanzees are fully considered by policy-makers.

    7. "Our great ape cousins face so many threats, from habit change to hunting to disease. The impact of infrastructure development is much larger than it was ever anticipated and is truly worrying. But we can't give up. We must do everything we can to ensure their continual survival. I can't imagine a world where human are the only great apes left."

    The title of this passage could be:
    (a) Development and Environment
    (b) How to Protect Animal Species
    (c) How Deforestation Affects Us
    (d) Impact of Development on Chimpanzees
      VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 12
    Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the correct options from the given ones:
    1. Roads have a negative impact on chimpanzee populations that can extend for more than 17 km, a new report shows. A team led by the University of Exeter examined the impact of major and minor roads on wild western chimpanzee numbers in eight African countries in which they live.

    2. Chimpanzee population density drops consistently from the edges of these areas to a lowest value at the roads. The situation in untouched areas is hard to assess because less than five percent of western chimpanzees range is outside the road-effect zones identified in the study.

    3. The human population in West Africa is growing rapidly and chimpanzees face mounting pressure from the expansion of settlements and infrastructure. Previous research suggests that roads dramatically reduce western chimpanzee numbers, rather than simply displacing the animals. Just 4.3 p.c. of their range remains unaffected by roads, so they don't have anywhere else to go and in any case migration over long distances is uncommon.

    4. Western chimpanzees are highly territorial, so attempting to move could lead to conflict with neighbouring groups. The study did not directly investigate the reasons why roads affect chimpanzee numbers, but the researchers highlight several possible explanations. As well as direct impacts like roadkill and noise, they say roads open up unexploited areas to industries such as mining and agriculture which often reduce of remove forest habits.

    5. Roads can also restrict chimpanzee movements, dividing population and causing genetic isolation. Hunting too, is a persistent threat to western chimpanzees and roads provide easier access to hunters. "When roads appear, so do all sorts of human activities"

    6. Regulations in many countries require that wildlife should be considered before new roads are built, but until now the size of the impact area affecting chimpanzees had not been estimated, The researchers hope their findings will help to bring about more effective guidelines to mitigate road impacts. They will also ensure the true costs of infrastructure development on the critically endangered chimpanzees are fully considered by policy-makers.

    7. "Our great ape cousins face so many threats, from habit change to hunting to disease. The impact of infrastructure development is much larger than it was ever anticipated and is truly worrying. But we can't give up. We must do everything we can to ensure their continual survival. I can't imagine a world where human are the only great apes left."

    The purpose of the study was:
    (a) to understand the impact of roads on chimpanzees.
    (b) to analyse how mining and agriculture affect them.
    (c) how hunting and disease affect the great apes.
    (d) to raise hope among conservationists about the survival of chimpanzees.
      VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 13
    Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the correct options from the given ones:
    1. Roads have a negative impact on chimpanzee populations that can extend for more than 17 km, a new report shows. A team led by the University of Exeter examined the impact of major and minor roads on wild western chimpanzee numbers in eight African countries in which they live.

    2. Chimpanzee population density drops consistently from the edges of these areas to a lowest value at the roads. The situation in untouched areas is hard to assess because less than five percent of western chimpanzees range is outside the road-effect zones identified in the study.

    3. The human population in West Africa is growing rapidly and chimpanzees face mounting pressure from the expansion of settlements and infrastructure. Previous research suggests that roads dramatically reduce western chimpanzee numbers, rather than simply displacing the animals. Just 4.3 p.c. of their range remains unaffected by roads, so they don't have anywhere else to go and in any case migration over long distances is uncommon.

    4. Western chimpanzees are highly territorial, so attempting to move could lead to conflict with neighbouring groups. The study did not directly investigate the reasons why roads affect chimpanzee numbers, but the researchers highlight several possible explanations. As well as direct impacts like roadkill and noise, they say roads open up unexploited areas to industries such as mining and agriculture which often reduce of remove forest habits.

    5. Roads can also restrict chimpanzee movements, dividing population and causing genetic isolation. Hunting too, is a persistent threat to western chimpanzees and roads provide easier access to hunters. "When roads appear, so do all sorts of human activities"

    6. Regulations in many countries require that wildlife should be considered before new roads are built, but until now the size of the impact area affecting chimpanzees had not been estimated, The researchers hope their findings will help to bring about more effective guidelines to mitigate road impacts. They will also ensure the true costs of infrastructure development on the critically endangered chimpanzees are fully considered by policy-makers.

    7. "Our great ape cousins face so many threats, from habit change to hunting to disease. The impact of infrastructure development is much larger than it was ever anticipated and is truly worrying. But we can't give up. We must do everything we can to ensure their continual survival. I can't imagine a world where human are the only great apes left."


    Study the following statements and choose the correct one:
    (a) Chimpanzees in Western African are rather safe.
    (b) Effect of human population on the apes is negligible.
    (c) Chimpanzees are territorial so they have travel long distances.
    (d) Chimpanzee population increases if their habitat is away from the roads. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 14
    Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the correct options from the given ones:
    1. Roads have a negative impact on chimpanzee populations that can extend for more than 17 km, a new report shows. A team led by the University of Exeter examined the impact of major and minor roads on wild western chimpanzee numbers in eight African countries in which they live.

    2. Chimpanzee population density drops consistently from the edges of these areas to a lowest value at the roads. The situation in untouched areas is hard to assess because less than five percent of western chimpanzees range is outside the road-effect zones identified in the study.

    3. The human population in West Africa is growing rapidly and chimpanzees face mounting pressure from the expansion of settlements and infrastructure. Previous research suggests that roads dramatically reduce western chimpanzee numbers, rather than simply displacing the animals. Just 4.3 p.c. of their range remains unaffected by roads, so they don't have anywhere else to go and in any case migration over long distances is uncommon.

    4. Western chimpanzees are highly territorial, so attempting to move could lead to conflict with neighbouring groups. The study did not directly investigate the reasons why roads affect chimpanzee numbers, but the researchers highlight several possible explanations. As well as direct impacts like roadkill and noise, they say roads open up unexploited areas to industries such as mining and agriculture which often reduce of remove forest habits.

    5. Roads can also restrict chimpanzee movements, dividing population and causing genetic isolation. Hunting too, is a persistent threat to western chimpanzees and roads provide easier access to hunters. "When roads appear, so do all sorts of human activities"

    6. Regulations in many countries require that wildlife should be considered before new roads are built, but until now the size of the impact area affecting chimpanzees had not been estimated, The researchers hope their findings will help to bring about more effective guidelines to mitigate road impacts. They will also ensure the true costs of infrastructure development on the critically endangered chimpanzees are fully considered by policy-makers.

    7. "Our great ape cousins face so many threats, from habit change to hunting to disease. The impact of infrastructure development is much larger than it was ever anticipated and is truly worrying. But we can't give up. We must do everything we can to ensure their continual survival. I can't imagine a world where human are the only great apes left."

    Study the following statements:
    (i) Chimpanzee population decreases more rapidly around major roads.
    (ii) More trees are cut to construct major roads.
    Choose the correct option:

    (a) (ii) is true and is a result of (i).
    (b) (i) is true and (ii) is false.
    (c) (i) is true and is a result of (ii). 
    (d) (ii) is true and (i) is false. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 15
    Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the correct options from the given ones:
    1. Roads have a negative impact on chimpanzee populations that can extend for more than 17 km, a new report shows. A team led by the University of Exeter examined the impact of major and minor roads on wild western chimpanzee numbers in eight African countries in which they live.

    2. Chimpanzee population density drops consistently from the edges of these areas to a lowest value at the roads. The situation in untouched areas is hard to assess because less than five percent of western chimpanzees range is outside the road-effect zones identified in the study.

    3. The human population in West Africa is growing rapidly and chimpanzees face mounting pressure from the expansion of settlements and infrastructure. Previous research suggests that roads dramatically reduce western chimpanzee numbers, rather than simply displacing the animals. Just 4.3 p.c. of their range remains unaffected by roads, so they don't have anywhere else to go and in any case migration over long distances is uncommon.

    4. Western chimpanzees are highly territorial, so attempting to move could lead to conflict with neighbouring groups. The study did not directly investigate the reasons why roads affect chimpanzee numbers, but the researchers highlight several possible explanations. As well as direct impacts like roadkill and noise, they say roads open up unexploited areas to industries such as mining and agriculture which often reduce of remove forest habits.

    5. Roads can also restrict chimpanzee movements, dividing population and causing genetic isolation. Hunting too, is a persistent threat to western chimpanzees and roads provide easier access to hunters. "When roads appear, so do all sorts of human activities"

    6. Regulations in many countries require that wildlife should be considered before new roads are built, but until now the size of the impact area affecting chimpanzees had not been estimated, The researchers hope their findings will help to bring about more effective guidelines to mitigate road impacts. They will also ensure the true costs of infrastructure development on the critically endangered chimpanzees are fully considered by policy-makers.

    7. "Our great ape cousins face so many threats, from habit change to hunting to disease. The impact of infrastructure development is much larger than it was ever anticipated and is truly worrying. But we can't give up. We must do everything we can to ensure their continual survival. I can't imagine a world where human are the only great apes left."


    Study the following statements:
    (i) The increase in human population is directly proportional to the decrease in the ape population.
    (ii) When roads are constructed, chimpanzees move to distance places.
    (iii) When human population increases, need of infrastructure  also increases.
    Choose the correct option:
    (a) (i) and (ii) are both true.
    (b) (i) and (ii) are both false.
    (c) (i) and (iii) are both true.
    (d) (i) and (iii) are both false. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 16

    Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the correct options from the given ones:
    1. Roads have a negative impact on chimpanzee populations that can extend for more than 17 km, a new report shows. A team led by the University of Exeter examined the impact of major and minor roads on wild western chimpanzee numbers in eight African countries in which they live.

    2. Chimpanzee population density drops consistently from the edges of these areas to a lowest value at the roads. The situation in untouched areas is hard to assess because less than five percent of western chimpanzees range is outside the road-effect zones identified in the study.

    3. The human population in West Africa is growing rapidly and chimpanzees face mounting pressure from the expansion of settlements and infrastructure. Previous research suggests that roads dramatically reduce western chimpanzee numbers, rather than simply displacing the animals. Just 4.3 p.c. of their range remains unaffected by roads, so they don't have anywhere else to go and in any case migration over long distances is uncommon.

    4. Western chimpanzees are highly territorial, so attempting to move could lead to conflict with neighbouring groups. The study did not directly investigate the reasons why roads affect chimpanzee numbers, but the researchers highlight several possible explanations. As well as direct impacts like roadkill and noise, they say roads open up unexploited areas to industries such as mining and agriculture which often reduce of remove forest habits.

    5. Roads can also restrict chimpanzee movements, dividing population and causing genetic isolation. Hunting too, is a persistent threat to western chimpanzees and roads provide easier access to hunters. "When roads appear, so do all sorts of human activities"

    6. Regulations in many countries require that wildlife should be considered before new roads are built, but until now the size of the impact area affecting chimpanzees had not been estimated, The researchers hope their findings will help to bring about more effective guidelines to mitigate road impacts. They will also ensure the true costs of infrastructure development on the critically endangered chimpanzees are fully considered by policy-makers.

    7. "Our great ape cousins face so many threats, from habit change to hunting to disease. The impact of infrastructure development is much larger than it was ever anticipated and is truly worrying. But we can't give up. We must do everything we can to ensure their continual survival. I can't imagine a world where human are the only great apes left."

    Study the following statements:
    (i) Humans need more roads.
    (ii) To satisfy human needs more trees are cut.
    Choose the correct option:
    (a) (i) is true and (ii) is false
    (b) (i) is true and leads to (ii)
    (c) (i) is false and (ii) is true
    (d) (i) and (ii) are both true, but (ii) leads to (i)

    VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 17
    Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the correct options from the given ones:
    1. Roads have a negative impact on chimpanzee populations that can extend for more than 17 km, a new report shows. A team led by the University of Exeter examined the impact of major and minor roads on wild western chimpanzee numbers in eight African countries in which they live.

    2. Chimpanzee population density drops consistently from the edges of these areas to a lowest value at the roads. The situation in untouched areas is hard to assess because less than five percent of western chimpanzees range is outside the road-effect zones identified in the study.

    3. The human population in West Africa is growing rapidly and chimpanzees face mounting pressure from the expansion of settlements and infrastructure. Previous research suggests that roads dramatically reduce western chimpanzee numbers, rather than simply displacing the animals. Just 4.3 p.c. of their range remains unaffected by roads, so they don't have anywhere else to go and in any case migration over long distances is uncommon.

    4. Western chimpanzees are highly territorial, so attempting to move could lead to conflict with neighbouring groups. The study did not directly investigate the reasons why roads affect chimpanzee numbers, but the researchers highlight several possible explanations. As well as direct impacts like roadkill and noise, they say roads open up unexploited areas to industries such as mining and agriculture which often reduce of remove forest habits.

    5. Roads can also restrict chimpanzee movements, dividing population and causing genetic isolation. Hunting too, is a persistent threat to western chimpanzees and roads provide easier access to hunters. "When roads appear, so do all sorts of human activities"

    6. Regulations in many countries require that wildlife should be considered before new roads are built, but until now the size of the impact area affecting chimpanzees had not been estimated, The researchers hope their findings will help to bring about more effective guidelines to mitigate road impacts. They will also ensure the true costs of infrastructure development on the critically endangered chimpanzees are fully considered by policy-makers.

    7. "Our great ape cousins face so many threats, from habit change to hunting to disease. The impact of infrastructure development is much larger than it was ever anticipated and is truly worrying. But we can't give up. We must do everything we can to ensure their continual survival. I can't imagine a world where human are the only great apes left."

    Which among the following is a false statement?
    (a) Chimpanzees lived peacefully when there were fewer roads.
    (b) Chimpanzees have gradually adjusted to the noisy roads.
    (c) More roads mean fewer interactions among different chimpanzee groups.
    (d) Isolated habitats of different groups lead to genetic isolation. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 18
    Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the correct options from the given ones:
    1. Roads have a negative impact on chimpanzee populations that can extend for more than 17 km, a new report shows. A team led by the University of Exeter examined the impact of major and minor roads on wild western chimpanzee numbers in eight African countries in which they live.

    2. Chimpanzee population density drops consistently from the edges of these areas to a lowest value at the roads. The situation in untouched areas is hard to assess because less than five percent of western chimpanzees range is outside the road-effect zones identified in the study.

    3. The human population in West Africa is growing rapidly and chimpanzees face mounting pressure from the expansion of settlements and infrastructure. Previous research suggests that roads dramatically reduce western chimpanzee numbers, rather than simply displacing the animals. Just 4.3 p.c. of their range remains unaffected by roads, so they don't have anywhere else to go and in any case migration over long distances is uncommon.

    4. Western chimpanzees are highly territorial, so attempting to move could lead to conflict with neighbouring groups. The study did not directly investigate the reasons why roads affect chimpanzee numbers, but the researchers highlight several possible explanations. As well as direct impacts like roadkill and noise, they say roads open up unexploited areas to industries such as mining and agriculture which often reduce of remove forest habits.

    5. Roads can also restrict chimpanzee movements, dividing population and causing genetic isolation. Hunting too, is a persistent threat to western chimpanzees and roads provide easier access to hunters. "When roads appear, so do all sorts of human activities"

    6. Regulations in many countries require that wildlife should be considered before new roads are built, but until now the size of the impact area affecting chimpanzees had not been estimated, The researchers hope their findings will help to bring about more effective guidelines to mitigate road impacts. They will also ensure the true costs of infrastructure development on the critically endangered chimpanzees are fully considered by policy-makers.

    7. "Our great ape cousins face so many threats, from habit change to hunting to disease. The impact of infrastructure development is much larger than it was ever anticipated and is truly worrying. But we can't give up. We must do everything we can to ensure their continual survival. I can't imagine a world where human are the only great apes left."


    Roads; Roadkills; Hunting; Deforestation
    The correct order in which the above activities take place is:
    (a) Hunting; Roadkills; Roads; Deforestation
    (b) Deforestation; Roads; Roadkills; Hunting
    (c) Roads; Deforestation: Hunting: Roadkills
    (d) Roadkills; Hunting: Deforestation: Roads VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 19
    Answer any five out of the six questions by selecting correct options out of the given ones.
    The public ________ feed the animals in a zoo.
    (a) should not
    (b) ought not to 
    (c) must not
    (d) need not VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 20
    There is _______ sugar in the tin for a cup of tea.
    (a) enough
    (b) much
    (c) more
    (d) little VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 21
    Sita is working hard these days. I think she ________ admission in a medical college. 
    (a) will get
    (b) might get
    (c) would get
    (d) would be getting VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 22
    Which option correctly changes the following to reported speech?
    Ram said, "Sita what do you  want?"
    (a) Ram told Sita what did she want.
    (b) Ram asked Sita what she wanted.
    (c) Ram asked Sita what did she want. 
    (d) Ram asked Sita what did she want? VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 23
    Which option correctly changes the following to reported speech?
    Raman said to me, "I shall go for a walk."
    (a) Raman told me that I had gone for a walk.
    (b) Raman did me that he would go for a walk..
    (c) Raman told me that he should go for a walk. 
    (d) Raman asked me that he will go for a walk. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 24
    The train is running late we ______ for one hour.
    (a) would wait
    (b) should have to wait
    (c) shall have to wait
    (d) may be waiting VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 25
    Answer any five out of the six questions, with reference to the context below: 
    Last month Arun went to a hill station. He spent a week there. He did not feel happy about the visit. On the way there he saw trucks laden with tree trunks coming down hill. Roadsides and parks were littered. Accommodation on offer was either too expensive or not good enough. Arun decided to write a letter about the problems he faced.

    Who/Which organization should Arun address this letter to for wider audience/readership?
    (a) Central Ministry of Tourism
    (b) State Ministry of Tourism
    (c) A national daily newspaper
    (d) A news magazine VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 26
    Answer any five out of the six questions, with reference to the context below.
    Last month Arun went to a hill station. He spent a week there. He did not feel happy about the visit. On the way there he saw trucks laden with tree trunks coming down hill Roadsides and parks were littered. Accommodation on offer was either too expensive or not good enough. Arun decided to write a letter about the problems he faced.

    In which order should Arun organize/arrange his letter?
    (i) Subject of the letter
    (ii) Arun's address
    (iii) Arun's signature
    (iv) Receiver's designation
    (v) Date on which the letter is written
    (a) (v), (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
    (b) (v), (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)
    (c) (iv), (i), (iii), (ii), (v)
    (d) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii), (v)
      VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 27
    Answer any five out of the six questions, with reference to the context below.
    Last month Arun went to a hill station. He spent a week there. He did not feel happy about the visit. On the way there he saw trucks laden with tree trunks coming down hill Roadsides and parks were littered. Accommodation on offer was either too expensive or not good enough. Arun decided to write a letter about the problems he faced.

    Appropriate subject of the letter will be:
    (a) Deforestation in the hills
    (b) Affordability of accommodation
    (c) Irresponsible tourists
    (d) Deteriorating condition of hill stations VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 28

    Answer any five out of the six questions, with reference to the context below.
    Last month Arun went to a hill station. He spent a week there. He did not feel happy about the visit. On the way there he saw trucks laden with tree trunks coming down hill Roadsides and parks were littered. Accommodation on offer was either too expensive or not good enough. Arun decided to write a letter about the problems he faced.

    Order in which Arun should develop his letter will be:
    (i) Difficulty in choosing accommodation
    (ii) Question of cleanliness
    (iii) Suggestions for improvement
    (iv) Mention his visit
    (v) What he saw on the way uphill
    (a) (v), (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
    (b) (iv), (v), (i), (ii), (iii)
    (c) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii), (v)
    (d) (iv), (v), (iii), (ii), (i)

    VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 29
    Answer any five out of the six questions, with reference to the context below.
    Last month Arun went to a hill station. He spent a week there. He did not feel happy about the visit. On the way there he saw trucks laden with tree trunks coming down hill Roadsides and parks were littered. Accommodation on offer was either too expensive or not good enough. Arun decided to write a letter about the problems he faced.

    Choose the option containing the suggestions which are most important for improvement.
    (i) Government to build affordable guest houses
    (ii) Tourists to be responsible citizens
    (iii) Forest officials to be more vigilant
    (iv) Sanitation staff to be more efficient
    (v) Hotel staff to be more guest friendly
    (a) (i), (ii), (iii)
    (b) (ii), (iii), (v)
    (c) (v), (iv), (ii)
    (d) (iii), (iv), (v) VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 30
    Answer any five out of the six questions, with reference to the context below.
    Last month Arun went to a hill station. He spent a week there. He did not feel happy about the visit. On the way there he saw trucks laden with tree trunks coming down hill Roadsides and parks were littered. Accommodation on offer was either too expensive or not good enough. Arun decided to write a letter about the problems he faced.

    The concluding remark of the letter should be:
    (a) I hope my letter will be read with due attention.
    (b) I hope that conservationists will get a wake-up call.
    (c) I hope my letter gets an adequate response from the hotel industry.
    (d) I hope that my letter helps in promoting tourism and environmental protection. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 31
    Read the extract given below to attempt the questions that follow:
    Peggy was not really cruel. She protected small children from bullies. And she cried for hours if she saw an animal mistreated. If anybody had said to her, "Don't you think that is a cruel way to treat Wanda?" she would have been very surprised. Cruel? Why did the girl say she had a hundred dresses? Anybody could tell that was a lie. Why did she want to lie? And she wasn't just an ordinary person, else why did she have a name like that? Anyway they never made her cry. 

    Peggy made fun of Wanda as: 
    (i) Wanda was a poor girl
    (ii) Wanda had only one dress to wear
    (iii) Wanda had said that she had a hundred dresses
    (iv) Her name was funny
    (v) Peggy was arrogant

    (a) (i) and (ii)
    (b) (i) and (v)
    (c) (ii) and (iii)
    (d) (iii) and (iv) VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 32
    Read the extract given below to attempt the questions that follow:
    Peggy was not really cruel. She protected small children from bullies. And she cried for hours if she saw an animal mistreated. If anybody had said to her, "Don't you think that is a cruel way to treat Wanda?" she would have been very surprised. Cruel? Why did the girl say she had a hundred dresses? Anybody could tell that was a lie. Why did she want to lie? And she wasn't just an ordinary person, else why did she have a name like that? Anyway they never made her cry. 

    Peggy asked Wanda about the number of dresses she had. She wanted to:
    (a) help her. 
    (b) make fun of her.
    (c) show that she was rich. 
    (d) show her arrogance. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 33
    Read the extract given below to attempt the questions that follow:
    Peggy was not really cruel. She protected small children from bullies. And she cried for hours if she saw an animal mistreated. If anybody had said to her, "Don't you think that is a cruel way to treat Wanda?" she would have been very surprised. Cruel? Why did the girl say she had a hundred dresses? Anybody could tell that was a lie. Why did she want to lie? And she wasn't just an ordinary person, else why did she have a name like that? Anyway they never made her cry. 
     

    'they never made her cry' shows that:
    (a) they were kind-hearted.
    (b) they were indifferent.
    (c) they did not like crying people.
    (d) they didn't like her name.

    VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 34
    Read the extract given below to attempt the questions that follow:
    Peggy was not really cruel. She protected small children from bullies. And she cried for hours if she saw an animal mistreated. If anybody had said to her, "Don't you think that is a cruel way to treat Wanda?" she would have been very surprised. Cruel? Why did the girl say she had a hundred dresses? Anybody could tell that was a lie. Why did she want to lie? And she wasn't just an ordinary person, else why did she have a name like that? Anyway they never made her cry. 

    Study the following statements : 
    (i) Wanda was different from others. 
    (ii) Wanda had a hundred dresses.
    Choose the correct option: 
    (a) (i) is true, but (ii) is false
    (b) (ii) is true, but (i) is false
    (c) Both (i) and (ii) are true 
    (d) Both (i) and (ii) are false 
    VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 35
    Read the extract given below to attempt the questions that follow:
    Peggy was not really cruel. She protected small children from bullies. And she cried for hours if she saw an animal mistreated. If anybody had said to her, "Don't you think that is a cruel way to treat Wanda?" she would have been very surprised. Cruel? Why did the girl say she had a hundred dresses? Anybody could tell that was a lie. Why did she want to lie? And she wasn't just an ordinary person, else why did she have a name like that? Anyway they never made her cry. 
    (i) Peggy protected small children from bullies.
    (ii) She was sarcastic with Wanda.

    It means that Peggy was:
    (a) rich and arrogant 
    (b) kind and fun loving
    (c) kind only to small children 
    (d) proud of her dresses
    VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 36
    Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
    All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope : the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one's conscience. Lencho was an ox of a man, working like an animal in the fields, but still he knew how to write. The following Sunday, at daybreak, he began to write a letter which he himself would carry to town and place in the mail. It was nothing less than a letter to God.

    Study the following statements :
    (i) Lencho decided to write a letter to God.
    (ii) All through the night he thought of his only one hope.
    Choose the correct option :
    (a) (i) is the cause and (ii) is the effect.
    (b) (ii) is the cause of (i).
    (c) (ii) preceded (i).
    (d) Both (i) and (ii) happened at the same time.
      VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 37
    Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
    All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope : the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one's conscience. Lencho was an ox of a man, working like an animal in the fields, but still he knew how to write. The following Sunday, at daybreak, he began to write a letter which he himself would carry to town and place in the mail. It was nothing less than a letter to God.

    'Lencho was an ox of a man' means :
    (a) He was very hard-working
    (b) He owned an ox
    (c) He ploughed his field with an ox
    (d) His ox could work like a man VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 38
    Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
    All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope : the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one's conscience. Lencho was an ox of a man, working like an animal in the fields, but still he knew how to write. The following Sunday, at daybreak, he began to write a letter which he himself would carry to town and place in the mail. It was nothing less than a letter to God.

    'But still he knew how to write' implies that :
    (a) Lencho could write as he was a farmer.
    (b) Ordinarily, a farmer did not know how to write.
    (c) All farmers knew how to write.
    (d) A farmer cannot know how to write. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 39
    Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
    All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope : the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one's conscience. Lencho was an ox of a man, working like an animal in the fields, but still he knew how to write. The following Sunday, at daybreak, he began to write a letter which he himself would carry to town and place in the mail. It was nothing less than a letter to God.

    Why did he write the letter on Sunday?
    (a) Sunday is a holy day for the Christians.
    (b) God listens to people only on Sundays.
    (c) Lencho was busy rest of the week.
    (d) The Post Office would open on Monday. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 40
    Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
    All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope : the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one's conscience. Lencho was an ox of a man, working like an animal in the fields, but still he knew how to write. The following Sunday, at daybreak, he began to write a letter which he himself would carry to town and place in the mail. It was nothing less than a letter to God.

    Find a suitable word from the passage to complete the following :
    Loss : Gain :: Despair : ___________.
    (a) Help 
    (b) Hope
    (c) Deep
    (d) Carry VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 41
    Read the extract given below and answer the questions/complete the statements follow by choosing the most appropriate options from the given ones:
    He stalks in his vivid stripes
    The few steps of his cage,
    On pads of velvet quiet,
    In his quiet rage.

    He should be lurking in shadow,
    Sliding through long grass
    Near the water hole
    Where plūmp deer pass.

    How does the tiger show his helplessness?
    (a) Through his beautiful stripes
    (b) Through his brief walk
    (c) Through his controlled anger
    (d) By walking quietly VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 42
    Read the extract given below and answer the questions/complete the statements follow by choosing the most appropriate options from the given ones:
    He stalks in his vivid stripes
    The few steps of his cage,
    On pads of velvet quiet,
    In his quiet rage.

    He should be lurking in shadow,
    Sliding through long grass
    Near the water hole
    Where plūmp deer pass.

    Study the following statements :
    (i) Even in the zoo the tiger has retained his majesty.
    (ii) He is walking softly in the cage as he is looking for his prey.

    Choose the correct option:
    (a) (i) is right and (ii) is wrong.
    (b) (ii) is right and (i) is wrong.
    (c) (i) and (ii) are both right.
    (d) (i) and (ii) are both wrong. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 43
    Read the extract given below and answer the questions/complete the statements follow by choosing the most appropriate options from the given ones:
    He stalks in his vivid stripes
    The few steps of his cage,
    On pads of velvet quiet,
    In his quiet rage.

    He should be lurking in shadow,
    Sliding through long grass
    Near the water hole
    Where plūmp deer pass.

    Looking at the caged tiger we:
    (a) admire his majestic looks.
    (b) get scared of him.
    (c) feel sympathetic towards him.
    (d) feel safe that he is caged. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 44
    Read the extract given below and answer the questions/complete the statements follow by choosing the most appropriate options from the given ones:
    He stalks in his vivid stripes
    The few steps of his cage,
    On pads of velvet quiet,
    In his quiet rage.

    He should be lurking in shadow,
    Sliding through long grass
    Near the water hole
    Where plūmp deer pass.

    The tiger in the zoo does not have to hunt for his food :
    (a) so he feels happy.
    (b) yet he is angry.
    (c) so he feels secure.
    (d) yet he feels lonely. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 45
    Read the extract given below and answer the questions/complete the statements follow by choosing the most appropriate options from the given ones:
    He stalks in his vivid stripes
    The few steps of his cage,
    On pads of velvet quiet,
    In his quiet rage.

    He should be lurking in shadow,
    Sliding through long grass
    Near the water hole
    Where plump deer pass.

    He likes the water hole as :
    (a) the deer visits it.
    (b) there is tall grass around it.
    (c) it is a shady place.
    (d) he can hide behind the grass. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 46
    Read the extract given below and answer  the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the most appropriate options from the given ones:
    Without making any noise and with a poker grasped firmly in his hand, the clergyman flung open the door.
    "Surrender !
    Then to his amazement he realized that the room appeared to be empty. He and his wife looked under the desk, and behind the curtains and even up the chimney. There wasn't a sign of anybody. Yet the desk had been opened and the housekeeping money was missing.
    "Extraordinary affair!" the clergyman kept saying for the rest of the day.

    The clergyman felt amazed:
    (a) that there was no one visible in the room.
    (b) when he saw his wife peeping under the desk.
    (c) the arrangement of furniture had been disturbed.
    (d) there was nobody even behind the curtains. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 47
    Read the extract given below and answer  the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the most appropriate options from the given ones:
    Without making any noise and with a poker grasped firmly in his hand, the clergyman flung open the door.
    "Surrender!
    Then to his amazement he realized that the room appeared to be empty. He and his wife looked under the desk, and behind the curtains and even up the chimney. There wasn't a sign of anybody. Yet the desk had been opened and the housekeeping money was missing.
    "Extraordinary affair!" the clergyman kept saying for the rest of the day.


    The clergyman was moving:
    (i) stealthily
    (ii) quickly
    (iii) boldly
    Choose the correct option:
    (a) (i) is right and (ii) is wrong.
    (b) (ii) is right and (iii) is wrong.
    (c) (iii) is right and (i) is wrong.
    (d) (i) is right and (iii) is wrong. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 48
    Read the extract given below and answer  the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the most appropriate options from the given ones:
    Without making any noise and with a poker grasped firmly in his hand, the clergyman flung open the door.
    "Surrender!
    Then to his amazement he realized that the room appeared to be empty. He and his wife looked under the desk, and behind the curtains and even up the chimney. There wasn't a sign of anybody. Yet the desk had been opened and the housekeeping money was missing.
    "Extraordinary affair!" the clergyman kept saying for the rest of the day.


    Study the following statements:
    (i) The clergyman and his wife were thorough in their search.
    (ii) The chief had failed to take anything.
    Choose the correct option:
    (a) (i) is the assertion and (ii) is the response.
    (b) (ii) is the assertion and (i) is the response.
    (c) (i) is true and (ii) is false.
    (d) (i) is false and (ii) is true. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 49
    Read the extract given below and answer  the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the most appropriate options from the given ones:
    Without making any noise and with a poker grasped firmly in his hand, the clergyman flung open the door.
    "Surrender!
    Then to his amazement he realized that the room appeared to be empty. He and his wife looked under the desk, and behind the curtains and even up the chimney. There wasn't a sign of anybody. Yet the desk had been opened and the housekeeping money was missing.
    "Extraordinary affair!" the clergyman kept saying for the rest of the day.

    What is 'an extraordinary affair'?
    (a) Something very brilliant
    (b) Something very special
    (c) Something unusual
    (d) Something very careful VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 50
    Read the extract given below and answer  the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the most appropriate options from the given ones:
    Without making any noise and with a poker grasped firmly in his hand, the clergyman flung open the door.
    "Surrender!
    Then to his amazement he realized that the room appeared to be empty. He and his wife looked under the desk, and behind the curtains and even up the chimney. There wasn't a sign of anybody. Yet the desk had been opened and the housekeeping money was missing.
    "Extraordinary affair!" the clergyman kept saying for the rest of the day.


    At the loss of his money the clergyman must have felt:
    (a) sorry
    (b) sad
    (c) angry
    (d) surprised VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 51
    Attempt the following:
    "This is why I started the diary."
    Anne started her diary:
    (a) as she could not confide in any one.
    (b) as she was good at writing compositions.
    (c) as she wanted to record her feelings for future generations.
    (d) as she was secretive by nature. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 52
    Attempt the following:
    'The dust of snow
    From a hemlock tree.'
    The dust of snow has made the poet:
    (a) appreciative of nature.
    (b) thoughtful.
    (c) happy.
    (d) cold. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 53
    Attempt the following:
    'and now it was a gathering of different colours'
    (a) A multi-coloured rainbow in the sky
    (b) Decoration of different colours
    (c) Leaders of different nations gathered there
    (d) African people wearing different colours VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 54
    Attempt the following:
    The young seagull was alone on the ledge as:
    (a) his brothers had flown away.
    (b) he was afraid to fly.
    (c) the sea was very deep beneath him.
    (d) his mother had not yet fed him. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 55

    Attempt the following:
    Anne decided to let only _____________ to read her diary.
    (a) a real friend
    (b) her father
    (c) her grandmother
    (d) her mother

    VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 56
    Attempt the following :
    After losing his ball, the boy :
    (a) became sad
    (b) felt angry
    (c) learnt a lesson
    (d) went for another ball. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 57
    Attempt the following :
    Which word from the poem, Fire and Ice will complete the following :
    Cruelty : Fire :: Insensitivity :_______________.
    (a) Ice
    (b) Hate 
    (c) Desire
    (d) Destruction VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 58
    Attempt the following :
    Mrs. Pumphrey as a pet owner was : 
    (i) indulgent
    (ii) carefree
    (iii) rich
    (iv) foolish
    Choose the correct option :
    (a) (i) and (ii) 
    (b) (ii) and (iii)
    (c) (ii) and (iv)
    (d) (i) and (iv) VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 59
    Attempt the following :
    After cooking a bad meal and told to go away, Hari stayed on as he:
    (a) needed a job
    (b) needed shelter
    (c) wanted to steal something
    (d) found Anil to be very simple. VIEW SOLUTION


  • Question 60
    Attempt the following :
    "Further footprints followed one after another".
    How did the boys react?
    (a) Intrigued/Fascinated
    (b) Surprised
    (c) Shocked
    ​(d) Amused VIEW SOLUTION
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