HS ABTA 182 SOLVED
ABTA HIGHER SECONDARY TEST PAPERS 2025–2026
SEMESTER – III
ENGLISH (Group – B)
Full Marks: 40 Time: 2 Hours
(Answer all the questions. Each question carries 1 mark)
PROSE
Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives:
1. The entire story of The Night Train At Deoli is written/described from the perspective of –
(a) Vendor girl (b) Station-master (c) Aged passenger (d) A young narrator
2. The feature of the young girl that shook the narrator's heart is –
(a) Her smile and fragrance
(b) Her dark and unstable eyes
(c) Her dark and fixed eyes
(d) Her blue and busy eyes
3. The train which the narrator boarded was supposed to reach Deoli at –
(a) 05:00 am (b) 05:00 pm (c) 06:00 am (d) 04:00 am
4. The narrator's intention to visit Deoli frequently is only to –
(a) See one particular girl who sold baskets
(b) See and meet all vendor girls
(c) Meet new passengers
(d) Enjoy the charm of the town, Deoli
5. Strong Roots is an extraction from Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's Wings of Fire, which is a/an –
(a) Travelogue (b) Collection of short stories
(c) Long essay (d) Autobiography
6. The friendship between Pakshi Lakshmana Shastri and Dr. Kalam's father is a testimony of –
(a) Communal harmony
(b) Simplicity of people of India
(c) Friendship over communalism
(d) All the above
7. Mark the correct option of True (T) or False (F):
• Statement 1: Rameswaram temple was very frequently visited by a large number of people.
• Statement 2: Lord Ganesha was worshipped at the temple of Rameswaram.
• Statement 3: Pakshi Lakshmana Shastri was the high priest of Rameswaram temple.
• Statement 4: The surrounding area, adjacent to Rameswaram temple was predominantly Muslim.
(a) (1) T, (2) F, (3) F, (4) T
(b) (1) F, (2) F, (3) T, (4) T
(c) (1) T, (2) T, (3) F, (4) F
(d) (1) T, (2) F, (3) T, (4) T
8. Match the column:
Column – A Column – B
1. Kalam’s father A. Fed many people
2. Ashiamma B. Fairly large pucca building
3. Lineage of Kalam’s mother C. Did not have formal education
4. Kalam’s ancestral house D. Bestowed with the title, Rai Bahadur
(a) 1-B, 2-A, 3-D, 4-C
(b) 1-D, 2-C, 3-B, 4-A
(c) 1-C, 2-A, 3-D, 4-B
(d) 1-A, 2-D, 3-C, 4-B
9. The story of The Bet represents –
(a) The theme of sacrifice
(b) A thorough documentation of the judicial system
(c) The fall of ethics and moral values
(d) A realistic debate between death sentence and life imprisonment
10. Rearrange the statements in chronological order in connection with The Bet:
(i) The watchman had sought shelter from the weather.
(ii) The banker could not see through the garden because there had been rain and darkness.
(iii) Reaching the lodge, the banker entered and found the seals intact.
(iv) The banker walked to the lodge.
(a) ii-iv-i-iii (b) ii-iv-iii-i
(c) i-iii-i-iv (d) ii-i-iv-iii
VERSE
11. In the poem Our Casuarina Tree the titular tree is the symbol of –
(a) Peace and security
(b) Primitivity of Nature
(c) Vegetation across the place
(d) Life of the poet and her family down the past
12. “And flowers are hung in the crimson clusters.” Here ‘crimson’ suggests –
(a) Red (b) Blue (c) Orange (d) White
13. Which of the given phrases best qualifies the Casuarina tree?
(a) The giant wears the scarf
(b) The sea, breaking on a shingle beach
(c) A grey baboon sits statue-like
(d) Fear, trembling Hope and Death
14. Our Casuarina Tree is a poem divided into –
(a) 4 stanzas (b) 5 stanzas (c) 6 stanzas (d) 7 stanzas
15. “Baboon sits statue-like alone” is an example of –
(a) Simile (b) Metaphor (c) Personification (d) Antithesis
16. The poem Ulysses represents the spirit of –
(a) Renaissance
(b) Victorian era
(c) Homesickness
(d) Science and culture
17. “He works his work, I mine.” Here ‘he’ refers to –
(a) Achilles (b) Penelope (c) Ulysses (d) Telemachus
18. Which of the literary techniques is adopted in Ulysses?
(a) Iambic pentameter (b) Blank verse (c) Dramatic monologue (d) All of these
19. Ulysses describes his fellow mariners as –
(a) Old and sick (b) Meek and tender
(c) Strong and brave (d) Strong and wise
20. “How dull it is…!” What, according to the speaker, is ‘dull’?
(a) Travelling through seas
(b) Fighting battles
(c) To pause and to make an end
(d) To undertake new voyages
DRAMA
21. The setting of Riders to the Sea is –
(a) A kitchen room in the cottage in the Aran Island
(b) A playground in an Irish town
(c) A busy harbour in Ireland
(d) A village fair in Donegal
22. The name of the bereaved mother in Riders to the Sea is –
(a) Cathleen (b) Maurya (c) Elizabeth (d) Nora
23. Riders to the Sea is a –
(a) Comedy (b) Two-act play (c) One-act play (d) Anti-romantic comedy
24. Statement 1:
No man at all can be living forever, and we must be satisfied.
Statement 2: Maurya surrenders herself to Destiny.
(a) Both the statements are related to each other.
(b) Both the statements have independent sense and are not connected.
(c) Both the statements are contradictory to each other.
(d) Statement-1 is true, but Statement-2 is false.
25. Choose the correct information from the given diagram:
Bartley
(i) Priest
(ii) Maurya’s last surviving son
(iii) Maurya’s husband
(iv) Maurya’s brother
(a) (i) Priest (b) (ii) Bartley (c) (iii) Maurya’s husband (d) (iv) Maurya’s brother
TEXTUAL GRAMMAR
26. Split the sentence: I watched her as the platform slipped away.
(a) I watched her. But the platform slipped away.
(b) I watched her. So, the platform slipped away.
(c) The platform slipped away. Yet I watched her.
(d) The platform slipped away. So, I watched her.
27. Join into a complex sentence:
My father had neither much formal education, nor much wealth. Yet he possessed great innate wisdom.
(a) As my father had neither much formal education, nor much wealth, he possessed great innate wisdom.
(b) Though my father had neither much formal education, nor much wealth, he possessed great innate wisdom.
(c) My father had neither much formal education, nor much wealth, because he possessed great innate wisdom.
(d) Though my father possessed great innate wisdom, he had neither much formal education, nor much wealth.
28. Join into a simple sentence:
I went down to the spring well. I stood there saying a prayer to myself.
(a) Saying a prayer to myself, I stood there to go down to the spring well.
(b) Going down to the spring well, I stood there saying a prayer to myself.
(c) Having gone down to the spring well, I stood there saying a prayer to myself.
(d) Having gone down to the spring well, I stood there to say a prayer to myself.
29. Correct the error: May Love defend thee from Oblivious curse.
(a) May Love defend thee from Oblivion’s curse.
(b) May Love defend thee from Oblivion curse.
(c) May Love defend thee from Oblivions curse.
(d) May Love defend thee from Oblivions’ curse.
30. Change the narration: She said, “Are you sure you don’t want a basket?”
(a) She asked if I am sure I don’t want a basket.
(b) She asked if I was sure I want a basket.
(c) She said that she wants to buy a basket.
(d) She asked me if I was sure I don’t want a basket.
UNSEEN PASSAGE
(Read the passage carefully and answer the questions)
31. The word ‘unfathomable’ means –
(a) Something that cannot be touched
(b) Something that cannot be changed
(c) Something that cannot be completed
(d) Something that cannot be understood
32. Our daily schedule is stapled with –
(a) Travels and adventures (b) Stress and despondency
(c) Friends and family (d) Film and music
33. Which statement does not match the passage?
(a) We are renewed with a restful vacation
(b) Travelling enriches appetite
(c) Travelling is learning without book
(d) Travelling is a medication for stress
34. A ‘workaholic’ is one who –
(a) Is indulged in works only
(b) Escapes from work
(c) Takes works as hobby
(d) Makes others work for him/her
35. Travelling a new place will help us learn –
(a) History, geography, phonetics, language, culture, and life lessons
(b) History, geography, sociology, language, culture, and judicial system
(c) Biology, geography, sociology, language, culture, life lessons
(d) History, geography, sociology, language, culture, life lessons
36. The above text is a –
(a) First person narrative (b) Second person narrative
(c) Third person narrative (d) None of these
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