2025-2026 HS ABTA TEST PAPER PAGE 257 2025
ENGLISH (Group – B)
Full Marks: 40 Marks per Question: 1 × 40 = 40
PROSE
Choose the appropriate answer for each question:
1. How old was the narrator when he first met the girl?
(a) Sixteen years (b) Eighteen years (c) Twenty-one years (d) Nineteen years
Ans: (b) Eighteen years
2. According to Kalam, his parents were –
(a) smart and energetic (b) wise and affluent (c) shy and shabby (d) tall and handsome
Ans:(d) tall and handsome
3. How long was the lawyer supposed to stay in solitary confinement?
(a) 5 years (b) 10 years (c) 15 years (d) 20 years
Ans:(c) 15 years
4. Failing to trace the girl at the station, the narrator was overcome by a sense of foreboding as he was deeply –
(a) happy (b) relieved (c) excited (d) disappointed
Ans:(d) disappointed
5. The necessary items Kalam was provided with during his childhood were –
(a) food, money and medicine (b) love, care and books (c) food, clothing and medicines (d) all the above
Ans:(c) food, clothing and medicines
6. What does the banker do after the bet is made?
(a) tries to get out of the bet himself
(b) tries to get the lawyer to take the millions
(c) tries to convince the lawyer to renege
(d) tries to escape the lodge
Ans: (c) tries to convince the lawyer to renege
7. Alu
8. What is the theme of the text Strong Roots?
(a) the importance of family
(b) the power of love and relationship
(c) the significance of cultural heritage
(d) the struggle for identity and belonging
Ans :c) the significance of cultural heritage
9. Choose the correct order:
(i) His face was yellow with an earthy tint in it.
(ii) He was a skeleton.
(iii) His cheeks were hollow.
(iv) A man unlike ordinary people was sitting motionless.
(a) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
(b) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)
(c) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
(d) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)
Ans: (b) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)
10. The narrator continued to travel through Deoli though he knew he would not come across the girl because –
(a) he would enjoy the scenery of the town
(b) he longed to visit his grandmother
(c) he promised to visit Deoli frequently
(d) he had secret desire to meet the girl again
Ans: (d) he had secret desire to meet the girl again
VERSE
Choose the correct alternative:
11. The casuarina tree will forever hold a special place in the poet’s heart because of –
(a) its shade (b) crimson flowers (c) tall size (d) memories of her companions
Ans: (d) memories of her companions
12. By the phrase beyond the utmost bound of human thoughts Ulysses means –
(a) to go beyond the western horizon
(b) to know the unknown
(c) to explore the unseen
(d) to sail beyond the ultimate limit of human imagination and limit
Ans: d) to sail beyond the ultimate limit of human imagination and limit
13. Match Column A with Column B:
(A) The baboon’s statue-like posture
(B) The kokila’s call
(C) The water-lilies
(D) The baboon’s offspring
i) Signifies the start of a new day
(ii) Symbolises the stillness of early morning
(iii) Represent the cycle of life in nature
(iv) Reflect the calm and purity of nature
(a) (A)-(ii), (B)-(i), (C)-(iv), (D)-(iii)
(b) (A)-(i), (B)-(ii), (C)-(iv), (D)-(iii)
(c) (A)-(i), (B)-(iv), (C)-(ii), (D)-(iii)
(d) (A)-(iii), (B)-(i), (C)-(iv), (D)-(ii)
Ans: (a) (A)-(ii), (B)-(i), (C)-(iv), (D)-(iii)
14. What does Ulysses mean by Life piled on life / Were all too little?
(a) He is content with the life he has lived
(b) Life is excessive and overwhelming to him
(c) He wishes to live only one life
(d) One life is not enough to experience everything
Ans: (d) One life is not enough to experience everything
15. Choose the correct option:
(i) In the valley of Borrowdale there are deathless trees
(ii) The dirge-like murmur is the tree’s lament
(iii) The tree’s shadow falls on a broad tank
(iv) The sleepy cows go to pastures
(a) (i)-T, (ii)-T, (iii)-F, (iv)-F
(b) (i)-T, (ii)-T, (iii)-T, (iv)-T
(c) (i)-F, (ii)-F, (iii)-F, (iv)-T
(d) (i)-F, (ii)-F, (iii)-F, (iv)-F
Ans:(b) (i)-T, (ii)-T, (iii)-T, (iv)-T
16. Assertion: “Much have I seen and known.”
Reason: ?
(a) He has lived a long life
(b) He has studied a lot of books
(c) He has roamed far and wide
(d) He came to know a lot of things from his companions
Ans: (c) He has roamed far and wide
17. The meaning of the word oblivion is –
(a) joy (b) sorrow (c) forgetfulness (d) eternity
Ans: (c) forgetfulness
18. Choose the false statement:
(i) Achilles is a well-known hero.
(ii) Ulysses and his companions are no longer young.
(iii) They do not have the strength they previously had.
(iv) Ulysses lives in the Happy Isle.
(a) (i) (b) (ii) (c) (iii) (d) (iv)
Ans: (d) (iv)
19. The unknown land is well known to –
(a) prophets (b) mystic sages (c) supernatural spirits (d) eye of faith
Ans:(d) eye of faith
20. In the phrase The thunder and sunshine — sunshine stands for –
(a) season of summer (b) successful sea voyage (c) fair weather (d) scorching heat in boundless sea
Ans: (c) fair weather (good times)
The Thunder -bad times
DRAMA
Choose the correct alternative:
21. Maurya used to get holy water –
(a) in the morning of Samhain
(b) in the morning after Samhain
(c) on the night before Samhain
(d) in the dark nights after Samhain
Ans: (d) in the dark nights after Samhain
22. The woman who saw the dead man with the child in his arms was –
(a) Zara (b) Dara (c) Dora (d) Lizzie
Ans:(b) Dara
23. What does the sea symbolize in the play?
(a) a source of prosperity
(b) a representation of love and relationship
(c) an uncontrollable force of fate and destruction
(d) a path to freedom and adventure
Ans:(c) an uncontrollable force of fate and destruction
24. Bartley’s dead body was laid on –
(a) a bed (b) on the floor (c) in the field (d) a plank
Ans:(d) a plank
25. Rearrange the sentences in proper order:
(i) The women are keening softly and swaying themselves with a slow movement.
(ii) Maurya starts saying prayer under her breath.
(iii) The men keep Bartley’s body on the table.
(iv) Maurya puts Michael’s clothes across Bartley’s feet.
(a) (iii)-(i)-(iv)-(ii)
(b) (i)-(iii)-(iv)-(ii)
(c) (ii)-(iv)-(iii)-(i)
(d) (iii)-(ii)-(iv)-(i)
Ans: (a) (iii)-(i)-(iv)-(ii)
TEXTUAL GRAMMAR
26. Join into a simple sentence:
I took the baskets from her hand. I put them down on the ground.
(a) I took the baskets from her hands so I put them down on the ground
(b) Taking the baskets from her hand I put them down on the ground
(c) I took the baskets from her hand while I put them down on the ground
(d) To put the baskets on the ground I took them from her hand
Ans: (b) Taking the baskets from her hand, I put them down on the ground
27. Join into a complex sentence:
I cannot rest from travel. I will drink life to the lees.
(a) I cannot rest from travel and I will drink life to the lees
(b) Though I cannot rest from travel I will drink life to the lees
(c) I will drink life to the lees as I cannot rest from travel
(d) I will drink life to the lees but I cannot rest from travel
Ans:(c) I will drink life to the lees as I cannot rest from travel
As I cannot rest from travel,I will drink life to the lees
28. Split into simple sentences:
When my father came out of the mosque after the prayers, people of different religions would be sitting outside, waiting for him.
(a) My father came out of the mosque after the prayers. People of different religions would be waiting for him
(b) My father was come out of the mosque after the prayer. People of different religions would be sitting outside, waiting for him
(c) The prayer would be over when my father came out. People of different religions would be sitting outside waiting for him
(d) After the prayer my father would came out of the mosque. People of different religions would be sat outside
Ans: (b) My father was come out of the mosque after the prayer. People of different religions would be sitting outside, waiting for him
29. Turn into indirect speech:
The watchman said, “He went to the gate and disappeared.”
(a) The watchman mentioned that he has gone to the gate and disappeared
(b) The watchman said that he had gone to the gate and had disappeared
(c) The watchman said that he had gone to the gate and disappeared
(d) The watchman informed that he went to the gate and disappeared
Ans:(b) The watchman said that he had gone to the gate and had disappeared
30. Identify the error and correct it:
Beneath the moon the earth laid tranced in a dreamless swoon.
(a) Beneath the moon the earth lie tranced in a dreamless swoon
(b) Beneath the moon the earth lying tranced in a dreamless swoon
(c) Beneath the moon the earth lay tranced in a dreamless swoon
(d) Beneath the moon the earth is lying tranced in a dreamless swoon
Ans: (c) Beneath the moon the earth lay tranced in a dreamless swoon
READING COMPREHENSION (Unseen)
The saving of certain wild animals from extinction has for many years been a problem for zoologists and other specialists; but more recently the problem has become so acute, and has received so much publicity, that most people are now concerned about it. This may at first seem strange because one of the most gratifying developments of the last few years has been the passing of strict laws to protect wild animals and the consequent decline in the hunting of big game for sport.
One reason is the “march of civilization”. When an area is wholly cleared of vegetation to make room for new towns, factory sites or hydroelectric plants, the natural home of several species is destroyed. The displaced must either migrate to another area or perish. Even the clearing of land for a road or an airfield may involve “pushing back” the jungle, and the smaller the area in which wild animals compete for a living, the smaller the number that can hope to survive.
Civilization brings, too, swift and easy transport and so assists those who are determined to break the various protective laws. Thieves can elude the game wardens, shoot an elephant for its tusks, a rhinoceros for its horn, or a deer for its meat and be miles away from the site of the crime before the dead or dying victim is even discovered. Civilization which brings so many benefits to people brings also facilities for the heartless criminals who, for only material gain, slaughter harmless animals and threaten the disappearance of their kind from the earth forever.
Questions:
31. The death of wild animals is a serious problem for the –
(a) doctors (b) scientists (c) businessmen (d) zoologists
32. At present the said problem has become –
(a) severe (b) less (c) moderate (d) meagre
33. People find the recent problem strange because of –
(a) we are in real development (b) implementation of animal protecting law
(c) people are careless (d) all animals have disappeared
34. Trees are wholly cut out of an area for –
(a) killing all animals (b) making an area clean (c) making developing towns (d) making new furniture
35. Here the displaced refer to –
(a) homeless animals (b) homeless citizens (c) the birds (d) the whole universe
36. Often animals put themselves in serious tussle because –
(a) they live in bigger towns
(b) they have to live with human beings
(c) the jungles become larger
(d) they hardly adjust themselves in smaller area
37. The word perish means –
(a) to die (b) to fight (c) to adjust (d) to attack
38. Elephants are often killed for their valuable –
(a) heart (b) head (c) teeth (d) flesh
39. The antonym of the word threaten will be –
(a) kill (b) destroy (c) escape (d) protect
40. Civilization is not always good because –
(a) it makes people lazy
(b) it does not allow to develop proper towns
(c) it allows criminals to destroy wildlife
(d) number of human beings increases
Answer
31. (d) zoologists
32. (a) severe
33. (b) implementation of animal protecting law
34. © making developing towns
35. (a) homeless animals
36. (d) they hardly adjust themselves in smaller area
37. (a) to die
38. © teeth
39. (d) protect
40. © it allows criminals to destroy wildlife
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