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MODEL QUESTION PAPER -8
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MODEL QUESTION PAPER
Subject: English
Full Marks: 90
Time: 3 Hours 15 Minutes
Section – A
Reading Comprehension (Seen)
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Some days after the funeral, a special train took Gandhiji's ashes to Allahabad. The compartment was decked with flowers. People on the train sang bhajans. People did not weep anymore for they could feel Gandhiji's presence amid the flowers and the songs. At every station sorrowful crowds filled the platform. Amid song and prayer the train reached Allahabad. The ashes were immersed in the Ganges where a huge crowd had gathered at the bank. Afterwards we all went back to Delhi.
Back in Delhi, I felt at sea. I had not directly walked with Gandhiji, gone to prison at his call or made any sacrifice for my country. My sisters and I, and other young people like me, had been merely onlookers. But still I felt at sea. I felt I had grown up within a magic circle. With Bapu's passing away, I felt the magic circle had vanished, leaving me unprotected.
With an effort I roused myself. I asked myself – had Bapu lived and died for nothing? How could I so easily lose courage when he was no longer there? My values were not so weak. Millions of people would have been ordinary folk but for Bapu. He brought them out of indifference and awakened them to one another’s suffering. What if now Bapu is gone? We were still there, young, strong and proud to bear his banner before us.
Bapu had passed away but his India would continue to live in his children.
A. Write the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(1×5=5)
(a) "Back in Delhi, I felt at sea." – In this sentence ‘felt at sea’ means –
(i) felt at a loss, (ii) visited the sea, (iii) felt very sad, (iv) felt very generous.
(b) Here ‘onlookers’ refers to –
(i) the narrator, (ii) the narrator and her sisters, (iii) the narrator’s sister,
(iv) the young people of India including the narrator and her sisters.
(c) __________ were put into the Ganges.
(i) Flowers, (ii) Train, (iii) Gandhiji’s ashes, (iv) Body of Bapuji.
(d) The ‘magic circle’ provided –
(i) magical abilities, (ii) circles of magic, (iii) amusement to the children,
(iv) protection to the people.
(e) The word ‘funeral’ means –
(i) cremation, (ii) grief, (iii) supernatural silence, (iv) jostling.
B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(1×3=3)
(i) If Bapu were not there, a lot of people __________________________.
(ii) At every station __________________________.
(iii) Flowers were used to decorate __________________________.
C. State whether the following statements are True or False. Give supporting sentences:
(2×2=4)
(i) The people were still weeping in the train.
Supporting sentence: __________________________.
(ii) The writer could not lose courage easily.
Supporting sentence: __________________________.
2. Read the poem and answer the questions that follow:
Once I crept in an oakwood – I was looking for a stag.
I met an old woman there, all knobbly stick and rag.
She said: “I have your secret here inside my little bag.”
Then she began to cackle and I began to quake.
She opened up her little bag and I came twice awake –
Surrounded by a staring tribe and me tied to a stake.
They said: “We are the oak-trees and your own true family.
We are chopped down, we are torn up, you do not blink an eye.
Unless you make a promise now – now you are going to die.”
“Whenever you see an oak-tree felled, swear now you will plant two.
Unless you swear, the black oak bark will wrinkle over you
And root you among the oaks where you were born but never grew.”
This was my dream beneath the boughs, the dream that altered me.
When I came out of the oakwood, back to human company,
My walk was the walk of a human child, but my heart was a tree.
A. Tick the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(1×4=4)
(a) The young child met – (i) a forester, (ii) an old man, (iii) an old woman, (iv) a stag.
(b) The oak-trees threatened the narrator of – (i) death, (ii) imprisonment, (iii) banishment, (iv) loneliness.
(c) When the child came out of the oakwood his heart was that of a – (i) stag, (ii) tree, (iii) human being, (iv) old woman.
(d) The story of the poem tells about – (i) young child, (ii) old woman, (iii) oak trees, (iv) dream of the poet.
B. Fill in the chart with information from the text:
(2×2=4)
Statement Reason
(i) The speaker began to quake. __________________________
(ii) __________________________ She opened her little bag.
Reading Comprehension (Unseen)
3. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors, for ‘extraordinary efforts’ to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons.
The winner was announced at a ceremony in Oslo on Friday, for the group which contributed greatly to the establishment of the nuclear taboo. The group has campaigned over the years for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Norwegian Nobel Committee Chairman, Joergen Watne Frydnes, said that the prize was given to the 1956 group.
As per the Nobel Committee, the grassroot movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.
Alfred Nobel specified that the awarding decision must be made by a committee of five people, appointed by the Norwegian Parliament.
As per the Swedish innovator’s will, the Peace Prize is being awarded to the one having ‘done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses’.
According to the scientist’s last will, this prize is being awarded in Oslo, not in Stockholm, unlike other awards. Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi won the prize in 2023, when she was honoured for her work fighting the oppression of women in Iran.
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 105 times to 142 Nobel Prize laureates between 1901 and 2024, 111 individuals and 31 organisations.
A. Tick the right answer:
(1×6=6)
(i) Alfred Nobel was from – (a) Sweden, (b) Japan, (c) Norway, (d) Iran.
(ii) Nobel Peace Prize awarding decision must be made by – (a) Iranian, (b) Swedish, (c) Norwegian, (d) Japanese Parliament.
(iii) The group that won the Nobel Peace Prize 2024 was formed in – (a) 2023, (b) 1956, (c) 1901, (d) 1944.
(iv) The winner of Nobel Peace Prize 2024 was announced in – (a) Stockholm, (b) Oslo, (c) Iran, (d) Sweden.
(v) The campaign of Nobel Peace Prize 2024 was – (a) oppression of women, (b) rights of Hiroshima & Nagasaki people, (c) abolition of nuclear weapons, (d) rights of Norwegian people.
(vi) The Chairman of Norwegian Nobel Committee for Peace Prize is –
(a) Nihon Hidankyo, (b) Alfred Nobel, (c) Joergen Watne Frydnes, (d) Narges Mohammadi.
B. State whether the following are True or False. Give supporting sentences:
(1+1×3=6)
(i) A Japanese scientist Nihon Hidankyo has been announced as the winner of Nobel Peace Prize 2024.
Supporting sentence: __________________________.
(ii) Alfred Nobel wanted the Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded in Oslo.
Supporting sentence: __________________________.
(iii) The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 105 times to 124 Nobel Prize laureates.
Supporting sentence: __________________________.
C. Answer the following questions:
(1×4=4)
(i) Who has been announced as the winner of Nobel Peace Prize 2024 and why?
(ii) What is ‘Hibakusha’?
(iii) For what reason was the Nobel Peace Prize 2023 awarded?
(iv) What was the last will of Alfred Nobel?
Section – B
Grammar and Vocabulary
4. Write the correct alternatives to fill in the blanks:
(1×3=3)
As the temperature (had soared / soars / has been soaring) so high, it __________ to take cool showers many times a day.
People (drink / drank / should drink) plenty of water.
__________ (is advised / advised / advises).
5. Do as directed:
A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions:
(1×3=3)
We must consider __________ unemployment problem with great seriousness and try to solve it __________ the earliest opportunity. This would be beneficial __________ our younger generation.
B. Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given in brackets:
(1×3=3)
(i) Kiara said to me, "Why do you look sad?"
[Change the mode of narration]
(ii) He sometimes watches a mousehole for an hour or two.
[Change the voice]
(iii) He completed his work carefully.
[Rewrite the sentence using the adjective form of ‘carefully’]
C. Choose the correct phrasal verbs from the list given below to replace the words underlined.
(1×3=3)
[bring up, set out, set on, fall out]
(i) They always quarrel over their property.
(ii) The child was reared by his aunt.
(iii) He started for Kolkata early in the morning.
6. Given below are the meanings of four words which you will find in the passage in Question No. 3.
Find out the words and write them in the appropriate boxes on the right-hand side:
(2×4=8)
(i) prohibition or restriction by social custom → __________
(ii) evidence or proof of something → __________
(iii) exercise of power in a cruel or unjust manner → __________
(iv) structured entities that bring people together to achieve common goals → __________
Section – C
Writing Skills
7. Write a biography of Mother Teresa using the following information:
(10 marks)
• Full name: Agnes Gonxhas Bojaxhin
• Born in August 1910
• Came to India in 1928
• Served lifelong for the poor and distressed
• Founder of the Missionaries of Charity, also founded Nirmal Hriday
• Nobel Peace Prize in 1979
• Bharat Ratna in 1980
• Died on 5th September 1997
8. Write a paragraph on the topic ‘Digital Detox’:
(10 marks)
Hints:
• What is digital detox – intentional break from all kinds of digital activities
• How to achieve: reducing screen time, setting up technology-free zones, spending time in self-reflection, picking up hobbies etc.
• Benefits: better mental health, improved sleep, balance between virtual and real life
9. Develop the following outline into a story:
(10 marks)
A widow lost her only son – comes to Lord Buddha – she begs for her son’s life – Lord asks her to bring a handful of mustard seed from a house without any death – the woman tries but fails – she realises Lord’s advice.
Answer:
✨ MODEL QUESTION PAPER WITH ANSWERS
Subject: English
Full Marks: 90
Time: 3 Hours 15 Minutes
Section – A
Reading Comprehension (Seen)
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions:
A. Choose the correct alternative: (1×5=5)
(a) “Back in Delhi, I felt at sea.” – In this sentence ‘felt at sea’ means –
✅ (i) felt at a loss
(b) Here ‘onlookers’ refers to –
✅ (iv) the young people of India including the narrator and her sisters
© __________ were put into the Ganges.
✅ (iii) Gandhiji’s ashes
(d) The ‘magic circle’ provided –
✅ (iv) protection to the people
€ The word ‘funeral’ means –
✅ (i) cremation
B. Complete the sentences: (1×3=3)
(i) If Bapu were not there, a lot of people would have remained ordinary folk.
(ii) At every station sorrowful crowds filled the platform.
(iii) Flowers were used to decorate the compartment carrying Gandhiji’s ashes.
C. True or False with supporting sentences: (2×2=4)
(i) The people were still weeping in the train. ❌ False
Supporting sentence: “People did not weep anymore for they could feel Gandhiji’s presence amid the flowers and the songs.”
(ii) The writer could not lose courage easily.
True
Supporting sentence: “How could I so easily lose courage when he was no longer there?”
2. Read the poem and answer the questions:
A. Choose the correct alternative: (1×4=4)
(a) The young child met –
✅ (iii) an old woman
(b) The oak-trees threatened the narrator of –
✅ (i) death
© When the child came out of the oakwood his heart was that of a –
✅ (ii) tree
(d) The story of the poem tells about –
✅ (iv) dream of the poet
B. Fill in the chart: (2×2=4)
Statement Reason
(i) The speaker began to quake. Because the old woman began to cackle.
(ii) The child saw that he was surrounded by a staring tribe. Because she opened her little bag.
Reading Comprehension (Unseen)
3. Read the passage and answer:
A. Tick the right answer: (1×6=6)
(i) Alfred Nobel was from – ✅ (a) Sweden
(ii) Nobel Peace Prize awarding decision must be made by – ✅ © Norwegian Parliament
(iii) The group that won the Nobel Peace Prize 2024 was formed in – ✅ (b) 1956
(iv) The winner of Nobel Peace Prize 2024 was announced in – ✅ (b) Oslo
(iv) The campaign of Nobel Peace Prize 2024 was – ✅ © abolition of nuclear weapons
(v) The Chairman of Norwegian Nobel Committee for Peace Prize is – ✅ © Joergen Watne Frydnes
B. True or False with supporting sentences: (1+1×3=6)
(i) A Japanese scientist Nihon Hidankyo has been announced as the winner of Nobel Peace Prize 2024. ❌ False
Supporting sentence: “The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors.”
(ii) Alfred Nobel wanted the Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded in Oslo. ✅ True
Supporting sentence: “According to the scientist’s last will, this prize is being awarded in Oslo, not in Stockholm.”
(iii) The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 105 times to 124 Nobel Prize laureates. ❌ False
Supporting sentence: “The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 105 times to 142 Nobel Prize laureates.”
C. Short Questions: (1×4=4)
(i) Who has been announced as the winner of Nobel Peace Prize 2024 and why?
→ Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors, for their extraordinary efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons.
(ii) What is ‘Hibakusha’?
→ Hibakusha refers to the atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
(iii) For what reason was the Nobel Peace Prize 2023 awarded?
→ It was awarded to Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi for fighting the oppression of women in Iran.
(iv) What was the last will of Alfred Nobel?
→ His will specified that the Peace Prize should be awarded in Oslo to those who promote fraternity among nations, peace, and abolition of armies.
Section – B
Grammar and Vocabulary
4. Fill in the blanks: (1×3=3)
As the temperature has been soaring so high, it is advised to take cool showers many times a day.
People should drink plenty of water.
5. Do as directed:
A. Articles & Prepositions: (1×3=3)
We must consider the unemployment problem with great seriousness and try to solve it at the earliest opportunity. This would be beneficial to our younger generation.
B. Rewrite: (1×3=3)
(i) Kiara asked me why I looked sad.
(ii) A mousehole is sometimes watched by him for an hour or two.
(iii) He completed his work with careful attention.
C. Phrasal verbs: (1×3=3)
(i) They always fall out over their property.
(ii) The child was brought up by his aunt.
(iii) He set out for Kolkata early in the morning.
6. Vocabulary from passage: (2×4=8)
(i) prohibition or restriction by social custom → taboo
(ii) evidence or proof of something → testimony
(iii) exercise of power in a cruel or unjust manner → oppression
(iv) structured entities that bring people together to achieve common goals → organisations
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