ABTA 2026 PAGE 281, Madhyamik ABTA 2026,Class X ABTA 2026 PAGE 281 SOLVED

ABTA 2026 PAGE 281 — Class X (Solved)

SECTION – A : READING COMPREHENSION (SEEN)

1. Passage – Answers
A. Tick (✔) the correct alternative:
(i) The last walk with Bapu was— ✔ painful
(ii) Walking with Bapu was— ✔ not a common place affair
(iii) Bapu carried a— ✔ stick
(iv) To walk is to make— ✔ slow progress
(v) One requires— ✔ one’s own body and energy
B. Sentences completed.
C. True/False with quotes.

SECTION – B : UNSEEN

3. Answers of Unseen Passage.

SECTION – C : GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY

4–6. Grammar answers included.

SECTION – D : WRITING

7–8. Paragraph & Notice Writing.

ABTA 2026 PAGE 281, Madhyamik ABTA 2026,Class X ABTA 2026 PAGE 281 SOLVED 

✨ SECTION – A : READING COMPREHENSION (SEEN)

1. Passage – Answers

A. Tick (✔) the correct alternative:

(i) The last walk with Bapu was—

✔ (b) painful

(ii) According to the narrator, walking with Bapu was—

✔ (c) not a common place affair

(iii) While walking, Bapu used to carry a—

✔ (a) stick

(iv) To walk is to make—

✔ (b) slow progress

(v) For walking one requires—

✔ (d) one’s own body and energy

B. Complete the following sentences:

(i) Bapu was being carried on an open truck covered with flowers.

(ii) Thousands of people wept trying to touch Bapu’s feet.

(iii) India's recent history was both rough and smooth.

C. True/False with supporting quotes:

(i) It was a pleasant walk.

False

Supporting Quote: “It was an agonizing walk.”

(ii) It was the first time the writer would be walking with Bapu.

False

Supporting Quote: “It is the last time we shall be walking with Bapu.”

2. Poem – Answers

A. Tick (✔) the correct alternative:

(i) The poet crept in—

✔ (b) an oakwood

(ii) The poet met an old—

✔ (a) woman

(iii) The secret was inside—

✔ (c) the little bag

(iv) The poet found himself surrounded by—

✔ (a) a tribe

B. Answer the following questions:

(i) Why did the poet creep into an oakwood?

→ The poet crept into the oakwood in search of a stag.

(ii) What does the expression “I came twice awake” suggest?

→ It suggests that the poet woke up into a dreamlike vision, becoming suddenly alert and aware of the strange situation around him.

✨ SECTION – B : READING COMPREHENSION (UNSEEN)

3. Passage – Answers

A. Tick (✔) the right answer:

(i) Authorities seized medicines from—

✔ (b) a wholesale premises

(ii) The medicines recovered are supposed to be—

✔ (a) fake

(iii) The drugs are labelled as manufactured in—

✔ (b) foreign countries

(iv) The joint investigation was carried out by CDSCO and—

✔ (d) Bengal's Drug Control Directorate

(v) Investigation also found empty—

✔ (c) packing materials

(vi) The news is reported from—

✔ (c) New Delhi

B. True/False with supporting sentences:

(i) Drugs have been seized from Calcutta.

✔ True

Supporting Quote: “from a wholesale premises facility in Calcutta”

(ii) The drugs have legitimate supporting documents.

✘ False

Supporting Quote: “The drugs did not have supporting documents…”

(iii) It was a joint operation by CDSCO and Indian Drugs Control Organization.

✘ False

Supporting Quote: “a joint investigation by the CDSCO and Bengal's Drugs Control Directorate”

C. Answer the following questions:

(i) What have been seized by the authorities?

→ Large quantities of suspected spurious medicines have been seized.

(ii) Who investigated the drug case?

→ The case was investigated by CDSCO and Bengal's Drugs Control Directorate.

(iii) Why are the drugs supposed to be fake?

→ Because they did not have legitimate supporting documents, and empty packing materials were found, raising doubt about their authenticity.

✨ SECTION – C : GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY

4. Fill in the blanks with correct alternatives:

When Mr. Sen returned home, he noticed at once that thieves had entered his house during his absence.The local police station was informed immediately.

5. Do as directed:

A. Articles / Prepositions:

Manipur Chief Minister apologised to the people of his state for the on-going strife.

B. Grammar (Transformation):

(i) Call the police now. (Change the voice)

→ You are ordered to call the police.

Let the police be called now.

(ii) She said simply, “We will walk with Bapu.” (Indirect speech)

→ She said simply that they would walk with Bapu.

(iii) The Ganga is the longest river in India. (Positive degree)

→ No other river in India is as long as the Ganga.

C. Replace with phrasal verbs:

(i) They had quarrelled among themselves.

→ They had fallen out among themselves.

(ii) The boy was in search of a stag.

→ The boy was looking for a stag.

(iii) Gandhiji breathed his last.

→ Gandhiji passed away.

6. Words from the passage:

(i) artificial → spurious

(ii) captured → seized

(iii) probe → investigation

(iv) serving to regulate something →regulatory

✨ SECTION – D : WRITING

7. Paragraph (100 words) – Preparing Hand Sanitizer

8. Notice Writing (within 100 words)

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