Summative Assessment I, 2011 ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE Class - X

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1 Summative Assessment I, 2011 ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE Class - X Maximum Marks: 80 Time: 3 hours Instructions: The question paper is divided into four sections. Section A: Reading 20 marks Section B: Writing 20 marks Section C: Grammar 20 marks Section D: Literature 20 marks SECTION A (Reading 20 Marks) Q1. Read the following passage carefully: (5 marks) During my trip to Pakistan, I was part of a large group. Each person wanted to visit one or the other place. Some wanted to visit Takshila, others Lahore, Islamabad or Karachi. As we sat discussing every one voiced his opinion loudly. I noticed only Mrs. Roopa Kapur was sitting quietly. She was a seventy five year old lady from Chennai and did not speak much unless spoken to. So I asked if she had any particular place in mind to visit. Without hesitation she said she wanted to go to Pindi. Where is Pindi? Is it a small town or village? I don t think we will have the time to make a detour like that from our packed itinerary, Roopa smiled at my ignorance and said, I meant Rawalpindi. Pindi is a short term used for it by people who lived there. I was intrigued. How do you know so much about it? Have you ever lived there? I was born and brought up there, she replied and then told me her story. She had lived there till the age of nineteen when she got married and settled down in Chennai. Though she had learnt to speak in Tamil and had learnt Tamil dishes, she had always yearned to go back to see her childhood home if she ever got a chance. When we reached Islamabad I noticed that the city was surrounded by tall mountains and the weather was as cool as at a hill station. Seeing my expression, Mrs Kapur quickly said, Rawalpindi is a sister city, but it is older. Pindi is just twenty odd kilometres away from Islamabad. Suddenly I realised the soft spoken and introverted Mrs Kapoor had become quite garrulous. Complete the following statements by selecting the most appropriate options from the ones given below : (a) The people visiting Pakistan were. (i) Indians (ii) Tourists from all parts of the world Page 1 of 10

2 (iii) Business delegates (iv) Traders (b) The word yearned means. (i) desired (ii) laughed (iii) talked (iv) wept (c) The narrator was initially hesitant to go to Pindi because. (i) she did not know where Pindi was (ii) they had a very tight schedule and the group could not afford to visit distant places (iii) she was the leader of the group and she had to exercise her authority (iv) she was afraid that if each lady decided to go on her independent trip the original schedule would be seriously affected. (d) Roopa Kapur wanted to go to Pindi because. (i) she wanted to enjoy the scenic beauty of the place. (ii) she was born there and wanted to see her ancestral home (iii) she wanted to meet some of her old friends who lived in Pindi (iv) she wanted to see the new occupants of the house where she had once lived. (e) The narrator felt intrigued because : (i) She was surprised to see the amount of knowledge Mrs. Kapoor had about Pakistan (ii) She was surprised to note the sudden change in Mrs. Kapoor s attitude when she was asked her choice (iii) She was surprised to see the beauty of Islamabad (iv) She was surprised to know that Pindi was the sister city of Islamabad Q2. Read the following passage carefully: (5 marks) Journalist turned author Pinki Virani opened our eyes to a deeply painful truth sexual abuse of children in middle and upper-class Indian homes. Her book Bitter Chocolate (Penguin 2000) revealed how rampant and perilous the crime is. It also dealt with how we Indians live in denial, believing that such sins are not the norm in our culture. Indeed, a nationwide study published in 2007 by the Ministry of Women and Child Development describes child sexual abuse to be commonplace. In Bitter Chocolate award winning Virani clearly talks of her own trauma of childhood incest, and underlines the importance of children being encouraged to speak up in order to overcome the shock and harm. Earlier, Virani s first book, the award winning Aruna s story, documented the tragedy of a nurse, who has been in a semi comatose state since 1973, after she was raped by a hospital employee while being strangled with a chain. In these 36 years of losing her speech, sight and movement, Aruna Shanbaug now 61, is being kept in a persistent vegetative state. In the early 1980s, Pinki Virani started out as a journalist with The Times of India group. She has been editor of Mid Day a Mumbai afternoon newspaper, and a special correspondent with `Sunday. She is married to Shankar Aiyar, also a veteran journalist and editor. Virani s fourth and most recent book, `Deaf Page 2 of 10

3 Heaven (Harper Collins), is also her first work of fiction. It s been described by Khushwant Singh as ingenuously structured. Complete the following statements by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below : (a) The book that speaks of Virani s own trauma of childhood incest is. (i) Aruna s story (ii) Deaf Heaven (iii) Bitter Chocolate (iv) Bloody Hell (b) `Bitter Chocolate does not reveal. (i) sexual abuse as a rampant crime (ii) causes and cases of child labour (iii) denial of Indians regarding sexual sins (iv) child sexual abuse to be common place (c) The book / books written by Virani that won the award is / are. (i) Aruna s story (ii) Bitter Chocolate (iii) Bloody Hell (iv) Both (i) and (ii) (d) One of the following is not related to Pinky Virani in any way : (i) The Times of India (ii) Sunday (iii) The Portrait of a Lady (iv) Mid Day (e) The word that does not mean the same as ingenuous is : (i) candid (ii) straight forward (iii) innocent (iv) shrewd Q3. Read the following poem carefully: (5 marks) A BIRD CAME DOWN THE WALK A bird came down the walk He did not know I saw He bit an angleworm in halves And ate the fellow, raw. And then he drank a Dew From a convenient grass, And then hopped sidewise to the wall To let a Beetle pass He glanced with rapid eyes That hurried all abroad They looked like frightened Beads, I thought He stirred his velvet head. Like one in danger, cautious I offered him a crumb, And, he enrolled his feathers And rowed him softer homes. Page 3 of 10

4 Than Oars divide the Ocean, Too silver for a stream Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon, Leap, splash as they swim. Complete the following statements (a) The poet sees the bird. (b) The poetic device used in the third stanza is. ( c) The bird ate. (d) The word `They in the third stanza refers to. (e) The bird appeared to be. Q4. Read the following passage carefully: (5 marks) Believe it or not but once a wonderful plate of gold fell from heaven into the court of a temple at Banares. On the plate these words were inscribed: A gift from Heaven to him who loves best. The priest at once made a proclamation that everyday all those who would like to claim the plate should assemble at the temple to have their kind deeds judged. Everyday for a whole year all kinds of holy men, hermits, scholars and nobles came and related to the priests their deeds of charity. The priests heard their claims. At last they decided that the one who seemed to be the greatest lover of mankind was a rich man who had every year given all his wealth to the poor. So, they gave him the plate of gold. But when he took it in his hand, it turned into worthless lead. When he dropped it, to his amazement, on the floor, it became gold again. For another year claimants came and the priests presented the heavenly, gift three times. But the same thing happened, showing that Heaven did not consider these men worthy of the gift. Meanwhile a large number of beggars came and lay about the temple gate, hoping that the claimants who came would give them alms to prove that they were worthy of the golden plate. It was a good thing for the beggars because the pilgrims gave them money but showed no sympathy, nor even a look of pity. At last a peasant who had heard nothing about the plate of gold came near the temple. He was so touched by the sight of the miserable beggars that he wept The gift from Heaven was meant for. 2. The proclamation made by the priest was. 3. The rich man dropped the plate to the floor as. 4. The beggars stayed near the temple gate as. 5. The word nearly the same in meaning as the word, judged is. (a) useful (b) promising (c) successful (d) decided Page 4 of 10

5 SECTION B (Writing 20 Marks) Q5. Rising violence among youth is a cause for concern. A recent survey listed the reasons for this trend. Study the following graph showing causes for the growing violence against others and against self. Write a paragraph based on the available data in about 80 words. (4 marks) Q6. There has been an increase in the number of mosquito-borne diseases like malaria and dengue in your colony. Using the information given below, ideas from the Main Course Book Unit, Health and your own ideas, write a letter to the editor of a national daily giving your analysis of the situation and suggestions to check the problem. Write the letter in not more than 120 words. (8 marks) Q7. Given below is an extract from an article in Newsweek.: (8 marks) Page 5 of 10

6 For years I ate fast food because it was efficient and cheap. I had no idea it could be damaging my health, says Caesar Barbar, 56, a maintenance worker with heart disease. Write an article on the health hazards caused by junk food using your own ideas and ideas from the unit on Health. Do not exceed 150 words. SECTION C (Grammar 20 Marks) Q8. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below. (4 marks) An All India Organisation with branches in all the states (a) executives to be posted at branch offices. The selected candidates will be (b) three months training and a stipend (c) Rs per month. Candidates for positions in sales should (d) B. C. A.s with a years experience in the field of marketing. (a) (i) is requiring (ii) has required (iii) requires (iv) require (b) (i) given (ii) giving (iii) been given (iv) gave (c) (i) of (ii) for (iii) with (iv) from (d) (i) been (ii) be (iii) being (iv) have Q9. Look at the notes and complete the paragraph that follows using the correct options from the ones given below: Michael Nostradamus - a physician seer - lived in France - sixteenth century - his prophecies - famous - his book- Centuries - a remarkable work - describesevents - occured decades - even centuries - after his death - most prophecies - related to France. Michael Nostradamus (a) in the sixteenth century. He is (b). His book Centuries is a remarkable work and (c). Since, Nostradamus was a Frenchman most (d). (a) (i) is a physician and a seer who lived in France. (ii) was a physician and a seer who lived in France. (iii) is a physician and a seer who is living in France. (iv) is a physician and a seer who never lived in France. Page 6 of 10

7 (b) (i) notorious for his prophecies (ii) famous for his prophecies (iii) not famous for his prophecies (iv) never known for his prophecies (c) (i) it never described events that occured even centuries after his death. (ii) it describes events that occured even centuries after his death. (iii) it will describe events that occured even centuries after death (iv) none of these (d) (i) of his prophecies are related to France (ii) of his prophecies are related to Germany (iii) of his prophecies are not related to France (iv) of his prophecies are related to the world in general Q10. Rearrange the jumbled words and phrases and write the sentences in order to form meaningful sentences. (4 marks) (1) the branch/from/the dove/above/ saw her/ (2) a leaf/ the ant/ he/fall/plucked/ let it/ and /near/ (3) floated/ the ant/ onto/safely/climbed/to the bank/it and/ (4) the dove and/grateful/ the/ ant/went away/ thanked Q11. In the passage given below, there is an error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction against the correct blank number in your answer sheet. Error Correction (4 marks) We made another too useful experiment (a) to show the difference among pure and (b) impure air. We fill some flasks with broth and (c) then exposed some of them to a stuffy (d) air on a room and sealed them (e) up again. We expose others to the fresh (f) air in the fields but sealed them too. (g) Finally, we opened the seals and noted down a difference. (h) Q12. Read the following conversation carefully and complete the paragraph that (4 marks) Page 7 of 10

8 follows : Ritika : Do you know that our summer camp programme has been postponed? Geetika: Yes, I know that but why has the programme been postponed? Ritika : Geetika: Ritika : The Director s mother is not well. She may take a week s time to recover. We must pray for her. You are right. Ritika asked Geetika (a). Geetika replied that she knew and asked (b). Ritika said that (c). Geetika said that (d). Ritika said that she was right. SECTION D (Literature 20 Marks) Q13. (A) Read the extract and answer the following questions by choosing the most appropriate options. I think it s part of my heart but it flickers (3x2=6marks) Faces and darkness separate us over and over (a) Who is the speaker? (i) the lady (ii) candle (iii) mirror (iv) moon (b) What is separated from it? (i) the wall (ii) the lake (iii) the lady (iv) the lake (c) The poetic device used here is (i) simile (ii) metaphor (iii) alliteration (iv) personification OR She s never been here since grandfather bought it. If it was only down here instead of in his room, she d never guess it wasn t our own. (a) These words are said by (i) Victoria (ii) Amelia Page 8 of 10

9 (iii) Elizabeth (iv) Henry (b) The word it referred to here is (i) the ornaments (ii) the clock (iii) the chest of drawers (iv) the bureau (c) The speaker is planning to. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) steal the clock before her sister comes bring the bureau down send the child up to bring the keys sell the old chest of drawers Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow. When the resistance movement began secretly to form they were among the first to join. When the war was over and we had peace at last, they came back to their beloved sister. (a) (b) (c) Who are the they referred to here? Why did they join the resistance movement? What had happened to their sister? Q14. Answer any four of the following questions in words each. (2X4=8 marks) (a) Why did Victoria think that the behaviour of her parents was callous? (b) How much money did Mrs. Packletide pay to the villagers, and why? (c) (d) What aspect of life has been discussed in the poem, Mirror. Mention two poetic devices used in the poem. Explain in your own words how his poetry has been glorified by the poet, in the poem, Not Marble, Nor the Gilded Monuments. (e) Why according to you did the frog exploit the nightingale? Q15. Answer the following in about 150 words (6 marks) Victoria Slater is truly attached to her grandfather. She is confused by the behaviour of the elders at home, their attitude towards the old man. As Victoria write a diary entry in not more than 150 words, outlining the incidents and the elders feelings towards the misfortune. Page 9 of 10

10 OR Do you think the writer is trying to make fun of the main characters in the story ie, Mrs Packletide, Miss Mebin and Loona Bimberton? Narrate the instances from the story that point to this fact. Page 10 of 10