BAL BHARATI PUBLIC SCHOOL, PITAMPURA, DELHI 34 ANNUAL EXAM ENGLISH Special Case TIME: 3 hrs. MM: 88 Please note: The students are not allowed to open the dictionary or any text book. Ensure that your question paper contains seven printed pages. SECTION A COMPREHENSION (22 marks) I. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow: (12 marks) 1. Bhagat Singh, the great freedom fighter, was only 23 when in 1931 he was hanged in the Lahore jail for having thrown a bomb in the Legislative Assembly Hall in Delhi on April 8, 1929. He devoted his life to the great task of first making India free from the British rule and then building India into a strong nation. Bhagat Singh dreamt of an India where there would be respect for every religion and where all Indians would get the basic necessities of life. 2. Bhagat Singh was born in 1907 in a well-to-do Sikh family of Punjab full of love for the country. As a child, his ideal was his uncle Ajit Singh, who was a great freedom fighter. 3. Two incidents played a major role in shaping Bhagat Singh s life. In Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, many people were killed by firing at the orders of General Dyer. Bhagat Singh ran away from school to visit the site. He was greatly disturbed by the bullet marks in the walls of the Jallianwala Bagh. He brought back with him some blood-soaked mud in a little bottle to remind him of British cruelty. 4. The second incident was Lala Lajpat Rai s death in 1928. Lala Lajpat Rai was also Bhagat Singh s ideal. He was leading a protest march when he was beaten up with lathis, and he died soon after. Bhagat Singh felt very angry and decided to throw a bomb. Bhagat Singh and his friends did not try to run away after throwing the bomb. They were arrested. After Bhagat Singh was arrested, he said, The bomb was necessary to awaken England from her dreams. Our only purpose was to make the deaf hear, and give a timely warning...
Write the answers in your own words unless the question specifically asks you to quote from the passage. Q1.) Who was Bhagat Singh? (1) Q2.) Why was Bhagat Singh hanged? (1) Q3.) What was Bhagat Singh s dream? (1) Q4.) When was Bhagat Singh born? (1) Q5.) Who was Bhagat Singh s ideal when he was a child? (1) Q6.) Who ordered firing at Jallianwala Bagh? (1) Q7.) What did Bhagat Singh bring back with him from Jallianwala Bagh and why? (2) Q8.) When did Lala Lajpat Rai die? (1) Q9.) What did Bhagat Singh say when he was arrested? (2) Q10.) Give a suitable title to this passage. (1) II Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow: (10 marks) 1.A long time ago, when animals could talk, there lived in a forest four wise creatures - a rabbit, a fox, an otter, and a monkey. 2.They were good friends, and every evening they would sit together in a forest to discuss the events of the day, exchange advice, and make good promises. The rabbit was the wisest of the four. He believed that men and women were superior, and was always telling his friends stories of human goodness and wisdom. 3.One evening, when the moon rose in the sky and the rabbit looked at it carefully and said, Tomorrow good men will observe a fast. They will eat no food before sunset, and during the day they will give money or food to any beggar or holy man who may meet them. Let us promise to observe a fast like them. 4.The others agreed, and then went their different ways. 5.Next day, the otter got up, stretched himself, and was preparing to get his breakfast when he remembered the promise he had taken with his friends.
6. If I keep my promise, how hungry I shall be by evening! he thought. I d better make sure that there s plenty to eat once the fast is over. He set off towards the river. A fisherman had caught several large fish early that morning, and had buried them in the sand, planning to return for them later. The otter soon smelt them out. 7. A dinner all ready for me, he said to himself. But since it s a holy day, I mustn t steal. Instead he called out, Does anyone own this fish? 8.There being no answer, the otter carried the fish off to his home, setting it aside for his evening meal. Write the answers in your own words unless the question specifically asks you to quote from the passage. Q1.) Name the animals that lived in the forest. (1) Q2.) What did the friends do every evening in the forest? (1) Q3.) Who was the wisest of the four friends? (1) Q4.) What did the rabbit tell his friends about men and women? (1) Q5.) What do the humans do when they keep a fast? (1) Q6.) What did the friends promise to do together? (1) Q7.) What did the otter remember when he was about to get his breakfast? (1) Q8.) What did the otter smell in the sand? (1) Q9.) Find out the words from the passage that mean the same: (2) 1. a large amount (para6) 2. food (para8) SECTION B - LITERATURE PART A (12 MARKS) (25 marks) Q1. Why did the father kill the female Brahmi duck? (1) Q2. Did King Richard accept the two horses? Why? (2) Q3.How were the ordinary soldiers different from the senior officers? (2)
Q4.What happened on 25 th December 1914 in the passage Christmas stops the war? (1) Q5. Saladin was a brave soldier. Give an example (1) Q6. How did Aunt Polly teach Tom a lesson? (2) Q7. Why did the father stop hunting after the incident with the Brahmi ducks? (2) Q9. How did the school Butterflies help the street children? (1) PART B (9 MARKS) Q1. Why did Woolcot and Soldier go to the language school? Where did they hide? (2) Q2. Why did Woolcot decide to jump off the train in the passage Run for your life? Were they successful? (2) Q3.Why did the narrator want to kill Rontu in the Passage Rontu and Won-a-nee? (1) Q4. What did King Arthur ask Sir Bedivere to do after the battle? (2) Q5. What did the shepherd see when he entered the secret cave? (2) PART C (4 MARKS) (Any two) Q1. Who is asking for the beads from Nymphs in the poem Overheard on a Saltmarsh. Did it give the beads? Why? (2) Q2. Which two poems do you like the most from C4 Fantasy and Why? (2) Q3. Do you like the poem The Merry Land of Oz? Why? (2) SECTION C GRAMMAR (23 marks) I. Put the verbs given in brackets in the appropriate tense. (14x0.5=7) a) I (spend) this weekend in Eastbourne. I (go) there nearly every week.
b) She usually (learn) languages very fast but she (have) problems with Chinese at the moment. c) She (be) not interested in the book because she (not understand) it. d) They (live) in San Francisco since they arrived in the USA 20 years ago. e) He got ill five weeks ago and (not recover) yet. f) Your parcel (arrive). The postman (bring) it two hours ago. g) Nobody (come) to the meeting because Angela (forget) to tell them about it. h) After I (finish) the report, I saw that it (be) too late. II. Complete the following Conditional sentences: (1 7=7) a) If you have something to eat,. b) If you bought a car,. c) The sweets wouldn t have been tasty if. d) If you did what your parents said,. e) I will dance for a long time if. f) Unless you give me the money,. g) If I had driven very fast,.
III. Put the following in Reported Speech using the reporting verb in the Past tense: (1x5=5) a) Take your shoes off. b) Don t clear the table yet. c) Ashima completes her work on time. d) Ajay is dancing in the rain. e) Abha has seen a ghost. IV. There is one error in each line of the paragraph given below. Identify the errors and correct them. (8x0.5=4) Incorrect Word Correct Word I live on a house in Turkey. a) It isnt old or modern. b) It was a normal Turkish house. c) Naturally, we have a bedroom, a kitchen or a toilet. d) We have a little garden; my parents spend there e) time there and grew vegetables and fruit. f) One of the balcony looks out at the sea. I really g) loves to stand there. h)
SECTION D (COMPOSITION) Write a paragraph of about 25 lines on any one of the following topics: (10) Write the points neatly before you write the paragraph. The paragraph must be indented or it will be marked zero. Be original and creative. 1. A nightmare where my friend turned into an enemy. 2. My ideal school would be... 3. The day I ran to save my life. 4. Life after the annual exams is... SECTION E (SUPPLEMENTARY TEST- THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER) (8) Answer any eight of the following questions: Q1.) Who was Becky Thatcher? Q2.) Why did Tom feel miserable on every Monday morning? Q3.) Who was the son the town drunkard? Q4.) Who was Tom s best friend? Q5.) Who were the two witnesses of Dr. Robinson s murder? Q6.) Why was Becky jealous of Amy Lawrence? Q7.) What did Alfred Temple do to Tom s spelling book? Q8.) Where did Tom, Huck and Joe go to become pirates? Q9.) Who was the real murderer of Dr. Robinson? Q10.) Why did Becky Thatcher not come to school for some days? Marking Scheme: Annual Exam - 80 marks Bonus Supplementary - 8 marks Library Test - 5 marks test Section B test - 2 marks