ABTA MADHYAMIK TEST PAPERS 2021-2022
ENGLISH
PAGE - 70
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
I was having .......
A. Write the correct alternative to complete the following sentences :
(a) Name of the author of this extract is - (iii) Nayantara Sehgal
(b) An urgent telephone call came in the - (ii) evening
(c) Gandhiji had been shot on his way to - (iii) a prayer meeting
(d) Death of Bapu left people - (ii) shocked
(e) Gandhiji had been shot - (iii) on 30th January, 1948
B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text :
(i) Sad groups of men and women had collected around Birla house.
(ii) When the author got the phone call, she was having tea at home.
(iii) Out of every window one could see a brown blur of faces.
C. Answer the following questions :
(i) What made the excited people calm a little?
Answer : The excited people calmed a little when was announced that they would be allowed see Gandhiji before the funeral.
(ii) What was the reactions of the people when they came to know about Gandhiji death?
Answer : The people were too stunned to speak in the beginning. Later they clamoured widely shouting and crying.
2. Read the poem and answer the questions that follow :
The Mountain and .....
A. Write the correct alternative to complete the following sentences :
(a) Bun has no doubt that the mountain is - (ii) big
(b) Unlike a mountain, a squirrel can crack a - (i) nut
(c) "You are doubtless very big" - the speaker is - (ii) the squirrel
(d) 'But all sorts of things and weather' together make up - (i) a year
B. State whether the following statements are 'True' or 'False'. Write 'T' for True and 'F' for False.Write 'T' for 'True' and 'F' False' in the boxes on the right-hand side. Provide sentences/Phrases/words in support of you answer :
(a) The squirrel is more spry than the mountain.
Answer : T
S P : You are not so large as I, and not half so spry.
(b) The squirrel called the mountain 'Little Prig".
Answer : F
S P : And the former called the latter "little prig".
SECTION - B
GRAMAR AND VOCABULARY
4. Write the correct alternative to fill in the blanks :
Flights will __________ (remained/remain/remains) suspended at the Calcutta airport on Saturday and the other days Bengal will be under total lockdown, the Centre __________ (has/have/had) decided following a comunication from the state government that flight ________ (is/were/are) not under the exempted category.
Answer : remain, has, is
5. Do as directed :
A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions :
I was one of many children, a short boy ________ rather undistinguished looks. born __________ tall and handsome parents. We lived ________ our ancestral house which was built in the middle of the 19th century.
Answer : with, to, in
b. (i) Circumstances obliged me to go. (Change the voice)
Answer : I was obliged to go because of circumstances.
(ii) Coal is found in West Bengal. It is a very useful mineral. (Join into a single sentence)
Answer : Coal is very useful mineral found in West Bengal.
(iii) I said, "Let him tell story." (Change into indirect speech)
Answer : I allowed him tell the story.
C. Choose the correct phrasal verbs from the list given below to replace the words underlined. Write the correct phrasal verbs in the boxes on the right-hand side changing the from where necessary. There is one extra phrasal verb in the list.
(i) I cannot remember his name.
Answer : call up
(ii) Over exercise may affect your health.
Answer : take to
(iii) Raja resembles her mother.
Answer : takes after
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