Madhyamik 2022 English Question Answer
SECTION - A
A. Write the correct alternative in the given space to complete the following sentences :
(a) Father received a letter
Ans : (i) one month ago
(b) The letter was from Father's sister
Ans : (iv) Esther
(c) Father left home because he
Ans : (ii) quarrelled with his brother
(d) When Father went back home his brother
Ans : (i) had already died
(e) The kite was patched with the letter written by
Ans : (iv) Esther to her brother
B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text :
(i) Though Father left home ___________________
Ans : years afterwards, he felt sorry and when he went back.
(ii) In the woods Dick and Mimi ____________________
Ans : discovered the kite on the top of a tree and carried it home.
(iii) Esther turned pale when ___________________
Ans : thier mother saw the kite patched with the letter.
B. Sate whether the following statements are true or false. Write 'T' for 'True' and 'F' for 'False' in the boxes given on the right-hand side. Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer :
(i) Aunt Esther always lived on the island Big Half Moon.
Ans : F
Supporting sentence : She was a widow who lived hundreds of miles inland.
(ii) Claude was Esther's father's name.
Ans : T
Supporting sentence : Claude was her father's.
2. Read the poem and answer the questions that follow :
A. Write the correct alternative to complete the following sentences :
(a) The quarrel took place between the squirrel and the
Ans : (iv) Mountain
(b) All sorts of things and weather make up a
Ans : (ii) year and a sphere
(c) The mountains can
Ans : (i) make squirrel track
(d) The squirrel claims that the mountain is
Ans : (iii) not spry like him
B. Answer the following questions :
(i) Why does the squirrel not consider it a disgrace to occupy his place?
Ans :
(ii) What examples of differing takes does the squirrel give in the poem?
Ans :
UNSEEN
A. Tick the right answer :
(i) The three districts affected by torrential showers are Darjeeling, Kalimpong and
(b) Jalpaiguri
(ii) Tourists were stranded in the hills due to
(b) heavy thunderstorm
(iii) For rescue operation in North Bengal and Sikkim NDRF has deployed
(b) three terms
(iv) NH-10 is the main road linking Siliguri with
(b) Kalimpong and Sikkim
(v) The Algarah Lavs stretch in Kalimpong was blocked for
(b) two hours
(vi) At important points on Lava Algarah road personal providing relief were deployed by
(d) Algarah Police
B. Each of following statements is either is 'True' or 'False'. Write 'T' for 'True' and 'F' 'False' in the boxes on the right-hand side. Also pick out suitable line(s) or phrase(s) from the passage in support of your answer :
(i) Landslides have caused damage to road and bridges in many places of North Bengal.
Ans : T
Supporting Sentences : Throwing life out of gear and triggering multiple landslides that left tourists stranded in the hills.
(ii) Roads were blocked in North Bengal due to landslides caused by 48 hours of incessant rain.
Ans : F
Supporting Sentences : Pounded by incessant rainfall for 36 hours several roads in North Bengal were blocked.
(iii) Birik-Dara experienced the landslide in day time.
Ans : F
Supporting Sentence : Around 11 PM a landslide occurred at NH-10, near Birik-Dara, that connets Siliguri with Sikkim and Kalimpong.
C. Answer the following questions :
(i) What was the effect of torrential rain in three districts of North Bengal?
Ans :
(ii) What does NDRF stand for? How did it respond to the disaster in North Bengal and Sikkim?
Ans :
(iii) How did Kalimpong Police and Civil defence volenters try to help standed tourists?
Ans :
(iv) Why does the weather office predied endanced rainfall activity to countine for few more days?
Ans :
SECTION - BGRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
4. Write the correct alternative to fill in the blanks :
When I enteres the house something ___________ (smelling/smells/smelt) aweful. Someone __________ (had been cooking/has cooked/was cooking) and __________ (bern/burnt/ has burnt) the meal.
Ans : Smelt, was cooking, burnt
5. Do as directed :
A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions :
My neighbourhood is __________ very interesting place. My house is located __________ an area which has many stores and offices. The biggest store ib only five minute's walk __________ my house.
Ans : a, in, from
B. (i) The poor man carried a heavy load. (Change the voice)
Ans : Heavy load was carried my the poor man.
(ii) "What has he done, Father?" said Swami. (Change into indirect speech)
Ans : Swami asked his father that he had done.
(iii) The people were too stunned to speak in the beginning. (Rewrite the sentence using "so ....... that")
Ans : The people were so stunned that they could not speak in the beginning.
C. Choose the correct phrasal verbs from the list gives below to replace the words underlined. Write the correct phrasal verbs in the boxes on the right-hand side changing the form where necessary. There is one extra phrasal verb in the list :
(i) He continued as if nothing had happened.
Ans : carried on
(ii) She resembles her mother.
Ans : takes after
(iii) Have the factory workers withdrawn the strike?
Ans : called off
6. Given below are the meaning of four words which you will flad in the passage in Question No. 3 Find out the words and write them in the appropriate boxes on the right-hand side :
(i) save - Rescue
(ii) continuous - Incessant
(iii) used effectively - Deployed
(iv) Money or food given to those in need - Relief
SECTION - CWRITING
7. Suppose you are student editor of your school magazine. Write a notice (within 100 words) inviting contributions from students for next issue of the magazine.You may use the following points :
[Types of contribution (article, story, poem, drawings) - length of writhing and page to used for submission - last date of submission and - when to sumit.]
Ans :
8. Wirte a story (within 100 words) using the following hints. Give a tittle to the story :
The hare laughs at the slow-moving tortoise - tortoise invites the hare for a race - agrees - the hare runs very fast - the tortoise falls behind - confident hare takes a nap - tortoise continues in his own speed - reaches winning post before the hare - the hare loses.
Ans :
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