Higher Secondary ABTA Test Paper 2023 English Page 78 Answer

HS ABTA Test Paper 2023 English Page 78 Answer

hs abta test paper 2022-23 English page 78 solved

1. (a) Complete each of the following sentences choosing the correct option from the alternative provided :

(i) The new passanger got into the compartment of the narrator at - Saharanpur

(ii) When we pray, according to Kalam's father, we become a part of - the cosmos

(iii) The season when the Tsar went to meet the hermit was - summer

(b) Complete each of the following sentences choosing the correct option from the alternatives provided :

(i) The strength of the tree lies in its - roots

(ii) The humming inseets do not distrub the soldier because - he is dead

(iii) The cricket warms the winter forst with its - music

(iv) Buds of May are - darling

(c) Complete each of the following sentences choosing the correct options from the alternatives provided :

(i) When Lomov feels the pull in his side, he jumps like - a lunatic

(ii) Lomov bought gues from - Mironov

(iii) The word 'pettifogger' has been used to describe - Lomov

(iv) Natalya calls Lomov's aunt - a backbiter

2. (a) Answer any four of the following questions:

(i) Who saw the blind girl off at Rohana Station?

Ans: According to the narrator, the couple who saw the girl off at Rohana were her parents.

(ii) Why was the blind girl tired of?

Ans: The girl was tired of people telling her taht she had a pretty face.

(iii) Where would Kalam eat sitting with his mother?

Ans: In his childhood Kalam usually ate on a banana leaf on the floor of the kitchen with his mother.

(iv) When did Kalam's father start his day?

Ans: kalam's father started his day at 4 am after reading the Namaz.

(v) What is the full name of Mrs. Jones?

Ans: The full name of Mrs. Jones was Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones.

(vi) How many times had Roger dried his face?

Ans: Roger had dried his face by two times.

(vii) To whom did the three questions occaur?

Ans: The three questions occurres to a certain Tsar.

(viii) With what did the Tsar bandage the wound of the bearded man?

Ans: The Tsar washed the bleeding wound. That he bandaged it with his handkerchief and with a towel of the Hermit.

(b) Answer any four of the following questions :

(i) What is meant by sun soaked bed?

Ans: This expression means that the bright sunlit valley has absorbed the heat of the sun. This absorption of the heat has made the valley warm.

(ii) What does the expreesion leprous hide refer to?

Ans: "Leperous hide" refers to the discolored bark of the tree.

(iii) Whom is Sonnet no 18 addressed to?

Ans: Sonnet no 18 is addressed to an anonymous young man known as the Fair Youth.

(iv) How is the gold complexion of the sun dimmed?

Ans: The gold complexion of sun is dimmed by the clouds and shades.

(v) What is the soldiers pillow made of?

Ans: The soldier's pillow is made of fern.

(vi) How does the poet describe the soldiers smile?

Ans: The poet compares the smile of the young soldier with that of an infant.

(vii) Where will the voice of grasshopper run?

Ans: The voice that runs from hedge to hedge and around the newly cut grasslands belongs to the grasshopper.

(viii) Why do birds faint in summer in Keat's poem "The poetry of Earth'?

Ans: All song birds are faint and feel tired because of the scorching heat of the sun in the summer season.

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6. (a) Do as Directed :

(i) "We will be soon at your station,"? I said. (change the narration)

Ans: I said that we will be soon at your station.

(ii) The Tsar agreed with none of them. (Make it affirmative)

Ans: The Tsar disagreed with all of them.

(iii) The Tsar carried the wounded man into the hut and laid him on the bed. (change the voice)

Ans: The wounded man was carried into the hut and he was laid on the bed by the Tsar.

(iv) She laughed pleasantly. (use the noun of laugh)

Ans: A pleasant laugh was given by her.

(v) One of the most vivid memories of my early childhood is of the two men. (change into positive degree)

Ans: Very few memories of my early childhood are as vivid as those of the two men.

(vi) I don't want the meadows, but I am acting on principle. (split into two simple sentences)

Ans: I am acting on principal. I don't want the Meadows.

(b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and/or prepositions :

a, with, a, in, a, on

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(c) Correct the error in the following sentence.

His answer filled me with strange energy and enthusiastic. (Options: enthusiastic/enthusiasm/enthuse)

Ans: enthusiasm