SECTION A: READING SKILLS (26 marks)
Complete the sentence by choosing an appropriate option.
Besides teaching students how to read and write and to count and calculate, our primary aim should be of ________.
Answer: moulding their personality in the right way.
Answer: moulding their personality in the right way.
Comment on the problems which cause great worry to our educationist as mentioned in paragraph one.
The two major concerns for educationists are religious and moral instruction in a diverse society and the challenge posed by multiple languages. In a country with varied faiths and languages, it is difficult to ensure that all students receive education that respects their individual backgrounds while promoting unity and understanding. The problem lies in balancing religious education while promoting mutual respect and cooperation among students from different communities. The issue is further complicated by the need to teach children multiple languages, fostering respect and appreciation for each other’s cultures and religions.
List two ways in dealing with education of children to solve the aforementioned problems.
1. Teaching children to love one another and to observe and think right, focusing on moral and religious values.
2. Encouraging children to learn and understand multiple languages and appreciate the diverse religions in the country.
2. Encouraging children to learn and understand multiple languages and appreciate the diverse religions in the country.
Select the option that conveys the opposite of ‘unsympathetic’, from words used in paragraph one.
Answer: tender
How can a student’s personality be moulded in the right way?
A student’s personality can be moulded by teaching them to think and do right, which includes fostering good moral and ethical values. Additionally, incorporating culture, tradition, and religion into education helps in shaping their character and worldview.
Based on your understanding of paragraph two, list one major problem that we face in schools today.
Answer: One major problem faced in schools today is how to cater to the spiritual needs of children from different religious backgrounds without causing division or conflict.
How can the spiritual needs of children be met?
The spiritual needs of children can be met by providing suitable religious teachings and facilities for students from different faiths, ensuring that every child’s belief is respected and nurtured.
Complete the given sentence with an appropriate inference, with respect to the following:
Changes that need to be brought in schools are ________.
Answer: the promotion of respect for diverse religions and the teaching of multiple languages.
Answer: the promotion of respect for diverse religions and the teaching of multiple languages.
What would lead to a conflict between school and home?
The imposition of a single way of life or form of worship on all children, or the neglect of any community’s spiritual needs, would lead to conflict between school and home.
Select the most suitable title for the above passage.
Answer: Finding ways of religious and moral education
SECTION B: GRAMMAR (7 Marks)
Fill in the following blanks given below choosing the most appropriate options from the ones that follow.
Most Indian schools fail to ensure their students’ adequate playtime and fitness regime. Two out of every five school-going children (a) have a healthy Body Mass Index (BMI) and 50% of children (b) adequate lower body strength. Some schools (c) found to offer three or (d) physical education periods per week.
Answer:
(a) do not
(b) lack
(c) are
(d) more
Answer:
(a) do not
(b) lack
(c) are
(d) more
Choose the correct options to fill in the blanks to complete the narration.
Ram: What a cold day it is! I think this must be the coldest day of the season.
Shyam: I don’t mind the cold. It is the summer that bothers me.
Ram: Well! I am only worried about my mother.
Answer:
Ram explained that it was a cold day and was positive that it must be the coldest day of the season. Shyam replied that he didn’t mind the cold, it was the summer that bothered him. Ram stated that he was worried about his mother.
Shyam: I don’t mind the cold. It is the summer that bothers me.
Ram: Well! I am only worried about my mother.
Answer:
Ram explained that it was a cold day and was positive that it must be the coldest day of the season. Shyam replied that he didn’t mind the cold, it was the summer that bothered him. Ram stated that he was worried about his mother.
Look at the sentences given below in a disorderly form. Re-order (Rearrange) them to form meaningful sentences:
We / live / eat / we / may / that /so
we / I / succeed / am / will / sure
Answer:
So we may eat that we live.
I am sure I will succeed.
we / I / succeed / am / will / sure
Answer:
So we may eat that we live.
I am sure I will succeed.
SECTION C: CREATIVE WRITING (16 Marks)
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SECTION D: LITERATURE (31 Marks)
Answering extracts-related questions:
Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
“Silence surrounds us. I would have Him prodigal, returning to His father’s house, the home he knew, Rather than see him make and move His world.”
Answer:
Name the poem and the poet: The Prodigal Son by W. H. Auden
What does the father not want his son to do? The father does not want his son to leave and make his own world; he wants him to return home.
What would the father do to shape a new love from sorrow? The father would forgive his son and accept him back, molding love from sorrow through compassion.
Answer:
Name the poem and the poet: The Prodigal Son by W. H. Auden
What does the father not want his son to do? The father does not want his son to leave and make his own world; he wants him to return home.
What would the father do to shape a new love from sorrow? The father would forgive his son and accept him back, molding love from sorrow through compassion.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
“I descend to lave the droughts, atomies, dust-layers of the globe, And all that in them without me were seeds only, latent, unborn; And forever, by day and night, I give back life to my own origin.”
Answer:
What does ‘I’ do day and night? ‘I’ gives life and nourishment, cleansing the droughts and dust layers, continuously reviving the earth.
What is the origin of ‘I’? The origin of ‘I’ is the earth itself.
What does ‘I’ do for its origin? ‘I’ rejuvenates and gives back life to the earth, keeping it fertile and vibrant.
Answer:
What does ‘I’ do day and night? ‘I’ gives life and nourishment, cleansing the droughts and dust layers, continuously reviving the earth.
What is the origin of ‘I’? The origin of ‘I’ is the earth itself.
What does ‘I’ do for its origin? ‘I’ rejuvenates and gives back life to the earth, keeping it fertile and vibrant.
Additional Literature Questions:
What role did the temple dogs play in the speaker’s childhood, and how did this change when they moved to the city?
The temple dogs played a significant role in the speaker’s childhood by accompanying them on the way home from school, begging for chapattis. However, when they moved to the city, this routine changed as the dogs were no longer present in the streets, and the speaker’s grandmother started feeding sparrows instead.
What significant event marked a turning point in the narrator’s friendship with their grandmother?
The turning point in the narrator’s friendship with their grandmother occurred when they moved to the city. The grandmother no longer came to school with the narrator, and the shift from a rural to a city lifestyle affected their relationship.
The temple dogs played a significant role in the speaker’s childhood by accompanying them on the way home from school, begging for chapattis. However, when they moved to the city, this routine changed as the dogs were no longer present in the streets, and the speaker’s grandmother started feeding sparrows instead.
What significant event marked a turning point in the narrator’s friendship with their grandmother?
The turning point in the narrator’s friendship with their grandmother occurred when they moved to the city. The grandmother no longer came to school with the narrator, and the shift from a rural to a city lifestyle affected their relationship.