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63-E 2 CCE PF + PR SECTION A [ Prose, Poetry and Supplementary Reading ] I. Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions / incomplete statements. Only one of them is correct or most appropriate. Choose the correct alternative and write the complete answer along with its letter of alphabet. 15 1 = 15 1. Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi was awarded 'Bharat Ratna' in (A) 1916 (B) 2001 (C) 1998 (D) 1999. 2. According to the poet Benjamin Johnson, which of the below mentioned is 'the plant and flower of light'? (A) Oak (B) Lily (C) Rose (D) Mango. 3. According to the poet in the poem 'Plant Tree', the part of the tree that symbolises the youth is (A) new shoots (B) root (C) flower (D) fruits. 4. Besides in the sky, the little birds fly And all the hills are covered (A) with flowers (B) with trees (C) with rocks (D) with sheep. 5. The river that flows in Srinagar is (A) Ganga (B) Jhelum (C) Brahmaputra (D) Sindhu. 6. The Queen Bee remained sitting on the mouth of (A) the queen (B) the king (C) the youngest daughter (D) the eldest daughter. 7. Tahmina bound the seal that her husband had given, to her son's (A) arm (B) leg (C) waist (D) neck. 8. Sri Aurobindo has described the tiger in the poem 'The Tiger and the Deer' as (A) wild beauty in Nature (B) cruel beauty in Nature (C) royal beauty in Nature (D) harmless beauty in Nature.
CCE PF + PR 3 63-E 9. Chanakya came forward and received Rakshasa with great (A) anger (B) joy (C) honour (D) shock. 10. The bird that was standing on one leg in the lesson 'At the Zoo' is (A) stork (B) crane (C) parrot (D) cockatoo. 11. The residential Ashram school is in (A) Banjarumale (B) Neriya (C) Belthangady (D) Dharmasthala. 12. The fisherman found the ring in the (A) belly of a carp (B) belly of a frog (C) belly of a whale (D) belly of a seal. 13. Every man will be your friend when (A) you have a nice house (B) you have money to spend for them (C) you look beautiful (D) you are a youth. 14. The poem 'Prayer for Dumb Creatures' is addressed to (A) people (B) youth (C) God (D) dumb creatures. 15. 'And it never comes again', the word 'it' refers to (A) dream (B) health (C) wealth (D) youth. II. Answer each the following questions in two or three sentences : 14 2 = 28 16. What are the things said about the cranes and storks in the prose 'At the Zoo'? 17. Why do the houses in Srinagar city look beautiful in summer? 18. Why did the tribals give up paddy cultivation in Banjarumale? 19. Name the three tasks that were set to the youngest brother. 20. What did Rustum tell his wife before he returned to his army in Persia? 21. How did the chief confirm that the gem was in the fish's belly? 22. Who according to the poet will be a faithful friend? [ Turn over
63-E 4 CCE PF + PR 23. List five kinds of joy that a man plants while planting a tree. 24. According to the poet what would happen to the mighty and the weak in the future? 25. What are the things we lose when youth departs? 26. What were the prestigious awards conferred on Lata Mangeshkar? 27. Why was the heart of the poet sad and alone? 28. Why did Rajaji tell his young ADC to skip his breakfast? How did Roger reach Pole Brook? 29. What did M. G. Menon's missing leather pouch contain? Write Tupe's contribution to the upliftment of the poor women of his neighbourhood. III. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow : 6 3 = 18 30. here I am! a) Who said this? b) Who was it said to? c) Where was it said? 31. The Music world and Tamil Nadu have been honoured. a) Who said this? b) Who does this statement refer to? c) When was this said? 32. She quickly flew to each of the sisters and lit on their lips as if they were flowers. a) Who is 'she' here? b) Where did she sit? c) Who does she help here? 33. No no let us play, for it is yet day And we cannot go to sleep. a) Who said these lines? b) Whom did they say these lines to? c) Why did they say so?
CCE PF + PR 5 63-E IV. 36. 34. Wait here at the big gate until I come out of the palace. And don t be careless. a) Who said these words? b) Who does I refer to? c) Why did he warn him not to be careless? 35. Bless the Dumb creatures of thy care, And listen to their voiceless prayer. a) Who does the word thy refer to? b) Whose prayers are voiceless? c) What is the request made in these lines? Quote from memory : 3 It is.............. be;............... sere. We are....................... regin................... feet. V. Answer each of the following questions in a paragraph : 2 4 = 8 37. Explain the varieties of flowers and fruits of Kashmir. What made Sohrab drop the covering shield? 38. Write the gist of the poem Autumn Song. Using the ideas of the poem write a paragraph on Prayer for Dumb Creatures. [ Turn over
63-E 6 CCE PF + PR SECTION B [ Grammar and Vocabulary ] VI. Answer the following : 16 1 = 16 39. One word for animals of a region or period is.... 40. It is too late to mend it. This can be written by removing too... to and using so that... not as.... 41. What a pretty girl she is! This can be changed into an assertive sentence as.... 42. She is the one... won the race. Fill in with suitable conjunction. 43. Dad gave me a gift. Write this in passive voice. 44. The meeting began... 10 O clock. Fill in with suitable preposition. 45. Give me a knife. Change it into plural form. 46. Teachers teach us values. Underline the common noun. 47. Chanakya was a clever man. Change this into superlative degree. 48. Shubha worked hard and got 98% in SSLC. Frame a question to get the underlined words as an answer. 49. Use appropriate prefix to get the antonym of the word continue. 50.... you going to bank today? Use suitable auxiliary verb to complete the sentence. 51. My mother bakes the cake. The part of speech that the underlined word denotes.... 52. i want to come to mysore Punctuate the sentence. 53. The food is not hot. The food is not tasty. Combine them using neither...nor. 54. The rich man donated money... ( generous ) to the orphanage. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the word given in brackets.
CCE PF + PR 7 63-E SECTION C [ Composition and Comprehension ] VII. 55. Imagine you are Salma / Saif of Standard X, Govt. High School, Santepete. Write a letter to your friend inviting him/her for your birthday party. 4 Write a letter to your father about annual day celebration in your school. VIII. 56. Rearrange these sentences in the sequential order and write in a paragraph : 4 a) He kissed it often and fed it with great love. b) Once a king brought home a dove from the forest and kept it in a cage. c) The king realised that everyone desires to be loved and also to have freedom. d) The dove stopped singing and died of grieving because it had no freedom. IX. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow : Once upon a time there was a miser. The only pleasure of the miser was to look at the hole in the garden, where he had kept all his gold coins and derive pleasure. One fine night, a robber took away all his gold coins. Next day the miser found his hole empty and cried loudly for a long time. His neighbours rushed to the place and came to know the reason for his grief. They advised him to come and see the hole everyday and find the gold coins. One should learn to spend wisely instead of hoarding. 57. What was the only pleasure of the miser? 1 58. What happened to his gold coins? 1 59. What did the neighbours advise him? 1 60. What do you learn from the above passage? 1 [ Turn over
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