Solution Set 4
Q.1 –
(a) He felt greatly depressed because the rain had spoiled the chances of an outing which had to be cancelled.
(b)1. He switched on the record player.
2. He tried to concentrate on reading a book of poems and then a novel.
(c) Jimmy was surprised because the author declined the offer to go for an outing the next day
(d) his married sister and her husband arrived and announced that they were taking him and his mother to stay with them for a day.
2.(a) – Excursion
(b)– customary
(c)– sauntered
(d)– eager
Q.2 (a) its medicinal properties.
(b) the annual profusion of a star and its curves.
(c) Some people believe that neem leaves keep away the epidemic of chicken pox.
(d) They are eaten to ward off sickness during the coming year
(e) Margosa oil obtained from the yellow fruits.
(f) ships, carts and furniture.
(g) its wood is very bitter.
(h) because they also heal wounds.
Q.3.–15, Sangeet Bhawan,
Janak Puri
New Delhi
10th April 2001
The Principal
Fashion Institute of Correspondence
C.R. Das Road,
Nasik
Sir,
Subject: Information regarding fashion technology correspondence course.
Through your advertisement in a national daily, I have come to know that your institute imparts training in fashion technology through correspondence. I have just cleared my class X Board Examination. Would like to join the fashion technology course.
Kindly send me the details regarding the fees, course content, duration, timings, etc. In case there is a printed prospectus, kindly mail it to the address given above.
Looking forward to an early response.
Yours sincerely
Sangeeta Jain
OR
Ans. Youth and National Integration
India is a country where diversity plays a vital role. The Indian population comprises of many different races, religions, cultures and languages. Fostering national unity among everyone is the most difficult task in India today. Citizens of our country seem to have forgotten that unity is a strength. Thus, national integration is the need of the hour. People should be educated on this topic. And what better audience than the youth.
Through schools! Lid colleges, the young men and women should be taught that India is one and the differences are only superficial. For this, the textbooks should be suitably revised. Moreover, exchange programmes should be taken up to give the youth the chance to meet grows acquaintanceship with other and their cultures. This will make the youth understand how even diversity brings us close.
Such programmes should emphasize the oneness of the people. Rather than the differences. For this, media can also be a good medium to effectively educate the youth and develop the national consciousness.
Q.4.. COMPETITION
On hearing a noise, Sheena ran outside her house and there she saw a snake charmer surrounded by a group of children. She could not resist the temptation and ran towards the crowd. She saw that the snake charmer was luring the children and the children were busy looking at two snakes with hood and dancing to the tune of the snake charmer’s ‘been’. The snake charmer moved along with the snakes. The children were so fascinated with the snakes that they also started moving with the snake charmer. Suddenly Sheena remembered the news clipping she had seen the previous night. A group of people were in the city to kidnap children. She at once took out her mobile phone and called the police. Within five minutes the police came and encircled the snake charmer. When the snake charmer saw the police, he understood that he was finished. He wrapped up his snakes, the pipe and vanished from the place as quickly as possible. The police acted smartly and got hold of the snake charmer. He was a kidnapper indeed. Sheena was appreciated for her bravery and awarded a great prize by the police in helping them to catch the kidnapper’s gang.
Q.5.
(a) (ii) those
(b)(i)can
(c)(iv) ability
(d)(iii) benefits
Q.6.
Incorrect Correct
(a) him them
(b) none no
(c) waiting wait
(d) grown grew
Q.7.:
(a) But sadly this mother of all instruments has no takers today.
(b) There are few examples to whom the rare students can turn to.
(c) It is not even a subsidiary subject in university curricula.
(d) So we have buried the instrument even before it Is born.
Q.8. (a) The viceroy butterflies are referred to here.
(b) Viceroy butterflies copy the monarchs, as monarchs apparently do not taste good to birds.
(c) Ebright’s project was to see whether, in fact, birds would eat monarchs.
(d) In the science fair, he realized that to win he should do a real experiment. He resolved to do it next time. This was his initiation to become a great scientist.
OR
(a) It was because she could not find a house where no one had died.
(b) Only one.
(c) She noticed the flickering lights of the city.
(d) Their lives flicker up and are extinguished.
Q.9. a. Valli was a meticulous planner. She listened carefully to the conversations between her neighbours and people who regularly used the bus and also asked discreet questions. She picked up various small details about the bus journey and then planned it.
b. Lomov was a quarrelsome person. He came to Chubukov’s house to propose Natalya. But he started arguing about the meadows and insisted that those meadows belonged to him. Later he kept on proving that his dog Squeezer is better than ‘Guess’ – the dog of Chubukov’s. He did not care for his health or his proposal but kept on fighting for one or the other reason. It proves that he was a quarrelsome person.
c. Mustard said that he would have been twice as brave if he had not got nervous. Ink and Blink said that they had been three times as brave as he. But Custard said that he agreed with them. He said that they were braver than him.
d. The lady posed as the owner of the house in front of Horace. Horace got scared and believed her. She asked him to open the safe as she had forgotten the password. Horace opened the safe and handed over the jewels to her. Hence, Horace’s plan of robbing the safe was spoiled.
e. I do not believe that Max deserved a chance to accomplish a risky task, as he his err very smart, gun. A spy without these nor very intelligent. He did not even look threatening to Fowler except seeing apparent qualities will most likely be a failure.
Q.10.Griffin set fire to his landlord’s house. Then he took a drug and became invisible. But he had to remove his clothes. It was the middle of winter. The air was very cold. He reached a London store. Before the closing time, he entered the store. After some time, the store was closed. Now he was free. He broke open boxes and wrappers. He took out some clothes and wore them. He was feeling hungry. So he went into the kitchen. He ate cold meat and drank coffee. Then he lay on a pile of quilts. The next morning, he did not get up in time. The shop assistants reached. They found Griffin sleeping on quilts. He woke up and tried to run away. The servants ran after him. Griffin again took off his clothes one by one. He became invisible once again. Thus, he was able to save himself.
Or
In the poem Tog’, Carl Sandburg has metaphorically compared the fog to a cat. The first strange thing about the metaphor is the comparison of a phenomenon with a living animal. Perhaps the poet wants to emphasize the silent nature and mysterious ways of the fog, so he has compared the fog to a cat. A cat does not make a sound when it walks. So also is the fog, but its presence is apparent. Its “silence” is very much like that of a cat moving on its little feet. Then the fog stays in its place looking over the harbour and city which creates a hazy atmosphere all around. The way it sits is very much like a cat sitting on its haunches, looking here and there before it makes a move. This is as if the fog remains a silent spectator of the happenings in the city. Whatever the purpose may be, both the fog as well as a cat make their impression and make their presence felt. The comparison of the fog to a cat seems very appropriate because, reading the poem, one feels that truly, the fog approaches stealthily, just like a cat.
Q.11.Matilda grows restless and unhappy when her husband shows her the invitation to the official party. What fills her mind is how she can present herself, be the prettiest and most attractive, at the party. Already she is frivolous, feeling herself to be born for all delicacies and luxuries of life. Now, this party gives her the opportunity to realize her dreams — at any cost — to show off her. Her vanity and false pride blind her, as she decides to flaunt her husband’s money to get a new dress for the party. Then she also decides to borrow a necklace to add to her beauty. She is unaware that whatever reputation she would gain from these would be short-lived. If only her husband had stopped her from buying the new dress or borrowing the necklace, they both would have led a smooth life. The efforts they both take to buy that small time happiness had really cost them a considerable time of their life. Matilda should not have yielded to temptations. She should have weighed the pros and cons of borrowing a jewel from a friend. The jewel may or may not be ‘diamond’ — the need to keep it safe and returning it in good condition is a greater responsibility which a person of Matilda’s mindset could hardly handle. Antic such untoward happenings of losing the jewel, and the croon pulsing to return it safely, had perhaps slipped from Matilda’s mind. Also, a sense of false Pride and vanity were uppermost in Matilda’s mind. She was dissatisfied with her way of life, and even one night of splendour was welcome. If she had been content with her life and lived Within her means without falling for false and temporary ‘riches’ could have avoided the misfortune that dawned upon her and her husband on losing the jewel.
Or
When Kisa Gotami went to the Buddha for the medicine to revive her a Buddha told her to procure a handful of mustard seeds from a house where no one and gave her the seeds. She then asked them if anyone in the family had died, and they answered that many were dead in the house and it aggrieved them to remember those dead people. She became weary and hopeless after going to several houses and getting the same response. As she sat wearily she saw the city lights go out, and darkness reigned everywhere. She finally grasped the Buddha’s underlying meaning. She returned to the Buddha and narrated her experience. Thereafter the Buddha sermonized her that the life of mortals in this world is troubled and painful; that the world is afflicted with death and decay, and so there is no point in grieving over something which is inescapable.
