Strong Roots Question important for the students of higher Secondary

it is a set of long questions

1. 60. Everyday Kalam's father would carry home about –(a) ten coconuts only (b) one
dozen coconuts (c) six coconuts only (a) two dozen coconuts
61. Kalam's father tied the coconuts and carried them home – (a) slung over his
shoulder (b) by the hand (c) thrown over his waist (d) on the head
 62. Kalam's father would have his breakfast (a) before going to the coconut grove
(b) before going to the mosque (c) after coming from the coconut grove (d) after
reading the namaz
 63. Kalam's father continued his routine life even when he was in his -
 (a) early fifties. (b) late fifties (c) early sixties (d) late sixties
64. Kalam has always tried to emulate his father in his own world of - (a) economy
(b) thought (c) science and technology (d) space
65. Kalam has tried to emulate his father - (a) only once (b) twice (c) thrice (d)
throughout his life
 66. Kalam's father revealed to Kalam - (a) the fundamental truths (b) the truths of
science (c) the truths of beauty (d) the fundamental elements of science
67. Kalam feels convinced that there exists - (a) ominous power (b) magical power
(c) a divine power
 68. According to Kalam, a divine power can guide one to one's - (a) proper place (b)
true place (c) meeting place (d) desired place
69. Kalam's father believed that for people in distress, he was - (a) a mere mediator (b)
greater than God (c) a helpless onlooker of their difficulties (d) a solver of problems
 70. Kalam's father would take him to the mosque for (e) mid-day prayers (a) pre-
dawn prayers (b) evening prayers (d) afternoon prayers
Answer the following questions in brief: 1 x 20 = 20
1. Where is the chapter ‘Strong Roots’ taken from?
2. Who were Kalam’s parents?
3. What qualities did Abdul Kalam’s father possess?
4. What does Kalam fail to recall?
5. Describe the ancestral house of Kalam.
6. What type of childhood did Abdul Kalam have?
7. What food did Abdul Kalam’s mother usually serve?
8. What made Rameswaram famous to pilgrims?
9. Mention the language in which prayers are chanted in the mosque.
10. Why were bowls of water offered to Kalam’s father?
11. Whom did Kalam consider to be a very close friend of his father?
12. What did Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry and Jainulabdeen usually discuss?
13. What did Abdul Kalam ask his father, when he was old enough to ask questions?
14. What according to Kalam’s father did prayer make possible?
15. According to Kalam’s father, what should one do, when trouble comes?
16. How would Kalam’s father answer Kalam’s questions?
17. What did the answers of Kalam’s father fill Kalam with?
18. How did Kalam’s father evaluate himself?
19. What was the schedule of Kalam’s father after namaz?
20. What power, according to Kalam, shapes our life?
If you have the sp
irit, you can gain the goal
S
trong roots
F
ull Marks: 90

Time: asap
Tick the correct option:
1. Abdul Kalam was born in the town of- (a) Ooty (b) Rameswaram (c)
Pakshithirtham (d) Trichi
2. Rameswaram, where Kalam was born, was in the erstwhile - (a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Pondicherry State (c) Madras State (d) none of them
3. Jainulabdeen, Kalam's father, had- (a) less formal education (b) informal
education (c) much formal education (d) not much formal education
4. Jainulabdeen was a man of - (b) great personality (b) great innate wisdom (c) a
great strength (d) no wisdom
5. Kalam's father had - (a) no spirit at all (b) a little generosity of spirit (c) a show of
generosity (d) a true generosity of spirit
 6. In Ashiamma, Kalam's father found an ideal - (a) helpmate (b) speaker (c) singer
(d) teacher
 7. Ashiamma fed everyday- (a) only the outsiders (b) only the family members (c)
the family members along with the outsiders (d) no family members
8. Kalam's parents were regarded as a /an - (a) quarrelsome couple (b) lazy couple
(c) energetic couple (d) ideal couple
 9. Jainulabdeen and Ashiamma had - (a) only one child (b) no children (c) many
children (d) two children
10. One of the forebears of Kalam's mother was awarded by the British the title of
(a) Bahadur (b) Raibahadur (c) Padmasree (d) Bharat Ratna
11. Kalam was born to (a) tall and handsome parents (b) short and handsome
parents (c) tall and ugly looking parents (d) short and ugly looking parents
12. The ancestral house, in which Kalam lived, was built in the middle of the - (a)
twentieth century b) nineteenth century (c) eighteenth century (d) seventeenth
century
13. Kalam's fairly large pucca house was built of - (a) concrete (b) mud (c) limestone
and brick (d) cement and brick
14. Kalam's father led a/an - (a) fashionable life (b) gorgeous way of life (c)
comfortable life (d) austere way of life
15. The Mosque Street where Kalam lived, was in (a) Kodaikanal (b) Rameswaram
(c) Kanya Kumari (d) Vizag
16. My austere father used to avoid all _________ comforts and luxuries. (a)
uncertain (b) inessential (c) essential (d) certain
17. Jainulabdeen provided his children - (a) no necessity (b) meagre necessities (c)
all necessities (d) the necessities so far he could
18. According to Kalam, his childhood was - (a) aimless (b) pleasant (c) insecure (d)
secure
 19. Kalam normally ate with his - (a) sister (b) brother (c) father (d) mother

2. 20. Kalam ate with his mother sitting on the floor of the - (a) verandah (b) bedroom
(c) dining room (d) kitchen
21. At the time of lunch Kalam's mother would place before Kalam a - (a) a sal leaf
(b) a banana leaf (c) large bowl (d) dish
 22. At lunch, Kalam's mother would give Kalam some pickle, which was - (a) bought
from the market (b) country-made (c) forest made (d) home-made
 23. During lunch Kalam's mother would serve Kalam - (a) coconut chutney (b)
mango pickle (c) tamarind pickle (d) mango chutney
 24. "...she then Ladled rice and aromatic sambar The word "aromatic" means -(a)
vibrant (b) elegant (c) exact (d) fragrant.
25. What made Rameswaram famous to pilgrims - (a) the Shiva temple (b) the Deity
Ramchandra (c) the Deity Lakshmana (d) the Minakshi Temple?
26. From Kalam's house, the Shiva temple of Rameswaram was - (a) a five-minute
walk (b) a ten-minute walk (c) ten footsteps only (d) far away
27. The locality where Kalam lived was- (a) mostly Muslim (b) only Muslim (c) only
Hindu (d) mostly Hindu
28. In the neighbourhood of Kalam, the Hindu and Muslim families lived together -
(a) apolitically (b) amicably (c) anxiously (d) anxiously
29 Jainulabdeen would take Kalam to the mosque for- (a) evening prayers (b) night
prayers (c) morning prayers (d) day prayers
30. In the mosque, prayers were chanted in Arabic language, of which Kalam had –
(a) superficial idea (b) complete idea (c) no idea (d) some idea
31. As a child, Kalam had full conviction that prayers – (a) had mighty power (b)
reached God (c) did not reach God (d) proved nothing
32. People who would wait for Kalam's father to come out of the mosque, were –
(a) labourers (b) of different religions (c) Muslims only (d) Hindus only
33. People of different religion would wait for Kalam's father with – (a) glasses of
water (b) bowls of water (c) cups of water (d) basins of water
 34. People of different religions would wait for Kalam's father - (a) in the mosque
(b) in the temple (c) in his house (d) outside the mosque
35. Jainulabdeen would say a prayer by dipping his -------------- in the bowls of
water.  (a) fingertips (b) thumb(c) forefinger (d) middle finger
36. The water, after a prayer said by Kalam's father, was taken home by people to
give to those who were (a) invalids (b) healthy (c )  abnormal (d) homesick
 37. After getting cured, people would visit Kalam's father to - (a) offer him thanks
(b) threaten him (c) offer him things (d) blame him
38. After getting cured, when people offered thanks to Jainulabdeen, he would
always – (a) complain (b) feel irritated (c) smile (d) pray to God
39. When the invalids got cured and met Jainulabdeen, he would ask them to thank
- (a) Kalam's mother (b) the mosque (c) Kalam (d) Allah, the merciful
40. Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry was ------------- of Rameswaram temple. - (a) the priest
(b) the caretaker (c) the high priest (d) the counsellor
41. Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry was a very close friend of (a) Kalam (b) Kalam's uncle
(c) Kalam's mother (d) Kalam's father
42. Kalam vividly remembered that his father and Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry would
discuss (a) spiritual matters (b) political matters (c) social matters (d) national
matters
43. While discussing spiritual matters, Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry and Jainulabdeen
wore - (a) special dress (b) traditional dress (c) festival dress (d) normal dress
 44. Jainulabdeen told Kalam that there was – (a) mystery in prayer (b) partly
mystery in prayer (c) no mystery in prayer (d) no healing power in prayer
45. According to Kalam's father prayer is a way to make a communion of the spirit
possible between - (a) people (b) man and soul (c) gods (d) godfathers
46. "Rather, prayer made possible communion of the spirit—“ The word
"communion means (a) close relation (b) convey (c) no relation (d) congratulation
47, According to Kalam's father, when we pray, (a) control our body (b) no
importance to our body (c) transcend our body (d) cannot control our body
48. When we pray, according to Kalam's father, we become a part of - (a) the sky
(b) the spirit (c) the God (d) the cosmos
49. In very simple Tamil language, Kalam's father could communicate – (a) material
concepts (b) spiritual concepts (c) political concepts (d) economic concepts
50. Kalam's father believed, within the whole of the manifest divine Being, every
human being is a- (a) new element (b) non-specific element (c) specific element (d)
natural element
51. When troubles come, according to Kalam's father, we should try to understand -
(a) the relevance of our sufferings (b) who are responsible (c) the pressure of our
suffering (d) how far solvent we are
52. According to Jainulabdeen, adversity always presents opportunities for - (a)
mental tension (b) spirituality (c introspection (d) happiness
 53. Jainulabdeen believed that people look for someone to help them whenever
they are – (a) in trouble (b) in hospital (c) in power (d) in peace 
54. Whenever people reach an impasse, Jainulabdeen thought, people look to
someone to show them – (a) the way out (b) films (c) strength (d) the working
model
55. Kalam's father explained that every recurrent anguish, longing and desire finds
its own – (a) special maker (b) special helper (c) trained coach (d) special advisor
 56. For the people in distress, Jainulabdeen played the role of a/an – (a) room-
mate (b) oldster (c) go-ahead (d) go-between
57. Kalam remembered that his father would start his day by reading – (a) the
namaz (b) the story book (c) the holy book (d) the newspaper
 58.  From Kalam's house, the coconut grove was about a – (a) three mile walk (b)
half mile drive (d) four-mile drive
59. The coconut grove, belonging to Kalam's father was – (a) very small (b) medium-
sized (c) a large one (a) a small one
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Answer the following questions in brief: 1 x 20 = 20
1. Where is the chapter ‘Strong Roots’ taken from?
> Strong Roots’ is taken from Kalam’s autobiography “The Wings of Fire)” (1999).
2. Who were Kalam’s parents?
> Kalam’s father was Jainulabdeen and his mother was Ashiamma.
3. What qualities did Abdul Kalam’s father possess?
> Abdul Kalam’s father had a great innate wisdom and a true generosity of spirit.
4. What does Kalam fail to recall?
> Kalam fails to recall the exact number of people his mother fed everyday.
5. Describe the ancestral house of Kalam.
> Kalam’s ancestral house was fairly large pucca house made of limestone and brick on the
mosque street, Rameswaram. It was built in the middle of nineteen century.
6. What type of childhood did Abdul Kalam have?
> Kalam had a secured childhood, both materially and emotionally.
7. What food did Abdul Kalam’s mother usually serve?
> Kalam’s mother usually served rice, aromatic samber, variety of sharp, home made pickle
and a dollap of fresh coconut chutney.
8. What made Rameswaram famous to pilgrims?
> The Shiva temple made Rameswaram famous to pilgrims.
9. Mention the language in which prayers are chanted in the mosque.
> Prayers are chanted in the mosque in Arabic.
10. Why were bowls of water offered to Kalam’s father?
> Bowls of water were offered to Kalam’s father to sanctify it for the invalids.
11. Whom did Kalam consider to be a very close friend of his father?
> Kalam considered Pakshi Lakhmana Sastry, the high priest of Rameswaram Shiva temple,
to be a very close friend of his father
12. What did Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry and Jainulabdeen usually discuss?
> Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry and Jainulabdeen usually discussed spiritual matters.
13. What did Abdul Kalam ask his father, when he was old enough to ask questions?
> When Kalam was old enough to ask questions, he asked his father about the relevance of prayer.
14. What according to Kalam’s father did prayer make possible?
> According to Kalam’s father, prayer made possible a communion of soul between people,
when one prays, he transcends his body and becomes a part of the cosmos.
15. According to Kalam’s father, what should one do, when trouble comes?
> According to Kalam’s father, when trouble comes, one should face the trouble with courage and zeal.
16. How would Kalam’s father answer Kalam’s questions?
> Kalam’s father answered kalam’s questions in soft and deep voice.
17. What did the answers of Kalam’s father fill Kalam with?
> The answers of Kalam’s father filled Kalam with a strange energy and enthusiasm.
18. How did Kalam’s father evaluate himself?
> Kalam’s father evaluated himself as a mere mediator.
19. What was the schedule of Kalam’s father after namaz?
> after namaz before dawn at 4 a.m., Kalam’s father used to take a stroll of four mile to their
coconut grove and then he would return with a dozen coconuts tied together across his
shoulder and then he would take his breakfast.
20. What power, according to Kalam, shapes our life?
> According to Kalam, a divine power shapes our life
If you have the sp
irit, you can gain the goal
S
trong roots (
Answer Script)
F
ull Marks: 90

Time: asap
1. Abdul Kalam was born in the town of- (a) Ooty (b) Rameswaram (c) Pakshithirtham (d)
Trichi
2. Rameswaram, where Kalam was born, was in the erstwhile - (a) Andhra Pradesh (b)
Pondicherry State (c) Madras State (d) none of them
3. Jainulabdeen, Kalam's father, had- (a) less formal education (b) informal education (c)
much formal education (d) not much formal education
4. Jainulabdeen was a man of - (b) great personality (b) great innate wisdom (c) a great
strength (d) no wisdom
5. Kalam's father had - (a) no spirit at all (b) a little generosity of spirit (c) a show of
generosity (d) a true generosity of spirit
 6. In Ashiamma, Kalam's father found an ideal - (a) helpmate (b) speaker (c) singer (d)
teacher
 7. Ashiamma fed everyday- (a) only the outsiders (b) only the family members (c) the family
members along with the outsiders (d) no family members
8. Kalam's parents were regarded as a /an - (a) quarrelsome couple (b) lazy couple (c)
energetic couple (d) ideal couple
 9. Jainulabdeen and Ashiamma had - (a) only one child (b) no children (c) many children (d)
two children
10. One of the forebears of Kalam's mother was awarded by the British the title of (a)
Bahadur (b) Raibahadur (c) Padmasree (d) Bharat Ratna
11. Kalam was born to (a) tall and handsome parents (b) short and handsome parents (c)
tall and ugly looking parents (d) short and ugly looking parents
12. The ancestral house, in which Kalam lived, was built in the middle of the - (a) twentieth
century b) nineteenth century (c) eighteenth century (d) seventeenth century
13. Kalam's fairly large pucca house was built of - (a) concrete (b) mud (c) limestone and
brick (d) cement and brick
14. Kalam's father led a/an - (a) fashionable life (b) gorgeous way of life (c) comfortable life
(d) austere way of life
15. The Mosque Street where Kalam lived, was in (a) Kodaikanal (b) Rameswaram (c) Kanya
Kumari (d) Vizag
16. My austere father used to avoid all _________ comforts and luxuries. (a) uncertain (b)
inessential (c) essential (d) certain
17. Jainulabdeen provided his children - (a) no necessity (b) meagre necessities (c) all
necessities (d) the necessities so far he could
18. According to Kalam, his childhood was - (a) aimless (b) pleasant (c) insecure (d) secure
 19. Kalam normally ate with his - (a) sister (b) brother (c) father (d) mother
20. Kalam ate with his mother sitting on the floor of the - (a) verandah (b) bedroom (c)
dining room (d) kitchen
21. At the time of lunch Kalam's mother would place before Kalam a - (a) a sal leaf (b) a
banana leaf (c) large bowl (d) dish
 22. At lunch, Kalam's mother would give Kalam some pickle, which was - (a) bought from
the market (b) country-made (c) forest made (d) home-made
 23. During lunch Kalam's mother would serve Kalam - (a) coconut chutney (b) mango pickle
(c) tamarind pickle (d) mango chutney

4.  24. "...she then Ladled rice and aromatic sambar The word "aromatic" means -(a) vibrant (b)
elegant (c) exact (d) fragrant.
25. What made Rameswaram famous to pilgrims - (a) the Shiva temple (b) the Deity
Ramchandra (c) the Deity Lakshmana (d) the Minakshi Temple?
26. From Kalam's house, the Shiva temple of Rameswaram was - (a) a five-minute walk (b) a
ten-minute walk (c) ten footsteps only (d) far away
27. The locality where Kalam lived was- (a) mostly Muslim (b) only Muslim (c) only Hindu (d)
mostly Hindu
28. In the neighbourhood of Kalam, the Hindu and Muslim families lived together - (a)
apolitically (b) amicably (c) anxiously (d) anxiously
29 Jainulabdeen would take Kalam to the mosque for- (a) evening prayers (b) night prayers
(c) morning prayers (d) day prayers
30. In the mosque, prayers were chanted in Arabic language, of which Kalam had –(a)
superficial idea (b) complete idea (c) no idea (d) some idea
31. As a child, Kalam had full conviction that prayers – (a) had mighty power (b) reached God
(c) did not reach God (d) proved nothing
32. People who would wait for Kalam's father to come out of the mosque, were – (a)
labourers (b) of different religions (c) Muslims only (d) Hindus only
33. People of different religion would wait for Kalam's father with – (a) glasses of water (b)
bowls of water (c) cups of water (d) basins of water
 34. People of different religions would wait for Kalam's father - (a) in the mosque (b) in the
temple (c) in his house (d) outside the mosque
35. Jainulabdeen would say a prayer by dipping his -------------- in the bowls of water.  (a)
fingertips (b) thumb(c) forefinger (d) middle finger
36. The water, after a prayer said by Kalam's father, was taken home by people to give to
those who were (a) invalids (b) healthy (c )  abnormal (d) homesick
 37. After getting cured, people would visit Kalam's father to - (a) offer him thanks (b)
threaten him (c) offer him things (d) blame him
38. After getting cured, when people offered thanks to Jainulabdeen, he would always – (a)
complain (b) feel irritated (c) smile (d) pray to God
39. When the invalids got cured and met Jainulabdeen, he would ask them to thank - (a)
Kalam's mother (b) the mosque (c) Kalam (d) Allah, the merciful
40. Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry was ------------- of Rameswaram temple. - (a) the priest (b) the
caretaker (c) the high priest (d) the counsellor
41. Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry was a very close friend of (a) Kalam (b) Kalam's uncle (c)
Kalam's mother (d) Kalam's father
42. Kalam vividly remembered that his father and Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry would discuss (a)
spiritual matters (b) political matters (c) social matters (d) national matters
43. While discussing spiritual matters, Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry and Jainulabdeen wore - (a)
special dress (b) traditional dress (c) festival dress (d) normal dress
 44. Jainulabdeen told Kalam that there was – (a) mystery in prayer (b) partly mystery in
prayer (c) no mystery in prayer (d) no healing power in prayer
45. According to Kalam's father prayer is a way to make a communion of the spirit possible
between - (a) people (b) man and soul (c) gods (d) godfathers
46. "Rather, prayer made possible communion of the spirit—“ The word "communion means
(a) close relation (b) convey (c) no relation (d) congratulation
47, According to Kalam's father, when we pray, (a) control our body (b) no importance to
our body (c) transcend our body (d) cannot control our body
48. When we pray, according to Kalam's father, we become a part of - (a) the sky (b) the
spirit (c) the God (d) the cosmos
49. In very simple Tamil language, Kalam's father could communicate – (a) material concepts
(b) spiritual concepts (c) political concepts (d) economic concepts
50. Kalam's father believed, within the whole of the manifest divine Being, every human
being is a- (a) new element (b) non-specific element (c) specific element (d) natural element
51. When troubles come, according to Kalam's father, we should try to understand - (a) the
relevance of our sufferings (b) who are responsible (c) the pressure of our suffering (d) how
far solvent we are
52. According to Jainulabdeen, adversity always presents opportunities for - (a) mental
tension (b) spirituality (c) introspection (d) happiness
 53. Jainulabdeen believed that people look for someone to help them whenever they are –
(a) in trouble (b) in hospital (c) in power (d) in peace 
54. Whenever people reach an impasse, Jainulabdeen thought, people look to someone to
show them – (a) the way out (b) films (c) strength (d) the working model
55. Kalam's father explained that every recurrent anguish, longing and desire finds its own –
(a) special maker (b) special helper (c) trained coach (d) special advisor
 56. For the people in distress, Jainulabdeen played the role of a/an – (a) room-mate (b)
oldster (c) go-ahead (d) go-between
57. Kalam remembered that his father would start his day by reading – (a) the namaz (b) the
story book (c) the holy book (d) the newspaper
 58.  From Kalam's house, the coconut grove was about a – (a) three mile walk (b) half mile
drive (d) four-mile drive
59. The coconut grove, belonging to Kalam's father was – (a) very small (b) medium-sized (c)
a large one (d) a small one
60. Everyday Kalam's father would carry home about –(a) ten coconuts only (b) one dozen
coconuts (c) six coconuts only (a) two dozen coconuts
61. Kalam's father tied the coconuts and carried them home – (a) slung over his shoulder (b)
by the hand (c) thrown over his waist (d) on the head
 62. Kalam's father would have his breakfast (a) before going to the coconut grove (b) before
going to the mosque (c) after coming from the coconut grove (d) after reading the namaz
 63. Kalam's father continued his routine life even when he was in his -
 (a) early fifties. (b) late fifties (c) early sixties (d) late sixties
64. Kalam has always tried to emulate his father in his own world of - (a) economy (b)
thought (c) science and technology (d) space
65. Kalam has tried to emulate his father - (a) only once (b) twice (c) thrice (d) throughout his life
 66. Kalam's father revealed to Kalam - (a) the fundamental truths (b) the truths of science
(c) the truths of beauty (d) the fundamental elements of science
67. Kalam feels convinced that there exists - (a) ominous power (b) magical power (c) a divine power
68. According to Kalam, a divine power can guide one to one's - (a) proper place (b) true
place (c) meeting place (d) desired place
69. Kalam's father believed that for people in distress, he was - (a) a mere mediator (b)
greater than God (c) a helpless onlooker of their difficulties (d) a solver of problems
 70. Kalam's father would take him to the mosque for (e) mid-day prayers (a) pre-dawn
prayers (b) evening prayers (d) afternoon prayers
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5. If you have the sp
irit, you can gain the goal
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lass vii
F
ull marks- 25

Set 1
T
ime- ASAP
READING COMPREHENSION (SEEN)
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions :
And then he would lift up the picture, and drop it, and it would come out of the
frame. He would try to save the glass and cut himself. Then he would spring
round the room, looking for his handkerchief. He could not find his
handkerchief, because it was in the pocket of the coat he had taken oft and he
did not know where he had put the coat. All the house had to leave off looking
for his tools, and start looking for his coat; while he would dance round and
hinder them. "Doesn't anybody in the whole house know where my coat is? I
never came across such a set in all my life — upon my life I didn't. Six of you! —
and you can't find a coat that I put down not five minutes ago! Well, of all the-"
"Then he'd get up and find that he had been sitting on it, and would call
out: "Oh, you can give it up! I've found it myself now."
A. Write 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements in the boxes: 1 x 4 = 4
(i) Uncle Podger was looking for the handkerchief to stop bleeding.
(ii) Uncle Podger finally found his coat
(iii) He was an expert in the job he was doing.
(iv) He remained cool while searching for the coat
B. Answer the following questions: 1 x 3 = 3
(i) How did Uncle Podger cut himself?
(ii) Why did Uncle Podger want his coat?
(iii) Where did he find his coat?
READING COMPREHENSION (UNSEEN)
2 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Once upon a time a nobleman built a grand house. On the front of the gate, he
wrote the words, "This house is to be given to the first man who can prove that
he is contented." One day a stranger came and said, "I have come to take
possession of this house, because I can prove that I am contented." The
nobleman said in reply, "If you were contented, you would not wish to get
possession of my house." Saying this he turned the man out.
A. Choose the correct answer: 1 x 2=2
(i) Here the word 'stranger' means- (a) an unknown person (b) a guest (c) a
friend
(ii) The nobleman turned the man out because-(a) he was the last man to come
to his (nobleman's) house (b) he did not have money (c) there was no trace of
contentment in him
B. Answer the following questions:
(i) What did the nobleman want to give? 1
(ii) How did the nobleman know that the man who came to take possession of
the house was not contented? 2
Section-B Grammar & Vocabulary
3. Rewrite the following as directed: 1 x 6 = 6
(i) I give you the permission to go now. (use 'may)
(ii) It is not necessary for you to help me. (use 'need')
(iii) The man is working on the road. (Frame a question with 'where)
(iv) The train stops suddenly. (Change into Present Perfect Tense)
(v) The baby ______ (drink) milk. (Use Present Continuous Tense)
(vi) He (succeed) as he works hard. (Fill in the blank with the verb in the Simple
Future Tense)
Section-C Writing skill.
4. Write a letter to your friend telling him about your hobby. 7

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irit, you can gain the goal
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READING COMPREHENSION (SEEN)
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions :
Cairo, Egypt So finally we are in Cairo. We are going to Giza, Ishan; to see the
three great pyramids. What's a pyramid, Ma? A Pyramid is a huge, triangular
monument. The burial ground of the Pharaohs And who is a Pharoah ? A
Pharaoh is an Egyptian King. The Pharaohs lived around five thousand years
ago. We are going to see so many interesting things. I wish father had come
with us.
A. Answer the following questions: 1 x 2 = 2
i. What is Pyramid?
ii. Why are Ishan and his mother going to Giza?
B. Find the words from the text which are similar in meaning to the following:
1 x 3 = 3
i. Big ii. Tomb: iii. Eventually:
2. A. Write "T" for true and 'F' for false statements: 1 x 2 = 2
i. Gip found the magic box in his pocket.
ii. The toy sword was a magic item.
B. Answer the following questions in complete sentences: 2 x 2 = 4
i. What did the big kite tell the little kite to do?
ii. how happy I am" —Why did the little kite led so?
Reading Comprehension (Unseen)
Read the passage given below and answer the following questions:
Rabindranath is a great poet. He was born in the famous Tagore family at
Jorasanko in Kolkata in 1801. His father's name was Maharshi Debendranath
Tagore. He was a born-poet. He wrote many poems, novels, short-stories and
songs. He was the first Asian to win the Nobel in 1913. He received his honour
for his book Gitanjali. He established Shantiniketan. He was known as
'kabiguru'.
A. Answer the following questions: 1 x 3 = 3
i. Where was Rabindranath horn?
ii. Who was Debcndranath Tagore?
iii. Which book brought Rabindranath Nobel Prize?
B. Write 'r for true and 'F' for false statements: 2 x 2 = 2
i. Debendranath is known as "Kabiguru’.
ii. Jorashanko is in Bankura.
Grammar & Vocabulary
4.A. Fill in the blanks in appropriate articles: 1 x 3 = 3
i. She arrived________ hour late.
ii. There is_________ university in our district,
iii. A magic Toy Sword - this is unique one!
B. Choose the appropriate form of the given verbs in brackets: 1 x 2 = 2
No news _________( is / are) good news.
ii- Each of the children _________ (has / have) arrived.
Writing Skill
Imagine you met a fairy in your dreams. Write in about four or five sentences
what gift you would have asked from her and why. 4

7. O, I'm gone back to the days of youth,
I am a child once more,
And 'neath my father's sheltering roof
And near the old hall door.
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f you have the spirit, you can gain the goal
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Set 1
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READING COMPREHENSION (SEEN)
Tom always found Monday momings to be miserable. Monday began another
week's slow suffering in school. Tom lay thinking. Presently, he wished that he was
sick: then he could stay home from school. He investigated his body with the hope
of finding some ailment. He thought that he had found symptoms of stomach
trouble. He began to grow hopeful. However, the symptoms soon grew feeble and
wholly went away. Tom thought further. Suddenly he discovered something. One of
his upper front teeth was loose. He felt lucky. He was about to groan when it
occurred to him that if Aunt Polly was to know she would surely pull it out and that
would hurt. Tom thought he would hold the tooth in reserve for the present. He
remembered hearing from a doctor that a certain ailment could lay up a patient for
three days and make him lose a finger. He eagerly drew his sore toe from under the
sheet and held it up for inspection. He did not know the necessary symptoms.
However, it seemed like a good chance. Tom fell to groaning. But his brother Sid
slept on.
A. Write the correct alternative 1 x 2 = 2
(i) If Aunt Polly knew that Tom had a loose tooth, she would- (a) call a doctor (b)
bring him some medicine (c) surely pull it out (d) tell him to rest
(ii) Tome drew his sore toe from under the- (a) sheet(b) blanket(c)
pillow(d) mosquito net
B. Answer the following question : 1 x 2 = 2
(i) Which one of Tom’s tooth had come loose?
(ii) Who slept on when Tom started groaning?
C. Fill in the chart with information from the text: 2
Statement Reason
Tom was hesitatnt before groaning
2. Read the poem and answer the questions that follow :
Mild the mist upon the hill
Telling not of storms tomorrow;
No, the day has wept its fill,
Spent its store of silent sorrow.
A. Write the correct alternative: 1 x 2 = 2
(i) The mist upon the- (a) grass(b) roof(c) hill (d) door
(ii) The sorrow of the day is described as- (a) silent(b) terrible (c) overwhelming
(d) little
B. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: 1 x 2 = 2
(i) The day has wept its fill means that it has not rained at all.
(ii) The poet feels like a child beneath her father’s sheltering roof.
3. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
Kolkata : The Bengal government has planned to install panic buttons in all state
and private buses under the project to make it safer for women to travel. A meeting
was held with consultants at Parivahan Bhawan on Wedneday, to finalize the
installation of panic buttons on buses. The project is likely to be launched before
Pujas. The buses gill have panic buttons CCTV and GPS enabled tracking systems.
The panic button is likely to be placed in front of seats and passengers can press it
in case of an emergency, and it will alert the police control room and transport
department control room, and send video footage of the interior of the bus. This
will allow the control room to alert the nearest police patrol vans. The GPS alert will
be passed on to the nearest police stations, which will allow the buses to be
intercepted easily. even on National Highways. Even trucks with national permits
will have GPS, an official said. The aim is to improve the safety of women and
children on roads. [From The Times of India, dated July 21, 2022)
A. Tick (✓) the right answer : 1 x 4 = 4
(i) To finalise the installation of panic buttons on buses, the meeting was held at—
(a) Nabanna (b) SBSTC I Office (c) Parivahan Bhawan (d) Parivahan Minister's Home
(ii) The GPS alert will be passed on to the nearest—(a) bus depot (b) police stations
(c) railway station (d) Minister's Office (iii) The project is probably to be set in
motion—(a) after pujas (b) after Christmas (c) during pujas (d) before pujas
(iv) The national permits of trucks must have—(a) CCTVs (b) GPS (c) panic button n
(d) microphone
B. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements. 1 x 2 = 2
(i) The panic button will be placed behind the seats.
(ii) The Bengal Government has decided to install panic buttons in all buses.
C. Answer the following question : 2 x 1 = 2
(i) What is the aim of the Nirbhaya Project?
SECTION : B GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
4. Write the correct alternative to fill in the blanks : 1 x 2 = 2
Every year the Test Examination ______ (is held/was held/will be held) in the
month of November. The gap between the Test and Final Examination
___________ (was/is/are) more than two months.
5. Do as directed : 1 x 4 = 4
(i) "Do you want to know what became of your kite?" he said. (indirect speech)
(ii) He sorts out a bit of fish from his plate and hands it down. ( simple sentence)
(iii) Father is the keeper of Big Half Moon Lighthouse. (Use verb form of the word)
(iv) He told us the whole story. (Change the voice)
6. Find words from the unseen (Q. No. 3) 2 x 2 = 4
(i) going the rounds in a watch (ii) sudden and unexpected occurrence :
SECTION-C WRITING: Suppose you had bought a book from a bookstore. By
mistake you left it there instead of bringing it back with you. Providing details of the
book and its author, write a letter within 100 words to the owner of the store to
find the book and keep it until you come to collect it.10

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f you have the spirit, you can gain the goal
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Set 2
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READING COMPREHENSION (SEEN)
Read the text carefully and answer the questions that follow :
It is always lovely on the Big Half Moon in summer. When it is fine, the harbour is
blue and calm, with little win, and ripples. Every summer. we had some hobby. The
last summer before Dick and Mimi came, we were crazy abut kites. A boy on the
mainland showed Claude how to make them. Back on the island we made plenty of
kites. Claud would go around to the other side of the island and we would play
shipwrecked mariners signalling to each other wit kites. We had a kite that was big
and covered with lovely red paper. We pasted gold tinsel stars all over it and had
writte our names full on it-Claude Leete and Philippa Leete, Big Half Moon
lighthouse.
A. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following : 1 x 2 = 2
(i) Big Half Moon is the name of-(a) a moon (b) a harbour (c) an island (d) the mainland
(ii) In summer the harbour is-(a) blue (b) calm (c) none (d) both
B. Complete the following sentences with information. 1 x 2 = 2
(i) The last summer the narrator and Claude _____________
(ii) They had a kite _______________
C. Answer the following question : 2
(i) How did Claude and the narrator use kites while playing?
2. Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions given:
I must go down to the seas again,
for the call of the running tide Is a wild call
and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying.
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life.
To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.
2 A. Choose the correct alternative : 1 x 2 = 2
(i) "When the trick's over —here 'trick' means—(a) adventure (b) plan (c) story (d) journey
(ii) The poet cannot deny—(a) the wild and clear call of the running tide (b) the call
of the running ship (c) the call of the lonely sea and the sky (d) the clear call of the
flying clouds
2 B. Answer the following questions : 1 x 2 = 2
(i) What is the wind compared to?
(ii) What kind of life does the post desire for?
READING COMPREHENSION UNSEEN
3. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
Sunda, Pichai, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Alphabet Inc and its subsidiary
Google, is celebrating his 50th birthday today. The business executive, who was
born in 1972 in Tamil Nadu's Madurai, has an inspiring tale of success attached to
his name. Pichai earned his degree in metallurgical engineering from IIT Kharagpur
and moved to the United States to pursue M.S. from Stanford University in Material
Science and Engineering. He then got an MBA from the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania, where he was named a Seibel Scholar and a Palmer
Scholar, respectively. Pichai, who joined Google in 2004, became the CEO of the
company in 2015. But the journey to the top wasn't easy. In an old interview with
the New York Times, Pichai had talked about his childhood, revealing that he came
from a modest family who shared a house with tenants. "We would sleep on the
living room floor. There was a drought when I was growing up, and we had anxiety.
Even now, I can never sleep without a bottle of water beside me," Pichai had told
NYT. "There was a simplicity to my life, which was very nice compared with today's
world," he added. [The Times of India]
A. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences : 1 x 4 = 4
(i) Pichai celebrated his 50th birthday in-(a) 2022 (b) 2021 (c) 2019 (d) 2018
(ii) Pichai became CEO of Google in-(a) 2004(b) 2021 (c) 2015 (d) none of these
(iii) Pichai earned his degree in-(a) mechanical engineering (b) computer science (c)
material science (d) metallurgical engineering
(iv) Pichai was born in a-(a) very poor family (b) solvent family (c) middle class
family (d). rich family
B. State whether the following statements are True / False. 2 x 2 = 4
(i) There .was no difficulty for Pichai to become the CEO of the Google.
(ii) To Pichai the simple life of his past was better than his life today.
C. Answer the following question : 2 x 1 = 2
(i) Why did Pichai say-"I can never sleep without a bottle of water beside my bed?"
SECTION-B GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
4. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles and prepositions : 1 x 3 = 3
The story begins at a time when France was divided _______ provinces or
dukedoms. In one such province, there was __________ usurper, who had
deposed and banished his elder brother, _________ Lawful duke.
5. Do as directed : 1 x 3 = 3
(i) I borrowed a book from the library. I have to return it today. ( relative clause)
(ii) Have you put it in your pocket? (Change the voice)
(iii) If you do not come to school regularly you can't learn anything.( use 'unless)
6. Given below are the meanings of two words which you will find in the passage
in question No. 3. 2 x 2 = 4
(1) go after (ii) secondary
SECTION-C WRITING SKILL
7 . Write a letter (within 100 words) to the editor of an English daily about the
disturbances caused by the thoughtless use of loudspeakers.10