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Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.
SECTION A- READING (18 Marks)
2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: (10 Marks)
1. South India is known for its music and for its arts and rich literature. Madras or Chennai can be called the cultural capital
and the soul of Mother India. The city is built low in pleasant contrast to the ghoulish tall structures of Mumbai and Kolkata.
It has vast open spaces and ample greenery. The majestic spacious Mount Road looks like a river, wide and deep. A stroll
on the Marina beach in the evening with the sea glistening in your face is refreshing. The breeze soothes the body, it refreshes
the mind, sharpens the tongue and brightens the intellect.
2. One can never feel dull in Chennai. The intellectual and cultural life of the city is something of a marvel. Every street
corner of Chennai has a literary forum, a debating society and music, dance and dramatic club. The intelligent arguments,
the sparkling wit and dashing irony enliven both the political and the literary meetings. There is a young men's association
which attracts brilliant speakers and equally brilliant listeners to its meetings. It is a treat to watch the speakers use their
oratorical weapons. Chennai speakers are by and large sweet and urbane, though the cantankerous, fire-eating variety is
quite often vitessed in political campaigning. The urbane speakers weave their arguments slowly like the unfolding of a
leisurely Carnatic raga.
Music concerts and dance performances draw packed houses. There is hardly any cultural family in Chennai that does
not leam and patronise music and dance in its pristine purity. Rukmani Devi Arundale's 'Kalakshetra' is a renowned
international centre. It has turned out hundreds of celebrated maestros and dancers who have brought name and glory to our
country. Carnatic music has a peculiar charm of its own. It has the moon's soft beauty and moon's soft pace. Thousands of
people flock to the temple 'maidans to get drunk with the mellifluous melodies of their favourite singers. They sit out all
night in the grueling heat, swaying to the rhythm of 'nadaswaram' and rollicking with the measured beats of 'mridangam'.
M.S. Subbulakshmi is considered to be the nightingale of the South
4. The Gods might descend from heaven to see a South Indian damsel dancing. There are several varieties of South Indian
dance - Bharatnatyam, Mohimyattan, Kuchipudi, Kathakali, etc. Age cannot wither nor custom stale its beautiful variety
Bharamatyam is the most graceful and enchanting dance form, whereas Kathakali is most masculine and virile. South Indian
dances combine voluptuousness with purity. Here, every muscle and fibre of the body vibrates into life, and as the tempo
increases, a divine flame-like passion bodies forth as if making an assault on heaven.
South Indian dress, particularly of the males, is purtanically simple. There you cannot distinguish a judge from an ardali'
by their dress South Indian ladies too look charming and graceful in their colourfulKanjeevaram and Mysore silk sarees.
6. South Indian cuisine, especially dosa', 'idli' and 'vada' are so delicious that now we can enjoy them almost everywhere
in India as well as in some foreign countries. The Madras "idli', which was a favourite of Gandhiji, is served with 'sambhar
and coconut chutney (CBSE Sample Paper 2015. (A2015]
A. On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer the following questions by choosing the
most appropriate option. (1x4=4 marks)
For what is South India mainly known?
a. For tasty food
b. For its traditional music, art, literature
e. For scenic beauty
d. For its delicate and precise ways
Why is it a treat to watch the speakers?
a. Because they use oratorical weapons
b. Because they are witnessed in campaigning
c. Because they weave their arguments fastly
d. Because they argue and complain a lot.
What is M.S. Subbulakshmi considered to be?​

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