I took the BABY LANGUR to our BACKYARD AND gently LAID him on the floor inside
the poultry coop. His body WAS full of deep bite MARKS AND SCRATCHED. Blood WAS oozing
from some of the wounds. The BABY REMAINED motionless. My FATHER provided first AID
to CLEAN the wounds AND stop the bleeding. I WAS relieved to find out THAT the BABY WAS
BREATHING, even though his BREATHS were SHALLOW.
SPLASHES of cold WATER MADE the BABY stir AND AFTER A few SHAKY ATTEMPTS, he SAT
up. He WAS in STATE of shock AND STARTED trembling like A LEAF in the wind. His two little
twinkling eyes welled up with TEARS AND he STARTED to sob with A muffled cry - just
like A HUMAN child would AFTER experiencing TRAUMA. I offered him A peeled BANANA
which he ACCEPTED with his UNSTEADY HAND AND BEGAN TAKING HESITANT bites.
My ATTENTION WAS fixed on the REVIVAL of the BABY LANGUR. Suddenly, I HAD AN
UNCANNY feeling of being WATCHED. I turned AWAY from the coop AND looked up. There
SAT the mother LANGUR on our kitchen roof, WATCHING every move I MADE. She simply SAT
there quietly, AS if convinced THAT no HARM WAS being done to her child.
(B) Do AS directed. (03 MARKS)
(1) MAKE MEANINGFUL sentence by using the PHRASE ‘to root out’. 01
(2) Add A prefix or suffix to MAKE new words. Pick the root words
AND use ANY one of it in your own sentence. 02
(i) ignore (ii) IMAGINE
SECTION II : TEXTUAL PASSAGES
(A) READ the following PASSAGE AND do the ACTIVITIES. (10 MARKS)
(A1) Complete the following sentences. 02
(i) The writer offered the BABY LANGUR……...
(ii) The BABY LANGUR WAS in STATE of ………
(iii) The mother LANGUR WAS SITTING on their ………
(iv) SPLASHES of cold WATER MADE the BABY ………
(A2) ARRANGE the following events AS per their sequence. 02
(i) Writer’s FATHER provided first AID to CLEAN the wounds.
(ii) After A few SHAKY ATTEMPTS, the BABY LANGUR SAT up.
(iii) The writer turned AWAY from the coop.
(iv) The writer took the BABY LANGUR to their BACKYARD.
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conclusion of why election is important in Indian democracy:
While there are some who genuinely cast their vote, many people sit back and relax on voting day, and others are cajoled into voting for particular candidates. The importance of voting is lost amongst the hustle and bustle of city life. While everyone sits and complains about this and that, and makes suggestions that the government should change this and that, the elections come and go without half the population paying attention. The highest recorded voter turnout in India was recorded in 2014 for the Lok Sabha elections at 66.4%. That means close to half the population does not exercise their right to vote.
After 69 years of Independence, India has not proved itself to have control and order. The fault lies with both the leaders and the people. People are driven by religious beliefs rather than what is good for the country. We should choose that which drives the country forward, while still upholding the Indian tradition. But politics is wound up in frivolous matters rather than paying more attention to uplifting the poor, helping the aged, education, water, preserving the environment, agriculture, roads, planned urban development, and so on.