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PART - A (40 Marks)
READING (20 Marks)
Q.1. Read the passage given below:
1. It was December 25th 1914, only 5 months into World War I. German, British and French soldiers,
already sick and tired of the senseless killing, disobeyed their superiors and fraternised with the
enemy' along two-thirds of the Western Front (a crime punishable by death in times of war). German
troops held the Christmas trees up, out of the trenches with signs 'Merry Christmas'.
2. The Christmas Peace was a series of widespread, unofficial ceasefire that took place along the
Western Front around Christmas 1914, during World War I. Through the week leading up to
Christmas, parties of German, British and French soldiers began to exchange seasonal greetings and
songs between their trenches; on the occasion. The tension was reduced to the point that individuals
would walk across to talk to their opposite members, bearing gifts. On Christmas Eve and Christmas
Day, many soldiers from both the sides walked into ‘no man's land', where they mingled, exchanging
food and gifts. They embraced the very people they had been trying to kill a few hours ago. They
agreed to warn each other if the top brass forced them to fire their weapons, and to aim high.
3. A feeling of anxiety ran through the high command on either side. Here was the disaster, soldiers
declaring their brotherhood with each other and refusing to fight. Generals on both the sides declarec
this sudden peacemaking to be a betrayal and subject to court martial. By March 1915 the fellow
feeling movement had been eradicated and the killing machine put back in full operation. By the tim
of the ceasefire in 1918, fifteen million had been slaughtered. The truce is seen as a symbolic mome
of peace and humanity amidst one of the most violent events of modern history. It was not
everywhere; in some regions of the front, fighting continued throughout the day, while in others,
little more than an arrangement to recover bodies was made. The following year, a few units aga
arranged ceasefire with their opponents over Christmas, but the truce were not nearly as widespre
as in 1914. This was due to strongly worded orders from high commands of both the sides prohibiti
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Answer:
Read the passage given below:
1. It was December 25th 1914, only 5 months into World War I. German, British and French soldiers,
already sick and tired of the senseless killing, disobeyed their superiors and fraternised with the
enemy' along two-thirds of the Western Front (a crime punishable by death in times of war). German
troops held the Christmas trees up, out of the trenches with signs 'Merry Christmas'.
2. The Christmas Peace was a series of widespread, unofficial ceasefire that took place along the
Western Front around Christmas 1914, during World War I. Through the week leading up to
Christmas, parties of German, British and French soldiers began to exchange seasonal greetings and
songs between their trenches; on the occasion. The tension was reduced to the point that individuals
would walk across to talk to their opposite members, bearing gifts. On Christmas Eve and Christmas
Day, many soldiers from both the sides walked into ‘no man's land', where they mingled, exchanging
food and gifts. They embraced the very people they had been trying to kill a few hours ago. They
agreed to warn each other if the top brass forced them to fire their weapons, and to aim high.
3. A feeling of anxiety ran through the high command on either side. Here was the disaster, soldiers
declaring their brotherhood with each other and refusing to fight. Generals on both the sides declarec
this sudden peacemaking to be a betrayal and subject to court martial. By March 1915 the fellow
feeling movement ha
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