Question

PART -1 ENGLISH

Time:1.15 Total Score: 30

Cool off time 15 minutes

Questions 1 to 4 4x1 = 4

Read the excerpt and answer the questions that follow. Each question carries 1

score.

“He stepped slowly out to the brink of the ledge, and standing on one leg

with the other leg hidden under his wing, he closed one eye, then the other,

and pretended to be falling asleep. Still, they tool no notice of him.”

1. Who do ‘they’ refer to?

2. Why did the young seagull pretend to be falling asleep?

I thought of it, and breaking the silence, I said, ‘My dear friend, you have put

the most difficult question among the many questions that I have received

from millions and millions of students whom I have met’

3. Here Dr. Kalam addresses _______ as ‘My dear friend’

4. What was the most difficult question about?

Question 5 to 6 2x2 = 4

Read the lines from the poem and answer the question that follows. Each

question carries 2 score

If you can talk with the crowds and keep your virtue

Or walk with Kings nor lose the common touch

5. Write two or three sentences commenting on the message conveyed in

the two lines.

If you can meet with Triumphs and Disaster

And treat those imposters just the same

6. a. Name the poet,

b. Identify the figure of speech​

Answer 1

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