Q-1 Read the passage given below and answer the questions. (3)
My grandmother and I were good friends. My parents left me with her when they went to
live in the city and we were constantly together. She used to wake me up in the morning
and get me ready for school.
Questions :
a. Who is the author? What is the name of the chapter?
b. Why did the author live with the grandmother?
c. How did the grandmother help the author?
Q-2 Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option given in the bracket and
write only the answer. ( 4 to 9 ) (3)
[ capsizing, popped, wavewalker, head, horizontal, metres ]
Unexpectedly, my __________ ____________ out of the water. A few ________________
away, _______________ was near __________________, her masts almost
____________.
Q-3 Answer the following questions in five to six lines each. ( any two ) (4)
10. Give reason. The boy king changed his name from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun.
11. Contrast the Chinese view of art with the European view with examples with reference to
the chapter 'Landscape of the Soul'.
12. Justify the title 'The Ailing Planet'.
SECTION - B
Q-4 Read the following stanza and answer the questions. (3)
Upward to heaven, whence, vaguely form'd, altogether
changed, and yet the same,
I descend to lave the droughts, atomies, dust - layers of
the globe.
Questions :
13. Who is the poet? What is the name of the poem?
14. Give meanings : (a) lave (b) descend
15. What is the theme of the poem?
Q-5 Identify the figures of speech given below. (3)
16. Then sleek as a lizard, and alert
a) Metaphor b) Simile c) Synecdoche d) Anastrophe
17. The whole tree trembles and thrills
a) Personification b) Pun c) Metonymy d) Litotes
18. Each one holding one of my mother's hands.
a) Repetition b) Personification c) Synecdoche d) Tautology
Q-6 Answer the following questions. ( Any two ) (4)
19. What has not changed over the years? Explain with reference to the poem 'A photograph'.
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- the author here is the narrator of the story)
- the author live with the grandmother because author's parents left her with the grandmother.
- the grandmother help the author by , Woking her up in the morning and get her ready for school.
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