QUESTION 1) Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions: [10 marks]
Camps to Tap Creativity
1. As the dreaded examinations crawl to a halt , students forward to the much awaited
‘ creative outlets ‘ , the Summer camps, to let off streams and spend their holidays . A
summer camp is conducted over a short period of four to five weeks involving
interesting and fun filled activities. The colorful spectrum of summer camps provides
a wide variety of activities which include artistic skills such as painting, art, music,
craft and also spoken English, cookery and computer courses. Not only this, the
summer camps keep the child first “fit as a fiddle “by imparting lessons in yoga,
cricket, tennis, and swimming.
2. With the changing time and trends parents have become productivity oriented. They
want their children to learn through productive play unlike in the past when the play
was just a play. Today, the parents want to tap the potential of their children to the
fullest. To achieve this aim, the summer camps afford an ideal opening for children to
develop their hobbies and talents. The importance of creative play is often
underestimated whereas the fact is that art and craft projects can excite even a
young child’s imagination and promote a sense of great achievement. The little
things that children make and take home give them a sense of achievement and
pride when they show them to their parents.
3. Summer camps develop a child’s confidence and his ideas. They also encourage
children to do things. The camps are beneficial for hyper-active and aggressive
children as they help to channel their energies fruitfully by drawing out best in them.
They also promote mutual understanding not only among teachers and children but
also bring interaction between the taught. This provides a good experience for a
better future of confidence.
QUESTIONS:
i) What are different activities taken up in summer camps? (2)
ii) Summer camps help in keeping fit and healthy because……… (1)
iii) How are these camps beneficial for hyperactive and aggressive children?
(2)
iv) How are summer camps important for a better future? (1)
v) How do children feel when they make little things? (1)
vi) What does the phrase ‘fit as a fiddle’ mean? (1)
vii) Find the antonym of “dull “ from the passage - (1)
(a) dreaded (b) interesting (c) spectrum (d) pride
viii) The word from the passage which means the same as useful is: (1)
(a) productive (b) aggressive (c) creative (d) beneficial
LITERATURE
QUESTION 2) Read the extract carefully and answer the questions that follow: [5 marks]
And he said, “You are far too selfish
To dwell in a human form,
To have both food and shelter
And fire to keep you warm.
Now you shall build as birds
and shall get your scanty food
By boring, and boring and boring
a) Name the poem and the poet.
b) Who is ‘he’ in the above line?
c) Why did he get angry?
d) How did he punish the little woman?
e) Which figure of speech is used in the last line of the stanza?
GRAMMAR
QUESTION 3) Fill in the blanks with most grammatically appropriate words: [5 marks]
NARESH: Raghu, I a) _______ get my watch repaired .b) __________ you get it done for me
if you are going to the market.
RAGHU: Naresh, I c) ________ surely get your work done but I am not d)_________to the
market today . Please make it e) ____________ point to take it another day.
a i )shall ii) can iii) may iv) have to
b i) would ii)should iii)can iv)may
c i)should ii)would iii)may iv)can
d i)go ii)going iii)went iv)goes
e i)the ii)and iii)a iv)or
PART B
WRITING
QUESTION 4) Write a diary entry describing your experience of lockdown period and the
problems you faced due to COVID-19. [5 MARKS]
LITERATURE
QUESTION -5) Answer the following questions in about 20-30 words: [2X2 = 4]
a. Who decided to improve on the quality of the ‘Pungi’? Did he succeed in his
endeavor?
b. When does the disciple remember the words of his Guru?
QUESTION 6) Answer the following Questions in about 40-50 words. [3x2=6]
a. How Evelyn lose her hearing capacity? At what age was her initial hearing
weakness discovered?
b. What were things that the child noticed and wanted in the fair? Why did the child
not accept the same things offered by the man later?
QUESTION-7) Answer the following question in about 100-120 words. (ANY ONE) [5 marks]
Einstein was deeply shaken by the extent of destruction during the Second World
War. What does it show about him? What efforts did he make to promote peace
and democracy?
OR
Greed leads to grief. Explain this statement in the context of the story ‘In the
kingdom of Fool.
Answers
Answer:
an ideal opening for children to
develop their hobbies and talents. The importance of creative play is often
underestimated whereas the fact is that art and craft projects can excite even a
young child’s imagination and promote a sense of great achievement. The little
things that children make and take home give them a sense of achievement and
pride when they show them to their parents.
3. Summer camps develop a child’s confidence and his ideas. They also encourage
children to do things. The camps are beneficial for hyper-active and aggressive
children as they help to channel their energies fruitfully by drawing out best in them.
They also promote mutual understanding not only among teachers and children but
also bring interaction between the taught. This provides a good experience for a
better future of confidence.
Explanation:
As the dreaded examinations crawl to a halt , students forward to the much awaited
‘ creative outlets ‘ , the Summer camps, to let off streams and spend their holidays . A
summer camp is conducted over a short period of four to five weeks involving
interesting and fun filled activities. The colorful spectrum of summer camps provides
a wide variety of activities which include artistic skills such as painting, art, music,
craft and also spoken English, cookery and computer courses. Not only this, the
summer camps keep the child first “fit as a fiddle “by imparting lessons in yoga,
cricket, tennis, and swimming.