Read the following passage:- ( 8 mks )
1. Caged behind thick glass, the most famous dancer in the world can easily be missed in the
National Museum, Delhi. The Dancing Girl of Mohenjo-Daro is that rare artifact that even
school children are familiar with. Our school textbooks also communicate the wealth of our 5000
year heritage of art. You have to be alert to her existence there, amid terracotta animals to
rediscover this bronze image.
2. Most of us have seen her only in photographs or sketches; therefore the impact of actually
holding her is magnified a million times over. One discovers that the dancing girl has no feet.
She is small, a little over 10 cm tall-the length of a human palm-but she surprise us with the
power of great art-the ability to communicate across centuries.
3. A series of bangles of ivory or thin metal-clothe her left upper arm all the way down to her
fingers. A necklace with three pendants bunched together and a few bangles above the elbow and
wrist on the right hand display an almost modern art.
4. She speaks of the undaunted, ever hopeful human spirit. She reminds us that it is important to
visit museums in our country to experience the impact that a work of an art leaves on our senses,
to find among all the riches one particular vision of beauty that speaks to us alone.
1. On the basis of your reading of the above passage, answer the following questions:
(1x8=8mks)
(a) The Dancing Girl belongs to:
(i) Mohenjo-Daro
(ii) Greek culture
(iii) Homo sapiens
(iv) Tibet
(b) In the museum she’s kept among:
(i) dancing figures.
(ii) bronze statues.
(iii) terracotta animals.
(iv) books.
(c) Which information is not given in the passage?
(i) The girl is caged behind glass.
(ii) She is rare artifact.
(iii) School books communicate the wealth of our heritage.
(iv) She cannot be rediscovered as she’s bronze.
(d) ‘Great Art’ has power because:
(i) it appeals to us despite a passage of time.
(ii) it is small and can be understood.
(iii) it’s seen in pictures and sketches.
(iv) it’s magnified a million times.
(e) The jewelry she wears:
(i) consists of only bangles of shell or ivory or thin metal.
(ii) is a necklace with two pendants.
(iii) both (i) and (ii) are correct.
(iv) neither (i) nor (ii) is correct.
(f) She reminds us:
(i) of the never-say-die attitude of humans.
(ii) why museums in our country are exciting.
(iii) why she will make us come into money.
(iv) of dancing figures.
(g) The synonym of the word “among” in para 1 is …………….
(h) The size of the dancing girl is equal to the length of human palm. (True/False)
2. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the error
and the correction in your answer-sheet against the correct blank number. (1×4=4mks)
Error Correction
The passengers were waiting at the Platform
when five policemen rushing (a) ________ ______
into difference compartments of the (b) ________ ______
train. After sometimes one of them (c) ________ ______
comes out with two young men. (d) ________ ______
3. The traffic situation in our towns is quite complex. There are all sorts of vehicles from bullock
carts to fast moving cars. Sometimes, this leads to traffic jams and air pollution. Write an
essay in 100 – 150 words for your school magazine on ‘Increasing Traffic on our Roads’.
(8mks)
4. Why are ‘Wind’ and ‘The Road not Taken’ considered to be symbolic poems? In about 100-
150 words discuss the symbolism used in both of them. (8mks)
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