Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions based on that.
Our house is filled with photos. They cover the walls of my kitchen, dining room
and den. I see our family’s entire history, starting with my wedding, continuing
through the births of both sons, buying a home, family gatherings and vacations.
When my sons were little, they loved to pose. They waved, danced, climbed trees,
batted balls, hung upside down from the jungle gym and did anything for a
picture. But when they reached adolescence, picture-taking changed into
something they barely tolerated. Their bodies were growing at haphazard speeds.
Reluctantly they stood with us or with their grandparents at birthday celebrations
and smiled weakly at the camera for as short a time as possible.
I am the chronicler of our photographs. I select those to be framed and arrange
the others in albums. The process is addictive, and as the shelves that hold our
albums become fuller and fuller, I wonder what will become of them. Will anyone
look at these photographs in future years? If my sons look at them, what will they
think of us and of themselves? One bright afternoon, I took some photographs of
my father with my husband as they fished in a lake near our vacation house. As
my sons and I sat on the shore and watched them row away, I picked the camera
up and photographed the beautiful lake surrounded by green trees. The two men
I loved gradually grew smaller until all I could see were my father’s red shirt, and
the tan and blue caps on their heads.
l My father died a week later, and suddenly those photos became priceless to me.
I wept when I pasted them in our album. I wept again afterwards when I saw my
younger son looking at them. It was a few days before he went away to college.
He had taken all our albums down from the bookshelves in the den and spread
them out on the carpet. It had been a very long time since I had seen him doing
this. Once he stopped posing for pictures, he seemed to lose interest in looking at
them. But now he was on the verge of leaving home. This was his special time to
look ahead and look back. I stood for a moment in the hall by the den, and then
tiptoed away. I didn’t take a photo of my son that afternoon, but I will remember
how he looked for as long as I live. Some pictures, I learned, don’t have to be
taken with a camera.
1. Fill in the summary using one word only
The author was (a) _____________about taking photographs and framing them.
But she always (b) ___________ whether her sons would ever look at them. She
was full of (c) ___________ when she pasted the pictures of her father’s last days
in the album. She learnt that some pictures always (d) _________in one’s mind
without a camera.
2. Two examples that show that the author’s sons were averse to taking
photographs are:
(a) _______________________ (b) _______________________
3. Give words that mean the same as
1. not organized or planned (para 1)
2. one who records events in order (para 2)
3. very valuable (para 3)
4. continued engagement with an activity (para 2)
4. The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line.
Write the incorrect word and the correct word in the answer sheet against the
correct blank
number.
Wrong correct
“Either you or your friend Shalu have stolen my note (a) ...………. ..…..……
book”, shouted Shreya. Neither I nor my friend were (b)…………….. …………
your culprit, said Shalu. We both are not in the class since (c)…………….. …………
morning. We are out for the annual day function. (d)…………… …………
But who are the culprit then? asked Shreya. (e)…………….. …………
I don’t know that but we both were not guilty. (f)…………….. …………
5. In the passage given below, some words are missing. Choose the correct word
from the given options to complete the passage meaningfully. (½x8=4 marks)
The first test tube baby turtle (a) ___________ born last month in California.
The story began (b) _________ a broken turtle egg (c) _________ on the
seashore. Scientists (d) __________ to work carefully bringing up (e)
___________ baby turtle which has now (f) ___________. this winter the
turtle (g). ___________ be returned (h) ___________ the sea.
(a) (i) was born (ii) were born (iii) is born (iv) are born
(b) (i) where (ii) which (iii) when (iv) who
(c) (i) is find (ii) was found (iii) are finding (iv) found
(d) (i) get (ii) are getting (iii) gets (iv) have got
(e) (i) a (ii) an (iii) are (iv) the
(f) (i) have grown (ii) is grown (iii) grown (iv) are grown
(g) (i) might (ii) could (iii) must (iv) would
(h) (i) to (ii) at (iii) in (iv) into
Answers
1. Fill in the summary using one word only
The author was (a) addictive about taking photographs and framing them. But she always (b)wondered whether her sons would ever look at them. She was full of (c) emotions when she pasted the pictures of her father’s last days in the album. She learnt that some pictures are always (d) captured in one’s mind without a camera.
2. Two examples that show that the author’s sons were averse to taking photographs are:
a) when they reached adolescence, picture-taking changed into something they barely tolerated.
b) Reluctantly they stood with us or with their grandparents at birthday celebrations and smiled weakly at the camera for as short a time as possible.
3. Give words that mean the same as
1. not organized or planned (para 1)- hung upside down
2. one who records events in order (para 2) - chronicler
3. very valuable (para 3)- priceless
4. continued engagement with an activity (para 2) - addictive
4. The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correct word in the answer sheet against the correct blank
incorrect
(a) have
(b) were
(c) are
(d) are
(e) are
(f) were
correct
(a)has
(b) was
(c) were
(d) were
(e) is
(f) are
5. In the passage given below, some words are missing. Choose the correct word from the given options to complete the passage meaningfully. (½x8=4 marks)
(a) (i) was born
(b) (iii) when
(c) (ii) was found
(d) (iii) gets
(e) (i) a
(f) (iii) grown
(g) (iv) would
(h) (iv) into