Question

SSLC English:unit test– 2020-2021
Time:1 hour
Marks:20
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A.Questions 1-8: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
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Though the house and grounds of our home in India were Grandfather's domain, the magnificent
old banyan tree was mine-chiefly because Grandfather, at the age of sixty-five, could no longer
climb it. Grandmother used to tease him about this, and would speak of a certain Countess of Desmond, an English woman who lived to the age of 117, and would have lived longer if she
hadn't fallen while climbing an apple tree. The spreading branches of the banyan tree, which
curved to the ground and took root again, forming a maze of arches, gave me endless pleasure.
The tree was older than the house, older than Grandfather, as old as the town of Dehra, nestling
in a valley at the foot of the Himalayas.
1. Why did the boy say that the magnificent banyan tree was his domain?
2. Who was referred to as the Countess of Desmond? What was special about her?
3. What is the connection between the Dehra town and the Himalayas?
4. Find out a single word from the passage for ‘an area under one’s control’.
5. Find out a single word from the passage for ‘a confusing network of passages’(5)

B,The boy in the story 'The adventures in banyantree 'was very much thrilled when he saw the fighting of cobra and myna.He scribbled this unforgettable sight in his diary .prepare the likely diary entry?(5)

C,The arrival of white baby squirrels became wonderful piece of news. prepare a newspaper report of the arrival of white baby squirrels?(6)

D,Complete theconversation:

Grandfather:_____a_____?
Boy:I was reading books.
Grandfather:you are thrilled,____b____?
Boy:Yes,I saw a deadly fight.
Grandfather:_____c_____?
Boy:yes, both of them are very clever.
Grandfather:The mongoose is a useful animal, you had better ____d______.
Boy:ok. (4)

Answer 1

Answer:

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Answer 2

Answer:

2. Who was referred to as the Countess of Desmond? What was special about her?