Question

ST. ANTHONY'S HIGH SCHOOL, SHANTHINAGAR-SANGAREDDY
CLASS, 10
REVISION TEST -4
DATE: 4/2021
SUBIECT: English
MARKS: 25
SECTION A: READING COMPREHENSION
Q (1-5) Read the following excerpt and answer the questions:
5X1=5
He came from a poor but educated family. His father was a high-school teacher and an avid reader of English
literature. He, like all the boys in his class, was trying to get admission into some engineering college. The brighter
ones wanted to study in the Indian Institutes of Technology, or the IITs. There was an entrance test for IT. This
boy, along with his friends, applied to appear for the test. They did not have any special books or coaching. All
these IIT aspirants would sit below the shade of a stone mandap close to Chamundi Hills in the sleepy town of
Mysore. He was the guide for the others. While the others struggled to solve the problems in the question paper, he
would smile shyly and solve them in no time. He sat alone below a tree and dreamt of studying at IIT. It was the
ultimate aim for any bright boy at that age, as it still is today. He was then only sixteen years old.
1) What does the word 'he' refers to in the passage? What was his dream?
2) What was the boy's age when he wished to fulfill his dream?
3) Write few lines about his family.
4) What kind of text is the above passage and who is the author?
5) The boy's father denied him to join IIT due to their poor financial status. What would you do if you were in
the boy's place?
SECTION B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Q (6-10) Read the passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered at the beginning.
Each of these sentences has an error. Correct and rewrite them in the answer booklet: 5X%= 2% m
All success stories are stories of great failures. 6) The only difference is that every time they fail, they
bounced back. 7) This is called failing forward, rather to backward. You leam and move forward. 8) Learn from
your failure but keep moving. 9) In 1914, Thomas Edison, in the age of 67, lost his factory, which was worth a fe​

Answer 1

Answer:

MARK ME BRAINLIEST

Explanation:

MARK ME BRAINLIEST