State level prepatory 2019 grammar answers
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PART - A
( Prose, Poetry and Supplementary Reading )
I. Answer the following questions in a sentence each : 4 × 1 = 4
1. Why didn’t the man fit in with the scheme of things in Workers’ Paradise ?
2. How, according to the author, is a bottle of coke harmful to our human
body ?
3. What is compared to dirty linen in the poem “To a Pair of Sarus Cranes” ?
4. How did the female sarus crane try to bring its male partner back to life ?
II. Answer the following questions in two sentences each : 8 × 2 = 16
5. What changes took place in the girl after the wrong man gave her the
painted pitcher ?
6. What does Anne’s diary reveal about her father and her mother ?
7. Why does the writer say that the model of development based on
consumerism is suicidal ?
8. How did Jean convince Pierre that he should go and get the tart ?
9. Why didn’t Ellen’s father suspect Lochinvar’s intentions ?
10. How did Drona justify his unfair demand ?
11. What was the condition laid by Indra while granting the boon to Karna ?
12. How did the brave Greeks make the Cyclop blind ?
III. Answer the following questions in four to five sentences each : 5 × 3 = 15
13. How does Sir C. V. Raman describe the rain-fed tanks ?
14. Describe the experiment conducted by Pasteur to show the difference
between pure and stale air.
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15. Explain the message brought out by Basavanna in the poem ‘The Temple
and the Body’.
16. Explain the comparisons used by William Shakespeare to describe his aging
body.
17. How was Ben left marooned on the island ?
IV. Explain with reference to the context : 4 × 3 = 12
18. “It’ll grow out again — you won’t mind, will you ?”
19. “Have you noticed that the trees seem to be moving while we seem to be
standing still ?”
20. He moves in darkness as it seems to me.
21. What woman’s happier life repays
Her for those months of wretched days ?
V. Answer the following questions in six to eight sentences each : 4 × 4 = 16
22. Explain the five criteria considered by Gandhi to decide an action as moral.
OR
What glimpses of Nazi cruelty did the Frank family experience ? Explain.
23. Narrate any three humorous situations that took place in the village cricket
match.
OR
Explain the views expressed by the writer on the tragic comedy of
development.
24. What precautions does Abraham Lincoln want his son to learn in school,
while dealing with different kinds of people in the society ?
OR
How does the poet bring out the intense love of the female sarus crane
towards its partner ?
25. What were the effects of moving the boat, without the owner’s permission, on
the mind of the poet ?
OR
How is the sense of guilt and ingratitude of the son brought out in the poem
C.L.M. ?
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VI. Quote from memory : 4
26. He staid ......................................................................
...................................................................................
...................................................................................
.................................................................... came late.
OR
And it grew .................................................................
...................................................................................
...................................................................................
.................................................................. it was mine.
PART - B
( Grammar and Vocabulary )
VII. Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions / incomplete
statements. Only one of them is correct or most appropriate. Choose the correct
alternative and write the complete answer along with its letter of alphabet :
10 × 1 = 10
27. The package containing books and records ................... last week.
The correct words to be used here to fill in the blanks are
(A) is delivered (B) was delivered
(C) are delivered (D) were delivered.
28. Vijay said, “I did my homework.”
The reported form of this sentence is
(A) Vijay said that he was doing his homework.
(B) Vijay said that he had done his homework.
(C) Vijay said that he has done his homework.
(D) Vijay said that he did his homework.
29. You either send .................. SMS or give me ..................... call after you
reach your place.
The correct set of articles to be used here is
(A) a, an (B) the, the
(C) an, the (D) an, a.
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