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ST.MARY'S HIGH SCHOOL FIRST PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2024-2025 MARKS: 80 STD: X ICSE DATE: 18/11/24 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TIME: 2hrs |PAPER I| Answers to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately. You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper The time given at the head of this paper is the time allowed for writing the answvess The paper has four sections. Section-A is compulsory,. All questions in Section Amust be answered 0u mst attenpt aone question from each of the Sections B, C and D and one other queshon from any ectio of your choice. The intended marks for the questions or sof questions are given in brackets [] SECTION-A (Attempt all the questions from this Section.) Question1 Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options. (Do not copy the question, write thehe complete answer.) |16] () What does Cassius accuse one of Brutus men of doing, which Brutus then accuses Cassius of doing? a) Stealing from the treasury b) Rigging election c) Sleeping around d) Accepting bribes ( ) How does Portia, Brutus wife kill herself? a) Slitting her wrist b) Swallowing fire c) Taking poison d) Impaling herself (iii) Act 4 Scene II, this scene takes place in a camp near a) Thasos b) Phillipi c) Sardis d) Rome (iv) Brutus asks Casssius to a) Raise his voice b) Speak his grief softly c) Enlarge his griefs and he will listen to him d) Leave (V) Antony asks Octavius to lead the battle from a) The left side b) The right side c) Rear end d) From all directions (vi) Brutus sees in Octavius' wing a) A cold demeanour b) A zeal full of vigour c) Restlessness d) Looting and eceit (Vii) Choose the option that lists the sequence of events in the correct order: 1.The narrator talks about Nana paying attention to her. 2. Naana and Maami must have been discussing the narrator's legs since her birth is told by the narrator. 3. The narrators says that she is seven ycars of age. 4. We learn that Maami is the narrator's mother. a) 4.3,1,2 b) 2,1,3,4 c) 4,2,1,3 d) 1,4,3,2 (viii) In the end of the story, Nana appears as a) A kill joy b) A progressive dynamic woman c) A frustrated woman d) Making compromise with the way of the world (ix) The story "The Pedestrian belongs to which genre? a) Romance b) Fantasy c) Horror d) Dystopia 2 (3) What does the story The a) Laudable Pedestrian focus on? of science advancement and technology of b) dehurmani on people necessity zatientertainment c) d) boredom (xi) Who of is the author of"The Last Lesson? a) Jane Austen b) Rabindra Nath Tagore c) Alphonse Daudet d) Ruskin Bond (xii) Sclect the option that shows the correet statements. relationship between these two Statement-1: Great men's loss is felt intensely by all significant or insignificant Statement -2: a)) 1 is the AIl are benumbed for a while cause of 2 b) 1 is an c) example of 2 lis independent of 2 d) 1 is a combination of 2 (xii) WVhich figure of speech is used in the line We can Be and be?" a) Personification b) Irony c) Alliteration d) sarcasm (xiv) What did the poet like a) poem A Considerable Its colour b) Its c) in the mite in the Speck? being intelligent Its being fearful d) Its running in terror (xv) In what state of mind are human listeners in the poem The Power of Music2 a) cheerful b) dazed c) indifferent d) sullen (xvi) Despite their irritation, people agree that the singing is.... a) foolish c) sensuous b) well-meant d) moralistic SECTION B Answer one or more guestions from this section) DRAMA Shakespeare) (Julius Caesar by William Question 2 follow: and answer the questions that carefully extract the Read WVho comes here? Brutus: How ill this taper burnt! Ha! mine eyes I think it is the weakness of |16] That shapes this monstrous apparition. anything? Itcomes upon me. Art thou or some devil. Art thou some god, some angel, to stare? That makest my blood cold and ny hair Speak to me what thou art. ii V. Where? To whom does Brutus say these words? Why? Describe the setting of this part of scene? Why is Brutus so confused when he sees this apparition? What does the apparition say to Brutus? What effect does this incident have upon Brutus? (3) (3) 3) (3) (4) Question 3 Cassius: Flatterers! Now, Brutus, thank yourself: This tongue had not affected so to-day, If Cassius might have ruled. Octavius: Come, come, the cause: ii What makes Cassius exclaim in anger? (3) Who is referred to as The tongue?" What had he said? (3) What had Cassius wanted? Who had overruled him? When? (3) (3) Why does Cassius turn on Brutus? V. What cause does Octavius speak of? Why does he remind them of it now? What does this tell us about Octavius? SECTION C (Answer one or more questions from this section) PROSE (Treasure Chest: Collection of Short stories) Question 4 Read the extract carefullv and answer the questions that follow: [16] She carried the gleaming cup on her back Like they do with babies, and other very precious things. And this time, not taking the trouble to walk by herself. When we arrived in our village. She entered our compound to show the cup to my mother before going to give it to the Headmaster. Oh. Grown-u -us are so strange. Nana is right now carrying me on her knee, and erying softly. i What was the gleaming cup? Why did she carry it on her back? (3) ii With whom has the narrator compared the gleaming cup? Why? (3) Why did Nana want to show the cup to the narrator's mother? How did she react to it? iv. Why did Nana cry softly? WVhat does this suggest about her? (3) (3) Explain how did the three women in the story feel when Adjoa won the cup for the best all-round junior athlete. (4) Question 5 There was a good erystalfrost in the air; it cut the nose and made the lungs blaze like a Christmas tree inside., you could feel the cold light going on and off, all the branches filled with invisible snow. i. What time of the day does the passage indicate? How do you know? (3) ii. What kind of experience does the speaker tell? Explain the image lungs blaze like a Christmas tree inside. (3) ii. How did the speaker react to the scenery outside? (3) iv. What do you learn about the speaker from this extract? (3) v. Explain the image "all branches filled with invisible snow.' 5 (4) SECTION D (Answer one or more questions from this section) POETRY (Treasure Chest: Collections of Poems) Question 6 Read the extract carefully and answer the questions that follow: [16] When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe,briefly. Our eyes, briefly. see with a hurtful clarity. Our nemory, suddenly sharpened, examines, gnaws on kind words unsaid, promised walks never taken. i. What is the effect of the death of great souls on the air around us? What does it mean? ii. What figure of speech is used in the lines given below? What does it suggest? We breathe, briefly. Our eyes, briefly, see ii. What do our eyes see with 'hurtful clarity?" Why? iv. What happens to Our memory' after the death of a loved one? v. Explain how this extract portrays the feeling and regret felt by the bereaved person after the loss of someone close. (3) (3) (3) (3) (4) Question7 Read the extract carefully and answer the questions that follow: [16] When summer comes, we fear the hums of Bhisma Lochan Sharma You catch his strain on hill and plain from Delhi down to Burma. He sings as though he's staked his life, he sings as though he's hell-bent; ii iii. V. Who is Bhisma Lochan Sharma? llow does he sing? In lines 3-4 the poet uses hyperbole. What is its purpose? What kind of person is Bhishma? 3) (3) (3) (3) How are the people affected by his song, as revealed later in the context? What do they plead with Bhishma? Does he listen to them? Give your personal opinion. (4)
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