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St. Helena's school, Pune. Std. Preliminary Examination X EnglishI Marks 80 Language Time: 2 hours Date : 01.02.21 Question 1 Write a composition (300-350 words) on any one of the following (20 marks) a. Write an original short story featuring a shopkeeper, a customer and a beggar. b. T h e use of polythene bags should be banned. Express your views either for or against thi statemernt. Describe a school programme that was held online recently. Give details of how it was organised, the various items and participants. d. Narrate an incident which made you realise that forgiveness is nobler than revenge. e. Study the picture given below. Write a short story, description or account based on it. 11 Question 2. Select one of the following (10 marks (a) Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner of your city, pointing out the need for setm up a public library in your area to cater to the needs of the residents. (b) Write a letter to your grandmother who is concerned about your health. Assure her tha you are well and that you will vis t her after your board examination. Question 3 (a) Your school is organising an inter-house competition to select the Best Orator, who will represent your school at the national Write out a notice informing the pupils of your school of the (b) Write an email to the Principal ofa neighbouring school to send a team of teachers to judge the event. level in (5 marks) a similar contest. competition. requesting him/her (5 marks Question 4 questions doctor and answer the as a tollowing passage carefully ten years eleventh. for been practising calls the sne Marta, the General's widow, who has when she when a patients has already seen ten i patents in her study. She sunk into poverty, ead homeopathiC the waics eeng pes e room. and Zamu-rishen, a neighbouring He goes up to the lady and without has landowner who a word drops What are you doing?" cries the lady in horror While I rise," says Zamu-rishen. human angel, benefactress of the live I will n e e s , our guardian not 11 have recovered. I me lite am a new man knee on one Deronc her. On the world see my homakE who nas BVer and the good fairy "Let all race now, Madam 1 Tam very glad.."mutters the lady, flushing with pleasure. nave misery for eight years, says: "1 had rheumatism. waters.and.go00nE consulted several doctors. have tried all sorts of mud-baths, and drunk The doctors did me knows what I haven't tried ! I have wasted all my money on doctors. I have been in Lamu-rishen nothing but harm. They drove that Tuesday, the disease inwards. I went home from you tO the three pills that you gave me. The effect was instantaneous t s not me, b u t you must thank God, " Marfa says, blushing with excitement There's only one trouble : our lack of means. I'm well now, but what's the use of health if there's nothing to live on ? Poverty weighs on me worse than illness. It's the time t sow oats, but I have no money to buy the seeds." "I will give you oats," says the doctor. Zamu-rishen says, "We live in stone houses, but it's a mere make-believe, for the ro leaks. And there is no money to buy wood to mend it with." "ll give you the wood," says Marfa. Zamu-rishen asks for and gets a cow too, and a letter of recommendation for his daughter whom he wants to send to a boarding school. When she has seen her patient out, Marfa's eyes fall on the paper just dropped by her patient. She picks up the paper, unfoldsi and sees in it three pills-the very pills she had given Zamu-rishen the previous Tuesday. "They are the very ones, she thinks. The paper is the same He hasn't eve unwrapped them! What has he taken then? Strange..Surely he wouldn't try to deceive n And for the first time in her ten years of practice a doubt creeps into Marfa's mind. summons the other patients, and while talking to them or their complaints, notices what ha hitherto slipped by her ears unnoticed. The patients, as though they were in a conspiracy,f praise her for their miraculous cure, go into raptures over her medical skill, then when she flushed with excitement, begin holding forth on their needs. One asks for a bit of land to plough, another for wood, a third for permission to shoot in her forests, and so on. She loo down and a new truth begins gnawing at her heart- an evil oppressive truth the deceitfulness of man a. Give the meaning of each of the following one word or in a short phrase. () homage (i) benefactress words as used in the (0) summons passage, in (3 marks) b. Answer the following questions briefly, in your own words. What had Zamu-rishen done to ) cure himself of rheumatism before he went to Marfa ? (1 mark) cured? (i) How was his rheumatism apparently (in) Why was Zamu-rishen in need of money? (iv) What did he ask for his daughter What did the folded paper (V) (2 marks) 1 mark) ? dropped by (2 marks) Zamu-rishen contain ? What did this (2 marks) indicate to Marfa ? (vi) How do we know that Marfa was a humble person ? Mention any one (1 mark) example. c. In not more than 50 words state how Marfa realised the deceitfulness of (9 marks man. Question (a) Fill in each of the blanks with the correct form of the words given in brackets. (4 marks) Do not copy the passage, but write the answers in correct serial order. Lil and Else _ ( 1 (be) the daughters of a washerwoman and a jailbird. Why Mrs. Kelvey, their mother, ( 2 ) (make) them so conspicuous was hard truth was they (4(dress) in bits 3 (understanal, ne 5)_(give) to her by the people for whom she worked. Lil was a stout, plain child. Her little sister, Else was a tiny child, with(6_(crop) hair and solemn eyes. Nobody(7)_(see) her smile ; she scarcely ever spoke. She 8 (go) through life holding onto Lil, with a piece of Lil's skirt screwed up in her hand. (b) Fillin each blank with an appropriate word. 1. This house has been allotted 2. You must abide 5. He proved equal their lot. her old scooter. the task failure. 6. The scheme ended 7. His pride brought 8. Please put me. your promise. 3. They are content 4. She disposed (4 marks) hisdownfall. the fire. (c) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, "but 'or 'so 1.I have some duties. I must perform them, 2. The king died. His eldest son came to the throne. 3. The train was wrecked. No one was hurt. 4, He remained absent on Friday. It was foolish of him. (4 marks) (8 mar (d) Rewrite the following sentences brackets, without changing the according to the instructions given i meaning of each sentence. 1. 2. Will they help you ? (End: by them ?) Let the child not be disturbed. (Change the voice) 3. He is so il that he cannot attend the meeting. (Use: to0) Tokyo is the most expensive city in the world. (Begin: No other.. 5. He is reckless driver. not a (End: recklessly. ) 6. They did not like to pay extra taxes. (Use : objected) 7.The blind man said to Mona, "Can you help me to climb the stairs ?" (Use Repor speech) 8. It your parents get here before 2 o' clock we can take them out for lunch. (Begin
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