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GEMS AKADEMIA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL Selection Examination 2024-2025 Gems Akodemia hternano Schoo Subject: English I SET A Grade:X( ICSE) Time: 2 hours Full Marks: 80 Answer to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately. You willnot be allowedto write during the first 15 minutes. This time is to be spent in reading the Question Paper. The time given at the head of the paper is the time allowed for writing the answers. The paper has four sections. Section Ais compulsory. Allquestions in Section Amust be answered. You must attempt one question from each of the Sections B, Cand D and one other question from any Section of your choice. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets[] Section A (Attempt allthequestions) Question 1 Read the following questions and choose the most appropriate response from the choices given below. (Please do not copy the question-simply write out in correct serial order the appropriate word or phrase) [1x16=16] ) In Act 3, Scene 1,which line reveals Caesar's sense of invincibility right before his assassination? (a) "The ides of March are come. constant as (d) " am as the northern star. (c) "Et tu, Brute?" his (d) "Let me see (ii) What face. Antony rhetorical strategy does actions of the (a)He directly use in his subtly funeral speech to question the conspirators? accuses Brutus of "Brutus is an (b) He repeats that treason. honorable man" Brutus's while contradicting Brutus and Cassius. (c) He openly mocks nothing in his will. them left Caesar that (d) He tells the crowd (ii) What is the significance tu, Brute?" in the of Caesar's final words, "Et justification. context of the play? that fate cannot be avoided. (a) They illustrate his belief sense of betrayal by Brutus. (b) They symbolize his shock and with the other senators. (c) They emphasize his disappointment actions. (d) They implythat he forgives Brutus for his final speech on Brutus is NOT correct? (iv) Which of the following statements about Antony's all." (a) Antony describes Brutus as "the noblest Roman of them (b) Antony believes Brutus killed Caesar out of envy. (c) Antony distinguishes Brutusfrom the other conspirators. (d) Antony respects Brutus' motives, unlike those of the other conspirators. (V) What does Antony claim was Caesar's reason for leaving his wealth to the ditizens? (a)Guilt (b) Fear (c)Love d)Ambition (vi) How does the ghost who enters Brutus' tent identify itself? (a) Great Caesar's ghost (b) He whowalks in night (c) Thy evil spirit (d) The shadow (vii) Arrange the following events toreflect Franz's emotionaltransformation: 1.M. Hamel wears his special green coat and speaks gently. 2.Franz notices the villagers' presence and feels uneasy. 3.M. Hamelexplains why the French language should be cherished. 4.Franz regrets not learning his language earlier. (a) 2, 1, 4, 3 (b) 1,3, 2,4 (b) 2, 1, 3, 4 (d) 1,4,3, 2 (viii) What metaphor does Bradbury use to describe the houses as Leonard Mead walks past them? (a) "lluminated and inviting" (b) "Tombs with flickering lights" (c) "Glistening with rain and stars" (d) "Vibrant and alive" (ix) What is the theme of "The Girl Who Can"? (a) The importance of family (b) OverComing societal barriers (c) Friendship and loyalty (d) The value of education () Which option best describes the relationship between statements (1) and (2): Statement 1: Martin's heart raced every time the elevator began to slow down near the fourteenth floor. Statement 2: He felt as though something terrible awaited him on that floor. Options: (a) (1) is true and (2) is false is false (b)(2) is true and (1) consequence (cl(1)is the cause and (2) Is the consequence (d) (2) is the cause and (1) is the With the Photographer' opens (xi) Stephen Leacock's short story our eyes to the notion the beholder (a) beauty lies in the eye of traumatic (b)body shaming can be (c) words can hurt more than weapons (d) photographers do not get impressed easily (xi) How does Sukumar Ray portray Bishma Lanchan's singing ability? (a) As melodious and soothing (b) As hilarious and intolerable (c) As impressive and captivating (d)As powerful and moving the following (xii) Which of the given options contains the figure of speech that appears in beams': line from Leigh Hunt's poem The Glove and the Lions': 'gave blows like (a) Janie read a book by the babbling brook (b) My love is like ared rose (c) The light danced on the surface of the water (d) Ramped and roared the lions (xiv) In Considerable Speck, the poet's reaction to the mite suggests his view on (a) The value of small, seemingly unimportant things (b) The dangers of insects in nature (c) His dislike for writing (a) The beauty of large, impressive creatures (xv) What does Longfellow suggest hauntS the (a) Ghosty apparitions (b) The memories and spirits of those who houses in "Haunted Houses? lived there (c) Creatures from the underworld (d) Shadows and noises (xvi) In the poem When Great Trees Fal, which feeling is expressed through the line Our memory, suddenly sharpened, examines, gnaws on kind words unsaid, promised walks never taken.'? (a) anger (b) regret (c) annoyance (d) fear SECTION B Question 2 DRAMA (Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare ) Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Citizens :Stand back! room! bear back! Antony: lf you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle.... Julius Caesar Act I (a) Where is Antony? Who allowed him to be there and on what occasion? (b) Did the citizens really have tears? If yes, why did I3] (c) What is a' mantle'? When did Caesar wear it for the they have tears? [3 first time? 3] (d) What was the reaction of the citizens immediately after this? (e)Howdoes Antony's speech reveal his strategic brilliance? Question 3 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Brutus: Come in, Titinius. (3] [41 [Exit Lucius] Welcome,good Messala. Now sit we close And call in about this taper question our (a)What news did (b) What news did (d) Why did Brutus necessities. Messalagive Brutus and (c)What was Cassius here, Brutus Portia?How did about Brutus to Messala receive throuah [3] letters? the army to opinion about marching [3] Philippi? [3] at Philipi? want to face the enemy (e)Earlier, Brutus disagreed [3] react to it? What was the with Cassius about Antony. disagreement and what was its [4] consequence? SECTION C Poems Chest -A Collection of ICSE PROSE - SHORT STORIES (Treasure Question 4 Read the extract given below and answer and Short Stories) the questions that follow: moonlit avenues of sidewalk in four long down peer and intersection an "He would stand upon the corner of directions,deciding which way to go,but it really made no difference;" The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury do?When is the story set? [3] (a)What was Leonard Mead's occupation?What did he love to streets?Mention TWO reasons he gives for (b)To what does Mead compare his walk through the empty making this comparison? [3] (c)Why had Mead decided to change his footwear from hard-heeled shoes to sneakers? [3] (d)What happened quite suddenly as he was mnakinghis way home?What was Mead's immediate reaction? [3] (a)Why was Mead taken away by the police car?Would you call this a horror story or a piece of science fiction?Give reasons for your answer. [4] Question 5 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: "He thought about her allday.Did she live in the building?He had never seen her before,and the building was not very big.May be she was visiting somebody? But 7:30 in the morning was too early for visiting. Martin felt nervous when he got back to the building after school. But why should he be afraid of an old lady? He felt ashamed of himself.He pressed the button and stopped on the third floor. steppedinto the elevator. hoping that it would not The Elevator by (a)What did Martin think about her all day?Why? (b)Why was Martin nervous when he got (c)Why did Martin feel ashamed of [3 back to his building after school? 3] himself?What does it reveal about him? (d)Whydid Martin hope that the elevator did stop on the third floor? (e) What according to Wiliam Sleator I3] would not stop?What happened when it I3]) you,Martin found scarier-the elevator or the old lady? Give reasons to support your answer. 141 SECTIOND POETRY (Treasure Chest - ACollection of ICSE Poems and Question6 Read the extract given below and answer the Ihave none of the Short Stories) questions that follow: tenderer-than-thou Collectivistic regimenting love With which the modern world is being swept. But this poor microscopic item now! AConsiderable Speck by Robert Frost (a) What is 'collectivisticregimenting love? Why was the poet different from it? (b) What did the poet finally do with the 'poor microscopic item' and why? (c) When did the poet observe the item first? What made it possible to see it? (d) Describe how the item was desperately trying to survive? (e) What is the message of the poem? Question 7 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: We breathe, briefly. Our eyes, briefly, I3] [3 I3] I3] stop,but it see with a hurtful clarity. When Great Trees Fall by Maya Angelou experione (a) What does the poet say happensto the air when great souls die? What emotions does the speaker in the extract? 3 come to remember suddenly when r t (b) Explain the meaningof "hurtful clarity" in this context. What do we souls die? I3] emotionally attached to departs? (c)What happens to our soul and mind when someone we are (3] (d)According to the poet, how is time the best healer? I3] (e)Earlier,how has the poet compared the world of nature with the human world? What was the literary device uSed [4 to make the comparison?
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