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Total No. of, Printed Pages, , -, , 4, , PRE, , FINALTEST, , -, , PFT'21/HS-1/RGSSS, , 2021, , Higher Secondary Second Year, Full Marks -100, The figures in, the, , SECTION - A, , ENGLISH, Time: 3 Hours, , margin indicate full marks for the questions, , (Reading Skills: 10 Marks), Read the following passage, carefully and answer the, 4.30 PM, that tolow, .(Abha broueht in the last meal he questions, was ever to eat, : it consisted of, .COOked and raw vegetables. oranges and, At, , concoction of ginger., , goat s, , Srdned butter with juice of aloc) Sitting on the, of his room in the rear, Dehi, Gandhi ate and talked with Sardar floor, n, Vallabhbhai Patel. Deputy Prime Minister of, government of Independent India, Maniben. Patel's daughter and secretary, was also, e conversation was important. (There had been rumours of differences, between, atel and Prime Minister Jawaharlal, Nehru., 'This, like, so, nad, others., Deen, problem., many, dropped into the Mahatma's, lap, Abha, alone with Gandhi and the Patels. hesitated to, interrupt, But she knew ganani s, to, atachment, punctuality., she, Finally,, therefore,, picked up the, and, a, , watch, , lemons and, of Birla House, , Mahatmas, nickel-platca, himI must tear myself away. Gandhi remarked., and so saying he, adjoining bathroom and then started towards the prayer ground in the large, , showed it, , rose. went to the, park to the left, , sOur, , to, , of the, house)(Abha. the young wife of Kanu Gandhi. grandson of the, cousin., and Manu, the, Mahatma, granddaughter of another cousin., him: he, eaned his forearms on their, shoulders. 'My walking sticks, he called accompanied, them, s, , On the basis of your reading of the passage answer, a ) What did Gandhi eat in his last meal ?, b) Who were the persons present when Gandhi, , the following questioDs:, , ate his last, , meal ?, , (c) What was the problem that had been dropped into Gandhi's lap?, (d) Why did Abha show Gandhi the nickel-plated watch ?, (e) What does Gandhi mean by saying "I must tear myself away" ?, (DWho were the 'walking sticks' of Gandhi?, (g) Give the opposite of 'raw., , SECTION-B, 2, , (Advanced, , 1, , Writing Skills: 25 Marks), , the General Manager of P.K. Industries. Hyderabad. You need an chartered, accountant in your company. Draft in not more than 50 words an advertisement to be, published in "The Statesman' in classified columns., 5, OR, , (a) You, , are, , (b) You are Mohini/Mohan of DP Public School. Tinsukia. As a student editor of your, school magazine. draft a notice in not more than[0words for your school notice board, inviting all the students to submit stories poems, articles. sketchesby a certain, 3, , (á) Write a report informing the people ofyour town to have their doses of covid vaccines, , which will be administered at five centres in your town on certain date. Mention the, 10, details of the centres and the doses to be provided. ( in 100- 125 words), OR, , (b) Write a report on a road accident giving details of the accident and the steps taken by, 125, the concerned authorities towards medical relief to the accident victims. (in 100, words)
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(a) Write, , a, , letter, , to, , the, , Ritam/Riya living in Hojai. editor of a newspaper O, OR, , o, u are Firoz/Fatima of Tinsukia. You have seen an advertisement tor ne pOst ot, e s Executive in a multi- national comnany, Write an application appy ing Tor lne post., Give your detailed bio-data, , well., , as, , (GRAMMAR, , SECTION-C, , 20 Marks), , Change the form of narrationin thefollowingtrain?", sentences, the woman asked, (a) OW long, hour". I replied., , D, , One, , do you, , day Mohan, , have to wait for, , told, , me, , 2x2-4, me. "ADOUt an, , your, , that he would become, , a, , I asked, doctor and leave Assam., , him if he knew anything about medicine., , 6 Change the voice of any three of the following sentences:, (a) The news surprised me., (b) The student was told to leave the room., (c) My mobile has been stolen., letters., (d) You will be asked to deliver the, (e) Have you brought the book?, The coach is training the players., , (), , sentences, 7 Rewrite any five of the following, , 1x3-3, , their, usingthe verbs given in brackets inIx5=5, , le t, correct tense forms:, she (leave) the room., soon as I came in,, As, a), work yet., walk but I (hot finish) my, (b) I want to go for a, the biggest sin., (c) To hate man (be), since this morning?, (d) What you (do), (purchase) a flat., e) She wished she, have missed the train., time, he would not, (start)'in, Ifhe, (bark), , now., , dog, (g) A black and, the blanks with appropriate, in, filling, 1X4=4, sentences, folleowing, the, of, four, anv, 8, Rewrite, 8, white, , prepositions:, , your success., , I congratulate you, , Sa), (b) Have pity, , the poor., , C m milk., made, () Butter is, fondness, Jd) He has great, , children., , notes., , (e) I paid him, , (, , T, , me., , is pleased, The, sentencesas directed:, following, sentence), the, into a complex, Rewrite any four of, all. (Change, , lx4=4, , teacher, , is, His honesty, , known to, , "sweet"), , of, the comparative degree, (Use, without changing, rosogolla., it negative, (Make, hal., the, enter, , (a), as a, is as sweet, The, baby, allowed, (b), are, the students, Only, (c), , to, , sentence), a simple, life. (Make it, the meaning), in, shine, sentence), he cannot, superlative, is so lazy that, He, it into, it a compound, Change, (Make, (d), class., train., (, the, catch the, other girls in, Run fast to, , (e), (), , She is, , degree), , more, , intelligent, , than, , most
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SECTION - D, following extracts and, (Text Books : 45, (a)Those, who, answer, the questions of' marks), prepare green, wars with, any one of the, wars., gas., with fire., following:, victory with no wars, would put on survivors., 10 Read the, , clean clothes, and walk, about with their, brothers, , in the, , shade. doing, , nothing", , (i) What are the, (ii) What kind ofdifferent kinds of wars mentioned, do they achieve ?, (iii) What should victory, the, do ?, , (iv) Find words, , in the, , passage, , ?, , warmongers, , 1, 1, , in the, passage that mean "those left alive', and "win"., OR, , (b)"But soon, put that thought away and, looked out at young, Trees sprinting. the, merry children spilling, Out of their homes",, (i) Who looked, , (ii), , out at the, , Which, , young trees?, , thought did the speaker put away?, (ii) What do young sprinting, trees signify ?, (iv) What did the poet see the children, doing?, 11 Answer any three of the following questions in, 30-40 words:, (a) What is the 'sadness' that the poet refers to in the, (b) Why has the mother been compared to the 'late poem Keeping Quiet?, winter's moon'?, c) What is the kind of pain and ache that the, poet feels, in the poem "My, Sixty-six2, , (d) What is Pablo Neruda's opinion about, , 1, , 2x3=6, , Mother, , at, , the different kinds of wars?, , (e) What do the parting words of the poet and her smile, signify in 'My Mother, six?, , at, , Sixty-, , 12 Answer any five of the following questions:, , 1x5-5, (a) What was written in the new copies brought by M. Hamel for the students in a, beautiful round hand?, , (b) Where is Champaran situated?, C) Who is the Chota Sahib in the 'Memoirs of a Chota Sahib?, What was Gandhi's politics intertwined with?, , (d, , E) What did M. Hamel do when he wanted to go fishing?, () How did John Rowntree find the weather when he arrived at Gauhati?, (g) What is the 'great trouble' with Alsace?, , (h) Whom did Gandhi and Shukla propose to meet at Patna?, , 13Answer any five of the following questionsin 30-40 words:, , 2x5-10, , (a) Why did Franz want to spend his day out of doors ?, the, (b) What was the incident that prompted Gandhi to raise his voice of protest against, British?, , (c) What is a mar boat and how is it operated ?, , (d) What did M. Hamel say about the French language ?
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(e), , Why did, (f) Give a Gandhi agree to a, ettlement of 25%, settlement, brief, 25°% refund, of Peacock, (g) Why were, the, Island., , deseription, , to, , the farmers ?, , village people present in the, ass on the, day of the last lesson?, of Champaran long-term, ?, contract between the, English landlords and the, sharecropperS, AnSwer any one of the, following questions in 80 (a) Describe the, 100 words:, unusual, Ix5-5, n) What, was the, , 14, , (b), , things noticed by Franz on the, Describe the efforts made, day, by R. K. Shukla, to, , 15Answer any one of, , the, , of the last lesso., , persuade Gandhi to go to Champaran., , (a) Discuss the forms following questions in 125-150 words:, of discrimination, , projected, , Bama., , (b) How did the, , Tiger King, , retain his kingdom?, , come, , in, , danger, , of, , in the, , narrations, , losing his throne?, , 16 Answer any four of the following, questions in 30- 40 words:, (a) Who is the Tiger King? Why does, he get, name?, (b) When did Bama experience untouchabilitythat, 2, , x7-7, of Zitkala Sa and, , How did he manage, , (c) What did the chief astrologer predict about the, Tiger King?, (d) Why did Zitkala Sa feel uncomfortable in the dining room?, (e) How did the hundredth tiger take its revenge on the Tiger King?, (fWhat did Annan say about his community to the narrator?, (g) How did the Tiger King celebrate the killing of the hundredth tiger?, , to, , 2x4-8
