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Read the passage given below and answer
the questions that follow. (8)
The morning of 6th August, 1945
in Hiroshima, Japan did not begin in any exceptional way; the people had no
idea that they were about to be apart of one of the most significant mornings
in all of history. At 8:15 am, the United States of America (USA) forces
dropped the first atomic bomb, ironically called, when one considers the
enormity of the bomb's significance, the "Little Boy". Three days later,
the USA dropped a second bomb, nicknamed the "Fat Man" on Nagasaki.
Historically, the use of the atomic bombs is seen as a decision that the United
States made during WWII in order to end the war with Japan. Regardless of the
motivation for using the bombs, they left a heavy death toll. The bombing of
Hiroshima not only changed the physical and emotional health and culture of the
Japanese people, but also changed the world.
The population in Japan in
October 1940 was 73,114,308; in November 1945 the population was 71,998,104.
Japan was visibly a thriving country that was hit very hard by the bombing. In
1945, most people in the United States thought that it was absolutely necessary
to bomb Japan. They thought that the bombings put an end to the war and save
countless lives. On the other hand, some felt that Japan's situation in 1945
was already "catastrophically hopeless," and prior to the bombing,
Japanese leaders were preparing to surrender in the summer of 1945. It has even
been suggested that the United States had decoded Japan's messages, and were
aware of the impending surrender, thus making the horrors unleashed on
Hiroshima completely unnecessary. Lastly, and most disturbingly, the bomb may
have been dropped because of President Truman's desire to intimidate the USSR.
It is unlikely that we will know the complete truth of why the bomb was
dropped, but what is distressingly clear, are the effects of the bomb. The
bombings crippled the nation of Japan for many years. After the bombings, any
humans that survived the initial blast were suffering from radiation exposure.
(a) Answer the following
questions. (1
x 8 = 8)
(i) What was the name of the
second bomb dropped by USA in Japan?
(ii) Why was the day an exception
in Japan?
(iii) What was the impact after
the bombing of Hiroshima?
(iv) Why was the bomb dropped?
(v) Who was the US President at
that time?
(vi) What was ironical about the
first atomic bomb?
(vii) When did the Hiroshima
tragedy take place?
(viii) What was the time gap
between the two bombings?
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Read the passage given below and answer
the questions that follow. (12)
Consumerism is economically
manifested in the chronic purchasing of new goods and services, with little
attention to their true need, durability, product origin or the environmental
consequences of manufacture and disposal. Consumerism is driven by huge sums
spent on advertising designed to create both a desire to follow trends, and the
resultant personal self-reward system based on acquisition. Materialism is one
of the end results of consumerism.
Consumerism interferes with the
workings of society by replacing the normal common-sense desire for an adequate
supply of life's necessities, community life, a stable family and healthy
relationships with an artificial ongoing and insatiable quest for things and
the money to buy them with little regard for the true utility of what is
bought. An intended consequence of this, promoted by those who profit from
consumerism, is to accelerate the discarding of the old, either because of lack
of durability or a change in fashion.
It is an often stated catechism
that the economy would improve if people just bought more things, bought more
cars and spent more money. Financial resources better spent on Social Capital
such as education, nutrition, housing, etc are spent on products of dubious
value and little social return. In addition, the purchaser is robbed by the
high price of new things, the cost of the credit to buy them, and the less
obvious expenses such as, in the case of automobiles, increased registration,
insurance, repair and maintenance costs. Consumerism is defined as the process
of buying and using the goods and services. It is a belief that it is good for
a society or an individual to buy and use a large quantity of goods.
(a) Answer the following
questions. (2
x 4 = 8)
(i) What is consumerism?
(ii) What is the disadvantage of
consumerism?
(iii) What is the objective of
advertisements?
(iv) What is materialism?
(b) Answer the following
questions. (1
x 4 = 4)
(i) What is the meaning of the
word "manifested"?
(ii) Give the synonym of
"manufacture".
(iii) Give the antonym of the word
"adequate".
(iv) Pick out a word from the
passage that means 'not real'.
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You have recently participated in a
'Robot Making' event organized in your school. You enjoyed the experience.
Write your feelings in a diary in 100-120 words.
(5)
Or
You are Akshita/Akshat. Write an
article/or the school magazine on the topic, "The World Should Turn Vegetarian'
in about 100-120 words.
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Write a short story in 150 - 200
words using the following hints. (10)
Rama holds out a piece of bread
to a dog - the dog jumps forward to take it - Rama hits him with a stick - a
man watching all this called the boy - offers him a rupee coin.
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Read the following paragraph and
fill in the blank with one correct word. (1
x 3 = 3)
I (a) ......... writing with
ink. He fell on (b) ......... ladder. There are (c) .........
categories of writing.
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In the following passage one word is
missing. A '/'is provided. Write the correct word in the space provided,
(1 x 4 = 4)
(a) The government / the best engineers
on the job. .........
(b) He is very anxious / his
success in the competition. .........
(c) Avail yourself / this
opportunity. .........
(d) / burnt child dreads the
fire. .........
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Rearrange the following
words/phrases into meaningful sentences. The first one has been don't for you as
an example. (1
x 3 = 3)
backbone of/is
the/institution/education/every/library
Library is the backbone of every
educational institution.
(i) books on/there
are/different/plenty of/subjects
(ii) cater to/the books/the
taste/of students/ and need
(iii) plays/in improvising/the
librarian/an important part/reading habit
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Read the extracts given below
and answer the questions that follow. (1
x 3 = 3)
"Oh, I kept the first for another
day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back"
(i) Whom does T refer to?
(ii) What does the poet know?
(iii) What is the doubt the poet
is referring to?
Or
''I was vain: the loud waves lash'd the shore
Return or aid preventing,
The water wild went o'er his child,
And he was left lamenting".
(i) Who is "he" here?
(ii) What does "water
wild" symbolize?
(iii) What does
"lamenting" mean?
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Answer the following questions in 30-40
words each. (2
x 4 = 8)
(i) Why did the grandmother cry on
the author's return from the wedding?
(ii) What assumptions does the
poet make about the theme of the reaper's song?
(iii) What offer did the maid give
to Juliette?
(iv) In what sense was Hooper a favored
young man?
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What values do you learn from
the grandmother in the story 'How I Taught my Grandmother to Read'? Explain in
80-100 words. (4)
Or
'Only if the destination is
known, the journey appears to be enchanting and worth discussing'. Discuss with
reference to the poem 'The Road Not Taken' in 80-100 words.
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Answer any one of the following
questions in about 150-200 words. (10)
How did Gulliver thwart the
Blefuscudians' intended invasion against the Lilliputians? (150-200words)
(Gulliver's Travels)
Or
Give a character sketch of Flimnap.
(Gulliver's
Travels)
How do the old buildings along
the banks of the Thames at Kingston remind the narrator of certain historical
facts? (Three
Men in a Boat)
Or
'Harris and uncle Podger are the two
sides of the same coin'. Justify. (Three Men
in a Boat)
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