| You are Smitha/Sunil, Secretary AVM Housing Society. You going to organize a blood donation camp. Write a notice in not more than 50 words, urging the members of your society to come in large numbers for this noble cause. Invent all the necessary details. |
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| You are General Manager, Hotel Dosa, Gurgaon. You need a lady Front Office Assistant with sound Knowledge of computers. She must be a graduate and good in communication skills with pleasing manners. Draft an advertisement in not more than 50 words to be published in Gurgaon Times. |
| Your school Sun Public School, Poona celebrated 'Environment Day' on 5th November. Write a report on the programme in 100-125 words for your school newsletter. You are Neeta/Naveen, Cultural Secretary of the school. Invent the necessary details. |
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| You are Deepak/Deepika, Secretary of Ahimsa Club, Parsva Public School, Delhi. On 2nd October your school observed 'International Day for peace and Non-violence', organising various activities such as a visit to Rajghat, Charkha spinning, lectures by eminent Gandhians, etc. |
| Write a report for the same in 100-125 words. |
| As a regular commuter by bus from Noida to Delhi, you have been witnessing rash driving by the bus drivers daily without an exception. Write a letter to the editor 'The Times of India' drawing the attention of the General Manager of Delhi Transport Corporation to this problem. You are Priti/ Prakash, 15, Udyog Vihar, Noida. |
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| Write a letter to Lightways Sport, Amrapalli, Thane, placing an order for sports articles (Minimum 4) to be supplied to your school, ABC Matriculation School, Civil Lines, Poona, Sign as Ravi/Raveena, Sports Secretary. |
| Your family has recently shifted from Kota in. Rajasthan to Ernakulam in Kerala, where your house is situated In the midst of beautiful flowering plants and fruit-yieldiiig trees. Every minute and every second, you are experiencing the joy of being in the lap of nature. Write -an article in 150-200 words on the diversity of nature that you have experienced. You are Latha/Lalitha of class XII. |
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| Write an article in 150-200 words on the topic, 'Poverty is the cause of all evils', to be published in the Young World of 'The Hindu', Chennai. |
| Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Perhaps the Earth can teach us As when everything seems dead And later proves to be alive Now m count up to twelve And you keep quiet and I will go. |
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| A flowery band to bind us to the Earth, Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth of noble natures, of the gloomy days, Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkened ways made for our searching : |
| (i) What does the Earth teach us? |
| (ii) What does the poet mean to achieve by counting up to twelve? |
| (iii) What is the significance of? "keeping quiet"? |
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| (i) What are we doing every day? |
| (ii) Which evil thing do we possess and suffer from? |
| (iii) What are the circumstances that contribute towards making humans unhappy and disillusioned with life? |
| Answer any three of the following questions in 30-40 words each: |
| (a) Why has the poet's mother been compared to the 'late winter's moon'? |
| (b) What message does Stephen Spender convey through the poem 'An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum'? |
| (c) What was the plea of the folk who had put up the roadside stand? |
| (d) What will happen to Aunt Jennifer's tigers when she is dead? |
| Answer the following questions in 30-40 words each: |
| (a) How did Franz react to the declaration that it was their last French lesson? |
| (b) How did the instructor turn Douglas into a swimmer? |
| (c) Why did Sophie like her brother Geoff more than any other person? |
| Answer the following in 125-150 words; |
| How did the peddler feel after robbing the crofter? What course did he adopt and how did he react to the new situation? What does his reaction reveal? |
| Answer the following in about 100 words: |
| Exploitation is a universal phenomenon. The poor indigo farmers were exploited by the British landlords to which Gandhiji objected. Even after our independence we find exploitation of unorganised labor: |
| What values do we learn from Gandhiji's campaign to counter the present day problems of exploitation? |
| Answer the following in 125-150 words: |
| What is the bond that unites the two-the old Mr. Lamb and Derry, the small boy? How does the old man inspire the small boy? |
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| Do you think Dr. Sadao's final decision was the best possible one in the circumstances? Why/why not? Explain with reference to the story 'The Enemy' |
| Answer the following in 30-40 words: |
| (a) What sort of hunts did the Maharaja offer to organize for the high-ranking British officer? What trait of the officer does it reveal? |
| (d) What did Jo want the wizard to do when Mommy Skunk approached him? |
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