Term-one XI English Core # Practice

General Instructions:

1.        The Question Paper contains Three sections

2.        Section A-READING HAS 33 questions. Attempt a total of 28 questions, as per specific instructions for each question.

3.        Section B-GRAMMAR & WRITING SKILLS has 25. Attempt a total of 20 questions, as per specific instructions.

4.        Section C-LITERATURE has 62 questions. Attempt 52 questions, as per specific instructions.

5.        All questions carry equal marks.

6.        There is no negative marking.

READING

I.         Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:    12

1.      There are times when everyone has to face grief. When someone dear to oneself dies, one is left with a state in which shock and grief overcome the ordinary life. One is left in a situation when one feels there is nothing one can do. Grief and mourning are always associated with death. It also happens with other kinds of losses. It could be the loss of one’s job, losing one’s house and the loss of a close friend or a partner. 

2.      The best people to cope up with these are those, who come from cultures that have strict, formal and intensive morning ritual. In India we have diverse rituals which nowadays are being discarded. But these help in surmounting the crisis. The near and dear ones come to share the grief and apply balm with their words of solace. In modern society one is expected to act as if nothing has happened, but research has shown that mourning is an essential part of coming to terms with loss. There comes a time when one has to give up one’s grief and rejo9n the main-stream of life. Mourning in itself passes through these phases. Firstly, it is in the nature of shock and disbelief that feeling of numbness overtakes. The brain is not in a position to accept. It so happens that one expects the arrival of a lost one thinking that nothing will change and he will be with the lost one. In the second phase, one realizes the truth that the loss has actually happened, and it was not a dream. It is now that one feels the pain. Now one recollects the old moments and the memory of guilt creeps in.

3.      Here the affected person displays odd behavior and has difficulty in eating and is uable to sleep. He may remain in this stage for weeks, months and sometimes for years. In the next phase, relief from pain and negative feelings creeps in. This leads to the positive side. Now he feels he must make alternative arrangements or replacements. Here he is ready to cope with the situation. Here he knows that he cannot recover what he or she has lost, but is conscious of the future accepting the loss and is ready for the alternative.

4.      On passing through all the stages of grief it seems that time has passed like a river under the bridge. This shows that mourning has been successful. He cannot forget the loss but comes to terms with reality.

5.      Grieve with the person who is bereaved. This shows that you too value the mourned person. This gives a helping support and the bereaved person starts believing you. Your support to the bereaved should not stop after a few days. It may be needed for months. Assure the affected person that the feelings of grief diminish and it will not be the same always.

6.      You will see, there comes a time when he has to be distracted from grief. Take him out for an outing, especially away from the current situation. If he agrees, take the opportunity and let him join the leisurely ventures.

7.       It is, therefore, the duty of close relatives and friends to take the bereaved out of the depressing climate and give a fresh air of life and happy thoughts.

Q1. There are times when grief comes in _______ life.  A. everyone’s   B. many people’s  C. a few people’s  D. None of these.                                                                      Q2. When a dear one dies  person overcomes with  ______  A. Shock   B. Grief   C. Both  D. None                           Q3 One is left in a situation when one feels there is nothing one can do  -- means that one feels  _____ A. Hopeless  B. helpless  C. Hopeful  D. None of these.         Q4. Grief and mourning is associated with loss of _____  A. Job    B. House  C. close friend  D. All of these.   Q5. According to the writer, who can face the loss in a better way?  A. People who feel insecure.  B. People who belong to a culture that  practices mourning . C. People who have never faced losses in life.   D. none of these.                                                                                         Q6. The rituals which help to cope with crisis  are  being ______   A. discarded   B. diminishing   C. done with   D. None of these.                                                     Q7. surmounting means _______  A. overdo   B. Overcome  C. overestimate  D. None of these.                   Q8. Mourning is essential _______  A. to come to terms with danger.  B. to come to terms with reality  C. To come to terms with new possibilities. D. None of these. Q9. The first phase of shock results in ______  A. Acceptance of loss.  B. Non acceptance of loss.   C. To believe that the dear departed will never come back   D. None of these.                                                              Q10.  In which phase of shock one feels the pain?  A. In the first phase  B. When on feels C. when the feeling of numbness overtakes.  D. when one realizes the truth.   Q11. What happens next when a person realizes that the loss has actually taken place?  A. he forgets and comes back to normal life.  B. he remembers the past moments that fill him with guilt.  C.  he starts drinking   D. none of these.                                                    Q12.  A guilt ridden person displays _____ A. Strange behaviour  B. Normal behaviour    C. Pleasant behaviour.  D. None of these.                                                  Q13. A guild ridden person can be identified by ______ A. Odd behaviour  B. experiencing difficulty in eating and sleeping  C. Engaging in antisocial activities.   D. Both (A) and (B)                                                                            Q14. The third phase of shock is ________  A. No escape from pain.  B. Relief from negative feelings.  C. Increase in pain.  D. none of these.                         Q15.  A person starts looking for alternatives in _______  A. First Phase   B. Second Phase.  C. Third Phase.  D. None of these.                                                                    Q16. Time has passed away like a river under the bridge.  The figure of speech is _______ A. Personification  B. simile  C. Metaphor  D. None of these.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Q17. How much time does it take to pass through all the phases of greif?   A. A day or two.  B. A few months.  C. A year or so.  D. Both (A) and (C). Q18. How should we behave with a bereaved person?  A. Tell him the harsh reality of life.   B. Bereave with the bereaved person. C. Divert the person towards other important things in life.  D. None of these.                                                                                                                                                        Q19.   At a later time the person can be distracted? What does the writer propose?  A. Keep supporting the person.   B. Take the person on an outing, away from the current situation  C. Both  (A) & (B)    D. None of these.                                                                                                                                                Q20. Should a person be distracted immediately after the shock? Why?  A. Yes the sooner, the better.  B. No. If a person is not ready, he can’t be distracted.  C. No. support makes a person weaker and vulnerable.  D. None of these.  

II.Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

1.      The work of the heart can never be interrupted. The heart’s job is to keep oxygen-rich blood flowing through the body. All the body’s cells need a constant supply of oxygen, especially those in the brain. The brain cells live only four to five minutes after their oxygen is cut off, and death comes to the entire body.

2.      The heart is a specialized muscle that serves as a pump. Its pump is divided into four chambers connected by tiny doors called valves. The chambers work to keep the blood flowing round the body in a circle. At the end of each circuit, veins carry the blood to the right atrium, the first of the four chambers. Its oxygen has been used up and it is on its way back to the lung to pick up a fresh supply and to give up the carbon dioxide it has accumulated. From the right atrium the blood flows through the tricuspid valve into the second chamber, the right ventricle. The right ventricle contracts when it is filled, pushing the blood through the pulmonary artery, which leads to the lungs. In the lungs the blood gives up its carbon dioxide and picks up fresh oxygen, then it travels to the third chamber, the left atrium. When this chamber is filled, it forces the blood through the mitral valve to the left ventricle. From here it is pushed into a big blood vessel called aorta and sent round the body by way of arteries.

3.      Heart diseases can result from damage to the heart muscle, the valves or the pacemaker. If the muscle is damaged, the heart is unable to pump properly. If the valves are damaged, blood can not flow normally and easily from one chamber to another, and if the pacemaker is defective, the contractions of the chambers will become un-co-ordinated.

4.      Until the Twentieth century, few doctors dared to touch the heart. In 1953, all this changed. After twenty years of work, Dr. John Gibbon of U.S.A. had developed a machine that could take over temporarily from the heart and lungs. Blood could be routed through the machine, bypassing the heat so that surgeons could work inside it and see what they were doing. The era of open heart surgery had begun. In the operating theatre, it gives surgeons the chance to repair or replace a defective heart. Many patients have had plastic valves inserted in their hearts when their own were faulty. Many people are being kept alive with tiny battery-operated pacemakers; none of these repairs could have been made without the heart-lung machine. But valuable as it is to the surgeons, the heart-lung machine has certain limitations. It can be used only for a few hours at a time because its pumping gradually damages the blood cells.     

Q21. What is the contribution of Dr. John Gibbon?  A. Surgery started.  B. Open heart surgery began.  C. Brain surgery began. D. None of these.                                                                                                                                                                           Q22. Why can the work of heart never be interrupted? A. Body cells require a constant supply of carbon-di-oxide.  B. Body cells require a constant supply of oxygen. C. Body cells require a constant draining out of oxygen.  D. None of these.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Q23. If oxygen supply is cutoff, what happens to brain?  A. It remains unaffected.  B. It lasts for four or five minutes.  C. It functions much better.  D.  None of these.                                                                    Q24. Compared to a machine, what is heart?  A. a motor  B. a pully  C. a pump  D. a lever               Q25.  The chambers of heart are connected by ______  A. walls.  B. windows C. valves D. None of these                                                                                                       Q26.  What is the function of arteries and veins?  A. arteries supply the blood to the body.  B. Veins bring back the blood to heart.  C. Both (A) & (B)   D. None of these.                                                                                                                                           Q27.  The blood brought by veins is ________  A. full of oxygen. B. full of carbon-dioxide C. deoxygenated D. Mixed  Q28. The blood from the vein is collected in which chamber of the heart? A. Left atrium   B. Right atrium  C. Left ventricle  D. Right ventricle   Q29.  From right atrium the blood flows into ______  A. Left atrium  B. Left ventricle  C. Right Ventricle  D. None of these.  Q30. Where does the blood collected by veins go from the heart?  A. Liver   B. lungs.  C. body systems  D. None of these                                                                                                                                                        Q31. Where is the carbon-dioxide removed and oxygen is taken in?  A. at lungs  B. at stomach     C. pulmonary artery    D. None of these.   Q32. Heart disease can result from damage to _____ A. brain   B. nerve cell  C. heart muscle D. none        Q33. Dr. John Gibbon invented a device that could  ______  A. Perform surgery.  B. perform the function of heart to make open heart surgery possible.  C. stop the blood circulation in the body to perform surgery.  D. None of these.

 

                                                                                           

WRITING

Notice Writing                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Q34. The language of notice should be ______  A. Informal     B. Simple and formal   C. Tricky   D. Very informal                                                                                  Q35. Notice is always enclosed in a ______ A. Bracket   B. Box    C. Paper    D.  None of  these.                                                                                                                 Q36. The designation of the issuing authority is written ______ A. Just above signature.  B. Just below signature  C. On the top right hand side corner. D. None.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Q37. The______ of the Notice should be very clear. A. Purpose  B. Date C. place  D. None  Q38. Which of the following should be strictly avoided in notice writing?  A. I  B. You  C. Both of these   D. None of these. 

Official Letter

You are  Manish Dhingra of 136, Civil Line no. 3, Bina, Sagar. Write a letter to the Editor of The Hindustan Times, New Delhishedding light on flouting of covid-19 rules and regulations laid out by the government. Do suggest some ways to get rid of this problem.

Q38. The subject of the letter should be _________  A. Implementation of Covid-19 rules.  B. Covid-19 norms being followed.  B. Flouting of Covid-19 Norms.     D. Precautions from Covid-19.                                                                                                                                                                                Q39. What piece of advice should be given to the people?  (a) Please remain at your homes unless there is something urgent.  (b)  As the cases have diminished, feel free to remove your mask.  (c) Wash your hands with soap frequently.  (d) Social distancing is no longer required. (d) Work from home is still a better solution.                                                                                Answer:  A. (a) & (b)   B. (a) & (c)    C. (a), (c) & (d)   D. (a) & (d) Q40. What action should be taken against people not following Covid-19 protocol?  (a) Vigilance groups should be formed at local level with proper training.  (b) No action required as group immunity is settling in   (c) Mass awareness programs should be made and implemented. (d) Children should be excluded  from following the Covid-19 guidelines.     Answer:  A. (a) & (b)  B. (a) & (c)  C. (a) & (d)   D. None of these.                                                       Q41. What should you write at top left?  A. Manish Dhingra, 136, Civil Line no.3 Bina, Sagar.  B. Date   C. The Editor, Hindustan Times, New Delhi  D. None of these.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Q42. Which of the following form of address is correct?  A. Most Respected Sir    B. Honorable Sir   C. Sir   D. None of these.                                                                                              Q43. Which of the following should be written?  A. I request you to take timely action.  B. I hope the reminder stirs people and authorities to take proper measures.  C. I want you to request the people to follow the norms strictly.  D. None of these.

Literature                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        I. Read the excerpt and  answer the questions given below.

We lifted her off the bed and, as is customary, laid her on the ground and covered her with a red shroud. After a few hours of mourning we left her alone to make arrangements for her to take her to be cremated. The sun was setting and had lit her room and verandah with a blaze of golden light. We stopped half-way in the courtyard. All over the verandah and in her room right up to where she lay dead and stiff wrapped in the red shroud, thousands of sparrows sat scattered on the floor. There was no chirruping. We felt sorry for the birds and my mother fetched some bread for them. She broke it into little crumbs, sparrows took no notice of the bread. When we carried my grandmother’s corpse off, they flew away quietly. Next morning the sweeper swept the bread crumbs into the dustbin.

Q44. What is the name of the lesson?  A. The Patriot of a Lady.   B. The Parrot of a Lady    C. The Portrait of a Lady.   D. None of these.                                                             Q45. Who did we lift the bed?  A. Grand mother  B. Dead body of grandmother . C. Corpse of grandfather  D. None of these.                                                                            Q46. Who might be referred  to as ‘we’?  (a) The narrator     (b) Father  (c) relatives   (d) friends (e) army officers   Answer:  A. (a) & (b)  B. (a) (b) & (e)   C. (a), (b), (c) & (d)   D. None of these.                                                                                                                                                                                              Q47. What is customary?      A. Keeping the dead body on the ground.  B. Covering the corpse with a red shroud.  C. Lifting the dead body off the ground.  D. (A) & (B)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Q48. What is a ‘shroud’? A. a red cloth.  B. A sheet for covering the dead body.  C. a bed sheet  D. none of these.                                                                              Q49.  The word mourning means _______    A. Expressing joy  B. Expressing sorrow at someone’s death.  C. Waking up early   D. Sleeping in the day time.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Q50. What did the narrator and his family spot in the golden light ?  A. A crude stretcher    B. Grandmother dead and stiff   C. thousands of sparrows  D. None of these.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Q51. What did the mother do? A. She gave them bread crumbs   B. she shooed them off.  C. She took no notice of them  D. None of these.                                            Q52. Was mother’s gift accepted?   A. No, next day the sweeper put them in the dust bin.  B. Yes, the gift was accepted. Nothing of it was left.   C. The gift was partially accepted.  D. None of these.                                                                                                                                                                                  Q53. What does the incident show or prove?  A. Other creatures do not respond to human feelings.  B. Other creatures do respond . They were definitely sad and had come to mourn.  C. It was their habit to flock around grandmother   D. they were unconcerned and noisy.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

II.Read the excerpt and  answer the questions given below.                                                                                                                                                                        In July 1976,  my wife Mary, son Jonathan, 6, daughter Suzanne, 7, and I set sail from Playmouth, England, to duplicate the round-the – world voyage made 200 years earlier by Captain James Cook. For the longest time, Mary and I – a 37 –year-old businessman – had dreamt of sailing in the wake of the famous explorer, and for the past 16 years all our leisure time honing our seafaring skills in the British waters.                                                               Our boat Wavewalker, a 23 meter, 30 ton wooden-hulled beauty, had been professionally built, and we had spent months fitting it out and testing it in the roughest weather we could find. The first leg of our planned three-year, 105,000 kilometre  journey passed pleasantly as we sailed down the west coast of Africa to Cape Town. There, before heading east, we took on two crewmen – American Larry Vigil and Swiss Herb Seigler – to help us tackle one of the world’s roughest seas, the southern Indian Ocean.

Q54. Name the author.   A. Gordon Cook   B. Albert Walker  C. Alan East  D. (a) & (c)                                                                                                                      Q55. Why did the narrator not take a modern and strong boat for the journey?  A. he wanted to duplicate the voyage of Captain James Cook.  B. He wanted to prove to be the best sailor of the world.  C. He loved to take rash actions.  D. None of these.                                                                                                 Q56. What must have inspired the narrator to take up the voyage?  A. I know enough and can take up any challenge.  B. If some one could achieve the feat 200 years ago, I can also do the same. C. The accomplishment will give me name and fame.  D. None of these.                                                                     Q57. Give one word : Travel through unfamiliar area to learn about it.   A. Search B. find  C. observe  D. explore                                                                           Q58. ‘Leisure’ means _____ A. free time  B. using free time for enjoyment  C. Utilizing the opportunity offered by free time.  D. All these.                                                                               Q59 The phrase, ‘honing our seafaring skills’ means _______ . A. sharpening the knives used during the voyage  B. Perfecting the art of sailing by practice.  C. Taking chances being unskilled at seafaring.  D. None of these.                                                                                                                                                         Q60. The name Wavewalker is quite relevant because  ______ . A. It was going to dive into the waves.  B. It was going to sail on the waves.  C. It was to break all records of walking on the wave.  D. None of these.                                                                                                                                                      Q61. What effort was made to hone seafaring skills?  A. Practiced sailing for 16 years.  B. tested Wavewalker in rough seas. C. Used all the leisure time honing seafaring skills.  D. All these.                                                                                                                                                                                                   Q62. Wavewalker was ______. A. 23 ton, 30 metre, wooden-hulled beauty. B. 23 metre, 30 ton rotten-hulled beauty.  C. 23 metre, 30 ton wooden-hulled beauty.  D. None of these.  Q63.When they left Cape Town, how many members were there on board?  A. 4  B. 10  C. 6  D. None of these.  Q64. Choose the correct names of the two crew members taken on board.  (a)  Larry Seigler  (b) Larry Vigil (c) Herb Seigler  (d) Herb Vigil   Answer; A. (b) & (c)   B. (a) & (b)  C. (c) & (d)  D. None of these

Poetry                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      I.Read the extract an answer the questions given below.                                           The cardboard shows me how it was                                                                                                                                 When the two girl cousins went  paddling,                                                                                                                         Each on holding one of my mothr’s hands,                                                                                                                         And she the big girl – some twelve years or so.                                                                                                                     All three stood still to smile through their hair                                                                                                                   At the uncle with the camera.  A sweet face,                                                                                                                       My mother’s, that was before I was born.                                                                                                                             And the sea, which appears to have changed less,                                                                                                             Washed their terribly transient feet.

Q65. The name of the poem is _________.  A. The Photograph  B. A Photograph   C. Photograph  D. None of these.                                                                                     Q66. Who has written the poem?  A. Ted Hughes  B. Sylvia Plath  C. Shirley Toulson  D. None of these.           Q67. Cardboard refers to _____ A. Photograph  B. a memento   C. a gift  D. None of these                                   Q68. How many people are there in the photograph?  A. 3  B.  4    C. 2    D. 6                                                               Q69. How many boys are there in the photograph?  A. 1  B. 2.   C. 3  D. None                                                               Q70. Who is there in the photograph?  There are three children    (a) Poet’s mother  (b) Betsy (c). Betty  (d) Dolly (e) Dorothy                                                               Answer: A. (a) & (b)  B. (c) & (d)  C. (a), (b)  & (e)   D. (a),  (c) & (d)                                                                                                                                                     Q71. In line one ‘cardboard’ is   A. Simile  B. Metaphor  C. Alliteration D. none of these.                                                                                                            Q72. They went to the sea side with their  ______  A. Brother  B. Uncle   C. Mother  D. None of these.                                                                                         Q73. In the photograph, ______   A. Mother was one side     B. Mother was in the center   C. Mother was sitting.  D. none of these.                                            Q74. In the photograph, the children were posing _______   A. separately.  B. other children holding mother’s hand  C. Mother holding her cousin’s hands.  D. None of these.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Q75. Why were the children smiling through their hair?   A. they were trying to hide their smile..  B. They had put their hair that way for the photograph.   C. It was windy and the hair flew across their face.  D. None of these.                                                                                                                            Q76. In the photograph, how old is the mother?   A. about ten years    B. about twelve years  C. about fifteen years     D. None of these.                                                        Q77. What has not changed much?   A. the children    B. the sea   C.  transient feet   D. None of these.                                                                                        Q78. Terribly transient feet refers to  _______  A. something very bad  B. Very vulnerable feet.   C. Drastic changes with time.  D. None of these. 

II.Read the extract and answer the questions that follow.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       The Laburnum top is silent, quite still                                                                                                                                                                                                           In the afternoon yellow September sunlight,                                                                                                                                                                                             A few leaves yellowing, all its seeds fallen.

Till the goldfinch comes, with a twitching chirrup                                                                                                                                                                                                A suddenness, a startlement, at a branch end.

The whole tree trembles and trills.                                                                                                                                                                                                                It is the engine of her family.                                                                                                                                                                                                           Questions:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Q79. Name the poet.  A. Ted Hughes   B. Sylvia Plath  C. W. B. Yeats   D. None of these.                                                                                                             Q80.  September sunlight  is a example of   _______ . A. Simile  B. Metaphor   C. Alliteration  D. None of these.                                                                      Q81. The first three lines create  a ______  A. Still Picture   B. a Picture of movement  D. A noisy picture.                                                                                       Q82. Everything remains still till   ______  A. the wind blows    B. till the goldfinch comes    C. the noise takes over  D. none of these.                                             Q83.  In the first three lines the prominent colour is _______  A. Red   B. Yellow   C. Green  D. White.                                                                                          Q84. What changes occur with the arrival of the goldfinch?   A. the colour changes from yellow to dark blue   B. from stillness to noise and movement.  C. From two dimensional to three dimensional scene  D. None of these.                                                                                                                            Q85. Why is there a suddenness, a startlement at a branch end?   A. wind has shaken the branch.   B. Mother goldfinch has suddenly appeared there  C. A lizard has jumped on the branch.  D. None of these.                                                                                                                                                                          Q86. The figure of speech in ‘tree trembles’   is   _____.  A. Alliteration   B. Simile   C. Metaphor    D. None of these.                                                                 Q87. ‘the engine of her family’ is an example of   ______. A. Metaphor   B. simile.  C. apostrophe  D. None of these.                                                                   Q88. While writing the poem, the poet seems to be thinking  about ______  A. the importance of his family.  B. the importance of mother in a family.  C. Stillness or peace in the family.  D. all these.  

Snapshots                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   I.Read the extract and answer the questions that follow.                                                                                                                                                                                    It will take you a year to learn to ride, my cousin Mourad said.                                                                                                                                                             We could keep the horse a year, I said. My cousin Mourad leaped to his feet.                                                                                                                                       What? he roared. Are you inviting a member of the Garoghlanian family to steal? The horse must go back to its true owner.                                                                       When? I said.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          In six months at the latest, he said.                                                                                                                                                                                                              He threw the bird into the air. The bird tried hard, almost fell twice, but at last flew away, high and straight.                                                                                             Early every morning for two weeks my cousin and I took the horse out of the barn of the deserted vineyard where we were hiding it and rode it, and every morning the horse, when it was my turn to ride alone, leaped over grape vines and small trees and threw me and ran away. Nevertheless, I hoped in time to learn to ride the way my cousin Mourad rode.                                                                                                                                                             Q89. Name the writer?  A. William Shakespeare   B. William Samuel   C. William Saroyan  D. None of these.                                                                         Q90.What is the name of the story?  A. The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse    B. The Beautiful Summer of the White Horse   C. The White Horse of the Beautiful Summer  D. None of these.  Q91. The narrator of the story is ______  A. Mourad  B. Aram  C. Khosrove  D. John Byro                                Q92.  It will take you a year to learn to ride, My cousin Mourad said.  He is talking about  riding __________   A. a bike  B. Camel  C. Horse  D. None of  these.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Q93. To whom does the horse belong?  A. John Byro   B. Mourad  C. Khosrov  D. None of these.                                                                                                 Q94. Why did Mourad leap to his feet and roar?    A. He was unwilling to keep the horse that long.  B. Keeping the horse for a year was to him stealing the horse.  C. He belonged to a family of thieves. D. None of these.                                                                                                                                      Q95. Mourad agreed to keep the horse for  a maximum period of  _______  A. One year.  B. six months  C.  three months  D. none of these.                               Q96. While talking, what was Mourad doing?  A. fixing a broken wing of a bird.   B. fixing a broken toy.  C. fixing a wheel in the cart.  D. none of these.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Q97. How long did Aram practice riding?  A. One week  B. a fortnight  C. Three weeks  D. None of these.                                                                                                          Q.98. Deserted vineyard means  _______  A. an abandoned   vineyard.  B. A populated place.  C. A place in a desert   D. none of these.                                    Q99. Was Aram able to riding?  A. Yes  B. No  C. Partially  D. None of these.                                                                                                                                         Q100. When it was Aram’s turn to ride, what did the horse do?  A. he leaped over grape vines and threw Aram down. B. He galloped to unknown fields   C.  He enjoyed running in the country.  D. None of these.  Q101. Aram hoped to learn riding in  _________  A. two months    B. six months  C. a year or so.  D. none of these.   Q102. According to Mourad, how much time was required for Aram to learn riding?  A. two months  B. six months  C. A year    D. None of these.

Answer the following questions      Q103. Khushwant’s grandfather’s portrait was hung in the drawing room on the ______   A. windowsill    B. wall below the night bulb.  C. the mantelpiece  D. none of these.                                                                                                                                                           Q104. Her silence meant disapproval for _______  A. Western Scienc   and Music    B. Scripture reading  C. beggers and harlots   D. none of these. Q105.   Khushwant went abroad for  _______  A. five years   B. seven years   C. ten years.  D. None of these.                                                                                      Q106. When did Khuswant’s grandmother die?  A. When he went abroad..   B. the day his return from abroad.  C. Three days prior to his return.  D. None of these.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Q107. The first stanza of , A Photograph is about mother’s childhood and the second is about her ______  A. youth   B. middle age  C. infancy  D. none of these..                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Q108. In the line ‘Its silence silences.’ , the figure of speech is ______  A. Transferred epithet  B. exaggeration  C. personification  D. None of these.  Q109. The waves that hit the Wavewalker  were ______ A. Fifteen meters high  B. Thirty meters high   C. Nine meters high  D. none of these.   Q110. How did Mary help her husband during the crises?  A. she informed about the seepage of water.  B. she took the wheel so that husband could fix the problem. C. (A) and (B) both     D. none of these                                                                                                                                                                          Q111. The two crew men helped by _______  A. Pumping the water out of the boat   B. taking turns a the wheel  C. Navigating   D. none of these  Q112. To repair the gap, the narrator took _______  (a) hammer   (b) nut-bolts   (c) screws  (d) a drill  (e) canvas.                                                                 Answer: A. (a) & (b)  B. (a), (c) & (e)  C. (a), (c) & (d)  D. None of these.                                                                                                                                             Q113. What is the mast of a boat?  A. a tall upright structure on land for radio transmitter.  B. A tall upright post on a boat carrying sails.  C. A horizontal structure used as a handle  D. None of these                                                                                                                                                                                           Q114.  Give one word for the main body including bottom, sides & deck.  A. Stern  B. Mast  C. storm jib  D. Keel                                                                          Q115. No member of this family could be a thief.   A. Goraghlanian   B. Gareglanian  C. Garoghlanian  D. None of these.       Q116. Mourad’s father was a practical man. His name was _______ . A. San Joaquin  B. John Jacques  C. Zorab  D. None of these  Q117. Mourad was considered the natural descendant of  his ________ . A. Father   B. Grandfather  C. Uncle  D. None of these  Q118. Mourad often used  the words _________ .  A. Pay no attention to it.  B.    I know how to do it.  C. I can treat any one.  D. I have a way with ---- etc.       Q119. Who was Fetvajian?  A. A friend who kept secrets.  B. an enemy who about the horse to Byro  C. a holyman who counseled Mourad to return the horse.  D. a farmer whose deserted barn was used for the horse.  Q120. At the time of the story, Aram was a boy of _____  A. 13  B. 7  C. 16  D. 9