Unite Test: 1 2021-22
Home Assignment
Sub. : English
Class: X
Total Marks: 50
1.
Comprehend the following passage and answer the following questions.
All through the night, Lencho thought
only of the one hope: the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been instructed,
see everything, even what is deep in one's conscience. Lencho was an ox of a
man, working like an animal in the field, but still he knew how to write. The
following Sunday, at daybreak, he began to write a letter which he himself
would carry to town and place in the mail. It was nothing less than a letter to
the God.
Questions: 1x5=5
i) What did Lencho think of all through the night?
Answer: All
through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope: the help of God,
whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in
one's conscience.
ii)
What did Lencho do on the following Sunday?
Answer: On the
following Sunday, he wrote a letter to God.
iii)
What did Lencho carry to the town?
Answer: Lencho
began to write a letter which he himself carried to town and placed in the mail.
iv).............…
deep in one's conscience
(Meet/friendly/an
inner sense of right and wrong)
(Choose
the correct meaning of the underlined word from the alternatives.)
Answer: an inner sense of right and wrong.
v)
Lencho was an ............... of a man.
(Fill
in the blanks with the correct word from the passage.)
Answer: ox
2. Do
as directed: 1x6=6
a)
Choose the correct meaning of the underlined words from the brackets given
below.
i) …………. the transitory freedoms of
being able to stay out at night.
(reduced/behavior/not
permanent)
Answer: not permanent
ii)
Numerous walking trails in the region..............
(paths
created by walking/hills/forests)
Answer: paths created by walking
b) Give the rhyming words for the following
words
Rage,
grass
Answer:
Rage - Sage
Grass – Pass
c)
State whether the following statements are true or false
i)
The river Kaveri, obtains its water from the hills and forests of Coorg.
Answer: true
ii) Man's goodness is a flame that cannot be
hidden but never extinguished
Answer: false
3. Do
as directed
1x10=10
i)
Rewrite the following sentences using the correct tense form of the verbs given
in brackets.
a) He
(visit) the Kamakhya temple once in a year.
Answer: He visits the Kamakhya temple once in a year.
b) I
(meet) him yesterday.
Answer: I met him yesterday.
c) The baby (cry) because it is hungry now.
Answer: The baby is crying because it is hungry now.
d) An
atheist (not believe) in God.
Answer: An atheist not believes in God.
e)
You (fail) unless you work harder.
Answer: You will fail unless you work harder.
ii)
Choose the determiners from those given in the brackets and fill in the
brackets.
a)
Did you buy ———fruits? (any/some)
Answer: any
b)
There are only ———girls in our team. (few/a few/the few)
Answer: a few
c)
Give me ———milk that is in the cup. (little/a little/the little)
Answer: the little
d)
This is ———unique academic journal. (a/an/the)
Answer: a
e) Our
headmaster is —-——— honorable person. (a/an/the)
Answer: an
4. Answer
the following questions briefly 2x
12=24
i)
What type of a man was the postmaster?
Answer: The
postmaster was a sensible and a compassionate human being who was
amazed by the depth of faith in God that is shown by Lencho. Although at first
he was amused by Lencho's letter to God, he became serious and wanted to help
Lencho because he didn't want his faith to be shaken.
ii)
What made Lencho angry?
Answer: There were only
seventy pesos in the envelope whereas Lencho had demanded a hundred
pesos. The difference in the amount made him angry.
iii)
What did courage means to Mandela?
Answer: For
Mandela, courage does not mean the absence of fear but a victory over
fear. According to him, brave men need not be fearless but should be able to
conquer fear.
iv)
What were the twin obligations according to Mandela?
Answer: Mandela
mentions that every man has twin obligations. The first is towards his
family, parents, wife and children; the second obligation is his contribution
towards fellow people, his community and his country.
v)
What do you mean by ‘Apartheid’?
Answer: The
word Apartheid means "the state of being apart". Apartheid' is a
political system of racial segregation that separates people according to their
race.
vi)
Why is Coorg famous for?
Answer: Coorg
is a small district of Karnataka state of India. This is a land of rolling
hills inhabited by a proud race of martial men, beautiful women and wild
creatures. It is famous for its coffee estates, evergreen rainforests and
spices. Its thirty per cent area is covered with the evergreen rainforests.
vii)
What is kuppia?
Answer: Kuppia is
a long black coat with an embroidered waist belt worn by the Kodavu.
viii)
How does the tiger frighten the villagers’?
Answer: The tiger
scares the people by growling at them and showing his teeth and claws.
ix)
Why does the tiger ignore the visitors’?
Answer: The tiger ignores the visitors as his strength is confined to the cage. He feels sad
and restless behind the concrete walls.
x)
Who was Amanda? How old is she?
Answer: Amanda
is a school going girl. From the description of Amanda the reader can guess her age to be not more than 11 years and not less
than nine.
xi)
What could Amanda do if she were a mermaid?
Answer: If Amanda were a
mermaid then she would drift slowly on a languid emerald sea. She would be the
sole inhabitant of the relaxed green sea and would move slowly on it.
xii)
Why did the international leaders gather in South Africa?
Answer: The international leaders gathered in South Africa because of their policy of apartheid many countries had earlier broken off diplomatic relations with South Africa. He thus thanked all the international leaders for having come to witness his investiture as President since this event could be considered as a common victory for justice, peace and human dignity.
5. Write
a letter to the editor of an English daily throwing light on the very issue of
price rising of the market due to the covid pandemic situation. 5
Answer:
Sub: Skyrocketing prices of essential
commodities due to the covid pandemic situation.
Sir,
Through the columns of your esteemed
daily, I wish to express my deep concern over the skyrocketing prices of
essential commodities due to the covid pandemic situation which are
making the lives of common people miserable.
The prices of essential commodities
like pulses, vegetables, cooking oil and petrol have been rising incessantly
which proves the efficiency of the government to keep inflation low. The
current scenario favors the richer section of the society. The poor and middle
classes of our country are not getting the food grains and pulses at a
reasonable price to sustain themselves with two basic meals. Big businessmen
and hoarders have created this artificial shortage of food grains by illegally
storing them in godowns so that there is no limit to the galloping prices.
The government must take stern action against hoarding and black marketing of food items during this situation. Fair price shops must be set up in greater numbers. Moreover, people should be empathetic and food should not be wasted in social events and daily life. Along with the government, every citizen should take all necessary steps to control the price rise in this pandemic situation.
Yours sincerely
Mrigen Talukdar
Nice blog 💜
ReplyDelete