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SEMESTER ASSESSMENT - I 2009-10
General Instructions:
A1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: (12 marks)
Existence is Selflessness
(1) List any four of the eight rules of conduct enunciated by Lord Buddha:
(1x 4)
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(2) What is Nirvana and who, according to Buddha, can achieve Nirvana?(2)
(3) How does Buddha want us to judge a man? (2)
A1.2 Find words from the passage, which means the same: (4 marks)
A2. Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow: (8 marks)
The poet asks us to remember that people of other countries are (a)-----------.
All people under different dresses have the same (b) ------------------. They are equally
affected by (c) ---------. They wake and sleep alike, and are overcome by (f) ---------. To
hate (g) -----------. We desecrate our own (h) ----------- by waging war against others.
(b) What, according to the poet can be recognized and understood by all?
B1. St. Joseph Convent School, Jaipur has decided to hold a seminar on ‘The Art of
Living’. The Principal has asked you to write a notice about it. The seminar will be
inaugurated by a local M.L.A. The main speaker will be Swami Agniputra. Draft the
notice in not more than 50 words. You are Raman/ Anju, the Head Boy/ Head Girl. Put
the notice in a box. (5 marks)
B2. You are Divya Bhatia/ Arjun and you have bought a pocket-watch for your
grandfather’s 75th birthday. You suddenly have to leave for Mumbai for an interview.
At the airport, you realize that you have not sent the gift to your grandfather. You are
upset as you want your grandfather to receive the gift in time. You send a message to
your sister, Kirti, telling her where the gift is kept, requesting her to wrap up and
deliver the gift on time. You send the message through your driver. The message
should not exceed 50 words and put the message in the box. (5 marks)
B3. You are a student Oxford English High School; Shimla.Your school is organizing a
Variety Show to celebrate its Annual Day. You have been asked to design a poster
announcing the event, giving all the necessary details such as date, time and venue and
the main attractions of the show. Make your poster attractive by using suitable slogans/
visuals. Put the poster in a box. (10 marks)
B4. The following article on the condition of the Indian Bustard was submitted to Ms
Meenal Shukla, Minister for Environment, Rajasthan.
Worried about the declining population of the Indian Bustard, Ms. Shukla writes to
Shri Bikram Kumar/ Ms Rajni Verma, Director Horticulture, Rajasthan, desiring her/
him to study the present condition of the Indian Bustard and its future and submit the
formal report to the Ministry of Environment. Based on the information given
above, and tips from the Unit ‘Environment’ in your Main Course Book, write the
report. (10 marks)
You (a) ---------- do a lot for others. You have immense capabilities. You have
immense capabilities. You (b)---------not depend on others. You (c )-------- realize
that others (d)-------not do much for us. When you come here next month you
(e)-------- meet your old friends who are always ready to show you a new path in
life. Do you remember how you (f) ---------- to consult them? You (g)---------------
ignore but you (h) --------- not ignore your friends.
C3. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines.
Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheets. Remember to
underline the word that you have supplied. (8 marks)
C4. Look at the words and phrases below. Rearrange them to form meaningful
sentences. (4 marks)
(a) most/ the/ library /or / in/ school / one/ is/ important/ a/
places/of/college/ the
b) well-stocked/ good/ must/ institution/ a/ every/ library/ possess
c) to/ should/ this/ be accessible/ teachers/ alike/ students/ and/ easily
d) storehouse/ acts/ library/ as/ a/ the/ knowledge/of
D1. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow. (4marks)
“Will no one tell me what she sings?
Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow
For old unhappy far off things,
And battles long ago:
Or is it some more humble lay,
Familiar matters of today?”
D2. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow in one or two lines only.
(3marks)
“I steal by lawns and grassy plots,
I slide by hazel covers
I move the sweet forget me nots
That grow for happy lovers.”
D3. In the poem the “Solitary Reaper” the poet has very imaginatively transported the
reader to far off lands. Can you give two examples of these? The poet is trying to draw a
comparison through this, What is the comparison? Do you think he has been successful in
his attempt? Justify your answer. (50 -75 words) (4marks)
D4. ‘The Rani hates her, envies her beauty, is jealous for her son’.
Identify the speaker of these lines. Do you think this statement can be true in light of the
fact that the Rani is Bhojraj’s mother. Do you think the speaker could be right in saying
this? Why /why not. (75 words) (4marks)
D5. ‘Your mother slipped in speech , that’s all when saying, see thy bridegroom’. (4)
Q1 Who is the speaker of these lines? (1)
Q2. In what context does the speaker say these lines? (1)
Q3. Do you think the speaker regrets what the mother did? Why / why not? (2)
D6. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow in one or two lines only. (3)
‘Softly, O softly we bear her along,
She hangs like a star in the dew of a song;
She springs like a beam on the brow of the tide.’
Q1. Name the poem and the poet of this extract. (1)
Q2. Identify the two similes in this stanza. (1)
Q3. What is the rhyming scheme of this stanza. (1)
D7. Imagine yourself to be Madame Loisel. You return from the ball to find the necklace
missing and you immediately decide to inform Lady Forestier about it. Write a letter to
Lady Forestier informing her about the loss and the steps you plan to take to return the
necklace. (8)