Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 50

Instructions :

(i) Read the questions carefully and answer them.

(ii) All questions are compulsory.

(iii) Marks of each question are indicated against it.

Note : Answer each of the following questions (from Q. Nos. 1 to 8)

in about 2 or 3 sentences.

1. How did Helen learn to read Braille ? 2

2. Who were Michael and Isabel ? 2

3. Who was Uberto ? 2

4. What was Sohrab's last wish ? 3

5. What is our duty towards handicapped ?

Or

Give one word for each of the following : 3

(a) A person unable to walk.

(b) A small plant which grows on food. leather or old clothes due

to moist air.

(c) Hair that grows on the chin and lower part of the cheek.

6. In what state are the ships when the unknown rider passes by ?2

7. What was the boast of Johnny the hare ? 2

8. What qualities of the Fountain does the poet wish to have ?

Or

What woke up Upagupta from his sleep ? 2

9. Do as directed :

(a) We should serve our country.

(Rewrite the sentence using `have got to') 1

(b) To climb up this tree is difficult for me.

(Rewrite the sentence beginning with the word it') 1

(c) She is too proud to beg.

(Rewrite using 'so... .that') 1

10. Do as directed :

(a) Adham Khan brought the charge against Bairam Khan.

Akbar told him to do so.

(Combine the pair of sentences using construction sub + get + object + to + verb) 1

(b) He does not like milk. (Add a question tag) 1

(c) It has been raining morning.

(i) for

(ii) since

(iii) from

(iv) by

11. Do as directed :

(a) Pachmarhi is cooler than Shivpuri.

(Change into Positive degree) 1

(b) I return from Mathura next Sunday.

(Rewrite the sentence using the word'will') 1

(c) It is very small.

I cannot see it.

(Combine the sentence using 'so... ...that') 1

12. You are Vinod Kumar. a student of class X-C. in Nutan Higher

Secondary School, Ratlam. Write an application to your Principal

to grant you scholarship.

Or

Write a letter to your father asking him to send you Rs. 200. You

are Prem Kumar. living at A-156. Danaoli. Gwalior (M.P.). 5

13. Write an essay on any one of the following topics in about 200

words :

(a) Wonders of Science

(b) A visit to a Historical place

(c) Newspapers

(d) A journey by train

(e) A cricket match. 8

14. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions

given below:

A man comes in this world when he is born and he leaves it when

he dies. He plays, works, eats and sleeps. Sometimes. he peels

into laughter, the next he sheds tears.

His main purpose of living in the world is to attain pleasure and to

avoid pains. He comes across success and failure in his attempt

to get pleasure. He makes some people his friends and other

people his enemies. He maintains his good and bad relations with

the people of the world. He earns name and fame, health and

wealth, knowledge and power. He. thus gets maturity of body and

mind. Curiously enough all his achievements come to an end one

day, when he leaves this world and goes empty handed to the other world.

Questions :

(a) When does a man come in this world ? 1

(b) When does he leave it ? 1

(c) What is the main purpose of one's life ? 1

(d) What does he earn in this world ? 1

(e) How does his achievement come to an end ? 1

15. Translate any five of the following sentences into English : 5