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Views: 5,694 (5) (i) Friendship is the union of two souls. It is based on mutual love and trust. It is a blessing to have a good friend. Write a paragraph about your best friend with the help of given stimulus. Notes: Mohan best friend joined school .......... belongs belongs......... noble family fond of reading........ good at studies. high opinion of him hard-working and intelligent........... teachers........... discipline........ open nature honest.......... not............a bookworm ......... takes part in games......... loves gardening and reading books........very sincere. (ii) You are the Principal of Government Model Sanskriti Senior Secondary School Mahendergarh. The post of PGT English is lying vacant in your school. Draft a suitable advertisement under "Situation Vacant" column of a local daily for the same post. SECTION-D (Literature) 6. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. That night was a sorrowful one "All our work, for nothing." "There's no one who can help us." "We'll all go hungry this year." But in the hearts of all who lived in that solitary house In the middle of the valley, there was a single hope : help from God. (a) Why was that night a sorrowful one? 40 Marks (5) (b) What was the single hope? (c) Name the chapter and its writer. (d) Complete the statement : "All our work, for nothing" means that (e) Find the word from the passage which is the opposite of "spirited". Or When I returned, there was an appalling spectacle. There was complete silence from the box, but from its airholes and chinks around the lid, blood has tricked and dried. I whipped off the lock and tore open the lid, and Mij, exhausted and blood spattered, whimpered and caught at my leg. (a) Why did the narrator keep Mij into a box? (b) Why was the narrator prompted to open the box? (c) Name the chapter and its writer. (d) Find the word from the passage which means "quickly took off". (e) What did Mij do when the box was opened? 7. Attempt any two questions. (2 × 3 = 6) (a) What 'twin obligations' does Mandela mention? (b) What made the woman in the control centre look at the narrator strangely? (c) 'The tiger never brushed his teeth'. Why does the author say so? (d) Why does the conductor call Valli 'madam'? 8. How did the young seagull make his first flight? Or (6) One should understand that human beings are mortal and no one can escape share two key opinions from what you learnt from the lesson 'The Sermon at Benares'.
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