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THE INDIAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL, KUWAIT
TIME ALLOWED: 2 HOURS
NAME OF STUDENT: …………………………………………

MAX. MARKS: 50
ROLL NO.: …………….. CLASS/SEC: ……………..
NO. OF PAGES: 4
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SECTION –A – READING (10 MARKS)
Q.1. Read the following passage carefully. (5 Marks)
1. We are rushing through life and everyone seems to be pressurized and stressed
about one or the other thing. Stress has become an inescapable part of our lives. Many
of our illnesses are a result of stress, and to deal with it, we need certain ways to relax
our body and mind. Listening to music, particularly gentle, calming and melodious
music, relaxes people both physically and mentally. Music releases endorphins, the
natural painkillers in our brain, which relieve us from the sense of pain. Music can
normalize heart rate and blood pressure. The common occurrences of fatigue and
boredom decrease when we listen to music.
2.It diverts our attention from everyday anxieties, thereby reducing the stress caused
by such concerns. While meditating, listening to music helps us to connect with our
soul. Students can improve their concentration and boost their memory by listening
to soft music. Soothing music, when played at night, helps us to rest and relax for a
good night’s sleep. Listening to good music helps in overcoming negative traits such as
anger or worry, thereby improving our personality.
3.It creates positive energy and happiness. Every cell in the body becomes energetic
with increased peace of mind. Music is a therapy for everyone plants, birds, animals
and human beings — to flourish and rejuvenate. It certainly plays an important part in
making the world better for all living beings.
On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer the following questions:
a) How does listening to good music help us?
b) How does music help as the natural painkillers in our brain?
c) Give one word for ‘to renew’ (para 3)
d) How can students improve their concentration?
e) How does music create positive energy and happiness?
Q.2. Read the following passage carefully: (5 Marks)
People moan about poverty as a great evil and it seems to be an accepted belief that
if people had plenty of money, they would be happy, and get more out of life. As a
rule, there is more genuine satisfaction in life and more is obtained from life in the
humble cottage of the poor man than in the palace of rich men, who are attended by
servants and governesses at a later stage. At the same time, I am glad to think they do
not know what they have missed.
It is because I know how sweet and happy and pure the home of the poor is, how free
from perplexing care and social envies and jealousies, how loving and united the
members are in the common interest of supporting the family that I sympathize with
the rich man’s boy and congratulate the poor man’s son. It is for these reasons that
from the ranks of the poor so many strong, eminent, self–reliant men have sprung. If
you read the list of the “Immortals who were not born to die” you will find that most
of them have been poor.
On the basis of your understanding of the above passage, answer the following
questions.
a. What is the general idea about poverty?
b. Where can one get more genuine satisfaction in life?
c. Why does the author pity the rich man’s boy?
d. Find two other words in the passage with similar meanings to
i) confusing
ii) self–dependent
e. How has the author compared the rich with the poor?
SECTION –B – WRITING & GRAMMAR (16MARKS)
Writing (6Marks)
Q.3. You are the sports captain of Gandhi Memorial School, Delhi. Draft a Notice in not
more than 50 words inviting names of those who would like to participate in various
events for the Annual Sports Day.
Or
Your father is loving, kind and affectionate person and you consider him as your role model. Write a
descriptive paragraph about him in about 80-100 words.
Grammar (10 marks)
Q.4. (i) Identify the kinds of sentences. (1×3=3 Marks)
(a) My friend is really a good singer.

(b) Make sure you pay your instalments.
(c) Hurrah! We won the match.
(ii) Do as directed. (2 x1=2 marks)
(a) It is a big house. (Change into Exclamatory sentence)

/(b) The boy complained to the teacher. (Change into Interrogative Sentence)
(iii) State whether the underlined part is a Phrase or Clause. (1×3=3 Marks)
(a) This is a task of great relevance.
(b) I decided to accept the proposal because it was suitable.
(c) Before taking any medicine, I always speak to the doctor.
(iv) Identify the Main clause and Subordinate clause in the following sentences. (1×2=2 Marks)
(a) The house where I live consists of four rooms.
(b) He knows that he will pass the test.
SECTION –D –LITERATURE (24 MARKS)
Q.5. Read the given extracts and answer the following questions: (2x4=8marks)
(i)“Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.”
a) Name the poem and the poet.

b) Identify the rhyme scheme of the given stanza.
c) ‘He will not see me stopping here’. Who is ‘he’? Where does ‘he’ live?
d) Identify the figure of speech in the first line of the above extract.
(ii) “Your sister is, after all five years younger than you,” she said. “If she shows off a little, so what?
You use to do it too at that age. I remember once….”
(a) Name the lesson and the author.

(b) Name the speaker.
(c) Why did the speaker say the above lines?
(d) How did the listener react to the situation?
Q.6. Answer any six of the following questions in about 30 to 40 words each. (2x 6 = 12marks)
a. Why didn’t the narrator report the stolen car in the lesson, ‘A Slight
Misunderstanding’?
b. Why doesn’t the speaker linger in the woods?
c. Why does the speaker say that his classmate Gia is even bossier than his sister?
d. Why was the speaker’s wife upset with him in the lesson, ‘A Slight
Misunderstanding’?
e. Why didn’t the teacher punish the speaker in the lesson, ‘The Passive Voice’?
f. How did the horse react when his master suddenly stopped at the woods?
g. How would the passive voice have helped the speaker get out of trouble for not
drinking milk?
Q.7. Answer any one the following question in about 80 to 100 words. (1×4=4marks)
a) Attempt a character sketch of the narrator in the lesson ‘The Passive Voice’.
OR
b) Why is the story called ‘A Slight Misunderstanding’? Are the incidents of the story truly
a ‘slight’ misunderstanding? Cite any two instances from the lesson.

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THE INDIAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL, KUWAIT

TIME ALLOWED: 2 HOURS

NAME OF STUDENT: …………………………………………

SECTION –A – READING (10 MARKS)

Q.1. Read the following passage carefully. (5 Marks)

SECTION –B – WRITING & GRAMMAR (16MARKS)

Grammar (10 marks)

Q.4. (i) Identify the kinds of sentences. (1×3=3 Marks)

(a) My friend is really a good singer.

(a) It is a big house. (Change into Exclamatory sentence)

SECTION –D –LITERATURE (24 MARKS)

(i)“Whose woods these are I think I know.

a) Name the poem and the poet.

(a) Name the lesson and the author.

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