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dark sky.
.(a) (iv) He was truly achild prodigy. shine in a pitch

bright
of light that
as
oases

Stars are as
(O()

(c) (ti) 2 and 4

influence.
(d) synopsis without any
school
admission in a good
((1u) You can't get of earning
no means
() He had no money and
)
help him.
(i') He had nobody to
M a t h e m a t i c s ln
grade Z and 3 and when i
(8) His curiosity led him to tackle 'Highest
most difficult problems
Truth' in
of Trigonometry,
proved Ewler'e Theoreme moved to a
4, he solved the
(h) i) Still waters run deep.
all through his career.

) He helped everyone with a spirit of generosity

) (i) 2 and 3
sewage and therefore, sources of dise
. ( a ) All our important rivers dumping grounds for
are ease.
(b) (i) unfit for human consumption, recurrent
(c) seasonal
is dumped into the Yamuna
(d) (i) 80 million gallons of solid waste

(e) Chart (iv)

)(ii) ineffective implementation
(g) envisions
(h) () open defecation is a norm for many
(ii) Only 18% of rural people have access to potable water affecting both personal hygiene
i) The current water level in most Indian rivers is lower than the
jene and
and sanitation
average of the past ten vears
) Set (iv)
II. (a) i) risk

(b) the student why she had not finished her assignment
(c) (ii) ought to
(d) (i) for - that
e) (i) 2 and 3
) is looking
(g) he had been all that: he was at
his uncle's
(h) To remain; will remain place the previous day
(i) A parent advised their
) (ii) can children, not to go then for
getting some ice cream and cake.
(k) () is not he who
does not feel
() Wish - wise afraid, but he who
IV that conquers fear.
1. (A) 36/2, J Block
Sargam Vihar
New Delhi
15 September 20XX

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 The Editor
The Indian Express
New Delhi

Sir

Subject:
shortage of water
I would ike
h the to draw the kind
the
The probler column of your
ind attention of
te ur of the
the utskirts.
complex.
water
supply facilities.
esteemed
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su
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result
esult is
the being
due to the ever locality authorities
waterngdoes
given
gven tonereasina towatds
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requested Municipal to
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been facrt
pressure Te
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Vikrant Vihar Or
New Delhi

18 August 20XX

Area Incharge
Delhi Vidyut Board
BSES
Vikrant Vihar
Sir

Subject: Complaining of frequent power cut.

a

I would like to draw your kind

isseverely getting affected byattention towards the above mentioned problem
health, mental stability and frequent power cuts in the recent month. Itthrough this letter. Our kalin
problem. Aged are unable to study
habits in our children. has adverse effect an

get the rest and relaxation Every family member in the family
on the

in such a cold weather. Kitchen work and they require. It is difficult to bath without facing is

other chores of our geyst

mothers are getting
Therefore, you are requested to look into the matter so that disupted as wel.
the early action can be taken.
Thanking you
Yours faithfully
Manasi / Mayank
(MANASIMAYANK)
(4) An Event in
My Life that I Clearly Remember
attend a religious function in my neighborhood.Everyonethere
4syears back when I got an opportunity to
to take in some or the other event going on
there. I also got an opportung ided
d part I asked my mother tor help tncu u
own decision.
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my confida to
my
favourite

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sport
and
star.

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all the
with
that
questions.
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questOn
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became
Tendulkar. He was so
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time
memory for me.

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(a) (i) option 1 only his f e a r is t h e
o n e who
meaning of coura
a

1. (A)
Mandela realized
that one who conquers urage
(b)
(c) victory
of fear in dealing with the difficule
(d) (i) Absence remarkable
resilience

ons.
workers showed
(e) (ii) The
rescue

Or
transcribe its
c o n t e n t s into my notebook
before me as I
(B) (a) (ii) I have that note

(b) Persevere
high level of civilisation.
have reached
(C) (i) Earthlings
(d) (iv) 2,4 and 5
i) interplanetary attack
(e)
(ii) transcribe the code
to dust of snow.
2. (A) (a) snow flakes have been compared
b) (ii) rhythm
(c) False

(d) (ii) optimistic

(e) (in) It retlects a change in mood, which actually represented his entire personality.
Or
(B) (a) i) 2 and3
(b) Ice here in the extract symbolizes hatred in the world that may cause disaster.
(c) (ii) Ice symbolizes hatred that will gradually cause annihilation
(d) Hatred
() ) Her
example alone should suffice to show that
VI. (a) The poet says that All his is anything possible.
his early childhood. young days into the harbour'. He meant
the fond memories and association0
(b) The tiger should be
(c) When Anne is with
terrorizing the villagers by snarling outside
friends she has a houses.
everyday things. good time but can't bring herself to talk about
(d) The term the seat of white anything bur Olinary
(e) Chubukov is surprised at supremacy' means the centre of racial
known to him. He asked Lomov's wearing of a formal superiority.
had come to his house to Lomov if he was going evening dress as there was no occasin

dress. Lomov 1orathath

propose somewhere in such a nice Natalya.
him thathe

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The v i c e r o y
the
taste
taste goo
good, whereas
(0hirdsdo
not
1arch
eat

monarchs and mislead the birds. butterflies. the

So in
monarch butterflies do
order to
rickywasthe.over pampered
life. His only fault was greed.
pet dog of protect not

w a san
an eccentric
scientist.
Mrs.
Pumphrey. His only faultthemselves fromtastethegood.
birds, Naturally, the
He 1hey copy
could become
G r i t f i n

(c) money from the clergyman's house was his over the

H umans on earth
invisible. He was in eating and
Lencho: are not to be dire need sedentary
different opinion, a pilot of trusted. They cheated
of
l
(A)

Pile
have
a black me.
money. He suole the
1 to
Lench I asked help me with some aeroplane saved me. He had
amount. People at the post
office robbed money as
my
the fields weTe destroyed. But vested interest
no
me of
Pilot:
money
You got the sent by God. How money
ey. I did
not
do you know that receive
Yes, you heard it right. I have God had complete
Lencho:

I had asked. These men have cheated unflinching faith in God. Why will he
sent you that money.
send me lesser
Pilot: I do not
believe, why will they do so. May De amount than what
they are the
Or ones who gave you the
money that you received
(B) When Mijt
he otter and the tiger in the
O The otter is happy and cage
put in comparison, one are
hetween the two.
nCIITeS ithat the otter
enjoying his cannot
stay with his master as hemake out the difference
narrator ensures
The gets to be near is
taken away from its natural naditat and hewater as they love to be there. On kept close
the other handwater.
to

Clks with no sleep around. It stares at languishes in the cage. He is

the sky and thinks reminded of
tiger
his davs of
rent for
in the cage the visitors about his days in the forest. He
to see him. He does
not want to see is
any visitor and feels suffocated.
1 c anerson good at heart. He ald not nave suttiCient

IX. income yet he hired Hari Singh. He felt sorry for

n and thought of providing him with at least Iood and shelter. When he realises that Hari
h o w to cook even what he claimed he knew, he still keeps him. The story reaches theSingh does not
clima
Anil does not say anything to him despite knowing the fact that he had stolen the money. He knew all
till he pardoned all. It was quite generous for Anil to not even utter a word about it. On the other hand
he gave him some money to have a nice time. He pardoned Hari as he came back on his own realising his

mistake. Anil comes out to be a real human as

he pardons Hari despite knowing all.
Or

between looking after pampering ones loved one. Pampering

someone or
vast difference
(B) There is It is totally justified in the case of Tricki. Tricki is
a
evil as it does more harm than good.
undoubte dly is an
Excess of everything is bad and too
much of healthy
it begins to harm his health.
loved to an extent that and put under strict
observation. The owner feels that
him. He has to be hospitalised The
diet and rest harms truth is that no treatment
is there to be offered.
illness. But the would have been
for his s e v e r e road of recovery. It
Tricki is being treated him back to the
that will put and kept him
is a strict diet and
needed have done him good
that would
only thing regime was planned well and
better if his diet and activity
healthy and energetic.

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