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Extract-1
Yes, I’ve taken the obvious step: I talked to a psychiatrist friend of mine, among others. I told him about the third level at Grand Central Station, and he said it was a waking dream wish fulfillment. He said I was unhappy. That made my wife kind of mad, but he explained that he meant the modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry and all the rest of it, and that I just want to escape. Well, who doesn’t? Everybody I know wants to escape, but they don’t wander down into any third level at Grand Central Station.
Questions:
i. Why did the narrator go to a psychiatrist?
a. Because he went through an experience no one else did.
b. Because he wanted to know why he was unhappy.
c. Because he was depressed.
d. Because he wanted to meet him.
Ii. What is ‘Waking dream wish fulfillment;’ according to the psychiatrist?
a. Charley’s finding of a third level at the station
b. Charley’s realization of his wish to visit Galesburg Illinois
c. Charley’s escaping into his daydreaming everyday
d. Charley’s post stamp collecting habit
iii. What was the third level?
a. A third platform on the station
b, A third storey on the station
c. A level in the game that Charley had been playing
d. None of the above
iv What does the psychiatrist explain to Charley?
a. That the modern world is not an ideal one
b. That the modern world has many mysteries
c. That the third level is just a movie
d. That it was the result of stress and anxiety of his mind
Extract-2
Everyone stood transfixed in stupefaction. They looked wildly at each other and blinked. ‘‘O wise prophets! It was I who spoke.’’ This time there were no grounds for doubt. It was the infant born just ten days ago who had enunciated the words so clearly. The chief astrologer took off his spectacles and gazed intently at the baby. ‘‘All those who are born will one day have to die. We don’t need your predictions to know that. There would be some sense in it if you could tell us the manner of that death,’’ the royal infant uttered these words in his little squeaky voice.
Questionsi.
Who is ‘I’ in these lines?
a. The Tiger King b. the prophet
c. The tiger king’s father d. The Tiger King’s wife
ii. Who spoke at the age of 10 days?
a. The Tiger King b. Dr.Sadao
c. Evans d. Jack
iii. What did the royal infant want to know?
a. The exact manner of his marriage
b. The exact manner of his death
c. The exact manner of his sitting on his throne
d. The exact manner of his life
iv. Find out the synonym of ‘utter’ from the followinga.
to speak b. to express
c. to let out d. All of these
Extract-3
Crown prince Jung Jung Bahadur grew taller and stronger day by day. No other miracle marked his childhood days apart from the event already described. The boy drank the milk of an English cow, was brought up by an English nanny, tutored in English by an Englishman, saw nothing but English films — exactly as the crown princes of all the other Indian states did. When he came of age at twenty, the State, which had been with the Court of Wards until then, came into his hands.
Questionsi.
How was the Tiger King brought up?
a. By royally b. By penury
c. Beggarly d. None of these
ii. What is nanny?
a. Nurse b. Nursemaid
c. Custodian of a child d. None of these
iii. At what age was he handed in throne
a. 10 Years b. 15 Years
c. 10 Years d. 20 Years
iv. What is court of wards?
a. A legal body created by East India Company
b. An illegal body created by East India Comy
c. A neutral body created by East India Company
d. None of these
Extract-4
Early this year, I found myself aboard a Russian research vessel the Akademik Shokalskiy heading towards the coldest, driest, windiest continent in the world: Antarctica. My journey began 13.09 degrees north of the Equator in Madras, and involved crossing nine time zones, six checkpoints, three bodies of water, and at least as many ecospheres.
Questionsi.
Name the chapter.
a. Evans Tries an O Level b. Memories of Childhood
c. The Tiger King d. Journey to the End of the Earth
ii. Who is ‘I’ in the above lines?
a. Tishani Doshi b. Kalki
c. Pearl S Buck d. William Saroyan
iii. What was Akademik Shokalskiy ?
a. A Boat b. A Canoe
c. A Watercraft d. All of these
iv. Where was the narrator travelling to?
a. Amsterdam b. Antarctica
c. Australia d. America
Extract-5
Later on, when it’s a bit cooler, I’ll get the ladder and a stick, and pull down those crab apples. They’re ripe for it. I make jelly. It’s a good time of year, September. Look at them—orange and golden. That’s magic fruit. I often say. But it’s best picked and made into jelly. You could give me a hand.
Questionsi.
From which lesson the extract has been taken?
a. The Third Level b. The Enemy c. On The Face of it.
ii. Who has spoken these words?
a. Mr. lamb b. Derry c. Mother
iii. What will be made of the crab apple?
a. juice b. jelly c. sweets
iv. What is orange and golds?
a. mango b. banana c. apple
Extract 6
You think….’Here a boy’. You look at me and then you see my face and you think. “That’s bad. That’s a terrible thing. That’s the ugliest thing I ever saw.” You think, ’Poor boy.’ But I’m not. Not poor. Underneath, you are afraid. Anybody would be. I am. I look in the mirror, and see it. I’m afraid of me.
Questionsi.
Who is the boy in the above extract?
a. Lamb b. Derry c. None
ii. What does ‘the ugliest thing’ refer to?
a. face of the Derry b. face of Mr. Lamb c. face of the mirror
iii. What does the boy feel when he look in the mirror?
a. excited b. happy c. afraid
iv. The above words are spoken to….
a. Derry b. Lamb c. Mother
Extract -7
Early this year, I found myself aboard a Russian research vessel — the Akademik Shokalskiy — heading towards the coldest, driest, windiest continent in the world: Antarctica. My journey began 13.09 degrees north of the Equator in Madras, and involved crossing nine time zones, six checkpoints, three bodies of water, and at least as many ecospheres. By the time I actually set foot on the Antarctic continent I had been travelling over 100 hours in a combination of a car, an aeroplane and a ship; so, my first emotion on facing Antarctica’s expansive white landscape and the uninterrupted blue horizon was a relief, followed up with an immediate and profound wonder. Wonder at its immensity, its isolation, but mainly at how there could ever have been a time when India and Antarctica were part of the same landmass.
Questionsi.
What were the writer’s feelings on reaching the continent?
a. of relief and amazement b. tired and fatigued
c. sad d. none
ii. The word ‘isolation’ meansa.
separation b. society c. company d. connection
iii. What kind of atmosphere does Antarctica have?
a. coldest b. driest c. windiest d. All these
iv. Find out the word from the above passage which means ‘ part of the Earth’s environment in which living organisms are found’.
Extract -8
The injured man was an American. As his cap fell off, they saw his wet, yellow – coloured hair which had not been cut for a long time. He was young, his face had such marks which indicated that he had been tortured. He had a rough, unkempt yellow – coloured beard. As he had fainted, he did not know of the presence of Sadao and Hana.
Now Sadao remembered the wound, and with his expert fingers he began to search for it. Blood flowed freshly at his touch. On the right side of his lower back Sadao saw that a gun wound had been reopened. The flesh was blackened with powder. Sometime, not many days ago, the man had been shot and had not been tended. It was bad chance that the rockhad struck the wound.
Questionsi.
Who was the injured man?
a. British b. American c. Japanese d. Indian
ii. How did the man get injured?
a. by gun b. by stones c. by sword d. none
iii. Who was Sadao?
a. a soldier b. a fisherman
c. a doctor d. a farmer
iv. The face of the injured man indicateda.
that he was in pain b. that he was tortured
c. that he was old d. that he was handsome