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Take MCQ English Test1.
How would you help the people with disabilities in your neighbourhood?
2.
Name a few Indian innovations which are helpful to the disabled and make their day to day life easier.
3.
When did Aditya heave a sigh of relief? Why?
4.
What was the daily routine of Sanyal?
5.
Why was Sasanka Sanyal angry with Aditya?
6.
"Technology is a boon to the disabled" Justify.
7.
'Man does change with time' -What were the various changes that came about in Aditya?
8.
The common expansion of CCTV is
Charged Channel Television
Closed Channel Television
Closed-Circuit Television
Checked-Circuit Television
9.
Attach a prefix to the word national to complete the sentence.
Kumar started his career at a_______ national company.
trans
multi
ultra
over
10.
Add a suffix to the word announce to complete the sentence.
The Headmaster made an announce_________.
er
ing
ship
ment
11.
Which of the words given below can be placed before gazing to form a compound word?
goat
star
boy
land
12.
The manager will cancel the meeting
call on
call out
call in
call off
13.
I will take a shower ______I reach home.
but
as soon as
until
14.
My mother called me _________ I was playing football.
or
while
15.
loan / apply / you / if / for / you / a / get / will / immediately / it /
16.
your / today / put on / new / since / is / birthday /dress / the
17.
Though our smoke may hide the Heavens from your eyes,
It will vanish and the stars will shine again,
Because, for all our power and weight and size,
We are nothing more than children of your brain!
(a) Pick out the rhyming words in these lines.
(b) Bring out the rhyming scheme of the lines.
18.
'We can see, and run and hear and count and read and write.
a. Name the figure of speech used here?
b. Bring out the rhyme scheme of these lines?
19.
But tell me, dear cricket,
Did you lay anything by
When the weather was warm?"
(a) What did the ant ask the cricket?
(b) Which season is specified here?
20.
Not a crumb to be found
On the snow-covered ground
(a) What couldn't he find on the ground?
(b) Why was the ground covered with snow?
21.
What is the importance of machines in our life?
22.
If given a chance, who would you want to be - the ant or the cricket? Justify your answer.
23.
Compare and contrast the attitude of the ant and the cricket.
1.
I would help the disabled people by making the new technology accessible to them.
2.
Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam developed lightweight prosthetics materials to make artificial limbs. Lechan Shoes by Krispian Lawrence, Blee Watch by Nupura Kiriloskar and Janhavi Joshi and IGEST by Anil Prabhakar are some of the Indian innovations useful to the disabled.
3.
When Aditya got the medal which he had wrongfully kept with him, he heaved a sigh of relief. The reason was that he had a doubt whether it was still there.
4.
The daily routine of Sanyal was that he would visit Nagen Uncle's tea shop, have tea and biscuits and would always remember to pay.
5.
During their childhood days, Aditya and Sasanka Sanyal studied in the same school. Sasanka Sanyal was a brilliant child. He used to recite the poems of Tagore very well. He always stood first in his class. Aditya was a fairly good student. He could never beat Sasanka in his academics. He came from a rich family. Sasanka thought that Aditya was a spoilt child of rich parents and that he used to tell lies. Really, Aditya was extremely jealous of Sasanka. One day, Sasanka received a prize for his recitation of the poem by Tagore. He was given a medal for it. Aditya could not bear it. He took the medal from Sasanka to show to his father. But he never returned it. He said that there was a hole in his pocket and it had fallen through it. This made Sasanka angry and he never forgave him after that incident
6.
| Prose | Tech Bloomers |
| Theme | Empowering the disabled with technology |
| Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic |
Technology has not only made a normal person’s life easier but it is also a boon to people with inabilities. Alisha says that she cannot physically type as she thinks because she has cerebral palsy. She uses a technology called Dragon Dictate. When she speaks, the words appear on her screen and then she prints them out. Now she can even do Maths for her General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE). If someone has limited movement he/she can control a computer screen with Eye Gaze or move from page to page using the pupils of the eyes. Twenty one year old David was born with Athetoid Cerebral Palsy. Technology enables him to communicate with others and be independent. For verbal communication he uses Liberator Communication Device which he controls with eye movement. He has an ACTIV controller in the headrest of his chair in his bed room. He can control his TV, Blue sky and music players. World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking is the best example to show how technology can help a talented mind to overcome the physical impairments. The Assistive Technology helped him to contributing productively to the world. Newer technology allows differently abled learners to learn with their peers as well as contributing fruitfully to the collaborative process of learning.
| David will now use his ECO2 to speak in complete sentences with correct syntax. |
7.
| Prose | The Attic |
| Author | Satyajit Ray |
| Theme | Mistakes should be atoned and rectified |
| Mistakes are fact of life. It is the response to error that counts. |
When Aditya went to meet Sanyal, he revealed the incident in the tea shop. In the beginning Aditya was not interested in going to his ancestral house after twenty-nine years. But when Nagen Uncle revealed who the stranger was, he remembered the past wrongful incident. Sasanka Sanyal impress his father. But he never returned it to him. Instead he told him a lie that he lost it. Immediately he realized his mistake. He wanted to rectify his mistakes. He went to the attic of his ancestral house and searched for something. He heaved a sigh of relief when he got what he had been looking for. With that he went to a jeweller's shop to find out the weight of the article to repay the price of the article to Sanyal. When Sanyal complained about him, he patiently listened to him and admitted his mistake. He gave him a packet containing one hundred and fifty rupees. But Sanyal was not willing to get the money and he wanted the medal back. So Aditya took it from the attic and returned it to Sasanka.
| The medal that had been hidden in the attic for twenty-nine years was eventually returned to its owner |
8.
(c)
Closed-Circuit Television
9.
(b)
multi
10.
(d)
ment
11.
(b)
star
12.
(d)
call off
13.
(b)
as soon as
14.
(b)
while
15.
If you apply for a loan, you will get it immediately
16.
Since today is your birthday, put on the new dress.
17.
a. The rhyming words are 'eyes-size' and 'again-brain'.
b. The rhyming scheme: a b a b.
18.
a. Personification.
b. The rhyming scheme of these lines are 'abab'
19.
a) The ant questioned the cricket whether it laid anything aside when the weather was warm.
b) Summer season is specified here
20.
a) He couldn’t find a single crumb –piece of bread on the ground.
b) The ground was covered with snow because it was winter season.
21.
We can rely upon machines in transport and communication, which are getting more complicated all the time. This is unavoidable as we move further into the technological age of computers and increasing automation. We must accept the fact that our life depends on machines more and more. But then, some simple apparatus fails. The ballpoint pen won't function; the computer will not be ready to execute your orders. It can be irritating. If the machine is faulty, the simple job of mowing the lawn, turns into a battle of you and the mower. It prevents your efforts and refuses to co-operate. The once efficient machine, your friend and servant, has become your enemy. It is very important not to cross the limits and rational about machinery.
22.
| Poem | The Ant and the Cricket |
| Poet | Aesop |
| Theme | Forewarned is forearmed |
| Began to complain when he found that , at home, His cupboard was empty, and winter was come. |
I would obviously want to be the ant because the cricket is lazy whereas the ant is hard-working. The cricket was foolish enough not to see the future. He made no plans or provisions for the future. He lived in the present moment. He indulged in merrymaking and daydreaming and gave in to desires and passions. The ant, on the other hand, was wise and hard-working. He worked hard so that he could enjoy the future. The poet wants us to learn an important lesson in life. One must always save something for the future. One should not be foolish enough to just enjoy the present moment. ‘As you sow, so shall you reap.’ is a popular proverb that fits this story. We must be fare sighted enough to see our future and make plans accordingly. One should be ready for the good as well as the bad times ahead. This act of the ant is not only an eye-opener for the cricket but also for the human beings. We should not be like the cricket and ruin our future. So I would prefer to be the prudent miserly ant.
| But tell me, dear cricket, Did you lay anything by When the weather was warm? |
23.
| Poem | The Ant and the Cricket |
| Poet | Aesop |
| Theme | Forewarned is forearmed |
| A silly young cricket, accustomed to sing Through the warm, sunny months of gay summer and spring |
‘Aesop’s fables’ is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and a story teller believed to have lived in Greece between 620 and 564 B.C.E. These fables became popular when they emerged in print.
Through the story of the lazy cricket and the hardworking ant, the poet teaches us the virtue of hard work. The cricket was foolish enough not to see the future. He made no plans or provisions for the future. He lived in the present moment. The ant, on the other hand, was wise and hardworking. He worked hard so that he could enjoy the future. The poet wants us to learn an important lesson in life. One must always save for the future. One should not be foolish enough to just enjoy the present moment. ‘As you sow, so shall you reap.’ is a popular proverb that fits this story. We must be fare sighted enough to see our future and make plans accordingly. One should be ready for the good as well as the bad times ahead. This attitude of the ant is not only an eye-opener for the cricket but also for the human beings. We should not be like the cricket and ruin our future.
| But we ants never Borrow; we ants never lend |
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