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Q 1. Read the comprehension below and answer the questions that follow by choosing the correct option:- (1x10=10)
Tourists to Jammu and Kashmir have another attraction – a floating post office on the Dal Lake in Srinagar, the first in the country. ‘Floating Post Office, Dal Lake – claimed to be the only one such post office in the world – is built on an intricately carved maroon houseboat, fastened on the western edge of the Dal Lake. This post office lets you avail of all the regular postal services available in the country while being afloat. The seal used on everything posted from the Floating Post Office is unique – along with the date and address. It bears the design of a boatman rowing a Shikara on the Dal Lake. The special feature of this post office is that letters posted from here carry a special design which has the picturesque scenery of Dal Lake and Srinagar city. These pictures reach wherever these letters are posted to and hence promote Kashmir as a tourist destination across the world. This is actually a heritage post office that has existed since British times. It was called the Nehru Park Post Office before 2011. But after that the chief postmaster John Samuel renamed it as ‘Floating Post Office’.
The post office’s houseboat has two small rooms – one serves as the office and the other a small museum that traces the philatelic history of the state postal department. It has a shop that sells postage stamps and other products. But for the locals, the Floating Post office is more than an object of fascination. Rupees 1-2 crore is deposited per month in the Floating Post Office by communities living in and around Dal Lake. The lake has several islets that are home to more than 50,000 people. The greatest difficulty was the recurrence of 2014 like floods in which the houseboat had gone for a toss uncontrollably pushed by the flood. Rescue teams had to anchor it using a special mechanism at a nearby highland. Then it was brought back on the Dal after the water receded. The biggest boon is that at no time of the year, you need a fan in this post-office!

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(i) Jammu and Kashmir has another attraction, the first in the country ...................... .

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ii) The greatest fear that the post office has is that ................................... .

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(iii) The post office is of no use to the people of Kashmir.

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(iv) Chief postmaster John Samuel has renamed the post office.

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(v) The post office is in an intricately carved houseboat.

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(vi) The post office's houseboat has .............. small rooms.

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(vii) The heritage post office has existed since the ............. times.

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(viii) Find the word from the passage which means the same as " attraction"

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(ix) What is the biggest boon of this post office ?

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(x) The antonym of the word 'unique' is ............ .

Q2 . Read the extracts given below and answer the questions by choosing the correct option: 1X5 = 5
When India gained Independence on August 15,1947, Bismillah Khan became the first Indian to greet the nation with his Shehnai. He poured his heart out into Raag Kafi from the Red Fort to an audience which included Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who later gave his famous Tyrst with Destiny speech.

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(i) .................. was expressed by Bismillah Khan on the occasion of India's Independence.

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(ii) The audience was inclusive of ...................... .

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(iii) Pandit Nehru became the first person to greet the nation with his Shehnai.

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(iv) The word that is the same as 'attained or obtained' is .................. .

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(v) The antonym of the word 'famous ' is ................... .

Q3.  Read the extracts given below and answer the questions by choosing the correct option: 1X5 = 5
Do this, and the wind will be friends with us.
The wind blows out weak fires.
He makes strong fires roar and flourish.
His friendship is good.
We praise him every day.

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(i) 'He' in the above lines has been used for the wind. This literary device is called _______________.

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(ii) The wind has the capabilities to ............. and ......... the strong fires.

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(iii) The poet wants us to defame the wind every day as his friendship is good.

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(iv) ....................... is the antonym of 'friendship"

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(v) 'Flourish' means ....................... .

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Q4 . You recently visited the city of Jaipur, famous for its Hawa Mahal, the palaces and forts. Shopping in Jaipur is also exciting as there are many things to buy. Write a descriptive paragraph on the place in 100-150 words. [ 4]

Q5. Answer the following questions in 20-30 words. [2x4 =8]

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i) Why did Margie hate school? Why did she think the old kind of school must have been fun?

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ii) Why does the lost child lose interest in the things he wanted earlier?

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iii) Why does the author say, “Toto was not the sort of pet we could keep for long?”

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IV) When and how did Bismillah Khan get his big break?

Q6.   Answer the following in 100-120 words. [4x2 = 8]

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i) How did Einstein react to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Why does the world remember Einstein as a ‘World Citizen’?

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ii) Where does the traveller find himself in the poem “The road not taken”? Have you ever had to make a difficult choice? How will you make the choice? Give reasons.