Annual Examination — Set 1

English (Literature + Grammar) — 100 Marks

SECTION A — Objective (MCQ) · 20 × 1 = 20

1. Who wrote 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'? (a) C.F. Alexander (b) Wordsworth (c) Tennyson (d) Herbert
2. In 'A Letter to God', Lencho's crop was destroyed by — (a) flood (b) hailstorm (c) locusts (d) fire
3. 'We are Seven' is written by — (a) Wordsworth (b) Naidu (c) Nehru (d) Bond
4. 'Tryst with Destiny' was delivered by — (a) Nehru (b) Gandhi (c) Patel (d) Bose
5. Sarojini Naidu is called the — (a) Nightingale of India (b) Iron Lady (c) Poet of Nature (d) Bard
6. Under whose captaincy did India win the 1983 World Cup? (a) Kapil Dev (b) Gavaskar (c) Dhoni (d) Sachin
7. 'The Brook' is written by — (a) Tennyson (b) Herbert (c) Alexander (d) Wordsworth
8. The Bhopal Gas Tragedy occurred in — (a) 1984 (b) 1974 (c) 1994 (d) 1964
9. In 'Virtue', only a — soul lives for ever. (a) virtuous (b) rich (c) proud (d) beautiful
10. 'School's Goodbye' was written by — (a) Lord Eustace Percy (b) Nehru (c) Bond (d) Tolstoy
11. The tiger cub in Ruskin Bond's story was named — (a) Timothy (b) Toto (c) Tommy (d) Tiger
12. 'The Beggar' was written by — (a) Chekhov (b) Tolstoy (c) Premchand (d) Bond
13. In 'The Village Judge', 'God speaks through the —' (a) panch (b) king (c) priest (d) judge
14. 'A Grain as Big as a Hen's Egg' is by — (a) Tolstoy (b) Chekhov (c) Bond (d) Nehru
15. 'A Great Son of India' speaks about — (a) Vivekananda (b) Gandhi (c) Nehru (d) Tagore
16. Present Perfect tense uses — (a) has/have + V3 (b) is + V-ing (c) will + V1 (d) V2
17. Passive voice structure is — (a) be + V3 + by (b) have + V3 (c) will + V1 (d) V2
18. 'said to' changes to — in indirect speech. (a) told (b) asked (c) ordered (d) said
19. '___ hour' takes the article — (a) an (b) a (c) the (d) no article
20. 'too weak to walk' = 'so weak that he — walk' (a) cannot (b) can (c) will (d) may

SECTION B — Grammar · 8 questions

1. Fill in with the correct tense: 'The sun ___ (rise) in the east.'
2. Change the voice: 'Rina reads a book.'
3. Change to indirect speech: He said, "I am tired."
4. Fill in the article: 'He is ___ honest man.'
5. Fill in the preposition: 'The meeting is ___ Monday.'
6. Change to positive degree: 'Iron is the most useful metal.'
7. Transform (too...to → so...that): 'He is too weak to walk.'
8. Change to passive: 'They have completed the work.'

SECTION C — Writing

1. Write a letter to your Headmaster requesting three days' leave. (letter)
2. Write a paragraph on 'The Importance of Trees' in about 100 words. (paragraph)
3. Write an essay on 'Air Pollution' in about 150 words. (essay)

SECTION D — Literature (Short & Long Answers) · 7 questions

1. Why did Lencho write a letter to God? (short)
2. How does the little girl in 'We are Seven' count her siblings? (short)
3. What is the central idea of the poem 'The Brook'? (long)
4. Describe the character of Grandfather in 'A Tiger in the House'. (long)
5. Who is the real hero of 'The Beggar' and why? (long)
6. What is the message of 'A Grain as Big as a Hen's Egg'? (long)
7. Summarise Vivekananda's idea of religion from 'A Great Son of India'. (long)

Answers

Section A — MCQ Answers

1. (a) · 2. (b) · 3. (a) · 4. (a) · 5. (a) · 6. (a) · 7. (a) · 8. (a) · 9. (a) · 10. (a) · 11. (a) · 12. (a) · 13. (a) · 14. (a) · 15. (a) · 16. (a) · 17. (a) · 18. (a) · 19. (a) · 20. (a)

Section B — Grammar Answers

1. rises
2. A book is read by Rina.
3. He said that he was tired.
4. an
5. on
6. No other metal is as useful as iron.
7. He is so weak that he cannot walk.
8. The work has been completed by them.

Section C — Writing

Model answers vary; follow format & word limit. (Letter: date, address, salutation, body, closing; Essay/Paragraph: intro-body-conclusion.)

Section D — Literature Answers

1. Because his crop was destroyed by hail and he needed 100 pesos; he had full faith God would help.
2. Two dwell at Conway, two gone to sea, two lie in the churchyard, and herself — total seven.
3. Nature (the brook) is eternal while human life is short and mortal — 'men may come and men may go, but I go on for ever.'
4. Grandfather was bold, kind and deeply fond of animals; he fearlessly raised a tiger cub and even stroked a wild tiger, believing it was Timothy.
5. The cook Olga — she chopped the wood for Lushkoff and her silent kindness reformed him, though Sergei thought his own words did it.
6. A simple, honest life of self-labour and sharing keeps people and the earth healthy; greed and dependence on others' labour weaken both.
7. Religion is Yoga — inner transformation, not doctrine; rational, democratic and tolerant, seeing the Divine in all, with work as worship, leading to Ramrajya.