Read the following passage carefully and complete the activities given below: [10 marks]

B1. Choose

Choose the correct alternatives and complete the sentences (2)

(1) The narrator is:

(a) an astronaut (b) an engineer studying in BITS Pilani (c) in the team of astronauts.

Ans. The narrator is an engineer studying in BITS Pilani.

(2) Armstrong said, “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind which means:

(a) one step on the moon means, many steps on the earth.

(b) he felt like a giant on the moon.

(c) one moon mission had opened up many avenues in science and technology for mankind.

Ans. Armstrong said, “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind which means: one moon mission had opened up many avenues in science and technology for mankind.

It was late evening of July 20, 1969, when we turned up the hostel radio. I was an engineering student at BITS, Pilani. I still remember the feverish excitement that gripped up from July 16 when Apollo 11, the US space rocket, took off from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Neil Armstrong and his team of astronauts, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins, were to land on moon, for the first time in human history. We listened with rapt attention when Armstrong declared: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

His death on Saturday, August 25, is a moment to salute the romance of space science that Apollo 11 unleashed. It has changed forever the way we look at our planet Earth and its satellite, the moon.

Standing on powdery moondust, Armstrong put up his thumb, shut one eye and found his thumb blotting out the Earth. “It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth,” he said later. “I felt very, very small.” But behind that humbling realization stood a giant truth: The effort to explore the universe united mankind in technology and knowledge. Each moon mission, about 110 till date, provided more confidence to take on bolder projects.

B2. Complete (2)

(1) Armstrong describes the earth as _______

(2) The effort to explore the universe has _______

(3) Apollo 11 unleashed and changed forever _______

(4) The author came to know about Apollo 11 mission when he _______

Ans. (1) Armstrong describes the earth as a tiny pretty blue pea.  

(2) The effort to explore the universe has united mankind in technology and knowledge.  

(3) Apollo 11 unleashed and changed forever the way we look at planet Earth and its satellite, the Moon.  

(4) The author came to know about Apollo 11 mission when he turned on the hostel radio on the late evening of July 20, 1969.  

B3. Solve

Solve the crossword with the clues given below. Refer to the passage for your answers: (2)

Ans.

Down: (1) The area beyond the earth’s atmosphere.

(2) The name of the spacecraft that Armstrong travelled.

Across: (3) A person trained to travel in space.

(4) A natural satellite of the earth.

B4. Begin the Sentence

(i) With  For the first time _______ and rewrite (1)

Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins were, to land on the moon for the first time.

Ans. (i) For the first time, Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins were to land on the moon.

(ii) Insert ‘that’ appropriately and rewrite. (1)

Armstrong found his thumb blotting out the Earth.

Ans. (ii) Armstrong found that his thumb was blotting out the Earth.

B5. Personal Response (2)

Would you like to be an astronaut? Give reasons.

Ans. To be an astronaut is quite a difficult and challenging task. Even Though, I would love to be an astronaut. Astronauts get the opportunity to travel to space. They collect data and specimens needed for research work which is conducted for the benefit of the whole world.

Read the following passage carefully and complete the activities given below: [10 marks]

B1. Select

Look at the balloons. Which are the qualities inculcated in the author by her teacher? Write them. (2)

Ans. The qualities inculcated in the author by her teachers were kindness, hard work, regularity and tolerance.

Sister Monica, however, wasn’t quite as lenient as that, and spent most of the time telling me about the importance of regularity and hard work. She made me realise that success is, like genius, 99 per cent perspiration and 1 per cent inspiration. It’s a lesson that had stood me in good stead.

The teachers I’m most grateful to, though, are not those who have taught me the most, but those who have simply been friends to me, believed me and believed in me. Prominent among them is Sudha Ramasubramanium  Rambo, as we used to call her. I didn’t know her too well. She taught me in college, and apart from being incredible in class unless one missed class, she also believed that I actually had a problem when I developed an injury (which several doctors found difficult to diagnose). Despite my missing an exam  the HSC, of all exams  she was the only person who told me to concentrate on my health and assured me that I could take the exam off the top of my head any time I wanted to.

I’m not even certain she remembers it, but at the time, it felt like one of the only rays of hope in an extremely dark tunnel. Perhaps few teachers realize how far their influence extends or how much of a difference their actions and words can make. A number of my teachers have unfortunately taught me kindness and tolerance and patience by being precisely the opposite, and quite obviously, they aren’t the people I like to think about. But many of my teachers have been extraordinary people, who have not only taught me in class but also helped mould me and my character in every other way. I only hope that I live up to what their endeavours were undoubtedly meant to create.

B2. Answer:

(1) What kind of teachers are disliked by the author? (1)

Ans. (1) The author disliked those teachers who were unkind and intolerant to the children.

(2) What was Sudha Ramasubramanium’s advice to the author when she was going to miss her HSC exam.? (1)

Ans.  Sudha Ramasubramanium advised the author to concentrate on her health.

B3. Match: Match the words with their appropriate meanings: (2)

Ans.

B4. (i) ‘Wh question’

She made me realize that success is, like genius. (1)

(Frame a ‘Wh’ question to get the underlined part as an answer).

Ans. What did she make me realise?

(ii) She taught me in college. (1)

(Begin the sentence with ‘I’ and rewrite).

Ans. I was taught in college by her.

B5. Personal Response (2)

Do you agree that a teacher should also be your good friends? Justify your answer.

Ans. Yes, I quite agree that a teacher should also be your good friend, as, A teacher should be able to come down to the level of a friend. Looking at a child’s perspective through and adult’s mindset creates a wide gap between the teacher and the student. Therefore, a teacher should become a friend of the students in order to understand the student better and be a positive influence. Children are able to express themselves freely only when they know that they are not being judged or suppressed.

Read the following passage carefully and complete the activities given below: [10 marks]

A1. Complete

Complete the web with words given in the passage: (2)

Ans.

During the devastating July 2005 floods that hit Mumbai, Rajen Dutia received an urgent call from a relative, Lopa Vyas, late in the evening, “A friend’s mother is stranded near your home, Rajen. Can you please take her home? Her name is Rashmi,” Vyas told him.

Mumbai had come to a halt and people were trapped everywhere. Despite power failure and raging rain, Dutia stepped out and made his way to the spot, where he found Rashmi as well as a dozen other people. They were stranded in the dark, shivering in the rain. They all lived far away and had no place to go for the night.

Rajen took all of them to his one-bedroom flat, where he served them dinner and invited them to spend the night.

“By doing so,” says Rajen, “I was simply fulfilling my karma, paying the universe back for the good it had done for me.”

“God is kind. My daughter had just started her new job that day, and had gone for her training. She was stranded too. While she was trying to get to our relatives, she almost drowned, but a young stranger saved her. He and his friends even dropped her to my relative’s place and phoned me to say she was safe. One good turn deserves another.”

A2. Order

Look at the following sentences from the passage and put them in the correct sequence: (2)

(a) He took them to his one-bedroom flat.

(b) Rajen found Rashmi as well as a dozen other people shivering in the rain.

(c) Mumbai had come to a halt and people were trapped everywhere.

(d) Rajen Dutia received an urgent call.

Ans. (a) Rajen Dutia received an urgent call.

(b) Mumbai had come to a halt and people were trapped everywhere.

(c) Rajen found Rashmi as well as a dozen other people shivering in the rain.

(d) He took them to his one-bedroom flat.

A3(i) Fill in the blanks:

Select the words given in the passage: (1)

(1) Thousands of pilgrims were _______ due to the cloud burst in Uttarakhand

Ans. Thousands of pilgrims were stranded due to the cloud burst in Uttarakhand.

(2) The tiger was _______ by the hunter.

Ans. The tiger was trapped by the hunter.

(ii) Antonyms:

Select the correct antonyms for the given words from the alternatives: (1)

(1) Please:

(a) unplease (b) displease (c) misplease

Ans. please x displease

(2) Safe:

(a) insafe (b) safeless (c) unsafe

Ans. safe x unsafe

A4(i) Tags: (1)

Select the correct tag from the alternatives given below:

One good turn deserves another.

(a) doesn’t it? (b) don’t it? (c) does it?

Ans. One good turn deserves another, doesn't it?

(ii) Guess: (1)

Choose the correct answer:

Rajen can you please take her home? ‘Can’ indicates:

(a) obligation (b) ability (c) permission

Ans. ‘can’ indicates obligation.

A5. Personal Response: (2)

‘One good turn deserves another.’ Explain with an example of you own.

Ans. My mother has always preached this philosophy to me since I was young. Always be kind to others. Even if others may not behave in a benevolent manner towards you, always respond with kindness. I will explain this with an anecdote, If you help a blind person to cross the road, the same favour may be done to someone in your family who might need help.