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100 Marks600 Wordsmedium
Write an essay in about 600 words on any one of the following topics :
(a) Recent Economic Reforms in India
(b) Threats to Environment
(c) Uses and Abuses of Social Networking
(d) Caring for the Aged
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75 Marksmedium
Read carefully the passage given below and write your answers to the questions that follow in clear, correct and concise language :
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15 Marksmedium
What, according to the author, were the main motivations for travel in ancient times?
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15 Marksmedium
What was the state of tourism in Europe and the United States?
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15 Marksmedium
What part did technology play in the growth of tourism?
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15 Marksmedium
How does the author describe the state of tourism in the post-Independence India?
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15 Marksmedium
Why does the author think that there is a bright future for tourism in modern societies?
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75 Marksmedium
Make a précis of the following passage in about one-third of its length. Do not give a title to it. The précis should be written in your own language :
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10 Marksmedium
Rewrite the following sentences after making necessary corrections. Do not make unnecessary changes in the original sentence :
(i) The older the wine, better it tastes.
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10 Marksmedium
Rewrite the following sentences after making necessary corrections. Do not make unnecessary changes in the original sentence :
(ii) You cannot cross the bridge until you do not come to it.
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10 Marksmedium
Rewrite the following sentences after making necessary corrections. Do not make unnecessary changes in the original sentence :
(iii) He asked me what was my profession.
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10 Marksmedium
Rewrite the following sentences after making necessary corrections. Do not make unnecessary changes in the original sentence :
(iv) Give me a pencil to write.
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10 Marksmedium
Rewrite the following sentences after making necessary corrections. Do not make unnecessary changes in the original sentence :
(v) Netaji is one of the bravest patriot of the country.
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10 Marksmedium
Rewrite the following sentences after making necessary corrections. Do not make unnecessary changes in the original sentence :
(vi) I met an one-eyed beggar in the street.
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10 Marksmedium
Rewrite the following sentences after making necessary corrections. Do not make unnecessary changes in the original sentence :
(vii) The traders dealing with garments are jittery about the impact of GST.
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10 Marksmedium
Rewrite the following sentences after making necessary corrections. Do not make unnecessary changes in the original sentence :
(viii) His efficiency soon made him the boss's blue-eyes boy.
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10 Marksmedium
Rewrite the following sentences after making necessary corrections. Do not make unnecessary changes in the original sentence :
(ix) She does not know cooking, doesn't she?
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10 Marksmedium
Rewrite the following sentences after making necessary corrections. Do not make unnecessary changes in the original sentence :
(x) No sooner the bell rang than the children rushed out of their classrooms.
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5 Marksmedium
Supply the missing words :
(i) The quarrel was unnecessary as they were making a out of a molehill.
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5 Marksmedium
Supply the missing words :
(ii) Let us ring the New Year with gaiety.
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5 Marksmedium
Supply the missing words :
(iii) The custom of SATI was done away during the British period.
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5 Marksmedium
Supply the missing words :
(iv) One should not always blow one's own
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5 Marksmedium
Supply the missing words :
(v) I cried myself to make him hear.
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5 Marksmedium
Use the correct forms of the verbs in brackets :
(i) Bread and butter his usual breakfast. (be)
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5 Marksmedium
Use the correct forms of the verbs in brackets :
(ii) Some of the protestors were by bullets. (hit)
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5 Marksmedium
Use the correct forms of the verbs in brackets :
(iii) When I came out of the building I saw that it . (rain)
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5 Marksmedium
Use the correct forms of the verbs in brackets :
(iv) Floods if it continues to rain. (occur)
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5 Marksmedium
Use the correct forms of the verbs in brackets :
(v) Ι for you since 10 o'clock. (wait)
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5 Marksmedium
Write the antonyms of the following :
(i) Amateur
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5 Marksmedium
Write the antonyms of the following :
(ii) Heavenly
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5 Marksmedium
Write the antonyms of the following :
(iii) Perfect
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5 Marksmedium
Write the antonyms of the following :
(iv) Variable
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5 Marksmedium
Write the antonyms of the following :
(v) Vertical
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10 Marksmedium
Rewrite each of the following sentences as directed without changing the meaning :
(i) The truth of the matter is too obvious to require any proof. (Remove 'too')
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10 Marksmedium
Rewrite each of the following sentences as directed without changing the meaning :
(ii) Radhika says, "I have pain in my knee." (Change into indirect speech)
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10 Marksmedium
Rewrite each of the following sentences as directed without changing the meaning :
(iii) He is not hungry. He is not thirsty. (Combine the sentences using 'neither ... nor')
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10 Marksmedium
Rewrite each of the following sentences as directed without changing the meaning :
(iv) Give him a glass of water. (Change into passive voice)
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10 Marksmedium
Rewrite each of the following sentences as directed without changing the meaning :
(v) The prisoner was set free by the court. (Change into active voice)
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10 Marksmedium
Rewrite each of the following sentences as directed without changing the meaning :
(vi) He was ill. He came to school. (Rewrite as one sentence beginning with 'despite')
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10 Marksmedium
Rewrite each of the following sentences as directed without changing the meaning :
(vii) When the sun rises, the birds leave their nests. (Change into a compound sentence)
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10 Marksmedium
Rewrite each of the following sentences as directed without changing the meaning :
(viii) Those who come late shall be punished. (Change into simple sentence)
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10 Marksmedium
Rewrite each of the following sentences as directed without changing the meaning :
(ix) Both his parents died in a train accident, ? (Add a question tag)
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10 Marksmedium
Rewrite each of the following sentences as directed without changing the meaning :
(x) Gold is the costliest metal. (Use comparative degree)
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5 Marksmedium
Use the following words to make sentences that bring out their meaning clearly. Do not change the form of the words (No marks will be given for vague and ambiguous sentences) :
(i) Evidence
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5 Marksmedium
Use the following words to make sentences that bring out their meaning clearly. Do not change the form of the words (No marks will be given for vague and ambiguous sentences) :
(ii) Condemnation
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5 Marksmedium
Use the following words to make sentences that bring out their meaning clearly. Do not change the form of the words (No marks will be given for vague and ambiguous sentences) :
(iii) Constitute
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5 Marksmedium
Use the following words to make sentences that bring out their meaning clearly. Do not change the form of the words (No marks will be given for vague and ambiguous sentences) :
(iv) Territorial
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5 Marksmedium
Use the following words to make sentences that bring out their meaning clearly. Do not change the form of the words (No marks will be given for vague and ambiguous sentences) :
(v) Unseemly
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5 Marksmedium
Choose the appropriate word to fill in the blanks :
(i) He ran like a through the forest.
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5 Marksmedium
Choose the appropriate word to fill in the blanks :
(ii) The teacher encouraged the students to understand things and not learn by .
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5 Marksmedium
Choose the appropriate word to fill in the blanks :
(iii) Indians were determined to throw away the of foreign rule.
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5 Marksmedium
Choose the appropriate word to fill in the blanks :
(iv) After his morning prayers, the priest remained for the rest of the day.
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5 Marksmedium
Choose the appropriate word to fill in the blanks :
(v) The hunter killed the bird sitting on the .
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5 Marksmedium
Use the following idioms/phrases in sentences of your own to bring out their meaning clearly. Do not change the form of the words :
(i) Wild goose chase
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5 Marksmedium
Use the following idioms/phrases in sentences of your own to bring out their meaning clearly. Do not change the form of the words :
(ii) Crocodile tears
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5 Marksmedium
Use the following idioms/phrases in sentences of your own to bring out their meaning clearly. Do not change the form of the words :
(iii) Sea change
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5 Marksmedium
Use the following idioms/phrases in sentences of your own to bring out their meaning clearly. Do not change the form of the words :
(iv) Fool's paradise
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5 Marksmedium
Use the following idioms/phrases in sentences of your own to bring out their meaning clearly. Do not change the form of the words :
(v) On cloud nine