Passage - 1
Our voyage was very prosperous, but I shall not trouble the reader with a journal of it. The captain called in at one or two ports and sent in his long-boat for provisions and fresh water, but I never went out of the ship still we came into the downs, which was on the third day of june, 1706, about nine months after my escape. I offered to leave my goods in security for payment of my freight, but the captain protested he would not receive one farthing. We took kind leave of each other, and I made him promise that he would come to see me at my house in Redriff. I hired a house and a guide for five shillings which I borrowed from the captain.
1.When the writer uses the word 'prosperous' to describe the voyage, he means that
(a) it made him rich
(b) it made him healthy
(c) it was very pleasant
(d) it was uneventful
2. On the voyage, the author
(a) left the ship at intervals
(b) was not able to leave the sheep because it did not stop
(c) never left the ship at all
(d) never left the ship till they came into the Downs
3.In the context of the passage, the word 'provisions' means
(a) mainly food
(b) mainly security
(c) money
(d) mainly ammunition
4.For the payment of the author's freight the captain
(a) kept his goods as security
(b) refused to accept any mony
(c) protested against being paid only a farthing
(d) accepted a sum of money
5. From the passage, it is clear that the captain's attitude to the author was
(a) one of hostility
(b) one of indifference
(c) One of extreme frendliness and kidness
(d) one of disgust and irritation
1:- voyage - यात्रा
2:- prosperous - खुशहाल
3:- trouble - परेशान करना
4:- journal - बही खाता
5:- captain - कप्तान
6:- ports - बंदरगाह
7:- provision - खाद्य आपूर्ति
8:- downs - अंतिम छन
9:- still - फिर भी
10:- escape - भाग जाना
11:- offer - पेश करना
12:- security - सुरक्षा
13:- payment - भुगतान
14:- fright - भाड़ा
15:- protested - विरोध
16:- farthing - दमड़ी
17:- leave - छोड़ना
18:- promise - वादा
19:- hire - भाड़े पर लेना
20:- guide - संचालन करना
21:- shilling - ब्रिटिश का सिक्का
22:- uneventful - शांत
23:- borrow - उधार लेना
24:- context - संदर्भ
25:- ammunition - गोला बारूद
26:- hostility - शत्रुता
27:- indifference - उपेक्षा
28:- disgust - घृणा
29:- irritation - चिढ़
Passage -2
A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: " TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE". They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After the friend recovered from the near drowning, He wrote on a stone:" TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE". The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After i hurt you, you wrote in the sand, and now, you write on a stone. Why?" The other friend replied: "When someone hurts us, We should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, When someone does something good for us, We must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it."
1. Why did the friend who got hurt write on the sand?
(a) Because he was very kind-hearted
(b) Because he was too weak to take revenge
(c) Because he knew that his feeling of hurt was temporary
(d) Because he loved his friend too much
2. What is an oasis?
(a) An oasis is a tall tree found in a desert
(b) An oasis is a water body found in a desert
(c) An oasis is a creature like centipede
(d) An oasis is a grassland
3.What did one of the friends do after recovering from the near drowning?
(a) He rebuked his friend.
(b) He avenged by slapping his friend in his face.
(c) He wrote something on sand in his praise
(d) He wrote something about his friend to express his gratitude
4.What does writing on the stone suggest?
(a) Writing something on stone means expressing one's love another
(b) Writing on stone means writing something with an intention to make it last forever.
(c) Writing something on stone means expressing one's extreme anger
(d)Writing something on stone means writing something with a view to preaching one and all.
5. What is synonym of the word 'engrave' as used in the passage?
(a) dislodge
(b) neglect
(c) aid
(d) inscribe
Passage -3
I woke up one august morning in a warm sweat. I ran to the refrigerator to get a cold drink, but the refrigerator was broken and all the drinks were as hot as me. I walked over to my electric fan, but it wasn't working either. I then turned on the television and finally realized that the electricity in my house was out. latter that day, I went to the pool to cool off. I dived right in! I swam eight laps before i got tired. My friend lucy then bought me an Icecream cone. I got a vanilla icecream cone with rainbow sprinkles. Even though it was really hot, i did have a lot of fun.
1. What did the narrator want from the refrigerator?
(a) a ham sandwich
(b) a fan
(c) a drink
(d) an apple
2. Why does the electric fan not work?
(a) it was broken
(b) it needed batteries
(c) the power was out
(d)it wasn't oiled
3. How many laps did it take for the narrator to tire of the pool?
(a) two
(b) four
(c) six
(d) eight
4. Who bought the narrator an icecream cone?
(a) Lucy
(b) Sam
(c) Peter
(d) Prince
5. What was the flavour of the ice-cream?
(a) rainbow
(b) vanilla
(c) chocolate
(d) strawberry
Passage -4
Once upon a time i went for a week's holiday in the continent with an Indian friend. We both enjoyed ourselves and were sorry when the week was over, but on parting our behaviour was absolutely different. He was plunged in despair. He felt that because the holiday was over all happiness was over until the world ended. He could not express his sorrow too much, but in me the english man came out strong. I could not see what there was to make a fuss about. It was not as if we were parting forever or dying 'buck up', I said, 'do buck up'. He refused to buck up, and i left him plunged in gloom.
1. What is the Contiment in the context of the passage?
(a) An island
(b) the countryside
(c) African safari
(d) Europe
2. What does the author mean by 'buck up'?
(a) Buckle yourself up
(b) Stand up
(c) Cheer up
(d) Shut up
3. Why was the Indian friend plunged in despair?
(a) He was hopeless
(b) He experienced racial descrimination
(c) He would never be so happy again
(d) He had spend lot of money
4. What does 'but in me the Englishman came out strong' imply?
(a) He was strong Englishman
(b) He had the typical English character
(c) The Englishman went out of him
(d) He started following Indian traditions
5. What is the author's intension in the passage?
(a) To contrast the Indian character with the English character
(b) To show that an Indian is sorrowful
(c) To ridicule the Indian traditions
(d) To praise the Englishman
Passage -5
One day a wolf found a sheepskin. He covered himself with the sheepskin and got into a flock of sheep grazing in a field. He thought, "the shepherd will shut the sheep in the pen after sunset. At night I will run away with a fat sheep and eat it".
All went well till the shepherd shut the sheep in the pen and left. The wolf waited patiently for the night to advance and grow darker. but then an unexpected thing happened. one of the servants of the shepherd entered the pen. His master had sent him to bring a fat sheep for supper. As luck would have it, The servant picked up the wolf dressed in the sheepskin. That night the shepherd and his guests had wolf for supper.
