ABTA HS Test Paper 2024 English Solution Page 341
ABTA HS Test Paper 2024 English Solution Page No. 341. ABTA Class 12 Solved English Page No. 341 for the students of West Bengal.
- Topic – ABTA 2024 Solution
- Class– 12 / HS / Higher Secondary Batch 2024.
- Subject – English.
- Page – 341
1.) a)
i) d) completely blind, ii) c) around 1950, iii) b) blue, iv) c) Russia, v) c) in his side, vi) c) close to the ground, vii) c) Shakespeare’s friend, viii) c) pleasant weed, ix) d) an architect, x) a) land, xi) c) oxen meadows, xii) c) wife.
2.) i) The wounded man promised the tsar that he would serve him as his most faithful slave and would bid his sons to do the same.
ii) According to the hermit, the most important thing to do is doing good to the present people.
iii) Abdul Kalam’s father started his day’s work at 4 am by reading the namaz before dawn.
iv) Kalam’s father starts his day’s work at 4 am.
v) The narrator asked the new fellow traveller if the girl’s hair was short or long.
vi) The narrator remarked that people with good eyesight fail to see what is right in front of them.
vii) Mrs. Jones advised roger at the end to behave himself.
viii) Mrs. Jones gave roger ten dollars to buy shoes.
ix) The darling buds can be seen in the month of May.
x) The description of beauty through the verse of poem gives life to the poet’s friend in Shakespeare’s sonnet no. 18.
xi) The eye of heaven refers to the sun.
xii) The shrill song of the cricket is heard from the stove in poem ‘the poetry of earth’.
xiii) The soldier lies stretched on the heavy undergrowth.
xiv) The soldier is pale due to lifelessness after death.
xv) Leprous hide means the discoloured or pale bark of tree.
xvi) The grasshopper’s voice shall run from hedge to hedge.
3.) i) The quoted line is taken from the story ‘the eyes have it’, writer is Ruskin Bond.
The narrator asked this question to the fellow girl passenger who was travelling with him in the same train compartment.
The girl was going to Saharanpur. But the narrator was going to Dehra from where he would go to Mussoorie.
The similarity between the two was that they both were completely blind. They both were extremely aware about their surroundings. Their other organs were active though they were blind.
iv) In the quoted line taken from the story ‘Thank You Ma’am’ the speaker is roger.
Roger said this to Mrs. Jones while she was cooking.
Roger asked Mrs. Jones to go to shop for bringing anything that she might need. He wanted to help her in any way possible. He started trusting her and understood her intention of treating him good. He thought that she wanted his good so he wanted to do something for her too.
Mrs. Jones heated some lima beans and ham which she had in the icebox. She made cocoa with canned milk. She gave half of her ten-cent cake to roger. That is all they ate in supper.
vi) In the quoted line from the poem ‘asleep in the valley’ the dead soldier’s smile is referred to as infant’s.
The soldier’s smile was gentle without guile just like an infant child. So, it was compared with an infant.
After losing his life in war the soldier was taking rest in the lap of nature. He was lying open- mouthed and pale by keeping his head on the pillow made of fern. He stretched his body on the green, sun-soaked warm bed which was under heavy undergrowth. Nature kept him warm so that he could not catch cold. The humming birds could not disturb his sleep because he was in his eternal sleep after death.
vii) In poem ‘Killing a Tree’ the poet describes how a tree grows up with time on the earth. A tree takes much time to grow up in its formal size from a sapling. Tree absorbs air, water and sunlight for years from the earth. These are the essential things to provide all parts of a tree to grow up fully.
At first, a simple jab with knife would not cut a tree. Then hacking and chopping would not be enough to cut the tree fully. It would hurt the bark and branches of the tree only. The hurt bark would heal with time and reached to the previous stage again. Curled green twigs would come out from the close of the ground and the tree would grow into its formal size again. The roots have the life of a tree. So, the roots had to be uprooted from the ground by pulling the tree and tying it with a rope. Then the roots would be exposed in sun. It would be dried and lost its life finally.
4.) a)
i) The tsar said that he had come to the wise man for an answer to his questions.
ii) People regarded my parents widely as an ideal couple.
iii) I forget the exact number of people she fed every day.
iv) No other man is as unhappy as me.
v) I don’t have the intention to give up what I have.
vi) The boy looked at her. Water was dripping from his face.
b) i) a, ii) out, iii) of, iv) against, v) from, vi) under.
c) Flattery.
5.) a) i) F, ii) F, iii) F, iv) T.
b) i) Replanting fully grown trees helps to preserve the ecosystem and the trees which are part of economic and cultural heritage of a place.
ii) According to a tree plantation expert, the tree replantation technique is becoming more common in India.
iii) Trained labourers dig out the root system by making a trench around its base. They pull out the tree with a crane by covering the root ball with a wet husk or resin cloth and transporting it to a new location.
6.) b)
To,
The editor,
The telegraph,
Rabindrasarani, Kolkata- 700043
Subject: about the concern on the growing unemployment problem in our state.
Respected sir,
I am writing this letter to draw your attention on a rising issue for the entire state and its people. I am here with the hope of publishing an article in your daily newspaper to spread more awareness among people. The problem of unemployment is increasing over time with the number of educated persons. Students do not find suitable job as per their expectations and qualification in state after completing their education. So, they are forced to take jobs in other cities and countries for better opportunities of growing. On the other hand, we are losing talented young individuals from our state who can take our state forward in every form of development. There should be more chances and sources of research and development areas for candidates. There should be more different forms of industry to open massive chances of employment. The government should take initiatives to train young minds to use new technology. They will be trained to apply their own ideas in developing their own business and becoming successful entrepreneurs. Education system must be designed in a pattern to fulfil students’ expectations. When students become self-reliant and confident with their learning and knowledge they choose the right career path for themselves. The government should open more chances of employment in different sectors of government. Young individuals will grow interest in serving public with their creative minds and knowledge. When we get young individuals to work for different aspects the country will see development eventually.
I will be very happy if you publish an apt article about the same issue on your regular newspaper. People will think about it seriously and take action to change the situation. It is our responsibility to become strong and take needed action for our own benefits. Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Soumili Biswas
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