ABTA HS Test Paper 2024 English Solution Page 47
ABTA HS Test Paper 2024 English Solution Page No. 47. ABTA Class 12 Solved English Page No. 47 for the students of West Bengal.
- Topic – ABTA 2024 Solution
- Class– 12 / HS / Higher Secondary Batch 2024.
- Subject – English.
- Page – 47.
1.) a)
i) the train drew to the station- b) rhythmically.
ii) APJ Abdul Kalam was by birth a- b) Tamil.
iii) The word ‘proclaimed’ means- d) announced
iv) The woman shook the boy until his teeth- c) rattled
v) Leproud hide is the tree’s- b) bark
vi) In the expression “they fill the hollow”, ‘hollow’ means the: d) valley
vii) “but thy eternal summer…” the word opposite in meaning to ‘eternal’ is- b) momentary
viii) According to keats, the music of earth ceases- c) at no point of time.
ix) “why talk rot?”- the speaker is- b) Natalya
x) Chubukov had the bad habit of adding to every word, the phrase- d) so on.
xi) The word ‘pettifogger’ is used for- c) lomov
xii) Chubukov comments that lomov’s family has had a history of- d) lunacy.
2.) a)
i) The girl was tired of people telling her that she has a pretty face.
ii) The new passenger stammered an apology while getting into the train compartment.
iii) Dr.Kalam’s mother Ashiamma was his father’s ideal helpmate.
iv) Dr.Kalam’s father had neither much formal education not much wealth.
v) The second question that occurred to the tsar was- who are the people that he most need, to whom should he and pay more attention than the rest?
vi) The tsar decided to consult the hermit who was widely renowned for his wisdom for finding the right answers of his questions.
vii) Mrs. Jones talked about her job in a hotel beauty shop that stayed open late.
viii) The boy wanted to go to the store for getting some milk or something if Mrs. Jones needed.
ix) The meaning of ‘anchoring earth’ is the root to be stuck with the earth.
x) The sun makes the tree scorching and choking to facilitate the killing of it.
xi) The smile of the young soldier is gentle without guile like an infant.
xii) The slow stream leaves long strands of silver on the bright grass.
xiii) Every fair from fair sometime declines by chance or by nature’s untrimmed changing course.
xiv) ‘shall I compare thee…’ is sonnet 18.
xv) Fun and delights tire out the grasshopper.
xvi) The hot sun makes the birds faint in summer.
3.) i) dr. kalam is the speaker.
Dr.kalam’s father’s answer is being referred to here.
The question was, why doesn’t he say adversity always presents opportunities of introspection to the people who come to him for help and advice?
His father answered, whenever human beings find themselves alone, as a natural reaction, they start looking for company. Whenever they are in trouble, they look for someone to help them. Whenever they reach an impasse, they look to someone to show them the way out. Every recurrent anguish, longing, and desire finds its own special helper. For the people who come to him in distress, he is but a go-between in their effort to propitiate demonic forces with prayers and offerings. This is not a correct approach at all and should never be followed. One must understand the difference between a fear-ridden vision of destiny and the vision that enables us to seek the enemy of fulfilment within ourselves.
iii) The bearded man became an enemy of the tsar because the tsar executed his brother and seized his property.
The man swore to revenge himself on the tsar. Then the tsar went alone to see the hermit and resolved to kill him on his way back.
The tsar came out from the ambush to find him but his bodyguard recognised him and wounded him. He escaped from there and could have bled to death if the tsar would not dressed his wound. The man wished to kill him but the tsar saved his life. Now he asked for forgiveness and promised to serve the tsar as his most faithful slave and would bid his sons do the same.
v) A tree grows by slowing consuming the earth, feeding upon its crust and rising out of it. It absorbs air, water and sunlight with its barks and sprouting leaves. The curled green twigs and miniature boughs will expand again in its former size. It remains close to the ground to be fully grown.
The different steps for killing a tree are a simple jab with a knife, hack and chop, giving much pain, pulling out the root from the anchoring earth, the root is to be roped and tied, pulled out and snapped out from the earth cave, scorching and choking in the sun and air, browning, hardening, twisting and withering.
vi) The dead soldier rests on a pillow made of fern under his head. His bed is made of bushes and plants which is sun-soaked and green.
The insects do not disturb his rest while he sleeps in sunlight, one hand on his breast with peace. The soldier lost his life in the brutality of war. He became pale for losing his vitality. The humming insects cannot disturb peaceful rest of the soldier who is in his eternal sleep.
x) chubukov is the speaker here.
lomov is being spoken to.
The formal get up of Lomov was in evening dress, gloves and so on.
Lomov dressed himself in formal get up with evening dress like he was going to attend a new year’s eve. But the real reason of Lomov’s formal get up was meeting to honoured stepanstepanovitch. He came to Chubukov for asking his daughter Natalya Stepanovna’s hand in marriage. He was excited to meet them and wanted to please them.
4.) a)
i) His smile is not like an adult’s.
ii) Willthee be compared by me to a summer’s day?
iii) The woman ordered the boy to pick up her pocket book and give it there.
iv) Attendance should always be given to all.
v) He is tired out of fun. He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.
vi) My father’s lineage was not as distinguished as my mother’s.
b) i) with, ii) in, iii) but, iv) at, v) in, vi) up.
c) it would take me some time to discover something about her looks.
a) i) T, ii) T, iii) F, iv) T.
b) i) the full form of ASI is archaeological survey of India.
ii) the remains of a lost civilisation is discovered in Bandhavgarh national park.
iii) man-made water bodies and painting of thousands of years old are the evidence of a modern society prevailing in the newly discovered site.
6.) NOTICE
Tree plantation programme by the Eco club of our school
It is hereby notified that a tree plantation programme has been arranged by the eco club of our school. The main aim of this event is to spread awareness about the importance of trees in our environment. The increasing rate of global warming is affecting our environment with pollutants and harmful gases. Due to globalisation the number of trees are decreasing rapidly in our nearby areas. That is affecting the natural environmental balance and rate of rainfall. Tree help to accumulate clouds and bring rain. If students become aware well about the benefits of planting a tree each year and how it can change our environment drastically then we will surely get pure air. Students from class 5-12 are invited to join the programme and enlist their names to their class teachers. The programme will be arranged on next 3-4 January. So, students have total 10 days now to enlist their names and be prepared for that event. For further information they can contact the below mentioned student.