ABTA Madhyamik Test Paper 2024 English Solution Page 22
ABTA Madhyamik Test Paper 2024 English Solution Page No. 22. ABTA Class 10 Solved English Page No. 22 for the students of West Bengal.
- Topic – ABTA 2024 Solution
- Subject – Ennlish.
- Section – A.
- Page – 22.
Reading Comprehension (Seen)
1) Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Just think how much more he gets out of his life than you do out of yours! And the sports they have, too! As they get older they go in for sport to the suburban backyards. These backyards that are dull to us, are to them hunting grounds where they have more gallant adventure than king Aurthur’s Knights ever had.
It is always spoken as a reproach against cats that they are fond of their home than the people in it. Naturally, the cat doesn’t like to leave his country, the land where all his friends are, and where he knows every landmark. Exiled in a new land, he would have to learn a new geography. So, when the family moves, the cat, if allowed, with stay at the old house and attach himself to the new tenants. He will give them the privilege of boarding him while he enjoys life in his own way.
A.) Write the correct alternative in the given the space to complete the following sentences:
(a) According to the narrator cat gets from life much more than ….
(i) Any creature (ii) a man (iii) other animals (iv)everyone
ANS: (ii) a man
(b) Cats go in for sports when they…
(i) Are young (ii) grow older (iii) are tired (iv) are angry
ANS: (ii) grow older
(c) The narrator considers that King Arthur’s Knights were not so …
(i) Strong as a cat (ii) friendly as a cat (iii) intelligent as a cat (iv) adventurous as a cat
ANS: (iv) adventurous as a cat
(d) The ground where the cat likes to hunt is the …
(i) backyard (ii) front yard (iii) courtyard (iv)churchyard
ANS: (i) backyard
(e) After the family moves away, the cat likes to live….
(i) Alone (ii) in other houses (iii) with the new tenants (iv) in the woods.
ANS: (iii) with the new tenants
B) Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(i) People always speak against the cat that ……….
ANS: People always speak against the cat that they are fond of their home than the people in it.
(ii) King Arthur’s Knights had gallant adventure, but the cats……
ANS: King Arthur’s Knights had gallant adventure, but the cats have more gallant adventure than king Arthur’s Knights ever had.
(iii) When the family moves, the cat wants to…..
ANS: When the family moves, the cat wants to stay at the old house and attach himself to the new tenants.
C) Fill the chart with the information from the text:
Statement |
Reason |
(i) The cat enjoys adventurous activities in the backyard |
(i) |
(ii) |
(ii) He know every landmark |
ANS:
Statement |
Reason |
(i) The cat enjoys adventurous activities in the backyard |
(i) When cats get older they go in for sport to the suburban backyards. These backyards that are dull to us, are to them hunting grounds. |
(ii) the cat doesn’t like to leave his country |
(ii) He know every landmark |
2) Read the poem answer the questions that follow:
To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall
The snail sticks close, nor fears to fall
As if he grew there, house and all,
Together
Within that house secure he hides
When danger imminent betides
Of storm, or other harm besides
Of weather.
A) Tick the right answer:
(a) The snail does not have the fear of
(i) Insult (ii) death (ii) being old (iv) fall.
ANS: (iv) fall.
(b) The snail seems to grow together with
(i) a house (ii) an igloo (iii) a wall (iv) a tent
ANS: (i) a house
(c) The snail hides securely within
(i) The leaf (ii) the fruit (iii) the grass (iv) the house
ANS: (iv) the house
(d) The snail finds danger in
(i) Rain (ii) flood (iii) storm (iv) earthquake
ANS: (iii) storm
B) Answer the following questions:
(i) Name the poem and the poet.
ANS: Name of poem is “The Snail” and the Poet is “William Cowper”
(ii) Where does the snail generally stick close to?
ANS: the snail generally stick close to grass, leaf, fruit and wall.
Reading Comprehension (Unseen)
3) Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
Cheetah Oban aka Pavan, Which had trayed out of Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh multiple times and had to be rescued far off locations, has been shifted to an enclosure in the park, a senior forest department official said. The male cheetah had wandered outside the KNP at least two times this month. In the latest incident, the feline was tranquillized on April 22 while it was about to cross over to a forest in neighboring Uttar Pradesh and brought back to the KNP. On April 7, Pavan was rescued from the Bairad area in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri after being tranquillised, Officials had said.
KNP divisional forest officer Prakash Kumar Verma confirmed That Pavan had now been shifted to a large enclosure, where the feline is staying with two female cheetahs. Pavan and the female Cheetah Asha were released into the wild on March 11, almost six months after they were brought to the KNP from Africa. Two other felines, Elton and Freddie, were released into the park’s free range area on March 22.
The KNP has seen the death of two cheetahs- a male and a female – in less than a month. On April 23, the male cheetah Uday, translocated from South Africa in February this year, died of cardio-pulmonary failure. One of the eight Nambian cheetahs, Sasha, aged more than four and a half years, died of a kidney ailment on March 27. Under Project Cheetah for reintroducing the species that became extinct in India in 1952, a total of 20 felines, including 10 females, were trans located to the KNP in Sheopur district from Namibia and South Africa in two batches in September 2022 and February this year.
[ Adapted from an article published in the telegraph dated 26 April 2023]
A) Tick the right answer :
(i) Pavan strayed out of KNP that month at least
(a) one time (b) two times (c) three times (d) four times
ANS: (b) two times
(ii) Elton and Freddie were released into the park on
(a) 22 April (b) 7 April (c) 22 March (d) 23 April
ANS: (c) 22 March
(iii) It was reported that cheetah Uday died of
(a) Kidney failure (b) cardio-vascular failure (c) nervous system failure (d) cardio pulmonary failure
ANS: (d) cardio pulmonary failure
(iv) When Sasha died, it was only
(a) four years old (b) more than four years old (c) one year old (d) more than four and half years old
ANS: (d) more than four and half years old
(v) To reintroduce the species in two batches number of Cheetahs brought from South Africa and Nambia were
(a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 1952 (d) 2022
ANS: (a) 20
(vi) Pavan strayed out the KNP and he was seen wandering on April 7 in
(a) Sheopur area (b) in neighboring Uttar Pradesh (c) Bairad area (d) Koriya area.
ANS: (c) Bairad area
B) Each of the following statements is either ‘True’ or ‘False’. Write ‘T’ for True and ‘F’ for false in the boxes on the right-hand side. Also pick out suitable line (s) or phrase(s) from the passage in support of your answers:
(i) On April 22 Pavan crossed over to the forest of Uttar Pradesh ….
ANS: False.
Supporting sentence: the feline was tranquillized on April 22 while it was about to cross over to a forest in neighboring Uttar Pradesh
(ii) After being rescued Pavan remained in the enclosure along with other inmates……
ANS: True
Supporting Sentences…. Pavan had now been shifted to a large enclosure, where the feline is staying with two female cheetahs.
(iii) Sasha was brought from Nambia …….
ANS: True.
Supporting Sentences….. One of the eight Nambian cheetahs, Sasha, aged more than four and a half years, died of a kidney ailment on March 27.
C) Answer the Following questions:
(i) What does KNP stand for?
ANS: KNP stand for “ Kuno National Park.”
(ii) What did the divisional forest officer say about Pavan?
ANS: The divisional forest officer say about Pavanthat Pavan had been shifted to a large enclosure, where the feline is staying with two female cheetahs.
(iii) What happened to Pavan on March 11?
ANS: Pavan and the female Cheetah Asha were released into the wild on March 11.
(iv) What was the aim of project Cheetah?
ANS: The aim of project Cheetah is reintroducing the species that became extinct in India in 1952.
Secton – B (Grammar and Vocabulary)
4) Write the correct alternative to fill in the blanks:
Three workers ….. (die/died/had died) because of possible asphyxiation while they …… (tried/ had tried/ were tried) to remove wooden planks from newly- casted concrete walls of a septic tank. They ……… (brought/were brought/had brought) out and rushed to the local hospital where doctors declared brought-dead.
ANS:
Three workers died because of possible asphyxiation while they were tried to remove wooden planks from newly- casted concrete walls of a septic tank. They were brought out and rushed to the local hospital where doctors declared brought-dead.
5) Do as directed:
It took ………. Few minutes before all came to realize that the train had collided ………. A goods train coming ……. The opposite direction.
ANS: It took a Few minutes before all came to realize that the train had collided with. A goods train coming from the opposite direction.
B) (i) Does she sing a song? (Change the voice)
ANS: Was a song sung by her?
(ii) The crowd said “Long live president”. (Change into direct speech)
ANS: The crowd wished that their president might live long.
(iii) The dog is the most faithful of all animals. (Change the degree of Comparison)
ANS: The dog is more faithful than any other animals.
C) Choose the correct phrasal verbs from the list given below to replace the words underlined. Write the correct phrasal verbs in the boxes on the right-hand side changing the form where necessary. There is one extra phrasal verbs in the list.
[Look into, give up, give off, make out]
(i) The flower emits a sweet smell.
ANS: The flower give off a sweet smell.
(ii) Mita could not understand what her friend was saying.
ANS: Mita could not make out what her friend was saying.
(iii) The teacher is examining the answer script.
ANS: The teacher is Look into the answer script.
6) Given below are the meanings of four words which you will find in the passage in question No 3 out the words and write them in the appropriate boxes on the right-hand side:
(i) Made calm by means of drug……
ANS: Tranquilize
(ii) No longer in existence…..
ANS: Extinct
(iii) Illness….
ANS: Ailment
(iv) moved from one place to another ……
ANS: Translocation
Section –C (Writing)
7) Your club is going to organize a Health Awareness Programmer. As the secretary to the draft notice for its members with the following points:
[How you like to organize it ……… area of your work……… how long you want to work …….. measurers you want to take ………. When you propose to start]
ANS:
Shivaji Club, Shrirampur
Notice
7th December 2023
Health Awareness Programmer
It is informed to all members of our “Shivaji club” that we are organize “Health awareness Programmer” for 3 days. The program held on 10 December to 12 December 2023 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This program is for our well-being and health related issue.
All the members of our club must present on 10 December 2023 at 10 a.m.
Shubham Beldar
Secretory
Shivaji Club,Shrirampur
9) Write a letter to your friend advising him/her to practice physical exercise regularly.
Points: Introduction—Value of good health — when to get up from sleep— physical exercises— benefits of regular exercise.
ANS:
Letter Writing
X.Y.Z
ABC chowk, kalewadi
Pune, pin- 413725
Date: 22nd December 2023
My dear Rahul,
Your letter just got. You written that you are ill. You are not doing daily physical exercise. My advice you to do physical exercise regularly. There are various advantages of doing physical exercises. The good health is achieved by doing physical exercises. You do exercises at morning or evening. Always remember a Healthy brain resides in a healthy body. When you do regular physical exercises your body looks good and free from different diseases. I hope you will follow my suggestions.
Your Loving Friend
X.Y.Z