Submission Date Before Second Sessional.
Question No. 1- Write the Picture Composition on the Topics Given Below.
(150 Words)
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A Winter |
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Indian Railways Station |
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Indian Metro |
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GO Corona |
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Clean India, Green India |
Question No. 2- Write the Paragraph Writing on the Topics given Below.
- Money is the good servant but Bad master.
- Indian Pollution.
- Smoking is harmful for Health.
- The Pen is mightier than the sword.
- A rolling stone gather no mass.
Passage 1
A noble purpose gives meaning to one’s own life and is of benefit to others. I realized this while researching on and writing about the life of Jamshedji Tata. What gave one man living in a colonised country the vision to advance it in the community of nations? He not only gave India the power to steel and hydroelectric energy, but also an institution of research.He sent an educationist to Europe and the United States to report on what should be the best model for India. The John Hopkins University in Baltimore was recommended as the model. But Jamshedji Tata made it a point to see that his name was not associated with the university. After his death, his dream came true with the establishment of the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru. It was to be fountain head of science in the decades to come.
There are others too whose purpose in life has made a difference to society. Mother Teresa had a comfortable life at Loretto Convent, Kolkata. On a train journey to Darjeeling, she felt her ‘calling’ and wanted to give up her comfortable life in the convent and serve the poor and the needy.
After that, she took a three month nursing course and returned to Kolkata. She devoted her time to the sick and the homeless. Touched by her sacrifice, some of her students joined her and work began. Not everyone has such a strong calling. When I asked her how one could be sure of one’s calling, she replied, “Deep down in our hearts we know exactly what our calling is, if we are sincere.’’ One’s purpose is shaped over a period of time, but every noble purpose is based on a feeling for the suffering of others and our desire for alleviating that condition.
Q. 1 On the basis of your reading of the above passage answer the questions that follow:
- Bring out the unique character traits of Jamshedji Tata?
- Why did he send an educationist to Europe and the USA?
- Mention two facts about Indian Institute of Science.
- How did Mother Teresa start working for the poverty stricken people?
- What was the first step Mother Teresa took?
- How can we find our calling?
- Is it possible to find one’s calling within a short period? Why/Why not?
- Find the word in Para 4 which means the same as ‘lessening’.
Passage 2
Passage 3
Passage 4
It is rare to find someone with good technical and communication skills. You can get far ahead of your colleagues if you combine the two early in your career. People will judge, evaluate, promote or block you based on your communication skills. Since habits form by repeating both good and bad forms of communication, learn to observe great communicators and adopt their styles and traits— in written and verbal forms. The art of listening and learning from each and every interaction, is another secret recipe. Develop the subconscious habit of listening to yourself as you speak and know when to pause.It is rare to find someone with good technical and communication skills. You can get far ahead of your colleagues if you combine the two early in your career. People will judge, evaluate, promote or block you based on your communication skills. Since habits form by repeating both good and bad forms of communication, learn to observe great communicators and adopt their styles and traits— in written and verbal forms. The art of listening and learning from each and every interaction, is another secret recipe. Develop the subconscious habit of listening to yourself as you speak and know when to pause.
Answer the following questions briefly:
- Why is it necessary to have good communication skills
- How can communication skills be developed?
- What, according to the writer, should be avoided while communicating?
- Why should you be careful when you tend to be humorous?
Choose the most appropriate meanings of the given words from the options provided:
- evaluate
- estimate
- assume
- punish
- evolve
- trait
- treaty
- trail
- quality
- liberty
- utter
- Flatter
- speak
- rot
- unique
- haunt
- hunt
- chant
- trouble
- avoid
Passage 5
Mirrors have been used since ages. It is said that Archimedes used huge mirrors to focus the heat of the sun’s rays on enemy ships to burn them. The same principle is used in solar cookers, where mirrors are used to reflect and focus the sun’s rays on to cooking containers. Astronomers use huge concave mirrors to focus starlight. The mirrors used in telescopes are polished by giving a thin coat of silver or aluminium to the glass. With the telescopes, astronomers can see the heavenly bodies, but even without the telescopes one can see the moon. A full moon shining overhead is a beautiful sight. But it is also a puzzle, because if the sun and the moon both give the same light, then why is the moonlight more pleasant?
The reason is that the moon reflects very little sunlight, in fact, only seven percent of the light it receives. The earth reflects about half of the radiation that it receives from the sun. Imagine how bright the earth must be looking from the moon! One can even read a book on the moon in the earthlight. However, you do not have to travel all the way to the moon to realize how strong the earth light is. Observe the crescent moon soon after all the new moon. The bright crescent is illuminated by the sun. The rest of the moon is illuminated by earthlight. In other words, the light reflected by the earth is falling on the moon. This is being reflected back to us and is strong enough to show the moon faintly. As the crescent increases in size, this effect disappears.
Fresh snow is the best reflector of sunlight in nature. As a highly reflective substance, snow dramatically increases UV-B exposure near the Earth’s surface, as it reflects most of the radiation back into the atmosphere, where it is then scattered back toward the surface by aerosols and molecules. Fresh snow can reflect as much as 9.4 percent of the incoming UV radiation. The bright light reflected by it can dazzle and harm your eyes. Mountaineers, therefore, use dark glasses.
Q. Answer the following questions:
- Mirrors used in telescopes are polished by which coating?
- Mountaineers wear _________ while climbing mountains.
- The bright light reflected by fresh snow can _________ .
- Why did Archimedes used mirrors to focus the heat of the sun rays?
- The earth reflects _________ of the radiation received from the sun.
- about one-fourth
- about three-fourth
- about two-third
- about half
- The principle of focusing the sun rays is used in:
- Solar cooker
- Pressure cooker
- Inverter
- None of the above
- The dim part of the crescent moon is lit by:
- sunlight
- satellite
- stars light
- earth light
- With the _________, astronomers can see the heavenly bodies.
- telegraph
- telephone
- telescope
- television
Question No. 4- Write the Notice Writing on the Topics Given Below.
- As Principal of Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Lucknow, draft notice is not more than 80 words informing students of the change in school timings with effect from the 1st of January . State valid reasons for the change. (UP 2022).
- As Sports Secretary of G.D.G. Public School, Noida, draft notice is not more than 80 words for your school notice board informing the students about the sale of old sports goods of your school. You are Rohini/Rohit. (UP 2021).
- You are Secretary of J.P. Narain Housing Society, R.W.A., Meerut. Draft a notice is not more than 80 words stating that the second instalment of maintenance charges falls due on 25st December 2021, and requesting the members to pay before the due date. Sign as Ramesh/Anita. (All India 2021).
- You are Sports Secretary of Lalwani Public School, Udaipur. Draft a notice is not more than 80 words for your school notice board asking the students to give their names for participation in various events to be held on the Annual Sports Day of your school. Invent the details of the events. Sign as Lalit/Lalita. (All India 2021).
- As Student Editor, draft notice is not more than 50 words for your school notice board inviting articles from the students for your school magazine. You are RohaiVRupini of Vasant Vihar School, Pune. (All India 2021).
Submission Date Before Second Sessional.
