Q. 8 GAP FILLING
Complete the sentences given below with the help of the options that follow:
Mata Vaishno Devi is reportedly amongst the most (a)……………………. temples in the country. So, when my
'call' to visit the temple came, I was quite Excited It (b)………………. that Vaishno Devi took birth in the house
of a poor Brahmin. She was named Vaishnavi meaning who (c)……………………….. to Vishnu. The girl left
her home to meditate in a forest nearby. Thousands of years later, Sage Goraknath heard of Vaishnavi and sent
his disciple Bhairo Nath to seek her out.
a) (i) visits
b) (i) eats
c) (i) got
Q9. Read the paragraph given below and fill in the blanks with the help of options that follow.
(1x3 = 3 marks)
A friend Kaveri Mehra recounts how her college-going son and daughter have become exceedingly sensitized
(a)…………………….giving back to society. Her son while travelling (b)……………………. an auto to
college was touched by the auto-wallah's gesture (c) ……………………… distributing biscuits at every traffic
signal. He was amazed when the guy told him that he put at least Rs 50 for charity every day.
a)(i) for
(ii) to
(iii) in
(iv) at
b)(i) to
(ii) in
(iii) at
(iv) along
c)(i) for
(ii) in
(iii) of
(iv) with
(1x 3 = 3 marks)
(ii) does
(ii) is said
(ii) is related
(iii) visited
(iii) was said
(iii) related
(iv) done
(iv) ate
(iv) get
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DIALOGUE COMPLETION
Q 10. Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows:
(1 x 3 = 3 marks)
Rohan : Let's go out for a dinner today.
Riya
: Which restaurant would you like to go to?
Rohan : I would like to go to the Rama's because I like the Chinese food there.
Riya
: I am not in a mood for eating Chinese.
Today let's go out to some South Indian restaurant.
Rohan suggested to Riya that they should go out for that day a dinner. Riya asked Rohan
(a)………………………………….Rohan replied (b)……………………………………. To this Riya said that
she was not in a mood for eating chinese food and further suggested (c)………………………………….
SENTENCE REORDERING
Q 11. Rearrange the following jumbled words to make meaningful sentences and write the same in the
answer sheet.
(3 marks)
(a) in/other animals/elephant/an/excels/ intelligence
(b) displays/ he/ his intelligence/little actions/in his
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(c) with a difficulty/a way out/whenever/with/his intelligence/faced/he finds
EDITING
Q12. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Identify the error in
each line, and write it along with the error in your answer sheet. The first one has been done as an
example
(½ x 6 = 3 marks)
Error answer
Even though I have grown out now
(a)
(b)
(c)
I should never forget the days of my childhood.
when I can play in the village lanes with my
friends. We shall run on the kuchcha roads with our Gilli Danda throughout the day.
When I came back home, and my mother can scold me for I looked really dirty.
Q. 13. Read the following dialogue and then complete the report given below. Write your answers in your
answer sheet with correct blank number. Do not copy the dialogue and the report.
(1x3 = 3marks)
Santa:
How did your hen die?
Banta:
I poured hot water into its mouth.
Santa:
But why did you do it?
Banta:
Actually I thought it would give me boiled eggs.
Santa asked Banta (i) _________________ . Banta replied that (ii) ___________. Now
Santa wanted to know why he had done it. To which Banta replied that (iii) _______________.
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