SSC Model Paper-8 (Unit-8)

English

Time: 3hours Max. Marks .80

Instructions:

I. Read the question paper carefully.

II. Answer the questions under Part-A in the answer booklet.

III. Write the answers to the questions under Part-B on the question paper itself.

IV. Avoid overwriting.

PART-A

Marks 60

Q. No. (1-4) Read the following passage

‘Pick up that stick!’ The dark boy picked it up. ‘Jump into the flowers!’ The dark boy jumped.

‘Get me some water! The dark boy ran inside. The white boy sat down on the lawn.

I was amazed. Here before my eyes, a white baby, for they were little more than babies, was imposing his will upon a little black boy. And the little black boy submitted. I puzzled within myself as I went down the road. Could it be that the little dark boy was the son of a servant in the home and therefore had to do the white boy’s bidding? No. They were obviously dressed alike; the little dark boy was of equal class with his playmate. No. They were playmates; the little dark boy was a neighbour’s child. I was sure of that. Then how was it that he obeyed so faithfully the white boy’s orders?

Was it that even as boy he sensed that in his own country he would be at the white man’s beck and call? Could be, at his age, divide a difference between himself and the white boy? And did the little white youngster, so young, such a baby, realize that he would grow to dominate the black man? Was there an indefinable quality in the white man that enabled his baby, smaller and younger than his playmate, to make him his slave? I could find no answer. I could not bring myself to believe such a thing, and yet, with my own yes I had seen a little dark boy take orders from a little white boy – a little white boy, obviously his social equal, and younger and smaller. Were we, as a race, really inferior? So inferior that even in our infancy we realized our deficiencies, and accepted a position as the white man’s servant? (Jamaican Fragment)

Answer each of the following questions in three to four sentences 4x3=12

1. “I puzzled within myself”. What made the author puzzled within himself?

2. What were the thoughts generated in the writer’s mind, while watching the two boys?

3. “Were we, as a race, really inferior?” said. What do you mean by ‘race’? Give your opinion on it?

4. Which game do you like the most? Why?

Q. No. (5-8) Read the following passage

'Feel at home'! 'Come again':

they say, and when I come

again and feel

at home, once, twice,

there will be no thrice -

for then I find doors shut on me.

So I have learned many things, son.

I have learned to wear many faces

like dresses - home face,

office face, street face, host face,

cocktail face, with all their conforming smiles

like a fixed portrait smile.

And I have learned too

to laugh with only my teeth

and shake hands without my heart.

I have also learned to say, 'Goodbye',

when I mean 'Good-riddance';

to say ' Glad to meet you',

without being glad; and to say 'It's been

nice talking to you', after being bored. (Once Upon A Time)

Answer each of the following questions in three to four sentences 4x3=12

5. What are the different faces learnt by the poet?

6. Write three differences of the earlier poet and present poet?

7. “'Feel at home'! 'Come again'” Explain.

8. Find the true statements.

A. The speaker feels a sense of belonging after being welcomed back.

B. The speaker has learned to be fake in social interactions.

C. The poem is not about the importance of making a good first impression.

D. The speaker wears different feeling faces based on the social situation.

E. The speaker laughs genuinely with friends and family.

Q. No. (9-12) The pie-chart given below provides information on how the union budget gets rupee. Study the pie-chart carefully and answer the following questions. 4 X 2 = 8

9. What does the pie-chart show?

10. How many sources of income are shown here?

11. Which two sources have an equal share in the total income?

12. Name the source that contributes 10% to the income.

Q. No. (13). Read the passage given below focusing on the parts that are underlined. Answer any 4 of the questions as directed and write them in the answer booklet. 4X2=8

i) All the oxygen in the air was used up leaving only carbon dioxide. What would happen to all of us? Everyone would die. ii) Trees help us to live. iii) They take in the carbon dioxide from the air and let the oxygen out in the air. With the help of sunlight, they break up carbon dioxide into carbon and oxygen. iv) They use the carbon to make starch. They let the oxygen out into the air. v) Tree is life. It gives air and food. vi) Trees are the symbol of life.

i. Combine the two sentences using ‘If’.

ii. Rewrite the sentence beginning with ‘We’.

iii. Rewrite the sentence using ‘not only – but also’.

iv. Combine the two sentences using ‘and.’

v. Combine the two sentences using ‘as’.

vi. Rewrite the sentence adding a question tag.

Q. No. 14. You have read ‘What is my name?’ from your syllabus. The woman forgets her name which is identity of a person. She struggles to find her name out. Finally, her friend Prameela reminds her name. Now write a possible conversation between Prameela and Sharada. 10M

You have witnessed the pandemic situation. The human life has been changed for the past one and a half year. COVID-19 has brought a drastic change in human life. Many people lost their jobs, like teachers, professional, labourers got difficulties, migrants got difficulties in reaching their native places and the financial positions of the majority people is in crisis. Now it may come to normalcy. But Corona is not yet over. Keeping the measures in view to take more precautions write an essay that would aware the people about Corona.

Q. No. 15. Imagine that you were the narrator of the story ‘Jamaican Fragment’. You have become restless on the day one as you have seen the game of the children but applied the childish motives even though you are grown up. Now write a diary entry of yours on the day one. 5M

Q. No. 16. Read the following information and prepare a profile using details mentioned. 5M

Profile of Sachin Tendulkar
Name	Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Date of Birth	24th April, 1973
Place of Birth	Mumbai-Maharashtra
About family	Wife-Anjali Tendulkar, Daughter-Sara Tendulkar, Son-Arjun Tendulkar
Occupation	Veteran Indian Cricket Player
Achievements	1. Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha-nominated)
	2. Bharath Ratna (2013)
	3. Padma Vibhushan (2008)

Part-B

Instructions:

1. Answer the questions on the question paper itself and attach it to the answer booklet of Part-A

2. Avoid overwriting

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Q. No. (17-21). Read the following passage carefully.

Bathukamma, Telangana’s famous floral festival is celebrated for nine days from ‘Bhadrapad Amavasya to Ashwayuja Ashtami’ (also Durgastami) usually falling in September or October. Bathukamma – a symbol of Telangana’s cultural spirit – is a beautiful flower stack, arranged with different unique seasonal flowers, most of them with medicinal values, in seven concentric layers in the shape of a temple gopuram. Bathukamma, a Telugu term, means “Mother Goddess, come alive’ Goddess Maha Gouri, the life giver, is worshipped as Bathukamma. Bathukamma is the festival of feminine felicitation. Women dress up in traditional silk clothes with befitting jewellery. The festival serves as an excellent opportunity for women to express their multi-dimensional artistic skills – arranging flowers, dressing up, preparing various prasadams, singing, dancing and playing. It is very useful to know about the historical, religious, social and unifying significance of Bathukamma – the pride of Telangana.

Now answer the questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write A, B, C or D in the brackets given 5X1=5

17. Bathukamma usually falls in the month of….. ( )

A) November or December B) August or September

C) September or October D) October or November

18. Bathukamma is a symbol of ……. ( )

A) Floral festival B) Telangana Culture

C) Harvest festival D) Traditional silk garments

19. Bathukamma is arranged in the shape of … ( )

A) square with seven concentric layers B) temple gopuram with seven concentric layers

C) any shape with five concentric layers D) temple gopuram with nine concentric layers

20. Bathukamma means … ( )

A) a festival B) Mother Goddess

C) feminine felicitation D) all the above

21. Bathukamma is considered as …... ( )

A) Water of Telangana B) Harvest of Telangana
C) Pride of Telangana D) Season of Telangana

Q. No. (22-26). In the following passage, five sentences are numbered and each of them has an error. Correct them and rewrite them in the given space. 5X1=5

'I know what you're thinking,' I said. 22) 'You're thinking that be may the black race is superior to the white, because you just saw the little dark youngster on the lawn ordering the little white boy around. 23) Don't think that; it's an game they play. Alternate days one is the boss, the other the servant. It's a grand game. 24) I used to play it and may be so you did. Yesterday I saw the little white boy bossing the dark one and I worried all day over the dark boy's realisation of his inferiority so young in life! 25) We are silly, we grown-ups, don't we?'

The man was surprised at my outburst. He looked at me smiling. 'I know all about the game,' he said. 'The boys are brothers — my sons.' 26) He pointed to a handsome brown woman on the verandah which had just come out to call in the children. 'That's my wife', he said.

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Q. No. (27-31) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below. Each blank is numbered and each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D). Choose the correct answer and write A, B, C or D in the brackets given. 5X1=5

Gavaskar was born in a hospital. His uncle, Nana-kaka, saw him and noticed …………… (27) hole on the baby’s left ear lobe ………….. (28) uncle came to the hospital the next day. He ………… (29) surprised the baby beside Gavasker’s mother was different …………….. (30) they searched all the cribs ………(31) the hospital. Gavaskar was found beside a fisherwoman.

27. A) an B) a C) the D) none ( )

28. A) his B) her C) him D) my ( )

29. A) is B) was C) were D) are ( )

30. A) so B) but C) because D) as ( )

31. A) on B) in C) above D) beneath ( )

Q. No. (32-36). Read the following passage with focus on the underlined parts. Answer them as directed in the space given. 5X1=5

The other little fellow was smaller, but also sturdy — he was white, with hazel eyes and light-brown hair. Both were dressed in blue shirts and khaki pants. They wore no shoes and their foot (32) were muddy. They were not conscious (33) of my standing there, watching them; they played on. The game, if it could be called a game, was not elaboration. (34) The little white boy strode superiorly (35) up and down, and every now and then shouted imperiously at his bigger playmate. The little brown boy shuffled along quiet (36) behind him and did what he was told.

32. Replace the word with its plural form.