SSC
Model Paper-6 (Unit-6)
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
W M.: When
I was a child, which is almost more than fifty years ago, the environment was very pristine, very beautiful, and
very green. We were a British colony, and the British government at that time
started to clear cut the indigenous forests in our forested mountains because
they wanted to establish commercial plantations of exotic species of trees such
the pines from the northern hemisphere and the eucalyptus
from Australia. These trees are very nice, they grow tall, and they grow very
fast, but as they grow they destroy all the local biological diversity. All the
flora and fauna disappeared. So, although we were getting commercial timber for
the growing timber industry, we also destroyed our local flora and fauna.
As
a result, these forests, which were the water towers, were no longer able to
contain the water, so when the rains fell the water ran downstream and ended up
in the lakes and oceans instead of going down into the underground reservoir so
that it could come back to us in the form of rivers. One thing we noted is that
not only did the rain patterns change, became less, but also the rivers started
drying up. We lost our local biological diversity. So that's a lot of damage to
our environment. (Environment)
Answer
each of the following questions in three
to four
sentences 4x3=12
1. How was the environment when Maathai was a
child? How is
it now?
2. What are the results of the change in
environment?
3. All the flora and fauna disappeared.
Why?
4. How can we protect our environment?
Q. No. (5-8) Read the following passage
There is one difference, however.
Outside Mr. Nana's front are three large empty metal drums, the bright red
paint now flaking away, but the skull and crossbones symbol clearly visible on
each. And in a clearing 200m away from the village, next to a stream that the
villagers get their drinking water from, is an enormous pyramid of identical
drums, reaching to the sky. Some of them are badly corroded, their slimy
contents of various colours - grey, dark green, bright orange, etc. - leaking
out, down, on to the baked African earth and into the stream. Some have fallen
down and rolled - or been rolled by playful children - into the bush. Some are
smoking in the midday heat. Some are swelling, as if their contents are
bursting to get out. Some have already burst.
(Koko Village - Nigeria)
Answer each of the following questions in three to four sentences 4x3=12
5. What was the difference mentioned in the passage?
6. What does the skull and crossbones symbol tell
us?
7. If you were Sunday nana, how would
you help your village?
8.
Pick Three False statements according to the passage.
A. There isn’t any danger from the drums.
B. The identical drums contain non-poisonous material.
C. Sunday nana is the head of the village.
D. The drums poisoned the stream.
E. Some playful children played with the drums.
Q. No. (9-12) The pie-graph
given below provides information about the spending nature of the families on
various items. Study the graph carefully and answer the following questions. 4 X 2 = 8
9.
Which is the highest expenditure for the families?
10.
What is the percentage of the expenditure of ‘transport, education and savings’
put together?
11.
Which is the least expenditure? Can they increase savings? How?
12.
Financial management or budget planning saves the families from crises.
Justify.
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) A
young and beautiful mouse made his first trip into the world. ii) He
returned to tell his mother about the wonderful animals that he saw. iii) He
said, “I saw some beautiful animals.” He said that one animal was soft with
fur and had a long tail. iv) The animal made a cute sound. v) I saw
the other animal. I was frightened. His mother said, “You are lucky”. vi) The
one with feathers was a hen. The other was a mouse eating cat.
i. Rewrite the sentence using ‘not
only … but also’
ii. Rewrite the sentence adding a suitable question
tag.
iii. Change the sentence into reported speech.
iv. Rewrite the sentence using ‘A cute sound.’
v. Rewrite the sentence beginning with ‘Seeing’.
vi. Combine the two sentences using ‘but’
Q. No. 14. Here is a poem. Write a
choreography script for it. 10M
Or will the Dreamer Wake?
Out in the East the jungle listens
The tigress, plaintive, growls in pain,
The great trees hear her breathing,
shaking
Inside her still, the new lives wait,
These cubs could be the last ones ever
To freely live and roam and mate.
Our grandchild knows the tiger never
Or will the dreamer wake?
Far in the North the white bear snuffles
Down in her lair the gleaming snow
She waits for all the life she's making
Outside the crashing glaciers grow.
These cubs could be the last cubs ever
To freely live and roam and mate.
Our grandchild knows the white bear never
Or will the dreamer
wake? - Medora Chevalier
Or
There is an advertisement about the
post of management trainee on the notice board of your college. Now write a letter
of application to apply the post addressing the Personnel Manager of the firm.
Q. No. 15.
On interviewing
Mathai, a great environmentalist, you could learn many issues about which she
is working and got inspired by her. How would you make an entry in your diary
on this experience? You may include the ideas in your diary – expressions of
your feeling on Wangari Mathai’ activities – your decision for future plans –
your involvement in any such programmes in the scenario etc. 5M
Q.
No. 16. Imagine
you are the secretary of the “Cultural Club” of your school. You wish to
conduct “Save Water” campaign in your locality. Now, prepare a POSTER
keeping in view the following details.
5M
·
Title
of the poster
·
Proper
layout and illustrations
·
Target
audience
·
Who
issued the poster?
·
Schedule
of the campaign
·
Highlights
of the campaign
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.
To
make our life a meaningful one, we need to mind our thoughts, for our thoughts
are the foundation, the inspiration and motivating power of our deeds. When we
are depressed, if we sit by ourselves trying to think cheerful thoughts, we
often do not succeed. But if we mix with people who are cheerful, we can bring
about a change in our mood and thoughts. So we have the choice to create our
thoughts and develop the kind of impressions that make our action more
positive.
Our environment and conditions
are not dictated by the world by the world outside, it is the world inside us
that creates the outside.
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. The
passage is about….. ( )
A) mind B)
thoughts C) depression D)
actions
18. One can change one’s mood by ………….. ( )
A) sitting
along and trying to think cheerfully B)
filling thoughts with jealous
C) mix up with people who are cheerful D) resting a moment
inactive
19. Our jealous and hatred thoughts lead to … ( )
A) negative
action B)
optimistic actions
C) positive action D) broad actions
20. We can make our life meaningful by …. ( )
A) by being depressed B)
by minding out thoughts
C) by being bored all the way D) by changing
outside environment
21. No man resteth a moment inactive means …...
( )
A) We are
inactive sometime B) We have some rest
C) We have inactive mind D) We have no rest
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
They
said we would all become rich. (22) We stood silent, each thinking their
own thoughts. Yes, they told you all that. (23) But there is so many
they didn't tell you. (24) They didn't tell you that to change animal
skins into leather - who they call tanning - uses as many as 250 different
chemicals, including heavy metals such as cadmium, arsenic and chromium. (25)
They didn't told you that these chemicals are discharged into the
environment from those chimney stacks and fall to earth for miles around,
polluting the earth below. (26) They didn't tell you that this would
poisoned your fields, so that nothing will grow.
22……………………………………………………………………………………………
23……………………………………………………………………………….……………
24…………………………………………………….………………………………………
25……………………………………………………………………………………………
26……………………………………………………………………………………………
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
A Doctor is a person ........(27)
........ looks after the sick people and prescribes medicines. In order to
.......... (28) ...... doctor, a person
has to study Medicine. Doctors lead ......... (29) ......... hard life. Their
life is ...... (30) ......... that sometimes …..(31)….. don't get to spend
enough time with their families.
27.
A) whom B) who C) which D) when
28.
A) become B) becomes C)
became D) becoming
29.
A) an B) a C) the D) no article
30.
A) so B) too C) very D) much
31.
A) they B) he C) she D)
it
Q. No. (32-36). Read the following passage with focus on the underlined
parts. Answer them as directed in the space given. 5X1=5
When I was a child, which is almost much (32)
than fifty years ago, the environment was
very pristine (33), very beautiful, and very green. We
were a British settlement (34), and the British government
at that time started to clear cut the indigenous forests in our forested
mountains because they wanted to establish commercial plantations of foreign
(35) species of trees such a the pines from the northern hemisphere and
the eucalyptus from Australia. These trees are very nice, they grow tall, and
they grow very fastly (36), but as they grow they destroy all the
local biological diversity. All the flora and fauna disappeared. So although we
were getting commercial timber for the growing timber industry, we also
destroyed our local flora and fauna.
32. Replace the
underlined word with correct form of it.
Ans:
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33. Write the word that is opposite in meaning of the underlined
word.
Ans:
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34. Replace the
underlined word with correct word.
Ans:
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35. Replace with another word that gives the same meaning. Ans:
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36. Replace the
underlined word with right form of the word.
Ans:
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