Model Question Papers Set 3 [PART A]

PART-A (10 × 2 = 20 Marks)

1. Define any two of the following terms: (2×1=2)

a) Satellite

b) Modem

c) Capacitor

d) Library

2. Fill in the blanks with suitable idioms:

(snug as a bug in a rug, hit the sack, eat like a horse, pennywise pound foolish) The

a. boy is very exhausted and he -------------

b. He -------- since he is a glutton.

c. My uncle is------------ and he calculates small expenditure but spends much in  heavy expenditures without analyzing.

d. The baby sleeps looks ---------- next to her mother.

3. Change the following sentences into their passive forms. (2×1=2)

i) I would have kept your car here if you had left it with me.

ii) They called off the meeting.

4. Complete the following conditional sentences: (2×1=2)

a) If only he had attended the interview -------------

b) -----------, you will get good marks in your examination.

c) Capacitor

d) Library

5. Rewrite the following as numerical adjectives: (4×1/2 =2)

a) Three barrels which can hold five litres each

b) Storage space of 32 giga bytes

c) An electric cable which is of ten metres length

d) Project lasting for two years

6. Match the words in column A with their synonyms in column B.

Column A

Juvenile

Austere

Ponderous

Cogent

Column B

Strict

Convincing

immature

unwieldy

7. Fill in the blanks with the suitable words given below: (4×1/2 = 2)

Therefore, Because, For example, However, Such as, Although, On the contrary in earlier days, weather forecasters described hurricanes or typhoons by their positions in degrees of latitude or longitude. ------------ (1) ----------, (a storm used  to be called "22.20 north, 132, 54 west" ---------- (2) ----------  this method was confusing because storms don't stay in the same place; (3) ------------ people developed other ways do identify them. In the 60s, a weather forecaster in Australia used to name typhoons after politicians he disliked. ----------- (4) ------------- this caused criticism among public, this trend continued to exist for quite a long time.

8. Change the following dialogue into reported speech: (2×1=2)

Gokul : Do you know that Arun had met with an accident and is in hospital?

Ram: Oh! I don't. Is he badly hurt? Which hospital is he in?

9. Choose the appropriate word form the given options and make a compound word for the following words: (4×2=2)

i) home

a) wash

b) line

c) made

d) way

ii) life

a) long

b) hood

c) loss

d) hand

iii) key

a) cluster

b) made

c) knife

d) hole

iv) under

a) lie

b) level

c) ground

d) stuff

10. Choose the appropriate words and complete the following sentences: (4×2=2)

a) The movie ------------ (when/which) we saw last week has won three national awards.

b) I want to borrow the book ------------  (when/that) you bought last, month.

c) I visited my uncle -----------  (who/that) lives in Delhi.

d) Most of the people --------- (whose/whom) she met were from Jalandhar.