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2 ANSWERS OF QUESTION PAPER 2 Section A 11. C. Her friends had sat and described the sight to her. 2. B. satisfaction 3. The officials were angry at the author because he had got late and the aircraft was waiting for him to take off. 4. The author called the air hostess as he wanted to give Mij’s food parcel of fish to be kept in a cool place. 5. The author was grateful to the air hostess because she suggested him to put his pet on his knee. 6. meaningless 7. bol 8. party 9. feast 10. bread 11. The postmaster sends money to Lencho in order not to shake Lencho’s faith in God. When the postmaster reads Lencho’s letter to God, he becomes serious and decides to answer the letter. He collects money from his post office employees and friends. He himself also gives a part of his salary and puts seventy pesos in an envelope. Then he signs the letter ‘God’ so that Lencho’s faith is not shaken. 12. With age Nelson Mandela realized that he had a lot of responsibilities of his people, his community and his country. As a boy, Mandela did not have a hunger for freedom because he thought that he was born free. He believed that as long as he obeyed his father and abided by the customs of his tribe, he was free in every possible manner. He had certain needs as a teenager and as a young man. Gradually, he realized that he was selfish during his boyhood. He slowly understands that it is not just his freedom that is being curtailed, but the freedom of all blacks. It is after attaining this understanding that he develops a hunger for the freedom of his people. 13. The young seagull was very hungry. It was this hunger that ultimately compelled it to fly. Its hunger only intensified when it saw its mother tearing at a piece of fish that lay at her feet. It cried to her, begging her to get some food. When its mother came towards it with food in her beak, it screamed with joy and anticipation. However, she stopped midway. It wondered why she did not come nearer. Not being able to resist or control its hunger any longer, it dived at the food in its mother’s beak. At that moment, his hunger overpowered his fear of the great expanse of sea beneath the cliff. Finally, this plunge was followed by the natural reaction of its body, i.e., to fly. ENGLISH (First Language) [004]
Online Answer Keys – ENGLISH (First Language) 3 14. The kuppia worn by the Kodavus is a long, black coat with an embroidered waist- belt. It also resembles the kuffia worn by the Arabs and the Kurds. Coorgi homes have a tradition of hospitality and also they are willing to recount the tales of valour related to their sons and fathers. 15. Kisa Gotami went from house to house to ask for a handful of mustard seeds where no death had taken place so far. But she was unable to find such a house where nobody had died. She was tired and hopeless and sat down at the wayside watching the lights of the city as they flickered up and were extinguished again. She realized that similar to the city lights, human lives also flicker up for some time and extinguish again. Section B 16. According to the poet, the Bengal Tiger comes to your notice if he eats you as tiger is considered as a man eater animal. 17. The poem is “How to tell Wild Animals” written by “Carolyn Wells”. 18. ‘With black stripes on a yellow ground’ means the body of the tiger that is in yellow colour and has black stripes on it. 19. B. Oxymoron 20. C. Personification 21. The poet takes side with those who believe that the world will be destroyed by fire. Frost connects fire with desire. According to the poet, desire is powerful and would be a quick end. Moreover, the fact that he has had personal experience with desire leads him to first conclude that the world will end in fire. 22. ‘In the world of possession’ means people like to possess all sorts of things in the world. People keep getting things and keep losing them. But this does not stop them from possessing things. They learn to deal with the loss. 23. Amanda is scolded for having chocolate as previously it had caused her acne. Amanda’s mother is very particular about such things. Amanda is made conscious about her physical appearance. It is very sad that at such a young age Amanda is made to worry about natural experiences. 24. All the animals other than the dragon used to boast about their bravery and made the fun of the dragon. But when the pirate entered the house, all were scared, ran away and disappeared except Custard, the dragon. 25. The young man loves Anne. He is attracted towards her external beauty. He feels that young men are in despair because of her exquisite beauty. They never care for or peep into woman’s inner beauty. 26. Horace required the money to buy three interesting books that were coming up for sale in the autumn. 27. Horace was careful about not leaving any fingerprints as he was a thief and it would save him from being caught by the police. 28. According to Horace, the dog would recognize him if he called the dog by its right name. 29. Mme Loisel looked old as she had become a strong, hard and crude woman by doing all the household chores by herself. 30. Mme Loisel thought about the former evening ball party where she looked so beautiful and so flattered.
4 MODEL QUESTION PAPERS : STANDARD 10 (2025) Section C 31. in – into 32. boy – boys 33. push – pushed 34. on – to 35. to 38. ‘I’ll be in time for breakfast,’ I thought. A good big English breakfast ! Everything was going well – it was an easy flight. 39. and 40. with 41. who 42. because 43. Chubukov asked Lomov what that was and what he had said. Natalya ordered her father to send the mowers out to the Meadows at once. Chubukov addressing Lomov as sir asked him what he had said. 44. B. People do not have as much patience as paper. 45. C. It overwhelmed me with a sense of history. 46. B. No one could be sociable with such a person. 47. C. No sooner did he count the money than he became angry. 48. D. will you ? Section D 49. According to the author, the West is fortunate in having a high standard of living because of scientific and technological advance. 50. The majority of the people in the world spend their time and energy in their struggle against nature to get food and shelter. 51. The technical explosion is making free a large number of people from their traditional bondage to nature. 52. (1) triumph – conquest (2) produce – generate OR 49. The poem is about a lone wandering dog that prefers freedom to being owned. 50. The lone dog’s opinion about the other dogs is that in order to be sleek lap dogs, they have to sacrifice their entire freedom. 51. The dog uses the words such as ‘lean, keen, wild, lone, rough, tough, bad, mad’ to describe itself. 52. The dog likes to sit and watch the moon and doesn’t allow people to sleep at night by making some noise. 53. 8 August, 2024 Thursday 9 : 40 p.m. Dear Diary, Today, was a day full of grief for me. I lost my most precious gold earring. It was a gift given by my grandmother which she used to wear every day before she gave me. She had gifted me before she passed away because I was so fond of