1. Read the following statements with reference to ‘A Letter to God’ and choose the correct option : Statement 1 : The house in which Lencho was living was in the middle of a populous town. Statement 2 : Lencho was a good farmer.

2. “I hope it passes quickly.” It did not pass quickly. What is the ‘it’ referred to?

3. What was Lencho’s immediate response when he ‘received the letter from God’?

4. On that lovely autumn day, I was accompanied by my _____ Zenani.

5. “The day was symbolised for me by the playing of our two national anthems.” What was the occasion when two national anthems were being played?

6. Read the following statements with reference to ‘Nelson Mandela : Long Walk to Freedom’ and choose the correct option : Statement 1 : On the day of the inauguration, Nelson Mandela was overwhelmed with a sense of history. Statement 2 : Mandela learned that courage is not an absence of fear but triumph over it.

7. During September to March, it is the season of _____ in Coorg.

8. With reference to ‘Coorg’, choose the correct option for the given sentence : The theory of Arab origin in relation to the people of Coorg is based on the

9. Read the following statements with reference to ‘Coorg’ and choose the correct option : Statement 1 : Whoever visits Coorg, is fascinated by the adventurous activities that are carried out. Statement 2 : The people are hostile and cowardly in Coorg.

10. Pranjol buried his nose in his detective book again. What does the underlined part mean?

11. Read the following statements with reference to ‘Tea from Assam’ and choose the correct option : Statement 1 : Bodhidharma was a lazy monk who loved to sleep. Statement 2 : The legend of Bodhidharma originated in China.

12. The second-flush or sprouting period is important as it

13. Read the following statements with reference to ‘Madam Rides the Bus’ and choose the correct option : Statement 1 : Valli loved standing at the front door. Statement 2 : Her playmates were of her age.

14. “On and on went her thoughts as she calculated and recalculated, planned and replanned.” [Hint : ‘Madam Rides the Bus’] What was the planning about?

15. “He stalks in his vivid stripes.” Choose the word which is same as the underlined word.

16. In the poem ‘Amanda’, the mother asks her daughter not to

17. In the poem ‘Animals’, Walt Whitman writes that animals do not discuss their duty to

18. In ‘The Ball Poem’, the boy senses his first responsibility in a world of

19. Why does the speaker in ‘The Ball Poem’ say that he would not intrude on the boy?

20. “He is learning well behind his desperate eyes...” [Hint : ‘The Ball Poem’] What is the opposite of the underlined word?

21. From your reading of ‘The Tale of Custard the Dragon’, choose the correct option.

22. Read the following statements with reference to ‘Footprints without Feet’ and choose the correct option : Statement 1 : Griffin chose a bad time to be in London. Statement 2 : It was bad time because all shops in London were closed.

23. “Griffin the scientist had carried out experiment after experiment...” What ‘experiment’ is being referred to here?

24. “Shortly afterwards a curious episode occurred.” [Hint : ‘Footprints without Feet’] Choose the word which means the same as the underlined word.

25. Read the following statements with reference to ‘A Question of Trust’ and choose the correct option : Statement 1 : Horace Danby loved to read books. Statement 2 : Book lovers can be cheated easily by beautiful women.

26. Fifteen years ago Horace Danby had been put to the prison because

27. Horace gets angry when anyone discusses ‘honour among _____’.

28. Read the two statements and choose the correct option : Statement 1 : We have to be careful and alert. Statement 2 : Is that so, but why?

29. Do you have any money? What is the underlined word known as?

30. I signed my name where father told me to do. Identify the type of adverb clause represented by the underlined part.

31. Identify the correct sentence.

32. I want to be free. Choose the sentence that replaces the underlined part in the correct form.

33. The train will stop _____ many stations. Choose the correct preposition.

34. We should speak the truth. The underlined modal is used to imply

35. “He was writing a letter.” Choose the correct passive voice form for the given sentence.

36. “Let the door be closed.” Choose the correct active voice form for the given sentence.

37. Raju used to earn by _____. Choose the correct option to make it a meaningful sentence.

38. In her imaginary world, Amanda plays the role of

39. In the poem ‘Animals’, the speaker wonders where the animals got the _____ from.

40. With reference to the given passage, choose the word having the same meaning as the word stifled.

41. According to the narrator of the given passage, it was a difficult day on the day of the village fair for the girl because

42. The experiences of refugee children from Afghanistan vary widely according to individual

43. From the given Bar diagram, arrange the given types of disability in the ascending order.

44. Read the following statements based on the given passage and choose the correct option : Statement 1 : Access to education is difficult for children with disabilities. Statement 2 : Children with disabilities from low and middle income countries suffer more.

45. In the 2011 survey, it was found that children with difficulty in seeing were most likely to have access to

61. (a) Hari _____ to read novels. (love)

61. (b) We _____ in Guwahati since last January. (live)

62. (a) The teacher said, “Today we will learn a poem.” (Change the narration)

62. (b) Father told me not to waste my time. (Change the narration)

63. (a) Though he was old, he was energetic. (Write as a compound sentence)

63. (b) Social media is deceptive. (Rewrite in interrogative form)