SECTION A
1. You are Roshan, the Secretary of Hyson Apartments Welfare Association, Chennai. Draft an invitation inviting Shri. Haider Ali, Councillor, to be the Chief Guest and inaugurate their new Community Hall.
SECTION B
2. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
For simple sheep; and such are daffodils
With the green world they live in; and clear rills
That for themselves a cooling covert make
‘Gainst the hot season; the mid forest brake,
Rich with a sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms;
a) How do the ‘rills’ enrich the environment?
b) What makes the mid forest brake rich?
c) Explain: ‘With the green world they live in.’
d) What does ‘simple sheep’ symbolize?
3. Answer the following questions in 30-40 words each:
a) What were the terms of Indigo contract between the British landlords and the Indian farmers?
b) How were Shukla and Gandhi received in Rajendra Prasad’s house?
c) What instructions were given by Dr. Sadao to the American before he left for the sea?
d) Who was Sadao Hoki?
e) What did the General tell Dr. Sadao about his promise to kill the prisoner for him?
VALUE POINTS
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2.a) The clear streams of water create a cooling shelter for themselves against the heat of the sun.
b) The beautiful musk-roses help to make the beautiful forest rich in beauty.
c) Nature’s beauty is at its best in the lush green surroundings of meadows and pastures which provide the life support to all plants and animals.
d) innocence and divine beauty
3.a) • The arable areas of Champaran were divided into large estates owned by British landlords.
• The peasants worked on this land as tenants.
• The peasants were forced to grow indigo on 15 percent of their land and give the entire crop of indigo as rent.
b) • When Shukla and Gandhiji reached Rajendra Prasad’s house, he was out of town.
• The servant’s knew Shukla as a poor peasant who always used to pester their master. They thought Gandhiji to be a peasant.
• They both were treated as peasants and were made to sit on the floor and were not allowed to draw water from the well
c) • to row and stay on the island for the arrival of a Korean fishing boat
• one flash to indicate he ran short of food or still was on the island
• not to burn any fire for fear of being caught -flash the light only at the sunset and never during the darkness
d) • a famous Japanese surgeon trained in America and a noted scientist
• perfecting a discovery which would render wounds entirely clean
• was treating the old general for a condition for which he might need an operation
e) • confessed he had been suffering a great deal
• thought of nothing but himself
• forgot his promise, but it was not lack of patriotism or dereliction of duty
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