Q.1. Read
the following passages and complete the activities: (10)
What I have been asked to do is to be a little anecdotal and
take you through the journey that I have
myself gone through — share with you the lessons and the inspirations
one can have from that journey of my
life. Let me start with my
journey of my life. Journey of my life has been challenging to put it simply.
So many great people have influenced
my life and given me interesting lessons in my life and I would like to remember and recognize them. May be some of
you must have also met such individuals in your life, who inspired you. I start with my greatest guru — my mother.
I was born in a very poor family and my father died when I was six. We moved to Mumbai and my mother
did menial work to bring me up. Two meals a day was a tough challenge. I studied under street lights
and I walked bare foot until, I think, I was twelve. I remember when I passed the seventh standard and I wanted
to go into the eighth standard, our poverty was such that even to secure 21 rupees for secondary school
admission became a big challenge. We had to borrow from a lady, who was a housemaid in Chaupati in Mumbai. That
was the tough life I had. In fact, I
remember, my passing the SSC Examination — i.e. 11*“ standard. Those days it
used to be not 10”“ standard or 12”
standard but 11"‘ standard. I stood 11*“ among 1,35,000 but I was about
to leave higher education and find a
job. What helped me was the scholarship by Sir Dorab Tata Trust. It was just
60 rupees per month and would you
believe that 60 rupees per month from Tatas added so much value to my life
that I have been able to stand here
today before you to speak to you.
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A.1.
Name the following: (2)
- Mashelkar’s greatest guru: ___________.
- The lady from whom Mashelkar had to borrow money in order to go to secondary school:
Mashelkar
could continue his studies because………………………..
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A household from Chaupati
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…………..lent Mashelkar……………………………………
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The Sir Dorab Tata Trust
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…..awarded Mashelkar……………………………………
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3. What Mashelkar was granted: a ___________ to continue with higher education.
4. The trust which granted a scholarship.
A.2.
Complete the following: (2)
Difficulties
faced by Mashelkar in his childhood:
1) He was born…..……………………..……………………
2) His father….………………………….…………………….
3) His mother has
to do………………………..………..
4) It was difficult
for his mother……………………..
A.4. (A)
Use ‘when’: (1)
My father died.
We moved to Mumbai. (Combine using ‘when’.)
A.4.
(B) Use ‘not only…..but also….: (1)
I would like to
remember and recognize them. (Rewrite using ‘not only…..but also…..’)
A.5.
Personal Response: (2)
What kind
of a life did Mashelkar live during his childhood?
[B]
Read the following extract carefully and do the following activities (5)
The forests are dying
Wild life is crying Millions of fish are dying Mother earth is sighing Tell me is it right That we sleep well at night Replenishing ourselves For tomorrows greedy fight Overcrowded trains Overloaded brains Where is the light? What is our plight? While rivers break their banks And greedy industries play their polluted pranks |
B.1.
Fill in the blanks: (1)
1. The poet does
not consider it ___________ for us to sleep well at night.
2. Our trains are
___________and our brains are ___________.
B.2.
1) What
pranks are the greedy industries playing? (1)
2)Industries
play their polluted pranks. (Name and explain the figure of speech (1)
B.3. Personal
Response: (2)
What is the message conveyed through the
poem?
Q.2.A. Write a letterto the newspaper editor on the garbage
dumps in your locality.
OR
Write a letter to your younger brother telling him to
concentrate on his studies.
Q.2.B. Write a report on cleanliness drive conducted by your
school for the school magazine.
OR
Prepare a dialogue between a passenger and a bus conductor
regarding taking bus to the railway station.