Sample question paper

Write an article on any one of the following topics in about 150 words-

1. AOnline Shopping- Necessity or Craze
2. BNeed for Career Counselling in Schools
3. CMy Childhood Fantasy

You are Ruchi/Ravi, residing at 13, Park Avenue Colony, New Delhi. Write a letter to the editor of a national daily to show your concern towards growing linguistic intolerance in the country.

1. AYou are Shubha/Subrat of 17, Sarojini Nagar, Varanasi. Write a letter to the Branch Manager of a bank in your vicinity to complain against the non-functional passbook printing machine.

Which of the following are a pair of antonyms? (1) praise – condemn (2) variety – monotony (3) curiosity – inquiry (4) vanity – modesty

1. Aonly 2 and 3
2. Bonly 1,2 and 3
3. Conly 2,3 and 4
4. Donly 1,2 and 4

Which of the following sentences are correct? (1) The iron will expand if you will heat it. (2) I will stay if he asks me. (3) Both you and I have been invited. (4) I and you are good players.

1. Aonly 1 and 3
2. Bonly 2 and 4
3. Conly 2 and 3
4. Donly 1 and 4

Use any one of the following pairs of words in your own sentences to make the difference in their meanings clear-

1. Aclause–claws
2. Bpain-pane

Write the central idea of any one of the following poems-

1. AA Thing of Beauty
2. BThe Roadside Stand
3. CAunt Jennifer’s Tigers

Answer any one of the following questions in about 80 words- Who were Bama and Zitkala Sa and what kind of discrimination did they face? Do you think Bama's brother was right in thinking that education can change a person's life positively?

1. AWhere was the third level situated? What unusual things were there? Is there any intersection of time and space? Elucidate your answer.