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ICSE/10

Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination

Model Specimen Papers

ENGLISH–I

Edited byAtish Chakraborty

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(Answer to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.You must not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.

This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.)

(Attempt all four questions)The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].

You are advised to spend not more than 35 minutes in answeringQuestion 1 and 20 minutes in answering Question 2.

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CONTENTS

Model Specimen Paper 1 …………………………………………………………………………………… 3–10


Model Specimen Paper 3 (Unsolved) ……………………………………………………………………… 19–21







Model Specimen Paper 10 ………………………………………………………………………………… 60–67


Model Specimen Paper 12 (Unsolved) …………………………………………………………………… 76–78



Model Specimen Paper 15 (Unsolved) …………………………………………………………………… 94–96

Edition : 2017

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ICSE Model Specimen Papers are available in the following subjects :

HINDI MATHEMATICS COMPUTER APPLICATIONSENGLISH-II PHYSICS COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONSGEOGRAPHY CHEMISTRY ECONOMIC APPLICATIONS

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COMPLETE COURSE IN HINDI : IX & X COMPLETE COURSE IN ENGLISH-I & II : IX & X

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MODEL SPECIMEN PAPER–1(Attempt all four Questions)

Question 1.(Do not spend more than 35 minutes on this question) [25]Write a composition (350-400 words) on any one of the following :

(a) Write an original short story that begins with the words: “It was raining hard thatnight. In my hurry to get into the house, I didn’t notice the black car parked across theroad. I realized something was wrong when………”

Ans. IT WAS RAINING HARD………It was raining hard that night. In my hurry to get into the house, I didn’t notice the blackcar parked across the road. I realized something was wrong when an arm pulled me intothe bush next to the door. I tried shouting but another big palm landed on my mouth. Istruggled with my legs but soon felt a fistful blow that made me unconscious.I woke up to loud voices of men and women screaming around me and the heat made mesquirm uncomfortably. I opened my eyes, feeling dizziness in my head and coughed.There was smoke all around me. I heard the sound of a fire engine loud and realised tofind myself in a house that was on fire.It was not my house, the things lying were not mine. This was an unknown place.I feel scared now. Looking to find a way out I pulled myself up and started movingtowards the door. I touched the doorknob and ‘aeww’, it was hot. It then struck me, thehouse was on fire and me being much inside one of the house.I didn’t knew what to do. The coughs became frequent and breathing difficult too. Ididn’t realize when I fell down unconscious. I could feel nothing, but faintly heard adoor breaking open and me being covered and carried away.The cool breeze on the skin and faint voices calling out my name, brought me out of thedeep slumber. I opened my eyes to white walls and lights around me. I felt a warm handon my palm and exciting words. ‘He is awake now !’ Moving my head towards the right,I saw the most beautiful face, my mother and tears welled up in my eyes. Feeling safe Idrifted peacefully into sleep again.My parched throat, forced me out of sleep and I mumbled softly, ‘water’, ‘water !’ I dranka few drops and opened my eyes, feeling a lot better. It felt like a rebirth.

(b) “School days are the happiest days of our lives.” Express your views either for oragainst this statement.

Ans. SCHOOL DAYS ARE THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF OUR LIVES(i) FOR THE MOTION

School was like my first home with my teachers and friends my family! I still rememberthe first day in school.No one of us crying, but playing happily and taking turns on the slide. Those were somecareless days. No worries. Learning alphabets and numbers was no big deal. Althoughthe best part was shouting our lungs out while telling the poetry rhymes. My favouritetime was spent in the little garden that had slides, merry-go-round and other play stuffs.Soon time flew past, we all were in Primary Section. I still remember those momentsvividly- all that fun-sneaking around the corridors, playing in the rains, stealing mangoesfrom the Mango Tree in our school garden and watching our play ground turn intoswimming pool.One incident that I can never forget, is the “The Rat’s Day Out.” Our Science Teacher Mrs.Kamath was taking our class, when suddenly someone from the corner of the classscreamed “Eekkkss! There a rat here”, so we all jumped on our bench-tops, moreshouting and screaming followed, but somehow Kamath Miss convinced and made us tosit at our places so that she could proceed, but we were not in a mood to listen, and everyfive minutes someone would shout that there is rat here and there to which finally,Kamath Miss got annoyed and called the peon. The class was vacated and the peons went

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on RAT HUNT. Finally, after 15 minutes, the rat was caught, but the moment we steppedinside, the bell rang to which we all heaved a sigh of relief!One more incident I recall is when we were in 10th Standard, when our Principal decidedto take our History Classes (normally Principal sir never took classes). For a week we didsucceeded in trying hard to act decent in front of the principal, but soon got bored,moreover we were frustrated by the way of teaching of our Principal. Every day shewould revise whatever she taught the day before and then start afresh. Then one day weobserved that when one of our classmates was coughing, and Madam would stop until,he stopped coughing. There, our devil brains started working again. So from the nextday, we began our daily ritual of COUGHING our heart’s way out. Our Principal tried toadjust for week with our persistent sneezing, but ultimately she complained to our Classteacher. So the next day, our Teacher distributed Halls tablets in the whole class andwarned us all that we should not catch Cold.Seriously I enjoyed school days a lot. Whenever I meet my old school mates, suchbeautiful memories flash again and bring back smiles and tears of joy and we miss ourschool all the more, the place...where I spent the happiest days of my life.

Or(ii) AGAINST THE MOTION

It’s not necessary that the school days are always the happiest days of our lives as wegenerally think. They sometimes appear to be a nightmare. Some people don’t even wantto dream of their school days as they bring fear the mind. The first thing that terrorizesthe children is getting up early in the morning when the rest of the world is sleeping. Theanxiety begins at night only when one has to prepare the bag according to the timetable,get his or her uniform ironed and polish the shoes. They enter the bathrooms yawningand unwantedly when it’s still dark in the morning. After which, waiting on the bus stopor the tempo stand in the early morning hours on the lonely roads adds one more tag tothe boring routine life.In the class again the teachers are aggressive who pressurize the children for completingwork on time. They scold or punish the children for negligence and thus develop a kindof inferiority complex in them. They feel insulted in front of the other students if the workremains incomplete and howsoever genuine reason they give, the teacher is not going tolisten. It seems as if the teachers have descended from some other planet or as if they arefrom army who still hold the strict army rules. They are dried, rude, rough and bitter andthat may be due to their job demand as they have to face the class of mixed children butchildren don’t understand their limitations.Then there are boring school uniforms for continuous many years. The same colour, thesame pattern, the same hair style and the same footwear. It’s difficult to see the so calleduniformity daily. Everything becomes so monotonous that children lose charm inattending the classes. Apart from this, there are daily morning assemblies which childrenusually hate and try to avoid. They find different excuses to sit in the class. Sometimesthey get a diary note to be shown to the class teacher or the monitor to sit in the classduring assembly.

It’s not necessary that all the subjects are interesting for all the children. Some may findBiology interesting; some may find English and some Math. So what happens is that, theuninterested children create chaos in the class and disturb other students as there is nosystem in our country to provide only those subjects to the children in which they areinterested.So I can say that, there is one or the other anxiety always during the school time. One hasto be time bound and cannot behave or live the life of a free bird.

(c) Narrate an incident from your own experience when you helped a friend who was introuble. Explain what happened. What did you do to make the situation better ?

Ans. FRIENDSHIPHaroon and I were best friends long since we met in grade 5. He was the only friend Ihad when I moved to England with my family. We had studied in the same school and

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college but our path diverged as we grew up and both followed our own ambitions.Haroon became a radio jockey and I became a lawyer. Though we were far apart, yet wewould never miss an opportunity to meet each other and help each other in times of need.One day he called me that he had been arrested and I went to rescue my best friend. Ibailed him out of jail and then told me that, the previous evening when he was returningfrom his work, he had stopped at a nearby mart to buy some food items, when he saw ablack man beating up a teenager. Being a good Samaritan, he went to help the teenagerand knocked out the man. The teenager ran away.Haroon called the police and after investigation it was found that the black man was theowner of the shop and was beating the robber (the teenager). Even though Haroon triedhis best to explain to the police, what the misconception was but no one was ready tolisten to him and it appeared as he had accompanied an armed robbery and assaulted acivilian, and consequently he was arrested and taken to the Jail.Haroon was confused and shocked on what was going on and suddenly realized that hehad actually saved the robber! I believed my buddy as I knew he could never do suchmisdeed and as he couldn't afford a lawyer, so I insisted him on keeping me.Haroon had to appear in front of a court to explain his actions. The police had caught thethief who was involved and he blamed Haroon of being the mastermind of the plot eventhough Haroon had no idea of who he was! The video of the fight going outside the martwas shown which made Haroon look as the criminal. I argued that the tape of inside themart shall also be seen to prove that Haroon was innocent. Though the judge had madehis decision, yet he ordered the tape to be shown and it seemed obvious that Haroon hadhelped the robber unintentionally. The judge saw this as a case of misconception andapologized for the problems caused. Overjoyed, Haroon and I congratulated each other.

(d) There has been heavy rain in your city/town. You went to school but found that it wasclosed because of the rain. Describe the sights and sounds near the school and narratehow you finally reached home and spent the rest of the day.

Ans. MY EXPERIENCE ON A RAINY DAYMy Experience on ‘A Rainy Day’ gives me sweet memories. Rains are blessings. Rainsare a curse. If we could control rains and bring them on wherever we are in need or keepthem off as long as we desires them, of course rains would be a blessing. But as we allknow that elements of nature are not under human control, they are sometimes not to ourliking. There was a day when it rained and I did not like it.It was a holiday and I had planned to enjoy the day. I was to pay a visit to my sister atThriuttani which is at a distance of 75 kilometres from my place. Early that morning Istarted from house. Even at that hour I could see bad weather ahead. Dark, smoky cloudsgave the warning of rain. I thought I would be safe if I got into a bus. I was getting intothe bus when it started raining and it rained the way as it had never rained. Within a fewminutes everyone was drenched to the skin. None got the time to get a shelter. In a veryshort time the roads were flooded and the traffic came to a standstill.Visibility was reduced to a few meters. It poured so heavily that even the headlightscould not pierce the thick sheet of water pouring from the sky. Water collected morespeedily on roads than it went down the drains.

The stalls and the temporary structures for the shops at the bus stop dripped. Thoseinside the shops and buses were in no way better than those outside on the road, whowere getting wet in utter helplessness. It soon became worse. The stools, benches, chairsand small tables, outside the shops and stalls began to float in the rising streams of rainwater. It was a pity to see people running after their articles.A man running to catch a bench fell into a drain. He might have been swept away by thestrong current but the water itself threw him out. The poor man stood for a momentlooking dazed at the rushing water. It rained continuously for four hours and during this period all activities came to a halt.When at last the rain stopped, I was hardly in shape to carry on my journey. There washardly any time left for the return trip.


Moreover, I left home sick and longed to be at home in my comfortable bed. Hence, Icame home sad and tired.

(e) Study the picture given below. Write a story or a description or an account of what itsuggests to you. Your composition may be about the subject of the picture or you maytake suggestions from it; however there must be clear connection between the pictureand your composition.

Ans. PICTURE COMPOSITIONWe have evolved from animals and since then, we humans do have a connection withthem. Animals have been man’s best pals and they would understand you so well thatyou won’t even have to say what you want or feel. It is said very often that a Dog is aman’s best friend.The relation that you develop with an animal is lifelong and rigid unlike of that what youbuild up with man.Those having pets would be able to explain better the relation they hold with theseanimals. Animals respond back with all their love and affection and would make surethat no harm reaches us. Whether it is birds or animals, pets have a special bonding withtheir masters.

Apart from the bonding they also provide great services to their masters. Like forexample, cats and dogs are the most common pets found. Cat’s help in keeping the houseclean by killing rodents and insects and dogs safeguard the house and keep strangersaway. The sensitivity to smell for dogs has been the greatest tool used to hunt down anykind of criminal act for humans. Apart from them, even birds form a great company.Parrots are wonderful pets and they talk so much that it is real fun to be with them. Theyalso inform the owner when strangers are around.

Apart from cats and dogs, horses, elephants, donkeys, camels are all tamed and used byman for his useful needs. These animals help man in several ways and have been of helpto man for several decades. Animals also rescue men from danger. There have beeninstincts where dogs have saved small kids or old men from dangerous situations likedrowning or when in an accident.The help that these animals give could not be measured in any means and animals andman do share a special kind of bonding. Rather than seeing the commercial side withanimals, if man tries to be more compassionate with them, they would do anything forhim and maintain an everlasting relationship.

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Question 2.(Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this question)Select any one of the following : [10]

(a) A number of loose electric wires are hanging from a lamp post near the main gate ofyour school. Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner explaining the problem, thedanger it poses and suggest a quick solution.

Ans. Sannidhya DattaTarangi nagar, M.G. road,West Bengal.

23rd March, 2017

To,The Municipal Commissioner,Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation,Kolkata.

Subject: Hanging live wires in front of the School Main Gate Sir, I would like to bring to your kind notice, the miserable condition caused due to hanging

of live wires in front of our school main gate. Our Area is Salt Lake City Sector-1, Kolkata.Although we have made repeated complaints to the Municipalities at repeated intervals,yet they have paid a deaf ear to our complaints. These wires have been causing havocamong kids who are dispersed through that gate and it has been a persistent issue forlong now.We would thereby like to call for your immediate attention for the said problem withoutany further delays.Yours sincerely,Sannidhya Datta

(b) You were a part of an organizing committee for an inter-school event which was verysuccessful. You and the other committee members were congratulated and praised atthe school assembly by the Principal. Write a letter to your grandmother telling herabout the event and your feelings at being recognized and praised in front of theschool.

Ans. Plot no: 137M.G. RoadAgrapathHyderabad

23rd March 2017

Dear grandma,I hope that this letter finds you in the best of health and spirits. Recently, I had theopportunity to organise the annual cultural fest of my school- ‘Ullas’. It was three dayslong inter school cultural fest with a huge number of events ranging from painting towriting to spell bee to dance and so on. We had a huge participation from schools acrossthe city and it was an all in all success. However, our school came second in the festoverall. I and all my team members were appreciated for organising the event so well inthe first morning assembly after the fest. It was indeed a great learning experience for allof us and this event helped us a lot to develop our sense of team spirit, working as agroup hence we had a lot to take back. However, when the principal praised in theassembly it was a great experience for all of us. Hope to hear from you soon.With love,Sunny.


Question 3.Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :Every Monday, on his way back from work, Bipin Chowdhury would drop in at NewMarket to buy books. He had to buy at least five at a time to last him through the week.He lived alone, was not a good mixer, had few friends, and didn’t like spending time inidle chat. Those who called in the evening got through their business quickly and left.Those who didn’t show signs of leaving would be told around eight o’clock by BipinBabu that he was under doctor’s orders to have dinner at eight-thirty. After dinner hewould rest for half an hour and then turn in with a book. This was a routine which hadpersisted unbroken for years.Today, Bipin Babu had the feeling that someone was observing him from close quarters.He turned round and found himself looking at a round-faced, meek-looking man who 10

now broke into a smile.“I don’t suppose you recognize me.’Bipin Babu felt ill at ease. It didn’t seem that he had ever encountered this man before.The face seemed quite unfamiliar.‘Have we met before ?’ asked Bipin Babu.The man looked greatly surprised. ‘We met every day for a whole week. I arranged for acar to take you to the Hudroo falls. My name is Parimal Ghose.’ ‘Ranchi ?’Now Bipin Babu realized this man was making a mistake. Bipin Babu had never been toRanchi. He smiled and said, ‘Do you know who I am ?The man raised his eyebrows, and said, ‘Who doesn’t know Bipin Chowdhury ?’ 20Bipin Babu turned towards the bookshelves and said, ‘You’ve making a mistake. I’venever been to Ranchi.’The man now laughed aloud.What are you saying, Mr. Chowdhury ? You had a fall in Hudroo and cut your rightknee. I brought you iodine. I had fixed up a car for you to go to Netarhat the next day, butyou couldn’t because of the pain in the knee. Can’t you recall anything ? Someone elseyou know was also in Ranchi at that time. Mr. Dinesh Mukherjee. You stayed in abungalow. You said you didn’t like hotel food. I’ll tell you more; you always carried a bagwith your books in it on your sightseeing trips. Am I right or not ?’Bipin Babu spoke quietly, his eyes still on the books. 30‘Which month in Nineteen fifty-eight are you talking about ?’The man said, ‘October.’‘No, sir,’ said Bipin Babu. ‘I spent October Nineteen fifty-eight with a friend in Kanpur.You’re making a mistake. Good day.’But the man didn’t go, nor did he stop talking.‘Very strange. One evening I had tea with you on the verandah of your bungalow.You spoke about your family. You said you had not children, and that you had lost yourwife a decade ago.When Bipin Babu had paid for the books and was leaving the shop, the man was stilllooking at him in utter disbelieve. 40Bipin Babu’s car was safely parked in Bertram Street. He told the driver as he got into thecar, ‘Just drive by the Ganga, will you, Sitaram.’ Driving up the Strand Road, Bipin Baburegretted having paid so much attention to the intruder. He had never been to Ranchi. Hehad an excellent memory.Unless he was losing his mind !

(a) Give the meaning of the following words as used in the passage.One word answers or short phrases will be accepted.(i) persisted (line 8) (ii) decade (line 38) (iii) intruder (line 43) [3]

Ans. (a) (i) continued (ii) of 10 years (iii) encroacher

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(b) Answer the following questions briefly in your own words :(i) How did Bipin Chowdhury find time to read five books a week ? [2]

Ans. Bipin Chowdhury had a few friends and he didn’t socialize much. Moreover, he alwaystook his dinner at 8:30 pm after which he devoted all the time to reading books.

(ii) How did he get rid of visitors who stayed late ? [2]Ans. Bipin would get rid of the visitors by telling them at 8 pm that under the doctor’s

instructions he was to take dinner at 8:30 pm.(iii) Which sentence tells you that Bipin Babu was uncomfortable ? [2]

Ans. Bipin Babu had been uncomfortable when the man kept on telling him that they hadspent the October of 1958 together at a place where the former came for the very firsttime.

(iv) What strong argument did Bipin Babu give to prove that he was not in Ranchi at thattime ? [2]

Ans. Bipin Babu said that in the October of 1958, he was at Kanpur with his friend and this wasthe strongest argument that he gave.

(v) What does Bipin Babu regret ? [2]Ans. Bipin Babu regretted having given so much of attention to the person rather the intruder

and for having answered all his questions diligently.(vi) What are Bipin Babu’s feelings at the end of the passage ? [2]

Ans. Although Bipin Babu felt that he should not have given so much of importance to theintruder yet he felt that he had an excellent memory and that he indeed loved his stay.

(c) What memories of the trip does Parimal Ghose evoke to prove that Bipin Babu wasindeed in Ranchi ? Answer in not more than 60 words. [8]

Ans. Parimal Ghose in the beginning told that he had met Bipin before and that he was the oneto arrange cars for his trip to Hudroo Falls. Additionally, he also said when the latter hadcut his right knee he was the one to get iodine then how allergic Bipin was to hotel foodand that he carried a bag of books while he went for sightseeing and finally he also addedthat it was October of nineteen fifty eight when he came and also said that they had teaone evening where the former told about his family.

(d) Give a title to your summary in 3 (c) (i). Give a reason to justify your choice. [2]Ans. The Persuasive Man : This is because Parimal Ghose by all means tries to pursue Bipin

Chowdhury to believe in the fact that had been to Ranchi before.Question 4.

(a) Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given inbrackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or phraseappropriate to the blank space.Example :Answer : (0) startedMy mother (0) ______ (start) school when she (1) ______ (be) six and (2) ______ (stop) thesame term. She was unusual in the village as she had a father and brother who (3) ______(encourage) her to go to school. She was the only girl in a class of boys and claims shewas brighter than the boys. But every day she (4) ______ (will) leave behind her girlcousins (5) ______ (play) at home and she (6) ______ (envy) them. There (7) ______ (seem)to be no point in (8) ______ (go) to school just to end up doing housework. [4]

Ans. (i) was (ii) stopped (iii) encouraged (iv) would(v) playing (vi) envied (vii) seemed (viii) going

(b) Fill in each blank with an appropriate word :(i) She shouted angrily _________ the disobedient boy.(ii) I asked them to provide us _________ a guide.


(iii) The tree grew at a dangerous slant and had to be cut _________(iv) My daughter believes _________ fairies.(v) He drew a beautiful diagram _________ the board.(vi) She battled her way _________ the crowd.(vii) We were asked to gather _________ the teacher.(viii) They had to climb _________ the steep pathway to reach the top. [4]

Ans. (i) at (ii) with (iii) off (iv) in(v) on (vi) through (vii) near (viii) up

(c) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using ‘and’, ‘but’or ‘so’.(i) This is the hospital. I was born here.(ii) The children have been sick for a week. They were unable to go to school.(iii) Mrs. Kumar has been a teacher for thirty years. She will now retire.(iv) We have had to respect for nature. Now we are suffering from the effects of global

warming. [4]Ans. (i) This is the hospital where I was born.

(ii) The children were unable to go to school for a week as they had been sick.(iii) Mrs. Kumar who has been a teacher for thirty years will now retire.(iv) Since we have no respect for nature, hence we are suffering from the effects of global

warming.(d) Re-write the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Make

other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of each sentence.(i) Not many people read for pleasure these days.

(Begin : Few………………………………………)(ii) Since her childhood Meera has been good in Mathematics.

(End : …………………………………………… childhood)(iii) “We have had no rain since January”, Ramu said.

(Begin : Ramu said that they ………………)(iv) It is dangerous as well as illegal to drive a motorcycle without a helmet.

(Begin : It is not ……………………………………………)(v) He had plenty of wealth but he was not happy.

(Begin : In spite ……………………………………………)(vi) He was so tired that he could not stand.

(Use : too……………………………………)(vii) Every one of them was an experienced mountaineer.

(Begin : There was no…………………………………)(viii) I have never seen a film as bad as this.

(Begin : This is ………………………………………………) [8]Ans. (i) Few people read for pleasure these days.

(ii) Meera has been good in Mathematics since childhood.(iii) Ramu said that they had no rain since January.(iv) It is not only dangerous but also illegal to drive a motorcycle without a helmet.(v) In spite of the plentiful wealth he had, he was not happy.(vi) He was too tired to stand.(vii) There was no inexperienced mountaineer amongst them.(viii) This is the worst film I have ever seen.

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MODEL SPECIMEN PAPER–2(Attempt all four Questions)

Question 1.(Do not spend more than 35 minutes on this question)Write a composition of a reosonable length (350 to 400 words) on any one of following :

(a) If I could change one thing about myselfAns. Perhaps one of the most unpleasant feelings one can experience in life is being discontent

with self. Whereas we are prone to notice negative features in other people, we rarely turnour eyes on ourselves to critically evaluate our behaviour or personal qualities. But if wedo, we can notice many traits within ourselves that we would not like to be there. I try tostay tolerant towards the majority of my personality features. Though, simultaneouslywith my positive qualities, I can be a lazy, irresponsible, apathetic downer. I learned tolive with these and other drawbacks; but the quality that I would enjoy getting rid of ismy tendency to doubt my decisions.It is human nature to doubt ourselves from time to time. Imagine the situation when thefive best universities in the United States are willing to have you as their student. This isone chance in a million, and you know this decision could define your entire life. Mostlikely, you will not randomly point your finger at one of them and say: “I will studyhere”, you will sketch out your future career perspectives as a graduate of each of theseuniversities, and check a number of other parameters. And after intense doubts andworries, you would choose your favoured institution.This is the most reasonable approach. But in my case, I am sometimes prone to doubteven after I have made a decision. In real life, such a peculiarity manifests more ineveryday situations. Whatever I choose, I will spend some time thinking about theopposite variant. To buy chocolate milk or beer? To go to the cinema or to the theater?Not always, but more often that I would like, I start to reflect about trivial decisions.But at the same time, when the decision is made, you must start working towards itwithout hesitation. The more you think over a certain action of yours, the more likely youwill delay the actual realization of what is on your mind.Wise people teach us to be tolerant towards themselves, and accept both their negativeand positive traits. I agree with this thesis, but with one small specification: thisacceptance must not be an excuse for not working towards personal development andgrowth.

(b) ‘Guests are a nuisance.’ Describe an unwelcome guest to your household.Ans. A guest is worthy of our respect. This is what we are taught. But some guests are so

troublesome that they come under unwelcoming category. I also happened to experiencesuch a guest on 23rd October. My parents had gone to attend a wedding and I had stayedback as my exams were going on. At about 4 O’clock there was a knock at the door. Onopening the door, I found aged man with his wife and three children. Before I couldrecognize them, they entered the room. The man told me that he was my uncle.Hearing that, I felt a bit confused. My father and mother had never mentioned beforeabout such an uncle. Therefore, I was at a loss regarding what I should do. Deep in mymind, I was concerned about my Maths paper and on the other hand I was worried, if Ihad not shown proper hospitality to that uncle of mine, I might be severely scolded bymy parents. So I said a short prayer in my mind and decided that I would entertain themas best as I could for some time and, if my parents did not return till then, I wouldpolitely excuse myself.Clearly, I was in no mood to talk and that was evident from the looks that my face bore.Though I did not wish to be rude, I kept answering them in monosyllables. I gatheredafter that conversation, that supposed uncle of mine was actually a man, my father oncemet on a train journeying from Agra to Delhi. My father, being a gentleman gave him ouraddress and that was how he came there that day.God sure hears prayers as he then expressed his desire to leave our house as he had manyother places to go to and time for him was scarce. I told him that I would tell my father


about his visit. He left his phone number with me. We exchanged polite good night andsoon uncle and his family trooped out of the house one by one.I rushed back into my study room and began practicing my Maths syllabus once again. Itwas not long before I heard another knock at the door and I was gratified to see myparents standing there.

(c) Give your views on the “Importance of Physical Training.”Ans. Physical training is of paramount importance in the world of today. Ours is the Age of

science. We are living in a mechanised age—an age of amazing speed. Time and distancehave been annihilated by mechanical means such as trains, buses, cycles, automobiles,aeroplanes etc. Our habits have become sedentary and physical education is important forthe normal growth of the human body for an active and alert mind, for recreation andnatural rejuvenation. It is also an established programme that teaches the studentsdiscipline, obedience, cooperation, team work, spirit of brotherhood, competence andcomradene.A sound body in a sound mind is the apt saying. Books provide intellectual food to themind, religion provides moral food to the soul while physical education provides food tothe muscles, brain and brawn. The popular saying “health is wealth” gives a largemeaning to our life as health is considered the most valuable and precious for everyindividual. Good health means not only a state of absence of disease in the body but acomplete physical, mental, social as well as spiritual well being of an individual. Ahealthy environment facilitates good health but it is the unhealthy environment due toover population, excessive industrialization, air and water pollution etc. that is threaten-ing the life with many dreadful disease. In the contemporary India many people havebeen gripped by the clutch of disease like cancer, diabetes, hypertension, AIDS etc.Although people of ancient India were said to be relatively healthy, at present people aresuffering from various mental disorders also because they are racing blindly towardsfame and having only one aim in life that is to achieve the big status in society.Today competition in each field is so intense that nobody can escape from the hecticschedule of life. Physical fitness includes diet, exercise and sleep. These three basic thingshave their own importance in each individual’s life and everyone should be sensible withregard to these for a healthy life. Diet is the kind of food that we take. As our life dependsupon it we must know, how much to eat and when to eat. Therefore, one should “eat tolive and not live to eat”.

(d) Positives and Negatives of Smart phones in Our Lives.Ans. Cell phones or mobile phones have become a very important part of our daily lives. It is

very difficult to imagine our life without a cell phone as most of our work is done usingcell phones. Everything has its pros and cons and mobile phones too have its positivesand negatives. The very first positive point of mobile phones is communication. Withmobile phones you can communicate with anyone from anywhere at any time. Now-a-days, the smartphones which are available are small in size and light in weight whichmakes it very easy to carry them. You don’t need to sit beside the receiver as your mobilephone is not attached with anything. They have become a source of unlimitedentertainment and the things which we never thought would be present in a mobilephone are now possible. Smartphones have come into existence which not only help youin making calls but also help you to stay entertained by allowing you to play games, listento music and do lots of other stuff.Smart phones even come with special apps for kids to increase their brainstormingactivities. If you are using a smartphone, you can take advantage of it in your studies oryour business as well. The smartphones which come with Android, Apple iOS andWindows operating system come with educational apps which can be used while you arein college. If you are into business you can install applications like Skype which will helpyou in communicating with your clients on the go.Apart from these positive features the smart phones also have the negative features whichone must not overlook. While the smart phones can help students in studies but only ifthey use them wisely. Most of the students become additive to smart phones and are

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found playing games, chatting with their friends and watching movies and other stuff.This had adversely affected their concentration on studies. Indeed, there have beeninstances of a lot of accidents in past few years. A lot of people do their daily work as wellas drive while being on their smart phones. There is a high risk of life involved if you aretalking on the mobile phone and driving as you are giving your half attention to themobile call and are having only half attention on the road. Researchers have also claimedthat these devices also have a negative impact on health of an individual. Using smartphones for long hours on a daily basis might lead to serious health issues. Hence, it alldepends on our usage of the smart phone which defines it effects. Cell phones are themost personal device to us and we should make an optimal use of the same but not in away that it affects our health and work.

(e) Look at the cartoon given and write an account of what it suggests to you.

Ans. The scene depicted in the picture deals with a theme very relevant to the contemporarytimes, i.e., the conservation of water. However, the direct message from this cartoon isthat people just speak loudly are the slogans on water conservation, they write books,they give lectures but they do not practice what they preach. In the given cartoon itappears that some important officials, connected with water conservation department, areputting up a big hoarding which has the words ‘SAVE WATER’ printed on it in blockletters. They want this hoarding to serve as a public message. They want to impress onthe public that water is a precious resource and should not be wasted at any cost.However, the irony of this situation is that right under their nose, a tap is running downand water is flowing continuously and being wasted. They do not even have the commonsense to turn off the tap.Such is the state of the whole country. Moreover the water which should be used fordrinking purpose is being used to wash clothes and dishes. People forget to turn off thetaps even when the buckets have been filled to the brim.In one part of the country, we have floods and dams should be built there to store water.And in other parts of the country there are often long dry spells and people, mostlyvillagers, have to traverse long distances to fetch water in their pots for household


purpose. All this shows bad planning and management so as water conservation isconcerned.In the garb of being comical the cartoonist has tackled a very important issue. We shouldensure that no water is wasted in our homes, schools and colleges.

Question 2.(Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this question)Select one of the following :

(a) Write a letter to your friend telling him about your first experience in the kitchen.Ans. 23, Shivaki Colony

KohimaNagaland

23rd June, 2014

My Dear Suhas,Yesterday, I was all alone in the house. What came to my mind and what I did is indeedvery interesting. So I decided to write the same to you.I thought of cooking some simple dish. Needless to mention that I was very hungry. Ofcourse it was my first day in the kitchen. I decided to cook some rice.I poured some oil into the sauce pan and placed it on the gas-stove. It became very hotand turned black in colour. I dropped some rice into it hurriedly. A few drops of oil fellon my fingers causing them to burn. I forgot to pour some water. The hot oil burnt therice completely. It was bitter when tasted. I cannot forget this awful day.In the meantime, my sister came from Darjeeling. After knowing all that, she laughed andlaughed and laughed. She prepared another dish of rice. She made a cup of coffee also. Iwas relieved of hunger.Do write back about your own first experience in the kitchen.Your friend,Vinay

(b) In the capacity of the President of the Welfare Association of your colony, write a letterto the Executive Head of the relevant Municipal authority, inviting his attention to theunsatisfactory state of the sanitary arrangements in your colony.

Ans. 102 C, Moti Bag,New Delhi,

March 5, 2014

New Delhi Municipal Committee.Town Hall, New Delhi.

Subject : Insanitary Conditions in Our LocalityDear Sir,I regret to bring to your kind notice the unsatisfactory state of sanitary conditions in ourlocality. It is a tiny hell on earth. The roads and drains are in deplorable condition. Theyhave not been repaired for the last many years. As a result, they have broken down andhave become full of holes where water accumulates out nauseating foul smell.The sweepers and the water carriers visit this locality only in a while. So, almost all streetsin our locality remain buried under rubbish and filth. There are no dustbins on either sideof the road. Wherever you go, there is nauseating smell.There is not even a urinal for the passers-by to make themselves relieve.

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