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The poet captures all the hardships and joys in the VIVEKANANDA SISTER NIVEDITA SCHOOL
city’s street children, but without pitying them. 2nd Quarterly Exam -2024-2025
Elaborate. Subject: English- I Class: VIII
5) Answer as directed : 1X4=4
a. Give every man your ear, underline the transfer Marks : 50 Times: 2 hours
but few your voice - red epithet and explain
b. Insolvency, Condemn Make sentences with the Section A:Unit Test 10 Marks
words given. 1. Multiple choice question 1X10=10
c. i) Advance is to retreat as appear is to _____ b. The general produced two volumes of his memories
ii) Wealthy is to poor as rich is to_____ made with_______ .
{Complete each analogy} 1) Silk 2) Polyester 3) Hand loom
d. The internet is a key that unlocks imagination in 4) Both 1 and 3
your brain {underline the metaphor and state b. The city mentioned by the poet is considered to be
______ in ‘Slum Children at party’.
what it means}
1) Prolonged 2) Striving 3) Heartless
6) Provide a brief character sketch of both the narrator and
4) Grinning
Kalias Babu. c. At the cost of a guinea an Ounce . what is the
OR suitable meaning of the underlined word?
1) Carefully made 2) Politeness 3) a British gold coin
4) a unit for measuring weight.
Write a short overview of the short story ‘ The Great
d. The teenage girl sobbers because________.
Tikee-Earing Contest’ 1) She has done a great job
2) She is not satisfied with the result.
Section C:: Oral Part: 5Marks. 3)She feels depressed due to the problems of her
life.
4)She realizes her unimportant mistakes.
e. ______ Worth of peanuts narrator’s father.
(4) 1) Five rupees 2) One and a half rupees
====[$]==== 3) Two rupees 4) none of the above.

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f. Kailas Babu talks about the usual habit of chota lat 1) Answer the following question 1X4=4
sahib. What was his usual habit? a) How did Kailas Babu prepare himself for the meeting
1) Sahib used to speak in Urdu flawlessly . and how did he receive Chota lat Sahib?
2) Sahib demanded for exquisite gifts. b) What did the mother mostly miss about her girl child
3) Sahib would give severe punishment . who was in her teens?
4) At departure, Sahib would take all the gifts offered to c) What does the writer feel when ever he writes with a
him as a tribute. pen?
d) What will the slum children find ‘funny’?
g. The mother of the teenager girl wanted to hear the 2) Write the meaning of the following words: 6X0.5=3
______ and ______. a) Imps b) sensuous c) Vexation d) Flunkeys
1) Complaints and Challenges. e) Tumult f) Elusive g) Grime
2) Victories and defeats. 3) Answer the following questions: 2X4=8
3) Stories and rumours. a) How did the narrator play a prank on Kailas Babu so
4) Generosity and kindness as to satisfy his inner dislike for him?
b) How does the narrator bring out the difference between
h. Find the suitable word to match the order. his days and the older days through the symbols of he
Lieutenant : Governor Xerox machine and the typewriter?
???? : General c) What is the poet or the mother lamenting about ? why
1) Commander 2) Deputy 3) Subordinate does she miss those times?
4) Brigadier d) Show two instances from the poem ‘Slum children
at party’ which indicate that life of slum Children is
i. The slum children beg for ______. much better than over life.
1) Crust 2) Power 3) Love 4) Both 1 and 2 4) Answer the following questions briefly. 3X4=12
j. Some editors were kind enough to make helpful a. What incident had coaxed the writer to make
comments such as_______ to the narrator’s paper bags?
writing’s? c. How is a teenager’s life shown to be as changeable and
1) Try again 2) Try to do better 3) better luck next time complicated in nature?
4) Shows promise. d. What happened to Kailas Babu’s family after they had
very nearly reached their lowest ebb and why was it
difficult to find an old man like Kailas Babu?
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