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Previous Year Paper year:2018
- #3-a [3]Give the meaning of the following words as used in the passage:
One word answers or short phrases will be accepted. (a) battered (line 7) (a) bused (line 15) (a) bused - say to oneself in a thoughtful manner. (a) emerged (line 48)
(a) emerged - more out of or away from something & become
visible. (b) Answer the following questions briefly in your own words. (b) Why did Granny hope Uncle Ken would keep his job at
Fitgo's hotel?
(b) When Uncle Ken arrived with his luggage, Granny remarked
that she hoped the hotel had not closed down because of him. What
does this remark tell you about Uncle Ken?
(b) Why did Uncle Ken think that driving a taxi in Dehra would
be profitable?
(b) Which sentence tells you that the narrator and his friend were
waiting to be invited for a drive in a car?
(b) Why did Miss Kellner run indoors when she saw Uncle Ken at
the wheel of the car?
(b) What was Uncle Ken's intention at the roundabout?
(c) (I) In not more than 60 words, describe what happened after the
car went through the wall.
(c) Give a title to your summary in 3(c)(i). Give a reason to justify
choice of the title.
Ans : (a) (a) (a) (a) (i) battered - damaged by repeated use (a) (b) (b) Granny had a hope that Uncle Ken would keep his job at Firpo.s hotel as it was a
steady job with a good salary. (b) The remark of granny tells us a lot about Uncle Ken that he may not be stable at
work or did he create any kind of issue due to which the hotel was closed down as
she know him very well. It clearly shows us that may be granny wanted to point
Uncle Ken that he is trying to be serious about ways & means of earning a living. (b) Uncle Ken thought that driving a taxi in Dehra because there was only one taxi in the
whole of Dehra so there was business for another. (b) The sentence which tells us that the narrator & his friend were waiting to be invited
for a drive in a car is : After tea, uncle ken said, .come along, Ruskin hop in & I
will give you a ride. Bring Mohan along too.. Mohan & I needed no urging. We got
into the car beside uncle ken. (b) Miss Kellner saw Uncle Ken driving through the gate & he nearly ran over a cat.
Therefore, she ran indoors when she saw Uncle at the wheel of the car. (b) Uncle Ken.s intention was to take a turn & drive back again at roundabout. (c) The car went through the wall and Uncle Ken brought it to a halt in the middle of
Maharaja.s lawn. Looking at this, the Maharaja himself came to see. When he saw it
was Uncle Ken & he was beamed with pleasure. He exclaimed to Uncle Ken that he
was delighted to see his old chap & if he would like to play a game of tennis with
him. (c) The suitable title for the given extract is .Everything is possible.. When we look at
the attitude & behaviour Uncle Ken he is a person who never loses hope or give up.
Even though he lost his job, he had the willingness to do something & that.s how he
learned driving & thought of another business.
No matter how many obstacles come into his ways he kept going.
- #3-a-ibattered (line 7)
- #3-a-iibused (line 15)
- #3-a-iibused - say to oneself in a thoughtful manner.
- #3-a-iiiemerged (line 48)
Ans : (i) battered - damaged by repeated use
- #3-a-iiiemerged - more out of or away from something & become
visible.
- #3-bAnswer the following questions briefly in your own words.
- #3-b-i [2]Why did Granny hope Uncle Ken would keep his job at
Fitgo's hotel?
Ans : Granny had a hope that Uncle Ken would keep his job at Firpo.s hotel as it was a
steady job with a good salary.
- #3-b-ii [2]When Uncle Ken arrived with his luggage, Granny remarked
that she hoped the hotel had not closed down because of him. What
does this remark tell you about Uncle Ken?
Ans : The remark of granny tells us a lot about Uncle Ken that he may not be stable at
work or did he create any kind of issue due to which the hotel was closed down as
she know him very well. It clearly shows us that may be granny wanted to point
Uncle Ken that he is trying to be serious about ways & means of earning a living.
- #3-b-iii [2]Why did Uncle Ken think that driving a taxi in Dehra would
be profitable?
Ans : Uncle Ken thought that driving a taxi in Dehra because there was only one taxi in the
whole of Dehra so there was business for another.
- #3-b-iv [2]Which sentence tells you that the narrator and his friend were
waiting to be invited for a drive in a car?
Ans : The sentence which tells us that the narrator & his friend were waiting to be invited
for a drive in a car is : After tea, uncle ken said, .come along, Ruskin hop in & I
will give you a ride. Bring Mohan along too.. Mohan & I needed no urging. We got
into the car beside uncle ken.
- #3-b-v [2]Why did Miss Kellner run indoors when she saw Uncle Ken at
the wheel of the car?
Ans : Miss Kellner saw Uncle Ken driving through the gate & he nearly ran over a cat.
Therefore, she ran indoors when she saw Uncle at the wheel of the car.
- #3-b-vi [2]What was Uncle Ken's intention at the roundabout?
Ans : Uncle Ken.s intention was to take a turn & drive back again at roundabout.
- #3-c [8](I) In not more than 60 words, describe what happened after the
car went through the wall.
Ans : The car went through the wall and Uncle Ken brought it to a halt in the middle of
Maharaja.s lawn. Looking at this, the Maharaja himself came to see. When he saw it
was Uncle Ken & he was beamed with pleasure. He exclaimed to Uncle Ken that he
was delighted to see his old chap & if he would like to play a game of tennis with
him.
- #3-c-ii [2]Give a title to your summary in 3(c)(i). Give a reason to justify
choice of the title.
Ans : The suitable title for the given extract is .Everything is possible.. When we look at
the attitude & behaviour Uncle Ken he is a person who never loses hope or give up.
Even though he lost his job, he had the willingness to do something & that.s how he
learned driving & thought of another business.
No matter how many obstacles come into his ways he kept going.