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  • #3-a-ii
    bused - say to oneself in a thoughtful manner.
  • #3-a-iii
    emerged (line 48)
    Ans : (i) battered - damaged by repeated use
  • #3-a-iii
    emerged - more out of or away from something & become
    visible.
  • #3-b
    Answer 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.
  • #4
  • #4-a [4]
    Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given
    in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the
    word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.
    Example:
    (0) beginning
    Alice was (0)__________(begin) to get very tired of (1)__________(sit)
    by her sister on the bank and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had
    (2)__________(peep) into the book her sister was reading, but it
    (3)__________ (have) no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the
    use of a book," (4)__________(think) Alice, "without pictures or
    conversations?"
    Alice wondered whether the pleasure of (5)__________(make) a daisy-chain
    would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when
    suddenly a White Rabbi t with pink eyes (6) __________(run) close by
    her. Alice did not think this was very remarkable, until the Rabbit actually
    (7)__________ (take) a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and
    (8) (look) at it, and then hurried on.
    Ans : (0) beginning
    (1) sitting
    (2) peeped
    (3) had
    (4) thought
    (5) making
    (6) ran
    (7) took
    (8) looked
  • #4-b [4]
    Fill in each blank with an appropriate word:
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