10th std 2nd language english-Grandma Climbs a Tree unit test question paper and key answers 2017-18 mes

 Academic Year: - 2017 – 18
10th Std.                                               English Unit Test                                                      Marks: 15
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Poem: - Grandma Climbs a Tree

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Four alternatives are given below for the each of the following questions/ incomplete statements. Write the correct or the most appropriate answer:-                                                                                                    (2 x 1 = 2)

1. Grandma was a genius because.........
(a) she was skilful       `                                                          (b) she could climb a tree
(c) she was good                                                                      (d) she loved trees

2. Grandma learnt to climb a tree from…………..
(a) a trainee                                                                             (b) her brother
(c) her father                                                                            (d) her son

II. Answer the following question in 1 or 2 sentences each:-                                                                     (2 x 2 = 4)

3. What did people tell the grandmother as years went by?

4. How did grandma feel while she lay in bed?

III. Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow: -                                                         (2 x 3 = 6)

5. ‘Ever since childhood, she had this gift’.
(a) Who does ‘she’ refer to?
(b) What was the gift that she had?

6. ‘She sat up and said. ‘I’ll lie here no longer’.
(a) Who does ‘I’ refer to?
(b) Why was the speaker forced to lie down?

IV. Answer the following question in 4 or 5 sentences each:-                                                                    (1 x 3 = 3)

7. What qualities of grandma do you appreciate?

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Academic Year: - 2017 – 18
10th Std.                                               English Unit Test                                                      Marks: 15
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Poem: - Grandma Climbs a Tree
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Key Answers


I. Four alternatives are given below for the each of the following questions/ incomplete statements. Write the correct or the most appropriate answer: -                                                                                                   (2 x 1 = 2)

1. (b) she could climb a tree

2. (b) her brother

II. Answer the following question in 1 or 2 sentences each: -                                                                    (2 x 2 = 4)

3. People told grandma that she should stop climbing trees, as she grew old, and that one should grow old gracefully.

4. Grandma felt miserable as she lay in bed. She loved to look at the dancing leaves. For her, it was like a brief season in hell.

III. Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow: -                                                          (2 x 3 = 6)

5. (a) Grandma.
(b) She had the gift of climbing trees easily whether it was spreading or high.

6. (a) ‘I’ refer to grandma.
(b) After the rescue, the doctor took granny’s temperature and strongly recommended her a quiet week in bed.

IV. Answer the following question in 4 or 5 sentences each: -                                                                   (1 x 3 = 3)

7. The poet’s grandmother was a jovial person. Even at the age of sixty two she used to climb trees. She had a passion for climbing trees. She wanted a house built on a treetop for her. She was a genius in climbing trees. We should appreciate her determination and will power.

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