English Confluence By CL Gautam

Class Test: X English  MM-30  Two Stories About Flying & From the Diary of Anne Frank A. Two Stories About Flying Read the extract and answer the questions that follow. (10 × 1 = 10) “ The young seagull was alone on his ledge. His two brothers and his sister had already flown away the day before. He had taken a little run forward to the edge of the ledge and stopped. He stepped back and hid his head under his wing. His father and mother had been calling to him, shrilly. They had been scolding him and threatening to starve him. But he could not move.” A.Why was the young seagull alone on the ledge? B.What had his brothers and sister already done? C.Why did the seagull step back? D.What were his parents doing? E.What did his parents threaten to do? F.What does the extract show about the seagull's nature? G.What was the main reason for his fear? H What does “shrilly” mean? I.Who is the author of His First Flight? J.What important event is the story leading towards? Q2. Answer...

Class XII  Sub:English  Ch- 3 Deep Water by Tishani Doshi Class Test  Time Allowed 30Minutes  MM:30 Section A – Reading & Understanding the Chapter 10 Marks Q1. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow. (5 × 1 = 5) “The world’s geological history is trapped in Antarctica. In the 650-million-year-old geological history of Antarctica, a giant amalgamated southern supercontinent called Gondwana existed. Around the time when the dinosaurs were beginning to evolve, Gondwana was centered roughly around present-day Antarctica.” a. What is described as being trapped in Antarctica? b. How old is the geological history mentioned in the extract? c. What was Gondwana? d. Antarctica occupied a central position in Gondwana because it was located around the ________. e. The reference to dinosaurs helps us understand that Gondwana existed in: (i) the very recent past (ii) prehistoric times (iii) the modern age (iv) the medieval period Q2. Answer any five of the foll...

CBSE Class 11 English Core – Mock Test Poem: A Photograph – Shirley Toulson Maximum Marks: 20 | Time: 30 Minutes Section A – Reading & Understanding the Poem (8 Marks ) Q1. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow. (4 × 1 = 4) “The cardboard shows me how it was When the two girl cousins went paddling, Each of them holding my mother’s hands, And she the big girl—some twelve years or so.” What does the “cardboard” refer to? a) A drawing b) An old photograph c) A letter d) A painting Who were the “two girl cousins”? a) The poet’s sisters b) The poet’s mother’s cousins c) The poet’s friends d) The poet’s daughters How old was the poet’s mother approximately at the time of the photograph? a) Five years b) Twelve years c) Twenty years d) Thirty years What does the photograph preserve? a) A painful memory b) A moment from the mother’s childhood c) A family argument d) A school event Q2. Answer the following in 30–40 words. (2 × 2 = 4) a) Why does the poet refer to the photogr...