12th Eng Core/ Class Test./Ch-4 The Rattrap, NCERT Based

MR Citi Sr Sen Public school Balachaur

Class 12th Eng Core Ch-4 The Rattrap

Sub- English class Test

MM:25

Time Allowed: 1hour

Q1: Read The Extract carefully and answers the questions

The old man was just as generous with his confidences as with his porridge and tobacco. The guest was informed at once that in his days of prosperity his host had been a crofter at Ramsjo Ironworks and had worked on the land. Now that he was no longer able to do day labour, it was his cow which supported him. Yes, that bossy was extraordinary. She could give milk for the creamery every day, and last month he had received all of thirty kronor in payment. 1x6=6

1. The statement 'The old man was just as generous with his confidences as with his porridge and tobacco' means that :

(a) He was kind to the vagabond

(b) He shared his secrets with the vagabond

(d) All of the above

2. Who is the 'guest' here?

(a) Crofter (b) Vagabond

3. Who is the extraordinary bossy?

(a) Vagabond (b) Cow

4. Where did the peddler take shelter?

(a) in a village (b) at crofter's house

5. The crofter was. in behaviour.

(a) generous (b) harsh

6. How did he spend time with crofter?

B.Extract

One dark evening as he was trudging along the road he caught sight of a little gray cottage by the roadside and he knocked on the door to ask shelter for the night. Nor was he refused. Instead of the sour faces which ordinarily met him, the owner, who was an old man without wife or child was happy to get someone to talk to in his loneliness.1x6=6

(a) What did the peddler see one dark evening?

(i) Someone selling rattraps

(ii) The iron mill

(iii) A little gray cottage

(iv) An old crofter

(b) Why did he knock on the door?

(i) Unwelcomed

(ii) Welcomed happily

(iii) With a sour face

(iv) Coldly

(d) An antonym of 'accepted' from the extract is……..

(e) How was he usually treated?

(f) Who was the old man?

Q2. Answer the following questions any five

A.Did the peddler expect the kind of hospitality that he received from the Crofter ?

B.Did peddler respect the confidence reposed in him by the crofter ?

C.Why did the peddler decline the iron master’s invitation?

D.Why was Edla Williamson happy to see the gift left by peddler?.

E. What makes The peddler finally change his ways?

F. When did the peddler realize that he had indeed fallen into Rattrap?

Section -B

Writing Skills (10 Marks)

Q3.Due to a sudden landslide and inclement weather, St. Francis School, Vasco has to be closed for a week. As Principal of that school, draft notice in not more than 50 words to be displayed at the school main gate notice board. 1x5=5

Yogendra Singh, the secretary of Roop Vihar Welfare Society,Surat, Write a notice in about 50 words inviting all the members of the society to attend a meeting to discuss Janmashtami celebrations.1x5=5

Q4.People have adapted to wearing face masks as a ‘new normal’. But most of them do not know how to dispose of them properly. Spread awareness regarding the disposal of protective masks by writing a letter to an editor of a popular newspaper.1x5=5

Write a letter to the Editor of National Herald, New Delhi about water scarcity in your locality suggesting ways to improve the position of water supply. You are Ramnath/ Reema of Ghaziabad.1x5=5

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Important links of class Test give below

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Poem -1 My Mother At Sixty six

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https://englishscholarhubclgautam.blogspot.com/2024/04/12th-engpoem-1-my-mother-at-sixty-six.html

Poem-2 Keeping Quiet- Class Test

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https://englishscholarhubclgautam.blogspot.com/2024/08/12th-eng-class-test-p-2-keeping-quiet.html

P-3 A Thing Of Beauty- Class Test

https://englishscholarhubclgautam.blogspot.com/2024/08/a-thing-of-beauty-class-test-12th-eng.html

Ch-1 Last Lesson class Test