The Third Level - Class Test ( Vistas) Strictly Based on CBSE pattern

Class 12

Ch-1 The Third Level by Jack Finney

Sub- English

MM- 25 Time Zero Period

Class Test

Q1:Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

“There's probably a long tunnel that nobody knows about feeling its way under the city right now, on its way to Times Square, and maybe another to Central Park. And maybe-because for so many people through the years Grand Central has been an exit, a way of escape-maybe that's how the tunnel I got into.... But I never told my psychiatrist friend about that idea.”

1x6=6

(a) Where is probably a long tunnel?

(b) Who got into the tunnel?

(i) A friend of the narrator

(ii) The narrator himself

(iii) Both the narrator and his friend

(iv) None of the above

(d) Who is 'l' in the last sentence?

B) He said I was unhappy. That made my wife kind of mad, but he explained that he meant the modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry and all the rest of it, and that I just want to escape. Well, who doesn't? Everybody I know wants to escape, but they don't wander down into any third level at Grand Central Station. But that's the reason, he said, and my friends all agreed. Everything points to it, they claimed.

My stamp collecting, for example; that's a 'temporary refuge from reality. Well, maybe, but my grandfather didn't need any refuge from reality.1x6=6

(a) Why did Sam's verdict make Charley's wife 'mad'?

(b) Select the option that displays a cause-effect set.

c) Why didn't Charley's grandfather need refuge from reality?

(d) 'Wander' means……….

Q2- Answer any five questions out of six 2x5=10

A.Do you think that the Third Level was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?

B.How did 'The World' help Charley to confirm his doubts regarding the existence of a Third Level?

C.How do you assess ticket collector clerk conversation to the Charley?

D.State Charley's observation about the Third Level. What peculiar things he noticed?

E.What is a first-day cover?

F.What do you infer from Sam's letter to Charley

his letter to Charley, Sam writes, ....then I got to believing you were right.' What could have made Sam begin to believe?

Q3. Answer any One Of the following questions given below A or B 1x5=5

A.With inference from the chapter how it can be said that Third Level was an escape route for Charley and why?

B.You have read 'Adventure' by Jayant Narlikar in Hornbill Class XI. Compare the interweaving of fantasy and reality in the two stories

Q4.Answer any One of the following questions 1x4=4

A.You are Rachael/Rueben, President of the Wellness Cell of your school. You decide to organise a workshop, to raise awareness of the importance of mental health. This workshop would be conducted by the school counsellor. Write a notice informing the students of classes XI and XII about the workshop.

B. You are Vrinda Tripathi, President of 'Literary Club'. Draft a notice for your school notice board giving necessary details and inviting students for a 'Literature Quiz' to be held in your school auditorium

Q4.Answer any One of the following questions 1x4=4

A.Your friend P.V. Sathish, has invited you to attend the wedding of his sister, Jaya. You find that you have an important paper of pre-board examination on the day of the wedding. Thus, you cannot attend the event. Write a formal reply to the invitation expressing your regret. You are Puneet/Puneeta Vij, M-114, Fort Road, Chennai.

B. You are Rukmini/Raja of R-201, Fort Road, Chennai. You have just purchased a new house. You decide to have a house-warming ceremony and invite your cousin Balaji. Write the invitation giving all necessary details

Q4.Answer any One of the following questions 1x5=5

A. Bal Vidya Public School, Bhilai, urgently requires a post-graduate teacher to teach political science for which they have placed an advertisement in The Bhilai Express. You are Sanjay/Sanjana Sharma from 21, Vasant Marg, Bhilai. Draft a letter including a CV, applying for the advertised post.

You are Sudeep/Sudeepa staying at 301/A, Harmony Apartments, Manker Chowk, Wakad, Pune. The main road which leads to the apartments has four manholes which cause frequent accidents during night, street lights being unavailable.

Write a letter to the editor of 'The Hindustan Times' expressing your deep concern about the apathetic attitude of the concerned authorities towards this situation.

Answer

(a) A long tunnel is probably at the Grand Central Station.

(b) (ii) The narrator himself

(d) Charley is 'l' in the last sentence.