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Madhyamik Question Paper 2023

English (Second Language)

Full Marks – 90 | Time – 3 Hour 15 Minutes


SECTION – A

READING COMPREHENSION (SEEN)

1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Some days after the funeral, a special train took Gandhiji’s ashes to Allahabad. The compartment was decked with flowers. People on the train sang “bhajans”. People did not weep anymore for they could feel Gandhiji’s presence amid the flowers and the songs. At every station sorrowful crowds filled the platform. Amid song and prayer the train reached Allahabad. The ashes were immersed in the Ganges where a huge crowd had gathered at the bank. Afterwards we all went back to Delhi.

Back in Delhi, I felt at sea. I had not directly walked with Gandhiji, gone to prison at his call or made any sacrifice for my country. My sisters and I, and other young people like me, had been merely onlookers. But still I felt at sea. I felt I had grown up within a magic circle. With Bapu’s passing away, I felt the magic circle had vanished, leaving me unprotected.

With an effort I roused myself, I asked myself- had Bapu lived and died for nothing ? How could I so easily lose courage when he was no longer there ? My values were not so weak. Millions of people would have been ordinary folk but for Bapu. He brought them out of indifference and awakened them to one another’s suffering. What if now Bapu is gone ? We were still there, young, strong and proud to bear his banner before us.

A. Write the correct alternative in the given space to complete the following sentences: 1 x 5 = 5

(a) After the funeral Gandhiji’s ashes were taken to

i) Delhi

(ii) Allahabad

(iii) Kolkata

(iv) Patna

Ans: (ii) Allahabad

(b) People who were on the train with the ashes did not weep but

i) offered prayer

ii) sang songs

(iii) expressed sorrow

(iv) sang “bhajans”

Ans: (iv) sang “bhajans”

c) Back in Delhi, I felt at sea- in this sentence ‘felt at sea means…… 

i) felt at a loss

ii) visited the sea

iii) telt very sad

(iv) felt very generous

Ans: i) felt at a loss

(d) Like many other young Indians, the narrator and her sister had been

i) Gandhiji’s companions in prison 

ii) co-workers of Gandhiji

iii) mere observers of Gandhiji’s work

iv) making sacrifices for Gandhi

Ans: iii) mere observers of Gandhiji’s work

(e) After Gandhiji’s death, the narrator wanted to …..

i) lose motivation

ii) remain courageous

iii) turn indifferent

iv) weaken values

Ans: ii) remain courageous

B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text: 1 x 3 = 3

(i) At the time of immersion of Gandhiji’s ashes ________

Ans: At the time of immersion of Gandhiji’s ashes a huge crowd had gathered at the bank of the Ganges in Allahabad.

(ii) When Gandhiji passed away, the magic ________

Ans: When Gandhiji passed away, the magic circle vanished.

(iii) Even if Bapu was gone ________

Ans: Even if Bapu was gone people, young, strong and proud, were there to bear his banner.

C. Fill in the chart with information from the text: 2 × 2 = 4

StatementReason
(i) People stopped weeping for Gandhiji
(ii) Gandhiji brought ordinary folk out of indifference

Ans:

StatementReason
(i) People stopped weeping for GandhijiThey could feel Gandhiji’s presence amid the flowers and the songs.
(ii) Millions of people no longer remained ordinary folk and they became aware of one another’s suffering.Gandhiji brought ordinary folk out of indifference

2. Read the poem and answer the questions that follow:

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,

And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by; 

And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking, 

And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide

Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; 

And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, 

And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gull’s crying.

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, 

To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife,

And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,

And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.

A. Tick the right answer 1 x 4 = 4

(a) The colour associated with the mist and dawn in the poem is

(i) white

(ii) blue

(iii) grey

(iv) black

Ans: (iii) grey

(b) The call that the poet cannot deny, is the call of the

i) white clouds

(ii) running tides

(iii) lonely sea

(iv) grey mist

Ans: (iii) lonely sea

(c) “The vagrant gypsy life” in the third stanza of the poem actually reters to the wandering life of a

i) vagabond

ii) warrior

iii) gypsy

iv) sailor

Ans: i) vagabond

(d) The intensity of the poet’s desire to go on a voyage i expressed by

(i) repeating the same phrase “I must go down….”

(ii) describing the sea voyage in details

(iii) comparing the voyager’s life with gypsies

(iv) referring to the running tide and flying clouds

Ans: (i) repeating the same phrase “I must go down….”

B. Answer the following questions: 2 x 2 = 4

i) Which word in the poem tells you that this is not going to be the first voyage of the poet ? Why does the poet ask for a star ?

Ans: The word ‘again’ in the first line of every stanza connotes that the poet is not going to the voyage for the first time.

ii) What does the poet ask for at the end of his journey?

Ans: The poet asks for a star to steer the ship. [ii] At the end of his journey the poet expects to hear stories from a fellow mariner. He also expects to have a peaceful sleep full of sweet dreams when the journey is over.

READING COMPREHENSION (UNSEEN)

3. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

More than 3,500 hectares of mangrove plantation have been done in the Sunderbans by the forest department in order to protect the delta from soil erosion as well as stroms and cyclones. Large swathes of mangroves had got damaged in the Sunderbans when cyclone Amphan struck. Other factors like cutting down forests to make way for pisciculture ponds and farming fields have also played a part in this.

According to a senior officer of the forest department, many tens of thousands of migrant labourers had returned to the mangrove delta during the Covid-induced lockdown. Many of them took to an alternate livelihood. Some started farming and fishing in local ponds on a small scale and to make way for these large swathes of mangroves had been cut down leaving the area exposed to the vagaries of stroms as well as soil erosion. The department had roped in the help of joint forest management committees and local women to plant mangrove saplings. According to an estimate, by the end of 2022 around 17.5 lakh saplings will be planted.

Milan Mondal, the divisional forest officer of South 24-Parganas, said their efforts were paying off as the villagers themselves have realised the importance of the mangrove cover after the Sunderbans was lashed with back to back cyclones, including Amphan and Yaas. In areas like Lothian Island, G Plot and Frasergunj, mangrove saplings have been planted on as many as 230 acres. The forest department has also managed to generate employment for more than 12,500 villagers.

[Adapted from an article published in The Telegraph dated 25th July 2022]

A. Tick the right answer: 1 x 6 = 6

i) An initiative for mangrove plantation has taken place in the sunderbans by the

a) irrigation department 

b) forest department

c) agriculture department

d) pisciculture department

Ans: b) forest department

ii) Mangrove plantation initiative aimed at protecting Sunderbans from storms and

(a) human greed

(b) Amphan

(c) pisciculture ponds

(d) soil erosion

Ans: (d) soil erosion

(iii) The area covered with mangrove under this initiative measures less than

(a) 4000 hectares

(b) 3000 hectares

(c) 2000 hectares

(d) 2500 hectares

Ans: (a) 4000 hectares

(iv) The number of cyclones named in this passage is

(a) three

(b) one

(c) two

(d) many

Ans: (c) two

(v) The collaborators helping forest department in this initiative are

(a) local farmers and local women

(b) forest management committees and local women

(c) local farmers and local fishermen

(d) all the villagers and forest management committees

Ans: (d) all the villagers and forest management committees

(vi) An appropriate title for the passage would be

(a) An endeavor to protect mangroves

(b) A bid to protect mangroves in Sunderbans

(c) Planting mangroves to protect the Sunderbans

(d) Plantation of mangroves tor protection of life

Ans: (c) Planting mangroves to protect the Sunderbans

B. Each of the Following statements is either “True’ or False’, Write T for ‘True’ and F or ‘False’ in the boxes on the right-hand side. Also pick out suitable lines or phrase(s) from the passage in support of your answers: (1+1) x 3 = 6

i) Cyclone Amphan damaged large areas of mangroves in the Sunderbans.

Supporting Sentence: _____________________________

Ans: T 

Supporting sentence: Large swathes of mangroves had got damaged in the Sunderbans when cyclone Amphan struck.

ii) Cyclones are the only cause of the damage of the mangroves in the Sunderbans

Supporting Sentence: _____________________________

Ans: F

Supporting sentence: in order to protect the delta from soil erosion as well as storms and cyclones.

iii) Planting mangrove saplings has generated employment for many villagers.

Supporting sentence: _____________________________

Ans: T

Supporting sentence: The forest department has also managed to generate employment for more than 12,500 villagers.

C. Answer the following questions: 2 x 4 = 8

i) How many migrant labourers returned to the Sunderbans during Covid-induced lockdown and what alternative livelihood did they take in?

Ans: Many tens of thousands of migrant labourers had returned to the mangrove delta during the Covid-induced lockdown.

Some of them started farming and fishing in local ponds on a small scale as alternative livelihood.

ii) What were the impacts of migrant labourers’ alternative livelihood on Sunderban’s nature?

Ans: Because of migrant labourer’s alternative livelihood, large swathes of mangroves had been cut down leaving the area exposed to the vagaries of storms and soil erosion.

(iii) Name two areas of Sunderbans where mangrove saplings have been planted.

Ans: In Lothian Island and Frasergunj mangrove saplings have been planted.

(iv) Who is Milan Mondal ? What did he say about the effect of their effort on the villagers of the area ? 

Ans: Milan Mondal is the divisional forest officer of South 24 Parganas.

He said, because of their efforts, the villagers themselves had realised the importance of the mangrove cover after damages caused by cyclones like Amphan and Yaas.

SECTION – B

GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

4. Write the correct alternatives to fill in the blanks: 1 x 3 = 3

The Tortoise set out to collect all the wisdom in the world, and as he _____ (has been gathering/gathered/had gathered) each piece he put it into a large ground. This took a long time, and when Tortoise thought he _____ (had collected/collected/collect) all there was, he (decides/had decided/decided) to hide the gourd on top of a tree.

Ans: 

The Tortoise set out to collect all the wisdom in the world, and as he gathered each piece he put it into a large ground. This took a long time, and when Tortoise thought he had collected all there was, he decided to hide the gourd on top of a tree.

5. Do as directed:

A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions: 1 x 3 = 3

Life had not been smooth sailing______Sudha. In 1981,______car she was travelling met with an accident and her right leg naa to be amputated below the knee. She walked around_____crutches.

Ans: 

Life had not been smooth sailing for Sudha. In 1981, the car she was travelling met with an accident and her right leg naa to be amputated below the knee. She walked around with crutches.

B. 1 x 3 = 3

i) People on the train sang Bhajans” (Change the voice)

Ans: ‘Bhajans’ were sung by people on the train.

(ii) Samuel said, “Swaminathan, where is your homework ?” (Change into indirect speech)

Ans: Samuel asked Swaminathan where his homework was.

iii) He put it in an envelope and sealed it. (Turn into a simple sentence)

Ans: Having put it in an envelope he sealed it.

C. Choose the correct phrasal verbs from the list given below to replace the words underlined. Write the correct phrasal verbs in the boxes on the right-hand side changing the form where necessary. There is one extra phrasal verb in the list: 1 x 3 = 3

i) Sahana visited you last night to invite you too her birthday party.

Ans: Sahana called on you last night to invite you too her birthday party.

ii) Solving the puzzle was so difficult that I stopped tryıng

Ans: Solving the puzzle was so difficult that I gave up

(iii) The man created a story to avoid punishment.

Ans: The man made up a story to avoid punishment.

[call up, make up, call on, give up]

6. Given below are the meanings of four words which you will find in the passage in Question No. 3. Find out the words and write them in the appropriate boxes on the right-hand side: 2 x 4 = 8

(i) loss : __________

Ans: loss : erosion 

(ii) unprotected : __________

Ans: unprotected : exposed

(iii) a person who moves from one place to another : __________

Ans: a person who moves from one place to another : migrant

(iv) work : __________

Ans: work : employment

SECTION -C

WRITING

7. Write a short biography (in about 100 words) of Sukumar Ray, the great Bengali writer and poet, on the basis of the points given below: 10

Birth : 30 October, 1887

Parents : Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury and Bidhumukhi Devi

Education : Attended City College School- – Graduated with double honours in Physics and Chemistry from Presidency College. trained in photography and printing technology from England.

Profession : Writer, illustrator, photographer, publisher of ‘Sandesh’, the famous children’s magazine.

Notable works: Notable for writing “nonsense” rhymes in Bengali e.g. Abol Tabol, Pagla Dashu, HaJaBaRaLa etc.

Death : September 10, 1923

Ans: 

Sukumar Ray

Sukumar Ray was a versatile genius. He was born on 30 October in 1887. His father was Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury and mother Bidhumukhi Devi. He studied in City College School. Then completed his graduation with double honours in Physics and Chemistry from Presidency College. Later he got training in photography and printing technology from England. Sukumar was a writer, illustrator, photographer and publisher of ‘Sandesh’, the famous juvenile magazine. He was famous for writing nonsense rhymes in Bengali like ‘Abol Tabol’, etc. His other notable works include ‘Pagla Dashu’, ‘HaJaBaRaLa’ and the like. He passed away on September 10, 1923.

8. Write a letter (within 100 words) to the editor of an English daily expressing concern about the frequent accidents due to rash driving in your area: 10

Ans: 

The Editor,

The Telegraph,

6, Prafulla Sarkar Street,

Kolkata – 700 001

Sub.: Frequent accidents due to rash driving in B.T. Road area

Sir, Through the columns of your esteemed daily, I wish to express my grave concern over the alarmingly rise in road accidents in B.T. Road area. In a way, B.T.Road has now become a death trap and no one from motorists to pedestrians feel safe here. Increasing encroachment and lack of traffic education are major reasons behind these accidents. The drivers of trucks and lorries should be learnt that traffic rules are not made for violation. The traffic police should be pulled up to perform their duty efficiently. Besides, the number of speed breakers must be increased. Urgent measures should be taken to handle such nuisances.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

Gopal Das

Dinhata, West Bengal, 736159

9. Write a paragraph (within 100 words) about how you celebrate Independence Day in your school. You may use the following points :10

Time of attendance – participants programmes – significance of celebrating the day.

Ans: 

Independence Day Celebration in XYZ School

Every year the Independence Day is celebrated in our school. On this auspicious day we go to school early in the morning. Our Headmaster hoists the National Flag at around 8 a.m. All the teachers and students salute the flag and sing the National Anthem in chorus. Then the students of classes nine and ten march out in a procession through the main streets around the school. A band playing the National Song, ‘Vande Mataram’, accompanies them. It is followed by a cultural programme. Patriotic poems are recited and patriotic songs are sung both by the teachers and the students. Some students also present the group dance and skits. In the end, the Headmaster delivers a short speech. He tells us about the supreme sacrifice of the great martyrs and advises us to become ideal citizens of the country. The Independence Day reminds us every year that every citizen should do everything to ensure that the sacred freedom shall not be endangered.

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