Model Test Question-52
SSC English First Paper
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Part A : Reading Test (Marks-50)
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions following it. Unit-14: Lesson-6(B)
Rosamond, a little girl about seven years old, was walking with her mother in the streets of London. As she passed along she looked in at the windows of several shops, and saw a great variety of different sorts of things. She wanted to stop to look at them and buy them all, without knowing their uses or even without knowing their names.
At first they stopped at a milliner’s shop. The windows of the shop were decorated with ribbons, lace and festoons of artificial flowers.
“Oh, Mamma, what beautiful roses! Won’t you buy some of them?”
“No, my dear.”
“Why?”
“Because I don’t want them. They are not real flowers.”
They went a little further and came to a jeweller’s shop. In it were a great many pretty, bright ornaments of little value, set beautifully behind the glass.
“Mamma, will you buy some of these?”
“Which of them, Rosamond?”
“Which? I don’t know which. Look at those earrings,
that necklace, those pendants! Any of them will do,
they are so pretty!”
“Yes, they are all pretty, but of what use would
they be to me?”
“I am sure, Mamma, you could find some use
if you only bought them first.”
“But I would rather find out the use first.”
Though a little disheartened, Rosamond kept on looking at the shops and persuaded her mother to buy this or that.
“Mamma, buckles are very useful things. Please buy some.”
“I have a pair of buckles. I don’t need any now.” So saying her mother walked on.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1×7=7
a. How many characters are there in the story?
i) one ii) two iii) three iv) none
b. Which one of the following is correct?
i) Rosamond was alone while walking in the streets
ii) She was acquainted with the names of the things she saw
iii) She had no knowledge about the uses of the things
iv) none of these.
c. Rosamond talked of— shops in the story.
i) two ii) three iii) four iv) five
d. The value of the ornaments was —-.
i) low ii) high iii) out of reach iv) free
e. Who stressed on the use of the things first?
i) Rosamond ii) Rosamond’s mother iii) both of them iv) none of them
f. Rosamond was about — years old.
(i) five (ii) fifteen (iii) seven (iv) seventeen
g. Rosamond wanted to buy things without knowing their —.
(i) value (ii) uses (iii) price (iv) advantages
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h. At first they stopped at a — shop.
(i) jewellery (ii) gift (iii) milliner's (iv) variety
i. The windows were decorated with — flowers.
(i) natural (ii) pink (iii) artifical (iv) plastic
j. — are very useful things.
(i) flowers (ii) jewellery (iii) ribbons (iv) buckles
k. Mamma, will you buy ―of these?
(i) some (ii) something (iii) flower (iv) bought
l. Which? I don’t know ―.
(i) use (ii) again (iii) which (iv) value
m. Yes, they are all pretty, but of ― use would they be to me?
(i) which (ii) had (iii) find (iv) what
n. I am sure, Mamma, you could― some use if you only bought them first.
(i) beautiful (ii) find (iii) pain (iv) bought
o. But I would rather find out the― first.
(i) use (ii) some (iii) which (iv) useful
p. Mamma, buckles are very ― things. Please buy some.
(i) going (ii) pretty (iii) flower (iv) useful
q. Who walking with her mother in the streets of London?
(i) Rosamond (ii) Jenni (iii) Rasna (iv) Mini
Answer: 1. (a)ii. two; (b) iii. she had no knowledge about the uses of the things; (c) ii. three; (d) i, low ; (e) ii. Rosamond's mother; f. (iii); g. (ii); h. (iii); i. (iv); j. (iii); k. (i); l. (iii); m. (iv); n. (ii); o. (i); p. (iv); q. (i).
2. Answer the following questions. 2×5 = 10
a. Where was Rosamond walking?
b. How was the milliner's shop decorated?
c. How was the condition of the ornaments?
d. Why did not Rosamond's mother buy anything?
e. What qualities do you find in Rosamond's character?
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f. How was Rosamond?
g. Where were they walking?
h. Where did they stop first?
i. How was the milliner's shop decorated?
j. What was seen in jeweller's shop?
k. What did she want to do?
l. What did she see?
m. What did Rosamond keep on looking?
n. Where did they stop?
o. How were the windows of the shop decorated?
p. What did Rosamond say seeing the roses?
q. What did her mother say?
r. What did her mother say about the necklace?
Answer: 2. a. Rosamond was walking along the roads in London.
b. The milliner's shop was decorated with ribbons, lace and festoons of artificial flowers. c. The ornaments were pretty and bright, but they were of little value.
d. Rosamond's mother did not buy anything because either she did not them or she had them already. But the main reason might be shortage of money.
e. Rosamond is a very little girl of seven. She is innocent and curious about things, She abides by her mother though her mother refuses to buy anything she tells of.
f. Rosamond was a little girl of seven years old.
g. They were walking in the streets of London.
h. At first they stopped at a milliner's shop.
i. The milliner's shop was decorated with ribbons, lace and festoons of artificial flowers.
j. Earnings, necklace and pendants were seen n the jeweller's shop.
k. She wanted to stop to look at them and buy them all, without knowing their uses or even without knowing their names.
l. As she passed along she looked in at the windows of several shops, and saw a great variety of different sorts of things.
m. Though a little disheartened, Rosamond kept on looking at the shops and persuaded her mother to buy this or that.
n. At first they stopped at a milliner’s shop.
o. The windows of the shop were decorated with ribbons, lace and festoons of artificial flowers.
p. “Oh, Mamma, what beautiful roses! Won’t you buy some of them?”
q. “Because I don’t want them. They are not real flowers.”
r. Look at those earrings, that necklace, those pendants! Any of them will do, they are so pretty!” In it were a great many pretty, bright ornaments of little value, set beautifully behind the glass.
3. Fill in each gap with a suitable word of your own based on the information in the text. 0.5×10=5
i. Rosamond (a) — with her mother (b) — along the roads of the London city. They found many (c) — of shops in (d) — the sides of the roads. Rosamond (e) — many things in the shops and thought all things were (f) —. So she told her mother to (g) — them. Her mother told her that many of the things were not (h) — and the things did not have any (i) — to them. Then they (j) — walking.
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ii. At first they stopped at a (a) — shop. The windows of the (b) — were (c) — with ribbons, lace and festoons of (d) — flowers. Rosamond said to her mother what (e) — the roses were. She asked if she would not (f) — some of them. Addressing my (g) — her mother replied in negative. Then Rosamond asked the (h) — behind that. Her mother (i) — that she did not want them and they were not (j) — flowers.
iii. Rosamond, a little girl (a) — seven years old, was (b) — with her mother in the (c) — of London. As she passed (d) — she looked in at the (e) — of several shops, and saw a great (f) — of different sorts of (g) —. She wanted to (h) — to look at them and buy them all, (i) — knowing their uses or even without knowing their (j) —.s
Answer: 3. i. (a) along; (b) was walking; (c) types/kinds; (d) both; (e) saw; (f) useful/necessary; (g) buy; (h) real; (i) necessity; (j) continued.
ii. (a) milliner's (b) shop (c) decorated (d) artificial (e) beautiful (f) buy (g) dear (h) cause (i) replied (j) real
iii. (a) about (b) walking (c) streets (d) along (e) windows (f) variety (g) things (h) stop (i) without (j) names
4. Complete the table below with information from the passage. 1×5=5
Dr. Mohammad Shahid-Ullah was one of those who contributed towards Bengali language literature. He was the greatest scholar of Bengal. This great scholar was born at 24 Pargana in West Bengal on 10 July, 1885. He passed the Entrance Examination in 1904. He obtained his B. A. degree in 1910, M. A. in 1912 and B. L. in 1914. He joined the University of Dhaka in 1921 as a professor of Sanskrit and Bengali. He was awarded the Doctorate degree from Sorbann University, Paris, in 1928. His ‘Bangla Sahitter Katha’ published in 1953, was first well arranged History of Bengali Literature. In 1967 he was seriously ill and was in sick-bed for about two and a half years. The great scholar breathed his last on 13 July, 1669, in Dhaka. We all remember him with gratitude.
Person\Facts | Action\Achievement | Place\Institution | Time |
Shahid-Ullah | born | (a) ¾ | (b) ¾ |
He | became (c) ¾ | 1921. | |
He | got (d) ¾ | Sorbann | (e) ¾. |
Answer: 4. (a) West Bengal, (b) 1885, (c) professor, (d) Ph.D., (e) 1928.
5. Write a summary of the passage in no more than 90 to 100 words. 10
Answer: 5. Dr. Muhammad Shahid-Ullah, contributed much towards Bengali language literature, was born in west Bengal. He joined the University of Dhaka in 1921 as professor of Sanskrit and Bengali. He was awarded the doctorate degree from Sorobann University, Paris. His 'Bangla Sahitter Katha' was published in 1953.
6. Match the parts of sentences given in column ‘A’ and column ‘B’ to write five complete sentence. There are more parts of sentences in column ‘B’ than required. 1×5=5
Column A | Column B |
a. We take food | i. vitamins |
b. Costly items of food | ii. boars no bad effect |
c. Lack of knowledge of food we | iii. causes various diseases |
d. Various kinds of food contains | iv. to keep our body fit |
e. By eating from one grout of food we | v. may lack nutrition |
vi. can make us healthy | |
vii. can not keep our body fit. |
Answer: 6. (a + iv) : We take food to keep our body fit.
(b + v) : Costly items of food may lack nutrition.
(c + iii) : Lack of knowledge of food we causes various diseases.
(d + i) : Various kinds of food contains vitamins.
(e + vii) : By eating from one grout of food we can not keep our body fit.
7. Read the following sentences and put them in correct order. 1×8=8
(a) The Mayor and the Councillors talked about the problem.
(b) At that moment there was a knock at the door.
(c) It became full of rats.
(d) But they could not find a way out.
(e) The people of the town came to the Town Hall.
(f) They said to the Mayor to do something about rats.
(g) The Mayor called a meeting of the councilors.
(h) A lot time ago the town of Hamelin in Germany was faced with a great problem.
Answer: 7. h → c → e → f → g → a → d → b
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