Model Test Question-36
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-9: Lesson-1(B)
I know you will wonder if I say the best thing that ever happened to me was when I lost my last job. Yes, really!
I was a desk clerk in an office. But believe me I never liked my job. Nothing can be more boring than being stuck in an office all day with computers and telephone.
So after two years or so, I decided to leave my job though I had good salary there. Now I’m an owner of a nursery. Planting seeds, budding, grafting, taking care of saplings, cleaning the flower beds and spending time with trees are my full time job. I start work very early. In summer I usually leave home at 5:30 in the morning, but in winter not until about 7. I’ve a small hut in my nursery. There cannot be any more pleasure for me when I see the moon from there or walk through the trees in the soft moonlit night. The winter is just over. So I’m cleaning up the winter flower garden. Now I’m busy in producing more timber and medicinal plants which people will buy from July. Every season is so different and I love them all. When I compare my present days with the past, I simply can’t understand how I could survive there in my previous job. I love nature. I just love working outside in the open air after all those months in a stuffy office. Gadgets never attract me and perhaps will never.
I’m not married. I do my own work even cook my own food. I try not to depend on others for the work which I myself can do. Often my friends are annoyed with me. They say, I should engage a maid for household chores. They are not happy to see me in this ‘rustic life’. They are professionals. They earn a lot. Maybe --- much more than me but I think I enjoy my work more.
At weekends, I often go countryside. Sometimes with my friends, sometimes alone. I love collecting unknown saplings. I have another hobby. I love collecting stamps. I have a Russian stamp during the period of Lenin. I don’t watch TV. Almost everyone has a TV set these days. But I don’t have any. How is that?
The only problem I face is I do not earn enough money in all seasons. The winter and the rain are two busy seasons for me. But it’s OK. Maybe I do not earn enough like many other people around me. But I at least earn enough for my family, employees, and me to run a decent life. I must say I’m a very happy man!
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1×7=7
a. Why did the man feel happy?
i) For getting job ii) For letting a job
iii) For leaving a job iv) For making his last job
b. Why did the man dislike his last job?
i) It was hard ii) It was boring iii) It was a desk job iv) It was an official job
c. When did he decide to leave his job?
i) After around two years ii) After more than two years
iii) After less than two years iv) After getting salary
d. His job is now connected with ----.
i) driving ii) nature iii) morning iv) winter
e. When does he get up in summer?
i) Earlier ii) Later than winter iii) At moonlit night iv) About 7 am
f. What makes him busy now?
i) Timber ii) Medicinal plants iii) His previous job iv) Flower garden
g. Why does he himself cook his own food?
i) Since he is unmarried ii) As he wants to be married
iii) As he is a good man iv) Since he has no job
Extra Practices
h. Where does he go at weekends?
i) In other countries ii) In village area iii) In city area iv) In a beautiful place
i. Why does he not watch TV?
i) Because he has no TV ii) As he has no money
iii) Since he collects stamps iv) Because it is his hobby
j. He is happy because he ---- to run a decent life.
i) can earn vast money ii) can earn enough money
iii) has to earn enough money iv) is unable
Answer: 1. a. iii) For leaving a job; b. ii) It was boring; c. i) After around two years; d. nature; e.i) Earlier than winter; f. ii) Medicinal plants; g. i) Since he is unmarried; h. ii) In village area; i. i) Because he has no TV; j. ii) can earn enough money.
2. Answer the following questions. 2×5 = 10
a. What was the reason behind the happiness of the man?
b. Why did the man decide to leave the job?
c. When does he start work?
d. Is the man happy now?
e. Why are his friends not happy?
Extra Practices
f. Who are professionals?
g. From where does he collect unknown saplings?
h. What is his hobby?
i. When does he become busier than the normal time?
j. What is the passage about?
Answer: 2. a. The reason behind the happiness of the man was losing his last job.
b. The man decided to leave the job because he never liked his job.
c. He starts work very early.
d. Yes, the man is happy now. He left his boring job. So, he is happy now.
e. His friends are not happy to see him in rustic life.
f. His friends are professionals.
g. He collects unknown saplings from countryside.
h. His hobby is collecting stamps.
i. He becomes busier than the normal time in the winter and the rain.
j. The passage is about a freedom loving man.
3. Fill in each gap with a suitable word of your own based on the information in the text. 0.5×10=5
This is a story of an (a) --- man. He has to (b) ---- his own food. He (c) ---- not happened on others for his (d) ----. His friends feel (e) --- for his work with him. They say that a maid should be (f) --- for his household chores. His friends feel (g) – to see him in rustic life. The man (h) ---- not earn a lot but his friends (i) --- a lot. Yet, he (j) --- his work
Answer: 3. a. unmarried; b. cook; c. does; d. work; e. annoyed; f. engaged; g. unhappy; h. does; i. earn; j. enjoys.
4. Complete the table below with information from the passage. 1×5=5
There are seven continents in the world. They are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia. Asia is the largest continent in both area and population. It has an area of 4,38,20,000 square kilometers. The total population of this continent is 416,42,52,000. About 246 people live per mile in Asia. Africa is the second largest continent in the world. Its total land area is 3,03,70,000 square kilometers. Its population is 102,22,34,000. The density of population per mile is 87. North America has an area of 2,44,90,000 square kilometers. The population of North America is 54,20,56,000. The density of population is 57 per mile. The total land area of Europe is 1,01,80,000 square kilometers. And its population is 73,81,99,000. About 188 people live per mile in Europe. The total land area of Australia is 90,08,500 square kilometers. The population of this continent is 29,1,27,000. About 8 people live per mile in Australia. South America has an area of 1,78,40,000 square kilometers. The population of South America is 39,25,55,000. Antarctica has an area of 1,37,20,000 square kilometers. But no habitation has developed here.
Continent | Area | Population | Density of population in per mile |
43,82,0000 | (a) ¾ | (b) ¾ | |
30370000 square km | (c) ¾ | 87 | |
(d) ¾ square km | 54,20,56,000 | (e) ¾ |
Answer: 4. (a) 416,42,52,000, (b) 246, (c) 102,22,34,000, (d) 244,90,000, (e) 57.
5. From your reading of the above passage fill in the blanks with suitable words. Use one word only in each blank. 1×5=5
Among the seven continent in the world Asia is the (a) ___ one. Almost 246 people live in per square mile in this continent. Africa is the (b) ___ largest continent in the world. The (c) ___ of population in per square mile in North America is 57. Europe has an (d) ___ of 1,01,80,000 square population in per square kilometers. Australia continent has the least density of population in per square mile. Here only 8 (e) ___ live in per square mile. No people live in the continent of Antarctica.
Answer: 5. The seven continents in the world are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia. Asia is the largest continent in both area and population. About 246 people live per mile in Asia. Africa is the second largest continent and population density is 87 per mile. Population density of north America Europe and Australia are 57,188 and 8 people per mile. No habitation has developed in Antarctica.
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. An ordinary garment worker in our country | i. on a crowded bus to reach her destination |
b. She starts for her working place early in the morning | ii. leads a very tough and laborious life |
c. She, along with other working girls, goes to | iii. slang words from various corners because of the absence of the rule of law |
d. Sometimes she became the object of other’s | iv. works in congested room |
e. On the way to her factory, she is infected with | v. her working place and returns to her house usually on foot |
vi. and ends at about 10 at night | |
vii. pity and has to tolerate bad comments. |
Answer: 6. (a+ ii) : An ordinary garment worker in our country leads a very tough and laborious life
(b+ vi) : She starts for her working place early in the morning and ends at about 10 at night
(c+ v) : She, along with other working girls, goes to her working place and returns to her house usually on foot
(d+ vii) : Sometimes she became the object of other’s pity and has to tolerate bad comments.
(e+ iii) : On the way to her factory, she is infected with slang words from various corners because of the absence of the rule of law
7. Read the following sentences and put them in correct order. 1×8=8
(a) After some time, the lion fell into a trap and he was crying “Save me, please, save me, please.”
(b) A lion was sleeping in a cave.
(c) The lion caught it and it began to tremble with fear.
(d) The lion laughed and said, “O you! Are you suitable to help me?”
(e) The mouse said, “Let me go; sooner or later, I may help you.”
(f) At that time, a mouse fell upon its body playing.
(g) The mouse cut the net into pieces and thereby he was saved.
(h) Listening to this, the mouse came swiftly and found the lion in a trap.
Answer: 7. b → f → c → e → d → a → h → g
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