Class 7 English: Sample Question Paper - 4 | English Honeycomb Class 7 PDF Download

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ENGLISH 
Time : 3:00 hrs. Class VII M.M: 100 
Date – 22.02.2014 
 General Instructions – 
(1)  The question paper consists of four sections : 
 Section A: Reading (20 marks)   
 Section B: Writing (25 marks) 
 Section C: Grammar (20 marks)  
 Section D: Literature (25 marks) 
(2) All the questions are compulsory. 
(3) Don’t write anything on the question paper. 
(4) All the answers must be correctly numbered as in the question paper and answered 
 in the  answer sheet. 
(5) Ensure that questions for each section are answered together. 
(6) Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. 
 
Section – A (Reading Skill – 20 marks) 
 
A.1 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow : (5) 
 THE WHY OF BOOKS 
Books are not a lie but true, 
they give you the knowledge 
of honesty and cruelty. 
They tell us about history, 
in which there is always a mystery, 
they can make your career. 
Which will not lead to any failure. 
They give us a way and never say to away! 
They are the oceans of wisdom, 
which will make you one day 
the master of kingdom. 
Knowledge is big, like the sky, 
which always goes high and high. 
So book always lead to a right way, 
and will never take you on a wrong way. 
‘Coz they are your true friends. 
 
 Choose the most appropriate option :  
 a) What do books provide us ? 
 i) knowledge of honesty ii) knowledge of cruelty 
 iii) both (i) and (ii)  iv) neither (i) nor (ii) 
 
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(1/8) 
ENGLISH 
Time : 3:00 hrs. Class VII M.M: 100 
Date – 22.02.2014 
 General Instructions – 
(1)  The question paper consists of four sections : 
 Section A: Reading (20 marks)   
 Section B: Writing (25 marks) 
 Section C: Grammar (20 marks)  
 Section D: Literature (25 marks) 
(2) All the questions are compulsory. 
(3) Don’t write anything on the question paper. 
(4) All the answers must be correctly numbered as in the question paper and answered 
 in the  answer sheet. 
(5) Ensure that questions for each section are answered together. 
(6) Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. 
 
Section – A (Reading Skill – 20 marks) 
 
A.1 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow : (5) 
 THE WHY OF BOOKS 
Books are not a lie but true, 
they give you the knowledge 
of honesty and cruelty. 
They tell us about history, 
in which there is always a mystery, 
they can make your career. 
Which will not lead to any failure. 
They give us a way and never say to away! 
They are the oceans of wisdom, 
which will make you one day 
the master of kingdom. 
Knowledge is big, like the sky, 
which always goes high and high. 
So book always lead to a right way, 
and will never take you on a wrong way. 
‘Coz they are your true friends. 
 
 Choose the most appropriate option :  
 a) What do books provide us ? 
 i) knowledge of honesty ii) knowledge of cruelty 
 iii) both (i) and (ii)  iv) neither (i) nor (ii) 
 
(2/8) 
b) What do books tell us about? 
 i) History   ii) Geography  
 iii) Mathematics   iv) English 
c) Books are the Vast 
 i) oceans of evil  ii) oceans of wisdom 
 iii) oceans to do wrong deeds iv) oceans of cruelty 
d) Books lead us to 
 i) a wrong path   ii) a right path 
 iii) a crooked path  iv) a thorny path 
e) According to the poet books are our  
 i) true enemies   ii) false enemies 
 iii) true friends   iv) false friends 
A.2 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. (5) 
 Mirrors have been used since ages. It is said that Archimedes used huge mirrors to 
focus the heat of the sun’s rays on the enemy ships to burn them. The same principle 
is used in solar cookers where mirrors are used to reflect and focus the sun’s rays on 
to cooking containers. Astronomers use huge concave mirrors to focus starlight. The 
mirrors used in telescopes are polished by giving a thin coat of silver or aluminum to 
the glass. With the telescopes, astronomers can see the heavenly bodies but even 
without the telescopes one can see the moon. A full moon shining overhead is a 
beautiful sight. But it is also a puzzle because if the sun and the moon both give the 
same sunlight, then why is the moonlight more pleasant? 
The reason is that the moon reflects very little sunlight, in fact, only seven percent of 
the light is receives. The earth reflects about half of the radiation that it receives from 
the sun. Imagine how bright the earth must be looking from the moon? One can even 
read a book on the moon in the earth light. However, you do not have to travel all the 
way to the moon to realize how strong the earthlight is. Observe the crescent moon 
soon after the new moon. The bright crescent is illuminated by the sun. The rest of 
the moon is illuminated by earthlight. In other words, the light reflected by the earth 
is falling on the moon. This is being reflected back to us and is strong enough to show 
the moon faintly. As the crescent increases in size, this effect disappears. 
Fresh snow is the best reflector of sunlight in nature. The bright light reflected by it 
can dazzle and harm your eyes. Mountaineers, therefore, use dark glasses. 
 
 a) Archimedes used mirrors to focus the heat of the sun’s rays : 
 i) to bake some pots  ii) to create a warm environment 
 iii) to burn enemy ships  iv) to boil water 
b) Mirrors used in telescopes are polished by giving the glass a thin coat of : 
 i) gold    ii) silver and gold 
 iii) silver or aluminium  iv) tin and white paint 
 
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(1/8) 
ENGLISH 
Time : 3:00 hrs. Class VII M.M: 100 
Date – 22.02.2014 
 General Instructions – 
(1)  The question paper consists of four sections : 
 Section A: Reading (20 marks)   
 Section B: Writing (25 marks) 
 Section C: Grammar (20 marks)  
 Section D: Literature (25 marks) 
(2) All the questions are compulsory. 
(3) Don’t write anything on the question paper. 
(4) All the answers must be correctly numbered as in the question paper and answered 
 in the  answer sheet. 
(5) Ensure that questions for each section are answered together. 
(6) Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. 
 
Section – A (Reading Skill – 20 marks) 
 
A.1 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow : (5) 
 THE WHY OF BOOKS 
Books are not a lie but true, 
they give you the knowledge 
of honesty and cruelty. 
They tell us about history, 
in which there is always a mystery, 
they can make your career. 
Which will not lead to any failure. 
They give us a way and never say to away! 
They are the oceans of wisdom, 
which will make you one day 
the master of kingdom. 
Knowledge is big, like the sky, 
which always goes high and high. 
So book always lead to a right way, 
and will never take you on a wrong way. 
‘Coz they are your true friends. 
 
 Choose the most appropriate option :  
 a) What do books provide us ? 
 i) knowledge of honesty ii) knowledge of cruelty 
 iii) both (i) and (ii)  iv) neither (i) nor (ii) 
 
(2/8) 
b) What do books tell us about? 
 i) History   ii) Geography  
 iii) Mathematics   iv) English 
c) Books are the Vast 
 i) oceans of evil  ii) oceans of wisdom 
 iii) oceans to do wrong deeds iv) oceans of cruelty 
d) Books lead us to 
 i) a wrong path   ii) a right path 
 iii) a crooked path  iv) a thorny path 
e) According to the poet books are our  
 i) true enemies   ii) false enemies 
 iii) true friends   iv) false friends 
A.2 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. (5) 
 Mirrors have been used since ages. It is said that Archimedes used huge mirrors to 
focus the heat of the sun’s rays on the enemy ships to burn them. The same principle 
is used in solar cookers where mirrors are used to reflect and focus the sun’s rays on 
to cooking containers. Astronomers use huge concave mirrors to focus starlight. The 
mirrors used in telescopes are polished by giving a thin coat of silver or aluminum to 
the glass. With the telescopes, astronomers can see the heavenly bodies but even 
without the telescopes one can see the moon. A full moon shining overhead is a 
beautiful sight. But it is also a puzzle because if the sun and the moon both give the 
same sunlight, then why is the moonlight more pleasant? 
The reason is that the moon reflects very little sunlight, in fact, only seven percent of 
the light is receives. The earth reflects about half of the radiation that it receives from 
the sun. Imagine how bright the earth must be looking from the moon? One can even 
read a book on the moon in the earth light. However, you do not have to travel all the 
way to the moon to realize how strong the earthlight is. Observe the crescent moon 
soon after the new moon. The bright crescent is illuminated by the sun. The rest of 
the moon is illuminated by earthlight. In other words, the light reflected by the earth 
is falling on the moon. This is being reflected back to us and is strong enough to show 
the moon faintly. As the crescent increases in size, this effect disappears. 
Fresh snow is the best reflector of sunlight in nature. The bright light reflected by it 
can dazzle and harm your eyes. Mountaineers, therefore, use dark glasses. 
 
 a) Archimedes used mirrors to focus the heat of the sun’s rays : 
 i) to bake some pots  ii) to create a warm environment 
 iii) to burn enemy ships  iv) to boil water 
b) Mirrors used in telescopes are polished by giving the glass a thin coat of : 
 i) gold    ii) silver and gold 
 iii) silver or aluminium  iv) tin and white paint 
 
(3/8) 
c) The principle of focusing the sun’s rays is used in : 
 i) solar cookers   ii) radio 
 iii) public address system iv) computers 
d) The bright light reflected by fresh snow can : 
 i) harm your body   ii) dazzle and harm your eyes 
 iii) harm and dazzle your heart  iv) dazzle and harm your liver 
e) How much of the radiation received from the sun does the earth reflect? 
 i) about half   ii) about one-fourth 
 iii) all of it   iv) about three-fourth  
A.3 Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow : (10) 
 1. Without oil the modern world could not exist. Oil is needed for travel, because it 
powers our motor cars, buses, trains, aeroplanes and ships. Oil helps machines of 
all kinds to run easily. Oil also gives us other substances, such as artificial rubber, 
artificial materials for clothing, and new materials for making things. Yet till a 
hundred years ago no one used oil for any of these purpose. In fact, no one knew 
that much oil existed. 
2. Men do not make oil; they find it. They look for oil in many ways. They begin by 
making a map of the land where they are searching. Then they use the map to help 
them in choosing a site to explore with more care. They start their work by 
examining the rock from under the surface and come to know whether oil is likely 
to be underneath the rock. 
3. To find out how deeply the oil is buried they need to know how far under the 
surface the rock is. If everything seems hopeful the men now decide to drill down 
through the rock. In this way they will find out whether oil really does lie 
underneath it. Often this test-well, as it is called, is far away from any town and 
there is much work to do before any drilling starts. Houses and roads must be built 
for the people coming to drill the test-well. Then the big derrick that carries the 
drill must be put up. This derrick is a strong framework of steel about 45 metres 
high. The drill is raised and lowered from inside the derrick. 
4. Drilling for oil often means making a well that goes very deep into the earth. Such 
deep wells have never been made until modern times. The rate of drilling depends 
upon the kind of rock being drilled: it can be as fast as 60 metres an hour. Drilling 
is usually done on dry land, but we can also drill the rock under lakes or seas by 
putting the derrick on a special platform above the water. 
 
 Read the above passage carefully & answer the questions that follow:  
 i) How is oil useful to machines? (2) 
 ii) How do men go about looking for oil? (2) 
 iii) Drilling for oil often means ___________. (1) 
 iv) The rate of drilling depends upon ___________. (1) 
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ENGLISH 
Time : 3:00 hrs. Class VII M.M: 100 
Date – 22.02.2014 
 General Instructions – 
(1)  The question paper consists of four sections : 
 Section A: Reading (20 marks)   
 Section B: Writing (25 marks) 
 Section C: Grammar (20 marks)  
 Section D: Literature (25 marks) 
(2) All the questions are compulsory. 
(3) Don’t write anything on the question paper. 
(4) All the answers must be correctly numbered as in the question paper and answered 
 in the  answer sheet. 
(5) Ensure that questions for each section are answered together. 
(6) Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. 
 
Section – A (Reading Skill – 20 marks) 
 
A.1 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow : (5) 
 THE WHY OF BOOKS 
Books are not a lie but true, 
they give you the knowledge 
of honesty and cruelty. 
They tell us about history, 
in which there is always a mystery, 
they can make your career. 
Which will not lead to any failure. 
They give us a way and never say to away! 
They are the oceans of wisdom, 
which will make you one day 
the master of kingdom. 
Knowledge is big, like the sky, 
which always goes high and high. 
So book always lead to a right way, 
and will never take you on a wrong way. 
‘Coz they are your true friends. 
 
 Choose the most appropriate option :  
 a) What do books provide us ? 
 i) knowledge of honesty ii) knowledge of cruelty 
 iii) both (i) and (ii)  iv) neither (i) nor (ii) 
 
(2/8) 
b) What do books tell us about? 
 i) History   ii) Geography  
 iii) Mathematics   iv) English 
c) Books are the Vast 
 i) oceans of evil  ii) oceans of wisdom 
 iii) oceans to do wrong deeds iv) oceans of cruelty 
d) Books lead us to 
 i) a wrong path   ii) a right path 
 iii) a crooked path  iv) a thorny path 
e) According to the poet books are our  
 i) true enemies   ii) false enemies 
 iii) true friends   iv) false friends 
A.2 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. (5) 
 Mirrors have been used since ages. It is said that Archimedes used huge mirrors to 
focus the heat of the sun’s rays on the enemy ships to burn them. The same principle 
is used in solar cookers where mirrors are used to reflect and focus the sun’s rays on 
to cooking containers. Astronomers use huge concave mirrors to focus starlight. The 
mirrors used in telescopes are polished by giving a thin coat of silver or aluminum to 
the glass. With the telescopes, astronomers can see the heavenly bodies but even 
without the telescopes one can see the moon. A full moon shining overhead is a 
beautiful sight. But it is also a puzzle because if the sun and the moon both give the 
same sunlight, then why is the moonlight more pleasant? 
The reason is that the moon reflects very little sunlight, in fact, only seven percent of 
the light is receives. The earth reflects about half of the radiation that it receives from 
the sun. Imagine how bright the earth must be looking from the moon? One can even 
read a book on the moon in the earth light. However, you do not have to travel all the 
way to the moon to realize how strong the earthlight is. Observe the crescent moon 
soon after the new moon. The bright crescent is illuminated by the sun. The rest of 
the moon is illuminated by earthlight. In other words, the light reflected by the earth 
is falling on the moon. This is being reflected back to us and is strong enough to show 
the moon faintly. As the crescent increases in size, this effect disappears. 
Fresh snow is the best reflector of sunlight in nature. The bright light reflected by it 
can dazzle and harm your eyes. Mountaineers, therefore, use dark glasses. 
 
 a) Archimedes used mirrors to focus the heat of the sun’s rays : 
 i) to bake some pots  ii) to create a warm environment 
 iii) to burn enemy ships  iv) to boil water 
b) Mirrors used in telescopes are polished by giving the glass a thin coat of : 
 i) gold    ii) silver and gold 
 iii) silver or aluminium  iv) tin and white paint 
 
(3/8) 
c) The principle of focusing the sun’s rays is used in : 
 i) solar cookers   ii) radio 
 iii) public address system iv) computers 
d) The bright light reflected by fresh snow can : 
 i) harm your body   ii) dazzle and harm your eyes 
 iii) harm and dazzle your heart  iv) dazzle and harm your liver 
e) How much of the radiation received from the sun does the earth reflect? 
 i) about half   ii) about one-fourth 
 iii) all of it   iv) about three-fourth  
A.3 Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow : (10) 
 1. Without oil the modern world could not exist. Oil is needed for travel, because it 
powers our motor cars, buses, trains, aeroplanes and ships. Oil helps machines of 
all kinds to run easily. Oil also gives us other substances, such as artificial rubber, 
artificial materials for clothing, and new materials for making things. Yet till a 
hundred years ago no one used oil for any of these purpose. In fact, no one knew 
that much oil existed. 
2. Men do not make oil; they find it. They look for oil in many ways. They begin by 
making a map of the land where they are searching. Then they use the map to help 
them in choosing a site to explore with more care. They start their work by 
examining the rock from under the surface and come to know whether oil is likely 
to be underneath the rock. 
3. To find out how deeply the oil is buried they need to know how far under the 
surface the rock is. If everything seems hopeful the men now decide to drill down 
through the rock. In this way they will find out whether oil really does lie 
underneath it. Often this test-well, as it is called, is far away from any town and 
there is much work to do before any drilling starts. Houses and roads must be built 
for the people coming to drill the test-well. Then the big derrick that carries the 
drill must be put up. This derrick is a strong framework of steel about 45 metres 
high. The drill is raised and lowered from inside the derrick. 
4. Drilling for oil often means making a well that goes very deep into the earth. Such 
deep wells have never been made until modern times. The rate of drilling depends 
upon the kind of rock being drilled: it can be as fast as 60 metres an hour. Drilling 
is usually done on dry land, but we can also drill the rock under lakes or seas by 
putting the derrick on a special platform above the water. 
 
 Read the above passage carefully & answer the questions that follow:  
 i) How is oil useful to machines? (2) 
 ii) How do men go about looking for oil? (2) 
 iii) Drilling for oil often means ___________. (1) 
 iv) The rate of drilling depends upon ___________. (1) 
(4/8) 
 v) Drilling is usually done on ___________. (1) 
 vi) To find out how deeply the oil is buried we need to ___________. (1) 
 vii) Find the words from the passage which mean : 
a) make a hole (para 3) 
b) a kind of crane with a movable pivoted arm. (para 3) 
(2) 
 
Section – B (Writing Skill – 25 marks) 
 
B.1 You are the Cultural Secretary of your school. Your school is organizing an Inter 
House Debate Competition in the school auditorium. Write a notice in not more than 
50 words inviting the willing students to participate in the same. Provide all 
necessary details. 
(5) 
 OR  
 Read the telephonic conversation: 
Gopalan  : Hello, is it 27541485? 
Lakshmi : Yes. 
Gopalan : Is Mr. Raman at home? 
Lakshmi : No, he isn’t. 
Gopalan : Gopalan here. You are Mr. Raman’s daughter, aren’t you? 
Lakshmi : Yes. Would you like to leave a message? 
Gopalan : Yes. Mr. Bhaskar fell over and injured his leg this morning. He is in  
  Apollo Hospital. The doctor has said it is a fracture. 
Lakshmi : Oh, sorry ! 
Gopalan : He has to be in hospital till tomorrow. 
Lakshmi : I will pass on the message. I think Daddy will see Mr. Bhaskar this  
  evening. Bye, uncle. 
Gopalan : Bye. 
Lakshmi has to go to her friend’s house before her father is back. 
Write the message she would write for her father in not more than 50 words. 
 
B.2 You are Ritika / Rishabh. You recently shifted to a new place. Write an email to 
your friend Asha / Ashu explaining her/him about the new place, home and people 
around. Write an email in not more than 80 words using the hints given below. 
• House near market place. 
• park nearby 
• will srart going school from next week 
(5) 
B.3 You are Archana / Abhinav. Write a speech on ‘value of travelling’ to be delivered 
in the morning assembly. You may take help of the following points. 
• travel part of life 
• earlier – travel for food and shelter; 
 now leisure – enriching experience 
• gives exposure to new ideas, traditions and culture 
(7) 
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ENGLISH 
Time : 3:00 hrs. Class VII M.M: 100 
Date – 22.02.2014 
 General Instructions – 
(1)  The question paper consists of four sections : 
 Section A: Reading (20 marks)   
 Section B: Writing (25 marks) 
 Section C: Grammar (20 marks)  
 Section D: Literature (25 marks) 
(2) All the questions are compulsory. 
(3) Don’t write anything on the question paper. 
(4) All the answers must be correctly numbered as in the question paper and answered 
 in the  answer sheet. 
(5) Ensure that questions for each section are answered together. 
(6) Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. 
 
Section – A (Reading Skill – 20 marks) 
 
A.1 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow : (5) 
 THE WHY OF BOOKS 
Books are not a lie but true, 
they give you the knowledge 
of honesty and cruelty. 
They tell us about history, 
in which there is always a mystery, 
they can make your career. 
Which will not lead to any failure. 
They give us a way and never say to away! 
They are the oceans of wisdom, 
which will make you one day 
the master of kingdom. 
Knowledge is big, like the sky, 
which always goes high and high. 
So book always lead to a right way, 
and will never take you on a wrong way. 
‘Coz they are your true friends. 
 
 Choose the most appropriate option :  
 a) What do books provide us ? 
 i) knowledge of honesty ii) knowledge of cruelty 
 iii) both (i) and (ii)  iv) neither (i) nor (ii) 
 
(2/8) 
b) What do books tell us about? 
 i) History   ii) Geography  
 iii) Mathematics   iv) English 
c) Books are the Vast 
 i) oceans of evil  ii) oceans of wisdom 
 iii) oceans to do wrong deeds iv) oceans of cruelty 
d) Books lead us to 
 i) a wrong path   ii) a right path 
 iii) a crooked path  iv) a thorny path 
e) According to the poet books are our  
 i) true enemies   ii) false enemies 
 iii) true friends   iv) false friends 
A.2 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. (5) 
 Mirrors have been used since ages. It is said that Archimedes used huge mirrors to 
focus the heat of the sun’s rays on the enemy ships to burn them. The same principle 
is used in solar cookers where mirrors are used to reflect and focus the sun’s rays on 
to cooking containers. Astronomers use huge concave mirrors to focus starlight. The 
mirrors used in telescopes are polished by giving a thin coat of silver or aluminum to 
the glass. With the telescopes, astronomers can see the heavenly bodies but even 
without the telescopes one can see the moon. A full moon shining overhead is a 
beautiful sight. But it is also a puzzle because if the sun and the moon both give the 
same sunlight, then why is the moonlight more pleasant? 
The reason is that the moon reflects very little sunlight, in fact, only seven percent of 
the light is receives. The earth reflects about half of the radiation that it receives from 
the sun. Imagine how bright the earth must be looking from the moon? One can even 
read a book on the moon in the earth light. However, you do not have to travel all the 
way to the moon to realize how strong the earthlight is. Observe the crescent moon 
soon after the new moon. The bright crescent is illuminated by the sun. The rest of 
the moon is illuminated by earthlight. In other words, the light reflected by the earth 
is falling on the moon. This is being reflected back to us and is strong enough to show 
the moon faintly. As the crescent increases in size, this effect disappears. 
Fresh snow is the best reflector of sunlight in nature. The bright light reflected by it 
can dazzle and harm your eyes. Mountaineers, therefore, use dark glasses. 
 
 a) Archimedes used mirrors to focus the heat of the sun’s rays : 
 i) to bake some pots  ii) to create a warm environment 
 iii) to burn enemy ships  iv) to boil water 
b) Mirrors used in telescopes are polished by giving the glass a thin coat of : 
 i) gold    ii) silver and gold 
 iii) silver or aluminium  iv) tin and white paint 
 
(3/8) 
c) The principle of focusing the sun’s rays is used in : 
 i) solar cookers   ii) radio 
 iii) public address system iv) computers 
d) The bright light reflected by fresh snow can : 
 i) harm your body   ii) dazzle and harm your eyes 
 iii) harm and dazzle your heart  iv) dazzle and harm your liver 
e) How much of the radiation received from the sun does the earth reflect? 
 i) about half   ii) about one-fourth 
 iii) all of it   iv) about three-fourth  
A.3 Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow : (10) 
 1. Without oil the modern world could not exist. Oil is needed for travel, because it 
powers our motor cars, buses, trains, aeroplanes and ships. Oil helps machines of 
all kinds to run easily. Oil also gives us other substances, such as artificial rubber, 
artificial materials for clothing, and new materials for making things. Yet till a 
hundred years ago no one used oil for any of these purpose. In fact, no one knew 
that much oil existed. 
2. Men do not make oil; they find it. They look for oil in many ways. They begin by 
making a map of the land where they are searching. Then they use the map to help 
them in choosing a site to explore with more care. They start their work by 
examining the rock from under the surface and come to know whether oil is likely 
to be underneath the rock. 
3. To find out how deeply the oil is buried they need to know how far under the 
surface the rock is. If everything seems hopeful the men now decide to drill down 
through the rock. In this way they will find out whether oil really does lie 
underneath it. Often this test-well, as it is called, is far away from any town and 
there is much work to do before any drilling starts. Houses and roads must be built 
for the people coming to drill the test-well. Then the big derrick that carries the 
drill must be put up. This derrick is a strong framework of steel about 45 metres 
high. The drill is raised and lowered from inside the derrick. 
4. Drilling for oil often means making a well that goes very deep into the earth. Such 
deep wells have never been made until modern times. The rate of drilling depends 
upon the kind of rock being drilled: it can be as fast as 60 metres an hour. Drilling 
is usually done on dry land, but we can also drill the rock under lakes or seas by 
putting the derrick on a special platform above the water. 
 
 Read the above passage carefully & answer the questions that follow:  
 i) How is oil useful to machines? (2) 
 ii) How do men go about looking for oil? (2) 
 iii) Drilling for oil often means ___________. (1) 
 iv) The rate of drilling depends upon ___________. (1) 
(4/8) 
 v) Drilling is usually done on ___________. (1) 
 vi) To find out how deeply the oil is buried we need to ___________. (1) 
 vii) Find the words from the passage which mean : 
a) make a hole (para 3) 
b) a kind of crane with a movable pivoted arm. (para 3) 
(2) 
 
Section – B (Writing Skill – 25 marks) 
 
B.1 You are the Cultural Secretary of your school. Your school is organizing an Inter 
House Debate Competition in the school auditorium. Write a notice in not more than 
50 words inviting the willing students to participate in the same. Provide all 
necessary details. 
(5) 
 OR  
 Read the telephonic conversation: 
Gopalan  : Hello, is it 27541485? 
Lakshmi : Yes. 
Gopalan : Is Mr. Raman at home? 
Lakshmi : No, he isn’t. 
Gopalan : Gopalan here. You are Mr. Raman’s daughter, aren’t you? 
Lakshmi : Yes. Would you like to leave a message? 
Gopalan : Yes. Mr. Bhaskar fell over and injured his leg this morning. He is in  
  Apollo Hospital. The doctor has said it is a fracture. 
Lakshmi : Oh, sorry ! 
Gopalan : He has to be in hospital till tomorrow. 
Lakshmi : I will pass on the message. I think Daddy will see Mr. Bhaskar this  
  evening. Bye, uncle. 
Gopalan : Bye. 
Lakshmi has to go to her friend’s house before her father is back. 
Write the message she would write for her father in not more than 50 words. 
 
B.2 You are Ritika / Rishabh. You recently shifted to a new place. Write an email to 
your friend Asha / Ashu explaining her/him about the new place, home and people 
around. Write an email in not more than 80 words using the hints given below. 
• House near market place. 
• park nearby 
• will srart going school from next week 
(5) 
B.3 You are Archana / Abhinav. Write a speech on ‘value of travelling’ to be delivered 
in the morning assembly. You may take help of the following points. 
• travel part of life 
• earlier – travel for food and shelter; 
 now leisure – enriching experience 
• gives exposure to new ideas, traditions and culture 
(7) 
(5/8) 
B.4 You are Tanupriya / Tarang living in Ashok Vihar, Delhi. You are disgusted on 
seeing how the animals are being ill treated by the animal owners. Write a letter to 
the editor giving few suggestions to check this evil. You can make use of the hints 
given below. (word limit 120) 
• animals being ill treated by the animal owners 
• cruelty on caged animals 
• poorly fed 
• laws passed to make animals safe 
(8) 
     OR  
 You are Sohan / Sheetal. Your friend wishes to fly to United States for a job. Write a 
letter to him/her about Brain Drain and ask him/her to contribute to his/her mother 
country. You may take help of the hints given below. (word limit 120). 
• brain drain : loss of precious manpower of a nation 
• India major victim 
• dynamic people wish to leave India and fly away 
• all professionals like fleeing to developed countries 
• it is not easy to go and adjust in a new country 
 
 
Section – C (Grammar : 20 marks) 
 
C.1 The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. 
Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet as given 
below against the correct blank number. 
(4) 
         Incorrect  Correct 
Yoga is a scientific system for physical   a) ________   ________ 
and mental practices that orginate in  b) ________   ________ 
India much than three thousand   c) ________   ________ 
years ago. Its purpose was to help   d) ________   ________ 
each one of we achieve our highest  e) ________   ________ 
potential or to experience enduring health f) ________   ________ 
and happiness. The words yoga means   g) ________   ________ 
“to join together”, and it bring the body  h) ________   ________ 
and mind together. 
 
C.2 In the following passage, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the 
missing word along with the word that comes before and after it in your answer 
sheet against the correct blank number. Ensure that the word that poems your 
answer is underlined. 
(4) 
 Twenty years ago, kids in school never even   e.g.      school had never 
heard the internet. The internet is a vast resource  (a) __________