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Page 1 1 / 6 C B S E C l a s s - I X E n g l i s h ( l a n g u a g e & L i t e r a t u r e ) S a m p l e p a p e r - 3 ( U n s o l v e d ) G e n e r a l I n s t r u c t i o n s : T h e q u e s t i o n p a p e r h a s b e e n d i v i d e d i n t o t h r e e s e c t i o n s : S e c t i o n s A : R e a d i n g 2 0 m a r k s , S e c t i o n s B : W r i t i n g & G r a m m a r 3 0 m a r k s , S e c t i o n C : L i t e r a t u r e & L o n g R e a d i n g T e x t 3 0 m a r k s S E C T I O N ‘ A ’ : R E A D I N G ( 2 0 M A R K S ) 1 . R e a d t h e g i v e n p a s s a g e b e l o w a n d a n s w e r t h e q u e s t i o n s t h a t f o l l o w : ( 8 M a r k s ) A n s w e r s t o t h e c u r r e n t c r i s i s o f w a t e r m a y l i e i n t h e l a c k o f r e l i a n c e o n o u r o w n t r a d i t i o n s b y o u r c o m m u n i t i e s . I n d i a n s , o v e r c e n t u r i e s ; d e v e l o p e d a r a n g e o f t e c h n i q u e s t o h a r v e s t e v e r y p o s s i b l e f o r m o f w a t e r , f r o m r a i n w a t e r , s t r e a m a n d r i v e r w a t e r a s w e l l a s f l o o d w a t e r . T h e y h a v e t a p p e d w a t e r f r o m h i l l s t r e a m s o r s p r i n g s k n o w n a s k u h l s c a r r y i n g a d i s c h a r g e o f 1 5 - 1 0 0 l i t r e s p e r s e c o n d s . I n M e g h a l a y a , a 2 0 0 - y e a r o l d s y s t e m o f t a p p i n g s t r e a m a n d s p r i n g w a t e r f o r i r r i g a t i n g p l a n t s b y u s i n g b a m b o o s s t i l l e x i s t s . C r e d i t m u s t g o t o t h e p e o p l e o f t h e v i l l a g e s o f R a j a s t h a n a n d p a r t i c u l a r l y J o d h p u r , h e r e o l d w a t e r s y s t e m s t i l l e x i s t s a n d w h e r e t h e t r a d i t i o n a l s y s t e m w a s m a i n t a i n e d e v e n a f t e r t h e a d v e n t o f p i p e d w a t e r . V i l l a g e s w h i c h n e g l e c t e d t h e i r t r a d i t i o n a l s y s t e m w a s m a i n t a i n e d e v e n a f t e r t h e a d v e n t o f p i p e d w a t e r . V i l l a g e s w h i c h n e g l e c t e d t h e i r t r a d i t i o n a l s y s t e m a n d r e l i e d s o l e l y o n p i p e d w a t e r s o u r c e s f a c e d s c a r c i t y u n d e r d r o u g h t c o n d i t i o n s . A n I r o n i c c o n t r a s t o f w a t e r m a n a g e m e n t i s t h a t b e t w e e n J a i s a l m e r a n d C h e r r a p u n j i w h i c h g e t 1 0 0 m m a n d 1 5 , 0 0 0 m m o f r a i n f a l l r e s p e c t i v e l y , J a i s a l m e r h a d e n o u g h w a t e r f o r i t s e l f u n t i l r e c e n t y e a r s , w h i l e C h e r r a p u n j i t h e w e t t e s t p l a c e o n t h e e a r t h , f a c e d a d r i n k i n g w a t e r s h o r t a g e . A l w a r d i s t r i c t , a l s o i n R a j a s t h a n , h a s b e e n s u c c e s s f u l i n h a r v e s t i n g w a t e r t h e r e b y b r i n g i n g p r o s p e r i t y t o i t s v i l l a g e s . I n I n d i a , d u r i n g t h e s e a s o n o f s u m m e r , o u r t a p s g o o n w i t h o u t w a t e r a n d w e f e e l t h e s c a r c i t y o f w a t e r . I t i s b e c a u s e w e a r e m u c h c a r e l e s s a b o u t t h e u s e o f w a t e r a n d w a s t e i t e x t r a v a g a n t l y . Q u e s t i o n s : 1 . W h y i s c r i s i s o f w a t e r a n a c u t e p r o b l e m ? Page 2 1 / 6 C B S E C l a s s - I X E n g l i s h ( l a n g u a g e & L i t e r a t u r e ) S a m p l e p a p e r - 3 ( U n s o l v e d ) G e n e r a l I n s t r u c t i o n s : T h e q u e s t i o n p a p e r h a s b e e n d i v i d e d i n t o t h r e e s e c t i o n s : S e c t i o n s A : R e a d i n g 2 0 m a r k s , S e c t i o n s B : W r i t i n g & G r a m m a r 3 0 m a r k s , S e c t i o n C : L i t e r a t u r e & L o n g R e a d i n g T e x t 3 0 m a r k s S E C T I O N ‘ A ’ : R E A D I N G ( 2 0 M A R K S ) 1 . R e a d t h e g i v e n p a s s a g e b e l o w a n d a n s w e r t h e q u e s t i o n s t h a t f o l l o w : ( 8 M a r k s ) A n s w e r s t o t h e c u r r e n t c r i s i s o f w a t e r m a y l i e i n t h e l a c k o f r e l i a n c e o n o u r o w n t r a d i t i o n s b y o u r c o m m u n i t i e s . I n d i a n s , o v e r c e n t u r i e s ; d e v e l o p e d a r a n g e o f t e c h n i q u e s t o h a r v e s t e v e r y p o s s i b l e f o r m o f w a t e r , f r o m r a i n w a t e r , s t r e a m a n d r i v e r w a t e r a s w e l l a s f l o o d w a t e r . T h e y h a v e t a p p e d w a t e r f r o m h i l l s t r e a m s o r s p r i n g s k n o w n a s k u h l s c a r r y i n g a d i s c h a r g e o f 1 5 - 1 0 0 l i t r e s p e r s e c o n d s . I n M e g h a l a y a , a 2 0 0 - y e a r o l d s y s t e m o f t a p p i n g s t r e a m a n d s p r i n g w a t e r f o r i r r i g a t i n g p l a n t s b y u s i n g b a m b o o s s t i l l e x i s t s . C r e d i t m u s t g o t o t h e p e o p l e o f t h e v i l l a g e s o f R a j a s t h a n a n d p a r t i c u l a r l y J o d h p u r , h e r e o l d w a t e r s y s t e m s t i l l e x i s t s a n d w h e r e t h e t r a d i t i o n a l s y s t e m w a s m a i n t a i n e d e v e n a f t e r t h e a d v e n t o f p i p e d w a t e r . V i l l a g e s w h i c h n e g l e c t e d t h e i r t r a d i t i o n a l s y s t e m w a s m a i n t a i n e d e v e n a f t e r t h e a d v e n t o f p i p e d w a t e r . V i l l a g e s w h i c h n e g l e c t e d t h e i r t r a d i t i o n a l s y s t e m a n d r e l i e d s o l e l y o n p i p e d w a t e r s o u r c e s f a c e d s c a r c i t y u n d e r d r o u g h t c o n d i t i o n s . A n I r o n i c c o n t r a s t o f w a t e r m a n a g e m e n t i s t h a t b e t w e e n J a i s a l m e r a n d C h e r r a p u n j i w h i c h g e t 1 0 0 m m a n d 1 5 , 0 0 0 m m o f r a i n f a l l r e s p e c t i v e l y , J a i s a l m e r h a d e n o u g h w a t e r f o r i t s e l f u n t i l r e c e n t y e a r s , w h i l e C h e r r a p u n j i t h e w e t t e s t p l a c e o n t h e e a r t h , f a c e d a d r i n k i n g w a t e r s h o r t a g e . A l w a r d i s t r i c t , a l s o i n R a j a s t h a n , h a s b e e n s u c c e s s f u l i n h a r v e s t i n g w a t e r t h e r e b y b r i n g i n g p r o s p e r i t y t o i t s v i l l a g e s . I n I n d i a , d u r i n g t h e s e a s o n o f s u m m e r , o u r t a p s g o o n w i t h o u t w a t e r a n d w e f e e l t h e s c a r c i t y o f w a t e r . I t i s b e c a u s e w e a r e m u c h c a r e l e s s a b o u t t h e u s e o f w a t e r a n d w a s t e i t e x t r a v a g a n t l y . Q u e s t i o n s : 1 . W h y i s c r i s i s o f w a t e r a n a c u t e p r o b l e m ? 2 / 6 2 . N a m e t w o t e c h n i q u e s b y w h i c h I n d i a n s h a r v e s t w a t e r . 3 . ( H o w d o p e o p l e t a p w a t e r i n M e g h a l a y a ? 4 . I n w h i c h s t a t e o f I n d i a o l d s y s t e m o f w a t e r s t i l l e x i s t s ? 5 . I n w h i c h s e a s o n w e f e e l s c a r c i t y o f w a t e r ? 6 . W h i c h d i s t r i c t o f R a j a s t h a n h a s b e e n p r o s p e r i n g d u e t o h a r v e s t i n g o f w a t e r ? 7 . W h i c h i s t h e w e t t e s t p l a c e o n t h e e a r t h . 8 . T h e w o r d i n t h e p a s s a g e w h i c h m e a n s ' d e f i c i e n c y ' i s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . R e a d t h e f o l l o w i n g p a s s a g e c a r e f u l l y a n d a n s w e r t h e q u e s t i o n s t h a t f o l l o w : ( 1 2 M a r k s ) S i n c e a n c i e n t t i m e s , t h e p e a r l h a s b e e n a s y m b o l o f u n b l e m i s h e d p e r f e c t i o n . I t i s t h e o l d e s t g e m a n d f o r c e n t u r i e s i t w a s c o n s i d e r e d t h e m o s t b e a u t i f u l . T h e L a t i n w o r d f o r p e a r l l i t e r a l l y m e a n s ' u n i q u e ' , s t a t i n g t h a t n o t w o p e a r l s a r e i d e n t i c a l . P e a r l s h a v e b e e n c o n s i d e r e d a s i d e a l w e d d i n g g i f t s b e c a u s e t h e y s y m b o l i z e p u r i t y a n d i n n o c e n c e . M o s t g e m s l i k e s a p p h i r e , t o p a z , r u b y , d i a m o n d e t c a r e m i n e r a l s t h a t a r e m i n e d f r o m b e n e a t h t h e e a r t h , b u t p e a r l i s f o r m e d i n s i d e t h e s h e l l o f a n o y s t e r . M i n e r a l g e m s a r e h a r d b u t p e a r l s o f t o t h e r g e m s n e e d t o b e c o a t e d a n d p o l i s h e d t o b r i n g o u t t h e i r b e a u t y b u t p e a r l l o o k s b e a u t i f u l e v e n i n i t s o r i g i n a l f o r m i n t h e f o r m i t i s e x t r a c t e d f r o m t h e o y s t e r f r o m t h e s e a o r f r o m t h e m u s s e l f r o m t h e r i v e r . H o w a r e p e a r l s f o r m e d ? T h e f o r m a t i o n o f p e a r l i s a n i n t e r e s t i n g p h e n o m e n o n O y s t e r s a n d o t h e r m o l l u s k s l i v e i n w a t e r . T h e y h a v e t w o s h e l l s , j o i n e d t o g e t h e r w i t h a h i n g e . T h e s e s e l l s k e e p o p e n i n g a n d c l o s i n g , a l l o w i n g w a t e r t o p a s s i n a n d o u t o f t h e m s o t h a t t h e o y s t e r i n s i d e c a n e a t a n d b r e a t h e . S o m e t i m e s a f o r e i g n p a r t i c l e l i k e a s a n d g r a i n o r a t i n y p a r a s i t e o r a b i t o f b r o k e n s h e l l e n t e r s t h e o y s t e r ' s s h e l l a n d l o d g e s i t s e l f i n t h e s o f t b o d y , c a u s i n g i t i r r i t a t i o n . W h e n t h e o y s t e r i s u n a b l e t o g e t , r i d o f t h i s i r r i t a n t , i t s e c r e t e s a s u b s t a n c e c a l l e d n a c r e , w h i c h f o r m s a c o a t i n g o v e r t h e f o r e i g n p a r t i c l e t o m a k e i t l e s s d a n g e r o u s t o t h e s o f t t i s s u e s o f t h e o y s t e r . G r a d u a l l y s u c c e s s i v e l a y e r s o f n a c r e a r e d e p o s i t e d o v e r t h e f o r e i g n p a r t i c l e u n t i l i t i s f u l l y e n c l o s e d i n t h e s u b s t a n c e , t h u s f o r m i n g t h e p e a r l . I t i s t h e q u a l i t y o f t h e l u s t r e a n d t h e c o l o u r o f t h e n a c r e t h a t d e c i d e s t h e v a l u e o f t h e p e a r l b e c a u s e t h e p e a r l a l s o h a s t h e s a m e l u s t r e a n d c o l o u r a s t h e l i n i n g o f t h e s h e l l o f t h e m o l l u s c . R a r e a n d v a l u a b l e p e a r l s c o m e f r o m s o m e s p e c i e s o f o y s t e r s a n d o t h e r m o l l u s c s t h a t l i v e i n t h e s e a . Page 3 1 / 6 C B S E C l a s s - I X E n g l i s h ( l a n g u a g e & L i t e r a t u r e ) S a m p l e p a p e r - 3 ( U n s o l v e d ) G e n e r a l I n s t r u c t i o n s : T h e q u e s t i o n p a p e r h a s b e e n d i v i d e d i n t o t h r e e s e c t i o n s : S e c t i o n s A : R e a d i n g 2 0 m a r k s , S e c t i o n s B : W r i t i n g & G r a m m a r 3 0 m a r k s , S e c t i o n C : L i t e r a t u r e & L o n g R e a d i n g T e x t 3 0 m a r k s S E C T I O N ‘ A ’ : R E A D I N G ( 2 0 M A R K S ) 1 . R e a d t h e g i v e n p a s s a g e b e l o w a n d a n s w e r t h e q u e s t i o n s t h a t f o l l o w : ( 8 M a r k s ) A n s w e r s t o t h e c u r r e n t c r i s i s o f w a t e r m a y l i e i n t h e l a c k o f r e l i a n c e o n o u r o w n t r a d i t i o n s b y o u r c o m m u n i t i e s . I n d i a n s , o v e r c e n t u r i e s ; d e v e l o p e d a r a n g e o f t e c h n i q u e s t o h a r v e s t e v e r y p o s s i b l e f o r m o f w a t e r , f r o m r a i n w a t e r , s t r e a m a n d r i v e r w a t e r a s w e l l a s f l o o d w a t e r . T h e y h a v e t a p p e d w a t e r f r o m h i l l s t r e a m s o r s p r i n g s k n o w n a s k u h l s c a r r y i n g a d i s c h a r g e o f 1 5 - 1 0 0 l i t r e s p e r s e c o n d s . I n M e g h a l a y a , a 2 0 0 - y e a r o l d s y s t e m o f t a p p i n g s t r e a m a n d s p r i n g w a t e r f o r i r r i g a t i n g p l a n t s b y u s i n g b a m b o o s s t i l l e x i s t s . C r e d i t m u s t g o t o t h e p e o p l e o f t h e v i l l a g e s o f R a j a s t h a n a n d p a r t i c u l a r l y J o d h p u r , h e r e o l d w a t e r s y s t e m s t i l l e x i s t s a n d w h e r e t h e t r a d i t i o n a l s y s t e m w a s m a i n t a i n e d e v e n a f t e r t h e a d v e n t o f p i p e d w a t e r . V i l l a g e s w h i c h n e g l e c t e d t h e i r t r a d i t i o n a l s y s t e m w a s m a i n t a i n e d e v e n a f t e r t h e a d v e n t o f p i p e d w a t e r . V i l l a g e s w h i c h n e g l e c t e d t h e i r t r a d i t i o n a l s y s t e m a n d r e l i e d s o l e l y o n p i p e d w a t e r s o u r c e s f a c e d s c a r c i t y u n d e r d r o u g h t c o n d i t i o n s . A n I r o n i c c o n t r a s t o f w a t e r m a n a g e m e n t i s t h a t b e t w e e n J a i s a l m e r a n d C h e r r a p u n j i w h i c h g e t 1 0 0 m m a n d 1 5 , 0 0 0 m m o f r a i n f a l l r e s p e c t i v e l y , J a i s a l m e r h a d e n o u g h w a t e r f o r i t s e l f u n t i l r e c e n t y e a r s , w h i l e C h e r r a p u n j i t h e w e t t e s t p l a c e o n t h e e a r t h , f a c e d a d r i n k i n g w a t e r s h o r t a g e . A l w a r d i s t r i c t , a l s o i n R a j a s t h a n , h a s b e e n s u c c e s s f u l i n h a r v e s t i n g w a t e r t h e r e b y b r i n g i n g p r o s p e r i t y t o i t s v i l l a g e s . I n I n d i a , d u r i n g t h e s e a s o n o f s u m m e r , o u r t a p s g o o n w i t h o u t w a t e r a n d w e f e e l t h e s c a r c i t y o f w a t e r . I t i s b e c a u s e w e a r e m u c h c a r e l e s s a b o u t t h e u s e o f w a t e r a n d w a s t e i t e x t r a v a g a n t l y . Q u e s t i o n s : 1 . W h y i s c r i s i s o f w a t e r a n a c u t e p r o b l e m ? 2 / 6 2 . N a m e t w o t e c h n i q u e s b y w h i c h I n d i a n s h a r v e s t w a t e r . 3 . ( H o w d o p e o p l e t a p w a t e r i n M e g h a l a y a ? 4 . I n w h i c h s t a t e o f I n d i a o l d s y s t e m o f w a t e r s t i l l e x i s t s ? 5 . I n w h i c h s e a s o n w e f e e l s c a r c i t y o f w a t e r ? 6 . W h i c h d i s t r i c t o f R a j a s t h a n h a s b e e n p r o s p e r i n g d u e t o h a r v e s t i n g o f w a t e r ? 7 . W h i c h i s t h e w e t t e s t p l a c e o n t h e e a r t h . 8 . T h e w o r d i n t h e p a s s a g e w h i c h m e a n s ' d e f i c i e n c y ' i s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . R e a d t h e f o l l o w i n g p a s s a g e c a r e f u l l y a n d a n s w e r t h e q u e s t i o n s t h a t f o l l o w : ( 1 2 M a r k s ) S i n c e a n c i e n t t i m e s , t h e p e a r l h a s b e e n a s y m b o l o f u n b l e m i s h e d p e r f e c t i o n . I t i s t h e o l d e s t g e m a n d f o r c e n t u r i e s i t w a s c o n s i d e r e d t h e m o s t b e a u t i f u l . T h e L a t i n w o r d f o r p e a r l l i t e r a l l y m e a n s ' u n i q u e ' , s t a t i n g t h a t n o t w o p e a r l s a r e i d e n t i c a l . P e a r l s h a v e b e e n c o n s i d e r e d a s i d e a l w e d d i n g g i f t s b e c a u s e t h e y s y m b o l i z e p u r i t y a n d i n n o c e n c e . M o s t g e m s l i k e s a p p h i r e , t o p a z , r u b y , d i a m o n d e t c a r e m i n e r a l s t h a t a r e m i n e d f r o m b e n e a t h t h e e a r t h , b u t p e a r l i s f o r m e d i n s i d e t h e s h e l l o f a n o y s t e r . M i n e r a l g e m s a r e h a r d b u t p e a r l s o f t o t h e r g e m s n e e d t o b e c o a t e d a n d p o l i s h e d t o b r i n g o u t t h e i r b e a u t y b u t p e a r l l o o k s b e a u t i f u l e v e n i n i t s o r i g i n a l f o r m i n t h e f o r m i t i s e x t r a c t e d f r o m t h e o y s t e r f r o m t h e s e a o r f r o m t h e m u s s e l f r o m t h e r i v e r . H o w a r e p e a r l s f o r m e d ? T h e f o r m a t i o n o f p e a r l i s a n i n t e r e s t i n g p h e n o m e n o n O y s t e r s a n d o t h e r m o l l u s k s l i v e i n w a t e r . T h e y h a v e t w o s h e l l s , j o i n e d t o g e t h e r w i t h a h i n g e . T h e s e s e l l s k e e p o p e n i n g a n d c l o s i n g , a l l o w i n g w a t e r t o p a s s i n a n d o u t o f t h e m s o t h a t t h e o y s t e r i n s i d e c a n e a t a n d b r e a t h e . S o m e t i m e s a f o r e i g n p a r t i c l e l i k e a s a n d g r a i n o r a t i n y p a r a s i t e o r a b i t o f b r o k e n s h e l l e n t e r s t h e o y s t e r ' s s h e l l a n d l o d g e s i t s e l f i n t h e s o f t b o d y , c a u s i n g i t i r r i t a t i o n . W h e n t h e o y s t e r i s u n a b l e t o g e t , r i d o f t h i s i r r i t a n t , i t s e c r e t e s a s u b s t a n c e c a l l e d n a c r e , w h i c h f o r m s a c o a t i n g o v e r t h e f o r e i g n p a r t i c l e t o m a k e i t l e s s d a n g e r o u s t o t h e s o f t t i s s u e s o f t h e o y s t e r . G r a d u a l l y s u c c e s s i v e l a y e r s o f n a c r e a r e d e p o s i t e d o v e r t h e f o r e i g n p a r t i c l e u n t i l i t i s f u l l y e n c l o s e d i n t h e s u b s t a n c e , t h u s f o r m i n g t h e p e a r l . I t i s t h e q u a l i t y o f t h e l u s t r e a n d t h e c o l o u r o f t h e n a c r e t h a t d e c i d e s t h e v a l u e o f t h e p e a r l b e c a u s e t h e p e a r l a l s o h a s t h e s a m e l u s t r e a n d c o l o u r a s t h e l i n i n g o f t h e s h e l l o f t h e m o l l u s c . R a r e a n d v a l u a b l e p e a r l s c o m e f r o m s o m e s p e c i e s o f o y s t e r s a n d o t h e r m o l l u s c s t h a t l i v e i n t h e s e a . 3 / 6 T h o u s a n d s o f o y s t e r s h a v e t o b e c o l l e c t e d t o p r o d u c e a h a n d f u l o f p e a r l s . T h i s i s t h e r e a s o n n a t u r a l p e a r l s a r e e x t r a o r d i n a r y e x p e n s i v e . U n t i l t h e 1 9 4 0 s p e a r l o y s t e r s w e r e m a i n l y f o u n d i n t h e P e r s i a n G u l f n e a r t h e I s l a n d o f B a h r a i n . S o m e o f t h e n a t u r a l p e a r l o y s t e r b e d s w e r e l o c a t e d i n t h e S o u t h P a c i f i c O c e a n . M u s t o f t h e p e a r l s u s e d i n j e w e l l e r y a r e c u l t u r e d p e a r l s a n d n o t n a t u r a l p e a r l s . A c u l t u r e d p e a r l i s a b i o l o g i c a l p r o d u c t o f t h e p e a r l o y s t e r a s t h e n a t u r a l p e a r l i n w o m e n a l l o v e r t h e w o r l d a r e f o n d o f p e a r l j e w e l l e r y . 1 . A n s w e r t h e f o l l o w i n g q u e s t i o n s : ( 2 x 4 = 8 ) 1 . H o w a r e p e a r l s d i f f e r e n t f o r m j e m s a n d w h y a r e p e a r l s c o n s i d e r e d a s t h e i d e a l w e d d i n g g i f t ? 2 . W h a t d e c i d e s t h e v a l u e o f p e a r l s ? 3 . W h y a r e n a t u r a l p e a r l s e x p e n s i v e ? 4 . W h e n d o e s t h e o y s t e r s e c r e t e n a c r e ? H o w i s n a c r e u s e f u l f o r t h e o y s t e r ? 2 . R e a d t h e q u e s t i o n s g i v e n b e l o w a n d t i c k ( ü ) t h e o p t i o n y o u c o n s i d e r t h e m o s t a p p r o p r i a t e . ( 1 x 4 = 4 ) i ) T h e L a t i n w o r d f o r p e a r l l i t e r a l l y m e a n s u n i q u e s h a k i n g t h a t . . . . . . a ) n o t w o p e a r l s a r e a l i k e b ) t w o p e a r l s a r e a l i k e c ) a l l p e a r l s a r e i d e n t i c a l d ) n o t h r e e p e a r l s a r e i d e n t i c a l i i ) G e m s a r e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a ) s o f t b ) b e a u t i f u l i n t h e i r o r i g i n a l f o r m c ) m i n e d f r o m b e n e a t h t h e e a r t h d ) f o r m e d i n s i d e t h e s h e l l o f a n o y s t e r i i i ) P i c k o u t a w o r d w h i c h m e a n s t h e s a m e a s ' s p o t l e s s ' ( P a r a 1 ) i v ) P i c k o u t a w o r d w h i c h m e a n s t h e s a m e a s " s h i n e " ( P a r a 3 ) S e c t i o n - B ( W r i t i n g & G r a m m a r ) 3 0 m a r k s 3 . Y o u r p a r e n t s h a v e w o r k e d y o u n o t t o s p e n d t o o m u c h t i m e w a t c h i n g T . V . Y o u f e e l d e p r i v e d o f e n t e r t a i n m e n t . W r i t e a d i a r y e n t r y e x p r e s s i n g y o u r f e e l i n g s . ( 8 ) Page 4 1 / 6 C B S E C l a s s - I X E n g l i s h ( l a n g u a g e & L i t e r a t u r e ) S a m p l e p a p e r - 3 ( U n s o l v e d ) G e n e r a l I n s t r u c t i o n s : T h e q u e s t i o n p a p e r h a s b e e n d i v i d e d i n t o t h r e e s e c t i o n s : S e c t i o n s A : R e a d i n g 2 0 m a r k s , S e c t i o n s B : W r i t i n g & G r a m m a r 3 0 m a r k s , S e c t i o n C : L i t e r a t u r e & L o n g R e a d i n g T e x t 3 0 m a r k s S E C T I O N ‘ A ’ : R E A D I N G ( 2 0 M A R K S ) 1 . R e a d t h e g i v e n p a s s a g e b e l o w a n d a n s w e r t h e q u e s t i o n s t h a t f o l l o w : ( 8 M a r k s ) A n s w e r s t o t h e c u r r e n t c r i s i s o f w a t e r m a y l i e i n t h e l a c k o f r e l i a n c e o n o u r o w n t r a d i t i o n s b y o u r c o m m u n i t i e s . I n d i a n s , o v e r c e n t u r i e s ; d e v e l o p e d a r a n g e o f t e c h n i q u e s t o h a r v e s t e v e r y p o s s i b l e f o r m o f w a t e r , f r o m r a i n w a t e r , s t r e a m a n d r i v e r w a t e r a s w e l l a s f l o o d w a t e r . T h e y h a v e t a p p e d w a t e r f r o m h i l l s t r e a m s o r s p r i n g s k n o w n a s k u h l s c a r r y i n g a d i s c h a r g e o f 1 5 - 1 0 0 l i t r e s p e r s e c o n d s . I n M e g h a l a y a , a 2 0 0 - y e a r o l d s y s t e m o f t a p p i n g s t r e a m a n d s p r i n g w a t e r f o r i r r i g a t i n g p l a n t s b y u s i n g b a m b o o s s t i l l e x i s t s . C r e d i t m u s t g o t o t h e p e o p l e o f t h e v i l l a g e s o f R a j a s t h a n a n d p a r t i c u l a r l y J o d h p u r , h e r e o l d w a t e r s y s t e m s t i l l e x i s t s a n d w h e r e t h e t r a d i t i o n a l s y s t e m w a s m a i n t a i n e d e v e n a f t e r t h e a d v e n t o f p i p e d w a t e r . V i l l a g e s w h i c h n e g l e c t e d t h e i r t r a d i t i o n a l s y s t e m w a s m a i n t a i n e d e v e n a f t e r t h e a d v e n t o f p i p e d w a t e r . V i l l a g e s w h i c h n e g l e c t e d t h e i r t r a d i t i o n a l s y s t e m a n d r e l i e d s o l e l y o n p i p e d w a t e r s o u r c e s f a c e d s c a r c i t y u n d e r d r o u g h t c o n d i t i o n s . A n I r o n i c c o n t r a s t o f w a t e r m a n a g e m e n t i s t h a t b e t w e e n J a i s a l m e r a n d C h e r r a p u n j i w h i c h g e t 1 0 0 m m a n d 1 5 , 0 0 0 m m o f r a i n f a l l r e s p e c t i v e l y , J a i s a l m e r h a d e n o u g h w a t e r f o r i t s e l f u n t i l r e c e n t y e a r s , w h i l e C h e r r a p u n j i t h e w e t t e s t p l a c e o n t h e e a r t h , f a c e d a d r i n k i n g w a t e r s h o r t a g e . A l w a r d i s t r i c t , a l s o i n R a j a s t h a n , h a s b e e n s u c c e s s f u l i n h a r v e s t i n g w a t e r t h e r e b y b r i n g i n g p r o s p e r i t y t o i t s v i l l a g e s . I n I n d i a , d u r i n g t h e s e a s o n o f s u m m e r , o u r t a p s g o o n w i t h o u t w a t e r a n d w e f e e l t h e s c a r c i t y o f w a t e r . I t i s b e c a u s e w e a r e m u c h c a r e l e s s a b o u t t h e u s e o f w a t e r a n d w a s t e i t e x t r a v a g a n t l y . Q u e s t i o n s : 1 . W h y i s c r i s i s o f w a t e r a n a c u t e p r o b l e m ? 2 / 6 2 . N a m e t w o t e c h n i q u e s b y w h i c h I n d i a n s h a r v e s t w a t e r . 3 . ( H o w d o p e o p l e t a p w a t e r i n M e g h a l a y a ? 4 . I n w h i c h s t a t e o f I n d i a o l d s y s t e m o f w a t e r s t i l l e x i s t s ? 5 . I n w h i c h s e a s o n w e f e e l s c a r c i t y o f w a t e r ? 6 . W h i c h d i s t r i c t o f R a j a s t h a n h a s b e e n p r o s p e r i n g d u e t o h a r v e s t i n g o f w a t e r ? 7 . W h i c h i s t h e w e t t e s t p l a c e o n t h e e a r t h . 8 . T h e w o r d i n t h e p a s s a g e w h i c h m e a n s ' d e f i c i e n c y ' i s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . R e a d t h e f o l l o w i n g p a s s a g e c a r e f u l l y a n d a n s w e r t h e q u e s t i o n s t h a t f o l l o w : ( 1 2 M a r k s ) S i n c e a n c i e n t t i m e s , t h e p e a r l h a s b e e n a s y m b o l o f u n b l e m i s h e d p e r f e c t i o n . I t i s t h e o l d e s t g e m a n d f o r c e n t u r i e s i t w a s c o n s i d e r e d t h e m o s t b e a u t i f u l . T h e L a t i n w o r d f o r p e a r l l i t e r a l l y m e a n s ' u n i q u e ' , s t a t i n g t h a t n o t w o p e a r l s a r e i d e n t i c a l . P e a r l s h a v e b e e n c o n s i d e r e d a s i d e a l w e d d i n g g i f t s b e c a u s e t h e y s y m b o l i z e p u r i t y a n d i n n o c e n c e . M o s t g e m s l i k e s a p p h i r e , t o p a z , r u b y , d i a m o n d e t c a r e m i n e r a l s t h a t a r e m i n e d f r o m b e n e a t h t h e e a r t h , b u t p e a r l i s f o r m e d i n s i d e t h e s h e l l o f a n o y s t e r . M i n e r a l g e m s a r e h a r d b u t p e a r l s o f t o t h e r g e m s n e e d t o b e c o a t e d a n d p o l i s h e d t o b r i n g o u t t h e i r b e a u t y b u t p e a r l l o o k s b e a u t i f u l e v e n i n i t s o r i g i n a l f o r m i n t h e f o r m i t i s e x t r a c t e d f r o m t h e o y s t e r f r o m t h e s e a o r f r o m t h e m u s s e l f r o m t h e r i v e r . H o w a r e p e a r l s f o r m e d ? T h e f o r m a t i o n o f p e a r l i s a n i n t e r e s t i n g p h e n o m e n o n O y s t e r s a n d o t h e r m o l l u s k s l i v e i n w a t e r . T h e y h a v e t w o s h e l l s , j o i n e d t o g e t h e r w i t h a h i n g e . T h e s e s e l l s k e e p o p e n i n g a n d c l o s i n g , a l l o w i n g w a t e r t o p a s s i n a n d o u t o f t h e m s o t h a t t h e o y s t e r i n s i d e c a n e a t a n d b r e a t h e . S o m e t i m e s a f o r e i g n p a r t i c l e l i k e a s a n d g r a i n o r a t i n y p a r a s i t e o r a b i t o f b r o k e n s h e l l e n t e r s t h e o y s t e r ' s s h e l l a n d l o d g e s i t s e l f i n t h e s o f t b o d y , c a u s i n g i t i r r i t a t i o n . W h e n t h e o y s t e r i s u n a b l e t o g e t , r i d o f t h i s i r r i t a n t , i t s e c r e t e s a s u b s t a n c e c a l l e d n a c r e , w h i c h f o r m s a c o a t i n g o v e r t h e f o r e i g n p a r t i c l e t o m a k e i t l e s s d a n g e r o u s t o t h e s o f t t i s s u e s o f t h e o y s t e r . G r a d u a l l y s u c c e s s i v e l a y e r s o f n a c r e a r e d e p o s i t e d o v e r t h e f o r e i g n p a r t i c l e u n t i l i t i s f u l l y e n c l o s e d i n t h e s u b s t a n c e , t h u s f o r m i n g t h e p e a r l . I t i s t h e q u a l i t y o f t h e l u s t r e a n d t h e c o l o u r o f t h e n a c r e t h a t d e c i d e s t h e v a l u e o f t h e p e a r l b e c a u s e t h e p e a r l a l s o h a s t h e s a m e l u s t r e a n d c o l o u r a s t h e l i n i n g o f t h e s h e l l o f t h e m o l l u s c . R a r e a n d v a l u a b l e p e a r l s c o m e f r o m s o m e s p e c i e s o f o y s t e r s a n d o t h e r m o l l u s c s t h a t l i v e i n t h e s e a . 3 / 6 T h o u s a n d s o f o y s t e r s h a v e t o b e c o l l e c t e d t o p r o d u c e a h a n d f u l o f p e a r l s . T h i s i s t h e r e a s o n n a t u r a l p e a r l s a r e e x t r a o r d i n a r y e x p e n s i v e . U n t i l t h e 1 9 4 0 s p e a r l o y s t e r s w e r e m a i n l y f o u n d i n t h e P e r s i a n G u l f n e a r t h e I s l a n d o f B a h r a i n . S o m e o f t h e n a t u r a l p e a r l o y s t e r b e d s w e r e l o c a t e d i n t h e S o u t h P a c i f i c O c e a n . M u s t o f t h e p e a r l s u s e d i n j e w e l l e r y a r e c u l t u r e d p e a r l s a n d n o t n a t u r a l p e a r l s . A c u l t u r e d p e a r l i s a b i o l o g i c a l p r o d u c t o f t h e p e a r l o y s t e r a s t h e n a t u r a l p e a r l i n w o m e n a l l o v e r t h e w o r l d a r e f o n d o f p e a r l j e w e l l e r y . 1 . A n s w e r t h e f o l l o w i n g q u e s t i o n s : ( 2 x 4 = 8 ) 1 . H o w a r e p e a r l s d i f f e r e n t f o r m j e m s a n d w h y a r e p e a r l s c o n s i d e r e d a s t h e i d e a l w e d d i n g g i f t ? 2 . W h a t d e c i d e s t h e v a l u e o f p e a r l s ? 3 . W h y a r e n a t u r a l p e a r l s e x p e n s i v e ? 4 . W h e n d o e s t h e o y s t e r s e c r e t e n a c r e ? H o w i s n a c r e u s e f u l f o r t h e o y s t e r ? 2 . R e a d t h e q u e s t i o n s g i v e n b e l o w a n d t i c k ( ü ) t h e o p t i o n y o u c o n s i d e r t h e m o s t a p p r o p r i a t e . ( 1 x 4 = 4 ) i ) T h e L a t i n w o r d f o r p e a r l l i t e r a l l y m e a n s u n i q u e s h a k i n g t h a t . . . . . . a ) n o t w o p e a r l s a r e a l i k e b ) t w o p e a r l s a r e a l i k e c ) a l l p e a r l s a r e i d e n t i c a l d ) n o t h r e e p e a r l s a r e i d e n t i c a l i i ) G e m s a r e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a ) s o f t b ) b e a u t i f u l i n t h e i r o r i g i n a l f o r m c ) m i n e d f r o m b e n e a t h t h e e a r t h d ) f o r m e d i n s i d e t h e s h e l l o f a n o y s t e r i i i ) P i c k o u t a w o r d w h i c h m e a n s t h e s a m e a s ' s p o t l e s s ' ( P a r a 1 ) i v ) P i c k o u t a w o r d w h i c h m e a n s t h e s a m e a s " s h i n e " ( P a r a 3 ) S e c t i o n - B ( W r i t i n g & G r a m m a r ) 3 0 m a r k s 3 . Y o u r p a r e n t s h a v e w o r k e d y o u n o t t o s p e n d t o o m u c h t i m e w a t c h i n g T . V . Y o u f e e l d e p r i v e d o f e n t e r t a i n m e n t . W r i t e a d i a r y e n t r y e x p r e s s i n g y o u r f e e l i n g s . ( 8 ) 4 / 6 4 . W r i t e o u t a s t o r y m a k i n g u s e o f t h e g i v e n o u t l i n e s : A h o u s e n e a r G a n g e s – f a t h e r g o e s t o a n o t h e r v i l l a g e – s o n i n c h a r g e o f t h e h o u s e – t h e r i v e r i n f l o o d – w a t e r , w a t e r e v e r y w h e r e – m o t h e r a n d s i s t e r i n d a n g e r – a b o a t n e a r t h e h o u s e – t h e b o y s a v e s t h e f a m i l y . ( 1 2 ) 5 . C o m p l e t e t h e f o l l o w i n g p a s s a g e b y c h o o s i n g t h e m o s t a p p r o p r i a t e o p t i o n f r o m t h e c l u e s g i v e n b e l o w : ( 1 x 3 = 3 ) F o r t u n e s m i l e s o n l y ( i ) t h o s e w h o a r e h a r d - w o r k i n g . I t n e v e r c o m e s ( i i ) t h e a i d o f i d l e r s . A p e r s o n w h o ( i i i ) n o t h i n g h i m s e l f l o s e s c l a i m t o G o d ' s b l e s s i n g s . i ) a ) o f b ) o n c ) a t d ) a n i i ) a ) o n b ) o f c ) t o d ) f o r i i i ) a ) d o b ) d i d c ) d o e s d ) d o n e 6 . T h e f o l l o w i n g p a s s a g e h a s n o t b e e n e d i t e d . T h e r e i s o n e e r r o r i n e a c h o f t h e i n d i v i d u a l l i n e s . W r i t e i n y o u r a n s w e r s h e e t t h e i n c o r r e c t w o r d a n d t h e c o r r e c t i o n a s g i v e n b e l o w a g a i n s t t h e c o r r e c t b l a n k n u m b e r . ( 1 x 4 = 4 ) E v e n t h o u g h I n d i a n h a s a l o n g h i s t o r y e . g . h a s h a v e b e h i n d t h e m , t h e y h a s a p o o r ( a ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . k n o w l e d g e a t m a i n t a i n i n g h o m e s , t o i l e t s , d r a p e r i e s a n d f r i d g e s ( b ) M o d e r n d e t e r g e n t s a n d s o a p s i s v e r y c o m m o n o n ( c ) s h e l v e s , b u t p e o p l e d o e s n o t u s e t h e m r e g u l a r l y . ( d ) 7 . R e a r r a n g e t h e w o r d s a n d p h r a s e s g i v e n b e l o w t o f o r m m e a n i n g f u l s e n t e n c e s . T h e f i r s t o n e h a s b e e n d o n e a s a n e x a m p l e . ( 1 x 3 = 3 ) E x a m p l e : b e s t f o r m / s e l f s t u d y / i s t h e / o f / s t u d y S e l f s t u d y i s t h e b e s t f o r m o f s t u d y . a ) o n s e l f / i t i s / b e s t w a y / t h e / t o e d u c a t e b ) t r u e l o v e r s / c a n / m a k e u s / o f / k n o w l e d g e / s e l f s t u d y c ) d e v e l o p s / o f / i n v e s t i g a t i o n / s e l f - s t u d y / t h e h a b i t S e c t i o n - C ( L i t e r a t u r e & L o n g R e a d i n g T e x t ) 3 0 m a r k s Page 5 1 / 6 C B S E C l a s s - I X E n g l i s h ( l a n g u a g e & L i t e r a t u r e ) S a m p l e p a p e r - 3 ( U n s o l v e d ) G e n e r a l I n s t r u c t i o n s : T h e q u e s t i o n p a p e r h a s b e e n d i v i d e d i n t o t h r e e s e c t i o n s : S e c t i o n s A : R e a d i n g 2 0 m a r k s , S e c t i o n s B : W r i t i n g & G r a m m a r 3 0 m a r k s , S e c t i o n C : L i t e r a t u r e & L o n g R e a d i n g T e x t 3 0 m a r k s S E C T I O N ‘ A ’ : R E A D I N G ( 2 0 M A R K S ) 1 . R e a d t h e g i v e n p a s s a g e b e l o w a n d a n s w e r t h e q u e s t i o n s t h a t f o l l o w : ( 8 M a r k s ) A n s w e r s t o t h e c u r r e n t c r i s i s o f w a t e r m a y l i e i n t h e l a c k o f r e l i a n c e o n o u r o w n t r a d i t i o n s b y o u r c o m m u n i t i e s . I n d i a n s , o v e r c e n t u r i e s ; d e v e l o p e d a r a n g e o f t e c h n i q u e s t o h a r v e s t e v e r y p o s s i b l e f o r m o f w a t e r , f r o m r a i n w a t e r , s t r e a m a n d r i v e r w a t e r a s w e l l a s f l o o d w a t e r . T h e y h a v e t a p p e d w a t e r f r o m h i l l s t r e a m s o r s p r i n g s k n o w n a s k u h l s c a r r y i n g a d i s c h a r g e o f 1 5 - 1 0 0 l i t r e s p e r s e c o n d s . I n M e g h a l a y a , a 2 0 0 - y e a r o l d s y s t e m o f t a p p i n g s t r e a m a n d s p r i n g w a t e r f o r i r r i g a t i n g p l a n t s b y u s i n g b a m b o o s s t i l l e x i s t s . C r e d i t m u s t g o t o t h e p e o p l e o f t h e v i l l a g e s o f R a j a s t h a n a n d p a r t i c u l a r l y J o d h p u r , h e r e o l d w a t e r s y s t e m s t i l l e x i s t s a n d w h e r e t h e t r a d i t i o n a l s y s t e m w a s m a i n t a i n e d e v e n a f t e r t h e a d v e n t o f p i p e d w a t e r . V i l l a g e s w h i c h n e g l e c t e d t h e i r t r a d i t i o n a l s y s t e m w a s m a i n t a i n e d e v e n a f t e r t h e a d v e n t o f p i p e d w a t e r . V i l l a g e s w h i c h n e g l e c t e d t h e i r t r a d i t i o n a l s y s t e m a n d r e l i e d s o l e l y o n p i p e d w a t e r s o u r c e s f a c e d s c a r c i t y u n d e r d r o u g h t c o n d i t i o n s . A n I r o n i c c o n t r a s t o f w a t e r m a n a g e m e n t i s t h a t b e t w e e n J a i s a l m e r a n d C h e r r a p u n j i w h i c h g e t 1 0 0 m m a n d 1 5 , 0 0 0 m m o f r a i n f a l l r e s p e c t i v e l y , J a i s a l m e r h a d e n o u g h w a t e r f o r i t s e l f u n t i l r e c e n t y e a r s , w h i l e C h e r r a p u n j i t h e w e t t e s t p l a c e o n t h e e a r t h , f a c e d a d r i n k i n g w a t e r s h o r t a g e . A l w a r d i s t r i c t , a l s o i n R a j a s t h a n , h a s b e e n s u c c e s s f u l i n h a r v e s t i n g w a t e r t h e r e b y b r i n g i n g p r o s p e r i t y t o i t s v i l l a g e s . I n I n d i a , d u r i n g t h e s e a s o n o f s u m m e r , o u r t a p s g o o n w i t h o u t w a t e r a n d w e f e e l t h e s c a r c i t y o f w a t e r . I t i s b e c a u s e w e a r e m u c h c a r e l e s s a b o u t t h e u s e o f w a t e r a n d w a s t e i t e x t r a v a g a n t l y . Q u e s t i o n s : 1 . W h y i s c r i s i s o f w a t e r a n a c u t e p r o b l e m ? 2 / 6 2 . N a m e t w o t e c h n i q u e s b y w h i c h I n d i a n s h a r v e s t w a t e r . 3 . ( H o w d o p e o p l e t a p w a t e r i n M e g h a l a y a ? 4 . I n w h i c h s t a t e o f I n d i a o l d s y s t e m o f w a t e r s t i l l e x i s t s ? 5 . I n w h i c h s e a s o n w e f e e l s c a r c i t y o f w a t e r ? 6 . W h i c h d i s t r i c t o f R a j a s t h a n h a s b e e n p r o s p e r i n g d u e t o h a r v e s t i n g o f w a t e r ? 7 . W h i c h i s t h e w e t t e s t p l a c e o n t h e e a r t h . 8 . T h e w o r d i n t h e p a s s a g e w h i c h m e a n s ' d e f i c i e n c y ' i s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . R e a d t h e f o l l o w i n g p a s s a g e c a r e f u l l y a n d a n s w e r t h e q u e s t i o n s t h a t f o l l o w : ( 1 2 M a r k s ) S i n c e a n c i e n t t i m e s , t h e p e a r l h a s b e e n a s y m b o l o f u n b l e m i s h e d p e r f e c t i o n . I t i s t h e o l d e s t g e m a n d f o r c e n t u r i e s i t w a s c o n s i d e r e d t h e m o s t b e a u t i f u l . T h e L a t i n w o r d f o r p e a r l l i t e r a l l y m e a n s ' u n i q u e ' , s t a t i n g t h a t n o t w o p e a r l s a r e i d e n t i c a l . P e a r l s h a v e b e e n c o n s i d e r e d a s i d e a l w e d d i n g g i f t s b e c a u s e t h e y s y m b o l i z e p u r i t y a n d i n n o c e n c e . M o s t g e m s l i k e s a p p h i r e , t o p a z , r u b y , d i a m o n d e t c a r e m i n e r a l s t h a t a r e m i n e d f r o m b e n e a t h t h e e a r t h , b u t p e a r l i s f o r m e d i n s i d e t h e s h e l l o f a n o y s t e r . M i n e r a l g e m s a r e h a r d b u t p e a r l s o f t o t h e r g e m s n e e d t o b e c o a t e d a n d p o l i s h e d t o b r i n g o u t t h e i r b e a u t y b u t p e a r l l o o k s b e a u t i f u l e v e n i n i t s o r i g i n a l f o r m i n t h e f o r m i t i s e x t r a c t e d f r o m t h e o y s t e r f r o m t h e s e a o r f r o m t h e m u s s e l f r o m t h e r i v e r . H o w a r e p e a r l s f o r m e d ? T h e f o r m a t i o n o f p e a r l i s a n i n t e r e s t i n g p h e n o m e n o n O y s t e r s a n d o t h e r m o l l u s k s l i v e i n w a t e r . T h e y h a v e t w o s h e l l s , j o i n e d t o g e t h e r w i t h a h i n g e . T h e s e s e l l s k e e p o p e n i n g a n d c l o s i n g , a l l o w i n g w a t e r t o p a s s i n a n d o u t o f t h e m s o t h a t t h e o y s t e r i n s i d e c a n e a t a n d b r e a t h e . S o m e t i m e s a f o r e i g n p a r t i c l e l i k e a s a n d g r a i n o r a t i n y p a r a s i t e o r a b i t o f b r o k e n s h e l l e n t e r s t h e o y s t e r ' s s h e l l a n d l o d g e s i t s e l f i n t h e s o f t b o d y , c a u s i n g i t i r r i t a t i o n . W h e n t h e o y s t e r i s u n a b l e t o g e t , r i d o f t h i s i r r i t a n t , i t s e c r e t e s a s u b s t a n c e c a l l e d n a c r e , w h i c h f o r m s a c o a t i n g o v e r t h e f o r e i g n p a r t i c l e t o m a k e i t l e s s d a n g e r o u s t o t h e s o f t t i s s u e s o f t h e o y s t e r . G r a d u a l l y s u c c e s s i v e l a y e r s o f n a c r e a r e d e p o s i t e d o v e r t h e f o r e i g n p a r t i c l e u n t i l i t i s f u l l y e n c l o s e d i n t h e s u b s t a n c e , t h u s f o r m i n g t h e p e a r l . I t i s t h e q u a l i t y o f t h e l u s t r e a n d t h e c o l o u r o f t h e n a c r e t h a t d e c i d e s t h e v a l u e o f t h e p e a r l b e c a u s e t h e p e a r l a l s o h a s t h e s a m e l u s t r e a n d c o l o u r a s t h e l i n i n g o f t h e s h e l l o f t h e m o l l u s c . R a r e a n d v a l u a b l e p e a r l s c o m e f r o m s o m e s p e c i e s o f o y s t e r s a n d o t h e r m o l l u s c s t h a t l i v e i n t h e s e a . 3 / 6 T h o u s a n d s o f o y s t e r s h a v e t o b e c o l l e c t e d t o p r o d u c e a h a n d f u l o f p e a r l s . T h i s i s t h e r e a s o n n a t u r a l p e a r l s a r e e x t r a o r d i n a r y e x p e n s i v e . U n t i l t h e 1 9 4 0 s p e a r l o y s t e r s w e r e m a i n l y f o u n d i n t h e P e r s i a n G u l f n e a r t h e I s l a n d o f B a h r a i n . S o m e o f t h e n a t u r a l p e a r l o y s t e r b e d s w e r e l o c a t e d i n t h e S o u t h P a c i f i c O c e a n . M u s t o f t h e p e a r l s u s e d i n j e w e l l e r y a r e c u l t u r e d p e a r l s a n d n o t n a t u r a l p e a r l s . A c u l t u r e d p e a r l i s a b i o l o g i c a l p r o d u c t o f t h e p e a r l o y s t e r a s t h e n a t u r a l p e a r l i n w o m e n a l l o v e r t h e w o r l d a r e f o n d o f p e a r l j e w e l l e r y . 1 . A n s w e r t h e f o l l o w i n g q u e s t i o n s : ( 2 x 4 = 8 ) 1 . H o w a r e p e a r l s d i f f e r e n t f o r m j e m s a n d w h y a r e p e a r l s c o n s i d e r e d a s t h e i d e a l w e d d i n g g i f t ? 2 . W h a t d e c i d e s t h e v a l u e o f p e a r l s ? 3 . W h y a r e n a t u r a l p e a r l s e x p e n s i v e ? 4 . W h e n d o e s t h e o y s t e r s e c r e t e n a c r e ? H o w i s n a c r e u s e f u l f o r t h e o y s t e r ? 2 . R e a d t h e q u e s t i o n s g i v e n b e l o w a n d t i c k ( ü ) t h e o p t i o n y o u c o n s i d e r t h e m o s t a p p r o p r i a t e . ( 1 x 4 = 4 ) i ) T h e L a t i n w o r d f o r p e a r l l i t e r a l l y m e a n s u n i q u e s h a k i n g t h a t . . . . . . a ) n o t w o p e a r l s a r e a l i k e b ) t w o p e a r l s a r e a l i k e c ) a l l p e a r l s a r e i d e n t i c a l d ) n o t h r e e p e a r l s a r e i d e n t i c a l i i ) G e m s a r e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a ) s o f t b ) b e a u t i f u l i n t h e i r o r i g i n a l f o r m c ) m i n e d f r o m b e n e a t h t h e e a r t h d ) f o r m e d i n s i d e t h e s h e l l o f a n o y s t e r i i i ) P i c k o u t a w o r d w h i c h m e a n s t h e s a m e a s ' s p o t l e s s ' ( P a r a 1 ) i v ) P i c k o u t a w o r d w h i c h m e a n s t h e s a m e a s " s h i n e " ( P a r a 3 ) S e c t i o n - B ( W r i t i n g & G r a m m a r ) 3 0 m a r k s 3 . Y o u r p a r e n t s h a v e w o r k e d y o u n o t t o s p e n d t o o m u c h t i m e w a t c h i n g T . V . Y o u f e e l d e p r i v e d o f e n t e r t a i n m e n t . W r i t e a d i a r y e n t r y e x p r e s s i n g y o u r f e e l i n g s . ( 8 ) 4 / 6 4 . W r i t e o u t a s t o r y m a k i n g u s e o f t h e g i v e n o u t l i n e s : A h o u s e n e a r G a n g e s – f a t h e r g o e s t o a n o t h e r v i l l a g e – s o n i n c h a r g e o f t h e h o u s e – t h e r i v e r i n f l o o d – w a t e r , w a t e r e v e r y w h e r e – m o t h e r a n d s i s t e r i n d a n g e r – a b o a t n e a r t h e h o u s e – t h e b o y s a v e s t h e f a m i l y . ( 1 2 ) 5 . C o m p l e t e t h e f o l l o w i n g p a s s a g e b y c h o o s i n g t h e m o s t a p p r o p r i a t e o p t i o n f r o m t h e c l u e s g i v e n b e l o w : ( 1 x 3 = 3 ) F o r t u n e s m i l e s o n l y ( i ) t h o s e w h o a r e h a r d - w o r k i n g . I t n e v e r c o m e s ( i i ) t h e a i d o f i d l e r s . 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( 1 x 3 = 3 ) E x a m p l e : b e s t f o r m / s e l f s t u d y / i s t h e / o f / s t u d y S e l f s t u d y i s t h e b e s t f o r m o f s t u d y . a ) o n s e l f / i t i s / b e s t w a y / t h e / t o e d u c a t e b ) t r u e l o v e r s / c a n / m a k e u s / o f / k n o w l e d g e / s e l f s t u d y c ) d e v e l o p s / o f / i n v e s t i g a t i o n / s e l f - s t u d y / t h e h a b i t S e c t i o n - C ( L i t e r a t u r e & L o n g R e a d i n g T e x t ) 3 0 m a r k s 5 / 6 8 . R e a d t h e e x t r a c t g i v e n b e l o w a n d a n s w e r t h e f o l l o w i n g q u e s t i o n s : ( 1 x 4 = 4 ) H e w o n ' t d o w h a t y o u t e l l h i m . S o , c o m e , l e t ' s b u i l d s t r o n g h o m e s . L e t ' s j o i n t t h e d o o r s f i r m l y . P r a c t i c e t o f i r m t h e b o d y . a ) N a m e t h e P o e m a n d t h e P o e t . b ) W h o i s ' H e ' i n t h e s e l i n e s ? c ) W h a t d o e s t h e p o e t w a n t u s t o d o w i t h t h e d o o r s ? d ) G i v e t h e p a s t f o r m o f t h e v e r b " b u i l d " . O r I n s p i t s o f t r a v e l l e d a l l o v e r t h e w o r l d – K h a n s a a b a s h e i s f o n d l y c a l l e d i s e x c e e d i n g l y f o n d o f B a n a r a s a n d D u m r a o n a n d t h e y r e m a i n f o r h i m t h e m o s t w o n d e r f u l o f t h e w o r l d . a ) N a m e t h e l e s s o n f r o m w h i c h t h e a b o v e p a s s a g e i s t a k e n ? b ) W h o i s f o n d l y c a l l e d K h a n s a a b ? c ) W h a t d o e s h e t h i n k o f a b o u t B a n a r a s a n d D u m r a o n ? d ) U s e i n s e n t e n c e o f y o u r o w n ' f o n d o f ' . 9 . A n s w e r t h e f o l l o w i n g q u e s t i o n s i n 2 5 - 4 0 w o r d s . 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