Practice Assignment: 31 | Class 10 BBC Compacta Solutions PDF Download

(A) Given below is the prize winning recipe of tricolour pastries that Hritima made for a School Chef Competition. Read the list of the ingredients and the steps used in making the pastries and then complete the passage that describes how Tiranga Pastries were made.
HOW TO MAKE TIRANGA (TRICOLOUR) PASTRY
INGREDIENTS: 

• Few drops of green bakery colour
• 50 ml oil
• Few drops of orange bakery colour
• 550 ml water
• Few drops of vanilla essence
• 1 kg eggless cake mix

FOR BUTTER CREAM ICING:

• 300 gms white butter
• 150 gms icing sugar
• A few drops of vanilla essence

PROCESS:

• Mix together water, oil, essence and the cake mix.
• Separate the mixture into three parts. In one part add a few drops of green colour and in another part add a few drops of orange colour. Keep the third part natural white.
• Pour all three batters into trays and bake in oven at 160°C temperature for 45 minutes.
• Allow the sponges to cool down and then cut them into thin layers for making pastries.
• Mix and beat butter, essence and icing sugar thoroughly to make the icing and divide it into 3 parts and colour each part just like the sponges were.
• Arrange different colored sponges one upon another - the green at the bottom, white in the middle and orange on the top.
• Decorate the sponges with three different icings in the pattern of the tricolour flag design cut them into pastries of a desired size.

My prize winning entry was the Tiranga or Tricolour Pastry, which was very easy to make. First of all, (a) _________ and the mixture was separated into three parts. In one part of the batter, a few drops of orange colour and in the second part a few drops of green colour were added while (b) _________ Next, all the three batters (c) _________ for 45 minutes. The sponges (d) _________ and cut into thin layers for making pastries. To prepare icing, butter, essence and icing sugar (e) _________ Next, (f) _________ the green one at the bottom, the white in the middle and the orange one on the top. The sponges (g) _________ of the tricolour flag. Finally, the sponges (h) ________ of a desired size. Just like the batter, the icing was divided into three parts and coloured orange, white and green.
Ans: (a) Mixed together water, oil, essence and the cake mix
(b) cut them into pastries of a desired size.
(c) were poured into trays and baked in the oven at 160°C temperature
(d) were allowed to cool down
(e) were mixed and beaten thoroughly
(f) pour all three batters into trays
(g) were arranged one upon another
(h) were decorated with three different icings in the pattern of the tricolour flag

(B) Look at the newspaper items below. Then use the information in the headlines to complete the paragraphs.
1. RAGPICKERS TO COMBAT PLASTIC MENACE DEHRADUN, OCTOBER 10: 
The Uttranchal Government has formed a society of ragpickers to effectively ________ plastics around the major tourist and pilgrim centres in the state.
Ans: manage and collect

2. ANTI-TERRORIST SQUADS TO BE SET UP IN METROS AND A-GRADE CITIES BY YEAR END: HM
The Home Minister has announced that _____________ and A-grade cities by the end of the year to counter any threats to national security.
Ans: anti-terrorist squads will be established

(C) Read the comic strip given below and complete the passage that reports the conversation.

The other day Chip Sansom visited his old Uncle Ted who had just bought a mobile home with his retirement funds. Chip asked him (a) ________ after retirement but because of the rising price of Uncle Ted sighed and remarked that (b) gas (petrol) (c) ________
Ans: The other day Chip Sansom visited his old Uncle Ted who had just bought a mobile home with his retirement funds. Chip asked him, "Are you enjoying the mobile home, Ted?" Uncle Ted sighed and remarked that he had planned to travel a lot after retirement but because of the rising price of gas (petrol), he wasn't able to do so.

(D) Look at the notes below. Then use the information to complete the paragraph that follows by writing suitable words and phrases in each space. Do not add any new information.
TREPANNING 
word origin Greek word 'trupanon' 'borer' - oldest procedure of surgery in the world - a hole bored into the human skull - - treatment for head injuries - cure for headaches, brain disorders, epilepsy, insanity supposedly drove away evil spirits - - instruments used: flint stone knives, corkscrew drills - more than two third people undergoing trepanning would surprisingly survive
Trepanning, from the Greek word 'trupanon' meaning 'borer' is (a) _________ known to man. It involved boring a hole in the patient's skull to ease the pressure on the brain. It was very commonly used (b) _________ such ailments as headaches, brain disorders, epilepsy and insanity. It was also believed to be effective (c) _________ possessing patients. Surgeons used crude flint stone knives and corkscrew drill to bore the patient's skull. It (d) _________ those who underwent the procedure would survive!
Ans: Trepanning, from the Greek word 'trupanon' meaning 'borer,' is the oldest known to man. It involved boring a hole in the patient's skull to ease the pressure on the brain. It was very commonly used for such ailments as headaches, brain disorders, epilepsy, and insanity. It was also believed to be effective in possessing patients. Surgeons used crude flint stone knives and corkscrew drills to bore the patient's skull. It's surprising that more than two-thirds of those who underwent the procedure would survive!