H. S. ABTA Test Paper Solved :
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ABTA
Page-
17
Grammar
4. a) I faced it, making a pretence
or studying the landscape. (Rewrite using the verb form)
Ans.
I faced it, pretending or studying the landscape.
b)
This gives life to thee. (Voice change)
Ans.
You are given life by this.
c)
Thou art more lovely and temperate than summer. (Positive degree)
Ans.
Summer is not so lovely and temperate as thou art/ you are.
d)
The Tsar said, “Let me take the spade and work awhile for you.”
Ans.
The Tsar requested that he (Tsar) might be allowed to take the spade and work
awhile for him (hermit).
e)
He put his hands on my shoulders and looked straight into my eyes. (Simple)
Ans.
After putting his hands on my shoulders he looked straight into my eyes.
f)
The answers were different. (Negative)
Ans.
The answers were not same.
Part-B
MCQ:
Prose:
1.
i) The narrator had the train compartment to himself up to – Rohana.
ii)
According to Kalam’s father prayer made possible a communion – of spirit
between people.
iii)
The Tsar bandaged the wound of the man with his – handkerchief.
iv)
“The sun is delicious.”—Here the word delicious means – pleasant.
Poem:
3.
i) Who is the singer of summer? – grasshopper
ii)
The pillow of the soldier was made of – fern.
iii)
The ‘eye of heaven’ refers to - the sun.
iv)
The grasshopper rests beneath some – pleasant weed.
Play:
5.
i) The area of oxen meadows is – 5 dessiantins (13.5 Acre)
ii)
Lomov’s younger aunt ran away with – architect.
iii)
According to Chubukov Guess in short in the – muzzle.
iv)
Lomov was in his – mid thirties. (35 years)
SAQ:
Prose
2.
i) What remark did the narrator make about people with good eyesight?
Ans.
People with good eyesight failed to see what was right in front of their eyes
as they had to take in lot of things. This remark was made by the narrator.
ii)
How would Kalam’s father start his day?
Ans.
Kalam’s father would start his day by reading the namaz at 4 a.m.
iii)
Why did the bearded man bleed?
Ans.
The bearded man bled because of the attack of the Tsar’s body gourd upon
recognizing him.
iv)
How was the hermit looking like?
Ans.
The hermit was looking like frail and weak.
v)
Who broke the reverie of the narrator?
Ans.
The new male co-passenger, boarded at Saharanpur, broke into the reverie of the
narrator.
vi)
How does the narrator see Aunts?
Ans.
The narrator sees Aunts as formidable creatures.
vii)
Why did the Tsar go to the forest?
Ans.
The Tsar went to the forest in quest of answers of his three questions from the
wise hermit.
viii)
Why was Rameswaram famous to the pilgrims?
Ans.
Rameswaram was famous for the Shiva temple to the pilgrims.
Poem:
4.
i) Where does the slow stream deposit sand?
Ans.
The slow stream deposits sand in the green valley.
ii)
What is meant by ‘heavy undergrowth’?
Ans.
‘Heavy undergrowth’ means the bushes of plants and herbs, grown under the big trees.
iii)
What has created a silence in a winter evening?
Ans.
Frost has created a silence in a winter evening.
iv)
What does the expression ‘eternal summer’ refer to?
Ans.
The expression ‘eternal summer’ refers to the forever beauty of summer/ time
immemorial beauty of summer.
v)
Which reason does the sestet of the sonnet ‘The Poetry of Earth’ pointing?
Ans.
The sestet points the reason of ever continuing cycle of earth’s music through
the shrill cries of cricket.
vi)
How was the soldier’s smile?
Ans.
The soldier’s smile was like an infant’s without any guile, and gentle.
vii)
What is the condition of the birds in the summer day?
Ans.
The birds faint in the scorching heat of summer.
viii)
What makes ‘every fair from fair’ decline?
Ans.
Nature’s changing course i.e. time or accidents/by chance makes ‘every fair
from fair’ decline.
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Grammar
6.1. “We’ll soon be at your station,” I said to the girl.
Ans. I told the girl that we would soon be at her station.
2. The hermit was digging the ground. (Voice change)
Ans. The ground was being dug by the hermit.
3. I’ll never get married.
(Affirmative)
Ans. I’ll remain unmarried ever.
4. October is the best time. (Positive)
Ans. Com: October is better than any other time.
Pos: No other time is as good as October.
5. We lived in our ancestral house. (Make it noun)
Ans. We lived in a house that was our ancestry.
6. They are mine. Everybody knows it. (Join into a complex)
Ans. Everybody knows that they are mine.
Everybody knows them to be mine. (Simple)
7. I remember my father starting his day at 4 a.m. by reading the namaz before dawn. (Splitting)
Ans. My father started his day at 4 a.m.
He read the namaz before dawn.
I remember it.
Part-B
MCQ: Prose:
1. Abdul Kalam’s ancestral house was built in – a) mid 19th century.
2. The hermit was – d) frail and weak.
3. The blind girl said that she loved the – c) hills.
4. The bearded man was wounded by – d) the Tsar’s bodyguard.
Poem:
3.1.“He takes the lead” – Who is he? – b) the grasshopper.
2. Nature’s changing course is – d) untrimmed.
3. The marks of wound of the soldier are – c) in his side.
4. The darling buds are shaken by rough winds in – c) May.
Play:
5.1. Lomov gave Mironov for his dog – b) 125 roubles.
2. Chubukov ordered Lomov to shut up or he would shoot him like a – a) Partridge.
3. Chubukov is a – a) landowner.
4. The name of Natalya’s dog is – a) Squeezer.
SAQ:Prose:
2. 1. The hermit received only common folk.
2. The man wanted to take revenge because the tsar executed his brother and seized his property.
3. The new co-passenger who boarded the compartment at Saharanpur broke the narrator’s reverie.
4. The high priest of the Shiva temple in ‘Strong Roots’ was Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry.
5. The blind girl got into the train at Rohana station.
6. Kalam’s father had an ideal helpmate in his mother, Ashiamma.
Poem:
4.1. The ‘Eye of heaven’ refers to the Sun.
2. The grasshopper was seen from hedge to hedge about the new-mown meadow in summer.
3. The smile of the dead soldier is described as gentle without guile.
4. The word ‘this’ refers to the sonnet.
5. The feet of the soldier are among the flowers.
6. the voice of the grasshopper is referred to here.
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Grammar
4.
1. I’m the most unhappy of men. (Positive)
Ans.
Comparative: I am more unhappy than any other man.
Positive:
No other man is as unhappy as I (am).
2.
He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed. (Complex)
Ans.
He rests at ease beneath some weed which is pleasant.
3.
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (negative/assertive)
Ans.
I shall not compare thee to a summer’s day.
4.
The sun’s rays fill the hollow full of light. (Change the voice)
Ans.
The hollow is filled full of light with the sun’s rays.
5.
You have already been answered. (Noun form)
Ans.
You have already been given the answer.
6.
I have endeavoured to understand the fundamental truths revealed to me by my
father. (Splitting)
My
father revealed the fundamental truths to me.
I
have endeavoured to understand them.
Part
-B
MCQ:
Prose:
1.
The man who entered the compartment at Saharanpur thought his company would
make the narrator – c) disappointed.
2.
Whenever human beings are in trouble, they look for – a) someone to help them.
3.
When the bearded man saw that the Tsar was awake – b) he sought forgiveness.
4.
The hermit lived in – a) lonely place.
Poem:
3.
1. “Asleep in the Valley” is – a) an anti-war poem.
2.
The ‘hollow’ refers to – c) the valley.
3.
The word ‘temperate’ means – d) neither so hot nor so cold.
4.
Silence has been wrought by – b) frost.
Play:
5.
1. Lomov bought the dog from Mironov for – c) 125 roubles.
2.
The area of Oxen Meadows is equal to – b) five dessiantins. (13.5 acres)
3.
Chubukov assumes that Lomov has come to – b) borrow money.
4.
“I don’t want the meadows, but I am acting on principle.” The speaker is – a)
Lomov.
SAQ:
Prose:
2.
1. How did the girl appreciate the narrator?
Ans.
The girl appreciated the narrator by calling him a gallant young man.
2.
Who would receive the girl at Saharanpur?
Ans.
The girl’s aunt would receive the girl at Saharanpur.
3.
What do the people with good eyesight often fail to see?
Ans.
The people with good eyesight often fail to see what is lying in front of them.
4.
What do people want if they reach an impasse?
Ans.
People want to look for someone to show them the way out if they reach an
impasse.
5.
What was the distance between the Shiva temple and Kalam’s house?
Ans.
The distance between the Shiva temple and Kalam’s house was ten minutes
walking.
6.
What was the hermit doing when the Tsar approached?
Ans.
When the Tsar approached the hermit was digging the ground in front of his
cottage.
7.
Who wounded the bearded man?
Ans.
The bodyguard of the Tsar wounded the bearded man.
8.
What happens when one prays?
Ans.
When one prays, they transcend their body and become a part of cosmos without
caste, creed and age.
Poem:
4.
1. Why do birds hide in cooling trees?
Ans.
Birds hide in cooling trees due to extreme heat of summer that makes them
faint.
2.
Where from the cricket shrill?
Ans.
The cricket shrills from a stove/warm place.
3.
What does the line “And summer’s lease hath all too short a date” mean?
Ans.
The line “And summer’s lease hath all too short a date” means the tenancy (time
span) given/bestowed to summer by Nature is very limited and short.
4.
Whose gold complexion is dimmed?
Ans.
The gold complexion of the sun is dimmed.
5.
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem ‘Shall I compare thee’?
Ans.
The rhyme scheme of the poem ‘Shall I compare thee’ is abab cdcd efef gg.
6.
What does the drowsy person think when he hears the cricket’s song?
Ans.
When he hears the cricket’s song, the drowsy person thinks it to the
grasshopper’s.
7.
Why does the stream look silvery?
Ans.
The stream looks silvery because the rays of the sun flows down and reflects on
it.
8.
What does the poet appeal to nature?
Ans.
The poet appeals to the nature to keep the body of the soldier warm.
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Grammar
4.
i) “Was I bothering you when I turned that corner?” asked the woman.
Ans.
The woman asked if she had been bothering him when she had turned that corner.
ii)
The most important thing in the world was science. (Positive)
Ans.
Positive: No other thing in the world was as important as science.
Comparative:
Science was more important than any other thing in the world.
iii) I do not recall the exact number. (V.C.)
Ans.
The exact number is not recalled by me.
iv)
The hermit lived in a wood. He never quitted it. (Join)
Ans.
The hermit lived in a wood which he never quitted.
v)
As soon as she left the train she would forget the brief encounter. (Negative)
Ans.
No sooner had she left the train than she would forget the brief encounter.
vi)
When you pray you become a part of the cosmos. (Splitting)
Ans.
You pray. At that time/Then you become a part of the cosmos.
Part-B
MCQ:
Prose:
1.
i) The best time to visit the hills in “The Eyes Have It” is – b) October.
ii)
The wounded man came to woods – d) to kill the Tsar.
iii)
Kalam grew up in a society which was secular and – d) integrated
iv)
The narrator had the compartment to himself upto – c) Rohana.
Poem:
3.
i) “...he takes the lead.” Here he refers – b) the Grasshopper.
ii)
The grasshopper, being tired, takes rest beneath some pleasant – a) weed.
iii)
“...his gold complexion dimmed.” – Here ‘His’ refers to – a) the sun.
iv)
Nature is pleaded to keep the soldier – b) warm.
Play:
5.
i) Lomov declined Natalya’s offer to – b) lunch.
ii)
“...that is overshot..” – Here the speaker is – b) Lomov.
iii)
Natalya alleged that no backbiter would equal to – d) Lomov’s aunt.
iv)
Lomov gave ..... to Mironov for his dog – b) 125 roubles.
SAQ:
Prose:
2.
i) The ancestral house of Kalam was a fairly large pucca house made of
limestone and brick.
ii)
The narrator remarked about people with good eyesight that they failed to see
what was in front of them as they had too much to take in.
iii)
The hermit lived in a hermitage in the woods.
iv)
The bearded man was injured by the attack of the Tsar’s bodyguard upon
recognising him.
v)
The girl’s aunt was to receive the girl at Saharanpur.
vi)
Kalam would go to a very old mosque in their locality to pray to God.
vii)
The narrator dared to say to the girl that she had an interesting face.
viii)
The Tsar had dug two beds.
Poem:
4.
i) Death shall not brag to take the poet’s friend to its dark realm.
ii)
The soldier lies stretched in the heavy undergrowth.
iii)
The poet uses birds, grasshopper and cricket as a symbol of poetry in the poem
“the Poetry of Earth.”
iv)
Here ‘eternal lines’ refer to the sonnet.
v)
The poetry of earth never dies because it will go on in cyclical way through
its bearer like birds, grasshopper and cricket.
vi)
The pillow made of fern was beneath the head of the soldier.
vii)
When he was sleeping the soldier’s one hand was on his breast.
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Grammar
4.
i) My parents were widely regarded as an ideal couple. (V.C.)
Ans.
People widely regarded my parents as an ideal couple.
ii)
“Why don’t you look out of the window?” she asked.
Ans.
She asked why he (narrator) did not look out of the window.
iii)
His smile is like an infant’s. (Negative)
Ans.
His smile is not like an adult’s/ a grown up’s.
iv)
But they answered his questions differently. (make it adjective)
Ans.
But they gave different answer to his questions./ But they answered his questions
in a different way.
v)
This is the best time. (Comparative)
Ans.
Comparative: This is better than any other time.
Positive:
No other time is as good as this (is).
vi)
She had beautiful eyes but they were of no use to her. (Complex)
Ans.
Though/Although/Albeit she had beautiful eyes, they were of no use to her.
Part-B
MCQ:
Prose:
1.
i) The journey of the narrator and the girl was undertaken in the month of -- b) October.
ii)
The narrator was actually going to – c) Mussoorie.
iii) Jainulabdeen’s coconut grove was ____ miles from his house. – c) four.
iv) the bearded man had been wounded by – c) the bodyguard of the Tsar.
Poem:
3. i) The poem ‘Asleep in the Valley’ is a/an – a) Sonnet.
ii) The ‘darling buds of May’ are shaken by – d) rough winds.
iii) According to Shakespeare ‘fair’ – b) is subject to death and decay.
iv) the cricket’s song comes from – c) near the hearth.
Play:
5. i) Lomov referred to Oxen Meadows to – c) suggest two families are near
neighbours.
ii) According to Chubukov, Guess was – b) short-muzzled.
iii) All the action in the play takes place in – b) Chubukov’s drawing room.
iv) “You too,sir, are not blameless.” The person addressed to can be blamed
for – b) feeling jealous of any other’s dog.
SAQ: Prose:
2. i) The narrator could guess that the girl was wearing slippers by the
way they slapped against her heels.
ii) The girl was ready to sit in a train compartment for two or three
hours.
iii) Abdul Kalam believed that prayers reached God.
iv) We get numerous evidences about the generous nature of Dr. Kalam’s
parents like feeding outsiders with them.
v) A great reward was offered by the Tsar to anyone who could answer his
questions.
vi) The bearded man was turned into a vehement enemy of the Tsar because
the Tsar executed his brother and seized his property.
Poem:
4. i) The aspect of full of life and vibrancy along with its scenic beauty is
presented by the poet in his poem “Asleep in the Valley.”
ii) Death cannot brag about the poet’s
friend by taking him to his dark realm.
iii) Here the poet uses periphrasis (a roundabout way of expression) in the
line “sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shine.”
iv) When they are ‘faint with the hot sun’ the birds hide in cooling trees.
v) The symbolic significance of the silence created by the frost is death
or putting an end to everything.
vi) The soldier sleeps open-mouthed, putting his head on a pillow of fern
and keeping one hand on his breast in the sunlight.
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