Writing for M.P. & H.S. students

1. Write a letter to the Editor of an English newspaper in about 100 words regarding the bad effects of mobile phones on the students. You may use these points:

[Points: too much attention to mobile-neglecting studies-dangerous games played by students using harmful apps-affect physical and mental health.]

To

The Editor,

The Telegraph,

6, Prafulla Sarkar Street,

Kolkata- 700001.

Subject: Adverse Impact of Mobile Phones on Students

Sir,

      I am writing to express my concern about the detrimental effects of mobile phones on students.

      The excessive attention diverted to these devices often leads to neglect of studies. Moreover, students engage in dangerous games through harmful apps, compromising both their physical and mental health. This alarming trend warrants serious consideration, as it hampers academic performance and overall well-being. It is imperative that we address this issue collectively, promoting a balanced approach to technology use among students.

      Under this above circumstances, I appeal to everyone, as concerned, through you to look into the matter and take a needful way to limit the use of mobile phones.

      Thanking you,

                                                                                                                        Yours truly,

Berhampore,

Dated, the 29^th January, 2024                                                  …………………………………

2. Write a letter to the Inspector in Charge of your local police station complaining about the loss of your mobile phone and the way in which it was lost.

To

The Inspector in Charge,

Berhampore Police Station,

Berhampore,

Murshidabad.

Subject: Loss of Mobile Phone

Sir,

     I write to report the loss of my mobile phone on [date] at [location]. It was misplaced [briefly describe how it was lost].

Details:

- Date and Time: [date and time]

- Location: [specific location]

- Mobile Phone: [make and model]

- IMEI: [IMEI number]

- Color: [color]

         Under this above circumstances, I seek your assistance in investigating and, if possible, recovering the device.

        Your prompt attention to this matter is appreciated.

                                                                                                                                    Yours truly,

Khagra,

Dated, …………..                                                                                            ………………………

3. An exhibition has been arranged in your school on the occasion of Saraswati Puja. Now write a notice in about 80 words for the students with the help of the points given.

[Place and time the programme and participants - models and exhibits to be displayed - submission of name - last date of enlisting - other relevant points]

4. An art and science exhibition was arranged in your school on the occasion of Saraswati Puja. Now write a report in about 80 words for the students.

Celebrating creativity and innovation at Saraswati Puja Exhibition

By …………………………………………………….

Berhampore, 16^th January, 2024: In celebration of Saraswati Puja, our school recently hosted a captivating Art and Science Exhibition. The event showcased an array of innovative projects and artistic creations by our talented students. From intricate science experiments to mesmerizing artworks, the exhibition highlighted the fusion of creativity and knowledge. Students enthusiastically participated, making the event a grand success. The school takes pride in fostering such platforms that encourage holistic development among its students.

5. Write a paragraph on “Your vision for India in 2047”.

My vision for India in 2047

    India is a developing country and needs many things for development. In 2047, India is going to complete 100 years of Independence and Sovereignty. Envisioning India in 2047, I see a nation that has undergone a remarkable transformation achieving 100% literacy. A robust healthcare system, recognized globally, ensures the well-being of all, contributing to a healthier and more productive society. India stands self-reliant in food and industry, fostering economic stability and resilience. As a leader in scientific research, the nation is at the forefront of technological advancements. Improved socio-economic conditions underscore a more inclusive and equitable society. On the global stage, India shines not just in economic and scientific domains but also in sporting arenas, epitomizing a holistic and well-rounded success.

6. Suppose you want to open a bank account. Write an imaginary dialogue between you and the bank manager.

I: Good morning! I would like to open a new bank account.

Bank Manager: Good morning! Certainly, we're delighted to assist you. May I know which type of account you are interested in? Savings or Recurring?

I: I'm thinking of a savings account.

Bank Manager: Great choice! To get started, we'll need some identification, such as an Aadhaar card, PAN card or driving license. Do you have that with you?

I: Yes, I have my Aadhaar card right here.

Bank Manager: Perfect. Now, we offer various types of savings accounts. Are you looking for any specific features, like a particular interest rate or additional services?

I: I'm interested in a regular savings account with a reasonable interest rate.

Bank Manager: Certainly. We have a standard savings account with competitive interest rates. I'll need you to fill out a few forms, and we'll get your account set up. Is there anything else you'd like to know or ask?

I: No, that sounds good. Let's proceed with the forms.

[The dialogue continues as the bank manager guides you through the account opening process, explaining terms and services as needed.]

7.

Flash Flood in Malbazar Claims 8 Lives

n  By a staff reporter

Malbazar, July 23, 2023: Heavy rainfall triggered a flash flood, causing devastation in Malbazar. Eight people were washed away, and 50 are stranded on a small island. Numerous cattle and other belongings are missing. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) are conducting rescue operations with local assistance. The government has announced an ex-gratia compensation of Rs 2 lakh for the deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured. The community is rallying together for support as rescue efforts continue in this tragic event.

8.

Aditya L1 Achieves Precision: Successfully Positioned at L1 Point

n  By a staff reporter

                 In a remarkable feat for India's space endeavors, the Aditya L1 mission has achieved a flawless placement at the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L1. Launched by ISRO, the satellite is now strategically positioned to study the Sun's outermost layer, the corona with unparalleled precision. This milestone ensures optimal data collection for enhanced insights into solar dynamics and space weather phenomena. The successful navigation to the L1 point showcases ISRO's technical prowess, cementing India's position in the global space community. Aditya L1's strategic placement paves the way for groundbreaking discoveries, contributing to a deeper understanding of our solar system's intricacies.

9.

Aditya L1 Mission: India's Solar Breakthrough

n  By a staff reporter

India's ISRO triumphs with the Aditya L1 mission, successfully launching a satellite to study the Sun's outermost layer, the corona. This marks a pivotal step in space exploration, aiming to enhance our understanding of solar dynamics and predict space weather more accurately. Equipped with advanced instruments, Aditya L1 holds the key to groundbreaking discoveries with potential global implications. This achievement underscores India's growing prominence in the field and contributes significantly to the scientific community's pursuit of unraveling the mysteries of our solar system.

10.

Over 290 lost lives in Coromandel mishap with two others/ Balasore train Accident:

Death toll over 290

-          By a staff reporter

 Balasore, 3rd June, (2023):  In a devastating train collision in Balasore, Odisha, over 290 lives were lost, and nearly 900 individuals were injured. The incident involved the Coromandel Express mistakenly entering the loop line, colliding with a parked goods train near Bahanagar Bazar station. The Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express capsized after striking the scattered coaches of the Coromandel Express on an adjacent track. Rescue operations, led by NDRF, Disaster Rapid Action Force, fire rescue teams, doctors, and police, are in full swing. Injured passengers have been rushed to nearby hospitals. The Railway Minister announced ex-gratia payments, and a high-level committee has been formed to investigate the tragic Balasore incident. Multiple train services have been affected due to ongoing restoration work.

11.  

A daring house dacoity at Berhampore

n  By a Staff Reporter

Berhampore, 14th June: A daring house robbery was committed in Berhampore at broad daylight today at about 1.30 p.m. A gang of five dacoits raided a house at Indraprastha area at broad day light and looted two lakhs in cash and jewelry worth Rs. 5 lakhs. According to a witness the gang came in a red Maruti Van with their faces covered with masks and carried arms as well. They carried their operation for over an hour and fled hurling bombs. Later police was informed. The members of the family were injured and panicked as well. None of the dacoits has been arrested yet. The Police are investigating the case. Primarily they are suspecting the local miscreants of the area for the robbery.

12.

A daring burglary in Gariahat Flat

n        By a staff reporter

KOLKATA, 14th June: Burglars broke into an apartment on Tuesday night in the busy Gariahat area and left with cash and ornaments amounting to nearly Rs 2, 85,000. The flat belonged to Rana Sikdar, who had been out of town for attending a marriage ceremony. The burglars managed to break a second-floor window grill and entered the flat easily. They then broke open the almirah, picked up the ornaments and left the same way. Police investigation in the case has not made much headway. No concrete clues are available. Police sources said among the articles stolen were three gold necklaces, three gold chains and a small diamond studded ring, a wrist watch and an HP laptop. A small amount of cash too was stolen. The Gariahat police, probing several such burglaries in the belt in recent past, would not say whether these were the handiwork of one gang.

 ABTA  Test Paper 2023-2024 Solved for Madhyamik Students

Page- 104-108

A.

(a) i) arithmetic

(b) ii) headache

(c) i) praised him

(d) iv) home work

(e) i) behaved well

1.

(i) The idea that occurred to Swami was that he would deliver the letter to the headmaster at the end of the day.

(ii) Swami thought that Samuel did not know what his father had done to him.

(iii) Swami had never met anyone as good as Samuel.

2.

(1) Samuel might do something during the course of the day to justify the letter.

Statement: Swami had an idea to deliver his father’s letter to the Headmaster at the end of the day.

(2) Samuel was impressed.

Reason: Swami told him about his father’s insistence upon not missing the school.

B.

(1) (a) ii) Ted Hughes

    (b) ii) creeping

    (c) i) indifference

    (d) iv) own family members

(2)

(i) When the old lady opened up her little hag, the poet saw a staring tribe and found himself tied to a stake.

(ii) The phrase 'twice awake' suggests the poet became fully aware or conscious two times.

C.

(i) The temperature of Kolkata rises around (c) 40°C.

(ii) There are pools in the enclosures for the animals to (b) drench and submerge.

(iii) Most of the time crocodiles have been (s) staying in the water.

(iv) Fans have been installed in the enclosures of (b) bears.

(v) Chimpanzees are being served (iv) bael and lassi.

(vi) The birds are given (a) juicy fruits.

D.

(1) True

(2) True

(3) False

Supporting Sentences:

(i) "Enclosures have artificial water pools in them for the animals to drench and submerge."

(ii) "Once the water gets hot, the pools are refilled."

(iii) "Fans have been installed in the reptiles enclosures."

E.

(1) The measures taken for the animals to make themselves wet include artificial water pools, sprinklers, and fans.

(ii) Birds in the zoo are taken care of by covering their cages with shades.

(iii) Big cats are under the supervision of veterinarians, and the amount of meat in their diet is being reduced or altered.

(iv) Indian black bears are given a specific mixture of curd and rice because they are heat-sensitive creatures.

SECTION-B (GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY)

4. (a) have been saying, have played, will be

5. (a) A spell of thundershowers had brought temporary relief to scorching conditions. But in the next two days were back to being hot and sultry.

b) i) The teacher forbade the boys to be cruel to street dogs.

ii) Sachin Tendulkar is greater than most other cricketers of the world.

iii) A moment which is lost, lost forever.

6.

A. (i) suitable actions - measures

(ii) placed in position - installed

(iii) prescribed food - diet

(iv) persons who treat animals - veterinarians

 ABTA  Test Paper 2023-2024 Solved for Madhyamik Students

Page - 72-76

1. (i) On his way to school Swaminathan was bothered by- (b) his conscience.

   (ii) Swami's head was dizzy with (c) confusion.

   (iii) Personally, Samuel was more (a) friendly than the other teachers.

   (iv) Samuel had a special regard for- (a) Swami.

   (v) About the description of Samuel, Swami was (d) unsure.

B.

1. (i) Swami felt he had mixed up the real and the imagined.

   (ii) Swami's conscience bothered him on his way to school.

   (iii) Swami could not decide if Samuel really deserved the allegations made against him in the letter.

C.

1.

   (i) Statement: Swami stopped on the roadside.

   - Reason: Swami wanted to make up his mind about Samuel.

      (ii) Statement: Swami's mind filled with sorrow.

   - Reason: Swami recalled Samuel's dark faces, his thin moustache, unshaven cheek, and yellow coat.

2.

A.   (i) The snail shrinks into its house when it is - (b) slightly touched.

   (ii) The snail is satisfied with its own - (c) treasure.

   (iii) The snail does not fear - (c) fall.

   (iv) The snail lives in his house with - (d) none.

B. i) The snail sticks close to grass, leaf, fruit or wall.

ii) The snail hides into his house when imminent danger like storm or other harm besides weather betides.

3. A. (i) World Environment Day is celebrated on (c) 5th June.

(ii) The World Environment Day is an initiative of the - (b) United Nations Environment Programme.

(iii) For the first time in the world, a conference on the environment was held in - (b) 1972.

(iv) This conference was held in the city named - (d) Stockholm.

(v) United Nations Conference on the Human Environment gave birth to the - (c) World Environment Day.

(vi) The theme of Beat Plastic Pollution was observed by India in - (a) 2018.

   B.

   (i) True –

Supporting Sentence: In 1972 for the first time in the world, a conference on the environment was held in Stockholm, the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, which is also known as the Stockholm Conference.

   (ii) False - Supporting Sentence: The year 2022 marks the 50-year anniversary of the 1972 Stockholm Conference.

   (iii) False - Supporting Sentence: The theme for 2022, 'Only One Earth,' focuses on our role as the citizens of the Earth, to protect the environment and to encourage sustainable living everywhere and every day.

   C.

   (i) The purpose of observing World Environment Day all across the globe is to spread the importance of conserving planet Earth.

   (ii) The theme for World Environment Day 2022 was 'Only One Earth', focusing on our role as the citizens of the Earth, to protect the environment and to encourage sustainable living everywhere and every day.

   (iii) Some important themes of World Environment Day from recent years were Beat Plastic Pollution (2018, India), Air Pollution (2019, China), Celebrate Biodiversity (2020, Columbia and Germany), and Ecosystem Restoration (2021, Pakistan).

   (iv) Climate change, pollution, and their effects on our fragile ecosystem need attention for a healthy environment as our basic human rights have become imperative to talk about the environment.

SECTION-B (GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY)

4.

   - Every citizen has a duty to maintain cleanliness in their surroundings. Next Sunday, we shall be carrying on a cleaning program in our area. All of us are interested to join this program.

5.

   A.

    Every one of us is a member of an ordered and civilized society. So, we all have a duty to other fellow citizens and the society we live in.

   B.

   (i) The teacher asked the students why everybody was late that day.

   (ii) He is not afraid of speaking the truth.

   (iii) This letter was written in the 19th century.

   C.

   (i) None of the members turned up for the meeting.

   (ii) The match was put off for bad weather conditions.

   (iii) The police is looking into the matter.

6.

   - (i) Reintroduction of something: Restoration

   - (ii) Easily damaged, broken: Fragile

   - (iii) To give hope, support, or confidence to somebody: Encourage

   - (iv) A solemn promise: Pledge

ABTA  Test Paper 2023-2024 Solved for Madhyamik Students

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A.

1. (a) According to the narrator, a cat gets much more from life than (ii) a man.

   (b) Cats go in for sports when they (ii) grow older.

   (c) The narrator considers that King Arthur's Knights were not so (iv) adventurous as a cat.

   (d) The ground where the cat likes to hunt is the (i) backyard.

   (e) After the family moves away, the cat likes to live (iii) with the new tenants.

B.

1. (i) People always speak against the cat that it is more fond of its home than the people in it.

   (ii) King Arthur's Knights had gallant adventures, but the cats have more gallant adventures in suburban backyards.

   (iii) When the family moves, the cat wants to stay in the old house and attach itself to the new tenants.

C.   - Reason: They get older and the backyards to them make good hunting grounds.

   - Statement: The cat doesn’t like to leave its country or loving place when the family moves.

2.

   - (i) The name of the poem is "The Snail" and the name of the poet is William Cowper.

   - (ii) The snail generally sticks close to grass, leaf, fruit or wall.

3.

   A.

   (i) Pavan strayed out of KNP that month at least two times.

   (ii) Elton and Freddie were released into the park on 22 March.

   (iii) It was reported that cheetah Uday died of cardio-pulmonary failure.

   (iv) When Sasha died, it was only more than four and half years old.

   (v) To reintroduce the species in two batches, the number of cheetahs brought from South Africa and Namibia was 20.

   (vi) Pavan strayed out of the KNP and was seen wandering on April 7 in Bairad area.

   B.

   (i) On April 22, Pavan crossed over to the forest of Uttar Pradesh. [False]

Supporting Sentence: In the latest incident, the feline was tranquillized on April 22 while it was about to cross over to a forest in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh.

   (ii) After being rescued, Pavan remained in the enclosure along with other inmates. [True]

Supporting Sentence: Pavan had now been shifted to a large enclosure, where the feline is staying with two female cheetahs.

   (iii) Sasha was brought from Namibia. [True]

Supporting Sentence: Under Project Cheetah for reintroducing the species that became extinct in India in 1952, a total of 20 felines, including 10 females, were translocated to the KNP in Sheopur district from Namibia and South Africa in two batches in September 2022 and February this year.

   C.

   (i) KNP stands for Kuno National Park.

   (ii) The divisional forest officer said about Pavan that he had been shifted to a large enclosure, staying with two female cheetahs.

   (iii) On March 11, Pavan and the female Cheetah Asha were released into the wild.

   (iv) The aim of Project Cheetah was to reintroduce the species that became extinct in India in 1952.

4. Three workers died because of possible asphyxiation while they were trying to remove wooden planks from newly-casted concrete walls of a septic tank. They were brought out and rushed to the local hospital where doctors declared brought-dead.

5.

  A. It took a few minutes before all came to realise that the train had collided with a goods train coming from the opposite direction.

  B. (i) Is a song sung by her?

(ii) The crowd wished the President a long life. / The crowd wished the President that he might live long.

(iii) The dog is more faithful than any other animal.

  C.

  (i) The flower gives off a sweet smell.

  (ii) Mita could not make out what her friend was saying.

  (iii) The teacher is looking into the answer script.

6.

  (i) tranquilised

  (ii) extinct

  (iii) ailment

  (iv) translocated