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
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