GSEB English Model G series Paper 3_1

1. …….. is home to evergreen rainforests, spices and coffee plantations.

• A. Karnataka

• B. Kodagu

• C. Mangalore

• D. Mysore

2. Which of the following statements is true ?

• A. Coorg has only thirty per cent of coffee plantations.

• B. During the monsoons, it pours enough to attract the visitors.

• C. Kodagu is covered by thirty per cent of rainforests.

• D. The season from March to September is a season of joy.

   

3. How did Lencho feel when he saw his fields covered with the curtain of rain?

• a. Lencho felt sadness when he saw his fields covered with the curtain of rain.

• b. Lencho was in grief when he saw his fields covered with the curtain of rain.

• c. Lencho was distressed when he saw his fields covered with the curtain of rain.

• d. Lencho felt satisfied when he saw his fields covered with the curtain of rain.

4. What did hailstones resemble?

• a. The hailstones resembled silver coins.

• b. The hailstones resembled gold coins.

• c. The hailstones resembled copper coins.

• d. The hailstones resembled bronze coins.

5. How did these new silver coins bring disaster to Lencho?

• a. These new silver coins made all his crops eroded.

• b. These new silver coins turned into hailstones which destroyed all his crops and ruined his hopes.

• c. These new silver coins turned into tsunami which destroyed all his crops and ruined his hopes.

• d. These new silver coins turned into meteors which destroyed all his crops and ruined his hopes.

It was a magnificent view. Against the ​ (a)   of densely wooded hills, a sea of tea bushes ​ (b)   as far as the eye could see. ​ (c)   the tiny tea plants were tall ​ (d)   shade trees and amidst the ​ (e)   rows of bushes busily moved doll-like figures. In the distance was an ugly building with smoke billowing out of tall chimneys. "Hey, a tea garden"! Rajvir cried excitedly.

• backdrop
• stretched
• Dwarfing
• sturdy
• orderly
• skyline
• expanded
• Shrinking
• fragile
• chaotic

Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter as God?

• The postmaster sends money to Lencho so as to keep his faith in God alive and firm, as he was completely moved by it

• When the postmaster reads Lencho’s letter to God, he becomes serious.

• He decides that he wants to keep Lencho's faith intact, so he decides to answer the letter.

• He gathers money with the assistance of his post office employees to assist Lencho on behalf of God

• He signs the letter ‘God’ in order that Lencho’s faith in God does not get shaken.

“The sight of the food maddened him.” What does this suggest ? What compelled the young seagull to finally fly?

• “The sight of the food maddened him.” It suggests that he was extremely hungry.

• He hadn’t eaten anything for the last twenty four hours.

• He was not given food so that he himself could try to fly to reach her mother for food.

• When he saw his mother tearing a fish that lay at her feet, he felt all the more hungry.

• He, too, loved to tear the food that way. It was only his hunger that compelled the young seagull to finally fly.

Why does the conductor refer to Valli as ‘madam’?

• When the conductor gave Valli a hand in order to help her climb the bus, Valli denied.

• She further denied all the help that she was being offered.

• As she considered herself not to be a child.

• Moreover, the conductor was of the joking sort and thus, started addressing Valli as a grown up ‘madam’.

• His use of the term "madam" was a playful way of acknowledging her independence and maturity, in line with her own self-perception.

What did Kisa Gautami understood the second time that she failed to understand the first time?

• The second time, Kisa finally saw: death visits all, like leaves falling in autumn.

• Initially, in deep grief over the loss of her young son, she sought a way to bring him back to life.

• No house escaped death's touch, Kisa learned as she searched for the impossible seed.

• This realization led her to understand the Buddha's teachings on impermanence and the cycle of birth and death.

• But as Kisa learned when she could not collect a single mustard seed, death is universal. Nearly everyone at some point in their life loses a loved one to death.