SAMPLE PAPER 2

What I want would not be

confused with inactivity.

Life is what it is about;

I want no truck with death.

If we were not so single-minded

about keeping our lives moving,

and for once could do nothing,

Perhaps a huge silence

might interrupt this sadness

Of never understanding ourselves

And of threatening ourselves with death.

Which of the following themes is best represented in the given extract?

• (a) Power of war

• (b) Power of violence

• (c) Power of silence and thought

• (d) Power of disputes

What I want would not be

confused with inactivity.

Life is what it is about;

I want no truck with death.

If we were not so single-minded

about keeping our lives moving,

and for once could do nothing,

Perhaps a huge silence

might interrupt this sadness

Of never understanding ourselves

And of threatening ourselves with death.

State whether the given statement is TRUE or FALSE, with reference to the extract

The poet wants to have no association with death as death is the end of life..

• TRUE

• FALSE

What I want would not be

confused with inactivity.

Life is what it is about;

I want no truck with death.

If we were not so single-minded

about keeping our lives moving,

and for once could do nothing,

Perhaps a huge silence

might interrupt this sadness

Of never understanding ourselves

And of threatening ourselves with death.

Based on the poem rhyme scheme, evident in lines 3 to 7, of the given extract, which word would rhyme

with line 2?

• captivity

• haste

• naste

What I want would not be

confused with inactivity.

Life is what it is about;

I want no truck with death.

If we were not so single-minded

about keeping our lives moving,

and for once could do nothing,

Perhaps a huge silence

might interrupt this sadness

Of never understanding ourselves

And of threatening ourselves with death.

Select the option that is NOT true about the punctuation mark used in the line 3 of the given extract.

• Creates a sense of anticipation and expectation for the reader.

• Encourages the reader to continue reading seamlessly without any pause.

• Creates a sense of continuity and flow that connects the line with the second one.

• Encourages a revisit to the ideas in the preceding line.

Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen

Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.

They do not fear the men beneath the tree;

They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.

Match the following correctly : 1

(i) Prance (a) to walk with long steps in a direction.

(ii) Pace (b) move about in a predatory manner.

(iii) Stride (c) to move quickly with exaggerated steps.

(iv) Prowl (d) to walk up and down in a small area many times.

• (i)-c, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-b

• (i)-d, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-c

• (i)-b, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-c

• (i)-a, (ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-d

Why are Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prancing across the screen?

• (a) Because they are real animals.

• (b) Because they love her.

• (c) Because they are showing their actions.

• (d) Because they are the product of her imagination.

Name the poet of 'Aunt Jennifer's Tigers'

• Adrienne Rich

• Zitkala Sa

• Stephen Spender

• Pablo Neruda

State whether the given statement is TRUE or FALSE.

“The Tigers are seen prancing on the screen. They are yellow like topaz (a precious stone).”

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is the meaning of the word ‘denizens’? 1

• Patients

• Residents

• Friends

• Enemies

She crouched close to the sleeping face of the young American. It was a piteously thin face she thought,

and the lips were twisted. The man was suffering whether he knew it or not. Watching him, she wondered

if the stories they heard sometimes of the sufferings of prisoners were true. They came like flickers of

rumour, told by word of mouth and always contradicted.

The above extract has been taken from _____