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Second Summative Evaluation 2023

The passage provides details about the Humayun Tomb located in Delhi, India. It was built between 1526-1571 under the orders of Humayun's widow, and is considered the oldest garden tomb in India. It houses over 1000 graves, earning it the name "the dormitory of the Mughals". A massive restoration process between 2000-2003 helped preserve the tomb and its 30-acre gardens according to international standards.

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Second Summative Evaluation 2023

The passage provides details about the Humayun Tomb located in Delhi, India. It was built between 1526-1571 under the orders of Humayun's widow, and is considered the oldest garden tomb in India. It houses over 1000 graves, earning it the name "the dormitory of the Mughals". A massive restoration process between 2000-2003 helped preserve the tomb and its 30-acre gardens according to international standards.

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Second Summative Exam

Time: 1 Hr 30Min English Full marks : 40

Reading Skill (Seen)

1. Read the following passage:

The young seagull was alone on his ledge. His two brothers and his sister had
already flown away the day before. He had been afraid to fly with them. When
he had run forward to the brink of the ledge he became afraid. The great
expanse of the sea stretched down beneath, and it was miles down. He felt
certain that his wings would never support him. So he bent his head and ran
away back to the little hole where he slept at night. His father and mother had
come around calling to him shrilly. But for the life of him he could not move.
That was twenty-four hours ago. Since then nobody had come near him. The
day before, he had watched his parents flying about with his brothers and
sister. They were teaching them the art of flight and how to dive for fish. He
had seen his elder brother catch his first herring, while his parents circled
around proudly.

A Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives: 1 * 3 = 3


(i) The young seagull was in his-
(a) nest (b) ledge (c) cave (d) window pane
(ii) His parents came to him-
(a) twenty-two hours ago (b) twenty hours ago
(c) twenty-four hours ago (d) twenty-five years ago
(iii) (iii) The young seagull's elder brother caught his first-
(a) herring fish (b) gold fish (c) quillfish (d) salmon

B Complete the sentences with information from the passage:1 * 2 = 2

(1) The young seagull felt certain that


his_______________________________________________________
(2) Seagulls parents had come around_____________________________

Answer the following question: 2

1.What did the young seagulls parents teach his brother and sister?

_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________

2. Read the following extract:

1
Oh, Im gone back to the days of youth, I watch this cloudy evening fall,
I am a child once more; After a day of rain
And neath my fathers sheltering roof, Blue mists,sweet mists of summer pall
And near the old hall door The horizons mountain-chain

A. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives: 2


(i) The poet watches fall of the cloudy –
(a) Morning (b) evening (c) night (d) afternoon

(ii) The color of the mist is ---


(a) Grey (b) white (c) blue (d) yellow

Answer the following question: 2

1. What does the poet remember about her days of youth?


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Reading Skill (Unseen)

3 Read the following passage:


The tomb of Humayun, the second Mughal emperor, was built between 1526
and 1571 by the Persian architect Mirak Mirza Ghiyuath under the instructions of
Humayun's grieving widow, Hamida Banu Ghiyuath Begum. The oldest garden-
tomb in the Indian sub-continent, is the first example of the Persian influence on
Indian architecture. It houses more than 1000 graves, which has led to it being
called 'the dormitory of the Mughals'. It houses the tombs of the Mughal
emperors. Jahandar Shah and Farrukh Siyar, and also of Darah Sikoh,
Shahjahan's mudered son. The tomb is a protected monument, which means
that defacing it in any way would cost you Rs. 5000 or three months in prison. It
is on the World Heritage List, and recognized internationally as a monument that
deserves protection for the benefit of all humanity. A massive restoration
process was carried out over four years to ensure that the maintenance of the
tomb met international standards. Between the years 2000 and 2003, the Aga
Khan Trust for Culture, in collaboration with the Archaeological Survey of India,
carried out a project to revitalise the 30-acre garden and monument itself. The
tomb is located near the shrine of an important Sufi saint, Nizamuddin Auliya. It
is considered suspicious to be buried near the tomb of a saint, and there are
various other monuments outside the main tomb.

A. Tick () the correct answer from the given alternatives: 4


(i) The tomb of Humayun houses --
(a) 900 graves (b) 1000 graves
(c) more than 1000 graves (d) more than 10000 graves

2
(ii) The monument and the garden have the area of --
(a) 3 acre (b) 13 acre
(c) 30 acre (d) 300 acre
(iii) The oldest garden tomb of India is --
(a) the Tajmahal (b) the Humayun Tomb
(c) the tomb of Akbar (d) the tomb of Shahjahan

(iv) The name of Shahjahan's son who was murdered, was -


(a) Aurangajeb (b) Darah Sikoh
(c) Farrukh Siyar (d) Jahandar Shah

Each of the following sentences is either 'True' or 'False'. Write 'T' for true statement
and 'F' for false statement in the right-hand side. Also pick out suitable line from the
text in support of your answer. 3

(i) Humayun Tomb is called 'the dormitory' of the Mughals.


Supporting Statement:-
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
(ii) The Humayun Tomb was built in 16th century.
Supporting
Statement:__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
_________________
(iii) Hamida Banu Begum was the mother of Humayun.
Supporting
Statement:__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
_________________

C. Answer the following questions: 2


1.Who built Humayun tomb and in whose order?

___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
2. Why is Humayun Tomb called 'the dormitory of the Mughals'?
-
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________

D. Find out the words from the unseen passage similar in meaning: 4
(i) An underground vault to bury the dead: _______________

(ii) A statue or building to commemorate-a notable person: _________________

Grammar and Vocabulary

3
A. Replace the words with appropriate phrasal verbs 2

(i) The girl resembles her mother : ___________________

(ii) the child recoverd in a month:_____________________

B. Do as directed : 4

1. How beautifully you talked ! (Changes into an assertive sentence)

2. I can go out when the rain stops (Changes into a simple sentence)

3.They will always remember his support (Change into an negeative sentence)

4. He lives in a house beside the river (Change into an complex sentence)

Writing

1.Write a report within 100 words for an English daily using the given information : 10

[Hints: Incident : accident between a truck and a maruti car — Date : 19th
November 2015- Time: 9.30 p.m.-Place: Naraina, New Delhi-Cause: brake failed, the
truck hit the maruti-Casualties: three passengers of the truck injured, both drivers
died, five passengers of the maruti injured-Action taken: police rushed to the place,
injured hospitalised.]

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