SMARTA
[A Centre for Learning English & Competitive Exam.]
Director: Mr. Bidyut Kumar Nayak
E-mail: nayak.bidyut@gmail.com
Monthly Exam.--Aug ’11
Class-XII
Sub. The Bishop’s Candlesticks
Time: 50 Minutes Full Marks: 25
1. Complete each of the following sentences choosing the correct alternatives: 1×4 = 4
(i) “She is holy.” Here ‘she’ refers to –
(a) Marie (b) Virgin Mary (c) Persome
(ii) “I think it would help me.” Here ‘it’ refers to --
(a) the silver candlesticks (b) the blessings of the Bishop (c) the salt cellars
(iii) “I was free, free to starve.” This is an expression of --
(a) joy (b) hatred (c) despair
(iv) The convict had not eaten anything for--
(a) three days (b) six weeks (c) three weeks
2. Answer any two of the following questions (each in about 30 words): 3×2 = 6
(i) What did the Bishop say to the gendarmes to save the convict from the prison?
(ii) How was the convict treated in the prison?
(iii) Why didn’t the Bishop want to sell the candlesticks?
3. Answer any one of the questions which follow (in about 50 words): 5×1 = 5
(i) Describe briefly how the convict lived after he had escaped from the prison.
(ii) Sketch the character of Persome.
4. Rewrite the following sentences as directed: 2×5 = 10
(i) Give me food or I’ll stick my knife in your body. (Turn into a complex sentence)
(ii) I have grieved you. ( Change into Passive)
(iii) I led him into temptation. (Use the verb form of the underlined word)
(iv) I had no money. So I disposed of the salt-cellars. ( Frame question with ‘why’)
(v) They didn’t think of my mother when they sent me to hell. ( Turn into an interrogative sentence)
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