Series FH1EG/5

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Roll No.

Q.P. Code 1/5/1

Candidates must write the Q.P. Code

on the title page of the answer-book. Λ Please check that this question paper contains 15 printed pages.

Q.P. Code given on the right hand side of the question paper should be written on the title page of the answer-book by the candidate.

Please check that this question paper contains 13 questions.

Please write down the serial number of the question in the answer- book before attempting it.

15 minute time has been allotted to read this question paper. The question paper will be distributed at 10.15 a.m. From 10.15 a.m. to 10.30 a.m., the candidates will read the question paper only and will not write any answer on the answer-book during this period.

ENGLISH (Core)

Time allowed: 3 hours

Maximum Marks: 80

P.T.O.

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General Instructions:

Read the following instructions very carefully and strictly follow them.

(i) This Question Paper has 13 questions. All questions are compulsory.

1. This Question Paper contains THREE Sections – Section A: READING SKILLS Section B: CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS and Section C: LITERATURE.
2. Attempt all questions based on specific instructions for each part. Write the correct question number and part thereof in your answer sheet.
3. Separate instructions are given with each question/part, wherever necessary. Read these instructions very carefully and follow them strictly.
4. Adhere to the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.

SECTION - A

20 Marks

Reading Skills

1. Read the passage given below:

1. I know many friends of mine who drink coffee regularly but do not know that coffee exists in different forms other than instant coffee. There are many who swear by Flora café classic or Coco gold, which they consider premium coffee. I may sound offensive but instant coffee is not the only way; in fact it's a very bad way of making coffee! Instant coffee cannot match up to brewed coffee's flavour nor does it have Arabica beans. It uses Robusta beans that are lower in flavour. Don't know the difference?! Read on ...

1. That plant might be a genius! It created a chemical that would keep pests away. Fortunately for us and unfortunately for the plant – that plan did not work the way it was intended to. The chemical might have averted a few pest attacks, but attracted a far greater threat – human beings. The plant I am talking about is coffee and the chemical is caffeine.

1. To begin from the beginning – coffee is from a more mature part of the tree – the seed – unlike other stimulants. The ripe berry is picked and de-pulped leaving us with a seed called 'green bean' or 'green coffee'. Green bean is uncharacteristically bland with a taste nowhere close to that of coffee, but it is valued for its higher antioxidant levels.

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