Date:

ENGLISH

Class: VI

Time: 3 hrs

M. M: 70

General Instructions:

1. This paper consists of THREE sections:

Section A Reading 20 marks Section B Writing/Grammar 25 marks Section C Literature/Long Reading Text 25 marks

1. Attempt all questions.
2. Do not write anything on the question paper.
3. All the answers must be correctly numbered as in the question paper and written in the Answer sheet provided to you.
4. Read each question carefully and follow the instructions.
5. Strictly adhere to the word limit given with each question.

SECTION A: READING

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1. Read the following passage and answer the following by choosing the correct option: Perhaps the most important and useful invention of Thomas Alva Edison was the electric bulb. He worked for nearly two years to invent the first electric bulb. He spent about 40,000 dollars to find out the best material for making the filament. He tried many kinds of material for the filament. At last, in 1879, he was able to produce the first electric bulb. Three years after, many homes in „New York“ had electric lights.

Edison worked hard till the very end of his life to make the world a happier place to live in. He improved telegraphy, Bell"s telephone, and the Remington typewriter. He invented the electric fan and, in 1913, he also produced the first „talkie“ or talking picture. And before his death in 1931, this wonderful inventor had produced or improved about a thousand things. When he died, the electric lights were turned off for a while in many American homes as a mark of respect for the man who had given them those lights.

1. How much time did Thomas Alva Edison take to invent the first electric bulb?

1. Five years ii) Four years iii) Three years iv) Two years

1. He produced the first electric bulb in the year
2. 1869 ii) 1879 iii) 1889 iv) 1899

1. Which country did Edison belong to?
2. France ii) America iii) Japan iv) Germany

1. Which of the following sentences is not correct about Edison?
2. He invented the electric fan ii)He produced the first talking picture iii)He produced the hearing aid for the deaf iv) He improved telegraphy

1. The phrase „turned off“ means
2. Taken to ii) fell off iii) switched off iv) set off

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2 Read the following extract of the story and answer the following by choosing the correct option:

It was Monday morning. Swaminathan was reluctant to open his eyes. He considered Monday specially unpleasant in the calendar. After the delicious freedom of Saturday and Sunday, it was difficult to get into the Monday mood of work and discipline. He shuddered at the very thought of school: that dismal yellow building: the fire-eyed Vedanayagam, his class teacher, and the Head Master with his thin long cane....

By eight he was at his desk in his „room”, which was only a corner in his father”'s dressing

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room. He had a table on which all his things, his coat, cap, slate, ink-bottle, and books, were thrown in a confused heap. He sat on his stool and shut his eyes to recollect what work he had for the day; first of course there was Arithmetic – those five puzzles in Profit and Loss; then there was English – he had to copy down a page from his Eighth Lesson, and write dictionary meanings of difficult words; and then there was Geography.

And only two hours before him to do all this heap of work and get ready for the school! Fire-eyed Vedanayagam was presiding over the class with his back to the long window. Through its bars one saw a bit of the drill ground and a corner of the veranda of the Infant Standards. There were huge windows on the left showing vast open grounds bound at the other extreme by the railway embankment.

Source: Swami and Friends byR K Narayan

a) Monday was the most unpleasant day for Swaminathan because

1. There was no game period on this day
2. There was no computer class on this day
3. It marked the beginning of work and discipline
4. There was no class of his favourite teacher on this day

1. Vedanayagam was Swaminathan“s
2. Class teacher ii) art teacher iii) math teacher iv) P.T.Teacher

c) The above passage makes it clear that Swaminathan

1. Was very interested in going to school
2. Was very regular in doing homework iii)Did not want to go to school
3. Loved his class teacher

d) Swaminathan could not see through his classroom window because

1. It was closed
2. His class teacher was standing with his back to it
3. A thick curtain was hanging over it
4. A fat boy was sitting near it

e) The world „dismal“ means

1. Happy b) active c) sad d) slow

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3 Read the following passage and answer the following questions:

Rabindranath Tagore was a poet, writer, musician and philosopher. He was born in 1861 in Kolkata to Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi. Young Tagore was popularly called „Rabi“. Music was an important part of the Tagore family. Rabi too liked poetry and music. He wrote his first poem „Banphool“ when he was just 15.It was later published in a magazine.

Rabindranath had a keen interest in the folk music of Bengal. He used it in many of his songs. Our National Anthem, „Jana-Gana-Mana“ was composed by him.

Tagore wrote nearly 50 books and more than 3000 poems. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913 for his book „Gitanjali“.

Rabindranath believed that education was the only means through which India could progress. He founded a school at Shantiniketan in 1901. It is now known as the Vishwa Bharati University. Tagore devoted a great deal of his time to this school. He lived there till he passed away in 1941.

Rabindra Sangeet, the music of Tagore, is very popular today. It is sung and enjoyed by people all over the world.

1. Who was Rabindranath Tagore? What did he like?
2. Which was his first poem? When did he write it?
3. Which award was given to him in 1913 and for what?
4. What was Rabindranath Tagore's opinion about education?

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