3. Read the passage given below [8]
People tend to amass possessions, sometimes without being aware of doing so. They can have
a delightful surprise when they find something useful which they did not know they owned.
Those who never have to change house become indiscriminate collectors of what can only be
described as clutter. They leave unwanted objects in drawers, cupboards and attics for years
in the belief that they may one day need them. Old people also accumulate belongings for two
other reasons, lack of physical and mental energy, and sentiment. Things owned for a long
time are full of associations with the past, perhaps with the relatives who are dead, and so they
gradually acquire a sentimental value.
Some things are collected deliberately in an attempt to avoid wastage. Among these are string
and brown paper, kept by thrifty people when a parcel has been opened. Collecting small items
can be a mania. A lady cuts out from newspapers sketches of model clothes that she would like
to buy if she had money. As she is not rich, the chances are that she will never be able to afford
such purchases. It is a harmless habit, but it litters up her desk.
Collecting as a serious hobby is quite different and has many advantages. It provides relaxation
for leisure hours, as just looking at one’s treasure is always a joy. One doesn’t have to go out for
amusement as the collection is housed at home. Whatever it consists of - stamps, records, first
editions of books, china - there is always something to do in connection with it, from finding
the right place for the latest addition to verifying facts in reference books. This hobby educates
one not only in the chosen subject, but also in general matters which have some bearing on it.
There are other benefits also. One gets to meet like-minded collectors to get advice, compare
notes, exchange articles, to show off one’s latest find. So one’s circle of friends grows. Soon the
hobby leads to travelling, perhaps a meeting in another town, possibly a trip abroad in search
of a rare specimen, for collectors are not confined to one country. Over the years one may well
become an authority on one’s hobby and will probably be asked to give informal talks to little
gatherings and then, if successful, to larger audiences.
(a) On the basis of your understanding of the above passage make notes on it using headings
and sub-headings. Use recognizable abbreviations (wherever necessary-minimum four) and a
format you consider suitable. Also supply an appropriate title to it.
Ans. The Nature of Collecting
1. What is collecting?
(i) tendency to amass. (ii) harmless habit.
2. Why do people collect?
(i) provides no with the element of surprise
(ii) one day may need them.
(iii) deliberately collect to avoid wastage
(iv) old people also collect
(a) due to lack of physical and mental energy
(b) sentimental value
3. Disadvantages
(i) Indiscriminate collection may lead to clutter
(ii) Can become a mania.
4. Advantages
(i) Can be a hobby (ii) provides relaxation
(iii) educates (iv) meet like-minded people
(v) leads to travelling (vi) become an authority in that field.
Key to abbreviations
ppl. – people & – and
phy. – physical auth. – authority
(b) Write a summary of the passage in about 80 words. [3]
Ans. Collecting a harmless habit, is the tendency to amass. Collectibles have an element of surprise.
We do it with the hope that we may need them or to avoid wastage. Old people collect because
of lack of physical and mental energy and for sentimental reasons.
However, indiscriminate collection leads to a clutter and can become a mania. As a hobby, it
provides we relaxation, educates us and puts us in the company of like-minded individuals. It
may lead to travelling and even becoming an authority in that field of collecting.
Section – B
Wrting Skills
4. Principal, Sunrise Global School, Agra requires a receptionist for her school. Draft a
suitable advertisement in about 50 words to be published in the classified columns of a
national newspaper giving all the necessary details of qualifications and experience required
in the receptionist.
[4]
5.Yesterday you went to Sunrise Hospital, Market Road. New Delhi taking
with you the victim of a hit and run accident. There were chaotic conditions
in the casualty department. The injured was attended to after a lot of precious
time had been lost.Write a letter of complaint in 120-150 words to the Medical
Superintendent. You are Karan/
Karuna, M114, Mall Road, Delhi. [6]
Ans.* Introduction
Yesterday I had to admit a severely injured victim in the casualty department but I was
dejected to see the condition if the department.
Unfortunately, there was no one to attend the victim for 20 minutes. I had to do the first
aid of the victim.
*The doctors weren’t informed on time.
* The nurses as well didn’t listen to me. Only when I shouted they responded & helped me
in doing the needful.
* It’s unfortunate to note that such a reputed hospital has such provisions for the victims.
* End – I want you to take some actions regarding the same as many lives would be saved
if such conditions will be improved.
OR
Lack of job opportunities in the rural areas is forcing people to migrate to cities. Every big city
thus has a number of slums in it. Life in these slums is miserable.
Write a letter in 120-150 words to the editor of a national newspaper on how we can improve
the living conditions in these slums. You are Karan/Karuna, M114, Mall Road, Delhi.
Ans. M114, Mall Road
Delhi
1 March, 2016
The Editor
The Hindustan Times
Kasturba Gandhi Marg
New Delhi-110001
Sir/Madam
Subject : Need to improve living conditions in slums
*Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper. I would like to draw your kind attention
towards the miserable living conditions in slums.
*Country’s growth depends upon the skills of the people and the application of knowledge,
inherited or acquired by them. The people living in slums don’t have basic facilities like -
food, shelter & clothing. They only dream to be educated. The major cause is illiteracy but
above all lack of job opportunities in rural areas force these people to migrate from rural
to urban areas to earn their livelihood. Thereby many of them land up living in slums.
Even if the govt gives them houses to live. Many are unaware, a few rent these houses &
earn the money & there are some who fight to get the alloted facilities due to corruption
in India.
* All this quadruples the problems faced by these people
* Solutions
* Stephen spender in the poem ‘The elementary school in a slum’ talks about the importance
of education in our lives.
* “Once these people will be educated their language will be sun”
* Awareness is to be spread
* Organise street plays in slum areas.
People tend to amass possessions, sometimes without being aware of doing so. They can have
a delightful surprise when they find something useful which they did not know they owned.
Those who never have to change house become indiscriminate collectors of what can only be
described as clutter. They leave unwanted objects in drawers, cupboards and attics for years
in the belief that they may one day need them. Old people also accumulate belongings for two
other reasons, lack of physical and mental energy, and sentiment. Things owned for a long
time are full of associations with the past, perhaps with the relatives who are dead, and so they
gradually acquire a sentimental value.
Some things are collected deliberately in an attempt to avoid wastage. Among these are string
and brown paper, kept by thrifty people when a parcel has been opened. Collecting small items
can be a mania. A lady cuts out from newspapers sketches of model clothes that she would like
to buy if she had money. As she is not rich, the chances are that she will never be able to afford
such purchases. It is a harmless habit, but it litters up her desk.
Collecting as a serious hobby is quite different and has many advantages. It provides relaxation
for leisure hours, as just looking at one’s treasure is always a joy. One doesn’t have to go out for
amusement as the collection is housed at home. Whatever it consists of - stamps, records, first
editions of books, china - there is always something to do in connection with it, from finding
the right place for the latest addition to verifying facts in reference books. This hobby educates
one not only in the chosen subject, but also in general matters which have some bearing on it.
There are other benefits also. One gets to meet like-minded collectors to get advice, compare
notes, exchange articles, to show off one’s latest find. So one’s circle of friends grows. Soon the
hobby leads to travelling, perhaps a meeting in another town, possibly a trip abroad in search
of a rare specimen, for collectors are not confined to one country. Over the years one may well
become an authority on one’s hobby and will probably be asked to give informal talks to little
gatherings and then, if successful, to larger audiences.
(a) On the basis of your understanding of the above passage make notes on it using headings
and sub-headings. Use recognizable abbreviations (wherever necessary-minimum four) and a
format you consider suitable. Also supply an appropriate title to it.
Ans. The Nature of Collecting
1. What is collecting?
(i) tendency to amass. (ii) harmless habit.
2. Why do people collect?
(i) provides no with the element of surprise
(ii) one day may need them.
(iii) deliberately collect to avoid wastage
(iv) old people also collect
(a) due to lack of physical and mental energy
(b) sentimental value
3. Disadvantages
(i) Indiscriminate collection may lead to clutter
(ii) Can become a mania.
4. Advantages
(i) Can be a hobby (ii) provides relaxation
(iii) educates (iv) meet like-minded people
(v) leads to travelling (vi) become an authority in that field.
Key to abbreviations
ppl. – people & – and
phy. – physical auth. – authority
(b) Write a summary of the passage in about 80 words. [3]
Ans. Collecting a harmless habit, is the tendency to amass. Collectibles have an element of surprise.
We do it with the hope that we may need them or to avoid wastage. Old people collect because
of lack of physical and mental energy and for sentimental reasons.
However, indiscriminate collection leads to a clutter and can become a mania. As a hobby, it
provides we relaxation, educates us and puts us in the company of like-minded individuals. It
may lead to travelling and even becoming an authority in that field of collecting.
Section – B
Wrting Skills
4. Principal, Sunrise Global School, Agra requires a receptionist for her school. Draft a
suitable advertisement in about 50 words to be published in the classified columns of a
national newspaper giving all the necessary details of qualifications and experience required
in the receptionist.
[4]
5.Yesterday you went to Sunrise Hospital, Market Road. New Delhi taking
with you the victim of a hit and run accident. There were chaotic conditions
in the casualty department. The injured was attended to after a lot of precious
time had been lost.Write a letter of complaint in 120-150 words to the Medical
Superintendent. You are Karan/
Karuna, M114, Mall Road, Delhi. [6]
Ans.* Introduction
Yesterday I had to admit a severely injured victim in the casualty department but I was
dejected to see the condition if the department.
Unfortunately, there was no one to attend the victim for 20 minutes. I had to do the first
aid of the victim.
*The doctors weren’t informed on time.
* The nurses as well didn’t listen to me. Only when I shouted they responded & helped me
in doing the needful.
* It’s unfortunate to note that such a reputed hospital has such provisions for the victims.
* End – I want you to take some actions regarding the same as many lives would be saved
if such conditions will be improved.
OR
Lack of job opportunities in the rural areas is forcing people to migrate to cities. Every big city
thus has a number of slums in it. Life in these slums is miserable.
Write a letter in 120-150 words to the editor of a national newspaper on how we can improve
the living conditions in these slums. You are Karan/Karuna, M114, Mall Road, Delhi.
Ans. M114, Mall Road
Delhi
1 March, 2016
The Editor
The Hindustan Times
Kasturba Gandhi Marg
New Delhi-110001
Sir/Madam
Subject : Need to improve living conditions in slums
*Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper. I would like to draw your kind attention
towards the miserable living conditions in slums.
*Country’s growth depends upon the skills of the people and the application of knowledge,
inherited or acquired by them. The people living in slums don’t have basic facilities like -
food, shelter & clothing. They only dream to be educated. The major cause is illiteracy but
above all lack of job opportunities in rural areas force these people to migrate from rural
to urban areas to earn their livelihood. Thereby many of them land up living in slums.
Even if the govt gives them houses to live. Many are unaware, a few rent these houses &
earn the money & there are some who fight to get the alloted facilities due to corruption
in India.
* All this quadruples the problems faced by these people
* Solutions
* Stephen spender in the poem ‘The elementary school in a slum’ talks about the importance
of education in our lives.
* “Once these people will be educated their language will be sun”
* Awareness is to be spread
* Organise street plays in slum areas.