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FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT (Slip Test–Unit-7) –

ENGLISH – CLASS – 10 – Marks: 20

(READING COMPREHENSION) (4 X 2 ½ = 10 M)

I) Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.                   

     Then the Second World War was over and India's freedom was imminent. "Indians will build their own India," declared Gandhiji. The whole country was filled with an unprecedented optimism. I asked my father for permission to leave Rameswaram and study at the district headquarters in Ramanathapuram.

He told me as if thinking aloud, "Abul! I know you have to go away to grow. Does the seagull not fly across the sun, alone and without a nest?" He quoted Khalil Gibran to my hesitant mother, "Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts."

1. What did APJ Kalam ask his father for permission to do?

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2. Why do you think APJ Kalam's father might have used a quote about seagulls to convince him to leave?

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3. How do you think Kalam's mother might have felt about him leaving Rameswaram?

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4. How might Kalam's father's advice influence his future.

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 (GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY) (5 X 1 = 5 M)

II) Rewrite the sentences editing the errors of the sentences.

Our cultural unity is further exemplified by the temples of the South and of Khajuraho, the caves of Ajanta and Ellora, which are shining examples of India's proficiency in sculpture and architecture. 5) Our musics has come to enjoy worldwide popularity.

6) Indian classical music, like the Indian dances, are built on the concept of ragas and talas. 7) Each raga is regarded appropriately to a certain time of the day or the night. There are believed to be about 250 ragas in common use in the North as well as in the South. 8) In the modern times, people like Ravi Shankar have took Indian music to the West and thus bridged the gap between the music of the East and the West.

9) Other significant features of India's cultural unity are the variety, colour but the emotional richness of its dances.

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(CREATIVE EXPRESSION) (5 X 1 = 5 M)

III) Prepare an invitation for Independence Day celebrations at your school. Use necessary information such as date, time, guests of honour, venue etc.

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