Read the following passage carefully:
We sat in silence in the dark of the night as the large head appeared from the large foliage. The female was young, healthy and alert. Seconds later, she walked confidently to the edge of a waterhole followed by not one, not two but three beautiful young cubs. Like works of art on display, all four tigers bent low at the waterhole that had been created for them and for the myriad creatures that shared their troubled kingdom. The Goshri tigers had come visiting and we watched them with rapt attention on our closed-circuit TV screens, in the conservation retreat of Harsh and Poonam Dhanwatey, a husband and wife team whose life had been dedicated to the protection of tigers in and around Maharashtra’s Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve. Their son Nikhil carefully positioned the cameras and cabled them 40 meters from their conservation retreat, near the waterhole which had turned into a magnet for every conceivable animal found in the Tiger Reserve itself. We were making preparations to set up one of the first Community Conservation Reserves in Central India.
Originally into business, the Dhanwateys changed tracks midstream by shutting down a thriving interior design business in response to just one meeting they had with Dr Ullas Karanth and Valmik Thapar, two of India’s finest tiger people, in Nagpur. In their own words, “From admirers of wildlife, we become passionate defenders and we launched our non- governmental organization called Tiger Research and Conservation Trust (TRACT).”
The Dhanwateys lived for years in a small hut which was their field camp near the famous Tadoba Lake and they discovered the secrets of the forest in the best way possible, by walking its trails, and generally learning all they could about the magical mix of life that comprised this tropical, dry deciduous forest.

Based on your reading of the passage, choose the right answers from the given options to complete the following sentences.

(a) Before taking up the cause of tigers, the Dhanwateys were …………
i. working in a non-governmental organisation
ii. in the textile business
iii. working with Dr Karanth
iv. managing an interior design business

(b) The waterhole is referred to as a magnet because ………………
i. a magnet was placed there
ii. all the animals were attracted to it
iii. cameras had magnets
iv. water was not available

(c) The narrator had gone to the Tiger Reserve to ………………
i. kill tigers
ii. set up a Tiger Reserve
iii. set up the first Community Conservation Reserve
iv. employ Nikhil in the Tiger Reserve

(d) The meeting with Dr Ullas Karanth and Valmik Thapar changed the lives of …………
i. Nikhil
ii. the Dhanwateys
iii. the narrator
iv. TRACT

(e) The activities in which the champions of TRACT are not involved are ……….
i. killing of tigers in that area
ii. discovering the secrets of the forests
iii. walking the trails of tigers
iv. living in the deciduous forests

Your school is celebrating grandparents’ day next week. Write a notice in 50–60 words to put up on the school notice board informing students of the celebration and requesting them to be present with their grandparents. You are Samir/Suman, Head Boy/Head Girl ABC Senior Secondary School, Delhi.                                                                       

You are Mahesh. You have been asked to meet the passport officer urgently to clarify certain details regarding the renewal of your passport. Write a message in 50–60 words for your mother who was not at home informing her of the matter and also telling her that you would be late in reaching home.   

Given below are details of an eminent environmentalist. Use the information to form a biographical sketch of Aruna Saxena in 80–100 words.                                              

Aruna Saxena – born in 1978 – education – M.A. in Environmental Science – achievements – actively involved in Green Revolution Movement – won her worldwide recognition – published a collection of poems, ‘Singing Birds’ – awards – won the national award for creating environmental awareness – other interests – painting, writing poetry – position held – President of Rotary Club of Marwar in 2007, President of the Poetry Club in 2009.

Choose the appropriate options from the ones given below to complete the following passage. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers.  
As a young boy I (a) ……… …….. to play on the ground near my home. At the (b)……………...end of the ground was a library. I had often seen people walk in and out of it (c)………………..books in their hands. One evening, I walked in and politely asked the librarian (d)……………..a book.

(a) (i) was (ii) used (iii) are (iv) had
(b) (i) far (ii) near (iii) off (iv) hind
(c) (i) carried (ii) carrying (iii) carries (iv) carry
(d) (i) for (ii) him (iii) about (iv) to

Rearrange the following words/phrases to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done for you.
watching TV / on exercise / while you are / the following ways / The American Council /suggests / to exercise
The American Council on exercise suggests the following ways to exercise while you are watching TV.

(a) the remote / the channel / to change / get up / from the couch / instead of using
(b) the room during / Walk up / the stairs / or around / and down / commercial breaks
(c) a treadmill / use / you watch / while / you can / TV
(d) resistance band / while watching / use a / television

The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. Underline the correct word supplied by you. The first one has been done for you as an example.
                           

8.

Study the notes given below and complete the paragraph that follows by filling in the blanks suitably.

NOTES
-Octopush – underwater hockey game
- created by a group of English divers
- aim was to keep scuba diving club busy in winter
- each team – 8 players – battle for a lead puck with a pusher

Octopush(a)…………. hockey game. It (b)………….. a group of English divers.
The game (c)…………. keeping the local scuba club busy during the winter months. The original rules required 8 players (d)……………… a lead puck with a small stick called pusher.

Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows:     
Reena: I called you yesterday. Where were you?
Arya: I went to visit my grandmother. Why did you call?
Reena: I called to tell you that our results will be out next week.
Arya: Are you sure?
Reena: I saw the news in yesterday’s newspaper.
Reena told Arya that (a)…………… and asked her where she had been. Arya told her that (b)………………grandmother and enquired why she had called. Reena told her that she (c)………….results would be out next week. When Arya asked whether she was sure Reena told her (d) ……….…newspaper.

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow by choosing from the given alternatives.
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read

(a) The person described here is …………..
     (i) P B Shelley (ii) Ozymandias (iii) the sculptor (iv) none of the above
(b) The face expresses ………………
     (i) calmness (ii) anger (iii) indifference (iv) love
(c) The word, ‘visage’ in the above lines means ……………..
     (i) vision (ii) legs (iii) lips (iv) face