Govt.
Secondary And Higher Secondary Ashram School Keli Kotul Tq – Akole Dist
Ahamednagar
Class : 11th Arts / Science First
Unit Test Marks : 25
Subject :
English 16/09/2019 Time :1 ½ hrs
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Q.1.(A) Read the
First activity read the passage and do all following activities . 12 marks
(A1) True or false
.
State whether the following
sentences are true or false .
(1) The author planted rice variety
of GR5 in his field .
(2) The author visited the
agricultural officer at Kasbad .
The scent of rice
The first year I was late for the rice-sowing season
and had to resort to growing the GR4 variety that The writer disagreed with
Moru Dada was short term and recommended by the agricultural officers at
Kosbad. The next year we decided that we would start early and try to find some
good traditional variety of rice to grow. We had read about traditional
varieties of rice and knew that they did not require very high inputs of
fertilizers. These varieties were also quite strong and resisted pests. We were
sure that it was this type of rice that would grow well in our farm where we
did not use any chemicals at all. Our previous year’s experience and low yield
had taught us a lesson and we were sure we would not plant hybrids this year.
In April 2005, we started to look for a good variety
of traditional rice. It was one of our neighbours in the village, a businessman
from Mumbai who owned land, who suggested that we plant a local scented variety
of rice. Most of the farmers in and around the village of Peth had switched
over to hybrids. The younger generation of farmers thought I was crazy to ask
for the ‘desi’ variety, as they called it. My regular visits to the villages
around searching for a good traditional variety also did not yield any results
and we were almost giving up hope.
I decided to give it one last try and spoke to Baban’s
father and some other elders. After many meaningful conversations, they
mentioned the name of Kasbai.
Kasbai is a
traditional long-grained rice variety which has a distinct aroma, though much
milder than Basmati. It’s a long-duration crop and most of the older people
remembered growing it years ago. But they all shook their heads when I asked
them about the seeds and told me that it had ‘disappeared’.
(A2) Arrange
Arrange the following
statements as per their occurance in the passage.
(1)
I thought the government may know something about it.
(2) I was late for rice growing .
(3) I decided to give it one last
try.
(4) I asked them about the seeds.
(A3) Describe .
Describe the characterstics of the
Kasbai rise with the help of the passage.
(A4) Synonyms .
Find out synonyms for the following
words .
(1)
Increasing
(2) mad
(A5) Personal
Response
Write at least six sentence about
your favourite hobby .
(A6) Grammar .
(1) I decided to give it one last try . ( Name the
tense )
(2) It was one of our neighbours in
the village. ( Add a question tag.)
(B) Summary. 03
Write short summary of the above passage in your words
in about 120 words .
Q.2. Frame at
least 10 questions to take interview of the farmer . 10
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