SSC English 1st Paper Model Test Question with Answer [13]

Model Test Question-13

SSC English First Paper

Question with Answer

Part A : Reading Test (Marks-50)

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions following it. Unit-4: Lesson-3(C)

The class comes up with different problems. One group leader says, “The scarcity of food will be a serious problem. It is true that our agriculturists have developed new varieties of rice and its per acre production has definitely increased. But the rate of increase in food production cannot keep pace with the rate of population growth. This is because our land is fixed, i.e. we cannot increase it, while our population is increasing rapidly.”

Another group leader comes up with the housing problem in the country, which he says adds much to the food problem. He continues, “Families are growing larger in size and breaking into smaller families. Each such family needs a separate house to live in. Also the arable fields are being divided by these smaller families among themselves. Mills and factories are being set up, which occupy a considerable portion of our land. So when we need more land to grow more food to feed more mouths, our land is shrinking day by day. If our population grows at the present rate, a day will come when many people will not find any land to build a house on. And, as a result, many of them might live on trees or on the floating boats in the rivers.”

“No way,” another student argues. “Trees are being cut, hills are being cleared and water bodies are being filled up --- all to meet the needs of too many people.”

“Thank you students,” Ms Choudhury says, “You’re quite right. Let me tell you about this village where I was born and brought up. Things were not like this in the past. I remember as a child, the village was so beautiful! The green paddy fields and yellow mustard fields seemed to be unending. They used to wave and dance in the breeze. There used to be a wood in the northern side of the village. There was a tall tamarind tree in the middle of the wood. Also a big banyan tree looked like a huge green umbrella, with its aerial roots hanging down. I often used to go there with my age-mates. We would often have picnic there. While the boys would climb the tamarind tree and pick some tamarinds, me and my best friend Rima used to swing with the roots. But now, look, the wood is gone. The beauty of the crop fields is spoiled by the unplanned houses built here and there.”

1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1×7=7

a. The green paddy fields and yellow mustard fields would −in the breeze.

(i) play (ii) sing (iii) laugh (iv) shake themselves

b. In the wood, there was a − tree.

(i) tall tamarind (ii) tamarind (iii) coconut (iv) mango

c. Ms Choudhury often used to go there with −.

(i) his ago- mates (ii) her age- mates (iii) his friends (iv) friends

d. Rima was − friend to Ms Choudhury.

(i) more dear (ii) the most dear (iii) very dear (iv) dear

e. Ms Choudhury was horn and brought up in a −.

(i) village (ii) town (iii) slum (iv) city

f. The rate of increase in food production cannot keep pace with the rate of population growth. The sentence means that the food production is ―.

(i) as much as needed (ii) less than what is needed

(iii) more than what is needed (iv) sufficient for the population

g. Many people may have to live on trees, because ―.

(i) they would like tree houses (ii) making houses on trees is less expensive

(iii) they may not find land to make houses (iv) tree houses are safer during floods

Answer:

1. a. (iv) shake themselves; b. (i) tall tamarind; c. (ii) her age-mates; d. (ii) the most dear; e. (i) village; f. (ii) less than what is needed; g. (iii) they may not find land to make houses;

2. Answer the following questions. 2×5=10

a. What will happen when people find no land to build a house on?

b. Why cannot the rate of increase in food production keep pace with the rate of population growth?

c. What will happen if our population grows at the present rate?

d. What makes our land shrink day by day?

e. Why is the beauty of the crop fields spoiled?

Answer:

2. a. When people find no land to build a house on many people will live on trees and on the floating boats in the rivers.

b. The reason is that our land is fixed while our population is increasing rapidly.

c. If our population grows at the present rate, a day will come when many people will find no land to build a house on.

d. Houses and factories are being built and it makes our land shrink day by day.

e. The beauty of the crop fields is spoiled by the unplanned houses built here and there.

3. Fill in each gap with a suitable word of your own based on the information in the text. 0.5×10=5

i. To control the number of (a)___ is absolutely (b)___ The Muslim scientists and the (c)___ famous philosophers opine that the world (d)___ is up to the (e)___ Lord. Man, being a noble (f)___ of the (g)___. Can never (h)___ any role in this regard. What is (i)___ must come. Yet, we should (j)___ to control it.

Answer:

3. i. (a) population; (b) impossible; (c) world; (d) management; (e) Almighty; (f) creation; (g) Creator; (h) play; (I) destined; (j) try.

4. Complete the table below with information from the passage. 1×5=5

Benjamin Franklin was born in America in 1706. He could not study much as his family was poor. He started working in press. He was a very skilled press worker. He became rich by dint of hard work. Then he began to practice science. He was very interested in electricity research. He was a post master general in 1753. He died in 1790.

Henry Cavendish was born in England in 1731. He is a great scientist who invented oxygen in 1774. He was politically very conscious. He joined French Revolution. He became a professor of chemistry in Pencilvenia University. He worked with many branches of knowledge such as Political science, history and philosophy besides chemistry and physics. he died in 1804.

Names	Franklin	Cavendish
Country/City	(a) ―	(b) ―
Birth year	1706	(c) ―
Profession/Achievement	(d) ―	Scientist
Death year	(e) ―	1804

Answer:

4. (a) America, (b) England, (c) 1731, (d) Scientist, (e) 1790.

5. Write a summary of the passage in no more than 90 to 100 words. 10

Answer:

5. American scientist Benjamin Franklin was born in a poor family. He became rich by dint of hard work. He was very interested in electricity research. Henry Cavendish who invented oxygen was born in England. He worked with many branches of knowledge.

6. Match the parts of sentences given in column ‘A’ and column ‘B’ to write five complete sentence. There are more parts of sentences in column ‘B’ than required. 1×5=5

Column A	Column B
a. The full name of Interpol	i. is the place where the first head office was established
b. Venna	ii. where the head office of the Interpol was shifted.
c. John Scober	iii. was the first President of Interpol.
d. Paris is the place	iv. 55 countries became its member.
e. By 1955,	v. is International Criminal Police
	vi. was the founder of Interpol.
	vii. International police crime.