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Question Bank  Cycle Test – 1 (2015-16)

Std: VI

Subject: English

I.
Read the following passage carefully.
Have you heard people saying that the 'rupiah makes the world
go round? Do you know the story of the rupee?
The word rupee comes from the Sanskrit term ‘Rupya’ or ‘ Rupa’
which means silver. The very early coins before the second century BC,
were all made of silver but the coins were neither of any standard
weight nor had any face or value printed on them. It was Sher Shah
Suri who first gave the name “rupia” to the silver coins. In 1942 the silver
coin was replaced by a cupro-nickel coin for the first time.
Money was invented by man to get power but now money has
become more powerful than man. The more money a person has, the
more successful he is judged to be. A rich man is accepted by society
even if he is corrupt or evil.
Man works hard to earn more and more money and saves a lot
of it. He thinks that money will give him more freedom to enjoy himself.
He thinks he will not be anyone's slave but be his own master. But s oon
he becomes the slave of money. The more he has, the more he wants.
He is never satisfied with what he has got but always wants something
more even though he knows that in the end, he cannot carry anything
with him. Money can buy everything but it cannot buy peace or
happiness or a ticket to heaven.
Now answer the following questions by choosing the correct options
given below:
1. The early coins were made of...
a. copper
b. gold
c. silver
d. lead
PODAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (CBSE)
Question Bank  Cycle Test – 1 (2015-16)
Std: VI
Subject: English
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2. The cupro-nickel coins came into existence in the year ...
a. 1294
b. 1429
c. 1942
d. 1924
3. Today money is …
a. less powerful than man
b. equal to man
c. more powerful than man
d. none of the above
4. Society willingly accepts … from a rich man.
a. honesty
b. corruption
c. bribery
d. none of the above
5. The word satisfied can be replaced by…
a. contended
b. happy
c. fulfilled
d. overjoyed
II.
Writing:
1. Notice: Your school has planned an inter class debate competition.
Write a notice for the school notice-board informing students of the
competition giving details like date, time venue, contact person etc in
50-60 words.
2. You have to rush for your tuition class, and nobody is at home. Leave a
message for your mother informing her about the same.
3. Write a letter to your younger brother, who has got admission in a
hostel, emphasizing the importance of a good breakfast.
HINTS :
 Energy in the morning to perform
 Important meal
 Nutrition and health
 Never skip
 Will lead to fatigue
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III.
Grammar
Identify the dependent clause in the following sentences:
1. Amita knows that her friend donates to an orphanage every year.
a. Amita knows that her friend donates
b. to an orphanage every year
c. Amita knows
d. that her friend donates to an orphanage every year
2. After we had had lunch, we went back to work.
a. After we had had lunch
b. we went back to work
c. we went
d. we had had lunch
3. I'll be home tomorrow unless the plane is delayed for hours.
a. I'll be home tomorrow
b. unless the plane's delayed for hours.
c. is delayed for hours
d. I'll be home
4. It’s a film that should be seen by everyone.
a. It’s a film
b. that should be seen by everyone
c. should be seen
d. a film that
Fill in the blanks:
1. Sam along with his friends ______ visiting the museum today. (is / are)2. Neither of my two suitcases __________ adequate for this trip. (are/is)
3. The jury ____________ their seats in the courtroom. (take/ takes)4. Some of the grain ____________ gone bad. (has/was)
5. Kumar and his brother Rahul ___________ traveling across the country
next summer. (is/ are)
Give one word for:
1. a disease affecting many people at the same time.
a. curriculum
b. dormitory
c. epidemic
d. foreigner
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2. a person who journeys on foot/by walking
a. mane
b. pedestrian
c. pitch
d. spectators
3. boys and girls between ages of 12 to19
a. pitch
b. spectators
c. teenagers
d. veteran
4. the long hair on the neck of a lion or horse
a. monotonous
b. nostalgia
c. omniscient
d. mane
5. a course of study in a school, college or university
a. author
b. barrack
c. curriculum
d. dormitory
What part of speech is the underlined word:
1. She woke up early in the morning.
a. adverb
b. interjection
c. adjective
d. noun
2. We had a breakfast at a café near the rail station.
a. adverb
b. interjection
c. adjective
d. noun
3. My friend said, "Oh! What a cold weather!"
a. adverb
b. interjection
c. adjective
d. noun
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4. She went to the market and bought some eggs.
a. adverb
b. interjection
c. adjective
d. verb
5. I want to go now.
a. adverb
b. interjection
c. adjective
d. verb
Identify the type of noun of the underlined word.
1. I bought a shirt made of cotton for the party.
a. abstract noun
b. material noun
c. proper noun
d. collective noun
2. Honesty is the best policy.
a. common
b. proper
c. collective
d. abstract
3. Solomon was famous for his wisdom.
a. common
b. proper
c. collective
d. abstract
4. A committee of five was appointed.
a. common
b. proper
c. collective
d. abstract
5. James is a bright student.
a. common
b. proper
c. collective
d. abstract
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Give the plural forms of the following:
deer
a. deer
b. deers
c. deeres
d. deerous
ox
a. oxes
b. oxy
c. oxen
d. ox
postman
a. post mans
b. postsman
c. postmen
d. postmens
box
a. boxes
b. boxs
c. boxen
d. box
Identify the gender of the underlined noun:
1. The doe ran away as soon as I approached the stream.
a. masculine
b. feminine
c. neuter
d. common
2. The Baron of Hausberg expressed his gratitude.
a. masculine
b. feminine
c. neuter
d. common
3. I will attend my cousin’s wedding this weekend.
a. masculine
b. feminine
c. neuter
d. common
4. The books are on the shelf.
a. masculine
b. feminine
c. neuter
d. common
5. Sheila’s nephew is an athlete.
a. masculine
b. feminine
c. neuter
d. common
series
a. serieses
b. series
c. seriess
d. serial
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Fill in the blanks:
1. One who rides horses in races is called a ___________.
a. jockey
b. rider
c. driver
d. mercenary
2. One who foretells things by the stars, planets etc. is called a _________.
a. ambassador
b. archaeologist
c. astrologer
d. astronomer
3. One who sells sweets and pastries is called a _________.
a. astrologer
b. astronomer
c. confectioner
d. curator
4. A person incharge of a museum is called a _________.
a. confectioner
b. curator
c. drover
d. hawker
5. One who studies heavenly bodies is called a _________.
a. archaeologist
b. astrologer
c. astronomer
d. confectioner
Fill in the blanks:
a. The _______ is very good today. (whether/weather)
b. I can't _______ your gift. (accept/except)c. The _______ of our school is very tall. (principle/principal)d. This is the _______ time that I've told you about this. (forth/fourth)e. I love the _______ of fresh flowers. (order/odour)
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Literature
IV.
1. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow.
My eyes turned instinctively in that direction and I saw a figure leap
with great rapidity behind the trunk of a pine. What it was, whether
bear or man or monkey, I could not tell.
a. What did the narrator see as he turned his eyes?
b. Why was it difficult to recognise the thing?
c. Identify the word which means ‘with great speed’.
2. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow.
The wise men pondered and pondered and could not make a head
or tail of it, till one day, when the thing was lying on a window sill, a hen
flew in and pecked at it till she made a hole in it.
a. What were the wise men pondering about?
b. What happened when the thing was lying on the window sill?
c. Find the word which is an antonym for ‘foolish’.
3. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow.
For he led us, he said, to a joyous land,
Joining the town and just at hand,
Where waters gushed and fruit trees grew,
And flowers put forth a fairer hue.
a. Who is ‘he’ referred to in the extract?
b. Name and explain the figure of speech in the third line of the
stanza.
c. Write the word which is synonymous with ‘colour’.
4. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow.
“These to the printer,” I exclaimed,
And, in my humorous way,
I added, (as a trifling jest,)“There’ll be the devil to pay.”
a. Explain the line “There’ll be the devil to pay.”
b. Identify the rhyme scheme of the stanza. Give any one pair of
rhyming words.
c. Explain the phrase ‘a trifling jest’.
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V.
Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words each.
1. The Man from the Island
a. What convinced Jim that the creature flitting from tree to tree was
a man?
b. How did Ben Gunn come to be on the island?
c. Why do you think Jim is caught between going towards the
frightening island man and going back to the boat?
d. What was a horrible punishment among the buccaneers?
e. Why did Jim think that the man on the island was mad?
2. A Grain as Big as a Hen’s Egg
a. Why did the earth bear large sized grains in olden times and has
ceased to do so now?
b. How was the grandfather different from his son and grandson?
c. Could the learned men find out the what the thing was? What were
their suggestions?
d. Why was the grandfather healthier than both his son and his
grandson?
e. What was the king’s question to the old peasant who came first?
3. The Lame Boy’s Lament
a. What was the one important thing that the lame boy hoped to get
in the joyous land?
b. What kind of animals lived in the joyous land?
c. What do you understand from these lines?
‘My lame foot would be speedily cured,
The music stopped and I stood still,
And found myself outside the hill’
d. What kind of life does the lame boy lead now?
e. What strange things happen in the joyous land?
4. The Height of the Ridiculous
a. What effect did the poem have on Holmes’ servant?
b. Why is the poem called ‘The Height of the Ridiculous’?
c. What made the poet quit writing?
d. Explain the lines:
‘They were so queer, so very queer,
I laughed as I would die’
e. Name and explain the figure of speech in the following line:
‘I laughed as I would die’
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VI.
Answer the following questions in about 60 -80 words.
1. How did the crew desert the family?
2. Why did the Robinson Family decide to spend one more night on the
wrecked vessel?
3. Describe the narrow boat they built to get ashore.
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