LESSON BASED ASSESSMENT UNIT TEST – 01
[ ‘A Hero’ & ‘Grandma Climbs a Tree’ ]
Subject: English Marks: 20
Class: 10th Timing: 45 minutes
I. Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions. Only one of them is correct. Choose the
correct alternative and write the complete answer along with its letter of alphabet. 3x1=3
1. Read the conversation and fill in the blank with the correct if clause, from the given alternatives:
Ravi: Did you get the bus?
Ganesh: Oh! I didn't
Ravi: If I had started early, I __________ got the bus
(A) wouldn’t have (B) would
(C) would have (D) will have
2. Read the conversation and choose the correct infinitive:
Swami's granny used to tell him a story every night before he slept.
(A) tell (B) to tell
(C) used to (D) slept
3. Choose the appropriate question tag and fill in the blanks:
Something has bitten me, ________?
(A) haven’t it (B) hasn’t it
(C) aren’t it (D) don't it
II. Do as directed. 2x1=2
4. Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition:
Congratulations were showered ________ Swami.
5. Fill in the blank choosing the appropriate words given in brackets:
Father made Swami to sleep ______ (alone / a loan) in his office.
III. Answer the following question in 2 - 3 sentences: 1x2=2
6. How was Swami honoured by his classmates, teacher and the headmaster?
IV. Answer the following questions in 5 - 6 sentences each: 2x3=6
7. What desperate attempts did Swami make to escape from his father?
8. How did grandma fulfil her wish in the poem ‘Grandma Climbs a tree”?
V. Read the extract and answer the questions given below. 1X3=3
9. “Why don't you join the police when you are grown up?”
a) Who gave this suggestion?
b) Why did he give the suggestion?
c) What did Swami want to become?
VI. Answer the following question in about 8-10 sentences: 1x4=4
10. “My grandmother was a genius,” says the poet. Justify your answer.
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KEY ANSWER
I.
1. (C) would have
2. (B) to tell
3. (B) hasn’t it
II.
4. on
5. alone
III.
6. Swmi's classmates looked at him with great respect. His teachers patted his back and felt very proud of
him. The Headmaster praised him as he was a true scout.
IV.
7. Swami made some desperate attempts to escape from his father. He tried to change the subject by
asking his father to join the cricket club. He requested his father to allow him to sleep in the office room
from the next month. He told his father that there were scorpions behind the law books in the office room.
8. In "Grandma Climbs a Tree," Grandma fulfils her wish by having a tree house built for her. After
recovery, she declares her desire for a tree-top home. Her son and grandson complies with her wish and,
with the poet's help, constructs a tree house where she can live and continue her tree-climbing activities.
V.
9.
a) police
b) Because Swami caught most notorious burglar.
c) Engine driver, railway guard or bus conductor.
VI.
10.
"Grandma Climbs a Tree" by Ruskin Bond is about a grandmother who loves climbing trees, even in old
age. Her family worries, but she refuses to stop. One day, she gets stuck in a tree and needs help to get
down. Forced to rest in bed, she feels unhappy and asks her son to build a treehouse. The poet and his
father build it, and the grandmother enjoys living there, happily sharing sherry with her grandson.
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