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AFAC English School and Jr. College Chembur Mumbai 71, English Preliminary Exam January 2022, Std. XII (HSC), Marks:- 80 Marks, Important Instructions :, 1), Еach, activities, has, be, answered, in complete, to, sentence/sentences. Answers written in the only one word will not be, given complete credit. Only the correct activity number written in, case of options will not be given any credit., 2), Web diagrams flow charts, tables etc. are to be presented exactly, as they are with answers., 3), In point 2 above, only the words written without the, presentation of activity format /design, will not be given credit. Use of, colour pens/pencils etc. is not allowed (Only blue/black pens are are, allowed), 4), Multiple answers to the same activity will be treated as wrong, and will not be given any credit., 5), Maintain the sequence of the Section/Question Nos./Activities, throughout the activity sheet., SECTION-I PROSE, Reading for Comprehension, Language study, Summary and Mind Mapping, Q1 Read the extract and complete the activities given below it., Punctually at midday he opened his bag and spread out his

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professional equipment, which consisted of a dozen cowrie shells, a, square piece of cloth with obscure mystic charts on it, a notebook, and, a bundle of Palmyra writing. His forehead was resplendent (glorious), with sacred ash and vermilion, and his eyes sparkled with a sharp, abnormal gleam (shine) which was really an outcome of a continual, searching look for customers, but which his simple clients took to be a, prophetic light and felt comforted. The power of his eyes was, considerably enhanced by their position placed as they were between, the painted forehead and the dark whiskers (mustaches) which, streamed down his cheeks: even a half-wit's eyes would sparkle in, such a setting. To crown the effect he wound a saffron-coloured, turban around his head. This colour scheme never failed. People were, attracted to him as bees are attracted to cosmos or dahlia stalks. He sat, under the boughs of a spreading tamarind tree which flanked a path, running through the Town Hall Park. It was a remarkable place in, many ways. A surging crowd was always moving up and down this, narrow road from morning till night. A variety of trades and, occupations was represented all along its way : medicine sellers,, sellers of stolen hardware and junk, magicians, and above all, an, auctioneer of cheap cloth, who created enough din all day to attract, the whole town. Next to him in vociferousness came a vendor of fried, groundnut, who gave his ware a fancy name each day, calling it, "Bombay Ice Cream" one day and on the next "Delhi Almond," and, on the third "Raja's Delicacy," and so on and so forth, and people, flocked to him. A considerable portion of this crowd dallied before, the astrologer too. The astrologer transacted his business by the light, of a flare which crackled and smoked up above the groundnut heap, nearby. Half the enchantment of the place was due to the fact that it, did not have the benefit of municipal lighting. The place was lit up by, shop lights. One or two had hissing gaslights, some had naked flares, stuck on poles, some were lit up by old cycle lamps, and one or two,, like the astrologer, managed without lights of their own. It was a, bewildering crisscross of light rays and moving shadows. This suited

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the astrologer very well, for the simple reason that he had not in the, least intended to be an astrologer when he began life; and he knew no, more of what was going to happen to others than he knew what was, going to happen to himself next minute. He was as much a stranger to, the stars as were his innocent customers. Yet he said things which, pleased and astonished everyone: that was more a matter of study,, practice, and shrewd guesswork. All the same, it was as much an, honest man's labour as any other, and he deserved the wages he, carried home at the end of a day., A1. State if the given statements are True or False. (2), I. The astrologer used to have the preparation of his business in quite, professional way, II. The physical appearance of the astrologer hardly created an impact, on the customers., III. The place was busy with a variety of occupations., IV. The astrologer's style of handling the business lies in his skills., A2. Complete the given web. (2), Activities of, an, Astrologer

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A3. The astrologer was a shrewd judge of a character. Explain with some details, from the extract. (2), A4. We need to understand even the smallest details of the business in order to, succeed. Write your views. (2), A5. Do as directed. (2), 1) It was a remarkable place in many ways. (Choose correct alternative to, rewrite the given sentence as an exclamatory sentence), I., It was a remarkable place in many ways!, II., How a remarkable place in many ways it was!, III., What a remarkable place in many ways it was!, IV., What remarkable in many ways the place it was!, 2) He spread out his professional equipment, which consisted of a dozen cowrie, shells., (Choose correct alternative to rewrite the given sentence as a compound, sentence), I., He spread out his professional equipment but it consisted of a dozen, cowrie shells., II., He spread out his professional equipment and it consisted of a dozen, cowrie shells., Ш., He spread out his professional equipment that it consisted of a dozen, cowrie shells., IV., He spread out his professional equipment and it had consisted of a, dozen cowrie shells., A6. Find the synonyms for the following words from the passage. (2), a. Confusing, b. hanging around

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c. difficult to understand, d. magical effect, (B) Language Study (Non Textual Grammar), Do as directed., I., Use the correct articles and rewrite the sentence., Covid-19 is.... most dangerous disease the human race has ever witnes, in... world., II., Use the correct prepositions and rewrite the sentence., They enter........ the class.... marks and sanitizer., III., Choose the correct option for the indirect speech., She told him, "You should work hard to get good marks", IV spot the error and rewrite the correct sentence., I am liking to see movies at the theatre., Q 2 Read the extract and complete the activities given below it., The idea that coffee is bad for heart pops up periodically. It was found that, regularly drinking very strong coffee could sharply increase cholesterol levels., Researchers even isolated fatlike chemicals, cafestol and kahweol, responsible, for the rise., It turned out that the European brewing method-boiling water sits on the, coffee grounds for several minutes before straining, concentrations of cafestol and kahweol. By contrast, the filter and percolation, produces high, methods remove all but a trace of these chemicals. Moreover, the studies, involved large amounts of coffee-five to six cups a day. Moderate coffee, drinkers down only two cups., Research has also shown that regular, moderate coffee drinking does not, dangerously raise blood pressure. And studies have failed to substantiate fears