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English Passage Board Exam SSC

Q.1. (C) Read the following passage and answer the questions given below : O tto Frank's vision of hope gave my husband and me the courage to become parents. We had two sons, Ethan and Jeese. My trip to Switzerland was the first time I had been away from them. The train was slowing. The conductor announced the stop and the doors flew open. I looked into the crowd and saw a man with a straight back and rugged face. Snow-white hair surrounded a balding head. A tall, elderly man, still strong and handsome. It was really him. Otto Frank. "Cara! At last!" he said warmly. I was actually hugging him. A real bearhug. Thank God. No formal handshakes or polite hellos. Suddenly a little shy, he put his arm in mine. Fritzi linked my other arm, and we walked off. When I stepped into the Frank's house, I felt that I was home. Otto took me into their little study. A pile of fresh mail lay stacked on his desk. He showed me wall-to-wall notebooks bursting with letters. Then Otto b

English SSC board exam

Q.1. (B) Read the following passage and answer the questions given below : T hat Monday at school, Keryn sat with her chin propped up on one hand. "You're looking very thoughtful today, Keryn," said her teacher, Mrs.Ngeru. As soon as she got home, Keryn hurried to her bedroom mirror. The spot was bigger. She could see it even when she stood right back from her mirror, against her bedroom wall. She took a book, curled up on the corner of the living room sofa, and tried to forget about her chin. She was still reading when her father came home from work half an hour later. "That's a nice little spot you've found there, love," he said. Keryn jumped up and slammed into her room. "What's the matter? What did I say?" She heard her father asking behind her. At dinner that night, Keryn said she didn't want any lemon meringue, thank you. She'd just have a raw carrot instead. "You want to be careful of those raw carrots," J

English Passage for board exam SSC

Q.1. (A) Read the following passage and answer the questions given below : K antabai Wali laughs heartily as she declares she is an ‘angutha chhap’ who cannot even sign her name. Yet as this woman from one of the most backward regions of Maharashtra expounds on her latest business venture, cattle rearing, she demonstrates her ease in the world of micro-financing and marketing. Kantabai is the president of the Nalanda Bachatghat Gat, a selfhelp group (SHG), that was loaned Rs. 4 lakh by the State Bank of Hyderabad in Parbhani. The money was shared among the 11 members of the group for various income-generating activities such as buffalo-rearing, goat-raising, welding, vermiculture and candle and aggarbatti making. Jayshree Pandurang Kamble, another recipient of the loan, sifts compost made from vermiculture through her fingers and announces that she will not only make a profit but carve out her own brand name. “I will not sell my compost to any company because no one will asso

SSC ENGLISH BOARD EXAM REVISION

Q.1. (A) Read the following passage and answer the questions given below : K antabai Wali laughs heartily as she declares she is an ‘angutha chhap’ who cannot even sign her name. Yet as this woman from one of the most backward regions of Maharashtra expounds on her latest business venture, cattle rearing, she demonstrates her ease in the world of micro-financing and marketing. Kantabai is the president of the Nalanda Bachatghat Gat, a selfhelp group (SHG), that was loaned Rs. 4 lakh by the State Bank of Hyderabad in Parbhani. The money was shared among the 11 members of the group for various income-generating activities such as buffalo-rearing, goat-raising, welding, vermiculture and candle and aggarbatti making. Jayshree Pandurang Kamble, another recipient of the loan, sifts compost made from vermiculture through her fingers and announces that she will not only make a profit but carve out her own brand name. “I will not sell my compost to any company because no one will asso