UNIT-VIII
8.
VINOBA - PORTRAIT SKETCH
I. Choose
the correct meaning of the words gien and write it in the space provided.
1. lumber(v) : wooden
planks move heavily and
noisily
move
silently move fast
2. Indulge(in) : interfere overlook the faults of
take
pleasure in
give
away to and satisfy (desires etc)
3. Targer : to
get tar total
aimed at any object
a
plan to strike
4. Ascetic : a
person belonging to Asia
a
preacher
one
who does not believe in the existence of God
a
person leading a severe simple life without ordinary pleasures
5. Seclusion : sacred not religious or
spiritual
living
away from others
living
in the company of others
6. Recluse : a
person who lives alone and avoids company
give
a clue once again
reckless
use
7. Susceptibility : suspicion
sensitive
points of one’s nature
being
hurt easily
being
easily influenced by feelings
8. Renunciation : act
of reciting Vedas
expression
of a theory
giving
up of all earthly possessions and connections
giving
oneself up for God
9. Denunciation : expression
of a theory supporting a
theory
saying
that a theory is wrong public
condemnation
10. Subtle : easily
perceptible difficult
to understand
easily
breakable meek
11. Apathetic : having
sympathies indifferent
different sick
12. Fervour : nice
smell high
fever
relish strong
warm feelings
13. Serenity : seriousness calmness
plainness harshness
14. Votive : willing a kind of
lamp
offer
in fulfilment of a vow likely to
vote for
15. Swerve : to
do service to to
say on oath
go
in a different path steadfast
16. Endorse : withdraw
support say something
against
put
an end to write
on the back of a document
17. trudge : run
over walk
steadily
move
to and fro climb up
18. misery : great
suffering greedy
feeling
prosperity miserliness
19. undeterred : not
determined not
declared
not
fulfilled not
discouraged
20. austere : simple
and plain miserly
extravagant unhappy
21. undererred : obstinate stubborn
fully
determined not
discouraged
22. emaciated : get
pale thin
and weak
to
lose weight to
get bent
23. obscure : simple and plain unnoticed
miserable unhappy
24. fervent : calm honest
submissive passionate
25. perishing : cool
and pleasant very
severe
encouraging influencing
II. Choose
the alternative that best fits in each blank and write your choice.
1. The
mangement of the factory fixed a ----------------- of 25 lakhs tons of cement. (limit, target, aim)
Ans
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2. The
factory failed to ----------------- its expected production on account of frequent strikes. (achieve, exceed,
come up)
3. He
--------------- at me for a time but he could not recognize me.
(stared,
blinked, saw)
4. He
had to meet with many obstacles in his way, but he stood -------------- (calm, undeterred, obstinate)
5. I
love -------------- television, but I have to write an urgent letter now.
(watching,
watchful, watched)
6. I
had always been -------------- in swimming.
(interested,
interest, interesting)
7. The
Land Gift’s was started in 1951.
(commission,
organisation, mission)
8. Vinoba
has acquired his strength through --------------
(renunciation, poverty, medicines)
9. Vinoba
took Gandhi’s words to ----------------- (ears,
mind, heart)
10. The
man’s real motive for the crime still remains ----------------
(obstinate, secure, obscure)
11. All
the teachers ---------------- me on my success.
(complimented,
complemented, considered)
12. Many
people do not agree with the Government’s -------- policy.
(economical,
economist, economic)
13. The
old people started -------------- due to biting cold last night.
(trembling,
shivering, shaking)
14. His
sad story was so --------------- that we started weeping.
(moving,
movable, immovable)
15. The
Earth’s natural resources are not unlimited, so we should stop their ------------------ use. (extraordinary, extravagant,
extraneous)
16. Four people were ________________ in the accident.
[
killed, murdered, assassinated ]
17. The minister _________________ to the
stricking workers to call off the strike
and come for negotiations.[ requested, appealed, exhorted ]
18. Only very __________________ children in my
class have seen the Taj Mahal.
[
some, little, few ]
19. The new medicine has had good
_______________ on the patient.
[
affect, effect, influence ]
20. The prisoner _______________ to give the
name of his accomplice.
[
rejected, declined, refused ]
III. Find
the wrongly spelt word in each of the following sets and write it correctly.
1. favoured undetered manufactured stirred Ans: ----------
2. common communist comical comerce Ans: ----------
3. subject forget tarjet budget Ans: ----------
4. protein fourteen rotine quarantineAns:
---------
5. brittle settle mettle suttle Ans: ----------
6. descent
dysentry sentry ascent Ans: ----------
7. organize paralise advise analyse Ans: ----------
8. seperate desperate narrate prostrate Ans: ----------
9. assault assausinate extract aspect Ans: ----------
10. peasants approach emphasis tommorow
Ans: ---------
11. patience renounce existance announce Ans:
---------
12. conjured devoted revealed uttared
Ans: ---------
13. sophisticated oudience disguise glimpse Ans: ---------
14. courteous crouched guidence pledge Ans:
--------
15. emaceated cultivated deserved summoned Ans: -------
16. violence conscience instence audience Ans: ----------
17. rollar collar dollar scholar Ans: ----------
18. offer differ afford reffuse Ans: ----------
19. staionery cutlery missionery misery Ans: ----------
20. renouns
enormous famous jealous Ans: ----------
V.
Find the word in each of the sets below in which the underlined part
of the word is pronounced in the same way as
in the sky word and write
it.
1. reserve serve restrict horse loose
2. fervour bound flavour arouse mourn
3. reverse rebel rebate rest reform
4. wealth weal steal bread meek
5. channel scholar chair psychology character
6. dysentery tyre bicycle cycle psyche
7. touch pounce bound courtesy doubt
8. groove dove love stove move
9. past taste paste caste chaste
10. village ragged gang gimmicks gem
11. sugar sweet curse devise pressure
12. bathe thorough thigh these thought
13. nature catching chemistry machine christ
14. dozen basic lessen listen music
15. affirm frighten bought roughage engage
16. enough plough ghost cough dough
17. echo chance machine choose character
18. move love groove stove dove
19. caste paste past feast test
20. first serve just lust list
VI. Find the word rhyming with the
key word given in the following
1. broad road trod bread hard
2. hair coir tear chair shire
3. dollar holder collar cooler polar
4. luck luke back struck duke
5. rain twine wine pain mean
6. crow above bough rove show
7. cue blew drew too few
8. bough laugh tough cough thou
9. five weave live dive give
10. burst first dust just trust
11. leaf cafe achieve knife chief
12. stuff cough bough laugh tough
13. licked parked marked picked wicked
14. near pair share liar deer
15. own crown gone loan soon
16. share dear layer bear mere
17. walk talk dark lake mark
18. death breath bathe faith bath
19. wonder render ponder plunder launder
20. leather rather lather gather feather
VII. In the following passages the end of each
sentence is not indicated.
Decide
where each sentence ends and write the last word followed by
(.)
or (?) or (!)
1. What
is Vinoba’s secret when I first met him six years ago his name was
known
to very few he livied in seclusion in a
village in Central India the
day
of my visit I remember was a day of perishing heat and dust.
A. ..............................................................................................................
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2. Well
said Holmes Is it not interesting asked Dr. Mortimer only to a
collector
of fairy tales.
A. ..............................................................................................................
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3. How
do you know that asked Holmes Because ash had dropped twice
from
his cigar Excellent. This is a colleague, Wats on after our own
heart
heart
A ..............................................................................................................
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12. Are
you crazy we will be late please walk fast we should not make a fool of ourselves
A. ..............................................................................................................
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13. How
interesting who gave you this news thank you for telling me.
A. ..............................................................................................................
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14. How
difficult it is we haven’t come across such a problem we don’t know
how to solve it can anyone tell us
how to solve it can anyone tell us
A. ..............................................................................................................
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15. Tomorrow
is a holiday really yes the Principal said so that’s great news
A. ..............................................................................................................
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VIII. Punctuate
and rewrite.
1. he
says if you would give up class hatred and truly work for the good
of
all i would be the first to join you
A. ..............................................................................................................
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2. if
you had four sons and a fifth was born he said would you not give
him
a share of your land treat me as your fifth son and give me my
share.
A. ..............................................................................................................
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3. if
you are interested in the job said my uncle do let me know
A. ..............................................................................................................
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4. you
mean that the thing is supernatural asked Holmes
A. ..............................................................................................................
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5. now
said Sir Henry can you tell me what this letter means and who
is
so interested in my affairs,
A. ..............................................................................................................
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6. How
long the snake is exclaimed the girl
A. ..............................................................................................................
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7. The
boy asked his mother can I come with you no way said the mother
A. ..............................................................................................................
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8. The
teacher raised her finger and warned no talking Ramesh cleared
his throat and said excuse me madam.
his throat and said excuse me madam.
A. ..............................................................................................................
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9. Come
with me she cried leave me alone he said
A. ..............................................................................................................
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10. Do
you know what made her say I’m going home now
A. ..............................................................................................................
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11. Are
we going out tonight he asked I don’t feel like it why don’t we go
tomorrow she asked
tomorrow she asked
A. ..............................................................................................................
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IX. Read
the sentence (a) and then complete the sentence (b) by using
the
ideas in (a)
1. a. It’s not until you look
inside the cart that you realize that Vinoba
is
leading a new kind of pilgrimage. (use only when)
b.
You realize ..............................................................................................................
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2. a.
He said to the landlords, “Treat me as one of your sons and give my
my share”
b.
He asked the landlords
.......................................................................
3. a.
Is it any wonder the peasants should hold him in veneration ?
b......................................................................................................
4. a.
His name was known to very few.
b.
Very few
.......................................................................................... 5. a.
He burned his certificates inspite of his mother’s horrified protests.
b.
Though
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6. a.
He encourages the landlord to make the donations bigger.
b.
The landlords ...................................................................................
7. a.
If was Gandhiji who first demonstrated the powerful effect of renun ciation .
b.
It was by gandhiji that
.....................................................................
8. a.
Despite official communist denunciation of his work, some leading
party
members have contributed land.
b.
Though the communists.
.................................................................
9. a.
Someone asked him if his work would succeed.
b.
Someone said to him “
....................................................................
10. a.
Inspite of his wide culture and learning, westerners might find him
less
easy to aproach than Gandhi.
b.
Though he ........................................................................................
11. a.
Reopen the case immediately
b.
Let
..................................................................................................
12. a.
He said to us “please wait here”.
b.
He requested
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13. a.
He resigned. This news came as a great surprise.
b.
The news
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14. a.
They threw off their shirts and jumped into the cannal.
b.
Throwing
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15. a.
She must work hard, or she will not get a good rank.
b.
Unless ...........................................................................................
16. a.
She was always careless in her work. They dismissed her.
(use-for-phrase)
b.
They
...........................................................................................
17. a.
I went to Hyderabad. I wanted to sit in the sun. (Question the reason)
b.
Why
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18. a.
I do not want to advise you. You are old enough to take your own
decision. (use now that)
decision. (use now that)
b. Now that
...........................................................................................
19. a.
The rain having stopped, the game was resumed. (Be less formal)
b.
After ...........................................................................................
20. a.
His mother died. He heard the news. He left at once.
b.
On hearing ..................................................................................
21. a.
A person gets rich by singing folk songs. He is called as a folk singer.
b.
A folk singer
...................................................................................
22. a. You should study hard. Your revision exams
are started.
b.
Now that ...........................................................................................
23. a.
The crowd was quite restless but the politician went on with his
speech.
speech.
b.
The politician went on
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24. a.
You should earn your livelihood, you are grown up.
b.
Now that
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25. a.
He is poor but generous.
b.
Though
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26. a.
“Why do you keep such a dog”? asked some of our relatives.
b.
Some of our relatives asked
...........................................................
27. a.
Rex was a good swimmer; he enjoyed being in water.
b.
Rex, who ...........................................................................................
28. a.
The country was prosperous, but the people did not have a peaceful
life.
life.
b.
Although ...........................................................................................
29. a.
You must settle this urgently. Otherwise there will be a strike.
b.
Unless
...........................................................................................
30. a.
I reached the railway station. The train arrived before that.
b.
When I
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X. Identify
the part of speech of each underlined word
1. This
ideal he has put quite literally into practice.
A. a.
.............. b. ................. . c. ..................... d. ......................... 2. When
he reached Hyderabad, he went
straight to a village.
a. ................ b. .................. c. ........................ d.
.........................
3. But
Vinoba is careful to canalise the flood of emotion.
A. a
................. b. ................... c
........................ d
.........................
4. Six years ago I met your brother at the station
a.................. b.................... c................. d................
5. To
the communists also Vinoba speaks words of affectione
a.................. b.................... c................. d................
6. He
rarely speaks of Gandhi in public
a.................. b.................... c................. d................
XI. Re write the following sentences
making the necessary corrections.
1. My
father will get me a nice pen when he will go to Madras next time
A. .............................................................................................................
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2. Neither
of the two are present.
A. .............................................................................................................
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3. When
I reached the bus stand, the bus already left.
A. .............................................................................................................
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4. I
cant’t prevent him to enter into the office.
A. .............................................................................................................
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5. One
of your friend have stolen my pen
A. .............................................................................................................
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6. He
told me that he will do the work ten days ago.
A. .............................................................................................................
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XII. Re write the following passages
making improvements you think
are necessary.
1. Whales cannot breathe under water. If
water gets into whale’s lungs,
the
whales would drown just as we would. When whales want to
brea
the, these animals come up to the surface of the water. These animals
draw in a breath of air. They go down again. Scientists say that whales were originally land animals.
Scientists say that whales later learnt
to live in sea.
A. .............................................................................................................
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2. Long ago there lived a poor tailor. He
lived in the city of Ujjain. His
name was Ramphal. Ramphal was very poor. So he had to live
and work
in
one little room. He was living there with his wife and three children.
These children fought with each other.
They made much noise. So
Ramphal
was not able to do his work peacerfully.
A. .............................................................................................................
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3. Sultan Giasuddin was a famous king.
Giasuddin ruled over the eastern
India. One day he was hunting. While
he was hunting, one of his
arrows killed a little boylittle boy
was the only son of a poor widow. The
poor widow reported the matter to the
Magistrate. The Magistrate was’ known
as the Qazi.
A. .............................................................................................................
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