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Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord".<br />
"And is mine one" said Abou "Nay, not so",<br />
Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,<br />
But cheerful still; and said, I pray thee then,<br />
Write me as one that loves his fellow men.<br />
The angel wrote and vanished.<br />
The next night<br />
It came again with a great wakening light,<br />
And showed the names whom love of<br />
God had blest,<br />
And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.<br />
Fill in the blanks with one word only to complete the following summary<br />
of the poem. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct<br />
blank number :<br />
12×½=6<br />
One night Abou Ben Adhem (a) __________________ up from his peaceful<br />
dream and an (b) __________________ who was writing something in a<br />
book of (c) __________________. Abou went up to him and asked what he<br />
was writing. The stranger gave him a (d) __________________ look and<br />
answered that he was writing the names of those people who (e)<br />
__________________ God. Abou asked him curiously if his name was also<br />
there in the list. But the angel replied in (b) __________________. Abou felt<br />
sad for sometime but then he told the angel to write his name in the list of<br />
those people who loved their (g) __________________. The angel wrote<br />
something and (h) __________________. The next night, the angel visited<br />
Abou again with a great wakening (i) __________________ and showed him<br />
the (j) __________________ of these who had been (k) __________________ by<br />
God. Abou was surprised to see that his name was on the<br />
(l) __________________ of the list as he loved everyone.<br />
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3. Read the following passage :<br />
FEATHERED WATCHMAN<br />
1. Black Drongo is a very common breeding resident of Haryana, found<br />
in open areas, wetlands and near cultivation. This is a glossy black<br />
bird with a long deeply forked tail. These birds are quite agile in<br />
flight.<br />
2. Drongos are renowned for their courage. A drongo will never allow<br />
any bird that eats eggs or hatchlings, to come near its nest. It fearlessly<br />
attacks birds bigger than itself; such as crows, hawks and even eagles<br />
if they dare come into its territory. Less aggressive birds like the oriole<br />
feel safe if they have a drongo as a neighbour. So one can often find<br />
an oriole's nest in close proximity to that of a drango's.<br />
<strong>VIII</strong>-<strong>ENGLISH</strong> <strong>COURSE</strong> - "A"<br />
(3)