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MODEL TEST PAPER 2

Time : 2 hours (Based on Chapters - 9 to 16) M. Marks : 60

Reading

A. Read the following passage and answer the following questions.
Puppetry is an ancient form of theatre and entertainment practised mostly in rural India. It
is, in fact, a combination of several art forms like sculpture, painting, designing, acting,
writing and music. It is an art which enchants children as well as adults.
A large variety of raw materials is used to create puppets. The famous puppets of
Rajasthan are made out of wood and are known as kathputli. Leather, papier-mache and
stuffed cloth are also frequently used to make puppets.

Puppets may be classified according to the material they are made from or the methods of
manipulating them, that is, the means used by the puppeteer to make the puppets move.
For example, hand puppets, string puppets, rod puppets and shadow theatre. In India,
puppets are regarded as divine and held in reverence by the puppeteer. After they
become old and worn out, they are not discarded but kept at home like ageing relatives.
The stories enacted by the puppets are influenced by the epics – Ramayana and
Mahabharata, the Panchtantra stories and glorious tales of past warriors and heroes.

The islands of Bali and Sumatra in Indonesia also have a rich tradition of puppetry. Japan
is famous for its puppet theatre called ‘Bunraku’ in which majestic dolls almost 150 cm
tall are animated and skilfully manipulated by several puppeteers.
1. Tick ( ) the correct option. 3 4

a. Kathputlis are puppets from ___________ .
i) Japan ii) Rajasthan iii) Indonesia iv) Sumatra
b. In India, old, worn-out puppets are ___________ .

i) discarded ii) neglected iii) worshipped iv) carefully kept
c. ‘Bunraku’ is a puppet theatre from ___________ .

i) Japan ii) Indonesia iii) India iv) Bali
d. In ‘Bunraku’, puppets may be almost ___________ tall.
i) 15 cm ii) 150 inches iii) 150 cm iv) 15 feet

2. Write for true and for false statements.T F 3
a. Puppetry is meant to entertain children.

b. Puppetry is a recent art form related to theatre developed in rural India.
c. Puppetry is popular in India as well as some other Asian countries.
3. Find the words from the passage which mean the following. 4

a. to throw away, to get rid of b. getting old
c. very often d. to produce an impact

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