1. Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions that follow:- (A) "National awards like the Padmashri, The Padma Bhusan and the Padma Vibhushan were conferred on him. In 2001, Ustad Bismillah khan was awarded India's highest Civilian award the Bharat Ratna. With the coveted award resting on this chest and his cyes glinting with the happiness he said, " AllI would like to say is, Teach your children music, this is Hindustan's tradition even the west is now coming to learn ow music. Questions:- a) Name two national awards of India? 1 b) When did Bismillah receive the highest civilian award of India? 1 c) What did Bismillah Khan appeal to all Indians after he was awarded Bharat Ratna? 1 d) Find out the words from the passage which mean the following: 1+1=2 i) Custom ii) give (B) Evelyn Glennie's loss of hearing had been gradual. He mother remembers noticing something was wrong when the eight year old evelyn was waiting to play the piano. "They called her name and she did not move. I suddenly realised she had not heard, "Says Isabel Glennie. For quite a while Evelyn managed to conceal her growing deafness from friends and teachers'. But by the time she was eleven her marks had deteriorated and her headmistress urged her parents to take her to a specialist. It was then discovered that her hearing was severely impaired as a result of gradual nerve damage. They were advised that she should be fitted with hearing aids and sent to a school for the deaf. "Everything suddenly looked black,"says Evelyn Questions:- a) What did Evelyn's mother notice when she was waiting to play the piano? 1 b) What was told by Evelyn's hcadmistress to Evelyn's parents to do? 1 c) What was the result when the specialist examined Evelyn? 1 d) What was the name of Evelyn Glennie's mother? 1 e) Find a word in the passage that means 'hide'. 1 Tas directed:- 1x6=6​