A2. Non-Verbal to Verbal : (5 marks) (alternative to A1)Observe the given Pie-chart on the time spent by the students in various activities and write a paragraph on it.[Pie chart: Study 40%, sleep 30%, entertainment 15%, others 10%, exercise 5%.]

How Students Spend Their Time

The pie-chart shows how a group of students spends its time among five activities. Study takes the largest share — 40 per cent — which shows that studies are the students’ first priority. Sleep comes next with 30 per cent, a healthy share that gives the body and mind rest for the next day’s work. Entertainment claims 15 per cent, and others (travelling, chores and so on) take 10 per cent. Exercise gets the smallest slice, only 5 per cent.

The chart therefore tells a mixed story. It is good that the students give four hours out of ten to study and three to sleep. But the fifteen per cent spent on entertainment is larger than the five per cent given to exercise, and a student who sits with books and screens all day soon grows weak and dull. If a little of the entertainment time were shifted to games and exercise, the students would be healthier and would probably study even better.