JR- INTER apasy Date: 31-12-2020

Time: 3 Hrs J U N IO R C O L L E G E
Max. Marks: 100
Half Yearly Examinations
English–I-
Section – A-
I. Annotate any TWO of the following in about 100 words each. [2 x 4 = 8M]
a) No two British subjects speak exactly alike
b) Liberty is not a personal affair only, but a social contract
c) The strict regimen has to be maintained even outside the court
II. Annotate any TWO of the following in about 100 words each. [2 X 4 = 8M]
a) If it dies, we die as well
b) Your beauty wakens with the spring to kindle these pomegranate groves
c) I slowly took out the least little grain of corn and gave it to thee
III. Answer any TWO of the following questions in about 100 words each. [2 X 4 = 8M]
a) What are the precautions that the writer wants you to take while addressing the natives?
b) Explain with examples, what the rule of the road means
c) Kalam says, ‘My mother was a gentle, down-to-earth, pious women’. Elaborate with the
information provided in ‘My mother’
IV. Answer any TWO of the following questions in about 100 words each. [2 x 4 = 8M]
a) How can we all lend our hand to prevent nature from saying farewell?
b) How does the poet sing the glory of Golconda kings?
c) ‘I bitterly wept…….’. Why did he weep bitterly?
V. Answer any TWO of the following questions in about 100 words each. [2 X 4 = 8M]
a) What did Suren find in Sudhir’s hands? Describe it in detail
b) Describe the approach of the mother to the old man, who requested them to help him
c) What did Suren find out at Sudhir’s home about the medal?

Section - B-

VI. Read the following passage carefully and answer any FOUR questions given after it.
[4 X 1 = 4M]
Woman’s power personified? Yes, that’s what you feel once you see Ms. Karra Shashikala
Madhava Roddy – the symbol of determination and entrepreneurship. Fate was waiting to give her a
rude shock. In 2004 her husband died, leaving her with a 14 year old son to look after and a debt of 4.5
lakh rupees to clear. The helpless woman felt that suicide was the only solution. But determination
quickly look over. Help came from her brother Bhaskar Reddy and her parents but more from her inner
self in the form of confidence. She started farming, dairying, vermi-composting, biogas based power
generation, marketing purified water, organic farming, protecting cows, motivating women and
training farmers. While the number of awards she won runs into dozens, the fields in which she won
them are astonishingly wide ranging. Winning appreciation right from local bodies to the national
government, Karra Shashikala has grown from a helpless woman to the CEO off Sri Sai Madhava Agro
Producer company with plans to expand to sericulture and other fields.
Karra Shashikala was awarded the best farmer award on the occasion of the first anniversary of
Telangana formation Day on June 2nd, 2015.

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 Answer the following questions:
i) What is Karra Shashikala a symbol of?
ii) Which tragic event caused an upheaval in Shashikala’s life?
iii) What helped her to recover from her shock?
iv) She received several awards in many areas. Write true or false.
v) What are her proposed plans?
vi) Name the company of which Ms. K. Shashikala is the C.E.O.

VII. Read the following passage carefully and answer any FOUR questions given after it.
[4 X 1 = 4M]
Considered one of India’s most outstanding citadels, the 13 th century Golconda Fort was built
by the Kakatiya Kings and later switched hands and came into the possession of the Bahmani dynasty.
Still later, the Qutub Shahi dynasty took over, and it is to them and more specifically Mohammad Quli
Qutub Shah- That the Golconda fort owes much of its present grandeur. During the late 17 th century,
the fort was besieged by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, who finally gained control of it. The
Golconda Fort stands, magnificent and majestic, atop a 120mt high granite hill. The path up to the fort
was once a bustling market that sold everything from carpets to precious stones especially diamonds
and pearls. At the entrance is a colossal gate, its outside studded with long iron spikes, to deter
invading armies from battering it down.

Answer the following questions:

Section-C-

Note: Answers of this Section-C must be written at one place in the same serial order:
VIII. Fill in the blanks with a, an or the: [8 x ½ = 4M]
My growing up years are suffused with ____ memory of Rameswaram, and ___ two people who were
___ centre of my world then my father and mother. Ours was ____ middle-class family. My father had
his own small business besides being _____ imam of ____ mosque. My mother, Ashiamma, came from
___ family, one of whom had some time in ____ past been given ____ title of ‘Bahadur’ by ___ British.

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IX. Fill in the blanks with suitable Prepositions: [8 x ½ = 4M]

i) She was introduced _____ Karate _______ a tender age but she abandoned it when she was
told that, as part _____ the training, the instructor would run a motorbike ___her!

ii) The dream came true ____ 2012 when, ___ the London Olympics, Saina set a record ____
becoming the first Indian badminton player to win a medal ____ the Olympics.

iii) “I train ___ eight hours a day so I can play that one hour ____ a tournament ___ my peak
ability”.

X. Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of verbs give in brackets: [4 x 1 = 4M]

a) Liberty _____ (be) not a personal affair only, but a social contract.

b) It _____ (point) to her that the pavement ____ (be) a place for foot passengers.

c) If I _____ (choose) to go down the strand in a dressing-gown, with long hair and bare feet, who
____ (say) me nay?

XI. Rewrite any FOUR sentences as directed. [4 x 1 = 4M]

1. Can Sita punish Gita? (Change to Passive voice)

2. Sunil said to his daughter, “I will take care of you” (Change into indirect speech)

3. Let her complete the work (Change to Passive voice)

4. A computer works faster than the human brain (Positive)

5. Very few TV channels are as popular as ETV (Superlative)

6. Two roads diverged into an yellow woods, _______? (Question Tag)

XII. Supply the missing letters in EIGHT of the following words. [8 x 1 = 8M]

(i) S _ bj _ _ct (ii) Ex _ _ tly (iii) Gra _ _ ar (iv) Enq _ _ ry

(v) Co _ _ ittee (vi) Sl _ _ pless (vii) O _ _ ur (viii) Hu_ _ y

(ix) N _ _ ghbour (x) Tra _ _ ic.

XIII. Identify silent Consonants in any EIGHT of the following words: [8 x 1 = 8M]

1. Walk 2. Which 3. Midnight 4. Foreign

5. Ought 6. Answer 7. Close 8. Work

9. Eighty 10. News

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XIV. Identify Parts of speech in any EIGHT of the following underlined words: [8 x 1 = 8M]

I. There are Irish members, Scottish members, welsh members, Oxford University members
American members; all recognizable as such by their differences of speech.

II. If I were to speak to my wife at home as carefully as I am speaking to you, she should think that
I was going mad.

XV. Match any EIGHT of the following words in column A with their meaning in Column B:
[8 x 1 = 8M]
Column A Column B
(i) global ( ) (a) stop something from happening
(ii) spread ( ) (b) of the whole world
(iii) prevent ( ) (c) discussion
(iv) survive ( ) (d) get
(v) gain ( ) (e) continue to live; or exist
(vi) debate ( ) (f) cover/move in all directions
(vii) point out ( ) (g) move along, go along a path
(viii) walk down ( ) (h) to say something to anyone
(ix) in order that ( ) (i) freedom
(x) liberty ( ) (j) so that something can happen

XVI. Circle any FOUR of the words that sound different with regard to the sounds of bold
letters: [4 x 1 = 4M]
1. Culture Gesture Context
2. Suggest Beggar Luggage
3. It If Diverge
4. Stout Out Would
5. Anger Danger Passenger
6. These Thousand Other

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