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II PUC
ENGLISH STUDY MATERIAL
* ALL CHAPTER NOTES
* CHAPERWISE QUESTIONS (1,4 & 6 MARKS)
* GRAMMAR PART ( Exam part)
* 31 MODEL QUESTION PAPERS

BY :
Mrs Usha Y B MA, M.PHIL, B.ED
LECTURER IN ENGLISH
SPURTHY PRE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
MARSUR GATE,CHANDAPUR-ANEKAL ROAD,
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UNIT 1
Romeo and Juliet
- William Shakespeare

One marks questions:

1. Who according to Romeo teaches the torches to burn bright?

Juliet
2. Romeo sees Juliet and says 'She doth teach the torches to burn bright' to what
does he next compare Juliet that shows her brightness?
Romeo compares Juliet to a precious jewel or a diamond ear ring that hangs in the ears of an African lady.
3. What does Romeo intend to do after the measure is done/dance is over?
He intends to dance with her or at least touch her hand in greeting and make his ugly hand blessed.
4. What had Romeo not seen until he met Juliet ?
He had not seen what true beauty was until he met Juliet.
5. What does Juliet ask the loving, black browed night to do?
She asks the loving black browed night to bring her Romeo to her.
6. Who will come gliding on the wings of night?
Romeo
7. How does Juliet want Romeo to be immortalized?
Juliet wants Romeo to be immortalized as stars in heaven
8. Why will be the world be in love with night?
Romeo will make the face of heaven so fine that the world will fall in love with night.
9. The phrase, 'teach the torches to burn bright' suggests
Juliet's beauty surpasses the brightness of light.
10. For earth too dear' this phrase suggests that
The lady's beauty is divine.'
11. The measure done', connotes
The completion of the dance organized by Lord Capulet.
12. The line, 'Did my heart love till now?' conveys
Romeo feels this is true love.
13. The phrase 'new snow', suggests
Description of Romeo's charm.
14. What do you think the phrase 'face of heaven' signifies?
The phrase 'face of heaven' signifies the moonlit night sky.
15. Who hosted a grand supper?
Lord Capulet
16. Name the two rival families of Verona.
The Montagues and the Capulets.
17. Why does Romeo attend the supper?
Romeo attends the supper with the intention of seeing Rosaline, withwhom he was in love.
18. Why does Romeo attend the supper in disguise?
Romeo, a Montague, being an enemy of the Capulets, had not been invited to the grand supper. As Romeo
was keen on seeing Rosaline, he attended the supper in disguise.
19. Who does Romeo see on the dance floor?
Romeo sees Juliet, the fourteen year old daughter of the Capulets, on the dance floor.
20. Who does Romeo fall in love with at the party?
Juliet.
21. By whose beauty is Romeo fascinated?
Romeo is fascinated by the beauty of Juliet, the only daughter of the capulets.
22. What does Romeo learn about Juliet after the dance?
Romeo comes to know that Juliet was the only daughter of the Capulets who were staunch enemies of the
Montagues.
23. What does Romeo mean when he praises Juliet as 'Beauty too much for use, for earth too dear'?
Romeo is so enchanted by Juliet's beauty that he says that she is too beautiful for this world and too beautiful
to die and be buried.
24. What is the metaphor Romeo uses in 'so shows a snowy dove trooping With crows' when he describes
Juliet?
Romeo uses the metaphor 'snowy dove' to describe Juliet.
25. What does Romeo mean when he says, 'I never saw true beauty till this night'?
Romeo feels that never before has he felt so much in love with someone so beautiful as Juliet.
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26. When does Juliet want Romeo to be set up in the heaven with the stars?
Juliet wants Romeo to be set up in the heaven with the stars forming a constellation in his image after her
death.
27. Why does Juliet call Romeo 'day in night'?
Juliet calls Romeo 'day in night' because his presence will shine out against the darkness.
28. Why will the people stop paying attention to the sun?
After being cut into little stars, Romeo will make the face of heaven so fine that the world will stop paying
attention to the sun
29. Who was Romeo?
A virtuous and well mannered youth of the Montagues family.
30.Who was Juliet?
She was the daughter of the Capulets.
II. Short paragraph Answer:

1. What similes does Romeo use to describe Juliet’s beauty?

Romeo is a virtuous and well mannered youth. He has developed a sentimental intense and passionate
love affair with Rosaline. He goes to attended a grand supper in disguised manner. By chance, there he
meets a fair beauty called Juliet. It was a pleasant shock to know that she was the daughter of the Capulets.
Romeo falls in love with Juliet for her rare charms and beauty. Shakespeare employs
courtly language or exaggerated language to describe the beauty of Juliet. Juliet looks so bright and
attractive and the brightness of her beauty can teach the torched to burn bright Romeo’s speech is filled with
the rare similes as to give an expression to his romantic and ideal love Juliet becomes the centre of
attraction. He compared Juliet to a rich African jewel. Her beauty is too rich for use and too dear for earth to
possess. Compared to the brightness and whiteness of her skin all other girls around her looked dull and
faded like the crows. Juliet’s beauty is true and permanent whereas the other girls beauty is showy and
artificial. Juliet is just in comparable in her looks, grace and charm. He would like to cherish this love
forever. The imagery of ‘Light and darkness’ helps to discover the intensity of his newly discovered love for
Juliet. Romeo finds it hard to accept the truth : Did my hearth love till now? He swears that he never saw
such a rare beauty till that night. Passionate expression of his intense love may look artificial but it becomes
a reality of his life.

2. How according to Juliet, would Romeo be immortalised to the world?

Juliet’s speech is one of the passionate speeches of the play. Juliet eagerly waits for Romeo to comes leap
into her arms. She is direct and frank, she takes delight in the descriptions of her bridal night. Since Cupid,
the Goddess of love is blind, she thinks that night is the best time for lovers to play their sport of love. The
falcon like Juliet is ready for the kill. Her invocation to right and the reparation of the word ‘come’ suites the
invocation. Her franks and violent imagery suggests Romeo’s sexual posture that he will lie upon the wings
of night. She addresses the night to give her Romeo.
Juliet relates Romeo to the star imagery that dominates the play from the first speech of the Chorus
‘cut into little stars’ is an idea that a famous hero becomes a star. Romeo is light to her. Romeo will make
darkness itself preferable to day and so also their love. The reinforces the idea that their love although in
dark isolation from the world is in reality brighter than the sun. Their ideal love becomes a model for others
to imitate. In order to prove the worth of true love all the lovers will be in love at night. However the sun’s
light is more brighter but the lovers will pay no worship to the bright sun. Around the sexual word play of
Juliet lies, her genuine love for Romeo.
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UNIT -2
TOO DEAR
- Leo Tolstoy
One marks question:

1. Where is the kingdom of Monaco?

The kingdom of Monaco lies on the shore of the Mediterranean sea near the borders of France and Italy
2. On the shores of which sea is the kingdom of Monaco is located -
Mediterranean sea
3. What is the population of Monaco?
Seven thousand inhabitants
4. If the kingdom of Monaco were divided among its inhabitants how much land would each inhabitant get?
Each inhabitant would get less than an acre.

5. How many men are there in the army of Monaco?

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Sixty men
6. What are the items on which tax is levied in Monaco?
Tobacco, wine and spirits, and poll-tax
7. Why was it hard for the Prince to feed his courtiers and officials and to keep himself?
As very few people in the kingdom drank and smoked the revenue from the taxes on tobacco and on wine
and spirits was insufficient for the Prince to feed his courtiers and officials and to keep himself.
8. What was the new and special source of revenue found by the king?
Gaming house.
9. What did people play in the gaming house?
Roulette
10. How did the king of Monaco supplement the kingdom's revenue?
He supplemented the kingdoms revenue by keeping to himself the monopoly of the gaming business.
11. What did the king of Monaco consider dirty business?
Gambling
12. Why were the German sovereigns forbidden from keepinggaming houses? Why?
Gaming houses run by German sovereigns did a great deal of harm to the people. Many a time gamblers
who lost their money in the German gaming houses, out of despair they drowned or shot themselves.
13. What proverb does the writer mention to justify the dirty business of gambling?
“You can't earn stone palaces by honest labour'
14. In what way does the Prince of Monaco hold his court with all the ceremony of a real king?
The Prince of Monaco had his coronation, and his levees. He also gave rewards, and awarded sentences and
pardons. He also held reviews, councils, laws and courts of justice.
15. What unusual crime was committed in the kingdom of Monaco?
A murder
16. In what manner was the criminal condemned to be executed?
The criminal was condemned to be executed by an executioner using a guillotine machine.
17. What was the hitch in the execution of the criminal?
The kingdom of Monaco did not have either a guillotine machine or a professional executioner.
18. How much did the French government expect from machine and an expert?
The French Government offered to lend a machine and an expert for a price of 16000 francs (16 thousand)
19. Who according to the council was a brother monarch?
The council of Monaco considered the king of Italy as a brother monarch. (Monarchic type of government)
20. How much did the Italian government demand for the execution?
It demanded 12000 francs(12 thousand) for lending the machine and the services of an executioner. It also
included the travelling expenses.
21. Why was the prince of Monaco unwilling to put an additional tax of two francs of the people?
Prince of Monaco was unwilling because the people wouldn't stand it and it may also cause a riot.
22. What reason did the soldiers give for not accepting to execute the criminal?
The council of ministers wanted one of the soldiers to cut off the criminals head in a rough and homely
fashion. But the soldiers said that they did not know how to do it and that was one thing that they had not been
taught.
23. What were the duties expected of the guard?
The guard was expected to watch the criminal and also to fetch his food from the palace kitchen.
24. The present plan is too expensive what is the present plan referred to by the prince?
The plan of keeping the murderer in prison and a guard to keep watch over him which was about 600 francs
a year.
25. On what condition did the criminal agree to leave the prison?
The criminal agreed to leave the prison on a condition that the king undertakes to pay his pension regularly
and received one-third of his annuity as advance from the prince .
26. What work did the prisoner do after being released from prison?
The prisoner bought a bit of land and started market –gardening.
II. Paragraph Answers:
1. Why does the king of Monaco resort to gambling business, despite knowing it is a dirty business.?
Monaco is a small kingdom there were only seven thousand inhabitants. Each of them wouldn’t get
an acre of land. It is a toy kingdom and it has a real kinglet. The king has a palace , courtiers and ministers,
bishop, generals and an army. There are also taxes on tobacco, wine, spirits and pol tax. The prince found
hard to feed his courtiers and officials. He had to find a new and special source of revenue to keep the
courtiers and other officials. The special income came from a gaming house where people plated roulette.
The gaming house keeper has to pay a large sum to the prince as it is the only gambling establishment left in
Europe. Although it caused a lot of harm to the gamblers, yet there was no one to stop the prince of Monaco.
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2. How did the king’s jurymen conduct the case of the offender?
Although gambling s the worst means to earn the revenue yet the king of Monaco remained with the
monopoly of the business. The king drew ‘a revenue’ from tobacco on wine and spirits. He lived and held
his court with all the ceremony of a real king. There were levees, rewards, sentences, pardons and councils.
There were laws, cells, courts of justice just like the other kings, but only on a smaller scale.
It so happened that a murder was committed in this toy prince’s domains. Such a thing had not
happened before. The judges assembled and tried the case in the most judicial manner. The barristers and
jurymen argued and judged and at last they condemned the criminal to have his head cut off as the law
directs. They submitted the sentence to the prince. The king confirmed it and he ordered for his execution.
But the hitch in the matter was that they had neither a guillotine for cutting the head off nor an executioner.
3. Why did the king of Manaco keep changing his mind in dealing with the criminal?
The judges and barristers condemned the criminal to have his head cut of as the law directs. The real
problem was they had neither a guillotine for cutting heads nor an executioner. The king decided to address
an inquiry to the French government asking whether the French could lend them a machine and an expert to
cut off the criminal’s head and what would be its cost. The French government replied that they could
supply a machine and the expert to execute him. It would cost 16000 francs. The king thought the wretch
was not worthy for the money. He wanted it to be cheaper, similar inquiry was sent to the Monarch of Italy.
The reply revealed that it would cost 12000 francs including travelling expenses. This was cheaper but the
king thought that the rascal was not worth the money. He would have to levy two more francs on the taxes.
But the king wanted it to be cheaper. Beside none of the soldiers were taught or trained to kill their own
kinsmen. Thus the king was forced to alter the death sentence to one of imprisonment for life.
4. Why was the criminal reluctant to go out of the prison?
The young criminal was put up in a small lock up there and placed a guard over him. The guard has to watch
the criminal and had to fetch his food from the palace kitchen. The king noticed an additional expenditure of
600 francs a year. The worst of it was the criminal was still young and healthy and he might live for more
than fifty years.
The king thought of a cheaper way to deal with the rascal was to dismiss the guard so that the fellow will
run away. On the contrary to their expectations, the criminal himself went to the prince’s palace kitchen to
fetch his own food. He took what was given him, returned to the prison and shut the door on himself and
stayed inside. He didn’t show the least sign of running away from the prison. He thought they have ruined
his character. Beside he had got out of the way of working and thus he was reluctant to run away from the
prison.
5. What were the reasons given by the criminal for not running away from the prison.?
The criminal did not run away from the prison even when the guard was taken off. He said that he had
no place to go. He complained that they have ruined his character by altering the death sentence. He had got
out of the way of working. They have treated him badly. Once they have sentenced him to death they ought
to have executed him. He did not complain when they converted death sentence into imprisonment for life.
Even when the guard was taken away he had to fetch his own food and h didn’t complain for it. He did not
agree to their idea to run away from that place. At least the council reflected and considered that the only
way to get rid of him was to offer him a pension. There is nothing else they would do for it. The sum fixed
was 600 francs to the prisoner as a pension.
6. How did the criminal lead his life after his release?
The teasing irony of the title of the story is that the criminal becomes ‘Too Dear’ to kings income. He
agreed to accept 600 francs pension on a condition that they must pay him regularly. He received one third
of his annuity in advance and he left the kings domains.
He emigrated and settled just across the king’s domain. He brought a bit of land and started market-
gardening and lived comfortably. He always goes at the proper time to draw his pension. He went to
gambling tables and spends two or three francs. Sometimes he won and lost and he returned home. He led a
peaceful life. He was lucky not to have committed the crime in a country which would either cut off his head
or to keep him in prison for life.

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3. On Children
Khalil Gibran
1. And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, ”Speak to us of children.” And he said:
Here 'he' Refers to The prophet
2. 'Your children are not your children' means
The children should have their own space.
3. They come through you, but are not from you' means
Though parents give birth to their children they do not own them
4. According to the prophet, what may be given to the children?
According to the prophet, only our love may be given to the children.
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5. Their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow' means
a. Children belong to the future.
6. Whom does the word bows refer to ?
Parents
7. What does the phrase ‘living arrows’ refer to?
Children
8. Who is the archer in the poem?
God
9. Whom does God use as his instrument to send living arrows to the earth?
God uses parents as his instrument
10. Why does god bend the parents with all his might?
God bends the parents with all his might to test them for stability andstrength so that the arrows (children)
that they shoot travel far and reach their destination.
11. What brings children to the earth?
Life's longing for itself brings children to the earth.
12. Why shouldn't parents give their thoughts to their children?
Parents should not give their thoughts to their children because thechildren have their own souls and a mind
of their own and are free to think for themselves.
13. Who dwell in the house of tomorrow?
Children.
Comprehension II
1. Why does the prophet categorically state 'Your Children are not your children'?
Khalil Gibran was a Lebanese American artist, poet and writer. 'On Children' is a selection from 'The Prophet'
published in 1923. The Prophet is one of the bestselling books of all time. The Prophet offers a critic of the usual
expectations of parents about their children and urges them to introspect. He states that a child's parents should not
becontrolling towards their child: rather they should give their children the opportunity to succeed on their own.
When it comes to child's thoughts and points of view, all that the child needs from his parents is never ending
support.
Your children are not your children” but many parents goad (pointed stick to drive cattle with compulsion)
their kids apparently without even sparing a glance as to what the child wishes or wants
“They come through you but not from you”
And though they are with you,
Yet they belong not to you”
This quote means that we are all God's children. We belong not to abeing on Earth. Rather we belong to the
man above. Some parents fail to realize this. They have come through us for a purpose of their own and some of
them are very different from their parents, in thoughts, attitudes, wishes etc
Kahlil says that they stay with you, but they do not belong to you. Each
one of us has to chart out our own paths and not one of us resembles the other. God and nature are so brilliant that
we cannot find even one fingerprint resembling another. Parents should love their children without binding them
with their own thoughts. Love is always divine and self less and free like bird.

2. What does the metaphor, bows and arrows signify with regard to parent children relationship?
Khalil Gibran was a Lebanese American artist, poet and writer. 'On
Children' is a selection from 'The Prophet' published in 1923. The Prophet' is one of the bestselling books of all time.
Kahlil Gibran's perspective on the issue of children is that a child's parents can only give them love so as to make
them confident to face all the challenges of life. But they cannot impose their thoughts. Parents can offer opinions as
choices but freewill or ultimate decision should be given to children. Parents should allow them to grow and
transcend
what personality they aspire. Parents should think that children areour future and the future cannot be stagnant with
the past.
The future can only be better and brighter because all beings(everybody) strive for perfection and that is not
possible with reference to the past because by focussing on the past, the present gets distorted.
Here Kahlil compares parents as bows, children as arrows and Archeras almighty. Bow has to stretch to
shoot the arrows. In the same manner parents have to stretch the limits of their thinking and living. The respect that
any adult gets, it should not be because of his age, but it should be because the next generation feels they deserve it
due to their thoughts which has become a foundation for their character and one day parents should look at them and
wonder, these were my thoughts but my child has surpassed (excelled) them and parents should hope to become like
their children.
Kahlil insist that is the day when any parent should be proud that theparenting has been good. No person
truly belongs to another, each person is unique. His fingerprints and mind is solely his own parents are the “bows”
that send the “arrows” of their children into future. Each is beloved to God who is their creator. The archer “God”
who cast the arrows wants it to go to a certain place; he really cannot make it go unless he holds the bow stable. So
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that the arrow will go the way he wants. In other words, parents need to be good stable role models for their children
if they want them to stick to the path of success.

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Unit 4
Everything I Need to Know I Learned un the Forest
- Vandana Shiva

COMPREHENSION: 1
1. From where did Vandana Shiva's Ecological journey start?
Vandana Shiva's ecological journey started in the forests of theHimalaya.
2. What were Vandana Shiva's parents?
Vandana Shiva's father was a conservator of forests and her mother was a farmer.
3. From where did Vandana gain her knowledge about ecology?
Vandana Shiva gained her knowledge about ecology from the ecosystems and forests of the Himalaya.
4. What was the Chipko movement?
It was a non-violent response led by peasant women to the large-scale deforestation that was taking place in
the Himalayan region.
5. To which region did Vandana belong?
Vandana belonged to the Garhwal Himalayan region.
6. What are the consequences of logging?
Logging leads to landslides and floods and scarcity of fodder, water and fuel.
7. What was the real value of forest, according to the women of Garhwal?
According to the women of Garhwal, the real value of forests was not the timber from a dead tree, but the
springs and streams, food for their cattle, and fuel for their hearths.
8. How did the women of Garhwal try to save the trees?
The women of Garhwal came out in defence of the forests. They declaredthat they would hug the trees, and
the loggers would have to kill them before killing the trees.
9. Who led the resistance against cutting down of trees in the Himalayan village of Adwani?
Bachni Devi
10. What did Vandana learn from the chipko movement?
Vandana learned about bio-diversity and bio-diversity based living economies, from the chipko movement.
11. What is Navdanya movement?
Navdanya is a movement for bio-diversity conservation and organic farming.
12. By whom and when was Navdanya movement started?
The Navdanya movement was started by Vandana Shiva in 1987.
13. When and where was the Navdanya farm started?
The Navdanya farm was started in 1994 in the Doon Valley.
14. Where is the Doon Valley located?
The Doon Valley is located in the lower elevation Himalayan region of Uttarakhand province.
15. Name the country that has recognized the 'Rights of Nature' inits constitution.
Ecuador
16. Name the country that has initiated the universal declaration of the rights of Mother Earth____________
Bolivia
17. Name the prominent South African environmentalistmentioned in the essay.
Cormac Cullinan
18. Who is called the father of modern science?
Francis Bacon
19. Where is Earth University located?
The Earth University is located at Navdanya, a bio-diversity farmlocated in the Doon Valley of the
Himalaya.
20. Name two of the most popular courses at the Earth University.
The 'A-Z of organic farming and Agro-ecology' and 'Gandhi and Globalisation' are two of the most popular courses
at the Earth University.
21. Who is the inspiration behind the Earth University?
The inspiration behind the Earth University is Rabindranath Tagore
22. What does 'Tapovan' mean?
It means 'Forest of Purity'.
23. In Tagore's writings what do the forests symbolize?
The universe

24. The end of consumerism and accumulation is the beginning of _______

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The joy of living
II. Paragraph Question:

1. How did the present women Bachni Devi put up resistance to the felling of tress?
In this thought provoking essay, Vandana Shiva recounts on how she learnt the concept of
environmentalist from the uneducated women of Garhwal. While the government officials and men were
ruthlessly cutting trees for logs, the women showed them that the trees and forests were living things and
they need to live with them. She learnt that diversity forms life in the forest and there is a need to accept
diversity as a principle of life.
The women revealed that logging led to landslides, floods, scarcity of water, fodder and fuel. Forest
provide springs and streams food for their cattle and fuel for their hearths. Bachni Devi led resistance against
her own husband who had obtained contract to cut trees. The women declared that the forests bear soil,
water, pure air and sustains the Earth and all she bears. She asserted her right to accept earth as her mother
and man must learn to live in harmony with nature.

2. Why is it important to go for the biodiversity intense farming?

The author Vandana Shiva learnt about diversity in the Himalayan forests and applied it to the production of bio
diversity in farms. She started saving seeds from farmer’s fields. She realised the importance of demonstration and
training for the farmers. She knew the failure to understand biodiversity is at the root of the impoverishment of
nature and culture. Thus in 1994, she started ‘ Navadanya Farm’ in the Doon Valley.
She has conserved and grows more than 630 varieties of rice, 150 varieties of wheat and hundreds of other
species. Bio diversity intensive farming produces more food and nutrition crisis in India. ‘Navadanya’ is the
movement for biodiversity conservation and organic farming. She has worked with farmers and set up more than 100
community seed banks across India. She has saved more than 3000 rice varieties. It has helped farmers to make a
transition from fossil fuel and chemical based mono cultures to bio diversity ecological system.

3. How does ‘harmony with nature’ help to reconnect ourselves with nature?
The author emphasises for the need to consider nature as our greatest teacher. Man in the name of science
and technology, globalization and urbanisation has upset the natural balance. We need to establish a strong
bondage with nature. We need to co-create with her and recognise the rights of nature in its constitution. In
April 2011, the United Nation’s General Assembly declared over the rights of the Mother Earth. Bolivian
Conference stressed for the ‘harmony with nature’ as part of the earth day Celebrations. The discussion
centred around the ways to transform systems based on domination of people over nature, men over women
and rich over poor into new systems based on partnership. The UN general secretary stressed on the
importance of reconnecting ourselves with nature. Ultimately environmentally destructive behaviour is the
result of a failure to recognise that human beings are inseparable part of nature. Any attempt to cause
damage and destruction to environment indirectly hints at causing severe damage to over selves. Any
separation from nature is at the root of disharmony with nature.
4. How does the concept of the Earth University teaches Earth Democracy?
Globalisation has intensified multiple crises. Hence we need to develop a saner outlook and attitude to
consider nature as the best teacher. The Earth University teaches the Earth Democracy. It is a freedom for all species
in nature to evolve within the web of life. Human beings have to accept freedom and responsibility to be the
members of the earth’s family and to recognise, to protect and to respect the rights of other species. It is a shift
towards Eco- centralism. Earth Democracy translates human rights to food and water to freedom from hunger and
thirst.
Earth university is located at Navdanya a biodiversity farm. All the participants learn to work with living seeds,
living oil and the web of life participants include teachers farmers and people from across the world. It advocate
organic farming and learning to live in harmony with nature. Man understands that the earth is gift of God and
belongs to all species. Earth Democracy teaches the principle of co-operation, harmony and live and let live as the
law of life.

5.“Conservation of diversity is crucial for the sustenance of both nature and human society” Discuss.
In this thought provoking essay, Vandana Shiva highlights on how she learnt the major ideas of a good life
from the forests. Forests are the source of life. They need to be conserved, preserved and protected for the
generations to come. She admits that she learnt all the major ideals of good life from the forests. She learnt diversity
of life forms and the need to accept diversity as the principle of life. She argues for the need to accept the Earth as
our Mother Earth and not as a raw material to be exploited. Man must learn to live in harmony with nature. She
asserts for Earth’s Democracy – in respecting the freedom of all species to live, to evolve together – ‘live and let
live’. She accords Tagore’s idea that the culture of the forest is the true Indian Culture. She asserts how forests teach
us the value of diversity, freedom and co-existence.

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The author recommends for Earth University which inspired Rabindranath Tagore most. He advocates that
we must take inspiration from nature so to create cultural renaissance n India. His school became a University
growing into one of India’s famous centres of learning. We need to discover the source of moral and spiritual
regeneration from nature. Man must learn from nature. Nature imparts lessons. Nature inspires, motivates, enchants
and enthrals man. Forests are the source of bliss. There is unity and renewal of life in nature. There is revival and
rejuvenation in the forest life. There is the unifying principle of Indian civilization. Diversity has inherent principle
of unity in it. we are united with the forest or nature through our relationship. Diversity without unity becomes the
source of contest and conflict. Unity without diversity becomes the ground for external control. Forest is the source
of life and a source of beauty and joy, of art and architecture, of harmony and perfection. It teaches us union and
compassion. It teaches enoughness as a principle of equity and how to enjoy the gifts of nature without accumulation
and exploitation. The end of consumerism and accumulation is the beginning of the joy of living which man has to
discover in his relationship with nature.

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UNIT 5
A SUNNY MORNING

1. Do you think Laura was a regular visitor to the park? What makes you think so?
Yes, Dona Laura was a regular visitor to the park. As soon as she enters the park she says that she is happy to be
there that morning. She says that she had feared that her seat would be occupied.
2. Why are Don Gonzalo and Laura annoyed with each other?
Dona Laura is annoyed with Don Gonzalo because despite her warning he scares away the birds which were feeding
on her crumbs in the park. Don Gonzalo is annoyed because she is complaining about some birds
which were feeding in a public park.
3. Dona Laura reads without her glasses as _____________
She knows every word by heart.
4. Gonzalo and Laura keep up humorous conversation becausethey______
Have the same temperament.
5. Laura and Gonzalo's friendly conservation begins with ___________
A pinch of snuff.
6. Gonzalo does not reveal his identity because
C. He looks grotesque and old.
7. Do you think Laura is an effective narrator?
Yes. I think Dona Laura is an effective narrator because when DonGonzalo asks her what she wishes to tell him
Dona Laura tells himclearly that he had scared away the birds which were feeding on hercrumbs.
8. Who had occupied Gonzalo's usual bench in the park?
Three priests.
9. Where is the park in the play 'A sunny morning' located?
Madrid.
10. What is the name of Laura's maid? How old is she?
Petra, she is twenty years old.
11. What does Don Gonzalo use to brush the dust from his shoes?
Don Gonzalo used his handkerchief to brush the dust from his shoes.
12. Where is one of the estates of Don Gonzalo located?
Aravaca.
13. Name the villa in Valencia where Dona Laura spent several seasons in her youth.
Dona Laura spent several seasons in a villa called Maricela in Valencia.
14. How is Dona Laura able to read the poem without her glasses?
She knows every word by heart.
15. Why does Don Gonzalo sit next to Dona Laura in the park?
He did not get any other bench to sit on.
16. Dona Laura does not reveal herself to Gonzalo because
Her appearance has changed a lot.
17. Why does Don Gonzalo decide not to reveal himself to Laura?
Don Gonzalo decides not to reveal himself to Laura because the shape ofhis body had changed and he had become
grotesque.
18. Why are a number of Spanish writers mentioned in the play?
In his conversation with Laura, Don Gonzalo tells her that he was agreat friend of Espronceda, Zorilla, Becquer, who
are well knownSpanish literary figures. Campoamor was also a Spanish realist poetand philosopher. Gonzalo
mentions their names probably to impressher. Secondly, the playwrights want to highlight Spanish literaryheritage.

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19. Who does Laura feed the bread crumbs?
A flock of pigeons
20. How old is Don Gonzalo?
Seventy years old (70)
21. What is the name of Gonzalo's servant?
JuanitO
22. What actually brings about peace between Laura and Gonzaloat the park-
A pinch of snuff
Paragraph Answer
1.Why do Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo spin fictitious storiesabout themselves?
A Sunny Morning by the Quintero brothers is a comedy. It tells the
storyof Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura, who were ardent lovers at their youngage. But their affair was not a
successful one as they had to part witheach other in life. They meet each other in a park in Madrid during theirold
age. An old woman Dona Laura enters the scene leaning upon thearms of her maid Petra. The woman is happy about
feeding pigeons withbread crumbs. It is at this point an old man enters with his attendant.The man is none other than
Don Gonzalo, who is seen irritated as hefinds no bench in the park to be vacant. Moreover the one that he usually
uses during his visit to the park is occupied by three priests.
Quite grudgingly he comes near Laura and shares her bench. Laura gets infuriated as the old man has tried to scare
the pigeons and shecalls him “an ill-natured man”. But after a few moments ofdisagreement, both of them have a
pinch of snuff and reconciles witheach other. Gonzalo says that he is from Valencia and to his surpriseLaura reveals
that she is from Maricela, where she lived in a villa.
Gonzalo is startled by the revelation and he says that he knows awoman named Laura Llorente who lived in a villa
there, who wasperhaps the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Both Laura andGonzalo realize that they were
young lovers once. But they pretend notto reveal their identities. Both spin fictitious stories because they thinkthat it
was not a good idea to reveal their identities at old age. Moreoverthey were married and Gonzalo was suffering from
gout. In order to hidetheir feelings for each other and to spend their remaining life in thesweet memories of the past
they both spin stories about themselves.

2. What do you know about the nature of Laura and Gonzalo from their conversation?
The play ‘A Sunny Morning’ takes place in a corner of a park in Madrid. Autumn season suggests old age Dona
Laura is a beautiful old white haired lady about seventy. She is cultured and sophisticated in her manners. Despite
her old age her mental faculties are unimpaired. She carries bread crumbs to feed the pigeons both Gonzalo and
Laura suffer from a sense of insecurity and loneliness. They need to have their own privacy in a public park. Laura
thought of Gonzalo as an ill natured man. She has a strong sense of disdain for him. Both of them are not willing to
accept their old age. Laura recognises Gonzalo and addresses him in an informal way. She expected him to wish her
good morning and he should have asked for her permission to sit on the bench which he doesn’t, both are possessive
and are grumbling at each other. She left the place not to please him, Mr Gonzalo lacked manners as he uses his
hand kerchief as a brush to his shoe. The lady expected him to be polite and well mannered. She recognises him as
her boyfriend once upon a time but she tried to pretend that she was a stranger.

3. What changes in their attitude do you notice between Laura and Gonzalo as they leave the park?
In the beginning, Laura and Gonzalo were attracted each other by their similar interests. Each tried to recognise
one another. Life is such precarious that it is hard to meet once upon a time lovers in a park. He remembered rightly
that the woman he loved was Laura Lorente who lived in a villa called Maricela. She was called the ‘Silver Maiden’.
She was ideal, fair as a lily and she had black hair and black eyes and sweet smile on her face. She was beautiful and
perfect. Everyone was captured by her sovereign beauty. The ways of God are strange & unpredictable. The gallant
lover she had couldn’t marry her. She was forced to get married to a merchant. There was a quarrel and dual between
the would be and the lover. The merchant was badly wounded in their fight and her lover was forced to leave the
town. Her lover never forget her. She never received his latters due to parental intervention. Gonzalo in despair
thought he lost his love to him forever. Hence he joined the army. He told her a lie that her lover met a glorious
death grasping the flag of Spain in whispering of his beloved Laura. She could not tell him that she got married two
years later. Fate is curious. They met by chance as strangers and discussed their own love story and conversed with
each other as if they were good old friends.

4. what do you think would have happened if Laura and Gonzalo had revealed their identity in the play, ‘A
Sunny Morning’?
Life has all sorts of paradoxes contradictions and unexpected twists and turns. The play ‘ A Sunny Morning’ is a
mixture of a romance and realism dealt in a comic way. Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo were lovers once upon a time.
Chance had brought the good old friends in a park. Although they conversed as strangers, yet in the course of the
play they were able to recognise each other as lovers. Both lied to one another. She was beautiful, perfect and
radiance to attract any body. Her gallant lover deserted her. When he came to know she was getting married to a
merchant Gonzalo revealed her lover as his cousin but in fact he was her lover. He lied that his met a glorious death
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in the army whispering the name of his beloved. She could make out of it was an atrocious lie. She too informed
Laura as her friend and she awaited news from his side. She wrote his name on the sand. A tide rose with a boom
and swept her out to sea. They cannot become lovers now as they have grown old. Human nature is unpredictable
and so also the human relations. There has been an attitudinal changes in them. Thus they can become good friends
and meet each other on a note of friendship alone. They can’t become lovers as lots of changes affected their tenure
of life and ways of living. It is a pleasant shock to meet a good old friend after a long time.

5. When does Dona Laura realise that Don Gonzalo is her former lover? What circumstances led to their
separation?
The play ‘A Sunny Morning’ is an one act play. It takes place on sunny autumn morning in a quite corner of a
park in Madrid.
Dona Laura, a graceful, white haired lady of about seventy years is feeding pigeons in the park. Don Gonzalo,
a gentleman of seventy years gouty and impatient. At first, both of them sense each other encroaching on their
private space. But after sharing a pinch of snuff both of them come to terms with each other. They talk about their
hometowns and other things of interest. Don Gonzalo revealed that he loved a woman in a villa Maricela who was
perhaps the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. He also revealed that the girl’s name was Laura Llorente. This
revelation of Gonzalo helped Laura to realise that he was her former lover.
Dona Laura was known in her locality as’ Silver Maiden’. She was as fair as lily with jet black hair and black
hair and black eyes. She was in love with Gonzalo- the gallant lover. He used to pass her house on horse back every
morning through the rose garden and tossed up flowers to her balcony which she caught. On his way back in the
afternoon, she would toss the flowers back to him. But Laura’s parents wanted her to get married to a merchant
whom she disliked.
Gonzalo and Laura loved each other during their youthful days. But their affairs was short loved. They were
separated by fate. There was a quarrel between Gonzalo and a suitor who was a merchant. In the duel between them,
the merchant was badly wounded and Gonzalo had to conceal himself for a few days. Later he fled from his home
town to Sevelle and then to Madrid. Even though he tried to communicate with Laura through letters and his
attempts failed. He then joined army and went to Africa. According to Gonzalo, his cousin was the lover of Laura
met with a glorious death in Africa. Laura waited for her beloved’s arrival for days months and a year. Then one day
she went to the sea shore wrote her lover’s name on the sand and sat down upon a rock. The tide rose to the rock and
swept her out to sea. There are the unrealistic stories narrated by Gonzalo and Laura respectively. But in reality, after
three month Gonzalo ran off to Paris with a ballet dancer, and Laura on the other hand, got married after two years.
Thus the play presents the intricacies of human relations and the attitudinal changes brought out by the
unexpected circumstances. The play is known for deftly woven plot and artistic presentation of characterization.

UNIT 6
WHEN YOU ARE OLD

I . ONE MARKS QUESTION:

1.When does the poet want the lady to take down his book and read?
When she is grown old
2. who is the poet addressing in the poem ‘when you are old’?
The woman that he has admired in his life.
3. What does the word ‘book’ refers to in the poem?
Book of poem
4. what does the word ‘glad grace’ refer to in the poem?
Many loved her physical beauty with the passage of time.
5. In the poem ‘when you are old’ , what does ‘ the pilgrim soul’ refer to ?
Soul which is immoral.
6. Who loved the pilgrim soul in her?
Poet/ W.B. Yeats
7. What does the phrase ‘ Your changing face’ suggest?
Changes in her physical beauty with the passage of time.
8. What does the expression ‘love fled’ connotes?
The death of the man who loved her.
9. Where is the poet now?
He is gone and he is upon the mountains, amid crowds of stars.
10. By referring the soft looks her eyes had once, what does the poet want her to remember?
She is no longer youthful and she is now old and gray.

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II. Paragraph Answer:

1.How does Yeats blend the transient nature of beauty as against permanence of love in his poem, ‘ When you
are old’ ?
W.B. Yeats is one of the intense and passionate love poets of the world. ‘When you are old’ is a sonnet which
vividly presents different aspects of love. Love can’t be called love unless it goes beyond the physical attraction.
True love has a grace charm radiance and intensity to go beyond fascination and passion.
Old age is the best period for one to introspect on life and its varied facets. Thus the speaker imagines his
beloved in future when she is old. When she is old and grey she has to read his book of poems he has written. One
understands one’s youth better in the old age. When she reads his book slowly and intently she would think of the
soft looks her eyes had. She would recollect fondly how many lovers loved her physical beauty of the glad grace that
once she possessed them. She couldn’t distinguish between the true and false love. But she will remember the poet
who loved her not for her beauty but for her holy soul. He could make out her physical beauty is temporal and
impermanent. Love begins at the physical level makes them realise its transitariness. It makes them appreciate the
beauty of the soul which is stable and eternal. He loved her soul’s search for something meaningful. Soul’s world
makes him realise the limitations of the human body. She will remember the hidden face of the poet amid a crowd of
stars. Soul is opposed to everything in nature as it is beyond time and mutability and also is his love for his beloved.
Thus the poem enacts and endless quest after an ideal.

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Summary of the poem:

In W.B Yeats' poem "When You Are Old," narrator requests of a former lover to remember her youth and his love
for her. The poem tries to tell the tale of this unrequited love the narrative persona feels. Unrequited love is the
theme for this poem and is illustrated through a number of different techniques. There are three stanzas in the poem
and it is written in the form of an ode, it is written in second person addressing a subject. The poem flows very softly
which disguises some of the deeper, harsher meanings of the words. The poet's language changes as the poem
progresses from stanza to stanza. In his opening, he instructs an "old and gray" woman "full of sleep" to "slowly
read" a book of memories from her youth.
As he moves to the second stanza, Yeats reminds his former lover of her "glad grace" that was loved by many. He
tells her that many had loved her for her beauty ( “how many loved” her looks) and he alone ,who loved her for her
“pilgrim soul” and that he loved her even as she grew less beautiful and as she changed in time. The once warm and
reminiscent old woman is reminded of an eerie and faded love that was never fully resolved, a faded
love that may indicate a hidden feeling of remorse from the narrator. The tone shifts with the language as Yeats
describes the “sorrows”. Yeats calls the old woman to "Murmur a little sadly" about those former days now that he is
through with pacing “upon the mountains overhead" and has now hidden “his face amid a crowd of stars." These
details provide a peek into the narrator's torn-apart heart as he evokes from her memories how patiently he waited
for her as sorrows of Time wore . This poem is more of a spiritual context of love evolving to a higher love. There is
true love of the man for the woman but with his emphasis of her as a pilgrim or loving the pilgrim soul in her seems
as though he is expressing a love that has been converted from or has now the element of a higher love, a more
spiritual love.

"And paced upon the mountains overhead, And hid his face amid a crowd of stars" - meaning the passionate and
very human love he had for her became more selfless or spiritual with an emphasis on loving the pilgrim soul in
heror the part of her that was her true soul and had nothing to do with her beauty. The crowd of stars speaks of more
heavenly and eternal things. He hid his face amid a crowd of stars, meaning he hid his very human love and
loved her with a purer love. The whole poem speaks of a melancholic mood of loss both his and of the woman's. The
fact that his love for this woman was rejected and speaks of both the love and her in the past, present and future,
shows how determined he was to gain her love even if that love had changed.

This is an absolutely beautiful declaration of love and lost neatly wrapped in a poetic cloth. Although the rhythm in
which the poem was written makes it appear that it may have been specific to the woes of love in Yeats own person
life, it still has a very universal meaning for its readers. It is a simple reference to life, love and growth. It has been
stated by many philosophers and poets alike that, "It is at the end of a man's life that he realizes how foolish he was
at the beginning". This poem is a true testament to the often ignorance of young or new love which in many cases
may lead to its destruction. Old age is like the magnifying glasses of life. It is often in old age that you are left with
the memories of both the mistakes and successes of your youth. We must look at life with the eyes of truth and
realize that true love is a gift that should not be treated casually. Like any gift that is not
taken in, it goes to the one who accepts it. This poem offers a warning to its readers to be observant to true love and
what it can bring because love that is ignored and or not reciprocated can easily become a regret.

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UNIT 7
THE GARDENER

One marks questions:

1.what qualities of the old man impressed the narrator in the story ‘The Garden’ ?
He was well versed in agriculture and he was a labourer, overseer and philosopher.
2. Why did the owner of the garden become lethargic?
Because the garden improved and the plantation expanded.
3. why did the owner’s wife start worrying about the strange ways of her husband?
Her husband became lazy and shield away from hard work.
4. When did the old man decide to narrate his story?
When she was in a fix or worried about her husband’s ways
5. Why did the narrator say that his name was not Sangojibut Basavaiah?
He wanted to keep the identity of his rival in a secret.
6. Why does Tammanna consider his rival Basavaiah an importantpossession?
Because rivalry offers new possibilities of life for him.
7. what was the unique strategy employed by Tammanna to annihilate Basavaiah?
He composed all his experiences in the form of ballads and began to sing.
8. How did Tammanna reveal Basavaiah’s real nature?
His songs mentioned Basavaiah’s cruelty and meanness.
9. When did Basaviah’s house look dull and empty?
Without Tammanna’s books it looked dull and empty.
10. How did Basaviah live?
He lived for some kind of unbearable vengefulness.
11. Why did Basavaiah start inviting scholars and musicians to his place.?
To make his home with meaning.
12. What was Basavaiah’s ray of hope in his attempt to outwit Tammanna?
Tammanna’s disease was Basavaiah health.
13. What was another method Tammanna discovered to punish Basavaiah?
By his death
14. Why did Tammanna decide to give up everything and leave the place?
He wants to create an impression that he is dead.
15. Why does Tammanna forget his songs and ballads?
He avenges himself
16. What cannot man withstand according to Tammanna?
Strains like this.

II. Paragraph Answer:

1.What unique strategy was evolved by Tammanna to annihilate Basavaiah Completely?
Basavaiah forcibly acquired two hundred acres of Tammanna's land. A fence was built around that land. Tammanna
could not tolerate this invasion. Tammanna was advised by his supporters about the various means available for
getting back his land. There was the court of law.One could also take recourse to the police. If you did not want that,
there were many numbers of persons ready to attack Basavaiah. But Tammanna was in search of a method that could
annihilate Basavaiahcompletely. He hit upon the idea of composing all his experiences and Basavaiah's cruelty in the
form of ballads and singing them.

2. Why does Basavaiah start inviting scholars and musicians to his place?
Tammanna was in search of a method that could annihilate Basavaiah completely. He hit upon the idea of
composing all his experiences in the form of ballads and singing them. It brought him immense name and fame
which humiliated Basavaiah tremendously. So he bedecked himself with gold, diamonds and other precious stones
and started living in a palatial mansion. But the visitors to his house insisted him to buy Tammanna's book.
Therefore he started inviting scholar's poet and musicians to his place with the intention of defeating Tammanna.

3. What advice did the supporters of Tammanna give to get back his land?
P. Lankesh (1985-2000) is an Indian writer and journalist who wrote in the Kannada language. His first work was
'KereyaNeeranuKeregeChelli' a collection of short stories published in 1963. 'The Gardener' short story- translated
English version of 'Thotadavanu' it is translated into English by H.S.Raghavendra Rao. Though the story is initially
narrated by the author, Tammanna himself becomes the narrator later. Tammanna is the protagonist in the story. The
owner of the coconut plantation was quite normal. He was working very hard to improve his financial crisis.
Therefore, he was looking for someone who would help him.
Tammanna had one thousand acres and Basavaiah owned eight hundred. Basavaiah could not tolerate this. He sent
word to Tammannaasking him to sell two hundred acres.Tammanna did not agree. He was prepared to buy all the
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land that belonged to Basavaiah. Basavaiahwas mad with rage. He went along with his people and acquired two
hundred acres of Tammanna's land forcibly. A fence was built around that land. Tammanna could not tolerate this
invasion.
By now, the quarrel between these two had sucked in all their supporters. Tammanna was advised by his supporters
about thehundred acres. Tammanna did not agree. He was prepared to buy all the land that belonged to Basavaiah.
Basavaiah was mad with rage. He went along with his people and acquired two hundred acres of Tam manna's land
forcibly. A fence was built around that land. Tammannacould not tolerate this invasion.
By now, the quarrel between these two had sucked in all their supporters. Tammanna was advised by his supporters
about the various means available for getting back his land. There was the court of law. One could also take recourse
to the police. If you did not want that, there were many number of persons ready to attack Basavaiah.
Such a war had become virtually inevitable. But Tammanna was in search of a method that could annihilate
Basavaiah completely. He hit upon the idea of composing all his experiences in the form of ballads and singing
them. Now the rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaiahstarted moving away from things that were visible,
towards an invisible, abstract domain.

4. What strategies were used by Tammanna to destroy Basavaiah completely?

Basavaiah sent word to Tammanna asking him to sell two hundred acres. Tammanna did not agree. He was prepared
to buy all the land that belonged to Basavaiah. Basavaiah was mad with rage. He went along with his people and
acquired two hundred acres of Tammanna's land forcibly. A fence was built around that land. Tammanna could not
tolerate this invasion. By now, the quarrel between these two had sucked in all their supporters. Tammanna was
advised by his supporters about the various means available for getting back his land. There was the court of law.
One could also take recourse to the police. If he did not want that, there were many number of persons ready to
attack Basavaiah. Such a war had become virtually inevitable. But Tammanna was in search of a method that could
annihilate Basavaiah completely.
He hit upon the idea of composing all his experiences in the form of ballads and singing them. It brought him
immense name and fame which humiliated Basavaiah tremendously. So Basavaiah bedecked him with gold,
diamonds and other precious stones and started living in a palatial mansion. But the visitors to his house insisted him
to buy Tammanna'sbook .Therefore he started inviting scholar's poet and musicians to his place with the intention of
defeating Tammanna. Basavaiah got the news that Tammanna had fallen ill. This gave him a ray of hope that by
keeping himself healthy he could outwit Tammanna who was ill.
On contrary Tammanna decides to out beat his enemy so he renounces everything and settled in Chennarayapatana
and contemplated his death. As long as Tammanna was alive Basavaiah had a reason to live. Basavaiah died because
he had no reason to live. Until then both Basavaiah and Tammanna indulged in rivalry to satisfy their ego.
5.How did the narrator’s life change after the arrival of the old man?
The story ‘The Garden’ is a very popular story of a renowned kannada writer P.Lankesh. it high lights on the
strains relations of the rivals. The old man came to the narrator’s house when he was in need of a man to assist him.
He was useful and well versed in agriculture. He could understand the problem of the workers. The petty thefts in
the garden came to an end. The income in the garden improves drastically. He was a labourer, overseer and a
philosopher.
There was aperceptible change in the lifestyle of the owner. The plantation expanded and the owner became dull
and passive. He shied away from hard work. The owner’s wealth and social prestige had risen higher. He acquired
many friends in the town and the village. He led luxurious and comfortable life. His life was filled with colourful
events. He cultivated adultery and other vices. His ten acre land had grown beyond his imagination. His life was
getting out of his hand. His wife was worried and upset over the changes in the attitude of her husband.
6. ‘The rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaiah keeps moving from the visible domain to the invisible’ in
the story ‘The Gardener”. Comment.
P Lankesh has been a renowned poet and a prolific prose writers of kannada literature. The story ‘The Gardener’
provides new insight into the understanding of human nature. It has all variety and complexity human greed is
universal and unquenchable.
There developed unhealthy rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaiah over the possession of land. Both tried to
possess the land of the village. What look like a healthy competition reached a feverish pitch. As a result there was
no land left in the village for them to buy. All the land of the village belonged to either Thammanna or Basavaiah
had owned eight hundred acres of land. Basavaiah couldn’t tolerate it. He asked Tammanna to sell his two hundred
acres of land. When he didn’t want to sell it, he forcibly acquired Tammann’s two hundred acres of land.
Tammanna was advised by his supporters about the various means available for getting back his land. There was the
court of law. One could also take recourse to the police. If he did not want that, there were many number of persons
ready to attack Basavaiah. Such a war had become virtually inevitable. But Tammanna was in search of a method
that could annihilate Basavaiah completely.
He hit upon the idea of composing all his experiences in the form of ballads and singing them. It brought him
immense name and fame which humiliated Basavaiah tremendously. So Basavaiah bedecked him with gold,
diamonds and other precious stones and started living in a palatial mansion. But the visitors to his house insisted him
to buy Tammanna'sbook .Therefore he started inviting scholar's poet and musicians to his place with the intention of
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defeating Tammanna. Basavaiah got the news that Tammanna had fallen ill. This gave him a ray of hope that by
keeping himself healthy he could outwit Tammanna who was ill.
On contrary Tammanna decides to out beat his enemy so he renounces everything and settled in Chennarayapatana
and contemplated his death. As long as Tammanna was alive Basavaiah had a reason to live. Basavaiah died because
he had no reason to live. Until then both Basavaiah and Tammanna indulged in rivalry to satisfy their ego.
Man needs wealth, education, art and many other things. He also suffers from unbearable vengefulness and
unrestrained greed and unhealthy competitive spirit which makes man mean, cruel and unkind. But without these
vices people like Basavaiah has no reason for his existence. Rivalry between them can be comparable to the rivalry
among the nations. It can be comparable to the cold war situation, lack of trust and lack of belief and understanding
between America and Russia and between England and Germany. Each nation may try to give the otherwise
impression of the neighbouring nation. One might try to give false propaganda of other nation. Rivalry and
unhealthy competition continues not only between two people but also between two nations.
A nation like Russia told America that it was not it’s enemy and I have no reason to go for war against you. One
can understand the agony & boredom of America. A nation like America is capable of withstanding strains like this
but a human being cannot, such is the enigma of human nature. Human nature is so complex and unpredictable that
till the day of one goes on living or confronting one challenges or the other.

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UNIT 8
TO THE FOOT FROM ITS CHILD

1. What would the foot like to be?

The foot would like to be a butterfly or an apple.
2. The child's foot is not yet aware it's a foot' (line 1 of the poem) conveys.
b) The unrestricted nature of a child's imagination.
c) The child's ignorance of harsh realities.
3. What does time teach the child?
Time teaches the foot that it cannot fly and also cannot be a fruit bulging on the branch of a tree.
4. The line 'stones and bits of glass, streets, ladders and the paths in the rough earth'.
a) Hardships one has to face in life.
5. Term Opaque means not transparent
6. Why does the child's foot feel defeated?
The child's foot feels defeated because the outside world does not allow the child's foot to fulfil its dreams.
7. Which words convey the real experiences of the foot?
The words 'stones and bits of glass, streets, ladders, and the paths in the rough earth' convey the real experiences of
the child's foot.
8. “…. Condemned to live in a shoe” suggests that the foot is
a Prisoner
b. forced to give up its dreams
9. Identify some examples of the mundane activities of the adult.
The adult foot walks as the foot of either a man or woman working in the field as a farmer or agricultural labour, a
worker digging in the mines, or a grocer selling vegetables, fruit and groceries in the market or as a
government or church worker.
10. What does the line 'until the whole man chooses to stop' mean?
The line, 'until the whole man chooses to stop' means until the person dies.
11. What did the foot find when it descended underground?
When the foot descended underground it did not know that it had ceased to be a foot.
12. Why does the foot grow coarse and hard?
The foot, having been condemned to live in a shoe, starts walking like an adult facing the harsh realities of life. Its
relentless walking makes its foot grow coarse and hard.
13. What immediate effect did life in a shoe have on the foot?
As a prisoner in a shoe, it lost its touch with its counterpart and being enclosed in a shoe, felt out life like a blind
man groping in the dark.
14. What long-term effects did life in a shoe have on the foot?
The soft nails of quartz grew hard and changed themselves into opaque substance, hard as horn. Its tiny petal-like
toes grew bunched and out of trim, gradually took the form of eyeless reptiles, and later grew
Call used.
15. “But in time, stones and bits of glass, streets, ladders, and the paths in the rough earth” suggest the foot
experiences.
A. Reality.

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16. “But this blind thing walks/without respite…” 'Without respite' means
b. unceasingly
17. In the last stanza, the foot.
c. become an apple
18. The speaker in the poem is the
c. narrator
19. What does the 'shoe' represent in the poem?
The shoe represents societal norms and traditions by which one is bound or the framework given by society.
20. What is the journey of the child's foot compared to?
the journey of life.
21. What does the foot do throughout life?
Throughout its life, the foot keeps walking without rest. It walks as the foot of a man or a woman through fields,
mines, markets and ministries until death.
22. By the end of the poem, why has it ceased to be a foot?
By the end of the poem, the foot ceases to be a foot because the man dies.

Paragraph answer:
1.How can the foot fly or become and apple after it is buried?
Pablo Neruda is the pen name and later the legal name of the Chilean poet diplomat and politician Neftali Ricardo
Reyes Basoalto. The poet uses 'foot' as a metaphor for life and focuses on the changes seen in the
transition of an infant's foot into adulthood and finally death. Usually we consider 'foot' as physically belonging to a
person but Neruda sees in a philosophical way.
The foot' is a metaphor for 'life'. The poem focuses on the journey of a foot from childhood through adulthood and
finally death. In the initial stanzas it is very clear that the poet emphasizes on a child's foot which is
innocent and aspires to become an apple or a butterfly. Once the transition takes place, it grows up and is exposed to
the harsh realities of life. Over a period of time, It realizes that it is only a foot and serves throughout the life, until it
dies; It also realized that it cannot become afruit or a butterfly. Later when it dies and loses its human awareness,
it gets back its child- like innocence and starts dreaming of becoming an apple or a butterfly.

2. How does Neruda describe the busy life of the individual as represented by the foot?
Pablo Neruda is the pen name and later the legal name of the Chilean poet diplomat and politician Neftali Ricardo
Reyes Basoalto. The poet uses 'foot' as a metaphor for life and focuses on the changes seen in the
transition of an infant's foot into adulthood and finally death. Usually we consider 'foot' as physically belonging to a
person but Neruda sees in a philosophical way.
The poet uses 'foot' as a metaphor for his view of life. Life begins in infancy and in the poem, life begins as
an infant foot. The child's foot does not know that it is a foot. It starts walking over stones bits of glass,
streets, ladders and the rough surface of the earth. It realizes it is only a “foot” and cannot become a fruit or a
butterfly. Since it has to serve the role of a foot, it is imprisoned in a shoe. The child's foot as it grows old,
serves as the foot of a man or a woman, working in the fields or a woman working in the fields or market or mines or
ministries and work hard day and night until it dies. Thus, the freedom of the childhood is lost
when a person become an adult facing a life of constant work and struggle.

3. ‘Childs foot is not yet aware that it is a foot, and at the end the foot is unaware that it ceased to be foot’
How does the poet present ths idea in the poem?
Pablo Neruda very brilliantly describes the journey of a human being in the poem 'To The Foot From Its Child'. This
poem translated to English by Alastair Reid.
It mainly describes the human life's different stages from Fetus to childhood, childhood to adult age, adult age to
death and death to beyond death.
When child takes birth, its foot will not be awarethat it's a foot. It doesn't have any idea what it isexactly, mean time
it may feel that it likes to be abutterfly or an apple. But it is impossible because as it already takenbirth / life as a foot
(human). Later it comes to knowwith the help of time. Which tells it's physicaldevelopment, stones & bits of glass,
which representsthe problem, obstacles, difficulties of the life where asstreets represents which shows the way of life
andladders which helps to make growth in the life and allthese things make the foot to understand that it isneither a
butterfly nor an apple to fly or to bulge in thebranches.
Then the child was defeated by the problems or the things on the earth. Finally it falls in the battle of life and it
becomes a prisoner even it doesn't like or dislike. Why because it doesn't have any choice so even it has disappeared
to live in a shoe it has to live. Shoe not exactly stands for shoe but it stands for the
society on this earth.
How inside the shoe darkness will be there, like way the darkness of the society covers the foot (life) slowly and foot
grows on this world on its own way.
How a blind person leads his / her life in the darkness without having any proper image of the world like same way
foot leads its life.
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The foot's soft nails have been compared to quartz which is bunched together to fight against the problems /
obstacles of the society and to grow hard and later it changes themselves into opaque substances and it becomes hard
as horn by facing the different situations of the society. Like same way tiny petal toes of the child will turns hard
with the trim in the sense it will get more expensive in its life. Foot will take the place of eyeless reptiles with
triangular heads like worms.
Day by day the foot becomes callused / hard and it would be fully covered with faint volcanoes of death. Once we
take birth, death is hard truth for us and we have to accept it.
But this blind foot / life walks / moves without having a rest, it never stops for hours, one then other like
alternatively foot moves until it gets final rest in life. The foot may be of man's or woman's will get sorrows,
happiness and it greed's and walks through fields, mines, markets and ministries. Some time gets failure some time
success and once out of the home on the other side in a home of our own mind it moves, moves, moves…
This foot works hard, fights hard inside the shoes of society with its short span of time to feel and admire all the
love, affection, grudges etc, etc. foot walks, humans walk until he / she reaches his/ her own fixed destiny in
common. Later once it reaches its destiny it descends underground, unknowingly without having any awareness
about the outer world and again it is full of darkness.
Meantime, again it is not at all aware of the world and about its new rebirth. How in the beginning of life it feels, in
the same manner now also it may feel
or think that it may fly or it may become an apple.
Thus the poet Pablo Neruda fantastically pectoral’s the human's life from foetus to beyond death and in between we
have to face the all situations
without having any of our own goals.

UNIT 9
I BELIVE THAT BOOKS WILL NEVER DISAPPEAR
1. I was educated by my father's library' says Borges. He means
________.
He educated himself by reading on his own.
2. Why did Borges feel guilty about his mother?
Borges feels guilty about his mother because he was not happy in his lifeand hence he could not give her the
happiness she deserved.
3. According to the author, blindness is ________.
a resource
4. What according to Borges is the ultimate function of writing?
to preserve writing.
5. Why does Borges prefer to believe that he is not blind?
Borges prefers to believe that he is not blind because he wants to accept his blindness as a way of life and enjoy it.
6. Borges feels that when we read a book what matters is not the author's intention, but what sense weget out
of it.
True
7. When does the poetic act happen, according to Borges?
The poetic act happens when the poet writes it and the reader reads it.
8. What cannot be defined without oversimplifying it?
Poetry is something so intimate and essential that it cannot be defined without oversimplifying it.
9. Which is the most astounding invention of man?
Book
10. Who is the interviewer in 'I believe that books will neverdisappear?
Roberto Alifano
11. Mention any one of the things that Borges continued to do even after becoming blind.
Borges continued to buy books and went on filling his house with books, even after becoming blind.
12. When, according to Borges, would history and man disappear?
If books disappear
13. Who is Jorge Luis Borges?
Jorge Luis Borges was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator who became partially blind at
the age of 55.
14. How old was Borges at the time of the interview?
He was eighty-three years old
15. Which was the first book that Borges read?
Grimm's 'fairy tales' in an English version was the first book thatBorges read.
16. Who was Borges' mother?
Dona Leonor
17. What does 'AllesNaheWerd Fern' mean?

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'AllesNaheWerd Fern' mean 'All that is near becomes far'. Which is written by Goethe (Johann wolfgang von
Goethe)
18. Which famous library does Borges mention in his interview?
Borges mentions the Royal library of Alexandria in Egypt, in hisinterview.
19. When is a poet considered a failure?
A poet is considered a failure if one does not feel the poetic event upon reading it.
20. Name the metaphors that Borges considers essential in literature.
Borges considers Time and river, life and dreams, death and sleep, stars and eyes, and flowers and women as
metaphors essential in literature.
21. What would happen if books disappear?
If books disappear, surely history would disappear and along with thatmen would disappear.
22. How can we make eternal works?
We can make eternal works when we transmute our humiliation, misfortune, and discord.
23. Who is the writer of ‘The Odyssey’?
Homer, an Italian poet.
24. Name the author of 'Decline of the west'
Oswald Spengler, a German historian & philosopher.
25. How does Borges define poetry?
Borges defines poetry as the poetic act that takes place when the poet writes it and when the reader reads it.
26. What elicits the emotion in a poem?
Only precise words elicit the emotion in a poem.
Paragraph Answer:
1.Poetry is magical, mysterious and unexplainable'. How does Borges explain the strange aspect of poetry?
According to Borges, poetry is magical, mysterious and unexplainable event. It is an aesthetic act that takes place
when the poet writes it and when the reader reads it. Poetry is not the poem, for the poem he believes may be
nothing more than a series of symbols. Precise words which can elicit emotions add to the beauty of the poem along
with the usage of Metaphors like, 'time and river', 'life and dreams' , 'death and sleep' , 'stars and eyes' and 'flowers
and women'.
Poetry gives pleasure to the readers. It gives peace and happiness to those who are sad. It is an inspiration to those
who are discouraged. Poetry looks at the brighter side of the things and describes the beauty of nature.

2. What value does Borges see in literature? Why is it important for the future of mankind?
According to Borges, Literature is a dream, a controlled dream. He feels we owe almost everything to literature,
what we are and what we have been and also what we will be. Our past is nothing but a sequence of dreams. He
believes that there is no difference between dreaming and remembering the past. Literature to quote “Ever man feeds
it, ever man reads it. Time cannot age it and death cannot slay”. Literature is forever because its function is
irreplaceable. If books disappear then there would be no world to be interpreted.

3. What are Borges observation about his mother?

Jorge Luis Borges is a distinguished writer and he gives his own views on life, books and literature. He admits that
he was educated in his father’s library more than by schools or university. He reveals that his mother was an
extraordinary nary person and extremely kind towards him. He feels guilt for not have given her the deserved
happiness. He should have understood her better. Like all other children he had taken his mother for granted as
children do with the moon, sun and seasons. He feels bad for having abused her. He had not realised it before her
death. He thinks that his mother was intelligent and gracious woman and she had no enemies. He takes his blindness
not as a misfortune or humiliation but all that is given to him as raw material as clay, so that one may shape ones art.

4.What lessons did Borges learn from Goethe’s saying ‘All that is near
becomes far’?
Borges firmly believes that humiliation, misfortune discord were given to man to transmute them. One can overcome
one’s weakness and can actually make it a strength. The miserable circumstances of life can imbibe and inspire holy
thoughts. One can create eternal works that he aspires to be.
Goethe’s statement ‘All that is far becomes near’ refers to know misfortunes in life. Inspire new thoughts.
Goethe refers not only to the sunset but also to life. All things leave us. The visible world has moved away from our
eyes. But fortunately it has been replaced by other things. We have to accept the world as it is without regret, in
order to enjoy the things of the world better. We have to accept the world of reality as it is. Older world order is
replaced by the modern world order. He admits that he pretends that he is not blind and fills his house with books.

5.What are Borges views on books and poetry?

Borges accepts Bernard Shaw’s views, Every book worth being re-read has been written by the spirit. A book goes
beyond the author’s opinions and disagree with him on many issues. But book is sacred, something mortal and
magical and book brings happiness to its readers. But book is sacred, something mortal and magical and book brings
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happiness to its readers. Books deals with the past life also may have contemporary relevance. Books provide
knowledge, wisdom and keen sense of observation.
According to Borges poetry is so intimate and so essential Apperception of poetry requires aesthetics sense and
thus he defines poetry is not the poem but it has a series of symbols. Poetic act takes place when the poet writes it.
when the readers reads it and it happens slightly different manner. We become aware of the poetic act. Poetry is a
magical mysterious and it is unexplainable. But poetry is comprehensible to us. While reading a poem, if a reader
fails to sense the poetic act means the poet has failed to communicate his vision.

6. In what way do you think ‘Poetry is the aesthetic art’?

The poet has to use precise words to elicit the emotion. Words have magical and poetic quality. Poet has to use
such words in order to make poetry as the aesthetic art’ poet must use accurate and precise words. Words carry
emotive and referential meanings. The poet employs metaphors to communicate his poetic vision. All human
thought and emotions can well be expressed using five to six type of essential metaphors. Time and river, life and
dream, death and sleep, stars and eyes, flower and women are the essential metaphors used in poetry. Others are left
to ones whims and fancies. The poetstask is to discover metaphors, though they may already exist. Poetry gives us
real happiness. It ennobles, enchants, instructs and delights readers. Poetry is an expression of a ‘divine act’ poets
are founders of civil society and inventors of arts of life. As P.B. Shelley rightly points out that – “Poetry is the
record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and the best minds”.

7. Why does Borges say that the books will not disappear in spite of modern modes of communication.?
According to Borges, books will never disappear. Such a thing will not happen. Books are the creation of creative
minds. Creation of books involves an aesthetic act of appreciation of the world around them. Writer has an
experience to communicate to his readers. It involves creative use of imagination and fancy.
Although people speak of disappearance of books yet modern development in communications will never be
able to replace books. Book is the most exciting expression of creative act. Writing of great masters sensitivise our
minds and sharpen our intellect. Technologies are the extension of human bodies. Telephone is the extension of our
voice, telescope and microscope are thee extension of our sight. The sword and the plough are the extensions of our
arms. The book is an extension of our imagination. Literature is a controlled dream. Man cannot live without
dreaming and remembering. Books are the record of the great memories of all centuries. Books will never disappear
and if they disappear history and man will disappear. Thus Borges asserts that books will never disappear from the
universe.

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UNIT 10
HEAVEN IF YOU ARE NOT HERE ON EARTH
1. According to the poet 'heaven' is
On earth
2. Who creates 'heaven on earth'?
The man creates heaven on earth.
3. The poet finds God in
Nature
4. What does the line 'Heaven lies all over' suggest?
The line 'Heaven lies all over' suggests that the beauty of heaven lies in the splendour of harvest and the moonlit
night.
5. What are the different forms of heaven that make earth a
heaven?
The different forms of nature life the roaring stream, the rolling surf at the edge of waves, the tender sunshine, the
sun, the harvest and themoonlight make this earth a heaven.
6. Where does the tender sunshine lean?
The tender sunshine leans on gardens green with grass.
7. How does the poet create heaven on earth?
The poet creates heaven on earth by imbibing the beauty of nature and spilling the nectar of heaven, on the
earth, through his poetry.
8. How does the poet break the myth of heaven in the poem?
The poet considers concepts like 'God','nymphs' and 'heaven' as myths, which are not tangible entities but are only
figments of man's imagination. He says that if at all heaven exists it exists only on this earth. To break the myth of
heaven in man's mind he presents before us heavenly than these forms of nature. He makes a direct address to
nature and declares that if heaven does not exist on the earth where else can it be. He justifies his statement referring
to the streams, the waves, and the sunlight.
Comprehension II
1. Describe the beauty in nature that makes the earth a heavenly place
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2. Why does the poet feel that earth is more beautiful than heaven?
K.V. Puttappa is widely known by the pen name Kuvempu. He is the first among the eight recipients of the Jnanpith
Award for Kannada, also the second after M. GovindaPai among Kannada poets to be revered as 'Rashtrakavi', a
national Poet. He was conferred 'Padmavibushana' by Govt of India and has penned the State Anthem 'Jaya
BharataJananiyaTanujate'.
This poem is the English Version of 'SwargaveBhoomiyoliradireNeenu' written by Kuvempu and translated by Prof.
C Naganna. In this 14 lined poem, the poet addresses Heaven in the first two lines. He states that if Heaven does not
exist on Earth, where else can it be. One need not have to look for Heaven in the skies, when it exists here on earth
says the poet.
The poet tries to argue that the concepts like 'Heaven' 'God' and the 'Nymphs' are created by man. It is simply man's
imagination. Therefore, man himself is God and so also the heavenly nymphs. They are not elsewhere best here on
earth. The poet wants to dismiss the belief that God and nymphs live in heaven and people go to heaven after then
death and find the God and nymphs there.
In the next stanza , the poet describes 'the splendor of Nature' and makes us appreciate and enjoy the heavenly bliss,
when we are alive. When one looks at the streams roaring and leaping down from the top of the hills , the waves that
roll across the sea carrying surf at their edges, the tender rays of sunlight falling on verdant gardens and the gentle
sun warming up the earth reflect 'Heaven'.
The splendor of harvest and the moonlight nights creates a picture of 'Nature' in its pristine form The poet who
imbibes this heavenly bliss can spread the nectar of 'Heaven' through his poetry on the earth.
Natural things appear to be more beautiful than imaginary things. Therefore, the poet is of the opinion that 'Heaven'
exists only on the earth and nowhere else. The so called pleasures of heaven could be very well obtained on earth,
when one enjoys and experiences.

SUMMARY:

The 20th Century Kannada great poet Kuvempudescribes how heaven lies on earth not above the sky in one of his
poem's called 'Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth'. From past days what we believe about the heaven where it
lies somewhere above the sky where gods, goddesses or sinless creatures reside that is not the truth but heaven is no
where it lies in this earth only through our duties.
Kuvempu describes that heaven is nowhere else it lies on this earth only. It is in the hands of humans how they
behave. Here we ourselves are God if we won't become Gods we can't find any of the Gods on this earth. We have to
believe in ourselves as nymphs or as angels who stays with Gods. Or else nobody can be nymphs who can be with
Gods. Heaven is there on this earth with all beautiful things of this earth. It lies only in eyes and heart that how we
see and how we receive the things.
Heaven lies in the nature, where in the stream which rushes fast with its roaring sound along with the surf up to
edge of the waves. Heaven can be seen
when the tender sunshine fall on the beautiful gardens and when it shines for the sunlight. Mean time the whole earth
would be shined from the gentle sun overhere.
Heaven lies in the splendor of harvest and of the moonlight. Harvest and moonlight represents thegood deeds of
humans and from that only we can seethe heaven on this earth. Finally poet says that every individual can create his /
her own heaven through their deeds. Here poet creates his own way of heaven
through his writings by imbibing and spilling the song of nectar all over the world.
Thus, the heaven lies nowhere but it lies in us, in our deeds. Our deeds are going to make us get heaven. It is there in
our hand to make this earth so heaven.

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UNIT 12
THE VOTER
1.How do you say that Roof was a popular young man?
He had given his free will a bright future to guide his people in this difficult times.
2. Who was the chief of the People’ Alliance Party?
Marcus Ibe
3.Who could tell the mood and temper of the people at any given time?
Roof
4. Why was Marcus considered rich and powerful?
He had two long cars and he had built a biggest house.
5. Why did MarcurIbe wisely joined politics?
To avoid imminent dismissal arising from a female teacher complaint.
6. What had PAP promised to the electorates of umoufia?
Pipe borne water to the villagers.
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7. Why had Marcus Ibe left the good things of the capital & returned to his village?
He had enjoyed all the comforts of the city in his village.
8. What did the people demand for, after the feasting was over?
They demanded for more money for their votes.
9. What does the whispering campaign refer to?
Secret campaign
10. Why did Ezenve lifted the lamp a little?
To confirm the amount paid to each.
11. What does ‘fire wood’ refer to ?
To take the advantages of being a voter.
12. Mention the enemy that Roof had referred to?
Progressive organisation party formed by the tribes to save themselves.
13. What had the stranger come to ask from Roof?
He wanted Roof to accept 5 pounds of red notes & vote for Maduka.
14. Why did Roof put the first half of the ballet paper into Maduka’s box?
To keep his promise.
15. Why did Roof put the first half of the ballet paper into Maduka’s box?
He wanted to vote for Maduka.
16. What was the symbol of Marcus Ibe?
The car
17. What was the symbol of Maduka?
The man head.
18. Where does the story ‘voter’ take place?
In Umufia

Paragraph Answer:

1. What changes do you noticed in the attitude of the villagers before the second election? Why is it so?
The story ‘The Voter’ presents how democracy as a system of government evolved in the African context. It
also depicts the dilemma of a person involved in the electioneering process. It throws the light on the role of people
or electorate in the democratic set up. It present an insight into the individual and the behaviour of the mass.
Roof was in charge of the service of the Minister. He was a real expert in election campaigning all levels. He
could tell the mood and temper of the people. He had warned the Minister months ago over the radical changes that
had come into the thinking of Umufian people since the last election. Roof asked the villagers to support Marcus.
But the villagers had their own plans. But quite recently tribal people have formed POP to save their own political,
social cultural and religious freedom. Everything was going on according to Roof’s plan but a visit from the leader
of the POP created its own effect on Roof people wanted to vote for POP for a change.

2. What was the Justification for the formation of the POP?

Power has the tendency to corrupt human nature. ‘Absolute power corrupts absolutely’. In the last
election, people of Umuofia overwhelmingly supported people’s Alliance party and its leader Marcus Ibe.
Roof was the chief campaigner to bring PAP into power.
There has been a radical change in the attitude of the people. They had seen how politics has brought
wealth, chief position, titles, degrees and other honours. But when politician are tactful, diplomatic, deceitful
and cunning in their attitude people change their stance too. When politicians are not straight forward in
their attitude and it creates an element of doubt, uncertainty in the attitude of the people. When people saw
the Marcus Ibe was accumulating wealth and becoming more rich and he had underrated the power of the
ballet paper, people wanted to support POP to protect and safe guard their own interests.

3. How do you say that Roof is a clever manipulator? Give reason.

Roof has given up his bright future and free will and had returned to his people to guide them. He was the
election campaigner of PAP. He knew how to campaign at all levels – village, local government or national.
He could tell the mood and temper of the people or electorate at any given time. He had warned the minister
Marcus Ibe about the radical change that had come into the thinking of Umuofia since the last election.
People of Umuofia has seen how politics brought wealth chief titles, doctorate degrees and such other
honours. Power brings wealth and political power corrupt the rulers. The leaders neglect the people and they
think they can come to power by spending money to people. Bot to gain the confidence of the people is not
easy one. Roof was aware of all these things. He knew Marcus Ibe too had underrated the power of the ballet
paper. He convinced that Marcus Ibe was the son of their own village and they must be honoured to have
such a leader. He advised the people to think of the pipe-borne water they have promised us. He with all his
skill and tact convinced people to cast their vote for PAP and paid three shillings to each one of them. He
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advised people to vote for the car and you will ride in it. Despite his clever manipulation, this election put
Roof in an unresolved dilemma.

4. What was Roof’s dilemma in the story? Do you think every individual has to judge the course of his own
actions? Give your reasons.
‘The Voter’ is an interesting short story set in the African context and it depicts the dilemma of a person
involved in the electioneering process. The story presents roof’s predicament when he is compelled to get
himself into an embarrassing situation. It throws the role of people in a democratic set up.
Educated people may try to take advantage of a political system in a colonial situation. Roof had given
up his free will and bright future to return to his people and guide them. The village Umuofia had come
under the magic spell of their illusions, Marcus Ibe the minister who belongs to ‘People Alliance Party’
nobody doubted his win in the constituency. Roof was in charge of election campaign of the minister. He
was intelligent. Tactful and a clever manipulator. He knew how to campaign elections at the village local
government or national levels.
People of Umuofia had seen how politics is a means to gain power wealth titles, leadership, doctorate
degrees and other honours. People in power are seldom straight forward in their attitude. They use elections
a means to an end. Marcus Ibea unsuccessful mission school teacher had wisely joined politics to cover up
his moral lapse. He had two long cars and a huge mansion. He was devoted to people and returned to his
village which had neither water nor electricity. He has installed a private plant to supply electricity to his
new house but not to his people. He did host a rich party to entertain his people. But people had sensed that
he was an opportunist and he underrated the power of the ballet paper. Success in politics depends on
attractive promises the leaders make to their people. People demanded money from Marcus as he was
becoming rich and rich. Roof cleverly settled the bargain by giving three shrilling to all the people. But this
time people have their own political organisation called POP to support. Everything went according to
Roof’s plan. One day the leader of the POP campaign team paid a visit. He place five pounds on the floor
before Roof and asked him to vote for the pop leader. It put Roof in a dilemma. He even asked him to touch
the native god and take note. His one vote cast in secret would not take away from Marcus certain victory.
Roof was in a state of dilemma whether to betray the trusted leader or to go against the native god –iye, he
had promised. He just took the ballot paper torn into two along the crease and put one half in each box. He
was torn in his loyalties. He was put first half of the ballet paper into Maduka’s box and went out of the
booth rather jauntily as he had gone in.

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UNIT 13
WHERE THERE IS A WHEEL

1. What does cycling as a symbol of social mobility mean?

Cycling as a symbol of social mobility means freedom, independence and mobility for rural women.
2. When JameelaBibi says, “ It is my right. We can go anywhere”, she is ______________
asserting her right to move freely.
3. What does bicycle represent for the rural women ?
For the rural women bicycle represents 'freedom'.
4. Who has cycling benefitted the most?
Cycling has benefitted the rural women the most.
5. What is common between neo-literates and neo-cyclists?
Cycling as a social movement was first popularized by the neo-literates.These neo-literates are the ones who became
neo-cyclists.
6. 'Enforced routine' and 'male imposed barrier' refer to
status of women in patriarchal society
7. How did the men react to women taking to cycling?
Women had to put up with vicious attacks on their character. Some of the men made filthy remarks. Social sanction
from the Arivoli organization, made some men folk less hostile and some of them even encouraged the women to
learn cycling.
8. What do the phrases 'flags on the handle bar' and 'bells ringing' suggest?
The phrases 'flags on the handle bar' and 'bells ringing' refer to the women's cycle rally organized on the
international Women's Day in 1992 in which 1500 female cyclists took Pudukkottai by storm.

9. Why did UNICEF sanction mopeds to Arivoli women activists?

The UNICEF sanctioned fifty mopeds to Arivoli women activists in appreciation of their work of initiating more
than 70,000 women from Pudukkotai who have taken part to display their cycling skills at the public 'exhibition-
cum-contests' in a single week in 1992.

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10. Why is the cycle called 'the humble vehicle'?
The word 'humble' means 'poor', the lowest in rank. The writer calls it a humble vehicle because it is the most
common and it is seen even in the most remote places, a common man's vehicle.
11. Name the Arivoli activist who penned the famous cycling song.
MuthuBhaskaran is the male Arivoli activist who penned the famous cycling song.
12. Name the place where the cycling movement takes place in the essay 'Where there is a wheel'.
Pudukkottai district in TamilNadu is the place where the cyclingmovement took place.
13. Why did the women of Pudukkotttai take to cycling?
The women of Pudukkottai took to cycling to break free from the male imposed barriers. 'Cycling' enabled them to
achieve freedom, mobility and independence.
14. Name some of the women who have taken to cycling.
JameelaBibi, Fatima, and N.Kannammal are some of the women who have taken to cycling.
15. What is Fatima by profession?
A secondary school teacher.
16. What does ArivoliIyakkam mean?
Light of knowledge movement.
17. What is the literacy movement of Pudukkottai called?
ArivoliIyakkam
18. Who was the brain behind the cycling movement?
Sheela Rani Chunkath, a popular former District Collector, was the brain behind the cycling movement.
19. What did Sheela Rani add as a part of the literacy drive?
Sheela Rani added mobility as a part of the literacy drive.
20. When and why did Sheela Rani start the cycling movement?
In 1991 Sheela Rani Chunkath started the cycling movement in the Pudukkottai district with the intention of training
female literacy activists so that literacy would reach women in the interior.
21. Who is Manormani? How old is she?
Twenty two years old Manormani is a quarry worker and an Arivoli volunteer
22. To what has cycling by women been compared to?
Cycling by women has become a metaphor for freedom.
23. How has cycling helped small producers?
Cycling has helped small producers cut down on time wasted in waiting for buses . It has also helped them to give
more time to focus on selling their produce. It has also helped them to cover a large area.
24. How much did each cycle cost in the beginning?
It costed1200.

Paragraph Answer:
1. Do you think women taking up cycling are as significant as the literacy movement?
PalagummiSainath is the Rural Affairs Editor of The Hindu , who focus on social problems, rural affairs and
globalization in India. This essay is taken from his book 'Everybody loves a good drought'. ArivoliIyakkam'Light of
knowledge Movement' liberated a vast majority of the rural women in Pudukottai District by teaching them to read
and write along with cycling.
Yes, Women taking up cycling are as significant as the literacy movement because their experience has enriched the
literacy movement. The neo-cyclists were bound even more passionately much before to Arivoli, the Districts
vigorous literacy drive. Every neoliterate popularized cycling and saw a direct link between cycling and her personal
independence. It reduced their dependence on men. It offered a way out of enforced routines around male imposed
barriers. It gave them independence, freedom and mobility. The main thing it gave women was the confidence and
the sense of self-respect by becoming financially independent and by sharing the family responsibilities.

2. What role did Arivoli play in liberating women?

OR
Why does the author describe the Arivoli cycling training camp as an unusual experience?
Pudukkottai which is one of India’s poorest districts, cycling seems to be the chosen medium for the rural women.
These women have taken cycling as a symbol of independence, freedom and mobility.
Arivoli has played an important role in the cycling movement. That training camp has important role in the cycling
movement. That training camp has imparted new skills among the rural women and the desire to learn continues
among the women. It has given the confidence woman needed and it reduced their dependence on men. It had given
them self-confidence and self-dependence. Cycling is also a means to get exposed to the external world around
them. Arivolii training camps have helped the women are struck by the sheer passion of the pro-cycling movement.
Cycling has helped them to overcome enforced routines and male-imposed barriers. It is also a symbol for social
change, mobility and liberation.

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JameelaBibi and Fatima have realised the freedom in cycling and they can never give it up. They have trained many
young women from their community in the art of cycling. It has swept across the district. The neo-cyclists and
bound even more passionately than before in Arivoli.

3. How does Sheela Rani Chunkath- the district collector, promote the empowerment of women?
Cycling of the women in the rural areas of Pudukkotai is the brain child of the popular former district collector Sheel
Rani Chunkath. It was her idea to train female activists so that literacy would reach women in the interior. She also
included mobility as a part of the literacy drive. Lack of mobility among women played a big role in undermining
their confidence. Chunkath pushed the banks to give loans for the women to but cycles. She also made each batch to
accept specified duties in promoting the drive. She gave personal attention to the problem. When the first activist
learned cycling then all neo-literates wanted to learn. Every woman wanted to learn how to ride the gent’s bicycles
too. Even the additional bar was not an hindrance to them. Thousands of women dreamt of the day, they will be able
to afford any bicycle at all.

4. How did cycling help the women to empower themselves?

Cycling has brought a sense of mobility in the klives of thousands of rural women in Pudukkottai district. Cycling
song of MuthuBaskarran has become their anthem. It had economic implications also. It boosts income. Some of the
Rural women had begun to sell many of their agricultural produce. It connects routes, they could save their time
waiting for buses. It gave them more time to sell their produce. It enlarged the area they could hope to cover. It
increased their leisure time.
Bicycle has saved their time they could attend many household works. It brought them self-dignity and self-
respect. Cycle ridding give them freedom, goodness and independence. Bicycle has become a metaphor freedom. It
is a real achievement which made them feel proud, self-confidence. It has helped them to overcome the barriers
within the family and outside the family. It has
led to self-assertion and self-dependence. Thus Pudukkottai remains unique among Indian districts for the majority
of women who have taken to cycling.

5. How does P Sainath show that cycling brings about changes beyond economic gains?
“Where There Is A Wheel” is an interesting essay that elaborates the concept of women empowerment in the
ruralareas of Pudukkottai districts of Tamil Nadu. ‘Bicycle’ becomes a metaphor for freedom, equality, self-dignity,
self-dependence and a means to overcome the barriers imposed upon women. This simple act of riding a bicycle has
brought radical changes in the lives of people and empowered them. Cycling has taken a movement for socio-
economic changes in their lives of rural women ‘Literacy and cycling’ are the means to assert self-confidence and
development in their lives. It also adds ‘mobility’ to their lifestyle which in turn leads to rural development.
Most of the rural women, the neo literates have taken to cycling as a symbol of independence, freedom and
mobility. There were training camps for the women who have the desire to learn. It has given them the freedom.
Many women agricultural workers, quarry labourers and village health nurses, gem cutters, school teachers,
gramasevakes and mid-day meal workers have taken it seriously. Cycling has given them personal independence.
Arivoli training centre has given training to women. Cycling has reduced their dependence on men. Cycling offered
a way out of enforced routines around male imposed barriers. The new cyclist sing songs to encourage cycling. It
has led to the change or to move with the wheel of time.
The whole phenomenon was the brain child of the former district collector Sheela Rani Chunkath. She had used
bicycle as a weapon to spread education among the rural women and mobility as a part of the literacy drive. Lack of
mobility undermined the self-confidence of the rural women. Many activists learnt cycling and taught too many
people, its skills and hoe to acquire them. When there was shortage of ladies bicycles, some women preferred to use
the bicycles of men and asserted equality. After the International Women’s day in 1992, more than 1500 female
cyclists took Pudukkottai by storm. Women expanded their area and they can keep moving. It had economic
implications. It boosts their income and led to their emancipation. They can go to any interior areas without waiting
for the buses. Apart from economic value it has bought a sense of self-respect and independence. ‘Cycle’ has
become a metaphor for life freedom and progress.

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UNIT 14
WATER

1. The expression 'generations-old strife' suggests.

A. the base of caste system
2. “It also knows the sub-caste difference between leather and spool.”
'leather and spool' stands for A. Cobbler and weaver
3. How is water a witness to the humiliation caused to the dalits?

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When the varna system was in practice, the 'panchamas' or the untouchables were not allowed to touch water and fill
it in their pots. Whenever a wada girl went to collect water from a pond or a tank, the people of other varnas used to
pour water from a higher level at a distance, into the pot of the wada girl. Naturally, some water would invariably
fall on the body of the girl. This would cause a lot of humiliation to the girl.
4. 'Circus feat' refers to
b. balancing the water pots on the head.
5. 'Water' is a
a. liquid called water
b. catalyst for a movement
c. witness to strife
d. life giver and destroyer
e. means to practice untouchability
f. profit-making commodity
Ans. (c) (d) (e) and (f)
6. Name the village that got burnt for want of water.
Malepalle
7. Who does not have the right to draw a pot of water ?
The Panchamas
8. Who opposed the Kamma landlords?
A dalit youth and Munnangisuvartamma opposed the Kammalandlords.
9. To which movement is the movement for water compared?
Water as a mighty movement is compared to the Mahad struggle at the Chadar tank in Mumbai.
10. What does the poet compare untouchability to?
The poet compares untouchability to the dampness on the well's edge. Just as the dampness on the well's edge never
dries, untouchability also never disappears.
11. What has water become today?
Today water has become a multinational market commodity.
12. Who had to wait for a shudra to draw water for him?
Panchamas
13. What does the speaker remember when she sees water?
*When the speaker sees water she remember how people in her wadawould thirst all day for a glass of water.
*Secondly, when she sees water she is also reminded of how they would eagerly welcome their weekly bath days as
if it was a wondrous festival and also remember how the entire village bather luxuriously twice a day.
*The speaker also would recall her childhood when she would walk miles to go to the big canal and carry back
heavy pots with the muscles and veins on her neck straining and bursting.
* Finally the sight of water would also make her recall how thatched roofs in Malapalle were burnt to ashes for want
of a pot of water to extinguish the fire.
14. How many times did the dalits bathe?
Once a week
15. How many times did the entire village other than the dalitsbathe?
Twice a day.
16. Where were the thatched roofs burnt to ashes?
At Malapalle
17. Why does the poet say that water is not a simple thing?
The poet says that water is not a simple thing because it can give life, it can also devour lives.
18. What swallowed village after village?
The tsunami wave.
19. Who are the playthings in the vicious hands of water?
The poor
20. Where does water sit innocently?
In a Bisleri bottle

Paragraph Answer:
1.How does the poetess succeed in presenting the disparity and discrimination in our society, using ‘Water’
as a symbol?
The poem Water explores vividly difference ways of social discrimination and injustice in a caste bound society.
Throughout the poem water is used as a silent spectator. It stood a witness to the acts of oppression and exploitation.
It had been a witness to know the generation old strife between the village and the wada, or the touchable and
untouchables. Such a strife never ends like the water’s edge that never dries. It has been a witness for all racial
discrimination and for all the sub caste difference. Water has known the agony of the panchama for not having the
right to draw the water from the well. It also knows the humiliation of a wada girl. When the man as an act of
kindness poured water to her pot made an attempt to molest her.
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‘Water’ knows the righteous rage of Karamachedu Suvatramma, who tried to protect the boy from the attack of
the Kamma land lords. It was seen an act of protest against their ever discriminating attitude. Water has stood a
silent witness to the centuries social injustice. The speaker vividly recounts how her ‘Wada’ was forced to wait all
day to quench the thirst for a glass of water. It is in pot H2O for them. It has led to a mighty movement of Mahad
struggle at the Chandar tank. Others don’t care for water they waste but a single drop of water embodies tears shed
over several generations. In the many battles they fought for a single drop of it their blood flowed like streams but
they never managed to win or to get a small puddle of water.
The speaker fondly recollects, her childhood days on how she welcomed a weekly bath like a wondrous festival
while the entire village could bathe luxuriously twice a day. She had to walk many miles to reach the big canal and
carried back heavy pots and strained her muscles and veins. She remembers how the thatched roofs were put to fire
inMalapalle burning to ashes for a want of a pot of water. She knows the role, water has played and water is not a
simple thing for her. It can give life and it can devour lives. Water which couldn’t quench their parched throats
became the killer tsunami wave that swallowed village after village. The poor people are the play things in its hands.
In its absence water can cause drought and it turns villages into dry deserts. It can ignite many strife’s and struggles
between the village and the wada and between one state to another. It can make blood run in streams but it can sit
innocently in a Bisleri bottle. Water has become a commodity in the global marketing system. It has acquired a new
name – Mineral water. It forces them to do many a circus feat. Water is no mean matter but it has acquired a new
dimension of becoming a commodity in a contemporary market regulated world.
Thus the poem the water not only depicts the personal agony and suffering of a community but also acquires a
universal symbol to satiate human greed.

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CHAPTER -1
Romeo and Juliet
One Mark Questions
1. What according to Romeo does Juliet teach to burn bright?
2. Who according to Romeo teaches the torches to burn bright?
3. Who according to Romeo seems to hang upon the cheek of night?
4. Who is compared to a ‘rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear’ by Romeo?
5. Who is compared to a ‘snowy dove’ by Romeo?
6. Whom does Romeo address as ‘yonder lady’?
7. Whose beauty according to Romeo is too rich for use?
8. When according to Romeo would his hand be blessed?
9. After the dance is over, Romeo intends to
a) meet and talk to Juliet.
b) touch Juliet’s hand.
c) watch Juliet’s place of stand.
10 Whose rude hand would be made blessed by touching Juliet’s hand?
11. What according to Romeo will happen when he touches Juliet’s hand?
12. What according to Romeo was not seen by him until he saw Juliet?
13. Who are compared to crows by Romeo?
14. What does Romeo want to do after the dance?
15. What does Juliet ask the loving, black browed night?
16. When does Juliet expect Romeo to come?
17. Who according to Juliet will lie upon the wings of night?
18. Where according to Juliet will Romeo lie upon?
19. Who according to Juliet is whiter than new snow?
20. Who according to Juliet is ‘day in night’?
21. When does Juliet want Romeo to be cut out in little stars?
22. What does Juliet want Romeo to be cut out into after her death?
23. What according to Juliet will Romeo make so fine?
24. When Romeo shines as stars in the face of heaven, the world will ____________ according to
Juliet.
a) worship the garish sun
b) fall in love with night
c) keep staring at the heaven
25. When according to Juliet would all the world be in love with night?
26. When would the world pay no worship to ‘the garish sun’ according to Juliet?

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4 Mark Questions
1. How does Romeo glorify Juliet’s flawless beauty?
2. How does Romeo describe Juliet?
3. Juliet’s beauty was too rich for use. How does Romeo describe it?
4. Romeo’s appreciation of Juliet’s beauty is expressed through images. Explain.
5. How does Juliet express her love for Romeo?
6. How does Juliet intend to make Romeo immortal?
7. Why does Juliet want Romeo to be cut out in little stars?

6 Mark Questions
1. Both Romeo and Juliet employ contrasting images in their expression of appreciation andadmiration for
each other. Elaborate.
2. Feelings of Romeo and Juliet for each other are expressed with intensity. Discuss.
3. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ provides an insight into the use of poetic devices in expressing humanfeelings. Explain.
4. Juliet’s love for Romeo finds expression in exaggeration. Explain.

CHAPTER- 2 Too Dear

One Mark Questions

1. Mention any one of the commodities that was taxed by the king of Monaco in ‘Too Dear!’.
2. Name the special source of revenue in the kingdom of Monaco in ‘Too Dear!’.
3. What business does the King of Monaco monopolise in ‘Too Dear!’?
5. Mention one of the sources of the King’s special revenue in ‘Too Dear!’.
6. What was the initial punishment given to the criminal by the council in ‘Too Dear!’?
7. Mention one of the reasons for altering the death sentence to life imprisonment in ‘Too Dear!’
8. The King’s special revenue in ‘Too Dear!’ came from
a. gaming house. b. poll tax c. tax on tobacco.
9. How many soldiers were there in the kingdom of Monaco in ‘Too Dear!’?
10. How much did the king spend on the criminal annually in ‘Too Dear!’?
13. Where is Monaco situated in ‘Too Dear!’?
16. How much would a guillotine and an executioner cost if supplied from France in ‘Too Dear!’?
18. The people of Monaco mentioned in in ‘Too Dear!’ were
a. sociable. b. peaceable. c. fashionable.
19. What is the population of Monaco in ‘Too Dear!’?
20. Who according to the Council was a brother monarch in ‘Too Dear!’?
21. How much money did the Italian Government demand to supply guillotine and an executioner?
22. Name the ‘Toy Kingdom’ mentioned in ‘Too Dear!’.
23. Who is referred to as ‘a rascal’ by the king in ‘Too Dear!’?
24. Where did the criminal settle after emigrating in ‘Too Dear!’?
25. What did the criminal do to earn his living after his release in ‘Too Dear!’?
26. What was the new item of expenditure in ‘Too Dear!’?
27. Which government is Republican and has no proper respect for king in ‘Too Dear!’?
28. Who was a ‘Brother Monarch’ in ‘Too Dear!’?
29. How much did the criminal receive as advance before leaving Monaco in ‘Too Dear!’?
30. Which was the only place of gambling in Europe as mentioned in ‘Too Dear!’?
31. Who fetched the criminal’s food initially in ‘Too Dear!’?
32. Where was the criminal’s food fetched from in ‘Too Dear!’?
33. How long was the criminal in the prison in ‘Too Dear!’?
34. What does the keeper of the gaming house pay to the Prince in ‘Too Dear!’?
35. Who gains more from the gaming house in ‘Too Dear!’?
36. How much land would each inhabitant get if all the land in Monaco were divided?
37. What was unusual about the murder committed in Monaco in ‘Too Dear!’?
38. What work did the prisoner do after being released from the prison in ‘Too Dear!’?
39. The king had to find a special source of revenue because
a. the income from the taxes was insufficient.
b. his people drank and smoked less.
c. the people of Monaco gambled a lot.
40. The death sentence in ‘Too Dear!’ was altered because

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a. the king wanted to show mercy to the criminal.
b. doing so would not be expensive.
c. no one was willing to execute the criminal.

41. When the guard was dismissed, the criminal in ‘Too Dear!’
a. was happy and tried to run away.
b. worried about the guard’s family.
c. did not show any sign of running away.
42. The criminal in ‘Too Dear!’ agreed to go away from the prison after
a. he was offered pension.
b. he was allowed to emigrate.
c. the guard was dismissed.
4 Mark Questions
1. How does the narrator describe the ‘Toy Kingdom’ in ‘Too Dear!’?
2. Why did the authorities in Monaco fail to carry out the death sentence in ‘Too Dear!’?
3. What made the king of Monaco alter his decisions in dealing with the criminal in ‘Too Dear!’?
4. What made the king of Monaco alter the death sentence to life imprisonment in ‘Too Dear!’?
5. Describe the efforts of the ministers in carrying out the death sentence in ‘Too Dear!’.
6. Why does the criminal in ‘Too Dear!’ refuse to escape from the prison? Explain.
7. Why did the criminal finally get a pension in ‘Too Dear!’? How did this benefit him?
8. How did the criminal spend his life after he was given a pension in ‘Too Dear!’?
6 Mark Questions
1. The king of Monaco is a man without a decisive stand. Do you agree with this? Substantiate your
answer with reference to ‘Too Dear!’.
2. ‘Too Dear!’ ridicules the foolishness of rulers. Discuss.
3. You can’t earn stone palaces by honest labour. Justify this statement with reference to ‘Too
Dear!’.
4. ‘It is a good thing that the criminal committed his crime in Monaco.’ Why does the narrator in
‘Too Dear!’ feel so? Explain.

CHAPTER- 3
On Children
One Mark Questions
1. Who asked the speaker in ‘On Children’ to speak of children?
2. Whose sons and daughters are children according to the speaker in ‘On Children’?
3. According to the speaker in ‘On Children’, what may be given to children?
4. According to the speaker in ‘On Children’, what may not be given to children?
5. Who according to the speaker in ‘On Children’ have their own thoughts?
6. Where do the souls of the children dwell according to the speaker in ‘On Children’?
7. What according to the speaker in ‘On Children’ dwell in the house of tomorrow?
8. What does not go backward according to the speaker in ‘On Children’?
9. Who according to the speaker in ‘On Children’ are sent forth as living arrows?
10. Where according to the speaker in ‘On Children’ does the archer see the mark?
11. Who according to the speaker in ‘On Children’ sees the mark upon the path of the infinite?
12. Who does the word ‘bows’ refer to in ‘On Children’?
13. Who does the phrase ‘living arrows’ refer to in the poem ‘On Children’?
14. Who does the phrase ‘archer’ refer to in ‘On Children’?
15. According to the speaker in ‘On Children’, life does not go ________ .
a) swift b) backward c) stable
16. Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for ___________ . The right word from ‘On Children’ to
fill in the blank is
a) gladness . b) longing. c) striving.
17. The house of tomorrow in ‘On Children’ cannot be visited even in _________ .
a) thoughts b) ideas c) dreams

4 Mark Questions

1. How according to the speaker of ‘On Children’ should parents look upon their children?

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2. What attitude should parents have towards their children according to the poem, ‘On Children’?
3. How does the poem, ‘On Children’ bring out the relationship of parents and children?
6 Mark Questions
1. ‘On Children’ offers new insights into parent-children relationship. Discuss.
2. The poem, ‘On Children’ rejects conservative upbringing of children. Explain.
3. ‘Parents are bows, children are arrows and God is archer.’ How does the poem, ‘On Children’ highlight these
images?
4. We cannot keep pace with our children’s life and thoughts. How is this elaborated in ‘On Children’?

CHAPTER- 4
Everything I need to Know I Learned in the Forest

One Mark Questions

1. Where according to Vandana Shiva did her ecological journey start?
2. Who according to Vandana Shiva composed songs and poems about trees and forests?
3. What according to the women is the real value of forest as mentioned by Vandana Shiva?
4. What surprised Vandana Shiva when she went to swim in her favorite stream?
5. Name the woman who led resistance against her own husband according to Vandana Shiva.
6. Mention any one of the things produced by forests according to the forester in ‘Everything I
need to know I Learned in the Forest’.
7. Mention any one of the things that forests bear according to the women in ‘Everything I need to
know I Learned in the Forest’.
8. Name the the author of ‘Monocultures of the Mind’ mentioned in ‘Everything I need to know I
Learned in the Forest’.
9. When was Navdanya Farm started according to Vandana Shiva?
10. Where was Navdanya Farm started by Vandana Shiva?
11. What is the only answer to the food and nutrition crisis in India according to Vandana Shiva?
12. Who has been her teacher of abundance and freedom, of co-operation and mutual giving
according to Vandana Shiva?
13. What has Ecuador according to Vandana Shiva recognized in its constitution?
14. What did the UN General assembly organize in April 2011 according to Vandana Shiva?
15. What have human beings failed to recognize about nature according to Vandana Shiva?
16. Name the country that has initiated the universal declaration of rights of Mother Earth in
‘Everything I need to know I Learned in the Forest’.
17. According to the prominent South African environmentalist Cormac Cullinan, apartheid means
a) separateness . b) monoculture. c) diversity.
18. What has replaced biodiversity according to Dr.Vandana Shiva?
19. Mention any one of the things that has replaced vibrant earth according to Vandana Shiva.
20. What according to Vandana Shiva is ‘Terra Madre’?
21. What does Vandana Shiva term the empty land ready for occupation?
22. Whom does Vandana Shiva refer to as father of modern science?
23. Where is the Earth University started by Vandana Shiva located?
24. What does the Earth University teach according to Vandana Shiva?
25. Name any one of the popular courses offered by Vandana Shiva’s Earth University.
26. By whom is the Earth University started by Vandana Shiva inspired?
27. Name the learning centre started by Tagore mentioned in ‘Everything I need to know I Learned
in the Forest’.
28. When according to Vandana Shiva did the war against the earth begin?
29. Who is the author of ‘Tapovan’ mentioned in ‘Everything I need to know I Learned in the Forest’.
30. What has helped the intellectual evolution of man according to Tagore?
31. Where do we get ecological sustainability and democracy according to Vandana Shiva?
32. In Tagore’s writings, the forest symbolizes
a) a university. b) the universe. c) a union.
33. Every species sustains itself in __________ with others according to Vandana Shiva.
a) peace. b) co-operation. c) freedom.
34. What becomes the source of conflict and contest according to Vandana Shiva?
35. Mention any one conflict that Vandana Shiva mentions in her essay.
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36. When do people discover the joy of living according to Vandana Shiva?
6 Mark questions
1. ‘Bio- diversity based intensive farming is the answer to the food and nutrition crisis’. Discuss with
reference to ‘Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Forest’.
2. ‘The end of consumerism and accumulation is the beginning of the joy of living.’ Discuss in the
light of ‘Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Forest’.
3. ‘Conservation of biodiversity sustains both the nature and the culture.’ Explain with reference to
‘Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Forest’.
4. ‘The peace of the forest has helped the evolution of man.’ How does Tagore elaborate this
statement in ‘Everything I Need to know I Learned in the Forest’?

4 Mark questions
1. Trace Vandana Shiva’s childhood experiences that led to her interest in Ecology.
2. Write a note on ‘Navdanya Farm’ and ‘Navdanya Movement’.
3. Bring out the significance of the rights of nature as explained by Vandana Shiva in her essay.
4. What are Cormac Cullinan’s views on eco-apartheid mentioned by Vandana Shiva in her essay?
5. How does the writer bring out the importance of ‘Earth Democracy’ in ‘Everything I Need to
know I Learned in the Forest’?
6. What ideas of Tagore inspired Vandana Shiva to start the earth university?
7. How does Rabindranath Tagore highlight the significance of forest in his essay ‘Tapovan’?
8. What makes Indian civilization distinctive according to Tagore? Explain with reference to
‘Everything I Need to know I Learned in the Forest’.

CHAPTER- 5.
A Sunny Morning
One Mark Questions
1. Where do Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura meet after a long time?
2. What did Dona Laura use as a cane in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
3. Who accompanied Dona Laura when she came to the park in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
4. Who according to Petra belongs to the park in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
5. What does Dona Laura feed the birds with in the park in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
6. Who accompanied Don Gonzalo when he came to the park in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
7. How many priests were sitting on Gonzalo’s usual bench in the park in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
8. According to Gonzalo, where ought to Laura be knitting and counting her beads?
9. What right does Laura claim to have to criticize Gonzalo’s actions in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
10. What does Don Gonzalo use to brush the dust from his shoes in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
11. Where according to Don Gonzalo is one of his estates located in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
12. What could Gonzalo show as evidence to prove his skill at hunting in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
13. What could Laura show as evidence to prove her skill at hunting in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
14. What makes peace between Laura and Gonzalo in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
15. When according to Gonzalo did he compose some verses in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
16. How old does Gonzalo say he was when he went to America the first time in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
17. Name the poet whom Gonzalo says, he first met in America in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
18. Where according to Gonzalo did he meet Campoamor in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
19. Which city according to Don Gonzalo is he a native of in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
20. Where according to Gonzalo did he spend his early youth in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
21. Where according to Laura did she spend several seasons in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
22. According to Gonzalo where did the young man go after the duel?
23. By what name was Laura Llorente known in her locality in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
24. Who was called ‘The Silver Maiden’ in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
25. According to Gonzalo, the gallant lover in ‘A Sunny Morning’ was his
a) friend. b) brother. c) cousin.
26. Who according to Gonzalo was badly wounded in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
27. Where did the gallant young man take refuge according to Gonzalo in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
28. Where according to Gonzalo did his cousin meet a glorious death in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
29. Where did the silver maiden write her lover’s name according to Laura in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
30. Who according to Gonzalo did he run off to Paris with in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
31. What does Gonzalo pick up with a great effort before leaving with Juanito in ‘A Sunny Morning’?

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4 Mark Questions:
1. Why do Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura annoy each other in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
2. What makes Laura feel in the beginning that Don Gonzalo is an ill natured man in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
3. What fictitious story did Gonzalo spin about himself in the name of his cousin in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
4. How does Dona Laura describe her best friend’s death to Don Gonzalo in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
5. How do Laura and Gonzalo claim to have pined for each other after their separation in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
6. What circumstances according to Gonzalo made his cousin flee Valencia in ‘A Sunny Morning’?

6 Mark Questions:
1. Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo spin fictitious stories about themselves to cover their tracks.
Discuss with reference to ‘A Sunny Morning’.
2. ‘A Sunny Morning’ is a comic presentation of a serious human relationship. Explain.
3. Laura and Gonzalo recognize each other but conceal their identity. How does ‘A Sunny Morning’ present this?
4. ‘The ways of Providence are strange.’ How is this true in the case of Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura in ‘A Sunny
Morning’?
5. ‘A Sunny Morning’ presents a situation that is not so sunny for Laura and Gonzalo. Do you agree? Give reasons.

CHAPTER- 6.
When You Are Old
One Mark Questions
1. The speaker in ‘When You Are Old’ addresses
a) a young lady.
b) an old lady.
c) a little girl.
2. When according to the speaker in ‘When You Are Old’ will the lady be ‘gray and full of sleep’?
3. Who according to the speaker in ‘When You Are Old’ will be ‘nodding by the fire’?
4. What does the speaker in ‘When You Are Old’ want his beloved to do sitting by the fire?
5. What does the speaker in ‘When You Are Old’ suggest to his beloved to dream of?
6. According to the speaker in ‘When You Are Old’, what did many admire the lady for?
7. In the poem ‘When You Are Old’ many loved the lady’s
a) huge wealth.
b) physical beauty.
c) pilgrim soul.
8. Who according to the speaker in ‘When You Are Old’ loved the beloved’s pilgrim soul?
9. Whose pilgrim soul did the speaker in ‘When You Are Old’ love?
10. What did the speaker in ‘When You Are Old’ love besides the pilgrim soul?
11. Who according to the speaker in ‘When You Are Old’ fled and hid his face?
12. Where according to the speaker in ‘When You Are Old’ did love pace upon?
13. What according to the speaker in ‘When You Are Old’ did love hide amid a crowd of stars?
14. Where according to the speaker in ‘When You Are Old’ did love hide his face?
4 Mark Questions
1. What does the speaker in ‘When You Are Old’ suggest to his beloved to reflect upon?
2. How does the speaker contrast his love with that of many others in ‘When You Are Old’?
3. How does the poem ‘When You Are Old’ distinguish the speaker’s love from that of others?
4. ‘When You Are Old’ brings out the transient nature of beauty and permanence of love. Explain.
6 Mark Questions
1. ‘When You Are Old’ makes the ‘beloved’ look back on her youth. Discuss.
2. The speaker in ‘When You Are Old’ is not addressing an old lady. Explain.
3. Whose love in ‘When you are old’ is immortal? How does the poem present this?

CHAPTER- 7.
The Gardener
One Mark Questions
1. Where did the narrator of ‘The Gardener’ meet the old man by chance?
2. Where was the coconut grove in which the narrator of ‘The Gardener’ met an old man?
3. What was tucked under the old man’s arm when the narrator of ‘The Gardener’ met him?
4. Who became lethargic after the arrival of the old man in ‘The Gardener’?
5. Who became apprehensive about the plantation owner’s vices in ‘The Gardener’?

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6. Whom did Tammanna treat as the most important among all his possessions in ‘The Gardener’?
7. Whose name is said to be Sangoji and later corrected as Basavaiah in ‘The Gardener’?
8. How many acres of Tammanna’s land did Basavaiah acquire forcibly in ‘The Gardener’?
9. Who hit upon the idea of composing and singing ballads in ‘The Gardener’?
10. Whose cruelty and meanness did Tammanna’s songs make a mention of in ‘The Gardener’?
11. Who was felicitated as the best poet of his times in ‘The Gardener’?
12. Who appointed a number of persons to praise him in ‘The Gardener’?
13. Whose palatial mansion looked dull and empty without Tammanna’s books in ‘The Gardener’?
14. When did Basavaiah find the means of surpassing Tammanna in ‘The Gardener’?
15. Whose disease was Basavaiah’s health according to the narrator of ‘The Gardener’?
16. When would Basavaiah go on offering stiff competition according to Tammanna in ‘The Gardener’?
17. When, according to the narrator of ‘The Gardener’, does man lose his name?
18. According to the old man, when did he conceive the story of Tammanna and Basavaiah?
19. Who thought his death alone could destroy Basavaiah in ‘The Gardener’?
20. When did Basavaiah pass away according to Tammanna in ‘The Gardener’?
21. When according to Tammanna did he forget all his songs and ballads in ‘The Gardener’?
22. Who says he avenged himself by becoming a non-entity in ‘The Gardener’?
23. Who according to Tammanna the old man, is not amenable to any advice in ‘The Gardener’?
24. How long does man go on living for some revenge according to the old man in ‘The Gardener’?
25. Who paints well according to the old man in ‘The Gardener’?
4 Mark Questions
1. How did the plantation owner’s life style change after the arrival of the old man in ‘TheGardener’?
2. Why did the plantation owner’s wife find it hard to decide whether the old man’s arrival was forthe better or
worse in ‘The Gardener’?
3. How did Tammanna and Basavaiah manage their rivalry in the beginning in ‘The Gardener’?
4. Explain the invisible means by which Tammanna decided to destroy Basavaiah in ‘The Gardener’.
5. What did Basavaiah do to invest his home with meaning in ‘The Gardener’? Explain.
6 Mark Questions
1. The arrival of the old man to the garden caused both good and bad things. How is this brought out in ‘The
Gardener’?
2. The rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaiah started moving from the visible to the invisible domain. Explain.
3. Man goes on living for some revenge. How is this presented in ‘The Gardener’?
4. Rivalry can make one both aggressive and reflective. How does Tammanna’s narrative in ‘The Gardener’ prove
this?
CHAPTER -8.
To the Foot From its Child
One Mark Questions
1. What according to the speaker is the child’s foot not yet aware in ‘To the Foot From its Child’?
2. Mention one of the things that the child's foot likes to be in ‘To the Foot From its Child’.
3. According to the speaker in ‘To the Foot From its Child’, what would like to be a butterfly or an apple?
4. Where is the child’s foot condemned to live according to the speaker in ‘To the Foot From its Child’?
5. What is out of touch with its fellow in the poem, ‘To the Foot From its Child’?
6. Who feels out life like a blind man in the poem, ‘To the Foot From its Child’?
7. What do the soft nails of the child change themselves into in ‘To the Foot From its Child’?
8. What are the toes of the child compared to in ‘To the Foot From its Child’?
9. What form do the petaled toes take on in ‘To the Foot From its Child’?
10. What does the blind thing refer to in ‘To the Foot From its Child’?
11. Mention any one of the places through which the foot walks in ‘To the Foot From its Child’.
12. How long does the foot walk in ‘To the Foot From its Child’?
13. Where did the foot descend after it ceased to be in ‘To the Foot From its Child’?
14. In ‘To the Foot From its Child’, the foot scarcely takes time to bare itself in
a) rest or peace. b) love or sleep. c) death or dream.
15. In ‘To the Foot From its Child’, when descending underground, the foot finds everything ______ .
a) dark. b) rough. c) coarse.
4 Mark Questions
1. How does the poem ‘To the Foot From its child’ bring out the contrast between illusion and reality?
2. What happens to the foot when it is condemned to live in a shoe as presented in ‘To the Foot From its Child’?
3. Trace the stages of the foot’s transformation as portrayed in ‘To the Foot From its Child’.

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4. Explain the similarity between the foot’s early life and its end as depicted in ‘To the Foot From its Child’.
5. How does the poem ‘To the Foot From its child’ bring out the plight of a person dictated by society?
6. Explain the instances that make the child’s foot aware of the obstacles and hardships in ‘To the Foot From its
Child’.
Six Mark Questions
1. ‘To the Foot From its Child’ is a comment on the journey of life. Discuss.
2. Society crushes dreams of individuals and condemns them to live in captivity. Explain with reference to ‘To the
Foot From its child’.
3. The poem ‘To the Foot From its Child’ represents the conflict between illusion and reality. Elaborate.
4. The norms of the society control a man just as the foot is enclosed in a shoe. How is this depicted in ‘To the Foot
From its Child’?
5. The foot is forced to play various roles and shoulder many responsibilities. Explain with reference to ‘To the Foot
From its Child’.
CHAPTER- 9.
I Believe That Books Will Never Disappear

One Mark Questions

1. Which according to Borges is his first literary reading?
2. According to Borges, in which language did he read ‘Grimm’s Fairy Tales’?
3. Where according to Borges was he educated more than high school or the university?
4. Who according to Borges was an extraordinary person?
5. Whom does Borges look upon as an intelligent and gracious woman?
6. What according to Borges is blindness to him?
7. Borges says one must think that whatever happens to him or her is a
a. resource. b. misfortune. c. embarrassment.
8. Name the book of Homer mentioned by Borges in his interview.
9. ‘All that is near becomes far.’ This line is from a poem by
a. Homer. b. Spengler. c. Goethe.
10. What did Borges fill his house with when the visible world moved away from his eyes?
11. Which library according to Borges may have been the one he dreamed of?
12. What exactly did Borges visualize about the library in his dream?
13. Name the book which according to Borges has remarkable comments on books.
14. Who according to Borges has predated his attempt to write a history of book?
15. Who according to Borges quoted that every book worth being re-read has been written by the spirit?
16. What according to Borges is magical, mysterious and unexplainable?
17. Whose line in a poem does Borges remember always?
18. Since when according to Borges do metaphors exist?
19. Mention any one of the essential metaphors which according to Borges are found in all literatures.
20. What according to Borges will never disappear?
21. Which according to Borges is the most astounding invention of man?
22. Borges says that the telescope and the microscope are the extensions of our
a) voice. b) sight. c) arms.
23. Which of the inventions of man is the extension of our voice according to Borges?
24. According to Borges which of the inventions of man is the extension of our imagination and memory?
25. What according to Borges is a controlled dream?
26. According to Borges our past is nothing but a sequence of ______ .
a) dreams b) memories c) experiences
27. When according to Borges would history disappear?
4 Mark Questions
1. What does Borges tell us about his mother in particular and all mothers in general?
2. How does Borges look upon his blindness?
3. How according to Borges does a book go beyond its author’s intention?
4. What are Borges’s views on poetry and poem?
5. To what extent is finding the precise words important in the art of poetry according to Borges?
6. What are Borges’s views on metaphors?
7. Why according to Borges will books never disappear?
CHAPTER- 9.
I Believe That Books Will Never Disappear

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6 Mark Questions
1. One’s experience is one’s resource. How does Borges expound his views on this?
2. Poetry is unexplainable. Discuss in the light of Borges’s interview.
3. The function of books is irreplaceable. Explain with reference to ‘I Believe that Books will Never
Disappear’.

CHAPTER- 10.
Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth
One Mark Questions
1. What could not be nowhere else but on earth according to the speaker in ‘Heaven, If You Are
Not Here On Earth’?
2. When can there be no gods according to the speaker in ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’?
3. According to the speaker in ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’, if we ourselves cannot be
gods, then there can be no
a) gods. b) nymphs. c) humans.
4. When can there be no nymphs according to the speaker in ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’?
5. According to the speaker in ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’, if we ourselves aren’t
heavenly nymphs, the nymphs are not
a) everywhere. b) nowhere. c) elsewhere.
6. Where does the tender sunshine lean on according to the speaker in ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’?
7. What does the poet imbibe and spill to create heaven on Earth according to the speaker in
‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’?
8. Who according to the speaker imbibes and spills the song of nectar in ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’?
9. Where does the poet create heaven according to the speaker in ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’?
10. What does the poet create on earth according to the speaker in ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’?
4 Mark Questions
1. How does the poem ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’ visualize heaven?
2. Why does the speaker believe that heaven can be created only by human effort in ‘Heaven, If
You Are Not Here On Earth’?
3. What image of heaven does the poem, ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’ create?
4. What are the requirements of heaven according to ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’?
6 Mark Questions
1. ‘Heaven is not a separate entity but a part of earth to be created by human endeavour.’
How does the poem, ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’ present this?
2. Heaven is nothing but a replica of the best qualities of Earth. How does the poem ‘Heaven, If You
Are Not Here On Earth’ justify this statement?
3. ‘It is not gods that make heaven but humans who attain divinity.’ How is this brought out in
‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’?
4. ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’ tries to remove the traditional picture of heaven. Discuss.
5. Both human nature and the natural world play a vital role in the creation of heaven. Explain with
reference to ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’.

CHAPTER- 11.
Japan and Brazil Through a Traveler’s Eye
One Mark Questions
1. Mikes describes Japan as being
a) overconfident. b) overcrowded. c) overjoyed.
2. An hour in Japan convinced Mikes that he was among
a) leisurely characters. b) ill-mannered louts. c) well-mannered people.
3. What does Mikes call ‘a man’s castle’ in Japan?
4. What do the people of Japan highly respect according to Mikes?
5. How long does it take in Japan to get convinced that one is among exquisitely well mannered
people?
6. What is the mania in Japan according to Mikes?
7. As Mikes says, after a few hours in Japan, one starts ________________ .
a) thanking b) bowing c) kissing
8. Who bows to all brothers in a Japanese family according to Mikes?
9. What do mothers in Japan carry their babies in according to Mikes?

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10. Which place in Japan is connected to Tokyo by Tokaido line?
11. The Japanese stores employ ________________ to greet customers according.
a) singing girls b) dancing girls c) bowing girls
12. Who enter the carriage in a slightly theatrical scene as noticed by Mikes in Japan?
13. Which animal bowed to Mikes in Japan?
14. Where did Mikes meet a deer in Japan?
15. What did the deer do after bowing to Mikes in Japan?
16. Who are transformed into savages as soon as a bus arrives in Japan?
17. George Mikes compares the act of two Japanese bowing to
a) an early American traffic law.
b) page-boys turning revolving doors.
c) Tokaido line that connects Tokyo and Osaka.
18. What did the deer snatch from Mikes’s hand in Japan?
19. In Japan, as soon as the bus arrives, the bowing gentlemen are transformed into
a) savages. b) slaves. c) servants.
20. What must one do while eating soup in Japan according to Mikes?
21. In Japan, eating soup by making a fearful noise is a sign of
a) depreciation. b) appreciation. c) disregard.
22. Who enter the carriage on the Tokaido line in a slightly theatrical scene in Japan?
23. According to Mikes, bowing girls in Japan are equal to
a) page-boys. b) maidservants. c) security guards.
24. The pavements in the streets of Copacabana in Brazil are often decorated with
a) pink granite slabs. b) grey cobble stones. c) beautiful black mosaics.
25. Whose life is becoming hazardous everyday in Brazil according to Mikes?
26. As soon as a driver notices a pedestrian step off the pavement in Brazil, he
a) regards him as fair game.
b) greets him and smiles.
c) ignores him and moves on.
27. What according to George Mikes do the driver and pedestrian finally do in Brazil?
28. ‘The AvenidaPresidente Vargas’ in Brazil is described by Mikes as
a) a wonderful place.
b) an auspicious place.
c) the worst place.
Four Mark Questions
1. Explain how the people of Japan respect each other’s privacy according to George Mikes.
2. How does George Mikes describe bowing to be a quainter and infectious trait of Japanese people?
3. ‘The bowing gentlemen are transformed into savages in Japan.’ Explain with reference to ‘Japan and Brazil
through a Traveler’s Eye’.
4. Why is a pedestrian’s life hazardous in Brazil according to George Mikes?
5. Explain how drivers in Brazil care about pedestrians as mentioned by George Mikes.
6. Describe the situation one witnesses while trying to cross the road in Brazil as mentioned by George Mikes.
Six Mark Questions
1. Bowing in Japan is quainter, formal and oriental. Why does George Mikes say so? Discuss.
2. The Japanese follow a complicated hierarchy in bowing. How is this presented by Mikes?
3. Bowing in Japan is so infectious that it leads to a few comic situations. How does Mikes bring this out?
4. A natural behaviour looks peculiar when seen from an outsider’s eyes. How does Mikes prove this with
reference to Japanese bowing?
5. George Mikes brings out the contrast between leisurely characters and dangerous drivers in Brazil. Explain.
5. People display contrasting patterns of behaviour. Substantiate in the light of ‘Japan and Brazil
Through A Traveler’s Eye’.

CHAPTER- 12.
The Voter
One Mark Questions
1. Who was supposed to be very popular in his village in ‘The Voter’?
2. Who was addressed as Roof, for short in ‘The Voter’?
3. Where had Roof spent two years as a bicycle repairer’s apprentice in ‘The Voter’?
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5. To which village did Roof belong in ‘The Voter’?
6. Who was PAP’s most illustrious son referred to in ‘The Voter’?
7. Who was Marcus Ibe’s most trusted campaigner in ‘The Voter’?
8. Who was the Minister of culture in the outgoing government in ‘The Voter’?
9. Mention the promise made by PAP if they were voted to power in ‘The Voter’?
10. Name the man of high traditional title in Umuofia mentioned in ‘The Voter’.
11. Mention one of the honours/benefits politics had brought to Marcus Ibe in ‘The Voter’.
12. Opposition to Marcus Ibe in ‘The Voter’ was like
a) a fly trying to move a dunghill.
b) the bird challenging his personal spirit.
c) a mortar turning its back on the ground.
13. What was Marcus Ibe before entering politics in ‘The Voter’?
14. What instance had resulted in the dismissal of Marcus from the mission school in ‘The Voter’?
15. What had Marcus Ibe named his new house?
16. Who conducted whispering campaign in ‘The Voter’?
17. How much had Marcus Ibe drawn in advance for the election in ‘The Voter’?
18. Roof offered __________ shillings initially to the elders for their votes in ‘The Voter’.
a) four b) two c) five
19. How many shillings was finally accepted for the votes by the elders in ‘The Voter’?
20. What does the phrase ‘the enemy’ used by Roof refers to in ‘The Voter’?
21. Who had formed POP in ‘The Voter’?
22. What does POP stand for in ‘The Voter’?
23. What does PAP stand for in ‘The Voter’?
24. How much did the POP campaign team offer Roof for his vote in ‘The Voter’?
25. What was Roof asked to swear on by the POP team in ‘The Voter’?
26. Where does the iyi come from according to the POP campaigner in ‘The Voter’?
27. Who competed against Marcus in the election in ‘The Voter’?
28. What is the symbol of PAP in ‘The Voter’?
29. What is the symbol of POP in ‘The Voter’?
30. Whose election symbol was ‘man’s head’ in ‘The Voter’?
31. Where was Marcus Ibe seated on the morning of election in ‘The Voter’?
32. What precaution did Roof take while inserting the ballot paper in ‘The Voter’?
4 Mark Questions
1. Account for Roof’s popularity in ‘The Voter’.
2. Describe how Marcus Ibe had managed to become a ‘successful’ politician in ‘The Voter’.
3. Explain the change that had come into the thinking of Umuofia in ‘The Voter’.
4. What was whispering campaign and how did Roof conduct it in ‘The Voter’?
5. What reasons are given for the formation of POP in ‘The Voter’?
6. How did the POP campaign team trap Roof in ‘The Voter’?
7. Give a picture of the activities on the election morning in ‘The Voter’.
8. How does Roof conceal his betrayal of Marcus in the election?
9. Why was Roof in a fix when putting in his ballot paper in ‘The Voter’?
6 Mark Questions
1. ‘Roof is an intelligent manipulator.’ Justify with reference to ‘The Voter’.
2. Roof’s dilemma on the day of election is the result of his own misdeeds. Do you agree? Give reasons.
3. ‘The Voter’ is a comment on the awareness of voters. Discuss.
4. Demanding money to vote for a particular person is not wrong. How is this brought out in ‘The Voter’?
5. Roof was the most trusted ‘whispering campaigner’. To what extent is this true in ‘The Voter’?
6. Do you think that Roof was right in tearing the ballot paper into two? Explain with reference to ‘The Voter’.
7. ‘The voter’ presents the role of money and ridicules its power in an election. Explain.

CHAPTER-13.
Where There Is A Wheel
1. Where was cycling as a social movement started according to P. Sainath?
2. What is meant by ‘neo-cyclists’ mentioned in ‘Where There Is A Wheel’?
3. Name one of the three women who trained other women in cycling in ‘Where there is a wheel’.
4. What does Bicycle represent for the rural women according to P. Sainath?
5. Who have been benefited the most by cycling according to P. Sainath?

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6. Who took to ‘cycling’ as a social movement in ‘Where There Is A Wheel’?
7. Which movement helped the ‘neo-literates’ to become ‘neo-cyclists’ according to P. Sainath?
8. What has been a chosen medium for rural women of Pudukkottai according to P. Sainath?
9. Name the quarry worker and Arivoli volunteer who trains other women in ‘Where There Is A Wheel’.
10. What was Fathima by profession according to P. Sainath?
11. Who gave social sanction to cycling according to P. Sainath?
12. What is ‘ArivoliIyakkam’ mentioned in ‘Where There Is A Wheel’?
13. Who is one of the pioneers of the cycling movement according to P. Sainath?
14. Who was Manormani mentioned in ‘Where There Is A Wheel’?
15. Who was MuttuBhaskaran mentioned in ‘Where There Is A Wheel’?
16. Name the Arivoli activist who wrote the famous cycling song according to P. Sainath.
17. Who is Sheela Rani Chunkath mentioned in ‘Where There Is A Wheel’.
18. In which official position was Sheela Rani Chunkath according to P. Sainath?
19. Who sanctioned fifty mopeds for Arivoli women activists according to P. Sainath?
20. Who was S. Kannakarajan mentioned in ‘Where There Is A Wheel’?
21. Mention one of the reasons for women’s buying of gents’ cycles according to P. Sainath.
22. What led to a shortage of ‘ladies cycles’ in Pudukkottai according to P. sainath?
23. Where did the rural women display their new cycling skills according to P. Sainath?
24. What did the banks provide the women of Pudukottai with according to P. Sainath?
25. What according to P. Sainath played a big role in undermining women’s confidence?
26. Who was the owner of Ram cycles according to P. Sainath?
27. Whose brain child is the cycling movement according to P. Sainath?
28. Name the district of Tamil Nadu in which cycling has been a social movement.
4 Mark Questions
1. What changes are noticed in Pudukkottai by P. Sainath during the eighteen months?
2. How according to P. Sainath has cycling swept across Pudukkottai district?
3. Why does P. Sainath say that visiting a cycling training camp is an unusual experience?
4. Explain the role played by Sheela Rani Chunkath in the cycling movement in ‘Where There Is A Wheel’.
5. How did the women react to the shortage of ladies’ cycles according to P. Sainath?
6. What are the economic implications of cycling according to P. Sainath?
6 Mark Questions
1. ‘Wheel brings progress.’ Justify the statement with reference to ‘Where There Is A Wheel’.
2. How has cycling become a metaphor for freedom in Pudukkottai? Explain.
3. People find curious ways of hitting out at their backwardness. How is this brought out in ‘Where There Is A
Wheel’.
4. A humble vehicle can be a tool for women’s empowerment. Discuss.

CHAPTER- 14.
Water
1. What according to the speaker knows the ground’s incline in ‘Water’?
2. Generations-old-strife In ‘Water’ refers to the dispute between
a) leather and spool.
b) village and wada.
c) Samaria woman and Jesus.
3. What according to the speaker never disappears in ‘Water’?
4. Whose agony is for a pot of water as mentioned in ‘Water’?
5. Who is entitled to pour water into panchama’s pot as mentioned in ‘Water’?
6. Mention any one of the types of humiliation met by the wada girl in ‘Water’.
7. Whom did Karamchedu Suvarthamma mentioned in ‘Water’ oppose?
8. According to the speaker in ‘Water’, water is witness to
a) social injustice.
b) pollution of pond.
c) ground’s incline.
9. What is the speaker in ‘Water’ reminded of when she sees water?
10. Where did the Mahad struggle mentioned in ‘Water’ take place?
11. What would the speaker’s wada mentioned in ‘Water’ thirst for all day?
12. According to the speaker in ‘Water’, they never managed to win even a
a) glass of water

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b) pot of water.
c) puddle of water.
13. What was welcomed as a wondrous festival according to the speaker in ‘Water’?
14. When does the speaker remember her childhood in ‘Water’?
15. What was burnt to ashes for want of a pot of water according to the speaker in ‘Water’?
16. _______ are playthings in the vicious hands of water according to the speaker in ‘Water’?
a) The MNCs b) The landlords c) The poor
17. What according to the speaker can water ignite in ‘Water’?
18. Where does water finally become a commodity according to the speaker in ‘Water’?
19. What is now a multinational market commodity mentioned in ‘Water’?
20. What is the new name of water mentioned in ‘Water’?
4 Mark Questions
1. How is water witness to centuries of social injustice mentioned in ‘Water’?
2. What are the things that the water knows in the poem ‘Water’?
3. Describe the many things that the speaker remembers when she sees water in ‘Water’.
4. How can water give life and devour lives according to the speaker in ‘Water’?
5. Bring out the irony in ‘Water’ where the speaker remarks on the innocence of water.
6 Mark Questions
1. ‘Water’ demonstrates the disparity and discrimination in society. Discuss.
2. The things that the water knows imply humiliations, violence and injustice. Explain with
reference to ‘Water’.
3. The right to water is not given equally in our society. How does the poem ‘Water’ prove this?
4. Water that ignites struggles and strife can also be a market commodity. Examine the statement
in the light of ‘Water’.
5. Water is a luxury for one class and a struggle for another in our society. How does the poem
‘Water’ present this contrast?

GRAMMAR

Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in the bracket:

1. (resign himself, idling away, take liberty)

Three priests were sitting on Gonzalo’s usual bench in the park and talking. Gonzalo said that
they were _________ time. He could not tolerate their sitting on his bench and ____________ .

2. (know by heart, take liberty, make peace)

Gonzalo and Laura were annoyed with each other in the beginning. Gonzalo told Laura that shecould not
______________ and comment on his actions. However, the pinch of snuff he offeredto her tried to
______________ between them.

3. (come to, by heart, take refuge)

Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo fail to realize what dreams __________ . However, they try to
impress each other. When Laura seems to read without glasses, Gonzalo does not know that sheknows
every word ____________ .

4. (make peace, take refuge, play havoc)

Both Gonzalo and Laura believe in destiny. They affirm that they were separated from each
other after the duel since destiny had decided to ______________ in their life. Laura’s parentskept a close
watch on her and Gonzalo had to flee and _________ in his cousin’s house.

5. (broad day light, held up, put behind)

The women of Adwani resisted the felling of trees. Besides, they decided to teach forestry to theforest
officials. They _______ lighted lanterns although it was _______ .

6. (at play, grow into, put behind)

According to Cullinan, apartheid in South Africa was _______ . But nobody knew that a wider
and deeper eco-apartheid would come in its place and _______ a problem that would create
another kind of separatism.

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7. ( cut down at , turn its back, full of praise)
In Umuofia, every one is __________________ to Marcus Ibe. He is not like the motar which as soon as
food comes its way _________________ on the ground.

8. ( Cut down on; Put up with; Go in for)

A lot of women in Pudukkottai were unable to wait for ladies cycles. Therefore they had to __________
men’s cycle. They knew that bicycles _____________ times, wasted in waiting for buses.

9. ( all and sundry, leaps and bounds, fair game) .

The number of motor vehicles in Brazil is growing by ............, almost as if cars were distributed free of
charge to..........................

10. (turn their backs, be hanged to, straight out)

The ministers decided to tell the criminal ................. to run away. They did so. But the criminal said
that if he ran away people would ........................ on him

11. ( take to, give up, zip along)

In the heart of rural Pudukkottai, young women ……………… the roads on their bicycles. Jameela Bibi, who has
…………… cycling told it was her right.

12. (in a soup, landslide victory, in full swing)

The election campaign in Umuofia was .............................. . All knew that the honourable minister would
have a ............................ . .

13. (cut down on, put up with, go in for)

A lot of women in Pudukkottai were unable to wait for ‘ladies’ cycles. Therefore they had to .....................
men’s cycles. They knew that bicycles .................. time wasted in waiting for buses.

14. (one’s castle, all and sundry, listen-in)

The telephones are situated on a table or a counter in Japan. Anybody, any passer-by could ....................,
but nobody does. The telephone-receiver can be ............................ .

15. ( dream of the day, by storm, swept across)

After the international women’s day female cyclists took Pudukkotti ________. They organised a all
women’s cycling rally. Most of these neo-literate women ___________ when they can afford to buy a cycle
of their own.

16. ( on the verge of, to be in a fix, come to his rescue)

Politics had ________ when Marcus Ibe was _________ being dismissed from his job as a mission school
teacher.

17. (to guard, to ignore, had to fetch)

The guard was expected ____________ over him and he had _________ his food from the Palace Kitchen.

18. ( moving away, put up with, get rid of)

Thammanna didn’t like to ___________ unhealthy rivalry. The rivalry started to _____________ things that
were visible towards an invisible, abstract domain.

19. (to reduce the cost, cuts down, focus on)

The bicylce _________ time wasted in waiting for buses. It gives one so much time __________ selling
ones produce.

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20. ( to throw away, sidled in, dashed off)
Roof’s spirits fell: but he let no one see it. Now he _____ in his springy fashion towards the booths. He
________ and was confronted by the car and the head

21. ( play with, cut in, run for)

The pedestrian has to jump, leap, and_______________ dear life. The war between drivers
themselves in murderous but good tempered. They ___________ , they overtake on both sides, they force you to
brake violently and commit all the most heinous crimes of the road and twenty times every hour.

22. ( turned deaf ear, to come off, as a part of)

Sheela Rani Chunkath included mobility _____________ the literacy drive. The neo-cyclists _____________
to the hostile remarks from some men.

23. ( put an end to, run out of, put up with)

Basavaiah tried to _________ Tammanna’s activities by acquiring more acres of land. But Tammanna
__________ Basavaiah’s competitive attitude calmly.

24. ( given up everything, mad with rage, to teach a lesson to)

Basavaiah forcibly acquired the land of Tammanna. Tammanna was ___________. He decided ______
Basavaiah.

25. ( in a soup, landslide victory, in full swing)

The election campaign in Umofia was __________. All knew thatthe honourable minister would have a
_____________

26. ( straighten up, looked into, came up)

The narrator was a deer in a park. Suddenly the deer ________ to him to snatch the pack of food, and
__________ his eyes , and bowed deeply. It was surprising to him.

27. (to be in high spirits, to throw away, pass by)

Marcus knew that he would win but he did not want ________________ a single vote. All the while Roof,
weighed down with guilt, pretended _____________.

28. (high spirits, as though, in a fix)

The wife become apprehensive about her husband’s adultery and umpteen other vices. when she was
____________About this, one day the old man met her and behaved _______ he knew all about her plight.

29. ( uncultured man, ill-mannered lout, deeply and deferentially)

Japanese stores employ bowing girls whose only duty is to bow ______________ to all and sundry. When
eating soup you must make a fearful noise, otherwise your hostess will think what an
__________________ you are.

30. (put up with, make up his mind, in a fix)

When Rufus went near the booth, he was _________________, should he vote for POP or PAP. But atlast,
he _______________ and entered the booth to cast his vote

31. (afford to, on the look-out, all and sundry)

In Brazil, hardly anyone could ______________ own a car in the 1960s. But today a car is owned by
____________ as if it were given free of charge.

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32. (reckon up, gave up, look over)
The kinglet would ___________ the account of his income and expenditure at the end of every year.
When he noticed new items of expenditure, he would ___________the cost of each item.

33. (straight out, to look over, to get rid of)

The council suggested that the only way ___________ the criminal was to dismiss the guard. Theguard was
dismissed but the criminal did not run away. So one of the ministers decided to tellhim ___________ to do
so.

34. (got out of the way, turn their backs, be hanged)

The criminal was asked to run away. But the criminal said that people would ___________ on
him if he did so. He also said that he had ___________ of working.

35. (rake in, hard put to it, straight out)

There were about 7000 inhabitants in Monaco. The taxes fetched meager income. Therefore thekinglet
was ___________ to feed his courtiers and himself. But he found a new source of incomeby which he could
___________ money and lead a luxurious life.

36. (take recourse, push in, suck in)

The quarrel between Tammanna and Basavaiah rose to such a pitch that it started to _______
all their supporters. When Basavaiah forcibly acquired Tammanna’s land, Tammanna was
advised by his supporters to _______ to the police.

37. (gave up, chance upon, passed away)

Tammanna _______ everything and went to a far off place. Basavaiah was left with no reason
to live. After some time Basavaiah _______ .

38. (shy away ,well versed, better at)

Tammanna was _______ in agriculture. As a result, the owner of the garden started to _______from hard
work.

39. (in a flash, stay on, vanish into thin air)

The narrator says he conceived the story ‘The Gardener’ _______ . The old man he met in a
coconut grove had come to the garden seeking work. The owner needed a man exactly like him and asked
the old man to _______ .

40. (flesh and blood, vanish into thin air, out of hand)
Tammanna thought of yet another method of punishing Basavaiah. He wanted to separate his
songs from his own _______ . He wanted his fame to _______ . Therefore he gave up everythingand
became a non-entity.

41. (dawn on, taken for granted, keep in mind)

Borges says that all children fail to give their mother her deserved happiness because the motheris
______________. However, it does not ______________ them before her death.

42. (set a project, keep it in mind, take for granted)

Borges says that it would be wonderful to write a history of book. He will ____________ .
However he says that an eighty-three-year-old man cannot ____________ of this kind for
himself.

43. (all and sundry, turn a deaf ear, leaps and bounds)
In Brazil, the number of motor vehicles is growing by ____________________ , almost as if carswere
distributed free of charge to ________________ .

44. (fair game, to get into, look out)

In Brazil, the pedestrians are, in fact, on the ______________ for drivers. As soon as a driver
notices a pedestrian step off the pavement, he regards him as __________ .

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45. (get into, come up, chance gesture)
The deer looked into Mikes’s eyes and bowed deeply. It was no ____________ . He thought thatif they see
people bowing all the time, they _________________ the habit too.

46. (dear life, fair game, cut in)

The war between drivers is murderous but good-tempered. They ________ , overtake on bothsides and
force you to brake violently. Therefore a pedestrian, while crossing a road, has tojump, leap and run for
_________ .

47. (to be in high spirits, to throw away, pass by)

Marcus knew that he would win but didn’t want _________ a single vote. So he asked his
campaign boys to go one at a time and put in their ballot papers. At this time Roof was weigheddown by
guilt but pretended ___________ .

48. (give up, face lit up, in a fix).

Roof was ___________ as he had sworn on iyi that he would vote for Maduka. However, on theday of
election he wanted to hide it. Therefore he did not ___________ his calm and confidence.

49. (looks down at, turns its back, full of praise)

In Umuofia, everyone was ___________ for Marcus Ibe. He was not like the mortar which as
soon as food comes its way __________ on the ground.

50. (in a soup, landslide victory, in full swing)

It was the time of election. The campaign in Umuofia was _________ . All knew that the
honorable minister would have a ___________.

51. (leapt into, gave out, dashed off)

Roof was disturbed on the morning of the election. Suddenly a thought _________ his mind and
he __________ in his springy fashion towards the booth.

52. (get a few, flew out, take away)

Roof’s heart nearly _________ when he saw the iyi; Indeed he knew the fame of Mbanta in
these things. What could a single vote cast in secret for Maduka _________ from Marcus’s
certain victory?

53. (turned a deaf ear, to come off, as a part of)

Sheela Rani Chunkath included mobility ____________ the literacy drive. People made dirty
remarks but the neo-cyclists ___________ to these remarks.

54. (cut down on, put up with, go in for)

A lot of women were unable to wait for ladies’ cycles. Therefore they had to ______________men’s
cycles. They knew that bicycles would _______________ time wasted in waiting for buses.

55. (brain child, swept across, go out)

Cycling has ________________ Pudukkottai. It has become a movement. It was the ________ ofSheela
Rani Chunkath who was the former District Collector.

56. (taken to, give up, zip along)

In the heart of rural Pudukottai, young woman ____________the roads on their bicycles.
Jameela Bibi, who has ______________ cycling told the reporter that it was her right.

57. (a way out, being struck by, turned out)

In Kilakuruchi village all the prospective learners had ____________ in their Sunday best. You
can’t help ____________ the sheer passion of the pro-cycling movement.

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58. (out of hand, hit upon, in a fix)
The owner’s wife became apprehensive about her husband’s life style. She thought that their
life was getting .......................... . The old man met her and narrated his story when she was
..................... like this.

59. (took recourse to, rose to a pitch, sucked in)

The rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaiah ____________ and it gradually ___________ alltheir
supporters in the village.

60. (turn their backs, be hanged to, straight out)

The ministers decided to tell the criminal ................. to run away. They did so.
But the criminal said that if he ran away people would ........................ on him.

61. ( take to, give up, zip along)

In the heart of rural Pudukkottai, young women ……………… the roads on
their bicycles. Jameela Bibi, who has …………… cycling told it was her right.

62. (cut down on, put up with, go in for)

A lot of women in Pudukkottai were unable to wait for ‘ladies’ cycles. Therefore
they had to ..................... men’s cycles. They knew that bicycles .................. time
wasted in waiting for buses.

63. ( put in, cuts down, swept across )

Cycling has _______Pudukottai Districr. In this district all rural women used cycles, because it
_________on time wasted in waiting for buses.

Complete the following dialogues:

1. ( Mr. Raju wants to buy a new car. He vivid the car – showroom and talks with the sales executives)
Sales Executive : Good Morning sir, can I help you?
Mr. Raju : _________________ ( agreeing ang seeking information.
Sales executive: Do you have any particular model in mind?
Mr. Raju : ______________________ ( given option)
Sales executive : They are very good, sir we havealso the latest models
Mr. Raju : ______________________? Asking for a last drive)
Sales execurive : Yes sir
Mr. Raju :____________________________ (leave taking)

2. (Deepak and his wife Rani plan to have a holiday. They discuss the options.)
Deepak : Rani ,today my boss told me that i could take a vaction.
Rani : Wow! __________________________(congratulation)
Deepak : _______________________________(suggesting a place)
Rani : ____________________________; it will be too cold (disagreeing )
Deepak :_____________________________ . It will be lovely. (Giving an option

3. ( kiran is looking for house on rent. He talks over telephone to Javeed, the owner of the house.)
Kiran : Good morning.
Javeed : ........................................(greeting)
What can I do for you?
Kiran : Is ..................................... ( Asking information)
Javeed : Yes, the flat is still vacant.
Kiran :What is the rent?
Javeed :The rent ..............................(giving information)
Kiran :.........................................( leave taking)

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4. (Kumar meets Karan, a computer technician, to get his computer repaired.)
Kumar : Good morning sir.
Karan : Good morning, please be seated. ...........................(Seeking information )
Kumar : My computer ............................................... ( Giving information)
Karan : Right now we are too busy. Can you leave your PC with us for two days ?
Kumar : Sorry, I ........................................ ( Expressing disapproval)
Karan : I am afraid you will have to go to another technician.
Kumar : ......................................... (Ending conversation)

5. Patient : Hello, is it 240042?

Receptionist : …………………… (giving information)
Patient : Could I speak to the doctor?
Receptionist : ……………………. (confirms absence)
Patient : Who am I speaking to?
Receptionist : …………………… (giving introduction)
Patient : …………………….(fix an appointment for the same day)

6. (Priya and Linda are strangers and meet at a bus stop.)

Priya : Excuse me, ...........................................? (Asking for bus number)
Linda : .................................... (Gives information)
Priya : ................................................. (Asking for platform number)
Linda : Go to platform number 17 and wait there.

Priya : .............................. (Expresses gratitude)

7. Husband : What would you like me to get for your birthday? A sari or a
necklace?
Wife : .............................. (Expressing preference)
Husband : ............................. (Asking for preference – gold or diamond)
Wife : I prefer a diamond necklace.
Husband : ............................. (Accepting)
Wife : ............................. (Expressing gratitude)

8. (Anita is Vinita’s new neighbour. They meet and introduce themselves.)

Anita : ........................... (Greeting) May I come in?
Vinita : ............................ (Responds to greeting)
Anita : .............................................. (Introduces herself) your next door
neighbour.
Vinita : ............................................ (Introduces herself) Please sit down.

9. (At the Travel Bureau)

Agent : _________________________ (greeting)
Mrs. Dixit :______________________( seeking information regarding a trip to Greece)
Agent : _____________________( giving information)
Mrs. Dixit: ___________________ ( expressing gratitude)
10. ( Two friends meet at a bus stop after many years)
Ram : Hello_________________ ( enquires about his whereabouts)
Shyam : ____________________ ( answers, giving information)
Ram : __________________ ( invitation to his town)
Shyam :____________________( accepts, leave taking)
11. Ranga : Would you like to have something to eat?
Ravi : No thanks, ___________________ (rejecting)
Ranga : Why don’t you try __________________ (offer a nice food)
Ravi : ____________ just a small bit or little bit. (Accept)
Ranga : How does it taste?
Ravi : It’s ________________
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12. Mr.Rao : Hello. Is it 3456789?
Mr.Prakash : ___________________________
Mr.rao : could I speak to the manager?
Mr.prakash : ___________________________
Mr.Rao : who am I speaking to?
Mr.prakash : ___________________________
Mr.Rao : Bye sir.

13. Teacher: Can you do me a favour?

Student : _______________ (Accepting)
Teacher: Will you book a car for me tommorrw?
Student : _____________________ (Accepting, Asking place)
Teacher: I want to go to Bangalore with my family.
Student : ___________________ (Asking reason)
Teacher: There is a function at my sister’s house, hence I need a car.
will you book it for me?
Student : _________________ (Agreeing)

14. Alia : Hello Dinah! Did you have a good trip?

Dinah : It was not too bad. In fact I managed to sleep a bit. ________ ( to express
satisfaction)
Alia : Is that all your luggage?
Dinah : Yes. Wait a minute. The small holdall is missing. _____________( to express dismay
and possibilities)
Alia : ____________ ( to reassure) we can ask the security guard to get it
___________( asking about location)
15. Father : What would you like me to get for your birthday? A bike or a car?
Son : __________________________ ( expressing preference)
Father : __________________________ (asking for preference)
Son :___________________________ I prefer maruthi Suzuki.
Father :____________________________( Accepting)
Son : __________________________ (expressing gratitude)

16. ( A foreign tourist visiting Bangalore)

Guide : Hello ____________________ (greeting)
Tourist : Good Morning, How far is the Taj Hotel?
Guide : __________________ (approximate distance)
Tourist : ___________________ (enquiry of tourist places)
Guide : Lalbagh, cubbon park, Banerghatta park, vidhana Soudha etc...
Tourist : ____________________ (expressing gratitude)

17. ( At a Clinic)
Patient : Excuse me, _____?(permission)
Doctor : ______________(Reply)
Patient : I am suffering _____________ (complaint)
Doctor : Fine, take this prescribed tablets for four days.
Patient : ___________(Expressing gratitude and leave taking)

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18. Sales person : Good morning Madam. can I help you?
Rama : ______________(greeting, seeking information)
Sales person : Do you have any particular brand in mind?
Rama : _____________(specifying the brand)
Sales person : Certainly madam, I will show the models.
Rama : ____________(expressing gratitude)
Sales person :______________(acknowledging the gratitude)
19. ( Anitha is vinutha’s new neighbour. They meet and introduce themselves)
Anitha : _____________(greeting) may I come in?
Vinutha :_____________________ ( responding to the greeting)
Anitha :________________ ( introduces herself) your next door neighbour
Vinutha :________________ ( introduces herself) please sit down.

20. Ganjendra : Good morning Sir.

Teacher : Good morning, you seem to be dull. _____________________ ? ( Asking
reason)
Ganjendra : sir. I can’t concentrate on my studies ______________________? ( seeking help)
Teacher : Oh! Is that the case ? ___________________________________( Giving
suggestion)
Ganjendra : ______________________________________ ( Agreeing and thanks giving)

21. Neighbour 1: Hello __________________________ (enquiring about health)

Neighbour 2: ____________________________ (expressing inability to move)
Neighbour 1: How sad _____________________(suggestion)
Neighbour 2: __________________(expressing gratitude/ taking leave)

22. (Ravi and suma meet at bus stop. They begin to converse)
Ravi : Hello _____________ ( Greeting)
Suma : Good morning, _____________________ 9Enquiring)
Ravi : ______________________ you, (answering)
Suma : The bus arrives, __________________ ( leave taking)

23. ( Rita meets Shankar, a computer technician to get her computer repaired)
Shankar : Good morning, please be seated. ______________ ( seeking information)
Rita : My computer is _________________________ ( Giving information)
Shankar : Can you leave your PC for two days? Right now we are too busy.
Rita : Sorry, I ________________________ ( Expressing disapproval)
Shankar : I am afraid you will have to go to another technician.
Rita :___________________________ ( Ends her conversation)

24. Ranga : Would you like to have something to eat?

Ravi : No thanks, ___________________ (rejecting)
Ranga : Why don’t you try __________________ (offer a nice food)
Ravi : ____________ just a small bit or little bit. (Accept)
Ranga : How does it taste?
Ravi : It’s _________________

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25. (At the Bank)
Akshita : _________________ I am akshita. (Greeting)
Bank Clerk : Good morning. _________________ (Offering help)
Akshita : I would like to open an account. ___________________ (Requesting)
Bank Clerk : Go to counter six and _________________________ (Giving information)
Akshita : Thank you.

26. (Ravi and Aslam are strangers and meet at the city bus terminal.)
Ravi : Excuse me, ____________________ to Dasarahalli ? (Requesting for bus no.)
Aslam : __________________________ (Giving information)
Ravi : _____________________________ (Seeking information on platform no.)
Aslam : Go to platform number 7 and wait there.
Ravi : __________________________ (Expressing gratitude)

27. (A new resident at the apartment)

Mohit : Hello, ______________ supermarket? (Enquiring)

Security : Sir, _____________________ (Replying)
Mohit : I _________________. I have moved this morning into flat 108, B block.
(Introducing)
Security : So you have shifted just this morning. ___________________________ .
(Offering to help)
Akshita : Thank you. I surely will.

Job Application

01. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in “The Deccan
Herald” dated 9th March, 2016 :

( write XXX for name and YYY for address)

Wanted
First Division Assistant
Qulification: Any graduate with knowledge of computer
and fluency in Kannada, English and Hindi.
Apply to: The President
Basaveshwara Education Society
Vidyanagar, Hubballi

02. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in “The Deccan
Herald” dated 7th March, 2016 :

Wanted
Office Assistants
Qualification : PUC with first class, Computer Knowledge
Fluency in Kannada, English & Hindi
Experience prepared

Apply to : The Managing Director

Shree Matha Technologies Ltd
#77, Abhi Towers, KVK Layout,
Mysore road, Bangalore-560017
( write XXX for name and YYY for address)
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03. Write a letter of Application in response to the following advertisement whichappeared in ‘The Times of
India’ dated 15th March 2015.

WANTED
Receptionist
Qualification : Any Graduate with Knowledge of Computer
and Fluency in English and Hindi
Apply within 10 days to:
The Managing Director
Mangala Group of Companies
Nagadevanahalli, Ring Road
Bangalore – 31

04. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement whichappeared in ‘Deccan
Herald’ dated 7th October 2014.
(write XXX for name, YYY for address)

WANTED

S.M. Pre University College, Dharwad invites applications from qualified candidates for the post of
lecturer in English. Apply within 10 days to
TheChairman, Shree Manjunatheshwar Education Trust, Vidyanagar Dharwad-580004.
Candidates must have passed M.A. in English with 55% marks. Candidates with experience and good
Communication skillwill be given preference

05. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in ‘The New
Indian Express’ dated 10 March, 2015.
(Write XXX for name and YYY for address.)

BAPUJI VIDYAVARDHAKA SANGHA

Requires
Administrators
Qualification : BBA/MBA is a must. Candidates with at least
2 years of experience will be given preference. Should possess excellent
communication skill.
Apply within 10 days to: The Secretary, BapujiVidyavardhakaSangha,
Bagalkot.

06. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in ‘The Hindu’
dated October 17, 2014.
(Write XXX for name and YYY for address.)

WANTED
Receptionist
Qualification: Any degree with 60% and above, knowledge of computer, good
communication skills in kannada and English.
Apply within a week to: The Manager,(HRD), Mphasis Technologies, TNS Road ,
Jayanagar, Bangalore-70
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07. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in The Hindu
dated 15 March, 2014.
(Write XXX for name and YYY for address.)
WANTED
Commercial Assistants
Qualification : B.com, Should know both English and Kannada type
writing. A good knowledge of computer is required.
Apply to : The Personnel Manager
Laxmi Finance Company
No. 166, Dr.Rajkumar Road
Rajaji Nagar, Bangalore.

08. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in “The Times of
India” dated 5th Jan, 2015 :

Wanted
RECEPTIONIST
Qualification : Any degree with 50 % and above. Knowledge of computer must.
Communication skill in English and other local languages
Apply within a week to : The co-ordinator (HRD)
Nightingale hospitals
Army Block
HSR Layout, Bangalore

09. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in “The Hindu”
dated 10th January , 2015 :
Wanted
St. Teresa pre university college, Hubli invites application from qualified individuals for the post of
lecturer in English . apply within 10 days to, ‘The Secretary’ , St Theresa Educational Trust, Hubli.
Candidates with experience and good communication skill will be given preference.
10. Write a letter of application in response to the following adverstisement that appeared in “The Deccan
Herald” on December 15th 2014. (Write EFGH for name and ABCD for address)
Wanted
Labour Officer
Qualification: BSW
Age: Below 28 years
Apply within 7 days to:
The General Manager
Krishna Sugars Ltd.,
Athani advertisement
12. Write a letter of application in response to the following - 591304 which appeared in ‘The Hindu’ on
nd
22 December 2014.

S.D.M. Higher Primary School, Dharwad

Requires Teachers
Qualification: 1st class in P.U.C with Diploma in Education
Knowledge of English and Kannada Compulsory.
Send in your resume within 8 dayTo
The Head Master
S.D.M. Higher Primary School,M.G. Road, Dharwad.
( write XXX for Name and YYY for address)

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13. Write a letter of application in response to the following adverstisement that appeared in “The Times of
India” on December 20th 2014. (Write EFGH for name and ABCD for address)

0 Wanted
Teachers kannada/English
Qualification: B.A, B.Ed
Age: Below 28 years
Apply within 7 days to:
Head Master
SharadaVidyaMandir
Udayagiri, Mysore
14. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in “The Deccan
Herald” dated 17th March, 2016 :

‘National Academy For Learning’ invites application from professionally qualified teachers who have
experience and competence to teach ICSE, CBSE and IGCSE curriculum in the following subject, English
Literature, Maths, Physics and Chemistry. Remuneration package exceeds 6,00,000 per annum. Send your
resume with a passport size photograph to:
The Principal, National Academy For Learning, III Cross, II Main, II Block, Basaveshwar nagar, Bangalore -
79

15. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in “The Hindu”
dated 7th feb, 2016 :

( write XXX for name and YYY for address)

Titan Watch Company
Requires Engineers
Qulification: B E (Mechanical)
Candidates should have experience of minimum 3 years in
Manufacturing units of any company
Salary based on performance.
Apply within 7 days: The Manager
H R Department, Titan watches company, Hosur,
Tamil Nadu

16. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in ‘The Hindu’ on
22nd December 2014.

S.D.M. Higher Primary School, Dharwad

Requires Teachers
Qualification: 1st class in P.U.C with Diploma in Education
Knowledge of English and Kannada Compulsory.
Send in your resume within 8 days
To
The Head Master, S.D.M. Higher Primary School, M.G. Road, Dharwad.
( write XXX for Name and YYY for address)

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17. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in “The Deccan
Herald” dated 7th March, 2014 :

Leading software company is looking out for talented and dynamic MBA graduate (HR) to handle the
main unit of the company. Apply within a week all details to, The Director, Streamline Inc. Limited, Plot
no.46, Patel Nagar, New Delhi.

18. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in “The Indian
Express” dated 21st Jan, 2015 :

( write XXX for name and YYY for address)

The Regional Manger, Karnataka Bank invites application

for the post of Accounts Assistant . Applicants should be
graduates with good academic carrer.
Apply within one week to:
The Regional Manager,
Karnataka Bank’
Kasturaba road, Mysore-18

19. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in “The Deccan
Herald” dated 16th Jan, 2016 :
( write XXX for name and YYY for address)
Qualification : Any degree with 60% and above
Knowledge of computer needed
Good communication skills in kannada and
English.
Apply within a week to : The Mannager( HRD)
Sindu Technologies vijanagar,
Bangalore .

20. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in “The Indian
Express” dated 30th March, 2016 :
Wanted
Vidya Pre University college, Mysore, invites application from qualified individuals for the post of Lecturer
in Kannada. Apply within 10 days to :’The Secretary’, Vidya Pre University college, 1134, K L Road, Mysore-
12. Candidates with experience and good communication skill will be given preference.
( write XXX for name and YYY for address)

21. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in “The Deccan
Herald” dated 12th March, 2016 :
( write XXX for name and YYY for address)
Wanted HR
Qualification: MBA with two years experience. Computer
knowledge Fluency in English is must.
Apply within 7 days to:
The Manager,
NIBL association,
#23, 1st cross, KH Road,
Bangalore-12
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Hindu” dated 10th April, 2015:

( write XXX for name and YYY for address)

Required Accounts Assistants.
Qualification : Commerce graduates
Should have computer knowledge. Should handle accounts independently.
Apply within 10 days to:
The Personal Manager, Sriram chit’s co.,No 121, M G Road, Bangalore

23. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in “The Deccan
Herald” dated 12th January , 2016 :

WANTED
Alembic Pharmacy company Bangalore invites application from the qualified candidates for the post of
Medical Representatives. Apply within 10 dyes to, The Regional Manager, Alembic company, 345, M G
Road, Bangalore-1. Candidates with experience and fluency in English, local language and experience will
be given preference.
( write xxx for name and YYY for address)

24. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in “The Deccan
Herald” dated 7th March, 2016 :

( write XXX for name and YYY for address)

Dayan pu college invites application from qualified individuals for the post of chemistry lecturer
Qualification: M Sc, Fluency in English, Hindi with computer knowledge.
Apply within a week to:
The Principal
Dayan PU college, MH Road, Hubli--12

25. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in ‘The Indian
Express’ dated 05-12-2017.

WANTED
Librarian
For a reputed residential school
Qualification : Degree in B.Lib, Knowledge of Computer,
Knowledge of Kannada and English
Apply within 10 days to:
Administrator
Model Education Society
Outer Ring Road
No. 1625, Sardar Nagar, Dharwad - 580001

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‘The Deccan Herald’ dated 17th December 2017.

wanted
Data Entry Operators
Qualification : II PUC with First Class
Basic Computer Knowledge Essential
Fluency in Kannada and English
Apply within 10 days to
The Managing Director
Abhaya Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

27)Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in

‘The Hindu’ dated 18th December 2017.

Wanted
Drawing teachers

Maria Montessori invites applications from qualified artists. Candidates should

be fluent in English and Hindi with a Diploma or equivalent Degree in Fine Arts.
Apply within 10 days to:
The Principal
Maria Montessori
Shantiniketan Arts faculty
8, Camac St, Elgin, Kolkata,
West Bengal 700017

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1. a real /there is / this/ in / toy kingdom / kinglet

2. can’t earn / labour / you / stone palaces / by honest
3. they /mind /killing people /in /war /don’t
4. 1994/Navdanya farm/ started/ was / in
5. teaches / Earth University/ the / Earth Democracy
6. by / inspired / is/ Tagore / the earth University
7. old lady/ white haired/ Dona Laura/ a /was
8. Don Gonzalo/ handkerchief / his / used / as a shoe brush
9. silver maiden /the / called/ Dona Laura/ was
10. the bench / are /three priests/ on/ sitting
11. agriculture / was / in / well versed /the old man
12. all/forgot / Basavaiah’s death/ his songs/ after / Tammanna
13. apple/ to become /the child’s foot /an /wants
14. first literary/ Borges’/reading/ Grimm’s Fairy tales/ was
15. person/extraordinary / an/ was / mother / Borges’
16. aesthetic / is /poetry/ act / an
17. that is/ near/ far / all /becomes
18. Bowing / in/ Japanese culture /a natural practice/ is
19. expensive / in/ are /Motor cars/ Brazil
20. young man/ popular / a/ Roof/ was
21. movement/ is /cycling/ a/ social
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22. books/ that/ never/ will/ I/ disappear/ believe
23. fond/ Gonzalo/ good/ of /verses/ was
24. his assistant / Roof / five elders / besides / in the room / and / were / there
25. another shilling / got up / gave / Roof / each man / again / and
26. a lot of / had lately been / he / firewood / himself / taking down
27. every five years / exercise power / the great day / the people / when
28. he / of the booth / had gone in / Roof / as jauntily as / went out
29. the famous / wrote / cycling song / he / that has become / their anthem
30. knowledge / not just / the source of / was / and freedom / the forest
31. Extremely / Expensive / in Brazil / Motor cars / are
32. to us / give / all things / for the purpose / have been
33. be /water /used /should /judiciously
34. forest /the/of beauty /joy/is/source/and
35. plays / democracy / an important / in / role / the media
36. application / my resume/ I /with this/ have /enclosed
37. Gandhi /Africa / as a lawyer /went / to South /work /to
38. extensions / our sight / is an / the microscope.
39. expensive / are extremely / in Brazil / motor car
40. has made/ the snuff/ peace / Laura and Gonzalo/ between
41. Soldiers / to kill / their own / kinsmen / are not/ trained
42. Seeing/ is/ bad/ many/ films/ which/ you/ started/ have/ too.
43. they condemned / the criminal / to / cut off as / the / have / his / head / law directs
44. and live together / the freedom of all species / Earth democracy / is respecting / of life / to evolve.
45. divided / countries / continents / the / is / into / and / world.
46. Hard / succeed / you will / unless / not / you / work
47. as the punishment / death sentence / for his crime/ was given / the murderer
48. fifty mopeds/ UNICEF/ Arivoli women activities/ sanctioned /for
49. of the Himalaya / started / in the forest / ecological journey / my
50. as helped / the peace / the intellectual evolution / of the forest/ of man.
51. discover / to / is metaphors / task/ the poet’s
52. has helped / the peace / the intellectual evolution / of the forest / of man.
53. West Bengal / Tagore / Shantiniketan / in / a learning centre / established / known as
54. all his possessions / important / the most / among / rival / was his
55. lives / some kind of / vengefulness / man / unbearable / for
56. centuries /books / the greatest / memory / are / of all
Fill in the blanks with the right linker:
1. The special revenue came from a gaming house, _________ people played roulette. Some of the
little German Sovereigns used to keep gaming houses of the same kind _________ some years
ago they were forbidden to do so. The reason they were stopped was_________ these gaming
houses did so much harm. A man would come and try his luck. _________ he would risk all he
had and lose it.
(because, then, where, but)

2. The criminal refused to go away __________ they had ruined his character _________ people
would turn their backs on him. _________ he had got out of the way of working. He said they
might do as they liked, _________ he would not go away.
(but, for, besides, and)

3. The criminal received one third of his pension in advance _________ left the kingdom.
_________ crossing the frontier, he settled down on a bit of land. _________ he started market
gardening _________ fetched him good profit and he lived peacefully and well.
(and, later, after, which)

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4. The criminal remained in the prison for a year. _________ when a year had passed, the kinglet
was shocked to see the amount spent for his keep. _________ he summoned his council to
consider the matter. The council considered _________ reconsidered. _________ they decided
to dismiss the guard who watched the criminal.
(finally, but, therefore, and)

5. The death sentence was altered to life imprisonment. This would enable the Prince to show his
mercy _________ it would come cheaper. _________ there was no strong prison fit for
permanent use. _________ they managed to find a place _________ would serve the purpose.
(but, and, which, however)
4x1=4
6. _______________ the old man came to the garden one day _______ walking hundreds of
miles, the owner of the garden was free and relaxed ______________ but the owner’s wife was worried
__________________ her husband became lethargic and shed away from hand work.
(but, when , because. After)

7. __________ Roof would have put it. Then he had received a strange visit from the leader of the POP
Campaign team. ___________ he and Roof were well known to each other. _____________ might even be
called friends, his visit was cold and business like. No words were wasted. He placed l\five pounds on the
floor _____________ Roof.
( before, and although, as )

8. Roof was a young and energetic man. He never left hid village ................ seek work in the towns ..........
decided to remain in the village to guide his people. ......................... he was very popular. .................he was
an expert in election campaigning.
( moreover, but, in order to, so )

9. The young man took refuge in Don Gonzalo’s house. He went to Seville, -------- then came to Madrid. He
wrote letters to Laura --------- they were intercepted by her parents. ------- in despair, he joined the army. --
---------- he met a glorious death in the war.
(but, and, at last, then)

10. There was ……….. a guillotine for cutting the heads off ………… an executioner in Monaco. ……… the
ministers wrote a letter asking the French Government whether they could lend them a machine ……… an
expert to cut off the criminal’s head off.
( and, neither, so, nor)

11. ____________ , all this rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaiah looked like healthy competition.
________ , it took a new turn. ________ it rose to such a pitch that there was no land left in the village for
them to buy. All land belonged to ________ Tammanna or Basavaiah.
(to begin with, however, gradually, either)

12. The General of Monaco asked each of his soldiers to cut the criminal’s head off. _______ no soldier came
forward to do it. _________ the ministers of Monaco assembled a Commission. ________, they appointed
a Committee and a Sub- Committee. _______ they decided that the best thing would be to alter the death
sentence to one of life imprisonment.
(besides, but, at last, therefore)

13. The kingdom of Monaco was a peaceful and peace loving country. _____ they did not feel the need to keep
an army or a police force. ______ once, a murder was committed there. ________ they were forced to look
for ways to try and punish the criminal. ______ they decided to give him a pension and send him away.
(but, eventually, so, then)

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14. One of the American states had an early traffic law _______ emphasised the rule __________ on two cars
meeting at an intersection, one was not supposed to move before the other. _______ in Japan, if two
people bow, neither is to straighten ______ stand erect before the other deer.
( likewise, that, which, nor )

15. Logging had led to landslides and floods ______ scarcity of water, fodder and fuel. _______ women
provide these basic needs, the scarcity meant longer walks to satisfy the needs. Women knew that the real
value of forests was not the timber from dead tree __________ the springs and streams _____ the women
set out to save trees.
( but, so, since, and)

16. Your children are not yours __________ they are sons and daughters of life. ___________ they come
through you. ___________ they don’t belong to you. ________ their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow.
(because, though, but, and)

17. The poet wants the lady to remember ________ some loved her with genuine sentiment __________
others with a short lived selfish passion. The poet loved her _______ the piligrim soul in her. Poet,s love
will prove constant and undying _______ it has a spiritual basis.
( that, and, but, because)

18. Women of Garhwal knew the real value of forests was not the timber from a dead tree ________ the
springs and streams. Forest _______ provides food for their cattle _______ fuel for their hearths. They
would hug the trees and the loggers would have to kill them to cut down the trees.
(not only, but also, but before)

19. __________________ Pudukkottai is one of the poorest directs in India, women have taken to cycling as a
symbol of Independence, freedom and mobility. _________ they don’t have to wait for a bus or depend on
men. Ever ______ they started cycling they have been able to save time and moreover it has boosted their
income. __________ ithas brought them a sense of self – respect and confidence.
( since, Beside, Although, Now)
20. The prince agreed to this, and ____, the matter was arranged. The only hitch now was _________ there
was no suitable prison for a man sentenced for life. There was a small lock-up _____________ people
were sometimes kept temporarily, ____________ there was no strong prison fit for permanent use.
(but, where, that ,so)

21. The rain had failed _____ all the wells and tanks had run dry. __________ overcome the problem the
problem the municipal authorities sunk a number of bore wells. ________________ they could supply
water to the citizens. __________ the situation was brought under control.
(thus, so, therefore, in order to)

22. The earth university teaches earth Democracy _______ is the freedom for all species to evolve within web
of life. ________ we all depend on the earth, Earth Democracy translates Human Right’s to food and water
to freedom from Hunger and thirst. ______ the earth University is located at Navadanya participants
included the farmers and the school children _______ enhance them about organic farming.
( since, because, in order to, which)

23. The refugees left their village ________ there was famine. _________ make a living they decided to go to
the near by city. ______ they were unwanted guests there. _________ they decided to go back to their
famine hit village.
( therefore, in order to, because, but)

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24. young man took refuse in Don Gunzola’s house. He went to Seville. __________ then he came to
Madrid. He wrote letters to Laura ________ they intercepted by her parents. __________ in despair he
joined the army.__________ he met a glouries death in the war.
( but, and , at last, then)

25. Basavaihah was happy _____ Tammanna started suffering from a disease __________ Tammanna did not
stop thinking _________ found a method of punishing Basavaiah _____ could annihilate him.
( and, but, which, because)

26. He _______ became a lawyer and for a while his life was a conventional one. Consequently, he gave up his
legal practice_________ forfeited all claims to family support. Baba Amte rebelled against social injustice
_________ he was the eldest son of a wealthy landowners. _______even as a lawyer, no peace of mind.
( then, later, although, and, but )

27. Bachni Devi led resistance aganist her own husband, __________ he had obtained a contract to cut trees.
____________ the officers arrived at the forest, the women held up lanterns _________ it was broad
daylight. ____________ the foresters asked the activities group to explain about it.
( but, although, as soon as, because)

28. POP had been formed by the tribal down the coast ________ to save themselves. _______ it was clear that
the party had no chance here _________ it had plunged with typical foolishness into a straight fight with
PAP. Everything had been moving according to plan __________________ Roof had received a strange visit
from the leader of the POP campaign team.
( until, in order to, although, but)

29. In Brazil, drivers do not care about the pedestrians. __________ a driver notices a pedestrian step off the
pavement, he regards him as a fair game. __________, he takes aim and accelerates. ______________, the
pedestrian jumps and runs for his dear life. _________ he does not resent this in the least.
( then, but, as soon as, at once )

30. Poetry is so intimate ______ it cannot be defined without over simplifying it. An attempt to
define it is like defining a colour or emotion. It is difficult to define it _______ it is an aesthetic art. _______
poetry is not the poem, _________ is nothing more than a series of symbols.
(moreover, that, which, because)

31. Vandana Shiva started to save seeds from farmers’ fields. _______ she realized that a farm was
needed for demonstration and training. _______ Navdanya farm was started. _______ many
varieties of seeds were conserved in this farm _______ practise and promote biodiversityintensive
form of farming.
(as a result, then, thus, in order to)

32. The Earth University teaches Earth Democracy _______is the freedom for all species. _______
we all depend on earth, it is our duty to respect the rights of other species _______ these
species have to evolve within the web of life. _______ Earth Democracy is a shift from
anthropocentrism to ecocentrism.
(as, which, moreover, since)

33. Tagore started Shantiniketan in West Bengal _______ create an Indian cultural renaissance.
_______ this became a university _______ received acclaim as the most famous centre of
learning. Shantiniketan was started as a forest school, amidst trees _______ forests were
thought to be a source of regeneration.
(because, in order to, which, later on)

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34. The gardener started narrating the story of Tammanna and Basavaiah to the owner’s wife.
_______ proceeding with the story, he started fumbling for words _______ he had made a
mistake. The owner’s wife was not interested in the story. She felt like going away _______
stayed back _______ she did not want to hurt the old man.
(but, after, as though, as)

35. Rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaiah looked like healthy competition in the beginning.
_______ it rose to such a pitch _______ they started competing in buying each acre of land in
the village. _______ no land in the village was left for buying. Even then Basavaiah was not
happy _______ he had 200 acres less than Tammanna.
(because, finally, gradually, that)

36. Basavaiah sent word that he was prepared to buy Tammanna’s 200 acres of land. This made
Tammanna furious. _______ he said he was prepared to buy all the land _______ belonged to
Basavaiah. _______ Basavaiah forcibly acquired 200 acres of Tammanna’s land. _______ the
enmity between them became fierce and sucked in all their supporters.
(as a result, in turn, which, instead)

37. Borges believes that metaphors, ________ they are truly metaphors, exist from the beginning of
time. ________ we express them differently, he asserts. In his view, all metaphors can be
reduced to five or six ________ seem to be essential metaphors. He says that the poet’s task is
to discover metaphors ________ they may already exist.
(even though, if, which, but)

38. Literature is a dream. Our past is nothing ________ a sequence of dreams. There is no difference
between dreaming ________ remembering the past. Books are the great memory of all
centuries. ________ their function is irreplaceable. ________ books disappear, surely history
would disappear, and surely man would disappear.
(If, but, therefore, and)

39. Japanese who live on a hopelessly overcrowded island have to respect one another’s privacy-
_____ rather, would have to __________ they had any privacy. ______ they don’t. ________
courtesy has a double function in Japan.
(but, if, or, so)

40. Japanese are said to be well-mannered _________ they respect each other’s privacy. You can
conduct your most confidential business transactions and love-quarrels in public _______ in
perfect privacy. Anybody could listen in ________ nobody does. _________ a telephone-receiver
is a man’s castle in Japan.
(yet, therefore, but, because)

41. Nobody hurries in Brazil. The people of Brazil are leisurely ________ they seem to have all the
time in the world _________ decorate the pavements they walk on. __________ , the drivers in
Brazil drive so fast _________ every tenth of a second is of grave importance.
(in order to, and, however, as though)

42. Bowing in Japan is not only quainter but infectious. _________ spending some time in Japan, one
starts bowing __________ he or she has been there forever. ____________ when a person
bows, it is too deep or not too deep enough __________ the outsider is not familiar with the
complexities of bowing.
(as though, after, however, because)

43. Motor cars are extremely expensive in Brazil ____________ of crippling and murderous import
duties. __________ almost everyone owns a car here. ___________ the roads in Brazil have
heavy traffic. ____________ the pedestrian’s life is becoming more hazardous every day.
(thus, hence, yet, because)

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44. Roof was a young and energetic man. He never left his village _______ seek work in the towns
_______ decided to remain to guide his people. _______ he was very popular. _______ he was
an expert in election campaigning.
(moreover, but, in order to, so)

45. Everything was moving according to plan. _______ Roof had received a strange visit from the
leader of POP campaign team. _______ he and Roof were well known _______ might even be
called friends, the visit was business-like. He placed five pounds on the floor before Roof.
_______ Roof spoke his eyes never left the red notes on the floor.
(and, although, then, as)

46. Roof was a very popular man in his village. _______ the villagers did not explain it in so many
words, Roof’s popularity was a measure of their gratitude to an energetic young man _______,
unlike most of his fellows nowadays, had not abandoned the village _______ seek work, any
work in the towns. And Roof was not a village lout _______ .
(who, although, either, in order to)

47. Roof’s heart nearly flew out _______ he saw the iyi _______ he knew the fame of Mbanta well.
_______ , he was certain that a single vote would not defeat Marcus. _______ he agreed to
swear on the iyi.
(hence, when, however, as)

48. Cycling made women independent __________ it reduced their dependence on men.
______________ it gave them a sense of freedom. ________ they had to put up with vicious
attacks on their character. ___________ all women in Pudukottai learnt cycling.
(more over, as, even then, but)

49. Cycling has had very definite economic implications. It boosts their income. ________ for sellers
it cuts down on time wasted in waiting for buses. ________ it gives them much more time to
focus on selling their produce. ________ it enlarges the area they hope to cover. ________ it
increases their leisure time, too.
( thus, firstly, furthermore, on top of that)

50. Eating soup in Japan is more dangerous than anything else. _______ eating soup, making fearful
noise is a sign of appreciation. _______ a European does not make such noise, he will be
considered an ill-mannered lout. _______ the one who makes noise will also be considered an
ill-mannered lout ________ a well brought-up European does not make such disgusting noise
when eating soup.
(while, because, if, anyway)

51. Vandana Shiva learnt about diversity in the Himalayan forest _______ wanted to adapt it in her
farms. _______ she started saving seeds from farmers’ fields. She realized the need of a farm for
demonstration and training. _______ Navdanya farm was started _________ promote a
biodiversity intensive form of farming.
(thus, then, in order to, and)

Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of the verb (passive) given in the
brackets.

1. The kingdom of Monaco was a peaceful and peace loving country. Once a murder _____________ (
commit) there. They ________ ( force) to look for ways to try and punish the criminal. At last, the criminal
_____________ ( punish) for his crime.

2. Roof’s sprits _____________ (fell) but let no one see it. All morning he ______________ (mask) his deep
worry with a surface exertion which was unusual. By the time the spring _____________(go) clean out of
his walk.

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3. The prince agreed to show mercy and so the matter............... (arrange). The only problem was that there
was no suitable prison for a person who ............. (sentence) for life. However, there was a smalllock-up
where people................. (Keep) temporarily.

4. The kingdom neither had a guillotine nor an executioner. Therefore a council …………...... (call). It …....………..
(decide) to write a letter to the French Government. The letter ……….. (send).

5. The criminal ……………. (sentence) for life. A guard …………….. (place) over him. Every day the food ………….
(bring) by the guard from the palace kitchen.

6. The king of Monaco was looking over the accounts. A new item of expenditure ………. (notice) by him. In
order to reduce this expenditure the guard ………. (dismiss) and the criminal …………. (ask) to run away.

7. The rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaiah increased day by day. Two hundred acres of Tammanna’s
land ________ (acquire) by Basavaiah. A fence____ (build) around the land. Tammanna ..................
(advise) by his supporters about the various means of getting back his land.

8. Roof ................ (know) to everyone in Umuofia. The campaigner of POP party met him. No words .............
(waste) between them. Roof ............... (give) five pounds to cast his vote for Maduka.

9. A murder was committed in Monaco. The ministers ______________ (summoned) and it _______ (decide)
to sentence the murderer for life and a guard ________ ( place) to look after him.

10. Cycles became the most popular means of transport in Pudukkotti. Women ______ (see) cycling to
their work places. Their dependence on men ______ (reduce). An all woman’s cycling rally _________ (
organise) as a part of this drive.

11. The general __________ (be+call) and the king asked if they ________ (can) find a soldier who would cut
the man’s head off? None of soldiers knew how to do it and it was not the thing they _______
(have+teach)

12. While she was in Madras, Sadir, a dance form ______ (learn) by Rukmini Devi. Later, the new
accomplishment ______ (display) under the banyan tree. RukminiDevi,s costumes _______ (admire) by all.

13. The number of motor vehicles ________ (be+grow) up by leaps and bounds, almost as if cars _______
(be+distribute) free of charge to all and sundry. Thus the pedestrian life _______ (be+become) more
hazardous everyday.

14. Repair work started yesterday on the Bendorewell road. The road _____ (resurface) and there will be long
delays. Drivers _______ (ask) to use an alternative roué if possible. The work ______ (expect) to last two
weeks. Next Sunday the road will be closed and traffic _____ (divert)

15. The source of Marcus’ good fortune ____________ (know) to everyone. His house _____________
(christen). Umuofia mansions in honour of the village. Five bulls and countless goats __________
(slaughter) on the day to entertain people.

16. A fence ________ (build) around Tammanna’s land by Basavaih. Both of them ____________ (encourage)
by their supporters. Tammanna ____________ (advise) by his supporters about the various means
available for getting back his land.

17. While I ______ (work) at a prison. I was assigned to the guest area to monitor the inmates ad their visitors.
A call _________ (received) at the reception and I knew the call _________ (mean) to be confidential.
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18. Laura’s house __________ (hide ) among the lemon and orange trees in Valencia. Even Ganzalo _______
(bring) up in Valencia. So he _______________ ( retain) the sweet memories of this place.

19. The criminal ______________ (sentence) for the life. a guard __________ ( place) over him. every day the
food ____________ (bring) by the guard from the palace kitchen.

20. Once, a grand party __________ (arrange) by lord Capulet, Romeo went to the party though he ________ (
not invite). There he ______ ( surprise) to see an angelic beauty.

21. The Indian team was in the finals against Australia in the world cup. There _______ (be) a lot of excitement
in the air. Indians ________ (want) their team to win. Some _______ (think) that the results, favoured India
because the star batsman, Sachin and Sehwag ______ (be) in top form.

22. Five pounds ___________ ( offer) to Roof to vote for Maduka. Roof _____________ (mesmerise)
completely by seeing the red notes, which ___________ (lay) on the floor by POP campaign leader.

23. In order to promote fine arts in Mysore, Kalakshetra ____________ ( establish) by the then Maharaja of
Mysore. Classes __________ ( held) under the Banyan trees. Gurukula style of teaching __________ (
followed) even today.

24. Tammanna ________ (prepare) to buy all the land that belonged to Basavaiah. But Tammanna’s two
hundred acres ____________ ( acquire) by Basavaiah. A fence ______ (build) around that land.

25. Cycling became popular in Pudukkottai. Banks _______ (force) to give loans to women to buy cycles. Each
block in the district __________ (make) to accept duties in promoting the cycling drive and great personal
attention _________ (give) by Sheela Rani Chunkath to this project.

26. . A few years ago a murder ________ (commit). The case ________ (try) in the most judicialmanner. The
criminal ________ (sentence) to death.

27. A letter ________ (send) to the French government. A prompt reply________ (receive). It saidthat a
machine and an expert ------------(could supply) but the cost would be 16,000 francs.

28. The general________ (call). He________ (ask) to find a soldier who would cut the man’s headoff. The
general talked it over with the soldiers. But the soldiers said, “It is not a thing we __________ (have,
teach).

29. The guard________ (dismiss). It ________ (decide) to offer the criminal a pension. The pensionfixed was
600 francs. This ________ (announce) to the prisoner.

30. A crime was reported to the Prince of Monaco. The Prince________ (amaze), for a murder ---------(commit)
in his toy kingdom. The ministers---------(summon) to discuss the matter

31. In the toy Kingdom, a council ________ (call) to consider what ________ (could,do).
It ___________ (decide) to send a letter to the king of Italy.

32. The king of Italy was a brother monarch, and ________ (might, induce) to do the thing cheaper.So the
letter________ (write), and a prompt reply ________ (receive).

33. The Council met again. The General ________ (summon) and he ________ (instruct) to ask hissoldiers if
they ________ (prepare) to cut the criminal’s head off.

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34. The Prince agreed to this, and the matter________ (arrange). There was a small lock-up where
people________ (keep) temporarily. The young fellow ________ (put) there.

35. Shantiniketan _______ (start) by Rabindranath Tagore in 1921.Today, it _______ (consider) as one of the
best learning centers in the world. The Earth University _______ (inspire) by Rabindranath Tagore.

36. The war against the earth began with this idea of separateness. Its contemporary seeds __ (sow)
when the living earth_______ (transform) into dead matter to facilitate the industrialrevolution. Diversity
_______ (replace) by monocultures.

37. Navdanya, the movement for bio-diversity conservation and organic farming _______ (start) in1987. More
than 3000 rice varieties _______ (save). Now bio-diversity intensive form of farming_______ (practice) by
many farmers across the country.

38. After the duel the gallant lover fled Valencia. Many letters _______ (write) by him to his beloved.Since no
reply _______ (receive), he thought that they _______ (intercept) by her parents.

39. When Gonzalo entered the park, his usual bench _________ (occupy) by the priests. He_________ (annoy)
and his servant, Juanito_________ (ask) to rout them out.

40. One afternoon, just at sunset, as the first stars were appearing, the silver maiden _______(seen) to leave
the house. She sat upon a rock and her gaze _________ (fix) upon the horizon.The tide rose with a boom
and she _________ (sweep) out to sea.

41. Laura got up to go home. She _________ (support) by her maid. She turned her head and_________
(surprise) to see Gonzalo picking up the violets which _________ (drop) on theground.

42. Tammanna came to the plantation after walking hundreds of miles. He _________ (appoint) tolook after
the garden. The workers were happy as their problems _________ (solve). The incomeimproved
dramatically but a change in the owner’s lifestyle _________ (notice) by his wife.

43. Basavaiah had 200 acres less land than Tammanna. So Tammanna _________ (ask) to sell his 200acres to
Basavaiah. This _________ (reject) by Tammanna. Instead, a demand _________ (place)that Tammanna
was ready to buy all his land.

44. Basavaiah tried to outshine Tammanna in his own way. A palatial house _________ (build) byhim. A
number of persons _________ (appoint) just to praise him. Scholars, poets and musicians_________
(invite) to his place.

45. Borges’ first literary reading was ‘Grimm’s Fairy Tales’. It _______ (find) in his father’s library. It was an
English version of the book that ________ (translate) from German. According to Borges, he ________
(educate) by his father’s library more than by high school or the university.

46. Borges opines that all things ________ (have, give) to us for a purpose. All that happens to us________
(must, see) as raw material. This material ________ (transmute) into art and eternal works are made.

47. Last night, I had a very strange dream. I dreamed of a great library and it ________ (burn) down. Its
countless volumes ________ (attack) by flames. I ________ (disturb) by this dream.

48. The visible world has moved away from my eyes. But it ________ (has, replace) by other things. It
________ (accept) by me positively. Books ________ (buy) even today with the same interest.

49. It is an excellent idea that a history of book ________ (should, write). ‘Decline of the west’________
(remember) for ever because some remarkable comments ________ (make) by Spengler on books.

50. Poetry is something so intimate and essential. It ________ (cannot, define) without
oversimplifying it. Mere arrangement of words ________ (not call) poetry. Just as the fall of leaves in the
autumn ____ (cannot explain), poetry is difficult to explain.

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51. Privacy had double function in Japan. Mikes ___________ (surprise) to notice Japanese attitude towards
privacy. Though telephones _____________ (situate)in the open, confidential business transactions
_____________ (conduct) with ease.

52. Bowing in Japan was closely observed by Mikes. Bowing ___________ (do) in an oriental and formal
manner. One’s social rank and status ______________ (reflect) when two persons bowed to each other. In
many cases there were clear cut rules and they __________ (observe) without difficulty.

53. Mikes visited a Japanese house. He ____________ (offer) a bowl of soup. While eating soup
it_____________ (expect) that he should make a fearful noise. He knew that if Europeans made sound,
they ____________ (considered) to be ill-mannered louts.

54. Drivers in Brazil were very dangerous. Once they ____________ (seat) behind the steering wheel, no
speed was fast enough for them. If a pedestrian stepping off the pavement _________(notice), he
____________ (regard) as fair game.

55. Roof was a young man. He __________ (know) to everyone in Umuofia. The POP campaigner met him at
night. No words __________ (waste) between them. Roof __________ (give) five pounds to vote for
Maduka.

56. Marcus Ibe was the PAP candidate. He __________ (warn) about the radical change in the thinking of
Umuofia. So five months’ salary __________ (draw) in advance. His campaign boys_____ (arm) with
eloquent little jute bags.

57. Marcus Ibe was extremely generous to Roof. He __________ (ask) to lend one of his many robes by Roof.
When Marcus Ibe’s wife objected, she __________ (rebuke) publicly by him. Roof won a land case because
he __________ (drive) by a chauffeur to the disputed site.

58. Roof received a strange visit from the POP campaigner. Though the campaigner and Roof__________
(know) to each other, his visit was cold and business-like. No words __________(exchange) between them.
When the visitor placed five pounds on the floor, Roof __________(mesmerize) by the picture of the cocoa
farmer.

59. Marcus was doing things in grand style. A high life band from Umuru __________ (hire) by him and it
__________ (station) at a distance from the voting booth. Marcus sat in his car when last minute advice
__________ (give) to voters by Roof and others.

60. The man nudged his companion and he brought forward an object that __________ (cover) with a red
cloth. It was a fearsome little affair. It __________ (keep) in a clay pot and feathers__________ (stick) into
it.

61. The rural women of Pudukkottai found a way of hitting out at their backwardness. Cycling___________
(choose) as a medium in doing so. Cycling ___________ (learn) by over one fourth of all rural women. The
new skill ___________ (display) by over 70,000 of these women.

62. Arivoli played an important role in the cycling movement. A number of training camps____________
(arrange) by Arivoli. In order to encourage bicycling, songs _________ (sing) by neo-cyclists. The UNICEF
___________ (impress) and sanctioned fifty mopeds for Arivoli women activists.

63. Cycling gained momentum gradually. Though dirty remarks ___________ (make), women paidno
attention. Scores of young women __________ (train) by Jameela and her friends. A directlink __________
(see) by a neo-cyclist woman between cycling and her personal independence.

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64. Now we often see a woman doing a four-kilometer stretch on her bicycle to collect water. Even carting
provisions from other places ___________ (do) on their own. But when this began, filthy remarks
___________ (make). Even then social sanction ___________ (give) to cycling by Arivoli.

65. Gents’ cycles have certain advantages. These ___________ (prefer) by some women as these have an
additional bar from the seat to the handle. A child ___________ (can, seat) on it. Carting provisions
___________ (can, do) on their own.

66. It was the occasion of International Women’s Day in 1992. Pudukkottai ___________ (take) by storm. The
town’s inhabitants _____________ (stun) by the all-women’s cycle rally. However, it ____________
(approve) by all males.

67. In no time cycling became a way of life in Pudukkottai. It __________ (introduce) as a tool of social
change. Mobility, facilitated by cycling ______ (include) as a part of literacy drive. The idea________
(propose) by Sheela Rani Chunkath, the district collector.

68. Cycling brought a mighty change in the life of women in Pudukkottai. They started moving on their own.
Dependence on men _________ (reduce) to some extent. Provisions too _________(cart) from one place
to another and a four kilometer stretch _________ (cover) on their cycles to fetch water.

69. The District Collector’s main aim was to make literacy reach the interior. So mobility____(include) as a part
of literacy drive. Loans _________ (provide) by banks for women to buy cycles. Specific duties _________
(allot) to each block to promote this drive.

70. The war against the earth began with the idea of separateness. The contemporary seeds of this war ………..
(sow) when the living earth ……….. (transform) into dead matter to facilitate the industrial revolution.
Diversity …………. (replace) by monoculture

71. Dona Laura said that many stories __________ (tell) by the fishermen about how the ‘SilverMaiden’
__________ (wash) away by the tide. They affirmed that the name that _____________(write) by her on
the sand remained for a long time

01. Read the following lines and answer the questions:

A little fairy comes at night,
Her eyes are blue, her hair is brown,
With silver spots upon her wings;
And from the moon she flutters down.
i) When does a little fairy come?
ii) What is the colour of her eyes?
iii) Where does she flutter down from?

02. Read the following lines and answer the questions:

Child,
Child, how happy you are sitting in the dust, playing with broken twig all the
morning!
I smiled at your play with that little bit of a broken twig.
I am busy with my accounts, adding up figures by the hour.
Perhaps you glance at me and think “what a stupid game to spoil your morning
with !”
Child, I have forgotten the art of being absorbed in sticks and mud – pies.
i) What is the child doing?
ii) What is the poet busy with?
iii) Who has forgotten the art of being absorbed in sticks and mud – pies?

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03. Read the following lines and answer the questions:
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
a) Where did the two roads diverge?
b) The word ‘both’ in the second line refers to two
i) Woods
ii) Travellers
iii) Roads
c) What does the word ‘one’ in the fourth line refer to ?
04. Read the following lines and answer the questions.
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

i. Where did the two roads diverge?

ii. The word ‘both’ in the second line refers to two
a. travelers. b. woods. c. roads.
iii. What did the traveler do when he came across the two diverged roads?

05. Read the following lines and answer the questions:

Seven years I could not walk a step

When I to the great physician came
He demanded: Why the crutches?
And I told him: I am lame

i) How long could the speaker not walk a step?

ii) Who does ‘He’ in the third line refer to?
iii)Why does the speaker use crutches?

06. Read the following lines and answer the questions.

O Blithe new-comer! I have heard,
I hear thee and rejoice:
O cuckoo! Shall I call thee Bird,
Or but a wandering voice?

i) Who is the new-comer addressed by the speaker?

ii) How does the speaker feel on hearing the song?
iii) What is the other phrase the speaker uses to refer to the bird?

07. Read the following lines and answer the questions.

At the corner of wood street, when daylight appears,
Hangs a thrush* that sings loud, it has sung for three years:
Poor Susan has passed by the spot, and has heard
In the silence of the morning the song of the bird.
* a bird
i. Where does Susan come across the thrush?
ii. How long has the thrush been singing?
iii. When has Susan heard the song of the bird?

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08. Read the following lines and answer the questions.
Lord, I am so tired
Tired I entered this world.
Far have I wandered since the cock crew,
And the road to school is steep.
Lord, I do not want to go into their school.
i) Who is addressed by the speaker?
ii) What time of day does ‘since the cock crew’ suggest?
iii) How is the road to school according to the speaker?

09. Read the following lines and answer the questions:

I should like to rise and go
Wher below another sky
Parrot islands anchored lie,
And, watched by cockatoos and goats,
Lonely Crusoes building boats;
a) Name the Island mentioned here.
b) Who keeps a watch over these islands?
c) How are the crusoes described as?

10. Read the following lines and answer the questions:

Behold! A giant am I!
Aloft here in my tower
With my granite jaws I devour
The maize, the wheat and the rye,
And grind them into flour.
I look down over the farms:
In the fields of grain I see
The harvest that is to be.
i) How does the speaker describe himself?
ii) Name any two grains which were devours.
iii) What does the speaker see in the fields of grain?

11. Read the following lines and answer the questions.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both,
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as fas as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
i) Where did the two roads diverge?
ii) Where did the Writer couldn’t travel?
iii) Why did the Writer stand for long time in the place?

12. Read the following lines and answer the questions.

I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: two vast and trunk less legs of store?
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies; whose frown…

i) Where had the traveler come from?

ii) What did he see standing in the desert?
iii) What was the expression on the shattered visage?
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13. Read the following lines and answer the questions.
Lord I do not want to go into white men’s school
And the road to school is steep
I want to follow father into the cool gorges.

i. What does ‘their’ school refer to?

ii. Why doesn’t the boy like to go to school?
iii. What does the boy want to do?

14. Read the following lines and answer the questions:

Green Pastures she views in the midst of the dale,
Down which she so often has tripped with her pail:
And a single small cottage, a nest like a dove’s.
The one only dwelling on earth that she loves.
i) Where has the girl tripped so often with her pail?
ii) What is the small cottage compared with?
iii) What does the speaker view in the middle of the valley?
15. Read the following lines and answer the questions:
Rose a nurse of ninety years.
Set his child upon her knee
Like summer tempest came her tears
“sweet my child I live for thee”
i) How old was the nurse?
ii) What did the old nurse do to make her weep?
iii) What did the warrior’s wife exclaim at last?
16. Read the following lines and answer the questions:
O Blithe new – comer ! I have heard,
I heard thee and rejoice:
O Cuckoo! Shall I call thee Bird,
Or but a wandering voice?
i) What did the speaker hear?
ii) I hear thee and rejoice’, ‘thee’ refers to __________
iii) Who has a wandering voice?
17. Read the following lines and answer the questions:
Leave this chanting and singing and
Telling of beats ! whom dost thou
Worship is this lonely dark corner of a
Temple with doors all shut? Open
Thine eyes and see thy God is not before thee !
a) what does the speaker say to do?
b) Where do the people (devotees) worship the god?
c) “God is not before thee!”. Thee refers to _________
18. Read the following lines and answer the questions:
Child, how happy you are sitting in the dust, playing with a broken twig all the morning!
I smiled at your play with little bit of broken twig.
I am busy with my accounts, adding up figures by the hour.
i) Where was the child sitting?
ii) What was the child dong?
iii) What is the narrator busy with?

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19. Read the following lines and answer the questions:
A little fairy cones at night
Her eyes are blue, her hair is brown,
With silver spot upon her wings:
And from the moon she flutters down.
a) When does the fairy make her appearance?
b) Describe the fairy.
c) Where the fairy flutters down?
20. Read the following lines and answer the questions:
Child, I have forgotten the art of being absorbed in stick and mud- pies.
I seek out costly playthings, and gather lumps of gold and silver.
With whatever you find you create your glad games.
i) What has the poet forgotten?
ii) Name the playthings of the poet.
iii) What does the child create?
21. Read the following lines and answer the questions:
She has a little silver wand,
And when a good child goes to bed,
She waves her hand from right to left
And makes a circle round its head.
i)What does the angle wave?
ii) When does she wave the wand?
iii) Where does she make a circle?
22. Read the following lines and answer the questions:
Seven years I could not walk a step
When I to the great physician came
He demanded, why the crutches?
And I told him, I am lame.
i) How long the poet could not walk?
ii) Who came to the poet?
iii) Why could not the poet walk a step?
23. Read the following lines and answer the questions:
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunk less legs of stones
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command.
i) Where did the traveller come from?
ii) What did the traveller see in the desert?
iii) What does trunk less legs of stones mean in the poem
24. Read the following lines and answer the questions:

Strange but true is the story of the sea – turtle and the shark-
The instinctive drive of the weak to survive in the oceanic dark.
Driven riven by hungry from abyss to shoal...
i) Whom does the word weak refer to here?
ii) Who is driven and riven by hungry?
iii) What does the word abyss means?

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25. Read the following lines and answer the questions.
The caged bird sings with fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
i. Where according to the speaker is the bird?
ii. What does the bird sing of?
iii. Whose tune is heard on the distant hill?

26. Read the following lines and answer the questions.

Seven years I could not walk a step.
When I to a great physician came
He demanded: Why the crutches?
And I told him: I am lame.
i. How long could the speaker not walk?
ii. Whom did the speaker approach?
III. Why did the speaker use the crutches?

27. Read the following lines and answer the questions.

Well, I am cured now; I can walk
Cured by nothing more than laughter
Sometimes, though, when I see sticks
I walk worse for some hours after.
i. What can the speaker do now?
ii. How was the speaker cured?
iii. When does the speaker walk worse?

Pronoun
What do the underlined words in the following paragraph refers to :

1. Sheela Rani Chunkath encouraged the rural women to buy the bicycles in her district. She ordered the
banks to sanction the loan to them. Most of the women brought the bicycles. The bicycle helps them a
lot. It is the symbol of progress. Sheela Rani was honoured for her support.
i) She :_________________
ii) them :_______________
iii) It : _________________
iv) her :_______________

2. Ravi designs he trophies handed over to the winners. These are presented to them with a grand
ceremony. ThoughRavi was not a sports man, his passion for designing the trophies are
outstanding. He has his workshop in West Bengalwhere he has been living science childhood.

i) These : ______________
ii) Them : ______________
iii) His : ______________
iv)Where : ______________

3. Trees are essential to the ecosystem in Whichthey reside. They absorb and storerainwater. This helps
the ground water supply recharge. Fallen leaves make excellent compostthat enriches soil.
i) Which....................................
ii) They .................................
iii) This:___________
iv) That: _______________

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4. The Western Ghats are well known for their rich and unique assemblage of flora and fauna.
Twenty five biodiversity hot-spots are identified in the world and Western Ghats are one among them.
The Ghats are home to thousands of animal species of which at least 325 are globally threatened. They
are also home to many indigenous people who are on the verge of extinction.
i. their : .............
ii. them : .............
iii. which : .............
iv. who : .............
5. My mother listens to bhajans in the kitchen while she prepares our food. My dog, Vicky, sits at the
door of the kitchen and sniffs the aroma of it with his tongue sticking out. He will sit there till she
gives him a piece of what she is preparing.
i. she : ………
ii. it : ………
iii. his : ……….
iv. there : ……….
06. The Gregorian solar calendar was named after Pope Gregory XIII, who (1) introduced it (2) in 1582.
The Julian calendar was also a solar calendar, based on the time it takes for earth to travel one
complete loop round the sun. In Julius Caesar’s time, although astronomers believed that the sun
revolved around Earth, they (3) still managed to make fairly accurate measurement. People all
over the world still use the calendar and they (4) are happy with the same.
i) who : ......................
ii) it : ......................
iii) they : ......................
iv) they : ......................

07. The US navy says it1 will use a new technology which2 enables it to use robotic patrol boats with
no sailor on board. The technology is adapted from NASA’S rover on Mars. This3 will transform the
operation system of the US navy. The admiral who4 was instrumental in introducing this
technology was Matthew Klunder.
i) it : ____________
ii) which : ____________
iii) This : ____________
iv) who : ____________
8. Sahu designs the trophies handed over to the winners. These are presented to them with great
ceremony. Though Sahu is not a sportsman, his passion for creating the trophies is outstanding. He
has his workshop in Bhubaneshwarwhere he has been living since his childhood.
i)These : ________________
ii)them : ________________
iii)his : ________________
iv)where : ________________
09. Ila’s parents were determined to make her dependent and self – reliant. They wanted her to do
what other girls could do like their hands. She learnt to do them with her feet. She was soon an
expert in using them to eating, combing her hair and other normal chores.

i) They: _______________
ii) Their: ______________
iii) She : _______________
iv) them:_____________
10. Shelford was a strict manager, he was sincere yet his colleagues were unhappy withhim. They found
him too rude. He never speak even a word of appreciation whichwas expected by them. And Hollis worked
in this office where he came across
shelford.
i) he :_________________
ii) They :___________________
iii) which : _______________
iv)where: __________________

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11. Once upon a time there lived a king by name VIkrama. He had a big kingdom. He often took a tour
of his kingdom to know the grievances of his subjects. One day whie he was on his beat in disguise
he overheard a couple talking about himself. They were a poor old man and his wife. The old
woman was suggesting to her husband to go to the king for help.
i) He :
ii) His :
iii) He :
iv) They :

12. Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio on February 11, 1847. his (i) family moved to Fort
Huron, Michigan when he was seven years old. At the age of twelve, he became a news boy in a
train which(ii) ran between Fort Huron and Detroit. He was deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in
the other. He thought of deafness as a blessing. It (iii) helped him keep the conversations short. He
left numerous inventions that(iv) improved the quality of life all over the world.
i) his ________
ii) which : ______
iii) it : _______
iv) that : ______

13. Nature with its infinite variety of flora and fauna in God’s gift to man. He is from above cherished
all those in earth, for which the due gratitude is only through prayer. It solaces your mind.
i) He :
ii) Those :
iii) Which :
iv) It :

14. The president Obama honoured Jhumpa Lahiri for her works of fiction at an elegant White House
event. Obama’s summer reading during his vacation included Lahiri’s“The Lowland”. The warmth
they shared was evident as the President whispered something into her ears as she stepped up to
receive the medal.
i) Her : _____________________
ii) His : _______________________
iii) They : _____________________
iv) She : _____________________
15. The first evidence that a virus might be concerned was obtained in 1914, when Dr. W.Kruse of the
Hygienic Institution of the University of Leipzig took some of the discharge from the nose of an assistance
with a cold in the head, diluted the discharge in saline, and he then passed it through a filter with pores
too small to permit the passage of bacteria. Drops of the filtrate were put into noses of twelve other
members of the staff and four of them developed colds within a day or so.
i) when : __________________
ii) he :____________________
iii) it : __________________
iv) them: ____________________
16. The forest department is to set up a control room at Ale Phata in JunnarTaluk. Where (i) the Panther
menace has increased?. It (ii) will be functional in a week. Mr. Prakash Thorse, who (iii) is the chief
conservator of forest revealed that the department will use satellite to monitor Pather movement. This
(iv) will curb the menace.
i) where_____
ii) it:________
iii) who:___________
iv) This:__________

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17. A Rubbi who was insulted by a stranger, later gather together his (i) students and a
askedthem (ii) how do you know the exact moment when night ends and day
begins? Students replied as they(iii) understood the break the day. Finally the Rubbi
said, ‘ when a stranger approaches And we think he(iv) is our brother, that i9s the
moment when night ends and day begins’.
i) his_______
ii) them______
iii) they_______
iv) he________
18. Kamal singh was the king of a small kingdom in Rajastan. It was rich and
prosperous. Kamal Singh was known for his honesty. He was very ambitious. Once
some merchants from Karshmir visited his country. They had brought a large
quantity of saffron. It was costly and valuable.
i) It :______________
ii) He :______________
iii) They :______________
iv) It : ______________
19.Maria became first woman who (i) graduated from the university of Rome. After
her(ii) medical education she was made in charge of institute for mentally retarded children. People
believe that mentally retarded children could not be taught anything. So no one taught them (iii) anything.
Maria adopted a method of training which(iv) was very effective
i)Who : ____________________
ii) Her :_____________________
iii)them :____________________
iv) Which:___________________
20. The house in which the aborigines live is called a wurley. It usually consists of two forked sticks and a
crossbar, with strip of bark which are laid agonist it. They build such dwelling – places only when necessary
and leave them, when their tribe moves to the next place. Inside or outside the wurley they make fire of
dry wood and they cook their food by it on hot ashes.
i) Which : ________________
ii) They :_______________________
iii) them : ________________
iv) it : ________________________
21. The earthquake had destroyed the school building. The father started searching for hisson. The parents
of other children stood there shocked to see him digging through the debris. They pleaded him to go to
home, but he continued frantically till he heard his son’s voice calling out to him. He told him that there
were other children also stuck there, in the rubble.
i) his :_______________
ii) they : _________________
iii) he :_______________
iv) there :_________________
22. Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio on February 11, 1847. his (i) family moved to Fort Huron,
Michigan when he was seven years old. At the age of twelve, he became a news boy in a train which(ii) ran
between Fort Huron and Detroit. He was deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other. He thought of
deafness as a blessing. It (iii) helped him keep the conversations short. He left numerous
inventions that(iv) improved the quality of life all over the world.
i) his _______
ii) which ______
iii) it ___________
iv) that _____

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23. A traveller thought a country would stop at a village and he did not have to ask for food
or for water. Once he stops, the people give him food, entertain him and they are known
for hospitality. That is one aspect of Ubuntu, but it will have various aspects. Ubuntu
does not mean that people should not enrich themselves. The question therefore is : Are
you going to do so in order to enable the community around you to also be able to
improve?
i) he : ___________________
ii) That : ___________________
iii) That : ___________________
iv) You : ___________________

24. People ascended mountains and brought back with them a lot of experiences. They Described them in
painting and poetry. Buddhism which spread to china assimilated the concept of gardens. Monasteries that
were built on mountain peaks provided space for meditation.
i) them :_________________
ii) them :_________________
iii) which :_________________
iv) that :__________________

25. Hans offered to go with volunteer team which was going back into the sea to rescue the lone
survivor who had been left behind. Hans’s mother pleaded him not to go, as he was all that she
had in the world.
i) which : ________________
ii)whom : ______________
iii)him : __________________
iv)she : ________________

26. Rivers continue to be a very important source of food. Apart from being a rich source of fish, they
indirectly aid the agriculture which is a major occupation of people across the world. Farmers in
dry regions, where rains are scarce, irrigate their cropland using water carried by irrigation canals
from nearby rivers.
i) they : ______________
ii) which : ___________________
iii) where : ______________
iv) their : ___________________

27. The king was upset and sad to see his wife heartbroken. He was finding ways to make her laugh.
On the day of GaiJatra, a procession passed in front of the palace and the queen stood watching it.
The participants began ridiculing the important people and the social system. Seeing them, the
queen could not hold back her laughter.
i) his : ______________
ii) her : ___________________
iii) it : ______________
iv)them : ___________________

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Report the following conversations:

1. Don Gonzalo : that one over there in mine

Juanito : there are three priests sitting there
Don Gonzalo : Rout them out. Have they gone?
Juanito : No, indeed. They are talking

2. Dona Laura : Do you use a shoe brush as a handkerchief.

Don Gonzalo : What right have you to criticize my actions ?
Dona Laura : A neighbour’s right.
Don Gonzalo : I do not care to listen to non sense.
Dona Laura : You are very polite.

3. Roof : I work for Marcus Ibe.

POP campaigner : we have plenty of work to do tonight.
Are you taking this or not?
Roof : Will it not be heard outside this room?
POP campaigner : We are after votes, not gossip

4. Don Gonzalo : I am fond of good verses. I composed some in my youth.

Dona Laura : Were they good ones?
Don Gonzalo : Why do you ask me such a question?
Dona Laura : Don’t be angry.

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5. Petra : The guard is waiting for me.
Dona Laura : Do you like to chat with your guard?
Petra : He is not mine.
Dona Laura : Wait a moment.
Petra : What does the senora wish?

6. Dona Laura : You should have asked permission to sit on this bench.
Don Gonzalo : The benches here are public property.
Dona Laura : Why did you complain about the priests, then?
Don Gonzalo : Are you taunting me?
Dona Laura : Don’t grumble.

7. POP campaigner : We want your vote.

Rufus Okeke : How can I vote for Maduka?
POP campaigner : Are you taking this money or not?
Rufus Okeke : Will it not be heard outside this house?
POP campaigner : Don’t worry about it.

8. Don Gonzalo : Are you speaking to me, senora?

Dona Laura : Yes.
Don Gonzalo : What do you wish?
Dona Laura : You have scared away the birds. They were feeding on my crumbs.

9. Roof : “I work for Marcus”.

Leader of POP : Marcus will not be there where you put in your paper. We have
plenty of work to do tonight.
Roof : It will not be heard outside this room?
Leader of POP : We are after votes not gossip.

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10. Alifano : Borges, How would you define poetry?

Borges : I believe poetry is something intimate and essential. Poetry is magical and unexplainable.
Alifano : Borges, what is important in the art of poetry is fining precise words.

11. Gonzalo : I envy wonderful eysight

Laura : I know every word by heart
Gonzalo : I am very fond of good verses, I even composed some in my youth.
Laura : Good ones?

12. Gonzalo : Are you speaking to me, Senora ?

Laura : yes, to you
Gonzalo : what do you wish?
Laura :you are scared away the birds who are feeding on my crumbs.
Gonzalo : what do I care about the birds ?

13. Tammanna didn’t agree to sell his lands.

Basaviah was mad with rage.
He went along with his people and acquired 200 acres of Tammanna’s land forcibly.
Tammanna couldn’t tolerate this invasion.
A fence was built around this land also.

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14. Roof : We have a minister from our village, our of our own sons. What greater honour can a
village have?
Ezenva : We believe every word you say to be true. We shall all drop our paper fpr
Marcus but the two Shillings he is offering is too shameful.
Roof : Let us not quarrel about small things. I will pay each one of you a shilling more. If that is
not good enough you can go cast your paper for the enemy if you like.

15. Dona Laura : Will you go to your bench?

Don Gonzalo : No, I will come to this if you do not object
Dona Laura : This bench is at your disposal
Don Gonzalo : I will surely bring crumbs
Dona Laura : Good

16. Dona Laura : I am so glad to be here. I feared my seat would be occupied. What a
beautiful morning!
Petra : The sun is hot.
Dona Laura : Yes, you are only twenty. Oh, I feel more tired today than usual.
Go, if you wish to chat with your guard.

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17. Roof :Vote for car and you will ride it.
Sharp old girl : If we don’t, our children will.
Marcus : Our sign is the motor car. Roof you better go first and vote.

18. Dona Laura : He belongs more to you than he does to the park. Go find him; but
remain within calling distance.
Petra : I see him over there waiting for me
Dona Laura : Do not remain more than ten minutes.

19. Dona Laura : wait a moment

Petra : What does the senora wish?
Dona Laura : Give me the bread crumbs.
Petra : I don’t know what is the matter with me.
Dona Laura I do.

20. Don Gonzalo : Are you speaking to me , Senora?

Dona Laure : Yes, to you,
Don Gonzalo : What do you wish?
Dona Laura : You have scared away the birds who were feeding on my crumbs.
Don Gonzalo : What do I care about the birds.

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21. “you know I worked for Marcus”, he said feebly. “It will be very bad...”.
“ It will not be heard outside this room?” asked Roof.
“We are after votes not gossip”.
“All right”, said Roof in English.

22. Dona Laura : It has been a pleasure to me

Don Gonzalo : Good bye until tomorrow.
Dona Laura : Will you go to your bench?
Don Gonzalo : No. I will come to your bench, if you do not object me?

23. “Why do you not run away?” said the minister.

“There is no guard to keep you. You can go where you like”
“But I have no nowhere to go. You have ruined my character by your sentence”, said
the criminal.

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24. Dona Laura : Do you use your handkerchief as a shoe brush?
Don Gonzalo : Why shouldn’t I? What right have you to criticize my actions?
Dona Laura : A neighbour’s right.
Don Gonzalo : Give me the book, Juanito( turning to Juanito)

25. Roof : You know my work for Marcus. It will be very bad.
POP Campaigner : Marcus will not be there at the time of putting in your vote.
Roof : It will not be heard outside this room?
POP Campaigner : We are after votes, not gossip.

26. Petra : I see him over there waiting for me.

Dona Laura : Do not remain more than ten minutes.
Petra : I will be back soon.
Dona Laura : Wait a moment.
Petra : What does the senora wish?

27. Don Gonzalo : I want a bench to myself.

Juanito : There is none.
Don Gonzalo : That one over there is mine.
Juanito : There are three priests sitting there.
Don Gonzalo : Rout them out.

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28. Dona Laura : Do you use a shoe brush as a handkerchief?
Don Gonzalo : What right have you to criticize my actions?
Dona Laura : A neighbour’s right.
Don Gonzalo : I do not care to listen to nonsense.
Dona Laura : You are very polite.

29. Don Gonzalo : Do you mind my reading aloud?

Dona Laura : You can read as loud as you please.
Don Gonzalo : Can you read without glasses?
Dona Laura : I can.
Don Gonzalo : I envy your wonderful eyesight.

30. Dona Laura : Will you go to your bench tomorrow?

Don Gonzalo : I will come to your bench.
Dona Laura : Do bring something for pigeons.
Don Gonzalo : I will surely bring the crumbs.
Dona Laura : Thank you.

31. Dona Laura : Have you been in America?

Don Gonzalo : Several times.
Dona Laura : You must have gone with Columbus.
Don Gonzalo : I am old. But I did not know Ferdinand and Isabella.

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32. Alifano : What is your first literary reading?
Borges : My first reading is Grimm’s Fairy tales in an English version.
Alifano : Where did you read it?
Borges : I read it in my father’s library. It taught me more than any high b
school.

33. Alifano : What is blindness to you?

Borges : It is a way of life. In my case, the visible world has moved away
from my eyes.
Alifano : Have you thought of writing a book on the history of the book?
Borges : It is an excellent idea. I will keep it in my mind.

34. Roof : I work for Marcus Ibe.

POP Campaigner : We have plenty of work to do tonight. Are you taking this or not?
Roof : Will it not be heard outside this room?
POP campaigner : We are after votes, not gossip.

35. Roof : Do not forget. Our sign is the motor-car.

Woman : Is it like Marcus’s car?
Roof : It is the same car. Don’t look at the other with the man’s head.

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36. POP Campaigner : The iyi comes from Mbanta. Swear on it.
Roof : I will cast my paper for Maduka. But Maduka has no chance against Marcus.
POP Campaigner :Maduka gives out pounds, not shillings.

37 .Juanito : Can you sit here?

Don Gonzalo : I want a bench to myself.
Juanito : There are three priests sitting there.
Don Gonzalo : Tell them to go away.
Juanito : They are talking.

38. Minister : Why do you not run away? There is no guard to keep you.
Criminal : I will not run away. I have nowhere to go.
You have ruined my character by your sentence

Speech Writing

1. Imagine that you are required to speak on the occasion of Independence Day on ‘Integrity andDevelopment’.
Using the hints given below,
- Importance of unity and integrity
- Integrity: social and cultural dimensions
- Threats to unity and integrity – obstacle to development
- Measures to be taken to preserve unity in diversity
- Inclusive development – need of the hour

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2. Imagine that you are the president of your college union. You must deliver a speech on Gandhijion Gandhi
Jayanti Day. Prepare a speech of about 100 words, based on the points given below.
Gandhiji - greatest Indian of 20th century- leadership of freedom movement – weapons – truthand non-
violence- led simple life –fought for social and economic equality – relevance ofGandhism - in an age of
consumerism and globalization

3. Imagine that you have been invited by a local science club to speak on superstitions. Prepare aspeech in about
100 words on the basis of the points given below.
- Traditional beliefs – irrational feeble minds
- fear – ignorance – illiteracy – lack of scientific attitude
- Common beliefs – cat crossing one’s path – presence of owls in the courtyard.
- Measures to eradicate – scientific clarifications – creating awareness – literacy drive

4. You have invited the District Superintendent of Police as the Chief Guest for your College Dayprogramme. As
the secretary of the College Union, you have to introduce the guest at thefunction.
Name :SheelaPatil
Birth Place : Gulbarga
Educational
Qualification : M.A from Gulbarga University -I.P.S. – 2005 Batch
Profile : Started career as lecturer - passed IPS - posted as DSP to Haveri –
nightmare to anti-social elements – known for courage and honesty -
Now SP in your district

5. Your college is celebrating ‘Karnataka Rajyotsav’. You are asked to speak on this occasion. Writea speech in
about 100 words. Your speech should include the following points:
— Kannada speaking people – after independence - under several provinces
— Struggle for unification - Linguistic province called Mysore State formed in 1956
— Renamed Karnataka - 1973
— Present day status : hub of IT industries, tourist attractions

6. Imagine you have been asked to deliver a speech on Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on the occasion of thecelebration of
‘AmbedkarJayanti’ in your locality. Prepare a speech of about 100 words basedon the points given below :
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar – architect of Indian Constitution - born 14th April, 1891 – sought Maharaj ofBaroda’s
help — went to USA — higher studies in Columbia - London School of Economics – gotM.Sc, D.Sc. -
voracious reader — wrote articles on many topics—journalist—reformer — foughtfor equality —awarded
Bharat Ratna — passed away in 1956.

7. You are the general secretary of your college cultural association. You have invited a musician toinaugurate
the college cultural fest. Based on the artist’s details given below, write a speech ofintroduction in 100 words.
Name :Prasannakumar
Birth Place :Sirsi (Uttar Kannada)
Profile : born into poor family – school dropout -had great passion for music – went to
Mumbai – worked as labourer – found music teacher – put in vigorous practice
– now famous all over the country – Rajyotsav awardee

8. You are celebrating ‘World Environment Day’ under the auspices of your college Eco Club. Thechief guest of
the function is a rustic man who has played a vital role in conservation of nature.His profile is given below.
Based on the details, write a speech of 100 words which introducesthe guest.
Name :Hanumantappa
Profile : born in a small village – frequently drought-hit -poor family – no schooling – workedas cattle
herder – had love for trees – planted saplings on the slope of hill – tookcare – in course of time – large area
covered with trees – ground water increased –now tourist attraction

9. Imagine that you are celebrating ‘International Women’s Day’ and you are required to speak onthe occasion.
Using the hints given below, write a speech in 100 words.
- Women empowerment
- Importance of education
- Eradication of dowry system

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- Ensuring safety at work places
- Treating women with respect
- Gender equality

10. You have invited the Chief Executive Officer of ZillaPanchayat as the Chief Guest for yourCollege Annual Day
programme. As the secretary of the Student Union, you have to introducethe guest at the function. Write a
speech in 100 words using the details given below.
Name :Kiran Shetty
Birth Place :Kundapur
EducationalQualification : M.Com from Mysore University -I.A.S. – 2011 Batch
Profile : Started career as accountant in private company - passed IAS - posted as CEO toGulbarga – implemented
several developmental schemes – eliminated ruralunemployment – effectively managed drought condition - Now
ZP CEO in yourdistrict

11. Imagine you are the General Secretary of your college Union. On the occasion of college day. You have to
present the welcome address. The chief guest is Mr.Shreekrishna Below whose profile is given below.:

Native Place : Bagalkot

Education : M A in English IAS 2008 batch
Served as : CEO, ZillaPanchayat, Udupi and Haveri
Present post : Secretary, the dept. Of Social welfare, Bangalore.
Interested in literature and photography.
12 Your college is celebrating ‘ Road Safety Week’ --- You are asked to speak in your college assembly,
highlighting some of the traffic rules and mention the need to follow them. Write a speech in about 100 words.
Your speech should
include the following points:
--- Road accidents
--- Negligence
---Use of mobile phones, while driving
--- Over taking and speeding

13. Imagine that you have organised a function to mark the ‘World Tourism Day” . You have to speak on the
importance of travelling. Use the following points and write a speech in about 100 words:
Travel – necessary—provides – fun – entertainment – information – expands one’s understanding
– mental horizons – opportunity for visiting diverse places and people.

14. Imagine that you are the president of students’ council of your college. youhave to speak on spreading
awareness about cleanliness. Using the points given below, write a speech in about 100 words.

Need of cleanliness – individual responsibility – cleanliness at home and public places – health
benefits – beautification of nation
15. Imagine that you have been elected your College Union leader and you are supposed to address a gathering
of students and lecturers of your college. Write a speech in about 100 words focusing on the infrastructure of
your college and the necessity of disciplinary attitudes among students.

(Use the hints given below.)

Library, toilet facilities- Science labs to be upgraded- reading room- waiting room for girls

16. Imagine you are the college union president. You are given the responsibility of introducing the guest on the
college day. Use the following information to write a speech in about 100 words.

Name : ShanthiGoel
Education : IAS 1995, 40th rank
Present Post : Chief Executive Officer, ZillaPanchayat, Belgaum
Achievement : Clean drinking water, electricity and good roads.

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17. Imagine you are the secretary of your College Union. On the occasion of ‘Kannada Rajyotsav’ celebration you
have to introduce the chief guest whose profile is given below.

Chief Guest :Dr.GangadharPatil

Native :Haveri (Karnataka)
Education : M.A. (English), Ph.D from Oxford Univ.
Profile : Worked as HOD of Eng. Dept. Karnataka Univ.- literary figure and activist in Kannada Movement –
recipient of Central Sahitya Academy Award

18. Imagine you are the General Secretary of your college union. You have invited Dr. Praveen M. whose profile
is given below to inaugurate the cultural activities. You have to introduce him to the audience.

Birth place : Belgaum

Education : M.A. in English, KUD, IAS, 2005 batch
Profile : Started his cares as a lecturer-Passed IAS – posted as AC to Mysore- many useful public works-
eradicated corruptionhonest and strict officer. Now DC in your district.

19. Imagine that you are the secretary of your college union. On the occasion of “Annual Day celebrations” you
are required to introduce the chief guest whose profile is given below.

Chief guest : Dr Rajagopalan

Native : Mysore
Education : M A English, PhD from Cambridge university.
Profile : Worked as Head of the Department of English, Bangalore
University for ten years.
Vice – chancellor of Kuvempu university, shimoga.
Authored many books on social and literary issues

20. Imagine that you are the head of the cultural club in your college. On the occasion of ‘International
Women’s Day’ you are required to give a speech on role of women in society, based on the following points:

Women’s right – women’s reservation – girl child education – jobs for destitute and women from lower
income group.

21 . Imagine you are the college union President. On the occasion of college day you are given the responsibility
of presenting the welcome address. The chief Guest is the District Commissioner.
Name : Anilkumar
Birth place : Chitradurga
Edl., Qualification : M.A Economics fromMysore University, KAS, 1995 batch
Profile : Began his career as a lecturer – passed KAS exam
Posted as Assistant Commissioner in Gulbarga, Now he works as District Commissioner in your town.

22. Imagine that you have been invited by a local science club to speak on superstition. Prepare a speech in
about 120 words, on the basis of the points given below 5

---Traditional beliefs—irrational—feeble minds.

--- Fear ---ignorance---illiteracy---lack of scientific knowledge.
--- common beliefs---cat crossing one’s path---prance of owls in the courtyard.
---- Measures to eradicate---scientific clarifications---creating awareness---literacy drive.

23. Imagine you are the college union President. You must deliver a speech on Vivekanda on Vivekananda
Jayanthi day. Prepare a speech of about 100 words based on the points given below.

Born in Kolkata on 12th Jan 1863, parents are Buvaneswaridevi, VishwanathDatta, born in Benaglifamily, born
as NarendranathVishwanathDatta, world famous speech in Chicago, September 1893.
Based on the information write a speech in about 100 words to introduce the guest at the function.

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24. Imagine you are the college union president. On the occasion of college day you are required to deliver the
welcome speech. The chief guest is the deputy commissioner of Mangalore.

Name : A B Ibrahim
Native : Kasaragod district, kerala
Started career as Tahsildar of Kodagutaluk in 1986
Selected in UPSC civil Service Examinations 1986
Served in various places in Karnataka at various levels prior to holding present post.
Recipient of ‘Best corporation commissioner in the State’ award.
Achievements : Renovation of town hall, concreting of major roads, introduction of computer for issue of
birth and death certificates
25. Imagine that you are the general secretary of the Eco Club of your college, you have invited Dr. Shankar
Bhat, Assistant Conservator of Forest( ACF) of your dir\strict to inaugurate the activities. You have to introduce
him to the audience. Use the following points and write a speech in about 100 words:

Birth place : Sringeri

Education : M Sc in Botany, completed ph.D in plant pathology at Mysore University, Mysore
Profile :Started his career as RFO at sirsi- known as a very strict officer- successfully implemented
large scale afforestation schemes like GramaAranyYojana and VrukshaLakshaAndholan – Now ACF in your
area.
26. Imagine you are the president of college union. You must deliver a speech on Gandhiji on Gandhi Jayanthi
Day. Based on the information given below on Gandhiji,

Gandhiji, the greatest Indian of the 20th Century _ Leadership of Freedom Movement at a critical
juncture _ Weapons; Truth and Non-violence _ strove for Hindu-Muslim unity and casteless society _
apostle of peace _ assassinated _ Father of the Nation.

27. Imagine you are the secretary of college union. You have invited the District Commissioner as the Chief Guest
for the College Day. Based on the following details about him,

Name: Dr.Niranjan
Birth place: Bangalore
Education Qualification: M.B.B.S from Bangalore university, I.A.S.—2006 batch.
Profile : Started career as an I.A.S. probationer.
Posted as Ass. Commissioner to Haveri got the budget sanctioned for city drinking water project and earned a
good name. Now D.C. in your town.

28. Imagine that you are the college Union President. On the occasion of ‘College Sports days inaugural
function’. You have to speak about the importance of sports activities in student life’.

29. Your college conducting a cultural fest. You have to speak the important of culture/ co- curricular activities in
a student’s life .

Your speech can include the following points:

- An opportunity to exzhibit one’s talent

- Getting name and fame
- Job opportunities
- Improvement on one’ ability.

30. Imagine you are the chief Guest at the Annual Day celebration of ‘The Rotary Club’ Shimoga. You are to
make a speech on Movies there. Prepare a speech in about 100 words – the following points may be included.

a) Movies- a medium of entertainment.

b) Mythological stories in the movies.
c) Movies about social problems
d) Degraded values in Movies now-a-days.

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31. Imagine that you have organised a function to mark the “Road Safety week ” . You have to speak on the
importance of traffic rules.

- importance of traffic rules

_ using mobile while driving
_ following of traffic signal
_ measures to prevent accidents

32. Imagine that you have been invited by a local science club to speak on superstition.

---Traditional beliefs—irrational—feeble minds.

--- Fear ---ignorance---illiteracy---lack of scientific knowledge.
--- common beliefs---cat crossing one’s path---prance of owls in the courtyard.
---- Measures to eradicate---scientific clarifications---creating awareness---literacy drive.

33. Imagine you are the college Union President and your college is celebrating “Health Awareness Week”. You
are asked to speak about health awareness.

- cleanliness is godliness – prevention is better then cure/

- Recent disease – lack of clean drinking water
- Negligence of sanitation – need for the organized efforts to overcome the dangers,
- Role of voluntary organisation like Lions and Rotary clubs – suggest remedies.

34. Imagine that you are the secretary of cultural club of your college. On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi, you
are required to give a speech on the need to maintain peace, discipline and decorum among the young
students. Points to be included:

-- need for peace and harmony

_ good conduct, discipline
--Need for decent behaviour

35. Imagine that you are the secretary of the Sports Club of your college and on
the Annual Sports Day you are required to speak on the importance of sports and physical fitness.
Physical fitness leads to mental fitness – physical activity keeps one healthy – scope for athletes ,state and
national level – sportsmanship – interaction – healthy competition

36. Your college is celebrating ‘Sports Day’. On this occasion you are required to speak on “TheImportance of
Sports’. Write a speech in about 100 words including the following points:
- Physical fitness- Mental wellbeing- Sound mind –Sound body
- Recreation - Sportive spirit - Name and Fame - Job opportunities

37. Imagine that you are the secretary of your College Union. On your College Union Day you haveto introduce
the chief guest whose profile is given below. Write a speech in about 100 wordsusing the points given in the
profile.
Name : Major Parneetha Sinha
Occupation : Head of Parachute Regiment at Army Base, Jammu
Profile : M.Sc. in nuclear physics-participated in RD parade for five consecutive yearsworked
at different army bases across India – trained innumerable military
personnel – instrumental in leading combats against terrorists in Sikkim,
Kashmir

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Paper 1

I Answer the following in a word, phrase or sentence each: 12 x 1 = 12

1. Whom does Romeo address as yonder lady?
2.How many soldiers were there in the kingdom of Monaco in, ‘Too Dear”?
3. What does ’living arrow ‘ refer to in ’On Children’?
4. What, according to Vandana Shiva, does earth university teach?
5. Which is the native city of Don Gonzalo in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
6. Where, according to the speaker, had love hidden his face in ‘When you are old’?
7When does the foot stop to walk in Neruda’s poem?
8.Which is the most astounding invention of man in ‘I Believe That Books will never disapper’?
9. What is called as man’s castle in Japan according to Mikes?
10. What does ‘PAP’ stand for in ‘The Voter’?
11. Whose brain child is the cycling movement as mentioned in ‘Where There is a Wheel’?
12.Name the lady who opposed the Kamma landlords in ‘Water’?
II. Answer any eight of the following(Choose at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80-100
words each 8 x 4 =32
13. How does Romeo glorify the beauty of Juliet?
14. Why does the criminal refuse to escape from the prison in ‘Too Dear’?
15. How should parents take care o their children according to the speaker in ‘On Children’?
16. How does Don Gonzalo try to hide his identity?
17.What measures did Tammanna adopt to humiliate Basavaiah?
18. Why does Borges say that books will never disappear? Explain.
19. Describe how the poet visualises heaven in nature in ‘Heaven, If you are not on Earth’.
20. The traffic in Brazil leads to humorous observations. Explain.
21. ‘The Voter’ ridicules the power and selfishness of Marcus Ibe. Explain.
22. How does Sheela Rani Chunkath promote the empowerment of women in ‘Where There Is A
Wheel’?
III. Answer the following in about 200 words: 1x6=6
23. “ Conservation of diversity is crucial for the sustenance of both nature and human society’.
Discuss.
OR
“Wheel bring Freedom and progress”, Explain this statement with reference to ‘Where There Is A
Wheel”.
OR
The poem “water demonstrates the disparity and discrimination of the society’ Justify.
IV Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10 x 1 = 10
For the first time, Amjed Ali performed at the Nobel peace prize ceremony and concert. He
was so happy and delighted that Kailash Satyanthi received that year’s Nobel Peace Prize. He
wanted to thank him for the work he has been doing to safeguard the rights of children. He was
extremely proud of him.
Along with his sons Amaan and Ayaar, Amad presented ‘Raga for peace’ as a tribute to
Satyarthi and Malala yousafzai. He would like to congratulate them for their work against the
suppression of children and for their right to education.
They performed on two occasion. The first was at the presentation ceremony. It was a
proud moment for him as an Indian to see Kailashji receive this great honour. Their second
performance was at the spectacular Oslo spectrum. It
Was perhaps the largest gathering abroad where he performed. It had more than 6,000
people including Prince Haakon of Norway, other members of the Norwegian royal family and the
Nobel Laureates.

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This year, the Nobel committee invited artistes from India and Paskistan to present a
special blend of traditional and modern music sensibilities of the two countries. While Amjad Ali
Khan and his sons represented India. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was truly a symbol of humility and
grace. He took quwwail to the international stage and was far ahead of his times. Now, Rahat is
taking forward his legacy.
It was an honour to be apart of the endeavour. It is important that they work together to
foster love and peace on earth.
The pursuit of music, art and culture removes our emphasis from greed, egotism, pride
and materialism, which drive us to violence. As the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony showed, these
avenues also unite human beings across boards. This kind of love is required to end the killing that
dominate our world.
24. a) Name the son of Amjad Ali Khan?
b) What did Amjad present as a tribute?
c) Who received the Nobel Peace Prize?
d) Where did Amjad performed on the second occasion?
e) ______________ represented Pakistan.
i) Amjad Ali Khan
ii) Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
iii) Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
f) How many people gathered there on the second occasion?
g)Who was a symbol of humility and grace?
h) What removes our emphasis from greed and egotism?
i) What does Amjad intend to convey in this passage?
j) Give the title for the passage.
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions: 3x1=3
A little fairy comes at night,
Her eyes are blue, her hair is brown,
With silver spots upon her wings;
And from the moon she flutters down.
i) When does a little fairy come?
ii) What is the colour of her eyes?
iii) Where does she flutter down from?
26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of the verb (passive) given in
the brackets. 3 x 1 =3
The kingdom of Monaco was a peaceful and peace loving country. Once a murder _____________
( commit) there. They ________ ( force) to look for ways to try and punish the criminal. At last,
the criminal _____________ ( punish) for his crime.
27. Report the following conversation: 5
Don Gonzalo : that one over there in mine
Juanito : there are three priests sitting there
Don Gonzalo : Rout them out. Have they gone?
Juanito : No, indeed. They are talking
28. complete the following dialogue: 4x1=4
( Mr. Raju wants to buy a new car. He vivid the car – showroom and talks with the sales
executives)
Sales Executive : Good Morning sir, can I help you?

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Mr. Raju : _________________ ( agreeing ang seeking information.
Sales executive: Do you have any particular model in mind?
Mr. Raju : ______________________ ( given option)
Sales executive : They are very good, sir we havealso the latest models
Mr. Raju : ______________________? Asking for a last drive)
Sales execurive : Yes sir
Mr. Raju :____________________________ (leave taking)
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in the bracket: 2 x 1 =2
( cut down at , turn its back, full of praise)
In Umuofia, every one is __________________ to Marcus Ibe. He is not like the motar which as
soon as food comes its way _________________ on the ground.
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker: 4x1=4
_______________ the old man came to the garden one day _______ walking hundreds of
miles, the owner of the garden was free and relaxed ______________ but the owner’s wife was
worried __________________ her husband became lethargic and shed away from hand work.
(but, when , because. After)

Vi.31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below. 8 x
½=4
The word ‘Oceans’ implies the large water bodies of the world, namely the Pacific,
Atlantic, Indian and Arctic, as well as the Antarctic oceans where we find Icebergs. Smaller seas
are separated from the oceans by island chain or under –water ridges which are called bordering
seas’. These include ‘The North sea, the Baltic sea, the Mediterranean sea, and the Caribbean
sea’. The bordering seas and the oceans have some common features: both contain salty water
and restless sea beds.
The different water bodies of the World

The Oceans The bordering seas

1 4

Atlantic

The Baltic sea

2

5
Arctic

3 6

Some common features of the oceans and the bordering seas

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32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in
“The Deccan Herald” dated 9th March, 2016 : 5
( write XXX for name and YYY for address)
Wanted
First Division Assistant
Qulification: Any graduate with knowledge of computer
and fluency in Kannada, English and Hindi.
Apply to: The President
Basaveshwara Education Society
Vidyanagar, Hubballi

33. Imagine you are the General Secretary of your college Union. On the occasion of college day.
You have to present the welcome address. The chief guest is Mr.Shreekrishna Below whose
profile is given below.: 5

Native Place : Bagalkot

Education : M A in English IAS 2008 batch
Served as : CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Udupi and Haveri
Present post : Secretary, the dept. Of Social welfare, Bangalore.
Interested in literature and photography.
OR
The following pie –chart represent the information about the students who got scholarship
during 2013-14 and 2014-25 academic years for different courses.

Use this data to write a report in about 120 words.

2013-14 2014-15
MEDICAL MEDICAL
; 10% ; 10%

ARTS;
ENGINER ENGINER
ARTS; 20%
ING; ING;
15% 35% 15%

COMME COMME
RCE; RCE;
40% 55%

34. What do the underlined words in the following paragraph refers to : 4x1=4
Sheela Rani Chunkath encouraged the rural women to buy the bicycles in her district. She
ordered the banks to sanction the loan to them. Most of the women brought the bicycles. The
bicycle helps them a lot. It is the symbol of progress. Sheela Rani was honoured for her support.
i) She :_________________ ii) them :_______________
iii) It : _________________ iv) her :_______________
35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence: 1
knowledge / not just / the source of / was / and freedom / the forest
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Paper 2

I Answer the following in a word, phrase or sentence each: 12 x 1 = 12

1. Whom does Romeo address as yonder lady?
2.How many soldiers were there in the kingdom of Monaco in, ‘Too Dear”?
3. What does ’living arrow ‘ refer to in ’On Children’?
4. What, according to Vandana Shiva, does earth university teach?
5. Which is the native city of Don Gonzalo in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
6. Where, according to the speaker, had love hidden his face in ‘When you are old’?
7When does the foot stop to walk in Neruda’s poem?
8.Which is the most astounding invention of man in ‘I Believe That Books will never disapper’?
9. What is called as man’s castle in Japan according to Mikes?
10. What does ‘PAP’ stand for in ‘The Voter’?
11. Whose brain child is the cycling movement as mentioned in ‘Where There is a Wheel’?
12.Name the lady who opposed the Kamma landlords in ‘Water’?
II. Answer any eight of the following(Choose at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80-100
words each: 8 x 4 =32
13. How does Romeo glorify the beauty of Juliet?
14. Why does the criminal refuse to escape from the prison in ‘Too Dear’?
15. How should parents take care o their children according to the speaker in ‘On Children’?
16. How does Don Gonzalo try to hide his identity?
17.What measures did Tammanna adopt to humiliate Basavaiah?
18. Why does Borges say that books will never disappear? Explain.
19. Describe how the poet visualises heaven in nature in ‘Heaven, If you are not on Earth’.
20. The traffic in Brazil leads to humorous observations. Explain.
21. ‘The Voter’ ridicules the power and selfishness of Marcus Ibe. Explain.
22. How does Sheela Rani Chunkath promote the empowerment of women in ‘Where There Is A
Wheel’?
III. Answer the following in about 200 words: 1x 6=6
23. “ Conservation of diversity is crucial for the sustenance of both nature and human society’.
Discuss.
OR
“Wheel bring Freedom and progress”, Explain this statement with reference to ‘Where
There Is A Wheel”.
OR
The poem “water demonstrates the disparity and discrimination of the society’ Justify.
IV Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10 x 1 = 10
For the first time, Amjed Ali performed at the Nobel peace prize ceremony and concert. He
was so happy and delighted that Kailash Satyanthi received that year’s Nobel Peace Prize. He
wanted to thank him for the work he has been doing to safeguard the rights of children. He was
extremely proud of him.
Along with his sons Amaan and Ayaar, Amad presented ‘Raga for peace’ as a tribute to
Satyarthi and Malala yousafzai. He would like to congratulate them for their work against the
suppression of children and for their right to education.
They performed on two occasion. The first was at the presentation ceremony. It was a
proud moment for him as an Indian to see Kailashji receive this great honour. Their second
performance was at the spectacular Oslo spectrum. It
Was perhaps the largest gathering abroad where he performed. It had more than 6,000
people including Prince Haakon of Norway, other members of the Norwegian royal family and the
Nobel Laureates.

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This year, the Nobel committee invited artistes from India and Paskistan to present a
special blend of traditional and modern music sensibilities of the two countries. While Amjad Ali
Khan and his sons represented India. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was truly a symbol of humility and
grace. He took quwwail to the international stage and was far ahead of his times. Now, Rahat is
taking forward his legacy.
It was an honour to be apart of the endeavour. It is important that they work together to
foster love and peace on earth.
The pursuit of music, art and culture removes our emphasis from greed, egotism, pride
and materialism, which drive us to violence. As the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony showed, these
avenues also unite human beings across boards. This kind of love is required to end the killing that
dominate our world.
24. a) Name the son of Amjad Ali Khan?
b) What did Amjad present as a tribute?
c) Who received the Nobel Peace Prize?
d) Where did Amjad performed on the second occasion?
e) ______________ represented Pakistan.
i) Amjad Ali Khan
ii) Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
iii) Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
f) How many people gathered there on the second occasion?
g)Who was a symbol of humility and grace?
h) What removes our emphasis from greed and egotism?
i) What does Amjad intend to convey in this passage?
j) Give the title for the passage.
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions: 3x1=3
A little fairy comes at night,
Her eyes are blue, her hair is brown,
With silver spots upon her wings;
And from the moon she flutters down.
i) When does a little fairy come?
ii) What is the colour of her eyes?
iii) Where does she flutter down from?
26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of the verb (passive) given in
the brackets. 3 x 1 =3
The kingdom of Monaco was a peaceful and peace loving country. Once a murder _____________
( commit) there. They ________ ( force) to look for ways to try and punish the criminal. At last,
the criminal _____________ ( punish) for his crime.
27. Report the following conversation: 5
Don Gonzalo : that one over there in mine
Juanito : there are three priests sitting there
Don Gonzalo : Rout them out. Have they gone?
Juanito : No, indeed. They are talking

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28. complete the following dialogue: 4x1=4
( Mr. Raju wants to buy a new car. He vivid the car – showroom and talks with the sales
executives)
Sales Executive : Good Morning sir, can I help you?
Mr. Raju : _________________ ( agreeing ang seeking information.
Sales executive: Do you have any particular model in mind?
Mr. Raju : ______________________ ( given option)
Sales executive : They are very good, sir we havealso the latest models
Mr. Raju : ______________________? Asking for a last drive)
Sales execurive : Yes sir
Mr. Raju :____________________________ (leave taking)
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in the bracket: 2 x 1 =2
( cut down at , turn its back, full of praise)
In Umuofia, every one is __________________ to Marcus Ibe. He is not like the motar which as
soon as food comes its way _________________ on the ground.
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker: 4x1=4
_______________ the old man came to the garden one day _______ walking hundreds of
miles, the owner of the garden was free and relaxed ______________ but the owner’s wife was
worried __________________ her husband became lethargic and shed away from hand work.
(but, when , because. After)
Vi.31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below. 8 x
½=4
The word ‘Oceans’ implies the large water bodies of the world, namely the Pacific,
Atlantic, Indian and Arctic, as well as the Antarctic oceans where we find Icebergs. Smaller seas
are separated from the oceans by island chain or under –water ridges which are called bordering
seas’. These include ‘The North sea, the Baltic sea, the Mediterranean sea, and the Caribbean
sea’. The bordering seas and the oceans have some common features: both contain salty water
and restless sea beds.
The different water bodies of the World

The Oceans The bordering seas

1 4

Atlantic

The Baltic sea

2

5
Arctic

3 6

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Some common features of the oceans and the bordering seas

7 8

32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in
“The Deccan Herald” dated 9th March, 2016 : 5
( write XXX for name and YYY for address)
Wanted
First Division Assistant
Qulification: Any graduate with knowledge of computer
and fluency in Kannada, English and Hindi.
Apply to: The President
Basaveshwara Education Society
Vidyanagar, Hubballi

33. Imagine you are the General Secretary of your college Union. On the occasion of college day.
You have to present the welcome address. The chief guest is Mr.Shreekrishna Below whose
profile is given below.: 5

Native Place : Bagalkot

Education : M A in English IAS 2008 batch
Served as : CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Udupi and Haveri
Present post : Secretary, the dept. Of Social welfare, Bangalore.
Interested in literature and photography.
OR
The following pie –chart represent the information about the students who got scholarship
during 2013-14 and 2014-25 academic years for different courses.
Use this data to write a report in about 120 words.

2013-14 2014-15
MEDICAL MEDICAL
; 10% ; 10%

ARTS;
ENGINER ENGINER
ARTS; 20%
ING; ING;
15% 35% 15%

COMME COMME
RCE; RCE;
40% 55%

34. What do the underlined words in the following paragraph refers to : 4x1=4
Sheela Rani Chunkath encouraged the rural women to buy the bicycles in her district. She
ordered the banks to sanction the loan to them. Most of the women brought the bicycles. The
bicycle helps them a lot. It is the symbol of progress. Sheela Rani was honoured for her support.
i) She :_________________ ii) them :_______________
iii) It : _________________ iv) her :_______________

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35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence: 1
knowledge / not just / the source of / was / and freedom / the forest

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PAPER 3

I Answer the following in a word, phrase or sentence each: 12 x 1 = 12

1. Who, according to Julite, is whiter than new snow ?
2. How many inhabitants are there in the kingdom of Monaco?
3. According to the speaker of ‘On Children’, the one who loves both the arrow and the bow is
a) the archer
b) the parents
c) the children
4. Where is the Earth University mentioned by Vandana Shiva located?
5. Whose name, according to Gonzalo, was his cousin whispering at the time of his death?
6. Whose did Basavaih consider as his most important possession in ‘The Gardener’?
7. Where is the defeated food condemned to live according to the speaker of ‘To the Foot From its
Child’?
8. When, according to Borges, would history and man disappear?
9. Name the animal that bowed the George Mikes in Japan.
10. How long had Roof worked as a bicycle repairer’s apprentice in ‘The Voter’?
11. Which of the vehicles is called ‘humble’ in ‘Where There is a Wheel’?
12. Who, according to the speaker of ‘Water’, are playthings in water’s vicious hands?
II. Answer any eight of the following(Choose at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80-100
words each: 8 x 4 =32
13. Why does Romeo say he never saw true beauty till that night? Explain.
14. Briefly describe the kingdom of Monaco mentioned in “Too Dear”.
15. Write a note on Earth university mentioned in Vandana Shiva’s essay.
16. Whose love in ‘When You Are Old’ is true and intense? Explain
17. How did Basavaiha try to surpass his rival in “The Gardener”?
18. How does Borges look upon his blindness? Explain.
19. Human effort alone can create heaven on earth. How is this brought out in ‘Hevean,If you are not
here on Earth’?
20. Give an account of the crawling traffic in Brazil as mentioned by George Mikes?
21. Describe how Marcus Ibe in ‘The Voter’ had managed to become a successful politician.
22. What benefits, accoding to P. Sainath, has cycling brought into the lives of rural women?
III. Answer the following in about 200 words: 1x 6=6
23. “The ways of Providence are strange’. How is this true in the case of Don Gonzalo And Dona
Laura? Explain.
OR
‘Without vengefulness, there would be no reason for man’s existence’. How does “The Gardener”
bring out?
OR
Water can give life and also devour lives. Examine the significance of this statement in the light of
‘Water”
IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it: 10 x 1 = 10
Since the beginning, trees have provided us with two of life’s essentials, food and oxygen. As we
evolved, they provided additional necessities such as shelter, medician and tools.

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Trees contribute to their environment by providing oxygen, improving air quality, making climate
better, conservation water, preserving soil and supporting wildlife. They take in carbon dioxide
and produce oxygen. This is enough to meet the annual needs of 18 people.
Both above and below ground, trees are essential to the ecosystems in which they reside. Far
reaching roots hold soil in place and fight erosion. They absorb and store rainwater and reduce
runoff and sediment deposio after storms. This helps the ground water supply recharge, prevent
the transport of chemicals into streams and prevent flooding. Fallen leaves make excellent
compost the enriches soil.
Many animals, including elephant, kolas and graffes eat leaves for nourishment. Flowers are eaten
by monkeys and nectar is a favourate of birds, bats and many insects. Animals also eat much of
the same fruit that humans enjoy. This process helps disperse seeds over great distances. Of
course, hundreds of living creatures call trees their home. Leaf-covered branches keep many
animals such as birds and squirrels, out of the reach of predators.
24. a) Name one of life’s essentials mentioned in the passage.
b) What do trees take in?
c) How much of oxygen is produced by one acre of forest?
d) Trees are essential to the ecosystems
i) only above ground
ii) neither below nor above ground
iii) both above and below ground
e) How is soil erosion prevented by trees?
f) The part of a tree used to make compost is its
i) flower
ii) leaf
iii) fruit.
g) Where is nectar, liked by birds, bats and insects, found ?
h) Who call trees their home?
i) Add a prefix to the word ‘essential’ to form its antonym.
j) Trees provide ...................(additional / addition ) necessities of life.
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions: 3x1=3
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
d) Where did the two roads diverge?
e) The word ‘both’ in the second line refers to two
iv) Woods
v) Travellers
vi) Roads
f) What does the word ‘one’ in the fourth line refer to ?
26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of the verb (passive)
given in the brackets. 3 x 1 =3
The prince agreed to show mercy and so the matter............... (arrange). The only problem was that there
was no suitable prison for a person who ............. (sentence) for life. However, there was a small
lock-up where people................. (Keep) temporarily.

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27. Report the following conversation: 5
Roof : I work for Marcus Ibe.
POP campaigner : we have plenty of work to do tonight.
Are you taking this or not?
Roof : Will it not be heard outside this room?
POP campaigner : We are after votes, not gossip.
28. complete the following dialogue: 4x1=4
( kiran is looking for house on rent. He talks over telephone to Javeed, the owner of the house.)
Kiran : Good morning.
Javeed : ........................................(greeting)
What can I do for you?
Kiran : Is ..................................... ( Asking information)
Javeed : Yes, the flat is still vacant.
Kiran :What is the rent?
Javeed :The rent ..............................(giving information)
Kiran :.........................................( leave taking)
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in the bracket: 2 x 1 =2
The number of motor vehicles in Brazil is growing by ............, almost as if cars were
distributed free of charge to.........................( all and sundry, leaps and bounds, fair game) .
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker: 4x 1=4
Roof was a young and energetic man. He never left hid village ................ seek work in the
towns .......... decided to remain in the village to guide his people. ......................... he was
very popular. .................he was an expert in election campaigning.
( moreover, but, in order to, so )
Vi.31.Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below. 8 x ½ = 4
Paper was discovered in China by an official named Tsai Lun. He discovered it in about AD 105. Until then
most of the documents in china had been written on parchment and vellum. Parchment was made from
the skin of goats or sheep. Vellum was made from the skin of a calf. A number of animals had to be killed
to make a book. However, now we do not have to do that. We use pulp, at present, for making paper.
paper At present made from

1.

Discovered by Discovered in Year of discovery

2. China 3.
.

Documents before AD 105 written on

4. and 5.

Made from the skin of Made from the skin of

6. or 7. 8.

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32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in “The
Deccan Herald” dated 7th March, 2016 : 5

Wanted
Office Assistants
Qualification : PUC with first class, Computer Knowledge
Fluency in Kannada, English & Hindi
Experience prepared

Apply to : The Managing Director

Shree Matha Technologies Ltd
#77, Abhi Towers, KVK Layout,
Mysore road, Bangalore-560017
( write XXX for name and YYY for address)

33. Imagine that you have organised a function to mark the ‘World Tourism Day” . You have to speak
on the importance of travelling. Use the following points and write a speech in about 100 words:
5

Travel – necessary—provides – fun – entertainment – information – expands one’s understanding

– mental horizons – opportunity for visiting diverse places and people.

OR

Student teacher ratio plays an important role in imparting education. Given below is the bar graph
that represents data pertaining to this ratio in different states of our country. Each bar indicates
average number of students per one teacher. Use the information to write a report in about 120
words.
80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0
Delhi Kerala Bihar Odisha Assam

States of India

34. What do the underlined words in the following paragraph refers to : 4x1=4

Trees are essential to the ecosystem in Which they reside. They absorb and store rainwater. This
helps the ground water supply recharge. Fallen leaves make excellent compost that enriches soil.
i) Which.................................... iii) This .................................
ii) That................................. iv) They....................................
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35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence: 1
to us / give / all things / for the purpose / have been

PAPER 4
I Answer the following in a word, phrase or a sentence each. 12x1=12
1. When according to Juliet would Romeo make the face of heaven so fine?
2. Mention one of the taxes imposed by the king of Monaco.
3. Where according to the speaker of ‘On Children’ do the souls of children dwell?
4. Name the author of ‘Tapovan’ as mentioned in ‘Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the
Forest’.
5. In the play ‘A Sunny Morning’, ‘the silver maiden’ refers to
a) Petra. b) Dona Laura. c) the ballet dancer.
6. Mention any one of the aspects that the speaker loved in his beloved in ‘When You Are Old’.
7. What became the main reason of Tammanna’s life in ‘The Gardener’?
8. Name one of the things that the child’s foot wants to be in Neruda’s poem.
9. Which is the most astounding invention of man according to Borges?
10. Who are the drivers in Brazil on the look–out for?
11. How long had Roof been a bicycle repairer’s apprentice?
12. What has been a chosen medium for rural women of Pudukkottai?

II Answer any eight of the following choosing at least two from the poems in a
paragraph of 80-100 words each. 8x4=32
13. How does Romeo glorify Juliet’s beauty?
14. What made the king of Monaco alter his decisions in dealing with the criminal?
15. How should parents raise their children according to the speaker of ‘On Children’?
16. What account does Don Gonzalo give Dona Laura about his cousin’s life after the duel?
17. Give an account of the strategies used by Tammanna to destroy Basavaiah.
18. Why according to Borges will books never disappear?
19. How according to the speaker does one find heaven on earth in ‘Heaven, If you are not on
Earth’?
20. According to George Mikes, the people of Brazil are both leisurely and speed loving. Explain.
21. ‘Roof is a clever manipulator.’ Justify.
22. How does cycling empower rural women according to P. Sainath?

III Answer the following in about 200 words. 1x6=6

23. Conservation of biodiversity sustains both nature and culture. Discuss in the light of Vandana
Shiva’s essay.
OR
‘Man goes on living for some revenge.’ To what extent is this true in case of Basavaiah and
Tammanna in ‘The Gardener’?
OR
How does the speaker of ‘Water’ trace the journey of water using it as a witness?
IV Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10x1=10
The Western Ghats are also known as the Sahyadri Hills. They are well known for their rich and
unique assemblage of flora and fauna (plants and animals). Twenty five biodiversity hot-spots are
identified in the world and Western Ghats are one among them.
The Western Ghats extend from the Satpura Range in the north. They go south past Goa,
through Karnataka and into Kerala and Tamil Nadu and end at Kanyakumari. Then they embrace
the Indian Ocean. The range is called Sahyadri in northern Maharashtra and Sahya Parvatam in
Kerala. The Biligiri ranges southeast of Mysore in Karnataka, meet the Servarayan range and
Tirumala range farther east, linking the Western Ghats to the Eastern Ghats. In the south the
range is known as
the Nilagiri malai in Tamil Nadu.

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The northern portion of the narrow coastal plain between the Western Ghats and the
Arabian Sea is known as the Konkan Coast or Konkan. The central portion is called Kanara and the
southern portion is called Malabar region. The foothill region east of the Ghats in Maharashtra is
known as Desh. The eastern foothills of central Karnataka state are known as Malnadu. The
Biligirirangan Hills lie at the confluence of the Western and Eastern Ghats. WAPCO region under
Western Ghats covers
twelve administrative districts of Kerala State.
Four thousand species of flowering plants are known from the Western Ghats. Western
Ghats receive an average of 3000 mm rainfall per annum. The Western Ghats are home to
thousands of animal species including at least 325 globally threatened species.
24. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each.
a. What are the Western Ghats well known for?
b. How many biodiversity hotspots are identified in the world?
c. Name one of the states in which the Western Ghats lie.
d. Where do the Western Ghats end?
e. What does ‘Sahya Parvatam’ refer to in the passage?
f. Konkan Coast lies between the Western Ghats and
a. the Indian Ocean.
b. the Arabian Sea.
c. the Eastern Ghats.
g. Which part of Karnataka state is known as Malnadu?
h. In which state can one find WAPCO region?
i. There are many ................... (threatening/threatened) species in the world.
(Choose the right word to form a meaningful sentence.)
j. Use a prefix to form the antonym of the word ‘cover’.

25. Read the following lines and answer the questions. 3x1=3
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

i. Where did the two roads diverge?

ii. The word ‘both’ in the second line refers to two
a. travelers. b. woods. c. roads.
iii. What did the traveler do when he came across the two diverged roads?

26. Complete the following by filling in the blanks using the right form of the
verb given in brackets. 3x1=3
The kingdom neither had a guillotine nor an executioner. Therefore a council …………...... (call). It
…....……….. (decide) to write a letter to the French Government. The letter ……….. (send).

27. Report the following conversation. 5x1=5

Don Gonzalo : I am fond of good verses. I composed some in my youth.
Dona Laura : Were they good ones?
Don Gonzalo : Why do you ask me such a question?
Dona Laura : Don’t be angry.

28. Complete the following dialogue. 4x1=4

(Kumar meets Karan, a computer technician, to get his computer repaired.)
Kumar : Good morning sir.
Karan : Good morning, please be seated. ...........................(Seeking information )

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Kumar : My computer ............................................... ( Giving information)
Karan : Right now we are too busy. Can you leave your PC with us for two days ?
Kumar : Sorry, I ........................................ ( Expressing disapproval)
Karan : I am afraid you will have to go to another technician.
Kumar : ......................................... (Ending conversation)

29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expressions given in the brackets: 2x1=2
(turn their backs, be hanged to, straight out)
The ministers decided to tell the criminal ................. to run away. They did so. But the criminal
said that if he ran away people would ........................ on him.

30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker. 4x1=4

(but, and, at last, then)
The young man took refuge in Don Gonzalo’s house. He went to Seville, -------- then came to
Madrid. He wrote letters to Laura --------- they were intercepted by her parents. ------- in despair,
he joined the army. ------------ he met a glorious death in the war.
31. Read the following passage and fill in the boxes given below. 8x½=4
It is believed that the Indus Valley Civilization was the joint creation of the Aryan and pre-Aryan
inhabitants of India. This civilization was principally associated with the cities of Mohenjo-Daro
and Harappa which were first discovered. The people of this civilization were multi-ethnic. In the
skeletal
remains of this civilization is an evidence of the presence of Proto-Australoid, Mediterranean,
Alpine and Mongoloid racial elements who no doubt contributed to its growth. The civilization
was urban and a very remarkable one.
Indus Valley Civilization

Inhabitants that jointly created

1. 2.

Associated with cities

3 4.
People were
5.

Racial elements that contributed

6. 7. Alpine
8.

32. Write a letter of Application in response to the following advertisement which

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and Fluency in English and Hindi
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33. Imagine that you are the president of students’ council of your college. you have to speak on
spreading awareness about cleanliness. Using the points given below, write a speech in about
100 words. 5
Need of cleanliness – individual responsibility – cleanliness at home and public places – health
benefits – beautification of nation
OR
The following line graph provides information about the growth of population in India over a
period of 50 years. Using the information, write a report in about 120 words.

1400

1200

1000

800

600

400

200

0
1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2021

YEAR

34. What do the underlined words in the following paragraph refer to? 4x1=4
The Western Ghats are well known for their rich and unique assemblage of flora and fauna.
Twenty five biodiversity hot-spots are identified in the world and Western Ghats are one among
them. The Ghats are home to thousands of animal species of which at least 325 are globally
threatened. They are also home to many indigenous people who are on the verge of extinction.
their : .............
them : .............
which : .............
who : .............

35. Rewrite the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence. 1

be /water /used /should /judiciously

PAPER 5

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each. 12x1=12

1. Who in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is compared to a ‘rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear’?
2. Name the special source of revenue in the kingdom of Monaco.
3. What according to the speaker can parents not visit in ‘On Children’?
4. What does ‘Terra Madre’ mean in ‘Everything I Need To Know I Learned in the Forest’?
5. What establishes peace between Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo?
6. What does the speaker want his beloved to dream of in ‘When You Are Old’?
7. Mention one of the means suggested to Tammanna through which he would get back his land
from Basavaiah.
8. Which library does Borges visualise in his dream?
9. When according to the speaker can there be no Gods in ‘Heaven, If you are not on Earth’?
10. What according to George Mikes is a sign of appreciation when eating soup in Japan?
11. Which is the symbol of People’s Alliance Party in ‘The Voter’?
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12. Whose brainchild is the cycling movement according to P. Sainath as mentioned
in ‘Where There Is A Wheel’?
II. Answer any eight of the following (choosing at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80-
100 words. 8x4=32
13. How does Romeo describe Juliet?
14. Why did the authorities in Monaco fail to carry out the death sentence?
15. How does Vandana Shiva describe the Navadanya farm?
16. Trace the course of rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaiah that moved away
from visible domain to an abstract domain.
17. Bring out the stages of hardships faced by the foot after being confined in a shoe.
18. Why does Borges say that the books will never disappear in spite of modern modes of
Communications?
19. How does George Mikes describe bowing to be a quainter and infectious trait of Japanese
people?
20. Give an account of Roof’s role as an election campaigner.
21. Comment on how the cycling reduced the women’s dependence on men with reference to
Sainath’s essay.
22. The difference of race and agony of the panchama due to water has been effectively brought
out in ‘Water’. Explain.

III. Answer the following in about 200 words. 1x6=06

23. ‘A Sunny Morning’ portrays the wit and humour through Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura’s
spontaneous reactions. Explain.
OR
‘Wheel brings progress.’ Justify this statement with reference to ‘Where There Is A Wheel’.
OR
‘Your children are not your children.’ How does the poet illustrate this truth in the poem “On
Children”?

IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10x1=10
We live with sound. We speak through sound. A world without sound is unthinkable. The pattern
of sound changes according to the time of day. Let me recall the sounds I hear in the early
morning. The silence of my night is broken by the harsh grating sound of our tall iron gates as they
are pushed open at 5 o’clock. This is the time for my father to take a walk. At 5.30 the alarm bell
rings for me to get up. There is the scratching sound at the door. As I open the door our Alsatian
throws up its two paws on my shoulders and starts licking and producing a mixture of growling,
moaning and crying sounds. This is his morning greetings.
Now I try to get busy preparing for the examination, but the wooden staircase starts producing
creaking, tapping and bumping sounds depending upon the weight and speed of its users.
As my mother switches on the radio in the kitchen a ‘bhajana’ comes floating
into my room. The chink of saucers, plates and cups against the music is very enchanting to the
ears. Just then the calling bell buzzes and the Alsatian begins his non-stop barking.
The soft-sound of the crockery, the soft knock on the door and the clinking sound of the crockery
as my mother places the tea tray on the side board, please me. After a short silence comes the
sound of heavy steps. I hurriedly pounce upon my text books but not before knocking down a cup
that produces not only the sound of crash but also a few broken pieces. I hear the bass voice of
my father, “Remember, just one month left.”
And the figure recedes. Here is another alarm bell reminding me of my examination.
The world outside the house is agog with exciting and unfettered noise. The continuous cooing of
the cuckoo, the chirps and the twitter of sparrows on windowsills and songs of birds from the
garden create a sweet restful atmosphere. All of a sudden a school bus stops and children get into
the bus chuckling, laughing and shouting. As the morning extends, the traffic increases and street
sounds become tough. Clamour and hubbub rise. The rumbling of the trucks, the honking of the

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cars, barking of street dogs at the roaring and splittering motor bikes spoil the freshness of the
morning.
It is difficult to escape sound. Sound of the TV spills over my room. The news reader continues –
An air crash and so many killed - a mine disaster. It is too maddening to hear any more sound. At
once I switch off television. Silence falls in my room. But the sound of an agonized cry is rising
within me. Two silent tears roll down to salute the morning.

a. What is unthinkable according to the narrator?

b. What is the first early morning sound that the narrator hears?
c. What makes the scratching sound?
d. Which sounds are referred as enchanting to ears?
e. Why does the narrator hurriedly pounce upon his text book?
f. Here is another alarm bell reminding me of my examination. What is the ‘alarm bell’ mentioned
here?
g. Name one of the sounds which creates a sweet restful atmosphere.
h. Which sound is the most unbearable to the narrator?
i. Add a prefix to the word ‘fettered’ to form its antonym.
j. The short ......... (silent/silence) is followed by the sound of heavy steps.

25. Read the following lines and answer the questions: 3x1=03
Seven years I could not walk a step
When I to the great physician came
He demanded: Why the crutches?
And I told him: I am lame
i) How long could the speaker not walk a step?
ii) Who does ‘He’ in the third line refer to?
iii) Why does the speaker use crutches?
V. 26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of verb
given in the brackets: 3x1=03
The criminal ……………. (sentence) for life. A guard …………….. (place) over him. Every day the food
…………. (bring) by the guard from the palace kitchen.
27. Report the following conversation: 5x1=05
Petra : The guard is waiting for me.
Dona Laura : Do you like to chat with your guard?
Petra : He is not mine.
Dona Laura : Wait a moment.
Petra : What does the senora wish?

28. Complete the following dialogue: 4x1=04

Patient : Hello, is it 240042?
Receptionist : …………………… (giving information)
Patient : Could I speak to the doctor?
Receptionist : ……………………. (confirms absence)
Patient : Who am I speaking to?
Receptionist : …………………… (giving introduction)
Patient : …………………….(fix an appointment for the same day)
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing appropriate expression given in brackets: 2x1=02
( take to, give up, zip along)
In the heart of rural Pudukkottai, young women ……………… the roads on their bicycles. Jameela
Bibi, who has …………… cycling told it was her right.

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30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker: 4x1=04
There was ……….. a guillotine for cutting the heads off ………… an executioner in Monaco. ……… the
ministers wrote a letter asking the French Government whether they could lend them a machine
……… an expert to cut off the criminal’s head off.
( and, neither, so, nor)
31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below:
8x½=04
At the core of Yakshagana is the himmela. This entourage of musicians includes a narrator, singers
and musicians, playing the Chande and maddale drums and the harmonium. Their performance
usually touching on just one main story and a few sub stories is called a prasanga.

The core of Yakshagana

i.

Includes Performance called

ii. viii.

iii.

iv.

Play
v. vi. vii.

32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which

appeared in ‘Deccan Herald’ dated 7th October 2014.
5
(write XXX for name, YYY for address)

WANTED

S.M. Pre University College, Dharwad invites applications from qualified candidates for the post of
lecturer in English. Apply within 10 days to
TheChairman, Shree Manjunatheshwar Education Trust, Vidyanagar Dharwad-580004.
Candidates must have passed M.A. in English with 55% marks. Candidates with experience and good
Communication skill will be given preference

33. Imagine that you have been elected your College Union leader and you are supposed to
address a gathering of students and lecturers of your college. Write a speech in about 100
words focusing on the infrastructure of your college and the necessity of disciplinary attitudes
among students. 5
(Use the hints given below.)
Library, toilet facilities- Science labs to be upgraded- reading room- waiting room for girls
OR

The following bar graph shows the pass percentage of boys and girls of a Government P U college
in II PUC Annual Examination of April 2009. Based on the information, prepare a report in about
120 words

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100
90
80
70
60
50 BOYS

40 GIRLS

30
20
10
0
KAN ENG ECO HIS SOC POL SCI

34. What do the underlined words in the following extract refer to? 4x1=04
My mother listens to bhajans in the kitchen while she prepares our food. My dog, Vicky, sits at the
door of the kitchen and sniffs the aroma of it with his tongue sticking out. He will sit there till she
gives him a piece of what she is preparing.
i. she : ……… iii. his : ……….
ii. it : ……… iv. there : ……….
35. Rewrite the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence: 1x1=01
forest /the/of beauty /joy/is/source/and

PAPER 6
I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each. 12x1=12
1. Who in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is compared to a ‘snowy dove’?
2. What business does the king of Monaco monopolise in “Too dear”?
3. In ‘On Children’, ‘You may give them your love but not your .................
a) dreams. b) thoughts. c) gladness.
4. What according to Vandana Shiva does Earth University teach?
5. What right does Dona Laura claim to have to criticise Don Gonzalo?
6. What was the most important possession of Tammanna?
7. According to Borges the telescope is the extension of our.............. .
a) sight. b) voice. c) arms.
8. Who can create heaven on earth in ‘Heaven if you are not on Earth’?
9. Whose life is becoming more hazardous in Brazil every day according to George Mikes?
10. Who did Roof campaign for in ‘The Voter’?
11. Name one of the women who have trained young women from their community
in the art of cycling.
12. What according to the speaker of ‘Water’ is a witness to social injustice?

II. Answer any eight of the following (choosing at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80 -100
words. 8x4=32
13. How does the narrator describe the ‘Toy Kingdom’ in ‘Too Dear’?
14. How is the parent-children relationship brought out using the metaphor of bows and arrows in
‘On children?
15. Write a note on ‘The Navadanya Farm‘ started by Vandana Shiva.
16. What fictitious story did Gonzalo spin about himself to hide his true identity?
17. How does the speaker distinguish his love from that of the others in the poem ‘When You Are
Old’?
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18. Bring out the changes in the lifestyle of the owner after the arrival of ‘The Gardener’.
19. Finding precise words is important in the art of poetry. How does Borges justify this in his
interview?
20. How according to George Mikes do the bowing gentlemen change into savages in Japan?
21. Discuss how cycling movement has empowered the rural women of Pudukkottai.
22. Why is water a mighty movement according to the speaker of ‘Water’?
III. Answer the following in about 200 words. 1x6=6
23. ‘The ways of Providence are strange.’ How is this true in case of Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura?
OR
The poem ‘To the Foot from its Child’ is a journey of human life. Elucidate.
OR
‘Roof was the most trusted of the whispering campaigners.’ To what extent is this true in ‘The
Voter’?
IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10x1=10
Why does 29th February occurs only once in four years? To understand this confusing
arrangement, it is necessary to understand the calendar that is currently used in the United
States.
Nearly all modern societies use some kind of calendar to decide on the dates and times of
everything. Some societies use lunar calendars, which are based on the rotation of the moon
around Earth, and others use solar calendars, which are based on the rotation of earth around the
sun. The United States, like much of the rest of the world, uses a solar calendar. The solar
calendar used by most of the world today is known as the Gregorian calendar. Named after the
king Gregory XIII, who
introduced it in 1582, this modern calendar is the end result of hundreds of years of fine tuning. It
was developed by the Julian calendar, which was created in 46 BC by Julius Caesar. The Julian
calendar was also a solar calendar, based on the time it takes for the earth to travel one complete
loop around the sun. In Julius Caesar’s time, though astronomers believed that the sun revolved
around the earth, they still managed to make fairly accurate measurements of the length of a
complete cycle. A
solar year, they calculated, was about 365.25 days long.
Julius Caesar, deciding that it would be difficult to add ¼ of a day onto each year, ordered one
extra day to be added every four years to the month of February, creating what would be called
‘leap’ year. This calendar is used by the western world for over a thousand years.
Unfortunately, there was a problem with the Julian calendar. When Julius Caesar ordered a leap
year every four years, he was putting in too many extra days. A solar year is not 365.25 days long,
but in fact 365.24219 days. The difference between the actual length of the solar year and the
approximated value is very small, but over several hundred years it began to add up. By the year
1500, spring holidays were starting to happen in the summer.
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII came up with an idea of how to fire the problem. He
reorganised it into a more complicated system. In the new calendar, there is still a leap year
almost every four years, but there is a new rule. If the year ends in 00, it is only a leap year if the
year’s number can be divided by 400. For example, 1800 and 1900 were not leap years but 2000
was. Over 400 years after its introduction, the Gregorian calendar is currently in use.
24. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each.
a. How frequently do we have 29 days in the month of February?
b. What is the lunar calendar based on?
c. Name the type of calendar used by the United States.
d. What is the other name for the solar calendar?
e. Who is the solar calendar named after?
f. When was the Julian calendar created by Caesar?
g. Astronomers in Julius Caesar’s time believed that the sun revolved round
i) the earth. ii) the moon. iii) the Mars.
h. What is the actual length of the solar year?
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i. The astronomers made an ................ (accurate/accuracy) measurement of the length of the
solar
year.
j. Add prefix to the word ‘complete’ to form its antonym

25. Read the following lines and answer the questions. 3x1=3
O Blithe new-comer! I have heard,
I hear thee and rejoice:
O cuckoo! Shall I call thee Bird,
Or but a wandering voice?
i) Who is the new-comer addressed by the speaker?
ii) How does the speaker feel on hearing the song?
iii) What is the other phrase the speaker uses to refer to the bird?
V. 26. Complete the following by filling in the blanks using the right form of the
verb given in brackets. 3x1=3
The king of Monaco was looking over the accounts. A new item of expenditure ………. (notice) by
him. In order to reduce this expenditure the guard ………. (dismiss) and the criminal …………. (ask)
to run away.
27. Report the following conversation. 5x1=5
Dona Laura : You should have asked permission to sit on this bench.
Don Gonzalo : The benches here are public property.
Dona Laura : Why did you complain about the priests, then?
Don Gonzalo : Are you taunting me?
Dona Laura : Don’t grumble.
28. Complete the following dialogue. 4x1=4
(Priya and Linda are strangers and meet at a bus stop.)
Priya : Excuse me, ...........................................? (Asking for bus number)
Linda : .................................... (Gives information)
Priya : ................................................. (Asking for platform number)
Linda : Go to platform number 17 and wait there.
Priya : .............................. (Expresses gratitude)
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in the brackets: 2x1=2
(in a soup, landslide victory, in full swing)
The election campaign in Umuofia was .............................. . All knew that the honourable minister
would have a ............................ . .
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker. 4x1=4
____________ , all this rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaiah looked like healthy
competition. ________ , it took a new turn. ________ it rose to such a pitch that there was no
land left in the village for them to buy. All land belonged to ________ Tammanna or Basavaiah.
(to begin with, however, gradually, either)
31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below.
8x½=4
Women’s Empowerment is the art of giving power or authority to women. It involves women’s
organization which aims to increase their self-reliance, encourages them to make choice and to
control resources. Women experience subordination or powerlessness in multiple domains. These
include the home, the work place and all other public places. The strategies for empowerment of
women can be classified as legal, social and economic.

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Women’s Empowerment

Art of giving power or

a.

Involves women’s Domains of Subordination

organization d. e.
Work place
Aims to increase women’s

b
Strategies of empowerment classified as
Encourages women to
f. g. h.
c. Control
and control re resources

32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in ‘The
New Indian Express’ dated 10 March, 2015.
5
(Write XXX for name and YYY for address.)

BAPUJI VIDYAVARDHAKA SANGHA

Requires
Administrators
Qualification : BBA/MBA is a must. Candidates with at least
2 years of experience will be given preference. Should possess excellent
communication skill.
Apply within 10 days to: The Secretary, Bapuji Vidyavardhaka Sangha,
Bagalkot.

33. Imagine you are the college union president. You are given the responsibility of introducing the
guest on the college day. Use the following information to write a speech in about 100 words.
5
Name : Shanthi Goel
Education : IAS 1995, 40th rank
Present Post : Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Panchayat, Belgaum
Achievement : Clean drinking water, electricity and good roads.
OR
Write a report on age composition of the population of India in 2001 and 2011 based on the data
given below in the pie chart.
60 &
above, 2001 60 &
above,
2011
7%
8% 0-
0- 14yrs,
14yrs, 29%
15-59 34%
yrs,
59%
15-59
yrs,
63%
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34. What do the numbered words in the following extract refer to? 4x1=4
The Gregorian solar calendar was named after Pope Gregory XIII, who (1) introduced it (2) in
1582. The Julian calendar was also a solar calendar, based on the time it takes for earth to travel
one complete loop round the sun. In Julius Caesar’s time, although astronomers believed that the
sun revolved around Earth, they (3) still managed to make fairly accurate measurement. People all
over the world still use the calendar and they (4) are happy with the same.
1) who : ......................
2) it : ......................
3) they : ......................
4) they : ......................
35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence. 1x1=1
plays / democracy / an important / in / role / the media

PAPER 7

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each. 12x1=12

1. Whom does Romeo address as ‘yonder lady’?
2. Mention one of the reasons for the soldiers’ refusal to execute the criminal in ‘Too Dear’.
3. What does the phrase ‘the bow that is stable’ refer to in ‘On Children’?
4. Name the woman who led resistance against felling trees in the village of Adwani.
5. Laura Llorente was known as ................... in her locality in ‘A Sunny Morning’.
a) dream girl b) golden lady c) silver maiden
6. What does the speaker want his beloved to do when she is old in ‘When You Are Old’?
7. Whom did Tammanna consider as the most important among all his possessions in ‘The
Gardener’?
8. What do the soft nails of quartz change themselves into in ‘To the Foot from its Child’?
9. Borges looks upon blindness as a
a) way of life. b) miserable circumstance. c) major handicap.
10. Whom according to George Mikes do the Japanese stores employ?
11. Where, on the election morning, did Marcus Ibe sit shaking hands with the villagers?
12. In which district of Tamil Nadu, according to P. Sainath, has cycling been a social movement?

II. Answer any eight of the following (choosing at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80 -100
words. 8x4=32
13. How is Romeo mesmerised by the beauty of Juliet at first sight?
14. Why was the criminal finally offered pension in ‘Too Dear’? How did this offer benefit him?
15. ‘Your children are not your children.’ How is this statement relevant with reference to ‘On
Children’? Explain.
16. How do Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura accuse each other at the beginning of the play ‘A Sunny
Morning’?
17. How does Tammanna take revenge on Basavaiah through invisible means?
18. Why does Borges define poetry as intimate and essential and that which cannot be defined
without oversimplifying?
19. Describe how the poem, ‘Heaven, if you are not on Earth’ visualises heaven in nature.
20. How does George Mikes bring out the humour in the Japanese mannerism of bowing?
21. ‘The Voter’ ridicules the power and selfishness of Marcus Ibe. Explain.
22. In what different ways has cycle empowered rural women in Pudukkottai?

III. Answer the following in about 200 words. 1x6=6

23. ‘Conservation of biodiversity is crucial for the sustenance of both nature and human society’.
Discuss with reference to Vandana Shiva’s essay.

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Bring out the instances from the play ‘A sunny morning’ to justify it as a blend of romance and comedy.

OR
How does the poem ‘Water’ demonstrate the disparity and discrimination in our society using
water as a symbol?
IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10x1=10
The U.S. Navy is planning to use armed robotic patrol boats with no sailors on board to escort and
defend warships moving through sensitive sea lanes.
The technology, adapted from NASA’s rovers on mars, will transform how the American
navy operates and is sure to raise fresh questions and concerns about the widening role of robots
in warfare.
The office of Naval Research has released the results of what it called an unprecedented
demonstration in August involving 13 robotic patrol craft escorting a ship along the James river in
Virginia.
In a simulated scenario, five of the robotic patrol boats guarded a larger ship, while eight
others were ordered to investigate a suspicious vessel.
The unmanned patrol boats then encircled and swarmed the “target” enabling the mother ship to
move safely through the area.
The demonstration, conducted over two weeks, was designed to “replicate a transit
through a straight” naval research Chief Rear Admiral Matthew Klunder told reporters in a recent
briefing. The demonstration was a “break through” that goes far beyond any previous experiment,
he said, adding that similar robotic patrol craft likely will be escorting U.S. naval ships within a
year. The patrol craft, 11-metre long vessels, known in the military as rigid hulled inflatable boats,
are usually operated by three or four sailors. But outfitted with the robotic system, a single sailor
could oversee upto 20 of the
vessels.
Unlike drone aircraft, such as the famed ‘predator’ and ‘Reaper’ planes, the robotic boats
are more autonomous and can carry out directions without having to be operated by a human at
every step.
“The excitement about this technology is it is autonomous” Mr. Klunder said.
24. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each.
a) What is the U.S. Navy planning to use, to escort and defend warships?
b) When was the unprecedented demonstration held?
c) Name the river in which the demonstration was conducted?
d) What were the eight robotic patrol boats ordered to investigate?
e) How long was the demonstration conducted?
f) Who is the naval chief mentioned in the passage?
g) The number of robotic patrol boats that guarded a large ship was_______
a) eight. b) five. c) thirteen.
h) Add prefix to the word ‘usual’ to form its antonym.
i) The Admiral was _________(excited/excitement) about the new technology.
j) What benefit would the U.S. Navy get by utilizing robotic patrol boats in overseeing the vessels?
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions. 3x1=3
At the corner of wood street, when daylight appears,
Hangs a thrush* that sings loud, it has sung for three years:
Poor Susan has passed by the spot, and has heard
In the silence of the morning the song of the bird.
* a bird
i. Where does Susan come across the thrush?
ii. How long has the thrush been singing?
iii. When has Susan heard the song of the bird?

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V. 26. Complete the following by filling in the blanks using the right form of the verb given in
brackets. 3x1=3
The rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaiah increased day by day. Two hundred acres of
Tammanna’s land ________ (acquire) by Basavaiah. A fence____ (build) around the land.
Tammanna .................. (advise) by his supporters about the various means of getting back his
land.
27. Report the following conversation. 5x1=5
POP campaigner : We want your vote.
Rufus Okeke : How can I vote for Maduka?
POP campaigner : Are you taking this money or not?
Rufus Okeke : Will it not be heard outside this house?
POP campaigner : Don’t worry about it.
28. Complete the following dialogue. 4x1=4
Husband : What would you like me to get for your birthday? A sari or a necklace?
Wife : .............................. (Expressing preference)
Husband : ............................. (Asking for preference – gold or diamond)
Wife : I prefer a diamond necklace.
Husband : ............................. (Accepting)
Wife : ............................. (Expressing gratitude)
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expressions given in the brackets: 2x1=2
A lot of women in Pudukkottai were unable to wait for ‘ladies’ cycles. Therefore they had to
..................... men’s cycles. They knew that bicycles .................. time wasted in waiting for buses.
(cut down on, put up with, go in for)
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker. 4x1=4
The General of Monaco asked each of his soldiers to cut the criminal’s head off. _______ no
soldier came forward to do it. _________ the ministers of Monaco assembled a Commission.
________, they appointed a Committee and a Sub- Committee. _______ they decided that the
best thing would be to alter the death sentence to one of life imprisonment.
(besides, but, at last, therefore)
31 Read the following passage & make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below.
8x½=4
Service-oriented organisations are set up for providing services to their members and the
society. Such organisations include schools, hospitals, clubs etc. The main objective of these
organisations is providing service and not profit-making. These organisations are managed by
trustees who are fully accountable to their members for the utilisation of funds. This is also a legal
requirement. Therefore they have to maintain proper books of accounts and prepare the financial
statements like receipts and payments account.
Service-oriented Organisations

Set up for providing service to Managed by

1. and
society
6.

Include Objective Accountable for

2. Providing 7.
4.
And Must maintain
3. Not 8.
5.
And

clubs

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32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in ‘The
Hindu’ dated October 17, 2014.
5
(Write XXX for name and YYY for address.)

WANTED
Receptionist
Qualification: Any degree with 60% and above, knowledge of computer, good
communication skills in kannada and English.
Apply within a week to: The Manager,(HRD), Mphasis Technologies, TNS Road ,
Jayanagar, Bangalore-70

33. Imagine you are the secretary of your College Union. On the occasion of ‘Kannada Rajyotsav’
celebration you have to introduce the chief guest whose profile is given below. 5
Chief Guest : Dr. Gangadhar Patil
Native : Haveri (Karnataka)
Education : M.A. (English), Ph.D from Oxford Univ.
Profile : Worked as HOD of Eng. Dept. Karnataka Univ.- literary figure and activist in Kannada
Movement –recipient of Central Sahitya Academy Award
Based on the information, write a speech in about 100 words to introduce the guest at the
function.
OR
Here is a bar chart showing the literacy rate of male and female population in Karnataka. Based on
this data, write a report in about 120 words.

80
70
60
50
40 MALE
30 FEMALE
20
10
0
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000

YEAR

34. What do the numbered words in the following extract refer to? 4x1=4
The US navy says it1 will use a new technology which2 enables it to use robotic patrol boats with
no sailor on board. The technology is adapted from NASA’S rover on Mars. This3 will transform
the operation system of the US navy. The admiral who4 was instrumental in introducing this
technology was Matthew Klunder.
1) it : ____________
2) which : ____________
3) This : ____________
4) who : ____________
35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence. 1x1=1
application / my resume/ I /with this/ have /enclosed
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PAPER 8
I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each. 12x1=12
1. When according to Juliet would all the world be in love with night?
2. Mention any one of the commodities that was taxed in Monaco.
3. In ‘On Children’, God loves the arrow that flies as well as the bow that ..........
a) does not bend. b) breaks. c) is stable.
4. What has replaced bio-diversity according to Vandana Shiva?
5. Who was called ‘The Silver Maiden’ in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
6. Tammanna’s disease was Basavaiah’s ______________.
a. health. b. weakness. c. sorrow.
7. Where is the ‘Child’s foot’ condemned to live?
8. Whom does Borges look upon as an ‘intelligent and gracious woman’?
9. According to the speaker of ‘Heaven, if you are not on Earth’ heaven is
a. on earth.
b. not on earth.
c. beyond earth.
10. What according to George Mikes do the driver and pedestrian finally do after the chase in
Brazil?
11. What is the symbol used by Marcus Ibe in the election in ‘The Voter’?
12. Name the person who wrote the famous cycling song mentioned in ‘Where There Is a Wheel’.
II. Answer any eight of the following (choosing at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80 -100
words. 8x4=32
13. Romeo claims to have never seen true beauty till he saw Juliet. How does he justify his
statement?
14. Why does the criminal in ‘Too Dear’ refuse to escape from the prison? Explain.
15. Bring out the significance of the Rights of Nature as explained by Vandana Shiva in her essay.
16. Narrate how according to Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo the sad love affair of her friend and his
cousin ended.
17. How did the owner’s life change after the arrival of the old man in ‘The Gardener’?
18. How does Borges describe his mother and his feelings for her in his interview?
19. Why does the speaker of ‘Heaven, If you are not on Earth’ say that heaven is right here on
earth?
20. Give an account of the Japanese mania for bowing as described by George Mikes.
21. How did Sheela Rani Chunkath empower the Pudukottai women by including cycling in the
literacy drive?
22. What personal memories does the speaker associate to water in the poem ‘Water’?
III. Answer the following in about 200 words. 1x6=6
23. ‘A Sunny Morning’ revolves around concealing and revealing Laura and Gonzalo’s identity.
Elaborate.
OR
‘The speaker addresses a young lady in her old age.’ Comment on the time sequence used by the
poet in ‘When you Are Old’.
OR
Do you think that ‘The voter’ is right in demanding money to vote for Marcus Ibe? Explain.
IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10x1=10
Sporting fraternity and sports lovers across the country applauded and felt happy when President
Pranab Mukherji handed over the prestigious Arjuna Awards to several eminent sports
personalities at a glittering function in the national capital recently on the occasion of National
Sports Day.
However, nobody perhaps would have given thought to the creator of the slick and
wonderfully crafted trophies that dazzled in the hands of these well known sporting icons. The
unsung hero is Gajendra Prasad Sahu, a painter and Sculptor based in Bhubaneswar.

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The 53-year old artist has been making the Arjuna Award trophies for the last five years.
Not only Arjuna Awards, Sahu is also the creator of well designed Dronacharya, Dhyanchand and
Tenzding Norgay trophies that are presented every year by the Union Sports and Youth Affairs
Ministry to an eminent coach, an important hockey player and an individual for bravery
respectively.
The turning point in Sahu’s life, however came in 2009 when the Ministry of Sports and
Youth Affairs decided to re-design the trophy for the popular and most sought after Arjuna Award
for sporting icons and invited applications from artists across the country.
Sahu responded and sent the sketches of his designs which were approved by the union
ministry. Once the preliminary sketches were okayed, he was summoned to New Delhi to submit
his final design, which, too, was approved and he was assigned the job of making the trophies for
the prestigious sports awards every year. He won the job despite the stiff competition from
individualas well as institutional competitors.
Interestingly, though Sahu creates the most coveted trophies for the Indian sports icons,
he never had any personal interest in sports. His works of paintings have found a place in art
galleries and exhibitions in different parts of the country.
24. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each.
a) Who handed over the prestigious Arjuna Awards on the National Sports Day?
b) Where is Gajendra Prasad Sahu from?
c) How long has Sahu been making the Arjuna Award trophies?
d) To which sport is Dhyanchand trophy presented?
e) Tenzding Norgay trophy is awarded for
i) coaching. ii) bravery. iii) painting.
f) Mention the year that brought a turning point in Sahu’s life.
g) Why was Sahu summoned to New Delhi?
h) Sahu’s paintings are found in
i) palaces. ii) galleries. iii) government offices.
i) Gajendra Prasad Sahu is the ............... (creation/creator) of trophies.
j) Add prefix to the word ‘known’ to form its antonym.
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions. 3x1=3
Lord, I am so tired
Tired I entered this world.
Far have I wandered since the cock crew,
And the road to school is steep.
Lord, I do not want to go into their school.
i) Who is addressed by the speaker?
ii) What time of day does ‘since the cock crew’ suggest?
iii) How is the road to school according to the speaker?
V. 26. Complete the following by filling in the blanks using the right form of the verb given in
brackets. 3x1=3
Roof ................ (know) to everyone in Umuofia. The campaigner of POP party met him. No words
............. (waste) between them. Roof ............... (give) five pounds to cast his vote for Maduka.
27. Report the following conversation. 5x1=5
Don Gonzalo : Are you speaking to me, senora?
Dona Laura : Yes.
Don Gonzalo : What do you wish?
Dona Laura : You have scared away the birds. They were feeding on my crumbs.
28. Complete the following dialogue. 4x1=4
(Anita is Vinita’s new neighbour. They meet and introduce themselves.)
Anita : ........................... (Greeting) May I come in?
Vinita : ............................ (Responds to greeting)
Anita : .............................................. (Introduces herself) your next door neighbour.
Vinita : ............................................ (Introduces herself) Please sit down.
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29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expressions given in the brackets: 2x1=2
The telephones are situated on a table or a counter in Japan. Anybody, any passer-by could
...................., but nobody does. The telephone-receiver can be ............................ .
(one’s castle, all and sundry, listen-in)
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker. 4x1=4
The kingdom of Monaco was a peaceful and peace loving country. _____ they did not feel the
need to keep an army or a police force. ______ once, a murder was committed there. ________
they were forced to look for ways to try and punish the criminal. ______ they decided to give him
a pension and send him away.
(but, eventually, so, then)
31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below.
8x½=4
Rajasthan boasts of its colourful culture, cheerful people and their extraordinary passion for kite-
flying or Patangbazi, a special cultural sport and pastime of the region. The kite-flying is
celebrated to herald the coming of spring. It is also a leisure sport and a passion among foreign
tourists too. The people of Rajasthan enjoy the rich tradition of kite-flying.
Rajasthan boasts of

1 2 3

Patangbazi is

4 and 5

Kite-flying celebrated to herald

6

To foreign tourists, kite-flying is

7 8

32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in The
Hindu dated 15 March, 2014. 5
(Write XXX for name and YYY for address.)
WANTED
Commercial Assistants
Qualification : B.com, Should know both English and Kannada type
writing. A good knowledge of computer is required.
Apply to : The Personnel Manager
Laxmi Finance Company
No. 166, Dr. Rajkumar Road
Rajaji Nagar, Bangalore.
33. Imagine you are the General Secretary of your college union. You have invited Dr. Praveen M.
whose profile is given below to inaugurate the cultural activities. You have to introduce him to
the audience. 5
Birth place : Belgaum
Education : M.A. in English, KUD, IAS, 2005 batch
Profile : Started his cares as a lecturer-Passed IAS – posted as AC to Mysore- many useful public
works- eradicated corruptionhonest and strict officer. Now DC in your district.
Based on the information, write a speech in about 100 words to introduce the guest at the
function.
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OR
The following vertical bar graph represents data about two major crops i.e. maize and sugar cane
grown in Karnataka state from 1960 to 2000. Based on the information, write a report in about
120 words.

25

20

15
Maize
10 sugar care

0
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000

34. What do the underlined words in the following extract refer to? 4x1=4
Sahu designs the trophies handed over to the winners. These are presented to them with great
ceremony. Though Sahu is not a sportsman, his passion for creating the trophies is outstanding.
He has his workshop in Bhubaneshwar where he has been living since his childhood.
These : ________________
them : ________________
his : ________________
where : ________________
35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence. 1x1=1
Gandhi /Africa / as a lawyer /went / to South /work /to

PAPER 9

I Answer the following in a word, phrase or sentence each: 12 x 1 = 12

1 Whom does Romeo address as ‘ yonder lady’?
2. What business does the king of Monaco monopolise in ‘ Too Dear’?
3. In ‘On Children’, you may give them your love but not your __________________
a) dreams b) thoughts c) gladness
4. Mention any one of the things that replaced ‘ a vibrant earth’ according to Vandana Shiva.
5. What does Don Gonzala offer to bring to the park the next day in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
6. Where according to the speaker, had love hidden his face in ‘When You Are Old’?
7. When had Tammanna forgotten all his songs and ballads in ‘The Gardener’?
8. The child’s foot changed themselves into______________ when it was confined in a shoe.
a) opaque substance b) a butterfly c)an apple
9. Which was the most precise phrase used by Emily Dickenson to create magic and poetic quality in
her poem, according to Borges?
10. What does George Mikes term as ‘A man’s castle’, in Japan?
11. Name the quarry worker and Arivoli Volunteer who trains other women to learn cycling.
12. Who had visited Roof the previous day of the election to seek his vote?
II. Answer any eight of the following(Choose at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80-100
words each: 8 x 4 =32
13. Why was the murderer finally subjected to life imprisonment in ‘Too Dear’?

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14. How does Vandana Shiva explain the significance of ‘Right of Nature’ recognised by Ecuador in her
essay.
15. What do Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo accuse each other of, on meeting in the park? Describe.
16. How does the speaker contrast his love with that of the other in ‘When You are old’?
17. The gardener’s arrival was the cause for the anxiety of the owner’s wife. Explain.
18. ‘One’s life is how one looks at it’, Bring out the significance of this with reference to the poem ,
“Heaven, If you are not on earth’.
19. How according to the speaker do driver’s behave in Brazil as soon as they get steering wheels in
their hands?
20. Describe the significance of meeting between Roof and POP campaign team in ‘The Voter’.
21. How has cycling enhance a sence of self-respect in the women of Pudukkottai?
22. Water is a witness to many struggles. Explain with reference to the poem, ‘Water’.
III. Answer the following in about 200 words: 1x 6=6
23. How does Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura justify the conduct of their friends and cousin after they
were separated?
OR
Bring out the contrast between illusion and reality in ‘To the foot from its child.
OR
‘Literature is a dream’. How is this brought out by Borges in , ‘I believe books will never
disappear’.
IV Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10 x 1 = 10
The little room is full of colours. There are cushion covers, bed spreads, pillow
cases, wall drapes and dress material ,intricate designs and bright hues – each better than the
other. And in the middle of it is the ‘designer’ , her whole attention is on the shiny needle tracing
a line of beauty across the cloth – with her feet. Her hands hang uselessly by her sides.
Ila Sachani is a 26 years old daughter of a farmer from Surat district of Gujarat learnt to
cope with her deformity from an early age. Her hands are of no use to her, but she does not see
this as a problem.
As a little girl, Ila had fight to be on an equal footing with others. When others small hands
drew figures in the sand orpicked wild flowers, Ila would sit and wonder why she could not do all
this. She wanted to hold a chalk in her hand and draw figures on the slate. But many schools
refuse to admit her. Then, a municipal school took her in. She managed to reach class XII but
didn’t get through since she could not write her board examination, and had to give up her
education at that stage.
But Ila’s parents were determined that their daughter, the eldest of three children, should
lead a fulfilling life. Other people did things with their hands. Ila learnt to do them wither feet for
eating, combing her hair, dusting, folding clothes, even chopping vegetables!
Ila’s community has a rich traditional of embroidery. Her mother and grand mother, who
were expert craftspersons, were determined that their little girl should learn to use her legs to
point and saw. The most difficult lesson was threading a needle. If took a lots of hard work, but
Ila’s own enthusiasm and determined to succeed made matters easier. She had not only mastered
the difficult Kathiavad embroidery of the Saurashtra region, but also styles from outside Gujarat
like Lucknow and Kashmire.
She made beautiful, delicate designs for neighbours, friends and relatives, and was happy
with the goodwill she earned from it. Her name was recommended to the development officer of
Surat. He launched her creations at a state – level handicrafts fair.
She exhibited regularly at handicrafts fairs held at state and national levels and also
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steadily. Today, she earns around RS 4000 per month. She thinks that is more than enough to take
care of her needs.
Many awards, including the President’s Medal, have come to Ila. But what Ila finds even
more satisfying is her ability to pursue her passion.
24. a) How does Ila trace a line across the cloth?
b) What is Ila’s father?
c) Mention Ila’s deformity?
d) Name one of the things that Ila wished to do as a little girl?
e) How did Ila’s parents want Ila’s life to be?
f) Who were determined to make Ila learn the use of her legs to paint and sew?
g) Ila was a ____________________ ( enthusiastic / enthusiasm ) learner.
h) Add prefix to word ‘ability’ to make its antonym.
i) Who launched Ila’s work at a state – level handicrafts fair.
j) What satisfies Ila more than anything?
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions: 3x1=3
I should like to rise and go
Wher below another sky
Parrot islands anchored lie,
And, watched by cockatoos and goats,
Lonely Crusoes building boats;
a) Name the Island mentioned here.
b) Who keeps a watch over these islands?
c) How are the crusoes described as?
26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of the verb (passive) given in
the brackets. 3 x 1 =3
A murder was committed in Monaco. The ministers ______________ (summoned) and it _______
(decide) to sentence the murderer for life and a guard ________ ( place) to look after him.
27. Report the following conversation: 5
Roof : “I work for Marcus”.
Leader of POP : Marcus will not be there where you put in your paper. We have plenty of
work to do tonight.
Roof : It will not be heard outside this room?
Leader of POP : We are after votes not gossip.
28. complete the following dialogue: 4x1=4
(At the Travel Bureau)
Agent : _________________________ (greeting)
Mrs. Dixit :______________________( seeking information regarding a trip to Greece)
Agent : _____________________( giving information)
Mrs. Dixit: ___________________ ( expressing gratitude)
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in the bracket: 2 x 1 =2
( dream of the day, by storm, swept across)
After the international women’s day female cyclists took Pudukkotti ________. They
organised a all women’s cycling rally. Most of these neo-literate women ___________ when they
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30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker: 4x1=4
One of the American states had an early traffic law _______ emphasised the rule __________ on
two cars meeting at an intersection, one was not supposed to move before the other. _______ in
Japan, if two people bow, neither is to straighten ______ stand erect before the other deer.
( likewise, that, which, nor )
Vi. 31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given
below. 8 x ½ = 4
Japan is made up of four principal Islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku, and
more than 3000 smaller ones off the east coast of Asia. They stretch into the pacific ocean and its
“rings of fire”, where the earth’s plates collide, making the country vulnerable to earthquake and
erupting volcanoes. Most Japanese live on Honshu, the largest island and enjoy high standard of
living. Japan’s booming economy is a global phenomenon. Japan has become an Industrial gaint
over the past. Ethnic Japanese people make up the majority of the population. Trains and planes
are the main means of transport in Japan. Crowing streets expensive road tolls, and lack of
parking hamper the use of cars in the cities.
Japan consists of four Islands

1 2 3
kyushu
Stretch into
4

Largest island
5
Economy

6 Become – Industrial giant

Majority of population
Ethnic Japanese
Main means of transport

7 8

32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in “The
Times of India” dated 5th Jan, 2015 : 5

Wanted
RECEPTIONIST
Qualification : Any degree with 50 % and above. Knowledge of computer must.
Communication skill in English and other local languages
Apply within a week to : The co-ordinator (HRD)
Nightingale hospitals
Army Block
HSR Layout, Bangalore

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32. Imagine that you are the secretary of your college union. On the occasion of “Annual Day
celebrations” you are required to introduce the chief guest whose profile is given below.
5
Chief guest : Dr Rajagopalan
Native : Mysore
Education : M A English, PhD from Cambridge university.
Profile : Worked as Head of the Department of English, Bangalore
University for ten years.
Vice – chancellor of Kuvempu university, shimoga.
Authored many books on social and literary issues
OR
The following bar graph represents average subject wise pass percentage of commerce students
in urban and rural areas. Based on the information write a report in about 120 words.

90
80
70
60
50
Rural
40
urban
30
20
10
0
ENG KAN ACC BUS ST ECO HIS

34. What do the underlined words in the following paragraph refers to : 4x1=4

Ila’s parents were determined to make her dependent and self – reliant. They wanted her to do
what other girls could do like their hands. She learnt to do them with her feet. She was soon an
expert in using them to eating, combing her hair and other normal chores.
i) They: _______________ ii) Their: ______________
iii) She : _______________ iv) them:________________
35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence: 1
extensions / our sight / is an / the microscope.

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PAPER 10

I Answer the following in a word, phrase or sentence each: 12 x 1 = 12

1. Who according to Juliet would make the face of heaven so fine as stars?
2. Whom does the council refer to as a ‘brother monarch’ in ‘Too Dear’?
3. What does the phrase ‘living arrows’ refer to in ‘On Children’?
4. Where according to Vandana Shiva did the dramatic chipko actions take place?
5.Laura Lorente was known as _________ in her locality, during her youth in ‘A Sunny Morning’.
a) The silver maiden b) sovereign Beauty c) A dream
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6. When according to Tammanna did Basavaiah have no more reason to live?
7.Which according to Borges is the most astounding inventions of man?
8.________ does create heaven on earth in ‘Heaven if you are nor here on earth’
a) man `b) poet c) God
9.What according to the speaker is a sign of appreciation while eating soup in Japan?
10. How much money did the leader of POP campaign team offer Roof, for his vote in ‘Voter’?
11. Mention any one of the advantages gained due to cycling by the neo literate women of Pudukkottai
district.
12. Where according to speaker in ‘Water’ did the mahad struggle take place?
II. Answer any eight of the following(Choose at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80-100 words
each: 8 x 4 =32
13. How does Romeo justify that he had never seen true beauty till he had seen Juliet?
14. Mentioned the reasons stated by the prisoner in ‘Too Dear’ for not going out of the prison.
15.How according to Vandana Shiva does Tagore highlight the importance of nature in his essay “Tapovan”.
16.Narrate the incidents that led to the separation of Laure and Gonzalo in their youth.
17. What does the speaker visualize about his beloved in ‘When You Are Old’? Explain.
18.How did Basavaiah try to surpass Tammanna? Why wasn’t he successful?
19.Why does Borges say blindness is a way of life and a resource in ‘I Believe that Books will never
disappear”?
20.”Japanese follow a complicated hierarchy in bowing”. Explain with reference to Japanese manners’
21.’Cycling has become a symbol of freedom’ explain with reference to ‘Where there is a Wheel’. .
22. Bring out the bitter instances recollected by the speaker in ‘Water’.
III. Answer the following in about 200 words: 1x6=6
23. Don Gonzalo and Dono Laura outwit each other in weaving stories about their own deaths. Elucidate.
OR
“But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you”. How does the speaker justify this in ‘When You Are Old’?
OR
“There comes a time in everyman’s life to decide”, explain with reference to “The Voter”.
IV Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10 x 1 = 10
The manager of an office is Shelford was a hard – working man who never arrives late and never
left early. He was honest, clean, well – dressed and clever. But one very important quality in men of good
position he had never learnt and that quality was politeness. He never took trouble to be polite; he never
considered the feelings of his staff. If he wanted something done, he did not say, ‘Do you mind doing this?
He gave an order; Do this and be quick about it’. When he failed to here a question he was asked, he never
said, I beg your pardon?’ he just shouted, ‘What?’ the words ‘please’ and ‘Thank you’ formed no part of his
conversation.
If he had spoken gently, the workers of the office would have been done just as well and probably
better; for the staff was a good one. But one after another they left and found work elsewhere. No one
could explain to him why they did not stay. It was difficult to go to the manager and tell him why they did
not stay. It was difficult to go to the manager and tell him that he ought to speak more politely. So, he
never understood the cause of the frequent changes in the office staff, and probably did not know how
impolite he was.
Even his chief clerk, Hollis, who had been with him for many years, was getting tired of his rough
way of speaking. The secretaries the typists, and even the office – boy, had often complained to Hollis, and
begged him to tell the manager about it, but he never had the courage to do this until one Friday evening,
when suddenly took his opportunity. Hollis had worked hard for several nights on some difficult papers
that the manager wanted on Friday. It had needed a great effort to get them finished, but Hollis had
succeeded. With great satisfaction he brought them into the manager’s office and laid them on his desk,
thinking that this time he might received a word of praise. The manager looked at them and said nothing.
As the chief clerk reached the door on his way out of the office he turned round and said, ‘I beg
your pardon, Sir?’ ‘I didn’t speak ‘ said the manager shortly. ‘Oh’! said Hollis. I thought you said ‘Thank
you’.
24. a) What sort of a man was Shelford?
b) What quality did shelford lack?

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c)Mention the ‘words’ that were not a part of Shelford’s conversation.
d) Name the chief clerk in Shelford’s office
e) When did the Manager expect Hollies to complete the work?
f) How did Hollis expect to be rewarded for his hardwork.
g) Add prefix to the word ‘Polite’ to form its antonym.
h)Shelford was known for his ________ ( honest, honesty)
i) How did Hollis react his manager said, ‘I didn’t speak’?
j) Hollis could not convey the feelings of his staff to his manager because he ________________
a) was not courageous
b) was afraid of losing his job.
c) was not ready to complain.
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions: 3x1=3
Behold! A giant am I!
Aloft here in my tower
With my granite jaws I devour
The maize, the wheat and the rye,
And grind them into flour.
I look down over the farms:
In the fields of grain I see
The harvest that is to be.
i) How does the speaker describe himself?
ii) Name any two grains which were devours.
iii) What does the speaker see in the fields of grain?
26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of the verb (passive) given in the
brackets. 3 x 1 =3
Cycles became the most popular means of transport in Pudukkotti. Women ______ (see) cycling to their
work places. Their dependence on men ______ (reduce). An all woman’s cycling rally _________ ( organise) as a
part of this drive.
27. Report the following conversation: 5
Alifano : Borges, How would you define poetry?
Borges : I believe poetry is something intimate and essential. Poetry is magical and unexplainable.
Alifano : Borges, what is important in the art of poetry is fining precise words.
28. complete the following dialogue: 4x1=4
( Two friends meet at a bus stop after many years)
Ram : Hello_________________ ( enquires about his whereabouts)
Shyam : ____________________ ( answers, giving information)
Ram : __________________ ( invitation to his town)
Shyam :____________________( accepts, leave taking)
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in the bracket: 2 x 1 =2
( on the verge of, to be in a fix, come to his rescue)
Politics had ________ when Marcus Ibe was _________ being dismissed from his job as a mission
school teacher.
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker: 4x 1=4
Logging had led to landslides and floods ______ scarcity of water, fodder and fuel.
_______ women provide these basic needs, the scarcity meant longer walks to satisfy the needs.
Women knew that the real value of forests was not the timber from dead tree __________ the
springs and streams _____ the women set out to save trees.
( but, so, since, and )

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Vi.31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below. 8 x
½=4
There are seven different species of bears plus the giant panda which has recently been
classified as a primitive bear. The polar and brown bears are the largest meat eating land animals
alive today. All bears rely heavily on their acute senses of smell and hearing to find food and to
locate predators. Bears that live in cool climate hibernate in dens during winter, but there in
warmer areas are active all year round. Bear belong to the order of carnivores mammals, their
feed on insects too.
Bears

Species
plus
1 Gaint panda
Classified as
2.
Largest meat eating bear

3 4

Rely on sense of

5 6
Belong to

7
Eat even

32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in
“The Hindu” dated 10th January , 2015 : 5
Wanted
St. Teresa pre university college, Hubli invites application from qualified individuals for the
post of lecturer in English . apply within 10 days to, ‘The Secretary’ , St Theresa Educational Trust,
Hubli. Candidates with experience and good communication skill will be given preference.
33. Imagine that you are the head of the cultural club in your college. On the occasion of
‘International Women’s Day’ you are required to give a speech on role of women in society,
based on the following points: 5
Women’s right – women’s reservation – girl child education – jobs for destitute and women from
lower income group.
OR

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The following liner graph represents information about Joint families in rural and urban areas.
Based on the graph, write a report in about 120 words.
120

100

80

60 Rural
urban
40

20

0
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012

34. What do the underlined words in the following paragraph refers to : 4x1=4
Shelford was a strict manager, he was sincere yet his colleagues were unhappy with him. They
found him too rude. He never speak even a word of appreciation which was expected by them.
And Hollis worked in this office where he came across shelford.
i) he :_________________ ii) They :___________________
iii) which : _______________ iv) where: __________________
35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence: 1
expensive / are extremely / in Brazil / motor car

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PAPER 11

I Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence. 12  01 = 12

1. Who hosted a grand supper?
2. ‘The kinglet of Monaco knew it was a dirty business’. What does the word ‘it’ refers to?
3. Whom does the word ‘bows’ refer to in the poem?
4. Name Vandana Shiva’s book mentioned in the essay.
5. How old is Petra?
6. What does the phrase ‘your changing face’ suggest?
7. How much land did Tammanna possess in the beginning?
8. In the poem ‘To the Foot from Its Child’, ‘Foot’ is used as a metaphor for_________.
a) Shoe b) life c) dreams d) butterfly
9. The book is an extension of our ________
10. Who are the bowing girls compared to?
11. To which village did Roof belong to?
12. To what has cycling by women been compared to?
II Answer any eight of the following in a paragraph of 80 – 100 words each. 8 04 = 32
13. What similes does Romeo use to convey Juliet’s beauty and to what effect?
14. How did the criminal lead his life after his release?
15. How does the Navdanya movement helped the farms?
16. Why do Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo tell fictitious stories about themselves?
17. How did the narrator’s life change after the arrival of the old man?
18. What does the last stanza of the poem mean? Can you think of parallels in nature?
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19. Why does Borges say that the books will not disappear in spite of modern modes of communication?
20. How does traffic in Brazil leads to observations humorous?
21. How do you say that women’s taking up cycling is as significant as the literacy movement?
22. Why does water become a matter of dispute?
III Answer the following in about 200 words. 01  06 = 06
23. Bring out the feelings of Laura and Gonzalo as they leave the park. Is it different from what they felt about each
other in the beginning of the play?
OR
‘Heaven is a creation of one’s own mind’. Explain with reference to ‘Heaven, if you are not here on earth’.
OR
What was Roof’s dilemma in the story? Do you think every individual has to judge the course of his own
actions? Give your reasons.
IV 24. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it: 10  01 = 10
Some birds have two homes – one for the winter season and the other for summer. Each year they
migrate from their winter homes to their summer homes and back again, flying thousands of kilometers across
many countries and oceans. But, the wonder is that they never get lost: they manage to find their way home even
though they have to travel such vast distances. How do they do it? This is one of the great mysteries of nature.
Some ornithologists, who have studied the migratory habits of birds, think the creatures ay have some kind
of direction finding instrument n their brains – something like a compass. Others believe that they are able to find
out their position by referring to the position of the sun or the stars in the sky just as sailor at sea. So, birds know
where they are at any given moment and can find out their way to wherever they want to go. But one question
which ornithologists have been trying to answer is – How do birds get back on the right course when winds push
them off
Perhaps they carry, in their head, a kind of map of the countries over which they have to fly. They
can check how far they are off the correct path by looking at the landscape bellow. Or it may be that they have
‘wind sense’ an unknown mechanism in their brains which tell them automatically how far they have been driven
off the correct course by the wind. But, if birds do possess such a mechanism, they should be able to correct their
course while flying over the sea as well as over land. However, this does not happen. Birds have been known to fly
great distances off the correct course while crossing a sea: but never while flying over the land. Ornithologists have
not, until recently, been able to explain why this happens.
Questions.
a. Name their two homes?
b. What is wonderful thing about them?
c. Which fact is the great mystery of nature?
d. What do ornithologists think about this habit of the birds?
e. Which is the one question that ornithologists have been trying to find out the answer?
f. How do they check how far they are off the correct track?
g. What is ‘Wind sense’?
h. Every year they migrate from their summer homes to their winter homes. True / False.
i. What happens when they fly over the sea?
j. What has not been explained by Ornithologists so far?

25 Read the following lines and answer the questions. 03  01 = 03

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both,
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as fas as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

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i) Where did the two roads diverge?
ii) Where did the Writer couldn’t travel?
iii) Why did the Writer stand for long time in the place?
V26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of the verb given in brackets. 03 01 = 03
The general __________ (be+call) and the king asked if they ________ (can) find a soldier who would cut
the man’s head off? None of soldiers knew how to do it and it was not the thing they _______ (have+teach).
27. Report the following conversation. 05
Gonzalo : I envy wonderful eysight
Laura : I know every word by heart
Gonzalo : I am very fond of good verses, I even composed some in my youth.
Laura : Good ones?
28. Complete the following dialogue. 04  01 = 04
Ranga : Would you like to have something to eat?
Ravi : No thanks, ___________________ (rejecting)
Ranga : Why don’t you try __________________ (offer a nice food)
Ravi : ____________ just a small bit or little bit. (Accept)
Ranga : How does it taste?
Ravi : It’s _________________
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in bracket: 02  01 = 02
(to guard, to ignore, had to fetch)
The guard was expected ____________ over him and he had _________ his food from the Palace Kitchen.
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker. 04  01 = 04
Your children are not yours __________ they are sons and daughters of life. ___________ they come
through you. ___________ they don’t belong to you. ________ their souls dwell in the house of tommorw.
(because, though, but, and)
VI31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below.08  0½ = 04

A newly observed trend among the teenagers is inclination towards fast food. However the consumption of such
food leads to obesity and disorder in the body. Taste not the nutrition is what the youngsters are lured today. Fast
food is also called junk food, but junk food is rich in fat. So we have to improve our life style and food habit for
good health. Pulses, cereals, green leafy vegetables and fruits are essential for a good balanced diet. Vitamin rich
diet helps to maintain brain health. So paremts must keeo a watch on the eatng habits of their children.

Consumption of fast food leads to

1 and 2

youngsters prefer taste to

3
fast food is also called

4which is rich in fat

balanced diet consists of

5 6 7 8

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32. Write a letter of application in response to the following adverstisement that appeared in
“The Deccan Herald” on December 15th 2014. (Write EFGH for name and ABCD for address)
Wanted 05
Labour Officer
Qualification: BSW
Age: Below 28 years
Apply within 7 days to:
The General Manager
Krishna Sugars Ltd.,
Athani - 591304
33. Imagine you are the college union President. On the occasion of college day you are given the
responsibility of presenting the welcome address. The chief Guest is the District Commissioner.
05
Name : Anilkumar
Birth place : Chitradurga
Edl., Qualification : M.A Economics fromMysore University, KAS, 1995 batch
Profile : Began his career as a lecturer – passed KAS exam
Posted as Assistant Commissioner in Gulbarga, Now he works as District Commissioner in
your town.
Based on the information write a speech in about 100 words to introduce the guest at the function.
OR
The following bar graphs was the results of an interview survey undertaken among 300 persons
(100 students, 100 teachers, 100 parents) to know their views on two issues.
a) Should schools work five days a week
b) Should the quanity of home to school children be reduced? Based on the results prepare a
report in about 120 word

100

80

60 a)

40 b)

20

0
student teacher parent

VII 34. What do the underlined words in the following extract refer to? 04  01 = 04
Once upon a time there lived a king by name VIkrama. He had a big kingdom. He often took a tour
of his kingdom to know the grievances of his subjects. One day whie he was on his beat in disguise he
overheard a couple talking about himself. They were a poor old man and his wife. The old woman was
suggesting to her husband to go to the king for help.
i) He :
ii) His :
iii) He :
iv) They :

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Soldiers / to kill / their own / kinsmen / are not/ trained

PAPER 12

I Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each. 12 x 1 =12

1. What does Romeo intend to do after the measure is done?
2. Who according to the council was a brother Monarch in “Too Dear”?
3. Whom does the word ‘bows’ refer to in ‘on children?
4. Where did Vandanashiva learn the most about ecology?
5. Laura Lorenta was called ‘_______’ in that locality in her young days.
a)The silver Maiden b) Sovereign beauty c) a dream
6. What does the speaker want his beloved to do sitting by the fire in ‘when you Are old’?
7. When according to the narrator in ‘The Gardener’ does man lose his name?
8. What did the foot find when it descended underground?
9. Mention any one of the things that Borges continued to do even after becoming blind.
10. Whom do the Japanese stores employ?
11. Why was Marcus considered rich and powerful?
12. Name the Arivoli activist who penned the famous cycling song.
II Answer any eight of the following (choosing at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80-100 words.
4 x 8 =32
13. How does Romeo glorify Juliet’s flawless beauty ?
14. What were the arguments put forth by the prisoner for not going out of the prison in ‘Too dear’ ?
15. How does Rabindranath Tagore highlight the importance of forest according to Vandana Shiva?
16. How do Laura and Gonzalo conceal their identity?
17. Why does Tammanna feel that human nature is strange and unpredictable?
18. Bring out the contrast b/w illusion and reality in ‘ to the Foot from its child’.
19. ‘A poet’s task is to discover metaphors’. How does Borges explain this in ‘Books will never Disappear’?
20. What makes Mikes feel that the drivers in Brazil are on look out or pedestrians?
21. Bring out the nature of freedom gained in Pudukottai with the introduction of cycle.
22. Give an account of the humiliation and craving felt in the poem ‘The Water’.
III Answer the following in about 200 words. 1x6=6
23. ‘Heaven is the creation of one’s own mind’. Explain with reference to ‘Heven, If you are not on Earth’.
OR
Bring out the changes in Gonzalo’s attitude before and after occupying the bench in the park.
OR
Do you think that Roof is right in tearing the ballot paper into two? Explain.

IV .24. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it: 10 x 1 =10
The Egyptian Mummy
The Egyptian mummies have always remained a fascination for all and for all ages. The methods of
embalming or treating the dead body that the ancient Egyptians used is called mummification. Using
special processes, they removed all moisture from that would mot decay easily. It was an important
Egyptian religious belief to preserve the dead body in as life like a manner as possible.
The first step in the process was the removal of all internal parts that might decay rapidly. The
brain was removed by carefully inserting special hooked instrumentals up through the nostrils. It was a
delicate operation, one which could easily disfigure the face.
The embalmers then remover the organs of the abdomen and chest through a cut usually made
on the left side of the abdomen. They left only the heart in the body believing if to be the centre of a
person’s being and intelligence.
The other organs thus removed were preserved separately with the stomach, liver, lungs and
intestine placed in special boxes or jars. Such jars are called canopic jars. The embalmers next removed all
moisture from the body. Then, they did try covering the body with NATRON, a type of salt which has great
drying properties and by placing additional NATRON packets inside the body.
When the body had dried out completely they removed the internal packets and lightly washed
the salt off the body. The result was a very dried out recognizable human form. To make the mummy even
more like, sunken areas of the body were filled out with linen and other materials and false eyes were
added. Next, the wrappings began on the body. Each mummy needed hundreds of yards of linen. The
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priests wound the long strips of linen round the body..they even wrapped each fingers and toes separately,
before wrapping the entire hand or foot.
Prayers and magical words were also written on some of the linen stripes. Often the priests
placed a mask of the person’s face between the layers of head bandages. Some times, the form was coated
with warm resin and the wrapping resumed once again.
At last, the priests wrapped the final cloth or shroud in place and secured it with linen stripes.
Thus the mummy was complete. They have stood the test of time intact for thousands of years, several
mummies of great pharaohs and famous queens have been found in the Pyramids of Egypt and have been
preserved in CAIRO museum for the benefit of posterify.

a) What do you mean by mummification?

b) what was an important Egyptian religious belief ?
c) Which was the first step in mummification process?
d). How was the brain removed from the dead body ?
e) What was canopic jars?
f). Why was the heart not removed from the body?
g). ________ is a type of salt used for drying the body?
h). How were the internal organs removed?
i). How was the body wrapped finally?
j) what was special about mummification of the pharaohs and queens of Egypt?

25. Read the following lines and answer the questions. 3x1=3
I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: two vast and trunk less legs of store?
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies; whose frown…

iv) Where had the traveler come from?

v) What did he see standing in the desert?
vi) What was the expression on the shattered visage?
V. 26) Complete the following by filling in the blanks using appropriate form of the verbs given in brackets:
3x1=3
While she was in Madras, Sadir, a dance form ______ (learn) by Rukmini Devi. Later, the new
accomplishment ______ (display) under the banyan tree. RukminiDevi,s costumes _______ (admire) by all.
27. Report the following conversation 5
Gonzalo : Are you speaking to me, Senora ?
Laura : yes, to you
Gonzalo : what do you wish?
Laura :you are scared away the birds who are feeding on my crumbs.
Gonzalo : what do I care about the birds ?
28. complete the following dialogue’ 4
Mr.Rao : Hello. Is it 3456789?
Mr.Prakash : ___________________________
Mr.rao : could I speak to the manager?
Mr.prakash : ___________________________
Mr.Rao : who am I speaking to?
Mr.prakash : ___________________________
Mr.Rao : Bye sir.
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in bracket: 0201=02
Thammanna didn’t like to ___________ unhealthy rivalry. The rivalry started to _____________ things that
were visible towards an invisible, abstract domain.
( moving away, put up with, get rid of)
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker. 04  01 = 04
The poet wants the lady to remember ________ some loved her with genuine sentiment
__________ others with a short lived selfish passion. The poet loved her _______ the piligrim soul in her.
Poet,s love will prove constant and undying _______ it has a spiritual basis.
( that, and, but, because)

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VI. 31 .Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling in the boxes given below.
8x1/2= 4
Rajasthan boasts of its colorful culture, cheerful people and their extraordinary passion for kite flying or
patangbazi, a special cultural sports and pastime of the region. The kite flying is celebrated to herald the
coming of spring. It is also a leisure sports and a passion among foreign tourists too. The Rajasthan enjoy
the rich tradition of kite flying.

32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in ‘The
Hindu’ on 22nd December 2014. 5

S.D.M. Higher Primary School, Dharwad

Requires Teachers
Qualification: 1st class in P.U.C with Diploma in Education
Knowledge of English and Kannada Compulsory.
Send in your resume within 8 day To
The Head Master
S.D.M. Higher Primary School, M.G. Road, Dharwad.
( write XXX for Name and YYY for address)
33. Imagine that you have been invited by a local science club to speak on superstition. Prepare a
speech in about 120 words, on the basis of the points given below 5
---Traditional beliefs—irrational—feeble minds.
--- Fear ---ignorance---illiteracy---lack of scientific knowledge.
--- common beliefs---cat crossing one’s path---prance of owls in the courtyard.
---- Measures to eradicate---scientific clarifications---creating awareness---literacy drive.
OR
The pie-chart given below represents how a person makes use of his salary. Prepare a report in
about 120 words based on the details

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Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio on February 11, 1847. his (i) family moved to Fort
Huron, Michigan when he was seven years old. At the age of twelve, he became a news boy in a
train which(ii) ran between FortHuron and Detroit. He was deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in
the other. He thought of deafness as a blessing. It (iii) helped him keep the conversations short.
He left numerous inventions that(iv) improved the quality of life all over the world.
i) his ________
ii) which ______
iii) it _______
iv) that ______
35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence. 1 x 1 =1
Seeing/ is/ bad/ many/ films/ which/ you/ started/ have/ too.

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PAPER 13
I Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence. 12 01 = 12
1. By whose beauty is Romeo fascinated?
2. Mention any one of the vices mentioned in the story?
3. ‘They come through you, but are not from you’ means…
a) though parents give birth to their children they do not own them.
b) children have independent personalities.
c) parents should be indifferent to their children.
4. To which region did Vandana belong?
5. Who were sitting on the bench usually occupied by Don Gonzalo?
6. ‘Love fled’ connotes
a) the death of the man who loved her
b) the fleeing of her lover to the mountains.
c) the loss endured by her
7. Who was Tammanna’srival?
8. What does the line ‘until the whole man chooses to stop mean’?
9. What does ‘AllesNaheWerd Fern’ mean?
10. Which is ‘A Man’s Castle’ in Japan, according to Mikes?
11. Mention two of the problems that the villages of Umuofia faced.
12. Who is the central coordination of Arivoli?
II Answer any eight of the following in a paragraph of 80 – 100 words each. 08 04 = 32
13.How does Romeo glorify Juliet’s flawless beauty?
14. Why does the king of Monaco resort to gambling business, despite knowing it is a dirty business?
15. How does the concept of Earth University teaches Earth Democracy?
16. How effectively does Gonzalo account for the love his cousin had for Laura’s friend?
17. How did Basavaiah try to overcome his humiliation?
18. Explain how the poet uses a foot as a metaphor for life.
19. ‘A Poet’s task is to discover metaphors’. How does Borges explain this in ‘Book will never Disappear’?
20. Why does bowing a natural practice in Japanese culture look so quaint and puzzling to the author?
21. How does Sheela Rani Chunkath, the district collector, promote the empowerment of women?
22. How does the destructive nature of water brought out in the poem, ‘Water’?
III Answer the following in about 200 words. 01  06 = 06
23.When does Dona Laura realize that Don Gonzalo is her former lover? What circumstances led to their
separation?

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How does the poem celebrate the power of the poet in the poem ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here on Earth’?
OR
The POP campaign leader’s meeting with Roof shows the misuse of transparency in a democratic set up.
Discuss.
IV 24. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it: 10  01 = 10
One of the greatest advances in modern technology has been the invention of computers.
They are already widely used in industry and in universities now there is hardly any sphere of human
life where computers have not been pressed into service of man. We are heading fast on the close of
this present century towards a situation when a computer will be as much part of man’ daily life as a
telephone or a calculator.
Computers are capable of doing extremely complicated work in all branches of learning.
They can solve the most complex mathematical problems or put thousands of unrelated facts in
order. These machines can be put to varied uses. For instance, they can provide information on the
best way to prevent traffic accidents, or they can count number of times the word ‘and’ has been
used in the Bible. As they work accurately and at high speeds, they save research workers years of
hard work. This whole process by which machines can be used to work for us has been called
‘automation’. In the future, automation may enable human beings far more leisure than they do
today. The coming of automation is bound to have important social consequences.
Some years ago an expert on automation, Sir Leon Bagrit, pointed out that it was a mistake
to believe that these machines could ‘think’. There is no possibility that human beings will be
‘controlled by machines’. Though computers are capable of learning from their mistakes and
improving their performance, they need detailed instructions from human beings to be able to
operate. They can never, as it were, lead independent lives or ‘rule the world’ by making decisions of
their own.
Sir Leon said that in the future, computers would be developed which would be small
enough to carry in the pocket. Ordinarily people would then be able to use them to obtain valuable
information. Computers could be plugged into a national network and be used like radios. For
instance, people going on holiday could be informed about weather conditions: car drivers can be
given alternative routes when there are traffic jams, etc. It will also be possible to make tiny
translating machines. This will enable people who do not share a common language to talk to each
other without any difficulty or to read foreign publications.
It is impossible to asses the importance of a machine of this sort, for many international
misunderstandings are caused simply through our failure to understand each other. Computers will
also be used in ordinary public hospitals. By providing a machine with a patient’s systems, a doctor
will be able to diagnose the nature of his illness. Similarly, machines could be used to keep a check
on a patient’s health record and bring it up to date. Doctors will therefore have immediate access to
a great many facts which will help them in their work. Bookkeepers and accountants, too, could be
relieved of dull clerical work, for the tedious task of compiling and checking lists of figures could be
done entirely by machines. Computers will also be able to tell the exact age of a man he is going to
live with the help of his blood picture. Computers are the most efficient servants man has ever had
and there is no limit to the way they can be used to improve our lives.

a. What is the greatest advance of modern technology?

b. Name the two areas where the computers are widely used.
c. Why are the computers used in all branches of learning?
d. What is automation?
e. Mention the demerit of computers as pointed out by Sir Leon Bagrit.
f. The computers can never rule the world because_________.
g. What type of computers would be developed in the future according to Sir Leon?
h. How would the people going on holidays be benefited by the computers?
i. How do the computers help a doctor to treat a patient in the initial stage?
j. The computers are __________ servants man has ever had.
25 Read the following lines and answer the questions. 03  01 = 03
Lord I do not want to go into white men’s school
And the road to school is steep
I want to follow father into the cool gorges.
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i. What does ‘their’ school refer to?
ii. Why doesn’t the boy like to go to school?
iii. What does the boy want to do?
V26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of the verb given in brackets. 03  01 = 03
The number of motor vehicles ________ (be+grow) up by leaps and bounds, almost as if cars
_______ (be+distribute) free of charge to all and sundry. Thus the pedestrian life _______ (be+become)
more hazardous everyday.
27. Report the following conversation. 05
Tammanna didn’t agree to sell his lands.
Basaviah was mad with rage.
He went along with his people and acquired 200 acres of Tammanna’s land forcibly.
Tammanna couldn’t tolerate this invasion.
A fence was built around this land also.
28. Complete the following dialogue. 04  01 = 04
Teacher: Can you do me a favour?
Student : _______________ (Accepting)
Teacher: Will you book a car for me tommorrw?
Student : _____________________ (Accepting, Asking place)
Teacher: I want to go to Bangalore with my family.
Student : ___________________ (Asking reason)
Teacher: There is a function at my sister’s house, hence I need a car.
will you book it for me?
Student : _________________ (Agreeing)
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in bracket: 02  01 = 02
The bicylce _________ time wasted in waiting for buses. It gives one so much time __________ selling
ones produce. (to reduce the cost, cuts down, focus on)
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker. 04  01 = 04
Women of Garhwal knew the real value of forests was not the timber from a dead tree ________ the
springs and streams. Forest _______ provides food for their cattle _______ fuel for their hearths. They
would hug the trees and the loggers would have to kill them to cut down the trees.
(not only, but also, but before)
VI 31.Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below. 08  0½ =
04 The Arabian Nights is a collection of folk tales from Indian, Persian and Arabian sources. One of the
best known versions of the work is the English translation made by the explorer Sir Richard Burton who
wrote it between 1885 and 1888. The tales are told by Sheherzade to her husband, a king who was in the
habit of executing his wife soon after the first night of his wedded life.

1
Collection of translated by told by
2 7
6
2 2
2
3 5 Told to
8
Source
2 2 2
4

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32. Write a letter of application in response to the following adverstisement that appeared in “The
Times of India” on December 20th 2014. (Write EFGH for name and ABCD for address)
05 Wanted
Teachers kannada/English
Qualification: B.A, B.Ed
Age: Below 28 years
Apply within 7 days to:
Head Master
SharadaVidyaMandir
Udayagiri, Mysore
33. Imagine you are the college union President. You must deliver a speech on Vivekanda on
Vivekananda Jayanthi day. Prepare a speech of about 100 words based on the points given
below. 05

Born in Kolkata on 12th Jan 1863, parents are Buvaneswaridevi, VishwanathDatta, born in Benaglifamily,
born as NarendranathVishwanathDatta, world famous speech in Chicago, September 1893.
Based on the information write a speech in about 100 words to introduce the guest at the function.
OR
Given below is a representation of the production of Natural Rubber and Synthetic Rubber from
1940 to 1980. Use the information to write a report for the local newspaper in about 120 words.
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500 Series1

1000
500
0
year 1940 year 1950 year 1960 year 1970 year 1980

VII 34. What do the underlined words in the following extract refer to? 04  01 = 04
Nature with its infinite variety of flora and fauna in God’s gift to man. He is from above cherished
all those in earth, for which the due gratitude is only through prayer. It solaces your mind.
i) He :
ii) Those :
iii) Which :
iv) It :

35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence. 01  01 = 01

they condemned / the criminal / to / cut off as / the / have / his / head / law directs

PAPER 14

I Answer the following in a word, phrase or sentence each: 12 x 1 = 12

1. How does Romeo want to make his ‘rude hand ‘ blessed?
2. What was the hitch the execution of the criminal?
3. What can the parents give their children in ‘On Children’?
4. Where according to Vandana Shiva, should we lookfor lessons in freedom?
5. Who accompanied Dona Laura to the park?
6. What does the phrase ‘your changing face’ suggest in the poem ‘When you are Old’?

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7 . Tammanna’s songs started making a mention of Basavaih’s ______
8. What form do the petal like soft toes take inside the shoe in the poem” To the Foot from its Child”?
9. What according to Borges is a controlled dream?
10. What does George Mikes term as “A man’s Castle’ in Japan?
11. What was the post held by Marcus Ibe in the ‘Outgoing Government’?
12. Name the district in Tamil Nadu where cycling began as a social movement.
II.Answer any eight of the following(Choose at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80-100 words each:
8 x 4 =32
13. How does Romeo glorify Juliet’s flawless beauty?
14. Why was the Murderer finally subjected to life imprisonment in ‘Too Dear’?
15. How does Rabindrnath Tagore highlight the importance of forest, according to Vandana shiva?
16. What are the atrocious lies that Laura and Gonzalo make up about theirlives after their separation?
17. How does the poet express his regret and nostalgia in ‘ When you are old’?
18. How did the rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaih move towards an invisible, abstract domain?
19. Finding precise words is important in the art of poetry. How does Borges justify this in his interview?
20. How does traffic in Brazil make the like of the individual hazardous in ‘Japan an Brazil Through A
Traveller’s Eyes’?
21. How has the cycling movement empowered the rural women of Pudukkottai? .
22. The poem ‘Water’ gives an account of humiliation and social discrimination – Discuss.
III. Answer the following in about 200 words: 1x6=6
23. How does the poet break the myth of heaven in the poem ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’?
OR
Discuss how Roof’s dilemma makes him desperate and helpless in, “The Voter’. How does he resolve it?
OR
“The foot is symbol for the helplessness of an individual in the vice – like grip of an insensitive system”.
Comment on the poem ‘To the Foot from its Child’ in the light of the above statement.
IV Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10 x 1 = 10
When he hosted the recently concluded Master chef India ( season 2) in place of Akshay kumar,
Vikas khanna, the award winning Michelin starred Indian chef and restaurateur from New York, instantly
became a hit with audiences. Quite apart from his culinary skills, it was his good looks, soft voice and killer
smile that swept viewers off their feet, making him a star among TV audiences, from Lucknow to Ludhiana.
But Khanna’s success did not come without some hard battles. Born in 1971 in a small hospital in
Amristar, Khanna was born with misaligned legs and feet ( where the leg bones are not aligned properly at
the joint and can look as if they are turned sideways.) “The very first thing the doctor told my mother was
that your son is born with absolutely ulta feet, and my mother refused to believe him”, recalls an
emotional Khanna, “Some 30-40 years ago, nobody would even think about discussing such issues. I’m
really happy to know that now they are being seen in a different light”’ adds Khanna, who had to have his
legs operated on when he was barely two weeks old.
Despite the operation, the doctor informed Khanna’s mother that he would not be able to walk
properly for a few years and would have to wear wooden shoes that would help the proper alignment of
his legs, “special wooden shoes were ordered for me from China and I had to wear them all the time,”
reminisces Khanna. “I hated them as they made me look so ugly and everybody laughed at me. They were
also very heavy, so I would find it difficult to walk comfortably, and they would feel rather clumsy. The only
good thing about them was the facts that I could easily burst crack in his voice gives away the pain and
suffering he underwent at that time.

In fact, it was this pain pushed Khanna towards his current career. To avoid being teased, he would
gravitate to the kitchen where his BIJI ( grandmother) cooked traditional Indian dishes using homemade
spices.

24. a) Which award was conferred on Vikas Khanna?

b) What qualities of his impressed the audience apart from his culinary skills?
c) What was the defect that Khanna was born with?
d) How old was Khanna when he underwent surgery?
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e) What did the doctor advice him to wear on his feet?
f) Why did Khanna hate wearing the special shoes?
g) What is the antonym of the word ‘Gravitate”?
i) Tend ii) Run away
h) Mention one advantage of wearing these special shoes according to Khanna.
i) Add a prefix to the word ‘alignment’ to form its antonym,
j) Vikas khanna has always been very humble and has never _______ (flouted / flaunted) his
remarkable
achievements.
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions: 3x1=3
Green Pastures she views in the midst of the dale,
Down which she so often has tripped with her pail:
And a single small cottage, a nest like a dove’s.
The one only dwelling on earth that she loves.
i) Where has the girl tripped so often with her pail?
ii) What is the small cottage compared with?
iii) What does the speaker view in the middle of the valley?
26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of the verb (passive) given in the
brackets. 3 x 1 =3
Repair work started yesterday on the Bendorewell road. The road _____ (resurface) and there will be long
delays. Drivers _______ (ask) to use an alternative roué if possible. The work ______ (expect) to last two
weeks. Next Sunday the road will be closed and traffic _____ (divert)
27. Report the following conversation: 5
Roof : We have a minister from our village, our of our own sons. What greater honour can a village
have?
Ezenva : We believe every word you say to be true. We shall all drop our paper fpr Marcus but the two
Shillings he is offering is too shameful.
Roof : Let us not quarrel about small things. I will pay each one of you a shilling more. If that is not good
enough you can go cast your paper for the enemy if you like.
28. complete the following dialogue: 4x1=4
Alia : Hello Dinah! Did you have a good trip?
Dinah : It was not too bad. In fact I managed to sleep a bit. ________ ( to express satisfaction)
Alia : Is that all your luggage?
Dinah : Yes. Wait a minute. The small holdall is missing. _____________( to express dismay and
possibilities)
Alia : ____________ ( to reassure) we can ask the security guard to get it ____________? ( asking
about location)
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in the bracket: 2 x 1 =2
( to throw away, sidled in, dashed off)
Roof’s spirits fell: but he let no one see it. Now he _____ in his springy fashion towards the booths. He
________ and was confronted by the car and the head.
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker: 4x1=4
__________________ Pudukkottai is one of the poorest directs in India, women have taken to cycling as
a symbol of Independence, freedom and mobility. _________ they don’t have to wait for a bus or depend
on men. Ever ______ they started cycling they have been able to save time and moreover it has boosted
their income. __________ ithas brought them a sense of self – respect and confidence.
( since, Beside, Although, Now)

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Vi.31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below. 8 x ½ = 4
In January 1991,police arrested a man selling ‘magic pencil’ ( 500 Rs each) which he said would
automatically produce correct answer in university entrance exams. According to the man, the pencil
contained electronic signals which would confuse the computers marking the exams and correct wrong
answers. Dozens of students complained that the magic hadn’t worked for them.
In 1.

A man was arrested by police for selling 2.

Each costing 3
He claimed 4 in university entrance exams

The pencils had 5 Result 6

Finally these were complaints by 7.

Who grumbled that 8.

32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in “The Deccan
Herald” dated 17th March, 2016 : 5

‘National Academy For Learning’ invites application from professionally qualified teachers who have
experience and competence to teach ICSE, CBSE and IGCSE curriculum in the following subject, English
Literature, Maths, Physics and Chemistry. Remuneration package exceeds 6,00,000 per annum. Send your
resume with a passport size photograph to:
The Principal, National Academy For Learning, III Cross, II Main, II Block, Basaveshwar nagar, Bangalore -
79
33. Imagine you are the college union president. On the occasion of college day you are required to deliver
the welcome speech. The chief guest is the deputy commissioner of Mangalore. 5
Name : A B Ibrahim
Native : Kasaragod district, kerala
Started career as Tahsildar of Kodagu taluk in 1986
Selected in UPSC civil Service Examinations 1986
Served in various places in Karnataka at various levels prior to holding present post.
Recipient of ‘Best corporation commissioner in the State’ award.
Achievements : Renovation of town hall, concreting of major roads, introduction of computer for issue of
birth and death certificates.
OR

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The following two pie – charts give a graphic representation of the area of land used for different
purpose in and around Karnataka.

1975 2011
Industrial Industrial
Area, 10% Area, 25% lakes &
lakes &
garden, garden,
Urban 5%
15%
Residentia
l Area ,
30% Urban Agricultur
Agricultur
e land, Residentia e land,
l Area , 25%
45%
45%

34. What do the underlined words in the following paragraph refers to : 4x1=4
The president Obama honoured Jhumpa Lahiri for her works of fiction at an elegant White
House event. Obama’s summer reading during his vacation included Lahiri’s “The Lowland”. The
warmth they shared was evident as the President whispered something into her ears as she
stepped up to receive the medal.
1) Her : _____________________ 2) His : _______________________
3) They : _____________________ 4) She : _______________________
35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence: 1
and live together / the freedom of all species / Earth democracy / is respecting / of life / to
evolve.

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PAPER 15

I Answer the following in a word, phrase or sentence each: 12 x 1 = 12

1. Who in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is compared to a ‘snowy dove’?
2. Where did the criminal get the food from in ‘Too Dear’?
3. Name any one of the course offered in Navadanya Farm?
4. Why do Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo spin stories about themselves?
5. In the poem ‘When You Are Old’ the word ‘book’ refers to?
a) book of memories b) An album c) Dairy
6.Where was the old man standing in the beginning of the story ‘The Gardener’?
7. What is the child’s foot not aware of in ‘To the foot from its child’?
8. Who is the writer of the wonderful line ‘This quite dust was gentlemen and ladies’ as mentioned by
Borges?
9. Which is the worst place for road crossing in Brazil?
10. What was the symbol of POP in ‘The Voter’?
11. Who wrote the famous cycling song mentioned in ‘Where there is a Wheel’?
12.Name the village that was burnt to ashes for want of water in the poem ‘water’.
II.Answer any eight of the following(Choose at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80-100 words each:
8 x 4 =32
13. How according to Juliet would Romeo be immortalized to the world?
14. Write a note on the ‘Toy Kingdom’ as described in ‘Too Dear’.
15. How did the women play a vital role in ‘Chipko Movement’?

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16.describe the story of Laura Llorente as narrated by Dona Laura.
17. Why did the owner’s wife find it hard to decide whether the old man’s arrival was for the better or for
the worse in
the story, ‘The Gardener’?
18.How did Borges describe his mother and his feeling for her in his interview?
19. Why does the speaker of ‘Heaven, If you are not on Earth’ say that heaven is right here on earth?
20. Give an account of the Japanese mania for bowing as described by George Mikes.
21. Comment on how the cycling reduced the women’s dependence on men.
22. The poem, ‘To The foot from it’s child’ is a journey of life’ –discuss.
III. Answer the following in about 200 words: 1x6=6
23. ‘The poem ‘On Children’ does not focus merely on the lives of children, but also about the
responsibilities of parents’ –Explain.
OR
‘Roof was the most trusted of whispering campaigners’. To what extent is this statement true in ‘The
Voter’?
OR
How far is it justifiable to say that the play ‘A Sunny Morning’ is a blend of romance and comedy?
IV Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10 x 1 = 10
Laymen suspect that because colds are self –limiting, short, non-fatal infections, doctors do not
take them very seriously. Nobody will think this after reading Sir Christopher Andrew’s book.
An American survey has shown has shown that each year every employed person loses three to
four working days from colds and allied complaints and every school child loses five to six days of
schooling. Colds waste more time than strikes. The conquest of the common cold is not a disease but a
large group of similar diseases, caused, possibly, by anything between fifty and one hundred different
organisms.
Much of Sir Christopher’s book is taken up by an account of the struggle to identify the germs
which do cause colds. At first it was thought that bacteria were responsible because certain bacteria are
commonly found in the noses and throats of cold victims. The first evidence that a virus might be
concerned was obtained in !994 when Dr. W.Kruse of the Hygienic Institute of the University of Leipzig
took some of the discharge from the nose of an assistant with cold in the head, diluted the discharge in
saline, and then passed it through a filter with pores too small to permit the passage of bacteria. Drops of
the filtrate were put into the noses of twelve other members of the staff and four of them developed colds
within a day or so.
Colds are not very infectious (which will surprise most of us), so there is really no excuse for staying
away from work when you have one. All the remedies so far invented have one thing in common – they are
useless. In temperate countries, colds are commoner during the winter, but what the ‘winter factor’ is
which brings them on, remains unknown. Most of us harbour cold viruses in our noses throughout the
year, and many colds are probably not ‘caught’ at all, but start because somehow the resident viruses
become activated from time to time.
24. a) Whose book is taken by an account of the struggle to identify the germs which cause colds?
b)What has shown that every school child loses some days of schooling due to colds?
c) What was considered to be responsible for colds, at first?
d) Who tried to prove that virus might be concerned with cold?
e) ‘There should not be any excuse for staying away from work due to common cold’ –Why?
f) In which season cold affects us more?
g) Why do we start getting cold?
h) Why does the writer say that conquest of the common cold is thoroughly worthwhile ambition?
i) ‘Non –fatal’ means
i) which cause death ii) which is physical iii) which does not bring death
j) Add a prefix to the word ‘healthy’ to form it’s antonym.
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions: 3x1=3
Rose a nurse of ninety years.
Set his child upon her knee
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Like summer tempest came her tears
“sweet my child I live for thee”
i) How old was the nurse?
ii) What did the old nurse do to make her weep?
iii) What did the warrior’s wife exclaim at last?
iv)
26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of the verb (passive) given in the
brackets. 3 x 1 =3
The source of Marcus’ good fortune ____________ (know) to everyone. His house _____________
(christen). Umuofia mansions in honour of the village. Five bulls and countless goats __________
(slaughter) on the day to entertain people.

27. Report the following conversation: 5

Dona Laura : Will you go to your bench?
Don Gonzalo : No, I will come to this if you do not object
Dona Laura : This bench is at your disposal
Don Gonzalo : I will surely bring crumbs
Dona Laura : Good

28. complete the following dialogue: 4x1=4

Father : What would you like me to get for your birthday? A bike or a car?
Son : __________________________ ( expressing preference)
Father : __________________________ (asking for preference)
Son :___________________________ I prefer maruthi Suzuki.
Father :____________________________( Accepting)
Son : __________________________ (expressing gratitude)

29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in the bracket: 2 x 1 =2
The pedestrian has to jump, leap, and_______________ dear life. The war between drivers themselves in
murderous but good tempered. They ___________ , they overtake on both sides, they force you to brake
violently and commit all the most heinous crimes of the road and twenty times every hour.
( play with, cut in, run for)

30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker: 4x1=4

The prince agreed to this, and ____, the matter was arranged. The only hitch now was _________
there was no suitable prison for a man sentenced for life. There was a small lock-up _____________
people were sometimes kept temporarily, ____________ there was no strong prison fit for permanent use.
(but, where, that ,so)

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Vi.31.Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below.8 x ½ = 4
Yogurt is a true wonder healthy food. Among its many wonderful properties, it contains high
quality proteins, minerals, vitamins and enzymes. It contains all the known vitamins including the
hard to get D and B12. It is a pre-digestive food changed to this state by the action of a special
bacteria called Lactobacillus bulgaris. Because of this Yogurt is digestive and utilized in body twice
as fast as ordinary milk. It helps digestion and prevents premature aging.
Health food called
1
Contains

2 3 4 5 Vitamin D B 12

Special Bacteria

6
helps

7 8

32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in
“The Hindu” dated 7th feb, 2016 : 5

( write XXX for name and YYY for address)

Titan Watch Company
Requires Engineers
Qulification: B E (Mechanical)
Candidates should have experience of minimum 3 years in
Manufacturing units of any company
Salary based on performance.
Apply within 7 days: The Manager
H R Department, Titan watches company, Hosur,
Tamil Nadu

33. Imagine that you are the general secretary of the Eco Club of your college, you have invited Dr.
Shankar Bhat, Assistant Conservator of Forest( ACF) of your dir\strict to inaugurate the
activities. You have to introduce him to the audience. Use the following points and write a
speech in about 100 words: 5

Birth place : Sringeri

Education : M Sc in Botany, completed ph.D in plant pathology at Mysore University, Mysore
Profile :Started his career as RFO at sirsi- known as a very strict officer- successfully
implemented large scale afforestation schemes like Grama Arany Yojana and Vruksha Laksha
Andholan – Now ACF in your area.

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OR
Using the pie charts given below prepare a report in about 120 words to show the response of
TV viewers on different Kannada Channels in 2010-2015

2010 2015

Tv 9,
udaya, Tv 9
20% Udaya 15%
25%
20%
Zee
Zee chandan
kannada
Chandn kannad a 10%
20%
a, 10% a, 15%

E tv, E Tv
30% 35%

34. What do the underlined words in the following paragraph refers to : 4x1=4
The first evidence that a virus might be concerned was obtained in 1914, when Dr. W.Kruse of
the Hygienic Institution of the University of Leipzig took some of the discharge from the nose of
an assistance with a cold in the head, diluted the discharge in saline, and he then passed it
through a filter with pores too small to permit the passage of bacteria. Drops of the filtrate were
put into noses of twelve other members of the staff and four of them developed colds within a
day or so.
i) when : __________________ ii) he :____________________
iii) it : __________________ iv) them: ____________________

35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence: 1

An / was / expert / in election campaigning / Roof / all levels / at

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I Answer the following in a word, phrase or sentence each: 12 x 1 = 12

1. How did the King of Monaco earn his special revenue?
2. What is god compared to, in the poem ‘On Children’?
3. Where is the Earth University of Vandana Shiva located?
4. What does Gonzalo say his cousin held in his hands when he died?
5. The speaker in ‘When You Are Old’ loved the lady’s ___________
a) beauty b) immortal soul c) pure soul d) grace
6.In which aspect did Basavaih feel he had surpassed Tammanna?
7.” _________ into opaque substance’. This phrase in ‘To a Foot from its Child’ adds to the idea of
a) helplessness b) tiredness c)smallness d) blindness
8. In which area of poetry does Borger feel a poet can only discover but not create?
9. What is common about the behaviour of Brazilian drivers towards pedestrians and other drivers?
10. How had Roof’s going in a chauffeur – driven car to the disputed site helped him?
11. Why did the former district collector make cycling popular?
12. What does the poet compare the permanence of untouchability to?

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II. Answer any eight of the following(Choose at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80-100 words
each: 8 x 4 =32

13. Why does the king of Manaco resort to earning revenue through gambling?
14. According to Vandana Shiva, how does preservation of biodiversity help human beings?
15. What are the fictitious stories that Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo spin about themselves?
16. How does the old man impress upon his owner’s wife that human nature is strange?
17. How does the poet in the poem ‘To the Foot from its child’ bring out the meaning of blindness?
18. What does Borges say about poetry and poetic act?
19. Does the poem ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’ highlight the truth of the saying ‘Mind makes
the world a Heaven or hell’? How?
20. What are the aspects of bowing that fascinated the writer George Mikes?
21. Roof is a shrewd campaigner. Illustrate with reference to the story.
22. Why does the poet say ‘In the battle we fought for a single drop of water, our blood flowed like
streams’.
III. Answer the following in about 200 words: 1x6=6
23. How does P. Sainath show that the cycling became a metaphor for freedom and progress?
OR
Why does the villagers decide that they should not underrate the power of the ballot paper?
OR
How does the rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaiah move from the visible to the invisible domain?
Finally, who wins?
IV Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10 x 1 = 10
The greatest defect of our civilization is that it does not know what to do with its knowledge. Science has
given us powers fit for the gods, yet we use them like small children. For example, we do not know how to
manage our machines. Machines were made to be man’s servant; yet he has grown so dependent upon
them that they are in a fair way to become his masters. Already most men spend most of their lives looking
after and waiting upon machines. And the machines are very stern masters. They must be fed with coal
and petrol to drink, and oil to wash with, and they must be kept at the right temperature. And if they do
not get their meals when they expect them, they grow sulky and refuse to work, or burst with rage and
blow up, and spread ruin and destruction all around them. So we have to wait upon them very attentively
and do all that we can to keep them in good temper. Already we find it difficult either to work or play
without the machines, and a time may come when they will rule us all together just as we rule the animals.
And this brings me to the point at which I asked what do we do with all the time which the machines have
saved for us, and the new energy they have given us? On the whole it must be admitted, we do very little.
For the most part we use our time and energy to invent more and better machines; but more and better
machines will only give us still more time and still more energy, and what are we to do with them? The
answer, I think, is that we should try to become more civilized. For the machines themselves and the
power which the machines have given us, are no civilization but aids to civilization.

24. a. What, according to the writer, is the great defect of our civilization?
b.We use the powers given to us by science like ________( fill in the blanks with right words from the
passage)
c. Why were the Machines first made?
d. How do most men spend most of their lives?
e.What, according to the speaker, is the food for machines?
f. How do machines react (any one way) if they are not given food at the expected time?
g. According to the writer a time may come when machines will rule us altogether just as
a) we rule the animals
b) we rule the alien creatures
c) we rule the other planets.
h. What do we do with time and energy the machines have saved for us?
i. Which, according to the writer, are the aids to civilization?

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j. Give a suitable title to the passage.

25. Read the following lines and answer the questions: 3x1=3
O Blithe new – comer ! I have heard,
I heard thee and rejoice:
O Cuckoo! Shall I call thee Bird,
Or but a wandering voice?
iv) What did the speaker hear?
v) I hear thee and rejoice’, ‘thee’ refers to __________
vi) Who has a wandering voice?
26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of the verb (passive) given in the
brackets. 3 x 1 =3
A fence ________ (build) around Tammanna’s land by Basavaih. Both of them
____________ (encourage) by their supporters. Tammanna ____________ (advise) by his supporters about
the various means available for getting back his land.
27. Report the following conversation: 5
Dona Laura : I am so glad to be here. I feared my seat would be occupied. What a beautiful morning!
Petra : The sun is hot.
Dona Laura : Yes, you are only twenty. Oh, I feel more tired today than usual. Go, if you wish to chat
with your guard.
28. Complete the following dialogue: 4x1=4
( A foreign tourist visiting Bangalore)
Guide : Hello ____________________ (greeting)
Tourist : Good Morning, How far is the Taj Hotel?
Guide : __________________ (approximate distance)
Tourist : ___________________ (enquiry of tourist places)
Guide : Lalbagh, cubbon park, Banerghatta park, vidhana Soudha etc...
Tourist : ____________________ (expressing gratitude)

29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in the bracket: 2 x 1 =2
Sheela Rani Chunkath included mobility _____________ the literacy drive. The neo-cyclists _____________
to the hostile remarks from some men.
( turned deaf ear, to come off, as a part of)

30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker: 4x1=4

The rain had failed _____ all the wells and tanks had run dry. __________ overcome the problem
the problem the municipal authorities sunk a number of bore wells. ________________ they could supply
water to the citizens. __________ the situation was brought under control.
(thus, so, therefore, in order to)

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Vi.31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below. 8 x ½ = 4
All the areas to the north of 70 o N latitude are called Turdra. It includes Greenland, north to North
America and Europe. The people who live here are called Eskimos. They foster reindeer, caribou dogs and
Yaks. For travel, they use dogs sledges. They live in igloos.

32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in ‘The
Hindu’ on 22nd December 2014. 5

S.D.M. Higher Primary School

Dharwad
Requires Teachers
Qualification: 1st class in P.U.C with Diploma in Education
Knowledge of English and Kannada Compulsory.
Send in your resume within 8 days
To
The Head Master
S.D.M. Higher Primary School,
M.G. Road, Dharwad.
( write XXX for Name and YYY for address)
33. Imagine you are the president of college union. You must deliver a speech on Gandhiji on
Gandhi Jayanthi Day. Based on the information given below on Gandhiji, Prepare a speech of
about 100 words, 5

Gandhiji, the greatest Indian of the 20th Century _ Leadership of Freedom Movement at a
critical juncture _ Weapons; Truth and Non-violence _ strove for Hindu-Muslim unity and
casteless society _ apostle of peace _ assassinated _ Father of the Nation.

OR

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The bar chart given below gives you information about the production of crude oil in various
countries. Study the chart and prepare a report in about 120 words.

34. What do the underlined words in the following paragraph refers to : 4x1=4
The forest department is to set up a control room at Ale Phata in Junnar Taluk. Where (i)
the Panther menace has increased?. It (ii) will be functional in a week. Mr. Prakash Thorse, who
(iii) is the chief conservator of forest revealed that the department will use satellite to monitor
Pather movement. This (iv) will curb the menace.
i) where_____ ii) it ________
iii) they_______ iv) he________

35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence: 1

divided / countries / continents / the / is / into / and / world.

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I Answer the following in a word, phrase or sentence each: 12 x 1 = 12

1. What does Juliet invite in, ‘Romeo and Juliet?
2. Mention one of the source of the king’s special Revenue?
3. Where according to vandana Shiva did she start her ecological journey?
4. How according to the speaker should bending be in the archer’s hand?
5. How was Laura known to her friends in Valencia?
6. Who was the reason for owner’s lethargy in ‘Gardener’?
7. The child’ foot became ________ when it was confined in a shoe.
a) like a butterfly b) like an apple c) hard as a horn
8. Which was the most precise word used by Emily Dickenson in her poem according to Borges.
9. Who according to poet creates heaven on earth in ‘Heaven if you are not on earth’?
10. What according to Mikes is oriental and formal in Japan?
11. Who competed against Marcus Ibe in the elections?
12. Name the Quarry worker and Arivoli volunteer who trains other women in ‘Where there is a wheel’.

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II. Answer any eight of the following(Choose at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80-100 words
each: 8 x 4 =32
13. When according to Juliet would people pay no worship to garnish sun why?
14. Why was the criminal reluctant to go out of the prison in ‘Too Dear’?
15.Describe the ‘role of forest’ in Vandana Shiva’s life as brought out in ‘Everything I Need to know from
the forest’.
16. What story does Don Gonzalo narrate to Dona Laura in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
17. How did Tammanna react to Basavaiah’s encroachment of his land?
18. The poem ‘When you are old’ brings out the feelings of a eternal lover. Explain.
19.How does the poet describe the monotonous life of the individual confined in a shoe in ‘In the foot to
its child’?
20.How does Borges define ‘Blindness’?
21.How is Roof’s dilemma brought out in ‘The Voter’?
22.How does the essay’ “Where There Is A Wheel” speak about women and empowerment?
III. Answer the following in about 200 words: 1x6=6
23.Bring out the difference in the reality and the stories told by Dona Laura and Don Gonzola regarding
their love story.
OR
How does the speaker describe the war between drivers and pedestrians in Brazil?
OR
Water is also a commodity in the hands of multi- national companies. Explain with reference to ‘Water”
IV Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10 x 1 = 10
The short story entitled “The Axe” by R. K. Narayan reveals his concern for Nature. The story
revolves around Velan who lived in the ancestral village with his parents. An astrologer passing through the
village predicted that Velan would live in a bungalow surrounded by a garden. It was difficult to
believe, for Velan and his parents were very poor.
The ways of Providence are strange. One day, Velan left his parental home in a huff and reached
Malgudi. After sometime, he was employed by an old man to raise a garden around his mansion. Under
Velan’s care and attention, trees, plants and flowers sprang up. He lived in a hut in a corner of the
compound.
In the garden, a margosa tree was particularly dear to him. It was the haunt of birds. The grand
children and great grand children of the owner played under its shade. Soon things began to change. The
owner died and his sons occupied the house for a time and then rented it out. No tenant occupied it for
long. The house, like Velan, showed signs of ageing. Velan’s hut started giving way. He shifted to the
verandah of the bungalow. The prediction had come true. He was the sole occupant of the big house.
Years passed. No one came near the ghost house as it came to be called. One day some people
came and asked him to open the doors and windows of the house. The ramshackle house, they said, was
beyond repair. They had to pull it down. The garden so tenderly raised by Velan was of no use to the new
owners. A week later Velan was told that the house had been sold to building promoters. They would soon
start demolishing the house and cutting down all the trees, except a few. Velan was given notice to leave.
Workers started demolishing the house and cutting the trees. One day he was disturbed by the
sound of an axe. He saw four men cutting down his margosa tree. He could not bear that sight. With tears,
he appealed to them, “This is my child. I planted it. I saw it grow. Don’t cut it down”. They said that they
had been paid by their company to do their job. Velan pleaded with them to wait till he left the site. The
workers stopped their work. Velan entreated them not to cut the margosa tree till he had gone far, far
away. Even after Velan had gone a very long distance, the workers could hear him, “Don’t cut yet. I am still
within hearing. Please wait till I am gone further”.
24. a) What does the short story ‘Axe’ reveal ?
b) Where did Velan live ?
c) What was the astrologer’s prediction ?
d) Why did the old man employ Velan ?
e) Among all the trees a .................... was particularly dear to Velan
f) . Who occupied the house after the owner’s death ?
g) Velan shifted to the verandah of the bungalow because
a) he wanted to keep the bungalow for himself
b) his hut started giving way

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c) he liked comforts and luxuries
h) . For the new owners of the bungalow, the garden tenderly raised by Velan
a) was very valuable b) was of no use c) was very beautiful
i) . What disturbed Velan ?
j) What did Velan plead with the workers ?
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions: 3x1=3
Leave this chanting and singing and
Telling of beats ! whom dost thou
Worship is this lonely dark corner of a
Temple with doors all shut? Open
Thine eyes and see thy God is not before thee !
a) what does the speaker say to do?
b) Where do the people (devotees) worship the god?
c) “God is not before thee!”. Thee refers to _________
26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of the verb (passive) given in the
brackets. 3 x 1 =3
While I ______ (work) at a prison. I was assigned to the guest area to monitor the inmates ad their visitors.
A call _________ (received) at the reception and I knew the call _________ (mean) to be confidential.
27. Report the following conversation: 5
Roof :Vote for car and you will ride it.
Sharp old girl : If we don’t, our children will.
Marcus : Our sign is the motor car. Roof you better go first and vote.
28. Complete the following dialogue: 4x1=4
( At a Clinic)
Patient : Excuse me, _____?(permission)
Doctor : ______________(Reply)
Patient : I am suffering _____________ (complaint)
Doctor : Fine, take this prescribed tablets for four days.
Patient : ___________(Expressing gratitude and leave taking)
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in the bracket: 2 x 1 =2
( put an end to, run out of, put up with)
Basavaiah tried to _________ Tammanna’s activities by acquiring more acres of land. But Tammanna
__________ Basavaiah’s competitive attitude calmly.
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker: 4x1=4
The earth university teaches earth Democracy _______ is the freedom for all species to evolve
within web of life. ________ we all depend on the earth, Earth Democracy translates Human Right’s to
food and water to freedom from Hunger and thirst. ______ the earth University is located at Navadanya
participants included the farmers and the school children _______ enhance them about organic farming.
( since, because, in order to, which)

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Vi.31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below. 8 x
½=4
Seals have a streamlined body and four flippers. So they are suited to live in water. They
come to land to rest, mate and give birth. Together with the Walrus, they belong to the order
‘Pinnipedia’ meaning “wing foot”. They live all over the world but are most common in Arctic and
Antarctic where there is plenty of food. They have been hunted for their fur and blubber.
Seals suited to live in
1
Come to land

2 3 4

Belong to
5

Meaning
6

Hunted for

7 8

32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in
“The Deccan Herald” dated 7th March, 2014 : 5

Leading software company is looking out for talented and dynamic MBA graduate (HR) to
handle the main unit of the company. Apply within a week all details to, The Director, Streamline
Inc. Limited, Plot no.46, Patel Nagar, New Delhi.

33. Imagine you are the secretary of college union. You have invited the District Commissioner as
the Chief Guest for the College Day. Based on the following details about him, write a speech in
about 100 words to introduce him at the function. 5
Name: Dr. Niranjan
Birth place: Bangalore
Education Qualification: M.B.B.S from Bangalore university, I.A.S.—2006 batch.
Profile : Started career as an I.A.S. probationer.
Posted as Ass. Commissioner to Haveri got the budget sanctioned for city drinking
water project and earned a good name.
Now D.C. in your town.
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The following bar graph shows the result of T.V viewing and studying at home (in different places)
of children aged 14 to 16. Based on the graph write a report in about 120 words.

40

35

30

25 TV viewing

20 Studying at home

15

10

0
Bangalore chennai Hyderabad

34. What do the underlined words in the following paragraph refers to : 4x1=4
A Rubbi who was insulted by a stranger, later gather together his (i) students and asked
them (ii) how do you know the exact moment when night ends and day begins? Students replied
as they(iii) understood the break the day. Finally the Rubbi said, ‘ when a stranger approaches
And we think he(iv) is our brother, that i9s the moment when night ends and day begins’.
i) his_______ ii) them______
iii) they_______ iv) he________

35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence: 1

Hard / succeed / you will / unless / not / you / work

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PAPER 18

I Answer the following in a word, phrase or sentence each: 12 x 1 = 12

1 Who according to Shakespeare teaches the torches to burn bright?
2. What was the source of the king’s special revenue in “Too Dear”?
3. What can be given to the children by their parents according to the prophet?
4. Where did the ecological journey of vandan Shiva begin?
5. Who is Known as ‘Silver Madien” in the play ‘Sunny Morning’?
6. Laura’s parents wanted her to marry
a) Gonzalo b) A Rich Merchant c) Her cousin
7. What strange dream did Borges have?
8. Where does the heaven lie according to Kuvempu?
9. Which habit of Japaneses is referred to as mania by the author in ‘Japan and Brazil through
a travellers eye’?
10. What did Roof do in port Harcourt?
11. What is ‘Umuofia mansion?
12. What does bicycle represent for the rural women?
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II. Answer any eight of the following(Choose at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80-100
words each: 8 x 4 =32
13. How does Romeo celebrate the beauty of Juliet?
14. Why was Manaco called a toy kingdom and how did the king manage to run his kingdom?
15. What attitude should parents have towards their children according to the prophet?
16. Trace the childhood experience that shaped vandan shiva’s interest in ecology.
17. ‘Laura had a very unfortunate and a sad love affair’. explain
18. What perceptible change did the old man bring in the life style of the owner in‘Gardener’?
19. Describe the beauty in Nature that makes the earth a heavenly place.
20. Why is bowing in Japan a complicate process?
21. Bring out the contrast between illusion and reality in ‘To the foot from its child’.
22. What economics implication did the cycling had for the rural woman of the Pudukottai.
III. Answer the following in about 200 words: 1x6=6
23. How does the poem ‘When you are old’ bring out the transient nature of beauty and
permanence of love?
OR
‘Roof is an intelligent manipulator’. Justify with reference to the lesson ‘voter’
OR
Do you think women taking up cycling is as cycling is as significant as the literacy movement?
IV. Read the following and answer the answer the questions set on it. 10 x 1 = 10
Mr. Dhanda was recommended a private guest house for staying during his visit to a hill station. The guest
house was centrally situated close to the post – office, market and the bus stand. The guest house owner
Mr. Bhandari had a 8 year old daughter by name Promodini. Dhanda tried to talk to sweet charming girl
but discovered that Promodini was deaf & dumb. He realized that the parents must have been in agony
wherever such incidents have occurred in past. Every visitor would ask about the calamity, whether it was
by birth or due to any accident. These queries were answered by the parents with some anguish. The girl
could speak nothing, except utter animal like cries of happiness and sorrow. All other communication was
confined to gestures with hands.
Going by Dhanda’s suggestion the Bhandari’s started giving written chits to their visitors requesting
them not to disturb their deaf & dumb daughter. The plan worked well and only a few questions were put
to the parents and the poor girl was spared. One day a strange visitor of 25 years of age by name David,
with ill fitting suit and drooping shoulders came to the guest house. He was given room in the guest house.
Both Bhandaries were slightly disturbed by their new guest’s pride and arrogance. The young man
meanwhile took out the chit and read it. Having read the chit. Without another word he strode towards
the garden where Promodini was playing with servants. Dhanda and Bhandari’s were upset. But the scene
all they witnessed was least expected. The stranger young man was reclining on the grassy ground and
Promodini was sitting on his lap. He was showing her the flower.
The next day Bhandari’s were full of news. The stranger had plans for the betterment of
Promodini. There were schools for such people and he himself had been educated in one such school in
abroad. He had now returned to India to render the same service to others by starting schools. Mr.
Bhandari almost broke down with gratitude when she said that David had agreed to accept Promodini as
his first pupil.
24. a) Where was the guest house situated?
b) Who is Promodini?
c) How was Promodini’s handicap?
d) How did Promodini Communicate?
e) What was Dhanda’s suggestion to Bandari’s?
f) Name the strange visitor.
g) What did David do after reading the chiy?
h) What did David want to do in India?
i) What good news did Mrs. Bhandari had the next day?

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j) Where was David Educated?
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions: 3x1=3
Child, how happy you are sitting in the dust, playing with a broken twig all the morning!
I smiled at your play with little bit of broken twig.
I am busy with my accounts, adding up figures by the hour.
iv) Where was the child sitting?
v) What was the child dong?
vi) What is the narrator busy with?
26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of the verb (passive) given in the
brackets. 3 x 1 =3
Laura’s house __________ (hide ) among the lemon and orange trees in Valencia. Even Ganzalo _______
(bring) up in Valencia. So he _______________ ( retain) the sweet memories of this place.
27. Report the following conversation: 5
Dona Laura : He belongs more to you than he does to the park. Go find him; but remain within calling
distance.
Petra : I see him over there waiting for me
Dona Laura : Do not remain more than ten minutes.
28. complete the following dialogue: 4x1=4
Sales person : Good morning Madam. can I help you?
Rama : ______________(greeting, seeking information)
Sales person : Do you have any particular brand in mind?
Rama : _____________(specifying the brand)
Sales person : Certainly madam, I will show the models.
Rama : ____________(expressing gratitude)
Sales person :______________(acknowledging the gratitude)
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in the bracket: 2 x 1 =2
Basavaiah forcibly acquired the land of Tammanna. Tammanna was ___________. He decided ______
Basavaiah.
( given up everything, mad with rage, to teach a lesson to)
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker: 4x1=4
The refugees left their village ________ there was famine. _________ make a living they decided to go to
the near by city. ______ they were unwanted guests there. _________ they decided to go back to their
famine hit village.
( therefore, in order to, because, but)
VI.31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below. 8 x ½ = 4
Gold is a shinning metal of yellow colour found in nature in very small quanity. This yellow metal
symbolizes affluence. It is precious because of its rare availability, its utility and least reactivity with air and water.
A large portion of worlds gold production goes to making of ornaments. Entire international trade is conducted
with the help of gold. Gold is also used in medicine and dentistry.

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Gold is

1.
Gold symbolizes

2.
It is precious because

3 4 5

Gold is used in

6 7

32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in
“The Indian Express” dated 21st Jan, 2015 : 5
( write XXX for name and YYY for address)
The Regional Manger, Karnataka Bank invites application
for the post of Accounts Assistant . Applicants should be
graduates with good academic carrer.
Apply within one week to:
The Regional Manager,
Karnataka Bank’
Kastura ba road, Mysore-18

33. Imagine that you are the college Union President. On the occasion of ‘College Sports days
inaugural function’. You have to speak about the importance of sports activities in student life’.
Write a speech in about 100 words: 5
OR
The bar graph below shows the results of survey conducted on Rural and Urban students . this chart provides
information about how they spend their time for some chosen activities. Based on this write a report in
about 150 words.

3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5 Rural
1
Urban

34. What do the underlined words in the following paragraph refers to : 4x1=4
Kamal singh was the king of a small kingdom in Rajastan. It was rich and prosperous.
Kamal Singh was known for his honesty. He was very ambitious. Once some merchants from

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Karshmir visited his country. They had brought a large quantity of saffron. It was costly and
valuable.
v) It :______________
vi) He :______________
vii) They :______________ :
viii) It : ______________
35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence: 1
as the punishment / death sentence / for his crime/ was given / the murderer.

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PAPER 19
I Answer the following in a word, phrase or sentence each: 12 x 1 = 12
1. What does Romeo want to do after the dance?
2. What was the sum fixed as the pension to the prisoner?
3. How does the Archer want his arrows to go?
4. Who was known as ‘silver Maiden’ in the play ‘A sunny Morning’?
5. What has Ecuador recognised in its constitution?
6. What did the speaker love in his beloved in the poem “When You Are Old”?
7. What according to Borges would happen if book disappear?
8. Who do Japanese stores employ?
9. Roof had given up being a bicycle repairer’s apprentice in order to
a) contest election
b) guide his people
c) campaign for Marcus
10. What idea did Tammanna get to annihilate Basavaih completely?
11. Name the Arvioli central co-ordinator and one of the pioneers of the cycling movement?
12. Where does heaven lie according to Kuvempu?
II. Answer any eight of the following(Choose at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80-100
words each: 8 x 4 =32
13. How is Romeo mesmerised by the beauty of Juliet?
14. What were the arguments put forth by the prisoner for not going out of the prison in “Too
Dear”?
15. How is the parents – Children relationship brought out using the metaphor of bows and
arrows in ‘On Children’?
16. How does the poet distinguish his love from that of the others in the poem “When You Are
Old”?
17. How does the Dan Gonzalo try to hide his identify?
18. Bring out the changes in the life style of owner after the arrival of the Gardener?
19. How would Borges define poetry?
20. ‘The traffic in Brazil leads to humorous observation’ explain.
21. ‘Roof is a shrewd campaigner’ illustrate.
22. How does Pablo Neruda refer to the ‘Foot’ as being a blind man in the poem?
III. Answer the following in about 200 words: 1x 6=6
23. ‘Wheel brings freedom and progress’ Justify this statement with reference to the “Where
There is a wheel”
OR
The conservation of biodiversity is the answer to the food and nutrition crisis. Discuss
OR
The poem “Water” demonstrates the disparity and discrimination of the society. Justify.

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IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10 x 1 = 10
Peter Drucker always hated being called a “Management Guru”. Yet till the very end,
management thinkers looked upon him as their ultimate leader. In the world of management
their weren’t too many philosophers writers and teachers like Drucker. For more than half a
century the world of business and public policy, was influenced by ‘The father of management’.
Yet ironically, his entry into management was purely accidental. In his twenties, Drucker
had to flee Nazi Germany. When one of his essays was banned by the regime. He began his career
in the US Universities teaching politics, economics and philosophy. In 1946, his writings attracted
the interest of General motors, America’s biggest car company. His portrait of the company ‘The
concept of the Corporation’ became a best seller. This was followed by another work “practice of
Management” which combined two schools of management – scientific and humanistic. Drucker’s
works gained public recognition for two reasons. He expressed his ideas in simple terms and he
integrated different disciplines.
In his death, the words of Azim Premji, chairman, Wipro, Drucker is to management, what
Einstein is to Science.’
24. a) One the title given to Drucker is “Management Guru” what is the other?
b) Who banned one of his essays?
c) Mention any two subjects taught by Drucker?
d) ‘The concept of the Corporation’ is the name of a __________
a) book b)company c)car d) university
e) Which company was attracted by his writings?
f) What are the two schools of management?
g) Mention any one reason for the popularity of his books?
h) The last word in para 2 ‘discipline’ means
a) punishment b) obedience c) control d) branches of learning
i) Azim Premji compares Drucker with ___________
j) Pick out the phrase from the first paragraph which means ‘fifty years’.
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions: 3x1=3
A little fairy cones at night
Her eyes are blue, her hair is brown,
With silver spot upon her wings:
And from the moon she flutters down.
d) When does the fairy make her appearance?
e) Describe the fairy.
f) Where the fairy flutters down?
26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of the verb (passive)
given in the brackets. 3 x 1 =3
The criminal ______________ (sentence) for the life. a guard __________ ( place) over
him. every day the food ____________ (bring) by the guard from the palace kitchen,
27. Report the following conversation: 5
Dona Laura : wait a moment
Petra : What does the senora wish?
Dona Laura : Give me the bread crumbs.
Petra : I don’t know what is the matter with me.
Dona Laura I do.

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28. complete the following dialogue: 4x1=4
( Anitha is vinutha’s new neighbour. They meet and introduce themselves)
Anitha : _____________(greeting) may I come in?
Vinutha :_____________________ ( responding to the greeting)
Anitha :________________ ( introduces herself) your next door neighbour
Vinutha :________________ ( introduces herself) please sit down.
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in the bracket: 2 x 1 =2
( in a soup, landslide victory, in full swing)
The election campaign in Umofia was __________. All knew thatthe honourable minister
would have a _____________
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker: 4x1=4
( but, and , at last, then)
The young man took refuse in Don Gunzola’s house. He went to Seville. __________ then
he came to Madrid. He wrote letters to Laura ________ they intercepted by her parents.
__________ in despair he joined the army.__________ he met a glouries death in the war.
Vi. 31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given
below. 8 x ½ = 4
The surface layer of earth, the crust, is composed of rock with an average thickness
of 35 kms. The crust is made up of smaller pieces called plates, whose edges touch each at
junction’s called faults. The Indian sub continent is part of a plate known as the Indian Plate. The
rest of Asia and Europe forms parts of the European and Arabian plates.
The surface layer of the earth called

1.
Is composed of

2.
The crust is made up of pieces called

3.
Whose edges touch each other at

4.

Called
5.
The Indian sub continent is a part of

6
The rest of Asia and Europe forms part of

7. 8

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32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in
“The Deccan Herald” dated 16th Jan, 2016 : 5

( write XXX for name and YYY for address)

Qualification : Any degree with 60% and above
Knowledge of computer needed
Good communication skills in kannada and
English.
Apply within a week to : The Mannager( HRD)
Sindu Technologies vija nagar,
Bangalore .

33. Your college conducting a cultural fest. You have to speak the important of culture/ co-
curricular activities in a student’s life prepare a speech in about 100 words. 5

Your speech can include the following points:

- An opportunity to exzhibit one’s talent

- Getting name and fame
- Job opportunities
- Improvement on one’ ability.
OR
Given below are two pie charts in indicating the percentages of users of land lines and mobile
phones in village, towns and cities of karnataka in the year 2015

MOBILE PHONES

VILLAGE,
TOWNS 18%
, 25%

TOWNS,
VILLAG
CITIES, 22%
E, 55% CITIES, 60%
20%

34. What do the underlined words in the following paragraph refers to : 4x1=4
Maria became first woman who (i) graduated from the university of Rome. After her(ii)
medical education she was made in charge of institute for mentally retarded children. People
believe that mentally retarded children could not be taught anything. So no one taught them (iii)
anything. Maria adopted a method of training which(iv) was very effective
Who : ____________________
Her :_____________________
them :____________________
Which :___________________
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35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence: 1
fifty mopeds/ UNICEF/ Arivoli women activities/ sanctioned /for

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PAPER 20

I Answer the following in a word, phrase or sentence each: 12 x 1 = 12

1. Who is ‘day in night’ according to Juliet?
2. Mention one of the beneficiaries of the king’s revenue in the lesson ‘Too Dear’.
3. Where do the souls of the children dwell according to the prophet in the poem ‘On Children”?
4. According to Vandana Shiva who knew the real valve of the forest?
5. What right does Dona Laura claim to have to criticize Don Gonzalo?
6. What fled and paced upon the mountain overhead in the Poem, ‘When You Are Old’?
7. What expressions were suffused with in the eyes of old man, in the lesson ‘The Gardener’?
8. Where does the foot become a prisoner in the poem, ‘ To The Foot From Its Child’?
9. Borges looks upon blindness as a __________________
a) way of life b) miserable circumstance c) major hardship
10. How do the people greet each other in Japan?
11. Roof got corrupted by ___________
a) accepting five pounds from the leader of the POP.
b) offering shilling to the leaders
c) rejection the offer of Maduka
12. Who wrote the famous cycling song in the lesson ‘Where There Is A Wheel’?
II. Answer any eight of the following(Choose at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80-100
words each: 8 x 4 =32
13. How does Juliet express her love for Romeo in her soliloquy?
14. “ You can’t earn stone palaces by honest labour”. In what sense does the king make this
statement?
15. How did the women led by Bachni Devi put up resistance to the trees?
16. How does the wordy – duel start between Laura and Gonzalo? How does a pinch of snuff bring
peace between
them?
17. How does the rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaiah keep on moving from the visible
domain to the invisible?
18. How does the poet bring out the contrast the foot’s thought of becoming a butterfly and an
apple andthe reality in
the poem ‘To The Foot From Its Child’?
19. What are the views of Borges on book and literature?
20.Describe how traffic in Brazil leads to humours observations.
21. What is the role of Arivoli in liberating women?
22. How does the poem demonstrate the discrimination in our society using water as a symbol?
III. Answer the following in about 200 words: 1x 6=6
23. Bring out the instances from the play ‘A Sunny Morning’ to justify it as a blend o romance
and comedy. OR
Roof is an intelligent manipulator. Justify this with reference to the story “The Voter”.
OR
How does the poet bring down the myth of heaven in the poem ‘Heaven. If you are not here on Earth?

IV Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10 x 1 = 10

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Aborigines are brown skinned people who live in parts of Australia. Not closely related to
any known race, they number only about fifty thousand. With wiry hair and deep set eyes, these
primitive people live in small tribal groups in the drier lands of north and north east Australia.
An aborigine needs little more than food which he gets through hunting and food
gathering in his own wide territory. He eats roots, grubs, seeds and even caterpillars ground into
flour: he may also eat Kangaroos, crocodiles, porpoises and dudongs. For hunting, he clubs, stone
axes, and the famous weapon, the boomerang, which is used to knock down birds. He also fishes
for food.
The house the aborigines live in is called a wurley. It usually consists of two forked sticks
and a crossbar, with strips of bark which are laid against it. They build such dwelling-places only
when necessary and leave the when their tribe moves to the next place. Inside or outside the
wurley they make fire by twirling a pointed stick into a piece of dry wood and they cook their food
by on hot ashes.
The aborigines may be a backward people but they are known for two things – their
extraordinary sight and their ability to find water either by studying animal or bird movements, or
by seeking water – bearing roots. Experts at reading the ground, they have also been known to
help the police in tracking down animals and finding lost children.

24. a) Where do the aborigines live?

b)How do these people live?
c) Name the famous weapon used by the aborigine.
d) What is the house of the aborigines called?
e) How is that house built?
f) Aborigines have been known to help the police ___________
g) How do the aborigines find water?
h) Use a prefix to form the antonym of the word ‘necessary’
i) The aborigines are _____________ ( tribe / tribal ) people.
j) The number of aborigines is only about ____________
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions: 3x1=3
Child, I have forgotten the art of being absorbed in stick and mud- pies.
I seek out costly playthings, and gather lumps of gold and silver.
With whatever you find you create your glad games.
i) What has the poet forgotten?
ii) Name the playthings of the poet.
iii) What does the child create?
26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of the verb (passive) given in
the brackets. 3 x 1 =3
Once, a grand party __________ (arrange) by lord Capulet, Romeo went to the party though he
________ ( not invite). There he ______ ( surprise) to see an angelic beauty.
27. Report the following conversation: 5
Don Gonzalo : Are you speaking to me , Senora?
Dona Laure : Yes, to you,
Don Gonzalo : What do you wish?
Dona Laura : You have scared away the birds who were feeding on my crumbs.
Don Gonzalo : What do I care about the birds.

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28. complete the following dialogue: 4x1=4
Ganjendra : Good morning Sir.
Teacher : Good morning, you seem to be dull. _____________________ ? ( Asking reason)
Ganjendra : sir. I can’t concentrate on my studies ______________________? ( seeking help)
Teacher : Oh! Is that the case ? _____________________________( Giving suggestion)
Ganjendra : ______________________________________ ( Agreeing and thanks giving)
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in the bracket: 2 x 1 =2
The narrator was a deer in a park. Suddenly the deer ________ to him to snatch the pack of food,
and __________ his eyes , and bowed deeply. It was surprising to him.
( straighten up, looked into, came up)
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker: 4x 1=4
Basavaihah was happy _____ Tammanna started suffering from a disease __________ Tammanna
did not stop thinking _________ found a method of punishing Basavaiah _____ could annihilate
him.
( and, but, which, because)
Vi.31.Read the following passage & make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below. 8 x ½ = 4
Mulk Raj Anand was a distinguished writer of Indian fiction and short stories in English. He
was one among the trio of novelists of the 1930’s the other being Raja Rao and R K Narayan. He
earned his Ph.D in Philosophy in 1929. The publication of his first two novels “ Untouchable” and
“Coolie” won recognition in the field of English literature. His first short story. ‘The Lost Child’ is
based on the idea ‘The nameless child’ in the story.
Distinguished trio of Indian friction in English of 1930’s

1 2 3

Earned his Ph.D in Philosopy in

4
His first two novels

5 His first short story 6

Based on the idea

8
32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in
“The Indian Express” dated 30th March, 2016 : 5
Wanted
Vidya Pre University college, Mysore, invites application from qualified individuals for the post of
Lecturer in Kannada. Apply within 10 days to :’The Secretary’, Vidya Pre University college, 1134,
KL Road, Mysore-12. Candidates with experience and good communication skill will be given
preference.
( write XXX for name and YYY for address)

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33. Imagine you are the chief Guest at the Annual Day celebration of ‘The Rotary Club’ Shimoga.
You are to make a speech on Movies there. Prepare a speech in about 100 words – the following
points may be included. 5
a) Movies- a medium of entertainment.
b) Mythological stories in the movies.
c) Movies about social problems
d) Degraded values in Movies now-a-days.

OR

The following bar graph shows the pass percentage of boys and girls of government PU Science
college in II PUC Annual examination of March 2013. Prepare a report in about 120 words.

120

100

80

60 GIRLS
BOYS
40

20

0
KAN ENG PHY CHEM MATHS BIO

34. What do the underlined words in the following paragraph refers to : 4x1=4
The house in which the aborigines live is called a wurley. It usually consists of two forked sticks
and a crossbar, with strip of bark which are laid agonist it. They build such dwelling – places only when
necessary and leave them, whe their tribe moves to the next place. Inside or outside the wurley they
make fire of dry wood and they cook their food by it on hot ashes.
i) Which : ________________ ii) They : _______________________
iii) them : ________________ iv) it : ________________________
35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence: 1
of the Himalaya / started / in the forest / ecological journey / my
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PAPER 21

I Answer the following in a word, phrase or sentence each: 12 x 1 = 12

1. Who in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is compared to a ‘snowy dove’?
2. Where did the criminal get the food from in ‘Too Dear’?
3. Name any one of the course offered in Navadanya Farm?
4. Why do Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo spin stories about themselves?
5. In the poem ‘When You Are Old’ the word ‘book’ refers to?
a) book of memories b) An album c) Dairy
6.Where was the old man standing in the beginning of the story ‘The Gardener’?
7. What is the child’s foot not aware of in ‘To the foot from its child’?

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8. Who is the writer of the wonderful line ‘This quite dust was gentlemen and ladies’ as mentioned by
Borges?
9. Which is the worst place for road crossing in Brazil?
10. What was the symbol of POP in ‘The Voter’?
11. Who wrote the famous cycling song mentioned in ‘Where there is a Wheel’?
12.Name the village that was burnt to ashes for want of water in the poem ‘water’.
II. Answer any eight of the following(Choose at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80-100 words
each: 8 x 4 =32
13. How according to Juliet would Romeo be immortalized to the world?
14. Write a note on the ‘Toy Kingdom’ as described in ‘Too Dear’.
15. How did the women play a vital role in ‘Chipko Movement’?
16.describe the story of Laura Llorente as narrated by Dona Laura.
17. Why did the owner’s wife find it hard to decide whether the old man’s arrival was for the better or for
the worse in
the story, ‘The Gardener’?
18.How did Borges describe his mother and his feeling for her in his interview?
19. Why does the speaker of ‘Heaven, If you are not on Earth’ say that heaven is right here on earth?
20. Give an account of the Japanese mania for bowing as described by George Mikes.
21. Comment on how the cycling reduced the women’s dependence on men.
22. The poem, ‘To The foot from it’s child’ is a journey of life’ –discuss.
III. Answer the following in about 200 words: 1x6=6
23. ‘ The poem ‘On Children’ does not focus merely on the lives of children, but also about the
responsibilities of parents’ – Explain.
OR
What was Roof’s dilemma in the story, ‘The Voter’? How did he overcome it at the end of the story?
OR
“The ways of providence are strange” what role did it play in the life of Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura in
the play, “A Sunny Morning”?
IV Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10 x 1 = 10
There is no smoke without a fire .There is no footprint a foot .And there is no foot without the
animal of which it is apart. So with the discovery of the mysterious footprint, the age old debate on which
animal imprinted it has come to the fore once again.
In November 2007, a U.S based television channel investigating the existence of the legendary
yeti in Nepal found three large footprints .One print was clearly from a right foot with five toes, and was
about 13 inches long, but the other two were only partial print .The footprints were found on the bank of
the Manju river.
The T V channel raise weekly adventure stories called ”Destination Truth” that investigates stories
of the unexplained and crypto zoological creatures (animals believed to exist but for which conclusive
evidence is missing)
A team off nine producers from Destination truth, armed with infrared cameras spent a week in
the icy khumbu region at a height of 2860 metres. The team took plaster cast of the footprints. These
would be sent to the united states for expert analysis.
But many people believe that the Yeti is a bipedal (two legged) giant. It is a hairy apelike animal
inhabiting the Himalayan regions of Nepal and Tibet. The Nepalese are sure it exists and the names yeti
and Meh-The are part of their history and mythology.
An early record of reported footprints appeared in 1889 in the writings of the British explorer L.A.
waddell. In 1951 Eric shipton. A distinguished British expeditions look photography of a number of large
prints in the show ,at about 6000 meter.
Edmund Hillary did not believe in the existence of the snowman. A great mountaineer Reinhold
Messner claimed to have had a face-to-face encounter with a Yeti which he killed. According to Messner,
the Yeti is actually the endangered Himalayan Brown Bear, that can walk upright or on all fours. The
interesting debate will continue till someone captures this secretive creature on camera.
24. a) When did a U,S, based television channel find three large footprint?
b) The three large footprint were found on the bank of _________ river

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c) ‘Destination Truth’, is
a) An investigating team
b) An adventure series
c) An entertainment programme
d) How long did a team of nine producers stay in the icy Khumbu region?
e) Why would the plaster cast of the foot print be sent to the United States?
f) When did an early record of reported footprints appeared?
g) Which British expeditioner took photographs of a number of large prints in the snow ?
h) Who did not believe in the existence of the snowman ?
i) Reinhold Messner was a great ___________
j) What is the Yeti, according to Messner ?
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions: 3x1=3
She has a little silver wand,
And when a good child goes to bed,
She waves her hand from right to left
And makes a circle round its head.
i)What does the angle wave?
ii) When does she wave the wand?
iii) Where does she make a circle?
26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of the verb (passive) given in the
brackets. 3 x 1 =3
The Indian team was in the finals against Australia in the world cup. There _______ (be) a lot of
excitement in the air. Indians ________ (want) their team to win. Some _______ (think) that the results,
favoured India because the star batsman, Sachin and Sehwag ______ (be) in top form.
27. Report the following conversation: 5
“you know I worked for Marcus”, he said feebly. “It will be very bad...”.
“ It will not be heard outside this room?” asked Roof.
“We are after votes not gossip”.
“All right”, said Roof in English.
28. complete the following dialogue: 4x1=4
Neighbour 1: Hello __________________________ (enquiring about health)
Neighbour 2: ____________________________ (expressing inability to move)
Neighbour 1: How sad _____________________(suggestion)
Neighbour 2: __________________(expressing gratitude/ taking leave)
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in the bracket: 2 x 1 =2
(to be in high spirits, to throw away, pass by)
Marcus knew that he would win but he did not want ________________ a single vote. All the while Roof,
weighed down with guilt, pretended _____________.
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker: 4x1=4
( then, later, although, and, but )
He _______ became a lawyer and for a while his life was a conventional one. Consequently, he gave up his
legal practice_________ forfeited all claims to family support. Baba Amte rebelled against social injustice
_________ he was the eldest son of a wealthy landowners. _______even as a lawyer, no peace of mind.
Vi.31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below. 8 x ½ = 4
Geographers have found that there are some important differences between the northern and
southern polar regions of the earth. The Arctic region in the north is mostly sea surrounded by masses of
land. South pole, on the other hand is a landmass, surrounded by oceans: in fact, Antarctica is regarded as
continent by itself. Both the regions have cold climate, but the winter in the Arctic is not so severe or so
long as that in the Antarctica. Antarctica is snow bound almost throughout the year, but the snow in the
Arctic melts in summer. There is some vegetation in the Arctic, but Antarctica is a desert with virtually no
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Have found – differences

Northern Region 2.

3 4

5 Snowmelts Severe winter 6

7 8

32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in “The Deccan
Herald” dated 12th March, 2016 :5

( write XXX for name and YYY for address)

Wanted HR
Qualification: MBA with two years experience. Computer
knowledge Fluency in English is must.
Apply within 7 days to:
The Manager,
NIBL association,
#23, 1st cross, KH Road,
Bangalore-12

33. Imagine that you have organised a function to mark the “Road Safety week ” . You have to speak on the
importance of traffic rules. Use the following points and write a speech in about 100 words: 5
- importance of traffic rules
_ using mobile while driving
_ following of traffic signal
_ measures to prevent accidents
OR

A survey was conducted on the use of chemical fertilisers and organic manure per acre from 1951 to 2001.
The findings of the survey have been represented in the following bar chart. Using the information, write a
report in about 120 words.

90
80
70
60 In
CHEMICAL
50 kil FERTILIZER
40 og
ORGANIC MANURE
30 ra
20 ms
10
0
1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001

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The earthquake had destroyed the school building. The father started searching for his son. The parents of
other children stood there shocked to see him digging through the debris. They pleaded him to go to
home, but he continued frantically till he heard his son’s voice calling out to him. He told him that there
were other children also stuck there, in the rubble.
i) his :_______________ ii) they : _________________
iii) he :_______________ iv) there :_________________
35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence: 1
has helped / the peace / the intellectual evolution / of the forest/ of man.
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PAPER 22
I Answer the following in a word, phrase or sentence each: 12 x 1 = 12
1. Who will make the face of heaven so fine in ‘Romeo and Juliet’?
2. What did the man start after receiving pension in ‘Too Dear’?
3.What can the parents give to their children, according to the speaker?
4. What does the earth university teach?
5. Dona Laura spent several seasons in the villa, called ______________
a) Valencia b) Maricela Sevellie
6. How does the speaker want his beloved to read his book in ‘When You Are Old’?
7. Why was Basavaih’s house looked dull and empty?
8. Where did Borges get his education?
9. Who creates heaven on the earth?
10.When do the Japanese make a fearful noise?
11. What was Marcus Ibe before he entered the politics?
12. Name the women, who opposed the Kamma landlords in the poem ‘Water’.
II. Answer any eight of the following(Choose at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80-100 words
each: 8 x 4 =32
13. How does Romeo describe the beauty of Juliet?
14. What explanations did the criminal give, when he was asked to run away?
15. Explain the responsibilities of parents in shaping the children’s future in ‘On Children’?
16. How does Vandana Shiva describe the ‘Navadanya Farm?
17. Write briefly about Gonzola’s separation from Dona Laura’s love.
18.How was Tammanna successful in destroying Basavaih in ‘The Gardener’?
19. How does Borges define poetry?
20.What are the things, the poet can visualise in creating heaven on the earth?
21. Give an account of Japanes’s culture of bowing, described by George Mikes.
22.How does the speaker disparity and discrimination in the poem, ‘Water”?
III. Answer the following in about 200 words: 1x6=6
23. The foot, initially has a dream of becoming an apple or a butterfly, later it has to face hard realities
does Narud bring this conflict in his poem?
OR
‘Roof overcome at last from his dilemma at the voting booth’, How did he do?
OR
“Cycling, nor only brings women’s empowerment but also economic gains”, Justify the statement.
IV Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10 x 1 = 10
Thomas Alva Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the
world might still be a dark place. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented
the photograph, the motion picture camera and over 1200 other things. About every two weeks he created
something new.
Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio on February 11, 1847. his (i) family moved to Fort
Huron, Michigan when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His
mother, a farmer teacher taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural
curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age with electrical and mechanical things at home.
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When he was twelve years old, he got his first job. He became a news boy in a train that ran between Fort
Huron and Detroit. He set up a laboratory in a baggage car of the train so that he can continue his
experiments in his spare time.
Thomas worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spent much of his time
on the job of conducting experiments. He got his first patent in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity.
However, the vote recorder was not a success. In 1870, he sold another invention, a stock-ticker, for $
40,000. a stock-ticker is a machine that automatically prints stock prices on a tape. He was then able to
build his first shop in Newark, New Jersey.
Thomas Alva Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but he thought of
deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work.
He called himself a “two-shift man” because he worked every sixteen out of every twenty four hours.
Sometimes, he worked so intensely that his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.
Thomas Alva Edison died at the age of 84 on October 18,1931 at his estate in West Organga, New
Jersey. He left numerous inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world.
24 a). What would have happened if Thomas Alva Edison hadn’t invented the electric light?
b). Mention any one of the inventions of Edison other than the electric light.
c). Edison was mostly educated
a) in school b) by his father c) on his own.
d). Which human tendency led Edison to start experimenting at a young age?
e). Why did Edison set up a laboratory in the train?
f). Though Edison worked as a telegraph operator for five years he spent much of his time on
a) reading books b) conducting experiments c) writing novels
g). Thomas Alva Edison got his first patent in 1868 for a _______
( Fill in the blank choosing the word from the passage)
h). What is a stock-ticker?
i). What made Edison consider his deafness a blessing?
j). Why did Edison call himself a “two-shift man”?
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions: 3x1=3
Seven years I could not walk a step
When I to the great physician came
He demanded, why the crutches?
And I told him, I am lame.
iv) How long the poet could not walk?
v) Who came to the poet?
vi) Why could not the poet walk a step?
26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of the verb (passive) given in the
brackets. 3 x 1 =3
Five pounds ___________ ( offer) to Roof to vote for Maduka. Roof _____________ (mesmerise)
completely by seeing the red notes, which ___________ (lay) on the floor by POP campaign leader.
27. Report the following conversation: 5
Dona Laura : It has been a pleasure to me
Don Gonzalo : Good bye until tomorrow.
Dona Laura : Will you go to your bench?
Don Gonzalo : No. I will come to your bench, if you do not object me?
28. complete the following dialogue: 4x1=4
(Ravi and suma meet at bus stop. They begin to converse)
Ravi : Hello _____________ ( Greeting)
Suma : Good morning, _____________________ 9Enquiring)
Ravi : ______________________ you, (answering)
Suma : The bus arrives, __________________ ( leave taking)

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29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in the bracket: 2 x 1 =2
The wife become apprehensive about her husband’s adultery and umpteen other vices. when she was
____________ About this, one day the old man met her and behaved _______ he knew all about her plight.
(high spirits, as though, in a fix)
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker: 4x1=4
Bachni Devi led resistance aganist her own husband, __________ he had obtained a contract to cut
trees. ____________ the officers arrived at the forest, the women held up lanterns _________ it was
broad daylight. ____________ the foresters asked the activities group to explain about it.
( but, although, as soon as, because)
Vi.31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below. 8 x ½ = 4
An English explorer of the Antarctic continent, Captain Scott commanded two expeditions into
Antarctica. The first begun in 1901 penetrated into the interior of the continent, accomplishing several
scientific objectives and was completed in 1904. the second expedition started in 1910, with the main
objective of discovering the south pole. Scott and his team made the great march to the pole to find with
great disappointment that the Norwegians had reached there earlier.

33. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in “The Hindu”
dated 10th April, 2015: 5

( write XXX for name and YYY for address)

Required Accounts Assistants.
Qualification : Commerce graduates
Should have computer knowledge. Should handle accounts independently.
Apply within 10 days to:
The Personal Manager, Sriram chit’s co.,No 121, M G Road, Bangalore

33. Imagine that you have been invited by a local science club to speak on superstition. Prepare a speech in
about 120 words, on the basis of the points given below 5
---Traditional beliefs—irrational—feeble minds.
--- Fear ---ignorance---illiteracy---lack of scientific knowledge.
--- common beliefs---cat crossing one’s path---prance of owls in the courtyard.
---- Measures to eradicate---scientific clarifications---creating awareness---literacy drive.

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The pie-chart given below represents how a person makes use of his salary. Prepare a report in about 120
words based on the details.

34. What do the underlined words in the following paragraph refers to : 4x1=4
Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio on February 11, 1847. his (i) family moved to Fort
Huron, Michigan when he was seven years old. At the age of twelve, he became a news boy in a train
which(ii) ran between Fort Huron and Detroit. He was deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other. He
thought of deafness as a blessing. It (iii) helped him keep the conversations short. He left numerous
inventions that(iv) improved the quality of life all over the world.
i) his _______ ii) which ______
iii) it ________ iv) that ______
35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence: 1
discover / to / is metaphors / task/ the poet’s
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PAPER 23
I Answer the following in a word, phrase or sentence each: 12 x 1 = 12
1. Who remained with a monopoly of the gaming house?
2. According to the prophet, where do the souls of children dwell?
3. What has been the reason for man’s environmentally destructive behaviour, according to VandanaShiva
?
4. Mention the gallant lover of Dona Laura.
5. What did the speaker love most about the lady in the poem, ‘When You Are Old’?
6. Basavaiah lived for some kind of __________ in his life.
a) uncontrolled angry b) unkindness c) unbearable vengefulness.
7. What is the task of a poet while writing poetry according to Luis Borges?
8. How does the poet create heaven on this earth according to Kuvempu?
9. Whose life is becoming more hazardous in Brazil according to George Mike?
10. What had Roof warned Marcus Ibe months ago, in the story ‘The Voter’?
11. Who included mobility as a part of the literacy drive?
12. Mention the woman who opposed Kamma Landlords in the poem, ‘Water”.
II. Answer any eight of the following(Choose at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80-100 words
each: 8 x 4 =32
13.How does Juliet immortalized Romeo in the extract prescribed?
14. Why did the king of Manaco resort to gambling? Give his reasons.
15. Why does the prophet say that ‘children are the sons and daughters of life’s long for itself’ in the poem,
‘On Children’?
16. Justify any two arguments put forth by vandana Shiva in favour of plurality in nature?
17. How do you explain the change in the attitude of Tammanna towards the end of the story in ‘The
Gardener’?

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18. Bring out the Various stages of hardship faced by the foot after being confined in a shoe in the poem,
‘To The Foot Its Child’.
19. What are Jorge Luis Borges’ views on poetry?
20. How does the poet create heaven on this earth with his power of imagination?
21. Write a short on the problems caused by Motor – Vehicles in Brazil.
22. How did Sheela Rani Chunkath- the district collector of Pudukkottai, promote empowerment of rural
women?
III. Answer the following in about 200 words: 1x6=6
23. What was Roof’s dilemma in the story? ‘The Voter’? How did he overcome it at the end of the story?
OR
‘The ways of providence are strange’ what role did it play in the life of Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura in
the play, “A Sunny Morning”
OR
“Water, a natural resource becomes an issue of class discrimination” .How is it brought out in the poem
“water”?
IV Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10 x 1 = 10
‘Ubuntu’, is an African ethic or humanist philosophy focusing on people. Allegiances and relations with
each other. The word Ubuntu has its origin in the Bantu language of Southern Africa. One definition of
Ubuntu is, ‘I am who I am because we are all who we are, ‘ A person who has the quality of Ubutnu is open
and available to her, affirming of others and does not feel threatened that others are able and good. This
is because he has a self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs to a greater whole and
is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, “when others are tortured or oppressed. Ubutnu
is the essence of being human. You can’t exist as a human being in isolation. We are all interconnected and
thus, a person who has Ubutnu is known for his generosity.
We think of ourselves far too frequently as just individuals, separated from on e another, whereas
in truth, we are all connected and what you do affects the whole world. When you do well, it spreads out:
it is for the whole of humanity. Ubuntu has also been referred to as a philosophy that supports the changes
that are necessary to create a future that is economically and environmentally sustainable.
The same concept exists in the Tswana language. It is called ‘botho’. Botho is one of Botswana’s
five national principles. Botswan’s vision 2016 states. “Botho defines a process for earning respect by first
giving it, and to gain empowerment by empowering others. It encourages people to applaud rather than
resent those who succeed. It disapproves of anti-social, disgraceful, inhuman and criminal behaviour, and
encourages social justice for all.
Ubutu does not mean that people should not enrich themselves. The question therefore is : Are
you going to do so in order to enable the community around you to able to improve? This universal vision
doesn’t bar one from defending his nation. National borders are important at the transactional level. we
must first life ourselves from self, family and community to the nation. We have a right, and a
responsibility, to protect ourselves, but not to attack others.
Dividing the world into nation, states, districts, towns and villages helps us to organize human
society. Things like language, currency and state governance help us to transact and interact. But deep
within, in and through these transactions, one must keep alive the universal spirit.
24. a) What does Ubuntu philosophy focus on?
b) Why is Ubuntu man not threatened by others?
c) What is the essential quality of Ubuntu?
d) A person who is Ubuntu is known for his ____________
a) compassion b) charity c) Generosity.
e) What kind of changes does Ubutnu philosophy support?
f) What does Boatswana’s vision of 2016 state?
g) Why is it necessary to lift ourselves from self, family and community?
h) How has the division of nation and states helped us?
i) What role can language and currency play?
j) What should one always keep alive within?

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I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunk less legs of stones
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command.
iv) Where did the traveller come from?
v) What did the traveller see in the desert?
vi) What does trunk less legs of stones mean in the poem?
26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of the verb (passive) given in the
brackets. 3 x 1 =3
In order to promote fine arts in Mysore, Kalakshetra ____________ ( establish) by the then Maharaja of
Mysore. Classes __________ ( held) under the Banyan trees. Gurukula style of teaching __________ (
followed) even today.
27. Report the following conversation: 5
“Why do you not run away?” said the minister.
“There is no guard to keep you. You can go where you like”
“But I have no nowhere to go. You have ruined my character by your sentence”, said the criminal.
28. complete the following dialogue 4x1=4
( Rita meets Shankar, a computer technician to get her computer repaired)
Shankar: Good morning, please be seated. ______________ ( seeking information)
Rita : My computer is _________________________ ( Giving information)
Shankar: Can you leave your PC for two days? Right now we are too busy.
Rita : Sorry, I ________________________ ( Expressing disapproval)
Shankar: I am afraid you will have to go to another technician.
Rita :___________________________ ( Ends her conversation)
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in the bracket: 2 x 1 =2
Japanese stores employ bowing girls whose only duty is to bow ______________ to all and sundry. When
eating soup you must make a fearful noise, otherwise your hostess will think what an
__________________ you are.
( uncultured man, ill-mannered lout, deeply and deferentially)
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker: 4x1=4
( until, in order to, although, but)
POP had been formed by the tribal down the coast ________ to save themselves. _______ it was clear that
the party had no chance here _________ it had plunged with typical foolishness into a straight fight with
PAP. Everything had been moving according to plan __________________ Roof had received a strange visit
from the leader of the POP campaign team.
Vi.31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below. 8 x ½ = 4
Health is a positive state of physical, mental and social well being, not merely absence of disease and
infirmity, our health needs to be taken care of right from childhood for us to serve till the end of our life.
Very few of us do preventive maintenance to teach the state of positive health. Thus, the majority remain
in a compromised state called ‘absence of disease’. Due to various factors such as insufficient exercise and
unhealthy lifestyle choices, we reach a state where, though we may not be sick, we suffer aches, pains
stiffness, lack of energy, fatigue etc. These are indications that we are not in a state of positive health, but
in a precarious state where health is compromised.

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Health includes

1 2 3
Compromised state of health is due

4 5
People suffer from

6 7 Lack of energy
They are indicators of lack of

32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in “The Deccan
Herald” dated 12thJanuary , 2016 : 5
WANTED
Alembic Pharmacy company Bangalore invites application from the qualified candidates for the post of
Medical Representatives. Apply within 10 dyes to, The Regional Manager, Alembic company, 345, M G
Road, Bangalore-1. Candidates with experience and fluency in English, local language and experience will
be given preference.
( write xxx for name and YYY for address)
33. Imagine you are the college Union President and your college is celebrating “Health Awareness Week”.
You are asked to speak about health awareness. Write a speech in about 100 words. Your speech should
include the following points. 5
- cleanliness is godliness – prevention is better then cure/
- Recent disease – lack of clean drinking water
- Negligence of sanitation – need for the organized efforts to overcome the dangers,
- Role of voluntary organisation like Lions and Rotary clubs – suggest remedies.
OR
The vertical bar graph given below represents two kinds of data namely the production of wheat and
paddy in India from 1970 to 2010. Compare the figures and highlight any significant changes and trends
you notice from the data given. Write a report to the Ministry of Agriculture, Union government in
about 120 words.
M Production of wheat and Paddy
e
40
t
35
r
i 30
c 25
20 wheat
M
15 paddy
i
l 10
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A traveller thought a country would stop at a village and he did not have to ask for food or for water.
Once he stops, the people give him food, entertain him and they are known for hospitality. That is one
aspect of Ubuntu, but it will have various aspects. Ubuntu does not mean that people should not enrich
themselves. The question therefore is : Are you going to do so in order to enable the community around
you to also be able to improve?
1) he : ___________________ 2) That : ___________________
3) That : ___________________ 4) You : ___________________
35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence: 1
has helped / the peace / the intellectual evolution / of the forest / of man.
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PAPER 24
I Answer the following in a word, phrase or sentence each: 12 x 1 = 12
1. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, who is said to be whiter than new snow on the raven’s black?
2. Mention any one reason given by the criminal for not agreeing to leave the prison in ‘Too Dear’?
3. “You are the ________ from which your children as living _____ are sent forth”. ( Fill in the blanks with
the right
words from the poem on Children)
4. Name the farm started by Vandan Shiva to promote organic farming.
5. In the story ‘The Gardener, to whom did the old man narrate his story?
6. This line from the poem to the Foot from its child, “ stones and bits of glass, streets, ladders and the
paths in the
rough earth” indicates ___________
i) a mere description of a road
ii) hardship one has to face in life
iii) a long journey
7. According to Jorge Luis Borges, the book is an extension of our ____________
i) reading skill ii) intelligence iii) imagination and memory
8. According to Kuvempu, what make the hearth heaven? ( mention any two)
9. In Japan, what should people do while drinking soup, as assign of appreciation?
10. Which party did Marcus Ibe represent, in ‘The Voter’?
11. Name the district collector who encouraged the cycling movement in Pudukottai.
12. In the poem Water, what is referred to as a “wondrous festival”?
II. Answer any eight of the following(Choose at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80-100 words
each: 8 x 4 =32
13. How does Juliet describe her love for Romeo?
14. Discuss how differently the parent – children relationship is portrayed by Kahill Gibran.
15. How does Vandana Shiva promote biodiversity intensive farming?
16.What story do Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura weave to conceal their identities in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
17.The poem ‘When you are old’ bring the temporary nature of beauty as against permanence of love –
substantiate.
18.What method did Tammanna adopt to innihilateBasavaiah?
19. How does Pablo Neruda describe the busy life of the individual as represented bythe foot?
20.Jorge Luis Borges considers blindness as a resource – Explain.
21. Explain how nature plays a vital role in creating heaven on earth, according to Kuvempu.
22. Give two instances to show that the Japanese are exquisitely well mannered.
III. Answer the following in about 200 words: 1x6=6
23. ‘Too Dear is a mockery of the judicial system – Substantiate.
OR
Cycling as a movement has brought about a radical change in Pudukottai. Explain.
OR
Discuss with reference to ChallapalliSwaroopa Rani’s poem, how water is a life giver as well as a
destroyer.

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On 10 April, 1912, the largest and finest luxury ship in the world sailed from Southampton in England to
New York. She was called the Titanic and it was her first voyage. She was crossing the Atlantic and she was
carrying more than two thousand people.
She was a ship built with great care. Everyone thought that she could never sink. They called her
‘the unsinkable ship’.
The journey was very comfortable. Everyone talked and laughed. They were happy and proud
because they were travelling in the best ship in the world. For four days the Titanic sailed smoothly. Then
came 14 April.
The night was cold, the sky was clear and the sea was calm. Time ticked on .. ten O’ clock, eleven
half-past eleven ........
Eleven forty ! On top of the ship, the man who kept watch suddenly saw an iceberg which stood
right in the path of the Titanic. He telephoned the engine-room. Captain Smith and his crew fought hard to
steer the ship away from the iceberg but its side scraped the iceberg. There was a big shower of ice on the
decks. There were also big holes along the ship’s side through which water began to pour into the engine
room and lower decks. Captain Smith and his crew tried to stop it but they failed. They now knew that the
Titanic was in great danger. Captain Smith began to send radio signals at twelve-fifteen. ‘Help Struck An
Iceberg’.
A ship called the California was only about 18 kilometres away, but she did not receive the
Titanic’s signals. This was because her radio had been shut at 12 O’ clock.
The Titanic continued to send signals. At last a small ship called the Carpathia heard the call, she
changed course and sailed at full speed towards the Titanic. Meanwhile the Titanic was sinking rapidly.
Then, at 2·20 A.M. on 15 April she vanished into the sea for ever. About fifteen hundred people including
Captain Smith, went down with her.
When the Carpathia reached the lifeboats it was 4 A.M. She was able to save only seven hundred
people.
The Titanic now lies deep down at the bottom of the ocean.
24. a). When did the Titanic begin its voyage ?
b). What did people call the Titanic ?
c). How did the people on board feel ?
d). What did the man who kept watch notice at 11·40 P.M. ?
e). Who tried to steer the ship away ?
f). Why did water pour into the engine room ?
g). What message did Capt. Smith give ?
h). Why couldn’t California receive the radio signals ?
i). How many people could Carpathiasave ?
j. Where is the Titanic now ?
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions: 3x1=3
Strange but true is the story of the sea – turtle and the shark-
The instinctive drive of the weak to survive in the oceanic dark.
Driven riven by hungry from abyss to shoal...
iv) Whom does the word weak refer to here?
v) Who is driven and riven by hungry?
vi) What does the word abyss means?
V 26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of the verb (passive) given in the
brackets. 3 x 1 =3
Tammanna ________ (prepare) to buy all the land that belonged to Basavaiah. But Tammanna’s two
hundred acres ____________ ( acquire) by Basavaiah. A fence ______ (build) around that land.
27. Report the following conversation: 5
Dona Laura : Do you use your handkerchief as a shoe brush?
Don Gonzalo : Why shouldn’t I? What right have you to criticize my actions?
Dona Laura : A neighbour’s right.
Don Gonzalo : Give me the book, Juanito
( turning to Juanito)

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28. complete the following dialogue: 4x1=4
Ranga : Would you like to have something to eat?
Ravi : No thanks, ___________________ (rejecting)
Ranga : Why don’t you try __________________ (offer a nice food)
Ravi : ____________ just a small bit or little bit. (Accept)
Ranga : How does it taste?
Ravi : It’s _________________
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in the bracket: 2 x 1 =2
(put up with, make up his mind, in a fix)
When Rufus went near the booth, he was _________________, should he vote for POP or PAP. But atlast, he
_______________ and entered the booth to cast his vote.
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker: 4x1=4
In Brazil, drivers do not care about the pedestrians. __________ a driver notices a pedestrian step off the
pavement, he regards him as a fair game. __________, he takes aim and accelerates. ______________, the
pedestrian jumps and runs for his dear life. _________ he does not resent this in the least.
( then, but, as soon as, at once )
Vi.31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below. 8 x ½ = 4
Seals have a streamlined body and four flippers. So they are suited to live in water. They come to land to
rest, mate and give birth. Together with the walrus they belong to the order ‘Pinnipedia’ meaning ‘wing
foot’. They live all over the world but are most common in Arctic and Antarctic where there is plenty
of food. They have been hunted for their fur and blubber.

Seals suited to live in

1

Come to land

2 3 4

Belong to

Meaning
6

Hunted for

7 8

32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in “The Deccan
Herald” dated 7th March, 2016 :5
( write XXX for name and YYY for address)
Dayan pu college invites application from qualified individuals for the post of chemistry lecturer
Qualification: M Sc, Fluency in English, Hindi with computer knowledge.
Apply within a week to:
The Principal
Dayan PU college, MH Road, Hubli--12
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33. Imagine that you are the secretary of cultural club of your college. On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi,
you are required to give a speech on the need to maintain peace, discipline and decorum among the
young students. Points to be included: 5
-- need for peace and harmony
_ good conduct, discipline
--Need for decent behaviour
Based on the information, write a speech in about 100 words.
OR
A survey was conducted to understand how the PUC students spend their leisure time. Based on the
information given in the Pie chart below. Prepare a critical report for your college magazine.

34. What do the underlined words in the following paragraph refers to : 4x1=4
People ascended mountains and brought back with them a lot of experiences. They described them in
painting and poetry. Buddhism which spread to china assimilated the concept of gardens. Monasteries that
were built on mountain peaks provided space for meditation.
i) them :_________________ ii) them :_________________
iii) which :_________________ iv) that :__________________

35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence: 1

West Bengal / Tagore / Shantiniketan / in / a learning centre / established / known as
===================================

PAPER 25
I Answer the following in a word, phrase or a sentence each.
12x1=12
1. Whom does Juliet associate with the ‘coming of night’?
2. Mention the new item of expenditure noticed by the kinglet in ‘Too Dear!’.
3. According to the speaker in ‘On Children’, life does not go ______ .
a) forth b) swift c) backward
4. Name the village woman who led resistance against her own husband in
‘Everything I need to Know I Learned in the Forest’.
5. Where according to Don Gonzalo had he spent his early youth?
6. What happened to Basavaiah after Tammanna gave up everything and went away?
7. In ‘To the Foot from its Child’, the paths in the rough earth go on teaching
the foot that it cannot
a) become a butterfly. b) bunch together. c) live in a shoe.
8. Who according to Jorge Luis Borges was an extraordinary person?
9. Where according to the speaker does the tender sunshine lean on in

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‘Heaven, If you are Not Here on Earth’?
10. When do the drivers of the motor cars in Brazil aim and accelerate?
11. What was Marcus Ibe before joining politics in ‘The Voter’?
12. Mention any one of the symbols which bicycling represents for the women
in ‘Where There Is A Wheel’.

II Answer any eight of the following choosing at least two from the poems in a paragraph of 80-100 words each.
8x4=32
13. Where was the criminal in ‘Too Dear!’ kept and what were the arrangements made for him?
14. How according to Vandana Shiva has Tagore brought out the role of forest in Indian civilization?
15. Bring out a few instances wherein Dona Laura ridicules Don Gonzalo in ‘A Sunny Morning’.
16. How does the speaker in ‘When You Are Old’ bring out his love for his beloved against the changing
circumstances and ravages of time?
17. Describe the circumstances that led Tammanna to become a non-entity in ‘The Gardener’.
18. Explain how the foot toils in its shoe until the whole man chooses to stop in
‘To the Foot from its Child’.
19. What is the significance of a book in man’s life according to Jorge Luis Borges?
20. How does Mikes portray a view of Japanese culture through their act of bowing?
21. Trace the behaviour of Roof on the day of voting.
22. Why is water not simply H2O to the downtrodden? Give reasons with reference to ‘Water’.
III Answer the following in about 200 words. 1x6=6
23. ‘Forswear it, sight For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.’ Why does Romeo feel so? Explain.
OR
‘The ways of providence are strange.’ Explain with reference to ‘A Sunny Morning’.
OR
How did cycling transform the lives of women in Pudukkottai district and help them change
with times?
IV Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10x1=10
A Years ago, in a small fishing village in Holland, a young boy taught the world about the rewards of unselfish
service. Because the entire village revolved around fishing industry, a voluntary rescue team was needed in cases
of emergency.
One night the winds raged, the clouds burst and a gale storm capsized a fishing boat at sea. The crew sent out the
SOS. The captain of the rescue rowboat sounded the alarm and the villagers assembled in the town square
overlooking the bay. While the team launched their rowboat and fought their way through the wild waves, the
villagers waited on the beach, holding lanterns to light the way back.
An hour later, the rescue boat reappeared and falling exhausted on the sand, the volunteers
reported that they had to leave one man behind as even one more man would have capsized the rescue boat and
all would have been lost.
The captain called for another volunteer team to go after the lone survivor. Sixteen year old Hans stepped
forward. His mother grabbed his hand pleading, “Please don’t go. Your father died in a shipwreck ten years ago and
your older brother Paul has been lost at sea for three weeks. Hans, you are all I have.”
Hans replied, “Mother, I Have to go. What if everyone said, ‘I can’t go, let someone do it’?
Mother, this time I have to do my duty. When the call for service comes, we all need to take our turn and do our
part.” Hans kissed his mother, joined the team and disappeared into the night. Another hour passed and finally the
rescue boat came back with Hans standing up in the bow.
The captain called out, “Did you find the lost man?” Barely able to contain himself, Hans
excitedly yelled back. “Yes, we found him. Tell my mother it’s my older brother Paul.”
24. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each.
a. What occupation was the entire village dependent on?
b. When was a voluntary rescue team needed?
c. Why did the villagers hold the lanterns?
d. How old was Hans?
e. Add prefix to the word ‘appear’ to form its antonym.
f. Whom did Hans join?
g. How long did the rescue boat take to bring back the lone survivor?
h. The word ‘lone’ in the passage means
a) far. b) only. c) older.
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j. Hans couldn’t contain his _____________ (excite).
(Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the word in brackets.)

25. Read the following lines and answer the questions. 3x1=3
The caged bird sings with fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
i. Where according to the speaker is the bird?
ii. What does the bird sing of?
iii. Whose tune is heard on the distant hill?
26. Complete the following by filling in the blanks using the right form of the verb given in brackets.
3x1=3
Cycling became popular in Pudukkottai. Banks _______ (force) to give loans to women to buy cycles. Each block in
the district __________ (make) to accept duties in promoting the cycling drive and great personal attention
_________ (give) by Sheela Rani Chunkath to this project.
27. Report the following conversation. 5x1=5
Roof : You know my work for Marcus. It will be very bad.
POP Campaigner : Marcus will not be there at the time of putting in your vote.
Roof : It will not be heard outside this room?
POP Campaigner :We are after votes, not gossip.
28. Complete the following dialogue. 4x1=4
(At the Bank)
Akshita : _________________ I am akshita. (Greeting)
Bank Clerk : Good morning. _________________ (Offering help)
Akshita : I would like to open an account. ___________________ (Requesting)
Bank Clerk : Go to counter six and _________________________ (Giving information)
Akshita : Thank you.
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expressions given in the brackets: 2x1=2
(afford to, on the look-out, all and sundry)
In Brazil, hardly anyone could ______________ own a car in the 1960s. But today a car is owned by ____________
as if it were given free of charge.
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker. 4x1=4
(moreover, that, which, because)
Poetry is so intimate ______ it cannot be defined without over simplifying it. An attempt to
define it is like defining a colour or emotion. It is difficult to define it _______ it is an aesthetic art. _______ poetry
is not the poem, _________ is nothing more than a series of symbols.
31. Read the following passage and fill in the boxes given below. 8x½=4
Books are a vital record of human life and achievement. They store the thoughts, beliefs and
experiences of individuals and societies. There are many kinds of books: religious works, fiction and non-fiction.
The Chinese invented printing in the 9th century; it arrived in Europe in during the 15th century. Printing made it
possible to mass produce books and knowledge was spread more widely. Today, publishing is a global industry.

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32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in ‘The Indian
Express’ dated 05-12-2017.

WANTED
Librarian
For a reputed residential school
Qualification : Degree in B.Lib, Knowledge of
Computer,
Knowledge of Kannada and English
Apply within 10 days to:
Administrator
Model Education Society
Outer Ring Road
No. 1625, Sardar Nagar, Dharwad – 580001

33. Imagine that you are the secretary of the Sports Club of your college and on the Annual Sports Day you are
required to speak on the importance of sports and physical fitness.
Write a speech in about 100 words using the points given below. 5
Physical fitness leads to mental fitness – physical activity keeps one healthy – scope for athletes
state and national level – sportsmanship – interaction – healthy competition
OR
The following pie chart represents information about percentage of weightage allotted to different types of
questions at graduate courses. Based on the information, write a report in about 120 words.

34. What do the underlined words in the following paragraph refer to? 4x1=4
Hans offered to go with volunteer team which was going back into the sea to rescue the lone
survivor who had been left behind. Hans’s mother pleaded him not to go, as he was all that she had in the world.
which : ________________ whom : ______________
him : __________________ she : ________________

35. Rewrite the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence. 1

all his possessions / important / the most / among / rival / was his

PAPER 26
I Answer the following in a word, phrase or a sentence each. 12x1=12
1. Who according to Juliet will lie upon the wings of night?
2. Where does the special income mentioned in ‘Too Dear!’ come from?
3. According to the speaker in ‘On Children’, life does not tarry with
a) today. b) tomorrow. c) yesterday.
4. When according to Vandana Shiva was the Navdanya movement started?
5. How old was Don Gonzalo when he went to America the first time?
6. In ‘When You Are Old’, the speaker suggests to his beloved to slowly read his book when she is
a) glad. b) old. c) proud.
7. Whose death made Tammanna forget his songs and ballads in ‘The Gardener’?
8. Mention one of the things that Jorge Luis Borges continued to do even after he became blind.
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9. Which place in Brazil is the worst with regard to traffic according to George Mikes?
10. How many elders were there when Roof conducted the whispering campaign in ‘The Voter’?
11. Name the Arivoli activist as mentioned in ‘Where There Is A Wheel’ who wrote the cycling song.
12. Whom does the panchama wait for near the well in ‘Water’?
II Answer any eight of the following choosing at least two from the poems in a paragraph of 80-100
words each. 8x4=32
13. How does the kinglet in ‘Too Dear!’ feed his courtiers and officials and keep himself?
14. Explain Vandana Shiva’s efforts to conserve biodiversity in the Navdanya farm.
15. Describe how the ‘gallant young man’ was separated from his lover in ‘A Sunny Morning’.
16. What invisible means did Tammanna use to annihilate Basavaiah completely? Explain.
17. Bring out the life of the foot in a shoe as presented in ‘To the Foot from its Child’.
18. ‘The modern developments in communications will not replace books.’ Explain with reference to Jorge Luis
Borges’ thoughts on this.
19. Why does the speaker in ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here on Earth’ say that heaven is nowhere else but on earth?
20. Elaborate on the plight of a pedestrian in Brazil.
21. Trace the reasons behind the ‘radical change’ that had come into the thinking of Umuofia in ‘TheVoter’.
22. Comment on the social discrimination associated with water as presented in the poem, ‘Water’.
III Answer the following in about 200 words. 1x6=6
23. ‘The one act play, ‘A Sunny Morning’ ultimately proves that all love is sad.’ Discuss.
OR
A humble vehicle can work wonders in empowering rural women. Explain with reference to ‘Where There Is a
Wheel’.
OR
‘On Children’ persuades parents to see their children in a new light. Elaborate.
IV Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10x1=10
Rivers have played an important and life-sustaining role in human societies for thousands of years.
Many of the world's great cities lie on the bank of a great river. We love our rivers and we abuse them. We use
them as a source of water, for food, for transport, for recreation, as defenses, as a source of power to drive
machinery, and as a means of disposing of waste.
Rivers continue to be a very important source of food for societies around the world. Apart from being a rich
source of fish, rivers indirectly the agriculture with supply of water for the crops. Rivers carry water and nutrients
to areas around the earth. They play a very important role in thewater cycle because they act as drainage channels
for surface water. Rivers drain nearly 75% of theearth's land surface.River deltas shelter many different species of
wildlife. Insects, mammals and birds use the delta fortheir homes and for food.
River valleys and plains provide fertile soils. Farmers in dry regions irrigate their cropland using water carried by
irrigation canals from nearby rivers.
Rivers are an important energy source. During the early industrial era, mills, shops and factories were built near
fast-flowing rivers where water could be used to power machines. Today steep rivers are still used to power
hydroelectric plants and their water turbines.
In our culture, we do not see rivers as just water bodies. They are life-giving gods or goddesses. We never see
rivers as just geographical happenings. We always see them as life-making material because 72% of our body is
water. Whenever we look for life, we look for a drop of water first!
24. a) Where do many of the world’s great cities lie?
b) Mention any one of the things for which rivers are used.
c) Why do rivers play a very important role in the water cycle?
d) How much of the earth’s land surface is drained by rivers?
e) Name one of species of wildlife mentioned in the passage.
f) How do farmers in dry regions irrigate their cropland?
g) When were mills, shops and factories built near fast-flowing rivers?
h) What were life-saving gods or goddesses for us?
i) Add prefix to the word ‘continue’ to form its antonym.
j) Steep rivers are used to generate _____________ (electrical/electricity) energy.
(Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in brackets.)
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions. 3x1=3
Seven years I could not walk a step.
When I to a great physician came
He demanded: Why the crutches?
And I told him: I am lame.
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i. How long could the speaker not walk?
ii. Whom did the speaker approach?
III. Why did the speaker use the crutches?
26. Complete the following by filling in the blanks using the right form of the verb given in brackets 3x1=3
The war against the earth began with the idea of separateness. The contemporary seeds of this
war ……….. (sow) when the living earth ……….. (transform) into dead matter to facilitate the
industrial revolution. Diversity …………. (replace) by monoculture..
27. Report the following conversation. 5x1=5
Juanito : Can you sit here?
Don Gonzalo : I want a bench to myself.
Juanito : There are three priests sitting there.
Don Gonzalo : Tell them to go away.
Juanito : They are talking.
28. Complete the following dialogue. 4x1=4
(Ravi and Aslam are strangers and meet at the city bus terminal.)
Ravi : Excuse me, ____________________ to Dasarahalli ? (Requesting for bus no.)
Aslam : __________________________ (Giving information)
Ravi : _____________________________ (Seeking information on platform no.)
Aslam : Go to platform number 7 and wait there.
Ravi : __________________________ (Expressing gratitude)
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expressions given in the brackets: 2x1=2
The owner’s wife became apprehensive about her husband’s life style. She thought that their life was getting
.......................... . The old man met her and narrated his story when she was ..................... like this.
(out of hand, hit upon, in a fix)
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker. 4x1=4
Eating soup in Japan is more dangerous than anything else. _______ eating soup, making fearful
noise is a sign of appreciation. _______ a European does not make such noise, he will be
considered an ill-mannered lout. _______ the one who makes noise will also be considered an
ill-mannered lout ________ a well brought-up European does not make such disgusting noise
when eating soup.
(while, because, if, anyway)
31. Read the following passage and fill in the boxes given below. 8x½=4
The process of buying and selling goods and services is called trade. There are two types of
trade: internal trade and international trade. The trade which is carried on within a nation is
called internal trade. It is also known as home trade or domestic trade. International trade is the
trade among different nations of the world. It is also called foreign trade. It is considered as
engine of growth.

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32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in
‘The Deccan Herald’ dated 17th December 2017.

Wanted
Data Entry Operators
Qualification : II PUC with First Class
Basic Computer Knowledge Essential
Fluency in Kannada and English
Apply within 10 days to
The Managing Director
Abhaya Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

33. Your college is celebrating ‘Sports Day’. On this occasion you are required to speak on “The
Importance of Sports’. Write a speech in about 100 words including the following points: 5
- Physical fitness- Mental wellbeing- Sound mind –Sound body
- Recreation - Sportive spirit - Name and Fame - Job opportunities
OR
The following bar graph represents information about the sources of irrigation in India in
2011. Based on the information, write a report in about 120 words.

34. What do the underlined words in the following paragraph refer to? 4x1=4
Rivers continue to be a very important source of food. Apart from being a rich source of fish,
they indirectly aid the agriculture which is a major occupation of people across the world.
Farmers in dry regions, where rains are scarce, irrigate their cropland using water carried by
irrigation canals from nearby rivers.
they : ______________ which : ___________________
where : ______________ their : ___________________
35. Rewrite the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence. 1
lives / some kind of / vengefulness / man / unbearable / for

PAPER 27
I Answer the following in a word, phrase or a sentence each. 12x1=12
1. Which kingdom in ‘Too Dear!’ monopolised the gaming business?
2. The ‘archer’ in ‘On Children’ refers to
a) child. b) God. c) Prophet.
3. Mention any one of the things that replaced ‘the vibrant earth’ in ‘Everything I Need to Know I
Learned in the Forest’.
4. Where according to Dona Laura had her best friend sat before being swept into the sea?
5. The speaker loved the _________ of his beloved’s changing face in ‘When You Are Old’.
a) grace b) sorrows c) soft look

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6. Who narrated his story to the wife of the plantation owner in ‘The Gardener’?
7. Which library was said to be attacked by flames in the dream of Jorge Luis Borges?
8. What quality of harvest causes heaven to lie all over in ‘Heaven, If you are not here on Earth’?
9. Whom do the Japanese stores employ to welcome customers in Japan?
10. When did the Marcus’s boys conduct whispering campaigns in ‘The Voter’?
11. Who gave social sanction to cycling in ‘Where there is a Wheel’?
12. Whose humiliation is mentioned by the speaker in ‘Water’?
II Answer any eight of the following choosing at least two from the poems in a paragraph of 80-100
words each. 8x4=32
13. How does Juliet glorify her love for Romeo through her address to night?
14. Why were the series of meetings held in Monaco in ‘Too Dear’?
15. ‘On Children’ refers to children as arrows and parents as bows. Explain.
16. Describe how Don Gonzalo glorifies his cousin’s death.
17. What circumstances led to the unhappiness of the owner’s wife in ‘The Gardener’?
18. Bring out the changes that the foot undergoes after being condemned to live in a shoe in ‘To the Foot from its
Child’.
19. What are Borges’s views on poetry in ‘I Believe that Books will never Disappear’?
20. Why does George Mikes say that nobody hurries in Brazil? What instances does he give to illustrate this?
21. Describe the meeting held by POP campaign team with Roof in ‘The Voter’.
22. Why was there a shortage for ladies’ cycles in Pudukkottai? How did the women react to it?

III Answer the following in about 200 words. 1x6=6

23. ‘The Earth University teaches Earth Democracy.’ Explain with reference to Vandana Shiva’s essay
‘Everything I need to Know I Learned in the Forest’.
OR
Describe the situations wherein Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura recognize each other as ‘the silver
maiden’ and ‘the gallant young man’.
OR
‘Water is a witness to centuries of social injustice.’ Explain with reference to the poem ‘Water’.
IV Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10x1=10
The festival of cows is one of the most popular events of Nepal. The festival, known as GaiJatra, is generally
celebrated in the Nepalese month of Bhadra (August-September). The present form of GaiJatra is a blending of
antiquity and medievalism.
According to tradition, every family which has lost a relative during the past year must participate in a procession
through the streets of Kathmandu leading a cow. The story goes that king PratapMalla lost his son, and his queen
was heartbroken. The king was very sad to see his beloved queen’s condition; in spite of his best efforts, he could
not lessen her
grief. He announced that whoever made the queen laugh would be awarded adequately. During the festival of
GaiJatra, the cow procession was brought before the grief stricken queen. Then the participants began ridiculing
the important people of the society. Finally, when social injustice and other evils were highlighted and attacked
mercilessly, the queen could not stoplaughing. This resulted in the king establishing the tradition of including jokes,
satires, mockery
at the GaiJatra festival.
After the procession is over, nearly everyone takes part in another age-old tradition in which the participants dress
up and wear masks. The occasion is filled with songs, jokes, mockery and humour of every kind and becomes the
order of the day until late evening.
The festival is considered a healthy one with people bringing to light the realities of life by acting them out in a
humourous way. However, the satirical plays and performances synonymous with the GaiJatra came to be
observed in the medieval period of Nepal during the reign of the Mallakings, though this festival has its roots in the
ancient age when people feared and worshipped Yamaraj, the god of death.
24. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each.
a. Where is GaiJatra celebrated?
b. When is GaiJatra celebrated?
c. Who must participate in the procession leading a cow through the streets?
d. What was the reason for the queen to be heartbroken?
e. Nepal wears a ___________ (feasted/festive)look during GaiJatra.
f. How long does the festival last?
g. Which word in the passage means ‘period of a king’s rule’?

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h. During which period was the GaiJatra started to be observed?
i. Add prefix to the word ‘justice’ to form its antonym.
j. Whom did the people of ancient age fear and worship?
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions. 3x1=3
Well, I am cured now; I can walk
Cured by nothing more than laughter
Sometimes, though, when I see sticks
I walk worse for some hours after.
i. What can the speaker do now?
ii. How was the speaker cured?
iii. When does the speaker walk worse?

26. Complete the following by filling in the blanks using the right form of the verb given in brackets.
3x1=3
Dona Laura said that many stories __________ (tell) by the fishermen about how the ‘Silver Maiden’ __________
(wash) away by the tide. They affirmed that the name that _____________ (write) by her on the sand remained for
a long time.
27. Report the following conversation. 5x1=5
Minister : Why do you not run away? There is no guard to keep you.
Criminal : I will not run away. I have nowhere to go.
You have ruined my character by your sentence.
28. Complete the following dialogue. 4x1=4
(A new resident at the apartment)
Mohit : Hello, ______________ supermarket? (Enquiring)
Security : Sir, _____________________ (Replying)
Mohit : I _________________. I have moved this morning into flat 108, B block.(Introducing)
Security : So you have shifted just this morning. ___________________________ . (Offering to help)
Akshita : Thank you. I surely will.
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expressions given in the brackets: 2x1=2
(took recourse to, rose to a pitch, sucked in)
The rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaiah ____________ and it gradually ___________ all their supporters in
the village.
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker. 4x1=4
(thus, then, in order to, and)
Vandana Shiva learnt about diversity in the Himalayan forest _______ wanted to adapt it in her farms. _______ she
started saving seeds from farmers’ fields. She realized the need of a farm fordemonstration and training. _______
Navdanya farm was started _________ promote a biodiversity intensive form of farming.
31. Read the following passage and fill in the boxes given below. 8x½=4
Ten thousand years ago, the first farmers began to grow crops and breed animals for food. Earlier the nomadic
hunter gatherers fed on berries, plants and wild beasts. With the emergence of farming, they settled in one place
giving rise to the world’s earliest civilizations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and China. In the 18th century, a so
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32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in
‘The Hindu’ dated 18th December 2017. 5
Wanted
Drawing teachers

Maria Montessori invites applications from qualified artists. Candidates should

be fluent in English and Hindi with a Diploma or equivalent Degree in Fine Arts.
Apply within 10 days to:
The Principal
Maria Montessori
Shantiniketan Arts faculty
8, Camac St, Elgin, Kolkata,
West Bengal 700017

33. Imagine that you are the secretary of your College Union. On your College Union Day you have
to introduce the chief guest whose profile is given below. Write a speech in about 100 words
using the points given in the profile. 5
Name : Major Parneetha Sinha
Occupation : Head of Parachute Regiment at Army Base, Jammu
Profile : M.Sc. in nuclear physics-participated in RD parade for five consecutive years worked
at different army bases across India – trained innumerable military
personnel – instrumental in leading combats against terrorists in Sikkim,
Kashmir
OR
The following line graph represents the growth of urban and rural population from 1951 to 2011
in India. Use the information to write a report in 100 words.

34. What do the underlined words in the following paragraph refer to? 4x1=4
The king was upset and sad to see his wife heartbroken. He was finding ways to make her laugh.
On the day of GaiJatra, a procession passed in front of the palace and the queen stood watching
it. The participants began ridiculing the important people and the social system. Seeing them,
the queen could not hold back her laughter.
his : ______________ her : ___________________
it : ______________ them : ___________________
35. Rewrite the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence. 1
centuries /books / the greatest / memory / are / of all

PAPER 28
I Answer the following in a word, phrase or a sentence each. 12x1=12
1. When according to Juliet would Romeo make the face of heaven so fine?
2. Mention one of the taxes imposed by the king of Monaco.
3. Where according to the speaker of ‘On Children’ do the souls of children dwell?

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4. Name the author of ‘Tapovan’ as mentioned in ‘Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Forest’.
5. In the play ‘A Sunny Morning’, ‘the silver maiden’ refers to
a) Petra. b) Dona Laura. c) the ballet dancer.
6. Mention any one of the aspects that the speaker loved in his beloved in ‘When You Are Old’.
7. What became the main reason of Tammanna’s life in ‘The Gardener’?
8. Name one of the things that the child’s foot wants to be in Neruda’s poem.
9. Which is the most astounding invention of man according to Borges?
10. Who are the drivers in Brazil on the look–out for?
11. How long had Roof been a bicycle repairer’s apprentice?
12. What has been a chosen medium for rural women of Pudukkottai?
II Answer any eight of the following choosing at least two from the poems in a
paragraph of 80-100 words each. 8x4=32
13. How does Romeo glorify Juliet’s beauty?
14. What made the king of Monaco alter his decisions in dealing with the criminal?
15. How should parents raise their children according to the speaker of ‘On Children’?
16. What account does Don Gonzalo give Dona Laura about his cousin’s life after the duel?
17. Give an account of the strategies used by Tammanna to destroy Basavaiah.
18. Why according to Borges will books never disappear?
19. How according to the speaker does one find heaven on earth in ‘Heaven, If you are not on Earth’?
20. According to George Mikes, the people of Brazil are both leisurely and speedloving. Explain.
21. ‘Roof is a clever manipulator.’ Justify.
22. How does cycling empower rural women according to P. Sainath?
III Answer the following in about 200 words. 1x6=6
23. Conservation of biodiversity sustains both nature and culture. Discuss in the light of Vandana Shiva’s essay.
OR
‘Man goes on living for some revenge.’ To what extent is this true in case of Basavaiah and Tammanna in ‘The
Gardener’?
OR
How does the speaker of ‘Water’ trace the journey of water using it as a witness?

IV Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10x1=10
The Western Ghats are also known as the Sahyadri Hills. They are well known for their rich and unique assemblage
of flora and fauna (plants and animals). Twenty five biodiversity hot-spots are identified in the world and Western
Ghats are one
among them. The Western Ghats extend from the Satpura Range in the north. They go south past Goa, through
Karnataka and into Kerala and Tamil Nadu and end at Kanyakumari. Then they embrace the Indian Ocean. The
range is called Sahyadri in northern Maharashtra and SahyaParvatam in Kerala. The Biligiri ranges southeast of
Mysore in Karnataka, meet the Servarayan range and Tirumala range farther east, linking the Western Ghats to the
Eastern Ghats. In the south the range is known as the Nilagirimalai in Tamil Nadu.
The northern portion of the narrow coastal plain between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea is known as the
Konkan Coast or Konkan. The central portion is called Kanara and the southern portion is called Malabar region.
The foothill region
east of the Ghats in Maharashtra is known as Desh. The eastern foothills of central Karnataka state are known as
Malnadu. The Biligirirangan Hills lie at the confluence of the Western and Eastern Ghats. WAPCO region under
Western Ghats covers
twelve administrative districts of Kerala State.
Four thousand species of flowering plants are known from the Western Ghats. Western Ghats receive an average
of 3000 mm rainfall per annum. The Western Ghats are home to thousands of animal species including at least 325
globally
threatened species.
24. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each.
a. What are the Western Ghats well known for?
b. How many biodiversity hotspots are identified in the world?
c. Name one of the states in which the Western Ghats lie.
d. Where do the Western Ghats end?
e. What does ‘SahyaParvatam’ refer to in the passage?
f. Konkan Coast lies between the Western Ghats and
a. the Indian Ocean.
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b. the Arabian Sea.
c. the Eastern Ghats.
g. Which part of Karnataka state is known as Malnadu?
h. In which state can one find WAPCO region?
i. There are many ................... (threatening/threatened) species in the world.
(Choose the right word to form a meaningful sentence.)
j. Use a prefix to form the antonym of the word ‘cover’.
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions. 3x1=3
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
i. Where did the two roads diverge?
ii. The word ‘both’ in the second line refers to two
a. travelers. b. woods. c. roads.
iii. What did the traveler do when he came across the two diverged roads?
26. Complete the following by filling in the blanks using the right form of the verb given in brackets. 3x1=3
The kingdom neither had a guillotine nor an executioner. Therefore a council …………...... (call). It …....………..
(decide) to write a letter to the French Government. The letter ……….. (send).
27. Report the following conversation. 5x1=5
Don Gonzalo : I am fond of good verses. I composed some in my youth.
Dona Laura : Were they good ones?
Don Gonzalo : Why do you ask me such a question?
Dona Laura : Don’t be angry.
28. Complete the following dialogue. 4x1=4
(Kumar meets Karan, a computer technician, to get his computer repaired.)
Kumar : Good morning sir.
Karan : Good morning, please be seated. ........................... (Seeking information )
Kumar : My computer ............................................... ( Giving information)
Karan : Right now we are too busy. Can you leave your PC with us for two days ?
Kumar : Sorry, I ........................................ ( Expressing disapproval)
Karan : I am afraid you will have to go to another technician.
Kumar : ......................................... (Ending conversation)

29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expressions given in the brackets: 2x1=2
(turn their backs, be hanged to, straight out)
The ministers decided to tell the criminal ................. to run away. They did so. But the criminal said that if he ran
away people would ........................ on him.
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker. 4x1=4
(but, and, at last, then)
The young man took refuge in Don Gonzalo’s house. He went to Seville, -------- then came to Madrid. He wrote
letters to Laura --------- they were intercepted by her parents. ------- in despair, he joined the army. ------------ he met
a glorious
death in the war.
31. Read the following passage and fill in the boxes given below. 8x½=4
It is believed that the Indus Valley Civilization was the joint creation of the Aryan and pre-Aryan inhabitants of
India. This civilization was principally associated with the cities of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa which were first
discovered. The people of this civilization were multi-ethnic. In the skeletal remains of this civilization is an
evidence of the presence of Proto-Australoid, Mediterranean, Alpine and Mongoloid racial elements who no doubt
contributed to its growth. The civilization was urban and a very remarkable one.

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32. Write a letter of Application in response to the following advertisement which

appeared in ‘The Times of India’ dated 15th March 2015. 5

Wanted
Receptionist
Qualification : Any Graduate with Knowledge of Computer
and Fluency in English and Hindi
Apply within 10 days to:
The Managing Director
Mangala Group of Companies
Nagadevanahalli, Ring Road
Bangalore – 31

33. Imagine that you are the president of the Students’ Council of your college and
you have to speak on spreading awareness about cleanliness. Using the points
given below, write a speech in about 100 words. 5
Need of cleanliness – individual responsibility – cleanliness at home and public
places – health benefits – beautification of nation
OR
The following line graph provides information about the growth of population
in India over a period of 50 years. Using the information, write a report in about
120 words.

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34. What do the underlined words in the following paragraph refer to? 4x1=4
The Western Ghats are well known for their rich and unique assemblage of flora and fauna. Twenty five
biodiversity hot-spots are identified in the world and Western Ghats are one among them. The Ghats are home to
thousands of
animal species of which at least 325 are globally threatened. They are also home to many indigenous people who
are on the verge of extinction.
1)their : .............
2) them : .............
3) which : .............
4) who : .............
35. Rewrite the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence. 1
be /water /used /should /judiciously

PAPER 29
I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each. 12x1=12
1. Who in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is compared to a ‘rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear’?
2. Name the special source of revenue in the kingdom of Monaco.
3. What according to the speaker can parents not visit in ‘On Children’?
4. What does ‘Terra Madre’ mean in ‘Everything I Need To Know I Learned in the Forest’?
5. What establishes peace between Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo?
6. What does the speaker want his beloved to dream of in ‘When You Are Old’?
7. Mention one of the means suggested to Tammanna through which he would get back his land from Basavaiah.
8. Which library does Borges visualise in his dream?
9. When according to the speaker can there be no Gods in ‘Heaven, If you are not on Earth’?
10. What according to George Mikes is a sign of appreciation when eating soup in Japan?
11. Which is the symbol of People’s Alliance Party in ‘The Voter’?
12. Whose brainchild is the cycling movement according to P. Sainath as mentioned
in ‘Where There Is A Wheel’?
II. Answer any eight of the following (choosing at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80-100 words. 8x4=32
13. How does Romeo describe Juliet?
14. Why did the authorities in Monaco fail to carry out the death sentence?
15. How does Vandana Shiva describe the Navadanya farm?
16. Trace the course of rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaiah that moved away from visible domain to an
abstract domain.
17. Bring out the stages of hardships faced by the foot after being confined in a shoe.
18. Why does Borges say that the books will never disappear in spite of modern modes of Communications?
19. How does George Mikes describe bowing to be a quainter and infectious trait of Japanese people?
20. Give an account of Roof’s role as an election campaigner.
21. Comment on how the cycling reduced the women’s dependence on men with reference to Sainath’s essay.
22. The difference of race and agony of thepanchama due to water has been effectively brought out in ‘Water’.
Explain.
III. Answer the following in about 200 words. 1x6=06
23. ‘A Sunny Morning’ portrays the wit and humour through Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura’s spontaneous reactions.
Explain.
OR
‘Wheel brings progress.’ Justify this statement with reference to ‘Where There Is A Wheel’.
OR
‘Your children are not your children.’ How does the poet illustrate this truth iNthe poem “On Children”?
IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10x1=10
We live with sound. We speak through sound. A world without sound is unthinkable. The pattern of sound changes
according to the time of day. Let merecall the sounds I hear in the early morning. The silence of my night is broken
by
the harsh grating sound of our tall iron gates as they are pushed open at 5 o’clock. This is the time for my father to
take a walk. At 5.30 the alarm bell rings for me toget up. There is the scratching sound at the door. As I open the
door our Alsatian
throws up its two paws on my shoulders and starts licking and producing a mixture of growling, moaning and crying
sounds. This is his morning greetings.

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Now I try to get busy preparing for the examination, but the wooden staircase starts producing creaking, tapping
and bumping sounds depending upon the weight and speed of its users. As my mother switches on the radio in the
kitchen a ‘bhajana’ comes floatinginto my room. The chink of saucers, plates and cups against the music is very
enchanting to the ears. Just then the calling bell buzzes and the Alsatian begins his non-stop barking.
The soft-sound of the crockery, the soft knock on the door and the clinking sound of the crockery as my mother
places the tea tray on the side board, please me. After a short silence comes the sound of heavy steps. I hurriedly
pounce upon my
text books but not before knocking down a cup that produces not only the sound of crash but also a few broken
pieces. I hear the bass voice of my father, “Remember, just one month left.” And the figure recedes. Here is
another alarm bell reminding me of my examination.
The world outside the house is agog with exciting and unfettered noise. The continuous cooing of the cuckoo, the
chirps and the twitter of sparrows on windowsills and songs of birds from the garden create a sweet restful
atmosphere. All of a
sudden a school bus stops and children get into the bus chuckling, laughing and shouting. As the morning extends,
the traffic increases and street sounds become tough. Clamour and hubbub rise. The rumbling of the trucks, the
honking of the
cars, barking of street dogs at the roaring and splittering motor bikes spoil the freshness of the morning. It is
difficult to escape sound. Sound of the TV spills over my room. The news reader continues – An air crash and so
many killed - a mine disaster. It is too maddening to hear any more sound. At once I switch off television. Silence
falls in my room. But the sound of an agonized cry is rising within me. Two silent tears roll down to salute the
morning.
24. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each.
a. What is unthinkable according to the narrator?
b. What is the first early morning sound that the narrator hears?
c. What makes the scratching sound?
d. Which sounds are referred as enchanting to ears?
e. Why does the narrator hurriedly pounce upon his text book?
f. Here is another alarm bell reminding me of my examination. What is the
‘alarm bell’ mentioned here?
g. Name one of the sounds which creates a sweet restful atmosphere.
h. Which sound is the most unbearable to the narrator?
i. Add a prefix to the word ‘fettered’ to form its antonym.
j. The short ......... (silent/silence) is followed by the sound of heavy steps.
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions: 3x1=03
Seven years I could not walk a step
When I to the great physician came
He demanded: Why the crutches?
And I told him: I am lame
i) How long could the speaker not walk a step?
ii) Who does ‘He’ in the third line refer to?
iii) Why does the speaker use crutches?
V. 26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of verb given in the brackets: 3x1=03
The criminal ……………. (sentence) for life. A guard …………….. (place) over
him. Every day the food …………. (bring) by the guard from the palace kitchen.
27. Report the following conversation: 5x1=05
Petra : The guard is waiting for me.
Dona Laura : Do you like to chat with your guard?
Petra : He is not mine.
Dona Laura : Wait a moment.
Petra : What does the senora wish?
28. Complete the following dialogue: 4x1=04
Patient : Hello, is it 240042?
Receptionist : …………………… (giving information)
Patient : Could I speak to the doctor?
Receptionist : ……………………. (confirms absence)
Patient : Who am I speaking to?
Receptionist : …………………… (giving introduction)
Patient : ……………………(fix an appointment for the same day)

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29. Fill in the blanks by choosing appropriate expression given in brackets: 2x1=02
( take to, give up, zip along)
In the heart of rural Pudukkottai, young women ……………… the roads on their bicycles. Jameela Bibi, who has
…………… cycling told it was her right.
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker: 4x1=04
There was ……….. a guillotine for cutting the heads off ………… an executioner in Monaco. ……… the ministers wrote
a letter asking the French Government whether they could lend them a machine ……… an expert to cut off
the criminal’s head off.
( and, neither, so, nor)
31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below: 8x½=04
At the core of Yakshagana is the himmela. This entourage of musicians includes a narrator, singers and musicians,
playing the Chande and maddaledrums and the harmonium. Their performance usually touching on just one main
story and a few sub stories is called a prasanga.

32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which

appeared in ‘Deccan Herald’ dated 7th October 2014. 5
Wanted
S.M. Pre University College, Dharwad invites applications from qualified
candidates for the post of lecturer in English. Apply within 10 days to the
Chairman, Shree Manjunatheshwar Education Trust, Vidyanagar
Dharwad-580004. Candidates must have passed M.A. in English with
55% marks. Candidates with experience and good Communication skill
will be given preference
33. Imagine that you have been elected your College Union leader and you are supposed to address a gathering of
students and lecturers of your college. Write a speech in about 100 words focusing on the infrastructure of your
college and
the necessity of disciplinary attitudes among students. 5
(Use the hints given below.)
Library, toilet facilities- Science labs to be upgraded- reading room- waiting room for girls
OR
The following bar graph shows the pass percentage of boys and girls of a Government P U college in II PUC Annual
Examination of April 2009. Based on the information, prepare a report in about 120 words.

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34. What do the underlined words in the following extract refer to? 4x1=04
My mother listens to bhajans in the kitchen while she prepares our food. My dog, Vicky, sits at the door of the
kitchen and sniffs the aroma of it with histongue sticking out. He will sit there till she gives him a piece of what she
is preparing.
i. she : ……… iii. his : ……….
ii. it : ……… iv. there : ……….
35. Rewrite the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence: 1x1=01
forest /the/of beauty /joy/is/source/and

PAPER 30
I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each. 12x1=12
1. Whom does Romeo address as ‘yonder lady’?
2. Mention one of the reasons for the soldiers’ refusal to execute the criminal in‘Too Dear’.
3. What does the phrase ‘the bow that is stable’ refer to in ‘On Children’?
4. Name the woman who led resistance against felling trees in the village of Adwani.
5. Laura Llorente was known as ................... in her locality in ‘A Sunny Morning’.
a) dream girl b) golden lady c) silver maiden
6. What does the speaker want his beloved to do when she is old in ‘When You Are Old’?
7. Whom did Tammanna consider as the most important among all his possessions in ‘The Gardener’?
8. What do the soft nails of quartz change themselves into in ‘To the Foot from its Child’?
9. Borges looks upon blindness as a
a) way of life. b) miserable circumstance. c) major handicap.
10. Whom according to George Mikes do the Japanese stores employ?
11. Where, on the election morning, did Marcus Ibe sit shaking hands with the villagers?
12. In which district of Tamil Nadu, according to P. Sainath, has cycling been a social movement?
II. Answer any eight of the following (choosing at least two from poetry) in paragraph of 80 -100 words.
8x4=32
13. How is Romeo mesmerised by the beauty of Juliet at first sight?
14. Why was the criminal finally offered pension in ‘Too Dear’? How did this offer benefit him?
15. ‘Your children are not your children.’ How is this statement relevant with reference to ‘On Children’? Explain.
16. How do Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura accuse each other at the beginning of the play ‘A Sunny Morning’?
17. How does Tammanna take revenge on Basavaiah through invisible means?
18. Why does Borges define poetry as intimate and essential and that which cannot be defined without
oversimplifying?
19. Describe how the poem, ‘Heaven, if you are not on Earth’ visualises heaven in nature.
20. How does George Mikes bring out the humour in the Japanese mannerism of bowing?
21. ‘The Voter’ ridicules the power and selfishness of Marcus Ibe. Explain.
22. In what different ways has cycle empowered rural women in Pudukkottai?
III. Answer the following in about 200 words. 1x6=6
23. ‘Conservation of biodiversity is crucial for the sustenance of both nature and human society’. Discuss with
reference to Vandana Shiva’s essay.
OR
Bring out the instances from the play ‘A sunny morning’ to justify it as a blend of romance and comedy.
OR
How does the poem ‘Water’ demonstrate the disparity and discrimination in our society using water as a symbol?
IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10x1=10
The U.S. Navy is planning to use armed robotic patrol boats with no sailors on board to escort and defend warships
moving through sensitive sea lanes. The technology, adapted from NASA’s rovers on mars, will transform how the
American navy operates and is sure to raise fresh questions and concerns about the idening role of robots in
warfare.
The office of Naval Research has released the results of what it called an unprecedented demonstration in August
involving 13 robotic patrol craft escorting a ship along the James river in Virginia.
In a simulated scenario, five of the robotic patrol boats guarded a larger ship, while eight others were ordered to
investigate a suspicious vessel. The unmanned patrol boats then encircled and swarmed the “target” enabling the
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The demonstration, conducted over two weeks, was designed to “replicate a transit through a straight” naval
research Chief Rear Admiral Matthew Klunder told reporters in a recent briefing.
The demonstration was a “break through” that goes far beyond any previous experiment, he said, adding that
similar robotic patrol craft likely will be escorting U.S. naval ships within a year. The patrol craft, 11-metre long
vessels, known in the military as rigid hulled inflatable boats, are usually operated by three or four sailors. But
outfitted with the robotic system, a single sailor could oversee upto 20 of the vessels.
Unlike drone aircraft, such as the famed ‘predator’ and ‘Reaper’ planes, the robotic boats are more autonomous
and can carry out directions without having to be operated by a human at every step.
“The excitement about this technology is it is autonomous” Mr. Klunder said.
24. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each.
a) What is the U.S. Navy planning to use, to escort and defend warships?
b) When was the unprecedented demonstration held?
c) Name the river in which the demonstration was conducted?
d) What were the eight robotic patrol boats ordered to investigate?
e) How long was the demonstration conducted?
f) Who is the naval chief mentioned in the passage?
g) The number of robotic patrol boats that guarded a large ship was_______
a) eight. b) five. c) thirteen.
h) Add prefix to the word ‘usual’ to form its antonym.
i) The Admiral was _________(excited/excitement) about the new technology.
j) What benefit would the U.S. Navy get by utilizing robotic patrol boats in
overseeing the vessels?
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions. 3x1=3
At the corner of wood street, when daylight appears,
Hangs a thrush* that sings loud, it has sung for three years:
Poor Susan has passed by the spot, and has heard
In the silence of the morning the song of the bird.
* a bird
i. Where does Susan come across the thrush?
ii. How long has the thrush been singing?
iii. When has Susan heard the song of the bird?
V. 26. Complete the following by filling in the blanks using the right form of the verb given in brackets. 3x1=3
The rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaiah increased day by day. Two hundred acres of Tammanna’s land
________ (acquire) by Basavaiah. A fence ____ (build) around the land. Tammanna .................. (advise) by his
supporters about the various means of getting back his land.
27. Report the following conversation. 5x1=5
POP campaigner : We want your vote.
Rufus Okeke : How can I vote for Maduka?
POP campaigner : Are you taking this money or not?
Rufus Okeke : Will it not be heard outside this house?
POP campaigner : Don’t worry about it.
28. Complete the following dialogue. 4x1=4
Husband : What would you like me to get for your birthday? A sari or a necklace?
Wife : .............................. (Expressing preference)
Husband : ............................. (Asking for preference – gold or diamond)
Wife : I prefer a diamond necklace.
Husband : ............................. (Accepting)
Wife : ............................. (Expressing gratitude)
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expressions given in the brackets: 2x1=2
A lot of women in Pudukkottai were unable to wait for ‘ladies’ cycles. Therefore they had to ..................... men’s
cycles. They knew that bicycles .................. time wasted in waiting for buses.
(cut down on, put up with, go in for)
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker. 4x1=4
The General of Monaco asked each of his soldiers to cut the criminal’s head off. _______ no soldier came forward
to do it. _________ the ministers of Monaco
assembled a Commission. ________, they appointed a Committee and a Sub- Committee. _______ they decided
that the best thing would be to alter the death sentence to one of life imprisonment.
(besides, but, at last, therefore)
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31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below. 8X1/2=4
Service-oriented organisations are set up for providing services to their members and the society. Such
organisations include schools, hospitals, clubs etc. The main objective of these organisations is providing service
and not profit-making. These organisations are managed by trustees who are fully accountable to their members
for the utilisation of funds. This is also a legal requirement. Therefore
they have to maintain proper books of accounts and prepare the financial statements like receipts and payments
account.

32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which

appeared in ‘The Hindu’ dated October 17, 2014. 5

(Write XXX for name and YYY for address.)

33. Imagine you are the secretary of your College Union. On the occasion of ‘Kannada Rajyotsav’ celebration you
have to introduce the chief guest whose profile is given below. 5
Chief Guest :Dr.GangadharPatil
Native :Haveri (Karnataka)
Education : M.A. (English), Ph.D from Oxford Univ.
Profile : Worked as HOD of Eng. Dept. Karnataka Univ.- literary
figure and activist in Kannada Movement –recipient of Central Sahitya Academy Award
Based on the information, write a speech in about 100 words to introduce the guest at the function.
OR
Here is a bar chart showing the literacy rate of male and female population in Karnataka. Based on this data, write
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34. What do the numbered words in the following extract refer to? 4x1=4
The US navy says it(1)will use a new technology which(2)enables it to use robotic patrol boats with no sailor on
board. The technology is adapted from NASA’S rover on Mars. This(3)will transform the operation system of the US
navy. The admiral who(4)was instrumental in introducing this technology was Matthew Klunder.
1) it : ____________
2) which : ____________
3) This : ____________
4) who : ____________
35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence. 1x1=1
application / my resume/ I /with this/ have /enclosed
***********
PAPER 31
I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each. 12x1=12
1. When according to Juliet would all the world be in love with night?
2. Mention any one of the commodities that was taxed in Monaco.
3. In ‘On Children’, God loves the arrow that flies as well as the bow that ..........
a) does not bend. b) breaks. c) is stable.
4. What has replaced bio-diversity according to Vandana Shiva?
5. Who was called ‘The Silver Maiden’ in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
6. Tammanna’s disease was Basavaiah’s ______________.
a. health. b. weakness. c. sorrow.
7. Where is the ‘Child’s foot’ condemned to live?
8. Whom does Borges look upon as an ‘intelligent and gracious woman’?
9. According to the speaker of ‘Heaven, if you are not on Earth’ heaven is
a. on earth.
b. not on earth.
c. beyond earth.
10. What according to George Mikes do the driver and pedestrian finally do after the chase in Brazil?
11. What is the symbol used by Marcus Ibe in the election in ‘The Voter’?
12. Name the person who wrote the famous cycling song mentioned in ‘Where There Is a Wheel’.
II. Answer any eight of the following (choosing at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80 –
100 words. 8x4=32
13. Romeo claims to have never seen true beauty till he saw Juliet. How does he justify his statement?
14. Why does the criminal in ‘Too Dear’ refuse to escape from the prison? Explain.
15. Bring out the significance of the Rights of Nature as explained by Vandana Shiva in her essay.
16. Narrate how according to Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo the sad love affair of her friend and his cousin ended.
17. How did the owner’s life change after the arrival of the old man in ‘The Gardener’?
18. How does Borges describe his mother and his feelings for her in his interview?
19. Why does the speaker of ‘Heaven, If you are not on Earth’ say that heaven isright here on earth?
20. Give an account of the Japanese mania for bowing as described by George Mikes.
21. How did Sheela Rani Chunkath empower the Pudukottai women by including cycling in the literacy drive?
22. What personal memories does the speaker associate to water in the poem‘Water’?
III. Answer the following in about 200 words. 1x6=6
23. ‘A Sunny Morning’ revolves around concealing and revealing Laura and Gonzalo’s identity.
Elaborate.
OR
‘The speaker addresses a young lady in her old age.’ Comment on the time sequence used by the poet
in ‘When you Are Old’.
OR
Do you think that ‘The voter’ is right in demanding money to vote for Marcus Ibe? Explain.
IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10x1=10
Sporting fraternity and sports lovers across the country applauded and felt happy when President PranabMukherji
handed over the prestigious Arjuna Awards to several eminent sports personalities at a glittering function in the
national capital recently on the occasion of National Sports Day.
However, nobody perhaps would have given thought to the creator of the slick and wonderfully crafted trophies
that dazzled in the hands of these well known sporting icons. The unsung hero is Gajendra Prasad Sahu, a painter
and Sculptor based in Bhubaneswar. The 53-year old artist has been making the Arjuna Award trophies for the last
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five years. Not only Arjuna Awards, Sahu is also the creator of well designedDronacharya, Dhyanchand and
Tenzding Norgay trophies that are
presented every year by the Union Sports and Youth Affairs Ministry to an eminent coach, an important hockey
player and an individual for bravery respectively. The turning point in Sahu’s life, however came in 2009 when the
Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs decided to re-design the trophy for the popular and most sought after Arjuna
Award for sporting icons and invited applications
from artists across the country. Sahu responded and sent the sketches of his designs which were approved by the
union ministry. Once the preliminary sketches were okayed, he was summoned to New Delhi to submit his final
design, which, too, was approved and he was assigned the job of making the trophies for the prestigious sports
awards every year. He won the job despite the stiff competition from individual as well as institutional
competitors.
Interestingly, though Sahu creates the most coveted trophies for the Indian sports icons, he never had any personal
interest in sports. His works of paintings have found a place in art galleries and exhibitions in different parts of the
country.
24. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each.
a) Who handed over the prestigious Arjuna Awards on the National Sports Day?
b) Where is Gajendra Prasad Sahu from?
c) How long has Sahu been making the Arjuna Award trophies?
d) To which sport is Dhyanchand trophy presented?
e) Tenzding Norgay trophy is awarded for
i) coaching. ii) bravery. iii) painting.
f) Mention the year that brought a turning point in Sahu’s life.
g) Why was Sahu summoned to New Delhi?
h) Sahu’s paintings are found in
i) palaces. ii) galleries. iii) government offices.
i) Gajendra Prasad Sahu is the ............... (creation/creator) of trophies.
j) Add prefix to the word ‘known’ to form its antonym.
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions. 3x1=3
Lord, I am so tired
Tired I entered this world.
Far have I wandered since the cock crew,
And the road to school is steep.
Lord, I do not want to go into their school.
i) Who is addressed by the speaker?
ii) What time of day does ‘since the cock crew’ suggest?
iii) How is the road to school according to the speaker?
V. 26. Complete the following by filling in the blanks using the right form of the verb given in brackets. 3x1=3
Roof ................ (know) to everyone in Umuofia. The campaigner of POP party met him. No words ............. (waste)
between them. Roof ............... (give) five pounds to cast his vote for Maduka.
27. Report the following conversation. 5x1=5
Don Gonzalo : Are you speaking to me, senora?
Dona Laura : Yes.
Don Gonzalo : What do you wish?
Dona Laura : You have scared away the birds. They were feeding on my crumbs.
28. Complete the following dialogue. 4x1=4
(Anita is Vinita’s new neighbour. They meet and introduce themselves.)
Anita : ........................... (Greeting) May I come in?
Vinita : ............................ (Responds to greeting)
Anita : .............................................. (Introduces herself) your next door neighbour.
Vinita : ............................................ (Introduces herself) Please sit down.
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expressions given in the brackets: 2x1=2
The telephones are situated on a table or a counter in Japan. Anybody, any
passer-by could ...................., but nobody does. The telephone-receiver can be
............................ .
(one’s castle, all and sundry, listen-in)

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30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker. 4x1=4
The kingdom of Monaco was a peaceful and peace loving country. _____ they did not feel the need to keep an
army or a police force. ______ once, a murder was committed there. ________ they were forced to look for ways
to try and punish the criminal. ______ they decided to give him a pension and send him away.
(but, eventually, so, then)
31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below.
8x½=4
Rajasthan boasts of its colourful culture, cheerful people and their extraordinary passion for kite-flying or
Patangbazi, a special cultural sport and pastime of the region. The kite-flying is celebrated to herald the coming of
spring. It is also a
leisure sport and a passion among foreign tourists too. The people of Rajasthan enjoy the rich tradition of kite-
flying.

32. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in The Hindu dated
15 March, 2014. (Write XXX for name and YYY for address.) 5
Wanted
Commercial Assistants
Qualification : B.com, Should know both English and Kannada type
writing. A good knowledge of computer is required.
Apply to : The Personnel Manager
Laxmi Finance Company
No. 166, Dr.Rajkumar Road
Rajaji Nagar, Bangalore.
33. Imagine you are the General Secretary of your college union. You have invited Dr. Praveen M. whose profile
is given below to inaugurate the cultural activities. You have to introduce him to the audience.
5
Birth place : Belgaum
Education : M.A. in English, KUD, IAS, 2005 batch
Profile : Started his cares as a lecturer-Passed IAS – posted as AC to
Mysore- many useful public works- eradicated corruption, honest and strict officer. Now DC in your district.
Based on the information, write a speech in about 100 words to introduce the guest at the function.
OR
The following vertical bar graph represents data about two major crops i.e. maize and sugar cane grown in
Karnataka state from 1960 to 2000. Based on the information, write a report in about 120 words.

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34. What do the underlined words in the following extract refer to? 4x1=4
Sahu designs the trophies handed over to the winners. These are presented to them with great ceremony. Though
Sahu is not a sportsman, his passion for creating the trophies is outstanding. He has his workshop in Bhubaneshwar
where he has been living since his childhood.
These : ________________
them : ________________
his : ________________
where : ________________
35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence. 1x1=1
Gandhi /Africa / as a lawyer /went / to South /work /to

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