English

Second Year
Unit 3(Challenges of Life)
Time 2'/, hrs.
Max Score : 80
Cool off time: 15 Minutes

General Instructions to Candidates:

" There is a cool-off time of 15 minutes in addition to the time allotted to writing.
Use the cool-off time to get familiarized yourself with the questions and plan your answers
Read the instructions and the questions carefully before answering

Answer all the questions as directed.

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.
Did stammer precede language
or succeed it?

Is it only a dialect or
a language itself?
These questions make
the linguists stammer.
1) What does the word "dialect" mean? HSSLiVE.IN (1)
2) Who is a "linguist"? (1)
3) Explain the meaning conveyed in these lines. (2)

Use appropriate idioms in the given sentences.

[Missed the boat, once in a blue moon, sit on the fence]
4) Ireally lost the opportunity to start up a business in 2007. (1)
5) Iam not very fond of travel. I go for travelling very rarely. (1)

6) List down two ideas you cherish to work upon as an entrepreneur. (2)

7) Fill in the blanks choosing the appropriate phrasal verb from the brackets and complete
the passage.
Interestingly, using my advice, all of my father's friends (made up/made out) their
losses, and most of them started making profits. This enabled me to (set up/set out) my
first portfolio management business at the age of thirteen. (2)
8) There are a few errors in the following sentence. Identify the errors and correct them.
An entrepreneur is one who identifies a opportunity and puts off conscious efforts to make it
an enterprise. (2)

9) Fill in the blanks with appropriate modal auxiliaries.

But when Ipersisted, they agreed, on two conditions: that I ....will) get admission into a
good undergraduate college in the city, and later, I.....(will) travel abroad for my graduate degree.
(2)
(Questions 10-15): Each question carries 4 score. Answer any five questions.
10) Imagine you are the convenor of the Entrepreneurship Club of your school. Draft an email to
invite Irfan Alam to inaugurate the Entrepreneurship Club of your school.

20) Prepare a profile of Shaheen Mistri.

(born in Mumbai- international upbringing- grew up in various countries- BA Sociology from St.
Xavier's College, Mumbai- Masters in Education from the University of Manchester - interested in
Children's education- founded Akansha Foundation- CEO of Teach for India since 2008)

12) Elaborate the idea in the following lines

When a whole people stammer
Stammer becomes their mother tongue;

just as it is with us now.

13) Akansha Foundation is doing a significant job by transforming the lives of underprivileged
children. Explain in a paragraph your impression about Akansha foundation.
14) Imagine you are the secretary of the NSS unit of your school. Prepare an introductory speech
to introduce Shaheen Mistri to the NSS Orientation camp.

15) Report the following.

Shaheen Mistri told father D'cruz, "Father, my life is in your hands. I want to do something
for the children of India; I don't know how, only that I must."

(Questions 16-21) Answer any five questions. Each question carries 6 score.
16) Imagine you are a journalist working with a leading newspaper. Prepare a newspaper report on
Irfan Alam's SammaaN Foundation.

17) Now a days, the attitude of Keralites to start-ups witnesses a positive change. The success story
of Byju's App a motivation to all. Imagine you write a letter congratulating Mr. Byju on his
success. Draft the letter.
18) You have come across the advertisement for the post of AC service technician in LG Service
centre, TVM. Prepare an application with resume.
19) Write an article to be published in your school Magazine about the picture of Mumbai
presented by Shaheen Mistri in Didi.
20) Shaheen Mistri thought of her destiny while she was a small child. Have you ever thought of
your destiny? Write your dream in a paragraph.

21) Write a letter to the editor of The Hindu' newspaper requesting him to publish an article
appreciating the services of Shaheen Mistri's Akansha Foundation.

Questions (22-24): Answer any two questions. Each question carries 8 score.
22) Based on the lesson "The Three Wheeled Revolution," prepare an editorial to be published in a
leading newspaper on the topic "Entrepreneurship is the key to tackle the unemployment in our
country."
23) Imagine you applied to work as a volunteer in Akansha and is called for an interview. Prepare
four questions and four likely responses.
24) Read the poem carefully and compare it with K. Satchidanandan's Stammer
Silence (Edgar Allen Poe)

There is a silence where HSSLiVE.IN

hath been no sound,
There is a silence where
no sound may be,
In the cold grave
under the deep, deep
sea,
Or in wide desert where no
life is found,
Which hath been mute, and
still must sleep profound;
No voice is hush'd- no
life treads silently,
But clouds and cloudy
shadows wander free,
That never spoke-over the
idle ground
But in green ruins, in the
desolate walls
Of antique palaces,
Where Man hath been,
Though the dun fox, or wild
hyena, calls,
and owls, that flit
continually between,
shriek to the echo, and the

low winds moan,

There the true Silence is
self conscious and alone.
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Second Year
Unit 4(Live and Let Live)
Time : 2'/, hrs.
Max Score: 80
Cool off time: 15 Minutes

General Instructions to Candidates:

There isa cool-off time of 15 minutes in addition to the time allotted to writing.
Use the cool-off time to get familiarized yourself with the questions and plan your answers
Read the instructions and the questions carefully before answering

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.
"Icome home at the end of four years of research
In North India having earned a doctoral degree"
1) Who has gone to North India? (1)
2) What is the purpose of his journey? (2)
3) What is the speaker eager to eat from home? (1)
4) What is the central idea of the poem Rice? (3)
5) Can you give three suggestions to be givento stuydents, on world environment day celebration.
NSStIVEN (3)

6) There are a few errors in the following sentences. Identify the errors and correct them.

Iwould like to call in young people for commit themselves with activities that contribute
toward achieving there long term dreams. (4)

(Questions 7-12) Each question carries 4 score. Answer any five questions
7) "I saw thousands of tadpoles: black, energetic... This is the world I inherited from my parents.
The challenge is to restore the home of the tadpoles" - says Wangari Maathai. Prepare a blog entry
based on this.

8) Bring out the satirical elements in the poem Rice' by Chemmanam Chacko.
9) Chemmanam Chacko has beautifully presented the state of farmers who are forced to move from
food crops to cash crops. How far the change has affected our life style. Prepare a write up.

10) Your school is conducting a free medical camp on anti-narcotic day. Prepare a notice.
11) You got an opportunity to participate in the nature camp as part of NSS activities. You were
very much excited as you stayed in a forest for two days. You make a diary entry. Prepare it.
12) Write a paragraph on the effect of sensual drugs on human body.
(Questions 13-18) Each question carries 6 score. Answer any five questions
13) Draft an email to be sent to the agriculture officer of your locality seeking permission to visit
the organic farming area which won wide acclaim recently.
14) Your school plans to organise a trip to Thekkady wildlife sanctuary on Wildlife Week
Celebration. Write a letter to the secretary, to enquire about the accommodation facilities and
necessary arrangements.

15) Prepare an interview with any one of the famous environmentalists. Write three questions and
the possible responses.
16) Write a letter to the editor of a leading Daily highlighting the issue of waste disposal your
locality.
17) Imagine that your school has won the best Eco Club award. You being the coordinator of the
club have to receive the award from the district collector in the presence of other dignitaries.
Prepare the award receiving speech.
18) A seminar is organised in your school on the topic 'organic farming for sustainable
development.'
Prepare a report of the seminar chaired by agiculture officer.

(Questions 19-21) Each question carries 8 score. Answer any two questions
19) Harmful effects of sensual drugs on human body are vividly presented by Hardin Blair Jones.
Prepare an essay highlighting the consequences of drug addiction.
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20) Ecological imbalance is mainly due to the changing lifestyle of modern society. Actually
humans are robbing the green blanket of earth. Prepare an article to be published in the school
magazine suggesting measures to restore the greenery of our planet.
21) Read the poem carefully. Compare the poem with Rice by Chemmanam Chacko.
My Farmer Father
My father is a farmer,
His heart is in the soil
It's there he finds his solace,
Among the grimy toil.
He plants the seed in springtime,
The corn, the beans, the hay,
He prays that God would bless it,
A harvest, Lord, I pray.
He tills and cultivates it,
Provides the most tender care,
Believes that come October,
He'll reap a harvest fair.
Blue skies are his cathedral,
A tractor, his altar of prayer,
God meets him in the cornfields,
They have communion there.
My father is a farmer
That's all he'll ever be.
The values that the land taught him,

He handed down to me.

Ilove my farmer father
I'm thankful that he's mine.
Ipray that God would bless him,
Today and for all time.
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Second Year
Unit 5(The Lighter Side)
Time 2'/, hrs.
Max Score: 80
Cool off time: 15 Minutes

|General Instructions to Candidates:

" There is a cool-off time of 15 minutes in addition to the time allotted to writing.
Use the cool-off time to get familiarized yourself with the questions and plan your answers
Read the instructions and the questions carefully before answering
Answer the questions as directed HSSLiVE.IN
Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow:
"You see she has hurt her paw"

1) Who is the speaker? (1)

2) Whose paw is mentioned here? (1)
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words given in brackets.
(insolent, polite, foolish)
3) Mrs. Jones is very (1)
4) The Assistant is highly ...... (1)

5) Your friend is suffering from tooth ache. He wants to consult a dentist. Give him two pieces of
advice. You may begin "You'd better..., If Iwere you (2)
6) Report the following conversation (Change into indirect speech)
Tourist : Why do you hold me?
Policeman : Is this your parcel, sir? Because I'm going to undo it. (4)
Identify the errors in the passage and correct them.
Oh, no, no, no" appealed the teacher. He look about cautiously. Fortunately these nursery is at a
little distance for the main building.

(Questions 7-12) Answer any five questions. Each question carries 4 score.
7) Have you ever visited a dentist? What are your experiences? Prepare a write-up.

8) And your teeth are supposed to be being polished,

But you have reason to believe they are being demolished"
Elaborate the idea conveyed in these lines.
9) The Assistant in the play Post Early for Christmas said that she was leaving the post office
forever. She was going down to work at the animal dispensary. Send an email to her asking her to
reconsider the decision.
10) "He was in charge of agorilla." Who is the gorilla mentioned here and write a paragraph about
his character.

11) The teacher in Crime and Punishment is frustrated. He makes a diary entry the same evening.
Prepare it.

12) The play Post Early for Christmas is staged during the annual day of your school. Prepare a
notice.

(Questions 13-18) Answer any five questions. Each question carries 6 score.
13) The Assistant in the play Post Early for Christmas narrates her miserable experience in the post
office to her mother after reaching home. Prepare a write-up.

14) Write a letter to the editor of a Daily requesting him to publish an article highlighting the laws
against punishing unruly children in the class in the light of the story Crime and Punishment.
15) Imagine you are a reporter who is covering the bomb news' in the post office in the play Post
Early for Christmas. Prepare the report of the event.
16) The Assistant in the play Post arly for Christmas resigns. Prepare an interview with her. (3
questions and 3 responses)
17) Write an essay about the relationship between teachers and learners in the present education
system in the light of the story Crime and Punishment.

18) Your dass is conducting a debate on the topic 'Corporal punishment is necessary to discipline
children.' Write three arguments favour and three against the statement.
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(Questions 19-21) Answer any two qüestions. Each question carries 8 score.
19) The Assistant in the play Post Early for Christmas resigns. There arises a vacancy. You want
to apply for the post. Prepare an application for job and the resume.
20) You get an opportunity to make a speech in the school assembly on the occasion of TeacherS
Day on »the role of a teacher in building the character of a learner.' Prepare the speech.
21) Read the following lines from the poem Night of the Scorpion and compare the same with
"This is going to hurt just a little bit'
Night of the Scorpion
Iremember the night my mother
was stung by a scorpion. Ten hours
of steady rain had driven him
to crawl beneath a sack of rice.

Parting with his poison -flash

of diabolic tail in the dark room -
he risked the rain again.

The peasants came like swarms of flies

and buzzed the name of God a hundred times
to paralyse the Evil One.

With candles and with lanterns

throwing giant scorpion shadows
on the mud-baked walls
they searched for him: he was not found.

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