English Set 2
English Set 2
English Set 2
Instructions:
SECTION-A (READING)
Q.1.Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below.
(1×5=5)
Discipline must be enforced early in life. Discipline at home makes for the future greatness of
a boy. It forms his character and makes him a fit citizen. The child who is allowed to have his
own way becomes way-ward. The child who is allowed all sorts of excesses like running about
in the sun, exposing himself to cold, eating wholesome things, as a result will fall ill frequently.
A child, whose habits have been disciplined and who has been taught to rise early, attend to
his lessons properly, take physical exercises at the proper time and avoid things that are
injurious will grow up to be a useful member of the society. The spoilt child who has been
allowed to run his own course will show vice in younger days. His parents would wish that he
had not been born at all.
Questions:
i) What does discipline do for a child?
(a) forms character and makes him a fit citizen. (b) makes child dull.
(c) makes him strong. (d) makes him way-ward.
(ii) What evils does a child pick up when he is allowed to do what he likes?
(a) make himself happy (b) catch cold and fall ill
(c) develop good habits (d) develop discipline in him
(iii) What are good habits?
(a) running in the sun (b) playing all the time
(c) avoid things that are injurious (d) exposing himself to cold
(iv) Which of the following is the appropriate title for the above text?
(a) Importance of discipline (b) Importance of Physical Exercise
(c) Importance of Daily Routine (d) Importance of Nature
(v) What does 'Spoilt' mean?
(a) greatness (b) injurious(c) destroyed (d) disciplined
Q.2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below.
(1×5=5)
Today perhaps your only association with the word ‘polio’ is the Sabin Oral Vaccine that
protects children from the disease. Fifty-five years ago, this was not so. The dreaded
disease, which mainly affects the brain and the spinal cord, causes stiffening and weakening
of the muscles, crippling and paralysis — which is why I am in a wheelchair today. If
somebody had predicted, when I was born, that this would happen to me, no one would
have believed it. I was the seventh child in a family of four pairs of brothers and sisters, with
a huge 23-year gap between the first and the last. I was told that, unlike the others, I was so
fair and brown-haired that I looked more like a foreigner than a Dawood Bohri. I was also
considered to be the healthiest of the brood.
Questions:
i. The narrator of the passage is a patient of
(a) cerebral attack. (b) polio (c) diabetes (d) heart disease.
ii. To say something about the future is to
(a) verdict (b) predict (c) addict(d) protect
iii. The narrator was the seventh child in a family that had
(a) one score children (b) eight children
(c) nine children (d) twenty-three children
iv. Polio, the dreaded disease, mainly affects the
(a) brain and spinal cord. (b) brain and nerves.
(c) heart and spinal cord. (d) brain and heart.
v. What made the narrator look like a foreigner?
(a) He was fair and brown-haired. (b) He was fair with red hair.
(c) He was fair and skinny. (d) He was dark and blond
Q.3. Read the following passage carefully. Make notes and supply a suitable title: 4
Vegetable oil has been known from antiquity. No household can get on without it, for it is
used in cooking. Perfumes may be made from the oils of certain flowers. Soaps are made
from vegetable and animal oils. To the ordinary man, one kind of oil may be as important as
another. But when the politician or the engineer refers to oil, he almost always means
mineral oil, the oil that drives tanks, airplanes and warships, motorcars etc. This is the oil
that has changed the life of the common man. When it is refined into petrol, it is used to run
engines. To it we owe the existence of the motorcar, which has replaced the private carriage
drawn by horse. To it we owe the possibility of flying.
It has changed the method of warfare on land and sea. This kind of oil comes out of the
earth. It is used as fuel, and in some ways, it is superior to coal in this respect. Many big
ships now burn oil instead of coal. Because it burns brightly, it is used for illumination.
Because it is very slippery, it is used for lubrication
SECTION- B (WRITING)
Q.4. You are Nishi studying in Govt Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Morena. Write an
application to your principal for School Leaving Certificate. 4
Or
Yor are Rahul, residing at 432/4, behind Govt. Hospital, Bhind. Write a letter to your friend
inviting him to attend your sister's marriage ceremony.
Q.5. Write an essay on the any one of the following topics in 150 words. 5
A. Value of Games and Sports
B. Any Indian Festival
C. Science and Man
D. Freedom of Press
Or
Write a paragraph in about 150 words on ‘Online Education.
Q.6. On the basis of the picture given below, describe how we can keep ourselves fit and
healthy? (In about 75 words)
SECTION-C (GRAMMAR)
Q.7. Fill in the blanks choosing the correct alternative given in the brackets. (Any five)
(1×5=5)
i) He has -----one rupee note. (a, an, the)
ii)She prefers coffee ----tea. (for, to, of)
iii)The train-----on the platform. (arriving, arrived, arrive)
iv)I have been here -------Wednesday. (for/since/to)
v)She has not--------money. (many, some, any)
vi)We ----to serve our nation. ( should/ought/may)
Q.8. Do as directed- (any five) (1×5=5)
i) If he takes a taxi, he will reach the station on time. (Rewrite using ‘unless’)
ii) They make beautiful toys for children. (Change into past indefinite tense)
iii) Harish is so tired that he cannot walk anymore. (Rewrite using ‘too----to’)
iv) Sania played tennis. (Change into negative)
v) He was painting a portrait. (Change into passive)
vi) This man cheated me. I trusted him. (Combine the sentences using ‘whom’)
Section-D(Textbooks)
Q.9. Answer the following questions: 1×4= 4
(i) The bakers are known in Goa as ---------------.
(a) packer (b) pader
(c) kabai (d) bread bangle
(ii)Lencho called post office employees a-----------
(a) a pack of thieves (b) a bunch of crooks
(c) a team of players (d) a group of actors
(iii) What food did the seagull’s mother get for it?
(a) insect (b) crab
(c)prawn (d) fish
(iv)Anne Frank called her dairy--------
(a) Margot (b) Young girl
(c) Kitty (d) Grandm
Q.10.
(A) Read the following extract from the prose and answer the questions given below: 1×3= 3
But for Valli, standing at the front door was every bit as enjoyable as any of the elaborate
games other children played. Watching the street gave her many new unusual experiences.
The most fascinating thing of all was the bus that travelled between her village and the nearest
town. It passed through her street each hour, once going to the town and once coming back.
The sight of the bus filled each time with a new set of passengers, was a source of unending
joy for Valli .
Questions: 1×3= 3
1. What was Valli’s favourite pastime?
(a) Standing at the front door(b) standing at the back door
(c) Standing at the park (d) standing at the balcony
2. The source of unending joy for Valli was to watch
(a) Old passengers (b) New passengers
(c)Children playing in the park (d) Villagers
3. The bus passed through her street each hour. (True/False)
(B) Listen. The glass is breaking
The trees are stumbling forward
into the night. Winds rush to meet them.
The moon is broken like a mirror,
its pieces flash now in the crown,
of the tallest oak.
Questions: . 1×3= 3
1. From which poem the above lines have been taken?
(a) The Trees (b) Fog
(c) Dust of Snow (d) Animals
2. The figure of speech used in the line “The moon is broken like a mirror” is
(a) Metaphor (b) Simile
(c) Oxymoron (d) Personification
3. The opposite of the word “forward” is
(a) onward (b) foreword
(c) backward (d) upward
Q.11. Answer the following questions (30 words): (any six) 12
i. What made Lencho angry?
ii. What does courage mean to Mandela?
iii. Why was the young seagull afraid to fly?
iv. Why was Mr Keesing annoyed with Anne?
v. How did Valli save up money for her first journey?
vi. What did the otter look like?
vii. According to Buddha, how can one attain peace of mind?
Q.12. Answer the following questions (30 words): (any two) 4
i. What is a ‘dust of snow’? What does the poet say has changed his mood?
ii. Why are the trees moving to the forest?
iii. Where did the ball go?
Q.13. Answer the following questions (30 words): (any two) 4
i. Why was Dr. Harriot worried about Tricky?
ii. What was Anil doing when the thief approached him?
iii. What story did the lady tell Horace Danby to get the jewels?
Q.14. Answer the following questions in about 75 words. 3
Baking was considered an important and a profitable profession in a traditional Goan village.
Explain.
Or
How did Mandela’s hunger for freedom change his life?
Q.15. Answer the following questions in about 75 words. 3
What is theme of the poem ‘A Tiger in the Zoo’?
Or
According to Robert Frost, what are the two different views about the end of the
world?
Q.16. Answer the following questions in about 75 words. 3
What was the cause of Matilda’s ruin? How could she have avoided it?
Or
Why did Bholi at first agree to an unequal match? Why did she later reject the marriage?
What does this tell about her?