JUNIOR INTER ENGLISH QUESTION PAPER

Time: 3 Hours (TS- QP-1) Max. Marks: 80

SECTION-A
1. Answer ANY TWO of the following questions in about 100 words each. 2x4=8

i. What is the significance of the postscript to the text in Father, Dear Father?
ii. All great things have humble, small beginnings. Justify the statement based on the life and work of
Thimmakka.
iii. Box and Cox is regarded as the best farce of the nineteenth century. Support the statement with illustrations
from the play.
2. Answer ANY TWO of the following questions in about 100 words each. 2x4=8
i. Explain the narrator’s experience in finding out what happiness is.
ii. How does the poem, The Beggar describe the farmer’s pathetic physical condition?
iii. Keep Going is a classical inspirational poem, claim many critics. Substantiate.
3. Answer ANY TWO of the following questions in about 100 words each. 2x4=8

i. Helping the old is as good as playing the game. Elucidate with reference the story.
ii. The young man feels that the five boons are not gifts, but merely lendings. Justify his opinion with
reference to his experiences.
iii. Describe the scene of the dinner party.

SECTION – B

4. Read the following passage and answer ANY FOUR questions given below 4x1=4
I have my doubts about that,” said the eldest brother. “Let’s settle this once and for all. I’ve heard the monastery is
putting up a tablet inscribed with a saying, above the main doorway, tonight. Let’s go there tomorrow and test our
vision. Whoever can read the inscription with the least strain will get charge of our money. Agreed?”
i. Name the story from which this passage is taken?
ii. Who does “I” in the passage refer to?
iii. What did the speaker want to settle once and for all?
iv. What did the speaker come to know?
v. Where should they go to get their vision tested, the following day?
vi. When was the monastery putting up a tablet above the doorway?
vii. Who would get the charge of their money, according to the proposal?
viii. Write the word that is used in the passage that means a place where monks live.

5. Read the following passage and answer ANY FOUR questions given below: 4x1=4

Opportunities Unlimited:
I notice the method applied to about six of the wealthiest men in England in a book of interviews published by
an able and well-known journalist.

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 (This is a single sentence with twenty-six words. It is taken from GK Chesterton’s ‘The Worship of the
Wealthy’.)
i. What does the word I refer to in the passage?
ii. What did the narrator notice?
iii. Where did the narrator notice it?
iv. To whom was that method applied?
v. Where did those sis wealthy persons hail from?
vi. Which is the book mentioned here?
SECTION – C

(Note: Answers of this section must be written at one place in the same serial order)

6. Match ANY EIGHT the following words in Column A with their meanings in Column B. 8 x ½ =4
Column- A Column- B
i. muse ( ) a) unyielding, inflexible
ii. ancillary ( ) b) willing to obey, dutiful
iii. fibbing ( ) c) travel across
iv. topsy-turvy ( ) d) secondary, additional
v. cross ( ) e) great mental pain
vi. prattle ( ) f) telling a trivial lie
vii. traverse ( ) g) annoyed, angry
viii. obedient ( ) h) upside down
ix. adamant ( ) i) reflect, think over
x. anguish ( ) j) repeat meaninglessly
7. Identify the parts of speech of ANY EIGHT of the following underlined words. 8x½ =4
I had (1) a moment (2) of (3) mixed joy (4) and anguish, when (5) my mind (6) took over. It (7) raced well (8)
ahead of my body and (9) drew my body compellingly (10) forward.

8. Fill in ANY EIGHT of the following blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’. 8x½ =4
i. We can’t live without ______ (1) fan nowadays.
ii. It’s raining. Let’s take ______ (2) umbrella.
iii. I read _______ (3) amazing story last Sunday.
iv.________ (4) talent of _______ (5) writer can’t be underestimated.
v. From his talk, it seems studies were _______ (6) ancillary subject; and living and experiencing,
________ (7) major subject. Father, is he fibbing? Or is it possible that ________ (8) world turned
topsy-turvy in just about 70 years?
vi.Thimmakka could not go to school due to poverty and lack of facilities. At ________ (9) early age,
she had to take up grazing of sheep and cattle and also work as _________ (10) coolie.
9. Fill in ANY EIGHT of the following blanks with suitable prepositions. 8x½ =4
i. Don’t rely _______ (1) others for everything.
ii. I agree ________ (2) you, cent percent.
iii. Are you aware _______ (3) Corona precautions?
iv. Wealth is inferior _______ (4) learning.
v. There is something extraordinary ______ (5) Kohli.

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 vi. Mary great people hail _______ (6) rural areas of the country.
vii. There is a cold war _______ ( 7) these two countries.
viii. Thimmakka and her husband used to carry four pails _______ (8) water _______ (9)
a distance _______ (10) 4 km to water the saplings.
10. Fill in ANY FOUR of the following blanks with suitable verb forms given in the brackets. 4x1 =4
i. My grandfather _________ (speak) of a carefree and beautiful childhood.
ii. My father _______ (watch) a serial at the moment.
iii. She ______ (appear) in about twenty films so far.
iv. The audience ________ (occupy) their seats before the cinema began.
v. She ______ (think) to cook her breakfast while I _______ (be) asleep with my coals.
vi. I _________ (not, know) the right answer right now.

11. Rewrite ANY FOUR of the following sentences as directed. 4x1 =4

i.We practice yoga every day in the morning. (Change into Passive Voice)
ii.He said, ‘I have lost my bag’. (Change into Indirect Speech)
iii.Father said to his daughter, ‘Who teaches you English?’ (Change into Indirect Speech)
iv.The custard apple is better for health than the apple. (Change into Positive Degree)
v. Mathematics is more difficult than most other subjects. (Change into Superlative Degree)
vi.We don’t have to go to the party, _______ ? (Add a question tag)

12. Rewrite ANY FOUR of the following sentences correcting the underlined corrections. 4x1=4
i. His both sons are lawyers.
ii. The first inning is over.
iii. All Indians must respect each other.
iv. He is having many imported clothes.
v. He plays tennis, isn’t he?
vi. Beside being a poet, Tagore is a short story writer.
13. Supply the missing letters to ANY EIGHT of the following words. 8x½ =4
i. App – – r
ii. Wo – – le
iii. Tre – – le
iv. Con – – m
v. Cr – – m
vi. Com – – ain
vii. F – – lt
viii. Req – – st
ix. Enc – – nter
x. Acq – – int

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 14. Identify the silent consonants letters to ANY EIGHT of the following words. 8x½ =4
i. Knight
ii. Pseudonym
iii. Benign
iv. Castle
v. Succumb
vi. Honest
vii. Bridge
viii. Through
ix. Almond
x. cupboard
15. Write ANY FOUR of the following transcriptions using ordinary English spelling 4x1 =4
i. / ɪmˈfætɪk /
ii. / əˈpɪərəns /
iii. / menʃn /
iv. / ʤentlmən /
v. / tremble /
vi. / sli:p /
16. Circle ANY FOUR of the words that sound different from the other words in the set with
regard to the sounds of the bold letters. 4x1 =4
i. Punish pull pure
ii. load road broad
iii. earn earth each
iv. nature mature tutor
v. east exist extra
vi. suppose sucrose super
17. Mention the number of syllables in ANY FOUR of the following words. 4x1=4
i. Potato
ii. Classification
iii. Pen
iv. Bachelor
v. Suffer
vi. Sunday