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ENGLISH
Paper -1
(Two hours)
Answers
to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
You will not be
allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
This time is to be spent in
reading the question paper.
The time
given at the head of this paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
Attempt all
four questions.
The intended marks for questions or parts of
questions are given in brackets [ ]. You are advised to spend not more than 35
minutes in answering Question 1 and 20 minutes in answering Question
2.
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Question 1.
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[25]
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(Do not spend more than 35
minutes on this question.)
1. Green economy can save us
and the future generation. Is
it possible to balance industrial development with eco-friendliness?
Express your views either for or against this statement.
2. An idea can change your life! Narrate an incident from your life
which substantiates the statement.
3. Describe your participation in a cleanliness drive in your
locality. Describe the importance of such programmes in the contemporary world
of today.
4. Write
an original short story that begins with the words: “
I was clam. I knew what was going to happen in a few minutes time and ………”
5. Study
the picture given below. Write a short story or description or an account of
what the picture suggests to you. Your composition may be about the subject of
the picture or you may take suggestions from it; however, there must be a clear
connection between the picture and your composition.
Write a composition (350-400
words) on any one of the following:
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Question 2.
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[10]
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(Do not spend more than 20
minutes on this question.)
Select any one
of the following:
a) Write a
letter to your childhood friend who is residing in another country describing the
environmental degradation taking place in India.
b) Write a
letter to the Chief Medical Officer of your locality requesting him to organize
Rubella and Measles Vaccination Campaign in your school.
Question 3.
(a)
(b) Read
the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. (25)
In
the little hut of Artyom, the forester, a young man who had been out hunting,
had come in for the night. Outside the window the darkness of the night was
full of the noisy uproar into which nature usually breaks out before a
thunderstorm.
“
I tell you what,” said Artyom. “ I am not afraid of wolves or bears, or wild
beasts of any sort, but I am afraid of man. You can save yourself from beasts
with a gun or some other weapon, but you have no means of saving yourself from
a wicked man. I’ve been a forester for
thirty years, and I couldn’t tell you what I have had to put up with from
wicked men. There have been lots of them here. The hut’s on a track, it’s a
cart-road, and that brings them, the devils. And there are some that ask for
money. Tell me, where is your money? How should I come by money?
‘You
seem to be frightened of me, too,” said the young man. Then the young man and
the forester fell to listening with their eyes fixed on the window. As the wind
tore at the roof, it brought repeatedly a distinct shout for help!
“What
a night what a night!” the young man muttered.
It is the time for a robbery. Do you hear? The forester looked at the young
man, and sank on the bench, collapsing like a man terrified by sudden the
bad news. He said in a tearful voice, “You might go into the passage and bold
the door. And we must put out the light.
By ill-luck they may find their way here.”
“We
ought to be going, and you talk of bolting the door! What are you afraid of?
Haven’t you got a gun? Let us go. There was a shout again. Get up!”
“What
do you think of me, lad?” said the forester. “Do you think I am such a fool to
go straight to my undoing?”
The young man with his dog went out. Not more than ten minutes later there was
a loud knock at the door. The forester went to the door. The young man and his dog
were drenched to the skin. They had come in for the heaviest of the downpour.
“A
peasant woman driving in a car; she had got off the road…” answered the young
man. “She was caught in a thicket and was injured. I know now that you are a
scoundrel and the lowest of men. And you are a forester, too, getting a salary!”
“And
suppose you are shouting for help?” said the young man, breaking the silence. “How
would you feel, you beast, if no one ran to your aid? You have upset me with
your meanness. You must have money to be afraid of people! A man who is poor is
not likely to be afraid. I’d like to take and rob you for spite, to teach you a
lesson!”
Artyom
first sat down. Big tears rolled from his eyes. The young man looked at his
tearful face, frowned, then picked up his gun and walked away.
a)
Give the meaning of each
of the following words as used in the passage. One word answers or short
phrases will be accepted. (3)
i)
Muttered
ii)
Terrified
iii)
Undoing
b) Answer
the following questions briefly in your own words. (12)
i)
Who was the young man? Why
had he come to Aryom’s hut?
ii)
What kind of weather was
there outside Artyom’s hut?
iii)
Of whom was Artyom
scared? Why?
iv)
What did Artyom and the
young man hear? Why did Artyom decide not to go out?
v)
Whom did the young man
save outside Artyom’s hut? What was his condition when he returned to Artyom’s
hut?
vi)
What was the young man’s
opinion about Artyom? Why did he say that he would rob Artyom?
c)
In not more than 60
words, summarise the character of Artyom. (8)
Give
a suitable title to the summary . Give a
reason to justify your choice. [2]
Question 4
a) Fill in
each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in
brackets. Do not copy the passage but write in correct serial order the word or
phrase appropriate to the blank space. (4)
0: Discussed
Three sons…..0…(discuss) the gifts they were able to give to their
aged mother.
The first said, “ I….1…(build) a big
house for our mother.” The second said, “ I sent her a Mercedes with a driver.”
The third smiled and said, “ I have…2…(beat) you both. You remember how Mom
enjoyed..3…(read) the Bible? And you know she can’t see very well any longer. I
sent her a unique parrot that …4…(recite) the entire Bible. It …5…(take) the
Elders in the church 12 years to teach him. He’s one of a kind. Mom has just to
name the chapter and verse, and the parrot recites it.”
Soon thereafter, Mom sent out her
letters of thanks-“Milton,” she wrote to one son, “the house you built is huge.
I live in only one room, but I have…6…(clean) the whole house.”
“Gerald,” she wrote to another, “ I’m
too old to travel any more. My eyesight isn’t what it used to be. I stay at
home most of the time, so I rarely use the Mercedes. And the driver is so rude!”
“DearestDonald,” she wrote to her
third son, “you’ve the good sense of ..7…(know)what your mother…8…(like). The chicken
was delicious!”
(b)
Fill in
the blanks with an appropriate word: (4)
1.
I assure you that I am sensible……your
kindness.
2.
Subsequent….the meeting he wrote a letter
to the Hindu.
3.
Trust….God and do what is right.
4.
I called….him at his office.
5.
The programme commence….a song.
6.
I count ….your advice and cooperation.
7.
He deals…cotton and cloth.
8.
His master dispensed….his services.
c)Join
the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using
and, but or so: (4)
i) He is short-sighted. Otherwise he is fit for
the post.
ii)
Indira Gandhi died in 1984. Rajiv Gandhi thereafter became Prime Minister.
iii)You are
strong. I am equally strong.
iv)Let
me sow anything. They will reap its fruit.
(d)
Rewrite the following sentences according to
the instructions given after each. Make other changes that may be necessary,
but do not change the meaning of each sentence. (8)
1.
Even though he failed, he persevered. (rewrite using ‘nevertheless’)
2.
He said, “Alas! I am undone.” ( Change the
narration)
3.
The old lady open the door and the dog ran
out. ( End:…..dog.)
4.
Do you not understand my meaning?( Change the
voice)
5.
He is mad. He feigns madness. (Combine
using ‘either…or’)
6.
As soon as the crime was reported the
police arrested the culprit. (Begin: Barely..)
7.
He was too stubborn to accept our
suggestions. ( Remove ‘too’)
8.
I am being unnecessarily accused of irresponsibility.
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