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HIGHER SECONDARY EXAMINATION 2024

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ENGLISH B

NEW SYLLABUS

         Time: 3 Hours 15 Minutes        

      Total Marks -80

(Multiple Choice Type Questions)

1. Complete each of the following sentences, choosing the correct option from the alternatives provided. 1x12=12

PROSE

(i) The most necessary man is he - (a) with whom you work (b) with whom you are(c) with whom you live (d) who helps you in trouble.

(ii) The girl in the train compartment thought the narrator to be (a) gallant (b) serious c) gallant and serious (d) pretentious

(iii) The words of Abdul Kalam's father filled him with a strange energy and

-(a) relief (b) enthusiasm  (c) perseverance   (d) determination.

(iv) What tantalized the narrator was the-(a) ringing laugh of the girl (b) sweet talk of the girl(c) melodious voice of the girl (d) perfume of the girl's hair.

POETRY

(v) Being tired the grasshopper rests beneath-(a) a tree (b) a bush (c) some pleasant weed (d) grassy hill

(vi) But thy eternal summer shall not fade'-here 'thy' refers to-(a) Shakespeare b) the sun(c) Shakespeare's friend(d) the season of summer

(vii) The words 'red holes' mean (a) spots of blood clots (c) bullet wounds (b) red flowers in the valley (d) none of these.

(viii) The soldier's pillow is made of -(a) flowers(b) fern (d) leaves (e)fun

DRAMA

(ix) When Natalya comes to know that Lomov had come to propose her, she asks her father to --(a) never allow him again (b) take him to court (c) get him by the neck (d) bring him back.

(x) According to Natalya, they had lent Lomov their

(a) hunting dog(b) lands(c) peasants(d) threshing-machine

(xi) Chubukov ordered Lomov to shut up or he would shoot him like a-(a) partridge (b) fox(c) dog (d) wolf

(xii) Lomov suffers from-(a) fever (b) palpitation (c) cholera (d) none of these.

 

(Short Answer Type Questions)

2. Answer any four questions from prose and four questions from poetry, of the following questions ,each in a complete sentence.1x8=8

PROSE

(i) What was the third question of the Tsar?

(ii) Where did the hermit live ?

(iii) How was Abdul Kalam's mother's lineage different from his father's?

(iv) Why did the narrator think that his voice must have startled the girl?

(v) What did the wounded man promise the Tsar?

(vi) What is the narrator’s view about aunts?

(vii) Who was a very close friend of Abdul Kalam's father?

(viii) What did the narrator ask the new fellow-traveller about the girl?

POETRY

(ix) What does Keats celebrate in the poem 'The Poetry of Earth'?

(x) In which month can the 'darling buds' be seen?

(xi) What is the soldier's smile compared to?

(xii)What is meant by 'eye of heaven'?

(xiii) Whose voice will run from hedge to hedge?

(xiv) What does the line 'And every fair from fair sometimes decline' mean?

(xv) Where are the feet of the soldier placed?

(xvi)Who takes the lead in summer luxury?

3. Answer any two questions from Prose , two questions from Poetry and one question from Drama of the following questions each in 100 words. 6x5=30

PROSE

(i) "Then I made a mistake."- What 'mistake' did the speaker make? Why was it a 'mistake'? What removed the speaker's doubts? What did the speaker do then?1+2+1+2

(ii) "Our locality was predominantly Muslim"- Who is the speaker? How does the speaker describe the locality? What picture of communal harmony do you find in this description?1+2+3

(iii) "You have already been answered." - Who said this and to whom? How has the person referred to been answered? or How did the Tsar nurse the wounded man? 2+4=6 /6

(iv) "You gonna take me to jail?" - Who asked this question and to whom? When did the speaker ask this question? What reply did the speaker get?  2+3+1

POETRY

(v) How does a tree offer resistance to its destruction? How does its resistance fail?

(vi)  "A soldier, very young, lies open mouthed." - Who is the soldier referred to here ? How does the valley look? Narrate in your own words how the soldier lies in the valley. 1+2+3

(vii) "he takes the lead in summer luxury." - Who is 'he'? When does he 'take the lead' ? Explain the phrase 'he takes the lead./ How does he take 'the lead'?1+2+3

(viii) "When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st"-What are 'eternal lines'? What will grow in 'eternal lines? Whom does the poet address here as 'thou'? How will 'thou grow'st' in eternal lines ?/ What thingswill be unable to hinder the growth ?1+1+1+3

DRAMA

(ix)"If you like, I'll make you a present of them."-Who is the speaker? Who is the person spoken to ? What would the speaker make a present of? Why did the speaker say so ? 1+1+1+3

(x). "Forgive us Ivan Vassilevitch, we were all a little heated."-Who is the speaker? Who are referred to by"us"? Why were the persons referred to 'a little heated? Why does the speaker ask for forgiveness? 1+1+2+2

(xi) Describe the character of Chubukov as a sensible father./ Sketch the character of Chubukov .

(xii) ."Bring him back! Back! Ah! Bring him here."-Who says this and to whom? When is this said? What impression of the speaker can be formed from this remark? Describe the character of the speaker.1+1+1+3

4. (a) Do as directed: 1x6=6

(i) "We'll soon be at your station". I said to the girl [Turn into indirect speech]

(ii) My parents were widely regarded as an ideal couple. [Change the voice]

 (iii).The most important thing in the world was science [Rewrite the sentence using the positive degree of 'important']

(iv).Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?[Turn into an affirmative sentence]

(v) Mine was a very secure childhood. [Rewrite as a negative sentence]

(vi)The water dripping from his face, the boy looked at her. [Split into two separate sentences]

 (vii) I was the most important man. (Change into positive degree) 

(Viii)She was silent. [Rewrite as a negative sentence]

 (b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and/or prepositions: 1/2 x 6=3

We lived___ (i)__ our ancestral house, which was built___ (ii)___the middle of 19th century. It was ____(iii)__fairly large pucca house, made  ___ (iv)___ limestone and brick, ____(v)______ the Mosque Street____ (vi)____Rameswaram.

(c).Correct the error in the following sentence by replacing the underlined word with the right one from the options given below: 1x1 = 1

Adversity always presents opportunist for introspection

[Options: opportunities / opportunity/ opportunities/ oportunity]

 

5. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

New Delhi: Agiant rocket rose from India's Sriharikota island spaceport on Friday and ferried the Chandrayaan- 3 spacecraft into an orbit around the Earth to start a 40-day journey, intended to climax with a soft landing near the lunar south pole.

The 43m tall Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3) rocket, more than half the height of the 72m Qutb Minar, 4blasted off at 2:35 p.m., spitting orange-white flames and smoke as it climbed into a blue sky and released the spacecraft 16 minutes later 170 km above the Earth.

"Our dear LVM3 has put the spacecraft into its precise orbit around Earth-170 km by 36,500 km was its intended orbit and it is precisely there." said S. Somanath, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), who tracked the launch from the Sriharikota control centre.

Friday's launch-the seventh successful mission of the LVM3 since its maiden flight in 2014-will bolster confidence in the reliability of the home grown rocket that ISRO also plans to use for its planned human spaceflight mission, officials said.

(Taken from a newspaper report published in The Telegraph on 15th July, 2023)

A. Write 'T' for the true and 'F' for the false statements: 1x4=4

(i) The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft will land on the Moon's south pole.

(ii) The LVM3 rocket released the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft at 02.51 a.m.

(iii) ISRO is planning to use the LVM3 rocket for its planned human spaceflight mission.

(iv) S. Somanath tracked the launch from the Sriharikota control centre.

C. Answer the following questions in complete sentences: 2X3=6

(i) What is the full form of 'LVM3'? Is it a foreign rocket? Where from did the Agiant rocket rise?

(ii) Who is S.Somanath? From where did he track the launch of the LVM3 rocket?

(iii) What is the full form of ISRO? What does ISRO plan?

6. Write a report on the observance of the World Environment Day in your school .The report is to be published in your school magazine .(Word Limit 150 )10

Or

Write a letter to the Editor of an English daily expressing your deep concern over the high prices of essential commodities (like petrol, diesel etc.)

Or

 Write a précis of the following passage.

 History is an account of the past. We read history because of the fact we cannot understand the present without reference to the past. If we read history merely as an account of events or a catalogue of fact and latest we only skip over the outer surface of history. The popular study of history consists in going deep into its inner meaning. It does not consist in simply knowing what took place in the past, but in understanding how the past events took place and what lesson they have for the present. What took place in the past has connection with what is happening to us now. We should learn from history how to avoid the evils that brought about misfortunes in the past.

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