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2015
ENGLISH
FULL MARKS: 100
PASS MARKS: 30
Time: Three hours
The figures in the
margin indicate full marks for the questions.
(FOR THE
CANDIDATES OF OLD & NEW SYLLABUSES)
SECTION A
(Reading Skills: 10 Marks)
1.Read the following passage carefully:
So the ships were
brought into the duck and the passengers began to go ashore. But Mr. Escombe
had sent word to the captain that, as the whites were highly enraged against me
and my life was in danger, my family and I should be advised to land at dusk, when
the port superintendent Mr. Tatum would escort us home. The captain
communicated the massage to me. And agree to me act accordingly. But scarcely
half an hour after this, Mr. Laughton came to the captain. He said : I would
like to take Mr. Gandhi with me, should he have no objection. As the legal
adviser of the agent company I tell you that you are not bound to carry out the
massage you have received from Mr. Escombe.’ After this he came to me and said
somewhat to this effect: If you are not afraid, I suggest that Mrs. Gandhi and
the children should drive to Mr. Rustomji’s
house. Whilst you and I follow them on foot. I don’t at all like the
idea if your entering the city like a thief in the night. I do not think there
is any fear of anyone hurting you. Everything is quiet now. The whites have all
dispersed. But in any case I am convinced that you ought not to enter the city
stealthily.’ I readily agreed. My wife and children drove safely to Mr.
Rustomji’s palce with the captain’s permission I went ashore with Mr. Laugthon.
Mr. Rustomji’s house was about two miles from the duck.
On the basis of your reading of the
passage answer the following questions:
(a) Who is the speaker in this passage? 1
Answer: Mr. Gandhi is the speaker in this
passage.
(b)What word had Mr Escombe sent to the
captain of the ship? 2
Answer: Mr Escombe had sent word to the
captain of the ship that the whites or the white people/English People were
highly enraged/very angry against him and his life was in danger. So, Mr.
Gandhi should be advised to land at dusk when the Port Superintendent, Mr.
Tatum would escort them home.
(c)Why did Mr Laughton come to the
Captain? 2
Answer: Mr Laughton came to the Captain
to take Mr. Gandhi with him. Because, he was the legal adviser of the Agent
Company.
(d)What did Mr Laughton say to the
speaker? 2
Answer: Mr Laughton said to the speaker
that if he was not afraid, he suggested that Mrs. Gandhi and the children
should drive to Mr. Rustomji’s house, whilst Mr. Gandhi and he followed them on
foot. He also said that he did not at all like the idea of his entering the
city like a thief in the night. He also said that he did not think there was
any fear of anyone hurting him. As he said that everything was quiet then, the
whites had all dispersed, but in any case he was convinced that he ought not to
enter the city stealthily or moving like a thief.
(e)The speaker readily agreed to Mr
Laughton’s suggestion. What does it tell us about the speaker’s character? 2
Answer: The speaker readily agreed to Mr
Laughton’s suggestion. It tells us that the speaker also did not like the idea
of entering the city like a thief in the night. Also, the speaker did not think
that anyone hurt him. Besides, he had no any fear towards the whites or the
English people like Mr Laughton.
(f)Find a word from the passage that means
“moving secretly or moving like a thief”. 1
Answer: Stealthily .
SECTION B
(Advanced Writing Skills: 25 Marks)
2.Write an attractive poster for a cultural show in your village/town. 5
Answer:
“An Old vs Modern Cultural Show”
at
Ø Starts today from evening
at 6.30 pm
Ø Book your seat by
call-0123456789
Ø Come Volunteers to help the
show & its works
Ø Welcome everybody to enjoy
the evening
v Dance Programmes: at 6.30
p.m. to at 8 p.m.
v Comedy Programmes: at 8
p.m. to at 9 p.m.
v Song Programmes: at 9 p.m.
to at 10 p.m.
v Drama Show: from 10 P.M.
named ‘Joymati’
“Felicited to the Show”
OR
You are the Personal Manager of Hotel Taj
International, Guwahati. You need two lady receptionist and five security
guards for the hotel. Write out an advertisement for the posts which is to be
published in an English daily.
Answer:
Company
Name: Hotel Taj International, Guwahati
Date:
05-02-2015
(A) Post/Job
Name: Lady Receptionist
Vacancy: 2
Qualification/Requirement/Eligibility: BA from any recognized
university & Influencing of speaking English, Hindi & Assamese
Salary: 12,700 RS to 25,900
Apply: Submit your resume or Bio-data along with
the other essential documents in the head office. Address: Hotel Taj International, Guwahati,782003
Last Date: 15-02-2015
(B) Post/Job Name: Security Guards
Vacancy: 5
Qualification/Requirement/Eligibility:
HS Passed & Well Physical Body
Salary: 8,700 RS to 15,900
Apply: Submit your resume
or Bio-data along with the other essential educational documents in the head
office. Address: Hotel Taj International,
Guwahati,782003
Last
Date:
15-02-2015
3. Your
School/Collge has recently celebrated “Cleaness Week”, or Swachcha Bharat
Abhiyan organizing a number of programmes and competitions. Write a report in
about 125 words to be published in a local newspaper.
or A “Swacha Bharat
Abhiyan” drive was done by the students and the teachers of your school. Write
a report for your local daily using the information given below.
-----Date and time of the
work
-----Number of students and
teachers participated
-----Cleaned the school
campus
-----Dustbin installed
----Praised (prosangsa
kara) by the local people
-----More similar drive
promised.
-----Conclusion.
Answer:
“A Swachcha Bharat Abhiyan/ Cleanness Week”
Place: ABC Higher Secondary School,
Date: 16 February,2017:
Today,/in the last week, the students and the teachers of ABC Higher
Secondary School organized a Swacha Bharat Abhiyan/
Cleanness Week
and drove in the school campus. The work/The programme started at 9 am, date
9-02-2017 and ended at 4 pm, date-15-02-2017. More than two hundred students
and sixteen teachers had participated the Swachcha Bharat Abhiyan / Cleanness Week. All the students and teachers took brooms
in hands and cleaned the whole school campus. There were several dustbins
installed in different places and collected the garbage in there. Some programs
and competitions like ‘best cleaner’, beautiful natural picture’s art
competitions, ‘best natural quotes competition’, etc. were performed or
participated by the students. All the
students and teachers were praised by the local people and guardians for their
valuable programmes, works and ideals. The programmes were so attractive and
the teachers gave more similar drive promised in future time. All other
visitors were also encouraged to do like this work.
OR:
Write an article on ‘Mobile: advantages and
disadvantages to be published in the college magazine. (Your article should not
exceed 135 words)
Or: or: Write an article on “Mobile Phones:
Uses and Abuses” to be published in your school/College magazine. (Maximum 135
Words)
Answer:
Mobile
phone
Uses/Advantages
of the Mobile:
Mobile
phone is an important medium for communication. It is one of the wonderful
inventions of the modern world. It is used for communication without wires and
cables. Now in the present situation, most of the mobile phone is smart phone
which are used like a pc or computers. A mobile phone supports some wonderful
services like SMS,
Abuses/Misuses/Disadvantages of the Mobile:
Mobile
Phone often leads to fatal diseases like brain tumor/stroke, cancer, and many
other dangerous diseases. Mobile Phone loses the valuable time of students and the
other people. It affects the minor children badly. For the mobile, some
students are died for the game or other matters. Through mobile phone, various
crimes, blackmail, cheats, harassment, etc are happening now a day. The hackers
use the mobile to cheat the normal and un-expert persons for the bank money. So,
we should make suitable use of mobile phone in our day to day life.
4. Write
a letter to the editor of an English daily drawing the attention of the concern
authorities to the menace of reckless driving in your area.
2015: Write a letter to the editor of a
newspaper on reckless driving. You are Roshan/Divya in Duliajan.
Answer:
To
The Editor,
Sentinel
/ Assam Tribune
Guwahati-781032 / 782003
Sub: Reckless driving and safety measures
Respected
Sir,
I would like to draw the attention of
Government officials and concerned authorities to highlight about the ‘Reckless
driving and safety measures’ in our town/village/area.
There are several accidents that are happened for the
reckless driving. We, the entire students are facing for the reckless driving
on going to school. The minor or low age boys and girls are usually driving
bikes and motors. They have no proper license. Also, they often ride the
vehicles too speed. So, we have to face the risk of accidents and stuck. Also,
the traffic lights are not properly working at this moment. We are not freely
or without risk on going to the road or school. We requested and informed to
the RTO/DTO department and Government authority. But, they have not taken any
steps to control over the speeding cars and bikes.
So, I hereby request to you that kindly give a little
space in your newspaper for draw the attention to the concerned authorities or
Government for ‘Reckless Driving in our area’.
Yours
faithfully/truly
Roshan/Divya
in Duliajan.
To
the ‘SENTINEL
OFFICE’/Assam Tribune
Guwahati-781032
/ 782003
OR:
2014 & 2015: You are Arunabh/Mandira,
station Road, Nalbari. You have seen an advertisement for the post of Receptionist /Sales Executive in a Multi-National
Company in Bangalore. Write a formal application for the post in response to
the advertisement.
or: 2019: You are Asha/Amrit. You have seen
an advertisement for the post of a Sales Executive in a reputed company. Write
an application, along with your detailed resume, to the Regional Director of
the company in response to the advertisement applying for the post.
(Note: This job application is a sample of
any Job related application. In the other questions, you should only change the
title, but others details will remain same)
Answer: Aunabh/Mandira
Station
Road,Nalbari
February 19,
2018
To
Director of the Multi-National Company,
Bangalore
Subject:
Request for appointment as a receptionist/Sales Executive /Any job or
business related post
Respected
Sir,
(if you get any advertisement write first like---This is response
to your advertisement published in Assam Tribune or other papers of January
17,2017 inviting application for the post of a receptionist/Sales Executive or mention other post, I wish to apply for
the same. I wish to state that I am a graduate/Master Degree in Commerce
Stream. Presently, I am unemployed and wish to serve asa receptionist/Sales
Executive/other post and possess the requisite experience and qualifications to
suit your requirement. I would require about a week’s time to join if selected
by you.
I passed MB.A. Degree in 2015. I am a dynamic young
man/girl of pleasant manners and good personality. I possess wonderful
communication skills. I have reasonable command over above mention the subject.
I have a diploma in computer also. I want to apply for the post of a
receptionist/Sales Executive. In
addition to working, I take keen interest in extracurricular activities also.
I enclose here a brief bio-data
of myself to enable you to assess my suitability for the post. I have no doubt
that my qualification and experience will make me a suitable candidate for the
job. I can assure you that I shall leave no stone unturned to prove my worth if
you selected or given a chance to serve. I am sure that I shall prove to be an
asset for your prestigious institution. I hope for a favourable response.
Yours faithfully
Arunabh/Mandira
Enclose: Bio-data
BIO-DATA
Name- Arunabh/Mandira Bora
Father Name- Hiranya Bora
Date of birth- 20th July, 1979
Gender- male/female
Marital Status- Unmarried
Permanent Address-
Vill-
Station
Road P.o- Y
P. S.- z Dist- Nalbari,
Pin-123456 State- Assam
Contact No: 0123456789
Email Id-podmeswarbora@gmail.com
Present Address- Same as Permanent Address
Education qualification-
M.Com. in Management and Financial Accounting or Marketing Management from
‘Guwahati
University’
Extra Qualification-
MCA from IGNOU and MBA
from “Aimfill International”, Guwahati
Experience- 5 Years Experience as
receptionist/Sales Executive in ABC Company, Guwahati
Language Known- Assamese, English and Hindi
Hobbies- Reading and writing.
Declaration
I hereby declare that above mention are true
and right. If you find any mistake in mention above, then my candidature is cancelled
by you without any proper information to me.
SECTION C
(Grammar: 20 Marks)
5.Change the form of narration in the following sentences: 2 x 2 = 4
(a) The lady said to the salesman, “What is the price of this Barbie doll?” The salesman said to her, “It is a bit expensive. But I can give it to you at a 20 per cent discount.”
Anwar: The lady asked the salesman what the price of that Barbie doll was. The salesman told her that that was a bit expensive but he could give that to her at a 20 per cent discount.
(b)One day Mohan told me that he would become a doctor and leave Assam. I asked him if he knew anything about medicine.
Answer: One day Mohan said to me, “I will become a doctor and leave Assam.” I said to him, “Do you know anything about medicine?”
6.Change the voice of any three of the following sentences: 1 x 3 =3
(a) She bought the baby a doll.
Answer: The baby was bought a doll
by her.
(b) They were refused admission.
Answer: The principal/The headmaster refused them admission.
(c) He was found guilty of murder.
Answer: They/The police found him guilty of murder.
(d) The leader was welcomed by the people.
Answer: The people welcomed the leader.
(e) My watch has been stolen.
Answer: Somebody/Someone has stolen my watch
7.Rewrite any five of the following sentences using the verbs given in
brackets in their correct tense forms: 1
x 5 = 5
(a) I usually (go) to bed at 11 O’ clock.
Answer: I usually go to bed at 10 O’clock.
(b) The teacher (know) the boy was lying.
Answer: The teacher knew the boy was lying.
(c) He (work) here since 2009.
Answer: He has been working here since 2009.
(d)When I reached the station, the train (leave).
Answer: When I reached the station, the train had left.
(e)I (go) to Delhi tomorrow.
Answer: I shall go to Delhi tomorrow.
(f)I (write) an essay now.
Answer: I am writing an essay now.
(g) When I went to her house, she (sing) a song.
Answer: When I went to her house, she was singing a song.
8.Rewrite ant four of the following sentences filling in the blanks
with appropriate prepositions: 1 x 4 = 4
(a) I have heard a lot about you ……..your class teacher.
Answer: I have heard a lot about you from your class teacher.
(b)His father is a principal………..a school in Jorhat.
Answer: His father is a principal of a school in Jorhat.
(c)Please sit down………..a few minutes.
Answer: Please sit down for a few minutes.
(d) Tom is addicted……….gambling.
Answer: Tom is addicted to gambling.
(d) Don’t be afraid …………telling the truth.
Answer: Don’t be afraid of telling the truth.
(e) Sheila is proud………….her beauty.
Answer: Sheila is proud of her beauty.
9. Rewrite any four of the sentences as directed: 1 x 4 = 4
(Not in the syllabus 2021)
SECTION D
(Text books: 45 Marks)
10. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow:
(a) “ … and felt that old
familiar ache, my childhood’s fear,
but all I said was, see you soon, Amma,
all I did was smile and smile and smile … “
(i)What was the childhood fear that now troubled the poet? 1
Answer: The poet’s
childhood fear is that she would lose her mother and never seeing her again.
(ii)
What do the poet’s parting words suggest? 2
Answer: In the poet’s parting words, it explains the last moment of
leaving her (Kamala Das) mother. At that moment, she felt her old familiar ache
and her childhood’s fear of losing her mother. But, she parted her mother with
smiling and promising to meet again soon.
(iii) Why did the poet smile and
smile? 1
Answer: The poet smiled, that her mother could not understand about her old
familiar ache, her childhood’s fear and other sorrows. Her smile signifies the overcome of the ache
and childhood fear that inside her heart.
OR
(b) “Those who prepare green wars,
wars with gas, wars with fire,
victory with no survivors,
and walk about with their brothers
in the shade, dong nothing.”
Questions:
(i)What are the different kind of war
mentioned by the poet in the passage? 1
Answer: The different kinds of war are green
wars or wars for the environment, wars with gas and wars with fire that
mentioned by the poet in the passage.
(ii)What kind of victory do they achieve? 1
ans: They achieve the victory where no
survivors are available to celebrate the victory.
(iii)What should the warmongers (যুদ্ধলৈ উদগনি দিওঁতা) do ?
Answer: The warmongers should put on new and
clean clothes and walk about or come out with their brothers. They should stop
the wars and should think as brotherhood in the shade doing nothing.
(iv) Find words in the passage that mean
“those left alive” and ‘win’ 1
ans:
Those left alive—survivors
win—victory
11.Answer
any three of the following questions in 30-40 words: 2 x 3 = 6
(i) Why
has the mother been compared to the ‘late winter’s moon’ ?
Why did
the poet compare her mother’s face to a late winter’s moon?
Answer:
The late winter’s moon looks hazy, obscure, lacking shine and strength. As same
as this, the poetess’ mother looks wan and pale alike. So, the mother has been compared to the ‘late winter’s moon’.
(ii)
What is the sadness that the poet refers to in the poem “Keeping Quiet” ?
Answer:
The poet refers to the sadness that we are never understanding ourselves and of
threatening ourselves with death. The poet mentions that if we once can do
nothing then perhaps a huge silence would happen which might interrupt this
sadness.
(iii) What is the legend on which the poem ‘A Thing
of Beauty’ is written?
Answer:
The poem, “A thing of Beauty” is based on a Greek legend, in which Endymion, a
beautiful young shepherd and poet who lived on Mount Latmos, had a vision of
Cynthia, the Moon Goddess. The enchanted youth resolved to seek her out and so
wandered away through the forest and down under the sea.
(iv)
What, according to Keats, never ‘passes into nothingness’?
Answer:
According to Keats, a thing of beauty never ‘passes into nothingness’. Its
loveliness always increases and keeps a joy forever.
(v)
What is ‘in the news’ as mentioned in ‘A Roadside Stand’ ? (Not in the syllabus
of 2021)
(vi)
Why do the people who are running the roadside stand ‘ask for some city money’
? (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
12.Answer any five of the following
questions: 1 x 5 = 5
(a) What did M. Hamel write at the end of the
class?
Answer:
M. Hamel wrote “Vive La France!” at the end of the class
(b) What
does the author of ‘Lost Spring’ find Saheb doing evert morning?
Answer:
The author of “Lost Spring” finds
Saheb scrounges for gold in the garbage dumps every morning.
(c) What
does Mukesh want to be?
Answer:
Mukesh wants to be a motor
mechanic.
(d) Who is the ‘Chota Sahib’ in
the ‘Memories of a Chota Sahib’ ? (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
(e) What did Shukla want Gandhi to
do ?
Answer: Shukla wanted Gandhi to go
to his district, Champaran.
(f)
Who was Sir Edward Gait ?
Answer: Sir Edward Gait was the Lieutenant-Governor
who was appointed an official commission of the enquiry into the indigo
sharecroppers’ situation.
(g)
Did Sophie really meet Danny Casey? (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
(h)
Where was it most likely that Sophie and her friend would find work after school?
(Not in the syllabus of 2021)
13. Answer any five of the following
questions in 30-40 words: 2 x 5
= 10
(a)
What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?
Answer: Franz and the other students were
expected to be prepared on participles by M. Hamel with for school that
day. M. Hamel said that he would
question them on participles. But, Franz did not know the first word of
participles.
(b) What was the commotion that Franz
anticipated in the classroom?
Answer: Franz anticipated a great bustle of
the opening and closing of desks, lessons repeated in unison very loud with
their hands over their ears to understand better, and the teacher’s great ruler
rapping on the table in the
classroom. But, that day, totally were missing or absent like a Sunday morning.
(c) What explanation does the author of
‘Lost Spring’ offer for the children not wearing footwear ?
Answer:
On regarding Saheb’s and other children not wearing ‘chappals’, one of his
friends explains that his mother does not bring them down from the shelf. Another
one adds that even if she does he will throw them off. The third boy expresses
that he want shoes. It is not lack of money but a tradition to stay barefoot,
is one explanation. The author wonders if this is only an excuse to explain
away a perpetual state of poverty.
(d) What is Firozabad famous for and why?
Answer: Firozabad is famous for its
bangles. Every other family in Firozabad is engaged in making bangles. It is
the centre of India’s glass-blowing industry.
(e)What
was the belief about the dividing channel between Peacock Island and the main
land of Guwahati? (Not in the
syllabus of 2021)
(f)
What does Rowntree state about the large ‘Bheel’ close to the bunglow at
Rajapara? (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
(g)
What other dreams does Sophie have besides having a boutique? (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
14. Answer any one of the following questions
in 80-100 words: 5 x 1 = 5
(a) Give a detailed account of the scene in
the classroom on the day of the last lesson.
Answer: Ans: The order from Berlin caused or affected
warmly in the school and on the village people that day. Franz noticed that
there were no any great bustle/noise, nothing the sound of opening and closing
desks, not lessons repeated in unison with very loud, and not the teacher’s
great ruler rapping on the table. That day, everything was as quiet as Sunday
morning. Also, Franz was not scolded/rebuked for his very late to school. On that day, M. Hamel wore his beautiful
green coat, his frilled shirt and the little black silk cap which were worn
only on inspection and prize days.
The whole school seemed so strange
and solemn. The back benches were filled
up by the village people like the old Hauser with his three-cornered hat, the
former mayor, the former postmaster and several others. They were looking sad
for the last lesson of French language.
All the lessons like reciting, grammars, writings, history were taught
on that day. Specially, M. Hamel taught very beautifully on the last lesson.
Surprisingly, little Franz heard very carefully and understood all the lessons.
OR:
(b)
“The battle of Champaran is won’, Gandhi exclaimed. Explain the context in
which this was said.
Answer:
Rajendra
Prasad, Brij Kishor Babu, Maulana Mazharul and several other prominent lawyers
had arrived from Bihar to help Gandhi for the sharecroppers and the case.
Gandhi asked the lawyers what they would do if he was sentenced to prison.
Then, the senior
lawyer replied negatively that they would go home.
Rajendra Prasad and the lawyers
consulted that Gandhi was totally a stranger, and yet he was prepared to go to
prison for the sake of the peasants. So, if they would go home then it would be
shameful. So, they accordingly went back to Gandhi and said that they were
ready to follow him into jail. Then Gandhi exclaimed that “The battle of
Champaran is won’’.
OR:
(c) Describe the miserable plight of the people of
Firozabad.
Answer:. Every
other family in Firozabad is engaged in making bangles. More than 20000
children also engage on it. None of them know that it is illegal. The children
work in the glass furnaces with high temperatures, in dingy cells without air
and light. They slog their daylight hours an often losing the brightness of
their eyes.
They live in
stinking lanes choked with garbage where they remain hovels with crumbling
walls, wobbly doors and no windows. They live in crowded with families of
humans and animals coexisting in a primeval state. They are born in the cast of
bangle makers. They have seen nothing except bangles, in the house, in the
yard, in every other house, every other yard, every street in Firozabad.
Their eyes are
more adjusted to the dark than to the light outside. That is why; they often
end up losing their eyesight before they become adults. They have not enjoyed
even one full meal in their entire lifetime. They do not know anything except bangles.
They cannot dare to change it for the police and the middlemen.
15.
Answer any one of the following questions in 125-150 words: 7 x 1 = 7
What impressions
do you from of Mr. Lamb? How does look at life?
Answer:
Mr. Lamb is a person who does not care or take
any tension about his body. He gives attention on his mind and the beauty of
his heart. For him, a handsome person cannot handsome if his heart is
bad/worse. I am very much impression for his practical and natural life with
his garden and his environment. His thinking’s and his manners as a man affects
on me.
Mr.
Lamb perceives things in positive manner at life. According to him, everybody has got two arms, two legs,
two eyes and two ears, also has got a tongue and a brain. So, he or she can get
on the way which she or he wants like all the rest. If he or she chooses and
sets his or her mind to it, then he or she can get on better than all
the rest in their life.
OR:
Describe Tishani’s journey to the
end of the earth – the Antarctic region, and her experiences during that
journey. (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
16. Answer any four of the following
questions in 30-40 words: 2 x 4 = 8
(a)How did the Tiger King celebrate the
killing of the hundredth tiger? (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
(b) Why is Antarctica the perfect place
to study changes in the environment? (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
(c) Why and how did Derry enter Mr
Lamb’s garden?
Answer:
Derry thought
that Mr. Lamb’s garden was an empty place and the house was an
empty one. He didn’t know there was anybody there. So, Derry entered the garden
to achieve/get some peace and stay alone for a little while/a moment.
Derry
entered Mr. Lamb’s garden by climbing the garden wall.
(d) How and why do people comment so painfully
about Derry’s face?
Answer: Derry’s one side of his
face was burnt. Once, he got acid all down that side of his face. Then, it burned
it all away and ate his face up.
(e) When did Bama experience
untouchability? (Not in the syllabus of
2021)
(f) Why did Zitkala-Sa feel
uncomfortable in the dining room? (Not
in the syllabus of 2021)
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