2018
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:
Among the natural resources
which can be called upon in national plans for development, possibly the most
important is human labour, Since the English language suffers from a certain
weakness in its ability to describe groups composed of both male and female
members, this is usually described as “manpower”.
Without a productive labour
force, including effective leadership and intelligent middle management, no
amount of foreign assistance or of natural wealth can ensure successful
development and modernization.
The manpower for development during the
next quarter century will come from the world’s present population of infants,
children and adolescent. But we are not sure that they will be equal to the
task. Will they have the health, the education, the skills, the socio-cultural
attitudes essential for the responsibilities of development?
For far too many of them the
answer is no. the reason is basic. A child’s most critical years, with regard
to physical, intellectual, social and emotional development, are those before
he reaches five years of ago. During those critical formative years he is cared
for almost exclusively by his mother, and many parts of the world the mother
may not have the capacity to raise a superior child, she is incapable of doing
so by reason of her own poor health, her ignorance and her lack of status and
recognition of social and legal rights, of economic parity, of independence,
one essential factor has been overlooked or ignored. The forgotten factor is
the role of women. Development will be handicapped as long as women remain
second class citizens, uneducated, without any voice in family or
communication, married when they are still practically children, and henceforth
producing one baby after another, often to see half of them die before they are
of school age.
We can enhance development by
improving “women power”, by giving women the opportunity to develop themselves.
Statistics show that the average family size increases in inverse ratio to the
mother’s years of education-is lowest among college graduates, highest among
those with only primary school training, or no education.
Malnutrition is most frequent
in large families, and increases in frequency with each additional sibling. The
principle seems established that an educated mother has healthier and more
intelligent children, and that this is related to the fact this she has fewer
children. The tendency of educated, upper class mothers to have fewer children
operates even without access to contraceptive services.
The educational level of women
is significant also because it has a direct influence upon their chases of
employment, and the number of employed women in a country’s total labour force
has a direct bearing on both the Gross National Product and the disposable
income of the individual family. Disposable income, especially in the hands of
women, influence food purchasing and therefore the nutritional status of the
family. The fact that the additional a logical incentive to restrict of the
passage answer the following the questions:
I.
Choose the most appropriate option: 1
X 4 = 4
a) Among the natural resource which can
be called upon in national plans for development-
i) the most important is certainly human
labour.
ii) the most important is possibly human
labour.
iii) the least developed is certainly
human labour.
iv) the least developed is undoubtedly
human labour.
Answer:
(a)Among the natural resources which can
be called upon in national plans for development-
(ii) the most important is possibly human
labour.
(b) without a productive labour force,
including effective leadership and intelligent middle management
i) no productive work is possible.
ii) entrepreneurs will incur heavy loss.
iii) economic development will not keep
pace with national movements.
iv) no amount of foreign assistance or of
natural wealth can ensure successful development and modernization.
Answer:
Without a productive labour force,
including effective leadership and intelligent middle management
(iv) no amount of foreign assistance or
of natural wealth can ensure successful development and modernization
(c) the manpower development during the
next quarter century.
i) will be adversely affected by the
threat of war.
ii) will come from the world’s present
population of infants, children and adolescent.
iii) will be taken care of by the current
emphasis on free education for women.
iv) will be adversely affected by the
country’s economic losses and political
instability.
Answer:
The manpower development during the next
quarter century
(ii) will come from the world’s present
population of infants, children and adolescents.
(d) “Women power” means
i) giving women the opportunities to
develop themselves.
ii) giving women the opportunities to
fight themselves.
iii)giving women the opportunities to
dominate others.
iv) giving women the opportunities to
befool others
Answer:
“Women power” means
(i) giving women the opportunity to
develop themselves
II:
Answer the following questions briefly: 1
X 6 = 6
(a) What will be the source of the
manpower development during the next quarter century?
Answer: The world’s present population of
infants, children and adolescents will be the source of the manpower
development during the next quarter century.
(b) During which period is a child’s
growth maximum?
Answer: From born to before reaches of
five years of age, in this period, a child’s growths maximum.
(c)Why can’t the first teacher be
effective in some of the regions of India?
Answer: The first teacher or the mother
cannot be effective in some of the regions of India. Because, she is incapable
of doing so by reason of her own poor health, her ignorance, her lack of status
and recognition of social and legal rights; lack of economic parity of
independence etc. Also, the mother often remains second-class citizens,
uneducated, without any voice in family or community and married at low age.
(d)What will happen to development if the
womenfolk are neglected?
Answer: Development will be handicapped
if the womenfolk are neglected.
(e)How can we accelerate the rate of
progress?
Answer: We can accelerate the rate of
progress by improving “women power”, by giving women the opportunity to develop
themselves in every field along with education.
(f)What is the difference between an
educated mother and an illiterate mother?
Answer: An educated mother has healthier,
more intelligent children and fewer children than an illiterate mother. The
tendency of educated, an educated mother has fewer children that operated even
without access to contraceptive services.
SECTION B
(Advanced Writing Skills: 25 Marks)
2.
2018: You are the Proprietor of Grassland Resort, Kaziranga. Write an
advertisement to be published in an English newspaper offering attractive
discount to Holiday packages. (word Limit: 50 words)
Answer:
|
FANTASIA AMUSEMENT PARK, TEZPU Or: Grassland Resort,
Kaziranga Ø ******* FANTASTIC
OFFERS Ø ****** OFF-SEASON INCENTIVES Ø ***** HOLIDAY PACKAGES 2 DAYS / 3 NIGHTS Ø ****** Bonanza Package Rs. 2000/- per person only (Including accommodation, all meals,
transports and site seeing and two children below 10 adjusted in the
same room Without any extra charges) v Facilities : Jeep Safari,
Fishing, Riding and Trekking in Sylvan Surroundings Modern Bar & v Audio& Video for
Children and indoor Games Also Conference and Club facility, Library Contact:- Fantasia
Amusement Park, Tezpur Or: Grassland Resort, Kaziranga Tel- 0123456789 |
OR:
You are Anil/Amrita, the Cultural Secretary
of
Answer:
NOTICE
DATE : 05-02-2018
It is hereby inform to all the students that
we are going to organize “A cultural programme” on dated 18-02-2018.
So/therefore, entire students are requested to present and participate on the “cultural programme”. All the students are suggested to be present
at
By
Anil/Amrita,
Cultural
Secretary of
Tezpur Govt. Higher Secondary School, Tezpur
3. You
are Imran/Rita of Sunrise Academy, Guwahati. Recently your school celebrated
the World Environment Day. Giving details of the celebrations write a report in
100-125 words for your school magazine.
Answer:
“Sunrise Academy, Guwahati.”
“Celebration of World Environment Day”
Day 5 June, 2019
-By Imran/Rita(
student Reporter)
The
students and the teachers of Sunrise Academy organized the ‘World Environment
Day’ with enrichment and conquest. The chief minister and the education
minister were present as chief guest on that occasion. The chief minister
planted a tree and inaugurated the ceremony. The chief minister, the education
minister, the principal and some other teachers gave their valuable speeches
for the ‘World Environment Day’ and its value as well as importance. Some
students of class 12 performed the drama “To Save mother earth, Plant More
Trees’. After that, some natural songs and poems were performed by the students
which gave the message of save the nature & the earth. After the
programmes, the students were given an activity to ‘Cultivate Seeds and Nurture
the plants/some trees’ in the school campus. An exhibition of showcase the
nurtured various tree plants were showed by the students. Overall, the occasion
was a great success with everybody’s praise and promised for ‘Nurture the trees
and the earth’. Finally, the programme was ended with national anthem
‘Jana Gana Mana Adhi’.
OR:
You have witnessed a train accident in which
a Delhi Town Guwahati Express/ B.G. Express got derailed. Write a report in
100-125 words to be published in The Sentinel, Guwahati. You are Jayanta/Juri
Answer:-
“An Unpleasant train
Accident”
By Jayanta/Juri
A staff/Press reporter, The Sentinel, Guwahati
Guwahati,
16 Feb., 2017: Today evening at 7 P.M., a terrible/dreadful accident took place
in Guwahati Train Station. A speeding train Delhi Town Guwahati Express/ B.G.
Express/other train name rear-ended another local train. A devastating
fire broke out instant for the coalition the two trains. A large number of
people gathered immediate and trying to put out the fire. A reporter called the
fire brigade, the Police as well as 108 Medical services. Five fire brigades
started their works and within a few minutes, the fire had under controlled.
But, 135 people were injured and 20 people were dead instant. Injurious
passengers were brought to G.M.C.H. by 108 Service and private cars at
once. A sorrowful moment flourished at that moment and now police are
inquiring about the accident.
4. Write a letter to
the Editor of the Telepgraph, complainining about the noise pollution in your
locality drawing the attention of the Government to take steps to check the
same. Sign as Mohan/Anjali, Fancy Bazar, Guwahati.
Answer:
To
The Editor
Of The
Sentinel / The Assam Tribune / Any Paper
Sub: Control over the Noise Pollution at
Fancy Bazaar, Guwahati
Respected
Sir,
I would like to draw the attention of
Government officials and concerned authorities to highlight about the Noise
Pollution at Fancy Bazaar, Guwahati..
There are several problems that are faced by the locals
for the loudspeakers and vehicles in our area. Every day, we have to trouble in
our study hours and other works for the noise pollution. We are also facing the
problem of sleeping in the night. The loudspeakers of religious ceremonies,
birthday parties, wedding ceremonies, functions, business meetings and others
are causing the sound pollution in our area. We request the managing committee
and the concerned authorities, but they have never heard our voices and not
controlled over the problem.
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 controlling the Noise pollution at Fancy Bazaar, Guwahati.
Yours
faithfully/truly
Mohan/Anjali
Fancy
Bazaar, Guwahati
To
‘SENTINEL
OFFICE’/Assam Tribune
Guwahati-781032
OR
2018:
You are Sourabh/Rimpi, of North Lakhimpur. You have seen an advertisement for
the post of Assistant Teacher in Mathematics to teach classes IX and X in
Gohpur High School. Write a letter to the President of the managing committee
of the school, applying for the job. Give your detailed bio-data as well.
Or: You
are Borun/Bornali Deka of Station Road, Nalbari. Write a job application to the
Principal Angel’s School, Nalbari, seeking employment as a teacher stating your
experience and educational qualification and other details supporting your
candidates.
OR: .
you are Arunava. You have seen the advertisement for the post of English
teacher in model public school, Jorhat. Write an application for the post in
response to the advertisement. Give your bio-data also.
ORYou
are Borun/Bornali Deka of Station Road, Nalbari. Write a job application to the
Principal Angel’s School, Nalbari, seeking employment as a teacher stating your
experience and educational qualification and other details supporting your
candidates.
or: You
are Imran/Rongmili. You have seen an advertisement for the post of English
teacher in model public school, Jorhat. Write a formal letter to the president
of the managing committee of the school in response to the advertisement. Give
your detailed bio-data also.
(Note:
This is a sample of any Teacher Post, for any. All the questions are same.,
just name, school, date etc should be changed. In the other
questions, you should only change the title, but others details will remain
same)
Answer:
From
Sourabh/Rimpi, of North Lakhimpur
February19,
2018
To
The Principal/president of the managing
committee of
Gohpur High School, North Lakhimpur
Subject: Request for appointment as the post of Assistant
Teacher in Mathematics / English / Science / Assistant Teacher/Any Teacher 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 an English teacher/Mathematics Teacher or mention other post, I wish to apply for the same.) I wish to state
that I am a graduate in Arts/Science Stream. Presently, I am unemployed and
wish to serve as an English teacher 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 M.A./M.Sc.(for mathematics) with major in
English / Mathematics / Other Subjects. I am a dynamic young man/young 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 an English teacher/Mathematics
Teacher/Assistant Teacher/Any post. In
addition to teaching, 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
Barun/Barnali Deka
Enclose: Bio-data
BIO-DATA
Name- Sourabh/Rimpi Deka
Father Name- Hiranya Deka
Date of birth- 20th july, 1979
Gender- Male/female
Maritial Status- Unmaried
Permanent Address-
Vill-
Station Road, P.o- Y
P. S.- z Dist- Nalbari,
Pin-123456
State- Assam
Present Address- Same as Permanent Address
Education qualification- M.A.(Hons. In
English /Other Arts Subjects) / M.SC,
Hons. in Mathematics/Science/Other Science Subjects from Tezpur University
Extra Qualification- B.ED with 95% and M.Ed with 82% from Guwahati University
Experience-3 years as an English/Mathematics
teacher in S. Public High School
Language Known- Assamese, English and Hindi
Hobbies- Reading and writing.
Declaration
I hereby declare that above mentioned details are true and right. If you
find any mistake then my candidature will/can be 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 speaker said, “I thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for giving me a kind hearing. When I arrived here yesterday I did not believe that I might meet so large a gathering”.
Answer: Addressing the gathering as ladies and gentlemen, the speaker thanked them, for giving him a kind hearing. He further told that when he had arrived there the previous day he had not believed that he might meet so large a gathering.
(b)His mother exclaimed in sorrow that she had not a bit of bread to give him and that he had eaten up all the provisions she had in the house the previous day.
Answer. His mother said, “Alas! I have not a bit of bread to give you. You have eaten up all the provisions I had in the house yesterday.”
6.Change the voice of any three of the following sentences: 3 x 1 = 3
(a) A Japanese firm makes these televisions sets.
Answer: These televisions sets are made by a Japanese firm.
(b) An earthquake destroyed the town.
Answer: The town was destroyed by an earthquake.
(c) Whom did you laugh at?
Answer: Who was laughed at by you?
(d) He was taught this in his boyhood.
Answer: His parent or His teacher taught him this in his boyhood.
(e) Shut the window.
Answer: Let the window be shut.
7.Rewrite any five of the following sentences using the verbs given in
brackets in their correct tense forms: 5 x 1 = 5
(a)He (work) here since 2011.
Answer: He has been working here since 2011.
(b) I (write) the letter last night.
Answer: I wrote the letter last night.
(c) He (sit) in the library when I saw him.
Answer: He was sitting in the library when I saw him.
(d) If I were you, I (not do) it.
Answer: If I were you, I would not do it.
(e) The First World War (last) for four years and ended in 1918.
Answer: The First World War had been lasted for four years and ended in 1918.
(f) The rubbish van (come) again in the afternoon tomorrow.
Answer: The rubbish van will come again in the afternoon tomorrow.
8.Rewrite any four of the following sentences filling in the blanks
with appropriate prepositions: 4 x 1 = 4
(a)He is fond………playing cards.
Answer: He is fond of playing cards.
(b)She was annoyed…….missing the bus.
Answer: She was annoyed at missing the bus.
(c)Who is responsible………breaking this mirror?
Answer: Who is responsible for breaking this mirror?
(d) We tried to dissuade her……….marrying an old man.
Answer: We tried to dissuade her on marrying an old man.
(e) They are thinking……….moving to another house.
Answer: They are thinking of moving to another house.
9.Rewrite any four of the sentences as directed: 4 x 1 = 4
(Not in the syllabus of 2021)
SECTION D
(Text books: 45 Marks)
10. Read one of the following extracts and answer the questions that
follow:
(a) “Perhaps the Earth can teach us
as when everything seems dead
and later proves to be alive.
Now I’ll count up to twelve
and you keep quiet and I will go.”
Questions:
(i) What can the Earth teach us? 2
Answer:
The poem mentions that we can learn from the earth or the earth can teach
us. The earth can ‘finally teach us’ as when
everything seems dead then the earth later proves to be alive.
(ii) Why does the poet count up to twelve? 1
Answer:
The poet, Neruda ‘wishes to count twelve’ that everybody will keep still for a
moment or just until count to twelve. He expects an ‘exotic moment’ and a huge
silence where everyone should not use any language and keep stop the entire
body parts as well as the other works.
(iii) What will keeping quiet help us achieve? 1
Answer: Keeping quiet will help us to achieve
an exotic moment without rush, without engines and the other works. We would
all be together in a sudden strangeness and a huge silence.
OR
(b) “No in country money, the county scale of gain……out of my pain.”
(Not in the syllabus of 2021)
11.Answer any three of the following questions in 30-40 words: 3 x 2 = 6
(i)What increases continuously in ‘A Thing of Beauty’ ?
Answer: A thing of beauty’s loveliness increases continuously /
gradually. It will never pass into
nothingness and always remain a joy forever.
(ii) What is considered to be ‘an exotic moment’
in ‘Keeping Quiet’?
Answer:
In the poem, “Keeping Quiet”, an ‘exotic moment’ is a moment of keeping still
without rush and without engines along with the other works. Then, it would all
be together in a sudden strangeness.
(iii) What are the ‘merry children spilling out of their homes’
symbolic of?
Or: Why has the poet brought in the image of the merry
children spilling out of their homes.
Answer: The ‘merry children spilling out of their homes’
are symbolic of the activeness and liveliness of the environment. The poet has
brought in the image of the ‘merry children spilling out of their homes’ to
signify the contrast between her mother and the other active things like merry
children.
(iv) Who are referred to as the ‘flower of cities’ in ‘A Roadside Stand’? (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
(v) Which things irritated the passers-by who stopped at the road-side stand? (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
12. Answer any five of the
following questions: 5 x 1 = 5
(a) What is the name of the blacksmith in “The
Last Lesson” ?
Answer: The name of the blacksmith in “the
last lesson” is Wachter.
(b) What is the ‘great trouble with Alsace’?
or: What according to M. Hamel, is the great
fault of Alsace?
Answer: The ‘great trouble with Alsace is
that the people thought of plenty of time they have. Also, they keep/put off all the learning
things for the next day.
(c) Why have Saheb and his family migrated to
Seemapuri?
Answer:
Saheb and his family migrated to Seemapuri because once there were many storms
that swept away their fields and homes.
(d)Who is the ‘Chota Sahib’ in the ‘Memories
of a Chota Sahib’ ? (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
(e) How did John Rowntree find the weather
when he arrived at Gauhati ? (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
(f) Where was Champaran?
OR: Where is Champaran situated ?
Answer: Champaran was / Champaran is situated in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, near the kingdom of Nepal.
(g)Which
country does Danny Casey play for? (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
13.Answer
any five in 30-40 words: 5
x 2 = 10
(a)
‘Will they make them sing in German, even the pigeons?’ What does this sentence
suggest?
Or: Who said this? Why did the
speaker say like this?
Answer: Franz said this statement. This
sentence suggests about the order from Berlin to teach only German in the
schools of Alsace and Lorraine and expects that it would be effect also on the
pigeons. That means, the pigeons will be also made sing in German.
(b)
What are the two different worlds in Firozabad?
Or:
What are the two worlds that the author distincts?
Answer: The author distincts two
different worlds in Firozabad, these are — one of the family, caught in a web
of poverty, burdened by the stigma of caste in which they are born and the
other is a vicious circle of the sahukars, the middlemen, the policemen,
the keepers of law, the bureaucrats and the politicians.
(c)
What is the promise made by Anees jung to Saheb?
Answer: Annes Jung promised Saheb that
she would build or start a school for Saheb and the other rag pickers. She
asked Saheb if she would start a school then he would come or not.
(d)
What unusual visitor did Rowntree have in his bungalow one night? (Not in the
syllabus of 2021)
(e)
Why did Gandhi choose to go to
Muzzafarpur first before going on to Champaran?
Answer: Gandhi chose to go to Muzzafarpur
first to obtain more complete information about the conditions than Shukla, before
going on to Champaran. Gandhi wanted to know the entire matters clearly that
Shukla had already informed.
(f)What job is Geoff engaged in? Does he
entertain wild and impractical dreams like his sister? (Not in the
syllabus of 2021)
(g)
What kind of a person is Geoff? (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
14.Answer
any one of the following questions in 80-100 words:
(a) Describe the bangle makers of
Firozabad. How does the vicious circle of the Sahukars, the middlemen never
allow them to come out of poverty?
or: What hinders the young men from
organizing themselves into a co-operative?
Or: Why have the people of Firozabad
lost their initiative and ability to dream.
or: ‘Little has moved with time in
Firozabad’, says Anees Jung. What makes her comment thus?
Answer: Every other family in Firozabad is engaged in
making bangles. More than 20000 children or little boys and girls also engage
on it. They 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 like a primeval
state.
The vicious
circle of the sahukars’ and the middlemen never allow them to come out of
poverty. They trap their fathers and forefathers. If the young men try to get
organized then they are hauled up or arrested by the police, beaten and dragged
to jail for doing something illegal. There is no leader among them and no one
can help them see things differently for the sahukars and the middlemen.
So, they live endlessly with poverty and oppressed by the greedy people at
injustice. For these reasons, little has moved with time in Firozabad.
Thus
the people of Firozabad lost their initiative and ability to dream.
OR
(b)Relate
Rowntree’s experiences of floods in Assam. (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
15.Answer
any one of the following questions in 125-150 words: 1 x 7 = 7
(a)Describe
Tishani’s journey to the end of the earth – the Antarctic region, and his
experience during that journey. (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
OR:
(b)Discuss
the forms of discrimination projected in the narrations of Zitkala-Sa and Bama.
(Not in the syllabus of 2021)
16.Answer
any four of the following questions in 30-40 words: 4 x 2 = 8
(a)
What was Zitkala-Sa’s immediate reaction to the cutting of her hair? (Not in
the syllabus of 2021)
(b)
What did Annan say about his community to the narrator? (Not in the syllabus of
2021)
(c)
How has Antarctica remained relatively pristine? (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
(d)
What are Geoff Green’s reasons for including high school students in the
‘Students on Ice’ expedition? (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
(e) What is it that draws Derry
towards Mr. Lamb in spite of himself ?
Answer: Derry did not
believe on the few friends that Mr. Lamb had. He did not think that anybody
ever came again. He worried that Mr. Lamb lived in the garden alone and
miserable condition. So, no one would know if he was alive or dead and nobody
cared.
(f) Why aren’t there any curtains at the windows of Mr. Lamb’s house ?
Answer: Mr. Lamb does not fond of curtains and shutting
things out also shutting things in. He likes the light and the darkness, and
the windows open, to hear the wind. So/for these reasons, there aren’t any
curtains at the windows of Mr. Lamb’s house.
THE END