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2014
ENGLISH
FULL
MARKS- 100
PASS
MARKS- 30
TIME-
THREE HOURS
(FOR
THE CANDIDATES OF OLD & NEW SYLLABUSES)
SECTION A
(Reading Skills: 10
Marks)
1.
Read the following passage carefully:
1. At 4.30 P.M., Abha brought in the
last he was ever to eat; it consisted of goat’s milk, cooked
And rav Vegetables, oranges and a connection
of ginger, sour lemons strained butter with juice of aloe. Setting on the floor
of his room in the rear of Birla House in New Delhi, Gandhi ate and talked with
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Deputy Prime Minister of the new government of
independent India. Maniben, Patel’s daughter and secretary, was also present.
The of conversation was important. There had been rumours of differences
between Patel and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. This problem, like so many
others had been dropped into the Mahatma’s lap.
2. Abha, alone with Gandhi and the
Patel’s, hesitated to interrupt. But she knew Gandhi’s attachment to
punctuality. Finally, therefore, she picked up the Mahatma’s nickel-plated
watch and showed it to him.
‘I
must tear myself away’, Gandhi remarked, and so saying he rose, went to the adjoining bathroom and
then started towards the prayer ground in the large park to the left of the
house. Abha, the young wife of kanu Gandhi, grandson of the Mahatma’s cousim,
and Manu, the granddaughter of another cousim, accompanied him; he leaned his
forearms on their shoulders. ‘My walking sticks’, he called them.
3. During the daily two-minute promenade
through the long, red-sandstone colonnade that lad to the prayer ground, Gandhi
relaxed and joked. Now he mentioned the carrot juice Abha had given him that
morning.
4. ‘So you are serving me cattle fare,’ he
said, and laughed.
5. ‘Ba used to call it horse fare,’ Abha
replied. Ba was Gandhi’s deceased wife.
6. ‘Isn’t it grand of me, Gandhi Bantered,
‘to relish what no one else wants?’
7. ‘Bapu (father),’said Abha, ‘your watch
be feeling very neglected. You would not look at it today.’
8. ‘Why should I, since you are my
timekeepers?’ Gandhi retored .
9. ‘But you don’t look at the timekeepers,’
Manu noted Gandhi laughed again.
On the basis of tour reading of the passage
answer the following questions:
(a) What did Gandhi eat his last meal? 2
Answer:
Gandhi ate goat’s milk, cooked and raw vegetables, oranges and concoction of
ginger, sour lemons and strained butter with juice of aloe in his last meal.
(b)
Who were the persons present when Gandhi ate his last meal? 2
Answer:
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Deputy Prime Minister of the new government of
Independent India), Maniben (Patel’s daughter and secretary), Abha (wife of a
grandson of the Mahatma Gandhi’s cousin) and Manu (granddaughter of the Mahatma
Gandhi’s another cousin) were present when Gandhi ate his last meal.
(c)
What was the problem that had been dropped into Gandhi’s lap? 2
Answer:
There had been rumours of differences between Patel and Prime Minister,
Jawaharlal Nehru. This was the problem that had been dropped into Gandhi’s lap.
(d)Why
did Abha show Gandhi the nickel-plated watch? 2
Answer:
Abha, alone with Gandhi and the Patels (Vallabhbhai Patel and Maniben Patel),
hesitated to interrupt. But, Abha knew Gandhi’s attachment to punctuality. So,
Abha showed Gandhi the nickel-plated watch finally.
(e)Who
were the timekeepers of Gandhi? 1
Answer:
Abha and Manu were the timekeepers of Gandhi.
(f)What
is the cattle fare referred to? 1
Answer:
The cattle fare is referred to the carrot juice.
SECTION B
(Advanced Writing Skills: 25 Marks)
2. Write a poster is not more than 50 words
stressing upon the need for improving the health condition of the younger
generation/students for better and happier life. 5
Answer:
MONEY LOST IS NOTHING LOST
HEALTH LOST IS EVERYTHING LOST
KEEP HEALTHY CONDITION
FOR YOUNGEST
& better and happier life
DO’S
Ø Exercise regularly without
gaps
Ø Always Keep your health
better
Ø Be concern for your health
Ø Always use healthy food
(like Vitamin, Nutrition, protein etc)
Ø Drink water properly
Ø Always keep your mind
freely and normally
Don’t
Ø Don’t give up the exercise
Ø Don’t use any alcoholic
(like drinks wine)
Ø Don’t smoke anywhere
Ø Don’t eat damaged food
Ø Don’t give up the properly
use of water
Ø Don’t take tension &
negativity in your mind
Or:
You are Rima/Rahim, a resident of 16, Bapujee
Nagar, Tinisukia. You have lost your suitcase containing valuable documents
while traveling from Tinisukia to Jorhat by train. Draft an advertisement in
not more than 50 words, for publication in an English daily giving details of suitcase,
when you had lost it and giving your contact address requesting the finder to
return it to you. 5
|
Answer: LOST! LOST! LOST! Date: 12-02-2014 I had lost my black suitcase while I was
traveling in Brahmaputra Mail from Tinisukia to Jorhat on 4th of
February, 2020. I hereby inform to everyone that my entire important
documents or files were availed on it. So, if someone gets it or will get it
then please send it immediately to my address or call me on-0123456789. I
shall give the person with a special gift and gratitude for future. My
Address:- Name: Rima/Rahim, a resident of 16, Bapujee
Nagar, Tinisukia, Contact No-0123456789 |
3. Write a report on a road accident giving imaginary
details of the serious accident and the immediate steps taken by the
authorities concerned towards medical relief to the victims. (word limit 125
words) 10
Answer:
An unexpected/Horrible Road accident
By Aparna/Saurav: A press reporter,
‘The Assam Tribune’
Place: Guwahati,
Date: Feb 12, 2014
For
the many traffics in Guwahati, accidents are usual happenings daily in this big
city. More than 8 or 10 accidents’ report come daily from this city. Today also
a terrible road accident took place in Zoo-Road between a school bus and a
passengers’ bus. The school bus was returning from the school and at that time
an over speeding passengers’ bus crossed in front of the school bus. The bus
driver tried to take a sharp turn to save the accident/struck, but
unfortunately head-on collision/hit/stuck with a traffic point. Many passengers
of the bus were injured in the heavy jolted and a school-going boy had dead
instantly. The injurious passengers were brought to J.M.C.H. by 108 Service
immediate and the School boy was forwarded for post-mortem. The both drivers
were arrested by the police. The police
are inquiring and investigating for more informations. Now, a sorrowful moment
is affecting at this place.
Or:
Write an article on ‘Television: Uses/advantages
and Misuses/disadvantages to be published in the college magazine. (your
article should not exceed 135 words) 10
Answer:
Television:
Uses/Advantages of Watching Television:
Television
is a most essential and a source of various knowledges. By the various newses,
we can up to date with the recent news and informations of worldwide. Some
programmes support the students for their studies and different knowledges. Some
shows facilitate us to conversation on phone call to the television and other
respectable persons.
Abuses/Misuses/Disadvantages
of Watching Television:
The news of crimes,
violence, sex related etc affect the minor students or the child. The Tv
programmes or shows lost the valuable time of students and the other people. The
false news and bad news negotiates among the people. The business adds or
commercial adds make the viewers boring and unhealthy manners of habit. Too
much watching TV, it badly affects our eyesight.
4. Write a letter to the editor of an
English daily drawing the attention of the authorities concerned to the poor
condition of the roads in your locality. You are Manab/Manashi living in Mirza,
Kamrup. 10
Ans-
House No-…….
Mirza,
Kamrup, 781101
Date-12 February, 2014
To
The
Editor
of The Sentinel/The
Assam Tribune/Any Paper
Sub: Recover the poor condition road of our
area/ solve the frequent road accidents (only
for 2nd b. answer)
Respected Sir,
I would like to draw the attention of
Government officials and concerned authorities to highlight about the poor
condition road in our area which has done frequent accidents and many other
problems.
The condition of the road has been worsening (বেয়া হৈ গৈ আছে)
day by day. No repair has been done to the damaged road. We, all the students
also have been suffering during our school time. We requested many times to the
concerned authorities but our efforts (প্রচেষ্টা) have fallen in deaf ears/
inattentive.
So, I hereby request to you that kindly give a little
space in your newspaper for draw the attention to the concerned authorities
about our poor condition of the road.
Yours
faithfully/truly
Rashmi/ Manab
Mirza, Kamrup, 781101
To
‘SENTINEL OFFICE’
Guwahati-781032
Or:
You are
Arunabh/Mandira. 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. 10
Answer: Aunabh/Mandira
Station
Road,Nalbari
February 12,
2014
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
17,2014 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 as a 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 2013. 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) The student was told to leave the room.
Answer: The teacher told the student to leave the room.
(b) Guwahati is called the gateway to the North East.
Answer: People call Guwahati the gateway to the North East.
(c) They laughed at us.
Answer: We were laughed at by them.
(d) My umbrella has been stolen.
Answer: Someone has stolen my umbrella.
(e) The thief was beaten up by the mob.
Answer: The mob beat up the thief.
(f) You will be asked to deliver the letters.
Answer: Someone/They will ask you to deliver the letters.
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 wish I (know) her.
Answer: I wish I knew her.
(b) The meeting (begin) when we arrived at the auditorium.
Answer: The meeting had begun when we arrived at the auditorium.
(c) 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.
(d) As soon as I came in she (leave) the room.
Answer: As soon as I came in she had left the room.
(e) I usually (go) to bed at 11 o’clock.
Answer: I usually go to bed at 11 O’ Clock.
(f) To hate man (be) the biggest crime.
Answer: To hate man is the biggest crime.
(g) Please stop singing because I (try) to work.
Answer: Please stop singing because I am trying to work.
8.Rewrite
any four of the following sentences filling in the blanks with appropriate
prepositions: 1 x 4 =4
(a) The train arrived ……….the station a minute ago.
Answer: The train arrived at the station a minute ago.
(b)My birthday is………24 August.
Answer: My birthday is on 24 August.
(c)The office is closed……….the second and fourth Saturdays.
Answer: The office is closed on the second and fourth Saturdays.
(d)Our school is ………Chandmari.
Answer: Our school is at Chandmari.
(e) We have been staying ………a hotel near the bus stop.
Answer: We have been staying in a hotel near the bus stop.
(f) The girl standing…………the two boys is their sister.
Answer: The girl standing between the two boys is their sister.
9.Rewrite
any four of the sentences as directed: 1 x 4 =4
(a) This is the best book on the subject. (Change into comparative degree)
Answer: This book is better than any other subject.
(b) No other boxer is as great as Mary Kom. (Change into superlative degree)
Answer: Mary Kom is the greatest boxer.
(c) None but Anita can do the sum. (Change into affirmative)
Answer: Only Anita can do the sum.
(d) I know his name. (Change into a complex sentence)
Answer: I know what his name is.
(e) Everybody must admit that Tendulkar is a great cricketer. (Change into negative)
Answer: Nobody must deny that Tendulkar is a great cricketer.
(f) I shall never forget you. (Change into interrogative)
Answer: Shall I ever forget you?
SECTION
D
(Textbooks : 45
Marks)
10. Read the following extracts and
answer the questions that follow:
(a) “but after the airport’s
Security check, standing a few yards
Away, I looked again at her, wan, pale
as a late winter’s moon and felt that old
familiar ache, my childhood’s fear,
But all I said was, see you u soon, Amma,
All I did was smile and smile and smile…..”?
Questions:
(i)What
did the speaker do after the security check? 1
Answer:
After the security check, the speaker stood a few yards away and looked again
at her mother.
(ii) Why
did the poet compare her mother’s face to a late winter’s moon? 2
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 poet compares
her mother’s face to a late winter’s moon.
(iii)What
is the poet’s childhood fear? 1
Answer:
The poet’s childhood fear is that she would lose her mother and never seeing
her again.
Or:
(b) “But
soon
put
that thought away and looked out at the Young
‘Trees
sprinting, the merry children spilling
Out of
their homes”
Questions:
(i)Who
looked out at the young trees? 1
Answer:
The poet, Kamala Das looked out at young trees.
(ii)
Which thought did the speaker put away? 1
Answer:
The speaker put away the thought of her mother that she was as old as she
looked.
(iii)What
do young sprinting trees signify? 1
Answer:
The young sprinting trees signify the liveliness, activity and the action of
youth.
(iv) What
did the poet see the children doing? 1
Answer:
The poet saw that the merry children were spilling out of their homes.
11.
Answer any three of the following questions in 30-40 words: 2 x 3 = 6
(i) What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels?
Answer:
The poet feels the pain that her mother’s face is ashen like a corpse/dead body
and she is as old as she looks. For her mother, the poet feels her old familiar
ache; her childhood fear is that she would lose her mother and never seeing her
again.
(ii) Explain the statement: I saw my mother…. her face ashen like that of
a corpse”.
Answer: In this phrase, the poetess, Kamala Das explains a moment
driving towards the Cochin Airport. At that moment, the poetess saw her mother
who sat beside her and she dozed with open mouthed. Also, she observes her
mother’s ashen like face which looks like a corpse.
(iii) What is the message that Keats wants to
convey through “A thing of Beauty”?
Answer: Through “A thing of beauty”, Keats
wants to give/convey the message that a thing of beauty is joy forever and it
always brings us happiness. It also provides us the delightful and some
satisfaction from the gloomy, unhealthy and darkened ways of life.
(iv)Which things irritated the passersby who
stopped at the roadside stand? (Not in the
syllabus of 2021)
Answer: The passers-by who stopped at the
roadside stand were irritated at the artless paint that marred with the beautiful
landscape. Also, they were irritated at the signs of S and N which were turned
wrong.
(v)What is ‘this sadness’ that Neruda talks of?
Answer:
In the poem, “Keeping Quiet”, the poet, Neruda talks of /refers the sadness
that we do never understand ourselves and of threatening ourselves with death
that grips us.
12.Answer any five of the following
questions: `1 x 5 = 5
(a) “I
started for school very late that morning.” Who is the “I” here?
Answer: Franz is the “I” here in this
statement.
(b)
Who is the author of ‘Lost Spring’?
Answer: The author of ‘Lost Spring’ is Anees Jung.
(c) What does the author of “Lost
Spring” find Saheb doing every morning?
Answer: The author of “Lost Spring”
finds Saheb scrounges for gold in the garbage dumps every morning.
(d) Where is Champaran situated?
Answer: Champaran is
situated in the foothills of the towering Himalayas,
near the kingdom of Nepal.
(e)
How was the Y.M.C.A pool? (Not in the syllabus)
(f)
Who is the writer of “Going Places”?
Answer: A. R. Barton is the writer of ‘Going Places’.
13.Answer any five of the following questions
in 30-40 words: 2 x 5 = 10
(a) Why was the lesson called the last
lesson?
Answer: The lesson was called the last lesson
because that was the last lesson of French language. The fact was
that the order had come from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of
Alsace and Lorraine from the next day.
(b)
What had been put up in the bulletin board?
Answer: All the bad news for the last two years had
been displayed on the bulletin board at that morning. These were- the lost
battles, the draft, the orders of the commanding officer and some other bad
news. So, the people or a crowd gathered in front of the bulletin-board.
(c)
What
does Saheb look for in the garbage dumps? Where is he and where has he come
from?
Answer: Saheb looks for gold in
the garbage dumps.
He
is a ragpicker of Seemapuri, a place on the periphery of Delhi. He comes from
Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1971.
(d)
Is Saheb happy working at the tea-stall? Why?
Answer: Saheb does not like or
happy at working his job at the tea-stall.
His face has lost the carefree look. Because, Saheb is no longer his own
master. The steel canister seems heavier than the plastic bag for him and his
situation.
(e) What does Rowntree of ten
talk of in ‘Memories of a Chota Sahib’? (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
(f)
Give a brief description of Peacock Island. (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
(g) What theme does the story ‘Going
Places’ explore ? (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
14.Answer
any one of the following questions in 80-100 words: 5
(a) 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.
OR
(b) Describe the efforts made by R.K.
Shukla to persuade Gandhi to go to Champaran.
Answer: R. K.
Shukla was a sharecropper of Champaran. He went to the December 1916 annual
convention of the Indian National Congress party to meet Mahatma Gandhi. He
wanted Gandhi to go to his district for the injustice of the landlord system in
his district. Gandhi did not take any step for Shukla because he had an
appointment in Cawnpore and was also committed to go to other parts of India.
Shukla was a
resolute person. He followed Gandhi to the ashram and the other places. He
never left Gandhi’s side until the fix date. Impressed by Shukla, Gandhi said
that he had to be in Calcutta on such-and-such a date and advised to come and
meet him and take him from there.
On the appointed
date and spot in Calcutta, Shukla met Gandhi and boarded a train for the city
of Patna in Bihar and Champaran.
Thus, Shukla
tried every effort to persuade Gandhi to go to Champaran.
15. Answer any one of the following questions in
125-150 words: 7
(a)Draw a character
sketch of the Tiger King in your own words. (Not in the
syllabus of 2021)
OR
(b)
Why is Antarctica the place to visit for understanding the earth’s present,
past and future? ((Not in the syllabus of 2021)
16. Answer any four of the following questions in
30-40 words: 2 x 4 = 8
(a)What did the chief astrologer predict about the
Tiger King? (Not
in the syllabus of 2021)
(b)
How did the narrator reach Antarctica? (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
(c) How
do people comment so painfully about Derry’s face? And Why?
Answer:
People are afraid of and disdain for Derry’s face. One day,
a woman comments that his face is a terrible thing. She also comments that only
a mother can love this face.
Because,
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.
(d) Why did Zitkala-Sa feel
uncomfortable in the dining room ? (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
(e) Why did Bama feel terribly
sad and provoked ? (Not in the syllabus of 2021)
(f)
Who should be friends, according to both Derry and Mr. Lamb?
Answer:
According
to both Derry and Mr. Lamb, those people pass in the street and might even
speak to them, but never see them again and still retain friendship with them,
they should be friends.
The
End