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ENGLISH Paper 1 (Two Hours) Answer 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 the 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Question 1 (Do not spend not more than 35 minutes on this Question.) Write a composition (350-400 words) on any one of the following: [25] (a) Recently you had visited a Home for the Aged in your city. During your visit, you got attracted to an old man living in the Home for the Aged and decided to visit him/her every week. Describe one of your visits to see the old man, highlighting what impressed you the most about him and also bringing out your feelings about him and his present condition. (b) Street quarrels are common nowadays in our towns and cities. Describe a street quarrel you have witnessed. (c) It is better to try and fail than not try at all. Discuss. (d) Write a short story entitled The Narrow Escape. (e) Study the picture given below. Write a story or a 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; but there must be a clear connection between the picture and your composition. Question 2 (Do not spend not more than 20 minutes on this Question.) [10] Select ONE of the following: (a) You, along with some of your friends, have visited a place of tourist interest recently. Write a letter to your uncle about the visit, describing the attractions of the place and its impact on you. OR (b) Write a letter to the editor of a national daily about the increasing levels of pollution in your city. Suggest a few ways in which the menace of pollution can be controlled. Question 3
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