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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ENGLISH Paper-1 (Two hours) Answers 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 this 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 more than 35 minutes on this question.) [25] Write a composition (350 - 400 words) on any one of the following: (a) There have been problems which might lead to the Third World War. Describe the problems leading to the Third world war. Also mention in your essay its consequences and the effect of the War on the people of the world. How does a war destroy humanity and human culture? Elaborate. (b) In your story bring out the truth of the following line: Every black cloud has a silver lining . (c) Till civilisation reached maturity, indivisual was not considered to be important. Discuss the topic by highlighting your views for; for or against the topic. (d) You are a police inspector who has sucessfully nabbed a gang of four car thieves with five stolen cars. To your shock and surprise, all of them belong to very rich and status families. Narrate a first person account of your experience. (e) Study the picture given below. Write a story or a description or an account of what it suggests to you. Your composition may be about the subject of the picture or you may take suggestions from it; however, there must be a clear connection between the picture and your composition. Question 2 Select any one from the following: [10] (a) Write a letter to the Director of a Zoological park of your city expressing your concern about the death of some animals in the zoo due to the unhygenic conditions in the enclosure for the animals. (b) Read the following advertisement: Wanted Suitable young sale assistants on part-time basis to market garments for a leading fashion designer. Apply to the Manager, New Write an application Creations, 147, Lajpat Nagar. New Delhi- 110 024 in response to this advertidement. Question 3 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: We have been brought up to fear insects. We regard them as unnecessary creatures that do more harm than good. Man continuously wages war on them, for they contaminate his food, carry diseases or devour his crops. They sting or bite without provocation, they fly uninvited into our rooms on summer nights, or beat against our lighted windows. We live in dread not only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps, but of quite harmless ones like moths. Reading about them increases our understanding without dispelling our fears. Knowing that the industrious ants live in a highly organized society does not prevent us from being filled with revulsion when we find hordes of them crawling over a carefully prepared picnic lunch. No matter how much we like honey, or how much we have read of the uncanny sense of direction which bees possess, we have a horror of being stung. Most of our fears are unreasonable, but they are difficult to erase. At the same time, however, insects are strangely fascinating. We enjoy reading about them, especially when we find that like the Praying Mantis, they lead perfectly horrible lives. We enjoy staring at them, entrance as they go about their business, unaware -we hope of our presence. Who has not stood in awe at the sight of a spider pouncing on a fly, or a column of ants triumphantly carrying home an enormous dead beetle? Last summer, I spent many days in the garden watching thousands of ants crawling up the trunk of my prized peach tree. The tree has grown against a warm wall on a sheltered side of the house. I am specially proud of it, not only because it has survived several severe winters, but because it occasionally produces luscious peaches. During the summer I noticed that the leaves of the tree had begun to wither. Clusters of tiny insects called Aphids were to be found on the underside of the leaves. They were visited by a large column of ants which obtained a sort of honey from them. I immediately embarked on an experiment which, even though it failed to get rid of the ants, kept me fascinated for twenty four hours. I bound the base of the tree with sticky tape, making it impossible for the ants to reach the Aphids. The tape was so sticky that they did not dare to cross it. For a long time, I watched them scurrying around the base of the tree in bewilderment. I even went out at midnight with a torch and noted with satisfaction and surprise that the ants were still swarming around the sticky tape without being able to do anything about it. I got up early next morning to find the ants were climbing up the wall of the house and then on to the leaves of the tree. I realized sadly that I had been completely defeated by their ingenuity. The ants had been quick to find an answer to my thoroughly unscientific methods. (a) Three words or phrases are given below. Give the meaning of each word as used in the passage.One word answer or short phrases will be accepted. [3] i. Dispelling ii. iii. Pouncing Ingenuity (b) Answer the following questions briefly in your own words. (i) Why does man try to exterminate insects? (ii) Why does the writer say that knowing about insects does not make man change his attitude towards insects? (iii) What was the reason that the leaves of the tree were beginning to wither in summer? (iv)What did the writer do to prevent the ants from reaching the Aphids? Was it successful? (v) Where did the author spent his last summer? What is the author proud of? (vi)What are the fears about insects we are taught of? [12] (c) Describe in not more than 60 words the behaviour that we show towards insects. [8] (d) Give an apt title to your summary and justify the choice of the title. [2] Question 4 (a) In the following passage, fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct Form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space. Eg: (0) broke At midnight on Saturday a fire [0] _______ [break] out over a large Block of flats. Confused residents [1]_______[tumbled ] from their beds. They [2]____________ [realize] all too soon that their building [3]_______ [be] on fire. The ringing of the bells [4]_________ [hear] in the distance. Soon three fire engines [5]______rushed to the building. The brave firemen rushed to the building which [6]_______[is] On fire. The firemen [7]______[have]to stop the people from [8] [enter]_______the building to rescue operation. [4] (b) Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words: (i) He compiled _____ the wishes of his father. (ii) The old man hankered _____ money. (iii) Who will take _____ when the Mayor retires? (iv)The novel has been translated _____ many languages. (v) He puts _____ money every month. (vi)The police promised to look _____ the matter. (viii) Dont let your enthusiasim carry you _____. (viii) In ran _____ Arun in the market. [4] (c) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so: (i) She is going to Mumbai. She wants to pursue her studies there. (ii) The train was three hours late. It was delayed due to floods. (iii) I met him at the office. I was very lucky. (iv) I found it on the pavement. My brother lost his Admit Card. [4] (d) Re-write the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of each sentence. (i) He has lived here since the day he was born. (Use: life) (ii) Who can forget those happy days? (Change into a negative statement) (iii) Mt. Everest is the highest mountain. (Begin: There is...) (iv)A man has some influence over a daughter, but a woman s influence is greater. (End: .over a daughter.) (v) The commander said to the soldiers, Attack the fort! (Write in indirect speech) (vi) The son hoped to succeed the father. (Begin: It was hoped ) (vii) It would be sensible to call the fire brigade, before the fire destroys everything. [Begin: We had .] (viii) Industry will keep you from want. [Begin: If ..] [8]

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