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14E P107 Common Instructions to Candidates : 1) This is a question cum answer paper booklet. 2) Space is provided to write answers below each question. Answer should be written within the space provided. 3) This question paper has 63 questions including the matching type question. 4) Candidate should not write the answer with pencil. Answer written with pencil will not be evaluated. 5) In case of multiple choice, fill in the blanks and matching questions, scratching, rewriting & marking is not allowed. Answers with such errors will not be evaluated. I. Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions / incomplete statements. Only one of them is correct / most appropriate. Choose the most appropriate alternatives and write it in the space provided along with the correct letter: [15 x 1 = 15] 1. The incident behind James Watt s invention was: a) b) thinking new thoughts c) 2. falling apples boiling kettles d) watching the stone rolling down. According to the author liberty is: a) b) a social contract c) 3. only a personal affair not a personal affair d) not a social contract. According to Sudha Chandran, the seed of achievement lies in: a) b) your hard work c) 4. your heart your perseverance d) the human mind. Mihir Sen had to postpone his swim by 48 hrs. because of: a) b) a very high tide because of the full moon night. c) a cyclonic storm which was very dangerous. d) 5. a chill he caught due to an equatorial storm. the south-west monsoon which was about to break. If a non - specialist does the job of snipping the hair around the ears, the result will be: a) it could set up a nasal trouble b) the hair will not be cut properly c) it might result in a distressing blunder d) accidents like severance of part of the ear -2- 14E P107 6. The ultimate goal of human life is to: a) be unhoused b) c) do the yoga d) attain spiritual upliftment attain immortality 7. Sohrab was angry because: a) His mother sent a wrong message. b) Rustum threw his spear even after he said, he was his son. c) Rustum denied that Sohrab was his son. d) Rustum did not believe him. 8. Full grown lambs bleat because: a) b) they are tired of waiting c) d) 9. they want to go home the night is coming they are hungry. May toss him to my breast . The speaker here is: a) the poet b) god c) man d) the reader 10. The thieves broke the door using a hammar . The passive form of the sentence is: a) Using a hammar the thieves broke the door. b) The thieves broke the door with the hammar. c) The door was broken with the hammar. d) The door was broken by the thieves using a hammar. 11. It s your birthday . The correct question tag is: a) is it? b) was it? c) wasn t it? d) isn t it? 12. Produce it _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the counter there . The correct preposition to be filled in is: a) in b) at c) on d) to -3- [P.T.O. 14E P107 13. He tried very hard _ _ _ _ _ _ finally succeeded. The correct conjunction to be filled in is: a) and so b) and c) but d) then 14. My friend recalled meeting him at the bus-station . The underlined word is: a) Gerund b) Participle c) Progressive verb d) Continuous tense. 15. The whole country was watching the match between India and Australia . The figure of speech here is: a) Alliteration b) Synecdoche c) Simile d) Metaphor. II. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words, choosing from the words given in the brackets: (allow, people, expert, discipline, entitle, enduring, civilians). [5 x 1 = 5] 16. The war kills not only soldiers, but also _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. 17. Liberty does not _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the pedestrians to walk down the middle of the road. 18. I make my diagnosis and pass you onto _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ hands. 19. King Revata mode his daughter _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and strong. 20. We are expected to observe _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in class. -4- 14E P107 III. 21. Match the Columns in A with the appropriate words taken from Column B and write the correct letter in Column C. [5 x 1 = 5] Column A Column B A 1. Raphael a. Hairologist 1. 2. Hazlitt b. Shuetaketu s sister 2. 3. Dr. Follicle c. King Kukudmin s daughter 3. 4. John d. An essayist and critic 4. 5. Revathi e. A famous Italian painter Column C B 5. f. Robert Baldwin s son IV. 22. Quote from Memory: [4] Seven years _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ try once more . OR -5- [P.T.O. 14E P107 Yet let him _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to my breast . V. Answer the following questions: [4 x 1 = 4] 23. Frame a question to get the words underlined as the answer: I have a Cell phone . 24. Combine the sentences using neither _ _ _ _ nor : He is not a doctor. He is not a specialist. 25. Use punctuation marks in the following sentences: sir please come in and take your seat he said. 26. Combine the sentences using not only _ _ _ _ _ _ but also . He was very bright. He was very talented. VI. Answer the following questions in three sentences each: 27. Why do we observe the rules according to C.E.M. Joad? -6- [15 x 2 = 30] 14E P107 28. What conclusions did the narrator reach, looking at the two boys playing the game? 29. How did Sudha s story help her Indian fans after the release of her films? 30. Why do we need specialization in certain professions? 31. Why had Balarama to change his technique while fighting with Revathi? 32. Why did Baldwin go to meet Gresham. 33. How does Yoga help the soul to reach its goal? 34. Why did the tiger king change his plan of action the second time? 35. Why did the lady put away her labour and her leisure? 36. How was the physician Great in The Crutches ? 37. Sachin Tendulkar is one of the Greatest batsman in the world . (Change into the other two degrees of comparison). 38. Why did you shout at me? he asked. (Change into reported speech). 39. Use the word show both as a noun and as a verb in separate sentences: 40. He was very sensitive. He did not object. (Use too _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to ). 41. I thought of my friend. I felt sad. (Combine the two sentences into a complex sentence). -7- [P.T.O. 14E P107 VII. Answer the following in 5 sentences each: [10 x 3 = 30] 42. Why did the white man feel surprised at the narrator s explanation and what answer did he give? 43. When did Akshinov suspect that Makar was the real murder and why? 44. How did Sohrab console his desperate father? 45. What are the various activities we note in nature during Autumn ? 46. How did Krishna pursuade Balarama to go to the help of King Kukudmin? 47. Explain the following with reference to the context: Being good is a sign of civilization . 48. The goal was in sight, but not the end of the ordeal . 49. Ivan Dmitrich, forgive me! . 50. We were coming to see you as friends . 51. I first surmised the horse s heads were towards eternity . VIII.Answer the following in a paragraph each: [3 x 4 = 12] 52. How can we resolve the clash of liberties? 53. What is Mihir Sen s message to the youth of India? 54. How does the Sublime love of the dog help him to survive in the harsh climate on the Helvellyn mountains? -8- 14E P107 IX. 55. Expand the given outline into a well-knit story and give a title and moral to the story: A miser _ _ _ _ _ _ _ never has bought an umbrella _ _ _ _ _ _ _ walks in rain and shine without one _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a friend presents one _ _ _ _ _ _ _ goes out one day taking the umbrella _ _ _ _ _ _ _ it rains heavily on way back home _ _ _ _ _ _ _ he puts his umbrella in his coat-pocket dripping wet, but worried if the umbrella will get spoilt _ _ _ _ _ _ _ down with fever. X. [4] 56. Consider that you are Mohan / Suma from Bangalore. Write a letter to the Manager, Kirloskar Electrical Company, applying for the post of a technician. [5] OR Write a letter to your younger brother, advising him to take part in sports and games. XI. 57. Write an essay, not exceeding a page on any one of the following topics: a) How has pollution affected the health of the people? b) What are the advantages of computers in the modern world? c) [5] How has population explosion slowed down India s progress? XII. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: [6 x 1 = 6] The greatest defect of our civilization is that it does not know what to do with its knowledge. Science has given us powers fit for the Gods, yet we use them like small children. For example, we do not know how to manage our machines. Machines were made to be man s servants; yet he has grown so dependant upon them that they are in a fair way to become his masters. Already most men spend most of their lives looking after and waiting upon machines. And the machines are very stern masters. They must be fed with coal, and petrol to drink and oil to wash with, and they must be kept at the right temperature. And if they do not get their meals when they expect -9- [P.T.O. 14E P107 them, they grow sulky and refuse to work, or burst with rage and blow up, and spread ruin and destruction all around them. So we have to wait upon them very attentively and do all that we can to keep them in good temper. Already we find it difficult either to work or play without the machines and a time may come when they will rule us all together just as we rule the animals. 58. What is the greatest defect of our civilization. 59. How do we use the powers given to us? 60. Why were the machines first made? 61. How do most men spend most of their lives? 62. What is the food for the machines? 63. How do machines react if they are not given food at the expected time? -10-

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