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Serial No. of Q. C. A. B. Roll No. Jl o - MS : 52 ] V [ Total No. of Questions : 52 ] MO } MS : 55-E Code No. : 55-E Jl o } lV MS : 24 [ Total No. of Printed Pages : 24 : ~ A o m BMW Subject : Second Language ALTERNATE ENGLISH MO : 07. 04. 2011] : V X 10-30 M -1-15 V ] @MO V : 100 ] [ Date : 07. 04. 2011 [ Time : 10-30 A.M. to 1-15 P.M. [ Max. Marks : 100 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY Q. No. Marks Q. No. Marks Q. No. Marks Q. No. Marks Q. No. 1. 12. 23. 34. 45. 2. 13. 24. 35. 46. 3. 14. 25. 36. 47. 4. 15. 26. 37. 48. 5. 16. 27. 38. 49. 6. 17. 28. 39. 50. 7. 18. 29. 40. 51. 8. 19. 30. 41. 52. 9. 20. 31. 42. 10. 21. 32. 43. 11. 22. 33. 44. Marks Total Marks Total Marks in Grand words Total 1. 2. Signature of Evaluators Registration No. Signature of the Deputy Chief Signature of the Room Invigilator [ Turn over 55-E 2 General Instructions : i) The Question-cum-Answer Booklet consists of objective and subjective types of questions having 52 questions. ii) Space has been provided against each objective type question. You have to choose the correct choice and write the complete answer along with its alphabet in the space provided. iii) For subjective type questions enough space for each question has been provided. You have to answer the questions in the space. iv) Follow the instructions given against both the objective and subjective types of questions. v) Candidate should not write the answer with pencil. Answers written in pencil will not be evaluated. ( Except Graphs, Diagrams & Maps ) vi) In case of Multiple Choice, Fill in the blanks and Matching questions, scratching / rewriting / marking is not permitted, thereby rendering to disqualification for evaluation. vii) I. 15 minutes of extra time have been provided to read the question paper. Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions / incomplete statements. Only one of them is correct or most appropriate. Choose the correct alternative and write the complete answer along with its alphabet in the space provided against each question. 1. Swaminathan is compared to Samuel because (A) (B) both are of the same height (C) Samuel was as alert as Swaminathan in Arithmetic (D) Ans. : both are good at arithmetic both liked Rama and Krishna. 15 1 = 15 3 2. 55-E Why did George Pavlides go to Venice ? (A) To see Venice (B) To start business there (C) To meet McManus (D) In search of his hat. Ans. : 3. The man was tried and hanged when he (A) killed a man intentionally (B) killed an enemy in battle (C) killed a man when he tried to kill him (D) killed a man when he was drunk. Ans. : 4. The poet understood that the girl was blind when (A) she could not walk like us (B) picked up the cup in a different way (C) someone helped her to walk (D) she told that she was blind. Ans. : 5. Ford had to return the Treasure Trove to (A) the Government (B) Butcher (C) Fawcett (D) real owner. Ans. : [ Turn over 55-E 4 6. Why did the American visit Regnier s shop ? He visited Regnier s shop (A) to buy a ring (B) to sell some gold pieces (C) to steal some precious metal (D) to return the necklace he had bought. Ans. : 7. According to the poet the death of the tree is (A) death of all the trees (B) death of a man (C) death of the nature (D) death of many men. Ans. : 8. Pradeep is an honest man. The word honest is (A) a verb (B) an adjective (C) a noun (D) an adverb. Ans. : 9. One word for, a person trained to travel in a spacecraft is (A) (B) astronomer (C) Ans. : astronaut astrologer (D) astrophysicist. 5 10. 55-E The word that takes the prefix mis is (A) comfort (B) justice (C) pleasure (D) understand. Ans. : 11. Rise brothers rise, the wakening skies Pray to the morning light The figure of speech in the above lines is (A) simile (B) personification (C) metaphor (D) alliteration. Ans. : 12. The servant vanished in a moment. The meaning of vanished is (A) disappeared (B) stopped (C) ran (D) came. Ans. : 13. Why ..................... you go to Delhi yesterday ? The correct auxiliary verb to be filled in the blank is (A) have (B) does (C) did (D) were. Ans. : [ Turn over 55-E 6 14. She became a lawyer, ...................... . The appropriate question to be filled in the blank is (A) don t she ? (B) didn t she ? (C) isn t she ? (D) wasn t she ? Ans. : 15. Swaminathan compared Rama with Shankar because they were (A) very brilliant (B) honest (C) god-fearing (D) not good at arithmetic. Ans. : II. Fill in the blanks with appropriate answers : 5 1=5 16. Narayan is standing ...................... the bus stop. ( Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition ) ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 17. The student came late ..................... the teacher didn t punish him. ( Fill in the blank with an appropriate conjunction ) ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 18. The teacher asked us to write ...................... letter. ( Fill in the blank with a suitable article ) ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 7 55-E 19. Don t take a hasty ....................... ( decide ). ( Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the word given in the brackets ) ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 20. After pre-university course, she ................... ( choose ) mathematics and completed her degree course. ( Write the correct verb form of the word given in the brackets and fill in the blank ) ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ III. 21. Match the words in List-A with their meanings in List-B. Write the correct 5 1=5 answer in the space provided : List-A List-B (a) avarice (i) royal dress (b) agony (ii) rich (c) delight (iii) strange (d) robe (iv) cover (e) aristocratic (v) firm belief (vi) take pleasure (vii) extreme desire (viii) great pain. Ans. : a) b) c) d) e) [ Turn over 55-E IV. 8 Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each : 22. 8 2 = 16 What made Swaminathan get the feeling of having stepped into fearful maze ? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 23. How did Gerald Durell describe Scorpion ? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 24. What kind of lady was Sister Rose ? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 25. Write the movement and behaviour of the girl in the poem Going Blind . ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 9 26. 55-E How does the poet bring about the double standards the society has in judging people ? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 27. Whom does the train carry and where as the poet narrated in the poem Train ? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 28. What qualities did Morris have which helped him to solve the mystery ? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 29. Rakesh topped the list. What happened after that ? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ [ Turn over 55-E V. 10 Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow : 30. 5 3 = 15 Of course not. What else did you notice ? a) What does the speaker mean by of course ? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ b) What else did he notice ? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 31. McManus was very hurt and angry a) Who hurt and how ? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ b) What did McManus tell the man who hurt him ? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 32. But I saw death cut down a thousand men. In that tall lovely legacy of wood. a) What does the speaker say about the tree ? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ b) Why did he say so ? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 11 33. 55-E Ford wished fervently that Dr. Fawcett had never come. a) Why did Dr. Faweett come to Ford s house ? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ b) Why did he say that Dr. Fawcett shouldn t have come to his house ? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 34. I have half a mind to thrash you a) Who said this ? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ b) Why did the speaker want to thrash him ? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ [ Turn over 55-E VI. 12 Quote from memory : 35. 4 The drenched .. .. ...... still Letting .... . . ............ . .. sea. The spars ............................................................... OR Now as .................................................................... ............................. earth And ................................... ... ..................... night While ....................................... . VII. Answer the following questions in six sentences each : 36. 2 4=8 Give an account of Amundsen s Journal of 7th December. OR Narrate briefly Victor s experience of the church. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 13 55-E ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 37. How did the Butcher come to find out the treasure ? OR Explain the mistakes made by Vance. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ [ Turn over 55-E 14 VIII. Rewrite as directed : 38. Write the other degrees of the following sentence : Lal Bahadur Shastri was one of the oldest Prime Ministers of India. 2 Change into indirect speech : 2 a) b) 39. Radhakrishnan said to the students, Don t lose the foothold on earth while sweeping the skies. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 40. Point out the difference in meaning between the pair of words using them in meaningful sentences : 2 Prosecuted, Persecuted a) b) 41. a) b) Use the word walk first as noun and then as verb in meaningful sentences. 2 15 42. 55-E Combine using too ...........to and then as so ......... that .........not : Her conduct is good. She cannot be overpraised. 2 a) b) 43. Combine the sentences beginning with first as As soon as and then as No ...... sooner ....than . She received telegram. She started for the village. 2 a) b) IX. 44. Write a paragraph using the clues given below : 4 A fox very hungry goes in search of food reaches a garden sees grapes very high jumps cannot reach them goes away. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ [ Turn over 55-E 16 ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 17 X. 55-E 45. Imagine that you are Krishna / Parimala of Xth-standard, Government High School, Haveri. Write a letter to your friend requesting him to attend your birthday function. 5 OR Write a letter to your headmaster requesting him to issue a transfer certificate. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ [ Turn over 55-E 18 ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 19 55-E ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ XI. 46. Write two paragraphs on any one of the following topics : a) Water pollution and its remedies b) National Integration c) 5 Television and its defects. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ [ Turn over 55-E 20 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____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ [ Turn over 55-E XII. 22 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow : Lal Bahadur was born on October 2nd, 1904 in an ordinary family known to be Kayasth family at Mughal Sarai, U.P. His father Sharada Prasad Srivastava was first a school teacher. For some years he worked in the Revenue department which was famous for corruption. But Sharada Prasad, who belived in simplicity and honesty, never accepted any bribe. Lal Bahadur inherited these qualities. His mother, Ram Dulari was a noble lady, devoted to her family. Lal Bahadur s childhood was spent is want and poverty. He lost his father while he was just eighteen months old. So, his mother moved with him and his two sisters Sundari Devi and Kaliasavathi to her father s house seeking shelter. Lal Bahadur started his school career in Mughal Sarai where he spent eight years. He was known in the family as well as outside as Nanhe, meaning little one and also as Gangaputra, meaning Son of Ganga. His school career was full of joy and his classmates were very friendly. 47. What were the other names of Lal Bahadur ? 1 ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 48. Who were the parents of Lal Bahadur ? 1 ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 23 49. What was Lal Bahadur s father in the beginning ? 55-E 1 ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 50. What qualities did Lal Bahadur inherit from his father ? 1 ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 51. What kind of a woman was Lal Bahadur s mother ? 1 ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 52. Why did his mother move to her father s house ? 1 ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ [ Turn over 55-E 24

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