ENGLISH – B
2019
PART -A
(New Syllabus)

Total Time : 3 Hours 15 minutes
Total Marks : 80

Instructions to the Candidates :
1. Special credit will be given for answers which are brief and to the point.
2. Marks will be deducted for spelling mistakes, untidiness and bad handwriting.
3. Figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions.

PART-A (Marks : 60)

1. Answer any two of the following questions, each in about 100 words: 6 × 2 =12

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(a) “…the girl got up and began to collect her things.” Who is the girl ? When did she get up ? Why did
she get up to collect her things ? What had the speaker thought about the brief encounter he had with the girl ? 1+1+1+3

(b) “His answer filled me with a strange energy and enthusiasm.”
Who is the speaker ? Whose answer is being referred to here ? What was the answer ? 1+1+4

(c) “You gonna take me to jail ?”
Who asked this question and to whom ? When did the speaker ask this question ? What reply did the speaker get ? 2+3+1

(d) How was the wounded man revived and nursed ? Why did he ask forgiveness of the Tsar ? What
did the Tsar do when he had gained the man for a friend ? 2+2+2

2. Answer any two of the following questions, each in about 100 words: 6 × 2 =12

(a) How does the poet describe the growth of a tree over the years ? What are the different steps taken for killing the tree ? 4+2

(b) “…His smile Is like an infant’s…”
Whose ‘smile’ is being referred to here ? Why is his smile compared to the smile of an infant ? How does Nature take care of him ? 1+3+2

(c) “But thy eternal summer shall not fade” Who is being referred to as ‘thy’ ? What is meant by ‘eternal summer’ ? Why shall not ‘thy eternal
summer’ fade? 1+1+4

(d) How does Keats show that the ‘poetry of earth’ never cease ? 6

3. Answer any one of the following questions in about 100 words: 6 × 1 =6

(a) “Why are you so formal in your get up?”—Who is the speaker ? Who is being spoken to ? What led the speaker to make this comment ? 1+1+4

(b) Lomov came with a proposal to marry Natalya Stepanovna. What logic does he give for his
decision ? 6

(c) “I’m the most unhappy of men!”
Who said this? Why did he say so ? How did the speaker get rid of his unhappiness ? 1+3+2

4. (a) Do as directed: 1 × 6 =6

(i) I don’t intend to give up what I have. (Use the underlined word as a noun and rewrite)

Ans : I don’t have any intention to give up what I have.

(ii) The Tsar said, “I come to you, wise man, for an answer to my questions.” (Change into indirect speech)

Ans : The Tsar said to the wise man that he had come to him for an answer to his questions.

(iii) The man would have attacked you. (Change the voice)

Ans : You would have been attacked by the man.

(iv) The door was open. (Turn into a negative sentence)

Ans : The door was not closed/shut.

(v) The sun began to sink behind the trees, the Tsar stuck the spade into the ground at last. (Turn into a complex sentence)

Ans : As the sun began to sink behind the trees, the Tsar stuck the spade into the ground at last.

(vi) The most important thing in the world was science. (Change into positive degree)

Ans : No other thing in the world was as important as science.

(b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and / or prepositions: ½ × 6 =6

When my father ______ the mosque after the prayers, people of different religions would be sitting outside, waiting ________ him. Many of them offered bowls of water ________ my father, who would dip his fingertips _________ them and say _______ prayer. This water was then carried home _________ invalids.

Ans : (i) of (ii) for (iii) to (iv) in (v) a (vi) for.

(c) Correct the error in the following sentence by replacing the underlined word with the right one from the options given below: 1 × 1 =1

You might run that comb through your hair so you will look present.

Ans : You might run that comb through your hair so you look presentable.

[Options: presently / presentable / presenting]

5.Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

Sometimes it is hard to believe that I’ve been up here in the hills all these years—fifty summers and monsoons and winters and Himalayan springs (there is no real spring in the plains) —because when I look back to the time of my first coming here, it seems
like yesterday. That probably sums it all up. Time passes, and yet it doesn’t pass; people come and go, the mountains remain. Mountains are permanent things. They are stubborn, they refuse to move. You can blast holes out of them for their mineral wealth; or strip them of their trees and foliage, or dam bridges; but no matter how hard they try, humans cannot actually get rid of the mountains. That’s what I like about them; they are here to stay. I like to think that I have become a part of this mountain, this particular range, and that by living here for so long, I am able to claim a relationship with the trees, wild flowers, even the rocks that are
an integral part of it. Yesterday, at twilight, when I passed beneath a canopy of oak leaves, I felt that I
was a part of the forest. I put out my hand and touched the bark of an old tree, and as I turned away, its leaves brushed against my face, as if to
acknowledge me.

(a) State whether the following statements are True or False. Write ‘T’ for True and ‘F’ for False. (You
need not write the sentences, write the numbers only) 1 × 4 =4

(i) The oak leaves formed a roof over the author. (T)

(ii) The author does not like the fact that mountains are permanent things. (F)

(iii) The author means to say that he has lived through all the seasons in the mountains. (T)

(iv) Humans cannot do away with the
mountains. (T)

(b) Answer each of the following questions in about 30 words: 2 × 3 =6

(i) What can man do to mountains ?

Ans : Man can blast holes out of mountains for the mineral wealth, strip them of their trees and foliage, or build dams on the streams and divert their currents and also make tunnels and roads and bridges for smooth communication.

(ii) What does the author claim a relationship with ?

Ans : The author claims to have a relationship with the trees, wild flowers and the rocks that are integral part of the mighty mountains

(iii) Why is it hard to believe for the author that he has lived in the hills for fifty years ?

Ans : When the author looked back to the time of his first coming to the hills, it seemed like yesterday to him though he had already been living there for fifty years.

6. (a) Write a report on a campaign on ‘Educate the Girl Child’ organised by your school. Mention the role of both students and teachers, purpose
of this campaign, participation, response and so on. The report will be published in your school magazine. (Word limit: 150 words) 2 + 8 =10

OR

(b) Write a letter to the headmaster / headmistress of your school requesting him/her to make more variety of books available in the library. (Word limit: 150 words) 2 + 8 =10

OR

(c) Write a precis of the following passage. Add a suitable title: 2 + 8 =10
Charlie Chaplin once said, “In this age of scientific inventions, we think too much, we feel too little.” Science boosts up the modern craze for material prosperity. It has revolutionized our lives. It has made life more comfortable with various amenities. It is undoubtedly the driving force behind any human excellence. But it kills the soul
of a man. Our skills and habits are changed by science. Excessive mechanization brings unhappiness because human faculties are slighted. A person starts believing that machines will do all for him, and this tendency becomes fatal in this high-tech world. But none can doubt
that science has helped us to discover the hidden truth in nature. Can we ever imagine the modern age without computers, lasers, antibiotics, biotechnology or different electronic gadgets? That is why it is said that science gives knowledge
and power but not wisdom.

2019
Question-cum-Answer Booklet
ENGLISH-B
( New Syllabus )

Multiple Choice Type Questions (MCQ) & Short Answer Type Questions (SAQ) of 1 mark
BEFORE ATTEMPTING THE QUESTIONS READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

Instructions to Candidates :
1. The candidates are required to write his/ her Full Name, Roll Number and Registration Number on the Question-cum-Answer Booklet according to the Admit Card issued by the Council (If it is wrongly written, the Question-cum-Answer Booklet
may be rejected ). It is compulsory for the examinee to get the Question-cum-Answer
Booklet signed by the Invigilator in the space provided.

2. A box is provided at the right side against each question of MCQ. You must write the correct choice ( a, b, c or d) in this box. For SAQ of 1 mark, answer to be written in the specific given space against each question, not anywhere else.

3. After completion of the examination this Question-cum-Answer Booklet must be tied securely with main Answer-script.

PART – B (Marks : 20)

1.Complete each of the following sentences, choosing the correct option from the alternatives provided : 1 x 4 = 4

(i) On entering her room Mrs. Jones asked Roger to
(a) eat dinner
(b) comb his hair
(c) wash his face
(d) take rest for a while.

Ans. (c) wash his face

(ii) The girl in the train compartment thought the narrator to be
(a) gallant
(b) serious
(c) gallant and serious
(d) pretentious.

Ans. (c) gallant and serious

(iii) The wounded man was actually
(a) enemy of the hermit
(b) enemy of the Tsar
(c) friend of the Tsar
(d) disciple of the hermit.

Ans. (b) enemy of the Tsar

(iv) Abdul Kalam’s father would convey nplex sp itual concepts in
simple, down-to-earth
(a) Arabic (b) Urdu (c) Tamil
(d) Telugu.

Ans. (c) Tamil

2.Answer any four of the following questions, each in a complete sentence: 1 x 4 = 4

(i) Where was the girl in the story The Eyes Have It getting off ?

Ans. In the story ‘The Eyes Have It’ the girl was getting off at Saharanpur.

(ii) When and where did Roger and Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones meet ?

Ans. Kalam considered Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry, the high priest of Rameswaram Temple, to be a very
close friend of his father.

(iii) What, according to the hermit, is the most important thing to do?

Ans. According to the hermit, the most important thing to do is to do good to people around us.

(iv) Whom did Kalam consider to be a very close friend of his father?

Ans. Kalam considered Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry, the high priest of Rameswaram Temple, to be a very close friend of his father.

(v) What was the hermit doing when the Tsar came to take leave of
him ?

Ans. When the Tsar came to take leave of the hermit, he was sowing seed in the beds.

(vi) What shoes and jeans was Roger wearing ?.

Ans. Roger was wearing tennis shoes and blue jeans.

(vii) What did Abdul Kalam’s father use to avoid ?

Ans. Abdul Kalam’s father used to avoid all inessential comforts and luxuries.

(viii) Who did the narrator of The Eyes Have It’ think to be formidable
creatures ?

Ans.The narrator thinks that aunts are usually formidable creatures.

3.Complete each of the following sentences, choosing the correct option from the alternatives provided : 1 x 4 = 4

(i) Nature is pleaded to keep the soldier
(a) pleasant (b) warm (c) asleep
(d) peaceful

Ans. (b) warm

(ii)Being tired, the Grasshopper rests beneath
(a) green hedge (b) bushes
(c) pleasant weed (d) grassy hills.

Ans. (c) pleasant weed

(iii) Green twigs that rise from close to the ground are
(a) straight (b) curled (c) crooked
(d) crinkled.

Ans. (b) curled

(iv) “… his gold complexion dimmed.” Here ‘his’ refers to
(a) the sun (b) the sky
(c) poet’s friendb(d) poet himself.

Ans. (b) the sun

4.Answer any four of the following questions, each in a complete sentence :1 x 4 = 4

(i) Where does the stream leave ‘long strands of silver’ ?

Ans. In the small green valley, the stream leaves long strands of silver.

(ii) What might one hear on a lone, cold and silent winter evening ?

Ans. On a lone, cold and silent winter evening, one might hear the Cricket’s song.

(iii) What kind of a poem is ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day’ ?

Ans. ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day’ is a Shakespearean sonnet.

(iv) Where does the tree’s strength lie ?

Ans. The strength of a tree lies in its roots, which keep it firmly fixed to the ground.

(v) What does the expression
“Slowly consuming the earth”
‘consuming the earth’ mean ?

Ans. The expression ‘Slowly consuming the earth’means gradually taking nutrients from the earth.

(vi) What shall death not brag about in Shakespeare’s poem ?

Ans. Death, according to the poet, will never brag of its omnipotence over his friend.

(vii) Where do the birds hide when they are ‘faint with the hot sun’?

Ans. In Keats’ sonnet, ‘The Poetry of Earth’ all the birds hide in the cooling shade of the trees.

(viii) Where does the soldier lie stretched ?

Ans. The soldier lies stretched in the heavy undergrowth of a small green valley.

5.Complete each of the following sentences, choosing the correct option from the alternatives provided : 1 x 4 = 4

(i) Natalya suggested that Lomov should not go after foxes but
(a) catch black beetles
(b) go after horses
(c) shoot partridges
(d) go to the doctor.

Ans. (a) catch black beetles

(ii) Lomov wanted to remind Natalya that her dog was
(a) ugly (b) old (c) overshot (d) lame.

Ans. (c) overshot

(iii) Chubukov said that Lomov’s younger aunt had run away with
(a) a hunter (b) a drunkard
(c) a count (d)an architect.

Ans. (d)an architect

(iv) The worst of Lomov’s physical problems is
(a) the way he sleeps
(b) his palpitations
(c) his headache
(d) his limp

Ans. (a) the way he sleeps

OR

(i) The queen gave five coins to the guru for teaching Charandas
(a) never to sing
(b) never to get drunk
(c) never to steal
(d) never to tell a lie.

Ans. (d) never to tell a lie

(ii) The villagers who have come to the landlord seeking help are
suffering from a terrible
(a) famine (b) disease (c) drought
(d) flood.

Ans. (c) Raigarh

(iii) The woman made her ornaments from
(a) Jalgaon (b) Bhatgaon (c) Raigarh
(d) Nandgaon.

Ans. (c) Raigarh

(iv) Mister Babu Das is the name of the
(a) peasant (b) gambler (c) havaldar
(d) landlord.

Ans. (c) havaldar

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