2020-21 MODEL QUESTION PAPER - 1
Subject: FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH Subject
Code: 14E
Time: 3 hrs. 15 minutes Max.
Marks: 100
REGULAR
FRESH
GENERAL
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATE
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This
question Paper consists of objective and subjective types of 45 questions.
·
Follow
the instructions given against both the objective and subjective types of
questions.
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Figures
in the right hand margin indicate maximum marks for the questions.
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The maximum time to answer the paper is given at the top of the
question paper. It includes 15 minutes for reading the question paper.
I.
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 letter of alphabet. 6
x 1 = 6
1. You either send……….. SMS or give
me……….. call after you reach your place.
The appropriate articles to be filled in
the blanks are:
A.
An, the B.
The, a
C.
The, the D.
An, a
2. He has not sung melodiously, _______. The appropriate
question tag to be added is:
A. haven’t he? B. has he?
C. isn’t he? D. was
he?
3. Raju rocks in Patil planet. The figure of speech used here is:
A. Alliteration B.
Personification
C. Simile D. Metaphor
4. She sat up all ……………… the night nursing her mother.
The appropriate preposition to be filled in the blank is:
A. between B. through
C. during D. from
5. Many students would ………… when they face problems.
The correct phrasal verb to be filled in the blank is:
A. give up B. put
across
C. make over D. take in
6. The package containing books and records……………….. last
week.
The correct form of the verb to be filled in the blank is:
A. is delivered B. was
delivered
C. are delivered D. were
delivered
II. Observe the relationship in the first pair of words and
complete the second pair accordingly in the following. 4 x 1 = 4
7. Decide: Decision: : Prefer :
__________
8. Herd: Elephant: : Bunch :
__________
9. Beautiful: Ugly: : Broad :
__________
10. Wisely: Adverb: : Wise : __________
III. Rewrite as directed. 3 x 1 = 3
11. Change the
voice of the sentence:
Louis Pasteur had discovered vaccination for rabies.
12. Change the
assertive sentence into exclamatory sentence:
It is a beautiful car.
13. Frame a
question to get the underlined words as answer:
Ranjit was awarded for his bravery.
IV. Answer the following questions in a sentence each. 4 x 1 = 4
14. What is compared to dirty linen
in the poem “To a Pair of Sarus Cranes”?
15. Why didn’t the man fit in with the
scheme of things in Workers’ Paradise?
16. What was rent of Della's flat?
17. What did Jim buy for Della?
V. Answer the following questions in two to three sentences
each. 7
x 2 = 14
18. Why did Saint Theresa wish to
have a torch and a vessel of water?
19. Which are the two opposing laws
that Pasteur talked about?
20. What changes took place in the
girl after the wrong man gave her the painted pitcher?
21. What did the female sarus crane
do, when the hunter went away?
22. How did the speaker nourish his
suppressed anger?
23. How does Karna describe his
loyalty to Duryodhana?
24. What condition laid by Indra while granting the boon to Karna?
VI. Rewrite as directed. 3 x 2 = 6
25. Change the
following sentence to reported speech:
The teacher said to the boys, “Mathematics examination
conducted yesterday”.
26. Use the
following words in sentences of your own to bring out the difference in their
meanings:
a) Brake b) Break
27. Change the
following sentence to the other two degrees of comparison:
Solar energy is one of the cheapest forms of energy.
VII. Answer the following questions in five to six
sentences each. 6
x 3 = 18
28. How does Sir C.V. Raman
describe the rain-fed tanks?
29. What did idler ask the torrent
girl in both occasion and what did he do with them?
30. Describe the experiment
conducted by Pasteur to show the difference between pure and stale air.
31. Narrate the events that made
Parasurama curse Karna.
32. Explain the message brought out
by Basavanna in the poem “The Temple and the Body”.
33. Why do we call the scientist
Louis Pasteur as an all rounder?
OR
How does the poet bring out the intense love of the female sarus
crane towards its partner?
VIII. Explain with reference to the context. 5
x 3 = 15
34. “What do they mean, all those
lines and colours?”
35. “Take yer hat off and let’s
have a sight at the looks of it”.
36. “Egypt, in fact, was made by
its river”.
37. I told it not, my wrath did
grow.
38. “But if you’ll unwrap
that package you may see why you had me going a while at first.”
IX. Quote from memory. 1 x 4 = 4
39. And it grew _________________
_________________________
_________________________
__________________ was mine.
OR
And into
_________________
_________________________
_________________________
__________________ beneath the tree.
X. Answer the following questions in seven to eight
sentences each. 3 x 4 = 12
40. Why does Gandhiji say that a
moral act should be done without fear and compulsion?
41. What does the poet father
want his son’s teacher to teach his son about- a) books and nature; b) being
honest? OR
“Water is the basis of all life”-
Elucidate.
42. How was the poet responsible for the death
of his foe?
OR
What precautions does Abraham Lincoln wan his son to learn in
school, while dealing with different kinds of people in the society?
XI. 43. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below.
(2 x 2)
The success of a
major operation depends in large part on the intensive postoperative care of
the patient. Because of prolonged anesthesia and extensive surgical trauma, the
patient is often in worse shape after the operation than before. The first few
days after an operation are the most dangerous. During this critical period,
the patient is under constant surveillance in the post-anesthetic recovery room
or in an intensive care unit. Specially trained nurses and doctors use
electronic monitoring devices to detect deviations in the patient’s vital functions.
The medical staff is also alert to signs of lung complications that frequently
follow major surgery. Venous stenosis, or the slow-up of blood flow in the
veins — a consequence of bed confinement — is prevented by exercising the patient’s
limbs and varying his position in bed. Closed circuit television cameras allow
constant observation of the patient and monitoring devices linked with computers
sound a warning when dangerous complications occur, but the keen senses of a
skilled nurse are still required to ensure the best after care of the sick.
Questions.
a) How are the vital functions of
the patient detected after the surgery?
b) Why is the patient often in worse shape after the operation
than before?
XII.
44. Write an essay of about 18 to 20 sentences on any one of the following
topics.
1 x 5 = 5
a) Safety
and dignity of women in India.
b) Role of
mass media in promoting National Integration
XIII.
1
x 5 = 5
45.
Imagine you are Tina / Tanish of Government High School, Dharwad.
Write
a letter to the district MLA drawing his / her attention to the urgent need for
a Library in your locality.
OR
Imagine
you are Karan / Katrina of Government High School, Sindagi.
Write a letter to your younger brother advising him to take part in inter school debate competition.
Sub : English KEY ANSWERS Marks:
100
I.
1) D) An, a 1m
2) B) has he? 1m
3) A) Alliteration 1m
4) B) through 1m
5) A) give up 1m
6) B) was delivered 1m
7) Preference 1m
8) Key 1m
9) Narrow 1m
10) Adjective 1m
11) Vaccination had been discovered by Louis Pasteur for rabies. 1m
12) What a beautiful car it is! 1m
13) Why was Ranjit awarded? 1m
14) The dead body of a male sarus crane/ proud neck. 1m
15) The man was not doing any useful works and wasted time in making
painting and sculptors. 1m
16) $8 per week. 1m
17) Set of combs 1m
18) A torch in her right had to burn the glory of heaven and had a vessel of
water to extinguish fire of hell. 2m
19) Law of blood and death, a law of peace, work and health. 2m
20) Scanned the pitcher, woke up at night and observed it. / The meaningless
was slowly becoming meaningful. / wasted her time in useless work and
attracted to the art. 2m
21) Circled the sky with the grace and came to place where her partner was
shot dead. / She kissed some feathers and hatched them. 2m
22) He watered it with tears and
fears. It grew and bore a poisonous apple. 2m
23) He ate salt of him. He was ready to sacrifice his life. 2m
24) Power to use the Shakti weapon only once and it could kill the person
whoever wishes. / Weapon would return back to him. 2m
25) The teacher told boys that Mathematics examination had conducted the
previous day. 2m
26) a) Brake: Road brakes are made on road to slow down the vehicles speed. 1m
b) Break: Students get ten minutes break for refreshment. 1m
27) Positive degree: Very few forms of energy are as cheap as solar energy. 2m
Comparative degree: Solar energy is cheaper than most other forms of
energy.
28) -The rain fed tanks are the cheering sight when they are full. 3m
-They are common in South India.
-They are very useful for South Indian agriculture because India has
seasonal rainfall.
-It is a beautiful sight to see a sunset or sunrise over them.
-They are shallow and some are pretty big.
29) -The girl was pity on idler as he was standing alone and wasting his time. 3m
-She asked idler what did he want of her.
-The idler asked a pitcher to draw a picture on it.
-He had drawn lines on it and painted just for nothing.
-The idler gave her coloured ribbon.
-The girl wasted her time by tying ribbon around her hair.
30) -He took soup in a bottle and went to small hotel bedroom. 3m
-He kept open the soup for sometime.
-The soup was mouldy. This represented stale air in bedroom.
-He kept open the soup in a field and opened the soup and kept for some time.
The soup was moderate.
-He kept open the soup on top of a mountain. The soup was fresh as before.
-He got the answer that air on the top of the mountain was pure air.
31) -Parasurama laid on the thigh of Karna. 3m
-A stingy worm had bitten Karna.
-Karna bore pain because he
didn’t want to disturb his Guru’s sleep.
-Parasurama woke and saw Karna was bleeding.
-He realized that Brahmana couldn’t bear the pain, only Khastriya could.
-He cursed Karna to forget all when he was in difficult situations.
32) -Basavanna compares his legs to
the pillars, his body to the shrine of the temple as idol is compared to the human’s
soul.
-His head to the cupola of gold.
-Temple can fall one day but the moving souls never fall. 3m
33) -The female sarus crane circled the sky. 3m
-She went to the place where her partner was dead.
-She kissed the feathers which wind had not taken away.
-She sat to hatch feathers.
-It shows us that birds too have emotions and felling.
34) Lesson name: A wrong Man in Worker’s Paradise. 3m
Author name: Rabindranath Tagore.
Context:
-This sentence was said by the torrent girl to idler.
-Idler drew some lines and painted it.
-It had no meaning.
-The girl scanned the picture.
35) Lesson name : The Gift of Magi 3m
Author name: O. Henry
Context:
-Madame Sofronie said to Della.
-Della decided to sell her hair for $20.
-And went to shop to buy a present for her husband.
36) Lesson name: The Elixir of Life. 3m
Author name: Sir C. V. Raman.
Context:
-The above sentence was said by the author.
-The soil of the Nile valley is the creation of Nile River itself.
- Silt is carried everywhere.
-NileRiver is lifeline of Nile valley.
37) Poem name : A Poison Tree 3m
Poet name: William Bloke.
Context:
-Poet expressed his anger.
-He was angry on his enemy.
-He nourished it and his wrath grew.
38) Lesson name : A Gift of Magi 3m
Author name: O. Henry
Context:
-The above sentence was said by Jim to Della.
-Della cut her hair to buy a Christmas gift for Jim.
-When Jim had seen her, he stood with no expression on his face.
39) And it grew both day and night, 4m
Till it bore an apple bright.
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine.
Or
And into my garden stole,
When the night had veil'd the pole;
In the morning glad I see;
My foe outstretched beneath the tree.
X.
40) - A moral act should be without any fear or compulsion. 4m
-One should do good deeds without fear or compulsion.
-Moral act should be done willingly with good intention.
- When act is done by compulsion, it is not classified as moral action.
41) -Life cannot exist without water.
4m
-Water is important for both human beings and other living creatures.
-The unique fact about the water is it carries silt.
-Water ways are the cheapest form of transportation.
-Water has the power of creation as well as destruction.
-It plays an important role in agriculture.
42) -Abraham Lincoln writes the letter to his son’s teacher. 4m
- The teacher should teach him how to deal with different kind of people
in society.
-There are good people also among the bad people.
-He says his son not to hear everybody but to believe in his own ideas.
- His son should be independent and have confidence.
XI.
43) a) During the critical condition
of a patient, specially trained nurses and doctors use electronic monitoring
devices to detect deviations in the patient’s vital functions. The medical staff
is also alert to signs of lung complications that frequently. Follow major
surgery. 2m
b) Because of prolonged anesthesia and extensive surgical trauma, the patient is often in worse shape
after the operation than before. The first few days an operation is the most
dangerous. 2m
XII.
44) Essay
Matter-2
Sequence-2
Language-1
45) Letter writing
Format – 2
Matter – 2
Language-1
