SSLC FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH – 2022 SOLUTIONS
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SSLC FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH SOLVED PAPER -2021-2022
I. Four alternatives are given for each of the following
questions incomplete statements. Only one of them is correct or not
appropriate. Choose the correct alternative and write the complete answer along
with its letter of alphabet: 6x1=6
1) The
girl did not understand his words, …………………
The
appropriate question tag to be added is
A)
didn’t she? B) does she?
C) did
she? D) doesn’t she?
Ans: C) did she?
2)
……………., Mt. Everest is…………. tallest peak in the Himalayas.
The
appropriate articles to be filled in the blanks are
A) A,
the B) The, the
C) The,
a D) An, the
Ans: B) the, the
3) They
presented him ………….. a gold watch.
The
appropriate preposition to be filled in the blank is
A) with B) for
C) in D) at
Ans: A) with
4) To
cut off a part of a person’s infected body.
Choose
the correct one-word medical term:
A)
anatomy B) autopsy
C)
antidote D) amputate
Ans: D)
amputate
5) The
word that takes ‘in’ as a negative prefix is
A)
proper B) regular
C)
civilized D) curable
Ans: D) incurable
6) My boat went heaving through the water like a
swan.
The
figure of speech used here is
A)
Alliteration B) Metaphor
C)
Simile D) Personification
Ans: C) Simile
II. Observe the relationship in the first
pair of words and complete the second pair accordingly in the following: 4x1=4
7) Silence:
Silent :: Glory: Glorious
8) Meet:
Meat :: Pray: Prey
9) Menace:
Threat :: Agile: Nimble / able to move
quickly
10) Happiness:
Misery :: Arrival : Departure
III.
Rewrite as directed: 3x2=6
11) Change the voice of the sentence:
The
hunter shot the tiger.
Ans: The tiger was shot by the hunter.
12) Frame
a question to get the underlined word as answer:
January
is
the first month of the year.
Ans: Which is the first month of the year?
13) Rewrite
the sentence into assertive:
How
sweet this rose smells!
Ans: The rose smells sweet.
IV.
Answer the following questions in a sentence each: 4x1=4
14) What
did Della buy for Jim?
Ans: Della bought a platinum fob chain for
Jim.
15) Why
did the girl tell the narrator that her aunt was meeting her at Saharanpur?
Ans: She said this probably because; she wanted to convey a message that he
couldn't take advantage of her thinking that she was alone.
16) Otto Frank decided to migrate to Netherlands.
Ans:
Because Hitler began issuing anti-Jewish decrees one after another, and because
Netherlands was hospitable enough for him to start a small firm.
17) Why did Buttoo go to
Dronacharya?
Ans:
Buttoo went to Dronacharya to learn science of archery.
V. Answer the following
questions in two or three sentences each: 7x2=14
18) The elders of the Workers’ Paradise
became anxious. Why?
Ans: The
elders of the Workers’ Paradise became anxious because more and more people in
the worker's paradise were becoming idle, wasting their precious time.
19) What were the reasons
for Pierre to wish to eat the cranberry tart?
Ans: It was a tart to dream about:
succulent, spiced, sugared, white as a maid’s bosom: the very tart to sit
affably on a foundation of eel pie. Pierre saw no reason why the tart should
not be theirs.
20) What was the male bird
doing, when it was shot?
Ans: The poet felt that before the male bird was shot, the sun was not willing to
rise and the male bird stretched
his neck to pull out then the hunters shot that male bird.
21) Compare the qualities of
Lochinvar and the bridegroom.
Ans: Lochinvar was confident enough on
his skills of sword fighting. He was faithful and dauntless, and valiant. He
was also dauntless and audacious in the way he fought. The bridegroom was a 'laggard in
love', so timid that he couldn't even express his love to Ellen, and was a
'dastard in war', i.e., cowardly and hardly any competition to brave Lochinvar.
22) How does John Masefield
justify that he was born at the cost of his mother’s life?
Ans: John Masefield mother died when she
was giving birth to him the poet thought that in your future if they meet there
she did not identify him and when him and when he grow I thought that every
lady in this world when giving birth to child she takes the pain like a mother
she gives birth to him and I did the poet feel.
23) What made Kripacharya to
object Karna joining in the battle?
Ans: Kripacharya objected to Karna
joining in the battle because his
lineage and parentage were unknown, and, Arjuna being a high-bom prince
could not engage in single combat with unknown adventurers.
24) How strong was the Greek
wine brought by Ulysses?
Ans: The Greek wine was so strong that no one ever drank it without
an infusion of twenty parts of water to one wine, yet the fragrance of
it even then so delicious, that it would have vexed a man who smelled it to
abstain from tasting it; but whoever tasted it, it was able to raise his
courage to the height of heroic deeds.
VI. Rewrite as directed: 3x2=6
25)
Change the following sentence to the other two degrees of comparison:
Mumbai
is one of the biggest cities in India.
Ans: Comparative: Mumbai is bigger than many
other cities in India.
Positive: Very few cities are as big as Mumbai in India
26) Change
the following sentence to reported speech:
The
doctor said to the students, “Take exercise regularly and sleep with the
windows open.”
Ans: The doctor advised the students that to
take exercise regularly and sleep with the windows opened.
27) Combine
the sentences using:
a) As
soon as
b) No
sooner…………….than
He saw
the warden. He ran away.
Ans: a) As soon as he did see the warden, he
ran away.
b) No sooner did he see the warden than he
ran away.
VII.
Answer the following questions in five to six sentences each: 6x3=18
28) How
did Anne describe her life in Annexe?
Ans: Life for the eight people in the small
apartment, which Anne Frank referred to as the Secret Annex, was tense. The
group lived in constant fear of being discovered and could never go outside. Anne
Frank spent 761 days in the Secret Annex. Anne Frank had compared herself as
bird in a cage, even she had expressed about her quarrel, tensions as well as
loneliness. Even she had expressed about her rapturous kiss shared with Van
Dann’s son.
29) According to
Abraham Lincoln what should his son know regarding books and nature?
Ans: The line means that
if the teacher should teach him the wonder of the books and quiet time to
ponder, the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, the in the sun and flowers on
a green side of hill. Abraham Lincoln wants his son should not stick only to
books even he has to ponder in beautiful nature.
30) How are the ideas of spiritually
explained in the poem “Vachana”?
Ans: The temple and the
body (Vachana) a beautiful poem, Basvanna tells us that rich man can build
temples for Shiva but a poor man cannot afford it. He compares his body as
temple, where his legs as pillars, his body as shrine and his head as cupola.
He says that things, structures could destroy as passes but the soul which is a
part of God cannot destroy, it is eternal. He is comparing the human body to a
temple because the speaker was unable to construct temple and the speaker
compared his body a temple. As human soul is a part of God, similarly God’s
idol is placed in the temple as the soul lives in the body.
31) Explain why and how
Buttoo learnt archery by himself.
Ans: The great qualities of
Buttoo: Buttoo’s devotion towards his teacher Dronacharya: Buttoo was dedicated
student to his teacher even though his teacher had refused him to teach him
science of archery. But Buttoo was completely devoted himself to his teacher.
Buttoo’s determination to learn science of archery was great quality expressed
by him. Buttoo was very humble and modest person and he was not envious of
Arjuna as his teacher refused him for Arjuna.
32) Describe how and why did Indra approach
Karna.
Ans: Indra approached Karna as a poor Brahman and begged
him for his earrings and armour and Karna gave them to him. Indra was filled
with surprise and in return he offered a boon to Karna. Indra offered him the
Sakti weapon. The Sakti weapon could be used
only for once who he desired to kill later it would return back to Indra. Thus
that was the condition.
33)
Explain the opinion of Mother Theresa about heaven and hell.
Ans: The great Saint Theresa wished to have a touch in
her right hand and a vessel of water in her left so that with the one she might
burn the glories of heaven and with the other extinguish the fires of hell, and
men might learn to serve God from love alone without fear of hell and without
temptation of heavenly bliss.
OR
How was the 70th birthday of Louis Pasteur
celebrated in Paris?
Ans: Louis Pasteur message
to young students on the occasion of his 70th birthday
celebration was: “First ask yourselves, ‘What have I done for my education?’
Then as you advance in life, what have I done for my country? So, that someday
that supreme happiness may come to you, the consciousness of having contributed
in some measure to the progress and welfare of humanity.”
VIII.
Explain with reference to the context: 5x3=15
34)
“Wait a moment! I shall come with you.”
Ans: Lesson: A Wrong Man In Workers’ Paradise
Author: Rabindranath Tagore
Context:
The line was said by the girl of the torrent to the wrong man in workers'
paradise. In the 'Workers' Paradise' work had, of late, had begun to suffer.
Many people had become idle wasting their time on useless things such as
painting and sculpture. The elders called a meeting to analyze the situation. The
Ariel messenger admitted that the situation in the workers’ paradise had
worsened because he had brought the wrong man there. They decided to
banish him from the workers’ paradise. The girl of the torrent asked him to
wait for her. So, that she would also accompany him out of the workers’
paradise.
35)
“Aunts are usually formidable creatures.”
Ans: Lesson: The Eyes Are Not Here
Author: Ruskin Bond
Context: The above sentence was said by the author to the
girl. He enquired that girl about her destination. The girl replied the author
that she would get down at Sharanapur where her aunt would come to receive her.
The author uttered the following words as aunts were usually formidable
creatures.
36) “I
really don’t see the necessity.”
Ans: Lesson: The Pie And The Tart
Author: Hugh Chesterman
Context: The above sentence was said by the Judge Gaston.
Pierre was pinched for begging and he was presented before Judge Gaston. Judge
Gaston asked him why he had done that, at that moment Pierre replied judge to
live. Judge Gaston looked at him up and down and by seeing physical appearance;
Judge Gaston said that he really did not see the necessity.
37) “I
long woo’d your daughter, my suit you denied”
Ans: Poem: Lochinvar
Poet: Sir Walter Scott
Context: The boldness of Lochinvar has been displayed.
After reaching Netherby Hall, he entered the Hall bravely, though it was filled
with the bride’s relatives. When the bride’s father asked him if he had come
there in peace or to fight, he replied that he had wooed his daughter for a
long time but his marriage proposal had been rejected. Now he had come there to
dance with Ellen only for last time.
38)
“Beware! Rash promise ever ends in strife.”
Ans: Poem: Buttoo
Poet: Toru Dutt
Context: The above sentence was said by
Dronacharya to Buttoo. Dronacharya was surprised by the skills of Buttoo and
enquired about his teacher then Buttoo said him that he had learned from him.
Dronacharya asked him recompense at that moment Buttoo had promised to offer
what he would ask. At that moment Dronacharya said above statement hinting that
his demand for recompense could be damaging or destructive to Buttoo.
IX. Quote
from memory: 1x4=4
39) The rich will make temples for Siva.
What
shall I, a poor man, do?
My legs
are pillars, the body the shrine,
the
head a cupola of gold.
Listen,
O lord of the meeting rivers,
things
standing shall fall,
but the
moving ever shall stay.
OR
I was
angry with my friend:
I told
my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was
angry with my foe:
I told
it not, my wrath did grow.
X.
Answer the following questions in seven to eight sentences each: 3x4=12
40)
Explain how the narrator was haunted by a mysterious presence within him after
the stolen boat experience.
Ans: The boy attracted to
boat which was in rocky cave, the boat was moored to a willow tree and he took
boat to sail in beautiful evening and thought enjoy ride. He united the chains
of the boat; overall it was the act of stealing, as boy had not taken owner’s
permission to use the boat. So, Wordsworth says that his moving the boat is an
act of stealth. The boy felt guilty when he realized that he had stolen a boat.
When the boy took a boat that was in rocky cave and moored to a willow tree. He
was glad with his act and rowed in river but when came near craggy ridge then
he saw huge, black, threatening peak which was following him. The boy rode the
boat back to the cave and rushed back to home. it was very difficult for him to
forget those things and they remained for a long time on poet’s mind.
41) Mention the causes and prevention of soil erosion as
described by C.V. Raman.
Ans: C.V. Raman shows that
water is the real elixir of life. As water is very essential fluid for human
beings as well as all living creatures. C.V. Raman explains about separation of
Libyan Desert and a fertile land due the river Nile in Egypt. The various
causes of soil erosion are heavy rainfall, slope of land, absence of bunds,
removal of the top natural protective layer, the absence of checks to flow
water. It can be prevented by terracing of lands, constructing bunds, by the
practice of contour cultivation and planting appropriate vegetation.
OR
How did
Della try to fix her hair before Jim got home?
Ans: The
author says that Della would let her hair, her jewel to hang out of the window
some day to dry, to overrate her gifts. When Della reached home after cutting her hair, she got out her curling
irons and lighted the gas and went to work repairing the ravages made by
generosity added to love. This was always a tremendous task, dear friends-a
mammoth task.
42)
Describe the experiment conducted by Louis Pasteur to show the difference between
pure and stale air.
Ans: Louis Pasteur proved
germs were present in air and infected all things by his experiment when he
placed soup in a long tube with narrow neck and a big bend in the middle. The
soup didn’t spoil which was kept in open air but the soup in bent tube had
spoiled. Pure air is different from stale air, Louis Pasteur had proved this by
his experiment with soup in bottles. He kept soup bottles in three different
areas, one in hotel bed room, second in field and third on mountain. He found
that the soup in hotel was completely moldy, the soup in field somewhat was
moldy and there were no germs in soup which he had kept on high mountain.
Hence, he proved that pure air had no germs comparing stale air.
Or
Why does Gandhi say that a moral act should be done without
fear and compulsion?
Ans: Gandhiji says that a moral
action ought to be liberated from dread and impulse. He says that there is no
ethical quality at all in an individual's demonstration on the off chance that
he rises ahead of schedule out of the dread that, on the off chance that he is
late to his office, he may lose his circumstance. Additionally, there is no
ethical quality in his carrying on with a basic and straightforward life on the
off chance that he has not the way to live something else. He says that there
is no morality in an individual's act on the off chance that he rises right on
time out of the dread that, on the off chance that he is late for his office,
he may lose his circumstance. So also, there is no morality in his carrying on
with a basic and unassuming life in the event that he has not the way to live
something else.
XI. Read the following passage carefully and answer the
questions given below:
Life is not the aggregate of days and
months. It is the aggregate of lofty ideals and noble deeds. There is joy when
you meet the demands you make and quench your thirst; greater is the joy when
we meet the need of others and quench their thirst; greater is the joy when we
meet the need of others and quench their thirst. Lucky you are if you have no
cause to shed tears of your own. Luckier you should be if you wipe the tears of
the poor and the suffering, the forsaken and the forlorn. Blind and ignorant we
are, we try to seek fame in conquering nations, in giving false promises,
uttering sugar coated words and fanning religious riots in order to perpetuate
our position and power. We think we make history and therefore prefer a class
to fame. We do not realize that our names do not ever even the pages of
children’s story books. The moment we go away, we go away once for at even from
the memories of the people.
Questions:
43)
a) When will you be luckier?
Ans: Lucky you are if you
have no cause to shed tears of your own. Luckier you should be if you can wipe
the tears of the poor and the suffering, the forsaken and the forlorn.
b) Why are we considered to be blind and
ignorant?
Ans: Blind and ignorant we
are, we try to seek fame in conquering nations, in giving false promises,
uttering sugar coated and fanning religious riots in order to perpetuate our
position and power.
XII.
Write an essay of about 18-20 sentences on any one of the following topics:
44)
A)
TRAVELLING – A LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Ans: Travelling is considered the best form of education.
In fact, traveling allows a person to learn new things and know about different
places. It helps oneself become more aware of the world and learn about
different cultures, languages, and history. It also helps improve social skills
and communication skills. You get to understand the real world and real people.
By traveling, you can gain awareness about yourself and your personality. You
become independent and self-reliant. Traveling alone helps you to be proactive
and take control of your decisions. When you travel, you get to mingle with
people around the world and learn about their actions that help develop compassion.
Since traveling brings educational value, students are taken educational tours
to help them enrich their knowledge. Overall, traveling is worth more than
books to infuse practical learning and knowledge through life experiences.
B)
POPULATION EXPLOSION
Ans: Population explosion means a sudden increase in the
number of individuals in a particular species. The term is used to refer to the
world’s human population. In India, Population explosion has become a severe
matter of concern because the increase in population leads to poverty and
illiteracy. In this situation, it is difficult to cope up with the economy of
the country with the rapid growth of the population. The Government of India is
now looking into the matter seriously, and many states have framed laws to
tackle the problem of population explosion. Major Causes of Population
Explosion: Increase in Birth Rate One of the major causes responsible for the
growth of the population is the high birth rate. Early Marriage: Early marriage
is also an essential factor for the rapid increase in population. In India, the
marriage age of a girl is 18, which is very low compared to other countries,
which is about 23 to 25 years. It leads to a longer span of reproductive
activity and increases in children. Religious and Social Reasons: In India,
marriage is considered a compulsory social institution, and every person should
marry. Every individual in a joint family takes equal responsibility and has
access to an equivalent level of consumption. Poverty: Another major cause of
population explosion is poverty. In most families, children become the source
of income. From a very young age, children start working for their families
instead of going to school, and they become a precious asset for the family. So,
at last, we can wrap up the essay by stating that overpopulation is considered
one of the biggest challenges humanity faces.
XVIII. Imagine you
are Chaithra / Chirag of Government High School, Bangalore.
45) Write a letter to
the Commissioner, BBMP, highlighting the need of a public park in your
locality.
Ans:
From,
Chirag Patel
Government High
School
Bangalore
28th
March, 2022
To,
The Municipal
Commissioner
BBMP
Bangalore
Sub:
Construction of Public Park
Respected
Sir,
I,
a resident of Model Town Extension, on behalf of the residents of the area,
write to your esteemed self to request you to construct a Public Park in our
area. Public parks have become indispensable necessities in the current times.
And absence of open spaces in the modern colonies, townships, and residential
areas has further aggravated the problem.
The worst lots that have
been affected are: the young children, and the old people, besides all age
group people. How unfortunate are the growing children! They don’t have any
space left to play and have fun our side! The absence of open spaces, grounds,
etc. has deprived them of the joys of playing outdoor games, which has affected
their physical growth and development adversely. The elderly and the aged are
far worse off. They have no place where they can go and sit peacefully! Keeping
so many benefits in mind, and for the welfare of our children, the old, and
people, I appeal to you to construct a park in our area. We shall be grateful.
Thank
you,
Yours
faithfully
Chirag
Patel
