PUC-II YEAR ENGLISH - SOLVED MODEL PAPER - EXAMINATION-2022 - 2023, SOLVED PAPER
II PUC ENGLISH
Revised Solved Model Question Paper 2022-2023
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Instructions:
a. Follow the prescribed limit while answering the questions.
b. Write the correct question number as it appears on the question paper.
c. One-mark questions attempted more than once will be awarded zero.
d. All questions including Multiple-Choice Questions from section I should be answered in the first three pages only.
e. For Multiple-Choice questions, choose the correct answer and rewrite it.
f. Answers to question number 28 (a –j) and 29 (i–iii) should be in sequence and at one place.
I. Answer
the following questions by choosing
the right option. 12X1=
12 (Answer to this section should be in sequence
and written on the first three pages of the answer book.)
1. Romeo compares ——— to a ‘rich jewel’ in an ‘Ethiope’s ear.
a. Montague b. Rosaline
c. Juliet d. Shakespeare
Ans: c. Juliet
2.
The army in Monaco consisted of ——— number of men in ‘Too Dear!’
a.
seventy b. sixty
c. fifty five d. seventy five
Ans: b. sixty
3. In 'When You Are Old' the speaker loved the pilgrim soul of his beloved
and also loved her ———— .
a. wealth b. beauty
c. happiness d. sorrows
Ans: b. beauty
4.
There were ——— priests
sitting on Gonzalo’s
usual bench in the park in ‘A Sunny Morning’.
a. three b.
four
c. five d. two
Ans: a. three
5.
During the Chipko Movement's dramatic actions mentioned
by Vandana Shiva, the woman
who led resistance against
her husband was ————.
a. Carolyn Merchant b. Vandana Shiva's mother
c. Bachni Devi d. Vandana
Shiva's sister
Ans: c. Bachni Devi
6. According to the narrator
of 'The Gardener’ man would lose his name on….
a.
becoming wealthy b. composing ballads
c. reaching old age d. acquiring
friends
Ans: c. reaching old age
7.
————— will never disappear according to Borges.
a.
Telephones b. Swords
c. Books d. Ploughs
Ans: c. Books
8.
In 'Heaven If You Are Not Here On Earth',
the poet creates heaven on
——
a. streams b.
gardens
c. surf d. Earth
Ans: d. Earth
9. The Japanese
stores employ to greet customers.
a. singing girls b. dancing girls
c. bowing girls d. clapping
girls
Ans: c. bowing girls
10.
Marcus Ibe was a ————
before entering politics in ‘The Voter’.
a. school teacher b. bicycle repairer
c. village
chieftain d. state minister
Ans: a. school teacher
11.
———— sanctioned fifty mopeds for Arivoli women activists according
to
P. Sainath.
a. WHO b. UNESCO
c. WTO d.
UNICEF
Ans: d. UNICEF
12. ———— is the new name acquired by water as mentioned in the poem ‘Water’.
a.
Sparkling
Water b. Mineral
Water
c. Clean Water d. Healthy Water
Ans: b. Mineral Water
13. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right forms of verb given in the brackets. 3x1=3
In no time cycling
became a way of life in Pudukkottai. It _
(introduce) as a tool of
social change. Mobility, facilitated by
cycling _ (include) as a part
of literacy drive. The idea_ (propose)
by Sheela Rani Chunkath, the district collector.
Ans: In no time cycling became a way of life in Pudukkottai. It was introduced (introduce) as a tool of social change. Mobility, facilitated by cycling was included (include) as a part of literacy drive. The idea was proposed (propose) by Sheela Rani Chunkath, the district collector.
14. Fill in the blanks by choosing appropriate expressions given in the brackets. 2x1=2
It was the time of election. The campaign in Umuofia was _ _ . All knew that the honourable minister would have a _ _.
(in a soup, landslide victory, in full swing)
Ans: It was the time of election. The campaign in Umuofia was in full swing . All knew that the honourable minister would have a landslide victory.
15. Fill in the blanks with the right
linker given in the brackets. 4x1=4
(because, finally, gradually, that)
Rivalry
between Tammanna and Basavaiah looked like healthy competition in the beginning. _ it rose to such a pitch they started
competing in buying
each acre of land in the village. no land in the village was left for buying.
Even then Basavaiah
was not happy he had 200 acres less than Tammanna.
Ans: Rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaiah looked like healthy competition in the beginning. Gradually it rose to such a pitch that they started competing in buying each acre of land in the village. Finally no land in the village was left for buying. Even then Basavaiah was not happy because he had 200 acres less than Tammanna.
16. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence. 1x1= 1
Don Gonzalo/ handkerchief / his / used / as a shoe brush
Ans: Don Gonzalo used his handkerchief as a shoe brush.
II Answer any eight of the following choosing at least
two from the poems in a paragraph of 80-100 words each. 8x4=32
17.
Why does Juliet want Romeo to be cut out
in little stars?
Ans: One
of the play's most predictable visual themes is the difference among light and
dim regularly as far as night and day symbolism. This difference isn't given a
specific allegorical significance light isn't in every case great, and dim
isn't generally insidious. On the opposite light and dull are commonly used to
give a tangible differentiation and to allude to restrict other options. 'Come
delicate night, come cherishing dull night' 'when I will bite the dust'
,'paradise' and 'cut him in little stars' maxim so Juliet solicitations to give
her Romeo to her and in the event that she kicks the bucket, she asks destiny
to transform him into stars and structure a heavenly body in his picture. His
face will make the paradise so wonderful that the world will go gaga for the
night and fail to remember the gaudy sun. Both Romeo and Juliet see each
other as light in an encompassing darkness as the theme of light is emblematic
of the regular excellence of youthful love. Romeo and Juliet's adoration is a
light amidst the haziness of the disdain around them, yet the entirety of their
action together is done in night and dimness, while all the quarreling is done
with no attempt at being subtle. This mystery of symbolism adds air to the
ethical difficulty confronting the two sweethearts, reliability to family or dependability
to adore.
18.
How does the narrator
describe the ‘Toy Kingdom’ in
‘Too Dear!’?
Ans: Monaco was a tiny little kingdom, lies close to the boundaries of France and Italy. There were around 7,000 inhabitants in it. The kingdom was little to such an extent that if all the land in the kingdom were split between its inhabitants, there wouldn't be even a section of land of land for every inhabitant. But, this toy kingdom has a real kinglet and like some other real king, the kinglet lives in a palace with corutiers, ministers, a bishop, generals and a small army sixty men in all. The king lives by collecting taxes from people, on tobacco, wine and spirits and a poll tax. Besides, the king also received a large sum of money from a gaming housekeeper.
19. What attitude should parents have towards their children according to the poem, ‘On Children’?
Ans: The poet contends that children have resulted in these present circumstances earth as Life's longing for itself and are conceived as children and they are not made by parents. The poet tells the parents that they are not the owners of their children. Henceforth, parents can't have them. Parents ought to view themselves as 'stewards' and their job is just stewardship. The poet needs parents not to view their children as their manikins thus as not to force their religion, legislative issues, and thoughts on the blameless children. Parents may give their own adoration however not their musings, in light of the fact that the children have their own spirits. They have the choice to do however they see fit have a brain. They are allowed to have an independent mind. Parents simply go about as 'controlling lights' for their children. They have the will to go about as what their identity is and lead their own life and not how their folks need them to. The children have their own future, parents have a place with the previous days, yet kids having a place with the days to come. We should just give as much love as possible and should allow them to develop as indicated by their own latent capacity. We may endeavor to resemble them however we ought to never confide in our past on them. We should oppose the enticement of making our kid a duplicate of ourselves.
20. Write a note on ‘Navdanya Farm’ or ‘Navdanya Movement’.
Ans: ‘Navdanya’ as a movement for biodiversity conservation and organic farming which she started in 1987. Later, when she realized that they needed a farm for demonstration and training, she set up the Navdanya Farm in 1994 in the Doon Valley in the lower elevation Himalayan region of Uttarakhand province. She states that they have conserved and grown 630 varieties of rice, 150 varieties of wheat and hundreds of other species. She also says that they have set up more than 100 community seed banks across India. She also claims to help farmers make a transition from fossil-fuel and chemical-based mono cultures to bio-diverse ecological systems nourished by the sun and the soil.
21. How does Dona Laura describe her best friend’s death to Don Gonzalo in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
Ans: When Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura understand that they are the standard, worn out, youthful admirers of Maricela who were isolated in life by destiny, they choose not to uncover their character since they gain from one another in what high regard they held each other before they withdrew, they additionally come to realize that the two of them had surrendered the other as lost for eternity. While Dona Laura reveals to herself that she had hitched another person subsequent to hanging tight for him for one year, Don Gonzalo discloses to himself that in the wake of escaping from Valencia, at that point Seville and Madrid, he had run off to Paris with a ballet artist in around a quarter of a year. In this way, they devise invented stories to hide their personalities totally and to cause the other to accept that the individual was dead. Afterward, when they understand that they are alive, they would prefer not to break their shared pictures according to the next. In this way, Don Gonzalo discloses to himself that he won't uncover himself since he is twisted. He wishes that she would be wise to review the courageous horseman who passed every day underneath her window throwing blossoms. Essentially, Dona Laura discloses to herself that "I am excessively tragically changed. It is better he ought to recollect me as the dark looked at young lady throwing flowers as he passed among the roses in the garden."
22. The rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaiah started moving from the visible to the invisible domain. Explain.
Ans: In the first place, there
gave off an impression of healthy competition between Tammanna and Basavaiah.
Tammanna didn't accept Basavaiah as his adversary by any stretch of the
imagination. In this manner, when Basavaiah procured fifteen admirers to outshine
Tammanna's ten companions, it did not come to Tammanna's notification by any
means. Tammanna did anything he desired without worrying about Basavaiah.
However, Basavaiah didn't stay silent. At the point when he came to realize
that Tammanna had 1,000 sections of land of land, and he had just eight
hundred, he couldn't endure this. He reached out to Tammanna requesting that he
offer 200 acres of land to him. Tammanna disagreed. Actually, he offered to
purchase all the land that had a place with Basavaiah. Hence, Basavaiah obliged
his kin and procured 200 acres of land of Tammanna's property persuasively and
got a fence worked around it. Tammanna couldn't endure this intrusion.
Afterward, when his allies recommended to him that he could go to the official courtroom
or the police or utilize his own kin to assault him and persuasively wrest his
property from him, Tammanna didn't acknowledge their idea.
Tammanna most likely
idea that rivaling Basavaiah by actual methods has no limit to it since it
relies upon who can marshal more muscle power. Muscle power has its own limits.
Also, muscle power needs the association of a lot more individuals separated
from Tammanna. Also, as long as the two of them were battling by obvious
methods individuals won't realize who was attempting to rival whom. Until at
that point, Basavaiah was the first to show to individuals he had more land,
more companions, more riches, and so forth Tammanna never really demonstrate
hatred for Basavaiah. Whatever Tammanna did, was on his common tendency and not
to show disdain toward Basavaiah. Hence, Tammanna understood the impediments of
rivaling Basavaiah by actual methods. That is the reason he considered stopping
the unfortunate contention of Basavaiah by taking response to something undetectable.
He took plan of action to singing songs and enlightening individuals through
them regarding the cold-bloodlessness and the unpleasantness of Basavaiah.
23. How does the foot become imprisoned in the shoe in ‘To The Foot From Its Child’?
Ans: The artist Pablo Neruda presents a differentiating depiction of a kid's foot and a grown-up's foot in order to outline the progressions that are found in an individual's life as the person changes from a baby into a grown-up, until his demise. At first, the kid or the baby's foot has delicate nails of quartz and its toes are small, delicate, and adjusted at the tips like the petals of certain blossoms. As the youngster figures out how to walk and starts strolling on stones, pieces of glass, roads, ladders and the harsh surface of the earth, the kid's foot gets mindful of its job. It discovers that it is a foot and can't turn into a butterfly or a swelling natural product on a tree. When it understands that it is a foot, it is crushed in understanding its goals and gets detained in a shoe. Inside the shoe, it attempts to comprehend the world in its own particular manner, alone, similar to a visually impaired man grabbing in obscurity. During this period its delicate nails of quartz become obscure, are grouped together, and seem as though eyeless reptiles with three-sided heads, become callused, and are covered with faint volcanoes of death. These progressions happen in light of the fact that, when the kid's foot turns into a grown-up's foot, it strolls as the foot of a man or lady and continues to stroll in the fields as a rancher, or as a food merchant in the business sectors, or as a digger in the mines or as a congregation serve or an administration specialist, until its demise. Accordingly, the foot encounters the difficulties of life and loses its 'delicate' and extravagant petal-like structure.
24.Explain how the people of Japan respect each other’s privacy according to George Mikes.
Ans: The people of Japan live on a hopelessly overcrowded island where they have no privacy. However, the people are so well-mannered that they are courteous enough not to overhear a conversation when they find anyone talking to someone else over the telephone. The speaker can consider the telephone receiver as his castle and conduct his most confidential business transactions and intimate love-quarrels in public, yet in perfect privacy without becoming apprehensive about anyone overhearing his conversation.
25.
Why was Roof
in a fix while casting his vote in
‘The Voter’?
Ans: The roof can't back on his promise. So he commits to decide in favor of Maduka. At last, upon the arrival of the democratic, Marcus needs to ensure that all of his kin makes his choice as a matter of course. In this manner, Roof being his election manager, Marcus sends him to the corner first to cast a ballot. Presently, Roof is trapped in an ethical problem. From the start he has worked for Marcus and his inner voice doesn't allow him to swindle Marcus. Presently, when Marcus requests that he cast his vote he is in two personalities. He feels that he can't deceive Marcus. Briefly, his psyche discloses to him that he should decide in favor of Marcus and return and return the cash he had gotten from the POP election manager.
Besides, he recalls that he had sworn on that 'Iyi'. In no time flat, his psyche hits on a groundbreaking thought. He folds the ballot paper in the middle and tears it into two halves at the crease. He drops the initial half into the case implied for Maduka and affirms his vote saying that he votes in favor of Maduka. Since he has not made a vow to decide in favor of Marcus, there is no dread of 'Iyi' in him yet just his blame. Since he has functioned as his director for cash and rewards, he drops the other half into the crate implied for Marcus. Along these lines, he guarantees that he doesn't cheat by the same token. By tearing the polling form paper and making his choice for the two of them he defeats his ethical situation.
26. Explain the role played by Sheela Rani Chunkath in the cycling movement in ‘Where There Is A Wheel’.
Ans: Sheela Rani Chunkath was the district collector of Pudukkottai. As a part of the female literacy drive, she needed to prepare female literacy activists with the goal that education would arrive at ladies in the inside. She had understood that the absence of versatility among ladies assumed a major part in sabotaging their certainty. Thusly, she notwithstanding 'mobility' as a part of the education drive. Normally, proficiency activists picked up cycling first. This propelled the neo-literates likewise to master cycling. This, thus, enlivened each lady in the town to master cycling. The literates, having become neo-cyclists, supported each lady in the locale to master cycling, by getting sorted out 'cycle instructional courses'. Consequently, Sheela Rani Chunkath got instrumental in 'cycling' turning into a social movement in the Pudukkottai region. This way Sheela Rani Chunkath ought to be praised for advancing 'freedom' of ladies by including 'cycling' in her literacy project.
III Answer the following in about 200 words. 1x6=6
27. Both Romeo and Juliet employ
contrasting images in their expression of
appreciation and admiration
for each other. Elaborate.
Ans: As far as her might be concerned, Romeo is the 'day' in the night. In her summon discourse to 'Night1 Juliet conjures night and alongside 'night' her Romeo too. It likewise infers that Romeo is her life thus when the dusks, she envisions that he will come floating upon the wings of night. In these lines 'night' is exemplified as a raven and Romeo is compared to 'new day off' a raven's back Juliet favors the appearance of the night since it is in the night that Romeo has vowed to come. That is the reason Juliet acclaims late evening calling it 'delicate night' and 'adoring dark browed night'. When she gets her Romeo she doesn't fear passing. Love has a place with Juliet since she is hitched, however she doesn't claim it, and she can't possess love until Romeo has her. Like all humans, on the off chance that she bites the dust, Juliet asks destiny to set him in paradise with the stars. It likewise infers that their adoration will end in their terrible passing due to the hatred that exists between the two families. His quality will make the essence of paradise so excellent that the world will become hopelessly enamored with 'night', and the sun will not, at this point be loved. Therefore, the world will come to think about the heartbreaking demise of the two darlings and in this manner Romeo will be deified.
Or
The function
of books is irreplaceable. Explain
with reference to ‘I Believe
that Books will Never Disappear’.
Ans: As indicated by Borges, in each book, there is a requirement for something else, which is consistently secretive. A book can be brimming with errors; we can dismiss its writer's conclusions; can't help contradicting that person, however the book consistently holds something sacred, something mortal, and something supernatural which brings joy. Along these lines, the book goes past the writer's goal. As indicated by Borges, a book is just an augmentation of our creative mind and memory. We gain admittance to writing through books. Literature is a fantasy, a controlled dream. Borges accepts that we owe writing nearly all that we are, what we have been, and what we will be. Our past is only a succession of dreams. He accepts that there is no contrast among dreaming and recollecting the past. It is books that fill in as the archives of extraordinary recollections, all things considered, and nothing else can supplant books. Hence, if books vanish, without a doubt history would vanish and alongside history man would likewise disappear. Therefore, writing is vital for saving the eventual fate of humanity.
Or
Ans: In the article named 'Where There is a Wheel', Sainath, the author, reports a significant social movement that occurred during 1992-94 that dazed individuals of the Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu. There was an organization named 'Arivoli lyakkam' which drove the female literacy movement in Pudukkottai. These Arivoli activists got the hang of 'cycling' to empower themselves to spread the message of education among rustic women in the inside. When the activists mastered cycling, they, thus, instructed their neo-literates cycling. These neo-literates, neo-cyclists prepared ladies in cycling, everywhere on the region. During this period Muthu Bhaskaran, an Arivoli lobbyist, composed a popular melody to urge country ladies to get the hang of cycling. The tune is planned to call upon the womenfolk to master cycling. The song conveys on a simple message and when it is sung in Tamil, the primary language of these rural women, its importance is effortlessly perceived. It just calls upon the lady to put into action her own wheel of life. Up to that point, the lady couldn't move out of the house, since her 'mobility' relied upon her having the option to discover cash to pass by transport. Passing by transport additionally relied upon the authorization of the men society. The lady required the assistance of her men society even to sell the farming produce which developed on her territory. This way the woman couldn't break the male-forced hindrances. When she picked up cycling she got the opportunity to move to any place she needed and the opportunity to accomplish any work she wished to. This melody welcomes the lady to pick up cycling and put into action the wheel of her life. Here, the 'wheel' alludes to 'progress'. Thus, it advises the lady to pick up cycling and be answerable for her own advancement.
IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10x1=10
The story of the domestic cat’s
relationship with humans is an interesting tale. The cat has been the object of adoration, reverence, hatred and
even persecution by humans throughout time.
Cats were first domesticated by the
ancient Egyptians as early as 3000 BC. African
wild cats started preying
upon the mice and rats that filled the Egyptian
grain stores and it didn’t
take long for the Egyptians to become appreciative of the cats’ help in eliminating the rodent population.
Killing a cat, even when accidental, was punishable
by death. Egyptians shaved away their eyebrows as a symbol of grief when their pet passed away; they would
even mummify the cat and bury it in a special cemetery, with supplies of mummified rats for the afterlife. From Egypt, cats spread
to other parts of the world. They were great success in the East, where they were again thought to have magical and
mystical qualities. Artists in China and Japan
celebrated these animals in their art. In Japan, cats are seen as lucky. One of the most known is the beckoning cat, often
regarded as good luck charm for both households
and businesses.
The cat spread across Europe during
the Roman Empire. The Romans kept the animals
to be petted and for companionship, as well as for controlling the rat and mice population. Cats were represented
mainly as working animals in Roman art, and
there is little indication of reverence
or mystical powers given to
them.
During the Middle Ages,
however, cats became an object
of superstition and were associated with evil. They were often believed to be endowed with powers
of black
magic and suspected of being owned and used by witches.
As a result, cats were beaten, killed
and driven away from towns and villages.
The destruction of cats was so
extensive that disease carrying rats flourished, contributing greatly to the
wide spread of epidemics and plagues throughout Europe.
Not surprisingly, the Europeans once
again began to realize the value of cats in eliminating rodents and cats gradually regained
acceptance as household pets.
In 1871, the very first 'cat show’ was
held in London. The cat association was formed in 1887 in Britain
called ‘the National Cat Club of Great Britain’.
28.
a. Mention any one of
the feelings of a man towards
cat.
Ans:
Adoration
Ans: Cats
were first domesticated by the ancient Egyptians as early as 3000 B.C.
Ans: The
cats eliminated the rodent population to win the appreciation of Eqyptians.
Ans: passed
away.
Ans:
Magical qualities.
Ans:
Artists in China and Japan celebrated cats in their art.
Ans: Cats
were represented as working animals in Roman art.
Ans: Contributed
i. Name the cat association formed in Britain.
Ans: “The National
Cat Club of Great Britain”.
Ans: Unlucky.
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked
down one as far as I could To where it
bent in the undergrowth;
Ans: Yellow
a) a dense forest. b) two roads diverging
in a forest. c) a crossing.
Ans: b) two roads diverging in a forest.
Ans: one
30. Report the following conversation. 5x1=5
Don Gonzalo : I want a bench to myself. Juanito : There is none.
Don Gonzalo : That one over there is mine. Juanito : There are three priests sitting there. Don Gonzalo : Rout them out.
Ans: Don Gonzalo
asked Juanito he wanted a bench to himself. Juanito replied Don Gonzalo there
was none. Don Gonzalo told Juanito that one over there was his. Junatio
answered Don Gonzalo there were three priests sitting there. Don Gonzalo told
Juanito that rout them out.
31.
Complete the following dialogue. 4x1=4
(Two
friends at college)
Mohan : Hi
Ramesh. Good morning.
Ramesh : _ (Responding
to greeting) Mohan : your
cell phone for a moment? (Requesting) Ramesh : Sure, no problem. (Offering) Mohan : It will only be a minute or two.
Ramesh : Take your time. No rush.
Mohan : (Expressing gratitude)
Ramesh: Good morning Mohan. (Responding
to greeting)
Mohan: Can’t borrow your cell phone
for a moment? (Requesting)
Ramesh: Sure, no problem. You can use
it. (Offering)
Mohan: It will only be a minute or
two.
Ramesh: Take your time. No rush.
Mohan: Thank you. (Expressing
gratitude)
32. Read the
following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below. 8x½=4
There are three methods of rice cultivation. They are broadcasting, drilling and transplanting. The broadcasting method involves scattering of seeds by hand and it is practised in less fertile hilly areas. In drilling method, seeds are drilled into the soil. This method is confined to peninsular India. The transplanting method uses seedlings grown in seed beds for four weeks. It requires abundant supply of labour and water but gives higher yields.
Ans:
1) broadcasting
2) drilling
3) transplanting
4) seeds
5) hand
6) peninsular
India
7) four weeks
8) higher yields
(Write XXX for your name, YYY for your
address)
Ans:
XXX
YYY
5th September 2022
The Manger
Pushpa Industries
Mysore Road,
Mandya- 571403
Sir/ mam,
Subject: Application for the post of Office Assistant
I would like to drag
your kind attention towards subject mentioned about that I write this letter of
application for the post of Office Assistant in response to your advertisement
dated 3rd September, 2022 in Deccan Herald. As I fulfill your
requirements, I hope you will consider me for the post. I’m a B. A. graduate
from Mysore University. I passed out in the year 2019-20 with a distinction.
You would be happy to know that I’ve completed Basic and Advanced Computer
Courses and know Tally. I am fluent in English, Kannada and Hindi. I will serve
with sincerity and contribute towards the welfare of the Pushpa Industries. I
eagerly await your response.
Thank you,
Yours faithfully,
XXX
34. Imagine that you are the
secretary of your college's 'Eco Club' and you are required to deliver
a speech on the importance of ecological balance.
Prepare a speech
of about one hundred words based on the points
mentioned below:
5x1=5
-
What is ecological
balance – why is ecological balance important?
-
Impact of global
warming on Earth
-
Imbalance
resulting in floods and droughts
etc.
-
Shortage of food grains – rise in diseases like Covid19
etc.
-The need for immediate response to address
this issue
35.
What do the underlined words in the
following paragraph refer
to? 4x1=4
In Egypt, wild cats preyed upon rats that were destroying grains (i) which were stored in granaries. In Rome,
cats were treated as working animals and not much respect was given to (ii) them. The Europeans owned cats for fancy.
(iii) They started breeding them at home. In Japan, the beckoning cats
were seen as lucky since (iv) their charm was believed to protect households.
(i) which:............ (ii) them :...................
(iii) They :.................. (iv) their :......................
Ans: i) which: grains
ii) them:
cats
iii)They:
Europeans
iv) their:
Beckoning cats
A Note on the revised II PUC English Question Paper
The revised
question paper has retained
the pattern of questions employed in the previous question papers without any changes except
one-mark questions (from Q1 to Q12) of section-I.
These twelve questions are converted into MCQs in the interest
of the students. The MCQs carry one mark each and are based on the course book. Four questions that were part of language
sections V and VII in the
previous question papers are
shifted to section I but
there are no changes either in their pattern or in the marks allotted
to them. In the revised
question paper,‘section I’ has
sixteen questions. The details of the revised question paper pattern are as follows:
1. Section I contains 12 MCQ questions (Q No. 1 to 12). These questions are
framed in the following way:
•
They are based on the lessons from thecourse book.
•
They test knowledge
area of the learner/learning (memory/recall).
•
They are mainly focused on
below average/average students and fall under
‘Very Short Answer’ category.
2. Questions on Passive Voice,
Expressions/Idioms, Linkers and Jumbled segments are shifted
to section I. Now these questions form the Q.13, Q.14, Q.15 and Q.16 of section
I. There are no changes in the pattern or marks allotted
except that they are shifted
to section I.
3. Total number of questions
have remained the same at 35.
4. Four-mark questions remain in section II and there no changes either in their pattern or marks allotted
to them.
5. Six-mark questions remain in section III. Though the earlier
pattern of choosing
one question from three questions
remains the same, the questions
are restricted to specific lessons.
In the revised question paper, these questions
are selected from lesson 1, 3 and 14 for poetry section and lesson 2,4,7,9 and 13 for prose section.
6. The questions in the language
sections remain the same except shifting of four questions
as indicated in serial number 2 above.
7. A detailed guidelines
for the preparation of the question paper are provided in the following tables:
General Guidelines for the preparation of Question Paper
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II.
The lesson wise allocation
of questions (From the Course Book):
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Sl. No |
Name of the Lesson |
One Mark |
Four Marks |
Six Marks |
Language Component |
|
1 |
Romeo and Juliet |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
None |
|
2 |
Too Dear |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
None |
|
3 |
On Children |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
None |
|
4 |
Everything I Need to Know… |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Expressions Linkers |
|
5 |
A Sunny Morning |
Yes |
Yes |
None |
Reported
Speech Expressions |
|
6 |
When You Are Old |
Yes |
Yes |
None |
None |
|
7 |
The Gardener |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Passive Voice Expressions Linkers |
|
8 |
To The Foot… |
Yes |
Yes |
None |
None |
|
9 |
I Believe Books… |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Passive Voice Reported Speech
Linkers |
|
10 |
Heaven, If you … |
Yes |
Yes |
None |
None |
|
11 |
Japan and Brazil.. |
Yes |
Yes |
None |
None |
|
12 |
The Voter |
Yes |
Yes |
None |
Passive Voice Reported
Speech Expressions |
|
13 |
Where There is… |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Passive Voice Linkers |
|
14 |
Water |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
None |
III.
Unit wise guidelines for framing questions
on language section (From the Work Book):
|
Sl. No |
Name of the Lesson |
Nature of the Question/Questions |
|
1 |
Prose Passage |
1. Should be of moderate
length. 2. Questions set shall
be factual and few inferential ones. (The first question shall not be based on the first
line of the paragraph – it shall
be chosen from other part of the passage – idea is to test comprehension ability
of the learner) 3. One question on synonym/antonym shall be |
|
|
|
there. |
|
2 |
Poem Comprehension |
Shall be selected from
the poems given
in the Work Book. |
|
3 |
Passive Voice |
Shall be selected from the following lessons: 1. The Gardner 2. I Believe
…. 3. The Voter 4. Where There is … |
|
4 |
Reported Speech |
Shall be selected from the following lessons: 1. A Sunny Morning 2. I Believe
Books… 3. The Voter |
|
5 |
Dialogue Writing |
Shall follow
the format used in the Work Book |
|
6 |
Expressions |
Shall be selected from the following lessons: 1. Everything I Need To Know… 2. A Sunny Morning 3. The Gardner 4. The Voter |
|
7 |
Linkers |
Shall be selected from the following lessons: 1. Everything I Need To Know… 2. The Gardner 3. I Believe
Books… 4. Where There is a Wheel |
|
8 |
Note Making |
Shall follow
the format used
in Work Book |
|
9 |
Letter Writing |
Shall the follow the format indicated in the revised Model Question Paper |
|
10 |
Speech Writing |
Shall follow
the format indicated in the Work Book |
|
11 |
Report Writing |
Shall follow
the format indicated in the Work Book |
|
12 |
Pronouns and References |
The paragraph shall be from the comprehension passage used in the Question Paper |
|
13 |
Jumbled Segments |
Shall follow
the pattern indicated in the Work Book |
|
