I PUC ENGLISH
REVISED MODEL QUESTION PAPER WITH
ANSWERS -2022-2023
(Answer to this
section should be in sequence and written on the first three pages of the answer
book)
1. …………. was the secretary
of the commission of Enquiry in ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’.
a. Man b. Leopard c. Lion d. Buffalo
Ans: b. Leopard
2. Cage refers to
………………….in the poem ‘The School Boy’.
a. Teacher b. School c. Parents d.
Summer Morning
Ans: b. School
3. According to Mara,
the mongoose and the cowcal cure themselves of snake bite in ‘Around the
Medicinal Creeper’ by eating ……………..
a. Root of a plant b.
Leaves of a plant
c. Fruits of a plant d. Shoots of a plant
Ans: b. Leaves of a plant
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4. In ‘Oru
Manushyan’, the people in the city would do anything, even _____ for the sake
of money.
a. commit murder. b. rob banks
c. beg on streets. d. rob people
Ans: a. commit murder
5. The most educated
teacher in Babar Ali’s school is …………….
a. Nasiruddin Sheik b. Babar Ali
c. Tulu Rani Hazra d. Debarita
Ans: d. Debarita
Bhattacharya
6. ______ wouldn’t
flee shouting for a bath in the poem, ‘If I Was a Tree’.
a. Mother Earth b. Rain drops c.
Sun Light d. Tree
Ans: a. Mother Earth
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7. In ‘Watchman of
the Lake’, one day a visitor approached Mara to _______
a. get water to his
village b.
stop fishing in the lake
c. work as watchman
of the lake. d. to meet the King
Ans: a. get water to
his village
8. In poem ‘The
Farmer’s Wife,’ ‘the harvest of my womb’ refers to …………………
a. Children b. Crops c. Husband d.
Creditors
Ans: a. Children
9. Frederick Douglass
was ………. old when his mother died.
a. ten years b. seventeen years c. twelve years d. seven years
Ans: d. seven years
10. The old woman
offered to …………… to get fifty paisa.
a. take the speaker
to the hill b. take the speaker
to Horse Shoe Shrine
c. take the speaker
down the hill d. take the speaker to
see pond
Ans: b. take the
speaker to Horse Shoe Shrine
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11. ……..was the village
where Lucia was getting treatment in ‘The Two Gentlemen of Verona’.
a. Italy b. Verona c. Poleta d. Alps
Ans: c. Poleta
12. The speaker says
‘Do not ask of me, my love, that love I once had for you’
because__________ .
a. his beloved is not
as beautiful as she was
b. he has realized
that there are other sorrows around him demanding his attention
c. he has found a
more beautiful lady love
d. he doesn’t love
her anymore
Ans: b. He has
realized that there are other sorrows around him demanding his attention
13. Choose the
correct form of verb that agrees with the subject. 3x1=3
Nicola and Jacopo struggle hard to save money. One
night they _______(are/is) sitting on the stone pavement. When the narrator
________(speak/speaks) to them, he learns that they _________(has/have)
specific plans.
Ans:
Nicola and Jacopo struggle hard to save money. One
night they are sitting on the stone pavement. When the narrator speaks
to them, he learns that they have specific plans.
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14. Match the expressions
under column A with its corresponding language function under B. 5x1=5
A B
1. Hello! Good
Morning. Expressing
gratitude.
2. It’s very kind of
you. Apologising.
3. Sorry, I won’t
allow you inside Introducing.
4. I’m really sorry
for the mistake. Greeting.
5. Meet my friend
Rashmi. Refusing permission.
Ans:
1. Hello! Good
Morning. - Greeting
2. It’s very kind of
you. – Expressing gratitude
3. Sorry, I won’t
allow you inside – Refusing permission
4. I’m really sorry
for the mistake. – Apologizing
5. Meet my friend
Rashmi. - Introducing
II. Answer any eight
of the following in a paragraph of 80-100 words each: 8 X 4=32
15.Why did the man finally set the newly built bigger
hut on fire, in ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’?
Ans: The man repeatedly pushed out of his own huts, the man thinks
about a plan to shield his rights . He realizes that he can't set up a battle
against the strong animals. Thus, he chooses to provide them with a painful but
necessary consequence. He builds a hut which is sufficiently large to oblige
every one of the animals. As he had anticipated, all animals, including Mr.
Lion, come to the hut and soon there follows a battle among all. Making use of
the opportunity, the man sets his hut on fire and alongside the hut, all
animals assembled in it are also dead. What the man couldn't accomplish by
utilizing muscle power, he accomplishes by utilizing mental ability.
Subsequently, the man gets justice by going rogue.
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16. Bring out the contrast between the boy’s
experience inside and outside the school in ‘The School Boy’.
Ans: The
boy's experience inside the school he resembles a caged bird outside he is a
free as a singing skylark on a mid-summer morn. The school boy old like to rise
early when the birds sing the far-off Huntsman blows his horn and the Skylark
sings with him. He believes this to be a sweet company, however he isn't
permitted to do this, as he has to go to school and the school drives all joy
away. The young boy experience in school is loaded with full of fear,
discouragement, dread and debilitation. the territorial way to teaching makes
the boy murmur with sigh in dismay.
17. How did Mara and the narrator think differently
about tying the medicinal creeper to the tree in’ “Around a Medicinal Creeper”?
Ans: Mara believed that the plant wouldn't be seen when anybody
required it urgently because it had been cursed by a sage. In actuality, the
author believed that the medicinal creeper was a seasonal plant which showed up
solely after the rains, set forth flowers and fruits grown from and died
quickly.
18. Describe the embarrassing experience of the
narrator in the restaurant in ‘Oru Manushyan’?
Ans: Once, the narrator went to the restaurant with fourteen
rupees in his wallet and ate a full meal comprising of chapatis and meat curry.
He drank tea. The bill was eleven annas. He looked through his pocket to cover
the bill, however he was stunned to observe that his wallet was not in his
pocket and that somebody had taken it. At the point when he said something
similar to the restaurant owner, he got the narrator by the lapels of his
jacket. The owner was impolite and neglected to grasp what is happening. He
requested that the narrator strip down his garments before everybody and was
not allowed an opportunity to account for himself. He had to take off his
garments and was additionally approached to eliminate his pants. Regardless of
the narrator's efforts to persuade the owner that he had not worn anything
under, he was not pardoned. Similarly, as he was prepared to eliminate his
pants, an stranger stepped in and chose to pay for his bill. He was along these
lines saved from additional embarrassment before everybody.
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19. Why does the poet fear the cruel power of money in
the people in ‘Money Madness’?
Ans: The poem
‘Money Madness’ makes an attempt to let the reader know how our fear about the
cruel influence of money will lead at long last to our self-destruction. That's
what the speaker contends on that if we develop a fear for the cruel power of
money, it will bring about causing the entire humankind to foster a collective
madness. This collective madness is a result of every individual's assumption
that if the person doesn't earn sufficient money and get society's endorsement
that the person in question is an individual of worth, then, at that point, the
person will be put to a lot of embarrassment. Then society will give the
sufficiently singular food to make due, however alongside the food, society
will also censure the person for not procuring enough. It is this fear about
being peered downward on by society that makes individuals insane for money and
this way collective madness sets in. When this collective madness sets in, then
we begin killing one another and we begin embarrassing the people who need more
money even to give them food, fire and shelter which should be accessible to
everybody free from cast irrespective of regardless of whether one has sufficient
money.
20. What motivated
Babar Ali to start his own school?
Ans: Babar Ali, being the son of a jute seller, was in
an ideal student and better than others. He went to school and got formal
education. He wanted to bring a change in the lives of poor people and the
underprivileged children who worked during the day as opposed to going to
school. Babar Ali stepped up to the plate and begin his own school since he
wanted to take care of a circumstance which, he felt, was unjustifiable. That
is the reason, attending his is school in the morning. Ali began taking classes for the illiterate
children of the village in the backyard of his house.
21. How does the poem
‘If I was a Tree’ illustrate the caste system as one of the basic problems in
our society?
Ans: It is clear from the poem that the speaker has
experienced the most discrimination in human society. His explanation that
assuming that he was a tree no bird would ask him what caste he is, clarifies
that the speaker is caused to feel embarrassed about his caste repeatedly. At
the point when he expresses that the shadow of the tree which is formed on the
ground when the daylight falls on it, wouldn't feel debased, obviously
individuals avoid him as much as possible and don't permit even his shadow to
come in their manner as he and his shadow are viewed as polluted. At the point
when he discusses the sweet friendship with the cool wind and leaves, obviously
in the public arena relatively few stretch out to him their hands of
friendship.
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22. Why was the
shrine dedicated to Mara by the king in ‘Watchman of the Lake’?
Ans: Mara met
the king, narrated the entire story and also gave him an idea with regards to
how he could save the tank and his people. He mentioned the king to get him
executed so he could always avoid his place and the Goddess would keep on to
wait for Mara. However, the king was not prepared to acknowledge Mara's idea,
Mara convinced the king to get him executed with the goal that the tank and
individuals of his kingdom could be saved. The king agreed and according to his
desire, got Mara executed. Then, he got a holy place worked for Mara in which
the top pedestal had the idol of the Guardian Goddess of the town and just
beneath it was the idol of Mara. The king requested that the villagers ought to
worship those icons each Tuesday and Friday to recognize the martyrdom of Mara.
23. How does the
farmer’s wife embrace life with dignity?
Ans: 'The
Farmer's Wife' presents the disgraceful and hopeless dilemma of a farmer's wife
whose husband had ended it all for not daring to endure the put-downs and
embarrassment of his money lenders. The poem is as an emotional speech in which
the farmer's wife is spilling out her burdens straightforwardly. In the first
half of the poem, she rebukes her husband for allowing her down and giving her
a death blow. In the following part of the poem, the farmer's wife proclaims
that she wouldn't allow her children to die like worm-eaten cotton pods, yet
with a firm heart, she would confront the battle of life and not embrace death.
She would train her children to grasp their clench hand not so much for asking
for a small bunch of rice but rather to confront the battle forever and with
boldness and determination stay alive and not die like a coward ever.
24. What does Frederick Douglass say about his mother
in ‘Frederick Douglass’?
Ans: “My mother and I were separated when I was but an
infant–before I knew her as my mother.
It is a common custom, in the part of Maryland from which I ran away, to
part children from their mothers at a very early age. Frequently, before the
child has reached its twelfth month, its mother is taken from it, and hired out
on some farm a considerable distance off, and the child is placed under the
care of an old woman, too old for field labor. I never saw my mother, to know
her as such, more than four or five times in my life; and each of these times
was very short in duration, and at night.
She was hired by a Mr. Stewart, who lived about twelve miles from my
home. She made her journeys to see me in
the night, travelling the whole distance on foot, after the performance of her
day’s work. She was a field hand, and a whipping is the penalty of not being in
the field at sunrise, unless a slave has special permission from his or her
master to the contrary a permission
which they seldom get, and one that gives to him that gives it the proud name
of being a kind master. I do not
recollect of ever seeing my mother by the light of day. She was with me in the night. She would lie
down with me, and get me to sleep, but long before I waked she was gone. Very
little communication ever took place between us.
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III. Answer any one
of the following in about 200 words:1 X 6 = 6
25. India’s native medicinal systems are on the verge
of extinction because of the superstitious beliefs of the native doctors.
Examine this with reference to ‘Around a Medicinal Creeper’.
Ans: India’s native medicinal systems are very nearly
eradication in light of the
odd beliefs of the native doctors. A few anecdotes
which recount Indian medicinal plants filling right at home. To refer to a few
of models, in the first pare of the lesson the author enlightens us concerning
a medicinal creeper which was plucked by Sanna in order to tie up a heap of
bamboo shoots. It just so happens, Mara, his companion, informs that the
creeper has lot of medicinal properties and they need to tie down it by
composing it to a close by tree. In the event that he doesn't get it that way
cautiously, it will vanish in light of the fact that it has been cursed by a
sage. The writer believes that Indian native medicinal systems are very nearly
superstitious beliefs of the native doctors who dread that assuming they
uncovered the secrets of these medicines, the medicines would lose their power.
What the author has said is without a doubt obvious on the grounds that the
author has given an adequate number of stories which can't endure any logical
examination.
OR
The speaker of the poem ‘Do not Ask of Me, My Love’
becomes more realistic when the harsh realities of life draw his attention.
Elaborate.
Ans: The speaker of the poem ‘Do not Ask of Me, My
Love’ turns out to be more reasonable when the harsh real factors of life draw
his attention. The line 'those dark and brutal curses of countless centuries'
recommends that the colonialism of his country which had been there front over
four centuries. People who struggled to satisfy their necessities were revolt
showing their affection because the burden is still on their shoulders. The
whites killed savagely even the women and children. People went on starvation.
They had insufficient food. The brutal power of the colonial lords killed the
honest people. Those dead bodies stacked like a mountain. There were various
sicknesses like cauldron pus dripping from their festering sores.
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OR
‘True Gentlemen are made of character, not by their
appearance’. Explain with reference to ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’.
Ans: Nicola and Jacopo shined shoes, sold fruits,
hawked newspapers, conducted tourists round the town, ran errands, and worked
hard day and night relentlessly to earn enough money for making weekly payments
to the hospital. Though, the two boys, this way earned quite a lot of money,
they lived a selfless and Spartan life so as to save enough for their sister’s
treatment. They did not spend anything for themselves either on their food or
on clothes. Thus, they saved a great
deal, made regular payments to the hospital without complaining and helped
their sister recuperate from her illness. The word ‘gentlemen’, during
Shakespeare’s time, meant ‘a man of wealth and social position, especially one
who does not work for a living’. But in the context of this lesson gentlemen
means a man who is polite and shows consideration for the feelings of other
people. It is true that “The gentlemen are made of character, not by their
appearance”. It is in this sense that the author calls Nicola and Jacopo
gentlemen of Verona. Hence, we can say that the story of Nicola and Jacopo in
“Two Gentlemen of Verona”, redefines the qualities of a gentlemen.
IV. Read the
following passage and answer the questions set on it: 10 X 1 = 10
One of the greatest runners of
this century, Murray Hallberg, winner of the 5000-metre race at the Rome
Olympic Games in 1960, was almost killed in an accident while playing football.
He was only16 then. His left arm was so badly damaged that the arm remained paralysed
for the rest of his life. Hallberg was born in New Zealand. After his accident,
he gave up football and he took to athletics. In 1951 Arthur Lydiard became his
coach. In 1956, Olympics were to be held in Melbourne in Australia and Hallberg
prepared seriously for the 1500 metre race. But he finished eleventh out of 12
runners. He was completely disappointed.
In the end, he decided that he would make another
attempt. Now 23, Hallberg changed himself from a human being into a running
machine. 1960 came and Lydiard took him to Rome for the Olympics. Hallberg was
now 27, the age of which Lydiard had said he would reach his peak as a runner.
He reached the final of the 5000-metre race without much effort. As the final
began, all the runners were ready. The 60,000 people in the stadium never took
notice of him, he was far behind them. Eight laps later, he began to overtake
the other runners one by one. There were three laps for the end of the race,
but Hallberg was sprinting with unbelievable strength. The people wondered,
“doesn’t he know how many laps are left?”
With two laps left, Hallberg had a clear 18 metre lead.
One lap to go with Hallberg still in the lead. But he was clearly becoming
weak. His head was rolling from side to side and his teeth were bared in pain.
Hans Grodotski, a German was catching up Hallberg. Now Hallberg was not
fighting the others, but only against himself. His body was crying out for
rest. His body said that Grodotski or anyone else, could have the race. But his
mind did not allow the body to win. He would now see the white tape at the
finishing line. Hallberg prepared himself for the last effort, in case
Grodotski overtook him. But Grodotski never did. Hallberg fell into the tape
and rolled to the ground. Hallberg’s friends gathered
around the fallen body. Their minds were full of anxiety. But there was that
faint smile on his face.
Answer the following
in a word, a phrase or a sentence:
26. Hallberg’s arm
was injured in _____________.
a. a car accident b.
a football game c. the 5000m race
Ans: b. a football
game
27.Who won the 5000-metre
race in the Olympic Games in 1960?
Ans: Murray Hallberg
28. Which country did
Hallberg belong to?
Ans: New Zealand
29. Who was Hallberg’s
coach?
Ans: Arthur Lydiard
30. How old was Hallberg
when he went to the 1960 Olympics?
Ans: 30 years old
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31. In which lap of
the race did Hallberg establish a clear lead?
Ans: 8th
lap of the race
32. Who was catching
up with Hallberg?
Ans: Hans Grodotski, a German
33. Hallberg’s…………..
did not allow his body to win. (Fill in the blank.)
Ans: Mind
34.Add prefix to the
word ‘complete’ to make its antonym.
Ans: Incomplete
35. Hallberg was
sprinting with unbelievable ________ . (strong / strength)
Ans: strength
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V.
A. Fill in the blanks
with appropriate articles and prepositions given in brackets. 4x1=4
36. The narrator slept all day and woke up ____ four
_____ the evening. He did so to save ____expense of drinking tea or eating the
noon meal. He came out and entered _____ crowded restaurant.
(in, a, at, an, the)
Ans: at, in, the, a
B. Fill in the blanks
with suitable form of the verbs given in brackets. 4x1=4
37. Captain Anthony was not considered a rich slave
holder. He____(own) only thirty slaves and two or three farms. His farms and
slaves ________(be) under the care of an overseer. Mr. Plummer ______(be) the
overseer. He was always ______(arm) with a cowskin and a cudgel.
Ans: owned, were,
was, armed
D. Correct the
following sentences and rewrite them. 2x1=2
38. Mara returned
back from the jungle, one evening.
Ans: Mara returned
from the jungle, one evening.
Or
One evening, Mara
returned from the jungle.
39. Why did you
brought this?
Ans: Why did you
bring this?
E. Rewrite as
directed. 6x1=6
40. Babar Ali’s
students did not get ______. (bored/board)
(Fill in the blank
with an appropriate word)
Ans: bored
41. Mara stood in
________. (amaze)
(Fill in the blank
with the right form of the word given in brackets)
Ans: amazement
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42. a miserable/was/
drunkard/ Mr. Plummer.
(Rearrange the
segments to a meaningful sentence)
Ans: Mr. Plummer was
a miserable drunkard.
43. Venice is a
picturesque city,_____?
(Add a question tag)
Ans: isn’t it?
44. The narrator
thanked the stranger.
(Change into a
question beginning with right form of ‘do’)
Ans: Did the narrator
thank the stranger?
45. Nicola and Jacopo
were sitting under the arc lights.
(Frame a question as
to get the underlined word as answer)
Ans: Where were
Nicola and Jacopo sitting?
VI.
A. 46. Read the
weather report and answer the questions on it. 4x1=4
|
Name of the city |
May |
December |
||
|
Min Temp |
Max Temp |
Min Temp |
Max Temp |
|
|
Mysore |
32 |
36 |
15 |
28 |
|
Gulbarga |
39 |
44 |
22 |
29 |
|
Bengaluru |
30 |
32 |
10 |
22 |
|
Dharwad |
35 |
40 |
18 |
27 |
Note: Temperature in
degree centigrade.
a. Which city records
the highest temperature in May?
Ans: Gulbarga
b. ________ has the
minimum temperature in December.
Ans: Bengaluru
c. What is the
minimum temperature of Dharwad in May?
Ans: 18
d. What is the maximum
temperature of Mysuru in May?
Ans: 36
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B. 47. Write a letter
to the Bank Manager requesting to transfer your account from SBI Tumkur main
branch to SBI Hassan main branch as you have been transferred to Hassan. 1x5=5
Your letter should
have the following information.
* Type of account *
Account Number
Ans:
Kumar K
125, Kumar Apartments
19th cross
road
Hassan
24th
January 2023
The Branch Manager,
State Bank of India,
Gokul road,
Tumkur
Respected Sir,
Subject: Transfer
saving bank account from SBI Tumkur main branch to SBI Hassan main branch.
This is to request you for a transfer of my account
from SBI Tumkur main branch to SBI Hassan main branch. My family has moved from
Tumkur and has permanently settled down in Hassan and hence there is no point
in keeping the account at Tumkur operational. Hope you will do the needful at
the earliest. Please let me know what formalities will have to be fulfilled. I
thank you in anticipation of quick action.
Account Holder Name:
Kumar K
Account Type: Saving
Account
Account Number:
345568926531
Thank you,
Yours faithfully
Kumar K
B. 48. Complete the
dialogue: 1x4=4
Netra : Hi Meena.
Meena :
__________________________.
Netra : I’m fine. How
are you?
Meena :
________________________________.
Netra : Hey, you are
carrying too many bags. Shall
I carry one for you?
Meena :
_______________________________________ .
Netra : You’re
welcome! Which way should we go?
Meena :
_________________________________________ .
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Ans:
Netra : Hi Meena.
Meena : Hi Netra. How
are you?
Netra : I’m fine. How
are you?
Meena : I’m also
good. What are you doing here?
Netra : Hey, you are
carrying too many bags. Shall
I carry one for you?
Meena : That sounds
great, thanks! That will be a great help.
Netra : You’re
welcome! Which way should we go?
Meena : Actually that
way. My house is just a couple of steps away.
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C. Dialogue Writing 3
49. Gurumurthy has gone to Kolkota for the first time
to attend a conference. He asks a stranger how to reach Shantinikethan college
from the railway station. Write a dialogue between Gurumuthy and the stranger.
Ans:
Gurumurthy: Excuse me
sir, can you please tell me the way to Shantinikethan College?
Stranger: Yes, do you
need to go from this railway station?
Gurumurthy: Yes!
Stranger: Ok, you
will have to turn left and go straight for at least 1 km and then take a right
turn.
Gurumurthy: Ok, can
you give me any landmark?
Stanger: There is a
big mall before the right turn.
Gurumurthy: All
right. What next?
Stranger: Drive
around 5 kms and the college will be on your left.
Gurumurthy: Ok,
Thanks a lot sir.
Stanger: Its ok!
