SOLVED MODEL QUESTION
PAPER 2023-2024
I PUC -2024 SUBJECT: ENGLISH-
02 Time: - 3:15 Hrs
Max. Marks: - 80
INSTRUCTIONS:
A. Follow the prescribed limit while answering the questions.
B. Write the correct
question number as it appears
on the question paper.
C. For multiple-choice questions, choose the correct
answer and rewrite
it.
D. Answer to the question number 25 (a to j) should be in
sequence and at one place.
I. Answer
the following questions
by choosing the right option. 10X1=10
1)
Once upon a time an elephant made a friendship with a__________in the story ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’.
a) lion. b) man. c) leopard. d) buffalo.
Ans: b) man
2) Who is a plant
Pathologist in ‘Around a Medicinal
Creeper’?
a) Chandru b) Mara c) Sanna d) Krishna
Ans: a) Chandru
3) In 'Oru Manushyan', the narrator had rupees in his
wallet.
a) fourteen b) twelve c) ten d) eight
Ans: a) fourteen
4) 'Money has got us down'
could mean , as referred in
the poem 'Money Madness'.
a) It has ruined us b) It has made us greedy
b) c) It has made us its slaves d) all the above
Ans: c) It has made us its slaves
5) Babar Ali’s father is _ .
c) a teacher b) a fishmonger c) a jute seller d) an
IAS officer
Ans: c) a jute seller
6) Match the column ‘A’ with
column ‘B’ related
to the play ‘Watchman of the Lake.’
A B
i. Mara a. Mara’s
son
ii. Ganga b. River
iii. Veda c. Watchman
of the lake
a) i-a, ii-c, iii-b b) i-c, ii-a, iii-b c) i-c, ii-
b, iii-a d) i-a, ii-b, iii-c
Ans: b) i-c, ii-a, iii-b
7) Who committed suicide in the Poem,
'The Farmer’s Wife’?
a) The farmer b) The farmer’s wife
c)The farmer’s children d) The creditors
Ans: a) The farmer
8) Statement:-Frederick
Douglass was separated when he was an infant.
Reason:-To hinder the development of the
child’s affection towards its mother.
a)
Only the statement is true. b)
Only reason is true.
c)
Both statement and reason are true. d) Both statement
and reason are false.
Ans: c) Both statement and reason are true.
9)
In the story 'Two Gentlemen of Verona'
the two boys were waiting
for the last bus at midnight_______________
a) to sell wild strawberries
b) to sell
newspapers
c) to sell
cigarettes d) to sell tickets
to the Opera
Ans: b) to sell newspapers
10) The speaker says, ‘Do not ask of me, my love, that love I once had for
you’, because
a)
his beloved
is not beautiful now
b)
there are
other sorrows around him demanding his attention.
c)
he has found a lady love more beautiful
than her.
d)
he thought she was strange.
Ans: b) there are
other sorrows around him demanding his attention.
A.
Choose the correct form of
the verb that agrees with the subject. 3X1=3
12)
Mara’s stories (are/is) so bizarre that one (does/ do) not know which ( is / am) true and which
is false.
Ans: Mara’s stories are so bizarre that one does not know which
is true and which
is false.
B. Fill in the blanks
with suitable form of the verbs given in brackets. 2X1=2
13)An elephant ( make) a friendship
with a man who had a little hut at
the edge of the forest.
One day during heavy rain, the elephant (
request ) the man to put his trunk inside
the hut.
Ans: An
elephant made a friendship with a man who had
a little hut at
the edge of the forest.
One day during heavy rain, the elephant requested the man
to put his trunk inside the hut.
13.Match the expression under
column ‘A’ with its
corresponding language function
under ‘B’. 5x1=5
A B
Expressions Functions
1. Hello, Good evening. a. Complimenting.
2 Wow! You look
gorgeous in this dress. b. Expressing gratitude.
3. Could
you please get a newspaper? c. Agreeing.
4. I am thankful to you. d. Greetings.
5. Yes, of course. e. Requesting,
Ans: 1) Hello, Good evening: d) Greetings
2) Wow!
You look gorgeous in this dress: a) Complimenting
3) Could
you please get a newspaper? : e) Requesting
4) I am
thankful to you: b) Expressing gratitude
5) Yes, of
course: c) Agreeing
II.
Answer any Six of the following choosing
at least two from poetry in
a paragraph of 80 -100 words. 6X4=24
14) 'Formal schooling takes away the joy of
childhood'. Explain this with reference to the poem ‘The School Boy'.
Ans: Formal schooling not only takes away
the joy of childhood but also hinders the child’s growth forever. To feature
the point that proper instruction removes the delight of youth as well as
impedes the kid's development always, the writer compares the periods of the
year with various stages throughout everyday life. He calls attention to that
what occurs in youth has its effect on adulthood and mature age. He inquiries
with regards to how there can be development in summer if the buds, blooms, and
plants themselves are pulverized in spring. As such, the artist reveals to us
that a glad youth makes adulthood and mature age pleasurable. Yet, on the off
chance that the youth itself is without satisfaction, there is not anything to
anticipate in adulthood and mature age. Hence the writer makes it completely
clear that youth encounters are essential to lead an upbeat. life and school
have a significant task to carry out in deciding if youth encounters are
helpful for development or not.
15) How does money trigger fear in
an individual in the poem ‘Money Madness’?
Ans: Money triggers fear in an individual the way that an individual gets
decided by the cash he has causes him to feel useless when he has no cash.
Moreover, however he may be given some bread to keep himself alive, alongside
this he is made to eat soil. He is made to grovel all that the rich man says to
him. The possibility of this passive presence among the money minded persons
who would not stop for a second to kill each other for cash can scare a person.
16) Why
does the farmer's wife call herself
'poor sinner' in the poem ‘The Farmer’s
Wife’? Explain.
Ans: The mentality of the speaker is critical. She cannot acknowledge her
significant other's demonstration of weakness. She utilizes the word virtuous
amusingly. She derides at the chance of all commending the rancher as a man of
respect who could not bear taking credits from others. It is standard for us
all to adulate the dead thus the rancher would get only compassion.
Nonetheless, the speaker considers his demonstration fainthearted. She says
unexpectedly that she will be taken as a poor sinner since she is yet alive
when her prudent spouse has become a saint. She is reasonably furious that the
'man' of the house has ended up being a quitter. The one who manhandled her due
for his potential benefit of being however a man in a man centric culture has
abandoned her to accomplish crafted by a man, that is, procuring a living for
the four youngsters. The lady appropriately calls attention to that the rancher
ought to have had the quality of character to pose the inquiries, what of this?
And why is this? and battled against the chances in life to emerge from trouble.
17) How
does the speaker's attitude undergo a change
in the poem 'An Old Woman'?
Ans: The
old woman’s inquiry, "What else can an old woman do on slopes as pitiful
as these?' causes him to understand the pathetic existence of the elderly
person. The speaker's mentality goes through a change since he is suggested a
conversation starter. The word 'wretched' utilized regarding an explorer
community clarifies that spots of love will have no worth if individuals at
such places endure. The speaker, who had up to that point considered the old
woman unimportant and useless, unexpectedly understands that it is he who is
irrelevant because he has not seen the sort of battle old woman has seen in her
life. Her quality and avoidance are more grounded than his. The inquiry stumps
the speaker and he is loaded up with adoration for the one who has stayed on
the pitiable slope steadfastly. Although terrible and old, she is shatterproof.
Now, there is an unexpected inversion of job.
AND
18) How did the elephant justify
its act of occupying the hut in ' The Gentlemen of the Jungle'?
Ans: The elephant had positively no apprehensions while supporting its regional
control of the man's hut. It dismissed before the Commission that the man had
requested that the elephant spare his hut from the hurricane and as the storm
had accessed the cabin attributable to the abandoned space in the hut, the
elephant had put the vacant, lacking space to a more financial use by involving
it.
19)What was the story behind
Mara's loss of teeth in 'Around a Medicinal Creeper'?
Ans: Mara had lost his teeth on the right side because when he broke a small
stick from a nearby plant to brush, he felt a sour taste in the mouth. He
wanted to rinse his mouth. He took some water from the stream, put it into his
mouth and after churning it around in his mouth, and spat it out. Surprise! All
the teeth, which had been touched by that stick, tumbled out of his mouth!
20) Bring
out the humiliation faced by the narrator
in 'Oru Manushyan'.
Ans: The embarrassing experience of the narrator at the restaurant was that
the narrator went to a restaurant to have his food and when he needed to take
care of the bill of eleven annas. However, the owner felt that the speaker was
attempting to swindle him, and took steps to gouge his eyes out. None of the
others at the eatery appear to have any generosity either. The narrator begged
owner to keep his jacket as guarantee and the owner laughed asked off his
jacket, shirt, and shoes. At the point when he needs the speaker to eliminate
even the pants, the speaker begs him for leniency saying he has nothing inside.
This just summons more chuckling and the café proprietor, alongside fifty
others assembled there, powers the speaker to strip further saying jokingly,
"There must be something inside." The speaker, presently surrendered
to his destiny, begins unfastening his pants, constantly envisioning himself
standing stripped before others, with his eyes gouged out. We see that the
storyteller is not just humiliated yet additionally embarrassed. Since he is
not a cheat, it probably been horribly humiliating for him to have understood
that he had eaten his food at the cafe; however, had no cash to pay for the
food. His humiliation would have expanded when the proprietor of the cafe
regarded him as a cheat.
21) Write
a short note on
Babar Ali's school 'Ananda Siksha
Niketan'.
Ans: “Anand Siksha Niketan” is
the name of Babar Ali’s school. Babar started his school at the mere age of
nine; his school grew out of a game. Behind the office is a gate that opens to
Babar’s home, where rows of poor, underprivileged kids sit under the open, blue
sky and learn what most children in the modern world pay hundreds of dollars
for, for free. He
used to play 'school-school' game with his companions and used to go about as
their instructor. Different youngsters, in contrast to Ali, had not seen within
the school and thus we are eager to play the game with him. However, soon, the
game transformed into genuine educating as kids were glad to learn
number-crunching. 'Anand Siksha Niketan' got set up with eight understudies on
roll. Over the span of nine years, the school developed bit by bit, and from
eight, the number expanded to 220 understudies on roll and 800 understudies overall.
The school began getting both private and government helps and had 10 volunteer
adolescent educators showing grade 1 to review 8. It additionally had 60
ordinary participants. The children of the town who functioned as servants to
cook, clean, wash garments and dishes for their workers or as mechanics, day
workers, grass cutters and domesticated animals herders came intentionally to
Ali's school in the early evening after completing their tasks. What is
cheering is the way that Ali's acceptable work was remunerated as he got help
from Babar's educators, IAS officials, and Ramakrishna Ashram priests. What is
considerably more satisfying is the way that the school was perceived by the
West Bengal State Government and henceforth understudies from Baba's school
were qualified to seek after their examinations in different schools if the
need emerged. The acknowledgment gave Babar the solitary benefit of being the
most youthful director at 16 years old.
22) Why
was not Frederick Douglass much affected by his mother’s death?
Ans: Ans:
Douglass affected much by his mother’s death because Douglass describes to the
pursuers with regards to how the childish individuals who utilized kids as
slaves efficiently cut the kids from their foundations. The narrative of
Douglass is the pitiable story of man's mercilessness conspiring against the
normal methods of nature. He includes that it was the basic custom in that part
of Maryland that the youngsters were in this manner isolated from their moms,
upsetting the normal connection between the mother and the kid. He realizes
that his mom was a person of color named Harriet Bailey from whom he was
isolated when he was a newborn child. He had seen his mom just four or multiple
times when she met him after strolling twelve miles from Mr. Stewart's place
where she functioned as a field hand, and every one of these occasions was
exceptionally short in span and around evening time. She must be back in the
field before the dawn if she needed to get away from the punishment of whipping
from the slave driver. This left the mother and youngster almost no time and
degree for correspondence. She would rest with him, and gets him to rest,
however well before he woke, she was no more. This is a miserable result when
we consider the way that the connection between a mother and a youngster is the
most grounded and the most excellent obligation of all and it is unnatural for
the child not to feel despondency at the loss of the mother. Douglass in this
manner demonstrates that the effects of serfdom are more than what meets the
eye and the mental measurements are far more regrettable than the monetary
ramifications. He does not recall having ever observed his mom by the light of the
day. The dismal result of this is that he does not recall much about his mom
and when he lost her when he was around seven, he did not feel the standard
feelings of distress.
23) What
was the role played by the two boys
during the resistance movement, in ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’?
Ans: Before the war, Nicola and Jacopo's widowed
dad was a notable singer. He was affected in the early part of the war leaving
Lucia, his girl behind to deal with the young brothers. Not long after a bomb
destroyed their home. The three youngsters were tossed into the roads. They had
constantly known a pleasant and superior life. Lucia was preparing to turn into
a singer. Shortly they were displaced from their comfortable life. They had
experienced close to starvation and presentation to cold winter. The home they
reconstructed from the bricks was not climate proof. The young men joined the resistance
movement as they hated Germans. At the point when they got back after the war,
they discovered their sister suffering by tuberculosis of the spine. They took
her to a private hospital and admitted her. Constantly they tried to pay for
their sister's hospital bills. To complete it they needed to loss a great deal.
In the war-hit Verona everything was difficult. Food had gotten little and
dear. The hospital which offered to treat Lucia had to charge a week-by-week
expense. Work was little. Yet, the young men were resolved to spare the life of
their dearest sister. The two young men assumed responsibility of bringing in
cash by doing random odd jobs to pay hospital costs for their sister.
III. Answer one of the following
in about 200 words. 1X6=6
24) ‘An ordinary village man was instrumental in saving the whole kingdom.’ Elaborate with reference to the play ‘The Watchman
of the Lake'.
Ans:
Mara guaranteed that the river could never flood its banks, since the
Goddess could not make Veda flood her banks till the arrival of Mara, with
Mara's passing. His kindness in making the king kill him spared the life of the
king and every one of his subjects. In right now, we have no watchman to watch
our streams and different steams of water. We have been abusing the water
assets childishly. We toss trash, including processing plant discharge, into
the water; we wastewater; we do not attempt to safeguard water through
watershed the executives, water collecting and so forth. We have dirtied our
most sacred river – Ganga – unimaginable. It is about time that we understood
that water is the remedy of life and except if we treat water knowingly; there
is no future for us.
OR
The poem ‘If I was a Tree’
is a satire on social
discrimination. Discuss.
Ans: By comparing the universe of nature and the
universe of individuals, the narrator calls attention to that people, who
should be God's without equal creation, have disagreement with the common
request of nature and have made life hopeless for their kindred people. The
poem is a social satire. The poem voices the bad form distribute to specific
areas of society for the sake of station. Standing is simply a man-made build
and with this merciless thought, incredible areas of society have figured out
how to put down the meek, age after age.
IV. Read the following
passage and answer the questions set on it.
The cassowary is the most dangerous bird in the world. Its inner one
has a long dagger-like claw that acts as a weapon. The cassowary is found in New
Guinea and Northern Australia. It is a secretive forest dweller and is seldom
seen. It cannot fly, but runs at a great
speed on its powerful legs.
On each foot it has three toes, the inner one having
a long straight claw. It can often
be seen giving furious kicks
at the trunk of trees without any apparent reason.
In dense forests
it can even speed 50 km an
hour. It can grow a height of 6 feet and
weigh as much as
180 pounds. When it gets annoyed it jumps in the air and delivers a vicious kick. It is a bony-headed
bird. An ebony helmet protects its naked blue head. Its body is covered
with coarse hair
like feathers. It is the only member of the family ‘Casuariidae’.
Unlike other birds the male incubates eggs. The eggs are green in
colour. The adult provides parental care
for the young ones.
They like to be near water.
It has adapted itself to make the most efficient use of its
environment. Emu, Kiwi, Weka and takahe are also
flightless birds.
25. 10×1=10
a)
Which is the most dangerous bird in the world?
Ans: Cassowary
b)
Where does Cassowary find it?
Ans: New Guinea and Northern Australia
c)
How many toes does it have on
each foot?
Ans: Three toes
d)
What is the height of Cassowary?
Ans: six feet
e)
What does it do when it gets annoyed?
Ans: It jumps in the air and delivers a
vicious kick when it gets annoyed.
f)
Which family does Cassowary belong
to?
Ans: ‘Casuariidae’
g)
Who provides parental care for
the young ones?
Ans: The
adult provides parental care for the young ones.
h) Which are the other flightless birds mentioned in the above passage?
Ans: Emu, Kiwi,
Weka and takahe are also flightless birds
i) Add a prefix to
the word 'efficient' to make it an
antonym.
Ans: inefficient
j)
Bony helmets are a (protect)
to its head. (Add a suffix to the word in
the bracket)
Ans: Protection
V.26) Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles given in brackets. 2*1=2
A)
Babar Ali must be youngest headmaster in the world.
He is____ teenager
who is in charge of teaching hundreds of students.
[a, an, the]
Ans: A) Babar Ali must be the youngest headmaster in the
world. He is a teenager who
is in charge of teaching hundreds of students.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions given in brackets. 2*1=2
B) It was quite a big city________ the
valley of a mountain, some thousand five hundred miles____ home.
(on, from,
in)
Ans: B) It was quite a big city in the
valley of a mountain, some thousand five hundred miles from home.
27. Rewrite as directed 3*1=3
i)
Mara was
not disturbing them.
(Add a question tag)
Ans: Mara was
not disturbing them, was he?
ii)
Mara watches the lake carefully.
(Change into a question
beginning with the right form of 'do')
Ans: Does Mara
watch the lake carefully?
iii)
Bhima’s
mother gave him an iron decoction.
(Frame a question to get
the underlined word as answer)
Ans: What did Bhima’s mother give him?
28. Complete
the dialogue: 4*1=4
(Rahul needs a laptop. He approaches his friend for help)
Rahul
: .
Friend:
Very good morning. Rahul: ?
Friend: Of course,
you can use my laptop.
Rahul: .
Friend: You are welcome. When will you return it?
Rahul:
.
Friend: Ok bye.
Ans:
Rahul : Good
Morning
Friend : Very good morning.
Rahul : Could you please lend me your laptop?
Friend : Of course,
you can use my laptop.
Rahul :
Thank you very much.
Friend : You are welcome. When will you return it?
Rahul : I
will return it by tomorrow evening.
Friend : Ok bye.
VI. Refer to the following
list of events
and answer the questions
set on it in one complete
sentence each:
College
Union Day 4*1=4
|
Sl.
no |
Event |
Time |
Venue |
|
1 |
Inauguration by the President |
10.30am |
In Auditorium |
|
2 |
Speech by the chief
guest |
11.00am |
|
|
3 |
Cultural events |
11.30-12.30 |
29. a. Who will
inaugurate the college day function?
Ans: The President
b. At what time will the chief
guest deliver the speech?
Ans: 11.00 am
c. What is the
venue of the college day function?
Ans: In Auditorium
d. What is the duration of the cultural events?
Ans: 1 hour (11.30-12.30)
30. Write a letter to the
Forest officer, enquiring
about the plants
needed, on the occasion of 'Vana Mahotsav Day' in
your college. 1*5=5
Points to be included:
●
price of the plants
●
availability of various types of the plants
●
transportation of the plants
Ans: From,
Ravikanth Desai
Adarsh Nagar,
Shimoga
September 10, 2023
To,
The Forest Officer
Forest Department,
Shimoga
Respected Sir,
Subject: Enquiry about plants for Vana
Mahotsava Day
I, Ravikant Desai would like to drag your
kind attention towards subject mentioned above that our college is planning to
celebrate Vana Mahostava Day and I would like to request you to help us by
providing some saplings. We need around 200 saplings of different types of
trees. We would prefer trees like mango, bayan, coconut, almond to grow. We
would also like to know what would be price of the plants. Please notify us the
mode of the transportation for supplying the plants to our college so that we
would arrange transportation charges.
We would be grateful if you could provide
us with the information as soon as possible.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Yours faithfully,
Ravikant Desai
