PUC- II - ENGLISH SOLVED MIDTERM EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER– 2023
Instructions:
a)
Follow the prescribed limit while answering the
questions.
b)
Write the 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), 26 (I to IV),
29(I to VIII) should be in sequence and at one place.
I. Answer the following questions by choosing
the right option: 10x1=10
1) Juliet is described as a …………………… trooping
with crows.
a) crow b) snowy dove c) Ethiope d)
torch
Ans: b)
snowy dove
2) The number of soldiers in the army of the
kingdom of Monaco was ……………………
a) 60 b) 70 c)80 d) 90
Ans: a)
60
3) According to the speaker, life does not tarry
with ……………………
a) today b) tomorrow c) yesterday d)
day after tomorrow
Ans: c)
yesterday
4) The U.N. General Assembly organized a
conference on …………………… as a part of earth day celebration.
a) disharmony of Nature b) Harmony with Nature
c) Separateness of Nature d) Rights of Nature
Ans: b)
Harmony with Nature
5) Don Gonzalo tells himself that, he had run
off to Paris with …………………… after three months.
a) an actress b)
cousin c) a ballet dancer d)
neighbor
Ans: c) a
ballet dancer
6) “Your moments of glad grace” is ……………………
of the beloved
a) elegance and beauty b) poise c)
grey hair d) curly hair
Ans: a)
elegance and beauty
7)The two nations mentioned by the old man
for their rivalry were……………………
a) India and Pakistan b) Bangaladesh
and Burma
c) Srilanka and China d) Russia
and America
Ans: d)
Russia and America
8) The child’s foot is condemened to live in
a ……………………
a) Shoe b) glove c) pocket d)
socks
Ans: a)
Shoe
9) Borges house is filled with ……………………
a) wealth b) money c) books d)
gold
Ans: c)
books
10) …………………… rolls at the edge of the waves
a) sky b) surf c) mountains d) forest
Ans: b)
surf
11) Fill in the blanks by using the right
form of the verb given in the bracket: 2x1=2
The death sentence of the criminal
…………………… (change) to life imprisonment.
Several suggestions …………………… (give) by the ministers to tackle
the issue.
Ans: was
changed, were given
12) Fill in the blanks with the right linker:
3x1=3
Tammanna came to plantation …………………… walking
hundreds of miles. He was well-versed in agriculture …………………… could understand
the problems of workers. The owner of the plantation, …………………… needed a person
exactly like him, hired him.
(who,
after, and)
Ans:
after, and, who
13) Match the following coloumn ‘A’ with
coloumn ‘B’: 5x1=5
Note: 1) Expressions and its meaning.
2) Authors and their works from prescribed
text
‘A’ ‘B’
i) Leaps and bounds a) in a dilemma
ii) all and sundry b) Toy kingom
iii) Monaco c)
Very knowledge
iv) well-versed d) everyone
v) in a fix e)
very quickly
Ans: i)
Leaps and bounds – e) very quickly
ii) all
and sundry – d) everyone
iii)
Monaco – b) Toy kingdom
iv)
well-versed – c) very knowledge
v) in a
fix – a) in a dilemma
II. Answer any SIX of the following (choosing
at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80- 100 words each:
6x4=24
14) How
does Romeo glorify the Juliet’s beauty in ‘Romeo and Juliet’?
Ans: He compares Juliet’s beauty to nature. Romeo says that even the
bright light of a torch would look dull before the brightness of Juliet. It
looks like she hangs on the cheek of night. Romeo says that the beauty of
Juliet is like a jewel that is hung in the ear of an African woman. Romeo
says Juliet is too beautiful to belong to Earth. Juliet’s beauty is so vast
that she cannot die and be buried in the Earth. The earth cannot contain her
beauty. He further says Juliet is like white snow that is flying with other
common people who belong to the species of crows. Romeo just wishes t express
that Juliet belongs to the divine world and living among the ordinary and
common people. Romeo proposes to find the place where Juliet stood and
wants to touch her blessed hand and make his own rude hand blessed. Romeo
further asks a question whether he ever loved before. He feels this is true
love. Romeo thinks he has never seen a beautiful woman like Juliet before this
night.
15) Why
did the prince of Monaco keep changing his mind in dealing with the criminal in
“Too Dear”?
Ans: At first the king approved the judge’s decision and ordered the
execution of the criminal. He changed the sentence of death to imprisonment for
life due to absence of guillotine machine and an executioner. The king
understood that he needed to spend 600 francs on the criminal after keeping in
jail for one year, and it was financial burden to his people. On the advice of
his ministers, he planned to flee the criminal by discharged the guard. But the
criminal refused to run away and the king faced a new problem and he ordered to
pay 600 francs a year as pension to the criminal.
16)
According to Khalil Gibran, what attitude should parents have towards their
children?
Ans: As per
the poet, love includes the main part in God's creation. Love is not made by us
yet is sent from above and it coordinates everything in our life as it sees it.
The poet defines how love works in the close connection of parenthood. The poet
needs us to understand that our job as parents is just 'stewardship' and that
is it. In the line ‘Your children are not your children’ Gibran advises parents
to know that a child is not a thing to be controlled by us since we have not
made 'life'. A child is everlasting life itself and is a blessing from the
wealth of presence. As parents we may have carried them to the earth. This has
occurred so because we have been decided to be a vehicle thus, we are nothing
else except for a section. It is life's yearning for itself that carries
children to earth, as boys and girls. Since children are not inert things, we
cannot have them. That is the reason the prophet completely expresses that
‘Your children are not your children.’
17) What
ideas of Tagore inspired the Earth University?
Ans: The
concept of the Earth University implies opportunity for all species to advance
inside the trap of life, and the opportunity and obligation of people, as
individuals from the Earth family, to perceive, secure, and regard the
privileges of different species. The Earth University situated at Navdanya, a
biodiversity ranch in the Doon Valley of the Himalaya, teaches Earth Democracy.
Earth University is unique in relation to different universities since it is
eco-centric, while different universities are anthropocentric. Eco-centrism
alludes to the arrangement of thought where the attention is on saving the
current eco-system that are expected to ensure and support the trap of life on
the Earth. Different colleges are human-centric. They center on ensuring and
supporting the life of people as it were.
18) How
did Tammanna react to Basavaiah’s encroachment of his land in “The Gardener”?
Ans: At
the point when Tammanna came to realize that Basavaiah had encroached 200 acres
of land of his area, he was unable to tolerate this attack. At the point when
his followers encouraged him to one or the other go to the court or look for
the assistance of the police or request that a few people attack Basavaiah and
reclaim his property, Tammanna hit on a remarkable idea, of demolishing
Basavaiah. He considered getting every one of his meets made in the structure
out of songs and informing persons through them regarding the cruelty and the
malice of Basavaiah.
19) How
does Neruda describe the busy life of the individual as represented by the
foot?
Ans: The poet Pablo
Neruda presents a differentiating picture of a child's foot and an adult's foot
in order to outline the movements that are found in a person's life as the
person changes from a baby into an adult, until his death. The 'foot' is used
as a metaphor for life and the foot refers to the foot of a person. When the
child grows into an adult, the adult continues walking without break either as
a man or as a lady. The individual consumes his time on earth working either as
a farmer in a field, or as a miner in mines, on the post or as an
administration servant or as a church minister. This way the individual works
hard in the public eye until his death.
20)
According to Jorge Luis Borges, What is poetry and how does he define it?
Explain.
Ans: As indicated by Borges, verse is an aesthetic act; and poetry
is not the poem. The graceful demonstration happens when the writer composes it
and the reader reads it and it generally occurs in a marginally extraordinary
way. At the point when the wonderful demonstration happens, Borges accepts that
we become mindful of it. That is the reason he calls verse as a supernatural,
puzzling, and unexplainable occasion. If one does not feel the poetic event
upon reading it, Borges thinks that we need to infer that the poet has fizzled.
21) Why
does the poet feel that earth is more beautiful than heaven? As mentioned in :
Heaven, If you are not here on Earth.
Ans: Heaven is not somewhere else yet inside us
and is everywhere on the world. Assuming we are satisfactory, that is heaven
and if we are terrible that is hell. Nature is also a heaven as we can and
heaven in objects, like trees, moon, and sands of grains and so on. As per
Kuvempu, there is no heaven in all actuality. Entities like 'God', 'Heaven',
and the nymphs are merely creations of man's creative mind. Every one of the
various types of nature like the green forests, the streams that jump down the
slopes, the waves that move across the oceans, the twilight evening, and the
quality of reap show up more lovely than the imaginary descriptions of the man.
22) Write
a short note on ‘Biodiversity intensive farming’ as stated by Vandana Shiva.
Ans: It is important to promote bio-diversity
intensive farming because its developments division-based diversity where each
species gets times to support itself in co-activity with others and no species
in a forest appropriates the portion of another species. Since failure to get
biodiversity and its numerous capacities prompts a disadvantage of nature and
culture, it gets basic to practice bio-diversity serious cultivating. The
author began Navdanya Farm in 1994 in the Doon Valley where she practiced
biodiversity-concentrated cultivating. She thinks that bio-variety serious
cultivating produces more food and nutrition per section of land and later
bio-variety is the response to the food and nourishment emergency. At first, she
began saving seeds from farmers' fields and today they can save and grow 630
varieties of rice, 150 varieties of wheat, and several different species.
23)
Though gambling is dirty business, why does the king of Monaco resort to it?
Ans: The
source of the King of Monaco’s income was imposed taxes on tobacco, wine, and
soul. He likewise demanded a poll tax. The king thought that it was hard to
take care of his retainers, his authorities, and to meet his own costs. No one
could carry on with a king's existence with the small pay as the Prince of
Monaco got from his subjects. Consequently, to commute home the reality of this
assertion he cites the maxim, ‘You can’t earn stone palaces by honest labour.
It possibly implies that in the event that one needs to maintain an
unsustainable lifestyle, legit work alone can't get him enough cash for his
extravagances.
It suggests that one needs to take plan of
action to bring in additional cash by some untrustworthy or deceptive methods.
The King of Monaco likewise had a wellspring of extra or elective income. He
used to get an enormous amount of cash consistently from a gaming housekeeper,
who paid it out of his benefits acquired from his gaming house. The king
realized that making money by running a gaming house where individuals took a
chance with their cash at the roulette table was a grimy business. However, he
had permitted it to run since he required more cash. Thus he wouldn't fret
gathering extra income by this messy business also.
III. Answer the following in about 200 words: 1x6=6
24) The
poem on children does not focus merely on the lives of children but also talks
about the responsibility of Parents- Explain.
Ans: The
poem doesn't focus in just on the lives of children yet additionally discusses
the obligation of parents. In the initial segment, the poet contends that children
accept birth as life's longing for itself. Since we don't make children, we
can't have them. Nonetheless, the poet contends that parents do have a part in
the life of children. He says that we should give our children as much love as
possible however never our considerations. The children should be let allowed
to have an independent mind, and parents should not push their thoughts on
them.
The poet discusses the duty of parents. He
expresses that God is the archer, and his folks are his bows. The archer
chooses the objective, twists the bow to suit his objective, and shoots the
bolts. The arrows are the children. In this manner the archer needs the parents
to fill in as his instrument. On the off chance that the bow stays unbending and
firm, the bolts may not arrive at the ideal objective. Along these lines, as
parents, it is our duty to be adaptable enough to permit our children to carry
on with their own lives.
Or
Bring out
the difference in the feelings of Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo in the beginning
of the play and as they leave the park in the end.
Ans: At
the point when the scene opens, we discover Dona Laura entering the recreation
center, inclining upon the arm of her house keeper Petra. Before long, the old
woman gets comfortable her typical seat in the recreation center. At that point
the old woman sends away Petra to meet her beau, the gatekeeper. Afterward,
when the pigeons show up, Dona Laura tosses three modest bunches of bread
pieces. Then, we see Don Gonzalo coming in stalling and inclining upon
Juanito's arm. Wear Gonzalo and Dona Laura have not seen each other previously
and thus we can't think about one another's sentiments until they meet.
However,
their feelings towards each other become evident only when Don Gonzalo walks
towards Dona Laura’s bench, despite her warning call ‘Lookout’. Therefore, when
she finds her
pigeons being scared away, she is upset and tells him in a complaining tone
that he has scared away the birds who were feeding on her crumbs. In reply, Don
gives an arrogant reply which provokes her to make a personal comment, ‘Why do
you complain that the priests have taken your bench?’ Once again, Don Gonzalo’s
rude snubbing reply provokes Dona Laura to say that he is an ill-natured old
man and comments that when people reach a certain age they should not become so
fussy and cross. Later, Don comes and sits at the extreme end of Dona Laura’s
bench and looks at her indignantly. After a few heated exchanges between them,
Don Gonzalo mutters to himself ‘Senile old lady! She ought to be at home
knitting and counting her beads’.
In any
case, before the finish of the play, we locate an absolute change in their
demeanor towards one another. Throughout their discussion, they find that they
were 'darlings' once in their energetic days. Yet, neither of them is prepared
to unveil their character. Nonetheless, the ill will that we observer toward
the start of the play is no longer there when they are prepared to withdraw.
Prior to withdrawing from one another, they officially say thanks to one
another for having met. The two of them guarantee that they are going to the
recreation center the following day. Laura sees Don getting the lilies dropped
by her. The two of them wave goodbye. They leave the spot as companions.
Or
‘Heaven
can be created on earth’. How does the poet bring about these ideas in his
poem, ‘Heaven If you are not here on Earth’?
Ans: Heaven is not somewhere else yet inside us
and is everywhere on the world. Assuming we are satisfactory, that is heaven
and if we are terrible that is hell. Nature is also a heaven as we can and
heaven in objects, like trees, moon, and sands of grains and so on. As per
Kuvempu, there is no heaven in all actuality. Entities like 'God', 'Heaven',
and the nymphs are merely creations of man's creative mind. Every one of the
various types of nature like the green forests, the streams that jump down the
slopes, the waves that move across the oceans, the twilight evening, and the
quality of reap show up more lovely than the imaginary descriptions of the man.
IV. Read the following Passage and answer the
questions set on it. 10x1=10
At an elevation of 29,035 feet (8,850
meters), Mount Everest is the world’s largest mountain. Mount Everest is
relatively young, having been formed only 60 million years ago, and it is still
growing a few millimeters every year! Mount Everest is in the mountain range
called the Himalayas. The summit ridge of Mount Everest separates Nepal and
Tibet. Each of these countries has a special name for this giant mountain. The
Nepalese name is ‘Sagarmatha’ which means ‘goddess of the sky’. The Tibetan
name is ‘Chomolungma’, which means ‘mother goddess of the universe’. In
English, Mount Everest in named after Sir George Everest, the first person to
record the height and location of the mountain. A climb to the summit was
attempted by George Mallory in 1922, who famously gave his reason for wanting
to climb Everest as, ‘Because its there’.
He attempted to reach the summit again in the
company of Andrew Irvine in 1924, but it was on this trip that both climbers
disappeared. The first successful ascent of Mount Everest was accomplished by
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on May 29,1953. The first ascent by a
woman was on May 16, 1975, by Junko Tabei from Japan. Between 1921 and 2001,
more than 1400 people have climbed Mount Everest. Since the first ascent in
1953, more than 600 climbers from 20 different countries have reached the
summit. However, atleast 170 climbers have died attempting to climb Mount
Everest, most commonly from avalanches but also from falls in crevasses, cold
or high altitude sicknesses.
25. Answer the following questions in a word,
a phrase or a sentence each:
i) How high is Mount Everest?
Ans:29,035
feet (8,850 meters)
ii) What is still growing every year?
Ans:
Mount Everest
iii) What is Napalese special name for the
mountain?
Ans:
Sagarmatha
iv) Name the first person who recorded the
height and location of the mountain.
Ans: Sir
Geroge Everest
v) What was the reason given by George
Mallory, for wanting to climb Everest?
Ans:
Because its there
vi) The first successful ascent of Mount
Everest was accomplished by Edmund Hillary and ……………………
Ans:
Tenzing Norgay
vii) How many people have climbed Mount
Everest between ‘1921-2001’?
Ans: 1400
viii) When was the first attempt by a woman,
to the mountain?
Ans: May
16,1975
ix) Since 1953, how many people have reached
the summit?
Ans: 600
x) Add a prefix to the word ‘appear’ to form
its antonym.
Ans:
disappear
26) What do the underlined words in the following
paragraph refer to? 4x1=4
Mount Everest is the world’s largest mountain
i) which is still growing every year. The mountain is named after Sir
George Everest ii) who recorded iii) its height and location. The
summit ridge of Mount Everest separates Nepal and Tibet countries. iv) These
have a special name for the giant mountain.
i) Which:
ii) Who:
iii) Its:
iv) These:
Ans:
i) Which:
Mount Everest
ii) Who:
Sir George Everest
iii) Its:
Mount Everest
iv)
These: Nepal and Tibet
V. 27) Complete the following dialogue: 3x1=3
At an interview:
Candidate :
…………………… (asking permission to enter the chamber)
Officer : Yes, come in and please
be seated.
Candidate :
Thank you sir, Good Morning sir.
Officer :
Very good morning, …………………… (enquiring about his qualifications)
Candidate :
I have completed an M.B.A. in marketing with 2 years of experience.
Officer : You are appointed.
Candidate :
…………………… (gratitude)
Ans:
Candidate : May I get in Sir?
Officer : Yes, come in and please be seated.
Candidate : Thank you sir, Good Morning sir.
Officer : Very good morning, What is your
qualification and how years experience do you have?
Candidate : I have completed an M.B.A. in marketing
with 2 years of experience.
Officer :
You are appointed.
Candidate : Thank you very much sir.
28) Report the following conversation: 4x1=4
Dona Laura :
Wait a minute.
Petra : What does the Senora wish?
Dona Laura :
Give me the bread crumbs.
Petra : I don’t know what is the matter with
me.
Ans: Dona
Laura told Petra that to wait a minute. Petra asked Dona Laura what did the
Senora wish. Dona Laura replied Petra that to give her the bread crumbs. Petra
told Dona Laura that she did not know what was the matter with her
VI. Read the following passage and make notes
by filling in the boxes given below: 8x ½ =4
29) Bird Flu is an infection caused by avian
(bird) influenza (flu) viruses called H5N1 virus. It occurs naturally among
birds and it is very contagious. If generally kills chicken, ducks and turkeys.
It was first isolated from birds in South Africa in 1961. It spreads very
rapidly among birds, destroys internal organs and has a mortality that can
reach 100% within 48 hours. Migratory water flows, especially ducks carry the
viruses.
Ans:
[Write XXX for name and YYY for address]
Wanted
Sharada Vilas High School, Belgaum requires
First Division Assistants. Applicant should be a graduate
and is required to operate computer. Your application should be reach the
Secretary on or before 10th April 2024.
Ans:
XXX
YYY
12th
March, 2024
The
Secretary
Sharada
Vilas High School
Belgaum
Respected
Sir,
Subject:
Application for the post of First Division Assistant
Ref: The
Times of India dated 10th March, 2024
I am
writing to express my keen interest in the First Division Assistant position as
advertised in "The Times of India" dated 10th March 2024. With my
background in 2 years experience, I am
excited about the opportunity to contribute my skills and expertise to your
esteemed organization.
As a
dedicated and results-oriented First Division Assistant, I have 2 years of
experience in the Mohan Roy School. I have had the privilege of working with
leading organizations, where I honed my skills in computer. I have a proven
track record, and I am confident that I can bring this experience to benefit.
I possess
excellent skills and have a strong ability. I am confident in my ability to do
any sort of task and believe that my passion for the work.
I am
enthusiastic about the opportunity to discuss how my skills and experience can benefit
in more detail. Please find my resume attached for your consideration. I look
forward to the possibility of contributing to your organization's continued
success.
Thank you
for considering my application. I would be grateful for the chance to further
discuss my qualifications in an interview.
Yours Sincerely,
XXX
Enclosure: Resume
