SSLC - FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH - STATE LEVEL SSLC ANNUAL EXAMINATION SOLVED QUESTION PAPER- 2022-2023 - KSEAB
KARNATAKA SCHOOL EXAMINATION AND ASSESSMENT BOARD
I. Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions/ incomplete statements. Only one of them is correct or most appropriate. Choose the correct alternative and write the complete answer along with its letter of alphabet: 6x1=6
1)Ritesh
reads lot of books, …………….
(The appropriate question tag to be added is)
a) does
he? b) doesn’t he? c)
did he? d) didn’t he?
Ans: b) doesn’t he?
2)…………….
Cauvery flows into ……………. Bay of Bengal
(The correct articles to be filled in the blank
is)
a) A, the b) The, the c) The, a d) An, a
Ans: b) The, the
3) We
……………. English since two years.
(The
appropriate form of verb to be added is)
a) learn b) learnt c)learning d) have been learning
Ans:d) have been learning
4) The
plural of the word ‘Half’ is
a) Halfs b) Halves c) Halfes d)Halvies
Ans: b) Halves
5) The
word that takes ‘im’ as a negative prefix is
a) regular b) finished c) legal d) mortal
Ans: d) mortal
6) The
plants in her house silently begged to be watered.
(The
figure of speech employed here is)
a) Simile b) Metaphor c) Personification d) Alliteration
Ans: c) Personification
II.
Observe the relationship in the first pair of words and complete the second
pair accordingly in the following: 4x1=4
7)Fresh: Stale:: Expand:Contract / Shrink
8)Success: Triumph :: Stature:Height/ tallness
9)Teach: Taught :: Feed:Fed
10)Calm: Calmness:: Elegant:Elegance
III.
Rewrite as directed: 3x1=3
11) Change
the voice of the sentences:
The
recitation pleased the judges
Ans: The judges were pleased by the
recitation.
12) Frame
a question to get the underlined word as answer:
I met an actor in the park last night.
Ans: To whom did I meet in the park last
night?
13) Rewrite the following sentence using
‘so……that…..not’:
The news
is too good to be true.
Ans:The news is so good that it cannot be
true.
IV. Answer the following questions in a
sentence each: 4x1=4
14) Name the branch of Science founded by
Pasteur.
Ans: Bacteriology
is the name the branch of Science founded by Pasteur.
15) Where was the girl going in the lesson
‘The Eyes are not Here’?
Ans:Sharanapur
was the girl going in the lesson ‘The Eyes are not Here’.
16) What according to Pierre is a sure sign
of starvation?
Ans:If
one squints his eyes slightly while begging, it a sure sign of starvation
according to Pierre.
17) Why had Buttoo gone to Dronacharya?
Ans:
Buttoo had gone to Dronacharya to learn science of archery.
V. Answer the following questions in two to
three sentences each: 7x2=14
18) Describe the appearance of the ‘girl’ of
the silent torrent’.
Ans:The ‘girl’ of the silent torrent was
young and fragile, with delicate features and a soft voice, she was doing
repetitive and tedious tasks.
19) Explain what the advertisers and
marketing professionals are working at.
Ans: The
advertisers and marketing professionals are working hard to lure people living
at the subsistence level in remote rural pockets into becoming its slave.
20)How does the poet explain the desperate
act of the female bird to bring the male bird back to life?
Ans:The
female bird picked a few blood-stained feathers kissed them and then sat on
them desperately to hatch them into a toddling chick as if she would bring him
back to life.
21) What justification did Drona give for his
unfair demand?
Ans:
Dronacharya demanded from Butto his right-hand thumb against his dues as his
master. This unfair demand that he justified by saying that he had promised
Arjuna to make him the best archer in the world.
22) List out the four stages of a day which
corresponds to four stages of man’s life in the poem Sonnet 73.
Ans: The
four stages of a day which corresponds to four stages of man’s life in the poem
Sonnet 73 are childhood, youth, old age, and death.
23) Explain the encounter between Billy and
the mysterious sea-faring man.
Ans:The
mysterious sea-faring man came to Admiral Benbow and argued with Billy, and
soon both were fighting furiously. Wounded, the stranger was put to flight but
Billy was left stretched out on the floor, gasping for breath.
24) How did Ulysses use rams to prove that
“Manly wisdom excels brutish force”?
Ans:Cyclops
had capitative Ulysses and his men. He couldn’t understand who had attacked
him. This helped Ulysses accomplish the first step towards escaping the island
with the Cyclop’s sheep. Hence this proves that manly wisdom excels brutish
force.
VI. Rewrite as directed: 3x2=6
25) Change the following sentence into other
two degrees of comparison:
Vivekananda was more popular than most other
Indian saints.
Ans:Positive:
Very few Indian saints were as popular as Vivekananda.
Superlative
: Vivekananda was one of the most popular Indian saints.
26) Combine the following sentences using:
a) As soon as b)
No sooner …………. Than
The driver saw the green signal. He started
his car.
Ans:a) As soon as the driver saw the green
signal, he stared his car.
b) No sooner did the driver see the green
signal than he started his car.
27) Change the following sentence to reported
speech:
He said to him, “Please wait here till I
return”.
Ans:He
requested him to wait there till he returned.
VII. Answer the following questions in five
to six sentences each: 6x3=18
28) The preservation and utilization of water
is fundamental for human life. Explain.
Ans: The conservation and utilization of water is
fundamental for human welfare. One of the most remarkable facts
about water is its power to carry silt suspension.
Our agriculture depends on seasonal rainfall. So, collection and utilization of
rain water is very important.
29) Differentiate between a mechanical act
and an intentional act.
Ans: A mechanical act is an act
that does not spring by our own will but rather like a machine. These acts are
performed without using one's intelligence. It is almost like being swept along
like a log of wood with every current. An intentional act is one that springs
by our own choice.
30) Give reasons to prove that ‘only the test
of fire makes fine steel’ according to Lincoln.
Ans:
“Only the test of fire makes fine steel”. The
line refers to the way the poet wants his son to be trained in school.
Literally, the line means that when steel is tempered with fire it gets harder.
Similarly, if his son is put through rigorous training, he too could grow up to
be tough as steel. The virtue that the poet is trying to uphold in this line is
of discipline which moulds character. I personally think that discipline goes a
long way in moulding character and imbibing values.
31) Explain the followings lines with
reference to the poem “Vachana”.
My legs are pillars,
the body the shrine,
the head a cupola of gold.
Ans: The
poem 'The Temple and the Body' highlights the difference between the rich and
the poor on the basis that the rich can build the temple of Shiva and hence
attain the path to heaven. What could the poor do? The poor embodies the temple
in his own body wherein his legs are pillars, the body is the shrine and the
head is a cupola of gold. It is the head where prayer, communion and true
meditation happen.
32) Summarize John Masefield’s sense of guilt
in the poem CLM.
Ans: The poet is sad that his mother no more with
him to see whether his son is doing good or bad and whether his love makes him
good or bad. He says that even if she comes from
grave she may not be recognize his son as he is grown much now.
33) How does the writer introduce Karna to
the assembly.
Ans: Karna entered the arena with
a thunder sound made by the slapping of mighty arms in challenge at the
entrance. Everyone in the arena saw a godlike youth, from whom light and power
seemed to emanate.
OR
What was Pasteur’s message to young students
on the occasion of his 70th birthday celebration?
Ans: Louis Pasteur message to young students on the
occasion of his 70th birthday celebration was: “First ask
yourselves, ‘What have I done for my education?’ Then as you advance in life,
what have I done for my country? so that someday that supreme happiness may
come to you, the consciousness of having contributed in some measure to the
progress and welfare of humanity.”
VIII. Explain with reference to the context:
5x3=15
34) “….
don’t look at me that way. I had my hair cutoff and sold….”.
Ans:
Lesson: The Gift of Magi
Author:
O. Henry
Context:
The above words have been said by Della to Madame Sofronie. Della was unable to
save enough money to buy the platinum chain for Jim’s watch. She decided to
sell off her hair goods to buy her hair. Madame Sofronie agreed to give twenty
dollars in exchange. Evening after the work when Jim entered his flat, he
surprised by seeing his Della’s hair short. At that time Della told the given
sentence and wished that her Jim should love her same.
35) “Never
again among our people must such a diseased and inhuman hatred arise.”
Ans: Lesson:
The Girl who was Anne Frank
Author: Louis
De Jong
Context:
The above words have been expressed by a seventeen-year-old school girl what all felt. Hundreds peddled on bikes 120 kilometers
in lashing rain. Standing in front of one of the mass graves, when Anne Frank was younger than
them, her life was so horribly ended. She had to die because others had decided
to destroy her race. Never again among our people must such a diseased and
inhuman hatred arise. Anne’s brief life was, indeed, only a beginning. She
carried the message of courage and tolerance all over the world. She lives even
after death.
36) “Paris
should be proud of us.”
Ans: Lesson: The Pie and the Tart
Author: Hugh Chesterman
Context: The
above words have been said by Pierre to his friend Jean. Jean and Pierre were similar
in the following way; both of them were poor and jobless, living on the streets
of Paris. Simultaneously they were vagabonds too. They were lying, robbing and
begging the streets, even they were caught by police many times but they were
stubborn and lead their life by begging. Apart from these qualities they were
clever and tricky fellows, they were quick-witted and have a good presence of
mind and handled every situation smartly.
37) “O
come ye in peace here, or come ye in war”.
Ans:
Poem: Lonchinvar
Poet: Walter
Scott
Context: The above words have been said by Ellen’s
father to Lonchinvar. Lochinvar bursts into Netherby Hall,
where the men were preparing for a wedding. The bride's father asked if
Lochinvar came to Netherby to fight, make peace, or dance. Bride’s father asked
to clarify his intentions. The purpose of asking this question was to
ensure the safety and security of the place or person being protected.
38)“With
trembling oars I turned,
And
through the silent water stole my way”
Ans: Poem:
A stolen boat
Poet:
William Wordsworth
Context:
The above words have been said by poet. The boy had stolen a boat which was
tied below a willow tree after rowing for a while, the sudden presence of the huge, black peak which seemed to move with a
measured step towards him. The boy wanted to take the boat to a craggy
ridge.
IX. Quote
from memory: 1x4=4
39)I was angry with my friend;
I told my
wrath, my wrath did end.
I was
angry with my foe:
I told it
not, my wrath did grow.
OR
He staid
not for brake, and he stopp’d not for storm
He swam
the Eske river where ford there was none
But ere
he alighted at Netherby gate,
The bride
had consented, the gallant came late;
X. Answer
the following questions in seven to eight sentences each: 3x4=12
40) What
argument does the speaker give to convince his neighbor that they do not need
the wall?
Ans: The speaker says that he has
apple trees and his neighbour has pine trees, those trees won’t walk in each
other properties. The speaker says that they do not need the wall because their fields are of two different kinds. The neighbour's field has pine trees whereas the
speaker has an apple orchard. The speaker feels his apple trees will never get
across and eat the cones under his pines, and vice versa. Thus, the speaker gives
argument to convince his neighbour that they do not need the wall.
41) How
did the Pasteur develop the idea of immunity?
Ans: Louis Pasteur developed the
idea of immunity when he doing experiment on anthrax which was killing cows and
sheep in France. He found that cow would not have anthrax second time. He
thought of injecting the animals with weak germs to improve immunity. Later he
conducted experiment on cows and sheep and he found success in it.
OR
The
approach of the Sexton, the Postman, the Blacksmith and the Baker to the game
is typical of their profession. Explain.
Ans: The sexton is an official of
a church who rings the bell, cleaning and digging the graces. He was old and
cautious to display his quality in batting through his powerful strokes. The
postman was government employ who didn’t take any risk while playing cricket.
The blacksmith was injured and baker was running for him, and he hit ball
straight high in the sky without any plans. The baker came into the
field only as a substitute runner to the injured blacksmith. He did not do any
job of hitting the ball but only did the running for blacksmith.
42) Man
today is an unstoppable buying machine. Explain with examples.
Ans: Man today is an unstoppable
buying machine. It is absolutely true which is mentioned by the author. The
author brings to the readers to see their own ways of managing money. Is there
shopping meeting their essential necessities or would they say they are
enjoying superfluous buys? He needs the readers to comprehend why they are
shopping and what are they looking for. A case of it would purchase enhanced
beverages with no nutritive worth. He considers publicists and huge companies
liable for making an enticing business sector where the customers become
relentless purchasing machines.
XI. Read
the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below: 2x2=4
A
newspaper at first was nothing more than a paper which gave news. In its infancy,
it had no other aim. But as it developed, it began to be used for various other
purposes and served several ends. Today, it has become a tremendous force for
good and evil in the world. It not only continues, as before, to give news but
also comments on them, criticizes the people and the government, deals with
social, political, industrial and religious questions, reviews books and
periodicals, ventilates grievances and does many other things.
Newspapers
also wield a tremendous influence to break down barriers between nations and
help in framing themselves into a great brotherhood of nations. It knits up the
different parts of a vast continent and teaches them of feel for one another.
But it not only fosters international feelings, it teaches us to embrace the
whole world as our kith and kin.
A sense
of fraternity is fostered by the spread of knowledge through the columns of the
newspaper.
Questions:
43) a) What
work does the newspaper do today?
Ans: It
has become a tremendous force for good and evil in the world. It only
continues, as before, to give news but also comments on them, criticizes the
people and the government, deals with social, political, industrial and
religious questions, reviews books and periodicals, ventilates grievances and
does many other things.
b) How
does the newspaper foster international feelings?
Ans: It
knits up the different parts of a vast continent and teaches them of feel for
one another. But it not only fosters international feelings, it teaches us to
embrace the whole world as our kith and kin.
XII.
Write an essay of about 18-20 sentences on any one of the following topics:
1x5=5
a)
Pollution – the invisible enemy
Ans:
Pollution - The Invisible Enemy
Pollution, the silent stalker, lurks
in our air, water, and soil. Invisible to the naked eye, it creeps into our
lungs, poisons our food, and chokes our planet. From the belching smokestacks
of factories to the exhaust fumes of cars, we weave a toxic tapestry around
ourselves.
The consequences are dire. Our breath
rasps, our oceans sicken, and the very fabric of life unravels. We cough, we
wheeze, we watch as ice caps melt and forests fall. Pollution, the ultimate
thief, steals our health, our beauty, our future.
But amidst the despair, a flicker of
hope. We, the polluters, can become the protectors. Renewable energy,
sustainable practices, and conscious choices - these are our weapons. Let us
fight back, not with fists, but with bicycles and solar panels. Let us be the
generation that cleans the air, heals the waters, and restores the balance.
For in the face of this invisible
enemy, our only defense is awareness, action, and a fierce, unwavering love for
our planet.
b) National integration
Ans:
In a nation's vibrant a diverse collection, threads of difference
weave unity. Tongues echo diverse melodies, yet a shared rhythm binds them.
Temples, mosques, and churches stand tall, witness to tolerance, not discord.
From bustling bazaars to serene mountains, every corner whispers belonging.
Hands clasp, not in defiance, but in solidarity, building bridges where
prejudice once stood. In classrooms and playgrounds, laughter echoes, a chorus
of unity against division. National integration isn't erasing colors, but
celebrating their harmony, painting a vibrant future where oneness thrives.
In a tapestry of cultures, woven from tongues and traditions,
national integration threads unity. Though patterns differ, respect binds them,
a chorus of voices singing one song. Diversity dances, not divides, its rhythm
the pulse of a nation strong. Shared dreams, woven tight, mend the tears of
difference, building bridges where walls once stood. In this symphony of
belonging, all voices rise, one nation, one heart, for good.
XIII. Imagine you are Bharat/ Bhagya of
Government High School, Yadgir.
1x5=5
45) Write a letter the Executive Engineer of
Electricity Board of your locality, highlighting the irregularity of electricity
in your area.
Ans:
From,
Bharat
Government
High School
Yadagir
31st
March, 2023
To
The
Executive Engineer,
Electricity
Board]
Yadgir
Subject:
Complaint Regarding Irregular Power Supply
Respected Sir/Madam,
I am writing to express my deep concern and
frustration regarding the persistent issue of irregular power supply in our
area. For the past four hours, we, the
residents of this area, have been experiencing frequent and prolonged power
outages, causing significant inconvenience and disruption to our daily lives.
The power cuts occur at the evenings,
sometimes lasting for four hours. This erratic supply makes it impossible to
carry out daily activities with any degree of normalcy. Students struggle to
study, professionals face work interruptions, and household chores become
cumbersome in the absence of electricity.
The situation is particularly challenging
during examination time. The lack of electricity not only disrupts our routines
but also poses safety hazards, especially for the elderly and young children.
I understand that unforeseen circumstances
can sometimes lead to power outages. However, the frequency and duration of
these disruptions in our area suggest a deeper problem requiring immediate
attention. We urge you to investigate the cause of these irregularities and
take necessary steps to rectify the situation.
Thank you for your time and
consideration.
Sincerely,
Bharat
OR
Write a letter to your friend explaining how
the Sports Day was organized in your School.
Ans:
Mohan Kumar,
Raj Kumar layout
Bangalore
31st
March, 2023
Dearest Adarsh,
Guess what? I just experienced the
most electrifying day ever – our school's annual Sports Day! You know how much
I love sports, so this was pure adrenaline from start to finish. Let me tell
you all about it!
The morning sun was barely up when the
entire school buzzed with excitement. The field was a kaleidoscope of colours,
with each house proudly displaying their banners. The air crackled with
anticipation, and even the teachers seemed to have a spring in their step.
The day kicked off with a grand
opening ceremony. The principal's speech was short and inspiring, reminding us
that sports are not just about winning, but about teamwork, sportsmanship, and
pushing our limits. Then came the parade, where each house marched with
synchronized steps and deafening cheers. It sent shivers down my spine!
The games themselves were a whirlwind
of activity. From the 100-meter dash that left me breathless to the hilarious
three-legged race where everyone tripped over their own feet, there was
something for everyone. I even participated in the tug-of-war, where my
teammates and I pulled with all our might, eventually claiming victory!
Write back soon and tell me all about
your school's Sports Day. I can't wait to hear about your triumphs and share
more stories of our own.
Until then, keep chasing your dreams,
both on and off the field!
With all my love,
Yours lovingly,
Mohan Kumar
