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Karnataka 1st PUC English Model Question Paper 3 with Answers

Time: 3 Hrs. 15 Mins.
Max. Marks: 100

Instructions

• Follow the prescribed limit while answering the questions.
• Write the correct question number as it appears on the question paper.
• One mark questions attempted more than once will be awarded zero.
• For multiple-choice questions choose the correct answer and rewrite it.

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each. (12 × 1 = 12)

Question 1.
Who was appointed the chairperson of the Commission of Enquiry in ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’?
Answer:
Mr Fox

Question 2.
In ‘The School Boy’, ‘learning’s bower’ refers to _____
(a) tree
(b) teacher
(c) school
Answer:
(c) school

Question 3.
What surprised the white man when he removed the bandage on Mara’s hand?
Answer:
The white man was surprised that Mara’s wounded hand had got cured within a couple of hours of getting cut, just by placing the leaf of a medicinal plant on the wound and bandaging it.

Question 4.
What did the narrator call the man who paid the bill in the restaurant, in ‘Oru Manushyan’?
Answer:
Mercy

Question 5.
What should the people regain about money in ‘Money Madness’?
Answer:
Sanity

Question 6.
Which state government has recognized Babar Ali’s school ‘Anand Siksha Niketan’?
Answer:
West Bengal

Question 7.
The tree wants to become a bier for a ________ body in ‘If I was a Tree’. (Fill in the blank)
Answer:
a bier for a sinless body.

Question 8.
What did Mara offer to do in order to save the lake?
Answer:
Mara suggested to the king that he should get him executed and make it impossible for him to return to his place.

Question 9.
How old was Frederick Douglass when his mother died?
Answer:
About seven years old.

Question 10.
The old woman sticks to the speaker like a _______ (Fill in the blank)
Answer:
Burr

Question 11.
What did Nicola and Jacopo join during the rule of the German Elite Guards in Verona?
Answer:
Nicola and Jacopo joined the resistance movement which had begun to form secretly, during the rule of the German Elite Guards in Verona.

Question 12.
The speaker says ‘Do not ask of me, my love, that love I once had for you’ because of _______
(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.
Answer:
(b) he has realized that there are other sorrows around him demanding his attention

II. Answer any eight of the following choosing at least two from poetry in a paragraph of 80 – 100 words each. (8 × 4 = 32)

Question 13.
Why did the man finally set the newly built bigger hut on fire, in ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’?
Answer:
After being repeatedly pushed out of his own huts, the man thinks of a plan to safeguard his rights. He knows that he cannot put up a fight against the powerful animals. Hence, he decides to give them a taste of their own medicine. He builds a hut which is big enough to accommodate all the animals. As he had expected, all animals, including Mr Lion, come to the hut and soon there ensues a fight among all. Making use of the opportunity, the man sets his hut on fire and along with the hut, all animals gathered in it are also dead. What the man couldn’t achieve by using muscle power, he achieves by using brainpower. Thus, the man gets justice by taking law into his own hands.

Question 14.
Bring out the contrast between the boy’s experience inside and outside the school in ‘The School Boy’.
Answer:
In the poem ‘The School Boy’, the first stanza portrays the experience of the schoolboy outside the school, whereas the next three stanzas present the experience of the schoolboy inside the school.

In the first stanza, the speaker is a young boy who tells the reader that he feels joyful to rise in the fresh and delightful summer morning. He enjoys the chirping of the birds which announces the daybreak. The boy gets entertained by the company of the hunter who blows his horn from a distant field and the sweet lullabies of skylarks. Thus, the imagé of the child in the first stanza focuses on nature as free and unfettered. He is associated with the spring as a time for growth, freshness and playfulness. But, in the next three stanzas; we get a totally different picture of the young schoolboy.

Once the boy is inside the school, he loses his feeling of paradise. In the school, the birds sing no longer and the atmosphere is no longer pure or innocent. The boy is supervised by a cruel teacher and the young ones spend the day In sighing and dismay. The boy finds the school boring. He sits drooping in class. He claims that school hours are too long. He can’t find any interest in books. He describes the learning in school as a long ‘dreary shower’.

In the next stanza, the boy says that inside the school he feels like a caged bird that is forced to sing, and when he feels annoyed, he cannot but droop his tender wings. Thus, the bird imagery allows for the comparison between the schoolboy outside the school and the schoolboy inside the school.

Question 15.
How did Mara and the narrator think differently about tying the medicinal creeper to the tree
in ‘Around a Medicinal Creeper’?
Answer:
Once the author was putting up a shade over a coffee seedbed. They needed something to tie the cane pieces placed across the frame. So, he sent Sanna to get some creepers from the forest. Sanna brought a whole bundle. Mara opened the bundle and while sifting he suddenly looked at one of the creepers and scolded Sanna for plucking it. On knowing from Sanna that there were many of these creepers in the forest, the writer along with Mara and Sanna went to the forest out of curiosity.

There he saw Mara tying the creeper to a nearby tree referring to it a thief. Mara believed that the plant would not be seen when anyone needed it urgently because it had been cursed by a sage. On the contrary, the author believed that the medicinal creeper was a seasonal plant which appeared only after the rains, put forth flowers and fruits and died quickly. That is why no one saw it until the next rainy season.

Question 16.
Describe the embarrassing experience of the narrator in the restaurant in ‘Oru Manushyan’.
Answer:
One evening the narrator goes to a crowded restaurant to have his food and when he has to pay the bill of eleven annas, he realises that his purse with his life’s savings of fourteen rupees is missing. But, the owner of the restaurant thinks that the speaker is trying to cheat him, and threatens to gouge his eyes out. None of the others at the restaurant seem to have any kindness either.

The speaker pleads with the owner to keep his coat as surety. But, the owner guffaws and makes the speaker remove his coat, shirt, and shoes. When he wants the speaker to remove even the trousers, the speaker pleads with him for mercy saying he has nothing inside. This only invokes more laughter and the restaurant owner, along with fifty other people gathered there, forces the speaker to strip further saying mockingly, “There must be something inside.” The speaker, now resigned to his fate, starts unbuttoning his trousers, all the time imagining himself standing naked in front of others, with his eyes gouged out.

We see that the narrator is not only embarrassed but also humiliated. Since he is not a cheat, it must have been terribly embarrassing for him to have realised that he had eaten his food at the restaurant, but had no money to pay for the food. His embarrassment would have increased when the owner of the restaurant treated him as a cheat. But, to top it all, the cruel way in which not only the owner but also the people gathered there treated him would have been humiliating for the narrator.

Question 17.
Why does the poet fear the cruel power of money on people in ‘Money Madness’?
Answer:
The poem ‘Money Madness’ makes an attempt to tell the reader how our fear of the cruel power of money will lead finally to our self-destruction. The speaker argues that if we develop a fear for the cruel power of money, then It will result in making the whole mankind develop a collective madness. This collective money madness is a result of each individual’s presumption that if he or she does not earn enough money and get society’s approval that he or she ¡s a person of worth, then he or she will be put to a great deal of humiliation.

Then society will give the individual enough food to survive, but along with the food, society will also criticize the individual for not earning enough. It is this fear of being looked down upon by society that makes people crazy for money and this way collective madness sets in.

Once this collective madness sets in, then we start killing each other and we start humiliating those who do not have enough money even to give them food, fire and shelter which ought to be available to everyone free of cast irrespéctive of whether one has enough money or not.

Question 18.
What motivated Babar Ali to start his own school?
Answer:
Babar All is the son of Nasiruddin Sheikh, a jute seller living in Bhapta neighbourhood of Gangapur village in West Bengal’s Murshidabad. Though Babar Ah lives ¡n a thatched house like most other people in the village, yet, he is one of the privileged ones in his village because his father is able to send Babar Ah to the village government school and give him a formal education.

Babar Ah gradually learnt that there were a great number of children who could not afford to get a formal education in the village government school because they did not have enough money to pay for uniforms, books, etc,, though teaching was free. Furthermore, these children were required to support their parents with some additional income. The boys generally took up odd jobs working as mechanics, day labourers, grass cutters, livestock herders, etc., and the girls worked as maidservants in the village where they did cooking, cleaning, washing clothes and dishes for their employers and this way they earned some money and supported their parents in making a decent living.

Babar Ah, who saw this; realized that he must do something for such other children in the village. It is this inner urge to do something for the other children in the village that motivated him to start his own afternoon school which he named ‘Anand Siksha Niketan’.

Question 19.
How does the poem ‘If I was a Tree’ illustrate the caste system as one of the basic problems in our society?
Answer:
The poem, ‘If I was a Tree’ is a veiled and a bitter attack on the cruel and inhumane practise of caste discrimination practised in Indian society. It is a social satire in which the poet by just a posing the world of nature with the human world accuses human beings of being meaner than the world of nature for practising untouchability against their own fellowmen. The speaker intends to highlight the fact that caste Is purely a man-made construct and with this diabolic idea powerful sections of society have managed to humiliate and suppress the meek for centuries.

The poet adopts a logical approach to present before the reader, the impersonal and large-hearted treatment of nature vis-a-vis the pettiness of man. The speaker speaks in the persona of an untouchable and presents some instances of untouchability that he Is subjected to. He uses the ‘tree’ as a metaphor for a representative from the plant world and highlights how agents of nature like the sunlight, the cðel breeze and the raindrops would have treated him if he were not a tree when they come in contact with him. The speaker says that if he was not a tree his shadow would feel defiled when the sunlight embraces him; his friendship with the cool breeze and the leaves would not be sweet; the raindrops taking him as an untouchable would refuse to give him water to quench his thirst and the mother earth would flee him asking for a bath if she came to know that he was branching out further from his roots.

Similarly, the bird is representative of the animal world. The speaker says that if he were not a tree the bird would have asked him what caste he was if it wanted to build its nest. Similarly, if he were not a tree the sacred cow would not scrape her body on him, scratching whenever it itched her and incidentally the three hundred thousand gods sheltering inside her would not have touched him.

The speaker concludes optimistically, hoping that because he is a tree, at least after its death, the tree would be hacked into pieces of dry wood and would be either used as fuel for the holy fire or a bier for a dead body. The pieces of wood, when they burn as fuel in the holy fire, would make him pure and if not, as a bier for a sinless body that would be borne on the shoulders of four good men. Thus, the poem expresses the anguish and desperation of the untouchables.

Question 20.
Why was the shrine dedicated to Mara by the king in ‘Watchman of the Lake’?
Answer:
‘Watchman of the Lake’ by R.K. Narayan enacts the legendary story of the martyrdom of Mara, an innocent villager of Sakkarepatna situated in the eastern base of Baba Budan Hills, In Karnataka. It was once the capital of a king called Rukmangada.

One night Mara saw in his dream, the Goddess of the River Veda which flows down the hills throughout the year. The Goddess told Mara to meet the king and ask him to build a tank and to give her a home. Though no one believed Mara’s story and made fun of him, Mara managed to meet the king one day and narrate his story. The king, unlike the others, believed Mara’s account and eventually got a tank built and stored the waters of the river Veda. The king made Mara the watchman of the lake and saw to it that the water of the lake was properly utilized for agricultural and other useful purposes.

Many years later, one evening Mara noticed that there was going to be a thunderstorm and owing to strong winds, there were waves in the tank rising very high and hammering at the bank. Mara at once realized that it was a dangerous situation and the waters of the lake might overflow the banks and destroy his village. He feared for the lives of the people and their property in the village. Mara, at once, went down on his knees and prayed earnestly to the Goddess of the river.

The Goddess appeared before him carrying a sword in her hand and her forehead was splashed with vermilion. She told Mara to move out of his hut at once and save himself. She told him that she was going to break out of the tank and flow over the villages and the towns and the king’s capital beyond it. Mara immediately prostrated before her and begged her to give him enough time to go and inform the king about it. He requested her to wait and not do anything until he returned.

Later Mara met the king, narrated the whole story and also gave him a suggestion as to how he could save the tank and his people. He requested the king to get him executed so that he would never return to his place and the Goddess would continue to wait for Mara. Though the king was not ready to accept Mara’s suggestion, Mara persuaded the king to get him executed so that the tank and the people of his kingdom could be saved. The king agreed and as per his wish, got Mara executed. Next, he got a shrine built for Mara in which the top pedestal had the idol of the Guardian Goddess of the village and just below it was the idol of Mara. The king ordered that the villagers should worship those idols every Tuesday and Friday to commemorate the martyrdom of Mara.

Question 21.
How does the farmer’s wife embrace life with dignity?
Answer:
‘The Farmer’s Wife’ presents the pathetic and miserable predicament of a farmer’s wife whose husband had committed suicide for not having the courage to withstand the insults and humiliation of his money lenders. The poem is in the form of a dramatic monologue ¡n which the farmer’s wife is pouring out her woes openly. In the first half of the poem, she admonishes her husband for letting her down and giving her a death blow. In the next part of the poem, the farmer’s wife declares that she would not let her children die like worm-eaten cotton pods, but with a firm heart, she would face the battle of life and not embrace death. She would teach her children to clench their fist not for begging for a handful of rice but to face the struggle for life and with courage and determination stay alive and not die like a coward.

Question 22.
What does Frederick Douglass tell about his mother in ‘Frederick Douglass’?
Answer:
The strong sense of regret lies in the fact that he did not know who his father was and that he was sepaçated from his mother as an infant. What makes the situation worse is that there is the common speculation that his father is a white man, and that his master is his father. He knows that his mother was a black woman named Harriet Bailey from whom he was separated because it was the common custom in that part of Maryland that the children were thus separated from their mothers, hindering the natural bond between the mother and the child.

He had seen his mother only four or five times when she met him after walking twelve miles from Mr Stewart’s place where she worked as the field hand. She had to be back in the field before the sunrise if she had to escape the penalty of whipping from the slave master. This left the mother and child very little time and scope for communication. The sad outcome of this is that when he lost her when he was around seven, he didn’t feel the usual emotions of sorrow. The sudden death of the mother put an end to whatever chance the author had of knowing who his father was. Thus, we see that a slave child ¡s an emotionally deprived child.

III. Answer one of the following in about 200 words. (1 × 6 = 6)

Question 23.
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’.
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.
OR
‘True gentlemen are made of character, not by their appearance’. Explain with reference to ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’.
Answer:
The lesson titled ‘Around a Medicinal Creeper’, presents a few anecdotes which tell us interesting stories about Indian medicinal plants growing in their natural habitat. To cite a few examples, in the first part of the lesson the author tells us about a medicinal creeper which was plucked by Sanna so as to tie up a bundle of bamboo shoots. Incidentally, Mara, his friend, informs that the creeper has a lot of medicinal properties and they need to secure it by tying it to a nearby tree. If he does not secure it that way carefully, it will disappear because it has been cursed by a sage.

Next, he tells another story in which he had used the leaves of some plant to stop a bleeding wound. However, when he went to the doctor, there was no sign of the wound. In another incident, Mara tells us how he lost the teeth on the right side of his mouth. In the next part of the lesson, the author tells the story of a Malayali Sadhu who had given Krishna, the author’s farmhand, the bark of some tree as medicine and had cured the boils on his body. However, the next time, when Krishna went to him seeking his help to cure his piles, the godman asked Krishna himself to search for the tuberous root, mix it with milk and drink it for five days.

Finally, in the concluding part of the essay, the writer opines that Indian native medicinal systems are on the verge of extinction because of the superstitious beliefs of the native doctors who fear that if they disclosed the secrets of these medicines, the medicines would lose their potency. What the author has said is undoubtedly true because the author has given enough anecdotes which cannot withstand any logical examination.

OR

A casual reading of the title and the first half of the poem might sometimes mislead the reader to imagine that the poet is going to describe the beauty of his beloved in romantic imagery. However, a careful close reading of the title and the whole poem will make the reader realize that though the poet expresses a great deal of love and appreciation for the beauty of his beloved, there ¡s a sudden transition in the poem from the poet’s personal love to the love of his people in general. This transition is caused by his increasing awareness and realization that there are many harsh realities besides ‘love’. This realization prompts him to abjure romantic love of the beloved for a contemplation of the misery of the world.

In the first half of the poem, the speaker declares that his life looks bright and beautiful on account of his beloved. He states that when he is ¡n her company he feels that he will enjoy eternal spring and nothing is more beautiful than the beautiful eyes of his beloved. Moreover, when he is in such a mood, if he is agonized by his love for his beloved, the misery of the world appears inconsequential to him.

However, as he became aware of the harsh realities of life like bloodshed during wars, diseases, poverty, hunger, deprivation, flesh trade, greed for money and power etc., his belief that the love for his beloved would remain eternal, suddenly undergoes a change. He realizes that such love for an individual will be an illusion because there are many other sorrows and pleasures which demand his equal attention and love. Thus, the poet gives up his romantic love of the beloved for a contemplation of the misery and other harsh realities of life.

OR

This short story by A.J. Cronin presents before us the story of two Veronese adolescents Nicola, aged about thirteen, and Jacopo, aged about twelve. The title ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ has been used by the author only to redefine the meaning of the word ‘gentlemen’ and to express his admiration for two Veronese young men who are waging a relentless and epic battle to save their elder sister Lucia, aged about twenty years. She is their only relative left in their world.

Lucia is suffering from tuberculosis of the spine. She has no one el to take care of her except her two younger brothers — Nicola and Jacopo. She would have undoubtedly succumbed to her fatal disease if her two young brothers had not admitted her in a hospital and given her timely medical attention and care. Since the treatment she got in the hospital was quite expensive, and they had to make payments every week, the two young men had to work day and night to earn enough money to meet the expenses.

The brothers 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 ‘gentleman’ means a man who is polite and shows consideration for the feelings of other people. It is true that “True 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 gentleman.

IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. (10 × 1 = 10)

One of the greatest runners of this century, Murray Halberg, winner of the 5000-metre race at the Rome Olympic Games in 1960, was almost killed in an accident while playing football. He was only 16 then. His left arm was so badly damaged that the arm remained paralysed for the rest of his life.

Halberg was born in New Zealand. After his accident, he gave up football and took to athletics. In 1951 Arthur Lydiard became his coach. In 1956, Olympics were to be held in Melbourne in Australia and Halberg prepared seriously for the 1500-meter 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, Halberg changed himself from a human being into a running machine.

1960 came and Lydiard took him to Rome for the Olympics. Halberg was now 27, the age at which Lydiard had said he would reach his peak as a runner. He reached the final of the 5000-meter 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 Halberg was sprinting with unbelievable strength. The people wondered, “Doesn’t he know how many laps are left?” With two laps left, Halberg had a clear 18-metre lead. One lap to go with Halberg 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 with Halberg. Now Halberg 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 could now see the White tape at the finishing line. Halberg prepared himself for the least effort, in case Grodotski overtook him. But Grodotski never did. Halberg fell into the tape and rolled to the ground. Halberg’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 each:

Question 24.
Who won the 5000 metre race in the Olympic Games in 1960?
Answer:
Murray Halberg won the 5000 metre race in the Olympic Games in 1960.

Question 25.
Halberg’s arm was injured in _______
(a) a car accident
(b) a football game
(c) the 5000 meter race.
Answer:
(b) a football game.

Question 26.
Which country did Halberg belong to?
Answer:
Halberg belonged to New Zealand.

Question 27.
Who was Halberg’s coach?
Answer:
Arthur Lydiard was Halberg’s coach.

Question 28.
How old was Halberg when he went to the 1960 Olympics?
Answer:
Halberg was only 16 when he went to the 1960 Olympics.

Question 29.
In which lap of the race did Halberg establish a clear lead?
Answer:
Eight laps later, in the ninth lap Halberg established a clear lead.

Question 30.
Who was catching up with Halberg?
Answer:
Hans Grodotski, a German, was catching up with Halberg.

Question 31.
Halberg’s _______ did not allow his body to win. (Fill in the blank)
Answer:
mind.

Question 32.
Add a prefix to the word ‘complete’ to make its antonym.
Answer:
incomplete.

Question 33.
Halberg was sprinting with unbelievable _______. (strong / strength)
Answer:
strength.

V. A. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate articles and prepositions given in brackets. (1 × 4 = 4)

(the, with, into, for, a)

Question 34.
Mara noticed ______ man fishing in the lake. He told ______ man that it was a sacred place and no one was allowed to fish there. He warned him that if he saw him again _______ the rod and hook, he would push him _______ the water.
Answer:
a, the, with, into.

B. Fill in the blanks with the suitable form of the verbs given in brackets. (1 × 4 = 4)

Question 35.
The elephant got busy with other ministers to appoint the Commission of Enquiry. They _______ (choose) Mr. Fox as the Chairman. But the Commission ______ (has) no one from the man’s side. So, the man _______ (protest) and ______ (ask) to include one from his side.
Answer:
chose, had, protested, asked.

C. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject. (1 × 2 = 2)

Question 36.
The nurse said, “Nicola and Jacopo ______ (brings/bring) their sister to this hospital. For the last twelve months, she _____ (has been/have been) our patient. There ______ (are/is) every hope that one day she will walk and sing”.
Answer:
bring, has been, is.

D. Correct the following sentences and rewrite them. (1 × 2 = 2)

Question 37.
Ganesh waited at the bus stop since two hours.
Answer:
Ganesh waited at the bus stop for two hours.

Question 38.
Raju and Ravi shared the work among them.
Answer:
Raju and Ravi shared the work between them.

E. Rewrite as directed. (6 × 1 = 6)

Question 39.
Krishna dug out the tuberous _______ (route/root) of the medicinal creeper.
(Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in brackets.)
Answer:
root

Question 40.
The lion didn’t want any ______ (disturb) in his kingdom.
(Complete the sentence with the right form of the word given in brackets)
Answer:
disturbance.

Question 41.
to teach / Babar Ali started / poor children / his school
(Rearrange the segments to form a meaningful sentence)
Answer:
Babar Ali started his school to teach poor children.

Question 42.
The two boys didn’t expect any help from others. ______?
(Add a question tag)
Answer:
The two boys didn’t expect any help from others, did they?

Question 43.
The owner asked the narrator to take off his coat.
(Change into a question beginning with the right form of ‘do’)
Answer:
Did the owner ask the narrator to take off his coat?

Question 44.
Hanuman found Sanjeevini on the crest of the mountain.
(Frame a question so as to get the underlined word as the answer)
Answer:
Where did Hanuman find Sanjeevini?

VI. A. Refer to the following invitation and answer the questions set on it: (1 × 4 = 4)

Question 45.
(i) What is the name of the programme?
(ii) Who is making her Rangapravesha?
(iii) Who is the chief guest of the programme?
(iv) Name the venue of the programme.
Answer:
(i) Nrithyankura.
(ii) Kumari Aishwarya.
(iii) Smt. Umashree, the Minister of Culture.
(iv) Ravindra Kalakshetra, Bengaluru.

Question 46.
Write a letter to The Manager, Sharada Book House, Gandhinagar, Bengaluru, requesting him to send some textbooks to you. Your letter should include the following points: (1 × 5 = 5)
The course you are studying.
Name of the textbooks.
Number of copies.
Address to which books are to be sent.
Answer:

Jayaprakash Hegde
36, B.H. Road
Vidyanagar
Shivamogga.

25 May 2019

The Manager
Sharada Book House
Gandhinagar
Bengaluru

Dear Sir,

This is with regard to the textbooks I need for P.U.C. first year language English. We have two separate books – a textbook and a workbook. They are titled Reflections and Articulation, both published by Cambridge Press. I would be grateful if you could send the books to my address through courier. Hope it wouldn’t take more than a week as our classes begin on the 1st of June 2019.
Please let me know the cost of the books and the delivery charges if any.
I reiterate that the books should be sent within a week.

Thank you,

Yours faithfully,
Jayaprakash Hegde.

VII. A. Match the expressions under column A with their corresponding language functions under B: (1 × 5 = 5)

Question 47.

Answer:
1 – Expressing gratitude
2 – Complimenting
3 – Congratulating
4 – Agreeing
5 – Complaining.

B. Complete the dialogue: (1 × 4 = 4)

Question 48.
Ramya: Hi, when are your exams?
Sneha: Hello, I have my exams ______
Ramya: Fine, _____ for the exams?
Sneha: _______. See you after the exams.
Ramya: ______. Bye.
Answer:
Ramya: Hi, when are your exams?
Sneha: Hello, my exams will probably be in the second week of the coming month.
Ramya: Fine. How are you preparing for the exams?
Sneha: I am preparing well. See you after the exams.
Ramya: All the best for your exams. Bye.

C. Dialogue Writing: (1 × 4 = 4)

Question 49.
Anand has met the Principal of the college in which his son is studying to enquire about his performance. Write a dialogue between Anand and the Principal.
Answer:
Anand: Good morning, sir.
Principal: Good morning. What can I do for you?
Anand: My son Ashwin is studying in first P.U.C. I want to know about his performance.
Principal: Ashwin is doing well in his studies. I am proud of him.
Anand: Thank you for the information, sir.
Principal: You are welcome.

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Karnataka 1st PUC English Previous Year Question Paper March 2019 (South)

Time: 3 Hrs. 15 Mins.
Max. Marks: 100

Instructions

• Follow the prescribed limit while answering the questions.
• Write the correct question number as it appears on the question paper.
• One mark questions attempted more than once will be awarded zero.
• For multiple-choice questions choose the correct answer and rewrite it.

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each: (12 × 1 = 12)

Question 1.
Who made a friendship with the man in ‘The Gentleman of the Jungle’?
Answer:
Elephant.

Question 2.
What does the Schoolboy love to do in a morning?
Answer:
Listen to the bird’s song, distant huntsman’s horn.

Question 3.
Who promised Mara to give his whole plantation?
Answer:
The Godman / White man.

Question 4.
What were the daily occurrences in the city, where the Narrator stayed in ‘Oru Manushyan’?
Answer:
Murder, theft, crime.

Question 5.
The speaker in the poem ‘Money Madness’ is frightened of
(a) having no money
(b) money madness
(c) eating dirt.
Answer:
(b) money madness.

Question 6.
Who is the illiterate fishmonger in the lesson ‘Babar Ali’?
Answer:
Tulu Rani Hazra.

Question 7.
What does the word ‘bier’ mean in the poem ‘If I was a Tree’?
Answer:
Tree/pieces of dry wood.

Question 8.
What was Mara’s last request to the King in the play ‘Watchman of the Lake’?
Answer:
To kill him.

Question 9.
Which crop did the farmer grow in the poem ‘The Farmer’s Wife’?
Answer:
Cotton crop.

Question 10.
Where was Frederick Douglass born?
Answer:
Maryland, Hills borough.

Question 11.
The old woman’s eyes are compared to _________
Answer:
Bullet holes.

Question 12.
Why did the two boys wait in the deserted square late night in ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’?
Answer:
To sell newspapers.

II. Answer any EIGHT of the following in a paragraph of 80 – 100 words each: (8 × 4 = 32)

Question 13.
How did the elephant justify its act of occupying the hut?
Answer:
The elephant went to the man when it was in difficulty and asked him to give a place to keep its trunk to protect it from rain. A man showed sympathy and gave permission to keep its trunk only as there was enough place only for its trunk and himself. But the elephant slowly sneaked in and occupied the whole hut and threw him out, by saying that it would protect his hut from the hurricane.

Question 14.
How does the formal education curb the learner’s potential, in the poem ‘The School Boy’?
Answer:
Formal education is the obstacle for free learning to the children. Children prefer natural learning than formal schooling. The restrictions of formal schooling make children to detest their learning. Hence the poet questions when the buds are nipped and ‘blossoms have blown away’, and ‘tender plants are stripped’, how can a child get happiness in learning.

Question 15.
What was the story behind Mara’s loss of teeth in ‘Around a Medicinal Creeper’?
Answer:
Once Mara laid a trap for the rabbit in the forest, so he went next morning to check it but there was no animal in the trap. So he decided to brush his teeth as there was a stream nearby to wash face before returning home. He broke a small stick from a nearby plant to brush a third or fourth time, he felt a sour taste in the mouth. He wanted to try another stick hut before that he wanted to rinse his mouth. He took some water from the stream and after churning it around in his mouth, spat it out. He lost the teeth on one side, which had been touched by that stick.

Question 16.
Bring out the significance of Mara’s dream, in the play ‘Watchman of the Lake’.
Answer:
The poem Money Madness by D.H. Lawrence focusses on how a man becomes more materialistic and loses the values and sentiments in society. He respects money over relationships. Society goes on measuring a man in terms of money. A man who does not have money does not get respect from society and those who have money get respect and are obeyed by all. So to get all these social status, the man gives much importance to money and he never helps other fellow beings who may be in difficulties. The poet says that man has this money madness and it is widely spread among men. He affirms that if society goes behind money, individual to goes behind the same. He confirms that no man gives a pound without pain and no man gives a ten pounds without trembling, and the man loses his generosity. Man makes money, but money makes man and many things.

So, the man fears money and tries to accumulate it and respects it instead of other men. The poet also warns that money-less people should not be treated with neglect and should not be treated based on status. The poet fears for mankind that if it measures another man only in terms of money, there would be no future for human relationships. If people do not regain sanity about money, certainly money has got men down to become its slaves. So, the poet offers a genuine solution that bread should be free, shelter should be free and fire should be free to all the people in the world. In the overall view of the poem, the poet worries about man’s greed about money and offers a better solution for a better tomorrow.

Question 17.
Discuss the plight of farmer’s widows in reference to the poem ‘The Farmer’s Wife’.
Answer:
The poem “The Farmer’s Wife” is a tragic poem that reflects the helpless conditions of farmers’ widows. The plight of the widows is explained by one such widow. The poet uses many phrases to contrast her condition with that of her dead husband. She called the farmer as ‘virtuous’ and herself a ‘poor sinner’. The farmer was unable to pay the debts and he left all the debts to his wife, so she was very sad on his act of committing suicide. The feminist concept was also highlighted in the poem, the phrase “I was born with a head bent” justifies the discrimination in our society between men and women. Man is born with his head held high, but a woman is born with her head bent. But he did not face his creditors bravely and left all this to his wife to solve. She accused her husband that he poisoned himself and gone away by poisoning his wife’s existence. She remembered the memories of his beating, blaming drinking, and kicking’ haunting her. She never dreamt that he would commit suicide. It was true that the crop was gone but the debt remained there and dignity had hit the dust. She expresses her helplessness that how would she be able to bear the burden of their four children. She compared her condition with “worm-eaten cotton pods”. She got ambiguity and asked what was that and why he committed suicide. At last, she confidently asserts her determination to struggle out her life even – without her husband for the sake of her children. So, she shows a strong will to survive against all difficulties. Her voice is raised against the society in general.

Question 18.
Discuss the plight of an old woman in reference to the poem ‘An old woman’?
Answer:
The poem An old woman depicts the worst condition of au old woman. who is an old beggar near the Horseshoe shrine? She holds the sleeves of the passers-by and follows them asking for a fifty paise coin. Even though by appearance she looks like a beggar, she has her self respect and in return for the fifty paise, offers to show the tourists around the Horseshoe shrine. She laments about her helplessness in those wretched hills to eke out a living. Her physical appearance evokes sympathy in the passers-by. Phrases like “bullet holes for her eyes. ‘cracks that begin around her eyes spread beyond her skin”, and shatterproof crone” describe the pathetic condition of her miserable existence.

Question 19.
Describe the childhood experiences of Frederick Douglass as a slave.
Answer:
The passage reflects the brutal hidden faces of the masters who treat their slaves cruelly. The slaves were not given proper food. They were exploited without any freedom. Especially for women, it was double exploitation in the name of patriarchy and in the name of slavery. When the girls at teenage seem to be beautiful for their masters, they use them sexually and if they give birth to children, the children were sold at the age of infants to avoid their sentimental relationship. The passage also explains the heart-rendering description of walking at nights for several miles of mothers to see their children. Moreover, they could talk only a little bit because the children would be tired and go to sleep but in the morning they have to go back to work before sunrise. If they fail, they get whipping. This shows the brutal nature of white masters towards their slaves.

Question 20.
How does the speaker’s attitude undergo a change in the poem ‘An Old Woman’?
Answer:
The poet by depicting her physical appearance makes ‘An Old Woman’ more sympathetic. The passer-by initially did not show much sympathy to her but later when she observes keenly her physical appearance and when she offered to become a tourist guide to show around the shrine, she was very much moved by her condition and admired her self respect. Here, passer-by represents anybody in general. Finally, when she feels as if the skyway falling with the sound of plate glass clatter all around the old crone who was shatterproof and standing alone, she undergoes a change in attitude. So, the old woman was successful in evoking sympathy from anyone, in front of the temple.

Question 21.
How did the two boys struggle to look after their sister Lucia?
Answer:
The two boys were devoted to their sister and to earn money for her treatment, undertook all kind of jobs available in Verona. They sold fruit, shined shoes, ran errands and hawked newspapers and worked hard throughout the day.

Question 22.
Why did the poet ask his Love, ‘Do not ask of me my love, that love once I had for you?’
Answer:
A transformation from imagination to reality can be seen in the perception of love. Every teenager lives in a world of illusions and dreams of his love, but when he is more mature and deals deep in society and problems. he realises that love is not a complete world and there are other important issues too.

III. Answer ONE of the following in about 200 words: (1 × 6 = 6)

Question 23.
Does the story ‘Oru Manushyan’ talk about transformation in a person? Discuss.
Answer:
The narrator used to forego his breakfast and morning tea so that he had the money for his evening meal and tea. One day, as usual, he came to the crowded restaurant and had his regular meal and tea. When he had to pay the bill, he realized that his wallet had been picked. He revealed this fact to the owner who only found it funny and laughed out loud. Though the narrator offered to leave his coat with the owner, he forced the narrator to take off all his clothes. As the narrator was very much ashamed taking off his trousers, a stranger stopped him and paid his bill. He later made the narrator wear his clothes and took him away. When the narrator praised and thanked him, the stranger just laughed. He did not reveal his name but only warned the narrator against speaking about him.

The stranger showed five wallets to the narrator, out of which one was the narrators. The stranger told the narrator to check whether his money was intact, and he wished him good luck. The narrator had mixed feelings by now. It Was clear that his humiliation at the restaurant was due to the stranger’s picking his wallet and rendering him helpless. But he was also thankful for his help at the right moment, avoiding the humiliation of standing stark naked in front of all the people. He felt that the stranger had perhaps undergone a transformation during his own interaction with the restaurant owner. This made him say at the end, ‘May God help you’, and leave without saying anything more to the stranger.
OR
Is Babar Ali’s evening school a successful effort? Explain.
Answer:
Education is a true religion’ is a good thought of Nasiruddin where all the people are quarrelling about their religions and castes he is the man who gives education for and says education s a true religion. Anybody can steal anything but nobody can steal education. It is immortal light which lights millions of other lights. understanding this Nasiruddin excellently quotes. ‘Education is a true religion’ Getting inspired by his thought many people send their children to schools. because they understood the value of education and its uses. Babar’s commitment is also not deniable, he started with eight and continued now with eight hundred, it shows how he had changed the people and attracted the children towards school. Babar Ali is a good example for the quote, “Where there is will there is away. Otherwise in the teenage. he got the thought and initiated it and followed it and made others to follow it if some others in his place would have played in the grounds in the age. So he is a great success, and his name is spread all over the country. It should be not stopped with this but ignites many souls to take initiative to see a better tomorrow for India. Hence, Habar Ah is a legend of youth and stood perfectly an icon of youth to the modern world.
OR
How did Mara save the Lake, in the play ‘Watchman of the Lake’?
Answer:
The initiation is a definite success. Babar Ali’s intention then he started his school was to help the less fortunate people by providing free education. Today, more and more under village people have utilized this opportunity of his and are coming up in society. Moreover, we can clearly see that BabarAli’saction has inspired millions of people around the world. if more people take part to change the world for the better, there will be a greater success than he would have wished for Babar Ali has brought about the change he wanted to see in his surroundings. If a young boy from a village had the will and determinations to make a change in the world out there, it is not right on own part to remain as mute spectators hut we most also actively participate towards bringing the change.

IV. Read the follow ing passage and answer the questions set on it: (10 × 1 = 10)

Many of the plants that are poisonous in large quantities are useful medicinally if taken in very small quantities. Foxgloves are poisonous if eaten, but the drug digitalis extracted from the plants, and this is used to treat people with heart diseases. The deadly Nightshades gives belladonna, which is used as a sedative and Nux Vomica tree supplies strychnine which can increase appetite. However, both of these medicines must be taken in small doses; they are poisonous if that does is exceeded. Before men could manufacture drugs, plants were their only source. The Chinese were using Opium from Poppies and the South American Indians chewing Cocoa leaves as painkillers long before the presence of drugs called Cocaine and Heroin.

Now that these drugs are distilled from the plants and used at greater strengths, they have become addictive drugs causing as much distress as relief from pain. Other drugs are not as dangerous. Quinine which heals to bring down lever extracted from the bark of the Cinchona tree; which grows in South America – Camphor, Caster beans and Cloves all give oils with medicinal uses, and these are only a few of the many plants used to ease the illness. Another fungus must be included here, the penicillin fungus, which gives penicillin, and it is a valuable antibiotic.

Question 24.
How are the poisonous plants medicinally useful?
Answer:
If taken in very small quantities.

Question 25.
Which drug is helpful to treat people with heart diseases?
Answer:
Drug digitalis.

Question 26.
What happens if belladonna and strychnine are given in small doses?
Answer:
Increase appetite.

Question 27.
Before the man could manufacture drugs, plants were not the only source of medicines. (True/False)
Answer:
True.

Question 28.
The drug that is extracted from foxgloves is
(a) Belladonna
(b) Strychnine
(c) Nuxvomica
(d) Digitalis
Answer:
(d) Digitalis

Question 29.
What was used as painkillers by the Chinese and the South American Indians?
Answer:
Chinese used Opium South American Indians Cocoa.

Question 30.
Which plants produce oils of medicinal value?
Answer:
Camphor, Caster beans and Cloves.

Question 31.
Which fungus proves a good antibiotic?
Answer:
Penicillin.

Question 32.
_____ helps to bring down a fever.
Answer:
Quinine.

Question 33.
Add a prefix to the word ‘Valuable’t form its antonym.
Answer:
Invaluable.

V. A. till in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions given in brackets: (4 × 1 = 4)

Question 34.
One of the two boys, had worn ________ jersey and cut off Khaki pants; ________ other _______ shortened army tunic gathered ______ loose folds about his skinny frame.
Answer:
a, on, the, in

B. Fill in the blanks with the suitable form of the verbs given in brackets: (4 × 1 = 4)

Question 35.
We ______ (send) Sanna to get some creepers from the forest. He _______ (bring) a whole bundle. Mara ______ (open) the bundle. He suddenly looked at one of the creepers and ______ (scold) Sanna.
Answer:
sent, brought, opened, scolded.

C. Choose the correct form of the Verb that agrees with the Subject: (3 × 1 = 3)

Question 36.
The Commission _______ (sits/sat) to take the evidence. Mr Elephant _______ (was/were) first called. He said “There ______ (are/is) no need to waste their valuable time”.
Answer:
sat, was, is.

D. Correct the following sentences and rewrite them: (2 × 1 = 2)

Question 37.
I get up at 6 A.M in the morning.
Answer:
I get up at 6 in the morning.

Question 38.
What your command is?
Answer:
What is your command?

E. Re-write as directed: (6 × 1 = 6)

Question 39.
The bus _______ (fare/fair) has been increased.
(Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in bracket)
Answer:
fare.

Question 40.
Students learnt the correct _________ (pronounce).
(Complete the sentence with the right form of the word given in the brackets).
Answer:
Pronunciation.

Question 41.
treated as/ a/ Mara/ was/ madman
(Rearrange the segments to form a meaningful sentence)
Answer:
Mara was treated as a madman.

Question 42.
The students can speak English, ______
(Add a question tag).
Answer:
Can’t they?

Question 43.
The members understand the situation.
(Change into a question beginning with the right form of ‘Do’)
Answer:
Did the members understand the situation?

Question 44.
The Lion wanted to have peace and tranquilly in his kingdom.
(Frame a question so as to get the underlined word as answers).
Answer:
What did the lion want in his kingdom?

VI. A.
Question 45.
Refer to the following table and answer the questions. (4 × 1 = 4)

(a) How many teams played in the league?
(b) Which team has the highest run rate?
(c) How many matches did RR Lose?
(d) Name the team that has the lowest run rate?
Answer:
(a) 6 teams
(b) Mumbai Indians.
(c) 3
(d) DD

Question 46.
Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner of your area requesting him/her to take remedial measures to overcome the stray dog menace. Your letter should also include the following points.

• Increase in the number of stray dogs.
• Frequent attacks by stray dogs.
• Adapting measures such as castration, relocation etc…

Answer:
Akshay Gupta
No. 22, 1 Cross
Gandhinagar
Bengaluru – 560004
5th February 2019

The Municipal Commissioner
Gandhinagar,
Bengaluru – 560004

Dear Sir/Madam,
Sub: Stray dog Menance.
This is to bring to your kind notice about the increase in the number of stray dogs in our area. There are also frequent attacks by stray dogs. So I request the officials kindly to take preventive measures such as castration, relocation to bring down the astray dogs population in our area.
Kindly do the needful and oblige.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully Sd/-
(Akshay Gupta)

VII. A. Match the expressions under column ‘A’ to its corresponding language functions under ‘B’. (5 × 1 = 5)

Question 47.

Answer:
(1) – c, (2) – e, G) – d, (4) – a, (5) – f.

B. Complete the dialogue. (4 × 1 = 4)

Question 48.
A Conversation between a teacher and the student who has come late to the class.
Student: May _________ Sir?
Teacher: Why are you late?
Student: I am sorry sir, ________
Teacher: Why did you miss the bus? You should have left home early.
Student: ______ Hereafter, I will leave the home early.
Teacher: OK. Come in.
Student: _________
Answer:
Student: May I come in Sir?
Teacher: Why are you late?
Student: I am sorry sir, I missed the bus
Teacher: Why did you miss the bus? You should have left home early.
Student: Sorry Sir hereafter, I will leave home early.
Teacher: OK. Come in.
Student: Thank you, Sir.

C. Dialogue writing: (1 × 4 = 4)

Question 49.
Salim goes to the railway station to enquire about the trains to Delhi on Sunday. Write a dialogue between Salim and the Receptionist. (1 × 3 = 3)
Answer:
Salim: Good Morning Sir, Can you please suggest me the trains to Delhi.
Railway Station Master: We have 2 trains on weekdays.
Salim: I need to take the train to Delhi on Sunday.
Railway Station Master: It is Bhuvaneshwar Express at 9 A.M.
Salim: Thank you, sir, for the information.

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Time: 3 Hrs. 15 Mins.
Max. Marks: 100

Instructions

• Follow the prescribed limit while answering the questions.
• Write the correct question number as it appears on the question paper.
• One mark questions attempted more than once will be awarded zero.
• For multiple-choice questions choose the correct answer and rewrite it.

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each. (12 × 1 = 12)

Question 1.
Who was the secretary of the Commission of Enquiry in ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’?
Answer:
Mr. Leopard

Question 2.
What does ‘cage’ refer to, in ‘The School Boy’?
Answer:
School is compared to a bird’s cage.

Question 3.
According to Mara, how do the mongoose and the cowl cure themselves of snakebite in ‘Around the Medicinal Creeper’?
Answer:
They chewed the leaf of the medicinal plant if they were bitten by a snake.

Question 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
Answer:
(a) commit murder

Question 5.
Who is the most educated teacher in Babar Ali’s school?
Answer:
Debarita Bhattacharya.

Question 6.
_____ wouldn’t flee shouting for a bath in the poem, ‘If I Was a Tree’.
(a) Mother Earth
(b) Raindrops
(c) Leaves
Answer:
(a) Mother Earth

Question 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.
Answer:
(a) get water to his village
The visitor approached Mara for some water from the tank as his village was the farthest from the king’s domain and crops parched up and cattle were dying of drought.

Question 8.
What does ‘the harvest of my womb’ refer to, in ‘The Farmer’s Wife’?
Answer:
Her Children

Question 9.
Write one of the things that sustained Douglass during the darkest hours of slavery.
Answer:
One of the things that sustained Douglass during the darkest hours of slavery was his deep conviction and spirit of hope that he would certainly come out of slavery someday.

Question 10.
What does the old woman offer to do to get fifty paise?
Answer:
Take the speaker to the horseshoe shrine.

Question 11.
Name the village where Lucia was getting treatment in ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’.
Answer:
Polenta

Question 12.
What did the speaker ask his beloved not to expect from him, in ‘Do not ask of Me, My Love’?
Answer:
The speaker of the poem tells his beloved not to ask of him for the love he once had for her.

II. Answer any eight of the following choosing at least two from poetry in a paragraph of 80 – 100 words each. (8 × 4 = 32)

Question 13.
How did the elephant justify his act of occupying the hut in ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’?
Answer:
The elephant had absolutely no qualms while justifying its territorial occupation of the man’s hut. It deposed before the Commission that the man had asked the elephant to save his hut from the hurricane and as the hurricane had gained access to the hut owing to the unoccupied space in the hut, the elephant had put the empty, undeveloped space to a more economic use by occupying it.

Question 14.
How does the schoolboy view his experience in school in ‘The School Boy’?
Answer:
In the poem, ‘The School Boy’ Blake makes a plea on behalf of little children who hate the experience of going to school because of the prevalent authoritarian ways of school authorities. In the poem, we see that it is a matter of utmost disappointment for the schoolboy to attend school on a sweet summer morning when actually he wishes to enjoy the mirth of summer. He is tired and even puzzled under the strict supervision of his teacher. The phrase ‘cruel eye outworn’ refers to the authoritarian eyes of the teacher that actually tire the boy. Instead of enjoying the pleasures of summer, the child has to compulsorily attend the school where he spends his day in boredom and dismay.

Naturally, in such a set-up, the child experiences weariness. He sits drooping out in the sea of tediousness. The child resents the assault on him by the oppressive personality of the teacher and the unnecessary words of erudition the teacher gushes out without attempting to understand either the child’s intention at his urge for unchecked freedom. The learning’s bower refers to a garden where the child can be taught in an interesting way, only if nature accompanies him instead of the school teacher.

A bird which is born cheerful and jovial can never sing sweet songs if caged. Similarly, a child, if restrained under the umbrella of annoying fear, tension and the scepticism of his teacher, can never enjoy the natural instincts of joy and playfulness. A world full of rigid course of discipline will ruthlessly take away the beautiful spring — the childhood days — of a person’s life. Thus, though the tone of the poem is not highly critical, Blake does make his point clear — don’t kill the joy of learning.

Question 15.
How was Krishna cured when he had piles in’Around a Medicinal Creeper’?
Answer:
Krishna had piles problem and the only cure for it in allopathy was surgery. Krishna, an illiterate, was terrified of surgery and hence he went to the village godman for treatment. The godman, being old, could only give the description of the plant which could be used for his cure. Since the description matched the features of the miracle creeper, the author took him to the creeper which Appanna had tied to a tree and Krishna drank the ground tuber of the creeper with milk. He was cured completely in five days.

Question 16.
Describe the people and the place where the narrator lived in ‘Oru Manushyan’.
Answer:
The place was quite a big city in the valley of a mountain. The inhabitants did not have the virtue of mercy in their heart and were a cruel lot. They were ready to do anything for money. Shocking incidents like murder, robbery, pickpocketing were the order of the day. The inhabitants worked as soldiers, money lenders and watchmen in banks/mills/commercial establishments. They had no knowledge of English and it was as though they were content in their own small world of malice and meanness.

Question 17.
Why does the poet describe money madness as our ‘vast collective madness’ in ‘Money Madness’?
Answer:
According to the poet, ‘money madness’ is directly related to the attitude of mankind towards those who do not have money. Mankind measures the worth of a man in society by the amount of money a man has. Mankind treats those who do not have money with a lot of contempt and humiliates them. No doubt, mankind gives such people bread to eat, but along with bread, such people will also have to suffer a lot of humiliation and cruelty. This attitude of mankind towards those who do not have money gives ‘money’ cruel power which terrorizes people. It is this terrorizing fear of getting humiliated by the society that makes people mad about money. Naturally, every individual craves to possess some money. That is why the poet describes ‘money madness’ as our ‘vast collective madness’.

Question 18.
Why does the speaker wish to be a tree in ‘If I was a Tree’?
Answer:
It is clear from the poem that the speaker has suffered the bane of discrimination in human society. His statement that if he were a tree no bird would ask him what caste he is, makes it clear that the speaker is made to feel ashamed of his caste repeatedly. When he states that the shadow of the tree which is formed on the ground when the sunlight falls on it, wouldn’t feel defiled, it is clear that people keep him at a distance and do not allow even his shadow to come ¡n their way as he and his shadow are considered impure.

When he talks about the sweet friendship with the cool breeze and leaves, it is clear that in society not many extend to him their hands of friendship. When he avers that raindrops wouldn’t turn back from him considering him a dog eater, it is understandable that people from whom he hoped for sustenance just as a tree gets its sustenance from water, he got only abuse and rejection. When he writes that mother earth wouldn’t flee from him with the fear of getting defiled, the picture of upper caste people shooing him away forms in the imagination of the readers.

The phrase ‘branching out’ makes ¡t clear that the hopes and aspirations of the lower caste people are curbed and they are not allowed to make use of their potential. Through the image of the sacred cow coming to the tree and giving the tree the joy of being touched by the three hundred thousand gods sheltering inside her, the speaker shows that entry to sacred places is denied to him. It could even be an ironical reference to the higher caste people who worship cows as divine but fail to see divinity in their fellow human beings. It could even be a mockery of the upper caste people who worship thousands of gods but have no respect for their brethren.

Finally, when the speaker says that if he were a tree he would have the privilege of being burnt In the holy fire or becoming the bier, it is clear that, as a human being, he knows that he would be shunned even after death and wouldn’t be allowed a decent death. Thus, as a human being, in life and death, he would be condemned, but as a tree, he would live a life of dignity and joy. Thus the speaker makes ¡t clear that instead of being born as a human being in a society which practises discrimination, it is better to be born as a tree or any other creature in nature, as in nature there is no discrimination.

Question 19.
Give an account of Mara’s meeting with the king on a stormy night in ‘Watchman of the Lake’.
Answer:
When Mara fell at her feet, the Goddess asked him to rise up and hear her intently. She told him that she was the Goddess of the Lake and that river Veda was her plaything. She asked him to leave the hut at once and save his life. Mara asked her what was going to happen. She told him that she was going to destroy the tank that imprisoned Veda. When Mara told her that they had built the tank at her command, the Goddess replied that she was in a different mood and wanted to splash away the waters of Veda. Mara told the Goddess that the waters of Veda would wash away hundreds of villages and towns and the king’s capital beyond if the bank was removed.

Mara prostrated before her and begged her to stay her hand and not to carry out the devastation until he came back after informing the king about it. After meeting the king he requested the king to get him executed and prevent him from returning to the Goddess. Though the king disliked the suggestion, finally he granted Mara’s wish and got him executed. The Goddess stayed her hand, did not destroy the tank and waited for Mara’s return. Thus, Mara saved the lake.

Question 20.
How does the poem ‘The Farmer’s Wife’ bring out the plight of the farmer’s wife and her self-assertion?
Answer:
The poem ‘The Farmer’s Wife’ is structured like a dramatic; monologue In which the woman addresses her dead husband, as though he was sitting right in front of her. In veiled anger and a mocking tone, she tells him that it was a virtue that he had died without being forced to suffer the humiliation of standing before his creditors with a bent head and a hand stretched out or selling off his crops. But she is a sinner and hence having been born as a woman, with a bent head and a hand outstretched, had to sell her self-esteem all through her life. She asks him why he had left her to suffer despite knowing her status in society. She accuses him of intentionally committing suicide, despite being aware of her predicament as a ‘widow’. She castigates him for consuming poison and poisoning her existence.

Using the cotton crop as an analogy, she tries to convey the idea that the ‘cotton crop’ has a limited life and once it is sold, or it perishes owing to vagaries of weather, we forget it once and for all. But, her family has to continue to take out a living, generation after generation.

She questions the popular idea of ‘manhood’ as propagated by society. She recalls how she had struggled hard to keep his family alive, despite being kicked and verbally abused by him, in a drunken mood. She tells him sarcastically, that she had suffered such cruel treatment, only because she had firmly believed that he would act like a real ‘man’ and would take care of her family. She mocks him for dying like a coward and giving her a death blow. She accuses him of being selfish, self-centred and irresponsible. She admits that it was true that the crop he had hoped to raise had perished and hence his debts had remained unpaid. Consequently, they were looked down upon and were forced to cry in humiliation.

At this juncture, he had only thought of ‘his crop’ and ‘his dignity’ and hence had taken recourse to suicide. But, by doing so, he had proved that he was utterly selfish, and Irresponsible husband and father. He should also have thought of his duty and responsibility, as a husband and to his four children, which she had borne and harvested from her womb. She asks a rhetorical question ‘Can I leave them to the wind like worm-eaten cotton pods?’ She Intends to say that ‘crops’ can be left to perish and not her children.

She expresses her contempt saying that he had died like a coward most irresponsibly without bothering about his kids. In the last part, she expresses her stance as a ‘mother’. She declares that she would stay alive not merely to take care of her children but also to show to her children how to embrace life and to struggle for life with a clenched fist.

Question 21.
Write a note on the cruelty of Mr Plummer in ‘Frederick Douglass’.
Answer:
Mr Plummer was so ruthless that Captain Anthony, who himself was a cruel slaveholder, was enraged by the cruelty of Plummer. Mr Plummer, as the overseer, was in charge of the farm and the slaves and exploited the situation fully to torment the slaves. He went around with not only the cowskin but also a heavy cudgel and cut and slashed women’s heads horribly. Mr Plummer comes out as a man who took sadistic pleasure in hurting others.

Question 22.
What were the different ways in which Nicola and Jacopo earned money?
Answer:
Nicola and Jacopo seem to be jacks of all trades. ln addition to selling strawberry, the boys sold the newspaper, shined shoes, ran errands such as procuring American cigarettes and opera tickets for the foreigners and acted as their tour guides in not only taking them around the beautiful place but also giving them useful information as to which restaurants served good pasta. It looks as if they were prepared to take up any and every avenue of making money. But, what is remarkable is that none of these tasks has even an element of dishonesty or underhand dealing and the boys are honourable in all that they do.

III. Answer one of the following in about 200 words. (1 × 6 = 6)

Question 23.
How does the play ‘Watchman of the Lake’ bring out both the protective and destructive faces of nature?
OR
‘Money is the root of all evils in the society.’ Examine this statement with reference to the poem ‘Money Madness’.
OR
Babar All’s school took shape out of an individual’s responsibility towards society. Elaborate.
Answer:
The play makes it very clear that nature is both protective and destructive and that we are at the mercy of nature. We see the same river Veda as the life-giver, life maintainer and life destroyer. The play shows ¡t as the whim and fancy of the Goddess, for whom River Veda is a plaything. But, what the author tries to show is that nature can impact us in different ways at different times and we are not in a position to understand why it acts as it does. But, what is important is that we should protect nature and not exploit it.
OR
The poem ‘Money Madness’ makes an attempt to tell the reader how our fear of the cruel power of money will lead finally to our self-destruction. The speaker argues that if we develop a fear for the cruel power of money, then It will result in making the whole mankind develop a collective madness. This collective money madness is a result of each individual’s presumption that if he or she does not earn enough money and get society’s approval that he or she is a person of worth, then he or she will be put to a great deal of humiliation. Then society will give the individual enough food to survive, but along with the food, society will also criticize the individual for not earning enough. It is this fear of being looked down upon by society that makes people crazy for money and this way collective madness sets in.

Once this collective madness sets in, then we start killing each other and we start humiliating those who do not have enough money even to give them food, fire and shelter which ought to be available to everyone free of cost irrespéctive of whether one has enough money or not.
OR
It is undoubtedly true that Babar Au’s school took shape out of an individual’s responsibility towards society. Babar All lived in the Bhapta neighbourhood of Gangapur village in West Bengal’s Murshidabad. The village was known for its backwardness and people of direst poverty lived there.

Consequently, though there were quite a good number of government schools in the village which offered free education to the children in the village, most of the parents being very poor could not afford to send their children to the government schools as they did not have enough money to buy books, school uniforms and other essential things. Instead of going to school, most of the boys in the village helped out their families by working as mechanics, day labourers, grass cutters, live stockholders, etc., and the girls worked as maidservants in the village.

However, Babar All, being the son of a jute seller, was financially better off than the others and hence went to school and got a formal education. Moreover, Babar Ali’s father Nasiruddin Sheikh, believed that education is man’s true religion and encouraged his son’s education. Babar Ah, who realized that he was one of the fortunate souls in the village, felt that he must do something for the other, less fortunate children in the village. He had a strong desire to bring about a transformation in the lives of the poor and the underprivileged children who were working as mechanics, day labourers, grass cutters, livestock herders, maidservants, etc. during the day instead of getting a formal education in a government school. Babar All wanted to change this. That is why he took the initiative of opening his very own school.

Babar Ali’s school, ‘Anand Siksha Niketan’, grew out of a game in which Babar All used to act as a teacher. Since his friends had never seen the inside of a school, they enjoyed playing students. His students ended up learning arithmetic and enjoying it. This idea of a school became a reality in 2002. The school which started with eight students initially, had student strength of 800, after nine years. Babar All’s little afternoon venture is now a registered and recognized school of the West Bengal state government. Thus, Babar All’s school took shape out of an individual’s responsibility towards society.

IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. (10 × 1 = 10)

Born on March 21, 1916, Bismillah Khan belonged to a family of professional Shehnai players. At the age of six, he moved to Banaras where his maternal uncle Ali Baksh introduced him to the nuances of playing the simple reed instrument, the Shehnai. For many years the temple of Balaji and banks of Ganga became the favourite haunt where Bismillah could practice for hours in solitude. The flowing waters of Ganga inspired him to improvise and invent ‘ragas’ which were earlier considered to be beyond the range of Shehnai.

His first reward came at the age of 14, as the best performer at the All India Music Conference in Allahabad in 1930. In 1947 he won three medals at the music conference in Calcutta. On the first Independence Day, 15th August 1947, he played at the invitation of the then PM Jawaharlal Nehru. Awards and recognitions came fast. He participated in the World Exposition in Montreal, Cannes Art Festival and Osaka Trade Fair. An auditorium was named after him in Tehran called Tahar Mausiquee Ustaad Bismillah Khan. The World Music Institute celebrated his 80th birthday in New York.

In spite of having travelled all over the world Khan Saab, as he is fondly called, was fond of Banaras and Dumraon. Once, one of his students wanted him to head a Shehnai school in the USA and recreate the atmosphere of Banaras there. But Ustaad asked him if he could take the Ganga there. Talking about Balaji temple he said, “I have tears in my eyes when I visit the place”. About Dumraon he said, “How can I forget the place of my birth?”. While in Mumbai, I think of only Varanasi and the holy Ganga. And in Varanasi I miss Dumraon. No wonder Khan Saab ever thought of migrating from Banaras unlike some stars like Pandit Ravi Shankar or Ustad Allaudin Khan.

Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each:

Question 24.
How old was Bismillah Khan when he moved to Banaras?
Answer:
Bismillah Khan was six when he moved to Banaras.

Question 25.
______ introduced Bismillah Khan to the nuances of playing Shehnai.
Answer:
AM Baksh.

Question 26.
Where was the ‘All India Music Conference’ held?
Answer:
The ‘All India Music Conference’ was held in Allahabad.

Question 27.
What inspired Bismillah Khan to improvise and invent ragas?
Answer:
The flowing water of Ganga inspired Bismillah Khan to improvise and invent ragas.

Question 28.
______ played Shehnai for Free India from the ramparts of the Red Fort.
(a) Khan Saab
(b) Pandit Ravi Shankar
(c) Ustad Allaudin.
Answer:
(a) Khan Saab.

Question 29.
Where is the auditorium named after Bismillah Khan Saab situated?
Answer:
In Tehran.

Question 30.
Bismillah Khan’s birthplace is _______
Answer:
Dumraon.

Question 31.
Where was Khan Saab’s 80th birthday celebrated?
Answer:
At the World Music Institute in New York.

Question 32.
The Prime Minister offered a _______ (invite) to Khan Saab to play at the Red Fort.
Answer:
invitation.

Question 33.
Add a suitable prefix to the word ‘wanted’ to write its antonym (re, un, de).
Answer:
unwanted.

V. A. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate articles and prepositions given in brackets. (1 × 4 = 4)

(in, a, at, an, the)

Question 34.
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.
Answer:
at, in, the, a.

B. Fill in the blanks with the suitable form of the verbs given in brackets. (1 × 4 = 4)

Question 35.
Captain Anthony was not considered a rich slaveholder. He ______ (own) only thirty slaves and two or three farms. His farms and slaves ______ (be) under the care of an overseer. Mr Plummer ______ (be) an overseer. He was always ______ (arm) with a cowskin and a cudgel.
Answer:
owned, were, was, armed.

C. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject. (1 × 3 = 3)

Question 36.
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.
Answer:
are, speaks, have.

D. Correct the following sentences and rewrite them. (2 × 1 = 2)

Question 37.
Mara returned back from the jungle, one evening.
Answer:
Mara returned from the jungle, one evening.

Question 38.
Why did you bring this?
Answer:
Why did you bring this?

E. Rewrite as directed. (6 × 1 = 6)

Question 39.
Babar All’s students did not get ______ (bored/board).
(Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in brackets)
Answer:
bored.

Question 40.
Mara stood in ______ (amaze)
(Fill in the blank with the right form of the word given in brackets)
Answer:
amazement.

Question 41.
a miserable / was / drunkard / Mr. Plummer.
(Rearrange the segments to form a meaningful sentence)
Answer:
Mr Plummer was a miserable drunkard.

Question 42.
Venice is a picturesque city, _______?
(Add a question tag)
Answer:
Venice is a picturesque city, isn’t it?

Question 43.
The narrator thanked the stranger.
(Change into a question beginning with the right form of ‘do’)
Answer:
Did the narrator thank the stranger?

Question 44.
Nicola and Jacopo were sitting under the arc lights.
(Frame a question so as to get the underlined words as the answer)
Answer:
Where were Nicola and Jacopo sitting?

VI. A. Read the weather report and answer the questions on it: (1 × 4 = 4)

Note: Temperature in degree centigrade.

Question 45.
(a) Which city records the highest temperature in May?
(b) _______ has the minimum temperature in December.
(c) What is the minimum temperature of Dharwad in May?
(d) What is the maximum temperature of Mysuru in May?
Answer:
(a) Gulbarga records the highest temperature in May.
(b) Bengaluru.
(c) 35 degrees C.
(d) 36 degrees C.

Question 46.
Write a letter to the Bank Manager requesting to transfer your account from SBI, Chickmagaluru branch to SBI Hubballi Main Branch as you have been transferred to Hubballi. Your letter should have the following information: (1 × 5 = 5)

• Type of account
• Account Number.

Answer:

Vasudeva Rao
45/3, Koppikar Road
Hubballi.

14 September 2018

The Manager
SBI
Chikmagalur

Dear Sir,

Sub: Request for transfer of account

This is to request you to transfer my account from your Chikmagaluru Branch to Hubballi Branch as I have been transferred to Hubballi.
The details of my account are as follows:
Type of account: SB
Account Number: 1172000946239
I hope you will expedite the procedure as I have to make a few bank transactions immediately. Thank you.

Yours faithfully,
Vasudeva Rao.

VII. A. Match the expressions under column A with their corresponding language functions under B: (1 × 5 = 5)

Question 47.

Answer:
1 – Greeting
2 – Expressing gratitude
5 – Introducing
3 – Refusing permission
4 – Apologising

B. Complete the dialogue: (1 × 4 = 4)

Question 48.
Rekha: Hi, Adarsh. _______?
Adarsh: I’m fine. _____. How are you, Rekha?
Rekha: I’m fine too, thank you. We have a party at home today _______?
Adarsh: _______. I will definitely come.
Answer:
Rekha: Hi, Adarsh. How are you?
Adarsh: I’m fine. Thank you. How are you, Rekha?
Rekha: I’m fine too, thank you. We have a party at home today. Can you please come to my house?
Adarsh: Oh! Sure. I will definitely come.

C. Dialogue Writing: (1 × 3 = 3)

Question 49.
Salim goes to a hospital and enquires with the receptionist about an appointment with the ENT specialist. Write a dialogue between Salim and the receptionist.
Answer:
Salim: Good morning, excuse me. Can you please give me an appointment with the ENT specialist?
Receptionist: Good morning. Sorry, he is not available today. Can I give you an appointment for tomorrow?
Salim: That should be fine. Thank you.
Receptionist: You are most welcome, sir.

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Karnataka 1st PUC English Previous Year Question Paper March 2019 (North)

Time: 3 Hrs. 15 Mins.
Max. Marks: 100

Instructions

• Follow the prescribed limit while answering the questions.
• Write the correct question number as it appears on the question paper.
• One mark questions attempted more than once will be awarded zero.
• For multiple-choice questions choose the correct answer and rewrite it.

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each: (12 × 1 = 12)

Question 1.
What did the Lion wish to have in his kingdom in ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’?
Answer:
Peace and tranquillity.

Question 2.
Mention any one of the things that the schoolboy considers as ‘Sweet company.’
Answer:
birds song’distant huntsman’s horn/skylark song.

Question 3.
On which side did Mara not have any teeth in ‘Around A Medicinal Creeper’?
Answer:
On the right side of his mouth.

Question 4.
How did the people around the narrator look like in ‘Oru Manushyan’?
Answer:
Hungry wolves.

Question 5.
In the poem ‘Money Madness’ what should be free for everyone?
Answer:
Bread, shelter and fire.

Question 6.
Why is Babar Ali called a ‘fortunate soul’ in his village?
Answer:
Because he could go to school and got a formal education.

Question 7.
What becomes a bier for a sinless body in ‘If I was a Tree’?
Answer:
Tree/pieces of dry wood.

Question 8.
Why were the roads being repaired in Mara’s village in ‘Watchman of the Lake’?
Answer:
Because of the king’s arrival.

Question 9.
What was the ‘death blow’ given by the farmer to his wife in ‘The Farmer’s wife’?
Answer:
Farmer’s suicide.

Question 10.
Douglass’ mother was able to meet him only __________
(a) at daybreak
(b) in the night
(c) at noon.
Answer:
(b) in the night

Question 11.
Name the shrine mentioned in the poem ‘An Old Woman’.
Answer:
Horse Shoe shrine.

Question 12.
Why were the two children waiting for the last bus from Padua?
Answer:
To sell newspapers.

II. Answer any EIGHT of the following in a paragraph of 80-100 words each: (8 × 4 = 32)

Question 13.
Describe the circumstances that led to the appointment of the Commission of Enquiry.
Answer:
One day the elephant wanted protection from torrential rain. So he requested the man to allow 1m to push its trunk in the man’s hut. Th r inn agreed. The elephant pushed his trunk inside, and slowly pushed itself into the man’s hut and flung him out. The man started grumbling. Hearing the noise the animals stood around listening to the heated argument between the man and the elephant. The lion, the king of the forest wanted peace and tranquillity in his kingdom. So he ordered the elephant to appoint a Commission of Enquiry to look into the matter and report accordingly.

Question 14.
How is the child’s growth ‘nipped and stripped’ of its joy in the springing day in ‘The School Boy’?
Answer:
Formal education is the obstacle for free learning to the children. Children prefer nature – learning than formal schooling. The restrictions of formal schooling make children to detest their learning. Hence the poet questions when the buds are nipped and ‘blossoms have blown away’, and ‘tender plants are stripped’, how can a child get happiness in learning.

Question 15.
Narrate Mara’s story about the meat of the barking deer changing into a live wild buck.’
Answer:
Once Mara and his friend laid a trap and caught a barking deer, As they had to divide it equally between them, they took it near to the stream and divided the meat. They wrapped their portions in some leaves and brought them home. In Mara’s house, they got ready to cook. hut when Mara opened the packet to take out the meat. It was a surprise instead of the meat, there was a live wild buck When it saw Mara. He jumped up and ran out of his house. When Marn was trying to catch it. as usual. Mara’s wife ignorantly took the leaves and three of them into the fire. ‘[his incident shows that Indians do not think of what happened and why? But simply they go according to the situations and never turn the circumstances towards them. This is the big weakness of Indians.

Question 16.
Describe the people and the place where the narrator stayed in ‘Oru Manushyan’.
Answer:
The incident took place in quite a big city in the valley of a mountain, some thousand five hundred miles away from the narrator’s home. The inhabitants of the city had never been known for the quality of mercy. People there were cruel and murder. robbery and pickpocketing were their daily habits. Traditionally, they were professional soldiers. Some of them lent out money on interest, some were watchmen in banks, mills and in industries. They would do anything Íbr money, even commit murder.

Question 17.
How do people treat an individual who has no money in ‘Money Madness’?
Answer:
The poem focusses on how man gives importance to money. When the moneyless man is treated as poor and powerless, he definitely fears to lose the money. Obviously, he gives much importance to money. Each and every man goes behind money and breaks all relationships. In future, there may not be any sentiments between people. So, when all the people try to make money, certainly lack of money triggers the fear in an individual. So every individual tries to acquire it by some means or the other.

Question 18.
What was Babar Ali’s daily routine?
Answer:
Babar wakes up at 7 am. He starts his day by doing some household chores and takes an autorickshaw and later walks 5 km to Cossimbazar Raj a Govinda Sundari Vidyapeeth where he is an ideal class XII student. In the afternoon he is a headmaster of a school of 800 students.

Question 19.
How do the life forces ‘sunlight and the cool breeze’ enforce nature’s idea of equality in ‘If I was a Tree’?
Answer:
In nature, the life-giving forces like sunlight and air do not discriminate against anybody. The sunlight bathes everybody and everything with its glow without exception. It embraces everything with equal love and never feels defiled by the shadow of an untouchable. The cool breeze embraces everybody with its sweet touch. Its friendship is extended to one and all. It blows lovingly on the leaves of trees spreading its sweetness and the leaves reciprocate with their dance. In nature, there is only love and equality among all.

Question 20.
Why did Mara meet the king for the first time in ‘Watchman of the Lake’?
Answer:
The Goddess of the river asked Mara to inform the king to build a tank for the river Veda. The king would listen. The river Veda was a sacred place when Hanuman was carrying the Sanjeevini mountain a small piece fell down and from the same spot, a river arose which was the lifeblood of the people of the villagers. The Goddess told Mara to ask the king, not to let the river Veda to leave that village and to give her a home.

Question 21.
How does the farmer’s wife resolve to live in ‘The Farmer’s Wife?’
Answer:
The farmer’s wife laments the death of her husband. She is angry because her husband has left her with four children. She is worried about their future. She was born with a bent head. She had endured a lot of sufferings. Fie had kicked her when he was drunk. She had suffered all this thinking he was a man. But he had committed suicide. She decides to teach her children to face life and survive against all odds. To embrace life, not death, she decides to struggle for life.

Question 22.
How did the two boys help the narrator during his stay at Verona?
Answer:
The boys were very useful for the narrator. When the narrator wanted a pack of American cigarettes or seats for the opera, or the name of a good restaurant, they were always there in all these needs with cheerful competence. They had also taken the author on a guided tour to the different places of interest at Verona including Juliet’s tomb.

III. Answer one of the following in about 200 words: (1 × 6 = 6)

Question 23.
In ‘Do not ask of Me, My Love’, the speaker’s statement ‘You are beautiful still, but I am helpless too.’ signifies a major change in the priorities of the speaker. Elaborate.
Answer:
Babar AIis school was started at the age of nine while playing a game. Very soon children began to lose his way of teaching and flocked to his school’. Babar did not charge a single pie for his teaching. He also got the help of the local educated people. who came and taught the children. Babar was successful in getting the help of nine high school student volunteers. The oldest of them is Debarita who goes to college in Behrampur. Babar himself studies in class Xl! in a school quite for from his house. Ile commutes the long-distance, attends classes in the mornings and comes back in the afternoons to his school to teach youngsters who have worked hard in the mornings and are now ready for learning. The fact is that his school is entirely free, he and his stall teach well, there is a midday meal and his school is recognized by the West Bengal government attracts many students to his school.

The increasing strength of his school just shows how eager people are to get their children educated and how good, selfless work gets noticed by people soon. Those who cannot afford education in regular schools, do not mind sending their children to learn from teachers like Bahar. This only proves that Indians are realizing the significance of education in life. The initiation was a definite success. Babar Ali’s intention when he started the institution was to help the less fortunate people by proceeding free education. Today more and more underprivileged people have utilized this opportunity of his and are coming up in society. Moreover, we can clearly see that Babar Ali’s action has inspired millions of people around the world. If more people take part to change the world for the better, there is the greater success than he could have wished for Babar Ali became the change he wanted to see. If a young boy from a village had the will and determination to change the world there. it is not right from our part to remain as silent spectators hut to participate actively towards change.
OR
Describe the suffering of the Slaves in the hands of whites in ‘Frederick Douglass’.
Answer:
The passage reflects the brutal hidden faces of the masters who treat the slaves cruelly. The slaves were not given proper food. They were exploited by their freedom. Especially for women, it is double exploitation in the name of patriarchy and in the name of slavery. When the girls at the teenage seem to be beautiful for their masters, they use them sexually and if they give the birth to children, the children were sold at the age of infants to avoid their sentimental relationship. The passage also explains the heart-rendering description of walking at night of mothers to see their children for several miles. Moreover, they have to talk only a little bit because the son would be tired of work and goes to sleep but in the morning they have to go for work before sunrise. if they failed, they get punishment of whipping. This shows the brutal nature of white masters to their slaves.
OR
How does the play ‘Watchman of the Lake’ bring out both the protective and destructive forces of nature?
Answer:
Basically nature is goodness personified. It showers its blessings on people in abundance. People must respect what nature provides them and reciprocate by not destroying nature. When people take care of nature and the environment, it protects them. Rivers, trees, hills are all part of nature and they are all for the benefit of mankind. When a man cuts down the trees, blasts the hills etc., nature’s imbalance causes floods, landslides and other calamities. Water flows in a river, and if used wisely serves for drinking, irrigation and other uses, in the dry season there may not be enough water, so excess water coming in torrents during monsoon should be stored by constructing tanks for the waters of the rivers. When the rivers are over polluted, it results in overflow and floods causing loss of livers, lands and properties. Nature that way is both productive and destructive.

IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it: (10 × 1 = 10)

Max Muller was a distinguished German Poet. Some of his poems were set to music by Australian composer, Franz (Peter) Schubert. As a youth, Muller took to the study of the Sanskrit language with great devotion and started learning the language. He took his Doctorate in Philosophy in 1843. He did research work on Sanskrit and Philosophy under eminent scholars in Berlin University.

In 1846, Muller went to London to copy and collect manuscripts in Sanskrit. He translated Rig Veda which consists of 1,028 hymns, addressed to different gods. As it was being printed in a London University Press, he migrated to Oxford in 1848 and lived there for the rest of his life.

The first volume of Muller’s edition appeared in 1849, the sixth and last volume in 1874. This printed Rig Veda caused great enthusiasm in India. Several publications on Indian Religion and literature appeared in quick succession. Max Muller became the greatest interpreter of India to the Western World. His book ‘India – What it can teach us’ has a special place among his publications. But, Max Muller never visited India.

Question 24.
The famous music composer who set the music to Mueller’s poems was _________
Answer:
Franz (Peter) Schubert.

Question 25.
Where did Mueller get his Doctorate in Philosophy?
Answer:
1843.

Question 26.
Name the university where Mueller did research work.
Answer:
Berlin University.

Question 27.
Why did Mueller go to London?
Answer:
To copy and collect manuscripts in Sanskrit.

Question 28.
Who translated the verses of Rig Veda into English?
Answer:
Max Mueller.

Question 29.
Mueller migrated to Oxford in _______
(a) 1846
(b) 1848
(c) 1849
Answer:
(b) 1848

Question 30.
When did the sixth volume of Mueller’s edition appear?
Answer:
1874.

Question 31.
Name the book of Muller on India mentioned in the passage.
Answer:
India – What It Can Teach Us.

Question 32.
Add a prefix from the brackets to the word ‘appear’ to form its antonym (un, dis, re).
Answer:
Disappear.

Question 33.
Max Muller’s ______ (interpret) of India is very popular in the Western World.
(Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the word given in the bracket)
Answer:
Interpretation.

V. A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions given in brackets: [the, a, in, of, from] (1 × 4 = 4)

Question 34.
Verona is _________ lovely city, rich _______ history, with quiet medieval streets and splendid buildings ________ an exquisite pale honey colour. Romeo and Juliet are reputed to have lived there. Bombed in _______ recent war, it has lost its bridges but not its gaiety or charm.
Answer:
a, in, of, the.

B. Fill in the blanks with the suitable form of the verbs given in brackets. (1 × 4 = 4)

Question 35.
The lion was the king of the jungle. He _______ (want) to have peace in his kingdom. So he _______ (appoint) a commission of enquiry. Mr. Fox ______ (be) the chairman. On seeing the members, the man _______ (demand) to include one form his side.
Answer:
wanted, appointed, was, demanded.

C. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject: (3 × 1 = 3)

Question 36.
The Goddess ______ (has/have) come in Mara’s dream. She says Veda _______ (are/is) her play thing. She ______ (wants / want) the king to construct a tank to Veda.
Answer:
has, is, wants.

D. Correct the following sentences and re-write them: (2 × 1 = 2)

Question 37.
My friend is an honest man.
Answer:
My friend is an honest man.

Question 38.
He goes for college.
Answer:
He goes to college.

E. Re-write as directed: (6 × 1 = 6)

Question 39.
Bhima can swing an elephant by its ______ (tale/tail)
[Fill in the black with the appropriate word given in bracket]
Answer:
tail.

Question 40.
The people of the city were _______ (profession) soldiers.
(Complete the sentence with the right form of the word given in brackets)
Answer:
Professional

Question 41.
was steady/Nicola’s smile/and engaging.
(Rearrange the segments to form a meaningful sentence)
Answer:
Nicola’s smile was steady and engaging.

Question 42.
Babar Ali teaches his students under the open sky, ______?
(Add a question tag)
Answer:
Doesn’t he?

Question 43.
Mara went to the edge of the lake.
(Change into a question beginning with the right form of “Do”)
Answer:
Did Mara go to the edge of the lake?

Question 44.
The boys help their families by working as mechanics.
(Frame a question so as to get the underlined word as answer)
Answer:
How did the boys help their families?

VI. A. Refer to the following Advertisement and answer the questions set on it: (1 × 4 = 4)

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Question 45.
(i) What is the website of Air Asia?
(ii) When are the bookings to Bangkok closed?
(iii) Where does the flight to Bangkok leave from?
(iv) What is the maximum discount available for the flight?
Answer:
(i) www.airasia.com
(ii) 5th March 2019
(iii) Jaipur
(iv) 50% off.

B.
Question 46.
Write a letter to the commissioner, City Corporation, Shimoga complaining about the irregular water supply in your area. Your letter should also include the following points:

• Irregular water supply
• the areas affected
• Inconvenience caused to the general public.

Answer:
Rashmi
Sri Vani Vilas College
Shimoga

5th February 2019
The Commissioner
City Corporation
Shimoga

Dear Sir/Madam,
Sub: Irregular water supply in our area.

I am residing at Shimoga. There are 700 families living in this area. We are suffering terribly due to irregular water supply which is one of our basic needs. The areas affected are Hubli and Srinagar, Pashupathinagar Shimoga. We have to rely on private water supply. So, I request you to kindly take necessary remedial measures as quickly as possible to help us.

Thank you
Yours faithfully
Sd/-
(Rashmi)

VII. (A)
Question 47.
Match the expressions under column ‘A’ to its corresponding language Function under column ‘B’. (5 × 1 = 5)

Answer:
(1) – b, (2) – e, (3) – d, (4) – c, (5) – a.

B.
Question 48.
Complete the dialogue. (1 × 4 = 4)
Radha: Good Morning, Sheela.
Sheela: ______. How are you?
Radha: ________, thank you.
Sheela: ______?
Radha: I am going to the market.
Sheela: OK _________
Answer:
Radha: Good Morning, Sheela.
Sheela: Good Morning. How are you?
Radha: Fine, thank you.
Sheela: Where are you going to?
Radha: I am going to the market.
Sheela: OK Bye.

C.
Question 49.
Dialogue writing: (1 × 3 = 3)
A student goes to a public library. He speaks to the librarian about the timings. Write a dialogue between them.
Answer:
Student: Good Morning Sir.
Librarian: Good Morning.
Student: Could you tell me the working hours of the library?
Librarian: Yes, certainly. It is from 10 am to 5 pm.
Student: Thank you, Sir.

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Time: 3 Hrs. 15 Mins.
Max. Marks: 100

Instructions

• Follow the prescribed limit while answering the questions.
• Write the correct question number as it appears on the question paper.
• One mark questions attempted more than once will be awarded zero.
• For multiple-choice questions choose the correct answer and rewrite it.

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each. (12 × 1 = 12)

Question 1.
What was the elephant’s request to the man in ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’?
Answer:
The elephant asked the man if the man would let the elephant put his trunk inside the hut of the man in order to protect the trunk from the torrential rain.

Question 2.
Mention one of the sweet companies for the schoolboy.
Answer:
The Skylark.

Question 3.
Why did Mara once lay a trap in the forest in ‘Around a Medicinal Creeper’?
Answer:
In Around the Medicinal Creeper, Mara laid a trap in the forest to catch rabbits.

Question 4.
How much did the narrator have in his wallet when he went to the restaurant in ‘Oru Manushyan’?
Answer:
14 Rupees.

Question 5.
Mention one of the things that should be provided for free to everyone, according to the speaker of ‘Money Madness’.
Answer:
Bread, shelter and fire. By this D.H. Lawrence means the basic necessities of life without which man cannot survive.

Question 6.
What is man’s true religion, according to Babar Ali’s father?
Answer:
Education, according to Babar’s father, is man’s true religion.

Question 7.
The speaker of the poem ‘If I Was a Tree’ wants to be a tree because
(a) trees are not useful to people
(b) trees are not treated as objects of defilement
(c) trees live longer than human beings.
Answer:
(b) trees are not treated as objects of defilement

Question 8.
What was the command of the Goddess to Mara in ‘Watchman of the Lake’?
Answer:
The Goddess instructed Mara to build a tank for Veda so that Veda found a home.

Question 9.
When was Frederick Douglass separated from his mother?
Answer:
When he was an infant.

Question 10.
What does the old woman demand from the pilgrims to show ‘the horseshoe shrine’?
Answer:
A fifty paise coin.

Question 11.
Why were Nicola and Jacopo saving money ignoring their comfort?
Answer:
Ignoring their comfort, Nikola and copo were saving money to make weekly payments to the hospital where their sister was recuperating from a serious illness.

Question 12.
In ‘Do not ask of Me, My Love’, ‘sorrows’ in the line ‘there are other sorrows in the world than love’ refers to miseries
(a) generated by love
(b) caused by charity
(c) caused by poverty and deprivation.
Answer:
(c) caused by poverty and deprivation.

II. Answer any eight of the following in a paragraph of 80-100 words each. (8 × 4 = 32)

Question 13.
How did the elephant cheat the man and occupy his hut?
Answer:
Once upon a time, an elephant made friendship with a man, who had a little hut at the edge of the forest. One day a heavy thunderstorm broke out and the elephant felt like taking shelter in a hut. The elephant went to the man’s hut and requested him to let him put its trunk inside the hut so as to shelter ¡t from the torrential rain. The man took pity on the elephant and told the elephant to gently put only its trunk inside the hut. But, the elephant, soon after putting its trunk inside the hut, slowly pushed its head also inside, flung the man out in the rain and then lay down comfortably inside his hut.

Question 14.
Write briefly the speaker’s experience in the school, in ‘The School Boy’.
Answer:
In the poem, ‘The School Boy’ Blake makes a plea on behalf of little children who hate the experience of going to school because of the prevalent authoritarian ways of school authorities.

In the poem, we see that it is a matter of utmost disappointment for the schoolboy to attend school on a sweet summer morning when actually he wishes to enjoy the mirth of summer. He is tired and even puzzled under the strict supervision of his teacher. The phrase ‘cruel eye outworn’ refers to the authoritarian eyes of the teacher that actually tire the boy. Instead of enjoying the pleasures of summer, the child has to compulsorily attend the school where he spends his day in boredom and dismay.

Naturally, in such a set-up, the child experiences weariness. He sits drooping out in the sea of tediousness. The child resents the assault on him by the oppressive personality of the teacher and the unnecessary words of erudition the teacher gushes out without attempting to understand either the child’s intention àr his urge for unchecked freedom. The learning’s bower refers to a garden where the child can be taught in an interesting way, only if nature accompanies him instead of the school teacher.

A bird which is born cheerful and jovial can never sing 5weet songs if caged. Similarly, a child, if restrained under the umbrella of annoying fear, tension and the scepticism of his teacher, can never enjoy the natural instincts of joy and playfulness. A world full of rigid course of discipline will ruthlessly take away the beautiful spring — the childhood days — of a person’s life.

Thus, though the tone of the poem is not highly critical, Blake does make his point clear— don’t kill the joy of learning.

Question 15.
What story did Mara narrate about losing the teeth on the right side of his mouth?
Answer:
Mara’s stories were not limited to the miraculous medicinal creeper. Mara explained the loss of the teeth on one side of his face with another totally cock-and-bull story. He told the author that he had lost his teeth when he had gone hunting rabbits to the forest before daybreak. According to him, when he brushed his teeth with a small stick of a plant, he lost the teeth which had been touched by the stick. The teeth were all from one side because on finding the taste of the plant to be sour, he had thrown the stick away and had gargled his mouth with the water of a nearby stream.

Question 16.
How did a stranger save the day for the narrator in ‘Oru Manushyan’?
Answer:
When the narrator is at the point of removing his trousers though he has nothing inside, a blue-eyed; fair-complexioned six-footer, with a red turban and white trousers, intervenes and offer to pay the amount due from the narrator to the restaurant owner. He asks the speaker to go with him and when the grateful speaker asks for his name, he says he has no name. When the speaker says ‘Mercy’ must be his name, he does not react and walks on until they reach a deserted bridge.

There, after making sure that no one is around, the stranger takes out five wallets and asks the speaker which of these ¡s his. He warns the speaker to go away without turning around and adds that the speaker should not admit to anyone that he has seen the man. He gives the wallet, which has been identified by the speaker, with the money intact and leaves the place wishing the speaker that he be helped by God. The speaker, on his part, hopes that God would help the stranger.

Thus we see that the pickpocket helps the narrator not only at the restaurant but also outside by returning the purse. This is how the act of kindness gains insignificance. First of all the pickpocket is good enough to help the man who faces humiliation as he has lost his purse; secondly, he is kind enough to return the purse; thirdly, the eleven annas that he pays is not the narrator’s money, but his own.

Question 17.
How did ‘Anand Siksha Niketan’ come into existence?
Answer:
It is amusing to know that the school began as a game. When Babar All was nine, he used to play ‘school-school’ game with his friends and used to act as their teacher. The other children, unlike All, had not seen the inside of the school and hence we’re excited to play the game with him. But, soon, the game turned into real teaching as children were happy to learn arithmetic. ‘Anand Siksha Niketan’ got established with eight students on roll. In the course of nine years, the school grew step by step, and from eight, the number increased to 220 students ón roll and 800 students in all.

The school started receiving both private and government assistance and had 10 volunteer teenage teachers teaching grade 1 to grade 8. It also had 60 regular attendees. The children of the village who worked as maids to cook, clean, wash clothes and dishes for their employees or as mechanics, day labourers, grass cutters and livestock herders came voluntarily to All’s school in the afternoon after finishing their chores.

What is heartening is the fact that All’s good work was rewarded as he received help from Babar’s teachers, lAS officers, and Ramakrishna Ashram monks. What is even more gratifying is the fact that the school was recognised by the West Bençal State Government and hence students from Baba’s school were eligible to pursue their studies in other schools if the need arose. The recognition gave Babar the singular privilege of being the youngest headmaster at the age of 16.

Thus, what started as a game resulted in a much sought after school for the underprivileged and inspired other selfless youngsters like Debarita Bhattacharya, a college student, to work as volunteers in helping the have nots.

Question 18.
How does the poem ‘If I was a Tree’ express the pain and plight of a particular community?
Answer:
The poem, ‘If I was a Tree’ presents a satirical account of the cruel and inhumane practise of caste discrimination practised in Indian society. The poem presents the impersonal and large-hearted treatment of nature vis-a-vis the pettiness of man. The speaker speaks in the persona of an untouchable and presents some instances of untouchability that he/she is subjected to. He uses the tree as a metaphor for representing the plant world and highlights how agents of nature like the sunlight, the cool breeze and the raindrops would have treated an untouchable if he were not a tree when they come in contact with him.

The speaker says that if only he was not a tree his shadow would feel defiled when the sunlight embraced him; his friendship with the cool breeze and the leaves would not be sweet; the raindrops, taking him as an untouchable, would refuse to give him water to quench his thirst and the mother earth would flee him asking for a bath if she came to know that he was branching out further from his roots. Similarly, taking the bird as a representative of the animal world, the speaker says that if he were not a tree the bird would have asked him what caste he was if he wanted to build its nest on the tree. Similarly, if he were not a tree the sacred cow would not scrape her body on him scratching whenever it itched her and incidentally all the three hundred thousand gods sheltering inside her would not have touched him.

The speaker concludes optimistically, hoping that, because he is a tree at least, after Its death the tree would be hacked into pieces of dry wood, and would be either used as fuel for the holy fire or a bier for a dead body. The pieces of wood, when they burn as fuel in the holy fire, would make him pure and if not, as a bier fora sinless body he would be borne on the shoulders of four good men. Thus the poem expresses the anguish and desperation of the untouchables.

Question 19.
What instructions did Mara give his son, Ganga, about the duties of the watchman of the lake?
Answer:
Mara reminded his son that he had to be the watchman of the lake after his death. Mara also shared with his son what the Goddess had Instructed Mara to do. She had commanded that nothing that flew, swam or walked those parts, where the lake existed, be killed as the place was scared.

So Mara told his son that no killers should be allowed there, whether they came with arrows for the gulls which skimmed over the water or with the rod for the fish. These instructions are given by Mara to his son, first of all, show that Mara was obedient to the Goddess. Secondly, it shows that he was a great lover of nature. Thirdly, it shows his sense of responsibility. He wanted the lake and the bank to be taken care of in an exemplary way. At the same time, he was authoritative too. He did not allow anyone to exploit the bank. Yet, he did not deny anyone the just use of the water of the bank. Thus, we see that Mara was a noble watchman of the lake.

Question 20.
How does the poem ‘The Farmer’s Wife’ bring out the misery of the farmer’s wife?
Answer:
The poem ‘The Farmer’s Wife’ by the Volga begins with the lamentation of the farmer’s wife, who laments over the death of her husband. However, in her lamentation, it is clear that more than mourning over the death of her husband, she expresses her grief over the hopelessness of the situation.

Her husband has committed suicide because he was unable to face the creditors. However, his act is not considered an irresponsible act. In fact, people may even think of his act as the virtuous act of a self-respecting man who did not want to bend his head and stretch his arm. But the woman points out that, by committing suicide he has left the woman behind, to bend her head and stretch her hand as she has to continue to live at least for the sake of her four children. The woman ironically adds that bending the head and stretching the arm pose no problem to her as she has always done that.

She has always done that as women are always pushed to the low level. But she cannot understand how her husband, who had always asserted his right over her, simply by virtue of being a man, could drink poison and get released from the worldly bonds in a cowardly way. The woman, in her questioning of his act, implies that his Irresponsible act has poisoned her very existence. She suggests that when living was worse than death, embracing death was a selfish and even cruel act on the part of the man as he had no thought for the family that he left behind. The woman is shocked that the man, who could kick and bully her with the claim of superiority over her, could give her the final death blow by committing suicide.

At this point, the woman compares the hardship she suffered in the family over the years and the problem of the cotton crop being destroyed that year. She points out that the pain she had undergone was for a longer period of time, but she had withstood it. The problem of the cotton crop, as she says, ‘Is but yesterday’s.’ The juxtaposition of the two problems is done to show that men buckle under pressure more easily than women. Men are self-centred too and when they take recourse to escapism, they don’t give any thought to what would happen to their family. They are not worried over the future of their children either. Hence It becomes a double jeopardy for the woman.

On the one hand, she has to come to terms with the death of her husband, on the other she has to worry over the future of her children. Here also the poet draws an analogy between the natural crop and the children. The woman points out that when the crop failed, her husband committed suicide; if she were to do the same thing, her children wouldn’t have a bright future. She adds that she is not prepared to allow the harvest of her womb to perish. She cannot leave her children helpless like the worm-eaten cotton pods in the wind. The woman rightly points out that meeting one’s end is over in a moment. It’s not a long struggle. But the struggle in life, for life to sustain and continue, is a long struggle, full of perils.

For this, one needs a brave heart. Only the one with a firm heart will analyse the difficult situation with questions like, ‘What of this?’ or ‘Why is this?’ When a person asks, ‘What of this?’, he probably wonders about what would be the final outcome of all the struggle. When he asks, ‘Why is this?’, he definitely has a sense of self-pity. Yet he should never lose his reasoning ability and the determination to fight his misfortune. Otherwise, his children would become orphans.

That is why the farmer’s wife asserts that she would continue to live to teach her children how to live. She wants to Instil in her children the fighting spirit which her husband lacked. That is why she says that she would continue to be alive to teach her children to fight with a clenched fist for not only the basic need of food but also more important things, attaining which might be nothing less than a battle. For this, she pledges to embrace life and not death, though life would present a long and painful struggle. Thus the poem is a tribute paid to the dauntless spirit of the woman and a plea to the weak-hearted not to lose hope.

Question 21.
Narrate the experience of the speaker in ‘An Old Woman’.
Answer:
In ‘An Old Woman’ the narrator presents a very common incident most tourists experience when they visit a historical shrine. Such tourist places are usually crowded out by beggars, vendors and tourist guides pestering tourists to give them alms or buy toys and trinkets or to hire them as guides respectively. The first four stanzas portray the old woman as ‘a burr’. The first stanza describes the narrator’s reaction. The sixth and seventh stanzas describe the narrator’s reaction and also signal a change in his attitude as well as his perspective towards old women.

The poem is a recollection of the narrator’s experience when he visited a historical place on the barren hills of Jejuri town, which houses the famous legendary ‘Horseshoe’ shrine for Khandoba, the presiding deity at Jejuri.

The poet presents his experience dramatically helping the reader visualize it instantly. As soon as he had landed in the place, an old beggar woman grabbed hold of his sleeve and hobbled along with him, pestering him to give her a fifty paise coin in return for which she would guide him to the horseshoe shrine. Though he told her that he had already seen It, she persisted and did not let him go. At that moment, the poet’s previous experience of dealing with old women coupled with that incident makes the narrator express his annoyance and scorn for such old women saying that they are like ‘a burr’ which cannot be brushed off easily.

The narrator, then turned around to face her and send her away with a decisive look. Immediately, the old woman expressed her predicament stating that there was nothing else to do on those wretched hills except begging. Her statement shocked the narrator slightly. The old woman’s words triggered the moment of transformation in him. This made him look at her eyes sunk deep inside her face like two bullet holes and look right at the sky clearly through them. Her skin is wrinkled and cracks begin to appear around her eyes and spread beyond her skin. He feels that everything is falling apart.

Everything is cracked and in ruins. The cracks spread beyond her skin to the hills and the sky. There is a catastrophe. The hills crack, the temples crack and the sky falls and shatters like a sheet of glass except for the “shatterproof crone who stands alone”. At this moment the poet realizes his own value. He has been reduced to a fifty paise coin in the hands of poverty, It is at this moment that the poet’s scorn for the old woman changes to respect.

Question 22.
What did the narrator learn about Lucia from the nurse in ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’?
Answer:
On Sunday afternoon, the narrator brought the two boys ¡n his car to a large red-roofed villa in a tiny village set upon the hillside. After the boys had disappeared beyond the corner of a stone wall, the narrator followed them closely and reached a grilled side-entrance. When he rang the bell, the door was opened by a trained nurse. When she learnt that the narrator had brought the two boys there, she let him in and took him to a ward upstairs, and showed him the two boys seated at the bedside of a girl, aged about twenty.

Later, when the narrator begged her to tell him all she knew about the two boys, she told him that the girl was Lucia, and the boys had no one else in the world except for that sister. The boys had lost their father in the war. Shortly afterwards, a bomb had destroyed their home and thrown the three children into the sheets. For months, they had barely kept themselves alive in a sort of shelter they had built with their own hands amidst the rubble. During this time they suffered horribly from near-starvation and exposure to the cold Veronese winter.

Consequently, their sister contracted tuberculosis of the spine. The two boys admitted their sister In that hospital and worked hard, earned enough money and paid for her treatment regularly.

III. Answer one of the following in about 200 words. (1 × 6 = 6)

Question 23.
How does the fear of money affect the individual as well as the multitudes of a money-mad society in ‘Money Madness’?
OR
“The story of Nicola and Jacopo in ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ redefines the qualities of a gentleman”. Substantiate.
OR
The details given by Frederick Douglass about the life of slaves depict the painful and harsh experiences of the slaves. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer:
According to the poet, ‘money madness’ is directly related to the attitude of mankind towards those who do not have money. Mankind measures the worth of a man in society by the amount of money a man has. Mankind treats those who do not have money with a lot of contempt and humiliates them. No doubt, mankind gives such people bread to eat, but along with bread, such people will also have to suffer a lot of humiliation and cruelty. This attitude of mankind towards those who do not have money gives ‘money’ cruel power which terrorizes people. It is this terrorizing fear of getting humiliated by the society that makes people mad about money. Naturally, every individual craves to possess some money. That is why the poet describes ‘money madness’ as our ‘vast collective madness’.

OR

This short story by A.J. Cronin presents before us the story of two Veronese adolescents Nicola, aged about thirteen, and Jacopo, aged about twelve. The title ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ has been used by the author only to redefine the meaning of the word ‘gentlemen’ and to express his admiration for two Veronese young men who are waging a relentless and epic battle to save their elder sister Lucia, aged about twenty years. She is their only relative left in their world.

Lucia is suffering from tuberculosis of the spine. She has no one el to take care of her except her two younger brothers — Nicola and Jacopo. She would have undoubtedly succumbed to her fatal disease if her two young brothers had not admitted her in a hospital and given her timely medical attention and care. Since the treatment she got in the hospital was quite expensive, and they had to make payments every week, the two young men had to work day and night to earn enough money to meet the expenses.

The brothers 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 ‘gentleman’ means a man who is polite and shows consideration for the feelings of other people. It is true that “True 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 gentleman.

OR

Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was an American slave, born in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped slavery and went to New York, where he changed his name to Frederick Douglass and worked for the emancipation of slaves until his death. This lesson is an excerpt from his autobiography and presents a graphic account of the cruel and inhuman suffering of the slaves. The slaves lived a very painful and miserable life in the custody of their slave masters. No slave had any accurate knowledge of his age because their slave masters never maintained an authentic record of the dates of birth of the slaves in their custody because they wanted to keep the slaves ignorant about their age. Consequently, the slaves were able to only recall a day nearer a season of the year like planting-time, harvest-time, cherry-time, spring-time or fall-time.

Frederick narrates the circumstances of his birth and a few details about his parentage. Frederick was a mulatto child born to a white father and a black mother. His mother was a slave and his father was his master. As was the common custom in those days, Frederick, the infant, was separated from his mother even when he was an infant, not even twelve months old and was placed under the care of an old woman, too old for field labour. In such instances, the mother was taken away from the child
and hired out on some farm a considerable di5tance off.

Frederick says that he does not remember to have seen his mother not more than five times in his life and each of these times was very short in duration and at night. His mother was hired by Mr. Stewart, who lived about twelve miles from his home. She used to go to Frederick’s house in the night travelling on foot, lie down with her child, get him to sleep and would go back to her master’s house before dawn. His mother died when he was about seven years old. Frederick was not allowed to be present during her illness and at her death or burial.

Frederick narrates another cruel and barbarous practice. The slaveholders had made a rule that the children of slave women irrespective of whether they were born to white or black fathers, should in all cases follow the condition of their mothers. This gave the slaveholders opportunities to not merely gratify their lustful desires but also make a profit out of it.

Frederick says that mulatto children, despite being born to white fathers, suffered greater hardships than black slave children born to black parents, because mulatto children were a constant source of offence and displeasure to their white mistresses. It was common for the wives of white masters to find fault with mulatto children. They would be normally happy to see mulatto children lashed especially when they suspected that their husbands were showing special favours to his mulatto children. This being the fact, many white masters used to sell their mulatto slaves only out of sympathy for them so that they would be spared the trouble of whipping their own children or stand by and watch one white son tie up his brother and lash him with a whip.

Frederick narrates an incident which highlights how inhumane and cruel slave masters were. Frederick Douglass had two masters — Captain Anthony and his overseer Mr. Plummer whom he describes as a miserable drunkard, a profane swearer and a savage monster. He used to take sadistic pleasure in whipping a slave Frederick recalls how, once he saw his own aunt, a slave tied to a joist being whipped on her naked back till she was literally covered with blood. Thus, Frederick Douglass’ autobiography depicts the painful and harsh experiences of the slaves.

IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. (10 × 1 = 10)

It began on the fateful December day that Rosa Parks left her job at the Fair Department store in Montgomery, Alabama. The square on that day was festooned with red and green Christmas lights and there was a big banner over one of the stores, saying “Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men”.

Rosa Parks paid no attention to the lights or the banner. She had been working since early morning and she was very tired. There was a little pain across her neck and shoulders and her feet ached.

It was Thursday, December 1, 1955. The Black Revolution was about to begin.
In Montgomery, as in most southern cities, most of the bus passengers were Black. Despite this fact, the first four seats on all buses were reserved for white people and could not be used under any circumstance by Blacks. Behind these four seats was a middle section of two or three seats that “if the front section filled up and one White person came to sit in the middle section, all Blacks in the middle section had to get up and stand in the back”.

There was no need for Rosa Parks to rehearse all this. She was not looking for trouble. What she wanted was a comfortable seat. Anybody with a keen eye would have seen that this was not the day, nor the hour to give this mild-mannered woman a hard time.

As she approached the first bus, she noticed that it was crowded and she let it to go by for she wanted a seat; she wanted to be comfortable. Later when she got into the second bus the Negro section was full and she sank into a seat in the middle section. At the next stop, several Whites got in and one of them was left standing.

The driver looked in the rear mirror and told the. Blacks in the middle row to get up and give place to the White man. At this, the others in the section vacated their seats. Mrs Parks remained seated. The driver this time asked her a little louder to get up. She acted as if she had not heard him at all.
He stopped the bus, got off and called the police. Two policemen came and asked her if she had understood the driver’s request. She said “yes”.

“Why didn’t you get up?” one officer asked.
“I didn’t think I should have to” she replied and there came from deep inside her the terrible, an unanswerable question, “Why do you push us around?”
There was no answer in the policy manual or in any book to that question and the officer mumbled: “I don’t know, but the law is the law and you are under arrest”.

Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each:

Question 24.
Where was Rosa Parks employed?
Answer:
Rosa Parks was employed at the Fair Department Store in Montgomery, Alabama.

Question 25.
Where was the banner “Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men”?
Answer:
The banner was over one of the stores at the square.

Question 26.
Why did Rosa Parks not pay attention either to the lights or to the banner that day?
Answer:
Rosa Parks paid no attention to the lights or the banner as she was very tired, having worked the whole day.

Question 27.
Why did Rosa Parks not get into the first bus?
Answer:
Rosa Parks didn’t get into the first bus as it was crowded and she wanted a seat to sit down.

Question 28.
Why did Rosa have to take a seat in the middle section?
Answer:
Rosa Parks had to take a seat in the middle section as the Negro section was full.

Question 29.
How did the driver know that the Blacks were seated in the middle row?
Answer:
The driver knew that the Blacks were seated in the middle row as he could see them in the rear mirror.

Question 30.
Who did not obey the driver’s order?
Answer:
Rosa Parks didn’t obey the driver’s order.

Question 31.
Every human being likes to lead a ________ life, (comfortable / comforts).
Answer:
Comfortable.

Question 32.
Add an appropriate prefix to the word ‘comfortable’ to get its antonym.
Answer:
Uncomfortable.

Question 33.
Which question of Mrs Parks could the police not answer?
Answer:
When Rosa Parks asked the police why they pushed the Blacks around, they could not answer the question.

V. A. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate articles and prepositions given in brackets. (1 × 4 = 4)

(with, the, to, an, a)

Question 34.
Mara had gone ______ the forest to bring some bamboo shoots home. _____ his hands thrust through the bamboo cane when he was cutting ______ shoot, he accidentally cut his hand. The sharp sickle had apparently cut ________ artery.
Answer:
to, With, a, an.

B. Fill in the blanks with the suitable form of the verbs given in brackets. (1 × 4 = 4)

Question 35.
Mara ______ (do) not have any teeth on the right side of his mouth. He ______ (has) to chew everything on the left side. He _____ (be) aged and perhaps they _____ (have + fall) off naturally.
Answer:
did, had, was, had fallen.

C. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject. (1 × 3 = 3)

Question 36.
“I _______ (have/has) told you the reason twenty times. The king _____ (passes / passed) this way and I don’t want him to know that our village ______ (has/had) such fools as you”, said the village headman.
Answer:
have, passes, has.

D. Correct the following sentences and rewrite them. (2 × 1 = 2)

Question 37.
This is a useful book.
Answer:
This is a book.

Question 38.
Bread and butter are my usual breakfast.
Answer:
Bread and butter js my usual breakfast.

E. Rewrite as directed. (6 × 1 = 6)

Question 39.
Sanna plucked ______ (some / sum) medicinal leaves from the creeper.
(Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word given in brackets)
Answer:
Some.

Question 40.
I did not ask Mara for any ______ (explain) because this was the height of his inventive genius.
(Complete the sentence with the right form of the word given in brackets)
Answer:
explanation.

Question 41.
could have / asked for / an / you / audience.
(Rearrange the segments to form a meaningful sentence)
Answer:
You could have asked for an audience.

Question 42.
I have no influence over him, _______?
(Add a suitable question tag)
Answer:
I have no influence over him, do I?

Question 43.
He stays in a very small, dingy room on a dirty street.
(Change into a question beginning with the right form of ‘do’)
Answer:
Does he stay in a very small, dingy room on a dirty street?

Question 44.
Babar Ali has brought a significant change in the field of education.
(Frame a question so as to get the underlined word as the answer)
Answer:
In which field has Babar Ali brought a significant change?

VI. A. Refer to the following list of events and answer the questions set on it: (1 × 4 = 4)

College Day Celebrations

Question 45.
(i) How long does the inauguration go on?
(ii) When does the exhibition end?
(iii) What time does the valedictory function begin?
(iv) When does the cultural programme start?
Answer:
(i) The inauguration goes on for an hour.
(ii) The exhibition ends at 1-00 p.m.
(iii) The valedictory function begins at 3-00 p.m.
(iv) The cultural programme starts at 5-30 p.m.

B. Write a letter to Sri Dayanand, Commissioner, Mysuru City Police, Mysuru, thanking him for visiting your college as the Chief Guest for the ‘Athletic Meet’. (1 × 5 = 5)

Question 46.
Your letter should contain the following points:
His call to the youth of today to be law-abiding citizens.
His inspirational words about the duties of citizens.
His motivational words to join the police force.
Answer:

The Administrator
JSS College
Mysuru.

23 November 2018

Sri Dayanand
Commissioner
Mysuru City Police
Mysuru

Dear Sir,

It is with a grateful heart that I write this letter to thank you for your presence at our Athletic Meet as our Chief Guest. It was very kind of you to have made time for the youth in spite of your various commitments.
Your speech was both meaningful and motivational. Your call to the youth to be law-abiding citizens of India has been greatly appreciated. This is the need of the hour if India has to progress. Your words inspiring our students to be conscious of their duties will go a long way in moulding them into healthy citizens. I am sure our students are now excited about joining the police force because in you they have seen a fine example. I once again very warmly and sincerely thank you and hope to have you with us again sometime in the future.

Yours faithfully,
H.R. Sateesh
Administrator.

VII. A. Match the expressions under column A with their corresponding language functions under column B: (1 × 5 = 5)

Question 47.

Answer:
a – Requesting
b – Introducing
c – Complimenting
d – Rejecting
e – Sympathizing.

B. Complete the dialogue: (1 × 4 = 4)

Question 48.
(Ram meets a stranger at the railway station)
Ram: Excuse me. Would you please do me a favour?
Stranger: Certainly, _______.
Ram: How far is Mysuru Palace from here?
Stranger: _______. Anyway, I am also going there _____?
Ram: Yes, sure ________.
Answer:
Ram: Excuse me. Would you do me a favour?
Stranger: Certainly, how could I help you?
Ram: How far is Mysuru Palace from here?
Stranger: It’s quite a distance. Anyway. I am also going there. Would you like to join me?
Ram: Yes, sure. It’s very thoughtful of you.

C. Dialogue Writing [3]

Question 49.
Krishna has secured a good percentage in his PUC exams. He shares his happiness with his father. Write a dialogue between the father and the son.
Answer:
Krishna: Dad, I have a good piece of news to share with you.
Father: I’m glad that you said ‘a good piece of news.’ It’s your results day, isn’t it? Is your result out?
Krishna: Yes, it is and I have passed with distinction.
Father: Oh! That’s great… Let’s go out and party.
Krishna: No, Dad. Mom cooks better. She has promised to prepare my favourite channa batura.
Father: That sounds good. Even I’m fond of home-cooked food. By the way, are you the highest scorer?
Krishna: No chance! Sumesh has 13 marks more.
Daddy: Never mind. Your achievement is good by itself.

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Time: 3 Hrs. 15 Mins.
Max. Marks: 100

Instructions

• Follow the prescribed limit while answering the questions.
• Write the correct question number as it appears on the question paper.
• One mark questions attempted more than once will be awarded zero.
• For multiple-choice questions choose the correct answer and rewrite it.

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each: (12 × 1 = 12)

Question 1.
Who was appointed as the chairperson of the Commission of Enquiry in ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’?
Answer:
Mr Leopard.

Question 2.
In ‘The School Boy’, ‘learning’s bower’ refers to
(a) Tree
(b) Teacher
(c) School
Answer:
(c) School.

Question 3.
What surprised the white man when he removed the bandage on Mara’s hand?
Answer:
There was no wound.

Question 4.
What did the narrator call the man who paid the bill in the restaurant ‘Oru Manushyan’?
Answer:
Mercy.

Question 5.
What should the people regain about money in “Money Madness”?
Answer:
Sanity.

Question 6.
Which state government has recognized Babar Ali’s school ‘Anand Shiksha Niketan’?
Answer:
West Bengal State Government.

Question 7.
The tree wants to become a bier for in If I was a Tree’. (Fill in the blank)
Answer:
Sinless body.

Question 8.
What did Mara offer to do in order to save the take?
Answer:
To cut off his head /To kill him.

Question 9.
How old was Frederick Douglass when his mother died?
Answer:
7 Years old.

Question 10.
The old woman sticks to the speaker like a _______. (Fill in the blank)
Answer:
Burr.

Question 11.
What did Nicola and Jacopo join during the rule of the German Elite Guards in Verona?
Answer:
The Resistance Movement.

Question 12.
The speaker says ‘Do not ask of me, my love, that love I once had for you’ because of __________
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
Answer:
b. he has realized that there are other sorrows around him demanding his attention

II. Answer any EIGHT of the following in a paragraph of 80 – 100 words each: (8 × 4 = 32)

Question 13.
Why did the man finally set the newly built bigger hut on fire, in ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’?
Answer:
The man was exploited by all the animals of the commission and each time he built new huts. Mr Rhinoceros. Mr Buffalo, Mr Leopard, Mr Hyena and others occupied the hut. So he was very much initiated with the animals’ behaviour and he lost faith injustice. He waited for an opportunity to take revenge against the animals. Accordingly, when he built a new hut sooner Mr Rhinoceros came to occupy it, but the elephant had already occupied the hut. Other animals also came to occupy the hut and they all quarrelled amongst themselves. And while they were fighting, the man used this opportunity to get revenge and peace. He set the hut on fire and killed all the animals of the jungle. This action of the man was just and apt to the situation and circumstances. The annual’ imperial policy reminds us of the colonial policy of whites over blacks. The man is symbolic of the black people and revolted against the dominance of the brutal whites. So his action is justified with this apt quote “Peace is costly but it is worth the expense”.

Question 14.
Bring out the contrast between the boy’s experience inside and outside the school in ‘The School Boy’.
Answer:
The poet William Blake relevantly argues on the education of the children. He says that the boy is very happy being with nature and he learns freely in nature as he loves to rise happily in the summer morning. But when he thinks of school. his happiness disappears and he feels the school as a prison. The boy does not think freely in the school. The poet excellently says that the bo sits in the school in fear and anxiety and he questions how he can learn the subjects. When the child loses his happiness he doesn’t show interest in learning and it becomes a major obstacle for his mental and physical growth. The poet emphasises on nature. He says, the boy gets happiness in the singing of a bird and watching the huntsman. Nature is a sweet company co him.

But when the boy enters formal schooling, he spends the time in irritation and anxiety. The poet stresses on free-learning and informal schooling, that is learning in nature. That helps to widen his mental horizon and physical growth. The poet is not arguing against education but discourages formal schooling and encourages informal learning. Ile gives valuable advice to the parents to give a lot of sweet memories of learning in childhood so that the child gets all-round development and ensures the future of the nation. Totally, the poem is an excellent attempt to bring out the torture felt by the children at formal schooling. The poem gives the message to discourage formal schooling and encourage free learning for children.

Question 15.
How did Mara and the narrator think differently about tying the medicinal creeper to the tree in ‘Around a Medicinal Creeper’?
Answer:
The Narrator was a good friend of Mara, He was told several unbelievable stories by Mara. But the narrator did not believe
him and assumed that they were all cock and bull stories. But when he heard of Appanna’s account about a herb that if it was squeezed the milk became hard. lie wanted to check it. So he plucked some leaves from the creeper and took them to his friend Chandru. a pathologist, He told Chandru what he had heard about that plant. They decided to conduct the experiment and brought a litre of milk and put those leaves in the milk and mixed with mixer and poured into a vessel. After a few minutes, the milk became firm and rubbery. So he came to believe in and learn the facts about the medicinal creeper. It signifies that the narrator did not believe until it comes to his experience. Most of the educates become cynics to the uneducated stories about medicinal creepers.

Question 16.
Describe the embarrassing experience of the narrator in the restaurant in ‘Oru Manushyan’?
Answer:
Once, the narrator went to a restaurant with fourteen rupees in his wallet kept in the pocket and ate a full meal consisting of chapatis and meat curry. He drank tea. The bill was eleven annas. He searched his pocket to pay the bill but was shocked that his wallet was not in his pocket and someone had stolen it. When he said the same to the owner, the oner caught him the lapels and ordered him to pay up. But as he did not have any money. he offered to keep his coat there and later would bring some money and claim the coat. But the owner asked him to take off all his clothes. When he was removing them with great humiliation, a stranger came and helped the narrator by paying his bill.

Question 17.
Why does the poet fear the cruel power of money in the people in ‘Money Madness’?
Answer:
The poem Money Madness by D.H. Lawrence focuses on how a man becomes more materialistic and loses the values and sentiments in society. He only respects money than relationships. The society goes on measuring the man in terms of money. The man who does not have money. does not get respect from society and who have money would be respected and obeyed by all. So to get all these social status, the man gives much importance to money and he never helps fellow being who is in difficulties. The poet says that man has a madness and it is widely spread among men. He affirms that if society goes behind money individual too goes behind the same. He confirms that no man gives a pound without pain and no man gives a ten pounds without trembling, the man loses his generosity. Man makes money, but money makes man and many things. So the man fears of money and tries to accumulate it and respects it instead of a man. The poet also warns that money-less people should not be treated with neglect and should not be treated on status. The poet fears about the mankind if it measures man in terms of money. there would be no future for human relationships. If people do not regain sanity about money certainly money has got men down to become it’s slaves. So the poet offers a genuine solution that bread should be shelter should be free and fire should be free to all the people in the world. By overall view of the poem, the poet worries of the man’s greedy on money and offers a better solution for a better tomorrow.

Question 18.
What motivated Babar Ali to start his own school?
Answer:
Though children are provided free education, sending children to school is not entirely free of cost. Although children are thought for free, they still have to pay for uniforms, books etc. Many families cannot send their children to school. Thus, instead of going to school, most of the boys help out their families by working in shops as day labourers, grass cutters etc. Girls work as maidservants in the village, where they cook, clean, wash clothes and dishes for their employers. Babar wanted to change this. So he took the initiative of opening his very own school.

Question 19.
How does the poem ‘If I was a Tree’ illustrate the caste system as one of the basic problems in our society?
Answer:
The initiation is a definite success, Babar Ali’s intention hen he started his school was to help the less fortunate people by providing free education. Today. more and more under NRI alleged people have utilized this opportunity of his and are coming up in society. More ver we can clearly see that BabarAli’s action has inspired millions of people around the world. if more people take part to change the world for the better there will be a greater success than he would have wished for Babar Ali has brought about the change he wanted to see in his surroundings. if a young boy from a village had the will and determinations to make a change in the world out there, it is not right on own part to remain as mute spectators but we must also actively participate towards bringing the change.

Question 20.
Why was the shrine dedicated to Mara by the king in ‘Watchman of the Lake’?
Answer:
When the goddess again appeared in Mara’s dream and threatened to destroy the tank, he pleaded with the goddess for permission to go to inform the king and wait for his return before destroying the tank. On a stormy night Mara in an act of supreme sacrifice persuaded the king to kill him in order to prevent his return and thereby save the tank. They loved his noble work so much that he requested the king to appoint his descendants as caretakers of the lake after his death.

Question 21.
How does the farmer’s wife embrace life with dignity?
Answer:
The narrator used to forego his breakfast and morning tea so that he had the money for his evening meal and tea. One day, as usual, he came to the crowded restaurant and had his regular meal and tea, When he to pay the bill, he realized that his wallet had been picked. He revealed this fact to the owner who only found it funny and laughed out loud. Though the narrator offered to leave his coat with the owner, he forced the narrator to take off all his clothes. As the narrator was very shamed taking off his trousers, a stranger stopped him and paid his bill. He later made the narrator wear his clothes and took him away.

When the narrator praised and thanked him, the stranger just laughed. He did not reveal his name but only warned the narrator against speaking about him, The stranger showed five wallets to the narrator, out of which one was the narrators. The stranger told the narrator to check whether his money was intact, and he wished him good luck. The narrator had mixed feelings by now. It was clear that his humiliation at the restaurant was due to the stranger’s picking his wallet and rendering him helpless. But he was also thankful to help at the right moment, avoiding the humiliation of standing stark naked in front of all the people. Ile fact that the stranger had perhaps undergone a transformation during his own interaction with the restaurant – owner. This made him so at the end, ‘May God help you’, and leave without saying anything more to the stranger.

Question 22.
What does Frederick Douglass tell about his mother in ‘Frederick Douglass’?
Answer:
The slaves suffer a lot under their masters and their wives. If the slave is born to master and slave woman that boy has to suffer more than other slaves. Because the lie is a constant offence to their mistress. She always finds lank with them. they todo all to sat is her but she never is pleased until she sees them beaten. Especially when she sees her husband of showing to his mulatto children favours which he withholds from his black slaves. So the master is forced to sell these slaves to neighbouring farms.

III. Answer one of the following in about 200 words: (1 × 6 = 6)

Question 23.
“Our natural resources are our vital resources”. Explain the statement in the light of several development projects that are being promoted today.
Answer:
In the present story, we realise the importance of natural resources such as plants and their medicinal value. However, when we speak of developmental projects, they are directed towards technology and allopathic medicines. Only a few measures are taken to create awareness we are losing a lot of natural resources, such as land and trees towards the utility of space for construction purposes. While doing so, we are forgetting the key point – natural resources such as trees that bring rain and prove as starting materials for making medicine. Also through development, we are in fact giving rise to more diseases. The atmosphere that we had in historic times was far healthier and safer than the atmosphere we breathe in today. Thus, whatever development we are aiming for, should primarily revolve around the lines of conserving our natural resources and its utilization.
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.
Answer:
The poem “Do not ask of Me My Love” by Faiz Ahmad Faiz. presents the concept of love and contemporary issues of our
society. The poem begins when the lover expresses his helplessness in not being able to love his beloved as in the past. He explains how she seemed so very bright when he had felt that only she was his world. He even exaggerates how her beauty had given breath to the everlasting spring. Her eyes were everything to him and nothing else was there except her in his world. Ile had felt that with her by his side, the world was his and he could attain everything. But now he has realised that all that was just an illusion and only his imagination. He gives as his reasoning his realisation that there out in the wide world were issues. more important than his love for her. He is now more concerned about social problems. war, destruction, poverty diseases and pain of people and would rather try and solve those problems than stay in his illusory world of love for his beloved. He assures her that his love for her has not diminished, but the social problems have taken priority-justified by these lines. You’re beautiful still my love, but I’m helpless too. In a way, it is a message to all, that Jove in youth is quite common, hut one’s country and social problems are more important and deserve concern and commitment from all. The speaker has opted to fur the more fulfilling choice of social reformation than his love.
OR
‘True Gentlemen are made of character, not by their appearance’. Explain with reference to ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’.
Answer:
The boys were true ‘gentlemen very refined and sensitive in character. They were devoted to their sister and in order
to earn money for her treatment undertook all kinds of jobs available in Verona. They sold fruit, shined shoes, ran errands and hawked newspapers and worked liard throughout the day. Titis show ritual the did not consider any job below their identity. Though they were not born to do such jobs. they learnt them and performed them well. Their eagerness to learn and perform varieties of jobs demonstrates a sacrificing, loving nature which is ready to go to any extent to secure the happiness of the loved one. They were also selfless because very earnestly they saved the money to pay for their sister’s treatment but never on clothes or on themselves. Both of them were proud boys. They did not discuss their problems with anyone and very few people knew about their sister and her hospitalization. Even when the narrator took them to the hospital. they went in by themselves and did not speak to him about their sister. They, especially Nicola, did not like to ask for any ones help. They display the real characters which exemplify a true gentleman. The story begins with Luigi’s implication that the two boys might be thieves selling fruits that they had stolen. What unfolds later proves how wrong his suspicion was. The boys prove to be every rich gentleman and gain respect from the narrator. They arouse feelings of love and respect in the nurse at the hospital too.

IV. Read the follow ing passage and answer the questions set on it. (10 × 1 = 10)

One of the greatest runners of this century, Murray Halberg, winner of the 5000-metre race at the Rome Olympic Games in 1960, was almost killed in an accident while playing football. He was only! 6 then. His left arm was so badly damaged that the arm remained paralysed for the rest of his life.

Halberg 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 Halberg 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, Halberg changed himself from a human being into a running machine.

1960 came and Lydiard took him to Rome for the Olympics. Halberg 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 Halberg was sprinting with unbelievable strength. The people wondered, “doesn’t he know how many laps are left?” With two laps left, Halberg had a clear 18-metre lead. One lap to go with Halberg 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 Halberg. Now Halberg was riot 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. Halberg prepared himself for the least effort, in case Grodotski overtook him. But Grodotski never did. Halberg fell into the tape and rolled to the ground. Halberg’s friends gathered around the fallen body. Their minds were full of anxiety. But there was that faint smile on his face.

Question 24.
Who won the 5000-metre race in the Olympic Games in 1960?
Answer:
Murray Halberg.

Question 25.
Halberg’s arm was injured in
(a) a car accident
(b) a football game
(c) the 5000m race
Answer:
(b) football game

Question 26.
Which country did Halberg belong to?
Answer:
New Zealand.

Question 27.
Who was Halberg’s coach?
Answer:
Arthur Lydiard.

Question 28.
How old was Halberg when he went to the 1960 Olympics?
Answer:
27 years old.

Question 29.
In which lap of the race did Halberg establish a clear lead?
Answer:
With two laps left.

Question 30.
Who was catching up with Halberg?
Answer:
HansGrodotski.

Question 31.
Halberg’s _______ did not allow his body to win. (Fill in the blank.)
Answer:
Mind.

Question 32.
Add prefix to the word ‘complete’ to make its antonym.
Answer:
incomplete.

Question 33.
Halberg was sprinting with unbelievable _______ (strong / strength)
Answer:
strength.

V. A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions given in brackets: (1 × 4 = 4)

Question 34.
Mara noticed ________ man fishing in the lake. He told _______ man that it was a sacred place and no one was allowed to fish there. He warned him that if he saw him again _________ the rod and hook, he would push him ______ the water. (the, with, into, for, a)
Answer:
a, the, with, into.

B. Fill in the blanks with the suitable form of the verbs given in brackets. (1 × 4 = 4)

Question 35.
The elephant got busy with other ministers to appoint the Commission of Enquiry. They _____ (choose), Mr. Fox, as the chairman. But the commission ______ (has) no one from the man’s side. So, the man ________ (protest) and _______ (ask) to include one from his side.
Answer:
chose, had, protested, asked

C. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject: (3 × 1 = 3)

Question 36.
The nurse said, “Nicola and Jacopo ________ (brings/bring) their sister to this hospital. For the last twelve months, she _______ (has been/have been) our patient. There _______ (are/is) every hope that one day she will walk and sing”.
Answer:
bring, has been, is.

D. Correct the following sentences and re-write them: (2 × 1 = 2)

Question 37.
Ganesh waited at the bus stop for two hours.
Answer:
Ganesh waited at the bus stop for two hours.

Question 38.
Raju and Ravi shared the work among them.
Answer:
Raju and Ravi shared the work between them.

E. Re-write as directed: (6 × 1 = 6)

Question 39.
Krishna dug out the tuberous ______ (route/root) of the medicinal creeper.
(Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in brackets.)
Answer:
root.

Question 40.
The lion didn’t want any _______ (disturb) in his kingdom.
(Complete the sentence with the right form of the word given in brackets)
Answer:
disturbance.

Question 41.
to teach/ Baber Ali started / poor children / his school
(Rearrange the segments to form a meaningful sentence.)
Answer:
Baber Ali started his school to teach poor children.

Question 42.
The two boys didn’t expect any help from others, ________?
(Add a question tag.)
Answer:
did they?

Question 43.
The owner asked the narrator to take off his coat.
(Change into a question beginning with the right form of ‘do’.)
Answer:
Did the owner ask the narrator to take off his coat?

Question 44.
Hanuman found Sanjeevini on the crest of the mountain.
(Frame a question so as to get the underlined word as the answer.)
Answer:
What did Hanuman find on the crest of the mountain?

VI. A.
Question 45.
Refer to the following imitation and answer the questions set on it. (4 × 1 = 4)
“NRITHYANKURA”
‘Academy of Bharatanatyam’ cordially invites you to the Bharatanatyam Rangapravesha of Kumari Aishwarya, Disciple of Smt. Geeta Chandran.
Chief Guest: Smt.Umashree, Minister of Culture.
Date: 21st December 2017, 6:00 pm.
Venue: Ravindra Kalakshetra, Bengaluru.
Kindly join us for dinner after the programme.
(i) What is the name of the programme?
(ii) Who is making her Rangapravesha?
(iii) Who is the chief guest of the programme?
(iv) Name the venue of the programme.
Answer:
(i) Nrithyankura.
(ii) Kumari Aishwarya.
(iii) Smt. Umashree.
(iv) Ravindra Kalakshetra, Bengaluru.

B.
Question 46.
Write a letter to The Manager, Sharada Book House, Gandhinagar, Bengaluru, requesting him to send some textbooks to you. Your letter should include the following points.

• The course you are studying.
• Name of the textbooks.
• The number of copies.
• Address to be sent.

Answer:
R. Jalaja
43, 4th main
KSRTC layout
Chikkallasandra
Bengaluru – 560061

29 February 2019
The Manager
M/s Sharada Book House
Gandhinagar
Bengaluru – 560009

Dear sir,
Sub: Purchase of textbooks.
By courier service.
I am R Jalaja, studying in the first year P.U. Science at Acharya Patashala College N.R. Colony, My core subjects are PCMC. My friend and I intend upon Pursuing an engineering course in Computer Science after II.PUC. We would like to start our preparations immediately after the examinations.
We want 2 copies each of the following books.

• II PUC Physics
• II PUG Chemistry
• II PUC Mathematics
• II PUC Biology
• Physics Cycle Engineering books
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VII. A.
Question 47.
Match the expression under column A to its corresponding language functions under column B. (5 × 1 = 5)

Answer:
(1) – d, (2) – e, (3) – a (4) – b, (5) – c.

B.
Question 48.
complete the dialogue: (1 × 4 = 4)
Ramya: Hai, when are your exams?
Sneha: Hello, I have my exams ________
Ramya: Fine ________ for the exams?
Sneha: _______ See you after the exams.
Ramya: ________ Bye.
Answer:
Ramya: Hai, when are your exams?
Sneha: Hello, I have my exams in the next month.
Ramya: Fine, How are you preparing for the exams?
Sneha: I am preparing well. See you after the exams.
Ramya: All the best for your exams. Bye.

C.
Question 49.
Dialogue writing: (1 × 3 = 3)
Anand has met the Principal of the college in which his son is studying and enquiring about his performance. Write a dialogue between Anand and the Principal.
Answer:
Anand: Good morning, sir.
Principal: Good morning. What can I do for you?
Anand: My son Raju is studying in first PUC. I want to know about his performance.
Principal: Raju is doing very well in his studies. I am proud of him.
Anand: Thank you very much for your information, Sir.
Principal: You are welcome.
(Any suitable conversation can be accepted).

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Karnataka 1st PUC English Model Question Paper 4 with Answers

Time: 3 Hrs. 15 Mins.
Max. Marks: 100

Instructions

• Follow the prescribed limit while answering the questions.
• Write the correct question number as it appears on the question paper.
• One mark questions attempted more than once will be awarded zero.
• For multiple-choice questions choose the correct answer and rewrite it.

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each: (12 × 1 = 12)

Question 1.
Who was the secretary of the commission of Enquiry in ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’?
Answer:
Mr Leopard.

Question 2.
What does ‘cage’ refer to, in ‘The School Boy’?
Answer:
The school.

Question 3.
According to Mara, how do the mongoose and the cowl cure themselves of snakebite in ‘Around the Medicinal Creeper’?
Answer:
By eating the leaves of the medicinal creeper.

Question 4.
In ‘Oru Manushyan’, the people in the city would do anything, even they for the sake of money
a. commit murder.
b. rob banks
c. beg on the streets.
Answer:
a. commit murder.

Question 5.
Who is the most educated teacher in Babar Ali’s school?
Answer:
Debarita Bhattacharya.

Question 6.
__________ Wouldn’t flee shouting for a bath in the poem, ‘If I Was a Tree’.
a. Mother Earth
b. Raindrops
c. Leaves
Answer:
a. Mother Earth.

Question 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.
Answer:
a. Get water to his village.

Question 8.
What does ‘the harvest of my womb’ refer to, in ‘The Farmer’s Wife’?
Answer:
Her children.

Question 9.
Write one of the things that sustained Douglass during the darkest hours of slavery.
Answer:
Faith / Hope.

Question 10.
What does the old woman offer to do to get fifty paise?
Answer:
To take the visitor to the horseshoe shrine.

Question 11.
Name the village where Lucia was getting treatment in ‘The Two Gentlemen of Verona’.
Answer:
Polenta.

Question 12.
What did the speaker ask his beloved not to expect from him, in ‘Do Not Ask of Me, My Love’?
Answer:
The same love as before.

II. Answer any EIGHT of the following in a paragraph of 80 – 100 words each: (8 × 4 = 32)

Question 13.
How did the elephant justify his act of occupying the hut in ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’?
Answer:
The elephant went to the man when it was in difficulty and asked him to give a place to keep its trunk to protect it from rain. The man showed sympathy and gave permission to keep its trunk only as there was enough place only for its trunk and himself. But the elephant slowly sneaked in and occupied the whole hut and threw him out, by saying that it would protect his hut from the hurricane.

Question 14.
How does the schoolboy view his experience in school in “The School Boy”?
Answer:
The poet William Blake relevantly argues on the education of the children. He says that the boy is very happy being with nature and he learns freely in nature as he loves to rise happily in the summer morning. But when he thinks of school, his happiness disappears and he feels the school as a prison. The boy does not think freely in the school. The poet excellently says that the boy sits in the school in fear and anxiety and he questions how he can learn the subjects. When the child loses his happiness he doesn’t show interest in learning and it becomes a major obstacle for his mental and physical gro1h. The poet emphasises on nature. He says, the boy gets happiness in the singing of a bird and watching the huntsman. Nature is a sweet company to him.

But when the boy enters formal schooling, lie spends the time in irritation and anxiety. The poet stresses on free-learning and informal schooling, that is learning in nature. That helps to widen his mental horizon and physical growth. The poet is not arguing against education but discourages formal schooling and encourages informal learning. Ile gives valuable advice to the parents to give a lot of sweet memories of learning in childhood so that the child gets all-round development and ensures the future of nation. Totally. the poem is an excellent attempt to bring out the torture felt by the children at formal schooling. The poem gives the message to discourage formal schooling and encourage free learning for children.

Question 15.
How was Krishna cured when he had piled in ‘Around a Medicinal Creeper’?
Answer:
Krishna was suffering from piles and met the narrator to get some help. But the narrator only helped him with some money which was not enough for the treatment. But Krishna knew a Malavali Sadhu. This godman had treated Krishna on an earlier occasion, when Krishna had started developing boils all over his body. The godman had cured him with the barks of a tree. Krishna went in search of the godman, hut he was too old and could not search for the medicinal creepers. He described the features of the plant to Krishna. Krishna went in search of the leaves and on the way he met the narrator and described the leaves. The narrator understood that those were the leaves which Mara and Appana had tied to the nearest tree. The narrator took him to the plant and dug quite a hit to get the tuber. Krishna ground this root with milk and drank it with milk. In this way, he was cured of piles within five days.

Question 16.
Describe the people and the place where the narrator lived in ‘Oru Manushyan’.
Answer:
The incident took place in quite a big city in the valley of a mountain, some thousand five hundred miles away from the narrator’s home. The inhabitants of the city had never been known for the quality of mercy. People there were cruel and murder, robbery. and pickpocketing were their daily habits. Traditionally, they were professional soldiers. Some of them lent out money on interest, some were watchmen in banks, mills and in industries. They would do anything for money. even commit murder.

Question 17.
Why does the poet describe money madness as our ‘vast collective madness’ in “Money Madness”?
Answer:
The poem Money Madness by D.H. Lawrence focuses on how a man becomes more materialistic and loses the values and sentiments in society. Ile only respects money than relationships. The society goes on measuring the man in terms of money. The man who does not have money does not get respect from society and who have money would be respected and obeyed by all. So to get all these social status, a man gives much importance to money and he never helps fellow being who is in difficulties. The poet says that man has a madness and it is widely spread among men. He affirms that if society goes behind money. an individual goes behind the same. He confirms that no man gives a pound without pain and no man gives a ten pounds without trembling, the man loses his generosity. Man makes money. but money makes man and many things.

So the man fears of money and tries to accumulate it and respects it instead of a man. The poet also warns that money-less people should not be treated with neglect and should not be treated on status. The poet fears about mankind if it measures man in terms of money, there would be no future for human relationships. If people do not regain sanity about money certainly money has got men down to become its slaves. So. the poet offers a genuine solution that bread should be free. the shelter should be free and lire should be free mo all the people in the world. by the overall view of the poem, the poet worries of the man’s greedy on money and offers a better solution for a better tomorrow.

Question 18.
Why does the speaker wish to be a tree in “If I was a Tree”?
Answer:
The initiation is a definite success. Babar Ali’s intention when he started his school was to help the less fortunate people by providing free education. Today. more and more under village people has utilized this opportunity of his and are coming up in society. Moreover, we can clearly see that Babar Au’s action has inspired millions of people around the world. If more people take part to change the world for the better, there will be a greater success than he would have wished for Babar Ali has brought about the change he wanted to see in his surroundings. If a young boy from a village had the will and determinations to make a change in the world out there, it is not right on own part to remain as mute spectators but we must also actively participate towards bringing the change.

Question 19.
Give an account of Mara’s meeting with the king on a stormy night in ‘The Watchman of the Lake’.
Answer:
When the goddess again appeared in Mara’s dream and threatened to destroy the tank, he pleaded with the goddess for permission to go to inform the king and wait for his return before destroying’ the tank. On a stormy night Mara in an act of supreme sacrifice persuaded the king to kill him in order to prevent his return and thereby save the tank. The loved his noble work so much that he requested the king to appoint his descendants as caretakers of the lake after his death.

Question 20.
How does the poem ‘The Farmer’s Wife’ bring out the plight of the farmer’s wife and her self- assertion?
Answer:
The narrator used to forego his breakfast and morning tea so that he had the money for his evening meal and tea. One day as usual he came to the crowded restaurant and had his regular meal and tea. When he to pay the bill, he realized that his wallet had been picked. He revealed this fact to the over who only found it funny and laughed out loud. Though the narrator offered to leave his coat with the owner, he forced the narrator to take off all his clothes. As the narrator was very shamed taking off his trousers, a stranger stopped him and paid his bill. He later made the narrator wear his clothes and took him away. When the narrator praised and thanked him, the stranger just laughed.

He did not reveal his name but only warned the narrator against speaking about him. The stranger showed five wallets to the narrator, out of which one was the narrators. The stranger told the narrator to check whether his money was intact and he wished him good luck. The narrator had mixed feelings by now. It was clear that his humiliation at the restaurant was due to the stranger’s picking his wallet and rendering him helpless. But he was also thankful to help at the right moment, avoiding the humiliation of standing stark naked in front of all the people. Ile fact that the stranger had perhaps undergone a transformation during his own interaction with the restaurant owner. This made him say at the end. ‘May God help you’. and leave without saying anything more to the stranger.

Question 21.
Write a note on the cruelty of Mr Plummer in “Frederick Douglass”.
Answer:
The boys were very useful for the narrator. When the narrator wanted a pack of American cigarettes or seats for the opera. or the name of good restaurant, they were always there in all these needs with cheerful competence. They had also taken the author on a guided tour to the different places of interest at Verona including Juliet’s tomb.

Question 22.
What were the different ways in which Nicola and Jacopo earned money?
Answer:
The cracks around her eyes are symbolic of hardships she has been through. The mountains and temples symbolize the speaker’s strong contentions about the old lady and our religious belief that giving charity is following dharma, respectively. Crack around her eyes extend to the mountains and temples means her determination to live a life of dignity and hard work and not by charity, and this destroys both the beliefs of speaker and religion.

III. Answer one of the following in about 200 words: (1 × 6 = 6)

Question 23.
How does the play ‘Watchman of the Lake’ bring out both the protective and destructive faces of nature?
Answer:
Nature has god in general, it knows whom to treat and how, when to treat and where to treat. If people protect, it protects the people if they destroy, it also destroys them. So nature is a mirror of people. The play also brought the same idea, when people did not use river Veda properly, it advises the people in the form of a dream to Mara, to build a tank for proper utilization of water. It is a productive way for people which nature had gifted them. And when they become too much selfish by utilizing water and not remembering the goddess, she incarnates the avatar and causes floods and deluge. The good instance is the present floods of Uttarkhand where thousands of people disappeared at Kedarnath temple. This happens because of not nature’s fluctuation but men’s too much polluting the rivers causes anger to nature so she cautions in the form of floods. In the same way, ‘Veda’ causes floods in the village to remind her presence. So the king gets awareness and built a temple in the name o Mara and goddess. So nature is both productive and destructive.
OR
‘Money is the root of all evils in society’. Examine this statement with reference to the poem ‘Money Madness’.
Answer:
The poem Money Madness by D.H. Lawrence focuses on how a man becomes more materialistic and loses the values and sentiments in society. He only respects money than relationships. The society goes on measuring the man in terms of money. The man who does not have money does not get respect from society and who have money would be respected and obeyed by all. So to get all these social status, the man gives much importance to money and he never helps fellow being who is in difficulties. The poet says that man has a madness and it is widely spread among men. He affirms that if society goes behind money, individual to goes behind the same. He confirms that no man gives a pound without pain and no man gives a ten pounds without trembling, the man loses his generosity. Man makes money, but money makes man and many things. So. the man fears of money and tries to accumulate it and respects it instead of a man. The poet also warns that money-less people should not be treated with neglect and should not be treated on status. The poet fears about mankind if it measures man in terms of money, there would be no future for human relationships. If people do not regain sanity about mc ney. certainly, money has got men down to become its slaves. So, the poet offers a genuine solution that bread should be “ree, shelter should be free and fire should be free to all the people in the world.
OR
Babar Ali’s school took shape out of an individual’s responsibility towards society. Elaborate.
Answer:
Babar Ali’s school was started when he was only nine while playing a game. Very soon, children began to love his way of teaching and flocked to his ‘school’. Babar did not charge any fee for his teaching. He also got the help of the local educated people, who came and taught the children, Babar was successful in getting the help of nine high school student volunteers. The oldest and most educated of them is Debarita who goes to College in Behrampur. Babar himself studies in class XII in a school quite far from his house. He commutes the long-distance, attends classes in the mornings and comes back in the afternoons to his ‘school’ to teach youngsters who have worked hard in the mornings and are now ready for learning. The fact that his school is entirely free, he and his staff teach well, there is a midday meal, and his school is recognized by the West Bengal Government, attracts many students to his school. The increasing strength of his school just shows how eager people are to get their children educated, and how good, selfless work gets noticed by people soon. Those who cannot afford education in regular schools, do not mind sending their children to learn from teachers like Babar. This only proves that Indians are realizing the significance of education in life.

IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. (10 × 1 = 10)

Born on March 21, 1916, Bismillah Khan belonged to a family of professional Shehnai players. At the age of six, he moved to Banaras where his maternal uncle Ali Bux introduced him to the nuances of playing the simple reed instrument, the Shehnai. For many years the temple of Balaji and banks of Ganga became the favourite haunt where Bismillah could practice for hours in solitude. The flowing waters of Ganga inspired him to improvise and invent ’ragas1 which were earlier considered to be beyond the range of Shehnai.

His first reward came at the age of 14, as the best performer at the All India Music Conference in Allahabad in 1930. In 1947 he won three medals at the music conference in Calcutta. On the first Independence Day, 15th August 1947, he played it at the invitation of the then PM Jawaharlal Nehru. Awards and recognitions came fast. He participated in the World Exposition in Montreal, Cannes Art Festival and Osaka Trade Fair. An auditorium was named after him in Tehran called Tahar Mosque Ustaad Bismillah Khan. The World Music Institute Celebrated his 80th birthday in New York. In spite of having travelled all over the world Khan Saab, as he is fondly called, was fond of Banaras and Dumbarton.

Once, one of his students wanted him to head a Shehnai school in the USA and recreated the atmosphere of Banaras there. But Ustaad asked him if he could take the Ganga there. Talking about Balaji temple he said, ” I have tears in my eyes when I visit the place”. About Dumraon he said,” How can I forget the place of my birth?”. While in Mumbai, I think of only Varanasi and holy Ganga. And in Varanasi I miss Dumraon. No wonder Khan Saab never thought of migrating from Banaras unlike ‘ some stars like Pandit Ravi Shankar or UstadAllaudinKhan.

Question 24.
How old was Bismillah Khan when he moved to Banaras?
Answer:
6 years old.

Question 25. _____ introduced Bismillah Khan to the nuances of playing Shehnai.
Answer:
His uncle Ali Bux.

Question 26.
Where was the ‘All India Music Conference’ held?
Answer:
In Allahabad.

Question 27.
What inspired Bismillah Khan to improvise and invent ragas?
Answer:
Flowing water of Ganga.

Question 28. ________ played Shehnai for Free India from the ramparts of the Red Fort.
a. Khan Saab.
b. Pandit Ravi Shankar.
c. Ustad Allaudin.
Answer:
a. Khan Saab.

Question 29.
Where is the auditorium named after Bismillah Khan Saab situated?
Answer:
In Tehran.

Question 30.
Bismillah Khan’s birthplace is ________
a. Banaras.
b. Dumraon.
c. Tehran.
Answer:
b. Dumraon.

Question 31.
Where was Khan Saab’s 80th birthday celebrated?
Answer:
World Music Institute in New York.

Question 32.
The Prime Minister offered a ______ (invite) to Khan Saab to play at the Red Fort.
Answer:
Invitation.

Question 33.
Add a suitable prefix to the word ‘wanted’ to write its antonym (re, un, de) .
Answer:
Unwanted.

V. A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions given in brackets: (1 × 4 = 4)

Question 34.
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)
Answer:
at, in, the, a.

B. Fill in the blanks with the suitable form of the verbs given in brackets. (1 × 4 = 4)

Question 35.
Captain Anthony was not considered a rich slaveholder. He ______ (own) only thirty slaves and two or three farms. His farms and slaves ________ (be) under the care of an overseer. Mr. Plummer _______ (be) an overseer. He was always ______ (arm) with a cowskin and a cudgel.
Answer:
owned, were, was, armed.

C. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject: (3 × 1 = 3)

Question 36.
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.
Answer:
were, speaks, have.

D. Correct the follow ing sentences and re-write them: (2 × 1 = 2)

Question 37.
Mara returned back from the jungle, one evening.
Answer:
Mara returned from the jungle, one evening.

Question 38.
Why did you bring this?
Answer:
Why did you bring this?

E. Re-write as directed: (6 × 1 = 6)

Question 39.
Babar Ali’s students did not get ________ (bored/board)
(Fill in the blank with an appropriate word)
Answer:
bored.

Question 40.
Mara stood in _______ (amaze)
(Fill in the blank with the right form of the word given in brackets)
Answer:
amazement.

Question 41.
a miserable/was/ drunkard/ Mr. Plummer. (Rearrange the segments to a meaningful sentence)
Answer:
Mr Plummer was a miserable drunkard.

Question 42.
Venice is a picturesque city ______? (Add a question tag)
Answer:
isn’t it?

Question 43.
The narrator thanked the stranger.
(Change into a question beginning with the right form of ‘do’)
Answer:
Did the narrator thank the stranger?

Question 44.
Nicola and Jacopo were sitting under the lights.
(Frame a question as to get the underlined word as answer).
Answer:
Where did Nicola and Jacopo were sitting?

VI. A.
Question 45.
Read the weather report and answer the questions on it.

Note: Temperature in degree centigrade.
(a) Which city records the highest temperature in May?
(b) ______ has a minimum temperature in December.
(c) What is the minimum temperature of Dharwad in May?
(d) What is the maximum temperature of Mysuru in May?
Answer:
(a) Gulbarga
(b) Bengaluru
(c) 35°C
(d) 36°C

B.
Question 46.
Write a letter to the Bank Manager requesting to transfer your account from SBI. Chickmangaluru branch to SBI Hubballi main Branch as you have been transferred to Hubballi. Your letter should have the following information.
• Type of account
• Account Number
Answer:
J. Karthik
S.B. A/c No. xxxxxxxxxx6513347
29th February 2019

The Bank Manager,
State Bank of India,
Chikmagalur Branch,
Chikmagalur,
Karnataka – 577101.

Sir/Madam,

Sub: Transfer of Savings Account.
I have a savings account at your branch A/c xxxxxxxxxx6513347. I have now been transferred from our Chikmagaluru Branch to the newly opened Branch at Hubballi. I will have to join duty at the Hubballi branch by 7th march 2019. I request you to kindly arrange for transferring my savings account to State Bank of India at Hubballi with the Navanagar Branch.

Address of SBI Hubballi
14th Cross Road
Navanagar, Hubballi
Karnataka – 580025
Kindly arrange for the transfer at the earliest.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully
J. Karthik

VII. A.
Question 47.
Match the expression under column A to its corresponding language functions under column B. (5 × 1 = 5)

Answer:
(1) – d, (2) – a, (3) – e, (4) – b, (5) – c.

B.
Question 48.
complete the dialogue: (1 × 4 = 4)
Rekha : Hi Adarsh _______?
Adarsh: I’m fine _______ How are you, Rekha?
Rekha: I’m fine too, Thank you. We have a party at home today _______?
Adarsh : _______ I will definetly come.
Answer:
Rekha: Hi Adarsh How are you?
Adarsh: I’m fine, Thank you. How are you, Rekha?
Rekha: I’m fine too, Thank you. We have a party at home can you please come to my house?
Adarsh: Oh ! Sure. I will definitely come.

C. Dialogue writing: (1 × 3 = 3)

Question 49.
Salim goes to a hospital and enquires with the receptionist about an appointment with the ENT specialist. Write a dialogue between Salim and the receptionist.
Answer:
Salim: Good morning madam, could you please give me an appointment with the ENT specialist?
Receptionist: Good Morning Sir, sorry he is not available today. Can I get you the appointment for tomorrow?
Salim: Oh Sure, Thank you.
Receptionist: You are most welcome Sir.