2015
H.S.2nd
Year
ENGLISH
Full
Marks : 100
Pass
Marks : 30
Time
: Three hours
SECTION A
1. Read the
following passage carefully :
So the ships
were brought into the dock and the passengers began to go ashore. But Mr.
Escombe had sent word to the captain that, as the whites were highly engaged
against me and my life was in danger, my family and I should be advised to land
at dusk, when the Port Superintendent Mr. Tatum would escort us home. The
captain communicated the message to me, and I agreed to act accordingly. But
scarcely half an hour after this, Mr. Laughton came to the captain. He said: ‘I
would like to take Mr. Gandhi with me, should he have no objection. As the
legal adviser of the Agent Company I tell you that you are not bound to carry
out the message you have received from Mr. Escombe.’ After this he came to me
and said somewhat to this effect: ‘If you are not afraid, I suggest that Mrs.
Gandhi and the children should drive to Mr. Rustomji’s house whilst you and I
follow them on foot. I do not at all like the idea of your entering the city
like a thief in the night. I do not think there is any fear of anyone hurting
you: Everything is quiet now. The whites have all dispersed. But in any case I
am convinced that you ought not to enter the city stealthily.’ I readily
agreed. My wife and children drove safely to Mr. Rustomji’s place. With the
captain’s permission I went ashore with Mr. Laughton. Mr. Rustomji’s house was
about two miles from the dock.
On the basis
of your reading of the passage answer the following questions :
(a) Who is
speaker in this passage? 1
(b) What
word had Mr. Escambe sent to the captain of the ship? 2
(c) Why did
Mr. Laughton come to the Captain? 2
(d) What did
Mr. Laughton say to the speaker? 2
(e) The speaker readily agreed to Mr. Laughton’s
suggestion. What does it tell us about the speaker’s character? 2
(f) Find a
word from the passage that means “ moving secretly or moving like a thief “. 1
SECTION B
2. Write an
attractive poster for a cultural show in your village / town. 5
Or
You are the
Personal Manager of Hotel Taj International, Guwahati. You need two lady
receptionists and five security guards for the hotel. Write out an
advertisement for the posts which is to be published in an English daily.
3. Your
School / College has recently celebrated “Cleanliness week“, organizing a number
of programmes and competitions. Write a report in about 125 words to be
published in a local newspaper. 10
Or
Write an
article on “Mobile Phones: Uses and Abuses” to be published in your School /
College magazine. (maximum 135 words)
4. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper on
reckless driving. You are Roshan / Divya living in Duliajan. 10
Or
You are
Firoz / Meena. You have seen an advertisement for the post of Sales Executive
in a multi-national company. Write a formal application for the post in
response to the advertisement.
SECTION
C
5. Change
the form of narration in the following sentences: 2 x 2=4
(a) “Where
do you go every Sunday?” I asked the girl. She replied, “ I go to the church”.
(b) The
teacher asked Rumi if she had read the Bible. She replied that she hadn’t.
6. Change
the voice of any three of the following
sentences : 1 x3 =3
(a) She bought the baby a doll.
(b) They were refused admission.
(c) He was found guilty of murder.
(d) The leader was welcomed by the people.
(e) My watch has been stolen.
7. Rewrite
any five of the following sentences using the verbs given in brackets in their
correct tense forms: 1 x 5=5
(a) I usually ______ (go) to bed at 10
O’clock.
(b) The teacher _______ (know) the boy was
lying.
(c) He _____ (work) here since 2009.
(d) When I reached the station, the train
_____ (leave).
(e) I _____ (go) to Delhi tomorrow.
(f) I _____ (write) an essay now.
(g) When I went to her house, she _____
(sing) a song.
8. Rewrite
any four of the following sentences filling in the blanks with appropriate
prepositions: 1 x4=4
(a) I have heard a lot about you _______ your
class teacher’
(b) His father is a principal ________ a
school in Jorhat.
(c) Please sit down ________ a few minutes.
(d) Tom is addicted ________ gambling.
(e) Don’t be afraid _________ telling the
truth.
(f) Sheila is proud ________ her beauty.
9. Rewrite
any four of the sentences as directed: 1 x
4=4
(a) Kolkata is the most populous city in
India. (Change into comparative degree)
(b) No other boy is as intelligent as Raju.
(Change into superlative degree)
(c) No sooner did he see me than he began to
quarrel. (Change into affirmative)
(d) I know where he was born. (Change into a
simple sentences)
(e) He tired all plans. (Change into
negative)
(f) I shall never forget you. (Change into
interrogative)
SECTION
D
10. Read the
following extracts and answer the questions that follow:
(a) “…. And
felt that old
Familiar
ache, my childhood’s fear,
But all I
said was, see you soon, Amma,
All I did
was smile and smile and smile…”
Questions :
I. What was the childhood fear that now
troubled the poet? 1
II. What do the poet’s parting words suggest? 2
III. Why did the poet smile and smile? 1
(b)
“Those who prepare green wars,
wars
with gas, wars with fire,
victory
with no survivors,
and
walk about with their brothers
in
the shade, doing nothing.”
Questions:
I. What are the different kinds of wars
mentioned by the poet in the passage? 1
II. What kind of victory do they achieve? 1
III. What should the warmongers do? 1
IV. Find the words in the passage that mean
‘those left alive’ and ‘win’. 1
11. Answer
any three of the following questions in 30-40 words: 2 x 3=6
I. Why was the mother been compared to the
‘late winter’s moon’?
II. What is the sadness that the poet refers
to n the poem “Keeping Quiet” ?
III. What is the legend on which the poem ‘A
Thing of Beauty’ is written?
IV. What, according to Keats, never ‘passes
into nothingness’?
V. What is ‘in the news’ as mentioned in ‘A
Roadside Stand’?
VI. Why do the people who are running the
roadside stand ‘ask for some city money’?
12. Answer
any five of the following questions: 1 x5 =5
(a) What did M Hamel
write at the end of the class?
(b) What does the author of ‘Lost Spring’
find Saheb doing every morning?
(c) What does Mukesh want to be?
(d) Who is the ‘Chota Sahib’ in the ‘Memoirs
of a Chota Sahib’ ?
(e) What did Shukla want Gandhi to do?
(f) Who was Sir Edward Gait?
(g) Did Sophie really meet Danny Casey?
(h) Where was it most likely that Sophie and her friend would
find work after school?
13. Answer
any five of the following questions in 30-40 words: 2 x 5=10
(a) What was Franz expected to be prepared
with for school that day?
(b) What was the commotion that Franz
anticipated in the classroom?
(c) What explanation does the author of ‘Lost
Spring’ after for the children not wearing footwear?
(d) What is Firozabad famous for and why?
(e) What was the belief about the dividing
the channel between Peacock Island and the main land of Guwahati?
(f) What does Roventree state about the large
‘Bheel’ close to the bungalow at Rajapara?
(g) What other dreams does Sophie have besides having a boutique?
14. Answer
any one of the following questions in 80-100 words: 5 x1 =5
(a) Give a
detailed account of the scene in the classroom on the day of the last lesson.
Or
(b) ‘The
battle of Champaran is won’, Gandhi exclaimed. Explain the context in which
this was said.
Or
(c) Describe
the miserable plight of the people of Firozabad.
15. Answer
any one of the following questions in 125-150 words: 7 x
1=7
What
impression do you form of Mr. Lamb? How does he look at life?
Or
Describe
Tishani’s journey to the end of the earth – the Antarctic region, and her
experiences during that journey.
16. Answer
any four of the following questions in 30-40 words: 2 x 4=8
(a) How did
the Tiger King celebrate the killing of the hundredth tiger?
(b) Why is Antarctica the perfect place to
study changes in the environment?
(c) Why and how did Derry enter Mr. Lamb’s
garden?
(d) How and why do people comment so
painfully about Derry’s face?
(e) When did Bama experience untouchability?
(f) Why did Zitkala-Sa feel uncomfortable in
the dining room?
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