2012 | English Paper - II THIRD LANGUAGE (E.M) www. sakshieducation.com MARCH — 53.S.C. PUBLIC EXAMINATION 2% Hours] (Max. Marks 50 SECTION (1-5) Read the passage given below and then answer the questions that follow it. Write the 12, 13, 14, answers in your answer-book. . Se bed Suddenly, Holmes gave a start and his lips parted in amazement. Atthe same moment Lestrade yelled in terror and threw himself face downwards on the ground. | sprang to my feet, pistol in hand and stared at the dreadful shape which had sprung on us from the fog. It was a hound. An enormous black hound, but one that no human had ever seen. (Arthur Conarp Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles) Why does Wiatson say thatno human had ever seen such a hound ? What did the owner aim to achieve by setting his hound upon Sir Henry ? What happened to Sir Henry after this encounter ? Where was the hound hidden when he was not reguired ? What happened to the hound ? 10) Read the passage given below. Then answer the questions thal follow it. Write the answers in your answer-book. S«i=3 ‘The villagers went to bed early, anid I took advantage of this te bring my notes up to date. Alter an early dinner, | sat in’my room, writing by the light of two hurricane lamps which, however, altracted many Insects. But insects or no insects, [had to finishsny notes and entries. for the day. This was the deal, however, and occasionally | accumulated arrears. I disliked the ‘task as I did not trust my memory, and also my sleep was troubled if some fact or event which I thought important’had not been recorded. (OMN. Srinivas : The Villagers’ Curiosity) Why does the\toriter wait till the villagers go to bed ? What does he make notes aboui > Why doeshe terile by the light of hurricane lamps ? Why does the writer say that he always tried to write up his notes every day ? Why és it important for such a writer to make notes regularly ? 9) Answer FIVE questions, choosing al least TWO from each set, 5. 2-10 ‘SETA In what way was Laura Lyons responsible for the death of Sir Charles ? How did Selden die 7 In what way did Barrymore help Dr. Watson in solving the murder of Sir Charles ? Who is Lestrade ? What happened to Stapleton in the end ? www. sekshieducation.comwww. sakshieducation.com SET-B 16. What were the children expected to do when His Excellency was passing through the town ? (RK Laxman: The Day the Viceroy Came) 17. Why does the author feel that the development of the function of mood talking was unnecessary? (Desmond Morris : Grooming) 18. Why was Maurice at the dentist's that morning? Why do you think he decided to go to school? (The First Patient) 19. Why do youthink Ms. Leslie appeared ‘softly shyly radiant’ that morning ? When do.we really know the reason for her appearing so in the story ? (The Romance of a Busy Broker) (secrioN=m) 0-21) Rearrange the scrambled sentences in each set (A & B) to form meaninghsl Do ‘not copy the actual sentences In your answer-book, Write only the letters corresponding to the sentences in the proper order, ax2des 1. (a) As his grades were very poor. (b) Wail a minute, he said to his grandson. (©) Alellow army cadet was kept out of aviation school, (d) His grandlather was confused. 7 (¢) “You are telling me that these days you hawe tobe smart to jump out of an aeroplane 7 1.(@) The opossum sometimes escapesits enemies by pretending to be dead. () When the predator loses interest and leaves, the opossum calmly gets up and walks away. {c) Most predatory animals like to eat live food and will lose interest In animals that are already dead. (@) Iwill freeze like a statue and then topple over to the ground. (e) Opossums have a strange behaviour, 22 Read the following advertisement which appeared in a newspaper. 5 Urgently Wanted Nursery Teacher in Dehradun !! Urgently Wanted Nursery Teacher - Smart, affectionate and caring proficient in teaching all subjects with an ability to run hobby clubs. Candidates with excellent Communication skills and proficient in English and having 2 minimum experience of 3 years in. an English medium school muy apply immediately ! ‘Contact : Pro-vice Chairman, Delhi Public School, Dehradun 111, Rajpur Road, Dehradun, White a leter to the address above. applying for the job State your qualifications along with other details which yous consider would be in your favour www. sekshieducation.comwww. sakshieducation.com Read the following dialogue. Then write a paragraph expressing your views on the topic discussed in the dialogue. 3 Mrs. Shiela : The cigarette factory right outside to the east of our neighbourhood pumps all its toxic wastes into the Musi river ! Mr.Reddy : Yes,! know and I think it’s terrible! I wish we had a way to stop this kind of pollution. If it goes on for long, we'll start getting contaminated water injour households ! ‘Mrs. Shiela : Yes, you are right. The water pollution levels are fast rising. On top of that we also get a rotten smell most through the day. The ofly way to keep that terrible smell out Is to keep the doors and windows closed. Again that's not at all healthy! Mr.Reddy : Let's get all the residents of our locality together and discuss how to put a stop to this problem, I think all of us/can make a joint appeal to the management of the factory to immediately stop disposing the toxic wastes into the Musi river and purity the water af the earliest. Mrs. Shiela : Yes, you are absolutely right! After all people like us with educational background should be the ones fo take the first Initiative to protect our environment. (24-25) Read the newspaper report given below: At Taj, it was Indian fare for Obamas (The Times of india) MUMBAI : From batata vadas to kathi kebabs and biryani to dosas, Barack and Michelle ‘Obama enjoyed India's culinary delights during thelr Mumbal weekend stay. Alter sampling the |conlc "Bambalyya - style batata vada" and kathi kebabs when they checked into the hotel on Saturday afternoon, the Obamas retired to their room for dinner in the opulent Tata Suite, formerly the Presidential Suite, which comes with a personalized butler service. For dinner, they were served a five-course Indian meal, carefully selected from the menus of two of the hospitality chain's famous restaurants, Masala Kraft and Varg. Varq is housed at the Taj Mahal Hotel on New Delhi's Man Singh Road. Imagine that you were one of the witnesses ol this incident and write a letter to your friend in Hyderabad describing the Incident and how you felt about It. w Write a letter to the Editor of the Newspaper in which the report appeared expressing your opinion on whether Indian culture should be promoted to foreign guests at the cost of spending enormous amount of national wealth. 3 www. sekshieducation.com