TEST ENGLISH PART I

Time Allowed 2:30 Hours Max. Marks: 80

2. (a) Answer in (3-5 lines/sentences) the following any six questions from Book-I (Shorts stories). (i) Where did the old man take his son? (ii) What was the shocking news that Laura brought? (iii) What did the lady do to the boy when he fell down? (iv) What was the condition of the parents on the arrival of the doctor? (v) Which decree did the Qazi issue about the health of the king? (vi) What was the young man doing when he was sitting on the bench? (vii) Why did Jim sell the gold watch? (viii) How much rush was there on the Mall Road? (ix) How much dangerous a Martian virus can be? (b) Answer in (3-5 lines/sentences) the following any Five questions from Book-III (One Act Plays). (i) How did the second man accuse the First Man of lying? (ii) Why was the girl so afraid? (iii) How does the Kreton prove his extra-ordinary powers? (iv) What has happened to Clays father? (v) What kind of haircut does Miss McCutcheon want? (vi) Why does Clark Larrabee return? (vii) Why did not the girl accompany the Second Man to the bus? (viii) What type of life do you foresee in the year 5000? (c) Answer in (3-5 lines/sentences) the following any Four questions from Book-III (Poems). (i) Write a brief note on the Night Mail. (ii) What is the theme of the poem Leisure? (iii) What does the poet depict in Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now? (iv) What is worse than slavery? (v) How were the people of two cities made powerless? (vi) How do the attributes of God affect mans character? (Section II) 3. Write an application to the principal for the refund of library security. Or Write an application to the principal for the remission of fine. 4. Write a story on the moral lesson. A rolling stone gathers no moss. OR Goodness never goes unrewarded. 5. (a) Explain the following lines with reference to the context. And since to look at things in bloom, Fifty springs are little room. About the wonder land I will go. (b) Punctuate the following extract from Book-I. the towns empty but we found native life in the hills air dark people yellow eyes martians very friendly we talked a bit not much they learn English fast. (c) Use any five of the following pairs of words in sentences of your own sentences. (i) Adapt, adopt (ii)Beneficent, beneficial (iii) Affection, affectation (iv) Born, borne (v) Tide, tied (vi) Ballet, ballot (vii) Tire, tyre 6. Translate the following passage into urdu (Short stories Book-I) I looked at the vast mountain slope below where my mother and father had farmed. And I could remember, years later, when they farmed this land. It was on this steep slope that my father once made me a little wooden plough. That was when I was six years old and they brought me to the field to thin corn. I lost my little plough in a furrow and I cried and cried until he made me another plough. But I never loved the second plough as I did the first one.

1. (a) Each question has four possible answers. Tick ( ) mark the correct answer.