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Plea:H read each of tbe foUowinJ: Ln.structioDs care:fdlly bdnre at1empting questions.

All questions are. to be attt!mpted.

The number of tnarks ｾｮｩ･､＠ by a question .Ls indicated against il .

Answa-s must be written in ENG·U SH onl ｾＭ

Word limit in questions, wherever spet.'i fled, should be adhered to nnd if answered in ｭｾ｣｢＠
longer or shorter than the prescribed length, mat:ks will be ､ｾｵ｣ｴ＠ ..

Any page or portion of the page left blank in the Que:slion-<::um-Answcr Booktet must be clearly
struck off.

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1. Write an essay in about 600 words on any one of the fo11owing lOpics: 100

(a) .Impact of v.restcmiz:ation on the Indian Family

(b) Literature !vlirTors Society

(c) Women in Indian Polit1cs

(d) Rllral Urban divide in lndia

2. Read carefully the passage gi v1e n be,.o w and \Vrite your answers to the Questions
that follow io clear, correct .and concise language: l5)(S=7.S

H is often said that lhc Gbaznavid and Gburid soldiers regarde,d death in a war
against infidels as martyrdom in the cause of ]slam. But it is Jnor-e likely that the real
draw was the attraction of plunder the likes of which they had no[ seen in campaigns
in more arid lands. For Indian eomnumders. apart from plunder, batt]es incorporated
Ute niceties of a sport with its own rules of play. Immortalizing the heroism of kings
in battle, the podS and bards emphasiz_ed the rules of war and chi,·alry. To apply the
chivalric code in minor campaigns may have relieved the tedium of ｷ｡ｲｾ＠ but the
campaigns against the Ghurids were of an entire1y different nature and this may not
have been realized initially. Notions of honouT and devotion were often placed above
expediency, and gradu_ally the astro1ogicaUy dctennined. auspicious momeot for
attack took prcoedenee over strategy and tactics. Inflated cla·ims to vaJour, such as
the hero who could defeat a thousand warriors ｳｩｭｵｬｴ｡ｮ･ｯｹｾ＠ began to enter the
rhetoric of ｾ ｣ｯｵｲｴｬｹ＠ literature.

The organization of Indian armies added to their weakness. Each army had as its
pem1anent core the standing anny, but JI'J.HilY of the soldieTS were local levies or
soldiers supplied by Samanms ｷｨ･ｮｾ＠ this ·was part of the tarter's obligation to tbc
suzerain. In addition, mercenaries were a visible section of the annies of these times.
Such a. collection of soldiers bad not always been trained to fight as a consolidated
anny. It was possibly also the dispersed character of the anny that gave it a license
to plunder indiserin1ina tely. ｖｩｕ｡ｧｾｲｳ＠ were harassed and looted by ann.ies on the
march, particularr1y if tltc campaign coincided ｾｲｩｴｨ＠ the harvesting of the crop, as it
oft·en djd For peasants 31ld merchants. war was a nightmare that disrupted the
routine of earning a livelihood. Laying waste vast tracts of inhabited and .c ultivated
1and. m.ere[y because it was part of the enemy's territory, was a proud boast
attributed to PrithviTaja Challhan on defeating the Cha.ndella ruler.

Historians have sonreti mcs commented? peThaps mote from hindsigbt, on why IndiaD
rulers did not mako a conjoint ,effort through the centuries to defend the North-
Western passes. Time and again iovadcrs came through these passes. y ,c t liuic was
dooe to prevent ｴｨｩｳｾ＠ tho dGfcnce of the region lying arbitrarily ln the bands of the

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 local rulers. appears the construction of a series of fortifications aloog the passes
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was not thought ｦ･｡ｳｩ｢ｾ Ｎ＠ Perhaps the need for defencx was not given ｰｲｩｯｴｹｾ＠ the
area being viewed as a natural frontier. Alternatively, given the n1ountainous terrain,
the only routes for pastoralists and caravan were through the passes and it was
therefore thought bener to leave them open. The Iocal kings aod cbi,c fs who
controlled the passes derived an incon1e from this trade. Thcre would have beeu
familiarity too with those oorning across the passes and therefol'e a slow recognitio n
that sometimes friendliness had turned into hostility. The effectiven ess of m0untains
as a frontier was also tbwai1ed by the many occasions when the Punjab was
conquered from across the borders or was mvol ved in the potit1cs of Afghanis tan and
Central Asia. This closeness militated against a properly focused perspective on
political developments across the borderlan ds and in Ct"'ltral Asia.

Invasions by outsiders :are lrn.o\vn in many parts of the world : the Huns attacking
Rome, the Arabs mvading Spain or the Spanish and Portugues e conquering Latin
America, The potentialities of invasions were recognised only in Hindsigh t These
invasions were mounted by alien peoples who were little ｫｮｯｾ＠ 1f at ｡ｬｾ＠ to lhc
ｳｯｩ･ｴｾ＠ they invaded. But the Turks harl been, a contiguou s people, familiar from
trade· in horses and other commo<.Uti<es a:nd from the Turkish mercenaries elilplo,y ed
in some Indian Annies. However, the historical scene in Central Asia and West Asia
had now changed, with new political ambitJons afic..-r the rise of .lslam. For the rulers
of Northern india; to recognize this would have reqll1md an understan ding of a wider
range of politics beyond tbe areas enclosed by the immediat e frontiers. This does no1
appear to have been ao Indian concern. Jndrans who, travelled to ,difft.-root parts of
Asia on a variety of assignments Mote Jinle about what they ｯ｢ｳ･ｲｶ､ ｾ＠ remaining
s"i'tent on the politics of other lands. h was almost as if the exterior landscape was
irrelevant . PoJidcal interests therefore tended to be parochiaL This marks a striking
contrast to the world of the Ch mese and the Arabs. both made aware of distant p1aces
through the detailed accounts of travellers and traders. The Arabs had a fdScinati,o n
for the g,o ography of other lands and the Chinese welle wary of happenin gs in thejT
neighbour hood in Central Asia.

Albero.ni, in the opening chapter of his ｢ｯｾ＠ suggests other reasons for this lack of
r·e cording observatio ns concerning Ole. wider perception of the world, which one may
or may not agree with : Wfhe Hindus believe that there is no country but theirs,
no nation like theirsj no king like theirs no Teligion 1ikc theirs, no science like
theirs ....... . They are by nature niggardly in communi cating what d1ey know:r and
they take the greatest possible care to withhold it ftom men of mother caste from
among their own people. stiU more of course from any foreigner" .

(a) What was the nature of campaign s ag.aiost Ghwids ? 15

(b) Accordm g to the passage "the Indian ｲｵＮｬ ｾ ･ｲｳ＠ did not find it necessary to fortify
ihe North-Western Pass#. \Vhy? 15

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 (c) Explain ilic statetmm t ..The potentialities of invasions were recognised only in
hi11dsig,ht,. 15

(d) Give your critical observat ions on ａ ｬ ｢･ｲｵｮｩ ｾ ｳ＠ comments on Hindus. 15

(e) Enumcra re the major view points of the given passage. 15

3. Mak:c a Precb of the following p assage in about one-thir d of its length. Do not give
a tide to it. The Precis should be wri.uen in your own words : 75

11le Renaissance in h1dia was nol hke tbe RenaissHilce in Europe. It was not a return
to India of the past h was essentially a n1a:rtcr of spirit which produced striking
changes in tbe rea1m of religion , society and cuJture along wilh a demand for natural
regemrra't ion. TheTe arose a new self-oonsciousness among 'the people o,f India.
The soul of India be-gan to unfold itself and break the s backles of the past. [t is
maintain ed that the Renaiss ance in India stirred the Jndian soul to irs very depths
ｾｮ､＠ Modern lndia Qwes O't''e rythmg to fuc Renaassance which was followed by
refommtion moveme nts all over India. It also paved the way to national
T<egcneration . The spirit of Renaiss ance and the subsequ ent reform moveme nts
affected ｡ｬｭｾ＠ all the aspects of national life. Thcre were new develop ments in
religious., socia[ and pcH tical Jife. There ｷ･ｮｾ＠ new trends in the fields of education,
Jiteratur e, fine arts and science.

The view of Sir J aciunath Sarkar is that the Indian Renaissance was at first an
ﾷ ｩｮｴ･Ｑ｣ｾｵ｡ｬ＠ awakenin.g which pr-ofm:mdly affected our Literature.. educatio n thought
and art. In the next succeed ing generation,. it became a moral force and reform.edl the
Indian society and religion. In the third gmcration it bro11gbt ahollt the economi c
tnodemi sation of India and uitin1ateJy. political emancip ation.

Jn his book entitled. Jlle Renaiss ance in Ind1a'', Sri Aurobin do bas attempted an
analysis of the R"-naissance in India. le points out that the c1ghteenth and cady
nineleen tb ccnrurie s in India were periods of political dccliiict defeat and anarchy
which practica lly killed the creative spirit in religion and art. India began to imitate
E urope and forgot heT own achievem ents in tbe past. Howevet". the life-breath of the
nation moved as a subordin ate undercu rrent in the religiou s moYen1ents of Bengal
and Punjab. in the political aspiratio ns of Maharas htra ,a nd the ｾｩｴＺ･ｔ｡ｲｹ＠ activity of
Benga1.

Sri Aurobin do points out that the Renaissance in India in the nineteenth century
had dtree aspects. 1n the first place, it aimed at a recovery of the old spiritual
gospel containe d in the sacred books of the countr y. The Tcsearch es of Ewupca n
Jndologists helped tbe people in the West and lndia to undetsta nd and ,appreciate
the achievem ents of the Indians in the past. Philosop hers and thinkers like
Schopen hauer, EmeTSon Thoreau and Royc-e high1y praised ｉｮ､ｩ｡ｾｳ＠ w isdom in the
past. ｾｮ､ｩ｡＠ ｓ ｩｴｾｮ ｴ ｳ＠ and mystic leaders in India also he lpcd the same process.

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 Soc{)ndly.. this re-in vig.ora.red. spirituality inspir'OO fresh activity in the fields of
p'hUosophy,. lltc.."Ta:klr·e, art etc. Third1y, an attempt was. made to deall in an original
way v,tith modem problems in the light of the new insp3 ration.
Sri Aurobtndo did not rompare the Indian. Renaissance with the European
Renaissance of the fifteenth cenrury. He com_pared i'l with the Celtic Renaissance
when. lreland wanted to go back to the o]der culture after a long period of British
､ｯｭｩｮ｡ｾｴ Ｎ＠ Jn his analysis of the Indian ｒ･ｮｾＱｳ｡｣ ｾ＠ Sri Aurobindo put gr-eat
emphasis on the recovery of the spiritual tradition and heritage of the past.
According to birn,.. the estabUshm,ent of new religious se-Ct'S in India was a c.cntrnl
event in the Indian Renaissance. Tho Brahmo Samaj, tbe Azya Samaj, Ramkrisbna
Paramhans and ｖｩｶ･｢Ｎｮ｡､ ｾ＠ the ｮ｣ｯ ｾ＠ Vaisboavism of Bengal and the RenaissatlCe in
Islam tried to go back to the past and recover the light of old wisdom. Sri Aur"Dbindo
referred to the cosmopoihanism, eclecticism, r-eligious rationalism and. logic of the
Brahmo Samaj. Of al ｾ＠ the leaders of the Re:naissanos m India, D.ayananda appealed
most to Sri Aurobindo. He oonsidemd him as a tmiquc personality which created a
Vigorous Aryan nmnbood in India. Aurobindo :found a national instinct m the
rei iancc of Dayananda on Vedi.c wisdom. To quote Auro'bindo 1 DaymaDda "brings
back an old Aryan element into the national character·. Am:obindo gave credit to tjhc
Theosophical Society for getting some recognition in the West fo[" some of the
psychic. occult and esoteric achievements of the old Hindus. According to
Aurcbindo, Rarnkrishna Paramha.ns was •'t1Jle man wbo had d1e greatest influence ｡Ｎｲｾ､＠
lias done the most to ｲ ｾ ･ｧｮｲ｡Ｎｴ＠ Benga.J''. Vivekammda. pr-oc1aimed to the world th:U
Indla was awake not only to ｾ ･ｸｩｳｴ＠ but also to conquer. In lnd.i a itself, Vivekananda
v:as a leader who wamedl "pr.e servatioo by ｲ･ｯｮＡｕｵ｣ｴｩＧｾ Ｎ＠ Aurobirndo also referred
to the achievements of I. C. Bose and Rabindrana'th Tagore in rhe field of Indian
Re:naissance. Aurobindo believed iliat the spiritual and intellectual advance of India
was bound to come. To quote him "'The Renaissance in India is as inevitable as the
Tis:ing of tomorrow's Sun and me Renaissance of a great nation of three hundr,edJ
millions with so peculiar a ｴ･ｭｰｲ｡ｮｾ＠ such l.lJ11iquc ·traditions and ideas of Jife, so
powerful an 1nrenigmcc and s.o ｧｲ ｾ ･｡ｴ＠ a ·mass of pctentiai energies canuot but be one
of the most formidable ·phenomena of the modern world." (791 words)

4.(H) Rewrite the following sentences aftu making necessary corrections. Do not make
Ul'mecess.ary changes in the original sentence : 1x ｝ｾＱＰ＠

(i) lie died with fever.

Ｈｾｩｽ＠ Ram ｡ｯｴ ｾ ･､＠ witb my proposal.

(iii) She QnarroJed against me over the pToperty 1ssue.

(1v) Be careful for youT motheT ｾｳ＠ hea1th.

(v) A Slkb.. taU than .any o:f his comrades, rushed forward.

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 (vi) 'They cheated eaoh another.

(vii) OM father looks to his children.

(vHO Many a man h_ave been TUined by speculati.on.

(he.) Let him and I go together.

(K) The priesl was very !kind for aU of us.

Supply the missing words : ]x5=5

(1) The boy cannot. CQpe _ _ _ _ the pr-essure in the school.

(ii) Do not take law your owo bands.

{iii) The crintinal was whjslced Ｍｾ ｴｯ＠ the court.

(iv) I want to push _ _ _ _ as soon as: I finish m.y work.

(v} The girl into depression two year.'i: ago.

4 .(c) Use the correct fom1s of the verbs in brackets :· ]x5=S

(l) Her path was with flowers. (strew)

( ii) He had his speech before we arrived, (begin)

(.iii) The book bas the Lest of time. (stand)

{iv) Recently the price of petrol has up. (go)

{v) The old boggar was _ _ _ _ by a mad dog. (bite)

4.(d) Write th0 antonyms of the follo\.\ring ｾ＠

(i) Sagacioos

(ii) Attenuate

(iii) Bawdy

(iv)' Dunnant

{v) Dunce

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S.(a) Re'Write tbe following sentences as directed without changing the meaning :
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(i) Rabi said, TH eat rice for lunch today". (Change into an indirect speech)
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(ii) The· trunt was running the shop for long. Ｈｃｨ｡ｮｧｾ＠ into passive voice)

(iii) He was :in :Oelhi. He did not meet his friend Ｈｒ･ｷｲｩｴ ｾ ･＠ by using •thougb ' )

(iv) 1 landed at the airport. It started raining. (Rewrite by using 'no sooner')

(v) Though we were tmder the British rule we had a rich cultural heritage.
(Chamge into a simple sentence)

(vi} India can change only wben education is reached to alL (Usc Lunless,)

(vii) People in a developjng country arc botb rich and poor: (Rewrite· by using
'either' and ｾｯｲＧＩ＠

(viii) If you work hard you wiU achieve success. (Rewrite by using ·m order to')

{ix) Most of tn0 corrupt politicians do not find themselves in Jail (Change into a
complex sentence)

(x) He is old . He cannot climb stairs. (ReY>rrite by using ｾｴｯＧｽ＠

5.(b) Use the fo Uowing words to make sentences that bring out their meaning clearly.
Do not change the form of the words : (No marks will be given for vagu.o and
ambiguous sentences) : 1＾･ Ｕ ｾ ｓ＠

(i) Mandatory

(i i) Dilem1na

(i1i) Petrified

(mv) Obfuscate

(v) Diligent

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S.(c) Choose the appropriate word to fill in the b lanks : 1:<5=5

{i)' The terrorists _ _ _ _ fem- in the minds of the people. (install/ instil)

(ii) Tho boys _ _ _ _ to the words of tbeir teacher. (return I retort)

(iii) Ever since the dictator"s has arrived peoplrc are suffering. (min/
reign)

(i v) U is almost 10 suggest that lie does not lie. (ascertain I asce1ic)

(v) Au individuars Hfe is just a _ _ _ _ to the _grand history ,o f mankind.

(preclude I prelude)

5.(d) Us'S the following 'idioms I phrases in sentences of your own ｴ ｾ ｯ＠ bring out their
meaning dcady. Do oot change the form ofthe· words: ｴｸｳｾ＠

(i) Through Thick and Thin

(ii) Sitting oo 1he renee

(iii) Thr-ew CoM Water

{i v) FO()t 'the bin

(v) Chapter and Verse

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