PUNJAB GROUP OF COLLEGES

ENGLISH (Compulsory) 1st Quarter Test INTER PART-I

Time Allowed: 10 minutes (Objective Type) Max. Marks: 08
Note: Four possible answers A, B, C, and D to each question are given. The choice which you think is correct,
fill its circle in front of that question with marker or pen ink. Cutting or filling two or more circles will
result in zero mark in that question.

Q.1(a) Each question in meaning to the underlined word has four possible answers. Choose the
correct answer. (04)
(i) I had never seen anything extraordinary upon this high point of rugged land.

(A) fertile (B) rough

(C) even (D) smooth

(ii) She bent down enough to permit him to stoop and pick up her purse.

(A) bend forward (B) lean back

(C) go against (D) sit down

(iii) Past cotton-grass and moorland boulder.

(A) heath (B) stones

(C) motherland (D) jungle

(iv) The light feebly struggles back to its full strength.

(A) continuously (B) regularly

(C) extremely (D) slightly

(b) Choose the correct answer. (02)

(v) What did they feel on Mars after the attack on the Earth?

(A) drenched (B) stranded

(C) secluded (D) surrendered

(vi) How much away from the station was the girl when her car ran out of gas?

(A) 1 mile (B) 2 miles

(C) 3 miles (D) 8 miles

(c) Choose the correct form of the verb. (02)

(vii) Thief  before the police arrived.

(A) caught (B) catches

(C) had been caught (D) had caught

(viii) He  living in this house for a month.

(A) is (B) was

(C) has been (D) will be

 PUNJAB GROUP OF COLLEGES
ENGLISH (Compulsory) 1st Quarter Test INTER PART-I
Time Allowed: 80 minutes (Subjective Type) Max. Marks: 42

SECTION-I

Q.2 Answer (in 3-5 lines/sentences) the following any THREE questions from Book-I
(Short Stories) (06)
(i) Why did Arthur disagree with his wife?
(ii) Why had the son at the age six cried? (Clearing in the Sky)
(iii) What climate did they face on Mars?
(iv) What was the nature of woman’s job? (Thank you, M’am)
(v) Why did George give the pocket book to his employer?
Q.3 Answer (in 3-5 lines/sentences) the following any TWO questions from Book-III
(One Act Plays) (04)
(i) Why was the girl not ready to go to the police?
(ii) Why couldn’t the girl describe the killer?
(iii) How did the girl realize the truth?
Q.4 Answer (in 3-5 lines/sentences) the following any TWO questions from Book-III
(Poems) (04)
(i) What does the poet mean by “rich leaves” and “poor leaves”?
(ii) How much does the night mail affect the farm-life?
(iii) What are the dangers in the valley according to the reader?

SECTION-II

Q.5 Write a letter to your father requesting him to increase your monthly allowance. (06)
(OR)
Write an application to your principal of your college requesting him/her to permit you to change your subjects.
Q.6 Write a story on the moral lesson: (06)
A friend in need is a friend indeed
(OR)
Tit for tat
Q.7(a) Explain the following lines with reference to the context: (05)
Loveliest of trees the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Easter tide.
(b) Punctuate the following extract from Book-I: (03)
well you didnt have to snatch my pocket book to get some suede shoes said mrs luella bates washington jones you
could have asked me
(c) Use any TWO of the following pairs of words in your sentences: (02)
(i) Addition, Edition (ii) Bridal, Bridle (iii) Course, Coarse
Q.8 Translate the following passage into Urdu: (06)
“Nonsense!” Mr. Bittering looked out of the windows. “We’re clean, decent people.” He looked at his children. “All
dead cities have some kind of ghosts in them. “Memories”, I mean. He stared at the hills. “You see staircase and you
wonder what Martians looked like climbing it.
(OR)
Note: Candidates whose medium of Examination is English will write an essay on “Price Hike”. (06)