Fi

nalEx
ami
nat
ion

A.
Wri
tet
hemeani
ngoft
hef
oll
owi
ngwor
dsandmakes
ent
enc
ewi
thi
t:
(anyf
ive) 2*
5=1
0

Impost
ers
,dr
ab,
sinew,
dis
ast
er,
agi
le,
crookedl
y,c
asc
ade,
jeer
ed,
admoni
ti
onh
eret
ic,
devour
ed

B.
Ans
wert
hef
oll
owi
ngques
tionsi
ncompl
etes
ent
enc
es: 1
*10=
10

(1
)Hows houldwetreatdisasterandtr
iumph?( 2)Whatkindofi deadi dKi
plingg i
veusabout
dream?(3)Howmanyt i
mesdi dthepoetuset h
ewor d'
if'
?(4)Wh yaret h
emapsr edrawnonthe
wall?(
5)Wh atMCCs tandsfor?(6)Whi
chitemsdidtheydeliverfort h
emat ch?(7)Wh obowl
ed
Rajamwiththever
yfirstball
?(8)Wh ogav
eBi nyatheblueumbr ella?(9)Whatwast hecondi
tion
whenshegotdownfromt hehill?(
10)HowwasBi nyacompar edto?

C.
Ref
erenc
etot
hec
ont
ext
..
.
..
.
..
.
. 1
0*6
=60

Poet
ry

1.
"Themapswer eredrawnonthewalls/h
isnamewasfadedaway"-
(a)whati
sth
epoeti
mplyi
ng
bytheset
wolines?(b)Doy outh
inkhisnameactual
lyf
adedaway?Giver
easonf
ory
ourans
wer.
(c)Whatl
ess
ondi dtheteacherteac
h?4+3+3

2.
"Ifyoucandream-andnotmakedr eamsyourmaster/Ify
ouc anthi
nk-andnotmakethinkyour
aim/Ifyoumeetwithdis
asterandtr
iumph/Andtreatthesetwoimpostersj
ustth
es ame"-(
a)
Whatc ont
ras
tingadvi
ceisgiveni
nthelines
?(b)Whyar etheyc
alledimpost
ers?(c)Whatshould
th
es eimpost
ersbet r
eatedandwhy?3+4+3

3."
Ifyoucanwait-
andnotbet ir
edbywai ti
ng/Orbeingl
iedabout,don'
tdeali
nl i
es;
/Orbei ng
hated,don'
tgi
vewayt ohati
ng/Anddon'tlooktoogoodordon'
ttalktoowise.
"-(
a)wh i
chvirtue
isthepoetref
erringt
oint h
ef i
rstli
ne?(b)whathumanweaknessesareimpli
edi nt
hes ec
ond
andth i
rdli
nes
?( c
)Explainthelastl
ine.
3+3+4

4."
Butales
sonhenev erknewhetaught/Iswi
thmetothi
sday"
-(
a)Whydidtheteachernot
knowwhathetaught
?( b)Howisthelessonst
il
lwi
thhi
m?( c
)Doyout
hinkth
es peaker'
steach
er
taughth
imavaluabl
el esson?J
ust
ify
.3+3+4

5
."
Icoul
dnotunder
standwhynev
erl
eft
,/Andshookof
ftheschoolst
rangl
ehol
d."
-(
a)Wheredi
d
h
ewanttogo?(b)Whydoyouthi
nkh
eneverlef
t?(c)Whatdoes"st
rangl
ehol
d"mean?3+
3+4

Pr
ose

1.
"Whynotdel
iveralec
tureonRol
lsRoy
ce?"-
(a)Whoisbei
ngaskedtodeli
verthel
ett
er?(
b)
Howt r
ueistheinf
ormati
ononRoll
sRoyce?(
c)WhywasaRoll
sRoycebroughti
ntot
he
conv
ersati
on?3+3+4
2."ItisfromSankar,Raj
amannouncedjoy
fully"
-(
a)Wh atmadeRaj
amhappy?(
b)Whatdi
dthe
th
r eef r
iendsDecidelat
er?(
c)Werethethreefri
endsablet
owri
tethel
ett
erandpos
ttoSankar
?
3+3+ 4

3.
"Th
atpat chofsky
-bl
uesil
kcoul
dalwaysbes
eenonthehi
lls
ide."
-(a)whic
hisr
efer
redt
osky-
bl
uesil
k?(b)Wh atwasth
eac t
ualloc
ati
onoft
hehi
ll
side?(
c)wh ycouldt
hepatc
hofthes
ky-
bl
uebes een?

4.
Shedidn'
ttakemorethanf
iveminut
estoreach.
-(a)howdidBi
nyareac
htotheedg
eoft
he
cl
if
f?(
b)Wasi tri
skyofh
erli
fe?(
c)Wh atwasth
er esul
toft
heris
kyundert
aki
ng?

5.
"Thelet
ter
swereputi
ntoas
tampedenvelopeandth
eflapwaspasted.
"-(
a)Whi
chlet
teri
s
menti
onedhere?(
b)howdidt
heyr
eactinrecei
vingal
ett
er?(c
)Wh atwasthec
ontex
tofthe
l
etter
?