ENGLISH LANGUAGE

ENGLISH Paper - l
(Two hours)

Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.

You will not be allow'!d to write during thejlrst'l5 minutes.

This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.

The time given at the head of this Paper is the time at/owed/or writing the answers.

Attempt all four questions.

The intended marks/or questions or parts ofquestions (Ire given in brackets [}.

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You are advised to spend not more than 35 minutes in answering Question 1

Question 1
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and 20 minutes in answering Question 2.
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(Oo not spend more than 35 minutes on this question.) [25]
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Write a composition (350 - 400 words) on any one ·of the foll_owing:
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(a) Write an original short story that begins with the words; "[t was raining hard
that night. In my hurry to get into the house, I didn't notice the bJack car
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parked acros� the road. l realized something was wrong when .......... "
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(b) · "School dars are the happiest days ofour lives." Express your views either
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for or against this statement.

(c) Narrate an incident from your own ex·perience when you helped a friend·who
was in trouble. Explain what happened. What did you do to make the situation
better?

(d) There has been heavy rain in your city/town. You went to school but found
that it was closed because of the rain. Describe the sights and sounds near the
�school arid narrate how you ·finally reached home and spent the rest of the
day.

This P�per consists of 7 printed pages and 1 blank page.

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 (e) Study the picture given below. Write a story or a description or an account of
what it suggests to you. Your composition may be about the subject of the
picture or you may take suggestions from it; however, there must be a clear
connection between the picture and your composition.

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(Do not spend more than 10 minutes on this question.)

Select any one of the following:
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(a) A number of loose electric wires are hanging from a lamp post near the main
gate of your school. Write a ietter to the Municipal. Commissioner explaining
the problem, the danger if poses and suggest a quick solution.

(b) You were a part of an organizing committee for an inter-school event which
was very· successful. You and the other committee members were
congratulated and praised at the school assembly by the Principal. Write a
letter to your. �andmother telling her about the event and your feelings at
being recognized. and praised in front of the sch. ool.

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 Question 3
Read the following .passage carefully �nd answer the questions that follow:
_Every Monda.Y-,.. on his :way .back.frOJu... wo.rk,..a.ipin .Chowdh.ury woul�i__�rop in
. at New Market to bij_y_ books. He had to_ buy at least_ five_at a time Jo last him
through the week.... He lived J1lcmb_was
. not a good. ..mixer,
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few friends, and-
didn't like spending
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time in idle· chat. Those who called in the evening
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through their busin�ss quickly and left. Those who didn't· show signs of
leavin� would be told around eight o'clock by Bipin Babu that he was under
doctor's orders to have dinner at eight-thirty. After di_nner he _would rest for
half an hour and then turn in with a book: This was a routine which had
persiste_d unbroken for years.

Today, Bipin Babu had the feeling that someone was observing him from close· 10

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quarters. He turned ro-µnd and found himself lo�king at a round-:-faced, meek-
looking man who now broke into a smile..
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'I don't suppose you recognize me.'
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�ipi:n Babu felt ill at ease. It didn't seem that he had ever-encountered this man
before. The face seemed quite unfam�li�.
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'Have we met before?' asked Bipin Babu.

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The man looked greatly surprised. 'We met every day for a whole week. r
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arranged for a car to take_y9µ_t9 the Hudroo falls. My name is Parimal Ghose.'.
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'Ranchi?'

Nqw Bipin Babu realized this man was making a mistake. Bipin �abu had 20
never been to Ranchi.· He smiled and said, 'Do you know who I am?'-

The man raised his eyebrows, and said, 'Who doesn't know Bipin
Chowdhury?'

Bipin Babu turned towards the bookshe�v�s and said, 'You're making a
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mistake. I've never been to Ranchi.'

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 The man now laughed aloud.

What are you saying, Mr. Ch_owdhury? You·had a fall in. I-{�gr.Q_QJmd cut your ·-
right knee, l brou_ghtyou iodi_n_s!. I had fixed �p a car for_you to ..&o to Netarhat
the next d<!r,_ tmt _ y�� c�u.ldn't because ·of the pain i11_th.�Jg1e�. Can't you recall
anything? Someone else you know was also in Ran.chi_ at that time. Mr. Dinesh 30
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Mukherjee. You staye4 -in a bungalow. You said you didn 1 t like hotel food.
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I'll tell you_ more:. you always c�rried· a bag_ with your books in it on your,
sightseeing trips. Am ( right or not?'

Bipin Babu spoke quietly, his eyes still on the books.

'Which month in Nineteen fifty- eight are you.taJ�ing about?'

The 111an said, 'October.'

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'No. sir:' said Bipin Halm. • l spent October Nineteen fifty-
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. . . with a friend
in Kanpur. You're making a mistake.. Good day.'
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But the man didn't go. nor did he stop talking.
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'Very strange. One evening I had tea with you on the veranda of your 40
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· bungalow. You spoke about your family. Yo.u said you had no children, and
that you had lo-st your wile a decade ago.
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When Bipin Babu had paid for t�e books and was leaving .the �hop� the man·
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was still looking at him . in utter disbelief.

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Bipin Uabu's car was safely parked in Bertram Street. He told the·drivcr as he
got into the car, 'Just drive by the Ganga, will you, Sitaram.' Driving up the
Strand Road, �ipin �.��.l:1 reg��tted...h.a_yjng,.,paic.L.s..<LmY�lt �t_t_ention to the
�intruder. He had never be�n to Ranchi. He had an .excellent memory.

Unles$ he was losing his mind!

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� (a) Give the meaning of the fol1owing words as used in the passage: [3]

One word answers or short phrases will be accepted.

(i) p�rsisted (line 9)

(ii) decade (line 42)

(iii) intruder (line 48)

(b) Answer the following questions briefly in your own words.

(i) How did Bipin Chowdhury find time to read fiv� books a week? · [2]
(ii) How did he get rid of visitors who stayed )ate? [2]
(iii) Which sentence tells you that Bipin Babu_ was uncomfortable? [2J
(iv) What strong argument did Bipin Babu give to prove that he was not in [2]
Ranchi at that time?

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(v) What does Bipin Babu regret? [2]

(c) (i) What memories

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(vi) What are Bipin B_abu's feelings at the end of the passage?

of the trip dqes Parimal Ghose evoke to prove that Bipin

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Babu was indeed in Ranchi? Answer in not more than 60 words.

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(ii) Give a title .to your summary in '3(c)(i); Give a reason to justify your [2]
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choice ofthe title.

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(a) · Fill in each ofthe numbered b)anks·with the correct form ofthe word given in [4]
brackets. Do not copy the passage� but write in correct s.erial order the word
or phrase appropriate to the blank space.

Example:

Answer: (q) started

My mother-(0) ____ (start) school when she (l) ____ (be) six
and (2 ) ____ (stop) the same term. -She was unusual in the village as
she had a father-and brother who (3) ____ (encourage} her to go to

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 school. She was the only girl in a class of boys and claims she was brighter
than the boys. But every day she (4) ____ (will) leave behind her girl
cousins (5) ____ (play) at home and _she (6) ____ (envy}them.
There (7) ____ (seem) to be no point in (8) ____ (go) to school
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just to end up doi�g housework.
(b) Fill in each blank with an appropriate word: [4)
(i) She shouted angrily ____ the disobedient boy.
(ii) I asked them to provide us _____ a guide ..

(iii) The tree grew at a dangerous slant and had to be cut ____ _
(iv) My daughter believes ____ fairies.
(v) He drew a beautiful diagram ____ the board.

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(vi) She battled her way ____ the crowd.
(vii)We �ere asked to gather ____ the teacher.
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(viii) They had to climb ____ the steep pathway to reach the top.
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(c) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence -without using
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and, but or so:
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(i) This is the hospital. I was born here.

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(ii) The _children have been sick for a week. They were unable to go to school.
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(iii). Mrs. Kumar has_ been a teacher for thirty years. She will now retire.
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(iv)· We have had no respect for nature. No_w we are suffering from the effects
of global �ing.
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(d) Re-write the following senten�es according to the -instructio�s given after [8]
each. Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the
meaning of each sentence.
(i) Not mariy people read for pleasure these days.
(Begin: Few..................................)
(ii) Since her childhood Meera has been good in Mathematics.
(End: .................................childhood.)

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 (iii) "We have had no rain since January", Ramu said.
(Begin: Ramu said that they.._...._........................._..)

(iv) It is dangerous as we11 as illegal to drive a motorcycle without a helmet.

(Begin: It is not.................................. )
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(v) He ha:d plenty of wealth but }:ie was·not happy.
(Begin: In spite................................. )
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(vi) He was so tired that he could not stand.
(Use: too)

(vii) Every one .of th�m was an experienced mountaineer.

(Begin: There was no.............................. �..)

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(viii) I-have neve� seen a film as bad as this.
(Begin: ihis is... '.............................. )
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