Guess Paper - English 2nd Year 2023

Prepared by Prof. Abdul Rehman

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Modern Prose:
The Dying Sun
i) What is the total number of stars in the universe?
ii) Why is there no life on other stars?
iii) Why is universe is frightening to us?
iv) What is temperature belts?
Using the Scientific Method
i) What were the sanitary conditions in cities a hundred years ago?
ii) How is water supplied to Los Angeles?
iii) How food was preserved in the past?
iv) How has scientific method enabled us to improve our attitude?
v) Why are we generally less fearful than our ancestors?
Why Boys Fail in College
i) What are the two main classes of the boys who fail in college?
ii) How does mistaken ambition for the boys on the part to the failure of the boys?
iii) Why do bright boys fail at college?
iv) Who are the lazy bluffer?
v) What is the role of college Dean?
End of Term
i) What was Daiches attitude towards the weekend as school boys?
ii) How was the university life different from the school life?
iii) What were unexpected respites for David Daiches?
iv) When and how did the writer buy his first bicycle?
On Destroying Books
i) How many books were presented to the troops by the public?
ii) What do non-bookish and illiterate people do with the books?
iii) Why should bad books be destroyed?
iv) Why is it difficult to destroy the books?
v)
The Man Who Was a Hospital
i) How did Jerome K Jerome come to suspect that his liver was out of order?
ii) How did the writer see his tongue and what did he discover about it?
iii) Describe the writer visit to the medical man?
iv) What were the prescription given to him by the doctor?
My Financial Career
 i) Why did the writer feel confused at the bank?
ii) Why did the writer want to see the manager?
iii) What type of person was the manager?
iv) After misadventure in the bank where did the writer keep his money?
China’s Way to Progress
i) Why did China become the fashion around the world?
ii) Describe a day in the life of a Chinese student?
iii) Write a note on Chinese woman.
Hunger and Population Explosion
i) What is a real hunger?
ii) What did Arthur Hopecraft of the Guardian say about the starving children?
iii) How were Robin Hood’s story involved in the shortage of food?
iv) How do Famine occur?
The Jewel of the World
i) Describe Abd-al Rehman physical features.
ii) How did Abd-al Rehman escape dramatically?
iii) Give an account of Abd-al Rehman’s royal palace Al-Zahra.
iv) Describe Al-Hakim as great scholar.
First Day at Harrow
i) In what subjects did Churchill want to be examined?
ii) How did Churchill do his Latin paper?
iii) How did Somervell teach English?
Hitch-Hiking Across the Sahara
i) Give an account of Sahara Desert?
ii) How did Christopher’s mother threaten him in childhood?
iii) What were the typical features of the desert city Ghardaia?
iv) How did Christopher manage to get a seat in the weapons carrier?
v) In what way does In Salah differ from Ei-Golea?
vi) Who was Professor Claude Balanguernon?
vii) How was the liquid got from the camel’s stomach?
Sir Alexander Fleming
i) Give an account of the early life of Fleming.
ii) How was Fleming’s family called a medical family?
iii) Why was Carbolic acid abandoned?
iv) Write a note on Penicillin as wonder-drug.
Louis Pasteur
i) Give some instances of Pasteur’s patriotism.
ii) Why did Pasteur forget his wedding ceremony?
iii) What do you mean by Spontaneous generation?
 iv) What are micro-organism?
v) What is Hydrophobia (Rabies)?
Mustafa Kamal
i) Why was Mustafa Kamal sent to Anatolia?
ii) When was Sultanate abolished?
iii) Why did the Mustafa Kamal simplify the Turkish language?
Good Bye Mr. Chips Novel
Chapter-1
i) How did Chips measure the time?
ii) Where did Chips live after his retirement from Brookfield?
iii) Who was Merivale and what did he say about Chips’ health?
iv) Why did Chips leave Melbury?
v) Who was Colley?
Chapter-2
i) Where was Brookfield situated?
ii) What contribution did Brookfield make to England?
iii) When did Chips retire and what was presented to him?
Chapter-3
i) What was the condition of Mrs. Wickett’s house?
ii) How did Chips entertain his guests?
iii) Who was Collingwood and why did Chips punish him?
iv) How was Chips’ room decorated?
Chapter-4
i) Why was the summer of 1896 special to Chips?
ii) Write down the most interesting event of the Novel.
iii) What was Chips’ views about women?
iv) How did Katherine look?
v) What were the political ideas of Katherine?
Chapter-5
i) What did Katherine say to Chips on the night before wedding?
Chapter-6
i) What sort of person was Chips before marriage?
ii) What changes did marriage bring in Chips?
iii) What is Lex Canuleia?
Chapter-7
i) What memories of Katherine haunted Chips?
ii) What did Chips remember about Dunster and Ogilvie?
Chapter-8
i) Who was Faulkner and what did he ask from Chips?
ii) What April foolery Chips faced?
Chapter-9
i) What changes did the death of Katherine bring Chips?
ii) What sort of gown did Chips wear after the death of Katherine?
iii) What did Chips think about the Boers?
Chapter-10
i) Who was Meldrum? Or When did Chips become Acting Head of Brookfield for
the first time?
ii) What did Chips remember about the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria?
iii) Why was the young Grayson preoccupied and careless in class?
Chapter-11
i) What sort of person was Ralston?
ii) Why did Chips not like Ralston?
iii) What allegation did Ralston level on Chips?
iv) What was Ralston’s urbane ultimatum to Chips?
v) Who was Sir John Rivers?
Chapter-12
i) Why did Ralston leave Brookfield?
ii) Who was Chatteris and what did Chips think about him?
iii) How was Chips farewell speech?
iv) What were the activities of Chips after his retirement?
Chapter-13
i) What problems did Chatteris share with Chips?
Chapter-14
i) When did Chips become Acting Head of Brookfield School?
ii) Why did Chips not want to be appointed the permanent Head of Brookfield?
iii) Why was Chips Called ‘Pre-war’?
iv) What is rissole? What joke did Chips make about it?
Chapter-15
i) What did they discover after the heavy shelling around Brookfield?
ii) Whom did Chips call ‘Stink Merchant’?
iii) What happened on 11th November, 1918?
Chapter-16
i) What was Chips’ will?
Chapter-17
i) Who was Linford?
ii) What did Linford say to Chips?
Chapter-18
i) What did Cartwright say about Chips Children?

Essay Writing

i) Cricket Match ii) Mobile Phones iii) Why I love Pakistan?

iv) My Last Day at College v) Role of Women in society vi) My
Hobby viii) Unemployment

Idioms/ Phrasal verbs

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A, B, C, E, F, L, M, S, T