Bhagawati Model Secondary School illness, probably emotional".

says Conway, "while a straight one is an

excellent sign of emotional stability. An irregular baseline can mean an
Half Year Examination 2079
excitable writing with poor self-discipline. "The way letters are formed and
connected is important: a writer with angular letters, for example, is often
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persistent and decisive. Arched letters suggest the writer is reluctant to
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express emotions freely and many appear cold. Where the bottoms of
letters are curved like a cup the writer is likely to be open to the world and
1. Read the given text and do the tasks that follow.
at ease. And writing with letters threaded-connected together as if by a
The analysis of handwriting has a long history – some say it goes back to
length of cotton-can indicates speed of laziness. The more connected the
Roman times. Modern graphology began early in the 19 th century when
letter's the more coordinated the patterns of though. Character size can
french churchman jean Hippolyte Michon created the first graphological
also be significant, Larger letters tend to suggest vitality, enterprise and
"catalogue" examining, from example, where letters fall on the line their
self-reliance, while small letters can reveal a lack of self-confidence, but are
shape and the pressure exerted. Allan Conway, a professional graphologist
also found in fields of research where concentration and exactness are
for 12 years says," Handwriting says more about you than many chosen
necessary. The slant of a person's writing indicates their emotional make-
words, simply because you cannot hide yourself in your handwriting- it's
up. Where all the letters are vertical the writer is likely to be someone
not really your hand that's writing, but your brain, it's your personality
uncomfortable in groups, For fight-handers, the leftward slant shows
frozen in ink. "Despite public skepticism, graphology plays a covert role in
introversion while the rightward slant reveals someone outgoing, friendly
British management. Many companies use it for executive recruitment and
and ambitious. A constantly varying slant betrays an unpredictable
analysis. Graphology tells them about the candidates' temperaments,
personality.
highlighting both weaknesses and strengths. There are about 300
A. Choose the best alternatives of the following questions. 5
movements on an unlined A4 page of writing and students must find and
a. The upward baseline proves that the person is ..................
interpret them all. He also need to know things about the writers their sex,
i. creative ii. ambitious iii. outgoing iv. all of the above
their age and if they are left or right-handed. Then he looks for dominant
b. The letters small in size reveal that the writer may be ........................
elements, including the size of the form of the writing, the pressure, the
i.a researcher ii. confident iii. arrogant iv. humble
speed and slant of the words, hoe connected the characters are well as the
c. The spacing between words reveals ...............
form of the connections, the proportions of the "middle zone" (covered by
i.the writer's organizational abilities ii. the writer's predicament
small letters such as "o" and "n") and "upper" and "lower" zones (where
iii. the writer's grief iv. the writer's delight
letters extend up or down, as with "d" of "p"), and the rhythm and
d. The spacing between words indicates the writer's .......
regularity of writing. "But there is one golden rule," Rees says, "No single
e. The red color of ink a person chooses signifies .......
sign on its own must ever be taken to mean anything. "The principles,
i.happness ii. excitement iii. Anger iv. shock
according to Conway, are straightforward. The baseline- whether the
B. Find the words in the passage as indicated: 5
writing goes straight across the page or slants up and down-helps to
a. Prominent, Very important (similar meaning)
determine the writer's state of mind. A very upward baseline shows a
b. Continuing without interruption (similar meaning)
creative, ambitious and outgoing person. A slightly downward one can
c. Doubt towards something (similar meaning)
revel dissatisfaction or unhappiness though it could simply be a sign of
d. Aimless, without ambition (opposite meaning)
fatigue, "A sharp downward baseline usually indicates serious problems of
e. Usual, ordinary (opposite meaning)

2. Write short answer to the following briefly. 10
a. What did Rakesh do to make his father's old age more comfortable? (a
Devote Son)
b. Why does the guide show the instances of poverty to the tourist? (the
Half-closed Eyes of the Buddha and the Slowly Sinking Sun)
c. What does the poet mean by a new word? (The Awakening Age)
d. Why was the speaker horrified when he visited the library a couple of
months ago? (On Libraries)
e. How does the play make a satire on the feudal system? (The Bull)
3. Read the following outlines and develop them into a full news reports.
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Kathmandu, a bus from pokhara ..... accident ..... break failure ....... near
Devaghat, Chitawan ..... 3 killed ..... 12 injured, five serious ..... hospitalized
in Kathmandu .... rescue operation by police and army ... driver under
custody ............ investigation going on
e. The book ..... is now out of print has all the information you need. (fill
in the blank with a suitable relative pronoun.)
f. Give me two dozens/dozen bananas. (Tick the correct word.)
g. He was not included in the playing XI ............. his knee injury. (Use
suitable connective.)
h. An earthquake hit Nepal causing server damage. (Change into passive
voice.)
i. The teacher said, "You must work hard, sarita? (change into indirect
speech)
j. I had a great time in Pokhara. I enjoyed ......... minute of my time.
(each/every)

4. Recently you went to your native village to visit your grandparents. You
saw that some of the children in the age group of 5-14, the age at which
they should have been at school, staying at home, were working in the
fields or simply loitering on the streets. Write a letter to the Editor of a
National Daily analyzing the problem and offering solution to it. 8
5. Every year large number of people migrates from one county to another
from different reasons. Write an essay discuss the advantages and
disadvantage of migration from the individual and for society as a whole
in about 300 words. 10
6. Do as indicated in brackets and rewrite the sentences. 10
a. There are (students/some/Chinese/new) in the class. (Put adjectives in
the correct order.)
b. She worked very hard. Now, she is lazy now. (Use 'used to' and a
suitable connective to join the give sentences.)
c. Why are you gazing ......... me? (use appropriate preposition)
d. We were dancing at the birthday party. (change into future continuous
tense)