Chikkaballapura District PU College English Lecturers’ Forum

First PUC –English (02)

Model Question Paper-01
Time: 3:15 minutes Maximum Marks: 80
Instructions:
A. Follow the prescribed limit while answering the questions.
B. Write the correct question number as it appears on the question paper.
C. For multiple-choice questions, choose the correct answer and rewrite it.
D. Answer to the question number 25 (a to j) should be in sequence and at one place.

I. Answer the following questions by choosing the right option. 10X1=10

1. Which of the following animals occupied the man’s hut for the first time in the story ‘The
Gentlemen of the Jungle’?
a. Elephant b. Lion c. Leopard d. Buffalo

2. In ‘Around the Medicinal Creeper’, the narrator took ______ to learn few facts about the medicinal
creeper.
a. 10 years b. 20 years c. 15 years d. 5 years

3. Statement : The narrator in ‘Oru Manushyan’ used to wake up at 4pm every day.
Reason : He wanted to save expenses on his morning tea and noon meals.
a) Only the statement is true.
b) Only reason is true.
c) Both statement and reason are true.
d) Both statement and reason are false

4. According to the poet in ‘Money Madness’, _____________ has a fearful cruel power among men.
a. Bread b. fire c. shelter d. money

5. Babar Ali became the headmaster of his school at the age of ____________.
a. 25 years b. 20 years c. 16 years d. 30 years

6. Match the column ‘A’ with column ‘B’ related to the play ‘Watchman of the Lake’.
A B
i. Veda a. Watchman of the lake
ii. Ganga b. Son of Mara
iii. Mara c. Name of the river
a. i-c, ii-a, iii-b b. i-c, ii-b, iii-a c. i-a, ii-b, iii-c d. i-b, ii-c, iii-a
 7. After the death of the farmer, his wife would have to bear the burden of ____ children.
a. Four b. three c. two d. five

8. ______________ was the mother of Frederick Douglass.

a. Anna Murray b. Harriet Bailey c. Betsey Bailey d. Isaac Bailey

9. In the poem ‘An Old Woman’, how much money does the old woman expect for her service?
a. 50 rupees b. 10 rupees c. 5 rupees coin d. 50 paise coin

10. In 'Two Gentlemen of Verona' the two boys went to Poleta every Sunday to meet their________
who was under treatment for spinal tuberculosis.
a. Sister b. mother c. father d. grandmother

A. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject. 3X1=3
11. In ‘The Medicinal Creeper’, the narrator writes that the forests ____ (is/are) disappearing and,
the people who ______ (knows/know) about these things _____ (is/are) also leaving us one by
one. One must realise that if one disappears, the other becomes useless.

B. Fill in the blanks with suitable form of the verbs given in brackets. 2X1=2
12. The lion was the king of the jungle. He _______(want) to have peace in his kingdom. So he asked
the manto keep calm. He _______(appoint) the commission of enquiry to settle the dispute about
the ownership of the hut.
13. Match the expression under column ‘A’ with its corresponding language function under ‘B’.
A B 5x1=5
Expressions Functions
I. May I help you..? a. Greeting
II. She is Seetha, my mother. b. Expression of gratitude
III. Thank We c. Introducing
IV. Can we please close the door? d. Offering help
V. Good Morning e. Requesting

II. Answer any Six of the following choosing at least two from poetry in a paragraph of 80 -100
words. 6X4=24
14. Describe the boy’s experience in the school as expressed in the poem ‘The School Boy’.
15. How do people treat an individual who has no money?
16. How did the farmer’s death make his wife’s life a bitter existence?
17. How is the plight of the old woman depicted in the poem ‘An Old Woman’?
AND
18. How did the animals exploit the man each time he built a new hut in ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’?
19. Why did the white man threaten to shoot Mara in ‘The Medicinal Creeper’?
20. Describe the people and place where the narrator lived in ‘Oru Manushyan’?
21. What was the role of various people in the progress of Babar Ali’s school?
22. Write a note about Mr. Plummer, as narrated by Frederick Douglass.
23. How did the two boys struggle in Verona to earn and save money?

III. Answer One of the following in about 200 words. 1X6=6

24. Describe the sacrifices made by Mara to build and save the lake in ‘Watchman of the Lake’?
OR
The poem ‘If I was a tree’ is a satire on social discrimination. Discuss.

IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it.
The human body contains approximately 5.6 liters of blood. Blood acts as our body’s
transportation system—in one day, our blood travels nearly 12,000 miles. Pumped along by our heart,
blood takes oxygen from the air we breathe and nutrients from the food we eat to all the cells of our body.
Blood also keeps cells clean and healthy by transporting waste products away after the nutrients and
oxygen have been used for processes such as growth and repair. In addition, blood
transports hormones—chemicals made in glands that control a variety of processes—throughout our
body.
More than half of our blood is light yellow watery liquid called plasma. Plasma contains nutrients
and waste products, along with chemicals and matter needed for clotting, or sealing a wound before too
much blood escapes. The rest of blood is made of tiny cells. Most are red blood cells, which distribute
oxygen throughout our body and carry away the waste gas carbon dioxide, which is released from
our lungs. The remaining cells are white blood cells, which protect us from infection by attacking and
destroying disease-causing germs that enter our body. Red blood cells are the smallest cells in our body.

As the young red blood cell grows and takes on an adult form in the marrow of the bone, it loses
its nucleus, and it increases its production of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the red pigment, or color of
blood, and contains iron, combined with protein. When blood passes through the lungs, oxygen attaches
itself to the hemoglobin of the red cells. From there, the red blood cells carry the oxygen through
the arteries and the capillaries to all other cells of the body. The arteries appear reddish because the
iron in the blood gives up its oxygen to the cells that need it as the red blood cells travel throughout the
body. By the time the blood is back on its way to the heart and then to the lungs, it has less than half as
much oxygen as it did before. The veins, therefore, do not have as much oxygen as the other tissues, and
they appear bluish.
25. 10x1=10
a. How much blood does the human body contain approximately?
b. Our blood travels nearly ________ miles in a day.
c. How does blood keep cells clean and healthy in our body?
d. What does plasma contain?
e. What do the red blood cells distribute throughout our body?
f. What is the function of the white blood cells in our body?
g. _____________ are the smallest blood cells in our body. (White blood cells / Red blood cells)
h. What happens when the young red blood cell grows and takes on an adult form?
i. Why do the arteries appear reddish?
j. Add a prefix to the word ‘appear’ to form its antonym.

V.26.
A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles given in brackets. 2x1=2
Babar Ali started _____school for the poor children of his village in the backyard of his house and became
_____ youngest headmaster of that school. ( a/an /the )

B. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions given in brackets. 2x1=2

In the story ‘Oru Manushyan’, the narrator taught the migrant labourers to write addresses in English
everyday ______ nine thirty till eleven _____the night. ( to / from / in )

27. Rewrite as directed. 3x1=3

i. The man decided to teach a lesson to the cunning animals.
(Add a question tag)
ii. Mara brought a bundle of creepers from the forest.
(Change into a question beginning with the right form of 'do')
iii. Captain Anthony was the first master of Frederick Douglass.
(Frame a question to get the underlined word as answer)

28. Complete the dialogue: 4x1=4

(Conversation between a mother and her son who is staying in college hostel)

Mother : Dear son, how are you?

Son : Namaste amma. _____________. How are you ma?
Mother : ____________________________.
Son : Amma, I won the first prize in Essay Writing Competition in English.
Mother : _____________________. When would your exams start dear?
Son : Amma, the final exams would start on 13th February.
Mother : How’s the preparation my boy?
Son : _________________________.
Mother : Study well. Eat properly and have good sleep. Be a good boy.
Son : OK ma. Love you amma. You take care of yourself.
Mother : Love you too. God bless you. Bye dear.

VI. Refer to the following list of events and answer the questions set on it in one complete
sentence each: 4x1=4

Republic Day Celebration in the College on 26th January 2024

S.N Events Time Venue
1 Flag Hoisting and National Anthem 09:00am to 09:15am
2 Stage Programme:
a) Welcome Speech
b) Speech on importance of the Day 09:30 am to 11:30am Jhansi Rani Stadium
c) Cultural Activities Government PU College for Girls
d) Presidential Speech Chintamani
e) Vote of thanks
3 Lunch 12:00pm to 01pm

29.
i. What function is celebrated in the college on 26th January?
ii. When does the flag hoisting begin?
iii. The stage Programme ends with _________________.
iv. Where is the function celebrated?

30. Imagine you have passed first PUC recently. Write a letter to the principal of your college to
issue your transfer certificate and marks card. 5x1=5
Your letter shall include:
• Your admission number
• Course and combination you studied
• Purpose of changing the college