Jain PU College, Jayanagar

MOCK PAPER
Subject : I PU ENGLISH
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. One-mark questions attempted more than once will be awarded zero.
d. Answers to question number 24 (a-j) and 25 (i-iii) should be in sequence and at one place.
e. For multiple choice questions choose the correct answer and rewrite it.

I. Answer the following question by choosing the right option: 10x1=10

1. __________ was the secretary of the commission of enquiry in “The Gentlemen of the jungle”
a) Man b) Lion c) buffalo d) leopard
2. Cage refers to ____________ in the poem ‘The School Boy’
a) Teachers. b) summer Morn c) School d) Parents
3. According to Mara, ‘The Thief’ was ____________
a) Sanna. B) The author. c) The medicinal Creeper d) Doctor
4. By tradition, the people of the city were __________
a) Soldiers b) beggars c) teachers d) money lenders
5. The children enjoy playing the game ‘school-school’ because they __________
a) Learnt arithmetic b) had never seen the inside of the school c) spared the rod d) none of the
above
6. The __________ would embrace the tree in the poem ‘If I was tree’
a) Cow b) sunlight c) rain drops d) Bird
7. _________ was bound and thrown into the cellar in ‘The watchman of the lake.’
a) Mara b) Ganga. c) Bhima d) workers
8. Mara offered to ___________ in order to save the lake.
a) Build a shrine b) Follow the Goddess words c) meet the king D) sacrifice his life
9. Nicola and Jacopo joined __________ during the rule of German Elite Guards in Verona.
a) Freedom Movement. b) Independence Movement. c) Revolution movement d) Resistance movement
10. In the poem when the speaker says “You are beautiful still my love, but I am helpless too” suggests that.
a) he has to address the miseries of human beings.
b) he is trying to flatter her.
c) his beloved is not as beautiful as she was.
d) he has given up his love.

A. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject. 3x1=3
11. I __________ (has/have) had two masters, my first masters name __________ (was/were) Antony. He
___________ (was/ were) not considered as a rich slave holder.
B. Fill in the blanks with suitable form of verbs given in brackets. 2x1=2
12. The Goddess __________ (have + Splash) her forehead with vermilion. He ________ (fall) down and
prayed her not to destroy the lake.
13. Match the expression under column ‘A’ with its corresponding language function under ‘B’: 5x1=5

A B
Expression Functions
1. Well done (i) giving permission
2. Would you mind passing...... (ii) congratulating
3. Please go ahead (iii) asking preference
4. You look smart (iv) making a request.
5. Who do you want to go with? (v) complimenting.
 II. Answer any six of the following choosing at least two from poetry in a paragraph of 80-100 words.
6x4=24
14. How is the child’s growth ‘nipped and stripped’ of its joy in the poem “The School Boy”?
15. Why does the poet describe money madness as our ‘vast collective madness’?
16. The speaker’s perception of the old woman changes from ‘burr’ to a ‘shatter-proof crone’ in the poem ‘An
old woman’. Elaborate.
17. What transformation in the priorities of the speaker, do you see in the poem ‘Do not ask of me my love’?
18. Describe the circumstances that led to the appointment of the commission of enquiry in ‘The Gentlemen of
the Jungle’.
19. How did Mara and the narrator think differently about tying the medicinal creeper to the tree in ‘Around the
Medicinal Creeper’?
20. Describe the embarrassing experience of the narrator in the restaurant in ‘Oru Manushyan’?
21. What motivated Babar to start his own school?
22. Write a short note on the cruelty of Mr. Plummer in ‘Frederick Douglass’?
23. What were the different ways in which Nicola and Jacopo earned money, in ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’?

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
Examine the poem, ‘If I was a tree’ as satire on social discrimination.

IV. Read the following passage and answer the question set on it:

Propaganda is the systematic effort to influence people’s opinions, to win them over. Propaganda is not
concerned with what is good or bad, true or false. Propagandists simply want people to believe the messages.
The word ‘propaganda’ may seem relevant only in political arena. But this can be applied in advertising too.
Every day we see slogans, commercials, trademarks, etc in newspapers, magazines and on television. Advertisers
depend on propaganda to sell ‘products’ like a brand of toothpaste, a candidate in elections or any view point.
Studies tell us that on an average, each of us is exposed to over five hundred different advertisements in a day.
Card stacking is one method of propaganda. Here propagandists may tell half-truth, distort evidence or
divert attention from one issue to another. Advertisers use ‘weasel words’, these are small words. They usually
slip right past us, but it makes us a lot of difference between reality and illusion. The best example of shampoos
– ‘help control dandruff’. But audience interpret this as ‘stops’ dandruff.
Another method is band wagon. Your propagandists try to pressurize like ‘Everyone’s doing it, why don’t
you?’ Often propaganda is succeeded because many people have a deep desire not to be different. The political
ads tell us to vote for the ‘winning candidate’. Advertisers know we always feel comfortable in doing what
others do. All of us wish to be the winning team and vote for the candidate. Propaganda is so effective that we
need to dictate and understand how it is used. Some propaganda sends, truthful and worthy message – don’t
drink and drive contribute to charity. Yet, we must be aware that we are surrendering ourselves, our
independence of thoughts and actions to others.

25. Questions: 10x1=10

a) What is propaganda?
b) Where is the word propaganda relevant in the passage?
c) What are the ideas sold in advertising called?
d) Mention one of the forms of propaganda as given in the passage
e) How does one advertise in card stacking?
f) What do advertisers use in card stacking?
g) Name the type of propaganda that pressurize the people?
h) Why does the propaganda succeed in Band wagon?
i) Some propaganda sends _________ (truth/truthful) message. (Choose the right word)
j) Add a suitable prefix to the word ‘comfortable’ to form its antonym. (In, un, re)

V. 26. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles given in the bracket. 2x1=2
A) _______ coffee seed bed has to be protected from _______ sun.
(an, a, the)
 Fill in the blanks with appropriate preposition given in the bracket. 2x1=2
B) The narrator slept all day and woke up ________ four _______ the evening.
(in, over, at)

27. Rewrite as directed. 3x1=3

i) Venice is a picturesque city, _______?
(add a question tag)
ii) The narrator thanked the stranger.
(change into a question, beginning with right form of ‘do’)
iii) Babar Ali has brought a significant change in the field of education.
(frame a question so as to get the underlined word as answer)

28. Complete the dialogue 4×1= 4

(Suma asks Priya to drop her to the college, but Priya politely rejects her request)
Suma: __________ where are you going?
Priya: I am going to my office
Suma: _________ college?
Priya: _________, it is getting late for me to go to the office, don’t think otherwise.
Suma: it is okay ___________

VI. Refer to the following list of events and answer the questions set on it in one complete sentence each:
1x4=4
Inter - Colllegiate programmes
Events. Timings.
Registration. 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM
Inaugural session 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Quiz program 12:30 PM to 2 PM
Debate competition 11 AM to 12:30 PM
Pick and act 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Price distribution and valid victory 4 PM to 6 PM.

29. Questions.
a. When does the inaugural session begin?
b. What is the duration of the quiz program?
c. Which event takes place between 2:30 PM and 3:30 PM?
d. How long will the prize distribution and valedictory take place?

30. Write a letter to the manager, Sapna book house, Gandhinagar, Bangalore requesting him to send
some textbooks to you. Your letter should include the following points. 1x5=5
● The course you are studying
● Name of the textbooks
● Number of copies
● Address to be sent.

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