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S.S.L.C MAIN EXAMINATION – 2021

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Subjects : First Language + Second Language + Third Language / NSQF

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40 Questions are provided against each subject. This question paper contains 120
questions in all.

(i) First Language – Question No 01 To 40

(ii) Second Language – Question No 41 To 80

(iii) Third Language / NSQF– Question No 81 To 120

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Question No. : 20) A B C D (This is an example only)

c) Do not fold, tear, wrinkle or staple on the OMR Sheet.

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SECOND LANGUAGE ENGLISH

Four choices are given for each of the following questions/incomplete statements.
Choose the correct answer among them and shade the correct option in the
OMR answer sheet given to you with a black/blue ball point pen. [40 × 1 = 40]

41) The child laughed loudly.

The part of speech of the underlined word is a/an
A) adverb B) pronoun
C) adjective D) preposition

42) Sudhir is ________MP and his wife is ________ homemaker.

The appropriate articles to be used here are
A) the, an B) a, the
C) an, a D) the, a

43) Reena is leaving tonight, _______?

The correct question tag to be used here is
A) is she B) isn't she
C) does she D) don't she

44) I _______ to my brother last week.

The appropriate tense form of the verb to be used is
A) writes B) written
C) wrote D) writing

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45) After a long search we found a hotel _________ it was closed.
The correct linker to be used here is
A) but B) so
C) since D) because

46) The correct prefix to be used to form the opposite of 'perfect' is

A) in B) im

C) un D) dis

47) Machines are replacing the workers.

The passive form of the above sentence is

A) The workers were replaced by machines.

B) The workers are being replaced by machines.

C) The workers are replaced by machines.

D) The workers have been replaced by machines.

48) There was nothing we could do. It took most of the following winter to buy
the trees.

The infinitive in the above sentence is

A) was B) took

C) to buy D) could

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49) I __________ playing football because of the injury.

The correct phrasal verb to be used is

A) gave in B) gave out

C) gave away D) gave up

50) The word that collocates with 'joint' is

A) damage B) account

C) commerce D) holiday

51) Raghu went to Mysore to meet his friend.

The appropriate question to get the underlined words as answer is

A) Where did Raghu go?

B) Who went to Mysore?

C) Why did Raghu go to Mysore?

D) How did Raghu go to Mysore?

52) Could you please lend me your book?

The language function of the above sentence is

A) instruction B) request

C) advice D) suggestion

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53) The word which has one syllable is

A) postpone B) debate

C) true D) calendar

54) In an official letter, 'Respected Sir' is known as

A) subscription B) subject

C) superscription D) salutation

55) Bridges are built _________ the river.

The correct preposition to be used is

A) across B) in

C) of D) about

56) If I had brought my camera, we _______ taken some photographs.

The correct words to be used to complete the ‘if’ clause sentence are

A) shouldn't have B) wouldn't have

C) would have D) should have

57) 'How could a boy fight a tiger?' This was said by

A) Swami's father B) the inspector

C) Swami D) Granny

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58) When Swami saw something moving towards him

A) he cried out in fear

B) he hugged it and used his teeth on it like a mortal weapon

C) he covered his face with blanket

D) he tried to run away from it

59) Doctor Anil Agarwal, seeing the extent of Roma's injuries, admitted her
immediately to the ICU without any paper work. This shows that

A) he was scared B) he was Roma's friend

C) he cared for life D) he was very influential

60) Baleshwar took Roma to the hospital with the help of

A) a traffic policeman B) a tempo truck driver

C) a motorist D) a railway employee

61) Baleshwar shouted 'Let's go and help her!' But nobody volunteered because

A) they were afraid of getting involved.

B) it was dark and getting late.

C) they were scared to jump off the moving train.

D) they thought one person was enough to help.

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62) Identify the activity in which the children of Rio-en-Medio were not involved,
after the Americans moved into the house.

A) playing under the trees

B) building little play fences

C) plucking flowers from the trees

D) pruning the trees

63) The line which suggests that the old man was a farmer is

A) He had a lot of time.

B) He tilled the same land his people had tilled.

C) He was in no hurry.

D) He was proud of his family.

64) 'A piece of land in which fruit trees are grown' is known as

A) creek B) ranch

C) orchard D) meadow

65) Baba Saheb Ambedkar was described as 'A symbol of revolt' by

A) Mahatma Phule B) Jawaharlal Nehru

C) Mahatma Gandhi D) K.M. Munshi

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66) Mookanayat, Bahishkrit Bharat and Samata were

A) Voice mails B) Newspapers

C) Political parties D) Magazines

67) The doctors at the cancer hospital said, 'Take him home, give him the things
he likes, indulge him.' This means that

A) the boy had not many days to live.

B) the boy had recovered.

C) the boy was willing to go home.

D) the parents wanted to take him home.

68) Anant astonished his guru because

A) he learnt to play the Sitar very quickly.

B) he was already able to compose his own tunes.

C) he won many prizes for playing the Sitar.

D) he was curious and asked many questions.

69) Sketching came naturally to Satish as he had always been good at

A) reading B) hiking

C) calligraphy D) listening

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70) Satish didn't want to go to a new school because

A) he would miss his friends.

B) everyone would make fun of his deafness.

C) it was very far from his house.

D) he had lost interest in studies.

71) 'My dad knew his duties.' His duty was

A) to encourage Grandma to climb trees.

B) to advise her to stop climbing trees.

C) to build a tree house.

D) to visit her in the tree house everyday.

72) Grandma learnt to climb trees from her

A) trainer B) father

C) son D) brother

73) In the poem 'Quality of mercy', mercy is compared to

A) the crown B) gentle rain from heaven

C) king's rule D) temporal power

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74) ‘It is enthroned in the heart of kings;’ Here ‘it’ refers to

A) earthly power B) sceptred sway

C) mercy D) awe and majesty

75) 'Shall I sing

Of your rock-cut temples, epics in stone,

The above lines depict that India is rich in

A) resources B) art and architecture

C) industries D) technology

76) In the poem 'The Song of India' the poet wants to sing about

A) the Himalayas and the three seas

B) wrinkled face and helpless child

C) the beggar and the leper

D) strikes and class war

77) 'his run-down shoes have paper in them'. This line suggests that the Jazz
player was

A) poor B) simple

C) clever D) rich

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78) You talk of __________________

Select the appropriate option to complete the line from the poem 'The Blind
Boy'.

A) blessings of the sight,

B) wondrous things you see,

C) sun shines bright;

D) my hapless woe;

79) Patil, the Sub-Inspector wanted to help Mohan's family because he was

A) a police officer

B) a friend of Mohan's father

C) fond of children

D) Mohan's friend

80) Hema Aziz gave her children the message that

A) music was very important to her.

B) everyone has to face difficulties in life.

C) one's duty is the most important thing in life.

D) they should serve in the army.

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