Choose the correct option in meaning to the underlined words.

l am a cluster of bright beads.

(a) field (b) butter (c) stone (d) bunch
Luther said that unearned suffering was redemptive:
(a) worrying (b) disgusting (c) painful (d) purgative
Every valley shall be exalted.
(a) smashed (b) destroyed (c) unjust (d) saving
Abul's children came in quick succession
(a) cycle (b) knowledge (c) negligence (d) rejection
Is my accent very bad?
(a) wealth (b) fame (c) pronunciation (d) colour
l am determined to teach here.
(a) bound (b) inclined (c) resolved (d) renounced
I shall go to the beach,
(a) bazar (b) school (c) coast (d) office
Why does clay go to the beach?
(a) to take bath (b) to catch a fish (c) to enjoy waves (d) to look for oyster
Clarks's fishing tackle was safe and sound in the closet:
(a) ship (b) boat (c) place (d) gear

choose the correct answer.

Why did Fatehdad reprimand Abul?
(A) for saying long prayers (B) for making mistakes in the prayers (C) for ignoring his prayers (D) for begging
What did Maulvi carry in his hand?
(A) pencil (B) gilded stick (C) book (D) purse
What was opened in the village after Mehrun's marriage?
(A) a post office (B) a factory (C) a dispensary (D) school
Gadget is like a:
(A) blade (B) safety razor (C) knife (D) comb
'OK by-the-sea' is the name of a
(A) rock (B) shore (C) town (D) river

Choose the correct form of verb

Would that I ...... a minister
(A) was (B) am (C) were (D) will be
It _____ since morning
(A) is raining (B) was raining (C) has been raining (D) has rained
He ______ to Karachi tomorrow morning.
(A) is gone (B) was going (C) will go (D) goes
I work hard so that I _____ pass the exam.
(A) will (B) shall (C) would (D) may
I _____ living here since 1990.
(A) am (B) was (C) has been (D) have been
(SECTION-B)
Answer the following any SIX questions from Book- (Short Stories). 6x2=12
Ii. Why were the farmers throwing wet leaves on fire? (ii) Why did the men eat their supper with good
appetites? (Iii) How did the advancing locusts look? (iv) What did Martin Luther King say about injustice in
the state of Mississippi? (v) What were the feelings of Maulvi Abul when he saw the bare feet of his
daughter? (vi) Why did Chaudhry Fatedad reprimand Maulvi Abul? (vii) Why did the driver of the truck
speed away after the accident? (viii) What was the source of amusement for the people at the mall? (ix)
Give a brief sketch of
the man who was wearing overcoat.

Answer the following any FIVE questions from Book-lll (One Act Plays). 5x2=10
I) What is Harry's Philosophy of life?
(Ii) How did Miss McCutcheon look when she entered the shop for the first time? (ii) What does Clay
believe is in the Oyster? How much is its worth? Iv) Why did the writer buy
the oyster? (v) Who was Wozzeck and what did he do? (vi) What does Harry advise her to do? (vii) What
does Clark give Harry? For what purpose? (viii) Why does Miss McCutcheon want to change her
appearance?

Answer the following any FOUR questions from Book-lll (Poems). (4x2=8)
(I)Who was Abraham? What was his faith? (Ii) What is worse than slavery? (Ruba'iyat)
Iii)Why does the poet call himself a Fish? iv) What message does the poem "Love - an Essence of All
Religions" convey to us? (v) What is the moral lesson of the poem, "In Broken Images"? (vi) How can the
Muslims ragain their lost glory?

SECTION-C

Write a letter to your father asking him to increase your monthly allowance. 10 marks
Write a story on the moral lesson. 10 marks
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE

Explain the following lines with reference to context 5 marks

Faith is like Abraham at the stake: to be
Self-honoring and God-drunk, is faith. Hear me,
You whom this age's way so captivate!
To have no faith is worse than slavery.

Punctuate the following extract from Book-I: 5 marks

all the crops finished nothing left he said but the gongs were still beating the men still shouting and
margaret asked why do you go on with it the
Use any FIVE of the following pair of words in your sentences. 5 marks
(I) affect, effect (ii) clock, cloak (iii) cease, seize (iv) Coma, comma (v) eminent, imminent
(vi) waste, waist (vii) complement, compliment

Translate the following passage into Urdu. (Short Stories Book-i).

Beneath the scarf there was neither a tie nor a collar. nor even a shirr When the overcoat was removed it
was found that the young man was wearing underneath only an old cotton sweater which was all in holes.
Through these holes one could see the dirty vest which was in an even worse state than the sweater.
Lavers of dm covered his body. He could not have had a bath for at least two months. Only the upper part
ot his neck was clean and well powdered. The shoes and the socks now came off The shoes were old but
brightly polished As to the socks, in colour and pattern the one was quite different from the other. There
were holes at the heels.