Doo 5aeo 09038 wmsNderssd Seo (edws) orielech Bae ee, eorietecd {Oshe doris - cinco aeigérieh BAeaco marie seco HA wane 2023-202410™ STANDARD - FIRST LANGUAGE - ENGLISH MODEL QUESTION PAPER -1 (with Answer) TIME: 3.15HRS MAX MARKS-100 I.Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below and write in the space provided along with the letter of the alphabet. 6x16 1...... pen is ......useful instrument. The correct articles to be filled in are: a) athe bjthe,a dthe,an the, the Ans.: b) the, a 2. With her beaks she kissed a few feathers. The figure of speech used here is a) Alliteration b) Metaphor c) Personification _d) Simile Ans.: ¢) Personification 3. Children do n’tplay out-door games . The appropriate question tag is; a) do they? b) don’t they? ©) does they? d) doesn’t they? Ans.: a) do they? 4. Ajith sings melodiously. The underlined word is; aja noun bja verb ©) an adjective 4) an adverb Ans.: d) an adverb 5. Give me one..... your pitcher..... paint a picture on it. The correct prepositions to be filled are a) of, to b) from, to 0) of, for 4) from, for Ans.: d) an adverb 6. A bouquet of roses... given to her yesterday. The correct verb to be filled is: alis b)was care 4) were b) was I Observe the relation in the first pair of word and complete the second pair 4xd=4 7. delight : happy :: grief 8. manage : management :: act : 9. bring : brought :: understand : : 10.seen : scene :: right ‘Ans. 7. sad 8.action 9. understood 10.write Il, Rewrite as directed 3x1=3 11. Change the voice of the sentence.:The boys played football everyday Football is played by the boys every day. 12. Change into a simple sentence : How beautiful the scenary is! “What a very beautiful scenery it is! 13, Use “so - that - not”. : It is raining heavily, we cannot go out to play. It is raining so heavily that we cannot go out to play. IV. Answer the following questions in a sentence 4xi=4 14. Why did the elders of the worker's Paradise become anxious ? The elder’s of the worker's paradise become anxious because work had begun to suffer there. Many people who had been active before were now idle, wasting their precious time on useless things such as painting and sculpture. 15. What according to Pierre is the sure sign of starvation? According to Pierrie, squinting slightly while begging is the sure sign of starvation. Page 38 O sem16. Who was Lochinvar? Why did he go to Netherby Hall? Lochinvar was a brave knight of Scotland. He rode to Netherby Hall as Ellen, the girl he loved was getting married there. 17.What was Parasurama’s curse? Parasurama cursed Karna that the Brahmasutra he had learnt would fail him at the fatal moment, and that he would not be able to recall the invocatory mantra when he needed. \V. Answer the following questions in two-three sentences each. 7x2=14 18. How did Della save her one dollar and eighty-seven cents? Della saved her one dollar and eighty seven cents by bargaining with the grocer, the vegetable vendor and the butcher and saved one or two pennies at a time. 19. What is the difference between a mechanical act and an intentional act? ‘An action performed without conscience or moral thought is a mechanical act just like the performance of a machine. But if the action is done with the sense of duty and power of thought, then it is an intentional act. 20. What did Anne record in her diary?” Anne Frank recorded her life in the Annexe with all it’s inevitable tensions and quarrels. She created a wonderful and delicate record of adolescence with complete honesty of a young girls thoughts and feelings. 21. How did the bride’s father receive Lochinvar? When the bride's father saw Lochinvar entering Netherby Hall, his hands went to the sword to fight Lochinvar. He asked Lochinvar whether he came to attend the wedding in peace or had he come looking for a fight. 22. Why did Ulysses and his men enter the habitation of the cyclop? Ulysses and twelve men landed in the island to know more about the inhabitants there. They went to the habitation of the cyclops to know whether they were hospitable or not 23. How could the narrator being blind could describe Mussoorie? The narrator recalled his memory when he had eyesight and described Mussoorie in October. He said that the hills are covered with wild dehlias, the sun is delicious and at night times one can sit in front of a log-fire and listen to some music. The place wouldn’t be crowded as the tourists would have left the place. 24, How was the majestic neck humbled by The Killer? The hunter did not treat the bird with care and concern but picked up its lifeless body by hands and jaws and stuffed it as one stuffs dirty clothes in a washing bag. VI. Rewrite the following as directed. 3x2=6 25. Change the sentence into reported speech. Kripa said. “This prince, who is ready to fight with you, is the son of Pritha and Pandu.” Kripa said that the prince who was ready to fight with him was the son of Pritha and Pandu. 26. Change the following sentence into other two degrees of comparison. Louis is one of the greatest scientists of the world. wgéris> 2023-24 Page 39 O saneVery few scientists in the world are as great as Louis Pasteur. (Positive) Louis Pasteur is greater than most other scientists in he world. (Comparative) 27. Change the sentence into compound and complex sentence. He wrote his exams well with good preparation. He had a good preparation and he wrote his exams well. (compound) Because he had good preparation, he wrote his exam well. (Complex) Vil. Answer the following questions in 5-6 sentences each. 6x3=18 28. At the end of the story, there is a complete change in the gir!’s attitude to life. Why? At the end of the story, the girl had realized that all works need not be having purpose or utility. Some work can be done just for the sake of pleasure. She saw new possibilities open- up before her. Therefor she followed the man out of the worker's paradise. 29. How does C.V. Raman show that water is the real elixir of life. 1. Water is the most patent and most wonderful thing on the earth. 2. Ithas shaped the course of the earth’s history. 3. Water has the power to carry silt in suspension. 4. The flow of water plays a greater part and beneficent one in the geological process in which the soil on the earth’s surface is formed 5. But if unchecked it caused soil erosion. 6. The preservation and utilization of water is thus fundamental for human welfare as it is necessary for both animal and plant life. 7. Harnessing of water resources will solve all major problems. 8, It helps in growing of vegetation, generation of hydro-electric power, improves the economy and becomes a means of transportation. 30. What argument does Gandhiji give to justify that a moral act should be free from fear and compulsion? 1. Gandhiji said that it is not enough if a moral action is done with goo be done without compulsion 2. To prove his point he has given the following examples. 3. If people wake up early to go to work for the fear that they might lose job, then their action of waking up early is not a moral action. 4. If people lead a plain and simple life because they cannot lead life in any other manner, then they are not leading a moral life. 5. If an employer treats his employee with respect or pays wages to retain him, then his action is not moral. fension but it must 31. What ideas of spirituality emerge from the study of the poem “Vachana”? Through this Vachana Basavanna wants to tell us that we give a lot of prominence to physical things and forget the spiritual things. Constructing a temple does not make us great devotees nor it is a sign of devotion, when God himself resides in our hearts. God does not appreciate these physical attributes but appreciates the true devotion more. The soul lodged in the human body is in fact a part of God. Therefore according to the poet, a true devotion is better and it is permanent than any apulent building which is in fact perishable. Page 40 O sane32. How does John Masefield describe his mother’s agony? The poem C.L.M a very thought provoking one. The poet talks about the innumerable suffering women undergo to biget and rear children and how men do not care about this sacrifice but behave in an inhuman or beastly manner by trampling on their freedom and triumphing over them in a lustful manner. It is a lesson to all, that we should not ignore the rights of women and treat them as if they are not important. The tone of the poem is serious, grave and makes us think about the way we treat women in our society. 33. What Justification did Dronacharya Give for his unfair demand from Buttoo? When Drona realized that Buttoo was superior to Arjuna, he demanded the right thumb of Buttoo. Without the right thumb, it would be impossible for Buttoo to shoot. He did this to keep up his promise that there would none equal to Arjuna in archery. This shows about destroying the life and future of Buttoo just to keep up his word. He was very unfair in demanding the right thumb from Buttoo, VIIL. Explain with reference to context. 5x3=15 34, “He'll say | look like a Coney Island chorus gi This sentence is taken from the story “The Gift of the Magi” written by O’ Henry. Della went and sold her hair and bought a gift for Jim with the money she got. After coming home, when her prudence and reason took over, she was afraid of Jim’s reaction, she took out her curling irons to repair her hair into tiny close lying curls. As she was waiting for Jim, she uttered these words while she was waiting waiting for Jim, she uttered these words while she was waiting for him, 35. “If you can cure animals, you can cure my son.” This statement is taken from the lesson “Louis Pasteur, conqueror of Disease” written by E.H. Carter. Pasteur had cured the animals of a deadly disease called Anthrax, which used to kill animals very quickly. Therefore, the mother of a boy who was bitten by a mad dog said these words to Louis Pasteur. 36. “why don’t you look out of the window?” This statement is taken from the lesson “The eyes are not here” written by Ruskin Bond, The narrator was travelling in a train and at Rohana a girl got in. The girl said these words to the narrator. Both the narrator and the girl were having conversation during the travel and the narrator described the beauty of Mussoorie. He then asked the girl how the landscape outside looked like and the girl responded in the above manner. 37. “Madame Gaultier’s hand is not for everyone to kiss.” This sentence is taken from the play “The Pie and the Tart” written by Chestertman. This was said by Marion to her husband Gaultier. Mr. Gaultier told his wife that he would be sending a messenger to carry the eel pie to the Mayor's house. He said that she would be able to identify the messenger when he kisses her hand. Then Marion said the above words. 38. “What shall a poor man, do?” This line is taken from the “Vachana ~ The Temple and the Body” written by Basavanna in Kannada and translated to English by A.K. Ramanujam. The poet says that the rich people build temples for the God to show their devotion but he could not do so as he was poor. Therefore he said the above line. Page 41 O sane