ed ~ question Paper : English (FL) (yc, 2B 12: Selence oan sid. rs and Part-A and Part-g) 2 Papel See important uespus and papers Style of March 2925| 7 based on aN 42 of NOERT isl (FL) (006) (E) [ — [BOARD QUESTION PAPER-1 | FSCUCEICEPY 9. Hours] [ MARCH 2022 Total Marks : 19) rks 50 * Part-B : Time 2 hour / Marks : TPIrPA «Time 1 hour / Mav PART-A : Time 1 Hour] [Maximum marks : 59 = (I) There are 50 objective type (M.C.Q) questions in Part-A and Al Instructions = (eens are compulsory. tl (2), Thequestions are serially numbered from 110 50andeachcarries | mark, 1 (G) Read each question carefully, select proper alternative and answer in the OM. sheet (4) The OMR sheet is given for answering the questions. The answer of each question is represented by (A) O, (B) O, (C) O, (D) 0. Darken the circle @ of the correct answer with ball-pen. (5) Sct No. of Question Paper printed on the upper-most right side of the Question Paper is to be written in the column provided in the 10. OMR sheet. 7, He had a genuine love for anyone he came across. (Choose the correct Question Tag). (A) Had he ? (B) Hadn't he 2? (C) Did he ? (D) Isn't he ? 2. Suddenly the book assumed tremendous significance. (Choose the correct passive sentence) (A) The book assumed tremendous significance (B) Tremendous significance was assumed suddenly by the book (©) Significance tremendously book assumed (D) Suddenly the book has been assumed tremendous significance 3. He had read our minds correctly. (Choose the correct Interrogative sentence) (A) He had read our mind correctly Isn't he ? (B) Had he read our minds correctly? (C) Did he read our minds correctly? (D) Shall he read our minds correctly’ 4. I felt a dark chamber of my mind-up by a hazy illumination. (A) lighted (B) enlightened (C) lit (D) lightning 5. Gandhiji chided the lawyers for collecting big fee from sharecroppers (Select the antonym of the underlined word) (A) appreciated (B) commented (C) mocked (D) scolded 6. The paper-seeming boy with rat’s eyes. (Select the correct figures of sp (A) Metaphor (B) Synecdoche —(C) Simile (D) Ironypape seinen Boers ton Paper : English (FL) (NCERT) # FC ining of beauty is a joy forever. (Select the comect figures of speech) t P (a) Personification (B) Pun (©) Apostrophe — (D) Epigram j,_We ver: beginning without you". Who sad to wham? (a) Franz to Hamel (B) Hamel to Franz (©) Wachter to Franz (D) Hamel ro Villagers why were the old men of the village sitting in the class? % (a) Because they were {B) That they had not gone to school (©) To show respect 10 their country that was theirs no more (D) All the above sg. What did MHamel teach afer the grammar lesson? g (A) He made them draw flag (B) He taught them ParticiPles a He asked them to write a Poetry (D) He taught them a lesson in writing. i What did Saheb reply when the author said, “Go to schoo!” (a) There is no money with me! (B) I have no interest in it E (©) There is no school in my neighbourhood {(D) I have to work for my family’ ‘A frail young woman is cooking the evening meal. Who is she? (A) Mukesh’s mother (B) Mukesh’s sister (©) Wife of Mukesh’s elder brother (D) Mukesh’s grandmother . 43. The writer says-To do anything else means to [complete the line choosing the correct option. oom (A) succeed (B) dare (C) challenge (D) none of the above 14, ‘Deep water’ is an excerpt from (A) Of Men and Mountains (B) Treacherous Yakima river (© Fear of water (D) Terror and fear 15, At what age William Douglas decided to learn to swim ? (A) Ten or twelve years old (B) Eight or nine years old (© Ten or eleven years old (D) Six years old 16. Douglas sat on the side of the pool. Why? (A) He was timid about going in alone (B) The water was still (©) The place was quiet (D) He sat on the side to wait for others 17. Selma Lagerlof is a ____. writer. (A) Swedish writer (C) French writer 18. What does the poem ‘Aunt Jen (A) Contented married life (©) Constraints of married life (B) American writer (D) Russian writer nifer’s Tigers’ refer to? (B) Satisfied married life (D) Happy married life- 4 nN ay I ns et sean Peer) pe 3 SB rR teed th et embrand tie of {C) untamitiar place a rosa Slotning (C) Hage i () None ofthe above ead the passage and choose the eorrest option for questions 20 to 22, 5 A Nera als about the necesniy in the poor “Keeping Quiet Months parsed. Shukla warning on his haunches a the appointed spt in esl, * fay quit inwospection ; ‘when Gandhiji araved: he waited til Gandhi was te" Then the (0 of ih, @ feeling of mut among human being oarded a train for the city of Paina © and @) 20. Why was shukla waiting for Gandhi @) none of the above (A) He had never mot him before (B) He had great respect for him 44 The Pocm ‘A thing of beauty’ is based on a ae (©) He had 10 complain aboot something (D) None of the above (A) Greok (B) Chinese oe Oe 21. To which place did Shukla belong to ? So one i ca (A) Himalayas (B) Champaran (C) Nepal (©) Muzzatarpur (a) Valleys 8) Smal teams (6) Ponds 22. Gandhi saw the ee ee cis oat am tol clined cove ee Finley Fk tay cle ny tend) Pane Bi 23, Despite the drawbacks of the interview, itis a supremely ___ medium oy (©) The city folks who drove very fast (D) A eS (A) Working (B) Anistocratic (C) Magnificent (D) Serviceable You have the money, but if 24, ‘1 is cowardly and vile’ ‘you want £0 be mean, Who had expressed the above view about Interview? Why Keep Your money and go along. (A) Lewis Caroll (B) Caroline (C) V. S.Naipaul (D) Rudyard kipling 37, What is the poet intending to convey (A) Show Some sympathy to these poor deprived people. iat does Umberto Eco considered himself to be? ease (G) They too wish to get some money by selling their products, ES ose Nea (©) They can afford to help these poor people 26 Sophie ssid “Til be like Mary Quant”. Who is this lady? aiuto (A) 2 dress designer (B) an actor : ie ®) Selfish (©) Arrogant ©) Calm (©) an artist peers t 39, They do not fear the men beneath the tree. Who are ‘they’ in the above lines? Ge ee ee he we of Septic? (A) Farmers with a roadside stand (B) Slum children See ila tectenatei tren 30 think sensibly (©) Fishermen in the cold sea () Denizens of a world of green {B) They don't pay well for shop work 40, The writer of the lesson “The third level” is | Pie renidege tan Po ramacked for biscuit factory (A) Susan Hill (B) John Updike (C) Colin Dexter (D) Jack Finney area te above 41, Tt was the infant bor just ten days ago who had enunciated the words so clearly. 28. Kamala Das has published her work under the name of What was that astonishing words? (A) Madhuri kuty (B) Madhavi kutty (C) Manasi kuty (D) Padmavati (A) "0 wise ProPhets" | (B) "Hey wise men" ! 2%. My mother at Sinty-Six is (©) "O great prophets" | (©) “0 foolish men” | (A) Sonnet B) Lyrical idiom (C) ode (D) Song 42. Who is the Reverend Mcleery in the lesson "Evans ‘Tries an o-level"? 30. The stunted, unlucky heir of twisted bones means- The boy (A) Detective Chief InsPector (B) An invigilator (A) short in height (B) was short and bony (© A Prison officer (D) A Prisoner (©) has an inherited disability ©) is unfortunate 43. "Tomorrow you say he hit that mommy; Do it" Who is "You' in the above line! aL (A) To (B) Roger skunk (C) Jack expression is used by the poet to describe the classroom walls (A) Sour cream’ (B) Roctless weeds (C) Hair tom (D) Gusty wavesEn PY tne, WM and Doo ry with m spina bay who (@) Charley and Sam (D) Bvan and Governor ie comect alliEMALIVE Senter, sions (6 and 7) I 2 ‘one sent hove who prepare green wars, hors. with gas, wars with fire Victory with no survivor Would pur on clean. clothes nd walk about with their brother {in the shade, doing nothing : (B) Abruptly he jumped 1 Questions: é a abel ©) How abruptly he jumped 1 Sirat docs the poet request to the people who are prepared for was (Choose the correct Negative) Why docs dhe poet want the peopte to “walk with brothers (B) He will not accept the jy, swing questions In 3 to 4 sentences each (any four}: : ‘What expressions id the poet use to describe the classroom wall? the pall, Explain 6 1 Answer the follo 8 9. still be helpful in developing, mutaal ‘gamut | Some shape of beauty moves awa () Pompous (C) arrogant ®) greedy fo. How will counting upto welve and Keeping to the water when T was in it Tiuerstunding among human being {@) aversionable _(C) aversion @) averssion He Way ix Aunt Jennifer teified? ee reenr a ely tneging ie ron he cough sign, gg 12 What the poor peasants pray for in © Ine gray coage by the roadie 2 a Fie pane concn aah been MY (neat gti: Oa Rouey « — Answer the following questions ai itd Sam ii 1 charg in his leer? What doo inet from it? at is ‘students on Ice’ Programme? Why has been it so successful? Time: 2 hours] ‘March 2022 : 006 (E) Tact ‘casks .

Tenn 40, Kamala Das was a bilingual weiter, writing in a ese art ~ B of the question paper and total 1 language. "] {@) All. questions are compulsory. Intemal options are given {G) The numbers at the right side represent the marks of the question (B) Telugu and English (A) Malayalam and English (D) Malayalarn and Tamil (© Kannada and English (5) Start new section on new (6) Maintain the sequence. 41. The poem My mother at Sixty-Six’ is an example of a ©) lytical idi (A) haiku (B) sonnet (© limerick 42, Pablo Neruda is the Pen name of (A) Adrienne Rich (B) Robert Frost . (C) Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalio (D) John Keats a ves Be 43, Identify the figure of speech in the line ‘everything seems dead and later p alive’. 3 (A) Simile (B) Antithesis (C) Pun (D) Transferred Epithet | iw to six sentences each (Any Three) + 6 ‘Answer the following questions in five How is Mokesh’s nitude to his situation different from that of fis familv2 Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water? What was the iron master’s mistake? When did he realise 1?joard - Question Paper : Eng), a sua. 12: Solnee |B 8 ee Tic aii oo rover rosaTendeutarl Dackancs Ya ney “ Villages? i Ff ceptie ene met Wo cs Pcl scowrage her ° Sy Revert ‘reains? ‘ ‘SECTIONB Mr Lamb + Certainly " . e ay How vil you cli on a ladder and get the cab apes down? : jpolr te eee fae Lamb Te Feared 10 do i Ta ting ot ess is oy orev if wines inerencs i Wl amatincas but wil Keep A bower quctforus and asleep fell alin @ qs tent i avec gg giady the Informatie nd iterpret 3 im six t0 seven ful object? sentences. ee rm liowing table shows five diferent companies seling LED OAs Ti hat hey eared 8 one nail Yat & health & quiet breathing 6 What does the poet say about a beauti How is ‘Sleep’ described by the poet? {following questions in five to six sentences each (Any fy, Sate winter's moon"? 2 © Answer the 8 Why has the mother been compared t0 the 9 What will counting upto twelve and keeping sill help us achieve 10, Describe the plea of the folk who had put up the roadside stand 1. Why do you think Aunt Jennifer's hands are “lutering through hy ‘12, What is the ‘Childish longing’ that the poet Pablo Neruda refers inVain? 43. What kind of pain and ache is felt by Kamala Das? = Answer the following questions in five to six sentences each (Any two) : 14, Write 4 pen picture ofthe Maharaja of Pratibandhapuram. 15. What was the dilema of Dr. Sidso? How did he react to this situatio 16, Compare and contrast the Characteristics of Mr, Lamb and Derry 1 17. What is the central theme of “We too are human beings ‘SECTION-C ‘orrections Rectify the Errors : Exros 18 The waterwas steel 19, and the tiled bottom was a 20. waite and clean as an bathtub. + Rewrite the sentences using the correet mea 21, It had never existed for any other purpose than to set baits for people ings of the given idioms/phrases. (have obstacles, set a goal for, offer temptation) Fiom the begining, T had aversion to the water (strong dislike, strong desire, strong liking) 23, He had resorted to both begging and petty thiever (for his health, for his well-being, for his livelihood) ry to keep body & soul to; = Did you get your leg blown of in the wart c Tpespret this data with proper reasoning oR Paraphhrase the following poem. countries foreign Remember, no men afc strange, 00 © Feneath all uniforms, a single body breathes Tike our ; the land our brothers walk upon Ts earth like this, in which we all shall le 00, aware of sun and air and water, . by wars long winter starv'd They, ‘are fed by peaceful harve Thc hands are ours, and in their lines we read A Jabour not diferent from our 0 ribet they have eyes like ours that wake and strength that can be won ry land is common lift Je and understand ‘Apply in confidence stating ¥ Remer 0r see By love. 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(@ he OME sheets iven for answering the questions, The sve’ Tee Oh question is represented by (A) 0, (B) 0, (C) 0, (D) 0: Darken the circle @ of t ‘Set No. of Question Paper prin the Question Paper is to be w OMR she: the correct answer with ball:pen ed on the upper-most right side of the column provided in the Garken the appropriate circle in the given OMR ‘Choose the correct option Sheet. jas published many novels and short stores in English and Malayalam Sader the name of “Madhavikuty’ (a) Kamala Das (B) Pablo Meruda (C) Adtina Jones Langestof Pablo Neruda talks about the necessity of (A) Introspection @) Intere (©) Tmmonality Keeping Quiet is a plea for _ (A) prayer (B) peace Human being should lear with silence. (A) adjusting —_—-(B) following ‘A thing of beauty is @ Joy forever (A) Hyerbole ——(B) Simile ‘Over darkened” means —____ (A) dark clouds (©) evening time ‘Aunt Tennifer's tigers prance across a screen. (C (A) Simile (B) Alliteration (©) Hyperbole don't bother the notice road side st (B) Car drivers (C) Pedestrians. (D) Hawkers -s, it will never pass into nothingness. (Choose the Conse ©) Selma (@) Innocence: (© work (©) meditation (©) working (©) stopping (choose the correct figure of speech) (© Metaphor D) Litotes (B) more depressed (D) clouds with water thoose correct figure of speech) (D) Repetition (A) City dwvelle Its loveliness increa: figure of speech) (A) Climax (B) Hyperbole (C) Litotes (D) PersonificationTp simmer. (ay A swimmer sho A swimmer is afraid {OMe strange that « swimmer | afraid of water be afraid of water to water ‘of married lie 4 {D) A swimmer can afraid of water Pats Gand was born nhs ta) Where this place Mahatma. Gandhi was Dor 7 {@) Where as Mahatma Gandhi born ? {© Mahatma Gandhi was bom where ? {D) Thi is the place where Mahatma Gandhi was Sis shows that your heart is weak. (Choose cored ‘This shows the weakness of your heart {B) This shows that your heart is weak {© Show me the weakness of your heart (D) Thi is the weakness ‘He had a. genuine love for any one ace. (Choose correct use of where) ©) tracition, bom 2 1 simple sentence) hhe came across. (Choose correct Question. re} 8) ©) prejudice (a) Handt he?) Isn't he? (© Didnt he? @D) Had he? ike a hot brick. (Choose correct use of as i Osnn a (Choose voreet us ® (A) He dropped me as if Tam a hot brick {B) He dropped me as if a hot brick (© He dropped me as if 1 were a hot brick (0) He dropped me as if 1 was a not brick ‘Was the carried alone by you? (Choose the correct active voice) (a) Did the eared alone by you? (B) Do you carry him slone? (© Was you cary him alone? (D) Did you carry him alone? |9, Usually itwas not 60 cold as it was then. (Choose corect comparative degree) (A) It was colder than usual (B) Tt was not colder than usual (©) was the must cold than now (D) It was colder as usual ‘0. If you cat say with conviction don't say i at all, (Choose correct use of unless) (A) You can't say with conviction unless you don't say it at all (B) unless you can't say with conviction don't say it at all (©) umless you can say with conviction don't say it at all (D) unless you don't say it at all you can't say. with conviction 4. "Vive La France !" means n (A) Living in France (C) Leave France M, Hamel wore his beautiful green coal, his fri cap only on the days ofi as How did Gandhi inform JB Kripa So {A) by telephone CB) by Email (C) by leer ‘When did Gandhi reach ot Muzaffarpur ? (api the moming (B) at midniht (©) a nO goats a pancakes tts about the infivenee of in India. (A) dramas gq. According fo Asokamitean —— (@) Crela Gasbo (8) Miss Gohar_ (©) ‘Vyjayanthimala (D) Rs ne ces, en D) Poveny of a particular oni, (A) mE ORE (B) strict discipline {€) strict hierarchy (D) strict observation none voted ax the Dest Silent Actress of the eum, Gioia Gorse (©) Hema Malini ®) Saye Pras) MA Agnihotn was the profesor at Jogos in ly (A) David Lodee (D) by telegram | (D) in the evening, con every aspect of life (©) make-ups—_-(D) actors even heard of pancake. ati Agnihotri B) movies may not ha the university of Bol (B) Chnstopher silverser (© Firozabad ) Hyderabad (©) Umberto Eco (D) Mukund padmanabhan Jores the theme of Adolescent fantacising and hero and became an adviser and friend to $0 “Going pases exo worship. (8) Franklin D. Roosevelt {&) AR. Barton (C) Danny casey (B) Asokamian (P) . S. Vasan aaa (D) John Adams ewer Went fo Take in New Hampshire, PART-B ———— ggs Island. 7 (©) Wert worth (D) Metolius HIMES hours] June/July + 006 (&) [Maximum marks : 50 ass blowing industry where families have sy 4% f Trstructions : (1) Write in a clear legible handwriting. at (2) There are five sections in Part = B of the question paper and otal 1 to 28 questions are there. {) All questions are: compulsory. Internal options are given. fo Muzaffarpur, which was enroute to {@) The numbers atthe right side represent the marks of the question. ee information about conditions than Shokls (6) Stat new section on new page. Beer ccpan io potewor | 0. mma te) Menai ie 2on8 Se fuzaffarpur, who he had seen at Tagorc’s 9 ght, 15 April 1917. Kripalani wos - SECTION-A ‘of students. Gandhi stayed there for ‘ateacher in a government school (©) convenient (D) boaring "and choose the correct answer for question +s Answer the following questions in five to six sentences each. (Amy Three): 06 "Mention the hazard of working in the glass bangles industry. is fear of water? {nto a rattrap. “mystery, ts (D) on the cou! hy is the Englishman's visit referred to ag unexplained tn ite mesa, Teacher in government schoo! : a i Sia bw (D) Politician2 2 See "Zo What socio-economic background did sophie belong 10? What are the indicaioy, Being and thciery to kp bay and sul tga eS : on cep body aisigh, to Keep contol ever one sul) inane & tesed to Oblivion and the curtain of life fell. (became dark, feci SECTION-B 25 Te ys a deadly experience) =— SECTION-B as Be Mipcrs a deadly © + ead te loin pum and anv he ning gusto ne I fing nt itt fr of wae ‘f Fee cont ios 2 ofl Hee eave sophie sid, coming ome from school, "im going to have & powtigue” Would not harm Whales Wve lakh oF, something like that" etn eke in Be i, topic sic, staring far down the set Would look at his hurt bands i end 3". i Ces you a Tong time 1 save that ch Those who prepare green Wan ee foaregse tac ‘Wars with gas, wars with fire, eligled ae SECTION-D Victory with no survivers Questions = a 6 What would the man gathering salt look at? i 7. Which types of wars are referred 10 in the given stanza? + Answer the following questions in five to six sentences each (Any four): 05 8 What observation was done by Kamala das while driving from het parents hon to Cochin, 9. What makes human beings love life in spite of toubles and suffering? 410. What is the ‘sadness’ that the poct refers t0 in the poem ‘Keeping Quicr’ If, What is the ‘childish longing that the poet refers to? Why is it *Vain"? 12, ‘A flowery band to bind us to earth’ Elaborate. 13, What is suggested by the Image ‘massive weight of uncle's wedding. band + Answer the following questions in five o six sentences each (Any two): gy 14, “The modem world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry and stress’. What arc the ways in which we attempt to overcome them? 15. What had the Maharaja of praibandapuram done to find the requised number tigers to kill ? 16. Why is Antarctica the place to go to, to understand the earth's present, past anc future ? = C@- Maximum Tem.(C) -*= Minimum Tem. (.C)) nel interpret it in six to even sentences. study the following © of HMonihly Average of Ahmedabad!s Maximum and Minimum Temperature ‘Temperature CO) SECTION-C + Rectify the errors : 03M paraphrase the following poem. Error Correction If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill When he began his career se Be a scrub in the valley-but be There were no firm established ee The best little scrub by the side of the hill Film production companies or studios 20. Be a bush, if you can't be a tree. Rewrite the sentences using the correct meaning of the given phrases/ If you can't be a bush, be a bit of the grass S ‘And some highway happier make \Mukesh’s family had to slog their daylight hours for eaming. (Slot work day-n TF you can't be muskie then just be a bass Fees area aa sable WOK d2)-nizh) But the liveliest bass in the lake!ENGLISH (FL) PART-A : ANSWERS \ QUESTION PAPERS-1 to 3 | ——— O QUESTION PAPER.-1 : MARCH 2022 Q “MERRIE S B40) a) clan oy 8 ®) 09, @) 10 @) UC) 12 13.0) Mm) 15.06 16 (A) 1A) 18) 19. @) 2.) 21.6) 2© 23.0) 20) 25, (B) 26. (A) 27. (D) 28. (B) 29. (B) 30. ©) 31. (A) 32, (B) 33.(C) H(A) 35. (B) 36.) 37.) 38. B) 39.) 40. D) f 4 @) 42 (8) 43. (©) 44. (©) 45. (B) 46. (D) 47. D) 48. 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