GOVT.
DEGREE GIRLS
COLLEGE
7 / A S U R J A N I T O W N , K A R A C H I
Preliminary Examination -2023
According to the syllabus of the Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi.
Time: 3 Hours ENGLISH XII Max. Marks: 100
SECTION ‘A’(MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS -M.C.Qs.) (Marks : 20)
NOTE: i) This section consists of 20 part questions and all are to be answered. Each question carries one mark.
ii) This Section ‘A’ of Multiple Choice Question (MCQs) must be solved on the provided OMR sheet.
iii) The correct answer bubble must be filled on OMR sheet 1)
iv) Use only blue / black ball point pen on OMR sheet.
v) Avoid pencil/White-o pen/correction pen/ink remover and gel pen to solve the question on OMR sheet.
Q.1 Choose the correct answer for each from the given options:
(i) When Mrs. Oakentubb was young, her hair was:
(a) dark (b) grey (c) banana blonde (d) mouse brown
(ii) If human life is to be tolerable, it cannot be wholly:
(a) centralized (b) mechanized (c) dramatized (d) commercialized
(iii) The Day the Dam Broke is a biographical but humorous essay from:
(a) Russell (b) Thurber (c) Galsworthy (d) Einstein
(iv) At the time of freedom, the number of Muslims lived in the sub-continent was:
(a) 50 Million (b) 100 Million (c) 150 Million (d) 200 Million
(v) Jack Barthwick, in the play The Silver Box, offered Jones some:
(a) wine (b) whisky (c) coffee (d) water
(vi) Einstein regarded class differences as contrary to:
(a) audacity (b) justice (c) society (d) tribal system
(vii) According to Miller, generosity is the essence of:
(a) sociability (b) character (c) friendship (d) gentle nature
(viii) The word ‘pard’ in The Seven Ages of Man means:
(a) world (b) leopard (c) nerd (d) served
(ix) Thomas Campion wrote the poem:
(a) Endymion (b) Samson Agonistes (c) The Man of Life Upright (d) Ulysses
(x) The secret of Israelite Judge’s strength lay in his:
(a) body (b) character (c) mind (d) hair
(xi) According to Pope, the extinction of the world is similar to the bursting of:
(a) balloon (b) ball (c) bottle (d) bubble
(xii) Solitary Reaper is a short:
(a) elegy (b) lyrical ballad (c) dramatic poem (d) sonnet
(xiii) In the love story of Endymion and Selene, Selene was a:
(a) farmer (b) moon goddess (c) goddess of beauty (d) scientist
(xiv) In his poem, Shelley gives the examples of violets, roses and:
(a) books (b) music (c) birds (d) trees
(xv) To convey the idea in his poem, Arthur Hugh Clough presents:
(a) two images (b) three images (c) four images (d) five images
(xvi) English name of Odysseus is:
(a) Menelaus (b) Agamemnon (c) Ulysses (d) Achilles
(xvii) In The Lost Star, the poet is searching for:
(a) Wealth (b) Primeval Spark (c) Light (d) Fame
(xviii) Three of The Six were:
(a) Germans (b) Italians (c) Foreigners (d) old men
(xix) I am Rudolf Rassendyll. I am a traveler from England and I am here to witness:
(a) Marriage (b) Coronation (c) Games (d) The Ball
(xx) Our family does not need to do things. This remark is given to:
(a) Sapt (b) Robert (c) Rose (d) Rupert
SECTION “B” SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (40 Marks)
NOTE: Answer Ten part-questions from this section, taking a least Two part questions from each sub-section. All
questions carry equal marks.
Sub-Section I (Intermediate English Book-II)
Q.2(i) Does the author welcome cultural uniformity or not? How does he justify his attitude?
(ii) What does Liaquat Ali Khan state about the real meaning of freedom for the common man?
(iii) What motive does the man have for murdering Mrs. Judy Oakentubb?
(iv) What forces does Einstein blame for the persistence of war?
Sub-Section II (Selections from English Verse Part-II)
(v) What does Wordsworth guess about the theme of the girl’s song in the poem?
(vi) What similarities between the world and the theatre does Shakespeare present in the monologue?
(vii) What does Campion mean by “well-spent age”? How can it be wealth?
(viii) What idea has Alexander Pope presented in the poem, “An Essay on Man”?
Sub-Section III (The Prisoner of Zenda)
(ix) Comment briefly on the tea-table incident in the novel The Prisoner of Zenda.
(x) What is meant by the Ball? Who proposes to arrange it and why?
(xi) What is meant by a Morganatic Marriage? Explain with reference to the novel The Prisoner of Zenda.
(vii) Who is more devilish–Black Michael or Rupert of Hentzau?
Sub-Section IV (Grammar)
(xiii) Use any Four of the following phrasal verbs in sentences:
to look into; to run out; to take after; to turn down; to look down upon
(xiv) Use any Four of the following pair of words in your own sentences.
a) dear: deer b) weight: wait c) bear: beer d) rear: rare e) heroin: heroine. f) eligible: illegible
(xv) Match any Four of the following words of column ‘A’ with the meaning in column ‘B’:
Column A Column B
insolence sociability
brief sojourn there
geniality rudeness
satchel wings
pinion short time
yon school bag
SECTION “C” DETAILED ANSWER QUESTIONS (40 Marks)
NOTE: Answer Four questions from this section. All question carry equal marks.
Q.3 Write an Essay on any One of the following topics:
(i) Importance of digital / online / virtual education
(ii) Impact of social media on young generation (iii) Inflation (price-hike) OR Energy Crisis in Pakistan
(iv) FIFA world cup 2022 OR PSL 8
Q.4 Highlight the distinguished characteristics of any One of the following characters of your own choice:
Rudolf Rassendyll or Rudolf Elphberg
Lady Antoinette de Mauban or Princess Flavia
Black Michael or Rupert Hentzau
Q.5 Change the narration:
(i) He said to me, “Why are you angry with me?”
(ii) He said to me, “Will you be at home tomorrow?
(iii) The mother said to her daughter, “Do not waste your precious time.”
(iv) He said, “Alas! My uncle is dead.” (v) The father said to his son, “Study earnestly.”
Q.6 Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:
It is of course a trifle absurd to speak of Asia as a unity, and only opposition to Western Imperialism has caused people
to think in these terms. Asia contains half the population of the world and at least three very distinct civilizations: that of
Islam, that of India, and that of China. These differ from each other just as much as they differ from the civilization of
Christened, and there is not the faintest reason to expect them all to act in unison. What is to be hoped is, not an
endeavor after cultural or political unity, but a determination to uphold independence at home and to respect it
elsewhere and when I speak of independence, I am not thinking only of politics, but also of culture. There is a great
danger of too much cultural uniformity.
1. Can Asia be considered as unified continent? (2)
2. What is the significance of Asia with reference to its population and vastness? (2)
3. Give meanings of the underlined words in sequence. (3)
4. Identify the parts of speech of the italic bold words in sequence. (3)
