MODEL EXAM SOLVED QUESTION PAPER ENGLISH FOR +1 STUDENTS
SOLVED QUESTION PAPER OF ENGLISH MODEL
EXAMINATION 2014
1.
The narrator in “Lifting the Veil”,
comes across the following spot in Northern Thailand. DO NOT LITTER. Write two
other sign posts.
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USE ME ..DUMP WASTE HERE
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DO NOT PLUCK FLOWERS
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2.
Imagine you were present in the court
when the trial of the Peckham murder case was going on. Back home you decided
to write about the incidents to one of your friends. Write the letter to your
friend.
Place:
Date:
Dear
Friend,
Hope you are doing well. How is your
new School. What about your study? I am writing this letter to share an
experience. You might have read about the Peckham murder case in the
Newspapers. I was there in the court when the trial was going on.
As you know Mrs. Parker our neighbour
was killed two days ago. It was a strange murder done by Adams. There were four
witnesses and everybody present in the
court was sure that the man in the dock would get punishment. Mrs. Salmon was
sure of his guilt. She had seen him in Mrs. Parker’s house. She can’t forget
his ugly face and blood- shot eyes. But the trial had an unexpected turn.. The
counsel for the defence had brought his twin brother. Mrs.Salmon was shocked on
seeing him at the back of the court. She was totally confused and the court set
Mr.Adams free.
When I was about to leave the court, a
terrible incident happened. One of the twins was pushed onto the road. A bus
took his life. Everybody was thinking it as a divine vengeance to the criminal.
I know you are very much interested in detective stories. This incident will
make you more interesting. Hope this letter helped you to know more about the
evil- mided people. They are selfish to do anything for money. I request your
prayers for the departed soul of Mrs. Parker.
Convey my regards to all in
your family. Awaiting your reply.
Yours
lovingly
Sd/-
Adress
on the envelope NAME
3.
In the poem, “The Express”, the poet
glorifies the world of machines more than the beauty of Nature. What enchants you more, machines or nature? Express
your ideas in a paragraph.
A). Nature enchants me more than
machines. Nature is indeed more beautiful . All romantic poets praised the
beauty of nature and they considered
Nature as a friend and guide. According to me nature enchants me the most.
Nature really wonders us and helps us to lead a successful life. The music and
other natural sounds really give us pleasure. It excites our mind. But machines
are product of human beings and there is nothing exciting in their sound. They
can only destroy our mother earth. They even make us lazy. It is really nature
which always inspires us to think. It
even heals the wounds of the human mind
4. Imagine that you are
a journalist. You are inspired by the speech of Chief Seattle. Prepare a
newspaper report of the speech.
TEARS
SHED FOR NATURE
By
Ajith Prakash
Place: 21st March 2014; It
is a sport for men to destroy nature. Nowadays people are treating nature as
their enemy . I was very much inspired by the speech done by Mr.Chief Seattle
yesterday in the City Town Hall. He was invited there for the inauguration of
the public Nature Club. The powerful speech he made was really an eye opener to
all of us.
He reminded that Nature and men are the
members of the same family. We should have the feeling that we are the part of
the Earth. He said that white people are really savages. The White people’s
cruelty led to their ultimate end. It is
a truth that we all are the creations of one God. The colour of the blood is
the same for both red Indians and White people. He exhorted all to stand united
for a new life. He requested everyone to consider the air, water and every
other creature as precious and sacred. It was a good thing that Chief Seattle
asked the authorities to teach their children about the good deeds of their
fore-fathers.
Through this speech, Chief Seattle
reminded all of us the importance of Nature and all other creatures in our life.
5.
Bernard Shaw said, “All
autobiographies are lies”. Do you agree with this statement? Write THREE
statements either agreeing or disagreeing with the statement
A)
I think Shaw is partially true because
some people write only about their achievement in their autobiography.
B)
I strongly believe that
autobiographies are true facts because nobody will write fake stories about
their life.
C)
I think that one can never reveal
their privacy completely in their autobiography.
6.
As the president of the Residents
Association of your area, you want to make the members aware of the menace of
the hire-purchase system. Prepare the speech.
A)
Respected dignitaries, ladies and
gentlemen,
As the President of the Residential association I am very
proud that our area has become one of the leading associations. It is because
of our social- committed activities we could achieve this fame. Today I am
standing before you to make you aware of the menace of the hire-purchase
system. As you all know that modern
people are going after hire purchase system. Many young people are addicted to
this evil practice. They are interested to buy many valuable things under
instalments. It really troubles them. Most of the people find it very difficult
to repay the loan. Finally they commit suicide.
I think you all might have read the play “Never Never Nest”
written by Cedric Mount. In this play young couples Jack and Jill buy
everything under hire purchase scheme and they pay more money in instalments. It
is very shame that they own their own baby by paying the cheque presented by
their aunt.
Hire
purchase system is really a curse to our society. It really affects the smooth
running of our life. It only helps the poor to become more poor.
7.
Elizabeth and Lady Catherine are the
two female characters in the novel “Pride and Prejudice”. Pick out the
appropriate traits for each character and write a paragraph comparing and
contrasting them. ( Loving, Class Conscious, Arrogant, Intelligent,
Quick-witted, Bold, Dominating) Elizabeth:- Loving, Intelligent, Quick-witted lady Catherine:-
Arrogant, class conscious bold and dominating
Elizabeth and Lady Cathrine are the two prominent lady
characters in the novel “Pride and Prejudice”. Elizabeth is the second daughter of Mr and Mrs.
Bennet. She is really an intelligent character
in the novel “Pride and Prejudice”.Besides she is witty and loving. The novel really moves around her traits .But
her sin is prejudice. She understands the true character of Darcy only at the
end . She accepts his proposal only in the end. She loves all at family
especially Jane the family beauty.
But Lady Catherine is very class conscious and arrogant
character in the novel. So she opposes the relationship between Darcy and
Elizabeth. Lady Catherine even threatens Elizabeth to avoid the relationship with Darcy.
Elizabeth warned her not to marry Darcy. Lady Catherine always has
a dominating tone of conversation. But Elizabeth is not at all afraid of Lady Catherine’s warning and taught her a lesson .
8.
Imagine that the poet Robert Frost,
the author of “The Road Not Taken” is visiting your School. You want to
interview him to know more about him. Write FOUR questions which you would like
to ask him. Also write the responses you extract from him.
Myself: Good Morning
Sir, I would like to ask you a few questions. Is the poem “The Road Not Taken”
a sum total of your life?
Robert Frost: You are
totally right. It is really my life that has become that poem. I was really
confused with the two choice in my life.
One was to become a teacher and the other to become a poet. I thought
about it for a long time and took the less travelled path and it made all the
difference in my life.
Myself:- Good, you are
really great. Let me ask you one thing. What is the force that inspired you to
write poems on nature?
Robert Frost: oh! It is
very simple that I get more peace and happiness when I am with
Nature. When I was a child I spent much time with
nature and nature provided me everything.
Myself:- Do you think
that experience is at the core of your poems?
Robert Frost: Of course.
It is what I experienced in my life that really helped me to write more poems.
Almost all my poems are related with my life situations.
Myself:- Do you have any
message to young generation?
Robert Frost: My message
to the young generation is to chase their dreams with hard work. They should be
ready to travel through difficult ways. Besides they should make use of all the
opportunities of life.
Myself:- Thank you very
much for sparing your precious time for me.
9.
Prepare a short write-up on language
families and the resemblance between Hindi and English.
A)
It is very interesting to study about
different language families. There are more than 7000 different languages all
over the world. They are again divided
into 200 families. One of the large families among them is the Indo European
family. Some of the languages in India and English are members of this
particular family.
Hindi and English are the two members of the indo European
family. It is very difficult to find any resemblance between the two. But we
can find some resemblance between Hindi and English. The English word ‘cow’ and
the Hindi word ‘ghai’ are both originated from the Indo-European word ‘gwous’ .
The word for ‘warm’ in Latin is thermos, in Hindi, Garam and the English word
is ‘warm’. Thus we can find resemblances
between Hindi and English.
10.
Milton Davidson was arrested and put
in prison. He was really shocked to know that his computer Joe had betrayed
him. He wrote his diary that night. Write the likely diary entry of Milton.
A)
DIARY
Date
Time
Today was an
extraordinary day for me. It was the most awaited day for me. But everything
was upset within no time. I was betrayed by my personal computer Joe. How could
he cheat me? It’s all my fault. I changed him into the most brilliant computer
of this world. I feel ashamed of wasting all my time. I didn’t think that he
will betray me. I trusted him more than anything. But he betrayed me. He
published all my secret activities to the Police. He even makes love with my
beloved Charity Jones. He made plans to take my true love “Charity”. I couldn’t
bear this evil deed. I will never forgive him. I shouldn’t have revealed all my
thoughts to him. He made use of all these details to betray me. Tomorrow is
Valentine ’s Day. She will arrive and see me in this prison. I lost everything
. Now I am totally disappointed. I hope and pray to God that one day I will
take revenge on Joe.
11.
You went on a tour from your
School to Bangalore according to the
following itinerary. Prepare a travelogue recording your feelings, experiences,
impressions etc.
A TRIP TO THE GARDEN CITY
A)
We went on a three- day tour from
School this year. We started from our School in an A/c Volvo bus early in the
morning on 17th Feb 2014. We were a jolly group of forty eight
students and five teachers. Our tour was to last three days. Mysore, Wayanad
and Bangalore were the places on our tour itinerary.
We reached Wayanad in the afternoon on
the first day. We had had our lunch at Kozhikode. We went to visit a few
interesting places like Edakkal Caves, Pookode lake and Muthanga forest. The
climate in Wayanad was cold and humid. The scenery was breathe-taking. We spent
the night atop tree houses in a jungle resort. We had a camp-fire and it was
real fun.
Early in the next day we set out for
Bangalore. Bangalore is an overcrowded city. It was a thrilling experience to
all of us. It was far beyond our expectation. We visited a couple of modern
malls, the Lal Bagh and the Vidhan Saudha. Bangalore was full of bustling
vehicles, blooming buildings and criss-crossing fly-overs. We said good-bye to
Bangalore in night and we set out to Mysore. We slept on the bus to save on
hotel expenses.
Early in the next morning we took a
few rooms in a cheap hotel to freshen up. We had a vegetarian breakfast and
went for sightseeing. It was really adventurous to climb the Chamundi hills at
Mysore. The view of Mysore city from the top of the hills was picturesque. Then
we visited the Mysore Palace. It was really spectacular. The fine architecture
and exquisite structural beauty captivated us all. We started our return trip
late in the night and reached our School the next morning.
12.
The poem “As I grew Older” presents
befor us racial discrimination that the Blacks face in America. Suppose the
poet and his friend hold a rally against the racial discrimination. One slogan
is given below. Prepare TWO other slogans.
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SAY NO TO RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
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SAY NO TO RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
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BLOOD IS RED IN ALL…STOP RACIAL DISCRIMINATION.
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13.
The rabbits in the essay ”The Reason”
decides to put up a poster warning other animals about the cruelty of man
towards them. Write the script for the poster.
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BEWARE OF
MEN
BROTHERS
AND SISTERS,
*YOUR LIFE
IS PRECIOUS GIFT
*DON’T
ALLOW MEN TO ENTER INTO OUR LOCALITY
* MEN KILL
US FOR A SPORT AND IT’S A SORT OF ENJOYMENT FOR THEM
*BE UNITED
AND WIPE AWAY CRUELTY
*DON’T
WANDER IN THE FOREST ALONE
* MEN WILL
TRAP US AND OUR LIFE WILL BE DESTROYED.
* FOUR FEET
ARE THICKER THAN TWO
* ALWAYS
WALK IN GROUPS WITH THE BIRDS OVER US
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14.
How to prepare a note of appreciation
or review of a poem (comparing and contrasting)?
POINTS:-
1.
Divide your answer into FOUR
paragraphs.
2.
First paragraph should be the summary
of the unknown poem that you have in the question paper
3.
Second paragraph should be all other
relevant details of the unknown poem like rhyming wordsrhyme scheme,
alliteration, assonance, musical quality, tone, mood of the poet, language used
etc.
4.
Third paragraph should be the summary
of the known poem.
5.
Fourth paragraph should be all other
relevant details of the known poem like rhyming words, rhyme scheme,
alliteration, assonance, musical quality, tone mood of the poet, language used
etc.
MODEL ANSWER FROM THE MODEL QUESTION PAPER
“The Prayer of the Woods” is a short poem
which deals with the Nature. It is really a short and simple poem. It really
conveys the sorrows of Nature.
At the time of our birth, Wood is there to
love you. The most favourite cradle is made of wood to have rest for man.
During severe winter night wood is burnt to provide you the heat. The wood is
giving out its life for the human beings. In summer season, when we are tired
by the rays of sun, trees are there to provide you the shelter and talk to you
as a friend. When we are on a journey, fruits
of these trees provide you with refreshing food and quench our thirst.
This poem is made in such a manner that we
get a feeling that the tree talks to us its feeling of sorrow. It has a smooth
tone and a simple style.
Gieve Patel’s ‘On Killing a Tree’ is a sarcastic poem about man’s indiscriminate
destruction of trees. The tree is presented as an enemy to man. Man is
presented as a professional killer who thinks of all possible ways to torture
the tree.The poem begins ironically, describing the crime committed by the
tree. For years it has consumed the earth’s crust. Like a thief it has absorbed
sunlight, air and water and has grown up like a giant. So the tree must be
killed. But it is not an easy task. A simple jab of the knife will not do it.
From close to the ground it will rise up again and grow to its former size. It
will again become a threat to man. So the tree should be tied with a rope and
pulled out entirely. Its white, bleeding root should be exposed. Then it should
be browned and hardened and twisted and withered and it is done.The poem gives
a realistic picture of man’s attitude towards trees. The tree is his greatest
friend. But man is so foolish that he doesn’t realize the fact that
he is cutting his own throat when he cuts a tree.
Both these poems have the same theme but in a different angle. The
Prayer of the Woods is the out-pouring of the feelings of the tree. But the
poem “On Killing a Tree” is the expression of the man’s utter cruelty to
destroy nature. Trees are considered here as the enemy of men. Thus both these poems are written with the sole aim of protecting
trees. The first poem makes us aware of the truth of protecting trees
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