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Karnataka 1st PUC English Model Question Paper 1 with Answers
Time: 3 Hrs. 15 Mins.
Max. Marks: 100
Instructions
- Follow the prescribed limit while answering the questions.
- Write the correct question number as it appears on the question paper.
- One mark questions attempted more than once will be awarded zero.
- For multiple-choice questions choose the correct answer and rewrite it.
I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each: (12 × 1 = 12)
Question 1.
What was the elephant’s request to the man in ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’?
Answer:
To allow the elephant to put his trunk inside the hut.
Question 2.
Mention one of the sweet companies for the schoolboy.
Answer:
Sing with Skylark’ Skylark/ hunts man’s horn/ bird’s song.
Question 3.
Why did Mara once lay a trap in the forest in ‘Around the Medicinal Creeper’?
Answer:
To catch rabbits.
Question 4.
How much did the narrator have in his wallet when he went to the restaurant in ‘Oru Manushyan’?
Answer:
14 Rupees.
Question 5.
Mention one of the things that should be provided for free to everyone, according to the speaker of ‘Money Madness’.
Answer:
Bread/Shelter/Fire.
Question 6.
What is man’s true religion, according to Baber Ali’s father?
Answer:
Education.
Question 7.
The speaker of the poem ‘If I Was a Tree’ wants to be a tree because
a. trees are not useful to the people.
b. trees are not treated as objects of defilement.
c. trees are more humane than humans.
Answer:
c. trees are more humane than humans.
Question 8.
What was the command of the Goddess to Mara in ‘Watchman of the Lake’?
Answer:
To build a tank for Veda.
Question 9.
When was Frederick Douglass separated from his mother?
Answer:
When he was an infant.
Question 10.
What does the old woman demand from the pilgrims to show ‘the horseshoe shrine’?
Answer:
50 paisa coin.
Question 11.
Why were Nicola and Jacopo saving money, ignoring their comfort?
Answer:
To pay the hospital charges for their sister’s treatment.
Question 12.
In ‘Do not ask of Me, My Love’, ‘sorrows’ in the line ‘there are other sorrows in the world than love.’ refers to miseries
a. generated by love.
b. caused by the charity.
c. caused by poverty and deprivation.
Answer:
c. Caused by poverty and deprivation.
II. Answer any EIGHT of the following in a paragraph of 80 – 100 words each: (8 × 4 = 32)
Question 13.
How did the elephant cheat the man and occupy his hut?
Answer:
The elephant went to the man when it was in difficulty and asked him to give a place to keep its trunk to protect it from rain. The man showed sympathy and gave permission to keep its trunk only as there was enough place only for its trunk and himself. But the elephant slowly sneaked in and occupied the whole hut and threw him out, by saying that it would protect his hut from the hurricane.
Question 14.
Write briefly the speaker’s experience in the school, in “The School Boy”.
Answer:
The poet William Blake relevantly argues on the education of the children. He says that the boy is very happy being with nature and he learns freely in nature as he loves to rise happily in the summer morning. But when he thinks of school. his happiness disappears and he feels the school as a prison. The boy does not think freely in the school. The poet excellently says that the boy sits in the school in fear and anxiety and he questions how he can learn the subjects. When the child loses his happiness he doesn’t show interest in learning and ¡t becomes a major obstacle for his mental and physical growth. The poet emphasises on nature. He says, the boy gets happiness in the singing of a bird and watching the huntsman.
Nature is a sweet company to him. But when the boy enters formal schooling, he spends the time in irritation and anxiety. The poet stresses on free-learning and informal schooling, that is learning in nature. That helps to widen his mental hon ion and physical growth. The poet is not arguing against education but discourages formal schooling and encourages informal learning. Ile gives valuable advice to the parents to give a lot of sweet memories of learning in childhood so that the child gets all-round development and ensures the future of the nation. Totally, the poem is an excellent attempt to bring out the torture felt by the children at formal schooling. The poem gives the message to discourage formal schooling and encourage free learning for children.
Question 15.
What story did Mara narrate about losing the teeth on the right side of his mouth?
Answer:
The poet William Blake relevantly argues on the education of the children. He says that the boy is very happy being with nature and he learns freely in nature as he loves to rise happily in the summer morning. But when he thinks of school. his happiness disappears and he feels the school as a prison. The boy does not think freely in the school. The poet excellently says that the boy sits in the school in fear and anxiety and he questions how he can learn the subjects. When the child loses his happiness he doesn’t show interest in learning and it becomes a major obstacle for his mental and physical growth. The poet emphasises on nature. He says, the boy gets happiness in the singing of a bird and watching the huntsman.
Nature is a sweet company to him. But when the boy enters formal schooling, he spends the time in irritation and anxiety. The poet stresses on free-learning and informal schooling, that is learning in nature. That helps to widen his mental horizon and physical growth. The poet is not arguing against education but discourages formal schooling and encourages informal learning. Ile gives valuable advice to the parents to give a lot of sweet memories of learning in childhood so that the child gets all-round development and ensures the future of the nation. Totally, the poem is an excellent attempt to bring out the torture felt by the children at formal schooling. The poem gives the message to discourage formal schooling and encourage free learning for children.
Question 16.
How did a stranger save the day for the narrator in “OruManushyan”?
Answer:
Once, the narrator went to a restaurant with fourteen rupees in his wallet kept in the pocket and ate a full meal Consisting of chapatis and meat curry. He drank tea. The bill was eleven annas. He searched his pocket to pay the bill, but was shocked that his wallet was not in his pocket and someone had stolen it. When he said the same to the owner, the owner caught him by the lapels and ordered him to pay up. But as he did not have any money he offered to keep his coat there and later would bring some money and daim the coat. But the owner asked him to take off all his clothes. When he was removing them with great humiliation, a stranger came and helped the narrator by paying his bill.
Question 17.
How did “Anand Shiksha Nikethan” came into existence?
Answer:
Babar Ali started his school at the age of nine. In fact, his school “Anand Siksha Niketan” grew out of a game. Initially, the children used to play with Babar as a teacher. His friends had never seen the inside of a school, so they enjoyed playing as students. They ended up learning arithmetic and enjoying it. In 2002, this game got institutionalized with a strength of eight. Word spread and the numbers grew. Many friends of Ali and Non-Government Organisations, IAS officers and local cops donated rice for midday meals. At last, the Government took the initiative to provide rice to the school. Now the school has 800 students in total, with 10 volunteer teachers teaching for classes one to eight. It is a godsent opportunity for the poor chi I dren of the neighbouring villages.
Question 18.
How does the poem ‘If I was a Tree’ express the pain and plight of a particular community?
Answer:
The initiation is a definite success. Babar Ali’s intention when he started his school was to help the less fortunate people by providing free education. Today. more and more under NRI alleged people have utilized this opportùr of his and are coming up in society. Moreover, we can clearly see that Babar Ali’s action has inspired millions of people around the world. If more people take part to change the world for the better there will be a greater success than he would have wished for Babar All has brought about the change he wanted to see in his surroundings. if a young boy from a village had the will and determinations to make a change in the world out there, it is not right on own part to remain as mute spectators but we must also actively participate towards bringing the change.
Question 19.
What instructions did Mara give his son, Ganga, about the duties of the watchman of the lake?
Answer:
Mara advised his son to take care of the lake and not to allow any fishermen to the tank. The creatures should not be killed in that sacred place. This advice to his son reflects the helping nature of Mara. Mara never thought of himself even for a day. He always thought of others. So he advised his son to protect the tank for the sake of the village. He also advised his son to dedicate his descendants to protect the tank.
Question 20.
How does the poem ‘The Farmer’s Wife’ bring out the misery of the farmer’s wife?
Answer:
The narrator used to forego his breakfast and morning tea so that he had the money for his evening meal and Lea. One day as usual he came to the crowded restaurant and had his regular meal and tea, When he to pay the bill, he realized that his wallet had been picked. He revealed this fact to the owner who only found it funny and laughed out loud. Though the narrator offered to leave his coat with the owner, he forced the narrator to take off all his clothes. As the narrator was very shamed taking off his trousers, a stranger stopped him and paid his bill. Fie later made the narrator wear his clothes and took him away. When the narrator praised and thanked him, the stranger just laughed. He did not reveal his name but only warned the narrator against speaking about him.
The stranger shoed five wallets to the narrator, out of which one was the narrators. The stranger told the narrator to check whether his money was intact, and he wished him good luck. The narrator had mixed feelings by now. It was clear that his humiliation at the restaurant was due to the stranger’s picking his wallet and rendering him helpless. But he was also thankful to help at the right moment, avoiding the humiliation of standing stark naked in front of all the people. Ile fall that the stranger had perhaps undergone a transformation during his own interaction with the restaurant owner. This made him sa at the end, ‘May God help you’, and leave without saying anything more to the stranger.
Question 21.
Narrate the experience of the speaker in ‘An Old Woman’.
Answer:
The speaker is initially irritated by the old woman who holds on to his shirt and does not allow him to go. She asked for a fifty paise coin and offered to take him to the Horseshoe shrine, but he has already seen it. She hobbles behind him. So, he now wants to get rid of her. When he turns towards her, she asks what she was supposed to do living in those wretched hills. Looking at her bullet hole eyes and cracked face, the speaker doesn’t know what to reply. He feels that all notions of dignity and respectability seem hollow when such helpless, old people are left to fend for themselves. He feels guilty and ashamed to face her as he is not able to help her in any substantial manner. All civilization seems to fall apart at the unspoken question of the old woman.
Question 22.
What did the narrator learn about Lucia from the nurse in ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’?
Answer:
War is the element of mass destruction and history has plenty of examples of total annihilation of cities and populations. But, it can only destroy the physical structures like houses, buildings and of course humans. It can never crush the spirit of the survivors, as in the case of the boys, Jacopo and Nicola. They had lost everything in the war including their father and their house. But, their indomitable spirit, toughens them to face the situation bravely, do their might in the freedom struggle and later take care of their sister’s treatment by the sheer dint ‘ of their hard work and determination. They stand out as shining examples for their courage in the face of adversities and in a way, war has lost to them and they have emerged victorious.
III. Answer one of the following in about 200 words: (1 × 6 = 6)
Question 23.
How does the fear of money affect the individual as well as the multitudes of a money-mad society in “Money Madness”?
Answer:
The poem Money Madness by D.H. Lawrence focuses on how a man becomes more materialistic and loses the values and
sentiments in society. He only respects money than relationships. The society goes on measuring the man in terms of money. The man who does not have money does not get respect from society and who have money would be respected and obeyed by all. So to get all these social status, the man gives much importance to money and he never helps fellow being who is in difficulties. The poet says that man has a madness and it is widely spread among men. He affirms that if society goes behind money individual too goes behind the same. He confirms that no man gives a pound without pain and no man gives a ten pounds with Out trembling, the man loses his generosity.
Man makes money but money makes man and many things. So, the man fears of money and tries to accumulate it and respects it instead of a man. The poet also warns that money-less people should not be treated negligently and should not be treated on status. The poet fears about mankind if it measures man in terms of money, there would be no future for human relationships If people do not regain sanity about money. certainly, money has got men down to become its slaves. So. the poet offers a genuine solution that bread should be tree shelter should be free and fire should be free to all the people in the world. By overall view of the poem, the poet worries of the man’s greedy on money and offers a better solution for a better tomorrow.
OR
“The story of Nicola and Jacopo in ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ redefines the qualities of a gentleman.” Substantiate. .
Ans. The boys were true ‘gentlemen’, very refined and sensitive in character. They were devoted to their sister, and in order to earn money for her treatment undertook all kinds of jobs available in Verona. They sold fruit, shined shoes, ran errands and hawked newspapers and worked hard throughout Use day. This shows that they did not consider any job below their dignity. Though they were not born to do such jobs, they learnt them and performed them well. Their eagerness to learn and perform varieties of jobs demonstrates a sacrificing, loving nature which is ready to go to any extent to secure the happiness of the loved one. They were also selfless because very earnestly they saved the money to pay for their sister’s treatment but never on clothes or on themselves.
Both of them were proud boys. They did not discuss their problems with anyone, and very few people knew about their sister and her hospitalization. Even when the narrator took them to the hospital, they went in by themselves and did not speak to him about their sister. They, especially Nicola, did not like to ask for any one’s help. They display the real characters which exemplify a true gentleman.
The story begins with Luigi’s implication that the two boys might be thieves selling fits that they had stolen. What unfolds later proves how wrong his suspicion was. The boys prove to be every rich gentleman and gain respect from the narrator. They arouse feelings of love and respect in the nurse at the hospital too.
OR
The details given by Frederick Douglass about the life of slaves depict the painful and harsh experiences of the si* es. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer:
The passage reflects the brutal hidden faces of the masters who treat the slaves cruelly. The slaves were not given proper food. They were exploited by their freedom. Especially for women, it is double exploitation in the name of patriarchy and in the name of slavery. When the girls at the teenage seen are to be beautiful for their masters, they use them sexually and if they give the birth to children, the children were sold at the age of infants to avoid their sentimental relationship. The passage also explains the heart-rendering description of walking at night of mothers to see their children for several miles. Moreover, they have to talk only a little bit because the son would be tired of work and goes to sleep but in the morning they have to go for work before sunrise. if they failed, they get punishment of whipping. This shows the brutal nature of white masters to their slaves.
IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. (10 × 1 = 10)
It began on the fateful December day that Rosa Parks left her job at the Fair department store in Montgomery, Alabama. The square on that day was festooned with red and green Christmas lights and there was a big banner over one of the stores, saying “Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men”. Rosa Parks paid no attention to the lights or the banner. She had been working since early morning and she was very tired. There was a little pain across her neck and shoulders and her feet ached. It was Thursday, December 1, 1955. The Black Revolution was about to begin.
In Montgomery as in most southern cities, most of the bus passengers were black. Despite this fact, the first four seats on all buses were reserved for white people and could not be used, under any circumstance by blacks. Behind these four seats was a middle section of two or three seats that “if the front section filled up and one white person came to sit in the middle section, all blacks in the middle section had to get up and stand in the back.”
There was no need for Rosa Parks to rehearse all this. She was not looking for trouble. What she wanted was a comfortable seat. Anybody with a keen eye would have seen that this was not the day, nor the hour to give this mild-mannered woman a hard time. As she approached the first bus, she noticed that it was crowded and she let it go by for she wanted a seat; she wanted to be comfortable. Later when she got into the second bus the Negro section was full and she sank into a seat in the middle section. At the next stop, several whites got in and one of them was left standing.
The driver looked in the rear mirror and told the Blacks in the middle row to get up and give place to the white man. At this the others in the section vacated their seats. Mrs Parks remained seated. The driver this time asked her a little louder to get up. She acted as if she had not heard him at all.
He stopped the bus, got off and called the police. Two policemen came and asked her if she had understood the driver’s request. She said “yes’.
“Why didn’t you get up?” One officer asked.
“I didn’t think I should have to” she replied, and there came from deep inside her the terrible and unanswerable question, “Why do you push us around?”
There was no answer in the policy manual or in any book to that question and the officer mumbled: “I don’t know, but the law is the law and you are under arrest.”
Question 24.
Where were Rosa parks employed?
Answer:
Fair Department store in Montgomery, Alabama.
Question 25.
Where was the banner “Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men”?
Answer:
On one of the stores.
Question 26.
Why did Rosa Parks not pay attention either to the lights or to the banner that day?
Answer:
She has been working since morning /and she was very tired/Pain in her neck and shoulders/feet ached.
Question 27.
Why did Rosa Parks not get into the first bus?
Answer:
It was crowded/she wanted a seat.
Question 28.
Why did Rosa have to take a seat in the middle section?
Answer:
Negro section was full.
Question 29.
How did the driver know that the Blacks were seated in the middle row?
Answer:
The driver came to know that when he looked in the rear mirror.
Question 30.
Who did not obey the driver’s order?
Answer:
Mrs.Parks.
Question 31.
Every human being likes to lead a life. (comfortable/comforts).
Answer:
Comfortable.
Question 32.
Add an appropriate prefix to the word ‘comfortable’ to get its antonym.
Answer:
Uncomfortable.
Question 33.
Which question of Mrs Parks could the police not answer?
Answer:
“Why do you push us around?”
V. A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions given in brackets: (1 × 4 = 4)
Question 34.
Mara had gone ______ the forest to bring some bamboo shoots home. ______ his hands thrust through the bamboo cane when he was cutting _______ shoot, he accidentally cut his hand. The sharp sickle had apparently cut _____ artery, (with, the, to, an, a)
Answer:
to, with, the, an.
B. Fill in the blanks with the suitable form of the verbs gi\en in brackets. (1 × 4 = 4)
Question 35.
Mara ______ (do) not have any teeth on the right side of his mouth. He _______ (has) to chew everything on the left side. He ______ (be) aged and perhaps they _______ (have + fall) off naturally.
Answer:
did, had, was, had fallen.
C. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject: (3 × 1 = 3)
Question 36.
“I _______ (have/has) told you the reason twenty times. The king _______ (passes/passed) this way and I don’t want him to know that our village _________ (has/had) such fools as you,” said the village headman.
Answer:
have, passes, has.
D. Correct the following sentences and re-write them: (2 × 1 = 2)
Question 37.
This is an useful book.
Answer:
This is a useful book.
Question 38.
Bread and butter are my usual breakfast.
Answer:
Bread and butter is my usual breakfast.
E. Re-write as directed: (6 × 1 = 6)
Question 39.
Sanna plucked ______ (some/sum) medicinal leaves from the creeper. (Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word given in brackets)
Answer:
some
Question 40.
I did not ask Mara for any ______ (explain) because this was the height of his inventive genius.
(Complete the sentence with the right form of die word given in brackets)
Answer:
explanation
Question 41.
could have /asked for /an/you/ audience.
(Rearrange the segments to form a meaningful sentence)
Answer:
You could have asked for an audience.
Question 42.
I have no influence over him, _________?
(Add a suitable question tag)
Answer:
Haven’t I?
Question 43.
He stays in a very small, dingy room on a dirty street.
(Change into a question beginning with the right form of ‘do’)
Answer:
Does he stay in a very small, dingy room on a dirty street?
Question 44.
Babar Ali has brought a significant change in the field of education.
(Frame a question so as to get the underlined words as answer)
Answer:
In which field Babar Ali has brought a significant change?
VI. A.
Question 45.
Refer to the following list of events and answer the questions set on it. (4 × 1 = 4)
| College Day Celebrations | |
| Event | Time |
| Inauguration | 09.00 am to 10.00 am |
| Exhibition | 10 am to 1.00 p.m |
| Lunch break | 1.0 pm to 3.00 p.m |
| Valedictory function | 3 pm to 5.00 pm |
| Cultural Programme | 5.30 pm to 08.30 pm |
(i) How long does the Inauguration go on?
(ii) When does the Exhibition end?
(iii) What time does the Valedictory Function begin?
(iv) When does the Cultural Programme start?
Answer:
(i) One hour
(ii) At 1:00 pm
(iii) At 3:00 pm
(iv) At 5:30 pm
B.
Question 46.
Write a letter to Sri Dayanand, Commissioner, Mysuru City Police, Mysuru, thanking him for visiting your college as the Chief Guest for the ‘Athletic Meet’. (5 × 1 = 5)
Your letter should contain the following points:
- His call to the youth of today to be law-abiding citizens.
- His inspirational words about the duties of the citizens.
- His motivational words to join the police force.
Answer:
K. Sudhir
Secretary, Sports Association
Maharaja’s College
JLB Road, Manasagangothri
Mysuru – 570006
20 March 2019
Sri. Dayanand
The Commissioner
Mysuru City Police,
Mysuru.
Dear Sir,
We, the office bearers of the Sports Association of Maharaja’s College, along with the college faculty and all the students thank you wholeheartedly, for sparing your valuable time out of your busy schedule to be the chief guest at our college Annual. Athletic meet held on 16.02.2019 at our college grounds. We are grateful for your kind words of advice to the students for the present and also as to how to be responsible citizens once we complete our education. You gave us valuable guidance as to the necessity of rules and regulation in the Society and the importance of abiding by the laws. Many of us have been motivated after your explanation of the role of the police in society to join the Police Force.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
K. Sudhir
VII. (A)
Question 47.
Match the expression under column A to its corresponding language functions under column B. (5 × 1 = 5)
| A | B |
| (1) Please, give me your notes | (a) Complimenting |
| (2) Meet my friend Rajesh | (b) Rejecting |
| (3) You have done a good job | (c) Sympathizing |
| (4) I will not accept the offer | (d) Introducing |
| (5) What a loss! | (e) Requesting |
Answer:
(1) – e, (2) – d, (3) – a, (4) – b, (5) – c.
B.
Question 48.
Complete the dialogue: (1 × 4 = 4)
(Ram meets a stranger at the railway station)
Ram: Excuse me. Would you please do me a favour?
Stranger: Certainly, ________
Ram: How far is Mysuru Palace from here?
Stranger: ________, Any way, I am also going there, ______?
Ram: Yes, Sure _______
Answer:
Ram: Excuse me. Would you please do me a favour?
Stranger: Certainly, what can I do for you?
Ram: How far is Mysore Palace from here?
Stranger: It is 3 kilometres from here. Anyway, I am also going there, Would you like to come with me?
Ram: Yes, Sure Thank you very much.
C. Dialogue writing: (1 × 3 = 3)
Question 49.
Krishna has secured a good percentage in his PUC exams. He shares his happiness with his father. Write a dialogue between the father and the son.
Answer:
Father: Hey Krishna, Did you get your results?
Krishna: I got 96% and I stand first in our college.
Father: Is it so! Well done! I am proud of you my boy.
Krishna: Thank you, papa. Shall I go to meet my friends?
Father: OK, but come back soon.
Krishna: OK papa, bye.