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Karnataka 1st PUC English Model Question Paper 2 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 did the lion want to have in his kingdom in ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’?
Answer:
Peace.
Question 2.
What does the word ‘cage’ stand for in the poem ‘The School Boy’?
Answer:
School.
Question 3.
How did the stick taste when Mara was brushing his teeth in ‘Around a Medicinal Creeper’?
Answer:
The stick tasted sour when Mara was brushing his teeth.
Question 4.
How much money did the narrator have in his wallet in ‘Oru Manushyan’?
Answer:
Fourteen rupees.
Question 5.
According to Nasiruddin Sheik ______ is man’s true religion in ‘Babar Ali’.
(a) Islam
(b) Money
(c) Education
Answer:
(c) Education
Question 6.
Who wouldn’t flee shouting for a bath in ‘If I was a Tree’?
Answer:
The mother Earth wouldn’t flee shouting for a bath.
Question 7.
Where was Mara waiting for the king’s arrival in ‘Watchman of the Lake’?
Answer:
Mara was waiting on a branch in a tree.
Question 8.
Whom does the farmer’s wife mean as ‘harvest of her womb’?
Answer:
Harvest of my womb’ refers to the speaker (farmer’s wife) children.
Question 9.
Why were the mother and children separated in ‘Frederick Douglass’?
Answer:
The mother and the child were separated to hinder the development of the child’s affection towards its mother and to blunt and destroy the mother’s natural affection for her child.
Question 10.
The old woman represents ______ in the poem ‘An Old Woman’.
(a) inhuman social negligence
(b) greediness
(c) happiness
Answer:
(a) inhuman social negligence
Question 11.
How far was Poleta from Verona in ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’?
Answer:
The polenta was 30 km away from Verona.
Question 12.
What was everything for the poet in the beginning in the poem ‘Do Not Ask of Me, My Love’?
Answer:
Love, his beloved was everything for the poet in the beginning of the poem.
II. Answer any EIGHT of the following in a paragraph of 80 – 90 words each. (8 × 4 = 32)
Question 13.
Why did the lion command his ministers to appoint the commission of enquiry in ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’?
Answer:
One day the elephant wanted protection from torrential rain. So he requested the man to allow him push its trunk in the man’s hut. The man agreed. The elephant pushed its trunk inside, and slowly pushed itself into the man’s hut and flung him out. The man started grumbling. Hearing the noise the animals stood around listening to the heated argument between the man and the elephant. The lion. the king of the forest wanted peace and tranquillity in his kingdom. So he ordered the elephant to appoint a Commission of Enquiry to look into the matter and report accordingly.
Question 14.
Describe the experience of the boy 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 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. He gives a piece of 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.
How was Krishna cured of his illness in ‘Around a Medicinal Creeper’?
Answer:
Krishna was suffering from piles and met the narrator to get some help. But the narrator only helped him with some money which was not enough for the treatment. But Krishna knew a Malayali Sadhu. This godman had treated Krishna on an earlier occasion, when Krishna had started developing boils all over his body. The godman had cured him with the barks of a tree. Krishna went in search of the godman, but he was too old and could not search for the medicinal creepers. He described the features of the plant to Krishna. Krishna went in search of the leaves and on the way he met the narrator and described the leaves. The narrator understood that those were the leaves which Mara and Appana had tied to the nearest tree. The narrator took him to the plant and dug quite a bit to get the tuber. Krishna ground this root with milk and drank it with milk. In this way, he was cured of piles within five days.
Question 16.
Describe the embarrassing experience suffered by the narrator in ‘Oru Manushyan’.
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 oner 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 claim 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 does the fear of having no money become delirium in ‘Money Madness’?
Answer:
The poem focuses on how man gives importance to money. If the moneyless man is treated poor and powerless, definitely he fears to lose the money. Obviously, he gives much importance to money. Each and every man goes behind the money and breaks the relationships. In future, there will be no sentiments between each other. So when all the people try to make money, certainly money triggers the fear in the individual. So every individual tries to acquire it.
Question 18.
Why does the speaker want to be a tree in the poem ‘If I was a Tree’?
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 underprivileged people have utilized this opportunity 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 Ali has brought about the change he wanted to see in his surroundings. ¡fa young boy from a village had the will and determinations to make a change in the world out there, it is flot right on own part to remain as mute spectators hut we most also actively participate towards bringing the change.
Question 19.
How did Mara manage to meet the king for the first time in ‘Watchman of the Lake’?
Question 20.
Why did one need a firm heart according to farmer’s wife in the poem ‘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 tea. One day, as usual, he came to a 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 offer who only to sound 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 cry shamed taking off his trousers, a stranger stopped him and paid his bill. He 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 oak warned the narrator against speaking about him. The stranger shoed the allots 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. 1k fact that the stranger laid perhaps has undergone a transformation during his own interaction with the restaurant owner. This made him so at the end, ‘May God help you’, and leave without saying anything more to the stranger.
Question 21.
What are the memories of Frederick Douglass about his mother?
Answer:
The slaves suffer a lot under their masters and their wives. If the slave is born to master and slave woman that boy has to suffer more than other slaves. Because he is a constant offence to their mistress. She always finds fault with them, they try to do all to satisfy her but she never is pleased until she sees them beaten. Especially when she sees her husband of showing to his mulatto children favours which he withholds from his black slaves. So the master is forced to sell these slaves to neighbouring farms.
Question 22.
How does the speaker’s attitude undergo a change in the poem ‘An Old Woman”
Answer:
The poem An old woman depicts the worst condition of an old woman, who is an old beggar near the Horseshoe shrine.
She holds the sleeves of the passers-by and follows them asking for a fifty paise coin. Even though by appearance she looks like a beggar. she has her self respect and in return for the fifty paise. offers to show the tourists around the Horseshoe shrine. She laments about her helplessness in those wretched hills to eke out a living. Her physical appearance evokes sympathy in the passers-by. Phrases like “bullet holes for her eyes. “cracks that begin around her eyes spread beyond her skin”, and shatterproof crone” describe the pathetic condition of her miserable existence.
III. Answer ONE of the following in about 200 words. (1 × 6 = 6)
Question 23.
Babar Ali’s tale is a testament to the difference that one person can make. How do you substantiate with the light of Ali’s life?
Answer:
Babar Ali’s school was started at the age of nine while playing a game. Very soon children began to love his way of teaching and flocked to his ‘school’. Babar did not charge a single pie for his teaching. He also got the help of the local educated people, who came and taught the children, Babar was successful in getting the help of nine high school student volunteers. The oldest of them is Debarita who goes to college in Behrampur. Babar himself studies in class XII in a school quite for from his house. He commutes the long . distance, attends classes in the mornings and comes back in the afternoons to his ‘school’ to teach youngsters who have worked hard in the mornings and are now ready for learning. The fact is that his school is entirely free, he and his staff teach well, there is a midday meal, and his school is recognized by the West Bengal government attracts many students to his school.
The increasing strength of his school just shows how eager people are to get their children educated, and how good, selfless work gets noticed by people soon. Those who cannot afford education in regular schools, do not mind sending their children to learn from teachers like Babar. This only proves that Indians are realizing the significance of education in life. The initiation was a definite success. Babar Ali’s intention when he started the institution was to help the less fortunate people by providing free education. Today, more and more underprivileged people have utilized this opportunity of his and are coming up in society. Moreover, w 3 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 is greater success than he could have wished for. Babar Ali became the change he wanted to see. If a young boy from a village had the will and determination to change the world there, it is not right from our part to remain as silent spectators but to participate actively towards change.
OR
How did Nicola and Jacopo through their selfless action bring a new nobility to human life? Explain.
Answer:
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 throughout the day. This show s that they did not consider any job below their dignity. Though they were not born to 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 they earned to pay the hospital but never spent on closes or sumptuous meals. Both of them were very proud boys. They did not discuss their problems with anyone, so much so that 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 anyone’s help. The story begins with Luigi’s implication that the two boys might be thieves selling fruits that they had stolen. What unfolds later proves how wrong his suspicion was. The boys prove to be every inch gentleman and gain respect from the narrator. They arouse feelings of love and respect in the nurse of the hospital too.
OR
There are other sorrows and other ‘ pleasures than the sorrows and pleasures of love. How do you appreciate the poet’s ideology in his poem ‘Do Not Ask of Me My Love’?
Answer:
The poem “Do not ask of Me My love” by Faiz Ahmad Faiz, presents the concept of love and contemporary issues of past society. The poem begins when the lover expresses his helplessness in not being able to love his beloved as in the past. He explains how she seemed so very bright when he had felt that only she was his world. He even exaggerates how her beauty had given breath to the everlasting spring. Her eyes were everything to him and nothing else was there except her in his world. He had felt that with her by his side, the world was his and he could attain everything.
But now, he has realised that all that was just an illusion and only his imagination. He gives as his reasoning his realisation that there out in the wide world were issues, more important than his love for her. He is now more concerned about social problems, war, destruction, poverty diseases and pain of people and would rather try and solve those problems than stay in his illusory world of love for his beloved.
He assures her that his love for her has not diminished, but the social problems have taken priority-justified by these lines, “You’re beautiful still my love but I’m helpless too…..”. In a way, it is a message to all, that love in youth is quite common, but one’s country and social problems are more important and deserve concern and commitment from all. The speaker has opted for the more fulfilling choice of social reformation than his love.
IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. (10 × 1 = 10)
We live in the age of science. It has changed the face of the world. It has conquered the forces of nature. It has shortened distance and also made many impossible things possible. In short, it has given us powers fit for the Gods. But science is not without its abuses. It has given us the powers of the devil. We have now destructive atom bombs and deadly hydrogen bombs also. There are scientists who speak of death rays and nitrogen bombs. Nuclear weapons have made the modem age of anxiety.
They threaten to destroy mankind from the world. Science has made man materialistic in his outlook. This made man forget his soul. Considering these evil aspects G science Gandhiji has advised us not to give undue importance to science. On the whole, science is neutral. It is neither good nor bad. It does good to human beings when it is used properly, but it does harm to them when it is abused. If it costs our soul we ourselves are responsible for it.
Question 24.
What has changed the face of the world?
Answer:
The age of science has changed the face of the world.
Question 25.
Name any one of the accomplishments of science.
Answer:
The science has conquered the forces of nature and shortened distance.
Question 26.
Which are the destructive explosives we have today because of science?
Answer:
Destruction of atom bombs and deadly hydrogen bombs.
Question 27.
What did nuclear weapons have made the modern age?
Answer:
Nuclear weapons have made the modern age as the age of anxiety.
Question 28.
Why are the people in modern age anxious?
Answer:
Because nuclear weapons have threatened the people to destroy.
Question 29.
How did science make a man forget his soul?
Answer:
Science made mass to forget his soul by making him materialistic in his outlook.
Question 30.
What did Gandhiji advise us?
Answer:
Gandhiji advised us not to give undue importance to science.
Question 31.
How do you say science is neither good nor bad?
Answer:
Science is neutral, neither good nor bad. The only man uses it both for good and bad causes.
Question 32.
Add a prefix to the word ‘responsible’ to make it the antonym.
Answer:
Irresponsible.
Question 33.
Give a suitable title to the passage.
Answer:
Advantages and disadvantages of science/Science is a boon and a curse for man.
V. A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions given in brackets: (4 × 1 = 4)
Question 34.
I entered _______ crowded restaurant. I ate a full meal consisting _______ chapatis and meat curry, ____ bill
came ______ eleven annas. (a, an, the, of, for, to)
Answer:
a, of, the, for
B. Fill in the blanks with the suitable form of the verbs given in brackets. (4 × 1 = 4)
Question 35.
Krishna ______(know) a Malayali Sadhu who had _____(treat) him earlier. When Krishna had (start) developing boils all over his body. The Godman ________ (give) him the bark of some tree.
Answer:
knew, treated, started, had given
C. Choosetbecorrect form of the Verb that agrees with the Subject: (3 × 1 = 3)
Question 36.
Babar Ali _________ (give/gi’es) lessons just the way he has heard from his teachers. He _________(teach/teaches)
his students under the open sky. Some children _____________ (sit / sits) in the mud.
Answer:
gives, teaches, sit.
D. Correct the following sentences and rewrite them: (2 × 1 = 2)
Question 37.
He is my most best friend.
Answer:
He is my best friend.
Question 38.
The childrens were weeping.
Answer:
The children were weeping.
E. Rewrite as directed. (6 × 1 = 6)
Question 39.
After the war, food was scarce and ______ (dear/deer) in Verona.
[Fill in the blank with an appropriate word in bracket]
Answer:
dear
Question 40.
The silent epic of youthful ____ (devote) touched my heart.
[Complete the sentence with the right form of the word given in bracket]
Answer:
devotion
Question 41.
the expense / but it’s worth/peace is costly.
[Re arrange the segment to form a meaningful sentence]
Answer:
Peace is costly but it’s worth the expense.
Question 42.
It is about to smash its bounds.
[Add a question tag]
Answer:
Isn’t it?
Question 43.
Tejashwi plucked some leaves from the creeper.
[Change into a question beginning with the right form of ‘Do’]
Answer:
Did Tejashwi pluck some leaves?
Question 44.
The German Elite Guards established headquarters in Verona.
[Frame a question so as to get the underlined word as an answer]
Answer:
Where did the German Elite Guards establish headquarters?
VI. A. Refer to the following list of events and answer the questions set on it:
Note: Temperature in degree Celsius. (4 × 1 = 4)
Question 45.
(i) Which city records the highest temperature in April’?
(ii) Which is the coolest city in November?
(iii) What is the maximum temperature in Bidar in April?
(iv) Which city records the lowest temperature in April?
Answer:
(i) Raichur.
(ii) Bangalore.
(iii) 40 Celsius.
(iv) Bangalore.
B.
Question 46.
Write a letter to the principal of your college requesting him/her to issue transfer certificate. (T.C.)
Neha Gupta
#22, 1 Cross, Gandhinagar
Bangalore – 04
20 May 2014
The Head Master
Swamy Vivekananda Vidyalaya
Gandhinagar
Bangalore – 04
Dear Sir
I, Neha Gupta, was a 10th standard student of your school during the academic year 2013-14. I have passed my S.S.L.C examination in March 2014 and my admission number is 107/2011-12. I need my school leaving certificate to seek admission in S.D.V.S. College, Jayanagar, Bengaluru. I request you to issue me the same. I have cleared all my dues to the school.
Thank you,
Yours faithfully
Sd/-
VII. A. Match the expression under column ‘A’ to its corresponding language function under ‘B’. (5 × 1 = 5)
Question 47.
Neha Gupta resides at Gandhinagar, Bengaluru. She has passed S.S.L.C. She writes a letter to the Head Master of her school, Swami Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Gandhinagar, Bengaluru requesting him/ her to issue her school leaving certificate (T.C). The following is her letter. Read the letter and fill in the blanks.
Answer:
1 – b, 2 – a, 3 – d, 4 – e, 5 – c
B. Complete the dialogue. (4 × 1 = 4)
Question 48.
Shivu: Good morning Ravi
Ravi: ______, How are you?
Shivu: ____, thank you.
Ravi: _____, going?
Shivu: I am going to market do you come?
Ravi: _______
Answer:
Shivu: Good morning Ravi.
Ravi: Good morning Shivu. How are you?
Shivu: I am fine, thank you.
Ravi: Where are you going to?
Shivu: I am going to market, do you come?
Ravi: OK. Let’s go.
C. Dialogue writing: (1 × 3 = 3)
Question 49.
A customer goes to a sweet stall and asks for a particular sweet. The owner of the sweet stall reacts. Write a dialogue between the customer and the owner of the sweet stall.
Answer:
Customer: Hi! I want to buy some sweets.
Owner: Hello Sir! Which sweet do you want?
Customer: I want Cashew Burfi
Owner: Yes. It is available sir. How much do want?
Customer: I need a kilo. How much is the price?
Owner: Here it is sir, Rs. 800 per kilo.
Customer: Thank you.