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Karnataka 1st PUC English Model Question Paper 6 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.
Who built a little hut at the edge of the forest in ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’?
Answer:
The man.
Question 2.
Mention one of the things that boy dislikes to do in the poem ‘The School Boy’?
Answer:
The school / the strict atmosphere in the school / cruel eyes of teacher etc.
Question 3.
When did Krishna go to see a Malayali Sadhu in ‘Around a Medicinal Creeper’?
Answer:
When boils developed over his body, Krishna went to see Malayali Sadhu for treatment.
Question 4.
The stranger took out ______ wallets from his pocket in ‘Oru Manushyan:
(a) eleven
(b) fourteen
(c) five
Answer:
(c) five
Question 5.
Name any one of the things which should be made available free of cost, according to D.H. Lawrence in ‘Money Madness’.
Answer:
Bread, fire and shelter
Question 6.
How old was Babar Ali when he was declared the Youngest Head Master in the world in ‘Babar Ali’?
Answer:
At the age of 16 years.
Question 7.
What had the Goddess commanded Mara, in his dream in ‘Watchman of the Lake’?
Answer:
The Goddess commanded Mara to inform her wish of building a tank for river Veda.
Question 8.
Whom does the speaker refer to as “poor sinner” in the Farmer’s wife’?
Answer:
The farmer’s wife.
Question 9.
According to Douglass, where did he marry Anna Murray in ‘Frederick Douglass’?
Answer:
In New York.
Question 10.
In which shrine does the old woman expect a fifty paise from the tourists in ‘An old woman’.
Answer:
Horse Shoe Shrine.
Question 11.
Why did the two boys wait for the last bus from Padua in ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’?
Answer:
To sell newspapers.
Question 12.
What did the beauty give the spring in ‘Don’t ask of Me, My Love’?
Answer:
Everlasting youth.
II. Answer any EIGHT of the following in a paragraph of 80 – 90 words each. (8 × 4 = 32)
Question 13.
How did the elephant betray the man in ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’?
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.
Why does the boy feel going to school dismay 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 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.
According to Poornachandra Tejaswi, in what way did Mara elaborate his story of wild buck in ‘Around A Medicinal Creeper’?
Answer:
Once Mara and his friend laid a trap and caught a barking deer. As they had to divide it equally between them, they took it near to the stream and divided the meat. They wrapped their portions in some leaves and brought them home. In Mara’s house, they got ready to cook, but when Mara opened the packet to take out the meat. It was a surprise instead of the meat, there was a live wild buck! When it saw Mara, it jumped up and ran out of his house. When Mara was trying to catch it, as usual, Mara’s wife ignorantly took the leaves and threw them into the fire. This incident shows that Indians do not think of what happened and why? But simply they go according to the situations and never turn the circumstances towards them. This is the big weakness of Indians.
Question 16.
Describe the narrator’s bitter experience in a crowded restaurant 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 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 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 did Mara respond when he saw a visitor on the bank of the lake in ’Watchman of the Lake’?
Answer:
Mara treated the fisherman in a harsh way because he caused violence by catching fish in the tank and he warned him not to repeat the same as it is the order by the king and also by the goddess to look after the place peacefully without non-violence. It is his responsibility to take care of each and every creature that walks and swims along the river Veda. So he harshly warns and told not to repeat same thing again on the banks. But to the visitor, Mara spoke softly and he becomes a solution to his problem by offering water for his fields. But he told that it should happen not according to his wish but according to the laws. This shows Mara is socially matured and knows whom to treat how. So he assures the help to the visitor and also offered food and shelter in his house as a guest. So, Mara became a punishment for crime and loyal to his friends to help them who are in need.
Question 18.
Why does the farmer’s wife reconcile to live in ‘the Farmer’s wife’?
Answer:
The farmer’s wife laments the death of her husband. She is angry because her husband has left her with four children., She is worried about their future. She was born with a bent head. She had endured a lot of sufferings. He had kicked her when he was drunk. She had suffered all this thinking he was a man. But he had committed suicide. She decides to teach her children to face life and survive against all odds. To embrace life, not death, she decides to struggle for life.
Question 19.
Give an instance to show the barbarity of slavery in ‘Frederick Douglass’?
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 seem 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.
Question 20.
What service does the old woman want to render the speaker in ‘An Old Woman’?
Answer:
The poem ‘An old woman’ depicts the worst condition of an old woman, she is an old beggar and stayed at the temple and who passes near temple holds their sleeve and goes behind asking fifty paise coin. The poet describes her physical appearance which evokes sympathy by a passerby. The phrases like “bullet holes for her eyes” “cracks that begin around her eyes spread beyond her skin” describe her helpless condition.
Question 21.
Bring out the two boys’ gentleness in the light of the lesson in ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’?
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 shows 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 clothes or on themselves.
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. 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 at the hospital too.
Question 22.
How does the poet realize inabilities to love his beloved in ‘Don’t Ask of Me, My Love’?
Answer:
The poet shows his inability to be with his love, it is not that his love is less or not true, he still has the same intensity but the war and its effects such as the bloodshed, blood bathed bodies ill-treated slaves who were sold in market, and deadly diseases have turned him towards the harshness of life from his love. He became helpless towards his beloved when he comes to realize that there are other truths in life than love.
III. Answer ONE of the following in about 200 words. (1 × 6 = 6)
Question 23.
How does Babar Ali prove his father’s trust ‘Education is Man’s true religion’ in ‘Babar Ali’?
Answer:
‘Education is a true religion’ is a good thought of Nasiruddin where all the people are quarrelling about their religions and castes he is the man who gives education for and says education is true religion. Anybody can steal anything but nobody can steal education. It is immortal light which lights millions of other lights, understanding this Nasiruddin excellently quotes, ‘Education is a true religion’. Getting inspired by his thought many people send their children to schools because they understood the value of education and its uses. Babar’s commitment is also not deniable, he started with eight and continued now with eight hundred, it shows how he had changed the people and attracted the children towards school. Babar Ali is a good example for the quote, “Where there is a will there is a way”.
Otherwise in the teenage, he got the thought and initiated it and followed it and made others follow it, if some others in his place would have played in the grounds in the age. So he is a great success, and his name is spread all over the country. It should be not stopped with this but ignites many . souls to take initiative to see a better tomorrow for India. Hence, Babar Ali is a legend of youth and stood perfectly an icon of youth to the modem world.
OR
What sacrifice did Mara make to rescue the tank in the play ‘Watchman of the Lake’?
Answer:
Mara’s sacrifice remains eternal in the history of men who saved lakes. He was the man who didn’t think about himself even for a single day but always about others. In other words, his social service is unforgettable to the society, he is the great environmentalist whom the modern materialists must follow and adore to protect nature. Mara’s sacrifice of (leaving his body) taking his last breath is ultimate. Of course, today’s people cannot do that much but have to sacrifice a little of their wants and needs to protect nature. People should not pollute rivers in the name of ‘yantras’ and funerals. All superstitious beliefs and must be stopped now.
The man must live according to his needs and not for his wants. For this, he has to follow the examples of tribls who live a contented life with whatever they get. They do not torture the nature for coal, or gold and live in a simple way. If men learn to lead a simple life that is the greatest sacrifice to protect nature from calamities.
OR
Why does the speaker want to be a tree instead of a human being in the poem ‘If I was a Tree’?
Answer:
The speaker wanted to be a tree because no one could discriminate it and the bird wouldn’t ask it what caste it is and sunlight would (approach) embrace it, its shadow wouldn’t be polluted. It can make . friendship with a cool breeze and raindrops would not go back by thinking that it is untouchable. The tree would feel happy with the touch of sacred cow and it would get the opportunity of providing shelter for hundred thousand gods. The tree can become pure if it would be cut into dry pieces and can help the sinless dead body by becoming bier on the shoulders of four good men.
The poem presents fire equality in life- elements. The life forces like sunlight and the cool breeze are equal in nature because they are all inevitable and one without other is meaningless so the sunlight and cool breeze are equal. In other terms, they both balance the nature when a cool breeze is high sunlight manages by its hotness and when the sun is too hot the breeze makes it cool. So one without other is unimaginable, so these life forces are equal in nature’s idea of equality.
The poem also presents social discrimination, as the speaker much humiliated by social discrimination and wanted to become a tree to escape from discrimination in society. He feels safety, purity and generosity and helping nature in the tree than in human beings. In society man without thinking of helping others thinks which is pure and which is polluted. He neglects and discriminated some and appreciates others in name of caste, creed and religion. So this practice is meaningless and the practice must be prohibited and sustain equality in society.
IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. (10 × 1 = 10)
Jagadish Chandra Bose was born on 30th November 1858 at Rasikhal a village near Dacca. He came of an ancient and respectable family. His father, Bhagawan Chandra Bose, was very interested in technical education. At the age of four, he was sent to pathshala to study there. Then he went to an English school and then St. Xavier’s College Calcutta. At that time he wanted to go to England and learn to be an administrator. But his father did not want him to become an administrator. He wanted him to become a scholar.
So Jagadish went to London, Where he entered London University and studied Physics, Chemistry, Zoology and Botany with the best teachers. He did a lot of work on radio waves. Though he was more famous as a plant physiologist, he was basically a physicist. He developed another instrument called ‘Coheser’, for the detection of radio waves. Before his death in 1937, he founded the Bose Institute at Calcutta in which researches are conducted on several subjects. For his outstanding contributions, was elected the Fellow of the Royal Society in 1920.
Question 24.
When was J.C. Bose born at Rarikhal a village near Dacca?
Answer:
On 30th November 1858.
Question 25.
Who was the father of J.C. Bose?
Answer:
Bhagawan Chandra Bose.
Question 26.
Bhagawan Chandra Bose was very interested in ______ education.
(a) Technical
(b) Mechanical
(c) Practical
Answer:
(a) Technical
Question 27.
At what age was J.C. Bose sent to a Pathshala?
Answer:
At the age of 4.
Question 28.
Where did he learn to be an administrator?
Answer:
In London.
Question 29.
What did he want to become in London?
Answer:
J.C. Bose wanted to become an administrator in London.
Question 30.
Mention one of the subjects he studied in London University.
Answer:
Physics / Chemistry / Zoology / Botany.
Question 31.
Add a prefix to the word ‘interested’ to form its antonym.
Answer:
Uninterested.
Question 32.
Jagadish Chandra Bose was _______ (basic/basically) a physicist.
Answer:
basically
Question 33.
Why was he elected the Fellow of the Royal Society in 1920?
Answer:
For his outstanding contributions.
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 ______ bill came ______ eleven annas.
(a, to, an, of, the)
Answer:
a, of, the, to
B. Fill in the blanks with the suitable form of the verbs given in brackets: (4 × 1 = 4)
Question 35.
As soon as he ______ (build) another hut, Mr. Rhinoceros_______ (charge) in with his horn ________ (lower) and _____ (order) the man to quit.
Answer:
built, charged, lowered, ordered
C. Choose the correct form of the Verb that agrees with the Subject: (3 × 1 = 3)
Question 36.
Babar Ali ______ (give / gives) lessons just the way he _____ (has / have) heard them from his teachers.
Answer:
gives, has
D. Correct the following sentences and rewrite them: (2 × 1 = 2)
Question 37.
Politics are an interesting subject.
Answer:
Politics is an interesting subject.
Question 38.
Where the girls are?
Answer:
Where are the girls?
E. Rewrite as directed. (5 × 1 = 5)
Question 39.
Asa result of the treaties, Africans ______ (last/lost) the lands.
(Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in bracket)
Answer:
lost
Question 40.
Babar Ali’s ______ (initiate) is a success story.
(Complete the sentence with the right form of the word given in brackets)
Answer:
initiation
Question 41.
Anthony \ was \ first master’s name \ my.
(Rearrange the segments to form a meaningful sentence)
Answer:
My first master’s name was Anthony.
Question 42.
It was a very busy restaurant.
(Add a question tag)
Answer:
wasn’t it?
Question 43.
The jungle lords occupied the huts.
(Change into a question beginning with the right form of doing)
Answer:
Did the jungle lords occupy the huts?
Question 44.
She carried a sword in her hand.
(Frame a question so as to get the undeclined word as answer)
Answer:
What did she carry in her hand?
VI. A. Refer to the following list of events and answer the questions set on it: (4 × 1 = 4)
Question 45.
- Which express goes to Bagalkot?
- What is the departure time of Gol – Gumbaz Express?
- What is the destination of Shatabdi Express?
- At what time does Shindhu Express leave?
Answer:
- Basav Express.
- 12.00.
- Bengaluru.
- 13.00.
Question 46.
Write a letter to the principal of Navodaya Vidyalaya, inviting him/her and the staff to attend the ‘Annual / Day’ programme of your college. Your letter should contain the following points.
- date and time of the programme.
- the venue of the programme
- list of a few items in the programme
Answer:
XXX
YYY
17 January 2015
The Principal,
S.B Woman’s College,
Mysore.
Dear Madam,
Sub: Invitation for the College Annual Day Celebrations
I, the students union secretary on behalf of our College Cultural Committee and the Principal, cordially invite you to our College Annual Day Celebrations.
The programme is on the 30th of January 2015 at our College Auditorium, from 5 pm onwards. I also request you to please address the gathering on the importance of ‘Women Empowerment in our country and our state’.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
sd/-
XXX
VII. A. Match the expression under column ‘A’ to its corresponding language function under ‘B’. (5 × 1 = 5)
Question 47.
| A. Expressions | B. Factions |
| 1. How do you do? | a. Complimenting |
| 2. What a nice look he has! | b. Greeting |
| 3. Sorry, I’m not early | c. Introducing |
| 4. Meet my friend Radha | d. Giving advice |
| 5. Why don’t you consult a physician | e. Apologising |
Answer:
(1) – (b), (2) – (a), (3) – (e), (4) – (c), (5) – (d)
B. Complete the dialogue. (4 × 1 = 4)
Question 48.
Owner: _______ engineer
Engineer: Good Morning _______?
Owner: Sir, I need a blue _______ of my house.
Engineer: Take this blueprint.
Owner: ______ Sir
Answer:
Owner: Good morning engineer
Engineer: Good Morning Sir. What can I do for you?
Owner: Sir, I need a blueprint of my house.
Engineer: Take this blueprint.
Owner: Thank you, Sir.
C. Dialogue writing: (1 × 3 = 3)
Question 49.
Write a dialogue between two friends Rajesh and Mukhesh about the NEET preparation.
Answer:
Rajesh: Hello, Mukhesh, How are you?
Mukhesh: Hi Rajesh, I am fine, thank you and you?
Rajesh: I am O.K. How is your preparation for NEET?
Mukhesh: I am doing well.
Rajesh: O.K. Bye
Mukhesh: Bye.