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Karnataka 2nd PUC English Previous Year Question Paper June 2018
Time 3.15 Hours
Max.Marks – 100
Instructions:
(a) Follow the prescribed limit while answering the questions.
(b) Write the correct question number as it appears on the question paper.
(c) One mark questions attempted more than once will be awarded zero.
(d) Answers to question number 24 (a-j) and 25 (i-iii) should be in sequence and at one place.
(e) For multiple choice questions choose the correct answer and rewrite it.
I. Answer the following in a word, phrase or a sentence each: 12 x 1 = 12
Question 1.
Whom does the phrase ‘true beauty’ refer to in ‘Romeo and Juliet’?
Answer:
Juliet.
Question 2.
Name any one of the commodities taxed on Monaco in ‘Too Dear’.
Answer:
Tobacco.
Question 3.
Who is referred to as archer in the poem ‘On Children’?
Answer:
God.
Question 4.
Why did Vandana Shiva start Navadanya Movement?
Answer:
Biodiversity conservation.
Question 5.
Dona Laura was called as in the locality in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
(a) Golden girl
(b) Dream girl
(c) Silver maiden
Answer:
(c) Silver maiden.
Question 6.
What was the old man wellversed in ‘The Gardener’?
Answer:
Agriculture.
Question 7.
Name any one of the things which teaches the foot that it cannot fly.
Answer:
Stones, bits of glass.
Question 8.
According to Borges, which is the most astounding invention of man?
(a) Heavenly nymphs
(b) Gods
(c) Gentle sun
(d) Books
Answer:
(d) Books.
Question 9.
Where does the poet create heaven in the poem ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’?
Answer:
On earth.
Question 10.
How are the pavements decorated in the streets of Capacabana in Brazil?
Answer:
Black mosaics.
Question 11.
Where did Marcus Ibe build his big mansion in ‘The Voter’?
Answer:
Umuofia.
Question 12.
Which is the vehicle that is referred to as ‘humble vehicle’ in ‘Where There Is A Wheel’?
Answer:
Bicycle.
II. Answer;any eight of the following questions (choosing at least two from poetry): in a paragraph of 80-100 words each: 8 x 4 = 32
Question 13.
How does Juliet express her feelings about Romeo?
Answer:
Juliet is waiting for Romeo and it is night time. She addresses the night and asks night to come and give her Romeo. She says that Romeo who ¡s bright like a day during night is waiting upon the wings of night to emerge. He is whiter than the new snow on a black Raven’s back on a wintry night. She pleads with the night, calls it gentle and asks it to give her Romeo.
She requests night that after her death, Romeo to be cut into little stars which will form a bright constellation in the sky in his image. He will light up the face of heaven so beautifully, that the world will be in love with night and the harsh sun would be forgotten and not worshipped anymore.
Question 14.
Why did the authorities fail to carry out the death sentence given to the criminal in ‘Too Dear’?
Answer:
In Monaco, when a murderer was caught, initially judges, prosecutors and jurymen assembled to decide on the punishment for the culprit. After long deliberations, they condemned the culprit to have his head put off as per law. The problem was that Monaco neither had a guillotine nor an executioner. hiring was quite expensive and there were meetings again. They altered the death sentence to life imprisonment. All Monaco had was a small lock up room.
More committees were formed to sort this out. They found a place and hired a guard to watch over the criminal and fetch him food. As this was costing too much, the next committee dismissed the guard, and waited for the criminal to run away. He did not do so telling that his reputation had gone and nobody would hire him. Finally, he agreed to leave when offered regular pension. All these considerations were carried out in meetings after meetings.
Question 15.
Write a note on the activities of Navadanya farm.
Answer:
Vandana Shiva learned about biodiversity in the Himalayan forests, and transferred those lessons learnt to the protection of biodiversity on their farms. She started saving seeds from farmers’ fields and then realized they needed a farm for demonstration and training. So, she started “Navdanya farm” in 1994 in the Doon Valley located in the lower elevations of the Himalayan region of Uttarkhand province. She conserved and grew 630 varieties of rice, 150 varieties of wheat and hundreds of other species. Biodiversity also helps to produce more food and nutrition per acre, and reduces malnutrition and improves human health.
Question 16.
How does the poet express love towards his beloved in the poem ‘When You Are Old’?
Answer:
The speaker is visualising his beloved in the future, in her old age, reading through his book of poems, telling about his true love for her, sitting besides a fireplace. Many had loved her beauty and grace in her youth either with true sentiments or superficially, but none did so in her moments of ageing, where she finds herself alone and unattended and uncared for. Her true lover, the speaker, had always loved the changes in her for he was seeing her soul and not her physical charm.
He loved her pilgrim soul which was forever changing with time, a restless spirit seeking something meaningful in life. He would still be loving her when her face in old age is shrunk with sorrowful lines etched on them. He avers that physical beauty is ravaged by time, whereas beauty of soul was permanent and eternal. He indirectly pleads with her to accept his true love in the present.
Question 17.
How did the owner’s life change after the arrival of the old man in ‘The Gardener’?
Answer:
Travelling over long distances, the old man turned up one day at the plantation. The owner after speaking to him realised that he was well-versed in agriculture and would be the ideal person to take care of his lands and straight away took him into employment. The old ma was really useful. He could understand worker’s problems and solve them. Theft in the plantation stopped and income increased manifold. The owner’s life style changed with all the wealth and he became lethargic and shied away from hard work.
The owner’s wife was quite observant and she was worried over the changes in her husband. The energetic and hardworking person had become lazy and a spendthrift. She was confused whether this was far better or for worse. Her husband’s wealth and social prestige had risen high. He had acquired a number of new friends in the nearby town apart from his own village. His life was busy with colourful activities and new found vices including adultery. Even though their farm from merely ten acres had grown many times. Life was getting out of hand. His wife was very much worried and unhappy on account of this.
Question 18.
What are the views of Borges on books?
Answer:
During the course of his interview by Roberto Alifano. Borges touches upon the significance of books in a person’s life. He believes that books will never disappear from the face of the earth. Among the many inventions of man, the book is the most astounding one. Other major inventions are extension s of our bodies, whereas books are the extensions of man’s imagination and memory.
In some memorable passage, he refers to literature as a controlled dream. He likes dreaming with remembering the past, which is nothing but a sequence of dreams. Books. he feels are the great memory of all centuries. Their function is irreplaceable. He concludes in an ominous note that if books were to disappear, history would disappear and surely man would also disappear forever.
Question 19.
Write a note on traffic of Brazil.
Answer:
Mikes says that nobody hurries in Brazil. Reaching a destination an hour early a day late or not at all does not matter. The grey pavements are decorated with beautiful black mosaics, as people have plant of time. the author comments that these leisurely people love speed. They drie recklessly and over speed and sometimes accelerate, when they see pedestrians. Pedestrians life in Brazil is becoming more hazardous everyday. Drivers are on the look out tor pedestrians. When a driver notices a pedestrian step of the pavement. he regards him as a fair game, takes aim and accelerates. The pedestrian jumps. leaps and runs for his life. The driver and pedestrian are like hunter and prey. Every tenth of a second is a matter of importance and drivers cut in and overtake on both sides. Thus, the people of Brazil are both leisurely and speed loving.
Question 20.
Roof was a very popular man in his village. Give reasons.
Answer:
Roof was a popular figure in his village Umuofia. He was in the service of the Minister of Culture, Chief Honourable Marcus Ibe. He was an expert in election campaigning and could sense the mood of the electorate. Roof successfully conducted whispering campaigns. He had to shell out more than the two shillings each he had initially offered the village elders. The POP candidate Maduka offered (ive pounds to Roof to cast his vote to the POP on the night prior to the election.
Roof was made to swear on Iyi to put in his papers to POP, on otherwise the Iyi would take note. On the election day. Roof was caught in a fix. He could not deceive Marcus, he thought of returning back the five pounds. But the sight of five pounds mesmerised Roof. Roof suddenly had an idea. He tore the ballot paper into two and ensured to put one half for Maduka first with a verbal announcement and the other for Marcus. Roof was thus able to absolve himself of his guilt.
Question 21.
How did Sheda Rani Chunkath, the District Collector, promote the empowerment of women in ‘Where There is A Wheel’?
Answer:
The District Collector of Pudukottai.Sheela Rani Chunkatti introduced mobility as a part of the literacy drive. Her idea in 1991 was to train female activists so that literacy would reach women. She pushed the banks to give loans to women to buy cycles. She also got each block to accept specific duties in promoting the drive. She gave it lier personal attention. First the activists learned cycling.
The neo literates wanted to learn. Every woman wanted to learn, It gave women a sense of self respect and reduced their dependency on men. The neo-cyclists enriched the literacy movement.
Question 22.
Discuss the problems faced by wada people while collecting water.
Answer:
The wada people were much exploited by the upper caste people. For a pot of water near the well, they have to wait for shudra who helps them to bring the water. Even if he doesn’t come they have to wait for whole day. The wada people struggled a lot to get a pot of water, and they held movements and agitations. They could take bath just once a week. They have to go for miles to the irrigated canals for a pot of water. When there was a fire in Mallepalle village, they did not have enough water to extinguish the fire.
III. Answer the following questions in about 200 words: 1 x 6 = 6
Question 23.
How does the poet describe the responsibility of parents in the poem ‘On children’?
Answer:
The poem is very relevant in the present society as parents are too possessive in shaping their children’s goals. The poem is extracted from the work “ The Prophet” written by Kahlil Gibran. The poem is also translated into Kannada by Dr. Prabhushankar. It is in the mode of conversation as a mother asks the Prophet to speak about children. When the Prophet tells that parents should not treat the children as their own because God is the original creator of children and parents are merely actors who act on the wish of God. Parents are the medium to continue the creation on earth.
Though the children are born through their parents, they have their own individualities, desires, passions and liking. He says that though the children live with us they do not belong to us. Parents can give their love and affection but not their thoughts as children would have their own thoughts and ideas. The Prophet clearly states that parents can only nourish the body but not their soul, minds and hearts. The children’s future could not be met by parents even in their dreams. The poet tries to bring out the generation gap which is universal. Whatever the parents do, that becomes old but, whatever the children do that becomes new. He also says that life never goes back to the past. It always moves forward into the future.
Then the Prophet draws metaphor of “bows and arrows” to compare parents to bows and children to arrows. God is merely an archer who handles both the bow and the arrows. Here, God uses parents for the sake of creation of the future ‘ generations. God never discriminates as he loves bows that is parents, and arrows that is children equally. In this way, Prophet advises parents not to be possessive but allow freedom while shaping their children’s lives.
OR
Bring out the changes in Gonzalo’s attitude before and after occupying the bench in the park.
Answer:
‘A Sunny Morning’ is a one act play lull o! humour and romantic interludes. Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo meet accidentally’ in a park. Dona Laura is feeding pigeons. Don Gonzalo sees that his usual bench in the park is occupied by three priests. He scares away the birds and Dona Laura becomes angry. Don Gonzalo waits for the priests to leave as he wanted his bench all for himself. When he sees no sign of them leavings he resigns himself and sits on the bench with Dona Laura.
Dona Laura taunts him that he should have asked for permission. Gonzalo replies that the park was a public property. He uses his handkerchief as a shoe brush and Laura criticizes his action. He takes out his enormous pair of glasses a reading glass and adjusts both and opens his book. Laura comments that she thought he was taking out a telescope. Gonzalo says his eye sight is keen and every Sunday he takes his gun and dog to one of his estates near Aravaca and kills time. Laura agrees that he kills time and that is all he could kill.
Gonzalo takes out his snuff box and offers Laura a pinch of snuff and the snuff brings peace between them. Gonazalo reveals that he was a native of Valencia. Laura is startled. Both of them spin factious stories. Gonzalo says his cousin was in love with Laura Llorente known as the Silver Maiden in her locality and Laura says it was her friend who was in love with Gonzalo’s cousin.
Laura says fate was curious as they had met by chance and were discussing the romance of old friends and they were conversing as if they themselves were old friends. Laura asks him if he would come the next day. Gonzalo replies that he would certainly come if it was a sunny morning and he would not scare away the birds and would bring a few bread crumbs. Laura asks Gonzalo if he would go to his bench. Gonzalo says he would come to her bench. Laura replies that the bench was at his disposal. They smile once more and go their way.
OR
In what different ways does the bicycle help rural women in “Where There Is A Wheel”?
Answer:
In Verona, there were two noble families, the Capulets and the Montagues, who were sworn enemies. Juliet was Lord Capulet’s daughter and Romeo belonged to the family of Montagues. One day, Lord Capulet hosted a grand supper with dining, drinking and dancing. For his close friends, Romeo was in love with one Roseline. who was a guest there. Romeo attended the supper in disguise, to meet her. There were many dancing on the dance floor, when he made his entrance. On the dance floor was the exquisite Juliet, radiating beauty and poise. and the centre of attractions. Romeo on seeing her was dumbstruck and in his monologue expresses his implicit feelings.
He says that she was so beautiful that she made the torches around appear to grow dim and could teach them how to be bright. She looked as if hanging on the cheek of the dark night, like a dazzling jewel in a dark Ethiopian Ear. She was standing out like a snowy dove among a group of crows, when seen in the company of the other girls. Once the dance was over, he wanted to touch her with his rude hands and feel blessed. He has no words to praise her beauty. He feels that he has never seem such true beauty in his life till that night.
IV.
Question 24.
Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it: 10 x 1 = 10
Catch the rain where it falls was the point behind the construction of several thousand tanks in Karnataka by our forefathers. They have been the lifeline of people, and were protected as main source of water supply for drinking and irrigation.
These water bodies have served as habitats for plants, frogs, fish, etc. Some of them also support thousands of birds in certain seasons, of the year including migratory ones from distant lands.
Things have changed over the years, tanks have bean used for dumping garbage, waste construction materials, etc. They are also draned to convert the land into housing sites, bus stands and stadiums. The Sampang tank in Bangalore has been drained t( make Kanteerava Stadium. The famous Dharmambudhi tank has been drained make Majestic Bus Stand. A recent study shows that 40% of water bodies are polluted due to the inlet of sewage.
The same has been the case with several of the twenty thousand or more tanks in the ether parts of the state. It is time we reverse this trend and make efforts to conserve this life saving resource.
(a) What was the point behind the construction of tanks in Karnataka?
Answer:
Catch the rain where it falls.
(b) Who constructed several tanks?
Answer:
Our forefathers.
(c) Why were the tanks protected?
Answer:
It is main source of water supply for drinking and irrigation.
(d) What are the habitats of water bodies?
Answer:
Plants, frogs, fish.
(e) What do tanks also support?
Answer:
Thousands of birds.
(f) Tanks support birds including (migration/migratory) ones from distant lands.
Answer:
Migratory.
(g) What have the tanks been used for?
Answer:
Dumping garbage, waste construction materials.
(h) Why are tanks drained?
Answer:
To convert the land into housing sites, bus stands and stadiums.
(i) Give an example for draining the tanks.
Answer:
Sampangi tank has beendrained to make Kanteerava Stadium.
(j) Add prefix to the word ‘inlet’ to form its antonym.
Answer:
Outlet.
Question 25.
Read the following fires and answer the questions. 3 x 1 = 3
Child,
Child, how happy you are sitting in the dust, playing with a broken twig all the morning!
I smile at your play with that little bit of a broken twig.
(i) Where is the child sitting?
(ii) What is the child playing with?
(iii) Whom does the word ‘I’ refer to?
Ans.
(i) In the dust.
(ii) With a broken twig.
(iii) Speaker.
V.
Question 26.
Complete the following by filling in the blanks using the right form of the verb given
in brackets: 1 x 3 = 3
The last minute advice of Roof ………. (greet) with loud laughter. A smile of appreciation ……….. (receive) for this act. All campaign boys…….. (ask) to put in their ballot papers.
Answer:
The last minute advice of Roof was greeted with loud laughter. A smile of appreciation was received for this act. All campaign boys were asked to put in their ballot papers.
Question 27.
Report the following conversation: 1 x 5 = 5
Dona Laura : Are you coming tomorrow?
Don Gonzalo : Most certainly. I will bring a few crumbs.
Dona Laura : Thank you very much.
Birds are grateful and repay attention.
Answer:
Dona Laura questioned Dona Gonzal whether he was coming the next day. Dona Gonzalo replied most certainly and he would bring a few crumbs. Dona Laura thanked him and said birds were grateful and repay attention.
Question 28.
Complete the following dialogue. 1 x 4 = 4
A stranger wants to go to railway station from bus stand.
(Conversation between Stranger and Ravi)
Stranger : Excuse me …………. (ask for direction)
Ravi : …………. (giving direction)
Stranger : Is it far?
Ravi : …………. (approximate distance)
Stranger : …………. (expressing gratitude)
Answer:
Stranger : Excuse me. can you please direct me to the bus stand?
Ravi : Go straight and turn left.
Stranger : Is it far?
Ravi : It is approximately 1 km.
Stranger : Thank you very much.
Question 29.
Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expressions given in the bracket: 1×2 = 2
In the heart of Puddukkottai, young women ……….. the roads on their bicycles. Jameela Bibi, who has ………… cycling told me: ‘It is my right. We can go anywhere’. (taken to, give up, zip along)
Answer:
In the heart of Puddukkottai, young women zip along the roads on their bicycles. Jameela Bibi, who was taken to cycling told me: ‘It is my right. We can go anywhere’.
Question 30.
Fill in the blanks with the right linker: (and, neither, so, nor) 1 x 4 = 4
In Monaco, there was ……………. a guillotine for cutting the heads off an executioner………….. the ministers wrote a letter asking the French government whether they could lend them a machine. an expert to cutoff the criminals head.
Answer:
In Monaco, there was neither a guillotine for cutting the heads off nor an executioner. So the ministers wrote a letter asking the French Government whether they could lend them a machine and an expert to cutoff the criminals head.
VI.
Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below: 8 x 1/2 = 4
Question 31.
A rickshaw puller is a common sight in India. He can be seen standing at public places like bus stands, railway stations and road crossings waiting for passengers. He appears miserable and weak. He is not treated well by the general public, and is generally overworked and unpaid. He is generally hated, humiliated by everyone.
Answer:
Question 32.
Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in ‘The Deccan Herald’ dated 20th of March 2018. 5
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Wanted Qualification : Any graduate with knowledge of computer and fluency in Kannada and English. Experienced candidates preferred. |
Answer:
XXX
YYY
14th July 2018
The Secretary
R.K. Group of Institutions
Vidyanagar, Bengaluru – 52
Dear Sir/Madam,
Sub: Application for the post of Second Division Assistant.
This is in response to the following advertisement which appeared in The Deccan Herald dated 20th March 2018. I have completed my B.Com from Bangalore University with an aggregate of 80%. I have 2 years experience as Second Division Assistant in G. K. Group of Institutions. I hope my qualification and experience suit your requirements.
Thanking You
Yours faithfully
Sd/-
(XXX)
Resume
Name : XXX
Address : YYY
Educational Qualification:
| B.Com : | Bangalore University | 80% | 2016 |
| PUC : | PUE Board | 82% | 2013 |
| SSLC : | KSSEB Board | 85% | 2011 |
Basic Knowledge : Basic, Tally
Language Known : English, Kannada
Nationality : Indian
Hobbies : Surfing, listening to music
Working Experience : 2 years in G .K Group of Institutions
Question 33.
Your college has organized a Library Day programme to promote reading habits in students. You are the Secretary of the college students union. You have to speak to the students about the programme. Use the following point and write a speech in about 100 words.
Importance of reading habits-benefits- collection of books-inviting authors to speak-spend as much free time in the library.
OR
Given below is the bar graph that represents data showing the results of a survey on working patterns of both rural and urban women. The chart provides information about how these women spend the hours of their day for different activities. Based on this information, write a report in about 150 words. 5
Answer:
Dear friends, it gives me great pleasure to speak to you about the Library Week that our college has organized from 2nd to 10th November this year. Reading makes a man perfect. The aim of celebrating this week is to inculcate the reading habit among the students. As part of the celebration, new arrivals in the reference section such as encyclopaedia and dictionaries and general books will be displayed. Sapna Book House and Cambridge University Press are putting up an exhibition. We have invited Dr. Shobha Devi to inaugurate the exhibition and interact with students. Other authors like Smt. Shashi Deshpande and Dr.Patil will also pay us a visit. During the week, a literary quiz competition will be organized. The reading section will have more new magazines of general interest. I request all of you to spend as much free time in the library as you can. Thank You.
OR
Answer:
The above bar chart gives the results of a survey on the working patterns of both rural and urban women. The chart clearly tells us that rural women spend less than an hour at cooking than their urban counterparts who spend nearly two hours in cooking. Rural women spend only half an hour in watching TV. While urban women watch TV for more than an hour. Rural women spend less than half an hour for hobbies while urban women spend 45 minutes. Rural women also lag behind urban women in the time spent at rearing children for which urban women spend nearly two hours. Furthermore, due to women illiteracy in the rural area, the time spent in reading is very less, where as urban women read for about half an hour in a day. Totally this chart provides the information that the rural women are spending less time in all there activities compared the urban women.
VII.
Question 34.
What do the underlined words in the following extract refer to? 1 x 4 = 4
Catch the rain where it falls was the reason behind the construction of tanks. They have been the life line of people. But now most of them have been used for dumping garbage which is a bad habit.
(i) it : ……………
(ii) They : ……………
(iii) them : …………
(iv) which : ……….
Answer:
(i) it : rain
(ii) They : tanks
(iii) them : tanks
(iv) which : dumping garbage.
Question 35.
Rewrite the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence: 1 x 1 = 1
disappear III books / that / will never/ believe.
Answer:
I believe that books will never disappear