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PUC

Code

Date

:

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FIRST

YEAR

DIST.

LEVEL

ANNUAL

EXAM

Subject

:

ENGLISH

FEB

/ MARCH

2914

Duration

:

3 Hrs

15

Min.

NLa

Max, Marks

: 1O0

12x1=12

1x6.-=6

rnstructions

:

a)

Follow

the prescribed

limit

while answering

the

questions.

b)

Write

the

correct

question

number.as

it

af,pears

on

the

question

paper.

c)

one

mark questions

attempted

more than

once

will

be awarded

zero.

d)

For

multiple

choice questions

choose

the

correct

answer

and rewrite

it.

r.

Answer

the.following

in

a

word, a

phrase

or

a sentence

each.

1)

What

favour

did

the

elephant

ask

the

man on

a

rainy

day

?

2)

In

'The

school

Boy'

the

phrase

'sweet

company'

refers

to

a)

skylark.

b)

huntman's

horn.

c)

bird's

song.

d)

all

the

above

three.

3)

According

to the

native

doctors,

if they

told others

about

their

medicines,

they

(medicines)

lose

their

.--

(complete

the

sentence.)

4)

What was

the

narrator

doing

to

earn

a

living

in

,Oru

Manushyan'

?

5)

What

happens,

according

to

DH Lawrence, when

a

man

hands

out a ten-pornd

,up.e

?

6)

According

to

Babar

Ali's

father,

what is

Man's

true religion

?

7)

What

would

not

the bird ask

the tree

in

the

poem.

'If

I was a Tree'

?

8)

In

'Wetchman

of

the

Lake', why was

the

headm-an

in

a

hurry

to

complete the

road

work ?

9) At

the end of

the

poem

the

farmer's

wife

decides

to embrace

a)

life

b) death

c) her

chitdren.

10)

How

old was Douglass

when

he

lost his

mother

?

:

11) In'An

Old

Woman'what

are

the

old

woman's

eyes

compared

to

?

12)

Where

does

the

narrator

first meet

the two

boys

in

'Two Gentlemen

of

Verona'

?

.

'II.

Answer

any

EIGI'IT

of

the followi4g

in

a

paragraph

of

80-100

I x4=

32

words

each.

13)

Why

did

the

lion appoint

a

commission

of

Enquiry

?

14)

How does

the

school

boy

narrate his

experience

in

his

school

?

15)

Narrate

any

one

of Mara's

stories.

16)

Explain

the

narrator's experience

in a

hotel in

'Oru

Manushyan,.

17)

How

does

money madness"affect

society

?

18)

Describe

the suffering

of the

farmer's

wife.

19)

What kind

of

hardships

did

the

slaves suffer at

the hands

of the

slave

holder

and

his mistress

?

20)

How

is

the

plight

of the

old woman

depicted in

'An

Old Woman,

?

21)

What

does

the

narrator

of

'Two

Gentlemen

of

Verona'

learn

from

Lucia's

nurse

?

22)

What

change in

the

poet's attitude towards love

do you

notice

in 'Do

not

Ask

of

Me, My Love'

?

ilI..

Answer

ONE

of

the folloxring

in

about 200

words.

23)

'Babar

Ali is

a

wonder,

an

inspiration

for

others,.

Discuss.

OR

'The

poem

'If

I was

d Tree'

brings out

the

pains

of

a

man

rejected

by

his society.'

Explain.

OR

'Mara

is

mad.

But he

is

mad about protecting

the lake.' Discuss.

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lv.

Read

the

following passage

and

answer

the

questions

set

on

it.

?

PAGE

NO.

2

10

x

1

=

10

The

Karnataka

High Court

on Wednesday

directed

the central

and

state

governments

to act against

"endosulfan poisoning'i

in Dakshina

Kannada

and Udupi

districts

."Ir,.

pesticide

was wreaking

havoc

on many families

there.

A division

bench consisting

of

two.senior

judges,

hearing a suo

motu

petition,

observed

that

the

harmful

endosulfan

chemical had

ruined

,'generations,,.

'The

court'pointed

out

that

a mother wanted

her endosulfan

- hit child

to die

as

she

thought there

would not

be

anyone

to look after

the

infant,

n

ase

of her death

first.

Such

instances

depicted

the

grave

situatiory

-

that of the victims

of

the

Bhopal

gas

tragedy.

,ffidosulfan

manufacturers

also

had

to

be

held

responsible

for

providing

monetary

relief to

tld

victimstr

,pjr.t

tro*

the compensation

extended

by

the

government.

He

said manufacturers

resorted

to

a different fertiliser

if

one brand

containing

endosulfan

was

banne-d-,

"it

is

the same

content

in

a differenf

name.

-rr,e

manutacturers

continue

tiiuse

the

chemical

despite objections."

he

said.

The

court also

asked

the Union Minister

of Environment

and Forests,

State Deparlment

of Forest

fcology

and

Environment

and Karnataka

state Pollution

Board

to file their

affidavits

in response

to the

petition.

The

matterwas

taken up

by the court

after

a

judge

recently

wrote

to the

chief

justice

that

many people

were

afflicted'with

physical

disability

and mental

retardation

owing

to

the

spraying

of

pesticide

by

agriculturists

in

Dakshina

Kannada

and

Udupi

districts.

The

judge

wantedhislettertobetieatedasafrritpetition

and the

State Forest

Depallnent

for failing

to mitigate

the

plight

of several

endosulfan

victims.

24)

what

was

the

Karnataka

High

courl

direction

to

governments

?

25)

what

word

is

used

in the

passage

to

mean

'for

many rong

yearg

?

26)

why

does

a mother

want her

endosulfan

*

hit

child

to die

first ?

27)

The

endosulfan problem

is

compared

to

_

(complete

the

sentence).

28)

what

is the

trick

played

by

the

manufaqturer

if their

product

is banped

?

291-

Mention

any one

harmful

effect

of

spraying

endosulfan.

30)

Endosulfan

is

used

by

agriculturists

as

a

a) fertiliser

b)

tonic

c)

pgsticide

31)

The

word in

the

passage

which

rneans'sufferers

of

the tragedy,is

a)

victips

b)

famities

c)

peopte.

/

32)

The

passage

is

a

(depict)

_

of the

endosulfan,

tragedy.

(Fill

in

the

blank

by a

suitable

suffix

to

the word given

in

brackets.)

33)

What

did the

government

advocate

expect

from

the

endosulfan

manufacturers

V

A) Fill

in the

btanks

with

in

brack'ets.

34)

Babar

Ali mcrst

be

appropriate

articles

and

prepositions

given

youngest

head

mirster

,

the world.

The story

(

of,

with,

the, iq,

a,

an

)

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P.U.C. FIRST

YEAH

PAGE

N0..3

B)

Fill in

the

blanks

with the

suitable form

of

the verbs

given

in brackets.

I

x 4

=

4

35)

one

day I

-

(get)

up at 4

p.m.

as usual.

I

(finish)

my daity

chores

l

and

(step)

out for

my

tea

and

a

meal.

I

(have,

save)

fourtqen

rupees

by my work which

I

took'to hotel.

c)

s6)

D)

37)

38)

Choose

the correct form

of

the verb that

agrees

with

the

subject.

Baber

Ali's students

-

(

comes / come

)

from

poor

families.

He

-

(

aims

/ aim

)

to

serve his

society by educating

them.

reivrite

fhem.

He is

one of the

bright student

in my

class

Where did you

"r*

i,* ,

1 x,2*

2

1x2=2

1'x'4

-

4

E)

Rewrite

as

directed.

6

x 1

39)

This

animal carries

a lot

of

(

wait /

weight

)

:

(Fill

in

the

blank

with appropriate word given

in

brackets.)

(Complete

the

sentence with

the right

form of

the

word

given

in

brackets.)

41)

took

/

from

/

some

money

/ me /

he.

(Rearrange

the

segments

to form

a

meaningful

sentence.)

4Z)

ll is a wonderfut

creeper.

(Add

a

questi_on

ag.)

(Changeintoaquestionbeginningwiththerightformof.do').

44)

Mara saved

the

lake.

(FrameaquestionSoaStogettheunderlinedpartasanswer.)

V[ A)

.Refer

to

the following T.V

schedule and answer

the

questions

set

on

it

in

one complete sentence

each.

Channel

07-00

11-OO 13-OO

15-00 20-00

21

-30

Chandana

Yoga

Spor.ts

Music

Krishi

Darshan

National

News

in Kannada

Quiz

Discovery

Magic of

s.cience

Wildlife Man v/s

witd

Indian

Bird

Wildest

India

witd

Asia

NDTV

Breaking

News

Breakfast

News

Lunch

time

News

Afternoon

News

Evening

News

fnterview

45.

a)

which

channel

would

you

watch

for

news in Kannada

in the

evening

?

b) Which

of

channels

telecast

a

programme

on Indian

birds ?

I

c)Ifyouareinterestedinscience,whichchanneldoyouwatch?

d) For regular

news

updates

which.

channel

will

you

watch

?

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