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8/20/2019 2nd PU English 2014.pdf http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/2nd-pu-english-2014pdf 1/4 RDPUCPA DISTRICT Time :3.15 Hours LEVEL PREPARATORY EXAMINATION-20I.4 il PUC ENGLISH Max. Marks: 100 NOTE : i. Follow the presuibed limit while answering the questions. ii. Write the correct question number as it appears on the question paper iii. One mark questions attempted more than once shsll be awarded zero. io. Eor multiple choice questions, choose the correct answer and rewrite it. I. Answer the following in a word a phrase or a sentence each : 1. What, according to Blandford, had renewed his strength and skill ? 2. When Juliane Koepcke regained consciousness she saw a. her mother sitting next to her. - b. herself alone in the jungle. c. the man who was sitting next to her mother What reminded Tansukh of the emptiness of his life ? -. ltVhat do 'rosy lips and cheeks' refer to in Sonnet 116 ? \Mhich part oi the machine did Mary hicie inside Ann's wooden doll ? In 'The Rabbit', the people were disappointed because a. the rabbit was quite ordinary. b. the rabbit was not found. c. they were not allowed to see the rabbit. Name the disease which prevented Baba Amte from sitting. hr 'The Travel Bureau 1 ,the womiul puts her maps u*uy-ut lFillin the blank with right words from the poem. ] 9. \tVhat was Rukmini Devi's memorable role as a Raiya Sabha member ? L0. who do live apart in a fellowless firmament according to the speaker in of the Road' ? 'The House by the side LL. \tVhat point did Melkkoran look strange in a land where all men wore their hair knotted in kuduma ? 12. In ' I am not that woman ', what is the impact of the weight of customs and traditions on the woman ? 3. 4. 5. 6. Answer any Eight of the following choosing at least two from words each: lZxL=L2 poetry in a paragraph of 80-100 8x4=32  fearless tree ? 1x6=6 'Sonnet 7. 8. II. 1"3. \tvhat attracted Blandford to Hollis after his reading ' Of Human Bondage,? 14. Describe the growth of children as brought out in:the poem' Life's neginning ,. 15. How did the girl's decision to stay in the hut for the night prove to be iortunate for her in ,Girl Against the Jungle'? 16. \Mhy did Tansukh think that it wasoa wonderful oppofrunity to wash off his sins when the old man came to him ? Was he succeeded ? 17. How did Mary save Joe and her family from the enraged mob ? 18. Write a note on the arrangements made for the people to watch the rabbit. 19. Bring out the two contrasting images of the lady presented in 'The Travel Bureau,. 20. Rukmini Devi Anmdale was not only a leading exponent of Indian art but also a crusader for social change. Explain. 21. lMhy did Kuruman Panikkari want to have a glass tree in the place of the Champaka 22.lMhat kind of education is to be imparted in sihools accordini to Sophia Skoufaki ? Answer the following in about 200 words. 23. 'lThe union of true minds crosses all lirnitations. " How does the poet prove this in 1\()?', OR m. For More Question Papers Visit - www.pediawikiblog.com For More Question Papers Visit - www.pediawikiblog.com
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RDPUCPA

DISTRICT

Time

:3.15

Hours

LEVEL PREPARATORY

EXAMINATION-20I.4

il PUC

ENGLISH

Max. Marks:

100

NOTE :

i.

Follow

the

presuibed

limit

while answering the questions.

ii.

Write the

correct question

number

as it appears

on

the

question paper

iii.

One mark questions attempted

more than

once

shsll

be awarded

zero.

io. Eor

multiple

choice

questions, choose

the correct answer and

rewrite

it.

I.

Answer the

following in

a

word

a

phrase or

a sentence

each

:

1.

What, according

to Blandford,

had renewed his

strength and

skill

?

2. When

Juliane

Koepcke regained

consciousness

she

saw

a.

her mother sitting

next

to her.

-

b.

herself

alone in the

jungle.

c. the man

who was

sitting next to her mother

What reminded

Tansukh of the emptiness

of his life

?

-.

ltVhat

do

'rosy

lips

and

cheeks' refer

to in

Sonnet 116 ?

\Mhich

part oi the machine

did Mary

hicie inside

Ann's wooden

doll ?

In

'The

Rabbit', the

people were disappointed

because

a. the

rabbit

was

quite ordinary.

b. the rabbit

was

not found.

c. they were

not allowed

to see the rabbit.

Name the disease

which prevented

Baba

Amte from sitting.

hr

'The

Travel Bureau

1

,the

womiul

puts her

maps u*uy-ut

lFillin

the

blank with

right

words from

the poem.

]

9.

\tVhat

was

Rukmini Devi's

memorable

role

as a

Raiya

Sabha

member

?

L0.

who

do live

apart

in

a fellowless firmament

according

to

the speaker

in

of the Road'

?

'The House

by

the

side

LL. \tVhat

point did

Melkkoran

look

strange

in

a land

where

all

men wore

their

hair

knotted

in

kuduma

?

12. In

'

I am

not that

woman ', what

is

the impact of

the weight

of customs

and

traditions

on the

woman

?

3.

4.

5.

6.

Answer

any Eight

of

the following

choosing

at least

two from

words

each:

lZxL=L2

poetry

in

a

paragraph

of 80-100

8x4=32

 

fearless

tree

?

1x6=6

'Sonnet

7.

8.

II.

1"3.

\tvhat attracted

Blandford

to Hollis

after his

reading

' Of

Human

Bondage,?

14.

Describe the

growth

of children

as

brought

out in:the

poem'

Life's

neginning

,.

15.

How did

the

girl's decision

to

stay in

the hut

for

the

night

prove

to be

iortunate

for her

in

,Girl

Against

the

Jungle'?

16.

\Mhy

did

Tansukh

think

that

it

wasoa

wonderful

oppofrunity

to

wash

off

his

sins

when

the

old

man

came

to him

?

Was he succeeded

?

17.

How did

Mary

save

Joe

and her

family

from

the enraged

mob

?

18.

Write a

note on the

arrangements

made

for

the

people to

watch

the rabbit.

19.

Bring out

the

two

contrasting

images

of the lady

presented

in

'The

Travel

Bureau,.

20. Rukmini Devi

Anmdale

was

not only a

leading

exponent

of

Indian

art

but

also

a

crusader for

social change.

Explain.

21. lMhy

did

Kuruman

Panikkari

want

to have

a

glass

tree in

the

place of

the

Champaka

22.lMhat

kind

of education

is to be

imparted in

sihools

accordini

to

Sophia

Skoufaki

?

Answer the

following

in

about 200

words.

23.

'lThe

union of true

minds

crosses

all

lirnitations.

"

How

does

the

poet

prove

this in

1\()?',

OR

m.

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How

can

the

creation'of

Anandwan

be

seen

as

an

illustration

of

Baba,s

slogan

,

,Igork

buildharity

destroys,

.

OR

"The

human

mind

*

t"?.:.loY

in

accepting

new

ideas

and

resists

even

those

changes

that

ar

dvantageous

to

man

".

Ciitically

"*u*iir"

*f;"

statement

with

reference

to

,,one

darknight,,.

V'

Read

the

folrowing

passage

rnd

ansiue.

irr" q""rirons

set

on

it

:

---'

r.0xL

=

1

Ih-e

Eskimos

are

descendents

of

hunter,

,rt

o

*orred

from

siberia

into

Northem

Canada

at

th

nd

of

the

last

Ice

Age

about

12000

years

ago.

They

still

live

in

this

area

where

there

are

arctic

weathe

onditions

for

eight

to

nine

months

or tnu

y;r.

L,,

,:rch

a

climate

it

is

r,oiporrrule

to

develop

agriculturr

he

traditional

Eskimo

economy

was

thereiore

based

or,

r*o

basic

activities.

The

first

was

ristring

throug

oles

in

the

ice

or

on

the

open

water;;;;

,il"

I*""a

was

hunting

sea

marunars

such

as

whales

an,

eals

and

of land

mammars

such

as

caribou.

rtq

vvqD

rturllulg

sea

until

about

1960

the

Eskimos

lived

a

traditional

life,

grouped

in

small

communities,

each

on

ontaining

about

fifty

people'

Their

homes

were

snow

houses

ur,Jt"rrL,

the

latter

made

from

caribou

skinr

he

traded

furs

withlocalirading

companies.

to

obtain

equipment

like

strong

wooden

sledges.

n

1960

the

Canadian

govemment

took

an

interest

in

the

Eskimos.

It

loaned

money

for

fisl

reezing

plants

and

fishing

uout"''

This

was

intended

to

develop

and

sirengthen

the

economy.

It

arsr

rovided

schools and

health

clinics'

These

were

staffeJ

uy

gorru**"^t

t"u.r*rs

and

nurses.

unfortunatery

odemization

has-brought

social

problems

4".

rr,"

r".]t

r".io*

of

these

is

alcohol

abuse.

4.

Where

did

the

Eskimos)

ancestors

come

from?

25-

How

rong

ago

did

the

hunters

migrate

to

Northem

Canada?

26.

Arctic

weather

prevails

in

the

Esklmo

hnd

fo,

_----'----.-----

a)

8

to.9

-*oltl,

b)

one

year

c)

uncertain

days

?7,

,un1

can,t

the

Eskimos

develop

agriculture----LrLqut

uayD

28'

what

was

the

first

basic

u.orro-iJuctivity

of the

Eskimos

?

29'

Name

any

one

of

the

sea

marunals

hunted

by

the

Eskimos.

30'

How

many

people

would

be

there

in

a

traditional

Eskimo

community?

31.

What

were

the

Eskimo

tents

maJe

;ii

-'--^""'

32.

\Alhat

did

the

Eskimos trade furs for?

33'

IAtrhat

is

the

serious

problem-brought

into

the

Eskimo

rand

by

Modernization?

 

V

34.

Report

the

followi.g

.oorru."itior,

,

Mary

:

Hob

said

they

would

stop your

work.

5

I.:

:

Nothingwillstopme.

L

l

- -'-

Mury

:

But

suppose

thelicome

here

and

try

to

break

your

machine?

,r.o.,xHi",*",r'"?irr.-ff

ff

;ffi:""Jll:Tili**J"ffi*i:HiHrillT:;*givenin

Kie

Ho

had

his

education

in

an

Indonesian

schoor,

There

he /

r^_^^,

.^

-r*t=

?

things'

But

his

son

(educate

)

,',

;A;;;;;,.il;.';;;;r"

,.(;'.:"J'Li:trffi;:

hrough

memorizatio"'

c*uti"ity-__----

(

give

)

more ir+portance

in

American

schools.

6.

Rewrite

as

directed

:

I

ev\Ii

rat

pair

Something

which

is

absolutely

essential

is

called

Separable

 T,"_:i::",*"l.....,GJiTilif.:_toanswerthequestion)

 

r.

ru

ilil*:'lllT;lr"lLil,.,ns

the,oo.;#;

.d;6,,Jj,*

*

bra

ck

ets

:

seven a.m.

but

r,

""

"''1"'l;il:i;;l

to

Pucallpa

from

Lima.

The

flight

was

scheduled

1.

 

2x7=2

to

leave at

I

take

off,

set

in,

set

out

]

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38'ctroose

the

appropriate

linkers

from

the

ones

given

in

brackets

and

filt

in

the

blanks.

Reanange

thi

entencesintoacoherentparagraph,

"

4[x1+1=

 

one mark

is

allotted

ror

trre

rearrangement

of

the

sentences

)

(

so,

but,

in

spite

of,

and

)

;..;::.;^;.^l_l^::pl:

failed

,"

"ld":land

his

concem.

.................he

decided

to

save

them

fro

------:-...........they

protested

against

his

invention.

1/2.

x8=4

Blood

Pressure

is

necessary

for

blood

to

flow

fro*

9:

heart

through

the

arteries.

Blood

pressure

has

two

forms'

14/hen

the

heart

contracts,

blood

reaches

its highest-

systolic

pressure.

when

the

heart

relaxes

between

beats,

the

pressure

falls

to

its

lowest

-

diitoric

pi*u.

ntood

pressure

is

normally

measured

in

millimetres

of

mercury'

An instrument

leown

as

sphygmtmanometer

is

normally

used.

For

a

I;11:":'fnAi;:;.'

the

pressure

is about

110

mm/hg

svstolic

anizs

**zng

diastolic,

which

is

usuauy

Called

2_l

-

blood

pressure

falls

to

its lowest

when

V.

A)

39. Read

the

following

passage and

below

:

make

notes

by

drawing

and

filling

in

the

boxes given

following

advertisemerit

which

appeared

J

B)

40.

Write

a letter

of

application

"The India4

National

News,idated

5*,

rn

response

to

the

201.4.

l

I

rnl

I

5

l

I

I

ri

L

C)

41.

Imagine

yo"

.

prepare

a speech

in

about

20

words

using

the

following

hints

to

introduce

the

.ti"f

go"rt

to

ihe

audiurce

on

the

occasion

of

itsnnual

Day celebration.

Blood pressure

is

mlasured

Assistant

Quality

Controliers

l_

U

9

.

_Fluency

in

Kannada

and

English.

Between

18

and

25

The

Divisional

Manager,

BFC

Company,

pvt.

Ltd.,

5

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Name

Home

town

Educational

qualifications

:

Dr.

C.

Shivaprakash

:

Channapahra

:

M.A.,

Ph.D.

2x1=2

Zxl=2

Profile

:

Started

career as

a

Lecturer

in

a

Private

college-worked

for

2

years-- honoured

with

Doctorate

in

Philosophy

from

Bangalore

University--

appointeJas

Assistant

professor

at Govt. First

grade

college,

Mysore-interested

in

social

service and

sports.--- hor,o,rr"d

by

various

social organisations

-atpresentTheHeadofEng1ishDepartmentatKamatakaUniversityo

Recently

some research

students

made

a

survey

to

know

how

college students

spend their leisure time.

Based

on the

information

given

in

the Bar

c\art

below,

a report

in

about

120

words.

60

50

40

30

20

10

0

4;l

lndia

I

England

Watching

TV

Playing

Games

Listening

to

Reading

Music

periodicals

Chatting

VII.

A)

42. What

do the

italicized

words

in

the

fotlowing

extract

refer

to?

4xL=

4

Smoking

is injurious

to

healih.

If

(i)

leads

to

pain and

stiffness

in

the leg

while

wutkir,g.

Drugs

for

this

problem

are

of no

use.

W

$)

cannot

cure

it.

worn"n

who

(iii)smoke

duriig

pr"grr*.y

u[

exposed

to many

problems.

Passive

smoking

is

equally

darigerous.

/fs

(iv)

impact

is

deadly.

i)It

:

--

)

ii)

They

:

iii)

who

:

iv)

Its

:

Rewrite

the

sentences

using the

suffix

given

in brackets

:

43.

The

Prime

Minister

condemned

the

acts

of the terrorists

with

skong

words (-ly

).

44. These

skills

can be used

to communicate (-ive).

C)

wtiictr

collocation

more

acceptable?

I^{rite

the correct

answer

:

45.

Do

me

a favour

/

makeme

a favour

46.

Give

cash

/

Pay

cash

Dl

qz,

Match

the

words

from

Column A

withlthose

in

Column

B

to

form

correct

Word

pairs.

2xT=2

AB

look

,

see

forget

excuse

and

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