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RDPUCPA lil

DISTRICT

LEVEL MID.TERM

EXAMINATION,

NOVEMBER.2OI

5

II PUC

ENGLISH

Time

: 3

Hours 15 Min

Max.

Marks :

100

Instructions:

a. Follow

the

prescribed

limit w,hile

answering questions.

b.

Writc the

correct

question

number

as

it

appears on

the question

paper.

c. One mark questions

attempted more than

once

y'ill

be

awarded

zero.

d.

Answers to question numbers 2a

@-j)

and

25(i-iii)

should

be in

sequence

and at one

place.

(:

€. For

multiple

choice

question

choose the

correct

answer and

re-write

it.

I. Answer

the following

question

in a word,

a

phrase

or

a

sentence

each.

txt2:12

l.

What, according

to

Rorneo, does

Juliet

seem

to teach the torches?

2. Mention

one

of

the taxes imposed by the

king

of Monaco

in

"Too

Dear".

3.

In

the

poem,

"On children"

'The

stable

bow' refers

to

a) Chilciren

b)

God

c)

Parents

4.

Name the

movement

started

by

Vandana Shiva

in

1987.

5. What

cloes

the end

of

consumerism

and.

accumulation

lead

to.

according to Vandana

Shiva?

6.

Where

does

Don Gonzato

finally

sit dorvn when

he

noticed that his

bench had

already

been occupied?

7.

What

had made

peace

between Gonzalo

and

Dona Laura

in

"A

Sunny

Morning"?

8.

What, according

to

the

speaker, did he love in

the woman

in

"When

You Are

Old"'l

f.

in

"The

Gardener"

-

The most

important possession

of

Tarnmanna

was

a)

10 acres

of

wet land

b)

a

comfortable

house

c)

his rival

Sangoji

Basavaiah

(Fill

in

the

blank

with

correct

answer)

i0. Where

is

the foot

condemned

to live like

a

prisoner

in

"To

the Foot

from

its

Child"'l

I 1.

Who.

according

to

Borges, is

an

extraordinary

person

in

"l

Believe That Books

Will

Never

Disappear"'

,)q

Uow

does the

poet

create heaven

on earth, according

to

Kuvempu?

II.

Answer

any eight

of

the following

(choosing

at least

two from

poetry)

in

a Paragraph

of

80-100

r\

trrds

.

4X8:32

13.

How

does

Romeo

glorify

Juliet's

beauty?

" 

14. Describe

briefly

the

kingdom of Monaco

in

"Too

Dear".

15.

How

is-the

parent-chiidren

relationship

broughtout in

"On

Children"?

16.

Give an account

of \/andana Shiva's

efforts

to preserve

and conserve

bio-diversity.

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(P.r.o)

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17.

What

makes

Dona I-aura

conclude that

Don

Gonzalo is

an ill-natured

man?

18.

Why does

the

speaker want his beloved

to read

his book

when

she

becomes

old in

"When

you

are

old"?

19.

Describe Tammanna's

unusual way

of taking

revenge

on Basavaiah.

20.

What

contrasting pictures

of the foot

does the poem,

"Too

the Foot

from its

child"

present?

21.

Why

does

Borges

believe that book

will

never

disappear?

X

Why

does

Kuvempu sa)'that heaven is here

on

earth?

7-

III.

Answer

the following

in

about

200

rvords;

lX6:6

23.

"The

u,ays

of

providence

are

strange."

How is

this broughtout

in

the

case n

-

Don

Gonzalo and

Dona Laura?

or

"Your

Children

are

not your

childrefl,"

Hov,'does

the

poet

illustrate

this

truth in the

poemt"On

Children"

or

"Man

is

so

complicated that

till

the

day

of

his

death he goes

on

lirine

for

some

re\ense

or

the

other"

Horv is this true

of

Tammanna

and Basavaiah

in

"The

Gardener']"

I\'.

Read

the follon-ing

passage

and answer

the questions

set on it.

10Xl:10

The

Greek

word

for

wisdom is

'sophia'

and

'Philos'

means

a

fiiend.

So. 'Philosopher

means

a

friend

oi'

w'isdorn, and

this is

the best possible

description

of

Socrates.

n'ho

s'as

one

of

the

rvisest

and

bravest

tcacircrs

the u

orld

has

er

er

k-nori n.

Socrates

lived

in

Athens, nearly

500

years

before

the

birth

of

Christ. He

q,as

not

born importanr

or

rich,

and indeed

all his

life

he was

poor,

for

he

never

asked

his pupils

to

pay

for

what

he

taught

them. He

taLrght

for

the love

of wisdom, not for

money.

l

Socrates was

interested

in

how

ordinary

people

ought

behave and

think.

He

cird

not

just

tell

his

pupils

rvhat

he thought

they

should

Jo-in

fact, he

was

fond

of

saying

that he

himself

knew

nothing.

Instead,

he

r'vould

ask

them

endless questions

about

what they

thought

and

believed.

Then,

he

would

talk

about

their

allswers

and make them

talk too. He rvould

cleverly

lead the

conversation

round

in

such a

way

that,

at the

t:nd

of it, people

would

suddenly

see

for

themselves

what

was

really

true

and

right.

'fhey

would

feel

they

had

worked

it

out for

themselves.

Socrates

taught

that 'the

man who is

master

of himself

is

truly

free'. By

being

master

of

oneself,

he

meant

first

knowing

oneself,,

one's faults

and

weaknesses

and

one's good points,

without

makingany

pretence

and

without

being

vain,

and

being able

to

control

oneself.

This

knowledge

of

himself

was what

helps

a

man

to

be

courageous.

And

the courageous

man

is

free

from

fear.

Socrates

himself,

because

he was

not

afraid

of the consequences,

always

felt

free

to teach

what

he

thought

was

right.

This

made him

unpopular

with

the

powerful

people

in

Athens.

Socrates'was

loved

by all

his

pupils.

But

he

made some

dangerous

enemiesby

his

strange

ways

of

teaching

and

asking questions.

Some

of

the

rulers

in Athens

did not people

to be encouraged

to

ask too many

questions

for

fear

they

would

begin

asking questions

about

what

their

rulers

were

doing.

So,

they

accused

Socrates

of teaching young

men wicked things

and leading

them

to

throw

off

their religion.

This

was

fblse,

for

Socrates was

very

religious

man.

At last,

his

enemies

had him

arrestecl,

and he was

condemned to

death.

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During the

30

days

that lay

between Socrates'

trial

and execution,

his

friends

and

pupils

were

allowed

to

spend

a

great

deal

of time

witir him

in

the

prison.

They were

astonished

to

find

that he was

calm

and

cheerful

seemed

to

have

no

fear

of

dying.

He

talked

to

them and taught

them

just

as he used

to in

the

streets

and

market places

of the

city.

One

of

his

pupilsrCrito,

brbed

the

jailor

to

let

him

escape,

but

even then

he

would

not

go.

-

5

-

The

Greeks' way

of

executing'people

was

to

make them

drink

a cup

of

hemlock,

which is

a deadly

poison.

When the

hemlock

was

brought

to

Socrates,

his

friends

were

in tears,

but

Socrates

took

the

cup

quietly

and

drank

it

as

if

it

were

a

glass

of wine

at.a banquet.

24.

+What

does

the

term 'philosopher'

mean?

b- When

did

Socrates

live?

c-According

to the writer

Socrates was

i,rich

ii.

Poor

iii. Sirperstitious

d-What

did

Socrates

never

ask

his pupils?

e"Add

prefix

to

the

word 'encourage'

to form its

antonym.

LWhat,

according

to

Socrates,

helps

a man to

be courageous?

g-Why

did

Socrates

make

dangerous enemies?

h,

How

many

days lay between

Socrates'

trial and execution?

LWho

brided

the

jailor

to

help

Socrates

escape?

j.

Horv

did the

Greeks execute people?

25.

Read

the following

lines

and answer

the

questrons.

3Xl:3

Seven

years

I

could not

walk

a

step

when

I to

the

great

physician

came

He

dernanded:

Wh.y ffre--

n

..*=*

crutches?

And I told

him: I

am lame.

(i).

For how

many

years

could the

speaker

not

rvalk

a step?

(ii)-

Who

did

the

speaker

visit?

(iii)-

What

did

the

speaker

use to

rvalk?

v-

Fill

in

the blanks

with

appropriate

articles

/

prepositions.

4xl:4

26.

There

was

only

one

hitch

the

matter;

and

that

was

that

they had

neither

guillotine

cutting

heads

off,

nor

executioner.

21,.

Re-write

the

jumbled

segments

to

form

a

meaningfur

sentence.

0l

him/the

owner/this

plar-rtation

/ exactly

i

a

person

needed

/ of

i

like

29.

Choose

the word

that agrees

with

the

subject

in

the follorving

sentences.

'

4xl 4

a. One

of my

friends

_(arelis)

in

England.

b. The number

of

road

accidents

(haveftras)

gone

up nowadays.

c. He

did

not

_

(cheat

/ cheated)

any body.

d.

Children

(like/likes)

to

play

cricket

nowadays.

29.

Rewrite

as directed;

3xl:3

a)

The

youn€trnan

wrote

Laura

man,''r

letters

(Frame

question

so as

to

get

the

underlined

words

as

answer)

b)

The

criminal goes

to

draw his pension

at the

proper

time.

(Change

into

a

question

using

the

right fbmi

of

"do")

(P.r.o)

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C.

My

brother never

forgot her...

..........?

(Add

a

suitable

questions

Tag)

3QRectify

the

errors

in

the

following sentences

and

re-write

them.

a.

I could not killed myself more

gloriously.

b.

What

you

are

doing?

c.

This

bag

belong to

me.

3t

What

do the undelined

words in

the

follorving paragraph refer to?

The Greek's

way of

executing people

was

to

make thern

drink a

cup

of

hemlock,

Which

poison. When

it was brought to Socrates,

his fiiends

were

in

tears.

3X1:3

4Xl:4

is

a

deadly

3X1:3

appointed a number

of

Tammanna's books were

them:

it:

which:

his:

32-

Fill

in the blanks

using the

appropriate

form of the

expressions

given

below.

2Xl:2

(give up,

passed

away,

because of)

I

thought

my

death alone

could

destroy Basavaiah.

So.

I

every

thing

and started

off.

A

fes

days

later Basavaiah

as

he had

no more reason to live.

33. Complete the

follot'ing b1 filling

the blanks

using the

right form

of the

verb given

in

brackets.

3Xl:3

Dona Laura \r'as an

old

Iadl of sevent)'.

Her

mental

faculties

She

-

(admire)

by all.

(not

damage)

by

her

age.

(call)

L^aura

[.orent.

he

34.

05

eport

the

follorving

conversation.

Don

Gonzaio

:

I am tbnci oigood

verses.

I

composed some

in my

youth.

Dona Laura: Were they good

ones?

Don

Gonzalo:

Why

do

you

ask me

such

a

question?

Dona Laura:

Don't be angry.

35.

FiU

in the blanks n'ith

the

right

linker.

Basavaiah

started filling his life with

all kinds of

material.wealth

persons

to

praise

him. his

house

looked

dull and

empty

not there.

(because,

but, and)

36. Write

a

letter of application

in response

to the following

advertisemcnt

u'hich

appeared in

(DECCAN

HERALD"

dated 20 Nov.2015.

WANTED

OFFICE ASSISTANTS

P.U.C with

a

good

knowledge

of computer.

Should

be

fluent

in both Kannada

and English

Apply

within

10

days

to:

The

Managing Director,

Lakshmi

Finance Company,

No.

166, Dr.

Rajkumar Road,

Rajaji

Nagar.

Bangalore-5(;001 0.

05

(write

XXX

for

your

narne and

YYY

for

your

address)

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