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SECTION – A (Multiple Choice Question)
1. I will meet him …… the way.
(A) on
(B) at
(C) by
(D) for
2. He labours hard. He has to survive. (Choose the suitable combination of sentences)
(A) He labouring hard and has to survive
(B) He laboured hard and is surviving
(C) He is labouring hard and had to survive
(D) He labours hard to survive
3. I …… to drive that car.
(A) used to
(B) can
(C) need
(D) will
4. He said, “Where is my bicycle?” (Choose the correct indirect speech)
(A) He says where is his bicycle
(B) He asked where his bicycle was
(C) He will ask where is my bicycle
(D) He may ask where is my bicycle
5. Are you aware …… the danger? (Choose the correct preposition)
(A) at
(B) by
(C) of
(D) on
6. If you ……, I will help you.
(A) came
(B) will come
(C) come
(D) coming
7. Neeraj wrote this letter yesterday. (Choose the correct passive voice)
(A) Yesterday was written letter by Neeraj
(B) This letter is written by Neeraj yesterday
(C) This letter was written by Neeraj yesterday
(D) This letter was wrote by Neeraj yesterday
8. Why …… you come to the party yesterday?
(A) haven’t
(B) didn’t
(C) shouldn’t
(D) wouldn’t
9. I wish I …… a minister. (Choose the correct tense form)
(A) was
(B) had
(C) have
(D) were
10. He said, “Be quiet and listen listen to my words”. (Choose the most suitable indirect speech)
(A) He urged them to be quiet and listen to his words
(B) He urged them and said be quiet and listen to words
(C) He said they should be quiet and listen to his words
(D) He said you should be quiet and listen to my words
11. What are you …… about? (Choose the correct tense form)
(A) talk
(B) talking
(C) will talk
(D) talks
12. Such conduct deserves reprimand. (Choose the correct meaning of the underlined word)
(A) praise
(B) rebuke
(C) reprisal
(D) reward
13. I …… like listening classical music.
(A) do not
(B) have not
(C) does not
(D) has not
14. I …… my application yesterday.
(A) written
(B) has written
(C) wrote
(D) will write
15. There is a …… over the Ganga. (Choose the suitable option)
(A) ancient
(B) belief
(C) universe
(D) bridge
16. I saw two crows …… poking their heads at the flowerpot.
(A) play
(B) playing
(C) playfully
(D) played
17. He is …… of me.
(A) Zealous
(B) Jealous
(C) puzzled
(D) Confused
18. Daylight …… away.
(A) faded
(B) fading
(C) far
(D) farthest
19. Choose the correct sentence :
(A) Junior employees need advice from their bosses now and then.
(B) Junior employees need an advice from their bosses now and then.
(C) Junior employees need an advise from their bosses now and then.
(D) Junior employees needs an advice from their bosses now and then.
20. He said something, I did not hear it. (Choose the correct combination)
(A) I said something which he did not hear
(B) He did not hear what I said
(C) I did not hear what he said
(D) I did hear what he said
21. One man’s trash is another man’s
(A) pleasure
(B) treasure
(C) crash
(D) damage
22. Smallpox has been eradicated …… India. (Choose the correct preposition)
(A) for
(B) from
(C) within
(D) out
23. Choose the correctly spelt word :
(A) Athist
(B) Atheist
(C) Athest
(D) Athiest
24. Choose the correct synonym of ‘Fragrance’.
(A) Taste
(B) Aroma
(C) Sight
(D) Touch
25. The synonym of ‘Annual’ is
(A) Always
(B) Century
(C) Daily
(D) Yearly
26. Let a doctor be sent for. (Choose the active voice)
(A) Sending for a doctor
(B) Doctor be sending for
(C) Send for a doctor
(D) Doctor may be sent
27. The antonym of ‘Attractive’ is
(A) Repugnant
(B) Bad
(C) Loathsome
(D) Repulsive
28. I am tired …… waiting for him. (Choose the suitable preposition)
(A) with
(B) by
(C) of
(D) from
29. The man who came …… would not get seat.
(A) last
(B) nearest
(C) latest
(D) early
30. Choose the odd one :
(A) Car
(B) Steamer
(C) Ship
(D) kettle
31. This is a kilo …… rice for you. (Choose the correct preposition)
(A) of
(B) for
(C) at
(D) on
32. Why don’t …… go outside?
(A) he
(B) she
(C) it
(D) you
33. Off all the students in the class, Ram is surely.
(A) the more intelligent
(B) the most intelligent
(C) the intelligent more
(D) more the intelligent
34. I’d like …… swimming this afternoon.
(A) go
(B) went
(C) going
(D) to go
35. The ruling party will have to put its own house …… order. (Choose the correct preposition)
(A) in
(B) on
(C) to
(D) into
36. We’ve done our job, ……? (Choose the best question tag)
(A) didn’t we
(B) haven’t we
(C) have we
(D) did we
37. He wants Seema …… the work.
(A) does
(B) did
(C) to do
(D) doing
38. Choose the correct sentence :
(A) The railways will compensate us for the loss
(B) The railways will compensate us with the loss
(C) The railways will compensate we for the loss
(D) The railways will compensate us with the lose
39. I read the Ramayana. (Choose the suitable phrase)
(A) narrow escape
(B) more or less
(C) now and again
(D) neck and neck
40. You will get the prize …… you deserve it. (Choose the correct conjunction)
(A) if
(B) till
(C) than
(D) unless
41.
(Choose the correct auxiliary verb)
(A) have
(B) might
(C) may
(D) should
42.
(Choose the best passive voice)
(A) I was watched by them
(B) They were watched by me
(C) I was being watched
(D) Me was watched by them
43. Give one word substitution for ‘Fit to be chosen’.
(A) Eligible
(B) Suitable
(C) Capable
(D) Valuable
44. Binita …… know the answer.
(A) don’t
(B) doesn’t
(C) hasn’t
(D) haven’t
45. We are going to talk with our enemies. (Choose the correct antonym of the underlined word)
(A) Lost
(B) Friends
(C) Neighbours
(D) Rivals
46. The teacher says, “Rose smells sweet”. (Choose the correct indirect narration)
(A) The teacher says that rose smells sweet
(B) The teacher says that rose smelled sweet
(C) The teacher said roses smell sweet
(D) Roses smell sweet is said by the teacher.
47. Choose the correctly spelt word :
(A) Confes
(B) Conffes
(C) Confess
(D) Conface
48. Miss Eliza speaks …… Chinese.
(A) a
(B) an
(C) the
(D) no article
49. A teacher needs to discuss in the class, as it …… curiosity in students.
(A) creates
(B) created
(C) create
(D) will create
50. Can the deaf hear? (Choose the correct negative sentence)
(A) Can the deaf not hear?
(B) Could the deaf not hear?
(C) The deaf do not hear.
(D) The deaf can’t hear.
51. We can make no progress if we continue working ……these conditions. (Choose the correct prepositions)
(A) into
(B) with
(C) under
(D) for
52. Choose the incorrect sentence.
(A) He is seeking employment
(B) We hear radio in the morning
(C) She plays in the evening
(D) He invited me to dinner
53. The picture …… on the wall.
(A) hang
(B) hanging
(C) hanged
(D) was hung
54. Choose the correctly spelt word :
(A) Procede
(B) Proceede
(C) Proceed
(D) Proced
55. Choose the correct sentence:
(A) His bride is beautiful
(B) Beautiful bride is his
(C) Bride had beautiful
(D) He bride is beautiful
56. He was accused of
(A) steal
(B) stole
(C) stealing
(D) stolen
57. He has read …… Vedas.
(A) a
(B) an
(C) the
(D) no article
58. Choose the correctly spelt word.
(A) Remeins
(B) Remeuns
(C) Rimuncs
(D) Remains
59. Rila did not clean the room. (Choose the suitable passive voice)
(A) Rita not cleaning the room
(B) The room has not been cleaned by Rita
(C) The room was not cleaned by Rita
(D) Room-cleaning is not done by Rita
60. A place for luggage at a railway station is called
(A) Compartment
(B) Waiting room
(C) Cloak room
(D) Platform
Instruction : Questions from 61 to 100 are based on the prescribed texts.
61. According to Bertrand Russell, …… die in large numbers in winter.
(A) Human beings
(B) Plants
(C) Animals
(D) Birds
62. …… were satisfied with true Home Rule.
(A) Our ancestors
(B) Germans
(C) Italians
(D) Greeks
63. “I swore to save fire, From the sin of forgetfulness” is taken from
(A) Snake
(B) Ode to Autumn
(C) Fire-Hymn
(D) The Soldier
64. Walt Whitman worked as a Volunteer nurse in
(A) The Civil war
(B) Crimean War
(C) Second World war
(D) First World war
65. ‘Come, My Beloved’ is written by
(A) Pearl S. Buck
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Dr. Zakir Hussain
(D) Germaine Greer
66. ‘But beleeve that I shall make speedier journeys,’ is taken from
(A) To Autumn
(B) Fire-Hymn
(C) Macavity: The Mystery Cat
(D) Sweetest Love I Do Not Goe
67. ‘To Autumn’ is a/an
(A) Hymn
(B) Ode
(C) Ballad
(D) Elegy
68. ‘Her sights and sounds, dreams happy as her day’ is taken from
(A) Snake
(B) Fire-Hymn
(C) The Soldier
(D) Now the Leaves are Falling Fast
69. In the poem ‘Snake’, Lawrence exalts the values of …… life.
(A) primitive
(B) city
(C) civilized
(D) artificial
70. Snakes were seen, among …… in “My Grandmother’s House”.
(A) beds
(B) books
(C) tables
(D) chairs
71. Who wanted to kill the Snake?
(A) The poet
(B) The neighbour
(C) The gardener
(D) The children
72. Who wrote ‘Hyperion’ and ‘Endymion’?
(A) William Wordsworth
(B) John Keats
(C) P.B. Shelley
(D) S.T. Coleridge
73. Who is dumb in ‘Now the Leaves are Falling Fast’?
(A) Angel
(B) Poet
(C) Trees
(D) Nightingale
74. The poet in ‘Snake’ picked up a log.
(A) hard
(B) clumsy
(C) soft
(D) metal
75. Who sits carelessly on the granary floor in ‘Ode to Autumn’?
(A) Old man
(B) Children
(C) Young men
(D) Woman
76. Seibi would examine the …… as soon as he got up.
(A) gourds
(B) painting
(C) books
(D) food
77. When is censorship imposed on press in a country like Britain?
(A) During flood
(B) During emergency
(C) During election
(D) During disasters
78. …… is sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression.
(A) New York
(B) New Jersey
(C) Mississippi
(D) Chicago
79. Lomov and …… are quarrelling for the Ox Meadows.
(A) Natalia
(B) Choobookov
(C) Somov
(D) Natasha
80. The type of gourds that appealed to Seibi was
(A) unpolished
(B) Peculiar
(C) even and symmetrical
(D) old and guarled
81. Old English is characterised by
(A) Syntax
(B) Synthesis
(C) inflections
(D) linguistics
82. Today, it is impossible to think and imagine a world without the
(A) Old methods of agriculture
(B) printing machine
(C) bullock carts
(D) illiterate people
83. The 18th century is known as the
(A) Cavalier Age
(B) Jacobean Age
(C) Augustan Age
(D) Romantic Age
84. Oliver Goldmith emphasized on the purity of
(A) city life
(B) village life
(C) town life
(D) domestic life
85. The texts of which period are difficult to read and understand?
(A) Modern English
(B) Old English
(C) Modern English
(D) Post-modern English
86. Langland and Chaucer belonged to the …… period.
(A) Old English
(B) Modern English
(C) Post-modern English
(D) Modern English
87. Who wrote ‘A Passage to India’?
(A) E. M. Forster
(B) W. B. Yeats
(C) T. S. Eliot
(D) D. H. Lawrence
88. Spelling ‘Color’ is used in
(A) Indian English
(B) French
(C) British English
(D) American English
89. India remains immovable and that is her
(A) independence
(B) glory
(C) honesty
(D) power
90. The food in Indian villages was served on …… leaves.
(A) Banana
(B) Peepal
(C) mango
(D) Papaya
91. The …… advised Benjy to keep hens.
(A) Grandparents
(B) Sister
(C) teacher
(D) doctor
92. A woman has to observe various customs and rituals during
(A) education
(B) cooking
(C) having bath
(D) pregnancy
93 . According to T.S. Eliot Macavity is an/a
(A) master criminal
(B) convicted criminal
(C) ordinary criminal
(D) American criminal
94. The soldier in the poem ‘The Soldier’ is
(A) French
(B) English
(C) German
(D) Spanish
95. “I permit to speak at every hazard.” is taken from
(A) Song of Myself
(B) Snake
(C) The Soldier
(D) An Epitaph
96. “However, rare – rare it be; And when I crumble…” is taken from
(A) Fire-Hymn
(B) Ode to Autumn
(C) Snake
(D) An Epitaph
97. “The more we indulge in our passions, the more unbridled they become” is taken from
(A) Bharat is My Home
(B) Indian Civilization and Culture
(C) How Free is the Press
(D) A Child is Born
98. The mother in ‘A Pinch of Snuff’ was waiting at the …… for her brother.
(A) room
(B) gate
(C) doorstep
(D) verandah
99. The editorial policy of a popular daily is controlled by …… chief factors.
(A) two
(B) three
(C) four
(D) five
100. Benjy owned a
(A) Contessa Car
(B) Hyundai Car
(C) Honda City
(D) Ford Van
SECTION – B (Descriptive Type Question)
1. Write an essay on any one of the following in about 150-200 words :
(a) Your Hobby
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Evils of Caste system
(d) All that glitters is not gold
(e) Covid 19 Pandemic
2. Explain any one of the following :
(a) If in thine my life thou waste
Thou art the best of mee.
(b) Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o’er-brimm’d their clammy cells.
(c) But beauty vanishes, beauty passes,
However, rare – rare it be ; ……
(d) Can you, that I lived in such a house and was proud, and loved.
3. Explain any one of the following :
(a) You can shout your lungs out in your place, but I must ask you to control yourself here.
(b) I went to India to see and listen to two groups of people, the young intellectuals in the cities and the peasants in the villages.
(c) Any public person – writer, speaker, actor, politician – is subtly made to feel that if he offends the press he will suffer for it.
(d) All their lives his father and mother had slept in front of bedroom. Now they vacated it and moved into the back.
4. Write a letter to your mother telling her about your preparations for the examination.
OR, Write a letter to the Health Secretary of your state for taking proper care of the Covid 19 patients in the hospitals.
5. Answer any five of the following in about 40-50 words each :
(a) What did the Fire-Hymn say to the speaker?
(b) Was the snake conscious of the poet’s presence?
(c) How does Keats personify autumn in the poem?
(d) What does our civilization depend upon?
(e) How are children of the joint family in Bangladesh looked after?
(f) What does Martin Luther King, Jr. urge his people to do?
(g) Write a short note on William Shakespeare.
(h) What are the important elements of a drama?
(i) Who were known as the University Wits?
(j) Write a brief note on the dialects of Middle English.
6. Answer any three of the following in about 100-120 words :
(a) Write the summary of any one of the following poems :
(i) The Soldier
(ii) Fire-Hymn
(iii) Ode to Autumn
(b) Write the summary of any one of the following prose-pieces :
(i) The Artist
(ii) A Pinch of Snuff
(iii) Bharat is My Home
(c) Write a note on Indian English.
OR, Write a note on the difference between novel and drama.
OR, Write a note on American English.
(d) Match the names of the poets given in List-A with their works in List-B :
List-A List-B
(a) Anton Chekov (i) How Free is the Press
(b) D. L. Sayers (ii) Ideas that Have Helped Mankind
(c) Dr. Zakir Hussain (iii) A Marriage Proposal
(d) B. Russell (iv) The Earth
(e) H. E. Bates (v) Bharat is My Home
(e) Translate any five into English :
(i) गाड़ी स्टेशन पर आ रही है। → The train is arriving at the station.
(ii) मैं इस होटल में ठहरा हूँ। → I am staying at this hotel.
(iii) मेरे घर के पास मत आओ। → Don’t come near my house.
(iv) मैं कल अमृतसर जाऊँगी। → I will go to Amritsar tomorrow.
(v) तुमने फूल क्यों तोड़ा? → Why did you pluck the flower?
(vi) नालन्दा ऐतिहासिक स्थल है। → Nalanda is a historical place.
(vii) क्या तुम मुझसे नाराज हो? → Are you angry with me?
(viii) उसने मुझे अपने घर बुलाया है। → He has invited me to his house.
(f) Match the names of the authors in List-A with their works in List B :
List-A List-B
(a) K.N. Daruwala (i) Snake
(b) Rupert Brooke (ii) My Grandmother’s House
(c) D. H. Lawrence (iii) Fire-Hymn
(d) Kamala Das (iv) An Epitaph
(e) Walter de la Mare (v) The Soldier
7. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
Conversation is a fine art. It is the art of exchanging thoughts and feelings. It is an art which anybody can cultivate or master. Not everybody can paint or play music, but almost everyone can talk. And talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in terms of money, it is all profit. It completes our education and is indeed the most teachable of all the arts. All you need to do is to find a subject that interests you and your listeners.
Questions :
(a) What is conversation?
(b) What can everyone do?
(c) Is conversation expensive?
(d) Make sentences with : Conversation Subject.
OR, Write a precis of the following passage and give a suitable title :
Respect is showing appreciation and listening to others. It is recognizing the good in others and listening what they do for us. There are many ways to show respect. It is a very important part of education and life. Elders feel good when they are respected. Respect is also important for society to run peacefully. If we show respect to each other, there will be peace and harmony in the world.
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