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SECTION – A (Multiple Choice Question)
1. More than sixty boys ….. passed in the first division.
(A) have
(B) has
(C) is
(D) are
2. You alone were to blame for this. (Choose the correct negative sentence)
(A) You were not to blame for this alone
(B) None but you were to blame for this
(C) Blame for this is only you
(D) You are to be blamed for these all alone
3. The man came ……
(A) immediate
(B) with immediate
(C) on immediate
(D) immediately
4. Choose the incorrect sentence :
(A) She suffers at fever
(B) He reminded me of this
(C) What is wrong with Hari?
(D) I asked him to come
5. The peon ….. the bell.
(A) ringing
(B) had ringing
(C) rings
(D) will ring
6. Choose the correctly spelt word :
(A) Knowledge
(B) Knowlidg
(C) Knewledge
(D) Knouledgi
7. Sixty people …… a huge party.
(A) mean
(B) means
(C) meaning
(D) will mean
8. Choose the correct sentence :
(A) We need to good food
(B) We need good food
(C) Need good food we
(D) We needing good food
9. Everybody has to …… his mistake.
(A) pay for
(B) pick out
(C) make after
(D) pick up
10. We are dependent ……… his decision.
(A) at
(B) in
(C) on
(D) for
11. ……… God bless her !
(A) May
(B) Can
(C) Must
(D) Ought
12. We must approach him. (Choose the correct passive voice)
(A) He must be approached
(B) Approached he must be
(C) Must be he approached
(D) To him must be approached
13. He is true ……… his friends.
(A) to
(B) at
(C) by
(D) for
14. Study hard. You will not pass. (Choose the correct combination)
(A) If you do not study hard, you will pass not
(B) Pass you will not and so study hard
(C) Study hard otherwise you will not pass
(D) Hard you should study and so you will pass
15. Ajay said to the girl, “I know you”
(A) The girl is said to be known to Ajay
(B) Ajay told the girl that he knew her
(C) Ajay says that he knows the girl
(D) Girl is know to Ajay
16. …… you have another cup of tea?
(A) Might
(B) May
(C) Will
(D) Can
17. Your perfume has a wonderful ……
(A) sent
(B) scent
(C) cent
(D) seant
18. I will not be able to ……my projects on time.
(A) completed
(B) completing
(C) completes
(D) complete
19. We are taught History by Mr. Kumar. (Choose the correct active voice)
(A) Mr. Kumar taught us History
(B) Mr. Kumar will teach us History
(C) Mr. Kumar had to teach History
(D) Mr. Kumar teaches us History
20. He …… have arrived by 4 P.M. (Choose the best auxiliary verb)
(A) shall
(B) may not
(C) shouldn’t
(D) will
21. It …… when we went out. (Choose the correct tense form)
(A) rain
(B) was raining
(C) rained
(D) rains
22. He said that he could do it himself. (Choose the correct direct narration)
(A) He said, “I can do it myself”
(B) He says, “I can do it myself”
(C) He is saying, “I will do it myself”
(D) He was saying, “I can do it myself”
23. Don’t disturb me, I …… my homework. (Choose the correct tense form)
(A) do
(B) am doing
(C) did
(D) has did
24. My friend wants to purpose a career in engineering. (Choose the correct meaning of the underlined word)
(A) practise
(B) accomplish
(C) take
(D) check
25. A person who writes English correctly will go …… in his profession.
(A) father
(B) either
(C) further
(D) farther
26. Choose the odd one out :
(A) Women
(B) Girl
(C) Lady
(D) Man
27. Are you attending ……reception today?
(A) a
(B) an
(C) the
(D) no article
28. She is writing a birthday ……right now.
(A) message
(B) ticket
(C) menu
(D) map
29. Do you ……tea at five?
(A) has
(B) had
(C) are
(D) have
30. What is the time …… your watch?
(A) at
(B) on
(C) by
(D) in
31. Choose the correct sentence :
(A) More we get, the more we want
(B) The more we get, the more we want
(C) More we get and more we want
(D) The more we got, more we wanted
32. I am not interested …… buying a new car.
(A) to
(B) for
(C) at
(D) in
33. A lot of ships cross ……Pacific Ocean.
(A) a
(B) an
(C) the
(D) no article
34. Choose the correctly spelt word :
(A) succesful
(B) successful
(C) successfull
(D) sucessful
35. I shall write a letter. (Choose the correct passive voice)
(A) A letter is written by me
(B) A letter has written to me
(C) A letter has been written by me
(D) A letter will be written by me
36. A man who is liked by all is called
(A) popular
(B) parasite
(C) eligible
(D) theist
37. Given one word substitution for ‘fit to be eaten’.
(A) Edible
(B) Cannibal
(C) Obsolete
(D) Fatal
38. Rice and curry …… my favourite dish.
(A) have
(B) were
(C) are
(D) is
39. Open the door, Please! (Choose the correct antonym of the underlined word)
(A) Close
(B) Free
(C) Huge
(D) Soak
40. He asked, “What is the time?”
(A) He asked what the time was
(B) He said to me what the time is
(C) He wanted to know what the time was
(D) He says that what the time is
41. Choose the correctly spelt word :
(A) Planty
(B) Plinty
(C) Plenty
(D) Plainty
42. Have you read …… Ramayana?
(A) a
(B) an
(C) the
(D) no article
43. The synonym of ‘Thin’ is
(A) Clear
(B) Fast
(C) Amount
(D) Slim
44. I am surprised at your behaviour. (Choose the correct active voice)
(A) I am to be surprised
(B) Your behaviour surprised me
(C) You surprised me
(D) He is surprised
45. The antonym of ‘Mighty’ is
(A) Forceful
(B) Tough
(C) Naughty
(D) Weak
46. I am good …… tennis. (Choose the correct preposition)
(A) about
(B) in
(C) at
(D) of
47. She is …… of her faults.
(A) conscious
(B) judicial
(C) awareness
(D) venial
48. …… people think there will be peace soon.
(A) Much
(B) Any
(C) Many
(D) Little
49. Finish it …… two days.
(A) at
(B) for
(C) to
(D) within
50. Shweta ……invited Vinita.
(A) herself
(B) itself
(C) himself
(D) ourselves
51. Avoid ……
(A) smoke
(B) smoked
(C) to smoke
(D) smoking
52. She needs a suit, ……?
(A) doesn’t she
(B) does she
(C) will she
(D) won’t she
53. The funeral …… are over.
(A) rights
(B) writes
(C) rites
(D) roots
54. Where …… the rest of the boys?
(A) is
(B) has
(C) have
(D) are
55. Choose the correct sentence :
(A) He is in a good health
(B) He is in good health
(C) He is very good healthy
(D) He is healthy and good
56. I went to the market. I bought several things. (Choose the correct combination)
(A) I am going to the market for buying several things
(B) I was going to buy several things to the market
(C) I went to the market and bought several things
(D) I had gone to the market to bought several things
57. Try …… and you will succeed.
(A) again the again
(B) as usual
(C) at large
(D) by chance
. There is a village …… the hills. (Choose the correct preposition)
(A) of
(B) in
(C) beneath
(D) off
59. Choose the correctly spelt word :
(A) Intrigus
(B) Wobling
(C) exasperating
(D) Medle
60. Choose the correct synonym of ‘Pardon’.
(A) Calm
(B) Forgive
(C) Odd
(D) Strange
Instruction : Questions from 61 to 100 are based on the prescribed texts.
61. Bertrand A. W. Russell was a British ……
(A) doctor
(B) nurse
(C) farmer
(D) philosopher
62. “The next day the teacher gave Seibei’s confiscated gourd to an old porter who worked in the school” is taken from
(A) A Child is Born
(B) The Artist
(C) Bharat is My Home
(D) A Pinch of Snuff
63. The ways of managing childbirth in traditional societies are
(A) many and varied
(B) few
(C) none
(D) some
64. Free people must see to it that when peace comes …… is restored.
(A) sanity
(B) relationship
(C) full freedom
(D) press
65. The language of old English looks different because of its
(A) spelling and vocabulary
(B) oral language
(C) linguistic appeal
(D) writing skills
66. The ‘Romantic Revival’ is associated with
(A) Milton
(B) Dryden
(C) Pope
(D) Wordsworth
67. The …… had far reaching effects on the English language.
(A) Renaissance
(B) Agriculture
(C) Education
(D) Industry
68. English is used as a foreign language in
(A) India
(B) Africa
(C) China
(D) New Zealand
69. Which nation has been called the young state of ancient people?
(A) India
(B) China
(C) Pakistan
(D) Iran
70. The state of …… is sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an Oasis of freedom and justice.
(A) Texas
(B) New Jersey
(C) New York
(D) Mississippi
71. …… are careful not to antagonize the press.
(A) Traders
(B) Teachers
(C) Politicians
(D) Doctors
72. “O how feeble is man’s power” is taken from
(A) Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe
(B) Ode to Autumn
(C) An Epitaph
(D) The Soldier
73. Who composed ‘Leaves of Grass’?
(A) T. S. Eliot
(B) John Keats
(C) Walt Whitman
(D) Rupert Brooke
74. Snakes were seen among …… in ‘My Grandmother’s House’.
(A) bed covers
(B) tables
(C) books
(D) chairs
75. The Anglo-Saxons used …… language.
(A) Greek
(B) Latin
(C) Germanic
(D) Persian
76. New varieties of English emerged after the colonies of British empire acquired
(A) power
(B) freedom
(C) joy
(D) suppression
77. “And must wait, must stand and wait, for there he was at the trough before me.” is taken from
(A) Fire Hymn
(B) Ode to Autumn
(C) Macavity : The Mystery Cat
(D) Snake
78. Who wrote ‘Summer in Kolkata’?
(A) Kamala Das
(B) T.S. Eliot
(C) Keki N. Daruwala
(D) D. H. Lawrence
79. In Walter de la Mare’s songs, there is a note of
(A) surprise
(B) excitement
(C) melancholy
(D) hope
80. My tongue, every …… of my blood, form’d from this soil, this air,
(A) drop
(B) atom
(C) molecule
(D) part
81. “He had the look of being a simple-hearted man as well as simple-minded man” is taken from
(A) The Artist
(B) The Earth
(C) A Marriage Proposal
(D) A Child is Born
82. Pearl S. Buck is the writer of books like
(A) The Waste Land
(B) Come, My Beloved
(C) Macbeth
(D) Bombay Beware
83. The name of Lomov’s dog is
(A) Leap
(B) Guess
(C) Juno
(D) Jupiter
84. Nanukaka stood in the doorway of a …… class carriage;
(A) First
(B) A.C.
(C) second
(D) third
85. Today …… English is recognised as a ‘World Language’.
(A) American
(B) French
(C) Scandinavian
(D) Latin
86. Rabindranath Tagore wrote
(A) Savitri
(B) The Harp of India
(C) Macbeth
(D) Geetanjali
87. Manohar Malgaonkar is a/an …… writer.
(A) Indian
(B) American
(C) British
(D) Nigerian
88. Who wrote ‘Arms and the Man’?
(A) GB. Shaw
(B) Christopher Marlowe
(C) Ben Jonson
(D) William Shakespeare
89. “When I crumble, who will remember” is taken from
(A) Fire Hymn
(B) The Soldier
(C) An Epitaph
(D) Ode to Autumn
90. A dust whom …… bore, shaped, made aware, …
(A) Ireland
(B) England
(C) India
(D) Iceland
91. “He’s broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity” is taken
(A) The Soldier
(B) Fire Hymn
(C) Macavity : The Mystery Cat
(D) Snake
92. Tower of silence is related to
(A) Hindus
(B) Parsis
(C) Sikhs
(D) Christians
93. “I am thankful to the west for many a thing I have learnt from western literature” is taken from
(A) Indian Civilization and Culture
(B) I Have a Dream
(C) Bharat is My Home
(D) The Earth
94. “The past is not dead and static, it is alive and dynamic” is taken from
(A) I Have a Dream
(B) The Artist
(C) The Earth
(D) Bharat is My Home
95. The mother of the narrator was very confident that Nanukaka would be able to manage to see the Minister
(A) On Sunday
(B) Whenever he wanted
(C) in between a meeting
(D) On the Minister’s vacation
96. According to Martin Luther King, Jr., “Let us not wallow in the valley of ……”
(A) Liverpool
(B) despair
(C) Alabama
(D) hope
97. When the poet saw the snake, it was a very …… day.
(A) cool
(B) warm
(C) cold
(D) hot
98. “I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume,” is taken from
(A) Song of Myself
(B) Ode to Autumn
(C) Fire Hymn
(D) Snake
99. Auden won the Pulitzer prize for his collection of poems
(A) The Age of Consciousness
(B) The Age of Love
(C) The Age of Anxiety
(D) The Age of Hatred
100. “Conspiring with him how to load and bless” is taken from
(A) Ode to Autumn
(B) Snake
(C) Fire Hymn
(D) An Epitaph
SECTION – B (Descriptive Type Question)
1. Write an essay on any one of the following in about 150-200 words :
(a) Patriotism
(b) Environmental Pollution
(c) Importance of Education
(d) Where there’s a will, there’s a way
(e) My Aim in Life.
2. Explain any one of the following :
(a) Observing all this, our ancestors dissuaded us from luxuries and pleasures.
(b) The past is not dead and static, it is alive and dynamic.
(c) That without a free press there can be no free people is a thing that all free people take for granted.
(d) His hens were still to him what the earth was to his parents.
3. Explain any one of the following :
(a) They who one another keep
Alive, ne’r parted bee.
(b) I, now thirty seven old in perfect health begin,
Hoping to cease not till death.
(c) Cold, impossible, ahead
Lists the mountain’s lovely head.
(d) I think she was the most beautiful lady
That ever was in the West Country.
4. Write a letter to your cousin telling him about how to take care of the family during Covid times.
Or, Write a letter to the Secretary, Health Department for providing proper medical facilities in the government hospitals during Covid-19 pandemic.
5. Answer any five of the following in about 40-50 words each :
(a) Why did Seibei wander about the town?
(b) What is the immediate impact of poverty in medical field?
(c) Why do books rarely criticise the Press?
(d) How does the beloved waste the Speaker’s life?
(e) Who are the ‘Whispering neighbour’s?
(f) How are autumn and summer related to spring?
(g) Write a note on the beginning of Modern English.
(h) What did the 18th Century grammarians share with the Age?
(i) What were the two major concerns of the American poets writing in English?
(j) What are the dramatic structures of a tragedy?
6. Answer any three of the following in about 100-120 words :
(a) Write the summary of any one of the following poems :
(i) Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe
(ii) Song of Myself
(iii) Macavity : The Mystery Cat
(b) Write the summary of any one of the following prose pieces :
(i) Indian Civilization and Culture
(ii) A Child is Born
(iii) India Through a Traveller’s Eye.
(c) Write a short note on English as the second language of India.
Or, How can we improve our English?
Or, Write a short note on the Indian English Novel.
(d) Match the names of the poets given in List-A with their works in List-B :
List-A List-B
(a) Walter de la Mare (i) Fire Hymn
(b) W.H. Auden (ii) Macavity : The Mystery Cat
(c) K.N. Daruwala (iii) An Epitaph
(d) T.S. Eliot (iv) Snake
(e) D.H. Lawrence (v) Now the Leaves are Falling Fast
(e) Translate any five into English :
(i) वह बहुत तेज दौड़ती है।
(ii) मुझे तुरंत घर पहुंचना है।
(iii) पटना का चेहरा बदल रहा है।
(iv) भारत के राष्ट्रपति कौन है।
(v) क्या तुम कल दिल्ली जा रहे हो?
(vi) मैं माँ से मैं माँ से बहुत प्यार करता हूँ।
(vii) धूप में मत जाओ।
(viii) इनमें से कई लोग दो शाम भोजन नहीं कर पाते हैं।
(f) Match the names of the authors in List-A with their works in List B :
List-A List-B
(a) Shiga Naoya (i) A Child is Born
(b) D. L. Sayers (ii) A Marriage Proposal
(c) Anton Chekhov (iii) Bharat is My Home
(d) Germaine Green (iv) The Artist
(e) Dr. Zakir Hussain (v) How Free is the Press
7. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
The happiness of the individual depends on friendships which form a necessary human connection. It is perfectly normal to need and want friends and depression is more prevalent among those who lack friends. They lack the intimacy and riches friends can bring into our lives. The more friends one had, the greater are one’s communication skills.
Questions :
(a) What does the happiness of the individual depend on?
(b) What is perfectly normal?
(c) What causes depression?
(d) Make sentences with : Friendship, Depression.
Or, Write a precis of the following passage and give a suitable title :
Positive thinking is an attitude which helps to highlight the brighter side of a person. Positive thinking is very important to lead a happy and healthy life. Positive thinking always brings satisfaction. People always have obstacles in one’s life but overcoming those obstacles with a positive mind makes a person self-dependent and strong within.
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