KARNATAKA - SSLC - FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH - QUESTION PAPER - APRIL 2017 - WITH ANSWERS
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General Instructions to the Candidate :
1. This Question Paper consists of 50 objective and subjective types of questions.
2. This question paper has been sealed by the reverse jacket. You have to cut on the right side to open the paper at the time of commencement of the examination. Check whether all the pages of the question paper are intact.
3. Follow the instructions given against both the objective and subjective types of questions.
4. Figures in the right-hand margin indicate maximum marks for the questions.
5. The maximum time to answer the paper is given at the top of the question paper. It includes 15 minutes of reading the question paper.
Instructions :
i) This question paper contains three parts.
ii) Part-A — Prose, Poetry and Supplementary Reading ( Non-detail ).
iii) Part-B — Grammar and Vocabulary.
iv) Part-C — Composition, and Comprehension.
I. Answer the following questions in a sentence each :
1. How did the man waste his time on the earth?
2. What thrills the present day Indian shoppers?
3. Why had Buttoo gone to Dronacharya?
4. What did Drona seek from Buttoo as recompense?
Answers
Made little pieces of sculpture and painted.
A wide variety of goods to choose from, like the people in the west enjoyed for a long time.
To learn archery
Right-hand thumb
II. Answer the following questions in two sentences each :
5. What did Mahatma Gandhi say about man’s greed?
6. Why did the elders of the worker’s paradise become anxious?
7. Why does the writer call Anne a courageous leader?
8. Why did Jean ask Pierre to get the pie instead of taking it himself?
9. What did the hunters do with the male bird after killing it?
10. What did the bride’s father ask Lochinvar?
11. Why did Ulysses and his men enter the habitation of the Cyclop?
12. Why was Arjuna’s mind wavering when Lord Krishna asked him to slay Karna?
Answers
5. The earth has enough for man’s need but not every man’s greed.
6. Work began to suffer. Active people became idle. Wasting their precious time on useless things such as painting and sculpture.
7. Dared to go to the kitchen to get some food. when nothing was there to eat. Constantly told Margot never to give in.
8. Had already gone there once pretending as a beggar. Sent back without being given anything. Fear of getting recognized.
9. Picked up hands and jaws. The proud neck was humbled to lie like a dirty linen in a coarse washing bag.
10. Whether he had come in peace or to fight
11. To explore what sort of men dwelt there. Whether hospitable and friendly to strangers or altogether wild and savage.
12. Karna did not have any weapons in his hands.He was trying to pull the wheel up. It was wrong to fight with an unarmed warrior.
III. Answer the following questions in four to five sentences each: 5 × 3 = 15
13. How does Sir C. V. Raman show that water is the real elixir of life?
14. The narrator tried his best to impress that he was normally sighted during his encounter with the girl. Illustrate.
15. What arrangement did Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey make for a voyage for a treasure hunt?
16. How does the poet express his spirituality being a poor man?
17. What argument does the speaker give to convince his neighbor that they do not need the wall?
Answers:
13. Comp. — Every animal, planet contains water in its body. No physiological activity possible. Moisture of soil is essential for plants and trees. Agriculture depends on water. Production of hydro-electricity. Inland Waterways.
14. Described — hills of Mussoorie. Covered with dahlias - the delicious sun. Roads are quiet almost deserted. Asked her to look out of the window. the trees seemed moving.Remarked that she had an interesting face.
15. Comp. — Jim was to be their cabin boy. Squire traveled to Bristol — bought a fine schooner called the Hispaniola. Hired a sea captain-cook was to be a one-legged old soldier called Long John Silver-helped him in picking the rest of the crew. In Jim’s absence, an apprentice was hired to help his mother to run the Admiral Benbow.
16. Exp. — He cannot build temples like the rich to show his devotion to God. Wants to offer his body in the form of a temple. Considers his legs as pillars, his body as the shrine, head a cupola of gold. All earthly structures are perishable. Only our soul and the good deeds of man are permanent.
17. Comp. — The narrator had the apple orchard. His neighbor had pines. Apple trees would never get across and eat the cones under his neighbor’s pines. No cows in both the places. Nothing to the wall in and nothing to wall out.
IV. Explain with reference to the context :
18. “Will you buy my hair ?”
19. “The future,” he said, “will belong to those who shall have done the most for suffering humanity.”
20. “Death’s second self, that seals up all in rest.”
21. “O grave, keep shut lest I be shamed !”
IV. Explain with reference to the context: 4 × 3 = 1
18. Gift of the Magi. O. Henry. Della asked — Madame Sofronie who bought hair. Money saved by Della was not sufficient to buy a Christmas gift for her husband Jim. Decided to sell her hair
19. Exp. — Louis Pasteur, Conqueror of disease. E. H. Carter. On Pasteur’s 70th Birthday jubilee was celebrated — like a national festival. Crowded meeting in the great hall of the University of Paris, the old man was too overcome to speak. His speech was read out. distinguished audience by his son — above line was read out.
20. Exp. — That Time of Year William Shakespeare. Four stages of man’s life — childhood, youth, old-age and death four stages of a day morning, noon, evening and night. Imagines himself to be closer to death — wants his friend to love him more — Black night — Death’s second self-closes all our activities — in sleep like death.
21. Exp. C. L. M. — John Masefield. — Explains the ill-treatment given to the women in the society — Men trample women’s rights — man’s lust roves the world untamed. — Doesn’t want his mother to experience all this who is in the grave. — Asks the grave to remain closed.
V. Answer the following questions in six to eight sentences each: 4 × 4 = 16
22. What are the examples given by Gandhiji to state that moral acts should be free from fear and compulsion?
OR
What was troubling the French wine growers and silkworm industry? How did Pasteur solve their problem?
Answers:
22. Exp. — The moral act should be done with a good intention. — If we rise early out of fear that if we are late to the office — not a moral act. — Living a simple and unpretentious life — though wealthy. — The employer should sympathize with employees, pay them higher wages — not because they would leave him — because he owed his prosperity to them. — It would be moral if the employer wished well for them and treated them kindly. — Peasants rose in revolt against King Richard II of England demanding their rights — granted them the rights — when the danger was over he forced them to surrender the letters. His first act was done only out of fear — not a moral act.
OR
Exp. — Some French wine growers — troubled by a germ — which turned their wine sour. — Pasteur showed that by heating the wine to a temperature of 50 - 60 degrees centigrade, germs made harmless. — For three years, he spent all his time and energy in tracking down the cause of a disease which had ruined the silkworm industry. — Began to believe that most, if not all, infectious diseases were due to certain bacteria which if they got into the blood, multiplied there and caused the disease.
23. Explain the characters, humorously pictured in the lesson “The Village Cricket Match”.
OR
How did Anne’s Diary open the eyes of Germans to the viciousness of racial persecution?
Answers
23. Com. — The Sexton hit the ball square the middle of the bat, it flashed like a thunderbolt, waist high, straight at the youth in the blue jumper. With a shrill scream, the youth sprang backward out of its way and fell over his back. — The Baker was going to run for the Blacksmith because of his sprained ankle. — When he hit the ball high up, the Blacksmith forgot his sprained ankle and set out at a capital rate for the other end. — The Baker who was running on behalf of the invalid also set out. — From the other end, Joe also set out on his mission. — Since the eyes of all the three were giggling at the hawk-like cricket ball up in the air, halfway down the pitch, they met with a magnificent clang and a resounding fall. — All the three ran for the same wicket — simultaneously realized their error and all three turned and ran for the other end.
OR
Exp. — For years Germany’s post-war administrators toiled to make people feel the senseless and criminal nature of the Nazi regime, but they failed. The Diary of Anne Frank succeeded. — Packed audiences received Anne Frank’s tragedy in a silence heavy with remorse. In Dusseldorf, people did not even go out during the interval. “They sat in their seats as if afraid of the lights outside ashamed to face each other” someone reported. — The Dusseldorf producer, Kuno Epple explained “Anne Frank has succeeded because it enables the audience to come to grips with history, personally and without denunciation. We watch it as an indictment, in the most humble, pitiful terms of inhumanity to fellow men. No one accuses us as Germans. We accuse ourselves. — German school children sent Otto Frank letters signed by entire classes telling him that Anne’s diary had opened their eyes to the viciousness of racial persecution.
24. List all the values which the poet-father wants the teacher to teach his son.
OR
How did Lochinvar finally win Ellen for himself?
Answers
24. Appr. — All men are not just. — For every enemy, there is a friend. — A dollar earned is of far more value than five found. — To learn to lose — To enjoy winning — Steer him from envy. — Never to put a price tag on his soul. — The secret of quiet laughter — To know the importance of books — To learn to enjoy the beauty of nature — It is honorable to fail than to cheat. — To have faith in his own ideas — To be gentle with the gentle and tough with the tough — Not to follow the crowd — To filter all he hears on a screen of truth — To laugh when he is sad — To be aware of too much sweetness — Never to sell his strength and intelligence to the highest bidders. — To stand and fight for the right. — To have the courage to be impatient and patience to be brave — To have sublime faith in himself and in mankind.
OR
Appr. — Rode unarmed and all alone. — Did not stop anywhere to rest — Swam the Esk river because there was no ford. — Boldly entered the Netherby hall — Bride’s father spoke to him with his hand on the sword. — Asked whether he had come in peace or to fight with him — Said that though he had loved his daughter, his suit was denied by him. — Also said that there were maidens in Scotland who were ready to marry him. — He had come there to dance and drink a cup of wine. — The bride kissed the goblet and offered to him — Drank the wine and danced with her before her mother could stop him. — The people present there appreciated the lovely couple, though the parents of the bride did not like him dancing with the bride. — Whispered his plan in the ears of the bride Ellen and led her to the entrance of the hall where the charger was ready. He swung her on to the horse and fled from that place.
25. Describe the effect that the spectacle of the peak had on the poet’s mind.
OR
How did the female crane express her sorrow on the death of her male partner?
25. Comp. — The poet had stolen a boat — Rowed it with troubled pleasure fixing his view upon the summit of a craggy ridge. — Suddenly a huge and black peak put its head up as if it were a living creature endowed with a willpower of its own. — Slowly growing larger in stature, the awful peak seemed to stand between him and the stars, seemed to follow him with regular steps. — This spectacle remained for many days in his mind even in his dreams. — No pleasant images came to his mind.
OR
Comp. — In agony and desperation, she encircled the sky in movements of grace over the disgraceful death of her partner. — When the killers went away with the kill, she descended to the death scene and expressed her grief in long and short cries. — She picked a few blood-stained feathers and sat to hatch them into a toddling chick. — In her grief, she forgot to eat or drink and pined away for her lost mate and finally died.
VI. Quote from memory :
26. I was angry ......................................................................
........................................................................................
........................................................................................
.......................................................................... did grow.
OR
And now am I come ..........................................................
........................................................................................
........................................................................................
.................................................. bride to the young Lochinvar.
Answers
26. Rem. I was angry with my friend :
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe: I told it not,
my wrath did grow.
OR
And now am I come with this lost love of mine,
To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine.
There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far,
That would gladly be a bride to the young Lochinvar.
PART - B : ( Grammar and Vocabulary ) Multiple choice questions: 10 × 1 = 10
27. She often quotes ........................ Shakespeare.
The most appropriate preposition to be filled in the blank is
(A) from
(B) with
(C) to
(D) for
28. Gandhiji, more than any leader, ..................... India’s struggle for freedom.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb.
(A) symbol
(B) symbolizes
(C) symbolize
(D) symbolic.
29. ............................. our many faults, our parents love us. Choose the most appropriate alternative and fill in the blank.
(A) Besides
(B) In spite of
(C) Even though
(D) Having.
30. She was an elfin pinnace.
The figure of speech used here is
(A) Simile
(B) Metaphor
(C) Alliteration
(D) Personification.
31. Mount Everest is ........................ tallest peak in .................... Himalayas.
The correct set of articles to be used here is
(A) a, the
(B) the, a
(C) the, the
(D) a, an.
32. When he saw her courage, he felt ashamed of his own ..................... . Fill in the blank with a suitable antonym of the word underlined.
(A) encourage
(B) discourage
(C) coward
(D) cowardice.
33. She sang melodiously, ...................... .The appropriate question tag to be used here is
(A) doesn’t she ?
(B) didn’t she ?
(C) did she?
(D) does she ?
34. Dr. Jenner in England had already discovered vaccination for smallpox. The passive form of the above sentence is
(A) Vaccination for smallpox was already discovered by Dr. Jenner in England.
(B) Vaccination for smallpox had already been discovered by Dr. Jenner in England.
(C) Vaccination for smallpox has already been discovered by Dr. Jenner in England.
(D) Vaccination for smallpox is already discovered by Dr. Jenner in England.
35. Darjeeling is more beautiful than any other hill station in India. The positive degree of the above sentence is
(A) No other hill station in India is more beautiful than Darjeeling.
(B) Very few hill stations in India are as beautiful as Darjeeling.
(C) No other hill station in India is as beautiful as Darjeeling.
(D) Many other hill stations in India are as beautiful as Darjeeling.
36. As we were tired, we went slowly. The simple form of this sentence is
(A) We were tired and we went slowly.
(B) Being tired we went slowly.
(C) We were tired, so went slowly.
(D) We went slowly because we were tired.
Answers
27. Remem A — from
28. B — symbolizes
29. B — In spite of
30. D — Personification
31. C — the, the
32. D — Cowardice
33. B — didn’t she ?
34.B — Vaccination for smallpox had already been discovered by Dr. Jenner in England.
35.C — No other hill station in India is as beautiful as Darjeeling.
36.B — Being tired we went slowly.
VIII. Observe the relationship in the first pair of words and complete the second pair accordingly in the following : 4 × 1 = 4
37. Meet : Meat ; Blue : ....................... .
38. Admit : Admission ; Discover : ...................... .
39. Beautiful : Beauty ; Simple : .......................... .
40. Late : Gate ; Wine : .......................... .
Answers
37. Remem blew
38. discovery
39. simplicity
40. fine, mine, line, ............. .
IX. Rewrite as directed :
41. Combine the following sentences using ‘too ... to’ and ‘so ... that ... not’ : My house is very far. I cannot walk.
42. Rewrite the sentence using “not only ..... but also” : Besides being intelligent, she is hardworking.
43. Frame a question to get the underlined words as answer : Anand was awarded for his bravery.
Answers
41. Expr. My house is too far for me to walk. My house is so far that I cannot walk.
42.She is not only intelligence but also hard working.
43. What was Anand awarded for ?
X.PART - C : ( Composition and Comprehension )
44. Imagine you are Rakshith / Raksha studying at Government High School, Karwar. Write a letter to the local government authority to provide street lights in your area.
OR
Write a letter to your friend describing the various club activities conducted in your school.
XI. 45. Write an essay ( in about 15-20 sentences ) on any one of the following topics :
a) Role of schools in promoting National Integration
b) Protection of environment — Responsibility of citizens
c) Adverse effects of Mass Media on students.
XII. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
5 × 1 = 5
The Egyptians believed that after people died, they would go to another world. In that world, they thought, people would still need many of the things they had on earth. Their kings had many wonderful treasures and these treasures were buried with them.
The kings were not buried in the open ground or in graveyards, but in great buildings or tombs called pyramids, which were built out in the deserts. These pyramids which can still be seen today were made of stone. Inside there are secret doors which lead to secret passages and then to a secret chamber. There the Pharaoh's body was preserved, so that it would go on looking the same for thousands of years. These preserved bodies are called mummies.
The pyramids were built by slaves. The slaves who made the secret entrances to the tombs were killed when the work was finished, so as to make sure that they wouldn’t tell others what they know.
Questions :
46. What did the Egyptians believe in ?
47. What were the treasures buried in pyramids with the Egyptian kings ?
48. What are mummies ?
49. Where was the Pharoah’s body preserved ?
50. Why were the slaves who built the secret entrances to the tombs killed ?
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