QUESTION
PAPER-I ENGLISH
Marks:- 20
Time:- 45 min
- Read the following lines from the poem ‘ Night of the Scorpion’ and answer the following questions:-
May the poison purify your flesh
of
desire, and your spirit of ambition,
they
said, and they sat around
on
the floor with mother in the centre
the
peace of understanding on each face
more
candles, more lanterns, more neighbours
more
insects, and the endless rain.
my
mother twisted through and through,
groaning
on a mat
- Who are ‘ they ‘ in these lines?
- Give examples for alliteration?
- What does the ‘ peace understanding on each face suggest’?
- Did the prayers cure the mother? quote the appropriate line. (4)
- After the heating dispute between Swamy and his teacher Samuel, suppose Swamy’s father happened to meet Samuel. Write the likely conversation between them. (5)
- Complete the following using appropriate phrasal verbs:-
Deepak ……….(a)………. unexpectedly at his
grandparents house one day. They were glad to see him. Grandfather
was about to go out, but he………(b)……….. his outing. Both
the grand father and grandmother ………(c)……….. a lot of
effort to prepare a nice lunch for him. When his grandparents took a
rest after lunch, Deepak ……..(d)……….. the TV and watched
cricket.
(Put in, Put out, turn up, turn on, put off, put
on) (2)
- The narrator left the hotel after the terrible incidents. Prepare a news report about the terrible incident. (4)
- Write a short profile of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India.
- Birth- Rameshwaram- Tamil Nadu- 1931
- Scientist at ISRO
- Simple living and high thinking
- Becomes a world class scientist
- Write books
- Loves children and teaching profession
- Becomes President of India -2002
- A charming and dignified president (5)
- Edit the following review of Charlie Chaplin’s film Modern Times using the editing codes;
Chaplin’s silent last film was made when everyone
else was making Talkies and innovation the film world is
experimenting with then. In the film Charlie turn against modern
society, the machine age. Firstly we see Him frantically trying to
keep up with production lines, tighten bolts. then he is selected for
an experiment with an automatic a feeding machine, but various mishap
leads his bose to believe he has gone mad and Charlie is sent to a
mental hospital (5)
QUESTION PAPER-II ENGLISH
Marks:- 20
Time:- 45 min
- Read the following lines from the poem ‘ the Himalayas’ and answer the following questions:-
At that time
I am seventeen, and have just started
To wear a saree everyday.
Swamy Anand is eighty nine
And almost blind
His thick glasses don’t seem to work,
They only magnify his cloudy ice.
Morning he summons me
From kitchen
And I read to him until lunch time.
One day he tells me
You can read your poems now
I read a few, he is silent
Thinking he’s asleep, I stop
But he says continue
Who is the ‘he’ in these lines?
What does the ‘cloudy ice’ suggest?
Pick out an example of assonance from these lines.
What does the phrase ‘continue’ means? (4)
- You are organizing a film festival. Prepare a notice. (5)
OR
Prepare a profile of P N Panicker using the following
hints
Birth - 1 st
March 1909
Birth place - Neelamperor Kottyam
Parents - Govinda Pillai and Janaki Amma
Profession - Teacher
Contribution - Founder, Travancore Library
Association
Founder, KANFED
Death - 19 th
June 1995 (Day of reading)
- Read the following line from the poem ‘Skimbleshanks : The railway cat’
and answer the questions that follows’:-
He gives one flash of his glass-green eyes
And the signal goes ‘ All Clear’!
And we’re off at last for the northern part
Of the Northern Hemisphere!
You may say that by and large it is Skimble who’s
in charge
Of the sleeping car Express.
From the driver and the guards to the bagmen playing
cards
He will supervise them all, more or less
Down
the corridor he paces and examines all the phases
Of
the travelers in the first and the third
He
establishes control by a regular patrol
And
he’d know at once if anything occurs
What
is the relevance of glass-green eyes?
How
did Skimble assure his presence in the carriage?
Write
example for alliteration. (3)
- Replace the words in bold letters with the right phrases chosen from the brackets.
While Raju was preparing for his examination, he came
to know from one of his friends that the examinations were postponed
(a). He set aside his book and decided to start
(b) for a walk. He wore
(c) his cloths and he went with his friend. On their way they
met (d)
their old teacher. After having a long conversation with the
teacher, they returned
(
came across, set out, put off, put on ) (2)
- Edit the following passage:
He was a little late for the afternoon classes, but he goes (a) boldly into the class room with his bandaged knees. The knees are (b) their own apology, and the teacher nodds (c) to him and went on with the lesson. He was disappoint (d) that she does (e) not ask him any questions, so that he could tell her of his peril and of his friend. (6)
QUESTION
PAPER-III ENGLISH
Marks:- 20
Time:- 45 min
- Imagine that you are asked to make an announcement before the staging of the play ‘ The Beggar and the King’. Prepare an announcement. (5)
- Read the following from the poem ‘ Cactus’ and answer the following questions:-
Once these thorns were flowers
I
loathe lovers who betray.
Poets
have abandoned the deserts
To
go back to the gardens.
Only
camels remain here, and merchants
Who
trample my flowers to dust.
- Why did the poet returns to gardens?
- What were the thorns once?
- Write down images of deserts.
- Write the rhyming schemes of the line (4)
- Write a character sketch of the young lawyer in the story ‘ The bet’ by Anton Chekhov . (4)
- Your school is conducting a film festival. Following is the time, venue and schedule. Study carefully and answer the questions.
Date
|
Film
|
Venue
|
Time
|
Nov 25 |
Dreams |
Tagore Theatre |
10 am |
Nov 25 |
Adaminte Makan Abu |
Kairali Theatre |
2 pm |
Nov 26 |
Titanic |
Ray Theatre |
11 am |
Nov 26 |
Three Idiots |
MGM Theatre |
1 pm |
Nov 26 |
Pithamahan |
Archive Theatre |
3 pm |
- Which movie is exhibited in Kairali Theatre?
- When is Three idiots shown?
- If u want to watch a Malayalam film, which theater will u visit?
- In which theater is Dreams exihibited?
- Write a paragraph about the programme. (5)
- Add appropriate phrasal verbs. (Put On, give Up, Went off, Put out, Put off)
- The bomb………….at midday.
- He ….. his jackets.
- We are going to …….our sports membership after this year.
- The examination …………. (2)
QUESTION
PAPER-IV ENGLISH
Marks:- 20
Time:- 45 min
- Read the following lines from the poem ‘In the Country’ and answer the questions that follow:
This
life is sweetest; in the wood
I
hear no children cry for food;
I
see no woman, white with care;
No
man, with muscles wasting here.
No
doubt it is a selfish thing
To
fly from human suffering;
No
doubt he is a selfish man,
Who
shuns poor creatures sad and wan.
1. Why
does the speaker feel ‘life is sweetest’ in the woods?
2. What
is described as a selfish act?
3. Explain
the expression ‘women white with care’?
4. Write
the rhyme scheme followed in the stanzas. (4)
- Read the following lines from the poem ‘The Arrow and the Song’ and answer the questions that follow.
I
shot an arrow into the air,
It
fell to earth, I knew not where;
For,
so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could
not follow it in its flight.
I
breathed a song into the air,
It
fell to earth, I knew not where;
For
who has sight so keen and strong
That
it can follow the flight of song?
1. Why could the
speaker not follow the arrow in its flight?
2. Why couldn't any one
follow the flight of a song?
3. Write the rhyme
scheme followed in the stanza.
4. Pick out instances
of alliteration from the first stanza. (4)
- Complete the following conversation between Doctor Giraldo and
Balthazar.
Some parts of it are missing. Complete the conversation.
Doctor
: Balthazar, you are an excellent artist. This cage looks very
beautiful.
Balthazar
: __________a______________. Many told me so.
Doctor
: __________b______________?
Balthazar
: Sorry sir, it has already been sold.
Doctor
: Already sold? __________c______________?
Balthazar
: For sixty pesos
Doctor
: If you sell the cage to me, __________d______________.
Balthazar
: I cannot sell you something that’s already sold.
Doctor
: I wish __________e______________ (5)
4.
Prepare
a short profile of Resul Pookkutty for your school magazine.
Born
: 1971, Vilakkupara, Kollam, Kerala
Education
: B.Sc (Physics), Film and Television Institute, Pune
Wife
: Shadia
Awards
: 2009 - Oscar Award for Best Sound Mixing for the
and Honours film
Slumdog
Millionaire
2010 - Padma Shri by
Government of India
2010 - National
Film Award for Best Audiography
for the film Pazhassi
Raja (5)
5.
Complete the following passage choosing the appropriate words from
brackets and fill where ‘/’ is given.
Today
I watched the film ‘Dreams’ directed /(a) Akira Kurosawa. It was
/
(b) excellent
compilation /(c) eight beautiful short films. I was fascinated by
some of the shots in the film. The excellence /(d) photography /(e)
music made the film enjoyable to everyone.
(in, an, and, from,
of, by) (2)
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