CBS TUTORIALS GANGAVATHI.
Model question paper (NCERT Syllabus )
Subject : F L English. Marks : 100.
Code: 15 E. Time : 3hrs.15 min.
I. Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions /incomplete statements.
Only one of them is correct or most appropriate. Choose the correct alternative and write
the complete answer along with its letter of alphabet : 6×1=6
1. I watched ................... boy helping .................... old man cross the road.
The suitable articles to be filled in the blanks in the above sentence are
(A) an ; the (B) a ; a (C) the ; a (D) the ; an.
2. The Manager appointed a new Secretary and ............... the old one.
The appropriate antonym of the underlined word is
(A) selected (B) reported (C) dismissed (D) excused.
3. They waited .................... the bus stop ................... the next bus.
The correct pair of prepositions to be filled in the blanks is
(A) by ; for (B) at ; for (C) for ; for (D) by ; of.
4. The thieves found it easy to ................... the house, as it was vacant and steal the
valuables.
The proper phrasal verb to be used to fill in the blank is
(A) break out (B) break down (C) break into (D) break with.
5. “You are Kuntidevi’s own first born, ................... ?”
A suitable question tag to the above sentence is
(A) aren’t you (B) weren’t you (C) are you (D) were you.
6. “I had a dove and the sweet dove died.”
The figure of speech used in the above line is
(A) Personification (B) Metaphor (C) Simile (D) Alliteration.
II. Observe the relationship in the first pair of words and complete the second pair
accordingly in the following : 4×1=4
7. Sail : Sale :: Stare : .......................... .
8. A remedy for all diseases : Panacea :: Loss of memory : ....................... .
9. Angel : Angelic :: Autumn : ......................... .
10. Grateful : Ungrateful :: Agreeable : ......................... .
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III. Rewrite as directed : 3×1=3
11. Change the voice of the verb in the following sentence :
He was made a general by the king.
12. Rewrite the sentence using the appropriate tense forms of the verbs in the brackets :
After I ( hear ) the news I ( hurry ) to see her.
13. Punctuate the sentence :
what an easy paper said ashok.
IV. Answer the following questions in a sentence each. 7X1=7
14. What did the baker wear in Portuguese days ?
15. Name the characters in the poem The Tale of custard the Dragon ?
16. What was the mood of the poet in the poem Dust of snow ?
17. What is the name of the Doctor in the lesson A Triumph of surgery ?
18.What does the boy get from Anil in return for his work ?
19 Who was Matilda’s friend ?
20.Who is Lutkins ?
V. Answer the following questions in two – three sentences each. 7X2=14
21. How did the rain change ? What happened to the Lencho’s field ?
22.What does Mandela thank the international leaders for ?
23. What does the poet say the boy is learning from the loss of the Ball ?
24. Why did Bholi refuse to marry Bishamber at last ?
25. What was Tricki’s ailment ? How did it worry Mrs. Pumphrey ?
26. Horace Donby was a meticulous planner but still he faltered . why ?
27. What curious episodes occur in the story ‘ The invisible man ‘?
Or
28. Why does Mrs. Hall find the scientist eccentric ?
VI. Rewrite as Directed 3X2=6
29. Change the following sentence to the other two degrees of comparison :
Diamond is harder than any other substance.
30. Change the following sentence into simple and compound sentences :
As soon as he received the news he left the place.
31. Frame sentences to bring out the difference in the meaning between the
following pair of words :
cloth — clothes.
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VII. Answer the following questions in five- six sentences each. 6X3=18
32. “Money can’t make man as much as education can “. Elaborate the line with reference
to ‘ The Thief’s story ‘.
33.Why does the post master send the money to Lencho ?Why does he sign the letter God ?
34. Describe the narrator’s experience as he flew the aeroplane in to the storm ?
35. Why was Mr. Keesing annoyed with Anne ? What did he ask her to do ? Do you think
Mr. Keesing was a strict teacher ?
36. Write the message of the poem Fire and Ice ?
37. Describe the tiger in the cage and in the wild .
Or
Where should the tiger have been according to the poet ? why ?
VIII. Explain with reference to the context 4X3=12
38. “ How many shoes did you say you had ? “
39. “ Alas ! living are few , but the dead are many”.
40. “ Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth”
41. “ But won’t that man out on the balcony” ?
IX. Quote from memory 1X4=4
42. Some say …………………… Now the name of …………….
…………………………………... or ………………………………………..
………………………fire …………………………..custard.
X. Answer the following questions in seven to eight sentences each. 3X4=12
43. Summarize the poem Amanda ?
Or
Why do you think the poet has called the desire to own things as a mania ? Is the poet
right in doing so ? Write your own views .
44.How do Coorg’s location , people and the natural features add to the diversity of India ?
Or
Give a pen portrait of Goan village baker.
45. Why do you think Kisa Gothami understood only the second time ? In what way
did the Buddha change her Understanding ?
OR
Do you think that forgiveness is better than arguing ? Give reasons supporting
Your answer .
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XI. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below: 1×4=4
One of the most inexplicable mysteries that has ever puzzled the selfish rich is their
failure to find happiness where they had expected to find it. The bitterest disappointment
that comes to people who have made fortunes is that their wealth did not bring the
happiness which it promised or anything like it. They find that affections do not feed on
material things, that the heart would starve in the midst of the greatest luxuries alone.
They find that while money can do many things, it has little power to satisfy the heart’s
yearning, the heart’s hunger. How many women there are in palatial homes in this
country who are starving for happiness and would gladly exchange all their luxuries for
the love of a good man even if he had not a dollar in the world !
Questions :
a) What is the realization of the many selfish rich ?
b) What is the state of many women living in palatial houses ?
XII. Write an essay of about 18 - 20 sentences on any one of the following topics :
1×5=5
a) Recent natural calamities — Nature’s way of retaliating against its degradation.
b) Social media should be used with a lot of caution.
XIII. Imagine you are Geetha / Gagan, from Government High School, Belagavi. 5M
Write a letter to your brother informing him of the benefits of staying on in India after
his higher education rather than migrating to foreign countries.
Or
Imagine you are Spoorthi M. / Samar M. from Government High School, Gangavathi.
Write a letter to the Post Master of the local post office lodging a complaint about your
missing letter which was posted from Delhi a month back
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