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(c) He had crossed the Rann on ______ occasions
earlier, though he had turned twenty only a
2022 month ago. (four/five)
ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH
(d) He was mortally scared that Allahrakha may die
of ______ . (fatigue/thirst)
Full Marks : 100
Time : 3 hours (e) If you are leaving that sorrowful place with hate
and anger against men, you are worthy of ______ .
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions (sympathy/compassion)
General Instructions: (f) Jean Valjean was in the shadow with the iron
______ in his hand, erect, motionless, terrified,
(i) Write all the answers in the Answer Script. at this radiant figure. (rod/drill)
(ii) Attempt Part–A Objective Questions serially.
(g) Kiran’s heart overflowed with______ at this
(iii) Attempt all parts of a question together at one place. attempted outrage on a homeless lad. (pity/
sadness)
( PART : A–OBJECTIVE )
( Marks : 50 ) 2. Write whether the following statements are True or
False (any five) : 1x5=5
SECTION – I
(a) The stranger neglected everything else to search
( Marks : 30 ) for the man to match the face on the wall.
1. Fill in the blanks by choosing the right word from the (b) Rahim Khan was happy and relieved when his
given alternatives in the brackets (any five): 1x5=5 wife left him.
(a) The bedroom walls had been ______ by a previous
tenant. (painted/ distempered) (c) Radha was the daughter of Ram Charan, the
village banya.
(b) For______ years his wife had submitted to his
persecution with a slave-like docility that is the
(d) Najab’s mother fainted when she heard that Najab
badge of her tribe. (twenty/thirty)
had gone to Pakistan.
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(e) Fatimah told Najab that she wanted to marry (f) His purposes will ______ fast
Mahfuz Ali. Unfolding every hour. (ripen/mature)
(f) Jean Valjean had no recollection of the promise (g) Thy minstrel hath no wreath to ______ for thee
he made to the Bishop to become an honest man. Save the sad story of thy misery! (braid/weave)
(g) There is no doubt that Kiran had a hand in
spoiling the boy. 4. Write whether the following statements are True or
False (any five) : 1x5=5
3. Fill in the blanks choosing the right word from the
given alternatives (any five) : 1x5=5 (a) The scene on the urn is pastoral.
(a) That leaves a heart high-sorrowful and cloy’d, (b) Our time on earth is brief, a thread the length of
A burning forehead, and a tongue. a span.
(scorching/parching)
(c) The baby’s feet are as cool as syringa buds in the
(b) When old age shall this generation waste,
morning hours.
Thou shalt , in midst of other woe (remain/
abide)
(d) The bold lover kisses the fair maiden by his side.
(c) Join the song of the great stars sweeping by.
(triumphant/jubilant)
(e) We must stop work and drink of the wine
outpoured.
(d) They poise and like puffs of wind that pass
Over water where the weeds are thinned.
(run/sprint) (f) The clouds that fearful saints dread are big with
mercy.
(e) He treasures up his bright ,
And works his sovereign will. (plans/designs) (g) The minstrel weaves new songs for the country.
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5. Answer any five questions from either Group A or (b) What was Caesar’s reply to Brutus’ request to
Group B in about 25 – 30 words. 2 x 5 = 10 grant Publius Cimber’s return to Rome?
GROUP – A (c) Who says ‘Et tu, Brute’? When are these words
spoken and why?
( Abraham Lincoln )
(d) What do the conspirators proclaim to justify
(a) Why does Lincoln want Fairbanks to stop bidding Caesar’s death?
for the slave girl?
(e) What was Antony’s reaction when he saw Caesar’s
(b) What did Fairbanks do with the slave girl when
dead body?
he finally bought her?
(c) What assurance did Lincoln give Hannah? (f) What reasons does Brutus give for murdering
Caesar?
(d) How did Lincoln prove to the jury that Allen had
not seen the moon between 12 and 1 o’clock on (g) Why did Brutus and Cassius flee Rome?
the night of the murder?
(e) What was the amount that Lincoln contributed SECTION – II
to the Anti-Slavery Association?
( Marks : 20 )
(f) What does Todd say about the Congressmen and
Senators in Washington?
6. Attempt any five questions in about 25 – 30 words.
(g) Who was Duff Armstrong? What was the crime 2 x 5 = 10
he was supposed to have committed? (a) How did the face on the wall control the stranger?
(b) What was Rahim Khan’s immediate realisation
GROUP – B to the thought that his wife was not coming back?
( Julius Caesar )
(c) Why was Zaman angry when he assumed that
Najab had gone to Pakistan?
(a) What did Brutus say to Cassius when he told
him that he feared their purpose is discovered? (d) Where did Kiran find the missing inkstand?
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(e) Which are the two ways by which we can make (f) The accused was released on–––––. (bale/bail)
the world better? (Fill in the blank using the right word from the
brackets)
(f) How does the baby’s feet feel in the hands of the
poet? (g) Meghalayans ––––––––(be) good at archery.
(Fill in the blank using the correct form of the
given verb)
(g) Why, according to William Cowper, should we
trust God?
(h) Jane is fit to be chosen for the job. (Substitute
the underlined phrase with a single word.)
(h) What does the poet express in the poem
To India–My Native Land? (i) No one can understand the mystery of life.
(Transform into an affirmative sentence)
(j) He is so weak that he cannot walk.
7. Rewrite the sentences as directed: 1 x 10 = 10 (Rewrite the sentence using too in place of so)
(a) “I am going to contest in the next year’s election”,
said the budding politician. ( PART : B – DESCRIPTIVE )
(Change to Indirect speech)
( Marks : 50 )
(b) The Mount Everest is in the Himalayas.
8. Answer any one in about 130 words: 1 x 10 = 10
(Rewrite the sentence correctly)
(a) Discuss Rahim Khan’s predicament. Is his
(c) You arn’t angry. (Add a question tag.) behaviour towards his wife and children justified?
(d) The postman clears this box three times a day. (b) How does the story of Najab and Fatimah prove
(Change to Passive voice) that “Love has no boundaries”?
(e) He deals ––––––– Japanese silk. (c) Write a character sketch of either Nilkanta or
(Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition) Kiran.
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9. Answer any one in about 130 words: 1 x 10 = 10 GROUP – B
(a) Summarize the first two stanzas of “Ode on a ( Julius Caesar )
Grecian Urn”.
(a) Oh Antony, beg not your death of us,
(b) Discuss in detail the poet’s wish in the poem
“To India–My Native Land”. Though now we must appear bloody and cruel,
As by our hands and this our special act
You see we do; yet see you but our hands,
(c) What are the various aspects of life in the poem
“Laugh and be Mery”? What according to the poet And this the bleeding business they have done.
is the best way to live life?
(b) Then none have I offended. I have done no more
to Caesar than you shall do to Brutus.
10. Explain with reference to the context (any two) either (c) Through this the well-beloved Brutus stabbed;
from Group A or Group B in about 60 – 70 words And as he plucked his cursed steel away,
2 x 5 = 10 Mark how the blood of Caesar followed it ......
GROUP – A
11. Write a precis of the following passage and give a
( Abraham Lincoln )
suitable title. 8 + 2 = 10
(a) There, he has already begun his first speech. We now know many curious things about ants.
And if we let him go on, I can assure you we will Some red ants in Europe keep other ants as slaves.
never go on our visits! They take their slaves from black ants which are
smaller in size. When they want slaves, they attack
(b) That’s exactly what I’m doing. I’d rather buy her the nests of black ants and carry off some of their
myself than let that Frenchman get her. eggs. These eggs hatch in the red ants nests and
produce black ants. These black ants are then treated
(c) We’ll have to make laws for that, I’m afraid. But as slaves. They are taught to obey orders and made to
we’ll do that too, if we get a chance. do all kinds of work. The driver ants of Africa are the
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most fierce ants. They are completely blind and they of giving colour; they are used to heal wounds. Many
march like a big army from one place to another. On important medicines are made from coal-tar. Carbolic
the way they eat up any living animal including big acid is one such. Another is used by a dentist when
animals like tigers and elephants. When these driver he pulls out a tooth. It deadens the nerves in the
ants enter a house, the people leave the house and gum so that no pain is felt.
run away into the forest. The ants then eat everything
that can be eaten before going away. (i) Why was coal-tar considered a nuisance? 1
(ii) What was its main use in those days? 1
12. Read the following passage and answer the questions: 10 (iii) Name three uses to which coal-tar is put. Which
do you think is the most important? 1+1+2=4
Coal-tar is black and sticky. For a long time,
people thought of it as a nuisance. This oily, smelling (iv) How is dye made from coal-tar used? 2
substance blocked up the pipes, so gas-makers and
coke-makers washed it out and tried to get rid of it. (v) Mention some important medicines made from
coal-tar. 2
Some of it was sold for roofing but most of it was wasted.
But this evil-smelling nuisance has been found to be
one of the most useful of raw materials in the world.
From it the chemist is able to make almost anything
he wished–from medicines to explosives, from dyes to
disinfectants. Not all these things are made from coal-
tar itself. Only about a dozen simple products come
from it. But from these the chemist is able to make
thousands of new substances. Some of the most
important things made from coal-tar are dyes. A whole
rainbow of colours is made from coal-tar. More than
nine hundred different coal-tar dyes are in common
use. These dyes not only give fine colours to our
clothes, ribbons, shoes and hats, but also give pleasing
colours to many of our sweets and drinks. Some of
the coal-tar dyes serve another purpose besides that
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