Preparatory exam 2018
Second Language English
Marks-80 Time:2.30Hrs
General Instructions
Attempt all Question
15 minints allotted a cool of time
You are not allowed to write during the cool of time
Read the instructions and questions carefully
Section –A (Prose Poetry, supplementary and vocabulary)
1 Four Alternatives are given for each of the following Questions /incomplete statements. Write the correct or the most appropriate answer in the space provided 1X3=3
1 The person who made long boring speech was
a. Alla Rakha b. Pandit Ravi Shankar
c. large mustached man d. the anchor of the function
2. Dr B R Ambedkar bought books by
a. borrowing loan b. curtailing his daily needs
c. by selling old books d. none of above
3 The seismic waves are similar to
a. Waves generated by nuclear bombs
b. Waves generated by atom bombs
c. Waves generated by earthquake
d. Waves generated by sea
Answer the following in 2-3 sentence each 2X4=8
4. Why did Swami feel that his father’s proportion was frightful?
5. How do you say that Swami was not a boy of courageous?
6. Ambedkar had a great thirst for books , when he was a student. Explain.
7. Why did super power meet in Geneva?
Read the following extracts and answer the question given (qn. 8,9 and 10) 3x3=9
8. “I don’t like to have you speak to me in that manner”
a Who do you think the speaker of the sentence? b. Who does the word ‘you ‘ refer to? c. What made him say so?
9. ‘We must not miss the chances’
a. Who is the speaker?
b. What does the word ‘Chances’ refer to?
c. Why does the speaker feel so?
10.‘Chacha, can I borrow your mobile’
a. Who is the word Chacha referred to here?
b. Whose Mobile did the Speaker want?
c. Why did the speaker want the mobile?
Answer the following question in 8-10 sentences. 4
11. Columbus learned many things in the voyage Discovery. Describe.
OR
“Physical disability is no barrier to success to Satish”. Justify..
Poetry
12. ‘Muddy Holes’ refers to 1
a. virtual holes in the land
b. intension of the speaker
c. commotion created by the reader
d. common feelings of the reader.
Answer the following in 2-3 sentences each 2X2=4
13. Why is the poet querulous In the poem ‘The song of India’?
14. The speaker Norman Nicholson had the feeling that he is imprisoned What makes you think so
Read the following extracts and answer the question given 3x1=3
15 ’We are lost ‘ shouted the caption.
a. Who does the pronoun ’we’ refer to?
b. Why was the speaker made the statement?
c. What reaction did the speaker get from his shout?
Quote from memory the four lines of the poem beginning with 4
16. The quality of mercy…………………………..
…………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………..
……………………………..and him that takes.
Or
heavy sighs………………………….…
………………………………………………..
………………………………………………..
……………………………………can know
Answer in a paragraph 4
17 Grandma was a genius. How did the poet describe in the poem?.
OR
Write the substance of the poem ‘Jazz Poem Two’
Supplementary Reading
Answer the following in about 4-6 sentences each 2x2=4
18. What was there in the mysterious parcel? What suspicion did the police had about that?
OR
How did Dicky Dolma succeed in the tast of scaling Mount everest?
19. life for Hanif in the beginning was never a smooth sail. Why was it?
OR
Why did Wangjia decide not to go back?
Vocabulary
20.Combine the word in column A with its collective word in B 1
A B
Impose ( book, curfew, law, below)
21. Write the opposites by adding correct prefixes 1/2X2= 1
Merciful X fortune X
22. Use the correct word form given in breckets 1
The sailors showed their ……………..(disappoint) by singing song
23.Which one of the following words has three syllables. 1
direction evening carry , fortune
Reading
Read the passage and answer the question
Once a king become seriously ill. The doctors said that he could b well again, if he wore the shirt of a perfectly happy man. The king sent his men all over to find a perfectly happy man . they could not find a perfectly happy man. After a weary search they came upon a beggar, he was singing and laughing he was perfectly happy . he was brought before the king . the doctors asked him his shirt to the king he laughed and said .” I have no shirt at all”.
24. Pick out the sentence in the passage which means ‘beggar was half nacked. 4x1=4
25. What did the doctor say to the king?
26 Why did the king send his men all over?
27. Which word in the passage shows that ‘the was patient’
II.A dialogue is given below. Read it and answer the questions that follow
Amritha : we are going on a trip to Ooti next week. Can you join us on the trip?
Raveena : Its not possible for me to join you on the trip.
Amritha: Why is it not possible for you to do so?
Raveena: My aunt is coming from U K.
Amritha: When is she coming to india?
Raveena: She is coming this next week.
Amritha: I’ll will miss you lot.
RAveena: So will I.
28. Does Raveena Join trip? 1
29. Why is not possible for Raveena to join? 1
30 Look at the picture. Write a sentence using the ‘Heavier than’ 1
5 k g 2 kg
31. Rearrange the jumbled words into a meaning ful sentence. 1
Walking / a /bridge/People /along/were/ narrow
WRITING
A paragraph is given below. It has four errors which are underlined. Edit the paragraph clues are given below.
32 The old man bow to all on us in the room. Then he removed his hat and gloves, slowly and carefully
Clues
a. Preposition to be corrected 1
b. verb form to be corrected. 1
33. Imagine you are Aadya / Shamitha living in Haveri door no 329 1th cross Ishwar Nagar Hangal. 4
Write a letter to your father about your progress in study.
OR
Write a letter to the news paper editor about felicitation program for teachers conducted at your village.
34 Below is a Profile of Sir C V Raman, a scientist. Write the given information in the form of a paragraph. 4
Date of birth- 7th November 1888
Father- Chandrashekar Iyer (a professor of Physics)
Mother - Parvati Amman
Education – M A (physics)
Profession – earlier -deputy accountant general , then a professor in Calcutta university
Aim- wanted to be a scientist
Achievement- scattering of light(Raman Effect)
Awards- Noble prize for his achievement.
Spatial quality- kind hearted and generous
OR
Outline of a story is given. Read the outline and develop in to a readable paragraph.
a hungry fox- saw a crow with a piece of meat in its beak- fox though a plan- praised the crow- listen –happy- requested to sing a song- foolish crow sang- meat fell down-picked up – fox ran away
GRAMMER( LANGUAGE IN USE)
35. Read the conversation
A. Did you write letter? 1
B. yes I wore a letter
The passive form of the underlined sentence is _____________________________
a. Was letter written by you?
b. Letter was written by you?
c. Were you written by letter?
d. Were letter written by you?
36. don’t waste time. 1
The function of above sentence is
a. request b. order c. permition d. suggestion
37. he never speaks English, ____ ?
The question tag to be used above is.
a. does he ? B. do he ? C. don’t he? d. doesn’t he ?
38. The gentlemen removed his gloves slowly and carefully. 1
The correct ‘wh’ question for the above sentence is.
a. How did the gentlemen remove gloves ?
b. How do the gentlemen remove gloves ?
c. How did the gentlemen removed gloves ?
d. How do the gentlemen removed gloves ?
39. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions and articles 1
Swami looked ……… Granny , for a moment, and followed by his father in to……….office room
40. Read the conversation. Based on it ,complete the reported form given below 2
After telling the story of brave boy. Father looked at swami fixedly and asked, “What do you say to that?”
Swami said, I think he must have been a very strong and grown up person.
After telling the story of brave boy. Father looked at swami fixedly and asked ________________________
Swami replayed _________________________________________________________________
41. Fill in the blanks choosing the right forms of the verbs given the bracket 2
Students --------------(be+ play) in front of the school. The head master who saw them and…………….(question) them
42. Fill in the blanks using the appropriate linking words given in the bracket.
Students were intelligent ………..hard working……..they scored good marks 1
(and. So, but, though)
REFERENCE SKILL
43. Arrange the following words in the order in which they are put in a dictionary
bench , beach, beauty, beast 2
44 To find the detailed information about one thing We refer……
a. an atlas b. dictionary c. a thesaurus d. an Encyclopedia 1
45. A message reads like this ‘v r l8 2 c u
What does it mean? Write it in a normal way. 1
Prepared by
Rakesh Jigali
Janata Girls High School Hangal
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