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RDPUCPA lil
DISTRICT
LEVEL MID.TERM
EXAMINATION,
NOVEMBER.2OI
5
II PUC
ENGLISH
Time
: 3
Hours 15 Min
Max.
Marks :
100
Instructions:
a. Follow
the
prescribed
limit w,hile
answering questions.
b.
Writc the
correct
question
number
as
it
appears on
the question
paper.
c. One mark questions
attempted more than
once
y'ill
be
awarded
zero.
d.
Answers to question numbers 2a
@-j)
and
25(i-iii)
should
be in
sequence
and at one
place.
(:
€. For
multiple
choice
question
choose the
correct
answer and
re-write
it.
I. Answer
the following
question
in a word,
a
phrase
or
a
sentence
each.
txt2:12
l.
What, according
to
Rorneo, does
Juliet
seem
to teach the torches?
2. Mention
one
of
the taxes imposed by the
king
of Monaco
in
"Too
Dear".
3.
In
the
poem,
"On children"
'The
stable
bow' refers
to
a) Chilciren
b)
God
c)
Parents
4.
Name the
movement
started
by
Vandana Shiva
in
1987.
5. What
cloes
the end
of
consumerism
and.
accumulation
lead
to.
according to Vandana
Shiva?
6.
Where
does
Don Gonzato
finally
sit dorvn when
he
noticed that his
bench had
already
been occupied?
7.
What
had made
peace
between Gonzalo
and
Dona Laura
in
"A
Sunny
Morning"?
8.
What, according
to
the
speaker, did he love in
the woman
in
"When
You Are
Old"'l
f.
in
"The
Gardener"
-
The most
important possession
of
Tarnmanna
was
a)
10 acres
of
wet land
b)
a
comfortable
house
c)
his rival
Sangoji
Basavaiah
(Fill
in
the
blank
with
correct
answer)
i0. Where
is
the foot
condemned
to live like
a
prisoner
in
"To
the Foot
from
its
Child"'l
I 1.
Who.
according
to
Borges, is
an
extraordinary
person
in
"l
Believe That Books
Will
Never
Disappear"'
,)q
Uow
does the
poet
create heaven
on earth, according
to
Kuvempu?
II.
Answer
any eight
of
the following
(choosing
at least
two from
poetry)
in
a Paragraph
of
80-100
r\
trrds
.
4X8:32
13.
How
does
Romeo
glorify
Juliet's
beauty?
"
14. Describe
briefly
the
kingdom of Monaco
in
"Too
Dear".
15.
How
is-the
parent-chiidren
relationship
broughtout in
"On
Children"?
16.
Give an account
of \/andana Shiva's
efforts
to preserve
and conserve
bio-diversity.
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(P.r.o)
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17.
What
makes
Dona I-aura
conclude that
Don
Gonzalo is
an ill-natured
man?
18.
Why does
the
speaker want his beloved
to read
his book
when
she
becomes
old in
"When
you
are
old"?
19.
Describe Tammanna's
unusual way
of taking
revenge
on Basavaiah.
20.
What
contrasting pictures
of the foot
does the poem,
"Too
the Foot
from its
child"
present?
21.
Why
does
Borges
believe that book
will
never
disappear?
X
Why
does
Kuvempu sa)'that heaven is here
on
earth?
7-
III.
Answer
the following
in
about
200
rvords;
lX6:6
23.
"The
u,ays
of
providence
are
strange."
How is
this broughtout
in
the
case n
-
Don
Gonzalo and
Dona Laura?
or
"Your
Children
are
not your
childrefl,"
Hov,'does
the
poet
illustrate
this
truth in the
poemt"On
Children"
or
"Man
is
so
complicated that
till
the
day
of
his
death he goes
on
lirine
for
some
re\ense
or
the
other"
Horv is this true
of
Tammanna
and Basavaiah
in
"The
Gardener']"
I\'.
Read
the follon-ing
passage
and answer
the questions
set on it.
10Xl:10
The
Greek
word
for
wisdom is
'sophia'
and
'Philos'
means
a
fiiend.
So. 'Philosopher
means
a
friend
oi'
w'isdorn, and
this is
the best possible
description
of
Socrates.
n'ho
s'as
one
of
the
rvisest
and
bravest
tcacircrs
the u
orld
has
er
er
k-nori n.
Socrates
lived
in
Athens, nearly
500
years
before
the
birth
of
Christ. He
q,as
not
born importanr
or
rich,
and indeed
all his
life
he was
poor,
for
he
never
asked
his pupils
to
pay
for
what
he
taught
them. He
taLrght
for
the love
of wisdom, not for
money.
l
Socrates was
interested
in
how
ordinary
people
ought
behave and
think.
He
cird
not
just
tell
his
pupils
rvhat
he thought
they
should
Jo-in
fact, he
was
fond
of
saying
that he
himself
knew
nothing.
Instead,
he
r'vould
ask
them
endless questions
about
what they
thought
and
believed.
Then,
he
would
talk
about
their
allswers
and make them
talk too. He rvould
cleverly
lead the
conversation
round
in
such a
way
that,
at the
t:nd
of it, people
would
suddenly
see
for
themselves
what
was
really
true
and
right.
'fhey
would
feel
they
had
worked
it
out for
themselves.
Socrates
taught
that 'the
man who is
master
of himself
is
truly
free'. By
being
master
of
oneself,
he
meant
first
knowing
oneself,,
one's faults
and
weaknesses
and
one's good points,
without
makingany
pretence
and
without
being
vain,
and
being able
to
control
oneself.
This
knowledge
of
himself
was what
helps
a
man
to
be
courageous.
And
the courageous
man
is
free
from
fear.
Socrates
himself,
because
he was
not
afraid
of the consequences,
always
felt
free
to teach
what
he
thought
was
right.
This
made him
unpopular
with
the
powerful
people
in
Athens.
Socrates'was
loved
by all
his
pupils.
But
he
made some
dangerous
enemiesby
his
strange
ways
of
teaching
and
asking questions.
Some
of
the
rulers
in Athens
did not people
to be encouraged
to
ask too many
questions
for
fear
they
would
begin
asking questions
about
what
their
rulers
were
doing.
So,
they
accused
Socrates
of teaching young
men wicked things
and leading
them
to
throw
off
their religion.
This
was
fblse,
for
Socrates was
very
religious
man.
At last,
his
enemies
had him
arrestecl,
and he was
condemned to
death.
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During the
30
days
that lay
between Socrates'
trial
and execution,
his
friends
and
pupils
were
allowed
to
spend
a
great
deal
of time
witir him
in
the
prison.
They were
astonished
to
find
that he was
calm
and
cheerful
seemed
to
have
no
fear
of
dying.
He
talked
to
them and taught
them
just
as he used
to in
the
streets
and
market places
of the
city.
One
of
his
pupilsrCrito,
brbed
the
jailor
to
let
him
escape,
but
even then
he
would
not
go.
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5
-
The
Greeks' way
of
executing'people
was
to
make them
drink
a cup
of
hemlock,
which is
a deadly
poison.
When the
hemlock
was
brought
to
Socrates,
his
friends
were
in tears,
but
Socrates
took
the
cup
quietly
and
drank
it
as
if
it
were
a
glass
of wine
at.a banquet.
24.
+What
does
the
term 'philosopher'
mean?
b- When
did
Socrates
live?
c-According
to the writer
Socrates was
i,rich
ii.
Poor
iii. Sirperstitious
d-What
did
Socrates
never
ask
his pupils?
e"Add
prefix
to
the
word 'encourage'
to form its
antonym.
LWhat,
according
to
Socrates,
helps
a man to
be courageous?
g-Why
did
Socrates
make
dangerous enemies?
h,
How
many
days lay between
Socrates'
trial and execution?
LWho
brided
the
jailor
to
help
Socrates
escape?
j.
Horv
did the
Greeks execute people?
25.
Read
the following
lines
and answer
the
questrons.
3Xl:3
Seven
years
I
could not
walk
a
step
when
I to
the
great
physician
came
He
dernanded:
Wh.y ffre--
n
..*=*
crutches?
And I told
him: I
am lame.
(i).
For how
many
years
could the
speaker
not
rvalk
a step?
(ii)-
Who
did
the
speaker
visit?
(iii)-
What
did
the
speaker
use to
rvalk?
v-
Fill
in
the blanks
with
appropriate
articles
/
prepositions.
4xl:4
26.
There
was
only
one
hitch
the
matter;
and
that
was
that
they had
neither
guillotine
cutting
heads
off,
nor
executioner.
21,.
Re-write
the
jumbled
segments
to
form
a
meaningfur
sentence.
0l
him/the
owner/this
plar-rtation
/ exactly
i
a
person
needed
/ of
i
like
29.
Choose
the word
that agrees
with
the
subject
in
the follorving
sentences.
'
4xl 4
a. One
of my
friends
_(arelis)
in
England.
b. The number
of
road
accidents
(haveftras)
gone
up nowadays.
c. He
did
not
_
(cheat
/ cheated)
any body.
d.
Children
(like/likes)
to
play
cricket
nowadays.
29.
Rewrite
as directed;
3xl:3
a)
The
youn€trnan
wrote
Laura
man,''r
letters
(Frame
question
so as
to
get
the
underlined
words
as
answer)
b)
The
criminal goes
to
draw his pension
at the
proper
time.
(Change
into
a
question
using
the
right fbmi
of
"do")
(P.r.o)
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C.
My
brother never
forgot her...
..........?
(Add
a
suitable
questions
Tag)
3QRectify
the
errors
in
the
following sentences
and
re-write
them.
a.
I could not killed myself more
gloriously.
b.
What
you
are
doing?
c.
This
bag
belong to
me.
3t
What
do the undelined
words in
the
follorving paragraph refer to?
The Greek's
way of
executing people
was
to
make thern
drink a
cup
of
hemlock,
Which
poison. When
it was brought to Socrates,
his fiiends
were
in
tears.
3X1:3
4Xl:4
is
a
deadly
3X1:3
appointed a number
of
Tammanna's books were
them:
it:
which:
his:
32-
Fill
in the blanks
using the
appropriate
form of the
expressions
given
below.
2Xl:2
(give up,
passed
away,
because of)
I
thought
my
death alone
could
destroy Basavaiah.
So.
I
every
thing
and started
off.
A
fes
days
later Basavaiah
as
he had
no more reason to live.
33. Complete the
follot'ing b1 filling
the blanks
using the
right form
of the
verb given
in
brackets.
3Xl:3
Dona Laura \r'as an
old
Iadl of sevent)'.
Her
mental
faculties
She
-
(admire)
by all.
(not
damage)
by
her
age.
(call)
L^aura
[.orent.
he
34.
05
eport
the
follorving
conversation.
Don
Gonzaio
:
I am tbnci oigood
verses.
I
composed some
in my
youth.
Dona Laura: Were they good
ones?
Don
Gonzalo:
Why
do
you
ask me
such
a
question?
Dona Laura:
Don't be angry.
35.
FiU
in the blanks n'ith
the
right
linker.
Basavaiah
started filling his life with
all kinds of
material.wealth
persons
to
praise
him. his
house
looked
dull and
empty
not there.
(because,
but, and)
36. Write
a
letter of application
in response
to the following
advertisemcnt
u'hich
appeared in
(DECCAN
HERALD"
dated 20 Nov.2015.
WANTED
OFFICE ASSISTANTS
P.U.C with
a
good
knowledge
of computer.
Should
be
fluent
in both Kannada
and English
Apply
within
10
days
to:
The
Managing Director,
Lakshmi
Finance Company,
No.
166, Dr.
Rajkumar Road,
Rajaji
Nagar.
Bangalore-5(;001 0.
05
(write
XXX
for
your
narne and
YYY
for
your
address)
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