Maharashtra State Board H.S.C 2015 - 2016 March 12th Board Exam
English
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(Reading Skill, Grammar, Vocabulary, Note-making and Summary)
Q.1 (A) Read the following extract and answer’the ‘questions given [15]
below: q1)
I was 33 at the time, a doctor in the West End of London I had been lucky in advancing through several arduous Welsh mining assistantships to my own practice acquired on the installment plan from a dear old family physician who, at our first interview, gazed at my cracked boots ‘and frayed cuffs and trusted me
I think I wasn’t‘ bad doctor My patients seemed to like meằ —not only the;nice’old ladies with nothing wrong with them, who
lived near the park and paid handsomely for my cheerful bedside
manner, but the cabbies, porters and deadbeats in the mews and
back streets of Bayswater, who paid nothing and often hada great
deal wrong with them
Yet there was something — though I treated everything that
came my way, read all the medical journals, attended scientific
meetings, and even found time to take complex postgraduate
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colleague I expected a bottle of bismuth and an invitation to bridge Ireceived instead the shock of my life : a sentence to six months’ complete rest in the country on a milk diet I had a gastric ulcer
Questions :
WO What makes the writer think that he was a good doctor? q)
oy What sort of patients did the doctor have? (2) v@í What were the reasons for the doctor’s indigestion? (2)
or “A doctor should have a pleasing personality and good
manners.” Do you agree? Explain (2)
(S) Rewzite the following sentences in the ways instructed :
A dear old family physician gazedat my cracked boots
and frayed cuffs
(Rewrite the sentence using ‘notonly
ii) didn’t stick at anything for long
Rewrite the sentenÂe as,a rhetorical question.) (1)
ô Wf Thad successive ideas of specializing in dermatology,
in aural surgety, in paediatrics, but discarded them all
butalso’.) (1)
(Rewrite the sentence using ‘Though’.) () \6) Find out-ftom the extract the words which mean the following :
‘serious requests (A)
(1) unsewn (A)
(B) Grammar :
Do as directed : (4)
“Y Rewrite the following sentence by inserting the appropriate articles wherever necessary :
Iread interesting story from Mahabharata ()
gX Rewrite the following sentence using the appropriate prepositions :
One of the things that distinguishes man :`- other animals
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Mother said, “Sunita, what did you buy from the market?”
She said, “I bought a dictionary.” (2)
Q.2 (A) Read the following extract and answer the questions given [15]
below: dy
Researchers recently announced the earth could actually
withstand up to 200,000 times the current population, /They arrived â
at this figure by calculating the amount of heat a human body emits, and only at 1-3 million billion would the earth be too hot to be
habitable/And though it would feel like being ina can of sardines
if that figure were ever reached, the earth is capable of comfortably sustaining a population several times the current 6°5 billion,
In fact, fertility is actually on the decline worldwide Though population has grown, the rate of growth has fallen'sharply Twenty years ago, the UN projected that populatiom would reach 11:16 billion in 2050, today they say it will reach only 9-37 billion Moreover, human population will stabilize at about 11:5 billion While this figure is almost twice the’current one, it is hardly
claustrophobic.’
True, the demands'on resources are heavy even now, but this
is more due to the-manner’in which these resources are being used In fact, figures show that a bigger population does not amount to greater consumption Over 20% of the world’s people in the highestincome countries account for 86% of total private | consumption €xpenditure — the poorest 20% a tiny 1:3% With just 5% of the world’s population, the US consumes about 40% of the world’s resources Would you say the US is overpopulated?
| ằ) ‘Concerns on scarcity of food are equally baseless In fact,
global food production has actually kept up with population growth, | If people starve in many countries it is not because food is
becoming scarce; it is because those people cannot afford it
| Questions :
| | wo ‘What conclusions did the researchers arrive at? Ly gu (1)
| \QíÍ How does the writer explain that the fertility is on the
è decline? (2)
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(5) Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed :
oe The earth could withstand upto 200,000 times the current population
(Rewrite the sentence using the modal auxiliary
showing ‘certainty”.)
g “The earth would be too hot to be habitable
(Remove ‘too’ and rewrite the sentence.)
(iif These resources are being used
(Rewrite the sentence beginning with, * We
oy Write the antonyms of : Af, habitable
wh stabilize Note-making :
Read the following extract and complete the table given below : Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) materials come in two main formats : CD/DVD ROMs and Web-based Some are tailored to the content to be used in the classrooms whereas others can'be used independently CALL materials allow you to work at your own pace
Multimedia materials offer you opportunity to take part in other computer-assisted activities, such as text-based gap-filling,
multiple choice and text reconstruction activities Language
teachers often develop such text-based CALL activities to
accompany a particular course CALL materials can be regularly
updated
Because CALL learning activity types are usually designed from a template, they can sometimes be repetitive j
A major advantage of CALL materials is that they offer
Trang 6your own responses or elaborating on your ideas, you may find this type of feedback frustating Web- -based CALL materials can offer more variety through the use of hyperlinks, but feedback is still limited
Just as representations of the cultures of the target language
offered by courses using books; audio and video tapes can perpetuate stereotypes * Computer Assisted Language Learning Materials Formats Advantages ee eS
& “| ay content tailored
and Web-based Ca use Tơ limited ti feedback on ii) A (a) offer opportunity oo : to take part in other computer- assisted activities @ (gy offer variety: Q 3 (A) Read the following extract and answer the questions given {15] below: (1)
(Chronic floods during the monsoon, on an average, affect more than 30 million Indians ians annually)Ironically, 60% of India’s
farmland, 66% of its livestock and its entire forest area depends
on rains for survival
According toarecently released Central Water Commission
(CWC) report, on an average, 7-21 million hectares (roughly 72,000 sq km.) go under floodwater This water typically ravages 3-78 million hectares of agricultural land, damaging crops worth % 1,118 crore annually
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almost every year According to the CWC’s report on financial
aspects of flood control, anti-sea erosion and drainage projects,
it is not possible to provide absolute protection instantly to all In neither be
The CWC’s analysis of floods in India from 1953 to 2011
shows a marginal decline in flood-affected areas over the years,
the data shows 1977 1978 and 1979 were the w hit The 1977 floods killed over 11,000 people, s e average fort
yeats, between 1953 and 2011 In terms of area and population
affected, the floods of 1978 were the most destructive
(@ Interms of financial loss, recent floods have been far more
destructive The total loss of crops, houses and public utilities in
2009 was 532,54 32; 541 Â crore, the highest
Questions :
What is the above extract about? qd)
How do floods adversely affect India? (2) a Why is it not possible to provide absolute protection to all
flood-prone areas? (2)
a How would yowhelp the flood-affected people? (2)
(5) Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed : 4 The floods of 1978 were the most destructive
(Change the sentence into the ‘positive degree’.) (1)
Floods are the most recurrent natural calamity hitting India almost every year
(Make it a complex sentence.) (1)
ji) Floods have been far more destructive
(Rewrite the sentence using the Simple Present tense.) (1)
Oo Give the meanings of :
or entire (4)
(W calamity (4)
oy Write a brief summary of the above extract with the help of the
points given below and suggest a suitable title (4)
Floods — natural, recurrent calamity in India — destroy life and
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They had deep woods in them,
lakes, mountains, volcanoes even, even raging gulfs
When the earth was in heat they melted, shrank,
leaving only their maps
You can fold them
and keep them handy:
who knows, they might help you'find
your way home
Questions :
wy What does the geographical imagery used in this
extract suggest? (i) Who do you think should take care of your grand-
arents? Why? qd) 3Y Name and explain the figure of speech in the following lines :
Old women once
were continents @)
ý Find out the expressions that show how old women are still capable of caring for others, despite their old age? q@
(B) Read the following extract and answer the questions given
below: (4)
The banyan tree was three times as tall as our house | Its trunk had a circumference of fifty feet
| Its scraggly aerial roots fell to the ground
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Sawing them off for seven days and the heap was huge
Insects and birds began to leave the tree And then they came to its massive trunk Fifty men with axes chopped and chopped
The great tree revealed its rings of two hundred years Questions :
(UY Whatrevealed the age of the banyan tree? qa)
Cs How would you save the natural habitat of wild life? (1)
vs Find from this extract an example of ‘Repetition’ QQ)
) Pick out any two lines from the extract showing pictorial
quality of human action q) SECTION-C (Rapid Reading and Composition), 5/ (A) Read the following extract and rewrite:it from the point of view {8] of O.W Harrison : (4)
[You may begin as: My appeal was dismissed by the Chief Justice and Mr Justice Scoope ]
The Chief Justice‘and Mr Justice Scoope have dismissed the appeal of ‘O:W Harrison, who was charged with the murder of
Mr W P Elder in July and confirmed the sentence of death passed on him by the Sessions Judge of Manbhun
“Nothing to do with our skeleton, of course, because Mr Elder was buried at Jamshedpur, while Harrison Occupids an
unknown grave And in any case our skeleton is a woman’s But!
remember the case Harrison was having an affair with Mr Elder’s
wife When confronted by the outraged husband, Harrison took out his revolver and shot the poor man All very sordid No mystery there for you Concentrate on your studies Second term exams must be near | am sending you a parcel of socks I know they don’t last very long on you.”
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guava cheese? And some mango pickle They don’t give us pickle in school Headmaster’s wife says it heats the blood
“About that skeleton If a dead body was hidden in that cupboard after 1930 — must have been, if the newspapers of that year were under the skeleton — it must have been someone who disappeared around that time ora little later Must have been before Tirloki joined the hotel, or he’d remember What about the registers
—would they give us a clue?”
Read the following extract and convert it into a dialogue between
Orlando and the Duke Senior in about 8 to 10 sentences :
[You may begin with : Orlando : Stop and eat no more!]
The Duke Senior and his followers were sitting down to a meal one day when Orlando rushed out from among the trees, his sword in his hand ‘Stop, and eat no more!’ he cried?
The Duke and his friends asked him what he wanted ‘Food’, said Orlando ‘I am almost dying of hunger.’
They asked him to sit down and eat, but he would not do so He told them that his old seryant was in the wood, dying of hunger ‘I will not eat a bite until he has bộen fed,’ Orlando said
So the good Duke and his followers helped him to bring Adam to their hiding-place, and Orlando and the old man were fed
and taken care of When the Duke learned that Orlando was ason
of his old friend Sir Rowland de Boys, he welcomed him gladly
1o his forest court
Orlando lived happily with the Duke and his friends, but he had not forgotten the lovely Rosalind She was always in his thoughts and every day he wrote poetry about her, pinning it on the trees in the forest “These trees shall be my books’, he said, ‘so that everyone who looks in the forest will be able to read how sweet and good Rosalind is’
OR
Read the following extract and extend it by adding an imaginary paragraph of your own in about 120 words :
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into a coal car and shipped to Theresienstadt camp in
Czechoslovakia
“Don’treturn,” I told the girl that day ““We’re leaving.”
I turned toward the barracks and didn’t look back, didn’t
even say good-bye to the little girl whose name I’d never learned, the girl with the apples
We were in Theresienstadt for three months The war was
winding down and Allied forces were closing in, yet my fate seemed sealed On May 10, 1945, I was scheduled to die in the gas chamber at 10:00 AM SECTION-D (Written Composition) Letter Writing :
Write,any ONE of the following letters ?
Write an application in response to the following advertisement using information given in the CV provided :
SITUATION VACANT
Smart, English'speaking salesman for an electronic
showro6om Good salary offered Experienced
candidate will be preferred
Write giving details to: The Proprietor, Ganesh Electronics, M.G Road, Solapur Wanted Q) (2) @) (4) G) (6) C V (Resume) Name : Suhas Randive Age 229 years Address : 105,Roshan Apartment, L.T Road, Pune - 11 Educational qualification Experience
B.A (First class), Pune Univ 3 years’ experience of working as a salesman ina textile shop
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(2) Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper highlighting in it
the importance of cleanliness and the need of public participation in the cleanliness drive in your district
\ wre on any ONE of the following items as directed :
(1), Write a short tourist leaflet on a place of historical importance with the help of the following points :
YY low to reach there?
aes to stay?
(iii Historical importance of the place
{iy Shopping attractions
(v) /Add your own points OR
(2) Read the following headlines of news items Choose any ONE of them and write the dateline, intro and a short
continuing paragraph :
(i) killed, 20 injured ima roadmishap
(ii) Auto-rickshaw drivers on strike (C) Write on any ONE of the following items :
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the Counter-View Section on the following topic :
“Science and technology development have helped us in all walks of life.” You may take help of the following points from the View Section View Section
Science and technology development useful for mankind @ has made life comfortable and happy
â life being lengthened
@ increased agricultural production
@ world is brought closer through various safer and
faster communication and transport systems
@ modes of entertainment
Q.7 Answer the following questions as per instructions : (7) (AX Imagine you have to interview an old woman who lives in an ‘old-
age home’ Write a set of 8 to 10 questions for the interview You may take help of the following points :
â — Her family, reasons for being in an old-age home, her feelings
and expectations, her advice, etc (4)
B)/Imagine you have togive a speech on the topic ‘India’s Changing
Villages’ Writea speech on it in about 100 words (3)
oOo
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pay—[J]_ sear numBer J-701/B Question Paper Set ENGLISH - (01) Max Marks : 80 SECTION-A
(Reading Skill, Grammar, Vocabulary, Note-making and Sui mmary)
Q 1 (A) Read the following extract and answer the questions given [15]
below: (11)
So what is a city? It’s a dense amalgamation of | buildings and people A city must provide equity andalso be sustainable Asian
architect who has been closely connected with Delhi and its
planning, my wish list is more about the direction we need to take so that future generations don’t end up living in chaotic
dysfunctional cities
The first requirement for a city is a pragmatic plan Many of
our cities suchas Delhi and Bhubaneswar and even Port Blair in
the Andamans have reasonably good master plans Many also have
City Development Plans which have been made an essential requirement to.draw funds from the government’s Urban Renewal Programme (JNNURM) But they should be updated frequently based on the changing needs of its people
And let's not forget its citizens — they need to be more
pro-actively involved when evolving master plans But often,
there’s lack of planning and inadequate implementation systems This applies to all essential components of a city — streets, public transport system, traffic management, affordable housing, cars and parking, drainage, water supply, sewerage and garbage Any
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Q.6 (A)
reputation Anyone who fights me runs the risk of being badly
hurt Please warn your younger brother, and persuade him to
change his mind.”
But the wicked Oliver thought this was a good opportunity
to get rid of Orlando, so he told Charles all kinds of lies about the
young man He pretended that Orlando was bad and ungrateful, and deserved any punishment which Charles could give him ‘I would rather you-broke his neck than his finger,’ Oliver said, ‘and you have my permission to do what you like with the boy.’ SECTION-D (Written Composition) Letter Writing : Write any ONE of the following letters : a)
Write an application in response to the following advertisement using information given in the CV provided :
SITUATION VACANT
Wanted
Smart, English speaking salesman for an electronic
showroom Good salary offered Experienced
candidate Willđộ preferred
Write giving details to: The Proprietor, Ganesh
Electronics, M.G.Road, Solapur € V.(Resumộ) (1) Name - + Suhas Randive (2) Age ‹ : 29 years (3) Address : 105, Roshan Apartment, L.T Road, Pune - 11 (4) Educational
qualification : B.A.(First class), Pune Univ (5) Experience 3 years’ experience of working
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the importance of cleanliness and the need of public participation in the cleanliness drive in your district
(B) Write on any ONE of the following items as directed : (4)
(1) Write a short tourist leaflet on a place of historical
importance with the help of the following points :
(i) Howto reach there? (ii) Where to stay?
(iii) Historical importance of the place
(iv) Shopping attractions (v) Add your own points
OR
(2) Read the following headlines of news items Choose any
ONE of them and write the dateline, intro and a short
continuing paragraph :
(i) 4 killed, 20 injured in a road mishap
(ii) Auto-rickshaw drivers on strike:
(C) Write on any ONE of the following items : (4)
(1) Read the following tabular data and write a short paragraph
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the Counter-View Section on the following topic :
“Science and technology development have helped us in all walks of life.” You may take help of the following points from the View Section View Section
Science and technology development useful for mankind
@ has made life comfortable and happy @ life being lengthened
e increased agricultural production
@ world is brought closer through various safer and
faster communication and transport systems
â modes of entertainment
Q 7 Answer the following questions as per instructions’: I7]
(A) Imagine you have to interview an old woman who lives in an ‘old-
age home’ Write a set of 8 to 10 questions for the interview You
may take help of the following points
e — Her family, reasons for being in'an old-age home, her feelings
and expectations, her advice, etc (4) (B) Imagine you have to give a speech on the topic ‘India’s Changing
Villages’ Writea speech on it in about 100 words (3)
ooo
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(B)
deficiency in these will lead to poor quality cities which won’t be able to handle the pressure of increased population and changing
needs
The second requirement of a good city is good social infrastructure such as parks and places for leisure such as river
and sea fronts It needs to preserve and protect its heritage We
are a nation with a rich diversity in culture, arts and crafts
Questions :
(1) What issue is raised in the above extract?
(2) What are the requirements of 'a good city?
(3) Why is it necessary to update our city development
plan?
(4) Do you think unplanned cities make the life of its people
miserable? How?
(5) Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed :
(i) Acity must provide equity and also be sustainable
(Rewrite the sentence using ‘not only but also’.)
(ii) Many of our cities have good master plans
(Frame a Wh-question to get the underlined part
as its answer.)
(iii) Itneeds to preserve and protect its heritage
(Identify the tense used in the sentence.)
(6) Find out from the extract the words which mean :
(i) — practical ‘
(ii) blend
Grammar :
Do as directed :
(i) Rewrite the following sentence by inserting the appropriate articles wherever necessary :
Tread interesting story from Mahabharata
(ii) Rewrite the following sentence using the appropriate
prepositions :
One of the things that distinguishes man other animals
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Mother said, “Sunita, what did you buy from the market?”
She said, “I bought a dictionary.” (2)
Q 2 (A) Read the following extract and answer the questionsigiven [I5]
below : (il)
Researchers recently announced the earth could actually withstand up to 200,000 times the current population They arrived at this figure by calculating the amount of heat a human body emits,
and only at 1-3 million billion would the earth be too hot to be
habitable And though it would feel like being in a can of sardines
if that figure were ever reached, the earth is capable of comfortably
sustaining a population several times the current 6:5 billion In fact, fertility is actually on the decline worldwide Though population has grown, the rate of growth has fallen sharply Twenty
years ago, the UN projected that population would reach 11-16
billion in 2050, today they say it will reach only 9-37 billion
Moreover, human population will stabilize at about 11-5 billion While this figure is almost twice the current one, it is hardly
claustrophobic
True, the demands on resources are heavy even now, but this is more due to the manner in which these resources are being used In fact, figures, show that a bigger population does not
amount to greater consumption Over 20% of the world’s people
in the highest income countries account for 86% of total private
consumption.expenditure — the poorest 20% a tiny 1:3% With
just 5% of the world’s population, the US consumes about 40% of the world’s resources Would you say the US is overpopulated? Z
Concerns on scarcity of food are equally baseless In fact,
global food production has actually kept up with population growth, If people starve in many countries it is not because food is becoming scarce; it is because those people cannot afford it Questions :
(1) What conclusions did the researchers arrive at? " ()
(2) How does the writer explain that the fertility‹is:on the
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(5) - Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed : (i) The earth could withstand upto 200,000 times the
current population
(Rewrite the sentence using the modal auxiliary showing ‘certainty’.)
(ii) The earth would be too hot to be habitable
(Remove ‘too’ and rewrite the sentence.)
(iii) These resources are being used
(Rewrite the sentence beginning with, ‘We
(6) Write the antonyms of :
(i) habitable
(ii) stabilize
Note-making :
Read the following extract and complete the table given below : Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) materials
come in two main formats : CD/DVD ROMs and Web-based Some are tailored,to'the content to be used in the classrooms whereas others can:be used independently CALL materials allow you to
work at your own pace
Multimedia materials offer you opportunity to take part in
other computer-assisted activities, such as text-based gap-filling,
multiple choice and text reconstruction activities Language
teachers often develop such text-based CALL activities to
accompany a particular course CALL materials can be regularly
updated
Because CALL learning activity types are usually designed from a template, they can sometimes be repetitive
Trang 21your own responses or elaborating on your ideas, you may find this type of feedback frustrating Web-based CALL materials can
offer more variety through the use of hyperlinks, but feedback is
still limited :
Just as representations of the cultures of the target language
offered by courses using books; audio and video tapes can perpetuate stereotypes Computer Assisted Language Learning Materials
Formats Advantages Disadvantages
=— Ồ (a) content tailored (i)
and Web-based for classroom use (ii) limited MO) csanieaaaasemaae feedback () sa | đi) (d) offer opportunity (iv) to take part in other computer- assisted activities () @đ (g) offer variety Q 3 (A) Read the following extract anđanswer the questions given [15] below : q1)
Chronic floods during the monsoon, on an average, affect
more than 30 million Indians annually Ironically, 60% of India’s farmland, 66% of its livestock and its entire forest area depends
on rains for survival
According to a recently released Central Water Commission
(CWC) report, on an average, 7-21 million hectares (roughly
72,000 sq km.) go under floodwater This water typically ravages 3:78 million hectares of agricultural land, damaging crops worth
% 1,118 crore annually
Heavy rains and floods account for nearly 1,700 lives lost annually Apart from this, 1-25 lakh houses are annually damaged by torrential rains that.also wipe out nearly 96,000 livestock
Floods are the most recurrent natural calamity, hitting India almost every year According to the CWC’s report on financial
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aspects of flood control,anti-sea erosion and drainage projects,
it is not possible to provide absolute protection instantly to all
flood-prone areas It says that such an attempt will neither be
practical nor economically viable
The CWC’s analysis of floods in India from 1953 to 2011
shows a marginal decline in flood-affected areas over the years,
the data shows 1977, 1978 and 1979 were the worst-hit The 1977 floods killed over 11,000 people, six times the average for the 59 years, between 1953 and 2011 In terms of area and population
affected the floods of 1978 were the most destructive
In terms of financial loss, recent floods have been far more destructive The total loss of crops, houses and public utilities in
2009 was % 32,541 crores, the highest for any year Questions :
(1) What is the above extract about? qd)
(2) How do floods adversely affect India? (2)
(3) Why is it not possible to provide absolute protection to all
flood-prone areas? (2) (4) How would you help the flood-affected people? (2) (5) Rewrite the following’sentences in the ways instructed :
(i) The floods of 1978 were the most destructive
(Change the sentence into the “positive degree’.) () (ii) Floods are the most recurrent natural calamity hitting
India almost eVery year
(Make it a complex sentence.) (1) (iii) Floods have been far more destructive
(Rewrite the sentence using the Simple Present tense.) (1) (6) Give the meanings of:
(i) entire 2)
(ii) calamity (”)
Write a brief summary of the above extract with the help of the
points given below and suggest a suitable title (4)
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economically viable — floods in 1977 and 1978
SECTION -B
(Poetry)
Read the following extract and answer the questions given below:
Ifyou do not get lowered in your own eyes While you raise yourself in those of others,
Ifyou do not give in to gossips and lies
Rather heed them not, saying, ‘who bothers?’ You may be the person! am looking for Ifyou crave not for praise when you win And look not for sympathy while‘you lose,
If cheers let not your head toss or spin
And after a set-back you offer no excuse,
You may be the person I am looking for
Questions :
(1) What should be your reaction towards gossips and
lies?
(2) Whoare your role models? Why?
(3) Give the rhyming pairs of words from the first stanza (4) Which line is repeated in this extract and what is its
effect?
Read the following extract and answer the questions given
below:
Not gold but only men can make A people great and strong;
Men who for truth and honor’s sake
Stand fast and suffer long
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They build a nation’s pillars deep
And lift them to the sky
Questions :
(1) What makes a nation strong?
(2) According to you, what makes India a strong and powerful nation?
(3) Write down the rhyme scheme used in the extract
(4) What does the phrase ‘others fly ’ mean?
SECTION-C
(Rapid Reading and Composition)
Read the following extract and rewrite it from the point of view
of the Daisy, the flower :
[You may begin as : I was very happy
How happy the daisy was! Noone has the least idea The bird kissed it with its beak, sang to it, and then rose again up to the blue sky It was certainly more than a quarter of an hour before the daisy recovered its'senses Half ashamed, yet glad at heart, it looked over to the other flowers in the garden; surely they had
witnessed its pleasure and the honour that had been done to it;
they understood its joy: But the tulips stood more stiffly than ever,
their faces were pointed and red, because they were vexed The
peonies were sulky; it was well that they could not speak, otherwise they would have given the daisy a good lecture The little flower could very well see that they were ill at ease, and
pitied them sincerely
Shortly after this a girl came into the garden, with a large
sharp knife She went to the tulips and began cutting them off, one
after another “Ugh!” sighed the daisy, “that is terrible; now they
are done for.”
‘The girl carried the tulips away The daisy was glad that it
was outside, and only a small flower — it felt very grateful At sunset it folded its petals and fell asleep, and dreamt all night of
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(B)
Read the following extract and convert it into a dialogue between
Roma and Herman, the narrator in about 8 to 10 sentences : [You may begin with : (A fter dinner by the shore at Coney Island Roma and Herman started back by Sid’s car.)
Roma: Where were you during the war, Herman?)
The four of us drove out to Coney Island Roma was easy to
talk to, easy to be with Turned out she was wary of blind dates
too! We were both just doing our friends a favor We took a stroll
on the boardwalk, enjoying the salty Atlantic breeze, and then had
dinner by the shore I couldn’t remember having a better time
We piled back into Sid’s car, Roma and I sharing the backseat As European Jews who had survived the war, we were aware that
much had been left unsaid between us She broached the subject
“Where were you during the war?” she asked softly
‘The camps,” | said, the terrible memories still vivid, the irreparable loss I had tried to forget But you'can never forget
She nodded “My family was hiding ona farm in Germany,
not far from Berlin,” she told me “My father knew a priest, and
he got us Aryan papers.”
limagined how she must haye suffered too, fear, a constant
companion And yet here we were both survivors, in a new world “There was a camp next to the farm.” Roma continued, “1 saw a boy there and I would throw him apples everyday”
OR
Read the following extract and extend it by adding an imaginary paragraph of your own in about 120 words :
Frederick had a very famous wrestler, called Charles, in his
court He was champion of the country, and had fought many brave
and strong young men Now, Orlando was a fine wrestler, too, and
decided to try his strength against Charles: Charles came to see Oliver about this, asking him to persuade Orlando to give up his
idea
‘I am a professional wrestler, sir,’ Charles explained to Oliver, ‘and I must always fight to win, in order to keep my
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(Reading Skill, Grammar, Vocabulary, Note-making and Summary) (A) Read the following extract and answer the questions given
below :
In 1945 in Bay Roberts, Canada, a 12-year-old boy saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing But the price — five dollars — was far beyond Reuben Earle’s means Five dollars
would buy almost a week’s groceries for his family
Reuben couldn’t ask his father for the money Everything
Mark Earle made by fishing, Reuben’s mother, Dora, stretched
like elastic to feed andiclothe their five children
Nevertheless, he opened the shop’s weathered door and went inside Standing proud and straight in his flour-sack shirt and
washed out trousers, he told the shopkeeper what he wanted, adding, “but I don’t have the money now Can you please hold it for me?” “I will try,” the shopkeeper smiled “Folks around here don’t
usually haye that kind of money to spend on things It should keep fora while.”
Reuben respectfully touched his worn cap and walked out
into the May sunlight The bay rippled ina freshening wind that
ruffled his short hair There was purpose in his loping stride He would raise the five dollars and not tell anybody
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He ran towards the sound and stopped at a construction site People built their own homes in Bay Roberts, using nails purchased in burlap sacks from a local factory Sometimes the sacks were discarded in the flurry of buildings, and Reuben knew he could sell them back to the factory for five cents a piece
Questions :
(1) What did Reuben decide to do to raise the required amount?
(2) How much money did Reuben need? Why?
(3) Why couldn’t Reuben ask his father for the money?
(4) What is special about the gifts which are given on special occasions?
(5) Rewrite the following sentences as directed :
(i) Reuben-couldn’t ask his father for the money
(Rewrite the sentence using ‘beable to’.)
(ii) Hearing the sound of hammering from a side street, Reuben had an idea
(Rewrite the sentence using ‘and’.) (iii) He could sell them back to the factory
(Rewrite the sentence beginning with : ‘They ’)
(6) Match the words incolumn ‘A’ with their meanings in
column ‘B’:
Column ‘A’ Column ‘B’
() - folk (a) natural harbour
(ii) bay (b) sticks
(c) people Grammar :
Do as directed :
(i) Rewrite the following sentence by inserting the appropriate
articles wherever necessary :
Tread interesting story from Mahabharata
(ii) Rewrite the following sentence using the appropriate
prepositions :
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(iii) Change the following into indirect speech :
Mother said, “Sunita, what did you buy from the market?” She said, “I bought a dictionary.”
Read the following extract and answer the questions given
below:
Researchers recently announced the earth-could actually withstand up to 200,000 times the current population They arrived at this figure by calculating the amount of heat a human body emits, and only at 1-3 million billion would the earth be too hot to be habitable And though it would feel like being ina can of sardines
if that figure were ever reached, the earth is capable of comfortably sustaining a population several times the current 6:5 billion
In fact, fertility is actually on the decline worldwide Though
population has grown, the rate of growth has fallen sharply Twenty years ago, the UN projected that population would reach 11-16 billion in 2050, today they say it will reach only 9-37 billion Moreover, human population will stabilize'at about 11-5 billion While this figure is almost twice the current one, it is hardly
claustrophobic
True, the demands on resources are heavy even now, but this
is more due to the manner in which these resources are being used In fact, figures show that a bigger population does not amount to greater consumption Over 20% of the world’s people in the highest income'countries account for 86% of total private
consumption expenditure ~ the poorest 20% a tiny 1-3%, With
just 5% of the world’s population, the US consumes about 40% of the world’s resources Would you say the US is overpopulated? Concerns on scarcity of food are equally baseless In fact,
global food production has actually kept up with population growth
If people starve in many countries it is not because food is
becoming scarce; it is because those people cannot afford it
Questions :
(1) What conclusions did the researchers arrive at?
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(4) How will population become a gift in the global market scene?
(5) Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed :
(i) The earth could withstand upto 200,000 times the current population
(Rewrite the sentence using the modal auxiliary
showing ‘certainty’.)
(ii) The earth would be too hot to be habitable
(Remove ‘too’and rewrite the sentence.)
(iii) These resources are being used
(Rewrite the sentence beginning with, ‘We (6) Write the antonyms of :
(i) habitable
(ii) stabilize
Note-making :
Read the following extract and complete the table given below:
Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) materials come in two main formats : CD/DVD ROMs and Web-based Some are tailored to the content to be used in the classrooms whereas
others can be used independently CALL materials allow you to
work at your own pace,
Multimedia materials offer you opportunity to take part in
other computer-assisted activities, such as text-based gap-filling,
multiple choice and text reconstruction activities Language
teachers often develop such text-based CALL activities to accompany a particular course CALL materials can be regularly updated
Because CALL learning activity types are usually designed
from a template, they can sometimes be repetitive
A major advantage of CALL materials is that they offer instant feedback on your spoken or written performance However, such feedback can be limited If you are more interested in creating your own responses or elaborating on your ideas, you may find
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Just as representations of the cultures of the target language offered by courses using books;“audio and video tapes can perpetuate steredtypes Computer Assisted Language Learning Materials
Formats Advantages Disadvantages | (a) content tailored (@)
and Web-base for classroom use (ii) limited (b) feedback (c) (iii) (d) offer opportunity (iv) to take part in other computer- assisted activities (e) ( (g) offer variety (A) Read the following extract and answerthe questions given below:
Chronic floods during the monsoon, on an average, affect
more than 30 million Indians annually Ironically, 60% of India’s farmland, 66% of its livestock and its entire forest area depends
on rains for survival
According to arecently released Central Water Commission (CWC) report, on an average, 7:21 million hectares (roughly
72,000 sq: km.) go under floodwater This water typically ravages
3-78 million hectares of agricultural land, damaging crops worth
% 1,118 crore annually
Heavy rains and floods account for nearly 1,700 lives lost annually Apart from this, 1:25 lakh houses are annually damaged by torrential rains that also wipe out nearly 96,000 livestock
Floods are the most recurrent natural calamity, hitting India
almost every year According to the CWC’s report on financial aspects of flood control, anti-sea erosion ‘and drainage projects,
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The CWC’s analysis of floods in India from 1953 to 2011 shows a marginal declinộ’in flood-affected areas over the years,
the data shows 1977, 1978 and 1979 were the-worst-hit The 1977
floods killed over 11,000 people, six times the average for the 59 years, between 1953 and 2011 In terms of area and:population
affected, the floods of 1978 were the most destructive
In terms of financial loss, recent floods have been far more destructive The total loss of crops, houses and public utilities in
2009 was š 32,541 crores, the highest for any year Questions :
(1) Whatis the above extract about?
(2) How do floods adversely affect India?
(3) Why is it not possible to provide absolute protection to all flood-prone areas?
(4) How would you help the flood-affected people?
(5) Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed : (i) The floods of 1978 were the most destructive
(Change the sentence into the ‘positive degree’.)
(ii) Floodsare the most recurrent natural calamity hitting
.India almost every year
(Make it acomplex sentence.) _ “ (iii) Floods have been far more destructive @) (2) (2) 2) () @) (Rewrite the sentence using the Simple Present tense.) (1)
(6) Give the meanings of :
(i) entire (ii) calamity
Write a brief summary of the above extract with the help of the points given below and suggest a suitable title
Floods — natural, recurrent calamity in India — destroy life and property — no absolute protection — neither practical nor
economically viable — floods in 1977 and 1978
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While I lay awake in bed,
God’s still small voice came to me and said,
(B)
“While dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use,
But the children you love, you seem to abuse
Look on the kitchen floor,
You’ ll find some flowers there by the door Those are the flowers she brought for you She picked them herself, pink, yellow and blue She stood quietly not to spoil the surprise, And you never saw the tears in her eyes.” Questions : (1) What did the mother think-as she lay sleepless in the bed? (2) According to you, why shouldn’t we hurt the feelings of others? (3) Pick out any two pairs of rhyming words from this extract
(4) What kind of poem is this? What is its purpose?
Read the following extract and answer the questions given below: How do you know Peace is a woman? Tknow, for I met her yesterday on my winding way
to the world’s fare
She had such a wonderful face just like a golden flower faded
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(1) How does the poet describe the face of peace?
(2) Do you think there is a way out from the war-ridden world? What is it?
(3) Name and explain the figure of speech in the following line : “I met her yesterday
on my winding way.”
(4) The poet asks the question and herself answers it What
effect does it create in the extract?
SECTION -C
(Rapid Reading and Composition)
Read the following extract and rewrite it as if the dentist is
narrating it :
[You may begin as : | told George that I thought I had seen him
somewhere before ]
Dentist : I thought I’d seen you somewhere before
Why, I know your father well!
George : Do you, sir?
Dentist : Yes, rather He was only speaking about you
the other night You’ve been having some
trouble with two back teeth, haven’t you?
George : (becoming suddenly nervous) N - no — that is —
not much
Dentist : Ah! Well, your father thinks you'd better have
them out It’s strange you should have come in tonight, because I shall be seeing you in the
morning Your dad’s made an appointment for
you
George : (obviously alarmed) N - no, not really? You — You don’t mea this seriously, do you?
Dentist : Why, yes But perhaps I shouldn’t have mentioned it Your dad told me you particularly
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George : (gulping nervously) If there’s one thing that gets me in a blue funk it’s — (He realizes that Tom and Ginger are regarding him with eyes of
triumph)
Tom : George, old chap, we’re joining your club
tomorrow
George : Who says so?
Ginger : You said so yourself, George You promised you'd let us join that club if you showed a sign
of fear before leaving this house Well, you
showed it right enough the moment you heard you'd got to have some teeth out; and you can’t
go back on your bargain now — can he, boys?
Tom and Alfie : (in emphatic chorus) No fear!
Read the following extract and convert it into adialogue between
Daisy and the captive lark in about 8 to 10 sentences :
(You may begin with : Lark : Oh! how painful it is to be in the
cage!]
And so the daisy stayed, and was brought into the lark’s cage
The poor bird was lamenting its lost liberty, and beating its wings
against the wires; and the little daisy could not speak or utter a
consoling word, much’as it would have liked to do so So the forenoon passed
“J have no water,” said the captive lark, “they have all gone
out, and forgotten to give me anything to drink My throat is dry
and burning | feel as if had fire and ice within me and the air is
so oppressive Alas! I must die, and part with the warm sunshine, the fresh green meadows, and all the beauty that God has created.””
And it thrust its beak into the piece of grass, to refresh itself a
little Then it noticed the little daisy, and nodded to it, and kissed
it with its beak and said : “You must also fade in here, poor little
flower You and the piece of grass are all they have given me in
exchange for the whole world, which I enjoyed outside Each little blade of grass shall be a green tree for me, each of your white
petals a fragrant flower Alas! You only remind me of what I have
lost.”
“] wish I could console the poor lark,” thought the daisy It
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(B) Read the following extract and extend it by adding an imaginary
paragraph of your own in about 120 words :
Someone was standing in the doorway An elderly woman, very fluffy, very pink Her cheeks were pink, her dress was pink,
her hair was bunched up and white She was straight out of Agatha
Christie
“Miss Marple!” I exclaimed
“May I come in?” asked the pink lady
“Please come in,” said my mother “Do sit down Do you
require a room?” E
“Not today, thank you I’m staying with, Padre Dutt He
insisted on putting me up But | may want a room for a day or two
- just for old times’ sake.”
“You've stayed here before.”
“A long time ago I’m Mrs Greenyyou know The missing
Mrs Green The one for whom'you put up that handsome
tombstone in the cemetery I was very touched by it And I’m glad you didn’t add ‘Beloved wifeof Henry Green’, because I didn’t
love him any more than he loved me.”
SECTION-D
(Written Composition) Q 6 (A) Letter Writing:
Write any ONE of the following letters :
(1) Write an application in response to the following advertisement using information given in the CV provided :
SITUATION VACANT ‘Wanted
Smart, English speaking salesman for an electronic
showroom Good salary offered Experienced candidate will be preferred
Write giving details to: The Proprietor, Ganesh Electronics, M.G Road, Solapur
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qualification : B.A (First class), Pune Univ,
(5) Experience 2 3 years’ experience of working
as a salesman ina textile shop
(6) ‘Interests : Travelling, photography, reading
OR
Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper highlighting in it the importance of cleanliness and the need of public participation in the cleanliness drive in your district
(B) Write on any ONB ofthe following items'as directed : qd)
@)
Write a short tourist leaflet on a place of historical
importance with the help*of the following points :
(i) Howto reach there? (ii) Where to stay?
(iii) Historical importance of the place
(iv) Shopping attractions
(v) Add yourown points OR
Read the following headlines of news items Choose any
ONE of them and write the dateline, intro and a short continuing paragraph:
(i) 4 killed, 20 injured in a road mishap
(ii) Auto-rickshaw drivers on strike
(C) Write on any ONE of the following items :
@) Read the following tabular data and write a short paragraph
regarding “The vacant seats in the Engineering and Pharmacy
colleges’ :
(4)
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(2) Write a short paragraph in about 120 words to be used for the Counter-View Section on the following topic :
“Science and technology development have helped us in all walks of life.” You may take help of the following points from the View Section View Section
Science and technology development useful for mankind @ ‘has made life comfortable and happy
@ life being lengthened
@ increased agricultural production
â world is brought closer through various safer and
faster communication and transport systems
@ modes of entertainment
Q 7 Answer the following questions as per instructions : (7] (A) Imagine you have to interview an old woman who lives in an ‘old-
age home’ Write a set of 8 to 10 questions for the interview You may take help of the following points :
e Her family, reasons for being in an old-age home, her feelings
and expectations, her advice, etc (4)
(B) Imagine you have to give a speech on the topic ‘India’s Changing
Villages’ Write a speech on it in about 100 words (3)
ooo
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Q.1 pAy——f J-701/D Question Paper Set ENGLISH - (01) Time : 3 Hrs (12 Pages) Max Marks : 80 SECTION-A
(Reading Skill,Grammar, Vocabulary, Note-making and Summary) (A) Read the following extract and answer the, questions given
below: (ud)
Another relative has no plans of joining this league though
She is rather unabashed about waking up past noon on a daily basis To be fair, her husband is a media personality who typically arrives
home from work past midnightằ That does indeed give them
sufficient justification to stay longer in slumber-land each
morning This practice does lead to certain oddities though He
goes for hismorning’ walk at 1 pm, heat waves and appalled
onlookers notwithstanding They once returned from a night out only to meet thộineighbour’s son who was off on an early morning
jog!
Early risers clearly have the edge in life By the time most ofus wake up, they’ve been through their morning rituals, enjoyed their walk, had their tea and read the daily news They’ realso likely to have made long distance calls before dawn to those similarly inclined Thus, by the time the sun warms up they’re likely to have discussed all varieties of ‘men, matters, and affairs’ with a dozen
people
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early birds) come face to face It’s almost as if they live in
different time zones and different countries Questions : @) (2) 6) (4) (5) (6)
What information does the extract give about the typical routine of a media person?
According to the writer, who are the early risers and
the late risers?
Why does the writer say that early risers clearly have
the edge in life?
Do you rise early or late? Why?
Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed :
(i) They live in different time zones.and different
countries
(Rewrite the sentence using ‘not only —but also’.) (ii) That gives them sufficient justification
(Rewrite the sentence using'the Present Perfect tense.)
(iii) She is rather unabashed, about walking up past
noon ona daily basis
(Rewrite the sentence’using ‘infinitive’ form of the underlined word.)
Find out from the extract the words which mean : (i) frightened (ii) “sleep Grammar: Do as directed : @ (ii) (iii)
Rewrite the following sentence by inserting the appropriate articles wherever necessary :
Tread interesting story from Mahabharata
Rewrite the following sentence using the appropriate prepositions :
One of the things that distinguishes man other animals is the power speech
Change the following into indirect speech :
Mother said, “Sunita, what did you buy from the market?”
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below:
Researchers recently announced the earth could actually
withstand up to 200,000 times the current population They arrived at this figure by calculating the amount of heat a human body emits,
and only at 1-3 million billion would the earth be too hot to be habitable And though it would feel like being ina can of sardines
if that figure were ever reached, the earth is capable of comfortably
sustaining a population several times the current 6:5 billion
In fact, fertility is actually on the decline worldwide Though population has grown, the rate of growth has fallen sharply Twenty years ago, the UN projected that population would reach 11-16
billion in 2050, today they say it will reach only 9-37 billion
Moreover, human population will stabilize at about 11-5 billion While this figure is almost twice the current one, it is hardly claustrophobic
True, the demands on resources are heavy even now, but this is more due to the manner in which these resources are being used In fact, figures show that'a bigger population does not amount to greater consumption Over 20% of the world’s people
in the highest income countries account for 86% of total private
consumption expenditure — the poorest 20% a tiny 1:3% With
just 5% of the world’s population, the US consumes about 40%
of the world’s resources Would you say the US is overpopulated?
Concerns on scarcity of food are equally baseless In fact,
global food production has actually kept up with population growth
If people starve in many countries it is not because food is
becoming scarce; it is because those people cannot afford it
Questions :
(1) What conclusions did the researchers arrive at?