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ENGLISHPaper - I : General English

Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80

Instructions: 1) Write answers in legible and correct English.2) Answers should be relevant, textual and critical.3) Mention the question number correctly.

SECTION-A

I. Answer any five of the following in one or two sentences. (2x5=10)1) Where did the boy keep the injured Sea Gull for the night in 'Gull' ?2) What was the dream of young boy?3) Which slogan did the people shout at Dr. Ambedkar's rally?4) Where did the man build his house in 'Asleep' ?5) Why did the school boy commit suicide in 'Money and Changing Life Styles' ?6) Who is the second comer in the poem 'Snake' ?7) Who drives the Wagon in 'Vachanas of Allama Prabhu' ?

11. Answer any three of the following in a page each. (3x5=15)1) How does Chief Seattle describe the things which are sacred to Red Indians?2) How does the poem 'Asleep' bring out the transition from civilization to

savagery ?3) Sketch the character of Tau Master.4) How does Allama Prabhu explain the relationship between Man and God in

his vachanas ?5) Why does the author find it difficult to believe that India is a poor country?6) "The poem 'Snake' brings out the conflict between the rational and the

instinct" Explain.

Ill. Answer any two of the following in about pages. (2x10=20)1) How did the family react to the death of the injured bird?2) How do the untouchables assert their rights as human beings under the

leadership of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar?3) Discuss the impact of money on Indian middle class with reference to

'Money and Changing Life Styles'.4) How does Ruskin Bond teach philosophical truth within the simplest terms

in 'What is Your Dream'?P.T.O.

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SECTION-B

IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions on it.

Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburg, Scotland on March 3rd, 1847.When he was only eleven years old, he invented a machine that could cleanwheat. Graham studied Anatomy and Physiology at the University of London,but moved with his family to Quebee, Canada in 1870.

Graham Bell soon moved to Boston, Massachusetts. In 1871, he began workingwith deaf people and published the system of visible hearing and illustratedhow the tongue, lips and throat are used to produce vocal sounds. In 1872, hefounded a school for the deaf which soon became part of Boston University.

Alexander Graham Bell is the best known for his invention of the telephone.While trying to discover the secret of transmitting multiple messages on asingle wire. Bell heard the sound of a plucked string along some of the electricalwire. One of his servants, Thomas Watson was trying to reactivate a telephonetransmitter. After hearing the sound, Bell believed that he could send the soundof a human voice over the wire. After receiving a patent on March 7, 1876 fortransmitting sound along a single wire, he successfully transmitted humanspeech on 10th March, 1876. Bell's telephone patent was one of the mostvaluable patents ever issued. He started Graham Bell Telephone Company1877.

Alexander Graham Bell died on August 2, 1922. On the day of his burial, inhonour of Graham Bell, all telephone services in the United States were stoppedfor one minute.

A) Answer the following questions in a sentence ortwo. (5x1 =5)

1) What did Graham Bell invent when he was eleven?

2) Where did Graham Bell study Anatomy and Physiology?

3) Who was Thomas Watson ?

4) When did Graham Bell transmit human speech?

5) How did the telephone services honour Graham Bell on the day of funeral?

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B) Answer the following as directed. (4x1 =4)

1) Find the word/phrase nearest in meaning to 'example'.

2) Find a word/phrase opposite in meaning to 'successful'.

3) Bell's telephone was one of the most valuable one.

(patient, patent)

4) The word 'visible' means (able to be seen, unseen).

C) Rewrite as directed: (5x1=5)

1) Everyone are interested in music (Correct the error).

2) Rashmi certainly exercised good in her choice of profession

(Use the appropriate form of 'Judge')

3) Shashi her new car three weeks ago (Use the right form

'buy')

4) Vidya wrote this song (Change into passive voice)

5) Priyanka likes sweets (Change into negative sentence)

V. A) Write a sentence using the appropriate phrase for each of the following

situations. (5x1 =5)

1) Introducing your father to your teacher.

2) Requesting your friend to drop you to home.

3) Requesting your class teacher to permit you to leave early.

4) Greeting your friend on the day of his wedding.

5) Offering your friend a cup of tea.

B) Give clear instructions for anyone of the following in 5-6 sentences. (1x5=5)

1) How to reserve a railway ticket?

2) How to use ATM to withdraw money?

3) Howto open SB Account in Bank?

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C) Give direcfions to your friend to get to your house from the KSRTC BusStand as marked on the given map. (1x5=5)

Post Office SBMResidentialLayout

School

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School (!)> Temple0

(KSRTCSIR MV ROADBus Stand

Hospital Govt. Office

D) Write a telephone conversation based on the following information. (1x6=6)A student wants to speak to the principal of his college. But he is in ameeting andthe superintendent of the college receives the call. Requesthim/her to give the details of the Examination Fee.