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Code No. :SU, , IP.U.C. ANNUAL EXAMINATION - FEB-MARCH 2017, , ENGLISH (02), , Total No. of questions: 49, , Total No. printed pages:6, , Date : 23-02-2017, , Max. Marks: 100, , Time:9.00AM to 12.15 Noon, , Duration 03 Hours 15 min, , Instructions, 1. Follow the, , prescribed limit to answer the question_., , 2. Write the correct, 3., , 4., , question number as it appears on the question paper., One mark questions, attempted more than once shall be awarded zero., For multiple choice questions choose correct answer and rewrite it., , Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each., 1., , Why did the, , man, , protest, , on, , seeing the members ofthe enquiry commission, , 12x1=12, in thee, , story The Gentlemen of the Jungle'?, 2. What drives away the joy of, the boy in the poem "The School, , Boy'?, What did the Whiteman offer to give Mara if he showed the plant in 'Around a, Medicinal Creeper?, 4. The Man who, , paid the bill of the narrator was, , a) a money lender, , 6) a man with red turban, c) a person dressed in suit, , (5. Name the things that should be made available freely in 'Money Madness'., 6. Where does Babar Ali run his school ?, 7. Whose, , friendship does 'the poet call sweet in the poem 'IfI was a, , Tree'?, Where was Mara waiting all night for the King in "The Watchman of the Lake'?, 9. What does 'the harvest of my womb' refer to in the, poem The Farmer's Wife ?, , 0Why could not Frederick Douglass tell his accurate age?, 11. Which shrine does the old, , woman, , take the tourists to ?, , 12. From whom did the narrator learn about Lucia in The two, Gentlemen fo Verona'?, , (1), , P.T.O
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II. Answer any eight of the following. (Choosing at least two from poems) in a, , paragraph of 80-100 words each, , 8x4=3, , 13. How did the man teach a lesson to the jungle lords in the story 'The Gentlemen of, , theJungle?, 14. Why does the boy hate going to school in the poem "The school Boy" ?, , (15 How was Krishna cured of piles in 'Around a Medicinal Creeper?, 16. Narrate the incident that, , happened to the narrator in 'Oru Manushyan'., , 17. Why did Babar Ali take initiative to start his own school ?, , 18. Why does the speaker want to be a tree in 'IfI was a Tree' ?, 19. How does the farmer's wife intend to solve the problem ?, , 20. How is the self esteem of the poet reduced to so much small change in the poem 'Ar, , Old Woman'?, 21. How were Nicola and Jacopo useful to the narrator ?, , 22.The poem Do not Ask ofMe My Love' contrasts between suffering of mankind, and beauty of mankind-Explain., , III. Answer one of the following in about 200 words., , x6-6, , 23. What details does Frederick Douglass giveabout his mother ?X, OR, The poem 'Money Madness' is a comment on collective money Madness-Diseuss, OR, How did Mara treat the fisherman and the visitor differently ?
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IV. Read the following passage and answerthe questions set on it., , 10x1=10, , One day a wonderful golden plate fell from Heaven into the court ofa temple at Benaras, , and on it these words were inscribed: "A gift from Heaven to him who loves best". The, priests announced that every day at twelve o'clock, all who would like to claim the plate, should assemble at the temple tojudge their kind deeds., , Everyday for a, , whole year all kinds of men came and related to the priests their deeds, , of charity. At last a richman seemed to be the greatest lover of mankind. Because he had, , given all his wealth to the poor. So the priests gave the plate to the richman, but when he, , took it in his hand it turned to worthless lead. When he dropped it, it turned to gold again., , They waited for another year., A large number of beggars came and lay about the temple gate, hoping the people to, give them alms. It was a good time for the beggars because pilgrims gave them plenty of, money, but they gave them no sympathy, nor even a look of pity. At last a simple peasant, , who knew nothing about the golden plate, came, and he was touched by the sight of, , miserable beggars, that he wept; he saw a poor blind and maimed wretch at the temple, , gate. He knelt at his side and took his hands and comforted with kind words. Then he, came to the temple, he was shocked to find it full of men boasting their deeds and, , quarrelling with the priests. One priest, holding the golden plate, seeing the peasant, standing there, beckoned to him; and the peasant, came and knowing nothing about the, plate, took it in his hands. At once it shone out with three times its former splendour, and, , the priests said: "Son, the giftis yours: foryou love best., 24. Where did the plate ofgold fall from?, , 25. What words, , were, , inscribed, , on, , the, , plate ?, , 26. Where did the priests ask the people to assemble to claim the plate?, , (3), , P.T.O
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27., , Kind deeds. (Add a prefix to make antonym.), , 28. Who seemed to be the lover of mankind in the first year?, 29., , did the, , Why, , 30. What, , 31. The, , priests give the plate, , happened, , to, , to the richman, , plate of gold when the, , the, , richman took it in his hand ?, , pilgrims gave the beggars, , a) Sympathy, b) a look of pity, , c) Plenty of money., 32. What was the peasant touched by ?, 33. To whom did the priests give the golden plate finally ?, V., , A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions given in brackets., , 4x1=4, 34. Babar Ali is, , teenager who runs a school, , his for poor children, , his backyard. He runs, , School, , _his village., , (a, an, the, from, in), B., , Fill in the blanks with suitable form of the verbs given in brackets., w, , 35., , Krishna, , sadhu, , _(know)a Malayali sadhu. He, , wo(be), , very old., , 4x1-4, , (meet) him. The, , (ask)Krishna to go to forest himslef to, , He, , bring the roots., C., , Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the, subject., 36., , 3x1=3, , Verona, , (is/are) a lovely city with medieval streets and splendid buildings., Bombed in war the city, (have/has) lost its bridges. Nicola and Jacopo, , (live/lives) there., D., , Correct the following sentences and rewrite them., , 2x1-2, , 37.Pradeep is my most best friend., 38. Why he has taken my book?, , (4), , P.T.O
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E. Rewrite as directed., 39. Mara chased, , 6x1=6, , the, , (dear/ deer) that started running., , Fill in the blank with appropriate word given in brackets), men, , 40. The whiteman gave, , (treat) to Mara., , (complete the sentence with the right from of the word given in brackets), 41. Youngest/ Babar Ali / world/ in / headmaster / the / the / is, , (Re arrange the segments to form a meaningful sentence), 42. Nicola and, , Jacopo sold the straw berries., , (Add a question tag), 43. The narrator stayed in a small room., , (change into a question beginning with right form of 'do'), , 44. The king built a temple onthe bank ofthe lake Nhese, (Frame a question so as to get underlined words as answer.), , VI. A. Refer to the following list of events and answer the questions set on it., , 4x1=4, , College Union Day, Event, , Time, , Inauguration, , 10:00 am to 11:00 am, , 11:00, , Prize distribution, , 45., , am to, , 12:30 pm, , Lunch, , 12.30 pm to 2:00 pm, , Cultural Programme, , 2:00 pm onwards, , i) At what time does, , the, , inauguration start ?, , i) How long will the prize distribution last ?, , iii) What is the programme after prize distribution, iv) When does, , the cultural event, , ?, , begin ?, (5), , P.T.O
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B., , 46. Write a leter to the principal of your College asking him to issue your T.C. and, , marks card. Your letter should include th following points., , Ix5=5, , - your student number., -, , The years you studied in the college, , -Why, , you need it., , VII. A. Match the expressions under column 'A' to its corresponding language, 1x5-5, , function under 'B'., 47., , B., , B, , A, , Expressions, , Functions, , 1. I am sorry, , a) Introducing 2, , 2. This is Mahesh, , b)greetingr, , 3. May I come in ?, , c)Apology', , 4. Good morning, , d) gratitudes, , 5. Thank you, , e) request 3, , Complete the dialogue, , 1x4-4, , 48. Sneha: Hi, good morning Prema. How are you ?, , Prema, , What, , are, , you, , carrying?, , Sneha: The bag of books., Prema, , ,I will help you., , Sneha, , C., , Dialogue writing., , lx3-3, , 49. Ramesh's father meets the, , principal of his College. Write a dialogue between them, about Ramesh's academic progress, where the, principal appreciates his hard work., , (6), , P.T
