English JUL 2007

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Code No. 02-NSTotal No.ofQuestions: .41 ] ITotal No. ofPrinted Pages : 8

July, 2007ENGLISH(New Syllabus )

TIme: 3Hours 1 [ Max. Marks: 90Note: i) Followthe prescribed limit while answenng the questions.

ii) Write the correct question number as .it appears on theQuestion paper.111) One mark questions attempted more than once wil l be

awarded zero. .Iv) For multiple choicequestions choose the correct answer and

rewrite it.

I.' Answer the followingina word; a phrase or a sentence each :.12 x 1 = 121. Howlonghad BlandfordknownHollisMeynell?2. Namethe plane that Juliane and her mother .hadboarded at Lima.3. What accordingto Tansukh is the lowestformof sin ?4. In 'One Dark Night',what was Joe trying to invent?5. In The Rabbit'; the crowdwas disappointed because

a) the rabbit was quite ordinaryb) the rabbit had disappearedc) they were not allowedto cross the fence.

6. "The people were becoming welfare,addicts." said Saba Amte. Hemeant that the people .a) had becomeaddicted to drugsb) had become.tnterested inthe welfareof the society

,c) were becoming dependent on welfaremeasures.[Turnover.


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Code No. 02-NS 27. The best season to visit Sevilla or Fiesole Is .

,8. .Who wrote "A Passion For Dance" ?9. In "The House By the Side. of the .Road," 'mountains of weartsome

height' suggesta) the tiresome problems of lifeb) the Himalayasc) the comforts of life.

10. W h a t story did Unni tell Muthashi ?11. The ~ssay We Should Cherish Our Children's Freedom to Think' waswritten by .12. In'I AmNot That Woman', why was the speaker married off?

II. Answer any eight of the following ( choosing at least two from poetry) inaparagraph of 80 - 100 words each : 8x 4 = 3213. Why did Hollis Meynell want to test Blandford? How did she do it?14. What dangers did -Juhane Koepeke face as she walked along the river

bank?15. How did the decaying roof of his house make Tansukh examine his

own life?16. Shakespeare 'glortftes the constancy of true love'. Discuss.

17. The inmates of Anandavan have turned the leprosy home into a forestof bliss. Explain.18. Why is Rukmlni Devi considered as a liberator of classical dance ?19. How does the poet identify himself with the people on the- highway of

life in the poem 'The House By the Side of the Road" ?20. Wrttea note on the character of Melkkoran.21. What. according to Sophia Skoufaki .. are the advantages of the

Indonesian system of education?22. Bring out the tndomttable spirit of a woman as envisaged byKtshwar

Naheed in the poem "IAmNotThat Womari".


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3 Code No. 02-NSIII. Answer the following in about 200 words, 6'

23. The poem "Life's Beginning" throws light on, the 'transition of aninfant into adulthood in a rural setting'. Discuss.

ORThe human tendency to resist any change is forcefully presented in .the play 'One Dark Night'. Explain.

ORInfluenced by Western ideas. we are moving away' from Nature andour native culture. Discuss with reference to Unni Katha.

\IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it :\10 x 1 = 10

Itwas the district track meet. My foot still hadn't healed from' anearlterinjury. As a matter offact, I had debated whether or not I should attendthe meet. But there I was. preparing for the 3,200 metre run,"Ready ...... set ...... ." The gun popped and we were off. The other girlsdarted ahead of me. I realised I was limping and felt humiliated as I fellfarther and farther behind.The first-place runner was two laps ahead 'of me when she crossed thefinish line. "Hooray _ I" shouted the crowd. Itwas the loudest cheer I hadever heard at a meet."May be I should quit" I thought as I limped on. Somehow. though, Idecided to keep going. During the last two laps, t ran in pain. I decidednot to compete in track next year. Itwouldn't be worth it. even if , my footdid heal. Lcould never beat the girl who lapped me twice. .When I ftntshed, I heard a cheer _:_just as enthusiastic as the one I'dheard when the, first girl passed the finish line. "What wa~hat allabout?" I asked myself. I turned around and sure enough. the boys werepreparing for their race. "That must be It.: they're cheering for the bo~ .I went straight to the bathroom where a girl bumped into me. "Wow. y~-~have got courage t" She told me.


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Code No. 02-NS 4I thought. "Courage ? She must be mistaking me for someone else. I just, .lost arace."1 4 1 would never have been able to finish those two mtles 'if' I were you, Iwould have quit on the first lap. What happened to your foot? We werecheering for you. Didyou hear us ?..I couldn't believe it. A complete stranger was cheering for me - notbecause she wanted me to win, but because she wanted me to keep going'and not give up. Suddenly Iregained hope. Idecided to stick with track. next year. Onegtrl saved my dream..That day, 1learned two .tfu:ngs. First. a little kindness and confidence inpeople can make a great difference to them.'And second. strength and courage aren't always measured in medals and\l'ictories. They are measured inthe struggles we overcome. The strongestpeople are not always the people who win. but the people who C!on't.giveup when they lose.Ionly dream that some day - perhaps as a senior - Iwill be able to winthe race With a cheer as big as the oneIot whenI lost the race.24. What was the narrator preparing for?.25. Whydid the narrator hesttate to take part inthe. race ?26. "The g u n popped and we were off," This refers to

a) . an explosionb) ~e start ofthe r a c e.c) .,',a t ~':Iolilli~ff 8O nieWb ~ ..

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' .21. Why"dId the'_totfed b~ml1tated?~ . . . ," ..'28. V V h t l ~ ~ : ~ ruurator d~ded not to compete' next year because' ..'.


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Code No. 02-NS.29. The girt whom the narrator met near the bathroom. admired the

narrator's , '30. Whom'had the crowd cheered loudly the second time ?31. What are strength and courage measured in?32,' Who, according to t h e narrator. are the strongest people?

,,~33. 'One girl saved mydream.' What was the dream ?V. 34. Report the followingconversation: 5

Joe Comehere. M.ary:What is it. Joe?Do you see this Uny pointed piece ? It is the most,important part of my machine .

,MaryJoe

. 35. Complete the followingby fillingin the blanksusing appropriaie fomiof the verbs In brackets. 3xl=3As -Jultane continued her journey. she .................. '( bite) bymosquitoes. Eggs ~ { deposit} 'under her skin byhouseflies. Later they ; ( re~ve ) Witha skewer.

36. Rewriteas directed. 1Name the tnstrumentwhtch is used for:examinmg minute organisms :'

/ ScopeM1cro'--......

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Code No. 02-N:S 639. Choose,the appropriate linkers from the ones given ill_rackets arid

rearrange the sentences into a coherent paragraph. 5( besides. t h .Ough . later, in spite of)

.............,' all opposition. Rukmini Devi continued to dance.

.. her first audience' loved her, orthodox India wasshocked ......................... Kalakshetra. she founded two schools.RukmJni Devi gave her first public performance in1935 ......... she established Kalakshetra.

VI. A) 39. Read the following passage and make notes by drawtng andfilllngm the boxes gi\lenbelow. 8 x ~ = 4All the areas to the north of 100N latitude a r e caned Tundra. Itincludes Greenland, north of North America and Europe. T1u~people who. live here are called Eskimos. They foster reindeer",caribou dogs and Yak. 'For travel, they use dog.sledges. Theylive inigloos.

Areas North .o f 100N latitudecalled I)_ - . y includesI 1

2) , 3) 4).t People.5) live In-..[6 )

foster-

'---Re_indeer I 1 , - - - - - - - - - - - - , ] [


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7 Code No. 02-NS. . -.B) 40. Wrtte an application in response to the following advertisementthat appeared in The Hindu on Apri110. 2007 : 5

'S.D.M. Higher Primary SchoolDharwadrequiresTeachers

Qualification: 1st Class in P.U.C. with Diploma inEducationI, . ,Knowledge of English and Kannada Compulsory.

Send inyour resume within 10 daysTo

The Headmaster. .!S.D.M. Higher PrtmarySchool,

M. G. Road,.Dharwad.

. C} 41. Imagine that you are the President of your College Union. Youmust deliver a speech on Gandhiji on Gandhi Jayantl Day.Prepare a speech of about 100 words, based on the pomts given

(Write XXX for your name and YYY for address). .

below:Gandhijt.. the greatest Indian of the 20th Century. - leadershipof Freedom Movement at a critical juncture _.:,Weapons. Truthand Non-violence - strove for Hindu-Muslim unity and casteless. .society - apostle of peace - assassinated - Father. of the

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Code No. 02-NS 8Asurveywas conducted to understand how th e -P.U.C. studentsspend their leisure time. Based on the Information gt"en in' thePIe. chart below, prepare a critical report for your college"/magazine . .5

.Playing

Goingoutwith frlends

Watching fUms andserials on Television .. 35%

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