English Question paper 2017

                           PART -A

1.Answer any two of the questions,each in about 100 words :

a)  "Then I made a mistake "--what mistake did the speaker make? why was it a "mistake" ?  what remove the speaker's doubt ? what did the speaker to then?

b)" our locality was Predominately Muslim"-- who is the speaker? how does the speaker describe the locality? what picture of the communal harmony do you find in this description?

C) why did the beard man become an enemy of tsar? what did the men swear and resolve to do ?why did he ask forgiveness of the tsar and what did he  promise him?

D)  " you ought  to be my son. I would teach you right from wrong."-- who  speaks to him? did the speaker manage to teach what he or she claimed to teach ?give reasons for your answer.

2 answer any two of the following questions each in about 100 words

a) How does a tree offer resistance to its destruction ?how does its resistance fail ?

b)"in his side there are two red holes". who is the person refund to what do the two red whole signify what attitude of the poet toward is referred here?

(c)  "But thy eternal summer shell not fade nor lose posession of what fair thou ows't; " who is eternal summer is being referred to here?

(d)  what does keats mean by the poetry of earth why does he say that this poetry never Ceases? 

3. Answer any one of the following question in about 100 words. 

(a)  "If you like, I'll make you a present of them. " Who is the speaker? Who is the person spoken to? What would the speaker make a present of? Why did the speaker say so.? 

(c)  Sketch the character of Natalya. 

4. Do as directed. (1 x 6=6)

(a)  "we will soon be at your station, " I said to girl.  (Turn into indirect speech)

(b)  My parents were widely regarded as an ideal couple.  (changed voice)

(c)  I was the most important man. (Rewrite the sentence using the positive degree of 'important')

(d)  I do not recall the exact number of people she fed everyday. $Turn into affirmative)

(e)  Mine was a very secure childhood(Rewrite as negative sentence)

(f)  The water was dripping from his face, the boy looked at her. (split into two separate sentences)

(B) Fill in the blanks with correct articles

 (C)  correct the error in following by replacing by the underlined word with correct right word:

Few girls can resist flattering. (flatter/flattery/flatter)

5. Read the following passage and answer the following questions.

Write true or false.

1. Chumley would carefully eat an orange. 

2. Lulu was chumley's sister .

3. Chumley's action was like that of a fast bowler. 

4. Lulu stuffed her mouth with raisin. 

Answer the following 

a.  Briefly describe Chumley's morning greeting. 

b.  What did Chumley do next after his surgery of the orange? 

C.  What did Lulu do while chumley ate his orange? 

PART-B

1.Complete each of following sentences choosing the correct option provided. 

2.Answer any 4 of the given questions.  (4x1=4)

3. Complete each of following sentences by choosing the correct option. 

4. Answer any 4 of the following questions (4x1=4)

5. Complete each of the following questions by choosing the correct option.