MAX. MARKS (IN TOTAL): 100
TIME ALLOCATED: 3 HRS
SECTION - A (MCQs):
Max. Marks: 20 Time: 20 Minutes
This
Section contains 20 MCQs each of 01 marks. 20
X 01 = 20 Marks
SECTION - B (SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS):
Max. Marks: 50 Time: 2 hours 40 Minutes (Sec: B & C)
This Section contains FOUR subsections, (each from Prose, Poetry, Play and Grammar) having FOUR Questions in each. Total TEN QUESTIONS are to be attempted including at least TWO part-questions from each sub-section. All questions carry equal marks. 10 X 05 = 50 Marks
· Subsection – I
(Prose - Reading Comprehension) contains FOUR questions from all TEN Comprehensions
of prescribed English textbook.
· Subsection –
II (Poetry) contains FOUR questions from all SEVEN Poems
of prescribed English textbook.
· Subsection –
III (Play) contains FOUR questions from given all three SCENEs of the Play – “A VISIT To
SMALL PLANET” of prescribed English textbook.
· Subsection – IV (Grammar) contains FOUR questions from given topics including Direct / Indirect (Narration), Active / Passive Voice, Punctuation, Sentence Completion and Conversion, Use of Verbs and Adverbs.
SECTION - C (DETAILED-ANSWER QUESTIONS):
Max. Marks: 30 Time: No Separate time allocated.
This Section contains THREE Qs from Comprehensions (Reading Comprehension / Precis, Formal Email / Report Writing and Narrative Account or Essay Writing). ALL Questions are to be attempted carrying equal marks. 03 X 10 = 30 Marks
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ENGLISH (C) NORMAL
PAPER-I (MODEL PAPER)
Max. Marks: 20 SECTION ‘A’ MCQs Time: 20 Minutes
1.
Choose the correct
answer for each from the given options:
(i). This is a strong
retreat for a truly happy man according
to the poem “The Character
of a Happy Life”:
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home |
·
conscience |
·
wealth |
·
friends |
(ii). “For thirty pence our Saviour was sold,’ is a line from this poem:
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·
Ozymandias |
·
The Character of a Happy
Life |
|
·
Lucy Gray |
·
The Abbot of Canterbury |
(iii). In the line “When he might have captured the victor's cup,” the highlighted phrase is Metaphorically used for:
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prize |
·
failure |
·
success |
·
trophy |
(iv). “Boundless and bare’ is an example
of this poetic device:
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·
Oxymoron |
·
Onomatopoeia |
·
Metaphor |
·
Alliteration |
(v). Khahoris follow the spiritual path and symbolize the search of:
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serpents |
·
dreams |
·
herbs |
·
reality |
(vi). The central character in the play ‘A Visit to a Small Planet’ is:
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·
John Randolph |
·
Roger Spelding |
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·
Kreton |
·
Ellen |
(vii). Kreton thought that the views of John about Ellen are:
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·
red |
·
purple |
·
yellow |
·
pink |
(viii). Kreton
considered human civilization as:
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·
modern |
·
primitive |
·
conservative |
·
friends |
(ix). The word
“folk” means:
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·
children |
·
men |
·
women |
·
people |
(x). Roger Spelding wants to be the first
journalist to interview:
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·
General Powers |
·
Kreton |
·
Ellen |
·
John |
(xi). E.
B. White revisited the lake with his son in:
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·
Summer |
·
winter |
·
autumn |
·
spring |
(xii). Mathilde seemed happiest when she:
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·
received the invitation |
·
danced in the party |
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·
bought a new dress |
·
borrowed the necklace |
(xiii). According to the author
Ralph Waldo envy is:
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·
bliss |
·
evil |
·
suicide |
·
ignorance |
(xiv). During
World War II, transmission of information was in the form of:
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·
material |
·
electric |
·
analogue |
·
catalogue |
(xv). A group of people travelling together is called as:
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·
sages |
·
crew |
·
caravan |
·
shrewd men |
(xvi). The cleaning staff infected the area to avoid the spread of coronavirus (Identify the correct Prefix):
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·
re |
·
dis |
·
un |
·
mis |
(xvii). In the sentence ‘There is a large demand all over the United States for plants indigenous to the desert,’ the word ‘indigenous’ means:
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native |
·
necessary |
·
foreign |
·
alien |
(xviii). In
the sentence ‘He runs fast,’ the underlined Verb
is:
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·
transitive |
·
intransitive |
·
auxiliary |
·
modal |
(xix). In the sentence
‘I run a business successfully,” the underlined Verb is:
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·
transitive |
·
intransitive |
·
auxiliary |
·
modal |
(xx). The Comparative Degree
of the word little is:
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·
littler |
·
more little |
·
less |
·
more less |
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1. |
· conscience |
2. |
·
The Abbot of Canterbury |
|
3. |
·
success |
4. |
·
Alliteration |
|
5. |
·
reality |
6. |
·
Kreton |
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7. |
· purple |
8. |
·
primitive |
|
9. |
· people |
10. |
·
Kreton |
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11 |
· summer |
12. |
·
borrowed the necklace |
|
13. |
·
ignorance |
14. |
·
analogue |
|
15. |
·
caravan |
16. |
· dis |
|
17. |
·
native |
18. |
·
transitive |
|
19. |
· intransitive |
20. |
·
less |