Pre University Board 2010 P.U.C English - Question Paper
Code No. 02
Total No. of Questions : 47 ] Total No. of Printed Pages : 8 ]
Time : 3 Hours 15 Minutes ]
[ Max. Marks : 100
Note : i) Follow the prescribed limit while answering the questions.
ii) Write the correct question number as it appears on the Question paper.
iii) One mark questions attempted more than once will be awarded zero.
iv) For multiple choice questions choose the correct answer and rewrite it.
I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each : 12 x 1 = 12
1. Why did Brandford carry Of Human Bondage to the Grand Central Station ?
2. When did the mothers rock their children in Lifes Beginning ?
3. What was the duration of the flight from Lima to Pucallpa ?
4. The racket of the sparrows suggests
a) the noise at the cattle-fair
b) the confusion in Tansukhs mind
c) the chirping of the birds.
5. According to Sonnet 116, Rosy lips and cheeks are destroyed
by.....................
6. Who informed Mary that the villagers were angry with Joe ?
7. Why did Baba Amte go to Calcutta ?
8. Name one of the tourist spots of India mentioned in the poem The Travel Bureau.
9. Whom did Rukmini Devi marry ?
10. What does the speaker want to be in The House by the Side of the Road ?
11. Where did Melkkoran hail from ?
12. According to Kie Ho, his son drew the map of the route to his school because
a) he had learnt creative geography
b) he had developed common sense
c) he had acquired knowledge.
II. Answer any eight of the following choosing at least two from poetry in a paragraph of 80 - 100 words each : 8 x 4 = 32
13. How did the book Of Human Bondage make Lieutenant Blandford and Hollis Meynell pen-friends ?
14. How did Tansukh become successful as a broker ?
15. What is true love according to William Shakespeare ?
16. How would Joes machine help the children ?
17. Bring out the significance of the phrases, the only patch of grass and the only rabbit in England.
18. Describe the incident which was the turning point in Baba Amtes life.
19. What is Rukmini Devis contribution to Indian culture and art ?
20. Contrast the glass tree with the Champaka tree.
21. Why does Kie Ho support the American system of education ?
22. How does the woman oppose her exploitation and assert herself in I am not that Woman ?
III. Answer the following in about 200 words : 6
23. Success comes to those who dare and act. How is this true in the case of Juliane Koepcke ?
OR
The poem The Travel Bureau brings out the two different images of the lady. Explain.
OR
What role do creativity and knowledge play in ones education, according to Sophia Skoufaki ?
IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it :
10 x 1 = 10
There is no smoke without a fire. There is no footprint without a foot. And there is no foot without the animal of which it is a part. So with the discovery of the mysterious footprints, the age old debate on which animal imprinted it has come to the fore, once again.
In November 2007, a U.S. based television channel investigating the existence of the legendary Yeti in Nepal found three large footprints. One print was clearly from a right foot with five toes, and was about 13 inches long, but the other two were only partial prints. The footprints were found on the bank of the Manju river.
The TV channel airs a weekly adventure stories called Destination Truth that investigates stories of the unexplained and cryptozoological creatures ( animals believed to exist, but for which conclusive evidence is missing )
A team of nine producers from Destination Truth, armed with infrared cameras, spent a week in the icy Khumbu region at a height of 2850 metres. The team took plaster cast of the footprints. These would be sent to the United States for expert analysis.
But many people believe that the Yeti is a bipedal ( two legged ) giant. It is a hairy apelike animal inhabiting the Himalayan regions of Nepal and Tibet. The Nepalese are sure it exists and the names Yeti and Meh-Teh are part of their history and mythology.
An early record of reported footprints appeared in 1889 in the writings of the British explorer L.A. Waddell. In 1951 Eric Shipton, a distinguished British expeditioner took photographs of a number of large prints in the snow, at about 6000 metres.
Edmund Hillary did not believe in the existence of the snowman. A great mountaineer Reinhold Messner claimed to have had a face-to-face encounter with a Yeti which he killed. According to Messner, the Yeti is actually the endangered Himalayan Brown Bear, that can walk upright or on all fours. The interesting debate will continue till someone captures this secretive creature on camera.
24. When did a U.S. based television channel find three large footprints ?
25. The three large footprints were found on the bank of.....................
26. Destination Truth is
a) an investigating team
b) an adventure series
c) an entertainment programme.
27. How long did a team of nine producers stay in the icy Khumbu region ?
28. Why would the plaster cast of the footprints be sent to the United States ?
29. When did an early record of reported footprints appear ?
30. Which British expeditioner took photographs of a number of large prints in the snow ?
31. Who did not believe in the existence of the snowman ?
32. Reinhold Messner was a great.....................
33. What is the Yeti, according to Messner ?
V. 34. Report the following conversation : 5
What do you want ?
Work.
Melkkoran, there is no work for you here, Panikkan said, Go ask in the neighbouring provinces.
There is work right here, Mellkkoran said.
35. Complete the following by filling in the blanks using appropriate form of the verbs given in brackets : 3 x 1 = 3
Hundreds of Army library books .................. ( send ) to Florida
training camp. Lieutenant Blandford found notes which ..................
( write ) in a womans handwriting in the book Of Human Bondage. He ..................( impress ) by the notes in the book.
36. Rewrite as directed : 1 What do you call a thing that cannot be seen ?
( Use the correct root word with the prefix to answer the question )
37. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expressions given in brackets : 2 x 1 = 2
( in vain, be equal to, to get rid of )
Juliane rubbed vaseline on her body .................. the maggots. But
her efforts were ................... So she had to make a skewer to dig
them out.
38. Choose the appropriate linkers from those given in brackets and fill in the blanks. Rearrange the sentences into a coherent paragraph : 5
( so, as, in contrast, besides )
Champaka tree was an old tree. The glass tree, .................. , was a
lifeless, ornamental thing................... , it was a life preserver.
.................. it could never substitute the Champaka tree. The people
respected the tree .................. it was associated with Champaka
Kavilamma.
VI. A) 39. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and
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filling in the boxes given below :
When the Brooklyn Bridge was completed in 1883, it was hailed as the eighth wonder of the world. The Brooklyn Bridge was the first bridge to be electrically lighted and the longest suspension bridge in its day. It was built to link New Yorks Manhattan district and Brooklyn district across the East River. Designed by a German immigrant engineer called John Roebling, it took 14 years to finish, at a cost of 15 million dollars.
B) 40. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in The Deccan Herald dated 15th March, 2010 ( Write XXX for name and YYY for address ) : 5
Wanted :
Commercial Assistants
B.Com., should know both English and Kannada typewriting. A good knowledge of computer is required.
Qualifications
Apply immediately To : The Personnel Manager,
Laxmi Finance Company,
No. 166, Dr. Rajkumar Road,
Rajaji Nagar, Bangalore.
C) 41. Imagine that you have been selected as the Union Secretary and you are supposed to address a gathering of students and lecturers of your college. Write a speech in about 100 words focusing on the infrastructure of your college and the necessity of discipline among students. 5
Your speech should include the following points :
Good library and reading rooms
Proper maintenance of toilet facilities
A waiting room for girls
Science lab to be upgraded
Motivation to students to study well and behave properly.
OR
The following bar graph shows the pass percentage of boys and girls of a Government P.U. College in II PUC Annual Examination of April 2009. Prepare a report in about 120 words.
VII. A) 42. What do the italicized words in the following paragraph refer to ? 4 x 1 = 4
Many people who (i) live in the Himalayan regions of Nepal and Tibet believe in the existence of Yeti. The Nepalese are sure it (ii) is a part of their (iii) history and mythology. The people often find the footprints of Yeti. They (iv) are found on the bank of the Manju river.
i) who : _
ii) it : _
iii) their : _
iv) They : _
B) Rewrite the sentences using the suffix given in brackets : 2 x 1 = 2
43. He is a man without fear ( -less ).
44. The lady pays more attention to beauty ( -conscious ).
C) Which collocation is more acceptable ? Write the correct answer :
2 x 1 = 2
45. A delicious novel/A juicy novel.
46. Lead a mechanical life/Lead a technical life.
D) 47. Match the words from Column A with those in Column B to
form correct word pairs : 2 x 1 = 2
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