English 2 nd Language
SA1 Live
Padmashree Murali
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General Instructions to the Candidate:
1. This question paper consists of objective and subjective types of 38 questions.
2. This question paper has been sealed by reverse jacket. You have to cut on the
right side to open the paper at the time of commencement of the examination.
Check whether all the pages of the question paper are intact.
3. Follow the instructions given against both the objective and subjective types
of questions.
4. Figures in the right hand margin indicate maximum marks for the questions.
5. The maximum time to answer the paper is given at the top of the question
paper. It includes 15 minutes for reading the question paper
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How to answer questions?
Read
Recall
Respond
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I. I. Four alternatives are given for each of
the following questions / incomplete
statements. Only one of them is correct
or most appropriate. Choose the correct
alternative and write the complete
answer along with its letter of alphabet.
4×1=4
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1. The passive form of the underlined sentence is,
Teacher: Why were you absent yesterday, Ramu?
Students: Sir, My friend invited me.
Teacher: Why?
Students: For his birthday.
(A) I invited by my friend (B) I was invited by my friend.
(C) I am invited by my friend (D) I was invite by my friend.
Read the question carefully
Read the options
Eliminate the wrong answers
Decide on the right answer
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2. Read the following conversation and fill in the blank choosing the most
appropriate words:
Hemanth: Hi Harini. Why are you looking so sad.
Harini: Yes. Just now I've received my C.E.T result. My score is very less.
Hemanth: If you had studied hard, you …................ scored good marks.
(A) will have (B) would have
(C) wouldn't have (D) shall have
Read the question carefully
Read the options
Eliminate the wrong answers
Decide on the right answer
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3. Choose the appropriate question tag for the statement:
Ravi sings melodiously, …...............................
(A) didn’t he? (B) doesn’t Ravi?
(C) doesn’t he? (D) don’t he?
Read the question carefully
Read the options
Eliminate the wrong answers
Decide on the right answer
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4. Identify the language function in the following statement.
If you don’t mind, May I use your pen?
(A) Questioning (B) Offering help
(C) Seeking information (D) Requesting
Read the question carefully
Read the options
Eliminate the wrong answers
Decide on the right answer
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Let's now write an answer for the Multiple Choice Question.
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II. Do as directed….. 12 x 1 = 12
Read the question carefully
Understand the grammar principle
Do as directed
5. Combine the word with a suitable collocative word.
Six (dozen, standard, pack, book)
Answer: Six-pack
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II. Do as directed….. 12 x 1 = 12
Read the question carefully
Understand the grammar principle
Do as directed
6. Which one of these words has two syllables?
Those, silence, lease, loose
Answer: Silence
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II. Do as directed….. 12 x 1 = 12
Read the question carefully
Understand the grammar principle
Do as directed
7. Fill in the blank with the appropriate article.
Ranganath goes to school daily. He is .......... honest teacher.
Answer: an
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II. Do as directed….. 12 x 1 = 12
Read the question carefully
Understand the grammar principle
Do as directed
8. Fill in the blank with the correct preposition.
Pradeep is working .................... JSS College Mysore.
Answer: at
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II. Do as directed….. 12 x 1 = 12
Read the question carefully
Understand the grammar principle
Do as directed
9. Fill in the blank with correct form of If Clause.
If you had told me earlier, I …...................... arranged a vehicle.
Answer: would have
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II. Do as directed….. 12 x 1 = 12
Read the question carefully
Understand the grammar principle
Do as directed
10. Give one word for the following.
A person who is very eager for knowledge.
Answer: Curious
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II. Do as directed….. 12 x 1 = 12
Read the question carefully
Understand the grammar principle
Do as directed
11. Write the correct form of the word given in the
bracket.
There is no …...................... (compare) between them.
Answer: Comparison
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II. Do as directed….. 12 x 1 = 12
Read the question carefully
Understand the grammar principle
Do as directed
12. Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the brackets.
The teacher is solving a mathematical …................. (some, sum) but
…................. (some, sum) students are writing Kannada.
Answer: sum, some
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II. Do as directed….. 12 x 1 = 12
Read the question carefully
Understand the grammar principle
Do as directed
13. Fill in the blank with correct linker.
There was heavy rain …................... he came late to the class.
Answer: so
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II. Do as directed….. 12 x 1 = 12
Read the question carefully
Understand the grammar principle
Do as directed
14. Change the following sentence into comparative degree.
Ravi is the most handsome boy in the class.
Answer: Ravi is more handsome than other boys in the class.
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II. Do as directed….. 12 x 1 = 12
Read the question carefully
Understand the grammar principle
Do as directed
15. Fill in the blank with the appropriate tense form of the
verb given in brackets:
Kiran …...................... (be + carry) a book in his hand and going
to college.
Answer: was carrying
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II. Do as directed….. 12 x 1 = 12
Read the question carefully
Understand the grammar principle
Do as directed
16. Change the given sentence into indirect speech.
John said, “I will bring it tomorrow.”
Answer: John said that he would bring it the next day.
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III. The following paragraph has two errors. Edit the paragraph and rewrite it.
2X1=2
Read the paragraph carefully.
Identify the error and rewrite it.
17. Swamis father sat gloomily gazing at the newspaper on his lap.
Swami rose silent and tiptoed to his bed in the passage.
a) apostrophe to be used b) adverb to be used.
Answer: Swami’s father sat gloomily gazing at the
newspaper on his lap. Swami rose silently and tiptoed to
his bed in the passage.
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IV. Answer the following questions in 2 - 3 sentences each. 7 X 2 = 14
Read the question carefully
Understand the key word.
Answer in 2 to 3 sentences, as mentioned.
Use appropriate sentence starter.
18. Ambedkar had a great thirst of reading books when he was
a student. How do you justify this?
Answer: Ambedkar was a voracious reader. He would curtail his
essential needs and buy books as a student. When he lived in
New York he had bought around two thousand old books.
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IV. Answer the following questions in 2 - 3 sentences each. 7 X 2 = 14
Read the question carefully
Understand the key word.
Answer in 2 to 3 sentences, as mentioned.
Use appropriate sentence starter.
19. Why did Baleshwar revisit the spot where Roma had fallen?
Answer: Roma's brother Dinesh informed Baleshwar that her cell
phone and handbag were missing. Baleshwar revisited the spot
where Roma had fallen to look for her belongings. He was
assured by a railway employee that some of Roma’s belongings
had been found.
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IV. Answer the following questions in 2 - 3 sentences each. 7 X 2 = 14
Read the question carefully
Understand the key word.
Answer in 2 to 3 sentences, as mentioned.
Use appropriate sentence starter.
20. How did Roma fall on the tracks?
Answer: Roma Talreja has tried to get on an
overcrowded local train in Mumbai. Due to lack of space,
she settled in a corner near the door and as the train
moved forward, she got pushed, lost her foothold,
panicked, couldn’t grasp the steel railing above and fell
on to the tracks.
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IV. Answer the following questions in 2 – 3 sentences each. 7 X 2 = 14
Read the question carefully
Understand the key word.
Answer in 2 to 3 sentences, as mentioned.
Use appropriate sentence starter.
21. How do you say Don Amselmo loved children of Rio En Medio?
Answer: Don Anselmo considered all the children of Rio en Medio as his
descendants and called them sobrinos and nietos. He planted a tree for
every child that was born in the village and considered the children the
true owners of the trees. Don Anselmo did not include the trees when
selling the land which shows his love for the children of Rio en Medio.
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IV. Answer the following questions in 2 - 3 sentences each. 7 X 2 = 14
Read the question carefully
Understand the key word.
Answer in 2 to 3 sentences, as mentioned.
Use appropriate sentence starter.
22. Babu and Manju were a bit disappointed with the way
students were marching. What was the reason?
Answer: When Babu and Manju rushed out in the rain to
watch the protest, they expected the event to be dramatic
and exciting. However the procession that marched was
mostly silent and they chanted a slogan only once. This was
disappointing for the children.
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IV. Answer the following questions in 2 - 3 sentences each. 7 X 2 = 14
Read the question carefully
Understand the key word.
Answer in 2 to 3 sentences, as mentioned.
Use appropriate sentence starter.
23. How could Dicky Dolma achieve the great feat even with
her hardships?
Answer: Dicky Dolma faced several hardships like losing many
members of her family and financial difficulties. Yet she
achieved the great feat of scaling Mount Everest as she was
determined, hardworking and focused on her goal.
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IV. Answer the following questions in 2 - 3 sentences each. 7 X 2 = 14
Read the question carefully
Understand the key word.
Answer in 2 to 3 sentences, as mentioned.
Use appropriate sentence starter.
24. What habit of sleeping was disgraceful according to
Swami‘s father?
Answer: According to Swami's father, Swami was a boy in the
second form and therefore old enough to sleep on his own.
Swami was used to sleeping next to his grandmother and his
father found this habit disgraceful.
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V. Answer the following questions in 5 - 6 sentences each. 2X3=6
Read the question carefully
Understand the key word.
Answer in 5 to 6 sentences, as mentioned.
Use appropriate sentence starter.
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25. Swami was not a courageous boy but he became a hero overnight. Explain.
Answer: ‘A Hero’ is a story by R K Narayan, about Swami, a boy in the second form
who becomes a hero overnight. After reading an article about a boy who fought off
a tiger Swami’s father forces Swami to sleep alone in the dark office room. Swami
was afraid and remembered all the scary ghost and devil stories he’d heard. He fell
into a nightmare-filled sleep. When he opened his eyes, he saw a dark figure moving
in the room and heard some rustling noise. Assuming it was the devil who had come
to take him away, Swami decided to fight back. As the dark shape reached near him,
Swami hugged it with all his might and bit into its leg. The dark figure fell on some
furniture and cried out loud in pain. Swami’s father, a cook and servant rushed into
the room. When they turned on the lights, the dark shape turned out to be a
notorious burglar of the district. Swami was praised and congratulated the next day
by the police, his headmaster, teacher and classmates.
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26. How does the poet Marina de Bellagenta express the feelings of the land?
Answer: In the poem “I am the Land”, poet Marina de Bellagente uses the personified
land as a speaker who is observing all human activity. The land is patient in its
observance. Activities like the tilling of the land and the planting of trees are life
giving and cause great joy. So do activities like children dancing and birds and
people singing. On the other hand, activities like digging holes and building lifeless
structures like parking lots and roads don’t bring the land any joy. Activities like
creating boundaries, diving the land and differentiating between people choke the
land and make it breathless. Using weapons like guns and waging wars, takes away
life and therefore takes away the joy of land.
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VI. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow.
4 X 3 = 12
Understand the dialogue
Recall the story
Answer each question in 1 to 2 sentences
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27. “It took months of negotiation to come to an understanding with the old man”
a. Who is the old man referred here?
b. What was the negotiation about?
c. Why do you think it took months to come to an understanding?
Answer:
a. The old man referred to in the given statement is Don Anselmo.
b. The negotiation was for the sale of Don Anselmo's land to the Americans. The
narrator of the story mediated the negotiation.
c. Don Anselmo was in no hurry to sell his land. The narrator would make several
attempts to set up meetings with him and therefore it took months to come to
an understanding.
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28. “Why don’t you join the police when you are grown up?”
a. Who made this suggestion?
b. Why did the speaker ask him to join the police?
c. Was he really willing to join the police? Give reason.
Answer:
a. The inspector of police made this suggestion to Swami.
b. Swami had helped to nab a notorious housebreaker of the district.
Hence the speaker suggested that he could join the police when he
grew up.
c. Swami wasn’t really willing to join the police. He agreed with the
Inspector to be polite. He wanted to be an engine driver, railway guard
or bus conductor when he grew up.
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29. “Please help me to take her to a hospital.”
a. Who does ‘me’ refer to?
b. What had happened to her?
c. What was the result of seeking help?
Answer:
a. 'Me' refers to Baleshwar.
b. Roma Talreja was a call centre executive who had fallen onto the railway
tracks and lost consciousness.
c. Baleshwar carried Roma from the tracks to the roads in the hope of getting
help from motorists to take her to the hospital. Unfortunately, although few
people slowed down out of curiosity nobody agreed to help Baleshwar. Later, a
Gujarati speaking, middle-aged tempo truck driver stopped and helped
Baleshwar take Roma to the hospital.
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30. “It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes,
’Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes.”
a. What does ‘it’ refer to?
b. How is he blessed?
c. What does ‘mighty’ mean in the context?
Answer:
a. “It” refers to the quality of mercy.
b. A person or “he” who uses the quality of mercy is doubly blessed
according to the poet. The granter is blessed for having shown mercy
and the receiver reaps the benefits of mercy.
c. In the context of the poem, ‘mighty’ refers to greatness. According to
the poet, a person showing mercy can be said to have shown the
greatest of abilities. The quality of mercy is regarded as the pinnacle of
qualities.
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VII.
31. Given below is a profile. Write a paragraph using the clues given below.
1X3=3
Age : 40 years
Qualification : M.B.B.S, MS
Designation : Head of the Department, Medicine
Place of Work : Government Hospital Davangere
Specialization : Medicine & surgery
Reasons for his: Works round the clock – special
Popularity attention to poor – always cheerful- Tablets, powder, medicines
available - hospital – clean handed – liked by the patients.
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Answer:
Dr. Ramesh aged 40, is an esteemed medical professional with an M.B.B.S. and MS degree.
He currently serves as the Head of the Department of Medicine at the Government
Hospital in Davangere. Specializing in both medicine and surgery, Dr. Ramesh is known for
his tireless dedication, working around the clock to care for his patients. He gives special
attention to the poor and is always cheerful, which has earned him great popularity. The
hospital under his care is well-equipped with tablets, powders, and other essential
medicines, and it is known for being clean and well-maintained. His compassionate and
skilled approach has made him a favorite among the patients.
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VIII. Develop a story using the clues given below. 1X3=3
32. An old woman ------- greedy ------- a goose in her house ------- golden
egg everyday ------- sold ------- her living ------- becoming very rich -------
thought ------- hundreds of golden eggs ------- its stomach. Killed -------
only one golden egg ------- lost what she had ------- moral.
Answer:
There was an old woman who was very greedy. She had a goose in her
house that laid one golden egg every day. She sold the eggs and made
her living, soon becoming very rich. One day, she thought that the
goose might have hundreds of golden eggs inside its stomach. Driven
by greed, she killed the goose, only to find one golden egg inside. In the
end, she lost what she had and was left with nothing.
Moral: Greed leads to loss
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Answer:
25 years ago, Bengaluru was known was fresh air, limited cars,
small house and lot of greenery around. Bengaluru was known as
the “Garden City”. The city was known for its wide streets filled
with limited traffic and lots of children playing. As a result of
industrial development and increased population, the greenery has
been replaced by tall buildings, cramped spaces and less parks.
The traffic has resulted in more accidents, high stress levels in
people and has hampered road safety.
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34. Quote from Memory: 1X4=4
Answer:
It is enthroned …....................................................... It is enthroned in the heart of kings;
….............................................................................................. It is an attribute to God himself;
…............................................................................................... And earthly power doth then show likest God’s
........................................................ season's justice When mercy seasons justice.
OR
The quality of mercy …....................................... Answer:
................................................................................................... The quality of mercy is not strain’d;
..................................................................................................... It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
….............................................. and him that takes. Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.
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XI. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. 2X2=4
35. Many years ago Eskimos did not have permanent homes. They
wandered from place to place and then settled down for some time. Their
main occupations were fishing and hunting. They caught whales, sharks,
seals and the fish that are found is the icy waters of the North Pole. They
also hunted animals that are found in the Polar Regions. When they
did not get any more food, the Eskimos shifted their residence to another
area. They did very little cooking. Their main items of food were fish and
meat. It was never cooked. They preferred to eat it raw.
Questions:
a. Why did the Eskimos wander from place to place?
b. What do say about their hunting?
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X. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below: 2 × 2 = 4
a. Why did the Eskimos wander from place to place?
Answer: Eskimos did not have permanent homes. They wandered from
place to place and then settled down for some time. When they did not get
any more food, the Eskimos shifted their residence to another area as they
did very little cooking.
b. What do say about their hunting?
Answer: The main occupations of Eskimos was fishing and hunting. They
caught whales, sharks, seals and the fish that are found is the icy waters of
the North Pole. They also hunted animals that are found in the Polar
Regions.
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XII. Answer the following questions in 8 - 10 sentences each. 1X4=4
Read the question carefully
Understand the key word and use appropriate sentence starter
Tip: For poetry, you can use the summary to elaborate the answer.
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36. Grandma had a dream of resting on the tree. How did she fulfill her dream?
Answer: In Ruskin Bond’s poem Grandma Climbs a Tree, the speaker describes their
grandmother’s unique interest in climbing trees since childhood. The grandmother
had learnt the skill from her brother and her love for it continued even at the age
of sixty-two. People would warn her against climbing trees as she could hurt herself
and because they thought it was improper behaviour for an elderly lady. The
grandmother was least bothered by these opinions, and she left no tree in the garden
un-climbed. One day she climbed a tree when her family was away and got stuck,
unable to come down. The doctor advised her a week’s rest in bed. The grandmother
was so miserable having to stay put that she asked her son to build tree house. The
son did so with the speaker’s help. As soon as the tree house was ready, the
grandmother moved in and lived happily. The speaker visited her often. She was thus
able to fulfil her desire of being on trees by living in a tree house.
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36. Which were the positive aspects, that V. K. Gokak wished to write about 'Mother
India' in the poem “The Song of India”?
Answer: In the poem “The Song of India”, the poet V. K. Gokak wishes to praise the
positive features of his motherland 'India'. He wished to sing praises of the snow-
capped Himalayan peaks and the three water bodies that surround the land. He is in
awe of the beautiful sunrises with its golden streaks and the rock cut temples which he
terms 'epics in stone'. The poet also appreciates the seers, prophets and the brave
patriots who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of their nation. The poet nervously
wonders whether he should praise the beautiful dams and lakes that surround his
motherland. In the end V. K. Gokak even praises the growth of the nation with respect
to technology. He appreciates the steel mills, ship-building yards, hardworking people
and all the developments that led the country to the Atomic age.
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XIII. Write an essay on ANY ONE of the following. 1X4=4
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a. Problems of Population Explosion.
b. Merits and demerits of mobile phone.
c. Status of India in the field of Space Science
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XIV. Write a letter using the information given below. 1 X 5 = 5
38. Imagine you are Parvati/Krishna studying Government High School. Tumkur.
Write a letter to father about your study.
OR
Write a letter to ‘the Chief Engineer Zilla Panchyat,’ to repair roads in your
locality.
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Informal Letters Formal Letters
<Name>
<Name> <Sender's Address>
<Sender's Address> <Date>
<Date> <Receiver Name>
<Designation>
<Salutation,> <Receiver Address>
<Body <Salutation>
- 3 paragraphs> < Subject>
<Subscription> Body - 3 paragraphs
<Name of Sender>
<Subscription>
Envelope <Signature>
<Name of Sender>
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General Guidelines
• Underline any keywords that you use in your answer.
• Leave a line after all questions from one section has been answered.
• Start the essay and letter on new pages.
• If a question is tough, leave space for the number of points to be
written and come back to the answer at the end.
• Attempt all the questions to maximize your opportunity to score full
marks.
• After every section gets over keep tracking if you are on time.
• as it said.
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Thank you
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