SAMPLE PAPER

ENGLISH

SET - II

A. Reading 30 marks

B. Writing 30 marks

C. Grammar 15 marks

D. Literature 25 marks

Instructions :

1. Answer all questions.

2. All answers must be written in the spaces provided on this paper.

3. Please do not write anything in the margins.

SECTION - A (READING)

The little creature

with a hundred feet

was on its journey

to where

only it knew.

My civilised foot

dressed in polished leather

came down upon it

ever so gently -

there was only a soft sound

signifying

the end

of a creature of God

my Maker.

It looked to see

if my sole was soiled

and walked away.

Below you can see a page from the poet's diary which summarizes the events in the poem. Fill in each blank with one word only.

Today I had an important meeting, so I dressed in my best clothes and .....my shoes until they were shining. On my way to the meeting, I stepped on a centipede, a ...... little thing with so ....... legs. I wonder where it was going. I wasn't;t walking fast so I couldn't have stepped very ..... on it, but there was a ..... sound and I knew I had killed it. I checked immediately to see if there was any ..... on my shoes; I was worried about my appearance at the meeting. Still, it seemed strange that the ........... who made me should also have made such a tiny ..............

The poet uses certain expressions in the poem to suggest something to the reader. There are some suggestions given below in the circles. Choose one suggestion that best fits each of the expressions in the table, and write the answer in the space provided. One answer has already been given as an example.

Unconsciousness is a state where the person appears to be in deep sleep from which he / she cannot be awoken. The individual does not respond to any external stimuli, like sprinkling cold water on the face, and for that matter even painful ones like piercing with a pin, tingling a nerve, etc., This insensible state is brought about by some interference in the normal functioning of the brain and the nervour systems.

Unconsciousness when partial is called stupor and when complete is termed as coma. In cases of stupor, the individual can be roused with difficulty but the eyelids cannot be opened due to the resistance by the individual. In coma, however, although there is no response when an individual is being called the lids can be opened without and resistance.

The usual cases of unconsciousness include fainting, sunstroke, concussion, etc. Fainting is caused by the temporary reduction in the blood supply to the brain because of fright, unexpected good or bad news, etc. People held up in stuffy places like elevators often faint. a sudden fall in blood pressure can also cause fainting. The individual appears pale, becomes weak and slow, breathing becomes shallow and the skin turns cold and clammy.

Excessive summer heat can make an individual faint. Prolonged exposure to sun may also cause sunstroke which starts with headache, vomiting, dizziness, cramps, or dryness of the throat.

Concussion commonly results in unconsciousness. Direct injury to the brain causes by either a blow on the head or a fall from a height, etc. may result in concussion and compression. The casualty may 'black out' for a short while in mild cases. Concussion and compression result in stupor or coma in more serious cases.

An individual could suddenly become unconscious due to a heart attack. The initial signs are vomiting, profuse sweating and pain the left side of the chest.

On the basis of your reading of the passage, complete the diagram below by writing a suitable word or phrase in each space.

Read the following sentences summarising information given in the passage and fill in each of the spaces with one word only.

(a) In less severe cases of concussion, a patient may ................ for a short span of time.

(b) Hearing some sudden good or bad news may lead to very ..... blood pressure which results in fainting.

Find one word in the lines indicated which has the same meaning as each phrase shown below. Write your answers in the spaces provided.

(a) feeling giddy ( lines 20-30)

(b) harm or damage to an organ ( lines 20-30)

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.

These are the words inscribed on the Statue of Liberty in New York. But ironically, those who go there are not the poor and the wretched but the skilled and the highly qualified doctors, engineers, scientists, nurses and technicians, from other countries including India.

The urge to go to the west has become compelling in India in post - independent years. Both the world wars and political upheavals like civil wars and revolutions spawned large migrations during the first half of this century. The migrations in the laterl half stem from economic motivation. People in power like scientists and skilled persons have, the very beginning, played a key role in international migration. The conscious policy to encourage migration of high quality manpower from other regions and countries is related to the positive contribution made by the immigrants to their country of adoption, resulting in a net advantage to it. This phenomenon of gaining qualified and skilled personnel at the cost of the donor country is generally termed brain drain.

Perhaps the most important reasons for the brain drain phenomenon is an educational pattern which does not serve the needs of the country. The others are unrecognised or unrewarded talents and lack of job opportunities for trained professionals. For example, the emoluments drawn by a research worker are far less than those of a factory hand. This is the start of the brain drain of the young. Lure of higher salaries in hard currency, good living and favourable conditions of settling down with the family also prompt highly qualified Indian to look to the west for jobs.

The migration of Indian manpower to the US in the 1950's and the first half of the 1960's was limited by the US Immigration Act of 1952 which set the annual quota at 100 for Indian nationals. The total number of Indian engineers, scientists and physicians admitted during 1964-65 numbered more than 1,000. However, the scene changed drastically in 1965 when the US immigration.

Laws eliminated preferential treatment accorded to West Europeans and gave priority to immigrants with skills in short supply. As a result, between 1966-1970, thousands of Indian professionals made their way to the US.

What is disconcerting is that after that, India has proved to be the fount of more than a fourth of the skilled immigrants to the US, the major part of this brains drain being borne by the medical faculties. According to the World Health Organisation, India is the largest donor of medical manpower in the world.

Our country thereby loses not only these professionals but also the resources invested in their training. For instance, the government spends Rs. 2 lakhs on every IIT graduate and it is seen that one out of every three settles in the US after going there for higher studies.

The earnings and remittances from the Indians settled abroad or their eventual return are poor compensation for the lasting and serious loss inflicted by their outflow. The specific objectives of the anti-brain drain policies, within the framework of independent development, are to bring back to a limited extent, the lost talents and skills from abroad and reduce the outflow in the short run and finally end it except that necessitated by genuine, multi-lateral international dependence.

According to the passage, there were certain factors that encouraged emigration. Complete the summary outline below by writing a suitable word or phrase in each space to indicate these factors.

FACTORS ENCOURAGING EMIGRATION

(1) World wars

(2) ........

2.1 Civil wars

2.2 Revolutions

(3) Conscious Policy

(4) Conditions at home

4.1 Education

4.2 .............

4.3 ............

(5) Conditions abroad

5.1 .............

5.2 Good living conditions

5.3............

On the basis of your reading of the passage, complete the following sentences. Write your answers in the spaces provided.

After the mid-sixties Indian professionals migrated to the US in larger number because : ........................

In India the two damaging effects of the brain drain have been :

The main objectives of the anti-brain drain policies are :

Find words in the passage, form the lines indicated, which mean the opposite of each of the following. Write the correct word in each space.

(a) happy and fortunate ( lines 1 to 10)

(b) reassuring, comforting ( lines 30 to 45)

(c) one-sided (lines - 45 to 57)

SECTION -B (WRITING)

Harish has to speak in a debate supporting the motion that life in the country ( a village ) is preferable to life in the city. Below you can see his notes. Use the information to complete Harish's speech. Do not add any new information. Write your answer in the spaces provided.

Life in the country has so many advantages over life in the city that I really don't think anyone present would disagree with me. The atmosphere .................. and has a soothing effect. The air is fresh and pure, Green fields........... In the country people are friendly and the neighbours are helpful. On the other hand, cities ............smoke. There is also .............................. The streets are crowded with people. Everyone ............ relaxation.

Ram wrote the following letter to Gopal. then he decided to send a telegram instead of the letter. Using relevant information from the letter, write this telegram in the space below, using not more than 20 words.

17 June, XXXX

Dear Gopal,

My sister has sponsored me to go to Australia for higher studies. I have gone through all the formalities and will be leaving India on the morning of 25th June from bombay. I will be arriving in Bombay by Konark Express on 23rd June along with my parents and my sister. I'd be very grateful if you could arrange a good hotel for three days for us. Could you possibly meet us at the station too?

Hoping to see you soon,

Yours affectionately,

XYZ

Recently P. Jayanti saw the following newspaper advertisement for a new gadget. She feels strongly about the misuse of modern technology, so she decided to write a letter about it to the editor of the magazine 'Viewpoint', Write this letter in the space provided below using information from the newspaper article together with your own ideas and ideas from the unit on 'Science'.

You can now enjoy all the excitement of a laser light show in your own home. The SUPA-LASER XL600 is an electronic miracle, and will produce a multicoloured light show, linked to your favourite music. Just connect the SUPA-LASER to your own stereo and it will respond to the music by bouncing colours, patterns and beams around the walls of your living room.

Complete with mains cord.

220 volts AC only Rs. 18000

The poster below some of the harmful effects of overpopulation. Using ideas from this poster together with your own ideas, write a short speech on 'overpopulation' to be given at the morning assembly in your school. Write your answer in the space provided on the next page.

SECTION - C (GRAMMAR)

The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Underline each error and write your correction in the space provided. The first correction has been done as an example.

use to obtain goods by bartering. To get an ........

axe, for example, they had to offer anything .........

in exchange. If the seller would not like what ............

was offered, it would be impossible making the .............

exchange.

Look at the diagrams below. Then complete the following paragraph by writing one suitable word in each space.

India is so large .................. the weather varies considerably

from ..................... region to another. In Trivandrum, for example,

the temperature remains steady ............... the year. Delhi

however, has a hot summer, with the ............. temperatures in

May and June, but the weather is much ............... in winter.

Although .................. of these places are affected by the monsoon

it arrives ......................in Trivandrum, and the annual rainfall is .......

than in Delhi.

Sheela recently had an interview for a teaching post. Read what the people on the interview panel asked Sheela, and then complete the letter which she wrote to her friend. Do not add any new information. The first one has been done as an example.

I've passed my interview! It wasn't as bad as I'd expected. First of all the M.D. asked me What my name was and then he wanted to know ............. my schooling.

There was a kind looking lady. I feel I've seen her at one of our school functions. she asked ........ to become a teacher, and also ................ to teach. Then the secretary asked me ................ to work in a village. Of course, I said I would work anywhere!

How are your Mum and Dad ? I hope you will be coming over the the summer holidays. Do let me know.

Yours affectionately,

Sheela

Look at the notes below. Then use the information to complete the paragraph by writing suitable words or phrases in each space. Do not add any new information . The first one has been done as an example.

-- depend on cars -- dangerous to environment --- emit gases --- contribute to air pollution.

Serious problem in West --- industrialised countries have made mistakes -- we can avoid them.

How ? -- rethink transport policy.

But to introduce new transport policy -- must completely change approach to urban devt.

Our dependence on cars is dangerous to the environment because

they emit gases ............. to air pollution. This is a serious problem in the West, but we can avoid the mistakes .............. industrialised countries by ................ our transport policy. However, the ............... a new transport policy will require a ............. in our approach to urban development.

SECTION D ( LITERATURE)

Read the extract below and answer the questions which follow .

So hard to give your usual effect of cheery benignity

When you know your position is one of the two or three in life most lacking it. dignity.

(a) The poet's position is lacking in dignity because : .........

(b) Explain why the poet calls the whole situation a 'vicious circle'.

Read the extract below and answer the questions which follow

Before I built a wall I'd ask to know

What I was walling in or walling out

And to whom I was like to give offense

(a) One of the poet's regular spring jobs is : ............

(b) Complete the saying repeated by the poet's neighbour :

Good ...........

(c) In this poem, what does the wall symbolise ?

Read the extract below from 'The Importance of Being Earnest' and answer the questions that follow.

LADY BRACKNELL (in a severe, judicial voice) Prism! (MISS PRISM bows her head in shame) Come here, Prism! (MISS PRISM approaches in a humble manner). Where is that baby?

(a) Who is Miss Prism ? How is she connected to Lady Bracknell ?

(b) Why does Miss Prism hang her head in shame ?

(c) Who does the baby ultimately turn out to be?

In the Ultimate Safari grandmother is shown as a person who is very particular about appearances. Give two instances from the text to support this statement.

The Lady or the tiger ends with the dramatic events in the arena. A newspaper reporter who was present in the arena writes an article for the newspaper describing what happened. Write this report in the space provided overleaf; use your own ideas to create a suitable ending for the story.