SS-02 English (C) Senior Secondary Examination 2022 PDF

Here is the structured markdown format of the provided document: # SS-02-English (C) ## General Information * **Examination:** Senior Secondary Examination, 2022 * **Subject:** English (Compulsory) * **Time:** 2 Hours 45 Minutes * **Maximum Marks:** 80 * **Number of Questions:** 25 *...

Here is the structured markdown format of the provided document: # SS-02-English (C) ## General Information * **Examination:** Senior Secondary Examination, 2022 * **Subject:** English (Compulsory) * **Time:** 2 Hours 45 Minutes * **Maximum Marks:** 80 * **Number of Questions:** 25 * **Number of Printed Pages:** 8 ## General Instructions to the Examinees: 1. Candidates must write their Roll No. first on the question paper compulsorily. 2. All the questions are compulsory. 3. Write the answer to each question in the given answer book only. 4. For questions having more than one part, the answers to those parts are to be written together in continuity. 5. Write down the serial number of each question before attempting it. ## Section - A ### 1. Choose the correct alternative: **(i) I never saw him look so tall. M. Hamel** * (a) had grown taller * (b) stood on the chair * (c) seemed very confident * (d) None of these **(ii) Who wants to drive a car?** * (a) Mukesh * (b) Saheb * (c) Anees Jung * (d) Father of Mukesh **(iii) Douglas decided to learn to swim when he was \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ old.** * (a) twelve years * (b) thirteen years * (c) ten or eleven years * (d) nine years **(iv) What was the name of the daughter of Ironmaster?** * (a) Eve * (b) Edla Willmansson * (c) Katherine * (d) Anne **(v) Gandhiji decided to urge the departure of the British. It was in _______** * (a) 1917 * (b) 1947 * (c) 1948 * (d) 1913 **(vi) Champaran district was divided into large estates owned by _______ and worked by _______** * (a) Indians, Englishmen * (b) Englishmen, Indian tenants * (c) Both (a) and (b) * (d) Indians, Indians **(vii) 'Her face ashen like that of a corpse', _______ device is used in this line of the poem.** * (a) Simile * (b) Metaphor * (c) Personification * (d) Alliteration **(viii) That shut upon their lives like catacombs. Here catacombs means _______** * (a) cemeteries * (b) tombs * (c) graves * (d) All of these **(ix) _______ can teach us as when everything seems dead.** * (a) Teacher * (b) Earth * (c) Holy Book * (d) God **(x) _______ makes human beings love life inspite of troubles and sufferings.** * (a) Nature * (b) God * (c) Money * (d) Gold **(xi) Who is the poet of the poem 'Aunt Jennifer's Tigers'?** * (a) Robert Frost * (b) John Keats * (c) Adrienne Rich * (d) Pablo Neruda **(xii) The poet suggests to keep quiet for** * (a) one hour * (b) two hours * (c) one minute * (d) one second ### Combine the sentences using the words given in brackets: **(i) He was born in the caste of bangle makers. He has seen nothing but bangles. (Who)** **(ii) I want to live happily with my books. Their company gives me strength. (Whose)** ### Fill in the blanks by choosing words given in brackets: **(i) _______ the guests arrived, the function began. (As soon as/As/Because)** **(ii) The man is _______ rich _______ help you. (enough-to/so-as/so-that)** **(iii) My car _______ on the way. (broke down/broke up)** **(iv) All parents _______ their children with love and care. (bring up/bring to)** **(v) Come and sit _______ me. (to/by)** **(vi) Pay attention _______ your study. (on/to)** ## Section B ### Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty and charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. Our own country is a little world in itself with an infinite variety and places for us to discover. I have travelled a great deal in this country and I have grown in years. And yet I have not seen many parts of the country we love so much and seek to serve. I wish I had more time so that I could visit the nooks and corners of India. I would like to go there in the company of bright young children whose minds are opening out with wonder and curiosity as they make new discoveries. I should like to go with them, not so much to the great cities of India as to the mountains and the forests and the great rivers and the old monuments, all of which tell us something of India's story. I would like them to discover for themselves that they can play about in the snow in some parts of India and also see other places where tropical forests flourish. Such a trip with children would be a voyage of discovery, of the beautiful trees, of our forests and hill sides and the flowers that grace the changing seasons and bring life and colour to us. We would watch the birds and try to recognise them and make friends with them. But the most exciting adventure would be to go to forests and see the wild animals, both the little ones and the big. Foolish people go there with a gun and kill them and thus put an end to something that was beautiful. It is far more interesting and amusing to wander about without a gun or any other weapon and to find that wild animals are not afraid and can be approached. Animals have keener instincts than man. If a man goes to them with murder in his heart, they are afraid of him and run away. But if he has any love for animals, they realize that he is a friend and do not mind him. If you are full of fear yourself, then the animal is afraid too and might attack you in self-defence. The fearless person is seldom, if ever, attacked. Perhaps that lesson might be applied to human beings also. If we meet other people in a friendly way, they also become friendly. But if we are afraid of them or if we show our dislike of them, then they behave in the same manner. 1) **What is our wonderful world full of?** 2) **Why would the writer like to go in the company of bright young children?** 3) **If we have love in our hearts, what do wild animals do?** 4) **How do human beings behave if we dislike them?** 5) **Find the similar word for ‘bloom’ and antonym for ‘foes’ from the passage.** ### Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: Of all the events in Olympics, the hundred-metre race is the most prestigious. The athlete, who wins it, is remembered as the fastest man in the world. So, for Special Olympics, this is the final event, hence the most prestigious. The hundred-yard race is about to begin. The athletes take position at the starting blocks. They begin to run immediately after the starting pistol is fired. However, one of them is unable to run and falls on the track. The action has begun and already one episode has taken place. Eight contestants are strong and run forward, while the ninth, who is the smallest, falls down. He cries out with the pain of disappointment. He has trained hard but does not get the opportunity to show his talent. All his dreams of winning the medal are broken and destroyed. When the remaining eight contestants saw him fall, they, instead of continuing the race, came to the help of their fellow contestant. All the athletes had dreamt of winning the medal. However, they readily forgot their dream and came forward to help the boy to his feet. Then all the nine contestants walked hand-in-hand to the finish line. The audience was so moved by the exemplary behaviour of the contestants that it stood up and clapped. There were now nine winners, instead of one and each was given a gold medal. All the contestants displayed empathy turning the Special Olympics into a really ‘special’ one. Empathy is the capacity to understand another person’s experience from his point of view. Empathy is the ability to ‘put oneself in another’s shoes’. That is exactly what the eight contestants had done. One look at the fallen contestant had forced them to think ‘What would I have felt if I had fallen ?’ and they knew exactly what they had to do. By awarding nine contestants, the authorities honoured their display of empathy, helpful nature and human values. **(i) What is the most prestigious event in Special Olympics?** **(ii) What happens to the ninth athlete?** **(iii) How did the audience react for the eight athletes?** **(iv) What is empathy?** **(v) How and why did the authorities honour the athletes?** ## SECTION - C Write the following answers in 20 words. 1. **What is meant by the modern world? (The Third Level)** 2. **Why does the name 'Tiger King' justify in the story? (The Tiger King)** 3. **What was the chief concern of Sadao's father? (The Enemy)** 4. **What does Mr. Lamb do all day? (On The Face Of It)** 5. **What was the meaning of the third bell? (Memories of Childhood)** ## SECTION - D Write the following answers in 30-40 words. 1. **How did the drowning experience affect Douglas? (Deep Water)** 2. **Why did the Peddler sign as Captain Von Stahle (The RatTrap)** 3. **What does smile signify in the poem 'My mother at sixty six'(My mother at sixty six)** 4. **What is the theme of poem 'An elementary school classroom in a slum'(An elementary school classroom in a slum)** 5. **What does counting to 12 and keeping still help to achieve (Keeping Quiet)** 6. **Why could Sadao not kill his enemy?(The Enemy)** 7. **What proclamation was issued by the Maharaja (Tiger King)** 8. **Handsome is as handsome does.(On the face off it)** ## Write the answer in 60-80 word 1. **It is his Karam ,his destiny, why did you say that? (Lost Spring)** **OR** **What was the long term contract (Indigo)** 2. **How did Douglas overcome his fear of water: (Deep Water)** **OR** **Vive La France!': Meaning(Last Lesson)** 3. **What was the idea of the peddler about the world being a rattrap? (The Rattrap)** **OR** **"We too are Human Beings who is victim here and why ?(Memories of Childhood)** * * * **23. You are Sanjay/Sushma. You are looking for a room on rent near your office. Draft a suitable advertisement to be published in Hindustan Times, New Delhi. Your Telephone No. is 1234123412.** OR **You are Archi/Archit, Secretary, Interact Club, Bengaluru. Draft a notice, asking all the club members and the other students to join a walk on the World Diabetes Day to create an awareness among people about diabetes.** * * * **24. You are Sid/Siddhi, of Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Jodhpur. Eco Club of your school is going to plant 300 plants in your school area with the help of dignitaries and students. Write a report in 100 words for your school magazine.** **OR** **Translate the following passage into Hindi :** "It is said that 'a healthy mind remains in a healthy body' over eating and eating junk food harms our bodies. Eating at right interval is a desirable thing. Regular exercises tone up the muscles of the body and give them strength. Regularity, punctuality, taking right kind of food and regular exercises are the four essential things for maintaining a good health. So it is our duty to keep the human machine well in order and going. If your body is in perfect health, you enjoy life. So we must all do regular exercises and remain fit." * * * **25. Write a job application for the post of Post Graduate Teacher in English, to the Chairman, Vivekananda Sr. Sec. School, Udaipur. Also give your detailed resume to be sent along with the letter.** **OR** **Imagine you are Arun/Anjali, living at Nagina Bagh, Chittorgarh. Write a letter to the Editor, 'The Hindu' to draw the attention of the General Manager for taking action for the poor maintenance of the state transport buses.** * * *