I PUC Mid-Term Mock Exam 2024 PDF

SARVAJNA & JSP PRE-UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, KALABURAGI I PU English Mid Term Exam – 2024 (Mock Paper-1) Time: 3 Hours Subject : English...

SARVAJNA & JSP PRE-UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, KALABURAGI I PU English Mid Term Exam – 2024 (Mock Paper-1) Time: 3 Hours Subject : English Marks : 80  The Gentlemen of  The School  Around a  Oru Manushyan  Money Madness  Babar Ali the Jungle Boy Medicinal Creeper  If I was a Tree INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Follow the prescribed limit while answering the questions. 2. Write the correct question number as it appears on the question paper. 3. For multiple choice questions, choose correct answer and rewrite-it. 4. Answer to the question number 25 (a to j), 26 ( i to iv), 29 ( i to viii) should be in sequence and at one place. I. Answer the following questions in a word, a phrase or a sentence each: 10 x 1=10 1. The Elephant said that it cannot afford to remain in the rain while it was protecting its delicate skin from ______. a) other animals b) the hailstorm c) the torrential rain d) the man 2. In The School Boy, going to school is a _____________ experience for the speaker. a) happy b) joyous c) despairing d) enchanting 3. ‘Godman’ refers to ____________. a) Mara b) Krishna c) Malayali sadhu d) Chandru 4. In Oru Manushyan the people in the restaurant looked like hungry________. a) wolves b) tigers c) lions d) angry people 5. In the poem Money Madness , when the poet says, ‘it’s one thing or the other’, he means__________ a) Regaining sanity b) The collective money madness of mankind c) killing one another d) regaining sanity or killing one another 6. In Babar Ali, the children enjoy playing the game ‘school-school’ because they_____ a) learnt arithmetic b) had never seen the inside of a school c) liked becoming students d) both a and b 7. _________ would embrace the tree in the poem, If I was a tree? a) cow b) sunlight c) bird d) leaves 8. Statement: The narrator lived in the valley of a mountain. Reason: He carried on a profession of teaching English to migrant labourers. a) Only the Statement is correct. b) Only the Reason is correct. c) Both the Statement and Reason are correct. d) Both the Statement and Reason are incorrect. 9. Match the column ‘A’ with column ‘B’ related to the lesson Around A Medicinal Creeper: A B i. Mara a. plant pathologist ii. Chandru b. erstwhile farm hand iii. Krishna c. wonderful story-teller a) i-a, ii-c, iii-b b) i-c, ii-a, iii-b c) i-c, ii_ b, iii-a d) i-a, ii-b, iii-c 1 September, 2024 10. __________ is the most educated volunteer in Babar Ali’s team. a) Tulu Rani Hazra b) Babar Ali c) Debrita d) Samarpita Mukherjee A. Choose the correct form of the Verb that agrees with the Subject. 3X1=3 11. Babar Ali ______ (gives/give) lessons just the way he has heard them from his teachers. There _____ (is/are) no building for his school. But he ______ (has/have) managed to run classes for hundreds of students. B. Fill in the blanks with suitable form of the Verbs given in brackets. 2X1=2 12. Babar Ali _______ (start) his own school at the age of nine. Today, 800 students ________(be + get) education in his school. 13. Match the expression under Column A to its corresponding language function under Column B: 5 Column A Column B Expressions Functions 1. It’s very kind of you. a) Congratulating. 2. Wow! Looking attractive. b) Agreeing. 3. That’s great! Keep it up. c) Complaining. 4. Yes, That’s a good idea. d) Expressing Gratitude. 5. Sorry, you are disturbing me. e) Complimenting. II Answer any SIX from the following questions, TWO from POETRY in a paragraph of 80-100: 6 x 4 = 24 14. Why is the little boy uninterested to go to school on summer morning in The School Boy? 15. How does the boy enjoy his summer morning in The School Boy? 16. The poet wants to be a tree in If I was a Tree. How does he bring out the usage of tree at the end? 17. Why does the poet warn the readers to have collective money till the end of their lives in the poem, Money Madness? AND 18. Narrate the circumstances that led to the dispute between the man and the elephant in The Gentlemen of the Jungle. 19. The Gentlemen of the Jungle is a critique of European super powers and their laws. Explain. 20. How did Mara happen to lose his teeth in Around A Medicinal Creeper? 21. Describe the stranger who helped the narrator in Oru Manushyan. 22. What made Babar Ali open his own school ? 23. Give an account of people from various quarters of society who helped Babar Ali in his venture. 2 September, 2024 III- Answer one of the following in about 200 words: 1X6 = 6 24) The increasing strength of Babar Ali’s school reflects the transformation in our society’s attitude towards education. Substantiate. OR Comment on the collective money madness as described in the poem Money Madness. IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions: 10 x 1= 10 Penguins are a peculiar category of sea birds which can stand up straight and flat-footed like us. Do you know where these birds are found? Penguins are found in Southern hemisphere. They live along the Antarctic continent and islands as well as on the cool Southern hemisphere coast of Africa, Australia, New Zealand and South America. The wings of penguins have evolved into flippers. As a result, they cannot fly but they are excellent swimmers. They walk in a strange manner. In the earlier phase of evolution, they could fly like other birds. But over a period of time, their wings became very short. The reason is that penguins lived in the remote areas of Antarctica, where they had practically no enemies to attack them. So they lived safely in land and water without ever using their wings and in course of time their wings became very small. Penguins live in flocks. A single rookery may contain more than a million penguins. They feed on fish, squids and crustaceans. Penguins withstand extremely cold conditions on account of a very dense plumage all over their bodies. These feathers are waterproof and have tiny air spaces that help them keep warm. Underneath this thick coat of feathers, there is an insulating layer of blubber. This helps to keep the body warm and store food and water. They also have a thick coat of fat to protect them from the cold. Female penguins lay one or two eggs, which are brooded by both parents. They do not take food during incubation. Young penguins are fed by regurgitation. There are 17 species of penguins. The species differ mainly in head pattern and in size. Their sizes vary from 40 cm (fairy penguin) to almost 120 cm (Emperor penguin). Both sexes are alike in size. Only two, the Emperor and Adelie penguins breed on the Antarctic coast. King, Macaroni, Chinstrap and Gentoo penguins breed on Sub-Antarctic islands. The remaining 11 species breed farther North. 25. a) Where are penguins found? b) Name any one of the continents where penguins live. c) Penguins are excellent …………….. a) flyers b) runners c) swimmers d) What was the result of penguins not using their wings? e) What protects penguins from extreme cold conditions? f) Mention any one of the uses of the insulating layer under the penguins’ wings. g) Add suitable prefix to the word ‘safe’ to form its antonym. h) Choose the word from the passage which means ‘the process of providing warmth to the eggs’. i) How many species of penguins are there? j) Young penguins are fed by ……………. (regurgitate). 3 September, 2024 26. A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate Articles given in the brackets: 2 _______ coffee seed bed has to be protected from _______ sun by putting up a shade over it. (a, an, the) B. Fill in the blanks with appropriate Prepositions given in the brackets: 2 One day I got up at 4 pm. I finished my chores and stepped out _____ my tea. I was dressed _____ a suit. I had a wallet in my coat pocket. (to, for, in, with) V.27 Rewrite as Directed: 3x1 = 3 i. Mara did not have any teeth on the right side of his mouth, _________ ? (add a Question Tag) ii. Babar Ali opened his own school. (Change in to a question with a right form of 'do’.) iii. The narrator had fourteen rupees in his wallet. (Frame the question to get the underlined word as answer) 28. Complete the Dialogue: 4x1=4 (Suresh asks Ramesh to drop him to the college. But Ramesh politely rejects his request.) Suresh : ______________. Where are you going? Ramesh : I am going to my office. Suresh : ______________college? Ramesh : ______________, it is getting late for me to go to the office. Don’t think otherwise. Suresh : It is O.K.______________. VI.29. Refer to the following list of events and answer the questions set on it: (4) a) What is the duration of the Chief Guest’s speech? b) The quiz competition starts at ____________. c) How many events are scheduled after 1.00 pm? d) Which event is scheduled to take place at 4.00 pm? 30. Imagine that you have lost your I PUC identity card. Write a letter to the Principal of your College requesting him/her to issue duplicate identity card. Your letter should include the following points : (5) a) Reason(s) for the loss b) Your Register number c)Your home address 4 September, 2024