English Language

Section A

1×4=4

Objective Type Questions

1. 1. Choose the correct answer (any four) :

   1. "Stopping of the poet by the woods may be thought as :

      1. Queer by the onlooker
      2. Queer by the poet
      3. Queer by the owner
      4. Queer by the horse

   2. Ruskin Bond was born in :

      1. England
      2. India
      3. Ireland
      4. Germany

   3. Which tree was most dear to Velan ?

      1. Margosa
      2. Neem
      3. Peepal
      4. Banyan

   4. To whom did the garden, in which the children played belong ?

      1. Their aunt
      2. The giant
      3. It was their property
      4. Unknown

   5. Who is the author of 'The Rule of the Road' ?

      1. A.G Gardiner
      2. Oscar Wilde
      3. Ruskin Bond
      4. Robert Frost

   6. "The Song of Kabir" is translated by :

      1. Khushwant Singh
      2. A.G. Gardiner
      3. Ruskin Bond
      4. R.N. Tagore

Section B

2×3=6

Short Answer Type Questions

2. 2. Answer any three of the following questions briefly :

   1. Where does the poet stop with his horse ?

   2. Why was the cherry tree so special ?

   3. At what age did Velan leave the home ?

   4. Who is the author of 'Selfish Giant' ?

   5. Why should we curtail personal liberty ?

   6. What is the message of the poem 'The Song of Kabir' ?

3. 3. Do as directed (any eight) :

   1. Transform the following simple sentences into complex sentences :

      1. Her face shows her illness.

      2. I expect better times to come.

   2. Change the voice :

      1. He was wearing old shoes.

      2. Who will win the game.

   3. Change the following sentences into Indirect Narration :

      1. The teacher said, "Union is strength".

      2. She asked me, "Where do you live ?"

   4. Use the following pair of words in sentences of your own :

      1. Accept, Except

      2. Break, Brake

   5. Fill in the blanks with correct word :

      1. His...........(wait, weight) is growing.

      2. There are seven days in a...........(weak, week).

Section C

Long Answer Type Questions

4. 4. Write a report on the celebration of Women's Day in your college.

   Or

   Narrate your experience of your trip to Mahakal Lok, Ujjain.

5. 5. Make a precis of the following passage and suggest a suitable title to it :

   One of our most difficult problems is what we call to discipline and it is really very complex, you see, society feels that it must discipline the citizen, and shape his mind according to certain religious, social, moral and economic patterns. Most of us feel, especially while we are young, that there should be no discipline, that we should be allowed to do whatever we live and we think that is freedom. But merely to say that we should be free and so on has very little meaning without understanding the whole problem of discipline.

6. 6. Write your CV for the post of a clerk in a bank.