II. P.U.C. MID-TERM EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER-2015
Time : 3.15 hours ENGLISH - 02 Max. Marks: 100
Instruction: a) Follow the prescribed limits while answering the questions. b) Write the correct question number as it appears on the question paper. c) One mark questions attempted more than once will be awarded zero. d) Answers to question numbers 24 (a-j) and 25(i-iii) should be in sequence and at one place. e) For multiple choice questions choose the correct answer and rewrite it.
I. Answer the following in a word, or a phrase or a sentence each. 12x1=12 1. When, according to Juliet, will all the world be in love with night? 2. How did the King of Monaco benefit from the gaming house in 'Too Dear'? 3. Where did the guard in 'Too Dear' fetch food from for the prisoner? 4. How should parents, as bows in God's hand bend, in 'On Children'? 5. What does the forest symbolize, according to Tagore, in 'Everything I need to know I learned in the Forest'? 6. Name the country that has recognized "the rights of nature" in its constitution, as mentioned in 'Everything I need to know I learned in the Forest'. 7. Why does Dona Laura bring a bag of breadcrumbs when she comes to the park in 'One Summer Morning'? 8. The pinch of snuff that Don Gonzalo offers Dona Laura leads to a. a quarrel between them b. peace between them c. silence between them 9. Which book does Yeats, in 'When You Are Old', want his love to read? 10. Who was the rightful owner of 1000 acres of land in 'The Gardener'? 11. Where is the foot condemned to live in 'To the Foot from its Child'? 12. According to Borges, which of man's inventions is the most astounding?
II. Answer any EIGHT of the following (choosing at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80-100
words. 8x4=32 13. Why was the criminal sent to prison instead of being executed? 14. What role do parents play in the lives of their children in 'On Children'? 15. How has Navadanya brought about a change in farming practices? 16. Bring out the ill-naturedness of Don Gonzalo when he meets Dona Laura in the park. 17. How does Gonzalo prove that his love for the 'Silver Maiden' was true? 18. What does the speaker, in 'When You Are Old', imagine the woman he loved will do when she reads his book? 19. Describe the rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaiah. 20. In what way(s) does time make the foot realize what it is? 21. Borges believes that life's misfortunes have to be turned into a resource. How does he explain this? 22. Why does Borges think that books will never disappear?
III.Answer the following in about 200 words. 1x6=6 23. "Unity in diversity is the way to freedom" is the essence of Tagore's 'Tapovan'. Why does Vandana Shiva in 'Everything I need to know I learned in the Forest' support this?
OR Vengefulness is the driving force of man's life as borne out by Tammanna and Basavaiah. Do you think so? Why?
OR Against what odds does the foot hold on to the wish of becoming an apple or a butterfly?
IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10x1=10 On MayI2, 1946, Louis Alexander Slotin was carrying out an experiment in the laboratories of Los Alamos with seven other men. Slotin was good with his hands; he liked using his head; he was bright and a little daring — in short, he was like any other man anywhere who is happy in his work. At Los Alamos, Slotin, then aged thirty-five, was concerned with the assembly of pieces of plutonium, each of which alone is too small to be dangerous, and which will only sustain a chain reaction when they are put together. Atomic bombs, are, in fact, detonated in this way, by suddenly bringing together several harmless pieces of plutonium so that they form a larger explosive mass. Slotin himself had tested the assembly of the first experimental bomb which had been exploded in New Mexico in July, 1945. Now, nearly a year later, Slotin was again doing an experiment of this kind. He was nudging toward one another, by tiny movements, several pieces of plutonium, in order to ensure that the total mass would be large enough to make a chain reaction; and he was doing it as experts are tempted to do such things, with a screwdriver. The screwdriver slipped, the plutonium came a fraction too close together, and suddenly the instruments which everyone was watching registered a great upsurge of neutrons, which is the sign that a chain reaction has begun. The assembly was filling the room with radioactivity. Slotin moved at once; he pulled the pieces of plutonium apart with his bare hands. This was virtually an act of suicide, for it exposed him to the largest dose of radioactivity. Then he calmly asked his seven co-workers to mark their precise positions at the time of the accident, in order that the degree of exposure of each one to the radioactivity could be fixed. Having done this and alerted the medical service, Slotin apologized to his companions and said what turned out to be exactly true: that he thought that he would die and they would recover. Slotin had saved the lives of the seven men working with him by cutting to a minimum the time during which the assembly of plutonium was giving out neutrons and radioactive rays. He himself died of radiation sickness nine days later. 24. a. How many men were there in the laboratory at Los Alamos? b. What was Slotin experimenting with on May 12,1946? c. Where was Slotin's earlier work tested? d. Slotin was using, i) an atomic bomb ii) a chain iii) a screwdrive when the accident took place. e. Why did Slotin take the risk that caused the accident? f. What was everyone in the laboratory watching? g. How did everyone know that the chain reaction had begun? h. What happened as a result of the chain reaction? i. How had Slotin saved the other men in the laboratory? j. When did Slotin die?
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions set on it. 3x1=3 Child, I have forgotten the art of being absorbed in sticks and mud-pies. I seek out costly playthings, and gather lumps of gold and silver. With whatever you find you create glad games. I spend both my time and strength over things I can never obtain. In my frail canoe I struggle to cross the sea of desire, and forget that I too am playing a game. i) What does the child play with? ii) How is the speaker's plaything different from the child's? iii) What does the adult/speaker play with? 26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of the verb given in brackets.
3x1=3 Laura…………….. (support) by Petra as she leaves the park. Gonzalo stoops to pick up the violets that …………………….. (drop) by Laura. These flowers……………….. (give) to Laura by Petra's friend, the guard.
27. Report the following conversation. 5x1=5 Don Gonzalo : I am very fond of good verses, very fond. I even composed some in my youth. Dona Laura : Good ones? Don Gonzalo : Of all kinds. I was a great friend of Espronceda, Zorilla, Becquer, and others.
28. Complete the following dialogue. 4x1=4 Ms. Nupur Hello: Is this The Hotel Grand? Mr. Prabhat : ________________ (greeting, reply). Ms. Nupur : Could I speak to the Banquet Manager? Mr. Prabhat : ________________(inform absence). I'm the Relations Manager. Can I help you? Ms. Nupur : _________________ (give thanks, refusing). Mr. Prabhat : I understand. Would you want to leave a message for him? Ms. Nupur : Yes, _______________ (message, leave taking).
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in brackets. 2x1=2 (took off, in a flash, vanish into thin air) Laura sent Petra away warning her not to _________. Soon after Petra left, Laura remembered__________ that she did not have the bag of breadcrumbs.
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker. 4x1=4 Basavaiah shrunk in humiliation._________ he started filling his home with material wealth._________ his house looked dull and empty___________ Tammanna's books were not there.__________ by this time Tammanna thought of another method of punishing Basavaiah. (but. however. because. nevertheless)
V. 31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes below. 8x1/2=4 Blood is the essential red fluid that is pumped by the heart through the circulatory system. It is complex in its compositions and functions. Blood has two main constituents - the cells comprising about forty five percent and the plasma comprising about fifty five percent. The blood cells comprise three main types - red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Each type of cell has its one function in the body. The plasma is a complex colourless solution and it is about ninety percent water.lt also has Fibrinogen - the protein that aids in clotting. 31. Write a letter of application to the following advertisement that appeared in the Employment
News dated 7th November, 2015. 5x1=5
SUN RESORTS Invites applications for the post of Personal Secretary to the CEO. Applicants should be Graduates with minimum one year experience. Fluency in English and the local language desirable. Computer skills essential.
Apply within one week to: THE PERSONNEL OFFICER, SUN RESORTS Pvt. Ltd., BINNAMANGALA, Bangalore-560036.
32. You are the Secretary of your College Union. You have invited the District Commissioner as the
Chief Guest for the College Day. 5x1=5 Write a speech in about 100 words to introduce him at the function. Include the following details about him. Name, Education, Career Profile.
VII. 34. What do the underlined words in the following extract refer to? 4x1=4 All the areas to the north of 70°N latitude are called Tundra. It(i) includes Greenland, North of North America and Europe. The people who live here are called Eskimos. They (ii)foster reindeer, caribou dogs and yak. Sledges are pulled by the dogs which(iii) they use to travel. Their(iv) homes are called igloos. i. it : ii. they : iii. which : iv. their :
35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence. 1x1=1 is termed / lichens / lichenology / the science / of
Time : 3.15 hours ENGLISH - 02 Max. Marks: 100
Instruction: a) Follow the prescribed limits while answering the questions. b) Write the correct question number as it appears on the question paper. c) One mark questions attempted more than once will be awarded zero. d) Answers to question numbers 24 (a-j) and 25(i-iii) should be in sequence and at one place. e) For multiple choice questions choose the correct answer and rewrite it.
I. Answer the following in a word, or a phrase or a sentence each. 12x1=12 1. When, according to Juliet, will all the world be in love with night? 2. How did the King of Monaco benefit from the gaming house in 'Too Dear'? 3. Where did the guard in 'Too Dear' fetch food from for the prisoner? 4. How should parents, as bows in God's hand bend, in 'On Children'? 5. What does the forest symbolize, according to Tagore, in 'Everything I need to know I learned in the Forest'? 6. Name the country that has recognized "the rights of nature" in its constitution, as mentioned in 'Everything I need to know I learned in the Forest'. 7. Why does Dona Laura bring a bag of breadcrumbs when she comes to the park in 'One Summer Morning'? 8. The pinch of snuff that Don Gonzalo offers Dona Laura leads to a. a quarrel between them b. peace between them c. silence between them 9. Which book does Yeats, in 'When You Are Old', want his love to read? 10. Who was the rightful owner of 1000 acres of land in 'The Gardener'? 11. Where is the foot condemned to live in 'To the Foot from its Child'? 12. According to Borges, which of man's inventions is the most astounding?
II. Answer any EIGHT of the following (choosing at least two from poetry) in a paragraph of 80-100
words. 8x4=32 13. Why was the criminal sent to prison instead of being executed? 14. What role do parents play in the lives of their children in 'On Children'? 15. How has Navadanya brought about a change in farming practices? 16. Bring out the ill-naturedness of Don Gonzalo when he meets Dona Laura in the park. 17. How does Gonzalo prove that his love for the 'Silver Maiden' was true? 18. What does the speaker, in 'When You Are Old', imagine the woman he loved will do when she reads his book? 19. Describe the rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaiah. 20. In what way(s) does time make the foot realize what it is? 21. Borges believes that life's misfortunes have to be turned into a resource. How does he explain this? 22. Why does Borges think that books will never disappear?
III.Answer the following in about 200 words. 1x6=6 23. "Unity in diversity is the way to freedom" is the essence of Tagore's 'Tapovan'. Why does Vandana Shiva in 'Everything I need to know I learned in the Forest' support this?
OR Vengefulness is the driving force of man's life as borne out by Tammanna and Basavaiah. Do you think so? Why?
OR Against what odds does the foot hold on to the wish of becoming an apple or a butterfly?
IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 10x1=10 On MayI2, 1946, Louis Alexander Slotin was carrying out an experiment in the laboratories of Los Alamos with seven other men. Slotin was good with his hands; he liked using his head; he was bright and a little daring — in short, he was like any other man anywhere who is happy in his work. At Los Alamos, Slotin, then aged thirty-five, was concerned with the assembly of pieces of plutonium, each of which alone is too small to be dangerous, and which will only sustain a chain reaction when they are put together. Atomic bombs, are, in fact, detonated in this way, by suddenly bringing together several harmless pieces of plutonium so that they form a larger explosive mass. Slotin himself had tested the assembly of the first experimental bomb which had been exploded in New Mexico in July, 1945. Now, nearly a year later, Slotin was again doing an experiment of this kind. He was nudging toward one another, by tiny movements, several pieces of plutonium, in order to ensure that the total mass would be large enough to make a chain reaction; and he was doing it as experts are tempted to do such things, with a screwdriver. The screwdriver slipped, the plutonium came a fraction too close together, and suddenly the instruments which everyone was watching registered a great upsurge of neutrons, which is the sign that a chain reaction has begun. The assembly was filling the room with radioactivity. Slotin moved at once; he pulled the pieces of plutonium apart with his bare hands. This was virtually an act of suicide, for it exposed him to the largest dose of radioactivity. Then he calmly asked his seven co-workers to mark their precise positions at the time of the accident, in order that the degree of exposure of each one to the radioactivity could be fixed. Having done this and alerted the medical service, Slotin apologized to his companions and said what turned out to be exactly true: that he thought that he would die and they would recover. Slotin had saved the lives of the seven men working with him by cutting to a minimum the time during which the assembly of plutonium was giving out neutrons and radioactive rays. He himself died of radiation sickness nine days later. 24. a. How many men were there in the laboratory at Los Alamos? b. What was Slotin experimenting with on May 12,1946? c. Where was Slotin's earlier work tested? d. Slotin was using, i) an atomic bomb ii) a chain iii) a screwdrive when the accident took place. e. Why did Slotin take the risk that caused the accident? f. What was everyone in the laboratory watching? g. How did everyone know that the chain reaction had begun? h. What happened as a result of the chain reaction? i. How had Slotin saved the other men in the laboratory? j. When did Slotin die?
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions set on it. 3x1=3 Child, I have forgotten the art of being absorbed in sticks and mud-pies. I seek out costly playthings, and gather lumps of gold and silver. With whatever you find you create glad games. I spend both my time and strength over things I can never obtain. In my frail canoe I struggle to cross the sea of desire, and forget that I too am playing a game. i) What does the child play with? ii) How is the speaker's plaything different from the child's? iii) What does the adult/speaker play with? 26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of the verb given in brackets.
3x1=3 Laura…………….. (support) by Petra as she leaves the park. Gonzalo stoops to pick up the violets that …………………….. (drop) by Laura. These flowers……………….. (give) to Laura by Petra's friend, the guard.
27. Report the following conversation. 5x1=5 Don Gonzalo : I am very fond of good verses, very fond. I even composed some in my youth. Dona Laura : Good ones? Don Gonzalo : Of all kinds. I was a great friend of Espronceda, Zorilla, Becquer, and others.
28. Complete the following dialogue. 4x1=4 Ms. Nupur Hello: Is this The Hotel Grand? Mr. Prabhat : ________________ (greeting, reply). Ms. Nupur : Could I speak to the Banquet Manager? Mr. Prabhat : ________________(inform absence). I'm the Relations Manager. Can I help you? Ms. Nupur : _________________ (give thanks, refusing). Mr. Prabhat : I understand. Would you want to leave a message for him? Ms. Nupur : Yes, _______________ (message, leave taking).
29. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in brackets. 2x1=2 (took off, in a flash, vanish into thin air) Laura sent Petra away warning her not to _________. Soon after Petra left, Laura remembered__________ that she did not have the bag of breadcrumbs.
30. Fill in the blanks with the right linker. 4x1=4 Basavaiah shrunk in humiliation._________ he started filling his home with material wealth._________ his house looked dull and empty___________ Tammanna's books were not there.__________ by this time Tammanna thought of another method of punishing Basavaiah. (but. however. because. nevertheless)
V. 31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes below. 8x1/2=4 Blood is the essential red fluid that is pumped by the heart through the circulatory system. It is complex in its compositions and functions. Blood has two main constituents - the cells comprising about forty five percent and the plasma comprising about fifty five percent. The blood cells comprise three main types - red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Each type of cell has its one function in the body. The plasma is a complex colourless solution and it is about ninety percent water.lt also has Fibrinogen - the protein that aids in clotting. 31. Write a letter of application to the following advertisement that appeared in the Employment
News dated 7th November, 2015. 5x1=5
SUN RESORTS Invites applications for the post of Personal Secretary to the CEO. Applicants should be Graduates with minimum one year experience. Fluency in English and the local language desirable. Computer skills essential.
Apply within one week to: THE PERSONNEL OFFICER, SUN RESORTS Pvt. Ltd., BINNAMANGALA, Bangalore-560036.
32. You are the Secretary of your College Union. You have invited the District Commissioner as the
Chief Guest for the College Day. 5x1=5 Write a speech in about 100 words to introduce him at the function. Include the following details about him. Name, Education, Career Profile.
VII. 34. What do the underlined words in the following extract refer to? 4x1=4 All the areas to the north of 70°N latitude are called Tundra. It(i) includes Greenland, North of North America and Europe. The people who live here are called Eskimos. They (ii)foster reindeer, caribou dogs and yak. Sledges are pulled by the dogs which(iii) they use to travel. Their(iv) homes are called igloos. i. it : ii. they : iii. which : iv. their :
35. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence. 1x1=1 is termed / lichens / lichenology / the science / of
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