HSLC FINAL EXAMINATION 2019
SUBJECT:- ENGLISH
SECTION-A
1. a) Choose the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence from among the alternatives given in the brackets: 1
I saw that it was not just my freedom that was curtailed, but the freedom of everyone.... ( enhanced/reduced/withheld )
b) State whether the following statements are True or False (Reference: Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom): 1+1=2
i)
On the podium, Mr. de Klerk was first sworn in as first Deputy President.
ii)
Then
Thabo Mbeki was sworn in as second Deputy President.
c) Choose the correct answer from among the alternatives
given and complete the sentence:
In life, every man has _____ .
a) a) three obligations
b) b) twin obligations
c) c) many obligations
2. "The only thing the earth needed...." What 'only thing' did the earth need? 2
3. What did
Mandela say about the wealth of his country? 2
4. What did
Lencho write in his letter to God? 2
5. When does
the season of joy commence in Coorg? Till what time does it continue? 1+1=2
6. Mention
the story that supports the view that the people of Coorg are of Greek origin. 2
7. What type
of a man was the Postmaster? 1
8. Give a
brief description of Dhekiabari tea garden. 2
9. What was
the distance from Valli's village to the nearest town? What was the bus fare
for a trip from Valli's village to the town? 1+1=2
10. Give a
description of the bus in which Valli traveled. 2
SECTION-B
11. Choose
from the box given below the words that rhyme with the following: 1x2=2
feet, harbor
( bit, beat, sit, hour, honour,
armour )
12. Choose
the meaning of the underlined words from the alternatives given in the brackets
: 1x2=2
a) In his quiet rage. (noisy/silent/worst)
b) At the jungle's edge. (border/side/centre)
13. How old
is Amanda? How do you know it? 1+1=2
14. Why does
the poet feel more at home with animals than with humans? 2
15. How did Belinda
and her pets behave when they saw the Pirate climbing the window? 2
16. Give a
description of the fight between Custard dragon and the Pirate. 2
SECTION-C
17. (a) How does Ausable manage to make Max believe that there is a balcony attached to his room? 5
Or
b) How did
the young lady trick Horace Danby? 5
18. (a) How and why did Griffin come to the village of Iping? Why does Mrs. Hall find him eccentric? 3+2= 5
Or
b) Describe
the first meeting between Bill and the young lawyer. 5
SECTION-D
19. Fill in
the blanks with the right determiners: 2
a) a) My brother had gone ____ hour ago.
b) b)A busy man has _____ time to waste.
c) c)The classes started after _____ bell
had rung.
20. Fill in
the blanks with the correct preposition from among the choices given in the
brackets: 2x4=2
a) a)This train is bound_______ Delhi. (to/upon/for)
b) b) Assam is rich______ minerals. (for/in/about)
c) c)I met him_____ the street. (in/on/upon)
d) d)Happiness consists_____ speaking the truth. (of/in/at)
21. Rewrite
the following sentences putting the verbs in the brackets in their correct
tense form:1x3=3
a) a)They (live) in Delhi for ten years.
b) b)When he came it (be) all over.
c) c)He (stay) here until you return.
22. Change
the narration of the following: 1x2=2
a) a)She asked me why the teacher had
punished me.
b) b)Anita said to Ravi, "Please lend
me your pen."
23. Change the voice of the following: 1x2=2
a) a)I have lost my English textbook.
b) b)He was punished for his misconduct.
24. Combine
each of the following pairs of sentences into a single sentence: 1x2=2
a) a)The earth is round. We can prove it.
b) b)Where does he live? Do you know it?
25. Choose
the correct alternative from the choices given in the brackets and write out
the sentences : 1x2=2
a) a)She narrated the matter
(shortly/briefly).
b) b)Please (listen/hear) to what he says.
26. Make
sentences to illustrate the meaning of any two of the following: 1x2=2
far and wide; break out; give up; fall out.
27. Correct
the errors in any three of the following sentences: 1x3=3
a) a)It can rain tonight.
b) b)The cattles were grazing in the
field.
c) c)Each of the boys play cricket.
d) d)How much money you need?
e) e)When you do your homework?
f) f)I do not know to do it.
SECTION-E
28.
Translate into English: 1x5=5
a) a)যদুৱে মোক
সুধিছিল, “ৰাজু ইংৰাজীত
ভালনে ??
b) b)দোমোকালিতে শোৱাৰ
পৰা উঠাটো তেওঁৰ অভ্যাস।
c) c)মিছা কথা কোৱা উচিত নহয়।
d) d)সৌ গছডাল ইমান
ওখ!
e) e)কিতাপখন টেবুলৰ
ওপৰত আছে।
Or
Give the substance of the following passage :
The work which Gandhiji had taken up was not only the
achievement of political freedom but also the establishment of a social order
based on truth and non-violence, unity and peace, equality and universal
brotherhood, and maximum freedom for all. The unfinished part of his experiment
was perhaps more difficult to achieve than the achievement of political
freedom. In the political struggle against a foreign power, all one could do was
either join it or wish it a success and give it its moral support. In
establishing a social order of this pattern, there was likely the possibility of a
conflict arising between groups and classes of our own people. Experience shows
that man values his possessions even more than his life because in the former
he sees the means for continuity and survival of his descendants even after his
body is reduced to ashes. A new order cannot be established without changing
the mind, for at some stage or the other the rich have to yield place to the
poor to achieve a kind of egalitarian society.
29. Write, in about 150 words, an essay on any one of the following topics: 6
a) a) Punctuality
b) b)The festival you like most
c) c)Your favourite hero in history
Or
Write a story in about 150 words using the outlines given below and adding a title to it: 6
Outlines: A speedy car hit an old man____
escaped____ the man was injured grievously____ people gathered____ showed
sympathy to the man____ spoke about the evils of rash driving____ no one bothered
to help the man____ two schoolboys arrived____ took the injured to the nearest
hospital.
30. Answer
either (a) or (b): 5
a) a)Write a letter to the Editor of a
local daily expressing your concern over the incidents of crime against women
in Assam.
a) b)Write a report for a local daily on
the basis of the information given below :
i)
10-11-2018
ii)
Guwahati
iii)
The annual Guwahati Book Fair commenced. The
Hon'ble Chief Minister declared it opened at 6:00 p.m.
iv)
Many publishers from Assam and outside
participated
v)
To be continued for ten days; large gathering
expected
31. (a) Read
the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
A good book always teaches us
something, in fact, many things directly or indirectly if the mind is willing to
learn. Books are the best companion; they also give us the best society. They
help us in establishing contact with many great men. We hear what such men said
and did; through books, we even see them as if they were really alive. As we
read, we share great thoughts with great minds, we hope and grieve with great
men. The scenes in which they appeared are described for us and as we turn the
pages we. I come to know what nobleness is. Books work as agents and help us in
being better than we are. Books should... therefore, be treated as friends and
guides.
a) a)How can books teach us? 1
b) b)How can one share the great thoughts
through books? 2
c) c)Why should books be treated as friends and
guides? 2
(b) Read the
following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow :
"No one really knows who discovered tea but there are
many legends."
"What legends?"
"Well, there is one about the Chinese emperor who always
boiled water before drinking it. One day a few leaves of the twigs burning
under the pot fell into the water giving it a delicious flavour. It is said
they were tea leaves."
"Tell me another " scoffed Pranjol.
"We have an Indian legend too. Bodhidharma, an ancient
Buddhist ascetic, cut off his eyelids because he felt sleepy during
meditations. Ten tea plants grew out of the eyelids. The leaves of these plants
when put in hot water and drunk banished sleep."
"Tea was first drunk in China," Rajvir added,
"as far back as 2700 BC! In fact, words such as tea, 'Chai' and 'Chini'
are from Chinese. Tea came to Europe only in the sixteenth century and was
drunk more as medicine than as beverage."
a) i)How was tea drunk in Europe in the
sixteenth century? 2
b) ii)What is the Chinese legend about tea? 2
c) (iii) What is the Indian legend about tea? 2
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