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PUC FIRST YEAR DIST. LEVEL ANNUAL EXAM FEB / MARCH 2914
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Subject : ENGLISH
Duration : 3 Hrs 15 Min.
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rnstructions : a) Follow the prescribed limit while answering the questions.

b) Write the correct question number.as it af,pears on the question paper.
c) one mark questions attempted more than once will be awarded zero.
d) For multiple choice questions choose the correct answer and rewrite it.

r. Answer the.following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each.

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1) What favour did the elephant ask the man on a rainy day ?
2) In 'The school Boy' the phrase 'sweet company' refers to
a) skylark. b) huntman's horn. c) bird's song. d) all the above three.
3) According to the native doctors, if they told others about their medicines, they
(medicines) lose their .-(complete the sentence.)
4) What was the narrator doing to earn a living in ,Oru Manushyan' ?
5) What happens, according to DH Lawrence, when a man hands out a ten-pornd ,up.e ?
6) According to Babar Ali's father, what is Man's true religion ?
7) What would not the bird ask the tree in the poem. 'If I was a Tree' ?
8) In 'Wetchman of the Lake', why was the headm-an in a hurry to complete the

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road work ?
9) At the end of the poem the farmer's wife decides to embrace
a) life b) death c) her chitdren.
10) How old was Douglass when he lost his mother ?
11) In'An Old Woman'what are the old woman's eyes compared to ?
12) Where does the narrator first meet the two boys in 'Two Gentlemen of Verona' ?

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13) Why did the lion appoint a commission of Enquiry ?
14) How does the school boy narrate his experience in his school ?
15) Narrate any one of Mara's stories.
16) Explain the narrator's experience in a hotel in 'Oru Manushyan,.
17) How does money madness"affect society ?
18) Describe the suffering of the farmer's wife.
19) What kind of hardships did the slaves suffer at the hands of the slave holder
and his mistress ?
20) How is the plight of the old woman depicted in 'An Old Woman, ?
21) What does the narrator of 'Two Gentlemen of Verona' learn from Lucia's nurse
22) What change in the poet's attitude towards love do you notice in 'Do not Ask
of Me, My Love' ?

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Answer ONE of the folloxring in about 200 words.

'Babar Ali is a wonder, an inspiration for others,. Discuss.

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'The poem 'If I was d Tree' brings out the pains of a man rejected by
his society.' Explain.
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'Mara is mad. But he is mad about protecting the lake.' Discuss.
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lv. .?Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it.

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The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the central and state governments
to act against "endosulfan poisoning'i in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts ."Ir,. pesticide
was wreaking havoc on many families there.
A division bench consisting of two.senior judges, hearing a suo motu petition, observed
that the harmful endosulfan chemical had ruined ,'generations,,.
'The court'pointed out that a mother wanted
her endosulfan - hit child to die as she
thought there would not be anyone to look after the infant,
in case of her death first. Such
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that of the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy. ,ffidosulfan manufacturers also had to be held
responsible for providing monetary relief to tld victimstr ,pjr.t tro* the compensation extended
by the government.
He said manufacturers resorted to a different fertiliser if one brand containing endosulfan
was banne-d-, "it is the same content in a differenf name. -rr,e manutacturers continue tiiuse
the chemical despite objections." he said.
The court also asked the Union Minister of Environment and Forests, State Deparlment
of Forest fcology and Environment and Karnataka state Pollution Board to file their affidavits
in response to the petition.
The matterwas taken up by the court after a judge recently wrote to the chief justice
that many people were afflicted'with physical disability and mental retardation owing to the
spraying of pesticide by agriculturists in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. The judge

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and the State Forest Depallnent for failing to mitigate the plight of several endosulfan victims.

24) what was the Karnataka High courl direction to governments ?

25) what word is used in the passage to mean 'for many rong yearg! ?
26) why does a mother want her endosulfan * hit child to die first ?
27) The endosulfan problem is compared to _
(complete the sentence).
28) what is the trick played by the manufaqturer if their product is banped ?

291- Mention any one harmful effect of spraying endosulfan.

30) Endosulfan is used by agriculturists as a
a) fertiliser b) tonic c) pgsticide

31)

The word in the passage which rneans'sufferers of the tragedy,is

a)'/ victips b) famities c) peopte.

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The passage is a (depict) _

of the endosulfan, tragedy.
(Fill in the blank by a suitable suffix to the word given in brackets.)
What did the government advocate expect from the endosulfan manufacturers

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V A) Fill in the btanks with appropriate articles and prepositions given

in brack'ets.

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Babar Ali mcrst be

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35) one day I
(get) up at 4 p.m. as usual. I
(finish) my daity chores
(step)
and
out for my tea and a meal. I
(have, save) fourtqen
rupees by my
- work which I took'to hotel.

c) Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.
s6) Baber Ali's students

) from poor families.

( aims / aim ) to serve his society by educating them.
( comes / come

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41) took / from / some money / me / he.
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V[ A) .Refer to the following

T.V schedule and answer the questions

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Chandana

Yoga

Spor.ts

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National News
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which channel would you watch for news in Kannada in the evening
Which of channels telecast a programme on Indian birds ?

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c)Ifyouareinterestedinscience,whichchanneldoyouwatch?

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For regular news updates which. channel will you watch ?

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