Sample Paper (CBSE)

Series ENG/SP/1D Code No. SP/1-D

ENGLISH
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 100

General Instructions:

(i) This paper is divided into three sections: A, B and C. All sections are
compulsory.

(ii) Separate instructions are given with each section/question, wherever

necessary. Read them carefully and follow them.

SECTION A Reading (30 Marks)

Q.1. Read the following passage carefully: (12 Marks)

1. Feng Shui is an ancient practice of China which lays down rules
for the location of buildings, their fixtures and designs to bring
about good fortune. Literally, the word means wind and water.
Feng Shui is popular even today with about six million Chinese
using it to choose their homes or the location of their offices and
factories with the hope of achieving an extra edge in business.
Some people follow Feng Shui passionately; others do not want to
take a chance by not referring to it. Thus, few dare to function
without it.

2. A Feng Shui expert would first determine the buildings

orientation with the help of a compass. Next, hed divide each
room into nine squares and with the use of arcane logarithmic
formulae that take into account the dates of birth of the residing
couple, analyse whether the most propitious directions are being
used to the best advantage and how the ill-effects of the unlucky

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 spots can be underplayed.

3. The Chinese have always used Feng Shui to their advantage.

Since the Chinese locate their towns on the basis of Feng Shui,
they generally avoid flat areas which are vulnerable to floods and
typhoons. The south side of a hill, protected from north winds and
marauding bands is regarded an ideal location for a house or any
settlement. When forced to provide land to the American and
European merchants in Canton, China offered them a mud flat on
River Pearl. Soon these foreign buildings were overrun by white
ants leaving the Chinese mandarins chortling to themselves.

4. It was around the time of the Han Dynasty that Feng Shui was
extended to the dwellings of the living. Feng Shui has two main
schools-one which involves more freewheeling analysis of
landscape forms and the other which depends more on elaborate
calculations and the compass. Its influence was pervasive by the
mid-19th century.

5. When the Britishers made the low-lying swampy patch known as

Happy Valley their site for office, the engineers working on it,
began dying of fever and malaria. After this disastrous foray, the
colonial government chose to locate their office in an area
regarded as auspicious, backed by rolling hills and fronted by
water. When they began planting trees on those barren hills,
locals regarded them astonishingly astute. Gradually, the colonial
authorities began showing more sensitivity towards the Chinese
customs and rerouted prospective tunnels, bridges and roads.

6. Though some practitioners are little more than fortune-tellers

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 with a compass, even the pragmatic ones indulge in some sort of
prediction based on a mystical element. This can be traced to the
ancient Chinese belief that earthly arrangements have some
connection in heaven. Much to everyones surprise, the Feng
Shuis predictions about Hong Kong stock index were accurate to
the last detail.

7. Feng Shui experts abhor structures with sharp angles which are
like daggers pointed towards susceptible and vulnerable
neighbours. The Bank of China built by an architect known for
his severe style, had very unlucky sharp edges which cast
negative darts to neighbours. The Hong Kong subsidiary of the
BCCI was one affected by these darts, opine Feng Shui experts.
Today Hong Kongs citizens with all modern technology up their
sleeves are still conservative. They wouldnt allow a wrongly-
positioned table or sharp edges to get in their way to prosperity.

(I). On the basis of your understanding of the passage,

answer the following questions by choosing the most
appropriate option: (1x4=4 Marks)
1. Feng Shui is
a. a modern trend
b. an ancient practice
c. a stylish fad
d. a superstitious belief

2. Feng Shui literally means

a. wind and water
b. sun and water
c. mountain and water face

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 d. art with compass

3. Feng Shui is mainly used for

a. choosing life partner
b. choosing location of homes and offices
c. deciding favourable days
d. deciding favourable stars

4. Feng Shuis predictions about Hong Kong stock index

a. were completely off the mark
b. totally accurate
c. partially correct
d. were accurate by fluke

(II). Answer the following questions as briefly as possible:

(1x6=6 Marks)
5. What is the writer hinting at by the Chineses belief in Feng
Shui by the remark, few dare to function without it?
6. Being believers in Feng Shui, which locations for towns are
avoided? Which locations do they prefer?
7. Why do you think the Chinese provided land on the mud
flat on River Pearl to the American and European
merchants in Canton?
8. Why is Feng Shui so popular in Hong Kong?
9. How does a Feng Shui expert function?
10.How do Feng Shui experts view sharp angles?

(III). Pick out words from the passage which are similar in
meaning to the following (1x2=2 Marks)
a. astute (Paragraph 5)

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 b. pragmatic (Paragraph 6)

Q.2. Read the following passage carefully: (10 Marks)

1. The other day I received an unusual and very gratifying gift; I
was presented half-a-dozen trees, which would be planted on my
behalf. I had been invited to give a talk to an organisation. After
such events, the speaker is usually given a token gift. Sometimes
the gift is in the form of a pen, a book or something useful.
Though these gifts are presented with the best of intentions,
sooner or later, they are bound to gather dust in forgotten corners.

2. That is why I was pleasantly surprised to receive a scroll which

attested that, on a designated plantation established for the
purpose, six trees would be added in my name, as a part of the
green movement being sponsored by the organisation.

3. In an increasingly environment-conscious world, the gift of a

living tree or plant makes for a perfect present. The tradition of
giving and receiving gifts has lost its meaning and become a
meaningless, commercial exercise. Apart from major festivals, a
whole new calendar of celebratory events has been created like
Mothers Day, Fathers day, Teachers Day, Valentines Day, and
with the aim of promoting the sale of non essential items.

4. However, the best planned gifts often go awry. How often

particularly during so called festive seasons when the exchange
of gifts reaches epidemic proportions, have you had the
embarrassing experience of getting back the gift that you yourself
had given to someone who, having no use for it and forgetting that
it was you who had gifted it to begin with, had unwittingly

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 returned your own gift to you? Like the musical chairs, gifts only
too often go round and round.

5. This is true not only at the individual but also at the level of
states. Diplomatic protocol demands that when they travel abroad
on goodwill missions, visiting dignitaries are given official gifts by
their hosts, who in turn receive return gifts from their guests.
Meant to reflect the culture and traditions of the reciprocating
countries, such token presents are more often than not tacky and
tasteless. The number of crudely-made miniature Taj Mahals that
sarkari India has pressed into the hands of reluctant foreign
guests must fill large godowns across the globe.

6. How much more preferable is a living tree than kitschy model of

the Taj, possibly made of marble from an unauthorised quarry!
The people receiving such green gifts wouldnt of course physically
be presented with saplings but would be given certificates
attesting that trees had been planted on their behalf in a
particular plantation, which the recipients could visit.

7. Next birthday or anniversary, give someone you love, a tree. One

day, the two of you might sit together under its shade. Could any
gift be better than that?

(I). On the basis of your understanding of the passage,

answer the following questions by choosing the most
appropriate option: (1x2=2 Marks)
1. The narrator regarded the gift that he received one
day as
a. cumbersome

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 b. superficial
c. wasteful
d. unique and satisfying

2. The narrator feels that the tree as a gift

a. will not gather dust
b. may not be planted by the one who receives it
c. will not be recycled
d. has indefinable worth

(II). Answer the following questions as briefly as possible:

(1x6=6 Marks)
3. What is a scroll? What did the scroll, which the writer
received, say?
4. Why are more and more occasions becoming known when
gifts are exchanged?
5. What diplomatic protocol is referred to by the writer? Does
it succeed in its objective?
6. How can the best planned gifts go awry?
7. What is the writers opinion about miniature Taj Mahals
being presented to foreigners?
8. What are the two reasons why the government needs to
stop gifting miniature Taj Mahals?
9. How should trees be gifted?
10.What suggestion does the writer offer to for gifting a loved
one?

(III). Find words from the passage which are similar in

meaning to the following: (1x2=2 Marks)
a. awry (Paragraph 4)

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 b. kitschy (Paragraph 6)

Q.3. Read the following passage carefully: (8 Marks)

Millions of people are sleep-deprived. Though, the precise amount
of accidents, ailments and lost productivity that can be related to
sleep deprivation havent been recorded, research estimates a loss
of over a billion dollars per annum. However, highly-trained,
professional, motivated and well-paid one may be-all fade into
insignificance when faced with a human physiological limitation.
The nuclear accident at Chernobyl and Three Mile Island and the
gas leak at Bhopal occurred at night when the workers were
expected to remain alert long after their bed time.

The problem of not getting enough sleep is more hazardous than

people realise. Even when only one nights sleep is disturbed
people have problems responding to signals or remembering
things. People tend to squeeze in as much as possible into a day.
Sleep is always the silent victim. Fourteen percent of full-time
employees work in rotating shifts which upsets their biological
clocks. Tired commuters, including day and night workers
invariably get involved in car accidents.

Though most talk about the eight-hour beauty sleep, an average

person gets only seven hours. There are some who need ten hours
to feel refreshed, others need only five hours. The need and desire
for sleep are regulated by two independent forces. One is the
circadian pacemaker or biological clock-a brain mechanism
trained by the cycles of darkness and daylight. A normally
functioning biological clock, measured by cyclical drop in body
temperature would leave one drowsy at mid afternoon and most

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 alert a few hours before bedtime. The homeostatic drive, the
second force makes one sleepier the longer one remains awake.
Some people try and make up for lost sleep on weekends but it
doesnt help entirely. A better technique is go to bed fifteen
minutes early each week till one sleeps enough at night. Even
short naps help. Remarkable benefits were observed from naps as
short as 15 to 20 minutes. Short naps snatched before crucial
moments, enhance performance, clear thinking and bring
alertness in responses. Those workers who have no choice but to
sleep during daytime, against their circadian rhythm can fool it
by keeping their bedrooms dark and wearing goggles in mid
morning while on their way back home.

One must not carry ones worries to bed. One should deal with
them first by jotting down the problem and working out a
solution. Avoid intake of caffeine after dinner. One shouldnt go
to bed hungry or too full. Have a glass of hot milk. Relax with
soothing music or a good book till sleep lulls one into dreamland.

a. On the basis of your reading of the above passage make notes

on it, using headings and sub-headings. Use recognisable
abbreviations (wherever necessary-minimum 4) and a format
you consider suitable. Also supply an appropriate title to it.
(5 Marks)
b. Write a summary of the passage in about 80 words. (3 Marks)

SECTION B - Advanced Writing Skills (30 Marks)

Q.4. You are Raghav Rai, a student of M.F.A. You conduct art and
painting classes during the weekends for students and

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 housewives. You also make home visits to coach students keen on
learning this skill. Draft a classified advertisement for a local
newspaper in approximately 50 words. (4 Marks)

Or
You are Ranjit Singh, a known author. You have received an
invitation for the inauguration of Riverdale International Schools
Creative Writing Club. The school wants you to inaugurate the
club, advise students on creative writing and have an interactive
session with the middle and senior school students. Write to the
principal, in about 50 words, accepting the invitation.

Q.5. You are Shalini Sarup, the Senior Librarian of New age Global
School. Write a letter to Omsons Book Store, placing an order for
English fiction. Give specific details of the order. Mention the
discount of bulk orders given to schools and the time by when the
books must reach you. (6 Marks)

Or
You are Vanaja Pillai, a qualified and experienced PGT English.
You have read about a vacancy in a reputed public school that is
five kms away from your residence. You are a resident of 220,
Vasant Vihar, New Delhi. Write to the Principal of the school,
applying for the post. Mention all necessary details.

Q.6. As Manali Singh, the senior student editor of the school

magazine, write an article on the importance of co curricular
activities and hobbies in ones life in approximately 150-200
words. Supply a suitable title. (10 Marks)

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 Or
The availability of all the global brands of goods in India has
added to the woes of the common man. Most international brands
are available for a price and youngsters as well as grownups crave
for them. This has led to discontentment in life and also the
desire to earn quick money even if one has to employ illegal ways.
Write an article on this issue for the magazine section of a
national daily.

Q.7. You are the Director of Samvedna, the school Social Service
Society. A recent survey conducted among school and college
students revealed that children are becoming insensitive to the
needs of the less fortunate. In an attempt to sensitise your
students, you have launched a project to reach out to such people.
Write a speech, in 150-200 words, informing students about the
project and the reasons why they should volunteer. (10 Marks)

Or
You have been asked to give a speech before the festival of Diwali,
urging students to have a safe and pollution-free celebration.
Mention how noise pollution affects pets and senior citizens and
air pollution affects all specially the asthmatic patients. Write the
speech within 150-200 words.

SECTION C - (Textbooks {Flamingo and Vistas} and Long

Reading Text{Novel} (40 Marks)

Q.8. Read the lines given below and answer the questions that
follow: (4 Marks)
I saw my mother beside me,

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 doze, open-mouthed, her face ashen like that of a corpse
I realised with pain that she was as old as she looked
but soon put that thought away

a. Where were the two during this time? (1 Marks)

b. What did she notice? (1 Marks)
c. Why did the thought cause pain and anxiety? (1 Marks)
d. Explain the poetic device used in these lines. (1 Marks)

Or
It would be an exotic moment
without rush, without engines.
we would all be together
in a sudden strangeness.

a. Which moment would be exotic? (1 Marks)

b. Why has the poet described the moment as exotic? (1 Marks)
c. Explain: without rush, without engines. (1 Marks)
d. Explain the line: all be together in a sudden strangeness.
(1 Marks)

Q.9. Answer any FOUR of the following questions in about 30-

40 words each: (4x3=12 Marks)
a. Why do you think Aunt Jennifer embroidered tigers that were
proud and unafraid?
b. Why has Keats associated grandeur with the mighty dead?
c. What impression does the poet create by the use of expressions
like, rootless weeds and paper-seeming boy while describing the
children of the elementary slum school?
d. Describe Bamas innocent pleasures though she belonged to a

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 poor family.
e. What makes Mukesh different from Saheb though both seem to
have lost the springs of their lives?
f. Sophies ambitions were divorced from reality. Comment.

Q.10. Answer the following in about 120-150 words: (6 Marks)

Gandhi regarded the Indian peasants to be crushed and fear-
stricken. Do you think the poor of India are free from fear so
many years after independence? Give examples in support of
your answer.

Or
What impression do you form of M. Hamel as a teacher and as a
human being?

Q.11. Answer the following in about 120-150 words: (6 Marks)

Kalki has made effective use of use of satire in his short story,
The Tiger King. Elucidate.

Or
Describe James Evans plan and its execution to break free?

Q.12. Answer the following in about 120-150 words: (6 Marks)

Describe the incident at Lantern Yard that changed Silas life
completely.
Or
Describe the incidents that compel the Invisible Man to run.

Q.13. Answer the following in about 120-150 words: (6 Marks)

What sort of a person is William Dane? What were the reasons

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 that made him betray his friend, Silas?

Or
Do you feel sad for the Invisible Man and his plight? Give reasons
in support of your answer.

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 ANSWERS

SECTION A Reading (30 Marks)

Q.1.(I). Value Points: (1x4=4 Marks)

1. an ancient practice.
2. wind and water.
3. choosing location of homes and offices.
4. totally accurate.

(II). Value Points: (1x6=6 Marks)

5. The Chinese are staunch believers in Feng Shui; do not have
the courage of ignoring it.
6. avoid flat areas, vulnerable to floods and typhoons; south side
of a hill, protected from north winds, marauding bands
regarded ideal location.
7. were being compelled to provide land to American, European
merchants in Canton; offered flat mud area on River Pearl;
aware that it would not suit them.
8. Feng Shuis predictions about Hong Kong stock index
instilled faith in people; everyone began following it
religiously.
9. Feng Shui expert determines buildings orientation, using a
compass; divides each room into nine squares and makes
calculations to find lucky directions and minimise bad luck of
certain spots.
10.Feng Shui detest sharp angles; regard them as daggers that
cast negative energy to neighbours; regard them very
unlucky.

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 (III). Answers (1x2=2 Marks)
a. intelligent
b. practical

Q.2. (10 Marks)

(I). (1x2=2 Marks)
Value Points:
1. unique and satisfying
2. has indefinable worth

(II). (1x6=6 Marks)

Value Points:
3. a scroll is a rolled paper, parchment which makes a
statement or have any commendation; it said that six trees
be planted on his behalf that will be part of organisation
sponsored green movement.
4. Primarily as commercial activity intended to promote sale of
non essentials.
5. Diplomatic protocol where diplomats travel abroad on
goodwill missions, gifted a souvenir that reflects culture and
tradition of the country; these gifts not well made and are
dumped; serve no actual purpose, a mere formality.
6. gifts recycled often reach the one who presented them in the
first place.
7. gifting low quality, crudely made Taj Mahals is farcical, in
poor taste and meaningless; not valued or appreciated;
simply dumped.
8. crudely made, fail to capture the splendour of the Taj, hence
dont make a valuable gift; use marble from unauthorised
quarry.

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 9. not be physically presented with saplings; certificates
attesting that trees planted on their behalf with mention of
location of plantation; recipients could visit them.
10.gifting a tree under the shade of which the two loved ones can
sit some day.

(III). Answers (1x2=2 Marks)

a. wrong
b. tacky

Q.3. Note making

A. (5 Marks)
1. Appropriate title (1 Marks)
2. Format & numbering, consistency (1 Marks)
3. A minimum of four abbreviations/symbols must be used
(1 Marks)
4. Notes(only words & phrases) (2 Marks)
B. Summary (3 Marks)
The summary must be in well-constructed sentences that
include all points abstracted in the notes; no abbreviations to be
used in summary.

SECTION B - Advanced Writing Skills (30 Marks)

Q.4. Advertisement (4 Marks)

Title: Fine Art Classes: (1 Marks)
Value Points: (2 Marks)
a. who is training, who can join, days and timings
b. training at home also, charges, contact details
Expression: (1 Marks)

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 Or
Replies to formal invitations
Content: (2 Marks)
Value Points:
a. invitation from
b. occasion; date & time
c. acceptance of invitation
Expression:
Coherence & relevance (1 Marks)
Grammatical accuracy, spelling: (1 Marks)

Q.5. Letter: (6 Marks)

Format: Senders address, receivers address, date, subject,
salutation, complimentary close. (1 Marks)
Content: details of the books; quantity, delivery timeline; payment
terms and discounts. (3 Marks)
Expression: Coherence, cohesion, accuracy in spelling & grammar,
relevance. (2 Marks)

Or
Format: Senders address, receivers address, date, subject,
salutation, complimentary close; C.V (2 Marks)
Content: Post applied for, source of information. Requisite
qualifications; separate C.V. (3 Marks)
Expression: Coherence, cohesion, accuracy in spelling & grammar,
relevance. (1 Marks)

Q.6. Article
Format: Title & Byline (2 Marks)

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 Content: (5 Marks)
Value points
a. what are co-curricular activities and hobbies.
b. why are they called co-curricular and not extra curricular.
c. why should one have them.
d. how to choose them as per your choice.
e. benefits of developing them in later years; may make them your
second line of profession; could become another source of
earning;
f. a pleasurable activity; one engages happily in it; provides
happiness.
Expression: Coherence, cohesion, accuracy in spelling & grammar,
relevance. (3 Marks)

Or
Format: Title & Byline (2 Marks)
Content: (5 Marks)
Value points
a. good for economy.
b. international brands available for a price; reduces craze for
shopping from foreign countries.
c. all desire to buy them; rich can afford but not all.
d. affects the financial planning of the middle class.
e. may lead to the desire to earn quick money by wrong means.
f. cause frustration and pent up anger among youngsters when
denied a product; peer pressure solution, if any.
Expression: Coherence, cohesion, accuracy in spelling & grammar,
relevance. (2 Marks)

Q.7. Speech: (10 Marks)

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 Format: Salutation, greeting, introducing the topic (2 Marks)
Content (5 Marks)
Value Points:
a. the result of the survey.
b. cause of alarm.
c. schools initiative in sensitising students.
d. details of the project( any plan that the student thinks would
work).
e. urging students to volunteer ; nothing can be achieved in
isolation.
Expression: Coherence, cohesion, accuracy in spelling & grammar,
relevance. (3 Marks)

Or
Format: Salutation, greeting, introducing the topic (2 Marks)
Content (5 Marks)
Value points
a. occasion- Diwali; uphold the spirit of the festival; spread
happiness.
b. what to keep in mind during our celebrations.
c. the need for concern: pollution affects all for months after
Diwali.
d. how noise pollution impacts senior citizens health.
e. how pets and stray dogs are affected by sound pollution.
f. how to go about the celebration so that all benefit and no one
suffers.
Expression: Coherence, cohesion, accuracy in spelling & grammar,
relevance. (3 Marks)

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 SECTION C - (Textbooks {Flamingo and Vistas} and Long
Reading Text{Novel} (40 Marks)

Q.8. Reference to context: (1x4=4 Marks)

Value points:
a. both mother and daughter In the car that was heading for the
airport.
b. cars motion and age-associated torpidity had made the mother
doze off.
c. the ageing mothers pallid face caused anxiety in the narrators
mind of losing her mother to death; losing her mother was a
painful thought.
d. used simile to compare her mothers sallow face to that of a
corpse.

Or
Value points:
a. when all people of the world would come together without any
work or hurry
b. described the moment as exotic, would be a euphoric moment
with the bliss of silence and peace that has been forgotten in the
rush for survival
c. present scenario: man accustomed to machines and industrial
activity; they have become his second nature; poet hopes that
they stop their frenetic pace of life suddenly pauses and not
rush, this would seem peculiar to him.
d. Man has created barriers; becoming quiet, still and coming
together would seem queer; this exotic moment will be
unexpected and strange.

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 Q.9. Content: (4x3=12 Marks)
Accuracy & expression: (2 Marks)
Value points: (1 Marks)
a. Aunt Jennifers desire to be brave, carefree couldnt be fulfilled
due to a bad marriage and a male-dominated society; the
embroidery provides a vent to her yearning for freedom and
power.
b. The mighty dead are heroes who performed splendid deeds;
their legends are impressive and inspire men to emulate them
even today.
c. Children of the elementary slum school are undernourished,
thin, weak and unsure of their existence; seem to lack a proper
base.
d. Bama would enjoy all scenes on her way back home; a range of
things fascinated her and made her take much longer to return
home than she should have taken.
e. Mukesh dreamt of driving a car, becoming a motor mechanic;
did not wish to settle down in the existing circumstances;
Mukesh became his parents partner in survival; took up a job to
earn though did not like it at all.
f. Sophie, a teenager from a low middle-class family; aspired to
have a boutique or become an actress; these aspirations dont
match the actual circumstances.

Q.10. (6 Marks)
Accuracy & expression: (2 Marks)
Content (4 Marks)
Value points:
1. not much change in the equation between the two.

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 2. poor continue to be fearful of the rich and those in power.
3. still exploited; denied their basic human rights; cheated;
molested.
4. the authorities bribed and support the rich and powerful.
5. continue to suffer; problems compounded.
6. no one to address issues that trouble them

Or
Accuracy & expression: (2 Marks)
Content (4 Marks)
Value points:
1. M. Hamel, a patriotic Frenchman, very proud of his culture and
language.
2. was a good human being; cared for the people of Alsace.
3. as a teacher, he was strict with students.
4. often dismissed class for personal interests; sent students to
water his plants; went fishing if the weather was good.
5. could have aroused the interest of students in French but was
casual to some extent.
6. Franz understood the last lesson very well.

Q.11. (6 Marks)
Accuracy & expression: (2 Marks)
Content (4 Marks)
Value points:
1. Kalki made effective use of satire.
2. as a King, had to focus on safeguarding the interest of his
subjects and not divert all attention to tiger hunts.
3. the taxes are imposed thoughtfully, not as Tiger King did.
4. the punishment to ministers for stupid reasons.

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 5. the objective of marriage not to better relationships with a king
but due to the tiger population in that state.
6. gifting expensive diamond rings to the British official to keep
him happy.
7. ministers only keen on saving their skins; dared not give correct
advice to the Tiger King.
8. the British officer wanted to kill a tiger for a photograph of
himself with the tiger carcass, only to flaunt his bravery.
9. no value of an animals life.
10.all behaved in a manner worthy of harsh condemnation.

Or
Accuracy & expression: (2 Marks)
Content (4 Marks)
Value points:
1. Evans plan to break free from prison hatched in prison
2. tutor of O-level German actually an accomplice
3. Evans accomplice bind and gag Rev. S. Mcleery; impersonate
him and reach the prison
4. wore two sets of clothes
5. brought blood in a tube, intended for his hemorrhoids; to smear
on Evans head
6. the correction in the paper the plan for escape
7. Evans sent to hospital actually fled
8. accomplice disguised as Rev. S. Mcleery misdirected the search
squad in the other direction
9. at Golden Lion, accomplice reach with prison van and enable
Evans to escape the second time

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 Q.12. (6 Marks)
Accuracy & expression: (2 Marks)
Content (4 Marks)
Value points:
1. Before Silas came to Raveloe, lived in a town to the north
2. was known as a young man of exemplary life and ardent faith.
3. This town dominated by a strict religious sect that met in a
place called Lantern Yard.
4. During one prayer meeting, Silas had a fit, became unconscious
and rigid for more than an hour
5. his fellow church members regarded it as divinely inspired
6. Silas supposedly best friend, William Dane, a wily schemer
suggested that Silass fit might have represented a visitation
from the devil, not from God
7. later, senior deacon of Lantern Yard died after an illness; Silas
accused of robbing his money
8. Silas hoped that God will protect him as he was innocent
9. church members accused him of the crime and excommunicated
him
10. angry Silas renounced his religious faith
11. Silas fiance, Sarah, married William
12. totally shattered, Silas fled from there to live in Raveloe

Or
Accuracy & expression: (2 Marks)
Content
Value points:
1. strangers dramatic entry earlier had aroused suspicion.
2. Griffins behaviour with Mr. & Mrs. Hall, Teddy Henfrey.

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 3. his attempt to terrorise Dr. Cuss with his invisible hand.
4. Dr. Cuss tells his friend, the Vicar.
5. Vicar and his wifes have a strange experience; hearing of
sounds.
6. finally Griffin removed his bandage before Mrs. Hall to
intimidate her.
7. all tactics aimed at terrorising people.
8. people of the town compel him to leave.
9. Griffin forced to run away.

Q.13. (6 Marks)
Accuracy & expression: (2 Marks)
Content (4 Marks)
Value points:
1. William Dane- a crooked scheming sort.
2. not truly religious but faked it.
3. wished to become rich fast.
4. stoops to the level of stealing and implicating his own friend.
5. the fit when taken as a sign of divination, interpreted as Satans
visit, to malign him.
6. wanted to marry Sarah, betrothed to Silas.

Or
Accuracy & expression: (2 Marks)
Content (4 Marks)
Value points:
1. students are at liberty to take any stand.
2. if they feel that the Invisible Man deserves no pity they must
justify that.
3. misuse of science to be condemned; intended for the benefit of

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 mankind.
4. if they pity him then they could say that the pity is for his lack
of sense that drove him to becoming such a monster who was
completely devoid of any goodness.

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