NOVEMBER 2015 71083/CLZ3M/CE53N

Time : Three hours Maximum : 75 marks

SECTION A — (4 × 5 = 20 marks)

I. Answer FOUR questions in 100 words selecting

one from each.

1. (a) How is dress representing one’s values?

Or
(b) What are the scientific facts behind global
warming as explained by Al Gore.

2. (a) How does globalisation affect the languages of

India, according to Sujata Bhat?

Or
(b) How does Shelley picture the image of
Ozymandius, the king of kings?

3. (a) What are the discoveries of Subramanyan

Chandrasekar?

Or
(b) Trace the academic life of Dr. Amartya Sen.
4. (a) How does the statue of the Happy Prince react
to the misery of the city?

Or
(b) How did Jacopo and Nicola take care of their
sister?

SECTION B — (4  10 = 40 marks)
II. Answer FOUR questions in 200 words selecting
one from each.

5. (a) Bring out the salient features of the speech by

N.R. Narayanamurthy.

Or
(b) Explain in an essay Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s
ideas on ‘Unity of Minds’.

6. (a) Justify the title of the poem ‘Digging’.

Or
(b) How does ‘Leave this chanting……’ expose the
pseudo–worshippers of God?

7. (a) Sketch the biography of Mother Teresa.

Or
(b) Explore the inspirational life of Wangari
Maathai, as a social reformer.

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8. (a) Discuss the humour in the story ‘Engine
Trouble’.
Or
(b) Narrate the encounter between Jimmy Wells
the cop and Silky Bob, the fugitive.
SECTION C — (2  5 = 10 marks)
III. Answer TWO questions selecting One from each.
9. (a) Suggest any five questions to be asked during
a job interview.
Or
(b) What are the obstacles to effective time
management?
10. (a) How are Enquiry letters written?
Or
(b) What are included in a resume?
SECTION D — (5  1 = 5 marks)
IV. Answer ALL questions.
11. (a) Hensel and Gretel met a fairy. The fairy was
wiked. (Combine the sentences into a simple
sentence)
(b) I visited the village –––––––––––––
(Complete the sentence with a subordinate
clause)

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(c) The prisoner pleaded that he was innocent
(Change the underlined clause into a
phrase/word)
(d) Use one of the phrases in sentence of your
own:
as good as, although.
(e) Use one of the phrases in sentence of your
own:
with reference to, in order to.

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