SRI BHAGAWAN MAHAVEER JAIN COLLEGE
Vishweshwarapuram, Bangalore.
Mock Examination 2 – February 2015
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Course: II PUC
Subject: English
Max. Marks: 100
Duration: 3:15Hrs.
Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each:
10 x 1 = 12
Who is compared to “As a rich jewel in a Ethiope’s ear” by Romeo?
Which country in Europe stopped the gaming houses as mentioned in “Too Dear?”
In “On Children” the ‘Archer’ refers to ______
In which of her books does Vandana Shiva describe the failure to understand bio – diversity?
Where does the action of the play “A Sunny Morning” take place?
Who hired the old man in “The Gardener”?
What does the child’s foot like to be in Neruda’s poem?
Borges believed that poem is nothing more than a series of ___________
a) Symbols
b) Words
c) Verses
Name any one element of nature mentioned in the poem “Heaven, if you are not on earth”
What was Marcus Ibe before he entered Politics?
Who wrote the famous cycling song that became the anthem in “Where there is a wheel”?
Mention one of the things to which the water is a witness according to the speaker of “Water”?
Answer any eight of the following (choosing at least two from poetry in a paragraph of 80 – 100
words:
8 x 4 = 32
Why according to Juliet would all the world stop paying worship to the garish sun? Explain.
Describe the kingdom of Monaco with reference to “Too Dear”.
Bring out Cormac Cullinan’s views about apartheid in “ Everything I Need to know I learned in the
Forest”
Briefly explain Laura’s fictitious story in the play, ‘In the Sunny Morning;
What does the speaker want his lady love to realize in ‘When You Are old’?
How did Basavaiah try to overcome his humiliation? Describe.
Highlight the imagery used to bring out life’s hardships that deform the Child’s foot in “ To the Foot
from its Child”
What vital role did Borges’s mother play in his life?
In Japan people respect each other’s privacy. Explain with reference to ‘Japan and Brazil through a
traveler’s eye’
How according to P. Sainath has cycling helped the rural women in their empowerment?
Answer the following in about 200 words:
1x6=6
Concealing identity in case of ‘Gonazalo and Laura leads to witty remarks and comic situations.
Discuss with reference to ‘A Sunny Moring’
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Is water instrumental in Social discrimination and disparity? Explain with reference to ‘Water’
OR
Roof gets into a fix after his meeting with the POP campaigner. How does “ The Voter” Bring this out?
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:
10 x 1 = 10
Well over three hundred years ago a young student stood in the cathedral at Pisa in Italy and watched
a lamp swing to and fro: The lamp hung by a long chain from the roof; and when a door was opened,
the draught would make it swing with a long sweep. When the draught ceased, the swing would get
shorter and shorter as the lamp came to rest again. Thousands and thousands of people must have
seen the lamp swinging in this way. But this young student, whose name was Galileo, was the first to
notice that as the swings of the lamp narrowed, they did not get slower or faster. Whether the swings
were long or short, it seemed to Galileo that each one took just the same time. Being a scientist, he at
once tested, this idea, placing his finger, on his pulse he timed the swings of the lamp by his pulsebeats. It was as he thought, along swing of the lamp took the same as a short one.
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Thought he was only seventeen at the time, Galileo at once knew that he had discovered an
important scientific law-the-law of the pendulum. He saw, too, that if he could check the time of the
swings of a pendulum by means of his pulse beats, he could just as well check his pulse by means of a
pendulum. Before long invented a little instrument which could be used to time a person’s pulse. This
was so useful to doctors that Galileo very soon became quite famous.
It is very rare for a young student to make important scientific discoveries, but then Galileo was no
ordinary student. Born on 15 February 1564, at Pisa, he showed at a very early age, an unusual talent
for science. His father was skillful musician and mathematician, but believing that music and science
would never make his son rich, he resolved that Galileo should become a cloth dealer But Galileo had
not the least taste or ability for business and the son persuaded his father to let him study medicine
and philosophy at the University of Pisa.
Very soon Galileo found himself in trouble at the university. He was a sturdy young man with red hair
and a cheerful face and very short temper. So often did he disagree with his teachers that his friends
nicknamed him ‘the wrangler’ The professors at Pisa took a strong dislike to him because he was
determined to think for himself and test by practical experiments ail the theories they taught him.
They were content to teach what the ancient Greek philosophers had taught, and it seemed to them
ridiculous for a young student of seventeen to question ideas that had been taught for a thousand
years. But as a true scientist Galileo refused to accept an idea without question.
So far Galileo had learned no mathematics, but when he was nineteen a famous teacher of
mathematics, named Ricci, visited Pisa; and one day Galileo chanced to hear him lecturing to his
pupils. Not being one of Ricci’s Pupils, he stood and listened at the door. This he did secretly many
times, Until at last had the courage to go and speak to Ricci, Seeing that Galileo was a young man of
great talents, Ricci gave him all the help he could, and very soon Galileo began to make a name for
himself as a mathematician
Glossary drought- strong current of air.
IV 24. a) Name the young student who watched the lamp go to and fro.
b) How was the young student/s Observation different from hundreds of people who must have seen
it?
c) How did he test his idea?
d) What is the law of pendulum?
e) What made Galileo famous among doctors?
f) Why did Galileo’s father wish him to be a cloth dealer?
g) Galileo’s friends nicknamed him_____
h) “Galileo was different from other students” Give one example from the passage.
i) Add prefix to the word ‘ practical’ to form its antonym.
j) Galileo was a man of _____ ( great / grate) talents.
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Read the following lines and answer the questions set on it:
Green pastures she views in the midst of the dale,
Down which she so often has tripped with her pail;
And a single small cottage, a nest like a dove’s.
The only one dwelling on earth that she loves.
a) What does she view in the midst of the dale?
b) What is the small cottage compared to?
c) ____ is the only dwelling on earth that she loves.
3x1=3
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Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of verbs given in brackets: 3 x 1 = 3
Monaco was a little kingdom. It ………….. ( know) for the gaming houses. These ………… (stop) by other
countries in Europe but they …………( retain) by the king of Monaco.
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27.
Report the following conversation:
Dona laura: Look out!
Don Gonzalo: Are you speaking to me, Senora?
Dona Laura: Yes , to you
Dona Gonzalo: What do you wish?
Dona Laura: You have scared away the birds who were feeding on my crumbs.
5x1=5
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Complete the following dialogue:
(At a Clinic)
Patient: Excuse me, ________? (Permission)
Doctor:_______ (Reply)
Patient : I am suffering_______( Complaint)
Doctor: Fine, take this prescribed tablets for four days.
Patient:_____ (Expressing gratitude and leave taking)
4x1=4
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Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in brackets:
2x1=2
(run out of, face lit up, in a fix)
Roofs_____ when both the parties offered him money to vote for them. But on the day of election he
was ____ and decided to elect both.
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Fill in the blank with the right linkers:
4x1=4
Cycling was a women’s social movement ______ it reduced their dependence on men. ______ it gave
them a sense of freedom._______ they had to put up with fitting remarks of some men at the same
time. ___ all women in Pudukkottai learnt cycling.
(Moreover, Consequently, as, but)
VI 31. Read the following passage and make notes by drawing and filling the boxes given below: 8 x ½ = 4
Sleep is crucial in maintaining one’s health, without it. We can be affected by many health problem,
including heart disease , stroke, diabetes, obesity and depression. Not sleeping enough affects our
immune system. The immune system works best when we are asleep. That is when the body
produce the natural killer cells which are part of the body’s defence against disease. Chronic sleep
loss also affects to body’s against ability to process hormones. To ensure sound sleep, we must make
sure that the room is dark and the bed comfortable. We must go to bed at the same time everyday.
Eat at least two to three hours before going to bed. Exercise regularly, but not but not just
before going to bed.
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Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared
“The Times of India” dated 9th February 2015.
Wanted immediately for MNC Companies
Qualification – 10th or PUC
Job – Male Securities
Age – 18-30-Yrs
salary-10200/- to 15000/Apply to : Sharadha Securities, Prerana Building,
4th Floor, M.G. Road, Bangalore.
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Imagine you have been asked to give a speech (about 100words) on the occasion of World Literacy
Day. You are speaking on the importance of women’s education, Use the points given below:
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Women’s role in shaping family – better health- independence – decision making – fight against
injustice- essential for the growth of the nation.
OR
The following bar graph shows the result of a survey under taken among 600 person (200 engineers
200 parents, 200 corporate leaders) to know their views on two very important issues:
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i) Should our engineers be over weighed with heavy work -sometimes 7 days a week?
ii) Should their salary package be work related.
Based on the results, prepare a report in about 120 words.
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500
400
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200
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Engineers
Presents
Corporate
Leaders
In Favour of heavy 7 day work
In favour of work related salary package.
VII 34.What do the underlined words in the following extracts refer to?
4x1=4
Galileo was the first to notice the lamp and its swings, which did not get slower or faster as the lamp
narrowed. Being a scientist he at once tested this idea. This was adapted by doctors, who used it in
medical field.
1) its:………………… 2) which:……………. 3) he:…………………. 4) who:……………………
35.
Rearrange the jumbled segments to form a meaningful sentence:
Skills / Communication /Acquire / take / to / time.
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1x1=1