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SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION – 2021 (ANNUAL) MODEL
SET ENGLISH (Optional Compulsory)
Time: 3 Hours 15
minutes
Total No. of
Questions: - 111 Full Marks- 100
Instructions
for the candidates :-
1.
Candidates are required to give
answers in their own words as far as practicable.
2.
Figures in the right hand
margin indicate full marks.
3.
While answering the questions,
candidates should adhere to the word limit as far as practicable.
4.
15 minutes of extra time has
been allotted for the candidate to read the questions and follow the
instructions carefully.
5.
All questions are compulsory.
6.
Use of any electronic device is
strictly prohibited.
7.
This question paper is divided
into two sections & Section-A and Section-B.
8.
In Section – A, there are 100
objective type questions, each carrying 1 mark. Out of 100 questions, you have
to attempt only 50. In case more than 50 questions are answered, only the first
50 answers will be evaluated. Darken the circle with blue/ black ball pen
against the correct
option
on OMR Answer Sheet provided to you. Do not use whitener/liquid/blade/nail, etc
on OMR Answer Sheet, otherwise the
result will be treated invalid.
9.
Section- B has Descriptive Type
Questions comprising 2 prose passages of 7 marks each and one extract from
Poetry of 6 marks for comprehension. Apart from these, there are 4 questions on
writing skills, each of 5 marks. Each question has an alternative option. There
are 10 short answer type questions of 2 marks each out of which you have to
answer any five.
SECTION- A
Objective
Type Questions
Question No. 1 to 100
have four options out of which only one is correct. You have to attempt only 50
questions. You have to mark your selected option on the OMR Answer Sheet. You
have to attempt only 50
questions. (50x1=50)
Instruction:
Q. No. 1 to 36 are based on prescribed texts.
1.
Toni Morrison is the author of
…………..
(A) Little Girls Wiser Than Men (B)
Once Upon a Time
(C) Gillu (D)
The Pace for Living
Ans – (B)
2.
Civilization has changed and
grown in …………..
(A) England (B)
America
(C) Africa (D)
India
Ans – (D)
3.
“Old woman, I hold in my hand a
bird” is from :
(A) Once Upon a Time (B) Me and the Ecology Bit
(C) Gillu (D)
The Pace for Living
Ans – (A)
4.
Slow thinkers are handicapped
in the business of getting
…………..
(A) a living (B)
wealth
(C) respect (D) amenities of life
Ans – (A)
5.
………….. has been one of the most
significant developments of
our times.
(A) painting (B)
competition
(C) agriculture (D) cinema
Ans – (D)
6.
The people of Burma sacrificed
everything in the pursuit of a
………….. Burma.
(A) happy (B)
autocratic
(C) democratic (D) monarch
Ans – (C)
7.
………….. is the most amazing
aspect of Indian culture.
(A) myth (B)
courage
(C) vitality (D) logic
Ans – (C)
8.
The cinema also combines the cold ………….. of science.
(A) art (B)
logic
(C) technology (D) experiments
Ans –(B)
9.
The speech ‘The Unity of Indian
Culture’ has been delivered by
…………..
(A) Toni Morrison (B)
Leo Tolstoy
(C) Aung San Sui Kyi (D) Humayun Kabir
Ans
-
10.
One of most remarkable features
of Indian culture is …………..
(A)
Many religions (B)
many languages
(C)
various festivals (D) spirit of underlying
unity
Ans
-
11.
The girl in ‘Once upon a Time’ offers bread and pieces of
…………..
(A) chicken (B)
fruits
(C) cheese (D)
meat
Ans -
12.
Aris in ‘Acceptance Speech’
says that the Nobel Peace Prize epitomizes the ideals of …………..
(A) democracy (B)
humanism
(C) autocracy (D) peace
Ans -
13.
Civilization is the
organization of ………….. which creates the
condition of
culture.
(A) family (B)
office
(C) school (D)
society
Ans -
14.
Who told the crowd that the two
little girls were wiser than them?
(A) a passerby (B)
neighbours
(C)
Akoulya’s grandmother (D) Malasha’s grandfather
15.
‘The splendour of your lamps;
but they eclipse’ ………….. is from :
(A) Polythene Bag (B)
God Made the Country
(C) Thinner
than a Crescent (D) The Empty Heart
16.
The poet in ‘Ode to Solitude’
wants to live unseen and …………..
(A)
unknown (B)
quietly (C) unheard (D)
peacefully
17.
The polythene bag does not get
……..
(A) decomposed (B)
dissolved
(C) soiled (D)
sullied
18.
‘You ask her one thing, She speaks
of another’ is from:
(A) Polythene Bag (B)
Koel
(C) The Empty
Heart (D)
Thinner than a Crescent
19.
‘The shades of mangoes burn!’
is from :
(A) Koel (B)
Ode on Solitude
(C)
The Empty Heart (D) God Made the
Country 20. The rich man left home because he wanted to earn more
…………..
(A) knowledge (B)
respect
(C) money (D)
gold
21.
The children used to listen to
Martha, lying on their …………..
(A) elbows (B)
hands
(C) bed (D)
backs
22.
The green garden ………….. the
Koel’s heart
(A) teases (B) chases
(C) mocks (D)
burns
23.
‘Her tears carved a river’
………….. who is ‘her’ that the poet is referring to?
(A) Mira (B)
Radha
(C) Rukmini (D)
Laxmi
24.
‘Ilantamiza’ has been written
by …………..
(A) Periasamy Thooran (B)
Durga Prasad Panda
(C) Vidyapati (D)
Puran Singh
25.
‘The sight of mango-blossoms
fires me all the more!’ is from
………..
(A) The Empty Heart (B)
Ode on Solitude
(C) Koel (D)
Martha
26.
‘Yugvani’ was edited by :
(A)
Puran Singh (B)
Periasamy Thooran (C) Alexander Pope (D)
Laxmi Prasad Devkota
27.
‘Quality’ is about the quality
of ………..
(A) boots (B)
chicken
(C) sweets (D)
fruits
28.
The cook in the story ‘Sun and
Moon’ is ………..
(A) Sun (B)
Minnie
(C) Moon (D)
Florie
29.
The narrator in ‘Love Defiled’
realised that he was not ………..
enough to
become an IAS officer.
(A) intelligent (B)
determined
(C) hardworking (D)
strong
30.
In ‘The Bet’, the prisoner read
only ………….. after the tenth year.
(A)
Shakespeare (B)
Eliot (C) Gita (D)
The New Testament
31.
The drawing room in ‘Sun and
Moon’ was full of …………..
(A) servants (B)
guests
(C) labourers (D)
priests
32.
The daughter in ‘Two Horizons’
feels a huge ………….. inside.
(A)
happiness (B)
storm (C) emptiness (D)
burden
33.
Moon’s shoes were ………….. in
colour.
(A) black (B)
brown
(C) grey (D)
white
34.
The mother wants her daughter
to seek ………….. within herself.
(A) solace (B)
fulfilment
(C) peace (D)
happiness
35.
Making shoes, according to Mr.
Gessler, is a/an …………..
(A) Ardt (art) (B)
skill
(C)
profession (D)
performance
36.
The terms and conditions of the
bet were decided by the banker and the …………..
(A) doctor (B)
lawyer
(C)
cashier (D)
teacher
Direction
(37-40): Choose the correct option of the following
37.
Passive Voice of ‘Can he break
this stick?’
(A)
Can he broken this stick?
(B)
Can this stick be broken by
him?
(C)
He can break this stick?
(D) Stick can be broken by him?
38.
Active Voice of ‘I was shocked
at this news’.
(A) This
news shocked me. (B) News was shocking for me.
(C) News has
been shocking me. (D) Shocking was this news.
39.
Passive Voice of ‘Everybody
knows me’.
(A) Knows me
everybody. (B)
I am known by everybody.
(C) I am
known to everybody. (D)
Everybody me knows.
40.
Active Voice of ‘The needy
should be helped’.
(A) Needy
must be helped. (B) We should help the needy.
(C)
Help the needy. (D) One may help the
needy. Direction
: (41 – 44) Choose the indirect speech of the given sentences :
41.
He said, “You are a great
fool.”
(A)
He said that he is a great
fool.
(B)
He said that he was a great
fool.
(C)
He said that he had been a
great fool.
(D) He says that he is a great fool.
42.
He said to me, “The man will
come tomorrow.” (A) He said to me that the man can come tomorrow.
(B)
He is saying that the man would
come tomorrow.
(C)
He told me that the man would
come the next day.
(D) He says that the man should come tomorrow.
43.
Rita said to me, “Please help
me.”
(A)
Rita says to help her.
(B)
Rita ordered me to help her.
(C)
Rita asked to help her.
(D) Rita requested me to help her.
44.
He says to me, “You are my best
friend.”
(A)
He tells me that I am his best
friend.
(B)
He says that I am going to be
his best friend.
(C)
He stated that I am his best
friend.
(D) He told that I was his best friend.
Direction (45-48) Choose the correct form of Verb
:-
45.
I ………….. in the morning.
(A) walk (B)
walks
(C) walking (D)
walked
46.
He never ………….. a lie.
(A) telling (B)
have told
(C) will tell (D)
tells
47.
I ………….. this place before he
comes.
(A) will leave (B)
leaving
(C) left (D)
leave
48.
He is ………….. to buy a flat.
(A) went (B)
going
(C) gone (D)
go
Direction (49-52) Choose the most suitable
preposition :
49.
Come and sit ………….. me.
(A) with (B)
for
(C) at (D)
by
50.
He is bent ………….. taking
revenge.
(A) to (B)
on (C) for (D)
through
51.
He prohibited me ………….. going
to movie.
(A) at (B)
by
(C) from (D)
in
52.
Hard work is key …………..
success.
(A) of (B)
to
(C) from (D)
for
Direction (53-56) Choose the correctly spelt word
:
53.
(A) Progress (B)
Progres
(C) Proggres (D)
Prograce
54.
(A) Opportunity (B)
Oporchunity
(C) oportunity (D)
Auportunity
55.
(A) Addapted (B)
Adipted
(C) Adapted (D)
Adiptod
56.
(A) Simpathy (B)
Sempathy
(C) Simpaethy (D)
Sympathy
Direction (57-60) Choose the most suitable
translation
61.
Who didn’t dislike the rapid
movement of life?
(A) corn-merchant (B)
the author
(C) nephew
of corn-merchant (D) wife of
corn-merchant
62.
Where was Mrs. Greene piling
newspapers?
(A) Next to her garbage bag (B) Anywhere in the campus
(C) In the
corner of the garden (D) In
the flower pot
63.
Which tribe did the author
belong to in ‘The Pace for Living?
(A) fast thinkers (B)
steady thinkers
(C) slow thinkers (D)
lazy thinkers
64.
What does Mr. Williams actually
mean to say to Jim in ‘Me and the
Ecology Bit’?
(A)
Compost is not suitable for
plants.
(B)
Compost is not environment
friendly.
(C)
Compost spoils the kitchen.
(D) Compost stinks in the whole street.
65.
How many wounds did the
squirrel have in ‘Gillu’?
(A) One (B)
Five
(C) Two (D)
Seven
66.
………….. University conferred an
honorary doctorate on Satyajit
Ray.
(A)
Cambridge (B)
Oxford (C) California (D)
Mumbai
67.
Aung San Suu Kyi is a …………..
(A) revolutionary (B)
classical dancer
(C)
pro-democracy activist (D)
poetess
68.
When did Toni Morrison receive
the Nobel Prize?
(A) 1990 (B)
1992
(C) 1993 (D)
1994
69.
What is the name of the
political party headed by Aung San Suu
Kyi?
(A)
National Congress
(B)
National League for Democracy
in Burma
(C)
Myanmar League
(D) Myanmar Congress
70.
………….. were considered the
earliest invaders of India.
(A) Aryans (B) Turks
(C) Greek (D)
Afghans
71.
Where does the koel conceal
itself?
(A) In the forest (B)
In mango-leaves
(C) In the leaves (D)
In peepal-leaves
72.
What does the porter’s body
emit?
(A) coloured lights (B)
radiation
(C) sulphur
like smell (D) fragrance
73.
The author in ‘Allergy’ talks
about different types of …………..
(A) allergies (B)
doctors
(C) medicines (D)
diseases
74.
‘Two Horizons’ has been
translated from Oriya into English by
………..
(A) Binapani Mohanty herself (B)
Giridhar Jha
(C) Jayanta
Mahapatra (D)
John Galsworthy
75.
‘Love Defiled’ is a story about
the narrator and his ………..
(A) brother (B)
girlfriend
(C) father (D)
sister
76.
‘The Empty Heart’ tells us
about ………..
(A) greed (B)
poverty
(C) sickness (D)
over-eating
77.
In the poem “Polythene Bag’,
what keeps coming again and again?
(A) Anxiety of the future (B)
Comfortable feeling
(C) Pain
caused by the hurt (D) Fits of depression
78.
Who is the author of “Little
Girls Wiser Than Men’?
(A) Bladimir Narakov (B) Maxim Gorki
(C) Leo Tolstoy (D)
Katherine Mansfield
79.
According to the poet of ‘God
Made the Country’, who made the town?
(A) God (B)
NGOs
(C) Government (D)
Man
80.
According to Pope, a man is
happy if he is ………..
(A) rich (B)
contented
(C) famous (D)
poor
81.
Which work of Premchand was
banned by the British
Government?
(A) Godan (B)
Soje Vatan
(C) Nirmala (D)
Gaban
82.
‘It was ……….. to go to him (Mr.
Gessler) very often.’
(A) not possible (B)
occasionally possible
(C) possible (D)
maybe possible
83.
Like a conjurer, Walter De La
Mare creates an atmosphere of
………..
(A) mystery (B)
town
(C)
school (D)
country
84.
Radha’s friends were ………..
about her.
(A) angry (B)
happy
(C) worried (D)
ecstatic
Direction (85-86) Choose the correct option of the
following.
85.
Passive Voice of ‘When do you
take milk’?
(A) When is milk taken by you?
(B)
When has milk taken by you?
(C)
Is milk taken by you?
(D) You have taken milk?
86.
Active Voice of ‘My watch was
stolen’.
(A) Stole my watch. (B)
Someone stole my watch.
(C) Watch is stolen. (D)
Watch was stolen.
Direction (87-88) Choose the indirect speech of the
given sentences :
87.
“Who has done this work?” said
Ram to Shyam.
(A)
Ram asked Shyam who had done
that work.
(B)
Ram asking Shyam who did the
work.
(C)
Ram has asked Shyam about who
did the work.
(D) Ram will ask Shyam as who will do the work.
88.
He said, “I like this song”.
(A)
He says that he likes this
song.
(B) He said that he liked that song.
(C)
He is saying that he likes this
song.
(D) He may say that he likes this song.
Direction (89-91) Choose the correct form of verb
:
89.
It ………….. since last evening.
(A) is raining (B)
has been raining
(C) will rain (D)
rains
90.
Have you ………….. her?
(A) see (B)
seen (C) saw (D)
will see
91.
I saw him ………….. for you.
(A) waited (B)
will wait
(C) wait (D)
waiting
Direction (92-94) Choose the most suitable
preposition.
92.
They were invited ………….. lunch
(A) of (B)
on
(C) for (D)
by
93.
He is ………….. his office.
(A) at (B)
in (C) on (D)
by
94.
Take care ………….. your health.
(A) of (B)
with
(C) in (D)
to
Direction (95-97) Choose the correctly spelt word.
95.
(A) Convinse (B)
Cunvince
(C) Convense (D)
Convince
96.
(A) Probelam (B)
Problem
(C) Prublam (D)
Preblem
97.
(A) Describe (B)
Deescribe
(C) Discribe (D)
Daescribe
Direction (98-100) Choose the correct translation.
98. /kkfeZd
iqLrdksa dk v/;;u djksA
(A)
Studying religious books.
(B)
Books study religious.
(C)
Study religious books.
(D)
You should study religious
books.
99. Ekksgu
bruk eksVk gS fd og nkSM+ ugha ldrkA
(A)
Mohan is so fat that he cannot
run.
(B)
Fat is so Mohan that he can’t
run.
(C)
Running is difficult for Mohan.
(D) Mohan is just fat that he cannot run.
100. vHkh
nks cts gSaA
(A)
It was two o’clock.
(B)
It is two o’clock
(C) It has been two o’clock
(D)
It will be two o’clock
SECTION- B
Descriptive Type Questions
1.
Read the following passage
carefully and answer the questions that
follow.
There
are many kinds of fish. There are big fish, small fish, long fish and short
fish. People know about 25,000 different kinds of fish.
There are probably
15,000 kinds of fish that people do not know about. There are many colours of
fish – red, blue, yellow and white. All fish do not eat the same things. Some
fish eat flies or other bugs. Some eat plants like seaweed. Some fish eat other
fish. The fastest fish can swim about 70 miles per hour. The longest fish are
Sharks. Fish can see, feel and taste. They can feel pain too.
Questions
(i) How many kinds of fish do people know about? (1)
(ii) How fast can the fastest fish swim?
(2)
(iii) Which is the largest fish? (2)
(iv) What can fish feel? (2)
OR
There was an incident which
occurred during Gandhiji’s first year at the High School. Mr. Giles, the
Inspector had come on a visit. He set up five words as spelling exercise. One
of these words was ‘Kettle’. Gandhiji
misspelt it. The teacher tried to prompt Gandhiji but he would not be
prompted. He would not copy the spelling. The result was that all the boys
spelt it correctly except Gandhiji. He never could learn the art of copying.
Questions
(i) Who was Mr. Giles? (1)
(ii) What task was set by Mr. Giles to the students? (2)
(iii) What did the teacher do? (2)
(iv) What was the effect of the teacher’s action on Gandhiji? (2)
2.
Read the following passage and
answer the questions that follow :
Trees
are very essential to our environment. The most important and major component
provided by the trees is oxygen. We get all the minerals and vitamins needed
for our proper health and growth from the fruits and other plant products like
vegetables, cereals, grains, etc. The roots of the trees prevent soil
erosion.
Questions
(i)
Why are trees essential? (1)
(ii) What do we get from trees? (2)
(iii)
What is the major component
provided by the trees? (2) (iv) What do the roots of the trees
prevent? (2)
OR
I speak with
prejudice, because I belong to the tribe of slow thinkers. I am one of those
who are sure to get the lowest marks in my intelligence test, because those
tests or all the ones I have come across seem to be designed to measure the
speed of your mind more than anything else. Obviously, we slow thinkers are
terribly handicapped in the business of getting a living. But what I am
thinking about just now is not so much the practical use of one’s mind as its
use for enjoyment.
Questions :
|
(i) To which tribe did the
writer belong to? |
(1) |
|
(ii) How are today’s
intelligence tests designed? |
(2) |
|
(iii) What is the writer thinking
of? |
(2) |
|
(iv)
Make sentences with ‘Handicapped’, ‘Enjoyment’ |
(2) |
3. Read the poem carefully and answer the
questions that follow:
All
things bright and beautiful,
All
creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all.
Each
little flower that opens,
Each
little bird that sings,
He
made their glowing colours
He
made their tiny wings.
Questions
|
(i) What is ‘wonderful’ and
‘wise’? |
|
(2) |
|
(ii)
What makes the flower open and birds sing? |
|
(2) |
(iii) Who is ‘He’ in the poem’? (2)
OR
Not
gold, but only man can make
A
people great and strong –
Men
who for truth and honour’s sake
Stand
fast and suffer long
Brave
men who work while others sleep,
Who
dare while others fly –
They
build a nation’s pillar deep
And
lift them to the sky
Questions
(i) What makes a nation great and strong? (2)
(ii) What sort of men strengthen the foundation of a nation. (2)
(iii)
Who, in the opinion of the
poet, are really brave? (2)
4. Answer any five of the following
questions: (5x2=10)
(A)
How did Gillu sustain the
wounds?
(B)
Who is the elderly
corn-merchant?
(C)
What is civilization, according
to Humayun Kabir?
(D)
What did Akoulya tell Malasha
not to do?
(E)
According to Pope, who is a
happy man?
(F)
How were the wings of the Koel
charred?
(G) How did Martha tell her stories?
(H)
Who is reigning over the rich
kingdom of sleep?
(I)
What did the lawyer do in the
second year of imprisonment?
(J) What does the mother advise to her daughter?
5.
Write a paragraph on any one of the following in about 60-70
words: (5)
(i)
Covid 19 and its Impact on Society.
(ii)
Your school
(iii) Unity is Strength
(iv) Women Empowerment
(v)
Television
Direction
(6-11): Answer any three from Q Nos. 6 to 11 (3x5=15)
6.
You are Ravi, President of the
Quiz Committee. Write a notice in about
50-60 words informing
the students about a Quiz Competition on Covid 19 to be organised in your
school.
7.
Write a report in about 60-70
words about the Chief Minister’s visit to flood-affected areas.
8.
Write an application to your
Principal, requesting him to provide a platform for cultural activities in the
school.
9.
Write a letter to your father
informing him about your good result in the final examination.
10.
Write a speech in about 50-70
words on ‘Importance of Sanitation’.
11. Write a message in about 30-40 words to your friend asking him/her
to be ready for accompanying you to market.
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