Pre- Final
Assessment Examination - 2018
Sub - English
Full
marks : 90
Time : 3
hours
Section
- A
1. (a) Choose
the meaning of
the underlined word
in the following sentences
from the alternatives given
in brackets .
1
Ans :
hatred
(b) State
whether the following
statements are ‘ true ’ or
‘ false ’ : 
= 1
Avoiding everybody’s
eyes , she ( Valli ) walked
quickely to an
empty seat and
sat down .
An elderly
woman addressed Valli
as madam .
Ans :
i.
True.
ii.
False
(c) Choose
the correct answer from
among the alternatives
given and complete the
sentence.
1Valli’s favourite
pastime was -
(i)
To play with
her playmates
Ans :
(ii) To stand
in the front
doorway .
2. Who
accompanied Nelson Mandela
on the swearing
ceremony ?
Ans : Nelson
Mandela’s daughter Zenani
accompanied on the
swearing ceremony.
3. What
crop was farmed
by Lencho ?
Ans : The
corp , corn was farmed by
Lencho .
4. From
where does Kaveri
obtain its water ?
Ans : Kaveri
obtains its water
from the hills
and forests of
Coorg .
5. Where did
Pranjal and Rajvir
go from Mariani
junction ?
Ans : Pranjal and
Rajvir went to
Dhekiabari Tea Estate
from Mariani Junction.
6. What
does Mandela mean when
he says , “
Freedom is indivisible
” ?
Ans : When
Mandela realized that
his people were
not free to live
a life of liberty , dignity
and self – respect , he
could no longer
enjoy the limited
freedom that he was allowed. He
felt that as
long as even one of
his people had
to suffer brutality
, it would mean
that all his people
were suffering .
Hence when his people
were tide the chains of
bondage. How could be free ?
Hence he says , “ Freedom is indivisible
.”
7. What
did Valli find
when she entered her house after
her bus journey
?
Ans : Valli
entered the house
, she found her mother
awake . She
also found her
aunt from the
south street .
Her mother and
the aunt were busy in conversation .
8. What
was the Indian
legend about tea ?
Ans : According To Indian
legend , Bodhidharma , an ancient
Buddhist ascetic , cut off his
eyelids because he
felt sleepy during
meditations . Ten tea
plants grew out
of the eyelids
. The leaves
of these plants
when put in
hot water and
drunk banished sleep.
9. What
are the sports that
visitors to Coorg may
enjoy ?
Ans :
The sports that
visitors to Coorg
may enjoy are
river rafting , canoeing , rappelling
, rock climbing and
mountain biking .
10. Why
was Lencho’s soul filled
with sadness ?
Ans : When the hail
stopped , Lencho’s soul was filled with
sadness . He felt that the hail
had left nothing and that year would
have no corn . All their hard work in
vain . There was no one to help
them , they would go hungry that year.
11. What
are the ‘ twin
obligations ’ Mandela mentions ?
Ans :
According to Mandela there are
two obligations : One’s obligations to
his family , to his parents , to his
wife and children and one’s obligations
to his people , his community and
his country .
12. Why
did the postmaster answer the
letter to Lencho
?
Ans : The
postmaster wondered at Lencho’s deep faith
on God . He did not want to
shake his faith . Therefore he wrote the letter and
sent him the money so that he
would think that God had granted his
appeal .
Again he
signed on the letter ‘ God ’ so that
Lencho would believe that it was
really God who had sent him the money.
Section – B
13.
Choose from
the box given below
the words that rhyme
with the following
:
Hat , cage
, help ,
bright , worm ,. Wagon
, toes , pyrate
|
Ans : Nose
- toes
Gyrate -
Pyrate
Yelp -
help
Squirm -
worm
14.
Choose the
meaning of the
underlined words from
the alternatives given in
brackets .
( noisy / compassioned
/ silent )
Don’t hunch
your shoulders .
(raise /
cut / nag )
Ans :
a. Silent b.
raise
15.
Why does the tiger ignore visitors
?
Ans : The
tiger ignores the visitors as his strength is confined to the cage. He feels
sad and restless behind the concrete walls. He is fed up with his situation and
so ignores the visitors.
16.
How does
the fog come
, according to
the poet ?
Ans :
The fog comes
silently like a
cat . The cat
makes no noise
while it moves
. Similarly the fog makes no
noise or sound
to announce its
approach . As a cat
sits silently on
haunches , so the
fog covers the
harbour and the
city silently and
moves an in
the same manner .
17.
Why does
the poet feel
more at home
with animals ?
Ans : The
poet says that he
could live with animals because
he saw more
of his basic
, true nature in
them . The virtuous characteristics that
man has lost
in his race
for civilization can
be seen in animals
who have retained their natural
selves . As a
man has given
into vices like
constant whining ,
committing sins , materialistic ,and
disregard for nature
, the poet
feels that he
could find a
better life with
animals .
18.
What could
Amanda do if
she were a
mermaid ?
Ans : If Amanda
were a mermaid
she could drift around
happily in the
calm sea ,
away from the
interference and scolding
of elders . If
she were a mermaid
Amanda could live
alone and blissfully
.
SECTION- C
19. (a) Who is Fowler ? Give a description of his meeting with Ausable ?
Ans : Ausable
was a young
romantic writer .
He envisioned
mysterious figures in
the night , the
crack of pistols
, drugs in wine .
He was
a writer of detective
stories . Ausable gave him a telephone
call to meet
him in his
rooms . Accordingly
he came and
met Ausable had
his room . Ausable said over
his shoulder that he
had been told
he was a
spy . Then Ausable
said that Fowler
must have felt
disillusioned . Then he told him
about a paper
for which several
men and women had
risked their lives . The
letter had come
to him . He
added that soon
that paper might
affect the course
of history. Then Ausable
switched on the light
. Max was surprised
to see in Ausable’s
room a man
standing holding a
small pistol .
The man holding
the pistol was
Max . Ausable
asked him what
he had been doing
in his room .
OR(b) How did the lady in red play the trick upon Horace Danby ?
Ans : Horace
Danby was about to open the safe that the
found in the drawing room of the
house at Shotover Garnge . Just then a young
lady standing in the doorway said that she
had heard him from the top of the
house . She pretended to be the wife
of the house owners. Horace thought of
running away. But the woman threatened to
telephone the police . Horace said that
he would cut the telephone wires . The
lady asked if he wanted to kill her
. Horace suggested that she should forget
that she had always liked the wrong type
of people . Then lighting a cigeratte.
she asked him to open the
safe . Horace Danby promised to open
it in hour . he did it because the
women told him that she wanted the
jewels for a party that night .
Accordingly Horace opened the safe within
an hour and gave the jewels to her .
Later on he found that the woman was
not the wife of the house owner but one
of line who was superior to him in
intelligence and trick .
20. (a) What
curious episode occurred
in the study
of the clergyman
?
Ans :
The money
That Griffin had
stolen from the
shopkeeper at Drury
Lane in London
did not last
long and he
had to admit
to Mrs. Hall that
he had no
cash . However
, he pretended
that he was
expecting a cheque
. Shortly afterwards
a curious episode
occurred . The
clergyman and his
wife was awakened very
early in the
morning by noises
in the study
. Creeping downstairs
they heard the chink
of money being
taken from the
clergyman’s desk . Without making
any noise the clergy
opened the door
with the help of
a poker. He was amazed
to see that there was
no one in
the room . His
wife looked behind
the curtains , under the
desk and even in the
chimney . No,
there was nobody
in the room
. Yet they
found the desk
open and the housekeeping
money was missing
. The helpless clergyman simply
that the whole
incident was an extraordinary
one .
(b) Who was Bill ? What did he say about Lutkins to the lawyer ?
Ans : Bill
was a hack driver. The narrator in the story comes to the town searching for Lutkins
and comes across a hack driver who convinced the lawyer that he knew where the
Lutkins were. The narrator after going to a few place returned to his office
and the young lawyer lost hope to find Lutkins. The humour is present in the
fact that the hack driver was himself Lutkins.
Bill says
that it was
hard to make
Lutkins part with
money and pay
his debts .
He also adds that Lutkins
was a hard
fellow to catch . Bill
added that Lutkins
might be busy
to start up
a poker game
in the back
of Fritz’s shop
. Bill then
learnt that the
lawyer would have to
catch the afternoon train to the
city . So he proposed
to bring and really bought his hack so
as to go round
the town searching
Lutkins . Then Bill said that Lutkins
never paid a cent
to anybody .
He claimed that
he still owed him fifty
cents on a poker
game . Bill added that
Lutkins was not
really bad . But it
was hard to
make part with
his money . Then Bill
proposed to go to Fritz’s
where he would
ask for Lutkins , but he
told the lawyer to
keep his face hidden behind
him . He wanted
to give Lutkins
a little surprise
. Then they
started to Fritz’s
shop .
SECTION -D
21. Fill
in the blanks
with right determiners
:
c. ______Assam Tribune
is a daily
.
Ans :
d. There are
only _____- pens in the box
.
a. any
b. a
little / a
c. the
d. a
few
22. Fill
in the blanks
with correct prepositions
from among the
choices given in
brackets :
Ans :
a. to
b. from
c. by
d. at
23. Rewrite
the following sentences
putting the verbs
in the brackets
in their correct
tense forms :(a)
When she
entered my room , I
(read)
(b)
She (cry) since
this morning .
a. was
reading
b. has
been crying
24. Change the forms of narration of the following :(a) Pradip said to Pritom, “ Please lend me your pen .”(b) The teacher said to the students , “ Have you finished writing your answers ? ’’(c) He told me that he would return my book the next day .
Ans :
a. Pradip
requested Pritom to lend
him his pen.
b. The
teacher asked the students
if they had finished
writing their answers.
c. He
said to me ,
“ I
shall return your book
tomorrow .”
25. Change
the voice of
the following :
(a)
The school was
built in 1950 .(b) Why
are you looking
at me ?
Ans :
a. People
built the school in 1950.
b. Why
am I being
looked at by you ?
26. Combine
each of the
following pairs of
sentences into a single
sentence :
(a) My
friend is a
singer . Do
you know him ?(b)
He is
rich . He
is not happy
.
Ans :
a. Do
you know my
friend is a singer
?
b. He
is rich but not
unhappy .
27. Choose
the correct alternatives
from the choices given
in brackets :
(a) The
boy _______ (denied/refused) to go with
me .(b)
The cap is made
of ______ (far /fur )
Ans : (a) refused
(b) fur
(b) fur
28. Make sentences to illustrating the meaning of any two of the following :Come round , give up , make out , hanker for
Ans :
Come round
: He will come
round very soon .
Give up
: Give up
this bad habit .
Make out :
I cannot make the
meaning of these words .
Hanker for
: I hanker
for a wealthy
lifestyle .
29. Correct
errors in any
three of the
following sentences :
(a) Let
us discuss about
the matter .(b) He
left the school
with bag and
baggage .(c )
You must
stop write now .
(d)
He is
richer than me.
(e)
Tell me
where does he
live .
Ans :
a. Let
us discuss the
matter .
b. He left
the hostel bag
and baggage .
c. You
must stop writing now.
d.
He is
richer than I .
e. Tell me
where he lives.
SECTION - E
30. Translate into English :
(a) তুমি কেতিয়াবা হাফলঙলৈ গৈছানে ?
(b) তাত আমাৰ মামা থাকে ৷
(c) তেখেতে তাত ১৯৯০ চনৰপৰা
চাকৰি কৰি আছে ৷
(d) যোৱা গৰমৰ বন্ধত
মই তালৈ গৈছিলো ৷
(e) তুমি যদি যোৱা মোক জনাবা ৷
(f) মোৰ বন্ধুজনে
সুধিলে , “ যোৰহাটৰপৰা হাফলং কিমান দূৰ ? ”
Ans :
Ans :
a. Have
you ever gone
to Haflong ?
b. Our
uncle lives there .
c. He
has been working there since
1990.
d. I
went there last
summer vacation.
e. If
you go , you
will inform me .
f. My
friend said to me , “ How far is Haflong
from Jorhat ? ”
OR
Give the substance
of the following
passage .
History really begins when men were civilized
enough to set down a record of
their action by cutting marks in
clay and stone,
or by writing on paper
and parchment. They first began to
this about six thousand years ago,
and we find them
in these records already living in great
cities : masters of arts and
crafts, and divided
into humbly and nobly-
born, poor and rich, all subjects of powerful
kings.
But perhaps you will
be curious enough to ask whether we know
anything about men’s lives before
written history
begins . Yes
, we know
something about that
too , and our knowledge
is
the result of
much clever and patient
study of remains
left by those
very distant ancestors
of ours ,
such as there
own bones , the bones
of the animals they
hunted or tended
, bits of
their pottery or
clothing , and perhaps
the most
interesting of all ,
the wonderful drawings
which they scratched
on bones , or
painted on cave
walls .
31. Write
in about 150
words an essay
on any one
of the following
topics :(a)
The festival you
like most .
(b)
Discipline in student
life .
The festival you like most .
Introduction :
Festivals are
community affairs . They are
celebrated at certain fixed days of the
year . Festivals being
in freshness and relief
from boredom of daily
life . Bhogali
Bihu in Assam one
of the such
festivals .
The aim
of festival and
the time :
The Bhugali
Bihu is a festival
of feasting and
merriment . The
word Bhugali means occasion of
enjoyment both in
eating and merrymaking
. It is celebrated
on the Samarkranti
day of the Assamese
months Paush and
Magh . According to
English Calender it
is celebrated on 13th and 14th of
January every year
. The aim of
celebrating the Bhugali
Bihu is to
eaten drink heartily
and entertain friends
and relatives after the
harvesting season .
How celebrated
:
Preparation for
the Bhugali Bihu
starts from the middle
of the month
of Paush . The
night before the
bihu is called
Uruka . On the
Uruka night community feasts are
held in the fields . Mejhis are
created with straw
and Bamboo poles . The
young people spent
the night singing and
enjoying themselves inside
the Bhelaghars . The
girls and the
wives remain busy
preparing delicious cakes
and other eatables .
On the
Bhuagali Bhiu they
people take both
early in the
morning and lit
the majhis . The
fire God is
worshiped in the
fire of the Mejhis
. After that the
elders assemble in the
Namghars while the
young men play some
in indigenous games like
Dhopkhel , Howkhel etc. At
noon people generally eat beaten
rice , curd
and cakes etc . In the
afternoon people visit the
houses of friends
and relatives . The visiting
are entertaining continues
for about a
week or even
longer .
Value :
The value
of the Bhugali
Bihu is better realized by rural
people . It is festival
of contentment . It is
celebrated by the people living on
hills and in
plains . Both the Hindus
and Muslims celebrate this festival .
Conclusion :
I like
the Bhugali Bihu as
it is a part of
our cultural tradition .
From economic point of
the views it
is the best
festival .
Discipline :
Definition and
meaning :
The habit
of acting or doing
things according to
rules is called
discipline . Discipline is
thus an obedience
to rules and
regulations. It is
very much important in life .
It is also equally
important for the society
. Happiness in a
family depends on
the discipline behaviour
of the members
of the family .
Training ground
:
The first
lesson of discipline
is learnt at
home . Discipline
is a habit and
it should be
cultivated from childhood
. Parents and
guidance should teach
the children the
value of discipline
. Discipline is
necessary in all walks
of life. Without
its society will
plunge into chaos .
At school
:
Schools are
the training grounds
for the students
. Student life
is the best life period for learning
. Discipline should be cultivated
seriously during school
life . Teachers
are disciplined ladies
and gentlemen. Students
should try to
learn the art of disciplined
from the teachers .
In fact the
schools are disciplined
institutions because without discipline
, it would not have
been possible for
hundreds of students
to learn there . Discipline should
be maintained in
everything . Specially
one should be
very careful and
disciplined in dresses
and conversation .
In The
Army :
Discipline is
strictly maintained in the army .
Without discipline there will be
no order in the army
camps . Similarly discipline
is necessary in
the playgrounds and in
all public places . A
disciplined people managed
everything peacefully . Many
of the troubles
in our lives
and due to
our indisciplined behaviour
. The world is
a crowded place
and to live
peacefully everyone must
be disciplined . Otherwise there will be
disturbance in our
social and individual
life .
Conclusion :
Disciplined is
like an ornament to a
man .
It brings peace
and happiness .
So , everyone
should cultivate disciplined
32. Answer either (a) or (b) (a) Write a letter to your friend inviting her/him to your home for a picnic .
My
dear __________ ,
I have
not heard from
you for a long time .
I hope
you are fine
. I have
an interesting news
for you . All
the girls of
our class have decided
to go out to Bashistha
for a picnic
on the New
Year’s day . Our History
Teacher will accompany us
at the guide
. We shall start
by bus at 7
A.M. from our
school compound and come
back in the
evening . Bashistha
is a very nice
and ideal place
for picnic. The
beauty of the
place is soothing to
the eyes. The
water of the
fountain flowing with
a gentle murmuring
sound is so
refreshing ! We shall spend
spend the whole
day there running
, singing and dancing
. It will be
so interesting . We
shall be very
happy if you
join us that
day.
Please do
come and bring
with you your camera
which you got
as a birth-day gift
from your uncle
.
Hoping that
you will not fail
to comply with .
Your loving friend
,
____________________________
33. Read the
following passage carefully
and answer the
questions given below
:
Tanya was Russian
girl of eighteen . She was
the daughter of
a school teacher
. The German invaded Russia in 1941 .
Tanya heard how
cruelly the enemies were
threatening her countrymen
. She was
eager to fight
the Germans but as
she was
a girl ,
she could not
become a soldier
. She was however
, given other
works to do
. It was
difficult , but she made
up her mind
to fulfill her task
. She cut off their
telephone lines and
set fire to
their stores .
One day she
come upon a
place where horses
were kept ,
and thought of
burning it down
. But just
she was going
to do it she
was caught by
a German soldier .
He took her to
their leader .
They tired to make her
say where she came
from and how
many there were
like her .
But much as they beat
the brave girl
, she did
not tell them
everything.
Questions :
a.Who was
Tanaya ?b.Why was
Tanya eager to
fight against the German
?c.What did
the German want to
know from her ?
d.Which words
in the passage mean
the following :Attack
Decide
a. Tanaya
was a Russian girl
of eighteen.
b. The
German invaded her
Country in 1941 and
she heard how
cruelly the enemies
were treating her
country men . Therefore she
was eager to fight against
the German .
c. The
German wanted to know about the
location she came from and her
companions.
d. (a)
Invaded (b) made up
34. Tenth
May dawned bright
and clear. For
the past few
days I had been
pleasantly besieged by
dignitaries and world
leaders who were coming
to pay their respects
before the inauguration
. The inauguration would
be largest gathering
ever of international
leaders on the
South African soil.
The ceremonies took
place in lovely
sandstone amphitheater
formed by the union
buildings in Pretoria . For decades
this had been
the seat of
white supremacy , and now it was the site of different
colours and nations for the installation of South Africa's first democratic non-racial government.
a. The
tenth May was
bright and clear.
b. The
ceremonies took place in the lovely
sandstone amphitheater formed
by the Union
Buildings in Pretoria.
c. The
lovely sandstone amphitheater had been the seat of white supremacy for decads and now
it was the
site of a
rainbow gathering of
different colours and nations
for the installation
of South Africa’s
first democratic non – racial
government. Therefore the ceremonies were
held there .
d. Surrounded
- Besieged
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