Model 14 HS2nd Yr Test 2020

HS 2nd Year Pre Final Examination
Full Marks -100                                                           Time – 3 Hours
SECTION A
(Reading Skill       :       10 Marks)
1. Read the following passage carefully
        Today's woman is a highly self-directed person, alive to the sense of her dignity and the importance of her functions in the private domestic domain and the public domain of the world of work. Women are rational in approach, careful in handling situation and want to do things as best as possible. The Fourth World Conference of Women held in Beijing in September 1995 had emphasised that no enduring solution of society's most threatening social, economic and political problems could be found without the participation and empowerment of the women. The 1995 World Summit for Social Development had also emphasised the pivotal role of women in eradicating poverty and mending the social fabric.
          The Constitution of India had conferred on women equal rights and opportunities - political, social, educational and of employment with men. Because of oppressive traditions, superstitions, exploitation and corruption, a majority of women are not allowed to enjoy the rights and opportunities, bestowed on them. One of the major reasons for this state of affairs is the lack of literacy and awareness among women. Education is the main Instrument through which we can narrow down the prevailing inequality and accelerate the process of economic and political change in the status of women.
          The role of women in a society is very important. Women's education is the key to a better life in the future. A recent World Bank study says that educating girls is not a charity, it is good economics and if developing nations are to eradicate poverty, they must educate the girls. The report says that the economic and social returns on investment in education of the girls considerably affect the human development index of the nation. Society would progress only if the status of women is respected and the presence of an educated woman in the family would ensure education of the family itself. Education and empowerment of women are closely related.
          On the basis of your reading of the passage the following questions:
(a) Mention some of the qualities of today's women.            2
(b) Where was the Fourth World conference of women held and what did it emphasise ?   1+1=2
(c) What factors prevent a majority of women from enjoying their rights and opportunities?           2
(d) What can education do for the cause of women?           2
(e) What is the observation of World Bank on girl education?           2

SECTION B       
(25 MARKS)

2. You are Anil, the Sports Secretary of Sonai HS School. Write a notice on your school notice board giving the details for participation of students in a football tournament organised by your school.             5
Or
   Design a poster for the world Environment Day creating awareness among the people about the threats of environment degradation ( Maximum 50 words)        5

3.A team of twenty students from Japan visited your school as part of a cultural exchange programme. A special welcome assembly was organized for them. Write a report about the same in 100-125 words for your school magazine.      10
Or
    The students of the local college have organized a campaign on 'Say no to Plastic' in your town. Prepare a report in 100-125 words to be published in an English daily.        10

4. You are Rekha / Ramesh of Barpeta. You have seen an advertisement for the post of a sports teacher in Lakhimpur High School. Write a letter to the President of the Managing Committee of the school applying for the post. Give your detailed bio-data as well.       10
Or
You are Gaurav / Garima, a resident of Guwahati, Write a letter to the editor of a local daily expressing your views against the insensitive use of loudspeaker during festival.                    10

SECTION-C
(Grammar : 20 Marks)

5.Change the form of the narration in the following sentences: 2x2=4
(a) Alexander said to Porus, "How do you desire to be treated?" He answered, "Like a king." 
(b) The boys exclaimed in joy that they had all passed the test and that they would celebrate their success the next day. 
6. Change the voice of any three of the following sentences: 1×3=3
(a) The nurse is looking after this little girl.
(b) Morning shows the day.
(c) The glass has not been broken by anybody.
(d) What causes an earthquake?
(e) The ground has to be cleared by us.
(f) The Governor gave him a reward.
(g) Whom did you laugh at? 
(h) He was taught this in his boyhood.
(i) Shut the window.
7. Rewrite any five of the following sentences using the verbs given in brackets in their correct tense forms:   1×5=5
(a) He_______ (work) here since 2011.
(b) I________(write) the letter last night.
(c) He_______ (sit) in the library when I saw him.
(d) If I were you, I______ (not do) it.
(e) The first World War______ (last) for four years and ended in 1918. 
(f) The rubbish van________ (come) again in the afternoon tomorrow.
8. Rewrite any four of the following sentences filling in the blanks with appropriate prepositions : 1x4=4
(a) The ship is sailing_______ the shore.
(b) Cut the rope_______a knife.
(a) He is fond______ playing cards.
(b) She was annoyed________ missing the bus.
(c) Who is responsible_______ breaking this mirror?
(d) We tried to dissuade her_________ marrying an old man.
(e) They are thinking_________ moving to another house.
9.Rewrite any four of the sentences as directed: 1x4=4
(a) This is one of the best colleges in the North.
(Change it into comparative degree)
(b) You are richer than I.
(Make it negative without changing the meaning)
(c) There is no smoke without fire. 
(Make it affirmative without changing the meaning)
(d) We heard of her failure.
(Make it a complex sentence)
(b) He left no plan untried. (change into affirmative)
(c) He came in the evening. (change into a complex sentence)
(d) I shall never forget you. (change into interrogative)
(e) You must work hard to succeed. (change into a compound sentence)
(f) No sooner did he see me than he began to quarrel. (change into affirmative)

SECTION-D
(Text books   :       45 Marks)
10. Read one of the following extracts and answer the questions that follow:
(a) The little old house was out with at
little new shed
In front at the edge of the road 
where the traffic sped,
A roadside stand that too pathetically pled,
It would not be fair to say for a dole
 of bread.
But for some of the money, the cash 
whose flow supports
The flower of cities from sinking and
withering faint."
Questions:
(i) Where was the shed put up?   1
(ii) What was its purpose? 1
(iii) Why does the poet use the word 'pathetic'? 1
(iv) Who are referred to as the flower of cities'? 1
OR
(b) "No, in country money, the country scale of gain, The requisite lift of spirit has never been found, Or so the voice of the country seems to complain, I can't help owning the great relief it would be, To put these people at one stroke out of their pain. And then next day as I come back into the sane, I wonder how I should like you to come to me And offer to put me gently out of my pain".
Questions:
(i) Where do these lines occur? 1
(ii) Why has the requisite spirit never been found? 1
(iii) What does the voice of the country people seem to say? 1
(iv) What will be of great relief for the poet? 1
11. Answer any three of the following questions in 30-40 words:  3×2=6
(i) What increases continuously in A Thing of Beauty? 
(ii) What is considered to be an exotic moment' in 'Keeping Quiet?
(iii) What are the merry children spilling out of their homes' symbolic of ?
(iv) Who are referred to as the flower of cities' in 'A Roadside Stand?
(v) Which things irritated the passers-by who stopped at the road-side stand?
12. Answer any five of the following questions.  1×5=5
(a) What is the name of the blacksmith in "The Last Lesson"? 
(b) What is the 'great trouble with Alsace'?
(c) Why have Saheb and his family migrated to Seemapuri?
(d) Who is the 'Chota Sahib' in the 'Memoirs of a Chota Sahib' ?
(e) How did John Rowntree find the weather when he arrived at Gauhati?
(f) Where was Champaran ? country does Danny Casey play for?
13. Answer any five of the following questions in 30-40 words:  2×5=5
(a) Why was the lesson called the last lesson?
(b) What had been put up in the bulletin board?
(c) What does Saheb look for in the garbage dumps? Where is he and where has he come from?
(d) Is Saheb happy working at the tea-stall? Why?
(e) What does Roventree often talk of in 'Memoirs of a Chota Sahib'?
(f) Give a brief description of Peacock Island.
(g) What theme does the story 'Going Places' explore?
14. Answer any one of the following questions in 80-100 words: 1x5=5
(a) Describe the bangle makers of Firozabad. How does the vicious circle of the Sahukars, the middlemen never allow them to come out of their poverty?
OR
(b) Relate Rowntree's experiences of floods in Assam.
15. Answer any one of the following questions in 125-150 words:
   Why is Antarctica the place to go, to understand the earth's present, past and future?
OR
Bama's experience is that of a victim of the caste system. What kind of discrimination does Zitkala- Sa's experience depict? What are their responses to their respective situations?
16. Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words: 2×4=8
(a) How did the hundredth tiger take its revenge on the tiger king?
(b) Why did the messenger come to Dr. Sadao?
(c) How did Mr. Lamb try to give courage and confidence to Derry?
(d) Why did it take Bama to reach home in 30 minutes instead of 10 minutes?
(e) Why and how did Derry enter Mr. Lamb's garden?
(f) Why does Derry go back to Mr. Lamb in the end?
(g) When did Bama experience untouchability?
(h) What was Zitkala's idea regarding short, shingled hair?

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