Model 39. HS 2nd Yr Alte Unit Test (Sep 2025)

HS 2nd YEAR 
PRE- FINAL EXAMINATION
ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH.   
TOTAL MARKS- 50


1. Answer any ten from the following questions: (1x10=10)

a. Who wrote the poem Ozymandias of Egypt ?
b. What was written on the pedestal of the statue of Ozymandias?
c. What was Rosemary’s reaction when the poor girl asked for money?
d. What did the vicar ask the verger to do?
e. What business did Foreman start after leaving the church?
f. How many shops did Foreman own eventually?
g. What type of house is Bina Kutir?
h. What was Brajen Kalita’s occupation?
i. How is Death personified in the poem ‘Because I Could Not Stop for Death’?
j. What does the “setting sun” ‘Because I Could Not Stop for Death’ symbolize?
k. Where does the “strange meeting” take place?
l. What does the dead soldier say about war in the poem ‘Strange Meeting’?


2. Answer any 5 of the following question. 
(2x5‎ = 10)
 
a. What is the theme of the poem ‘Strange Meeting’?
b. What characteristics of Ozymandias are revealed in the poem?           
c. What else remains beside the ruins of the statue?
d. What does the story The Verger suggest about the path to success?
e. Discuss the relevance of the title Bina Kutir.
f. In what manner is Death personified in Dickinson’s poem?
g. What does the poet mean by “titanic wars” in Strange Meeting?


1. Answer any three of the following: (3x3‎ = 9)

a. Comment on the significance of the title “Because i could not stop for death”.
b. What are the poetic devices often used by Wilfred Owen in his poem?
c. What does the Night of the Scorpion say about a mother?
d. Comment on the significance of the title ‘A cup of Tea’.


4. Answer any two of the following questions: (2x5=10)

a. Attempt a character sketch of the verger.
b. What is the message that the poet wants to convey in the poem ‘Ozymandias’?
c. “Bina Kutir is not just a place, but a symbol.” Discuss with reference to the story.


 4. Attempt any five of the question tags. (1x6=6)

a. Rima is late.
b. He sings well.
c. There is no food left.
d. Open the window.
e. You don’t like coffee.
f. Everything is fine.
g. The teacher was absent yesterday.


1. Correct any five errors and rewrite the sentences. (1x5‎ = 5)

a. His wonder knew no bound.
b. She took out her shoes.
c. He is senior than me.
d. I am going to college by bus everyday.
e. She married with a doctor.
f. Neither of the two girls were present.

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