AHSEC HS 2nd Year Question Paper 2020 English

Total number of pages - 16
3OT ENGL

2020

ENGLISI{

Full Marks : 100
Pass Marks : 30

Time : Three hours

The fisures in the margin indicate full marks
for the questions'

10
Skill)
Q. No. 7 Section-A (Reading

25
(Adaanced Witing Skills)
Q. Nos. 2, 3 B 4 Section-B

20
g Section-C (Grammnr )
Q. Nos. 5, 6, 7, S A

45
Q. Nos. 70,77, 72, 73,
74,75 I 76 Section-D (Text books)
Total = 100

Contd.

SECTION-A

(Reailing Skill 10 Marks)

1. Read the following passage carefully :

The next time you take printouts unnecessarily or you
throw a paper into the biru think for a minute as to how many
trees have been felled to manufacture something you use so
often every day.
Can you take out some time from your everyday routine
and devote it to starting a simple recycling prograrnme at your
school or yonr neighbourhood ? Not only would you save our
planet from the torture of felling greenery/ but you would also
reduce generation and dumping of waste into the environment.

Using recycled papers conserves natural resources. As
our worldwide population growt the strain on these resources
becomes even greater. You can drastically reduce the number
of trees cut down for manufacturing paper. In addition to
saving landfill space, you cut down on your expenses of trash-
disposal. There is a reduction in air pollution caused due to
incineration. Making papers from discards instead of trees not
only saves forests, but it also reduces energy use by up to
three quarters and requires less than half as much water. Items
that are made of paper and may be recycled are called the
loose paper, a few examples are paper bags, magazines,
newspapers and cardboard egg-trays.

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A paper-recycling programme gives a positive image to
large corporations or business organizations. Parents can teach
their children the importance of recycled paper by bringing
about simple changes in their lifestyle. Schools can also train
students to make paper products like folders, penholders,
material for the display board, lampshades, teaching/leaming
aids, etc. Sfudents can creatively make their own cards, files,
folders, invitation cards and certificates for the school. Working
on a paper recycling plant demonstrates the concept of
recycling waste into 'wealth'. The real success of such
prograrunes is visible in the seemingly simple acts like students
exchanging books in a new academic session, indirectly saving
paper and thereby, trees. This is amazing that only a single
sheet is saved by each child, 40,000 trees could be saved per
year by students only.

Learning the facts about recycling paper will help you
as you fulfil your part to keep the environment green. If we
keep our minds focused on the desire to be friendly to our
earth and her resources, recycling will become important. After
a while, we will be in the habit of recycling the paper that we
use in the course of a given daY.

On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the
following questions :

(a) Why do you need to think before you take printouts
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(b) Name some of the products that can be obtained from
recycled paper.

(c) How can parents and schools help in creating awareness
about paper recycling ? 2

(d) How can students help in saving trees indirectly ? 2

(e) Give a synonym of 'conserve'.

(J) Find a word in the passage which means 'the
destruction of something, especially waste material by
burning". 1

SECTION-B

(Afuianced Writing Skills 25 Marks)

2. You are Gautam / Geeta, General Secretary of Radhakrishnan
College, Guwahati. Your college is organizing an educational
trip to Delhi during the summer vacations. Write a notice for
the college notice board giving all the details of the trip.
(Vord Limit : 50 utords)

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OR

Design a poster in not more than 50 words to create awareness
about the s#e!r measures to be taken during an earthquake.
5

3. A team of twenty students from ]apan 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. Ptepare 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 f Gatima, a resident of Guwahati' Write a
letter to the editor of a local daily expressing your views
against the insensitive use of loudspeaker during'"tdtu''
,O

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SECTION-C

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
duy.

6. Change the voice of any three ofthe following sentences :
Lx3=3

(a) The nurse is looking after this little girl.

(b) Moming shows the day.

k) The glass has not been broken by anybody.

(d) What causes an earthquake ?

(e) The ground has to be cleared by us.

$) The Govemor gave him a reward.

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7. Rewrite any five of the fotlowing sentences using the verbs
given in brackets in their correct tense for{ns : Lx5=5

(a) My brother (practise) law these days.

(b) The patient (die) before the doctor reached'

(c) You (sleep) when I entered the room'

(d) She (corne) here the day after tomorrow'

(e) ThuY (win) the match.

U) We (visit) the Tai Mahal last year'

blanks
8. Rewrite any fourof the following sentences filling in the
with appropriate prepositions ' 1x4=4

(b) Cut the roPe a knife'

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@ I am taller than you two inches.

(d) There was a bridge the river.

k) We depend vou.

(J) He beesed helo from me.

k) I do not believe his honesty.

9.

(a) occupation ?
(Make it asxrfkte)

(b)

the meaning)

k)

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(d) On seeing the lioru he ran away.
(Malce it a complex sentence)

(e) The students who are good do their homework
regularly. (Male it a simple sentence)

(fl Atul is the best boy in the class.
(Chnnge it into positiae d"gu)

SECTION-D

(Text books : 45 Marks)

10. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that
follow

(a) "Now we will count to twelve
and we will all keep still.

For once on the face of the Earth

let's not speak in any language,

let's stop for one second,

and not move our arms so much."

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Questions :

O How long does the Poet want to stay still ? '1,

(it Why does he ask us to keep still and not use any
language 7 2

(ii| What does the poet mean by 'not move our arrns
so much'7 1'

OR

(b) "sometimes I feel myself I can hardly bear
The thought of so much childish longing in vain,

The sadness that lurks near the open window there,

That waits all day in almost oPen Prayer

For the squeal of brakes, the sound of a stopping car,"

Questions :

O What is the'childish longing' that the poet refers
to ? WhY is it 'in vain'? 1'+1'--2

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(iil Who waits near the open window ? 't

(iil What does the person waiting near the open
window pray for ? 1

11. Answer any three of the following questions ih 30-410 words:
2x3=6

O What is the message that Keab wants to convey through
"A Thing of Beauty,'?

(it l4/hat do the young sprinting trees signify in the poem,
"My Mother at Sixry-Six,, ?

(ii) Why has the mother been compared to the ,late winter,s
moon' in the poem, "My Mother at Sixty_Six,, ?

(io) What is the 'sadness' that the poet refers to in the poem
"Keeping Quiet" ?

(a) What is 'in the news' as mentioned in the poem
"A Roadside Stand" ?

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12. Answer any fiae of the following questions :

1x5=5

(a) What, according to M. Hamel, is the
great trouble with
Alsace ?

(b) What does Mukesh want to become
?

@ Where was the original home of Saheb,s family
?

(d) Why was Gandhi visiting Lucknow
in 7916 ?
(e) For whom does Sophie ask Danny
Casey an autograph ?

(fl What work does Geoff do ?

(g) What position did John Rowntree
hold before leaving
Shillong a few days after Independence
?

13. Answer any fiae in 30_40 words :
2xS=10

(a) Wiry did Wachter, the blacksmith,
tell Franz that he
would reach school in ,plenty of
time, ?
(b) Give a brief description of Seemapuri.

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(c) Was Saheb huppy with his job at the tea stall ?

(d) Why was Professor Malkani's action of offering shelter
to Gandhi'extraordinary' ?

k) What other dreams does Sophie have besides having a
boutique ?

(l) Why was Sophie fascinated by Danny Casey ? Was it a
one-sided affair ? 1+'1.=2

(g,) Write, in brief, the scene observed by the author from
the veranda of his bungalow on the bank of the
Brahmaputra.

't4. Answer any one of the following questions in 80-100 words :
5x1=5

(a) , How does M. Hamel make the people realize how they'
the students and he have been responsible for
not

leaming their language well ?

OR

(b) Write briefly on the hazard of working in
the glass

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15. Answer afly oneof the following questions in 15-150 words:
7x'1,=7

(a) Compare and contrast the stories of Zitkala-Sa and
Bama.

OR

(b) Give an elaborate account of the celebration associated
with Uruka, the important part of Magh Bihu'

16. Answer any fow of the following questions in 30-40 words :
2x4=8

(a) How did the hundredth tiger take its revenge on the
tiger king ?

(b) Why did the messenger come to Dr' Sadao ?

@ 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 ?

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k) How did Annan explain the elder man's action to
Bama ?

(l) what are the different sports held on the occasion of
Magh Bihu or Maghar Domahi ?

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