Karnataka SSLC Question Paper April 2019 English Language I

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1. This Question Paper consists of 50 objective and subjective types of
questions.

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Instructions :
i) This question paper contains three parts.
ii) Part-A — Prose, Poetry and Supplementary Reading ( Non-detail ).
iii) Part-B — Grammar and Vocabulary.
iv) Part-C — Composition and Comprehension.

PART - A
( Prose, Poetry and Supplementary Reading )
I. Answer the following questions in a sentence each : 4×1=4
1. Why did the idler ask the girl of the silent torrent for one of her pitchers ?
2. According to Alexander Cheriyan, what should one do to make one’s life
meaningful and sustainable ?
3. What was the science that Buttoo wanted to learn from Dronacharya ?
4. How did Buttoo fulfil his promise to his master ?
II. Answer the following questions in two sentences each : 8 × 2 = 16
5. How were the ribbons, made by the idler, responsible for the girl’s work
remaining unfinished ?
6. How does a close friend describe Anne when she saw her at the Belsen
Camp ?
7. How has shopping become more than a need ?
8. What was Gaultier’s excuse for not carrying the eel pie to the Mayor’s
house himself ?
9. How does the poet contrast the deaths of the male and the female cranes ?
10. How was Lochinvar greeted by the bride’s father when he entered the
Netherby Hall ?
11. What was the curse Parasurama pronounced in his anger on Karna ?
12. Why did the fellow Cyclops leave Polyphemus alone when Ulysses and his
men attacked him ?
III. Answer the following questions in four to five sentences each : 4 × 3 = 12
13. How did Pasteur prove himself to be useful to the manufacturers of Lille ?
14. How does Basavanna console himself regarding his helplessness as a poor
man ?
15. How does Robert Frost try to convince his neighbour that they do not need a
wall ? How does the neighbour respond ?
16. Why had the doctor given the pirates the stockade and the treasure map ?

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IV. Explain with reference to the context : 5 × 3 = 15

17. Egypt, in fact, was made by its river.

18. “But if you’ll unwrap that package you may see why you had me going a
while at first.”

19. “Can you tell me — did she keep her hair long or short ?”

20. Which by and by black night doth take away,

21. ................ If we should meet,

She would pass by me in the street,

V. Answer the following questions in six to eight sentences each : 4 × 4 = 16

22. How does Gandhiji illustrate that for an act to be moral, it should be free
from fear and compulsion ?

OR

How did the young students of Germany pay homage to Anne Frank ?

23. Explain how the hopes of the village, of winning the cricket match, fell with
the resounding fall of their three champions.

OR

Why should any model of development based on high consumption and
limitless market expansion prove to be highly dangerous ?

24. The Poet, Sir Walter Scott, brings out the fact that love and courage go
together. Explain this with reference to the poem “Lochinvar”.

OR

How does Wordsworth describe the beauty of Nature as he rows the boat he
had stolen ?

25. What does the poet father want his son’s teacher to teach his son about —

a) Books and Nature ?

b) Being honest ?

OR

The poem ‘Buttoo’ is a saga of loyalty and faithfulness as well as selfishness
and cunning. Explain.

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VI. Quote from memory : 4

26. But ere ...... ..............................................................

...................................................................................

...................................................................................

........................................................ of brave Lochinvar.

OR

And it grew ...............................................................

...................................................................................

...................................................................................

................................................................... was mine.
PART - B
( Grammar and Vocabulary )
VII. Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions / incomplete
statements. Only one of them is correct or most appropriate. Choose the correct
alternative and write the complete answer along with its letter of alphabet :
10 × 1 = 10

27. He is ..................... Indian, but his wife is .................. European.

The correct pair of articles to be filled in the above blanks is

(A) the ; an (B) an ; an

(C) an ; a (D) a ; a.

28. Dr. Jenner discovered how to vaccinate against small pox, ................. ?

The appropriate question tag to be added to the above sentence is

(A) hadn’t he (B) didn’t he

(C) did he (D) had he.

29. The bus is coming round the corner.

The tense of the verb in the given sentence is

(A) Simple Past (B) Simple Present

(C) Past continuous (D) Present continuous.

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30. Drive slowly, .................... for potholes on the road.

The correct phrasal verb to be used in the above blank is

(A) look at (B) look out

(C) look over (D) look up.

31. The President called off the meeting.

The passive form of the above sentence is

(A) The meeting was called off by the President.

(B) The meeting has been called off by the President.

(C) The meeting had been called off by the President.

(D) The meeting will be called off by the President.

32. Pick out the complex sentence from the alternatives given below :

(A) Being an honourable man, he will not tell lies.

(B) He is an honourable man and he will not tell lies.

(C) Since he is an honourable man, he will not tell lies.

(D) In spite of being an honourable man, he will not tell lies.

33. Only one of the given sentences is correctly punctuated. Identify it :

(A) “Why are you so late for the meeting, Robert ?” asked Anwar.

(B) Why are you so late for the meeting, Robert asked Anwar.

(C) “Why are You so late for the Meeting, robert ?” asked anwar.

(D) “Why are you so late for the meeting Robert ? asked Anwar.”

34. ..................... in dots and pits

like the Morse code of bird’s sorrow.

The figure of speech used here is

(A) Simile (B) Personification

(C) Metaphor (D) Synecdoche.

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35. The government has launched a massive campaign .................... smoking.

The correct preposition to be used in the above sentence is

(A) for (B) between

(C) against (D) after.

36. ...................... the boy is clever, he is lazy.

The appropriate conjunction to be used in the blank is

(A) But (B) And

(C) Though (D) Since.

VIII. Observe the relationship in the first pair of words and complete the second pair
accordingly in the following : 4×1=4

37. Elude : Escape :: Ecstasy : .......................... .

38. Role : Roll :: Great : ........................... .

39. Moral : Immoral :: Real : ........................... .

40. Progress : Progressive :: Victory : ....................... .

IX. Rewrite as directed :

41. Change the following into other two degrees of comparison : 2

Napoleon was the bravest of the generals.

42. Combine the following sentences using “too ..... to” : 1

He is very weak. He cannot play the match.

43. Frame a question to get the underlined words as an answer : 1

For his M. A. degree, Radhakrishnan chose the topic ‘The Ethics of Vedanta’.
PART - C

( Composition and Comprehension )
X. 44. Imagine you are Rathan / Radhika, studying in Government High School,
Theerthalli.
Write a letter to your younger brother advising him to participate in the
inter-school Music Competition. 5
OR
Write a letter to the local Road Transport Authority requesting to have more
buses along your school route to help the students.

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XI. 45. Write an essay ( in about 15-20 sentences ) on any one of the following
topics : 1×5=5
a) Safety and dignity of women in India.
b) The Greener the world, the happier the life.
c) Organ donation — life after death.
XII. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
5×1=5
Among all the gifts you can give a child, there is none more conducive to his
present and future happiness and content, none more likely to add richness to
his life, than books. Not a book, but the habit of reading. Give him the habit of
reading and you have done something for which he may be thankful all his days.
Books should be the daily companions of a child’s life. And they ought not to be
linked too closely with the school. You don’t want to create the idea that reading a
book is a task, a lesson. It’s the fun, the good time he can get out of reading that
needs to be emphasized. You want to make him enjoy reading so that reading will
become a treasured part of his daily life and there is nothing difficult about this.
Questions :
46. What can add to the richness of a child’s life ?
47. Why shouldn’t books be linked too closely to the school ?
48. What aspects should be emphasized while reading ?
49. When will reading become a treasured part of a child’s daily life ?
50. Give a word from the passage which means : “Valuable”.

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