Karnataka SSLC Question Paper 2024 English 2nd Language

Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board

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I. Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions /

incomplete statements. Choose the correct alternative and write

the complete answer along with its letter of alphabet. 4×1=4

1. Choose the appropriate question tag for the statement :
Parvez eats Pizza, ................. .
(A) does he ? (B) doesn’t he ?

(C) did he ? (D) didn’t he ?
2. Read the given conversation and choose the language function
for the underlined sentence :

Dhanush : Hi, Dharmatej. Good morning, how are you ?
Dharmatej : Hello, I’m fine, thank you.
Dhanush : Can you please send me the videos of
yesterday’s presentation.
Dharmatej : Of course, I’ll send it, when I go back home.
Dhanush : Thank you.
(A) Agreeing (B) Offering help
(C) Seeking direction (D) Requesting
3. Read the following conversation and fill in the blank choosing
the most appropriate words :
Hemanth : Hi, Harini. Why are you looking so sad ?
Harini : Yes. Just now I’ve received my C.E.T. result. My
score is very less.
Hemanth : If you had studied hard, you ............... scored
good marks.

(A) will have (B) would have
(C) wouldn’t have (D) shall have

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4. Read the following and choose the infinitive :

It is a pleasure to meet a cheerful person.

(A) is (B) pleasure

(C) to meet (D) person

II. Do as directed : 12 × 1 = 12

5. Which one of the following words has one syllable ?

city, friend, knowledge, classmate

6. Combine the word in Column-A with its collocative word in
Column-B :

‘A’ ‘B’

Short [ temple, table, temper, area ]

7. Fill in the blank using the correct article :

Paris is .................... beautiful city.

8. Fill in the blank using suitable linker :

Saikrishna is poor ...................... helpful to the needy people.

9. Fill in the blank with appropriate preposition :

Shivakumar walked along the road ..................... his dog.

10. Fill in the blank with appropriate tense form of the verb given in
brackets :

Anushka ........................ ( be + practise ) classical dance last
year.

11. Identify the parts of speech of the underlined word :

Meghana is a kindhearted person.

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12. Write the correct form of the word given in brackets :

In our school annual prize .................. ( distribute ) programme
took place yesterday.

13. Use the word ‘agree’ as verb in a sentence.

14. Change into comparative degree :

Rose is the most beautiful flower in the garden.

15. Change into passive voice :

Deepakraj is preparing a science model.

16. Read the following conversation and change the underlined
sentence into reported speech :

Bhimesh : Hello Harish, how are you ?

Harish : Fine, thank you.

Bhimesh : How are you planning for annual day
programme ?

Harish : I am planning to play a skit in the annual day
programme, today.

Harish told Bhimesh that .....................................................
........................................................................................

III. The following sentence has two errors. Edit the sentence and

rewrite it in the answer book : 1×2=2

17. I boarded the fast train to mumbai, along with my parents and

sister, lost evening.

a) Capital letter mistake to be corrected

b) Spelling mistake to be corrected.

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IV. Answer the following questions in 2 – 3 sentences each :

7 × 2 = 14

18. How did Swami’s father try to convince Swami, that ‘courage is

important’ ?

19. How do you say that Ambedkar was a voracious reader ?

20. What did Satish do as a source of entertainment, when he was

confined to bed ?

21. How can a scientist ensure our safety in the world ?

22. Describe Jazz player as a commanding artist.

23. Why had the students been marching ? How was it an unusual

march ?

OR

How has Dicky Dolma described her preparedness for the task of

scaling Mount Everest ?

24. Life for Haneef in the beginning was never a smooth sail. Why

was it so ?

OR

What changes came over Wangjia as the Bird of Happiness

caressed him ?

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V. Answer the following questions in 5 - 6 sentences each : 2 × 3 = 6

25. How was Baleshwar successful in saving the life of Roma

Talreja ?

26. How does the mother earth express her feelings in the poem ‘I

am the land’ ?

VI. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow :

4 × 3 = 12

27. “I didnot sell the trees, because I could not.

They are not mine.”

a) Who is the speaker ?

b) Who did he say this to ?

c) Why didn’t he sell the trees ? Who did it belong to ?

28. “They are simple men and must have their relaxation.”

a) Who made the statement ?

b) Who does ‘simple men’ refer to ?

c) Why did the speaker say this ?

29. “A walk in the park might make you feel better.”

a) Who made this statement ?

b) Who was this said to ?

c) Why did the speaker suggest this ?

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30. “I’ll be writing no letters ; I’ll be posting no mail.”

a) Who does ‘I’ refer to ?

b) Why couldn’t the speaker write any letter or mails ?

c) With what feelings did the speaker express these words ?

VII. Given below is a profile of Rani Machaiah. Write a paragraph using

the clues given below : 1×3=3

31. Name : Rani Machaiah

Age : 79 years old

Place : Kodagu

Education : P.U.C.

Popularity : “Ummathat Ki Rani”

Achievements : Began a campaign to popularize

Ummathat 1984 onwards and

created ‘Kaveri Kalavrinda’.

Awards : Rajyothsava award, Padmashri

award and many other awards.

VIII. Develop the story using the clues given below : 1×3=3

32. One day — a farmer called his son — grazing sheep everyday —

went bored — have some fun — he shouted — wolf ! wolf ! —

villagers ran — reached — realized — no wolf — he was kidding

— the villagers — furious — yelled — creating chaos and panic

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— on the next day — boy shouted — wolf ! wolf ! — villagers ran

again — got angry — on the same day — the boy shouted —

wolf ! wolf ! but it was an actual wolf — villagers showed no

interest — believed — the boy — joking.

IX. Study the picture given below : 1×3=3

33. Write a description or an account of what the picture suggests to

you in a paragraph.

Alternative question for Visually impaired candidates only.

( In lieu of Q. No. 33 )

Use the following phrasal verbs in sentences of your own :

3×1=3

a) set up

b) look over

c) run after.

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X. Quote from memory : [ Four lines ] 1×4=4

34. It is enthroned ........................................

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

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

......................................... seasons justice.

OR

Then let not ..............................................

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

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

.................................................. blind boy.

XI. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :

1×4=4(2×2)

35. One of the most popular foods of all time is chocolate. People

nowadays eat chocolate in different forms, such as chocolate

candy, chocolate cakes and hot or cold chocolate drinks.

The chocolate we eat today is made from a lot of different

ingredients, but the most important ingredient is cacaobean.

The story of cacaobean and its journey to stores and

supermarkets all over the world started hundreds of years ago in

Mexico. The Maya were the first people to eat cacaobeans. They

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picked cacaobeans from wild trees and cleared land to cultivate

their own trees. Mayan merchants travelled north and

introduced cacaobeans to the Aztec people. Soon the cacaobean

was part of the Aztec’s lives. They used it as a drink, as part of

religious ceremonies and even as a money with 10 beans they

bought a rabbit, with 100 beans they bought a slave, which was

one of the Aztec’s God.

a) How do people eat chocolates in different forms nowadays ?

b) In what ways did the Aztecs use cacaobean in their daily

lives ?

XII. Answer the following question in about 8 – 10 sentences :

1×4=4

36. How was the grandmother successful in fulfilling her desire to

live with the trees ?

OR

Which were the positive aspects, that V. K. Gokak wished to

write about ‘Mother India’ in the poem “The Song of India” ?

OR

How did the sailors regain their confidence to overcome a great

peril in the poem, “Ballad of the Tempest” ?

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XIII. Write an essay on any one of the following : 1×4=4

37. a) Air pollution

b) Uses of mobile phone

c) Chandrayan-3

XIV. Write a letter using the information given below : 1×5=5

38. Imagine you are Sindhu / Suman studying in Government High

School, Chitaguppa.

Write a letter to your father explaining about how you are

planning to win district level sports.

OR

Write a letter to the Headmaster / Headmistress, requesting to

facilitate all the classrooms with “Reading Corner” in your

school.

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