Karnataka SSLC Question Paper 2021 Third Language English

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Subjects : First Language + Second Language + Third Language / NSQF

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40 Questions are provided against each subject. This question paper contains 120
questions in all.

(i) First Language – Question No 01 To 40

(ii) Second Language – Question No 41 To 80

(iii) Third Language / NSQF– Question No 81 To 120

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During the examination,

a) Read the questions carefully.

b) Completely darken/shade the relevant oval against Question No. in the OMR
answer sheet using blue/black ball point pen. Do not try to alter the entry and not
to do any stray marks on OMR Sheet.

Example: In the question booklet, if C is the correct answer for Question No.20,
then in the OMR sheet, shade the option C using blue/black ball point pen as
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Question No. : 20) A B C D (This is an example only)

c) Do not fold, tear, wrinkle or staple on the OMR Sheet.

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THIRD LANGUAGE ENGLISH

Four choices are given for each of the following questions/incomplete statements.
Choose the correct answer among them and shade the correct option in the
OMR answer sheet given to you with a black/blue ball point pen. [40×1=40]

81) It towered high above the other animals in the zoo. It was

A) Elephant B) Giraffe

C) Tiger D) Rhino

82) Gopi wrote to Vishnu about the animal which was racing madly. It was

A) Elephant B) Camel

C) Antelope D) Giraffe

83) The title "Sangit Kalanidhi" was given to

A) M.S. Subbulakshmi

B) Semmangudi Srinivas Iyer

C) Lata Mangeshkar

D) Pandit Jasraj

84) Kashmir has earned the nick name as the

A) Switzerland of the East

B) Paris of the East

C) New Zealand of the East

D) Finland of India

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85) The river that flows through the city Srinagar in Kashmir is

A) Ganga B) Sindhu

C) Jhelum D) Yamuna

86) The poem 'The Noble Nature' is composed by

A) Sarojini Naidu B) G.E. Goodrich

C) Benjamin Johnson D) William Blake

87) In the poem 'Autumn Song', the sunset

A) hangs on a cloud B) is never seen

C) is very beautiful D) is seen over the sea

88) The name that became a terror to the Persian army was

A) Rustum B) Tahminah

C) Chieftain D) Sohrab

89) The laughing of the children is heard

A) on the hill B) on the mountain

C) in the home D) everywhere

90) 'The king saw it, he remembered somebody he loved.' The king saw

A) a deer B) a ring

C) a sword D) a bracelet

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91) When we are prodigal, the faithless call us

A) Bountiful B) Beautiful

C) Flatterer D) Vice

92) Tahminah bound the seal that her husband had given, to her son's

A) leg B) waist

C) neck D) arm

93) Chanakya came forward and received Rakshasa with great

A) joy B) honour

C) anger D) surprise

94) In the poem 'Autumn Song', the poet says that her heart is

A) sad B) happy

C) kind D) excited

95) M.S. Subbulakshmi gave her first recital at the age of

A) 15 B) 10

C) 18 D) 8

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96) 'A lily of a day
Is fairer in May'.
These lines are taken from the poem

A) The Noble Nature

B) Autumn Song

C) It Never Comes Again

D) A Nurse's Song

97) The people of Kashmir dry vegetables and fruits

A) for winter use

B) for summer use

C) for festivals

D) for tourists

98) The animal which reminded the childhood ambition to Gopi was

A) an elephant B) a camel

C) a giraffe D) an antelope

99) The poet G.E. Goodrich requests God to teach our hearts to listen to the
plea of

A) poor people B) little children

C) old people D) dumb creatures

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100) One of the reasons given by the children for not giving up playing is

A) the sun is shining

B) people are working in the fields

C) little birds fly in the sky

D) the other elder children are playing

101) In the poem 'It Never Comes Again', the stage of life that remains in man's
heart forever is

A) childhood B) adulthood

C) youth D) old age

102) The Chief confirmed that the gem was in the belly of the fish

A) by smelling it

B) by touching it

C) by seeing it

D) by washing it

103) 'The kingdom would be safe if Rakshasa became the minister'. Who knew
this?

A) King B) Chandan Das

C) Chanakya D) People

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104) Lata Mangeshkar acted in as many as eight films in

A) Hindi and Kannada

B) Hindi and Tamil

C) Hindi and Telugu

D) Hindi and Marathi

105) 'Although it fall and die that night'. The word 'it' refers to

A) Lily flower B) Oak tree

C) Jasmine flower D) any flower

106) As per the poem 'It Never Comes Again', when youth departs

A) we feel something beautiful has vanished

B) we sigh in vain

C) we search it everywhere

D) we feel all the above three

107) 'I live on the Ganges at the spot where Indra came down'. This was told by

A) the Chief B) Fisherman

C) Suchaka D) Januka

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108) The musician who has made Guiness Records is

A) Semmangudi Srinivas Iyer

B) M.S. Subbulakshmi

C) Lata Mangeshkar

D) Thyagaraj Sadasivam

109) According to the poem 'Faithful Friends', 'the one who is inclined to vice' is
not our

A) faithful friend

B) faithless friend

C) dishonest friend

D) happy friend

110) Rustum was struck with horror

A) When Sohrab called him ' father'

B) When he saw the seal on Sohrab's body

C) When Sohrab attacked him

D) When his wife told him about his son

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111) The correctly spelt word is

A) writen B) wreten

C) written D) ritten

112) The word that doesn't rhyme among the group is

A) lie B) thee

C) why D) high

113) Rajesh is the leader of his team.
The underlined word is

A) a common noun B) a proper noun

C) a collective noun D) an abstract noun

114) The teacher asked questions.
The passive voice of the sentence is

A) Questions are asked by the teacher.

B) Questions are being asked by the teacher.

C) Questions have been asked by the teacher.

D) Questions were asked by the teacher.

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115) The police caught the thief.
Frame a question to get the underlined words as answer.

A) Who caught the thief?

B) What did the police do?

C) Whom did the police catch?

D) What did the thief do?

116) We would address a person in an informal (personal) letter as

A) Respected Sir/Madam

B) Hello Mr./Mrs.

C) My dear

D) Dear Sir/Madam

117) Classical ______
Make it a compound word by adding a suitable word.

A) player B) runner

C) driver D) dancer

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118) The music programme has been postponed.
Replace the underlined word with a phrase

A) put off B) put in

C) put up D) put out

119) Add a prefix to the word 'happy' to form its antonym (opposite)

A) dis B) in

C) un D) mis

120) 'A place made for keeping fishes'.
The one word meaning for the phrase is

A) aviary B) apiary

C) orchard D) aquarium

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