KOS SSLC Question Paper 2024 English

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General Instructions :

i) Do not copy questions from the question paper. Write only the correct

question numbers in your answer-booklet.

ii) Write legibly and answer to the point.

I. 1. Match the describing words with the noun they describe :
5×1=5

List ‘A’ List ‘B’

a) valuable i) bottles

b) coloured ii) metals

c) western iii) glass

d) plastic iv) countries

e) precious v) resources

2 Give one word for each of the following : 2×1=2

a) An area where planes take off and land.

b) A gadget that washes clothes.

3. Use each of the following phrasal verbs in meaningful sentences of
your own : 3×1=3

a) put off

b) bring up

c) look into

4. Eight words are given below. Make four pairs of rhyming words : 2

swoon, swing, old, noon, trees, ring, bees, gold

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5. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words, choosing from the

words given in the brackets : 4×1=4

( neatly, politely, sternly, sadly )

a) The man stared ______________ at the boy who broke the window.

b) I like to write ________________ so that my work looks good.

c) He is popular because he always speaks ______________ .

d) She looked ________________ at her broken doll.

II. Answer any five of the following questions in a word, phrase or a

sentence each : 5×1=5

6. What did the narrator do when Valodya dragged him ?

7. Which are the three dresses spoken about in the poem ‘Indian weavers’ ?

8. Why does the poet call the earth friendly in the poem ‘Wonderful

world’ ?

9. Who started the Red Cross Society in 1864 ?

10. What is described as ‘divine mass’ in the lesson ‘Hill-station: Darjeeling

1970’ ?

11. What is ‘generation’ ?

12. Why is Aluminium worth recycling ?

13. Why are words called ‘ghosts’ in the poem ‘Truth’ ?

14. Who was Shivaji’s mother ?

15. Why was the writer sad when he parted with his mother ?

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III. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each :
12 × 2 = 24
16. How can you say that the mother cleverly stopped the boy’s crying ?
17. How did the monkeys help Rama to build the bridge ?
18. Why did the people grow poorer and sadder ?
19. How can you say that the trees help the birds ?
20. Do you think the tiger’s opinion about human beings changed when
he came out of the circus ?
21. Anju was specially good at which event ? How many times did she
top in this event ?
22. How does the poet describe the sky in the poem ‘Shining things’ ?
23. How did Nana find out which mare was the mother and which the
daughter ?
24. How has Bapuji’s message inspired the people ?
25. Why is noise harmful to us ?
26. How did Amartya Sen win admirers ?
27. How do we know that Salim truly wanted to be sculptor ?

IV. Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow : 3 × 3 = 9
28. “But what can she do ? There’s no one to help in their house.”
a) Who is the speaker ?
b) Who does ‘she’ refer to ?
c) Why is there no one to help ?

29. “I was afraid of the pain that I should cause him.”
a) Who is the speaker ?
b) Who does ‘him’ refer to ?
c) Why did the speaker think it would be painful ?

30. “Ask what we can do for India and Do what has to be done to
make India what America and other western countries are today.”
a) Who is the speaker ?
b) Who is this addressed to ?
c) Name the lesson from which this sentence has been taken ?

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V. Answer any two of the following questions in about a paragraph each :
2 × 5 = 10

31. How did Kondiba become a beggar ?

32. How can you say that Janaki Iyer’s life and work in inspirational ?

33. What is the central idea of the poem ‘A prayer for healing’ ?

34. What kind of experiences did Suno encounter in the park ?

VI. Fill in the blanks with the correct tense forms of the verbs given in
the brackets : 2×1=2

35. Mahatma Gandhi _____________ (be) one such person who _____________

(work) to make India free.

Fill in the blanks using appropriate articles : 2×1=2

36. I went and sat on _____________ bench there, and watched _____________

town go by.

Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions choosing from the ones
given in the brackets : 2×1=2

( at, of, with, to )

37. The life _________ the policeman is hard and risky. He has _________
deal with criminals and law breakers.

Punctuate the following sentence : 2

38. Too true said the tiger go on tell me the other two.

39. Add suitable prefixes to form opposites of the following words : 2×1=2

a) complete

b) legal

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Rewrite the sentences as directed :
40. Raghu said, “I am going to Mysore tomorrow”.
(Change into reported speech ) 2

41. The girl kicked the ball.
(Change into passive voice ) 1

42. The king learnt his lesson. He started ruling well.
(Combine the sentences, using ‘ing’ form of the underlined word) 1

43. felt / in / afraid / she / the / dark
(Rearrange the words to form a meaningful sentence) 1

44. Suman bought fruits and vegetables.
(Frame a question to get the underlined word as answer) 1

45. Write the noun forms of the following words : 2×1=2

a) pollute

b) meditate

46. Write the Superlative degrees of the following : 2×1=2

a) good

b) clever

47. Ramesh is too short. He cannot reach the box.
( Use so..... that..... not ) 1

VII. 48. Rearrange the following sentences in proper sequence : 5×1=5

a) She belonged to the order of Missionaries of charity.

b) At the age of nineteen she came to Darjeeling, India to teach.

c) Mother Teresa was born in South Yugoslavia.

d) In 1931she decided to serve the poorest of the poor.

e) They run forty schools, where about 30,000 children are
educated.

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VIII. 49. Imagine that you are Samarth / Sadhana studying in Government
High School, Davangere. 1×5=5
Write a letter to your friend inviting him / her to your Birthday
celebration.
OR
Write an essay on any one of the following topics :
a) Water pollution
b) Sports and games
c) Internet

IX. 50. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions
that follow : 5×1=5

Kanyakumari - India’s southern most tip, is a breathtaking scenic
place to visit. The location of Kanyakumari itself arouses keen interest. It
is located at the point where the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea merge
with the Indian Ocean.

We landed in Kanyakumari just after the rains and the weather
was pleasant with a cool breeze blowing. We changed and quickly ran
towards the beach, Where already hundreds of pilgrims and tourists were
roaming around. It is impossible to describe the beauty, grandeur of two
architectural structures that meet your eye as you reach the beach. For
sometime, I stood in awe struck wonder looking at the Vivekanand Statue,
and the temple built on high rocks.

Legend has it, that Goddess Parvathi, in one of her incarnations as
Kanyakumari, stood on a rock here and left her foot prints, locally known
as ‘Sri Padha Parai. A temple has been built on the rock with the statue
of the goddess in the form of a young girl, adorned by a large nose ring.

a) How was the weather in Kanyakumari just after the rains ?

b) Where is Kanyakumari located ?

c) Who could be seen roaming around on the beach ?

d) What is ‘Sri Padha Parai’ ?

e) Which are the two architectural structures mentioned in the passage ?

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