Karnataka SSLC Mid Term Question Paper 2024 English

Karnataka Board

Mid-Term
Question Paper
2024-25

Subject Code:31E
SSLC Summative Assessment-1 for the Year 2024 -25

SECOND LANGUAGE- ENGLISH
[Max. Marks : 80
Time: 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.]
Instructions : 1) This question paper cons0sts of 38 questions.
2) Follow the instructions given against the questions.
maximum marks for thequestions.
3) Figures in the right hand margin indicate
at the top of the
4) The maximum time to answer the paper is given
question paper.
question paper. lt includes 15 minutes for reading the
following guestions/incomplete statements. Choose
I. Four alternatives are given for each of the answer along with its letter of alphabet. (4x1=4)
the correct altemative and write the complete
the statement :
1) Choose the appropriate question tag for
Students love to listen to music, D) weren't they ?
B) don't they ? C) did they ?
A) do they ? underlined sentence :
conversation and choose the language funçtion for the
2) Read the given way to railway station?
Pavithra: Hi, could you show me the destination.
first left. You will find your
Saritha: Sure. Go straight and take C) Giving direction D) Requesting
A) Agreeing B) Offering help blank choosing the most appropriate words :
conversation and fill in the
3) Read the following
Student: Good morning Sir.
about yourresult ?
Teacher:Good morning. What
class.
Student: Sir Ipassed in first you
passed indistinction.
harder,
Teacher: If you had worked have C) shall have
D) will have
have B) Would
A) wouldn't infinitive:
4) Read the
following and choose the meet the tribal people on our way.
were unable to D) trekking
We went trekking. We to meet
A) went
B) were (12x1=12)

Do as directed: syllable ?
I|.
the following words has one
5) Which one of
temple, teacher,éach,technology B:
collocative word in column
column -Awith its
6) Combine the word in Column B
Column A tight)
Book (silk, worm, taste,
article:
using the correct

blank the class ?
7) Fill in the fastest bowler in
Who is he suitable linker:
blank using b her friend didn't come.
8) Fill in the her friend in the park
meet
She went to appropriate preposition : P.T.0.
blank with
9YFill in the confined n bed.
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10) Fillin the blank with appropriate tense form ofthe verb given in bracket:
Nirmala (be + decorate) the picture yesterday.
11) Use the word 'laugh' as verb in a sentence.
12) Change into comparative degree
Rakesh is the tallest boy in the class. Roo
13) Change into passive voice:S
Students are preparing the project.
14) Give one word answer for the given sentence:
One who travels to work place daily.
15) Write the correct form of the word given in bracket :
The
(present) given by the musician wasmind blowing.
16) Ravindra
Read the following conversation and change the underlined sentence into reported speech :
Hello Sundar ! How are you ?
Sundar Iam fine. Thank you.
Ravindra What do you want to become ?
Sundar I want to become ateacher.
Sundar told Ravindra that
IlI. The following sentence has two errors. Edit the sentence and rewrite it in the
answer book: science (1x2=2)
17) Teacher narrated a storegjn the class. Students enjoy a lot. The moral was revealed by
the teacher.
a) Spelling mistake to be corrected.
b) Verbal mistake to be corrected.
IV. Answer the following questions in 2-3 sentences each : (7x2=14)
18} How was Swamihonoured by his ciassmates, teacher and the headmaster ?
19) Why did Nehruchoose Dr. Ambedkar as the law minister ?
20) Why the Americans goto buy Don Anselmo's land ?
21) How nathat r "Ambedkarwas avoracious reader ?
22) Why is the poet 'querulous' ? What does he want to do ?
23}; Why were Babuand Manju disappointed with the way the students were marching ?
OR
Why had Patil, the Sub-Inspector come to Mohan's house ?
24) How did Dicky Dolma prepare for the task of scaling Mount Everest ?
OR
How did Dicky Dolma describe the breathtaking view of the Mount Everest ?
V. Answer the following questions in 5-6 sentences each : (2x3=6)
25) Baleshwar risked his life to save the life of Roma Talreja. Discuss.
26) How does the mother earth show her patience in each situation in the poem
"lam the land" ?
VI. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow: (4x3=12)
27) "Canlhave a burning lamp in the room ?"

a) Who raised this question ?
b) Whom did the speaker ask ?
c) Why did the speaker want a burning lamp in the room ?
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28) "Oh, Icouldn't thank him."
a) Who is the "' here ?
b) Who does 'him' refer to ?
c) Why couldn't the speaker thank him ?
29) "I do not like to have you speak to me in that manner."
a) Whomade this statement ?
b) Who was this said to ?
c) Why did the speaker say like this?
30) "Sing of the filth and the dirt
That foul my sylvan retreats."
a) Who is the speaker ?
b) When did the speaker say this ?
c) From which poem these lines are taken ?
VII. Given below is a profile of Dr. Mahesh. Write a
31) Name : Dr. Mahesh
paragraph using theclues given below: (1x3=3)
Age : 39 years old
Place : Hassan
Qualification : MS in General Surgery
Popularity Very kind hearted person, down to earth, easily available for the TeChNCig
patients and gives free treatment.
Achievements Conducted a number of operations free of cost.
Awards : Many local and state awards.
VIll. Develop the story using the clues given below:
32) One day a lion -nothing to eat-the hungry lion -roamed in the forest (1x3=3) Napom
in search
of foodcaught a small hare -lion raised his paws -to kill the hare -a deer was
coming from the opposite side-lion dropped the hare ran after thedeer-hare ran
away deer was much faster than lion in atrice deer vanishedlion disappointed
returned repenting. uME
IX. Study the picture givern below :
33) Write a description or an account of what the picture suggests to youin a (1×3=3) D
paragraph. 40410Z190

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Alternative question for visually impaired candidates only. (In lieu of Q. No. 33)
Use the following phrasalverbs in sentences of your own :
a) carry on b) get back c) put on
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Quote from memory :
34) The throned monarch (1x4=4)

fear of Kings;
OR
It is enthroned

seasons justice.
X. Read the folowing passage and answer the questions that follow : (1x4=4) (2x2)
35) Kashmir is a garden of beauty surrounded by awall of snow-capped mountains. We enter
the valley of Kashmir at Baramulla. From the bridge over the river Jhelum, we can look
north and see the peak Nanga parbat standing like a huge sentinel pointing to the sky.
AtBaramulla we board the house boat which is to be our dwelling for the nextfew months.
We are then towed twenty miles up the Jhelum till we come to Srinagar, the capital of
Kashmir, the city of the sun, lying like a jewel in the centre of the valley. About half the
people fiving here are Muslims the other half Hindus. They appeargood-natured and
happy-go-lucky. The houses of the city are built of wood and bricks. Most of the houses
have a very dilapidated appearance. But they are very picturesque all through summer
months, for the roofs of many of them are covered with flowers. Some have tulips. Some
wild irises and some others red poppies.
The Jhelum flows through the city of Srinagar and with its canals cuts itup into so many
islands as togive it the name of "The Venice of India. As the sun melts the snow on the
mountain tops, the snow water flows down the valley and causes the river to rise and
supply her life-givingwaters to the fields and gardens.
a) Why is Srinagar city called as The Venice of India' ?
b) Why do the houses in Kashmir look picturesque during summer ?
XIl. Answer the following question in about 8-1 0 sentences (1x4=4)
36) The poet's grandmother had a zeal to live on top of the tree. How was she able to
fulfil her desire ?
OR
How does the poet describe man's greed and land's assertion in the poem Iam the land' ?
XIIl. Write an essay on any one of the following : (1x4=4)
37) a) Zero mosquitoes, zero dengue
b) Water pollution
c) Uses of mobile phones.
XIV. Write a letter using the information given below: (1x5=5)
38) Imagine youare Narendra/Nayana studying in Government High School, Basavapura.
Write a letter to your mother about your preparation for the SA- 1 Exam.
OR

Write a letter to the Headmaster/Headmistress requesting to organise a visit to the
planetarium.

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