Kerala Plus One Question Paper 2023 English Literature

FIRST YEAR

Kerala Board
Question Paper
2023

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FIRST YEAR HIGHER SECONDARY EXAMINATION, MARCH 2023

Part – III Time : 2½ Hours
ENGLISH LITERATURE Cool-off time : 15 Minutes
Maximum : 80 Scores

General Instructions to Candidates :
 There is a ‘Cool-off time’ of 15 minutes in addition to the writing time.
 Use the ‘Cool-off time’ to get familiar with questions and to plan your answers.
 Read questions carefully before answering.
 Certain sections of questions have choice. Follow the choice regulations.

Questions 1 to 5 : Answer any 4 of the following. Each carries 1 score. (4  1 = 4)

1. Name the English author who wrote preface to Gitanjali.

2. Name the semi-autobiographical work by Wordsworth.

3. What is the subtitle of the poem ‘Elegy for Jane’ ?

4. _______ is the autobiography of Langston Hughes.

5. Nationality of Pablo Neruda.

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Questions 6 to 9 : Answer any 3 of the following. Each carries 4 scores. (3  4 = 12)

6. Bangle sellers are we who bear our shining loads to the temple who will buy these
delicate, bright Rainbow tinted circles of light ?

(a) What is referred to as ‘Shining loads’ and who is the speaker ?

(b) Who are the prospective buyers of bangles ?

7. O My Luve’s like a red red rose

That’s newly sprung in June

(a) Who is the speaker of the poem ? Identify the poem.

(b) Comment on the poetic usage ‘Red red rose’.

8. What the hammer ? What the chain ? In what furnace was thy brain ? What the anvil ?
What dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp ?

(a) What were the tools used to create tyger’s brain ?

(b) Identify the speaker in the poem and the author of the poem.

9. A heart – how shall I say ? – too soon made glad,

Too easily impressed; she liked whate’er

She looked on, and her looks went everywhere.

(a) In the given context what does “too soon made glad” mean ?

(b) Does the Duke view his Duchess favourably in these given lines ?

Questions 10 to 15 : Answer any 5 of the following. Each carries 4 scores. (5  4 = 20)

10. Who are the three main characters in the story ‘Romance of a Busy Broker’ ? How do
they relate to each other ?

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11. Attempt a character sketch of Philip Fell in A Cup of Tea.

12. Doctor Goucher : I was downtown on a case and saw him arrive at the Federal
Station.
Tom : What’s he look like ?
(a) Identify the play and the playwright.
(b) Name the person mentioned in this dialogue.
(c) How did Goucher children react to this announcement ?

13. Why is the teacher bidding farewell to his students ? Comment on the emotional
phase experienced by the teacher.

14. In the poem ‘Never Again Would Birds’ song be the same’ how does the poet
establish a close link between birds and Eve ?

15. Comment on the theme of the poem ‘Since Brass, Nor Stone, Nor Earth, Nor
Boundless Sea.’ What is the tone of the poem ?

Questions 16 to 20 : Answer any 4 of the following in 60 words. Each carries
5 scores. (4  5 = 20)
16. Is literature a luxury past time ? What is the writer’s view regarding this ?

17. I sat up awake for the rest of the journey. I could not forget the girl’s face and her
dark bright eyes. But when I reached Dehra, the incident became blurred and distant
for there were other things on my mind.
(a) What kept the author awake for the rest of the journey ?
(b) Why did the author forget about the girl when he reached Dehra ?
(c) When did he remember the girl ?
(d) Who is the author of the story and identify the story.

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18. Human nature is neither pure black nor pure white. Substantiate in the light of the
story ‘A Man’.

19. What is the theme of the story ‘The Orator’ ?

20. In the story ‘A Canary for One’
Who was the Canary for ? What was wrong with the American woman ? What is
ironic about going to Paris to end a marriage ?

Questions 21 to 25 : Answer any 3 of the following in about 150 words. Each
carries 8 scores. (3  8 = 24)
21. Write an essay on the issue of generation gap in society in the context of the play ‘The
Boy comes Home’.
[Hints : Attitude of uncle – Choices of Philip – difference in dreams – morality
norms]

22. Describe Alice Walker’s attitude towards animals in the essay ‘Am I Blue’.
[Hints : Animals experience emotions – human’s attitude to animals – compare horses
and animals]

23. Please and Thank you are all small changes with which we pay our way as social
beings. Explain.
[Hints : positive impressions – manners – courtesy – positive effect]

24. Comment on the relationship between Bess and the highway man.
[Hints : Explores love – idealized devotion – passion – becomes vulnerable]

25. Do you think the speaker in the poem ‘To the Cuckoo’ is nostalgic ? Elucidate.
[Hints : Childhood days – memories – longing for bird – eagerness]
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