Karnataka 2nd PUC Question Paper 2025 Answer Key English

Government of Karnataka
Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board

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KARNATAKA SCHOOL EXAMINATION AND ASSESSMENT BOARD
II PUC EXAMINATION 1 - MARCH 2025
SUBJECT: 02-ENGLISH Scheme of Evaluation MAX. MARKS: 80

I PART - A
Qn. No. MARKS
1 d. Rich jewel 1
2 c. Souls 1
3 b. Maricela 1
4 b. a crowd of stars 1
5 d. Native intelligence 1
6 a. Verdant gardens 1
7 d. Both the statement and reason are true 1
8 b. A-iii, B-i, C-ii 1
9 a. Not too successful mission school teacher – politics came to village – wisely joined politics 1
– got elected in elections and became culture minister.
10 c. Karamchedu Suvarthamma 1

11 was committed 1
was sentenced 1
was asked 1

12 leaps and bounds 2
to keep one’s shirt on

13 A B (matched) 5
a. Where ii. College auditorium
b. Who iii. Chief guest
c. Which vi. Rhythmic songs
d. They v. Students
e. It i. College day

II PART - B
14 Biodiversity and biodiversity-based living economies 2

15 Espronceda / Campoamor / Zorrilla / Becquer (any two) 2

16 Pilgrim soul and the sorrows of his beloved’s changing face 2

17 By imbibing and spilling the song of nectar 2

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18 Juliet requests night to give Romeo to her - says Romeo is day in night – whiter than new snow 3
on a raven’s back - if she dies take him and cut him out in little stars - make the face of heaven
fine - world will be in love with night - pay no worship to the garish sun - immortalises Romeo

19 An ecological paradigm – freedom for all species to live and evolve within web of life – freedom 3
and responsibility of humans to recognize, protect and respect rights of other species – shift from
anthropocentrism to ecocentrism – translates into human rights to food and water – freedom
from hunger and thirst.
20 Foot falls in the battle – condemned to live in shoe – soft nails, tiny petaled toes change into 3
opaque substance – become hard as horn – grow out of trim and take form of eyeless reptiles
with triangular heads like worms - grow callused – covered with faint volcanoes of death.
21 Poetry is intimate, essential – cannot be defined without oversimplifying it – like attempting to 3
define colour yellow, love and fall of leaves – an aesthetic act –a series of symbols – magical,
mysterious, unexplainable but not incomprehensible.
22 Follow complicated hierarchy – who bows to who – how long and how deeply –difference in
rank, standing, age, social relationship subtly reflected in split second – one man’s bow is shorter 3
than the other - in family, wife bows to husband – children to father – younger brother to elder
brother – sisters to brothers of whatever age.
23 Challapalli Swaroopa Rani recollects her wada’s thirst for a glass of water – water not just H2O 3
–a mighty movement - tears shed over several generations – fought many battles –weekly bath
as wondrous festival –walking miles to bring water – muscles and veins straining and bursting
- Malapalle burning to ashes
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24 Death sentence for the murderer – had no guillotine and executioner – asked French and Italian 4
governments to provide machine and executioner – French demanded 16,000 francs – Italian
government demanded 12,000 francs - very expensive – asked General to find soldier to cut
head off – no soldier agreed – ministers advised prince to alter death sentence to life
imprisonment as it enables prince to show mercy and it would be cheaper - prince agreed.
25 Children are sons and daughters of life’s longing for itself – come through parents not from them 4
–can give love not thoughts –can house bodies not souls – souls dwell in the house of tomorrow
- parents cannot visit – life goes forward not backward –Archer / God marks upon the infinite
path – bows are parents –arrows are children – bows need to be stable - arrow sent swift and far
– thus parents shouldn’t be too possessive of their children and shouldn’t try to live their dreams
through their children.
26 Statement true with reference to ‘The Voter’ – Roof, the most trusted campaigner for Marcus 4
Ibe of PAP - Village elders also seek money to cast their votes –Roof distributes money for them
- Roof takes many favours from Marchus Ibe –But accepts five pounds from POP campaigner
to vote for Maduka – swears on Iyi of Mbanta – on voting day remains with Marcus Ibe
campaigning for him – did not vote for Marcus Ibe –loyalty and ethics fail- the lure of money
wins.

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27 Dona Gonzalo narrated – his cousin (gallant lover) wrote letters to the silver maiden – no 4
response from her – dejected he joined army – fought in Africa – died in battle holding the flag
of Spain and Laura’s name on his lips.
Dona Laura narrated – the silver maiden (her friend) waited for the news from her gallant lover
– no letter came for a year – disappointed - one afternoon at sunset went to beach - wrote his
name on the sand – sat on a rock – a tide rose and swept her out to sea - the name written on the
sand remained for a long time.

28 In the beginning Tammanna and Basavaiah compete healthily –change into rivalry – both buy 4
every land in village –both acquire friends and admirers equally - Tammanna owns 1000 acres
and Basavaiah owns 800 acres – Basavaiah becomes jealous - Basavaiah forcibly occupies
Tammanna’s land – Tammanna decides to annihilate Basavaiah completely - he composes
ballads on Basavaiah’s meanness and cruelty – becomes famous singer – name and fame comes
his way – Basavaiah helpless – tries to compete by accumulating material wealth – fails –
Tammanna falls sick – Basavaiah becomes happy – Tammanna leaves village– Basavaiah dies
– Tammanna forgets his songs – becomes non-entity.

29 Sheela Rani Chunkath – District Collector – the whole phenomenon of cycling movement is her 4
brainchild – realised that lack of mobility undermined confidence of women – included mobility
as part of literacy drive – pushed banks to provide loans to buy cycles – got each block to accept
specific duties – provided personal attention - motivated female Arivoli activists to reach out
women in interior parts of Pudukkottai – first activists learnt cycling – later neo-literates learnt
cycling –cycling became a social movement in Pudukkottai – improved literacy and mobility.

V 30 PART - C
A) a. due to poverty and lack of facilities 1
b. Sri. Bikkale Chikkayya 1
c. in a small village in Gubbi Taluk, Tumkur District, Karnataka 1
d. ‘Tree – Woman’ 1
e. because she could not conceive 1
f. Banyan 1
g. Thimmakka’s Resources for Environmental Education 1
h. iii) To explore every alternative 1
i. Unknown 1
OR
B) a. father 1
b. school 1
c. magic forests 1
d. to make him not to go to school 1
e. steep 1
f. barefoot 1

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g. mango tree 1
h. When White man’s siren starts to howl 1
i. cold 1
VI PART - D
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A) i. the 1
ii. Everything is fair in love and war / Everything is fair in war and love. 1
iii. is 1
iv. helps 1
OR
also 4
B) To begin with
However,
That
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i) should they? 1
A) ii) Which is the most enjoyable phase in a person’s life? /
What is the most enjoyable phase in a person’s life? 1
OR
i) Children love to eat ice cream every day. 1
B) ii) Sannidhi goes for a walk in the morning every day. 1

33 1. Cocoa-beans ½
2. Velvety texture ½
3. Deep complex flavours ½
4. indulgence ½

34 Alifano asked Borges if they could talk about Dona Leonor, his mother. Borges replied that his
mother had been an extraordinary person. Alifano further asked Borges what blindness was to 5
him. Borges replied that it was a way of life then and his duty was to accept it.

35 Devraj: Hello/Hi how are you?
Shivaji: Fine. Did you participate in the dance competition? 3

Devraj: Yes / Yes, I got first prize.
Shivaji: Wow! Congratulations.
Devraj: Thank you.
NOTE: Marks should be given if answers are apt to the given context.

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VII PART – E
36 5
Format 2
A) Body of the letter 3
NOTE: No marks to be awarded for mere format. Resume can be written either separately or
in the body of the letter itself.
OR
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Greeting 1
B) Grammatically appropriate sentences with coherent expressions 3
Conclusion 1

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