SECTION C (GRAMMAR)
C1. In the passage given below, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined.(1/2 x 10 = 5 marks)
"There is not", Dr. Green "one remotest e.g. not says |
e.g. not says Dr. |
| vessel of the human body that does feel some wavelet from the convulsions occasioned a good hearty laugh". In medical terms, stimulates the vasomotor centres, and the spasmodic contraction of the blood-vessels the blood to flow quickly. Laughter accelerates respiration, and warmth and glow to whole system. It brightens the eye, increases the perspiration, expands the chest, forces the polluted air, even the least-used lung cells, and tends to restore exquisite poise and balance which we call health, results from the harmonious action, involving all the functions of the body. This delicate poise, which may be destroyed by a sleepless night, by a piece of bad news, by grief anxiety, is often wholly restored by a good hearty laugh. |
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) |
SECTION D (LITERATURE)
D1. Read the extract given below and answer the following questions. Write the answers in your answer sheet in one or two lines only. Remember to number the answers correctly. (4 marks)
"Brainless bird-you're on the stage-
Use your wits and follow fashion
Puff your lungs out with your passion,"
Trembling, terrified to fail,
Blind with tears, the nightingale
1-leard him out in silence, tried.
(a) Who gave the above instruction to the bird? (1)
(b) What was the real intention of the speaker? (2)
(c) Do you think the bird was foolish? Why? (1)
D2. Read the extract given below and answer the following questions. Write the answers in your answer sheet in one or two lines only. Remember to number the answers correctly. (4 marks)
'God save thee, ancient Mariner!
From the fiends, that plague thee thus!
Why look'st thou so?'
(a) Who spoke the above words? (1)
(b) What did the ancient mariner do? (1)
(c) Write briefly on the state of mind of the people in the above scene. (2)
D3. Read the extract given below and answer the following questions. Write the answers in your answer sheet. Remember to number the answers correctly. (5 marks)
This dream is all amiss interpreted;
It was a vision fair and fortunate
Your statue spouting blood in many pipes,
In which so many smiling Romans bathed,
Signifies that from you great Rome shall suck
Reviving blood, and that great men shall press
For tinctures, stains, relics and cognizance.
(a) What is the speaker's interpretation of the dream? (3)
(b) Why does he interpret it in such a way? (2)
D5. Mention any three characteristics you admire in Babuli's elder brother in 'The Tribute'. Quote an instance for each from the story. Your answer should not exceed 75 words . (2+2 marks)
