INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION – 2021 (ANNUAL) 305

ENGLISH (Model Set)

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I.A.-LL-ENGLISH (Opt.)
Time : 3 Hours 15 Minutes Full Marks :- 100

Instructions for the candidates :-

1. Candidates are required to give answers in their own words as far as

practicable.
2. Figures in the right hand margin indicate full marks.
3. While answering the questions, candidates should adhere to the
word limit as far as practicable.
4. 15 minutes of extra time has been allotted for the candidates to read
the questions and follow the instructions carefully.
5. All questions are compulsory.
6. Use of any electronic device is strictly prohibited.
7. This question paper is divided into two sections – Section-A and
Section-B.
8. In Section – A, there are 100 objective type questions, out of which
any 50 questions have to be answered. Each question carries 1
mark. Darken the circle with blue/black ball pen against the correct
option on OMR Answer Sheet provided to you. Do not use Whitener
/ Liquid / Blade/Nail on OMR Answer Sheet ; otherwise the result will
be treated invalid.
9. In case more than 50 questions are answered, only the first 50
answers will be evaluated.
10. In Section – B, there are descriptive type questions.

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 SECTION :- A

Objective Type Questions

Question No. 1 to 100 have four options, out of which only one is correct.

You have to mark your selected option on the OMR sheet. You have to

attempt only 50 questions. (50x1=50)

1. The storm has destroyed ten houses?

(Choose the correct passive voice)

(A) Ten houses had been destroyed by the storm.

(B) Ten houses have been destroyed by the storm.

(C) Ten houses were destroyed by the storm.

(D) Ten houses have been stormed.

2. We ……….. live without water.

(Choose the best auxiliary verb)

(A) can’t

(B) needn't

(C) shouldn’t

(D) aren’t

3. Marigold ……….. bloom in summer.

(Choose the correct tense form)

(A) should not (C) had not

(B) does not (D) have not

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4. She said, “You can leave the books here.”.

(Choose the correct indirect narration)

(A) She said that they could leave the books.

(B) She said that they can leave the books.

(C) She said that they can leave the books.

(D) She said that they could leave the books there.

5. When I ………….. the ignition on, the car started.

(Choose the correct tense form)

(A) turn (C) turning

(B) turned (D) will turn

6. Ritu asked Rekha not to meddle in her affairs.

(Choose the correct meaning of the underlined word)

(A) prevent (C) cross

(B) impose (D) interfere

7. Choose the correct sentence.

(A) The dentist kept him waiting for over a hour.

(B) The dentist kept him waiting for over an hour.

(C) Dentist kept him waiting for over an hour.

(D) Dentist kept him waiting for the hour.

8. It may rain. We will get wet.

(Choose the correct combination)

(A) If it rains, we will get wet.

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 (B) If it is raining, we will get wet.

(C) We will get wet on raining.

(D) Raining it is and we will get wet.

9. A bad ……….. quarrels with his tools.

(Choose the most appropriate)

(A) cobbler (B) carpenter

(C) farmer (D) mechanic

10. This work of art is worthy ……….. praise.

(Choose the correct preposition)

(A) of (B) for

(C) off (D) to

11. Choose the correctly spelt word

(A) Entrepreneur (B) Enterpeneur

(B) Enterprenuir (D) Entripreneur

12. Choose the correct synonym of ‘clue’.

(A) Subject (B) object

(C) Hint (D) unknown

13. Give one word substitution for :

‘One who champions the cause of women’

(A) lover (B) feminist

(C) beloved (D) champion

14. One of my sisters ………… going on a trip to France

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 (Choose the correct option)

(A) are (B) is

(C) has (D) have

15. His garden is very large

(Choose the correct antonym of the underlined word.)

(A) small (B) big

(C) enormous (D) huge

16. Manoj said to Mukesh, “May I borrow your book?”

(Choose the correct indirect narration)

(A) Manoj asked Mukesh if he will borrow your book.

(B) Manoj asked Mukesh if he might borrow his book.

(C) Manoj said to Mukesh to borrow his book.

(D) Manoj asked by Mukesh to borrow his book.

17. Choose the correctly spelt word :

(A) Wednesday (B) Widnesday

(C) Wadnesday (D) Wednessday

18. My daughter is learning to play ………. Violin.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) a (B) an

(C) the (D) no article

19. Let me …….. the classroom, please.

(Choose the best option)

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 (A) leave (B) leaving

(B) left (D) will leave

20. Choose the correct sentence :

(A) Their dog ran away while they were in the park.

(B) Their dog ran away while they are in the park.

(C) There dog ran away while they were in the park.

(D) The dog run away while there were in the park.

21. I was ……….. to go back home.

(Choose the correct phrase)

(A) in an instant (B) infact

(C) in a hurry (D) in force

22. I did not come ………. you did not call me.

(Choose the correct conjuction)

(A) because (C) and

(B) if (D) before

23. Ram …………. called me twice this morning.

(Choose the best modal verb)

(A) has (B) have

(C) had (D) having

24. Gandhi Jayanti is being celebrated.

(Choose the correct active voice)

(A) People celebrated Gandhi Jayanti.

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 (B) People will be celebrating Gandhi Jayanti.

(C) People may celebrate Gandhi Jayanti.

(D) People are celebrating Gandhi Jayanti.

25. She had come here …………. the function started.

(Choose the correct preposition)

(A) before (B) behind

(B) at (D) for

26. Naina’s mother asked ………. to clean the kitchen.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) she (B) it

(C) they (D) her

27. My cold is definitely …………. this morning.

(Choose the best option)

(A) worse (C) worst

(B) worsen (D) worseen

28. It was too late ………… out for dinner.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) go (B) to go

(C) going (D) gone

29. Rohan and Rohit are twin brothers, but they do not look ……..

(Choose the correct option)

(A) unique (B) different

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 (C) likely (D) alike

30. She doesn’t like him …….. ?

(Choose the correct option)

(A) doesn’t she (B) didn’t she

(C) won’t she (D) does she

31. He does not work hard and only ………. castle in the air.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) makes (B) made

(C) built (D) is make

32. I prepared hard for the examination.

(Choose the correct negative)

(A) I was not preparing hard for the examination.

(B) I had not prepared hard for the examination.

(C) I did not prepare hard for the examination.

(D) I prepared not hard for the examination.

33. A wise man profits ……….. the mistake of others.

(Choose the correct preposition)

(A) through (C) from

(B) with (D) by

34. Choose the incorrect sentence.

(A) I sold all my furnitures.

(B) They help each other.

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 (C) Please help the poor.

(D) My son is six months old.

35. He ………… after a short struggle.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) give (B) give up

(C) gave up (D) giving up

36. Choose the correctly spelt word.

(A) Paralel. (B) Peralel

(C) Parallel (D) Parelel

Instruction : Questions from 37 to 60 are based on the prescribed

texts.

37. ‘The past is not dead and static, it is alive and dynamic’ is taken from

…….

(A) I Have a Dream (C) Bharat is My Home

(B) A Child is Born (D) The Artist

38. Rupthoka is a ……….. in Bangladesh

(A) poem (B) music

(C) song (D) fairy tale

39. Who belongs to the Caucasian race ?

(A) Chinese (B) Indian

(C) Japanese (D) Bhutanese

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40. ……….. and peasants were the people Pearl S. Buck wanted to

meet while in India.

(A) Intellectuals (B) Women

(C) Industrialists (D) Children

41. ‘A Marriage Proposal’ is a …………..

(A) story (B) travelogue

(C) comedy (D) tragedy

42. The name of Benjy’s wife was ………..

(A) Nancy (B) Amande

(C) Florence (D) Mary

43. The curio-dealer sold the ground to a wealthy ………

(A) Collector (B) doctor

(C) teacher (D) father

44. Martin Luther king, Jr. refers to ghetto meaning ………

(A) affluent area (B) slum area

(C) wealthy locality (D) commercial area

45. Bertrand Russell was a philosopher and a …………..

(A) scientist (B) politician

(C) mathematician (D) anthropologist

46. The editorial policy of a newspaper is controlled by ………

(A) discontent (B) reality

(C) bankruptcy (D) advertisement

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47. ‘Nurse’s ……….. will not last ;

(A) flowers (B) stone

(C) sun (D) rivers

48. Who among the following is a metaphysical poet ?

(A) T S Eliot (B) John Keats

(C) John Donne (D) John Dryden

49. Macavity is full of ……….

(A) deceit (B) generosity

(C) humility (D) honesty

50. ‘The burning ghat erupted phosphorescence’ is taken from ………

(A) Song of Myself (B) Ode to Autumn

(C) Fire-Hymn (D) An Epitaph

51. Walter de la Mare belongs to the ………….. Age

(A) Augustan (B) Classical

(C) Jacobean (D) Modern

52. The poetess in ‘My Grandmother’s House’ desires for …….. from

strangers.

(A) food (B) love

(C) jewellery (D) respect

53. The poet was at the water-trough to ………..

(A) have a steal (B) see the river

(C) enjoy nature (D) quench his thirst

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54. Rupert Brooke died of …………..

(A) heart attack (B) brain haemorrhage

(C) kidney failure (D) septicaemia

55. ‘Arms raised stiffly to reprove’ ……….. is taken from.

(A) Song of Myself

(B) Snake

(C) Now the Leaves are Falling Fast

(D) Ode to Autumn

56 ……. has emerged in different parts of the world.

(A) American English (B) New English

(B) Indian English (D) British English

57. Who was the greatest dramatist of the Elizabethan Age ?

(A) Charles Dickens (B) Daniel Defoe

(C) Henry James (D) Shakespeare

58. …………. has its own ‘Received Pronunciation’.

(A) German (B) English

(C) Russian (D) Hindi

59. Who wrote ‘Chitra’?

(A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Toru Dutt

(C) Aurobindo Ghosh (D) Sarojini Naidu

60. The word ‘drama’ comes from ……….

(A) Latin (B) British

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 (C) Scandinavian (D) Greek

61. He has no money …….. spend.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) With (B) at

(C) to (D) by

62. I saw a tiger. I cried out.

(Choose the suitable combination of sentences)

(A) I cry as I see a tiger. (B) I crying when I see a tiger.

(C) Seeing a tiger, I cry. (D) I cried out on seeing a tiger.

63. ………… I come in, teacher ?

(Choose the correct auxiliary verb)

(A) have (B) may

(C) should (D) could

64. He said, “I can speak English”.

(Choose the correct indirect speech)

(A) He said that he could speak English.

(B) He says that he speaks English.

(C) He is saying that he speaks English.

(D) He will say that he speaks English.

65. I am satisfied …………. your progress.

(Choose the suitable preposition)

(A) by (B) on
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 (C) to (D) with

66. He usually …………. in ink.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) writes (B) wrote

(C) has written (D) was written

67. Choose the correct sentence.

(A) I admire your boldness. (B) Boldness is admiring I.

(C) I his boldness admire. (D) I have admire his boldness.

68. It was a ………. Job.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) tire (B) tired

(C) tiring (D) will tire

69. …………. pen writes well.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) A (B) An

(C) The (D) no article

70. Choose the correctly spelt word :

(A) Decey (B) Deciy

(C) Ducey (D) Decay

71. Suresh will not repair the scooter.

(Change into passive voice)

(A) The scooter repairing not by Suresh.

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 (B) The scooter is repaired not by Suresh.

(C) The scooter will not be repaired by Suresh.

(D) Suresh not repaired the scooter.

72. A man whose wife is dead ………

(Choose the correct option)

(A) Widow (B) Divorce

(C) Widower (D) Murderer

73. The synonym of ‘Hopeful’ is …………

(A) serious (B) tidy

(C) sleepy (D) optimistic

74. The story is told by the teacher.

(Change into active voice)

(A) The teacher telling the story. (B) The teacher tells the story.

(C) Story telling by the teacher. (D) Teacher told the story.

75. The antonym of ‘curable’ is ……….

(Choose the correct option)

(A) Fast (B) Incurable

(C) Soft (D) Cultural

76. There is an exception ………. every rule.

(Choose the correct preposition)

(A) for (B) to

(C) from (D) of

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77. He …………. to talk to you.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) was wanting (B) is wanting

(C) wants (D) want

78. Choose the odd one :

(A) Sari (B) Skirt

(C) Frock (D) Sugar

79. We should …….. bad company.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) acquire (B) avoid

(C) belief (D) accuse

80. The statue is very …………….

(Choose the correct option)

(A) better (B) worse

(C) tolerable (D) beautiful

81. The school …………. at 3 pm.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) because of (B) break down

(C) bring up (D) breaks up

82. He showed me ……….. greatest respect.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) a (B) an
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 (C) the (D) no article

83. The President ………… the winners on their success.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) praised (B) propagated

(C) wished (D) congratulated

84. Find the wrongly spelt word :

(A) Superman (B) Watchman

(C) Fiserman (D) Batsman

Instruction: Questions from 85 to 100 are based on the

prescribed texts :

85. ‘A man is not necessarily happy because he is rich, or unhappy

because he is poor’ – is taken from

(A) Indian Civilization and Culture.

(B) Bharat is My Home.

(C) How Free is the Press.

(D) Ideas That Have Helped Mankind.

86. What characterizes new India after independence ?

(Choose the correct option)

(A) Quiet confidence and unyielding idealism

(B) Regret for remaining in slavery

(C) Anger against her former rulers

(D) Squalor, hunger and disease

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87. The hobby of collecting gourds is called ………….. pastime in ‘The

Artist’.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) effeminate (B) good

(C) mainly (D) bad

88. The past is not dead and static, it is ………

(Choose the correct option)

(A) repetitive (B) alive and dynamic

(C) recurring (D) reappearing

89. ‘A Pinch of snuff’ is …………

(Choose the correct option)

(A) a short story (B) an essay

(C) a drama (D) a speech

90. Benjy’s father handed him a passbook at the age of …….

(Choose the correct option)

(A) 20 (B) 21

(C) 22 (D) 23

91. Who will make quicker journey than the sun ?

(Choose the correct option)

(A) John Donne (B) W Whiteman

(C) W H Auden (D) T S Eliot

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92. ‘Dead in hundreds at the back/Follow ……. in our track? ‘Now the

Leaves are Falling Fast’

(Choose the correct option)

(A) wooden (B) human

(C) rural (D) urban

93. ‘Ode to ………..’ is a romantic poem.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) Season (B) Winter

(C) Rain (D) Autumn

94. Who composed ‘The Soldier’ ?

(Choose the correct option)

(A) Rupert Brooke (B) Kamala Das

(C) W H Auden (D) John Donne

95. Macavity is called …………….

(Choose the correct option)

(A) The Hidden Paw (B) The Exposed Paw

(C) The Naughtily (D) The Mysterious Paw

96. The poet was with his ………., passing by the cremation ghat.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) father (B) brother

(C) son (D) sister

97. Who were known as ‘the University Wits’?

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 (Choose the most suitable option)

(A) Elizabethan Scholars (B) Victorian Scholars

(C) Indian Scholars (D) British Scholars

98. Who wrote ‘Arms and the Man’ ?

(Choose the correct option)

(A) G. B. Shaw (B) William Shakespeare

(C) Marlowe (D) Ben Johson

99. ……….. was a dominant influence on Middle English.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) Indian (B) Scandinavian

(C) Greek (D) Latin

100. …………. will be the common language for us.

(Choose the correct option)

(A) American English (B) Global Standard English

(C) Indian English (D) British English

SECTION –B

(Descriptive Type Questions)

1. Write an essay on any one of the following in about 150-200 words.

1x8=8

(A) Covid 19 and its impact

(B) Might is Right

(C) Discipline
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 (D) Flood

(E) Pollution

2. Explain any one of the following : 1x4=4

(A) It turned out that the Minister and Lala Sohanlal, once the best of

friends, were now at daggers drawn.

(B) Speeches may be made, of course, but they will not reach the

wider public, for they will not be reported in full.

(C) Justice was tolerably fair. The ordinary rule was to avoid courts.

(D) The fact of the matter is, I have come to ask for your daughter

Natalia’s hand in marriage.

3. Explain any one of the following : 1x4=4

(A) Starving through the leafless wood

Trolls run scolding for their food.

(B) How often I think of going

There, to peer through blind eyes of windows

(C) And when I crumble, who will remember

This lady of the west country?

(D) At whatever time the deed took place

MACAVITY WASN’T THERE!

4. Write a letter to your grandfather, enquiring about his recovery from

Covid 19.

OR
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 Write a letter to your Principal, enquiring about the examination

schedule.

5. Answer any five of the following in about 40-50 words : 5x2=10

(A) What are Pearls S. Buck’s views about Indian peasants and their

children ?

(B) What had Benjy’s parents expected when they handed the

passbook to him?

(C) What was the role of fire in human development ?

(D) What is the relevance of Martine Luther King, Jr.’s speech ?

(E) Why is Macavity never accused of committing a crime?

(F) In what way will the lovers be united ?

(G) What does the speaker in ‘Song of Myself’ observe in summer?

(H) Why did the Old English Period fail to produce literature of much

significance ?

(I) What is meant by ‘Great Vowel Shift’ ?

(J) Write a note on Indian Drama ?

6. Answer any three of the following in about 100-120 words 3x5=15

(A) Write the summary of any one of the following poems :-

(i) Ode to Autumn

(ii) Fire-Hymn

(iii) Song of Myself

(B) Write the summary of any one of the following prose-pieces -

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 (i) The Earth

(ii) Bharat is My Home

(iii) Ideas that Have Helped Mankind

(C) Write a note on Modern English

OR

How can we improve our English?

OR

Write a note on Indian English Novel.

(D) Match the names of the poets given in List-A with their works

in List-B.

List –A List-B

(i) Rupert Brooke (a) Ode to Autumn

(ii) Walt Whitman (b) Snake

(iii) John Keats (c) The Soldier

(iv) Walter de la Mare (d) An Epitaph

(v) D H Lawrence (e) Song of Myself

(E) Translate any five into English

I. eq>s nw/k ihuk ilUn gSA

II. f’k{kd gekjk Hkfo"; cukrs gSaA

III. vkt lqcg eSa cgqr nsj ls mBkA

IV. rhu ?kaVs esa ;g dke iwjk djksA

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 V. vkt ds Nk= dy ds usrk gSaA

VI. D;k rqe dy esjs ?kj vkvksxs\

VII. Hkkjrh; esgurh gksrs gSaA

VIII. gesa xjhcksa dh enn djuh pkfg,A

(F) Match the names of the authors given in List-A with their works in

List-B

List-A List-B

(i) H E Bates (a) India Through a Traveller’s Eyes

(ii) Pearl S. Buck (b) A Marriage Proposal

(iii) Anton Chekhov (c) The Artist

(iv) Manohar Malagaonkar (d) The Earth

(v) Shiga Naoya (e) A Pinch of snuff

7. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow : 4

Food can maintain and save life. Proper food serves as

medicine, improper food works as poison. A little care about the

quality and quantity of food will keep us healthy and happy. If we go

about eating all sorts of things, we shall become sick. We should not

become slaves to our tongue or taste. Eating junk food leads us to

be obese and diabetic.

(i) What are the functions of food ?

(ii) What can a little care about food do to us?

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(iii) What does junk food do to our body?

(iv) Make sentences with : Food, Medicine.

OR

Write a précis of the following passage and give a suitable title :

The earth has given us many gifts. That is why we call it

mother. One of its gifts is trees. Trees release oxygen which is

necessary for our life. They prevent soil erosion and protect us from

severe weather. They play a critical role in maintaining balance in

the ecosystem.

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