Intermediate
Examination- 2021 (Annual)
English (Model
Set)
Section-B
1. Write essay on any
one of the following in about 150-200 words- [ 8marks]
a) The book you like most-I have recently read a book, "The
Bhagwat Gita." I like "The Bhagwat Gita" very much. The
"Bhagwat Gita" is a holy book of the Hindus. It is said that Lord
Krishna himself narrated the reality of life and the duties to be performed
while dealing with certain problems, to Arjuna. He had also thrown a light on
mortality. A great battle was fought at Kurukshetra. It is said that Lord
Krishna gave his support to the Pandavas. He was Arjuna's chariot driver.
First, Arjuna refused to fight against his own relatives. At that Lord Krishna
made a long speech. Lord Krishna advised Arjuna not to get emotional. He
encouraged him to fight. Lord Krishna told him not to think of the result of
any action. He also showed his cosmic form to Arjuna. Thus Arjuna was convinced
and prepared himself to fight. The Bhagwat Gita is a great book. Every Hindu
worships this book and reads it. This book persents the basic
principle of Indian philosophy. It tells us that all questions regarding
castes, races and religions are meaningless. It also says that all people are
the children of God. Everyone must perform their duties. The Bhagwat Gita is a
book of everlasting value. Every Indian finds hope and light in it's pages.
This book has been translated in varions languages of the world. I love this
book. I like to read it again and again. I worship it too. It is the poetry of
human life.
2. Explain any one
of the following: [4 marks]
(a) The process of its constant
renewal is indeed, the process of growth of national culture and national
character.
Answer-These lines have been taken from ‘Bharat is My Home’ which is written by
Dr. Zakir Hussain. He was born in Hyderabad, was one of our greatest freedom
fighters as well as eminent educationist.
He says that in India people are from every caste and religion. It is a strong
and beautiful family and we must work hard for its progress.
(b) This means that the cheap
daily paper, which goes everywhere and has most influence, is far less than the
more expensive weekly or monthly.
Answer-These lines have been taken from ‘How Free Is The Press’ which is
written by Dorothy L. Sayers. She says that expensive weekly or monthly are considered
to be more free because they generate more revenue as compared to cheap daily
paper which is more accessible.
(d) Indian had always been part
of the background of my life, but I had never
seen it, whole and for myself until now.
Answer-These lines have been taken from ‘India Through a Traveller’s Eyes’
which is written by Pearl S. Buck.
In these lines, Pearl S. Buck has
described her visit to India. She says
India had always been part of the background of her life. She had heard a lot
more of India from her family doctor and his wife who were Indians. She had
also learnt Buddhism and the life story of Lord Buddha.
3.Explain any one of
the following: [1x4=4 marks]
(a) And the nightingale is dumb.
And the angel will not come.
Answer- The given stanza has been taken from the poem “Now the Leaves Are
Falling Fast” which is written by W.H. Auden. He was born in 1907 and died in
1973. He won Pulitzer Prize in 1948.
In the given lines the speaker says that death is true. When it comes the
nightingale stops singing. Life is lost, no angel comes to help. Death is
certain.
(b)How often I think of going
There, to peer through blind eyes of windows.
Answer-The given stanza has been taken from the poem “My Grandmother’s House”
which is written by Kamala Das.
In this stanza the poet Kamala Das refers to her grandmother’s house where she
had spent her childhood. She had received enormous love and affection. However
after the death of her grandmother the house became deserted with snakes moving
around.
(c)And when crumble, who will
remember
This lady of the west Country.
Answer-The given stanza has been taken from the poem “An Epitaph” which is written by Walter de la Mare. He was born in
1873 in the village of Charlton in Kent. The memory of the beautiful lady of
the western country is alive in the heart of the poet. When he dies nobody will
ever think of her.
(d) And laughter, learnt of
friends and gentleness,
In hearts at peace, under an English Heaven
The given stanza has been taken from the poem “The Soldier” which is written by
Rupert Brooke. He is known as a war poet. He also expresses his sense of
gratitude of his country for everything he got there the flowers, the air he
breathes, the laughter that he has learnt from friends. Thus the poem shows the
poet’s great love for his mother land.
4. Write a letter to your
cousin, asking about her plans to visit a tourist place in the summer vacation.
[5 marks]
Answer-
Naka No-5
Darbhanga
6th Jan 2021
My dear cousin
I am fine here and hope the same for you. The purpose of writing this letter to
invite you to our house for this summer vacation. As you know that my exams
completed. I am feeling very bored here. No one are here to play with me. I
need you to spend this summer vacation with me. If you come, we will go to
beach. Please dear join with us.
Thanking you,
Yours truly
Rohan
Or
Write a letter to the Principal of a college requesting him to arrange a
cricket match between his college and yours.
To
The Principle
C. M. College, Darbhanga
Jan April 2021
Subject-Arrange a cricket match
Respected Sir,
I beg to say that our college cricket team want to play a friendly cricket
match with your college’s cricket team at your ground. The match can be played
on any day from 1st to 10th May 2021.
Kindly arrange the match between your college cricket team and our cricket
team. Please depute your games secretary to supervise it.
Thanking you.
Your obediently
Ram Mohan
Class-11th
M M School
5. Answer any five of the
following in about 40-50 words: [5x2=10]
(a) What has formed the
speaker’s blood?
Answer: The blood of the speaker has been formed by the same soil and the same
air that everyone breathes. There is no difference between his blood and the
blood of others.
(b)Who showered love and
affection on the poetess?
Answer: It was her grandmother who showered love and affection on the poetess
when she was a child.
(c) Why did then narrator always
obey Nanukaka?
Answer: The narrator was never willing to serve Nanukaka as his secretary or
his driver. But had had to obey him because his mother insisted on it. He could
not displease his mother.
(d) What is the pledge of the
Negroes?
Answer: The Negroes have made a sacred pledge to march forward and continue
their struggle.
(e) How does the poet feel in
dying for his country?
Answer: Poet is happy to repay his debt to his motherland by dying for it in a
battle.
(g) Why does Lomov think that his
is a critical age?
Answer-Lomov is already thirty-five. He is still unmarried. He thinks his is a
critical age because if he does not get married soon, he will never be able to
marry.
(h) How we can improve our
English?
Answer- (i) Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Be confident.
(ii)Keep a notebook of new words you learn.
(i)Write a short note on Indian
English Novel.
Answer- The Indian novel play a very important role in our life. The Indian
novel gave the dimension of a national movement to our freedom struggle. Apart
from this the other valuable topic being adopted by the Indian novelist.
(j)Why has English become so
popular in India?
Answer- English is an international language. It is the language of science and
commerce. English has become a passport to jobs in India and abroad. English is
also link language in India.
6. Answer any three in
about 100-120 words (3x5=15)
a)Write the summary of any one of the following poems-
(i) An Epitaph- An Epitaph is written by Walter de la Mare. Epitaph is tomb of
a dead body. Where lies a beautiful lady.
Actually poet loved very much to that lady. She was very beautiful. One day
that lady died and buried finally in the grave. So in this poem poet is
expressing his sad feeling for a lady who is lying in a grave. The poet goes to
the tomb which was made in the memory of that lady. He weeps there bitterly and
thinks who will remember her after his death. The poet is in the opinion that
man is mortal and soul is immortal. Poet says body falls down into pieces but
soul changes the other new body to live. The poet says whoever comes on the earth
must die. But their fame remains permanently in this universe.
(ii) Ode to Autumn- This poem is
written by John Keats. In this poem John Keats describes the beauty and
characteristics of autumn season. He says that autumn season is good season
because in this season people are happy. They feel very good because this
season is neither hot nor very cool. Wind blows very friendly. In this season
new leaves and fruits grow on the trees. In this season nature looks very
beautiful because there is greenery everywhere. All people feel to work in this
season even the birds also sing. The sun rays of this season make the fruit
fleshy, fat and tasty. In this season nature remains calm and cool.
(iii) The Soldier- The soldier is
a patriotic poem in form of sonnet composed by the great war poet Rupert
Brooke. The poet describes the feeling of an English Soldier who goes to a
foreign country to fight for his own country. He feels that the piece of
foreign land where he will be buried in case of death, will be forever England.
He considers the piece of foreign land to be England because he was born and
brought up in England. He also expresses his sense of gratitude of his country
for everything he got there the flowers, the air he breathes, the laughter that
he has learnt from friends. Thus the poem shows the poet’s great love for his
mother land.
(b) Write the summary of any one
of the following prose-pieces.
(i)Bharat is My Home-“Bharat Is My Home” is an extract from the speech he gave
in 1967 after taking the oath as the president of India. He was born on 8 Feb
1897 in Hyderabad.
First of all He thanks and says to people, “I am very happy because you people
have shown your trust and selected me as a president.” During his speech he
says about Dr. Radha Krishnan who is a great scholar and philosopher.
Dr. Zakir Hussain pledges himself of the loyalty of our past culture. He
says education is the only instrument which can develop a man, state and
nation.
During his speech he says emotionally, “I feel today, the full Bharat is my
home and I am the head of this home and its people are my family. It includes
the people from every caste and religion. It is a strong and beautiful family
and we must work hard for its progress.
(ii) I Have a Dream-“I Have a
Dream” is a speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in Lincoln Memorial in
Washington DC in 1963. He was born on 15 Jan. 1929. He was influenced by Gandhi
Jee and also supported non-violence and got Nobel Prize in 1964.
In this speech he raised his voice against American government as American
government was not in favour of them. Actually one hundred years ago, the great
President of America Abraham Lincoln, signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
This proclamation freed all Negro slaves. But one hundred years later Negroes
are not free. They live in ghettos and find no justice. He says that they had
to live life of deported persons though they are native. he says that the Negro
cannot wait any longer. The movement will continue unabated till the Negro gets
justice.
Martin Luther has a dream that one day
Negroes will get freedom. He has a dream that one day all of them- black people
and white people will sing together, “we are free.”
(iii) A Pinch of Snuff-“A Pinch
of Snuff” is written by Manohar Malgonkar. He was born on 12 July 1913. He is a
well known as novelist and short story writer.
This is family drama. In this there is author (Manohar Mangorkar) and his
mother and many other characters. One day author’s mother says to author that
his maternal uncle is coming here for 2-3 days because he wants to meet a
welfare minister. Author tells mother to tell his uncle not to come but mother
refuses. So author goes to the station to receive his uncle. The name of uncle
is Nanukaka. After coming, Nanukaka says to author to take him to the welfare
minister, Author takes him to the welfare minister but Nanukaka could not meet
minister. On the way to his home, author meets a person he is Ratiram son of
Sohan Lal who is the head of party in Delhi. Nanu Kaka forces to author to fix
appointment with Sohan Lal so that he may meet welfare minister. After the
meeting with sohan Lal, Nanu Kaka knows that Sohan Lal has not good relation
with the welfare minister because he refused to marry his daughter with Sohan
Lal’s son. In this discussion he knows that the marriage of minister’s daughter
has been set with a son of Ninnore Maharaj.
Now NanuKaka announces that they will visit the minister’s house. He tells the
narrator that they need a large car to impress the minister. For this he calls
for a dhobi and uses to trap the manager of Sikka Auto Dealers then he takes
car to minister. In visitors book he mentions himself the hereditary pundit to
the Maharaja of Ninnore. At last he gave Delhi address where he lives. In the
long run the welfare minister himself comes to residence of the writer where
Nanukaka welcomes him with respect. This way Nanu Kaka finally met welfare
minister and after that he went back to his home.
(C) What are the difficulties
faced by students learning English as a second language?
English is not our native
language. It is taught as a foreign or second language in India. So, it is
natural for Indians to face some difficulties in learning it. Indian feel
difficulty in pronouncing the English words correctly with right stress. They
fail to speak the English sentence structures do not correspond to the
structures of the sentences of their own languages. To them, the spelling of
certain English words, too create troubles. These are the areas where Indians
make mistakes while speaking or writing English.
Or
Write a note on the difference
between a novel and a drama.
Drama
is an objective art. It is governed by certain rules and regulations. The
dramatist has no freedom to make any comment on any character or event in
person. Three unities- the unities of time, place and action are valuable in a
drama. A drama is also divided into acts and scenes. It is mainly to be acted
on stage. A novel, on the other hand, is subjective in nature. A novelist can
appear in his novel to make any comment on any character or event if he wishes
to do so. A novel is divided into parts or chapters. It is meant to be read at
leisure. It has no fixed rules and regulations.
Or
What are the dramatic structures of a tragedy?
The dramatic structures of a tragedy
are following-
i. Exposition
ii. Complication
iii. Crisis
iv. Denouement
v. Catastrophe.
(D) Match the poets in List A with their
works in List B.
List-A List-B
a)D.H. Lawrence v)Snake
b)Walt Whitman iii)Song
of Myself
c)John Donne iv)Sweetest
Love I Do Not Goe
d)Walter de la Mare i)
An Epitaph
e)Keki N. Daruwala ii)
Fire-Hymn
(E) Translate any five of the followings
sentences into English.
(i) दो दिनों से बारिश हो रही
है|- It has been raining for two days.
(ii) वसंत को ऋतुओं का राजा कहा जाता है-Spring season is called the king of seasons.
(iii) सच्चा मित्र संसार में दुर्लभ है-Good friend is rare in this world.
(iv) वह अभी तक नहीं पहुंचा है- He has not arrived yet.
(v) वे एक महँ देशभक्त है-He is a great patriot.
(vi) शाम में हमलोग कहें रहे होंगे- We shall be playing in the evening.
(vii) मुझे कल राजगीर जाना है- I have to go to Rajgir tomorrow.
(vii) आपकी घडी में कितना बजा है- What is the time by your watch
(F) Match the name of the authors
given in List-A with their works in List B
List-A List-B
a) H.E. Bates iv)The Earth
b)Anton Chekhov (iii)
A marriage Proposal
c)Dr. Zakir Hussain (iv)
Bharat is My home
d) Pearl S. Buck (i)
India Through a Traveller’s Eyes
e)Mahatma Gandhi (ii)
Indian Civilization and Culture
7. Read the passage and answer
the questions that follow-
Discipline is the necessity of life. A man without discipline can achieve
nothing worthwhile in life. Discipline is the very important condition of
progress, stability and strength. Discipline is necessary in all walks of life.
Without discipline, there will be disorder and lawlessness. It costs nothing
but wins a lot.
Questions
i) What must we have if we want to achieve something worthwhile in life?
Ans-We must have discipline if we want to achieve something worthwhile in life.
ii) What will happen if there is no discipline?
Ans- If there is no discipline there will be disorder and lawlessness in the
world.
iii)Why is discipline important?
Discipline is important to help us to safeguard our interest and retains us
from misusing our liberties.
iv)Make sentences with: Discipline, strength.
Discipline- Discipline is the necessity of life.
Strength- Disciple is the very important of strength.
Or
Write a précis of the
following passage and give a suitable
title :
A pet is kept for companionship and
enjoyment. The most popular pets – the
dogs, are noted for their loyalty.
Keeping pets have been shown to help relieve
stress. Walking a dog can provide
both the owner and the dog with
exercise, fresh air and social interaction.
Animals and birds are good companions
of man.
Answer-
Pet Animal
Pets are not merely animals living with us. They become a part of our family because
of the sheer comfort we get from them. Dogs are the most faithful.
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