Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 100
Q 1. Make a précis of the given passage and suggest a suitable heading(20+5)There is a famous speech recorded of an old Norseman. Thoroughly characteristic of the Teuton. “I believe neither in idols nor demons,” said he, “I pour my sole trust in my own strength of body and soul.” The ancient crest of pickaxes with the motto of “Either I will find a way or make one,” was an expression of the same sturdy independence which to this day distinguishes the descendants of the Norseman. Indeed nothing could be more characteristic of the Scandinavian mythology, than that it had a god with a hammer. A man’s character is seen in small matters and even from so slight a test as the mode in which man wields a hammer, his energy may in some measure be inferred. Thus an eminent French man hits off in a single phrase the quality of the inhabitants of a particular district in which a friend of his proposed to settle and by land. “Beware” said he, “of making a purchase there; I know the men of that department; the pupils who come from it to our veterinary school at Paris do not strike hard upon the anvil; they want energy; and you will not get a satisfactory return on any capital you may invest there.” A fine and Just appreciation of character, indicating the thoughtful observer, and strikingly illustrative of the fact that it is the energy of the individual men that gives strength to the state, and confers a value even upon the very soil which they cultivate.
Q 2. Read the passage and answer the questions that follows(20 Marks)All great thinkers live and move on a high plane of thought. It is only there they can breathe freely. It is only in contact with spirits like themselves they can live harmoniously and attain that serenity which comes from ideal companionship. The studies of all great thinkers must range along the highest altitudes of human thought. I cannot remember the name of any illuminative genius who did not drink his inspiration from fountains of ancient Greeks and Hebrew writer; or such among the moderns as were pupils in ancient thought, and in return, became masters in their own. I have always thought that the strongest argument in favor of the Baconian theory was , that no man, however indubitable his genius, could have written the plays and sonnets that have come down to us under Shakespeare’s name who had not the liberal education of Bacon. How this habit of intercourse with the gods makes one impatient of mere men. The magnificent ideals that have ever haunted the human mind, , and given us our highest proofs of a future immortality by reason of the impossibility of there fulfillment here, are splintered into atoms by contact with Life’s realities, here comes our sublime discontent. You will notice that your first sensation after reading a great book is one of melancholy and dissatisfaction. The ideas, sentiments, expressions, are so far beyond those of ordinary working life that you cannot turn aside from one to the other without an acute sensation and consciousness of the contrast. And the principles are so lofty, so super human that it is a positive pain, if once you become imbued with them, to come down and mix in the squalid surroundings of ordinary humanity. It may be spiritual or intellectual pride that is engendered on the high plane of intellectual life. But whatever it is, it becomes inevitable. An habitual meditation on the vast problems that underline human life, and are knit into human destinies-thoughts of immortality, of the littleness of mere man, of the greatness of man’s soul, of the splendors of the universe that are invisible to the ordinary traffickers in the street, as the vastness of St. Peter’s is to the spider that weaves her web in a corner of the dome-these things do not fit men to understand the average human being, or to tolerate with patience the sordid wretchedness of the unregenerate masses. It is easy to understand, therefore, why such thinkers fly to the solitude of their own thoughts, or the silent companionship of the immortals; and if they care to present their views in prose or verse to the world, that these views take a somber and melancholy setting from “the pale cast of thought ” in which they were engendered. Questions:1. On what plane the great thinkers live and move?2. Is a liberal education necessary to produce great literature? 3. Why does the reading of a great book, according to the author, make one melancholy and disappointed?4. What are the things that make it hard to understand the average human beings?
Q3. Write a comprehensive note(250-300 words) on any one of the following(20 marks)a) The world does not progress, it merely changes b) Nothing venture, nothing havec) For all sad words of tongue or pen the saddest are these: “It might have been….”d) Democracy has the obvious disadvantage of counting votes instead of weighing them
Q4. Correct the following: (10)1. He had seen a lion in the Zoo2. Tell me when did you see him?3. He bade me to do it4. I am of the opinion that he is mad5. She resembles with her sister6. She discussed about this matter7. Being a fine day, we went out8. Put your sign here9. The two first chapters wee written10. It takes two to make row
Q5. Change the Speech (5)1. “Go out and play” said he to his sons, “The weather is fine.”2. “Don’t speak so loudly, please”3. Rubina, “Why do you say that I am lazy, foolish girl.”4. “What a foolish man you are!”5. “Why are you sitting here ?” he said to him, “why do you not go out?”6. She said to the teacher, “Let me sit in class without the book.”7. The Teacher asked John what he was doing.
Q6 A Choose Synonyms (only 5) (5 marks)
1. Adduce:a. proof b. alignment c. sanctity d. alloy
2. Aghasta. verified b. romanticized c. terrified d. clarified
3. Bastion:a. lawlessness b. additional c. defense d. vengeance
4. Berate:a. scold b. strong c. leave d. loud5. Cascade: a. opinion b. agent c. waterfall d. upheaval6. Copious:a. plentiful b. handful c. wishful d. fulfill
Q6 B. Use Only Five of the following in sentences to bring out their meanings (5)
1. Play Down
2. Fall Back 3. Figure out 4. Every inch
5. On the sly 6. To be caught napping7. Iron out
Q 6 C. Use Only Five pair of words in sentences (10)
1. Heir; Ere2. Attenuate; Extenuate3. Euphemism; Euphuism4. All; Awl5. Ball; Bawl6. Contagious; Infectious7. Creak; Creek
__________________Oh Beloved,take away what I want.Take away what I do.Take away what I need.Take away everythingthat takes me from you.
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