12 ENGLISH PUBLIC EXAMINATION – 09.05.2022
PART
– I
I. Choose the most appropriate synonyms of the underlined words in the following sentence:
20 x 1 = 20
1. We watched for a few moments; then as trade slackened we went over.
(a)reduced
(b)improved
(c)loosened
(d)ended
Answer:
(a)reduced.
(Text book page number 5)
2. Individual liberty would have become social anarchy.
(a)welfare
(b)anxiety
(c)lawlessness
(d)deprivation
Answer:
(c) lawlessness
(Text book page number 70)
3. He was a walking horror, with a disfigured face and long flap of skin hanging from the side of his neck to his body
(a)majestic
(b)marred
(c)dismantled
(d)diseased
Answer:
(b) marred
(Text book page number 180)
4. In those days, they didn't have sophisticated heart
surgery.
(a)artificial
(b)painful
(c)primitive
(d)modern
Answer:
(c)
primitive
5. Our father rejected it, saying it wouldn't be sturdy.
(a)pretty
(b)weak
(c)fashionable
(d)strong
Answer:
(b)
weak
6. We have a whole kingdom in which we rule wise or …….. conventional or odd.
(a)unconventional
(b)inefficient
(c)insufficient
(d)unbiased
Answer:
(a)
unconventional
7. Replace the underlined idiom with its suitable meaning.
The examinations are round the corner.
(a)not to be avoided
(b)not in the near future
(c)very near
(d)to be postponed
Answer:
(c) very near
(Text book page 117)
8. Replace the underlined word with a polite form of expression. Slow learners are to be taught with more care and attention.
(a) bright
(b)unwilling learners
(c)hyper active
(d)slow bloomers
Answer:
(d) slow bloomers
9. Choose the word that can be placed before the word
"drive" to form a compound word.
(a)pen
(b)roll
(c)rash
(d)dash
Answer:
(a) pen (ie) Pendrive
10.Choose the correct British English equivalent for the American
English word "Vacation".
(a)Weekend
(b)Holiday
(c)Tour
(d)Leave
Answer:
(b) Holiday
(Text book page 181)
11.Fill in the blank with the most suitable prepositional phrase.
………….rain, take an umbrella.
(a)In favour of
(b)In case of
(c)On behalf of
(d)In spite of
Answer:
(b) In case
of
In case of
rain, take an umbrella.
12. Choose the appropriate linker and complete the sentence…………you book in advance, you cannot witness the show.
(a)Unless
(b)If
(c)Although
(d)Otherwise
Answer:
(a) Unless
(Text book page 48)
13. Choose the correct word from the options given below and
complete the sentence.
It was a memorable
(a)accident
(b)incidence
(c)resident
(d)incident
Answer:
(d) incident
(Text book page 72)
14.Replace the underlined word with a suitable phrasal verb.
The fire was extinguished.
(a)put up
(b)put in
(c)put out
(d)put off
Answer:
(c) put out
(Text book page 7)
Note: Put off means to delay something.
15.Choose the word with the correct spelling.
(a)dysentery
(b)seperate
(c)secretery
(d)foriegn
Answer:
(a)
dysentery
Separate – Separate, secretery- secretary, foriegn- foreign
16.Identify the correct combination of the word ‘haircut’.
(a)Noun+Adjective
(b)Noun+Verb
(c)Noun+Adverb
(d)Noun+Noun
Answer:
(b)
Noun+Verb
17.Form a new word by adding a suitable suffix to the underlined word
and complete the sentence.
The soil lost its…………. (fertile) due
to excessive sprinkling of pesticides.
(a)-ity
(b)-ness
(c)-able
(d)–ment
Answer:
(a) -ity (ie)fertility
(Text book page 7)
18.Choose the best option that is the expansion of the abbreviation
TNPSC.
(a) Tamilnadu Public Service Commission
(b) Tamilnadu National People Service
Commission
(c) Tamilnadu Pupil Service Commission
(d) Tamilnadu Public Science Council
Answer:
(a) Tamilnadu Public Service Commission
19. Choose the appropriate question tag and complete the sentence.
Don't commit this mistake again, ____?
(a)do you
(b)will you
(c)would you
(d)won't you
Answer:
(b) will you
(Text book page 81)
20.Which of the following sentences is of the pattern SVOA
(a)We should encourage sportspersons.
(b)I ate an apple yesterday.
(c)The pot called the kettle black.
(d)Your words make me proud.
Answer:
(b) I ate an apple yesterday.
We should encourage sportspersons- SVO
The pot called the kettle black. - SVOC
Your words make me proud.- SVOC
PART – II (SECTION
–1)
Read the following sets of poetic lines and answer any FOUR sets: 4
x 2 = 8
21. "LIKE
a huge Python, winding round and round
The
rugged trunk, indented deep with scars".
(a)
What is winding round and round?
(b)
Identify the figure of speech in the first line.
Answer:
(a) Creeper is winding round the round.
(b) simile
(Text book page 56: Poem: Our
Casuarina Tree, Toru Dutt)
22. One equal
temper of heroic hearts,
Made
weak by time and fate, but strong in will.
To
strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.
(a)
Who are referred to heroic hearts?
(b)
Pick out the words in alliteration in the above lines.
Answer:
(a) The sailors are referred to heroic hearts.
(b) heroic, hearts /strive, seek
(Text book page 132: Ulysses, Alfred Tennyson)
23. He
will be lonely enough
to
have time for the work
he
knows as his own'.
(a)
Who does the word ‘He’ refer to?
(b)
How does loneliness help the person?
Answer:
(a) Son
(b) To take his own decisions, to be creative
(Text book page 163: Poem: A
father to son, Carl August Sandburg)
24. All the
world's a stage
(a)
What is the world compared with?
(b)
Identify the figure of speech.
Answer:
(a) Stage
(b) Metaphor
(Text book page 91: Poem: All the world’s a Stage, William
Shakespeare)
25. O sweet
companions, loved with love intense,
For
your sakes, shall the tree be ever dear.
(a)
Why shall the tree remain ever dear?
(b)
What are the alliterated words in the first line?
Answer:
(a) The tree will be remained ever dear as the memories they had under the tree
(b) loved, love
(Text book page 53: Poem: Our Casuarina Tree, Toru Dutt)
26. It may be we
shall touch the Happy Isles,
And
see the great Achilles, whom we knew'.
(a)
Which place would they travel to ?
(b)
Whom would they meet with, in the course of their voyage ?
Answer:
(a) They would travel to the Happy isles which is a Fortunate island
(b)In the course of their voyage they would meet with the great Achilles.
(Text book page
129: Poem: Ulysses, Alfred Tennyson)
SECTION
–2
Do as directed
Answer any three questions.
3 x 2 = 6
27. Reena
said, “I am learning French". (Change into Indirect speech.)
Answer:
Reena said
that she was learning French.
28. My request
was acceded to by the authorities. (Change the Voice.)
Answer:
The
authorities acceded to my request.
29. I met a man
at the party. He is the Chairman of a computer firm. (Combine into a single
sentence.)
Answer:
I met the Chairman
of a computer firm at the party.
30. Unless we
plant more trees, we cannot save our planet. (Rewrite using if without changing the meaning.)
Answer:
If we do
not plant more trees, we cannot save our planet.
PART – III
SECTION - 1
Explain any two of the following with reference to the context. 2 x
3 = 6
31. ‘Without
rich wanting nothing arrives'.
Answer:
This line is taken from the poem ‘A father to
son’ written by Carl August Sandburg.
One should have a
deep desire and strong will to achieve.
(Text book
page 164: Given as a short question)
32. ‘This is my
son, mine own Telemachus,
To
whom I leave the sceptre and the isle'
Answer:
The given lines are
taken from ‘Ulysses’ written by Alfred Tennyson.
Ulysses entrusts
his kingdom to his son, Telemachus in his absence.
He wanted to leave
the sceptre and the isle to him.
(Text book
page 132: Given as an appreciation question)
33. ‘Mayst thou
be numbered when my days are done
With
deathless trees like those in Borrowdale'
Answer:
The given lines are
taken from ‘Our Casuarina Tree’ written by Toru Dutt.
The poetess hopes
that she immortalizes the tree through her poem like the poet Wordsworth who
consecrates the yew tree of Borrowdale in his work.
SECTION –2
Answer any two of the
following questions in not more than 30 words each. 2
x 3 = 6
34. What were the
various jobs undertaken by the little boys?
(Text book page 5)
35. What
happened to the visitor when he sat on the stool, at the narrator's house?
(Text book
page 149)
36. Define
liberty' as perceived by A.G. Gardiner.
(Text book
page 181)
SECTION – 3
Answer any 3. ( 3 x 3 = 9)
37.Complete the proverbs by choosing the right word from the list:
(a) Variety is the_____ of life.
i)
source (ii)
spice (iii)
need
Answer:
(ii) spice
(i.e.)Variety
is the spice of life.
(b) Every dog has its_____ .
(i)
bone (ii)
meat (iii) day
Answer:
(ii) day
(i.e.) Every dog has its day.
(c) Time and____ wait for none.
(i)
ride (ii)
side (iii)
tide
Answer:
(iii) tide
(i.e.)Time and tide wait for none.
38. Rearrange the following jumbled sentences correctly.
(a) delayed / denied /
justice / is / justice
Answer:
Delayed justice is denied justice.
(b)
spoil / and/rod / spare/the / child/the
Answer:
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
(c) time / a / nine
/ stitch / saves / in
Answer:
A stitch in time saves nine.
39. Describe the process of making a glass of lemonade.
(Similar model is given in Text book @ page 188)
40. The following table contains information on the types of
English and Tamil books borrowed from a lending library. Study
the table and answer the
questions based on it.
(a) How many English books have been lent totally?
Answer:
1734 English books have been
lent totally.
(b) Social novels are
read the most in English and Tamil. Is this statement True' or False'.
Answer:
False. (The key is to be
checked for the right answer)
(c) On the whole, which
type of books is read least?
Answer:
On the whole, the types of
books read least is plays.
PART - IV
NOTE : (i) Answer all the questions. 7
x 5 = 35
41. Answer
the following in a paragraph of about 150 words.
a)
Justify the title of the story Two Gentlemen of
Verona'.
(Text book page 5)
(or)
b)
Describe the situation in the narrator's household before and after the
chair was bought.
(Text book page 149)
42. Answer the
following in a paragraph of about 150 words.
(a)
What are the poet's reminiscences of the casuarina tree?
(Text book page 56)
(or)
(b) What is the father's advice to his son when he is on the threshold of manhood?
(Text book page 167)
43. (a) Answer
the following in a paragraph of about 150 words, by developing the hints.
Ivan Dmitrich Aksionov young merchant sets out to fair against wife's warning stays in an inn - next morning sets off - gets arrested – supposed to have killed the merchant - is sent to Siberia spends the time reading and praying gains respect - Makar Semyonich - comes there seems to know Aksionov his behaviour makes Aksionov suspect finally learns that Makar had murdered the merchant Aksionov forgives Makar - orders of
release arrive Aksionov is dead.
(or)
(b)
Children in Venus - long for the sun - Margot exception - seen sun
five years ago - has come from the Earth -other
children - seven years ago - cannot recall the sun
- all await excitedly - sun is
predicted - to come out that day - they seize
Margot - Lock her up in the closet - run out - enjoy sunshine – an hour
- drops of rain - dismayed - taken inside - starts
raining heavily again - remember Margot - open the closet - let her
out.
44. Make
summary of the following passage.
a)One of the key
factors which sustain the pace of modern life style is Telecommunication. It
plays a very vital role in the commercial, industrial and economic activities
of mankind and has helped to shrink the world into
a
global village.
Exchange of information, data and facts
and figures, including live pictures from one part of the world to any other
part is now routinely possible. Telegraph was the earliest means of
communication between two points separated by distance. In 1876, Alexander
Graham Bell discovered the telephone which made possible the transmission of
human voice over long distances. In both telegraph and telephone, the
transmitting and receiving points have to be connected by metal wires through
which electrical signals travel in the form of current variations. The
discovery of wireless at the turn of the century by Marconi was a revolution in
the history of communication technology.
It is no longer necessary to connect
the transmitter and the receiver by wires. Instead, electromagnetic waves, the
existence of which was predicted by Maxwell in 1873, could be used to carry
information and messages from
one
point to another. The advent of artificial satellites has marked a new age in
the history of global communication.
(or)
(b)
Write a paragraph on the Value of Time'.
45. (a) Write a
letter to your friend congratulating him/her on having been selected for the
Semi-Finals of a state - level hockey tournament.
(or)
(b)
Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper about the menace caused by rasha driving
of bike and car racers in the city.
46. (a) Read
the following sentences, spot the errors and correct them.
(i)
One of my sister is rich.
Answer:
One of my sisters is rich.
(ii) Rahim
was senior than Abdul in college.
Answer:
Rahim was senior to Abdul in
college.
(iii)
Speakers after speaker came on the stage.
Answer:
Speaker after speaker came on
the stage.
(iv)
You can also considers paramedical careers.
Answer:
You can also consider paramedical
careers.
(Text book page 216)
(v) She
bought an useful gadget
Answer:
She bought a useful gadget.
(or)
L(b) Fill in the blanks appropriately.
(i)They .................. to ................ to more money. (earn / yearn)
They yearn to earn to more money.
ii) I.............. like to meet you in person and discuss the matter.
(Fill in the blank with a modal verb)
I would like to meet you in person and discuss the matter.
(iii) Hurry up! The movie (already begin)
(Fill in the blank with the right tense form)
Hurry up! The movie has already begun.
(iv) The boy got the first prize is my brother.
(Use an appropriate relative pronoun)
The boy got the first prize is my brother.
47. (a) Develop the hints into a story of 150 words.
A traveller
reaches an inn - the door locked - knocks - "Key is
Lost, says the innkeeper - the traveller slips a silver coin
- innkeeper happy - opens the door - keeps the coin with
him - asks the keeper to bring luggage- locks the door - innkeeper
shouts - the traveller says - "I have Lost the Key”
- the innkeeper returns the coin - traveller lets him in
– ‘tit for tat’.
(or)
(b) Read the following passage and
answer the questions given below.
The word Photography is derived from two Greek words which together mean to draw by light'. Producing a photograph is simply obtaining the image of an object by the action of light on a prepared sensitive surface. Taking a photograph with a modern camera is a comparatively simple process compared with that which produced some of the early photographs, still to be seen, for instance, in family albums. The early camera was large and cumbersome to handle, and, when assembled in position, had to be carefully focussed on the object – a lengthy operation. Later on, with focussing scales on cameras (and built-in range finders on the more expensive models), the setting occupied only a few seconds. With the early hand - operated cameras the exposure was made by removing a lens cover, and counting the length of the exposure in seconds. There was also the tedious task of loading and of preparing a sensitive glass for which the photographer had to carry with him a dark room or a large plate changing box. Now the same operation consists simply of breaking the seal on a carton and loading, in daylight, a roll of film, which provides sufficient and light sensitive material for eight to thirty-six exposures according to the type of camera used.
i) Trace the origin and meaning of the word photography.'
The word Photography is derived from two Greek words which together mean to draw by light'.
ii) What were the difficulties faced by people operating the camera in early days?
The early camera was large and cumbersome to handle, and, when assembled in position, had to be carefully focussed on the object – a lengthy operation.
iii) How was the exposure made in the early hand-operated cameras?
With the early hand - operated cameras the exposure was made by removing a lens cover, and counting the length of the exposure in seconds.
iv) Why did the photographer of earlier days carry a portable dark room with him?
The photographer of earlier days carried a portable dark room with him to do the task of loading and of preparing a sensitive glass.
v) How is the light - sensitive material obtained in modern days?
In modern days, the light sensitive material is obtained in cartons. The operation consists of simply breaking the seal on a carton and loading the role of film even in daylight.
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