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K.S.E.E.B., Malleshwaram, Bangalore

SSLC Model Question Paper (2015)
SECOND LANGUAGE - ENGLISH
Max Marks: 80

Time: 2 Hours 15 minutes

No. of Questions: 46

Code No. : 31E

General Instructions:
Attempt all questions
15 Minutes is allotted as cool off time.
You are not allowed to write during the cool off time.
Read the Instructions and Questions carefully.

Section A
(Prose, Poetry, Supplementary Reading and Vocabulary)

PROSE
I

Four alternatives are given for the each of the following incomplete statements.
Write the correct or the most appropriate answer in the space provided.3 x 1 = 3
1. The other passengers did not volunteer to help Baleshwar because
(a) the train was moving too fast
(b) they were afraid of being involved
(c) they thought that one man was enough
(d) Baleshwar did not call them
2. The third monster asked Wangjia to
(a) kill the old man Silong
(b) bring Bhimas eye balls
(c) bring the bird of happiness
(d) go back to Tibet
3. Columbus said to Diego, A good sailor knows his place. We can infer that the
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(a) an indirect command

(b) a piece of advice

(c) an expression of joy

(d) an expression of appreciation

II Answer the following questions in 2 or 3 sentences each

4x2=8

4. Swamis father drew the attention to a report in the newspaper.

What was the report about? How did Swami react to it?
5. Ananths parents had come to Bombay with high hopes.
What hopes did they have?
6. Satish read a number of books.
What effect did they have on Satish?
7. Technical experts were invited to Geneva to solve two problems that arose.
What were the problems?

III Read the following extracts and answer the questions given
8. I have agreed to sell my land and house for twelve hundred dollars and that is the
price
(a) When did the speaker say this?
(b) What does this statement show about the speakers character?
9. This must be the last ordeal, he thought.
(a) What was the last ordeal Wangjia had to face?
(b) How did he face it?

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10. Your duty is to obey me as mine is to obey the Royal Sovereign of Spain.
(a) Who does the speaker address this to?
(b) When did he say these words?

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IV Answer any one of the following questions in eight or ten sentences each

11. Give a brief account of how Baleshwar helped the girl on the tracks.
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OR
Smitha and Ravi Shankar deserve appreciation. Give reasons.

POETRY
V

Four alternatives are suggested for the following incomplete statement.

Choose the most appropriate alternative (answer) and write the letter of
the alphabet and also the correct answer in the space given below:

12. Laugh, for the time is brief, a thread the length of a span.
What does the time is brief mean in the context?
(a) Laugh when you have time
(b) Laugh wholeheartedly
(c) Life is short
(d) Life is a gift given by God.

VI Answer the following questions in a word, phrase or sentence each

21=2

13. What, according to the Poet, God has created man?

14. I am the land, I wait.
You say, you own me.
Who does you refer to?
VII Answer the following questions in 2-3 sentences each.

3x2=6

15. What did the people tell the grandma as time went by?
16. Why do you think the Jazz player kept his head down?
17. The captain shouted, We are lost.
How did his daughter react to it?
VII Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow:

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18. With the tea cups circling around me like the Planets round the Sun. I will be
centre of gravity, a universe of one.
(a) Where would the speaker experience this?
(b) Why would he feel so?

VIII Quote from memory

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19. With heavy

, woe;
But
know
Then
destroy
Whilst
blind boy.
OR
Answer the following question in about 8 to 10 sentences.
What does Portia tell Shylock about the quality of mercy?

SUPPLEMENTARY READING
IX Answer the following questions in 2-3 sentences each

2x2=4

20. Why were Babu and Manju disappointed with the way the students were
behaving?
OR
How did Dr. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi try to wipe out caste distinction
from India?
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21. Life for Hanif in the beginning was never a smooth sail. Why was it so?
OR
How has Dolma described her preparations for the task of scaling Mount Everest?

VOCABULARY
X Answer the following:
22. Combine the word in column A with its collocative word in B:
A

Honey

sugar, sun, moon, star

23. Write the opposites of

(a) Slow

(b) Broad

24. The spelling of the word is jumbled. Rearrange the letters in the proper order.

glhit
25. Which one of these words has two syllables?
school, above, potato, which

Section B
READING
X Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

41=4

Shankar once went to Rameshwaram on a pilgrimage. After having a dip in

the sea, he went to the temple. After offering prayer, he came out of the temple.
When he came out of the temple he noticed that his purse was stolen by someone.
He didnt know anyone in the town. He didnt have money even for tea.

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He thought of a plan to get money. He went to the sea again and had a dip.
He then spread his dhoti out to dry on and went to sleep. After one hour he woke
up and looked at his dhoti. He could not believe his eyes. There on the dhoti were
notes and coins dropped by passing pilgrims. He then went back to his village.
26. Why couldnt Shankar believe his eyes?
27. When did he notice that his purse was lost?
28. How many times did he have a dip in the sea?
29. Pick out the sentence from the passage which means he was a strange man in the
town.

XI A dialogue is given below. Read it carefully and answer the questions that
follow:
21=2
Satish : Lets go to see a film in the evening.
Manjula : Id love to but
Satish : But what?
Manjula : I have an appointment with the dentist.
Satish : Oh! I see you cant miss that.
30. Which word in the dialogue means a doctor who takes care of our teeth?
31. Did Manjula like or dislike going to the film?
32. Ramachandra is 6 feet. Nanjappa is 5.11. Both are tall. But there is some
difference.
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Compare Nanjappa with Ramachandra using tall
Nanjappa Ramachandra.
33. Fill in the blank with the correct phrasal verb choosing from the ones given in
brackets.
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Karim is a hard working student. He does not his
studies. (put on, put off, put out).

WRITING
XII A paragraph is given below. It has four errors. Edit the paragraph with the
help of the clues given
41=4
34. Ramesh is my friends brother. He has been working in a company since 10 years.
He and I meet on every sunday. Both of us go and sits in the library for two hours.
Clues:
(a) Verbal mistake to be corrected
(b) Apostrophe to be used
(c) Preposition to be corrected
(d) Capital letter to be corrected
35. Imagine that you are Bharathi / Ashok studying in X standard. Govt. High School,
Somwarpet.
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Write a letter to your friend about your X standard II Language English Textbook.
OR
Write a letter to Managing Director, K.S.R.T.C., K.H. Double Road, Bengaluru,
to provide two buses only for students one at 9 a.m. (from Somawarpet) and the
other at 5 p.m .(from Madakeri).
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GRAMMAR
(Language Use)
36. Read the conversation

Teacher: Will you answer all the questions correctly?

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Students : Yes, sir. We will answer all the questions correctly.
The passive voice of the underlined sentence is
(choose the correct alternative)
(a) All the questions would be answered correctly.
(b) All the questions will be answered correctly.
(c) All the questions are being answered correctly.
(d) All the questions will have to be answered correctly.
37. Read the conversation.

Geetha : Have you visited Bengaluru?

Latha : Yes, it is a very big city. There is heavy traffic. We
walk on the pavement. Otherwise we will meet with an accident.
The appropriate modal verb to be filled in the blank is
(a) will

(b) can

(c) must

(d) may

38. The driver drives the bus carefully.

The question tag to be used above is

(a) dosent he?

(b) isnt he?

(c) does he?

(d) is he?

39. Students come to school by bus.

The correct Wh question for the above statement is

(a) How did students come to school?

(b) How will students come to school?
(c) How would students come to school?
(d) How do students come to school?
40. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate articles and prepositions.

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Rajamma is a poor lady. She approached wealthy person
help. . wealthy person gave her a thousand rupee note.
Rajamma went the shop and bought what she needed.
41. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate linking words given in brackets (either, but,
because, or)
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Kannan can speak Malayalam he cant speak .
Kannada English. He has not learnt Kannada some of
our people speak to him in Malayalam. We have advised him to learn Kannada.
42. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate tense form of verbs given in brackets.

Santhosh is a central government servant. He (be + work) in a post

office. He goes to the office at 8 a.m. (take) letters and goes round the
village. He .(return) to his house at 6 p.m.
43. Read the conversation. Based on it complete the reported form given below:

Vasu : How are you, Venkatesh?

Venkatesh : Im fine. Thank you. You?
Vasu : Fine, thanks. By the by, Did you meet the director yesterday?
Venkatesh : Yes, I met him and had a talk with him.
Vasu asked / enquired
Venkatesh replied

REFERENCE SKILL
44. Arrange the following words in the order in which they are put in dictionary.

concert, conduct, concentrate, condition.

45. An map contains (any two).

46. A message reads like this HURU?

Write it in the normal way.

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