BMPC - GRADE XI it is likely to transmitted only in highly specific ways: sexual intercourse or blood

to blood contamination. As far as the absence of a cure is concerned, it is important

Final Internal Test 2076 to stress that this is a virus infection. In medical treatment of the many other
Compulsory English F.M. 100 illnesses, the sufferer's immune system itself overcomes the infection. But the
Time: 3 hrs. AIDS virus destroys the natural immune system, so creating a problem that has
Attempt all questions: never before been encountered.
1.(a) Put the following words in alphabetical order: [3] Questions:
    estate, eternity, establish, essay, estimate, essential (a) Why is AIDS treated as a special case ?  
(b) In which quarter of the dictionary will you find the following words ? [2] (b) How is so dangerous about AIDS?
     Last, mother, X-ray, animal (c) How does AIDS get transmitted?
2.(a) Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense: [3] (d) How is AIDS different to other virus illness?
     simple present, simple future or present tense (e) Why AIDS is considered to have a problem never before been encountered?
(i) Everyday Shyam.....(go) office by bus. 7. Answer any TWO of the following questions in about 150 words. 2×10=20
(ii) The girl.....(get) married six months ago. a) Write a few paragraphs about the growing use of computers in our daily life. OR
(iii) I.....(write) a book, but I don't know how to get it published. Write a story ending in “I never saw her again.”
(iv) The earth.....(go) round the sun. b) Write a newspaper article on the “Role of Youth in Nation Building.”
(v) If the balloon bursts, the child.....(ask) for another. c) Write a letter to a foreign friend telling him/her about the difficult situation that
(vi) When I first.....(meet) him in 1999, he was a small boy. you are going through.
(b) Rearrange the following words in correct order to make sensible sentences: 2 8. Change the following sentences into passive: 5×1=5
i) finished/ he/ his/ already/ has/ homework a) Somebody is following her.
ii) short/ is/ black/ with/ he/ hair/ long b) Nobody is helping us.
3. Write a dialogue between two friends talking about their favorite subjects. [5] c) The gunmen are holding the hostages in an old farm house.
d) They are polluting the rivers carelessly.
4. Answer any two of the following questions: [2x10=20]
e) Is anyone using this room?
(a) Sketch the character of Malini.
(b) Write a summary of the poem 'The Poplar Field'. 9. Write two sentences about each of those people: [5]
(c) What are the advantages and disadvantages of having fuel crisis? Explain with Example: Peter is unemployed.
references to the essay ‘Nightmare Life without Fuel’.               (i) He hasn't found a job yet. (ii) He is still looking for a job.
(a) Jack's library book is overdue.
5. Answer any three of the following questions: [3x5=15]
(b) Olga's article is only half written.
(a) Describe the woman who visited Mr. Sakota's pharmacy late at night.
(b) What misconceptions about migraine headaches does Didion want to correct? [In Bed]
(c) Axel doesn't have driving license.
(c) How does Hampl see herself and her mother connected by the tea cup? (d) Wendy's house is still in the market.
(d) Explain the paradox in “Child is father of the man.” [My Heart Leaps Up…] (e) The hostages are still in the building.
(e) Describe Phoenix Jackson in one paragraph. [A Worn Path] 10. Write a sentence each saying how often Mark does different things. 5
6. Read the following passage and answer the questions below: [5x2=10] Example: Eat out (Sunday, Wednesday)
There have been epidemics, even pandemics before, then why should Ans.: He eats out twice a week.
AIDS be seen as such a special case, a problem with so many dimensions? To a. Have bath (morning, evening)
understand this, it is necessary to recognize the special feature of this disease. The b. Visit parents (Sundays)
first ground of its uniqueness is that it combines two features not previously found c. Change job (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002,…)
together in quite such stark and absolute terms. There are, firstly, that it is the most d. Have hair cut (1 March, 15 March, 1 April....)
prominently a sexually transmitted complaint and, secondly, that it is deadly e. See the doctor (January, April, July, October,…)
disease lacking at present any medical means of prevention or cure. To expand 11. Explain what the following people do: 5
these characteristics a little further, it is necessary to say that, in the case of this Example: A secretary
diseases, a person, once infected, is infected for life-but also infectious; that this A secretary is a person who writes letters and keeps records in the office.
condition is without visible effects for a number of years, during which a person a. a receptionist b. an air hostess c. a plumber
becomes increasingly more, not less, infectious to others. 'Infectious' however, is to d. a mechanic e. a gardener
be understood not in the sense of more modest illness, in which a disease may be
easily passed from person to person in ordinary social contact, but in the sense that
 Sub. Code: 220 Group ‘C’
BMPC - GRADE XII 5. Attempt any ONE of the following Questions: 10
a) Sketch the character of Maurya or Lomov. (Riders to the Sea
Final Internal Test 2075 OR A Marriage Proposal)
Optional English F.M. 100
b) “Percinet and Sylvette are the puppets in the hands of their
Time: 3 hrs.
parents” Explain. (The Romancers)
Group ‘A’
6. Answer any THREE of the following questions. Item (a) is
1. Attempt any ONE of the following Questions: 10
compulsory: 3×5 = 15
(a) Critically analyze the poem "When I am Dead, My Dearest."
a) Explain with reference to the context:
(b) What are the factors which impair the individual's ability to plan
“No man at all can be living forever, and we must be
for the future? (The Time Factor)
satisfied.”
2. Answer any THREE of the following questions: 3×5 = 15
b) Why is Lomov brought back? (A Marriage Proposal)
(a) Why are sons and daughters compared to inanimate objects? (The
c) How did the old woman and Lord Byron meet a the steps of
Inner Part)
Acropolis? (Lord Byron’s Love Letter)
(b) How does the poet associate his life with light? (On His
d) Why do the Spinster and the old woman feel upset at the end?
Blindness)
(Lord Byron’s Love Letter)
(c) Explain these lines:
e) Write briefly on the techniques used in the play “The Happy
"The old carl's daughter died at the breast
Journey.”
I speak the truth, as I live by bread!”
Group ‘D’
(d) Compare the role of Arthur and Carolin. (The Happy Journey)
7. Attempt any ONE of the following Questions: 10
(e) What are the three reasons that Mencken gives for his support of
a) Describe the poem ‘The Tiger’ as a symbolic poem.
capital punishment? (The Penalty of Death)
b) How does the World look like? How is it in reality? (Dover
Beach)
Group ‘B’
8. Answer any THREE of the following questions. Item (a) is
3. Attempt any ONE of the following Questions: 10
compulsory: 3×5 = 15
a) Chekhov says unhappy men are selfish. How does it apply to Dr
a) Explain with reference to the context:
Kirilov? To Aboguin? Discuss. (Enemies)
“When I am dead my dearest
b) Is "What is Poverty" a realistic essay? Discuss with reasons for
Sing no sad songs for me;
your answer.
Plant thou no roses at my head,
4. Answer any THREE of the following questions: 3×5 = 15
Nor shady cypress tree.
a) Is there any reason for Crane's refusal to give the lieutenant's
b) How does everything turn away from the disaster in Brueghel’s
name? (An Episode of War)
painting? (Musee des Beaux Arts)
b) How does 'salaryman' represent Japanese white-collar workers? (A
c) Why is the speaker dissatisfied with the God? What argument is
Day in the Life of a Salaryman)
forwarded by the Patience? (On His Blindness)
c) What was the working condition of the old man like? (The Big
d) Does the woman change or the poet’s attitude towards her change?
Fish)
Explain. (She Was a Phantom of Delight)
d) How does Ghoshgarin draw distinction between hard science and
e) Why are sons and daughters compared to inanimate objects? (The
soft science fiction? (Zeoring in on Science Fiction)
Inner Part)
e) What is the reason behind the Baron's rejection of his son, whom
he had longed to see so much? (Duchoux)
Best of Luck!