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ENGLISH PAPER-1 REG.NO.

Time.2.30 Hrs FULL PORTION Max.Marks: 100

Instructions: 1) Check the fairness of the question paper, if there is any lack of

fairness in question paper inform the hall supervisor immediately.

2) Use Blue or Black ink to write and underline

Note: This question contains five sections.

SECTION-A (Vocabulary-20 Marks)-PART-I

1. Choose the appropriate synonyms of the underlined words: 5x1=5

I went to the railway station to catch the train, I was little early I saw a man with

freckled(i) and ragged(ii) in dress. I think that he was worried about his

survival(iii). Ultimately(iv) he has been evidence(v) his illness of life.

(i) a) polished b) smooth c) clear d) spotted

(ii) a) neat b) cheap c) untidy d) costly

(iii) a) exit b) enjoyment c) life d) property

(iv) a) immediately b) suddenly c) clearly d) finally

(v) a) reason b) choice c) way d) means

2. Choose the appropriate antonyms of the underlined words: 5x1=5

The modern society has found(i) many problems. But the people fascinate(ii) about

their family. It gained(iii) good name and persistence(iv) for their family. This is

the integral(v) fulfillment of humanity.

(i) a) missed b) searched c) saw d) unseen

(ii) a) interested b) attracted c) engrossed d) disgusted

(iii) a) secured b) spoiled c) lost d) acquire

(iv) a) yielding b) absence c) hatred d) care



(v) a) partial b) importance c) essential d)vital

PART-II

Answer any ten of the following: 10x1=10

3. Which of the following is the correct expansion of IAS

a) Indian Airmail Service b) Institute of Allied Service

c) Indian Administrative Service d) Institute of Associated Service

4. Choose the sentences that in its correct meaning:

a) The people cast their votes in the by-election

b) The people caste their votes in the by-election

5. Replace the underlined word with its equivalent American English word.

Nowadays petrol is expensive

6. Which of the words given below can be placed after the word ‘Good’ to form a

compound word?

a) character b) will c) book

7. What is the plural of the word ‘staff’

a) staffs b) staff c) staffes

8. Add a suffix to the word ‘ expectin’

It is an expectio……. Case.

a) -ment b) -al c) -ful

9. Replace the underlined word in the sentence with one of the phrasal verbs given

below to covey the same meaning.

Don’t surrender to emotions.

a) give in b) give up c) give away d) give out

10. Separate the syllables of the words any one of the following:

a) ordinary b) teacher c) current



11. Choose the appropriate word to make a meaningful sentence.

The sea waves are……..

a) coarse b) rough

12. Construct the sentence using any one of the words given below:

a) brave b) bravely c) bravery

13. Reframe the sentence using the underlined word as a verb.

He was doubtful about his uncle’s death.

14.Which of the sentence given below convey the same meaning?

Very few students failed in their English paper

a) Majority of the students passed in their English paper

b) Majority of the students failed in their English paper

SECTION-B (GRAMMAR-25 MARKS) PART-A

Answer all the following: 10x1=10

Respond to the following as directed:

15. If you told her the way………….. your home

a) she can find b) she could have found c) she could find

16. Identify the pattern of the following sentence:

He told me a story with interesting.

a) SVCA b) SVOA C) SVOC

17. Choose the correct question tag for the following sentence

He hardly absents himself………..?

a) does he b) isn’t it C) doesn’t he

18. Complete the sentence:

Mr.Vimal is the……. Man in the village

a) rich b) richer C) richest



19. Choose the correct sentence which conveys the same meaning of the following

sentence:

Anbu rarely talk to his mother.

a) Anbu does not talk to his mother

b) Anbu talk to his mother daily

c) Anbu talks to his mother only once in 10 days

20. Complete the sentence with correct prepositional phrase:

……….. your advertisement I send my resume

a) by dint of b) with reference C) a head of

21. Choose the correct verb form of the following sentence

I don’t mind…….. to him.

a) to speak b) speaking C) speak

22. Choose the correct phrase to complete the sentence:

I am very tired…….. for a long time

a) of walking b) in walking C) by walking

23. Choose the appropriate article to complete the sentence:

Both …… brothers live together.

a) an b) the C) a

24. Choose the appropriate preposition to complete the sentence:

We shall look…….the matter

a) in b) up C) into

PART-II

Answer all the following; Do as directed; 5x2=10

25. Combine the sentence into single sentence:

The rain fell. The crops revived



26. Rewrite the sentence as in other voice:

She buys mangoes in the villages. She sells them in market

27. Rewrite the sentence into other speech:

Rajan said that he had lost his cell phone and was yet to lodge a complaint with the

police.

28. From the context of the two sentences given below frame a single sentence

using ‘if’ clause:

I forgot the answer. I lost the marks

29. Read the following sentences and write an observation in a single sentence

using anyone of the degrees of comparison:

Palani hills is 200 ft high

Kolloimalai is 300 ft high

Pachamali is 400 ft high

Javvadhu malai is 500 ft high

PART-III

30. Punctuate the following sentence:

Certainly you dont want a beggar to look happy do you

SECTION-C (PROSE:15 MARKS) PART-I

Answer any five of the following questions.(your answer should not exceed 30

words) 5x2=10

31. How is the world of domestic workers ‘invisible’?

32. Why did art find a place even in concentration camps?

33. Describe the dangers that birds face during their bird migration?

34. How does Dr.Karl Paulnack define art?

35. Why did Hughie wish to apologise to the baron?

36. What I two fold duty?



37. What did the author see at the royal museum?

PART-II

Answer in a paragraph any one of the following questions.( your answer should not

exceed 120 words) 1x5=5

38. a) How is character important in life? (or)

b) How did Hughie win Laura’s hand? (or)

c) Write a short note on ‘ Bird migration’

SECTION-D (POETRY: 20 MARKS) PART-I

Quote from memory any one of the following extracts: 1x5=5

39. a) Five lines from the poem “ Going for water”

From: “But once within……..

To: ………. A staying hand (OR)

b) The first five lines of the poem “ Migrant Bird”

PART-II

Read the sets of poetic lines and answer the questions given below: 5x1=5

40. A newly discovered treasure

For you to cherish and to prize

What is the newly discovered treasure mentioned here?

41. A Geode can split to reveal

A dazzling sight to view

What will a Geode reveal when it is split?

42.Each laid on other a staying hand

Why did each lay a staying hand on the other?

43. If you can dream and not make dreams your master



If you can think and not make thoughts your aim

How should we use our thoughts?

44. ‘only bloodshot eyes betray

Deep pride, then reverence’

Why are the eyes bloodshot?

PART-III

Read the following lines from the poems you have studied and answer the question

given below: 5x1=5

45. Piles of purple crystals

Sparkling in the light

Pick out the alliteration above the line

46. Perhaps a beautiful heart

We never thought was there

Where an aching generosity

Is waiting time to share

Pick out the rhyming words in these lines

47. If you can meet with triumph and disaster

And treat those two imposters just the same

What is the figure of speech employed here?

48. If you can fill with unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds worth of distance run

Yours is the earth and everything that’s in it

And, what is no more, you’ll be a man my son

Find out the rhyming scheme used above the line

49. We ran as if to meet the moon



Identify the figure of speech used above the line.

PART-IV

Answer in a paragraph any one of the following questions. (Your answer should

not exceed 120 words). 1x5=5

50. a) According to Kipling what are the essential qualities needed to face

challenges of life? (OR)

b) What does the poet of “Beautiful Inside” say about inner beauty?(OR)

c) Describe the experiences of the children on their way to the brook to seek

water?

SECTION-E (LANGUAGE FUNCTION: 20 MARKS)

51. Read the passage and answer the question given below: 5x2=10

Warren Edward Buffet born on August 30, 1930, is an American investor,

industrialist and philanthropist. He is one of the most successful investors in the

world. Often called “the legendary investor”, he is the primary shareholder,

chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He was ranked as the world’s

wealthiest person in 2009 and is currently the third wealthiest person in the world

as of 2010. Buffet is also a notable philanthropist, having pledged to give away 99

percent of his fortune to philanthropic causes, primarily via the Gates Foundations.

In 2009, after donating billions of dollars to charity, Buffet was ranked as the

second richest man in the United Stares, with only Bill Gates ranked higher than

Buffet. In June 2006, he announce a plan to give away his fortune to charity, with

83% of it going to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, making it the largest

charitable donation in history. A significant proportion of his wealth will not go to

his children. His action is consistent with his principle that is against the transfer of

great fortunes from one generation to the next. Buffet one commented, “ I want to

give my kids just enough so that they would feel that they could do anything, but

not so much that they world feel like doing nothing”

Questions

a). Buffet is known as _______________

(a) the model millionaire (b) the legendary donator

(c) the legendary investor (d) a great philanthropist.

b). State whether the statements is true or false.

“Buffet is currently rated as the wealthiest person in the world”

c). ______ is appreciated for his largest contribution to

charity.



(a) Bill Gates (b) Melinda Gates (c) Berkshire Hathaway (d) Edward Warren

Buffet.

d). Buffet did no wish to _________ .

(a) transfer his huge property to the next generation

(b) contribute much to the society

(c) improve the investment sector

(d) make huge donations to the poor.

e). Having too much money would make people

(a) ideal (b) charitable (c) active (d) idle

52. Identify and correct in the errors of the following sentence: 5x1=5

(a) Lekha is most clever than her sister

(b) Have anyone see my purse?

(c) Vinoth’s work was the most easiest

(d) Many do not know where he lives, do we?

(e) He is playing flute.

53. Look at the picture given below and answer the following questions given in

one or two sentences in your own: 5x1=5

a) Write any two uses of trees?

b) What are the sources of water?

c) Write any 2 causes deforestation?

d) How can we save forests?

e) Give a suitable title?



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