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AP Inter 1st Year English Question Paper March 2023
Time : 3 Hours
Max.Marks: 100
Section – A
I. Annotate ANY TWO of the following in about 10-15 lines each : (2 × 4 = 8)
1) There can be glory in failure and despair in success.
2) The compartment was full of people, but no one came to the rescue of the girl being robbed and attacked.
3) This Tsunami-genic earthquake was one of the ten worst earthquakes in recorded history and was also the single worst tsunami in history.
4) Universities are the hopes of our national leaders.
II. Annotate ANY TWO of the following in about 10-15 lines each : (2 × 4 = 8)
1) Leave behind llion and Carthage to antique dealers,
And plan fresh methods to stop Hiroshimas.
2) “Strike, strike at the root of penury in my heart.”
3) My body fertilizes like a field, becomes a fundamental element.
4) The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate ;
III. Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 10-15 lines each. (2 × 4 = 8)
1) What is Rajaji’s advice to the students of higher learning ?
2) What is cultural or knowledge oriented tourism ?
3) What were the difficulties faced by Arunima while climbing the Everest ? What do you learn from her story ?
4) How is the teacher expected to inculcate honesty and worldly wisdom in the child ?
IV. Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 10-15 lines each. (2 × 4 = 8)
1) What is the theme of the poem “As I Grew Older” ?
2) Why does the poet call the body ‘a breathing corpse’ ?
3) According to Shakespeare, what are the lessons that human beings must learn from honey bees ?
4) Why does the poet, Kamala Wijeratne, want us to make a medicine with herbs to cure mass lunacy ?
V. Answer ANY ONE of the following questions in about 25-30 lines each. (1 × 8 = 8)
1) How did the people in olden days show concern for social values ? Explain this in the light of the short story Will he come home’ ?
2) Is the title ‘The Informer” appropriate ? (or) Give an account of the parents’ reactions to the boy’s disappearance from the house.
3) Justify the statement “A diseased mind is even more harmful than the actual disease itself’ with reference to O.Henry’s ‘The Last Leaf.
Section – B
VI. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. (5 × 1 = 5)
The ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ is a Massive Mass Movement that seeks to create a clean India. To accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage and to put focus on sanitation, the Prime Minister of India, launched the Swachh Bharat Mission on 2 October 2014. The Mission Coordinator shall be Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS) with two sub-missions – the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) and the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban). The Mission aims to achieve a Swachh Bharat by 2019. ‘Swachchata’ (Cleanliness) of our mother and as a fitting tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birt anniversary.
The honourable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh has established Swachha Andhra Corporation (SAC) which was incorporated on 1st May 2015 with a goal to achieve the campaign “Swachh Bharat Mission”. The main aim is to eliminate open defecation, eradicate manual scavenging, manage solid and liquid waste management and promote information, education and communication and capacity building activities to maintain the cleanliness and hygiene in urban and rural areas of Andhra Pradesh. The Swachha Andhra Corporation is taking up the activities of construction of individual Household Toilets, Community Toilets and Public Toilets.
1) What are the two sub-missions of Swachh Bharat Mission ?
2) What is the best tribute that we can pay to Mahatma Ganchi ?
3) What is the goal of Swachh Andhra Corporation ?
4) Write the antonym of “liquid” fromt he above passage.
5) Pick out the relevant synonym for ‘hygiene’.
VII. Read the following passage carefully and anser the questions that follow. (5 × 1 = 5)
Gary Chapman in his book, ‘Love as a Way of Life’ uses the vivid metaphor for words as being either ‘bullets or seeds’. If we use our words as bullets with a feeling of superiority and condemnation, we are not going to be able to restore a relationship to love. If we use our words as seeds with a feeling of supportiveness and sincere good will. We can rebuild a relationship in positive and life-affirming ways.
When we need to talk candidly about something difficult with another person, we must focus on the conversation with keen attention and purpose. During the conversation, we must listen patiently, speak tact fully, and tell the truth as we understand it. We must align our words, voice inflection and tone, eye expression, body language and actions with our inner awareness in an honest exchange.
1) What is the title of the book written by Gary Chapman ?
2) How does the writer describe words ?
3) How can we rebuild a relationship in positive and life-affirming ways ?
4) What is the noun form of the word ‘patiently’ ?
5) Find a word in the passage which means the same as the word ‘frankly’.
Section – C
Note : The answers to the questions in this Section should be written at ONE PLACE in the answer book separately. The entire Section should be answered in one stretch and not mixed with other sections.
VIII. Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’ : (6 × 1/2 = 3)
a) English is ____ international language.
b) _____ man who is in white pyjamas is my uncle.
c) Telugu is called ____ Italian of the East.
d) They sell oil at Rs. 60 ____ litre.
e) I saw ____ untidy girl.
f) Please give me ____ hundred rupee note.
IX. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions : (6 × 1/2 = 3)
a) We have a party ____ his birthday.
b) He poured the milk ____ the jug.
c) Advita prefers to go ___ foot.
d) Sindhuri takes ____ her mother.
e) My brother lives ____ Bengaluru.
f) The cat is ____ the chair.
X. Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of the verbs given in the brackets: (5 × 1 = 5)
a) She ____ to the cinema every weekend for years, (go)
Answer:
b) When I reached the station, the train ____. (leave)
Answer:
c) She not yet ____ from the music class, (return)
d) Look ! Andy ____ in the garden, (play)
e) Children chocolates, (like)
XI. Rewrite the sentences as directed : (5 × 1 = 5)
a) The children have broken the window.”
(Change the voice)
b) Vijay said, “I am searching for my wallet.”
(Change into Indirect speech)
c) The Hindu is one of the most leading news papers.
(Begin the sentence with Very few) .
d) It was cloudy. I went out with an umbrella.
(Combine the sentences using ‘As)
e) Let’s go to a movie now, ____ ?
(Add a question tag)
XII. Rewrite the following sentences correcting the underlined part. (5 × 1 = 5)
Note : The entire sentence must be written.
a) We enjoyed at the party.
b) It is a four hours journey.
c) He is worst than I.
d) We should not make noise.
e) Neither of my daughters look like me.
XIII. Use ANY THREE of the following phrasal verbs in your own sentences : (3 × 1 = 3)
a) pick up
b) look for
c) get up
d) come in
e) bring up
f) drop out
XIV. Identify the silent consonants in the following words : (6 × 1/2 = 3)
a) block
b) reign
c) autumn
d) mirth
e) alms
f) hour
XV. Identify the parts of speech of the underlined words : (6 × 1/2 = 3)
a) Congrats ! finally you won the match.
b) Meena doubts if she will pass the test.
c) We will certainly do it.
d) Elizabeth walks gracefully.
e) My brother is stronger than me.
f) That is not what I mean.
XVI. Match the words in Column A’ with their meanings/definitions in Column ‘B’ : (6 × 1/2 = 3)
XVII. Read the following tree-diagram and convert it into a paragraph : (5 × 1 = 5)
Five Indian cities are accounted for the most International passenger traffic air-ports. Delhi tops the position in this category with a share of 27 percent followed by Mumbai (21 percent), Chennai (8 percent share), Kochi (7 percent) and Bengaluru (5 percent share). Draw a bar graph depicting this information.
XVIII. Read the following transcriptions and write ANY FIVE words in ordinary spellings :
a) /kArid3/
b) /hjuimsn/
c) /hosprtl/
d) /tjarld/
e) /blAd/
f) /srtrzen/
g) /drd3rtl/
h) /dri:m/
i) /liidsjrp/
j) \(/\text { ‘derndzərəs/ }\)
(OR)
Find the word that is different from the other words in the group with regard to the sound of the underlined letters :
a) easy end eel
b) olive one once
c) trust just music
d) silk supper shoe
e) bun fun turn
XlX.Write the number of syllables for ANY SIX of the following words : (6 × 1/2 = 3)
a) weather
b) looping
c) affordable
d) informer
e) honourable
f) sort
g) today
h) continent
i) security
j) wrest
XX. Complete the following dialogue : (4 × 1 = 4)
Harsha : Rainy season is coming soon !
Varsha : Yeah! We should be ready with 
and raincoat.
Harsha : Actually rainy season is not really enjoyable for me.
Varsha : Wet season is good for us, isn’t it ? We can grow many 
easily.
Harsha : Well, you’re right, but I’m very sensitive to cold weather, and when I catch the 
. I can be easily getting flu or cough.
Varsha : So prevention is better than cure. Be ready with 
Harsha : I hate taking medicine. Especially chemical ones.