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TS Inter 1st Year English Model Paper Set 7 with Solutions
Time: 3 Hours 15 Minutes
Maximum Marks: 100
Section – A
Question 1.
Annotate ANY TWO of the following in about 100 words. 2 × 4 = 8M
a) No words could be invented for such supreme happiness, eclipsing all other feelings.
b) Yes. My first rank slipped to the second.
c) It was a capital idea of mine-that it was!
Answer:
a) Introduction : This sentence is taken from Roger Bannister’s inspirational essay The First Four Minutes. It is his personal experience.
Context & Explanation : Finally Bannister reached the place where no man had yet ventured. He achieved it in his first attempt of the year. He was the first man to run the race of one mile in 3 minutes 59.4 seconds. He did on May 6th, 1954. Therefore he became free from the burden of athletic ambition. There were no words for describing his happiness. His joy was boundless. It eclipsed all other feelings.
Critical Comment : Here, he describes his elation for his success.
b) Introduction : This sentence is taken from the prose piece, Father, Dear Father written by Raj Kinger. Actually this is an article published in the English daily, The Hindu.
Context & Explanation : Rahul is the class topper in his school. His first rank slips to the second. Admitting the guilt, he writes a letter to his father. His father’s advice to think before studying, before answering the papers makes him think and think. The word think makes him reflect on several issues including many pitfalls in our education system. Further, he says that the sense of life is not taught to him. He feels that the education should give a feel of life to him and should be useful in life.
Critical Comment : Rahul, the class topper in his school, presents his anguish over the present education system through a letter to his father in this context.
c) Introduction : This line is taken from the one-act play, Box and Cox written by John Maddison Morton. This play is regarded as the best farce of the nineteenth century.
Context & Explanation : Mrs. Bouncer is by nature covetous lady. It is this trait of personality that makes her let out a single room to two different persons simultaneously, taking unadvantage of their different professions and callings. By this, she is able to earn double income from the same room. She takes the opportunity thinking it as a capital idea. Practically, nobody can imagine such a thing. As soon as Cox leaves the room, she gets busy in the room to put his thingS out of Mr. Box’s way.
Critical Comment : Here, Mrs Bouncer feels proud of herself to have got an idea to rent out the room to two different people at the same time.
Question 2.
Annotate ANY TWO of the following in about 100 words. 2 × 4 = 8M
a) Have you sighted anyone.
With shadows in his dusky eyes ?
b) Success is failure turned inside out.
c) And fare thee weel, my only
Luve and fare thee weel a while !
Answer:
a) Introduction : These are the opening lines of the poem, “The Beggar” written by Dr. Ammangi Venugopal, a popular Telugu poet. He has written in Telugu as Bichchagadu. it is translated into English by Elanaaga, (Dr. Surendra).
Context & Explanation : The poem projects the intense grief and suffering of the farmers. A farmer today is misery incarnate. His eyes speak volumes about farmers’ sorrow. The poet minces no words in highlighting their woes. He opens the poem with a question. It identifies farmers with dark eyes that are filled with the shadows of their struggles. The reader, addressed as ‘you’, is forced to understand and sympathise with farmers. Therefore the lines play an important role in initiating the thought process effectively.
Critical Comment : The poet portrays the pathetic plight of farmers. He is questioning the reader to make him to think about the farmers.
b) Introduction : This wonderful line is taken from the classic inspi-rational poem, ‘Keep Going’, penned by Edgar Albert Guest, a well- known people’s poet.
Context & Explanation : The poem is all about perserverance, determination and will-power not to give up when one is swimming against the tide. Every failure is a learning opportunity to turn it into success. It is because success and failure are made of the same cloth. Beneath success there is failure and beneath failure there is success. Be optimistic that you can acquire success.
Critical Comment : The poem reminds us that there are seeds of success in every failure. That is why we mustn’t quit.
c) Introduction: This couplet is taken from the beautiful lyric, ‘A Red Red Rose’ written by Robert Burns. It is one of the best lyrics of English poetry. It blends the eternity of love with the mortality of life.
Context & Explanation : The speaker says that he will love his beloved forever. Even after the seas get dried up, all the rocks melt, and the sands of life exhaust their love stays alive. It will last forever. For the present, the speaker says good bye only to return soon, though the journey is to a far off place the poem blends the eternity of love with the mortality of life.
Critical Comment : The poet makes several promises to love his beloved forever.
Question 3.
Answer ANY TWO of the following questions in about 100 words each. 2 × 4 = 8M
a) Who is taking the noble mission of Thimmakka forward and how ?
b) The whole speech is on human traits. Comment with reference to Booker T Washington’s Two Sides of Life.
c) Write a paragraph on the present day education system as described in Rahul’s letter.
Answer:
a) Planting more and more plants is the noble mission of Thimmakka. She expanded her mission from 10 banyan saplings to over 8000 other trees. Her outstanding work earned her the name Saalumarada, which means a row of trees. Now, she is 100 plus. Her noble mission is taken forward by her faster son, Sri Umesh. He has been planting and tending to trees along the roads, in schools, public places and on the mountains, and hill tops also runs the PRITHVI BACHAO movement successfully. He maintains nursery and distributes plants to the farmers who are interested in growing plants. So, the adopted son adopts her noble mission of planting saplings.
b) Booker T Washington is a world-famous Afro-American writer, activist and educator. His collection of speeches comes in the form of Character Building. A selection from that celebrated book is our present lesson. It discusses the two sides of life. It recommends the positive side. Yes. The lesson discusses various traits of man. Indeed, it is about and from Character Building. It focuses on the optimism and pessimism mainly. It touches upon the need to be honest and frank. It dwells upon the world’s view of positive and negative sided people. It analyses man’s view of education. It highlights the desirable traits of teachers. Thus the entire piece is devoted to a debate on multiple human traits.
c) Raj Kinger’s Father, Dear Father is a heart wrenching letter addressed to a father by his son, Rahul. In his letter, Rahul condemns our educational system and explains the reason for losing his first rank. If was due to his disagreement with his teacher regarding an answer in English Grammar. Although the teacher -was wrong, he was adamant that he was correct. Rahul criticizes such an education system which curbs in-dependent thinking and encourages blind adherence to whatever the teacher teachers. Thus, he condemns the emphasis placed on examinations, marks and ranks. For him practical education matters more than theoretical.
Question 4.
Answer ANY TWO of the following questions in about 100 words each. 2 × 4 = 8M
a) Discuss the aptness of the title “The Noble Nature” to the poem.
b) Seeing helps one better in understanding then listening to. Justify the statement with reference to the poem, ‘Happiness’.
c) List the abilities a farmer is endowed with, according to the poem.
Answer:
a) The Noble Nature is one of the most popular lyrics of Ben Jonson. He is regarded as one of the major dramatists and poets of the Seventeenth Century. In this poem, he seeks to explain what makes man’s life noble. The core meaning of the poem centres around this single idea. In just ten lines of the poem, the poet says twice. Man better be; and life perfect be. And to make Man better or life perfect, he advises one to lead a meaningful life of light-like that of a lily. Thus, the focus of the poem is clearly on making Man better. To explain this point, examples of the oak and the lily are used. Hence, the title, The Noble Nature, suits the poem well. The poem says leading meaningful life even for a short while is worthier than leading a long life with neither charm nor value.
b) Carl Sandburg’s poem, ‘Happiness’ conveys a beautiful message. It is extracted from his collection, Chicago songs. It shows how the narrator tries to find out the real meaning of happiness and his ultimate realization.
This seems like a more light hearted poem. The poet depicts the narrator’s experience. He asks people what they think of happiness. The first two he asks are the people who should know what happiness is. But, both look at him as if he is trying to fool them. He then ventures out to observe some of the lower class. He examplifies, what he sees, his image of happiness.
The poem centers around the difference between the lower and the upper class. He favours the lower class for their simplicity. They value the things in their lives. It is proved in the lives of Hungarians. They show him what happiness is. They enjoy then food, drink, music and fun. At last, seeing Hungarians helps the narrator in understanding how they spend happy moments under a tree. Then he realizes what happiness is. Even if they are not very well educated or wealthy, they stand as a symbol of sharing and helping mentality people.
c) Dr. Ammangi Venugopal is a creative genius. He is well aware of the abilities of a farmer. In his poem, The Beggar, the poet minces no words in depicting farmers’ abilities. They are the food providers to all. Their eyes are dark with shadows of their struggles and sufferings. Their backs are bent with burden. Their hands are soiled and severed. Their feet bleed. Yet, their ability to produce food and satisfy others’ hunger remains fully active. They work hard and help others. They are capable of feeding millions. They reduce and satisfy the hunger of even skies. Thus, the poem is endowed with the abilities of a farmer.
Question 5.
Answer ANY TWO of the following questions in about 100 words each. 2 × 4 = 8M
a) Were the three brothers successful in executing their tricks ? Support your answer.
b) Write a paragraph on how Alan and his parents felt excited when he was chosen to play for the school cricket match.
c) “A spirited discussion springs up between a young girl and a colonel”. Discuss.
Answer:
a) No. The three brothers failed in their efforts. The famous Chinese folk tale “The Short-sighted Brothers”, explains their failure. All the three brothers were very short-sighted. Once, they wanted to prove the power of their sight. They were to read an inscription. Each learnt secretly from the monk about the writing. They thought they could outsmart the others. They visited the monastery the next day. They started READING from the TABLET. Each one READ out. Then the monk came out. He told them that the TABLET was not yet put up ! They READ from the TABLET that WAS NOT there ! Their folly was exposed. They realised it!
b) Arthur Henry Mee is famous as an eminent educator and journalist. His short story “Playing the Game” is at once didactic and entertain¬ing. Its gripping narration offers a pleasant reading experience. Alan is the lead character. He was a schoolboy. He loved cricket. His parents supported and encouraged him. Alan’s father actually helped Alan practise bowling. He commented that Alan was shaping as a good bowler. Then, Alan was selected to play in his school team. That was a well deserved opportunity. Hence Alan felt excited. That made Alan’s parents doubly excited. That is just natural and justifiable on their part.
c) “The Dinner Party”, by Mona Gardner, showcases the emotional strength of women. Deeds, not empty words, prove this point beyond anyone’s doubt. A colonial officer hosts the dinner party. The guests are just twenty. During the party, an animated discussion arises between a young girl and a colonel. The girl says women have advanced a lot from their earlier era of screaming at the sight of a mouse. The colonel contradicts her stand. He asserts men have an extra ounce of nerve control in a crisis. And he adds that ounce counts a lot. But the girl is right. The story proves at the end how strong a woman is in crises!
Section – B
Question 6.
Read the following passage carefully and answer ANY FOUR questions given after it in a word or a sentence each. 4 × 1 = 4M
Thus, things were moving happily. But the farmers were perturbed. They observed the lives of people on the other side of the river Krishna ruled by the British and found that people were happy there. There was no drudgery, no penalties-no beatings either. But if the people of Ramasagaram were to migrate to that side leaving the households and assets earned by their ancestors and their caste trades as well, how would they live ?
Questions:
i) “Thus, things were moving happily.” ‘Happily’ to whom ?
ii) What did the farmers observe ?
iii) What did the farmers find out ?
iv) What was the reason for the vast difference in the lives of Ramasagaram people and that of those living on the other side of the river ?
v) Was it possible for the people of Ramasagaram to migrate to the other side of the river ?
vi) Give the word from the passage that means disturbed / worried /anxious.
Answer:
i) moving happily to the police personnel
ii) observed the lives of people on the other side of river Krishna ruled by the Britishers.
iii) found that people on the other side of river Krishna were happy
iv) The reason : Ramasagaram was under the Nizam’s rule and the, village on the other side of river Krishna was ruled by the Britishers.
v) No, it was not possible for them to migrate.
vi) ‘perturbed’
Question 7.
Read the following passage carefully and answer ANY FOUR questions given after it in a word or a sentence each. 4 × 1 = 4M
Mistakes can Make Miracles
Mistakes at times can turn out to be a blessing in disguise. One such error led to the establishment of the Nobel Prize, the most coveted award in the world. When Ludwig (Alfred’s brother) died in 1888, a French newspaper erroneously confused the deceased’s identity with that of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite that brought him enormous money. As a result, it published a scathing obituary entitled The Merchant of Death is Dead. Alfred thus had the rarest opportunity of reading his own death report (obituary). His troubled conscience said to himself, “Is this how posterity is going to remember me ? No, 1 must do something. The huge fortune I made must go to promote peace in this world. “What followed is history. Nobel prizes in Peace, Literature, Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Medicine were thus born !
Questions:
i) What was the error that led to the establishment of the Nobel Prize ?
ii) How did the French paper describe Alfred Nobel ?
iii) Who died in 1888 ?
iv) What was the rarest opportunity Alfred Nobel had ?
v) How did Nobel try to change his image ?
vi) Write the word used in the passage to mean death report.
Answer:
i) confused the deceased’s identity with that of Alfred Nobel
ii) as the Merchant of Death
iii) Ludwig Nobel, Alfred’s brother
iv) to read his own death report
v) by trying to promote peace in the world and by establishing the Nobel Prize.
vi) obituary
Section – C
[Note : Answers of this section must be written at one place in the same Serial Order.]
Question 8.
Match ANY EIGHT of the following words in Column – A with their meanings in Column – B. 8 × 1/2 = 4M
| Column A | Column B |
| i) transgression | a) irritation, disappointment |
| ii) philosopher | b) nervous, rude |
| iii) plucking | c) real meaning |
| iv) harbinger | d) identify, be familiar with |
| v) essence | e) pulling something out |
| vi) frustration | f) skill |
| vii) recognize | g) doing wrong, violation of a code |
| viii) nervy | h) at risk to be lost |
| ix) craft | i) truth-seeker, logician |
| x) at stake | j) indication |
Answer:
| Column A | Column B |
| i) transgression | g) doing wrong, violation of a code |
| ii) philosopher | i) truth-seeker, logician |
| iii) plucking | e) pulling something out |
| iv) harbinger | j) indication |
| v) essence | c) real meaning |
| vi) frustration | a) irritation, disappointment |
| vii) recognize | d) identify, be familiar with |
| viii) nervy | b) nervous, rude |
| ix) craft | f) skill |
| x) at stake | h) at risk to be lost |
Question 9.
Identify the parts of speech of ANY EIGHT of the following underlined words. 8 × 1/2 = 4M
I had (1) a moment (2) of (3) mixed joy (4) and anguish, when (5) my mind (6) took over. It (7) raced well (8) ahead of my body and (9) drew my body compellingly (10) forward.
Answer:
1) had – verb
2) moment – noun
3) of – preposition
4) joy – noun
5) when – pronoun
6) mind – noun
7) it – pronoun
8) well – adverb
9) and – conjunction
10) compelling – adverb
Question 10.
Fill ANY EIGHT of the following blanks with a, an or the. 8 × 1/2 = 4M
1. Panaji is ……………….. capital of Goa state.
2. ……………….. moon is ……………….. symbol of pleasantness.
3. I have given ……………….. one rupee coin to ……………….. beggar.
4. ……………….. rabbit runs very fast.
5. Is there ……………….. bank near here ?
6. ……………….. talent of ……………….. writer can’t be underestimated.
7. ……………….. simplicity which Gandhi followed is taken as ……………….. example everywhere.
8. I interviewed ……………….. M.P. in ……………….. evening.
9. Did you get married after leaving ……………….. university ?
10. Would you like to be ……………….. actor ?
Answer:
1) the
2) The, the
3) a, the (a)
4) The/A
5) a
6) The, a /the
7) The, an
8) an, the
9) the
10) on
Question 11.
Fill in ANY EIGHT of the following blanks with suitable prepositions. 8 × 1/2 = 4M
1. It rained ……………….. two days.
2. Switch ……………….. the light, please, it is quite dark here.
3. The trains are seldom ……………….. time.
4. We live ……………….. the fifth floor.
5. She is familiar ……………….. computer hardware.
6. I have not slept properly two ……………….. days.
7. He trembled ……………….. fear when he was caught.
8. Looking forward ……………….. seeing you at the meeting.
9. Most foreigners dream ……………….. visiting India.
10. She insisted ……………….. joining us.
Answer:
1) for
2) on
3) on
4) on
5) with
6) for
7) with
8) to
9) of
10) on
Question 12.
Fill ANY FOUR of the following blanks with suitable forms of the verbs given in brackets. 4 × 1 = 4M
1. Surya Namaskar ……………….. (consist) of twelve postures.
2. Gandhi ……………….. (influence) by the writings of Tolstoy.
3. Bandla Sirisha ……………….. (be) the first Telugu woman (third Indian Origin woman) to go into the space on July 11, 2021.
4. Rohit Sharma ……………….. (bat) for two hours when rain interrupted
the match. ,
5. The meeting ……………….. (start) by 10.00 a.m. tomorrow.
6. Usually my father ……………….. (take) rice for lunch, But now he ……………….. (take) chapatis.
Answer:
1) consists
2) was influnced
3) is
4) had been batting
5) will have started
6) takes … is taking
Question 13.
Rewrite ANY FOUR of the following sentences as directed. 4 × 1 = 4M
i) The workers called off the strike.
(Change the sentence to passive voice.)
ii) Every sentence can’t be changed into the passive voice.
(Change the sentence to active voice.)
iii) The teacher said to Kavitha, “What does the word ‘corruption’ mean ?”
(Change the sentence to indirect speech.)
iv) A foolish friend can be more dangerous than a wise enemy. (Change the sentence to positive degree.)
v) You have done your homework, ……………….. ?
(Add an appropriate question tag)
vi) I am unable to answer your question, ……………….. ?
(Add an appropriate question tag)
Answer:
i) The strike was called off by the workers.
ii) One (We) can’t change every sentence into the passive voice.
iii) The teacher asked Kavitha what the word corruption meant.
iv) A wise enemy cannot be so dangerous as a foolish friend.
v) haven’t you
vi) am I (unable = not able)
Question 14.
Rewrite ANY FOUR of the following sentences correcting the underlined errors. 4 × 1 = 4M
1. Raghu is my older brother.
2. The streets of Hyderabad are wider than Warangal.
3. Suma is an popular anchor.
4. I waited for a hour.
5. Sun rises in east.
6. Onions cost Rs. 20 kilogram.
Answer:
1. Raghu is my elder brother.
2. The streets of Hyderabad are wider than those of Warangal.
3. Suma is a popular anchor.
4. I waited for an hour.
5. The sun rises in east.
6. Onions cost Rs. 20 a kilogram.
Question 15.
Supply the missing letters to ANY EIGHT of the following words. 8 × 1/2 = 4M
i) hi_ _top
ii) ba_ _an
iii) r_ _tine
iv) conc_ _ve
v) m_ _ntain
vi) mi_ _ion
vii) in_ _edible
viii) mons_ _n
ix) ca_ _y
x) reco_ _tion
Answer:
i) hilltop
ii) banyan
iii) routine
iv) conceive
v) mountain / maintain
vi) mission/million
vii) incredible
viii) monsooni
x) carry
xi) recognition
Question 16.
Identify the silent consonant letters in ANY EIGHT of the following words. 8 × 1/2 = 4M
i) yolk
ii) would
iii) pneumonia
iv) consign
v) drawing
vi) what
vii) knead
viii) doubt
ix) island
x) aisle
Answer:
i) yolk – l
ii) would – l
iii) pneumonia – p
iv) consign – g
v) drawing – w
vi) what – h
vii) knead – k
viii) doubt – b
ix) island – s
x) aisle – s
Question 17.
Write ANY FOUR of the following transcriptions using ordinary English spelling. 4 × 1 = 4M
Answer:
i) desperate
ii) lull
iii) impelled
iv) resistance
v) pride
vi) faint
Question 18.
Circle ANY FOUR of the words that sound different from the other words in that set with regard to the sounds of the bold letters. 4 × 1 = 4M
i) head bead lean
ii) time it I
iii) way waste want
iv) eye get check
v) march start nation
vi) being stage morning
Answer:
i) head
ii) it
iii) want
iv) eye
v) nation
vi) stage
Question 19.
Mention the number of syllables in ANY FOUR of the following words. 4 × 1 = 4M
i) pension
ii) source
iii) confer
iv) captivate
v) modest
vi) contribution
Answer:
i) 2 – disyllabic
ii) 1 – monosyllabic
iii) 2 – disyllabic
iv) 3 – trisyllabic
v) 2 – disyllabic
vi) 4 – polysyllabic
Question 20.
a) Observe the pie chart given below. It contains information about the mode of transport used by students of a certain junior college. Write a small paragraph. 1 × 4 = 4M
b) Read the following paragraph and transfer the information into a flow chart.
The following paragraph describes how clothes are washed. Draw a flow chart based on the information given. First, fill a bucket half full with water. Then, add a spoonful of washing powder. Stir vigorously till the power mixes with water and forms foam. Put the unwashed clothes into it. Wait for fifteen minutes. Take out clothes and scrub with a brush to remove stains. Now, rinse the clothes with clean water.
Wring out the clothes gently by twisting and compressing them. This removes excess water from the clothes. This saves the time of drying. Now dry the washed clothes by putting them on the clothes line. Collect the washed and dried clothes later.
Answer:
a) Mode of Transport of Students
The given pie chart presents the mode of transport used by students of a particular junior college. A major part of them 40% – use the public transport, i.e. bus. A half of the share of bus, that is 20% of them travel by autorickshaws. Two wheelers and cars carry 15% each of the students. Just 10% of them use the cleanest and the healthiest mode – walking.
(Or)
b) How to wash clothes ?
