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1 BOARD OF INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION JUNIOR INTER ENGLISH MODEL PAPER TIME: 3 HOURS MAX.MARKS: 100 SECTION - A I. Annotate ANY TWO of the following in lines each. 2 4 = 8 a) Because I didn't get my money's worth, that's why! b) If muscles aren't used much, they get flabby, and that's true of the brain, too c) When a person puts on a hat, he or she plays the role that belongs to that hat. This makes it a game where individuals are engaged to contribute all kinds of ideas under diverse hats. d) Though I was not keen on taking up the job, I saw it as a challenge. II. Annotate ANY TWO of the following in lines each. 2 4 = 8 a) Not just once a year a string of spurious verses ensconced in a bouquet shaped like Chinese house of dreams b) So please, oh please, we beg, we pray Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install A lovely bookshelf on the wall c) For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. d) i am the artist a creator and a demi god III. Answer ANY TWO of the following questions in lines each. 2 4 = 8 a) 'Everyone was a hero'. Justify this statement made by Adam Mayblum. b) Explain the relationship between bowling and wicket keeping with examples. c) 'Lateral thinking is creative or nonlinear thinking'. Provide instances from the essay to support this statement. d) Why did Sudha Murthy not feel nervous at the interview? Discuss. IV. Answer ANY TWO of the following questions in lines each. 2 4 = 8 a) Describe how children spent their leisure time in the past and how they spend it now. b) Contrast the attitude of adults as opposed to children as reflected in the poem 'Anecdote for Fathers'. c) Does the poet approve of celebrating Mother's Day? Explain. d) 'A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked', said Bernard Meltzer. List all the qualities a true friend should have according to Kahlil Gibran. R

2 V. Answer ANY ONE of the following questions in about 25 lines. 1 8 = 8 a) Describe how the stranger / guest slowly became obsessed with the face on the wall and how his life was affected? b) What is the moral of the story that the bachelor narrated? How is this story going to create problems for the aunt? c) Datta found a solution to his problem? Did it really work for him? Justify your answer. SECTION - B VI. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. 5 1 = 5 Sleepwalking, also known as somnambulism or noctambulism is a sleep disorder. Sleepwalkers arise from the slow wave sleep stage in a state of low consciousness and perform activities that are usually performed during a state of full consciousness. These activities can be as gentle as sitting up in bed, walking to a bathroom, and cleaning, or as hazardous as cooking, driving, violent gestures, grabbing at hallucinated objects, or even homicide. Although sleepwalking cases generally consist of simple, repeated behaviours, there are occasionally reports of people performing complex behaviours while asleep, although their legitimacy is often disputed. Sleepwalkers often have little or no memory of the incident, as their consciousness has altered into a state in which it is harder to recall memories. Although their eyes are open, their expression is dim and glazed over. Sleepwalking may last as little as thirty seconds or as long as thirty minutes. 1. How long does sleep walking last? 2. Find out the synonym of 'murder' in the above passage. 3. Do sleep walkers remember the incidents that happen during their sleepwalking? Give the reason. 4. Sleep walkers close their eyes during their sleep walking. State 'True' or 'False'. 5. What are the other two names for sleep walking? VII. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. 5 1 = 5 The Second World War broke out in 1939, when I was eight years old. For reasons I have never been able to understand, a sudden demand for tamarind seeds erupted in the market. I used to collect the seeds and sell them to a provision shop on Mosque Street. A day's collection would fetch me the princely sum of one anna. My brother-in- law Jallaluddin would tell me stories about the war which I would later attempt to trace in the headlines in Dinamani. Our area, being isolated, was completely unaffected by the War. But soon India was forced to join the Allied Forces and something like a state of emergency was declared. The first casualty came in the form of the suspension of the train halt at Rameswaram station. The newspapers now had to be bundled and thrown out from the moving train on the Rameswaram Road between Rameswaram and Dhanushkodi. That forced my cousin Samsuddin, who distributed newspapers in Rameswaram, to look for a helping hand to catch the bundles and, as if naturally, I filled the slot. Samsuddin helped me earn my first wages. 1. Why did Samsuddin need a helping hand for his business? 2. Why was the author's place unaffected by the War initially? 3. When was the author probably born? a) 1939 b) 1931 c) What was the first effect of the war on the people of Rameswaram? 5. Find out the synonym of 'salary' in the above passage?

3 SECTION - C Note: The answers to 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': a)... weather is nice. b) Suhas is... software professional. c) He has received... excellent education. d) My sister lives in... Netherlands. e) Paul is... NCC officer. f) India is... SAARC country. IX. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions a) He is married... my cousin. b) Who are you waiting...? c) This door is made... glass. d) The boys quarrelled... themselves. e) I am superior... you. f) Believe... God. X. Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of the verbs given in the brackets. 5 1 = 5 a) By the end of next month we... (write) our annual exams. b) Television... (kill) the creativity of children. c) If he had come in time, he... (meet) the principal. d) This book... (write) in e) I... (complete) the work so I am free now. XI. Rewrite the sentences as directed. 5 1 = 5 a) We expect good news. (Rewrite starting with 'Good news') b) Sohini said to me, 'Shall I give him your book? (Change into indirect speech) c) Virat Kohli is better than most other batsmen in the world. (Change into Superlative Degree) d) The sun set. The farmers went home. (Combine the sentences into a Simple Sentence) e) Let's go to the beach,...? (Add a question tag) XII. Rewrite the following sentences correcting the underlined part. The entire sentence must be written. 5 1 = 5 a) We enjoyed at the party. b) Priya drives very fastly. c) He has three brother-in-laws. d) The pollution in Hyderabad is worse than Visakhapatnam. e) I am good, amn't I?

4 XIII. Supply the missing letters in the following words a) ac _ d _ mic b) en _ rm _us c) f _ t_ re d) surg n e) lin ge f) my ery XIV. Identify the silent consonants in the following words a) rendezvous b) paradigm c) sceptre d) mnemonic e) cupboard f) ghost XV. Identify the part of speech of the underlined word a) Everyone has a problem. b) My God! I forgot to lock the door. c) Smoking is injurious to health. d) Since it is raining, we cannot go out. e) We often make mistakes. f) Open the door, please. XVI. Match the words in column 'A' with their meanings /definitions in column 'B' ) retort ( ) a) unreasonable 2) obstinacy ( ) b) a short nap, after the midday meal 3) absurd ( ) c) false, not genuine 4) spurious ( ) d) small ropes 5) siesta ( ) e) gods 6) deities ( ) f) to reply in a quick, witty manner g) attractive h) the quality of being stubborn or unyielding XVII. Nouns can be divided into four kinds. We have proper nouns, common nouns, collective nouns and abstract nouns. Common nouns can further be subdivided into countable nouns and uncountable nouns. Countable nouns can be singular (e.g.: boy) and plural (e.g.: boys). Uncountable nouns can only be used in the singular (e.g.: Rice). Present this information in a tree diagram. 1 5 = 5 (Or) The following diagram shows the percentage of students that take various subjects at a post graduate college in Bihar. Biology 12% Chemistry 23% Hindi 8% Physics 17% Maths 13% English 27% Now write a paragraph to convey the above information.

5 XVIII. Read the following transcriptions and write ANY FIVE words in ordinary spelling. For example, /gl ubl/ global 5 1 = 5 (OR) Find the word that is different from the other words in the group with regard to the sound of the underlined letters. 1. dictator indict dictionary 2. viscount discuss scheme 3. chance chores chaos 4. hate hat happy 5. meal measure mean XIX. Write the number of syllables for ANY SIX of the following words peer 2. intelligence 3. plight 4. destiny 5. intimate 6. rhythm 7. America 8. through 9. syllable 10. abyss XX. Complete the following dialogue. 1 4 = 4 Khyati: Hi Ananya. How are you? Ananya: Hi Khyati, I'm... Khyati: I'm calling to invite... Ananya: Oh, when...? Khyati: On 2 nd April Ananya: Where is the party going to be? Khyati: At my place. You will come,...? Ananya: Of course, I will.

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