SSLC Question Paper - 2021.

  SSLC Question Paper - 2021.                Code 4961

Language — Part II — English Time Allowed: 3.00 Hours | Maximum Marks: 100

Instructions:

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PART - I

Note: (i) Answer all the questions. 14×1=14 (ii) Choose the most appropriate answer from the given four alternatives and write the option code and the corresponding answer.

Choose the appropriate synonym for the italicised words.

1. The young bird kept calling her mother plaintively. (a) happily (b) sadly (c) rigorously (d) vainly

2. Aditya and the narrator reached a point where the road bifurcated. (a) restrained (b) combined (c) divided (d) conditioned

3. The owner of the tea shop, now over sixty, a little rustic in appearance. (a) old (b) typical countryside (c) traditional (d) modern

Choose the appropriate antonyms for the italicised words.

4. His father was preening the feathers. (a) cleaning (b) clearing (c) dirtying (d) colouring

5. A portion of a wall of the attic had crumbled down. (a) withered (b) attached (c) broken (d) taken

6. India's disabled are deprived by attitudinal barriers as they grapple with the challenges of acceptance and inclusion. (a) addition (b) separation (c) diversion (d) adoption

7. Choose the correct plural form of "accessory" from the following: (a) accessorys (b) accessories (c) accessoryes (d) accessoris

8. Form a derivative by adding the right suffix to the word "Child": (a) –ment (b) –ies (c) –hood (d) –tion

9. Choose the correct expansion of the abbreviation "GPS": (a) Global Protective System (b) General Police System (c) Global Positioning System (d) Global Pre-defining System

10. Complete the following sentence with the most appropriate phrasal verb given below. Mr. Hamel __________ the blackboard and took a piece of chalk to write. (a) turned up (b) turned to (c) turned for (d) turned with

11. Choose the suitable option to pair it with the word 'side' to form a compound word: (a) path (b) walk (c) way (d) road

12. Fill in the blank with the appropriate prepositional phrase given below. The trial was conducted __________ the procedure of law. (a) in accordance with (b) due to (c) despite of (d) in addition to

13. Choose the appropriate meaning for the given idiom "over the moon": (a) Extremely agile (b) Extremely happy (c) Extremely visible (d) Extremely attentive

14. Choose the most appropriate linker from the given four alternatives. They faced many hardships __________ they are always cheerful. (although, nevertheless, whenever, otherwise)

PART - II

SECTION - I

Answer any three of the following questions in a sentence or two. 3×2=6

15. What did the young bird do to seek the attention of his parents? 16. Why was the attic 'a favourite place' for the children? 17. How many people in India suffer with disability? 18. What did M. Hamel say about the French language?

SECTION - II

Read the following sets of poetic lines and answer any three of the following. 3×2=6

19. Not hurrying to, nor turning from the goal; Not mourning for the things that disappear. (a) Why do you think the poet is not in a hurry? (b) What should one not mourn for?

20. Strong is she in her faith and beliefs. "Persistence is the key to everything," says she. (a) What is she strong about? (b) How does she deal with the adversities in life?

21. But remember, please, the law by which we live, We are not built to comprehend a lie, (a) What does the poet expect us to remember? (b) How are the machines built?

22. A woman is beauty innate, A symbol of power and strength. (a) How is a woman? (b) What does she symbolize?

SECTION - III

Answer any three of the following. 3×2=6

23. Rewrite the following sentence in passive voice. When will you finish the building?

24. Change into indirect speech. Balu said "Asia is the largest continent".

25. Punctuate the following sentence. were you not a good student i asked

26. Transform the following sentence into a compound sentence. On seeing the teacher the children stood up.

27. Rearrange the words in the correct order to make meaningful sentences. (a) a sudden/it/Aditya's/I noticed/asked/reason for/expression/and I/change in/him the. (b) at once/church-clocks/twelve/All/the/struck.

SECTION - IV

Answer the following question. 1×2=2

28. A stranger wants to go to a hospital. Write the steps to guide him to reach his destination. (Map showing: Gandhi Road, R.K. Hospital, Park, M.K. Road, Bus Stop, Library, "You are here")

PART - III

SECTION - I

Answer any two of the following in a paragraph. 2×5=10

29. Highlight the factors responsible for the all-women Indian Navy crew to carry out their expedition. 30. Give a detailed account of all thoughts and questions in the narrator's mind while accompanying Aditya from the tea shop to Sanyal's house. 31. "Technology is a boon to the disabled". Justify. 32. We appreciate the value of something only when we are about to lose it. Explain this with reference to the French language and M. Hamel.

SECTION - II

Answer any two of the following. 2×5=10

33. What qualities have made women powerful according to "Rakhi Nariani Shirke"? 34. What feelings are evoked in us by the machines in the poem 'The Secret of Machines'?

35. Read the following stanza and answer the questions given below. We can pull and haul and push and lift and drive, We can print and plough and weave and heat and light, We can run and race and swim and fly and dive, We can see and hear and count and read and write! (a) Pick out the rhyming words in the above lines. (b) Write the rhyme scheme of the given stanza. (c) Identify the figure of speech employed in the first line of the given stanza. (d) Pick out the alliterating words in the second line.

36. Paraphrase the following stanza. In the dim past, nor holding back in fear From what the future veils; but with a whole And happy heart, that pays its toll To Youth and Age, and travels on with cheer.

SECTION - III

Answer any one of the following. 1×5=5

37. Rearrange the following sentences in coherent order. (a) With the help of the spirits Prospero could command the winds, and the waves of the sea. (b) Prospero and his daughter Miranda lived in a cave. (c) Ariel then went to fetch Ferdinand. (d) These gentle spirits were ever after obedient to the will of Prospero. (e) Ariel gave a lively description of the storm, and of the terrors of the mariners.

38. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Six days passed. Six frantic days of checking their e-mail day and night. Six torturous days of having the deafeningly loud KNGRRDRRWHEEZE resound in their home, most nerve wrackingly. Maya complained that she heard a permanent rumbling sound in her ears even when she was miles away from home and that her ears ached all the time. Arvind confessed that, for the first time in his life, he was actually looking forward to going to school considering it was as calm as a monastery compared to their house. Mrs. Krishnan had lost interest in painting. Zigzag would sometimes wake up briefly when he wanted to eat some fruit, and sometimes he would sit on the veranda looking sulky and bored. Zigzag never spoke to anyone, though everyone tried several times. He only slept. And snored.

On the seventh day, Dr. Somu's e-mail arrived. It was, as Dr. Krishnan predicted, ridiculously simple.

Questions: (a) How did the days pass? (b) What was Maya's complaint? (c) What was Arvind's confession? (d) What was Zigzag's routine? (e) What was Dr. Krishnan's prediction about Dr. Somu's e-mail?

SECTION - IV

Answer any four of the following. 4×5=20

39. Prepare an attractive advertisement using the hints given below. Raj appliances – Aadi sale – 20-50% – special offers – first hundred – special prizes – Vivek and co., - Gandhi Road – Trichy.

40. You are Anand/Aruna living in a remote village in Salem. You participated in a health camp organised by your school. You were surprised to observe that most of the residents were unaware of health and hygiene. As a concerned citizen, write a letter to the editor stating the need to organise such camps focusing on the importance of health and hygiene.

41. You are Deepan/Deepa, the Literary Association Secretary of GHSS Madurai. Prepare a notice on behalf of your school, inviting the students to participate in the oratorical competition to be conducted next month.

42. Look at the following picture and express your views on it in a paragraph of five sentences. (Image: Women playing kabaddi/handball on a court)

43. Make notes or write a summary of the following passage. The necessity to preserve, transmit and propagate the rich cultural legacy left behind by the builders of music in the country in general and in Tamil Nadu in particular was felt in the year 1949. It was felt necessary that the inherited musical urge in our youngsters and the past tradition of our musical culture with it's ancient purity could be well preserved only when opportunities have been provided to those who have an aptitude for learning music.

The Central and State Governments with their financial aids established the Central College of Carnatic Music in August 1949. The college is functioning at 'Brodie Castle' on Greenways Road with 600 students and it has been named 'Thendral'. In the beginning there were only Vocal, Violin and Veena sections besides general Musicology. Candidates with a considerable standard in music alone, were admitted into the two year Sangeetha Vidwan Title course and after completion they were permitted to appear for the 'Sangeetha Vidwan' Title examination conducted by the Director of Government Examinations, Madras.

44. Write your favourite recipe by starting your own blog.

SECTION - V

45. Quote from memory: 1×5=5 She's a lioness; ..................................... ........................ Today's woman, dear.

PART - IV

46. Write a paragraph of about 150 words by developing the following hints. 2×8=16

(a) There was an island – Prospero and his daughter Miranda – Ariel was the chief – storm created – Ferdinand and Miranda – Prospero ungentle – Prospero's brother – King of Naples – repented – Ariel dismissed.

OR

(b) Dr. Ashok T. Krishnan – Zigzag Somu's pet – children happy – bird can talk – sing – Zigzag unmoved – sulking – snoring – neighbours complaining – Seventh day Somu's e-mail – Zigzag in the clinic – showing strange – genius.

47. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow.

Water use in a country depends very much on it's efficiency in water use. Even in most technologically advanced country, the efficiency of irrigation is only 30 percent. As the people of California, in the United States of America, and Israel use water ethically and with enormous care the efficiency in use is high. They are also good in water management activities. For example, drip irrigation has been used in Israel as well as California to best effect. The farmers and horticulturists make the water drip drop-by-drop at the roots of the crop plants. This system of irrigation has now come into use in India too. With this method of irrigation a high output of crops is being harvested with small amount of water. In this way, salination of the lands is also averted to a great extent.

Questions: (a) Why is the efficiency in water use high in some countries? (b) Explain drip irrigation. (c) What is the result of the use of drip irrigation? (d) (i) Give the appropriate meaning for the word: 'ethically' (ii) Choose the word opposite to: 'efficiency'

OR

When things go wrong as they sometimes will; When the road you're trudging seems all uphill; When the funds are low, and the debts are high; And you want to smile, but you have to sigh; When care is pressing you down a bit Rest if you must, but don't you quit. Success is failure turned inside out; The silver tint of the clouds of doubt; And you can never tell how close you are; It may be near when it seems afar. So, stick to the fight when you're hardest hit It's when things go wrong that you mustn't quit.

Questions: (a) When do you want to smile but sigh, according to the poet? (b) Explain the line: "When care is pressing you down a bit" (c) What seems afar? (d) Give a suitable title for the poem.

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