Name of the Organization : Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College
Name Of The Exam : Mock Question Paper
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
Subject : Languages
Course: II PUC – Pre University
Year : 2019
Website : https://www.jaincollege.ac.in/
Jain College II PUC Languages Mock Paper
Jain College, Jayanagar
MOCK PAPER – I, Jan – 2019
Subject: II PUC English (02)
Duration: 3 hours 15 minutes
Max. Marks: 100
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Paper – I
I. Answer the following in a word, phrase or a sentence. 1×12=12
1. Who according to the council, was a brother Monarch in ‘Too Dear’?
2. Whom does Romeo address as ‘Yonder lady’?
3. They are the sons and daughters of _______ for itself
a) Life’s longing b) life’s desire c) life’s course
4. Where did Vandana Shiva’s ecological journey start?
5. What does Don Gonzalo envy of Dona Laura?
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6. What did the ‘one man’ love of the woman in ‘When you are old’?
7. Who teaches the foot that ‘it cannot fly’?
8. What according to Borges was his first literary reading?
9. Where does the tender sunshine lean?
10. The streets of Copacabana are decorated with beautiful __________.
11. Which party did the village belong to in ‘The Voter’?
12. In Pudukkottai, the bicycle is a symbol of __________.
II. Answer any 8 of the following in 80-100 words. 4×8=32
13. Why did the prisoner refuse to go out of imprisonment? Explain.
14. Explain Cormac Cullinan’s view about apartheid in ‘Everything I need to know I learned from forest’.
15. Briefly explain Don Gonzalo’s fictitious story.
16. How does ‘When you are old’ differentiate between true love and physical love’?
17. What measures did Tammanna adopt to humiliate Basavaiah? Explain.
18. Bring out the instances where Kuvempu breaks the myths related to heaven.
19. Why is bowing in Japan both quaint and puzzling according to the George Mikes.
20. Comment on Neruda’s use of imagery to convey his ideas about society and its role in impacting a child.
21. How is the practice of cycling empowering to women of Pudukkottai?
22. Trace the journey of water as a symbol of purity to a multinational commodity in the poem ‘Water’.
III. Answer the following in 200 words. 1×6=6
23. “Indian civilization has been distinctive in locating its source of regeneration, material and intellectual, in the forest not in the city.” Explain.
OR
What does Tammanna’s nature from being manipulative to reflective in the end tell us about human nature? Explain.
OR
Bring out the reasons that made Roof tear his Ballot paper into two.
IV. Read the following passage and answer the question. 1×10=10
24. David Robert Joseph Beckham (born May 2, 1975) is an English footballer who has played for Manchester United, Real Madrid, AC Milan, in the US soccer league and Paris St Germain. Outside of football, he also created his own brand of clothing and is one of the most iconic sportsmen. Beckham was fondly known as becks and “Whipp’s Cross” after the hospital due to his accurate crossing skills and also because he was born there.
i. What clubs did David Beckham play for in the course of his career?
ii. Why was Beckham called as “Whipp’s cross”?
iii. Beckham’s major achievements with the English national team are:a)_______ and b)________.
iv. When did he captain the English national team in his career?
v. Why did Beckham become a ‘public enemy number one’?
vi. How did he redeem himself in the public eye?
vii. Which French club signed Beckham for his services?
viii. Where is he based after retiring from all forms of football?
ix. What are the other ventures that Beckham has been a part of apart from football?
x. Find the appropriate synonyms from the passages for the words a)short tempered b) compensate.
V. 26. Complete the following by filling the blanks using the right form of verb given in brackets: 1×3=3
He _____ (come) to the garden one day, after walking hundreds of miles. The owner of this plantation needed a person exactly like him. A few words were ______ (exchange). The old man _____ (stay) on.
27. Report the following conversation. 1×5=5
Dona Laura: Are you coming tomorrow?
Don Gonzalo: Most certainly, if it is a sunny morning. And not only will I not scare away the birds, but I will bring a few crumbs.
Dona Laura: Thank you very much. Birds are grateful and repay attention.
Paper – II
I. Answer the following in a word a phrase or a sentence. (12×1=12)
1. What does the phrase ‘new snow’ suggest in Romeo and Juliet?
2. Who according to the council, was the brother Monarch in ‘Too Dear’?
3. What is eco-apartheid according to Vandana Shiva?
4. Name two Spanish writers mentioned by Don Gonzalo in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
5. What does the phrase ‘pilgrim soul’ refer to?
6. When did the old man decide to narrate his story to the lady in the lesson ‘The Gardner’?
7. When does everything seem dark to the foot in ‘’To the Foot from its Child’’?
8. How old was Mr Borges?
9. What does heaven imbibe and spill in ‘Heaven if you are not here on earth’?
10. What was the profession of Rufus Okeke in Port Harcourt?
11. What does Sheela Rani Chunkath add to the literacy drive?
12. Where did Mahad struggle take place as mentioned in ‘The Water’?
II. Answer any eight of the following in a paragraph of 80 to 100 words choosing at least two from poetry. (8×4=32)
13. How does Juliet draw attention towards’gentle night’ and ‘garish sun’ in ‘Romeo and Juliet’?
14. Why did the murderer refuse to go out of prison in ‘TooDear’?
15. Illustrate the importance of biodiversity intensive farming? How did the author promote it?
16. What circumstances led Don Gonzalo flee Aravaca?
17. The poem ‘When you are old’ highlights the transient nature of beauty against permanent love- Explain.
18. Why does Tammanna feel that human nature can be strange? Explain.
19. Bring out the contrast between illusion and reality in ‘To the Foot from its Child’?
20. Explain how traffic in Brazil leads to humorous observation?
21. How should parents raise their children according to the speaker of ‘On Children’?
22. How does cycling empower women to eradicate illiteracy and develop a social change?
III. Answer any one of the following in about 200 words. (6×1=6)
23. How does the play Sunny Morning portray wit and humour through Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura’s spontaneous responses?
Or
Discuss, how does the poet bring out the suffering and pain experienced by dalits on account of water?
Or
How does Roof conceal his betrayal of Marcus in the election? Elucidate.
25. Read the following lines and answer the questions: (3×1=3)
A little fairy comes at night, her eyes are blue and her hair is brown,
With silver spots upon her wings; and from the moon she flutters down.
She has a little silver wand and when a good child goes to bed,
She waves her wand from right to left and makes a circle round its head.
i. Who flutters down from the moon?
ii. What does she carry to bless the child?
iii. Why does she wave her wand?
26. Complete the following by filling the blanks with appropriate forms of verb. (1×3=3)
Neruda……………. (know) as a famous poet as his century as his poems……………. (write) in a variety of styles. In 1971, he ……………. (confer) the noble prize for literature.
27. Report the following conversation (5×1=5)
She sat thinking, ‘All this is none of my concern.’
The old man went on, ‘His name was not Sangoji, but Basavaiah.
I am amazed at how facts take on such varied guises when it is narrated as fiction.’
28. Complete the dialogues. (4×1=4)
Teacher: You are………………………., Pradeep. (Complaining)
Pradeep: Madam, I……….. I…………the bus. The next bus………….. (Apologizing)