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SSC English Model Paper :
English, Paper – I : (Third language)
Parts A and B :
(1-10) Answer ANY FIVE of the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5×2=10
1. What do you learn from the life of Nick Vujicic? (Attitude Is Altitude)
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2. What qualities of Mrs. Slater have you noticed? (The Dear Departed – Part I)
3. Why did the author get into debt? Think of some possible reasons? (The Journey)
4. How did ‘Chitrabani’ help film making in Bengali? (Rendezvous with Ray)
5. What was Bayaji’s dream? (The Storeyed House – Part I)
6. What is the specific message of Wangari Maathai? (Environment)
7. What were the disadvantages faced by Kalam in his childhood? (My Childhood)
8. Why did the Whiteman feel surprised at the narrator’s outburst? Eventually, he also smiled, why? (Jamaican Fragment)
9. In what way is the play ‘The Dear Departed’ a commentary on the hollowness of human relationships? (The Dear Departed II)
10. What is the central idea of the poem ‘A Plea for India’? (A Plea for India)
II. Read the following stanza :
But believe me, son.
I want to be what I used to be
when I was like you. I want
to unlearn all these muting things.
Most of all, I want to relearn
how to laugh, for my laugh in the mirror.
shows only my teeth like Snake’s bare fangs!
Now answer the following questions :5×1=5
a) “I want to be what I used to be”…..
What does the poet mean by these words?
b) What does the poet want to unlearn?
c) What is the tone of the poem?
d) What did the poet learn?
e) “Only my teeth like Snake’s bare fangs!”
What is the figure of speech used in this line?
Read the following lines :
I was born into a middle class Tamil family in the Island town of Rameshwaram in the
erstwhile Madras State. My father, Jainulabdeen, had neither much formal education nor
much wealth, despite these disadvantages, he possessed of great innate wisdom and a true
generosity of spirit.
Answer the following : 3×1=3
a) Who was the speaker of the above lines?
b) Where was the speaker born?
c) Who was Jainulabdeen?
Read the following lines :
A burning desire is the starting point of all accomplishment. Just like a small fire cannot
give much heat, a weak desire cannot produce great results.
(Every Success Story Is also a Story of Great Failures)
Now answer the following questions : 2×1=2
a) What is the weak desire compared to?
b) How do we get great results?
Part – B :
Complete the passage, choosing the right words from those given below. Each blank
is numbered and for each blank, four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) are given. Choose
the correct answer from these choices and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in the blanks.
Shakunthala Devi was born ________________ (1) 4th November, 1929. She
____________ (2) born in ____________ (3) orthodox Brahmin family. In her childhood
she had never ____________ (4) to school. She was popularly known ____________ (5)
1) (A) in (B) on (C) at (D) to
2) (A) was (B) is (C) were (D) are
3) (A) a (B) the (C) an (D) that
4) (A) been (B) be (C) being (D) by
5) (A) has (B) as (C) us (D) for
Match the parts of sentences under ‘A’ with those under ‘B’. Write the letter of the sentence part in ‘B’ against the sentences part in ‘A’
(i) I have a team of friends ( ) (A) for many people
(ii) My house is not big enough ( ) (B) who always help me
(iii) He stopped his business ( ) (C) we will get success
(iv) If we try and try again ( ) (D) after he had become old
(v) As he is rich ( ) (E) he purchased a new car
(a) The book shop is closed on Sunday.
(b) The medical shop is closed down on Sunday.
Q. Which shop will be opened on Monday? Ans ______________.
(or)
Report the following into Indirect Speech.
Nick said to his mother, “I will kill myself.” ______________Edison failed many times in life.
He invented 1000 things. (combine the sentences with ‘who’) ___________
18. Rewrite the following sentence in passive form ___________
Ray produced many fictions of international fame. ___________
19. Combine the following sentences with ‘when’. We hear God’s words, our heart springs with joy ___________
20. Fill in the blanks with right contractions. I _________ (have) returned the money, ___________ (have not I)