Organisation : Telangana State Board Of Intermediate Education
Exam : Intermediate II Year
Paper: English I & Grammer
Document Type : Model Question Paper
Location : Telangana
Website : http://bie.telangana.gov.in/Secondyrmodelpaper.aspx
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Intermediate II Year English Model Question Paper :
Section – A :
1. Annotate any TWO of the following in about 100 words each : 2 * 4 = 8
a) India will be radiant when our children are free to dance in the rain.
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b) The sea has become a cheap dumping ground for all kinds of waste products.
c) “don’t put the lights up yet…. I’m not ready: I’m not quite ready”.
2. Annotate any TWO of the following in about 100 words each : 2 * 4 = 8
a) I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin, Hoping to cease not till death.
b) Neither a borrower nor a lender be;
c) I don’t understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me.”
3. Answer any TWO of the following questions in about 100 words each : 2 * 4 = 8
a) What quality of Gandhi does Nehru appreciate in the essay ‘Opportunities for Youth’?
b) Why does the teacher emphasize the fact that the students belong to the top class?
c) How does Albee expose the hypocrisy of Mommy and Daddy in the play ‘The Sandbox’?
4. Answer any TWO of the following questions in about 100 words each : 2 *4 = 8
a) What tricks does the earth show, according to Gulzar ?
b) Describe the reaction of the speaker when she sees only one set of footprints.
c) Make a list of the sounds she hears in that place and the sounds she is used to in the poem ‘What Kind of Place’? Which do you like?
5. Answer any TWO of the following questions in about 100 words each : 2 * 4 = 8
a) What does the elder brother say when he believes that success is about to make his younger brother feel proud?
b) Describe the condition that forced Mallaiah to collect parige late in the evening.
c) Describe the tug-of-war between Peta-Lynn and the crocodile.
SECTION – B :
6. Read the following passage carefully and answer any four questions given after it : 4 * 1 = 4
People were turned back from the counters and told to return the following day. They did not like the sound of that. And so they gathered outside on the steps of the bank shouting ‘Give us our money or we’ll break in!’ and ‘Fetch the Seth, we know he’s hiding in a safe deposit locker! Mischief makers who didn’t have a paisa in the bank, joined the crowd and aggravated their mood. The manager stood at the door and tried to placate them. He declared that the bank had plenty of money but no immediate means of collecting it. He urged them to go home and come back the next day.
i. Where did the people gather?
ii. What did they shout?
iii. Who aggravated their mood?
iv. What did the manager try?
v. What did he declare?
vi. Write the synonym of ‘fetch’?
7. Read the following passage carefully and answer any four questions given after it : 4 * 1 = 4
Would anyone imagine that a prematurely born, polio-affected scarlet fever victim could win three Golds in running in the Olympics and be called the fastest woman on earth? Well, Wilma did it. Yes, Wilma Glodean Rudolph, born into a middle-class black family in the U.S.A., rose form her physical disability to Olympic glory. Needing braces even to walk till she was nine, by the age of twelve, Wilma challenged even boys in running.
i) Name Wilma’s achievement that made her an international celebrity.
ii) What two diseases which struck Wilma while she was young?
iii) Who coached Wilma in running ?
iv) For women of America, winning many Golds each in the Olympics was common even before Wilma’s time. Say true or false.
v) Name the organization Wilma established to train sports persons.
vi) Wilma’s family was a great support to her. Say true or false.
8. Study the advertisement given below and answer any four questions given after it : 4 * 1 = 4
i) What is the advertisement about?
ii) What does the railways ban?
iii) What is the punishment for carrying inflammables in trains?
iv) What is the security helpline number?
v) Write the motto of the South Central Railway.
vi) What will decide your safety?
9. Read the pie-chart below and answer any four questions given after it. : 4 * 1 = 4
i) What does the pie chart show?
ii) How many factors contribute to the cost of publishing?
iii) What is the expenditure incurred on Royalty?
iv) The minimum expenditure is incurred on ________.
v) What two factors together contribute to more than 50% of the cost of publishing?
vi. More money was spent on binding than on printing. Say true or false.
First Language – Paper II :
Part-A :
The total number of prose lessons shall be five.
The lessons should be interesting in nature and from both Indian and Western authors.
The selections shall be representative of different forms of literature – essay, short story, biography, non-fiction, one-act play.
The prose lessons shall be on the following themes :
1) Triumph of will/culture and heritage.
2) Values (human/moral)
3) Emotions/adventure
4) Science & technology
Part-B :
** The total number of poems shall be five. They shall cover themes such as
** Development of human values
** Appreciation of nature
** Patriotism/Co-existence / tolerance
** Independent decision making/growth of individuality
** Empowerment of women/social equality
Part-C :
** After reading the customized passages the students were expected to
** Identify the topic, source and main ideas of the text
** Recognise words from a given text
** Interpret non-verbal items
** Understand and respond to advertisements
** Participate in various other language activities.