Name of the Organisation : Jharkhand Academic Council
Document Type : Model Question Paper
Name of the Subject : English
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English Core Model Question Paper :
Short Answer Questions : (2 marks)
1. What does Pancake stand for ? where was it used? 2
2. Who had used the place of Gemini studios previously and for what purpose ? 2
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3. Where did Robert Clive live ? Whom did he marry? 2
4. Why were the people forcibly subjected to the fiery misery to make up. 2
5. Who was Subbu. What kind of person was he ? 2
6. Who was the office boy. What was he supposed to do? 2
7. How can you say that Gemini studios was a place of National Integration ? 2
8. Why did people think that the narration did “next to nothing”? 2
9. Subbu is described as a many-sided genius. List some of his special abilities. 2
10. Why was the lawyer different from others at the Gemini Studios ?
11. With whom was Subbu grouped in the attendance rolls ? 2
12. Why did the bright, brief and brilliant acting career of the actress come to an end? 2
13. What kind of person the legal advisor was ? 2
14. Name the visitor at Gemini Studios ? Why was his visit an unexplained mystery ? 2
15. Name the poets whose favorite haunt was Gemini Studios. 2
16. Who was a communist according to the narrator in the story “Poets and Pancakes” ? 2
17. Which were the two plays run over and again in Madras. What was the message conveyed by them ? 2
18. What does ‘The God that failed’ refer to ? 2
19. Who was Ashok Mitran. Where did he work ? 2
20. How did the Author discover who was to visit the Gemini Studios ?2
Long Answer Questions :
21. How can you say a strict hierarchy was maintained in the make-up department ? 2
22. Who is the narrator in the chapter ‘Poets and Pancakes’. What message does he want to give through it?
23. Discuss Subbu as No. 2 at the Gemini Studios.
24. Describe the feeling of the English poet and his audience on hearing his poem ?
25. Justify the title “Poets and Pancakes”.
English Elective :
4 Marks each :
1. What are the links between natural jobs, labour and slavery ?
2. What causes the master class to be more deluded than the enslaved classes ?
3. ‘It is fear – fear of what your parents will say, of what the teachers will say, fear of tradition, fear of life – that gradually destroys sensitivity, is it not ? “ Discuss.
4. Why do most people find it easier to confirm, imitate, and follow a self appointed guru?
6 Marks each :
5. “Respect for elders is not to be confused with blind obedience.” Discuss.
6. According to Krishna murti the concepts of freedom and discipline are contradictory to
each another. Discuss.
4 Marks each :
1. What is the string of varied thoughts that the mark on the wall stimulates in the author’s mind ?
2. What is the author’s perception of limitations of knowledge and learning ?
3. In what perspective does the author tell that Shakespeare has leant his forhead on his hand ?
4. What change in the depiction of reality does that author foresee for future novelists ?
6 Marks each :
5. How does the imagery of fish and tree emphasize the idea of stillness of living, breathing thought ?
6. How does the author pin her subjects on a variety of subjects on the marks on the wall? What does this tell us about the way the human mind works ?
4 Marks each :
1. What are the things that mark animate things from the inanimate ?
2. What is the simple truth that eludes the philosopher or the scientist ?
3. How does Lawrence reconcile inconsistency of behavior with integrity.
4. How does the novel reflect the wholeness of a human being ?
6 Marks each :
5. What are the argument presented in the essay against the denial of the body by spiritual thinkers ? 2
6. Why does the author consider the novel superior to philosophy, science or even poetry?