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SSC English First Paper Model Question- 15

English First paper

Total Marks - 100

Time : 3 Hours

Part - A Reading - 70 Marks

Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.    

Read the following text carefully. Then answer the questions no. 1 and 2. Unit-7; Lesson-3(B) | It was late summer 26 August 1910. A little girl was born to a rich Catholic merchant's family of Albanian descent in a small town called Skopje, Macedonia. She was the youngest of  the  three  siblings  and  was named  Agnes  Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Who could imagine at the time that this little girl would one day become      the mother of humanity, loving and  serving  the poorest of the poor. Yes,  we are talking about none other than Mother Teresa.

At the age of 12, she heard a voice from within that urged her to spread the love of Christ. She decided  that she would be a missionary. At the age of 18 she left her parental home. She then joined an Irish community of nuns called the Sisters of Loreto, which had missions in India.

After  a  few months  of  training  at the  Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Dublin, Mother Teresa came    to India. On May 24, 1931, she took her initial vows as a nun. From 1931 to 1948, Mother Teresa taught geography and theology at St. Mary's High School in Kolkata (then Calcutta). However, the  widespread poverty in Kolkata had a deep impact on Mother Teresa, and in 1948 she received permission from her superiors to leave the convent and devote herself to caring for the poorest of the poor  in  the  slums  of Kolkata.

1.      Choose the best answer from the alternatives.                                                        1 X7 = 7

(a)          What does 'mother of humanity' refers to in the passage?

i.   a mother who takes a great care of her children.

ii.   an affectionate mother.

iii.   a mother who serves the poor like her own children.

iv.   a mother who dislikes humanity.

(b)          From childhood Mother Teresa desired to be a ¾¾.

i.   social worker                 ii. missionary                     iii. religious person         iv. political figure

(c)          The voice within her urged her with a view to ¾¾ the love of Christ.

i.   spread                              ii. hinder                             iii. hindering                      iv. spreading

(d)         'The Sisters of Loreto' is an organisation of Irish ¾¾.

i.   monks                               ii. nuns                                iii. clergymen                     iv. priests

(e)          ‘The poorest of the poor’ stands for the people who live ¾¾.

i.   above the poverty line                                                 ii. with much poverty

iii. under the  poverty line                                              iv. in poor condition

(f)           What shocked Mother Teresa most in Kolkata?

i.   discrimination                ii. less poverty                  iii. extreme poverty        iv. food crisis

(g)          What is the main theme of the passage?

i.   To spread Christianity                                                 ii. To remove poverty

iii.  To spread education                                                  iv. Love for the distressed

2.      Answer the following questions.                                                                             2 X5 = 10

(a)                   Where did Mother Teresa come of?

(b)                  Why did Mother Teresa decide to be a missionary?

(c)                   How did she become the mother of humanity?

(d)                  What did Mother Teresa do in the first seventeen years in India?

(e)                   Why did she leave her parental home?

3. Read the following text and fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text. 1X5 = 5

The Internet technology has helped design a large number of websites to facilitate  social  relations among people around the world. These are known as social networking services or social networks or social media. At present. Facebook  is the most popular social media site. Google+, Twitter, Linkedln,    etc. are other frequently used social services. Social network services  are  web-based  and  hence, provide ways for the users to interact through the internet.  These  services  make  it  possible  to  connect people across the borders and thus have made the users feel that they really live in a global village.

Why are social networks expanding so fast? Tire answer is simple. Most of the social services are cost-free. You can make use of them free, paying a very little to your Internet services providers.

With the  development  of  Internet  Technology a number of websites have been designed to promote the relations (a) - the people of the world. By (b)- these social media, we can (c) - our ideas with each other and feel as the citizen of a global village. The social media are expanding rapidly for (d) - low-cost. It has brought the whole world within our (e) -.

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions no. 4 and 5 :

William Wordsworth was a major English romantic poet. He was born on April 7, 1770 in, Cumberland, Lake District of England. His father was an attorney. In 1778 when he was only eight years old, his   mother died, and in the same year he went to Grammar School. In his childhood, he learned poetry of Milton and Shakespeare from his father. His father died in 1783 and then he became dependent on his relatives.  However,  he  continued  his  study  and  first  wrote  a  poem  in  1787.  He  went  to  St.  John‖s  College. Cambridge, and graduated from that college in 1791. Then he went out with his friends on a walking tour to France and Italy. He spent the next year there. While in Farance he fell in love with a French woman Annette Vallon. He was greatly influenced by the French Revolution in 1791. He had a close friendship with another romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. They jointly published a book named Lyrical Ballads in 1798. In this book they explained their new poetic theory. They introduce a new poetic idea of poem. Finally he was the poet laureate of England.

4.Complete the table below with the information from the passage.               1 X 5 = 5

Biography of William Wordsworth
			Speciality : (i) ¾¾
Who/What	Event	Time	Place
W. Wordsworth	born	(ii) ¾¾
He	graduated		(iii) ¾¾
(iv) ¾¾	Lyrical Ballads
French Revolution		(v) ¾¾

5.     Write a summary of the above passage in your own words.                          10

6.      Match the parts of sentences given in columns ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ to write five complete sentences.         1 X 5  = 5

Column 'A'	Column 'B'	Column 'C'
(a)             The Bay of Bengal (b)            Cox's Bazar that (c)             The blue water (d)            The Saint Martin's Island which (e)             The natural beauty of	i.         and rising waves create a pleasant sight ii.       is situated iii.     stretches for miles iv.     Saint Martin's Island is v.       is located in the Bay of Bengal	i.         is the longest sea beach in the world. ii.       which cools our mind instantly. iii.     beyond description. iv.     is a coral island. v.       to the south of Bangladesh

7.      Put the following parts of the story in correct order to make the whole story. Only the corresponding numbers of the sentences need to be written.                                 1X 8  = 8

(a)   In 1930 he joined the Ramjash College, Delhi but returned to his place of birth the next year.

(b)    In 1947, when the partition was made Jibanananda Das left Bangladesh for India.

(c)   He lost the job in 1928 on the charge of publishing a poem in "The Parichaya Patrika",

(d)   He got an appointment in Brajomohan College, Barishal in 1935.

(e)   He took his Master's Degree in English at the age of 22.

(f)   1951, he joined the Kharagpur College.

(g)   Jibanananda Das was born in a small town of Barishal in 1899.

(h)    The next year he started his teaching career as a professor of English at Kolkata City College.

8.Answer any 5 (five) of the following questions from poems. (2×5=10)

(a) How does "O Me! O Life!" emphasize the significance of life’s struggles?

(b) What does "Books" suggest about the influence of books on children?

(c) How does "Two Mothers Remembered" highlight the bond between mother and child?

(d) Why does the repetition of "call the cattle home" matter in "The Sands of Dee"?

(e) What does "Time, You Old Gipsy Man" say about the inevitability of change?

(f) How does "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" portray the allure of nature?

(g) Why does "Solitude" mention “the hills will answer”?

9.Answer any 5 (five) of the following questions from stories. (2×5=10)

(a) How does Sonabhan cope with the silence and emptiness after Moti’s death in Mr. Moti?

(b) What is the significance of Moti in the story Mr. Moti, and how does his presence affect Sonabhan and Ameen?

(c) Why did the author not get hurt during the storm in The Great Derangement, and what does this reveal about their experience?

(d) How does the story The Purple Jar end, and what lesson does Rosamond learn?

(e) How does Portia demonstrate her wisdom and intelligence in the courtroom in The Merchant of Venice?

(f) Where does The Merchant of Venice take place, and how does the setting influence the story?

(g) Why did Mrs. Mallard go to her room alone in The Story of an Hour, and what did she experience there?

(h) What was the surprising twist at the end of The Story of an Hour, and how did it impact the story’s meaning?

Part B: Writing Test (30 Marks)

10.      Read the beginning of a story below. Add at least ten new sentences to complete the story and. Give a suitable title to it :                                                                                                                    15

Rafi is a worker of a big factory in Dhaka. There are more than 500 workers in the factory. One day while he was working, a loud sound was heard. Fire! Fire! Help! Help!......

11.    Imagine, you are Abid/Abida and your friend, Ratul/Rita is not interested in physical exercise. Now, write a dialogue between you and your friend about the importance of taking physical exercise.     15

Key

Part-A : Reading Test

1.    (a) iii. a mother who serves the poor like her own children. (b) ii. missionary (c) iv. spreading (d) ii.

nuns (e) ii. with much poverty (f) iii. extreme poverty (g) iv. Love for the distressed

2.    (a) Mother Teresa comes of a rich catholic merchant's family of Albanian descent in Macedonia.

(b)       Mother Teresa decided to be a missionary to spread the love of Christ among people.

(c)        Mother Teresa became the mother of humanity due to her selfless dedication to serving the poor, helpless and sick people.

(d)       She used to teach geography and theology at a school in the first seventeen years in India.

(e)        Mother Teresa left her parental home to join the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish Community of nuns, where she began her journey as a nun.

3.    (a) among (b) using (c) share (d) being (e) reach

4.    (i) An English romantic poet (ii) on April 7, 1770 (iii) from St. John's College, Cambridge (iv) S.T.

Colleridge & he jointly published (v) in 1791

5.    Wordsworth is one of the most famous poets of English Romantic period. He was born in Lake

District of England in 1770. Though he was born in an affluent family he lost his parents at early age. He graduated from St. John's College, Cambridge in 1791. He was greatly influenced by French revolution. He was a friend of S.T. Coleridge. Together they published Lyrical Ballads in 1798. They introduced a new idea of poetry. He was England's poet laureate.

6.    (a) The Bay of Bengal is situated to the south of Bangladesh.

(b)       Cox's Bazar that stretches for miles is the longest sea beach in the world.

(c)        The blue water and rising waves create a pleasant sight which cools our mind instantly.

(d)       The Saint Martin's Island which is located in the Bay of Bengal is a coral island.

(e)        The natural beauty of Saint Martin's Island is beyond description.

7.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
g	e	h	c	a	d	b	f

Jibanananda Das was born in a small town of Barishal in 1899. He took his Master's Degree in English at the age of 22. The next year he started his teaching career as a professor of English at Kolkata City College. He lost the job in 1928 on the charge of publishing a poem in "The Parichaya Patrika". In 1930 he joined the Ramjash College, Delhi but returned to his place of birth the next year. He got an appointment in Brajomohan College, Barishal in 1935. In 1947, when the partition was made Jibanananda Das left Bangladesh for India. 1951, he joined the Kharagpur College.