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Past Paper English First Year

Year 2011 Group 2

Objective

Choose the correct option in meaning to the underlined words.

1. "We 're stranded on Mars, for ever and ever.

(a) hanged      (b) brought out

(c) caught up  (d) landed

2. The Mayor was a stout serious man.

(a) strong  (b) tall

(c) very     (d) pleasant

3. As the Years went by, Gorgios were down opposing arguments.

(a) tore down  (b) took off

(c) silenced      (d) put down

4. What harm could arise arise from such a trifling demand?

(a) an ordinary  (b) an important

(c) a great          (d) a public

5. The angel had a weary look.

(a) an angry  (b) a happy

(c) a tired      (d) a sad

6. She shudders at her own thoughts.

(a) ponders   (b) wonders

(c) tramples   (d) trembles

7. You are deliberately trying to confuse me.

(a) carefully      (b) hopefully

(c) consciously  (d) doubtedly

8. Clark Larrabee his scarcely noticed her.

(a) hardly  (b) seriously

(c) happily (d) lovingly

9. A time to rend and a time to sew.

(a) buy  (b) sell

(c) tear  (d) wear

10. He alighted from high heaven.

(a) ascended        (b) descended

(c) looked down  (d) poured down

Choose the correct answer:

11. In which season did Mr. Bittering stand very golden-eyed?

(a) winter  (b) summer

(c) autumn (d) spring

12. The king was famous for his:

(a) justice   (b) cruelty

(c) injustice (d) wickedness

13. Della's hair reached below her.

(a) neck   (b) back

(c) feet     (d) knee

14. The girl was afraid of:

(a) a policeman  (b) a friend

(c) a killer          (d) a person

15. For what was Miss McCutcheon looking according to Harry?

(a) friend   (b) husband

(c) money  (d) education

Choose the correct form of the verb in the following sentences.

16. The sun------------in the east.

(a) rise   (b) rises

(c) rose   (d) risen

17. I-----------here since 1996.

(a) am living  (b) has been living

(c) lived          (d) have been living

18. Work hard, lest you------------.

(a) fail       (b) should fail

(c) failed   (d) may failed

19. He------------me last week.

(a) meet  (b) meets

(c) met    (d) had met

20. Workers-------------daily here.

(a) paid   (b) are paid

(c) pay    (d) have paid

Subjective

SECTION-I

2. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any SIX of the following questions from Book-I(short stories) (12)

(i) Why did Norma persuade her husband to agree with him?

(ii) What were the felling of Jess, old father at the age of seventy?

(iii) What was the condition of the Bittering family on hearing the news of war on the Earth?

(iv) What were the feelings of Gorgious on the Occasion?

(v) Why did the doctor call the sick girl by her first name?

(vi) What was the remedy suggested by the physicians for the disease of the king?

(vii) What are the qualities of the veterans of creative suffering?

(viii) What was the wisdom of Jim and Della in selling the most valueable things?

(ix) How did the young man look like in "Overcoat"?

3. Answer in (3-5 lines /sentences) any FIVE of the following questions from Book-III(One Act Plays)(10)

(i) How did the Second Man accuse the first Man of lying?

(ii) Does the Girl become suspicious of first Man as the play progresses?

(iii) How impression were the morals of Kreton?

(iv) What is the role of General Powers in the play?

(v) What is the theme of Kreton's study?

(vi) What is Miss McCutcheon looking for? How does she feel about the children of the town?

(vii) What does advice Miss McCutcheon to do?

(viii) Where has clark Larrabee been? How did he get to O.K-by-the-Sea?

4. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any FOUR of the following questions from Book-III(poems)(8)

(i) What is the main idea of "Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now"?

(ii) What does the title of the poem "O Where are you Going? "mean"? 

(iii) What is the message of the poem "The Feed"?

(iv) What according to Iqbal has made the efforts of Muslims Fruitless?

(v) With out whose love is Bulla at a loss?

(vi) What is the moral of the poem "A Man of Words and Not of Deeds"?

SECTION-II

5. Write a letter to your friend telling him about the annual sports of your college.(10)

OR

Write an application to your Principal for issuing you a character certificate.

6. Write a story on moral lesson: (10)

"A friend in need is a friend indeed"

OR
"Once a liar, always a liar"

7. (a) Explain the following lines with reference to the context:(5)

Love's madness has departed in

The Muslim veins the blood runs thin,

Ranks broken, hearts perplexed, prayer cold

No feeling deeper than the skin."

(b) Punctuate the following extract from Book-I(short stories) (5)

when i arrived i was met by the mother a big startled looking woman very clean and apologetic who merely said this doctor and let in she added you must excuse us doctor

(c) Use any FIVE of the following question from your sentences.(5)

(i) Altar; alter   (ii) Canon; cannon

(iii) Eligible; illegible  (iv) Metal; mettle

(v) Rein; reign     (vi) Hew; hue

(vii) Weigh; way

8. Translate the following passage into Urdu. (short stories from Book-I)(15)

For a long time there was only the sound of the wind in the late after noon. Alone, thought Bittering. Only a thousand of us here. No way back, No way, No way, Sweat poured from his face and his hand and his body; he was drenched in the hotness of his fear. He wanted to strike Laura cry. "No you're lying! The rockets will come back "! Instead, he stroked Laura's head against him and said, "The rocket will get through someday."

OR

Candidate whose medium of Examination of English will write an essay on "Child Labour." (15)