Past Paper English First Year
Year 2014 Group 1
Objective
Choose the correct option in meaning to the underlined words:
1. He looked such a dandy.
(a) poor (b) proud
(c) fraud (d) fashionable
2. And a time to refrain from embracing.
(a) reconsider (b) keep away
(c) ready (d) love
3. Instead, as they ate, she told him about her job.
(a) in place of (b) despite
(c) inspite of (d) in fact
4. None to lesson their groans.
(a) songs (b) growth
(c) pains (d) great
5. The people here. It's imitation stuff mainly.
(a) copied (b) intimated
(c) good (d) bad
6. To whom shall I complain against brutality?
(a) corruption (b) cruelty
(c) abuse (d) bribery
7. She looked the front and joined Arthur in the elevator.
(a) stairs (b) crane
(c) electric lift (d) plane
8. say, you look pretty nervous about something.
(a) beautiful (b) very
(c) slightly (d) a little
9. I should think it would be divine.
(a) divided (b) developed
(c) from god (d) built
10. When Della arrived home, her mind quietened a little.
(a) reached (b) went
(c) looked at (d) built
Each statement has four options. Choose the correct one:
11. No one can count Della's
(a) combs (b) love
(c) hair (d) jewels
12. The rich people gathered at the big hall.
(a) to watch a show (b) for a discussion
(c) to here a lecture (d) for a great meal
13. What is the impression of Kreton on seeing the inside of the house?
(a) disgusted (b) delightful
(c) callous (d) sarrowfull
14. She saw the man dragging out of his car.
(a) the corpse of a woman (b) a sack
(c) a statue (d) a dog
15. The boy saved his life by praying to
(a) Qazi (b) King
(c) parents (d) God Almighty
Each statement has four possible option. Only one is correct. Choose the correct one:
16. If we worked hard, we----------pass the examination.
(a) would (b) will
(c) had (d) would have
17. Ibraheem---------helping the poor for many years.
(a) is (b) has been
(c) will be (d) was
18. Dogs always----------at strangers.
(a) barks (b) bark
(c) barked (d) will bark
19. We---------a letter every week.
(a) have written (b) write
(c) writes (d) written
20. Most of the students in my class---------the interviews very interesting.
(a) found (b) founding
(c) finds (d) founds
Subjective
SECTION-II
2. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any SIX of the following question from Book-I (short stories)(12)
(i) Had the son(jess) ever been there before?
(ii) How many people lived in the ruins of the hill?
(iii) What was the nature of woman's job?
(iv) What were the feelings of Gorgios on the occasion?
(v) How did the quack come to realize his error?
(vi) Why was Margaret worried?
(vii) Who were the magi?
(viii) Describe Maulvi's appearance.
(ix) Why was the cat shivering?
3. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any FIVE of the following questions from Book-III (One Act Plays)(10)
(i) What were the circumstances that forced the Girl to leave her car?
(ii) What is the Girl impression about second man?
(iii) How did the Girl realize the truth?
(iv) Can the people of the Earth compete with those of Kreton?
(v) Write a brief note on John.
(vi) What is the role of General Powers in the play?
(vii) How does Miss McCutcheon feel about the children of the town?
(viii) Why does Miss McCutcheon have a chair with three legs?
4. Answer in (3-5 lines/ sentences) any FOUR of the following questions from Book-III (poem)(8)
(i) How does the rider shake off the superstitions and dangers?
(ii) Why has the poet used 'cannon balls' to describe the fruit?
(iii) What sort of the path the Sindhi Woman has to cross?
(iv) Who cannot compete with the civilization of Makkah?
(v) How did the Japanese bear the pains of the black day?
(vi) How many attributes of Allah are mentioned in the poem, 'God Attributes'?
SECTION -II
5. Write a letter to your cousin suggesting some methods for improving his English skills.(10)
OR
Write an application to the principle of your college requesting him for full fee concession.
6. Write a story on moral lesson.(10)
'All That Glitters is Not Gold'
OR
'Kindness Never Goes Unrewarded.
7. (a) Explain the following lines with reference to the context:(5)
To everything there is a season,
And a time to every purpose under the heaven;
A time to be born,
And a time to die;
(b) Punctuate the following extract from Book-II.(5)
father what will we do go about our business of course raise crops and children wait keep things going until the war ends and the rockets come again
(c) Use any FIVE of the following pairs of word in your sentences.(5)
(i) Break; brake (ii) Gait; gate
(iii) Leek; leak (iv)) Peal; peel
(v) Pray; prey (vi) Rode; road
(vii) Tamper; temper
8. Translate the following passage in to Urdu. (short stories Book-I) (15)
The rocket metal cooled in the meadow winds. Its lid gave a bulging pop. From its clock interior stepped a man, a woman and three children. The other passengers whirled away across the Martian meadow, leaving the man alone among his family. the man felt his hair flutter and the tissues of his body draw tight as if he were standing at the centre of a vacuum. His wife, before him, seemed almost to whirl away in smoke. the children, small, small seeds, might at any instant be sown to all the Matian climes. The children looked up at him, as people look to the sun to tell what time of their life it is. His face was cold.
Candidate whose medium of the Examination of English will write an essay on " Terrorism." (15)
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