Past Paper English First Year
Year 2019 Group 2
Objective
Choose the correct option in meaning to the underlined words:
1. The Muslims ranks are broken.
(a) honours (b) union
(c) grades (d) lines
2. Whose civilization to Makkah bends?
(a) culture (b) arts
(c) progress (d) myth
3. She shudders at her own thoughts.
(a) rejoices (b) shivers with fear
(c) cries (d) laughs
4. The strap broke with a sudden single tug.
(a) pull (b) roar
(c) jump (d) swing
5. She had magnificent blonde hair, in profusion.
(a) harmony (b) unison
(c) popularity (d) abundance
6. You are a spy or hostile alien.
(a) friend (b) guest
(c) foreigner (d) scholar
7. Very few people are well-off.
(a) educated (b) rich
(c) ignorant (d) ugly
8. The boy complained to God against king's brutality.
(a) glory (b) justice
(c) cruelty (d) rule
9. After the preliminary exchange of greetings, Shamim Ahmad said something.
(a) final (b) usual
(c) initial (d) exciting
10. Della was looking nervous.
(a) easy (b) busy
(c) tense (d) happy
Each statement has four options. Choose the correct one:
11. General powers was thinking of his own:
(a) promotion (b) occupation
(c) distinction (d) instruction
12. Overcoat has been written by:
(a) Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
(b) Ghulam Abbas
(c) Sheikh Sa'di(RA)
(d) Jerome K Jerome
13. What made Laura sob?
(a) rockets (b) parents
(c) a radio flash (d) Martian climate
14. What did Steward withdraw from his pocket?
(a) money (b) a pen
(c) a card (d) envelope
15. Kreton was dressed in the fashion.
(a) 1850 (b) 1855
(c) 1860 (d) 1880
Each statement has four possible options. Only one is correct. Choose the correct one:
16. She walked as if she-----------lame.
(a) was (b) is
(c) been (d) were
17. The mother------------her child for many years.
(a) has been caring (b) is caring
(c) was caring (d) cares
18. It-----------overcast tomorrow.
(a) is (b) was
(c) will be (d) has been
19. Neither of the boys------------ill yesterday.
(a) were (b) has been
(c) is (d) was
20. He-------------for Karachi when we reached there.
(a) has left (b) will leave
(c) had left (d) leaves
Subjective
SECTION-I
2. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any SIX of the following questions from Book-I(short stories) (12)
(i) What should be the role of a Qazi?
(ii) What type of man Jess's father was?
(iii) Why did the parents rebuke sick girl?
(iv) What did Terbut think of Jorken's argument?
(v) What did make Hubert shameful?
(vi) How dangerous can be a Martian virus?
(vii) What was the nature of large woman's job?
(viii) Who were the Magi?
(ix) What did he quack pretend to cure?
3. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any FIVE of the following question from Book-III(One Act Plays)(10)
(i) Why couldn't the girl describe the killer?
(ii) why did the girl consider the first man her helper?
(iii) What was the condition of the weather? (Heat Lightning)
(iv) How does Kreton prove his extraordinary powers?
(v) Can the people of the Earth compete with those of Kreton?
(vi) What is Harry philosophy of life?
(vii) What kind of judge is judge applegarth?
(viii) Why does clay need money?
4. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any Four of the following questions from Book-III(poems)(8)
(i) What does the "Night Mail" bring?
(ii) What are the feelings of the poet standing in the dark?
(iii) Who was Ozymandias?
(iv) Who was Abraham?
(v) Describe the scene of devastation in the poem " A Tale of Two Cities."
(vi) What is the effect of the attributes of God on man?
SECTION-II
5. Write a letter to your brother advising him to avoid bad company.(10)
OR
Write an application to the Principle of your college for re-admission.
6. Write a story on moral lesson: (10)
"As you Sow, So Shall You Reap."
OR
"Pride hath a Fall."
7. (a) Explain the following lines with reference to the context: (5)
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows;
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night:
(b) Punctuate the following extract from Book-I(short stories) (5)
i don't see a weed in this patch I laughed won't they grow here.
(c) Use any FIVE of the following pairs of words in your sentences.(5)
(i) Seize; cease (ii) Edition; addition
(iii) Stare; stair (iv) Heel; heal
(v) Mare; mere (vi) Principal; principle
(vii) Knotty; naughty
8. Translate the following passage in to Urdu. (short stories from Book-I)(15)
Once a king and a Persian slave were sailing in the same boat. The slave had never been at sea, and never experienced any calamity. After some-time the boat was by a storm and started tossing. It was very inconvenient for the passengers. All remained quiet except the slave who in fear of being drowned been to cry and tremble, and created inconvenient for the other. The others tried to pacify him by kindness and affection but he didn't hear any body.
Candidate whose medium of he Examination of English will write an essay on "Fashions."(15)
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