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Friday, 11 November 2022

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Past Paper English First Year

Year 2015 Group 1

Objective

Following statement are followed by four possible options. Only one is closet in meaning to the underlined words in the sentences:

1. The mother admonished her severely.

(a) Forewarned (b) Gifted

2. I am not unmindful.

(a) Attentive (b) Fearful

3. At night, he consulted his wife.

(a) Called (b) Asked counsel

4. The man peers out the glass.

(a) Gazes (b) Breaks

5. It's going to hit the house.

(a) Collide (b) Pass

6. I am to give up in despair and go alone.

(a) Happiness (b) Bliss

7. A time to cast away stones.

(a) Pull (b) Push

8. Through love stake becomes a throne.

(a) Pool (b) Garden

9. This is the cleaneset patch I've ever seen.

(a) Piece of land (b) garden

10. Mr. Hubert choked with indication.

(a) Pleased (b) Laugh

Each statement had four options. Only one is correct.

11. The slave had never at:

(a) Work (b) Ocean

12. What was the boy giving to the street Arab?

(a) Pudding (b) Bread

13. What does the girl take from her car?

(a) Pistol (b) Knife

14. What is his wife doing?

(a) Talking (b) Knifing

15. Who disagreed with Jorkens?

(a) Hubert (b) Terbut

Choose the correct from of verb and fill up the bubbles:

16. He------------a lecture yesterday.

(a) delivered (b) were delivered

17. It----------cloudy tomorrow.

(a) is (b) shall

18. We ought to----------our elders.

(a) obey (b) obeyed

19. When he had come, I----------a letter.

(a) am writing (b) was writing

20. He----------sad today.

(a) looking (b) looked

Subjective

SECTION-I

2. Write short answers (3-5 lines/sentences) of any six questions in words of your own.(Book-I short stories) (12)

(i) Why did Norma persuade her husband to accept the offer?

(ii) What did the doctor tell the old man?

(iii) Why did the people make fun of Hubert's innocence?

(iv) What should be the faith of Negroes?

(v) write down the good deeds the author has admitted are a great joy on Christmas?

(vi) what did the coat of the young man symbolize in the lesson, "Overcoat"?

(vii) Narrate the physical appearance of Maulvi Abul Barkat.

(viii) For what purpose was the ploughshare used?

(ix) What does Emerson say about Gulistan?

3. Write short answers (3-5 lines/sentences) of any five questions in words of your own. (Book-III One Act Plays) (10)

(i) What was the impression of the girl about the second man?

(ii) Why did the girl consider the first man her helper?

(iii) What are the factors that played a role in saving the girl?

(iv) What was the view of Mr Spelding about the flying object?

(v) What did the captain find inside the spaceship?

(vi) Who is Miss McCutcheon? Why does she want to quite her job?

(vii) What happened to Clay's father?

(viii) What is judge Applegarth's complaint about the sea?

4. write short answers (3-5 lines/sentences) of any four questions in words of your own. (Book-III Poems) (8)

(i) What functions does the Night Mail perform?

(ii) Which tree is mentioned in the poem "loveliest of Trees" how does the poet glorify it?

(iii) How does the reader try to frighten the rides in the poem, "O where are you going"?

(iv)What are the feeling of the poet standing in the dark street?

(v) How does the poet play's with Sindhi woman?

(vi) What did the traveling in the desert?

SECTION-II

5. Write a letter to your brother telling him how to improve his English. (10)

Write an application to the Principal for grant of scholarship.

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

"A stitch in time saves nine"

"Honesty is the best policy"

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

This is the Night Mail crossing the Border,

Bringing the cheque and the postal order,

Letters for the rich, letters for the poor,

The shop at the corner, the gift next door.

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

i feel like a salt crystal he said in a mountain stream being washed away we don't belong here were earth people this is mars

(c) Use any Five of the following pairs of words in sentences of your own. (5)

(i) Altar; Alter (ii) Beach; Beech

(iii) Coma; Comma (iv) Immortal; Immoral

(v) Sweet; Sweat (vi) Soul; Sole

(vii) Practice; Practise

8. Translate the following passage into Urdu. (15)

Summer burned the canels dry, Summer moved like waves upon the meadow. In the empty earth settlement; the painted houses flake and pulled, rather tires upon which children had swung in backyard hung suspended like stopped clock pendulums in the blazing air.

NOTE:- (Alternate question for Foreign/English Medium candidates only)

Write an Essay on "Present Problems of Pakistan."

Thursday, 10 November 2022

Past Paper English First Year| Year 2013 Group 1 BISE Multan Board|| Eureka Study Aids.

Past Paper English First Year

Year 2013 Group 1

Objective

Following statement are followed by four possible options. Only one choice is closet in meaning to the underlined words in the statement.

1. Half sunk, a shattered visage lies.

(a) Body (b) Face

2. We have no time to stand beneath the boughs.

(a) Leaves (b) Branches

3. My father cut a wisp of Alfalfah.

(a) Branch (b) Piece

4. Shoes get by devilish ways will burn your feet.

(a) Clever (b) Evil

5. She shrieked terrifyingly, hysterically.

(a) Strictly (b) Honestly

6. Get the kettle going, it's thirsty wolk.

(a) Hard work (b) Bad work

7. He was enjoying his promenade in the bitter old.

(a) Music (b) tea

8. The interior of a bus station is drab.

(a) Attractive (b) Deserted

9. Civilization is only just beginning.

(a) Culture (b) War

10. She closed a colorful parasol.

(a) Apron (b) Fan

Each question statement has four options. Only one choice is correct.

11. What does the girl see pressed against the glass of the door?

(a) The killer (b) A Man's face

12. What is the age of man according to the Good Book?

(a) 50 years (b) 60 years

13. How did the eyes of sick girl look?

(a) Black (b) Cold and steady

14. The glory of whom shall be revealed.

(a) President (b) Lord

15. Where does Spelding Live?

(a) Washington (b) California

Following statement are followed by four possible options. Only one choice is correct.

16. He looks as if he-----------mad.

(a) Is (b) Are

17. If I----------money, I would have bought a car.

(a) Get (b) Got

18. I advised him----------the truth.

(a) To say (b) To tell

19. The lesson will end when the bell----------.

(a) Ring (b) Rings

20. The thief----------into the house yesterday.

(a) Break (b) Breaks

Subjective

SECTION-I

2. Write short answer (3-5 lines/sentences) of any six questions in words of your own.(Book-i short stories) (12)

(i) Write a brief note on the character of Arthur?

(ii) What was the advice Harry gave to the people and why?

(iii) Why didn't the boy run from the house of the woman?

(iv) What was the point of view of the parents of Gorgios?

(v) Why did the girl do when the doctor tried to insert the wooden blade into her mouth?

(vi) What should be he role of a Qazi?

(vii) What was the cause of Negroes discontentment?

(viii) How did the Magi want to celebrate their Christmas?

(ix) What were the sources of recreation for the people who had converged on the Mall?

3. Write short answers (3-5 lines/sentences) of any five questions in words of your own.(Book-III One Act Plays) (10)

(i) What was the condition of the Girl when she entered the room?

(ii) why could not the Girl describe the killer?

(iii) What did the girl hear when she was running?

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

(v) What did Spelding think about John?

(vi) What did Clay find near Black Rock?

(vii) Why did Clay need money?

(viii) Why did Miss McCutcheon want to change her appearance?

4. Write short answers 9-5 lines/sentences) of any four questions in words of your own. (Book-III poems) (8)

(i) Why has the poet used "Cannon balls" to describe the fruit?

(ii) What kind of picture of the Karachi slums do we get after reading the poem "A Sindhi Woman"?

(iii) What did the traveler see in the desert?

(iv) Who can not compete with the civilization of Makkah?

(v) How much terrible were the explosions that took place, in the two cities?

(vi) Why does a person feel helpless on the death of a friend?

SECTION-II

5. Write a letter to your father about your progress in studies. (10)

Write an application to the Principal of your college for readmission.

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

"Slow and steady wins the race."

"Might is Right."

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

And when the door begins to crack,

It's like a stick across your back.

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

i dont see a weed in his patch i laughed wont they grow here i wont let on he said

(c) Use any Five of the following pairs of words in sentences of your own. (5)

(i) Access; Excess (ii) Pain; Pane

(iii) Device; Devise (iv) Raze; Raise

(v) Fain; Feign (vi) Judicial; Judicious

(vii) Wine; Vine

8. Translate the following passage into Urdu. (15)

"Never mind what country it was, "said Jorken's, "And as a matter of fact its customs weren't so silly as your suppose. They had no post of court acrobat, and never had. Nut that didn't stop young Gorgios. That was his name. He was a good achlete when he came by his wild idea at about the age of sixteen, and had won high jump and the hurdles, and the hundred yards at his school.

NOTE:- (Alternate questions for foreign/English Medium candidates only)

Write an Essay on "Life of a Farmer."

Past Paper English First Year| Year 2014 Group 1 BISE Multan Board|| Eureka Study Aids.

Past Paper English First Year

Year 2014 Group 1

Objective

Following statement are followed by four options. Only one choice is closet in meaning to the underlined words in the statement.

1. The cherry is hung with bloom along the bough.

(a) Branch (b) Blossom

2. Through love, stake becomes a throne.

(a) Bed (b) Chair

3. Impulsively Norma picked up the card halves.

(a) Fortunately (b) Probably

4. Mr. James was the caretaker of public hall.

(a) Engineer (b) Designer

5. The quack struck the old woman with a mallet.

(a) Axe (b) Speer

6. The crooked places would be made straight.

(a) Upright (b) Curved

7. The young man was in a very precarious state.

(a) Definite (b) Safe

8. The girl was sobbing.

(a) Laughing (b) sculling

9. Slowly a luminous object are into view.

(a) Radiant (b) Dim

10. All philosophies sound good.

(a) Delight (b) Look

Each questions statement has four options. Only one choice is correct:

11. The dog saved the life of:

(a) First man (b) Second man

12. Norma put the lamb chops in the:

(a) Cheer (b) Boiler

13. Nushirvan was a:

(a) Slave (b) Sergeant

14. Jim bought a gift of :

(a) A watch (b) Shoes

15. Who is Roger Spelding.

(a) A general (b) A soldier

Choose the correct form of verb and fill up the bubbles.

16. A rolling stone----------no moss.

(a) gather (b) gathers

17. It----------since morning.

(a) rain (b) raining

18. Would that I----------a minister.

(a) was (b) as

19. We seldom------------to bed before eleven.

(a) go (b) went

20. If he ran fast, he----------the train.

(a) caught (b) will catch

Subjective

SECTION-I

2. Write short answers (3-5lines/sentences) of any six of question in words of your own. (Book-I short stories) (12)

(i) What did the old man take the steep path?

(ii) why did Manana accuse Hubert of picking up the lost pocketbook?

(iii) What happened to the boy when he tried to snatch the woman's purse?

(iv) What did Maulvi Abul buy from Shamim Ahmad's shop?

(v) For whom did the quack dig the grave?

(vi) What should be the role of Qazi?

(vii) Describe the uniform of court acrobat.

(viii) What was the message Norma received on pushing the button?

(ix) What was the cause of Negro's discontentment?

3. Write short answers 93-5 lines/sentences) of any five of questions in words of your own. (Book-III One Act Plays) (10)

(i) How does the second man help the girl to overcome her fear of lightening?

(ii) What type of play "Heat Lightening"?

(iii) Why does the girl refuse to go the police station?

(iv) Does Kreton have better morals than human beings?

(v) What is the real purpose of Kreton's visit to the earth?

(vi) What is the importance of General's powers role in the play "Visit to a small Plane"?

(vii) Where does the action of the paly "The Oyster and the Pearl"?

(viii) What is Harry's Philosophy?

4. Write short answers 935 lines/sentences) of any four questions in words of your own. (Book-III Poems) (8)

(i) What sort of poem "O Where are you Going" is?

(ii) What was the Sindhi woman carrying on her head?

(iii) What did the features of the statue reflect?

(iv) What is the present state of the Muslims as given in the last stanza of the poem (Rubaiyat)?

(v) Describe the moral lesson of "A Tale of two Cities"?

(vi) How do the attributes of God effect man's character?

SECTION-II

5. Write a letter to your father information him about your progress in studies. (10)

Write an application to the Principal of your college for readmission.

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

"As you sow, so shall you Reap"

"All that Glitters is not Gold"

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

Love's madness had departed; in

The Muslim's veins the blood runs thin;

Ranks broken, hearts perplexed, prayers cold,

No feelings deeper than the skin.

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

i was seen with the pocketbook who saw me mr manana the harness man saw you pick up the pocketbook

(c) Use any Five of the following pairs of words in sentences of your own.(5)

(i) Affect; Effect (ii) Clock; Cloak

(iii) Device; Devise (iv) Hale; Hail

(v) Metal; Mettle (vi) Ring; Wing

(vii) Tail; Tale

8. Translate the following passage into Urdu. (15)

A son of a farmer was discovered to posses the qualities mentioned by the doctor. The king summoned the father and mother of the boy, whose consent he got by giving them a huge amount of wealth. The Qazi issued a decree to shed the blood of a person for the wealth of the king. The boy was brought to the altar and the executioner was directed to slaughter the boy. When all was ready the boy looked toward the sky and smiled.

NOTE:- (Alternative questions for foreign/English Medium candidates only)

Write an Essay on "Village Life."

Tuesday, 8 November 2022

Past Paper English First Year| Year 2012 Group 2 BISE Multan Board|| Eureka Study Aids.

Past Paper English First Year

Year 2012 Group 2

Objective

Following statement are followed by four options. Only one choice is closet in meaning to the underlined words in the statement.

1. Norma made a scoffing sound.

(a) Loud (b) Taunting

2. The mayor was a stout serious man.

(a) Weak (b) Bulky

3. The slave had never experienced any calamity.

(a) Disaster (b) Sea water

4. The Locusts were crawling everywhere.

(a) Running (b) Creeping

5. The Youngman was ambling along the road.

(a) Skimming (b) Running

6. He glances back at the door up.

(a) Knocks (b) Looks

7. You are only in the initial stage.

(a) Difficult (b) Easy

8. Clark Larabee has scarcely noticed her.

(a) Hardly (b) Happily

9. Half sunk, a shattered visage lies.

(a) Body (b) Legs

10. Through love grief becomes a joy.

(a) Loss (b) Sadness

Each question statement has four options. Only one is correct:

11. Where were the men doing in the town of Mars on the shadowy steps of store?

(a) Quarrelling (b) Conversing with great leisure & ease

12. Who was Nushirvan?

(a) A Slave (b) A sergeant

13. Glory of whom shall be revealed?

(a) President (b) Lord

14. Where did the spaceship land?

(a) on the roof (b) In the fields

15. What sort of hair cut does does Miss McCutcheon what?

(a) Razor cut (b) Curly

Following statement are followed by four possible options. Only one choice is correct.

16. All that is not gold.

(a) Glitter (b) Glitters

17. I----------in his college for ten years.

(a) teach (b) has taught

18. You----------if you had worked hard.

(a) will have passed (b) had passed

20. He made me------------.

(a) Stand (b) To stand

Subjective

SECTION-I

2. Write Short Answers (3-5 lines / sentences) of any SIX questions in words of your own. (Book-III one short stories) (12)

(i) Why did the woman ask Roger to wash his face?

(ii) Why did George give the pocketbook to the employer?

(iii) Give at least two reasons for Jess's father taking the steep path.

(iv) What different tactics did farmers use to save their crops from Loscusts?

(v) State the role of Qazi as decided in " The Gulistan of Sa'adi"?

(vi) What was the result of the sick Girl's attack on the doctor's eyes?

(vii) Who was Shamim Ahmed and whom did he marry?

(viii) From where did Jim get money to buy the gift for Della?

(ix) What was the cause of Negro's discontentment?

3. Write Short Answers (3-5 lines / sentences) of 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 the First Man as the play progress?

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

(iv) How does Kreton impress General powers?

(v) What is the role of General powers?

(vi) What is Applegarth's complaint about the sea?

(vii) What kind of gadget does the writer describe in the play " The Oyster and the Pearl"?

(viii) Why does Clark Larabee returns at the end of the play?

4. Write Short Answers (3-5 lines / sentences) of any Four of the following questions from Book-III (poems) (8)

(i) What does Cherry look like?

(ii) What did the poet reflect when he saw the Sindhi Woman?

(iii) In what condition was the statue of Ozymandias standing in the desert?

(iv) Why did the people of two cities of Japan look powerless and helpless?

(v) What is the moral lesson of the poem "In Broken Images"?

(vi) How do we react to Beauty's glance?

SECTION-II

5. Write a letter to your father requesting him to increase your monthly allowance. (10)

OR
Write an application to the Principal of your college for remission of library fee.

6. Write a story bearing the moral: (10)

" Kindness never goes unrewarded".

"All Covet, All lose".

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

No eye could look

The explosion that took

The lives of two glories

In the moments if furies.

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

Look here i said to the child we are going to look at your throat you are old enough to understand what i am saying.

(c) Use any Five of the following pairs of words in sentences of your own. (5)

(i) Abject; Object (ii) Beach; Beech

(iii) Council; Counsel (iv) Deer; Dear

(v) Eligible; Illegible (vi) Fair; Fare

(vii) Gate; Gait

8. Translate the following passage in to Urdu. (10)

Looking out, all the trees were queers and still, clotted with insects, their boughs weighed to the ground. The earth seemed to be moving, locusts crawling everywhere, she couldn't see the lands at all, so thick was the swarm. To ward the mountains it was like looking in to driving rain-----even as she watched, the sun was blotted out with a fresh onrush of them. It was half night, a perverted blackness. Then came a sharp crack from the bush------ a branch had snapped off. The another. A tree down the slope leaned over and settled heavily to the ground.

NOTE:- (Alternative question for foreign/English Medium candidates only)

Write an Essay on " Democracy".

Friday, 4 November 2022

Past Paper English First Year| Year 2012 Group 1 BISE Multan Board|| Eureka Study Aids.

Past Paper English First Year

Year 2012 Group 1

Objective

(Q) No.1: Following statements are followed by four options. Only one choice is
closest in meaning to the underline words in the statement .
(1) A branch of a tree snapped off.
(a) Rose (b) Swayed (c) Shot (d) Broke
(2) They think kreton a monster first.
(a) doll (b) intellectual (c) Ghost (d) Scholar
(3) The sea washes up some pretty good things.
(a) Ejects (b) drowns (c) Engulfs (d) Swallows
(4) Ellen is a lively girl.
(a) Energetic (b) Dull (c) Vague (d) Swallows
(5) Our harmony depends on unity
(a) Quarrel (b) Disintegration (c) Singleness (d) Decline
(6) Man alighted from high heaven.
(a) Came down (b) Cried (c) Passed across (d) looked
(7) Jess's father wanted to sift the dirt through his fingers.
(a) Filter (b) Paint (c) Swallow (d) sew
(8) Cora said that atom bomb will fix the earth.
(a) Punish (b) Reward (c) Decorate (d) Dig
(9) The Mayor was a stout serious man.
(a) Ugly (b) Handsome (c) Heavy (d) Thin
(10) A tvrant does't remain in the world.
(a) Dictator (b) Benevolent (c) Quaok (d) Melon
Each question statement has four option . Only one choice is correct.
(11) What did bittering feel after the attack on earth?
(a) Secluded (b) Surrounded (c) Stranded (d) drenched
(12) For what purpose did the parents give consent to kill their son?
(a) For reputation (b) For money
(c) To get rid of naughty boy (d) To escape from the duty
(13) what were the names of tow nurses in the hospital?
(a) Nasreen and Jamila (b) Shehnaz and Gill
(c) Zakia and Reem (d) Zahida and Shahida
(14) Why was the bus late?
(a) Because of rush (b) Because of storm
(c) Because of accident (d) Because of driver
(15) What was Roxanan carrying?
(a) An assortment of shells (b) A chair
(c) An umbrella (d) A bottle
Following statement are followed by four possible options. Only one choice is correct.
(16) Tow and tow   four.
(a) make (b) makes (c) will make (d) has make
(17) I   for Karachi tomorrow.
(a) Has been leaving (b) leave (c) left (d) shall leave
(18) Work hard lest you   .
(a) will fail (b) should fail (c) failed (d) had failed
(19) He on the ground for a long time.
(a) plays (b) has play (c) had been playing (d) have been playing
(20) He treated me as if I     his servant
(a) am (b) have been (c) were (d) was

Subjective

SECTION-I

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

(i) What is the significance of Arthur's life insurance policy?

(ii) Where did the old man take his son?

(iii) What was the nature of lauella job?

(iv) What was the view points of parents of Gorgios?

(v) Why did the parents rebuke the sick girl?

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

(vii) What was the dream of Martin Luther king?

(viii) Who was Shamim Ahmad? Why did he leave his village?

(ix) Why are the noble deeds always a great joy for the author?

(3) Write Short Answer (3-5 Lines/ Sentences) of any FIVE question in words of your

own. (Book-III One Act Plays) (10)

(i) What is the scene of the play ,"Heat Lightening"

(ii) What is the scene out side the room , Heat Lightening ?

(iii) Describe the scene of the arrival of the flying saucer?

(iv) Compare and contrast the people of the two planets.

(v) Write a note on Johan (visit to a small planet)

(vi) What is Harry doing when the play begins?

(vii) What things were placed in Harry's shop?

(viii) What philosophy did Harry invent? Has this any effect on your life?

(4) Write Short Answer (3-5 Line's/ Sentences) of any four question in words of your own.(poems) (8)

(i) What qualities of Night Mail have been described in the poem?

(ii) What kind of picture of Karachi slums do we get after reading the poem/

(iii) What lesson does then poem "Times" give?

(iv) What sort of faith the Muslims should have?

(v) Describes the scene of two cities of Japan.

(vi) What are the things that keep a person alive? (The Delight Song)

SECTION-II

5. Write a letter to your friend condoling with him/ her on the death of his/her mother. (10)

OR
Write an application an application to the Principle of your college for the grant of a character certificate.

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

"As you sow, so shall you reap".

"All that Glitters is not Gold."

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

And since to look at things in bloom

Fifty springs are little room

bout the woodland I will go

To see the Cherry hung with snow.

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

Children he said sitting there looking behind them i ve something to tell you we know they said.

(c) Use any five of the following pair of words in sentences of your own: (5)

(i) Coma; Comma (ii) Veil; Wail

(iii) Ascent; Assent (iv) Miner; Minor

(v) Sensible; Sensitive (vi) Herd; Heard

(vii) Yolk; Yoke

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

In the crowd, there was also a loudmouthed old bag who seemed to have other views. In a loud whisper, she pointed out that several suits in the dowry part of Zaibun's dowry, woman who had died young. There were others which had been part of Zaibun's dowry. Even the bracelets and the gold nose ring are hers". She added with convinction. But the gold pendants? She raised her eyes and looked towards the heaven as they were a gift from there.

NOTE:- (Alternate questions for foreign/English Medium candidates only)

Write an Essay on "The Spring Season".

Past Paper English First Year| Year 2011 Group 2 BISE Multan Board|| Eureka Study Aids.

Past Paper English First Year

Year 2011 Group 2

Objective

Following statement are followed by four options. Only once choice is coloset in meaning to the underlined word in the statement.

(1) Some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations.

(a) Prison (b) Hardships

(2) Her hair is disheveled.

(a) Thin (b) Thick

(3) Daddy will be deliriously happy.

(a) Wildly excited (b) Positively

(4) I would you like to illustrate what I mean.

(a) Translate (b) Explain

(5) Your diligent looking discover the lacking.

(a) Lazy (b) Intelligent

(6) Trusting his images, he assumes their relevance.

(a) Undertakes (b) Prefers

(7) Arthur stared at her, appalled.

(a) Gazed (b) Raised

(8) It was too steep for my feet to hold unless I braced myself.

(a) Supported (b) Wounded

(9) Noe truly she was furious.

(a) Angry (b) Shocked

(10) The poor old creature instantly expired.

(a) Slowly (b) Perfectly

Each question statement has four options. Only one is correct:

(11) Which state is sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression?

(a) Geogia (b) Mississppi

(12) Miss McCutcheon wants........?

(a) A boy cut (b) Baby cut

(13) The visitor was dressed in the fashion of..........?

(a) 1960 (b) 1860

(14) The rich people gathered at a big hall.......?

(a) To watch a show (b) For a discussion

(15) How many children had the old man?

(a) Three (b) Four

Following statement are followed by four possible option .Only one option is correct.

(16) The ------------ in Pakistan yesterday morning.

(a) would arrive (b) Have arrived

(17) The trial ------------ one for a long time.

(a) Have gone (b)Go

(18) Can you tell me who----------this institute?

(a) run (b) runs

(19) I would have helped him if he--------- to me?

(a) could have come (b) comes

(20) From the sound it was clear that Ali---------Piano.

(a) was practicing (b) is practicing

Subjective

SECTION-I

1. Write short answers (3-5 lines / sentences) of any six of the following questions from Book-I(short stories) (12)

(i) What was the advice Harry gave to the people?

(ii) What was the condition of Roger when the women gave him a few jerks?

(iii) Why did Hubert keep claiming his innocence before his death?

(iv) How did Jorkens convince that a men can become a skating champion of the Sahara?

(v) What was the condition of the tonsils of the sick girl?

(vi) Why did the boy look to the sky and smile?

(vii) What should be the faith of negroes?

(viii) Why did Della feel proud in the beauty of her hair?

(ix) What does the author Jerome like about Christmas

2. Write short answers (3-5lines/sentences) of any Five questions in words of your own.

(Book III One Act Plays) (10)

(i) Why did the Girl not want to inform the police?

(ii) What is the Girls impression about the second Man?

(iii) How does kreton prove his extraordinary power?

(iv) What is optical illusion?

(v) How large is the object in Speldings estimation?

(vi) What does clay want to put in the local newspaper?

(vii) What kind of judge is judge Applegarth?

(viii) What does the writer do with the Oyster?

3. Write short answers (3-5 lines /sentences) of any FOUR questions in words of your own.(Book III Poems) (8)

(i) What does the night "Night Mail" bring?

(ii) How does the horror try to frighten the hearer in the poem . "O where Are You Going?"

(iii) What kind of feelings does the poem "Ozymandias" create in the readers mind?

(iv) Who has been called "Hollow man"?

(v) When does a person remember God?

(vi) What is meant by "A men of words and not of deeds"?

SECTION-II

4. Write a letter to your friend enquiring after his health.(10)

Write an application to your college for remission of fine.

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

"Necessity is the mother of invention"

"Slow and Steady wins the race"

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

No eye could look

The explosion that took

The lives of two glories

In the moments of furies.

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

Children he said sitting there looking beyond them ive something to tell you.

(c) Use any five of the following pairs of words in sentences of your own.(5)

(i) Feet; Feat (ii) Goal; Gaol

(iii) Dose; Doze (iv) Eruption; Irruption

(v) Council; Counsel (vi) Bridal; Bridle

(vii) Artist; Artisan

7. Translate the following lines in to Urdu. (short stories from Book-I) (15)

After the ceremonies were over, Mehrun was made to sit in palanquin; beautifully decorated, it was covered with a large siken cloth so that the bride could go to the bridegroom's house in strict purdah. As two sturdy villagers carried it away, Maulvi Abu walked few steps with it. He must have cried silently for his eyes and nose were red and he looked pale. At the same time, he looked at peace.

NOTE: (Alternate questions for foreign/ English Medium candidates only)

Write an Essay on " Examination".

Monday, 24 October 2022

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Year 2011 Group 1

Objective

Following statement are followed by four options. Only once choice is closet in meaning to the underlined word in the statement:

(1) I have ever felt so sordid.

(a) Mean (b) Happy

(2) There is an eligible bachelor in Town.

(a) A smart (b) An able

(3) I with my stoop reflect.

(a) Indicate (b) Walk

(4) On every side decamping talk.

(a) Charming (b) Laughing

(5) You have not prowling up in those ruins.

(a) Moving about (b) Digging up

(6) You sit down while I fix up something to eat.

(a) Set (b) Control

(7) They tried to pacify the slave with kindness.

(a) Calm down (b) Bring about

(8) Which felled him to the earth like a log.

(a) A piece of stone (b) A piece of steel

(9) The young man ambling along the road.

(a) Walking (b) Lying

(10) The door rattles viciously.

(a) Consciously (b) Slowly

Each question statement has four options. Only one is correct:

(11) Who calls Kreton "a joker"?

(a) Ellen (b) John

(12) What is the year of the scene of "The Oyster and the Pearl"?

(a) 1852 (b) 1952

(13) When according to jess's father the rabbits become ripe? In.....

(a) June (b) August

(14) Who offered himself to the quack for treatment in the second village?

(a) A old man (b) An old woman

(15) For whom did Abdul buy a suit?

(a) Shamsun (b) Zaibunisa

Following statement are followed by four possible options. Only one choice is correct:

(16) If you had helped me, I-----------thankful to you.

(a) Will have (b) Would have been

(17) You as well as you father-----------present there.

(a) Was (b) Were

(18) Two and two---------four.

(a) Makes (b) Made

(19) He was climbing down when I----------him.

(a) See (b) Seen

(20) Let's close the door before the train.

(a) Started (b) Starts

Subjective

SECTION-II

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

(i) What did Steward continue persuading Norma?

(ii) What did the doctors tell Jess's old father?

(iii) How dangerous can a Martian virus be?

(iv) How did the sick child look by appearance?

(v) How did the camel men prove the prevent the main swarm of locusts from landing on their Farms?

(vi) Why did Jim not welcome when he stepped in ?

(viii) Who was Shamim Ahmed ?

(ix) What was the condition of the Young men when he was taken to the hospital?(Over Coat)

2. Write short answers (3-5 lines/sentences) oh any Five question in words of your own (Book III One Plays)(10)

(i) What did the Girl see when she got near the car?

(ii) How did the second Man in the Heat Lightning look?

(iii) What is the purpose of the visit of play?

(iv) How dose kreton impress General Power?

(v) Write a note on Ellen.

(vi) What was happened to Clay's father?

(vii) What kind of play is "The Oyster and the Pearl"?

(viii) What did Applegarth say about Miss McCutcheon?

3. Write short answers (3-5 lines / sentences) pf any four of the following questions from Book-I(poems)(8)

(i) Give symbolic importance of the rain in three to four lines.

(ii) Decode the problems of Karachi slums as described in the poem "A Sindhi Woman"?

(iii) What is the confusion of the mother sparrow?

(iv) What is worse than slavery with special reference to "Rubaiyat"?

(v) What is the central idea of the poem "A Tale of Two Cities"?

(vi) What according to Scott Momaday are the things that keep a person alive?

SECTION-II

4. Write a letter to your friend requesting him to join you during summer vacation.(10)

Write an application to your college for sick leave.

5. Write a story bearing the moral: (10)

"Honesty is the best policy"

OR
"All that glitters is not Gold"

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

And since to look at things in bloom

Fifty springs are little in room,

About woodland I will go

To see the cherry hung with snow.

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

anything jorkens replied so long as he sticks to it and sticks to it hard enough and long enough anything whatsoever

(c) Use any Five of the following pair of word in sentences your own. (5)

(i) Accept; Except (ii) Roll; Role

(iii) Floor; Flour (iv) Sweet; Sweat

(v) Pore' Pour (vi) Drop; Droop

(vii) Whether; Weather

7. Translate the following passage in to Urdu. (short stories from Book-I) (15)

Out talk at the club was of opportunity and determination. Some said opportunity was required for success, and millions never had it; others that only determination was needed. And then Jorkens in, all for determination. If a man was determined to get anything, and stuck to it long enough, he got it, said Jorkins.

NOTE:- (Alternate question for foreign / English Medium candidate only)

Write an essay on "Games and Sports"

Thursday, 20 October 2022

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Wednesday, 19 October 2022

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Past Paper English First Year

Year 2011 Group 1

Objective

Choose the correct option in meaning to the underlined words.

1. "If it is old Chinese peasant ten thousand miles way"?

(a) worker (b) labourer

2. Hubert's grave withstood the havocs of the flood.

(a) ignored (b) destroyed

3. Instantly the melon broke in the throat of the camel.

(a) by chance (b) immediatly

4. The farm was ringing with the clamour of the gong.

(a) tolling (b) noise

5. After the preliminary exchange of greetings Shamim Ahmad hesitatingly said something.

(a) initial (b) hearty

6. The Girl shudders at her own thoughts.

(a) smiles (b) trembles

7. Kreton says : "I had to learn them all, quiet exhausting."

(a) freshening (b) tiring

8. Who will bring merriment to the tired old human heart.

(a) hopelessness (b) cheerfulness

9. Yonder's the midden whose odours will madden.

(a) shrub (b) plant

10. What should I do, O God! Aghast!

(a) shook (b) terrified

Choose the correct answer:

11. The man who keeps on, wins-----------.

(a) the reward (b) the race

12. The Rocket-----------cooled in the meadow winds.

(a) engine (b) plastic

13. The wind blew as if to flake away their------------.

(a) identities (b) names

14. The sound of heavy------------can ne heard out side.

(a) dust storm (b) hurricane

15. Roger Spelding is concluding his TV------------.

(a) broadcast (b) play

Choose the correct answer.

16. By next May, I------------this book.

(a) write (b) will write

17. If you boil water, it-----------.

(a) evaporate (b) evaporated

18. The patient had died before the doctor--------------.

(a) comes (b) will come

19. He ploughed the field so that he------------good crop.
(a) gets (b) will get

20. Walk carefully lest you--------------fall.

(a) may (b) might

Subjective

SECTION-I

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

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

(ii) What happened to Roger when he tried to snatch the purse?

(iii) Why did Hubert keep claiming innocence before his death?

(iv) What was the condition of the parents of the sick girl on the arrival of the doctor?

(v) What was the punishment inflicted upon the quack by the villagers?

(vi) what were the people doing to avoid the danger of locusts?

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

(viii) Describe the inauguration ceremony of Shamim Ahmad's shop in the village?

(ix) What did the author, Jerome K. Jerome see in his dream?

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

(i) What is the impression of the Girl about Second Man?

(ii) Why did the Girl not accompany Second Man?

(iii) How impression were the morals of Kreton?

(iv) What type of life do you forsee in 5000?

(v) Can the people of the Earth compete with those of Kreton?

(vi) What does clay believe is the Oyster? How much is its worth?

(vii) Who buys the Oyster? How much does he pay?

(viii) Why does Clark Larrabee return?

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

(i)What impression does the sound of rain falling on leaves give to the poet?

(ii) What are the qualities of the Sindhi Woman?

(iii) |What moral lesson do we get from the poem "Ozymandias"?

(iv) What has made the efforts of the Muslims fruitless?

(v) Why did Mansur mount the gallows?

(vi) "Action speak louder than words "How is it with reference to " A Man of words and Not of Deeds."

SECTION-II

5. Write a letter to your younger brother advising him to give up smoking and pay heed on studies. (10)

Write an application to the Principle of your college for the change of subjects.

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

"Greed is a Curse"

"Slow and Steady Wins the Race"

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

And when the Sun comes out,

After the rain shall stop

A wondrous light will fill

Each dark, round drop;

I hope the Sun shines bright;

It will be a lovely sight.

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

life is like a race jorherns went an in which they tire after a while and sit down or get interested in some thing else instead the man who keeps on wins the race

(c) Use any FIVE of the following pairs of word in your sentences.(5)

(i) Amiable; amicable (ii) Bridal; bridle

(iii) Imperial; imperious (iv) Official; officious

(v) Popular; populous (vi) Right; rite

(vii) Union; unity

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

They looked at Martian hills that time had worn with a crushing pressure of years. They saw the old cities, lost in their meadows, lying like children's decline bones among the blowing lakes of grass. "Chin up, Harry," said his wife, "It is too late. We've come over sixty million miles." The children with their yellow hair hollered at the deep of Martian sky. There was no answer but the racing hiss of wind through the stiff grass.

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

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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

2. The Mayor was a stout serious man.

(a) strong (b) tall

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

(a) tore down (b) took off

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

(a) an ordinary (b) an important

5. The angel had a weary look.

(a) an angry (b) a happy

6. She shudders at her own thoughts.

(a) ponders (b) wonders

7. You are deliberately trying to confuse me.

(a) carefully (b) hopefully

8. Clark Larrabee his scarcely noticed her.

(a) hardly (b) seriously

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

(a) buy (b) sell

10. He alighted from high heaven.

(a) ascended (b) descended

Choose the correct answer:

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

(a) winter (b) summer

12. The king was famous for his:

(a) justice (b) cruelty

13. Della's hair reached below her.

(a) neck (b) back

14. The girl was afraid of:

(a) a policeman (b) a friend

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

(a) friend (b) husband

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

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

(a) rise (b) rises

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

(a) am living (b) has been living

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

(a) fail (b) should fail

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

(a) meet (b) meets

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

(a) paid (b) are 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)

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."

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

Sunday, 16 October 2022

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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

2. Whose civilization to Makkah bends?

(a) culture (b) arts

3. She shudders at her own thoughts.

(a) rejoices (b) shivers with fear

4. The strap broke with a sudden single tug.

(a) pull (b) roar

5. She had magnificent blonde hair, in profusion.

(a) harmony (b) unison

6. You are a spy or hostile alien.

(a) friend (b) guest

7. Very few people are well-off.

(a) educated (b) rich

8. The boy complained to God against king's brutality.

(a) glory (b) justice

9. After the preliminary exchange of greetings, Shamim Ahmad said something.

(a) final (b) usual

10. Della was looking nervous.

(a) easy (b) busy

Each statement has four options. Choose the correct one:

11. General powers was thinking of his own:

(a) promotion (b) occupation

12. Overcoat has been written by:

(a) Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi

(b) Ghulam Abbas

(d) Jerome K Jerome

13. What made Laura sob?

(a) rockets (b) parents

14. What did Steward withdraw from his pocket?

(a) money (b) a pen

15. Kreton was dressed in the fashion.

(a) 1850 (b) 1855

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

17. The mother------------her child for many years.

(a) has been caring (b) is caring

18. It-----------overcast tomorrow.

(a) is (b) was

19. Neither of the boys------------ill yesterday.

(a) were (b) has been

20. He-------------for Karachi when we reached there.

(a) has left (b) will leave

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)

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."

"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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