Past Paper English First Year
Year 2017 Group 1
Objective
Choose the correct option in meaning to the underlined words:
1. Powers said that Kreton's visit for preparatory to invasion.
(a) Force field (b) attack
(c) success (d) division
2. The Sindhi woman was walking with undulant grace.
(a) like boughs (b) like daffodils
(c) like dolls (d) like waves
3. Maulvi Abdul's took a Momentous decision.
(a) useless (b) trivial
(c) tiny (d) important
4. Clay's fishing tackle was safe and sound in closet.
(a) in danger (b) secure
(c) defective (d) harmed
5. Mr. Hubert flushed with anger.
(a) reddened (b) blackish
(c) walked (d) thrilled
6. The children hollered at the deep dome of Martian sky.
(a) looked (b) shouted
(c) walked (d) slept
7. The girl was scared.
(a) calm (b) frightened
(c) pacified (d) satisfied
8. A branch of the tree snapped off.
(a) rose upward (b) supposes
(c) shout (d) brok
9. Trusting his image, he assumes his relevance.
(a) rectifies (b) peacefully
(c) certified (d) beautified
10. The sick girl shrieked hysterically.
(a) delightfully (b) peacefully
(c) calmly (d) wildly
Choose the correct option:
11. Who is Roger Spelding.
(a) a general (b) a soldier
(c) a newscaster (d) a technician
12. What was the condition of overcoat, which the young man was wearing.
(a) it was old (b) it was new
(c) it was ragged (d) it was full of dust
13. Why did they throw the wet leaves on the fire?
(a) to make the smoke acrid and black
(b) to extinguish the fire
(c) to burn the leaves
(d) to burn the insects
14. She saw in the flash of lightning.
(a) a dog (b) a bus
(c) a car (d) a man's face
15. The boy washed his face on the direction of:
(a) police officer (b) his father
(c) the woman (d) his uncle
Choose the correct form of the verb.
16. A rolling stone----------no moss.
(a) gather (b) gathers
(c) gathered (d) shall gather
17. Can you tell who----------this institute now.
(a) had run (b) ran
(c) is running (d) has run
18. The course----------by next month.
(a) was completed (b) has completed
(c) will be completed (d) had completed
19. He cried as if he----------mad.
(a) is (b) was
(c) were (d) has been
20. We should that the poor.
(a) helps (b) help
(c) helped (d) has helped
Subjective
SECTION-I
2. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any SIX of the following questions from Book-I (12)
(i) What were the reasons Norma gave her husband to accept the offer?
(ii) How did the boy look physically?
(iii) Why did the boy look to the sky and smile?
(iv) What climate did they face on Mars?
(v) Why did Hubert keep claiming his innocence before his death?
(vi) why were the farmers throw the wet leaves on the fire?
(vii) How did the villagers punish the quack?
(viii) Describe Maulvi Abul's Appearance?
(ix) Baring out the wisdom in sealing the most most valuable things with reference to the short stories?
3. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any FIVE of the following question from Book-III(One Act Plays) (10)
(i) Why could not the girl describe the killer?
(ii) What was the purpose of the visit of the Kreton?
(iii) Why did the girl consider The First Man her helper?
(iv) Did the girl became suspicious of the first man as the play progresses?
(v) Draw a character sketch of Mr. Spelding?
(vi) What has happened the Clay's father?
(vii) What is Harry Philosophy?
4. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any FOUR of the following questions from Book-III(poems)(8)
(i) What is the cherry tree wearing?
(ii) What are the feelings of the poet standing in the dark?
(iii) What did the poet reflect when he saw the Sindhi Woman?
(iv) What words were inscribed at the bottom of the statue?
(v) What has made the efforts of Muslims Fruitless?
(vi) Why does a person feel helpless on the death of a friend?
SECTION-II
5. Write a letter to your father telling him about your progress in studies. (10)
OR
Write an application to the Principle of the collage requesting him/her for full fee-concession.
6. Write a story on moral lesson: (10)
All that Glitters are not gold
OR
Might is Right
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,
About the woodland l will g
To see the cherry hung with snow
(b) Punctuate the followings extract from Book_1 (short stories) (5)
She whirled with a gasp as the telephone rang stumbling into the living room she picked up the received.
(c) Use any five of the followings pair of words of your own. (5)
(i) Advice, Advises (ii) Cite, Site
(iii) Metal, Mettle (iv)Piece, peace
(vi) Dose, Doze (v)Willing, Wilful
8. Translate the following passage in Urdu .(short stories Book-l) (15)
He was a large woman with large purse that had every thing in it but a hammer and nails, it had a long strap she carried it slung, across her shoulder it was about 11 o' clock at night, dark, and she was walking alone, when a boy ran behind her and tried to snatch her purse. The strap broke with a sudden single tug the boy gave it behind her. But the boy's weight and the weight of the purse combined cause him to lose in balance.
Candidate whose medium of the Examination will write an essay on "Pollution". (15)
