Past Paper English First Year
Year 2011 Group 2
Objective
Choose the correct option in meaning to the underlined words:
1. The state of Mississippi is a desert state sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression.
(a) swelling (b) bubbling
(c) shadowing (d) burning
2. Roger Spelding is concluding his T.V broadcast.
(a) starting (b) finding
(c) announcing (d) ending
3. The girl lets out a muffled cry.
(a) loud (b) shrill
(c) stifled (d) hoarse
4. Clay says,, "Your fishing tackle's in the closet safe and sound."
(a) undertaking (b) gear
(c) pond (d) stew
5. "All right, suppose it is?" He looked incredulous.
(a) surprised (b) startled
(c) disbelieving (d) fresh
6. " Look at this, Jess!" he bragged.
(a) challenged (b) said
(c) boasted (d) swore
7. The poet in "The Hollow Men" says that we are paralysed force.
(a) poor (b) powerful
(c) disabled (d) rich
8. You whom this age's ways so captivate.
(a) punish (b) retard
(c) bless (d) fascinate
9. Royal smile wene directed towards him' and a gentle applause broke out.
(a) loudness (b) appreciation
(c) noise (d) excitement
10. She shrieked terrifying, hysterically.
(a) over excitedly (b) sheepishly
(c) sorrowfully (d) dejectedly
Each questions has four options. Choose the correct one:
11. But her face was flushed, she was breathing----------.
(a) slowly (b) quietly
(c) rapidly (d) calmly
12. The round drops are brightened by----------.
(a) sunshine (b) rainbow light
(c) moon shine (d) star light
13. "I can cure the----------." answered the quack.
(a) malaria (b) goitre
(c) tonsils (d) blindness
14. The Night Mail reaches----------.
(a) in time (b) on time
(c) before time (d) late
15. The slave had never experienced any----------.
(a) pleasure (b) calamity
(c) rule (d) war
Each statement is followed by four possible options. Only one option is correct. Choose the correct one:
16. As it is a lovely morning, the birds----------.
(a) have chirp (b) are chirping
(c) have chirped (d) might chirped
17. The Sun----------in the East.
(a) rises (b) rose
(c) rise (d) will rise
18. It-----------drizzling since morning.
(a) has been (b) will has
(c) will have (d) should have been
19. They----------him two days before.
(a) buried (b) bury
(c) shall have buried
(d) had buried
20. I----------to Lahore yesterday.
(a) goes (b) go
(c) went (d) will go
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 Harry want to go back to the Earth?
(ii) Why did Washington Jones ask the boy to wash his face?
(iii) What made Hubert shameful?
(iv) What was the subject discussed at the club?
(v) What was the threat of the doctor to the sick child if she did not show her throat?
(vi) What was the advice given by Nushirvan to his people?
(vii) What was the cause of Negroes discontentment?
(viii) What is the central idea of the story, "The Gift of the Magi"?
(ix) Write down the good deeds the author Jeromr K. jerome has admitted, are a great joy on Christmas.
3. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any FIVE of the following question from Book-III (One Act Plays) (10
(i) Did the Girl become suspicious of the First Man as the play progressed?
(ii) What is the impression of the Girl about the Second man?
(iii) How much impression were the morals of Kreton?
(iv) What is the hobby of Kreton?
(v) What is the impression of Spelding about John?
(vi) Where is Clay going and why?
(vii) Why does Clark Larrabee return?
(viii) Why is Applegarth called a judge?
4. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any FIVE of the following questions from Book-III(poems) (8)
(i) Where does the Night Mail pass?
(ii) What is the most appealing quality of the Sindhi woman?
(iii) Which message does the poet convey in the poem, "The Feed"?
(iv) What does Dr. Iqbal say in "Ruba'iyat about the miserable condition of the Muslims?
(v) How much terrible were the explosions that took place in the two cities?
(vi) What happens when the life is not of deeds but is full of words?
SECTION-II
5. Write a letter to your brother seeking his guidance about the profession you wish to adopt. (10)
OR
Write an application to the Principle of your Principle for fee concession.
3. Write a story on moral lesson: (10)
Union is strength
OR
Where there is a will' there is a way.
7.(a) Explain the following lines with reference to the context: (5)
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The alone and level sands stretch far away.
(b) Punctuate the following lines with reference to the context: (5)
mr hubert he said you were seen this morning to pick up the pocketbook lost by mr james mr hubert the simple countryman looked at the mayor astounded and already terrified by the suspicious resting on him why me me
(c) Use any FIVE of the following pairs of words in your sentences: (5)
(i) Abject, object (ii) Berth, birth
(iii) Devise, device (vi) Economic; economical
(v) Devise; device (vi) Famous; notorious
(vii) Necessities; necessaries
8. Translate the following passage into Urdu. (short stories from Book-I) (15)
She heated some lima beans and beaf she had in the icebox, made the cocao and set the table. the woman did not ask the boy anything about where he lived, or his folks, or anything about where he lived, or his folks, or anything else that would embarass him. Instead, as they ate, she told him about her job in a hotel beauty shop that stayed open late, what the work was like, and how all kinds of woman came in and out of her ten cent cake.
Candidate whose medium of the Examination will write an essay on "Morality". (15)
