Subject
: English 2nd paper
Time : 3 hrs. Marks.
100
PART
A
1. Read
the following passage and answer the questions Nos. 1-8 given below:
Thomas Alva
Edison was born in 1847 in Ohio. America. As a little boy he was very
inquisitive. He always wanted to know how things were done. Very early in life.
he showed that he was full of curiosity a quality which is so important to
inventors . In 1869, he went to New York where he worked for some time as a
telephone operator. But soon he became interested in inventions. In a very
short time they were his chief business. In order to carry on his business,
which was to become his life work he built a laboratory at Menlo park where he
had gone to live. His first great invention was a system of telegraphy. Soon
afterwards he invented the phonograph, the first form of the instrument that we
now know as gramophone or record-player. The word phonograph means something
that can write or record sound. Other scientists before Edison had thought of
instrument which would do this. But Edison was the first man to make an
instrument which actually worked. He also invented the incandescent tamp, a
lamp in which the light is caused by a heated wire called a filament. The wire
is heated by an electric current. People could now use electricity to
illuminate their homes. By the time Edison died in 1931 he had about a thousand
inventions to his credit.
1. True or False? Correct the incorrect
ones :- 1x5=5
a) Thomas
Alva Edison was born in the United States.
b) Curiosity
is an important quality for invention.
c) Edison
died in 1931.
d) Phonograph
does not mean something that can write or record sound.
e) No
scientists before Edison could ever think of any instrument like phonograph.
2. Fill in the gaps with the correct forth
of the verbs provided :- 1x5=5
Alva Edison (a) ____ (be) an
American scientist of the nineteenth century. He (b) _____( possess) a
scientific brain. Even in his boyhood he (c) ____ ( show) great interest in scientific experiments.
This interest (d) ____ (lead) him to tremendous success in course of time. He
(e) ____(make) many of the great inventions of the world.
3. Complete the following sentences with
the help of information from the passage. 1x5=5
a) Curiosity
is a very essential quality for ______.
b) Edison
showed this quality in his very ______.
c) He
spent most of his life in _________.
d) He
was the first to make an effective ______.
e) His
laboratory was situated ________.
4. Match the phrases/words from column A
with those of column B :- 1x5=5
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Column
A
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Column
B
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(a) Edison's first great invention was
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(i) heats the wire.
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(b) He built a laboratory
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(ii) a system of telegraphy
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(c) He also invented
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(iii) the mission of his life.
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(d) An electric current
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(iv) of his own.
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(e) Invention was
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(v) gramophone or record player.
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(vi) incandescent lamp.
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5. Based on the information in the reading
text, answer each of the following questions in one complete sentence :- 1x5=5
a) When
was Edison born?
b) What
does curiosity mean?
c) What
did he do in order to carry on his work of invention?
d) When
did Edison go to New York?
e) How
many inventions did Edison make?
6. Fill in the blanks with appropriate
words to give some facts about Edison:- 1x5=5
Edison is one of
the great (a) ______of the word. To see how things were done was a constant (b)
_____ of his life. It helped him a lot to (c)
_______ great inventions. He invented a large number of things very (d)
____. The world is greatly indented (e) ______ him.
7. Make short notes on Edison by writing
one point of information from the passage under each heading. 1x5=5
a) When
born?
b) What
quality?
c) When
shown?
d) What
instrument?
e) How
heated?
8. Summarise the central idea of the
passage in five sentences. 1x5=5
PART
B
9. Fill in the blanks in the letter below
with the correct form of the verbs in brackets :- 
Dear Salim.
Thanks a lot for
your letter. You have (a) ____ (praise) cricket as the first game in the world.
I (b) _____(not like) to dispute that, but it (c) _____ (be) not my favourite
game. My two favourite games are tennis and chess. Tennis (d)____ (seem) to me
the best of all outdoor games. Football and hockey (e) ____(be) too violent to
suit me, cricket is too slow: badminton is childish. But tennis (f) ____ (
provide) you with plenty of exercise. It (g) ____ (develop) the quickness of
eye and limb and it (h) _____ (make) your brain active. Chess (i) ____ (be) the
queen of games. I (j) _____(not take) any interest in card games. In spite of
being (k)____(call) a selfish game of only two persons, chess (l) _____
(interest) me more. Well, I (m) ____ (not consider) that bridge (n) _____(be)
less selfish simply because of four players instead of two. Many people
(o)____(say) that chess is a slow game. But no chess player even (p) _____
(agree) to this opinion. For an outside it (q) _____(look) slow to see two men
(r) ____ (sit) silent and (s) _____ (make) a move only every few minutes. But
to the two players it is all the time intensely exciting. You are provably (t)
_____ (scoff) at me by now but I don't mind.
Your sincerely
Azad.
10. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words
or phrases. You may use the same word more than once it necessary :- 1x10=10
Most people long
(a) _____ wealth. They think wealth (b) ______ happiness. But it often (c)
_____ one to trouble. A millionaire is a very (d) _______person, but his great
wealth is a great responsibility. He may have many large estates and factories.
He needs to take great (e) ______them. There may be dispute (f)____ the
millionaire and his workers. It may (g) ____ one trouble after another. These
disputes many (h) _____to strike. In this case, the millionaire may (i) _____ a
lot of money in spite of being rich, he therefore, may not have an easy (j) _____.
PART-C
11. Answer
the following questions to form a continuous paragraph ( 100 words). 10
(a) Do you celebrate your birthday? (b) Whom
do you invite to it (c) When did you celebrate your
last birthday? (d) What arrangements did
you make for it? (e) How did you enjoy it?
12. Imagine
that you spent a few days with your friend in his village home during the last
summer vacation. You enjoyed the beautiful natural surroundings there. Now
describe the beautiful sights and sounds of nature and the warm hospitality you
enjoyed there. 10
13. Look
at the advertisement below:
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Write a letter asking for further
information about the tour e.g. date of the tour, duration of the tour, tour
fees, transport, other facilities etc. (100 words). 10
14. Describe the causes of students' failure
in English in our country. Write about its causes, responsibility of the
teachers & students and the ways to improve their English. 10
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