SSLC English Second Lang QP by C L Ekanath

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(b) dumbfounded (c) clutter (d) reminiscences (e) immense

(ii) act of remembering (iii) interesting one (iv) extremely large (v) surprised (vi) a great sorrow (vii) a feeling of great joy (viii) respected

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_______________________________ Quote from memory: 04 22. I had_________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________grieving O, what_________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________weaving; Sweet___________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________why? You____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________me? OR God____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________perform; He____________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________storm; Judge___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________grace; Behind__________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________face. Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow: 3x5=15 23. “I bought your honour the worth of your money anyhow!” a. Who do ‘I’ refer to? b. How did he bring the honour? c. When was this said? 24. “I must, for it was I who was talking.” a. Who do ‘I’ refer to? b. When was this said? c. What does this show about the speaker? 25. “If Your Majesty, permits me, I can try to solve the problem.” a. Who do ‘I’ refer to? b. Who do ‘Your Majesty’ refer to? c. What problem could the speaker solve? 26. “Open thine eyes and see thy God is not before thee!” a. Who do ‘thy’ refer to? b. Where according to the poet God can be seen? c. What does the poet mean by ‘open thine eyes’? 27. “And ere should wane the morning star, I’d don my robe and scimitar.” a. Who does the ‘I’ refer to? b. What time of the day does this line refer to? c. What does ‘ere’ mean? Answer the following questions in two or three sentences: 2x10=20 28. How did Dr. Vikram Sarabhai prove that he deserved the post of the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission? 29. What qualities do you get inspired from Dr. Vikram Sarabhai? 30. What made B.S.Chandrashekar feel nervous in the initial stages of his international career ? 31. “Kalpana was unique.” Do agree with this statement? Why?


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