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Kerala Plus Two English Board Model Paper 2021 with Answers.
Time : 2 1/2 Hours
Maximum : 80 scores
Answer the following questions from 1 to 39 up to a maximum score of 80. (3 × 1 = 3)
(Question Nos. 1 – 3): Read the excerpt from The Three Ls of Empowerment and answer the questions that follow. Each carries 1 score.
Education is the foundation upon which any change is built. Learning helps women to help themselves and break the shackles of exclusion. Nowhere is this more essential than in the developing world. There is an African adage that goes: “If you educate a boy, you train a man. If you educate a girl, you train a village.
Question 1.
Which word in the passge means ‘a well-known phrase expressing a general truth about people or the world”?
Answer:
adage
Question 2.
How can women break the shackles of exclusion?
Answer:
Women can break the shackles of exclusion through , learning.
Question 3.
What does the adage mentioned in the given passage convey?
Answer:
It conveys that when you educate a boy, you educate just one individual, but when you educate a girl, you educate not just one person but a whole community.
Question 4.
Complete the passage given below with suitable words selected from those given in the box.
by, to, of, from, at.
At the end of the day, the profit ….(a)…. their sales is split between them’ and Sammaan. The money
that rickshaw pullers earn ….(b)…. transporting the passengers is solely theirs. The revenues ….(c)…. our rickshaw pullers have increased 30 ….(d)…. 40%.
Answer:
a) from,
b) by,
c) of,
d) to
Question 5.
God has given me two ears to listen to others. (Rewrite the sentence, beginning as suggested)
Two ears ______
Answer:
Two ears are given to me by God so that I listen to others.
(Question Nos. 6-8): Read the lines from the poem Rice and answer the questions that follow: (3 × 1 = 3)
Above us, a ‘ship of the sky’ roars northwards, drawing my brother’s loud cries- the Chief Minister’s off like an arrow to the Centre to clamour for more grains, now flying high above the cash corps, now growing tall like the trees, since no one here promotes the farming of rice.
Question 6.
What does‘Ship of the sky’represent? (1)
Answer:
an aeroplane
Question 7.
Whose brother is mentioned in the second line of the given stanza?
Answer:
The brother of the narrator (speaker) of the poem.
Question 8.
Bring out the satrical elements in the given lines.(2)
Answer:
Instead of farming rice in their fields, the people cultivate cash crops. Now there is a shortage of rice in the State and therefore the Chief Minister is flying to the Centre to get rice for the people.
Question 9.
After reading the poem Rice you realize that there is a drastic fall in agricultural crops in your locality also. Draft two suggestions which you think will benefit your village.
a) ______
b) ______
Answer:
a) The people must cultivate agricultural crops like rice.
b) They must also cultivate different vegetables they regularly use.
Question 10.
The following passage from the story Matchbox has some errors. Identify them and edit the passage. Nomita pulls the basket of potatoes towards herself and sit down to peel potatoes, and on her mind she keeps think about how she might be able, secretly, to sent her mother few rupees. (4 × 1 = 4)
Answer:
Nomita pulls the basket of potatoes towards her and sits down to peel the potatoes, and in her mind she keeps thinking about how she might be able, secretly, to send her mother a few rupees.
Question 11.
Change the given sentences into indiect speech. Martha: Will the depositors lose much, Robert? Baldwin : The depositors will not lose a cent. (2)
Answer:
Martha asked Robert if the depositors would lose much. Baldwin replied saying that the depositors would not lose even a cent.
Question 12.
Explain the idea conveyed in these lines from the poem Any Woman.
Without me cold the hearthstone stands,
Nor could the precious children thrive. (2)
Answer:
Without a woman there would not be anyfood in the house as nobody cooks. There would be no fire in the hearthstone and it remains cold. The precious children in the home would not grow well without the woman’s active support.
Question 13.
Read the lines given below and answer the questions that follow: (2 × 1 = 2)
“And your mouth is like a section of road that is being worked on ”
a) Name the poet whose linesHfequoted here.
b) Identify a figure of speech used in these lines.
Answer:
a) Ogden Nash
b) simile
Question 14.
Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow: (2 × 1 = 2)
“They usually begin to tick just before they go off. So if any of your parcels start making funny noises, you’ll know what to do.”
a) Who is the speaker of this statement?
b) Pick out the phrasal verb from the above passage and write down its meaning.
Answer:
a) The Farmer
b) go off. It means to explqde.
Question 15.
Read the excerpt from A Three Wheeled Revolution and answer the questions that follow. (1 score each) (3 × 1 = 3)
According to my proposal, rickshaws were to be redesigned to that the spaces on the vehicles could be sold for the purposes of advertising and brand promotion. Also i indicated that additional revenues bisuits, mobile-cards, and newspapers to the passengers. I won the show and was offered the seed money of Rupees 150 lakhs.
a) Whose proposal is mentioned above?
b) How could a rickshaw puller make additional revenues?
c) Which word/phrase in the passage means ‘money provided to set up or develop a business venture’?
Answer:
a) IrfanAlam’s
b) A rickshaw puller could make additional revenues by selling products like water, juice, biscuits, mobiles cards and newspapers to the passengers.
c) seed money
Question 16.
Choose the appropriate idioms from the box below and fill in the blanks in the sentences given. You may change the forms, if necessary. Once in a blue moon, the last straw, miss the boat, sit on the fence
a) My brother lives in the U.S.A., so I only get to see him _____
b) I sent off my university application at the last minute and nearly _____
c) She criticised the representatives of the union for and failing to make a useful contribution to the argument. (3 × 1 = 3)
Answer:
a) once in a blue moon
b) missed the boat
c) sitting on the fence
Question 17.
Elaborate the idea in the following lines: Good too must have stammered When He created man.
That is why all the words of man carry different meanIngs. (3)
Answer:
A word can have different meanings. Thus if somebody asks you what is the meaning of ‘board’ , you can say a) it is blackboard, b) it is a group of people (as in the Board of Dire’ctors), c) it can mean food (as in the case “I have to pay Rs. 500 p.m. for my boardX jdi)ittcan mean to enter a bus, train plane (as in “Be careful when you board the train). The poet feels tba( God must have stammered when He created man and that is why the words man utters have different meanings. Man can be so many things rolled into one. He can be handsome or ugly, tall or short, fat or thin, kind or cruel, loving or hating, generous or miserly.
Question 18.
A debate‘s being organized in your class on the topic ‘Educated Indian women get the space they
deserve in Society’. Prepare four arguments for! against topic. (4)
Answer:
I don’t think Educated Indian women get the space they deserve in the society.
a) They are not given due representation in the Assemblies, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and the State and Central Ministries. Among our 21 cabinet ministers in the Centre, only 2 are women – Nirmala Sitaraman and Smriti Irani. The PM and 19 of his cabinet members are men! In Kerala there are 20 ministers including the CM. Only two are women – K.K. Shailaja and Mercykutty Amma. ”
b) Women have to spend a lot of time doing home chores and looking after the children.
c) Women have no room (space) of their own and they are not able to bring out their talents.
d) India is still a patriarchal society, where equality of women is a mere dream.
Question 19.
Irfan Alam Visiting your school to inaugurate a panel discussion on ‘Entrepreneurship and Society’ in connection with the Gandhi Jayanthi Celebrations. As you are the school leader it is your responsibility to introduce him to the audience. Prepare the scriptof the welcome/introduction speech. (4)
Answer:
Respected Chairman, Principal, Panellists, dear teachers and students, As the school leader, it is my privilege to Introduce Mr. Irfan Alam who has come into our midst, to inaugurate the Panel Discussion on “Entrepreneurship and Society” in connection with the Gandhi Jayanthi Celebrations. I think he is the-most appropriate person to do that because of his laudable contributions to society as an entrepreneurship and Innovation enthusiast. He took the first step towards entrepreneurship when he was just 13 and started stock market analysis and founded a portfolio management firm.
Later after his college, he won a famous Indian TV reality show, Business Baazigar on ZEE TV. The show was aimed to find people with innovative business ideas and this is where his flagship organization Sammaan first came into existence. Irfan, at present, serves as the Founder and Chairman of Sammaan Foundation, a non-profit Indian company, which organizes the rickshaw-pulling sector.
His rickshaw/cart financial inclusion model has been widely acclaimed and adopted by the Government of Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar. Pradesh in India. Sammaan is also a leading primary and emergency ambulance service provider in India. Being a social entrepreneur Mr Irfan has been globally recognized as expert on social entrepreneurship and turning corporate social responsibilities into lucrative socially relevant business opportunities. Sir, you are welcome to our school and we feel very proud to have you in our midst.
Question 20.
You have noticed that in recent times food crops have been replaced by cash crops in our state. Write four points to highlight how this is harmful to society. (4)
Answer:
a) As food crops have been replaced by cash crops in our state, we have become dependent on other states for our rice and vegetables.
b) The stuff we buy from the neighbouring states is highly contaminated because of the lavish use of artificial fertilizers, insecticides and weedicides.
c) The cost of essential items has spiralled.
d) Cash crops like cashew demand extensive use of poisonous chemicals like endosulfan. We know in places like Kasargod there are so many endosulfan victims who have to suffer misery during their entire lives.
Question 21.
Prepare a profile of Wangari Maathai from the hints given.
Born : 1 April 1940, Nyeri, Kenya
Education : B.Sc, M.Sc., PhD (from the University of Nairobi)
Founder : Green Belt Movement
Fame : Kenyan environmentalist, political Activist, woréWs rights activist
Awards and Honours :
Right Livelihood Award (1986), Nobel
Peace Prize (2004), Indira Gandhi
Peace Prize (2006), World
Citizenship Award (2007)
Died : 25 September 2011
Answer:
Wangari Maathai is world famous as a Nobel Peace Prize Winner. She is a Kenyan. She was born in Nyeri, Kenya, on 1 April 1940. She is a highly educated lady with a B.sc., M.Sc. and PhD from the University of Nairobi. She was the first female professor ever in her home country of Kenya. She is the founder of the Green Belt Movement. She fought for women’s rights not only in Kenya but for the entire womenfolk of the world.
She is a famous environmentalist, political activist and women’s rights activist. These activities brought Prof. Wangari Maathai into direct conflict with the Kenyan government. She was harassed, threatened, beaten, and jailed. Apart from the Nobel Prize she got in 2004, she also got Right Livelihood Award in 1986, Indira Gandhi Peace Prize in 2006, and World Citizenship Award in 2007. She died on 25 September 2011, at the age of 71.
Question 22.
Robert Baldwin in The Hour of Truth overcomes the temptation of money. He is a man of complete honesty. Sketch the character of Robert Baldwin in a paragraph. (5)
Answer:
Robert Baldwin is the protagonist of this play. He lives in a trim little cottage with his wife Martha and his son John and daughter Evie. He is working as the governor of a bank owned by John Gresham. His salary is very low, 60 dollars a week. His son John earns only 30 dollars a week. With this limited income they live reasonably happily.
Suddenly there is a problem in their lives. John Gresham has misappropriated bank money and he is in jail. The bank is closed and Baldwin will have no job. Only Baldwin is the witness for the misappropriation. If he gives his true testimony, John Grdsham will definitely go to jail for a long period. Baldwin is honest and. he has taught his family the importance of honesty. When Baldwin returns home after the arrest of John Gresham, his wife and children rush to him to know the latest news.
Initially his wife and the children tell him that he should say the truth during the trial even if it means jail term for Gresham. But when they . come to know that Gresham has offered him a bribe of 100,000 dollars just to say ‘I don’t remember when some incriminating questions are asked in the court, they change their stance. They try to find out all kinds of loopholes to make Baldwin accept the bribe. Martha, John and Evie do their best to make Baldwin change his mind. But he asserts that he wants to go to his grave clean.
He does love Gresham. He even named his son after him. Even now he remembers how he worked with him for so long. They were boys together. They worked side by side. All this is true, but he is not willing to tell a lie to save his friend and employer even when he is offered a colossal sum of 100,000 dollars.
Baldwin’s honesty is repaid abundantly. Even Gresham is proud of him and he recommends him to Mr Marshall, the President of the Third International. At the end of the play we see Marshall coming to the house of Baldwin and offering him a job at the Third International. We see Baldwin crying in the end. He must have been crying for two reasons – his friend Gresham has confessed his guilt and he will surely be punished. Secondly he is shedding tears of joy in gratitude to God who has amply repaid his honesty. Honesty, Baldwin proves, beyond an iota of doubt, is the best policy.
Question 23.
Dr. Hardin B. Jones presents the harmful effects of sensual drugs on the human body in his article entitled Dangers of Drug Abuse. Prepare an essay highlighting the consequences of drug addiction.
Answer:
Drug abuse has both mental and physical impacts. The drug addict experiences sensory deprivation. He has a general feeling of physical discomfort and there are personality changes in him. The addict feels depressed. He fails to respond either to his environment or to other people. His mental disturbance can be like paranoia. The addict knows he has a problem . But he does not know the source of his problem and he looks for its cause in everything but himself. He looks upon external objects with suspicion. Anything outside scares him and he draws further and further into himself.
There are also drug related physical disorders. Dirty needles and solutions used for injecting cirugs can cause abscesses in the arms and veins. They can cause liver disease, venereal disease and infection of the kidney and brain. Sniffing cocaine and amphetamines can damage the tissue of the nose. Marijuana and tobacco smoking can cause lung diseases. Babies of women addicted to opiates are likely to be born addicted and to suffer from withdrawal symptoms. Cocaine and amphetamines cause hair fall. Marijuana can damage cells. A drug addict can easily get pneumonia, tuberculosis, malnutrition and weight loss. An overdose of any sensual drug can cause respiratory or cardiac failure and death.
Question 24.
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic you spent a lot of time reading books and novels by various authors. In the meantime a friend sent you a novel called The Virus’ which he wrote during the pandemic. He has requested you to write a blurb for it. Prepare the blurb. (Hints: theme – message – characters – relevance of the topic-style) (5)
Answer:
The novel “The Virus” by Deepak Kumar is a timely ‘ one as the world is witnessing the death dance of the Covid-19 pandemic. The author has taken pains to show that the hero and heroine of the novel – Kuttan and Prema – contracted the disease because of their profligate ways of life. They were saved from the tragedy of death because of the timely intervention of their parents and medical personnel.
They had refused to wear mask and keep social 1 distancing which made them easy prey to the pandemic. Both were in the ventilator for days and almost everyone thought they would die. The novelist has done a good job in showing, especially the youths, how dangerous it is to play with fire, to flout regulations. One can read he novel like a suspense thriller as the lives of the hero and heroine are hanging in the balance. The novelist has used simple language and his message is loud and clear. In Latin there is a proverb “Serva Ordinem et Ordo Servabit Te”. It means keep the rule and the rule will keep you. Observe the Covid protocol so that you can live longer!
Question 25.
“Women should step outside their comfort zones”, says Christine Lagarde. Do you agree with her statement? Express your views in the form of a writeup. (5)
Answer:
Women should certainly step outside their comfort zone if they have to get their rightful place in the society. Most women, especially Indian women, feel safe and comfortable within the four walls of their home. Even when they take up jobs they prefer to do safe jobs like teaching, nursing and clerical jobs. They are afraid to take up more challenging jobs because they are afraid of failure. They think if they take up jobs and do things that are usually done by men they will be called‘men’and they don’t relish it. So they remain in their comfort zones, denying themselves the opportunity to grow to their potential.
Question 26.
The two amigo brothers decided to stay apart till the date of the contest to avoid tension and to present a good performance to the audience. Imagine that Antonio writes an email to Felix, the day before the championship, Prepare the email. (5)
Answer:
Felix@hotmail.com
Hi Bro! Tomorrow is the day! The championship will be decided tomorrow! I’m sure you’re doing your best to keep yourself trim and agile to meet me in the ring. I am practising hard. In the ring, friendship has no role. There we are competitors for the title. It’s do or die! That’s the spirit of the championship.
Felix, I’ve been missing you bro! Sometimes I feel so miserable without you. And I am sure you too are feeling the same. The championship has separated us for a few days. Once the championship bout is over, I’m sure we will be as friendly and loving as before. One of us will win and one will lose. But that is in the ring. But in life both of us will be winners!
See you in the ring tomorrow!
Antonio.
Question 27.
Nomita proved herself to be a matchbox at the end of the story. Prepare a character sketch of Nomita in the light of this statement. (5)
Answer:
Nomita is the wife of Ajit. They live in a joint family. Altogether IHSre. are 26 members in that family. Nomita comes from a very poor family. But she is very beautiful and that is how she gets married into a rich family. Her mother, who is a widow, was the one who managed to find a rich boy for her daughter. Nomita has no brothers or sisters. She is referred to as ‘queen’ by her mother. Her mother frequently writes to Nomita requesting her for money. She used to write in postcards which could be read by anyone.
Nomita is ashamed that her mother is always begging for money. To prevent others from, reading, Nomita asks her mother to write letters in an envelope. The requests are so frequent that Ajit says that there is no need for reading the letter, but send some money to her. Nomita also secretly helps her mother. It seems her mother is very demanding and shameless as she goes on begging.
One day while collecting the soiled clothes forgiving to the washer-man, Nomita sees a letter in the pocket of Ajit. It is torn and crumpled. It is addressed to her and from the postmark it is obvious that Ajit got it some 3 days earlier. But he had not told anything about it. Nomita is unhappy because Ajit reads the letters addressed to her. She had told him many times not to do it.
He says he is checking to see if any love letter is sent to her by somebody. At this point Nomita gets angry and tells him that he is a common, vulgar man. This enrages Ajit and he says she is a dung-picker’s daughter. He will do what he wants to do and what can she about it?
Nomita, flaming with anger, picks a matchbox and lights a stick and puts it on her sari which instantly catches fire. Ajit rushes and with his bare hands he puts out the fire telling her that she loses her common sense when she is angry. Nomita can be very sarcastic and can make faces effectively. She can easily tell lies as she calmly says her sari got burned as she was taking down a hot pot from the stove. Nomita is good at making retorts.
When her sister- in-law accuses her of rushing to Ajit at every small opportunity, she asks her to come and peek into her room to see what is happening there. Nomita can forget things fast. Soon after, the burning of the sari, she is ready to peel potatoes. Even while peeling potatoes she is thinking how she can help her mother by sending her some money.
Nomita seems to be a snob. She has forgotten that she came from a poorfamily. She calls Ajit a ‘common’ and vulgar man, forgetting that she is a common girl gifted with some beauty. People who forget their past ‘ are not good people. She seems to have forgotten her roots.
Question 28.
Compare and contrast the attitude of the poet ansi his neighbour on the need for a wall on their boundary. (5)
Answer:
The poet and his neighbour mend the gaps in the wall by walking along the wall on either side and picking up the fallen stones and placing them back on the wall in an effort to mend it. The poet argues that there is no need of a wall in between his estate and that of his neighbour because his area is covered with pine trees and the poet’s area is full of apple trees.
The poet’s apple trees will never go to his area to eat the cones of his pines. The neighbour, however, justifies the need for walls or fences by saying that good fences make good neighbours. There is some traditional wisdom in the argument of the neighbour, although the argument of the poet is more reasonable and logical.
Question 29.
After reading the anecdote Horegallu you realize the need of Horegallus in this busy world of today. Keeping this in mind you have decided to begin a blog, prepare a post for the blog. (5)
Answer:
HOREGALLUS:
A horegallu is a stone bench on which tired people can rest and regain their energy. Such stones are usually under shady trees. Tired travellers unburden themselves, sit, and talk to some sympathetic listeners. Life is a journey and we are all travellers. Each one of us carries burdens of various sorts. If there is some patient and sympathetic listener, we can unburden ourselves and feel relieved. The horegallu will not solve your problem but it gives you temporary relief.
Today we hear of so many suicides especially of young people. They are driven to such desperate measures because there is nobody who will spend their time to listen to the problems of these men and women. If someone could listen to them and suggest to them some ways out of their predicament, maybe they could be saved. Even if we can’t give suggestions and solutions, merely by listening to their grievances, they will feel relieved and Will think twice before they take extreme measures. Let us do our best to be horegallus so that we listen to the travails of others who will feel relieved just because there is someone to listen to them.
Question 30.
Adjustment and reconciliation are lubricants which help life run smooth. Discuss the statement in connection with the story, Crime and Punishment. Write your answer in a paragraph. (5)
Answer:
In the story “Criitie and Punishment” by R.K. Narayan, the teacher asked the boy to tell the result of 16 multiplied by 3. The boy blinked. The teacher repeated the question. The boy promptly answered ‘24’. The teacher felt that there was a wicked smile on the lips of the boy when he gave the answer. The boy, he felt, was trying to fool him. He had corrected this mistake many times. Then why is the boy persisting in saying 24? How could this fellow get 50 in the class test? The boy’s parents wanted him to have double promotion and go to the first form. To get double promotion he should get 50 in the class test.
The teacher felt very angry with the boy for giving the wrong answer. He repeated the question, as a last chance. The boy repeated the same answer. The teacher slapped the boy on the cheek. The boy looked at the teacher and burst into tears. The teacher was surprised by his own actions and asked the boy not to cry. But the boy said he would tell his parents, the teacher appealed to him not to inform his parents. He was worried.
Fortunately the nursery was a little away from the main building. Then the boy blackmails the teacher into telling him stories and acting as a station master. Adjustment and reconciliation are lubricants which help life run smooth. The teacher had forgotten this principle and he had to pay the price.
Question 31.
The Arts Club of your school the play The Hour of Truth in a theatre festival under your direction. What would be the content of the announcement that you would make before the commencement of the play?
Answer:
The Arts Club is going to present before you the play “The Hour of Truth” by Percival Wilde. The play is a striking psychological study of the corrupting influence of money on people. Mr. Robert Baldwin works in the bank of Mr. Gresham who is now in police custody for misappropriation of depositors’ money. He offers Mr. Baldwin, a truthful person, 100000/- dollars as bribe to say three words ‘I don’t remember” at the time’ of the trial which is going to take place the next day.
If Mr Baldwin says those words, Gresham will get acquitted. Martha is Baldwin’s wife, John is his son and Evie is his daughter. When Martha, John and Evie hear of the offer given by Gresham they want Baldwin to act as Gresham wanted and get the 100000 dollars. But Baldwin is not willing to do it as he “wants to go to his grave clean”. But he is rewarded in some other way. How it happens? That you can see on the stage. The drama is presented by the +2 students of this school. It is directed by our English teacher, LizJob. Enjoy the play!
Question 32.
You are appointed as a journalist in a leading newspaper. The first assignment is to conduct an interview with Sudha Murty. Prepare 6 relevant questions for the interview. (6)
Answer:
a) Madam, you are an M.Tech in Computer Science and teaches Computer Science. How is that you got involved in writing?
b) You said that you have special memories about your grandfather sitting on the horegallu talking with villagers working in the nearby fields. Can you say some things more about your grandfather and your family in general?
c) Do you really think horegallus are always helpful in the society?
d) Who inspired you in taking .up writing as your hobby?
e) If I ask you to tell me two authors that have influenced you most, who would they be?
f) I know that you write in English and Kannada? Which gives you more satisfaction?
Question 33.
Your school has organised a seminar on the topic “Family empowers a woman”. Prepare a report of the seminar to be published in the school magazine. You can use the given hints.
(Hints : date and time – venue – inauguration – welcome speech – paper presentation – open forum – vote of thanks)
Answer:
FAMILY EMPOWERS A WOMAN-SEMINAR REPORT:
The Arts Club of our school organized a seminar on the topic “Family Empowers a Woman”. The Seminar started at 10.00 a.m. on. 24 March 2021, in the School Auditorium. The inaugural meeting was presided over by Mr. M.A. Kurian, the Municipal Chairperson. There were three Papers to be presented. One was by Adv. George Arackal, Principal of the Students’ P.G. Centre, specializing in women education, irinjalakuda. The second Paper was Ms. Geeta Raman, a career specialist. The 3rd paper was Ms. Farah Ismail, an activist for the empowerment of women.
Mr. Joseph C.M., Head of the English Department, welcomed the guests and introduced the persons presenting the Papers to the audience. Paper presentations were carried out one after the other. Then there was an open forum in which members of the audience asked some doubts from the Presenters. At the end of the discussion, a Vote of Thanks was given by Ammini Antony, the Librarian. The Seminar came to a close by 1.00 p.m.
Question 34.
Underlining C.K. Prahlad’s idea, Irfan Alam says, “Business can be successful by targeting the bottom of the pyramid”. Explain your view on this, taking into account the success of the Kudumbasree She Taxi projects in Kerala. (6)
Answer:
Irfan Alam was quite right in asserting “Business can be successful by targeting the bottom of the pyramid.” We can see a good example of this in the Kudumbasree Project in Kerala. Kudumbasree, a community organization of Neighbourhood Groups (NHGs) of women in Kerala, has been recognized as an effective strategy for the empowerment of women in rural as well as urban area. It brings women together from all spheres of life to fight for their rights or for empowerment.
The overall empowerment of women is closely linked to economic empowerment. Women through these NHGs work on a range of issues such as health, nutrition, agriculture, etc. besides income generation activities and seeking micro credit. Kudumbasree differs from conventional programmes in that it perceives poverty not just as the deprivation of money, but also as the deprivation of basic rights. The poor need to find a collective voice to claim these rights.
Kudumbasree was conceived as a joint programme of the Government of Kerala and Nabard implemented through Community Development Societies (CDSs) of Poor Women, serving as the community wing of Local Governments. Kudumbasree is formally registered as the “State Poverty Eradication Mission” (SPEM), a society registered under the Travancore Kochi Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Act 1955.
It has a governing body chaired by the State Minister of LSG. There is A state mission with a field officer in each district. This official structure supports and facilitates the activities of the community network across the state. Kundumbasree has made women aware of the in rights and they are also economically empowered.
Question 35.
Ratna and the grandfather in the anecdote Horegallu proved themselves to be human horegallus. Imagine that you are a reporter of a daily and you come to know about a local personality who has been doing selfless service for some years, providing drinking water to the needy. Prepare a newspaper report highlighting his service to society. (8)
Answer:
Mehboob Saithu, A Human Horegallu
My neighbour Mehboob Saithu is a human horegallu. He is never tired of helping the needy. Whenever people in my neighbourhood need any help, they rush to Mehboob because they know he will do whatever he can to help them to find solutions to their problems.
There is a colony near our neighbourhood. It is called Gandhi colony. There are some 150 families residing there. Drinking water has been a problem for most of the people there. The municipality taps are often dry and people have to fetch water from faraway places or they have to buy it from the people who supply it in water tanks. Not everybody can afford to buy water because the tanker people charge heavily for the water they give.
When my good neighbour Mehboob was told of this problem, immediately he made a plan to help the needy people in the colony with drinking water. He has a mini truck. He fitted the truck with two huge tanks. Mehboob has a deep well in his house which has plenty of water throughout the year. He fills the tanks from his well, and then drives to the colony. He has a list of the very poor people in the colony and to them he supplies free drinking water. The people gratefully call Mehboob “Water Ikka”, ‘Ikka’ meaning brother.
Question 36.
An honest and virtuous man will be rewarded by God in the end’ is the moral of The Hour of Truth. Prepare an article to be published in the shcool magazine on The Need for Total Honesty in Life’. (8)
Answer:
THE NEED FOR TOTAL HONESTY IN LIFE:
Honesty is the best policy. We know how honest Gandhiji was even when he was a student. He has written an incident in his autobiography. Once, a school inspector came to his school. He wanted to test the spelling ability of the students in the class. So he dictated ten words to the students who were to write them in their notebooks. Gandhi was not sure of one word. As he was sitting thinking of the right spelling, his teacher came and indicated to him to copy the right spelling from the boy sitting next to Gandhi. But Gandhi refused. The teacher later got angry with him for not copying! It was this kind of honesty that helped Gandhi to become the Father of the Nation.
I n the play “The Hour of Truth” by Percival Wilde, we see how virtuous people will be rewarded by God. Mr. Robert Baldwin works in the bank of Mr. Gresham . who is now in police custody for misappropriation of depositor’s money. He offers Mr. Baldwin, a truthful person, 100000/- dollars as bribe to say three words ‘I don’t remember” at the time of the trial which is going to take place the next day. If Mr Baldwin says those words, Gresham will get acquitted.
Martha is Baldwin’s wife, John is his son and Evie is Ns daughter. When Martha, John and Evie hear of the offer given by Gresham they want Baldwin to act as Gresham wanted and get the 100000 dollars. But Baldwin is not Willing to do it as he “wants to go to his grave clean”.
But Baldwin is rewarded by God for his honesty. We see that in the end, Mr Marshall, the President of the Third National, comes to Baldwin offering him a job at his bank. Mr. Marshall had gone to see Gresham that afternoon. Gresham told Marshall about the offer he had made to Baldwin. Gresham told Marshall that no temptation would make Baldwin do something bad. Marshall was impressed with this testimony and thaf is why he has come with the offer of the job to Baldwin in the Third National.
Question 37.
Given below is an advertisement in a popular daily, posted by Shaheen Mistri, CEO of Teach for India seeking volunteers to teach children in low-income areas of your locality. Imagine that you have all the qualifications for the post. Prepare an application letter and a resume for the post.
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VOLUNTEER TEACHERS (HIGH SCHOOL)
Essential Qualification: Granduation/Post Graduation
Desirable : Computer skills, and good command of spoken English
Experience : 2 years and above
Please send a detailed resume with contact number and mailing address to
The CEO
TEACH FOR INDIA
sector – 10, JN Street, Mumbai – 20
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Answer:
From
Rahul Roshan
Jobhaven
Azad Road
Irinjalakuda North P.O.
Kerala, PIN 680125
Mobile: 8547028805
E-mail: rahul@hotmail.com
To
The CEO
TEACH FOR INDIA
Sector 10, JN Street
Mumbai – 20
20 March 2021
Dear Sir,
Appllcati,n for the cost of Volunteer
Teachers (Hiah School)
I am enclosing herewith my detailed resume for your consideration for the post of a Volunteer Teacher in your Organization. I am interested in serving the needy as I feel it is my duty to do so. I am ready to work anywhere in India.
I have Master’s Degree in English Literature. I have very good computer skills and a good command of spoken English. I taught high school students for more than 2 years.
I am also enclosing photocopies of my degrees and experience certificate.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon and thanking you.
Yours faithfully,
(Rahul Roshan)
Enel: 3
RESUME OF RAHUL ROSHAN
(Career Objective: To serve my compatriots to the best of my ability, thus eradicating illiteracy from the face of the nation.)
1. Name and Address:
- Rahul Roshan Jobhaven
- Azad Road
- Irinjalakuda North P.O.
- Kerala, PIN 680125
- Mobile: 8547028805;
- Email:rahul@hotmail.com
2. Age and Date of birth : 25 years, 1 February l996
3. Educational Qualifications :
- B.A. with 75% marks, from Calicut University, 2016.
- M.A. (E.Litt) with 70% marks from Calicut University, 2018
4. Experience : Worked as an English teacher in St. Mars’s HSS, lnnjalakuda, from June 2018 to January 2021.
5. Computer Skills : I have excellent Computer Skills like Microsoft Office.
6. Other AbliltIes :
- I have been a State Basket Ball Player when in school.
- I was the student editor of the School Magazine.
7. References:
a) Prof. M.A. George,
- English DepartmentL
- Christ College
- lnnjalakuda
- Mobile No. 8567022222.
b) Ms. Farhana Mustafa
- Lecturer
- Asmabi College
- Kodungallur
- Mobile No. 9447345675
I assure you of best satisfaction if I am accepted by your Organization. |
Question 38.
Imagine that you have been elected ward member. Realizing that your education paved the way for your success, prepare the script of a speech to address the people of your locality.
Answer:
My dear friends,
I am here to thank you for electing me as your Ward Member. Although I contested the election as a Member of the Congress Party, from now on I am a member who will be working for the welfare of all of you irrespective of your political leanings. My aim is to serve the Ward to the best of my ability and to bring to development to this place.
I have never been a good politician. I am sure you elected me because of my educational qualifications and the work I have been doing in the field of education. I have been doing my best to remove illiteracy from our midst and to encourage students to seek higher education. In today’s world success comes to only those who are well educated. Only the well educatl’d can enjoy their life to the fullest.Enjoying does not mean eating and drinking. It is much more than that.
The best gift parents can give their children is education. If you give them money, they will squander it away in questionable pleasures. But if you give them education, you are giving them a valuable treasure that will stand them in good stead all their lives. Thank you once again, fortrusting me. I assure you I shall prove worthy of your trust.
Question 39.
Read the lines from the poem Mother, A Cradle to Hold Me by Maya Angelou.
It is true
I was created in you.
It is also true
That you were created for me.
Lowned your voice.
It was shaped and tuned to soothe me.
Your arms were molded .
Into a cradle to hold me, to rock me.
The scent of your body was the air
Perfumed for me to breathe.
Mother,
Duririg those early, dearest days
I did not dream that you had.
A large life which included me,
For I had a life Which was only you.
I feared if I let you go
You would leave me eternally.
You smiled at my fears, saying
I could not stay in your lap forever.
Without warning you left me,’
But you returned immediately.
But relief did not rest with me easily.
You left again, but again returned.
Each time you re-entered my world.
You brought assurance.
Slowly I gained confidence.
(Hints: soothe-to comfort; Molded shaped: cradile – baby bed; enternal – ever lasting) Now, compare the poem with Any Woman by Katharine Tynan. (Hints: themed message, style, town, poetic devices, etc. (8)
Answer:
The poem “Mother, A Cradle to Hold me” my Maya Angelou, the famous American poet, is a tribute to the Mother. When we are small, our mothers are everything to us. Her arms were made to cradle us and provide for all our needs. At first, we don’t want to be separated from her. As time passes, a mother helps us become more independent. Even in our teenage years, we still love our mother even though we don’t show it well, and we finally come to realize the wisdom she has. This is a great Mother’s Day poem that thanks her for her guidance and unconditional love. No matter our stage of life, whether an infant, young child, teenager, or adult, our mother’s love for us is unconditional. The poem is in simple language. There are fine metaphors.
The poem ‘Any Woman’ by Katharine Tynan speaks of the importance of the woman in the family, She is the pillars of the house. She is the keystone of the arch. She is the roof and walls. She is the fire upon the hearth. Without her, the home would be colder than a stone. The children come to her for love and affection. She is the light of their love. The children could hardly thrive without her support. She is-the one who holds the family together.
No child wants to get away from the close-knit family group. She is all over the house, from the floor to the roof. Nothing happens without her knowledge. She decorates the house and makes the children’s bed cosy and warm. She also protects the children from all dangers. She is the door that guards against all kinds of troubles and tribulations that come to pester the inmates. At the end of the poem, the woman prays to Jesus to spare her life till her children are properly grown up.
The poem has simple language. The entire poem is an exquisite metaphor. The imagery is great. The poem is in rhyme. Except in the first stanza, the rhyme scheme is abab. Between the two poems I prefer Any Woman by Katharine Tynan.
