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सामान्य निर्देश:

• प्रश्न वाचन और चिंतन के लिए 15 मिनट का समय है।
• उत्तर लिखने से पहले प्रश्नों को अच्छी तरह समझने की कोशिश करें।
• स्कोर और समय पर ध्यान देकर उत्तर लिखें।
• सूचना के अनुसार वैकल्पिक प्रश्नों के उत्तर लिखें।

सूचनाः 1 से 5 तक के प्रश्नों के उत्तर कोष्ठक से चुनकर लिखें। (5 × 1 = 5)

प्रश्न 1.
दवा किस विधा की रचना है? (संस्मरण, नाटक, व्यंग्य)
उत्तरः
व्यंग्य

प्रश्न 2.
कुमारा’ किस रचना का पात्र है? (वह भटका हुआ पीर, मुरक़ी उर्फ़ बुलाकी, सूरीनाम में पहला दिन)
उत्तरः
मुरकी उर्फ बुलाकी

प्रश्न 3.
‘ज़मीन एक स्लेट का नाम है’ किसकी रचना है?( एकांत श्रीवास्तव, मैथिलीशरण गुप्त, हिमांशु जोशी)
उत्तरः
एकांत श्रीवास्तव

प्रश्न 4.
लेखिका को स्कूटरवाला कैसा लगा? (डॉक्टर जैसा, पीर जैसा, अध्यापक जैसा)
उत्तरः
पीर जैसा

प्रश्न 5.
सूचना: कवितांश पढ़ें और 6 से 8 तक के प्रश्नों के उत्तर लिखें।
‘आदमी का चेहरा’ का कवि कुली को पहले कैसे पहचानता था? (नंबर से, चेहरे से, आवाज़ से)
मसहरी – सुरक्षा में
ज़मीन पर धूप के
फैलने तक नींद में
पड़ी मैं, मगर नींद के
खुलने के पूर्व ही नोटीस
बैंक की आ धमकी सपने में।
उत्तरः
नंबर से

प्रश्न 6.
सपना देखनेवाली स्त्री किसकी सुरक्षा में सो रही थी? ( दीवार की छत की, मसहरी की)
उत्तरः
मसहरी की

प्रश्न 7.
सपना देखनेवाली स्त्री कब तक सोती रही?
उत्तरः
सपना देखनेवाली स्त्री ज़मीन पर धूप के फैलने तक सोती रही।

प्रश्न 8.
कवितांश की आस्वादन टिप्पणी लिखें। (6)
उत्तरः
हिन्दीतर प्रदेश के हिन्दी साहित्यकारों में प्रमुख है डॉ. जे. बाबू। उनकी ‘सपने का भी हक नहीं’ कविता में कठोर सामाजिक सच्चाई को दिखाया गया है। एक कमरेवाली झोंपड़ी में रहकर महल का सपना देखनेवाली मज़दूरिन का सपना कठोर यथार्थ पर टूट जाता है। वह मसहरी – सुरक्षा में ज़मीन पर धूप के फैलने तक नींद में पड़ी रहती है। लेकिन नींद के खुलने के पूर्व ही बैंक की नोटीस आती है। तब वह डर जाता है। वह सोचती है कि एक सुन्दर घर का सपना देखने का भी हक नहीं है। इन पंक्तियों में एक गरीब औरत की दुर्दशा का मार्मिक चित्र को दिखाया गया है। कवि ने यहाँ सरल भाषा का प्रयोग किया है।

सूचनाः 9 से 11 तक के प्रश्नों में से किन्हीं दो के उत्तर लिखें। (2 × 2 = 4 )

प्रश्न 9.
‘नदियाँ प्रेम प्रवाह फूल तारे मंडन हैं।
बंदीजन खग-वृंद, शेषफन सिंहासन है ।।’
यहाँ कौन प्रेम प्रवाह हैं ? मातृभूमि का सिंहासन क्या है?
उत्तरः
नदियाँ प्रेम का प्रवाह है। मातृभूमि का सिंहासन शेषनाग का फन है।

प्रश्न 10.
‘मुझे याद आया, जब तुम्हारी शादी हुई थी …..
नीचे दिए शब्दों के समानार्थी शब्द वाक्य से चुनकर लिखें।
• विवाह
• स्मरण
उत्तरः
विवाह – शादी
स्मरण – याद

प्रश्न 11.
‘ज़मीन एक स्लेट का नाम है’ पाठ में दो विदाइयों का चित्रण हैं। यहाँ दोनों विदाइयाँ कौन-कौन सी हैं?
उत्तरः
एक तो दीदी की शादी होने पर उसकी विदाई और दूसरी, ज़मीन बेचने पर उसकी विदाई।

सूचनाः 12 से 15 तक के प्रश्नों में से किन्हीं तीन के उत्तर लिखें।

प्रश्न 12.
हाइकू पढ़ें और भावार्थ लिखें।
जिन्हें न होता
दर्द का अहसास
आँसू ओस हैं।
उत्तरः
डॉ. भगवतशरण अग्रवाल ने हिन्दी काव्य- जगत में हाइकू को प्रतिष्ठित किया है। ‘इन्द्रधनुष’ उनका प्रमुख हाइकू संग्रह है। यह मूल रूप से जापानी कविता रूप है। प्रस्तुत हाइकू के द्वारा कवि ने दूसरों के दर्द को पहचानने की मनुष्य- क्षमता का चित्रण किया है। जिसने स्वयं दर्द का अनुभव किया है वह दूसरों की वेदना पहचान सकता है। उसे खुशी और प्यार का महत्व मिलता है। जिसे वेदना का अनुभव नहीं हुआ है वह आँसू का मूल्य नहीं पहचानता है और उसके संबन्ध में आँसू ओंस जैसा है।

प्रश्न 13.
ये कथन पढ़ें और राजवंती के चरित्र पर टिप्पणी लिखें।
• मैं प्यार से उसको मुरकी बुलाती थी कभी बुलाकी।
• किसी दयालु व्यक्ति से राह का भाड़ा लेकर लौट आई, नहीं तो न जाने कहाँ भटकती।
उत्तरः
राजवंती का चरित्र चित्रण हिन्दी की मशहूर लेखिका अमृता प्रीतम की ‘मुरकी उर्फ बुलाकी’ कहानी का नारी पात्र है ‘राजवंती’। वह अपने बेटे की देखभाल के लिए आई अनाथ बालिका मुरकी को बहुत प्यार करती थी। वह मुरकी को नौकरानी के रूप में नहीं बल्कि बेटी की तरह मानती थी। वह मुरकी को कभी प्यार से ‘बुलाकी’ बुलाती थी। मुरकी के भविष्य के बारे में उसे चिंता थी। इसलिए उसने घर की पिछली कोठरी की चाबी देकर मुरकी से कहा कि तुझे इस कमरे से कोई भी बाहर नहीं निकाल देगा। राजवंती ने अपने बेटे के वर्षगाँठ में मुरकी को सोने या चांदी का इनाम देती थी वह बड़ी दयालु थी । उसके मन में निरालंब एवं गरीब लोगों के प्रति बड़ी सहानुभूति थी। वह सचमुच एक आदर्श औरत थी।

प्रश्न 14.
ये दोस्ती ……..
हम नहीं तोड़ेंगे
तोड़ेंगे दम मगर
तेरा साथ ना छोड़ेंगे
ज़िंदगी में दोस्ती का महत्वपूर्ण स्थान है।
दोस्ती की विशेषता पर टिप्पणी लिखें।
उत्तरः
सच्ची दोस्ती की विशेषता सच्चा मित्र हमेशा अच्छे मार्ग पर चलने के लिए प्रेरित करता है। सच्ची दोस्ती में चतुराई और मनुष्यता को परखने की शक्ति होती है। सच्ची दोस्ती माता के समान धीरजवाली और कोमलता से परिपूर्ण होती है। सच्चे दोस्त कभी भी दोस्ती नहीं तोड़ेंगे। मरने पड़े तो भी दोस्ती नहीं छोडेंगे। इस तरह ज़िन्दगी में दोस्ती का महत्वपूर्ण स्थान है।

प्रश्न 15.
जीवन-वृत्त पढ़ें ओर कुँवर नारायण के बारे में एक अनुच्छेद लिखें।
जीवन-वृत्त
नाम: कुँवर नारायण
जन्म एवं जन्मस्थान : 1927 को उत्तर प्रदेश के फैज़ाबाद में
प्रमुख रचनाएँ : चक्रव्यूह, अपने सामने, कोई दूसरा नहीं, इन दिनों
पुरस्कार : 2005 में ज्ञानपीठ
कई वर्षों पहले हमने नियति को मिलने का एक वचन दिया था, और अब समय आ गया है कि हम अपने वचन को निभाएँ, पूरी तरह न सही, लेकिन बहुत हद तक आज रात बारह हजे जब सारी दुनिया सो रही होगी, भारत जीवन और स्वतंत्रता की नई सुबह के साथ उठेगा। एक ऐसा क्षण जो इतिहास में बहुत ही कम आता है, जब हम पुराने को छोड़ नए की तरफ जाते हैं,’ जब एक युग का अंत होता है, और जब वर्षों से शोषित एक देश की आत्मा, अपनी बात कह सरती है, यह एक संयोग है कि इस पवित्र मौके पर हम समर्पण के साथ खुद को भारत और उसकी जनता की सेवा और उससे भी बढ़कर सारी मानवता की सेवा करने के लिए प्रतिज्ञा ले रहे हैं।
उत्तरः
कुँवर नारायण का जन्म 1927 को उत्तर प्रदेश के फैज़ाबाद में हुआ । ‘चक्रव्यूह’, ‘अपने सामने’, ‘कोई दूसरा नहीं’, ‘इन दिनों’ आदि उनकी प्रमुख रचनाएँ है। वे 2005 में देश के सर्वोच्च साहित्य पुरस्कार ज्ञानपीठ से सम्मानित हुए।

सूचनाः गद्यांश पढ़ें और प्रश्न 16 और 17 के उत्तर लिखें।

प्रश्न 16.
हम किसकी प्रतिज्ञा ले रहे हैं?
उत्तरः
म भारत और उसकी जनता की सेवा और उससे भी बढ़कर सारी मानवता की सेवा करने के लिए प्रतिज्ञा ले रहे हैं।

प्रश्न 17.
गद्यांश का संक्षेपण करें।
उत्तरः
स्वतंत्रता की प्राप्ति भारत की स्वतंत्रता प्राप्ति के पहले दिन ही खुद को भारत और उसकी जनता की सेवा और उससे भी बढ़कर सारी मानवता की सेवा करने के लिए प्रतिज्ञा ले रहे हैं।

सूचना: 18 से 21 तक के प्रश्नों में से किन्हीं तीन के उत्तर लिखें। ( 3 × 6 = 18 )

प्रश्न 18.
पद पढ़ें और भावार्थ लिखें।
सुतमुख देखि जसोदा फूली।
हरषित देखि दूध की दतियाँ प्रेम मगन
तनु की सुधि भूली।।

बाहिर ते तब नंद बुलाए देखौ धौं
सुंदर सुखदाई।
तनक-तनक ही दूध की दतियाँ देखौ नैन
सुफल करो आई ।।

आनंद सहित महर तब आए मुख चितवन
दोउ नैन अघाई ।
‘सूर’ स्याम किलकत द्विज देख्यो मनो
कमल पर बीजु जमाई ।।
उत्तरः
सूरदास हिन्दी साहित्य की कृष्ण भक्ति शाखा के प्रमुख कवि हैं। उन्होंने व्रजभाषा में अपनी रचनाएँ की है। प्रस्तुत पद उनकी प्रमुख रचना ‘सूरसागर’ से लिया गया है। इसमें कृष्ण की बाल लीला का सुन्दर वर्णन हुआ है। यशोदा माँ अपने पुत्र के मुख को देखकर प्रसन्न हुई। हँसते समय कृष्ण के दूध जैसी दांतों को देखकर पुत्र प्रेम में डूबी यशोदा बेहोश हुई। बाहर से नंद को बुला लाई और दूध की दांतों को दिखाकर यशोदा कहती है कि बेटे का दांत सुन्दर और सुखदायक है। उनकी छोटी-छोटी दांतों को देखकर आँखों को सुफल करो। यह सुनकर बड़ी खुशी के साथ नंद आए और दांतों को देखकर उसे संतुष्टि मिली। सूरदास कहते हैं कि किलकारी करते समय कृष्ण के दूध की दांतों को देखकर ऐसा लगता है कि मानो कमल पर बिजली जम गई हो।

प्रश्न 19.
अक्तूबर 2 गाँधी जयंती है। मान लें इस अवसर पर आपके स्कूल में गाँधीजी के जीवन के आधार पर एक फोटो प्रदर्शिनी (Photo Exhibition) होने वाली है। उसके लिए एक पोस्टर तैयार करें।
उत्तरः

प्रश्न 20.
अंग्रेज़ी खंड पढ़ें और हिन्दी में अनुवाद करें:
K.S.Chithra was born on 27th July, 1963 in Thiruvananthapuram. She is a famous In-dian Playback Singer. Her father is Krishnan Nair and mother is Santhakumari. She was awarded Padma Shri in 2005 and Padma Bhushan in 2021.(Famous मशहूर, award पुरस्कार, Singer – पार्शगायिका)
उत्तरः
के. एस. चित्रा का जन्म 27 जुलाई 1963 को तिरुवनन्तपुरम् में हुआ। वह एक मशहूर भारतीय पार्श्वगायिका है। उसके पिताजी कृष्णन नायर और माता शांताकुमारी है। उसे 2005 में पद्मश्री और 2021 में पद्म भूषण पुरस्कार मिले थे।

प्रश्न 21.
‘वह भटका हुआ पीर’ की लेखिका स्कूटरवाले के बारे में अपने मित्र से बातें करती हैं। वह बातचीत लिखें।
• यात्रियों को पानी पिलाना
• दिल का रिश्ता जोड़ना
• परिवार की देखभाल करना
लेखिका : हाय, नमस्ते

मित्र : नमस्तेजी।

लेखिका : आप कैसी है? ठीक है न?

मित्र. : हाँ, बिलकुल ठीक हूँ ।

लेखिका : मैं ने कल एक पीर से मिला।

मित्र : पीर, मतलब ?

लेखिका : वह यात्रियों को पानी पिलाकर घूमता रहता है।

मित्र : तो फिर ? ……..

लेखिका : उसके साथ मेरा बड़ा रिश्ता हो गया। वह एक मूल्यवान आदमी है।

मित्र : उसकी क्या विशेषता होती है।

लेखिका : वह प्यासों को पानी पिलाना पुण्य समझता है। उसका परिवार बड़ी गरीबी में है। फिर भी वह प्यासों को पानी पिलाने के लिए भटकता रहता है।

मित्र : यह कितनी अजीब बात है। यह तो साधारण आदमी नहीं है।

लेखिका : सममुच वह एक पीर है। वह अपने परिवार की देखभाल भी अच्छी तरह करता है।

मित्र : बहुत अच्छी बात है। हम फिर कभी मिलें। धन्यवाद।

सूचनाः 22 से 25 तक के प्रश्नों में से किन्हीं तीन के उत्तर लिखें। ( 3 × 8 = 24)

प्रश्न 22.
अपनी माँ से मुरकी की कहानी सुननेवाला कुमार का मन भर आया। वह अपना दर्द डायरी में लिखता है। वह डायरी लिखें।
• पति द्वारा उपेक्षित मुरकी
• अपने घर में आश्रय देना
• जीवन भर कोठरी की चाबी न छीनने का वादा देना।
उत्तरः

20 जुलाई 1972	बुधवार
आज मेरा मन भर आया। मुरकी की कहानी माँ के मुँह से सुन ली। उसका जीवन बड़ी दुर्दशा में है। उसके पति ने शादी के बाद छोड़ दिया। मेरी माँ ने उसे अपने घर में सहारा दिया। जीवन भर अपने घर की पिछली कोठरी में रहने की अनुमति दी गयी। मेरी माँ कितनी अच्छी औरत है! माँ ने उसको वचन दिया कि कोई भी कोठरी की चाबी तुम से नहीं लेगा। उसकी दुर्दशा के बारे में सोचकर में भी सहमत हो गया।

प्रश्न 23.
सही मिलान करें:
Certificate – प्रतिमान
Discount – विषाणु
Pattern – प्रमाण-पत्र
Ratio – औसत
Virus – उपकर
Cess – अनुपात
Average – ऊर्जा
Energy – बट्टा
उत्तरः
Certificate – प्रमाण पत्र
Discount – बट्टा
Pattern – प्रतिमान
Ratio – अनुपात
Average – औसत
Virus – विषाणु
Cess – उपकर
Energy – ऊर्जा

प्रश्न 24.
सातवें विश्व हिंदी सम्मेलन का अनुभव लेखक मित्र से पत्र में बाँटता है। वह पत्र लिखें।
• सूरीनाम का सौंदर्य
• सम्मेलन का अनुभव
• हिंदी भाषा का महत्व
उत्तरः

जयपुर,
10.07.2003

प्रिय राहुल,
तुम कैसे हो। ठीक हो न? परिवारवाले को मेरा प्रणाम। सब खुश हैं न? तुम्हारी नौकरी अच्छी तरह चलती है न? मैं एक विशेष बात बताने के लिए यह पत्र लिखता हूँ। मैं पिछले महीने में सातवें विश्व हिन्दी सम्मेलन में भाग लेने गया था। इस बार सूरीनाम में सम्मेलन हुआ। इसका अधिकांश भू-भाग लहरदार पहाड़ियों एवं संकरे दलद्गली तटवर्ती मैदानों से युक्त हुआ। सूरीनाम के अफ्रिकी मूल के राष्ट्रपति ने कहा कि सूरीनाम और भारत के बीच प्रगाढ़ आत्मीय संबन्ध है। हिन्दी भाषा का महत्व बढ़ गया है। आज विश्व की प्रमुख भाषा के रूप में हिन्दी बढ़ गयी है। हिन्दी फिल्म तथा संगीतों के प्रति विश्व के सभी लोगों का बड़ा गहरा लगाव है। मेरे संबंध में यह सम्मेलन एक नया अनुभव हो गया। बाकी मुँह में।

तुम्हारा प्रिय जोशी,
हस्ताक्षर

प्रश्न 25.
बाज़ार में एक नयी चाय पत्ती (Tea) आयी है। उसके लिए एक आकर्षक विज्ञापन तैयार करें।
• बेहद स्वादिष्ट
• ताज़ा
• कम दाम
उत्तरः

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Kerala Plus Two English Previous Year Question Paper March 2024

Time : 2 1/2 Hours
Maximum : 80 scores

Questions 1 – 8. Answer all questions. Each carries 1 score. (8 × 1 = 8)

Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow:
I’m the only witness against him. He asked you can guess what …..

Question 1.
Who is the speaker?
Answer:
The speaker is Robert Baldwin.

Question 2.
What has the speaker witnessed?
Answer:
The speaker witnessed John Gresham misappropriating depositors’ money.

Question 3.
Who is ‘he’ referred to here?
Answer:
The ‘he’ referred to here is John Gresham.

Question 4.
What did he ask the speaker.
Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow:
Oh, just another kind of outdoor game,
One on a side. It comes to little more:
There where it is we do not need the wall:
He is all pine and I am apple orchard.
My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him
Answer:
He asked the speaker to say in the court that he does not remember anything about the misappropriation of the money so that he, (John Gresham) can escape punishment.

Question 5.
Name the poem and the poet.
Answer:
The poet is Robert Frost

Question 6.
What is described as an outdoor game?
Answer:
Mending wall.

Question 7.
Why does the poet say that there is no need for a wall?
Answer:
The poet says that there is no need for a wall because his neighbour’s area is covered with pine trees and the poet’s area is full of apple trees. The apple trees of the poet will not go and eat the cones of the pines from the neighbour’s area.

Question 8.
Pick out the figure of speech in the last two lines.
Answer:
Personification.

Question 9-12. Answer any 3. Each carries 2 scores. (3 × 2 = 6)

Question 9.
Fill in the blanks with suitable phrasal verbs given in brackets.
(run out, carry away, look forward to, put up with)
a) I meeting you next week.
b) How can she her noisy neighbours?
Answer:
a) look forward to
b) put up with

Question 10.
The story Crime and Punishment is a satire on over-parenting. Give two pieces of advice to such parents. You may begin with.
Answer:
a) You should not
b) Don’t forget to
Answer:
a) You should not force your children to study when they are not mentally prepared for it.
b) Don’t forget to give them free time so that they can engage themselves in things which they like.

Question 11.
K.Satchidanandan presents a different perspective of stammer in the poem Stammer. What does the poet think of stammer? Give your response in not more than two sentences.
Answer:
The poet K. Satchidanandan thinks that stammering is not a handicap; it is a mode of speech. When someone stammers he is offering a sacrifice to the God of meanings.

Question 12.
Fill in the blanks using suitable words given in brackets. Activities that ….(a)…. (devastate/devastates) the societies and environment ….(b)….(continue/continues) unabated.
Answer:
a) devastate
b) continues

Questions 13 – 19. Answer any 5. Each carries 4 scores. (5 × 4 = 20)

Question 13.
A few errors have crept in the following sentences. Edit it. (Errors are in the following areas: form, article, spelling, preposition) I would noticed a woman sitting by a side of the road, portioning out all-too,meager amounts to dal and rice for her famly.
Answer:
1 noticed a woman sitting by the side of the road, portioning out all-too meagre amount of dal and rice to her family.

Question 14.
The play Post Early for Christmas is a source of laughter, yet beneath the humour lies a valuable life lesson for all of ur to learn. Substantiate.
Answer:
The play Post Early for Christmas is certainly a source for laughter, yet beneath the humour lies valuable life lesson for all of us to learn. The play teaches us to do things in time to avoid last minute rushes. The Postal Assistant must have been more careful in accepting the parcel. It also teaches us not to be panicky unnecessarily. The suspected bomb in the parcel given by the tourist proves to be a beautiful clock that he wanted to send to his friend.

Question 15.
Shaheen Mistry felt that in St.Xavier’s, Mumbai a far more bookish form of learning replaced the academic rigour and intellectual stimulation she had received in Massachusetts. Do you agree with this opinion? Give four points for or against the topic Indian system of education tends to prioritize theoretical knowledge over practical skills.
Answer:
I quite agree with Shaheen Mistri’s opinion that the Indian education system is bookish.

1. We lay stress on bookish learning.
2. A lot of importance is given to remembering things by heart. A lot of facts, figures and’ formulae are crammed into our heads.
3. The examinations also check our memory and not our competence in doing things. Theory is given greater importance than practice.
4. We may know a lot of things about Britain and America, but we may not know the things in our immediate locality. It is high time we changed our system of education.

Question 16.
Report the following dialogue:
Iran Alam : I am so thirsty. Can you give me some water?
Rickshaw puller : Sorry, I don’t carry water bottles in my rickshaw.
Irfan Alam : I will buy eight bottles of . water and keep it in your rickshaw. For every bottle you sell, we will make a profit of two rupees which we could split in half.
Answer:
Irfan Alam told the Rickshaw puller that he was thirsty, and if he could give him some water. The rickshaw puller told Irfan Alam that he did not carry water bottles in his rickshaw. Then Irfan told him that he would buy 8 bottles of water and keep them in his rickshaw. From every bottle he sold he would make a profit of two rupees which could be split between them.

Question 17.
I spin the curtains, warp and woof, And shake the down to be their bed. Elaborate on the idea of the above lines.
Answer:
These lines are taken from the poem “Any Woman” by Katharine Typan. The entire poem stresses the importance of the woman in a house. The woman is the pillars of the house; she is the keystone of the arch; she is the fire upon the hearth; she is the light of the sun. The children get warmth from her. She bonds everyone together with love. She is the house from floor to roof. She is the walls and the board. She spins the curtains, its lengthwise and crosswise threads. She is the one filling the bed of the children with down (soft hair of animals) so that they lie down and sleep comfortably.

Question 18.
Today’s women are all ^et to take up various roles in life. In those roles, they might face many challenges. List out four qualities a woman needs, to face the challenges of life.
Answer:
Today’s women are all set to take up various roles of life and in those roles they might face many challenges. To face these challenges she needs many qualities. The four qualities a woman needs are: competence, self confidence, daring the difference and the willingness to come out of their comfort zones. All these can be achieved through the three Ls – Learning, Labour and Leadership and the daring to dream.

Question 19.
The African adage quoted by Christine Lagarde in her speech The 3Ls of Empowerment throws light on the importance of educating girl children.
Answer:
The African adage quoted by Christine Lagarde in her speech “The 3 Ls of Empowerment” is “If you educate a boy, you train a man. If you educate a girl, you train a village.” This adage stresses the importance of women education and it shows a plain truth. Men usually do not spend much time at home or with their families. They go out to earn livelihood for their families.

Women, generally, stay at home. Children spend most of their time with their mothers and learn many things from them. Children interact with many other children from different households. Thus the education got by a woman helps it to be spread among many. This way educated women form the backbone of an educated, enlightened society.

Questions 20-25. Answer any 5. Each carries 6 scores. (5 × 6 = 30)

Question 20.
Proud of her husband, Martha narrates the whole incident, from the bank crash to Baldwin’s placement in The Third National, to one of her friends. Write the narration in Martha’s words. (Hints: misappropriation – crash – prison – bribe – reward)
Answer:
My husband Robert is a gem of a person. Without hesitation I can say that he is a synonym for honesty. He has practised it all his life and he has been trying to instil it into our two children and also me. His salary is very small. He gets only $60 a week but he will never think of increasing his income by questionable means. He is a man of self¬confidence and he is sure of himself. He has an uncompromising attitude. He is highly committed to his family and he spends a lot of prime time with us. My husband neither drinks nor smokes nor gambles.

He could have easily taken the money offered by John Gresham and we could have lived a more comfortable life. In fact Evie, John and even I tried to persuade him that saying “I don’t remember” in the court is not a big sin at all and he should say it and get the money promised to him by John Gresham. He loves John Gresham and that is why he named our son John. But neither his love for Gresham nor his desire to give his family better comforts would persuade him to take a bribe. That is my children and I am proud of him.

Question 21.
The farmer in the play Post Early for Christmas reads the news about finding a bomb in a post office in London. Write the probable newspaper report. (Hints: time-bomb found – Scotland Yard – Christmas parcel London post office – suspicious parcel – report)
Answer:
London: 20 December 2016. There was a time bomb scare at the Milton Square Post Office in London in the rush hours of the morning. From my talks with the Post office Assistant and some onlookers this is what transpired at the post office. A foreign tourist arrived with well-wrapped parcel and he said it contained something precious and he was sending it to his friend as a special Christmas present. Some questions he asked about the safety of the parcel and about the time it would reach the central post Office for clearing created some doubts in the minds of the Postal As-sistant.

The parcel was booked and the tourist left for-getting his gloves on the counter. Soon the Assistant noticed that there was a ticking sound coming from the parcel. She mentioned it and immediately a farmer who was present there said it must be a time bomb. He had read an alert in the Newspaper which was is¬sued by the Scotland Yard asking people to be on their alert for ominous looking parcels. He was certain that his parcel contained a time bomb.

People got scared and they ran for cover. The farmer asked for a bucket of water. In the meantime a police man was brought. Soon the tourist returned to take his gloves back. There was an argument between the policeman and the tourist. The policeman then threw the parcel into the bucket of water. The tourist was angry with everyone there for spoiling his precious Swiss Watch he had bought for his friend.

Question 22.
Nomita, though clad in a “wealthy wife’s saree”, is not treated well by her husband Ajit, who wears the mask of a gentleman. Attempt a detailed character sketch of Ajit in the story Matchbox.
Answer:
I quite agree with Nomita’s statement because Ajit had no right to read the letter addressed to her and then keep it in his pocket for three days without telling his wife Nomita about it. Ajit has got the key to the letter box. Whenever he finds a letter addressed to Nomita, he opens it and reads it first. Sometimes he gives the letter to her but sometimes he does not even give it. He suspects that the letters that come to her might be from her old lovers.

This is indeed vulgar behaviour on his part. Nomita tried many things to stop him from reading Her letters. She showed anger, took offence, tried to shame him and used sarcasm. But he just laughed them away. At times he scolded her. He says he has a right to open his wife’s letters as he is not sure they are not love letters. He even insults her by calling her a dungpicker’s daughter. She was so angry that she even tries to commit suicide by burning herself and sets fire to her sari. Ajit is certainly not a good husband.

Question 23.
Acknowledging the tremendous social service done by Ratna, the human horegallu, her company awarded her ‘The Social Worker of the Year Award’. Being the reporter of the local news channel, you got a chance to interview her. As expected, irie interview turned out to be friendly and pleasant.
Write the six interview questions you have asked Ratna and her responses to it.
Answer:
I : Madam Ratna, I want to congratulate you on getting “The Social Worker of the Year Award” from your company. How do you feel?

Ratna : I feel very happy. But I am not sure if I deserved such an honour and recognition. I did not do anything extraordinary.

I : You were a human horegallu. Not everyone can sit down and listen patiently to the problems of others. Who inspired you to do that?

Ratna : It was my grandfather who inspired me to do that. He sat on the stone bench with the tired travellers and listened to the tales of troubles and woes they told him.

I : By merely listening to the problems of the people, how do you help them?

Ratna : When the people speak of their troubles to an empathetic listener, they feel their burdens getting lighter. I know I can’t give solutions to the problems of people.

I : Who will give solutions to their problems?

Ratna : They themselves have to solve them by looking at the different, possibilities.

I : Will you continue to be a human horegallu?

Ratna : I will certainly continue to be so. I know by being an empathetic listener I am helping them to reduce the intensity of their burdens.

I : What advice do you give to people?

Ratna : I am nobody to advise anyone. But I would say that people should be horegallus, at least listening to the problems of the people without being judgmental.

Ratna : Thank you Madam, for your time and your good words.

I : It’s alright.

Question 24.
Drug abuse has become a significant social menace that demands a collective effort to eradicate it from the society. As a member of the Souhrida Club, you decide to write a letter to the editor of a famous daily, showcasing your concern over the issue. Draft the likely letter.
Answer:
Svetlana Raj
Mundakkal House Azad Road Kaloor
Mobile: 94966 78981
e-mail: svetlanarai@rediff.mail.com

1 July 2024
The Editor
The Indian Express
Kochi
Dear Sir,
Sub.: The Menace of Drug Abuse
Through your prestigious paper, I would like to bring to the notice of children, their parents, the school authorities and the police about the menace that is threatening our society. 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 drugs 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, mal-nutrition and weight loss. An oyerdose of any sensual drug can cause respiratory or cardiac failure and death. I hope all those concerned will take note of the dangers of psychedelic drugs and do their best to eradicate this evil from our midst. Yours sincerely,
Sd/-
(Svetlana Raj)

Question 25.
Chemmanam Chacko beautifully portrays the contrast between expectations v/s reality of the narrator in the poem Rice. Substantiate.
Answer:
It is very true to say that Chemmanam Chacko beautifully portrays the contrast between expectations and reality of the narrator in the poem “Rice”. Chemmanam Chacko is a master satirist. In his poem “Rice”, he highlights the changes in the attitude of people with the changing times. The narrator went to North India and made research for four years and then he got a PhD for his work on making toys with husk. When he left for his research, there was a lot of husk in his own house and also in the places around as his own father and others cultivated rice.

But when he returns with his doctorate, he finds there is no husk as all the rice farmers started cultivating rubber and other commercial products for the market. We hear his father saying that he has stopped cultivating rice. Only fools will try rice farming for any gain. Rubber money is better. The government gives rice to those who have no paddy fields. The narrator wants to eat athikira rice but the younger brother brings the ration for the household and the ration consists of only wheat. The Chief Minister is flying like an arrow to the Centre to clamour for more grains. The narrator asks, “Can we get some husk from the Centre to make toys with it?” This is really bitter as we know he has a doctorate in toy-making with husk.

Questions 26 – 28. Answer any 2. Each carries 8 scores: (2 × 8 = 16)

Question 26.
Below is the advertisement issued by the HR department of SammaaN, inviting applications for recruitment for the post of General Manager. Draft a job application letter with a detailed resume.

Vacancy General Manager SammaaN Foundation Qualification: Graduation in any discipline. Age: Between 20 and 30 Previous experience and good communication skill in English are preferred. Interested candidates may submit their application and resume in ten days via email to summaanhr@rediffmail.com

Answer:
To: summaanhr@redfiffmail.com
Sub.: Application for the post of a General Manager

This has reference to your advertisement appearing in the “Times of India” dated 24 May 2024 inviting applications for the post of a General Manager.

I have an MBA in Human Resources. I studied at MET’s School of Engineering, Kuruvilassery, Mala, affiliated to the Calicut University. I passed in 2021 with 85% marks in the aggregate. I have nearly 3 years of experience as a General Manager in GJ Infotech, Tana, Irinjaiakuda.

My resume, copies of my MBA certificate, mark lists and the experience certificate are closed.
I assure you of full satisfaction if I am given a chance to work under you. Thanking and hoping to hear from you soon.

Yours faithfully,
Sd-
(RosammaJoe)
Enel: 4

RESUME OF ROSAMMA JOE

Objective: To associate myself with an ‘ organization that provides a challenging job and an opportunity,to prove innovative skills and diligent work. Contact Details:- Rosamma Joe Kalathil House Changanassery Kottayam – 686 105 Mobile 9497187778 e-mail: rosammaioe@hotmail.com Personal Details:- Age & Date of birth : 24 years, 20 July 2000 Nationality : Indian Marital status : Single Educational Qualifications: MBA Human Resources (2021) with 85% marks, MET’s School of Engineering, Kuruvilassery, Mala. BBA (2019) with 83% marks, MET’s School of Engineering, Kuruvilassery, Mala. +2 with 90% (2Q15) with 90% marks, Govt. H.S.S. Edappally. Computer Skills: MS Word, Java. Experience: Worked as a General Manager in GJ Infotech, Tana, Irinjaiakuda from August 2021 to March 2024. Special Abilities : While at College, in the Final Year I was the student Editor of the MET’s College Magazine. Got 1st Prize in a District Level Essay Competition while I was in MET’s. I was the Badminton Champion of the Inter-Collegiate Championship Competition in 2020. References: Adv. George Arackal, Director, Students’ PG Centre, Irinjaiakuda, Mobile 9496235689. Prof. George Mundakkal, MET’s School of Engineering, Kuruvilassery, Mala, Mobile 9496123231. Commitment: I bring along dedication, loyalty and determination to excel in what I am asked to do by my Employer. Sd/- (Rosamma Joe)

Question 27.
Activities that devastate the environment and societies continue unabated. Today we are faced with a challenge that calls for a shift in our thinking, so that humanity stops threatening its life-support system. We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds. Wangari Maathai calls on the young generation to take up this challenge.

As the representative of the student community, you are to deliver a speech that would nurture a sensitive and reverential love for nature, in the school assembly on June 5, World Environment Day. Write the script of the speech. (Hints: significance of the day-deforestation- industrialization – destroyed bio-diversity – afforestation – larger family of life)
Answer:
Respected principal, teachers and fellow students, Today is the 5th of June and we all know that it is the World Environment Day. Today I am going to talk about Environmental Destruction and howto stop it. We in Kerala are facing tragedies one other another. A deluge ravaged our State in August 2018, in which over 470 people died and properties worth 40,000 crore were destroyed. We were still trying to overcome the problems caused by that deluge, when on 8 August 2019, due to heavy rainfall in the Monsoon season, severe flood affected Kerala causing landslides.

As a security measure, the Government of Kerala issued Red alert in the 9 districts in Northern and Central Kerala, orange alert in 3 districts of Central Kerala, and yellow alert in the 2 districts of southern Kerala. Thousands of people were evacuated to safer places and relief camps. A total of 101 people have died due to rain-related incidents since 14 August 2019. These camps had more than 2 lakh people from various parts of the state.

Why these floods and landslides? They are actually caused by man! Biodiversity is destroyed. Resources are mismanaged. The areas which would hold the water are filled up and townships are constructed in the name of urbanization. The outlets to the sea are partially blocked and the fivers can’t easily drain into the seas. Wangari Maathai was correct when she said, “Today we are faced with a challenge that calls for a shift in our thinking so that humanity stops threatening its life support systems.” But we don’t care.

We continue with our deforestation, sand¬mining and overexploiting our minerals. We continue polluting our environment with vehicles and factories and spraying poisons over our fields. If we destroy the environment, it will definitely destroy us through floods, droughts and pandemics like Covid-19 which we are still fighting with. Disrupt the environment and it will disrupt you in more than one way.

Question 28.
Write an appreciation of the poem Neighbour in comparison with Mending Wall by Robert Frost.

Neighbour

lain Crichton Smith

Build me a bridge over the stream
to my neighbour’s house
where he is standing in dungarees
in the fresh morning.

O ring of snowdrops
spread wherever you want
and you also blackbird
sing across the fences.

My neighbour, if the rain falls on you,
let it fall on me also
from the same black cloud
that does not recognise gates.
(dungarees – a type of dress)
Answer:
The poem “Neighbour” by lain Crichton Smith is a beautiful poem about the neighbour. The poet wants a bridge to be built over the stream to his neighbour’s house. It is morning and his neighbour is standing in his house wearing dungarees. He wants the bridge to be covered by beautiful rain drops. He wants a blackbird sing across the fences. If the rain falls on the neighbour, it should fall on the poet also. The rain that pours from the black cloud does not recognise gates as it falls on everyone without any distinction.

“Neighbour” is a short poem of just 3 stanzas. It is not in rhyme. Its language is very simple and it has a fine message of equality and love between neighbours. The poem has excellent visual and auditory images. We can see the bridge over the stream, the neighbour’s house, the neighbour standing in dungarees, and snowdrops on the bridge and other places, the blackbird and the rain. Auditory images are the singing of the bird and the murmur of the rain.

The Poem “Mending Wall” also talks about neighbours. In that poem Robert Frost does not want a wall between neighbours because he has an apple orchard and the neighbour’s plot is full of fine trees. The poet says that his apple trees will never get across and eat the cones under his pines. But the neighbour believes good fences make good neighbours.

Only when you see the fence or wall you will know how far you can go. If there are no walls or fences there will be trespasses and that will lead to troubles between neighbours. Frost’s poem is much longer than lain Crichton Smith’s. Frost has used many more poetic devices than lain Crichton Smith. Mending the Wall has a mesmerising quality. Both are excellent poems, but I prefer “Mending Wall” to “Neighbpur”.

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Given below is an excerpt from an interview with Mary Kom, tne boxing legend. Read it carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Q : Who has been your biggest inspiration in your journey?

Mary Kom : My biggest inspiration is the legend j Muhammed Ali. He inspired me to take up boxing.

Q : I As a woman who has taken up so many roles, which of your roles is the most challenging that. of a boxer, a home maker, a wife and mother or as a lawmaker in Rajya Sabha?

Mary Kom : I think every role is challenging. Being a woman, being a mother, being a sports person, being a Member of Parliament all of these have been difficult. Handling all these at once is challenging. We, as women face a lot of difficulties.

Q : Since we are talking to an achiever on the occasion of Women’s Day, do you feel we need more women lawmakers in India? Also do you support implementation of 33 percent reservation for women?

Mary Kom : If you ask me, yes. We need to have more women lawmakers. Women are strong and must pursue their dreams at any cost. When I started boxing, nobody believed in me because I am a woman. They said boxing is a man’s game. But see, how things have changed. Today many many more women are taking up this sport. I have taken criticism in my stride and fought to prove people wrong.

Question 1.
Who was Mary Korn’s biggest inspiration? (1)
Answer:
Mary Korn’s biggest inspiration was Muhammed Ali, theAmerican boxing legend.

Question 2.
What does she say about her taking up many roles? (2)
Answer:
About her taking up many roles, Mary Korn says that every role is challenging. She says that being a woman. being a mother, being a sports person, being a Member of Parliament – all of these have been difficult. Handling all these at once is challenging. Women face a lot of diffict)ft)§s just because they are women.

Question 3.
Why didn’t people believe in Mary Kom when she started boxing? (2)
Answer:
When she started boxing’, maHy people did not believe in Mary Korn because she was a woman. They said boxing was a man’s game. But now things have changed.

(Questions 4 – 8) : Answer any four. (4 scores each). (4 × 4 = 16)

Question 4.
The parents in the story crime and punishment don’t like pestering children. They believe that corporal punishment will bring up unhealthy citizens. Do you support this view? Present your ideas either agreeing or disagreeing. (4 sentences).
Answer:
I support the view that corporal punishment will bring up unhealthy citizens. When there is corporal punishment a child obeys its parents or teachers just because he is afraid of punishment. Such punishment instils fear into children and they become cowards.

Children who have got a lot of corporal punishments become sadists and they too will give corporal punishment to others. Fear is a negative quality and it should not be encouraged in the young minds. Children should be daring and they should experiment with things. Then only they will develop to their full potential.

Question 5.
Shaheen wanted to stay back in India. But her parents were not quite willing to let her stay. But Shaheen insisted and persuaded them to let her continue her studies in India. How would you think she must have persuaded her parents to get her wish granted? Develop a telephonic conversation between Shaheen and, her mother. (Eight exchanges).
Answer:
Shaheen’s Mother : Hello Shaheen, Good Morning!

Shaheen : Good Morning, Mom! Has Papa gone to his office?

SM : Yes, he has. I hope you’ve changed your mind about studying in India.

S : No, Mom. I haven’t. In fact I am more determined to study here than before. I feel Mumbai is a much better place for me than the USA for my studies.

SM : Why do you think so, Shaheen?

S : In Mumbai we have some of the best colleges In the world. There is a cosmopolitan crowd here and one can get great exposure. Moreover, Mom, you know that I like doing social service. Here in Mumbai I have greater opportunities to do that.

SM. Shaheen! Are you planning to become another Mother Theresa? Your Papa and I have some great plans for you. We want you to go the USA and continue with your studies there.

S : Mom, I do agree the USA has better opportunities for people. But here in India, I get more opportunities to serve the needy people.It is my passion and I f il0d hope you won’t discourage me.

SM : Are you crazy, Shaheen? I’m sure your Papa will be angry with you.

S : Mom, Papa won’t be angry with me when he comes to know what I am going to do. I saw the slums of Mumbai. I saw the suffering of the people, especially children! I want to do something for the poor people here. Mom, aren’t we Indians? Don’t we have an obligation to do something for our country?

SM : You are too young, Shaheen, and that is why you have such ideas. If you have no money, no good education and no good job, you won’t be happy later.

S : Mom, my happiness is not getting a big degree and making a lot of money. My happiness is in doing something for the country, for the people. I promise I will study plso properly. So don’t worry.

SM : If you insist what can I do? Okay I agree. You may continue staying in India. But don’t forget to study well.

S : thank you. Mom!

Question 6.
A person acting as a Horegallu should never betray the confidence of others. Sudha Murthy says that there is no greater sin than betraying someone’s confidence. Present your views about it in a short paragraph.
Answer:
I quite agree with Sudha Murty when she says that there is no greater sin than betraying someone’s confidence. You are acting as a horegallu, a stone bench, to listen to the problems and worries of other persons without prejudice or judgment. A sorrowful person comes to you and tells you about the matters that cause him sorrow because he has faith in you.

He does not want others to know about his problems. The problem might be a loss he has suffered, a thoughtless action he has done, lack of love from his family members, a secret disease he is suffering from or even a shameful act he has committed. If the horegallu tells one’s secrets to others, he will be breaching the trust the person has placed in him.

Question 7.
Humour is what adds to the spice of life. It reduces the tedium of a tension – ridden existence and makes life healthier. Describe an experience in your life which made you laugh your stomach out.
Answer:
I was going to be 14 when this incident happened. My birthday party was planned and some 50 people, close relatives, were to be invited. The food would be home-made as my parents did not want to spend a lot of money on hotel food. One of the items would be roasted eggs.

Two days before the party, my mother gave me Rs. 250 to buy 50 eggs, as each cost Rs. 5 in the nearby shop. I had heard from my friends that at a nearby poultry farm an egg would cost only Rs. 4. But you have to take a bus to reach that place by paying the minimum fare of Rs. 5. Being quite intelligent I thought like this. If I go to the poultry farm I can get 50 eggs for Rs. 2001 can thus pocket Rs. 50. But I will have to spend Rs. 10 as the bus fare for coming and going. Still I will have Rs. 40 as my own. With that money I could enjoy at least 4 delicious ice creams.

I went to the poultry farm and collected 50 eggs. The eggs were put in a plastic bag and I boarded the bus. The bus was crowded. I moved to a corner holding the bag containing the eggs in front of me. „ The bus began to go fast. Suddenly I heard a screech of brakes. I crashed against the corner and all the eggs got broken. My dress was dripping with the liquid of egg whites and yolks when I went home crying! When I recollect this incident I still laugh.

Question 8.
The literary club of your school decides to enact the play The Hour of Truth’ in Connection with your school anniversary celebration&.prepare a script for announcing the programme. You may include the following details:
• play
• direction
• time and venue
• actors
• script
• background
Answer:
ANNOUNCEMENT:
In connection with our school anniversary celebrations the play “The Hour of Truth” by Percival Wilde will be staged by the members of our Literary Club, It will be staged in the Assembly Hall. The date is 2 December 2019 and the time is 3.00 p.m. It will be directed by the Mithun Menon, Secretary of the Literary Club. The Actors are Abu Mohammed, Vipin Joy, Sania Mathew and Chandrika Raman – all students of +2 in this school.

It is the story of honesty and how well one’s honesty is rewarded. Robert Baldwin works for John Gresham, a banker. Gresham misappropriates a lot of money and he is in trouble. The only person who can help him is Robert. If Robert says “I don’t remember” in the court, Gresham will be saved. Gresham offers 100,000 dollars as a bribe to Robert just to say “I don’t remember” in the court when he is questioned about the misappropriation. But Robert, in spite of his need for money and the promptings by his wife Martha, son John, daughter Evie, decides to be honest. What reward he gets for his honesty will be seen on the stage. The play proves the proverb “Honesty is the best policy.”

Question 9.
Report the following conversation:
Boy : Tell me a story
Teacher: You haven’t done a sum. It’s eight-thirty.
Boy : I don’t care for sums. Tell me a story.
Teacher: No
Answer:
The boy asked his teacher to tell him a story. The teacher said that the boy had not done the sum he was given and it was 8.30. The boy said he did not care for sums and repeated his demand for the story. The teacher’s response was in the negative.

Question 10.
Edit the following passage:
The higher education is that which does not merely gives us information, but make our life at harmony with alt existences (4)
Rewrite the following sentence replacing the underlined words with an appropriate idiomatic expression from the bracket.
Answer:
Corrected version:
Higher education is that which does not merely give us information, but makes our life in harmony with our existence.
Points corrected:

1. No need for The before higher education.
2. gives-give
3. make – makes
4. at – in
5. all-our

Question 11.
I’m not very fond of movies. I go to theatres very rarely only when there is a movie which I really want to see. (1) (Once in a Blue Moon, the Last Straw, Sit on The Fence).
Answer:
once in a blue moon

Fill in the blank with an appropriate phrasal verb from the bracket.
Question 12.
Don’t smoke in the forest. Fires easily at the time of the year. (pass away, look forward to, break out) (1)
Answer:
breakout

Questions (13-18) Answer any five (Five scores each). (5 × 5 = 25)

Question 13.
Irfan Alam the Founder and Chairman of Samman Foundatioh visits your school to inaugurate the National Youth Day celebrations. You get an opportunity to interview Irfan Alam. Draft five questions you wquld ask him.
Answer:
a) Sir, please tell us something about your educational background.
b) What was the immediate reason that prompted you to found SammaaN?
c) What was the reaction of your parents when you told them about your plans of starting SammaaN?
d) Were you confident that you would succeed?
e) What advice would you give us to succeed in life?

Question 14.
The academic system at Xavier’s was different from the system in the U,S. Here a far more bookish form of learning replaced the academic rigour and intellectual stimulation. “I had received in Massachusetts”, says Shaheen Mistri. If you are attending a panel discussion on “Experiential Learning V s Bookish Form of Learning”. What will be your points? Prepare a short paragraph consolidating your points.
Answer:
I would very definitely prefer Experiential Learning to Bookish Form of Learning. In Experiential Learning, there is academic rigour and intellectual stimulation. There you learn by doing. Practical work is more important than book learning. In bookish learning, only the theory is emphasized and the practical part is almost relegated to an insignificant position. Stress is given to rote learning. In bookish learning what is tested is one’s memory power and not his practical abilities.

Bookish learning kills enthusiasm for learning. Only when you do things you are stimulated to do better things and. you understand the theories better. Unfortunatelysiin1 India even today many
schools still use the chalk-board method where the teacher simply writes the theory and solves some problems on the blackboard. We should know that to be a good driver, you ought to drive the car. It is not enough to learn the theory of driving. It is practice that makes one perfect in his job.

Question 15.
“The height’s of harmony can be attained by nurturing some qualities and following certain principles that are essential to maintain the social fabric of human relations”. In the light of your understanding the story Amigo Brothers!, prepare the script for blog entry about this.
Answer:
The heights of harmony can be attained by nurturing some qualities and following certain principles that are essential to maintain the social fabric of human relations. There is no need for competition all the time for success. Even co-operation can bring success to people. Here is an example to show how even in a fight between two, both the contestants can win. It is a story titled “Amigo Brothers” written by Piri Thomas. The story impressed me greatly. It is about friendship. I want you all to read this story. I’m sure you will enjoy it.

Antonio Cruz and Felix Vargas were both 17. They were so together in friendship that they felt like brothers. They had known each other from childhood. They grew up in the same building on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. They both had a dream – becoming a light-weight champion of the world.

Whenever they got a chance they exercised. They would run everyday morning. They had a collection of fight magazines. They also kept the torn tickets of all the boxing matches they had gone to see. They also had some clippings of their own.

After a series of elimination bouts, they were told that they were to meet each other in the’ division finals which would be 2 weeks away. The winner- would represent the Boys’ Club in the Golden Gloves Championship Tournament.

They were in a big fix. They both wanted to win. But neither of them wanted to defeat the other. Tjiey decided to go into the ring as if they had never met. They had to fight it out.

The fight was at Tompkins Square Park. The Park was full of people as the fight was well publicised. Antonio and Felix enterthe ring. The crowd explodes into a roar. The referee whistles to start the fight. The fight is on. Punches fly back and forth but none is floored. Each punch is applauded thunderously by the crowd.

It is now the 3rd round. Each contestant wants to win. They punch each other very hard. Nobody falls tolhe canvas. The final bell rings. But the fight continues. The Bell rings again and again. But there obis no stopping to the fighting. People start getting worried. It looks as if they are witnessing a do or die fight and not a mere contest. There is utter silence. Then the refereSL’dnd the trainers separate the contestants.

Now the contestants embrace. They have forgotten they were fighting like bulls up to a moment ago. The announcer makes an announcement. He is trying to name the winner. But Antonio and Felix had left like good old friends, arm in arm, declaring their bond offriendship.

Question 16.
“I always’compare women to matchboxes. Why? Because of the way matchboxes are”. This is how Ashapurna Debi’s short story‘Matchbox’ begins. Do you think Nomita, the heroine of the story behaves like a matchbox? Prepare the character sketch of Nomita in a short paragraph.
Answer:
Nomita is the wife of Ajit, They live in a joint family. Altogether there 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 tier. Nomita also secretly helps her mother. It seemsher mother is very demanding and shameless as shp goes on begging.

One day while ppllecting the soiled clothes for giving 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 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 moneys obox:

Nomita seems to be a snob. She has forgotten that she came from a poor family. 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 17.
“And this, O Fate, is I think the most vicious circle that thou ever seatest, that Man has to go continually to dentist to keep his teeth in good condition when the chief reason he wants his teeth in good condition is so that he won’t have to go to the dentist.
a) Identify the figure of speech used in the lines. (1)
b) Bring out the irony employed by the poet. (2)
c) Identify the poet and the poem.(2)
Answer:
a) Irony

b) The irony is that a man goes to the dentist to keep his teeth in good condition so that he does not have to go to a dentist. But the dentist will ask him to go back to him at the end of three months. And this vicious circle continues.

c) The poet is Ogden Nash, who is an American.

Question 18.
“Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top
In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed
He moves in darkness as it seems to me,
Not of woods only and the shade of trees.
He will not go behind his father’s saying,
And he likes having thought of it so well
He says again, ‘Good fences make good neighbours’

a) Identify the figure of speech used in the lines. (1)
b) Why does the poet say that his neighbour is moving in darkness? (2)
c) Do you think ‘Good fences make good neighbours’. Why? (2)
Answer:
a) Simile

b) The old-stone savage is a hunter and so naturally he has to move in the darkness of woods and shades of trees not to frighten away the animals he is planning to hunt. Like the savage, the neighbour is also moving in darkness so that he may not be seen by the poet.

c) I do think ‘Good fences make good neighbours. If there are no fences, no controls, there will be havoc. Your home and your compound is yours and you don’t want even your neighbour to come there often and disturb your peace and privacy. So, good fences enable neighbours to keep up good relations.

Questions from (19 – 22) : Arlswer any two as directed (Eight scores each). (8× 2 = 16)

19. The Anti Narcotic Club in your School has decided to conduct a seminar on ‘Dangelrs of Drug Abuse’ in your school. Read the programme details given below and prepare a report of the seminar.

Dangers of Drug Abuse Venue : School Auditorium! Time : 10 a.m. Date : 20.02.2019 Programme Prayer: School Choir Welcome speech : Mr. Venugopalan M.G (Principal) Presidential address: Dr. Kumaresh, Director, Anti Narcotic Cell Inauguration: Dr. Satheesh Chandran, IAS Felicitation : Smt. Sathi, Ward Councillor Paper presentation: 1) Sensual Drugs and Medicines :  Adithya 2) Drug Addiction and Personality Adithya disorders : Vennila 3) Physical Impacts of Drug Abuse :   Varsha 4) Mental Impacts of Drug Abuse : Vichithra 5) Social Impacts of Drug Abuse  : Sangeetha

Answer:

A Report on the Seminar on Drug Abuse Conducted on 20.2.2019

The seminar started at 10 am in the school auditorium. It began with a prayer by the School choir.
It was followed by the Welcome Speech by Mr. Venugopalan M.G., the Principal. Presidential Address was by Dr. Kumaresh, Director, Anti Narcotic Cell. The inauguration was done by Dr Satheesh Chandran IAS. There was Felicitation by Smt. Sathi, ’ the Ward Councillor.

There were 5 Paper Presentations. The first orife was by Adithya who spoke about Sensual Drugs and Medicines. It was followed by the Paper titled “Drug Addiction and Personality Disorders” by Vennila. The 3rd Paper was by Varsha and it was entitled “Physical Impacts of Drug Abuse”. The 4th paper was on “Mental Impacts of Drug Abuse” presented by Vichithra. The final Paper was titled “Social Impacts of Drug Abuse” and it was by Sangeetha. All the Papers were highly informative and the people present learned a lot of things about Drug Abuse – its causes, effects and solutions.

The Paper Presentation was followed by Vote of Thanks by the School Leader, Krishna. The function came to a close at 1 o’clock with the National Anthem.

Question 20.
The contrast between the nostalgic expectations and reality as presented in the poem ‘Rice’ by Chemmanam Chacko reminds us of some harsh realities such as the disastrous vanishing of the vast stretches of water logged paddy fields and our indigenous varieties of food crops. Instead of a system of values, we have the market ruling us, making decisions for us. In the light of your understanding of the poem you decide to prepare d article on preserving agriculture and indigenous farming for sustainable development’ to be published in the school magazine.
Answer:

Preserving Agriculture and Indigenous Farming
for
Sustainable Development

As I began to write this article the poem “Rice” by Chemmanam Chacko echoed in my mind. The son of a rice farmer goes to North India to do a research oh making toys with rice husk. He works hard for four years, eating chappati day after day. Finally at the end of four years he succeeds in getting a doctorate degree. He must have thought of doing research on the possibilities of husk because as the son of a rice farmer, he had plenty of husk at home and also in the homes nearby. By using husk for toy making, a lot of people could find employment in a State notorious for unemployment.

But then there is an anticlimax. When the son returns home with his hard-earned doctorate on making toys with husk, there is no husk at all in his house or in the houses aroundiThe farmers there had shifted to cash crops like rubber as they found rice cultivation inconvenient and non-profitable. Moreover a lot of incentives were given by the promoters to cultivate cash crops. The son finds.his father watching people setting up a machine for making rubber sheets. All the paddy fields are gone and in their places what he sees are the rubber trees and deal-wood trees.

There is biting sarcasm in the description of the Chief Minister flying to the Centre to request for more food grains to feed the people here. The son comes home to eat rice after getting fed up with chapattis made of wheat flour. But his wish can’t be fulfilled because here also he has to eat things made of wheat flour as there is no rice. H is doctoral degree is now useless as there is no husk to make toys.

The disappearance of paddy fields and our indigenous varieties of food crops has landed us in deep trouble. The rice fields used to hold plenty of rain water, but now the water runs off into the sea. We face water shortage now as the underground water level has diminished. Lack of indigenous varieties of food has made us depend on food got from other States. These are often contaminated with all kinds of pesticides and unhealthy chemicals. By shifting to cash crops we have made a losing bargain.

Question 21.
Mary Korn, the boxing legend etched her name in history by winning an unprecedented sixth gold in 48 kg category at the Women’s World Championships in New Delhi last month. She is truly an empowered woman who dared the difference and broke stereotypes. On the occasion of Women’s Day celebrations of your school. You would like to speak about Women daring the difference and stepping outside their comfort zones to empower themselves. Prepare the script of a speech you would deliver.
Answer:
Respected Principal, teachers and my dear students. Today we are celebrating Women’s Day. Therefore I would like to speak about Women daring the difference and stepping outside their comfort zones to empower themselves. We saw how Mary Korn won her 6lh Gold in the 48 kg category in the Women’s World Championships a few months ago. It is a great pity that we Indians speak very highly of women, but they do not show much respect to them in their actions.

They will say woman is the mother, devi, guru and the light of the home. They even name their daughters with names of goddesses and saintly persons. Even in oUr own school, we have so many Lakshmis and Saraswatis, Aishas and Khadeejas and Marys and Theresas. But do they receive the respect they deserve from the society? Even in the buses and roads they are troubled and teased; We hear of so many crimes against women every day. Rapes and murder of women have ceased to shock people as they have become everyday affairs.

I say we are doing only lip-service to women. Even in Kerala which has more women than men, women are not given their rights. Look at the number of women candidates in the Lok Sabha elections for 2019. We have three coalitions in Kerala, UDF, LDF and NDA. Each of these groups is fielding 20 candidates for the 20 Lok Sabha seats.

What percentage of women candidates do they field? Just 20%. No political party is free from this fault. Women don’t get equal pjjy0yvjth men in non¬governmental services. A i^n gets Rs. 800 a day but a woman is given only Rs.400. although she is doing similar or even harder work than the man. Women are refused opportunities for employment because employers feel that married women will take maternity leave.

I strongly feel that the Parliament and State Assemblies should have equal number of men and women representatives. Men have no business keeping women under a patriarchal system. Let the women also feel they are persons with the dignity and freedom that men enjoy in our society.

We have to change our mindset Man and woman are created as equals and they Should be treated equally by the society in all walks of  life. We have the shining examples of Indira Gandhjand Kalpana Chawla who dared the difference and made themselves immortal in the minds of Indians. As I urge all the women here to fight for their rights, I wish them success in their endeavours.
Jai Hind!

Question 22.
Read the following a vertisement and prepare an – application for the job of a teacher. Also attach your resume.

Hurry! XYZ Education Centre Waiting for excellent teachers Here is a golden chance for young dynamic talents to mould future citizens. Take the lead in creating the leaders.• Age not above 35 years• Post graduation (in any subject) with not less than 80% marks• Fluency in English • Aptitude for teaching • Social Commitment • Apply within 10 days

Answer:
From: Riya Binoy
15/XVI Azad Road
Irinjalakuda North P.O.
Dt. Thrissur- PIN 680 121
Mobile: 8547028264555
email: Rivab@amail.com
22 February 2019

To: The Manager
XYZ Education Centre
Kozhijkode
Dear Sir,
Sub : Application for the post of a Teacher

This has reference to your advertisement appearing in the “Malayala Manorama” dated 20 April 2019, inviting applications forthe posts of Teachers.

I have M.A. (English Litt.) and also B.Ed. In both I had more than 85% marks. I am quite fluent in English. I have an aptitude for teaching and I am a person with social commitment. I had been the College Magazine Editor while I was doing my M.A. at St. Joseph’s College, Irinjalakuda.

My detailed Resume is enclosed herewith. I am also enclosing copies of my original, certificates. The originals will be presented at the time of the Interview.

I hope my application will find favour with you and I will be soon called for an interview.

Thanking you cordially.
Yours faithfully.
(Riya Binoy)

RESUME OF RlYA BINOY:

(Objective: To teaon in an Institution so that I can utilize my talentsT6r‘ the welfare of the society by moulding responsive citizens.)

1. Name : Riya Binoy 2. Age and Date of Birth : 23 years, 1 March 1996 3. Nationality : Indian 4. Marital Status : Single 5. Sex : Female 6. Educational Qualifications: M.A. (English Litt.) with 87% marks, Calicut University, 2018, St. Joseph’s College, Irinjalakuda. B.A. (English) with 86% marks, Qaiicut University, 2014, Vimala College Trichur B.Ed with 85% marks Calicut ‘dtn University, 2016, St. Joseph’s B.Ed College, Kattoor 7. I worked as a part time English Teacher in Parallel Colleges during summer vacations. 8. Languages known : Malayalam, English, Hindi 9. Special Abilities : I am well-versed in C++, Tally and Microsoft Word 10. Achievements : I was the College Magazine Editor when I was doing my M.A. 1st Prize for Elocution in the Inter Collegiate Competition, 2017. 11. References: Adv. George Arakkal, Principal, Students’P.G. centre, irinjalakuda – Mobile No. 85470288075 Joseph Thomas, Senior Manager, South Indian Bank, Irinjalakuda – Mobile No. 94912246768 I hereby declare that the details given above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. (Riya Binoy)

Question 23.
To listen to K. Satchidanandan is to-be reminded that there are beautiful and different perspectives. Read the excerpt from his poem ‘The Mad’ and compare it with ‘Stammer’ focussing on their theme and significances, poetic devices employed, language and structure.

The Mad

The mad have no caste or religion.
They transcend gender,
live outside ideologies. We
do not deserve their innocence

Their language is not of dreams but 
of another reality. Their love
is moonlight. It
overflows on a full moon day.

Looking up they see
gods we have never heard of They are
shaking their wings when
we fancy they are shrugging.

their shoulders. They bold
even flies have souls,
and the green god of grasshoppers
leaps up on thin legs.

In a single day they reach
The big bang at the beginning
They go on walking restless for
their earth is boiling still.

The mad are not
mad like us.

Answer:
K. Satchidanandan’s poems remind us that there are beautiful and different perspectives. We know that one man’s meat is another man’s poison arid one man’s religion is another man’s madness. Abraham Lincoln had said long ago, “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”

In his poem “Stammer”, Satchidanandan tells us that stammer is not a handicap. Stammer is the silence that falls between the word and its meaning. 1 Did stammer come before language or after it? Is it only a dialect or language itself? Even linguists stammer at this question. When a whole people stammer, it becomes their mother tongue just as it is with us now. God too must have stammered when he created man. That is why all the words of man carry different meanings.

“Stammer” is a. short poem written in very simple language. We can say it is poetic prose. There is a lot of ironyand sarcasm in the poem. Rhetorical questions abound. The poet is not afraid of finding fault with the society and even with God. It is a daring poem looking at stammer from the different perspective.

“The Mad” by Satchidanandan views mad people with sympathy and understanding. To him the mad have no caste and religion. They live outside ideologies. They are often innocent. Their language is not Of dreams but of reality. Their love extends to all. Looking up they see gods whom we can’t see. When they are shrugging their shoulders, they are flying. They give importance to even the smallest creatures. For them the earth has not cooled yet for permanent stay and that is why we see them restless and walking all the time.

Satchidanandan concludes his poem by affirming that the mad people are not mad like us. We, the so-called sane people, fight and kill one another in the name of religion and ‘isms’. The mad people at least never kill others in the name of religion or any political leaning. The language of the poem is simple. Here again we can say Satchidanandan uses poetic prose. There are run-on sentences. There is irony and paradox here. Metaphors are abundant.

An example is Their love is moonlight. There is personification. There is also simile “The mad are not mad like us”. Between the two poems, I prefer “The Mad” because it gives us a very positive message, asking us to be tolerant and not fanatical in our religious beliefs or ideology.

Teachers recommend solving Kerala Syllabus Plus Two English Previous Year Question Papers and Answers Pdf Board Model Paper 2020 to improve time management during exams.

Kerala Plus Two English Board Model Paper 2020 with Answers.

Time : 2 1/2 Hours
Maximum : 80 scores

(Question Nos. 1-4): Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow:

The academic system at Xavier’s was different from the system in the U.S. Here, a far more bookish form of learning replaced the academic rigour and intellecutal simulation, I had received in Massachusetts.

Question 1.
Identify the speaker. (1)
Answer:
Shaheen Mistri

Question 2.
Where is the Xavier’s mentional here situated at? (1)
Answer:
Mumbai

Question 3.
Identify the word which means ‘the quality of being extremely through and careful’. (1)
Answer:
Rigour

Question 4.
Do you like the academic system in your school? Give one reason to Substantiate your answer. (1)
Answer:
Yes, I like it. I like it because it suits the learning capability of the students.

(Question Nos. 5-6): Rewrite as directed.

Question 5.
“A solider will shoot with a gun if he is hit,” said the boy in reply. (1) (Begin with : The boy said in reply that)
Answer:
The boy said in replythat a soldierwould shootwith a gun if he was hit.

Question 6.
The boy’s parents gave him a small pedal motorcar. (1) (Begin with : The boy was)
Answer:
The boy was given a small pedal motor car by his parents.

Question 7.
Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box inspite of, in place of, but, contrary to (3 × 1 = 3)
With a lot of expectations, the poet reached home.
….(a)…. what he saw was ….(b)…. his expectations. He saw rubber plantations ….(c)…. rice cultivation.
Answer:
a) but
b) contrary to.
c) in place of

(Questions Nos. 8-11): Read the lines below and answer the questions that follow:

And your mouth is like a section of road
that is being worked on.
And it is all cluttered up with stone
crushers and concrete mixers and drills
and steam rollers and there isn’t a
nerve in your head that you aren;t being
irked on.

Question 8.
Identify the poem. (1)
Answer:
This is Going to Hurt Just a Little Bit by Ogden Nash

Question 9.
Identify the poetic device used in the first line. (1)
Answer:
simile

Question 10.
Identifythe rhyming words. (1)
Answer:
on-stone

Question 11.
The poem is full of: (1)
(a) personification
(b) alliteration
(c) exaggeration
Answer:
c) exaggeration

(Question Nos. 12-14) : Answer all questions. Each carries 2 scores. (3 × 2 = 6)

Question 12.
‘Something there is, that doesn’t love a wall’, says Robert Frost. What is that ‘something’?
Answer:
That ‘something’ is Nature.

Question 13.
‘Stammer is no handicap It is a mode of speech. What is the idea conveyed here?
Answer:
The idea conveyed here is that people stammer when they are not confident, or when they are not sure of what to say or when they don’t want to commit themselves.

Question 14.
To the teacher’s question, “What is sixteen and three multiplied?”, the boy purposefully gave the wrong answer: “Twentyfour”. Why did the boy say so?
Answer:
He wanted the teacher to stop teaching him as he was bored and so he wanted to irritate him.

(Question Nos. 15-17): Answer all questions in 2 or 3 words/sentences. Each carries 3 scores. (3 × 3 = 9)

Question 15.
Edit the passage:
The third “L” is leadership that enable women to raise and fulfill their innate abilities and talents. Here, there are plenty of room for improvement.
Answer:
The third ‘L’ is leadership that enables women to raise and fulfil their innate abilities and talents. Here, there js plenty of room for improvement. (Note: The word fulfil is also spelt fulfill. Both spellings are correct.) ;

Question 16.
God has given me two ears to listen to others. I hear them out with sympathy and without any judgement”, says Ratna. What qualities of Ratna are revealed in these wods?”
Answer:
These words of Ratna; Jisvsal that she is a sympathetic person who is wjlling to listen to others. She does not pass judgment on others. She patiently listens to what people have to say. Patient listening is a great quality which many people lack

Question 17.
Bring out the satire in the following lines of the poem ‘Rice’ Can we get some husk from the centre too, to make toys with it? I don’t know
Answer:
“Rice” is a satirical poem by Chemmanam Chacko. The son of a rice farmer has seen that there is a lot of husk which is actually wasted. He thinks he can make toys with husk and so he goes to a North Indian University to make research on making toys with husk. After four years of hard work he gets a doctorate and eagerly returns home to pursue his dream of making toys with husk. When he returns what does he see? He sees even his father has stopped cultivating rice and is now cultivating rubber. People are getting their rice ration from the Central Government. The son is wondering whether he can get husk also from the central government to make toys. His dreams are shattered.

(Question No. 18-22): Answer any 3 questions in about 80 words. Each carries 4 scores. (3 × 4 = 12)

Question 18.
Following are some points of argument in favour of the topic ‘Mobile phones should not be banned in schools:
a) In the hi-tech era, mobile phones are needed in calss-rooms.
b) Mobile phones can promote self-learning.
‘If you are to argue against the topic, what will be’ your points? Write 4 points.
Answer:
a) The argument that mobile phones are needed in the classroom is not at all correct. Overuse of mobile phone impairs one’s memory power.

b) The argument that mobile phones can prorgote self-learning is only correct for just a few self motivated people.

c) Most people use mobile phones to chat, to play- games and to browse the Net. This way they waste a lot of their valuable time.

d) Mobile phones also force the youth to get into bad habits. They see pornographic pictures, and learn a lot of unethical and immoral ways to find pleasure.

Question 19.
Nomita is a simple woman with a turbulent character. That may be the reason for her sudden and impulsive behaviour of burning iier sari during the quarrel with Ajit Do you justify her action? Why?
Answer:
I don’t justify her action. Just because her husband called her a dung picker’s daughter, she should not have burned the sari she was wearing. It could have killed her. It is true that Ajit is not a good man. He has no business to read letters addressed to Nomita and even keep some of them with him without telling her. Calling one’s wife such insulting terms does not befit the behaviour of a gentleman. All the same Nomita should exercise more restraint. Getting overexcited over small matters does not suit a good wife

Question 20.
‘Mending Wall’ by Robert Frost presents a conflict between traditional belief and modern thought. If you are the common neighbour of both the poet and his neighbour, what would be your suggestion to settle the matter? Write four sentences beginning with the expressions like: In my view, In fact, Why don’t you, If were you, etc.
Answer:
‘Mending Wall’ by Robert Frost presents a conflict between traditional belief and modern thought. If I were the poet I would stick to the principle that “Good fences make good neighbours”. I think there should be walls between neighbours so that each person knows his limit. In my view unlimited access to somebody else’s property will create problems. Why don’t you agree with me?

Question 21.
Elaborate the ideas conveyed in the lines below:
I am their wall against all danger
Their door against the wind and snow
Thou whom a woman laid in a manager
Take me not till the children grow
Answer:
These lines are taken from the poem “Any Woman” by Katharine Tynan. In the given lines, a mother is speaking. She Sflys she is the wall protecting her children from all .dangers. She is the door that prevents wind and snow getting into the house and harming her children. In the last two lines she prays Jesus to spare her life till her children grow. (“Thou whom a woman laid is the manger” refers to Jesus whose mother Mary gave him birth in a manger.)

Question 22.
The Literacy Club of your school is going to dramatize the strory ‘Matchbox’. As the announcer, how would you introduce the play to the audience just before its commencement? Prepare the script of the announcement. (Hints : title – playwright-frieme-casting, etc.)
Answer:
Respected Principal, teachers, parents and other guests, and fellow students,
You all are welcome!
Nomita : I spoke to him. I shovyed anger, took offence, tried to shame him and used sarcasm.
We are going to present before you the drama “Matchbox” by the famous Bengali writer Ashapurna Debi. The title matchbox has a figurative meaning. Ashapurna foebi compares women to matchboxes because like matchboxes they too contain enough gun powder to make a hundred Lankas burn. But they sit around meek and innocent in the kitchen, in the pantry, in the bedroom and in fact in any place. But they can explode any moment with the slightest spark.

The main characters in the play are Nomita and her husband Ajit. They live in a joint family consisting of 26 people, in a three storey building. The play begins when a washer-man comes to collect dirty clothes from Nomita. Before handing over Ajit’s dirty clothes, Nomita checks his pockets. She discovers a letter. It was a twisted, crumpled and torn envelope with Nomita’s name on it. Suddenly Nomita is tensed up. She drops the clothes and sits on a bed to read the letter.

It is from her widowed mother asking her to give tier some money. The letter had come at least 3 days ago, as can be seen from the postmark. Ajit comes into the room after his Sunday bath. Nomita asks him angrily when the letter had come. Ajit fumbles for an answer. What happens then? Very exciting scenes will follow. Watch and see!.

The lead role of Nomita is done by our +2 student Karma Kuttappan and the role of Ajit is played Mohammed Beeran. The play will last roughly Ihour and 30 minutes. Wish you all happy viewing!

Wish you all happy viewing!

(Question No. 23-28): Answer any 4 questions in 120 words. Eabh carries 6 scores.(4 × 6 = 24)

Question 23.
Imagine Namita happens to meet Ratna, to whom she reveals her troubled mind. Their conversation begins like this:
Namita : Ratna, I have a problem. Would you please hear me?
Rama : Why not? Tell me frankly please.
Namita: _____________
Complete the conversation with minimum six excahanges.
Answer:
Nomita : My husband read my letters before I read them and sometimes does not even give me the letters.

Ratna : Nomita, this is not a problem for you alone. Many husbands do the same.

Nomita : Why do they do that?

Ratna : They are often suspicious of their wives. They think the letters could be love letters from their earlier lovers.

Nomita : How can I stop him from reading my letters?

Ratna : Speak to him frankly that it is not good for him to read another’s person’s letter without her consent.

Ratna : Nomita, what you did was wrong. How can a woman like you think of killing yourself just because your husband insulted you? Promise me that you will not do such things again. Try to win over your husband through love.

Nomita : I will do that Ratna. Thank you, for your counsel.

Ratna : It’s okay!

Question 24.
“The sun is shining, the flowers are in bloom, I know these are signs of a good day, but I don’t feel it in hers”, said a rehabilitated drug addict, pressing his chest.
What do you think, reading this?
Write a blog expressing your thoughts.
(Hints: Drug abuse – highly dangerous-loses sense of being alive-feels dead inside-difficult to retum-etc.)
Answer:
I think his brain is not functioning normally. This is what happens to drug addicts. Our brain is the most complex organ in the body. We need it to drive a car, to enjoy a meal, to breathe, to create something new and to enjoy everyday activities. The brain regulates our body’s basic functions, enables us to interpret and respond to everything we experience, and shapes our behaviour.

In short, our brain is us everything we think arid feel, and who we are. The brain is often likened to an incredibly complex and intricate computer. It is made up of many parts with interconnected circuits that work together as a team. Drugs spoil the smooth working of the brain. Sometimes they give you a feeling Of pleasure for a brief period. But then you become upset, disoriented and depressed.

Your reflexes become weaker and that is why you can’t walk or drive properly when you have taken some drugs. Your behaviour changes and you can do very bad things because you are not aware of their consequences. Your immunity becomes less and you are likely to get all sorts of diseases. Drugs adversely affect the heart rate, breathing, and sleeping. With drugs one loses his sense of being alive. He feels dead inside. Once you get addicted to drugs, a return to normal life is very difficult, So avoed drugs. Drugs are’worse than poison because poison kills a person fast, but drugs kill him inch by inch.

Question 25.
The young Lady Assistant in the play ‘Post Early for Christmas’ shows much tolerance, though she leses temper at the end. What other qulaities does she 30. have? Attempt a character sketch of the Lady Assistant.
Answer:
The young Lady Assistant in the play “Post Early for Christmas” works in the post office. It is Christmas season and she is very busy with her work. In fact when the play starts she is complaining that the previous day was a very busy day for her. She did not have a minute to rest. Sometimes she has fun when people mistake the post office for some other place.

One old man wanted a pint of beer. Many funny people also come to her. Mrs. Smith comes and complains of the cold. She says she does not like show because of her rheumatism. The Lady Assistants wishes that let there be no snow, showing her kind consideration for people. We see Mrs. Jones giving some large parcels to the Assistant and asking the Assistant not to damage them. The Assistant politely says they do their best in the post office not to damage the parcels.

A deaf old man comes to collect his pension. When the Assistant asks if he has brought his “book”, he answers “I did not bring my cook.” When she says something else, again he mishears, confusing word “said” with “bed”. The man gets angry and tells the Assistant, “Don’t you be impudent, young lady!” He again mishears ‘said’ as ‘Ted’ and he says he is not Ted but his name Sam. He accuses the Assistant of deafness. She is only amused and it shows her good nature and patience.

An old lady rushes to the Assistant to solve a problem. The problem is her cat does not eat food and its paw is wounded. The Assistant tells her to get some antiseptic from a chemist and apply it on to the paw Of the cat. A foreign tourist comes with a parcel. There is a bomb scare.

The parcel consists of a clock. The ticking noise from the clock terrifies everyone. A policeman is called and he asks the Assistant to bring a bucket of water. The Parcel is thrown into it. Then they realize the folly. It was just a clock and not a bomb. The Lady is a lively character, hardworking, patient, polite, helpful and humorous

Question 26.
With regard to his relationship with nature, man acts as a hero-villain. He takes the roles of both a preserver and destroyer. But unfortunately, his selfishness prompts him to be more a destroyer than a preserver, Inspite of being aware of the consequences, he continues. Write a letter to the editor of a popular daily, expressing your concern over the issue.
Answer:
St Mary’s H.S.S.
Irinjalakuda
29 July 2020

The Editor
Indian Express
Kochi
Dear Sir,

DESTRUCTION OF ENVIRONMENT:

I am writing this letter to show my concern over the destruction of the environment that has been going on for long. We destroy the environment in so many ways and that is why we have disasters year after year. Adeluge ravaged our Stateln August 2018, in which over 470 people died and properties worth 40,000 crore were destroyed. We were still trying to overcome the problems caused by that deluge, when on 8 August 2019, due to heavy rainfall in the Monsoon season, severe flood affected Kerala causing landslides.

There were different types of alertred, orange and yellow, in different districts. Thousands of people were evacuated to safer places and relief camps. A total of 101 people died due to rain-related incidents. The camps had more than 2 lakh people from various parts of the state.

Why these floods and landslides? They are actqally caused by man! Biodiversity is destroyed. Resources are mismanaged. The are as which would hold the water are filled up and townships are constructed in the name of urbanization. The outlets to the sea are partially blocked and the rivers can’t easily drain into the seas. Once in a while we speak of conservation and plant a tree here Or there. But we continue with our deforestation, sand-mining and overexploiting our minerals.

We continue polluting our environment with vehicles and factories arid spraying poisons over our fields. If we destroy the environment, it will definitely destroy us through floods, droughtSiand pandemics like Covid-19 which ‘ we are still fighting with. Disrupt the environment and it will disrupt us in more than one way. So let us be preservers of our environment and not its destroyers. Mehboob Saithu, lrinjalakuda

Question 27.
Prepare a detailed report of the following programme held in your school as prt of the activities of Souhrida Club:

Government HSS Peruvannapuram
Senior on ‘Need for Strengthening Human Relations’

Prayer : Members of Souhrida Club
Welcome : Smt. Vimala Kuriyan, Principal
Chairperson : Smt. Suhara K, Ward Member
Inaguration : Sri. Bahuleyan K.P. President, Peruvannapuram Grama Panchayath
Felicitation : Sri. Jose Philip, Headmaster Sri. Baiju, Staff Secretary Paper
Presentation : Kum. Meenu K, Leader, Soubrida Club Sri. Sherif M.Discussion
Vote of Thanks : Smt. Simi B, Convenor, Souhrida
Club
National Anthem
Answer:

Government HSS Peruvanpapuram
Souhrida Club

The Souhrida Club organized a seminar on ’‘Need for Strengthening Human Relations”. The seminar started with an inaugural meeting which started at 10.00 am in the School Auditorium on Monday, 22 June 2020.

The chairperson was Smt. Suhara K., Ward Member of the Peruvannapuram Grama Panchayat. The programmes began with a prayer by some members of the Souhrida Club. Smt. Vimala Kurian, Principal, made the welcome address. She especially welcomed he chairperson who agreed to preside over the function in spite of her busy schedule. She also welcomed the guest speaker and those who were to offer Felicitations and the parents of the students who came to attend the seminar.

The chairperson spokeof the need for strengthening human relations. The modem gadgets like the mobile phone and tablets are adversely affecting human relations as people meet and talk less often.

The inaugural speech was by Sri Bahuleyan K.P., President of the Peruvannapuram Grama Panchayat. He reminded the audience to find time to renew friendships. In his opinion it is not a person with a lot of money that is rich, but a person with a lot of good friends.

There were felicitations by Sri Jose Philip, the headmaster and Sri Baiju, the Staff Secretary. They congratulated the Club for organizing the seminar. Two Papers on the topic were presented. One was by Kum. Meenu M., the leader of the Souhrida Club. The otheirrwas: by Sri Sherif M., a member of the

A discussion followed where different people expressed views and clarified their doubts. Vote of Thanks was by Smt. Simi B, Convenor of the Souhrida Club. It was followed by the National Anthem indicating the end of the seminar. All those who participated in the seminar felt that it was a fine venture and such seminars should be conducted more frequently.

Question 28.
As the Leader of Team ASAP, you would like to invite Irfan Alam to your school for inaugurating a seminar on ‘Entrepreneurship : An Effective Tool to Tackle Unemployment’. Prepare an email for the same.
Answer:
irfanalam@amail.com
Dear Mr. Irfan.

First of all let me say Hi to you. I am the leader of Team ASAP (Additional Skill Acquisition Programme) in our school – Christ Vidyaniketan, Irinjalakuda, District Thrissur, Kerala. We were greatly impressed by your work with SammaN which had brought the three-wheeled revolution in the country. Our school is planning to organize a seminar on “Entrepreneurship: An Effective Tool to Tackle
the one to inaugurate this seminar.

The seminar is planned for August. The date will be fixed according to your convenience. You may let us know the date that is suitable for you. We will make arrangements to pick you up from Nedumbassery airport. We also will make arrangements for your stay when you give us the date.

We know you are a busy person. But do find time to ‘ come and talk to us. We all are eager to see you and hear from you. Thanking you and hoping to receive an early positive reply,
Yours sincerely,
Riya Binoy,
Leader, ASAP.

(Question Nos. 29-32): Answer any 2 questions in 180 words. Each carries 8 scores. (2 × 8 = 16)

Question 29.
‘Honest is the best policy.’ But unfortunately, persons uploading this policy are rare nowadays. And, honest persons like Mahatma Gandhi and Robert Baldwin are the rarest. As a member of Gandhi Darsan Club, prepare a speech on the importance of honesty in public life, to be delivered in a function in connection with Gandhi Jayanthi celebration.
Answer:
Respected Principal, teachers and fellow students, Today we are celebrating Gandhi Jayanthi. Gandhiji, the Father of our beloved Nation, was ah epitome of honesty. Even as a small boy he was honest in his dealings. He has mentioned an incident that happened during his school days in his autobiography. A school inspector had come to his class to make inspection. The students were asked to write down some English words.

The intention of the inspector was to check the spelling ability of the students. The teacher was going round and found that one word was misspelt by Gandhi. The teacher touched him on the shoulder indicating that his spelling is wrong and he should copy the right spelling from his neighbour’s notebook. But Gandhi refused to do it. Later the teacher scolded him for not copying the right spelling. But Gandhi said if was immoral and he would not do it.

You may have heard the story of Robert Baldwin.He was the governor of a bank which was owned by John Gresham. John Gresham misappropriated a huge amount of money that belonged to the depositors. He was arrested and was in jail. Only Baldwin was the witness to the crime. So Gresham offered him 100,000 dollars just to say, “I don’t remember” in the court.

If he said that there would be no evidence against Gresham and he would be left free. But Baldwin refused to sell his conscience v even for such a huge sum of 100,000 dollars. Even Gresham was so impressed by the honesty of Baldwin that he strongly recommended him for a big job to the President of the Third International.

Honesty is certainly the best policy. Dishonesty might bring us some temporary gains, but our conscience will be troubling us with the sense of guilt. We should follow the footsteps of Gandhiji and Robert Baldwin.

Question 30.
The unprecedented flood in 2018 and the unexpected landslides in 2019 point towards the need for taking immediate steps to prevent all sorts of exploitation of nature. Prepare an article on the importance of preserving nature and natural resources, to be published in your school magazine.
(Hints: Exploitation of Nture-Man’s selfish motives- earning quick cash-repeated targedies-need for change in attitude, etc.)
Answer:
THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING NATURE & NATURAL RESOURCES:
Kerala has been having disastrous tragedies one after the other. A deluge ravaged our State in August 2018, in which over 470 people died and properties worth 40,000 crore were destroyed. We were still trying to overcome the problems caused by that deluge, when on 8 August 2019, due to heavy rainfall in the Monsoon season, severe flood affected Kerala causing landslides. There were different types of alert – red, orange and yellow, in different districts. Thousands of people were evacuated to safer places and relief camps. A total of 101 people died due to rain-related incidents. The camps had more than 2 lakh people from various parts of the state.

Why these floods and landslides? They are actually caused by man! Biodiversity is destroyed. Resources are mismanaged. The areas which would hold the water are filled up and townships are constructed in the name of urbanization. The outlets to the sea are partially blocked and the rivers can’t easily drain into the seas. Once in a while we speak of conservation and plant a tree here or there. But continue with our deforestation, sand-mining and overexploiting our minerals.

We continue our exploitation of the Nature and polluting our environment with vehicles and factories and spraying poisons over our fields. If we destroy the environment, it will definitely destroy us through floods, droughts and pandemics like Covid-19 which we are,still fighting with. Disrupt the environment and it will disrupt us in more than one way. So let us change bur attitude. Let us be preservers of our environment and not its destroyers for our own sake.

Question 31.
As per the NITI Aayog, a policy think tank of the Government of India, Kerala is ranked first in the quality of school eduation offered in the country. Reading the above news, attempt an article on ‘Education ” Kerla Model’, critically evaluating the school education system in Kerala. (Hints: Present educational system – merits – model for other states – demerits – suggestions for improvement, etc.)
Answer:
EDUCATION: KERALA MODEL
The Niti Aayog’s recent School Education Quality Index saw Kerala topping the category of large states with 82.2 percentage points followed by Tamil Nadu with 73.4 percentage points. The state ranks first in literacy rate too. The National Literacy Mission had declared Kerala a 100 per cent literate state way back in 1991. A literate person is identified as one who can read, write and count. Kerala has always had a successful story to tell in the education sector.

The Total Literacy Movement, “A Leave-No-Person-Behind” policy pioneered in 1989, took it a step further. Many  organisations played a big role in making the programme a success. The effort still continues today to include the, vulnerable sections like the coastal fishermen community and the tribal population in the hills.

Kerala became a role model for other states because of the good governance models in the past. A cornerstone was the government schools in the villages which imparted free education and encouraged everyone to join. The Gulf boom of the 1970s in the state also coincided with the mushrooming of ‘English medium’ private schools.

State-run schools slowly started losing their sheen but successive governments have been trying their best to bring the government schools back to their old glory. Kerala is so successful because the people here realize that education is the key for progress. That is why we are 100% literate and all the other Indian States want to make Kerala their role model in education.

Question 32.
Read the poem given below. Compare and contrast it with ‘Stammer’ and attempt a critical appreciation.
Speech Impediment

I have a speech impediment
I can’t say my “r”s
I can’t say “railroad”
It sounds like wailwoad

I have a hard timeipronouncing the letter “r”
I have a hard time saying “Ronald Regan rides on railroad rails”.
It comes out “Ronald Regan wides on
wailwoad walls”.

I get embarrassed sometimes
When I try to pronounce certain words
I get embarrased sometimes
When I can’t pronounce some words and
people have a hard time understanding
what I say.

Let’s just face it,
i probably will never be able to pronounce
the letter “r”
So ….. I will probably never be able to pronounce
“Ronald Regan rides on railroad rails”
-Anonymous
Answer:
“Speech Impediment” is a funny poem. The poet admits that he can’t pronounce the letter ‘r’. For ‘railroad’, he will say ‘wailroad’. If he wants to say Ronald Reagan rides on railroad rails it will come out as if the President “wides on wailroad wails”. He gets embarrassed at times when he tries to pronounce certain words. Sometimes people find it hard to understand him because of his speech impediment. But he accepts his defect and is ready to go forward.

The poem is by an anonymous writer and it was intended to make fun of Ronald Regan who was the 40th President of America. He was President from 1981 to 1989 and became a highly influential voice of modem conservatism. He died in 2004. There is a lot of repetition in the poem and it is intended for pure fun. It does not have any profound thought but it brings out the problem of some people who can’t- produce certain sounds. The public often ridicules and laughs at those who have speech impediments.

The poem “Stammer” is by K. Satchidanandan. It is not an easy poem because of its highly complex imagery. The poet asserts that sta^ijiper itself is a language. The poet does not seemgtp give much respect to God because he has said thateven God stammered when he created man. The poet thinks that man is so imperfect and full of vile maybe because God stammered while creating man. The insight and imagery of the poem “Stammer” are extraordinary. People stammer when they are tense or afraid. On many social issues we stammer because we are afraid to speak openly. The poem opens our eyes and we start seeing ‘stammer’ in a different perspective.

Comparing the two poems is a difficult task. The poem “Speech Impediment” is for pure fun but “Stammer” contains profound thoughts that will make us think. I prefer the straightforward poem “Speech Impediment” to the highly complex “Stammer”.

Teachers recommend solving Kerala Syllabus Plus Two English Previous Year Question Papers and Answers Pdf Board Model Paper 2021 to improve time management during exams.

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 3^rd 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.

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

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.

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Kerala Plus Two English Board Model Paper 2022 with Answers.

Time : 2 1/2 Hours
Maximum : 80 scores

Part – I

A. Answer any four questions from 1 to 6. Each carries 1 Score. (4 × 1 = 4)

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:
In 2006, an Indian TV show called Business Bazigar launched an entrepreneur hunt and solicited ideas for new businesses. I entered this contest with a business proposal. My idea was to organize the rickshaw sector and make it a profitable venture. According to my proposal, rickshaws were to be redesigned so that the spaces on the vehicles could be sold for the pufposes of advertising and brand promotion. Also, I indicated that additional revenues could be made by selling products like water, juice, biscuits, mobile-cards and newspapers, to the passengers. I won the show and was offered the seed money of Rupees 150 lakhs.

Question 1.
Which Indian T.V. show in 2006 launched an entrepreneur hunt?
Answer:
The Indian TV Show called Business Baazigar launched an entrepreneur hunt.

Question 2.
What was Irfan’s business proposal?
Answer:
Irfan’s business proposal was to redesign rickshaws so that the space on the vehicles could be sold for advertisements and brand promotion.

Question 3.
According to Irfan, how could rickshaw pullers make additional revenues?
Answer:
According to Irfan, rickshaw pullers could make additional revenues by selling products like water, juice, biscuit, mobile cards and newspapers to passengers.

Question 4.
Why did he want to redesign the rickshaws?
Answer:
He wanted to redesign rickshaws so that the space on the vehicles could be sold for advertisements and brand promotion.

Question 5.
Which word in the passage means ‘to ask for information’?
Answer:
The word is “solicited”.

Question 6.
Why didn’t he accept the Seed money?
Answer:
He did not accept the seed money because he was not willing to accept the conditions laid down by the Organizers of the TV Show.

B. Answer all questions from 7 to 10. Each carries I score. (4 × 1 = 4)

Imagine that you are a colleague of the teacher in the story ‘Crime and Punishment’. The teacher has been continuously threatened by the boy. He shares his worries and requests for your advice. Write four pieces of advice using the following expressions.

Question 7.
You’d better _____
Answer:
You’d better tell the boy’s parents about his misbehaviour.

Question 8.
Why don’t you _____
Answer:
Why don’t you ask him some other question?

Question 9.
If I were you, _____
Answer:
If I were you, I would stop teaching such a boy.

Question 10.
I would advise you ____
Answer:
I would advise you to treat the boy with more compassion.

Part – II

A. Answer any three questions from 11 to 15. Each carries 2 scores. (4 × 1 = 4)

My father says, With obvious Pride:
‘Son, we’ve stopped working on all the rice.
It was quite inconvenient. The farmer gained nothing
only fools turn to rice farming for gain;
This is better money. What good times I
The government gives rice to those who don’t have paddy fields.

Question 11.
Why did father stop working on ail the rice?
Answer:
Father stopped working on all the rice because it was quite inconvenient and the farmer gained nothing.

Question 12.
What is the better money mentioned in the Stanza?
Answer:
The better money is the money that comes from the rubber. Instead of cultivating rice, the father has planted rubber in his paddy field.

Question 13.
Write two suggestions to promote rice farming.
Answer:
i) Indian agriculture is called “a gamble on monsoon”. Governments must ensure that the rice farmers do not suffer any loss because of crop failure.

ii) Governments must give the rice farmers all kinds of assistance so that they can make rice farming a profitable profession.

Question 14.
Pick out an instance of satire in the poem.
Answer:
“What good times! The government gives rice to those who don’t have paddy fields.”

Question 15.
“Only fools turn to rice-farming for gain.” Elaborate the idea contained in this lin.
Answer:
The father is of the opinion that only fools turn to rice farming for gain. Rice farming involves a lot of hard work. The farmers run a lot of risk because of the unpredictability of the weather.

B. Answer any two questions from 16 to 18. Each carries 2 scores. (2 × 2 = 4)

Question 16.
Read the following passage and fill In the blanks choosing appropriate phrasal verbs from those given in brackets.
Nomita and Ajit have _____ (go out with/split up) their relationship. She said that she could not ____ (put up with/put up) Ajit anymore.
Answer:
split up, put up with

Question 17.
An extract from the conversation between Mrs. Smith and Mr. Brown in ‘Post Early for Christmas’ is given below. Report the conversation.
Mrs. Smith : Could you really manage a turkey for Christmas, Mr. Brown?
Mr. Brown : Yes, I think I can spare one.
Answer:
Mrs Smith asked Mr. Brown if he could really manage ‘ a turkey for Christmas. Mr Brown thought he could spare one.

Question 18.
Rewrite the following as directed:
a) We started the Green Belt Movement in 1977. (Begin the sentence with ‘The Green Belt Movement)
b) Two major incidents of forest fire were reported by the firemen.(Begin with’The fire men)
Answer:
a) The Green Belt Movement was started in 1977.
b) The fire men reported two major incidents of forest fire.

Part – III

B. Answer any three questions from 19 to 23. Each, carries 4 scores. (3 × 4 = 12)

Question 19.
The English club of your school has decided to stage the play ‘The Hour of Truth’. As the director of the play, prepare a script of an introductory announcement.
Answer:
Respected Principal, teachers, parents and my dear students, We are going to present before you the famous play “The Hour of Truth” by Percival Wilde. It tells the story of Robert Baldwin, his wife Martha, his son John and his daughter Evie. John Gresham owns a bank. Baldwin is the governor of the bank. John Gresham misappropriates a huge sum from the bank and is arrested and is in jail. If Baldwin can say “I don’t remember” in the court, Gresham will be acquitted. To say those three words, Gresham offers Baldwin $100,000. Baldwin’s family members need money for different reasons. Will Baldwin say those three words? Watch and see!

Question 20.
A debate is conducted by the NSS unit of your school on the topic ‘Women Empowerment is the only weapon to abolish dowry system,. Imagine that you are one of the debaters favouring the topic. Write your arguments in a paragraph. There should be at least four points.
Answer:
I strongly say that women empowerment is the only weapon to abolish dowry system. If women are empowered the greedy husband or his parents and relatives will not dare to demand dowry. Women empowerment gives women the power to manage their things without depending on their husbands. Women empowerment will increase their sense of self-reliance. Women empowerment will teach them the mantra of “T rust Thyself. Physically man may be stronger, but mentally women are not inferior to men. We have women like Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi, and Kalpana Chawla who were in no way inferior to men.

Question 21.
“I wish there were more Horegallus in this world.’ – Sudha Murty. Prepare a paragraph on the relevance of Horegallus in this world.
Answer:
A hbregallu.is a stone bench on which tired people can rest and regain their energy. Such stones are usually undpr shady trees. Tired travellers unburden themselves, sit, and talk to some sympathetic listener. Life is & journey and we all are 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 a temporary relief. The author expects each of us to be a horegallu.

Question 22.
‘I have got only a few years to live, but I’ll live those as I’ve lived the rest of my life. I’ll go to my grave clean!’ Robert Baldwin never comprised with the corruption and the corrupted. Prepare a character sketch of Robert Baldwin.
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 ;1^pE8sham 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 remember1 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 cofossal 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.
Adolescents are falling victims to substance abuse and drug abuse cases are growing in larger proportions. Draft an email to the Editor of a National Daily highlighting the abuse of drugs among adolescents and children.
Answer:
editorindianexpress@hotmail.com
These days more and more adolescents and yovng children are falling victims to substance and drug abuse. I am writing this letter to inform people about the possible risks they run because of drug abuse. 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 farther into himself. There are also drug related physical disorders. Dirty needles and solutions used for injecting drugs 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, mal-nutrition and weight loss. An overdose of any sensual drug can cause respiratory or cardiac failure and death.
Mehboob Saithu, Irinjalakuda

B. Answer any one question from 24 to 25. Carries 4 scores. (1 × 4 = 4)

Question 24.
Edit the passage given below:
It was 1983, we live in Jakarta, in a lovely, white colonial home bn a street that was quiet. It was a pleasant, almost perfect life, until the day I was taken to visit a orphanage in the city. I do not remember the orphanage how looked, but I vividly remember the children.
Answer:
In was 1983. We were then living in Jakarta in a lovely, white, colonial home on a street that was quiet. It was a pleasant, almost perfect life, until the day I was taken to visit an orphanage in the city. I do not remember the orphanage or how it looked, but I vividly remember the children.

Question 25.
Prepare a profile of Shaheen Mistri using the hints given below:

SHAHEEN MISTRI

Birth : 16 March, 1971, Mumbai, India.
Education : BA, M.A. St. Xaviers College (University Mumbai) University Manchester
Occupation : CEO, Teach For India
Books : Redrawing India, The Teach For India Story, Muglie Goes to Mumbai
Known for : Social Activist, The founder of Akanksha Foundation
Answer:
Shaheen Mistri was born on 16 March’1971, in Mumbai India. She did her B.A. from St. Xavier’s College, affiliated to University of Mumbai. She did her M.A. from the University of Manchester. She is the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of “Teach for India”. She has written a number of books including “Redrawing India”, “The Teach for India Story”, and “Miss Muglie Goes to Mumbai”. She is a very famous social activist and is the founder of “Akanksha Foundation”.

Part – IV

A. Answer any three questions from 26 to 29. Each carries 6 scores. (3 × 6 = 18)

Question 26.
Inspired by Christine Legarde’s Speeqh on The 3Ls of Empowerment, Sowhrida club of your school has decidecf to conduct a Seminaf on International o atsWomen’s Day (March 8). Prepare a report of the
Answer:

SOWHRIDA CLUB
G.S.S.S. IRINJALAKUDA

REPORT ON THE SEMINAR CONDUCTED ON
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY ON 8 MARCH 2022

The Seminar began at 10.00 a.rri; in the School auditorium. It was presided over by Miss Liz Kumari, the Chairperson of the Local Women Empowerment Wing. In her inaugural address she said the Seminar was inspired by the speech of Christine Legarde on the 3 Ls of Empowerment. Three speakers presented each of the 3 Ls, Learning, Labour and Leadership. The first speaker was the local MLA Mrs. Kunjumol Beeran. She said that education is the foundation on which any change is built. She said there is a proverb in Africa which says that “If you educate a boy, you train a man. But if you educate a woman, you train a village.”

The second speaker was Geeta Nandakumar, Principal of PG Centre, where only women are admitted for the various regular courses it offers. She said the 2nd L, Labour, helps a woman to achieve her true potential. She also insisted that society must . follow the principle of “equal pay for equal work”. The 3rd speaker Biwi Suleiman said that the 3rd L, Leadership, enables women to rise and fulfil their inborn abilities and talents. Then they become ready to “dare the difference”.

The listeners had some doubts to ask and the speakers clarified their doubts. The principal Ammini Rajan thanked everyone for their cooperation. The seminar came to a close by 1.00 p.m.
Lilly Joseph
Secretary
9.3.22

Question 27.
In connection with the inauguration of the Entrepreneurship club, Irfan Alam, the founder of Sammaan Foundation visits your school. Imagine that you get an opportunity to interview him. Write the likely interview questions and the possible answers.
Answer:
I: IrfanAlam, Please say a few words about yourself. Irfan Alam: I am a simple human being but a big dreamer. I come from a village. I love ideas and innovation.

I: Irfan, When and how did yougetthis idea of the 3-wheeled revolution?

Irfan: I was 17 then. I was travelling in a rickshaw and I was thirsty. I asked the” Hfckshaw puller if he had any water. He did not have any. The next day I gave 8 bottles of water to 5 rickshaw pullers. For a bottle the profit would be 2 rupees. We shared the profit 50-50.

I: How did you get this idea of redesigning the rickshaws?

Irfan: In 2008, an Indian TV Show called Business Bazigar wanted ideas for new. businesses. I suggested that rickshaws should be designed in such a way that the spaces on the vehicle could be sold for advertising and brand promotion.

I: Why did you refuse the seed money offered by the Organizers of the TV Show?

Irfan: I refused the seed money offered by the Organizers of the TV Show because I was not willing to accept the conditions laid down by the Organizers. I: Can you describe the operation model of SammaaN?

Irfan: When a rickshaw puller approaches SammaaN he is given training on basic etiquette and traffic rule. Then we help him to get a bank loan for a new rickshaw. We stand as guarantors.

I: What are the benefits of SammaaN?

Irfan: Rickshaw pullers feel empowered. Their wives and children attend free evening classes, it is profitable. Last year it made a profit of 8 lakhs.

Question 28.
The neighbour justified the need for wall by stating ‘Good fences make good neighbours’. Comment on the statement and prepare a write up.
Answer:
Good fences make good neighbours means it is good to have some limits between neighbours so that their relations will remain healthy at all times. If there is unlimited freedom between neighbours, trouble will soon start. Suppose you grow goats in your house. Your neighbour has a vegetable garden. If there is no fence your goats will go and eat up the vegetables of your neighbour. Will he like it? Suppose your neighbour’s children come and open your fridge and eat up all the good food you have kept there. Will you like it? So there must be some boundaries between neighbours and only then there will be good relations.

Question 29.
Prepare a blurb of “Oru Sankeerthanam Pole’ making use of the hints given below:
• Perumbadavam Sreedaran has written several novels and short stories.
• The novel revolves around the life of Dostoyevsky from the time of his meeting with Anna till their union.
• It won numerous awards, the most prestigious one being the 1996 Vayalar Award.
• The novel depicts the string of failed relationships, poverty and diseases haunt the gambler.
• The masterpiece was published by Samkeerthanam plications in 1993.
• Notable works by Perumbadavam – Narayanam, Asthapadi.
Answer:
Perumpadavam Sreedharan is a great writer from Karala and he has written several novels and short stories. Some of his most important works are “Narayanam”, Asthapadi” and his masterpiece “Oru Sankeerthanam Pole”. It won a number of Awards, the most prestigious being the 1996 Vayalar Award. It was published in 1993 by Sankeerthanam Publications. The novel revolves round the life of Dostoevsky from the time of his meeting with Anna till their union.

Dostoyevsky had promised his editor Stellovsky that he would complete the novel “The Gambler” within a few months, but he had not yet written a single page. On the advice of a friend, he recruits a stenographer, Anna, to speed up the completion. Anna had great respect for the novelist. But he was nothing like she imagined. On the surface, Dostoyevsky was an alcoholic, gambler and epileptic who could evoke revulsion in anyone. But Anna slowly discovers the deeper characteristics in his personality, which slowly progresses into the emotion of Love.

B. Answer any two questions from 30 to 32. Each carries 6 scores. (2 × 6 = 12)

Question 30.
Read the following headlines:
Effect of this lockdown on a student – Times of India:
Impact of Lockdown on the mental health of students – India Today:
Lockdown has worsely affected the mental health and happiness of our students. You have decided to arouse public opinion on this matter via a blog entry. How could it be?.
Answer:
The effect’lockdown is worst for the mental health ansHwippiness of a student. The student is unable to meet his/her friends and enjoy what they used to do in the pre-COVID days. The enormous potential that they used in their daily life is now blocked. The on-line classes are not a proper substitute for live classes where there is interaction between teachers and students.

Sitting in a room looking at your TV or your mobile phone and listening to the teacher is a really boring experience. It takes the fun out of learning. The students don’t have the chance of talking together, playing together and mingling with one another for any kind of social activities. This seclusion makes them mentally weak. When you go to school or college you are not learning just from the lectures you hear from your teachers or the notes you take down.

When you travel to college and when you return hgme after classes you see so many things, you meet so many people and you imbibe so many ideas. In the college you have so many different activities – games, sports, debates, discussions and so on. All this helps in making you into a knowledgeable and wise person. Education is not just some facts, figures and formulae, but it is training for life. This training we can’t get when we are locked down within the 4 walls of our room.

Question 31.
Imagine that you are a lady assistant in the play ‘Post Early For Christmas’. You decide to write a letter of apology to the Post Master General stating your innocence and requesting him to reinstate you on duty. Write the likely letter.
Answer:
From
Catherine Barkley
Postal Assistant master
Kansas.

To
The Post Master General
Central Post office
Washington DC.

29 December 2021
Sub: Confusion over the Ticking Parcel

First of all I want to apologize for what happened during the previous week of Last Christmas. I was too busy with work and different people were coming to the post office with strange requests. Somebody wanted a pint of beer. A man who was partially deaf was going on irritating me as he could not understand my questions and was giving me wrong answers. And then came this foreign tourist with a packet. I weighed the packet and told him the amount he should pay. He gave me the amount and went away. When I put the parcel away, there was some ticking noise coming from it. The people around thought it , was a time bomb. Somebody wanted me to bring a bucket of water.

The police was called in. The police also thought it was a time bomb. So the policeman put the parcel into the bucket of water. The foreign tourists returned because he had forgotten his gloves at the post office counter. He was upset to see his parcel in the bucket of water. It was actually an expensive clock which he bought from Switzerland and now it is spoiled and he is very angry.

I am sorry that I was the cause for all this trouble. I should have been more discreet in my actions. In my confusion I just did things as I was told by the worried people around. My sincere apologies.
Yours sincerely,
Sd/-
(Catherine Barkley)

Question 32.
Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan environmental and political activist always nurture^ >a( sensitive and reverential love of nature. She won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2004 for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace. Prepare an article about her to be published in your school magazine.
Answer:

WANGARI MAATHAI

Wangari Maathai is a Kenyan. She is an environmental and political activist. She was born on 1 April 1940. From her very childhood she developed a love for Nature and the Environment. Alarmed at the way deforestation was taking place in Kenya and the world at large, she founded the Green Belt Movement. She wanted people to plant trees and protect them and not to destroy them. She thought that trees are the umbrellas that shaded the earth from the scorching heat of the sun.

She advocated environmental conservation and she fought for women’s rights. She propagated sustainable development. She won many Awards. In 1986 she was given the Right to Livelihood Award. In 2004 she received the Nobel Prize. She was the first African woman go get a Nobel Prize. She did a lot for environmental protection. She breathed her last on 25 Septem ber 2011.

Part – V

A. Answer any two questions from 33 to 35. Each carries 8 scores. (2 × 8 = 16)

Question 33.
Read the following advertisement:

MAXWEALTH AND COMPANY 133 MARINE STREET MUMBAI REQUIRE OFFICE ASSISTANTS We, the leading Logistics Company invites application from eligible candidates for Eligibility : Graduation in any subject Computer Skill. Excellent Communication Skill Age : Below 30 yrs. Telephone : 0141 – 4222709 Fax : 01678 – 467346 Email : hrmaxwealth.co,in A renowned Logistics company has invited application for the post of Office Assistants. Imagine that you are a graduate and would like to apply for the post. Prepare a job application letter and resume.

Answer:
From
Maggie Hayden
39 Milton Drive
Aluva, Kerala

To
Maxwealth and Company
133 Marine Street
Mumbai.
24 April 2022

APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF AN OFFICE ASSISTANT

Dear Sirs.
This has reference to your advertisement dated 20 April 2022 in “London Times” calling applications for the posts of Office Assistants. I have a Master’s Degree in Commerce and I have a Diploma in Computer Programming. I have worked as an Asstt. Manager in a Software Development Company for 3 years.

I bring along with me the willingness to work hard and do my best for the company that employs me.
I assure you full satisfaction if I am given a chance to work in your prestigious company. Copieš of all my documents and my detailed Resume are enclosed, Hoping to hear from you soon, Yours faithfully,
(Maggie Hayden)
Encl:5

RESUME OF MAGGIE HAYDEN

Name and Address: Maggie Hayden 39 Federal Avenue Aluva 683101 Kerala. Mobile NO.: 8647028828807 e-mail : maggiehayden@hotmail.com Date of birth : 11 January 1996 Nationality :  Indian Marital Status : Single Qualifications : M.Com with 76% marks, Calicut University, 2018. B.Com with 82% marks, Calicut University 2016. +2 with all A”s from Don Bosco HSS Irinjalakuda. Technical Quals : Diploma in Computer Programming with Specialization in Java, SQL, and C++ Experience : WorKeda an Asstt. Manager in GJ Infotech, Palarivattom, Kochi, for 3 years from April 2018 to February 2021. Special Abilities : Excellent Communications Skills with IELTS. Hobbies : Travel and Reading Languages Known : Malayalam, English, Hindi References : Prof Naveen Vithayahtil, Khanna Nagar, Koratty 70252002001 Mr. Tom Nettikkadan, M.L.A., Chalafcudy 70121010891 I hereby certify that all the information given above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. Sd/ (Maggie Hayden)

Question 34.
On Anti Drug Day, you are to deliver a speech on “Drug Abuse : A Social Menace.” Draft the script of the speech.
Answer:
Respected Principal, teacher and my dbar students, Today is theAriti-Drug Dayof this year. I am asked
to speak about the subject “Drug Abuse: A Social Menace”. Every day we, hear youngsters getting caught for crimes connected with drug abuse. 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 drugs 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 amphtetamines cause hair fall. Marijuana can damage cfeflsf. A drug addict can easily get pneumonia, tubeifdulosis, mal-nutrition and weight loss. An overdose of any sensual drug can cause respiratory or cardiac failure and death.

Question 35.
Read the poem given below. Compare the poem with ‘Any woman’, written by Katheriene Tynan.

Mother O’mine, O mother O’mine
Rudyard Kipling

If I were hanged on the highest hill,
Mother O’ mine, O mother O, mine!

I know whose love would follow me still,
Mother O’mine, O mother O’mine!

If I were drowned in the deepest sea,
Mother O’ mine, O mother O, mine!

I know whose tears would come down to me,
Mother O’mine, O mother O’mine!

If I were damned of body and soul,
I know whose prayers would make me whole,
Mother O’ mine, O mother O’ mirae!

Answer:
In the poem “Mother O’Mine, O Mother O’mine” by Rudyard Kipling shows the close relationship of a mother and her daughter. The love that the mother has for her daughter is very deep. The daughter feels that even if she were hanged on the highest hill, her mother’s love would follow her. If she were drowned in the deepest sea, she knows whose tears would follow her th§re. If her body and soul were damned, she knows whose prayers would make her whole again, The aughter has such faith in her mother. The poem is short and sweet. It is in rhyme and there is a lot of repetition.

“Any Woman” by Katharine Tynan is about “Mother’s Love”. There is a saying that since God could not be everywhere at the same time, he created mothers. It shows the importance of mothers. Mother is a synonym for love. Their love is unconditional. The expect nothing in return for the love they give you. That is the most important thing about a mother’s love.

Right from a child is formed in the womb, the mother starts loving her baby. Once the baby is born, its entire care is done by the mother. Feeding it, cleaning it, nursing it, making it sleep, making it comfortable all this is done by the mother. When her child is sick, the mother keeps awake the whole her child. She knows without her the child will not live and grow comfortably. That is why we see her praying, “God don’t take my life away until my children grow up!” Mother’s love is unique and there is nothing that can be compared to it. What we are today is the result of our mothers’ love.

The poem is in simple language. The entire poem is an exquisite metaphor. It is in rhyme. Except the first stanza, the rhyming scheme is abab. Between the two poems, I prefer the poem “Any Woman” by Katharine Tynan.

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Questions 1-8. Answer all questions. Each carries 1 score. (8 × 1 = 8)

Throughout Africa, women are the primary caretakers, holding significant responsibility for tilling the land and feeding their families. As a result, they are often the first to become aware of environmental damage as resources become scarce and they are incapable of sustaining their families. The women we worked with recounted that, unlike in the past, they were unable to meet their basic needs. This was due to the degradation of their immediate environment as well as the introduction of commercial farming, which replaced the growing of household food traps.

Question 1.
Who is the speaker?
Answer:
Wangari Maathai is the speaker
Question 2.
Who are the primary caretakers of Africa, according to the passage?
Answer:
The primary caretakers of Africa, according to the passage, are women. They hold significant responsibility for tolling the land and feeding their families.

Question 3.
Why did the African women fail to meet their basic needs?
Answer:
The African women failed to meet their basic needs because of the degradation of their immediate environment and the introduction of commercial farming, which replaced the growing of household food crops.

Question 4.
Which word in the passage indicates the meaning ‘to describe how something happened’ or ‘to recall remember something’?
Read the following lines of the poem ‘Any woman’ and answer the questions:
I am their wall against all danger,
Their door against the wind and snow,
Thou whom a woman laid in a manger,
Take me not till the children grow!
Answer:
Recounted

Question 5.
What does the poet mean when she says, “Thou whom a woman laid in a manger, Take me not till the children grow!”
Answer:
She is praying to Jesus not to let her die till her children grow up. “Whom a woman laid in a manger” refers to Jesus as Mary gave him birth in a manger in Bethlehem.

Question 6.
What is the symbolic significance of the phrase ‘wind and snow?
Answer:
“Wind and snow” are symbolic of the difficulties, problems and crises of life.

Question 7.
Identify the figure of speech in the line ‘I am their wail against all danger?’
Answer:
Metaphor.

Question 8.
What do you mean by the word ‘manger’?
Answer:
Manger is a long trough in a stable, from which cattle feed.

Questions 9-12. Answer any three questions. Each carries 2 scores. (3 × 2 = 6)

Question 9.
What’s ‘Horegallu’ and what is it meant for?
Answer:
A horegallu is a stone bench. It helps tired persons to sit down and rest for sometime so that they can regain their energy.

Question 10.
“I always compare women to matchboxes.” Why does Ashapurna Debi say so?
Answer:
Ashapurnma Debi says so because like matchboxes women too have enough gunpowder to make a hundred Lankas burn. But they sit around meek and innocent in the kitchen, in the pantry, in the bed room, in fact in any place.

Question 11.
What is the humour and sarcasm in the story “Crime and Punishment”? Explain.
Answer:
There is humour and sarcasm in the story. When we hear the word crime, we think of a big robbery, rape or murder. But here the crime is the simple antics of a prankster. There is humour and sarcasm when the parents talk of the boy as a wingless angel, with dimples, smiles and sweetness. The most humorous part is when the teacher is acting like a stationmaster and when he is running after the boy in the garden to catch him.

Question 12.
You are participating in a debate on the topic “Environmental conservation is more important than economic growth.” Write two arguments in favour of the topic.
Answer:

1. Environment conservation is certainly moreimportant than economic growth. Only if the environment is clean and healthy we will be able to live in it.
2. Life comes first. Economic growth is secondary. The primary thing is that we should be alive and well and then only we can think of economic growth. So the priority should go to environment conservation.

Questions 13 -19. Answer any five questions. Each carries 4 scores. (5 × 4 = 20)

Question 13.
There is people who is daring enough to go for any extent to pursue there dreams.
Answer:
There are people who dare to go to any extent to pursue their dreams.

Question 14.
Comment on the aptness of the title of the poem ‘This is going to Hurt Just a Little Bit.”
Answer:
The title of the poem is very apt. The title is: “This is Going to Hurt Just a Little Bit”. But the fact is it is going to hurt a lot! The title itself is an exaggeration as the poet makes the pain of going to a dentist much less than it actually is. I would also say the title is a bit too long.

Question 15.
The Postal Assistant in the play “Post Early for Christmas” quits her job commenting “I am going down the road to work at the animal dispensary. Animals don’t do such silly things.” Do you think it was an approproate remark on the part of a responsible official like the Postal Assistant? Express your opinion in a paragraph.
Answer:
The Postal Assistant quits her job commenting “I am going down the road to work at the animal dispensary. Animals don’t do such silly things. Mt is true that her patience was tested by many rude customers. One man comes and ask^her where he can buy stamps. Another person wants a pint of beer. Mrs. Jones talks rudely to her. The old deaf man can’t hear properly and he too gets angry. An old lady comes there thinking that it is a vet’s clinic. And then comes the tourist with his ticking parcel. All these people annoy her. But I think as a responsible official she must be able to overcome such annoyances. She should know that people are different and they behave differently. Not everyone in this world is polite and good mannered.

Question 16.
Elaborate the idea in the line “Good fences make good neighbours” from the poem “Mending Wall”?
Answer:
Good fences make good neighbours means it is good to have some limits between neighbours so that their relations will remain healthy at all times. If there is unlimited freedom between neighbours, trouble will soon start. Suppose you grow goats in your house. Your neighbour has a vegetable garden. If there is no fence your goats will go and eat up the vegetables of your neighbour. Will he like it? Suppose your neighbour’s children come and open your fridge and eat up all the good food you have kept there. Will you like it? So there must be some boundaries between neighbours and only then there will be good relations.

Question 17.
You are doing a project on “Social Entrepreneurship”. If you are given the opportunity to interview the social activist Shaheen Mistri, what would you ask her?
Answer:
a) Madam, I understand that you grew up in 5 different countries as your father was a senior banker with Citigroup. Why did you decide to enrol at the University of Mumbai?

b) You founded the first Akanksha which means “aspiration” centre in 1989 with just 15 children. How did the project grow so big? Who funded your project?

c) You are the CEO of “Veach for India”. Please tell us how it works and what are its goals?

d) Do the State and the Central Government help you in your endeavours? Do you get the full support of the communities around?

e) What are your future plans?

Question 18.
Use the appropriate phrasal verbs to fill in the blanks: (break out, run out, called off, keep up)
a) A friend of mine has her wedding.
b) Your website has helped me a lot to the good work.
c) Don’t smoke in the forest. Fires easily at this time of the year.
d) I am afraid; we have of apple juice. Will an orange juice do?
Answer:
(a) Called off
(b) keep up
(c) break out
(d) run out

Question 19.
“One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say” – Byrant H.McGill. Attempt a character sketch of the narrator’s grandfather in the light of the above statement with special emphasis on “Horegallu” by Sudha Murty.
Answer:
The statement by Bryant H. McGill “One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say” is very true. The narrator’s grandfather in the story “Horegallu” by Sudha Murty amply proves this assertion. A horegallu is a stone bench. It helps tired persons to sit down and rest for sometime so that they can regain their energy. Sudha’s grandfather was a retired school teacher.

He would spend hours sitting underthe banyan tree, on the horegallu there, talking to those resting there. Most of them told him their troubles and pains. He could hardly have done anything to solve their problems. But by patiently listening to them he was relieving them to a great extent. He was a horegallu on which the tired people unburdened their burdens.

Questions 20-25. Answer any five. Each carries 6 scores.

Question 20.
Prepare a profile of ‘Droupadi Murmu’ using the following hints:

Droupadi Murmu  15th President First person belonging to the tribal community to hold the office Yougest person to occupy the post of the President Born : 20 June, 1958 Birth place : Baidaposi village ofMayurbanj district Profession : Teacher Education : Ramadevi Women’s University Prevkus offices : Indian Politician, Governor of Jharkhand (2015-21), held various posts in the cabinet of Government of Odisha (2000-2004)

Answer:
Droupadi Murrnu is the 15th President of the Republic of India. She is the first person belonging to a tribal community to hold the office of the President. She is also the youngest person to occupy that elevated post. She was born on 20 June 1958, at Baidaposi village of Mayurbanj district of Odisha State in eastern India. She obtained her B.A. degree from Rama Devi Women’s University. She worked as a teacher. She was an Indian politician, and a social worker. She served as the Governor of Jharkhand during the period 2015-2021. During the years between 2000 and 2004 she held various posts in the Cabinet of Odisha.

Question 21.
Prepare a Blurb, using the following hints:
(Blurb is the description of a book on its back cover. It is a brief summary of the book designed for marketing).

THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS Novel by Arundhati Roy Published-1997 Language – English Awards – Booker Prize Genre-Novel Arundhati Roy’s debut novel Story about her childhood experiences The novel explores how small, seemingly insignificant things shape people’s behaviour and their lives. Tells the story of a family of Aymanam in Kerala.

Answer:
The world famous English language novel “The God of Small Things” by Arundhati Roy was first published in 1997. Although it was it was Arundhati Roy’s debut novel, it brought her the Booker prize. The novel is semi autobiographical, as it talks about the narrator’s childhood experiences. It tells the story of a family of Aymanam in the State of Kerala. The novel explores how small, seemingly insignificant things shape pepple’s behaviour and their lives. The novel has been translated into many languages.

Question 22.
“The Sun is shining, the flowers are in bloom, I know these are signs of a good day, ………… but I don’t feel it here” said a rehabilitated drug addict pressing his chest. Write a blog expressing your,thoughts on the above lines.
Answer:
“The sun is shining, the flowers are in bloom. I know these are signs of a good, day… .but I don’t feel it in here!” This is the lament of^dnug addict. Drug addiction is a big problem today. The pity is that many youths are the victims of this menaced The most common signs and symptoms of drug addiction are – obsession with certain substances or psychedelic drugs, loss of control over their use, abandoning the activities which one used to enjoy, and even refusing to love the family members.

Drug addiction may have long term impact on life and one may develop severe symptoms such as fatigue, trembling, depression, anxiety, headache, insomnia, chills and sweating, paranoia, behaviour changes, dilated pupils, poor, coordination problems, nausea, and so on. Even after rehabilitation, some ofr these problems continue to be with the addict for some more time.

A lot of people do not realize the damage caused by drug addiction because the short term effects are not apparent at first. The long lasting effects of drug addiction may not be known to the addict. If treatment is not sought in time, the physical and emotional health of that person will deteriorate. The best we can say is “Prevention is better than cure.”

Question 23.
You have dreams of setting up a business of your owrysoon after studies. You are greatjy inspired by Irfan Alam’s views and ideas. Draft a letter of enquiry to SammaaN Foundation seeking clarifications
regarding financial investment of the organization, mode of operation, security of the members etc.
Answer:
201, Azad Road
Iririjalakuda North P.O.
PIN 680 125
District Thrissur Kerala
14 April 2023

Mr. Irfan Alam
Chairman
SammaaN Foundation
Kalina
Mumbai – 28.

Subject: Enquiry regarding Membership to SammaaN Foundation
Dear Sir,
I am a student, currently doing my +2 in Government Higher Secondary School, Irinjalakuda. I do not have plans to go for higher studies as my parents can’t afford to send me to any college. So l think of setting up a business of my own after I finish my +2 Exams this year, 2023.

I read about you and about the activities of SammaaN Foundation. I was much impressed by the story of your success. Emulating you, I want to set up a small workshop for repairing autos in my town. For this I need funds. I understand that you help members of the SammaaN Foundation for start-ups. If I want to become a mem ber of the Foundation, what is the investment I have to make? How do you assure the financial security of the members? Can I get a loan from you? Up to what amount can I expect such a loan?

Please do let me have your reply at your earliest convenience. You can contact me on my mobile No. 8547033333 or at my e-mail abdukutty@hotmail.com.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
M.C. Abdukutty

Question 24.
“Bring out the elements of satire in the poem “Rice”, highlighting the changes in the attitude of people with the changing times.
Answer:
Chemmanam Chacko is a master satirist. In his poem “Rice”, he highlights the changes in the attitude of people with the changing times. The narrator went to North India and made research for four years and, then he got a PhD for his work on making toys with husk. When he left for his research, there was a lot of husk in his own house and also in the places around as his own father and others cultivated rice. But when he returns with his doctorate, he finds there is no husk as all the rice farmers started cultivating rubber and other commercial products for the market.

We hear his father saying that he has stopped cultivating rice. Only fools will try rice farming for any gain. Rubber money is better. The government gives rice to those who have no paddy fields. The narrator wants to eat athikira rice but the younger brother brings the ration for the household and the ration consists of only wheat. The Chief Minister is flying like an arrow to the Centre to clamour for more grains. The narrator asks, “Can we get some husk from the Centre to make toys with it?” This is really bitter as we know he has a doctorate in toy-making with husk.

Question 25.
Mr. Gresham, the owner of the bank has been arrested for misappropriating the funds of the depositors. The media reported this news. Prepare a newspaper report of the incident.

VACANCY Senior Assistant Research and Development Wing SammaaN Foundation, Chanakyapuri, Kisan Marg, New Delhi -11. Qualification : Post graduation in any discipline Age : Between 22 and 32 The incumbent should have: good communication skill should be well groomed, friendly and energetic previous experience will be an added advantage. Interested candidates should submit theii application and resume.

Answer:
JOHN GRESHAM ARRESTED
John Gresham, the owner of the bank, misappropriated a huge sum of bank money and it has made the bank collapse. The depositors are worried as they do not know what will happen to their deposits in the bank. Some had deposited the . entire earnings of their lives hoping to live a comfortable retired life. But their dreams are shattered. Currently John Gresham is in jail. Agitated depositors are crowding around the closed bank not knowing what to do.

Mr. Robert Baldwin is the governor of the bank. As far as we know he is an upright man who will do nothing against his conscience. The people know that the sole culprit is John Gresham. Banking is an industry built on faith and John Gresham has done great damage to that faith. Many employees of the bank have lost their jobs overnight and their families are in trouble. The money misappropriated by John Gresham should be recovered from him by using all possible means, even by confiscating his house, landed properties and all other assets. He should be severely punished so that it will be a deterrent to the future culprits who want to cheat people because of their greed.

Question 26-28. Answer any two. Each carries 8 scores. (2 × 8 = 16)

Question 26.
Read the above advertisement given by Research and Development Wing, SammaaN Foundation, for the post of Senior Assistant. Draft a letter of application with a unique resume/bio-data for the same.
Answer:
From
Simi Ibrahim
Manavatur House
PO Irinjalakuda
PIN 680-121
Dt. Thrissur,
Kerala
24 April 2023
To
The Office In-charge
Research and Development Wing
SammaN Foundation, Chanakyapuri
Kisan marg, Newdelhi-11
Dear Sir,

Application for the post of Research Assistant
This has reference to your advertisement appearing in the “Indian Express” dated 20 April 2023, calling  for applications for the posts of Research Assistants. I would like to apply for the post. I have a Master’s Degree in English from Calicut University. I have worked as an English teacher for 4 years. Now I would like a change in my profession

I shall be happy if you give due consideration to my application, I have good communication skills. I am well groomed, friendly and energetic. Although I am ready to come to any place and on any date for an interview, I shall be very happy if the interview takes place somewhere in Thrissur district between now and mid-July.

I feel I can utilise my talents better in your prestigious organization. My resume and other documents are enclosed.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
(Simi lbrahim)

RESUME OF SIMI IBRAHIM

Objective : To work in an Organization which will help me to make use of my talents for the welfare of all. Name, e-mail Phone No. : Simi Ibrahim simi@hotmail.com 94965756734 Age & Date of birth : 24 years, 17 July 1992 Nationality : Indian Marital Status :  Single Educational Qualifications : M.A. (English), Passed in 2012 with I Class with 72% marks from Vimala B.A. (English Main) 2010 – 1 Class with 71% marks from Vimala College, Trichur +2 with A Grade in all subjects from St. Marys HSS, Irinjalakuda. SSLC with A+ in all subjects from St. Marys HSS Irinjalakuda. Experience: Workedasan English teacher in Don Bosco HSS, Irinjalakuda for 4 years from May 2012 to April2016. Activities :  I am a member of the Rotary Club of Irinjalakuda. I have helped in orgarnzing in many social activities. Skills : I am well-versed in Computer, Word. I used to play in the Volleyball team while at college. Languages : Malayalam, English and Hindi Hobbies :  Reading, travel and Classical Music I certify that the information given above is correct. (Simi lbrahim)

Question 27.
Damanage to the brain, however, is the most subtle, most often unorganized and least understood consequence of drug abuse.” Prepare an essay on the topic “The Hazards of drug abuse.
Answer:
The Hazards of Drug Abuse:
The problem of drug abuse has become a serious menace threatening the future and even the life of the youth, especially the school and college-going youth. This age group is more vulnerable to drug abuse because most of them are teenagers. Teenage is the time of stress and strain. To overcome their stress and strain, many youngsters abuse drugs. These drugs give them temporary pleasure, relieving them of,their tensions for some time.

There are many reasons for drug abuse among the youth. They get a lot of money from their parents. Since most families have only one child or two, the parents pamper them. Many parents do not find time to spend with their children. Another reason for drug abuse is peer influence. A third reason is the blind imitation of the so-called glamour boys and girls in films and sports who use drugs. A 4th reason is the easy availability of the drugs. Another reason is the moral laxity of the times. The law-enforcing agencies do not do their work sincerely. There is corruption everywhere and one can do anything if one has money.

Sensual drugs play havoc with the body and mind of their users. 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. His mental disturbance can be like paranoia. The addict knows he has a problem. But he does not know its source. He looks at external objects with suspicion. Anything outside scares him and he withdraws further and further into himself.

Drugs also affect the body adversely. Dirty needles and solutions can cause liver diseases, venereal diseases 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 who are
addicted to drugs are likely to be born with a lot of problems. A drug addict can easily get pneumonia, tuberculosis and have problems of malnutrition and weight loss. An overdose of any drug can cause respiratory or cardiac failure and death.

The drug problems can be solved only through the concerted efforts of the parents, teachers, community leaders and the law-enforcing agencies. Awareness programmes should be conducted about the dangerous effects of drug abuse. The community leaders should help the youth to channel their energies in the right directions. The police must ensure that sensual drugs are not easily available. Drug abuse is a demon that should be exterminated from our midst with all the might we can muster.

Question 28.
Read the poem given below. Attempt a comparison with “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost focusing on the stylistic features and content of the poem.

As I Grew older

It was a long time ago
I have almost forgotten my dream,
But it was there then,
In front of me,
Bright like a sun,
My dream
And then the wall rose,
Rose slowly,
Slowly,
Between me and my dream
Rose slowly, slowly
Dimming
Hiding
The light of my dream
Rose until it touched the sky,
The Wall
Shadow
I am black.
I lie down in the shadow.
No longer the light of my dream before me,
Above me.
Only the thick wall.
Only the shadow.
My hands!
My dark hands!
Break through the wall!
Find my dream!
Help me to shatter this darkness,
To smash this night
To break this shadow
Into a thousand lights of sun,
Into thousand whirling dreams
Of sun!
Answer:
The poem “As I grew Older” reflects on a dream the poet had many years ago and has nearly forgotten by now. At first, hisjdream seemed as radiant as the sun itself, and he thought it was easy to realise it. But gradually, a barrier separated him and his dream The barrier grew higher, dimming his hopes until it blocked’the dream completetyTike a wall blocking out sunlight.

It cast a shadow over his life, leaving him with the realization that society has defined him as Black. The shadow drains his energy. He can’t see his dream anymore, because of the huge racial barrier and the shadow it casts. He then urges his black hands,to find the strength to smash the barrier and attain his dream. He hopes the radiance of the original dream will cohe back and he will have brighter dreams.

The poem by Langston Hughes is a fine one giving a very good message of hope and optimism. We see a fine simile when he compares his dream to be “bright like a sun”. There is hyperbole when he speaks of “break this shadow into a thousand lights of sun, into a thousand whirling dreams of sun”. The poem has many themes: racism, alienation, dream and its shattering, optimism, strength, and the cruelty of the society.

Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall” examines the nature of interpersonal interactions.. There are two different types Of people: those who favour barriers and those whb do not.
The poet, a New England farmer, is seen in the poem walking alongside his neighbour to mend the stone wall that divides their two fields in the spring. Nature does not like walls. It tried to destroy them. But the neighbour feels “Good fences make good neighbours.”

“Mending Wall” discusses a universal theme. “As I Grew Older” discusses the problems of the Blacks, who feel discriminated. Between the two poems I prefer “As I Grew Older” as it speaks for the marginalised people and ends with high hope and optimism.

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Time : 2 1/2 Hours
Maximum : 80 scores

Questions 1-4: Read the excerpt from ‘Crime and Punishment’ and answer the questions that follow. 1 Score each.

“You must never set up any sort of contrainess or repression in the child’s mind” declared the parents. “You will damage him for life. It no doubt requires a lot of discipline on our part, but it is worth it,” they declared primly. “We shall be bringing up a healthy citizen.”

Question 1.
Find out the word in the passage which means ‘supressing a thought or desire’.
Answer:
Repression

Question 2.
Who according to the parents, need to be disci-plined?
Answer:
The teacher

Question 3.
Do you support the parents’ view? Give one reason to substantiate your view.
Answer:
No, I don’t support the parents’ view. Children do not know the importance of education and therefore sometimes they have to be forced to learn.

Question 4.
Why did the parents say, ‘its is worth it’?
Answer:
The parent’s said “It is worth it” to mean two things. One meaning is they will pay the teacher well for educating their boy and the second meaning is that by being disciplined the parents and the teacher together can make their son a healthy citizen.

Questions 5-6: Review as directed. 1 Score each. (2 × 1 = 2)

Question 5.
Farmer: ‘Stop that man, constable. He brought the parcel.
The farmer wanted ____ (Complete the sentence meaningfully)
Answer:
The farmer wanted the constable to stop the man who brought the parcel.

Question 6.
‘Wangari Maathai mobilized the citizens to chal-lenge widespread abuse of power.
The citizens ____ (Complete the sentence suitably).
Answer:
The citizens were mobilized by Wangari Maathai to challenge the widespread abuse of power.

Questions 7-10: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: 1 score each. (4 × 1 = 4)

Soil erosion in America’s farmland by wind and water has been a problem since settlers first put the prairies and grasslands under the plow in the 19th century. By the 1930’s, more than 282 million acres of farmland were damaged by erosion. In spite of years of conservation efforts, soil erosion has accelerated due to new demands placed on the land by heavy crop production.

Question 7.
In America, soil erosion is caused by ____ and ____
Answer:
wind and water.

Question 8.
Damages caused by erosion by 1930 were ____
Answer:
More than 282 million acres of farmland.

Question 9.
Find out the expression which describes ‘farming’.
Answer:
Crop production

Question 10.
What has accelerated soil erosion after long years of conservation efforts?
Answer:
New demands on the land by heavy crop production.

Questions 11-13: Answer all questions. Each carries 2 scores. (3 × 2 = 6)

Question 11.
In the poem ‘Rice’. Chemmanam Chacko pictures how rubber trees have taken the place of paddy. How is this change reflected in teh attitude of the farmer in the poem.
Answer:
Rubber trees have taken the place of paddy. This shows a change in the attitude of the people. Rice cultivation involves a lot of hard work, but rubber doesn’t require such hard work. People have become more luxury minded.

Question 12.
Read the passage given below and pick out two describing words.
The boregallu in our village holds special memories for me as it is inextricabiy inked with my grandfather
Answer:
special, inextricably

Question 13.
Irfan Alam visited your scbobfand invited suggestions from you to modify cycle rickshaws. Draft two suggestions which you think would improve cycle rickshaws.
Answer:
a) They should be made more compact,
b) Their roofs should be retractable.

Questions 14-17: Answer all questions in two or three words or sentences as needed. Each carries 3 scores. (4 × 3 = 12)

Question 14.
Complete the passage given below with suitable words selected from those given n the box.
for, across, by, with, along
Anybody who has known me ….(a)…. thirty five years doesn’t expect me to haggle ….(b)…. my
conscience, if it had been anybody else, I would have struck him ….(c)…. the face.
Answer:
a) for
b) with
c) across

Question 15.
Frederic Ogden Nash humorously narrates his experiences with a dentist. Exaggerate and narrate humorously as experience you had in your personal life, with a doctor or in a clinic.
Answer:
Once I felt a severe pain just below my navel. I thought it was some urinary problem as I found it hard to urinate. So I went see the urologist in the hospital nearby. After waiting for some time, I was called in and the urologist asked me for the symptoms. I explained to him. He asked me to go into the examining room and lie on the bed.

He came in with a young beautiful nurse. He asked to remove my trousers. I felt very embarrassed to lie naked in the presence of the beautiful nurse. The doctor then said, “Hey boy, we have seen hundreds like you. So don’t worry. Remove your trousers and let me examine.” I cursed myself for coming to this doctor.

Question 16.
The following passage from the interview with Irfan? ‘Alam has a few errors. Identify them and edit ap-propriately. When a rickshaw puller approach SammaN, we first go into a verification process. The operator is then giving training on basic etiquette and traffic rules.
Answer:
When a rickshaw puller approaches SammaN. we first go through a verification process. The operator is then given training on the basic etiquette and traffic rules.

Question 17.
Bring out the idea conveyed in the following lines from the poem mending wall before i built a wall
I’d ask to know what I was walling in or walling out.
Answer:
‘Mending Wall’ is a beautiful poem by the famous American poet Robert Frost. In it he gives a fine philosophy “Good fences make good neighbours”. “Before I built wall, I’d ask to know what I am walling in or walling out.” These lines also give a fine thought. The poet says that before he builds a wall he asks himself what he was trying to keep in and what he was trying to keep out. Naturally when we build a wall we are trying1 to protect something against intruders.

Questions 18-22: Answer any three questions in about 80 words. Each carries 4 scores. (3 × 4 = 12)

Question 18.
‘A silent listener can become a soothing friend.’ Explain this statement in the light of the anecdote ‘Horegallu’ by Sudha Murthy.
Answer:
A silent listener can become a soothing friend. This refers to the story titled “Fjoregallu” by Sudha Murty. A horegallu is a stone bench.,it helps tired persons to sit down and rest for sometime so that they can regain their energy before going forward. When people sit and rest, they start telling their problems’ and the horegallu, who is a person in the story, silently listens. Even by listening to people you help them to relieve their minds of the worries, tensions and anxieties that are in their minds.

By listening to their sorrowful tales, you help them to get some relief from their pain. Life is a journey and we all are travellers. Each person carries burdens of various sorts. If there is a listener one can unburden himself and feel relieved. The listener may not be able to help anybody to solve his problems, but he« can listen and thus help him to relieve his burden.

Question 19.
Bring out the suitability of the title ‘Crime and Punishment. (Hints: Over protection leads to indiscipline – over punishment leads to indifference)
Answer:
Crime and Punishment” is the humorous story by R.K. Rarayan. It speaks about a troublesome boy and his helpless teacher. The boy is overprotected and over-pampered by his rich parents. The boy is a mischievous one, but his parents think he is a wingless angel with dimples, smiles and sweetness. The parents had told the teacher that he should not set up any sort of contrariness or repression in the , child’s mind as they wanted to bring up their son as a healthy citizen.

One day the teacher slaps the boy for deliberating giving a wrong answer to a very simple question. The boy cries and threatens the teacher saying he would report the slapping incident to his parents. The boy then makes the teacher dance to his tune. He wants the teacher to stop teaching him but act as a station master when he plays with his toy train. The title is actually taken from a famous novel by the world-renowned Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Question 20.
What changes does the narrator in the poem ‘Rice’ notice, in his native village, on his return?
(Hints: Changes in place – attitude)
Answer:
The narrator goes to North India to do his research on making toys with husk. He returns with a doctoral degree after 4 years. He was bored with eating chapathi every day and he wanted to eat a meal of athikira rice. It was planting time when he returned. He was expecting his father in the field in his dhothi covered with yellow mud as he would be ploughing the field. He thought his little brother would be carrying the tender saplings to be planted.

As the author came near his home, he found everything had changed. There were only rubber plants and no rice fields. There were also arecanut palms in the fields. He reaches the house and sees workers fixing up the machine fof making rubber sheets. His father says that he stopped cultivating rice. Only fools cultivate rice now. The rubber money is better. He sees his younger brother bringing ration which is mainly wheat. The narrator is worried as to how he would get husk for making toys.

Question 21.
Imagine that your school is conducting an Interschool Football Match. You are the announcer of the match. Prepare the script for the announce¬ment you would make for the event.
Answer:
We wish to welcome all of you for this Interschool Football Match. We chose Christ College Football Ground for the event as it has greater facilities than many other school grounds. Today’s match is between the SN High School, Irinjalakuda and Govt. High School., Mala. Both have powerful teams. You are going to see the local “Messies, Neymars and Ronaldos” showing their abilities.

The SN High School Irinjalakuda had won Last Year’s Interschool Football Govt High School Mala was the winner of the Trophy in 2018. Thus we are going to see a real-fight of champions today. We can now see the teams coming to the ground. Give them a big round of applause! You can be sure that you are going to see a great match!

Question 22.
You get an opportunity to interview Shaheen Mistri. In the light of your reading of ‘Didi’, prepare four relevant question?to interview her.
Answer:

a) Didi, What was the reaction of your parents when they came to know that you are starting “Akanksha” to educate the needy children in Mumbai?

b) Before you are given a room in the Holy Name High School in Colaba, you approached many people and organizations to give you a room to conduct classes for the needy children, but they refused to give you. What kept you going without getting disappointed?

c) Did you get any financial help from the Government of Maharashtra or the Central Government for “Akanksha”?

d) Were you able to carry out your academic studies successfully in spite of your involvement with “Akanksha”?

Questions 23-28: Answer any 4 questions in about 120 words. Each carries 6 scores. (4 x 6 = 24)

Question 23.
The last minute rush in the post office for sending Christmas gifts and greetins may seem a fantasy to the new generation. Create a blog pointing out the difference between the past and present mode of exchange of greetings and gifts. (Hints: Past: post cards, parctels – Present: social media, onlineigifts)
Answer:
In the one-act play “Post Early for Christmas” by R.H. Wood we see the last minute rush in the post office for sending Christmas gifts and greetings. This play was written in 1942, nearly 8 decades ago. At that time there were no social media or online gifts. People had to buy things, wrap them properly, write the address of the receiver, go to the post office and hand it over there after paying the necessary payments for stamps. Similarly cards were bought and messages were written on the cards. Then they were put in stamped envelopes and addressed to the receivers. During Christmas there used to be special card and gift shops where people went and selected the cards and gifts of their choice.

All this might seem a fantasy to the new generation who use the social media and online gifts for sending their greetings and gifts to the loved ones. I have heard my parents talking about buying cards and gifts from shops well before Christmas and spending time to write special messages to their loved ones. They say the ways of sending cards and gifts in the old fashion was more enjoyable as it had a very personal touch for the sender as well as the receiver. That personal warmth is lost by the use of the social media and online gifts by the new generation.

Question 24.
Robert Balow was invited for a Discussion by a leading Television channel. How would he explain his innocer^iin the fund misappropriation issue at the bank? (Hints: came to know late – did my best – kept moral uprightness – no compromise with corruption)
Answer:
Asianet Channel: Mr. Baldwin, How would you explain your innocence in the fund misappropriation issue at the bank?

Baldwin: I am he governor of the bank, but the owner is Mr. John Gresham. In fact I work there for a small salary, but I have no complaints about it. John offered me this job when I most needed it. Therefore I am only grateful to him for his kind gesture. I should say that John was my role model. He was so successful in the banking business that I thought he was a superhero.

I admired him so much that I named my son after him. I have been working with John for more than 2 decades but I never found that he did anything wrong. Donovan who is the assistant cashier at our bank also thought John Gresham to be incapable of doing any malpractice. So when he withdrew huge sums of money from the bank,we both thought that he was using the amounts for making profitable investments. We could never imagine even for a while that he was capable of misappropriating funds and cheating his depositors.

John has admitted his guilt and he has told the police that none of the bank employees assisted him in any misappropriation scheme. I keep my moral uprightness and I will tell the court what I know of the case. I am not ready for any compromise with corruption. If John is guilty he should be punished. I feel sorry for John because I had admired him so much. I could never imagine he could fall to such low levels!

Question 25.
Explain how drugs affect human brain.
(Hints: brain governs sensations – easily upset – pleasure reflexes get weaker – failure in response – numbness)
Answer:
The human brain is the most complex organ in the body. We need it to drive a car, to enjoy a meal, to breathe, to create something new and to enjoy everyday activities. The brain regulates our body’s basic functions, enables us to interpret and respond to everything we experience, and shapes our behaviour. In short, our brain is us—everything we think and feel, and who we are.

The brain is often likened to an incredibly complex and intricate computer. It is made up of many parts with interconnected circuits that all work together as a team. Drugs spoil the smooth working of the brain. Sometimes they give you a feeling of pleasure for a brief period. But then you become upset, disoriented and depressed. Your reflexes become weaker and that is why you can’t walk or drive properly when you have taken an overdose of drugs.

Your behaviour changes and you can do very bad things because you are not aware of their consequences. Your immunity becomes less and you are likely to get all sorts of diseases. Drugs adversely affect the heart rate, breathing, and sleeping. An overdose can even kill a person. Drugs are worse than poison because poison kills one fast, but drugs kill him inch by inch.

Question 26.
Compare and contrast the friendships as presented in the story ‘Amigo Brothers’ and the play The Hour of Truth. (Hints: value friendship more – value principles more)
Answer:
Antonio Cruz and Felix Vargas were both 17. They were so together in friendship that they felt like brothers. They had known each other from childhood. They both had a dream – to become a light-weight champion of the world. After a series of elimination bouts, they were told they were to meet each other in the division finals. The winner would represent the Boys’ Club in the Golden Gloves Championship Tournament. In the divisions finals they both wanted to do their best. Their motto was “Let the best man win”. They trained hard. The day came for the division finals. They fought well. The sounds of their blows were loud. The crowd applauded them.

Now it was the last round. They fought fiercely. The crowd became silent because of the fierce fight. The referee was stunned by the savagery of the fight. Even when the final bell •sounded, they continued fighting. Finally they had to be separated. Then they looked around and rushed to each other. Without waiting to hear the result, Antonio and Felix left the ring arm in arm. They proved that true friendship is above competitions and hatred. There is only winning in friendship.

Question 27.
Nomitha wished to send her mother some money secretly. But she failed to do that as she was uneducated and unemployed. Prepare an article for your school magazine about the ‘Role of Education and Employment in Women Empowerment.
Answer:
ROLE OF EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT IN WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
Women Empowerment is a very hot topic these days. In many parts of the world, especially the 3rd world, women are still considered second class citizens. India is one of the countries where women suffer most because of so many discriminations against them. We still have the dowry system. Female foeticide is still very common although it is prohibited by law. Widow-remarriage is still looked upon as something bad. Single women are looked at with suspicion and even some kind of contempt. All these have to change.

The current Indian population is estimated to be 1.38 Billion or 138crores. Of these 48.04% are females while the remaining 51.96% are males. 48.04% means quite close to half the total population. How can India become a developed nation if nearly half of its population is not given proper education and employment? So women education and employment is a must for India’s progress.

The life of an Indian woman, generally speaking, is a series of slavery. Until she is married, she is a slave of her father. When she is married she becomes a slave of her husband. When the husband dies she becomes he slave of the son with whom she chooses to stay. In India generally husbands die first because they are in the majority of cases older than their wives. This situation has to change. This slavery is caused because the women have no economic freedom. All women should try to find some job which gives them son%: income so that they don’t have depend on their fathers, husbands or sons to do the things they like. Education and employment empower women.

Education and employment will help them to come out of their comfort zones within the four walls of their homes and contribute their share to the national development. Education and employment will give them new dignity, new meaning, new purposq and new enthusiasm for life. Life is to be lived well and u. enjoyed. Women also have equal right to live well n- i and enjoy their life just like the men in the society.

Question 28.
Most often people keep silent sensitive social is¬sues. This silence can be interpreted as some kind of stammer. Do you agree with this agreement? Express your views in the form of a write-up. (Hints: fear of social seclusion – public reaction – self-ceneredness)
Answer:
The literal meaning of stammer is speaking with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words. But figuratively and symbolically ‘stammer’ shows our reluctance to open our minds on issues that are controversial. There are so many issues about which we have our own opinions. But we prefer to ‘stammer’ or keep quiet because we are afraid of social seclusion. The other reason for our stammer or silence on issues is our fear of public reaction. We fear public opinion and thus we become cowards.

Another reason for our stammer is our self-centered ness. We are so self- centred that we don’t worry about things that do not directly concern us. This is very bad because we are social beings and we should have our opinions about the things happenings in the society. But we prefer to stammer on these issues because we are afraid.

Some current issues that the society faces are the issues of homosexuals, lesbians and the transgender, same-sex marriage, inter-religious marriage, superstitions and black magic and many questionable rituals that are practised by various religions. We simply pretend that we have no opinions on them becausA we are afraid to speak out. We stammer on them because we have no guts. The evil practices will continue troubling our society until aH of us.decide to overcome our stammer and speak out – loud and clear without stammering!

Questions 29-32: Answer any 2 questions in about 180 words. Each carries 8 scores. (2 × 8 = 16)

Question 29.
Christine Hagarde says, “It’s time to create a world where all women can meet their potential without impediment or prejudice and the world will reap the benefits.” Prepare an essay on the topic ‘Women Empowerment and Development are Intertwined.” (Hints: represent half the world’s population – per capita income affected – sensitive to needs – peace loving – good at decision making – concensus bulding.)
Answer:
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND DEVELOPMENT ARE INTERTWINED
“Development” is a word that we hear every day a number of times. Development is possible only when all the people – both men and women – do their best. Women represent nearly half of tfie world’s population’arid therefore no development is possible without their active participation in the developmental efforts. Wpmen empowerment and development are intertwined

By not allowing women to work like men, the per capita income and the GNP (Gross National Product) will be adversely affected. So women should be given the same opportunities for education and employment if we are to develop to our full potential. In her famous speech, Christine Lagarde says, “It’s time to create a world where all women can meet their potential without impediment or prejudice and the world will reap the benefits.” She speaks of the 3 Ls for women empowerment.

They are Learning, Labour and Leadership. In one sense women are more Suitable for leadership because they are more sensitive to the needs of the people. We can see this right in our homes. Our mothers are more sensitive to our needs. They are also more ‘ peace loving. They are good at decision making and consensus building. We see that the worst leaders of the world were”Slf men. Examples are dictators like Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin, who caused the death of millions of people just to satisfy their selfishness and pride.

Women are also more cautious when they take decisions. They don’t act rashly and that is why there are fewer accidents by women drivers on the road. The 3 Ls will help women to come out of-their comfort zones within the four walls of their homes and contribute their share to the development of the society. Learning, labour and leadership will give them new dignity, new meaning, new purpose and new enthusiasm for life. Life is to be lived well and . enjoyed. Women also have equal right to live well and enjoy their life just like the men in the society, contributing to the overall prosperity of the world.

Question 30.
“Today we are faced with a challenge that calls for a shift in our thinking, so that humanity stops threatening its life support system,” says Wangari Maathai. The floods in 2018 and this years’ landslides give us the same message. Draft a speech about Environmental Disruption and the need to have a shift in human approach.
Answer:
Respected Principal, teachers and fellow students, Today I am going to talk about Environmental Destruction and how to stop it. We in Kerala are facing tragedies one other another. A deluge ravaged our State in August 2018, in which over 470 people died and properties worth 40,000 crore were destroyed. We were still trying to overcome the problems caused by that deluge, when on 8 August 2019, due to heavy rainfall in the Monsoon season, severe flood affected Kerala causing landslides.

As a security measure, the Government of Kerala issued Red alert in the 9 districts in Northern and Central Kerala, orange alert in 3 districts of Central Kerala, and yellow alert in the 2 districts of southern Kerala. Thousands of people were evacuated to safer places and relief camps. A total of 101 people have died due to rain-related incidents since 14August2019. These camps had morethan 2 lakh people from various parts of the state.

Why these floods and landslides? They are actually caused by man! Biodiversity is destroyed. Resources are mismanaged. The areas which would hold the water are filled up and townships are constructed in the name of urbanization. The outlets to the sea are partially blocked and the rivers can’t easily drain into the seas. Wangari Maathai was correct when she said, “Today we are faced with a challenge that calls for a shift in our thinking so that humanity stops threatening its life support systems.” But we don’t care.

We continue with our deforestation, sand-mining and overexploiting our minerals. We continue polluting our environment with vehicles and factories and spraying poisons over our fields, If: we destroy the environment, it will definitely destroy us through floods, droughts and pandemics like, Covid-19 which we are still fighting with. Disrupt the environment and it will disrupt you in more than oqp way.

Question 31.
Given below is an advertisement that came in a leading newspaper. Imagine that you are qualified for the post. Draft a letter of application and resume.

WINTAGE SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD. Sector – 36: A – Block Noida, UP – 64 WWW.Wintagesins.co.in Wanted creative and enthusiastic candidates for the post of ‘Database Programmer’. Essential Qualification : B.Tech, Computer Desirable skills : Java Script, SQL, HTML Experience : 2 years Apply to the Director within 7 days.

Answer:
From: Rahul Binoy
Thekkudan House
Changampuzha Nagar
Edappally, Kerala
PIN-682024

29 July 2020
To: The Director
Vintage Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Sector – 36, A-Block
Noida – UP – 64
Dear Sir,
Application for employment as a Database Programmer:
This has reference to your advertisement in the Malayala Manorama Daily of 25 July 2020. I wish to apply for the post of a Database Programmer in your prestigious Company as I possess the necessary qualifications and experience specified in your advertisement.

I am a B.Tech (Computer) Graduate with skills in Java Script, SQL and HTML. I also have 2 years experience as a Database Programmer. My detailed resume is enclosed. I am ready to come for any interview that you might want to conduct. You may fix the time and place. If possible, let the interview be in the month of August or September.

I assure you of full satisfaction if I am given a chance to work for you. Thanking you and hoping to hear from you soon,
Yours faithfully,
(Rahul Binoy)
Enel: 1

RESUME OF RAHUL BINOY

Name : Rahul Binoy Address :  Thekkudan House,  Changampuzha Nagar, Edappally, Kerala, PIN – 682024 e-mail address: binovrahukgmaiLcom Mobile Number :  8547099999 Nationality : Indian Sex : MaIe Marital status :  SingLe Qualifications :  B.Tech (Computer) from Rajagiri Engg. College, Kakkanad (2013-2017) Experience : Worked as a Database Programmer in the Start-up Company named J & J Techcraft, Info Park, Kochi from 2018to2019. Skills :    Java Script, SQL, HTML Hobbies :  Reading, Solving Puzzles Special Abilities :  Editor of the College Magazine,2016 Memberof the College Football team, 2015. References : Prof. PV. Cheriyan MET’s School Engineering, Mala, Phone No. 8547026666 Dr. Thomas Varghese; Professor, Rajagiri Engg. College, Kakkanad, Phone No. 8547088888

Question 32.
Read the poem given below and make a comparative appreciation with “Any Woman”.

My Mother’s Garden

My mother kept a garden,
A garden of the heart,
She planted all the good things,
That gave my life its start

She turned me to the sunshine
And encouraged me to dream, .
Fostering and nurturing
The seeds of self-esteem

Her constant good example
Always taught me right from wrong
Markers for my path way
That will last a lifetime long

I am my mother’s garden
I am her legacy
And I hope today she feels the love
Reflected back from me.
(foster = encourage; nurture = care for; legacy = property left by will)
Answer:
“My Mother’s Garden” is an amazing poem by Kelly Z. In it the poet speaks so highlySPher mother. The mother kept a garden in her heart planted all the good things the daughter needed for a good life. The mother made her a happy girl and encouraged her to dream. She fostered and nurtured the self-esteem in her daughter. The mother’s good example taught the daughter to distinguish between right and wrong. The daughter was therefore able to walk on the right paths at all times. The poet says that she is her mother’s garden and this is the gift she has given her as her legacy. She hopes she can give back her mother at least some of the love she had given her all her life.

It is a simple poem with a profound meaning. It shows the high esteem of a daughter for her dutiful mother who brought her up to have a successful life. It has fine alliterations like “last a lifetime long”. The imagery is syperb. Here a person is imagined to be a garden which is carefully fostered and nurtured by a loving mother. It is a real tribute to a mother by a dutiful daughter.

The poem “Any Woman” by Katharine Tynan speaks of the importance of a woman in the family. She is the pillars of the house. She is the keystone of the arch. She is the roof and walls. Without her the home would be colder than a stone. The children come to her for love and affection. She is the one who holds the family together. She protects the children from all dangers. In the end the woman prays to Jesus to spare her life till her children are properly grown up.

The poem is in simple language. Katharine Tynan has painted a fine picture of a devoted mother with words. The entire poem is an exquisite metaphor. The imagery is great and it touches our heart. The poem is in rhyme. Except the first stanza, the rhyming scheme is abab. Between the two, I prefer the poem “My Mother’s Garden” by Kelly Z.

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Kerala Plus Two English Previous Year Question Paper March 2021

Time : 2 1/2 Hours
Maximum : 80 scores

Answer the following questions from 1 to 38 up to a maximum score of 80.

Read the lines from ‘Any Woman’ and answer the questions that follow:
I am the fire upon the hearth,
I am the light of the good sun,
I am the heat that warms the earth,
Which else were colder than a stone.

Question 1.
Who is the speaker of these lines?
Answer:
The narrator of the poem/Any woman

Question 2.
Identify the figure of speech used in the first line of the stanza.
Answer:
Metaphor

Question 3.
Find the image/phrase that conveys the idea of lifelessness and inactivity.
Answer:
Colder than a stone

Question 4.
Elaborate on the main ideas conveyed in these lines.
Answer:
The woman says she is the fire upon the hearth, the light of the sun and the heat that warms the earth. It means she is the one bringing life and laughter into the home. She keeps it lively and joyful.

Question 5.
Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks choosing appropriate phrasal verbs from those given in the brackets and complete the passage.
I rfan Alam won the ‘Business Bazigar’ show in 2006, but he ……… (turn on/turn down/turn off) their offer of Rupees 150 lakhs. Instead, he …..(set off/set aside/set up) the busienss himself.
Answer:
Turned down, set up

Question 6.
The following passage has a few errors. Identify them and edit appropriately.
My inspiration com from my childhood experiences and observations of nature on rural Kenya. As I was growing up, I witnessed forests been cleared and replaced by commercial plantations who destroyed local bio-diversity and the capacity of the forests to conserve water.
Answer:
My inspiration came from my childhood experiences and observations of nature ih rCiral Kenya. As I was growing up, I witnessed fofest’s tiad been cleared and replaced by commerefat plantations which destroyed local bio-diversity‘arid the capacity of the forests to conserve eater.

Question 7.
An extract from the conversation between Sudha Murty and Ratna in ‘Horegallu’ is given below. Report the conversation. (2)
Sudha Murty: Ratna, Don’t you everted others the secrets you hear?
Ratna: I consider that to be the worst kind of cheating.
Answer:
Sudha Murty asked Ratna if she ever told others the secrets she heard. Ratna replied saying that she considered that to be the worst kind of cheating.

Question 8.
Ajit did not give Nomita an easy time, he belittled and insultd her, using harsh words. You are a Ajit’s friend. Write four pieces of advice you would give Ajit. (4)
You may use expressions like :
Ajit, I think you should …. Why don’t you ….. If I were you…. Why can’t you….
Answer:
a) Ajit, I think you should speak more politely to Nomita.
b) Why don’t you think that she is your wife and she should be respected?
c) If I were you I would not speak so harshly to her.
d) Why can’t you change your was of taking to your wife?

Question 9.
In the first stanza of the poem “Any Woman”, the woman is considered as the fire, the light and the heat. In the absence of the woman, a house will be as cold as a stone. Do you agree with this statement? Write your opinion in a paragraph. (4)
Answer:
I certainly agree with the statement that in the absence of the woman, a house will be as cold as a stone. There is a saying that since God could not be everywhere at the same time, he created mothers. Here the ‘narrator’, any woman, represents a mother. Mother is the synonym for love. Mothers’ love is unconditional. They expect nothing in return forthe love they give to the family members. Without a woman, a family is simply unimaginable. Women take care of the children, cook, wash and do all other household chores. She is the pillars, walls and doors of the house. It is the woman who makes home a sweet place. She is indeed the fire of the hearth, the light of the sun and heat that warms the earth.

Question 10.
Your class is conducting a debate on the topic ‘Environmental conservation is more important than Economic growth’. Write four arguments in favour of or against the topic. (4)
Answer:
a) If environment is not conserved, life itself will become impoesble.
b) Environment is the greatest supporter of our life; what is the point of economic growth if life itself is in jeopardy?
c) The environment is for all creatures; exploiting it . only for the benefit of man is injustice.
d) If environment is not conserved, we all will become unhealthy and sick.

Question 11.
In the anecdote ‘Horegallu’cSiiadb.a Murty asks Ratna how she could solve the troubles of so many people by just listening to them. Doypu think mere listening can solve problems? Write, your opinion in a paragraph.(4)
Answer:
Mere listening may not solve problems. But by sympathetically listening to the problems of others we can certainly help them to look for solutions. A mind with a lot of problems is like a pressure cooker on a hot stove. The steam is building up in the cooker and unless some of it is released at regular intervals, the cooker will explode. When people tell their problems to a sympathetic listener, they feel relieved of the built-up pressure in their minds. It will also give them time to think about probable solutions to the problems. Listening to the people with problems wjth a sympathetic ear Ml certainly help them.

Question 12.
A discussion was held in your class on the topic ‘Domestic Violence’. One of your friends remarked, ‘If we are to fight discrimination and injustice against women, we must start from the home, fpr if a woman cannot be safe in her own house then she cannot be expected to feel safe anywhete.
Write four points supporting this opinion. (4)
Answer:
a) If a woman cannot feel safe at home, she will lose her will to,fight for her rights.
b) At home women give their love and consideration to the other members of the family, and if those for whom she lives can’t make her feel safe, how she can feel safe in other places?
c) Home is the safest haven for women; it is there they are the most safe; if the home can’t give them the feeling of safety and protection they will certainly feel that they are not safe anywhere else.
d) Home is the training gropnd of all virtuous things. If a woman feels threatened in her own home,
elsewhere

Question 13.
In the story ‘Matchbox’, Nomita’s mother keeps on writing letters to her, complaining about her hardships and misfortunes. What is your view of the character of Nomita’s mother?
Answer:
I strongly feel that Nomita’s mother is not doing the right thing by constantly complaining about her hardships and misfortunes, She is telling about her hardships and misfortunes just to get money from Nomita. Ajit, Nomita’s husband, says that when the letter comes from Nomita’s mother, even without opening it, he knows it is for asking money.

Nomita’s mother used to send postcards which would be read by all the members in the family of Ajit. This was a disgrace to Nomita. So she told her mother not to write on postcards. But she writes ietters all the same. Nomita is angry at her mother. She decides to write a letter to her mother telling her she won’t help her any more.

Question 14.
‘I used to lift a hot pot of water off the stove – and that did it.” Here, Nomita in ‘Matchbox’ tries to hide her problems from the other members of the family. Do you justify her action? Why/why not? (4)
Answer:
I justify her action. That is what a normal wife would do in the circumstances Nomita was in. She lives in a joint family which, has 26 members. She comes from a poor family. Her mother frequently writes to her telling her of her difficulties and problems and asking her to send money. Ajit, the husband of Nomita, is unhappy because he has to often send money to his mother-in-law. He asks Nomita how could her mother go on begging for money and still think they are high class people. He insults Nomita by calling her a dung-picker’s daughter.

When she asks him to shut up he says he will speak the way he wants. In an angry mood she picks up a matchbox and lights a match and touches it to her sari. The sari flares up. Asking if she has gone mad, Ajit puts out the fire by using his hands. Nomita can’t say all these things to the other members of the family. So she hides her problems and tells them that her sari got burnt as she was trying to lift a hot pot of water off the stove, using the sari.

Question 15.
According to the father in the poem ‘Rice’, ‘only fools turn to rice-farming for gain’. However, the poet comes home eager to eat a full meal of athikkira rice. Compare the attitude of the poet and his father, in a . short paragraph.
Answer:
The father in the poem “Rice” says that only fools turn to rice-farming for gain. But his son has an altogether different viewpoint. The son had gone to North India to do research on making toys with husk. As his father and many of the neighbours cultivated paddy there was a lot of husk available in his place. He comes back home with a doctoral degree after completing his research. When returning home, he was hoping to eat a full meal of athikkira rice.

He was tired of eating chapattis when he was in North India. But then what does he find? He finds that all the paddy fields are planted with rubber. His dreams of making toys with husk are shattered. In fact the Chief Minister is flying to Delhi to get rice for the people in his State as all the paddy fields are converted into rubber plantations.

Question 16.
Nomita, in the story ‘Matchbox’ faces many insults . from her husband Ajit. At last, one day, she tells her sister-in-law the whole story. Prepare the likely conversation between the two women, in at least four exchanges. (4)
Answer:
Sister-in-law : Nomita, you look sad. What is the matter with you?
Nomita : I am sad because Ajit does not give me any respect.

Sister-in-law : Ajit does not give you any respect? Why?

Nomita : He does not even give me the letters addressed to me by my mother. The other day I found a crumbled letter in ‘ his pocket. It was from my mother and it was addressed to me. She wanted some money as she had some problems.

Sister-in-law : It was certainly bad on his part. He was never like that. How can he keep a letter addressed to you without letting you know about it?

Nomita : He even called me a dung-picker’s daughter.

Sister-in-law : Did he? That was rude on his part. How can he insult you like that?

Nomita : When I asked him to speak softly, he said he would talk the way he wants and he would do things the way he likes. He asked me what I ‘ could do to stop him from doing what he likes. This made me very angry. Sister-in-law : And then?

Nomita : I lit a matchstick and put it to the sari I was wearing. As the sari flared, he came rushing and put the fire out. I had told you the sari got burnt when . I was trying to remove a hot pot from the burning stove. But that was a lie. I did not want everybody in the family to kfiow that I had tried to burn myself.

Sister-in-law : I am sorry Nomita that Ajit is ill- treating you. I will talk to him about it.

Nomita : No need to talk to him. We will manage. Anyway, thanks for your concern.

Question 17.
‘She grabs Ajit’s matchbox on the table, lights a matchstick and touches it to her sari.’ This is how Nomita in ‘Matchbox’ responds to the humiliation of her husband. What is your opinion of Nomita’s impulsive reaction? Write your answer in a paragraph. (4)
Answer:
I think Nomita was foolish to do what she did. If the sari had caught fire faster than it had, she would have ended up with severe burns or even death. It is quite true that Ajit should not have called her a dung- picker’s daughter. She is his wife.

He married her knowing full well that she was not from a wealthy family. If Nomita’s mother wanted some financial, help, he could have helped her or refused to help her. But he should not have called Nomita, his wife, a dung- picker’s daughter. At the same time Nomita’s impulsive reaction was bad. In life problems will come. But one can’t escape from them by committing suicide. It shows she is a coward and she does not know how to cope with difficult situations.

Question 18.
‘I know that if I take this money [from john Gresham], I do a dishonourable thing.’ These words clearly show that Robert Baldwin will never be influenced by any financial offers. Prepare a brief character sketch of Baldwin. (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 Gresham 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 remember1 when some incriminating questions are asked in the court, they change their stance. They try to find out all kinds of loophbles 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’remembershow 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 19.
In the story ‘Amigo Brothers’ the announcer turned to the winner and found himself alone in the boxing ring. Arun in arm, the champions had already left the ring. Imagine that you are the announcer. What would you announcement. (5)
Answer:
Ladies and Gentlemen, You have witnessed an extraordinary fight. In the third round both Antonio Cruz and Felix Vargas wanted to win. They punched each other very hard. Nobody fell to the canvas. The final bell rang, but the fight continued. The bell rang again and again. But there was no stopping to the fighting. You were getting worried. It looked as if Antonio Cruz and Felix ‘ Vargas were involved in a do or die situation and not in a contest.

The referee and the trainers separate the contestants. Now they embrace. They have forgotten they were fighting like bulls up to a moment ago. I want to announce the winner. But where are the fighters? They have left the ring like good friends, arm in arm, declaring their strong bond of friendship. They have proved themselves to be real amigo brothers. Who is the winner in the contest? Both are winners!

Question 20.
“God has given me two ears to listen to others. I hear them out with sympathy and without judgement. These are the words of Ratna in ‘Horegailu’. What do you think are the qualities of a good listener? (5)
Answer:
Ratna in “Horegallu” says: “God has given me two ears to listen to others. I hear them out with sympathy and without judgement.” The primary quality of a good listener is listening to the problems of people with sympathy. 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 listener. Life is a journey and we all are 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 listeners may not solve our problems but if we hav^ a sympathetic listener, it gives us some temporary relief. Patience, sympathy and understanding are the essential qualities of a good listener] A good listener does not pass judgments.

Question 21.
Those who whine day and night and hold out their palms to theirj son-in-law, they’re the high class people! A dung-picker’s daughter becomes a queen,’ This is how Ajit responds to Nomita, when she called him ‘a vulgar man’. What do you think of the character of Ajit? Write a brief sketch of his character. You may use the hints given below. (ego and prejudice- insults his wife-but fears the inner fire of Nomita-keeps the image of a gentleman) (5)
Answer:
Ajit is a bad husband and a very bad son-in-law. He has no respect for women. He is a male chauvinist. Nomita was right in suspecting that he does not give her all the letters addressed to her. Her suspicion is proved right when she finds a crumpled letter in the pocket of Ajit. When she says that reading the letters addressed to others is an ugly habit, Ajit says he is checking to see if the letter is from a boyfriend of hers. That mdans he is suspicious of his wife’s fidelity. He then gets angry and calls her a dung piokeds daughter.

In anger she puts fire to her sari.sJFertunately, he is able to put out the fire quickly. He has only contempt for his mother-in-law. He says whenever letters come from her, there is no need to read them, butjust go to the post office and fill in the money order form. This shows he has no love for the mother-in-law. At least he should remember that her daughter is his wife. In the final analysis we see that Ajit is a very bad husband who has no love and sympathy for his wife and her mother. However, he fears the inner fire of Nomita. He wants to maintain an image of a gentleman although he is egoistic, prejudiced and chauvinistic in his behaviour.

Question 22.
According to recent studies, in our country, every four minutes, one woman faces domestic violence. In ‘Matchbox’, we get a glimpse of this reality. After reading the Story “Matchbox”, you decide to write about hardships of Nomita, in your personal blog (an online diary). Prepare the blogpost. You may use the following hints. (Struggles, challenges, lack of identify, humiliation) (6)
Answer:
Nomita is the wife of Ajit. They live in a joint family. Altogether there 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. Nomita had to struggle in her husband’s home.

Her mother frequently Writes to Nomita requesting her for money. She writes on 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 for giving them 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 her 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 that she is a dung-picker’s daughter. He will do what he wants to do and she can do nothing about it. This infuriates her and she burns a matchstick and puts is to her sari. The sari catches fire and soon it flares. Ajit puts out the fire. Thus we see she is humiliated by her husband. In her case there is a lack of identity. She is a nobody in the eyes of her husband.

Question 23.
Write a short profile of Sachy, the famous Malayalam film director using the hints given below. (6)
Name: K.R. Sachidanadan
Popularly known as : Sachy
Born: 25 December 1972, Kodungallur, Thrissur
Profession : Screenwriter, Director, Producer,
Advocate
First movie directed: Anarkali, 2015
Hit movie: Ayyappanum Koshiyum, 2020
Died: 18 June 2020.
Answer:
K.R. Sachidanandan is a famous Malayalam film* director. He is popularly known as Sachy. He was born on the 25 December 1972 in Koduggallur, Thrissur. He is a multifaceted individual, having worked as a screenwriter, a director, a producer and an advocate. Anarkali, released in 2015, was the first movie he directed. His most famous movie is Ayyappanum Koshiyum which was released in 2020. He passed away on 18 June 2020 at the young age of 48, due to cardiac arrest, following complications arising out of a hip replacement surgery.

Question 24.
Imagine you are studying in a residential school. The woman in the poem ‘Any’Woman’ evokes in your memories of your mother with whom you have quarreled for silly things. This bothers you a lot. Write an email to your mother telling tier how much you miss her.
Answer:
Lily@hotmail.com
Dearest Mama,
How are you doing? I hope Papa and John are fine. Everything is alright here. Recently I read the poem “Any Woman” by Katharine Tynan. The poem brought to my mind all the wonderful things you have done for me.

I miss your freshly baked cookies and your delicious lemon pie. I miss painting with you and all the squabbles we had over the right shades for the sky. I really miss you, Mama.

The other day I made a silly quarrel with you about the chicken biriyani you made. I did not eat it saying that it was too hot for me as you had put too much pepper in it. You felt so sad as you had specially made it for me. l am sorry, Mama! I should not have behaved so rudely.

The poem also made me reflect upon the fact that I have never thanked you for all the wonderful things you have done for me. So this email is a way for me to do just that. So thank you, Mama, for your infinite patience and unconditional love. I hope to see you soon. Give my love to Papa and John.
Yours lovingly
Anna

Question 25.
“We lost all our money and our dreams’, a poor farmer responded to the news of the collapse of the bank in The Hour of Truth’. You are from ‘Daily News’, and you wish to highlight the plight of such depositors. Write your report in around eighty words. (6)
Answer:
The collapse of the “Everyman’s Bank” has shocked many depositors who do not know how it happened. They had their dreams when they deposited the money in the bank. But all their dreams are shattered. A poor farmer deposited all his money in the bank in the hope that he will get some interest which will help him to run his family in a better way. He has lost all his money and all his dreams. One of the employees in the bank got married very recently because of his job in the bank. Now suddenly he does not know what to do even to find food for his bride.

The proprietor of the “Everyman’s Bank”, John Gresham, is in jail for having swindled depositors’ hard-earned money. One man had deposited all his money in the bank in the hope of taking it back with the interest just before the marriage of his daughter. All things are arranged for the marriage. The invitations have been sent out to guests and hotel rooms and the banquet hall is booked for the reception. He does not know what to do now. He is raving like a mad man, not knowing what to do. Gresham is sure to be punished. But that is no consolation for the poor depositors who have lost their money and their dreams.

Question 26.
Wangari Maathai is the first African woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Peace. Prepare a profile using the hints given below. (6)
Born : I April; 1940, Kenya .
Founder: Green Belt Movement
Environmental activist, Kenyan politician, writer
Awards: Right Livelihood Award (1984)
Nobel Peace Prize (2004).
Contributed to sustainable development, democracy and peace.
Answer:
Wangari Maathai is the first African woman to receive the Nobel Prize in 2004. She was born in Kenya on 1 April 1940- She was a hard working woman, who tried her best for women empowerment. She was not willing to stay home all the time. She found much pleasure and satisfaction in working for the community. She founded the Green Belt Movement. She is an environmental activist, a politian and also a writer. Thus she is a versatile genius. She received many awards including “Right Livelihood Award” in 1984. The Nobel Prize was another feather to her already bedecked cap. Her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace is acclaimed ail over the world.

Question 27.
In the ‘Rice’, we see the poet return to his village after four years of research in North India, hoping at last to eat athikkira rice at home. However, this did not happen. His father had stopped rice farming and had become a rubber planter. Unhappy, the poet writes an email to his friend about his disappointment. Write the email. (6)
Answer:
Pravin@hotmail.com
Dear Pravin! How are you man? I am sure you are enjoying some rest at home after our hectic work for our doctoral degrees. I am sure you are enjoying home food and the other comforts of home after such a long time away from home, parents and siblings.

lam very much disappointed with the situation here at home. When I was with you in North India, eating the horrible chapattis every day, I used to tell you how nice our athikkira rice is which we harvest from our own fields. I had taken my doctorate degree in making toys with husk because there was so much of paddy around. I could use the husk for making toys and thus I could even offer employment to a few of my villagers. I really had great dreams.

But do you know what has happened? My village people, including my father, have stopped cultivating rice and they have planted rubber in the paddy fields. No more athikkira rice and no more husk here. My degree Is . a waste! I can’t even get the rice I like. There is a shortage of rice in Kerala, and the Chief Minister is now in Delhi trying to get some rioelbr his people. I feel so sad and disappointed attbetlirn of events here.

Anyway, there is nothing I can do about it. I have to simply accept the situation. Say Hi to your parents!
Bye for now!
Sincerely,
Job

Question 28.
Several households in our country are still miserable,lacking good food and other basic needs. It is high time that we did what we can to help them. As a responsible citizen, you write a letter to the editor of’ a prominent daily voicing your concern. Preparethe letter. (6)

Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow:
Nehha Bhatnagar is a Bharathanatyam dancer Whose Delphi based ‘Sarvam Foundation’ has brought the joy of dance to the lives of many underprivileged children. The initiative was founded in 2012 with the purpose of bringing the classical arts to all, from the girl child in the slum to the corporate executive in her glass tower. “I was socially conscious and sensitive to the disparity around us. This led me to start teaching underprivileged girls the rudiments of Bharathanatyam’. The future looks bright for the ‘Sarvam’ girls. As for hJehha, taking small but assured steps,’ she hopes to be able to support 100 marginalized girls through the foundation.
Answer:
The Editor
The Indian Express
Kochi
1 July 2021,
Dear Sir,

When our forefathers fought for our freedom Under for an India where there would be enough food, clothes and shelter for all the Indians. On 15 August 2021, we are going to celebrate the 74th Anniversary of our independence from Britain. But even now we find millions of people who are so poor that they don’t have proper food, clothing or shelter. We still have the biggest slum in the world. We should be ashamed of slums like Dharavi in Mumbai. In those slums people live their lives worse than animals.

Gandhi had made a great observation. He said, “The world has enough to satisfy the needs of all the people in the world. But it does not have enough to satisfy the greed of even one individual.” How right he was! We have people likeAmbani and Adani who have millions and millions but there are millions that have no money to buy food and medicines. Where is our sense of social justice?

The rich people should,come forward to help the needy. The rich people should not forget that they too came to this.world empty handed and they will go away from this world empty handed.
RosyJoe
Edappally

Question 29.
Find out the word in the passage which means
Answer:
Disparity

Question 30.
Who is the founder of ‘Sarvam’ ?
Answer:
Nehha Bhatnagar

Question 31.
What prompted the dancer to start such an initiative?(1)
Answer:
She wanted to bring the classical arts to all from the girl child in the slum to the corporate executive in her glass tower. She wanted to bring the joy of dance to the underprivileged who could not afford to pay high fees for their training.

Question 32.
Do we need more such initiatives in our country? (1)
Answer:
Yes we do Many underprivileged are excluded from many areas as they lack money.

Question 33.
When did the foundation begin its activities? (1)
Answer:
In 2012

Question 34.
A webinar is conducted by the English club of your school on the topic ‘21st century Indian women and the challenges they face in society’. As a member of the club, you are asked to make a speech on the topic. Prepare the script of your speech. (8)
Answer:
Ladies and Gentlemen, The topic for today’s webinar is “21st century Indian women and the challenges they face in society”’ We got our independence 74 years ago. But even today the condition of women in India is pathetic as there is no equality between man and woman in this country.

The law may say that man and woman are equal. But in actual practice, women are not given their proper place in the society. How many women MPs do we have in the Parliament? How many women Ministers do we have in the Central Cabinet? How many women MLAs do we have in the State Assembly? How many women ministers do we have in the State Cabinet? Just 3 out of 21! That is a mere 14.3%.

Even in the labour market women are discriminated against. For the same job, a man gets Rs. 1000 as his daily wage. But a woman is given just half of it, although the woman may have done more work than the man. To get married, a woman has to give dowry. Most women are destined to be bound to their homes. Their work is limited to delivering children, rearing them and doing the household chores of cooking, washing and cleaning. This is injustice. Women are even afraid to go out in the nights because there is the danger bf getting raped by sex maniacs.

Many parents refuse to send their girls for higher education even if they are brighter than their boys. The argument is: The girl will go away to another home after her marriage and so there is no point in spending money for her higher education. I strongly feel the society has to change. We have to work for such a change where the woman gets her rightful place in the society. “Empowering women” should be our slogan.
Jai Hind!

Question 35.
Irfan Alam, the founder and chairman of SammaaN foundation came out with an innovative idea and transformed it into a business model. You come to know about a vacancy for the post of an accountant in ‘SammaaN’. Prepare an application for the post and attach a resume with the necessary details. (8)
Answer:
From
Simi Ibrahim
Manavatur House
Irinijalakuda North P.O.
District: Trichur
Kerala

To
The Director
SammaN
Opposite Mumbai University
C.S.T. Road
Kalina, Mumbai – 22

30 June 2021
Dear Sir,

Application for the post of an Accountant

This has reference to your advertisement appearing in the “Indian Express” dated 25 June 2021.
I possess the necessary qualifications and experience which you have specified in your advertisement, l am a young woman of 24 years, willing to work hard. I assure you of the best satisfaction if ! am given a chance to work in your prestigious organization. I am enclosing herewith my detailed resume and also photocopies of my certificates. I shall be glad to appear for any interview you might conduct in Mumbai or any other place and date of your choice.
Thanking you and hoping to hear from you,
Yours faithfully,
(Simi Ibrahim)
Enel: 3

RESUME OF SIMI IBRAHIM

Name, E-mail & Mob. No. : Simi Ibrahim simithotmail.corn 9496567887 Age & Date of Birth : 24 years, 17 July 1997 Nationality : Indian Marital Status :  Single Educational : M.Com -2019- with 72% B.Com – 2017 – with 74% marks, Vimala College, Kochi. +2 with A Grade in all subjects. St. Mary’s HSS Irinjalakuda. SSLC with all A+, St, Mary’s HSS Irinjalakuda Experience :  Worked for 2 years as an Accountant in KSEB, Irinjalakuda. Activities :  I am a Member of thé Rotary Club, Irinjalakuda. I have helped in organizing many functions while at College. Skills : lamwell-versedinMicrosoftWord and C++. I was a member of the College Handball Team that won the State Championship in 2018. Languages : Malayalam, English, Hindi. Hobbies : Reading, Travel, Classical Music. References : Prof. M.A. Kurian, Vimala College, Kochi, Mob. 9496567886. Mr. Mehboob Saithu, Member,irinjalakuda Municipality, Mobile No. 9496236542. I certify that the information give above is correct. Simi Ibrahim

Question 36.
Antonio and Felix, in the story ‘Amigo Brothers’, share a single dream – to become the light weight champion. However, at the end of the boxing championship, they left the ring before the announcement of the winner. Prepare a write -up on the spirit of friendship portrayed in the story. (8)
Answer:
Antonio and Felix in the story “Matchbox” by Piri Thomas share a single dream – to become the light weight champion. They both practised hard. They fought well, but they left the ring before the announcement of the winner.

Felix Vargas weighed 144 pounds and his rival Antonio 133 pounds. The winner was to represent the Boy’s Club in the tournament of champions, The Golden Gloves. There would be no draw in the fight. The referee gave instructions telling them that it should be a clean fight. In the first round, both the contestants did their best to outwit the other. Both were equally strong, in the second round also the same thing happened. Punches flew back and forth. But none was floored. Each punch was applauded thunderously by the crowd.

The third round came, each wanted to win. They punched each other very hard. Nobody fell to the canvas. The final bell rang but the fight continued. The bell rang again and agisftW. Buy there was no stop to the fighting. People got worried. It looked as if they were witnessing a do or die fight and not a contest. Then the referee and the trainers separated the contestants. Now the contestants embrace. They were fighting like bulls a moment ago. Now both were winners. Let their tribes increase!

Question 37.
Nomita, in the story ‘Matchbox,’ is often insulted and humiliated by her husband, Ajit. Sometimes, he hurts her feelings very much. Imagine that Nomita meets Ratna (the character mentioned in ‘Horegallu’), and she narrates the incidents of her life with Ajit to Ratna. Prepare the likely narrative. (8)
Answer:
Nomita: My husband is Ajit. We live in a joint family of 26 members. I come from a very poor family. But somehow my mother got me married into this rich’ family. I have no siblings. My mother often calls me ‘queen’. I have to struggle hard in my new home.

My mother frequently writes to me requesting me for money. She writes on postcards^which could be read by anyone, l am really ashamed that my mother is always begging for money. To prevent olhers from reading her letters, I asked my 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.

I secretly help my mother. My mother is very demanding and I should say she is shameless in going on asking for help. One day while collecting the soiled clothes forgiving them to the washer-man, I saw a letter in the pocket of Ajit. It was torn and crumpled. It was addressed to me and from the postmark it was obvious that Ajit got it some 3 days earlier. But he had not told me anything about it. I am unhappy because Ajit reads the letters addressed to me. I had told him many times not to do it. He says he is checking to see if any love letter is sent to me by somebody.

At this point, I got angry and called him a common, vulgar man. This enraged Ajit and he said that I was a dung- picker’s daughter. I asked him to speak softly as others would hear whatever he was saying. He said he would do whatever he wanted to do and I could do nothing about it. This challenge infuriated me. I burned a matchstick and puts is to my sari. The sari caught fire and soon it flared. Ajit, however, put out the fire. I know I did something foolish. Ajit goes on humiliating me and that is why I did it.

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.

Question 38.
Read the poem given below. Compare the poem with ‘Any Woman’ written by Katharine Tynan.

Clear as sunshine,
Sweet as nectar;
One who gets mother’ love
Is the true victor.

‘Tis mystic yet unmisted
Pristine and pure;
None can deny this,
I resolutely assure.

Her tears flow
For my slightest pain;
Her smiles and joy
For my smallest triumph.

She starves for me
And feeds me well;
Gives me heaven
And accepts hell.

The showers of her love
Bring joy in my way.
This unselfishness
I can never repay,

I can never repay,
This I assure;
For her love is godly,
pristine and pure.
Debasish Mishra (nectar = honey, pristine=pure, resolutely = firmly).
Answer:
This poem by Debashish Mishra is in praise of his mother. He says that his mother’s love is clear like , sunshine and sweet like nectar. One who gets is really a true victor. Her love is inexplicable. It is pure. Nobody can deny it. Her tears flow when her son is in slightest pain. She cries so much when she sees me suffering that people may think she is a fool or is mad. She starves for me and feeds me well. She gives me all kinds of joy even as she is suffering much pain. Even if I sacrifice myself, I will not be able to repay theTove my mother has shown me. Her showers of love bring joy to me because she is so unselfish. Her love is divine and I can never repay her love.

The poem is in simple language. It has fine rhythm. The rhyming scheme is ABCB, although it is not kept in some stanzas. There are different figures of speech in the poem. There is simile (clear as sunshine, sweet as nectar). There are metaphors like showers of love. Repetition can be seen as “pristine and pure” is used more than once. There is alliteratiort jneflfistine and pure”.

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 wonhan prays to Jesus to spare her life till her children aiseproperly grown up.

The poem has simple language. The entirë 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.

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Kerala Plus Two English Previous Year Question Paper March 2022

Time : 2 1/2 Hours
Maximum : 80 scores

Part – I

A. Answer any four questions from 1 to 6. Each carries 1 Score. (4 × 1 = 4)

Questions 1 – 3 Read the excerpt and answer the questions that follow:
“Have you gone mad?” he says, and jumps tb her side and grabs the burning patch and slaps it between his hands and puts out the fire.

Question 1.
Who is referred to as you in the passage?
Answer:
Nomita is referred to as ‘you’ in the passage.

Question 2.
Which phrasal verb in the passage means ‘extinguish’?
Answer:
put out

Question 3.
Why does he say that “Wave you gone mad?”
(Questions 4-5) Read the lines and answer the questions that follow:
I am the twist that holds together
The children in its sacred ring,
Their knot of love, from whose close tether
No lost child goes a-wandering.
Answer:
He says that because Nomita, in her mad anger, picks up a matchbox lying near and lights a
matchstick and touches it to her sari and the sari flares up.

Question 4.
Who is referred to as T in the passage?
Answer:
“I” in the passage is the mother

Question 5.
Which word in the lines means’rope’?
Answer:
Tether

Question 6.
“Not even in my dreams. I consider that to be the worst kind of betrayal. I don’t think there is a greater sin than betraying someone’s confidence.” What is the worst kind of betrayal mentioned by Ratna in this passage?
Answer:
The worst kind of betrayal is betraying someone’s confidence. Someone tells you certain things believing that you will not say those things to others. If you divulge them to others you are betraying the confidence someone placed in you.

B. Answer all questions from 7 to 10. Each carries I score. (4 × 1 = 4)

Complete the passage given below with suitable words from those given in the box.
Now, after a series …… (7) ……. elimination bouts, they had been informed that they were ……(8)…..
meet each other in the division finals were scheduled …… (9)…… the seventh of August, two weeks away
the winner to represent the Boy’s Club ……(10)…… the Golden Gloves Championship Tournament.
Answer:
Now, after a series of elimination bouts, they had been informed that they were to meet each other in the division finals were scheduled for the seventh of August, two weeks away the winner to represent the Boy’s Club in the Golden Gloves Championship Tournament.

Part – II

A. Answer any three questions from 11 to 15. Each parries 2 scores. (4 × 1 = 4)

Question 11.
Read the lines and answer the questions that follow:
“I see him there,
Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed.”
(a) Who is mentioned here as ‘an old-stone savage armed”?
(b) Identify the figure of speech used in the last line.
Answer:
It is the neighbour of the narrator in the poem “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost. The neighbour is bringing stones for mending the wall and then he looks like an old, armed, stone-age savage.

Question 12.
Bring out the satire in the lines given below: “Can we get some husk from the Centre, too, to make toys with it? I don’t know.”
Answer:
The figure of speech is simile. The neighbour carrying stones is compared to an old stone-age savage, armed with stones.

Question 13.
Recent research (a) (has/have) indicated that marijuana can damage cells. A drug user’s way of life (b) (make/ makes) him more susceptible to pneumonia, tuberculosis, malnutrition and weight loss.
Answer:
a. has
b. makes

Question 14.
Irfan Alam has come to your school to inaugurate an entrepreneurship programme titled ‘New Venture.’ As the school leader, make an announcement of the event before the student. Prepare the announcement.
Answer:
Today we are lucky to have Mr. Irfan Alam to inaugurate our entrepreneurship programme titled “Newventure”. As you know Irfan Alam is an entrepreneurship and Innovation enthusiast. He won a famous Indian TV reality show, Business Baazigar on ZEE TV. The show 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. He was the one who suggested to redesign rickshaws so that the extra space could be sold for advertisements and brand promotion. He also made the rickshaws carry items like water, juice, biscuit, mobile cards and newspapers to be sold to a the passengers.

Question 15.
After reading the play The Hour of Truth, you realise that there are so many reasons for corruption. How can we discourage corruption? Write your opinion- in two sentences.
Answer:
We can discourage corruption by strictly following the dictates, of our conscience. Honesty is the best policy; be honest in all your dealings. If one is honest one can easily overcome the temptations for corruption just like Robert Baldwin did, in spite of the temptations given by his wife, son and daughter.

B. Answer any two questions from 16 to 18. Each carries 2 scores. (2 × 2 = 4)

Question 16.
Change the given sentences into indirect speech.
Mrs. Higgins : I want a book pf stamps and a money order for two pounds eleven shillings and five pence.
Assistant : Here is a book of stamps, madam and would you please fill in this form for the money order.
Answer:
Mrs. Higgins asked the postal assistant to give her a book of stamps and send a money order for two pounds eleven shillings and five pence. The assistant gave Mrs. Higgins the book of stamps and asked her to fill in the form for the money order.

Question 17.
Imagine that you are the dental doctor in the poem This is Going to Hurt Just a Little Bit. Someone comes to you seeking treatment. Write two pieces of advice you would make after the treatment. You can use the following expressions:
(a) You should _______.
(b) You’d better _______.
Answer:
a) You should not eat or drink anything too hot or too cold.
b) You’d better wash your mouth frequently with slightly warm water.

Question 18.
Justify thesfsuitability of the title Grime and Punishment for the story.
Answer:
The title reminded me of the novel of the same name by the famous Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The story “Crime and Punishment” by R.K. Narayan is about the simple antics of a prankster who wanted to punish his teacher for beating him. The title is short and sweet. I think the word ‘crime’ is a bit too harsh. After all, the small boy is doing only some small mischievous acts natural to kids of his age.

Part – III

A. Answer any three questions from 19 to 23. Each carries 4 scores. (3 × 4 = 12)

Question 19.
Imagine that you have become a popular writer. After finishing her anecdote Horegallu and some other stories, Sudha Murty wishes to publish them as a book. She requests you to write a blurb for it. Prepare the blurb.
Answer:
I was greatly impressed by the book “Horegallu and Some Other Stories” by Sudha Murty. Although this is her first book, she writes with the ease and natural flow of an experienced writer. She uses the language effectively to rouse our feelings. Horegallu is a stone bench. It helps tired persons to sit down and rest for sometime so that they can regain their energy.

In “Horegallu” Sudha Murty is talking about her grandfather who sits on the horegallu and talks with the villagers who work in the nearby fields and the travellers who pass by. The grandfather refreshed the workers and travellers just by listening to them. When the villagers talk about their problems to her grandfather they foel refreshed and their minds get unburdened. The writer wants us to be horegallus. The other stories are also about village life and they are very interesting as well as educative. I wish Sudha Murty all success!

Question 20.
You class is organizing a debate on the topic “Education Empowers a Society.” Write four points supporting the statement.
Answer:
a) Education empowers a society because it helps the members to understand the pros and cons of things.

b) If people are uneducated they easily fall into superstitions and they can be manipulated by clever people who are selfish and greedy.

c) Education develops your logical thinking. It helps you to separate the chaff from the grain.

d) Education develpps independent thinking. It makes you self-reliant. An educated man does not blindly follow the dictates of others.

Question 21.
In the poem Mending Wall, the poet’s view contradicts that of his neighbour’s on building walls. Do yo think that walls are necessary to create a good relationship among human beings? Write a paragraph on the significance of man-made walls.
Answer:
In the poem “Mending Wall”, the poet’s view certainly contradicts that of his neighbour’s on building wall. I think walls are necessary to create a good relationship among human beings. Good fences make good neighbours means it is good to have some limits between neighbours so that their relations will remain healthy at all times. If there is unlimited freedom between neighbours, trouble will soon start. Suppose you grow goats in your house.

Your neighbour has a vegetable garden. If there is no fence your goats will go and eat up the vegetables of your neighbour. Will he like it? Suppose your neighbour’s children come and open your fridge and eat up all the good food you have kept there. Will you like it? So there must be some boundaries between neighbours and only then there will be good relations.

Question 22.
Prepare a character sketch of Nomita in the story Matchbox.
Answer:
Nomita is the wife of Ajit. They live in a joint family. Altogether there 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 letter&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 for giving 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 sati 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 Jo be a.snob. She has forgotten that‘s 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 23.
Elaborate the idea In the following lines: “Rubber plants, twice my height, now stand in rows around me on the ridge where modan and vellaran used to be sown, and confuse my path as I walk home.”
Answer:
These lines are taken from the famous poem “Rice” by Chemmanam Chacko. A rice farmer’s son had gone to North India to get a doctoral degree on . making toys with husk. There used to be plenty of husk in his house as his father cultivated different kinds of paddy. The young man got his doctorate and he is returning home after 4 years. In the meantime things had changed at home. His father stopped cultivating paddy and in its place he is now cultivating rubber.

No husk to make toys and his degree will be a waste. He is op the way home and he sees rubber plants which are twice his height. They are planted in a row. In this place, when he was at home, his father cultivated different paddy varieties known as “modan” and “vellaran”. Now he is even confused about the path that will lead him home. It shows the dilemma of the young man who is returning home after 4 years of study in North India.

B. Answer any one question from 24 to 2s. carries 4 scores. (1 × 4 = 4)

Question 24.
You are one of the students of Shaheen Mistri. You could not attend her class for two weeks as you were COVID positive. Prepare an email to your teacher explaining, your condition and inability to attend the class.
Answer:
shaheenmistri@hotmail.dbm
Madam, I have not been able to attend your classes for the last two weeks because I was diagnosed Covid positive. I am taking treatment and I am slowly recovering. But the doctor told me that I should rest for another two weeks and should not travel around. I am physically very weak and I have lost much weight as I could not eat food for lack of proper taste in my mouth. Even when I see food that I used to like before, I feel like vomiting. Things are improving and hope I will be able to come to the class after two weeks. I should say I badly miss your lessons which are so inspifing and educative.
Thank you, teacher for all the good work you are doing to help us.
Rosy Punnackal

Question 25.
Imagine that you were one among the audience who witnessed the boxing contest between the amigo brothers. You were deeply impressed by the figh,tj and their friendship. You wish to write a blog about it. Prepare the blog.
Answer:
The fight between Antonio Cruz & Felix Vargas was scheduled to take place in Tompkins Square Park. The time was afternoon. Even before the scheduled fight, the Park begins to fill up because the fighters were much liked by the people around. There was expectation in all the faces to see a very good fight. The fighters enter and the crowd explodes with a roar. Antonio & Felix bow gracefully and raise their arms in acknowledgement to welcome they received from the crowd.

The announcer makes the announcement telling that the contest is between Antonio Cruz and Felix Vargas, two fine Puerto Ricans. Felix Vargas weighs 134 pounds and his rival Antonio Cruz weighs 133 founds. The winner will represent the Boy’s Club in the tournament of champions, the Golden Gloves, verb sphere will be no draw. The Referee now gives instructions telling them it should be a clean fight. In the first round both the contestants do their best to outwit the other. But both are equally strong. In the second round also the same things happen. Punches fly back and forth, but none is floored. Each punch is applauded thunderously by the crowd.

Now comes the third round. Each contestant wants to win. They punch each other very hard. Nobody falls to the canvas. The final bell rings. But the fight continues. The bell rings again and again. But there is no stopping to the fighting. People started getting worried. It looked as if they are witnessing a do or die fight and not a contest There is utter silence. Then the referee and the trainers separate the contestants.

Now the contestants embrace. They have forgotten they were fighting like bulls up to a moment ago. The announcer makes an announcement. He is trying to name the winner and he looks around. But both Felix and Antonio had left like good old friends, arm in arm, declaring their strong bond of friendship. They proved themselves to be real amigo brothers! May their tribes increase!

Part – IV

A. Answer any three questions from 26 to 29. Each carries 6 scores. (3 × 6 = 18)

Question 26.
Nomita is infuriated by the behaviour of Ajit. She feels pity for her mother and herself. She writes a letter to her mother revealing the real nature of Ajit. Prepare the letter.
Answer:
Jehangirabad
Bhopal
4 May 2021

Dear Mother,

I got your letter asking me to send you Rs. 2000 immediately to pay for the gas and electricity. I understand your difficulty. I know you have nobody else to ask as I am the only daughter you have. But I too have problems here.

Ajit is not such a good man as you thought him to – be. In the beginning he was alright. But of late he finds much pleasure in insulting me. The letters you send me are received by him. Sometimes he is so rude that he does not even tell me about them. Your ’ last letter I happened to read just by chance. I was giving his soiled clothes to the dhobi and when I checked his trousers’ pockets I found your letter in a crumpled state. He had received it some 3 days ago, but he never told me about it. We had a big fight over it. Once he even told me that there is no need to read your letters because all of them were for asking money. He even insulted me by calling me a dung picker’s daughter.

Ajit and I are still not in talking terms. I hope things will clear up soon and then I will send you the money. Don’t write letters asking formoney, I will find a way to send you some money every month.
Say “hi” to our neighbour Meenakshi. Has her son passed his SSLC?
Your ever loving daughter,
Nomita

Question 27.
Your school has conducted a seminar on the topic “The Role of Schools in Women Empowerment’. Prepare areport of the seminar to be published in the school magazine. You can use the given hints: (Hints: venue date and time – welcome speech – inaugural address – paper presentation – open forum – vote of thanks)
Answer:
REPORT ON THE SEMINAR CONDUCTED ON THE ROLE OF SCHOOLS IN WOMEN EMPOWERMENT:
The Seminar began at 10.00 a.m. in the School auditorium. It was presided over by Miss Liz Kumari, the Chairperson of the Local Women Empowerment Wing. In her inaugural address she said the Seminar was inspired by the speech of Christine Legarde on the 3 Ls of Empowerment and the schools have a big role in Women Empowerment. The inaugural address was followed by the welcome speech by the Head of the English Department.

Three speakers presented each of the 3 Ls, Learning, Labour and Leadership. The first speaker was the local MLA Mrs. Kunjumol Beeran. She said that education is the foundation on which any change is built. She said there is a proverb in Africa which says that “If you educate a boy, you train a man. But if you educate a woman, you train a village.

The second speaker was Geeta Nandakumar, Principal of PG 6entre, where only women are admitted for the various regular courses it offers. She said the 2nd L, Labour, helps a woman to aChieve her true potential. She also insisted that spciety must follow the principle of “equal pay for equal work”. The 3rd speaker Biwi Suleiman said that the 3rd L, Leadership, enables women to rise and fulfil their inborn abilities and talents. Then they become ready to “dare the difference”.

The Paper Presentations were followed by an Open Forum. Some members of the audience had some doubts to ask and the speakers clarified their doubts. The principal Ammini Rajan thanked everyone for their cooperation. The seminar came to a close by 1.00 p.m.
Lilly Joseph
Secretary
9.3.22

Question 28.
After reading the anecdote Horegallu, you realse that you were also a horegallu in some way. Narrate the incident in which you have become the horegallu of another person.
Answer:
A horegallu is a stone bench. People who are tired sit on the horegallus they find on their way. Horegallus are usually placed under shady trees. Tired travellers can sit on the horegallu. Usually there will be a sympathetic listener sitting there. Sometime the tired traveller is also offered some cool water and other drinks like buttermilk by some good Samaritans. These horegllus thus provide both physical and mental relaxation to the tired travellers. The shade helps them to regain their physical strength. By telling the willing listeners about their problems, they also feel mentally relaxed.

As we all know joy increases when shared .but sorrow decreases when it is shared. In today’s hectic world there are not ffiany sympathetic listeners. But if somebody is willing to listen to you you feel highly relieved Don’t we hear old people always talking about their bodily pains? We won’t be able to help them in reducing their physical pain, but by patiently listening to their complaints we can help them in relieving their mental pain. We should try to be horegallus in our lives.

Once I became the horegallu of my classmate Simi. Simi comes from a poor family. Her father has no job and he is also sick. Her mother goes to work in a neighbour’s hoube and that is how they find their livelihood. Once I saw Simi sitting under a tree and crying. I went to her and asked what made her cry. She then opened her heart to me. I listened to her sympathetically. Later I shared my lunch with her. My good words filled her with optimism and she thanked me for being a horegallu.

Question 29.
After giving evidence in the court, Robert Baldwin and Gresham meet at the courtyard. Prepare a likely conversation that would take place between them. (Write at least 6 exchanges).
Answer:
Robert Baldwin: John, I’m sorry that I could not help you.

John Gresham: It’s okay Robert. You did the right thing.

RB: Somehow I could not tell the court ^don’t remember”. That would be cheating own conscience.

JG: I was wrong in offering you the $100,000 bribe. I should have known you better. In fact I am proud of you. You are an honest man and no bribe can change your kind.

RB: John, you know I love and respect you. In fact I named my son John because of my love and respect for you. I don’t know what prompted you to misappropriate the banks’money. „

JG: It was foolish on my part to do that. In a weak moment I thought I could get away with it. I thought I would not be caught. But Fate was different.

RB: I feel so bad to see you going to jail. But then I could rjot imprison my conscience. It would always prick me and I wouldn’t be able to live with it.

JG: I toid you not to worry. I have sinned and I should get the punishment. I have recommended you to Marshall to give you a good position in his bank. He will soon meet you with the offer.

RB: You are so good John. I thought you would be angry with me for not helping you. But here you are recommending me for another better job.

JG: Goodness must be rewarded. You have been so honest. Any other person in your place would have accepted my offer of $100,000 and would have told the court anything I wanted him to say. But no? you!

RB: Thank you, John. I will wait for your please when we can start things anew.

JG: Say “Hi” to Martha, John and Evie. I’m sure they will be happy with your new appointment.

B. Answer any two questions from 30 to 32. Each carries 6 scores. (2 × 6 = 12)

Question 30.
Imagine that you become a topper in Civil Service Examination, and you realise the vaule of education in the modern world. Your classmates and juniors arrange a function to honour your success. Prepare a script of the speech you would deliver on the occasion.
Answer:
Respected principal, teachers and my dear students, I am really overwhelmed at this function you have organised to honour me for topping in the Civil Service Examination. First of all let me say a big “Thank you!” to all of you.

The journey to the top was not easy. But I had firm determination to become an IAS Officer even when I was at school. I was then told a Collector of a district had great powers to do good to the people of his district. I wanted to work for the welfare of my countrymen wherever I would be. The best way to serve people is to educate oneself and use all our powers and energies to do good to others.

Education has much value. It teaches you the importance of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. It teaches you tolerance. An educated man cannot be intolerant because he knows people have different faiths and different customs and rituals. We should be able to respect the feelings of others. It is a foolish man who thinks only his religion, his idea, is right aqd all others who differ from him are wrong. Education expands one’s mental horizons and he is able to understand that one man’s religion is another man’s madness and one man’s food is another man’s poison.

Education helps us to be free from superstitions. Even during the Covid pandemic we saw silly people rushing to sorcerers and black magicians seeking remedies. An educated man won’t do that. Education makes man more empathetic. He will see the pain of others and he will do whatever he can to alleviate the pain of others. Thus education has many positive values and I exhort all of you who are still students to do your best and educate yourself to the highest level possible.
Thank you all once again!

Question 31.
You are appointed as a reporter of a channel. Your first assignment is to interview the famous Malayalam poet Sri. Satchidanandan wharves nearby your locality. Prepare six relevant questions and the possible responses to them.
Answer:
Reporter: Sir, please speak a few words about yourself and your education for the benefit of our viewers.

Satchidanandan: Myfull nameis Koyamparambath Satchidanandan. I was born in 1946 in Pulloot, a village in Kodungallur. After my early education in – the village school, I studied biology at Christ College, Irinjalakuda, and had my Masters in English from Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam. I obtained my PhD in post-structuralist poetics from the University of Calicut.

Reporter: Please say something about your career.

S: I joined as a lecturer in English at K.K.T.M, Govt. College, Pulloot in 1968, and then I moved to Christ College, Irinjalakuda, in 1970.1 voluntarily retired from in 1992 to take up the editorship of Indian Literature, the English journal of the Indian National Academy in Delhi. In 1996 I was nominated Secretary, the chief executive, of the Academy, a post from which I retired in 2006.

Reporter: Please tell us something about your career as a writer.

S: My literary career began with the publication of ‘Kurukshetram’, a collection of essays on poetry (1970) and ’Anchusooryan’, a collection of poems (1971). Since then I have published several books of poetry, criticism, plays, travelogues and translations of poetry and plays and edited several magazines like ’Jwala’, ‘Uttaram’ and ‘Pachakkutira’ besides many anthologies of poetry and essays in Malayalam, English, Hindi and Slovenian.

Reporter: Can I ask something about your family?

S: Why not? I am married and I have two daughters.

Reporter: We understand that you have received manyAwards.

S: I have received so manyAwards that I have even forgotten some of their names! I have received six Kerala Sahitya Academi Awards and one Sahitya Academic Award for my book “Marannu Vecha Vasthukkai”.

Reporter: Thank you, Sir! Thank you very much.

Question 32.
After reading the chapter When a Sapling is Planted, your school decid,es to conduct a panel discussion on the topic “The Role of Women in Environmental Conservation.” Three eminent personalities come to your school as panellists. You are to introduce the panellists. Prepare the script of the speech welcoming the panellists and introducing them to the audience.
Answer:
In the panel discussion today, we have three prominent environmentalists as panellists. My duty is to introduce them. Let me begin with Mr. C.R. Neelakandan. Mr. Neelakandan was born in 1957 at Karuvannoor in Thrissur . District. He completed his education from Christ College, Irinjalakuda and Government Engineering College, Thrissur.

He actively participates in environmental issues such as public protest against waste dumping at various places across the state such as Lalur, Vilappilashala, Panamkuttichira, Brahmapuram, Pettippalam etc. Struggles like Silent Valley, National Highway Protection Samithy, Chengara, Plachimada, GAIUL Pipe Line, High Speed Rail Corridor, Many mining projects like Mineral sand mining on Arattupuzha Coast, Moolampilly displacement, Malabar Gold pollution, Periyar River Protection, Endosulfan in Kazaragod, Aranmula Airport, Athirappilly and Pooyamkutty HEPs and many others.

Our next Panellist is Vandana Shiva. She was born in 1952. She is an Indian scholar,.environmental activist,, ecofeminist and’anti-globalisation author. She has Written more than 20 books, She is often referred to as “Gandhi of grain” for her activism associated with the anti-GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) movement.

Shiva is one of the leaders and board members of the International Forum on Globalization and a figure of the anti-globalisation movement. She has argued in favour of many traditional practices, as in her interview in the book Vedic Ecology. She received the Right Livelihood Award in 1993, an award established by Swedish-German philanthropist Jakob von Uexkull, and regarded as an “Alternative Nobel Prize”.

Our third panellist is Medha Patkar. She was born in 1954. She is a social activist and former Politician working on various crucial political and economic issues raised by tribals, dalits, farmers, labourers and women facing injustice in India. Patkar is the founder member of the 32 years old people’s movement called Narmada BachaoAndolan (NBA) in three states: Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat.

NBA has been engaged in a struggle for justice for the people affected by the dam projects related to the SardarSarovardam project, especially those whose homes will be submerged but have not yet been rehabilitated. She was the national coordinator and then convenor of National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) for many years and now continues to be an advisor to NAPM. Under the banner of NAPM, she has participated in and supported various mass struggles across India against inequity, non-sustainability, displacement, and injustice in the name of development.

Part – V

A. Answer any two questions from 33 to 35. Each carries 8 scores. (2 × 8 = 16)

Question 33.
Dangers of Drug Abuse by Hardin Blair Jones focuses on the effects of drugs on the brain and body. But you recognize its effects on society too. Write any essay on drug abuse and its impact on society.
Answer:
Dangers of Drug abuse by Hardini Blair Jones focuses on “the effects of psychedelic drugs on the brain and body. But drugs also adversely affect the society too. The worst affected are the youth, who are supposed to be the leaders of tomorrow. If the youth is waylaid, the future of the society is in jeopardy.

The negative consequences of drug abuse affect not only individuals who abuse drugs but also their families and friends, various businesses,! and government resources. Although many of these effects cannot be quantified, ONDCP (Office of National Drug Control Policy) recently reported that in 2002, the economic cost of drug abuse to the United States was $180.9 billion.

The most obvious effects of drug abuse which are manifested in the individuals who abuse drugs – include ill health, sickness and, ultimately, death. Particularly devastating to an abuser’s health is the contraction of needle borne if lnesses including hepatitis and HIV/AIDS through injection drug use. Centres fdr Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 123,235 adults living with AIDS in the United States in 2003 contracted the disease from injection drug use, and the survival rate for those persons is less than that for persons who contract AIDS from any other mode of transmission. CDC further reports that more than 25,000 people died in 2003 from drug-induced effects.

Children of individuals who abuse drugs often are abused or neglected as a result of the individuals’ preoccupation with drugs. National-level studies have shown that parents who abuse drugs often put their need to obtain and abuse drugs before the health and welfare of their children. Children whose parents and other family members abuse drugs often are physically or emotionally abused and often lack proper immunizations, medical care, dental care, and necessities such as.food, water, and shelter.

The risk to children is even greater when their parents or guardians manufacture illicit drugs such as methamphetamine. Methamphetamine abusers often produce the drug in their own homes and apartments, using hazardous chemicals such as hydriodic acid, iodine, and anhydrous ammonia. Children who inhabit such homes often inhale dangerous chemical fumes and gases or ingest toxic chemicals or illicit drugs. These children cdifimonly test positive for methamphetamine and suffer from both short- and long-term health consequences.

Drug abuse on businesses can be significant. While many drug abusers are unable to attain or hold full time employment, those who do work put others at risk, particularly when employed in positions where even a minor degree of impairment could be catastrophic; airline pilots, air traffic controllers, train operators, and bus drivers are just a few examples. Economically, businesses often are affected becstuse employees who abuse drugs sometimes steal cash or supplies, equipment, and products that can be sold to get money to buy drugs. Moreover, absenteeism, lost productivity, and increased use of medical and insurance benefits by employees who abuse drugs affect a business financially.

Question 34.
Irfan Alam has started a new firm to organise the street vendors of Kerala. He has given the following advertisement in a popular daily seeking applications from eligible candidates to carryout the programme in each district. Imagine that you have all the qualifications for othe post. Prepare an application letter and a resume for the post.

WANTED DISTRICT CO-ORDINATORS

Wanted District Co-ordinators for ABC Foundation with Kerala to handle commercial and administrative functions independently.
Educational Qualification – Graduation/ Post Graduation in Social Work
Desirable -proficiency in English, computer skills, leadership ability
Experience – 2 years and above in social work Age – less than 40 years

Attractive remuneration package Please send a detailed resume with contact number and mailing address to:
Irfan Alam
CEO, ABC Foundation
SRA34, Raj Street, Kerala – 9.
Answer:
From

20 April 2022

Simi Lbrahim
Manavatur House
P.O. lrinjalakuda
PIN 680 121

To
lrfan Alam
CEO, ABC Foundation
SRA 34, Raj Street, Kerala – 9

Dear sir
APPICATION FOR THE POST OF A DISTRICT
This has reference to your advertisement in the “Malayala Manorama” dated 15 April 2022 inviting applications from candidates for the posts of District Coordinators for ABC Foundations in Kerala. I have a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Calicut University. I have served as a social worker for 3 years under the Government of Kerala. I am 26 years old.

I shall be happy if you give due consideration to my application. Although I am willing to come for an interview at any place and any time, I shall feel very happy if it can be done somewhere in Thrissur District between now and mid-June.

I am a passionate social worker and I look forward to use my talents in this regard. I want to serve my motherland in the best possible manner.

My detailed resume and other documents are enclosed.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
(Simi Ibrahim)
Enel: 4

RESUME OF SIMI IBRAHIM

Objective:  To work in an Organization which will help me to utilise my talents for the welfare of my countrymen. Name, e-mail and Phone No. : Simi Ibrahim simi@hotmail.com 94962756734 Age and Date of Birth :  26 years, 1 may 1996 Nationality :  India Marital status :  Singls Educational Qualifications: M.A. Social Work. Passed in 2018 with 72% marks from Vimala College Thrissur. BA. Social Work 2016 with 71 % marks from Vimala College, Thrissur. +2 with A Grade in all subjects from St. Marys HSS lnnjalakuda. SSLC with A+ in all subjects from, St. Mary’s HSS Irinjalakuda. Exprience : Worked as a Social Worker in a temporary post under the Government of Kerala for 3 years from July2018to June 2021. Activities : I have helped in organising different social activities for the Senior Citizens of Irinjalakuda. Skills : Well versed in Computer Word Was a Member of College Badminton Team Have passed IELTS.  Possess leadership qualities Languages : Malayalam, English and Hindi Hobbies : Reading, Travel and Classical Music

Question 35.
Read the lines from the poem Silent, Strong Dad written’by Karen K. Boyer.
Silent, Strong Dad
(Karep K. Boyer)

He never looks for praises
He’s never one to boast.
He just goes on quietly working
For those he loves the most.
His dreams are seldom spoken.
His wants are very few,
And most of the time his worries
Will go unspoken, too.
He’s there …… a firm foundation
Through alj bur storms of life,
A sturdy hand to hold onto’
In times of stress and strife.
A true friend we can turn to
When times are good or bad.:
One of our greatest blessings,
The man that we call Dad.
Answer:
In her famous poem “Silent, Strong Dad”, Karen K. Boyer speaks about her dad. She says that her father never looks for praises. He’s never one to boast. He just goes on quietly working For those he loves the most. His dreams are seldom spoken. His wants are very few. Most of the time, his worries will go unspoken too. He’s a firm foundation. Through all our storms of life his is a sturdy hand to hold to In times of stress and strife. He is a true friend we can turn to. When times are good or bad, he is one of our greatest blessings. The poem is in rhyme and the rhyming scheme is abcb.

“Any Woman” by Katharine Tynan is about “Mother’s Love”. There is a saying that since God could hot be everywhere at the same time, he created mothers. It shows the importance of mothers. Mother is a synonym for love. Their love is unconditional. They expect nothing in return for the love they give you. That is the most important thing about a mother’s love.

Right from the time a child is formed in the womb, the mother starts loving her baby. Once the baby is born, its entire care is done by the mother. Feeding it, cleaning it, nursing it, making it sleep, making it comfortable – all this is done by the mother. When her child is sick, the mother keeps awake the whole night nursing her child. She knows without her the child will not live and grow comfortably. That is why we see her praying, “God don’t take my life away until my children grow up!” Mother’s love is unique and there is nothing that can be compared to it. What we are today is the result of our mothers’ love.

The poem is in simple language. The entire poem is an exquisite metaphor. It is in rhyme. Except the first stanza, the rhyming scheme is abab. Between the two poems, I prefer the poem “Any Woman” by Katharine Tynan.