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Kerala Plus One English Board Model Paper 2023 with Answers
Time: 2½ Hours
Total Score: 80 Marks
Questions 1 – 8: Answer all the questions.
Questions 1 – 4: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: (4 × 1 = 4)
“Young friends, let me discuss with you, how you can be unique. I have, so far, met fifteen million youth in a decade’s time. I learnt, ‘Every youth wants to be unique that is You!’. But the world all around you is doing its best, day and night, to make you just ‘everybody else”.
Question 1.
Who is the speaker?
Answer:
The speaker is Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
Question 2.
What does every youth want to be?
Answer:
Every youth wants to be unique, that is you.
Question 3.
What is the world around us doing?
Answer:
The world around us wants to make us just everybody else.
Question 4.
Pick out a word from the passage that means a period of ten years’.
Answer:
Decade
Questions 5 – 8: Read the following lines and answer the questions. (4 × 1 = 4)
The glories of our blood and state
Are shadows, not substantial things;
There is no armour against Fate;
Death lays his icty hand on kings:
Sceptre and Crown
Must tumbledown,
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Question 5.
Identify the poem.
Answer:
“Death the Leveller” by James Shirley.
Question 6.
What, according to the poet, are not substantial things?
Answer:
The glories of our blood and state are not substantial things.
Question 7.
‘Death lays his icy hand on kings ………………… ‘Identify the figure of speech.
Answer:
Personification
Question 8.
Cite an example for metonymy.
Answer:
Sceptre and Crown – they stand for the king.
Questions 9 – 12: Answer any three of the following. (3 × 2 = 6)
Question 9.
Your best friend is addicted to mobile phones. Advise him/her on the need to use the mobile phones judiciously.
(i) ………………..
(ii) ……………….
Answer:
i) You should use your mobile phone only when there is a need to use it.
ii) Overuse of the mobile ill make you an addict and you will have other serious problems.
Question 10.
‘And the thousand on board, did security feel For no eye saw death, as he stood at the wheel..’ Elaborate the idea presented in these lines.
Answer:
There were a thousand people on the ship. They all felt very safe and secure. Nobody foresaw any risk as the captain was standing at the wheel ready to start the voyage.
Question 11.
“He even gnawed at the dried pieces of egg shell.”
a) Who is the ‘he’ referred to here?
b) What did he do?
Answer:
a) The young seagull.
b) He was so hungry that he bit the dried pieces of an egg shell.
Question 12.
Max Beerbohm does not prefer to go our for a walk. Do you think walking is a good physical exercise? Why?
Answer:
I think walking is a good physical exercise. Walking for about 30 minutes every day increases our fitness, strengthens bones, reduces excess body fat, and boosts muscle power. It can also reduce our risk of developing conditions such as heart disease, osteoporosis and some cancers.
Questions 13 – 19: Answer any five of the following: (5 × 4 = 20)
Question 13.
Maggie sent a card with a black border to Mr. Gupta to inform him about her brother’s death. What could she have written in the card?
Answer:
Dear Mr. Gupta,
It is with the saddest heart that I am sending you this card. My brother Frank who was a soldier posted to the Punjab Regiment was killed during battle. He is buried at Fort Monroe, near Dera-Ghasi-Khan. My mother and I were hoping he would be coming home with mementoes from India. My mother is inconsolable and she has grown weak. I don’t know why such a tragedy struck our family.
Maggie
Question 14.
If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep
Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep,
Go to the woods and hills! No tears
Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.
What message does the poet convey?
Answer:
The poem conveys a fine message of hope and optimism. It says that if you want to keep your heart from fainting and your soul from sleep, you should go to the forests and hills. No tears ever dim the beauty of nature. She is always beautiful and energetic.
Question 15.
Imagine you are the head of the tour guides in Kadavu. What general instructions will you give them?
Answer:
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Now we are heading for the Namuana village to see turtle calling at Kadavu. Our boat will anchor in a beautiful bay under the cliffs of a rocky headland. You land on the beach and sit on the rocks. Or you can climb to a rocky tract to a point some 150 or 200 feet up the rock face. You will see all the maidens of the village assembling and singing a strange chant. When you are there do not make much noise. Fishing is prohibited there. When the maidens chant the turtles will come to the surface and it will be a wonderful sight for you. So get ready to have an experience of a lifetime.
Question 16.
Edit the following passage.
The young Seagull was not confident to flying. It is his mother who helped him atleast. After make his first flight, he realised his strength.
Answer:
Then young seagull was not confident to fly (in flying). It is his mother who helped him at last. After making his first flight, he realised his strength.
Question 17.
Imagine the news of smallpox outbreak reached the crew of Ranaganji and they are in panic. Captain Hamble addresses the crew and gives them appropriate instructions. Write any four instructions.
Answer:
a) Don’t be panicky.
b) Don’t tell the passengers that somebody in the ship has small pox.
c) Behave as if everything is normal.
d) Do what you can to move the sick persons to a safe place and treat them well.
Question 18.
Comment on the aptness of the title “Gooseberries”.
Answer:
Comment on the aptness of the title “Gooseberries”.
The title Gooseberries is a very apt for the story by Anton Chekhov. It is titled ‘Gooseberries’ because life is very much like gooseberries. Gooseberries are sour and sweet. Similarly life too is sour (bitter) and sweet. Nicholai lives all his life like a miser and even marries an ugly widow to get money to buy the estate with a gooseberry bush. The estate he bought does not have a gooseberry bush and so he plants some. Later he eats the gooseberries from the plants he had planted and looks pleased when he eats them. Gooseberries may be sweet for one, but sour for another. Life is like that. One man’s food is another man’s poison and one man’s religion is another man’s madness.
Question 19.
During COVID – 19 period, we relied on technology to a great extent. Do you think technology supported you in your studies? How? Write four points.
Answer:
a) During the Covid – 19 period technology supported my studies in a big way.
b) Our lessons were conducted on line and we did not have much difficulty in understanding the lessons.
c) By using the internet, we could get all our doubts cleared.
d) The advantage was that we could listen to the on line lectures at our leisure in a relaxed way.
Crowded classrooms are not always helpful in understanding the lessons properly.
Questions 20 – 25: Answer any five of the following: (5 × 6 = 30)
Question 20.
It was the mother Seagull who helped the young Seagull to make his first flight. Were you supported by any of your family members when you faced a crisis ? Narrate your experience.
Answer:
Just like the mother Seagull helped the young Seagull to make his first flight, my mother helped me to continue with my studies when I failed my SSLC in the first attempt. When the SSLC results were announced, my roll number was not there as I had failed. It was a big shock to me. Almost all of my classmates were celebrating their success by distributing sweets to their friends and discussing their plans to go for their tertiary studies. I felt depressed. I was crying the whole day. But my mother came to my rescue. She told me again and again, a failure in an exam is not the end of life and I should not take my failures so seriously.
She told me the story of Robert Bruce, the King of Scotland. Bruce had lost to the British army and he had to go into the forest, after losing his kingdom. He was sad and depressed. One day he was sitting and crying thinking of his fate, when he saw a spider trying to weave its web. It jumped from one ledge to another to connect the first thread. But it failed. It tried seven times and it succeeded only on the 8th attempt. So Bruce thought, “If a spider can be so bold, why can’t I?” He came back, collected his solders and fought and won his kingdom back.” This story opened my eyes. I studied hard and I passed SSLC with 3rd rank in the State. My mother saved me and I am proud of her.
Question 21.
Imagine that the boy who shared his concerns with Dr. Abdul Kalam becomes a marine engineer, later in his life. He sends an email to his friend, detailing his meeting with Kalam. Draft the likely email.
Answer:
drabdulkalam@gmail.com
Sub: A Word of Gratitude
Sir, you may not remember me. I was a participant in the programme called “Sashtrayan” which you inaugurated in our village. It was a programme to ensure the preparation of about 2000 students from different schools to be engineers, doctors, scientists, qualified managers and civil servants. You then spoke on the topic “Science Empowers the Nation”. I was greatly impressed by your speech. You said, “Every youth wants to be unique, that is you. The world around you wants to make you just everybody else.” I wanted to be me. I took your advice seriously and I worked hard. Today I am a marine engineer because I wanted to be one although my parents wanted me to be a doctor. I am proud of my job. I am doing well and my superiors are very pleased with my work. All this happened because of the inspiration you gave me. Thank you, Sir, forteaching me to dream, dream big, and work hard to realise it.
Raj Job
Question 22.
When Mr. Gupta returns to India, he tells his sister about Maggie and her family. Write the likely conversation between Mr. Gupta and his sister. (3 changes)
Answer:
Mr.Gupta : Latha, when I was in London, I got acquainted with a girl named Maggie. She invited me to her home.
Latha : Did you go? What happened there?
Mr.Gupta : There I met her widowed mother Mrs. Clifford. Mr. Clifford was happy to see me. She said that her son, Frank, was in the army and he was posted to the Punjab Regiment. She wanted to know what kind of a country India was. She said that she had heard that India had too many snakes and tigers that killed people.
Latha : What did you tell her?
Mr.Gupta : I told her not to believe all those stories about the dangerous snakes and tigers in India. Then she showed me a magic ring that her son Frank had sent from India. A yogi had given him that ring. The ring had a crystal. And Frank said that if one looked into the crystal he/she could see him and what he was doing. Both Maggie and Mrs. Clifford looked into the crystal many times, but they never saw Frank. Being a Hindu, she thought I could see things in the crystal.
Latha : And then what did you do?
Mr. Gupta: Not to disappoint her, I looked into the ‘ ring for long. But finally I told them I could see nothing in it. There are many superstitions in Britain about India.
Question 23.
You are the reporter of an English daily from Paris. Prepare a report to be published in the newspaper about Le Horla’s take off.
Answer:
LEHORLATAKING OFF
8 July: Le Horla, the hot air balloon, got filled up. There were some 300 enthusiastic people around it to watch the take off. The passengers got in. The Captain was Jovis. The others in the basket attached to the balloon were Lieutenant Mallet, M. Etierine Beer, M., Paul Bassant and M. Patrice Eyries. The people watching could see them talking animatedly. Soon Patrice Eiries came down because the balloon could not carry the weight of all them. He walked away dejectedly. Poor man! All his dream of an adventure was gone.
M. Jollie told the ladies to keep off. When the balloon lifted, sand would be thrown into their hats. He cut the ropes that held the balloon to the ground. Slowly, the Le Horla lifted upward, like a bird. Up, up, and up went the balloon. People screamed with joy. Le Horla climbed above the city of Paris and it slowly disappeared. The sight of the earth from the balloon would be fantastic.
Question 24.
You are one of the guest speakers of a panel discussion organised by the Health Club of your school. The topic of discussion is “A Sound Mind in a Sound Body”. Draft your presentation giving emphasis to proper rest and sleep.
Answer:
“A Sound Mind in a Sound Body” is a very popular proverb. “Sound” here means healthy. If you want to have a healthy mind, you should have a healthy body. Only a healthy person can think normally and act quickly in any given situation. A healthy body is free from diseases and pain. A sound mind means a mind capable of taking good, positive, progressive and independent decisions.
A healthy body is obtained by eating the right type of food, Regular exercise is essential to keep the body strong and fit. Vigorous exercises or yoga will help in keeping the body fit. Proper sleep is very essential for a healthy body. To keep the mind healthy, a person should always have an optimistic thinking and honest attitude in life.
Body and mind are connected with each other and they allow a person to have a satisfactory life. A healthy mind works not only for himself but for the whole society. Man should always think of the society of which he is a part. It is healthy minds that bring progress to the family, state, nation and humanity at large.
Question 25.
One of the survivors of smallpox, writes a letter of gratitude to Hasan, after recovering from the illness completely. Draft the letter.
Answer:
270, Howrah Street
Calcutta
20 December 1946
Dear Hasanji,
I was one of the passengers of Ranaganji sailing from Liverpool to Calcutta. As the Serang of Ranaganji, you have been very helpful in making our voyage a happy one.
I am writing this letter to tell you how grateful I am for the services you rendered me when I wgs afflicted with small pox in the ship. Small pox is a deadly disease and it is very contagious. Nobody would like to go near a person afflicted with it. As the serang of the ship, you were under no obligation to nurse the sick people. But because of your compassionate heart you volunteered to nurse them without worrying about your own life. I also saw how you, a Muslim, reading from the Ramayana relevant parts, when you were sewing the shroud for the dead Hindus before casting them overboard. It shows how tolerant you are. Not many people would do the things that you had been doing.
I am sure I recovered from smallpox mainly because of your nursing. You gave me food and medicine at the right time and encouraged me with words of hope and optimism. Today I am healthy and I am back on my job. I told my wife and children about you. I told them that you are an angel.
Hasanji, do accept my grateful thanks for nursing me back to life. May Allah give you a happy and long life!
George Kurian
Questions 26 – 28: Answer any two of the following. (2 × 8 = 16)
Question 26.
Gandhi dreamt of an India which was free from intoxicating drinks and drugs. However, our youth is increasingly addicted to these. What are the remedial measures required to create an awareness about this and build an India as dreamt by Gandhi? Write an essay.
Answer:
GANDHI’S DREAMS ABOUT INDIA
Here three things are stressed. First of all there should be no untouchability in India. How can persons be discriminated just because one is born into a particular caste or creed? Caste system was a curse on India imposed by the higher classes on the lower classes, especially the Scheduled Castes. Members of the Scheduled Castes were restricted in their freedom to travel. They could not even draw water from public wells arfd ponds. They could not enter temples for worship. They were kept away from learning. All these discriminations must go and people should consider themselves as the children on the same mother – India.
Then comes the curse of alcohol and psychedelic drugs. These destroy the minds of people and they become ready to do any crime to get money to buy their intoxicating stuff – alcoholic drinks or psychedelic drugs. Addiction becomes so debilitating that p.eople become unable to work and contribute to the welfare of the society. They become a shame to the family and a burden on the society.
The third point is equality of women with men. Unfortunately in India we had the injunction from Manusmriti “Na Sthree Swatantrymarhati”. Following this, women were refused all their rights. There was even the horrendous system of “Sati” where a woman had to immolate herself on the funeral pyre of her husband as if she had no life of her own. There was the accursed female infanticide, and even now there is the practice of female foeticide. Although legally prohibited, the sex of the baby in the womb is found out and if it is a female, abortion is carried out. Of course this is done by unscrupulous parents in collusion with greedy and immoral doctors.
Gandhiji wanted a free, enlightened India where all the citizens could enjoy their life without any fear of discrimination or unnecessary restrictions. His dream was to have a county where liberty, equality and fraternity reigned.
Question 27.
For those who take travelling as a passion, ‘to travel, is to live’. .Do you think so? Narrate any of your travel experiences.
Answer:
I take travelling as a passion. For me “to travel is to live”. When we travel we see many new things and they teach us many new things. Travelling widens our mental horizon. It helps us to be more tolerant and understanding. It teaches us that one man’s food is another man’s poison and one man’s religion is another man’s madness.
Recently I visited the Hill Station Ooty. Let me share with you my experience there.
Ooty Is a popular Hill Station. It is located 86 km north of Coimbatore and 128 km south of Mysore. Ooty is the capital of Nilgiri district. The total aerial distance from Trichur to Ooty is only 111 kilometres but the driving distance is 223 km as the roads are often not straight. We travelled by a luxury coach which had facilities for music and films. The time for travel is around 5 hours. We left Thrissur at 2.00 a.m. and we reached Ooty by 7.00. We had our breakfast in an excellent restaurant.
After break fast we went to the Government Rose Garden. It has one of the largest collections of roses in the country. It has more than 20,000 varieties of roses. We were thrilled to have seen so many varieties. After visiting the Rose Garden, we proceeded to the Ooty Botanical Gardens. It is lush green and it is carefully maintained. There was a Flower Show there. We saw rare species of plants and flowers. The Botanical Garden has nearly a thousand species of plants. Some of them are exotic. The various shrubs, ferns, trees and bonsai plants captivated our hearts and minds.
Our lunch was in a 5-star hotel where different types cuisine were available. We could choose Indian, Chinese or Continental Meals. I took Chinese Meal. It was yummy, so to say. After lunch we went to the Deer Sanctuary, located on the edge of the Ooty Lake. It has different species of deer and other animals. We then proceeded for a boating in the Pykara Lake. There we saw the Kamaraj Sagar Dam which is a picnic spot and also a film shoot location. We then went for our supper which was a light one. At 7.30 we boarded the coach and by 12.30 we were back in Trichur. It was a wonderful experience.
Question 28.
Attempt a critical appreciation of the given poem on the hurricane ‘Katrina’.
Land of Misery
– Anonymous
On the eastern shore, she knocked on our door
Then drifted away to the west
She then turned north, and steadily forth
W ith rage upon her crest
As shq gathered force, On a steady course
To a land below the sea
Too unaware, or unprepared
For such a tragedy
Toppling of homes, the shredding of domes
of a wind that relentless blow
All the terrain, was flooded with rain
When the lake did overflow
And then she passed, and none to fast
Th is city beneath the sea
Leaving this flood, which carries our blood
Through a land of misery.
Answer:
A Critical Appreciation of “Land of Misery”
On the eastern shore, the hurricane Katrina knocked on our door. Then she moved away to the west. She then turned to the north. She was angry and she had a lot of destructive strength. She gathered
greater strength as she moved forward to a land below the sea level.
The people of those areas were unaware of her approach and they were unprepared for her and the tragedy she brought. She toppled homes, she made towers fall down as she was blowing relentlessly.
The entire area was flooded as there was heavy rain. When the lake was full she passed on the city which was beneath the sea level. This flood brought us a lot of misery as it drank even our blood. Our land ! was made into a land of misery by this raging Katrina.
It is a simple and vivid description of the Hurricane Katrina that ravaged many places in the USA. It struck the south eastern United States in late August 2005. The hurricane and its aftermath claimed more ! than 1,800 lives, and it ranked as the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history.
It is an anonymous poem. It has only 16 lines. The rhyme is irregular, but we see rhymes like west- crest, sea-tragedy, sea-misery. The hurricane is personified as an angry and strong woman capable of inflicting great damage. There are powerful pictures of the destruction and the helplessness of the unprepared people who were pushed into misery by the raging Katrina.