RIMC English August 2001 Paper

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RIMC Dehradun Exam paper English August 2001

RASHTHIYA INDIAN MILITARY COLLEGE, DEHRADUN
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION- AUGST 2001
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
Time: 2 hours MM.125
Please pay particular attention to the following:-
1. Read all the questions carefully before answering.
2. Write your answers separately on the answer sheet provided. DO NOT write anything on the question
paper.
3. Max marks for the question are given at the end of the question within brackets.
4. Attempt all questions.
5. Neatness has a suitable award.
6. This paper consists of THREE sections:
A. Reading 50 Marks B. Writing 50 Marks C. Grammar 25 Marks
SECTION A –READING (50 Marks)
Q.A.1. READ the following passage given below, THINK and WRITE the answers to that follow:
Granny’s Fabulous Kitchen
As kitchens went, it wasn’t all that big. It wasn’t as big as the bedroom or the living room, but it
was big enough. What made it fabulous was all that came out of it: good things to eat like cakes and
curries, chocolate fudge and peanut toffee, jellies and jam tarts. As far as I was concerned, Granny was
the best cook in the whole wide world.
Two generations of clerks had lived in India and my maternal grandmother had settled in a small
town in the foothills, just where the great plain ended and the Himalayas began. The town was called
Dehradun. It’s still there, though much bigger and busier now. Granny had a house, a large rambling
bungalow on the outskirts of the town. In the grounds were many trees, most of them fruit trees.
Mangoes, lichees, guavas, bananas, papayas, lemons there was room for all of them, including a giant
jackfruit tree casting its shadow on the walls of the house.
Blessed is the house upon whose walls
The shade of an old tree softly falls _______________
I remember those lines of Granny’s. They were true words, because it was a good house to live in,
especially a nine year old with a tremendous appetite. If Granny was the best cook in the world, I must
have been the boy with the best appetite
Ruskin Bond
On the basis of the passage, answer the following questions (3×5=15 Marks)
A.1.1 Why do you, think the author feels that the kitchen wasn’t so big?
A.1.2 Who was the author?
A.1.3 Who was the best cook in the whole world and why did the author think he had the best appetite in
the whole world?
A.1.4 Write about the thoughts that come into your mind about the two lined verse in the passage.
A.1.5 Write a few lines on the garden in your own house or in a park next to your house.
A.1.6 What do you understand by the term “granny”. In what way was the author related to her?
A2. Freedom
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If I held a
soft as ever could be
I’d listen to her racing heart
And set her forever free
No joy can ever be as great
Than the freedom of her song
No matter she may never return
And take her song along.
Still I love to hold few birds
And keep on setting them free
Or feed them if they choose to stay
And share their joys with me
Ruskin Bond
Having read the poem, answer the following: (2 x5 =10 Marks)
A.2.1 Why is freedom so important?
A.2.2 You must have seen a caged bird sometime. Write what you thought about it the last time you saw
a caged bird?
A.2.3 What do the words “No joy can ever be as great” mean?
A.2.4 Write what you understand from the last four lines of the poem?
A.2.5 What is the poet trying to convey in the above poem?
A.3 Read this mouth watering passage:
Whenever Granny made vanilla or chocolate fudge, she gave me some to take to Mohan, the
gardener’s son. It was no use taking him roast duck or curried chicken, because in his house no one ate
meat. But Mohan liked sweets- Indian sweets which were made with lots of sugar, as well as Granny’s
homemade English sweets.
We would climb into the branches of the jackfruit tree and eat fudge or peppermints or stick toffee.
The tree was wonderful for climbing. And some wonderful creatures lived in it- squirrels and fruit bats and
a pair of green parrots. The squirrels were friendly and soon got into the habit of eating out of our hands.
They too were fond of chocolate fudge. One young squirrel would even explore my pockets to see if I
was keeping anything from him. Mohan and could climb almost any tree in the garden. There were trees
on all sides, and it was impossible for all sides, and it was impossible for Granny to tell which one we
were in.
Ruskin Bond
Ouestion- Based on the above story, using it as a background; write within 50 words about your own
experience in climbing trees and enjoying a tasty dish up there with a friend.
(10 Marks)
A.4 Write the meanings of the following words that appear in the two passage and the poem above.
(5 Marks)
Fabulous} From passage No .1
Bungalow:
Matter} From the poem
Wonderful} From passage No .2
Fond
A.5 Make sentences of the following words to bring out their meanings :- leave, battle, receive,
opportunity, boldness, impress, person, mad, laughter, imagine.’
SECTION B – WRITING (50 Marks)
B.1 Write an essay of around 200-250 words on either of the topic given below
(20 Marks)
(a) Good health begins with hygienes
(b) Every dog has its day
B.2 Write a paragraph not exceeding 100 words on an encounter with Amitabh Bachan on” Kaun Banega
Crorepati” show. (15 Marks)
B.3 Write a few lines on the greatest achievement of your life. (5 Marks)
B.4 You have a pen friend in Indonesia with whom you feel free to share your most intimate thoughts.
You have been informed by your parents that you have to change your school and join the RIMC. Write a
letter to your friend Masayoshi Sakuma expressing the feelings that come to your mind on getting this
news. (10 Marks)
SECTION C- GRAMMAR (25 Marks)
C.1 Join each of the following pairs of sentences. An example has been done for your guidance.
(1×5=5 Marks)
(I know a woman. The woman is very kind. I’ know a woman who is very kind)
C.1.1 The RIMC is a famous school. The RIMC has good masters.
C.1.2.This is the path. She came by this path.
C.1.3 Here is the pen. You found it yesterday.
C.1.4 That man is very old. Everyone likes him.
C.1.5 The master sent for the perfect. The perfect came at once.
C.2 Use the correct form of interrogative pronoun:
(eg. who ,which, whom, which, what, etc) (1×5 =5 Marks)
C.2.1 …………………………………………..wishes to see him?
C.2.2 …………………………………………..did she invite?
C.2.3 …………………………………………..of the girls can play the best?
C.2.4. ………………………………………….shall I tell him?
C.2.5 Of ……………………………………….are you speaking?
C.3. Choose the correct verb from those in brackets. (1×5=5 Marks)
C.3.1 I ………………………………………………..to bed by 9 p.m. (went, go, going)
C.3.2 May I have some water before……………………… to bed? (go, shall go, going)
C.3.3 She …………………………..asleep while she was driving. (falls, fell, has fallen)
C.3.4 I am sure I ………………him at the school yesterday. (saw, have seen, had seen)
C.3.4 The moon ……………………………….around the earth. (move, moves moved)
C.4 Make sentences out of the phrases given below. (1×5 =5 Marks)
Land of dreams; rags to riches; bonded and free; roof over the head; old newspapers.
Do as directed:
(a) Rewrite the following in passive: (1×2 =2 Marks)
(i) She teaches us English.
(ii) The shepherd has lost six sheep.
(b) Convert the following into indirect narration: (1×2 =2 Marks)
(i) My father said, “It is time to go away.”

(ii) He has told them, “I did not commit this crime.”
(c) Rearrange the following jumbled words. (1×4=4) Marks
(For example: EATH-HATE)
CDRU, ENDIFR, MLPA, INCRATU
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