FIRST YEAR ENGLISH PRE FINAL EXAM - II 24-02-2024

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Total No. of questions : 16
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PART - I
ENGLISH, Paper - I
(First Language)
Time : 3 Hours PRE FINAL EXAM - II (2023-24) Maximum Marks : 80

SECTION – A

1. Answer ANY TWO of the following questions in about 100 words each. 2x4=8
a) Why did Dr Bannister feel that the moment of the lifetime had come?
b) What does the boy think of his grandparents in his letter?
c) Why did Thimmakka and her husband decide to plant trees? Describe how hard they tried to succeed in
their mission.

2. Answer ANY TWO of the following questions in about 100 words each 2x4=8
a) List the abilities a farmer is endowed with, according to the poem.
b) ‘An easy-to-read poem, Keep Going is rich both in its content and form.’ Explain the above statement with
examples.
c) Explain with the example of the lily that size matters not but beauty counts a lot.

3. Answer ANY TWO of the following questions in about 100 words each. 2x4=8
a) How did the three brothers try to outsmart one another?
b) Narrate the feelings of Alan when he was not able to reach the ground in time after meeting the old man on
his way.
c) Every time the youth chooses a gift, the fairy expresses her dissatisfaction with her gestures. Comment.

SECTION – B

4. Read the following passage carefully and answer ANY FOUR questions given after it. 4x1=4
A spirited discussion springs up between a young girl who insists that women have outgrown the jumping-on-
a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouse era and a colonel who says that they haven’t.
“A woman’s unfailing reaction in any cricis,” the colonel says, “is to scream. And while a man may feel like it,
he has that ounce more nerve control than a woman has. And that last ounce is what counts.”
The American does not join in the argument but watches the other guests. As he looks, he sees a strange
expression come over the face of the hostess. She is staring straight ahead, her muscles contracting slightly.
With a slight gesture, she summons the native boy standing behind her chair and whispers to him. The boy’s
eyes widened: he quietly leaves the room. Of the guests, none except the American notices this or sees the
boy place a bowl of milk on the veranda just outside the open doors.

i. What are the young girl and the colonel arguing about?
ii. What does the American naturalist notice?
iii. What does the hostess want the servant to do?
iv. “ ……….. he has that ounce more nerve control than a woman has.”
What does the word ‘nerve’ in this context mean?
v. Identify the synonym of ‘calls’ from the passage.
vi. Pick out the word that fits the meaning of ‘making narrower’ in the passage.

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5. Read the following passage carefully and answer ANY FOUR questions given after it. 4x1=4
An iota of initiative can ignite inspiration in tons, capable of moving mountains at a rapid pace. Sounds
incredible? See it happen in our Golden Telangana right now. Miracles become common when the initiative
comes from a man with integrity, good intentions and unconditional love for others. Other worth emulating
traits of his sterling personality are: (a) simple living and high thinking; (b) love for truth; (c) discipline; (d)
practising before preaching; (e) democratic to the core and (f) working for common cause. His quest for truth
is visible in his forty-year old Satyanveshana Mandali. His belief that individual progress and social progress
are inseparable has prompted him to work for the development of a model town involving hundreds of
committed persons from all walks of life, including spiritual areas. He is Surendra Babu Putta, 71, and the
fortunate town witnessing his impact is Kodada, the Gateway of Telangana. His very lifestyle offers
innumerable lessons on integrated personality development to the interested. Think, think, think – this is his
mantra.

i. How is the value of initiative highlighted in the passage?

ii. The initiative from what kind of persons can make miracles the order of the day?
iii. Name three traits of the lead character’s personality.
iv. What is the objective of the forty-year old organization mentioned in the passage?
v. Name the person impacting and the place being impacted.
vi. What kind of lessons can we learn from his way of living?

SECTION – C
[NOTE: ANSWERS of this Section must be written at one place in the same Serial Order]

6. Identify the parts of speech of ANY EIGHT of the following underlined words. 8x½=4
Ah (1), then you (2) mean to say that this (3) gentleman's smoke (4), instead of emulating the example of
all (5) other sorts of (6) smoke, and (7) going up the chimney, thinks (8) proper to affect a singularity (9) by
taking the contrary (10) direction.

7. Fill in ANY EIGHT blanks with a, an or the 8x½=4

i. Thimmakka could not go to school due to poverty and lack of facilities. At _____ (1) early age, she had to
take up grazing of sheep and cattle and also work as _____ (2) coolie.
ii. My imagination wants to soar like _____ (3) rocket to Jupiter and Mars; to traverse new worlds, new fields.
iii. I can’t play _____ (4) piano.
iv. ______moon is ________ symbol of pleasantness.
v. _____ (7) tiger is in danger of dying out.
vi. She has got _____ (8) imported pen.
vii. Look at _____ (9) woman over there! She is my mother.
viii. I put _____ (10) unopened letters over there.
8. Fill in ANY EIGHT blanks with suitable prepositions. 8x½=4
i. _____ (1) one and a half laps I was still worrying _____ (2) the pace. A voice shouting ‘Relax’ penetrated
_____ (3) me _____ (4) the noise _____ (5) the crowd.
ii. He has been absent _____ (6) the classes _____ (7) Friday last.
iii. _____ (8) the time I reached my office, I was late _____ (9) ten minutes.
iv. Suman left _____ (10) Australia.

9. Fill in ANY FOUR blanks with suitable verbs given in brackets. 4x1=4
i. I _____ (ask) my Biology teacher what I _____ (do) to save it.
ii. I felt that the moment of a lifetime _____ (come).
iii. Surya Namaskar _____ (consist) of twelve postures.
iv. Gandhi _____ (influence) by the writings of Tolstoy.
v. My nephew _____ (do) business in Hyderabad for the last ten years.

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10. Rewrite ANY FOUR sentences as directed 4x2=8
i. The teacher is explaining the lesson. (Change into the Passive Voice.)
ii. Surya was invited to tea by Chandra. (Change into the Active Voice.)
iii. John said to her, “I will call a doctor for you.” (Change into the Indirect Speech.)
iv. Very few English poets are as great as John Keats. (Change into the Superlative Degree.)
v. Jupiter is bigger than any other planet. (Change into the Positive Degree.)
vi. Let’s play tennis, _________? (Add a Question Tag.)

11. Rewrite ANY FOUR of the following sentences correcting the errors. 4x1=4
i. It is raining since yesterday.
ii. We don’t hardly believe it.
iii. As soon as I opened the doors, the birds fly away.
iv. The streets of Hyderabad are wider than Warangal.
v. He walks very fastly.
vi. The two players blamed one another for their defeat.

12. Supply the missing letters in ANY EIGHT of the following words. 8x½=4
i. hi _ _ top ii. gr _ _ nd iii. ang _ _ sh
iv. su _ _ icient v. m _ _ ntain vi. mi _ _ ion
vii. in _ _ edible viii. sli _ _ tly ix. ca _ _ y
x. reco _ _ ition

13. Identify the silent consonants in ANY EIGHT of the following words. 8x½=4
i. wrist ii. mnemonic iii. daughter
iv. dumb v. receipt vi. damn
vii. precis viii. folk ix. bouquet
x. rhythm

14. Write ANY FOUR of the following transcriptions using ordinary English spelling. 4x1=4
i. /ˈriːsntli / ii. /ˈpenʃᵊn/ iii. /ˈpɜːpəs /

iv. /ˈsæplɪŋ/ v. /fɪə / vi. / lɪtərɪt /

15. Circle ANY FOUR of the words that sound different from the other words in that set with regard to the
sounds of the bold letters. 4x1=4
i. area great idea
ii. deer feet street
iii. arm about aloud
iv. orange one ox
v. listen after taken
vi. many quality yet

16. Mention the number of syllables in ANY FOUR of the following words. 4x1=4
i. today ii. captivate iii. contribution
iv. room v. mantelpiece vi. idea

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