COUNCIL OF HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION, MANIPUR

MODEL ANSWER, 1999

SUBJECT: GENERAL ENGLISH

Model Answer/Scoring Key

 

Full Marks-100
Pass Marks-33

Instructions to Examiners

All examiners of English are requested to follow the marking instructions given here under for the sake of uniformity in evaluation. Whenever there is any doubt please contact the head Examiner or the Asst. Head Examiner before starting evaluation.
 

1.  Please use red ink/red ink ball pen.
2. Enter the marks on the left hand margin of the answer script.
3. Avoid fractional marks as far as practicable.
4. Avoid over writting of marks and in case it happens put an initial for every cut/overwriting etc.
5.

 In case of Essay Type/long answer questions, variation in language and style is anticipated. So, Full Credit may be given if the matter is correct with acceptable language. Take into account the variation in style and finesse of the language.
  The following is outline Answer and Scoring Key;


SECTION-A
( Prose )

1. (A) (i) Because his hands gnarled and twisted like the roots of the ancient tree. . 1
    (ii) Ali was like the young mimosa planted at the end of the courtyard. 1
     (iii) He/Mahmood often dreamt of a beautiful powerful kite resembling the great white bird of the Hindus, Garuda, God Vishnu's famous steed 1
    (iv).................. Youth. 1
    (v) (a) gnarled and twisted.
(b) steed 		1
    (vi) (Award 1 mark for any answer) 1
    OR  
  (B) (i) The Titanic sank (on 1 5 April ) in the night 1
    (ii) The sea was quite calm. 1
    (iii) It was the time for testing and observation 1
    (iv) The crew were satisfied that the stup was supreme 1
    (v) The passengers/they were in high spirits. 1
    (vi) Ruffled 1
    (vii) (d) Different kinds of social entertainment. 1
       
2.    He should avoid excessive reading which "wastes the marrow and consumes the brain.". He should not read at meal time: in the company of people when there is conversation and in playtime. Study is one means of getting knowledge but it must not be at the cost of health and good spirits, 8
    OR  
    He declared that he would do three things on Monday. He would go to the lawyer's and alter the will; go to the insurance office and pay his premium and go to St. Philips, church and get married. 8
 3.    (i) Agriculture was practiced in ways that exhausted the
soil for a time.		 2
    (ii) Scientific skill has increased the destructiveness of war. The use of thermonuclear weapons will lead to the mass destruction of mankind. 2
    (iii) It was the sports of people who could spend sometime
freely, kings had no worry for earning a living.		 2
    (iv) The captain advised them to face the danger bravely,
implying that the British had been brave. 		2
    (v) The faults of others too often arise out our own ill temper. If one becomes disrespectful of others, there
may be a feeling of being uncharitable towards them. 		2

 SECTION-B
( Poetry )

4. (A)  (i) He was leading a nation. (He was President of the USA) 1
    (ii) He was dead. 1
    (iii) The ship had come victorious. 1
    (iv) (b) He was just dead. 1
    OR  
    (i) The skylark was invisible. 1
    (ii) Because it flies high up in the sky. 1
    (iii) The wings want to fly. 1
    (iv) (c) It cannot forget its relationship with the earth. 1
    OR  
    (i) 'Thou' refers to 'Youth; 1
    (ii) Youth and the poet were one. 1
    (iii) Now 'Youth, is gone/He becomes old 1
    (iv) (b) No man can remain young for ever. 1
5.    The poet is born and brought up in England. It is his motherland.
( The question is very subjective. Examiners are requested to be careful in evaluating.)		 8
    OR  
    The presence of the fresh air, the beautiful colourful world of both the hills and plains and then the temporariness all make it magical. 8
6.    (i) He asked Bess to watch for him. He kissed the cascade of her hair and galloped away. 2
    (ii) The poet expresses the ideas as musings. 2
    (iii) The snake came to seek his hospitality.  
    (iv) The skylark can sing without the shady wood. (All independent of the leafy spring.) 2


SECTION-C
(Supplementary Reader)

7.  Jim sold his gold watch to buy a comb for Della and
Della sold her hair to buy a watch strap for the watch of Jim.		 8
  OR  
  Robichon played the part of Rows and Executioner and duped the crowed. But Quinquart played the role of Marquix de Thevenim and duped Robichon. So, he won the prize. 8
8.  (i) Najab and Fatimah lived on different sides of the Rann. Najab crossed the International Boundary in the desert to go to Fatimah's house, They fell in love of each other. Hence the title of the story. 2
  (ii) The area was threatened by the man-eating leopard of Rudrapryag. So, nobody moved out of their houses at night. 2
  (iii) He takes much pains to hide his feelings, 2
  (iv) He did not have money as he had given away everything.
So, he gave her his shilling's worth of matches.		 2
  (v) Fatimah caught him staring at her. 2

SECTION-D
(Writing skill)

9. (i) (a) A hungry fox came to a vineyard.
(b) It was full of tasty grapes.
(c) He tried to get the grapes but falled.
(d) He went away saying that grapes were sour.		 3
  (ii)  A hungry fox found some tasty grapes in a Vineyard. He tried to pluck the grapes in vain. He consoled him-self saying that grapes were sour.  
10.   Letter writing; Keep 2 marks for format and 3 & 2 marks for content and language. 7
11.   Give weightage to both content and language at 7
12.   Weightage for both content and language 3
13.    Essay : Content and language.
 Examiners are requested to exercise discretion in Essay
Type Question. But pay special attention to marginal cases.                                            7+5		 12