COUNCIL OF HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION, MANIPUR
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COUNCIL OF HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION, MANIPUR |
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SAMPLE QUESTION, 1999 |
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ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH |
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Full Mark - 100 |
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Pass Mark - 33 |
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Time : 3 hours |
The figures in he margin indicate full marks for the questions All the questions are compulsory
| 1. | ExPlain the following with reference to the context: | 6x2 | |
| (a) | For him no Minstrel raptures swell; High though his title, proud his name Boundless his wealth as wish can claim; | ||
| (b) | The stirring of their turgs against the dark, travelling sky
Is the oracle of the earth. |
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| 2. | Answer the following questions in about 70-80 words each: | 6 x 2= 12 | |
| (a) | Describe the process undergone by the dragonfly as it of the comes out of the cocoon till it tabes flight in the air. | ||
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| Describe how the poet of ‘A Wind Flashes the Grass’ builds up a theme of mortality in the poem. | |||
| (b) | What are the instructions that the lover in 'To the Rose' gave to his ambassador to win the love of a lady ? | ||
| 3. | Answer the following questions in about 20-30 words each : | 2 x 6 =12 | |
| (a) | How does Shakespeare describe the winter wind ? | ||
| (b) | How is the Mountain echo 'Unsolicited reply' of the Cuckoo ? | ||
| (c) | 'That's the wise thrush' How is the thrush wise ? |
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| (d) | If they were not in war how would the soldier of 'The Man he killed' have treated his enemy? | ||
| (e) | Why could not the poet, Walt whitman, live like the live-oak ? | ||
| (f ) | What was the attitude of the plough man in the poem,. ‘The Wind Flashes the Grass' ? | ||
| 4. | Answer the following questions in one sentence each: | ||
| (a)‘…for sons to pick gingerly and throw' What are the sons going to pick gingerly? |
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| (b) | In what rank was the soldier of 'The Man he killed' enlisted ? | ||
| (c) | 'An inner impulse rent the veil' What dos 'inner impulse' imply here? | ||
| (d) | What will the anger in the eye of the lady do to the rose? | ||
| 5. | Explain with reference to the context the following extracts : | 6 x 2=12 | |
| (a) | Three days of absolute fast do not improve one's beauty. For the rest, there is nothing that a sponge will not do’. | ||
| (b) | If another person sees the leaf only, and yet another the trunk, each has seen the part of the tree only. How foolish It would be for each one of them to say that the tree was the flower only or the leaf or the trunk, and to fight over this ! | ||
| 6. | Answer the following questions in about 70-80 words each : |
6x2=12 | |
| (a) | Describe the trap laid down by Sherlock Holmes to arrest Culverton Smith. | ||
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| Write what you know of Behrman as a painter. | |||
| (b) | 'We now come to Gautama Budha'. Write what you know of Buddha from your reading of the lesson prescribed for you. | ||
| 7. | Answer the following . questions in about 20-30 words each : | 2X6=12 | |
| (a) | What does the second layer of Hastinapur reveal ? | ||
| (b) | What made Halmes the worst tenant in London ? | ||
| (c) | 'The ivy leaf was still there'. How was this possible ? | ||
| (d) | Why was Mr. Winch angry with Fotheringay ? | ||
| (e) | What was the influence of the Brahmin priests in India at the time of the birth of Buddha? | ||
| (f) | Why did Denis Grigoryev commit the crime for which he was tried ? | ||
| 8. | Answer the following questions in one sentence each: | 1X4=4 | |
| (a) | What was the home address of Culverton Smith ? | ||
| (b) | 'In November a cold, unseen stranger ... stalked about the colony, touching one here and there with his icy finger.' Who is this unseen stranger ? | ||
| (c) | In which literature was Hastinapur described as the capital of Kauravas ? | ||
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What is the relation of Victor Savage with culverton Smith ? | ||
| 9. | Write an essay on any one of the given topics : | 13 | |
| (a) Students and politics. | |||
| (b) Price rice in Manipur. | |||
| (d) | Your friend stays at Moosapet, Hyderabad. Write a letter to him/her inviting him/her to attend the marriage ceremony of your sister to be held shortly. ( Do not write your name and address, Sign as X ). |
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