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Time : 3 Hours 15 Minutesl lTotal No. of questions : 35] [Max. Marks : 100

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lnstructions : a) Followthe prescribed units while answering the questions.
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Write the correct question number as it appears on the
question paper.
c) One mark questions attempted more than once will be

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awarded zero
d) Answers to question number 24 (a - il and 25 (i - iii) should
be in sequence and atoneplace.

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e) For muftiple choice question choose the correct answer and
rewrite it.

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following in a word, phrase or a sentence each : (12x1=121
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1) When according to Juliet would allthe world be in love with the night ?

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4) Who is the author of 'Tapovan'- as mentioned in "Everything I need to know

I learned in the Forest" ?
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5) Who occupied Gonzalo's usualbench in the park ?

6) What does the speaker want his beloved to do sitting by the fire in "When
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You Are Old" ?

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7) When did Tammanna forget all his songs and ballads ?

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8) What would the foot like to be ?

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9) Which libr4ry does Borges visualise in his dream ?

10) Whocreates heaven on earth ?
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. 11) What is the sign of appreciation in eating soup ?

12) How long had Roof been a bicycle repairer's apprentice ?
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ll. Answer any eight of the following choosing at least two from the poems in a
paragraph of 80-l0Owordseachr
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13) How is Romeo mesmerised by the beauty of Juliet ?

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15) What ideas of Tagore inspired the author to start the Earth University ?

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16) Narrate how according to Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo the sad love affair
of her friend and his cousin ended.

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17) How does Tarnmannatake revenge on Basavaiah through invisible means ?

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18) Explain the various stages of hardships faced by the foot after being confined
in a shoe.

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19) Borges says that books will never disappear in spite of modern modes of
communication. Explain.
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20) How according to the speaker can we create heaven on earth in the poem
On Earilt' ?
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21) Bring out the culture of the Japanese as explained by George Mikes.
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22)' The difference of race and agony parrchama due to water has been
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effectively brought out in ,Water,- Discuss.
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tll. Answer the following in about2O0words : (1x6=6)

' 23) The poem 'On Children'does not focus merely on the lives of children but
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. alsotalks about the responsibitity of parents - Explain.

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Justify the statement 'wheet brings progress,'with reference to ,where

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lV. Read the following passage and answerthe questions set on it : (10x1=10)

Long ago there lived a King who was very unhappy. The reason was simple - he
was growing bald. He had lost much of his hair. Being a vain man, the king was
very upset and wanted to find a cure for baldness. So he called his court physician
and ordered him to prescribe a medicine.

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However, the physician said, "Your Majesty, I am sorry butthere is no medicine
for baldness. lt is hereditary." "You are a fool !" said the King and threw him into

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prison.
Next, the King sent for allthe eminent physicians of the land and commanded
them to find a magic medicine to make his hair grow. But they all had the same

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thing to say. Now the King was furious. He put all the physicians under house
arrest and announced - "l'll give you exactly a month to come up with a remedy

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for my baldness. lf you don't have it at the end of that time, you will all be put
to death."

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Allthe physicians were terrified, and did not know what to do. Finally one old
man, wiser than the rest, Said, "Don't worry. We don't have to die. I have an
idea that will cure the king of his madness, if not his baldness !" Everyone
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sighed with relief. Exactly a month later, the King summoned the physicians
and ffinanded, "\A/ell ? Have you founclffte remedy ?'
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The old physician stepped fonrvard and said, "YeS Sir, I have." Bringing out a
small bottle, he said, "here is my special new hair oil, guaranteed to cure baldness !
You only need to use H for 10 days, applying it half an hour before bathing.
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Within ten days, you will have a luxuriaflt crop of jet black hair.
"Wonderful !" exclaimed the King as he took the bottle. Then the physician
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added, "Just one sir- if you think of coconuts while applying this oil, it will work.
Please keep that in mind."'That's not a problem," said the king happily. The old
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physician was richly rewarded and allwere freed. Early the next morning, the
King was all set to try the new oil. He took the bottle and opened it.
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Now he remembered that he was not supposed to think of coconuts while applying
the oil. Suddenly, a picture of a coconut tree bearing a thick bunch of coconuts
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flashed in his mind's eye.

"Oh no !" thought the King. Try as he might, he could not get the picture out of
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his mind. Finally he put the bottle aside, saying, "l'll start tomorrow." But the
next day, the same thing happened. He had hardly lifted the bottle when he
thought of a coconut. So he could not use it that day either.

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Thereafter, every single day, whenever he tookthe botile, he would remember

something associated with coconuts - green coconuts, coconut water, or even
coconut barfi ! Earlier, he had never bothered about coconuts, but now he
seerned obsessed with them. By and by, he would automaticiity r"*"mber
coconuts the moment his eye teil on the bottle of oil. The botile itooo on the
shelf, unused.

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Finally, the King decided that he had had enough. He declared,,,l,ll never use
this oil. But then, what is so bad about being oaio z Bald is Beautiful.,'

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24) Answer the following in a word, a phrase ora sentence each :
a) Why was the King unhappy ?

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b) Who did he summon to prescribe the medicine ?
c) what did the physician say, for which he was thrown into prison ?
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stepped fonryard and said that he had a cure.
e) The King sentforallthe physician of the land. (eminenU
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f) For how many days was the King supBosed-to use the oil ?
g) what did the old physician tell the King while using the oit-?
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j) Finally what did the King declare ?
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up figures by the hour.
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Perhaps you glance at me and think

"What a stupid game to spoilyour
morning with !"
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Child, l-nave forgotten the art of

being absorbed in sticks and mud-pies.
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i) What is the chitd doing ?

ii) What is the poet busy with ?
iii) who has forgotten the art of being absorbed in sticks and mud-pies ?

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V. 26) Complete the following by filling in the blanks using
the right form of the
verb given in brackets :' (3x1=3)

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By this time tne spring (go) ctean out of his walk'

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27) Reportthe following conversation : 5x1=5)

Dona Laura : DO yOu use a shoe brush as a handkerchief '

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Don Gonzalo : what right have you to criticize my actions ?

Dona Laura : A neighbour's right'

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DonGonzalo:ldonotcaretolistentononsense.
Dona Laura : You are very Polite'

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Rani : Wow ! (Congratulating)
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Rani ; itwill be too cold (disagreeing)

. lt will be lovely. (Giving an option)
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A lot of women in pudukkottai were unable to wait for ladies cycles. Therefore
they had to men's cycle. They knew that bicycles
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time, wasted in waiting for buses.

(Cut down on; Put uP with; Go in for)
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30) Fill in the blanks with the right linker :

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Roof would have put it. Then he had received a strange visit
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from the leader of the POP Campaign team. he and Roof

were well known to each other. might even be called friends,
his visit was cotd and business like. No words were wasted. He
placed five
pounds on the floor Root.

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32) Write a letter in response to the following adverlisement which appeared in

'The Times of lndia' dated 12 April 2015. (Write XXX for name and YYY for
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INDIATODAY REQUIRES,
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Qualification : M.A. ln Journalism

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Candidates with 3 yrs. experience will be given preference.

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Apply: To The Editor; INDIATODAY

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33) Your college is celebrating 'Road Safety Week'* You are asked to speak in
your college assembly, highlighting some of the traffic rules and mention
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the need to follow them. Write a speech in about 100 words. your speech
should include the following points :
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- Use of mobile phones.
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While riding / driving

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Given below is a representation of

the number of people migrating from
villages to cities in the past few
decades. write a report for the local
newspaper in about 120 words.
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35) Rewrite the jumbred segments

to form a meaningfur sentence.
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