Model Paper

PART-B
ALL QUESTIONS CARRY EQUAL MARKS(3X10:30)
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS.

1. Write the synonyms of the following words:

6 words to be given.
1. Mournful: filled with sadness
2. Notion: an odd or fanciful idea
3. Pledge: a binding commitment
4. Redeem: fulfill
5. Rivals: competitors
6. Ruinous: cause destruction

2. Write the antonyms of the following words:

6 words to be given.
1. competence- incompetency
2. cheerful- melancholy, somber, gloomy
3.annulment - enactment, restoration, retention, validation
4. battered - aid, assist, guard, help, protect
5. blurred - clear, uncloud, unsmudge. dedication- disloyalty, unfaithfulness

3. Rearrange the following sentences and make a meaningful paragraph:

Paragraph of 6 sentences to be given from the text.

1. In 1988, Kalpana joined the National Aeronautics and Space Administration”s Ames Research Centre, and after that there was no looking back.
2. The first challenge was to prove that being a woman did not rule out the option of a career in aeronautics.
3. Accounts provided by her family members and friends show that for Kalpana the journey from Karnal to Houston was a difficult one.
4. The first and only Indian-American to reach space, Kalpana Chawla dreamt big, beyond the impossible.
5. When she joined PEC she faced disapproval not only from home but also from the college’s department of aeronautical engineering.
6. In Hindi and Sanskrit, kalpana is a dream, a fantasy- something that belongs to the realm of imagination.
Ans:
1. In Hindi and Sanskrit, kalpana is a dream, a fantasy- something that belongs to the realm of imagination.
2. The first and only Indian-American to reach space, Kalpana Chawla dreamt big, beyond the impossible.
3. Accounts provided by her family members and friends show that for Kalpana the journey from Karnal to Houston was a difficult one.
4. The first challenge was to prove that being a woman did not rule out the option of a career in aeronautics.
5. When she joined PEC she faced disapproval not only from home but also from the college’s department of aeronautical engineering.
6. In 1988, Kalpana joined the National Aeronautics and Space Administration”s Ames Research Centre, and after that there was no looking back.


Identify the types of the following sentences and write a similar sentence for each type.
1. Would you please lend me your book? Interrogative sentence
2. Would you please lend me some change?
3. Answer the question at once. Declarative sentence
4. Let us go.
5. Congratulations! Exclamatory sentence
6. Leave right now, or you will miss the bus!
7. I am on my way. Declarative sentence
8. My friend is visiting this summer- I shall take him to the beach.
9. I’m sorry, I didn’t get that: would you please repeat? Interrogative
10. Can I pick up after work?
11. Mind you head! Exclamatory
12. you are always late!

6 sentence to be given
Fill in the blanks using the appropriate forms of verbs given in the brackets.
In Hindi and Sanskrit, kalpana is a dream, a fantasy- something that belongs to the realm of imagination. The first and only Indian-American to reach space, Kalpana Chawla dreamt big, beyond the impossible. Accounts provided by her family members and friends show that for Kalpana the journey from Karnal to Houston was a difficult one. The first challenge was to prove that being a woman did not rule out the option of a career in aeronautics. When she joined PEC she faced disapproval not only from home but also from the college’s department of aeronautical engineering. In 1988, Kalpana joined the National Aeronautics and Space Administration”s Ames Research Centre, and after that there was no looking back.
Answer
1. to reach : infinitive
2. accounts provided : past tense
3. Kalpana is : Present tense
4. to prove: infinitive
5. she joined: past tense
6. looking : gerund
Choose a passage where as many verb forms occur. Verb forms to be limited to 6.
1. Match the following.
Column A: Adjectives
Column B: Nouns Answer
1. beautiful temples valleys
2. little hilltops temples
3. vicious hours flies
4. best flies train journey
5. lonely train journey hilltops
6. early valleys hours

7. Correct the following words:
1. comunicate communicate
2. conducte conduct
3. sende send
4. probeing probing
5. persueing pursuing
6. serching searching
6 mis-spelt words to be given
1. Correct the following sentences:
2. They discussed about the matter seriously.
They discussed the matter seriously.
3. Five times five are twenty five.
Five times five is twenty five
4. Although he was ill, but he attended his office.
Although he was ill, he attended his office
He was ill, but he attended his office
5. He not only cheated me but also my friend
He cheated not only me but also my friend.
6. The child returned back all the photographs.
The child returned back all the photographs.
7. One should love his country,
One should love one’s country.
8. The teacher made the boy to do the sum again
The teacher made the boy do the sum again
6 sentences to be given