Board’s Question Paper :
October 2014 with solution.
Q1. A. Read the following extract and answer the questions given
below: (11) [15]
I tramped back to the farm,
drenched, shamed, furious, and picked the soggy bundle from the ash can. I
dried it in the kitchen oven. Then I flung it on the table and set to work
again with a kind of frantic desperation. I lost myself in the ferociousness of
my purpose. Toward the end of the third month, I wrote finis. The relief, the
sense of emancipation, was unbelievable. I had created a book. Whether it was
good, bad or indifferent I did not care.
I chose a publisher by the simple
expedient of closing my eyes and pricking a catalogue with a pin. I dispatched
the completed manuscript and promptly forgot about it.
In the days which followed I gradually regained my
health, and I began to chafe at idleness. I wanted to be back in harness.
At last the date of my deliverance drew near. I went
round the village saying good-bye to the simple folk who had become my friends.
As I entered the post office, the postmaster presented me with a telegram-an
urgent invitation to meet the publisher. I took it straight away and showed it,
without a word, to John Angus.
The novel I had thrown away was chosen by the Book
Society, dramatized and serialized, translated into 19 languages, bought by
Hollywood. It has sold, to date, some three million copies.
(1)
What is the extract about?
Ans.
The extract is about how the writer completed his novel and also about the
astounding success of his novel.
(2)
What were the writer’s reactions at the completion of his novel?
When
the writer completed his novel he felt a sense of relief and emancipation for
having kept his word of creating a book. He did not care whether it was good,
bad or indifferent.
(3)
How did the Book Society popularize the writer’s novel?
Ans.
The Book Society dramatized and serialized the novel. It translated the novel
into 19 languages and sold it to Hollywood. It has sold, to date, some three
million copies. In this way, the Book Society popularize the writer’s novel.
(4)
What qualities do you think are essential to achieve success?
Ans.
The following qualities are essential to achieve success in life.
a.
Self-confidence.
b.
Determination
c.
Dedication.
d.
Knowing reality about our strength and weakness. etc.,
(5)
Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed:
(i)
I flung it on the table and set to work again.
(Make
it a simple sentence))
Ans.
Flinging it on the table, I set to work again.
(ii)
I had created a book.
(Rewrite
it using the Present Perfect Continuous tense)
Ans.
I have been creating a book.
(iii)
I went around the village saying good – bye to my friends.
(Rewrite
it using the infinitive form of the underlined word.)
Ans.
I went around the village to say good – bye to my friends.
6.
Match the words in Column ‘A’ with their meanings in Column ‘B’.
Column ‘A’
|
Column ‘B’
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(i) drenched
|
(a) slavery
|
(ii) emancipation
|
(b) completely wet
|
(c) shocked
|
|
(d) freedom
|
Ans.
Column ‘A’
|
Column ‘B’
|
(i) drenched
|
(a) slavery
|
(ii) emancipation
|
(b) completely wet
|
(c) shocked
|
|
(d) freedom
|
B. Grammar (Do as directed):
1.
It is paradoxical that ___________ average consumer cannot decide which
technology will offer him _______ highest standards of water purification.
[Fill
in the blanks with appropriate articles]
Ans.
It is paradoxical that an average customer cannot decide which
technology will offer him the highest standards of water purification.
2.
The lady took the girls _________ a hall where they met a few more girls who
were waiting ____________ her instructions.
[Fill
in the blanks with suitable prepositions]
Ans.
The lady took the girls to/into a
hall where they met a few more girls who were waiting for her
instructions.
3.
“Why did you throw it away?” said the father to his son.
“I
didn’t like it,” said the son.
(Change
it into Indirect Speech)
Ans.
The father asked his son why he had thrown it away.
Thereafter,
the son replied that he had not liked it.
