MBOSE Question Paper : Class X, XII Meghalaya

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ENGLISH 2013
Full Marks : 100
Time : 3 hours
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions

SECTION—A
( Prose )
1. Choose the right answer (any five) : 1×5=5
(a) Mr. Framton Nuttel arrived in Mrs. Sappleton’s house on
(i) a September afternoon
(ii) an October afternoon
(iii) a November afternoon
(b) As soon as Megan saw the doctor, she
(i) did not like him
(ii) felt comfortable
(iii) confided in him
(c) When Bruno was away at the zoo, the author had preserved his ‘baby’ which was
(i) a piece of wood
(ii) a gnarled stump
(iii) a small branch of a mango tree
(d) Christine Arnothy’s parents were not able to follow the guide at his pace, because
(i) they were old
(ii) they were afraid
(iii) they wore heavy clothing
(e) The strange visitor to the Bhandaris’ guest house was
(i) Mr. Dhanda
(ii) Chaman Nahal
(iii) Mr. David
(f) Maria Sharapova bagged the women’s singles crown at the
(i) US Open
(ii) French Open
(iii) Wimbledon
(g) Megan’s mother was
(i) a teacher
(ii) an estate agent
(iii) a social worker

2. State whether the following statements are True or False (any five) : 1×5=5
(a) “Bertie, why do you bound?” was sung by Mr. Sappleton.
(b) Promodini was very happy in the company of David because they were of the same age.
(c) Mr. Framton Nuttel’s sister doubted his cure in the rural retreat because he would be moping there.
(d) The curator of the zoo was a kind-hearted man and consented to give Bruno back to the author and his wife.
(e) Maria Sharapova speaks with a pronounced Russian accent.
(f) The dog was brutally kicked off by an elderly man when he had managed to hoist himself up onto the lower step of the train.
(g) Megan’s mother thought that Megan would be an evil influence on her sister Ellie.

3. Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow : 3×3=9
(a) “Sorry!” she said, “I was just trying to cheer you up. Make a joke … you know?”
(i) Who was making a joke? ½
(ii) What was the joke? 1½
(iii) What kind of a person did the speaker prove to be?
(b) “An island was made for Baba.”
(i) Who is ‘Baba’? ½
(ii) Who made the island? 1
(iii) Describe the island. 1½
(c) “I discovered that the place exactly corresponded to the details described.”
(i) Who does ‘I’ refer to? ½
(ii) What was the place? 1
(iii) How did the place correspond to the details described? 1½

4. Answer any two of the following : 8×2=16
(a) Why did Mr. Nuttel visit the countryside? Narrate the story Vera told him about her aunt and the story she told her aunt about Mr. Nuttel. 2+(4+2)=8
(b) How did the author acquire Bruno? What did he eat and drink? Describe the accidents that befell Bruno at the author’s house. 2+2+4=8
(c) “How complicated it is to take one’s ticket on the train!” Why did the narrator think so? Where did the narrator and her family go after getting down from the train? Describe the ordeals the family had to face before they reached Austria. 2+2+4=8
(d) “Her talent, unwavering desire to succeed and readiness to sacrifice have lifted her to the top of the world.” Who is she? What is her talent? What is her dream? What were the sacrifices and hardships she had to suffer to reach the top of the world? What effect did this have on her? 1+½+1+3+2½=8

SECTION—B
( Poetry )
5. Choose the correct meaning from the options given below (any three) : 1×3=3
(a) Where knowledge is free
(i) A place where education is free
(ii) Education should be given without payment
(iii) Everyone should have the right to education
(b) Take arms against each other
(i) Holding hands together
(ii) Warring with each other
(iii) Brotherhood of man
(c) And white is the May
(i) The month of May is white
(ii) The hawthorn flowers blossoming in May
(iii) White is the name of May
(d) Veils of morning
(i) Mist hides the bright light of the morning
(ii) A cloth covers the morning light
(iii) The morning is hidden by the light

6. Supply the missing lines in the extracts : 1×3=3
(a) Nine bean-rows will I have there, ————————–———
(b) ———————————–———
Has an echo in the heart,
(c) the land our brothers walk upon
———————————–——————

7. Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow : 3×2=6
(a) A serene, angelic pair! … Glide around my wakeful pillow.
(i) Who is the pair being talked about? 1
(ii) How does the poet imagine them? 1
(iii) What is meant by ‘wakeful pillow’? 1
(b) They, too, aware of sun and air and water, Are fed by peaceful harvests, by war’s long winter starv’d.
(i) Who are ‘they’ in these lines? 1
(ii) How are people in the world affected by ‘peace’ and ‘war’? 2

8. Answer any one of the following :
(a) Describe how William Butler Yeats is trying to escape a world ridden by tension and anxiety in his Lake Isle of Innisfree. 8
(b) Describe Tagore’s vision of free India. 8
(c) How is Coates Kinney’s mind affected by the rain? What are the memories that he recalls? What does the poet mean by ‘naught in Art’s Bravuras’? 2+4+2=8

SECTION—C
( Rapid Reader )
Answer either from Group—A or from Group—B GROUP—A
( The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde )
9. Answer in 2 or 3 sentences each : 3×2=6
(a) What changes in Dr. Lanyon’s appearance shocked Utterson? 3
Or
What did Mr. Utterson and Poole see in the middle of the room after they broke open the study door?
(b) Describe the contents found in the cupboard marked E. 3
Or
Describe the ugly sinister building and its shabby door. 1½+1½=3

10. Why did Mr. Utterson desire to see the face of Mr. Hyde? Describe the efforts he took to see him. How was Mr. Hyde rude to Mr. Utterson in the course of their conversation? 3+3+3=9
Or
Who was Sir Danvers Carew? Who murdered Sir Danvers and who witnessed his brutal murder? Describe the incident. What did the police find at the site of the murder? 1+(1+1)+4+2=9

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