Model Question paper – Mysuru District

Mysuru District PU English I Test Question Paper Pattern - August 2023

II PU English

I PU English
Marks Distribution: Course Book: 24 Work Book: 16

Sl. No Question Type Number of Total Marks

Questions
1 MCQ 06 06
2 Short Answers (4 3 (3 out of 4) 12
Marks)
3 Long Answer (6 1 (01 out of 2) 06
Marks)
4 Articles 1 04
5 Prepositions 1 04
6 Verbs 1 03
7 Passage 5 05
Total 40

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Model Question Paper
(Prepared as per the Question Paper pattern published by Mysuru District)
I PU English August 2023
Duration: 1.30 hours I Test Max Marks: 40
Instruc ons:
a. Follow the prescribed limit while answering the ques ons.
b. Write the correct ques on number as it appears on the ques on paper.
c. One-mark ques ons a empted more than once will be awarded zero.

I. Answer the following questions by choosing the right option. 6X1= 06

1. In the story ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle,’…… orders to form the commission of enquiry.
a. Man b. Lion
b. Buffalo d. Fox
2. The …………of Hulihindalu threatened to shoot Mara in the story ‘Around a Medicinal Creeper’.
a. American b. Englishman
c. Mexican d. European
3. Sanna is scolded by ………………… in ‘Around a Medicinal Creeper’.
a. Byra b. Mara
c. Appanna d. Masti
4. The narrator lived in a very small ……………room in the story ‘Oru Manushyan’.
a. dirty b. cringy
c. dingy d. stinky
5. Animals in the story ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’ represent …………
a. Asians b. Europeans
e. Africans d. Arabians
6. …………… enjoys the company of skylark in the poem ‘The School Boy’.
a. Tree b. Mother
c. Bird d. Boy
II. Answer any three of the following questions in about 80-100 words. 3x4=12
7. How did the elephant prove its innocence in the story ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’?
8. How does the boy express his unhappiness with his parents in the poem ‘The School Boy’?
9. Why did Mara tie the creeper to a tree in the story ‘Around a Medicinal Creeper’?
10. What happened to the narrator in a restaurant one day in the story ‘Oru Manushyan’?

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III. Answer the following in about 200 words: 1x6=6
11. “You can fool people for a time, but not forever”. Explain this statement in the context of the story
‘The Gentlemen of Jungle’?
Or
The story ‘Oru Manushyan’ depicts the transformation in a man. Discuss.
IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it: 5 X 1 = 05
Propaganda is a systematic effort to influence people’s opinions. Propaganda is not concerned
with what is good or bad, true or false. Propagandists simply want people to believe the messages. The
word ‘propaganda’ may seem relevant only in political arena. But this can be applied in advertising too.
Every day we see slogans, commercials, trademarks etc., in newspapers, magazines, on television etc.,
Studies tell us that on an average, each of us is exposed to over five hundred different advertisements in
a day. Card stacking is one method of propaganda. Here propagandists may tell half-truths, distort
evidence or divert attention from one issue to another. Advertisers use ‘weasel words.’ These are small
words. They usually slip right past us. But it makes a lot of difference between reality and illusion. The
best example of shampoos – ‘Helps control Dandruff’. But audience interprets this as ‘stops’ dandruff.
12.
a. What do propagandists want?

b. Where does propaganda seem relevant?

c. ………is one method of propaganda.

d. Who uses weasel words?

e. Add prefix to the word ‘exposed’ to make the antonym of it.

V. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles. 4x1=4

13. ..…boy went to ……….garden. ….garden was very small. It had ………apple tree in a corner.

VI. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions given in the bracket below. 4x1=4
14. Naga is a snake. One day he went near a house. He passed ………. the main door and entered …..
the living room. He climbed up a table and slept there. After some time, he jumped …. the table and hid
himself ……. the fridge.
(under, through, off, into)
VI. Fill in the blanks with suitable form of the verbs given in brackets. 3x1=3
15. It was quite a big city. I_____ (stay) in a small room in that city. I _______ (carry) on a profession
of teaching English. I ________(teach) them to write addresses in English.

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Prepared by Sadananda R. Lecturer in English, Government PU College for Girls. Hunsur.

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 Model Question paper – Mysuru District

Mysuru District PU English I Test Question Paper Pattern - August 2023

II PU English
Marks Distribution: Course Book: 24 Work Book: 16

Sl. No Question Type Number of Total Marks

Questions
1 MCQ 06 06
2 Short Answers (4 3 (3 out of 4) 12
Marks)
3 Long Answer (6 1 (01 out of 2) 06
Marks)
4 Pronouns 1 04
5 Passive Voice 1 03
6 Expressions 1 02
7 Jumbled Segment 2 02
8 Passage 5 05
Total 40

Prepared by Sadananda R. Lecturer in English, Government PU College for Girls. Hunsur.

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 Model Question paper – Mysuru District
Model Question Paper
(Prepared as per the Question Paper pattern published by Mysuru District)
II PU English August 2023
Duration: 1.30 hours I Test Max Marks: 40
Instruc ons:
a. Follow the prescribed limit while answering the ques ons.
b. Write the correct ques on number as it appears on the ques on paper.
c. One-mark ques ons a empted more than once will be awarded zero.
I. Answer the following questions by choosing the right option. 6X1= 6
1. According to Romeo, …………. teaches torches to burn bright in the poem ‘Romeo and Juliet.’
a. Shakespeare b. Juliet
c. Roseline d. Romeo
2. ……. cannot visit the house of tomorrow in the poem ‘On Children’.
a. Life b. Prophet
c. Parents d. Arrows
3. Navadanya Farm was established in the year ……
a. 1994 b. 1894
c. 1987 d. 2004
4. The prisoner received ……..francs as pension from the King of Monaco.
a. 900 b. 500
c. 300 d. 600
5. ………. does not go backward according to the poet in ‘On Children’.
a. Life b. Bow
c. Arrow d. Child
6. According to the prominent South African environmentalist Cormac Cullinan,
apartheid means …………..
a. separateness b. monoculture
c. diversity d. uniqueness
II. Answer any three of the following in a paragraph of 80-100 words 3x4=12
7. How does Romeo describe Juliet in the poem ‘Romeo and Juliet’?
8. Why did the peasant women of the Himalayas start Chipko Movement?
9. Why did the prisoner refuse to run away from the prison in the story ‘Too Dear’?
10. How should parents treat their children, according to the speaker of ‘On Children’?

III Answer the following in a paragraph of 200 words 1x6=6

11. ‘Bio- diversity based intensive farming is the answer to the food and nutrition crisis.’ Discuss with
reference to ‘Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Forest’.
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Or
Parents cannot keep pace with their children’s life and thoughts. How is this elaborated in ‘On
Children’?
IV. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. 5x1=5
Rivers have played an important and life-sustaining role in human societies for thousands of
years. Many of the world's great cities lie on the banks of a great river. We love our rivers and we abuse
them also. We use them as a source of water, for food, for transportation, for recreation, as defences, as
a source of power to drive machinery, and as a means of disposing waste. Rivers continue to be a very
important source of food for societies around the world. Apart from being a rich source of fish, rivers
indirectly support agriculture with the supply of water for crops. Rivers carry water and nutrients around
the Earth. River deltas shelter many different species of wildlife. Insects, mammals and birds use the
delta for their homes and for food.
12.
a. Where do the great cities lie?
b. ………... have played an important role in human societies.
c. What do rivers carry around the Earth?
d. Where do different species of wildlife find shelter?
e. Add prefix to the word ‘continue’ to form its antonym.
V. Fill in the blanks using the right form of the verb given in the brackets. 3x1=3
13. Shantiniketan _______ (start) by Rabindranath Tagore in 1921.It _______ (base) on Tagore’s idea of
learning. The Earth University _______ (inspire) by Rabindranath Tagore.
VI. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression given in the bracket. 2x1=2
14. The criminal was asked to run away. But the criminal said that people would ___________ on
him if he did so. He also said that he had ___________ of working.
(got out of the way, turn their backs, be hanged)
VII. 15. What do the underlined words in the following paragraph refer to? 4x1=4
Rivers have played an important role in human societies for thousands of years. They are used as a
source of water. Unfortunately, the rivers which are often worshiped by human beings are polluted
everywhere. People often talk about cleaning these polluted rivers. But their words are rarely put into
action. As a result, polluted rivers are affecting them badly.
(i) They: (ii) Which:
(iii) Their: (iv) Them:
16. Rearrange the jumbled segments to form meaningful sentence. 2x1=2
a. loves/the archer/stable bows
b. 1994/Navdanya farm/ started/ was / in
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Prepared by Sadananda R. Lecturer in English, Government PU College for Girls. Hunsur.

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