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26th September 2014, 02:49 PM
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Re: Karnataka SSLC Exam Questions and Answers

You are looking for Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board SSLC Exam English model paper, here I am giving:

Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions / incomplete
statements. Only one of them is correct or most appropriate. Choose the correct
alternative and write the complete answer along with its alphabet in the space
provided against each question. 15 1 = 15
1. Lucy, at the beginning thinks, civilisation means
(A) creating beautiful things (B) wearing proper clothes
(C) coming up with new thoughts (D) behaving well with others.
Ans.
2. Liberty, says Gardiner, is an accommodation of
(A) luxuries (B) interests
(C) viewpoints (D) nations.
Ans.
3. The barracuda is considered to be dangerous, because it
(A) can attack a swimmer easily (B) is dreadful and violent
(C) attacks anything that moves (D) is deadly poisonous.
Ans.

4. After her operation, Sudha staged her first come back in
(A) Bangalore (B) Meerut
(C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Mumbai.
Ans.
5. What did Dr. Follicle use to test his patients ?
(A) Stethoscope (B) Magnifying glass
(C) Microscope (D) Telescope.
Ans.
6. Whose hour of truth is revealed in the play written by Percival Wilde ?
(A) Martha’s (B) Baldwin’s
(C) Marshal’s (D) John’s.
Ans.
7. ‘Anikethana’, the title of the poem suggests
(A) the freedom of the body (B) houselessness
(C) immortality (D) the freedom of the soul.
Ans.
8. ‘Truth’ says the poem “sits upon the lips of the
(A) gallant people (B) dying men
(C) wounded soldiers (D) fighting men.
Ans.
9. The poet describes the dog to be very watchful in which of the following words ?
(A) Simply disgusted
(B) Kept on making frantic signs
(C) Pretended to believe every word
(D) Built along simpler lines.
Ans.

10. God says “this jewel”. This jewel refers to
(A) a jewel worn by people (B) rest
(C) honour (D) strength.
Ans.
11. The teacher made the students sit for four hours. The word ‘sit’ is
(A) gerund (B) to infinitive
(C) participle (D) base infinitive.
Ans.
12. He was both a sportsman …………………… an athlete :
The correct conjunction to be used in the blank is
(A) but (B) though
(C) as well as (D) and.
Ans.
13. I could not walk in that blistering heat.
The synonym of the italicized word is
(A) forceful (B) intense
(C) great (D) wild.
Ans.
14. To get the opposite of the word ‘invited’, the prefix used is
(A) un (B) non
(C) mis (D) dis.
Ans.
15. India won the match against Pakistan.
The figure of speech used in the above sentence is
(A) metaphor (B) alliteration
(C) synecdoche (D) personification.
Ans.

16. Match the following words in Column-A with their correct meanings in Column-B.
Write the correct answer in the space provided : 5 1 = 5
Column-A Column-B
(a) put on (i) search
(b) make out (ii) to wear
(c) look for (iii) take away from
(d) take after (iv) understand
(e) get through (v) to bear
(vi) be successful
(vii) to find
(viii) resemble.
Ans. : a) b)
c) d)
e)
17. Quote from memory : 4
And he took ………………………………………… ………………
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………………………………………… …………………… fireplace.
OR
Then beauty ………………………………………… …………………
………………………………………… …………………………………
………………………………………… …………………………………
………………………………………… ………………… bottom lay.

Fill in the blanks as directed : 5 1 = 5
18. Use the correct form of the word given in brackets ( satisfy / satisfactory ) :
The officer gave a ………………………… explanation to the minister.
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19. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate tense form of the verb given in brackets :
My class teacher ………………… ( be + award ) Ph.D by the Mysore University in
2013.
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20. Fill in the blank with a suitable conjunction :
……………………… I ran to the bus station, I missed the bus.
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21. Fill in the blank with a suitable article :
My friend is ……………………… M.P.
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22. Fill in the blank with an auxiliary verb :
………………………… you attend the meeting ?
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Answer the following questions in two to three sentences each : 15 2 = 30
23. What is the business of being good ? What are the three factors to making one good ?
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24. How does the author describe two boys ?
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25. How can a person practising piano minimise the disturbance to his neighbours ?
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26. What words struck strange to the ears of audience in Washington D.C. ? Why was it
so ?
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27. Why does the narrator say that the rights of small nation people are as important as
that of the rights of small nationalities ?
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28. Why did Mihir Sen take the perilous swim ?
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29. How did Aksionov save Makar ?
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30. Who directed the patients to Dr. Follicle ? What was his expertise ?
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31. Why was Revathi training herself in arms ?
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32. What according to Kuvempu should the soul do to be unhoused ?
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33. What was the pact signed by Ajamil ?
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34. Why did the narrator go to the physician ? What did the physician ask him ?
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Do as directed :
35. It is really a most remarkable story.
Change into other degrees.
a)
b)

36. This news is very good. It can’t be true.
Use too …to, so … that … not.
a)
b)
37. She lost her ring. She began to cry.
Change into simple and compound.
a)
b)
Explain with reference to the context : 5 3 = 15
38. “Nobody wants to be good really.”

39. “Congratulations ! You have made it !”
40. “That is a lucky sign. See I will bring you some present from fair.”

41. “Quick ! Quick ! for numbered are my sands of life. And swift, for like the lightning to
this field I came, and like the wind I go away.”
42. Since then ‘t is centuries, but each
Feels shorter than the day.

Answer the following questions in four or five sentences each : 5 3 = 15
43. I will save him his puzzle. What did the narrator think the man would puzzle all day ?
Was the narrator right ?
44. What made Kukudmin come to the Ashram of Sandipani ?

45. When Baldwin refused the money, Gresham was not surprised. What light does it
throw on the character of Baldwin ?
46. How is death treated by Emile Dickinson ?

47. Seasons of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom friend of the maturing sun.
What does the poet express in these verses ?
Answer the following questions in six to eight sentences each : 3 4 = 12
48. Describe how Sudha was able to overcome her disability and give public dance
performances.

49. Describe the early part of Mihir Sen’s swim across the Palk strait.

50. How does the poem ‘Fidelity’ describe the place where the person met with death ?
OR
Why is the play entitled “Hour of Truth” ? At what stage of the play do you think the
‘truth’ is revealed ? Explain.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
6 1 = 6
Lokmanya Tilak was imprisoned by the English. He kept himself busy in studies
while in jail. The jail was a quiet place, where even the birds wouldn’t chirp. Tilak
started putting away some food for the birds, while having his meals. The food was

untouched at the beginning. But after some days, a few birds started coming there.
Slowly their number increased and they were all around Tilak. The birds would sit on
his head and shoulders fearlessly. One day the jailor came to Tilak’s cell while on his
rounds. On hearing the chirping of birds, he peeped in and he was totally surprised.
“So many birds,” where have they come from ?” He asked. Tilak replied, “Friend, I
did not bring them from India ; they are from here only.” The jailor could not believe
those words. He said, “Everybody eats birds, hence the birds do not come here.”
Tilak laughed and said, “The birds also can distinguish between friends and foes.”
Questions :
51. How did the birds begin to come to prison ?
52. What did the jailor ask Tilak seeing the birds ?
53. How did Tilak spend his days in jail ?

54. Why did the jailor peep into the cell ?
55. How was the jail ?
56. What made the jailor surprised on seeing the birds in the cell ?
Do as directed : 4 1 = 4
57. A dog was trained by me.
Change into the other voice.
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58. Veena will look after the child in our absence,
Use the correct question tag.
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59. John bought a new ………………… …………………… for his grandfather.
Use gerund as compound noun from the word ‘stick’ :
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60. The doberman bit the postman.
Frame a question to get the italicized word :
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61. Write an essay on any one of the following topics not exceeding a page : 1 5 = 5
a) Importance of forests.
b) National symbols ( any one ).
c) Causes of pollution.

62. Imagine that you are Pradeep or Parimala of Z. P. High School, Haveri.
Write a letter to your father about your plan for the future and how hard you are
preparing for the S.S.L.C. Exam. 1 5 = 5
OR
Write a letter to the bus depot manager of your place, requesting him to provide more
buses to go to school in which you study.

63. Expand the following outlines into a well knit story : 4
Rich nobleman gives a grand feast — many guests — his steward tells him a
fisherman has brought a fine fish — nobleman tells him to pay him price — steward
says his price is a hundred lashes — noble man thinks this merry jest — sends for
fisherman — fisherman confirms steward’s report — nobleman agrees — fisherman
quietly receives fifty lashes — then stops — says, he has a partner to whom he
promised half the price — “who is he ?” — nobleman’s porter — why ? Porter refused
to let him in if he did not agree — porter brought in and given the other fifty
lashes — guests enjoy joke — nobleman rewards fisherman.


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