Senior Inter English Model Question Paper 2 - Section A

Following is the Senior Intermediate model paper for English (Part - I and Paper - II). The duration of the exam is 3 hours and maximum marks are 100. Here we are giving Section -A of the Model Paper. This section is for 40 marks. Remaining sections are available in the next posts.

SECTION - A

I. Annotate ANY TWO of the following in 10-15 lines each. 2 × 4 = 8

a) The ultimate in co-operation

b) Our journey-man fiction is evidently a means of getting away from real life, a mild anodyne, or a stimulus to day-dreaming.

c) Just give 'em a look ........... a tone of voice ........... now an' again to suggest you might be tough with 'em if you wanted to be ................... an' it ought to work.

d) In fact, what is gifted or inherited follows the old rule of come easy, go easy.

II. Annotate ANY TWO of the following in 10-15 lines each. 2 × 4 = 8

a) I've seen the wonders of the world 

not yet one common man

b) We give no compensation, 

The earth is ours today,

And if we lose on arable,

The bungalows will pay.

c) Courage must come from the soul within

The man must furnish the will to win,

So figure it out for yourself, my lad.

d) A bull has no sense.

What about the man?

III. Answer ANY TWO of the following questions in 10-15 lines each. 2 × 4 = 8

a) 'God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers'. (Jewish Proverb)

Explain the role of a mother in a family and how it is important to give her respect and consider her likes and dislikes.

b) Did Einstein succeed in leaving school? How?

c) 'Eat right, exercise regularly, die anyway.' Why do you think Leacock feels that one should not be a health maniac?

d) Remember, those who win are those who believe they can. Is this true? How can one achieve one's goals according to Azim Premji?

IV. Answer ANY TWO of the following questions in 10-15 lines each. 2 × 4 = 8

a) The tree found its joy in the joy of the boy. Explain with reference to the poem 'The Giving Tree'.

b) We all belong to one race in the world, namely, the human race. 

How does the poet Maya Angelou justify this statement in the poem 'Human Family?'

c) Explain how the poet compares and contrasts the bull with modern man in the poem 'Bull in the City'.

d) 'All men are created equal' is a well-known statement made by Thomas Jefferson. Does the poem ''Equipment'' corroborate this?

V. Answer ANY ONE of the following questions in about 25 lines. 1 × 8 = 8

a) Write a character sketch of Napoleon.

b) What are the turning points in the book 'Animal Farm'? Discuss the main events in the plot.

c) How is Animal Farm a satire of Stalinism or generally of totalitarianism?

Central Institute of Tool Design - Special Courses 2015

Central Institute of Tool Design, Hyderabad has announced notification for admissions into Special courses on Tooling and Software for the year 2015. There are 20 seats in each course.

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Duration of course : 4 weeks.

The completed application form along with relevant documents should reach The Principal Director, MSME - Tool Room, Central Institute of Tool Design, Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 037. For any information see website : http://www.citdindia.org.

SSC Social Studies Imp Questions - Rampur Village Economy

Following are important questions and answers from Rampur - A Village Economy lesson of 10th Class / SSC Social Studies new syllabus for AP and Telangana students.

Q: What are the differences between the farmers and farm labourers?

A: Farmers: The farmers have some fields of their own and grow crops. They work in their own fields. They also hire some workers in their fields.  According to the land they hold, they are called small, medium and large farmers.

Farm labourers: . These labourers have no own lands.  They work in others fields as labourers.  Some of them have very less lands.  They are paid very less amount of wages.

Q: What is the difference between physical capital and working capital?

A: Tools and machines such as farmers plough to combined harvesters which are not used up in the process of production are called physical capital. Tractors, pump sets, computers, generators etc are the examples.

The various raw materials such as yarn or pulp used by weavers or paper industry which is used up in the process of production are called working capital. Clay for the potter, seeds and money for wages of the labourers in agriculture etc are the examples.

Q: What are the factors of production?

A: The factors of production are land, labour, capital knowledge and enterprise. In agriculture water is also a factor of production. The natural things are also factors used up in the process of production.

Q: What do you mean by multiple cropping?

A: To grow more than one crop on the same piece of land during the year is known as multiple cropping. It is the most common way of increasing production from land. Many farmers grow potatoes as third crop along with two main crops.

This multiple cropping has become compulsory because the population is increasing more and the cultivable land is decreasing. To meet the need of food grains it has become compulsory to grow more crops which is called multiple cropping.

Q: Write about irrigation in India.

A: Not all the villages in India have high irrigation facility. Apart from the riverside plains, coastal regions are well irrigated. Plateau regions such as Deccan plateau have low levels of irrigation. A little less than 40 percent of the total cultivated area in our country is irrigated. In the remaining areas, farming is largely rain fed.