Telangana TSBIE TS Inter 1st Year English Study Material Revision Test-I Exercise Questions and Answers.
TS Inter 1st Year English Study Material Revision Test-I
Time: 1 1/2Hrs.
Marks: 50
Section – A
Question 1.
Annotate ANY ONE of the following in about 100 words. [1 × 4 = 4]
a) Education is not what a person is able to hold in his head, so much as it is what a person is able to find.
Answer:
Introduction :
This beautiful sentence is taken from the character building speech. ‘Two Sides of Life” delivered by Booker T Washington. This speech is extracted from his popular book ‘Character Building’.
Context & Explanation :
The writer gives very forceful explanation of character building. He inspires teacher tranies how they should be in their profession. He tells them to be honest. If they don’t know anything, they have to accept it frankly and honestly. Their students will respect them for it. it is because education is not possible to hold in one’s head. It is what a person is able to find. It is not the correct notion that the teacher should know everything.
Critical Comment :
Here, the writer addresses the teacher trainees and advises them to have the character of frankness and honesty.
b) Do not be satisfied until you have put yourselves into that atmosphere where you can seize and hold on to the very highest and most beautiful things that can be got out of life.
Answer:
Introduction :
There motivational lines are at the concluding lines taken from the essay ‘Two Sides of Life’ written by Booker T Washington. Lt is a speech taken from his popular book Character Building.
Context & Explanation : The writer concludes his speech by inspiring his students to be positive in life. He advises them to cultive positive thought, positive attitude to become the strong individual. He tells them to be the best people in life. He warns them not satisfy with the second hand things in life. He inspires them to be in the highest position in the life by achieving great and beautiful things in life.
Critical Comment :
He advises his students to see the happier side and spread cheer all round.
Question 2.
Annotate ANY ONE of the following in about 100 words. [1 × 4 = 4]
a) I asked the professors who teach the meaning of life to tell me what happiness is.
Answer:
Introduction :
This line is taken from the poem ‘Happiness’ written by Carl Sandburg. He is a famous American poet. The poem is extracted from his collection of poems, ‘Chicago Songs.
Context & Explanation :
It depicts the narrator’s experience. He wants to know what happiness is. First, he consults the professors for the answer. They represent the intelligence and success. But, they can’t answer it They claim that they teach the meaning of life. Finally, he finds the real meaning of happiness from a crowd of Hungarians with their women and children under a tree.
Critical Comment :
Here the line describes the narrators experience. He asks the professors about the meaning of happiness.
b) And I saw a crowd of Hungarians under the trees with their women and children and a keg of beer and an accordion.
Answer:
Introduction : These lines are taken from the poem ‘Happiness’ written by Cari Sandburg, a famous American poet. The poem is extracted from his collection of poems, ‘Chicago Songs’.
Context & Explanation :
The poet wants to know the meaning of happiness. He asks professors and top executives to help him on this regard. But, they express their inability. At last he sees a group of Hungarians under the trees with their women and children. They do not have money, intelligence or success. They are spending happy moments under the tree.
They are the symbol of real meaning of happiness. The poet at once understands what happiness is.
Critical Comment :
Here the poet describes how he came across a group of Hungarians, beside a river and beneath the tree.
Question 3.
Answer ANY ONE of the following questions in about 100 words. [1 × 4 = 4]
a) How do the two types of persons react to an overcast morning ?
Answer:
Booker T Washington’s addresses are very forceful explanations of character building. In his speech Two Sides of Life he describes how people react to an overcast morning. To a person who constantly looks at the dark side of things in life, the morning appears gloomy, dull and the streets full of muddy water. Everything looks disagreeable to him. Whereas for a person who always looks at the bright side of things in life, the morning appears beautiful in all aspects. He speaks of the beauties in the rain drops, of the freshness in the newly bathed flowers, shrubs and trees.
b) Why does the speaker feel it unfortunate about the students in assessing the personality of their teachers ?
Answer:
Bgoker T Washington is a world-famous Afro-American writer, activist and educator. His collection of speeches comes in the form of Character Building. A selection from that celebrated book is our present lesson. It discusses the two sides of life. It recommends the positive side. Washington lists some mistakes students make about their teachers. He makes it clear that every teacher makes mistakes at times. It is human to err. He advises students to ignore such mistakes. He asks them to see the positive aspects of the lesson as well as the teacher. He emphasises the need to see the good and forget the bad. Good advice indeed!
Question 4.
Answer ANY ONE of the following questions in about 100 words. [1 × 4 = 4]
a) Explain the narrator’s experience in finding out what happiness is.
Answer:
The poem ‘Happines& is written by Carl Sandburg. It conveys a beautiful message. It is extracted from his collection of poems. Chicago songs. The poem is an expression of the narrators search for the meaning of happiness and his ultimate realization.
The narrator seeks to know what happiness is. He enquires with many professors but in vain. Even, the top executives are consulted, but to no avail. One Sunday afternoon, he wanders along a river. There, he sees a group of Hungarians with their women and children under the trees. They are spending happy moments there. He at once understands what happiness is. Happiness is living in the present. It is not wealth or success or fame.
b) Seeing helps one better in understanding than listening to. Justify the statement in view of the narrator’s experience in the poem, Happiness.
Answer:
Carl Sandburg’s poem, ‘Happiness’ conveys a beautiful message. True happiness’ It is extracted from his collection, Chicago songs. It shows how the narrator tries to find out the real meaning of happiness and his ultimate realization.
This seems like a more light hearted poem. The poet depicts the narrator’s experience. He asks people what they think of happiness. The first two he asks are the people who should know what happiness is. But, both look at him as if he is trying to fool them. He then ventures out to observe some of the lower class. He examplifies, what he sees, his image of happiness. The poem centers around the difference between the lower and the upper class. He favours the lower class for their simplicity. They value the things in their lives. It is proved in the lives of Hungarians. They show him what happiness is. They enjoy then food, drink, music and fun. At last, seeing Hungarians helps the narrator in understanding how they spend happy moments under a tree. Then he realizes what happiness is. Even if they are not very well educated or wealthy, they stand as a symbol of sharing and helping mentality people.
Question 5.
Answer ANY ONE of the following questions in about 100 words. [1 × 4 = 4]
a) Narrate the feelings of Alan for not being able to reach the ground in time after meeting the old man on his way.
Answer:
?laying the Game”, from the pen of Arthur Mee, pictures the humane angle of Alan. Alan was studying in a school. He got his long-awaited chance to play cricket in his school team. He was excited. On that important day, he started early. But on his way, he saw an old, lean and weak man. That old man was walking with difficulty. The man in Alan woke up. He helped the old man walk with his support. So, he couldn’t reach the ground in time. His chance to play was given to another boy. Alan felt bad. He bit his lips. His sorrow knew no bounds. He couldn’t even express his inability to go there in time. He walked back home slowly in disappointment.
b) Helping the old is as good as playing the game. Elucidate with reference to the story.
Answer:
Arthur Mee is known for his humanism. He expresses it artistically. “Playing the Game” exhibits that rare quality Alan is the central character. He loved cricket. Once, he got a chance to represent his school in cricket. On the scheduled day, Alan started for the ground early. But on the way, he noticed an old man struggling to walk. He was move. He held his helping hand to that aged man. Hence, he couldn’t reach the ground in time. He missed the much-awaited opportunity. He felt sad. But for this kind act, his parents presented him with his favourite bicycle. His classmates cheered him. The story proves, thus, that helping the old is better than playing the game.
Question 6.
Read the following passage carefully and answer ANY FIVE questions given below in a word or a sentence each. [5 × 1 = 5]
“Bravo, Alan,” he said, patting his little son on the back.
“But; Daddy,” began Alan. But his father interrupted him.
“It’s all right, Old man,” he said. ‘You see, I came up behind that policeman and he told me what had happened. So I knew you were playing the game although it wasn’t on the cricket-pitch. So I went back into the High Street and bought the bicycle I promised you. It’s a beauty. And, Alan, we’re proud of you, your Mother and I.”
Questions:
i) Who is the writer of the story from which this passage is taken ?
Answer:
Arthur Henry Mee
ii) Why did Alan’s father pat on his back ?
Answer:
to encourage and to appreciate what Alan had done
iii) How did Alan’s father come to know what had happened ?
Answer:
through the policeman behind whom Alan’s father came
iv) I came up behind that policeman. Did Alan’s father go to the spot where Alan helped the old man ?
Answer:
Yes.
v) Alan’s father says, ” ………… although it wasn’t on the cricket-pitch.” Where did Alan play the game ?
Answer:
in the real world-in life-on the meadow
vi) Why did Alan’s father buy the bicycle ?
Answer:
to support and appreciate Alan’s service activities
vii) Why were they proud of Alan ?
Answer:
because Alan ‘played the game’ in its true sense
viii) When would you use the expression, bravo ?
Answer:
When we want to appreciate someone’s achievement we use the word bravo’.
Question 7.
Read the following passage carefully and answer ANY FIVE questions given below in a word or a sentence each. [5 × 1 = 5]
Small is Beautiful
Be it a big task or tough problem, make it into smaller units and see its impact ! Break down an unthought desire into its components and allow the child to decide. The Mac Donald’s Happy Meal comes with a burger, a drink, some fries and a small toy. My kid wanted it at age five. I could buy it but broke down the decision for her – “you don’t like fries, the burger is not the kind you really like, and the drink on its own costs far less. Are we buying because they are selling or we really like the deal ? If we do so, sure, let us get it.” At age five, she walked from the deal. And from many others after that.
Questions:
i) Break down an unthought desire into components. How would this help one ?
Answer:
that helps one in taking proper decisions
ii) What does the Happy Meal include ?
Answer:
It includes a burger, a drink, some fries and a small toy.
iii) Who asked for the Happy Meal and when ?
Answer:
The narrator’s kid wanted it at age five.
iv) The narrator could buy it. Yet he/she didn’t. What did he/she do ?
Answer:
The narrator broke down the decision for her.
v) What should be the deciding factor to buy something, according to the narrator ?
Answer:
Whether we really like the deal should be the deciding factor.
vi) The five-year-old kid did not cry when her desire was not fulfilled. Why ?
Answer:
The broken down decision helped the girl understand that the deal was not what she really liked.
vii) The passage extends a valuable piece of advice to parents. Say true or false.
Answer:
true
viii) ” ………… the drink on its own ………… ” Write the Part of speech of drink.
Answer:
‘drink’-noun
Section – B
Question 8.
Match ANY EIGHT of the following words in Column-A with their meanings in Column B. [8 × 1/2 = 4]
Column A – Column – B
i) dwell upon – a) repeatedly, all the time
ii) consideration – b) very unhappy or uncomfortable
iii) excellence – c) depressed, nervous
iv) frankness – d) the mixture of gases that surrounds the earth
v) charming – e) the act of thinking process
vi) miserable – f) slightly wet, often in a way that is unpleasant
vii) constantly – g) openness, truthfulness
viii) damp – h) to think or talk a lot about something
ix) atmosphere – i) very pleasant or attractive
x) moody – j) superiority, distinction
Answer:
i) – h
ii) – e
iii) – j
iv) – g
v) – i
vi) – b
vii) – a
viii) – f
ix) – d
x) – c
Question 9.
Identify the parts of speech of ANY EIGHT of the following underlined words. [8 × 1/2 = 4]
No teacher (1) knows everything about (2) every (3) subject. A good (4) teacher will say (5) frankly and (6) clearly (7), “I(8) don’t know. I cannot answer (9) that question (10).”
Answer:
1) teacher – noun
2) about – preposition
3) every – adjective
4) good – adjective
5) will say – verb
6) and – conjuction
7) clearly – adverb
8) I – pronoun
9) answer – verb
10) question – noun
Question 10.
Fill ANY EIGHT of the following blanks with a, an or the. [8 × 1/2 = 4]
i) When you meet ____________ (1) fellow student, ___________ (2) teacher, or anybody, or when
you write letters home, get into ___________ (3) habit of calling attention to ________ (4) bright things of life that you have seen, the things that are beautiful, __________ (5) things that are charming.
ii) ________ (6) apple ________ (7) day builds immunity!
iii) It rained a little during _________ (8) night.
iv) I interviewed ________ (9) M.P. in ________ (10) evening.
Answer:
i)) 1 – a
2 – a
3 – the
4 – the
5 – the
ii) 6 – An
7 – a
iii) 8 – the
iv) 9 – an
10 – the
Question 11.
Supply the missing letters to ANY EIGHT of the following words. [8 × 1/2 = 4]
i) sch _ _ l
ii) enc _ _ raging
iii) app _ _ ranee
iv) exce _ _ ent
v) sp _ _ k
vi) a _ _ ention
vii) p _ _ pie
viii) kno _ _ edge
ix) di _ _ ipline
x) a _ _ ord
Answer:
i) school
ii) encouraging
iii) appearance
iv) excellent
v) speak
vi) attention
vii) people
viii) knowledge
ix) discipline
x) afford
Question 12.
Identify the silent consonant letters in ANY EIGHT of the following words. [8 × 1/2 = 4]
i) bright
ii) doubt
iii) hour
iv) neighbour
v) wrong
vi) handsome
vii) knee
viii) calm
ix) listen
x) dawn
Answer:
i) bright – h
ii) doubt – b
iii) hour – h
iv) neighbour – gh
v) wrong – w
vi) handsome – d
vii) knee – k
viii) calm – l
ix) listen – t
x) dawn – w