Telangana TSBIE TS Inter 1st Year English Study Material Revision Test-II Exercise Questions and Answers.
TS Inter 1st Year English Study Material Revision Test-II
Time: 1 1/2 Hrs.
Marks: 50
Section – A
Question 1.
Annotate ANY ONE of the following in about 100 words. [1 × 4 = 4]
a) Yes, my first rank slipped to the second.
Answer:
Introduction:
This sentence is taken from the prose piece, Father, Dear Father written by Raj Kinger. Actually this is an article published in the English daily, The Hindu.
Context & Explanation: Rahul is the class topper in his school. His first rank slips to the second. Admitting the guilt, he writes a letter to his father. His father’s advice to think before studying, before answering the papers makes him think and think. The word think makes him reflect on several issues including many pitfalls in our education system. Further, he says that the sense of life is not taught to him. He feels that the education should give a feel of life to him and should be useful in life.
Critical Comment:
Rahul, the class topper in his school, presents his anguish over the present education system through a letter to his father in this context.
b) And she was cross. She said go ask the guy who keeps gardening things.
Answer:
Introduction:
This sentence is taken from the prose piece, Father, Dear Father written by Raj Kinger. Actually this is an article published in the English daily, The Hindu.
Context & Explanation:
Rahul has an unpleasant experience with his Biology teacher. When his rose plant is attacked by pests he seeks advice of his teacher to save his plant. But, the teacher gets irritated as she thinks it a question out of their syllabus and asks him to approach a gardener for advice. The teacher serves as a warning to all those teachers who do not show any interest or reverence towards their profession. Therefore, Rahul criticizes such an education system which curbs independent thinking and encourages blind adherence to whatever the teacher teaches.
Critical Comment:
Here, Rahul narrates the incident of his biology teacher not able to help him with a practical science related problem.
Question 2.
Annotate ANY ONE of the following in about 100 words. [1 × 4 = 4]
a) O my Luve’s like the melodie That’s sweetly play’d in tune.
Answer:
Introduction :
This couplet is taken from the poem, A Red Red Rose written by Robert Burns. It is one of the best lyrics of English poetry. It blends the eternity of love with the mortality of life.
Context & Explanation :
The poet begins by using a simile to compare his love to a rose. In other words, his love is like a flower that has just bloomed in June. His love is fresh and is bursting with life. His feelings are very profound.
Critical Comment : It is an address to the speaker’s lover to whom he swears eternal love and loyalty.
b) And fare thee weel, my only Luve And fare thee weel a while !
Answer:
Introduction :
This couplet is taken from the beautiful lyric, A Red Red Rose’ written by Robert Burns. It is one of the best lyrics of English poetry. It blends the eternity of love with the mortality of life.
Context & Explanation :
The speaker says that he will love his beloved forever. Even after the seas get dried up, all the rocks melt, and the sands of life exhaust their love stays alive. It will last forever. For the present, the speaker says good bye only to return soon, though the journey is to a far off place the poem blends the eternity of love with the mortality of life.
Critical Comment :
The poet makes several promises to love his beloved forever.
Question 3.
Answer ANY ONE of the following questions in about 100 words. [1 × 4 = 4]
a) Write a paragraph on the present day education system as described in Rahul’s letter.
Answer:
Rai Kinger’s Father, Dear Father is a heart wrenching letter addressed to a father by his son, Rahul. In his letter, Rahul condemns our and define rote educational system and explains the reason for losing his first rank. If was due to his disagreement with his teacher regarding an answer in English Grammar.
Although the teacher was wrong, he was adamant that he was correct. Rahul criticizes such an education system which curbs independent thinking and encourages blind adherence to whatever the teacher teachers. Thus, he condemns the emphasis placed on examinations, marks and ranks. For him practical education matters more than theoretical.
b) What is the attitude of teachers towards learners as illustrated in Father, Dear Father ?
Answer:
Raj Kinger’s Father, Dear Father is a thought provoking commentary on the present education system. It highlights the defects in the mind sets of parents, learners, teachers and the government bodies. It sets all to a new wave of thinking. However, the attitude of teachers towards learners are rude and adamant.
When Rahul seeks adviœ of his Biology teacher to save his rose plant, she gets irritated. She thinks it a question out of their syllabus and asks him to approach a gardener for advice. Her response to Rahul reveals her crossness, irritability and rudeness. She serves as a warning to all those teachers who do not show any interest or reverence towards their profession. The letter also illustrates Rahul’s experience with his English teacher who was adamant.
Question 4.
Answer ANY ONE of the following questions in about 100 words. [1 × 4 = 4]
a) Why is love compared to a red red rose ?
Answer:
The poem, ‘A Red Red Rose’ is written by Robert Burns. He is one of the leading voices of Scotland in English literature. The present poem pictures his love for his beloved. His love is as beautiful as a fresh rose that has just bloomed in June. It is fresh and bursting with life. Here love is compared to a red rose because red rose has been an ancient symbol of love in almost all cultures. In this case, rose is newly spring in June. So, we can understand that his love is always at the starting point. Robert uses his rose with the meaning that it is very strong and passionate. It shows how strong is the speaker’s feeling.
b) What does the speaker promise in A Red Red Rose ?
Answer:
The poem, A Red Red Rose, is written by Robert Burns. It is one of the best lyrics of English poetry. The speaker shares his romantic lone for his beloved. He promises different things to his beloned.
He vones to love his beloved until the seas have dried up, the fire of the sun has melted the ice, and human life is over. He uses these examples to express his feelings. Thus, promises his eternal Love to his bonny lass and that no matter how far he might go, he will always return to her side.
Question 5.
Answer ANY ONE of the following questions in about 100 words. [1 × 4 = 4]
a) Every time the youth chooses a gift, the fairy expresses her dissatisfaction with her gestures. Comment.
Answer:
Mark Twain’s story, The Five Boons of Life” offers us a valuable lesson. It highlights the need to choose right. The fairy in the story advises the youth to select a boon. She tells him that of the five boons “Fame, Love, Riches, Pleasures and Death” only one is precious. But, each time the youth makes a wrong choice.
The fairy expresses her displeasure. Once, her eyes are filled with tears. Yet again, she sighs deeply. At another time, she asks him to use his wisdom. But the youth repeats the same mistake. The fairy here represents an opportunity. Opportunities knock our doors often. It is our responsibility to use that chance aptly. Here, the youth’s failure presents a lesson to us.
b) What are the thoughts in the mind of the youth when he choose wealth ? What is the result ?
Answer:
‘The Five Boons of Life”, by Mark Twain, presents a philosophical approach to life. It shows us how foolish we are in our priorities at times. The youth stands for man’s follies. He gets a chance, from a fairy to choose from ‘Fame, Love, Riches, Pleasures and Death’. He is led by false appearances.
The fairy’s warning fails to corred him. He chooses ‘Pleasures’ first. He soon realises how painful those pleasures are ! He than opts for ‘Love’. He understands how grief follows love. Then, he goes for Fame. Again, it proves to be a wrong choice. Then he thinks Wealth’ will make him happy. He plans to spend, shine, and feed his hungry heart with his mockers envy. He thinks he can buy everything the earth can offer. He is wrong, once again.
Question 6.
Read the following passage carefully and answer ANY FOUR questions given below in a word or a sentence each. [4 × 1 = 4]
The fairy came, bringing again four of the gifts, but Death was wanting. She said: “I gave it to a mother’s pet, a little child. It was innocent, but trusted me, asking me to choose for it. You did not ask me to choose.”
“Oh, miserable me ! What is left for me ?”
“What not even you have deserved : the wanton insult of Old Age.”
Questions:
i) The fairy brought the gift, Death too. Say Yes or No.
Answer:
No
ii) What does the word I refer to ?
Answer:
The word ‘I’ refers to the fairy.
iii) What did the fairy give the little child ?
Answer:
Death
iv) What is the epithet used to describe the little child ?
Answer:
a mother’s pet
v) The man didn’t repose faith in the fairy. Write true or false.
Answer:
true
vi) What was left for the man ?
Answer:
not even what he deserved; the wanton insult of old age
vii) Write the word from the passage that means very unhappy.
Answer:
miserable
viii) Write the antonymn of the word intelligent from the passage.
Answer:
innocent
Question 7.
Read the following passage carefully and answer ANY FOUR questions given below in a word or a sentence each. [4 × 1 = 4]
Kumbh Mela
In my own city of Allahabad or in Haridwar, I would go to the great bathing festivals, the Kumbh Mela, and see hundreds of thousands of people come, as their forebears had come for thousands of years from all over India, to bathe in the Ganges. I would remember descriptions of these festivals written thirteen hundred years ago by Chinese pilgrims and others, and even then these melas were ancient and lost in unknown antiquity. What was the tremendous faith, I wondered, that had drawn our people for untold generations to this famous river of India ?
[From The Discovery on India]
Questions:
i) What is the phrase used in the passage to mean Kumbh Mela ?
Answer:
the great bathing festivals
ii) Kumbh Mela is a modem event. Say true or false.
Answer:
false
iii) When did Chinese pilgrims write about this festival ?
Answer:
thirteen hundred years ago
iv) Can we say when exactly the festival began ?
Answer:
No
v) What draws people to this famous river festival for so many years ?
Answer:
The tremendous faith
vi) Write the word used in the passage to mean festival, fair.
Answer:
‘mela’
vii) Write the synonym (from the passage) of ancestors.
Answer:
forebears
viii) Write the noun form of describe.
Answer:
description-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]
Answer:
i) – g
ii) – i
iii) – e
iv) – j
v) – c
vi) – a
vii) – d
viii) – b
ix) – f
x) – h
Question 9.
Identify the parts of speech of ANY EIGHT of the following underlined words. [8 × 1/2 = 4]
i) Papa, my (1) grandmother is semi literate (2). Yet (3) she is at (4) peace with (5) her pots, pans, her flowers and (6) garden, her Bhagavad Geeta (7) and scriptures.
ii) Qh ! (8) Papa, last (9) week my rose plant almost (10) died.
Answer:
1) my – possessive pronoun/adjective
2) literate – adjective
3) yet – conjunction
4) at – preposition
5) with – preposition
6) and – conjunction
7) Geeta – noun
8) oh – interjection
9) last – adjective
10) almost – adverb
Question 10.
Fill in ANY EIGHT of the following blanks with a, an or the. [8 × 1/2 = 4]
i) Oh father, it matters not to me why __________ (1) apple does not fall upwards, nor do I care what Archimedes did. What matters to me is that my rose plants remain healthy; when there’s _________ (2) fuse in my house, I should know to do something about it; I should know to make _________ (3) desk for myself from my carpenters tools.
ii) Can you bring me all _________ (4) empty coffee cups, please ?
iii) Abdul Kalam is __________ (5) extraordinary man.
iv) Madhu is _________ (6) cleverest boy in __________ (7) class.
v) Raghu wore ________ (8) uniform which was crumpled.
vi) People usually go for _________ (9) walk in _________ (10) morning.
Answer:
i) 1 – the
2 – a
3 – a
ii) 4 – the
iii) 5 – an
iv) 6 – the
7 – the
v) 8 – the
vi) 9 – a
10 – the
Question 11.
Fill in ANY EIGHT of the following blanks with suitable prepositions. [8 × 1/2 = 4]
i) This is ___________ (1) answer to your letter _______ (2) my transgression. Yes, my first rank slipped _________ (3) the second. You advise that I should think ________ (4) studying, _______ (5) answering the papers.
ii) I congratulated her _________ (6) her success.
iii) There is some dispute _________ (7) the boundary line ________ (8) the two neighbours.
iv) He has been absent _________ (9) the classes _________ (10) Friday last.
Answer:
i) 1) in
2) about
3) to
4) before
5) before
ii) 6) on
iii) 7) about
8) between
iv) 9) for
10) since
Question 12.
Supply the missing letters to ANY SIX of the following words. [6 × 1/2 = 3]
i) childh _ _ d
ii) p _ _ ce
iii) frus _ _ ation
iv) ha _ _ en
v) gra _ _ ar
vi) col _ _r
vii) ang _ _ sh
viii) li _ _ ten
ix) obed _ _ nt
x) ye _ _ ow
Answer:
i) childhood
ii) piece/peace
iii) frustration
iv) happen
v) grammar
vi) colour
vii) anguish
viii) lighten
ix) obedient
x) yellow
Question 13.
Identify the silent consonant letters in ANY SIX of the following words. [6 × 1/2 = 3]
i) rightly
ii) should
iii) tomb
iv) Wednesday
v) knife
vi) column
vii) talk
viii) island
ix) lighten
x) receipt
Answer:
i) rightly – g,h
ii) should – l
iii) tomb – b
iv) Wednesday – d
v) knife – k
vi) column – n
vii) talk – l
viii) island – s
ix) lighten – gh
x) receipt -p