UP Board Class 12 ENGLISH-SECOND Question PAPER 2014

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Intermediate Examination, 2014
ENGLISH-SECOND PAPER
Time: 3 Hours 15 Min 323 (ET) [M.M.: 50

(a) Change the following into indirect form of speech: 1+1=2
(i) He said, "I must go."
(ii) He said, "You are a student."

(b) Combine the following sentences as directed within the brackets: 1+1=2
(i) Tulsidas was a great poet. He wrote the Ram Charit Manas. It is the holy book of the Hindus. (into simple sentence)
(ii) Everything decays. Books survive. (into compound sentence)

(c) Transform the following sentences as directed within the brackets: 1+1=2
(i) The woodcutter has cut down these trees. (into passive voice)
(ii) Bihar is hotter than Assam. (into positive degree)

(d) Correct four of the following sentences: 4 x 1/2 = 2
(i) The poor is unhappy.
(ii) One must do his duty carefully.
(iii) You are junior than me.
(iv) The gold is a costly metal.
(v) You need not to go there.
(vi) Being Sunday, I did not go to college.

Use three of the following idioms/phrases in your own sentences so as to bring out their meanings clearly: 3 x 1 = 3
(a) With a view to
(b) Hue and cry
(c) A maiden speech
(d) Pros and cons
(e) Scot free.

(a) Give the antonyms of the following words: 1/2 + 1/2 = 1
(i) alive (ii) grave.
(b) Give the synonyms of the following words: 1/2 + 1/2 = 1
(i) admit (ii) normal.
(c) Substitute one word for the following expressions: 1/2 + 1/2 = 1
(i) One who goes on foot.
(ii) A person who believes in God.
(d) Use the following words in sentences of your own so as to bring out the difference in their meanings clearly: 1/2 + 1/2 = 1
(i) check (ii) cheque.

(a) Translate the following into English: 10
हमारा देश महान है। शताब्दियों तक हमारा गौरवपूर्ण इतिहास रहा है। केवल पूर्व के देश ही नहीं बल्कि पश्चिम के समस्त देश भी प्राचीन संस्कृति की छाप लिए हुए हैं। हमारे दर्शन और साहित्य ने पश्चिमी जीवनधारा को काफी प्रभावित किया है। आज हम उन्नति की दौड़ में अग्रसर होने का प्रयास कर रहे हैं। हम सबका कर्तव्य है कि देश की सेवा में सब कुछ न्यौछावर कर दें। हमें जाति, धर्म और प्रान्तीयता के भेदों को भूल जाना चाहिए। हमें याद रखना चाहिए कि यदि हमारे देश की उन्नति होगी तो हमारा भविष्य शानदार होगा।

(b) Translate the following into Hindi: 5
Education is a device for helping a man to grow to his full stature. It enables him to realize his nature both mentally and spiritually. It is to the child what perfect gardening is to the tree. What a gardener is to a tree, an educator is to a human being. Just as a plant cannot grow properly without the help of a gardener, a man cannot develop fully without proper education. The real aim of education is the full development of a man's own efforts are as necessary as the help of an educator.

Write an essay on one of the following topics in about 250 words: 10
(a) The problem of rising prices
(b) The corruption in India
(c) Disaster in Uttarakhand
(d) The menace of terrorism
(e) Choice of a profession.

Write a letter to your friend describing the prize distribution in your college. 5
OR
Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper, complaining about the frequent break-down of electricity in your area. 5
(Note: Do not write your name and address in the letter.)

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
The primary function of a newspaper is to supply us with all sorts of news, local and foreign. It gives us information of what is going on in our own country, as well as in other parts of the world. But for it, we would have to remain in total ignorance of the affairs of the world. It is only on account of newspapers that we can closely follow the important and interesting events of the world and keep abreast of the times. As a matter of fact, a newspaper is a sort of contemporary history. The benefits of a newspaper do not end here. By supplying information of the different parts of the world, they bring them into close touch with one another and tend to promote friendly feelings. A newspaper is also the best means of communication between the government of a country and its people. The rulers and the ruled make known their respective view points through the medium of newspapers. The people can lay down their grievances for the consideration of the government in newspapers, and the government in its turn can communicate its own views to the people.  

(a) What is the main function of a newspaper? 1/2
(b) What would happen to the people of a country without newspapers? 1/2
(c) What name can you give to newspapers in modern times? 1
(d) Explain the underlined portions given in the passage. 1/2 + 1/2
(e) Give a summary of the above passage. 1.5
(f) Give a suitable title to the passage. 1/2

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