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This document is a pre-board examination paper for 1st year English students at Government Girls Higher Secondary School No 2 Pabbi. It includes multiple-choice questions, comprehension passages, and essay prompts covering various literary concepts, themes, and language skills. The exam is divided into three sections, with a total of 100 marks.

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This document is a pre-board examination paper for 1st year English students at Government Girls Higher Secondary School No 2 Pabbi. It includes multiple-choice questions, comprehension passages, and essay prompts covering various literary concepts, themes, and language skills. The exam is divided into three sections, with a total of 100 marks.

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Government Girls Higher Secondary School No 2 Pabbi

Pre-Board Examination Class: 1st Year Subject: English


SECTION –A (Time: 20 minutes, Marks: 20)

1. A figure of speech wherein a comparison is made between two unlike quantities without
the use of the words “like” or “as” is called:
A. analogy B. simile C. metaphor D. epic-simile
2. Mrs. Meldon’s act of killing her brother Professor Corrie is an example of__________
A. Symbolism B. Catharsis C. Imagery D. Plot
3. The story ______ has both animal and human character:
A. A Long Walk Home B. The Blanket C. The Progress D. Its Country for Me
4. I would like ________________ an honest officer:
A. to becomes B. to becoming C. to became D. to become
5. She is hiding _____________ the bed:
A. under B. between C. among D. in
6. I could not find my purse __________ I forgot that back at home:
A. so B. but C. because D. due to
7. The figures of speech used in the line, ‘The winds that will be howling at all hours?’, are:
A. personification and alliteration. B. simile and metaphor. C. alliteration and metaphor.
D. personification and simile.
8. ‘They sold all the material’. Choose the correct passive voice:
A. All the material is sold by them. B. All the material was sold.
C. All the material is being sold. D. All the material was being sold.
9. When a tension within a scene builds to its highest point it is called:
A. Plot. B. Setting. C. Climax. D. Anticlimax.
10. She has taken her father’s death _____________ heart:
A. in B. to C. on D. into
11. I forgot my cell phone back at home. ____________, I need to borrow yours:
A. Therefore. B. Furthermore. C. However. D. Subsequently.
12. She was in great despair when she lost her phone. The underlined word is:
A. countable noun. B. proper noun. C. collective noun. D. abstract noun.
13. A scattered beach fire smoldered near the back. The nearest meaning to the word
smoldered is:
A. Smudge. B. Burn slowly. C. To make huge flame. D. Extinguish.
14. Which one of the following is regular verb:
A. like. B. write. C. forget. D. eat.
15. The poem Ozymandias is composed by:
A. Robert Frost. B. P. B. Shelley. C. Edgar Allan Poe. D. William Words Worth.
16. Football is ___ most popular sport in ___ world:
A. a, a B. an, an C. the, a D. the, the
17. This book is mine. The underlined word is:
A. pronoun B. adjective C. adverb D. participle
18. He runs with great speed. The underlined phrase is:
A. noun B. adjective C. verb D. adverb
19. What is the purpose of author behind writing the story “His First Flight”:
A. Courage & Self-confidence. B. Helping the needy.
C. Showing Superiority. D. Showing sense of public responsibility.
20. What does dream in the poem “A Dream Within A Dream” signify?
A. hope B. day dreaming C. life D. happiness.
SECTION-B

Time: 2 Hours 40 Minutes Marks: 50

Q. 2. This question is based on your understanding of the textbook. Attempt any five
of the following questions. Each question carries five (5) marks.

i. How is Minta’s character flexible or inflexible? Justify your answer.


ii. Suggest some measures to control drug abuse.
iii. How is “The World is Too Much With Us” a sonnet?
iv. What is the theme of the poem “Good Timber”? How is it a universal theme?
v. Are you satisfied/dissatisfied with the anticlimax of the play “The progress”? Why?
vi. Write down the character of sketch of Professor Corrie?
vii. Why do you feel sympathy with Navasard while reading, ‘The White Lamb’?
Q. 3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end. Part
(i) carries 05 marks while rest of the questions carry 03 marks each. (14 Marks)
Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories of them helping
drowning sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about
dolphins, the more we realise that their society is more complex than people previously
imagined. They look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for sick mothers and
protect the weakest in the community, as we do. Some scientists have suggested that
dolphins have a language, but it is much more probable that they communicate with
each other without needing words. Could any of these mammals be more intelligent
than man? Certainly, the most common argument in favour of man's superiority over
them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us is the least satisfactory. On
the contrary, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures, the less we
appear superior when we destroy them.
i. Write down the summary of the passage.
ii. Is the writer sure that Dolphins have a language? Support your answer from the text.
iii. What is the message contained in the concluding sentence (last sentence)?
iv. How are dolphins a complex society?
Q. 4. Read the following poetic lines and answer the questions appended to it. (6 Marks)
The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
i. What is the tone of the poem?
ii. Write down the theme of the poem?
iii. Write down the line which exemplifies both simile and personification.
Q. 5. Translate the following passage into Urdu. (5 Marks)
My protests, my apologies and the rest of my utterances were useless. I had let my
father down, and I was about to learn one of the most painful lessons of my life. Dad
began walking along the dusty roads. I quickly jumped in the car and followed behind,
hoping he would relent. I pleaded all the way, telling him how sorry I was, but he simply
ignored me, continuing on silently, thoughtfully and painfully.
SECTION-C

Marks: 30

NOTE: Attempt all the questions. Each question carries 10 marks.


6. i. Write a letter to the Editor of a Newspaper complaining about load shedding.
OR
ii. Write a job application for the post of a teacher. Give your resume as well.
7. i. The plot of the play “Progress” is well knit/organized or not. Write down at least
100 words to justify your response.
OR
ii. The theme of the story “The Blanket” is not a universal theme. Comment on it using
not less than 100 words.
8. i. Write a story with the following end. ‘That is why the nation considers him/ her a
role model’.
OR
ii. Write a narrative incident using the given situation. ‘Someone is lost in the forest’.
Note: Your story must have beginning, middle and an end.

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