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Students can Download Karnataka SSLC English Model Question Paper 2 with Answers (1st Language), Karnataka SSLC English Model Question Papers with Answers<\/a> helps you to revise the complete Karnataka State Board Syllabus and score more marks in your examinations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Karnataka State Syllabus SSLC English Model Question Paper 2 With Answers (1st Language)<\/h2>\n

Time: 3 Hours
\nMax Marks: 100<\/p>\n

I. Four alternatives are given for the following questions. Choose the correct answer and write it along with its alphabet. ( 6 \u00d7 1 = 6 )<\/span><\/p>\n

Question 1.
\n\u2018That on the ashes of his youth doth lie\u2019. The figure of speech in the line is The figure of speech in the line is
\nA) Personification
\nB) Metaphor
\nC) Synecdoche
\nD) Alliteration
\nAnswer:
\nB) Metaphor<\/p>\n

Question 2.
\nThere are no snakes in Ireland,______
\nThe appropriate question tag to be added is
\nA) are they?
\nB) aren\u2019t they?
\nC) ain\u2019t they?
\nD) don\u2019t they?
\nAnswer:
\nA) are they?<\/p>\n

Question 3.
\nWhen I was younger<\/span>, I thought so.
\nThe underlined group of word is
\nA) a noun clause
\nB) an adverb clause
\nC) an adjective clause
\nD) a main clause
\nAnswer:
\nB) an adverb clause<\/p>\n

\"Karnataka<\/p>\n

Question 4.
\nOur boss ______ our meeting until next week
\nThe correct phrasal verb to be filled in the blank is
\nA) put
\nB) put off
\nC) put down
\nD) put up
\nAnswer:
\nB) put off<\/p>\n

Question 5.
\nThe word in which \u2018inter\u2019 is a part of the word but not a prefix is
\nA) international
\nB) intercontinatal
\nC) interpret
\nD) interact
\nAnswer:
\nC) interpret<\/p>\n

\"Karnataka<\/p>\n

Question 6.
\nThe bus is coming round the corner
\nThe tense of the verb in the given sentence is
\n(A) Simple past
\n(B) Simple present
\n(C) Past continuous
\n(D) Present continuous
\nAnswer:
\n(D) Present continuous<\/p>\n

II. Observe the relationship in the first pair of words and complete the second pair accordingly in the following :<\/span>
\n( 4 \u00d7 1 = 4 )<\/span><\/p>\n

Question 7.
\nSustain : maintain :: imbibe :
\nAnswer:
\nassimilate \/ absorb<\/p>\n

Question 8.
\nBlue : blew :: bare :
\nAnswer:
\nbear<\/p>\n

Question 9.
\nQualify : disqualify :: responsible :
\nAnswer:
\nirresponsible<\/p>\n

Question 10.
\nStrength : strong :: mystery :
\nAnswer:
\nMysterious<\/p>\n

III. Rewrite as directed : ( 3 \u00d7 1 = 3 )<\/span><\/p>\n

Question 11.
\nChange the voice of sentence :
\nWe are going to watch a movie tonight
\nAnswer:
\nA movie is going to be watched by us tonight.<\/p>\n

\"Karnataka<\/p>\n

Question 12.
\nFrame a question to get the underlined words as answer :
\nYou will find the keys on the table<\/span>
\nAnswer:
\nWhere will I find the keys?<\/p>\n

Question 13.
\nChange to reported speech :
\nHe said, \u201cMy mother is a teacher\u201d
\nAnswer:
\nHe told me that his mother is a teacher.<\/p>\n

IV. Answer the following questions in a sentence each : ( 4 \u00d7 1 = 4 )<\/span><\/p>\n

Question 14.
\nWhen was the male sarus crane shot?
\nAnswer:
\nThe male crane was trying to pull the reluctant sun out of the rim of the horizon.<\/p>\n

Question 15.
\nHow was Marion going to identify Gaultier\u2019s Messenger?
\nAnswer:
\nGaultier had told Marion that the messenger would ask to kiss her hand and that would be the sign, that the person was the messenger.<\/p>\n

Question 16.
\nWhat was troubling the French wine growers?
\nAnswer:
\nThe French wine – growers were troubled by a germ which turned their wine sour.<\/p>\n

Question 17.
\nWhat does \u2018moving finger\u2019 mean?
\nAnswer:
\nMoving finger means fate.<\/p>\n

V. Answer the following questions in two – three sentences each : ( 7 \u00d7 2 = 14 )<\/span><\/p>\n

Question 18.
\nHow does a close friend describe Anne when she saw her at the Belsen Camp?
\nAnswer:
\nThe close friend described Anne as \u2018cold and hungry\u2019, and her skeleton like form was draped in coarse shapeless, striped garb of the concentration camp.<\/p>\n

\"Karnataka<\/p>\n

Question 19.
\nWhat horrid response did the Cyclop give to Ulysses request for hospitality?
\nAnswer:
\nPolyphemus said nothing in reply but gripping two of Ulysses men standing nearest to him as if they were no more than children, dashed their brains out against the earth, tore in pieces their limbs and devoured them, even while they were warm and trembling, lapping their blood.<\/p>\n

Question 20.
\nWhy did the vagabonds go back to the bakery after eating the Pie?
\nAnswer:
\nWhen they were waiting at M. Gaultier\u2019s door they saw a tart. They thought that it was a cranberry tart. They felt like it was a tart to dream about, succulent, spiced, sugared and white as a miad\u2019s bosom. They felt that it would be very nice to have it was a starter food before eating the eel pie. So the vagabonds went back to the bakery after eating the pie.<\/p>\n

Question 21.
\nHow could the narrator, being blind, describe Mussoorie?
\nAnswer:
\nAt the beginning of the story the narrator himself says that he was totally blind at the time he was travelling by train to Mussoorie. The narrator also tells that the best time to visit Mussoorie was October, when the tourists have gone back and the hills are covered with wild dahlias. We can infer that the narrator\u2019s eyesight was good before and he must have visited Mussoorie many times when he had a good eye sight. But he seems to have lost his eyesight at a recent time.<\/p>\n

Question 22.
\nWhy did Buttoo sever his thumb? What does it tell you about Buttoo.
\nAnswer:
\nButtoo severed his thumb to present it to his guru Dronacharya as recompense for his skill at archery. It tells as about Buttoo devotion to his guru. He knew that his future was doomed yet he gave up his right thumb.<\/p>\n

Question 23.
\nWhat has happened to his own garden now with a poison tree? Was he happy in growing a poison tree?
\nAnswer:
\nThe speaker\u2019s garden is no longer a paradise because now, a poisonous tree grows there bearing poisonous fruits. The speaker not happy in growing a poison tree.<\/p>\n

\"Karnataka<\/p>\n

Question 24.
\nHow did Parasurama realize that Kama was not a Brahmana?
\nAnswer:
\nOne day Parasurama was reclining with his head on Kama\u2019s lap when a stinging worm burrowed into Kama\u2019s thigh. Blood began to flow and the pain was terrible, but Kama bore it without tremor lest he should disturb the master\u2019s sleep. Parasurama awoke and saw the blood which had poured from the wound. He said: \u201cDear pupil, you are not a brahmana. A kshatriya alone can remain unmoved under all bodily torments\u201d.<\/p>\n

VI. Rewrite as directed. ( 3 \u00d7 2 = 6 )<\/span><\/p>\n

Question 25.
\nChange the following sentence to a simple and compound
\nIf you don\u2019t do this you will be punished
\nAnswer:
\nSimple : Do this to avoid punishment.
\nCompound : Do this or you will be punished.<\/p>\n

Question 26.
\nChange the following sentence to the other two degrees of comparison :
\nNo other fruit is as sweet as mango.
\nAnswer:
\nComparitive : Mango is sweeter than any fruit.
\nSuperalative : Mango is the sweetest of all fruits.<\/p>\n

Question 27.
\nCombine the following sentences using neither \/ nor
\nHe does not drink. He does not smoke
\nAnswer:
\nHe neither drinks nor smokes.<\/p>\n

VII. Answer the following questions in 5-6 sentences each : ( 6 \u00d7 3 = 18 )<\/span><\/p>\n

Question 28.
\nHow does Basavanna console himself regarding his helplessness as a poor man?
\nAnswer:
\nBasavanna too wants to show his devotion to his Lord. But he was a poor man and could not build temples for his Lord. So he consoles himself saying that his body itself is a temple. His legs are pillars, the body is the shrine where his lord resides and his head is a cupola of gold.<\/p>\n

\"Karnataka<\/p>\n

Question 29.
\nWhat was John Silver\u2019s treacherous plan? How did Jim come to know about it?
\nAnswer:
\nJohn Silver\u2019s treacherous plan was to kill the skipper, the Squire and the doctor once the treasure was found.
\nOne evening Jim went looking for an apple to eat, but found the apple barrel empty. He climbed right into it and while he was inside the barrel, he over heard, John Silver\u2019s treacherous plan.<\/p>\n

Question 30.
\nExplain how the stones on the wall are disturbed. When is the usual mending time ?
\nAnswer:<\/p>\n