SET - 1

Model Question Paper

Alternative English

2019

Full Marks – 50

Pass Marks – 16 ½

Time – 1 ½ Hour

Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable.

Figures in the margin indicate full marks.

1. Write critical appreciation on any one of the following poems. 8

a. The Gifts of God
b. Ode on Solitude
c. Martha
2. What are seven different roles that every man and has to play? 8
OR
What is the central idea of the poem “Daffodils”?
3. Choose and write the correct answer:
1x4=4
a. What is daffodil?
i. A leaf
ii. A flower
iii. A tree
iv. Garden
b. The poet compares the world to
i. A story book
ii. A film
iii. A stage
iv. A playground
c. Which poem is written by William Wordsworth
i. Ode on Solitude
ii. Martha
iii. Daffodils
iv. The Gift of God
d. Alexander Pope wrote the poem “Ode on Solitude” when he was only
i. 10 years
ii. 12 years
iii. 14 years
iv. 20 years
4. Write a letter to your uncle thanking him for a birthday gift. (125-150 words)
 10
OR
Write a letter to a friend requesting him/her to visit your place during the summer vacation.
(125-150 words)
5. Expand any one of the following in 100-125 words: 10
a. Experience is The Best Teacher
b. Knowledge is Power
c. United we Stand, Divided we Fall
d. Health is Wealth
6. Fill in the banks with correct form of verbs given in the brackets.
2x5=10
a. It ______ heavily all night in Delhi. (rain)
b. I have just _______ my work. (do)
c. We were not ______ to talk during the lecture. (allow)
d. This book _______ to me. (belong)
e. Columbus _________ America. (discover)