1st Year English Paper ( Self-made)

 

Time: 30 Min.                           Paper: English                                              Marks: 20

                     

                                                   (Objective Type)

Note:  Four answers are given against each question in columns A,B,C and D. Select the right answer and fill the circle A, B, C, or D with pen or marker in front of that question number.

1.A. Choose the right option of the Underline words.

(i) They slumber on the paws across.

        (a)      Wake                (b)  Walk                        (c)   Talk                 (d) Sleep

(ii) The mother of the sick girl was a big startled looking woman

        (a)     pleasant         (b)  nervous                    (c)   bored       (d) annoyed

(iii) The mayor was a stout serious man.

        (a)        Strong            (b)     Simple                    (c)      Severe          (d) Shy

(iv) A tyrant does not remain in the world.

        (a)           Dictator       (b)     Benevolent             (c)     Quack           (d) Melon

 (v) The quack struck the old woman with a mallet.

        (a)        Battle-axe       (b)  Wooden hammer      (c)      Spear            (d)   Whip

 (vi)  She stopped jerked him around in front of her.

        (a)          slapped      (b)       slammed                (c)     twitched         (d) picked

 (vii) These animals are camel of prodigious size and strength.

        (a)         colossal         (b)         minor              (c)    short                   (d) shabby

 (viii) He picked a stray locust off his shirt and split down with his thumbnail.

        (a)       lifted                (b)     twirled                    (c)    cut             (d) threw

(xi)  Thus exhorted, the unfortunate man labored away with all his might.

        (a)           felt           (b)        requested               (c)    warned              (d) claimed

(x)  “ Look at this, Jess!” he bragged

        (a)         asked        (b)       demanded                  (c)      glared            (d) boasted

2.B. Choose the right option out of the four for each question.

 (xi) The girl saw in the flash of lightning.

        (a)        A dog            (b)       A bus                       (c)     A car            (d) A man’s face

 

(xii) The house of Spelding comes under the:

        (a)       Civil law     (b)        Criminal Law      (c)         Martial law          (d)  Company Law

(xiii) How old is his daughter Ellen?

        (a)     Eighteen       (b)    Nineteen                       (c)    Twenty-one                    (d)  Twenty

(xiv) The king was famous for his:

        (a)   Cruelty           (b)       Justice                   (c)   Injustice                     (d)   Honesty

(xv)  What was Mr. Manana?

        (a) a carpenter       (b)    a fisherman     (c)        a harness man               (d) a Manson

3.C. Choose the correct form of verb out of the given four options.

(xvi) He ……………… a car.

        (a)    drive             (b)    drives                       (c)      is drive                    (d) driven

(xvii) Traitors are not ………. By their faces.

        (a)     recognize    (b)      recognized              (c) Have recognized         (d)  will recognize

(xviii) We generally ………………………… Urdu in college.

        (a)   spoke            (b)     had spoken               (c)    speak                         (d) is spoken

(xix)  My friend ………………….. a car last week.

        (a)  bought           (b)      has bought               (c)       will buy                 (d)   had bought

(xx) She …………………….. a sweater since morning.

        (a)  is knitting      (b)    has been knitting       (c)  was knitting                (d) will be knitting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Time: 02:30 Hrs.                                  Subjective                               Marks: 80

                                                            

                                                               SECTION-I

2.        Answer (in 3-4 lines/sentences) any SIX questions of the following from the Book-1 (Short Stories):  12

i)  What is the signification of Arthur’s life Insurance policy?

ii)What had the doctors told the old man?     

iii) Why did Harry want to go back to Earth?            

iv) Why didn’t the boy run from the house of the woman?   

v) What should be the role of a Qazi?           

vi) Why did George give the pocketbook to his employer?

vii) What was the subject discussed at the Club?

viii) What was stuck in the camel’s throat?

xi)What was the viewpoint of the parents of Gorgios?

3. Answer ( in 3- 5 lines/sentences) any Five of the following questions from Book—III ( One-Act Plays):                                                                                                                 10

(i)  Why did clay need money?

(ii) What was the condition of the weather?

(iii) What did the girl see in the flash of lightning?

 (iv)Why was the girl unable to tell the details of the incident?

 (v) What kind of the play is “ Heat Lightning”?

 (vi) Why was the girl so frightened?

 (vi) What were the circumstances that forced the girl to leave her car?

 (viii) How did the girl recognize the first man to be the murder?

 

 

4. Write short answers in 3 – 5 lines of any four questions in your own words from Book- III (Poems)                                                                                                                           8

i)   What is meant by rich leaves?

ii)  What are the qualities of the Sindhi Woman?

iii) What was written on the base of the statue? ( Ozymandias)

iv) What does the night mail bring?

v) What is Ecclesiastes?

vi) What does the poet mean by “wearing white for Easter Tide”?

                                                              (Section- II)

5. Write a letter to your brother advising him to give up smoking and pay heed to studies. Or          write an application to the principal of your college requesting him for the remission of fine. 10

6. Write a story on the moral lesson: Rolling Stone gathers no Moss   OR                                        “Pride hath a fall”.

7.     (a)     Explain the following lines with reference to the context:                               5

                      Now of my three score years and ten   Twenty will never come again.

                        And take from seventy springs a score   It only leaves me fifty more

  B)               Punctuate the following extract from (Book 1, Short Stories):                      5

            Mr steward looked embarrassed I m afraid I m not at liberty to tell you that he said however I assure you the organization is of international scope

C)  Use any five of the following pairs of words in the sentences of your own:              5

(i) Dew: Due  (ii) Sink : Drown  (iii) Continual : Continuous   (iv) Barren : Baron 

(v) Deer : Dear          (vi) Dairy : Diary           (vii) Admit : Confess

8. Translate the following passage into Urdu:                                                                      15

 Something cold pressed at her skull as she removed the button unit from the wastebasket. There were no nails or screws visible. She couldn't see how it was put together. Abruptly, she began to smash it on the sink edge, pounding it harder and harder, until the wood split. She pulled the s;des apart, cutting her fingers without noticing. There were no transistors in the box, no wires or tubes. The box was empty

OR

Alternate question for the candidates whose medium of examination is English/ Foreign candidates only

Write an essay on “My First Day at College”