1st Year English ( Preparatory Test A)

 

Class: First Year

Subject: English

Total Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE TYPE       10 Marks

Q 1. Choose the correct option.

1.       The good soul, Mr. Hubert , choked with indignation and fear.

A)      Horror B) terror C) fright D) anger

2.       He wore down the opposing arguments.

A)      Accepted B) explained C) overcame D) liked

3.       The Qazi issued a decree to shed the blood of a person for the health of king.

A)      Warrant B) poster C) card D) royal order

4.       Daddy will be deliriously happy to interview you.

A)      Extremely B) slowly C) badly D) gradually

5.       And not a ripple in her tread.

A)      Feet  B) walk C) talk D) hand

6.       How old is Ellen? ( Visit to a small Planet )

A)      Eighteen B) nineteen C) twenty-one D) twenty

7.       What harm could arise from such a trifling demand?

A)      Easy B) crazy C) petty D) difficult

8.       She …………English fast.

A)      Learn B) learning C) learns D) not learning

9.       It usually …………….here in June

A)      Rain B) rained C) will rain D) rains

10.   Hard work never ………..unrewarded.

A)      Will gone B) go C) goes D) can goes

 

SUBJECTIVE TYPE    40 Marks

Q 2. Answer the following questions.   08

1.       What was the viewpoint of Gorgois' parents?

2.       How did the king recover?

3.       What is the role of General Powers in the play, Visit to a small Planet?

4.       What does the title of the poem, O Where Are You Going, signify?

Q 3. Translate the following passage into Urdu.      07

In the final unreasoning assault, I overpowered the child’s neck and jaw. I forced the heavy silver spoon back of her teeth and down her throat, till she gagged. And there it was – both tonsils covered with membrane. She had fought valiantly to keep me knowing her secret. She had been lying to her parents in order to escape just an outcome as this.

Q 4. Explain the following stanza with Reference to the Context.   5

Dark children with a coin to spend

Enter the lantern’s orbit; find

Melon, guava and mandarin-

The moon compacted to a rind,

The sun in a pitted skin.

Q 5. Write an application to the Principal of your college for Remission of fine.    10

Q 6. Write a story on the following Moral;     10

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