2nd Year English Test: hunger and Population Explosion

 

Class:   Second year               Subject   English                                                        

                                                PAPER: A

OBJECTIVE TYPE                    05                           

Q.1        Choose the correct option.

1.         A tremendous population explosion is taking place.

            A) Rapid          B) Dangerous  C) Huge    D) Flowing

2.         Nine and a half million people were perished in a single famine.

            A) Penalized             B) suffered           C) Died             D) Deserted

3.         An appalling number of women died of the disease.

            A) Ordinary     B) Agreeable   C) Alarming               D) Small

4.         Widespread disaster were averted by the previous storage of food.

            A) Prevented   B) Diverted      C) Shifted        D) Limited

5.         To educate the people was a gigantic task.

            A) Beautiful     B) huge            C) small    D) Tiny

 

SUBJECTIVE TYPE                                                   20                                          

Q.2      Answer the following questions.                                                        08

1.        What does hunger mean on large scale as viewed by the author?

2.       What is meant by birth-rate and death-rate and how do they affect the population of a country?

3.       How do famines occur?

4.       Where did Mr. Chips live after his retirement?

Q.3      Use the following idioms into meaningful sentences of your own.                04

               1.        Bring to light   2. Dark Horse

Q.4      Translate the following passage into English.                                                        08

                تعلیم جتنی اب عام ہے  اتنی پہلے کبھی نہ تھی ۔غریب سے غریب لڑکا کالج اور یونیورسٹی میں تعلیم حاصل کر سکتا ہے۔ لیکن تمام آسانیوں کے باوجود تعلیم کا معیار بہت پست ہو گیا ہے۔ اس کی وجہ یہ ہے کہ طلباء تعلیم میں دلچسپی نہیں لیتے ۔کچھ لڑکے تو بالکل پڑھتے ہی نہیں۔ اور اپنا سارا وقت برباد کر دیتے ہے۔