SLC Model Question of Compulsory English

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

The figure in the margin indicates full marks.

Attempt all the questions:

1.      Read the following poem and do the activities that follow:

Where the mind is without fear and the dead is held high;

Where the knowledge is free;

Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;

Where words come out from the depth of truth;

Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;

Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;

Where the mind led forward by three into-ever-widening thought and action……………….into that heaven of freedom,

My father, let my country awake.

1. Find and write the words from the above poem as indicated in the brackets.  0.5×4=2

i)        vague (Opposite)

ii)      detached(similar)

iii)    falsehood(opposite)

iv)    extends(similar)

2. Answer the following question.                                             1×3=3

i)        Where should our arms be directed?

ii)      What happens if the mind is full of fear?

iii)    What is the cause of the world’s fragmentation?

2.      Read the passage and answer the following question.

The hailstorm last week was not a large one, but it caused many accidents. The hailstones started to come in late afternoon and were followed by rains. I saw it through the window of the restaurant. It has been raining for an hour and a half when we started for home. The vehicles had been driving because of downpour. The visibility was poor and the wind was howling. There had been  landslides in many places and driving was dangerous. Earlier the wind had been blowing forcefully but, by the time we started off, it had calmed down. The downpour had turned into a drizzle and brought thunder and lighting.

I had been driving for an hour when the accident happened. My wipers had not been working and the rain was spattering my windscreen, so I could not see wee. I had been stopping to clean my windscreen every few minutes I had just started the engine again when my tyres started to slip. The tuck slipped into the side of the road, hit the hill, turned over and stopped.

I felt and looked to see if I was hurt, but I was not. I had been driving quite slowly and luckily, the bend was quite wide. It was very quite, with just the sound of music and falling rain, I had been playing the cassette. I looked my khalasi but could not find him soon there was a long queue of vehicles and people were around me asking question about the accident. I heard tem talking about two more accidents in which three people had died and ten others had been injured. Suddenly, someone shouted that there was a man lying beside the road. It was my khalasi. He had been lying unconscious for half an hour. He was helped……………….

1. Write the words from the above passage, which are opposite in meaning to the following:     0.5×4=2

i)        Unfortunately

ii)      Downpour

iii)    Early

iv)    Noisy

2. Rewrite the following sentences in correct order:                0.5×4=2

i)        He had to rub down the windscreen very often.

ii)      He drove for home.

iii)    The heavy rain changed into drizzle.

iv)    He had the accident.

3. Answer the following question:                                          1.5×4=6

i)        Why was driving not safe?

ii)      How was the situation before he started for home?

iii)    What made the driver stop on road so often?

iv)    How did the accident happen?

3.      Read the notice below and answer the questions:

Government of Nepal

Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation

Department of Agriculture

Crop Diversification Project

Harihar Bhawan, Lalitpur, Nepal

Re-invitaion of Technical and Financial Proposals

This is to inform all the interested NGOs/consulting firms that they are requested  hereby to submit the Technical and Financial Proposal for Video Documentation of Project Activities separately in two envelopes within 15 days of the first publication of this re-invitation notice.

Further information can be obtained from the PCO, CDP, Harihar Bhawan, Lalitpur and the notice published on September 14, 2005 in Rising Nepal. If the last date of submission happens to be governmental holiday it will be carried over to the next working day.

Project Coordinator

CDP, Harihar Bhawan, Lalitpur

Phone: 5543217

1. Answer the following question:                                             1×4=4

i)        What is the notice for?

ii)      Who can submit the proposal?

iii)    What should we do if the last date of the submission will be a holiday?

iv)    What does CDP stands for?

2. Fill in the spaces with correct information and rewrite the sentences.  1×4=4

i)        … has published this notice.

ii)      It is required to submit … proposal.

iii)    The notice has been published in …

iv)    … is the date of first publication of notice.’

3. Give the meaning of these words from the text:                     1×2=2

i)        Plan or scheme

ii)      Written, printed record.

4.      Read the following advertisement and answer the questions given below:

Teachers wanted

Vacancies are announced for the following posts.

·        Primary level: English, Social Studies, Math, Nepali

·        Qualification: Candidates should have at least 10+2 certificate.

Preference will be given to experienced one.

Apply within ten days of the publication date with photocopies of certificate and bio-data with contact phone number (is must) in address given below.

Only short listed candidates will be called for interview.

Principal

CGA

G.P.O Box 6460, Imadol

1. Answer the following question:                                             2×4=8

i)        What is the advertisement for?

ii)      Whom should you write the application to and at what address?

iii)    What essential things are to be submitted with the application?

iv)    Why is phone a number most?

2. Fill up the blanks with appropriate words from the advertisement: 1×4=4

i)        … is a systems of communication.

ii)      Preference will be given to … candidates.

iii)    The candidates should apply with photocopies of … with phone number.

iv)    The candidates should have a qualification of …

3. Find out the words from the passage that have similar and opposite meanings as indicated:   1×3=3

i)        Applicant (similar)

ii)      Priority (similar)

iii)    Taken (opposite)

5.      Write a couple of paragraph on “Importance of Time” on the basis of given clues:    6

Life is made of time … time and tide waits for no one … everything must be done on time … division of time in life … education … earning … etc depends on time … etc.

6.      Construct a readable story with the help of outline given in the box below:      6

A poor blind beggar … pays a boy to lead him … a cripple sees the beggar … makes a plan. If he carried me I won’t need to pay this man. I can direct him … tells the blind man his plan … the blind agrees … joins forces …. no hiring … moral.

7.      Write an essay on “Patriotism” in about 200 words.                      12

8.      Rewrite the following sentences choosing the best alternatives given in the brackets:  0.5×12=6

i)        Honesty is … best policy. (a, an, the)

ii)      She went to Allahabad … train. (by, from, on)

iii)    Rina has never been to Janakpur, …? (hasn’t she, has she, does she)

iv)    People in Nepal … simple and honest. (are, is, am)

v)      Sudha plays the guitar but she … (don’t play, doesn’t play, doesn’t plays)

vi)    Did you … the principal yesterday. (meets, meet, met)

vii)  When we woke up, it … outside. (will snow, is snowing, was snowing)

viii)  She has given me a pen it means I … a pen. ( am given, have been given, has been given)

ix)      Poonam asked me why … (was I late, I was late, I am late)

x)        We have been victimized … his cruelty. (because, because of, so)

xi)      My father is very kind. He never makes us … the heavy works. (do, doing, to do)

xii)    If Sony … her bag, she would not go to school. (lost, had lost, have lost)

9.      Choose the correct word from the brackets to complete the passage below:                0.5×10=5

Last night, one of my school … (friend, friends, friend’s) phoned me. He wanted to come … (at, with, to) me. I went to receive him. He … (waited, had waited, was waiting) for me at the park when I reached there. I was late to teach there. If I … (had reached, reached, would reach) a little earlier, he could not have to wait for me for a long time. We came home together, “why are you tired? I am never tired…?” (am I, aren’t I, are I) he said. He told me that he … (left, had left, was left) his house previous day. He wanted to get his son … (admit, to admit, admitted) at my school … (because of, in spite of, although) his poverty, he wanted to educate his son. He wanted his son to be a doctor in … (a, an, the) USA. After talking meal, I … (told, was told, had told) everything about his future plan.

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