SLC Model Question of Compulsory English (Set 2)

(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:

Knowledge

Your mind is meadow                                  of stars and snow;

To plant for your needs                                The science of numbers;

You are the farmer                                       The stories of time,

With knowledge of seeds,                             The magic of music,

Don’t leave your meadow                            The secrets of rhyme?

Unplanted and bare,                                     Don’t be a know nothing!

Sow it with knowledge                                  Plant in spring,

And tend it with care.                                   And see what harvest

Who’d be a know-nothing                            The summer will bring

When he might grow

1. Find the words that are closet to the following definition.      1×2=2

i)        The time of the year when crops are gathered.

ii)      A field covered with grass.

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

i)        Why does the poet call our minds a meadow?

ii)      What does the poet want to tell us?

iii)    What does the secret of rhyme means?

2.      Read the passage and do the activities that follow.

Nearly all the inhabitants of Bankuli had been compelled at sometimes or other to call on the Mahajan. He was the key person in the village. He was its banker, its moneylender, its pawnbroker and very often its vampire. By mortgaging the family field Prodip obtained a loan of four hundred pounds of rice on condition that he would return six hundred pound s after the harvest.

By this time, poverty had really begun to struggle the pals. Bad weather added to their plight over one night in April, a storm brought down all the mangoes and coconuts. Consequently, they had to sell the buffalo and rani, the cow. Rani obviously did not want to leave. She strained at her rope with all her might uttering the most heart-rending bellows. No one could fail to read in her reaction a bad omen, a sign that Radha, beloved of cowherd god Krishna, was angry.

1. Find the words, which are closest to the following words.  0.5×4=2

i)        Forced

ii)      As a result

iii)    Power

iv)    Clearly

2. Complete the following sentences by choosing the best answers: 0.5×4=2

i)        The mahajan used to … the villagers.

a) exploit               b) kill               c) help

ii)      The word ‘strangle’ in the above text means …

a) warning of evil fortune  b) loud deep noise
      c) kill by sqeezing the throat

iii)    Pradip pal promised to return … amount of rice to mahajan.

a) equal                  b) double         c) some more

iv)    Rani was the name of a …

a) buffalo              b) cow             c) goat

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

i)        Why did the writer call the mahajan vampire?

ii)      On what condition did pradip pal obtain a loan from the mahajan?

iii)    How was the reaction of the cow when she was sold?

iv)    Why did pradip pal sell his buffalo and cow?

3.      Read the following letter and answer the questions:

The Editor                                                                      20/440 pepsicola

The Himalayan Times,                                                 Kathmandu Nepal

Kathmandu, Nepal                                                         15^th March, 2060

Sir,

         Our Municiplity wants to waking up, and as private appeals to their officers I have had no effect, perhaps a little publicity will do no harm. For nearly one year, Jadibuti-Sinamangal road has been almost impassable. The surface is badly broken by the heavy rains and over flow of heavy trucks. Moreover, there are heaps on both sides of the road, which leave very little room in the middle. If you are a driver, you cannot imagine the dangerous situation during dark night. It is scandalous that we should be inconvenienced in this way for months, and I hope the public will bring pressure to bear one those responsible so that road may be put in through repair without further delay.

Your faithfully

Hemanta Parajuli

1. Write the answers to the following question:                       1.5×4=6

i)        List any two defects of road.

ii)      What may happen if the authority delays to repair the road?

iii)    What leaves very little space in the middle of the road?

iv)    What is the publicity for?

2. Write the words from the letter given which are closer in the meaning to the following words.           0.5×4=2

i)        In addition

ii)      Damage

iii)    Force

iv)    Troubled

3. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words:                                  1×2=2

i)        … is responsible to repair the road.

ii)      This is the letter written to the … to publicize a problem.

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

Liberty Leather and Shoes Factory

Biratnagar, Nepal

Post box 568, Biratnagar

Wanted Immediately

Position: Sales Manager

Qualification and experience required:

B.A or equivalent with Economics as a major subject. Master degree is preferable. Previous working experience in the field of sales and marketing will be added advantage, women candidates; Nepali citizens may send the hand written application along with the personal bio-data including contact number or e-mail address, copies academic certificates and testimonials to the above address on or before May 5, 2003.

1. Write opposite meanings of these words.                               1×4=4

i)        Discouraged

ii)      Ignored

iii)    Distantly

iv)    Later

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

i)        Where is factory located?

ii)      What is basic qualification?

iii)    Where will the short listed notice be found?

iv)    What kind of candidates will get an extra advantage?

3. Fill in the blanks:                                                                   1×3=3

i)        The factory makes …

ii)      The deadline to submit the application is …

iii)    … is the vacant post.

5.      Complete the dialogue box with appropriate clues given in the box below:       6

Ramesh: Good morning, Mrs. Dahal.

Mrs. Dahal : ………… Ramesh. …………

Ramesh: Oh, yes. ………… I could not catch the first bus.

Mrs. Dahal: …………………………….

Ramesh: ………….. . It wont happen again.

Mrs. Dahal: …………………………. .

i)                          Its all right

ii)                        You should have got up earlier.

iii)                      Good morning.

iv)                      I’m terribly sorry.

v)                        I woke up too late this morning.

vi)                      You are most welcome.

6.      Write a newspaper report with the help of following outlines.         6

Three … in a bus accident … injured … Udaypur district to Kathmandu … serious

7.      Write an essay on “Tourism of Nepal” in about 200 words.          12

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

i)        Once I saw … cute ape in the zoo.(a, an, the)

ii)      Radha is famous … her dancing skill. (in, for, to)

iii)    Srijana and I brought something, …?(didn’t i, didn’t she, didn’t we)

iv)    A group of girls … learning swimming. (is, are, have)

v)      I have already taken my meal, but you …. (have finished yet, have not already finished, have not finished yet)

vi)    A: Did you see my father on the way.

      B: Yes, I … (did, didn’t, saw)

vii)  I … in this school for many years. (have been teaching, taught, will have taught)

viii)  Raman said to me, “where are you going?” its indirect speech is :  Raman asked me …(that where I was going, where I an going, where I was going)

ix)      I have to attend a meeting. It means a meeting …(has been, has been to, has to be)

x)        The old man had to do everything … he had several sons and daughters. (because, so that, though)

xi)      You … friendless if you feel shy like this. (are, will be, would be)

xii)    Nayana … her house painted. (has, make, get)

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

As I … (was leaving, have left, had left) my previous job in … (a, an, the) private bank, the directors told me about life, status and wealth. The things … (will never forget, will never be forgotten, will have forgotten) in life. He said that diligence, sincerity and faithfulness … (were, are, would be)asserts of every people. He went on saying, “Don’t run…(to, after, before) money…(come, to come, came) after you” there in lies … (my, his, yours) ultimate success,” The director told me really genuine things, … (didn’t he, didn’t she, did I)? … (However, Nevertheless, Therefore) his words still echo in my mind. I have never met a person like him. If we … (are, were, had been) like him our nation would not nave to bear such a pitiful condition.

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