Kerala SSLC English Previous Question Papers with Answers 2018

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Time Allowed: 2 1/2 hours
Maximum Marks: 80

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• Read the questions carefully before answering.
• Certain sections of the questions have a choice. Follow the choice regulations.
• When you select a question, all its sub-questions (if any) must be answered from the same question itself.

Questions 16. Read the following excerpt from ‘The Scholarship Jacket’ and answer the questions that follow. Each question carries one score. 1 x 6 = 6

We couldn’t participate in sports at school because there were registration fees, uniform costs, and trips out of town; so, even though our family was quite agile and athletic there would never be a school sports jacket for us. This one, the scholarship jacket, was our only chance.

In May, close to graduation, spring fever had struck as usual with a vengeance. No one paid any attention in class, instead, we started out of the windows and at each other, wanting to speed up the last few weeks of school. I despaired every time I looked in the mirror. Pencil thin, not a curve anywhere. I was called ‘beanpole’ and ‘string bean’ and I knew that’s what I looked like. That really wasn’t much for a fourteen-year-old to work with, I thought, as I absentmindedly wandered from my history class to the gym…

Question 1.
Why couldn’t the narrator participate in sports at school?

Question 2.
Pick out the sentence which tells us that the narrator was athletic by nature.

Question 3.
‘No one paid any attention in class; instead, we started out of the windows and at each other..’ Why does the narrator say so?

Question 4.
Why did the narrator feel despair every time she looked in the mirror?

Question 5.
Find out the word from the passage which means ‘the ability to move quickly.’

Question 6.
What were the narrator’s nicknames?

Questions 7-10 Read the lines from ‘Mother to son’ and answer the questions that follow. Each question carries one score.
1 x 4 = 4

Well, son, I’ll tell you
Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair…
It’s had tacks in it.
And splinters,
And boards roen up
And places with no carpet on the floor.
Bare
But all the time
I’se been a-climbing’ on,
And reachin’ Landin’s,
And turning, corners,
And sometimes going in the dark
Where there ain’t been no light,
So, boy, don’t you turn back.

Question 7.
Who is the ‘I’ referred to here?

Question 8.
What does the speaker compare her life to?

Question 9.
What is the speaker’s advice to her son?

Question 10.
What impression do you get about the speaker from these lines?

Question 11.
Read the lines from the poem ‘The School Boy’ and attempt a brief appreciation focussing on the theme and the poetic devices used William Blake. 5

How can the bird that is born for joy
Sit in a cage and sing?
How can a child, When fears annoy,
But droop his tender wing,
And forget his youthful spring!
O father and mother if buds are nipped.
And blossoms have blown away;
And if the tender plants are stripped
Of their joy in the springing day,
By Sorrow and care’s dismay
How shall the summer arise in joy,
Or the summer fruits appear?
Or how shall we gather what griefs destroy,
Or bless the mellowing year,
When the blasts of winter appear?

Questions 12-16 Read the following story and answer the questions given below. Each question carries one score. 1 x 5 = 5
There was a time when all housework was done by the women or girls in the family. Few husbands never dreamt of washing up, preparing breakfast or attending the baby. Such duties were no concern of theirs. And the normal schoolboy assumed that if help were needed at home, his sisters would be called on to give it. The whole family supported the view that the male child could not or should not clean, mend, wash, cook or make beds.

Things are very different today. Doctors, barristers or managers find nothing shameful in putting on an apron to help in the kitchen or nursery and even boast of being good at washing clothes and personal linen. The schoolboy is more often expected to help his mother now.

One reason for the change is the shortage of domestic servants. Girls could once be found to do the hard work in middle and upper-class homes. Such girls nowadays either go to schools or work in factories. Thus, the wife now does the household work with the aid of Labour saving machines, and she expects some help from her husband and children.

Question 12.
Who usually did all housework in the past?

Question 13.
Certain household work was not done by men in the past. What were they?

Question 14.
How did the whole family view the male child?

Question 15.
The writer says that things are different now. How?

Question 16.
What is the reason for the change in men’s attitude towards household work?

Questions 17-21. Given below is the list of recipients of Bharat Ratna. Study the table and answer the questions that follow. Each question carries one score.

Question 17.
Dr. Amartya Sen was given the Bharat Ratna for his contribution in ———

Question 18.
The playback singer who was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2001 is ———

Question 19.
Who has been awarded the Bharat Ratna for his contributions to International Politics?

Question 20.
The sportsperson who was given the Bharat Ratna is ————

Question 21.
The former President of India was awarded the Bharat Ratna for his contribution in ———–

Question: 22-23 Answer any one of the following in about 120 words. 7 x 1 = 7

Question 22.
According to Satyajit Ray, shooting a scene with an animal is a difficult task He narrates one such experience in ‘Project Tiger’. Prepare a write-up, detailing the difficulties Ray faced in shooting the scene with a tiger for the film ‘Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne’.
(Hints: Scene with a tiger approaches Bharat Circus Company tiger brought to the bamboo grove difficult to control the tiger calms down shoots the scene too dark retake)

Question 23.
Mr. John’s life underwent a complete change after he was rescued from his suicide attempt. Prepare a narrative describing the incidents in Mr.John’s life.
(Hints: an orphan looked after by his uncle a victim of bad company steals money from office shelf tries to return the money fails suicide attempt the landlady, the sergeant, and the doctor help becomes a clarity worker)

Questions 2426. Answer any two of the following. Each question carries five scores. 5 x 2 = 10

Question 24.
The Homeopath in the story ‘The Snake and the Mirror’ was not even able to cry out when the snake landed on his shoulder. The doctor sat like a stone image. Later, he wrote his feelings in his diary. What would the diary entry be? Write it.

Question 25.
The English Club of your school has decided to prepare and stage a play based on the story ‘Adolf’. Draft a notice inviting all teachers and students to watch the play.

Question 26.
Vanka writes a letter to his grandfather detailing his sufferings at the shoemaker’s house. Imagine that you meet Vanka after he posted the letter. Write the likely conversation between Vanka and you. (Write at least five exchanges.)

27-31. Answer any three of the following. Each question carries six scores. 6 x 3 = 18

Question 27.
Write a short profile of Majidi using the details given below:
Born:                                April 17, 1959
Occupation:                  Film director, producer, and screenwriter
Place of birth:              Tehran, Iran
Nationality:                   Iranian
Notable works:            The Color of Paradise, The Song of Sparrows, Children of Heaven
Awards and honors: Grand Pix of America Best Award in 1999 Nominated for Academy Award in 1998

Question 28.
Martha was shocked when the principal informed her that the policy regarding the scholarship jacket had been changed that year. But finally, she won it. Imagine that she writes a letter to her friend describing her experience. Draft the likely letter.

Question 29.
A single story about something won’t give you a clear picture of it. Do you agree with the statement? Write a paragraph supporting your answer using the points from the speech ‘The Danger of a Single Story’.

Question 30.
Think Tank is an amusing character in the play ‘The Book that saved the Earth He enjoys his power as the commander in chief. Attempt a character sketch of ThinkTank.

Question 31.
The story ‘Vanka’ hints at the troubles faced by a poor child. Your school conducts a seminar on ‘the problems faced by children today’ in the light of the story ‘Vanka’. Prepare a report of the seminar focussing on the points discussed.

Question 32.
Complete the following conversation between the Doctor and his friend. 5
Friend: You look frightened, ——(a)——?
Doctor: Yes, I am.
Friend: —–(b)——?
Doctor: A snake fell from the roof of my room and landed on my shoulder.
Friend: Oh! ——-(c)——–
Doctor: No, it didn’t do anything.
Friend: What? It didn’t bite you?
Doctor: If I had moved a little, —–(d)—–
Friend: Then you had better ——-(e)——
Doctor: Yea, I’m thinking of finding a new house.

Question 33.
There are a few errors in the passage given below. They are underlined. Edit 4 the passage appropriately.
Ali had lost the bag in which he had kept his sister’s shoes from (a) the vegetable shop. He searched the place where he has kept (b) it. He put his hands in the gap between the boxes. But he didn’t found (c) anything. Then he put his head inside the gap and the boxes fell down. The vegetable wasteful scattered all over the ground.

Question 34.
Report the following dialogue. 2
Adichie:                     Who made this basket?
Fide’s mother:          Fide’s brother has made it.
You may begin like this:
Adichie asked Fide’s mother ——————-
Fide’s mother replied —————————

Question 35.
Complete the passage choosing suitable words given below. 4
Think Tank misinterpreted the nursery rhyme given/(a) the book. He thought /(b) the Earthlings could grow rare metals and high explosives in gardens. The Earthlings have taught their domesticated animal’s musical culture/(c) space techniques. He wanted his team to be conscious of /(d) interplanetary attack by the Earthlings using their cows.
(that, in, if, and, the)

Question 36.
Complete the passage using appropriate phrasal verbs given below. 3
Adolf created some problems in our home. Our mother couldn’t (a) it. One day Adolf (b) the curtain rod with a smash. We (c) our hope to tame him. Finally, we decided to send him away to the wild woods.
(put up with, gave up, pulled down takeoff)

Question 37.
Read the following sentences and pick out any two verb phrases from them. 2
Vanka’s grandfather had been serving the shivaree family. He was growing old.

Answers

Answers 1.
The narrator couldn’t participate in sports at school as her family couldn’t afford to pay the registration fees, uniform costs and other expenses of trips out of town.

Answers 2.
The clause even though our family was quite agile and athletic there would never be a school sports jacket for us tells us that the narrator was athletic by nature.

Answers 3.
No student was interested in the class, everybody was in a mood of leaving the school and wanted to speed up the last few weeks as they were close to the graduation.

Answers 4.
The narrator was very thin without any curve anywhere in her body.

Answers 5.
The intended word is agile. ( Agile is an adjective meaning able to move quickly. In the question, the ability to move quickly refers to a noun form and then the single word should be agility but there is no such a noun form in the passage.)

Answers 6.
bean pole and string bean

Answers 7.
The ‘I’ in the poem is referred to a mother who is the speaker of the poem

Answers 8.
The speaker compares her life to a crystal stair.

Answers 9.
The speaker’s advice to her son is not to turn back even if he has to face many troubles in climbing the stairs of his life.

Answers 10.
The speaker had to face many obstacles and miseries in her life. But she was very bold and determined to meet all the difficulties and was ready
to work hard to succeed in life.

Answers 11.
The School Boy is a poem written by William Blake in the pastoral edition that flowers on the downsides of formal learning. In the poem ‘The School Boy’ the poet himself is a young boy who is very joyful to get up early in the fresh and delightful summer morning. The poet is very disappointed to attain the school in the sweet summer morning because he is very tired and even puzzled under the strict supervision of his teacher. Actually, he wishes to enjoy the mirth of summer and he expresses that instead of enjoying the pleasures of summer, the child has to attend the school where every child pass their days in boredom and dismay. The boy compares a child with a bird. According to his view, a bird which is born cheerful and jovial can never sing songs when caged. Similarly, a child if remained under the umbrella of annoying fear and tension can never enjoy the natural instincts of joy and playfulness. Instead, a world full of rigid course of discipline will ruthlessly take away the beautiful springs of a person’s life.

The metaphor ‘How can the bird that is born for joy. Sit in a cage and sing? is used to indicate the helpless situation of the boy. The boy complains to the highest authority to his father and mother that a budding child is pinched and swept off in the early stage of life. He has no one to care for. If misery withers the tender beautiful plants, the beautiful buds and the newborn buds summer can never be joyful. The child is asking his parents how will they give back what grief has destroyed. If plants are withered due to grief there will be no fruit in the season of autumn. This implies that if childhood pleasures are censored adult life will be utterly dry and unproductive. The rhyme scheme used in the poem is ababb.

Answers 12.
Women or girls in the family usually did all the housework in the past.

Answers 13.
Washing up, preparing breakfast or attending the babies were certain household work never done by men in the past…

Answers 14.
The whole family supported the view that the male child could not or should not clean, mend, wash or make beds.

Answers 15.
Even the male doctors, barristers or manager are now proud and boastful of working in the kitchen or nursery and washing clothes and personal linen. Boys are more often expected to help their mothers now.

Answers 16.
Shortage of domestic servants and the availability of girls as they are either going to school or factories are some of the reasons that changed men’s attitude towards household work.

Answers 17.
Economics

Answers 18.
Lata Mangeshkar

Answers 19.
Nelson Mandela 20. Sachin Tendulkar

Answers 20.
Sachin Tendulkar

Answers 21.
The former President of India was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2014 for his contributions in Science and Technology.

Answers 22.
The Pain behind Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne For his new film ‘Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne’ Satyajit Ray needed to shoot a scene with a tiger. So he approached Bharat Circus Company. The manager was a Tamilian and he agreed to provide Satyajit Ray a tiger. Ray spoke to the ringmaster Mr.Thorat. He showed Ray the tiger. The shooting was in a suitable bamboo grove in Notun gram. A lorry with two fed tigers arrived. The crew placed the tripod facing the bamboo grove and the actors were arranged in such a way that they could be shown along with the tiger. A five-foot iron rod was fixed to the ground and a long wire at one end of the collar of the tiger was tied to it. When the door opened the tiger sprang out of its cage.

Instead of walking calmly it started prancing around with tremendous enthusiasm as if in a circus. After sometime when the tiger became calm, the remaining shots were taken. Later it was found that the shots didn’t come alright because the camera had failed to work properly. The scenes had to be shot again. Another bamboo grove in a village called Boral was found and a lorry with a tiger arrived there. A lot of people came to watch the shooting and the crowd was not ready to move from their position. When the door of the cage was opened the tiger emerged with a loud roar and charged straight at the villagers. All disappeared from the scene. The shots were taken again when the tiger became normal.

Answers 23.
From Brink of Death
Mr. John was an orphan. He worked as a clerk in a London solicitor’s office. As he was friendless, he joined the company of bad people and lost all his savings betting on horses. He stole some money from the office safe for the final gamble. But he failed in the gamble. Terrified of the prosecution that must follow he tried to commit suicide. But the timely intervention of the doctor, landlady and sergeant saved him.

The doctor came forward with his minor contribution of seven pounds and ten shillings to put back the money in the office safe. The sergeant promised to make no report of the case. The landlady offered him a month’s freeboard. After that incident, Mr. John became a man who loved charity and sacrificed his belongings for orphan kids. He found time to act as the director of a charitable organization devoted to the care of boys and girls mostly from the city slums. His wife also helped him in doing charity work.

Answers 24.
April 15, 2018,
Sunday

Oh my God. I am terribly frightened after today’s incident. I got startled when a snake fell on to my left arm. If I had moved, it would have stricken me. I sat on the chair holding my breath. When the snake turned its head it saw its reflection in the mirror. It slowly crept on the table and moved towards the mirror. I ran for my life without turning back to my friend’s home. The next morning when I returned home I found my house looted by some burglars. Anyway, I am going to file a complaint to the police. Hope I get back my belongings.

Answers 25.
XYZ School
Notice
Kottayam
15th August 2018
Dear friends,

The English club of our school has decided to stage a play based on the story ‘Adolf’. The students of class 10 will be the participants of the play. Adolf story written by DH Lawrence is a story of a tiny rabbit which hops from the world of humanized domestication into the unrestrained wildness of the woods. The play will be staged at 2.p.m. 21st August 2018 in the school auditorium. All the students teaching and non-teaching staffs are invited to watch the play and encourage the artists. For any queries, you may conduct the undersigned. Anju
(The English Club Secretary)

Answers 26:
Me:     Ey, what happened to you, my boy? You look very tired.
Vanka:     Nothing Sir.
Me:      No you are lying. Tell me what happened.
Vanka:   Sir, I work as an apprentice in the house of a shoemaker Alyak Jun. He and his wife treat me very badly. Iamnotgiven proper food and clothes.
Me:   What cruel people. Are you the only apprentice?
Vanka:   There are few others but they also illtreat me. I don’t have anybody to support me.
Me:   Don’t you have any relatives?
Vanka:   I am an orphan, the only relative I have is my grandfather who lives in a far off village. I have just written a letter and posted it to my grandfather. He is the only person who can save me from this misery.
Me:   Oh I see. Don’t worry everything will be all right. Come with me I will get you something to eat.
Vanka:   Thank you, Sir, for being so kind.
Me:     Welcome. Let’s go.

Answers 27.
Majid Majidi
Majid Majidi is an Iranian film director,
producer and screenwriter. He was born on 17 April 1959 in Tehran, Iran. His notable works or films are The Color of Paradise, The Song of Sparrows, Children of Heaven etc. He has won many international awards and honors for his works. In 1999 he won the Grand Pix of America Best Award. In the year 1998, he was nominated for the prestigious Academy Award. In the field of Iranian feature film arena, Majid Majidi is still an active figure.

Answers 28.
Martha Texas
31/08/2018
Dear Julie,
Hope you are doing good. How are all at home? Hope your exams are over. I am writing this letter to tell you about an urgent matter. You know that it is my dream to win the scholarship jacket and I really worked hard for it. Every year the scholarship jacket is given to the valedictorian of the school. My sister Rosie had won the scholarship jacket a few years back. I happened to overhear a conversation between my teachers one day. They were discussing me and the scholarship Jacket. Mr. Schmidt spoke in favor of me but Mr. Boone wanted Joann to get the jacket. She was rich and her father was a member of the board. I was very sad. The next day I was summoned to the principles office. He told me that there was a change in the policy that year regarding the Scholarship jacket. I had to pay fifteen dollars off I needed the Scholarship Jacket. You know about my family I can never afford that. Why did the management change the policy? I reached home and asked my grandfather to give me the money to pay for the jacket. But he denied my request and told me that if I paid for it then it would not be a Scholarship Jacket. The next day I met the Principal and told him that I was not ready to pay for the Scholarship Jacket. I was so heartbroken and even told him that he could give the Scholarship Jacket to Joann. On Hearing this the Principal was moved and he decided to make an exception in my case and thus I won the Jacket.

I don’t know how to express my happiness.

Thanks to grandpa. If he hadn’t given me the right advice I wouldn’t have received the Jacket I wish I could meet you. Convey my regards to all at home. Do reply me as soon as you receive this letter,

lovingly
Your friend
Martha.

Answers 29.
In her speech. The Danger of a Single Story’ Chimamanda Adichie explains the concept of what she calls a single story. She explains a single story to be a one-sided view of a particular individual such as Africans. She explains that many individuals view things as what they have been taught. The explanation to this that she gives states that her American roommate, felt sympathy for her before even having seen her simply for knowing that she was from Africa. Her roommate did not believe that Adichie could have lived a life very similar to that of a middle-class American citizen.

She believed that all Africans lived in poverty and suffers from the rebellious war that has taken place in Africa. Adichie also explains how she became a victim to the single story in a cover to Mexicans. Adichie also explains how her professor in college did not accept her literature to be correctly African because it did not contain an Abu sine father or any of the characteristics that stories of Africa should contain. Her professor stats this because he himself has fallen victim to a single story. Adichie explains that individuals see only one view of things and they believe it until they are shown differently.

Answers 30.
Think Tank
Think Tank who is the commander in chief is the mightiest and most intelligent among the Martians. He conducts a manned space probe in order to ask the Martians about their positions on earth. He asks them to show him the place does. ly. In fact, they are in a library full of books. Think Tank tries to show his intelligence and tells his crew that the book is a sandwich. As upstarts reaching the book of nursery rhymes to Think Tank he feels troubled. He leaves the idea of invading the earthlings. He
orders his crew to leave the earth at once and he himself runs to safety.

Answers 31.
A seminar was conducted in xyz school on the topic ‘Problems faced by children today’ on 23-04-2018 in the school auditorium at 2.30 pm. Dr. Abdul Majeed, a member of The National Commission for the protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) was the chief guest. He gave a brief description of the rights of children. He highlighted the importance of education for children. He also strongly protested against child labor.

He gave examples in the light of the story Vanka by Anton Chekov. Vanka a poor orphan boy was illtreated by his master and mistress. He was a victim of child labor. He was denied proper food and clothes and even sleep. He had no one to help him. Children are the future and it is the responsibility of adults to protect them and ensure that they get the best footing in life. Poverty is the main reason for child labor in India. The International labor organization has taken several steps to prevent child labor. Mainly 5 issues are focussed.

• Prohibition of Child labor
• Protecting the child at work
• Tackling the core causes of child labor
• Helping Children to adjust to future work
• Protecting the children of working parents.

Answers 32.
a. Don’t you?
b. What happened?/ What is the reason/problem?
c. Did it bite you?
d. it would have bitten me.
e. find another house.

Answers 33.
a. in
b. had kept
c. find
d. were

Answers 34.
Adichie asked Fide’s mother who had made the basket.
Fide’s mother replied that Fide’s brother had made it.

Answers 35.
a. in
b. that
c. and
d. the

Answers 36.
a. put up with b. pulled down c. gave up

Answers 37.
had been serving the Zhivarev family was growing old

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