English: Following and Public Relations Officer

ENGLISH
(302)
Time : 3 Hours ]
Note : (i)

[ Maximum Marks : 100

This Question Paper consists of two Sections, viz., ‘A’ and ‘B’.

(ii)

All the questions from Section ‘A’ are compulsory.

(iii)

Section ‘B’ has two options. Candidates are required to attempt questions from one option only.

(iv)

Marks are indicated against each question.

SECTION–A

1. Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow :
(a)

Bholi did not know what exactly a school was like and what happened there, but was glad to find as many girls almost of her own age present there. She hoped that one of these girls might become her friend.
The lady teacher who was in the class was saying something to the girls, but Bholi could understand nothing. She looked at the picture on the wall. The colours fascinated her … and suddenly Bholi noticed that the teacher was standing by her side, smiling at her.
“What’s your name, little one?”
“Bh-Bho-Bho-.” She could stammer no further.
Then she began to cry …
(i)

Why was Bholi sent to a school?

1

(ii)

What idea did Bholi have about a school?

1

(iii)

What two actions of Bholi show that she was nervous?

½+½=1

(iv)

Which word in the extract means similar to ‘attracted’?

1

302/OSS/202A

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Papa, my grandfather speaks of a carefree and beautiful childhood.
Of days spent in plucking mangoes and guavas from their orchards, of picnics on the banks of the river where the men cooked mouth-watering food, of playing marbles and gilli-danda. From his talks, it seems, studies were an ancillary subject; and living and experiencing, the major subject.
Father, is he fibbing? Or is it possible that the world has turned topsyturvy in just about 70 years?
(i)

What symptoms of enjoying life as carefree and beautiful childhood are mentioned? (Any two)

(ii)

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What was the place of studies in the lifestyle of the speaker’s grandfather’s childhood days?