ENGLISH ARTS QUESTION PAPER 2025, GROUP B,C, AND D

GROUP-B

 

3.  (a) Answer any two of the following questions in 20 to 30 words each : 2×2=4

i) What did Churchill say about Mr. Somervell, the English teacher at Harrow?

(ii) Why did the narrator's grand-mother say her morning prayer while she bathed and dressed him?

(iii) Who, according to the writer, is a good team player?

(iv) When was Roosevelt attacked by polio?

 

b) Read the extract from the prescribed text given below and answer the questions that follow, choosing the correct option from the ones given :

 

Roosevelt was one of the unlucky ones. His legs were left permanently paralyzed. In cases such as his, the virus reaches the brain and spinal cord where it multiplies and destroys the nerve tissue. At this point the disease becomes spinal or bulbar (involving the last four or five cranial nerves), depending on which nerves are affected. Both forms are characterized by muscle pain, stiff neck and back, and possible paralysis. The spinal form affects the limbs. The bulbar form affects the lungs so that patients cannot breathe.

Questions:   1×3=3

 

(i) What was the effect of polio on Roosevelt?

1. Damage of the brain

2. Temporary paralysis

3. Paralysis of the legs

4. Destruction of the nervous system

 

(ii) What does the virus do when it multiplies?

1. Destroys the legs

2. Destroys the lungs

3. Paralyzes the spinal cord

4. Destroys the nerve tissue

(iii) Which form of polio affects the lungs?

1. The spinal

2. The bulbar

3. Both the spinal and the bulbar

4. The paralytic

 

4.(a) Answer any two of the following questions

 in 20 to 30 words each: 2×2=4

 

(i) Why was Peter Gilligan always weary?

(ii) How, according to Longfellow, can we make our lives sublime?

(iii) What does the poet ask us not to do regarding television?

(iv) Why does the poet say that 'we must have some money?

 

(b) Read the extract from the prescribed text given below and answer the questions that follow, choosing the correct option from the ones given :

 

 Upon the time of sparrow-chirp

 When the moths came once more,

 The old priest Peter Gilligan

 Stood upright on the floor.

 

'Mavrone, mavrone! the man has died

 When I slept on the chair',

 He roused his horse out of its sleep

 And rode with little care.

Questions:   1 x 3

 

(i) What happened when moths came once again?

1. Sparrows started chirping

2. Peter Gilligan woke up

3. Peter Gilligan knelt on the floor

4. The sick man passed away

 

(ii) What is meant by 'Mavrone'?

1. A cry of pleasure

2. Oh God

3. Alas!

4. Oh!

 

(iii) How did Peter Gilligan ride?

1. Carefully

2. Slowly

3. At a great speed

4. Carelessly

 

 

5. (a) Answer any two of the following questions in 20 to 30 words each:  2×2=4

 

(i) What was Mr. White's first wish with the monkey's paw and what was its result?

(ii) What did Sri Moharana tell about the missing cap to the people?

 

(iii) Why did Charlie's mother not claim maintenance-money after her separation from her husband?

(iv) What does Steve Jobs say about his biological mother?

 

(b) Read the extract from the prescribed text given below and answer the questions that follow, choosing the correct option from the ones given :

 Then to my horror, I saw Jhandoo rushing towards us from the other side of the pond. I made an effort to warn Sri Moharana, but in vain. Jhandoo got there in the twinkling of an eye.

He sat down between the minister and Sri Moharana. He put the cap once on his own head and then taking it off, offered it to the minister with a very genial gesture.

 

Questions: 1×2-2

(i) Why could the narrator not warn Sri Moharana of Jhandoo's coming?

 

1. Because Jhandoo disappeared immediately

2. Because he arrived there in no time

3. Because he indicated at him not to do so

4. Because he was unreliable

 

(ii) What did Jhandoo do before offering the minister his cap?

1. Played with it for a while

2. Grinned at the minister

3. Put the cap on his own head

4. Put the cap on Sri Moharana's head

GROUP-C

 

6. A dictionary gives the following meanings for the word 'crisp'. Match each meaning with its corresponding sentence given below the meanings: 1×5=5

 

Meanings:

(a) pleasantly hard and dry

(b) fresh and clean/slightly stiff

(c) pleasantly dry and cold

(d) disapproving a person's way of speaking

(e) to make something stiff

 

Sentences:

(i) Today the sky is clear and the air is crisp.

ii) Nobody liked his crisp reply.

(iii) You can crisp your clothes using starch

iv) Bake the pastry until it is golden and crisp.

(v) He likes to wear crisp shirts.

 

7. The following table shows the monthly expenditure of Mr. Mishra on different heads. Write a paragraph, in about 70 words, using the information in the table :

 

Sl. No	Different heads	₹
1	Grocery and food	12000
2	Children’s education	9000
3	Conveyance	2000
4	Miscellaneous( medicine, entertainment, etc)	3000
5	savings	4000

 

 

 

GROUP-D

 

10. Make notes, in outlines, on the main ideas in the following passage:      5

The large surface of the ocean seems about same everywhere, but its floor is very uneven. There are mountains and plains like the continents. Here and there are great dips like tremendous saucers. At other places are hills and valleys. On the ocean floor, there are mountains whose lofty summits rise to the surface and form islands such as the Hawaiian group.

 The average depth of the ocean is about 3682 meters, but in a few places it is very deep indeed-over 10 kilometers. If the highest mountain in the world, the Everest, which is nearly 9 kilometers high, could be placed in the deepest part in the Pacific, the more than mountaintop will still be 2 kilometers under the surface of the ocean.

 

11. On account of poor road condition, accidents have become regular incidents in your area. As a news correspondent, write a report, in about 100 words, on the issue, for publication in the newspaper you represent.

 Or                                5                         

 A park with gymnastic facility in your area is being misused by some antisocial fellows for which girls and women do not feel safe to come there. As the caretaker of the park, draft a report, in about 100 words, on the matter, for submission to the District Collector.