English - 2025 -26 II PUC MODEL QUESTION PAPER – 2
PART-A
I. Answer the following questions by choosing the right option. 10x1=10
1. The word "garish" is associated with ______ in 'Romeo and Juliet'.
a) Ethiope b) Sun c) Snowy dove d) Romeo.
1. Choose the right sequence of incidents as they place in 'Too Dear!'.
a) The Guard was dismissed - expenditure came to 600 francs - the criminal did not run away -
death
punishment was changed to life imprisonment.
b) Death punishment was changed to life imprisonment -expenditure came to 600 francs -the
guard was dismissed – the criminal did not run away.
c) The Criminal did not runaway - The guard was dismissed- expenditure came to 600 francs-
death
punishment was changed to life imprisonment.
d) The Criminal did not runaway- - death punishment was changed to life imprisonment- the
guard was
dismissed - expenditure came to 600 francs.
2. The main speaker of the poem ‘On Children’ is a ________
a. child b. woman c. prophet d. God
1. Match the Column A with Column B with reference to the play 'A Sunny Morning' and choose
the correct option.
A B
A. Wild boar's head i. Laura's boudoir
B. Tiger's Skin ii. As a shoe brush
C. Handkerchief iii. Gonzalo's Study
a) A-iii, B-i, c-ii b) A-ii, B-iii, c-I c) A-iii, B-ii, c-I d) A-i, B-iii, C-ii
1. In the story ‘The Gardener’, ________ found it hard to decide whether the old man’s arrival was
for the
better or for the worse.
a) Tammanna b) the old man c) Basavaiah d) the owner’s wife
6. Which of the following quote is by Bernard Shaw as mentioned in ‘I Believe That Books Will Never
Disappear’?
a) All that is near becomes far. b) This quiet dust was gentlemen and ladies. c) Every book
worth being re-read has been written by the spirit d) The Gods wrought and spun the skein of ruin for
men.
1. According to George Mikes, ____________has more dangers than anything else in Japan.
a) feeding deer b) eating soup c) crossing the road d) making a phone call
1. Identify the correct statement with reference to ‘The Voter’.
a) Rufus Okeke voted only for PAP. b) Elders expressed their willingness to vote for Maduka
without taking money. c) Rufus Okeke tore the ballot paper into two pieces and put one half in each
box.
d) Markus Ibe knew that he would be defeated in election.
1. _____________is the owner of Ram's Cycles in 'Where There Is A Wheel'.
a) S. Kannakarajan b) Muthu Bhaskarn c) Sheela Rani Chunkath d) N. Kannammal.
1. The Panchama had to wait at the well until___________ arrived, to draw water, in the poem
'Water.’
a) an untouchable b) a kamma landlord c) a shudra d) a Bisleri man
1. Fill in the blanks with the passive form of the verb given in the brackets. 3x1=3
Basavaiah tried to outshine Tammanna in his own way. A palatial house _was built__(build) by
him.
People were appointed (appoint) just to praise him. Scholars, poets and musicians were invited
(invite) to his place.
1. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expressions given in brackets. 2×1=2
[put up, give up, face lit up]
Ramesh had promised to_____give up_____________ sweets as per doctor's advice as he was
a diabetic. His ____face lit up_________when he saw a sweet printed 'Sugar free'.
1. Read the following paragraph and match the pronouns in Side A with the nouns / noun
phrases in
Side B they refer to 5×1=5
Goldsmith was also called Dr. Goldsmith because he (a)had studied medicine. One day a poor
woman visited at his (b)house, and she (c) asked him if he would come to see her husband, who (d)
was sick
and would not eat any food. Goldsmith gave her a small box which (e) had money in it.
A (Pronouns) B (Nouns / Noun phrases) Answers
a. He iv. Dr. Goldsmith
a. He i. A Small box
b. His vi. House
b. His ii. Poor Woman's husband
c. She v. A poor woman
c. She iii. Dr. Goldsmith's