SECOND
TERMINAL EXAMINATION 2012
ENGLISH
STD
: X
Answer
Key
1 The
period of the bet (confinement) will terminate at 12 O' clock
tomorrow. The banker will have to give 2 millions to the lawyer if
the lawyer remains in confinement until then.
2 The
old man is on the verge of bankruptcy now. He has to give two
millions to the lawyer tomorrow as a result of the bet. That is why
he said 'Cursed bet!'
3 mutter
4 'The
one means of being saved from bankruptcy and disgrace is the death of
that man!'
5 The
other man / lawyer is only forty now. He will get two millions, he
will marry, enjoy life, will gamble on the Exchange. These thoughts
made the old man so jealous of the other man.
6 The
poet reminds/warns the ones who are successful by telling that
'success walks hand in hand with failure along the Hollywood
boulevard'. So those who are successful must be always on their
guard.
(
Those who are successful must be always on their guard because
success walks hand in hand with failure along the Hollywood
boulevard)
7 Hollywood
film world is a fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes, they
never feel any pain, they never really die.
8 The
poet means that celluloid heroes will live in the minds of people
forever.
9 'success
walks hand in hand with failure
Along
the Hollywood boulevard'
10 We
don't hear children cry for food in the wood
11 It's
the duty of every man to help the suffering people. Those who turn
away without helping the poor suffering people are selfish.
12 “I
see no woman, white with care”
woman
– white – with (Alliteration - repetition of the initial sounds of words in a line of poetry)
'w'
sound is repeated in the beginning of the words in the line. So it is
alliteration.
13 He
who shuns the poor creatures sad and wan.
14 The
fighting was getting too dangerous for the soldier. So he decided to
make a move away from the battle field.
15 Yes,
the battle was a severe one. Guns were firing, and shells and bullets
were flying about everywhere.
16 The
soldier was trying to run away from the war front. That is why the
commanding officer got angry.( The commanding officer feared that
his cowardice would be exposed!)
17 The
commanding officer always stays at back and the soldier is so far
back already.
18 The
officer is a coward, he doesn't go to the war front.
19 Palawan
Fate
20 Clay
Bird
21 Claudia
Llosa
22 South
Africa
23 Poetry,
Karmayogi
30 a)
where
b)
took
c)
qualities
d)
were given
e)
served
31 a)
for
b)
the
c)
and
d) of
e)
under
32 a)
Hello ! Where are you going ?
b)
is it ?
c)
you will get two millions / you can become a millionaire. etc.
d)
stay inside / wait a little more, etc.
33 1.
'both …. and' combines two noun phrases
eg.,Both Sunil and Binoy are good friends
2.
'and' combines two adverbs
eg.,
Messi hits quickly and forcefully
- 'but' combines two adjectives (contradictory in nature)
eg.,
My friend is lazy but intelligent.
- 'either … or' combines two verbs
eg.,
Jubin can either sit here or go out.
34 a)
came across
b)
went through
c) look
after
d) gave up
35 a)
The servant requested the beggar to go away.
b)
The beggar replied that he would not go.
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Courtesy-Yunus Salim P.V , H.S.A , Kunnamangalam HSS Kozhikode
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