AHSEC| CLASS 12| ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH| SOLVED PAPER - 2020| H.S. 2ND YEAR
2020
ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH
Full Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 30
Time: Three hours
The figures in the margin indicate
full marks for the questions.
GROUP – A
(VIBFYOR)
(NEW SYLLABUS)
1. Give brief answers to any five of the following: 1x5=5
(a) Where did
the new vicar come from? 1
Ans: The
new priest came from the East End.
(b) At what
age did Albert Edward start working? 1
Ans: Albert
Edward started working at the age of twelve.
(c) Who fell
on Narayan's car when it was parked in front of the hospital? 1
Ans: Two
cyclists fell on Narayan's car parked in front of the hospital. In this
accident, the left parking light of the car broke.
(d) In
Narayan's opinion, what does he lack?
1
Ans: In
Narayan's opinion, he lacks automobile sensibility.
(e) What is
the name of the driver of Mriganko Babu?
1
Ans: The
name of Mriganko Babu's driver was Sudhir.
(f) Who did
invite Mriganko Babu to felicitate him?
1
Ans: A
club in Durgapur invited Mriganka Babu to felicitate him.
(g) Who are
the Magi? 1
Ans: The
Magi were wise men who traveled from the east to Jerusalem, guided by a star to
see the infant Jesus, the Son of God.
(h) How much
money Della did earn selling her hair?
1
Ans: Della
earns $20.00 by selling her hair.
(i) Why did
Robert Lynd read Emerson and Marcus Aurelius? 1
Ans: Robert
Lind read Emerson and Marcus Aurelius because he wanted to gain knowledge at
the loss of a few shillings
(j) Who is
Socrates? 1
Ans: Socrates
was a classical Greek philosopher who is credited with being one of the
founders of Western philosophy and the first moral philosopher of the Western
ethical tradition of thought.
2. Answer any five of the following: 2×5=10
(a) How did
the Verger treat his old gown?
2
Ans: The
Verger was very fond of his gowns as he considered them the iconic symbol of
his office. He never threw away his old gowns, but kept them in the lowest
drawer of the wardrobe. Wrapped in brown paper. They had a collection of so
many old gowns, a whole series.
(b) Why did
Albert Edward decide to set up a tobacco shop after resigning from the
church? 2
Ans: Albert
was depressed after resigning from the church. He didn't know what to do next.
He took the wrong route out of his sadness. He wanted to smoke a cigarette. He
searched a shop to buy cigarettes. He could not find any shop to buy
cigarettes. He stopped and looked up and down contemplatively. Then he decided
to open a tobacco shop.
(c) What did
make R. K. Narayan fear that he would soon become bankrupt? 2
Ans: Narayan's
car was an imported car, too sophisticated to be handed over to regular
mechanics. Therefore, Narayan had to drive a hundred miles to an accredited
workshop every time his car was taken care of. But after a few back-to-back
visits to the workshop, Narayan began to fear that he would go bankrupt if he
had to shell out exorbitant amounts of money every other week for his car.
(d) Which
part of the author's car could not ordinarily be replaced?
Ans: Narayan's
car was damaged when two cyclists collided and fell on his car which was parked
in front of the hospital. The left parking light of the car was broken as a
result of this accident. Since the car is imported, this damaged part usually
cannot be replaced in India.
(e) What is
an almanac?
Ans: An
almanac is an annual publication that lists a set of events expected to occur
in the following year. It includes information such as weather forecasts,
farmer's planting dates, tide tables, and other tabular data, often arranged
according to a calendar.
(f) Why did
Mriganka Babu decide never to seek a witch doctor's help? 2
Ans: Mriganka
Babu doubts the innocence of Abhiram on the basis of the words of a tantrik.
So, he decided that he would never seek the help of a tantrik if ever something
was stolen from his house.
(g) What was
Jim's reaction when he returned home? 2
Ans: After
returning home, Jim stared at Della fixedly with a strange expression on his
face. There was an expression in his eyes that she could not read. Jim's
expression was neither anger nor surprise or disapproving horror. It also did
not bear any sense that she was ready that he was stalking her.
(h) What did
Della do to get a gift for Jim? 2
Ans: Della
had long lustrous hair that almost fell down to her knees. On Christmas Eve,
Della finds she only has one dollar and a measly seven cents with which to buy
a present for Jim. She wants to buy a chain for her gold watch but they are all
out of price range. So, Della cuts it up to sell it for $20.00 in order to get
a gift for Jim.
(i) Who is
Marcus Aurelius? 2
Ans: Marcus
Aurelius was a Roman emperor and a radical philosopher born in AD 121. We find
his philosophy in his book "Meditation".
(j) What
would be the reaction of Robert Lynd if an earthquake happens? 2
Ans: According
to Robert Lind, if there is an earthquake, no one will remember the vision.
Lind considered himself an armchair philosopher because he perceived death,
pain and poverty as real evils when he was sitting in an armchair reading a
philosopher's book. Therefore, indifference to pain, death and poverty would be
overcome as both spirit and flesh become weak during distress.
3. Give brief answer to any three of the following: 4x3=12
(a) Describe
how did Albert Edward prosper in his business as a tobacconist and news
agent. 4
Ans: Albert
Foreman was in trouble after losing his job at the church for being illiterate.
But he could find a way. When he ceased to be active, he lost no time in
setting himself up in business as a tobacconist and a news agent. He started
with a small shop and in a year he did well. Then he took another shop and put
a manager in it. Finally, he was able to establish ten tobacco shops within ten
years.
Albert Edward
started his business as a tobacconist with a small shop. He did very well in
business. Within a year, he took another shop and appointed a manager. He opens
these shops in a long street where there was no tobacco seller. It was also a
success. Then he thought that if he could run two, he could run half a dozen,
so he began to walk the streets of London, and whenever he found a long street
without a tobacconist and a shop to rent, he Got it. Within ten years they
acquired at least ten stores, they acquired at least ten stores and they were
making money hand over fist. In this way, on the strength of his practical
thinking, hardworking ability and dedication, he expanded his business.
(b) Why did
R. K. Narayan avoid all public engagements and invitations? 4
Ans: The
author cares about his privacy and prefers to remain anonymous. These are lost
when he travels in a flashy car. He compares it to sitting on top of an
elephant in a howrah and hoping to go unnoticed. The author lives in the city
of Mysore, where the whole touch is aware of each other's movement. This would
be a source of embarrassment for the author as he avoids public events and
invitations on the pretext of being out of town.
(c) Describe
Mriganka Babu's reaction after meeting the Scarecrow. 4
Ans: Mriganko
Babu was stranded somewhere in the middle, when his car ran out of petrol and
he was waiting for his driver to return, he saw a scarecrow in the middle of
the field on the western side in winter. He experienced the selfish nature of
fellow human beings who never respond to a single human suffering. Unable to
concentrate on anything, he walked past some faces in the middle of the road.
It seemed that the road was deserted. But he felt someone else in the cloudy
evening. It was the scarecrow. It was attached to bamboo sticks right in the
middle of the field. He was wearing a torn, red and black printed shirt. An
earthen pot painted black with large white eyes was placed upside down as a
head. It was a strange figure. He felt as if this strange figure was scaring
the birds not to harm the crop.
(d) Bring out
the relation between Della and the queen of Sheba. 4
Ans: O.
Henry brings out the beauty of Della's beautiful brown hair in a picturesque
way, which was as long as it was shiny and glossy. James Dillingham Young was
proud of his wife's hair. In a light-hearted comparison it was said that, if
the Queen of Sheba, the rich and powerful queen of the Bible, lived in that
flat in the airshaft, she would see Della with a lock of her hair filled with
envy. Goes out the window. Della's wealth paled in comparison to Della's riches
in her gray hair.
(e) Examine
Robert Lynd's quest for instant wisdom.
4
Ans: Instantaneous
knowledge is not attainable.
Robert Lind has a desire for instant knowledge, so he was looking for a book that would make him instantly intelligent. He believed that knowledge. Can be found somewhere in the book. He wanted to get it at the cost of a few shillings. He read books by Emerson and Marcus Aurelius and realized that browsing material as diverse as Emerson and Aurelius had not achieved the desired result of making him intelligent overnight. After he finished, he remained the same as he was before. Therefore, he turned to Epictetus for wisdom and found a similarity between their opinions. Like Epictetus, he perceived death, pain and poverty as real evils. Lind found himself agreeing with everything the philosophers said, but only in theory but in a real-life situation he could not entertain them for a moment. So, he finally realized that getting instant knowledge is only a dream, it can never be entertained in a real-life situation.
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