GUESS PAPER S.S.C. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS A.P. 1 ENGLISH ✲ PAPER – I

Time : 2 hrs. 45 min.] [Max. Marks : 50

Instructions 1. This question paper has 35 questions in three sections (A, B and C). 2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you. 3. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 2.30 hours for writing the answers. 4. Answer all the questions of Section - B (Grammar) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 5. Start answering the questions as you read them.

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

(Questions 1 - 5) : Read the following passage carefully.

But it took him nine years after reaching Calcutta (now Kolkata) and joining St.Xavier's College, to muster up the confidence to meet Ray in person. "Although I wanted to meet him right away, I didn't want to just go and see him like he was a living museum piece. I wanted to prepare myself, get to know his works more, so that when we met, there could be a worth while dialogue," he said. When they finally met, it was the beginning of a close friendship that lasted 22 years – until Ray's death in 1992. "It was a very quiet friendship that developed over the years. Manikda [as Ray was affectionately called by his friends] was a shy person and always very discreet about displaying his emotions," said Roberge. Though to outsiders, Ray's massive stature – physical and intellectual - might have made him come across as cold, aloof and even intimidating, he was in reality a very simple and unassuming man with a subtle sense of humour. It was an unspoken arrangement between the two of them to meet on Sundays at 9 a.m. at Ray's residence on Bishop Lefroy Road, Kolkata. Ray would invite Roberge over for private screenings of his latest films and welcomed comments on them. But this happened only after the friendship had cemented, for in the early days of their dialogue Ray's shyness prevented him from talking about his own films. (Rendezvous with Ray)

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 1. What is the significant incident that took place in Roberge's life in 1972 ?

2. Was Manikda really shy ? Elucidate from the passage.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 1 1 3. Roberge took nine years after reaching Calcutta to meet Ray because ( )

A) he did not have the courage to meet Ray. B) he could get an appointment to meet Ray only after 9 years. C) he wanted to understand Ray and his work more.

4. To the outsiders Ray was not ( ) A) cold B) intimidating C) simple 5. Ray invited Roberge to watch his films privately after ...... ( ) A) Ray came out of his shyness. B) the friendship between them deepened. C) 22 years of their friendship.

(Questions 6 - 8) : Read the following stanza carefully.

Here in the centre, four directions gather The path ahead leads up or down Is this our last bright new world birthing ? Is this our waving as we drown ? This could be our last true moment Knowing the truth, our choices make. Our grandchild asks "That was the moment ! And did the dreamer wake ?". (Or will the Dreamer Wake ?)

Now, answer the following questions. (3 × 1 = 3 M)

6. 'Knowing the truth, our choices make' what is the truth we should know ? ( ) A) We should be prepared to live without animals and birds. B) Different species in the world are endangered, we should protect them. C) We should plant trees to protect the nature.

7. The poem is about ...... ( ) A) lamenting the end of the world B) saving the endangered creatures C) making the grandchild aware of other creatures

8. "This could be our last true moment" means ( ) A) we are in danger of losing animals and birds. B) we should save the animals and birds. C) the right time to protect the nature and all its species is now.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 1 2 (Questions 9 - 10) : Read the following passage carefully.

A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning. They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him towards the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the water. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue. Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a deep breath of air. Socrates asked, "What did you want the most when you were there ?" The boy replied, "Air". Socrates said, "That is the secret to success. When you want success as badly as you wanted the air, then you will get it". There is no other secret. A burning desire is the starting point of all accomplishment. Just like a small fire cannot give much heat, a weak desire cannot produce great results. (Every success story is also a story of Great failures)

Now, answer the following questions. (2 × 1 = 2 M) 9. In the text, the 'weak desire' is compared to ...... ( ) A) accomplishment B) small fire C) good results

10. Socrates took the young man to the river because ...... ( ) A) to duck him into water B) to make him drown in the river C) to make him know the secret to success

(Questions 11 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully. After galloping through the quiet streets, the horse crashed through the city gates and raced across the open fields. It leapt over fences and streams, and began to head for the enemy's camp. When the potter realized where they were going he tried harder than ever to stop the horse. He pulled wildly on the reins but it was no use; the horse galloped on.

When they passed a young tree the potter grabbed a branch. But the horse did not stop. Instead the tree was pulled out of the ground. A sentry from the enemy camp saw the potter galloping towards the camp with a tree in one hand and his reins in the other. 'That must be the General who captured a tiger with his bare hands,' he thought. 'Now he has uprooted a tree with only one hand ! He is not a ordinary man-he's a giant!' 'Run, run, save yourselves ! The famous Tiger-General is coming at the head of a large army to attack us. He has the strength of a giant ! He has uprooted a tree with one hand !'. (The Brave Potter)

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 11. How did the sentry from the enemy camp address the potter ? 12. What did the potter do to stop the horse ?

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 1 3 13. 'Run, run, save yourselves !' Who asked the enemy army to run away ? ( ) A) The army general of the enemy camp. B) A sentry from the enemy camp. C) The king of the enemy camp.

14. Why did the sentry declare that the Tiger – General was a giant ? ( ) A) Because he had captured a tiger and rode on it. B) Because he had uprooted a tree and carried it with a single hand. C) Because he was known for his bravery.

15. The purpose of the potter grabbing the branch of the tree was ( ) A) to climb on to the tree. B) to uproot the tree. C) to stop the horse. Section – B : Grammar

Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B (Grammar) in the same order at one place in your answer book.

16. Edit the following passage correcting the underlined parts. (4 × ½ = 2 M) When the Simon Commission was coming (a) to Madras, there was a revolution (b). The police opens (c) fire and a volunteer died on the spot. Prakasam stood opposite to the soldiers, opened his chest and asking (d) them to shoot. (a) ...... (b) ...... (c) ...... (d) ......

17. Combine the following sentences using 'which' 1 M The theatre was designed by Mr. Rao. It was in this street.

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18. Combine the following sentences using 'a perfect participle'. 1 M The boy brushed his teeth. He was allowed to drink milk.

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19. Change the following sentence into passive voice. 1 M Our sages and seers have left behind a tradition.

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20. Change the following exchange into reported speech. 2 M Victoria said "Oh ! Grandpa, I am so glad you are not dead." Abel said, "Eh ? What's that ? Who's gone dead ?"

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AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 1 4 21. Combine the following sentences using 'besides'. 1 M I don't want to travel in the first class. I can't afford it.

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22. Combine the following sentences 'not only ..... but also'. 1 M Vijay is studying. His friends are also studying.

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23. Combine the following sentences using 'either .... or'. 1 M I will go to a park. I will go to a movie.

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24. Rewrite the following sentence using 'so .... that'. 1 M The mother is too protective to leave her child alone.

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25. Combine the following sentences using 'if' clause. 1 M You did not eat. You did not get energy.

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26. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions given in the brackets. (2 × ½ = 1 M) a) The government employees moved to Amaravathi ...... (in accordance with / on behalf of / on account of) the instruction of Chief Minister. b) People started to shout ...... (off / in / at) the driver.

27. Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of verbs given in the brackets. (4 × ½ = 2 M) a) I gave them some of the candies I ...... (buy). b) I ...... (be) my lunch and slept. c) The courtiers ...... (choose) valuable gifts for themselves and ...... (leave) the cheapest gifts for Tenali.

28. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles. (Mark the omission of the article with 'X' mark) (2 × ½ = 1 M) I wish I could play ...... violin. I love string instruments like ...... violins.

29. The train is at 8 am. You are already late. How would you express to the taxi driver to drive fast to catch the train using 'It's time ...... ' ? 1 M

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30. Your brother is going to swim. Advise him to wear the swim suit. 1 M

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31. Change the following into polite request. 1 M You to your father : "Allow me to go to a movie today."

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AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 1 5 32. What do the following sentences mean ? (2 × ½ = 1 M) Choose the correct answer and write it in your answer book. i) If I find your dog in my garden again, I'll report to the police. A) making a statement ( ) C) giving a warning ( ) B) expressing surprise ( ) D) making a suggestion ( ) ii) May I carry your bag ? A) offering help ( ) C) asking a question ( ) B) seeking permission ( ) D) making a suggestion ( )

Section – C : Creative Expression

33. a) In the lesson "The Journey", the writer after boarding the bus turns back and looks at his father until he finally disappears on the way. A co-passengers watches the author and asks if he is very much attached to his family and other details. Write a conversation between them in 10 – 12 exchanges. (5 M) (OR) b) In the lesson, 'My Childhood' you have read that a new teacher who came to Kalam's class asked Kalam to go and sit on the last bench. It made Kalam and his friend Ramanadha Sastry feel sad. Now, describe the thoughts of Kalam over the incident that happened in the classroom. 34. a) In the lesson "Every Success Story is also a Story of Great Failures", you have learnt that Edison lost his factory on fire. Now imagine you are Edison and enter your feelings in the diary. (5 M) (OR) b) The film Maya bazaar was watched repeatedly soon after its release as people identified every character of the film with someone they knew. On the occasion of 100 years of Indian cinema, your school conducted a cultural fest in which you participated to give speech on ever lasting movie 'Maya Bazaar'. Now, prepare a speech script for 'Maya Bazaar'. 35. Read the following passage carefully focusing on the underlined parts. Telugu audiences are proud of many great producers, directors and artistes (A). Savitri is one such prestigious artiste. Ever since she was eight, she evinced interest in learning dance. Later she associated herself with the theatre (B). She formed a theatre organization (C) as well. She had little difficulty in entering the film field. When Savitri was twelve, (D) she was offered a role in the film, Agnipareeksha, but was finally dropped as she looked too young for the role (E). Now, frame 'WH' questions to get the underlined parts in the passage as answers. (5 M)

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AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 1 6 GUESS PAPER - 1 : Answers Section – A : Reading Comprehension Q. (1 - 5)

1. In 1972 close friendship between Roberge and Ray began. 2. Yes, his shyness prevented him from talking about his own films to people he was not very close with. 3. (C) he wanted to understand Ray and his work more. 4. (C) simple 5. (B) the friendship between them deepened.

Q. (6 - 8)

6. (B) Different species in the world are endangered, we should protect them. 7. (B) saving the endangered creatures. 8. (C) the right time to protect the nature and all its species now.

Q. (9 - 10)

9. (B) small fire 10. (C) to make him know the secret to success.

Q. (11 - 15)

11. The famous Tiger – General 12. He pulled wildly on the reins. 13. (B) A sentry from the enemy camp. 14. (B) Because he had uprooted a tree and carried it with a single hand. 15. (C) to stop the horse. Section – B : Grammar

16. a) came b) revolt c) opened d) asked 17. The theatre which was in this street was designed by Mr. Rao. 18. Having brushed his teeth, the boy was allowed to drink milk. 19. A tradition has been left behind by our sages and seers. 20. Victoria merrily exclaimed that she was glad he was not dead. But Abel annoyingly asked what that was and who was gone dead. 21. I don't like to travel in the first class, besides I can't afford it. 22. Not only Vijay but his friends are also studying. 23. I will go to either a park or a movie. 24. The mother is so protective that she will not leave her child alone. 25. If you had eaten, you would have got energy.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 1 7 26. a) in accordance with b) at 27. a) bought b) had c) had chosen, left 28. a) The, X 29. It's time we drove fast to catch the train. 30. Better to wear swim suit. 31. Please allow me to go to a movie today. 32. i) B (giving a warning) ii) A (offering help) Section - C : Creative Expression

33. a) Passenger : Who is the person you have been looking so long at ? Author : He is my father. Passenger : You seem to be quite attached to him, aren't you ? Author : Well, I am. I am their only son. Passenger : Oh is it ? Where are you from ? Author : Oh it's a village, a few kilometers away from here. By the by where are you from ? Passenger : Well, I'm from Delhi, I have come here on a tour. Your father seems to be walking merrily. Author : (smiling) Yep, he is happy with the pair of hunting boots, I had given him. Passenger : A pair of hunting boots ! (wonder) Author : Yep, I belong to a tribe and come from a hilly terrain. People there do not wear footwear. Passenger : Is it ? Author : Ah it is so. That is why even my father had not had any till now. Passenger : Is this the first time he has worn shoes ? No wonder he is so happy. Author : Yep, he is happy with the hunting boots, but the next time I come home, I will buy them a pair of new footwear. For both of them. Passenger : How fortunate he is to have a son like you ! Author : (smiles)

(OR) b) Something unexpected happened in the class today. A new teacher came to our class. Surprisingly he ordered me to sit in the last bench. I was shocked on hearing the words of the new teacher. I went and sat in the last bench very obediently. Sastry became very sad for being separated from me. I strongly feel it was so mean to say so on part of the new teacher. I really got angry with the new teacher for his decision in humiliating me. I was surprised to see Ramanadha Sastry feeling even more worse for the teacher's decision. And however, it is not fair to spread social

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 1 8 inequality in the village. We know pretty well that the communal and religious differences for every individual in his / her childhood has to be erased. It results in development of equality and fraternity among them. Everyone of us are proud of having deep friendship among us. I always admire the close and amiable nature of Sastry. I hope somebody would talk and settle the issue. May God bless us to be at one poace tomorrow.

34. a) Dt. xx. xx. x x x x. 9.00 pm Dear Diary, What a day today was for me in my life ! I lost my factory on fire. I watched my lifetime efforts go up in smoke. But I have not lost my hope. I feel there is great value in disaster. All my mistakes are burnt up. Past is past. I will focus on my ongoing project and accomplish the task. I'm tired by now. Good night ! – Edison

(OR) MAYA BAZAAR, THE EPIC b) Good morning respected teachers and my dear friends ...... Today I am on this dias to speak about the greatest film till date. On the occasion of 100 years of Indian Cinema, people chose 'Maya Bazaar' over other Indian classics. It's not an ordinary film. It's an experiment. A tribute and a gift to the Telugu people and Telugu culture. How beautifully the director made it ! How skilfully the director planned the screenplay ! It's amazing. The director K.V. Reddy injected the Telugu culture into the film. The language is very much popular and touching. And the roles ! The roles like Sri Krishna, Balarama were created in the local culture. The characters address each other like you and me ! As relatives ! They look at the characters as their aunt ...... their uncle, their sisters and brothers ...... This is novel with this film ! The costumes suit to the theme of the film and the language ...... 16 annas Telugu. It is a must see film for today's younger generation also. The film became very very popular ! Everyone started watching it again and again soon after its release ! Even now people love to watch it. Certain dialogues like 'Talpam' and 'Gilpam' are used even now. The photography ...... the music ..... the dialogues ...... the comedy ...... everything ...... simply superb ! Thank you for giving me this opportunity. 35. A) What are Telugu audiences proud of ? B) What did she associate with later ? C) What did she form ? D) When was she offered a role in the film Agnipareeksha ? E) Why was she dropped from the film Agnipareeksha ?

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AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 1 9 GUESS PAPER S.S.C. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS A.P. 2 ENGLISH ✲ PAPER – I

Time : 2 hrs. 45 min.] [Max. Marks : 50

Instructions 1. This question paper has 35 questions in three sections (A, B and C). 2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you. 3. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 2.30 hours for writing the answers. 4. Answer all the questions of Section - B (Grammar) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 5. Start answering the questions as you read them.

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

(Questions 1 – 5) : Read the following passage carefully.

When I was a child, which is almost more than fifty years ago, the environment was very pristine, very beautiful and very green. We were in a British colony and the British government at that time started to clear cut the indigenous forests in our forested mountains because they wanted to establish commercial plantations of exotic species of trees such as the pines from the northern hemisphere and the eucalyptus from Australia. These trees are very nice, they grow tall and they grow very fast, but as they grow they destroy all the local biological diversity. All the flora and fauna disappeared. So, although we were getting commercial timber for the growing timber industry, we also destroyed our local flora and fauna. As a result, these forests, which were the water towers, were no longer able to contain the water, so when the rains fell the water ran downstream and ended up in the lakes and oceans instead of going down into the underground reservoir so that it could come back to us in the form of rivers. One thing we noted is that not only did the rain patterns change, became less, but also the rivers started drying up. We lost our local biological diversity. So that's a lot of damage to our environment. (Environment)

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 1. What are the ill effects of growing commercial plantations ? 2. How did the commercial plantations affect the underground water reservoirs ? 3. How was the environment when the speaker was a child ? ( ) A) Very clean, beautiful and green B) With very few rains and dried up rivers C) With destroyed biological diversity

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 2 10 4. Which of the following sentences says that the speaker was under the colonial rule those days ? () A) They wanted to establish commercial plantations of exotic species of trees. B) We were a British colony. C) The British government at that time started to clear cut the indigenous forests.

5. Only one advantage of growing commercial plantations is ...... ( ) A) These trees are very nice, they grow tall and they grow very fast. B) We get commercial timber for growing timber industry. C) If we grow these trees, the rain water runs downstream and ends up in the lakes and oceans.

(Questions 6 - 8) : Read the following stanza carefully.

Out in the East the jungle listens The tigress, plaintive, growls in pain, The great trees hear her breathing, shaking Inside her still, the new lives wait, These cubs could be the last ones ever To freely live and roam and mate. Our grandchild knows the tiger never Or will the dreamer wake ? (Or will the Dreamer Wake ?)

Choose the correct answers to the following questions. (3 × 1 = 3 M) 6. Why is the tigress growling sadly and painfully ? ( ) A) because she is unable to bear babies. B) because she is delivering babies. Since it is painful she is crying painfully. C) because our future generations never know anything about tigers.

7. Who do the 'new lives' here refer to ? ( ) A) Human beings B) The cubs of the tiger C) the dreamers

8. Why could these cubs the last ones ever to be born ? ( ) A) because the tigers have lost their productivity. B) because the tigers have already become endangered and in near future they are going to extinct C) because all the tigers are killed by the human beings for their pelts (Questions 9 - 10) : Read the following passage (sentence) carefully.

Well, I don't call that delicate, stepping into a dead man's shoes in such haste.

(The Dear Departed – II)

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 2 11 Now, answer the following questions. (2 × 1 = 2 M) 9. What is not called 'delicate' ? ( ) A) Robbing Abel's bureau by Mrs. Slater and Henry B) Supposing Abel's deep sleep to death C) Henry wearing Abel's slippers 10. Who is the 'dead man' mentioned in this passage ? ( ) A) Henry B) Abel Merryweather C) Ben Jordan

(Questions 11 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully.

"I can remember the time", she said wistfully, "when all the fields around this village were green and the harvests good". Her outstretched arm described a complete circle as she stood on the morning Sun. "Then they built those monsters, those...... " Her voice spluttered in anger as she shook her fist at a collection of ominous-looking black buildings on the horizon, covered in a low-lying shroud of thick smoke. "They said that factories need leather to make shoes, handbags and clothes. They said our men folk would get jobs. They said we would all become rich". We stood silent, each thinking our own thoughts. Yes, they told you all that. But there is so much they didn't tell you. They didn't tell you that to change animal skins into leather - which they call tanning - uses as many as 250 different chemicals, including heavy metals such as cadmium, arsenic and chromium. They didn't tell you that these chemicals are discharged into the environment from those chimney stacks and fall on the Earth for miles around, polluting the Earth below. They didn't tell you that this would poison your fields, so that nothing will grow. (A Tale of Three Villages)

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 11. What is called tanning ? 12. How do the chemicals from the leather factories spoil the environment ? 13. "Then they built those monsters ...... " What are here referred to as 'monsters' in this passage ? () A) The houses in Ponnimanthuri village B) The leather factories C) The houses of the owners of the leather factories 14. "They said we would all become rich." Who does 'they' here refer to ? ( ) A) The people in Ponnimanthuri village B) The owners of the leather factories C) The people who manufacture chemicals that pollute the environment 15. The fields in Ponnimanthuri village were once fertile and used to produce good harvest – Which of the following sentences is a reference to the above sentence ? ( ) A) They didn't tell you that this would poison your fields, so that nothing will grow. B) All the fields around this village were green and the harvests good. C) They said that we would all become rich.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 2 12 Section – B : Grammar

Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B (Grammar) in the same order at one place in your answer book.

16. Edit the following passage correcting the underlined parts. (4 × ½ = 2 M) Atal Bihari Vajpayee was an Indian politician, statesman but (a) poet which (b) be served three terms as a (c) Prime Minister of India. He was the member of the Indian Parliament since (d) five decades. (a) ...... (b) ...... (c) ...... (d) ......

17. Combine the following sentences using 'which'. 1 M Nick and Kanae wrote Love without Limits. It was an inspirational book.

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18. Combine the following sentences using a 'perfect participle'. 1 M I read the book. I returned it to the library.

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19. Change the following sentence into passive voice. 1 M I gave him the can of wine.

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20. Change the following exchange into reported speech. 2M NHK Radio : What is the one thing we can do ? Wangari Maathai : To plant a tree

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21. Combine the following sentences using 'as'. 1 M The roads were not good. He preferred less luggage.

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22. Combine the following sentences using 'since'. 1 M He wanted to stay at home for some more days. He wanted to apply for leave.

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23. Combine the following sentences using 'neither .... nor'. 1 M He cannot read. He cannot write.

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24. Combine the following sentence using 'so .... that'. 1 M Roberge wanted to know more about Ray's works. There could be a worthwhile dialogue when they met.

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AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 2 13 25. Combine the following sentences using 'if'. 1 M You may not attend the classes. You don't want to come again.

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26. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions given in the brackets. (2 × ½ = 1 M) a) ...... (In addition to / Apart from / By way of) Germany, they also visited Italy and France. b) She is keen ...... (on / in / at) playing tennis.

27. Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of verbs given in the brackets. (4 × ½ = 2 M)

a) It is time you ...... (go) to bed.

b) When we reached the station, the train ...... (not come) yet.

c) I ...... (see) the Taj Mahal two years ago.

d) I cut my finger when I ...... (sharpen) the pencil.

28. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles. (Mark the omission of the article with 'X' mark) (2 × ½ = 1 M) ...... honesty is the best policy...... honesty he has shown in helping the poor girl is misunderstood.

29. You and your friend have spent more time than you spend daily in the playground. You feel it is late and better to go home. What would you say to your friend ? Use the expression 'It's time'. 1 M

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30. Your friend always uses plastic carry bags. Advise him to use gunny bags. 1 M

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31. You are in a new town. You don't know the way to the Central Library. 1 M Make a polite request to the stranger about it.

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32. What do the following sentences mean ? (2 × ½ = 1 M) Choose the correct answer and write it in your answer book. i) We don't have enough money to buy a house.

A) Sufficiency ( ) B) Inadequacy ( )

C) General opinion ( ) D) Adequacy ( ) ii) The agreement between the two parties shall be in force for two years.

A) obligation ( ) B) offer ( )

C) order ( ) D) Suggestion ( )

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 2 14 Section – C : Creative Expression

33. a) Thomas Agonyo – the village boy of Koko came to the village with a chemistry book. He studied the drums. He was shocked when he knew the contents of the drums were poisonous chemicals. He happened to meet Sunday Nana. Then what would be the conversation between Thomas Agonyo and Sunday Nana ? (5 M)

(OR) b) Savithri was elevated to the role of a heroine by the noted director L.V. Prasad in the film Samsaram. On the sets she was nervous; she had to repeat many takes and this proved a setback for her. The role was given to someone else and she was given a role of less importance. Savithri felt very much sad and disappointed. Imagine yourself to be Savithri and write your feelings and thoughts about this. 34. a) When Wangari Maathai was a child the environment was very pristine, very beautiful and very green. But in 1975, in the United Nations Conference for Women, the women of her village asked the conference they needed food, water, clean drinking water and fodder for animals. This made her wondered what had happened to her village, what had happened to the environment. Imagine yourself to be Wangari Maathai and write a diary entry of your feelings. (5 M)

(OR) b) The seeds of religious tolerance were sown in the mind of Abdul Kalam in his childhood itself by his friends, parents and teachers like Sivasubramania Iyer and the environment of Rameswaram. In a multi religious and multi communal society like us religious tolerance is to be imparted into the minds of young children in their childhood itself. You are asked to speak about "The religious tolerance is to be inculcated to children at their tender age". Prepare a script for speech on the above topic.

35. Read the following passage carefully focusing on the underlined parts. Next morning the villagers (A) who passed the potter's house looked in amazement at the tiger tied to the tree. Soon the news spread throughout the village that the potter had caught a tiger and tied it to a tree in his yard (B). All the villagers praised his courage. They also thanked him because the tiger had eaten many of their goats and buffaloes (C). They had tried to catch him for many years but had failed. Of course, the potter said that he had done nothing of the sort. He said that he had only brought his donkey home. He did not understand how a donkey could change into a tiger ! (D) When he saw the tiger, he fainted (E). Now, frame 'WH' questions to get the underlined parts in the passage as answers. (5 M)

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AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 2 15 GUESS PAPER - 2 : Answers Section – A : Reading Comprehension Q. (1 - 5) 1. a) They destroy all the local biological diversity. b) They destroy our local flora and fauna. c) Because of commercial plantations, water does not go into the underground. d) Because of these trees rain patterns change and rains become less and rivers dry up. 2. Because of these commercial plantations when the rains fell the water ran downstream and ended up in the lakes and oceans instead of going into the underground reservoirs. 3. (A) Very clean, beautiful and green 4. (B) We were a British colony. 5. (B) We get commercial timber for growing timber industry.

Q. (6 - 8) 6. (B) because she is delivering babies. Since it is painful she is crying painfully. 7. (B) The cubs of the tiger 8. (B) because the tigers have already become endangered and in near future they are going to extinct

Q. (9 - 10) 9. (C) Henry wearing Abel's slippers 10. (B) Ben Jordan

Q. (11 - 15) 11. Changing animal skin into leather by using 250 different chemicals is called tanning. 12. When the chemicals from the leather factories are discharged into the environment and fall to the earth, they pollute the earth and poison the fields making them barren. 13. (B) The leather factories 14. (B) The owners of the leather factories 15. (B) All the fields around this village were green and the harvests good.

Section – B : Grammar

16. a) and b) who c) the d) for 17. Nick and Kanae wrote 'Love without Limits' which was an inspirational book. 18. Having read the book I returned to the library. 19. He was given the can of wine by me. (Or) The can of wine was given to him by me. 20. NHK Radio asked Wangari Maathai what was the one thing they could do. Wangari Maathai advised them to plant a tree.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 2 16 21. As the roads were not good he preferred less luggage. 22. Since he wanted to stay at home for some more days he wanted to apply for leave. 23. He can neither read nor write. 24. Roberge wanted to know more about Ray's works so that there could be a worthwhile dialogue when they met. 25. If you don't want to come, you may not attend the classes. 26. a) Apart from b) on 27. a) went b) had not come c) saw d) was sharpening 28. a) X; The 29. It's time we went home. 30. You should use gunny bags in place of plastic carry bags. 31. Could you please show me the way to the Central Library ? 32. (i) B ii) C

Section - C : Creative Expression

33. a) Agonyo : Hi, uncle ! How are you ? Nana : For now, we are fine. What happens tomorrow, who can say ? How are you ? What about your studies ? Agonyo : I'm fine, uncle. Doing well in studies also. But what bothers me is the condition of the people in our village. Nana : Pathetic conditions are there in the village. Agonyo : Yes, most people in the village are suffering from some disease or other. It troubles me a lot. Nana : In the last five years 13 people have died. My own brother was also one of them. They have been in pain, terrible pain. We have never seen deaths like that before. Agonyo : Lots of children are also sick. Nana : You are well-learned. What do you think is the cause of the pathetic diseases ? Agonyo : I am a student of chemistry. This is all because of those drums. They contained poisonous chemicals. Nana : How do they affect our lives ? Agonyo : They are dumped near the stream, where our people get water from. These chemicals are leaking out into the stream waters contaminating the water. Nana : So drinking that contaminated water caused these diseases and deaths.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 2 17 Agonyo : Why don't you write to the government to remove the drums from our village ? Nana : We have written to the government but they haven't done anything. We have written to Italy but they also have not done anything. Agonyo : We had better move to another place. Nana : But we don't have money. No one can change our fate. Agonyo : I pity you all.

(OR) b) What a fool I am ! I could not avail myself of the opportunity. I have got a great opportunity. It is very difficult for anyone to get the role of a heroine at such a tender age as mine. Everyone felt jealous of me when I was given the role of a heroine in the film 'Samsaaram'. Sri L.V. Prasad liked my acting in Pathala Bhiravi very much. With a lot of confidence in me he gave me the role. But I spoiled his faith in me. I was very much confident before I faced the camera. But when the Director said "Action", I at once became nervous. I was tense and frightened. I took many takes and this proved a setback to me. I was removed from the role. The role was given to someone else. I was given a small role of less importance. I am very sad today. I am very much disappointed. I prove myself in this role. I never get nervous again. Very soon I'll get the roles of importance. Very soon I will make everyone speak about my acting. Very soon I will make everyone recognise my skills.

34. a) 21st May 1975.

Friday; 8 p.m.

Dear Diary,

I am very sad today. Today the people of our region have attended the United Nations Conference for women, held in Mexico. What they asked the conference started me. They asked for food, for water, for clean drinking water, wood for building material and fodder for animals. These were the things we used to have in plenty when I was a child fifty years ago. Then our environment was very pristine, very beautiful, very green – enormously productive. I wondered what happened to our village. After the conference I asked them what caused the degradation of environment. They told me that the government cut down the indigenous forests and established commercial plantations. These trees destroyed the environment. It resulted in drying up of rivers, a change in rainfall patterns and decrease in rainfalls. Consequently the lands have become barren and unproductive. So at this moment I am determined to start a movement which can rehabilitate the environment. I am determined to educate the people about afforestation and reforestation methods. At this time I swear to use my like to rejuvenate the environment. It take the help of rural women because they are the ones to cultivate, to plant trees and produce food.

– Wangari Maathai

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 2 18 (OR) b) Honourable Headmaster Sir, respected teachers and my beloved brothers and sisters ! Good evening to you all. I feel it was a privilege to speak before our erudite sirs ! I am now going to speak about "The influence of teachers, parents and his friends in shaping Abdul Kalam's personality and who influenced him to be religiously tolerant'. Dr. Kalam stressed the role of the primary school teacher in inculcating righteousness in the heart of an individual as a child and said father and mother have the other two sources. Kalam had healthy surroundings. He had a great influence of his parents in making him religiously tolerant. During the annual Sri Sita Rama Kalyanam ceremony his family used to arrange boats for carrying idols of the Lord from the temple to the marriage site. His mother and his grandmother used to tell him the events from the Ramayana and from the life of the prophet as bedtime stories; His parents never objected him when he made friends with orthodox Brahmin boys. Thus his parents helped him to grow religiously tolerant. Kalam had three close friends in his childhood – Ramanadha Sastry, Aravindan and Sivaprakasan. All the three were from orthodox Brahmin families. As children none of them ever left any difference among themselves because of their religious differences and upbringing. The episode of Kalam's separation from Ramanadha Sastry by a new teacher stands as an example how the boys used to mingle with each other irrespective of their religious differences. There was an enormous influence of Sivasubramania Iyer on Abdul Kalam in shaping his character. Sivasubramania Iyer, Kalam's science teacher, was an orthodox Brahmin with a conservative wife. He was a radical by nature. He tried his best to break social barriers because he wanted the people of all religions could mingle with one another. He led Kalam in his house, served with his own hands, sat with him and ate with him. He used to wish Kalam that he would develop equally with the children of big cities. Sivasubramania Iyer was such a radical reformist who prepared to confront any problem to reform the society. No wonder Abdul Kalam to become religiously tolerant under the abled guidance of Sivasubramania Iyer. Finally the harmonious society of Rameswaram also helped him to become religiously tolerant. Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity. 35. A) Who were amazed to see the tiger tying to a tree ? B) What was the news that spread throughout the village ? C) Why did the villagers thank the potter ? D) What did the potter not understand ? E) What happened to the potter when he saw the tiger ?

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AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 2 19 GUESS PAPER S.S.C. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS A.P. 3 ENGLISH ✲ PAPER – I

Time : 2 hrs. 45 min.] [Max. Marks : 50

Instructions 1. This question paper has 35 questions in three sections (A, B and C). 2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you. 3. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 2.30 hours for writing the answers. 4. Answer all the questions of Section - B (Grammar) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 5. Start answering the questions as you read them.

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

(Questions 1 - 5) : Read the following passage carefully.

After school, we went home and told our respective parents about the incident. Lakshmana Sastry summoned the teacher and in our presence, told the teacher that he should not spread the poison of social inequality and communal intolerance in the minds of innocent children. He bluntly asked the teacher to either apologize or quit the school and the island. Not only did the teacher regret his behaviour, but the strong sense of conviction Lakshmana Sastry conveyed ultimately reformed this young teacher.

On the whole, the small society of Rameswaram was very rigid in terms of the segregation of different social groups. However, my science teacher Sivasubramania lyer, though an orthodox Brahmin with a very conservative wife, was something of a rebel. He did his best to break social barriers so that people from varying backgrounds could mingle easily. He used hours with me and would say, "Kalam, I want you to develop so that you are on par with the highly educated people of the big cities." (My Childhood)

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 1. What was the punishment given to the teacher ? 2. What reformed the young teacher ?

3. The passage says that Lakshmana Sastry was ...... ( ) A) an orthodox teacher. B) a supporter of Muslims. C) a supporter of social equality.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 3 20 4. The incident that changed the young teacher was ...... ( ) A) Ramanadha Sastry's behaviour. B) Lakshmana Sastry's strong sense of conviction. C) Kalam's reaction to the teacher. 5. Sivasubramania Iyer wanted to break the social barriers so that ...... ( ) A) people could mingle very easily. B) there will be no religious people in the society. C) he need not follow any traditions. (Questions 6 - 8) : Read the following stanza carefully.

Out in the East the jungle listens The tigress, plaintive, growls in pain, The great trees hear her breathing, shaking Inside her still, the new lives wait, These cubs could be the last ones ever To freely live and roam and mate. Our grandchild knows the tiger never Or will the dreamer wake ? (Or will the Dreamer Wake ?)

Now, answer the following questions. (3 × 1 = 3 M) 6. The tigress is plaintive and growls in pain because ( ) A) she suffers from hunger. B) she is about to give birth to her cub. C) she is the last tigress alive. 7. "These cubs could be the last ones ever' means that ( ) A) they may leave this forest. B) they may be killed. C) they may become extinct. 8. Through this poem the poet wants to convey that ( ) A) we should save the tiger, polar bear, song thrush and whale. B) we are endangered species. C) we should protect the nature and all its species. (Questions 9 - 10) : Read the following passage carefully. The finished product hit the screen in 1957 to become a landmark movie in the Telugu film industry. It became a hit not only for the sterling performances of the star ensemble that it had right from S.V. Ranga Rao, Savitri, NTR, ANR and Gummadi, but also because K.V. Reddy was in full control over every frame of it. There is little else one could expect when all time greats like Marcus Bartley (cinematography), Ghantasala (music), M.L.Vasantha Kumari, Leela, Suseela and Madhavapeddi (playback), Gokhale (art), Pasumarthy (choreography) and Pitambaram (makeup) got together to weave magic around an episode from Mahabharata, Sasirekha Parinayam. (Maya Bazaar)

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 3 21 Now, answer the following questions. (2 × 1 = 2 M) 9. What are the reasons for making 'Maya Bazaar' a landmark movie ? ( ) A) The sterling performances of the actors. B) The director's full control over every frame of the movie. C) Both (A) and (B). 10. What does the phrase 'hit the screen' mean ? ( ) A) released B) collided C) run into the screen

(Questions 11 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully.

The frightened soldiers fled. Their king was left by himself in his tent. Hurriedly he wrote a letter begging for peace and apologizing for attacking the country. He left this letter in the tent. Then he jumped on his horse and followed his soldiers. When the potter's black horse reached the deserted camp it stopped. With shaking hands the potter untied his feet and fell to the ground. When he looked around he was surprised to find the camp empty. He looked in the king's tent and found the letter. The puzzled potter walked back to the city with the letter in his pocket. He went to his wife and gave her the letter. (The Brave Potter)

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 11. Who wrote a letter begging for peace ? 12. Why was the king in a hurry ? 13. The enemy soldiers were frightened because ( ) A) the potter was leading a large army. B) a sentry from the enemy camp shouted the soldiers to run for life. C) the potter was going to attack them. 14. Choose the sentence that shows that the potter was afraid. ( ) A) The puzzled potter walked back to the city. B) With shaking hands the potter untied his feet. C) He was surprised to find the camp empty. 15. When the potter reached the enemy camp he was puzzled because ( ) A) no one in the camp attacked him. B) all the enemies surrendered to him. C) the enemy camp was empty.

Section – B : Grammar

Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B (Grammar) in the same order at one place in your answer book.

16. Edit the following passage correcting the underlined parts. (4 × ½ = 2 M) Taj Mahal was (a) situated in Agra in (b) the banks of the river, Yamuna. It is built in the memory off (c) Mumtaz. It is an (d) rare example of architectural beauty. (a) ...... (b) ...... (c) ...... (d) ......

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 3 22 17. Combine the following sentences using 'who'. 1 M Thomas had only three months of formal schooling. He was partially deaf.

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18. Combine the following sentences using a 'perfect participle'. 1 M She said that. She went inside.

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19. Change the following sentence into passive voice. 1 M I heard father's voice.

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20. Change the following exchange into reported speech. 2 M "Are you planning to pinch it ?" Victoria said. "No, my child, Grandpa gave it to your mother," Henry said.

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21. Combine the following sentences using 'besides'. 1 M Sekhar teaches English. He writes novels.

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22. Combine the following sentences using 'neither .... nor'. 1 M Prasad doesn't like football. Krishna doesn't like it too.

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23. Combine the following sentences using 'though'. 1 M Ramu was suffering from a severe headache. He came to the office.

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24. Rewrite the following sentence using 'so .... that'. 1 M My grandmother is too old to walk without support.

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25. Combine the following sentences using 'if' clause. 1 M I'll fasten the front door. Get your coat off.

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26. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions given in the brackets. (2 × ½ = 1 M) a) Sravani goes to school ...... (apart from / along with / ahead of) Sudha daily. b) Ray was even shy ...... (off / about / of) receiving compliments.

27. Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of verbs given in the brackets. (4 × ½ = 2 M) a) The farmer ...... (grow) rice last year. b) The boy was very sorry for what he ...... (do) c) I ...... (see) that the road we ...... (come) by looked like a giant motionless rope.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 3 23 28. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles. (Mark the omission of the article with 'X' mark) (2 × ½ = 1 M) Did you enjoy ...... book I recommended to you ? Wasn't that ...... exciting novel ?

29. Your mother is suffering from tooth sensitivity. You feel that she should pay a visit to the dentist. Advise her using 'It's time ...... ' 1 M

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30. Your neighbour borrowed your dictionary. Suggest him to return it as early as possible. 1 M

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31. Change the following into polite request. 1 M You to a stranger in a packed bus : "Move a bit".

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32. What do the following sentences mean ? (2 × ½ = 1 M) Choose the correct answer and write it in your answer book. i) I wish you were a little more helpful. A) ordering ( ) C) hoping ( ) B) inviting ( ) D) thanking ( ) ii) How about going for a walk ? A) suggesting ( ) C) criticising ( ) B) showing ability ( ) D) congratulating ( )

Section – C : Creative Expression

33. a) You happened to be a co-passenger of Wangari Maathai on a flight. You had an opportunity to converse with her about her activities in promoting Green Belt Movement and also for fighting for equal rights for women in Africa. She conveyed not to cut the trees. She encouraged the rural women to plant more trees for the benefit of human-kind. She thought that a tree is a wonderful symbol for environment and that when we plant a tree we plant a hope.

Now write a conversation between you and Wangari Maathai, a Nobel Prize winner. (5 M) (OR) b) In the lesson 'Attitude is Altitude', Kanae Miyahara, a beautiful young girl was attracted to Nick's message. Later, Nick and Kanae became close friends and decided to marry. On the occasion of their engagement Nick said to Kanae : 'Baby I love you'. Kanae's happiness knew no bounds with those words. Write a possible description of Kanae's feelings in this background. Include the possible details of how they became friends and Kanae's dreams for the future with Nick.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 3 24 34. a) In the lesson "My Childhood", Kalam's teacher Sivasubramania Iyer invited him to his house for a meal. His wife was horrified at the idea of a Muslim boy being invited to dine in her ritually pure kitchen. She refused to serve him. Sivasubramania Iyer was neither perturbed nor did he get angry with wife but he served him with his own hands and sat beside him to eat his meal. Now, imagine you were Kalam and write a diary entry about that incident which influenced you the most. (5 M) (OR) b) In the lesson 'The Dear Departed', you have read that Abel Merryweather realized that both his daughters did not have any love and affection for him. They liked only his money. Write a script for a speech on the occasion of 'Senior Citizen's Day" in your school. 35. Read the following passage carefully focusing on the underlined parts. Savitri was awarded the title 'Mahanati' (A) (the Supreme artiste). She also received the Presidential award (B) for her performance in 'Chivaraku Migiledi', the magnum opus (C) of Savitri. She was the recipient of 'Kalaimamani' and 'Nadigayar Tilakam' from Tamil film industry. Savitri had nearly 300 films to her credit. Her career was nearly 30 year long (D). She was equally admired by Telugu and Tamil film lovers (E). She also acted in a few Kannada and Hindi films. She had a lion's share of films when she was at the zenith of her career. Her passion for films was so strong that she directed and produced a few films, in spite of certain adversities. Now, frame 'WH' questions to get the underlined parts in the passage as answers. (5 M)

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AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 3 25 GUESS PAPER - 3 : Answers Section – A : Reading Comprehension

Q. (1 - 5) 1. He was asked to apologise. 2. The strong sense of conviction Lakshmana Sastry conveyed. 3. (C) a supporter of social equality. 4. (B) Lakshmana Sastry's strong sense of conviction. 5. (A) people could mingle very easily.

Q. (6 - 8) 6. (B) she is about to give birth to her cub. 7. (C) they may become extinct. 8. (C) we should protect the nature and all its species.

Q. (9 - 10) 9. (C) Both (A) and (B) 10. (A) released

Q. (11 - 15) 11. The king in the enemy camp. 12. The king was in a hurry to escape. 13. (B) a sentry from the enemy camp shouted the soldiers to run for life. 14. (B) With shaking hands the potter untied his feet. 15. (C) the enemy camp was empty. Section – B : Grammar

16. a) is b) on c) of d) a 17. Thomas, who had only three months of formal schooling, was partially deaf. 18. Having said that, she went inside. 19. Father's voice was heard by one. 20. Victoria asked Henry if he was planning to pinch it and Henry disagreed and replied that her Grandpa had given it to her mother. 21. Besides teaching English Sekhar writes novels. 22. Neither Prasad nor Krishna likes football. 23. Though Ramu was suffering from a severe headache, he came to the office. 24. My grandmother is so old that she cannot walk without support. 25. I'll fasten the front door if you get your coat off. 26. a) along with b) of 27. a) grew b) did c) saw, had come

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 3 26 28. the, an 29. It's time you paid a visit to the dentist. 30. You should / ought to return my dictionary as early as possible. 31. Would you mind moving a bit ? 32. (i) B (hoping) (ii) A (suggesting)

Section - C : Creative Expression

33. a) I : Excuse me ma'm. If I'm not wrong, you are Wangari Maathai, the Nobel prize winner. Maathai : Yes, I am. I:Glad to meet you ma'm. Maathai : My pleasure. I:What inspired you to promote Green Belt Movement ? Maathai : Well, almost all people in the villages I have been struggling to access resources I found 'deforestation' to be the culprit. I:Oh ! Maathai : Hence I encouraged the rural women to plant more trees to overcome their problems and also earn their bread. I:So, that was a great help to the rural women. Maathai : Yes. The key to every problem is in our hands. Planting tress is the only solution to deal wtih environmental issues. By planting a tree, we plant a hope for all. I:That's really thoughtful.

(OR) b) I was overwhelmed with joy. My happiness knew no bounds when Nick uttered those most precious words that he loves me. I remember the day when we first met. We shared many common ideas. Our perspectives of life and our desire to cater hope to the needy drew us together. I still remember how we met several times to deal with cases which needed special attention. I was gradually drawn to his never giving up nature and the happy go attitude he reflected inspite of all the odds. Within no time we became good friends. I also remember how I showed my affection for Nick. He refrained himself from doing so because he was not sure of our future together. It did take a little time for our friendship to take the shape of companionship. But it finally did take shape. I am certain that our life would be full of support for each other. I will be a part of every presentation Nick takes up. We will plan our goals together. We will have a happy family. We will stand by each other through thick and thin. The words are still ringing in my ears.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 3 27 34. a) Dt. xx.xx.xxxx.

9.30 pm.

Dear Diary,

Today, I went to Sivasubramania Iyer sir's house for meals. I was so excited while going but was a bit scared too. But was embarrassed when sir's wife refused to serve me dinner in her pious kitchen. She thought that I would pollute her kitchen by eating there. I felt so terrible at that moment that I wanted to leave the place immediately and run away from there. It was only for sir that I stood there, dumb. Sir himself served me food. The curries were delicious but I could not eat much as sir's wife was watching me. She was conscious about the manner in which I ate and drank. I could not relish anything. Hope she did not find anything strange in the manner I ate. She looked at me as if I were an untouchable. I ate as quickly as possible so that I could leave the place early. But what has sir done ? He invited me for dinner next weekened. Oh ! I don't want to go but what shall I do ? Sir wants me to come over. Only God knows what I have to do. – Kalam

(OR) b) RESPECT ELDERS Good morning, Respected teachers and my dear friends. On this occasion of Senior citizen's Day I'd like to first reflect the state of elders in our families and society today. It pains to say that youngsters today have neither time nor respect for them. We youngsters are so busy that we don't have time to sit and share a few minutes with them. Our busy life style gives us no time for it. They feel lonely and neglected. They feel sad. But friends, whatever we are today are we not so because of them ? Had they not given us their precious time, love, money, education, care etc., would we have been this good today ? Think of orphans who are cast out by their parents. We too would have been one among them. So is it not our responsibility to give them back their love and concern ? So friends on this day let us resolve to take care of our elders and give them their share of love. They desire it and we owe it to them. Thank you for giving me a chance to share my emotions. 35. A) What is the title of Savitri ? B) What did Savitri receive for her performance in Chivaraku Migiledi ? C) Which phrase gives the meaning of the greatest work ? D) How long was Savitri's career ? E) Who were she admired equally by ?

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AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 3 28 GUESS PAPER S.S.C. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS A.P. 4 ENGLISH ✲ PAPER – I

Time : 2 hrs. 45 min.] [Max. Marks : 50

Instructions

1. This question paper has 35 questions in three sections (A, B and C). 2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you. 3. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 2.30 hours for writing the answers. 4. Answer all the questions of Section - B (Grammar) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 5. Start answering the questions as you read them.

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

(Questions 1 - 5) : Read the following passage carefully. Roberge does not endorse the accusation of Ray's detractors that the master director made his reputation selling India's poverty to the West. "What struck me most was not the material poverty depicted in the films, but the enormous spiritual poverty of some rich people is much more deplorable than material poverty," he said. Roberge does not speak with the arrogance of the West. "I was here on a quest to know the world and in the process know myself. I did not come here to convert. In fact, I am the one who got converted," he said. But it took him nine years after reaching Calcutta (now Kolkata) and joining St. Xavier's College, to muster up the confidence to meet Ray in person. "Although I wanted to meet him right away, I didn't want to just go and see him like he was a living museum piece. I wanted to prepare myself, get to know his works more, so that when we met, there could be a worthwhile dialogue," he said. When they finally met, it was the beginning of a close friendship that lasted 22 years - until Ray's death in 1992. (Rendezvous with Ray)

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 1. What was the accusation made on Ray ?

2. What is more deplorable according to Roberge ?

3. Why did Roberge take nine years to meet Ray in person ?

A) He came to know about Ray after nine years of his arrival in India. B) He had been unaware of where abouts of Ray in Kolkata for all these nine years. C) He wanted to gain confidence by knowing his works more and for knowing his personality.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 4 29 4. Why did Roberge come to India ? A) to convert the Indian people into Christianity B) to meet Ray C) with a deep desire to know the world 5. "...... , but the enormous spiritual poverty of some rich people is much more deplorable than the material poverty." Who does 'some rich people' here refer to ? A) all the rich people of Kolkata B) the critics of Ray C) all the rich people of India

(Questions 6 - 8) : Read the following stanza carefully.

So show me, son, how to laugh; show me how I used to laugh and smile once upon a time when I was like you. (Once upon a Time)

Choose the correct answers to the following questions. (3 × 1 = 3 M) 6. What does the poet want his son to show him ? A) to show him how to laugh insincerely and dishonestly B) to show him how to laugh sincerely and innocently like how small children do C) to show him how to learn all the hypocrisy of the world 7. Why does the poet want to learn from his son ? A) because he is not corrupted by the ways of the world B) because he is more informed C) because he knows more about good manners than his father 8. What is the tone of the poem ? A) nostalgia B) jealousy C) melancholy (Questions 9 - 10) : Read the following passage carefully. The finished product hit the screen in 1957 to become a landmark movie in the Telugu film industry. It became a hit not only for the sterling performances of the star-ensemble that it had right from S.V. Ranga Rao, Savithri, NTR, ANR, and Gummadi but also because K.V.Reddy was in full control over every frame of it. (Maya Bazaar) Now, answer the following questions. (2 × 1 = 2 M) 9. What was the finished product mentioned in the passage ? A) Missamma B) Chivaraku Migiledi C) Maya Bazaar 10. Which of the following helped the film to become a landmark movie ? A) the sterling performances of all the stars acted in it B) the directional skills of K.V. Reddy C) both A and B

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 4 30 (Questions 11 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully.

"They came on a Wednesday," said Sunday, "Many, many big lorries. They took all day unloading them. No-one told us what was in them. They gave the Chief a brown paper bag- I saw him smiling as the lorries drove away. This was five years ago. Then three months ago, one of the brightest boys in the village - Thomas Agonyo - started university in Lagos. He came home one weekend with a new Chemistry book, and spent all day looking at the drums and writing things down and talking to himself and shaking his head. We all thought he had gone mad. Then he called a meeting of the village and told us that the drums contained poisonous chemicals. He said they had come from Italy. But I don't know where that is. Is it in Europe?" Mr. Sunday Nana stopped, frowning, a troubled look on his face, "In the last five years, 13 peoples have died in this village, my own elder brother one of them. They have been in pain, terrible pain. We have never seen deaths like that before. Lots of our children are sick. We have asked the Government to take the drums away, but they do nothing. We have written to Italy, but they do nothing. The Chief says we should move our houses to another place. But we have no money to buy land. We have no choice. We have to stay here. "And they" ...... pointing to the mountain of death in the clearing - "are our neighbours." (A Tale of Three Villages) Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 11. Why was the Chief smiling as the lorries drove away ? 12. What did Thomas Agonyo find out in his study of the drums ? 13. "They came on a Wednesday" - Who does 'they' here refer to ? A) Thomas Agonyo and Sunday Nana B) The drums C) The Italians 14. What, do you think, does the brown paper bag which the Chief got from them, contain ? A) money to bribe the Chief B) chemical C) orders allowing them to unload the drums in the village 15. Which of the following sentences is not a reference to Thomas Agonyo was not clever ? A) Thomas Agonyo started university in Lagos. B) We all thought he had gone mad. C) He called a meeting of the village and told us that the drums contained poisonous chemicals. Section – B : Grammar

Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B (Grammar) in the same order at one place in your answer book.

16. Edit the following passage correcting the underlined parts. (4 × ½ = 2 M) Sri Mokshagundam Visweswarayya was a (a) Indian civil engineer, statesman and the 19th Diwan to (b) Mysore. In 1955, he conferred (c) India's highest honour, the Bharatratna. His birthday 15 September celebrated (d) as Engineer's Day in India, Srilanka and Tanzania. (a) ...... (b) ...... (c) ...... (d) ......

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 4 31 17. Combine the following sentences using 'who'. 1 M Bethany Hamilton taught surfing to Nick. She had her arm bitten off by a shark. Ans...... 18. Combine the following sentences using 'present participle'. 1 M Wangari Maathai led the movement. She won the Nobel Prize. Ans...... 19. Change the following sentence into passive voice. 1 M No one has ever done that in the history of swifing. Ans...... 20. Change the following exchange into reported speech. 2 M Teacher of Thomas : Your Tommy is too stupid to learn. Mother of Thomas : My Tommy is not stupid to learn. I will teach him myself. Ans...... 21. Combine the following sentences using 'not only ..... but also'. 1 M Sivasubramania lyer served me with his own hands. He sat beside me to eat his meal. Ans...... 22. Combine the following sentences using 'in spite of'. 1 M She was suffering from fever. She attended the school. Ans...... 23. Combine the following sentences using 'though'. 1 M India has a lot of variations and diversities. There is unity in diversity. Ans...... 24. Combine the following sentences using 'neither .... nor'. 1 M India is not a mere geographical expression. It is not a mere collection of separate peoples, traditions and conventions. Ans...... 25. Rewrite the following sentence using 'if'. 1 M Hurry or we will miss the tram. Ans...... 26. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions given in the brackets. (2 × ½ = 1 M) a) The load was lifted ...... (in case of/ by means of/ in place of) a crane. b) Suneetha is bad ...... (at / in / of) mathematics. 27. Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of verbs given in the brackets. (4 × ½ = 2 M) a) She ...... (go) to Hyderabad yesterday. b) Anirudh ...... (not leave) yet. c) The electrician ...... (restore) the power before the audience ...... (leave). Thank God ! At last the play resumed. 28. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles. (Mark the omission of the article with 'X' mark) (2 × ½ = 1 M) ...... (a) books are good friends. But ...... (b) books in this shelf are not friendly look books. 29. The car of your friend is in bad condition. You think it is late for him to get his car repaired. Express the same idea using 'It's high time'. 1 M

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AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 4 32 30. Your friend is not wearing a helmet while riding a motor cycle. Advise him to wear a helmet. 1 M

Ans...... 31. You don't know how to make online transactions. Make a polite request to your friend to help you in making an online transaction. 1 M

Ans...... 32. What do the following sentences mean ? (2 × ½ = 1 M) Choose the correct answer and write it in your answer book. i) Let's plant trees. A) Making a request ( ) B) Making a suggestion ( ) C) Expressing obligation ( ) D) Expressing possibility ( ) ii) The car hasn't arrived yet. It must have got a flat tyre. A) Inference ( ) B) Compulsion ( ) C) Possibility ( ) D) Obligation ( ) Section – C : Creative Expression

33. a) When Abdul Kalam was asked to go and sit on the back bench Kalam felt very sad and so did Ramanadha Sastry. Ramanadha Sastry wept bitterly. The image of him weeping when Kalam was shifted to the last row left a lasting impression of Kalam. After the school Abdul Kalam and Ramanadha Sastry met each other. What would be the conversation between them ? (5 M) (OR) b) When Victoria knew that his parents were shifting her grandfather's bureau she asked them whether they were planning to steal it. She was ashamed of her parent's behaviour. Describe the feelings of Victoria about the greedy, dishonest and unconcerned behaviour of her parents. 34. a) Nick met surfing master Bethany Hamilton in Hawaii. She had her arm bitten off by a shark. In spite of her disability she did not lose her passion in surfing and grew to be the surfing master. It inspired Nick. He said 'she was amazing'. Imagine yourself to be Nick and write the diary entry of your feelings. (5 M) (OR) b) You must have read the lesson 'The journey'. In the lesson you've read that the narrator had never got used to physical labour having stayed in hostels right from his childhood. His education made him shun physical labour. From this you can understand that some adverse effects are also there from education. Prepare a script for your speech on "Adverse effects of education". 35. Read the following passage carefully focusing on the underlined parts. The great symbol of dance is Shiva (A), the Cosmic Dancer (B), depicted in sculpture and poetry as Nataraja (C). Similarly, the classical theatre in India has a history of more than two thousand years. It was performed in palaces and in temples (D). The classical plays combined music and dance (E). Tragedy was, and is, still discouraged otherwise, the range of themes covered is wide. Now, frame 'WH' questions to get the underlined parts in the passage as answers. (5 M)

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AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 4 33 GUESS PAPER - 4 : Answers Section – A : Reading Comprehension

Q. (1 - 5) : 1. Ray earned his reputation by selling India's poverty to the West. 2. The spiritual poverty of the critics of Ray is much more deplorable than the material poverty Ray had shown in his films. 3. (C) He wanted to gain confidence by knowing his works more and for knowing his personality. 4. (C) with a deep desire to know the world. 5. (B) the critics of Ray. Q. (6 - 8) : 6. (B) to show him how to laugh sincerely and innocently like how small children do. 7. (A) because he is not corrupted by the ways of the world. 8. (A) nostalgia. Q. (9 - 10) : 9. (C) Maya Bazaar. 10. (C) both A and B. Q. (11 - 15) : 11. because they bribed the Chief by giving a lot of money. 12. that the drums contained poisonous chemicals. 13. (C) The Italians 14. (A) money to bribe the Chief 15. (C) He called a meeting of the village and told us that the drums contained poisonous chemicals. Section – B : Grammar

16. a) an b) of c) was conferred d) was celebrated 17. Bethany Hamilton, who had her arm bitten off by a shark, taught surfing to Nick. 18. Leading the movement Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Prize. 19. That has never been done in the history of surfing. 20. Teacher of Thomas wrote to the mother of Thomas that her Tommy was too stupid to learn. Mother of Thomas replied to the teacher of Thomas that her Tommy was not stupid to learn and she told her that she would teach him herself. 21. Sivasubramania Iyer not only served me with his own hands but also sat beside me to eat his meal. 22. In spite of suffering from fever, she attended the school. 23. Though India has a lot of variations and diversities there is unity in diversity. 24. India is neither a mere geographical expression nor a mere collection of separate peoples, traditions and conventions. 25. If we hurry, we will not miss the tram. 26. a) by means of b) at 27. a) went b) has not left c) had restored d) left 28. a) X b) the

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 4 34 29. It's high time you got repaired your car. 30. You should wear your helmet. 31. Could you please help me in making an online transaction ? 32. i) B ii) A Section - C : Creative Expression 33.a) Kalam : Good evening Sastry ! Sastry : Good evening. But it is not such a good evening. I think it is the worst evening. Kalam : I too feel so Sastry. I am sad and disappointed. Sastry : Kalam ! What right has people got to separate us on the name of social ranking ? Kalam : Yes. Friendship has no caste. Sastry : Out parents have no objection about our friendship. As far as my parents are concerned, they never told me not to make friendship with you. Kalam : My parents too. They used to tell me to respect your customs and traditions. Sastry : Kalam ! You are my best friend. You are a good boy. You always help in my studies. You are kind hearted. What more qualities one needs to make friends with you ? Kalam : Sastry ! You are also my best friend. You are kind and generous. You also help me when I am in need. Sastry : Abdul ! If you are to sit separately. I won't go to that school. I was utterly downcast when you were sent back. I was sad. I wept bitterly. Kalam : I also cried bitterly. Tears rushed out of my eyes. I felf I was humiliated. Sastry : I am very sorry Kalam. Men cannot be discriminated on the basis of their caste and religion. Kalam : Don't I have any right to study equally with you ? I am hurt Sastry. Sastry : Kalam, I want to complain to my father against the new teacher. In our village all people live in harmony without any discrimination. Kalam : I too complain against it to my father. Let's move very fast Sastry ! It's getting dark. Sastry : Good evening Kalam ! Come to my house. Let's play together for some time. I have some doubts in Mathematics. Please explain them once again. Kalam : Sure Sastry ! I will come in an hour.

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b) I am very sad today. I felt shameful and shocked when I knew my parents were stealing my grandfather's bureau. I was shocked with the greedy and miserly behaviour of my mother. She is dishonest and insincere. Compared to my mother, my father is somewhat sincere and honest. But what use is there ? He is to obey my mother because my mother is dominating and overpowering. So he does all the dirty things she asked him to do. My mother has no any care and concern towards my grandfather. She feels he is a burden to her. She ill-treated him. I don't like my mother's miserly behaviour. She asked my father to wear my grandfather's slippers.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 4 35 She announced my grandfather's death even without getting it confirmed from a doctor. Immediately after she supposed his deep sleep to death she tried to shift all the fanciful things of my grandfather to our house. My aunt Elizabeth is also just like my mother. Both the sisters began quarrelling about grandfather's property and his insurance amount. I am very sad today. I pity my grandfather. I like my grandfather very much. But he is vexed with his daughters ill- treatment. He left our house. He wanted to marry again. I am very sorry ! I regret my parents behaviour.

34.a) 21st May, 2008 Friday. 8.00 p.m. Dear Diary ! Today it's a great day in my life. I have met an incarnation of courage, grit and invincible spirit. She had her arm bitten off by a shark when she was 12 while surfing. Though she lost her hand in surfing she did not lose her interest in surfing. With her strong determination, courage and undeterred spirit, she continued to strive for her passion and was able to become a surfing master. She is none other than Bethany Hamilton. She has now become a live inspiration for the disabled and depressed like me. Actually single handed people don't have good balance but she was able to overcome that defect with her strong determination and perseverance. From her I too got a lot of inspiration. Her life gives us a message that regardless of own short comings and obstructions we should never give up. Her life is a lesson to all. She is an embodiment of hope, confidence, courage and perseverance. She is abled more psycholo- gically than she is disabled physically. She never allows the thought that she is disabled. She can surf more impeccably, smoothly and perfectly than the abled people do. She is amazing. I adore the master surfer. Nick Vujicic

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b) Honourable Headmaster Sir, respected teachers and dear brothers and sisters ! Today I am going to speak to you on 'The Adverse Effects of Education'. It is a well-known fact that education plays a vital role in bringing up socially and economically. It is thought that education helps people in so many ways. But there are some adverse effects of education. This fact is not recognised by many.

35. A) Who is the great symbol of dance ? B) What is Shiva called ? C) How is Shiva depicted in sculpture and poetry ? D) Where was the classical theatre performed in ancient days ? E) What did classical plays combine ?

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AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 4 36 GUESS PAPER S.S.C. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS A.P. 5 ENGLISH ✲ PAPER – I

Time : 2 hrs. 45 min.] [Max. Marks : 50

Instructions 1. This question paper has 35 questions in three sections (A, B and C). 2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you. 3. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 2.30 hours for writing the answers. 4. Answer all the questions of Section - B (Grammar) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 5. Start answering the questions as you read them.

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

(Questions 1 - 5) : Read the following passage carefully. My father protested. "Give me an old pair. You don't have to spend money on new shoes." I couldn't convince him to buy a new pair. Reluctantly I gave him the hunting boots I was wearing. I then took out my pair of leather shoes from the trunk, and noticed my father's face lighting up with contentment. Suddenly he looked at me and said, "Take care. Write to us ..." Father wanted to say something but the bus started moving. I saw that the road we had come by looked like a giant motionless rope. Simultaneously our journeys started in two opposite directions, with me seated in the luxurious seat of a bus and father walking back with weary legs on the pebble - strewn road. (The Journey) Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 1. 'How did the father feel after receiving the shoes ? Quote a sentence from the passage to support your answer. 2. "Simultaneously ...... " How is the narrator's journey different from that of his father's ? 3. "Give me an old pair", why did he protest so ? A) He did not like to wear a new pair of shoes. B) He liked old pair of shoes only. C) He was not interested to spend money on new shoes. 4. "Reluctantly I gave him the hunting boots." The author was reluctant because A) he did not want to give his boots. B) he wanted to buy a pair of new shoes for him. C) the shoes were new and expensive. 5. The phrase 'walk back with weary legs' means A) to walk energetically B) to walk in sorrow C) to walk in a tired manner

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 5 37 (Questions 6 - 8) : Read the following stanza carefully. There in the West the song thrush warbles She weaves her nest to hold her clutch A long wait now to find a partner The eggs are laid, there are not much. These chicks could be the last ones ever The last to fly and sing and mate. Our grandchild knows the song thrusth never Or will the dreamer wake ? (Or will the Dreamer Wake ?) Now, answer the following questions. (3 × 1 = 3 M) 6. What is the name of the bird mentioned here ? A) Thrush B) Song thrush C) Warbles 7. What does the bird wait for ? A) For a nest B) For a partner C) For food 8. Why does the bird wait for long for a partner ? A) There are only a few birds alive. B) She is no more living in the forest. C) She is in the city where no birds are found. (Questions 9 - 10) : Read the following passage (conversation) carefully. Mrs. Slater : He's out of his senses. (General consternation) Abel : I say I'm going to get married. Mrs. Slater : Who to ? Abel : To Mrs. John Shorrocks who keeps the 'Ring-o-Bells'. We've had it fixed up a good while now, but I was keeping it for a pleasant surprise. (He rises.) I felt I was a bit of a burden to you, so I found someone who'd think it a pleasure to look after me. We shall be very glad to see you at the ceremony. (He gets to the door.) Till Monday, then. Twelve o'clock at St. Philip's Church. (opening the door) It's a good thing you brought that bureau downstairs, Amelia. It'll be handier to carry it across to the 'Ring-o-Bells' on Monday. (He goes out.) (The Dear Departed - II) Now, answer the following questions. (2 × 1 = 2 M) 9. According to Mrs. Slater Abel was out of senses because ...... A) he was going to change his will. B) he was going to marry at that old age. C) he was going to leave the family. 10. The benefit of bringing the bureau down, according to Abel was ...... A) it was very heavy to bring it down from upstairs. B) it made Abel to understand the intentions of his daughters. C) it'll be handier to carry it across to the 'Ring-o-Bells'.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 5 38 (Questions 11 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully. Even the early Indian history unmistakably shows that the political consciousness of the people has from the very early times, grasped the whole of India as a unit and assimilated the entire area as the theatre of its activities. India is not a mere geographical expression, nor is it a mere collection of separate peoples, traditions and conventions. India is much more than this. The best proof lies in the fact that Indian history has quickened into life. India has many races, castes, sub-castes, nationalities and communities, but the heart of India is one. We are all heirs to a common and rich culture. Our cultural heritage consists of our art and literature as they flourished centuries ago. Our cultural heritage serves as a bond of unity between people of different faiths and creeds. (Unity in Diversity in India) Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 11. What positive quality did the people of India possess from the ancient times ? 12. What is the bond of unity between people of different faiths and creeds ? 13. Choose the sentence that best conveys the meaning of the passage. A) Though we have many differences our cultural heritage unites us from the ancient times to up to now. B) Though we have unity in some aspects of our culture we also have differences that divide the nation. C) The history of India shows that from the time immemorial we have political consciousness beyond the unifying heritage. 14. According to the passage we can assume that ...... A) our cultural heritage that consists of our art and literature serves as a bond. B) our cultural heritage consists of castes, sub-castes, nationalities and communities. C) we all have different heritage that bonds as a unity. 15. The political consciousness of the people that grasped the whole of India can be seen A) during the wars of the early kingdoms. B) from the early Indian history. C) in the traditions of Indian culture. Section – B : Grammar

Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B (Grammar) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 16. Edit the following passage correcting the underlined parts. (4 × ½ = 2 M) The classical and tradition (a) item on the agenda of every pilgrim on (b) Thirumala is Laddu, who (c) celebrated its diamond jubilee in 2015, have (d) emerged in its present form of a ball since 1940. a) ...... b) ...... c) ...... d) ...... 17. Combine the following sentences using 'who'. 1 M My father hardly received any formal education. He went on to become a great leader. Ans...... 18. Combine the following sentences using 'a perfect participle'. 1 M The boy read the book. He came out of the room. Ans......

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 5 39 19. Change the following sentence into passive voice. 1 M I checked my wallet. Ans...... 20. Change the following exchange into reported speech. 2 M Priyanka : What are you doing ? Ganesh : I am playing with my puppy. Ans...... 21. Combine the following sentences using 'such ..... that'. 1 M Russia is a big country. It has eleven time zones. Ans...... 22. Combine the following sentences using 'as'. 1 M I saw him smiling. The lorries drove away. Ans...... 23. Combine the following sentences using 'neither ...... nor'. 1 M Dorjee did not want to carry the trunk. He could not allow his father to do it. Ans...... 24. Rewrite the following sentence using 'so ...... that'. 1 M I am too tired to climb the steps. Ans...... 25. Combine the following sentences using 'if' clause. 1 M Keep phosphorous in air. It catches fire. Ans...... 26. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions given in the brackets. (2 × ½ = 1 M) a) I finished my project work several days ...... (for the sake of / ahead of / in spite of) the deadline. b) The whole world would laugh ...... (upon / by / at) me. 27. Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of verbs given in the brackets. (4 × ½ = 2 M) a) Last year I ...... (go) to England on holiday. b) I was very tired because I ...... (study) too much. c) After Manoj ...... (wake) up, he ...... (brush) his teeth. 28. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles. (Mark the omission of the article with 'X' mark) (2 × ½ = 1 M) Prasad is ...... Ex. MLA. He is ...... honourable man. 29. Your tenants haven't paid their rent for 4 months. You feel that it's been delayed. Express the idea using 'It's time ...... ' 1 M Ans...... 30. Your friend is cutting a tree. Advise him not to cut the tree. 1 M Ans...... 31. Change the following into polite request. 1 M You to your friend : "Drop me at the post office." Ans......

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 5 40 32. What do the following sentences mean ? (2 × ½ = 1 M) Choose the correct answer and write it in your answer book. i) Hist ! Listen. A) expressing fear ( ) B) attracting attention ( ) C) expressing inability ( ) D) offering help ( ) ii) She has enough strength to lift this bag. A) ability ( ) B) poverty ( ) C) permission ( ) D) help ( ) Section – C : Creative Expression

33. a) In the autobiography of the former President, late Abdul Kalam, 'My Childhood', the new teacher asked Abdul Kalam to sit in the last row instead of sitting in the front row next to Ramanadha Sastry. Both of them felt sad. Now, write an imaginary conversation between the friends; Abdul Kalam and Ramanadha Sastry about the behaviour of the new teacher. (5 M) (OR) b) In this lesson "Rendezvous With Ray", Roberge took 9 years to meet Ray. He studied Ray's works well. Imagine you are Roberge who met Ray for the 1st time. Write a description of your meeting with Ray. Include the following points. – his personality – manner of speech – his works – Roberge's opinion about Ray. 34. a) In the lesson, "The Dear Departed-I", Victoria notices that her grandpa is getting up. Suppose you are Victoria. Write an entry in your diary about the incident. (5M) (OR) b) On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Savitri, You are going to give a speech in your school honouring her and throwing light on her life. Prepare a speech script. 35. Read the following passage carefully focusing on the underlined parts. It's no use. What can even my children's friends say – they know me only as Kamala's mother or some aunty (A), now my respected husband (B) – is the only hope – if anyone remembers it, it is only he. During the night meal (C), she asked him, 'Look here, I have forgotten my name – if you remember it, will you please tell me ?' The respected husband burst our laughing (D) and said, 'What is it, dear, never has it happened before, you are talking about your name today. Ever since we were married I have got used to calling you only as yemoi (E). You too never told me not to address you that way because you have a name of your own – what's happened now – Everyone calls you Mrs. Murthy, don't they ?' Now, frame 'WH' questions to get the underlined parts in the passage as answers. (5 M)

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AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 5 41 GUESS PAPER - 5 : Answers Section – A : Reading Comprehension

Q. (1 - 5) : 1. The supporting sentence from the passage is 'I then took out my pair of leather shoes from the trunk, and noticed my father's face lighting up with contentment'. 2. The narrator is leading a luxurious life on the other hand the narrator's father is leading a tough life. 3. (C) He was not interested to spend money on new shoes. 4. (B) he wanted to buy a pair of new shoes for him. 5. (C) to walk in a tired manner. Q. (6 - 8) : 6. (B) Song thrush 7. (B) For a partner 8. (A) there are only a few birds alive. Q. (9 - 10) : 9. (B) he was going to marry at that old age. 10. (C) it'll be handier to carry it across to the 'Ring-o-Bells'. Q. (11 - 15) : 11. The political consciousness. 12. Our cultural heritage. 13. (A) Though we have many differences our cultural heritage unites us from the ancient times to up to now. 14. (A) our cultural heritage that consists of our art and literature serves as a bond. 15. (B) from the early Indian history. Section – B : Grammar

16. a) traditional b) in c) which d) has 17. My father, who hardly received any formal education, went on to become a great leader. 18. Having read the book, the boy came out of the room. 19. My wallet was checked. 20. Priya asked Ganesh what he was doing and Ganesh replied that he was playing with his puppy. 21. Russia is such a big country that it has eleven time zones. 22. I saw him smiling as the lorries drove away. 23. Dorjee neither wanted to carry the trunk nor could allow his father to do it. 24. I am so tired that I can't climb the steps. 25. If you keep phosphorous in air, it catches fire. 26. a) ahead of b) at 27. a) went b) studied c) had woke up, brushed 28. an, an 29. It's time the tenants paid their rent.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 5 42 30. You should not cut trees, they help us. 31. Would you drop me at the post office please ? 32. i) B - (attracting attention) ii) A - (ability) Section - C : Creative Expression

33.a) Ramanadha Sastry : Control, Kalam. Don't cry. Abdul Kalam : How can I control myself ? See, you're also crying. I can't forget the harsh treatment I had today. Ramanadha Sastry : I too feel very sad about it. Abdul Kalam : The new teacher separated both of us. He showed social inequality in class. This is not at all good of him. Ramanadha Sastry : You're right. We've to teach him a good lesson. But how to do it ? Abdul Kalam : Idea ! How about complaining to our parents about the incident ? Ramanadha Sastry : That's a very good idea. Then our parents will come to the school and give a warning to the new teacher. Abdul Kalam : That'll teach him a good lesson. Ramanadha Sastry : He should not have separated both of us. Abdul Kalam : Yes. Don't worry. Our parents will warn him to behave himself. I hope he'll not behave harshly like this next time. Ramanadha Sastry : I also hope that he will understand our friendship and allow us to sit side by side in the front row. Abdul Kalam : Let's hope for the best. Ramanadha Sastry : Bye ! Abdul Kalam : Bye !

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b) It was a warm day. I was nervous and couldnot sleep the previous night. I was excited. I had been preparing for the interview for a long time. I sat down with my book, going through the points I would cover. Finally, I was ready and left for the meeting. The moment I saw Ray my happiness knew no bounds. All my nervousness was lost. He made me feel quite comfortable with his humbleness. It being our first meeting, he did not open up much. He was a shy person and was quite reserved. He was quite down to earth. He did not feel proud of being a renowned personality. He had a subtle sense of humour. It bound us during our conversations about his works. He told me much about his works. His works portrayed his aesthetic sense. A few of the later ones were his personal message on society and civilization. He is an unassuming man, humble in his disposition. I am quite content with our first meeting. My 9 years wait has born the sweetest fruit.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 5 43 34.a) Dt. xx.xx.xxxx.

Dear Diary, I don't know why mother is nervous. She went upstairs and came down hastily. She told me to change my dress immediately. My father sent a telegram to the Jordans. I came to know that grandpa is dead and so he sent a telegram. Later, the Jordans arrived. During their conversation I could guess, mom as well as the Jordans want to pinch grandpa's articles. They were talking about whether grandpa had paid the L.I.C. premium. But I said that grandpa did not go into the town. But they began to search for the receipt. They asked me to go upstairs and bring the bunch of keys. Though I was afraid, I had to go. I went upstairs and found grandpa moving. I thought it was the ghost of grandpa and rushed down. I told them about it. In the meanwhile, grandpa himself came down. I am glad that grandpa is alive. Victoria

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b) THE LEGEND Good morning friends, today I stand before you to share a few delightful memories of a person who has made many women pround with her splendid acting and dancing skills. On this occasion of her birth anniversary I would like to share a few things about Savitri, the Telugu and Tamil actress who made her audience proud. At an early age of eight she learnt dance and later associated herself with the theatre. She did justice to every role she played whether it be the role of Parvathi in Devadasu, Sasirekha in Maya Bazaar or Mary in Missamma. Her expression filled eyes with myriad emotions made the audience walk the emotions she intended them to. She was awarded the title 'Mahanati' for her splendid performance. She acted in over 300 films in 30 years. Her performance was praised by even great stars like Madhubala and Amitabh Bachchan. She was a human being who donated generously for good causes. I believe she is one of the women all of us would like to look up to. Thank you.

35. A) How do the children's friends know her ?

B) Who is the only hope ?

C) When did she ask her husband about her name ?

D) What did the husband do when she asked about her name ?

E) How he has been calling his wife since marriage ?

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AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 5 44 GUESS PAPER S.S.C. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS A.P. 6 ENGLISH ✲ PAPER – I

Time : 2 hrs. 45 min.] [Max. Marks : 50

Instructions 1. This question paper has 35 questions in three sections (A, B and C). 2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you. 3. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 2.30 hours for writing the answers. 4. Answer all the questions of Section - B (Grammar) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 5. Start answering the questions as you read them.

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

(Questions 1 - 5) : Read the following passage carefully. It was a very quiet friendship that developed over the years. Manikda [as Ray wass affectionately called by his friends] was a shy person and always very discreet about displaying his emotions," said Roberge. Though to outsiders, Ray's massive stature-physical and intellectual - might have made him come across as cold, aloof and even intimidating, he was in reality a very simple and unassuming man with a subtle sense of humour. It was an unspoken arrangement between the two of them to meet on Sundays at 9 a.m. at Ray's residence on Bishop Lefroy Road, Kolkata. Ray would invite Roberge over for private screenings of his latest films and welcomed comments on them. But this happened only after the friendship had cemented, for in the early days of their dialogue Ray's shyness prevented him from talking about his own films. (Rendezvous with Ray)

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M)

1. What did the outsiders think about Ray ?

2. What was the real character of Ray ?

3. What features of Ray's personally made the strangers opine that Ray was grim, unfriendly and frightful ? A) His shyness and carefulness in displaying his emotions B) His massive - physical and intellectual - personality C) His modesty and sense of humour

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 6 45 4. Whose friendship is being talked about in this passage ? A) Satyajit Ray and Tagore B) Satyajit Ray and Manikda C) Satyajit Ray and Gaston Roberge

5. Choose the sentence from the passage which means that Ray trusted Roberge, took him into his confidence and shared his secrets with him. A) ...... the early days of their dialogue Ray's shyness prevented him from talking about his own films. B) It was quiet friendship that developed over the years. C) Ray would invite Roberge over for private scrrenings of his films and welcomed comments on them.

(Questions 6 - 8) : Read the following stanza carefully.

There in the West the song thrush warbles She weaves her nest to hold her clutch A long wait now to find a partner The eggs are laid, there are not much. These chicks could be the last ones ever The last to fly and sing and mate. Our grandchild knows the song thrust never Or will the dreamer wake ? (Or will the Dreamer Wake ?)

Choose the correct answers to the following questions. (3 × 1 = 3 M)

6. Why had the song thrush to wait for a long time to meet her partner ? A) because her partner had lost his way B) because her partner did not want to meet her C) Song thrushes are already endangered species. Very few of them are alive. So song thrush had to wait a long time to meet her partner.

7. Why are the song thrushes laying very few eggs these days ? A) because of cellular rediation the song thrushes have lost their fertility B) because the song thrushes don't have any time to meet her partner C) because the song thrushes don't want to lay a lot of eggs

8. Who do you think the dreamer in the stanza refers to ? A) the song thrush B) her partner C) the human beings who cause the endangerment and extinction of birds and animals

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 6 46 (Questions 9 - 10) : Read the following passage carefully. In 1913, Lee De Forest, the inventor of the triodes tube, was charged by the district attorney for using fraudulent means to mislead the public into buying stocks of his company by claiming that he could transmit the human voice across the Atlantic. He was publicly humiliated. (Every Success Story Is also a Story of Great Failures)

Now, answer the following questions. (2 × 1 = 2 M)

9. What was the charge laid on Lee De forest ? A) He could transmit the human voice to the distant places. B) He used deceptive means to mislead the public into buying the stocks of his company. C) He copied others theory and invented the triodes tube.

10. Why was Lee De Forest humiliated publicly ? A) because he invented the triodes tube B) because he sold out all the stocks of his company at a higher rate C) because he claimed that he could transmit the human voice to the distant places

(Questions 11 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully.

When they passed a young tree, the potter grabbed a branch. But the horse did not stop. Instead the tree was pulled out of the ground. A sentry from the enemy camp saw the potter galloping towards the camp with a tree in one hand and his reins in the other. "That must be the General who captured a tiger with his bare hands, he thought. 'Now he has uprooted a tree with only one hand! He is not an ordinary man – he's a giant!' 'Run, run, save yourselves! The famous Tiger-General is coming at the head of a large army to attack us. He has the strength of a giant! He has uprooted a tree with one hand!' The frightened soldiers fled. Their king was left by himself in his tent. Hurriedly he wrote a letter begging for peace and apologizing for attacking the country. He left this letter in the tent. Then he jumped on his horse and followed his soldiers. When the potter's brown horse reached the deserted camp it stopped. With shaking hands the potter untied his feet and fell to the ground. When he looked around he was surprised to find the camp empty. He looked in the king's tent and found the letter. The puzzled potter walked back to the city with the letter in his pocket. He went to his wife and gave her the letter. (The Brave Potter)

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M)

11. Why was the potter called a giant ?

12. Why was the potter called the Tiger-General ?

13. What made the potter puzzled ? A) The sentry of the enemy camp calling him the giant and the Tiger-General B) The horse's stopping exactly at the enemy camp C) The letter of the enemy king

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 6 47 14. What exactly caused the fleeing of the enemy army and their king ? A) The bravery of the potter B) The exaggerated description of potter by the sentry of the enemy camp C) Potter's brown horse

15. Why did the enemy king beg for peace ? A) because the brave potter defeated him B) because the potter captured him and forced him to beg for peace C) since all his soldiers ran away he realised that it was impossible for him to defeat the giant potter and his army, so he begged for peace. Section – B : Grammar Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B (Grammar) in the same order at one place in your answer book.

16. Edit the following passage correcting the underlined parts. (4 × ½ = 2 M) P.V. Sindhu became a (a) first Indian to winning (b) a World Badminton Championship's gold with (c) beating familiar rival Nozomi Okuhara of Japan. The Indian have won (d) the summit clash yesterday that lasted just 38 minutes. a) ...... b) ...... c) ...... d) ...... 17. Combine the following sentences using 'who'. 1 M Narayana Murthy was the son of a school teacher. He showed other Indians how to earn wealth legally and ethically. Ans......

18. Combine the following sentences using 'a perfect participle'. 1 M I walked fast. I was tired. Ans......

19. Change the following sentence into passive voice. 1 M They have stolen your clock and bureau. Ans......

20. Change the following exchange into reported speech. 2 M Henry : Where are my slippers ? Mrs. Slater : In the kitchen. Ans......

21. Combine the following sentences using 'such ..... that'. 1 M Bahubali is an intersting film. We are going to see it again. Ans......

22. Combine the following sentences using 'though'. 1 M Narayana Murthy came from a poor family. He became the pioneer of India's software industry. Ans......

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 6 48 23. Combine the following sentences using 'neither ...... nor'. 1 M He was not clever. He was not industrious. Ans...... 24. Combine the following sentences using 'so ...... that'. 1 M Apu Trilogy was very fascinating. Roberge saw all the three films in one sitting. Ans...... 25. Combine the following sentences using 'if'. 1 M I met you. I did not go mad. Ans...... 26. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions given in the brackets. (2 × ½ = 1 M) a) The narrator's marriage had been arranged ...... (according to / in accordance with / along with) the customs of their tribal society. b) The students are already acquainted ...... (to / with / by) the works of Shakespeare. 27. Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of verbs given in brackets. (4 × ½ = 2 M) a) It ...... (rain). The ground is still wet. b) Raju ...... (meet) his friend yesterday. c) I ...... (cut) my finger when I ...... (sharpen) the pencil. 28. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles. (Mark the omission of the article with 'X' mark) (2 × ½ = 1 M) a) ...... beauty is a joy for ever. b) Raju went to ...... chruch to study its architecture. 29. Hair of your friend has grown very long. You think it is very late for him to have his hair cut. Express your idea using "It's time ...... " 1 M Ans...... 30. Your friend's shoes are torn. Advise him to buy a new pair of shoes using 'had better'. 1 M Ans...... 31. Change the following into a polite request. 1 M Student to teacher ; Pronounce the word 'Rendezvous' again. Ans...... 32. What do the following sentences mean ? (2 × ½ = 1 M) Choose the correct answer and write it in your answer book. i) "My word, you were here quality." What does the underlined phrase express ? A) Annoyance ( ) B) Surprise ( ) C) Swear word ( ) D) Pleasure ( ) ii) The two countries might go to war. A) Compulsion ( ) B) Inference ( ) C) Possibility ( ) D) Certainty ( )

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 6 49 Section – C : Creative Expression

33. a) You have read the poem "Once upon a Time". The poet Okara went through introspection of the change that occurred in his attitude. He repented over the change of his manners that he had got after mingling with insincere and hypocritic people. He expressed his strong desire to get back to his original nature. He conversed with his son about this. What would be the conversation between Okara and his son ? (5 M)

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b) When Narayana Murthy expressed his desire of studying at IIT, his father expressed his outright denial after explaining the poor condition of his family. Later he felt sad for saying 'no' to his bright son. Now, write a paragraph describing the feelings and thoughts of Narayana Murthy's father in the above context.

34. a) A week after the Chernobyl explosions, the children of Vorobyov, who played with the nuclear dust, began to vomit. Their hair feel out. They could not eat. They grew very thin and sores appeared on their body. After two weeks all the three children died. Natasha Revenko was a direct witness to those pathetic incidents. She was also the victim of the nuclear explosion. Imagine yourself to be Natasha Revenko and record your feelings as a diary entry. (5M)

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b) You must have read the lesson "What is My Name?" In that lesson the housewife is made a housemaid or a slave of the house, in spite of her intelligence and high qualification. You think we are still in male dominant society and women are still discriminated in our society. Today is 8th March – The International Day for Women. You are asked to speak on "Gender discrimination". Prepare a script for speech to be given on this occasion. Prepare a speech script.

35. Read the following passage carefully focusing on the underlined parts. India has a rich cultural heritage. We are inheritors of several grand treasures in the fields of music, fine arts, dance, drama, theatre and sculpture (A). Our sages and seers have left behind a tradition of piety, penance, spiritual greatness, conquest of passion etc (B). Our scriptures (C) are the storeshouses of spiritual wisdom. Our saints aspired to the realsation of the infinite (D). We have inherited great spiritual values contrasted with which the materialistic progress of the West (E) appears insignificant. Now, frame 'WH' questions to get the underlined parts in the passage as answers. (5 M)

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AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 6 50 GUESS PAPER - 6 : Answers Section – A : Reading Comprehension

Q. (1 - 5) : 1. The outsiders thought Ray as cold, aloof and intimidating. 2. Ray was actually very simple and modest with a little sense of humour. He was a shy person and very careful in displaying his emotions. 3. (B) His massive - physical and intellectual - personality. 4. (C) Satyajit Ray and Gaston Roberge. 5. (C) Ray would invite Roberge over for private screenings of his films and welcomed comments on them.

Q. (6 - 8) : 6. (C) Song thrushes are already endangered species. Very few of them are alive. So song thrush had to wait a long time to meet her partner. 7. (A) because of cellular rediation the song thrushes have lost their fertility. 8. (C) the human beings who cause the endangerment and extinction of birds and animals.

Q. (9 - 10) : 9. (B) He used deceptive means to mislead the public into buying the stocks of his company. 10. (C) because he claimed that he could transmit the human voice to the distant places.

Q. (11 - 15) : 11. because he uprooted a tree with one hand. 12. because he had caught the tiger and tied it to a tree. 13. (C) The letter of the enemy king. 14. (B) The exaggerated description of potter by the sentry of the enemy camp. 15. (C) since all his soldiers ran away he realised that it was impossible for him to defeat the giant potter and his army, so he begged for peace.

Section – B : Grammar

16. a) the b) win c) by d) has won 17. Narayana Murthy, who was the son of a school teacher, showed other Indians how to earn wealth legally and ethically. 18. Having walked fast I was tired. 19. Your clock and bureau have been stolen by them. 20. Henry asked Mrs. Slater where his slippers were. Mrs. Slater replied that they were in the kitchen. 21. Bahubali is such an interesting film that we are going to see it again.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 6 51 22. Though Narayana Murthy came from a poor family he became a pioneer of India's software industry. 23. He was neither clever nor industrious. 24. Apu Trilogy was so fascinating that Roberge saw all the three films in one sitting. 25. If I had not met you, I would have gone mad. 26. a) according to b) with 27. a) has rained b) met c) cut d) was sharpening 28. a) X b) the 29. It's time you had your hair cut. 30. You had better buy a new pair of shoes. 31. Could you please pronounce the word 'Rendezvous' again ? 32. i) B ii) C

Section - C : Creative Expression

33.a) Okara's son : Good morning dad ! Okara : Good morning my boy ! Son : Father, I have observed one change in your behaviour. Okara : What change have you found in me ? Son : You are not meeting your friends, you are not going to clubs at the weekends. You prefer to stay at home these days. Why is this change ? Okara : Very good my boy ! Your observation about the change in my behaviour is right. My boy ! People are not sincere in their dealings with others these days. Son : How were the people in the olden days ? Okara : My boy ! In the olden days people were sincere and truthful. Their laugh and speech to others were heartful. Son : How are the people these days ? Okara : Hypocrites. They think something in their hearts and speak well of us in our presence. Son : Treacherous ! It is dangerous to have such friends. Okara : Yes. They are deceitful. They are generous at only making offers. They invite us to their homes. For two times they serve us and feed us respectfully. But for the third time they shut their doors on our face. Son : Humiliating. How were you influenced with their behaviour ? Okara : I have learned many things. I have learned to change my expressions that suit the different occasions and different people. I also learnt to speak hypocritically. I say 'Goodbye' when I mean 'good riddance. I say 'Glad to meet you' without being glad. After being bored, I say 'Nice talking to you'.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 6 52 Son : For that what should I do father ? Okara : Show me son, how to laugh sincerely and honestly as I used to laugh when I was a child. Son : Oh, sure dad. A welcoming change back to your natural character.

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b) Feelings and thoughts of Narayana Murthy's father : I can't explain how sad I am today. God has given me well disciplined and precocious children. What use is there ? Because of poverty I am unable to give them good education. Today my son got a good rank in IIT entrance exam. He expressed his wish to join IIT. But I expressed my inability in this regard. I expressed my outright denial to it. I had to explain to him my financial position. I told him that I have five daughters to be married off and three sons to educate. What shall I do ? I am the single earning member in the family. I have to support a large family. I felt ashamed of myself to say 'no' to my bright son. I wish I were rich. I felt sorry for my boy. "My Son ! Please excuse your father." Since I cannot afford his expenses at IIT, I asked him to study as much as he wanted staying in Mysore. Anyhow, I am very sorry to my son !

34.a) 3rd May 1986, Saturday. Dear Diary, I am sad. I wish I were dead. If I had died before this explosion. I would not have to see all the pathetic incidents occurring in our village. In its present state it is not called a village, but a land of death, land of mounds. There is no any kind of life in the village. No trees - no crops, no birds, animals and human beings. Lands have become barren because of the radio active dust that fell on the lands after the explosion. Birds and animals have died from Acute Radiation Syndrome. Birds and animals affected with the dust gave defective births. Human beings have also suffered from Acute Radiation Syndrome. They suffered from thyroid cancers, heart and other organ related diseases, defective births and other ailments. Innocent children, not knowing the repercussions of the radio active dust played with it and met with pathetic deaths. They suffered from irritation, vomitings, hairfall, ulcers and sores and finally died of thyroid cancers. If the government had taken immediate precautionary measures, and announ- ced the warnings immediately, the damage and casualities would not have been that much. Our village has not met with natural calamity but they met the doomsday because of administrative failure. Natasha

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b) Respected Principal, worthy teachers and dear friends ! Good morning to all of you. Today, I Satyanand, from X 'A', stand here to speak on 'Gender Discrimination.'

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 6 53 Gender discrimination is a term which means discrimination because of sex or gender. In India women are considered as pure, divine and worshipped. On the other hand, she is discriminated against and victimized by the norms created by male dominant society. There are also different roles for men and women in the society. The practices like Sati, Jauhar, Devadasis and Purdah are prevalent still at some places in our society. This proves gender discrimination is prevalent in our society. Gender discrimination starts from school, then in work place, family and among friends. The problem with the women at work place is of serous one as there are few women actually practising in economy. Unfair treatment at work place, priority given to male in promotions and harassment, etc. discourage the women to have an active role in the economy. In education- ally and economically poor families in villages the condition of a woman is not better than that of a prisoner and slave. Poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, family situation, customs and beliefs are some of the factors for gender discrimination. Priority for male children and believing that female child as 'Paraya' by the parents is the beginning of gender bias at home. Many protections are given for women in our Constitution. But the government should implement them literally and strictly. All the women in India should be provided awareness about their rights and constitutional protections. Literacy among the women can alone eliminate the gender bias. Offering high level education to girls, providing equal opportunities for women in education and jobs, involving them in political and social activities, generating awareness among parents, giving scholarships to girls are some measures that can effectively help eradicating the gender discrimination. Thank you one and all for giving me this opportunity.

35. A) What are we inheritors of ? (OR) What have we got as heritage from our ancestors ? B) What did our sages and seers leave behind ? C) What are the storehouses of our spiritual wisdom ? D) What did our saints aspire ? E) When contrasted with great spiritual values of our country what appears to be insignificant ?

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AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 6 54 GUESS PAPER S.S.C. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS A.P. 7 ENGLISH ✲ PAPER – I

Time : 2 hrs. 45 min.] [Max. Marks : 50 Instructions 1. This question paper has 35 questions in three sections (A, B and C). 2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you. 3. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 2.30 hours for writing the answers. 4. Answer all the questions of Section - B (Grammar) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 5. Start answering the questions as you read them.

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

(Questions 1 - 5) : Read the following passage carefully. After school, we went home and told our respective parents about the incident. Lakshmana Sastry summoned the teacher, and in our presence, told the teacher that he should not spread the poison of social inequality and communal intolerance in the minds of innocent children. He bluntly asked the teacher to either apologize or quit the school and the island. Not only did the teacher regret his behaviour but the strong sense of conviction Lakshmana Sastry conveyed ultimately reformed this young teacher. On the whole, the small society of Rameswaram was very rigid in terms of the segregation of different social groups. However, my science teacher Sivasubramania Iyer, though an orthodox Brahmin with a very conservative wife, was something of a rebel. He did his best to break social barriers so that people from varying backgrounds could mingle easily. He used hours with me and would say, "Kalam, I want you to develop so that you are on par with the highly educated people of the big cities". (My Childhood) Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 1. What was the misdeed that the new teacher was asked to apologize for ? 2. "Sivasubramania Iyer was a rebel" – How can you say ? 3. Who was responsible for spreading the social inequality and communal intolerance in the minds of innocent children ? A) Lakshmana Sastry B) Sivasubramania Iyer C) The new teacher 4. Which of the following statements is a reference to the religious tolerance of Sivasubramania Iyer ? A) He was an orthodox Brahmin. B) He had a conservative wife. C) His wish about Kalam, "I want you to develop so that you are on par with the highly educated people of big cities".

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 7 55 5. From this passage, what can we understand about the character of Lakshmana Sastry ? A) He was a religious fanatic. B) He was regious tolerant person. C) He was a conservative. (Questions 6 - 8) : Read the following stanza carefully. This could be our last true moment Knowing the truth, our choices make. Our grandchild asks "That was the moment ! And did the dreamer wake ?" (Or will the Dreamer Wake ?) Choose the correct answers to the following questions. (3 × 1 = 3 M) 6. What choices of ours lead to our last true moment ? A) choosing the environmental safety. B) choosing our own development at the cost of environment. C) choosing the safety of the biodiversity. 7. What truth should we know ? A) that rehabilitation of the environment is an essential need. B) that rehabilitation of the environment is not essential. C) that we need not work for rehabilitation. 8. Who, do you think, is the dreamer ? A) The human being who dreams of his own development and prosperity at the cost of environment. B) Our future generations. C) The poet. (Questions 9 - 10) : Read the following passage carefully. A New York Times editorial on December 10, 1903, questioned the wisdom of the Wright Brothers who were trying to invent a machine, heavier than air, that would fly. One week later, at Kitty Hawk, the Wright Brothers took their famous flight. (Every Success Story Is also a Story of Great Failures) Now, answer the following questions. (2 × 1 = 2 M) 9. What was the principle that the editor of 'New York Times' believed in ? A) Things heavier than air cannot fly. B) Things heavier than air can fly. C) Things heavier than air do not fall. 10. Wright Brothers took their famous flight. By this they proved that ...... A) The editor of New York Times was wise and his theory was proved. B) As the editor of New York Times said they could not invent a machine heavier than air and that could fly. C) The Wright Brothers were wiser than the editor of New York Times and they were able to invent an aeroplane. (Questions 11 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully. ''It happened on April the 26th 1986. I remember the date because it was my mother's birthday. We heard the explosion early in the morning. We didn't worry, because there had been explosions before from Chernobyl. But this one was bigger. Everyone stopped what they were doing and listened. Then we ran out into the garden. We could see a cloud of white smoke coming from the nuclear reactor." Natasha Revenko wiped her hands nervously on her apron. Tears came to the corners of her eyes, and slid slowly down her pinched, pale cheeks. (A Tale of Three Villages)

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 7 56 Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 11. Why did she remember the date ? 12. Why did they not worry when they heard the explosion ? 13. What was it that happened on April 26th 1986 ? A) An explosion in nuclear reactor of Chernobyl. B) An explosion in the leather factory. C) An accident in which two vans collided killing a lot of people. 14. Where is Chernobyl ? A) in Vorobyov. B) in Ukraine. C) in America. 15. Which of the following sentences tells us that Natasha also got affected from the radioactive dust ? A) Tears came to the corner's of her eyes. B) We could see a cloud of white smoke coming from the nuclear reactor. C) Her pinched, pale cheeks and her repeated wiping of her arms on her apron ...... Section – B : Grammar

Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B (Grammar) in the same order at one place in your answer book.

16. Edit the following passage correcting the underlined parts (4 × ½ = 2 M) It was a long time ago. I am (a) in the final year of my course in computer science at an (b) Indian Institute of Science (IISc) at (c) Bangalore. Life was full of fun and joy. I did not know what helplessness or injustice means (d). (a) ...... (b) ...... (c) ...... (d) ...... 17. Combine the following sentences using 'which'. 1 M The music concert was held in the town hall. It was a great success. Ans...... 18. Combine the following sentences using a 'perfect participle'. 1 M He had decided to become a painter. He started to paint studies of peasants and miners. Ans...... 19. Change the following sentence into passive voice. 1 M Roberge does not endorse the accusation of Ray's detractors. Ans...... 20. Change the following exchange into reported speech. 2 M Abel : Who has been robbing me ? Mrs. Jordan : Amelia and Henry. They have stolen your clock and bureau. Ans...... 21. Combine the following sentences using 'when'. 1 M The boy was about to come down the stairs. Then it crumbled down. Ans...... 22. Combine the following sentences using 'though'. 1 M The women were illiterate. They became competent foresters. Ans......

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 7 57 23. Combine the following sentences using 'neither ...... nor'. 1 M He was not clever. He was not hard - working. Ans...... 24. Rewrite the following sentence using 'so ...... that'. 1 M The news is too good to be true. Ans...... 25. Rewrite the following sentences using 'if'. 1 M Run fast or you will miss the bus. Ans...... 26. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions. (2 × ½ = 1 M) a) ...... (instead of / In case of / By means of) emergency, call 108. b) India is famous ...... (to / for / with) its spices. 27. Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of verbs given in brackets. (4 × ½ = 2 M) a) They ...... just (go). b) ...... Anirudh ...... (not leave) yet ? c) Everything ...... (be) disturbed before the play ...... (come) to an end. 28. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles. (Mark the omission of the article with 'X' mark.) (2 × ½ = 1 M) ...... Mark Twain was not rich, not civilised but ...... Langdons were very much civilised and well educated. 29. The children are sent to school at the age of 5. But Sonu is already 6. He has not been sent to school yet. You think it is already late for Sonu to go to school. Express the same idea using 'It's high time'. 1 M Ans...... 30. Your friend is speaking on mobile while driving a motor bike. You think it is dangerous. Advise him not to do it. 1 M Ans...... 31. Change the following into a polite request. 1 M You to the clerk in the bank : Deposit this cheque. Ans...... 32. What do the following sentences mean ? (2 × ½ = 1 M) Choose the correct answer and write it in your answer book. i) "Ay, Amelia and Henry, what the devil did you mean by shifting my bureau out of my bedroom." What does the expression 'what the devil' here mean ? A) used as intensifier to express extreme anger. ( ) B) used as intensifier to express extreme confusion. ( ) C) used to emphasise what you want to say. ( ) D) used to express hesitation. ( )

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 7 58 ii) There may be heavy rains tomorrow. So, why couldn't we go for indoor shooting ? A) request ( ) B) suggestion ( ) C) permission ( ) D) possibility ( ) Section – C : Creative Expression

33. a) When Sivasubramania Iyer invited Abdul Kalam to his home for dinner, Kalam hesitated to accept his invitation. Observing his hesitation Iyer told him not to get upset and hesitate. What would be the conversation between Iyer and Abdul Kalam ? (5 M) (OR) b) When Nick was born without arms and legs his mother was sad. She was anxious. She became numb when she saw the baby without arms and legs. She could not bring herself to hold the baby until it was four months old. Now, write the feelings of Nick's mother when she gave birth to a half baby. 34. a) You are one of Narayana Murthy's friends. You all sat together and prepared for the IIT entrance exam. He helped you in Mathematics and Physics. Though you got a less rank than him, you were able to join IIT. But what an irony it is ! Narayana Murthy who got a higher rank than you could not join IIT. You were very much sorry for him. You are Vishnu Sastry. Write a diary entry of your feelings about it. (5 M) (OR) b) You must have read the lesson "What is My Name ?". In the story the housewife was actually educated. Though she was educated she was deliberately made the housemaid by her husband. Having completely involved in household chores she lost her identity and self- respect. You are asked to speak on ''Empowerment of women" on the International Women's Day'. Prepare a script for speech on it. 35. Read the following passage carefully focusing on the underlined parts. But one day while scrubbing the floor, the housewife suddenly asked herself, "What is my name ?" (A). The query shook her up. Leaving the mopping cloth and muggu basket there itself, she stood near the window scratching her head, lost in thoughts (B). 'What is my name – what is my name ?' The house across the road carried a nameboard, Mrs M. Suhasini, M.A., Ph.D., Principal, 'X' College (C). Yes, she too had a name as her neighbour did – "How could I forget like that ? In my scrubbing zeal I have forgotten my name (D) – what shall I do now ?" The housewife was perturbed. Her mind was restless. (E). Somehow she finished her daubing for the day. Now, frame 'WH' questions to get the underlined parts in the passage as answers. (5 M)

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AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 7 59 GUESS PAPER - 7 : Answers Section – A : Reading Comprehension Q. (1 - 5) 1. He discriminated Abdul Kalam on the name of caste. He asked Abdul Kalam to sit on the back bench. 2. He did his best to break social barriers so that the people from varying backgrounds could mingle easily. 3. (C) The new teacher. 4. (C) His wish about Kalam, "I want you to develop so that you are on par with the highly educated people of big cities." 5. (B) He was regious tolerant person. Q. (6 - 8) 6. (B) choosing our own development at the cost of environment. 7. (A) that rehabilitation of the environment is an essential need 8. (A) The human being who dreams of his own development and prosperity at the cost of environment. Q. (9 - 10) 9. (A) Things heavier than air cannot fly. 10. (C) The Wright Brothers were wiser than the editor of New York Times and they were able to invent an aeroplane. Q. (11 - 15) 11. because it was her mother's birthday. 12. because there were a lot of such explosions previously. 13. (A) An explosion in nuclear reactor of Chernobyl. 14. (B) in Ukraine. 15. (C) Her pinched, pale cheeks and her repeated wiping of her arms on her apron ...... Section – B : Grammar 16. a) was b) the c) in d) meant 17. The music concert which was held in the town hall was a great success. 18. Having decided to become a painter, he started to paint studies of peasants and miners. 19. The accusation of Ray's detractors is not endorsed by Roberge. 20. Abel asked Mrs. Jordan who had been robbing him. Mrs. Jordan replied that Amelia and Henry were robbing him. She also said that they had stolen his clock and bureau. 21. When the boy was about to come down the stairs crumbled down. 22. Though the women were illiterate they became competent foresters. 23. He was neither clever nor hard - working. 24. The news is so good that it cannot be true. 25. If you run fast, you will not miss the bus. 26. a) In case of b) for 27. a) have gone b) Has, not left c) had been,© came 28. X, the 29. It's high time Sonu went to school. 30. You should not speak on mobile while driving a motor bike. 31. Could you please deposit this cheque ? 32. (i) (A) used as intensifier to express extreme anger. (ii) (D) Possibility

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 7 60 Section – C : Creative Expression 33. a) Abdul Kalam : Good morning Sir ! Iyer : Good morning my boy ! Welcome. Abdul Kalam : Thank you Sir. Thank you for your invitation ! Iyer : It's my pleasure to share the table with you. Abdul Kalam : Sir. You are great. You distinguish yourself from others. Actually orthodox Brahmins don't like a Muslim boy to dine in their ritually pure kitchen ! Iyer : My boy. I am not a fanatic. I am not a conservative. I don't believe in such superstitions. Abdul Kalam : Yes Sir. Your views are radical and progressive. You always care us without any discrimination. Iyer : Man should not be discriminated because of his birth but by his character. Abdul Kalam : Many people preach these things. But you practice what you preach. Iyer : Kalam ! I want you to develop on par with the highly educated people of big cities. Abdul Kalam : Thank you Sir ! With your blessings I will surely accomplish your dreams for me. Iyer : Shall we have our dinner now ? Abdul Kalam : Sure Sir ! But think once again Sir. I don't want to violate the beliefs of your caste Sir ! What would other people of your caste say ? They may ostracise you from your caste. I don't want you to get into troubles because of me. Iyer : Kalam ! Once you decide to change the system, such problems have to be confronted. Abdul Kalam : Sir. You always try to break the social barriers. Sir, I promise you, with your inspiration I will always remain tolerant. Iyer : Very good, Kalam ! Shall we go for dinner now ? Abdul Kalam : With pleasure Sir ! (OR) b) Goddamnit ! What a sinner I am ! How sinful I am to give birth to a torso. I am the most hated by God to give birth to such a stump without arms and legs. I am distraught when I saw the newly born baby without arms and legs. I am a nurse. I serve God among the people. My husband is a pastor. He always spends most of his time in prayers. Why this cruel trick happened to us ? Like all the women I also wished to give birth to a pretty baby with all limbs. I did everything right during my pregnancy. I never did any wrong. I never took any wrong drug. When I came back to consciousness after the delivery I asked the nurses to show my baby. They intentionally delayed to show me my baby. I cried bitterly and quarrelled with the ward nurses. Finally they showed the baby wrapped in a clean linen. How pretty my baby was ! I kissed its face. Wanting to kiss all its limbs I felt for arms. I am shocked. The baby had no arms. Then I felt for its legs. The baby had no legs too. I wailed bitterly. I groaned. I moaned. I at once yelped. I asked the nurse to take the baby away from me. I went mad with grief. What an ill-fated mother I am ! What can I do with a stump ? I cannot hold him. I cannot feed him. I was unable to think further. I felt unconscious !

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 7 61 34. a) 12th June 1962 Monday, 8.00 p.m. Dear Diary ! What an irony it is ! Narayana Murthy who has got the better rank than us in IIT entrance and who has guided us, helped us in difficult sums in Physics and Mathematics is not joining IIT. I am very sorry for him. I pity him. Because of his guidance only we are joining IIT. What a nice friend he is ! kind and considerate. I asked him why he is not joining IIT. But he did not say anything. He did not reply. He only wished all of us. He is an introvert. He never shared his happiness and helplessness with anybody. I think he did not join IIT because of his poverty. His father is a school teacher. He has a large family to support. Because of these financial constraints he must not have joined IIT. But he did not disclose all these things because he did not want to let his father down. What a nice son he is ! We miss him very much at IIT, he would have been a great help for us too. We miss you so much Murthy ! But I wish him good luck. He is a genius. He will surely become great. I think it is not the institution that makes you great. So he will become a great man one day about whom our country will be proud of. Vishnu Sastry (OR) b) Honourable Principal Sir, respected teachers, dear brothers and sisters ! Good evening to you all. I feel it a privilege for me to speak before our erudite sirs ! I think you all know why we gather here on the eventful day of 8th March - the International Day for Women. We observe this day. I am asked to speak on "The Need of Women Empowerment''. ''A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.'' – Daine Mariechild Empowering women in India is very much necessary to bring gender equality or we can say that gender equality is very much necessary to empower women. Women empowerment is empowering women to take their own decisions, to earn their own living, to enjoy equal rights with men, to allow them to prosper with all their potency. Empowering women is to make them independent in all aspects, from mind, thoughts, rights, decisions, etc., by leaving all the family and social limitations. Women empowerment is very much necessary for the bright future of the family, society and country. Gender equality is the foremost necessity to bring women empowerment in India. There are so many laws for empowering women however none are followed. It is not the responsibility of the government only. It is the responsibility of each and every Indian to help women to empower. 108th constitutional amendment bill was passed to reserve one - third of the seats for women to make them actively involved in decision making. Various mass campaigns are needed to be organised in the backward rural areas to make them aware of their rights. They are assured for the survival, proper education to really bring the dream of women empowerment come true. Thank you one and all for giving me this opportunity. 35. A) What was the query that shook her up ? B) What did the housewife do when the query shook her up ? C) What does the name-board read ? D) Why did she forget her name ? E) How did the housewife feel when she forgot her name ? ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 7 62 GUESS PAPER S.S.C. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS A.P. 8 ENGLISH ✲ PAPER – I

Time : 2 hrs. 45 min.] [Max. Marks : 50 Instructions 1. This question paper has 35 questions in three sections (A, B and C). 2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you. 3. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 2.30 hours for writing the answers. 4. Answer all the questions of Section - B (Grammar) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 5. Start answering the questions as you read them.

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

(Questions 1 - 5) : Read the following passage carefully. "Ray's screenplay manuscripts were an art by themselves," Roberge says, ''hand - written in Bengali, with notes in English for his set - designer, with sketches here and there, and occasional staff notation of fragments of music". One Sunday morning, Roberge found Ray in a disturbed mood. A few well-known personalities of the city had visited him earlier to go through some of his manuscripts. After they left Ray found the Charulatha screenplay missing. Ray was almost sure who the culprit was. "I asked him whether he was planning to take any action, and he said no, and explained to me that he did not want to hurt the reputation of the person. I was absolutely stunned by his humane concern,'' said Roberge. Like Rabindranath Tagore, Ray strode his time like a colossus. Roberge writers, "It is as if all Bengal was in Manikda : the rich and the poor, the powerful and the humble, the peasants and the city persons, children, teenagers, adults and old people, men and women." (Rendezvous with Ray)

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 1. How can you say that Ray's screenplay manuscripts were an art by themselves ? 2. Why was Ray in a disturbed mood ? 3. How can you say that Ray was 'humane' ? A) He wrote notes in English for his set designer. B) He wanted to take action against the culprit who had stolen his screenplay manuscripts. C) He did not want to take action against the culprit who had stolen his screenplay manuscripts. 4. What do you mean by 'all Bengal was in Manikda' ? A) All kinds of people - the rich and the poor, the powerful and the humble; the peasants and the city persons, children, teenagers, adults and old people, liked him. B) All kinds of people – the rich and the poor, the powerful and the humble; the peasants and city persons, children, adults, teenagers, men and women, who live in Bengal, were shown as characters in his films. C) All kinds of people called him Manikda.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 8 63 5. Who was referred to as Manikda ? A) Rabindranath Tagore B) Satyajit Ray C) Gaston Roberge (Questions 6 - 8) : Read the following stanza carefully. Why do we spend our time bickering when so many tasks need finishing ? Don't we have better things to do than indulge in creating problems anew ? Is all this violence needed with the people being cheated ? (A Plea for India) Choose the correct answers to the following questions. (3 × 1 = 3 M) 6. What does the poet suggest us ? A) We should create problems. B) We should spend our time bickering. C) We should not spend our time in useless arguments. 7. Why shouldn't we spend our time in useless arguments ? A) because they create problems. B) because we have so many tasks to do. C) because we don't need violence. 8. Why don't we need violence ? A) because we had so many things to do. B) because people will be cheated in times of violence. C) because it will create new problems. (Questions 9 - 10) : Read the following passage carefully. All success stories are stories of great failures. The only difference is that every time they failed, they bounced back. This is called failing forward, rather than backward. You learn and move forward. Learn from your failure and keep moving. (Every Success Story Is also a Story of Great Failures) Now, answer the following questions. (2 × 1 = 2 M) 9. What is called failing forward ? A) bouncing back after failures B) keep failing in every attempt C) learning to move forward 10. What is the difference between the people who get success after failures and the people who always fail ? A) The successful people bounce back after failures, and the people who always fail don't bounce back. B) The successful people always fail backwards but the people who always fail bounce back. C) The successful people always keep failing and the people who always fail don't bounce back.

(Questions 11 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully. ''It was a Saturday," she went on, still wiping her hands on her apron. "It was a lovely warm day, and the children played outside all weekend. Even when the dust began to fall, they still played outside. They picked up handfuls of it and threw it at each other, laughing. It was Wednesday before the loudspeaker van came to the village, telling us to keep our children indoors and not to touch the radioactive dust. They also told us to wash down our houses and roads with water. A week later the children began to vomit. Their hair fell out. They couldn't eat. They grew so thin, and sores appeared all over their little bodies. Two

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 8 64 weeks after that, all three died - all three on the same day." She broke down now and cried quietly, as she had done so many times before. "They're buried overthere." She pointed to the church graveyard. "Lots of village children are. And adults." (A Tale of Three Villages) Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 11. Why was she wiping her hands on apron ? 12. How were the children affected from the radioactive dust ? 13. "They picked up handfuls of it" – What does 'it' here refer to ? A) the sand. B) the radioactive dust. C) the dust. 14. What happened on Saturday ? A) The three children of Vorobyov died. B) The explosion at Chernobyl. C) Natasha Revenko died. 15. Choose the correct statement from the following. A) The loudspeaker came the same day on which the explosion occurred and warned the people. B) The loudspeaker came after four days of the accident and it was no useful since by that time the unwanted damage had occurred. C) The loudspeaker van saved the lives of the people of Vorobyov with its timely warning. Section – B : Grammar

Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B (Grammar) in the same order at one place in your answer book.

16. Edit the following passage correcting the underlined parts (4 × ½ = 2 M) People are playing (a) chess for over 500 years. A (b) chess we play today came from Europe. One player uses the white pieces and the other uses the black pieces. There are few (c) rules but these are basics. Chess is not just for people. Computers have been playing chess for (d) 1970s. (a) ...... (b) ...... (c) ...... (d) ...... 17. Combine the following sentences using 'which' 1 M The express has just arrived. It started from Delhi yesterday. Ans...... 18. Combine the following sentences using 'present participle'. 1 M It was a holiday. We woke up late. Ans...... 19. Change the following sentence into passive voice. 1 M He has visited different countries all over the world. Ans...... 20. Change the following exchange into reported speech. 2 M Victoria : What have you got your coat off for, father ? Henry : Mother and I are going to bring grandfather's bureau down here. Ans...... 21. Combine the following sentences using 'such ...... that'. 1 M Grandfather's bureau was a beautiful one. Mrs. Slater always wanted to have it for herself. Ans......

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 8 65 22. Combine the following sentences using 'though'. 1 M Jainulabdeen had not much formal education. He possessed great innate wisdom. Ans...... 23. Combine the following sentences using 'either ...... or'. 1 M Give me freedom. Give me death. Ans...... 24. Combine the following sentence using 'so ...... that'. 1 M The newspaper article about the disabled man was very inspirational. Nick decided to use his life to encourage other disabled people. Ans...... 25. Combine the following sentences using 'if'. 1 M I am not a bird. I cannot fly. Ans...... 26. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions given in brackets. (2 × ½ = 1 M) a) The train was late by one hour ...... (according to / in addition to / on account of) floods. b) I am not acquainted ...... (at / with / from) anybody in this city. 27. Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of verbs given in brackets. (4 × ½ = 2 M) a) I ...... already (see) the film, Gandhi. b) Raju ...... (meet) his friend last month. c) His feet ...... (develop) cracks and somehow ...... (resemble) those of an elephant. 28. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles. (Mark the omission of the article with 'X' mark.) (2 × ½ = 1 M) He sent ...... word to the fire office when the huts of old people caught ...... fire. 29. Rama Rao goes to office at 9.30 a.m. But it is already 10 a.m. He has not got ready for office today. You think Rama Rao is late for office today. Express the same idea using 'It's high time'. 1 M Ans...... 30. Your friend talks on cell phone while driving. You think it is wrong. Advise him not to do it. 1 M Ans...... 31. Change the following into a polite request. 1 M You to your friend : Explain this sum once again. Ans...... 32. What do the following sentences mean ? Choose the correct answer and write it in your answer book. (2 × ½ = 1 M) i) Would you mind my leaving the class early ? A) Making a request ( ) B) Giving a suggestion ( ) C) Asking for permission ( ) D) Giving permission ( )

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 8 66 ii) You should better consult a doctor. A) Expressing opinion ( ) B) Giving a suggestion ( ) C) Making an offer ( ) D) Making a request ( ) Section – C : Creative Expression

33. a) In the lesson 'Rendezvous with Ray' Roberge took nine years to meet Ray in person after joining St. Xavier's College. When they finally met, it was the beginning of a close friendship that lasted 22 years - until Ray's death in 1992. Write an imaginary conversation between Frontline reporter and Gaston Roberge using the above concept. (5 M) (OR) b) You have read the story 'The Brave Potter'. The drunken potter did not notice the difference between the donkey and a tiger. He kicked and beat the sleeping tiger. He then jumped on to the frightened animal's back, rode it home, and then tied it up with the iron chain. Next morning the villagers who passed the potter's house noticed this and praised the potter's courage. Now, describe the thoughts of the potter when he found the tiger tied to the tree in front of his house. 34. a) In the lesson ''What Is My Name ?", you have read about Mrs. Murthy. Throughout the lesson she had been restless to know her name. At last she found her when her friend, Pramila recognized her. Now, imagine yourself as Mrs. Murthy and write a diary entry outlining your feelings after you got your name. (5 M) (OR) b) Read the passage. "One thing we noted is that not only did the rain patterns change, became less, but also the rivers started drying up. We lost our local biological diversity. So that's a lot of damage to our environment." Prepare a script for the speech to be given by Wangari Maathai as she wants to convince the women to plant trees. Use the information given in the passage. 35. Read the following passage carefully focusing on the underlined parts. A young woman, before being a housewife. A woman, educated and cultured, and intelligent, and capable, quick - witted, (A) with a sense of humour and elegance. Falling for her beauty and intelligence, as also the dowry (B) which her father offered, a young man tied the three sacred knots around her neck, made her the housewife to a household and said to her, 'Look, ammadu, this is your home'. Then the housewife immediately pulled the end of her sari and tucked it in at the waist and swabbed the entire house and decorated the floor with muggulu designs. The young man promptly praised her work. 'You are dexterous at swabbing the floor – even more dexterous in drawing the muggulu (C). Sabash, keep it up'. He said it in English, giving her a pat on the shoulder in appreciation. Overjoyed, the housewife began living with swabbing as the chief mission in her life(D). She scrubbed the house spotlessly clean (E) at all times and beautifully decorated it with multi - coloured designs. That's how her life went on, with a sumptuous and ceaseless supply of swabbing cloths and muggu baskets. Now, frame 'WH' questions to get the underlined parts in the passage as answers. (5 M) –––––––––––

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 8 67 GUESS PAPER - 8 : Answers Section – A : Reading Comprehension Q. (1 - 5) 1. Sketches he drew here and there are the staff notation of fragments of music he wrote on the manuscripts make us feel that his manuscripts were an art by themselves. 2. Because the screenplay manuscript of Charulatha was missing. 3. (C) He did not want to take action against the culprit who had stolen his screenplay manu- scripts. 4. (B) All kinds of people – the rich and the poor, the powerful and the humble; the peasants and city persons, children, adults, teenagers, men and women, who live in Bengal, were shown as characters in his films. 5. (B) Satyajit Ray. Q. (6 - 8) 6. (C) We should not spend our time in useless arguments. 7. (B) because we have so many tasks to do. 8. (B) because people will be cheated in times of violence. Q. (9 - 10) 9. (A) Bouncing back after failures. 10. (A) The successful people bounce back after failures, and the people who always fail don't bounce back. Q. (11 - 15) 11. Because she had already been affected with radioactive dust. 12. A week later the children began to vomit. Their hair fell out. They couldn't eat. They grew so thin. Sores appeared all over their bodies. Two weeks after that they all died. 13. (B) the radioactive dust. 14. (B) The explosion at Chernobyl. 15. (B) The loudspeaker came after four days of the accident and it was no useful since by that time the unwanted damage had occurred. Section – B : Grammar 16. a) have been playing b) The c) a few d) since 17. The express, which started from Delhi yesterday, has just arrived. 18. It being a holiday we woke up late. 19. Different countries all over the world have been visited by him. 20. Victoria asked her father what he had got off his coat for. Henry answered that her mother and he were going to bring grandfather's bureau down there. 21. Grandfather's bureau was such a beautiful one that Mrs. Slater always wanted to have it for herself. 22. Though Jainulabdeen had not much formal education he possessed great innate wisdom. 23. Give me either freedom or death. 24. The newspaper article about the disabled man was so inspirational that Nick decided to use his life to encourage other disabled people. 25. If I were a bird, I could fly.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 8 68 26. a) on account of b) with 27. a) have already seen b) met c) had developed; resembled 28. a) X b) X 29. It's high time Rama Rao went to office. 30. You should not talk on cell phone while driving. 31. Could you please explain this sum once again ? 32. (i) (C) Asking for permission (ii) (B) Giving a suggestion. Section – C : Creative Expression 33. a) Reporter : You seemed to have worked for some time in a college in Kolkata. Roberge : Of course. I worked for St. Xavier's College in Kolkata. Reporter : Was it a very long time you worked there ? Roberge : Pretty long. Reporter : Did you meet Ray the moment you joined St. Xavier's ? Roberge : Once I saw the Apu Trilogy, I became an admirer of Ray and of India and Bengali culture. But straight away I never met Ray. Reporter : How much time did you take to meet Ray in person ? Roberge : I took nine years. Reporter : What came in your way to meet Ray immediately ? Roberge : I wished I could meet. But I didn't want to just go and see him like he was a living museum piece. Reporter : Could you please elaborate what you want to say ? Roberge : I loved to meet Ray immediately. But he was a versatile personality in Indian film makers. What I knew at that time was little. What meaningful interaction would be there if I met him at once ? Reporter : Then what did you do ? Roberge : I studied a lot about India, especially about Bengal, Bengali films, Bengali culture and finally about Ray. Reporter : Were you afraid of Ray ? Roberge : As any outsider does, in the beginning, yes, I was. But when I met him finally after nine years ...... it was a life long friendship till he breathed his last in 1992. Reporter : Thank you, sir. You have shared your valuable experiences with our readers. Thank you very much. Roberge : Welcome sir. (OR) b) (In first person narration) I am amazed on seeing the tiger tied to the free in front of my house. I don't know why the people are praising me. I don't understand what brave deed I have done. I don't understand what happened last night. I cannot guess how the tiger has come in front of my house. I don't know who has tied the tiger to the tree in front of my house. I have to think whether somebody has tied the tiger to the tree in front of my house. I am sure I have not tied the tiger to the tree. It is amazing how it has happened. I am confused I cannot understand what has happened really. I don't know what has happened to my donkey. I think whether the donkey has turned to a tiger last night by magic. I don't know what to do and what to say to the people who are praising me as a brave man.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 8 69 34. a) Wednesday 6th December, 20xx 10 pm Dear Diary, What a relief for me ! If I didn't meet my friend Pramila ...... Oh, it would be unthinkable. My parents, my husband, my children, my servant, my neighbours .... they all couldn't tell my name. Because of Pramila, I am feeling like a person. My friend Pramila gave me a new life indeed. Until she said, I couldn't remember my name. All the shelves of my mind were taken up with only one thing - how well I could scrub the floors. I remembered nothing else. Had I not met her, I would have gone mad. Now I am very happy. I am very confident. I feel that my identity has been restored - I won't allow my husband to call me 'Yemoi' from today onwards. I should not be confined to the four walls of my house. My name gives me personal identity and self - respect. I am very much thankful to my friend, Pramila. Sarada (OR) b) Dear friends ! Good evening all of you ! I'm very happy that you are all assembled here to discuss our plans to protect our villages by planting trees. I'm really proud of you. The issue is very serious. But for some people it's a silly thing to talk about all these things. I'm fully convinced that you really felt that this is very important and our lives are directly affected by whatever is happening now in the name of development. In the name of development, trees are cut down. What development is this ? Do you call this develop- ment ? What are the effects of this development ? In my childhood there used to be three seasons. The summer, the rainy season and winter. Now all that we have is a long summer all through the year ! No rainy season. Of course we get untimely rains which don't help us to grow crops. Certainly they do one thing. They spoil the crops in the harvesting season. We face problems to water our fields as the rivers have dried up. Many creatures have been wiped out from this place. Now we don't see earthworms. We don't see snails. And no sparrows at all ! We sat silently as all this was happening. Can we say that such danger does not make us victims ? There has been a lot of damage to the environment. Let us stop this. Let us plant trees. Let us save the forests and let us save ourselves. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. 35. A) What kind of woman was she before her marriage ? B) Why did the young man marry her ? C) How did the young man praise his wife ? D) How did she live her life ? E) How did she scrub the floor ? ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 8 70 GUESS PAPER S.S.C. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS A.P. 9 ENGLISH ✲ PAPER – I

Time : 2 hrs. 45 min.] [Max. Marks : 50

Instructions 1. This question paper has 35 questions in three sections (A, B and C). 2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you. 3. 15 minutes of thime is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 2.30 hours for writing the answers. 4. Answer all the questions of Section - B (Grammar) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 5. Start answering the questions as you read them.

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

(Questions 1 - 5) : Read the following passage carefully.

NHK Radio : How is peace connected to a good environment ? W. M. : Many wars that are fought in the world are fought over natural resources. Some wars are fought because the environment is so degraded that it is not able to support communities and so they fight over the little that is left. Others are fought because some people want to take a lot of the resources, to control them, and to keep many other people out. Now whether this happens at the national level or at the regional level, or even at the global level, sooner or later there is discontent; and when that discontent is strong enough, there is conflict. So, good management of the natural resources, equitable distribution of these resources, is important for peace. At the same time, good management of the natural resources is not possible if you do not have democratic space, respect for human beings, respect for human rights, giving other people dignity. (Environment)

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 1. What causes conflict sooner or later ? 2. What happens when greediness of people take control of natural resources ?

3. Many wars that were fought in the world were due to ...... ( ) A) lack of natural resources B) geographical expansion C) man's greediness

4. What is the consequence of environmental degradation ? ( ) A) Land value will increase B) Communities cannot survive C) Cost of living will increase

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 9 71 5. The expression, "...... if you don't have democratic space, respect for human beings, respect of human rights, giving other people dignity", means ( ) A) we should respect other people to maintain peace. B) good management of the natural resources won't do anything to peace. C) equitable distribution of resources won't lead to peace.

(Questions 6 - 8) : Read the following stanza carefully.

Let us unite, and fight against those who incite. Let us not be misled, by those who want to see us dead. We are a strong united nation, all we need is a bit of dedication. (A Plea for India)

Now, answer the following questions. (3 × 1 = 3 M) 6. The poet pleads us to be united so that we can ...... ( ) A) fight against those who incite. B) fight against the corrupt officials. C) devote our time for pious thoughts.

7. Who mislead us according to the poet ? ( ) A) Those who want political power. B) Those who want to make money. C) Those who want to see us dead.

8. What can we achieve if we have a bit of dedication ? ( ) A) Improvement in science and technology. B) We can build a strong and united nation. C) Cultural and agricultural growth. (Questions 9 - 10) : Read the following passage carefully.

Let me share someone’s life history with you. This was a man who failed in business at the age of 21; was defeated in a legislative race at age 22; failed again in business at age 24; overcame the death of his sweetheart at age 26; had a nervous breakdown at age 27; lost a congressional race at age 34; lost a senatorial race at age 45; failed in an effort to become vice-president at age 47; lost a senatorial race at age 49; and was elected as president of the United States at age 52. This man was Abraham Lincoln. Would you call him as a failure ? He could have quit. But to Lincoln, defeat was a detour and not a dead end. (Every success story is also a story of Great failures)

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 9 72 Now, answer the following questions. (2 × 1 = 2 M) 9. Lincoln failed twice in ( ) A) Legislative race B) Congressional race C) Senatorial race

10. Which of the following is true ? ( ) A) He became the President at the age of 49. B) He had a nervous breakdown at the age of 26. C) He was defeated in legislative race at the age of 22.

(Questions 11 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully.

We were ten friends altogether – I meet all of them some time or other. We write letters to each other. Only you have gone out of our reach ! Tell me why are you living incognito ?' her friend confronted her.

'Yes, Pramila – what you say is true. Of course I'm Sarada – until you said it I could not remember it – all the shelves of my mind were taken up with only one thing – how well I can scrub the floors. I remembered nothing else. Had I not met you, I would have gone mad', said the housewife named Sarada.

Sarada returned home, climbed the attic and fished out her certificates, the pictures she had drawn – old albums, everything she succeeded in getting out. She also searched further and managed to find the prizes she had received in school and college.

(What is my Name ?)

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 11. What does the last three lines tell about Sarada ? 12. Where could she find her certificates ? 13. They were writing letters to each other, except Sarada. Why ? ( ) A) Sarada was not much educated B) Sarada had no money to purchase post cards C) She dedicated her life to household chores

14. "Had I not met you, I would have gone mad. "What is the mood of the housewife ? () A) Ego and jealousy B) Anxiety and moody C) Excited and happy

15. What were the fields she succeeded in her education ? ( ) A) Scrubbing, cleaning, decorating etc. B) Education, art, music etc. C) Singing, dancing, skipping.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 9 73 Section – B : Grammar

Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B (Grammar) in the same order at one place in your answer book.

16. Edit the following passage correcting the underlined parts. (4 × ½ = 2 M) Some people are against prohibition. Accordingly (a) to them, it will never be success (b). They point out certain difficult (c) on its way. Through prohibition, the government lost (d) a very good source of income. Besides it leads to illicit distillation. (a) ...... (b) ...... (c) ...... (d) ......

17. Combine the following sentences using 'who'. 1 M Nick now lives in Los Angeles. He won the bravery award.

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18. Combine the following sentences using a 'perfect participle'. 1 M Mr. Abel decided to marry Mrs. John Shorrocks. He left the house.

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19. Change the following sentence into passive voice. 1 M Samsuddin helped me earn my first wages.

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20. Change the following exchange into reported speech. 2 M Prasad said, "I am not feeling well". Padma said, "You should consult a doctor."

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21. Combine the sentences using 'because'. 1 M Nayudu started to Chennai. He got an appointment there.

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22. Combine the sentences using 'besides'. 1 M Ramya was a very good doctor. She was a famous novelist.

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23. Combine the following sentences using 'neither .... nor'. 1 M I did not go to school. Sravya also did not go to school.

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AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 9 74 24. Combine the following sentence using 'so .... that'. 1 M The news is too good to be true.

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25. Combine the following sentences using 'if' clause. 1 M I am not a bird. I can't fly in the sky.

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26. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions given in the brackets. (2 × ½ = 1 M) a) Sriram continued his batting carefully ...... (by means of / in addition to / for the sake of) his team though he was hungry. b) I myself will see you ...... (for / of / off) at Dirang.

27. Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of verbs given in the brackets. (4 × ½ = 2 M) a) Indian film industry ...... (witness) many changes over the years. b) I ...... (not be) to Australia yet. c) After I ...... (finish) my homework, I ...... (go) to bed.

28. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles. (Mark the omission of the article with 'X' mark) (2 × ½ = 1 M) We watched ...... interesting movie yesterday. Actually, it was ...... best movie I have watched in a long time.

29. Your mid exams are approaching near. You feel that you should work hard for your exams. Express the idea using 'It's time ...... ' 1 M

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30. Your friend is seriously ill. Advise him to take rest. 1 M

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31. Change the following into polite request. 1 M Show me the way to hospital.

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32. What do the following sentences mean ? (2 × ½ = 1 M) Choose the correct answer and write it in your answer book. i) Shall we go for a movie tonight ? A) suggestion ( ) C) requesting ( ) B) offering ( ) D) seeking permission ( ) ii) It may rain in a few minutes. A) making a request ( ) C) expressing purpose ( ) B) expressing possibility ( ) D) giving advice ( )

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 9 75 Section – C : Creative Expression

33. a) You have read the lesson, 'My Childhood'. In that lesson, you have read that when Kalam wanted to go Ramanathapuram for higher studies, Kalam's mother was hesitant. Kalam's father tried to console and comfort her.

Write a possible conversation between Kalam's mother and father in his context. (5 M) (OR) b) You have read the play 'The Dear Departed'. You know how the two daughters behaved for the things of their father. Imagine you are their father in the story. Write a description describing the agony of the father over the behaviour of the two daughters. 34. a) In the lesson "What is My Name ?", Sarada finally finds her certificates and her painting album. Her disturbed mind finally finds peace and she is happy. That night she is elated and writes a diary entry noting her emotions. Now imagine you are Sarada and writer a diary entry. (5 M) (OR) b) In the lesson 'Environment' you have read the views of Wangari Maathai about environment. She shared many things in her interview on how the environment has been degraded for the last three decades. She suggested some ways to protect natural resources. She stressed the importance of planting trees and equal distribution of natural resources. Imagine that your school is going to observe the World Environment Day. Now, write a script for a speech to deliver on the occasion. 35. Read the following passage carefully focusing on the underlined parts. The West (A) has to learn a lot from India, and it has now been realised when people in the United States and Europe are turning to the Indian way of life. Indian yogis and maharishis, musicians and spiritual leaders (B) have all attracted them in a big way. A significant move to project India's cultural unity has been the holding of Festivals of India in various parts of the world (C). The West is fast inclining towards our spiritual values which include meditation and contemplation, charity and love, universal brotherhood and fear of God, piety and unselfishness, control of passions and peace of mind (D). Our cultural unity is further exemplified by the temples of the South and of Khajuraho, the caves of Ajanta and Ellora (E), which are shining examples of India's proficiency in sculpture and architecture. Our music has come to enjoy worldwide popularity. Now, frame 'WH' questions to get the underlined parts in the passage as answers. (5 M)

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AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 9 76 GUESS PAPER - 9 : Answers Section – A : Reading Comprehension Q. (1 - 5) 1. Discontent 2. It results in war. 3. (A) lack of natural resources 4. (B) Communities cannot survive 5. (A) we should respect other people to maintain peace.

Q. (6 - 8) 6. (A) fight against those who incite. 7. (C) Those who want to see us dead. 8. (B) We can build a strong and united nation.

Q. (9 - 10) 9. (C) Senatorial race 10. (C) He was defeated in legislative race at the age of 22.

Q. (11 - 15) 11. Sarada is well educated, active in co-curricular activities. 12. In the attic. 13. (C) She dedicated her life to household chores. 14. (C) Excited and happy. 15. (B) Education, art, music etc. Section – B : Grammar

16. a) according b) successful c) difficulties d) loses / will lose/ lose 17. Nick, who lives in Los Angeles, won the bravery award. 18. Deciding to marry Mrs. Shorrocks, Mr. Abel left the home. 19. I was helped by Samsuddin earn my first wages. 20. Prasad said that he was not feeling well and Padma advised him that he should consult a doctor. 21. Nayudu started to Chennai because he got an appointment there. 22. Besides being a very good doctor, Ramya was a famous novelist. 23. Neither I nor Sravya went to school. 24. The news is so good that it can't be true. 25. If I were a bird, I could fly in the sky. 26. a) for the sake of b) off 27. a) has witnessed b) have not been c) had finished, went

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 9 77 28. an, the 29. It's time I worked hard for my exams. 30. You should take rest / You ought to take rest. 31. Excuse me, could / would you show me the way to hospital ? (Or) Please show me the way to hospital. 32. (i) A (suggestion) (ii) C (expressing possibility)

Section - C : Creative Expression

33. a) Mother : Kalam wants to go to Ramanathapuram. Father : I know. He has already told me. Mother : I am not prepared to be left without him. Father : You should understand his needs. Mother : What happens if he doesn't go for higher studies ? Father : It is his desire. We should understand him. Mother : Anyhow, I don't like to send him Ramanathapuram. What would you like to say ? Father : I cannot ask him to stay with us. I know Kalam can become a great man. Mother : Don't you understand the mother's heart ? Father : I can understand. But you should understand that your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. Mother : Can't we make Kalam educate from our village ? Father : It's not possible. You should understand that you can give him your love but not your thoughts. He has his own thoughts. Mother : Ok ! I need some more time to be comforted. Father : Ok ! Take your own time. Mother : May God give him bright future ! Father : I hope the same.

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b) I feel very sorry for the first time in my life for not marrying another woman after my wife died. I am ashamed the behaviour of my two daughters. I know I am not a dear person to them. Only my properties are dear to them. My daughter, Amelia did not try to call a doctor to check my health when she found me laying on the bed. I could not expect and guess their attitude. I could not understand their love for my things. They forgot their responsibilities in taking care of me. How I can stay with them after I know they have no love and affection for me ? I think my decision is correct. I should marry Mrs. John Shorrocks. Let my daughters learn a lesson. May God give me strength to go ahead in this matter.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 9 78 34. a) Dt. xx.xx.xxxx.

10.30 pm.

Dear Diary, Today is the day I rediscovered myself. Oh ! How I had been longing to find my name for the last one week. I was feeling out of place, irritated and lost. It's all my fault. I had actually indulged so much in swabbing and cleaning, that I myself forgot my identity. It is the biggest mistake I have done till now. I will never repeat it. I will ask hubby to permit me to do a job. If he doesn't I will paint and develop my skills. I will fight for my rights and be an independent woman henceforth. Tonight I will go to be peacefully. Thank you God for this day. Bye dear diary. – Sarada

(OR) b) SAVE NATURE – SAVE LIFE

Esteemed Chief Guest Sri Rajeshwar, the Municipal Commissioner of our town, honourable headmaster, respected teachers and my dear friends. Good morning, everybody. Wish you a happy World Environment Day. It gives me great pleasure to stand before you and deliver a speech on the glorious occasion of World Environment Day. You know, World Environment Day is observed every year on 5th June. This is to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and our mother planet. Today construction sites are given priority but not lush green fields. The world we are living in is deadly polluted. If it continues, what would happen to the earth ? It is the responsibility of every citizen to plant trees and protect the environment. Peace is connected to a good environment. There won't be any conflicts if natural resources are abundant. In olden days, the environment was very pristine, very beautiful and very green. Then who is responsible for this polluted world ? Of course, man ! He is cutting down trees for his personal use and also for commercial benefits. He is using vehicles indiscriminately, thus polluting the air. Man has to put an end to all his selfish acts. Let's plant trees and rehabilitate the environment for future generations. I would like to close my speech with a beautiful line 'plant a tree and plant hope'. I extend sincere thanks to all of you for your time and patience. 35. A) Which has to learn a lot from India ? B) Who have attracted the westerners a lot in a big way ? C) What is the significant move to project India's cultural unity ? D) What are the spiritual values mentioned ? E) Which are mentioned to exemplify our cultural unity ?

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AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 9 79 GUESS PAPER S.S.C. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS A.P. 10 ENGLISH ✲ PAPER – I

Time : 2 hrs. 45 min.] [Max. Marks : 50

Instructions 1. This question paper has 35 questions in three sections (A, B and C). 2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you. 3. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 2.30 hours for writing the answers. 4. Answer all the questions of Section - B (Grammar) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 5. Start answering the questions as you read them.

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

(Questions 1 - 5) : Read the following passage carefully.

'I was deeply depressed when I was eight years old,' he said. 'I went to my mum crying and told her I wanted to kill myself.' 'I felt cold and bitter. I hated God for doing this to me and was terrified of what would happen when my parents weren't there to look after me.' 'I could brush my own teeth with a wall mounted brush and wash my own hair with pump action soap, but there was so much that was impossible for me.' At age ten Nick tried to drown himself in the bath but luckily the attempt was unsuccessful. 'I felt there was no purpose when you lack purpose and strength. It is hard to hold on,' he said. But with the help of his religion, friends and family, Nick managed to pull through to become an international symbol of triumph over adversity.

'When I was 13, I read a news-paper article about a disabled man who had managed to achieve great things and helped others,' said Nick. 'I realised why god had made us like this - to give hope to others. It was so inspirational to me that I decided to use my life to encourage other people and give them the courage that the article had given me.' 'I decided to be thankful for what I do have, not get angry about what I don't. (Attitude is Altitude)

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 1. What change have you found in the attitude of Nick after he read the newspaper article ? 2. How was Nick able to became an international symbol of triumph over adversity ?

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 10 80 3. What was it that inspired Nick ? ( ) A) His religion B) His family C) The newspaper article about the disabled man

4. Which of the following statements is a reference to Nick's contentment ? ( ) A) I realised why God made us like this – to give hope to others. B) I felt there was no purpose when you lack purpose and strength. C) I decided to be thankful for what I do have, not get angry about what I don't.

5. Which of the following statements given us the reason for Nick's decision of killing himself ? () A) At age ten Nick tried to kill himself in the bath but luckily the attempt was unsuccessful. B) I felt there was no purpose when you lack purpose and strength. C) I went to my mum crying and told her that I wanted to kill herself.

(Questions 6 - 8) : Read the following stanza carefully.

Then why these fights, which leave us in poor plight ? Irrespective of our region, forget the castes. which makes us lose our charm. Let's ignore the selfish call of each region, and listen for once to the call of the nation. (A Plea for India)

Choose the correct answers to the following questions. (3 × 1 = 3 M) 6. Which make us lose our charm ? ( ) A) call of the nation B) call of each region C) regionalism and communalism

7. What should we care for ? ( ) A) the call of the nation B) the call of each region C) castes and our region

8. Which leave us in poor plight ? ( ) A) Fights among ourselves B) Fights against our enemies C) Fights against those who incite (Questions 9 - 10) : Read the following passage carefully.

A burning desire is the starting point of all accomplishment. Just like a small fire cannot give much heat, a weak desire cannot produce great results. (Every Success Story is also a Story of Great Failures)

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 10 81 Now, answer the following questions. (2 × 1 = 2 M) 9. What is a great fire compared to ? ( ) A) a strong desire B) a weak desire C) a burning desire

10. What can produce great results ? ( ) A) a strong desire B) a weak desire C) a small fire

(Questions 11 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully.

Savitri captured the audiences with her charm and magnificent acting. She was able to convey a wide range of feelings through her expressive eyes. Her mischievous look-it captivates anyone; the look of fake anger provokes, the look filled with real anger pierces the heart. The look of passion while waiting for her lover; the pain filled look when her love fails; the confident look that seems ready to face any situation, all these myriad emotions are hidden in her eyes. The dimensions are endless and pages can be filled to describe the magic spell of her eyes.

Savitri's amazing talent was in full form in 'Missamma', a hit comedy that established Savitri's place firmly as a star. Mary in the film comes into an agreement with a Hindu youth, NT Rao (NTR) to pretend as a couple in order to get a job in a school. Mary was a Christian to the core, whereas Rao was a tolerant Hindu. What results in is a three hour pure comedy for the audience ! Savitri was adored for the matchless ease in expression. Meena Kumari, the heroine of Hindu films said, "when I watch Savitri's acting, I usually get doubts about my own acting". Her strikingly expressive eyes and her superb sense of timing made her one of the greatest actresses. Amitabh Bacchan felt, 'Savitri was one of the first actresses with unbelievable spontaneity'. (A Tribute)

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 11. Write some great traits of Savitri's acting that made her one of the greatest actresses ? 12. According to Meena Kumari, who was a better actress – "Savitri or Meena Kumari" ? 13. Which kind of her look captivates everyone ? ( ) A) the look of passion B) mischievous look C) the look of fake anger

14. What kind of her look pierces the heart of the audience ? ( ) A) the look filled with fake anger B) the look of passion C) the look filled with real anger

15. What was Savitri liked for by the audience ? ( ) A) for he mischievous looks B) for her unbelievable spontaneity C) for the matchless ease in expression

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 10 82 Section – B : Grammar

Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B (Grammar) in the same order at one place in your answer book.

16. Edit the following passage correcting the underlined parts. (4 × ½ = 2 M) Books and stories with a moral appealed for (a) Gandhi very much. The noble story of the play "Shravana Pitrubhakti Nataka" was read by him. It was a drama describe (b) Shravana, a (c) boy, who carried his blind parents on his shoulders to holy places. This story of obedience to blind parents leave(d) a strong impression on his mind. (a) ...... (b) ...... (c) ...... (d) ......

17. Combine the following sentences using 'who'. 1 M Sivasubramania Iyer was an orthodox Brahmin. He had a very conservative wife.

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18. Combine the following sentences using a 'perfect participle'. 1 M He was recognised by his boss. He got an appreciation letter.

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19. Change the following sentence into passive voice. 1 M We shall use our common sense.

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20. Change the following exchange into reported speech. 2 M Roberge : Are you planning to take any action ? Ray : No. I don't want to hurt the reputation of the person.

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21. Combine the sentences using 'since'. 1 M He wanted to stay at home for some more days. He wanted to apply for leave.

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22. Combine the following sentences using 'as'. 1 M I had to do a bit of catching up. I walked fast.

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23. Combine the following sentences using 'not only ...... but also'. 1 M Tagore was a poet. Tagore was a musician.

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24. Combine the following sentence using 'so .... that'. 1 M The environment is very degraded. It is not able to support communities.

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AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 10 83 25. Rewrite the following sentence using 'if'. 1 M Walk fast or you cannot catch the bus.

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26. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions given in the brackets. (2 × ½ = 1 M) a) ...... (Due to / In addition to / Instead of) the written exam, the candidates should qualify in viva voice for getting a job. b) I agree ...... (to / with / for) your proposal.

27. Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of verbs given in the brackets. (4 × ½ = 2 M) a) The play began and it was interesting. The audience enjoyed the play very much. The hero ...... (kick) the comedian since the comedian ...... (do) mischievous things. b) I ...... (know) Geetha for nearly four years. It was a high school that I first ...... (see) her.

28. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles. (Mark the omission of the article with 'X' mark) (2 × ½ = 1 M) Sita went to ...... school as usual. But her mother went to ...... school to meet the principal.

29. The road in your locality is full of potholes and completely damaged. The people of your locality complained against it to the municipal commissioner. But the municipality has not done anything so far. People met with so many accidents.

You feel that it is already late for the municipality to construct the new road. How would you express the same idea using 'It's high time'. 1 M

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30. Your think the climate is behaving in a peculiar way because of indiscriminate cutting down of forests. How do you suggest your friends 'to plant trees' ? 1 M

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31. Your friend wants you to accompany him to market. But you want a little more time to finish your work at hand. How would you ask him 'to wait for a moment' in a polite way ? 1 M

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32. What do the following sentences mean ? (2 × ½ = 1 M) Choose the correct answer and write it in your answer book. i) Would you like to have some tea ? A) making a request ( ) C) making an offer ( ) B) making a suggestion ( ) D) giving permission ( ) ii) Hist ! Somebody is coming. A) attracting attention ( ) C) surprise ( ) B) confirmation ( ) D) hesitation ( )

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 10 84 Section – C : Creative Expression

33. a) Though Sivasubramania Iyer was an orthodox Brahmin he was a radical in nature. But his wife was a conservative. Once he invited Abdul Kalam to his home for a meal. His wife was horrified at the idea of a Muslim boy being invited to dine in her ritually pure kitchen. Since she refused to serve Kalam, Sivasubramania Iyer himself served him with his own hands. But when Abdul Kalam visited his teacher's house next week. Iyer's wife took him inside her kitchen and served food with her own hands.

Then what would have been the conversation between Sivasubramania Iyer and his wife that reformed her from a conservative to radical. (5 M) (OR) b) Wangari Maathai was able to bring a great change in the lives of African women through her Green Belt Movement. She was able to change ordinary illiterate women into self reliant. She was able to give them the sense of pride, the sense of dignity. She was able to make them empowered. Imagine yourself to be one of the women who have been empowered by Wangari Maathai. Because of her efforts a great change had occurred in your life. You feel thankful to Wangari Maathai. Describe your feelings and thoughts about this. 34. a) Once you happened to visit Vorobyov village along with your teachers and classmates. There you have witnessed the pathetic state of the village. All the people have been evacuated. All the fields have become barren. No life is there in the village. Even you can't see any bird or animal in the village. The total village appeared like the mound of death. You are Vijay. You felt sad about the state of affairs in that village. Record all your feelings and thoughts in a diary entry. (5 M) (OR) b) Narayana Murthy was unable to join IIT because of poverty. But in his later life somehow he was able to complete his education in IIT and was able to establish the first IIT company in India. After reading his story you learnt that "poverty is not a hindrance for education". Now prepare a script for speech on 'Poverty is not a hindrance for education'. 35. Read the following passage carefully focusing on the underlined parts. Savitri was awarded the title Mahanati (A) (the supreme artiste). She also received the Presidential award for her performance (B) in 'Chivaraku Migiledi' (C), the magnum opus of Savitri. She was the recipient of 'Kalaimamani' and 'Nadigayar Tilakam' (D) from Tamil film industry. Savitri had nearly 300 films to her credit. Her career was nearly 30 year long. She was equally admired by Telugu and Tamil film lovers. She also acted in a few Kannada and Hindi films. She had a lion's share of films when she was at the zenith of her career. Her passion for films was so strong that she directed and produced a few films, in spite of certain adversities (E). Now, frame 'WH' questions to get the underlined parts in the passage as answers. (5 M) –––––––

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 10 85 GUESS PAPER - 10 : Answers Section – A : Reading Comprehension

Q. (1 - 5) : 1. A pessimist changed into an optimist. A boy of negative attitude changed into a man of positive attitude. A boy who used to be always in depression changed into a motivational speaker. 2. The newspaper article about the disabled man inspired Nick greatly. He realised that he could also overcome his diability with strong determination, courage and hard work. With the help of his religion, family and friends he has able to become an international symbol of triumph over adversity. 3. (C) The newspaper article about the disabled man. 4. (C) I decided to be thankful for what I do have, not get angry about what I don't. 5. (C) I went to my mum crying and told her that I wanted to kill myself. Q. (6 - 8) : 6. (C) regionalism and communalism. 7. (A) the call of the nation 8. (A) Fights among ourselves Q. (9 - 10) : 9. (A) a strong desire 10. (A) a strong desire Q. (11 - 15) : 11. Savitri's charm and magnificent acting, her ability to convey a wide range of feelings, her matchless ease in expression; her expressive eyes and superb sense of timing made her one of the greatest actresses. 12. Savitri 13. (B) mischievous look 14. (C) the look filled with real anger 15. (C) for the matchless ease in expression Section – B : Grammar

16. a) to b) describing c) the d) left 17. Sivasubramania lyer, who was an orthodox Brahmin, had a very conservative wife. 18. Recognised by his boss he got an appreciation letter. 19. Our common sense shall (will) be used by us. 20. Roberge asked Ray if he was planning to take any action. Ray denied to take any action and said that he did not want to hurt the reputation of the person. 21. Since, he wanted to stay at home for some more days he wanted to apply for leave. 22. As I had to do a bit of catching up I walked fast. 23. Tagore was not only a poet but also a musician.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 10 86 24. The environment is so degraded that it is not able to support communities. 25. If you walk fast, you can catch the bus. 26. a) In addition to b) to 27. a) kicked; had done b) have known; saw 28. X, the 29. It's high time the municipality constructed a new road. 30. We should plant trees. 31. Could you please wait for a moment ? 32. (i) C (making an offer) (ii) A (attracting attention)

Section - C : Creative Expression

33.a) lyer's wife : My lord ! What you have done today doesn't appeal to me. lyer : What have I done ? lyer's wife : You have fed a Muslim boy in our ritually pure kitchen. lyer : My dear, what is there in it ? Are Muslims and other than Brahmins not human beings ? lyer's wife : They are human beings but they are not Brahmins. What will the people of our caste say ? They ostracize us from our community. lyer : Who are they ? Who will ostracize me ? Ask them to talk to me before they banish me. lyer's wife : I can't agree with you but we have to be answerable to our community. lyer : No. We are answerable to God, who has created all the human beings in the same way. lyer's wife : In the same way ? No. He has created different castes. lyer : God has not created castes. Man has created castes. lyer's wife : I am not as wise as you. I cannot speak to you. lyer : Look here my dear. This caste system and discriminating the people on the name of caste or their birth are totally baseless. lyer's wife : Then why are they practiced ? lyer : Man's nature of dominating or subjugating the weaker sections caused these unscrupulous practices. lyer's wife : I can't understand your philosophy. What should I do now ? lyer : You have already told that I am wise. Then why don't you accept my philosophy ? lyer's wife : Yes. As a Hindu it is my duty to follow my scholarly husband. I follow you. I don't care for this society. Tell me what I should do now. lyer : Intelligent and courageous decision. I invited Kalam for dinner the next weekend. lyer's wife : The next time I'll serve him food in our kitchen. I serve him with love and affection. lyer : Thank you my dear. Thank you for understanding.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 10 87 (OR) b) "I am very happy these days. I am now able to earn my livelihood. I can now earn money on my own. We are now able to plant trees. Since ours is a tropical region the trees grow very fast. We are now able to cut them, sell them and earn money. Now we've grown in confidence that we are earning for ourselves. We need not beg anyone for anything. It has given us the sense of pride, the sense of dignity. We are now empowered. There is a lot of change in our lives. In ten years the total lives of ours have been changed. We are all indebted to Wangari Maathai madam. She is responsible for the transformation in our lives. She has transformed the ordinary illiterate women into self - reliant, independent and confident women. 10 years ago we were very poor. Indigenous forests were cut down. Environment was degraded. We did not have food, water, clean drinking water, wood for building our houses and fodder for animals. Life was very difficult for us in those days. We were unable to feed our children at least once a day. Everywhere there used to be dust and heat. There were no rains, no trees and no kind of life except the ill - fated human beings. But now the whole scenario has changed. All the life has come back to our area now. Now everywhere there is greenery. Birds and animals have all come back. We are now self - reliant. We are now able to support our families. Our children are now going to schools and colleges. For all this we are very much grateful to our madam Wangari Maathai. Thanks ma'm. You have brought life to our area.

34.a) 6 September 20xx, Wednesday, 9.00 p.m. Dear Diary, I am sad. Today is the most grievous day in my life. I've seen the hell on the earth. I have visited a village named Vorobyov, which has been affected by the explosion of nuclear reactor, Chernobyl. In its present stage, it is not called a village, but a mound of death, land of tombs. There is no any kind of life in the village - no trees, no crops, no birds, animals and human beings. Lands have become barren - unproductive because of nuclear dust. Birds and animals have died out because they have suffered from Acute Radiation Syndrome. They lost their fertility and gave defective births. Human beings have also suffered from Acute Radiation Syndrome. Human beings suffered from thyroid cancers, heart and other organ related diseses, birth defects in children and other ailments. Many of the people suffered from skin cancers and leukaemia and eye cataracts. The administration wing of the village and government of the province took the clearing up activities very late. Because of the ignorance of the repercus- sions children played with the nuclear dust and exposed themselves to the radiation and met with pathetic deaths. They suffered from irritation, vomitings, hairfall and in the end died of thyroid cancers. I am very sorry for the villagers. I could not stay there for a long time after listening to the stories of ill - fated people. They suffered not because of natural calamity but because of the catastrophy caused by the human beings.

AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 10 88 (OR) b) Honourable Principal sir, respected teachers, dear brothers and sisters ! Good evening to you all. I feel it a privilege for me to speak before our scholarly sirs. Today I am going to speak about "Poverty is not a hindrance for education". Yes. It's true. Poverty is not a hindrance to education. Many people proved this as true. So many great people who experienced great penury in their early lives were able to become great scholars, academicians, administrators, attorneys and scientists. So many great people who were grown up in poverty used to have a great passion for education. They were determined themselves to get educated. By doing part time jobs, working as farm labourers, teaching in hometutions and even by begging so many people completed their education. Doing petty jobs in the houses of rich people, sitting under street lights so many people were able to complete their education. From all these we can understand that poverty is not a hindrance to education. Where there is a will, there is a way. If your ambitions are strong, if you are determined strongly to achieve something, you search for the ways to accomplish it. In the same way if you are strongly determined to be educated, no poverty and no other setback will not impede you from getting educated. These days government is providing free education for all levels. The government schemes are providing free education with lodging and boarding facilities for backward class people. Scholarships and reimbursement schemes help the poor complete even the professional courses with least expenses. Now-a-days Banks are also providing loans for students with least securities. Thus, we can say poverty is not a hindrance for education. If you are strongly willed, you can study as much as you want irrespective of your family's financial status. Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity.

35. A) Which title was awarded to Savitri ?

B) Why did she get the Presidential award ?

C) What was the magnum opus of Savitri ?

D) How did the Tamil film industry honour Savitri ?

E) How can you say that her passion for films was very strong ?

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AP X English - I ✦ Guess Paper - 10 89 GUESS PAPER S.S.C. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS A.P. 1 ENGLISH ✲ PAPER – II

Time : 2 hrs. 45 min.] [Max. Marks : 50

Instructions 1. This question paper has 28 questions in three sections (A, B and C). 2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you. 3. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 2.30 hours for writing the answers. 4. Answer all the questions of Section - B (Vocabulary) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 5. Start answering the questions as you read them.

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

(Questions 1 - 5) : Read the following tree diagram.

Structure of Eco-System

Ecosystem

Non-living / Abiotic Living / Biotic components components

Physical Chemical Producers Consumers Decomposers components components

Herbivores Carnivores Omnivores Detrivores

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M)

1. Into how many main categories is the ecosystem classified ?

2. What are the three subcategories of the living / biotic components ?

3. Omnivores are ...... ( ) A) Producers B) Consumers C) Decomposers

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 1 1 4. Herbivores are () A) Non-living / Abiotic components B) Physical components C) Living / Biotic components 5. Choose the true statement among the following. ( ) A) Decomposers are non-living / abiotic components. B) Chemical components are living / biotic components. C) Detrivores are part of consumers.

(Questions 6 - 10) : Read the following passage carefully.

Research has shown that playing badminton, tennis, cricket or baseball is said to improve mathematical skills in children. It helps develop leadership qualities too and fosters a sense of team spirit. Sports inculcate a sense of competition and help you deal with success and failure with a positive spirit. Playing helps in the development of social skills. It teaches you to interact with people, communicate with them and collaborate as a team. It fosters collective thinking and harnesses your planning and delegation skill too. Rayomand Banarjee, India's eight-time national racing champion, stated that "Sports help channelise one's energy into something constructive. They help develop one's personality, thanks to the numerous 'similar to life' situations that one experiences. This gives a major confidence boost to your personality, well". Sports require discipline, assertiveness, the ability to work as a team and willingness to compete.

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M)

6. How does playing games help us ? 7. What does playing games inculcate ?

8. What do sports teach us ? ( ) A) life situations B) mathematical skills C) communication skills and collaboration with the team 9. If you want to become a sportsman, what qualities do you require ? ( ) A) good personality B) mathematical skills C) discipline, assertiveness, the ability to work as a team and willingness to compete 10. Choose the true statement among the following. ( ) A) If you want to become a sportsman, you need to learn leadership qualities and social skills B) Playing sports is not in any way connected with the mathematical skills of the person. C) Sports teach us to enjoy success and get depressed in times of failure.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 1 2 (Questions 11 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully. There are three stages in meditation. The first is what is called – (Dharana), concentrating the mind upon the object. I try to concentrate my mind upon this glass, excluding every other object from my mind expect this glass. But the mind is wavering ...... when it has become strong and does not waver so much, it is called (Dhyana), meditation. And then there is a still higher state when the differentiation between the glass and myself is lost – (Samadhi or absorption). The mind and the glass are identical. I do not see any difference, all the senses stop and all powers that have been working through other channels of other senses (are focussed in the mind). Then this glass is under the power of the mind entirely. This is to be realized. It is a tremendous play played by the Yogis.

Now, find the following sentences in a sequential and meaningful order. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 11. I do not see the difference between the mind and the glass. 12. All the senses stop and all the powers work through other channels are focussed in the mind. 13. When the mind becomes strong it does not waver so much. 14. Dharana is concentrating the mind upon an object. 15. Losing the differentiation between the glass and myself is the higher state and it is called Samadhi. Note : Copy the box in your answer booklet. Write the numbers to indicate sentences.

Ans :

Section – B : Vocabulary

Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B (Vocabulary) in the same order at one place in your answer book.

16. Read the paragraph and write the synonyms of the underlined words using the words given in the box. (4 × ½ = 2 M)

unnecessary, handsome, inherited, splendid, inattractive, simple

I was one of the children – a short boy with rather undistinguished (a) looks born to tall and handsome parents. We lived in our ancestral(b) house, which was built in the middle of the nineteenth century. It was a fairy large pucca house, made of limestone and brick, on the Mosque Street in Rameswaram. My austere (c) father used to avoid all inessential (d) comforts and luxuries.

(a) ...... (b) ......

(c) ...... (d) ......

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 1 3 17. Read the paragraph and match the words under 'A' with their antonyms under 'B'. Write your answers and their corresponding numbers in the answer book. (4 × ½ = 2 M) The last (a) time when the two friends met (b), Ray was in hospital on his deathbed. It was a Sunday and Roberge, true to habit, arrived (c) on the dot at 9 a.m. "He had grown so weak that he looked frail (d) as a child. AB a) last ( ) 1. strong b) met ( ) 2. departed c) arrived ( ) 3. first d) frail ( ) 4. parted 5. weak 6. reached 18. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words given in brackets. (4 × ½ = 2 M) I saw my father ...... (a) (gradual / gradually / gradualist) receding into the ...... (b) (distant / distantly / distance). I saw the road we had come by looked like a giant montionless rope. Father would use the same road to go back home. Simultaneously our journeys started in two opposite ...... (c) (directs / directions / directly), with me seated in the ...... (d) (luxury / luxurious / luxuriously) seat of a bus and father walking back with weary legs on the pebble-strewn road. 19. Complete the following spellings with ae, ea, ou, uo and ia. (2 × ½ = 1 M) She is w _ _ ring (a) an outfit of new m_ _ rning (b). 20. Complete the words with correct suffixes given in brackets. (2 × ½ = 1 M) a) He later achieved a degree in Financ ______(ial / eal) Planning and Real Estate. b) It was very hard but it gave me independ ______(ence / ance). 21. Find out the wrongly spelt word and write the correct spelling. (2 × 1 =2 M) (a) uniqe acquainted accusation detractor Ans...... (b) material confidence musium piece Ans...... 22. Read the following dictionary entry of the word 'orthodox' given below. Ortho-dox /'O :θEdAks ; NAmE 'O:rθEdA:ks/adj. 1 (especially of beliefs or behaviour) generally accepted or approved of; following generally accepted beliefs SYN traditional orthodox medicine OPP unorthodox COMPARE HETERODOX 2 following closely the traditional beliefs and practices of a religion: an orthodox Jew 3 Orthodox belonging to or connected with the Orthodox Church.SYN Now, answer the following questions using the above information. (2 × 1 = 2M) (a) What is the parts of speech of the word 'orthodox' ? Ans...... (b) What is the synonym of 'orthodox' ? Ans......

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 1 4 23. Arrange the following words under the correct heading. (8 × ¼ = 2M)

datum, medium, axis, basis, diagnosis, phenomenon, syllabus, thesis

Latin words Greek words 1...... 1...... 2...... 2...... 3...... 3...... 4...... 4......

24. Use the following expressions in sentences of your own. (4 × 1 = 4M) (A) Phrasal Verb : break out Ans...... (B) Idiomatic Expression : at a loss Ans...... (C) Binomial Expression : pick and choose Ans...... (D) Foreign Expression : detour Ans...... 25. Match the following one-word substitutes in Part-A with their meanings in Part-B. Write only the numbers and their corresponding letters in your answer book. (4 × ½ = 2M) Part - A Part - B 1. honorary ( ) (A) a scientist who studies the mind of a person 2. teetotaler ( ) (B) a person who spends too much 3. documentary ( ) (C) a film that gives facts about something 4. psychiatrist ( ) (D) a person who believes in solving human problems with the help of reason (E) a person who abstains from taking alcohol (F) a position for which no salary is paid

Section – C : Creative Expression

26. a) In our state learning is enriched by using Advanced Technology by providing visual and digital classrooms. Children are enabled to learn from state's best minds at the virtual classroom in their own schools. 6000 schools are brought on the virtual classroom network. Talented teachers are trained for studio based delivery of lessons. Students will receive an additional dimension of knowledge, interaction and assessment. Your school has been provided virtual and digital classroom. You are very much happy to be taught by state level experts in all subjects. You think it will help you to improve your standards and enrich your learning. You are Seetha. Write a letter to your friend Suneetha describing your experiences with virtual classrooms. (5 M)

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 1 5 (OR) b) Write a news report about the inception of the visual and digital classrooms in your school. Describe the events occurred at the inception, the students' reactions and describe the learning in visual and digital based classrooms. 27. a) Write the biographical sketch of Sri.K.Viswanath using the information given below. (5 M) Born : 19th February, 1930 Birth place : Peddapulivarru, near Repalle in A.P. Father : Subrahmanyam Mother : Saraswathamma Occupation : Sound engineer; Director; Writer and Actor Debut movie : Todi Kodallu (Telugu) Assistant Director; Aatma Gowravam (as a director) Spouse : Jaya Lakshmi Famous movies : Sankarabharanam; Swathimutyam; Sirivennela; Subha Sankalpam; Swathi Kiranam. Achievements : Swathimuthyam got official entry to the Oscars for 1986. His films Sankarabharanam and Sagara Sangamam were included among CNN – IBNs list of hundred greatest Indian films of all time. Honours and Awards : Best Director Nandi Awards, Raghupathi Venkayya Award, Padmashri, Dada Saheb Phalke Award. (OR) b) Write a story using the following hints. A crow – thirsty – no water around – flies around – searches for water – finds water in a pot – water at the bottom – cannot reach – thinks of a plan – looks around – finds small stones – drops small stones into the pot – water comes up – drinks – feels – happy – flies away. 28. Study the following bar graph. (5 M)

Result of a test

60%

50%

40% Grades : A, B, C, D, E 30% E grade represents failure

20% Percentage of students Percentage 10%

AB C DE

Now, write a paragraph describing the information depicted in the bar graph above.

–––––––––– AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 1 6 GUESS PAPER - 1 : Answers Section – A : Reading Comprehension Q. (1 - 5)

1. 2 categories : Non-living/Abiotic components and Living/Biotic components. 2. Producers, consumers and decomposers. 3. (B) Consumers. 4. (C) Living / Biotic components. 5. (C) Detrivores are part of consumers. Q. (6 - 10)

6. Playing games improves mathematical skills in children. It develops leadership qualities, fosters a sense of team spirit. Sports inculcate a sense of competition and help you deal with success and failure with a positive spirit. 7. Playing games inculcate a sense of competition. 8. (C) communication skills and collaboration with the team. 9. (C) discipline, assertiveness, the ability to work as a team and willingness to compete. 10. (A) If you want to become a sportsman, you need to learn leadership qualities and social skills. Q. (11 - 15)

14 13 11 15 12

Section – B : Vocabulary

16. a) inattractive b) inherited c) simple d) unnecessary 17. a) 3 b) 4 c) 2 d) 1 18. a) gradually b) distance c) directions d) luxurious 19. a) wearing b) mourning 20. a) Financial b) independence 21. a) unique b) museum 22. a) adjective b) traditional 23. Latin words Greek words 1. datum 1. axis 2. medium 2. basis 3. diagnosis 3. phenomenon 4. syllabus 4. thesis 24. A) Fire broke out during the night. B) I'm at a loss and don't know what to do next. C) There are a lot of varieties in new showroom. Customers can pick and choose. D) The villagers had to detour to reach the other side of the river when the river is in floods. 25. 1 – F, 2 – E, 3 – C, 4 – A

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 1 7 Section – C : Creative Expression 26. a) Tenali, 09.10.20xx. Dear Suneetha, It has been a long time since I heard from you. I am doing well here and I hope the same with you. How are your parents ? How is your little brother ? In this letter I would like to express my experiences of virtual classroom to you. As you know, in government schools learning is enriched using Advanced Technology by providing virtual and digital classrooms. We are enable to learn from state's best minds at the virtual classroom in our school. All over the state, 6000 schools are brought on the virtual classroom network. Talented teachers are trained for studio based delivery of lessons. Our school has also been provided a virtual classroom. Through these virtual classrooms we receive additional dimension of knowledge, interaction and assessment. We are very happy to be taught by state level experts. Concepts are very clear to me. Since we see and learn we don't forget the concepts, theories and experiments. I think a virtual and digital classroom has been provided to your school also. Write a letter to me describing your experiences with virtual classrooms. Convey my regards to your parents and my best wishes to your little brother. Yours lovingly, Seetha Address on the envelope : To B. Suneetha, D/o B. Subba Rao, D.No. : 1-11-1/A, Temple Street, Gandhi Nagar, Vijayawada. (OR) b) Tenali, 09-10-20xx. Children exulted learning from Digital and Virtual Classrooms Learning in government schools is enriched through Advanced Technology by providing virtual and digital classrooms. Children are enabled to learn from state's best minds at the virtual classroom in their own schools. 6000 schools all over the state are brought on the virtual classroom network. Talented teachers are trained for studio based delivery of lessons. Students will receive an additional dimension of knowledge, interaction and assessment. In the town many municipal schools have been provided visual and digital classrooms. Children are very much happy to be taught by state level experts in all subjects. They feel it will help them to improve their standards and enrich their learning. Faces of children shone bright when they came out of the digital classrooms. They said, "All doubts are clarified".

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 1 8 27. a) Biographical Sketch of Sri K. Viswanath

Kasinadhuni Viswanath is an outstanding Telugu film director and actor. He was born on 19th February, 1930. He was born at Peddapulivarru, near Repalle in Andhra Pradesh. His father was Subramanyam and his mother was Saraswathamma. His wife's name is Jaya Lakshmi. He started his career as sound engineer. Later he became a director, writer and an actor. His debut movie was Todikodallu in Telugu. He worked as an assistant director for that film. As a director his first film was Aatma Gowravam. His famous movies are Sankarabharanam, Sagara Sangamam, Swathimutyam, Sirivennela, Subha Sankalpam and Swathi Kiranam. His Swathimutyam was the first Telugu film to get an official entry for Oscar Award. His films Sankarabharanam and Sagara Sangamam were included among CNN-IBNs list of hundred greatest Indian films of all time. He got a number of Nandi awards for the Best Direction. He received Raghupathi Venkayya Award. He was honoured with Padmashri. He was honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest award in Indian cinema for 2017. (OR)

b) Title : A CLEVER CROW

Once upon a time there was a crow. It was clever. It lived on the branch of a tree in a forest. One day it was very thirsty as it was a hot summer. There was no water around. So it thought to go to the villages around in search of water. It reached a nearby village and began to search for water. It searched many places for water. At last it found some water in a pot near a hut. It felt happy on seeing the water in the pot. But it became very difficult for the crow to reach as the water was at the bottom of the pot. It tried very hard but it could not get the water. So it was disappointed. It looked around and found a heap of small stones. On seeing the heap of stones, there came a thought of bringing the water in the pot from the bottom to the top. It dropped the small stones one by one into the pot. The water came up. The crow drank the water and quenched its thirst. It felt happy and flew away. Moral : Where there is a will, there is a way. 28. The following bar graph depicts the result of a test. It tells about the percent of students who got different grades. There are five grades : A, B, C, D and E. Half of the students got 'B' grades. 'E' grade represents failures. No student failed in the test. 35% of the students got 'A' grade which is the highest one. Least number of students below 10% got 'D' grade. 10% of students have passed in 'C' grade.

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AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 1 9 GUESS PAPER S.S.C. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS A.P. 2 ENGLISH ✲ PAPER – II

Time : 2 hrs. 45 min.] [Max. Marks : 50

Instructions 1. This question paper has 28 questions in three sections (A, B and C). 2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you. 3. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 2.30 hours for writing the answers. 4. Answer all the questions of Section - B (Vocabulary) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 5. Start answering the questions as you read them.

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

(Questions 1 - 5) : Read the following table carefully. The marks obtained by seven students in six different subjects in an examination are given below. Name of the Botany Zoology Physics Chemistry Maths Computer Total Student Science Aruna 80 50 80 60 65 60 395

Kavya 80 82 85 40 70 55 412

Rama856570506780417

Kalyan 90 60 60 85 80 55 430

Raju 75 65 80 60 55 65 400

Ravi 80 88 93 80 100 95 536

Vamsi 100 85 85 84 93 90 537

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 1. What does the table show ? 2. Who got the same marks in Zoology ?

3...... is the lowest mark in Chemistry. ( ) A) 40 B) 85 C) 80

4...... got the highest mark in Maths. ( ) A) Aruna B) Kalyan C) Ravi

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 2 10 5. Which is the correct statement among the following sentences ? ( ) A) Kalyan is the first among all. B) Vamsi is the first among all. C) Ravi got the highest total in his class.

(Questions 6 - 10) : Read the following passage carefully : Kalpana Chawla was born in a small town in the state of Haryana. She had a great passion for space travel. Fired by the intense passion for space travel, she chose Aeronautical Engineering and ignored the advice of her college principal to opt for the more lucrative engineering branches, like mechanical or electrical engineering. She braved all the challenges ahead and achieved her dream of space travel as a mission specialist and prime robotic arm operator on the Space Shuttle Mission, STS – 87. This 'Mission' lasted for 15 days, 16 hours and 34 minutes. On the completion of her first Mission, Kalpana Chawla travelled 65 lakh miles in 252 orbits of the earth and logged 376 hours and 34 minutes. The success of Kalpana Chawla demonstrates that nothing can stop us from achieving success if the passion and the vision align and integrate with each other. Hence, while deciding on a vision, students must ensure that it is aligned with their passion and core competence.

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 6. What should the students learn from the success of Kalpana Chawla ? 7. What was her dream ?

8. Kalpana Chawla has chosen ...... ( ) A) Mechanical Engineering B) Aeronautical Engineering C) Civil Engineering 9. Kalpana Chawla was born in ...... ( ) A) Himachal Pradesh B) Haryana C) Andhra Pradesh 10. Identify the correct statement from the following. ( ) A) She followed the advice of her college principal. B) Her mission lasted for 15 years, 16 months and 34 days. C) She is a great inspiration to the students. (Questions 11 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully.

Once a footwear company sent two sales executives to an Island to carry out a market research for promoting its footwear. The first one immediately reported back : "No one is wearing footwear in the Island. There is no market for footwear here and I am returning by next flight". The second sales executive under the same situation felt very happy. That there was no one wearing shoes, he saw immense opportunity to make them use his footwear. He wrote back : "Nobody is wearing shoes on his Island. So send all the shoes, all models and all sizes. There is plenty of market here". In due course, he established a number of shoe production units for his company and went on to become its Vice-President. The first sales executive is still working as a marketing executive in the same company.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 2 11 Now, find the following sentences in a sequential and meaningful order. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 11. The second sales executive thought it was the right place to improve his business. 12. Both the sales executives went to an Island. 13. The first one still working as a marketing executive. 14. The second one developed his company business on a large scale. 15. The first one returned to his place after finding no market for his footwear there. Note : Copy the box in your answer booklet. Write the numbers to indicate sentences.

Ans :

Section – B : Vocabulary

Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B (Vocabulary) in the same order at one place in your answer book.

16. Read the paragraph and write the synonyms of the underlined words choosing from the words given in the box. (4 × ½ = 2 M)

famous, documents, noticed, friends, upset, search

One Sunday morning, Roberge found (a) Ray in a disturbed (b) mood. A few well-known (c) personalities of the city had visited him earlier to go through some of his manuscripts (d).

a) ...... c) ......

b) ...... d) ......

17. Read the paragraph and match the words under 'A' with their antonyms under 'B'.

(4 × ½ = 2 M) 'It was so hard (a) for them but right from the start (b) they did their best (c) to make me independent' (d). AB a) hard ( ) 1. end b) start ( ) 2. least c) best ( ) 3. dependent d) independent ( ) 4. worst 5. freedom 6. easy

18. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words given in brackets. (4 × ½ = 2 M) However, all ...... (a) (necessities / necessity / necessarily) were ...... (b) (provided / provision / provide) for, in terms of food, medicine or clothes. In fact, I would say mine was very ...... (c) (securely / secure / security) childhood, both ...... (d) (materialistic / materially / material) and emotionally.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 2 12 19. Complete the following spellings with 'ea', 'ou', 'ei' or 'au'. (2 × ½ = 1 M)

We will see if he has locked the (a) rec _ _ pt up in the (b) bure _ _ .

20. Complete the words with correct suffixes given in brackets. (2 × ½ = 1 M)

a) How do you think you can influ ...... (ance / ence) the rest of Africa ?

b) I think that a tree is a wonder ...... (full / ful) symbol for the environment.

21. Find out the wrongly spelt word and write the correct spelling. (2 × 1 = 2 M)

(a) adversity insurence dissuade aesthetics Ans......

(b) indigenious ancestral pristine complacent Ans......

22. Read the following dictionary entry of the word 'thirsty' given below. (2 × 1 = 2 M)

thirsty /'θF:sti ; NAmE 'θF:rsti/adj (thirst.ier, thirstiest) 1 needing or wanting to drink: We were hungry and thirsty. Digging is thirsty work (= makes you thirsty). 2 ~ for sth having a strong desire for sth SYN hungry; He is thirsty for power. 3. (of plants, fields, etc.) dry; in need of water thirstily/-Ili/adv. : Paul drank thirstily.

Now, answer the following questions using the above information.

(a) What are the other degree forms of 'thirsty' ?

Ans......

(b) What is the meaning of 'Digging is thirsty work' ?

Ans......

23. Arrange the following words under the correct heading. (8 × ¼ = 2 M)

haughty, stingy, exuberant, malicious, idealistic, mean, meticulous logical

Positive qualities Negative qualities

1...... 1......

2...... 2......

3...... 3......

4...... 4......

24. Use the following expressions in sentences of your own. (4 × 1 = 4 M) (A) Phrasal Verb : go through Ans...... (B) Idiomatic Expression : get rid of Ans......

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 2 13 (C) Binomial Expression : heart and soul Ans...... (D) Foreign Expression : bona fide Ans......

25. Match the following one-word substitutes in Part-A with their meanings in Part-B. Write only the numbers and their corresponding letters in your answer book. (4 × ½ = 2M) Part - A Part - B 1. Ambiguous ( ) (A) one who is present everywhere. 2. Inimitable ( ) (B) one who cannot be corrected. 3. Ominipresent ( ) (C) that which cannot be imitated. 4. Verbose ( ) (D) a sentence whose meaning is unclear. (E) a person who brings out new books. (F) using more words than needed.

Section – C : Creative Expression

26. a) There is an increase in the number of accidents in your locality due to bad road conditions. There are large pits in roads. The street lights are not functioning properly. Another problem is that of garbage lying on the road sides which attract flies and mosquitoes. During the monsoon season, the water gets clogged in the road pits. You have lodged complaints several times but in vain. So, you decided to focus the situation through an esteemed newspaper to the public as well as authorities concerned. Write a letter to the editor about the bad condition of roads and the uncleanliness in your locality. (5M)

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b) Imagine you are a journalist of a newspaper.

Write a news report about the condition of the roads, uncleanliness, etc., with the help of the information given above.

27. a) Write the biographical sketch of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on the basis of the notes given below. Name : A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Popularly known as : Missile man Famous as : 11th President of India Born on : 15.10.1931 Place of Birth : Rameswaram, Tamilnadu.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 2 14 Died on : 27.02.2015, in Shillong, Meghalaya Parents : Jainulabdeen (Father), Ashimma (Mother) Awards : Bharat Ratna (1997), Padma Vibhushan (1990), Padma Bhushan (1981) Achievements : Evolution of ISRO's launch vehicle programme, operationalisation of AGNI, PRITHVI missiles. Literacy pursuits : – Wings of Fire – India 2020 – A Vision for the New Millenium – My Journey – Ignited Minds.

(OR)

b) Write a story using the following hints.

A king and a monkey – good friends – king keeps the monkey in his own chamber – king goes to bed – monkey, pet of the king – appointed as an attendant – sees a housefly sits on the king's nose – drives it away – but again – the fly rests on the king's nose – monkey gets angry – takes a sword – strikes at the fly – moves away hunting – half of the king's nose – missing.

28. Study the following diagram. (5 M)

Environmental Pollution and Migratory Birds

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No. of Migratory Birds / Visiting Birds to Amount of Pollution & Noise Level Sanctuaries in Northern India during Diwali in Northern India

Now, write a paragraph describing the information depicted in the diagram given.

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AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 2 15 GUESS PAPER - 2 : Answers Section – A : Reading Comprehension Q. (1 - 5)

1. The marks obtained by seven students in six different subjects in an examination. 2. Rama and Raju 3. (A) 40 4. (C) Ravi. 5. (B) Vamsi is the first among all. Q. (6 - 10)

6. Nothing can stop us from achieving success if the passion and the vision align and integrate with each other. 7. Space travel. 8. (B) Aeronautical Engineering. 9. (B) Haryana. 10. (C) She is a great inspiration to the students. Q. (11 - 15)

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Section – B : Vocabulary 16. a) noticed b) upset c) famous d) documents 17. a) 6(easy) b) 1(end) c) 4(worst) d) 3(dependent) 18. a) necessities b) provided c) secure d) materially 19. a) receipt b) bureau 20. a) influence b) wonderful 21. a) insurance b) indigenous 22. a) Thirstier, thirstiest b) Digging makes you thirsty 23. Positive qualities Negative qualities 1. exuberant 1. haughty 2. idealistic 2. stingy 3. meticulous 3. malicious 4. logical 4. mean 24. A) Please go through the instructions. B) You should get rid of bad habits. C) My teacher is heart and soul of my life. D) You are a bonafide student of our school. 25. 1. D – (a sentence whose meaning is unclear.) 2. C – (that which cannot be imitated.) 3. A – (one who is present everywhere.) 4. F – (using more words than needed.)

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 2 16 Section – C : Creative Expression 26. a) 28, Sunrise cottage, Bank Colony, Guntur. Dt. xx-xx-xxxx. To The Editor, The Hindu, Guntur - 2. Sir, Sub : Pitiable condition of roads in Bank Colony. I have been residing in Bank Colony for four years. After continuous requests to the municipal authorities, tar roads were laid in our locality, which has around 3,000 families in it. Unfortunately, just within a year the roads developed pits and water started oozing out of underground drainages. The lids on manholes were removed to do the cleaning and the manholes were left open. Last week during heavy rains, a newly married couple fell in the open hole as the streets were filled with knee deep water. They sustained serious injuries. There was another case of a 7 year old boy drowning in the manhole. He was returning from school on a rainy day. The malfunctioning of the street lights have been the cause of many accidents taking place here every other day. Because of the pits in the roads the municipality vehicles are not picking the garbage bins. These bins are left uncleared for weeks. They have already become home to mosqui- toes, flies, street dogs and pigs. Many people are falling sick and have become frequent visitors to hospitals. Clearly speaking the locality has become an unfit place for residence. In spite of solemn and repeated requests to the municipal authorities they are paying no heed to our suffering. We are hopeful that your newspaper will help us solve our problems by publishing our woes in it. Hope atleast you would understand the intensity of our suffering and help us. We will be grateful to you for your humanitarian act. Yours sincerely, Bhupin Rao (Or) b) HORRIFIC CONDITION OF THE ROADS IN BANK COLONY (Manju) Dt. xx.xx.xxxx., Guntur : The people of Bank colony in Guntur are facing hell because of the condition of the roads in it. The roads just one year old have developed pits or potholes. Man holes are left uncovered after the clearing of drainages which are frequently blocked. A seven year old school going boy was drowned in it a few days ago. Heavy rains have covered the open man holes leading to casualities. A newly married couple were the recent victims. They have substained injuries and are in critical condition in a local hospital. Adding to the misery of the inhabitants is the improper functioning of the street lights. The dismal roads have made it difficult for even the municipal van to ply on them, resulting in accumulation of garbage. This has further led to breeding of mosquitoes and street dogs and pigs haunting there garbage bins. 15 cases of dengue and around 27 cases of malaria have been reported. Hospitals are swarming with patients with viral fevers. Yet the municipal authorites have turned a blind eye to the sufferings of people in the locality.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 2 17 27. a) APJ Abdul Kalam

(The Missile Man of India)

APJ Abdul Kalam, the Missile Man of India, was born on 15th October, 1931 in the island town of Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu. His full name was Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam. His father, Jainulabdeen, was a common, uneducated but wise and generous individual by nature. He was a close friend of the Rameshwaram Temple priest. His mother's name was Ashiamma. He studied at Rameshwaram Elementary School and St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli and Madras Institute of Technology, where he got his specialisation in Aero Engineering. He initially worked in DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) in 1958 and then joined ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) in 1963. Dr Kalamji made a significant contribution to Indian satellite and launch vehicles of ISRO and also in the missile programme of DRDO. Dr. Kalam was the 11th President of India serving from 2002 to 2007. In his literary pursuit, four of Dr. Kalam's books "Wings of Fire", "India 2020 - A Vision for the New Millenium", "My Journey" and "Ignited Minds - Unleashing the Power within India" have become very famous. Dr. Kalam won over a dozen awards. These include the Padma Bhushan (1981), the Padma Vibhushan (1990) and the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna (1997) and many international awards. He breathed his last on 27th July 2015. (Or)

b) A King and a Monkey

A king and a monkey are very good friends. The king is quite fond of the monkey and keeps it in his own chamber. He appoints the monkey as his attendant. One night the king goes to bed as usual. A housefly sits on the king's nose. The monkey drives it away. After some time the fly again rests on the king's nose. The monkey gets angry. It takes as word and strikes at the fly which is sitting on the king's nose. The fly flies away. The monkey chases the fly with a sword in its hand and tries to kill it, but in vain. Finally when the king wakes up he finds half of his nose missing. He is enraged but the damage is done. Moral : Friends are to be chosen cleverly. 28. 1. The graphs represent the number of migratory birds / visiting birds to sancturies in Northern India and amount of pollution and noise level. 2. The number of migratory birds which came to our country was 2500 in 1970 when the level of pollution and noise (during Diwali) was 1500. But in 1980 the number of such birds came down to 2000 when the amount of pollution and noise level increased to 2000 in the same year. 3. Strangely, when this level increased to 2500 in 1990, the number of migratory birds got drastically reduced to 1500. So this pollution is affecting the very existence of these birds. 4. More drastic steps should be taken to control this pollution so that more and more migratory birds visit northern India around their scheduled time, i.e., Diwali. These involve controlling the environmental pollution by challaning those who flout the rules. ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 2 18 GUESS PAPER S.S.C. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS A.P. 3 ENGLISH ✲ PAPER – II

Time : 2 hrs. 45 min.] [Max. Marks : 50

Instructions 1. This question paper has 28 questions in three sections (A, B and C). 2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you. 3. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 2.30 hours for writing the answers. 4. Answer all the questions of Section - B (Vocabulary) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 5. Start answering the questions as you read them.

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

(Questions 1 - 5) : Study the following table. Different sources of income of 5 employees named A, B, C, D and E.

Sources of Employees

Income A B C D E

Salary 4,000 2,000 7,000 3,000 4,000

Bonus 800 400 1,500 800 1,000

Over Time 1,800 700 2,000 1,700 2,000

Arrears 2,000 1,800 4,000 1,400 2,500

Others 400 100 500 100 500

Total 9,000 5,000 15,000 7,000 10,000

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 1. What does the data show ? 2. Whose total income is double that of 'B' ?

3. Which two employees earned equally on Over Time ? ( ) A) A & D B) C & E C) B & D

4. Who received the highest amount of Arrears ? ( ) A) C B) E C) D

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 3 19 5. Choose the true statement among the following. ( ) A) C is the highest salaried person. B) D receives the lowest total income of all. C) E receives the highest amount in Bonus.

(Questions 6 - 10) : Read the following passage carefully. Scientists say that good team work and a sense of humour among astronauts may be essential if humanity hopes to establish colonies on Mars. They suggest that understanding the psychological dynamics of a group trapped in a confined space for months is just as important as a group. Astronauts who are emotionally stable, agreeable, open to new experiences, conscientious, resilient, adaptable, and not too introverted or extroverted, more likely to work well with others, according to researchers. A sense of humour will also help to diffuse tense situations, they said, "Team work and collaboration are critical components of all. Space flights will be even more important for astronauts during long-duration missions such as to Mars", said Laurel Blackwell Landon, a research scientist at NASA Johnson Space Center in the U.S. "The astronauts will be months away from home, confined to a vehicle larger than a mid-sized RV for two to three years and there will be about 45 minute lag on communication to and from the earth", said Mr. Landon, lead author of the study published in the journal 'American Psychologist'. "Successfully negotiating conflict, planning together and making decisions as a team and practising shared leadership should receive extensive attention long before a team launches a space mission", said Mr. Landon.

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 6. What are the essential for human beings if they want to establish colonies on Mars ? 7. Who can work well with others according to researchers ?

8. What are important for astronauts during long time missions to Mars ? ( ) A) a sense of humour. B) team work and collaboration. C) understanding the psychological dynamics. 9. If a scientist on earth speaks to an astronaut on space flight, how much time does it take to transmit to him ? ( ) A) a fraction of second B) an hour C) 45 minutes 10. Choose the true statement among the following. ( ) A) 'American Psychologist' is a book written by Mr. Landon. B) Johnson is a space center of NASA in the U.S. C) Sense of humour cannot affect or influence the tension in any way.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 3 20 (Questions 11 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully.

The miser looked around cautiously. He checked his garden, the bushes and up the tree. Satisfied, he went to his favourite spot and started digging. Soon a chest came into view. When he opened it, the glitter from the contents almost blinded him. He looked happily at the contents. Suddenly he heard a noise. He quickly shoved the chest back into the hole and covered it up. He looked around to see whether there was anyone but to his relief there was no one. He went into his house. Later that night, a stranger came knocking at his door. The stranger asked for some money and food as he was poor and had a family to feed. The miser quickly said that he himself was poor and had nothing to give. The stranger gave him a knowing look and said, "Those who can help but don't will regret it later". And the stranger left. The next day, the miser went to his favourite spot and started digging. When he opened the chest he got a shock. It was empty. Instead there was a note inside it. It simply said, "Thank you".

Now, find the following sentences in a sequential and meaningful order. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 11. Anyone who have the ability to help but don't will have to regret in future. 12. The miser was shocked to find the chest empty. 13. He dug out a chest. 14. The miser checked his garden – the bushes and up the trees – to make sure that there was no one watching him. 15. A stranger requested the miser to give him some money and food. Section – B : Vocabulary

Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B (Vocabulary) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 16. Read the paragraph and write the synonyms of the underlined words choosing from the words given in the box. (4 × ½ = 2 M)

confidential, chat, threatening, huge, agreement, home

It was unspoken arrangement (a) between the two of them to meet on Sundays at 9 a.m. at Ray's residence (b) on Bishop Lefroy Road, Kolkata. Ray would invite Roberge over for private (c) screenings of his latest films and welcomed comments on them. But this happened only after the friendship had cemented, for in the early days of their dialogue (d) Ray's shyness prevented him from talking about his own films. a) ...... c) ...... b) ...... d) ......

17. Read the paragraph and match the words under 'A' with their antonyms under 'B'. Write your answers and their corresponding numbers in the answer book. (4 × ½ = 2 M) I inherited honesty (a) and self-discipline from my father, from my mother, I inherited faith (b) in goodness (c) and deep kindness (d) and so did my three brothers and sister.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 3 21 AB a) honesty ( ) 1. cruelty b) faith ( ) 2. dishonesty c) goodness ( ) 3. sincerity d) kindness ( ) 4. distrust 5. vice 6. virtue

18. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words given in brackets. (4 × ½ = 2 M) Lakshmana Sastry summoned the teacher, and in our ...... (a) (presence / present / presently), told the teacher that he should not spread the ...... (b) (poisonous/ poison / poisoning) of social inequality and ...... (c) (communal / communality / communalism) intolerance in the minds of ...... (d) (innocent / innocence/ innocently) children.

19. Complete the following spellings with 'ea, ie, ia, ei or ee'. (2 × ½ = 1 M) They wanted to establish commerc_ _ l (a) plantations of exotic spec _ _ s(b) of trees.

20. Complete the words with correct suffixes given in brackets. (2 × ½ = 1 M) a) The enormous spiritual poverty of some rich people is much more deplor ...... (ible / able) than material poverty. b) Roberge does not speak arrog ...... (ence / ance) of the West.

21. Find the wrongly spelt word and write the correct spelling. (2 × 1 =2 M) (a) fasinating acquainted scholar publisher Ans...... (b) elegence manuscript occasional reputation Ans......

22. Read the following dictionary entry of the word 'shabby' given below.

Shabby /'SHbi/adj. (shab.bier, shab.bi.est) 1 (of buildings, clothes, objects, etc.) in poor condition because they have been used a lot SYN scruffy : She wore shabby old jeans and a T-shirt. 2 (of a person) badly dressed in clothes that have been worn a lot SYN scruffy : The old man was shabby and unkempt. 3(of behaviour) unfair or unreasonable SYN shoddy : She tried to make up for her shabby treatment of him. shab.bily /'SHbIli/ adv.: shabbily dressed I think you were very shabbily treated. shab.bi.ness noun [U]

Now, answer the following questions using the information above. (2 × 1 = 2 M) (a) Write the synonyms of the word 'shabby'. Ans...... (b) What is the part of speech of the word 'shabby' ? Ans......

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 3 22 23. Arrange the following words under the correct headings. (8 × ¼ = 2 M)

diameter, speculation, dictionary, introvert, insecticide, civilization, regress, bimorph

Words with prefixes Words with suffixes

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24. Use the following expressions in sentences of your own. (4 × 1 = 4 M) (A) Phrasal Verb : freak out Ans...... (B) Idiomatic Expression : for ages Ans...... (C) Binomial Expression : near and dear Ans...... (D) Foreign Expression : lingua franca Ans......

25. Match the following one-word substitutes in Part-A with their meanings in Part-B. Write only letters of Part-B in the appropriate brackets corresponding to Part - A. (4 × ½ = 2 M) Part - A Part - B 1. anthropologist ( ) (A) a person who studies the remains of buildings and objects found in the ground. 2. fallout ( ) (B) a set of three languages with same characters or subject. 3. trilogy ( ) (C) a person who studies the human race, especially of its origins. 4. polyglot ( ) (D) a result of a situation or an action. (E) a person who knows many languages. (F) a person who studies languages.

Section – C : Creative Expression 26. a) The roads in your locality are not in good condition. Pot holes on the roads have become death traps for late night drivers. The bad condition of the roads is causing jams frequently. Write a letter to the Editor of 'The Hindu' complaining about the same. (5 M) (OR)

b) You are the editor of a news bulletin of your school. Write a brief report of no less than 150 words on a science fest held in your school. Include the particulars of teachers who helped you in making the fest a success.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 3 23 27. a)Use the following information and write a short Bio- sketch of Mother Teresa. (5 M) Name : Mother Teresa Real Name : Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhu Birth : 27th August 1910 to Albanian parents in Skopje 1928 : Joined convent in Ireland; 18 years old 1929 : Sent to Darjeeling, India 1931 : Began teaching at Kolkata Girls' school 1948 : Left teaching to work for the poor in slums of Kolkata 1950 – 96 : Worked for the downtrodden and sick destitutes 1979 : Awarded Nobel Peace Prize Death : 5th September, 1997.

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b) Write a story using the hints.

King Midas – fond of gold – prays to God – appears and gives boon – Whatever he touches – turns into gold from next morning – touches cot – bed – walls – doors – flowers in the garden – All turn into gold – feels hungry – touches meals – turns into gold – can't eat – feels sorry – daughter comes – touches her – turns into gold statue – feels sad – prays to God again – God appears – King Midas asks to excuse – requests for daughter with life – God teaches lesson – gives life to daughter – and disappears.

28. Study the bar graph representing the number of students, interested in different games, in a school. (5 M)

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AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 3 24 GUESS PAPER - 3 : Answers Section – A : Reading Comprehension Q. (1 - 5)

1. The different sources of income of 5 employees named A, B, C, D and E. 2. E's total income is double that of B. 3. (B) C & E 4. (A) C 5. (A) C is the highest salaried person. Q. (6 - 10)

6. Good team work and sense of humour are essential if human beings want to establish colonies on Mars. 7. Astronauts who are emotionally stable, agreeable, open to new experiences, conscientious, resilient, adaptable and not too introverted or extroverted can work well with others. 8. (B) team work and collaboration. 9. (C) 45 minutes 10. (B) Johnson is a space center of NASA in the U.S. Q. (11 - 15)

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Section – B : Vocabulary

16. a) agreement b) home c) confidential d) chat 17. a) 2 b) 4 c) 5 d) 1 18. a) presence b) poison c) communal d) innocent 19. a) commercial b) species 20. a) deplorable b) arrogance 21. a) fascinating b) elegance 22. a) 1. scruffy 2. shoddy b) adjective 23. Words with Prefixes Words with Suffixes diameter speculation introvert dictionary regress insecticide bimorph civilization 24. A) Snakes really freak me out. B) I have not seen my childhood friend for ages. C) He invited all his near and dear to his birthday party. D) Hindi is the lingua franca of India. 25. 1 – C, 2 – D, 3 – B, 4 – E

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 3 25 Section – C : Creative Expression 26. a) Tenali,

23-9-20xx.

From, x x x x x, H.No. 1-27-30/1, Gandhi Nagar, Tenali. To The Editor, The Hindu, Vijayawada. Respected Sir, Sub : Bad condition of roads in our locality. I am the regular reader of your esteemed newspaper. I would like to draw the attention of people and the authorities concerned about the bad conditions of roads in our locality through this letter. The roads in our area are in miserable condition. They are affecting the lives of the people on a regular basis. The increasing number of pot holes are becoming death traps for late night drivers. The edges of the roads are eaten up hindering the smooth run of transport. Because of this bad condition of roads there have been frequent traffic jams. Despite lodging repeated complaints to the local authorities no action has been taken yet. I hope your newspaper will draw the attention of the people and the authorities concerned about raising concern of the bad condition of the roads in our locality. Thanking you sir, Yours truly, x x x x x x x b) Science Sizzles Vijayawada, 2nd February : St. Mary School, Patamata recently held its annual science fair. The fair, which is an integral part of the science curriculum at the school, challenges students to expand their knowledge and present projects to the judges. This year's first-place winners did experiments focusing on topics ranging from "green living'' to the effect of electronic devices on humans. "I am always impressed by the quality of work and ingenuity our students display each year. We are so proud of all our participants ranging from first to eighth grade," Principal Ms. Shruthi Susarla said in a news release. "With the guidance and direction of our science

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 3 26 teacher, Smt. Madhuri, our school comes together as a community to celebrate this great learning experience and the children are all winners as they grow in confidence and their understanding of science." Winners will go on to compete in the district science fair. There is an air of excitement in the school premises.

27. a) Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa, who was known as Saint of Slums, was born on 27 August 1910 to Albanian parents in Skopje. Her real name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhu. She joined a convent in Ireland in 1928 at an age of 18 years to become a nun. Later she was sent to Darjeeling in India in 1929. She began teaching at Kolkata Girls school in 1931. After receiving God's call, Mother Teresa left teaching to work for the poor in the slums of Kolkata in 1948. She worked for the downtrodden and sick destitutes during the years 1950-56. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work. She died on 5 September in 1997.

b) THE GREEDY KING

Once there lived a king named Midas. He had everything a king could wish for. He lived in luxury in a great castle. He shared his life of abundance with his beautiful daughter. Eventhough he was rich, Midas thought that his greatest happiness was provided by gold. He was very fond of gold. One day he prayed to God. God appeared before him and gave him a boon. As per the boon, whatever the king touches turns into gold. The next morning Midas, workup eager to see if the boon would become true. He touched cot, bed, walls, doors and flowers in the garden, etc. To his amazement all those turned into gold. When he felt hungry, he touched meals. He couldn't eat it as it also turned into gold. He felt sorry for his situation. After sometime, his beloved daughter came. When he touched her, she turned into a golden statue. He felt sad. He prayed to God again. God appeared before him. Midas asked God to excuse him and requested for his daughter with life. God took pity on him and gave life to his daughter. Thus God taught the king a lesson and diasappeared. Moral : Greed brings grief. 28. The bar graph shows the interests of students about games. 300 students of that school prefer cricket. Volleyball is the choice of 200 students. Badminton forms the favourite of 150 students. 100 students like tennis and 250 students opt for hockey.

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AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 3 27 GUESS PAPER S.S.C. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS A.P. 4 ENGLISH ✲ PAPER – II

Time : 2 hrs. 45 min.] [Max. Marks : 50

Instructions 1. This question paper has 28 questions in three sections (A, B and C). 2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you. 3. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 2.30 hours for writing the answers. 4. Answer all the questions of Section - B (Vocabulary) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 5. Start answering the questions as you read them.

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

(Questions 1 - 5) : Study the following table carefully. Energy requirement for the various activities (kilo-calories/hour)

S.No. Nature of activity Required energy in kilo.cal/hour

1. Light work i) Sitting 19 ii) Typing 16 - 40

2. Moderate work i) Sweeping 85 - 110 ii) Walking 120 - 140

3. Hard work i) Swimming 200 - 700 ii) Cycling 180 - 600

4. Very hard work i) Climbing 400 - 900 ii) Running 800 - 1000

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 1. What does the table represent ?

2. How many categories of activities are mentioned ?

3. The maximum kilo - calories per hour required in typing is ...... ( ) A) 20 B) 12 C) 40

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 4 28 4. The activity included in Hard work is ...... ( ) A) sitting B) sweeping C) swimming 5. Choose the correct statement based on the information given in the table. ( ) A) Sitting and typing required the same kilo-calories per hour. B) Sweeping and walking required the same number of kilo-calories per hour. C) Climbing required 400 - 900 kilo-calories per hour. (Questions 6 - 10) : Read the following passage carefully.

"Fire ! Fire ! !" The shouts reached Harry, who was sleeping in a room on the top floor of his uncle's house. He sat up and looked around with wide - open eyes. Did he have a bad dream or did he really hear those shouts ? He sniffed hard and smelt smoke - there really was a fire ! There was no time to lose; he had to get out of the house immediately. He jumped out of the bed and opened the door. Smoke was everywhere. Harry ran without knowing where he was going, for he could not see clearly because of the thick smoke. But he saw flames all around him and the wooden floor was not under his bare feet. Harry was frightened. He saw an open door and ran into the room. He was groping his way towards the floor so that he could jump out when he felt something soft. It looked like a bundle of clothes; Harry picked it up to protect his face from the smoke and the heat. Just then, the floor gave way and he fell to the floor below. He saw the doorway in front and rushed out, with the bundle over his face. He found a huge crowd watching the house burn. A moment later, the bundle gave out a little cry. Harry nearly dropped the bundle in his surprise. Suddenly, a woman rushed out of the crowd. She was crying, "My baby ! My baby !". It was Harry's aunt, he had saved her baby without knowing it. He was a hero !

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 6. What did Harry hear while he was sleeping ? 7. Why could not Harry see anything ? 8. When he felt something soft, Harry picked it up because ...... ( ) A) he thought it would be useful to protect his face from smoke and heat. B) he knew, it was a bundle of clothes. C) he knew that it was his aunt's baby. 9. As there was no time to lose, Harry ...... ( ) A) jumped out of window. B) closed the door. C) jumped out of bed and opened the door. 10. Choose the correct statement from the following sentences. ( ) A) Harry was sleeping in the ground floor. B) Harry knew there was a baby in the bundle. C) Harry was so surprised to hear the cry from the bundle he dropped.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 4 29 (Questions 11 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully.

I found some grapes when an old man was sleeping. I took the juice in a large seashell and left it hidden under a small bush. A few days later, I tasted the juice and it had turned into wine. I took the seashell full of wine before the old man. I sipped it and exclaimed. "Ah ! It's the sweetest wine I've ever tasted". The wicked man signalled me to give him the remaining wine. He drank all the wine and was drunk senseless. Soon his hold on my back loosened and he set me free. I quickly picked up a heavy stone and struck the old man's head and he fell down dead. Thus, I got rid of an evil man. I rushed to shore. I saw some sailors there. They had come ashore from their docked ship in search of some fruits. They saw me and asked who I was. I told them all I had gone through. Then one of them said, "Oh ! You are lucky to be alive. The man was called the old man of the sea who killed all the people he met".

Now, find the correct and meaningful order of the jumbled sentences. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 11. I tasted the juice and it had turned into wine. 12. I took the juice of the grapes. 13. The old man drank all of the wine. 14. I rushed to the shore. 15. I hid the juice in a bush. Note : Copy the box in your answer booklet. Write the numbers to indicate sentences.

Ans :

Section – B : Vocabulary

Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B (Vocabulary) in the same order at one place in your answer book.

16. Read the paragraph and write the 'Synonyms' of the underlined words choosing from the words given in the box. (4 × ½ = 2 M)

shame, put down, manual, arrogance, government job, honour

I wanted to tell him that I would like to carry the trunk myself, but my guilt (a) and shame did not allow me to do so. This self - consciousness had probably to do with my education, the white collar job (b) that I had, or quite simply my pride (c). Somehow, I had the feeling that if I carried the luggage, my father and my people, in fact the whole world would laugh at me and I would be belittled (d).

(a) ...... (b) ...... (c) ...... (d) ......

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 4 30 17. Read the paragraph and match the words under 'A' with their antonyms under 'B'. (4 × ½ = 2 M) "The challenges in our lives are there to strengthen (a) our convictions (b). They are not there to run us over", said Nick. In 1990 Nick won (c) the Australian Young Citizen of the year award for his bravery (d) and perseverance. AB a) strengthen ( ) 1. weaken b) convictions ( ) 2. timid c) won ( ) 3. doubts d) bravery ( ) 4. belief 5. cowardice 6. lost

18. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words given in brackets. (4 × ½ = 2 M) The other ...... (a) (transforms / transforming / transformation) that I saw was the ...... (b) (willing / willingness / willingly) of the people to ...... (c) (fight / fighting / fought) for their rights; to decide that they have a right to a good clean ...... (d) (environ- mental / enviros / environment).

19. Complete the following spellings with 'ea, ee, oa, or ia'. (2 × ½ = 1 M) Time flew, and five months into my marr __ __ ge, I r __ __ lised it.

20. Complete the words with correct suffixes given in brackets. (2 × ½ = 1 M) a) Anyhow, there's his insur ______(ence/ance) money. b) There is no jewell ______(ery/ary) or valuables of that sort.

21. Find the wrongly spelt word and write the correct spelling. (2 × 1 = 2 M) a) Society, portor, problem, officer Ans...... b) Emergensy, attempt, casualty, cousin Ans......

22. Read the following dictionary entry of the word 'aloof' given below. (2 × 1 = 2 M)

aloof / e'lu:f/adj. [not usually before noun] not friendly or interested in other people SYN distant, remote aloofness noun [U] IDM keep / hold(yourself) aloof | remain/stand aloof to not become involved in sth; to show no interest in people : The Emperor kept himself aloof from the people.

a) Write the synonyms of 'aloof'.

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b) Write the idiomatic expression from the entry.

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AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 4 31 23. Arrange the following words under the correct heading. (8 × ¼ = 2 M)

ding-dong, boo-boo, chop-chop, tip-top, chit-chat, chuk-chuk, ta-ta, see-saw

Duplicatives Alliteratives 1...... 1...... 2...... 2...... 3...... 3...... 4...... 4......

24. Use the following expressions in sentences of your own. (4 × 1 = 4 M)

A) Phrasal verb : see off

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B) Idiomatic expression : set foot

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C) Binomial expression : bread and butter

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D) Foreign expression : status quo

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25. Match the following one-word substitutes in Part-A with their meanings in Part - B. (Write only the numbers and their corresponding letters in your answer book.) (4 × ½ = 2 M)

Part – A Part – B 1. Agnostic ( ) A) a handwritten document 2. Theist ( ) B) a position for which no salary is paid 3. Teetotaler ( ) C) one who believes in God 4. Honorary ( ) D) a person who is not sure about the existence of God E) one who spends too much F) one who abstains from alcohol

Section – C : Creative Expression

26. a) You are the School Pupil's Leader (S.P.L) of your school, you along with your friends visited the Blind School of your city. (5 M) Now, write a letter to your friend describing your experiences. You can take help of the clues given below. ● Date, time and mode of departure. ● Number of students and time of arrival. ● The scene at the Blind School.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 4 32 ● Interaction and variety programmes presented for them. ● Their reaction, problems and the bravery of the blind children in fighting problems. ● Significance of this visit. (OR)

b) Write a news report based on your experiences of your visit to blind school. 27. a) Write a biographical sketch of Mrs. Sarojini Naidu based on the following hints. (5 M) Sarojini Naidu - born February 13, 1879 - Mother - Varada Sundari Devi - Father - Aghore Nath Chattopadhyay - From her school days - writes poems in English language - at the age 13 - writes a long poem and drama in English - School days - brilliant student - goes to England for Higher Studies - becomes Member of Royal Literary Society, London - known as - Nightingale of India - Marriage - 1898 - Husband - Dr. Govinda Rajulu Naidu - joins the Indian Freedom Movement - follower of Gandhiji - sent to jail - a true patriot - offers self- less services - passed away on March 2, 1949.

(OR)

b) Write a story using the following hints. Grocer's shop with plenty of grains - many mice - suffered a heavy loss - brought a fat cat - mice worried - held a meeting - wanted to drive away the cat - plans - invited - decided to tie a bell round its neck - all mice agreed - old mouse said - who bells the cat ? No reply - decision - executed. 28. (5 M)

Village Pond

Gandhi

Bomma Our Home Centre

Neem Trees Panchayat Office

Exit Railway Station

Responding to your invitation, your city friend is coming to your village to spend a few days. You have sent the route map to your friend. Explain the route map.

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AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 4 33 GUESS PAPER - 4 : Answers Section – A : Reading Comprehension Q. (1 - 5)

1. Energy requirement for the various activities (kilo-calories / hour).

2. Four

3. (C) 40

4. (C) swimming. 5. (C) Climbing required 400 - 900 kilo-calories per hour.

Q. (6 - 10) (3 × 1 = 3 M)

6. "Fire ! Fire !". 7. Because of the thick smoke. 8. (A) he thought it would be useful to protect his face from smoke and heat. 9. (C) jumped out of bed and opened the door. 10. (A) Harry was so surprised to hear the cry from the bundle he dropped.

Q. (11 - 15)

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Section – B : Vocabulary

16. a) arrogance b) government job c) honour d) put down 17. a) 1-(weaken) b) 3-(doubts) c) 6-(lost) d) 5-(cowardice) 18. a) transformation b) willingness c) fight d) environment 19. a) marriage b) realised 20. a) insurance b) jewellery 21. a) porter b) emergency 22. a) Distant, remote b) keep / hold (yourself) aloof, remain / stand aloof. 23. Duplicatives Alliteratives 1. boo-boo 1. ding-dong 2. chop-chop 2. tip-top 3. chuk-chuk 3. chit-chat 4. ta-ta 4. see-saw

24. A) I have been to the Railway Station to see off my friend. B) The teacher set foot in my classroom. C) Gardening is bread and butter to him.

D) The honourable High Court gave status quo on the land issue.

25. 1 – D,2 – C, 3 – F, 4 – B

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 4 34 Section – C : Creative Expression 26. a) Vellore, 22nd December, 2018. Dear Bhanu, Hope you are preparing well for exams. I happened to visit the school for blind children in our city on December 18th along with my friends. It was an enlightening experience. Of course, we did enjoy the trip. The trip was organised by our management for 8th, 9th & 10th class students. We all started from school at 10 a.m. in our school bus. While going we were all in a jovial and playful mood. We sang and cracked jokes in the bus. We reached there at 10.45 a.m. We were guided by a management staff. We went around the school and saw the way the classes were going on. We even interacted with students there. The school had classes from 1st – 10th like our schools. Students there learnt lessons in Science, Social & Maths like us. But they used the braille script to read. They excel in crafts, music and other arts. They sang song's and enancted plays for us. We too did these for them. We were there for almost two hours. But this experience has left an ever lasting memory and has taught us many lessons. On our way back to school we were all engrossed in thoughts. We wondered as to how these children lived cheerfully unlike us who complain at every little inconveniences faced. It was a heart touching experience. I thought I'd share it with you. Your friend, Munish. To Bhanu, S/o M. Rama Rao LIC colony, Nellore.

b) VISIT TO BLIND SCHOOL (Munish) December 20, 2018 : The management of Gyanpeeth Public school organised a visit to the blind school in their city. Students of classes 8th, 9th & 10th visited it on December 18th, 2017. All the students gathered at the school premises and started off at 10 a.m. from school in the school buses. We reached the blind school at 10.45 a.m. The management of the blind school allocated a guide to take us around the school. It was like a regular school with classes from 1st to 10th. Students sat in their classes and read books but their books were based on braille script. There were many computers in the lab. These students are taught computers too. The audio room was very big. It was also well equipped. There students listen to audios relating to various subjects. We spoke to a few minutes who were playing games during their games period. It is astonishing that these students know the placements of things in their school. They are taught crafts like origamy, basket making, geometrical designs etc. After visiting the school, all of us along with the blind students

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 4 35 gathered in the visual room. We interacted with them. They sang songs, enacted skits and showed us their crafts. We too sang songs for them. On being asked about how they felt on being impaired most of them replied that they were okay with it but felt sad as they could not see the beauty of nature. We stayed there for two hours and returned to school. The trip taught us an important lesson that we should not crib about what we don't have but thank god for his gifts. It also taught us that our disabilities should not hinder our progress.

27. a) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu

Sarojini Naidu, popularly known as the "Nightingale of India" was born on February 13, 1879. Her mother's name was Varada Sundari Devi and Aghore Nath Chattopadhyay was her father. Sarojini Naidu was quite a talented child. She had a taste for literature. She started writing poems in English right from her school days. At a tender age of thirteen she wrote a long poem and drama in English. She was a brilliant student in her school days. She went to England for higher studies. Sarojini became a member of the Royal Literary Society, London. Probably this was due to her proficiency in English writings. Sarojini was married to Dr. Govinda Rajulu Naidu in 1898. Sarojini was an ardent follower of Mahatma Gandhi. Inspired by him she joined the Indian Freedom Movement. She was a true patriot. She kindled the spirit of patriotism in Indians through her writings. She even went to jail while fighting for our freedom. This lady who inspired many and rendered selfless services to the freedom movement breathed her last on March 2, 1949.

b) The Foolish Mice

There was a grocer's shop with plenty of grain in it. Many mice fed on the grain and became stout. The grocer incurred heavy loss as most of his stock was destroyed. The merchant thought of a plan to save his stock. He brought a fat cat to eat the mice. The mice who relished the grain and ran around happily were worried. They started staying in their holes due to the fear of the cat. They could not feed on the grain freely anymore. The fear of being devoured by the cat haunted them. All the mice gathered at a place and held a meeting. They thought of plans to drive away the cat. A brain storming session was held. They failed to think of plans to drive away the cat. But one of the mice came up with an idea to tie a bell around the cat's neck. The idea was appreciated. They thought when the bell around the neck gingled they could know that the cat was around. All the mice agreed on it. But the big question which came up next was - who would bell the cat ? There was sheer silence in the room. No one came forward to do the risky task. The decision could not be taken. Hence, the plan could not be executed. Moral : Plans, made without foreseeing future troubles, go waste. 28. 1. On reaching the exit gate at the railway station you see the main road with big neem trees on the either side. 2. Take left. After a few minutes walk till you reach Gandhi Bomma Centre. 3. From there turn right. Move along the road a few yards ahead. 4. You see the Panchayat Office on your right. 5. Just opposite the office you see the village pond. 6. Take the lane on your left. You will notice three houses in one compound facing the pond. 7. The first one is ours. ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 4 36 GUESS PAPER S.S.C. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS A.P. 5 ENGLISH ✲ PAPER – II

Time : 2 hrs. 45 min.] [Max. Marks : 50

Instructions 1. This question paper has 28 questions in three sections (A, B and C). 2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you. 3. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 2.30 hours for writing the answers. 4. Answer all the questions of Section - B (Vocabulary) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 5. Start answering the questions as you read them.

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

(Questions 1 - 5) : Study the following bar graph. Total number of students appearing and qualifying from various schools at scholarship exam

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1234 12345Qualified

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1234 1234 3000 1234 1234 1234 1234 1234 1234 1234 1234 Appeared 1234 1234 1234

1234 1234 1234 123 2500 1234 1234 1234 123 1234 1234 1234 123

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1234 1234 1234 1234 123 A B C D E Schools

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 1. In which school was the percentage of the qualified students the most ?

2. What does the bar graph show ?

3. In which school was the number of failures the least ? ( ) A) E B) B C) A

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 5 37 4. In which two schools was number of failures the same ? ( ) A) A & C B) C & D C) A & B 5. Choose the correct statement from the following based on the information given in the graph. () A) More than 3000 students appeared for the exam from school C. B) In schools C and D the number of failures is the same. C) In school B the number of failures is the least.

(Questions 6 - 10) : Read the following passage : A Yugoslavian nun, Mother Teresa first came to India to teach young girls from wealthy Indian families. However, in her travels around the country, she saw how the poor Indian people lived. There were homeless people living in the streets. Some were too poor to feed themselves and died of starvation. No one in the country who could help them did anything for these poor people. She felt determined to do something to help. She realized that this was the job that God wanted her to do, so she left the highly paid job to help the poor in India. At first, it was hard for her. She did not have much support. Whatever little food and money she had, she gave them to those who came to her for help. No one was ever turned away from her doorstep. She went around the city looking for the homeless and starving and took them off the streets. When the people in the area saw how hard she was trying to help their own people, they felt ashamed. They wanted to follow her example. They donated food and money to help the poor. With more support from the community, she set up many homes all over India. Soon, she was known all over the world as the savior of the poor.

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 6. Which conditions of Indian people made Mother Teresa to determine to help Indian poor people ? 7. Why did Mother Teresa give up her job ? 8. Mother Teresa first came to India to ...... A) help the destitutes, homeless and starving people. B) teach young girls from wealthy Indian families. C) work as a nurse. 9. No one was ever turned away from her doorstep without ...... A) collecting donations from her B) getting food and help C) giving donations to her 10. Choose the true statement among the following. A) Supported and encouraged by the local people Mother Teresa gave up her job and started to help the poor. B) Before Mother Teresa the government of India had tried to help the poor by divising many schemes. C) Mother Teresa considered that God wanted her to serve Him among the poor.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 5 38 (Questions 11 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully.

There was once a man and his wife who loved each other very much. They were very poor. While her husband went out to find work as a farmhand, she would go from house to house to wash clothes. Their earnings were not much. The wife had lovely long hair which she was proud of. He had a watch which was very precious to him. It used to be his father's. Once, the rain fell so hard for a few days that they had no work. Their money was running out. Both of them were worried that the other would go hungry. So, when the Sun came out, they immediately left without saying a word to each other. When they came back a few hours later, they were each carrying bags full of food. The wife asked her husband where he got the money from. He had sold his precious watch to buy food for his wife. When her husband asked her the same question, she took off the shawl covering her head. The man gasped ! Her hair was very short. She sold it to get money for her husband's food. They hugged each other and laughed. They had both sacrificed something they loved for their beloved. Now, find the correct and meaningful order of the following jumbled sentences. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 11. Wife sold out her long hair and husband sold out his precious watch and both bought a lot of food. 12. Once they had no work and no food for many days because of continuous heavy rains. 13. Both of them sacrificed something they loved for their beloved. 14. There were a poor couple who used to love each other. 15. The man got a watch from his father which was very much precious for him. Section – B : Vocabulary

Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B (Vocabulary) in the same order at one place in your answer book.

16. Read the paragraph and write the synonyms of the underlined words choosing from the words given in the box. (4 × ½ = 2 M)

completely, frightened, tremendous, absurd, awesome, credible

'She was amazing (a),' said Nick. 'She taught me how to surf and I was terrified (b) at first, but once I got up there it felt absolutely (c) fantastic (d)'.

(a) ...... (b) ......

(c) ...... (d) ......

17. Read the paragraph and match the words under 'A' with their antonyms under 'B'. Write your answers and their corresponding numbers in the answer book. (4 × ½ = 2 M) The door opens (a), revealing (b) an old man clad in a faded (c) but gay dressing gown. He is in his stockinged feet. Although over seventy, he is vigorous (d) and well coloured.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 5 39 AB a) opens ( ) 1. colourful b) revealing ( ) 2. lethargic c) faded ( ) 3. concealing d) vigorous ( ) 4. closes 5. energetic 6. discolored 18. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words given in brackets. (4 × ½ = 2 M) He then ...... (a) (arrange / arranged / arrangement) the belt that was ...... (b) (attach / attached / attachment) to the trunk ...... (c) (care / careful / carefully) on his forehead. So, this was the picture : my father ...... (d) (carry / carriage / carrying) my luggage on his back and me following him with a tiny bag in my hand. 19. Complete the following spellings with 'ee, ea, ie, ou or uo'. (2 × ½ = 1 M) a) Ray was a shy person and always very discr __ __ t about displaying his emotions. b) Ray was in reality a very simple and unassuming man with a subtle sense of hum __ __ r. 20. Complete the words with correct suffixes given in brackets. (2 × ½ = 1 M) They come back and they make the environ ______(a) (ment / mant) very beauti ______(b) (full/ful). 21. Find the wrongly spelt word and write the correct spelling. (2 × 1 = 2 M) a) dialogeu negotiation conflict influence Ans...... b) suspension collection ceremoney marriage Ans...... 22. Read the following dictionary entry of the word 'imminent' given below.

im.mi.nent /ImInEnt/adj. (especially of sth unpleasant) likely to happen very soon : the imminent threat of invasion The system is in imminent danger of collapse. An announcement about his resignation is imminent. im.mi.nence / -Ens/ noun [U] : the imminence of death im.mi.nent.ly adv.

Now, answer the following questions using the information above. (2 × 1 = 2 M) a) What is the noun form of 'imminent' ? Ans...... b) Write the meaning of the word 'imminent' ? Ans...... 23. Arrange the following words under the correct headings. (8 × ¼ = 2 M)

detractor; critic; direction; production; agnostic; cinematography; director, choreography

People Departments of film making

1...... 1......

2...... 2......

3...... 3......

4...... 4......

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 5 40 24. Use the following expressions in sentences of your own. (4 × 1 = 4 M)

A) Phrasal verb : look for Ans......

B) Idiomatic Expression : what the dickens Ans......

C) Binomial Expression : leaps and bounds. Ans......

D) Foreign expression : alma mater Ans......

25. Match the following one-word substitutes in Part-A with their meanings in Part-B. Write only letters of Part-B in the appropriate brackets corresponding to Part-A. (4 × ½ = 2 M) Part – A Part – B 1. teetotaler ( ) A) a doctor who studies and treats heart diseases 2. incorrigible ( ) B) a person whose job is to take care of people's teeth 3. verbose ( ) C) one who abstains from taking alcohol 4. cardiologist ( ) D) a person or thing that cannot be corrected E) using more words than needed F) one who is not sure about the existence of God

Section – C : Creative Expression

26. a) You have read in your lesson how nuclear explosion in Chernobyl, caused havoc to the people of Vorobyov. You have learnt all the ill-effects of nuclear dust and its radiation. The government is now planning to build a nuclear plant in Kudankulam to generate the nuclear power to meet the growing energy needs. The people in the region have protested on the grounds of safety, security and livelihood. Scientists, environmentalists and social activitists stood by the people and opposed the construction of the plant. Imagine yourself to the resident of Kudankulam. Write a letter to the collector of your district suggesting him to look for renewable energy sources in place of Nuclear Energy. If they cannot stop the establishment at this juncture, ask him whether they have taken all the safety measures. (5 M)

(OR) b) Write a news report about the agitation and protest of people showing the reasons for their protest and the measures to be taken to pacify them.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 5 41 27. a) Write a biographical sketch of Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy using the following hints.

(5 M) Name : Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy Date of Birth : 29-08-1863 Place of Birth : Parvathalapeta, Srimukhalingam, Srikakulam Dist. Date of Death : 22-01-1940 at Srikakulam Father's Name : Veerraju Qualification : Matriculation (Privately) Job : Started his career as a teacher at Maharaja School, Parlakimidi Achievements : Wrote many books on Saasanas (Saasanamulu) Rendered services to ''Savara'' tribal community Gave script to Savara language Fought throughout his life for Vyavaharika Bhasha Udyamam (People's Language Movement) to enable the ordinary people to learn what the Government says. Books Written : Balakavi Saranyam, Gadya Chintamani, Bhishakkula Bhasha Bheshajam, Vyasavali and Kalinga Charitra Honours : Rao Saheb - from British, Kaisar-i-Hind medal from British His birth anniversary is celebrated as Telugu Language Day. (OR) b) Write a story using the following hints. Hints : A good boy - disobeys his parents - gets into bad company - father gives him some good apples - tells him to lay them aside for a few days - places a rotten apple among them - the rotten apple spoils the good ones - a lesson on bad company. 28. Study the following tree diagram. (5 M)

TYPES OF TEETH IN HUMANS

HUMAN TEETH

Incisors Canines Premolars Molars 8-cut & 4-hold & 8-crush & 12-grind bite food tear food grind food food

Now, write a paragraph describing the information depicted in the diagram above.

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AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 5 42 GUESS PAPER - 5 : Answers Section – A : Reading Comprehension Q. (1 - 5)

1. in school E 2. Total number of students appearing and qualifying from various schools at scholarship exam. 3. (A) E 4. (A) A & C 5. (A) More than 3000 students appeared for the exam from school C. Q. (6 - 10)

6. i) Homeless people were living in the streets. ii) Some people were too poor to feed themselves and died of starvation. iii)No one in the country could help them and did anything for these poor people. 7. to help poor people in India. 8. (B) teach young girls from wealthy Indian families. 9. (B) getting food and help. 10. (C) Mother Teresa considered that God wanted her to serve him among the poor. Q. (11 - 15)

14 15 12 11 13

Section – B : Vocabulary

16. a) awesome b) frightened c) completely d) tremendous 17. a) 4 b) 3 c) 1 d) 2 18. a) arranged b) attached c) carefully d) carrying 19. a) discreet b) humour 20. a) environment b) beautiful 21. a) dialogue b) ceremony 22. a) imminence b) likely to happen very soon 23. People Departments of film making 1. detractor 1. direction 2. critic 2. production 3. agnostic 3. cinematography 4. director 4. choreography 24. A) She has been looking for a job for a year. B) I cannot tell what the dickens his name is ! C) The film industry is developing in leaps and bounds. D) He donated one lakh rupees to his alma mater Nagarjuna University. 25. 1 – C, 2 – D, 3 – E, 4 – A

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 5 43 Section – C : Creative Expression 26. a) Kudankulam Date. xx.xx.xxxx. From x x x x x, H.No. x x x x x, x x x x x, Kudankulam, Tirunalveli (Dt), Tamil Nadu. To The District Collector, District Collector's Office, Tirunalveli District, Tamil Nadu. Respected Sir, I would like to bring the following few lines for your kind consideration and needful action. Sir, as you know a new nuclear project is going to be constructed in our village. The people in our village are worried that the hot water discharged from the plant into the sea will adversely affect the marine life and fish catch. People are immensely concerned about nuclear risk and radiation in the event of accidents at the plants. The people in the region have to be protected on the grounds of safety, security and livelihood. Scientists, environmentalists and social activitists also stood by the people and opposed the construction of the nuclear plant. Nuclear energy is not the only option for generating electricity. There are a number of conventional and non-conventional sources of energy that can be explored for generating electricity. For India to emerge as a true leader, we have to be careful not to destroy our natural capital : our waters, lands, air and people. By saying 'no' to dangerous, risky and expensive technologies like nuclear power, we create opportunities to develop cleaner, saner and less dangerous forms of electricity generation. Hence, I request you to go for other conventional resources of energy, or if the construc- tion of nuclear plant is unavoidable, then I request you to make sure whether all the safety measures are taken up or not. I also request you to allay the apprehensions of the people before proceeding. We shall be very much grateful to you if you do the needful action and suggest the government to go for other conventional resources. Thanking you sir, Yours sincerely, x x x x x x x. (Or) b) Agitation against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant Kudankulam, August 28 : Nearly 2000 people had held an agitation against Nuclear Power Plant. The opposition leaders, social activitists and environmental activitists, all supported the agitators and criticised the government's insistence on the decision of going ahead of the project. People

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 5 44 have been holding large camps in Idinthikarai the epicentre of protest. There is widespread protest from fisherfolk, agricultural labourers and small peasants. The movement is characterised by awareness campaigns organising public rallys, holding press conferences and having public meetings. There was sea satyagraha launched by people on 20th of August. The government responded by full force arresting, beating and terrorising people. All these protests marked Gandhian ways of observing fasts, satyagraha and dharnas which were largely peaceful, principled and non-violent in nature. But the government's responses to these protests were highly critical and brutal with full use of force involving state police.

27. a) Biographical Sketch of Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy

Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy was a Telugu writer and one of the earliest modern Telugu linguists and social visionaries during the British rule. He was born on 29-08-1863 at Parvathalapeta, Srimukhalingam, Srikakulam district. His father's name was Veerraju. Ramamurthy did Matriculation privately. He started his career as a teacher at Maharaja School, Parlakimidi. He rendered his services to 'Savara' tribal community and gave script to Savara language. He fought throughout his life for Vyavaharika Bhasha Udyamam (People's Language Movement) to enable the ordinary people to learn whatever the Govern- ment says. Ramamurthy wrote many books on Saasanas (Saasanamulu). Balakavi Saranyam, Gadya Chintamani, Bhishakkula Bhasha Bheshajam, Vyasavali and Kalinga Charitra were the famous books written by him. The British Government conferred on him the title of 'Rao Saheb'. He was also honoured with 'Kaisar-i-Hind' medal by the British Government. His birth anniversary is celebrated as the Telugu Language Day. (Or)

b) AVOID BAD COMPANY

Once there lived a good boy. He got into bad company. He disobeyed his parents. His parents were greatly worried. His father thought of a plan of bringing him round. He wished to teach his son a lesson. One day the father gave his son some good apples. He asked him to lay them aside. After a few days they found the apples still in good condition. Next the father gave him a rotten apple and asked him to place it among the good ones. The boy did so. After a few days they found that all the apples were spoiled. The boy understood that one rotten apple would spoil all the good ones. He learnt a lesson. He avoided bad friends. He kept them at an arm's length. Moral : Avoid bad company. 28. There are four types of teeth in humans. These are incisors, canines, premolars and molars. Incisors are eight in number – used for cutting and biting of foodstuff. Canines are four in number - used to hold and tear the food. Premolars are eight in number - used to crush and grind food. Molars are twelve in number - used for grinding of food. ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 5 45 GUESS PAPER S.S.C. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS A.P. 6 ENGLISH ✲ PAPER – II

Time : 2 hrs. 45 min.] [Max. Marks : 50

Instructions 1. This question paper has 28 questions in three sections (A, B and C). 2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you. 3. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 2.30 hours for writing the answers. 4. Answer all the questions of Section - B (Vocabulary) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 5. Start answering the questions as you read them.

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

(Questions 1 - 5) : Study the following Pie chart carefully. The Pie chart given below represents the portion of wage earners engaged in various types of occupations in a city. Other Occupations

Professionals Manufacture 16% 24% 9%

32% 7% Commerce 12% Personal Service

Transportation

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 1. What does the Pie chart show ? 2. What is the percentage of professionals in the city ? 3. Who occupies 32 percent of wage earners in the city ? ( ) A) Professionals B) Commerce C) Transportation 4. The least percentage of wage earners are ...... ( ) A) Manufacture B) Other occupations C) Personal service 5. Which is the correct statement among the following ? ( ) A) The second highest wage earners next to commerce are manufacture. B) The other occupation wage earners are 12%. C) Personal service and professionals occupy the same percent of manufacture.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 6 46 (Questions 6 - 10) : Read the following passage. One day while a sage was going through a jungle, he saw two rams fighting each other. Even though both were wounded, and blood was oozing out from their heads and bodies, they did not stop fighting and rammed at each other. At the same time a hungry jackal was passing by. When he saw all the blood, he started licking the blood from the ground without caring for the fighting rams. Watching all this, the sage thought to himself, ''This jackal is a fool as it has become greedy by the smell of blood. If he comes between the fighting rams, it will get rammed and get hurt himself". No Sooner had the sage thought of it, the jackal craving for more blood came nearer to the fighting rams, and got caught in the middle of their fight. Both the rams rammed into him by mistake. He got hit on his head and fell down and died because he was severely wounded.

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M)

1. Who were fighting with each other ? 2. Why did the jackal come nearer to them ? 3. Looking at the blood ...... ( ) A) the rams stopped their fight B) the sage fell down. C) the jackal started licking 4. The result of the fight we ...... ( ) A) the two rams died B) the sage died C) the jackal died 5. Choose the correct statement from the following. ( ) A) The sage thought that the two rams would die if they continued their fight. B) The sage thought that if the jackal came nearer to the rams, they would stop their fight. C) The sage thought that if the jackal came between the fighting rams, it would get rammed and get hurt himself. (Questions 11 - 15) : Read the following passage. Ram Nath Kovind was born on 1st October in the year 1945. He was born and brought up in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He practised in Delhi High Court for long 16 years as a professional lawyer before he walked into the world of Indian Politics in the year 1994. He was elected as an MP of Rajya Sabha in 1994 and also again in 2002. In 2015, he became the Governor of Bihar. Ram Nath Kovind was picked as the NDA candidate for the position of the 14th President of India on June 19, 2017. On July 20th, 2017 he was declared the 14th President of India. Now, find the following sentences in a sequential and meaningful order. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 11. He became an NDA candidate for the position of President. 12. He became 14th President of India. 13. He worked as the Governor of Bihar. 14. He was brought up in UP. 15. He worked as a lawyer in High Court. Note : Copy the box in your answer booklet. Write the numbers to indicate sentences.

Ans :

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 6 47 Section – B : Vocabulary

Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B (Vocabulary) in the same order at one place in your answer book.

16. Read the paragraph and write the synonyms of the underlined words using the words given in the box. (4 × ½ = 2 M)

small, pebbles, uneven, trouble, exhausted, fast

Having walked fast I was tired (a). Moreover I had to cross two hills on the way up to the spot. I quickly (b) sat down on a rock. My father laughed at my plight (c). 'So this little (d) distance has tired you ? Rest for a while. But we have to be in time for the bus.' a) ...... c) ...... b) ...... d) ......

17. Read the paragraph and match the words under 'A' with their antonyms under 'B'.

(4 × ½ = 2 M) The Second Word War broke out in 1939, when I was eight years old. For reasons I have never been able to understand, a sudden (a) demand (b) for tamarind seeds erupted in the market. I used to collect (c) the seeds and sell (d) them to a provision shop on Mosque Street. AB a) sudden ( ) 1. distribute b) demand ( ) 2. market c) collect ( ) 3. gradual d) sell ( ) 4. separate 5. buy 6. supply

18. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words given in brackets. (4 × ½ = 2 M) For me, my ...... (greater / greatest / greatly) activity is to plant a tree. I think that a tree is a ...... (wonderingly / wonderful / wonderfully) ...... (symbol / symbolise / symbolic) for the ...... (environment / environmental / environmentally) and when we plant a tree we plant hope.

19. Complete the following spellings with 'ou, ee, oa, or ie'. (2 × ½ = 1 M) She is a (a) vigor __ __ s, plump, red-faced, vulgar woman prepared to do any (b) am __ __ nt of straight talking to get her own way.

20. Complete the words with correct suffixes given in brackets. (2 × ½ = 1 M) He has visited (a) differ ______(ant/ent) (b) countr ______(yes/ies).

21. Find the wrongly spelt word and write the correct spelling. (2 × 1 = 2 M) a) biological, establish, difficult, compitent. Ans : ...... b) cinema, fascinating, acquinted, aloof. Ans : ......

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 6 48 22. Read the following dictionary entry of the word 'peace' given below. (2 × 1 = 1 M) peace /pi:s/non 1 [U, sing] a situation or a period of time in which there is no war or violence in a country or an area : war and peace peace talks/negotiations The negotiators are trying to make peace between the warring factions. A UN force has been sent to keep the peace (= to prevent people from fighting).

a) What is the phonetic script of 'peace' ? Ans...... b) What is the plural form for 'peace' ? Ans...... 23. Arrange the following words under the correct heating. (8 × ¼ = 2 M)

syllabus, bases, crisis, datum, erratum, media, fungi, feet

Singular Nouns Plural Nouns

1...... 1......

2...... 2......

3...... 3......

4...... 4......

24. Use the following expressions in sentences of your own. (4 × 1 = 4 M) A) Phrasal verb : come across Ans...... B) Idiomatic Expression : on purpose Ans...... C) Binomial Expression : part and parcel Ans...... D) Foreign expression : magnum opus Ans...... 25. Match the following one-word substitutes in Part-A with their meanings in Part-B. (Write only the numbers and their corresponding letters in your answer book.) (4 × ½ = 2 M) Part – A Part – B 1. Pioneer ( ) A) one who is responsible for crime. 2. Stop over ( ) B) one who can advise others. 3. Polyglot ( ) C) one who can't be corrected. 4. Culprit ( ) D) one who is the first to work in a particular area of knowledge. E) one who knows many languages. F) a short stay between two places in one's journey.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 6 49 Section – C : Creative Expression

26. a) With the advent of plastic, a new and powerful enemy of environment has been born. For convenience - crazy humanity, plastic is a great boon, but for the environment, it is a menace. Tonnes of plastic waste litter the streets, choke drains, and pollute the environment. Waste plastic in rubbish dumps and land fill sites is causing the death of many animals. Plastic debris floats in the sea and endangers sea birds. (5 M) Now, write a letter to the editor of Deccan Chronicle, protesting against the growing plastic menace and giving suggestions about dealing with plastic waste using the infor- mation given. (OR) b) Imagine you are a journalist of a newspaper. Write a news report about the growing plastic menace and suggest a few measures for stopping the usage of plastic. (5 M) 27. a) Write a biographical sketch of Mahanati Savitri using the information given below. Born : December 6, 1937, Guntur District Education : Third form, Vijayawada Spouse : Gemini Ganesan Children : Vijaya Chamundeswari, Satish Kumar Ganesan Debut Film : Agnipareeksha Career : Nearly 300 films; 30 year long; Acted in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films. Milestone in her career : Chivaraku Migiledi Memorable Performances : Missamma, Devadasu, Maya Bazaar etc. Honours : Mahanati, Kalaimamani, Nadigayar Thilakam titles Awards : Presidential award for her performance in 'Chivaraku Migiledi'. Died : December 26, 1981, Chennai. (OR) b) Write a story using the following hints. A rich farmer - lot of land - cattle and servants - two sons - happy life - after some years - younger son - unhappy - asked for his share of the property - wouldn't listen to father's advice - got his share - sold them all - went away to another country - fell into bad ways - soon all money gone - poor - no one to help him - understood his mistake. 28. Study the following tree diagram. (5 M) Music Preference in Young Adults Aged 16 to 19

1234567896% Rap 1234567897%

123456789

123456789 Pop

123456789 1234

12345678912% 1234 123456789 50% 1234

1234 Classical

25% Country Music

Heavy Metal

Now, write a paragraph describing the information depicted in the diagram given. –––––––––

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 6 50 GUESS PAPER - 6 : Answers Section – A : Reading Comprehension Q. (1 - 5)

1. The portion of wage earners engaged in various types of occupations in a city.

2. 9%

3. (B) Commerce

4. (C) Personal Service 5. (A) The second highest wage earners next to commerce are manufacture.

Q. (6 - 10)

6. Two rams 7. Because the jackal was craving for more blood / Because the jackal was hungry. 8. (C) the jackal started licking. 9. (C) the jackal died. 10. (C) The sage thought that if the jackal had come between the fighting rams, it would have got rammed and got hurt himself.

Q. (11 - 15)

14 15 13 11 12

Section – B : Vocabulary

16. a) exhausted b) fast c) trouble d) small 17. a) 3(gradual) b) 6(supply) c) 1(distribute) d) 5(buy) 18. a) greatest b) wonderful c) symbol d) environment 19. a) vigorous b) amount 20. a) different b) countries 21. a) competent b) acquainted 22. a) /pi:s/ b) There is no plural form for 'peace'. 23. Singular Nouns Plural Nouns 1. syllabus 1. bases 2. crisis 2. media 3. datum 3. fungi 4. erratum 4. feet

24. A) come across : meet by chance : I came across an old friend while going to market. B) on purpose : intentionally / deliberately : Joseph was absent to school on purpose. C) part and parcel : an integral part : Culture is a part and parcel of one's life.

D) magnum opus : the greatest work : This landscape art is the magnum opus of Ravivarma.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 6 51 25. 1 D - (one who is the first to work in a particular area of knowledge.)

2 F - (a short stay between two places in one's journey.)

3 E - (one who knows many languages.)

4 A - (one who is responsible for crime.)

Section – C : Creative Expression 26. a) Kadapa,

Dt. xx.xx.xxxx.

To The Editor, Deccan Chronicle, Visakhapatnam. Sir, I wish to bring to your kind notice the menace of plastic and some suggestions to control the use of plastic. With the advent of plastic, a new and powerful enemy of environment has been born. Crazy human beings feel the plastic as a great boon. They use right from carry bags to huge shades because it is cheap and never gets destroyed so easily. Tonnes of plastic waste litter the streets, choke drains and pollute the environment. As you know, it takes lakhs of years to decompose. Waste plastic in rubbish dumps and land fill sites is causing the death of many animals plastic debris floats in the sea and endangers the sea birds. We have to avoid atonce using plastic to save the earth. We should use jute and eco-friendly material wherever possible. We have to adopt the three R's for the plastic. Reduce - Reuse - Recycle. We should not throw the plastic articles on the roadsides. After using them, we have to place them in dust bins so, that they can be reused or recycled. Everyone should take a pledge to minimise the use of plastic. Thanking you Yours sincerely, B. Pavani, 10th Class, B. Section, S.R. High school Kadapa. b) PLASTIC - NOT A BOON, IT'S A CURSE (Sravya) Visakhapatnam : Dt. xx.xx.xxxx. Now-a-days, every where we are experiencing the use of plastic.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 6 52 Plastic is a great boon for crazy human society. Right from carry bags, baskets, door mats ...... what not everywhere, plastic material is seen. The human beings are preferring the plastic for its non - degradable nature, cheap cost and less weighing quality. It is only one side of the coin. The other side is very bitter. The plastic is a menace for the environment. Plastics are non - degradable solid materials. Tonnes of plastic waste litter the streets, choke drains and pollute the environment. Waste plastic in rubbish dumps and land fill sites is causing the death of many animals. Plastic debris floats in the sea and endangers the sea birds.

27. a) Savitri

Savitri was born on December 6, 1937 in Guntur district. She completed third form in Vijayawada. She married to Gemini Ganesan. They were blessed with two children, a daughter named Vijaya Chamundeswari and a son named Satish Kumar Ganesan. She made her entry into films with the movie Agripareeksha. She acted in nearly 300 films for 30 years. She acted in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films. The role in the film 'Chivaraku migiledi' was a milestone in her career. Her memorable performances are found in the films missamma, Devalayam, Mayabazaar etc. She was honoured with titles like Mahanati, Kalamamani, Nadigayar Thilakam. She won the prestigious presidential award for her performance in 'Chivaraku Migiledi'. She died on December 26, 1981 in Chennai. Savitri is remembered as 'Mahanati' for her unique and devoted performance.

b) A Greedy Son

A rich farmer had a lot of land, cattle and servants. He had two sons. They were all living happily. After some years, the younger son was unhappy. He asked for his share of the property. He didn't listen to his father's advice. He got his share. He sold that all and went away to another country. He fell into bad ways. All his money spent out. He became poor. No one was there to help him. He understood his mistake of not listening to his father's advice. Moral : Hasty decisions always result in repentance. 28. 1. The pie - chart shows the music preference of young adults aged 16 - 19 years. 2. Half of them like rap best (50%). 3. Of the remaining young, 25% prefer pop music. 4. 12% of them enjoy classical music. 5. Country music is the favourite of 7% young adults. 6. Heavy metal music has the patronage of just 6%, the least one.

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AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 6 53 GUESS PAPER S.S.C. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS A.P. 7 ENGLISH ✲ PAPER – II

Time : 2 hrs. 45 min.] [Max. Marks : 50

Instructions 1. This question paper has 28 questions in three sections (A, B and C). 2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you. 3. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 2.30 hours for writing the answers. 4. Answer all the questions of Section - B (Vocabulary) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 5. Start answering the questions as you read them.

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

(Questions 1 - 5) : Read the following data carefully. Number of employees who are aged between 50 and 60 in different departments and their percentage in total number of employees

Sl. Department Total Aged between % of Aged employees No. employees 50 – 60 in Total employees 1. Railways 13.16 4.94 38 2. Health 0.21 0.07 33 3. Home 9.80 0.68 7 4. Urban Development 0.31 0.19 62 5. IA & AD 0.48 0.16 33 6. Defence (Civil) 3.98 1.51 38 7. Postal 1.90 0.79 42 8. Revenue 0.96 0.33 34 9. Others 1.86 0.70 38 10. Atomic Energy 0.32 0.11 34 Total 32.98 9.48 29% Lakhs Lakhs

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 1. In which department do you find the highest number of employees ? 2. In which department do you find the least number of employees aged between 50 - 60 ?

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 7 54 3. What percentage of the employees aged between 50 - 60 work in the postal department ? A) 38 B) 32 C) 42 () 4. What are the two departments which have 34% of the employees aged between 50 - 60 ? A) Home and Defence B) Revenue and Urban () C) Revenue and Atomic Energy 5. Choose the true statement among the following. ( ) A) Health department has 62% of employees aged between 50 - 60. B) IA & AD and Health departments have the same % of employees aged between 50 - 60. C) Defence and Revenue have the same percentage of employees aged between 50 - 60. (Questions 6 - 10) : Read the following passage carefully.

Communication has become very easy. You can talk to anybody in the world through tele- phone and wireless. You can transmit the message to any part of the world in no time. Cell phone has brought the whole world closer. Science has also greatly helped man in the war on lilness and diseases. Doctors have found medicines for almost all kinds of troubles. Epidemics which wiped out whole cities have become things of the past. Surgeons perform most intricate operations on the human body. X - ray photography can locate any cause of trouble inside the body and make its cure easy. Machines have made labour easy. Science has come to the aid of the agriculturist through pesticides. Robots and computers have taken away more and more activities of human beings. Robots can work in factories and in houses like human workers. Computers can do all the things of human beings. Science, which is a blessing today, may be curse in the future if misued. Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 6. How do scientists help the farmers ? 7. Who has robbed the activities of human beings ? 8. Science, which is a blessing today, ...... ( ) A) may not be useful in future. B)may be a boon in future. C) may be problematic in future. 9. Which is used to locate the affected part of the body ? ( ) A) Radio B) X - ray C)Photography 10. Choose the true statement among the following. ( ) A) Now-a-days, surgeons cannot perform the most intricate operations. B) Cell phone connects us to the whole world. C) Computers cannot do all the things of human beings. (Questions 11 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully. There was once a Raja who wanted an honest man to collect the taxes of his kingdom. On the advice of his minister, he invited applications and fixed a day for interviewing the candidates. On the day of the interview, the minister kept heaps of money in a long dark corridor. He

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 7 55 asked the candidates to march one by one through it to the Raja. When all the candidates had assembled, the minister asked them to dance. When the minister gave the order to dance only one obeyed while the rest remained still. The minister had told the Raja they refused to dance because they had filled their pockets with money stolen from the heaps in the corridor and the coins would jingle and sound if they danced. Now, find the correct and meaningful order of the following jumbled sentences. (5 M) 11. Only one danced. 12. The minister kept heaps of money in a long dark corridor. 13. Raja wanted an honest man. 14. The minister ordered the candidates to dance. 15. Some candidates filled their pockets with money. Note : Copy the box in your answer booklet. Write the numbers to indicate sentences.

Ans :

Section – B : Vocabulary

Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B (Vocabulary) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 16. Read the paragraph and write the synonyms of the underlined words choosing from the words given in the box. (4 × ½ = 2 M)

funny, problem, breast, allow, avoid, box

In fact carrying the trunk should not have been such a worry for me except that my education had made me shun (a) physical labour. After all, I was a government officer and the idea of people seeing me carry my own luggage was not at all amusing (b). Otherwise, for a young man like me it should not have been an issue (c) to carry a 20 kilo chest (d) on my back. (a) ...... (b) ...... (c) ...... (d) ...... 17. Read the paragraph and match the words under 'A' with their antonyms under 'B'. Write your answers and their corresponding numbers in the answer book. (4 × ½ = 2 M) "I felt there was no purpose when you lack purpose and strength (a). It is hard (b) to hold on," he said. But with the help of his religion, friends and family, Nick managed to pull through to become an international symbol of triumph (c) over adversity (d). AB a) strength ( ) 1. prosperity b) hard ( ) 2. weakness c) triumph ( ) 3. soft d) adversity ( ) 4. difficulty 5. defeat 6. easy

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 7 56 18. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words given in brackets. (4 × ½ = 2 M) Father had provided for my ...... (a) (educate / education / educated), and I had been able to ...... (b) (realization / realize / realizable) his dreams. My parents were truly ...... (c) (proud / pride / proudly) of me. It was through me that they had earned a greater degree of ...... (d) (admire / admiration / admirably).

19. Complete the following spellings with 'eu, iu, ue, ea or ie'. (2 × ½ = 1 M) I didn't want to just go and see him like he was a living mus _ _ m (a) p _ _ ce (b).

20. Complete the words with correct suffixes given in brackets. (2 × ½ = 1 M) In the begin ______(ing / ning) it wad difficult, but they soon gained confid ______(ence / ance ) and they became very competent foresters.

21. Find the wrongly spelt word and write the correct spelling. (2 × 1 =2 M) (a) austere inessential ancestral distingished Ans...... (b) casuality ceremony century generosity Ans......

22. Read the following dictionary entry of the word 'portray' given below. (2 × 1 = 2)

Por.tray /pO:'treI; NAmE pO : r't- / verb 1 - sb/sth to show sb/sth in a picture ; to describe sb/ sth in a piece of writing SYN depict 2 ~ sb/sth (as sb / sth) to describe or show sb/sth in a particular way, especially when this does not give a complete or accurate impression of what they are like SYN represent : Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim. 3 ~ sb / sth to act a particular role in a film / movie or play SYN play : Her father will be portrayed by Sean Connery.

Now, answer the following questions using the information above. (a) Write at least two synonyms of the word 'portray' ? Ans...... (b) What is the part of the speech of the word 'portray' ? Ans......

23. Arrange the following words under the correct heading. (8 × ¼ = 2)

super-duper, dily-dally, chit-chat, ping-pong,

hanky-panky, nitty-gritty, pitter-patter, teeny-weeny

Alliterative Rhyming

1...... 1......

2...... 2......

3...... 3......

4...... 4......

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 7 57 24. Use the following expressions in sentences of your own. (4 × 1 = 4) (A) Phrasal Verb : provide for Ans...... (B) Idiomatic Expression : lion's share Ans...... (C) Binomial Expression : give and take Ans...... (D) Foreign Expression : bona fide Ans......

25. Match the following one - word substitutes in Part - A with their meanings in Part - B. Write only letters of Part - B in the appropriate brackets corresponding to Part - A. (4 × ½ = 2) Part - A Part - B 1. geologist ( ) (A) a person or thing that cannot be corrected 2. linguist ( ) (B) a scientist who studies physics 3. didactic ( ) (C) a person who knows many languages 4. incorrigible ( ) (D) something designed to teach people some moral (E) a person who studies languages (F) A person who studies the earth, the origin of the history of rocks

Section – C : Creative Expression

26. a) A private company is building a chemical factory in your village. They did not get the environmental clearance. They are not making any provisions for dumping the chemical wastes. The people of your village are very much anxious and embarrassed about the environmental pollution it will cause. Write a letter to the collector of your district requesting him to order the industrialists to build the industry away from the village. (5M)

(OR)

b) Write a news report describing the agitation made by the villagers against the chemical factory.

27. a) Write the biographical sketch of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. (5M) Birth : 25th December 1924, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. Parents : Krishna Bihari Vajpayee, Krishna Devi. Education : Victoria College, Gwalior ; DAV College, Kanpur, U.P., holds M.A degree in Political Science.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 7 58 Marriage : Not married, remained bachelor all his life. Accomplishments : Literary and artistic, finest poet in Hindi ; journalist, a great orator. Known for : Indian politician and statesman. Worked as : The Prime Minister of India for three terms. Awards : Bharat Ratna (2015) ; Padma Vibhushan (1992). Birth Anniversary : Celebrated as Good Governance Day. Dies on : 16th August, 2018.

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b) Write a story using the following hints. A frail old man – had no wife – lives with son and daughter-in-law– four year old grandson – hands tremble – eyesight blurred – steps faltered – eating difficult– shaky hands – food and milk – spilled – son and daughter-in-law irritated – set a small table – ate alone – broke a bowl – wooden bowl – sad - grandson - sad - doing something with wood scraps – father asked – making a wooden bowl – for them – old age – you reap what you sow.

28. Study the following tree diagram. (5M)

Types of Nouns

NOUNS

Proper Common Collective Abstract

Countable Uncountable eg : Sugar

Singular Plural eg : Star eg : Stars

Now, write a paragraph describing the information depicted in the diagram above.

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AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 7 59 GUESS PAPER - 7 : Answers

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

Q. (1 - 5)

1. Railways

2. Health

3. (C) 42

4. (C) Revenue and Atomic Energy

5. (B) IA & AD and Health departments have the same % of employees aged between 50 - 60.

Q. (6 - 10)

6. Scientists invented pesticides to help the farmers. 7. Robots and computers. 8. (C) may be problematic in future. 9. (B) X - ray 10. (B) Cell phone connects us to the whole world.

Q. (11 - 15)

Ans. 13 12 14 11 15

Section – B : Vocabulary

16. a) avoid b) funny c) problem d) box

17. a – 2, b – 6, c – 5, d – 1.

18. a) education b) realize c) proud d) admiration

19. a) museum b) piece

20. a) beginning b) confidence

21. a) distinguished b) casualty

22. a) depict, represent, play. b) verb

23. Alliterative Rhyming

1. dilly - dally 1. super - duper

2. chit - chat 2. hanky - panky

3. ping - pong 3. nitty - gritty

4. pitter - patter 4. teeny - weeny

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 7 60 24. A) She has three children to provide for.

B) My uncle claimed the lion's share of my grandfather's property.

C) Give and take policy is always helpful.

D) Students should submit their bona fide certificates at the time of admission.

25. 1 – F, 2 – E, 3 – D, 4 – A.

Section – C : Creative Expression

26.a) Tenali,

27-9-20xx.

From,

x x x x x,

H.No. 5-6-54,

Park Street,

Chivaluru.

To

The District Collector,

Office of the Collector,

Guntur.

Respected Sir,

I would like to bring your kind attention towards the problems of contamination of water which is caused by the chemical factory proposed to be built in our village.

A private company is building a chemical factory in our village. They did not even get the environmental clearance. They are not making any provisions for dumping the chemical wastes. The people of our village are very much anxious about the environmental pollution it will cause.

The chemical factories normally use a lot of poisonous chemicals. Their chimneys emit out poisonous gases. These pollutants pollute the air. They scatter poisonous dust to the distant areas. These pollutants make the fields barren. The chemical sewage when it is allowed to flow into the streams contaminate the drinking water and the water for irrigation. Thus, fields and people will be affected. People will be affected by serious diseases. All the animals and birds abandon the place. Trees and plants wither. People also have to leave the village since it will become unlivable. Thus, the total village will become lifeless.

Hence, I request you to please ask the industrialists to build the factory away from the village after getting the environmental clearance.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 7 61 We shall be grateful to you if you take it seriously and do the needful. I am sure you won't let the village to go barren.

Thanking you sir,

Yours sincerely,

x x x x x x.

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b) A struggle against the establishment of chemical factory

Chivaluru, August 29 :

A total bundh was observed in Chivaluru and nearby villages on Monday. Thousands of farmers and villagers took out a rally to demand immediate stopping of the attempts to start a chemical factory in the village, which manufactures cyanide and cyanide based products.

The Tenali - Kollipara was blocked by the protestors for more than five hours in protest against the company which recently began its efforts to open the factory. People told the reporter that they have not even got the environmental clearance. The agitation against the cyanide factory has been going on for a month. Sarpanch, villagers irrespective of their political parties vehemently opposed the establishment of the factory. They conducted a rally and walked up to the Mandal Headquarters of Kollipara and handed over a petition to the Mandal Revenue Officer. Another group of people met the Collector, handed over a petition and requested him to stop the attempts of building the factory in their village. In the petition they said that the factory will cause a holocaust since its products were not good in the living area. They said that their fields will become barren. People have to suffer from dangerous diseases.

The Sarpanch said, "We have given a 30 - day ultimatum to the Collector for closing down the efforts of the industrialists in our village. If they don't do it, we will intensity our agitation". We too hope that the authorities will take necessary steps to stop the factory being built and save the village from its hazardous effects.

27.a) Biographical Sketch of Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Sri Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a politician, statesman and the former Prime Minister of India. He was born on 25th December, 1924 at Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. His father's name was Krishna Bihari Vajpayee and his mother's name was Krishna Devi. He studied in Victoria College in Gwalior and DAV College in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He has an M.A in Political Science. He did not marry. He remained a bachelor all his life. He was known for his literary and artistic accomplishments. He was the finest poet in Hindi. He worked as a journalist. He was a great orator. He held the position of the Prime Minister of India for three terms. He was honoured with Padma Vibhushan in 1992 and with Bharat Ratna in 2015. His birth anniversary 25th December is celebrated as 'Good Governance Day'. He passed away on 16th August, 2018.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 7 62 (OR)

b) Wooden Bowl

A frail old man who had no wife. Lived with his son and daughter-in-law and a four year old grandson. The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and his steps faltered. The family used to eat together. With his shaky hands and blurred eyesight it was very difficult for grandfather to eat. Food and milk used to spill out form his shaking hands. His son and daughter-in-law became irritated with it. They wanted to do something to avoid this fuss. They set a table in the corner for the old man. With his shaking hands grandfather had broken two bowls. So, they started to serve him in a wooden bowl. The little boy, his grandson, pitied his grandfather. He was sad. There were tears in grandfather's eyes when his parents admonished him for spoiling the floor. The little boy wanted to do something. One day his father saw him doing something. His father asked him what he was doing. The boy answered that he was making a wooden bowl for them to eat when they grew up. The words struck the parents. The tears streamed down their faces. From then onwards they cared for the grandfather, loved him very much and served him happily. Moral : You reap what you sow.

28. Nouns can be divided into four kinds. We have proper nouns, common nouns, collective nouns and abstract nouns. Common nouns can further be subdivided into countable nouns and uncountable nouns. Countable nouns can be singular (eg – star) and plural (eg – stars). Uncountable nouns can only be used in the singular (eg. sugar).

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AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 7 63 GUESS PAPER S.S.C. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS A.P. 8 ENGLISH ✲ PAPER – II

Time : 2 hrs. 45 min.] [Max. Marks : 50

Instructions 1. This question paper has 28 questions in three sections (A, B and C). 2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you. 3. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 2.30 hours for writing the answers. 4. Answer all the questions of Section - B (Vocabulary) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 5. Start answering the questions as you read them.

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

(Questions 1 - 5) : Study the table and answer the following questions.

Scientific Name Common Name Drug Present Disease Cured

Cinchona officinalis Cinchona Quinine Malaria

Atropa bellodonna Deadly night Belladonna Pain ; used during

shade Atropine eye testing

Digitalis Fox glove Digitalin heart disease

Eucalyptus Eucalyptus Eucalyptus oil nose and throat

diseases and for cold

Nux vomica Poison nut Brucine stomach and nerve disorders

Papaver somniferum Opium or Poppy Morphine relieving pain,

plant induces sleep

Datura stramonium Thorn apple Alkaloids chest and skin diseases

Ocimum sativum Tulasi Camphor skin disease and earache etc.

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 1. What is the plant useful in curing malaria ?

2. Name the common names of plants useful in curing skin diseases.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 8 64 3. Morphine is present in ( ) A) Fox glove B) Opium C) Thorn apple 4. The scientific name of the plant that is useful in curing heart diseases. ( ) A) Nux vomica B) Atropa bellodonna C) Digitalis 5. Find the correct statement. ( ) A) All the plants in the given table found in foreign countries only. B) Nux vomica is commonly called Poison nut. C) Every plant cures only one disease. (Questions 6 - 10) : Read the following passage carefully.

Knowledge is increasing by leaps and bounds. Wisdom which is the practical use of knowledge is not increasing. It does really a great harm according to Russel. The composition of an atom is discovered. If this knowledge falls into the hands of those who have no wisdom, they destroy the whole humanity. In the same way, the discovery of scientific medicine has resulted in the reduction of infant mortality which led to the growth of population. If there is population explosion, it leads to inadequate food supply and lower the standard of living of the human beings. So, increase in knowledge becomes disastrous if it falls into the hands of "powerful lunatics" - as Russel says. They don't have wisdom. These are the bad effects of increase in wisdom. There are beneficient results also. We know that people with great knowledge are honoured everywhere, though they are not honoured in their own country as the proverb says. We know about Sri Krishna Deva Raya's eight literary giants and Bhoja's nine gems.

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 6. When does knowledge become disastrous ? 7. What is the beneficient result of knowledge ? 8. The result of the discovery of scientific medicine is ...... ( ) A) many people are cured B) population explosion C) standard of living is lowered 9. Wisdom means ...... ( ) A) knowledge B) knowing right C) practical use of knowledge 10. Choose the correct one among the three statements basing on the information given in the passage. () A) Increase in knowledge does great harm according to Russel. B) People with great knowledge are honoured in their own country. C) There were nine gems, who were literary giants in the court of Sri Krishna Deva Raya. (Questions 11 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully. A lovely little girl was holding two apples with both hands. Her mum came in and softly asked her little daughter with a smile ; "My sweetie, could you give your mum one of the your two apples ?" The girl looked up at her mum for some seconds, then the suddenly took a quick bite on one apple, and then quickly on the other.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 8 65 The mum felt the smile on her face freeze. She tried hard not to reveal her disappointment. Then the little girl handed one of her bitten apples to her mum, and said, "Mummy, here you are. This is sweeter one".

Now, find the correct and meaningful order of the following jumbled sentences.(5 × 1 = 5 M) 11. A girl held two apples in her hands. 12. The daughter took quick bites on both the apples to know which apple was sweeter. 13. The daughter offered the sweeter apple to her mother. 14. The mother asked for one of them. 15. But the mother misunderstood and was disappointed. Note : Copy the box in your answer booklet. Write the numbers to indicate sentences.

Ans :

Section – B : Vocabulary

Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B (Vocabulary) in the same order at one place in your answer book.

16. Read the paragraph and write the 'Synonyms' of the underlined words choosing from the words given in the box. (4 × ½ = 2 M)

long time, arrive, depart, ago, truly, surprised

Mrs. Slater : I' m amazed (a) at you, Victoria. I really (b) am. Be off now, and change your dress before your Aunt Elizabeth and your Uncle Ben come. (c) It would never do for them to find you in colours with grandfather lying dead, upstairs. Victoria : What are they coming for ? They haven't been here for ages.(d) (a) ...... (b) ...... (c) ...... (d) ...... 17. Read the paragraph and match the words under 'A' with their antonyms under 'B'. (4×½=2M) It was a very quiet (a) friendship that developed over the years. "Manikda was a shy (b) person and always very discreet about displaying his emotions," said Roberge. Though to outsiders, Ray's massive (c) stature - physical and intellectual might have made him come across as cold, aloof (d) and even intimidating. AB a) quiet ( ) 1. friendly b) shy ( ) 2. tiny c) massive ( ) 3. stupid d) aloof ( ) 4. noisy 5. movement 6. brash

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 8 66 18. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words given in brackets. (4 × ½ = 2 M) "And I was wondering, what has ...... (a) (happened / happen / happens) ? These are things that were there twenty years ago when I was a child. The environment had ...... (b) (changing / changed/ change) ; and that's when I...... (c) (started / start / starting) this campaign to restore the vegetation and to restore the land and to rehabilitate the forests. NHK Radio : What happened when you started ...... (d) (working / worker/ worked) with the women ?

19. Complete the following spellings with 'ue, ee, oa, or ie'. (2 × ½ = 1 M) a) It was a uniq _ _ friendship. b) It developed between a French – Canadian pr _ _ st and one of the world's greatest film directors.

20. Complete the words with correct suffixes given in brackets. (2 × ½ = 1 M) a) Victoria goes out reluct ...... (antly/ ently). b) They are transfixed with amaze ...... (ment / mant).

21. Find the wrongly spelt word and write the correct spelling. (2 × 1 =2 M) (a) deviding, according, planning, belonging. Ans...... (b) handsome, instruction, upstares, bureau Ans......

22. Read the following dictionary entry of the word 'zenith' given below. (2 × 1 = 2)

zen.ith /'zenIθ / noun 1 the highest point that the sun or moon reaches in the sky, directly above you 2 (formal) the time when sth is strongest and most successful SYN peak OPP nadir

Now, answer the following questions using the information above. (a) Write the opposite of 'Zenith'. Ans...... (b) Where do you find stress in the word 'Zenith' ? Ans......

23. Arrange the following words under the correct heading. (8 × ¼ = 2) malicious, intrepid, outgoing, haughty, finicky, enthusiastic, observant, aggressive

Positive qualities Negative qualities

1...... 1......

2...... 2......

3...... 3......

4...... 4......

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 8 67 24. Use the following expressions in sentences of your own. (4 × 1 = 4) (A) Phrasal Verb : come across Ans...... (B) Idiomatic Expression : the driving force Ans...... (C) Binomial Expression : near and dear Ans...... (D) Foreign Expression : en route Ans......

25. Match the following one-word substitutes in Part-A with their meanings in Part-B. (Write only the numbers and their corresponding letters in your answer book.) (4 × ½ = 2) Part - A Part - B 1. Spendthrift ( ) (A) One who possesses many talents. 2. Versatile ( ) (B) One who devotes his service for the love of man-kind. 3. Teetotaler ( ) (C) One who spends too much. 4. Philanthropist ( ) (D) One who abstains from alcohol. (E) One who fears everything. (F) One who is addicted to tea

Section – C : Creative Expression

26. a) Imagine your school organised a felicitation for PV Sindhu, the first Indian to win the BWF World Championship. (5M) Write a letter to your friend Sanjay describing how you were inspired by her success story. (OR)

b) ABC Public School organised a felicitation for PV Sindhu, the first Indian to win the BWF World Championship.

Write a news report describing the felicitation ceremony.

27. a) Write the biographical sketch using the following information. (5M)

Medha Patkar Birth : 1st October, 1945 Name : Medha Patkar Profession : Social activist Date of Birth : 1st December 1954 Place of Birth : Mumbai, Maharastra

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 8 68 Parents : Indu, Vasant Kanolkar Qualification : M.A. Known for Awards : Narmada Bachao Andolan, Great Livelihood Award, Human Rights Defender Award, Mahatma Phule Award, Green Ribbon Award

(OR)

b) Write a story based on the following hints. Sivaiah – poor – cultivated his bit of land – rest under a tree – snake – bowed – daily gave milk – a gold coin next day – continued – Sivaiah told his son to do so – went to another village son thought – treasure inside – struck the snake – bit the son – Sivaiah knew – no relation with the snake – snake left – gave a necklace.

28. Study the following tree diagram. (5M) Temperatures of 100 years

Average 2000 – 09 Average 1910 – 2000 14.42°C 14.5 13.60°C 14.0 Temperature (in °C) Temperature

1910 19201930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

Now, write a paragraph describing the information depicted in the diagram given.

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AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 8 69 GUESS PAPER - 8 : Answers Section – A : Reading Comprehension

Q. (1 - 5)

1. Cinchona

2. Thorn apple and Tulasi

3. B) Opium

4. C) Digitalis

5. B) Nux vomica is commonly called poison nut.

Q. (6 - 10)

6. When it falls into the hands of "powerful lunatics". 7. People with great knowledge are honoured every where. 8. B) population explosion 9. C) practical use of knowledge 10. A) Increase in knowledge does great harm according to Russel.

Q. (11 - 15) Ans. 11 14 12 15 13

Section – B : Vocabulary

16. a) surprised b) truly c) arrive d) long time

17. a) 4 - (noisy) b) 6 - (brash) c) 2 - (tiny) d) 1 - (friendly)

18. a) happened b) changed c) started d) working

19. a) unique b) priest

20. a) reluctantly b) amazement

21. a) dividing b) upstairs

22. a) Nadir b) On the first syllable

23. Positive qualities Negative qualities

1. intrepid 1. malicious

2. outgoing 2. haughty

3. enthusiastic 3. finicky

4. observant 4. aggressive

24. A) come across : while coming from office I came across an old building.

B) the driving force : a person or a thing that motivates or directs someone : We need some driving force to become successful in life.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 8 70 C) near and dear : relatives, well wishers and close friends : All near and dear attended the party.

D) en route : on the way : I visited Bombay en route to Delhi.

25. 1 – C, 2 – A, 3 – D, 4 – B

Section – C : Creative Expression 26. a) Sattenapally, Dt : xx.xx.xxxx Dear Sanjay, Hope this letter finds you in good health. Hope you celebrated the Independence Day celebrations with pomp and show. In this letter I am very eager to share with you something very wonderful and inspiring. I am sure you are well aware that for the first time in the history of India an Indian won a gold medal in the Badminton World Federation World Championship on 25th of August 2019. That is none other than PV Sindhu. And the surprise I want to share with you now is that our school organised a programme to felicitate her. It was a red letter day for our school. The Head Master along with the school head boy and school head girl welcomed P V Sindhu with bouquets. Our school Head Master addressed the assembly and told us a brief life history of PV Sindhu. She was born in Hyderabad on 5th July 1995. She started playing badminton from the age of eight. After learning the basics she joined Pullela Gopichand's Badminton Academy. She has won many accolades from the early age including the under-14 team gold medal at the 51st National State Games in India. This year she defeated her Japanese opponent and won the world championship. Thanking the school management for organising the event Sindhu advised us to give equal importance for sports and games along with our studies. Inspired by her success story I have decided to join the sports club and spend more time for sports and games. I wish you too do the same. Convey my loving regards to your Mon and Day. Waiting to see you during the holidays. Yours lovingly, xxx. Address on the envelope : To, V. Sanjay, D.No. 8-1-301/85 Lakshmi Nagar Colony, bank colony Kurnool - 500008.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 8 71 (OR)

b) ABC SCHOOL FELICITATES PV SINDHU

(Kavya)

Jangoan, 28 August 2019 : ABC Public School organised a ceremony to felicitate PV Sindhu who won a gold medal in the Badminton World Federation World Championship on 25th of August 2019. The Head Master along with the school head boy and school head girl welcomed P V Sindhu with bouquets. All the students and the teachers had gathered in the school ground to welcome the BWF world champion.

The Head Master addressed the assembly and described the life history of PV Sindhu. She was born in Hyderabad on 5th July 1995. Both her parents have been national level volleyball players. She started playing badminton from the age of eight. After learning the basics she joined Pullela Gopichand's Badminton Academy. The Head Master mentioned that Sindhu was so punctual from her early days onwards and she used to report on time at the coaching camps daily, travelling a distance of 56 km. She has won many accolades from the early age including the under - 14 team gold medal at the 51st National State Games in India. Thanking the school management for organizing the event Sindhu advised the students to give equal importance for sports and games along with our studies. She told them to follow their dreams and dedicate their time and energy to achieve their dreams.

27.a) Medha Patkar

Medha Patkar is a well known social activist. She is a famous human rights defender. Her name is synonymous with great reformers. The moment Medha Patkar is mentioned, people are reminded of the Narmada Bachao Andolan. This great human rights defender was born on 1st December 1954, in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She was born to Mr. Vasant Kanolkar and Mrs. Indu. Medha pursued her Masters in Arts. She opposed the construction of a dam on river Narmada, to save many villagers from becoming homeless. The construction of dam would destroy the ecosystem of that area.

Many villages would be drowned by the dam water. For her concern towards the poor villagers she won Human Rights Defender Award and Mahatma Phule Award. She also won Great Livelihood Award and Green Ribbon Award. Many women look up to her for her fearless attitude.

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b) A Kind Snake

Once there lived a poor man called Sivaiah. One day he cultivated his bit of land and was taking rest under a tree. There he saw a snake and gave milk to it. The snake gave a gold coin to him. Daily he gave milk and snake in return gave a gold coin to him. One day Sivaiah went to another village. His son thought that there might be treasure in the anthill. So he digged the

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 8 72 anthill and the snake came out and bit him. Sivaiah came to know all this and asked snake to forgive. Snake left the place giving him a necklace. Moral ; Greed brings grief.

28. 1. The graph depicts the temperatures of 100 years from 1910 to 2010.

2. During the years 1990 to 2010, the heat exceeded from 14°C to 14.5°C.

3. In the year 1950 the temperature nearly touched 14°C.

4. Among the years 1950 to 2010, the 1970 showed the lowest temperature.

5. The last decade i.e from 1990 to 2000 and 2000 to 2010 had been warmer.

6. Growing more trees, controlling using of fossil fuels, reducing use of plastic are important measures to be taken to control the rising temperatures.

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AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 8 73 GUESS PAPER S.S.C. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS A.P. 9 ENGLISH ✲ PAPER – II

Time : 2 hrs. 45 min.] [Max. Marks : 50

Instructions 1. This question paper has 35 questions in three sections (A, B and C). 2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you. 3. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 2.30 hours for writing the answers. 4. Answer all the questions of Section - B (Grammar) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 5. Start answering the questions as you read them.

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

(Questions 1 - 5) : Study the following information given in the table. Details of % of schools with drinking water facility in 11 states

Sl. No. Name of the State % of Schools with Drinking water facility

1. Andhra Pradesh 97.61 2. Arunachal Pradesh 94.86 3. Assam 90.45 4. Bihar 98.48 5. Chandigarh 100 6. Chhattisgarh 97.08 7. Gujarat 99.88 8. Haryana 99.91 9. Himachal Pradesh 99.95 10. Karnataka 99.87 11 Kerala 99.91

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 1. What does this table describe ? 2. Which state has the fourth highest percentage of schools with drinking water facility ? 3. The following state has 100% schools with drinking water facility. ( ) A) Chandigarh B) Kerala C) Karnataka

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 9 74 4. Himachal Pradesh has the ...... percentage of schools with drinking water facility. A) least B) highest C) second highest () 5. Choose the true statement among the following. A) Andhra Pradesh has the highest percentage of schools with drinking water facility among the eleven states. () B) The least number of schools with drinking water facility is in Bihar. C) All states have more than 90% of schools with drinking water facility. (Questions 6 - 10) : Read the following passage carefully.

Bees live in a house that is called a hive. There are three kinds of bees : workers, drones, and queens. Only one queen bee can live in each hive. If she is lost or dead, the other bees will stop their work. Bees are very wise and busy little creatures. They all join together to build cells of wax for their honey. Each bee takes its proper place and does its own work. Some go out and gather honey from the flowers ; others stay at home and work inside the hive. It is not safe for handle bees. Bees have a painful sting that they use in their defense.

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 6. What is the house of bees called ? 7. Why is it not safe for children to handle bees ? 8. The number of queen bees that live in a hive is ...... ( ) A) three B) only one C) only two 9. What happens when the queen bee is dead ? ( ) A) Other bees will continue the work. B) Other bees start working hard. C) Other bees stop working. 10. Choose the true statement among the following. ( ) A) Bees are not intelligent creatures. B) Bees are lazy creatures. C) Bees are small creatures. (Questions 11 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully. In ancient times, a king had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the big stone out of the way. Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. On approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. As the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 9 75 Now, find the correct and meaningful order of the following jumbled sentences.(5 × 1 = 5 M) 11. Many merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. 12. A farmer who came that way with a load of vegetables moved the stone to the side of the road. 13. He found the purse with gold coins kept by the king as a reward. 14. There was a boulder placed on a roadway. 15. The king wanted to give to the person who would remove the boulder and kept a purse with gold coins. Section – B : Vocabulary

Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B (Vocabulary) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 16. Read the paragraph and write the synonyms of the underlined words choosing from the words given in the box. (4 × ½ = 2 M) essential, food, pure, began, environment, resources

From the time we started (a), we were trying to respond to the basic (b) needs of people in the rural areas; and people were asking for clean (c) drinking water, for food, for energy (which is mostly firewood), for building material, for fodder (d) for the animals. And all these come from the land. (a) ...... (b) ...... (c) ...... (d) ...... 17. Read the paragraphs and match the words under 'A' with their antonyms under 'B'. Write your answers and their corresponding numbers in the answer book. (4 × ½ = 2 M) Every child is born, with some inherited (a) characteristics, into a specific (b) socioeconomic and emotional environment and trained in certain (c) ways by figures of authority. I inherited honesty and self-discipline from my father ; from my mother, inherited faith in goodness and deep kindness and so did my three brothers and sister. I had three close friends in my childhood - Ramanadha Sastry, Aravindan and Sivaprakasan. All these boys were from orthodox (d) Hindu Brahmin families. AB a) inherited ( ) 1. uncertain b) specific ( ) 2. acquired c) certain ( ) 3. unorthodox d) orthodox ( ) 4. ambiguous 5. ordinary 6. firm 18. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words given in brackets. (4 × ½ = 2 M) Mrs. Slater: I'm ...... (a) (amazed / amaze / amazement) at you, Victoria. I ...... (b) (real / really / reality) am. Be off now, and change your dress before your Aunt Elizabeth and your Uncle Ben come. It would never do for them to find you in ...... (c) (colourful / colourfully / colours) with grandfather lying ...... (d) (death/ dead / died), upstairs.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 9 76 19. Complete the following spellings with 'ai, oi, ie, ia or ou'. (2 × ½ = 1 M) I would never do for them to find you in col _ _ rs with grandfather laying dead, upst _ _ rs.

20. Complete the words with correct suffixes given in brackets. (2 × ½ = 1 M) Nick's father was a computer program ...... (a) (mar / mer) and account ...... (b) (ent / ant) and he taught his little son how to type with his toe at just 6 years old.

21. Find the wrongly spelt word and write the correct spelling. (2 × 1 =2 M) (a) language, elegance, manuscript, ocasional Ans...... (b) fragment, reputation, absolutly, humane Ans......

22. Read the following dictionary entry of the word 'upbeat' given below.

up.beat / 'Vpbi:t/ adj. (informal) positive and enthusiastic ; making you feel that the future will be good SYN optimistic : The tone of the speech was upbeat. The meeting ended on an upbeat note. OPP downbeat

Now, answer the following questions using the information above. (2 × 1 = 2 M) (a) What is the antonym of the word 'upbeat' ? Ans...... (b) Write the synonym of the word 'upbeat'. Ans......

23. Arrange the following words under the correct heading. (8 × ¼ = 2 M)

lazy, pessimistic, optimistic, cautious, creative, quarrelsome, sarcastic, reliable

Positive Qualities Negative Qualities

1...... 1......

2...... 2......

3...... 3......

4...... 4......

24. Use the following expressions in sentences of your own. (4 × 1 = 4 M) (A) Phrasal Verb : look after Ans...... (B) Idiomatic Expression : at length Ans...... (C) Binomial Expression : odds and ends Ans...... (D) Foreign Expression : bona fide Ans......

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 9 77 25. Match the following one-word substitutes in Part-A with their meanings in Part-B. Write only letters of Part -B in the appropriate brackets corresponding to Part-A. (4 × ½ = 2 M) Part - A Part - B 1. epitaph ( ) (A) a person who can advice others 2. introvert ( ) (B) words inscribed on a tomb 3. guide ( ) (C) a person of good understanding, knowledge and reasoning power 4. versatile ( ) (D) a quiet person who is more interested in their own thoughts and feelings (E) one who believes in God (F) one who possesses many talents

Section – C : Creative Expression

26. a) Your friends and teachers planned to go on an excursion. You too want to go along with them. You want Rs. 1000/- and persmission from your father. Write a letter to your father asking him to give permission to you to go on the excursion and request him to send you one thousand rupees. Include the following : your welfare - planning to excursion - Delhi - request for permission. (OR) (5M)

b) Write a newspaper report on a road accident in which 27 people were killed. Include the following in your news report.

✶ Where and when did the accident take place ?

✶ How did the accident take place ?

✶ Who were the victims ?

✶ Other necessary details

27. a) You know that P.V. Sindhu is a silver medallist at 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. Now write a brief biographical sketch using the facts given below. (5M) Birth : Pusarla Venkata Sindhu Profession : Indian Badminton player Born : July 5, 1995 Age (as in 2016) : 21 Years Father : P.V. Ramana Mother : P. Vijaya Birth Place : Hyderabad, India Nationality : Indian Hometown : Hyderabd, India

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 9 78 College : St.Ann's College for Women, Mehdipatnam Height in centimetres : 179 cm International Debut : 2009 Sub-Junior Asian Badminton Championship in Colombo Coach : Pullela Gopichand Handedness : Right Honours : She received Padma Shri in 2015, which is the fourth highest civilian award of India. In 2014, she got the FICCI Breakthrough Sportsperson. In 2014, she also received NDTV Indian of the Year. In 2016, she received Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.

(OR)

b) Write a story using the following hints. (5M) A king very fond of stories – man who tells a story that never ends – to marry his daughter – a handsome young man begins his story – " a little ant – nothing to eat – sees a big building – decides to take some rice from it – crawls inside – carries a grain of rice on back – crawls home" – the young man goes on telling about the ant – king understands the cleverness – marries off his daughter to him – happy- happy ending.

28. Study the following pie-diagram.

Gowtham's Expenditure (Rs. 30,000)

20% 25% Savings Rent

20% 15 % Household Food & other expenses

5%

children

15% Education of Education

Entertainment

Now, write a paragraph describing the information depicted in the diagram above.

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AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 9 79 GUESS PAPER - 9 : Answers Section – A : Reading Comprehension

Q. (1 - 5)

1. This table describes the details of percentage of schools with drinking water facility in 11 states. 2. Gujarat 3. A) Chandigarh 4. C) Second highest 5. C) All states have more than 90% of schools with drinking water facility. Q. (6 - 10) 6. The house of bees is called a hive. 7. It is not safe for children to handle bees because they have a painful sting that they use in their defense. 8. B) only one 9. C) Other bees stop working. 10. C) Bees are small creatures. Q. (11 - 15) Ans. 34 5 1 2

Section – B : Vocabulary

16. a) began b) essential c) pure d) food

17. A B a) inherited ( 2 ) 1. uncertain b) specific ( 4 ) 2. acquired c) certain ( 1 ) 3. unorthodox d) orthodox ( 3 ) 4. ambiguous 18. a) amazed b) really c) colours d) dead 19. a) colours b) upstairs 20. a) programmer b) accountant 21. a) occasional b) absolutely 22. a) down-beat b) optimistic

23. Positive qualities Negative qualities 1. optimistic 1. Lazy 2. cautious 2. pessimistic 3. creative 3. quarrelsome 4. reliable 4. sarcastic

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 9 80 24. A) look after : take care of

I need some one to look after my child while I'm at work.

B) at length : do it for a long time or in great detail.

The young people spoke at length about their experiences.

C) odds and ends : Unimportant or unnecessary things.

She packed her clothes and a few other odds and ends.

D) bona fide : honest or genuine

Tourists cannot enter our country without bona fide immigration documents.

25. 1 – B, 2 – D, 3 – A, 4 – F

Section – C : Creative Expression

26. a) Bheemavaram,

15-10-2019.

Dear father,

I am well. I hope the same with you and mother. In this letter I want to inform you that our school is organizing a four day trip to Delhi.

On 20th of this month, our school is planning to take us to Delhi and its surrounding places. It is not only a recreational trip but also an educational trip. The trip fee is just Rs.1000 including boarding and lodging. Our teachers also accompanying us. All my friends are going on the trip.

So, I request you to allow me to go for this trip with my friends and teachers. Can you please send me trip fees ?

Looking forward for your permission.

Give my regards to Mom.

Yours lovingly,

xxxx

Address on the envelope :

To

K. Ranga Rao,

MAATHA Towers,

Patamata,

Vijayawada - 10

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 9 81 (OR)

b) 27 killed in Road Mishap in Guntur

Guntur, March 27 : It was a black Sunday in Guntur district where 27 persons were killed in a terrific road accident and six other critically injured.

Tragedy stuck a 35 member tourist bus from Amaravathi in Guntur district. When the tourist bus was proceeding to Nellore collided head – on with a private bus while overtaking a vehicle.

In the mishap that occurred at Guntur highway, 10 km from here around 7 am, 15 persons died instantaneously, 7 on the way to Guntur Government Hospital and five after admission into hospital. The driver also received several injuries and was admitted into a hospital for treatment as well as the critically injured persons.

Police book a case and began enquiry.

27.a) Biographical sketch of P.V. Sindhu

P.V. Sindhu is a great badminton player. Her full name is Pusarla Venkata Sindhu. She is a right handed badminton player. She was born on 5th July in 1995 in Hyderabad India. Her father is P.V. Ramana and her mother is P. Vijaya. She did her degree in St. Ann's college for women, Mehidipatnam. Her height is 179 cm. She made her debut as. Sub Junior Asian Badminton Championship in Colombo. Pullela Gopichand, a great badminton player has been her coach. She has been a remarkable player and performed well in many events. She was honoured with Padma Shri Award in 2015, which is the fourth highest civilian award of India. She also received FICCI Break through sports person award in 2014 and NDTV Indian of the year in the year 2014. She was awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2016, the highest sporting honour of India.

(OR)

b) THE NEVER - ENDING STORY

There was a king who was very fond of stories. Remarkable story tellers came to his court and told him many stories. The king demanded that the next story teller tell him a long story - a never ending story.

No story teller came to the court to tell him stories. The king grew desperate and announced to marry his daughter.

A few days later, a handsome young man, arrived at the kings court and began his story.

"There lived a little ant in a kingdom. It had nothing to eat. After searching a lot it sees a big building with a huge granary of grains of rice stored in it. It decides to take some rice from it. So it slowly crawls inside the building and carries a grain of rice on its back and crawls to its home. Then it came back carried a grain on its back and crawls to its home."

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 9 82 "What happened next ? asked the king impatiently."

"You won't believe what happened next Maharaj, the ant came back again and carried a grain of rice and went to its home".

"And then ?" asked the king.

"And then Maharaj, it came back to the granary and carried a grain to its home ...... "

"No" said the king who was by then sick of the little ant, the granary, the grain, and above all the story teller.

Then the young man goes on telling about the ant and grain.

Now the king understood the cleverness of the handsome young man and marries off his daughter happily.

28. The pie diagram shows the Gowtham's expenditure of Rs.30,000. He spends 25% on house rent, 15% on food, 15% on Education of his children, 5% on entertainment, 20% on house hold and other expenses. Total 80% of his income spends for himself and his family and he saves only 20% on savings. He spends the highest on house rent and the least on entertainment.

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AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 9 83 GUESS PAPER S.S.C. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS A.P. 10 ENGLISH ✲ PAPER – II

Time : 2 hrs. 45 min.] [Max. Marks : 50

Instructions 1. This question paper has 28 questions in three sections (A, B and C). 2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you. 3. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 2.30 hours for writing the answers. 4. Answer all the questions of Section - B (Vocabulary) in the same order at one place in your answer book. 5. Start answering the questions as you read them.

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

(Questions 1 - 5) : Read the following tree diagram carefully.

Musical Instruments

Wind instruments Percussion Stringed Instruments Instruments

Flute Clarinet Horn Harp Guitar Violin Cello

Tabla Drums Xylophone Wood block

Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 1. What are the three types of musical instruments ? 2. What is the tree diagram about ? 3. Which of the following is not a stringed instrument ? ( ) A) Guitar B) Violin C) Xylophone 4. This is a wind instrument. ( ) A) Drums B) Violin C) Flute 5. Which of the following statements is true according to the tree diagram ? ( ) A) The drum is a wind musical instrument. B) There are eleven musical instruments in the tree diagram. C) All musical instruments are stringed.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 10 84 (Questions 6 - 10) : Read the following passage carefully.

Strange coloured snow that fell in three different Siberian regions is not toxic and many have been caused by dust and soil blown into the atmosphere from neighbouring Kazakhistan", a Russian official said on Friday. "The snow which fell on Wednesday afternoon, was yellow, green and orange, and covered more than 100 sq. kms in atleast three provinces", said Emergency Situations Ministry spokes man Beltsov. Initial tests in three main cities in the region - Omsk, Tomsk and Novosibirsk – showed that the multicoloured snow was not harmful and he refuted earlier reports that said the snow was oily of foul - smelling. The official said it appeared that the colouration came from clay and sandy soils common in the northern regions of Kazakhistan. "Preliminary results have found no dangerous chemical or radio active materials", Beltov said. Officials in the Omsk region had earlier warned local residents not to use the snow for drinking water or other purpose and to keep themselves domestic animals from walking on it or touching it. Now, answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5 M) 6. What were the colours of the snow fall in the three Siberian cities ? 7. What might have caused the multi - coloured snow fall ? 8. The initial tests in the three main cites showed. ( ) A) dangerous chemicals B) radioactive material C) no harmful substances 9. The local residents were warned ...... ( ) A) about the harm B) about the safety C) not to drink and not allow domestic animals to walk on it or touch it. 10. Choose the correct one among the three statements basing on the information given in the passage. () A) Preliminary results have found no dangerous chemical B) Preliminary tests showed that the snow was dangerous chemical C) The snow which fell on Wednesday was red, blue and brown (Questions 11 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully.

Ramu was a tailor. He had a shop on the main road. It was on the way to a big pond. Jumbo was an elephant. He and Ramu were friends. Every morning Jumbo went to the pond for a bath. On the way the stopped in front of Ramu's shop. Every day Ramu gave him a banana. One morning Jumbo was going to the pond for his bath. He stopped in front of Ramu's shop. But Ramu was not there. His son Shamu was there. Jumbo put out his trunk for the banana. Shamu did not give him a banana. He took a needle and pricked Jumbo's trunk with the needle. Then the boy laughed a loud, "Ha, ha, ha !"

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 10 85 Jumbo was very angry. He ran to the pond. He had his bath. Then he took a lot of mud and water in his trunk. He walked back. He stopped in front of Ramu's shop. Shamu was still there. He was stitching new clothes. Jumbo threw all the mud and water on Shamu. Shamu was wet and dirty. His clothes were wet and dirty. All the clothes in the shop were wet and dirty. Jumbo laughed, "Ha, ha, ha!" The king was greatly amused by Raman's wit. He pardoned him. He gave him a dozen of the peaches he had risked his life for.

Now, find the following sentences in a sequential and meaningful order : (5 × 1 = 5 M) 11. One day Shamu pricked Jumbo's trunk with a needle. 12. Everyday Ramu gave Jumbo a banana. 13. Jumbo ran to the pond and took lot of mud. 14. Ramu and Jumbo were friends. 15. He threw all the mud and water on Shamu. Note : Copy the box in your answer booklet. Write the numbers to indicate sentences.

Ans :

Section – B : Vocabulary

Note : Answer all the questions of Section - B (Vocabulary) in the same order at one place in your answer book.

16. Read the paragraph and write the 'Synonyms' of the underlined words choosing from the words given in the box. (4 × ½ = 2 M)

improve or get better, victory, defeat, survive, difficulty, prosperity

'It is hard to hold on,' (a) he said. But with the help of his religon, friends and family Nick managed to pull through (b) to become an international symbol of triumph (c) over adversity (d).

(a) ...... (b) ......

(c) ...... (d) ......

17. Read the paragraph and match the words under 'A' with their antonyms under 'B'.

Write your answers and their corresponding numbers in the answer book. (4 × ½ = 2 M)

After spending a leisurely (a) Sunday at home, the very thought of returning to work on Monday is tiring. Lethargy (b) creeps in if the holiday continues (c) over and extended (d) period. That is how I felt when I was preparing to return to my place of work after spending six months at home.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 10 86 AB a) leisurely ( ) 1. discontinues b) lethargy ( ) 2. gathered c) continues ( ) 3. contracted d) extended ( ) 4. uncontinued 5. occupied 6. diligence

18. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words given in brackets. (4 × ½ = 2 M) "What ...... (a) (strucked / struck / strikes) me most was not the material poverty ...... (b) (depicting / depicts / depicted) in the films, but the enormous ...... (c) (spiritual / spirit / spirituality) poverty of some rich people is much more deplorable than material poverty," he said. Roberge does not speak with the ...... (d) (arrogant / arrogance / arrogantly) of the West.

19. Complete the following spellings with 'ie', 'oa', 'ue' or 'ou'. (2 × ½ = 1 M) How do you think you can (a) infl _ _ nce the rest of Africa ? Our efforts will inspire other people to stop wasting their (b) res _ _ rces.

20. Complete the words with correct suffixes given in brackets. (2 × ½ = 1 M) (a) Simultan ...... (eously / eousli) our journeys started in two opposite (b)direc ...... (sions / tions).

21. Find the wrongly spelt word and write the correct spelling. (2 × 1 =2 M) (a) mournig, solemly, fortnight, quiet Ans...... (b) leathar, receding, giant, journeys Ans......

22. Read the following dictionary entry of the word 'swindle' given below. (2 × 1 = 2)

swin.dle / 'swIndl/ verb, noun

verb to cheat sb in order to get sth, especially money, from them : ~ sb (out of sth) They swindled out of hundreds of dollars. ~ sth (out of sb) They swindled hundreds of dollars out of him. swind.ler / 'swIndlE(r) / nour SYN conman

Now, answer the following questions using the information above. (a) What is the noun form of 'swindle' ? Ans...... (b) 'They swindled hundreds of dollars out of him' write the part of speech of the underlined word. Ans......

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 10 87 23. Arrange the following words under the correct heading. (8 × ¼ = 2)

trusting, confident, lazy, quarrelsome, arrogant, optimistic, self-centred, generous

Positive Qualities Negative Qualities

1...... 1......

2...... 2......

3...... 3......

4...... 4......

24. Use the following expressions in sentences of your own. (4 × 1 = 4) (A) Phrasal Verb : look after Ans...... (B) Idiomatic Expression : drive a hard bargain Ans...... (C) Binomial Expression : part and parcel Ans...... (D) Foreign Expression : en masse Ans...... 25. Match the following one-word substitutes in Part-A with their meanings in Part-B. (Write only the numbers and their corresponding letters in your answer book.) (4 × ½ = 2) Part - A Part - B 1. agnostic ( ) (A) a person who abstains from taking alcohol 2. aesthetics ( ) (B) a result of a situation or of an action 3. fallout ( ) (C) a branch of philosophy that studies the principles of beauty in art. 4. documentary ( ) (D) a person who is not sure about the existence of God. (E) one who believes in God (F) a film that gives facts about something Section – C : Creative Expression

26. a) Imagine your school organised a debate on 'Abrogation of Article 370'. You also partticipated in the debate and won a prize. Now write a letter to your friend describing him/her the details. (5M) OR b) Now write a news paper report describing the details of the programme. The students of ABC school organised a debate on 'Abrogation of Article 370'. Many students partticipated in the debate and debated the pros and cons of the decision.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 10 88 27. a) Given below is the biographical information about Satyajit Ray. Based on this information write a biographical sketch. (5M) SATYAJIT RAY Born : 2nd May 1921, Culcutta, West Bengal Father : Sukumr Ray Mother : Suprabha Ray Education : Ballygunge Government High School, Presidency College, Visva-Bharti University at Santiniketan Career : Visualizer in an advertising company, Cover designing in press, Founded Calcutta Film Society (1947). Main Films : Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajitho (1956), Apur Sansar (1959), Charulata 1964) Ganashatru', 'Shakha Proshakha' 'Agantuk' Other ventures ; started children's magazine 'Sandesh' (1961) Awards : National Film Awards (32 times), Mosco Film Festival award, Berlin Film Festival Award, Golden Lion Honorary Award. Legion of Honor' Dadasaheb Phalke Award, Padma Bhushan (1965), Bharat Ratna (1992), Honorary Oscar (1992). Spouse : Bijoya Das (Married in 1949) Son : Sandip Ray Died : 23rd April 1992 (OR) b) Write a story using the following hints. A king distressed – his people lazy – teach a lesson – put big stone – road – people pass through – cursed the stone – king had the stone removed – purse full of money – under stone people ashamed. 28. The Countries with the Most Doctoral Graduates in 2014. (5M)

No.of Doctoral Rank Country Graduates

1. United States of America 67,449 2. Germany 28,147 3. United Kingdom 25,020 4. India 24,300 5. Japan 16,039 6. France 13,729

Now, write a paragraph describing the information depicted in the table given. ––––––– AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 10 89 GUESS PAPER - 10 : Answers Section – A : Reading Comprehension

Q. (1 - 5)

1. Wind instruments, percussion instruments and stringed instruments.

2. About the types musical instruments.

3. C) Xylophone

4. B) Flute

5. A) There are eleven musical instruments in the tree diagram.

Q. (6 - 10)

6. Yellow, green and orange. 7. The colouration might be due to the dust and soil blown into the atmosphere from neighbouring Kazakhistan. 8. C) no harmful substances. 9. C) not to drink and not allow domestic animals to walk on it or touch it. 10. A) Preliminary results have found no dangerous chemical.

Q. (11 - 15)

Ans. 14 12 11 13 15

Section – B : Vocabulary

16. a) survive b) improve or get better c) victory d) difficulty

17. a) 5 (occupied) b) 6 (diligence) c) 1(discontinued) d) 3 (contracted

18. a) struck b) depicted c) spiritual d) arrogance

19. a) influence b) resources

20. a) Simultaneously b) directions

21. a) solemnly b) leather

22. a) Swindler b) Verb

23. Positive qualities Negative qualities

1. trusting 1. lazy

2. confident 2. quarrelsome

3. optimistic 3. arrogant

4. generous 4. self-centred.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 10 90 24. A) look after : to take care of : Children should look after their parents in old age.

B) drive a hard bargain : work hard to negotiate agreements in one's own favour:

The two sisters drove a hard bargain over the sharing of her father's assets.

C) part and parcel : an integral part : Culture is a part and parcel of one's life.

D) en masse : all together, in large numbers : The four friends came en masse to help Mohan.

25. 1 – D, 2 – C, 3 – B, 4 – F

Section – C : Creative Expression 26. a) Vijayawada, xx-xx-xxxx. Hope this letter finds you in good health. How did you write your Formative Exams ? I am sure that exams are a just a cake walk for you. In this letter I want to share how I participated in a debate held at our school just a few days ago. The topic of our debate was Abrogation of Article 370. I was the team leader for my house and we decided to speak in favour of the topic. It went on well and finally we were declared the winner. Do you want to know the details ? Keep reading. Article 370 was prepared in 1954 in order to give a special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Article 370, along with Article 35 A, defined that the people of J & K live under a separate set of laws, including those related to citizenship, ownership of property and fundamental rights. On 5 August 2019, President Ram Nath Kovind issued a constitutional order superseding the 1954 order, and making all the provisions of the Indian constitution applicable to Jammu and Kashmir. In addition, the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act was passed by the parliament, enacting the division of the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories. Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh. The reorganisation is scheduled to take place on 31 October 2019. Now, the J & K citizens can proudly call themselves Indians with all Constitutional rights. Hope to see you soon during the holidays. Do convey my loving regards to your Mom and Dad. Yours lovingly, xxxx Address on the envelope : To, P. Kavya, D.No. 123 Benz Circle, Vijayawada - 10

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 10 91 (OR)

b) DEBATE ON ABROGATION OF ARTICLE 370

(Sarita)

Vijayawada, Dt. xx.xx.xxxx :

ABC Public School conducted a debate competition for students on 'Abrogation of Article 370.' Selected students from different classes formed the teams and argued against and for the article.

Those who spoke against the scraping of the article explained the reason why it was necessitated and why it has to be maintained as a special status. It was discussed that Article 370 was prepared in 1954 in order to give a special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

Those who supported the abrogation of the article stated that Article 370, along with Article 35A, defined that the people of J & K live under a separate set of laws, including those related to citizenship, ownership of property and fundamental rights.

The moderator brought it to the notice of everyone that on 5 August 2019, President Ram Nath Kovind issued a constitutional order superseding the 1954 order, and making all the provisions of the Indian constitution applicable to Jammu and Kashmir. In addition, the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act was passed by the parliament, enacting the division of the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories to be called Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh. The reorganisation is scheduled to take place on 31 October 2019. Hereafter the J & K citizens can proudly call themselves Indians with all constitutional rights. Hence it was concluded that the abrogation of Article 370 was a welcome move.

27.a) SATYAJIT RAY

Satyajit Ray was an Indian filmmaker and was regarded as one of the greatest film directors. He was born on May 2, 1921 in Calcutta, in an affluent Bengali family which boasted of a rich heritage in art and literature. He was the only son of Sukumar and Suprabha Ray.

After completed his formal education from Ballygunge Government High School after which he enrolled at the Presidency College, Calcutta to complete his BA in Economics.

Later he joined Visva-Bharti University at Santiniketan founded by Rabindranath Tagore where he found his true love for Indian art.

In 1947, he founded the Calcutta Film Society. He released his first film 'Pather Panchali' in 1955. It was a ground-breaking film in all aspects and received much appreciation and eleven international and many national prizes including the best feature film and best director. The character of Apu which he had introduced in 'Pather Panchali' and was taken forward with 'Aparajito' (1956), and finally concluded the 'Apu Trilogy' with 'Apur Sansar' which he released in 1959.

AP X English - II ✦ Guess Paper - 10 92 In 1961, he revived children's magazine, Sandesh. The magazine, informative and entertaining in content, helped him initiate a career in writing and illustration.

It was in 1964 that he came up with his most accomplished and acknowledged film, 'Charulata'. Labelled as the magnum opus film of his career, it received wide appreciation by critics and audience.

In the last nine years of his life, he came up with only three films, 'Ganashatru', 'Shakha Prashakha' and 'Agantuk' which were based on the philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore and dealt with social issues. Including feature films, documentaries and short films he directed 36 films.

Over his life, he was bestowed with 32 National Film Awards and numerous international honours such as Golden Lion. In 1985, he received the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award and two years later received France's most prestigious award, 'Legion of Honour'.

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b) A CLEVER KING

Once a king was distressed on seeing his people lazy and idle. He wanted to teach them a lesson. One night he put a big stone in the middle of the road. Next morning people passed by but did not care to remove the stone. After a few days the king had got it removed. There was a purse full of money underneath the big stone. People saw it and were ashamed of their idleness.

Moral : Hard work is blessed. Laziness is cursed.

28. 1. The table depicts the information of the countries with the doctoral graduates in 2014.

2. According to one report the United States of America has more than twice as many doctoral graduates as Germany produced in the year 2014.

3. 67, 449 scholars were graduated with a Ph.D in the U.S.while compared with 28,147 in Germany.

4. It is followed by the UK with 25,020 Ph.D. graduates.

5. India occupies fourth place with 24,300 doctoral degrees.

6. Japan and France occupy fifth and sixth ranks with 16,039 and 13,729 Ph.Ds respectively.

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