Question

ENGLISH SAMPLE PAPER 2

Section A
1) Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
I know poverty and misery and I quite appreciate by personal experience what it is to be poor, what it is to have no clothes, what it is to have no books, what it is to struggle through life, what it is to walk through the streets without an umbrella, without conveyance along miles on dusty roads. I have been through it all and I can understand the difficulties that most of you graduates have to face today. I am speaking from a long experience of 60 years. Please do not imagine that all the 60 years are milk and roses. To be able to accomplish something, I want to tell you that you have to go through such experiences.
I admit success in life is not always to be intelligent or be strong, and it is to some extent a bit of a gamble, but those who got their minds right and those who know their job sooner or later, will sooner perhaps than later make their way in life. But they should not be disappointed if they do not, they have to face up life and take it as they find it.
What I say is that the great things in life are not really great things in life. What I love is to enjoy the common things of life. I am happy that I am still able to sleep at night provided I have three miles walk in the evening. I am still able to enjoy a good lunch or a good dinner. I am still able to look at the blue sky and like it. I still like to walk in the open fields and like the smell of the Ragi or the Jowar.
We think that happiness consists of going to pictures and seeing thrilling films and technicolor dramas. Not at all, the great things in life are the God-given things which cost nothing. What you need is the desire to appreciate them. If you have your minds and hearts open, you have around your things which give you joy. There is the butterfly jumping about in flourishing colors on all sides. Look at the wonderful thing that God has given for our enjoyment.
We have to love nature and appreciate nature and appreciate her wonderful gifts, of nature’s marvelous ingenuity, its resourcefulness, and infinite variety. It is the same thing that has inspired me all my life.

How had C.V. Raman’s childhood been difficult?
He had lived life as a poor
He had access to books only
He had to run on the streets
He never drank milk as a child

Why has life been termed as a gamble?
It disappoints you always
Life is good to only hardworking people
Even an intelligent or strong person is unsure of success
CV Raman has lost money in this gamble

How does C.V. Raman’s speech inspire us?
He told us easy ways to enjoy life
He told us one needs to be poor to succeed in life
He told us to work day and night
He told us that life is never easy

What according to C.V Raman consists of happiness?
Seeing thrilling films and technicolor dramas
Things that cost money
God-given gifts which cost nothing
A graduate student’s life

According to the text, what should we love?
Life
Gamble
C.V Raman
Nature

Which smell did he like in the fields?
Butterflies in fields
Ragi and Jowar
Dinner
Dusty Roads

What has inspired C.V Raman all his life?
Gamble
Family
Nature
Films

How many years of experience does C.V Raman have?
6 years
60 years
16 years
66 years

Choose the best option from the words given below which mean the same:

despair
disappointment
hopelessness
misery
distress

endless
unlimited
continuous
infinite
unreachable

prosperous
rich
flourishing
wealthy
fortunate

exciting
joyful
funny
exhilarating
thrilling​

Answer 1

αnswers :-

1. How had C.V. Raman’s childhood been difficult?

• He had lived life as a poor
• He had access to books only
• He had to run on the streets
• He never drank milk as a child

answer :- he has lived life as a poor  

During his childhood, C.V. Raman had no clothes, no books, no convenience .He had to walk along miles even without an umbrella.

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2. Why has life been termed as a gamble?

• It disappoints you always

• Life is good to only hardworking people

• Even an intelligent or strong person is unsure of success

• CV Raman has lost money in this gamble

answer - Even an intelligent or strong person is unsure of success

Life has been termed as a gamble as it is not sure that the intelligent or the strong would certainly succeed in life.

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3. How does C.V. Raman’s speech inspire us?

• He told us easy ways to enjoy life
• He told us one needs to be poor to succeed in life
• He told us to work day and night
• He told us that life is never easy

answer – he told us easy ways to enjoy the life  

In his speech, C.V. Raman told us the easiest way to enjoy life, we should enjoy the common things of life, love .

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4. What according to C.V Raman consists of happiness?

• Seeing thrilling films and technicolor dramas
• Things that cost money
• God-given gifts which cost nothing
• A graduate student’s life

answer – God-given gifts which costs nothing  

CV Raman told us to appreciate nature, appreciate it’s wonderful gifts, marvellous ingenuity, resourcefulness, and infinite variety.

_______________

5. According to the text, what should we love?

• Life
• Gamble
• C.V Raman
• Nature

answer – nature  

We have to love nature and appreciate nature and appreciate her wonderful gifts, of nature's marvelous ingenuity, its resourcefulness, and infinite variety.  

_______________

6. What has inspired C.V Raman all his life?

• Gamble
• Family
• Nature
• Films

answer – nature  

We have to love nature and appreciate nature and appreciate her wonderful gifts, of nature's marvelous ingenuity, it's resourcefulness, and infinite variety. It is the same thing that -has inspired me all my life.

_______________

7. How many years of experience does C.V Raman have?

• 6 years
• 60 years
• 16 years
• 66 years

answer – 60 years  

I am speaking from a long experience of 60 years. Please do not imagine that all the 60 years are milk and roses. To be able to accomplish something, I want to tell you that you have to go through such experiences.

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8. Choose the best option from the words given below which mean the same:

• despair

• disappointment
• hopelessness

• misery

• distress

Answer – disappointment  

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• endless
• unlimited
• continuous
• infinite

• unreachable

answer – infinite  

_______________

• prosperous
• rich
• flourishing
• wealthy
• fortunate

answer – flourishing  

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• exciting
• joyful
• funny
• exhilarating
• thrilling  

answer - thrilling

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Answer 2

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1)How had C.V. Raman’s childhood been difficult?

He had lived life as a poor

He had access to books only

He had to run on the streets

He never drank milk as a child

2)Why has life been termed as a gamble?

It disappoints you always

Life is good to only hardworking people

Even an intelligent or strong person is unsure of success

CV Raman has lost money in this gamble

3)How does C.V. Raman’s speech inspire us?

He told us easy ways to enjoy life

He told us one needs to be poor to succeed in life

He told us to work day and night

He told us that life is never easy

4)What according to C.V Raman consists of happiness?

Seeing thrilling films and technicolor dramas

Things that cost money

God-given gifts which cost nothing

A graduate student’s life

5)According to the text, what should we love?

Life

Gamble

C.V Raman

Nature

6)Which smell did he like in the fields?

Butterflies in fields

Ragi and Jowar

Dinner

Dusty Roads

7)What has inspired C.V Raman all his life?

Gamble

Family

Nature

Films

8)How many years of experience does C.V Raman have?

6 years

60 years

16 years

66 years

9)Choose the best option from the words given below which mean the same:

despair

disappointment

hopelessness

misery

distress

endless

unlimited

continuous

infinite

unreachable

prosperous

rich

flourishing

wealthy

fortunate

exciting

joyful

funny

exhilarating

thrilling

Explanation:

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