2nd year Guess paper of ENGLISH 2011 2nd Year HSC Notes | XII Class Notes

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Q.1. Explain with reference to the context any ONE of the following:

A. Europeans, with unpardonable insularity, call this period, "The Dark Ages" but it was only in Europe that it was dark indeed only in Christian Europe, for Spain, which was Muhammadan, had a brilliant culture.

OR

Liberty does not descend upon a people, a people must raise themselves to it. It is a fruit that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.


B. The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

OR

"How lucky you mentioned it! It is quite remarkable how one good action always breeds another. I have given you my wheel barrow, and now you are going to give me your plank.

Note Lessons for Reference to the Context

* Reflection on the Reawakening East

* Pakistan and Modern World

* The Day the Dam Broke

* The World As I See It

* The Devoted Friend


Q.2. Write the Summary of any ONE of the following lessons

* The Day the Dam Broke

* Act-III of Silver Box

* Pakistan and the Modern World

* The Devoted Friend

OR

Answer the following questions

1. The "Day the Dam Broke" is a good example of Thurber's Sardonic but affectionate view of human behaviour. Comment.

2. What were the main reasons given by Liaquat Ali Khan for the Muslims desire not to continue living in United India?

3. Why do we have a feeling that the judgement was unfair, at the end of the play in the Act III of the Silver Box?

4. What reasons do we have to say that the Miller was selfish person and what was the worst example of his selfish nature?

Q.3. Explain with reference to the context any ONE of the following

a) Good thoughts his only friends,

His wealth a well spent age,

The earth his sober inn

And quite pilgrimage,


b) last Scene of all, that ends this

Strange eventful histor,

Is second childishness, and more oblivion

Sans teeth, Sans eyes, Sans taste, Sans everything.


c) Push off, and sitting well in order smite

The sounding furrows, for my purpose holds

To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths

Of all the Western stars, until I die.


d) O' blindness to the future kindly given,

That each may fill the circle marked by Heaven

Who sees with equal eye, as God of all.


Q.4 (A). Write the Summary of any ONE of the following poems

* Solitary Reaper

* Lines from an Essay on Man

* Ulysses

* A Man of Life Upright

* Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth

* Lines from Endymion

OR

Answer the following Question

1. Describe how Ulysses inspires his sailors to start the last voyage of their lives.

2. Describe the qualities of a man who leads an Upright Life.

3. How does the poet compare the song of the reaper with the song of two different birds?

4. In the poem "Say not the Struggle Naught Availeth, What examples does the poet give in the last two stanzas to prove his view point.


Q.5. Write the character sketch of any ONE of the following

* Black Micheal

* Antoinette de Mauban

* Colonel Sapt

* Princess Flavia

* Rupert of Hentzau

OR

Answer the following questions

1. Describe the Villainy of Black Micheal in your own words.

2. Antoinette de Mauban betrayed Black Micheal rightly. Discuss.

3. "The Prisoner of Zenda" is a novel of adventure. Discuss.

4. Describe any incident which you like the most in the novel "The Prisoner of Zenda".

5. "If Love were all". Elaborate these words of Princess Flavia with the reference to the story of the novel.


Q.6. Change the following into indirect speech

"Certainly", cried little Hans, I take quite as a compliment your coming to me, and I will start off at once. But you most lend me your lantern, as the night is so dark that I am afraid I might fall into the ditch.


Q.7. Use any FIVE of the following idioms / phrases in your own sentences

* Through thick and thin

* To call names

* A fish out of water

* To see eye to eye

* In camera

* To win laurels,

* To cry for the moon

* To look down upon

* To face the music

* from hand to mouth

* time and again

* To carry on

* in a fix

* French Leave

* a burning questions

* ups and downs

* To bury the hatchet

* in black and white

* To take into account

* At the eleventh hour

* To make out

Q.8. Write an essay on any ONE of the following

* The Importance of Science in every day life

* Atmospheric Pollution

* Qualities of a good student

* Karachi-City of Mega Problems

* An unforgettable Incident of your life

* Terrorism - Causes, Effects and Solution

* Nuclear Energy for War or Peace

* Advantages and Disadvantages of Internet


Q.9. Read the given passage and the questions given below

It must be recognized that science has its limitations. Its methods apply to those things which can be observed, measured and treated mathematically. It has nothing to do with values ...... save those of truth and accuracy. It has nothing to do with happiness, goodness, beauty, courage, adventure, justice, altuism friendship, love of family, love of country. Yet all these values enter into a man's conception of what is the good personal life within a good society.

* What can science do with values?

* Where can its method be applied?

* Why the values important for man's conception?

* Give the meaning of underlined words?