Federal Board HSSC-II (2012)
ENGLISH COMPULSORY
SECTION — A (Marks 20)
Time: 25 Minutes
Marks: 20

Note: Section-A is compulsory and comprises pages 1-2. All parts of this section are to be answered on the question paper itself. It should be completed in the first 25 minutes and handed over to the Centre Superintendent. Deleting/overwriting is not allowe Do not use lead pencil.
Q.1 Circle the correct option i.e. A/ B/C/ D Each part carries one mark.

• According to "Using the Scientific Method" people believe in signs of good or bad luck.
  
  • Poor                             
    
  • Superstitious
    
  • Simple              
    
  • Weak
    
• Perhaps he suspects I have swag in this sack'. The underline word means:
  
• Books              
  
• Narcotics
  
• Stolen goods
  
• Drugs
  
• David Daiches bought his first bicycle with prize money at the age of
  
  • 21
    
  • 22
    
  • 23
    
  • 24
    
• What was the disease Jerome K. Jerome didn't have?
  
  • Typhoid                                         
    
  • Cholera
  • Tuberc
  • ulosis                                   
    
  • Housemaid's knee
    
• Dozy was a_____ scholar.
  
  • French                           
    
  • German
    
  • Spanish                          
    
  • Dutch
    
• Who wrote "The Jewel of the World"?
  
  • Phillip K. Hitti
    
  • Galewo Santini
    
  • Anna McKenzie
    
  • Stephen Leacock
    
• When did the Ottoman Empire come to an end?                       
  
  • 17th November 1922
    
  • 29th November 1923
    
  • 17th November 1923
    
  • 4th November 1922
    
• We were considered such dunces that we could learn only English, What does the underlined word mean?
  
  • Intelligent                   
    
  • Fool
    
  • Brainy
    
  • Clever
    
• He standing still. The underlined word is a/an_____________
  
  • Adverb
    
  • Noun
    
  • Adjective
    
  • Verb
    
• This should be obvious that money does not grow on trees. The underlined part of the sentence is a/an ______________
  
• Noun Clause
  
• Noun Phrase
  
• Adverb Phrase                               
  
• Adjective Clause
  
• They dug the well deep. The underlined word is a/an
  
  • Verb
    
  • Adverb
    
  • Adjective  
    
  • Noun
    
• Which of the following is CORRECT?
  
  • You had better to see a doctor
    
  • You had better seen a doctor
    
  • You had better seeing a doctor.
    
  • You had better see a doctor
    
• 'I went to see what had happene' The underlined part of the sentence is  a/an
  
  • Adverb Phrase
    
  • Adverb Clause
    
  • Adjective Clause
    
  • Noun Clause
    
• Soldiers usually break steps as they cross a bridge'. The underlined part of the sentence is a/an
  
  • Adjective                     ,
    
  • Adverb
    
  • Verb
    
  • Subordinating conjunction
    
• She baked me a cake'. The underlined part of is a/an
  
  • Adjective  
    
  • Direct object
    
  • Indirect object
    
  • None of these
    
• Choose the CORRECT spelling:
  
  • Geyser
    
  • Geasar
    
  • Geasar
    
  • Geysar
    
• "Please, sir", he began, "does Mr. Chips live 'here?" Here, the pronoun "he" refers to ___
  
  • Linford
    
  • Colley
    
  • Grayson
    
  • Young Faulkner
    
• He gave way and suddenly became a keen advocate of the proposal, and the
  volte-face was so complete that the authorities were taken unawares, The  underlined word means
  
  • Duty
    
  • Work
    
  • Assignmement
    
  • Change
    
• How old was Chattris in 1916?
  
  • 37 years      
    
  • 38 years
    
  • 39 years 
    
  • 40 years
    
• "You see, I'm not a young man and I  don't want people to-um-expect a lot from me, I'm like all these colonels arid majors you see everywhere-just a war-time fluke". Chips said this to
  
• Merivale                        
  
• Rivers
  
• Cartwright                      
  
• Mrs. Wickets
  

ENGLISH COMPULSORY HSSC-II
Time allowed: 2:35 Hours
Total Marks: 80

Note: Sections 'B' and comprise pages 1-2 and questions therein are to be answered on the separately provided answer book. Answer all the questions from Section 'B' and Section 'C'. Use supplementary answer sheet i.e. Sheet-B if require Write your answers neatly and legibly.
SECTION — B (Marks 40)
Q.2 Attempt ALL the questions in about 40 to 50 words each:                                 (7 * 4 = 28)

• How has science helped us in the production and preservation of foods?
  
• How does financial pressure lead to the failure of students described in the "Why Boys Fail in College?"
  -OR-
  What was the attitude of the manager towards Leacock on learning that he only wished to deposit 56 dollars in the bank?
  
• What was Daiches's attitude towards the  week-end as; school biy? Why did he long for it?              
  
• Di the author of the essay "On Destroying Books" come to have a feeling for those  hooks once he had got rid of them?
  
• What does hunger mean on a large scale as  viewed by the author of the essay Hunger and Population Explosion?
  -OR-
  Discuss Chinese agriculture system.
  
• How did Christopher manage to get a seat  in the weapons carrier?
  
• Why was Mustafa Kamal sent to Anatolia?
  -OR-
  Describe how Fleming discovered Penicillin?
  

Q.3. Answer the following questions on  "Good-bye, Mr. Chips" in about 60 to 75 words each:

• (i) Can we look upon Mr. Chips as an institution of Brookfield"                                          06
  
• (ii) What was the reason that led to the quarrel  between Mr. Chips and Mr. Ralston?        06
  .            -OR-
  What is the most interesting incident in "Good Bye Mr Chips?"
  

SECTION - C (Marks 40).
Note: Attempt ALL the questions 

• As a newspaper reporter, make a survey  report for your newspaper on "Drug Addiction".
  Your report should cover the following  points:
  (i) Prevalence of drug addiction in the society.
  (ii)  It is harmful for our youth and nation.
  (iii) Suggestions to put an end to this evil.
  

Q.5 Correct the following paragraph for the kinds of errors listed in the bracke. There are six errors in so all. Review the paragraph as you  have revised it (Errors in the use of Verb, Article, Adjective, Singular-plural use of nouns)                                 06
A man who had been broken his right leg was taken to hospital a few week before Christmas. From the moment he arrived there, he kept on pester his doctor to tell  him when he would be able to go home. He dread having to spend Christmas in hospital. Though the doctor did his best, the patient's recovery was slowly. On Christmas day, man still had his right leg in plaster. He spent miserable clay in bed thinking of the fun he was missing.

Use any FOUR of the following Phrasal Verbs in sentences:

• Put a spoke in one's wheel
  
• Get into hot water
  
• Plough the sands
  
• Do in                                        
  
• Copy out
  
• Do for                                    
  
• Go by
  

Q.6 Read the passage and answers the questions appended to it:
No one can avoid being influenced y advertisements. Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want, for advertising exerts a subtle influence on us. In their efforts to persuade us to buy this or that product, advertisers have made a  close study of human nature and have classified all our little weaknesses. Advertisers discovered years ago that all of us love to get something for nothing.  An advertisement which begins with the magic word FREE can rarely go wrong. These days, advertisers not only offer free samples, but free cars, free houses and free trips round the world as well. They devise hundreds of competitions which will enable us to win huge sums of money. Radio and television have made it possible fir advertisers to capture the attention million of people in this way.

QUESTIONS:-

• Why are we no longer free to choose the things we want? . 02
  
• Why have advertisers made a close study of   human weaknesses? 02
  
• Write a précis of the passage in about one  third of its length and also suggest a suitable title to it                                                                        02
  

Q.7. Write an essay in about 250 – 300  words on ONE of the topics:                                   12

• Justice delayed is justice denied
  Outline:
  Introduction - What is justice? - Justice - there and then - Need of the time - justice  delayed harmful - promotes crime - justice should be done fully - conclusion.
  
• My Last Day in College
  Outline:
  Introduction - The farewell function - the speeches - sweet memories - role of your  college - conclusion.