Lahore board (Part II)
(2012)
English (Compulsory)
Paper 1
Group-I
(Objective Type)
Time Allowed: 30 Minutes Max. Marks: 20
Note: Four possible answers A, B, C and D to each question arc given. The choice which you think is correct, fill that circle. in front of that question with Marker or Pen ink. Cutting or filling two or more circles will result in zero mark in that question. Write the letter A, B, C or D in the column (write
correct option) against each question Also. If there is a contradiction in the bubble and hand-written answer, bubble option will be considered correct.
Choose the correct option in meaning to the underlined 'words:

• The boy must cultivate a poise that smothers the fidgets:

(a) Composure
(b) Skyscraper
(c) Habit
(d) curiosity

• The writer looked into the luminous swirl of the river.

(a) Misty
(b) Murky
(c) Dim
(d) Bright

• The writer was reckless with misery:

(a) Quiet
(b) Talkative
(c) Rash
(d) Slow

Choose the correct option of the following under-lined words from book II(Modern prose and heroes)

• I had to be vigilant until each mouthful was safely behind my teeth.

(a) Versatile
(b) Serious
(c) Fast
(d) Careful

• Pasteur abolished these superstitions for ever:

(a) False beliefs
(b) dreams
(c) Ideas
(d) Matters

• Kiyazim Karabak refused to disband his men.

(a) Train
( b) employee
(c) send
(d) Disperse

Choose the correct option of the following under-lined words from the novel Good bye Mr Chips:

• So clearly it lingered, that time of dizzy happiness:

(a) Delayed
( b) Rushed
(c) Stayed
(d) Stopped

• Everyone summoned to assemble in big hall:

(a) Ordered
(b) Forced
(c) Called
(d) suggested

• Your methods of teaching are slack and old fashioned:

(a) Careful
(b) careless
(c) Sluggish
(d) bad

• The explosions still continued deafeningly:

(a) Cries
(b) sounds
(c) blasts
(d) whistles

Choose the correct option of appropriate prepositions:

• He alighted_____ the horse.

(a) From
(b) on
(c) in
(d) to

• All were alarmed ___ the news

(a) From
(b) by
(c) at
(d) with

• Please abstain _____ smoking:

(a) To
(b) from
(c) of
(d) with

• She is vain ________her beauty.

(a) Over
(b) of 
(c) in
(d) for

• I swear _______ God.s

(a) On 
(b) from
(c) with
(d) by

Four options A, B, C and D are given at the end of every sentence. Only one of them is correct. Choose the correct option.

• I am much pleased to hear it:

(a) I am very pleased to hear it.
(b) I am very much please to hear it.
(c) I am pleased to heart it.
(d) I am much pleased to hearing it.

• He runs very fastly.

(a) He runs fastl.
(b) He runs very fast.
(c) He fastly runs.
(d) He runs fast.

• This water is very cold to drink:

(a) This water is very much cold to drink.
(b) This water is cold to drink.
(c) This water is too cold to drink.
(d) This water is much cold to drink.

• I said him good-bye:

(a) I forbade him good bye
(b) I tell him good bye
(c) I say good bye
(d) I bade him good bye

• Would that I am a king:

(a) Would that I was a king
(b) Would that I have been a king
(c) Would that I were a king
(d) Would that I are a king

 GROUP –I
(Subjective type)
SECTION -I

Q.2- Write the short answers to any 6 questions from book II (Modern prose and heroes) part-I:

• In what fields according to barrel barnard and Lon Edward has the scientific method helped us?
• How can the failure of talented students be prevented?
• What do the lazy bluffers do in the college?
• What was Daiches attitude towards the week end as a school boy?
• What sort of books were presented by the British public to soliders?
• How did Jerome K Jerome come to know that his liver was out of order?
• How has the population of the cities been controlled in China?
• What was the condition of hungry children in Kenya?
• Where did the Abd al Rehman escape and how did he alive there?

Q.3- Write short answer of any 6 question from book II (Modern prose and Heroes) Part II:

• How were the names of boys printed in the school list at Harrow?
• Who was Professor Claude Balanguernon?
• What does hitch hiking mean?
• How did Fleming’s family become a medical family?
• How did penicillin benefits mankind?
• How did Pasteur discover the method of making vaccines?
• Who is called the savior of Turkey?
• Give an account of Greeks attack and its defeat.

Q.4- Write the short answer of 8 questions from Novel Good bye Mr Chips:

• When and where Katherine and chips got married?
• What is chip’ socio-academic status?
• How did chip entertain his visitor?
• What was chip idea about women?
• What changes did Katherine bring in chips?
• How did Katherine persuade chips for the football match?
• What difficulty did chips face while writing his book?
• What was the will by Mr Chips in 1930?
• What kind of person was Mr Ralston?
• What were Ralston’s allegations against Chips?
• Write the meeting between chips and Linford.
• Write the death scene of Mr Chips.

SECTION II

Q.5- Write an essay (300-400 words) on any one of the following t\opic:

• Why I love Pakistan
• My aim in life
• A visit to hill station
• Patriotism

Q.6- Use any 5 of the following idioms in sentences of your own:

• To lick the dust
• break the news
• a wild goose chase
• with a view to
• to smell a rat
• in balck and white
• turn down
• break out

Q.7- Translate the following passage into English:

مجھے کتابیں پڑھنے کا بڑا شوق ہے۔ اس لیے اپنا فارغ وقت زیادہ تر کالج کی لائبر یری میان گزارتا ہوں۔ میں کئی گھنٹوں بیٹھا کتابوں کامطالعہ کرتا ہوں۔ اور دنیا کے عظیم عالموں سے استفادہ کرتا  ہوں۔ بعض دفعہ سوچتا ہوں کہ طلباء کی اکثریت لا ئبریری میں کیوں نہیں آتی۔ یہ جگہ ویران کیوں ہے۔ طلباء تعلیم کی طرف توجہ کیوں نہیں دیتے۔ اگر طلباء میں مطالعہ کا شوق پیدا ہو جائے تو ہمارا ملک دن دگنی رات رتر قی کرے گا۔

Note: Candidates, whose medium of examination is English, will write a paragraph on “Fashion”