Inter (Part-1)
Lahore Board 2014
English (Compulsory)
Paper I (Objective Type)
Time Allowed: 30 Minutes
Max. Marks: 20
(Group-1)

Four possible answers A, B, C and D to each question are 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.
Q1
Choose the correct option in meaning to the underlined words:

• The door tattles viciously.  

(A) violently
(B) forcibly
(C) mildly
(D) carefully

• Let bygones by  bygones.

(A) forget the past
(B) recall the past
(C) do everything smoothly
(D) go with the stream.

• All the trees were queer and still.

(A) fresh
(B) strong
(C) strange
(D) clear

• And since to look at things in bloom.

(A) beauty
(B) in full swing
(C) in fascination
(D) in sadness

• Her face was flushed.

 (A) red
(B) gloomy
(C) bright
(D) flustered

• Spelding nods wearily

(A) happily
(B) heartily
(C) tiredly
(D) sadly

• To have a young athlete at court exhibiting physical fitness.

(A) claiming
(B) discarding
(C) ailing
(D) demonstrating

• We are hollow men.

(A) fragile
(B) void
(C) weak
(D) brave

• He stopped at the edge of the meadow.

(A) hill top
(B) waste land
(C).valley
(D) desert

• He found a crowd assembled  to watch the proceedings.

(A) came
(B) invited
(C) awaited
(D) gathered

Choose the correct answer:

• The man who keeps on wins ________ 

(A) the reward
(B) the race
(C) the fight
(D) the shield

• What was the woman carrying?

(A) a rod
(B) a bag
(C) a hammer
(D) a large purse

• General Powers was thinking about  ______

(A) his promotion
(B) security of the country
(C) arrest of Kreton
(D) murder of the visitor

• She saw in the flash of lightning ________

(A) a lion
(B) a cart
(C) a bus
(D) a man's face

• What is the dream?

(A) in equality of high and low standard
(B) rule of the blacks
(C) negation of the white people
(D) the practice of brotherhood

Choose the correct form of the verb:

• We cannot go out because it ___________

(A) is raining
(B) was raining
(C) has rained.
(D) rained

• She ______ the child for two years.

(A) was nursing
(B) is nursing
(C) nursed 
(D) has been nursing

• Work hard lest you __________  

(A) should fail
(B) will fail
(C) fail
(D) can fail

• This book _________  last year.

(A) has been published
(B) is published
(C) was published
(D) had been published

• When the bell rang, he __________ a bath.

(A) was having
(B) has
(C) had
(D) is having

Inter Part-I
Lahore Board 2014
English (Compulsory)
Paper I (Essay Type)
Time Allowed: 2.30 hours
Max. Marks: 80
(Group-I)
(SECTION-I)
2.Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) the following any SIX questions from Book-I (Short Stories):12

• Why did author disagree with his wife?
• Why did Harry want to go back to the earth?
• What made Hubert shameful?
• What was the view point of the parents of Gorgios?
• Why did the people come out on the mall?
• Why did the woman ask the boy,t0 wash his face?
• What does the author like about Christmas?
• What was the behaviour of the child with the doctor?
• What was the cause of Negroes' discontentment?

3.Answer in (3-5 lines 1 sentences) any FIVE of the following questions from Book-III ( One Act Plays) : 10

• What were the circumstances that forced the Girl to leave her car?
• Why did the Second Man accuse the First Man of lying?
• Why couldn't the Girl describe the Killer?
• How does Kreton prove his extraordinary powers?
• What is the theme of Kreton's study on the earth?
• What does General Powers accuse Kreton of?
• Describe the setting of the play "The Oyster and The Pearl".
• What was the conflict between Clay's father and mother?

4.Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any FOUR of the following questions from Book-II ( Poems )8

• Why does the poet wish for a longer life? (Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now )
• What is the message of the poem, “The Feed”?
• How does the poet compare men with animals in the poem “Leisure”?  
• What kind of picture of Karachi Slums do we get from the poem ‘The Sindhi women’ ?
• What is worse than slavery?
• How were the people of the two cities made powerless and helpless?

(SECTION-II)
5.Write a letter to your father requesting him to increase your monthly allowance.10
OR
Write an application to the Principal of your college for the refund of Library Security Fee.

6.Write a story on the moral 1esson: 10

• A Friend in Need is a Friend indeed.

OR

• As you so, so shall you reap.

7.(a) Explain the following lines with reference to the context 5             
They take it, break it open, let,
A gold or silver fountain wet,

(b)Punctuate the following extract from Book -1 : 5
why me me me picked up the pocket book yes you yourself by my word of honour I never heard of it

(c)Use any FIVE of the following pairs of words in your sentences :5

• Audible
  Edible
• Differ
  Defer
• Ice
  Snow
• Right
  Rite
• Temper
  Tamper
• Personal
  Personnel
• Wander
  Wonder

8.Translate the following passage into Urdu, (Short Stories Book I) :15
She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it, but a hammer and nails. It had a long strap, and she earned it slung across her shoulder. It was about eleven o'clock at night dark and she was walking alone, when a boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse. The strap broke with a sudden single tug the boy gave it from behind. But the boy's weight and the weight of the purse combined caused him to lose his balance.

Note:Candidates whose medium of Examination is English will write an essay on "An Accident".15

Four possible answers A. B., C and D to each question are given. The choice which you think is correct, fill that circle front of that question with Marker or Pen ink. Cutting or filling two or more circles will result in zero mark in that question

Choose e correct option in meaning to the underlined words;

•   I braced myself.

(A) told
(B) pulled
(C) supported
(D) beat

• The grave of Hubert withstood the havocs of the flood.

(A) water
(B) destruction
(C) waves
(D) noise

• . The foundation of oppression was small in the world.

(A) depression
(B) sadness
(C) cruelty
(D) will power

• Unearned suffering is redemptive,

(A) hard
(B) harsh
(C) unjust
(D) saving

• He examined it with the air of connoisseur.

(A) musician
(B) critic
(C) gardener
(D) buyer

• Her hair is dishevelled

(A) thin
(B) thick
(C) untidy
(D} discoloured

• Kreton says that he loves to gad about,

(A) hunt
(B) shoot
(C) goad
(D) wander

• I want to quit and go home to San Francisco.

(A) write
(B) travel
(C) leave
(D) enjoy

• Stare from bushes at her blank-faced coaches.

(A) attractive
(B) passionless
(C) ugly
(D) broken

• You may be afraid to plot an evil,

(A) make
(B) introduce
(C) plan
(D) follow

Choose the correct answer:

• What did they do after building a cottage?

(A) decorated it
(B) furnished it
(C) ate good breakfasts
(D) arranged a feast

• What had happened to the throat of an old woman?

(A) infectious
(B) swollen
(C) wounded
(D) paining

• Which one is a desert state sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression?

(A) Georgia
(B) Mississippi
(C) Alabama
(D) Virginia

• The Girl was afraid of:

(A) the policeman
(B) a friend
(C) a killer
(D) a person

• Ellen listened to the broadcast of her:

(A) daddy
(B) fiance
(C) mother
(D) Kreton

Choose the correct form of the verb:

• Hard work never _____  waste.

(A) go
(B) went
(C) goes
(D) will have gone

• He ­­­­­______ to college daily in time.

(A) go
(B) goes
(C) going
(D) gone

• My friend _______ a car last week.

(A) bought
(B) has bought
(C) will buy
(D) had bought

• They _______ until they die.

(A) will fight
(B) fought
(C) had fought
(D) was fighting

• Unless you ________ hard, you cannot succeed.

(A) do not work
(B) work
(C) worked
(D) had worked

Inter (Part-I)
Lahore Board 2014
English (Compulsory)
Paper I (Essay Type) Time Allowed: 2.30 hours
Max. Marks: 80
(Group-II)
(SECTION-1)
2.Answer in (3-5 lines I sentences) the following any SIX questions from Book-I (Short Stories)12

• What was the advice Harpy gave to the people?
• What was the nature of woman's job?
• What should be the role of a Qazi?
• What did the quack do in the next village?
• What was the message Norma received on pushing the button?
• Did Gorgios use any short cut to achieve his ambition?
• What are the qualities of the veterans of creative suffering ?
• Why did Jim sell the gold watch?
• Why did the driver of the truck speed away after the accident?

3.Answer in (3-5 lines 1 sentences) any FIVE of the following questions from Book-III ( One Act Plays) : 10

• What does Harry advise her to do?
• What type of life do you fore-see in year 5000?
• Why did she think ill of Second Man?
• Why did the Girl ask for help from First Man?
• What is Harry's Philosophy?
• How did Kreton prove his extraordinary powers?
• Compare the character of General Powers and Kreton?
• What were the circumstances due to which she had to leave her car?

4.Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any FOUR of the following questions from Book-III ( Poems )

• The poet calls the coaches of the mail "blank faced" why?
• What happens to the children when they eat fruit?
• What did the traveler see in the desert ?
• Without whose love is Bullah in loss ?
• Who treated the bazaar of Egypt?
• Mention two attributes of God.

(SECTION-II)
5.Write a letter to your father about the co-curricular activities in your college.10
OR
Write an application to the Principal of your college for Character Certificate.
6.Write a story on the moral lesson: 10

Honesty is the Best Policy.
OR
Where there is a will, there is a way.

7.(a) Explain the following lines with reference to the context.
Watching her cross erect
Stone, garbage, excrement and crumbs
Of glass in the Karachi slums,
I, with niy stoop, reflect

(b) Punctuate the following extract from Book -1
pay for the salt said the king lest it should become a custom and the village be ruined

(c) Use any FIVE of the following pairs of words in your sentences

• Bridle
  Bridal
• Doze
  Dose
• Adopt
  Adapt
• Week
  Weak
• Ring
  Wring
• Quiet
  Quite
• Urbane
  Urban

8.Translate the following passage into Urdu. (Short Stories Book -1)15
In another corner of the room behind a screen was a gas plate and an icebox. Mrs. Jones got up and went behind the screen. The woman did not watch the boy to see if he was going to run now, nor did she watch her purse, which she had left behind her on the day bed. But the boy took care to sit on the far side of the room, away from the purse, where he thought she could easily see him out of the corner of her eye if she wanted to. He did not trust the woman not to trust him. And he did not want to be mistrusted now. Candidates whose' medium of Examination is English will write an essay on "Mobile Phones".15