Federal Board HSSC-I (2015)
ENGLISH COMPULSORY HSSC-I
SECTION —A (Marks 20)
Time allowed: 25 Minutes

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 allowed. Do not use lead pent.

Q1. Circle the correct option i.e. A / B / C / D. Each part carries one mark.

• Where was the key to the bell-unit dome? (Refer to the story - Button- Button)

(A) In the box
(B) In the drawer
(C) In the sealed envelope
(D) In the pocket

• What type of special tree was found by the old man? (Refer to the story - Clearing in the Sky)

(A) Cherry tree
(B) Apple tree
(C) Orange tree
(D) Coffee tree

• She herself says so. The underlined word is a / an:

(A) Emphatic pronoun
(B) Reflexive pronoun
(C) Proper adjective
(D) Relative pronoun

• What did the flittering feel on the Mars after the attack on earth?

(A) Drenched
(B) Stranded
(C) Secluded
(D) Surrendered

• He does his work without any care. The underlined part is a / an:

(A) Adverb phrase
(B) Adverb clause
(C) Adjective phrase
(D) Noun phrase

• The boy washed his face on the direction of: (Refer to the story - Thank You, M'am)

(A) A police officer
(B) His father
(C) The woman
(D) His uncle

• Mr. Hubert was surprised and disturbed when the police officer asked him to accompany him to: (Refer to the story - The Piece of String)

(A) The Police statio
(B) The mayors office
(C) The Court
(D) The airport

• The doctor was impressed by: (Refer to the story - The Use of Force)

(A) The beauty of the child
(B) The patience of the child
(C) The patience of the parents
(D) The picture of the child he had seen in Sunday paper

• Asking questions is easier than answering them. The underlined words are:

(A) Adjectives
(B) Participles
(C) Gerunds
(D) Infinitives

• The slave had never experienced any: (Refer to the story - The Gulistan of Sadi)

(A) Pleasure
(B) Rule
(C) War
(D) Calamity

• Choose the correct spellings:

(A) Executioner
(B) Excutionor
(C) Excutioner
(D) Executionor

• After the accident, what was the state of the young man? (Refer to the story- Overcoat)

(A) He was in a very precarious state.
(B) He was in a stable state.
(C) He was in a normal state.
(D) He bled profusely.

• 'Every hill and mountain shall be made low' means: (Refer to the story - I Have a Dream)

(A) All high and low will become equal
(B) Hills and mountains will be levelled.
(C) There will be no distinction of classes.
(D) The low classes will rise up.

• The bus was late due to: (Refer to the play - Heat Lightning)

(A) Rush
(B) Storm
(C) Accident
(D) Change in schedule

• John is a: (Refer to the play - Visit to a Small Planet)

(A) Merchant
(B) Farm owner
(C) Pilot
(D) Professor

• What was the Sindhi woman carrying on her head?

(A) A bundle of sticks
(B) A stone jar
(C) A bundle of books
(D) Nothing

• The young ones are tiny and: (Refer to the poem - The Feed)

(A) Black
(B) Big
(C) Small
(D) White

• That you have come pleases me. The underlined part is a / an:

(A) Adjective clause
(B) Noun phrase
(C) Noun claus
(D) Adverb clause

• The poem "Ozymandias" has been composed by:

(A) Percy Bysshe Shelley
(B) Jan Stallworthy
(C) W.H. Davies
(D) T.S. Eliot

• The Night Mail is a / an:

(A) Express train
(B) Passenger train
(C) Train that carries mail
(D) Goods train

ENGLISH COMPULSORY HSSC-I
Time allowed: 2:35 Hours
Total Marks 40
Section B

 NOTE: - Section B and 'C' comprises pages 1-2 and questions there in are to be answered on the separately provided answer book. Answer all questions from Section 'B' and Section Use supplementary answer sheet i.e. Sheet-B if required. Write your answers your neatly and legibly.

Q.2 Attempt ALL the Questions in about 40 to 50 words each.

• What did the son remember from his childhood? Were these good memories? (Refer to the story- Clearing in the Sky)
• What was the condition of the Billeting family on hearing the news the war on the Earth?
• What lesson do we team from the story "Thank You, M’am’?
• Why did the people make fun of Mr. Hubert? (Refer to Story - The piece of String)

(OR)

• Why did the boy look to the sky and smile? (Refer to the Story -The Gulistan of Sadi)
• How did the camel man prove the stupidity of the quack?
• Why are the locusts compared with bad weather?

 (OR)

• What was the wisdom in selling the most valuable things? (Refer to the story - The Gift of the Magi)
• How did the child behave with the doctor?(Refer to the story - The Use of Force)
• Write a note on the struggle of Martin Luther King Jr. for the Negroes.

Q.3 A. Read stanza and answer the questions.

Now, of my three score years and ten Twenty will not come again,
And take from seventy springs a score, It only leaves me fifty more.

Questions:

• Write two words rhyming with "again' 02
• What is meant by "a score "? 02
• What does the poet say in last two verses? 02

(OR)

Love's madness has departed: in
The Muslim's veins the blood runs thin:
Ranks broken, hearts, oerplexed. Prayers cold,
No feeling deeper than the skin.

Questions:

• What is meant by "Love's madness"?
• What is the state of the Muslims in the light of third verse?
• Give two words rhyming with 'Ranks'?

(B) Answer following questions in about 60-75 words. 06

What is theme of the poem, "The Feed'?

(OR)

 Which problems of the present age have been described in the poem Leisure?

SECTION — C (Marks 40)

Note: Attempt All the questions,

Q.4 Answer the following questions in 50 - 60 words. (3 x5 =15)

• Why does the writer call the whole oyster a pearl? (Refer to the play-The Oyster and the Pearl)
• The play "Heat Lightning" is a melodrama. Comment.
• What type of Me do you foresee in the year 5000?

Q.5 A.Use any FOUR of the following Phrasal Verbs in sentences (04)

• Pass out
• Turn down
• Pass away
• Bear with
• Run into
• Set off

B. Use the correct form of the verbs in parenthesis in any FOUR of the following sentences: (04)

• I hate his (come) here daily.
• He (lie) in bed for many days.
• I (write) a letter to my father last week.
• The boy (fine) for not doing homework.
• My friend (come) to me tomorrow.
• I hope I (stand) first in my class.

Punctuate the following line(s) I paragraph: (04)

•  The town's empty but we found native life in the hills, sir. Dark people. Yellow eyes Martians very friendly we talked a bit, not much they learn English fast.

Write a letter to the Editor highlighting the problems of reckless driving. (08)

Translate the following passage into English: 05

شرارتی بچے عموماً ذہین ہوتے ہیں۔ ویسے تو ہر بچہ شرارتی ہوتا ہے لیکن بعض بچے بہت زیادہ شرارتی ہوتے ہیں۔ ان معصوموں کی شرارتیں بہت نقصان کرسکتی ہیں۔ ہمیں بچوں کو شرارتوں سے روکنا نہیں چاہیے۔

(OR)

Write a Paragraph on 'Poetry'.