FEDRAL Board HSSCEPI (2017)
ENGLISH COMPULSORY
HSSC-II
SECTION – I
Marks 20
Time allowed: 25 Minutes
NOTE: Section. A is compulsory awl comprises pages 1-2. All parts of this section are to be answered on the quest& paper itself. It should be completed in the first 25 minutes and handed over to the Centre Superintendent. Cutting overwriting is not allowed. Do not use lead pencil, Encircle the correct option i.e. A/13/C/ D, Each part carries one mark.

• The author of biographical essay Mustafa kamal" is:

A. JC. Squire
B. Wilfrid F. Castle
C. Patrick Pringle
D. Jerome K. Jerome

• Choose the correct spellings of the following:

A. Pneumoria
B. Pneumunia
C. Neumonia
D. Pneomonia

• One of the methods used to preserve food like milk, eggs and potatoes is:

A. Keep them in icy places
B. Dehydrate or remove water from them
C. Purify and grade them
D. keep them away from moisture

• The most pitiable case among the boys who fails to delivers is the one:

A. Relying too much on native ability
B. With nervous habits
C. With a mistaken ambition
D. Recurrent health issues

• The writer tried to examine himself in a funny

A. If he head fever
B. If he had Zymosis
C. About his condition himself
D. I low long he could live further

• The Chinese were saved from falling a victim to the syndrome of split personality like other nations ruled by colonial powers owing to:

A. The proletarian revolution
B. The spirit of mass organization
C. The resources of the country
D. The system of communes

• Robin Hood was often engaged in Poaching from the needy and the poor. The underlined word means:

A. Robbing              
B. Working
C. Hunting
D. Travelling

• I continued in this unpretentious situation for quite some period. The underlined word means:

A. Inconvenient
B. Very humble
C. Ordinary
D. Unimpressive

• Brookfield Grammar School was established in the reign of:

A. King Edward VII
B. Queen Victoria
C. Queen Elizabeth
D. King Edward VI

• In his will, Mr. Chips left all his savings to be given away to:

A. Popular Mission School
B. The Families of war victims
C. Mrs. Wicket and Katherine trust
D. Brookfield Mission, Mrs. Wicket and a scholarship

• Nothing is really wrong with him only annodomini. The underlined word means:

A. Homesickness  
B. Advancing ago
C. Hay fever           
D. Common flu

• Decent little beggars individually but as a mob, just pitiless and implacable. The underlined word means:

A. Noisy    
B. Transitive verb
C. Gerund
D. Infinite

• The boy was punished for breaking the furniture. The underlined part of the sentence is a /an:

A. Participle            
B. Transitive Verb
C. Gerund
D. Infinitive

• I saw that child Jump, into the car. The 'underlined part of the sentence is a / an:

A. Infinitive             
B. Linking verb
C. Participle            
D. Gerund

• The crying of the children did not let us enjoy the film. The underlined part of the sentence is of an:

A. Gerundive phrase
B. Prepositional phrase
C. Adjective phrase
D. Infinitive phrase

• The workers started building their houses in new ways. The underlined part of the sentence is a / at:

A. Prepositional phrase:
B. Adverb clause
C. Adverb phrase
D. Adjective phrase

• Why are we called people who don’t pay back their debts? The underlined part of the sentence is a / an:

A. Noun clause      
B. Adverb phrase
C. Adverb clause   
D. Adjective clause

• We cannot only study here but also work for money. The underlined part of the sentence is a/an:

A. Subordinating conjunction
B. Illative conjunction
C. Coordinating conjunction
D. Correlative conjunction

• Many new useless members were elected in the assemblies that surprised us. This is a:

A. Complex sentence
B. Compound complex sentence
C. Simple sentence
D. Compound sentence

• They are locking for a new job opportunity nowadays. The underlined part of the sentence is a/an:

A. Transitive verb 
B. Intransitive verb
C. Helping verb     
D. Linking verb

SECTION — B
(Marks 40)

Q.2 Attempt ALL the questions in about 40-50 words each. (7 x 4=28)

• How has the use of scientific methods enabled us to overcome those fears which made life miserable for our ancestors?
  
• How did the arrival of summer vacation turn out to be a compensation for all those wishes which never came true for the writer as a school boy? (Refer to the lesson – End of Term)
  
• The writer had to think like a savage in the end to get rid of those useless books. Comment in the light of ‘On Destroying Books by J.C. Squire.
  -OR-
  
• Why does Jerome believe that he will be great acquisition for the student of a medical class? (Refer to the lesson - Man Who was a Hospital)
  
• How do the workers get an ultimate importance in the policies and socio-economic set-up of China? (Refer to the lesson-China's Way to Progress)
  
• What have public health measures to do with an increase in population? (Refer to the lesson — Hunger and Population Explosion)
  -0R-
  
• How did Abd-al-Rahman ill earn the title 'The Jewel of the World' for his Capital Cordova?
  
• What did Churchill gain from his three years stay at Harrow white he was taught English in place of Latin and Greek? (Refer to lesson First Year at Harrow)
  
• What was the impact of Alexander Fleming's achievement to pave the way for other discoveries in the field of medicine?
  -OR-
  
• How did the patriots respond to the intention of the Allies and the king to partition the Ottoman Empire? (Refer to the lesson Mustafa Kamal by W.F. Castle)
  

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

• Describe briefly how Mr. Chips had no worries and a very peaceful stay Mrs. Wicket's after remittance
  -OR-
  
• Why was Mr. Chips startled at Ralston's soft reminder to think of retirement in spite of the fact that he had turned sixty?
  
• It was Linford who did the last honor to say Good-Bye to Mr. Chips, the night before he died. Comment in the light of your study of the novel by James Hilton.

SECTION-C
Marks 40)

Note: Attempt ALL the questions.

Q. 4 suppose you are working as a bureau chief for a news channel and presently assigned the task to report upon the state of chaos and disruption created by massive protests by the opposition. Make a survey report, emphasizing upon the points as cited below:

• The Teal motive behind these protests/sit-ins
  
• Now it tends to become a nuisance for public life?
  
• The stance/strategy of the Government to cope with it.
  
• Suggestions

Q. 5 a. Correct the following paragraph for the kind of errors listed in the bracket. There are six errors in all. Re-write the paragraph as, you have revised it. (Errors in the use of tense, article, preposition. pronoun and spelling etc.)
If you agreed with me earlier, you would not have suffered thus. I gave you chance to rise to heights of success by effort and wise planning. But you did not avail to the opportunity. Now I offer you other opening.

b. Use any four of the following phrasal Verbs / Idioms it sentences:

• Step dawn
  
• Cock and bull story
  
• Cut a sorry figure
  
• Pull through
  
• Add insult to injury
  
• Hand in glove
  
• Turn over a new leaf

Q. 6 Read the following passage and answer the questions appended to it:
The international factors Pakistan's fight against poverty need to be given due attention. We will be quite justified in joining the other disadvantaged countries to tell the international community that we can't have the resources needed to free a large segment of mankind of the course of poverty unless the advanced world redeems the pledges of transfer of technology and economic aid to these poorer countries that were repeatedly made in the past. But Pakistan must approach the world with clean hands. It should demonstrate a firmer commitment to achieve the Millennium Development Goals - MDGs than it has so far exhibited.
The Government needs to appreciate the importance of these goals which simply mean, firstly, freedom from poverty, hunger, ignorance and disease. Secondly, from want and deprivation which is a basic right of all citizens.

Questions:

• What do the disadvantaged or needy countries need to do, according to the writer?
• What are the Millennium Development Goals?
• Make a precise of the given passage in about one third a# its original length and suggest a suitable title

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

• Our Youth and the Social Media Outline: Introduction - Life style of youth today – Charm of the face book / twitter etc. - tends to be an addiction - measures to check it conclusion.
  
• The C-PEC and Our Future Outline: Its background - relations with China – Network Roads - Power Projects - Gwadar Port —Job opportunities conclusion.