Important Questions:

Section A: (Multiple Choice Questions)

Note: Attempt all questions from this section.

Q.1:- Choose the correct answer for each from the given option:

i) The scene of the play "progress" is in ___________ room.

1. Study romm
2. Dining room
3. Guest room
4. Store

ii) The Count Of Monte Cristo's real name is

1. Edward Lear
2. Edmornd Lear
3. Eddie
4. Edmond Dantes

iii) Mrs. Meldon hates the idea of

1. War
2. Spider
3. Peace
4. Boys

iv) The poem" Incident of the French Camp" is written by

1. Robert Downing
2. William Shakespeare
3. Robert Frost
4. Robert Browning

v) Quaid-e-Azam born in the year

1. 1776
2. 1876
3. 1976
4. 1878

vi) My son was ______________ Henry, and he was killed in a fight of which he knew very little.

1. Nineteen
2. Twenty
3. Twenty two
4. Twenty one

vii) The writer suffers from _____________ in the story "My Bank Account".

1. Bank Mania
2. Love of money
3. Bank phobia
4. Over confidence in bank business

viii) The Birkenhead carried how many passengers?

1. 360
2. 430
3. 630
4. 530

ix) What did Stephen Leacock write on the cheque?

1. 26 dollars
2. 36 dollars
3. 5 dollars
4. 66 dollars

x) How many women and children were on board the ship " The Birkenhead".

1. 100
2. 300
3. 170
4. 270

xi) Quaid-e-Azam reacted ________________ on recieving warm welcome by a huge crowd of newly created nation.

1. Proudly
2. Calmly and Seriously
3. Rudely
4. Shyly

xii) The famous scientist who has been presented as a model in the lesson "Science and Scientist " is ___________.

1. Rutherford
2. Albert Einstein
3. Newton
4. Watson

xiii) The poet of " Under the Greenwood Tree" wants to go in the forest and turn throat to:

1. Merry notes
2. Happiness in to sorrow
3. Ambitious
4. Money notes

xiv) "Lines from Deserted Village" shows the concept of __________________.

1. Beauty
2. Love
3. Human behaviour
4. Nature

xv) The boy had disobeyed his father _______________ times in the poem " The Toys ".

1. First
2. Twice
3. Thrice
4. Seventh

xvi) When Napolean saw the injured soldier in the " Incident of the French Camp", the poet compares his feelings with ____

1. An eagle
2. An eaglet
3. Fire
4. Snow

xvii) A faggot band is __________ .

1. A hook
2. Scythe
3. Cutter
4. Instrument

xviii) In the " Lay of the Last Minstrel", the poet preaches ________________ .

1. Favoritism
2. Symbolism
3. Mannerism
4. Patriotism

xix) He _______________ the work before i got there.

1. Finishes
2. Had finished
3. Will finish
4. Finishing

xx) Can you get some evidences, she said can be punctuated as:

1. " Can you get some evidences?", She said.
2. " Can you get some evidences?, She said"
3. " Can you get some evidences, She said?"
4. " Can you get some evidences?", she said.

xxi) The author makes his way to the bank after this awful incident __________.

1. Off and on
2. Ocassionally
3. Confidently
4. Never

xxii) Lord Mountbatten was the __________ .

1. First viceroy of India
2. Second viceroy of India
3. Last viceroy of India
4. Third viceroy of India

xxiii) What is the real name of SAKI?

1. Henry Thomas
2. Thomas Munro
3. John Henry
4. H.H Munro

xxiv) On visiting son's bed room Patmore observed his son:

1. Walking
2. Laughing
3. In deep Slumber
4. Playing

xxv) If he had informed me, I (go) there.

1. Went
2. Would go
3. Would have gone
4. Had gone

xxvi) The castle of Cernogratz was situated in ________________ .

1. Australia
2. Germany
3. France
4. Holland

xxvii) Albert's friend was called ____________________ .

1. Edmond Dabted
2. Fernand Mondego
3. Beauchamp
4. Morrel

xxviii) The hotel in the HOSTILE WITNESS was called ________________ .

1. The white man hotel
2. The white hart hotel
3. The white heart hotel
4. The white hall hotel

xxix) Fraulien schimdt was working as a ___________ in the Gruebel household.

1. Maid
2. Servant
3. Governess
4. Footman

xxx) Who is the manager of hotel in the lesson " The Hostile Witness" ?

1. Mr. King
2. Mr. Manning
3. Mr. Johnson
4. Mr. Abbot

xxxi) What was the name of the German Town attacked by Napolean in thepoem INCIDENT OF THE FRENCH CAMP?

1. Bordeaux
2. Marseilles
3. Hamburg
4. Ratisbon

xxxii) William Shakespeare's poem " Under the greenwood tree" is _________________.

1. A play
2. A song
3. A sonnet
4. A ballad

xxxiii) " Pugnacious" means :

1. Punitive
2. Poisonous
3. Fond of fighting
4. Precentive

xxxiv) The Count's Revenge is a story about ______________ .

1. Vengeance
2. Friendship
3. Hatred
4. Altruism

xxxv) Eddie died in ________________ .

1. First World War
2. Second World War
3. Trojan War
4. Civil War

Section B: (Short Answer Questions)

Q2- Important Short answer Questions:

1. State briefly what the " Pakistan Resolution " decided?
2. Whay was Mrs. Meldon against Corrie's invention?
3. What is a Melodrama? OR What does Henry Corrie think , about human nature of war?
4. How did the Birkenhead Drill come to be wrecked? and where did the Birkenhead sink? OR Describe one heroic action that took place after the Birkenhead went down?
5. How do you count Beauchamp's role in " The Count's Revenge" ?
6. What is the difference between the General Assembly mand the Security Council? When was the U.N.O. founded?
7. Why was there a roar of laughter when author left the bank?
8. What message did Quaid-e-Azam deliver to the people of Pakistan in his first speech?
9. What is the difference between objective thinking and prejudice thinking? What is meant by universality of Science & Mathematcis?
10. The writer mentions four contributions made by the Science. What are they? The writer concludes that education should contain three elements. What are they?
11. Describe the beauty of sweet Auburn in five lines as given in " The Deserted Village" OR When, where, by whom and how was the first aerial journey made?
12. What type of hardship can be faced in the forest according to Shakespeare? What is the moral of the poem?
13. What charges were levelled by the king against the Abbot of Canterburry?
14. What were the questions asked by the King from the Abbot of Canterburry? What were the answers to these questions? OR What Arab custom did the Countess of Morceft mention in " The Count's Revenge"?
15. Explain in your own words what religious lesson Coventry Patmore drew from the incident of the Toys?
16. What do people think about Lucy Gray after the tragic incident? OR What does Professor Hnry COrrie want to do with his invention?
17. What are the qualities of a really happy man as mentioned by Sir Henry Wotton in his poem " The Character of Happy Life"? OR What is the legend attached to the castle according to Baroness Greubel?
18. What is the message conveyed in the poem " Lucy Gray"? OR What warning does Oliver Goldsmith give to the people in the poem "Lines From The Deserted Village"?
19. How the Count of Morcef succeded in marrying Mercedes? How the Count of Monte Cristo succeeded in taking revenge from the Count of Morcef?
20. The Count of Monte Cristo was justified in bringing disgrace to the Count of Morcef. Explain why? OR When and where was the Pakistan Resolution passed?
21. Why Albert behaves as an emotional young man in the play? Do you think " The Count's Revenge" is an emotional play? Why? OR What was the manager's reaction when the author told him that he would like to see him alone?
22. Why did Albert decide not to fight a duel with the Count of Monte Cristo? OR Why were the Baron and Baroness angry with Amalie?
23. How can you say that Mrs. Meldon is justified in killing her brother? OR Prof. Henry Corrie represents the human tendecies of materialism and selfishness comment?
24. What opinion does Prof. Henry hold about women? OR what does Mrs. Meldon mean by "Organized Butchery of Young Boys"?
25. Who, in your opinion, is the Villain of the play " The Count's Revenge"? Who brings his villainy in to general public?
26. For how many years was Edmond Dantes in anm underground dungeon and why?
27. Who was Eddie and How did he die?
28. How did Albert discover that the Count Of Monte Cristo was the man who disgrace his father?
29. Describe the personality of Quaid-e-Azam as explained in the lesson " Pakistan Zindabad"?
30. Mrs. Meldon is a peace loving woman of Noble qualities discuss?
31. Who was Napolean? Why is he famous in the history? What is the moral of the poem " Incident of the French Camp"?
32. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions, articles or verbs as the case may be

Sixty four kilometers ____________ cape town in South Africa, there _________ a rock in _________ sea, which was then unknown and undiscovered. It was not shown in any of _________ maps of ___________ sea, it lay hidden __________ the surface of ______________ sea, as if it were a wild creation of __________ ocean, lying in wait __________ its prey was fast approching it, all unconscious of its fate. It ___________ the troopship Birkenhead.

Section C: (Short Answer Questions)

Q3- Important Letters:

1. Letter to the editor about frequent load shading in your city.
2. Letter to the editor expressing how you feel about some of the major problems of Karachi.
3. Letter to the editor expressing your concern over increasing incidents of street crimes in the city.

OR

Important stories:

1. Unity is strength
2. Honesty is the best policy
3. Tit for tat
4. Pride hath a fall
5. A friend in need is a friend indeed

Q4- Important Essays:

1. My Aim in life
2. Problems of Karachi
3. The happiest moment of my life
4. Merits and demerits of internet
5. Duties of a student
6. Wonders of Science
7. An exciting Cricket Match
8. Environmental Pollution
9. Role of Media In Society'
10. Fight Against Terrorism
11. T2o World Cup

Q5- Important Character Sketch

1. Professor Henry Corrie
2. Mrs. Meldon
3. Albert
4. The Countess Of Morcerf

Q6- Translations from five year papers.

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