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OFFICE OFTHE DEPUTY DISTRICT OFFICER

EDUCATIONSEC & H.SEC (M) KARACHI

Centralized PreliminaryExamination 2011

English-I

Time: 1 1/2 hr Max. Marks60Note: Section A, consists of 18 MCQs, all are to be answered, SectionB consists of 21 short answer questions of which 14 are to beanswered.

SECTION A(MCQs)

1. Has she finished her work? (Choose the negative form)

a. She has finished her work.

b. She is not finishing her work.c. She has not finished her work

d. She does finish her work.

2. Fahad had not passed the examination. (Chosoe the correct passive voice)a. The examination was not passed by Fahad.

b. The examination has not been passed by him.

c. The examination had not been passed by Fahad.d. Had the examination passed by Fahad.

3. She said to her mother, When I reached home I did not find you there. (Choose

the correct Indirect form)

a. She said to her mother that when I reached home I did not find her there.

b. She said to her mother that when she reached home she had not found her there.c. She said to her mother that when she reached home she had not find her there.

d. She said to her mother that when she reached home I did not find him there.

4. The dog did not bark at the stranger. (Choose the correct affirmative)

a. The dog did not bark at the stranger.

b. The dog barks at the stranger.

c. The dog does bark at the stranger.d. The dog baked at the stranger.

5. Ahmed took the S.S.C Examination. (Choose the correct Present Indefinite tense)

a. Ahmed has took the S.S.C Examination

b. Ahmed takes the S.S.C Examination.

c. Ahmed is taking the S.S.C Examination.

d. Has Ahmed took the S.S.C Examination?

6. A rainy day (Choose the correct meaning)

a. A day of the rainy season b. A good time

c. A difficult time d. High time

7. Ali is the _______ student in the class. (Select the proper degree of the adjective)

a. Good b. very good c. better d. best

8. An honest man speaks _______ truth. (Choose the suitable article)

a. an b. the c. a d. none of them

9. The poet/poetess of the poem daffodils is ____________

a. Anonym b. Mrs. Elsa Kazi

c. William Words worth d. Henry Long Fellow

10. Hazrat Muhammad (Peace be upon him) the Prophet of Islam was born in ___

A.D.

a. 570 b. 571 c. 572 d. 671

11. Helen Keller visited Pakistan in _______ A.D.

a. 1965 b. 1956 c. 1958 d. 1967

12. Nadia is ________ most obedient child. (Choose the correct article)

a. the b. an c. a d. none of these

13. Abou Bin Adhem was a _______________

a. poet b. saint c. writer d. king

14. She has no control ________ her children. (Choose the correct preposition)

a. from b. over c. an d. is

15. The Pakistan resolution was passed in ________ A.D.

a. 1940 b. 1941 c. 1916 d. 1906

16. In the poem The children the poet is afraid of the________.

a. Jungle b. Old age c. Youth d. Darkness

17. Malaria is caused by _____________

a. stagnant water b. mosquito bite c. flies d. air pollution

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18. Otaq is the meeting place for ________.

a. Women b. girls c. men d. boys

SECTION B (SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS)

Answer any 9 of the following questions in three to four sentences each. Each

question carries 03 marks.

2. On what principles did the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) established an Islamic

society?

3. What is the meaning of "Bhit? What are the qualities of poetry of Shah

Abdul Latif?

4. What objects were found in the ruins of Moen-jo-Daro? And which is the

best find of Moen-jo-Daro?

5. Who was Miss Sullivan? How did she teach Helen Keller?

6. What lesson did Allama Iqbal learn from the history of Muslims?

7. How did the Muslim Women work for the independence?

8. What did Quaid-e-Azam say about education?

9. What did the Quaid-e-Azam say at the first annual celebration of Pakistan?

10. How can we get rid of malaria?

11. Why will the name of Raja Aziz Bhatti be written in the letters of gold?

12. What does "Nursing" mean? What did Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H.) give Hazrat

Ghifaria and why?

13. What are the responsibilities of a good citizen?

14. What are the three main problems faced by the Pakistan?

Answer any 5 of the following questions in three to four sentences each. Each

question carries 03 marks.

15. What according to the poetess is the highest aim of life?

16. The poet says that the children are living poems and all the rest are dead.

Why does he says so?

17. How are the children different from the poet?

18. What happens to the poet of the poem The Daffodils, when he lies on his

couch?

19. Why can't the poet wait to enjoy the beauty of the woods?

20. What did Abu Bin Adhem ask the angel when he saw its writing on the

book of gold?

21. Who is the happier of the two "The Miller" or the "King" and why?