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Question Paper Set
NGLISH - (01)
(16 Pages) Max. Marks : 80
SECTION - I
(Reading Skill, Grammar, Vocabulary, Note-making and Summary)
Q. 1. (A) Read the first activity, read the extract and then do all the [15]
activities that follow: (12)
Al. Complete — Q2)
Complete the following sentences with the relevant
content from the extract :
(i) Dell got hungry market for his computers, because
(ii) Dell's parents were concerned about his grades,
because
Dell knew that IBM required its dealers to take a
monthly quota of PCs, in most cases more than they could
sell. He also knew that holding excess inventory was costly.
So he bought dealers’ surplus stock at cost. Back in his
dormitory room, he added features to improve performance.
“The improved models found eager buyers. Seeing the hungry
market, Dell placed local advertisements offering his
customized computers at 15 percent off retail price. Soon
he was selling to busin
The trunk of h
sses, doctors’ offices and law firms.
car was his store; his room took on the
appearance of a small factory.
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a os See ee a During a holiday break, Dell's parents told him they
were concerned about his grades. “If you want to start a
business, do itafter you get your degree,” his father pleaded.
Dell agreed, but back in college he felt the opportunity
of a lifetime was passing him by. “I couldn't bear to miss
this chance,” he says. After one month he started
computers again — with a vengeance
Hing
The quarter he shared with two roommates was in chaos
- boxes piled high, computer boards and tools scattered
around, Ong day his roommates heaped all his equipment
into a pile, preventing Dell from entering his room. It was
time to come to grips with the magnitude of what he had
created. The business was now grossing more than $50,000
a month
Dell confessed to his parents that he was still in the
computer business. They wanted to know how cliss
going.
ere
“LT have to quit college,” he replied, “I want to start my
own company.”
“What exactly is it that you want to do?” a
father.
d his
“Compete with IBM,” he answered simply.
Now his parents were really worried. But no matter
what they said, Dell insisted. So they made a deal; over
summer vacation he would try to launch a computer
company. If he didn’t succeed, it would be back to university
Dell risked all his savings and incorporated Dell
Computer Corp on May 3, 1984. He was 19
Explain Q
Michael Dell says, "1 couldn’tbear to miss this chance.”
Explain in brief what he means by it
A3. Guess :
Q)
Guess, in context of the extract, the future of Michael
Dell ithe had studied seriously in the clas:
fofsfel-? rage 2
ol college, 4 : (2)
- TVP Match the following words under column ‘A’ with their
meanings given under column *B°
ey “Be
(i) grossing (a) with great intensity
Gi) inventory (b)_ large size of business
(ii) magnitude (c) totalling
(iv) withavengeance (d)_ quantity of goods in
AS. Personal response : @)
Explain in about 50 words your views whether to
choose business or a job as a career.
A6. Grammar — @)
Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed
y market, Dell placed local
r@ Steing the hung:
rg) S'
advertisements of
Page 4 The eagle was.a problem child and was disciplined
severely. In the climbing class, he beat all the others to the
top of the tree but insisted on using his own way to get
there.
Atthe end of the year, an abnormal eel that could swim
exceedingly well and also run, climb and fly a little, had the
highest average and was valedictorian.
‘The prairie dogs stayed out of school and fought the
tax levy because the administration would not add digging
and burrowing to the curriculum. ‘|
A2. Complete —
Complete the following statements by giving suitable
reasons : (2) b
(i) The duck was average in swimming, because ....- t
(i) The squirrel could score only C in climbing, |
because . f
A3. Guess: 2) i
Guess the result of the prairie dogs if they had been fi
given admission in the animal school and support your HW
guessing with the facts from the extract.
A4. Vocabulary — (2)
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words given in the
box and rewrite :
valedictorian, curriculum, frustration,
administer
(i) Varun who topped the college was declared ......
(i) The wu of the school should involve more
activity subjects.
(iii) Poor performance in the exams develop ...
among the students.
(iv) It’s necessary to ....
it will be successful.
... the programme, so that
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AS. Personal response -
ays lO make
Suggest in about 50 words at least two We
the learning enjoyable
A6. Grammar —
ucted ¢
Rewyite the following sentences in the ways instruct
; and was disci-
The eagle was a problem child
plined severely.
(Make ita complex sentence.)
(i) Anabnormal eel could swim exceedingly well.
(Rewrite the sentence using ‘able to’.)
Note-making —
Read the following extract and complete the notes given
below :
Sudha Murthy was born on 19 August, 1950; in
Shiggaon in Karnataka. She and her siblings were raised by
her parents and maternal grandparents. She completed B.E.
in Electrical Engineering from B.V. B. College of Engineering
and Technology, standing first in her class and receiving a
gold medal from the Chief Minister of Karnataka. She
completed M.E. in Computer Science from the Indian
Institute of science, standing first in her class and receiving,
a gold medal from the Indian Institute of Engineers,
Sudha Murthy became the first female engineer hired
at India’s largest auto manufacturer TATA Engincering and
Locomotive Company (TELCO) as a Development
Engineer. She later joined Walchand Group of Industries at
Pune as a Senior System Analyst. In 1996, she started
Infosys Foundation and has been a Visiting Professor at
the P. G, centre of Bangalore University,
Sudha Murthy’s work covers the healthcare, education,
empowerment of women and public hygiene at the grassroot
level. Her vision of a library for each school has resulted in
the setting of 50,000 libraries so far. She is helping out run
uae es al
areas by building 10,000 public toilets and several hundred
toilets in the city of Bangalore. Infosys Foundation is a public
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