Kalinga Bharati Sanskrit College, Balichandrapur, Jajpur
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19-U-ENG
Full Marks: 100
Time: 3 Hours
Answer all questions.
Figures in the right hand margin indicate marks.
UPASASTRI – 1st Year
Annual Examination – 2026
Q.1. (A) Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
I wanted to conquer my fear of Red. So I wrote a poem about him. This was my first piece of journalism in verse. By the next day, the whole street knew it by heart and exulted with triumphant hatred.
One morning on my way to school, I suddenly came upon Red and his lieutenants. His eyes seemed to bore through me. “Ah, the poet,” he drawled, smiling crookedly. “So you write verses. Do they rhyme?”
Red’s hand darted into his pocket and came out armed with a knuckle-duster. It flashed like lightning and struck my head. I fell down streaming with blood and lost consciousness. This was my first remuneration as a poet. I spent several days in bed. When I went out with my head still bandaged, I again saw Red. I struggled with myself but lost and took to my heels.
Questions:
(a) How did the speaker conquer his fear of Red? [2]
(b) How did the street react to his poem? [2]
(c) What did Red say to the speaker on his way to school? [2]
(d) “This was my first remuneration as a poet.” Explain. [2]
(e) What happened when the speaker met Red after the first shock? [2]
(B) Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Questions:
(a) Why did the horse give his harness bells a shake? [2]
(b) What are the sounds audible in the snowy woods? [2]
(c) What are the woods like? [2]
(d) Why can’t the poet stop in the woods indefinitely? [2]
(e) What does “sleep” mean here? [2]
Q.2. Read the following extract from the text and answer the questions that follow it.
“Then you know practically nothing about my aunt?” continued the young lady.
“Only her name and address,” admitted the visitor. He was wondering whether Mrs. Sappleton was in the married or widowed state. Something about the room made him believe the former.
“Her great tragedy happened just three years ago,” said the child. “That would be since the time your sister was here.”
“Her tragedy?” asked Framton. Somehow in this restful country spot tragedies seemed out of place.
“You may wonder why we keep that window wide open on a cold October afternoon,” said the niece, pointing to a large French window that opened on to a lawn.
“It is quite warm for the time of the year,” said Framton; “but has that window got anything to do with her tragedy?”
“Out through that window, three years ago, her husband and her two young brothers went off for their day’s shooting. They never came back. In crossing the moor they were engulfed in a treacherous part of the marsh. Their bodies were never recovered. That was the dreadful part of it.”
Here the child’s voice lost its self-possessed note. “Poor aunt always thinks that they will come back some day, they and the little brown spaniel that was lost with them, and walk in through that window just as they used to do. That is why the window is kept open every evening until dusk. Poor dear aunt, she has often told me how they went out, her husband with his white raincoat over his arm. Do you know, sometimes on quiet evenings like this, I almost get a creepy feeling that they will all walk in through that window.”
She broke off with a little shudder. It was a relief to Framton when the aunt hurried into the room with many apologies for being late.
“I hope Vera has been amusing you?” she said.
“She has been very interesting,” said Framton.
“I hope you don’t mind the open window,” said Mrs. Sappleton. “My husband and brothers will be home from shooting, and they always come in this way.”
She rattled on cheerfully about the shooting and the scarcity of birds and the prospects for duck in the winter. To Framton it was all purely horrible. He made a desperate effort to turn the talk to a less horrible subject, but he was conscious that his hostess was giving him only a fragment of her attention and that her eyes were constantly wandering past him to the open window.
Questions:
(a) What was the tragedy of Mrs. Sappleton as it was told by Vera? [5]
(b) Why was the talk of Mrs. Sappleton horrible for Framton? [5]
Q.3. Read the passage in Q.1(A) and answer the following. [5]
(a) Make a sentence using “came upon”.
(b) Supply the opposite of “conscious”.
(c) Vanquish means: (i) vain (ii) relish (iii) defeat.
(d) Supply the adjective form of “blood”.
(e) What a ______ you are! (Fill in the blank deriving a word from “cowardice”.)
Q.4. Make a bar diagram using the following information. [5]
John, Tony and Harry secured 30, 45 and 60 marks in English in 2011. The previous year each of them had secured 10 marks less. But the next year each of them secured 5 marks more.
Q.5. Rewrite the sentences in their correct order. [5]
(a) Strain the rice.
(b) Taste if cooked.
(c) Put some rice into boiling water.
(d) Put a pot with water on a stove.
(e) Allow it to boil for an hour.
Q.6. (a) Arrange the words in alphabetical order: progress, present, pious, problem. [2]
(b) Match the meanings of the word “settle” given below with their corresponding words in the sentences. [3]
Settle: (a) to decide (b) to live (c) to take rest for some time.
(i) The birds settled on the tree for an hour.
(ii) The court settled the matter easily.
(iii) They settled in Puri permanently.
Q.7. Fill in the blanks with suitable link words given below. [5]
Tapioca tubers form part of the breakfast of a large number of farmers in Kerala ______ are sweet potatoes. The tapioca tubers ______ are peeled, boiled and eaten ______ sweet potatoes. There are important differences between them, ______ many sweet potatoes rarely grow ten centimetres long, tapioca tubers can grow thirty centimetres ______.
(than, while, which, like, of course)
Q.8. You have lost your Library Card. Write an application to your Principal for the supply of a duplicate Library Card. [10]
Or
You went to buy a dictionary. Write a letter to your father asking for money and stating how the dictionary will be useful to you.
Q.9. Describe any one of the following in about 150 words. [10]
(a) Your Bicycle
(b) Your College
(c) A Bus Stand
Q.10. You have bought a refrigerator from a shop. It is not functioning well. Send an e-mail to its manufacturers. [5]
Or
Write a slogan on plantation.
Q.11. Do as directed.
A. Put the verbs in brackets in their correct tense. [1×5]
(i) Sumi (come) to see me yesterday.
(ii) Water (freeze) at zero degree centigrade.
(iii) Ask him what he (want).
(iv) You (see) him tomorrow?
(v) I (go) with them.
B. Put the verbs in the correct form for making an omelette. [1×5]
(i) First ______ two eggs and ______ them in a bowl.
(ii) ______ them up and ______ salt and pepper to taste.
(iii) ______ a little butter or oil in a frying pan.
(iv) Then ______ the egg into it.
(v) ______ sure that the bottom of the omelette does not burn.
Q.12. Translate the following passage into English. [10]
ସର୍ଦ୍ଦାର ପଟେଲ୍ଙ୍କୁ ଲୋକମାନେ ଭାରତର ଲୌହମାନବ ବୋଲି କହୁଥିଲେ। ଜଣେ ଦକ୍ଷ ଶାସନକର୍ତ୍ତା ହିସାବରେ ସେ ନିଶ୍ଚିତରୂପେ ଜଣେ ଲୁହାର ମଣିଷ ଥିଲେ। ମାତ୍ର ଲୋକ ହିସାବରେ ସେ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଦୟାଳୁ ଓ ବିଚାରବନ୍ତ ଥିଲେ। ବେଳେ ବେଳେ ନିଜର ବନ୍ଧୁ ଓ ଅନୁଗତମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ସେ ବେଶ୍ ଚିନ୍ତିତ ହୋଇପଡ଼ୁଥିଲେ। ଲୋକ ବାଛିବା ଓ ସେମାନଙ୍କୁ ଠିକ୍ କାମରେ ଲଗାଇବାର କଳା ତାଙ୍କୁ ଜଣା ଥିଲା।
Answers:
Q.1. (A) Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
(a) How did the speaker conquer his fear of Red?
Ans. The speaker tried to conquer his fear of Red by writing a poem about him.
(b) How did the street react to his poem?
Ans. By the next day the whole street had memorized the poem and repeated it with triumphant hatred.
(c) What did Red say to the speaker on his way to school?
Ans. Red mockingly called him “the poet” and asked whether the verses he wrote rhymed.
(d) “This was my first remuneration as a poet.” Explain.
Ans. The speaker sarcastically calls the beating he received from Red his first remuneration, meaning the first “payment” or consequence of writing the poem.
(e) What happened when the speaker met Red after the first shock?
Ans. When he met Red again while still bandaged, he could not face him and ran away in fear.
Q.1. (B) Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow.
(a) Why did the horse give his harness bells a shake?
Ans. The horse shook his harness bells to ask whether there was some mistake in stopping in such a lonely place.
(b) What are the sounds audible in the snowy woods?
Ans. The only sounds are the shaking of the horse’s harness bells and the soft sweep of the wind and falling snowflakes.
(c) What are the woods like?
Ans. The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
(d) Why can’t the poet stop in the woods indefinitely?
Ans. The poet cannot stay because he has promises and duties to fulfill.
(e) What does “sleep” mean here?
Ans. “Sleep” here symbolizes rest or death at the end of life.
Q.2. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow it.
(a) What was the tragedy of Mrs. Sappleton as it was told by Vera?
Ans. Vera told Framton that three years earlier Mrs. Sappleton’s husband and her two young brothers had gone out through the French window for shooting. While crossing the moor they were swallowed by a dangerous marsh and never returned. Their bodies were never recovered. Since then Mrs. Sappleton believed that they would return someday in the same way through the open window, so the window was always kept open till evening.
(b) Why was the talk of Mrs. Sappleton horrible for Framton?
Ans. Framton believed Vera’s tragic story and thought the men were dead. When Mrs. Sappleton spoke cheerfully about her husband and brothers returning from shooting and kept looking out of the open window waiting for them, it frightened Framton terribly. He thought she was mentally disturbed, so the whole conversation seemed horrible to him.
Q.3. Read the passage in Q.1(A) and answer the following.
(a) Make a sentence using “came upon”.
Ans. I suddenly came upon an old friend in the market.
(b) Supply the opposite of “conscious”.
Ans. Unconscious.
(c) Vanquish means: (i) vain (ii) relish (iii) defeat.
Ans. (iii) defeat.
(d) Supply the adjective form of “blood”.
Ans. Bloody.
(e) What a ______ you are! (Fill in the blank deriving a word from “cowardice”.)
Ans. What a coward you are!
Q.4. Make a bar diagram using the following information.
Ans. Marks obtained:
2010 – John 20, Tony 35, Harry 50
2011 – John 30, Tony 45, Harry 60
2012 – John 35, Tony 50, Harry 65
Q.5. Rewrite the sentences in their correct order.
(a) Put a pot with water on a stove.
(b) Put some rice into boiling water.
(c) Allow it to boil for an hour.
(d) Taste if cooked.
(e) Strain the rice.
Q.6.
(a) Arrange the words in alphabetical order: progress, present, pious, problem.
Ans. pious, present, problem, progress.
(b) Match the meanings of the word “settle”.
(i) The birds settled on the tree for an hour. — (c) to take rest for some time
(ii) The court settled the matter easily. — (a) to decide
(iii) They settled in Puri permanently. — (b) to live
Q.7. Fill in the blanks with suitable link words.
Ans. Tapioca tubers form part of the breakfast of a large number of farmers in Kerala as are sweet potatoes. The tapioca tubers which are peeled, boiled and eaten like sweet potatoes. There are important differences between them, while many sweet potatoes rarely grow ten centimetres long, tapioca tubers can grow thirty centimetres of course.
Q.8. Application to the Principal for a duplicate Library Card
To
The Principal
Kalinga Bharati Sanskrit College
Balichandrapur, Jajpur
Subject: Application for a duplicate library card
Sir,
I beg to state that I am a student of Upasasti First Year of your college. Unfortunately I have lost my library card somewhere in the college campus. I searched for it everywhere but could not find it. I therefore request you kindly to issue me a duplicate library card so that I may continue to borrow books from the library. I shall be grateful for your kind consideration.
Yours obediently
Shankar D. Mishra
Upasasti 1st Year
Date: ______
Q.9. Your College (about 150 words)
Ans. My college is Kalinga Bharati Sanskrit College situated at Balichandrapur in the district of Jajpur. It is a well-known institution for the study of Sanskrit and traditional learning. The college has a peaceful and beautiful campus surrounded by trees and open fields which provide a pleasant environment for study. There are several classrooms, a library and an office building. The library contains many useful books on Sanskrit literature, grammar, philosophy and English. The teachers of our college are experienced and dedicated. They guide the students with great care and encourage them to study sincerely. The college also organizes cultural programmes, debates and seminars from time to time. Students from different places come here to pursue their education. Discipline is strictly maintained in the college and the students respect their teachers. I feel proud to study in such a good institution and I hope to gain much knowledge here.
Q.10. E-mail to the manufacturer
Subject: Complaint regarding defective refrigerator
Dear Sir/Madam,
I purchased a refrigerator of your company from a local shop last week. Unfortunately it is not functioning properly. It does not cool the food items and also produces an unusual noise. As the product is still under warranty, I request you to arrange for immediate repair or replacement. I shall be grateful for your prompt action.
Yours faithfully
Shankar D. Mishra
Q.11. Do as directed
A. Put the verbs in brackets in their correct tense.
(i) Sumi came to see me yesterday.
(ii) Water freezes at zero degree centigrade.
(iii) Ask him what he wants.
(iv) Will you see him tomorrow?
(v) I shall go with them.
B. Put the verbs in the correct form for making an omelette.
(i) First break two eggs and put them in a bowl.
(ii) Beat them up and add salt and pepper to taste.
(iii) Heat a little butter or oil in a frying pan.
(iv) Then pour the egg into it.
(v) Make sure that the bottom of the omelette does not burn.
Q.12. Translate the following passage into English.
Ans. Sardar Patel was called the Iron Man of India by the people. As an efficient administrator he was certainly a man of iron. But as a person he was very kind and thoughtful. At times he became deeply concerned for his friends and followers. He knew the art of choosing the right people and assigning them the proper work.
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