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English 2nd Year (Book – II)
Test No. 1 (The Dying Sun)
Q.1 Write the short answer of any SIX (in 3-5 lines) questions
from Book –II (Modern Prose and Heroes) Part- I
How does the writer give the idea of the total number of stars?
How is the universe frightening to us?
How did our earth come into being?
How did life begin on the earth?
What is meant by “narrow belts” in space?
What are human lives centred in?
Q.2 Tick the right choice of the following under-lined words
from Book-II (Modern Prose and Heroes) Part-I
From this it is easy to understand why a star seldom finds another
anywhere near it.
Often frequently usually
rarely
An immense wave must have traveled over
the surface of the sun
Small dark dismal
stormy
We believe, however, that some two
thousand million years ago this rare event
took place.
Strange commoner common
frightening
Life started in simple organisms.
plants materialsbodies small living beings
Such is the littleness of our home in space
when measured up against the total
substance of the universe.
weighed found out removed
calculated
For the most part each star makes makes its
voyage in complete loneliness.
stay journey strength attraction
Their wormth coming almost entirely from the
radiation which the sun pours down on them.
severely shylyluckilyutterly
But from these humble beginnings came a
stream of life.
complexsurprisingvaluablesimple
Test No. 3 (Using the Scientific)
Q.1 Write the short answer of any SIX (in 3-5 lines) questions
from Book-II (Modern Prose and Heroes) Part-1.
How has the use of the scientific method benefitted us?
Why was life most uncertain in the past?
Write a note on the better sanitary conditions available in our cities

today and compare them with what they were like hundred years ago?
Why couldn’t people in the past have as many different kinds of food as
we have today?
How can we preserve our food today?
What do superstitions mean?
Describe some of the superstitions still current in our country. How do

they affect the lives of those who believe in them?
How is the control of disease in the modern age?
Why don’t people now accept conclusions as final?
Q.2 Tick the right choice of the following under-lined words

from Book-II (Modern Prose and Heroes) Part-I.
Today we are better able to explain happenings which used to be

considered strange and mysterious.
helpful
puzzling
strenuous
luxurious
We are also more critical in our thinking than

our ancestors.
forefathers
four father
heirs
followers
These changes have been made possible by

use of the scientific method to solve such
problems as the causes of disease and its
prevention.
prohibition
locking up
declaring illegal
stopping something bad from

happening
Today our streets are paved and well

drained, and they are cleaned regularly.
metalled
rough
soft
narrow
by an attitude we mean the way we feel

toward some idea or some event.
charm
antique
servitude
behavi0ur
Few people today believe that diseases are

caused by evil spirits.
eyes
demons
angles
people
Yellow fever, malaria, typhus, cholera,

typhoid fever, and even influenza, once
started, spread through a community.
society
national
country
continent
Sewage from all sections is carried through

sealed pipes to disposal plants.
water supply
used water
fresh water
rain water
Write the short answer of any six questions from

Book II Modern Pores and Heroes)
Q. What is this essay about?
Q. Why did the writer make some parents his warm

enemies?
Q. How can we avoid failures caused by lack of physical

and mental health?
Q. What is the real job of the college dean?
Q. What is a heart rending spectacle for the writer?
Q. How does mistaken ambition on the part of boys and

their parents lead to the failure of the boys?
Q. what does the writer say about a few lazy bluffers?
Q. How does financial pressure lead to the failure of

students described in the lesson?
Q. How are athletics and so-called literary activities

responsible for the boys failure in college?
Q. No. 2.Tick the right choice of the following under-

lined words form Book II
Such nervous habits are not easy to Uproot
Penetrate
Catch
Find
Eradicate
A common cause of failure is a mistaken ambition

for the boy on the part of his parents.
Misleading Desire
True Results
False Promise
Mistake
The cure for this sort of thing is again not easy, for
it involves an entire of attitude.
Old
New
Forced
Complete
Any parent owes this much to his son.
Belongs
Is Obligated
Holds
Gives
And inevitably it is an important reason for

apparent failure.
Surely
Secretly
hardly
Safely
There is a goodly umber of undergraduates whose

needs are turned and whose judgment is perverted.
Satisfied
softened
Sharpened
Distorted
There is an adequate reason for the difficulty.
Proper
Sufficient
Fair
Likeable
A few lazy bluffers drift into college and usually
drift out again.
People
Workers
Cheaters
Students
MANZOOR SCIENCE ACADEMY
Write the short answer of any six

questions from Book II Modern Pores
and Heroes)
Q. No. 1 What is this essay “End of Term”

about?
Q. No. 2 What things of school life did press

upon the writer heavily?
Q. No.3 What was the dismal
experience for the writer on a Monday
morning?
Q. No.4 What was the writer’s fears

about school and its work disappear?
Q. No.5 What were unexpected

respites in the school life of the writer?
Q. No.6 How many holidays were there at

Christmas and at Easter?
Q. No.7 What was the writer’s

general view of school life?
Q. No.8 What was Friday morning”

Rose coloured”?
Q. No. 9 Why couldn’t the writer wish for a

tricycle or a bicycle come true?
Q. No. 2.Tick the right choice of the

following under-lined words form Book II
I used to lie waiting for that ominous

tread on the uncarpeted attic stairs.
Dismal
Quick
Lazy
Strange
The anticipation was always worse than

the reality.
Idea before Hand

After thought
Effort
Attempt with out any plan
Sometimes there were unexpected

respites.
Gatherings
Activities
Plans
Breaks
I could look forward to a period of

permanent felicity.
Hatred
Patience
Great Happiness
Success
How often had I stood outside sweets

shops with empty pockets longing for a
penny.
Finding
Delaying
Thinking
Desiring
One walked home from school on a

Friday afternoon with the tread of an
escaped prisoner.
Walk
Thought
Style
Company
Walking up in the morning and seeing

the hour of school stretching ahead was
a dismal.
Making one happy

Surprising
Making one happy
Making one Hopeful
I could hardly believe that three
strenuous school terms had indeed
rolled away.
Smooth
Hard
effortless
fresh

and Heroes)
Q. No. 1 Why the writer was fearful worried

about the splash?
Q. No. 2 What kinds of books were

presented to the troops?
Q. No.3 Why should the useless

books be destroyed?
Q. No.4 Why did the writer feels
himself within the shadow of the rope while
destroying books?
Q. No.5 Why couldn’t the writer burn

his books?
Q. No.6 Why didn’t the writer tremble

slightly to see the policeman?
Q. No.7 Why was the writer not

seriously disturbed the policeman?
Q. No.8 How did the oldest books

come into the parcels?
Q. No. 9 How did the muster up courage at

last to fling them into the river?

But most people especially non-bookish

people are very reluctant to throw away
anything that’s look like a book.
Ready
Willing
About
Hesitant
In reality is not merely absurd to keep

rubbish merely because it is not printed.
Awkward
Beautiful
Useful
Useless
I therefore had to throw them away to

wipe them off the map altogether.
Remain
Remove
Retain
Regain
I was not seriously disturbed, as I knew

that I could bear investigation.
Theft
Change
Blame
Inquiry
I began walking on with; I fervently
hoped an air of rumination and
unconcern.
Meditation
Discomfort
Regard
Respect
With the courage of despair I took a

here.
Disappointment
Hope
Shyness
Difficulty
So in the end I determined to do to them

what so many people do to the killers.
Cut
Resolved
Cubed
Fished
The thought occurred to me. Perhaps he
suspects I have swag in his sack.
Precious items
Stolen things
Rejected Items
Smuggled Items

and Heroes)
Q. No. 1 How did the writer came to know

that his liver was out of order?
Q. No. 2 Why did the writer go to the British

Museum?
Q. No.3 What other disease did the

writer discover he had?
Q. No.4 How did the writer examine

his tongue?
Q. No.5 What did the writer tell his
doctor friend about his problem?
Q. No.6 How was the doctor last piece of

advice?
Q. No.7 Describe his visit to the

medical man?
Q. No.8 What is the significance of the

doctor’s advice: don’t stuff your head with
things you don’t understand?
Q. No. 9 Why did the writer call himself a

hospital?

I forget which the first distemper I

plunged into.
Disease that passes from one to

another
Slight forever
Pain
Bad throat
I forget which the first distemper I

plunged into some fearful, devastating
scourge.
Boon
Sufferings
Opportunity
Feeling
I tried to examine myself.
Hold up
Inspect
Find
Look After
I went to my medical man. He is an old

chum of mine.
Physician
Quack
Customer
Friend
I came to typhoid fever read the
symptoms.
Warning of disease
fever
headache
Sign of the disease
I felt rather hurt about this at first.
Ashamed
Offended
ill
Encouraged
I began to indolently study disease.
Carelessly
Taking into interest
Without Planning
lazily
I have since been induced to come to
the opinion that it must have been there
all the time.
Inclined
Pressurized
Forced
Introduced.

and Heroes)
Q. No. 1 What light do the following

expressions throw on Leacock’s state of mind
when he entered the bank: Looked timidly
round; shambled in?
Q. No. 2 Why did the manager come to think

that Leacock had an awful secret to reveal?
Q. No.3 What other blunders did

Leacock commit after leaving the manger’s
office?
Q. No.4 What is this essay about?
Q. No.5 Why did the writer want to

open a bank account?
Q. No.6 why did the writer want to see the

manager of the bank?
Q. No.7 where did the manager take

the writer?
Q. No.8 What did the writer tell the

manager about keeping his money in the
bank?
Q. No. 9 Why did the writer want to draw a

check soon after he had deposited the
money?

So I shambled in and looked timidly

round at the clerks.
Sharply
Fearfully
fearlessly
Boldly
The manager was a grave calm man.
Rough
Great
Jolly
Serious
We are safe from interruption here.
Confusion
Disturbance
Noise
Secrecy
I held my fifty six dollars clutched in a

crumpled ball in my pocket.
Misshaped
Crushed into folds
Rounded
Spoilt
I went up to the accountant’s wicket and

poked in the ball of money at him.
Pushed with finger

Threw
Rolled
Directed
I went up to the accountant’s wicket and

poked in the ball of money at him with a
convulsive.
Painful
Easy
Slow
Measured
I made a wretched attempt to look like a

man with a fearfully quick temper.
Planned
Renewed
Poor
Delayed
An idiot hope struck me that they might
think someone had insulted me.
Told
Prepared
Left
Occurred to.

and Heroes)
Q. No. 1 How was china considered in the

past?
Q. No. 2 What kind of inherited political

experience did china have in 1949?
Q. No.3 How was china in 1949

different from Russia in 1917?
Q. No.4 What is the

faming/agriculture system in china?
Q. No.5 What is economic

decentralization?
Q. No.6 What do the Chinese women lack

from the Western point of view?
Q. No.7 How does china rely on its

own resources?
Q. No.8 Write a note on the Chinese

women?
Q. No. 9 “It is the people and not the things

that are decisive”? Discuss

And on countless occasions during our

visits to the agriculture commune we
were proudly told.
Countable
Numerous
Few
Little
In involves an utterly different

approach.
Gradually
Wholly
Slowly
Unique
This brings us to the human side of this
Chinese experiment in creation of a new
world.
Leaving
Facility
Formation
Dwindling
National machines and equipment are

not entirely indigenous since them
posses a number of foreign features.
Intelligent
Free
Local
Foreign
Finally it can stimulate the revolutionary

spirit of the masses.
Mar
Motivate
Check
Curb
All political news which illustrate the

national and international situations.
Explain
Select
Refer
Elude
In the land of opium, drugs are non-

existent.
Narcotics
Medicine
Syrup
Tablets
Certain small expenses such as cinema,
theatre haircuts and work overalls are
also sometimes non-existent.
Borrowing
Expenditure
Income
Credit.

and Heroes)
Q. No. 1 What is Famine and how does it

occur?
Q. No. 2 What is meant by birth- rate and

death- rate and how do they effect the
population of a country?
Q. No.3 Account for the high birth

rate in under developed countries?
Q. No.4 What is this essay about?
Q. No.5 What is meant by hunger in

this essay?
Q. No.6 How was the great disaster of

famine averted in Joseph’s time?
Q. No.7 What do you know about the

Russians famine?
Q. No.8 What are the other features of

under-developed countries?
Q. No. 9 How is there population explosion?

Famine has been a problem since the

beginning of time.
Fame
Starvation
Sleep
Appetite
Com is scarce and food in lacking.
Plenty
Scanty
Full
Ample
We can get some idea of these famines

from our folk-lore.
Local Friendship
Local Bodies
Local Industry
Stories or Traditions of a community
In India 1964-65 there was the worst

famine of the century.
Short
Best
Lightest
Most severe
A tremendous population explosion is

taking place.
Blast
Planning
Control
Blow
Muscles are destroyed and bones

deformed.
Un make
Made
spoiled
Corrected
It is a country characterized by poverty,

with beggars in the cities and villages
eking out bare substances in the rural
areas.
Following
Burning
Spending
Earning
Most people particularly older people
cannot read or write.
Commonly
Especially
Exceptionally
Ordinarily.

and Heroes)
Q. No. 1 What is this essay about?
Q. No. 2 What was the Umayyad rule

overthrown in Damascus?
Q. No.3 Where did Abdul Rehman flee

to after crossing the Euphrates River?
Q. No.4 How did Abdal Rehman reach

Spain?
Q. No.5 What gift did Abdal Rehman

send to the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad?
Q. No.6 Why did Abdal Rehman found the

great mosque of Cordova?
Q. No.7 How did Abdal Rehman deal with

the Governor of Spain appointed by the
Abbasid caliph and what reply did he convey
to the caliph?
Q. No.8 How did Abdal Rehman deal with

the Governor appointed by the Abbasid caliph
to contest his rule?
Q. No. 9 How was the palace, Al-Zahra

constructed?

With the realm consolidated Abd-al-

Rehman turned to the arts of peace.
Abolished
Strengthen
Conquered
Feed
2. They offered him refuge.
Safety
Refund
Fine
Refute
3. Thanks be to Allah for having placed
the sea between us and such a foe
Friend
Enemy
Ruler
Admirer
4. He beautified to the cities of his

domain.
Choice
Neighbors
State
Capital
5. His reign lasted for fifty years from

912 to 961.
Hospitality
Rein
Rule
Rain
6. The capital boasted some thirteen

thousand weavers and a flourishing
leather Industry.
Skilled
Futile
Dead
Prospering
7. Al- Hakam decorated the mosque

with mosaics brought by Byzantine
artists.
Movies
Fitting
Decorative Stones
Lights
The international nautical vocabulary
contains not a few words from Arabic.
OF ship, Sailors
Of the Sky
Of Lack
Of Rivers.

and Heroes)
Q. No. 2 Why were examinations a great trial

to the writer?
Q. No.3 What subject was liked by

the examiners and what, by the writer?
Q. No.4 What does the writer

appreciate Mr. Weldon?
Q. No.5 Why was the writer’s name at

the bottom in the school list?
Q. No.6 Why would the writer whip hard

those students who do not know English?
Q. No.7 How did the English teacher Mr.

Somervell use to teach them English?
Q. No.8 What advantage did the writer get

from being in the lowest position?
Q. No. 9 What sorts of question were asked

by the examiners?

The subjects which were dearest to the

examiners were almost invariably those
I fancied least.
Proposed
Ordered
Warned
Liked
2. The examiners on the other hand

were partial Latin and Mathematics.
Fond of
practical
Stable
Unpleasant
3. After much reflection I put a bracket

round it thus.
Thinking
Delay
Quickness
Flexibility
4. I gazed for two hours at the sad

spectacle.
Selected
Stared
Slept
Enjoyed
5. The Headmaster was not dependent

upon paper manifestation.
Indications
Problem
Planning
Divisions
6. In consequence of his decisions. I was

in due course placed in the third division
of the fourth.
Thinking
Result
Respect
Following
7. We were considered such dunces that

we could learn only English.
Fellows
Brilliant
Hardworking
idiots
Not only did we learn English parsing
thoroughly, but we also practiced
continually English analysis.
Grammar
Language
Usage
Grammatical Description.

and Heroes)
Q. No. 2 What is hitch - hiking?
Q. No.3 Why did he decide to go

across the Sahara?
Q. No.4 How were the conditions

during the journey?
Q. No.5 Where was Christopher

dropped by the lieutenant in the military
vehicle?
Q. No.6 What happened when Christopher

mixed wine in his water and drank it?
Q. No.7 How did Christopher manage to get

water out of the well?
Q. No.8 Why couldn’t Christopher meet the

professor in Abbangarit?
Q. No. 9 How was the storm?

About half of this gigantic area is mainly

under French control.
Dry
Soaked
Giggling
Enormous
2. By the time he was young man he

was firmly gripped by the wanderlust.
Lust
Eagerness of friendship
Fondness for travelling
Fondness for working
3. Christopher performed useful service
in helping the greaser with this arduous
operation.
A few
Difficult
Slow
Fast
4. The heat was incredible
Credulous
Increasing
Unbelievable
decreasing
5. In the town of Ghardaia, the files

have no hesitation in following the food
right into your mouth.
Reluctance
Penny
Frivolity
Boldness
6. His head started to pound and he

found himself shivering violently.
Trembling
Singing
Sitting
Speaking
7. In Salah is fighting a desperate battle

for survival, and perhaps losing the
contest.
Ground
Stand
context
Fight
Parts of the town are being swallowed
by the desert.
Hidden
Engulfed
Excluded
Vomited.

and Heroes)

Q. No. 2 What are germs?
Q. No.3 What are antiseptics?
Q. No.4 What are leucoceptics?
Q. No.5 Who brought up Alexander

Fleming?
Q. No.6 How were the Flemings born on the

land becoming a medical family?
Q. No.7 Why did the Americans find it hard

to believe that penicillin was discovered in
Fleming’s laboratory?
Q. No.8 How did Fleming become famous all

over the world?
Q. No. 9 Why couldn’t Fleming concentrate

penicillin?

These two men together revolutionized

the theory and practice of medicine.
Pursued
Transformed
Taught
Read
2. Lister’s aim was the prevention of

disease.
Obstruction
Claim
Spread
Start
3. Injecting carbolic acid into body was
quickly abandoned for it did more harm
to leucocytes.
Separation
Damage
Advantage
Given up
4. It was Metchnikoff, who discovered
the body’s natural amour the leucocytes
against disease.
White cells
Red cells
Flesh
Blood
5. Thanks to the antiseptic and aseptic
methods, infection in surgical cases had
become exception instead of the rule.
Special Case
ordinary
Common
Trivial
6. Lysozyme proved to be of title

practice use in the treatment of disease
but the discover was of considerable
importance for it was forerunner of
penicillin.
Successor
Predecessor
Adherent
Father
7. He was suffering from catarrh and

began to examine his own nasal
secretions.
Cough
Malaria
Typhoid
Cold
Presumably the spore of the mould, or
fungus was blown in through the
window.
Hesitatingly
Unluckily
Luckily
Most Probably.

and Heroes)
Q. No. 2 When and where was Pasteur born?
Q. No.3 Give an example of Pasteur

patriotism?
Q. No.4 Why did Pasteur get

admission in Besancon?
Q. No.5 What for the French Academy
offer a prize in 1860?
Q. No.6 How did Pasteur win the prize?
Q. No.7 Name some of disease based on

superstitions?
Q. No.8 Why couldn’t the French construct

the Panama Canal whereas the Americans
succeeded?
Q. No. 9 What was the condition of the child

who was suffering from rabies?

Thus the son was fortunate in

possessing forbears of character and
strength.
Intelligent
Lucky
Ancestors
healthy
2. His father had won the cross of the

Legion of Honour on the battlefield from
valour and fidelity.
Courage
loyalty
Enmity
Rivalry
3. Pasteur used to embarrass his
professor of Chemistry with
unanswerable questions.
Thank
Serve
Follow
Perplex
4. In 1860, the French Academy offered

a Prize for the situation of the problem
weather spontaneous generation was or
was not a fact.
Non living
Red cells
Flesh
Blood
5. Thanks to the antiseptic and aseptic

methods, infection in surgical cases had
become exception instead of the rule.
Special Case
ordinary
Common
Trivial
6. Lysozyme proved to be of title

practice use in the treatment of disease
but the discover was of considerable
importance for it was forerunner of
penicillin.
Successor
Predecessor
Adherent
Father
7. He was suffering from catarrh and

began to examine his own nasal
secretions.
Cough
Malaria
Typhoid
Cold
Presumably the spore of the mould, or
fungus was blown in through the
window.
Hesitatingly
Unluckily
Luckily
Most Probably.
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English 2nd Year (Book – II)

Test No. 1 (The Dying Sun)

How has the use of the scientific method benefitted us?

Why was life most uncertain in the past?

Write a note on the better sanitary conditions available in our cities

How can we preserve our food today?

What do superstitions mean?

Describe some of the superstitions still current in our country. How do

How is the control of disease in the modern age?

Why don’t people now accept conclusions as final?

Q.2 Tick the right choice of the following under-lined words

Today we are better able to explain happenings which used to be

We are also more critical in our thinking than

These changes have been made possible by

stopping something bad from

Today our streets are paved and well

by an attitude we mean the way we feel

Few people today believe that diseases are

Yellow fever, malaria, typhus, cholera,

Sewage from all sections is carried through

Write the short answer of any six questions from

Q. What is this essay about?

Q. Why did the writer make some parents his warm

Q. How can we avoid failures caused by lack of physical

Q. What is the real job of the college dean?

Q. What is a heart rending spectacle for the writer?

Q. How does mistaken ambition on the part of boys and

Q. what does the writer say about a few lazy bluffers?

Q. How does financial pressure lead to the failure of

Q. How are athletics and so-called literary activities

Q. No. 2.Tick the right choice of the following under-

Such nervous habits are not easy to Uproot

A common cause of failure is a mistaken ambition

Any parent owes this much to his son.

And inevitably it is an important reason for

There is a goodly umber of undergraduates whose

There is an adequate reason for the difficulty.

MANZOOR SCIENCE ACADEMY

Write the short answer of any six

Q. No. 1 What is this essay “End of Term”

Q. No. 2 What things of school life did press

Q. No.4 What was the writer’s fears

Q. No.5 What were unexpected

Q. No.6 How many holidays were there at

Q. No.7 What was the writer’s

Q. No.8 What was Friday morning”

Q. No. 9 Why couldn’t the writer wish for a

Q. No. 2.Tick the right choice of the

I used to lie waiting for that ominous

The anticipation was always worse than

Idea before Hand

Sometimes there were unexpected

I could look forward to a period of

How often had I stood outside sweets

One walked home from school on a

Walking up in the morning and seeing

Making one happy

MANZOOR SCIENCE ACADEMY

Write the short answer of any six

Q. No. 1 Why the writer was fearful worried

Q. No. 2 What kinds of books were

Q. No.3 Why should the useless

Q. No.5 Why couldn’t the writer burn