Second Year English Guess Paper 2019 Sindh Board

Deduce Paper

English Second Year 2018-2019

Prepared by Ghani Jilani

PROSE:

Twenty Minutes with Mrs. Oakentubb

1.      Explain the importance of the label on Mrs. Oakentubb’s suitcase. Why does she hide it?

2.      What motive has the man for murdering her?

3.      Write a brief character sketch of Mrs. Oakentubb?

4.      At what point in the play do we become certain that the man knows that the woman in the waiting room is Mrs. Oakentubb? When, in fact, do you think he discovered her identity?

Reflection on the Reawakening East

5.      Why is it insular for European historians to term the centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire “The Dark Ages”?

6.      Why does the author consider it useless to resist industrialization?

7.      How is traditional culture threatened in an age dominated by science and machinery?

8.      What, in the author’s view, has been the most serious flaw in the character of the West over the last few centuries?

9.      What reason does the author give for his opinion that the nation of Asia will not find it hard to keep their independence?

The Day the Dam Broke

10.  How does the panic appear to have started in Ohio?

11.  How did Thurber’s mother cope with the situation?

12.  How long did the panic last and how was order restored?

Pakistan and the Modern World

13.  Briefly state the main reason given by Liaquat Ali Khan for the Muslim’s desire not to continue living in a united India.

14.  What main differences does Liaquat Ali Khan point out between Muslim and Hindu beliefs and attitudes?

15.  ‘Our administrative machinery had to be built up from scratch’ what does this sentence mean?

16.  What does "he" state the real meaning of freedom, for the common man, to be?

Act III of the Silver Box

17.  Briefly discuss whether the Magistrate gives Jones a fair trial?

18.  What led the constable to arrest and charge Jones as well?                                            

19.  Assuming that Jones has received a fair trial, why does this act of the play leave us with a feeling that injustice has been done?

The World as I See It

20.  What leads Einstein to feel a strong sense of duty towards his fellowmen?

21.  What is Einstein’s attitude towards property, outward success, and luxury?

22.  What is Einstein’s attitude to war? What forces does he blame for the persistence of war?

23.  On what grounds does Einstein put the individual before the state?

The Devoted Friend

24.  How did the Miller justify his not asking Hans to share some of his good things during the winter?

25.  What was the supreme manifestation of Miller’s selfishness which caused Hans to lose his life?

26.  Comment briefly on Miller’s claim to have been Hans’s best friend.

27.  When do we first suspect that the miller was not really a very good friend to Hans?

28.  Why was Hans unable to look after his garden? What promise was the miller constantly holding out before him?    

POETRY:

Seven Ages of Man

1.      What role a man plays in the fifth stage of his life in the poem " The Seven Ages of Man"

2.      Describe the fourth stage of Man's life as depicted by Jacques in "The Seven Ages of Man"

3.      Describe the sixth age of man's life with the reference of the poem "The Seven Ages of Man".

4.      What role a man plays in his last stage of life in the poem “Seven ages of man”.

The Man of Life Upright

5.      Briefly describes in your own words the character of Campion upright man.

6.      What is meant by “Rules of State” and “Rules of God”?

Lines from Endymion

7.      What thing of beauty does Keats find most inspiring in the poem “Endymion”?

The Solitary Reaper

8.      How does Samson take revenge on his enemies?

9.      Briefly describe how William Wordsworth enjoyed the song?

10.  How does the poet compare the song of the girl with the birds?

Lines from Samson Agonistes

11.  How does Samson show his strength in “Lines from Samson Agonistes?

12.  How does Somsan take revenge from his enemies?

An Essay on Man

13.  The Blindness of the future is the blessing of God or the curse? Explain with the reference of the poem "An Essay on Man" of "Alexander Pope".

14.  Explain briefly pope's idea on "Future and Hope"                

Music When Soft Voices Die

15.  What example does the poet give for the everlastingness of the beauty?

16.  What does Shelly want to say in his poem “Music When Soft voices die”?

Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth

17.  Describe briefly what different example does the poet Arthur Hough Clough gives to sustain his view?

18.  Ceaseless and endeavor is indispensable for the achievement of success" Discuss this statement with the special reference to the poem " Say not the struggle naught Availed"

Lines from Ulysses

19.  Describe how Ulysses inspires his Sailors to embark on a new adventure?

20.  What message does the poet "Alfred Lord Tennyson" gives in his poem Ulysses?

21.  Briefly explain the last two lines of the poem Ulysses.

-          "Made weak by time and fat but strong in will

-          To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield".

The Lost Star

22.  What is the theme of the poem “The Lost Star” explained by Ghulam Ali Allana?

23.  Why does the poet find himself insignificant and meaningless in the poem “The Lost Star”?

The Prisoner of Zenda

1.      Who deserves to be the king of Ruritania Why?

2.      Who was the prisoner of Zenda? Why was he imprisoned?

3.      Madam Mauban Played a magnificent role in the novel "The Prisoner of Zenda." comments.

4.      Briefly describe the tea-table incident.   OR

5.      What was the attitude of Black Michael toward Rassendyll in the Coronation Ceremony?

6.      Who persuaded Rassendyll to impersonate and why?

7.      Madam de Mauban betrayed Black Michael rightly. Discuss with the reference of the novel "The Prisoner of Zenda."

8.      "Before God, you are finest Elphberg of them all but I have been eaten the Kings bread and I am the King's servant." Discuss.

9.      Briefly describe that the wisdom and loyalty of Colonel Sapt saved the thrown of Ruritania.

10.  What role Princess Flavia plays in the novel "The Prisoner of Zenda?"

11.  Describe the scene of coronation ceremony that how it took place?

12.  How the last meeting of Rassendyll and Flavia is striking? Discuss.

13.  Describe Rassendyll's last attempt to release the King, How did Rassendyll and his men get the Castle of Zenda?                                OR

Describe the last affray in Zenda.      OR

How Black Michael was killed and gets the King free?

14.  Describe Rupert escape from Zenda and his last encounter with Rassendyll in the forest of Zenda.

15.   Describe morganatic marriage?

ESSAYS 1.      Expectations for ‘future Pakistan’ 2.      Uses and abuses of mobile 3.      Facebook mania 4.      War and its consequences 5.      Importance of commerce education 6.      Merits and demerits of electronic media 7.      Inflation, its causes and solutions 8.      Life in a big city 9.      Necessity of computer 10.  Merits and demerits of internet 11.  One day international cricket match

Narration Comprehension 1.       The word as I see it 2.       Pakistan and the modern world 3.       Reflection on the reawakening East Pair of Words homophone, homonyms and homograph discussed in class and from notes Words meaning    Discussed in class and from notes

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