Compulsory English S.E.E model question 2

Candidates are required to give their answer according to the given instructions.

Time: 2 hrs. 15 minutes                                                     Full Marks: 75

1.      Read the poem and do the activities that follow:                             5

Knowledge Your Mind is a meadow             Of stars and snow; To plant for your needs               The science of numbers, You are farmer The stories of time, With knowledge of seeds, The magic of music, Don't leave your meadow           The secrets of rhyme? Unplanted and bare,                  Don't be a know-nothing! Sow it with knowledge              Plant in the spring, And tend it with care.                And see what harvest Who'd be a know-nothing          The summer will bring When he might grow The seeds of knowledge -Eleanor Farjeon

A.       Write 'True' for the true statements and 'False' for the false ones:       4x0.5=2

a. Students can plant the seeds of crops in their minds as they need.

b.      Farmers should not leave their fields barren.

c.       Farmers have to grow seeds of knowledge.

d.      Summer is the season of harvesting crops.

B.       Answer the following questions: 3x1=3

a.       What is a reader's mind compared with?

b.      Name any two subjects that the poet suggests us to learn about?

c.       Which season is suitable for sowing seeds?

2.         Read the following text and do the activities that follow:

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Florence went to Germany, where she studied to become a nurse. Two years later, she was appointed superintendent of a hospital for invalid women in Harley Street, London.

In March 1853, Russia invaded Turkey. Britain and France went to Turkey's aid in the conflict known as the Crimean War. Within a few weeks of their arrival, about 8,000 soldiers were suffering from cholera and malaria. When Florence read a report on this in The Times, she volunteered her services. The government refused permission at first because women had never been involved in such things before. But eventually, it allowed her to take a group of thirty-eight nurses to Turkey. Florence found the conditions in the army hospital in Scutari, in Turkey, deeply shocking. The men were kept in dirty rooms without blankets or decent food and clothes. In these conditions, it was not surprising that diseases such as typhus, cholera and dysentery were the main reasons for the high death-rate amongst wounded soldiers.

At first, military officers and doctors objected to Florence's involvement in treating the wounded soldiers. But when her friends at The Times reported the way, the British Army treated its wounded soldiers, she was allowed to work in the barracks hospital. By improving the quality of sanitation, she was able to reduce the death-rate among her patients considerably.

A. From the passage, find the words that are similar in meaning to the following words: 4x0.5=2

                         a.  disabled            b. in the end

                         c.  proper              d. hygiene

         B.     Put the following sentences in the correct order:             4x1=4

a.       The government did not give Florence permission at once.

b.      Florence expressed her desire to help the injured soldiers.

c.       Florence worked in a hospital in London.

d.      Florence spent two years in Germany.

         C.    Answer the following questions:                                       4x1=4

a.       Why did Florence go to Germany?

b.      What is the Crimean War?

c.       What were the causes of diseases in soldiers?

d.      How did Florence improve the health condition of the soldiers?

3.         Read the following text and do the activities that follow:

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Facebook is an online social networking service headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Its website was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberge with his Harvard college roommates and fellow students. The founders had initially limited the website's membership to Harvard students, but later expanded it to colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League, and Stanford University. It gradually added support for students at various other universities and later to high-school students. Since 2006, anyone who is at least 13 years old was allowed to become a registered users of the website, though the age requirement may be higher depending on applicable local laws. Its name comes from the facebook directories often given to American university students.

A. Find the words from the text that are similar in meaning to the following:     4x0.5=2

                  a.   began                 b. spread

                  c.   help                   d. permitted

B. Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct answer from the options in the brackets: 4x0.5=2

       a. Facebook is a ......... networking service. (personal, social, global)

b.      Initially the facebook founders had limited its membership to ......... students. (Harvard, California, Stanford)

c.      Everyone who is at least .......... years old can be a registered user of the website. (11, 12, 13)

d.      The name of facebook comes from its .......... (users, lovers, directories)

         C.    Answer the following questions:                                       3x2=6

a.       Where is the headquarters of facebook?

b.      Who launched the website of facebook?

c.       Who were previously given the directories of the facebook?

4.        Read the following text and do the activities that follow:

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VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Save the children is an international non-profit organization working in Nepal and Bhutan to create positive and lasting change for children. It advocates for the rights of the children and expresses zero tolerance to any kind of child abuse. Save the Children expects that anyone associated with it abides the child rights policy.

Save the Children invites applications from potential candidates for one year internship program in internal Audit Unit based in Kathmandu. This is an internship program and in no way should be understood as a full time employment.

The applicants should have the following minimum requirements to be eligible for the position:

–  Be a Nepali Citizen aged between 22 to 30 years.

–  CA Ongoing/ACCA ongoing/Bachelor of Business.

–  Two years experience in any Audit Firms will be an advantage.Interested and qualified candidates are requested to apply with an updated CV, cover letter (in English).

Applications must reach the following address no later than 5:00 pm on 25 April, 2016. Female & disadvantaged community candidates are highly encouraged to apply.  Only short listed candidates will be contacted for further selection process.

Apply electronically to :

The HR Officer

Email: savethechildren@vacancy.org

A. Match the words under column A with their correct continuations under column B: 4x1=4 Column A           Column B

a.   Anyone in Save the Children (i)   is not tolerated at all.

b.   Experience of auditing         (ii)   is expected to respect child rights.

c.   Save the Children    (iii) is not compulsory.

d.   Child rights abuse    (iv) is trying to bring lasting change       for children.

B. Write 'True' for the true statements and 'False' for the false ones:      3x1=3

a.       Save the Children is a profit-making International Organization.

b.      It expresses zero arguments about child rights abuse.

c.       This opportunity cannot be taken as a full time employment.

         C.    Answer the following questions:                                       4x2=8

a.       What are the applications sought for?

b.      Where and for how long will the selected candidate work?

c.       What is the required academic qualification to be a candidate?

d.      Who are inspired to apply by the organization?

5. Complete the following dialogue with the correct expressions from the box given below:   6x1=6

         Rajan:        Hellow, Suja! ....................

         Suja:          I'm working too late .................

         Rajan:       Well, how about tomorrow night?

         Suja:          I'm afraid not ..................

         Rajan:         I'm going to see the drama at a theatre. ..................

         Suja:         I'd love to, but I must receive my mother - coming from

Janakpur ................

         Rajan:         The day after is also .........................

         Suja:         All right. Bye.

-	Would you like to go?
-	Is there anything particular?
-	How about the day after?
-	Let's go together then.
-	I've to finish an essay tonight.
-	What are you doing tonight?

6. Study the following wheel chart and write a short description about it. You can use the clues given in the box.                     6

Average marks in SLC

             

Clues : ABC School ........70 students .......average mark science 72....... best in English ........ lowest in Social Studies ........... extra effort need for Social studies.

7. Write a letter to your aunt in the village suggesting her to send her daughter to school.     12

8.    Choose and copy the best answers (Rewriting is not compulsory):  12x0.5=6

a.         This is ......... pen which I bought yesterday. (a/an/the)

b.        I met many friends ......... the bus park. (in/at/on)

c.         Let me answer your questions, .........? (shall we/will you/shall you)

d.        The director and manager ......... just arrived. (have/has/is)

e.         She kept the ring in the jewelry box. The where question of the statement is: .........? (Where did she keep the ring/Where does she keep the ring/Where will she keep the ring)

f.         Prem had a nice journey last week. The negative form of the statement is: ......... nice journey last week. (Prem had not a/Prem has not had/

Did not have a)

g.        Mr. Shrestha ......... a business for 15 years now. ( has been running/ had been running/have been running)

h.        The street vendor said to me, "Do  you like fresh vegetables?" Its indirect speech is: The street vendor asked me ......... (if you liked fresh vegetables/if I like fresh vegetables/if I liked fresh vegetables) i. The garbage has to be removed. Its active form is: ......... (They had to remove the garbage/someone has to remove the garbage/we have removed the garbage)

j.          It was extremely cold, .............., he could not stay out. (although/ because/ therefore)

k.        The programme ......... better if there were some entertaining items.

(was/would be/would have been)

l.          The leaders .......... people to follow them. (has/make/get)

9. Choose and copy the best answers (Rewriting is not compulsory): 10x0.5=5

One of my friends .........(is/were/was) walking through a forest. Suddenly, he.........(had seen/has seen/saw) a tiger .........(above/about/in front of) him. He could not decide what to do. There was .........(a/an/the) tall tree beside him. He thought if he climbed the tree, he .........(will/will be/ would) save his life. In the meantime, a man appeared. He told my friend .........(to/not to/don't) be afraid. He made my friend .........(to feel/felt/feel) secured. My friend .........(who/whom/which) was afraid of the tiger .........(is saved/has saved/was saved) by another man. In this way, my friend was saved, ......... ? (did he/wasn't he/didn't he)

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