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ENGLISH – B

SEMESTER-III

2026

Total Time : 1 Hour 15 minutes

Total Marks : 40

1. Before answering fill in all the entries from 1 to 5 given on Page 1 of the OMR Answer Sheet very carefully (Registration No., Roll No., Question Booklet Serial No., Subject and Full Signature of the candidate), failing which the OMR Answer Sheet will not be evaluated and the sole responsibility goes to the candidate. Entry Nos. 6 and 7 will be filled by the Invigilator only.

2. Read the instructions provided on Page 2 of the OMR Answer Sheet carefully and do accordingly.

3. There are 40 Multiple Choice Questions in this Question Booklet.

4. All questions are compulsory. Each question carries 1 mark. No marks will be deducted for wrong answers.

5. Answer the questions in the circles under Entry No. 8 of Page No. 1 of the OMR Answer Sheet.

6. Candidates must use Blue / Black ballpoint pen only to darken the OMR Answer Sheet.

7. Darken only one bubble / circle against each question completely and very carefully as given in the example. Ink should not spread out of the bubble / circle. Any change / cutting / overwriting / erasing is not permitted.

8. For example : If option (B) is correct answer for a question then darken the bubble / circle as:

9. Rough work must be done only on the specified space of the Question Booklet.

10. Do not fold or mutilate or put any stray mark any way anywhere on the OMR Answer Sheet.

11. Candidates must hand over the OMR Answer Sheet to the Invigilator before leaving the examination hall. Candidates can carry only the Question Booklet with him/her.

12. OMR Answer Sheets are common for all subjects. Questions for all subjects start from Q. No. 1. Candidates should start answering the questions by filling up the OMR Answer Sheet from Q. No. 1 till the number of questions available as per his / her subject opted in the ADMIT CARD and the remaining question numbers should be left blank / untouched.

13. Candidates must write the full subject name in the Entry No. 4 of the OMR Answer Sheet.

14. Failure to adhere to any instruction given above will render the OMR Answer Sheet as invalid and it will not be evaluated.

Select the correct answer out of the options given against each question and give the answer on the OMR Answer Sheet.

UNIT – 1 (Prose) 1×10=10

1. When Kalam’s father took him to the old mosque in their locality for evening prayers, Kalam

(A) understood each and every phrase of the Arabic words that were chanted

(B) partly understood the meaning of the Arabic words that were chanted

(D) knew every Arabic word that was chanted by heart

Ans. (C) did not understand the meaning of a single Arabic word that was chanted

2. The girl, whom the narrator saw coming down the platform was selling

(A) flowers (B) cane basket

Ans. (B) cane basket

3. ‘She was nothing to me.’ The speaker was

(A) the old station master

(B) the tea stall owner

(D) the narrator

Ans. (B) the tea stall owner

4. The girl had a pale skin and

(A) green (B) blue (C) dark (D) grey

Ans. (C) dark

5. The narrator of “The Night Train at Deoli” used to visit Dehra in

(A) spring (B) autumn (C) summer (D) winter

Ans. (C) summer

6. In his first letter to the banker, the lawyer addressed him as ‘My dear

(A) Brother (B) Jailer (D) Friend (C) Banker

Ans. (B) Jailer

7. Fill in the blanks underneath with the correct option :

The period of solitary confinement which the young lawyer chose for himself commenced at 12 0’clock from ………………….. and would end at 12 O’ clock on …………………..

(A) November 14, 1870 – November 14, 1885

(B) November 14, 1885 November 14, 1990

(D) November 14, 1078 November 14, 1093

Ans. (A) November 14, 1870 – November 14, 1885

8. Choose the appropriate reason for reason for the following assertion :

The young lawyer renounced the two millions which he had once dreamt of as paradise but despised later.

(A) He learnt of the banker’s bankrupt condition

(B) He wanted to help the banker repay his debts

(D) He realised how fleeting, futile and illusory material wealth and worldly pleasures were

Ans. (D) He realised how fleeting, futile and illusory material wealth and worldly pleasures were

9. Rearrange the following statements in the correct order and select the correct option

I. They offered him bowls of water into which his father would dip his fingertips and say a prayer.

II. Kalam’s father took him to an old mosque in their locality for evening prayers and his father came out of the mosque after the prayers.

III. This would cure the invalids who would return to K his father to thank him.

IV. People of different religions would be waiting for his father, when he came out of the mosque.

(A) IV, III, II, I (В) І, II, III, IV

Ans. (C) II, IV, I, III

10. Kalam’s ancestral house was built in the middle of

(A) 16th century (B) 17th century

Ans. (D) 19th century

UNIT II (Verse) 1×10=10

11. “A grey baboon sits statue-like alone”.

(A) Here the baboon is perching on the tree’s crest observing the sunset

(B) Here the baboon is perching on the tree’s crest observing the sunrise

(D) Here the baboon is perching on the tree’s crest observing the ruin of the earth

Ans. (B) Here the baboon is perching on the tree’s crest observing the sunrise

12. The poetess in “Our Casuarina Tree” wishes to preserve the tree through her

(A) memory (B) painting

Ans. (D) poetry

13. Case: “It is the tree’s lamentan eerie speech “What is the poet describing here ?

(A) The leaves falling off in winter sorrow

(B) The sound of the wind through the tree that seems like

(D) The tree weeping

Ans. (B) The sound of the wind through the tree that seems like

14. Choose the false statement regarding the poem ‘Our Casuarina
Tree’ among the following:

(A) The lamentation of the tree reaches the unknown land

(B) The childhood memories of the poetess are being recalled in the poem

(D) The casuarina tree is dear to the soul of Toru Dutt

Ans. (C) The poetess is writing the poem in her childhood

15. The casuarina tree in the poem is a symbol of

(A) change and impermanence

(B) loneliness and isolation

(D) sacredness

Ans. (C) strength and resilience

16. In the Happy Isles, Ulysses hopes to meet

(A) Telemachus (B) His father

Ans. (D) Achilles

17. According to Ulysses, his son Telemachus is

(A) well-loved and judicious

(B) inexperienced and naive

(D) ambitious and ruthless

Ans. (A) well-loved and judicious

18. Statement 1 : In the poem ‘Ulysses’, Ulysses compares himself to a sword that will “rust unburnish’d” if left unused.

Statement 2 : He urges his mariners to sail eastward, toward the rising sun, in search of new adventures.

(A) Both statements are true

(B) Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is false

(D) Both statements are false

Ans. (B) Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is false

19. What is Ulysses’ attitude towards his old age ?

(A) He is content to rest and retire

(B) He feels bored and restless

(D) He wants to live quietly with his family

Ans. (B) He feels bored and restless

20. “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to

(A) rest (B) stop (C) sleep (D) yield

Ans. (D) yield

UNIT III (Drama) 1×5=5

21. “… and there isn’t anything more the sea can do to me.”

These words were uttered by Maurya
after

(A) Michael went missing

(B) Sheamus and his father were lost

(D) Bartley was found dead

Ans. (D) Bartley was found dead

22. The only thing foundroom Michael’s dead body was

(A) a piece of his jacket

(B) a pair of yellow stocking

(D) a bit of apron

Ans. (C) a shirt and a pin stocking

23. Cathleen and Nora hid the bundle in the turf-loft because

(A) they wanted to preserve it

(B) they were not sure what to do with it

(D) the young priest asked them to do so

Ans. (C) they wanted to hide it from Maurya

24. Read the following sentences carefully and choose the correct set of True / False from the options given below :

I. Bartley is Maurya’s only living son at the end of the play. K

II. The fishermen of the Aran Islands must go to the sea to earn their living

III. The Riders to the Sea is a tragedy written in one K act.

IV. The sea finally claims all the members of Maurya’s family.

(A) (I) -False, (II) – False, (III) – True, (IV) – True

(B) (I) – True, (II) – False, (III) – False, (IV) – True

(D) (l) – False, (II) – True, (III) – True, (IV) – False

Ans. (D) (l) – False, (II) – True, (III) – True, (IV) – False

25. Assertion (A): The sea in the play is both a giver and a taker.

Reason (R) : The sea provides livelihood but also brings repeated death to Maurya’s family.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

Ans. (A) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

26. In the last two years of his confinement the prisoner read an immense quantity of books quite indiscriminately.

Use the verb form of ‘confinement’.

(A) In the last two years when the prisoner remained confined he read an immense quantity of books quite indiscriminately.

(B) In the last two years when the prisoner was confined he read an immense quantity of books quite indiscriminately.

(D) In the last two years the confined prisoner had read an immense quantity of books quite indiscriminately.

Ans. (B) In the last two years when the prisoner was confined he read an immense quantity of books quite indiscriminately.

27. I was born into a middle-class family. It was a Tamil family. It was in the island town of Rameswaram.

Join into a simple sentence.

(A) I was born into a Tamil family in Rameswaram.

(B) I was born into a middle-class family that was Tamil in Rameswaram.

(D) I was born into a middle class Tamil family in the island town of Rameswaram.

Ans. (D) I was born into a middle class Tamil family in the island town of Rameswaram.

28. I was nervous and anxious as the train drew into Deoli.

Split into two simple sentences.

(A) The train drew into Deoli. I was nervous and anxious.

(B) The train was drawing into Deoli. I became nervous and anxious.

(D) I had been nervous and anxious. The train had been drawing into Deoli.

Ans. (A) The train drew into Deoli. I was nervous and anxious.

29. “Are you sure you don’t want a basket?” she said.

Change the mode of narration.

(A) She said that are you sure you don’t want a basket

(B) She asked that whether he was sure that he didn’t want a basket

(D) She asked whether he is sure that he wants a basket

Ans. (C) She enquired of the narrator if he was sure that he didn’t want a basket

30. I had to run back to my compartment. The carriage shuddered and jolted forward.

Join into a complex sentence:

(A) As I had to run back to my compartment, the carriage shuddered and jolted forward.

(B) I had to run back to my compartment but the carriage shuddered and jolted forward.

(D) As the carriage shuddered and jolted forward, I had to run back to my compartment.

Ans. (C) Although the carriage shuddered and jolted forward, I had to run back to my compartment.

UNIT – V

READING COMPREHENSION (UNSEEN)

1×10=10

Read the passage given below carefully and choose the correct alternatives :

One winter evening, Professor Shonku received a parcel from Cairo. The parcel was sent to his friend. Inside it was a scroll and a small stone box. The scroll was written in ancient hieroglyphs, which he carefully decoded with the help of his friend, Pratul. It spoke of a legendary Egyptian physician named Nebra, whose embalmed body was believed to contain the secret of eternal life. The stone box held a strange powder — perhaps part of that secret. Driven by curiosity, Professor Shonku conducted an experiment. placed a small amount of the powder on a piece of dead plant tissue. To his astonishment, the tissue turned green and showed signs of life. But that night, strange things happened in his lab test tubes burst, papers flew, and a faint voice whispered in an unknown tongue. The next morning, the powder had vanished, and the scroll was gone. Shonku later wrote in his journal: “Science opens doors, but sometimes, it opens the wrong ones. One must know when to stop.”

31. The ancient Egyptian mentioned in the scroll was named

(A) Tutankhamun (B) Imhotep

Ans. (D) Nebra

32. When did Professor Shonku receive the parcel ?

(A) One summer evening

(B) One winter evening

(D) One monsoon evening

Ans. (B) One winter evening

33. Choose the synonym of the word ‘Surprise’ as used in the story.

(A) Anger (B) Astonishment

Ans. (B) Astonishment

34. The parcel contained a scroll and a small box.

(A) wooden (B) plastic (C) stone (D) metal

Ans. (C) stone

35. Who sent the parcel to Professor Shonku?

(A) A scientist from Berlin

(B) A friend from Cairo

(D) An assistant Com Paris

Ans. (B) A friend from Cairo

36. Statement I : The scroll and the powder were missing the next morning.

Statement II : Professor Shonku handed them over to a government official.

(A) Only statement I is true

(B) Both statements are true

(D) Both statements are false

Ans. (D) Both statements are false

37. What did Professor Shonku do after noticing strange events?

(A) Called the police

(B) Burned the powder

(D) Went back to sleep

Ans. (C) Wrote a journal entry

38. According to Professor Shonku, “Science opens doors, but sometimes it opens the ……………… ones.”

(A) locked (B) dark (C) secret (D) wrong

Ans. (D) wrong

39. Statement I : The powder brought a piece of dead plant tissue back to life.

Statement II : Professor Shonku discovered the powder was made of sand from the Sahara.

(A) Both statements are true

(B) Only statement I is true the

(D) Both statements are false

Ans. (B) Only statement I is true the

40. Choose the antonym of the word ‘Appeared’ from the passage.

(A) Vanished (B) Disappeared

Ans. (A) Vanished

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