OMTEX CLASSES: SSLC English Public Exam March 2024

SSLC English Public Exam March 2024 - Official Answer Key

PART - I

Answer all the questions. 14X1=14

Q.No	Code	Answer	Mark
1	(a)	foresee	1
2	(d)	stare	1
3	(c)	emotional	1
4	(d)	descending	1
5	(a)	poor	1
6	(b)	usual	1
7	(b) or (d)	eskimos (or) eskimo	1
8	(a)	hood	1
9	(a)	Augmentative and Alternative Communication	1
10	(b)	work out	1
11	(c)	man	1
12	(b)	on	1
13	(a) or (b)	attends (or) attended	1
14	(a)	incase	1

PART - II

SECTION - 1

Answer any three of the following questions in a sentence or two. 3X2=6

15. Slamming of the doors

Mark: 2

16. TV, Blu-Ray and Music Players

Mark: 2

17. Knowledge of the disease / Only one in London can cure / Want to trap Smith / to confess the murder

Mark: 2

18. Mark shall be given on mere attempt

Mark: 2

SECTION - 2

Read the following set of poetic lines and answer any three of the following. 3X2=6

19.

a) Complaining street (1 Mark)

b) Complaining / grumbling about everything (1 Mark)

20.

a) Starvation and famine (1 Mark)

b) Wet / cold / snowy weather / winter / no shelter (1 Mark)

21.

a) Up the hill or down / rough or smooth (1 Mark)

b) Joy / joyful / happy (1 Mark)

22.

a) Human beings / people (1 Mark)

b) Machines' task (1 Mark)

SECTION - 3

Answer Any Three of the following. 3X2=6

23. He said that he had bought five apples from the shop.

Mark: 2

24. Has Raman been invited to the party by you? / Has Raman been invited by you to the party?

Mark: 2

25. "Do you know the symptoms?” asked Smith.

Mark: 2

26. He followed my suggestion / suggestions

Mark: 2

27.

a) He had made his first flight. (1 Mark)

b) Mulan heard this from inside her tent. (1 Mark)

SECTION - 4

Answer the following question. 1X2=2

28. Any relevant instructions may be given full marks.

Mark: 2

PART - III

SECTION - 1

Answer any two of the following in a paragraph 2X5=10

29. (The Night the Ghost Got In)

The narrator's family heard the sound
They sought help from Mr.Bodwell
The police arrived
Broke the front glass door
Pulled drawers and furniture
Ransacked the floor and tore the clothes
Messed up everything
Reached the attic
Grandfather mistook them for deserters
Grabbed their gun
Shot at them
The police left the house empty-handed at last.

(Full Marks can be awarded for paragraphs without mistakes using the hints with any relevant answers)

30. (Technology A Boon)

Overcoming disability with help of technology by Alisha and David
Alisha suffers Cerebral palsy
Use of Dragon Dictate
David suffers with Athetoid Cerebral palsy
Use of Liberator Communication Device (LCD)
Moving computer screen with eye gaze
Kim - Assistive technologist
Making the disabled independent
Use of Technical gadgets
- Bluetooth, PC, Mac, ACTIV Controller, ECO2
Indian Inventions: Lechal Shoes, Blee watches, IGEST

(Full Marks can be awarded for paragraphs without mistakes using the hints with any relevant answers)

31. Character sketch of Sasanka Sanyal

Brilliant student
Good memory power
Acute sense of self respect
Led a cursed life
Partially crazy nature
Not materialistic
Forgiving nature
Longing for recognition

(Paragraph incorporating any five Characteristic traits of Sasanka Sanyal relating the situation mentioned in the lesson without mistakes can be given full marks)

32. (INSV Tarini)

Government's Policy

Women Empowerment – Nari Shakti
Make In India
Navika Sagar Parikrama

Special Features of INSV

Environment Friendly
Accurate weather forecast
Monitoring Marine Pollution

Women Crew

Six women short listed
Little survival skills
Training – INWTC – three years

Voyage Plan

Five Legs, four ports, 254 days
Started on 10 September 2017 from Goa
Ended on 21 May 2018 at Goa

Team work

Collaborative work
Ultimate Honesty

(Full Marks can be awarded for paragraphs without mistakes using the hints with any relevant answers)

SECTION - 2

Answer any two of the following 2X5=10

33. Optimistic Attitude mentioned in the poem

Being satisfied
Accepting the life as it is
Facing problems in a positive way
Treating joy and sadness equally
Accepting the reality
Never complaining
Walk with a smile
See good in everything
Being trust worthy

(Paragraph incorporating any five Optimistic attitudes in the poem mentioned by the poet without mistakes can be given full marks)

34. The Ant and the Cricket

Ant's Attitude	Cricket's Attitude
❖ Decent	❖ Silly behaviour
❖ Spends time on saving food	❖ Spends time on singing
❖ Neither a borrower nor a lender	❖ Borrower
❖ Wise	❖ Foolish
❖ Hardworking	❖ Lazy
❖ Good planner	❖ Worst planner
❖ Miserly ant	❖ Spent thrift
❖ Dignified	❖ Shameless

(Paragraph incorporating any five contrast attitudes of the Ant and the Cricket without mistakes can be given full marks)

SECTION - 3

Answer any one of the following. 1X5=5

35.

a) fall – tall (2 Marks)

b) abcc (1 Mark)

c) Personification (1 Mark)

d) Spring – Summer (1 Mark)

36.

Title (1 Mark)

Paraphrasing of poetic lines (3 Marks)

Conclusion (1 Mark)

37. (Rearrange the sentences)

The Emperor said that one man from each Chinese family must join the army.
Mulan, a teenage girl who lived in a faraway village of China heard the news.
Mulan went into her room and cut her long hair.
She climbed on a horse and joined the army.
In the army, Mulan proved to be a brave soldier.

38. (Rearrange the sentences)

Peter's mother wanted him to go across the dike and to take those cakes to his blind friend.
His mother advised him to go quickly, not to stop to play and return home before dark.
The little boy was glad to go on such an errand of meeting his blind friend.
The little boy told his friend about his walk along the dike, the sun, the flowers and the ships far out at sea.
The little boy remembered his mother's wish that he should return before dark.

SECTION - 4

Answer any four of the following. 4X5=20

39. Advertisement

Outline (1), Title (1), Picture (1), Caption (1), Address (1)

40. Letter Writing

From – To (1), Date, Salutation (1), Body of the Letter (2), Subscription and superscription (1)

41. Notice Writing

Name of the institution and programme (1), Date and Venue (1), Content (2), Name and Designation (1)

42. Any five relevant sentences without mistakes.

Mark: 5

43. Notes

Title (1 Mark)

Words/phrases with all important points. (With / without hyphen) / Sub heading with points. (4 Marks)

( OR )

Summary

Title (1 Mark)

Rough copy (2 Marks)

Fair copy (Based on rough copy, fair copy should have been prepared without grammatical and syntactical errors) (2 Marks)

SECTION - 5

Answer the following question. 1X5=5

44. Spot the Errors

The earth goes round the sun.
It is pouring outside now.
I will / shall be fifteen next April.
Her cousins as well as she are hard working.
As we were late, we apologised. / We were late so we apologised.

45. Quote from memory.

Not mourning for the things that disappear
In the dim past, nor holding back in fear
From what the future veils; but with a whole
And happy heart, that pays its toll
To Youth and Age, and travels on with cheer.

PART - IV

Answer 2X8=16

46 (a) Supplementary – Summary of the story

Title (1 Mark)

Own summary without mistakes (6 Marks)

Moral (1 Mark)

( OR )

46 (b) Supplementary – Summary of the story

Title (1 Mark)

Own summary without mistakes (6 Marks)

Moral (1 Mark)

(Even without mentioning the name Alonso, the paragraph written without mistakes can be awarded full marks)

47 (a)

Books are the greatest treasure of mankind. The habit of reading them gives a source of pleasure (2 Marks)
One should start collecting books from youth. (2 Marks)
Books contain eternal truths. (2 Marks)
Any relevant two uses of reading books. (2 Marks)

( OR )

47 (b)

The Lily. (2 Marks)
The oak falls as a log, bald, dry and sere / lifeless at last. (2 Marks)
The life of oak is long / three hundred years. The life of lily is short / a day. (2 Marks)
Man's life may be perfect though it is short / Any relevant answer to the question. (2 Marks)