English for Junior College Students and Teachers

H.S.C. Preliminary Examination 22-23 Subject:English                          Max.Marks:80                    Max.Time:3 hrs Instructions : i) All questions are compulsory. There may be internal options. ii) Answers are to be written in complete sentences. One word answers or incomplete sentences will not be given credit. iii) Figures/web-diagrams/charts/tables etc should be drawn and presented completely with proper answers written as instructed. iv) Use of colour pens/pencils etc is not allowed. (Use only blue/black pens ) Section I: Textual Passage Q1. A. Read the following extract and do the activities:                          (12) The eight-and-a-half-hour-long day inside the hide was a fruitful as the Jambha tree standing tall on the edge of Umbarzara. Before wrapping up my day at this natural waterhole...

            S .V.Union Junior College ,Pune H.S.C. Preliminary Examination 2022-2023 Subject:English                          Max.Marks:80                              Time:3 hrs Section I: Textual Passage Q1. A. Read the following extract and do the activities:      (12) I scored 100% marks in Mathematics in almost all the examinations that I appeared for from my 1st standard until IIT, barring only a few times. I stood 16th in the SSC Board (at that time, this examination was for the whole of Maharashtra, including Nagpur) and I stood 1st in the University in all subjects put together. Those days, you could get an admission into IIT without the entrance test (JEE) if you had secured the 1st rank in the University. Therefore, I did not have to appear for the entrance test to get the admission into I...