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Time: 30 minutes Max. Marks: 15

SECTION “A” (MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)
1. Choose the correct answer for each from the given options:
1. Select the correct year:
King Faisal was born in ---------:
 1907  1917  1927  1937
2. Choose the correct answer:
Hazrat ------- once carried on his shoulders a large sack of flour for a needy family.
 Abu Bakr (RA)  Umar (RA)  Usman (RA)  Ali (RA)
3. Choose the correct word:
The soldier reached his cobweb back in the ------ attempt.
 eighth  ninth  tenth  eleventh
4. Choose the correct Direct Narration:
The teacher forbade him to waste his time.
 The teacher says to him, “Do not waste your time”.
 The teacher said to him, “Do not waste his time”.
 The teacher said to him, “Do not waste your time”.
 The teacher said to him, “Do waste your time”.
5. Choose the correct Indirect Narration:
She said to me, “Have you completed your assignment?”
 She asks me if I have completed my assignment.
 She asked me if I have completed my assignment.
 She asked me if I completed my assignment.
 She asked me if I had completed my assignment.
6. Select the synonym of:
“Wicked”
 humble  cruel  generous  innocent
7. Select the correct part of speech.
Birds fly in the air. In the sentence ‘fly’ is:
 adjective  verb  noun  adverb
8. Select the suitable article:
My brother is -------- university student.
 a  an  the  none of these
9. Choose the correct preposition:
He dies ---------- dengue.
 in  from  of  with
10. Choose the correct Affirmative form:
She did not write a story.
 She writes a story.  She has written a story.
 She was writing a story.  She wrote a story.
11. Choose the correct Past Participle form of:
The verb ‘be’.
 is  been
 was  being

12. Choose the correct Active form:

By whom was the snake killed?
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 Who kills the snake?  Who has killed the snake?
 Who had killed the snake?  Who killed the snake?
13. Select the correct Passive form:
Love Pakistan whole heartedly.
 Let Pakistan be love whole heartedly.
 Let Pakistan be loved whole heartedly.
 Let Pakistan should be loved whole heartedly.
 Let Pakistan must be loved whole heartedly.
14. Choose the correct Negative form:
They did their best.
 They did not done their best.
 They did not do their best.
 They have not done their best.
 They did not did their best.
15. Choose the correct Interrogative form:
Maryam gets good grades.
 Do Maryam get good grades?
 Does Maryam get good grades?
 Has Maryam got good grades?
 Did Maryam get good grades?
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Time: 2 1/2Hours Max. Marks: 60
SECTION “B” (SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS)
2.(a) Attempt any 4 questions in three or four sentences each. (8)
(i) What was the different entertainments in the fair for the children to enjoy?
(ii) Why did Azam give up cheating Moazzam?
(iii) What menu and games were arranged for the guests in Shahnaz’s Party?
(iv) What is a summary? And name different skills that are needed to make a good
summary.
(v) Name some of the famous saints of Sindh and famous musical instruments of this
province.
(vi) What was the dispute between the rich man and the beggar? How was it settled?
(b) Answer any Two of the following questions in three to four sentences: (4)
(i) What is the main idea given through the poem, ‘The Voice of God’?
(ii) Why should we speak gently to all?
(iii) Narrate any two sights that Robert Louis Stevenson sees from the railway carriage.
(iv) Why did the Minstrel boy take his father’s sword and a wild harp along with?
3. Explain with reference to the context: (Prose) (6)
“Then we should treat them as we treat ourselves and should always be ready to do
ourselves what we ask them to do for us.”
(i) Name the lesson and the speaker.
(ii) To whom were these spoken and why?
(iii) How did our Holy Prophet and his companions set the examples of doing work with
their own hands?
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4. Explain with reference to the context: (Poem) (6)
Infancy’s the tender fountain,
Power may with beauty flow,
Mother’s first to guide the streamlets
From them Souls unresting grow.
(i) Name the poem from where these lines have been taken.
(ii) Who has composed this poem? Write the lines about him/her?
(iii) What role does the mother play in a child’s life?
5. Fill in the blanks with suitable contextual words or phrases: (Attempt any six) (6)
(i) Formerly a farmer’s hut was a _______.
(ii) ________ is a sign that the storm has passed and the trouble is over.
(iii) ________ is the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
(iv) The first word of the revelation (Wahi) says ________.
(v) ________ cut the crop and ties it into sheaves.
(vi) Most ________ in Sindh, as in the Punjab, are of religious nature.
(vii) Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote the poem ________.
(viii) The Islamic Summit Conference was held at ________ in 1974.
6. Use any six of the following idioms phrases in sentences of your own. (6)
With a high hand; to cry over split milk; to feel like a fish out of water; with flying
color; to wind up; to poke one’s nose into; in black and white.
SECTION “C” (DETAILED-ANSWER QUESTIONS) (24)
7. Write an essay of 100 to 120 words on any One of the following topics. (8)
(i) A Terrible Accident (ii) Blessings of Science
(iii) An Exciting Cricket Match of PSL 3
(iv) The Personality I Like the Most
8. Write an application to the Headmaster/Headmistress of your school requesting
him/her to allow your class for an educational trip to Moen-Jo-Daro.
OR Write a letter to editor of a newspaper against frequently load-shedding in the city.
OR Write a dialogue between two friends discussing about their plans after their
Annual Examination.
9. Translate any five of the following sentences into English: (5)

(۱) )۲( ‫احتیاط علاج سے بہتر ہے۔‬

‫جب میں‬ )۳( ‫ہمیں بہترین تعلیم و تربیت دی جا رہی ہے۔‬
‫ٓاج صبح سے بونداباندی ہو رہی ہے۔‬ )۴( ‫تو گھنٹی بج چکی تھی۔‬ ‫اسکول پہنچا‬
‫کیا اس نے اپنی غلطی تسلیم کر لی‬ ) ۶( ‫میرے والد کل اسلام ٓاباد جائیں گے۔‬ )۵ (
‫ٓاپ کی گھڑی میں کیا وقت ہوا ہے؟‬ )۷( ‫ہے؟‬

10. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:
The foremost duty of a king, is to look after the well-being of his people. In time of
danger and difficulty, he must risk his own life for the sake of his people. He must work day
and night to bring happiness and prosperity into the life of his people. He must handle his
responsibilities honestly, sincerely and devotedly. He must not give the administrative setup
of his vast kingdom into the hands of a wazir. He must trust in God. God has entrusted him
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with the responsibilities to take care of his people. He must stick to it at any cost. He has not
to live for himself but for others. He must always give priority to the interest of his people
rather than his own.

(i) What is the foremost duty of a king?

(ii) What should a king do in time of danger and difficulty?
(iii) Why should the king work day and night?
(iv) Why can a king and leave the government in the hands of a wazir?
(v) Give the noun form of ‘give’ and ‘live’.
OR Write a note on any one of the following:
(i) Teaching: A noble profession (ii) King Faisal
(iii) Importance of Little Things