TELANGANA BOARD OF INTERMEDITAE EDUCATION

HYDERABAD
Model Question Paper for Second Year English Vocational Textbook for the Academic year
2024-2025
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 40

SECTION – A
1. Answer ANY ONE of the following questions in about 100 words each. 1×4=4
a) Travel is an excellent educator. Explain with reference to Russell's essay How to Avoid
Foolish Opinions.
b) But when the movement was actually started, women were everywhere at the forefront.
Elaborate.

2. Answer ANY ONE of the following questions in about 100 words each. 1×4=4
a) What do the children implore the mother in the poem Awake?
b) What does the line 'The River needs to take the risk of entering the ocean' mean? Discuss.

3. Answer ANY ONE of the following questions in about 100 words each. 1×4=4
a) What did Satish's mother advise him about strangers? How did Arun and Satish react to her
advice?
b) "Love, sacrifice and generosity are the essential elements for happy living". Explain the
statement with reference to the story A Gift for Christmas.

SECTION - B
4. Read the following passage carefully and answer ANY FOUR questions given after it in a word
or a sentence each. 4×1=4
The door opened and Jim stepped in and closed it. He looked thin and very serious. Poor fellow,
he was only twenty-two – and he was burdened with a family! He needed a new overcoat and he
was without gloves. Jim's eyes were fixed on Della, and there was an expression in them that she
could not read, and it terrified her. It was not anger, nor surprise. He simply stared at her with a
strange expression on his face.
i. How did Jim look?
ii. Who was burdened with a family?
iii. What did Jim need?
iv. Where were Jim's eyes fixed?
v. How was Jim's expression?
vi. Jim was angry with Della. Trueor False?

5. Read the following passage carefully and answer ANY FOUR questions given after it in a word
or a sentence each. 4×1=4
Whom to salute?
 When Dr. Abdul Kalam was the President, he visited Field Marshall Sam Manekshaw who was
ailing in the Military hospital, Coonor. He enquired about Sam’s health and asked, before leaving,
whether he had any grievance. Sam replied that his only grievance was he wasn’t able to stand up
and salute his most respected President. Kalam held Sam’s hands as both were in tears. Actually,
Sam didn’t tell Kalam that he had not been paid the pension of the Field Marshall’s rank till then,
for nearly twenty years. However, Kalam came to know about it and passed the pension with
arrears within a week and sent the cheque of nearly Rs. 1.25 crores to Sam through the Defence
Secretary by a special plane. That is the greatness of APJ. But then, Sam received the cheque and
promptly donated it to the Army Relief Fund. Who will you salute now?

i. What did Kalam ask Sam before leaving him?

ii. What was Sam’s reply?
iii. Was Sam still in service at that time?
iv. Find the word from the passage that means ‘money that is owed and should
have been paid earlier’.
v. Which act of APJ proves his greatness?
vi. The passage conveys the message that we should salute only one of the
personalities mentioned in the passage. Say true or false.

6. Study the advertisement given below and answer ANY FOUR questions given after it.4 × 1 = 4

i. What is being promoted through this advertisement?

ii. Why has the programme been launched?
iii. What is the minimum initial deposit amount of SSY?
iv. What is the rate of interest for SSY?
v. Number of deposits one can make in a year________.
vi. Partial withdrawal up to 50% is allowed after 18 years of age. Is this statement true or false?
7. Read the Bar graph below and answer ANY FOUR questions given after it. 4×1=4

FAVOURITE SUBJECT OF STUDENTS

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i What does the bar graph present?

ii How many subjects are shown in the bar graph?
iii Which subject is the most popular?
iv Which subject is a favourite one for 30 students?
v Which subject is less popular: Science or English?
vi The number of students who opted social studies is_________

SECTION – C
[NOTE: Answers of this Section must be written at one place in the same Serial Order.]
8. Rewrite the following passage / sentences using FOUR of the punctuation marks wherever
necessary. 4×½=2
a) from the earliest days there had been many notable women in india – poets scholars,
capable administrators and leaders of religious movements

9. Match ANY FOUR of the following words in Column - A with their meanings/definitions
in Column - B.
4×½=2
Column A Column B
i. anonymous a. a place for keeping cars
ii. calligraphy b. a collection of dried plants
iii. garage c. one who never takes alcoholic drinks
iv. herbarium d. (a person) not identified by name, of unknown name
 v. teetotaller e. a large meal on a day of celebration
vi. feast f. the art of good handwriting

10. Fill in ANY FOUR blanks of the given bank form based on the information furnished below.
4×½=2
You are S. Srinivas, staying at Vidyanagar, Adilabad. You want to purchase some books from
'Assorted Book Store', Hanamkonda. Your Account number is 53410076148. Apply for a
Demand Draft of Rs. 3,600/- today in favour of the book store payable at the SBI, Hanamkonda
Main Branch. The exchange to be paid is Rs. 50/-.

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11. Prepare a curriculum vitae in response to the following advertisement. 1×2=2

VASAVI PUBLIC SCHOOL

(Sponsored by Vasavi Acdemy of Education, Estd. 1987)
(Affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi)
3-6-215, Street No. 15, Punjagutta, Hyderabad-500029. Ph.No.: 040-23220975
RECRUITMENT
Invites dynamic and dedicated candidates with excellent communication skills and confident to
lead in challenging situations.
TEACHERS AT ALL LEVELS:
(a) English (b) Mathematics (c) Science (d) Social Science (e) Telugu (f) Hindi
COORDINATOR
Preprimary to class II (Foundation Stage)
SPORTS & PERFORMING ARTS
(a) P.E.T (Female) (b) Art (c) Dance
NON-TEACHING STAFF
(a) Lab Assistant for Science Lab (b) Accounts Assistant (c) Office Clerk
Deserving candidates would be remunerated suitably. For Application form, Qualification,
Experience and other details visit website: www.vpshyd.ac.in. Duly filled in application along with
supporting documents may be submitted to the undersigned on or before 25.04.2022
Date: 14.04.2022 Secretary

12. You would like to know the procedure you have to follow if you lost a library book. Write an
enquiry letter to the librarian requesting for information. 1×2=2
(OR)
 Write a letter to your friend telling him / her about the new college you joined recently.

13. Imagine you got the first rank in the intermediate first year. Your close friend came to
congratulate you. How do you share your experience with him? Write a dialogue between you
and your friend. 1×2=2
(OR)
Build a dialogue between a customer and a salesman who has sold a defective apparel.

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