TS Inter 2nd Year English Guess Paper 2025

1

Match the following words in Column ‘A’ with their definitions in Column ‘B’. [6 × 1 = 6]

Column A —- Column B

i) ambidextrous   ( ) a) one who eats excessively

ii) contemporary ( ) b) something which is out of date

iii) glutton           ( ) c) a person walking on a street

iv) invincible       ( ) d) able to use both hands equally well

v) obsolete         ( ) e) living or occurring at the same time

vi) pedestrian     ( ) f) too strong to be defeated

2

Rewrite the following passage using SIX of the punctuation marks wherever necessary.

It is more difficult to deal with the self-esteem of man as a man because we cannot argue out the matter with some non-human mind, the only way I know of dealing with this general human conceit is to remind ourselves that man is a brief episode in the life of a small planet in a little comer of the universe and that for aught we know other parts of the cosmos may contain beings as superior to ourselves as we are to jellyfish.

3

Read the following passage and answer ANV FIVE questions given below:

Della’s white fingers quickly opened the package. And then at first a scream of joy followed by a quick feminine change to tears. For, there lay The Combs — the set of combs, side and back, that Della had seen in a Broadway window and liked so much. They were beautiful combs, so expensive and they were hers now. But alas, the hair in which she was to wear them was sold and gone! She took them up lovingly, smiled through her tears and said, ‘My hair grows so fast, Jim!’

i) Who gave the package to Delia?

ii) What was Della’s reaction at first?

iii) How did her joy change?

iv) What did Della find in the package?

v) Where had she seen the combs earlier?

4

Write a letter to your uncle describing your feelings about monotonous academic work.

5

Write a letter of complaint to the Sub-Inspector of Police of your area about the theft of your mobile in your hostel.

6

Rewrite the following passage using FIVE punctuation marks wherever necessary.

After a decades hard work and persistent efforts his simple invention of a technology to use – plastic waste to lay roads patented by TCE finally got a shot in the arm last month with the centre approving its wider application.

7

Prepare a curriculum vitae in response to the following advertisement published in a local newspaper.

8

Annotate ANY ONE of the following in about 100 words.

a) May be the world needs good watchmen as much as it does engineers.

b) Ma, you’re talking like someone in a fog, without any sense.

9

Answer ANY ONE of the following questions in about 100 words.

a) Sketch the character of Jim in the light of Ma Ryan’s comments like. It is the same! But how did it get into Jim’s pocket?

b) “Ma, you are talking like someone in a fog, without any sense.” Are these words from Jim an order or exception? Explain.

10

Write a dialogue between two friends on the choice of career.