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Kerala State Board New Syllabus Plus Two Hindi Previous Year Question Papers and Answers.

Kerala Plus Two Hindi Previous Year Question Paper March 2018 with Answers

Time: 2^1/2 Hours
Cool off time: 15 Minutes
Maximum: 80 Score

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• There is a ‘Cool-off time’ of 15 minutes in addition to the writing time.
• Use the ‘Cool-off time’ to get familiar with questions and to plan your answers.
• Read questions carefully before answering.
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• Give equations wherever necessary.
• Electronic devices except non-programmable calculators are not allowed in the Examination Hall.

सूचना : कवितांश पढ़ें और 1 से 3 तक के प्रश्नों के उत्तर लिखें।

मैंने उसके चेहरे से उसे
कभी नहीं पहचाना,
केवल उस नंबर से जाना
जो उसकी लाल कमीज़ पर टँका होता।
आज जब अपना सामान खुद उठाया
एक आदमी का चेहरा याद आया ।।

प्रशन 1.
कवि ने कुली को कैसे पहचाना? (Score : 1)
उत्तर:
नंबर से

प्रशन 2.
कवि को आदमी का चेहरा कब याद आया? (Score : 1)
उत्तर:
अपना सामान खुद उठाने पर

प्रशन 3.
समकालीन संदर्भ से जोड़कर कवितांश की आस्वादन टिप्पणी लिखें। (Score :6)
उत्तर:
श्री कुँवर नारायण बहुमुखी प्रतिभा संपन्न कवि है। आप ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार से सम्मानित हैं। प्रस्तुत कविता में कवि कठिन मेहनत करनेवाला एक कुली के प्रति अपना विचार प्रकट करते हैं। समकालीन संदर्भ में इस कविता को बड़ा स्थान है।

बड़े लोग कहनेवाले लोग साधारण कामकाज करनेवाले लोगों को तिरस्कार की दृष्टि से देखते हैं। केवल वर्धी या नंबर से ही इन्हें जाने जाते हैं। जब साधारण लोगों के समान काम करने पड़ते है तब काम का महत्व मालूम होते हैं। और जानने से ज़्यादा पहचानने की क्षमता हाज़िल होते हैं।

यहाँ कवि ललित शब्दों में निम्नवर्ग के प्रति सकारात्मक दृष्टिकोण की आवश्यकता को दिखाता है। श्रम का महत्व हर मानव को पहचानना चाहिए। समकालीन कविता प्रासंगिकता रखते हैं।

सूचनाः 4 से 7 तक के प्रश्नों में से किन्हीं तीन के उत्तर एक या दो वाक्यों में लिखें। (Scores : 3 × 2 = 6)

प्रशन 4.
‘दिल्लीवाले मुझको रोते होंगे…….. मैं भी उनको रोता हूँ।’ यहाँ शासक का कौन सा गुण प्रकट हुआ है?
उत्तर:
प्रजाहित केलिए शासन करनेवाले एक साम्राट की देशप्रेम और सहानुभूति प्रकट होती है।

प्रशन 5.
‘मेरी जीत तेरी जीत
तेरी हार मेरी हार’ –
सच्ची दोस्ती कैसी होती है?
उत्तर:
सच्ची दोस्ती में जीत या हार दोनों को एक साथ अनुभव करते हैं।

प्रशन 6.
‘जब तक लोगों की आँखों में आँसू हैं, और वे पीड़ित हैं, तब तक हमारा काम खतम नहीं होगा।’ नेहरू जी के अनुसार भारत के नव-निर्माण के लिए हमें क्या करना है?
उत्तर:
सभी लोगों के आँसू पोंछना है। हर व्यक्ति को पीड़ा से बचाना है।

प्रशन 7.
‘नदियाँ प्रेम प्रवाह, फूल-तारे मंडन है’ – मातृभूमि के आभूषण क्या-क्या हैं?
उत्तर:
फूल और तारे आभूषण है।

प्रशन 8.
सूचनाः सही मिलान करें। (Scores : 8 × 1 = 8)
Advance – प्रतिशत
Bacteria – टीकाकरण
Commerce – सांख्यिकी
Ecology – उपग्रह
Percent – पेशगी
Satellite – जीवाणु
Statistics – वाणिज्य
Vaccination – पारिस्थितिकी
उत्तर:
Advance – पेशगी
Bacteria – जीवाणु
Commerce – वाणिज्य
Ecology – पारिस्थितिकी
Satellite – उपग्रह
Statistics – सांख्यिकी
Vaccination – टीकाकरण

सूचनाः 9 से 13 तक के प्रश्नों में से किन्हीं चार के उत्तर पाँच या छः वाक्यों में लिखें। (Scores : 4 × 4 = 16)

प्रशन 9.
हिंदी के प्रचार-प्रसार में हिंदी फिल्मी गीतों की विशेष भूमिका है। भारत की भावात्मक एकता में वह सहायक है। संकेतों के आधार पर टिप्पणी लिखें।

• जन साधारण को प्रभावित करने वाला
• हिंदी के प्रति रुचि उत्पन्न करने वाला

उत्तर:
हिंदी फिल्मी गीतों भारत में ही नहीं बल्कि विदेशों में भी प्रसिद्ध है। साधारण लोगों से लेकर समाज के ऊँचे पदों में विराजते सभी लोग इनका आस्वादन करते हैं। अत्यधिक प्रभावशाली होने के कारण अहिंदी प्रदेश के लोगों भी हिंदी फिल्मी गीतों का आस्वादन करते हैं। दोस्ती गीत भारत में इतना मशहूर हुआ कि कई लोग वह आज भी गुनगुनाते रहते हैं। मलयालम जैसे भाषाओं में भी फिल्मी जगत में इस गीत का प्रभाव हम देख सकते हैं।

प्रशन 10.
जीवन-वृत्त के आधार पर मलयालम के प्रसिद्ध कवि ओ.एन.वी.कुरुप के बारे में एक अनुच्छेद तैयार करें।
नाम : ओ.एन.वी.कुरुप
जन्म : 1931.
जन्मस्थान : कोल्लम जिले का चवरा नामक गाँव
रचनाएँ : दाहिक्कुन्न पानपात्रं, माटुविन चटंडले, भूमिक्कु ओरु चरमगीतं
पुरस्कार : ज्ञानपीठ, पद्मविभूषण
विशेषताएँ : मलयालम के लोकप्रिय कवि
निधन : 2016
उत्तर:

श्री ओ एन वी कुरुप

मलयालम के विख्यात साहित्यकार श्री ओ एन वी कुरुप का जन्म 1931 में कोल्लम जिले का चवरा नामक गाँव में हुआ था। आपकी प्रसिद्ध रचनाओं में दाहिकुन्न पानपात्रम, माटुविन चट्टडले, भूमिक्कु ओरु चरमगीत आदि है। भारत देश ज्ञानपीठ और पद्म विभूषण से आपको सम्मानित किया। आप मलयालम के लोकप्रिय कवि है। आपका निधन 2016 को हुआ था।

प्रशन 11.
‘जब भी कोई
फूल खिला बाग में
तू याद आया।’ ‘प्रेम हमेशा हरा रहता है।’
हाइकू के आधार पर अपना विचार स्पष्ट करें।
उत्तर:
श्री भगवतशरण अग्रवाल के हिंदी हाइकू बहुत प्रसिद्ध है। कवि, इन हाइकू के माध्यम से बड़े-बड़े बातों को आसानी से व्यक्त करते हैं। प्रेम की महत्वपूर्ण भाव प्रस्तुत हाइकू में अभिव्यक्त किया है। प्रेम हमेशा हरा रहता है। यह बात दिखाने के लिए इस हाइकू का सृजन किया है। प्रेम कभी नहीं मुरझाता है। प्रेमी-प्रेमिका के दिल में हमेशा याद हरा रहती है।

प्रशन 12.
‘वे खामोश थे। कुछ बोल नहीं रहे थे। मगर उनके भीतर का हाहाकर मेरी समझ में आ रहा था। ज़मीन का नष्ट होना पिताजी के लिए हृदय टूटने के समान है। मिट्टी और मनुष्य के अभिन्न संबंध के बारे में अपना विचार प्रकट करें।
उत्तर:
‘ज़मीन एक स्लेट का नाम है आत्मकथा के प्रमुख पात्र है पिताजी। अपनी बेटी की शादी के खर्च केलिए जान से भी प्यारी ज़मीन बेचने केलिए वह विवश हो जाते हैं। वह उस ज़मीन में खामोश चलते हैं जिसे बेचनेवाला है। जीवन के बहुत अधिक समय ज़मीन के साथ थे वह। उसकेलिए ज़मीन अपना ही शरीर के हिस्सा है। बचपन से लेकर बुढापा तक वह ज़मीन से अटूट संबंध रखते थे। प्यारी बेटी केलिए ज़मीन बेचते हैं। बेटी की विदाई और ज़मीन चले जाने- दोनों तरह से वह प्रभावित होते हैं।

प्रशन 13.
‘मगर नींद के
खुलने के पूर्व ही नोटीस
बैंक की आ धमकी सपने में’ – आदमी का सपना हमेशा अधुरा रहता है। कवितांश का विश्लेषण करें और लिखें।
उत्तर:
सपने का भी हक नहीं एक यथार्थवादी कविता है। आधुनिक समाज में भी निम्नवर्ग के लोगों के जीवन बड़ी मुसीबत में है। उन्हें जीवन में सुविधाओं को सपने में ही देखने को मिलते हैं। कवि कहना चाहता है कि हालत इतना बिगड़ गया है कि सपने में भी जप्ती का नोटिस आता है। यानि जीवन इतना मुश्किल में पड़ गया है।

सूचना : गद्यांश पढ़ें और प्रश्न संख्या 14, 15 के उत्तर लिखें।

दिनांक 6 जून को प्रातः सम्मेलन का शुभारंभ करते हुए सूरीनाम के आफ्रीकी मूल के राष्ट्रपति रुनाल्डो वेनेत्सियायन ने अपने उद्बोधन में कहा था – सूरीनाम और भारत के बीच प्रगाढ़ आत्मीय संबंध है। दोनों देश अनेक अर्थों में एक दूसरे से गहरे जुड़े हैं। दोनों के बीच पुराने भाषाई संबंध है। भाषा भावों की अभिव्यक्ति का सश्क्त माध्यम होती है। हिंदी की जननी संस्कृत की अपनी विशेषताएँ हैं। उसके साथ-साथ आज विश्व की एक प्रमुख भाषा के रूप में हिंदी भी उभर रही है। सूरीनाम में हिंदी के प्रचार-प्रसार में हिंदी के आम आदमी तक पहुँचाने में हिंदी फिल्मों तथा संगीत का भी विशेष योगदान रहा है।

प्रशन 14.
किन-किन देशों के बीच पुराने भाषाई संबंध हैं? (Scores: 2)
उत्तर:
सुरीनाम और भारत के बीच पुराने भाषाई संबंध है।

प्रशन 15.
गद्यांश का संक्षेपण करें और शीर्षक लिखें। (Scores: 6)
उत्तर:
सुरीनाम और भारत

सम्मेलन के आंरभ में, सुरीनाम के राष्ट्रपति ने सुरीनाम और भारत के बीच के अत्मीय और भाषाई संबंध को भारे में कहा। संस्कृत और हिंदी के विशेष योगदान के भारे में भी कहा। सुरीनाम में हिंदी के प्रचार प्रसार में हिंदी फिल्मी गीतों का योगदान हैं।

सूचना : 16 से 19 तक के प्रश्नों में से किन्हीं तीन के उत्तर लिखें। (scores : 3 × 6 = 18)

प्रशन 16.
अनंग जी के अंतिम क्षण आ पहुंचे। उन्हें घंटे भर जीवन रखने के लिए उनकी पत्नी डॉक्टर से प्रार्थना करती है। अनंग जी की पत्नी और डॉक्टर के बीच का वार्तालाप कल्पना करके लिखें।

• अनंग जी की आसन्न मृत्यु
• पुत्र के आने तक जिंदा रखने की प्रार्थना
• दवा दिलाने की प्रेरणा

उत्तर:
पत्नी : डॉक्टर साहब, मेरे पति की रक्षा कीजिए।
डॉक्टर : बहिन जी, हम सब उनको बचाने की कोशिश में हैं।
पत्नी : मेरी बात तो सुनिए जी।
डॉक्टर : आप बताइए।
पत्नी : शाम की गाड़ी में मेरे बेटे आनेवाला है। कई महीने हुए उसके पिताजी से मिलकर।
डॉक्टर : आप बताइए, हमें क्या करना है?
पत्नी : कम से कम शाम की गाड़ी के आने तक आप उन्हें जिंदा रखने की कोशिश कीजिए।
डॉक्टर : अच्छा, उसकी गाड़ी कब तक आएगी।
पत्नी : शाम को पाँच बजे वह रेलवे स्टेशन पहूँचेगा। वहाँ से यहाँ पहुँचने के लिए आधा घंडा लगेगा।
डॉक्टर : लेकिन, यह कैसा संभव है जी?
पत्नी : डॉक्टर साहब, आप कुछ मत बताइए। मेरा बेटा अपने पिताजी को जीवन में अंतिम बार देखने के लिए ही आ रहा है।
डॉक्टर : आपकी वेदना मैं समझ रहा हूँ जी। हम लोग कोशिश तो ज़रूर करेंगे। आप भगवान पर उम्मीद रखिए।
पत्नी : अच्छा डॉक्टर साहब। आप ही अब हमारे लिए भगवान है। कृपया मेरी इच्छा पूर्ण कीजिए।

प्रशन 17.
‘ज़मीन एक स्लेट का नाम है’ पाठ का अंश पढ़ें। ‘पिताजी के सूखे आँसुओं को कौन देख सकता था। कौन सुन सकता था उनके निःशब्द विलाप को।’ शादी की तैयारियाँ देखकर दीदी का मन संघर्ष से भरा। वह अपनी डायरी लिखती है। दीदी की डायरी 60 – 80 शब्दों में तैयार करें।

• भाई और माता-पिता का प्यार
• परिवार से बिछुड़ने का दुख
• पिताजी के दुख का न सहना
• ससुराल के प्रति आशंका

उत्तर:

डायरी

सोमवार
07.07.15

आज मेरी जीवन में एक विशेष दिन है, मेरी शादी की तैयारियाँ हो रही है। पिताजी और भाई शादी के खर्च केलिए ज़मीन बेच रहे हैं। मुझे मालूम है कि वह ज़मीन दोनों के जीवन से कितना संबध रखता हैं। फिर भी वे मेरी शादी केलिए ज़मीन बेच रहा है। कुछ ही दिनों में मेरी शादी हो जाएगी और मैं यह घर | छोडकर दूसरा घर जाएगी। मेरे परिवारवालों ने मेरेलिए कितना कष्ट सहन करते हैं। पति के घर जाकर मुझे खुशी मिलेगी या नहीं – पता भी नहीं, सब-कुछ देखकर मुझे थोडा सा डर हो रहा है। ईश्वर मेरी रक्षा करें।

प्रशन 18.
‘पुस्तक वाचन इनसान को महान बनाता है।’ बच्चों में वाचन की रुचिं बढ़ाने के लिए कक्षा में पुस्तकालय बनाने का प्रबंध किया गया है। इसका उद्घाटन स्कूल के सभागृह में पंचायत के अध्यक्ष करेंगे। तदवसर पर छात्रों को वाचन प्रतियोगिता भी चलाएँगे। इसके लिए एक पोस्टर तैयार करें।
उत्तर:

प्रशन 19.
खंड का हिंदी में अनुवाद करें।
India is a secular country. Secularism means that everybody enjoys complete religious freedom. Religious freedom is our fundamental right. It is constitutional also. Everybody has the freedom to propagate and to adopt any religion. Secularism is the only way to maintain religious harmony among these different religiions. We Indians can lead a peaceful life.
(Secularism – धर्मनिरपेक्ष, Religious – धार्मिक, freedom – आज़ादी, Cultural – सांस्कृतिक, fundamental right – मूल अधिकार, adopt – अपनाना, Constitution – संविधान, harmony – एकता, propagate – प्रचार करना, construct – निर्माण करना)
उत्तर:
भारत एक धर्मनिरपेक्ष देश है। धर्मनिरपेक्षता का अर्थ हैं कि सभी लोगों को पूरी तरह के धार्मिक आज़ादी मिले। धार्मिक आज़ादी हमारा मूल अधिकार हैं। यह संविधानिक भी है। सभी का किसी भी धर्म को अपनाने और प्रचार करने की आज़ादी है। धर्मनिरपेक्षता सभी धर्मों के बीच एकता कायम रखने की एकमात्र रास्ता है। हम भारतीय को एक शतिपूर्ण जीवन बिता सकेंगे।

सूचनाः 20 से 22 तक के प्रश्नों में से किन्हीं दो के उत्तर लिखें। (Scores : 2 × 8 = 16)

प्रशन 20.
‘मुरकी उर्फ बुलाकी’का अंश पढ़ें।
‘जब मैंने उसकी मरी को नहलाया, इस कोठरी की चाबी उसके नेफे में खोंसी हुई थी। उसके माँस से चिपक गई थी।’ – मुरकी के अंतिम क्षण की बातें माँ से सुनकर व्यथित कुमार मित्र को एक पत्र लिखता है। वह पत्र तैयार करें।

• माँ के द्वारा मुरकी का पालप-पोषण करना
• पति द्वारा उपेक्षित मुरकी को सहारा देना
• घर की चाबी पकड़ा जाना
• अंतिम क्षण तक चाबी को सुरक्षित रखना

उत्तर:

बरेली
20/मई/2015

प्रिय मित्र,
तुम कैसे हो? पढ़ाई ठीक तरह से चलते है ना? घर में माँ-बाप और बहन कैसे है? मैं आज एक अजीब ‘ बात बताने के लिए यह खत लिख रहा हूँ। मैंने तुमसे पहले ही कहा है हमारे घर की नौकरानी मुरकी के बारे में। वह केवल एक नौकरानी नहीं है, मेरी दीदी जैसे हैं। घर में सभी लोगों के साथ उसका बहुत प्यारा संबंध है।

आज मुरकी की मृत्यु हुई। माँ ने आज मुरकी की पूरी कहानी मुझे बताया। बारह साल की उम्र में एक नौकरानी की रूप में आयी थी वह। मैं बहुत छोटा था मुझे देखने केलिए – मुझे देखने केलिए। फिर, वह यहाँ ही रहना शुरू हुआ। माँ ही उसे मुरकी और बुलाकी बुलाते थे। जब वह बड़ी हुई वह किसी शहरवाले लड़के के साथ भाग गई। लेकिन वह लड़के ने उसे रास्ते में छोड़ दिये। मुरकी वापस घर पर आयी। माँ उस घर में कोटरी की चाबी देकर संरक्षण दिया था।

मुरकी उस चाबी को अपने शरीर में इसी तरह रखा था कि वह उसके शरीर पर घाव लगाने लगे थे। फिर भी वह चाबी को हटाया नहीं। क्योंकि उसके लिए यह चाबी ही उसकी एकमात्र भरोसा था।

प्रिय मित्र मुझे आज भी पता चला कि हमारे लिए कोई ठिकाने की आवश्यकता कितना है। बेसहारा होने के कारण मुरकी उस चाबी को ही अपना सहारा मान लिया। माँ ने यह ठीक तरह से समझा था। मैं चाहता हूँ कि हम सब दूसरों के सहायता के लिए कुछ न कुछ करना चाहिए।

आपका मित्र,
कुमार

प्रशन 21.
‘भटका हुआ पीर’ का अंश पढ़ें ।
‘तू पानी पिलाया कर, पुण्य मिलता है। तब से अब तक इस मश्क से मेरा रिश्ता जुड़ा हुआ है।’ स्कूटरवाला अपनी आत्मकथा लिखता है। वह आत्मकथांश 100 – 120 शब्दों में तैयार करें।

• पितृहीन बालक
• माँ के उपदेश का पालन करना
• राहगीरों को पानी पिलाना
• दिल का रिश्ता जोड़ना

उत्तर:

आत्मकथा

मेरा जीवन सफल है या नहीं यह मैं नहीं जानता पर मैं खुश हूँ इस जीवन से। मेरा बाप की मृत्यु मेरी छोटी उम्र में ही हुआ था। माँ कठिन परिश्रम करके मेरा देखपाल किया। छोटी उम्र में ही भूख और गरीबी की हालत समझ लिया। स्ट्रीट लइट के नीचे बैठकर पढ़ते थे। बड़े होने पर स्कूटर चलाना शुरू किया। माँ और मेरे लिए भूख मिटाने के लिए मैं काम करता था। साथ साथ पढ़ते थे और ग्राजुइट हो गया। रास्ते में प्यास के मारे तड़पते रहने लोगों को देखकर उन्हें पानी पिलाना शुरु किया।

और काम मिला तो भी मैं यह स्कूटर चलाना और राहगीरों को पानी पिलाना पसंद करता हूँ। एक मशक में पानी खरीदकर स्कूटर में रखता हूँ। रास्ते में जो भी प्यासा आये उन्हें पानी पिलाये घूमता हूँ। माँ कहते हैं पानी पिलाने से पुण्य मिलेगा। पैसे केलिए जीवन में दौड़नेवाले कई लोग होते हैं। मेरे पास पैसे नहीं बल्कि कई लोगों के पुण्य है। मैं बहुत खुश हूँ इस जीवन से क्योंकि मैं लोगों के दिल में जगह बनाता हूँ और वह मुझे प्यार से मशकवाला स्कूटर कहते हैं।

प्रशन 22.
विज्ञान समाज कल्याण के लिए है। जनसाधारण तक इसका चमत्कार पहुँचाते ही देश की प्रगति संभव है। प्रसिद्ध भारतीय वैज्ञानिक सी.वी.रामन की जन्मतिथि पर जिला पंचायत कार्यालय में ‘विज्ञान की प्रगति जनता के लिए’ विषय पर एक भाषण प्रतियोगिता का आयोजन हुआ है। भाषण 100 – 120 शब्दों में लिखें।

• विज्ञान से मानव प्रगति
• विज्ञान से लाभ
• विज्ञान से हानि
• वैज्ञानिक उपलब्धियों का प्रचार

उत्तर:

भाषण

सभा और मंच पर उपस्थित सभी लोगों को नमस्कार । मैं आज “विज्ञान की प्रगति जनता केलिए’ विषय पर अपना मत प्रकट करने केलिए यहाँ खड़ा हूँ। हम सब जानते हैं, आज प्रसिद्ध भारतीय वैज्ञानिक सी.वी.रामन की जन्मतिथि है। भारत में जन्म लेकर पूरे विश्व में अपना सिद्धी प्रकट किये सी.वी.रामन विश्व भवर के वैज्ञानिकों में प्रमुख है। अपनी निरंतर परिश्रम और मेधा से आपने कई नई अविष्कारों को ढूंढ निकाला। हम आज भी उसकी आभारी है। हर एक वैज्ञानिक अनुसंतान साधारण लोगों के हित केलिए होना चाहिए। यह हर वैज्ञानिक का वादा होना चाहिए। विनाशकारी अनुसलानों से, हमें कोई लाभ नहीं हैं। जो भी विज्ञान हो वे समाज कल्याण केलिए है। हर एक नागरिक को उसका फल मिलना चाहिए। आजकल कई ऐसा, वैज्ञानिक आविष्कार होता है जो समाज के उच्चवर्ग को ही काम आता है। आम जनता से वह दूर रहते हैं।

एक देश की प्रगति वहाँ के जनता पर निर्भर है। जनता के प्रगति केलिए विज्ञान का सदुपयोग ज़रूरी होता है। सी.वी.रामन जैसे वैज्ञानिकों का यही दृष्टिकोण था। केवल पैसा कमाना और एक आराम में जीवन बिताना काफी नहीं है। परोपकार की भावना से उत्प्रेरित होकर साधारण मानव से महामानव बनकर वैज्ञानिकों को सेचना चाहिए और अविष्कारों को ढूँढे निकालना है। मुझे यकीन हैं कि आप सब लोग मुझसे सहमत होंगे। मेरी यह छोटी भाषण सुने सब लोगों को धन्यवाद।

जयहिंद।

Kerala State Board New Syllabus Plus Two Business Studies Previous Year Question Papers and Answers.

Plus Two Business Studies Model Question Papers Paper 1

Time : 2 1/2 Hours
Cool off time : 15 Minutes
Maximum : 80 Score

General Instructions to Candidates:

• There is a ‘cool off time’ of 15 minutes in addition to the writing time of 2 hrs.
• Your are not allowed to write your answers nor to discuss anything with others during the ‘cool off time’.
• Use the ‘cool off time’ to get familiar with the questions and to plan your answers.
• Read questions carefully before you answering.
• All questions are compulsory and only internal choice is allowed.
• When you select a question, all the sub-questions must be answered from the same question itself.
• Calculations, figures and graphs should be shown in the answer sheet itself.
• Malayalam version of the questions is also provided.
• Give equations wherever necessary.
• Electronic devices except non programmable calculators are not allowed in the Examination Hall.

Answer all the questions from 1 to 7. Each carries 1 score. (Scores: 7 × 1 = 7)

Question 1.
Mr. Rahul is working as a production manager in Petro Ltd. Identify the level of management he belongs to.
a) Top level
b) Operative level
c) Middle level
d) Bottom level
Answer:
c) Middle level

Question 2.
Find the odd one
a) Unity of command
b) Division of work
c) Discipline
d) Functional foremanship
Answer:
d) Functional foremanship

Question 3.
It is the study to find out the best way of doing the job. Identify the technique.
a) Time study
b) Fatigue study
c) Method study
d) Motion study
Answer:
c) Method study

Question 4.
Complete the diagram

Answer:
a) Political Environment
b) Social Environment

Question 5.
The technique used by managers to study the relationship between cost, volume and profit is ………….
a) Budgetary control
b) Ratio analysis
c) Break even analysis
d) Management audit
Answer:
a) Budgetary control

Question 6.
Which of the following is not a money market instrument?
Answer:
a) Commercial bill
b) Commercial paper
c) Bonds
d) Certificate of deposit
Answer:
c) Bonds

Question 7.
Complete the series.
a) Manager: ………..
b) Entrepreneur: Profit
Answer:
Salary

Answer any 7 questions from 8 to 15. Each carries 2 score. (Scores: 7 × 2 = 14)

Question 8.
In a classroom debate Navami argued that ‘management is multidimensional?’ Do you agree? Why?
Answer:
Yes. Management is multidimensional. Management is series of activities like planning, organising, staffing, directing, controlling, etc. The different functional areas coverd by management are purchase, production, finance, marketing, human resources, sales, etc. So management is multidimensional.

Question 9.
Briefly narrate motion study.
Answer:
Motion study involves close observation of the movements of the workers and machines to perform a particular job. It helps to eliminate unnecessary movements of men, materials and machine.
This technique of management is given by F.W. Taylor.

Question 10.
It is the basis of all other functions of management.
a) Identify the function
b) State any two features of it.
Answer:
a) Planning
b) Features of Planning

• Planning is goal oriented
• It is the primary function of management

Question 11.
Recruitment is regarded as a positive process and selection is a negative process. Comment your views.
Answer:
Recruitment:

• It is the process of searching for candidates and making them apply for the job
• It is a positive process
• It is simple
• It is less expensive

Selection:

• It is the proces of selection of most suitable candidates
• It is a negative process
• It is complex
• It is more expensive

Question 12.
State the objectives of financial management?
Answer:
Objectives of Financial Management: The primary aim of financial management is to maximise shareholder’s wealth. It means maximisation of the market value of equity shares. It is the responsibility of the company to pay reasonable dividend and also to maximize the value of its shares.

Question 13.
What are the elements in the communication process in between the receiver and the sender?
Answer:
Sender → Message → Encoding → Channel → Receiver → Decoding → Feedback

Question 14.
Some products have certain unique features because of which people make special efforts in their purchase.
a) Identify the product discussed above
b) Write any two features of it.
Answer:
Speciality Products: Speciality products are those consumer goods which have certain special features because of which people make special efforts in their purchase. The buyers are willing to spend a lot of time and efforts on the purchase of such products. The demand for these goods is inelastic.

Question 15.
State any two responsibilities of a customer while purchasing and using goods and services.
Answer:

1. Be aware about various goods and services available in the market.
2. Buy only standardised goods as they provide quality assurance.

Answer any 4 questions from 16 to 20. Each carries 3 score. (Scores : 4 × 3 = 12)

Question 16.
‘Efficiency and effectiveness are the two sides of the same coin’.
Comment your views in the light of management.
Answer:
Efficiency and effectiveness are both commonly used management terms. Efficiency means whatever we produce or perform; it should be done in a perfect way. Efficiency refers to doing things in a right manner. It is defined as the output to input ratio and focuses on getting the maximum output with minimum resources. Effectiveness has a broader approach, which means the extent to which the actual results have been achieved to fulfill the desired outcome, i.e., doing accurate things. Being effective is about doing the right things, while being efficient is about doing things right.

Question 17.
Describe informal organisation and its two merits?
Answer:
Informal Organisation: Informal organisation refers to relationship between individuals in the organisation based on interest, personal attitude, emotions, likes, dislikes, etc. The network of social groups based on friendship is called informal organisation.

Advantages:

1. There can be faster spread of communication.
2. It helps to fulfil the social needs of the members and this enhances their job satisfaction.

Question 18.
“Directing function is regarded as the heart of the management process”. Give reasons to support this statement.
Answer:
Meaning: Directing referstothe process of instructing, guiding, counselling, motivating and leading people in the organisation to achieve its objectives.

Importance of Directing:

• Directing helps to initiate action by people in the organisation towards attainment of desired objectives.
• Directing integrates employees’ efforts in the organisation in such a way that every individual effort contributes to organizational performance.
• Directing guides employees to fully realise their potential and capabilities by motivating and providing effective leadership.
• Directing facilitates introduction of needed changes in the organization.

Question 19.
Explain any three rights of consumer under the consumer protection Act 1986.
Answer:

1. Right to be Heard: The consumer has a right to file a complaint and to be heard in case of dissatisfaction with goods or services.
2. Right to seek Redressal: The consumer has a right to get relief in case the product or service falls short of his expectations.
3. Right to Consumer Education: The consumer must be educated about the rights and remedies available under different laws.

Question 20.
Describe the role and functions of entrepreneurs in their enterprise?
Answer:

• Dealing with public bureaucracy (concession, licenses and taxes)
• Managing the human relation within the firm.
• Managing customer and supplier relations.

Answer any 4 questions from 21 to 25. Each carries 4 scores. (Scores: 4 × 4 = 16)

Question 21.
Explain the importance of Principles of Management.
Answer:

1. Increase efficiency: The understanding of the management principles provides guidelines to the managers for handling effectively the complex problems.
2. Optimum utilization of resources: The principles of management helps in the optimum utilization of resources through division of work, delegation of authority, etc.
3. Scientific decision: Management principles help in thoughtful decision-making. Such decisions are free from bias and prejudices.
4. Meeting the changing environmental requirements: Management principles are flexible and can be modified to meet changing requirements of environment.

Question 22.
“Government of India withdrawn the old 500 and 1000 Rupee currency notes from 08.11.2016 onwards”
a) Identify the environment of the business it affected mostly.
b) State the features of this environment.
Answer:
a) Economic environment

b) Economic Environment: Interest rates, inflation rates, changes in disposable income of people, stock market indices and the value of rupee are some of the economic factors that can affect the business enterprise.

Features of economic environment:

• It is the sum total of all economic forces prevailed in a country.
• It is related with all other environmental factors,

c) Factors of economic environment are always changing.

Question 23.
Explain briefly the various steps involved in the organising process.
Answer:

• Division of Work: The first step in the process of organising involves identifying and dividing the work that has to be done. Division of work leads to specialisation.
• Departmentation: The second step is to group similar or related jobs into larger units, called departments. The grouping of activities is known as departmentation.
• Assignment of duties: The next step is to allocate the work to various employees according to their ability and competencies.
• Establishing authority – responsibility relationship: The last step is creation of authority – responsibility relationship among the job positions. It helps in the smooth functioning of the organisation.

Question 24.
“Planning and controlling are inseparable – twins of Management”. Comment.
Answer:

1. Planning and control are interdependent and inseparable functions of management.
2. Planning is a prerequisite for controlling.
3. Planning initiates the process of management and controlling complete the process.
4. Planning is prescriptive where as controlling is evaluative.

Question 25.
A decision in financier management is concerned with the quantum of finance to be raised from longterm sources.
a) Name the type of decision referred above.
b) Explain any three factors affecting this decision.
Answer:
a) Finance Decision

b)

1. Cash flow position of the business: In case the cash flow position of a company is good enough, then it can easily use borrowed funds.
2. Fixed operating costs: If a business has high fixed operating costs, lower debt financing is better.
3. Control considerations: Issues of more equity may lead to dilution of management’s control over the business.

Answer any 3 questions from 26 to 29. Each carries 5 scores. (Scores: 3 × 5 = 15)

Question 26.
It is an activity of thinking rather than doing.
a) Identify the activity.
b) Narrate its steps.
Answer:
a) Planning

b)

• Setting Objectives: The first step in planning is setting objectives. Objectives may be set for the entire organisation and for each department. The objective must be specific and clear.
• Developing premises:Planning is based on certain assumptions about the future. These assumptions are called planning premises. Forecasting is important in developing planning premises.
• Identifying alternative courses of action: The next step in planning is to identify the alternative courses of action to achieve the objectives.
• Evaluating alternative courses: The pros and cons of various alternatives must be evaluated in terms of their expected cost and benefits.
• Selecting an alternative: After evaluating the alternatives the manager will select that alternative which gives maximum benefit at minimum cost.
• Implement the plan: Implementation of plan means putting plans into action so as to achieve the objectives of the business.
• Follow up action: Plans are to be evaluated regularly to check whether they are being implemented and activities are performed according to schedule.

Question 27.
Explain the important factors affecting the working capital requirement of a business.
Answer:

1. Nature of Business: A trading organisation usually needs a smaller amount of working capital as compared to a manufacturing organisation.
2. Scale of operations: A large scale organisation requires large amount of working capital as compared to the organisations which operate on a lower scale.
3. Business Cycle: In the boom period larger amount of working capital is needed to meet the demand. In case of depression, demand for goods declines so less working capital is required.
4. Seasonal Factors: During peak season demand of a product will be high and thus high working capital will be required as compared to lean season.
5. Production Cycle: Production cycle is the time span between the receipt of raw material and their conversion into finished goods. Working capital requirement is higher in firms with longer processing cycle and lower in firms with shorter processing cycle.

Question 28.
It is the regulatory and developmental agency of Indian Securities market. Name the agency and narrate the different functions performed by them.
Answer:
a) Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
b) 1) Regulatory Functions:

• Registration of brokers and sub-brokers and other players in the market.
• Registration of Mutual Funds.
• Regulation of stock brokers, portfolio exchanges, underwriters, etc.

2) Development Functions:

• Training of intermediaries of the securities market.
• Conducting research and publishing information useful to all market participants.
• Undertaking measures to develop the capital markets by adapting a flexible approach.

3) Protective Functions:

• Prohibition of fraudulent and unfair, trade practices.
• Controlling insider trading price rigging, etc. and imposing penalties for such practices.
• Undertaking steps for investor protection.

Question 29.
Describe the functions of labelling in the marketing of a product.
Answer:
Labelling: Labelling means putting identification marks on the package. It is a simple tag attached to the product.

Functions of Labelling:

• It describes the product, its usage, cautions in use, etc. and specify its contents.
• It helps in identifying the product.
• It helps grading the products into different categories.
• It helps in promotion of products.
• It provides information required by law.

Answer any 2 questions from 30 to 32. Each carries 8 score. (Scores: 2 × 8 = 16)

Question 30.
“Money is the only factor to motivate employees”
a) Do you agree with this statement?
b) Give detailed justification.
Answer:
a) Yes, I agree.
b) Financial and Non-Financial Incentives: Incentive means all measures which are used to motivate people to improve performance. These incentives may be –
Financial Incentives: Financial incentives refer to incentives which are in direct monetary form or measurable in monetary term and serve to motivate people for better performance. Financial incentives are:

• Pay and allowances: It includes basic pay, dearness allowances and other allowances.
• Commission: Under this system, a sales person is guaranteed a minimum wage as well as commission on sales. A commission plan motivates him to work better.
• Bonus: Bonus is an incentive offered over and above the wages/salary to the employees.
• Profit Sharing: Profit sharing is meant to provide a share to employees in the profits of the organisation.
• Co-partnership/Stock option: Under these incentive schemes, employees are offered company shares at a price which is lower than market price.
• Retirement Benefits: Several retirement benefits such as provident fund, pension, and gratuity provide financial security to employees after their retirement.
• Perquisites: It includes car allowance, housing, medical aid, and education to the children, etc., over and above the salary.

(OR)

a) No, I do not agree.
b) Financial and Non-Financial Incentives: Incentive means all measures which are used to motivate people to improve performance. These incentives may be –
Non-Financial Incentives: Incentives which are not measurable in terms of money are called Non- Financial Incentives. These incentives are essential for satisfying physiological, social and emotional needs. Some of the important non- financial incentives are:

• Status: status means ranking of positions in the organisation. Physiological, social and esteem needs of an individual are satisfied by status given to their job.
• Organisational Climate: It includes individual autonomy, reward orientation, consideration to employees, etc. These characteristics influence the behaviour of individuals in the organization.
• Career Advancement Opportunity: Managers should provide opportunity to employees to improve their skills and be promoted to the higher level jobs.
• Job Enrichment: It is a method of motivating employee by making the task to be performed by him more interesting and challenging.
• Employee Recognition Programmes: It includes Congratulating the employee for good performance, Displaying on the notice board about the achievement of employee, installing award or certificate fof best performance and Distributing mementos or complimentaries, etc.
• Employee Participation: It means involving employees in decision making of the issues related to them.

Question 31.
Explain the different factors which affect the fixation of the price of a product.
Answer:
Pricing: Price may be defined as the amount of money paid by a buyer in consideration of the purchase of a product or a service.

Factors Affecting Price Determination:

• Product Cost: One of the most important factors affecting price of a product or service is its cost of production and distribution. Fixed Costs, Variable Costs and Semi-Variable Costs are to be considered for determining the price.
• Demand: The price of a product is affected by the elasticity of demand of the product. If the demand of a product is inelastic, the firm is in a better position to fix higher prices.
• Competition: Competitors’ prices and their anticipated reactions must be considered before fixing the price of a product. In case of high competition, it is desirable to keep price low.
• Government and Legal Regulations: In order to protect the interest of public against unfair practices, prices of some essential products are regulated by the government under the Essential Commodities Act., e.g. Medicines.
• Pricing Objectives: Another important factor affecting the fixation of price of a product is pricing objectives, e.g. maximisation of profit, market share, etc.

Question 32.
Micro Ltd. decided to fill 10 posts of Accountant from outside the organisation. Advice them regarding the various sources of recruitment available to them.
Answer:
Meaning: Staffing is concerned with determining the manpower requirement of enterprise and includes functions like recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, training, growth and development and performance appraisal of employees in the organization.

• Direct Recruitment: Under the direct recruitment, a notice is placed on the noticeboard of the enterprise specifying the details of the jobs available. Job seekers assemble outside the premises of the organisation on the specified date and selection is done on the spot. It is suitable for filling casual vacancies.
• Casual Callers: Many reputed business organisations keep a database of unsolicited applicants in their office. These list can be used for recruitment.
• Advertisement: Advertisement in newspapers or trade and professional journals is generally used when a wider choice is required.
• Employment Exchange: Employment exchanges keep records of job seekers and will be supplied to business concern on the basis of their requisition.
• Placement Agencies and Management Consultants: These agencies compile bio-data of a large number of candidates and recommend suitable names to their clients.
• Campus Recruitment: Business enterprises may conduct campus recruitment in educational institutions for selecting young and talented candidates.
• Recommendations of Employees: Applicants introduced by present employees, or their friends and relatives prove to be a good source of recruitment.
• Labour Contractors: Labour contractors maintain close contacts with labourers and they can provide the required number of unskilled workers at short notice.

Kerala State Board New Syllabus Plus Two Business Studies Previous Year Question Papers and Answers.

Kerala Plus Two Business Studies Previous Year Question Paper March 2017 with Answers

Time: 2½ Hours
Cool off time : 15 Minutes

General Instructions to Candidates

• There is a ‘cool off time’ of 15 minutes in addition to the writing time of 2½ hrs.
• You are not allowed to write your answers nor to discuss anything with others during the ‘cool off time’.
• Use the ‘cool off time’ to get familiar with the questions and to plan your answers.
• Read questions carefully before you answering.
• All questions are compulsory and the only internal choice is allowed.
• When you select a question, all the sub-questions must be answered from the same question itself.
• Calculations, figures, and graphs should be shown in the answer sheet itself.
• Malayalam version of the questions is also provided.
• Give equations wherever necessary.
• Electronic devices except non-programmable calculators are not allowed in the Examination Hall.

Question 1.
National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) started its operations in
a. 1992
b. 1994
c. 1993
d. 2000

Question 2.
Jewellery is an example of
a. Convenience Product
b. Durable Product
c. Shopping Product
d. Non-durable Product

Question 3.
Zero working capital means
a. Current Asset > Current Liability
b. Current Asset < Current Liability
c. Current Asset = Current Liability
d. Current AssetCurrent Liability

Question 4.
“in spite of global economic crisis India is expected to achieve a growth rate of 6.8% in the F-Y. 2015-16.” In light of the above statement briefly explain the impact of Government policy changes in business and Industry.

Question 5.
Explain briefly the techniques of Scientific Management as propounded by F.W. Taylor.

Question 6.
Capital structure is the ratio between owned capital and borrowed capital. Several factors are to be considered in determining an appropriate capital structure.
Prepare a chart showing the factors affecting the capital structure.

Question 7.
Spot the odd one:
a. Production Manager
b. Marketing Manager
c. General Manager
d. Personal Manager

Question 8.
The integration of the various economics of the world-leading to¬wards the emergence of a cohesive global economy is known as______

Question 9.
State the important characteristics of entrepreneurship.

Question 10.
“Pianning is certainly important as it tells us where to go; it provide direction and reduces the risk of uncertainly. Briefly explain the importance of planning in the light of above statement.

Question 11.
“It’s a managerial function of filing and keeping filled the positions in the or¬ganization structure.” Identify the management function and state different steps followed in it.

Question 12.
Diagrammatically present communication process involved in a telephonic conversation between X and Y.

Question 13.
“It is a decision regarding the distribution of profit to shareholders.” Identify the decision and explain the factors affecting such decisions.

Question 14.
The basic material upon which plans are drawn is known as________

Question 15.
Match the following:

Question 16.
Volks Wagen a famous car manufacturing company decided to call back some of its models due to poor pollution standards. By doing so they upheld one of the objectives of management. Briefly explain the objectives of management in the light of above action.

Question 17.
“Packaging performs a number of functions in the marketing of goods.”Give the important functions of packaging.

Question 18.
V.Guard Ltd. a leading company in Kerala is engaged in diversified business namely electricals, textil es, amusement parks etc Each of these have different departments namely marketing. Prduction fina nee, Research and Development etc. Suggest a suitable organizational structure to this company and list its merits and demerits.

Question 19.
Briefly explain different methods of floating new issues in the primary market.

Question 20.
Identify the idea behind the diagram and explain its importance.

Question 21.
Consumers also have some responsibility while purchasing and consuming goods and services. Do you agree with this? State any four consumer responsibility in this regard.

Question 22.
a. Pecuniary and non-pecuniary incentives are used to motivate employees to improve their performance. Explain the pecuniary and non-pecuniary incentives used by organizations nowadays.
OR
b. What is leadership? What qualities should a leader possess to become a successful one? Briefly explain its different styles.

Question 23.
a. After completing her Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing, Smt. Jayas- ree was appointed as the Marketing Manager of Alpha Ltd. She is of the opinion that the marketing effort of her organization should be formulated after analysing the concept behind it. Explain different marketing management concepts she should consider before formulating her marketing strategies.
OR
b. “It is a process of giving a name or sign or symbol to a product.” Identify the definition and explain its advantage to marketing and consumers.

Kerala State Board New Syllabus Plus Two Business Studies Previous Year Question Papers and Answers.

Kerala Plus Two Business Studies Previous Year Question Paper March 2018 with Answers

Time : 2 1/2 Hours
Cool off time : 15 Minutes
Maximum : 80 Score

General Instructions to Candidates:

• There is a ‘cool off time’ of 15 minutes in addition to the writing time of 2 hrs.
• Your are not allowed to write your answers nor to discuss anything with others during the ‘cool off time’.
• Use the ‘cool off time’ to get familiar with the questions and to plan your answers.
• Read questions carefully before you answering.
• All questions are compulsory and only internal choice is allowed.
• When you select a question, all the sub-questions must be answered from the same question itself.
• Calculations, figures and graphs should be shown in the answer sheet itself.
• Malayalam version of the questions is also provided.
• Give equations wherever necessary.
• Electronic devices except non programmable calculators are not allowed in the Examination Hall.

Answer the following questions from 1 to 7. Each carries 1 score. (Scores: 7 × 1 = 7)

Question 1.
Policy formulation is the function of ………….
a) Top level management
b) Lower level management
c) Middle level management
d) All of these
Answer:
a) Top level management

Question 2.
Identify the management principle which emphasis on ‘one head and one plan’.
a) Order
b) Equity
c) Unity of command
d) Unity of direction
Answer:
d) Unity of direction

Question 3.
Which of the following is not an element of delegation?
a) Accountability
b) Authority
c) Responsibility
d) Punctuality
Answer:
d) Punctuality

Question 4.
Which of the following is an example of grapvine network of communication?
a) Inverted V
b) Freeflow
c) Circular
d) Gossip
Answer:
d) Gossip

Question 5.
Budgetary control requires the preparation of …………
a) Budgets
b) Network diagram
c) Breakeven chart
d) Training schedules
Answer:
a) Budgets

Question 6.
Long term investment decisions are also called ………..
a) Working capital decisions
b) Dividend decisions
c) Financing decisions
d) Capital budgeting decisions
Answer:
d) Capital budgeting decisions

Question 7.
Complete as per the hint given:
a) Money Market – RBI
b) Capital Market – …….?…….
Answer:
SEBI

II. Answer any four of the following questions from 8 to 12, carries 2 scores each. (Scores: 4 × 2 = 8)

Question 8.
Give two reasons that management is called as a science.
Answer:

1. Management has a systematised body of knowledge.
2. Management principles are developed after scientific enquiry, experimentation and observation.
3. Management principles are applicable to all types of organizations.
4. So management is also called a science.

Question 9.
There is heavy demand for fast food restaurants in Kerala due to the change in life style of the people. Describe the environment affected here.
Answer:
Social Environment

Question 10.
What do you mean by a blank application form used in relation with staffing function?
Answer:
An application blank or form is the most universal mechanism used to screen (select) the applicants to be called for interview and other tests for selection purpose. After preparing the list of candidates suitable for job, blank application forms will be sent to the candidates. In this application form information should be given about the name and address of the candidate, educational qualification, experience, salary expected, etc.

Question 11.
Describe the concept of ‘control by exception’.
Answer:
Control by exception or management by exception (MBE) is a practice where only significant deviations from a budget or plan are brought to attention of management. The idea behind its is that management’s attention will be focused only on those areas in need of action.

Question 12.
Give four examples for current assets.
Answer:
Current Assets:

1. Cash in hand
2. Cash in bank
3. Sundry Debtors
4. Closing Stock

III. Answer any six of the following questions from 13 to 19, each carries 3 scores. (Scores: 6 × 3 = 18)

Question 13.
Classify the following personnels under different levels of management.
a) Marketing Manager
b) Foreman
c) Supervisor
d) General Manager
e) Chairman
f) Personnel Manager
Answer:
a) Top Level Management:

• General Manager
• Chairman

b) Middle Level Management:

• Marketing Manager
• Personnel Manager

c) Lower Level Management

• Foreman
• Supervisor

Question 14.
Differentiate between single use plan and standing plan with example.
Answer:
1) Single use plan: A single use plan is developed for a one-time event or project. Such plans are not to be repeated in future. E.g. budgets, programmes, projects, etc.
2) Standing plan: A standing plan is used for activities that occur regularly over a period of time. E .g. policies, procedures, methods and rules.

Question 15.
Manu Associates is a company with several departments like production, marketing, Research & development, personnel, etc. Suggest a suitable form of organisation structure to them and suggest two merits of it.
Answer:
Functional Structure: The functional structure is formed by grouping together the entire work to be done into functional departments. Eg. Production department marketing department, etc.

• It promotes division of work which leads to specialization.
• It promotes control and coordination within a department.

Question 16.
Differentiate between on the job training and off the job training.
Answer:
Difference between on the job training and off the job training.
On the job training:

1. Employee is given training when he is on the job.
2. Learning the works while doing it.
3. Less expensive method of training.

Off the job training:

1. Employee is provided training away from the work place.
2. Doing the work after learning it.
3. More expensive method of training.

Question 17.
Draw a diagram showing the communication process.
Answer:

Question 18.
Explain the concept of ‘span of control’ with an example.
Answer:
The span of management or span of control refers to the number of subordinates controlled directly by a superior. In a wider span of control, a manager has many subordinates who report to him. In a narrow span of control, a manager has fewer subordinates under him. It is also known as management ratio.

Question 19.
Packaging is called as the silent salesman in the market. Why?
Answer:

1. Packaging helps in identification of the products.
2. Packaging protects the product from spoilage, breakage, leakage, etc.
3. It facilitates easy transfer of goods to customers.
4. Packaging provides convenience in the storage of the product.

IV. Answer any 4 of the following questions from 20 to 24. Each carries 4 scores. (Scores: 4 × 4 = 16)

Question 20.
Describe any four dimensions of business environment with suitable examples.
Answer:

1) Economic Environment: Interest rates, inflation rates, changes in disposable income of people, stock market indices and the value of rupee are some of the economic factors that can affect the business enterprise.

2) Social Environment: The social environment of business includes the social forces like customs and traditions, values, social trends, literacy rate, educational levels, lifestyle, etc.

3) Technological Environment: Technological environment consists of new products, new technologies, new approaches to product, new methods and equipments, etc.

4) Political Environment: Political environment includes constitution, political parties and their ideology, types of govt., political stability, attitude towards business, etc.

Question 21.
Planning is the first step to success. Comment on the statement by illustrating the importance of planning in management.
Answer:

1. Planning provides directions: By stating in advance how work is to be done planning provides direction for all actions.
2. Planning reduces the risk of uncertainty: Planning enables an organisation to predict future events and prepare to face the unexpected events.
3. Planning reduces wasteful activities: Planning serves as the basis of coordinating the activities and efforts of different departments and individuals. It helps to eliminate useless and redundant activities.
4. Planning promotes innovative ideas: Since planning is thinking in advance, there is scope for finding better and different methods to achieve the desired objectives.

Question 22.
Differentiate between fomnal organisation and informal organisation.
Answer:
Formal organisation:

1. It is deliberately created by top level management.
2. It has pre-determined purpose.
3. It is highly rigid.
4. Communication is allowed through the scalar chain.

Informal organisation:

1. It arises automatically as a result of social interaction among the employees.
2. It has no pre-determined purpose.
3. It is more flexible.
4. Communication is allowed through all channels networks.

Question 23.
Explain the 4 P’s in marketing.
Answer:
1. Product: Product means goods or services or ‘anything of value’, which is offered to the market for sale. The important product decisions include deciding about the features, quality, packaging, labelling and branding of the products.

2. Price: Price is the amount of money paid by the customers to pay to obtain the product. In most of the products, price affects the demand of the products. Desired profits, cost of production, competition, demands, etc. must be considered before fixing the price of a product.

3. Place: Place or Physical Distribution includes activities that make firm’s products available to the target customers. Important decision areas in this respect include selection of dealers, storage, warehousing and transportation of goods from the place of production to the place of consumption.

4. Promotion: Promotion includes activities that communicate availability, features, merits, etc. of the products to the target customers and persuade them to buy it. It includes advertising, personal selling, sales promotion and publicity to promote the sale of products.

Question 24.
Illustrate the functions of the entrepreneur in relation with the economic development of a nation.
Answer:
1) Contribution to GDP: Entrepreneurs explore and exploit opportunities, encourage effective resource mobilization of capital and skill, bring in new products arid services and develops markets for growth of the economy. In this way, they help increasing gross national product (GDP) as well as per capita income of the people in a country.

2) Capital Formation: Entrepreneurs promote capital formation by mobilising the idle savings of public. They employ these resources for setting up an enterprise.

3) Generation of Employment: With the setting up of more and more business units by entrepreneurs, a large number of employment opportunities are created.

4) Promotes Balanced Regional Development: Entrepreneurs help to remove regional disparities through setting up of industries in less developed and backward areas.

V. Match the following, which carries 5 scores. (Scores: 5 × 1 = 5)

Question 25.

Answer:

VI. Answer any two of the following questions from 26 to 28. Each carries 5 scores. (Scores: 2 × 5 = 10)

Question 26.
Moon Ltd., a newly established company requires different categories of employees to their organisation. Explain the various sources available to them.
Answer:
1) Direct Recruitment: Under the direct recruitment, a notice is placed on the notice-board of the enterprise specifying the details of the jobs available. Jobseekers assemble outside the premises of the organisation on the specified date and selection is done on the spot. It is suitable for filling casual vacancies.

2) Casual callers: Many reputed business organisations keep a database of unsolicited applicants in their office. These list can be used for recruitment.

3) Advertisement: Advertisement in newspapers or trade and professional journals is generally used when a wider choice is required.

4) Employment Exchange: Employment exchanges keep records of job seekers and will be supplied to business concern on the basis of their requisition.

5) Placement Agencies and Management Consultants: These agencies compile bio-data of a large number of candidates and recommend suitable names to their clients.

Question 27.
SEBI is the regulating agency in Indian stock exchange. Discuss their major functions.
Answer:
1) Regulatory Functions:

• Registration of brokers and subbrokers and other players in the market.
• Registration of Mutual Funds.
• Regulation of stock brokers, portfolio exchanges, underwriters, etc.

2) Development Functions:

• Training of intermediaries of the securities market,
• Conducting research and publishing information useful to.all market participants.
• Undertaking measures to develop the capital markets by adapting a flexible approach.

3) Protective Functions:

• Prohibition of fraudulent and unfair, trade practices.
• Controlling insidertrading price rigging etc. and imposing penalties for such practices.
• Undertaking steps for investor protection.

Question 28.
The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 envisages certain rights to consumers. Illustrate them.
Answer:

1. Right to Safety : The consumer has a right to be protected against goods and services which are hazardous to life arid health.
2. Right to be Informed: The consumer has a right to have complete information about the product he intends to buy including its ingredients, date of manufacture, price, quantity, directions for use, etc.
3. Right to Choose: The consumer has the freedom to choose from a variety of products at competitive prices.
4. Right to be Heard: The consumer has a right to file a complaint and to be heard in case of dissatisfaction with goods or services.
5. Right to seek Redressal: The consumer has a right to get relief in. case the product or service falls short of his expectations.

VII. Answer any two of the following questions from 29 to 31. Each carries 8 scores. (Scores: 2 × 8 = 16)

Question 29.
‘A manager must be a good leader.’ Describe the various qualities to be possessed by him to co-ordinate the activities of the business organisation.
Answer:
Leadership: Leadership can be defined as the process of influencing the behaviour of employees at work towards the accomplishment of organisational objectives.

Qualities of Good Leader:

• Physical Features: Physical features like height, weight, health, appearance determine the physical personality of a leader.
• Knowledge: A good leader should have required knowledge and competence.
• Honesty: A leader should possess high level of honesty.
• Initiative: A leader should have courage and initiative.
• Communication Skills: A leader should have the capacity to clearly explain the ideas.
• Motivation Skills: The leader should have the ability to motivate the subordinates by satisfying their needs.
• Self Confidence: A leader should have high level of self confidence.

Question 30.
What do you mean by capital budgeting? Describe various factors affecting capital budgeting decisions.
Answer:
Capital Structure: Capital structure refers to the mix between owners funds and borrowed funds. Owners fund consists of equity share capital, preference share capital and reserves and surpluses or retained earnings. Borrowed funds can be in the form of loans, debentures, public deposits, etc.

A capital structure will be said to be optimal when the proportion of debt and equity is such that it results in an increase in the value of the equity share.

Fixed Capital: Fixed capital refers to the capital needed for the the acquisition of fixed assets to be used fora longer period.

Factors affecting Fixed Capital:

• Nature of Business: A trading concern needs lower investment in fixed assets compared with a manufacturing organization.
• Scale of Operations: An organisation operating on large scale require more fixed capital as compared to an organisation operating on small scale.
• Choice of Technique: A capital-intensive organisation requires more amount of fixed capital than labour intensive organisations.
• Technology Upgradation: Organisations using assets which become obsolete faster require more fixed capital as compared to other organisations.
• Growth Prospects: Higher growth of an organisation generally requires higher investment in fixed assets.
• Diversification: The firms dealing in number of products (Diversification) requires more investment in fixed capital.
• Use of Fixed Assets: Companies acquiring fixed assets on hire purchase or lease system require lesser amount as against cash purchases.

Question 31.
Pricing of a product is the crucial decision to be taken by a producer. Do you agree? Illustrate the different factors affecting price determination of a product.
Answer:
Yes/agreeing.

Pricing: Price may be defined as the amount of money paid by a buyer in consideration of the purchase of a product or a service.

Factors Affecting Price Determination:

• Product Cost: One of the most important factors affecting price of a product or service is its cost of production and distribution. Fixed Costs, Variable Costs and Semi-Variable Costs are to be considered for determining the price.
• Demand: The price of a product is affected by the elasticity of demand of the product. If the demand of a product is inelastic, the firm is in a better position to fix higher prices.
• Competition: Competitors’ prices and their anticipated reactions must be considered before fixing the price of a product. In case of high competition, it is desirable to keep price low.
• Government and Legal Regulations: In order to protect the interest of public against unfair practices, prices of some essential products are regulated by the government under the Essential Commodities Act., e.g. Medicines.
• Pricing Objectives: Another important factor affecting the fixation of price of a product is pricing objectives, e.g. maximisation of profit, market share, etc.

Kerala Plus Two Accountancy Model Question Paper 4

Time Allowed: 2 hours
Cool off time: 15 Minutes
Maximum Marks: 60

General Instructions to Candidates

•  There is a ‘cool off time’ of 15 minutes in addition to the writing time of 2 hrs.
• Your are not allowed to write your answers nor to discuss anything with others during the ‘cool off time’.
• Use the ‘cool off time’ to get familiar with the questions and to plan your answers.
• Read questions carefully before you answering.
•  All questions are compulsory and only internal choice is allowed.
• When you select a question, all the sub-questions must be answered from the same question itself.
• Calculations, figures and graphs should be shown in the answer sheet itself.
• Malayalarn version of the questions is also provided.
• Give equations wherever necessary.
•  Electronic devices except non programmable calculators are not allowed in the Examination Hall.

Answer all questions from 1 to 3. Each carries 1 score.

Question 1:
When premium paid on Joint Life Policy is treated as an investment not as a business expense, it is transferred to (1)

a. Trading Account
b. Profit and Loss Account
c. Joint Life Policy Account
d. Joint Life Policy account and Balance Sheet

Question 2:
In non-profit organizations excess of asset over liabilities is called (1)

a. Capital block
b. General fund
c. Shareholders fund
d. Capital

Question 3:
Receipts and payment accounts includes all receipts and payments of (1)


a. Capital nature
b. Revenue nature
c. Cash nature
d. None of these

Answer any 2 questions from 4 to 6, each carries ‘2’ scores.

Question 4:
What are the basic concept of Spreadsheet? (3)

Question 5:
R& S are Partners sharing profits in the ratio 5:3. They admit T for 1/7^th share in the profits. Calculate sacrificing ratio. (2)

Question 6:
Riya, Liya and Niya are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. Niya retires and her capital, after making adjustments for reserves and profits on revaluation stands at ₹ 4,40,000. Riya and Liya agreed to pay her ₹5,00,000 in full settlement of her claim.
Record necessary journal entry for the treatment of goodwill, if the new profit sharing ratio is decided at 1 : 3. (3)

Answer any 5 questions from 7 to 12, each carries ‘2’ scores. .

Question 7:
During the year 2009 the expenses actually paid were Rs. 5,500. Find out the expenses chargeable to income and expenditure account for the year ended 2009. (2)

expenses on 31-12-08                                ₹ 500
Prepaid expenses on 31-12-09                    600
outstanding expenses on 31-12-08            750
Outstanding expenses on 31-12-09            650

Question 8:
The following was the Balance Sheet of Om & Co. in which X, Y, Z were partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 2 as on 31.3.2011. Mr. Z died on 31^st December, 2011. His account has to be settled under the following terms. (5)

Goodwill is to be calculated at the rate of two years purchase on the basis of average of three years profits and losses for the three years were detailed as below :

Year ending on                           profit/loss 
31.3.2011                                           30.000
31.3.2010                                          20.000
31.3.2009                                       (10,000) Loss

Profit for the period from 1.4.2011 to 31.12.2011 shall be ascertained proportionately on the basis of average profits and losses of the preceding three years.

During the year ending on 31:3.2011 a car costing ?40,000 was purchased oh 1.4.2010 and debited to travelling expenses account on which depreciation is to be calculated at 20% p.a. This asset is to be brought into account at the depreciated value.
Other values of assets were agreed as follows :
Stock at ₹16,000, building at ₹1,40,000, computers at ₹50,000; investments at ₹6,000. Sundry debtors were considered good. Your are required to :

i. Calculate goodwill and Z’s share in the profits of the firm for the period 1.4.2011 to 31.12.2011.
ii. Prepare revaluation account assuming that other items of assets and liabilities remained the same.

Question 9:
Riya, Shreya and Niya are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. Niya retires and her capital, after making adjustments for reserves and profits on revaluation stands at ₹4,40,000. Riya and Shreya agreed to pay her ₹5,00,000 in full settlement of her claim. Record necessary journal entry for the treatment of goodwill ,if the new profit sharing ratio is decided at 1 : 3. (5)

Question 10:
Balance sheet of L and R who share profits and losses in the ratio of 3: 2 as at 31st March, 2014 was (5)


They agreed to take K as a partner from 1 st April,2014 for 1/5

Question 11:
Raju and Ramu are partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3 : 2. The balance in their capital and current accounts as on 1st April, 2006 were as under: (5)

The partnership deed provides that Raju is to be paid salary @ ₹500 per month whereas, Ramu is to get a commission of ₹40,000 for the year. Interest on capital is to be credited at 6% per annum. The drawings of Raju and Ramu for the year were ₹30,000 and ₹10,000, respectively. The net profit of the firm before making these adjustments was ₹2,49,000. Interest on Raju’s drawings was ₹750 and Ramu’s drawings was ₹250. Prepare profit and loss appropriation account and partners’ capital and current accounts.

Answer all questions from 12 to 13, each carries ‘4’ scores.

Question 12:
What are the difference between dissolution of partenership and dissolirtion of a firm? (5)

Answer any 2 questions from 13 to 15, each carries ‘5’ scores.

Question 13:
Melvin, Mark and Maju are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 4 : 3 : 2. Their Balance Sheet as on 31st December 2003 was as follows:

Mark died on 30th June, 2004 and according to the agreement his legal heirs were entitled to the following :

1. Capital to the credit of Mark at the time of death and interest @ 6 p.a.
2. His share in profits till dteath on the basis of average profit of last 3 years which were ₹12,000, 10,000,14,000 respectively.
3. His share of goodwill in the firm which was valued at ₹54,000.
4.  His share in Reserve fund Pass necessary journal entries to give effect to the above and prepare Mark’s

Question 14:
P, Q and R are partners in a firm. Q retires. On his date of retirement, Rs. 60,000 bee- omes due to him. P and R promise to pay him in instalments every year at the end of the year.
Prepare Q’s Loan A/c. in the following cases:
a. When the payment is made four yearly instalments plus interest @ 12% p.a. on the unpaid balance.
b. When they agree to pay three yearly instalments of Rs. 20,000 including interest, @12%p.a.on the outstanding balance during first three years and the balance including interest in the fourth year. (7)

Question 15:
Red,White and Black shared profits and losses in the ratio of 5 : 3 : 2. They took out a joint life policy in 2007 for ₹50,000, a premium of ₹3,000 being paid annually on 10^th June. The surrender value of the policy on 31st December of various year’s was as follows: 2007 nil: 2008 ₹900: 2009 ₹2,000; 2010 ₹3,600. Black retires on 15^th April, 2011. Prepare ledger accounts assuming no Joint Life Policy Account is maintained. (7)

Answer the following. It carries 8 score

Question 16:
Prepare Income and expenditure Account and Balance sheet for the year ending 31- 03 – 2015 from the following information:

The College had the following assets as on 31^st March 2008.
Furniture ₹17,500, Land and Building ₹80,000,
Library books ₹12,000, Investments ₹5,000 and Outstanding tuition fees ₹1,100.
Provide for depreciation on the closing balances of the following assets :
Land and Building @ 5%; Furniture @ 15% and Library books @ 20%.

Answers

Answer 1:
Joint Life Policy account and Balance Sheet

Answer 2:
General fund

Answer 3:
Revenue nature

Answer 4:

Answer 5:
Sacrificing ratio = Old ratio – New ratio

Answer 6:

Answer 7:

Answer 8:

Answer 9:

Answer 10:

Working Note
Calculation of Hidden Goodwill .                                                                                                                            Amt (₹ )
Net worth (or total capital) of new firm on the basis of capital brought
in by K (₹ 6,0O0 x 5/1)                                                                                                                                                30,000
(-) Net worth of the new firm (Adjusted capitals of the old partners + incoming partner’s capital)
[₹ 4,800 +₹ 3,2O0+₹ 3,5O0 for reserves+ ₹2,000 for profit and loss AIc -1 ,000 for advertisement expenditure – ₹ 2,500 for existing goodwill) + ₹ 6,000]                                                                                                                                      16,000
Value of goodwill                                                                                                                                                             14,000

Answer 11:

Answer 12:

Answer 13:

Answer 14:
a. When payment is made in four yearly instalments plus interest

b. When payment-is made in three yearly installment of Rs. 20,000 each including interest.

Answer 15:

Answer 16:
Income and Expenditure Account of Modern College

Rs. 8o,ooo( 4 x 1 x Rs. 20,000) Hence based on then share in profits, the capital of Anju & Manju will be
Anju’s Capital = \(\frac { 2 }{ 4 }\) of 8o,ooo = Rs. 40,000
Manju’s Capital = \(\frac { 1 }{ 4 }\) of 80,000= Rs. 20,000
The capital of Anju & Manju after all adjustments have been made, are Rs. 45,000 & Rs. 15,000 respectively. Hence, Anju will withdraw Rs. 5,000 (Rs. 45,000-Rs-40,000) from the firm whereas Manju will contribute additional amount of Rs. 5,000/- (Rs. 20,000-Rs.15,000/-)

Plus Two Accountancy Previous Year Question Papers and Answers

Kerala Plus Two Accountancy Model Question Paper 3

Time Allowed: 2 hours
Cool off time: 15 Minutes
Maximum Marks: 60

General Instructions to Candidates

•  There is a ‘cool off time’ of 15 minutes in addition to the writing time of 2 hrs.
• Your are not allowed to write your answers nor to discuss anything with others during the ‘cool off time’.
•  Use the ‘cool off time’ to get familiar with the questions and to plan your answers.
•  Read questions carefully before you answering.
• All questions are compulsory and only internal choice is allowed.
• When you select a question, all the sub-questions must be answered from the same question itself.
• Calculations, figures and graphs should be shown in the answer sheet itself.
• Malayalarn version of the questions is also provided.
• Give equations wherever necessary.
• Electronic devices except non programmable calculators are not allowed in the Examination Hall.

Answer all questions from 1 to 3. Each carries 1 score.

Question 1:
Non profit organisations trial balance. (3)
a. Debit
b. Credit
c. Equal balance
d. Suspense a/c

Question 2:
Change in a agreement (relationship among the partners) lead to (1)

a. Reconstitution
b. Dissolution
c. Reconstruction
d. Amalgamation

Question 3:
Ram and Manu are partners in a business. Their capitals at the end of the year were ₹48,000 and ₹36,000 respectively. During the year ended 31^st March, 2012 Ram’s drawings and Manu’s drawings were ₹8,000 and ₹12,000 respectively. Profit (before charging interest on capital) during the year was ₹32,000. Calculate the interest on the capital @ 5% for the year ended 31^st March, 2012. (2)

Answer any 2 questions from 4 to 6, each carries ‘2’ scores.

Question 4:
A and B are partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 2:1. They admit ‘C’ for (1/6)^th in future profits. Calculate the new ratio and sacrificing ratio. (5)

Question 5:
The profit of a firm for the last five years are (3)

Question 6:
Give any four differences between Income & Expenditure A/c. and Receipt and Payment A/c. (2)

Answer any 5 questions from 7 to 12, each carries ‘2’ scores.

Question 7:
On what account Realisation Account differs from Revaluation Account. (5)

Question 8:
On 1^st Jan 2004, Arun and Anil entered into partnership contributing ₹20,000 and ₹30,000 respectively and share profit in the ratio of 1: 2. Arun is allowed a salary of ₹6000 per year.
Interest on capital is to be allowed at 5% p.a. Anil is entitled to receive a commission of ₹2000. During the year Anil with-drew ₹2000 and Arun ₹2500. Interest on the same being ₹40 and ₹50 respectively.
Profit in 2004 before the above adjustement was ₹15000. Prepare partner’s capital A/c and PI L appropriation A/c. (7)

Question 9:
A, B and C are in partnership sharing profits and losses at the ratio of 5 : 3 : 2. The balance sheet of the firm on 31.12.2011 was as follows :

On 1.1.2012, Awants to retire, Band C agreed to continue at 2:1. Joint Life Policy was taken on 1.1.2006 for ₹1,00,000 and its surrender value as on 31.12.2011 was ₹25,000. For the purpose of A’s retirement goodwill was raised for ₹1,00,000. Sundry Fixed Assets was revalued for ₹1,10,000. But B and C did not prefer to show such increase in assets in the Balance Sheet. Also they agreed to bring necessary cash to discharge 50% of the A’s claim, to make the bank balance ₹25,000 and to make their capital proportionate. Prepare necessary journal entries. (7)

Question 10:
Manu and Vinu are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3 : 2. The following balances were extracted from the books of acfcount for the year ended March 31,2015. (5)


Prepare the final accounts for the year ended March 31, 2015 firm taking into consideration the following.
a. Stock on March 31, 2015 was ₹40,500.
b. Provide 5% on debtors towards provision for doubtful debts. ’
c. Outstanding salaries were ₹2,900
d. Interest on capitals is allowed at 6% per annum and interest on drawings is also charged at 6% per annum.
e. Kapil is entitled to a salary of ₹1,750 per annum.
f. Write off Larjd and buildings at 5%, Furniture at 20% and Plant and Machinery at 10%.

Question 11:
What do you understand by terms ‘key field’ ‘primary key’ and ‘secondary key’ in a database?
Answer all questions from 12 to 13, each carries ‘4’ scores.

Question 12:
From the following particulars, prepare income and expenditure A/c. (4)

Fee collection including ₹80,000 on a account of previous year                      – 5,20,000
Fee for the year outstanding                                                                                      – 30,000
Salary paid including ₹5,000 on account of the previous year                          – 68,000
Salary out standing at the end of the year                                                              – 3,000
Entertainment expenses                                                                                            – 8,000
Tournament expenses                                                                                                 – 25,000
Meeting expenses                                                                                                         – 18,000
Travelling expenses                                                                                                      – 7,000
Purchase of books and periodicals including 31,000 for purchase Of books : 40,000
Rent                                                                                                                                  – 15,000
Postage, telegrams and telephones                                                                            – 6,000
.Printing & Stationery                                                                                                   – 18,000
Donation received                                                                                                          – 25,000

Answer any 2 questions from 13 to 15, each carries ‘5’ scores.

Question 13:
A, B and C commenced Business on 1^st Jan 2014 with capital of 50,000,40,000 and 30,000 respectively. Profit and loss are shown in the ratio of 4 : 3 : 3. During 2014 and 2015 they made profit ₹20,000 and ₹25,000 respectively each partner withdrew ₹5,000 per year. On 31st Dec 2015 they decides to dissolve the firm, creditors and cash on that date were 12,000, 2000 respectively. The assets realised 1,50,000,creditors were settled for 1.1,500 and realisation expense were 500. Prepare realisation A/c,Capital A/c and Cash A/c (5)

Question 14:
Explain various methods for the treatment of goodwill on the admission of a new partner? (5)

Question 15:
Dowell & Co. is a partnership firm with partners Mr. A, Mr. B and Mr. C sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 10 : 6 : 4. The balance sheet of the firm as at 31^st March, 2011 is as under : Mr.


April, 2011. For this purpose, the following adjustments are to be made:
a. Goodwill is to be valued at ₹1 lakh but the same will not appear as an asset in the books of the reconstituted firm.
b. Buildings and plant and machinery are to be depreciated by 5% and 20% respectively. Investments are to be taken over by the retiring partner at 15,0OO. Provision of 20% is to be made on debtors to cover doubtful debts.
c. In the reconstituted firm, the total capital will be ₹2 lakhs which will be contributed by Mr. A, Mr. C and Mr. D in their new profit sharing ratio, which is 2 : 2 : 1.
a. The surplus funds, if any, will be used for repaying bank overdraft.
b. The amount duç to retiring partner shall be transferred to his loan account

Prepare:

• Revaluation account;
• Partners’ capital accounts;
• Bank account; and
• Balance sheet of the reconstituted firm as on 1^st April, 2011

Answer the following. It carries 8 score

Question 16:
a. Prepare Income and expenditure Account and Balance sheet for the year ending 31- 03 -2015 from the following information:

Additional Information :

1. There are 1,800 members each paying an annual subscription of Rs.200. Rs. 8,000 were in arrears for 2013-14 as on April 1, 2014.
2. On 31-03-2015 the rates were prepaid to June 2015, the charge paid every year being Rs. 24,000.
3. There was an outstanding telephone bill Rs.1400 on March 31,2015.
4. Outstanding sundry expense as on March 31, 2014 totalled Rs.2800.
5. Stock of stationery 31-03-201.4 was Rs.2000; on 31-03-2014 it was Rs.3600.
6. On 31-03-2014, Building stood at Rs. 400,0oo and it was subject to depreciation @ 2.5% p.a.
7. Investment on 31-03-2014 stood at Rs.800000.
8. On 31-03-2015, income accrued on investments amounted to Rs.1500 (8)

Answers

Answer 1:
Agent

Answer 2:
Reconstitution

Answer 3:
Statement Showing the Calculation of Opening Capitals and Interest

Answer 4:
C’s share of profit =1/6 ;
Remaining share of profit = 1- \(\frac { 1 }{ 6 }\) = \(\frac { 5 }{ 6 }\)
A’s new ratio = \(\frac { 5 }{ 6 }\) x \(\frac { 2 }{ 3 }\) = \(\frac { 10 }{ 18 }\)
B’s new ratio =\(\frac { 5 }{ 6 }\) x \(\frac { 1 }{ 3 }\) = \(\frac { 5 }{ 18 }\)
C’s new ratio = \(\frac { 1 }{ 6 }\) or \(\frac { 3 }{ 18 }\)
New ratio = 10 : 5 : 3
Sacnfcing ratio = Old ratio – New ratio
A’s sacrificing ratio = \(\frac { 2 }{ 3 }\) – \(\frac { 10 }{ 18 }\) = \(\frac { 12 }{ 18 }\) – \(\frac { 10 }{ 18 }\) = \(\frac { 2 }{ 18 }\)
B’s sacrificing ratio = \(\frac { 1 }{ 3 }\) – \(\frac { 5 }{ 18 }\) = \(\frac { 6 }{ 18 }\) – \(\frac { 5 }{ 18 }\) = \(\frac { 1 }{ 18 }\)
Sacnfcing ratio = 2: 1

Answer 5:

Total weight = 15;
Total product = 7,50,000
Weighted average profit = 7,50,000/15 50,000;
GoodwIll = 50,000 x 3 = 1,50,000

Answer 6:

Answer 7:
Difference between Realisation A/c & Revaluation A/c

Answer 8:

Answer 9:

Answer 10:

Answer 11:
Key field: Two common field used in a rela tionship between tables are called the key field.

Primarylcey: The Primary Key is the unique identifier for each record in a table. Access will not allow duplicate entries in a Primary Key field. By default, Access sets the first field in the table as the Primary Key field.

Secondary Key: A table may have one or more choices for the primary key. Collectively these are known as candidate keys one is selected as a primary key those not selected are known as secondary keys or alternate keys.

Answer 12:

Answer 13:

Answer 14:
Goodwill or premium
At the time of admission new partner has to bring certain amount to get share in future profit,this amount is called goodwill.

Treatment of goodwill
New partner is required to compansated bythe existing partners by giving him a share in future profit.

Premium Method

1. When new partner brings his share of goodwill in cash.
2. Goodwill shared by the old partners in their sacrificing ratio.

Case 1:
a.When the amount of goodwill is paid privately (outside the business)
– No journal entry
b.When the new partner bring his share of goodwill en cash and retained in the business

Journal entry:
1. Cash A/c                         Dr
To Premium A/c
[bring goodwill in cash]

2. Premium A/c                  Dr
To Old partners Capital Nc
[distribution of goodwill]

c. When the amount of goodwill brought in by the new partner is withdrawn by the old partners

Journal entry:

1. Cash A/c                               Dr
To Premium A/c
(brings goodwill in cash]

2. Premium A/c                      Dr
To Old partner’s Capital A/c
(distribution of goodwill]

3. Old partner’s Capital A/c .                  Dr
To Cash A/c
(with drawal of goodwill in cash]

Case 2: .
When new partner brings his share of good will in kind
Journal entry:

1. AssetA/c Dr
To Premium A/c
[goodwill brought in asset]

2. Premium A/c Dr
To Old partner’s Capital A/c
[distribution of goodwill]

Case 3:
When a new partner brings only a portion of goodwill in cash
Journal entry:
1. CashA/c                        Dr
To Premium A/c
2. Premium A/c              Dr
New partner’s Capital A/c Dr
To old partner’s Çapital A/c

Case 4:
When the new partner is not in a position to bring in cash
New partner’s Capital A/c                Dr
To old partner’s Capital A/c

Case 5:
When the goodwill is existing in the books
at the time of admission
Old partner’s Capital A/c               Dr (old ratio)
To goodwill A/c

Answer 15:

Answer 16:

Plus Two Accountancy Previous Year Question Papers and Answers

Kerala Plus Two Accountancy Model Question Paper 2

Time Allowed: 2 hours
Cool off time: 15 Minutes
Maximum Marks: 60

General Instructions to Candidates

• There is a ‘cool off time’ of 15 minutes in addition to the writing time of 2 hrs.
• Your are not allowed to write your answers nor to discuss anything with others during the ‘cool off time’.
•  Use the ‘cool off time’ to get familiar with the questions and to plan your answers.
• Read questions carefully before you answering.
• All questions are compulsory and only internal choice is allowed.
•  When you select a question, all the sub-questions must be answered from the same question itself.
• Calculations, figures and graphs should be shown in the answer sheet itself.• Malayalarn version of the questions is also provided.
• Give equations wherever necessary.
• Electronic devices except non programmable calculators are not allowed in the Examination Hall.

Answer all questions from 1 to 3. Each carries 1 score.

Question 1:
A partner acts as ……… for a firm.  (1)

Question 2:
In non-profit organizations excess of asset over liabilities is called (1)


a. Capital block
b. General fund
c. Siiareholders fund
d. Capital

Question 3:
P,Q and R are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 5 : 3 :2. Calcualte the new profit sharing ratio and sacrificing ratio if R acquires 1/10th share equally from P and Q. (3)

Answer any 2 questions from 4 to 6, each carries ‘2’ scores.

Question 4:
From the following particulars taken from the cash book of ABC Club, prepare a receipts and payments A/C. (5)

Question 5:
X, Y and Z are partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 4:3:2. Y retires from the business and his share of profit is acquired by X and Z in the ratio of 1:2. Calculate the new profit sharing ratio and gaining ratio. (5)

Answer any 5 questions from 7 to 12, each carries ‘2’ scores.

Question 6:
What are the difference between Capital Expenditure and Revenue Expenditure (5)

Question 7:
Write the various matters that need adjustments at the time of retirement of a partners. (5)

Question 8:
S and G are partners in a firm sharing profits and losses equally. On 1^st April, 2011, the capitals of the partners were ₹4,00,000 and ₹3,00,000 respectively. The profit and loss appropriation account of the firm showed a net profit of ₹7,50,000 for the year ended 31st March, 2012. The terms of partnership deed provided the following:

i. Transfer 10% of distributable profits to reserve fund.
ii. Interest on capitals @ 6% per annum.
iii. Interest on drawing @ 6% per annum. Drawings being S ₹80,000 and G ₹60,000.
Prepare profit and loss appropriation account for the year ended 31^st March, 2012. (5)

Question 9:
Describe in brief the function of ‘Table’, ‘Query’, ‘Form’ and ‘Report’ object of Access program?

Question 10:
Anju and Manju are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 2:1. Sanju is admitted into the firm for 1/4 share of profits. Sanju brings in Rs. 20,000 in respect of his capital. The capitals of old partners Anju and Manju, after all adjustments relating to goodwill, revaluation of assets and liabilities etc., are Rs. 45,000 and Rs. 15,000 respectively. It is agreed that partners capitals should be according to the new profit shanng ratio. Determine the new capitals of Anju and Manju and record the necessary journal entries assuming that the partner whose capital falls short, brings in the amount of deficiency and the partner who has an excess, withdraws the excess amount (5)

Question 11:
Chithra, Pavitha and Geetha are partners in a firm. Pavitha retires from the firm, on the date of retirement, Rs 30000 is due to her. Chithra and Geetha promises to repay the amount in three equal instalments at the end of every year. Prepare Pavitha’s loan Nc if they agreed to pay in three equal yearly instalments together with interest @ 10%.(7)

Question 12:
What are the use of ‘query’ object in Access program? (5)

Answer any 2 questions from 13 to 15, each carries 5’ scores.

Question 13:
The following was the Balance Sheet of Om & Co. in which X, Y, Z were partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 1: 2 :2 as on 31.3.2011. Mr. Z died on 31^st December, 2011. His account has to be settled under the following terms.
Balance Sheet of Om & Co. as on 31.3.2011

Goodwill is to be calculated at the rate of two years purchase on the basis of average of three years profits and losses. The profits and losses for the three years were detailed as below :

Year ending on                                        profit/loss
31.3.2011                                                      30,000
31.3.2010                                                     20,000
31.3.2009                                              (10,000) Loss

Profit for the period from 1.4.2011 to 31.12.2011 shall be ascertained proportionately on the ba-sis of average profits and losses of the preceding three years.

During the year ending on 31.3.2011 a car costing if ₹40,000 was purchased on 1.4.2010 and debited to travelling expenses account on which depreciation is to be calculated at 20% p.a.This asset is to be brought into account at the depreciated value.

Other values of assets were agreed as follows :
Stock at ₹16,000, building at ₹1,40,000, computers at ₹50,000; investments at ₹6,000. Sundry debtors were considered good.
Your are required to :

1. Calculate goodwill and Z’s share in the profits of the firm for the period 1.4.2011 to 31.12.2011.
2. Prepare revaluation account assuming that other items of assets and liabilities remained the same.

Question 14:
Arun is a partner in a firm in which he is entitled to 1/6 share in profits. On January 1,2014 his capital account showed a credit balance of ₹18,000. On June 30, 2015, he decided to retire from the business on which date goodwill of the firm was valued at ₹24,000 (no goodwill appears in the book) and in terim profit of the firm upto that date was valued at ₹9,000. The books of the flrmshowed balance in general reserve of ₹13,200. Arun has withdrawn ₹4,000 from the business during the year. Compute the total amount payable to Arun. (5)

Question 15:
What are the difference between scarifying ratio and Gaining ratio? (5)

Answer the following. It carries 8 score

Question 16:
a. i. What do you mean by Not-for-Profit Organisation? What are the Accounting Records of such organizations?
ii. Explain the steps involved in the preparation of Receipt and Payment A/c and income & Expenditure A/c. (8)

Answers

Answer 1:
Agent

Answer 2:
b. Death of a partner

Answer 3:
The new profit sharing ratio will be calculated as follows

Answer 4:

Answer 5:
i. Calculation of new profit sharing ratio
X’s old share = \(\frac { 4 }{ 9 }\)
Share acquired from Y = \(\frac { 3 }{ 9 }\) x \(\frac { 1 }{ 3 }\) = \(\frac { 1 }{ 9 }\)
X’s newratio = His old share + acquired from Y
i.e., \(\frac { 4 }{ 9 }\) X \(\frac { 1 }{ 9 }\) = \(\frac { 5 }{ 9 }\)
Z’s old share = \(\frac { 2 }{ 9 }\)
Share acquired from Y = \(\frac { 3 }{ 9 }\) X \(\frac { 2 }{ 3 }\) = \(\frac { 2 }{ 9 }\)
Z’s new share = His old share + share acquired from Y
i.e., \(\frac { 2 }{ 9 }\) X \(\frac { 2 }{ 9 }\) = \(\frac { 4 }{ 9 }\)
New profit sharing ratio of X and Z = \(\frac { 5 }{ 9 }\) X \(\frac { 4 }{ 9 }\) or 5 : 4

Gaining ratio
Since X and Z acquired Y’s share in the ratio of 1: 2, their gaining ratio will also be 1: 2

Answer 6:

Answer 7:
Retirement
A partners withdrawal from the business with the consent of other partners or as per the provisions of partnership deed or by giving notice of retirement.

Adjustment required at the time of retirement of a partner

1. Calculation of new ratio, gaining ratio
2. Adjustment regarding goodwill
3. Adjustment of reserves and accumliated profit/loss.
4. Revaluation of assets and liabilaties
5. Ascertainment of profit or loss up to the date of retirement calculation of total amount due to the retiring partner
6. Calculation of total amount due to the retiring partner
7. Settlement of total amount due to the retiring partner
8. Adjustment of capital account

Answer 8:
Note: In thé absence of date of drawings. interest on drawing have been calculated on an average basis for 6 months.
Working Note:
Calculation of Amount Transferred to Reserve Fund
Distributable Profits = Profit + Interest on
Drawings – Interest on Capital
= 7,50,000 + 2,400 + 1,800 -24,000 – 18,000 = ₹7,12,200
Amount transferred to reserve fund = 7,12,200 x 10/100 = ₹71 ,220

Answer 9:
Table: Table are used to store the data in the databse. Access database hold the ‘actual data records inside tables. A table is a database object used to store data about a particular subject. A datasheet displays the information stored in a table in columns and rows. That is, a table consists of records and fields.

Query: Queries are used to find and retrieve secific information of interest stored in ta bles. A query is a basic tool that Access provides for retrieving information from the databse. It is used to review, add, change or delete data from the database. It allows taking information from single or multiple tables to obtain the data required.

Form: Forms are screen that allow viewing, adding, and updating the data stored in the tables. A form is used to enter, edit, or dis play data in database. That is, a form is a different view of the database. Form can be designed for effective retrieval of data through automated searches.

Report: Report allow printing the data based on queries from the tables in a specific lay out. The MS Access Report provides the ability to its users to present the data queried from any data source in a formatted, stylized way. The report can be based on either a table or a query.

Answer 10:
a. Calculation of new profit sharing ratio.
Assuming the new partner Sanju requires his share from A&B in their old profit sharing ratio 2:1 .
Total share =1, Sanju’s share = \(\frac { 1 }{ 4 }\)
Remaining shares =1 – \(\frac { 1 }{ 4 }\) = \(\frac { 3 }{ 4 }\)
Anju’s new share = \(\frac { 3 }{ 4 }\) x \(\frac { 2 }{ 3 }\) = \(\frac { 6 }{ 12 }\)
Manj’s new share = \(\frac { 3 }{ 4 }\) x \(\frac { 1 }{ 3 }\) = \(\frac { 3 }{ 12 }\)
Sanj’s new share = \(\frac { 1 }{ 4 }\) x \(\frac { 3 }{ 3 }\) = \(\frac { 3 }{ 12 }\)
Thus new profit sharing ratio between Anju, Manju & Sanju is 6 : 3 : 3 or 2 : 1 : 1

b. Required Capital of Anju & Manju Sanju’s capital (who has ¼ share in profits) is Rs. 20,000 Manj’s new share in profit ¼. Hence her capital will be Rs. 40,000. .

Alternatively based on Sanju’s Capital, the total Capital of the firm works out at Rs. 80,000( 4 x I x Rsh 20,000) Hence based on then share in profits, the capital of Anju & Manju will be
Anju’s Capital = \(\frac { 2 }{ 4 }\) of 80,000=Rs. 40,000
Manju’s Capital = \(\frac { 1 }{ 4 }\) of 80,000Rs. 20,000

The capital of Anju&Manju Mu after all adjustments have been made, are Rs. 45,000 & Rs. 15,000 respectively. Hence , Anju will withdraw Rs.5,000 (Rs. 45,000 – Rs. 40,000) from the firm where as Manju will contribute additional amount of Rs. 5,000/- (Rs. 20,000 – Rs. 15,000/- )

Answer 11:

a. Paying off rralization gxpenses
b. Paying the depts of third parties, creditors, Bank OD, Bills payable.
e. Repayment of Loan from partners.
d. Repayment of capital contributed by partners.
e. Surplus if any distributed to partners in the profit sharing ratio.

Answer 12:
An Accounting Information system is a collection of data and processing procedure that create needed information for its users.
The subsystems of AIS are
a. Cash and Bank sub-system

b. Sales and Accounts receivable sub system

c. Inventory sub-system

d. Purchase and Account payable sub system

Answer 13:
Calculation of goodwill and Z’s share of profit:
a. Adjusted profit for the year ended 31.3.2011 :
Profit (Given)
Add: Cost of car wrongly written off
Less : Depreciation for the year 201 0-11
(20% on ₹40,000)

Answer 14:
To find out the amount due to Arun. His capital account has to be prepared in which all his entitilement are to be posted.

Answer 15:

Answer 16:
b. i. Not-for-profit Organisation refer to the organisations that are for used for the wel fare of the society and are set up as charitable institutions which function without any profit motive. Their main aims is to provide service to a specific group or the public at large. Normally, they do not manufacture, purchase of sell goods and may not have credit transactions. Hence they need not maintain many books of account (as the trading concerns do) and Trading and Profit and Loss Account. The funds raised by such organisations are credited to capital fund or general fund. The major sources of their income usually are subscriptions from their members donations, grants-in- aid, income from ¡nvestments, etc. The main objective of keepting records in such organisations is to meet the statutory re quirement and help them in exercising control over utilisation of their funds. They also have to prepare the financial state ments at the end of each accounting period (usually a financial year) and ascerta in their income and expenditure and the financial position, and submit them to the statutory authority called Registrar of Societies.

As stated earlier, normally such organisations are not engaged in any trading or bu siness activities.The main sources of their income are subcriptions from members, donations, financial assistance from government and income from investments. Most of their transactions are in cash or through the bank. These institutions are required by law to keep proper account ¡ng records and keep proper control over the utilization of their funds. This is why they usually keep a cash book in which all receipts and payments are duly recorded.
They also maintain a ledger containing the accounts of all incomes, expenses, assets and habilites which facilitates the prepa ration of financial statements at the end of the accounting period. In addition, they are required to maintain a stock register to keep complete record of all fixed assets and the consumables.

Final Accounts of Financial Statements: The Not-for-Profit Organisations are also required to prepare financial statements at the end of the each accounting period. Although these organisations are non-profit making entities and they are not required to make Trading and Profit & Loss Account but it is necessary to know whether the income during the year was sufficient to meet the expenses or not. Not only that they have to provide the necessary financial information to members, donors, and contributors and also to the Registrar of Societies. For this purpose, they have to prepare their final accounts at the end of the accounting period and the general principles of accounting are fully applicable in their preparation as stated earlier, the final accounts of a ‘not-for-profit organisation’ consist of the following.

• Receipt and Payment Account
• Income and Expenditure Account, and
• Balance Sheet.

The Receipt and Payment Account is the summary of cash and bank transations which helps in the preparation of Income and Expenditure Account and the Balance Sheet. Income and Expenditure Account is akin to Profit and Loss Account. The Not for-Profit Organisations usually prepare the

income and Expenditure Account and a Balance Sheet with the help of Receipt and Payment Account. In fact, if an organisation has followed the double entry system they must prepare atrial balance for checking the accuracy of the ledger accounts and it will also facilitate the preparation of receipt and Payment account. Income and Expenditure Ac count and the Balance Sheet.

ii. Following steps may be helpful in preparing an Income and Expenditure Account from a given Receipt and payment Ac count:

1. Persye the Receipt and Payment Account thoroughly .
2. Exclude the opening and closing balances of cash and bank as they are notan income.
3. Exclude the capital receipts and capital payments as these are to be shown in the Balance Sheet.
4. Consider only the revenue receipts to be shown on the income side of Income and Expenditure Account. Some of these need to be adjusted by excluding the amounts relating to the preceding and the succeeding periods and including the amounts relating to the current year not yet received.
5. Take the revenue expenses to the expenditure side of the Income and Expenditure Account with due adjustments asper the additional information providedrelating to the amounts received in advance and those not yet received.
6. Consider the following items not appearingin the Receipt and Payment Account that need to be taken into account for determing the surplus/deficit for the current year:
   • Depreciation of fixex assets.
   • Provision for doubtful debts, if required.
   • Profit or loss on sale of fixed assets.

Plus Two Accountancy Previous Year Question Papers and Answers

Kerala Plus Two Accountancy Model Question Paper 1

Time Allowed: 2 hours
Cool off time: 15 Minutes
Maximum Marks: 60

General Instructions to Candidates

• There is a ‘cool off time’ of 15 minutes in addition to the writing time of 2 hrs.
• Your are not allowed to write your answers nor to discuss anything with others during the ‘cool off time’.
• Use the ‘cool off time’ to get familiar with the questions and to plan your answers.
•  Read questions carefully before you answering.
• All questions are compulsory and only internal choice is allowed.
• When you select a question, all the sub-questions must be answered from the same question itself.
• Calculations, figures and graphs should be shown in the answer sheet itself.
• Malayalam version of the questions is also provided.
• Give equations wherever necessary.
• Electronic devices except non-programmable calculators are not allowed in the Examination Hall.

Answer all questions from 1 to 3. Each carries 1 score.

Question 1:
In the debit side of the receipt and Payments account of a club showed a pavilion fund of Rs. 10,000. While preparing the final accounts of that club, pavilion fund should be shown on ………….
a. Asset side of balance sheet
b. Liability side of balance sheet
c. Debit side of income and expenditure account
d. Credit side of income and expenditure account

Question 2:
P, Q and R are partner in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3:2:1. R retired from the business. Gaining ratio of P and Q will be
a. 2 : 1
b. 3 : 1
c. 3 : 2
d. 1 : 1

Question 3:
On dissolution of a firm the loss on realisation is transferred to
a. Debit side of partner’s capital account
b. Credit side of partner’s capital account
c. Debit side of bank account
d. Credit side of bank account

Question 4:
A and B are Partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 2 : 1. They admitted C into the firm for 1/4,h share in future profits. The new profit sharing ratio will be
a. 1 : 1 : 1
b. 2 : 2 : l
c. 2 : 1 : 4
d. 2 : 1 : 1

Question 5:
Receipts and payments account of a not for profit organisation is similar to ……….. of a business organisation
a. Profit & loss account
b. Cash book
c. Balance sheet
d. All of the above

Answer any 3 questions from 6 to 9, each carries ‘2’ scores.

Question 6:
Akhil, a partner withdrew Rs. 4,000 each on the last day of every month throughout an accounting year. Calculate his total interest on drawing at 12% p.a.

Question 7:
State any two circumstances under which a partnership firm will be dissolved.

Question 8:
Name the accounts to be prepared on dissolution of a firm, except cash/bank account.

Question 9:
State any two feamres of not for profit organisation

Answer any 3 questions from 6 to 9, each carries ‘2’ scores.

Question 10:
Arathy and Aswathy are partners in a firm. They admitted Anjaly in to the firm for 1/4th share in future profits. As per partnership deed Anjali should bring Rs.70,000 as her capital and Rs.20,000 as her share of goodwill. At the time of Admission of Anjaly, the balance sheet of Arathy and Aswathy showed goodwill of Rs. 15,000.
Pass Journal entry for the above transactions.

Question 11:
Following information was given by Adithya Hospital for the year ending 31.3.2017.

The total amount paid for medicine during the year was Rs.70,000
Calculate total amount of medicine to be debited in the income and expenditure account of the hospital for the year ending 31.3.2017.

Answer all questions from 12 to 13, each carries ‘4’ scores.

Question 12:
State any four items appear on the credit side of a deceased partners capital account.

Question 13:
Bindhu, Sindhu and athira are partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 2 : 2 : 1. On 31.3.2017, Sindhu retired from the business. On that date goodwill of the firm was valued at Rs. 80,000. Bindhu and Athira decided to continue in the business in the ratio of 1 : 1
Pass journal entry for the Sindhu’s share of goodwill.

Answer any 2 questions from 14 to 16. Each question carries ‘5’ scores.

Question 14:
Ancy, Jancy and Bincy are partners in a firm sharing profit and losses in the ratio of 2 : 1 : 1. They dissolved the firm on 31.3.2017. On dissolution following were some of the trans-action taken place after the assets and liabilities are transferred to realisation account.
a. Creditors were settled at 10% less than book value (Book value was Rs.40,000)
b. Stock was taken over by Ancy at Rs.38,000
c. Realisation expenses amounted to Rs.3,000′
d. Total assets realised Rs. 1,30,000
e. There was an unrecorded computer which was sold for Rs. 12,000
Pass journal entries for the above transactions.

Question 15:
Rajan, Sojan and Jojan are partnersin a firm in the ratio of 3:2:1. Their capital balances as on 1.1.2016 were Rs. 70,000, Rs. 60,000 and – 50,000 respectively. According to the partnership deed;
a. All the partners are entitled to get interest on capital at 10% p.a
b. Sojan is to get a salary of Rs.3,000 per month.
c. Interest of drawing is to be charged at 15% p.a, irrespective of the period of withdrawal.
Their drawings for the year 2016 were Rs.20,000, Rs. 10,000 and Rs. 10,000 respectively. During the year 2016. The firm earned a net profit of Rs.60,000 after making all appropriations (divisible profit)
Prepare capital accounts of partners under fluctuating capital method.

Question 16:
Following is the Receipts and payments account of a club for the year ending 31.3.2017.

Additional information
a. The club had loo members each paying an annual subscription of Rs.250/-
b. Subscription received included Rs.2,000 relating to the year 2015 – 16.
c. Depreciate library books at 10% p.a.
d. 2/3 of entrance fee is to be treated as mcorne.
Prepare income and expenditure account of the club for the year ending 3 1.3.2017

Answer the following. It carries 8 score

Question 17:
Manu and Sanu are partners in firm sharing profits and losses in the proportion of their capital. Their balance sheet as on 31.3.2017 was as follows.

They admitted Tinu into the firm on the above date for 1/4 th share in future profits on the following terms.

1. Tinu should bring Rs. 1,10,000 as his capital and Rs.24,000 as his share of goodwill.
2. There was an unrecorded liability of Rs.2,000 to be brought into record relating to repairs.
3. Provision for doubtful debts is to be provided at 10% on debtors.
4. The stock was revalued at Rs. 52,000.
5. Plant and machinary is to be depreciated at 10%p.a.

Prepare revaluation account. capital accounts of partners and new. Balance sheet of the firm.

PART – B
Computerised Accounting

Answer all questions from 1 to 3. Each carries 1 score.

Question 1:
PRTN, SRTN are used for coding purchase return and sales return respectively. This is an example of ……….. code.
a. Block code
b. Mnemonic code
c. Sequantial code
d. All of the above

Question 2:
Which among the following is used to interact with database.
a. Table
b.Forms
c. Queries
d. Reports

Question 3:
From the following find odd one out
a. Hard ware
b. Soft ware
c. People
d. Malware (virus)

Answer any 2 questions from 4 to 6. Each carries 2 score.

Question 4:
State any two uses of spreadsheet in business application.

Question 5:
State any two classification of functions available in spread sheet.

Question 6:
Name the spread sheet function used to compute depreciation.

Answer any 3 questions from 7 to 10. Each carries 3 score.

Question 7:
Briefly explain the account groups available in Tally/Gnukhata

Question 8:
State reason for the following errors commonly found in spreadsheet.

Question 9:
How will you create a company in Tally/ gnukhata

Question 10:
State any three advantages of using graphs and charts.
Pass Journal entry for the above transactions.

Answer the following question which carries 4 score.

Question 11:
Write a short note on the following
a. Queries
b. Forms

Answers

Answer 1:
b

Answer 2:
b

Answer 3:
Debit side of partners capital A/C

Answer 4:
4. 2 : 1 : 1
C’s share in future profit = \(\frac { 1 }{ 4 }\)

Answer 5:
Cash book

Answer 6:
Drawings = 4000 x 12 =48000
Interest P.A= 12%
Interest on drawings = 48000 x 12/100= 5670

Answer 7:
Change in profit sharing ratio among partners.
Admission of a new partner
Retirement of a partner, where atleast two partners are available after retirement.

Answer 8:
Realisation A/C
Capital Account of Partner

Answer 9:
The main objective, of not – for-profit organisation is to provide service & not to earn profit.
They do not prepare trading & p/L A/C. Instead they prepare a revenue statement called income & expenditure A/C” and a balance sheet at the end of each accounting period.

Answer 10:

We assume that Arathy & Aswathy shared their Goodwill equally.

Answer 11:

Answer 12:
Interest on capital
Goodwill
P/L suspense A/C
Joint life policy Reserve & profits.

Answer 13:
Calculation of gaining ratio .
Gaining ratio = new ratio – old ratio

Answer 14:

Answer 15:

Answer 16:

Answer 17:

Stock= 58000-52000= 60(x)
Doubt=30000x 10/100=3000
Plant&mean=70000x 10/100

PART – B
Computerized Accounting

Answer 1:
Mnemonic code

Answer 2:
Queries

Answer 3:
People

Answer 4:
PAYROLL ACCOUNTING:
Every employee is paid salary on a pre-determined date within the framework of employee contract and related personnel policy in force from time to time in an organisation. The computation of salary payment is based on the number of days an employee has worked, rate per grade of pay, rate of applied allowances and deductions to be made therefrom.

ASSET ACCOUNTING:
In this section, we shall be discussing the computation of the amount of depreciation to be charged on assets.
Assets are resources of the organisation, which can be classified into fixed and current assets. Fixed assets are long-term assets and provide productive capability to the firm. The examples of fixed assets are land, building, plant & machinery, etc. It includes both tangible and intangible assets. Tangible assets are physical in nature, which have form, shape and size. Intangible assets are resources capable of adding value but do not have a physical dimension such as patents, copyrights, trade mark, etc. The depreciation on fixed assets is provided to recognise the cost of the asset consumed during an accounting period since the life of such assets extends beyond single . accounting year. Usually, depreciation is not
provided on free hold land.

Answer 5:

•  Date and Time Function
• Mathematical Function
• Text manipulation Function
• Logical Function
• Look Up and Reference Function
• Financial Function

Answer 6:

•  Sin function – Straight Line Depreciation
• Db function – Declining Balance Depreciation
• Ddb and Vdb functions – Double Declining Balance Depreciation
• Syd function – Sum-of-Years’ Digits Depreciation

Answer 7:
Group of Account is a method of organising the large number of ledger accounts into sequential arrangement for recording and summarisation of accounting data. In accounting software the pre defined groups and these existing groups cannot be altered. In the account groups there are 28 predefined groups, out of these groups 15 are primary groups and 13 are sub groups

• Primary Group: It is a basic grouping of the set of sub-groups into major account heads according to their listing in balance’- sheet and profit and loss account.
• Sub-Group: A sub-group is a set of accounts opened in the ledger of recording of related transactions.

Answer 8:
a. #DIV/0! Error
This error occurs when a number is divided by zero (0). 1. Optionally, click ‘ the cell that displays the error, click the button that appears, and then click Show Calculation Steps if it is appears. Reasons a. Entering a formula that contains explicit division by zero (0) – for example, = 5/0.

b. #N/A error
This error occurs when a value is not available to a function or formula.

c. #REF! error
Error This error occurs when a cell reference (cell reference: The set of coordinates that a cell occupies on a worksheet. For example, the reference of the cell that appears at the inter-section of column B and row 3 is B3.) is not valid. 1.

Answer 9:
In order to create a Company by using Gateway of Tally,
Initiate the following steps:
Click on the option, then you click on To create a Company profile in Tally, click Create Company at Company info menu to get Company Creation screen.
i.e., Gate way of tally → Company → creation → create company
Short cut for company creation is Alt + F₃, C
In the Company Creation screen the user should fill the necessary information. Such as,

• COMPANY NAME: Enter the Name of the Company at Name field. This name is displayed at all company selection lists and internal documents.
• COMPANY MAILING ADDRESS: Enter the Name of the Company at Name field (same as Company Name) which is printed in all External documents.
• COMPANY ADDRESS: Enter the Complete mailing address line by line which is mentioned in internal and external document of the company.
• I.T. NUMBER: Enter the Income Tax number allotted by Income Tax Department
• ACCOUNTING MODULE: To maintain Financial Accounts only, at Maintain field. Select Accounts Only.
• FINANCIAL YEAR: At the Financial year field; entered the Beginning and closing date of the financial year.
• SAVING THE COMPANY PROFILE: Finally, Tally ask for your confirmation to save the Company Profile. Tally Save the Company Profile in data bank.

Answer 10:
Help to Explore: Many times we would like to see if there is a relationship between variables. Suppose, that we wanted to determine if there is a relationship between a country’s GNP and the infant mortality rate, between age and between genders. It may be quicker and easier to create a chart immediately to see the possible relationship of variables to one another, rather than paging through raw data.

1. Help to Present: We want to provide information in as little time as possible. Graphing plays a key role. It seems that there is no longer any time to sit and read a newspaper in order to find out what is going on. However, newspapers, such as The Economics Times and India Today magazines (which were early users of charting techniques), seem to understand this phenomena and provide graphs to convey and sum up ideas that they are making in their articles.
2. Help to Convince: The same way that a graph can be used to present and explore different characteristics of data, it can also be used to convince. Graphs have the ability to take large amounts of information and make them into exhibitions that are easily used to persuade.

Answer 11:
Query: Queries are used to find and retrieve specific information of interest stored in tables. A query is a basic tool that Access provides for retrieving information from the databse. It is used to review, add, change or delete data from the database. It allows taking information from single or multiple tables to obtain the data required.

Form: Forms are screen that allow viewing, adding, and updating the data stored in the tables. A form is used to enter, edit, or display data in database. That is, a form is a different view of the database. Form can be designed for effective retrieval of data through automated searches.

Plus Two Accountancy Previous Year Question Papers and Answers

Kerala Plus Two Accountancy Previous Year Question Paper 2017

Time Allowed: 2 hours
Cool off time: 15 Minutes
Maximum Marks: 60

General Instructions to Candidates

•  There is a ‘cool off time’ of 15 minutes in addition to the writing time of 2 hrs.
• Your are not allowed to write your answers nor to discuss anything with others during the ‘cool off time’.
• Use the ‘cool off time’ to get familiar with the questions and to plan your answers.
•  Read questions carefully before you answering.
• All questions are compulsory and only internal choice is allowed.
• When you select a question, all the sub-questions must be answered from the same question itself.
• Calculations, figures and graphs should be shown in the answer sheet itself.
•  Malayalam version of the questions is also provided.
• Give equations wherever necessary.
•  Electronic devices except non programmable calculators are not allowed in the Examination Hall.

Question 1:
The ratio in which the old partners agree to sacrifice their share of profit in favor of incoming partner is (1)
a. New ratio
b. Old ratio
c. Sacrificing ratio
d. Gaining ratio

Question 2:
Sanu and Binu are partners in a firm sharing profit and losses in the ratio of 3:1. They admit Jinu for 3/7 share. Calculate the new profit sharing ratio. (1)

Question 3:
Write journal .entry for recording unrecorded liability at the time of retirement of a partner. (1)

Question 4:
Anand sports clubreceived Rs. 1,75,000 as subscription for the year ended 31^st March 2016. Consider the following adjustments and mention whether we should add or deduct each items to find out subscription for the year. (2)

a. Subscription outstanding on 31^st March 2016 Rs. 15,000.

b. Subscription outstanding on 1^st April 2015 Rs. 20,000.

c. Subscription received in advance as on 1^st April 2015 Rs. 16,000.

d. Subscription received in advance as on 31^st March 2016 Rs. 12000.

Question 5:
Firoz and Shahin are partners in a firm. The firm did not have any partnership deed. Specify how the following situations are treated. (1)

a. Sharing of profit and losses

b. Interest on advance given by Firoz to the firm.

Question 6:
Priya, Priji and Viji are partners, sharing profit and losses in the ratio of 4:3:2. Priji retired and goodwill is valued at Rs. 63,000. Priya and Viji are decided to share future profits and losses in the ratio of 5:3. Record necessary journal entry, when goodwill is raised at its full value and written off immediately. (2)

Question 7:
Mention the name of account where profit or loss on realization is transferred. (1)

Question 8:
What journal entry will be passed if realization expenses are paid by a partner on behalf of the firm.? (1)

Question 9:
Partners capital account and current account are not maintained separately under —— method of maintaining capital account. (1)

Question 10:
Anoop and Johny are partners in a firm, sharing profit and losses in the ratio of 3:2. The firm was decided to dissolve on 31st March 2016. Mention any four ways of dissolution of firm. (2)

Question 11:
Anwar a partner in Akbar Travels with draw money during the year ending 31st March 2016 from his capital account for his personal use . Calculate interest on drawings on the following situations if rate of interest is 9% p.a. (3)

a. If he withdrew Rs.2,500 per month at the beginning of the month.
b. If the amount withdrawn were on 1 – 6 – 2015, Rs. 7,500 on 31-8-2015 Rs. 3,000 and 30 – 9 – 2015 Rs.6,500.

Question 12:
The capital of the firm of Mohan and Rissam is Rs. 75,000 and the rate of interest is 15%. Annual salary to partners is Rs. 5,000 each. The profit for the last 3 years were Rs. 36,000, 38000 and 31,000. Goodwill is to be valued at 2 years purchase of the last 3 years average super profits. Calculate the goodwill of the firm. (3)

Question 13:
Renjith, Sumesh and Aneesh are partners in a firm. Sumesh retires from the firm.
On the date of retirement of Sumesh, Rs.45,000 become due to him. Renjith and Aneesh promise to pay the amount in installments. Prepare Sumesh’s loan account, when they agree to pay three yearly installments of Rs. 15,000 including interest at 12% p.a. on the outstanding balance during the first 3 years and the balance including interest in the fourth year.

Question 14:
A, B & C are partners sharing profit and losses in the ratio of 5 : 3: 2. Their Balance Sheet as on 31^st March 2015 was as follows:


The firm was dissolved on that date.
Prepare realization account with the following information:

a. Building realized for Rs. 120000; Bills receivables realized for Rs. 70,000; Stock realized for Rs. 40,000 and Machinery sold for Rs, 33,000 and furniture Rs.60,000.

b. Bank loan was settled for Rs. 70,000; Creditors and bills payable were settled at 10% discount.

c. Realisation expenses Rs. 1,500.

Question 15:

L is admitted on the following terms:

1. L will bring Rs. 15,000 as capital and Rs.5,000 as premium for goodwill for 1/6 share.

2. The value of stock is reduced by 10% and plant and machinery increased by 5%.

3. Investment worth Rs.1,5oo(not mentioned in the Balance Sheet) is to be taken into account.

Prepare revaluation account and capital account of partners.

Question 16:
a. From the following Receipt and Payment Account of a club, prepare income and expenditure account for the year ended 31st December 2016 and Balance Sheet as on that date:

Additional information:

a. The club has loo members each paying an annual subscription of Rs. 900. Subscripti ons outstanding on December 31, 2015 were Rs. 3,800.

b.On December 31^st, 2016, salary outstanding amounted to Rs. 1,000, salary paid included Rs. 1,000 for the year 2015.

c. On January 1, 2016 the club owned land and building Rs. 25,000, furniture Rs.2,600 and books Rs. 6,200.

b. One of your friend wish to take membership in a cricket club. He does not know anything about Not-for-profit organizations. Can you explain him what it is and what are different accounting records maintained in such organization and steps for preparing final accounts? (8)

Answers

Answer 1:
(c) Sacrificing ratio

Answer 2:
3 : 1: 3

Answer 3:
Revaluation A/c Dr.
To Unrecorded liability

Answer 4:

Answer 5:
a. Equally
b. 696 interest on loan should be given to the partner Mr.Firoz

Answer 6:
Goodwill (premium) A/c Dr. 63000
To Priya’s Capital A/c 28000
To Priji’s Capital A/c 21000
To Viji’s Capital A/c 14000
(Goodwill raised at its full value and credited to old partner’s capital account in their old ratio)
Priya’s Capital A/c Dr. 39375
Viji’s Capital A/c Dr. 23625
To Goodwill A/c 63000
(Full value of goodwill written off to continuing partners’ capital account in their new ratio)

Answer 7:
Partners’ Capital Account or Partner’s Current Account

Answer 8:
Realization A/c Dr.
To Partner’s Capital A/c

Answer 9:
Fluctuating Capital Method

Answer 10:
Dissolution by agreement
Compulsory Dissolution
Dissolution on the happening of certain contingencies – like expiry of term of firm, death etc.,
Dissolution by notice
Dissolution by court

Answer 11:
a. Calculation of interest on Drawings:
Total Drawing = 2500 x 12 = 30000
Average period = 6.5
Interest on drawing = 30000 x 6.5/12
9% = 1462.50

Interest on drawings for one month on the
sum of products = sum of products x \(\frac { 1 }{ 2 }\) x \(\frac { Rate of interest }{ 100 }\) 135000 x \(\frac { 1 }{ 12 }\) x9/100 = 1012.5

Answer 12:
Calculation of goodwill-Super Profit Method
Goodwill = Super Profit No.of years purchase
Super Profit= Average Profit – Normal Profit
∴ Average Profit = 36ooo+38ooo+3iooo= 105000/3 =35000
Normal Profit = Interest on capital+Partner’s Salary
Interest on capital = 75000 x 15% =11250
Partner’s Salary = 5000 x 2 = 10000
Normal Profit = 11250 + 10000=21250
Super Profit = 35000 – 21250 = 13750
Goodwill = 13750 * 2 = 27500

Answer 13:

Answer 14:

Answer 15:

Answer 16:

b. Not-for -profit Organisation refer to the organisations that are for used for the welfare of the society and are set up as charitable institutions which function without any profit motive. Their main aims is to provide service to a specific group or the public at large. Normally, they do not manufacture, purchase of sell goods and may not have credit transactions. Hence they need not maintain many books of account (as the trading concerns do) and Trading and Profit and ^ Loss Account. The funds raised by such organisations are credited to capital fund or general fund. The major sources of their income usually are subscriptions from their members donations, grants-in-aid, income from investments, etc. The main objective of keepting records in such organisations is to meet the statutory requirement and help them in exercising control over utilization of their funds. They also have to prepare the financial statements at the end of each accounting period (usually a financial year) and ascertain their income and expenditure and the financial position, and submit them to the statutory authority called Registrar of Societies.

As stated earlier, normally such organisations are not engaged in any trading or business activities . The main sources of their income are subcriptions from members, donations, financial assistance from government and income from investments. Most of their transactions are in cash or through the bank. These institutions are required by law to keep proper accounting records and keep proper control over the utilization of their funds. This is why they usually keep a cash book in which all receipts and payments are duly recorded. They also maintain a ledger containing the accounts of all incomes, expenses, assets and liabilites which facilitates the preparation of financial statements at the end of the accounting period. In addition, they are required to maintain a stock register to keep complete record of all fixed assets and the consumables.

Final Accounts of Financial Statements: The Not-for-Profit Organisations are also required to prepare financial statements at the end of the each accounting period. Although these organisations are non-profit making entities and they are not required to make Trading and Profit & Loss Account but it is necessary to know whether the income during the year was sufficient to meet the expenses or not. Not only that they have to provide the necessary financial .information to members, donors, and contributors and also to the Registrar of Societies. For this purpose, they have to prepare their final accounts at the end of the accounting period and the general principles of accounting are fully applicable in their preparation as stated earlier, the final accounts of a ‘not-for- profit organisation’ consist of the following.

1. Receipt and Payment Account
2. Income and Expenditure Account, and
3. Balance Sheet.

The Receipt and Payment Account is the summary of cash and bank transations which helps in the preparation of Income and Expenditure Account and the , Balance Sheet. Income and Expenditure Account is akin to Profit and Loss Account. The Not-for-Profit Organisations usually prepare the Income and Expenditure Account and a Balance Sheet with the help of Receipt and Payment Account.

In fact, if an organisation has followed the double entry system they must prepare a trial balance for checking the accuracy of the ledger accounts and it will also facilitate the preparation of receipt and Payment account. Income and Expenditure Account and the Balance Sheet.
Following steps may be helpful in preparing an Income and Expenditure Account from a given Receipt and payment Account:

1. Persye the Receipt and Payment Account thoroughly
2. Exclude the opening and closing balances of cash and bank as they are not an income.
3. Exclude the capital receipts and capital payments as these are to be shown in the Balance Sheet.
4. Consider only the revenue receipts to be shown on the income side of Income and Expenditure Account. Some of these need to be adjusted by excluding the amounts relating to the preceding and the succeeding periods and including the amounts relating to the current year not yet received.
5. Take the revenue expenses to the expenditure side of the Income and Expenditure. Account with due adjustments as per the additional information provided relating to the amounts received in advance and those not yet received.
6. Consider the following items not appearing in the Receipt and Payment Account that need to be taken into account for determing the surplus/deficit for the current year:
   •  Depreciation of fixex assets.
   • Provision for doubtful debts, if required.
   • Profit or loss on sale of fixed assets.

Preparation of Balance Sheet
The following procedure is adopted to prepare the Balance Sheet:

1. Take the Capital/General Fund as per the opening balance sheet and add surplus from the Income and Expenditure Account. Further, add entrance fees, legacies, life membership fees, etc. received during the year.
2. Take all the fixed assets (not sold/discarded/or destroyed during the year) with additions (from the Receipts and Payments account) after charging depreciation (as per Income and Expenditure account) and show them on the assets side.
3. Compare items on the receipts side of the Receipts and Payments Account with income side of the Income and Expenditure Account. This is to ascertain the amounts of:
   • subscriptions due but not yet received
   •  incomes received in advance
   • sale of fixed assets made during the year;
   • items to be capitalised (i.e. taken directly to the Balance Sheet)
     e.g. legacies, interest on specific fund investment and so on.
4. Similarly compare, items on the payments side of the Receipt and Payment Account with expenditure side of the Income and Expenditure Account. This is to ascertain the amounts if:
   • outstanding expenses;
   • prepaid expenses;
   • purchase of a fixed asset during the year;
   • depreciation on fixed assets;
   • stock of consumable items like stationery in hand;
   • Closing balance of cash in hand and cash at bank as, and so on.

Plus Two Accountancy Previous Year Question Papers and Answers

Kerala Plus Two Accountancy Previous Year Question Paper 2018

Time Allowed: 2 hours
Cool off time: 15 Minutes
Maximum Marks: 60

General Instructions to Candidates

• There is a ‘cool off time’ of 15 minutes in addition to the writing time of 2 hrs.
• Your are not allowed to write your answers nor to discuss anything with others during the ‘cool off time’.
• Use the ‘cool off time’ to get familiar with the questions and to plan your answers.
• Read questions carefully before you answering.
• All questions are compulsory and only internal choice is allowed.
• When you select a question, all the sub-questions must be answered from the same question itself.
• Calculations, figures and graphs should be shown in the answer sheet itself.
• Malayalam version of the questions is also provided.
• Give equations wherever necessary.
• Electronic devices except non programmable calculators are not allowed in the Examination Hall.

Answer all questions from 1 to 3. Each carries 1 score.

Question 1:
Complete the series:
a. Receipts and Payments Account → Cash in Hand and Cash at Bank
b. Income and Expenditure Account → ___?__

Question 2:
On admission of a partner, the Debit Balance of profit and Loss Account shown in the Balance Sheet of the firm, denotes:
a. Accumulated Profit
b. Accumulated Loss
c. Revalution Loss
d. General Reserve

Question 3:
On death of a partner, his legal representatives were settled by paying Rs. 1,20,000. As per his Capital Account, the amount due to him after all adjustments was Rs. 1,05,000. Ascertain the deceased partner’s share of goodwill from the firm.
(Hint: Case of hidden goodwill)

Answer any 2 questions from 4 to 6, each carries 2 scores.

Question 4:
List out any four items to be credited to a partner’s Current Account, when capitals are fixed.

Question 5:
Mention two situations in which ‘Compulsory Dissolution’ of a partnership business takes place.

Question 6:
Pass journal Entries on dissolution of a firm, in connection with realisation of assets,in the following cases:
a. Furniture worth Rs. 12,000 taken over by Mr.Roy, one of the partners, at the book value.
b. Unrecorded machinery sold out for Rs. 4,000.

Answer any 5 questions from 7 to 12, each carries 3 scores. (Score : 5 x 3=15)

Question 7:
During the year 2016-17, there was 1800 members in a sports club. The yearly subscription was fixed at Rs.40 per member. There was an unearned subscription of Rs.2,000 at the beginning of the year. The unearned subscription at the end of the year was Rs. 1,200.
Show how the amount of subscription appears in the following financial statements of the club:
a. Income and Expenditure Account.
b. Receipts and Payments Account.

Question 8:
Anu and Beena are partners in a firm sharing profits in 3: 2 ratio. They admitted Bindu as a new partner. Anu surrendered 1/3 of her share in favour of Bindu and Beena surrendered 1/4 of her share in favour of Bindu. Calculate the new profit sharing ratio.

Question 9:
Afnas and Sakariya are partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3:2 Ukkash is admitted as a new partner for 1/4 share in profits. He should brings in Rs. 50,000 as capital and his share of goodwill in cash. Firm’s goodwill is valued at Rs.80,000 at the time of his admission.
Give necessary journal Entries, on the assumption that 50% of the premium amount is withdrawn by the old partners.

Question 10:
Aran, Hari and Jaya are partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 5 : 3: 2. Jaya retires from the firm and the continuing partners decided to share future profits in the ratio of 3 : 2 respectively. On her retirement, firm’s goodwill valued at Rs.50,000.
Record necessary journal entries for the treatment of goodwill, without opening the Goodwill Account.

Question 11:
Explain the order in which the amounts realised through the sale of assets are to be applied, at the time of dissolution of a partnership firm.

Question 12:
Prepare a Realisation Account from the following details, on dissolution of a firm:

On the date of the balance sheet, the firm was dissolved and all assets were sold out for Rs. 68,000. Firm incurred Rs. 1,000 as the realisation expenses.

Answer any two questions from 13 to 15, each carries 5 scores.

Question 13:
Gireesh and Ramees are equal partners in a firm and their capitals as on 01 -04-2016 were Rs.80,000 and Rs. 60,000 respectively. As per the partnership deed Gireesh is entitled to monthly salary of Rs. 3,000. Ramees gets a commission of 10% on the Net Profits of the business, before charging such commission. They are also eligible for interest on capital @ 8% p.a Interest on drawings is charged as 6%p.a. Gireesh withdrew Rs.2,000 at the begnning of every month for his personal purposes. Total drawings of Ramees during 2016 – 17 was Rs.20,000.
Prepare the Profit and Loss Appropriation Account, to show the distribution of profits among partners. The net profits of the business for the year ended 31 – 03 – 2017 was Rs. 1,24,000(before adjusting above items).

Question 14:
Shammu and Viswan are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 2:1. Radha is admitted into the firm for 1/4 share of profits. The new partner brings in Rs. 40,000 in respect of his capital. The capitals of old partners after all adjustments were Rs.90,000 and Rs.30,000 respectively. It is agreed that partners’ capitals should be according to the new profit sharing ratio.
Determine the new capitals of old partners.
Also record necessary journal entries to adjust the capital accounts in cash terms.

Question 15:
X, Y and Z were partners in business sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3 : 2: 1. ‘X’ died on October 1, 2016. It was agreed between his executors and the remaining partners that:
a. Goodwill to be valued at 2 years purchase of the average profits of previous ‘5’ years.
(Average profit of past 5 years is worked out as Rs. 30,000)
b. Machinery be depreciated by Rs. 12,000 and Buildings be appreciated by Rs.24,000.
c. Profits for the year 206-17 be taken as having accrued at the same rate as that of the previous year. (The profit of 2015 -16 was Rs.36000)
d. Interest on capital @12% p.an (X’s capital account has a credit balance of Rs.60,000 as on 01-04-2016)
e. Accumulated profits or losses are to be shared among partners. (Balance Sheet of the firm as on 31-03-2016 shows a credit balance of Rs. 24,000 in the Profit and Loss Account) Workout the amount payable to X’s legal representatives and show them in X’s Capital Account.

Answer the question no.16, which carries 8 scores.

Question 16:
The Receipts and Payments Account of a Private School is given below:

Receipts and Payments Account(31-03-2017)

The school has following assets and liabilities as on 01-04-2016:
Furniture School Bus Bank Loan

Land & Buildings                   Rs. 4,50,000
Furniture                                 Rs. 1,85,000
School Bus                               Rs. 1,15,000
Bank Loan                               Rs. 1,50,000

Prepare the Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 – 03 – 2017 and the Balance Sheet as on that date by considering the following:
a. Half of the donations should be treated as income.
b. Advertisement expenses outstanding Rs. 1,200.
c. Interest on Bank Loan Rs. 14,600 due for payment.
d. Accrued interest on investments Rs.2,400.

Answers

Answer 1:
b. Surplus / Deficit / Opening Balance

Answer 2:
Actual loss

Answer 3:
Hidden Goodwill = Capitalized value of firm – Networth
= 120000 – 105000 = 15000

Answer 4:
i. Commission
ii. Salary
iii. Interest o capital
iv. General Reserve
v. Credit Balance

Answer 5:
a. Where all the partners or all exept one becomes insolvent or iNSANE.
b. When the business becomes illegal.
c. When all the partners except one decide to retire from the firm.
d. When all the partners or all except one die.

Answer 6:

Answer 7:
a. Income & Expenditure A/C

b. Receipts & Payment A/C

Answer 8:

Answer 9:

Answer 10:


Working notes
1. Jaya’s share of Goodwill = 50000 x \(\frac { 2 }{ 10 }\) = 10000
2. Calculation of gaining ratio
Gaining share = New share – old sharew
Aruns gaining share = \(\frac { 3 }{ 5 }\) – \(\frac { 5 }{ 10 }\) = \(\frac { 5 }{ 50 }\)
Hans gairnng share = \(\frac { 2 }{ 5 }\) – \(\frac { 3 }{ 10 }\) = \(\frac { 5 }{ 50 }\)
Hence, gaining ratio between Arun & Han is 5 : 5 ⇒ \(\frac { 5 }{ 10 }\) : \(\frac { 5 }{ 10 }\)

Answer 11:
a. Paying off rralization expenses
b. Paying the depts of third parties, creditors, Bank OD, Bills payable.
c. Repayment of Loan from partners.
d. Repayment of capital contributed by partners.
e. Surplus if any distributed to partners in the profit sharing ratio.

Answer 12:

Answer 13:

Answer 14:
i. Calculation of new profit sharing ratio
Total share = 1 Radha share = \(\frac { 1 }{ 4 }\)
Remaining shares = 1 – \(\frac { 1 }{ 4 }\) = \(\frac { 3 }{ 4 }\)
Shamnu’s new share = \(\frac { 3 }{ 4 }\) x \(\frac { 2 }{ 3 }\) = \(\frac { 6 }{ 12 }\)
Viswan new share = \(\frac { 3 }{ 4 }\) x \(\frac { 1 }{ 3 }\) = \(\frac { 3 }{ 12 }\)
Radha share = \(\frac { 1 }{ 4 }\) x \(\frac { 3 }{ 3 }\) = \(\frac { 3 }{ 12 }\)

ii. Required capital shamnu & Viswan
Radha’s capital [Who has \(\frac { 1 }{ 4 }\) share in profits] is Rs.40000.
Viswan new share in profits \(\frac { 1 }{ 4 }\) .
Hence his capital will be Rs. 80000.
Alternatively based on Radha’s capital of the firm works out at Rs. 16oooo (4/1 Rs.4000) Hence, based on theior shari in profits, the capital of Shamnu & Viswan will be.
Shamnus capital = \(\frac { 2 }{ 4 }\) of 160000 = 80000
Viswan capital = \(\frac { 1 }{ 4 }\) of 160000=40000

Answer 15:

a. Goodwill = Average profits x No.of years purchase
= 30000 x 2 = 60000
60000 x \(\frac { 3 }{ 6 }\) = 30000
b. Revaluation Profit = 12000
X’s share = 12000 x \(\frac { 3 }{ 6 }\) = 6000
c. P/L Suspense a/c = 36000 x \(\frac { 6 }{ 12 }\) x \(\frac { 3 }{ 6 }\) = 9000
d. Interest on capital = Amount of capital x rule x period
= 6oooo x \(\frac { 12 }{ 100 }\) x \(\frac { 6 }{ 12 }\) = 3600
e. P/L credit Balance = 24000 x \(\frac { 3 }{ 6 }\) = 12000

Answer 16:
Income & Expenditure a/c for the year ended 31/03/17

Plus Two Accountancy Previous Year Question Papers and Answers

Kerala State Board New Syllabus Plus Two Physics Previous Year Question Papers and Answers.

Kerala Plus Two Physics Previous Year Question Paper March 2018 with Answers

Time: 2 Hours
Cool off time: 15 Minutes
Maximum: 60 Scores

General Instructions to candidates:

• There is a ‘cool off-time’ of 15 minutes in addition to the writing time of 2 hrs.
• You are not allowed to write your answers nor to discuss anything with others during the ‘cool off time’.
• Use the ‘cool off time’ to get familiar with the questions and to plan your answers.
• Read questions carefully before you answering.
• All questions are compulsory and the only internal choice is allowed.
• When you select a question, all the sub-questions must be answered from the same question itself.
• Calculations, figures, and graphs should be shown in the answer sheet itself.
• Malayalam version of the questions is also provided.
• Give equations wherever necessary.
• Electronic devices except non-programmable calculators are not allowed in the Examination Hall.

The given value of constants can be used wherever necessary.

Velocity or light in vacuum, c = 3 × 10⁸ m/s
Plank’s constant, h = 6.64 × 10^-34 Js
Charge of electron, e = 1.6 × 10^-19C
Mass of the electron, m = 9.1 × 10^-31 kg
Avogadro number = 6.025 × 10²³ atom/mol
ε₀ = 8.854  × 10^-12 C² N^-1 m^-2
μ₀ = 4π × 10^-7 Tm/A

Questions 1 and 2 carry 1 Score each. Answer both. (2 × 1 = 2)

Question 1.
How will you represent a resistance of 3700 Ω ± 5% using colour code?
Answer:
Orange, Violet, Red and Gold.

Question 2.
Draw the symbol of NAND gate.
Answer:

Answer any six questions from question number 3 to 10. Each question carries 2 Scores. (Scores: 6 × 2 = 12)

Question 3.
Two equal and opposite charges placed in air as shown in figure:

a) Redraw the figure and show the direction of dipole moment (P), direction of resultant electric field (E) at P.
b) Write an equation to find out the electric field at P.
Answer:
a)

b) \(\overline{\mathrm{E}}=\frac{1}{4 \pi \varepsilon_{0}} \frac{\overline{\mathrm{P}}}{\mathrm{r}^{3}}\)

Question 4.
Calculate the electrical capacitance of earth. The radius of earth is 6400 km.
Answer:
Capacitance of earth C = \(4 \pi \varepsilon_{0} \mathrm{R}\)
C = \(4 \pi \varepsilon_{0}\) × 6400 × 10³
= 710.8 µF

Question 5.
What do you mean by drift velocity? Write the relation between drift velocity and electric current.
Answer:
The average velocity acquired by an electron under the applied electric field is called drift velocity.
I = neAV_d

Question 6.
A galvanometer is connected as shown in the figure:

a) This combination can be used as ………..
(voltmeter/rheostat/ammeter)
b) Derive an expession to find the value of resistance S.
Answer:
a) Ammeter
b)

Let G be the resistance of the galvanometer, giving full deflection for a current I_g.
To convert it into an ammeter, a suitable shunt resistance ‘S’ is connected in parallel. In this arrangement Ig current flows through Galvanometer and remaining (I – Ig) current flows through shunt resistance.
Since G and S are parallel
P.d Across G = p.d across S
Ig × G = (I – Ig)s

Question 7.
An unpolarised light incident on a medium as shown in figure.

Show that the direction of reflected and refracted waves are mutually perpendicular.
Answer:
According to Brewster’s law
n = tan p = \(\frac{\sin p}{\cos p}\) ………(1)
According to Snell’s law
n = \(\frac{\sin p}{\sin x}\) …….(2)
Comparing (1) and (2), we get
\(\frac{\sin p}{\sin x}=\frac{\sin p}{\sin x}\)
sin x = cos p = sin(90 – p)
x = 90 – p, but p = r
x = 90 – r
x + r =90°
If x + r is 90°, angle between reflected and refracted ray will be 90°.

Question 8.
How many electrons, protons and neutrons are there in 16g of ₈O¹⁶?
Answer:
Number of atoms in 16g of ₈O¹⁶ = 6.023 × 10²³
Number of protons = 8 × 6.023 × 10²³
Numberof neutrons = 8 × 6.023 × 10²³

Question 9.
The given block diagram shows general form of a communication system.

a) Identify the blocks X and Y.
b) What is the difference between attenuation and amplification?
Answer:
a) X – transmitter
Y – Receiver
b) Attenuation: The loss of strength of a signal while propagating through a medium is known as attenuation.
Amplification: It is the process of increasing the amplitude of a signal.

Question 10.
What is the population covered by the transmission, if the average population density around the tower is 1200 km^-2? The antenna height is 160 m.
Answer:
Distance travelled by the wave d = \(\sqrt{2 R h}\)
Area = πd²
= π(\(\sqrt{2 R h}\))²
= π2Rh
= 3.14 × 2 × 6400 × 0.160 Km²
Population covered = Area × population density
= 3.14 × 2 × 6400 × 0.16 × 1200
= 7.72 × 10⁶

Answer any five questions from question number 11 to 16. Each question carries 3 Scores. (Scores: 5 × 3 = 15)

Question 11.
Two spheres encloses charges as shown in figure:

a) Derive and expression for electric field intensity at any point on the surface S2.
b) What is the ratio of electric flux through S₁ and S₂?
Answer:
a) According to Guess law

b) Flux a charge
for first sphere Φ₁ α Q
for second sphere Φ₂ α 3Q
∴ \(\frac{\phi_{1}}{\phi_{2}}=\frac{Q}{3 Q}=\frac{1}{3}\)
= 1 : 3

Question 12.
The electric field lines of a positive charge is as shown in figure:

a) Give the sign of potential difference Vp – Vq.
b) Give the sign of work done by the field in moving a small positive charge from ‘Q’ to ‘P’.
c) What is the shape of equipotential surface near the charge?
Answer:
a) positive.
b) negative.
c) spherical.

Question 13.
a) Name the part of electromagnetic spectrum:
i) used in radar systems.
ii) produced by bombarding a metal target by a high speed electrons.
b) Electromagnetic waves are produced by ………..
(charges at rest/charges in uniform motion/ charges in accelerated motion)
c) Why only microwaves are used in microwave ovens?
Answer:
a) i) Micro waves
ii) X – rays
b) Charges in accelerated motion.
c) The frequency of micro waves matches with the rotational frequency of water molecule.

Question 14.
Two thin convex lenses of focal length f₁ and f₂ are placed in contact:
a) If the object is at principal axis, draw ray diagram of the image formation by this combination of lenses.
b) Obtain a general expression for effective focal length of the combination in terms of f₁ and f₂.
Answer:
a)

b) Consider two thin convex lenses of focal lengths f₁ and f₂ kept in contact. Let O be an object kept at a distance ‘u’ from the first lens L₁, I₁ is the image formed by the first lens at a distance v₁.
Then from the lens formula, we can write,
\(\frac{1}{f_{1}}=\frac{1}{v_{1}}-\frac{1}{u}\) ……..(1)
This image will act as the virtual object for the second lens and the final image is formed at I (at a distance v). Then
\(\frac{1}{f_{2}}=\frac{1}{v}-\frac{1}{v_{1}}\) ……..(2)
Adding eq (1) and eq (2)

If the two lenses are replaced by a single lens of focal length ‘F’ the image is formed at ‘v’. Then we can write,
\(\frac{1}{F}=\frac{1}{v}-\frac{1}{u}\) …….(4)
from eq(3) and (4),
\(\frac{1}{F}=\frac{1}{f_{1}}+\frac{1}{f_{2}}\) …….(3)

Question 15.
A plane wave-front AB incident on a surface XY and undergoes refraction as shown in figure:

a) Prove Snell’s law of refraction by using this figure.
b) What is the change in speed of propagation and frequency of the refracted wave?
Answer:
a) AB is the incident wavefront and c₁ is the velocity of the wavefront in the first medium. CD is the refracted wavefront and c₂ is the velocity of the wavefront in the second medium. AC is a plane separating the two media.

The time taken for the ray to travel from P to R is

O is an arbitrary point. Hence AO is a variable.
But the time to travel a wavefront from AB to CD is constant. In order to satisfy this condition, the term containing AO in eq (2) should be zero.

where ¹n₂ is the refractive index of the second medium w.r.t. the first. This is the law of refraction.

b) Speed decreses
frequency remains same.

Question 16.
a) State radioactive decay law.
b) Prove the relation N(t) = N₀e^-λt.
Answer:
a) The number of nuclei undergoing decay per unit time is proportional to number of nuclei in the sample at that time.

b) According to Law of Radioactive decay,
\(\frac{\mathrm{d} \mathrm{N}}{\mathrm{d} \mathrm{t}}\) = -λN
\(\frac{\mathrm{d} \mathrm{N}}{\mathrm{d} \mathrm{t}}\) = -λdt
Integrating
In N = -λt + C …….. (1)
C is the constant of integration. To get value of C, let us assume that initially (t = 0) the number of nuclei be N₀.
∴ C = In N₀
Substituting for C in equation (1) we get,
In N – In N₀ = -λt
In \(\frac{\mathrm{N}}{\mathrm{N}_{0}}\) = -λt
\(\frac{\mathrm{N}}{\mathrm{N}_{0}}\) e-λt
N = N₀e^-λt

Answer any four questions from question number 17 to 21. Each question carries 4 Scores. (4 × 4 = 16)

Question 17.
Two charged partjeles q1 and q2 are moving through a uniform magnetic field (B) as shown in figure:

a) What is the shape of path of q₁ and q₂.
b) Derive an expression for cyclotron frequency with the help of a neat diagram.
Answer:
a) q₁ charges undergoes helical motion and q₂ moves in a circular path.

b)

Let ‘v’ be the velocity of ion, q the charge of the ion and B the magnetic flux density. If the ion moves along a semicircular path of radius ‘r’, then we can write

Question 18.
The B-H curve of a ferromagnetic material is as shown in figure:

a) What do you mean by ferromagnetic material? Write any two properties of it.
b) Identify the value of retentivity and coercivity from the figure.
c) A solenoid has a core of a material with relative permeability 400. The windings of the solenoid are insulated from the core and carry a current of 2A. If the number of turns is 1000 per metre, calculate magnetic intensity (H) and magnetic field (B).
Answer:
a) Ferromagnetic substances are those which gets strongly magnetized in an external magnetic field.
Properties: High susceptibility and permeability.
b) Ob represents retentivity and Oc coercivity.
c) H = nI
= 1000 × 2
= 2 × 10³ A/m
B = µ_sµ_rH
= µ₀ × 400 × 2 × 10³
B = IT

Question 19.
a) Derive an expression for self inductance of a solenoid.
b) What do you mean by eddy current? Write any two applications of it.
Answer:
a) Consider a solenoid (air core) of length/.number of turns N and area cross section A. let ‘n’ be the no. of turns per unit length (n = N/I)
The magnetic flux linked with the solenoid,
Φ = BAN
Φ = μ₀nIAN (since B = μ₀ ni)
but Φ = LI
∴ LI = μ₀nIAN
L = μ₀nAN
If solenoid contains a core of relative permeability
μr
Then L = μ₀μ_rnAN

b) when magnetic flux in a metal block changes, induced currents are produced. This current is called eddy current.
Applications:

• Magnetic beaking in trains
• Damping
• Induction furnace

Question 20.
The given graph shows the variation of KE with frequency of incident radiations for two surfaces A and B.

a) Which of the two metals has greater work function? For which of the metals will stopping potential be more for the same frequency of incident radiation?
b) The work function of caesium metal is 2.14 eV. When light of frequency 6 × 10¹⁴ Hz incident on the metal surface, what is the maximum KE of the photoelectrons and stopping potential?
Answer:
a) A
b) KE = hυ – Φ₀
= 6.6 × 10^-34 × 6 × 10¹⁴ – 2.14 × 1.6 × 10^-19
= 0.551 × 10^-19 J
= 0.345 eV
∴ Stopping potential = 0.345 V

Question 21.
a) Name different series of lines observed in hydrogen spectrum.
b) Draw energy level diagram of hydrogen atom.
Answer:
a) Laymen, Balmer, Paschen, Bracket, Pfund
b)

Answer any three questions from question number 22 to 25. Each question carries 5 Scores. (Scores: 3 × 5 = 15)

Question 22.
The circuit diagram of a potentiometer for determining the emf ‘E’ of a cell of negligible internal resistance is as shown in figure.

a) State the principle of working of a potentiometer.
b) How the balancing length AJ changes when the value of R₁ decreases?
c) Derive an expression to find out internal resistance of a cell.
Answer:
a) Potential difference between two points of current carrying conductor is directly proportional to the length of the wire between two points.
b) Balancing length decreases.
c)

The key (K₁) in the primary circuit is closed and the key is the secondary (K₂) is open. Jockey is moved to get zero deflection in galvanometer. The balancing length l₁ (from A) is found out.
Then we can write.
E₁ ∝ l₁ …….. (1)
Key K₂ is put in the circuit, corresponding balancing length (l₂) is found out. Let V be the applied voltage, then
V₁ ∝ l₁ ……..(2)
‘V’ is the voltage across resistance box.
Current through resistance box
i.e., voltage across resistance,

Question 23.
The phasor diagram of the alternating voltage across an unknown device X and current flowing through it are shown below.

a) Identify the device X.
b) Draw the graphical variation of current and voltage with ωt through this device.
c) Draw the phasor diagram which shows the relation among VR, VL, VC and I in a series LCR circuit.
Answer:
a) Resistor
b)

c)

Question 24.
A ray of light passing through a prism. If the refracted ray QR is parallel to the base BC, as shown in figure.

a) Derive an expression to find out deviation (d).
b) Draw a graph which shows the variation of ‘d’ with ‘i’.
c) Calculate the angle of minimum deviation if A = 60° and refractive index of the material of prism is 1.62.
Answer:
a)

The angle between the emergent ray and incident ray is the deviation ‘d’.
In the quadrilateral AQMR,
∠Q + ∠R = 180°
[since N1M and NM are normal]
i.e., ∠A + ∠M = 180° …….(1)
In the Δ QMR,
∴ r₁ + r₂ + ∠M = 180° …….(2)
Comparing eq (1) and eq (2)
r₁ + r₂ = ∠A …….(3)
From the Δ QRT,
(i₁ – r₁) + (i₂ – r₂) = d
(i₁ + i₂) – (r₁ + r₂) = d
but, r₁ + r₂ = A
∴ (i₁ + i₂) – A = d

Question 25.
The symbol of a diode is shown in the figure:

a) The diode is a ………… (rectifier diode/photo diode/Zener diode)
b) Draw the VI characteristics of above diode.
c) A zener diode with V_Z = 6.0 V is used for voltage regulation. The current through the load is to be 4.0 mA and that through the zener diode is 20 mA. If the unregulated input is 10.0 V, what is the value of series resistor R?
d) What is the fundamental frequency of the ripple in a full wave rectifier circuit operating from 50 Hz mains?
Answer:
a) Rectifier diode
b)

c) I = I_Z + I_L
= 20 × 10^-3 + 4 × 10^-3
I = 24 × 10^-3 A
Resistance R = \(\frac{V}{1}=\frac{10-6}{24 \times 10^{-3}}\)
R = 166.67 Ω
d) 100 Hz

Kerala Plus Two English Model Question Paper 4

Time: 2 1/2 Hour
Cool off time: 15 Minutes
Maximum: 80 Score

(Qns. 1-3)Read the following excerpt from the lesson ‘Dangers of Drug Abuse’ and answer the questions that follow.
It is now often considered naive to expend energy on solving a problem when there is an easy way out. It is a simple step from ‘look what drugs do for me when I feel depressed ’, to ‘imagine what drug can do for me when I feel good already’.

Question 1.
What is the problem discussed here?

Question 2.
What is an easy way?

Question 3.
Write a paragraph on the mental as well as the physical impact of drug abuse

Question 4.
Fill in the blanks with the most suitable option.
passed away, do without, look forward to, called off, made up, carried away, break out, run out, put up with, keep up.

1. Don’t smoke in the forest. Fires…………. easily at this time of the year.
2. I……….. seeing my friends again.
3. I’m afraid; we have ………… of apple juice. Will an orange juice do?
4. Your website has helped me a lot to…………… the good work.
5. A friend of mine has ……….. her wedding.
6. His mother can’t……….. his terrible behaviour anymore.
7. As an excuse for being late, she…………. a whole story.
8. I got……….. his enthusiasm.
9. I just can not………….. my mobile. I always keep it with me.
10. She was very sad because of her father………….. last week

(Qns. 5-7) Read the following lines from the poem ‘This Is Going to Hurt Just a Little Bit’ and answer the questions that follow.
And it is all cluttered up with stone
crushers and concrete mixer sand drills
and steam rollers and there isn’t a nerve in your head that you aren’t being irked on.

Question 5.
What does the poet mean by‘it’here?

Question 6.
Bring out the humour used in these lines.

Question 7.
Who is the author of the poem?

Question 8.
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line. List them as shown in the example.
Eg:- Time is Very precious than money. Ans.Very more

1. Money once loses can be regained,  (a) ………….
2. But time once lost was lost forever. (b) ………….
3. Those who don’t act in time have to repent in the future (c) ………….
4. A lost opportunity may soil once life. (d) ……………..

(Qns. 9-11) Read the following excerpt from the anecdote ‘Didi’ and answer ques­tions that follow.
‘One day I walked into a sprawling, a low-income community which was a maze of tiny alley was, buzzing with life. An estimated 10,000 people lived here with no running water, no system of waste disposal, and shared six dark cubicle toilets that lined an adjoining alley.’

Question 9.
Name the lady who visited the community

Question 10.
What did she see there?

Question 11.
What does the word ‘maze’ mean here
(a) group
(b) mess
(c) place
(d) area

Question 12.
Imagine that you won the National Green Corps (NGC) Award for coordinating the activities of your school eco club. The award would be given away by the Governor of the state in the presence of the Chief Minister, the Minister for Home Affairs and cer­tain other dignitaries. You are supposed to deliver a speech after receiving the award. Draft the speech you are likely to deliver

Question 13.
In his speech, Dr.Kalam says: “When it comes to burning social issues like those relat­ed to women, dowry, girl child and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? It’s the whole system which has to change”.

Write an editorial on the changes that have to be brought in the system so as to im­prove the condition of women in India

Question 14.
A debate was conducted in the class on the topic ‘who is an ideal wife’-a wife who lives according to the wishes of the husband or a wife with strong views and opinions?
The major arguments for the topic are as follows:

• An ideal wife is one who lives according to the wishes of the husband because of women regard husbands as God.
• In the male-dominated society, women find themselves in a better position to live according to the wishes of their husbands.
• Women are labeled as the weaker sex.
• Women are submissive.
  Prepare four arguments against.

Question 15.
A seminar on ‘Increasing Environmental Havoc’ was conducted in CMI Public School as per the following programme. Read it carefully and prepare a report of the seminar in about 200 words

CMI Public School
Kozhikode -17
Seminar

Topic : Environmental Issues, Havoc
Venue: School Auditorium
Date: 18.02.2016
Programme
Prayer:  School choir
Welcome speech:  Sri. Ashok Mehta (Principal)
Presidential address: Sri. Mathew Stephen(MLA)
Inaugural address: Smt.SugathaKumari (poetess and environmentalist)
Felicitation: Kum. Aruna Bhasin (Staff representative)
Mr. Vipin Das (Student representative)
Paper: 1. Mr. Shyam Kumar M K (What is the environment)
presentations  2. Ms. Ashmy Salim (Causes of environmental degradation)
3. Merin James
(Consequences of environmental degradation)
4. John Koshy (Role of students in preserving environment)
Interactive session
The vote of thanks: Mr. Jens Janus (School chairman)
National Anthem: School choir

Question 16.
“I was in to see Gresham this afternoon. He told me about the offer he had made you.
But he knew that no amount of money would make you do something you thought wrong,” said Marshall to Baldwin. If John Gresham narrated the incident that pre­ceded this talk to Marshall, how would he explain it? Write your answer in the first person narrative.
Question 17.
Shaheen Mistri says “I began to notice the disparity that existed in different peoples lives.” In our society, there exists a wide gap in inequality even today. So, your school has decided to conduct an essay competition on this topic, ‘The importance of equality in India, in order to propagate the idea of a right to equality. You want to participate in the competition. Prepare the essay on the topic.

Qns (18-20)Read the given excerpt from ‘Amigo Brothers’ and answer the ques­tions that follow.
“Ladies and Gentlemen,” The announcer spoke slowly, “Now is the moment we have all been waiting for for the main event between two fine young Puerto Rican fighters.”

Question 18.
Who are the fighters referred here?

Question 19.
Give a description of the occasion.

Question 20.
What is the tension created at the moment denoted in the passage?

Answers

Answer 1.
The problem of drug abuse.

Answer 2.
The easy way is to see what drugs do for one when one feels depressed and to imagine what it can do when one feels good already.

Answer 3.
The drug-related disorder is found externally at first. But they gradually affect the mind. The addict often feels that people are looking at him strangely. He is not sure when people smile at him that they were not really; laughing. The addict can even lose his sense of being alive. He feels ‘dead inside’. An ad­dict who loses his sensory deprivation may feel that the sun is shining, the flowers are in | bloom, and these are the signs of a good day, but pressing his chest, he doubts whether it is in here. Addicts often press their fingers deep into their arms or legs as if to reassure themselves of their own reality.

Answer 4.

• Don’t smoke in the forest. Fires breakout I ’ easily at this time of the year
• I look forward to seeing my friends again.
• I’m afraid; we have run out of apple juice, Will an orange juice do?
• Your website has helped me a lot to; keep up the good work.
• A friend of mine has called off her wed­ding.
• His mother can’t put up with his terrible behaviour anymore.
• As an excuse for being late, she made up a whole story.
• I got carried away by his enthusiasm.
• I just cannot do without my mobile. I; always keep it with me.
• She was very sad because her father passed away last week.

Answer 5.
His tooth

Answer 6.
By exaggerating the pain and problems caused during a dental repair; using expressions like crushers, concrete mixers, drills I and steam rollers, the poet actually breaks the people into laughter.

Answer 7.
Ogden Nash.

Answer 8.
Lose-lost, Was-is, Once one’s, Has- have

Answer 9.
Shaheen Mistri

Answer 10.
She saw a maze of tiny alleyways, buzzing with, life and around 10,000 people lived there with no running water and no system of waste disposal. They all shared six dark cubicle toilets that lined an adjoining alley.

Answer 11.
Mess

Answer 12.
Award acceptance speech
Honorable Governor of Kerala, your Excel­lency Sri. P Sathasivam, honourable Chief Minister Sri.Oommen Chandi, Home min­ister Sri. Ramesh Chennithala and other dignitaries on and off the dais, and my dear friends,

It is indeed a great privilege and honour for Hill view Public School to receive the Na­tional Green Corps Award. I take this op­portunity to extend our sincere gratitude to all those who made this stage a reality for us.

“We won’t have a society if we destroy them. environment.” These words of Margret Tead are the soul inspiration for the activities of the Eco Club of our school. ‘Awaken to the green pastures’, the motto of our Eco Club is the true expression of our dream to make our school, homes and society green. We nurture and take care the greenery of our school to give back something to mother Earth rather than being mere parasites.

The first seed of organic farming was plant­ed in our mind by our Botany teacher who took our attention to the large quantity of poison we consume each day. Little hands joined to make the wastelands of our school a fertile farm. It found its result. When we reaped tones of farm fresh, poison free veg­etables last year, it set a golden account in the history of our school.

We have adopted a new lifestyle by reducing the electricity bill in our homes for energy conservation, using biofertilizers and most important of all by loving and caring the fel­low creatures and plants. It has helped us a lot to tread milestones in our journey of en­vironment conservation. Our eco club finds pride in declaring our campus plastic free. By planting the seeds of environment con­servation in the minds of the students and the society, we aim to build a generation which is aware of the need for protecting the environment. At this juncture, I may say, that the NGC award for us is an inspira­tion to continue the sincere efforts of envi­ronment conservation. We vow to tread the long miles of environment protection and set its flag high.

My dear friends, the world does not be­long merely to man. Every creatures start­ing from a small and to the human beings deserve a space in it. Let’s open our minds to love and care about the environment and all its creatures as our own fellow brothers and sis­ters.

Thank you.

Answer 13.
We need to change the system

It is high time that we rectified our system so as to ensure a fearless society, a society where equality is guaranteed to women. In India, we have to implement structural changes and realise that change must hap­pen from within everyone.

Crimes against women are inviting everyone’s attention like never before. As our former President Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam pointed out “when it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home”.

Even if we are very much advanced in sci­entific and technological fields, we don’t realise that we should develop morally too.

The concept of morality is related to peace­fulness for everyone. Love and fellow feeling must be inculcated in the minds of the children from their own families. Lessons of equality and social justice must be learned earlier itself. No one can teach these les­sons but children learn what they see. Par­ents should set models at home. If a child sees the love and respect given to a woman at his/her own home, he/she will naturally imbibe such values without any text. Life becomes the text. When we analyse the events happening in our country, we see that crimes against women are often treated with low priority. Do we encourage report­ing of crimes? How many women police are recruited for the help of women? Are they sufficient?

Lack of legal provisions encourages crime.
The authorised must ensure effective crime prevention. All the laws of the country must be standardised to have a maximum of one primary trial and one full appeal on facts and law.

Answer 14.
Against

1. Our Indian culture treats women as mothers; so they should be respected.
2. Husbands and wives have equal status because the family will be a meaningful unit born out of love, consideration, respect, etc towards each other.
3. Men are weaker than women as they try to dominate women.
4. A man may have more muscle power but we can’t achieve anything with muscle power.

Answer 15.
A seminar on ‘Increasing Environmental Havoc’ was conducted in CMI Public School, Chemmannoo’r, on 18.2.2016 at 2.00 pm at the school auditorium. The seminar began with a prayer by the school choir. The school principal, Sri. Ashok Mehta welcomed the dignitaries and the gathering. Sri.Mathew Stephen, MLA of the that, in schools. Smt. Sugatha Kumari the poetess and environmentalist while inaugurating the seminar commented that our environment could be safeguarded only if ‘ the present generation consider and care for our earth as their dear mother.

Kum. Aruna Bhasin, Staff representative and Mr. Vipin Das, representative of the students felicitated the seminar. Different papers on topics like ‘What is the environment? ‘Causes of environmental degradation,’ ‘Consequence of environmental degradation,’ and ‘Role of students in preserving environment’ were presented by Mr. Shyam Kumar M K, Ms. Ashmy Salim, Ms. Merin James, and Mr. John Koshy respectively. The paper presentation was followed by an interactive session in which many students raised their doubts. The students who presented the papers cleared their doubts by giving convincing answers. School chairman, Master. Jens Janus proposed a vote of thanks. The seminar came to an end at 5.00 pm.

Answer 16.
I was accused of misappropriating the bank’s money, which in turn, hurt the clients of the bank. I was a good boss to Mr. Baldwin, and therefore after the arrest, I begged Mr.Baldwin to say three words during my examination on trial regarding my dealings i.e “I don’t remember”. As a reward, I even offered him one hundred thousand dollars an incredible amount of money to him. His family might have insisted that Robert should consider saying “just those three words”. But he said, he simply couldn’t accept a bribe because he couldn’t bear telling a lie.

He respectfully rejected the offer. Actually, this left me to feel ashamed of myself, and I was forced to confess my crime. I realized what a good man Robert was. I knew that no amount of money would make you do something you thought wrong. Really, I was impressed by his action and decided to spread his name as a decent and dignified man. Robert Baldwin’s honesty and integrity brought him a job in another bank.

Answer 17.
“Now as a nation, we don’t promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea that everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That’s an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up.” says Barack Obama. It is high time we should adopt the same view.

Like liberty, equality is also an important concept of Political Science. Equality is a democratic ideal and in our democratic nation, it is the most important right to be ensured. The history of mankind is the history of equality. Throughout the nook and corner of the world, the march of equality is received with cheers. Whether it is the fight of Dr. Nelson Mandela against rarial discrimination in South Africa or Sue Kyi’s fight against the military regime. Rad-hakrishnan had pointed out long back “Democracy only provides that all men should have equal opportunities for the development of their unequal talents”.

We talk of equality because people are unequal although men are born and always continue to be free and equal in respect of their rights. Equality literally means a levelling process whereby the difference between the rich and the poor, the privileged and the underprivileged can be minimised. It means that no man shall be placed in a society that he can overreach his neighbour to the extent which constitutes a denial of the latter’s citizenship”. It is essential for social justice.

Only if all the citizens are given equal opportunity to study, express their views, access job, and become successful, the society will become successful. If a society has ups and downs, development can be claimed for only a minor section. That doesn’t mean the development of the whole nation.
As no two men are equal, equality is an abstract concept. But it has a magical touch that has inspired timid millions to revolt in the past. Political philosophers and revolu­tionaries have used this concept profusely to win over the hearts of the common man. Thus, democracy as a form of government and a way of life can’ succeed only when there is equality in general and political equality in particular.

Every society that values social justice and is anxious to improve the lot of the common man and cultivate all available talent must ensure progressive equality of opportunity to all sections of the population. This is the only guarantee for the building up of a democratic and human society by which the exploitation of the weak will be minimised.

Answer 18.
Antonio Cruz and Felix Vargas

Answer 19.
The tournament which was previously held at the gymnasium of Boys’ Club was shifted to Tompkins Square Park. In the morning of the fight itself, Tompkins Square was a beehive of activity. As the two climbed into the ring, the crowd exploded with a roar. The entry of Antonio in his white trunk and Felix in his blue trunk created roar among the audience. Both the boys stayed true to their pact with each other and fought their best. A cry of alarm surged through Tomp­kins Square Park as the audience was not sure whether it was a right to the death or a boxing match. The fear soon gave way to wave upon wave of cheering as the two ami­gos embraced right after the tight contest when Antonio Cruz emerged as the winner to represent the boys’ club in golden gloves tournament.

Answer 20.
A cry of alarm surged through Tompkins Square Park as the audience was not sure whether it was a right to the death or a box­ing match.

Plus Two English Previous Year Question Papers and Answers

Kerala Plus Two English Model Question Paper 3

Time: 2 1/2 Hour
Cool off time: 15 Minutes
Maximum: 80 Score

Qns (1-3) Read the given excerpts from the lesson ‘The 3 Ls of Empowerment’ and answer the questions that follow.
‘They are more likely to make decisions based on consensus-building, inclusion, compassion and With a focus on long-term sustainability.’

Question 1.
Who are they referred to here?

Question 2.
What does the expression consensus-building’ mean here?
(i) arriving at a decision.
(ii) collaborative problem solving
(iii) compromise
(iv) consent

Question 3.
Find the word opposite in meaning compassion?
(i) concern
(ii) care
(iii) coldness
(iv) consideration

Question 4.
Complete the following with suitable adverbs. Choose from the box.

1. I have ………..finished.
2. He is clever ………
3. There is…….something wrong. ,
4. ………..I think I should take a long break.
5 ……… her train is late.
6. He is late for work.
7. She is ………..the right person for the job.
8. Have you…….wanted to run away?

Question 5.
Imagine that you convene a meeting of the residents of the local area to discuss the problem of poor healthcare facilities.’ Prepare the script of a speech which you would deliver on the occasion. Write the speech in about 120 words.
[Hints: lack of healthcare- the threat of epidemics- the suffering of poor people neglect of the authorities…. suggestions]

Question 6.
In the play ‘The Hour of truth ‘ Baldwin refuses to tell a lie in the court to save Gresh­ am who had offered him a hundred thousand dollars. As John, one of the characters in the play, says a hundred thousand dollars is a lot of money. How do you justify Baldwins action?

Qns(7-9).“Yeah, that’s right. Listen, Tony. Don’t you think it’s a good idea if we don’t see each other until the day of the fight? I’m going to stay with my Aunt Lucy in the Bronx.”Tony scratched his nose pensively. “Yeah, it would be better for our heads.” He held out his hand, palm upward. “Deal?” “Deal.” Felix lightly slapped open skin.
“Ready for some more running?”
Tony asked lamely.
“No, bro. Let’s cut it here.

Question 7.
What makes the two friends decide they should maintain a certain gap?

Question 8.
What is the fight that these boys are talking about?

Question 9.
Why does Felix deny Tony’s invitation for further jogging?

Question 10.
Edit the following letter supplying the correct tense form wherever necessary:

(Qns. 11-13) Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
“The child ran towards his parents gaily and walked abreast of them for a while; be­ing, however, soon left behind, attracted by the little insects and worms along the footpath that were teeming out from their hiding places to enjoy the sunshine.”

Question 11.
Why did the insects and worms come out of the hiding place?

Question 12.
What is the meaning of ‘abreast’?
(far ahead/side by side/ in front of/opposite)

Question 13.
Pick out the words and expressions that convey the pleasant atmosphere.

Question 14.
The Literary Club of your school decides to enact the play Post Early for Christmas in connection with the school anniversary. Prepare a script for announcing the pro­gramme climax of the play.

Question 15.
Imagine that your school has conducted a seminar on the topic ‘The vicious web of drugs spoils the dreams and life of the young generation as per the following sched­ule, Study the schedule and prepare a report of the seminar to be Submitted to your teacher.

Question 16.
Insert suitable prepositions in the following blanks.
“You must never set up any sort-contrariness or repression.. ..the child’s mind”, declared the parents. “You’ll damage him …. life. It, no doubt, requires a lot ………. discipline …….. our part, but it is worth it”, they declared primly. “We shall be bringing up a healthy citizen”.

Question 17.
“Young people drive as though their vehicle is a battle bank. They seem to harbour a sense of unmatched power which is matched by an abject lack of concern for pe­destrians. With alcohol, all these attributes are magnified manifold”, says Dr.Harish Shetty, Mumbai-based Psychiatrist. Write an editorial for a newspaper expressing your viewpoints on the above-mentioned issue
Question 18.
If you were the reporter of a reputed national daily, how will you report the death of Kalpana Chawla in the newspaper that was published on February 2nd, 2003? Include details including her personal life.

Question 19.
You are selected to introduce the performance of the play to the spectators. Prepare a script for it.

Answers

Answer 1.
Women

Answer 2.
Collaborative problem solving

Answer 3.
Coldness

Answer 4.

• I have almost finished.
• He is very clever.
• There is clearly something wrong.
• Sometimes I think I should take a long break
• Perhaps her train is late.
• He is seldom late for work.
• She is certainly the right person for the job.
• Have you ever wanted to run away?

Answer 5.
Respected dignitaries on the dais and my dear brothers and sisters,

I am here before you to open my heart on very important issues related to this area. As in other areas of the district our locality too, is affected by epidemics. This is due to the poor health care facilities. It is high time we thought of taking strong decisions.

Dear friends, I think, lack of health care is the chief cause of the outbreak of diseas­es. You know the saying ‘Health is Wealth’. Therefore everyone should take care of his health. We have already appealed to the au­thorities to take necessary steps. We have to take the necessary preventive measures. The most urgent one being the mosquito con­trol. Our locality is mosquito infested. We ourselves should be very careful in control­ling the pests. We should not throw away the waste. Everyone should try his/her level best to avoid plastic wastes and polluted water.

The wastes should be kept in bins and take the necessary steps to destroy them. We should seek the help of the authorities to do this. Proper sanitation and sewerage arrange­ments should be implemented. We should give maximum effort to make our place clean. Everybody should think it is his duty

Only then we can control it. Awareness prog­rammes also should be conducted for this. To put it briefly health care is the greatest thing in the world.

Thanking you

Answer 6.
Robert Baldwin worked as the secretary in the national bank. He was an honest, diligent and hardworking employee of Mr. John Gresham. He is a man of principles. He has been working in the bank for more than 35 years for trivial enumeration. He has a strong love for his family. A man in this middle age, he has never waved off his virtues ever in his life. He is kind and loyal to others. His personality is deep-rooted in a set of principles. He never wavers or compromises with his mortality. Even when he encounters chance of being a fabulously rich person, he denies it. He works for truth and lives by it.

Answer 7.
The match was coming up and the boys thought it would be better if they didn’t see each other for a while. Both of them wanted to be strangers inside the ring so as to fight well. So they decided to maintain a certain gap.

Answer 8.
The fight is to decide who goes to be the winner and represent the Boys’ Club in the Golden Gloves Championship Tourna­ment.

Answer 9.
They were both restless at the thought that they had to meet in the ring the next day. He said so with the expectation that after the fight, they could get it together again like nothing ever happened.

Answer 10.
Am writing, withdrew, was, received

Answer 11.
The insects and worms came out of the hid­ing place to enjoy the sunshine.

Answer 12.
side by side

Answer 13.
gaily, teeming Out, sunshine, etc.

Answer 14.
Curtain rising!
Post Early for Christmas

The literary club of ABC public school proudly announces the staging of the hu­morous, entertainer and evergreen play ‘Post Early for Christmas’ on 10th Decem­ber 2015, in connection with the annual day celebrations of our school. The play, written by R.H Wood, is directed by our art teach­er Gautam Kumar. The play will be staged by the budding actors and actresses of our school. The play will be staged with all pomp and show at the school auditorium from 2:30 to 3:30 pm.

The play ‘Post Early for Christmas’, takes place inside a small post office in an English village and centers on a parcel that is mis­taken for a time bomb. It is a hilarious com­edy which makes us think of the pettiness of people and how unthinking we are.

Come on friends; get ready to laugh heart­ily at the comedies inside a post office. For entry and tickets please, contact the literary head captain.

Background setting: Sree Chithira curtains
Light and sound: Sangam lights and sounds

Answer 15.
Report of the Seminar on ‘The vicious web of drugs spoils the dreams and life of the young generation’, conducted by the Cul­tural Forum of St. Jerome’s HSS, Thambalam. A seminar on the topic, ‘The vicious web of drugs spoils the dreams and life of the young generation’ were conducted in St. Je­rom’s HSS, Thambalam, under the auspices of the School Cultural Forum, on 17.10.2015 at 2.00 pm at the school auditorium.

The seminar, which started with a solemn prayer by the school choir, was presided over by the School PTA President Sri. Harish Menon. The school principal, Smt. Mumthas Iqbal welcomed the dignitaries and the gathering. PTA President, Sri Harish Menon, while addressing the gathering spoke about the dangerous habit of drug use which is creeping into the young genera­tion.

The Honourable Minister for Cultural Af­fairs, Sri. Bala Subramaniam, who inaugu­rated the seminar, appreciated the school authorities for conducting such a relevant programme in the school. He also mention­ed some of the very dangerous tendencies among our youth and promised to ensure the implementation of sudden and effective measures for checking the tendency. Municipal Councillor, Smt. Smitha Narayan and the Clinical Psychologist Dr. George Varghese also spoke against the practice of drug abuse, while felicitating the seminar.

Very effective and authoritative papers were presented on different topics related to drug abuse such as ‘Reasons for the Tendency’, ‘Consequences of Drug Abuse’, ‘Possible and effective measures to check Substance Abuse’ and ‘Need for giving Awareness among Youth to follow their Dreams’. Stu­dent representatives, Kum. Aruna Arjun, Master Shyam Pothen, Master Nirmal Biju and Kum. Swaliha Akbar’ deserve apprecia­tion and gratitude as they did their job sin­cerely and meticulously.

After a fruitful interactive session, the school chairman, Master Bimal Biswas, pro­posed vote of thanks and the seminar came to an end by 5.00 pm by the recitals of Na­tional Anthem when the whole auditorium stood motionless and silent.

Answer 16.
a. “You must never set up any sort-contra­riness or repression in the child’s mind”, declared the parents. “You’ll damage him for life. It, no doubt, requires a lot of discipline on our part, but it is worth it”, they declared primly. “We shall be bringing up a healthy citizen”.

Answer 17.
“SPEED THRILLS; BUT KILLS”
Ours is a country of young and careless drivers. Many people are getting killed at a fast rate. WHO data names road accidents as the second major reason or fatalities for children of 5-14 age group The report also suggests that road traffic facilities are pre­dicted to rise to the fifth leading cause of death by 2030.

When young people drive, they seem to feel omnipotent. According to Joint Com­missioner of Police (Traffic) Mumbai. V.V. Phansalkar, in 55 to 60 percent of road accidents the people involved are between the age group of 16 and 40 years. The risk tak­ing ability of young people is higher. The fear of death is lower too. “Nowhere in the world the traffic signals are supplemented by a constable”, says Haresh Bajal, Deputy Commissioner of Police Mumbai.

Lack of dedicated road safety department can be considered as one of the serious cri­ses we face in India. We feel that road safety is everyone’s business. Thus it becomes no­body’s business.

The number of vehicles on the road contin­ues to grow. The total registered vehicles in the country grew at a high rate between 2001 and 2011. The riders of two wheel­ers do not wear helmets. Traffic Policemen say that the main reason behind the high number of casualties is the helmetless habit; triple riding comes next. Alcohol and rash driving remain significant too.

The Kerala Crime Records Bureau says 35, 218 accidents were registered in the state in 2011. Rash driving is the reason. Most of the young people were using drugs and narcotics while driving. After taking drugs these youth ride bikes for a thrill and end up in accidents. If the parents monitor their children properly, the number of accidents involving youth will be decreased.

The youth are careless for the results of ac­cidents. This could be due to lack of fear of the law.

India, the world leader in road deaths, needs to get its act together for a plan to be realised for effectively managing traffic system. Oth­erwise we will keep on killing ourselves and others.

Answer 18.
Kalpana Chawla

India’s Pride Passes Away

New Delhi; 2nd February 2003: Kalpana Chawla, the proud daughter of the globe passed away when the Space Shuttle Co­lumbia and her crew perished here yester­day. The tragedy happened during entry, sixteen minutes prior to scheduled landing. She was 42.

After the success of her first space flight in Columbia in 1997, her achievements attract­ed world-wide attention. Through strong determination, intelligence and belief in herself, .she became the first Indian woman to travel to space.

Kalpana was born on July 1st, 1961 at Karnal in Haryana. After obtaining a degree in Aeronautical Engineering, she was offered a job as an ad-hoc Lecturer in the Punjab En­gineering College. She completed her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado.

It was J.P.Harrison who encouraged her to follow her dreams and to fly. She represents not only India and the USA but also the whole world.

Answer 19.
Good Morning Ladies and gentlemen,
It’s my privilege to introduce before you the famous play by the renowned writer of one-act plays Percival Wilde: The Hour of Truth. The Hour of Truth is indeed an in­tense psychological study of the corrupting influence of money on people. The playwright reveals instances of greed from a myriad of different points of view. All individuals are tempted by greed at one point or another in life. This particular story shows how easily people forget their morals and upbringings when money is close by. The story centers on Mr. Baldwin and his family. Mr. Baldwin has to choose between being honest and be­ing dishonest. And the climax that follows has an excellent message. Now, come, watch and enjoy the spectacle. The Hour of Truth by Percival Wilde.

Plus Two English Previous Year Question Papers and Answers

Kerala Plus Two English Model Question Paper 2

Time: 2 1/2 Hour
Cool off time: 15 Minutes
Maximum: 80 Score

(Qns. 1-3) Read the excerpt from the story ‘Amigo Brothers’ and answer the ques­tions that follow.

Question 1.
Who are the champions referred to here?

Question 2.
Arm in arm the champions had already left the ring.”
(a) happiness
(b) friendship
(c) respect
(d) concern

Question 3.
Do you think that it is right on the part of the champions to leave the ring like that? What might have prompted them to do so?

Question 4.
In “Horegallu”, Sudha Murty speaks about a horegallu and its influence on the life of the villagers. Imagine that the Government decides to remove the horegallu as part of widening the road. In the light of this decision, the villagers assemble near the horegallu and speak the following words. Choose the appropriate adjective/adjective clause and fill in the blanks.
Good morning, friends. The authorities are going to take away our horegallu. This horegallu (a)…………………………… (looks good/carrying burden/ which can bear weight) is a part of our day-to-day life. Without it, our life will be as hard as (b)……………………. (trouble /lead/task). Masterji spends the evening with passersby who (c)………(used to listen to our worries/used to help us find a solution / used to share their worries with him.) He says that the horegallu is the most (d)…………. (essential/trivial/ avoidable) part of our village.

Question 5.
A notice prepared by the student leader of the NSS Unit of a school is given below. There are a few mistakes in it. Identify them and write the correct form as shown in the example.

Question 6.
You are Personnel Manager of Green Bio-Products Ltd., Sector 18, Industrial Area, Faridabad. You need an efficient P.A. /stenographer for your office. Write an adver­tisement of the ‘Situation Vacant’ column of a local daily.

Question 7.
Imagine that you are an M B A holder and you want to respond to this advertisement. Prepare the e-mail you would send to the Company.

Question 8.
Imagine that you are a graduate in Civil Engineering and would like to respond to them. following advertisement. Prepare an application letter to be sent there.

Question 9.
Suppose your application is considered positive and you are invited for an inter­ view. What kind of responses would you make for the following interview questions?
(Remember to use formal language and try to be honest in your answers.)

Interviewer: Why do you prefer to teach?
You:……………..
Interviewer: Do you have any teaching experiences?
You:………….
Interviewer: What do you think, is the most serious problem With education in rural areas?
You: ……………
Interviewer: If you were to change something about the current education system, what would that be?
You: ……………
Interviewer: How do you plan to create an impact in the society?
You: ………………

Question 10.
As part of Health Awareness Programme, a survey was conducted by +2 students of a few schools. The following information was obtained the average consumption of Fat, Carbohydrate, Protein, and Alcohol by individuals in Kerala.

Prepare a report to be presented before the medical board of Kerala. Write in 100 words.

Question 11.
Imagine that your school has won the ‘Nallapadam’ award given by Malayala Manorama for the initiatives taken by students to inculcate values like love, kindness, shar­ing mentality, environmental conservation etc. in the students. After having received the award as a representative of your school, you are expected to deliver an acceptance speech. Draft the speech you would deliver there.

Question 12.
The following is a passage from the text which a student has written down in his notebook. Rewrite the passage correcting the mistakes.
Won rehabilitated heroine addict described his sensory deprivation to me: looking out of the window he said, the sun is shining, the flowers are in bloom. I know these are signs of a good day, but pressing his chest, ‘I don’t feel it in hear’. I have scene addicts habitually press their fingers deep into there alms or legs as if to reassure themselves of three on reality. This craving for reassure themselves of there on reality. This craving for lost sensations explains in part the addicts need to continue to seek drug-in­duced sensations.

Question 13.
“The announcer turned to point to the winner and found himself alone. Arm in arm the champions had already left the ring.” The winner in the boxing competition left without receiving the prize. It is against the rules and regulations of a game. Do you agree to this opinion? Discuss the points for and against the notion.

Question 14.
Meenu has to speak in a debate supporting the motion that, the teaching profession is better than medical professionals.
Write out her speech is not more than 200 words.

Question 15.
Fill in the blank in the following passage choosing the right prepositions given in the box.

When a rickshaw puller approaches Sammaan, we first go……… (a) a verification pro­cess. The operator is then given training……… (b) basics etiquette and traffic rules. Then we approach the banks and help them get a loan………………. (c) a new rickshaw. Previ­ously banks were reluctant to given loans………. (d) this section of the society.

Question 16.
Here is a notice put up on the notice board of a resident’s association requesting people to keep their area clean. There are a few mistakes in it. Correct.

Answers 

Answer 1.
Antonio Cruz and Felix Vargas

Answer 2.
Friendship

Answer 3.
Yes. Values are more important as they prove that friendship is â better prize than the prize they would get.

Answer 4.
(a) which can bear weight
(b) lead
(c) used to share their worries with him
(d) essential

Answer 5.
(a) is visiting
(b) on
(c) Firstly of all/Firstly
(d) the.

Answer 6.

Answer 7.
To [email protected]
Cc [email protected]
Subject: Application for the post of Marketing Manager

Dear Mr. Satish,
In response to your advertisement in ‘The Times of India’, I would like to apply for the post of Marketing manager in your Film Making Company. I have passed MBA with 92% marks from BITS Pilani, Hyderabad and have got an experience of two years with a leading pharmaceutical company in Goa.
If you need more information, you may contact me through the e-mail or phone number given below.
I am looking forward to hearing from you. Thanking you in anticipation,

Nitish Varma,
87/ E-Ghats Apartments,
‘Hyderabad.
Telephone No: xxxxx99666
NB: Resume and transcript attached.

Answer 8.
Ruth Silverstine,
Rua das Doze Casas,
3477000-123 Port Delna.
January 25, 2015
To
The Branch Manager,
Keith & Harren associates,
MT/ D-16. Essex Road.UK.
Sub: Application for the post of Civil Engineer.
Ref: Advertisement in The UK
Times dated 24th January 2015.

Dear Sir,
I would like to respond to your advertise­ment in the “The U K Times, for the vacan­cy of Civil Engineers to work in the UK.
I am 23 years old, a Portuguese citizen, and I have a degree in Civil Engineering from Oporto University. I believe that I have them. necessary credentials for the position you are offering. I speak English fluently as I studied English for eight years at the school. Besides, I also have the CAE (Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English), grade B. This is the first time I am applying for this kind of job, but I have worked at various lev­els in the construction industry after taking the degree in 2013.

As a person, I am hard-working, punctual, and responsible and I think I am able to communicate effectively with people.

It is my aspiration is to work for a company in the UK.

Thanking you in anticipation,
Yours faithfully,
Sd /-

Answer 9.
Interviewer: Why do you prefer to teach?
Your: I think, I can influence a lot of people by becoming a teacher.
Interviewer: Do you have any teaching ex­periences?
You: Yes I do. I have been working in a Chennai based school for the past three years.
Interviewer: What do you think, is the most serious problem with education in rural areas?
You: For me, the most serious problem with education in rural areas is the lack of ac­cessibility to education.
Interviewer: If you were to change some­thing about the current education system, what would that be?
You: I would love to eradicate the inequality that is found in the education sector. At least in the field of education, the gap between the rich and the poor should be bridged.
Interviewer: How do you plan to create an impact on society?
You: Every society is built on its citizens. I would like to create an impact on the society by contributing good, citizens to the devel­opment of our society.

Answer 10.
A detailed survey was conducted by +2 stu­dents of our school as part of the Health Awareness Programme. The information we got from this survey is shocking. The survey shows the average consumption of fat, Car­bohydrate, Protein, and Alcohol by the in­dividuals of Kerala. The consumption of fat contained food has a tremendous increase from 1990 to 2008. There is an average in­crease of 10 gms. The consumption of carbo­hydrates is also increasing radically. In 1980 it was 380gm whereas in 2008 it has reached up to 650 gm. The consumption of protein ranging from 47gm to 57gm. But when it reaches 2008 it becomes 57gm. In the case of the consumption of Alcohol the rate also. increasing. In 1980,30% of our total popula­tion used alcohol but in 2008 the consump­tion has reached up to 46%. The survey gives us a clear picture of the consumption of nu­trients and alcohol.

Answer 11.
Honourable dignitaries on the dais, respect­ed teachers, and my dear friends, “The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.” Govt. HSS, Kallada gave its ears to these words of Chanakya, and the result we are reaping now. Nalla padam, the Lessons of goodness, a farsighted and innovative initiative of Malayala Manorama, paved the way for spread­ing the light of goodness around. Standing here, as a representative of the school, wear­ing the crown of recognition for teaching the society, the lessons of goodness, I feel extremely proud and honoured. We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the Malayala Manorama officials concerned, and all the generous teachers of our school ‘ who took efforts to teach us the lessons of good and helped us look at others and their needs. Govt. HSS, Kallada, is special for all of its students, for not making us bookworms but good citizens. The lessons of goodness, that it teaches its students as well as the society, are appreciable.

When ‘Snehaveedu’, one of our Nallapadam initiatives, provided shel­ter for three families, it was the expression of the goodwill of thousands of students. Every month the students of our school visit orphanages and old age homes with love, medicines, homemade food and a help­ing hand for our own siblings, parents and grandparents. Kitchen garden, Anti-drug campaign, palliative care and awareness programmes are some among the sincere efforts of our school. ‘Walk to goodness’- the motto of our Nallapadam inspires the people in the locality to do good as well. Govt. HSS, Kallada is successful in teaching children how to conquer the hearts of others through the words of love.

The Nallapadam Best school award has given in our hands more tools to toil for spreading the light of goodness. Today’s society is not devoid of scholars but it cer­tainly lacks humans with humanity. It is this dilemma that Nallapadam and Malayala Manorama tackles. Today, we vow that we will continue to love and care others not only in our schooldays but throughout our life.

Dear friends, it is easy to look at ourselves and be happy but it is difficult to look at others and make them happy. Schools must teach the students to open their minds for the needs of others rather than narrow down to their own lives and betterments. Let such an ideal good society come through Nalla­padam Thank you.

Answer 12.
One rehabilitated heroin addict described his sensory deprivation to me: looking out of the window he said, ‘The sun is shining, the flowers are in bloom. I know these are signs of a good day but; pressing his chest,

‘I don’t feel it in here. I have seen addicts habitually press their fingers deep into their arms or legs as if to reassure themselves of their own reality. This craving for lost sensations explains in part the addicts need to continue to seek drug-induced sensations.

Answer 13.
For:

• Every game has its own rules and contest­ants are supposed to abide by the rules.
• Rejecting the prize is equal to questioning the decision.
• A winner in a competition should accept the prize, or else what is a competition for?
• Disregarding the law means disrespecting and befooling the audience.

Against:

• It’s a person choice to accept or reject a re­ward.
• Receiving the prize isn’t everything. The competition is all about the attitude of people who compete.
• Prize doesn’t prove anything. One day can be good for one of the contestants, but the other day might prove wrong.
• Values are more important as they prove that friendship is a better prize than the prize they would get.

Answer 14.
Teaching Profession is better than the Medical Profession (by Meenu in favour of the motion)                      Respected teachers and dear friends, I stand before you to support that teaching profession is better than the medical profession. ‘You can be the candle that spreads its light and you can light up millions of tiny lamp as you pass through as a teacher Teaching has always been and continues to be a noble profession. Commercialisation has touched it but not seeped right through it.

The med­ical profession has been transformed today Doctors take the oath but a lap number seem to transform their conscience into a commercial money-spinning machine. Doctors, shop have mushroomed at every nook and corner in our cities. Teaching involves interactive sharing process which can trans­form the lives and outlook of an individual.

The destiny and character of many leading personalities have been shaped in the class­ values imbibed in the early impressionable years of life. If illiteracy is removed from our country a major problem for us will get solved. Even today an ordinary teacher has basic values and lives a simple life. Doctors, on the other hand, run after the luxuries of life. All in all, it can easily be said that teach­ing profession is better than the medical profession.

Answer 15.
When a rickshaw puller approaches Samman, we first go through a verification process. The operator is then given training on basic eti­quette and traffic rules. Then we approach the banks and help them get a loan for a new rickshaw Previously banks were reluctant to give loans to this section of the society.

Answer 16.
Chikungunya has claimed many lives in different parts of Kerala. Chief causes for the epidemic are uncontrolled dumping of garbage in public places and stagnant water where the mosquitoes breed. A collective ef­fort of all the people can bring the disease under control. I request all the residents to keep their surroundings clean.

Plus Two English Previous Year Question Papers and Answers

Kerala State Board New Syllabus Plus Two English Previous Year Question Papers and Answers.

Kerala Plus Two English Model Question Paper 1 with Answers

Time: 2^1/2 Hours
Cool off time: 15 Minutes
Maximum: 80 Score

General Instructions to candidates:

• There is a ‘cool off-time’ of 15 minutes in addition to the writing time of 2^1/2 hours.
• You are not allowed to write your answers or to discuss anything with others during the cool off time’.
• Read questions carefully before answering.
• All questions are compulsory and only internal choice is allowed.
• When you select a question, all the sub-questions must be answered from the same question itself.
• Electronic devices except non-programmable calculators are not allowed in the Examina­tion Hall.

(Questions 1 – 3) Read the Excerpt from ‘Matchbox’ and answer the questions that follow.

“An indigent widow, without husband or son, she was successful in consigning her daughter to a wealthy family’s house on the strength of looks alone. But the good lady has never stopped taking credit, at the slightest opportunity, for her skill in the matter”

Question 1.
‘Indigent’in the excerpt means ……… (1)
Answer:
Poor or destitute

Question 2.
How could she send her daughter to a wealthy family? (1)
Answer:
She could send her daughter to a wealthy family because of the beauty of her daughter.

Question 3.
Why did it say that she never stopped taking credit? (1)
Answer:
She is a widow and had no sons. Still, she could marry off her daughter to a wealthy family. So she has never stopped taking credit.

Question 4.
Bring out the message of the following lines from the poem ‘Stammer’ by Satchidanandan
“When a whole people stammer becomes their mother tongue;
Just as it is with us now”. (3)
Answer:
The poet considers stammer as a sacrifice to the God of meanings. Unknowingly we make a sacrifice to a language by giving a different utterance to it. If all people stammer, it will become an accepted practice and a common phenomenon in society. It would even develop as the mother tongue of the people.

Question 5.
It has been decided to conduct a debate in your school on the topic ‘Women deserve equality and not reservation?’ Write one point to support the topic and one point to counter it. (2)
Answer:
For – Equality would enable all the talented women to show their skills and flourish in various domains. Against – Equality without any reservation may become a stumbling block to women from entering certain fields as it may limit their opportunities.

Question 6.
Edit the following Notice for errors (4)

Answer:
Students are requested to register their names for participating in the Mr. and Ms.Kerala competition. Registration forms are available from the cultural Forum Office. The closing date for registration is 20 March 2018. The event will take place ]n the school auditorium, on Friday, 23 March.

Question 7.
An inter school Badminton singles match is being hosted by your school. You have been selected as the announcer. Prepare the announcement script to introduce the match and the players. (3)
Answer:
Good morning dear friends,
Welcome to you all to the very exciting Badminton Singles match final being conducted in our school in connection with our Annual Sports Meet. Binoy and Vincent Roy representing SNHSS and GHSS Mavelikkara are to fight for the Badminton singles title 2018. The official scorer of the game is Mr. Daniel and Mr.Vineeth Mohan will be in the pitch counter. The judges are Mr. Ravi Kumar and Mr. John Varghese. Our two referees will be Mr.Roy and Mr.Mevin Jose. We also have our SPC and NSS teams working as volunteers and as table monitors, cheer up crew and snacks suppliers.

Please don’t stand near the court and don’t block the view of our audience. Be assured that we are going to get a feast for our eyes.

Let’s enjoy the match with its splendour. Wish our sports participants a grand success!

Question 8.
The poem ‘Mending wall’ presents the paradox in ‘Something there is that doesn’t love a wall’ and ‘good fences make good neighbours.’ Both seem to be equally true but contrasting points of view. Substantiate your own view on this. (4)
Answer:
The poet is of the view that man builds walls between their properties for convenience, but nature doesn’t like a wall. He finds no reason for the wall as it blocks the communication between the speaker and the neighbour. He stresses universal brotherhood. But the neighbour is sticking to the tradition. So he says – good fences make good neighbours. It shows that the neighbour likes his privacy and his own space. Actually, the annual act of mending wall provides an opportunity for them to interact or communicate with each other and develop their relationship.

(Questions 9 – 13) Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.

The issue of road accidents requires serious attention. Day by day, it is becoming a matter of great concern. Call it the negligence of the government or the rashness of the drivers, the underlying fact is that at the end of the day, the common man is the one who suffers the most. The commoner, driving a two-wheeler or walking along the side, who is hit by a speeding car, even though following the traffic rules, has nowhere to go to seek redressal for the grievances or injury.

Part of the problem lies in the attitude and mentality of the driver behind the steering wheel. The car is a personal vehicle and one possesses the freedom to drive it at one’s own will. But one must understand that the road on which one drives is open to the public. This blurring of the division between the public and the private leads to reckless behaviour on the roots. A little consideration for road rules and the adoption of simple safety measures can go a long way in reducing road accidents.

Question 9.
Suggest a suitable title to the passage. (1)
Answer:
Road safety, Need of the hour

Question 10.
Why does the common man suffer in instances of road accidents? (2)
Answer:
Because of the rashness of drivers and the negligence of the government

Question 11.
Find out the word which means ‘making unclear’, from the passage. (1)
Answer:
Blurring

Question 12.
Give two solutions for reducing road accidents. (2)
Answer:
Lawbreakers should be punished severely and their license can be cancelled.

Traffic rules should be made more strict and traffic squads must be present in the black spots for checking rash driving in such areas.

Question 13.
Prepare notes based on the above passage in the format. (2)
1. Reasons for road accidents
1.1 negligence of the government
1.2 …………

2. The driver should
2.1 understand ……….
2.2 follow road rules
Answer:
1.2 rashness of the drivers
2.1 that road is for the public

Question 14.
The following is a conversation among the postal assistant, the policeman and the farmer in the post office of ‘Post Early for Christmas’, when the parcel was suspected to be a time-bomb.
Assistant : It’s a time-bomb, constable
Police man : Bert Higgins. Have you been up to some more of your mischief?
Farmer : Look here, constable, there’s a time-bomb in that parcel
Policeman : Don’t talk nonsense, sir,
Fanner : Very well, the, listen for yourself.
Later Bert Higgins reported the scene to his friends. This is how he began his report:
The assistant told the constable that it was a time-bomb …………. Complete Bert’s report. (4)
Answer:
The assistant told the constable that it was a time-bomb. The police man then asked me whether I had been up to some more of my mischief. But the farmer told the constable that there was a time-bomb in that parcel. The policeman warned him not to talk nonsense. The farmer replied sarcastically that he should listen for himself.

(Questions 15 – 19) Answer any four questions. Each question carries 5 scores.

Question 15.
A teacher is a mentor and has great role in moulding the personality of a child. Analyse the character of the teacher in the story ‘Crime and Punishment’ by R.K. Narayan.
Answer:
The story is about a teacher-student relationship. The pranks of the boy made the teacher lose his patience. He lost his control and committed the crime of slapping the boy on his cheek. The teacher failed to manage the boy as he desired. When the boy asks him to repair the train, he gets desperate. At last, the teacher decides to reveal the matter to the boy’s parents because he thinks that it is better than blackmailing the boy. But, when the parents enquire about the boy’s studies at the end, the teacher replies that the child would be alright except for the table of 16. He felt confident that the boy would not give him up.

The teacher trusts the boy much. Whatever may be the attitude of the boy, the teacher hopes for the best from him and believes he would change his attitude. A teacher always aims at the success of his students and his trust, care and love for students are idealized in the role played by the teacher in the story.

Question 16.
You are a participant in a Group Discussion on the topic ‘India needs more job creators than job seekers’. What arguments would you raise? Draft the script for your presentation in about 80 words.
Answer:
Good morning, everybody!
India is becoming a very highly developed country. It has freedom, and development and it has strengthened itself in many fields like arts, literature, science and technology, economic and military power too. It is seen that most of our talented youth are working abroad. With the increase in technology and scientific advancements, the demand for skilled workers who can contribute to the industrial sector or manufacturing units are still on the rise.

If the young generation entrepreneurs are coming up, it is sure that manifold job opportunities would be created for the needy ones. The new generation has smart ideas and different perspectives and innovations helpful for the people as well as the nation. India, as an agrarian nation, it can make a revolution if the job seekers turn to be job creators.Then we can turn to be a prime nation for research, production and economic development.

Question 17.
In the essay The Three L’s of Empowerment’, Christine Lagarde suggests various means of empowering women. Write a paragraph on the 3 L’s of empowerment suggested by her.
Answer:
Christine Lagarde recommends 3Ls for the empowerment of women. The 3Ls are learning, labour and leadership. Learning, the key to women empowerment, will enable them to realize their power and break the chains of discrimination. Labour would promote per capita income. She upholds equal pay for equal work and stresses the merit of gender equality.

Leadership will enable women to rise and with their inborn abilities and talents achieve great things. She is optimistic in women’s power of making good decisions with the common agreement and long-term sustainability. She emphasizes that women should be ready to face challenges and it will make all the difference. According to her, the 3Ls would lead to the empowerment of nations by empowering their women.

Question 18.
You are fascinated by the innovative ventures undertaken by Irfan Alam, and decide to invite him to your school for a career orientation talk. Write an email to him inviting him to talk to the students and teachers of your school.
Answer:
From
The Principal
Crescent Public School
Mala, Pin: 680 310

To
Irfan Alam
Sammaa N Foundation
Kalina, Mumbai
Pin : 580 010 18.08.2018

Dear sir,
Sub: Invitation to deliver a lecture

We are really proud of your venture SammaaN Foundation as it has uplifted the lives of many people especially rickshaw pullers.

It gives us immense pleasure to learn that the innovative ventures undertaken by you are helping the rickshaw pullers as it would benefit them as well as the society. It is sure, if the present generation gains more knowledge on latent opportunities and develops entrepreneurship skills accordingly, it can uplift our society. We strongly believe that by being experienced in this Venture, you are the apt person to inspire the new generation, to make them you aspire for greater things.

Hence sir, we invite you to our institution. We, the student and the teaching community, would be privileged if you spare some time to come for motivating the budding entrepreneurs with a career orientation talk. We will arrange a session at our school according to your convenience.
Thanking you,

Yours Sincerely,
Nithin Babu

Question 19.
In ‘Horegallu’, Sudha Murthy shows how a burden of troubles can be relieved by talking to a good listener. Comment on the suitability of the title ‘Horegallu’
Answer:
Horegallu means a stone that can hold weight. Sudha Murthy says that the burden of troubles can be relieved by talking to a good listener. As it is said in the anecdote, it refreshes the tired man. It helps him to regain his strength. When our problems are shared, it gives mental relief even though it won’t get us any solution. Similarly, when one takes rest during a journey, it revives and refreshes him. Thus it gives physical relief. So it can be said that horegallu is a relief in all ways and the title is suitable.

(Questions 20 – 22) Answer any two questions. Each question carries 6 scores.

Question 20.
Drug addiction is a problem that is increasing steadily in our society today. Prepare a write up in about 200 words on the physical consequences and the social impact of Drug Abuse.
Answer:

DRUG ABUSE

Many people abuse drugs for some temporary pleasure without realizing how dangerous drug abuse can be. Drug abuse has both mental and physical impacts. The drug addict experiences sensory deprivation. He ba$ a general feeling of physical discomfort and there are personality changes in him. the addict feels depressed. He fails to respond to his environment or to other people. His mental disturbance can be like paranoia.

The addict knows he has a problem but he does not know what the cause for it is. He looks at external objects with suspicion. Anything outside scares him and draws further and further into himself. There are also drug related physical disorders. Dry needles and solutions used for injecting drugs can cause abscesses in the arms and veins. They can cause liver disease, venereal diseases and infection of the kidney and brain. Sniffing cocaine and amphetamines can damage the tissue of the nose.

Marijuana and tobacco smoking can cause lung diseases. Babies of women who are addicted to opiates are likely to be born addicted and suffer from withdrawal symptoms. Cocaine and amphetamines cause hair fall. Marijuana can damage cells. A drug addict can easily get pneumonia, tuberculosis, malnutrition and weight loss. An overdose of any sensual drug can cause respiratory or cardiac failure and death.

Question 21.
An anti-corruption campaign is being conducted in your school. You are asked to deliver a speech. Draft a speech on the topic “Corruption: the curse that ruins society.”
Answer:

CORRUPTION THAT RUINS THE SOCIETY

Respected Principal, my dear teachers, and friends, The word corruption comes from the Latin word ‘corruptus’ which has something to do with abuse or destroy. It now means dishonest or illegal behaviour. In philosophical, theological or moral discussions, corruption is spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal. We often use this word in matters related to economy. Corruption is payment for services which a person has to get free in the normal course of law. This may be called bribery or kickback.

But it is known by different names in different countries. Small bribes are called ‘baksheesh’ in the Middle East, ‘For petrol’ in some African countries, ‘for tea’ in India. Small scale corruption is worse in developing countries than in developed countries. In the government office we often have to pay bribes even to get small things done. Go to the local government office for a birth certificate, death certificate, income certificate or something of that kind.

You won’t easily get them unless you are ready to pay the official who issues the certificate. In Kerala corruption is worst, people say, in the Registration offices and Transport offices. To get a property registered, to get a driving license, etc., you end up bribing the officials responsible for doing that work, If you don’t bribe them they will make you go to the office a number of times and you will end up spending more money on transport and other things if you are coming from a distant place.

Corruption is a universal phenomenon. I have heard people saying that in the Scandinavian countries like Sweden, Norway and Denmark and in some European countries like Switzerland there is less corruption. At one time China was reputed to be with less corruption but things have changed there now. Kerala, which is reputed to be God’s own country, is a den of corrupt officials who will ask for a bribe for everything. If you don’t wear a helmet while riding your bike or a seat belt while driving, you can always hope to get away by giving the officer a small bribe. Recently the nation was shocked by stories of huge corruption.

The 2-G spectrum scam, the Adarsh flat scam, the coal-field scam, etc., involve millions of rupees and big politicians and bureaucrats. People are corrupt because of their insatiable greed. Some people say you can make government officials free from corruption by giving them adequate salaries and other benefits. But the question is how much is ‘adequate’?

I am not a pessimist by nature. But somehow I feel that corruption will stay with man because of his nature to acquire more and more and it can’t be eradicated completely. Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev are trying to free India from corruption. I think theirs is a fond dream.

Question 22.
The following is an advertisement that came in a leading newspaper. You are qualified to apply for the same. Prepare a job application letter and a resume to apply for the post.

Answer:
Name
Address

To
The Director
Ethihad Airways
Abudhabi
Date:

Sir,
In response to your advertisement in The Hindu dated 10/03/2018, I would like to apply for the post of Onboard Food and Beverage Manager in your firm. As far as my qualification, I have passed Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel Management from MG University. I have 3 years of experience in the same field. I enclose my CV and relevant certificates for your further consideration.

Sir, I assure you, if selected, I will do my best to your entire satisfaction.

Yours sincerely,
Name

(Questions 23 – 25) Answer any two questions. Each question carries 8 Scores.

Question 23.
An Essay Writing Competition is being conducted in your school in connection with the Environment Day celebrations. Write an essay on the environmental crisis, suggesting possible measures to overcome it.
Answer:
In recent times many environmental problems have increased as a result of human activities which induce many undesirable effects on the environment which can be threatening to human health, economic and natural resources.

Earth is home to million of species. The global human ecosystem is getting affected by various factors like climate change, pollution, land contamination, ozone depletion, soil erosion, degradation, habitat loss etc. If the earth is to remain a supportive habitat for humans and other species, then there should be an immediate solution to this. Hence there should be an awareness of the need for conserving natural resources and resultant loss due to its exploitation. Overpopulation is putting greater pressure on essential natural resources leading to a struggle for existence.

As a remedy to this global illness, certain measures can be adopted to reduce its intensity. For example, fossil fuels can be replaced with renewable energy. Overgrazing, monoculture planting, overexposure to pollutants, and other such factors aggravate soil damage. Crop rotation would be a savior here.

Initiatives from the School level would propagate this mission easily. Distributing seeds and saplings for Kitchen garden, bio-gas plants, herbal garden, seed bank, maintaining vermin-composing pits and constructing water harvesting structure, etc., would enable us to preserve natural resources for our posterity. Moreover, environment-friendly technology should be adopted. Renewable energy resources would enhance ecological balance and industrial growth also.

Question 24.
You are deputed to cover the boxing match between Antonio Cruz and Felix Vargas for a local newspaper. Prepare a news report giving emphasis to the climax of the contest.
Answer:
Golden Gloves Championship Tournament Selection Square Park, 7 Aug: Feliz Vargas and Antonio Cruz, the well-known boxing champions fought each other in the Golden Gloves Championship Tournament Selection match to find out who will represent their town.

The fight was at Tompkins Square Park. The square was filled with people. Both the contestants appeared on the stage and the crowd cheered them up. They bowed gracefully and raised their arms. The match started. During the rounds, both took some heavy blows and sustained damage. At the end of the final round, the boys fought so intensely that they did not hear the bell. The crowd was uneasy, fearing further violence.

However, when the referee was about to announce the winner, they had already left the ring and their friendship restored. The game showed that they care more about their friendship than they care about winning the match. It was really a match with good sporting spirit and a display of true friendship as well.

Question 25.
Read the following poem and prepare an appreciation of it, comparing it with ‘Any woman’ by Katherine Tynan.

Mother O’ Mine
– Rudyard Kipling-

If I were hanged on the highest hill,
Mother O’ mine, O mother O’ mine!
I know whose love would follow me still,
Mother O’mine, O mother O’mine.

If I were drowned in the deepest sea,
Mother O’mine, O mother O’mine
I know whose tears would come down to me,
Mother O’ mine, O mother O’ mine!

If I were damned of body and soul,
I know whose prayers would make me whole,
Mother O’ mine, O mother O’ mine!
Answer:
“Mother O’ Mine” by Rudyard Kipling speaks of the exceptional love of a mother. If the poet is hanged on the highest hill, his mother would follow him to that height. If he was drowned in the deepest sea, his mother’s tears would go down to him. If his body and soul were damned, it would be the prayers of the mother that would save him.

No one in the world is comparable to a mother and her love for her child. | “Any Woman” by Katherine Tynan shows the importance of the mother. She is the pillar of the house. She is the keystone of the arch, if you take her away, the roof and the wall will fall down. She is the fire upon the hearth, She is the light of the sun. She is the heat that warms the sun. The children get their warmth from her.

She is the light if their love. Without her, the children would not thrive. She holds the children together. She is the wall that protects the children from all kinds of dangers. She constantly prays to God to keep her alive until her children are grown up.

Both poems celebrate the importance of mothers. There are apt personifications in both poems. There is also hyperbole in both of them. There is also repetition in ^eth. Both are short and sweet. Between the two, I prefer Mother O’ Mine by Kipling.