This document appears to be an English exam for a secondary school in Pakistan. It contains 20 multiple choice questions testing comprehension of passages about Mr. Chips, China, vocabulary, grammar and spelling. The exam is divided into sections and students are to answer directly on the question paper, with no deleting or using pencil allowed. It tests a variety of English skills over a 25 minute period.

1. FAZAIA SCHOOLS & COLLEGES
SEND-UP EXAM : ENGLISH COMPULSORY HSSC-II
(SESSION: 2017-18) A1
Name of Candidate ___________________________________
Roll No. ______________ Section
SECTION – A
Time Allowed : 25 Minutes Total Marks: 20
NOTE: Section – A is compulsory and comprises pages 1-3. All parts of this section are to be answered on the
question paper itself. It should be completed in the first 25 minutes and handed over to the Centre
Superintendent. Deleting/overwriting is not allowed. Do not use lead pencil.
Q. 1 Circle the correct option i.e. A / B / C / D. Each part carries one mark.
(i) All medical and hospital treatment is entirely for every Chinese worker.
A. Paid B. Free
C. Rented D. Leased
(ii) The correct synonym of ‘abundant’ is:
A. Deficient B. Plenty
C. Rare D. Extinct
(iii) What was the name of the boy whom Mr Chips punished in the very
first class?
A. Grayson B. Linford
C. Colley D. Collingwood
(iv) Tomatoes were once thought to be poisonous. The underlined word is a/an :
A. Participle B. Adverb
C. Adjective D. Determiner
(v) Mr. Chips did not like Melbury because there he had been:
A. Unable to Teach Well B. Terminated
C. Ragged a Lot D. Mistreated by the Management
(vi) Mao’s famous maxim was :
A. Rely On Your Own Resources B. Imitate Others
C. Chinese are Great People D. Unity is Strength
(vii) The numerical strength of China is_ .
A. Juxtaposition of persons B. Burden on the economy of China
C. A threat to its existence D. A compact whole that tends to become power
(viii) The students elected him their house captain. The underlined phrase is a/an.
A. Direct Object B. Adverb
C. Adverb Prepositional Phrase D. Object Complement
(ix) Ms. Salma, the principal of our college, is a very strict disciplinarian. The underlined part of the
sentence is:
A. Appositive Phrase B. Infinitive Phrase
C. Prepositional Phrase D. Adverbial Phrase

2. A. Watchful B. Cautious
C. Alert D. Negligent
‘Perhaps he suspects I have swag in the sack’. The underlined word means:
A. Books B. Stolen Goods
C. Drugs D. Old Newspapers
(x) Choose the correct spellings:
A. Consciencious B. Conscientious
C. Consciantious D. Concientious
(xi) The international nautical vocabulary contains not a few words from Arabic. The underlined
word means:
A. Pertaining to Air Travel B. Pertaining to History
C. Pertaining to Navigation D. Pertaining to Legal Affairs
(xii)
Nobody was there to rescue the child. The underlined word is a/an:
A. Relative Pronoun B. Demonstrative Pronoun
C. Indefinite Pronoun D. Reflexive Pronoun
(xiii) Children often tell their parents many strange stories. What is the indirect object in the sentence?
A. Their Parents B. Tell
C. Children D. Strange Stories
(xiv) Mr. Chips joined Brookfield in .
A. 1868 B. 1869
C. 1870 D. 1871
(xv) You did it in an excellent way. The underlined part of the sentence is a/an .
A. Noun Phrase B. Prepositional Phrase
C. Adjective Phrase D. Adverb Phrase
(xvi) “My voice was sepulchral.” The underlined word means :
A. Happy B. Gloomy
C. Cheerful D. Excited
(xvii) The cryin g of the ch ildren did not let us enjo y the f ilm. ’
A. Gerundive Phrase B. Adjective Phrase
C. Prepositional Phrase D. I n f i n i t i v e P h r a s e
(xviii) Neither of the teachers was busy. The underlined word is a/an :
A. Relative Pronoun B. Correlative Conjunction
C. Indefinite Pronoun D. Subordinating Conjunction
(xix) I have to be vigilant enough. Which one of the following is the opposite of the underlined word?
(xx)