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Section B

Answer atleast five questions.
Each question carries 6 marks.
All questions can be attended.

Overall ceiling 30.

16. Read the lines given below about how Om Prakash, a Dalit boy, is treated at school by the
headmaster, Kaliram. What is the social injustice involved in this unconstitutional behavior of the
headmaster ? Pick out three words/phrases which are most abusive. What do you think of the tone
of the speaker and what kind of authority is he using ?

“All right. See that teak tree there ? Go. Climb that tree. Break some twings and make a broom.
And sweep the whole school clean as amirror. It is, after all, your family occupation. Go—get to it”.

17. Comment on the title “No Name Woman” and illustrate how the title indicates the submissive role

of women in patriarchal societies.

18. Fillin the blanks with the right collocations. Choose from the words given in the brackets (timely,
tough, inclement, minute, draw, heavy, harmful, unlikely)

The Meteorological department predicted —————_—— rains in Kerala during the monsoon, The
‏لد‎ predictions also covered ‏لل ب‎ details regarding the —-——————_ weather
the state is going to face. A few years back, the State of Kerala had a rather —————— time due
to devastating flood.

19. Read the passage given below. Write a brief account against the anti-woman social practice of

son-preference and its consequences :

According to a survey by a Nepal-based NGO, Center for Research on Environment Health and
Population Activities, 81 per cent women, whose first child was a daughter, prefer son. Some
women also reported to have faced pressure to bear a son. Pressure, which is in the form of
psychological abuse, mainly comes from husbands (42 per cent) and mothers-in-law (41 percent).

The study found out that unsafe abortions are also carried out clandestinely.

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