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This document provides the scoring key for the Additional English subject exam for the HSLC (High School Leaving Certificate) examination in 2020 conducted by the Board of Secondary Education, Manipur. It outlines 15 questions on the exam, the points/sub-points for each question, and the marks allocated for each point. The maximum total marks for the exam are 100. The key provides the expected answers and breakdown of marks to guide examiners on scoring candidate responses.

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Additional English

This document provides the scoring key for the Additional English subject exam for the HSLC (High School Leaving Certificate) examination in 2020 conducted by the Board of Secondary Education, Manipur. It outlines 15 questions on the exam, the points/sub-points for each question, and the marks allocated for each point. The maximum total marks for the exam are 100. The key provides the expected answers and breakdown of marks to guide examiners on scoring candidate responses.

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BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, MANIPUR

SCORING KEY FOR H.S.L.C. EXAMINATION 2020


Subject : Additional English

Sl. Key Mark Total


No. for each Marks
point
1 (a) Context : - A Requiem : by Shakespeare 2
Dead man will no more feel the heat of the sun - people enjoy or 4
suffer for his work as wages - returns to God
Or
(b) Context : - The Stream's Song 6
The running water will dash against the rocks and boulders with a
loud song of joy - the strength of the rocks and boulders will be
carried away

2 (a) In the valley full of sunshine.


(b) The swift wind blowing around 1x3 3
(c) Blue color cloth , the garment of new born child
3 (a) Life is not a dream - a struggle - grave is not the goal - act in the
living present
(b) Weave different kinds of garments for different occasions - blue
for new born child - purple and green for marriage - white for
2x3 6
funeral
(c) A welcome voice of love from his family refreshes his mind - This
voice of love is termed as the sweetest

4 (a) The poet is full of joy - thinks it as a wandering voice - cannot see
the bird - a mystery to the poet - recollects his youthful days
Or
(b) Sweet song of the skylark in the morning - blowing winds around 5 5
him at noontime- sounds of flowing water - sounds of sheepbells
coming from afar - sound of welcome at home.

5 (a) Context : - After Twenty Years by O'Henry


Bob and Jimmy came to meet after twenty years - Bob was a
wanted man in Chicago - Jimmy was then a policeman - Jimmy
did not disclose his identity to Bob - send another man to arrest
Bob - Bob Knew the man was not Jimmy. Or
2+4 6
(b) Context : - If I were You by Douglas James
An intruder came to kill Gerrard and impersonate him - delay in
seeking more information - his weakness was disclosed and thus
he was trapped. The police was informed

6 (a) a pure heart


(b) Mosquito was responsible for the spread of elephantiasis 1x3 3
(c) New York

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BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, MANIPUR
SCORING KEY FOR H.S.L.C. EXAMINATION 2020
Subject : Additional English

7 (a) Rapid technological development from 1900 - huge amount were


invested for computer development after WWII
(b) An Indian killed an Indian- a Hindu should have such a deed
against the greatest Hindu of the age
2x3 6
(c) Malaria spread over a vast area - Doctors did not know the cause
until Ronald Ross discovered in 1897- in hot countries it remained
a plague

8 (a) Man has relationship with the divine - by reason or by instinct or


by superstition - man acknowledges it - even atheists feel happy by
doing good and unhappy in not doing good
Or 5 5
(b) Ross experimented with four malaria borne mosquitoes by putting
them in two bottles with little water for a week.- made some
volunteers to drink the water - Experiment yielded negative

9 (a) (i) in the jungle (ii) by offering food 1+1


(b) (i) God was not gracious but irritable (ii) Sacrifice men and 2+2
women or even their own children 8
(c) (i) gracious (ii) irritate 1+1
10 Hello!
Okay/ Oh! Well
To post 1x5 5
Sure/yes/Okay
Good bye

11 Circular writing
(i) format 1 3
(ii) Expression 2

12 Argument writing - Equal mark distribution for merits and demerits 2½+2½ 5
13 Report writing
(i) Format 1
(ii) Content 2 5
(iii) Expression 2
14 Water is necessary for animal and plant. Without water no physical
activity is possible. The quantity may vary. Conservation and utilization is
vital. The main source of water is rainfall and snowfall Title: No water, no 7 7
life
15 Letter Writing
(i) Format 2
7
(ii) Content 2
(iii) Expression 3

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