HS 4th Semester English Question Paper 2026

HS 4th Semester English Question Paper 2026

Section – A
Short Answer Questions (5 x 2 = 10)

1. Answer any two questions out of four: (2 x 2 = 4)
   A) Why couldn’t Alice go through the little door even though she had the key?
   B) What did Alice find on the table on the second occasion?
   C) What did the Tsar decide to do when he disagreed with the learned men?
   D) Why did the wounded man want to kill the Tsar?
2. Answer any two questions out of four: (2 x 2 = 4)
   A) What is the ‘right’ of the hawk and why are ‘no arguments’ needed for it?
   B) What does the phrase ‘yellow leaves’ symbolize in William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73?
   C) What is the stanzaic division and the rhyme scheme of Sonnet 73?
   D) What, according to Carl Dennis, will happen to the Plain States?
3. Answer any one question out of two: (1 x 2 = 2)
   A) Sima wrote a letter. It contained the truth. He praised Sima for it. (Join into a complex sentence)
   B) Hearing the noise, Arjun got startled. (Split into two simple sentences)

Section – B
Grammar & Vocabulary (1 x 3 = 3)

4. Answer any one question out of two:
   A) The teacher said to her, “Why didn’t you attend the class yesterday?” (Change into indirect speech)
   B) Fill in the blanks with suitable articles and prepositions: Yesterday, I went to (i) ______ market near my house. I bought (ii) ______ apple and a loaf of bread. On my way back, I saw a cat sitting (iii) ______ the wall, looking very curious.

Section – C
Drama (1 x 5 = 5)

5. Answer any one question out of two:
   A) Discuss the role of the ‘sea’ in J. M. Synge’s one-act play Riders to the Sea.
   B) Analyse J. M. Synge’s Riders to the Sea as a one-act play.

Section – D
Descriptive Questions (2 x 6 = 12)

6. Answer any one question out of two: (1 x 6 = 6)
   A) Describe Alice’s experience of falling down the rabbit hole in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland — Down the Rabbit Hole. What thoughts and feelings does she have during the fall? (3 + 3)
   B) What were the three questions in Leo Tolstoy’s short story Three Questions? What were their answers? (2 + 4)
7. Answer any one question out of three: (1 x 6 = 6)
   A) Bring out the elements of violence and brutality in ‘Hawk Roosting’.
   B) How does the image of autumn reflect the speaker’s awareness of his mortality in William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73? How do the images of autumn get compared to those of ‘fire’ and ‘twilight’ in portraying the passage of life? (3 + 3)
   C) Discuss the ecological concerns expressed in Carl Dennis’s ‘The Greenhouse Effect’.

Section – E
Writing Skills (1 x 10 = 10)

8. Answer any one question out of two:

A) Write an essay in about 150 words on any one of the following topics:
i) Impact of Social Media on the Youth (Points: What is social media — how it affects mental health — connectivity and socialization — self-expression and creativity — information and education — social awareness — addiction and distraction)
OR
ii) Importance of Vocational Education (Points: Meaning of Vocational Education — its importance in the context of present educational system — the scope it provides to employment — governmental encouragement)

OR

B) Answer both parts:
i) Draft an e-mail in about 75 words requesting your school authority to register your new address and new contact details (mobile number and email ID) in the school records, explaining why your address has changed. (5 Marks)
OR
Draft an email in about 75 words to a guest speaker inviting him or her to speak at the Annual Programme of your school, stating date, time, tentative schedule, topic, duration, and honorarium. (5 Marks)

ii) Write a blog in about 75 words on any one of the following topics: Increasing Air Pollution in your locality, OR Women Empowerment in India, OR Sports and Games in India. (5 Marks)