SEE 2081 (2025) | Compulsory English Question Paper | Koshi Province

Pratap Malla was one of the most famous kings of Malla Dynasty. He constructed some magnificent and beautiful architectural structure around Kathmandu. The way he came to the throne is very interesting and controversial al the same Lime. He had the experience of administration even when his father was alive. When his father Laxmi Nara Singh's madness grew worse, he imprisoned his father und he himself ruled as :1 n:gent or his father in Kantipur.

He was an able administrator. Kantipur was highly developed during his reign. Trade with Lhasa (Tibet) was also going on well. By his tact he was making the kings of Lalitpur and Bhaktapur play against each other. Sometimes he sided with Bhaktapur and posed a threat to Lalitpur. On other occasions, he aligned with Lalitpur and fell upon Bhaktapur.

2. Read the Following Text and Do the Tasks That Follow. 10

Sarah and Jamie stood on their tiptoe and gave the card from their school to the tall man behind the counter of a farm. The man frowned and made a face.

“So you’re looking for some work. And who are you?”

“I’m Sarah. I’m twelve. This is my brother Jamie; he’s eleven.”

“Shouldn’t you be at school?”

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A. Answer the Following Questions

(i) Who introduces Jamie to the farm owner?
(ii) According to the kids, why do they need a job?
(iii) What makes the farm owner say that the job is not for the kids?
(iv) What should the kids do in the farm?

B. Choose and Copy the Correct Answer from the Given Alternatives

a) What does the frowned face of the farm owner indicate?
(i) happiness (ii) approval (iii) disbelief (iv) anger

b) According to the boy, who is suitable for the farm job?
(i) the girl (ii) the kids (iii) the parents (iv) strong man

c) Why were the kids not at school then?

(i) they had a holiday (ii) they had to earn for their family (iii) they had to work on a farm (iv) they had to pick the caterpillars

3. Read the Following Text and Do the Tasks.

June 29, 2019

XYZ Online, Kathmandu

Being a Nepali student and getting in touch with something related to our work and history is always fascinating and moving, especially when you are far from home for study or work (How two students built Kathmandu’s water pipelines and laid its roads’, June 12 and 13, Online).

I came in touch with the news form the paper’s official site and found myself overwhelmed when I read something so deeply researched about how overseas students and how they were related to Nepal. It is very rare when someone touches the matter of neglected, minority groups and presents it with true facts and astute research. The newspaper’s Education and Contribution section and the reporters have done a commendable job.

Newspapers play an important role in spreading messages to their readers – much more than people realise. With the volume of countless readers, this esteemed newspaper has, it is indeed exciting for us to have the contributions of overseas students recognised in our country since it was highly relevant regarding the identity issues that we face when we walk along the streets of Kathmandu. Even today, we are chased by curious questions about who we are, and about whether we are from the bordering country, Although we are Nepali, we are oftentimes asked about how we came to learn the national language by judging the colour of our skin.

A. Answer the Following Questions

(i) Who introduces Jamie to the farm owner?
(ii) According to the kids, why do they need a job?
(iii) What makes the farm owner say that the job is not for the kids?
(iv) What should the kids do in the farm?

B. Write TRUE for True and FALSE for False Statements

(i) June 29, the writer seems to be living abroad.
(ii) Currently the writer seems to be living abroad.
(iii) The writer rejects the reporters’ representation of truths about the overseas students.
(iv) According to the writer, people still doubt overseas students’ knowledge of the Nepali language.
(v) The text is an example of a letter to the editor sent via email.

4. Read the Text and Do the Tasks.

In the late 1600s, the Enlightenment swept through Europe, bringing with it an explosion of invention and innovation. Although separated from Europe by the Atlantic Ocean, Sybilla Masters contributed to this outpouring of invention. She was the first English colonist to receive a royal patent.

Sybilla Masters was the mistress of a prosperous household in Philadelphia. Still, she made time to play with ideas on how to improve life in the colonies. Sybilla had watched Native women pound corn with a mortar and pestle. Their methods inspired her. Sybilla invented a corn gin that could do the same work with less human effort. In 1712, Sybilla

A. Match the Meanings in ‘Column A’ with the Words from the Text in ‘Column B’. One Word Doesn’t Have a Match.

Column A	Column B
(i) a sudden outburst of something	(a) submitted
(ii) a woman in a position of authority or control	(b) ingenuity
(iii) territories controlled by another country	(c) mistress
(iv) demanded something forcefully	(d) explosion
(v) the quality of being clever and inventive	(e) colonies
	(f) insisted

B. Answer the Following Questions

(i) Who was the first English colonist to receive a royal patent?
(ii) What inspired Sybilla’s invention of the corn gin?
(iii) Why did Sybilla take a patent in her husband’s name?
(iv) How did Sybilla receive the second patent from the English government?

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