ISC 2009 Class X -English Question paper General Instructions: 1. Attempt all four question. 2. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets. 3. You are advised to spend not more than 35 minutes in answering Question 1 and 20 minutes in answering Question 2. Question 1 (Do not spend more than 35 minutes on this question). Write a composition (350 – 400 words) on any one of the following:- (25 Marks) 1. Recall a remarkable event of social importance in your city or
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of a rainbow‚ but what they do not know is that this holiday started because of St. Patrick himself. St. Patrick was born in England about 1‚600 years ago. His parents moved from Rome because his father‚ an official in the Roman government was sent to help rule there. Patrick’s life was happy and peaceful until the day the Irish invaded England‚ defeating the Romans taking them and some English as prisoners. Patrick among one of the prisoners was forced to live his life as a shepherd. His life became
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Michael Vazquez April 4‚ 2013 Personality in Bret Ellis American Psycho In American Psycho‚ the antihero and of course main character Patrick Bateman shows complete signs of insanity. In reality he is mentally unstable and lacks ability to control his blood-thirst desires. He is deceitful‚ dishonest and disloyal to his fellow co-workers (whom are almost on the same level as himself)‚ his fiancee and of course his victims. His world as we view it depicts him as an intelligent
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Every person has his own special someone in their lives. I have always believed that we are born with a soul mate‚ a permanent partner in life. Others may not be too fortunate to meet their soul mates in this lifetime. However‚ others are indeed lucky to have found and met their long lost love and I am one of those fortunate ones. He was my classmate in college. He was one of the few people I really did not like‚ so to speak. He seemed so arrogant‚ conceited and over confident. Days passed after
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a different circumstance‚ or opportunities. Everyone has challenges they go through throughout life. We all deal with our problems and obstacles differently. Everyone has the chance to succeed. Not everyone has the same opportunity to‚ but everyone has the chance to. People have different lives and situations. Some are people are born with all the money they could ever need‚ and others work all day‚ just to buy food for their family. Whether you have been working since you were a child‚ or whether
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the people of Virgina had gathered to together agree on a way how to stop the British from taking over there country. Every speaker used arguments that the best thing was to speak with the British about there disagreement‚ until Patrick Henry started his speech. Patrick Henry’s most effective persuasive technique was to scare his audience to convince them that the British was bad and that the people should fight with him. Henry’s speech was important for the colonists because it resulted in a turning
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Evaluation of Michael Dell’s Performance: In 1984‚ at the age of 19‚ Michael Dell founded Dell Computer with a simple vision and business conceptthat personal computers could be built to order and sold directly to customers. .Michael Dell was the youngest CEO at the age of 27 to head the fortune 500 Company. In his role as CEO‚ his performance was excellent. Through his innovative way for marketing computers‚ he guided Dell from a small‚ start-up company into a global leader in PCs and IT Products
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part of the adoptive mother and Tim McGraw played the adoptive father. His name is Michael Jerome Oher. He was born in Memphis‚ Tennessee on May 28‚ 1986. So he is now currently 25 years old. He is an Offensive Tackle for the National Football League‚ Baltimore Ravens. He is a BIG MAN! He weights 313 lbs. and is 6 feet‚ and 4 inches tall! He was born with the name his birth parents gave him‚ Michael Jerome Williams Jr. He was raised in a family where his mother was an alcoholic and a
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Michael the Brave Michael the Brave (Romanian: Mihai Viteazul) was the Prince of Wallachia (1593–1601)‚ of Transylvania (1599–1600)‚ and of Moldavia (1600). He ruled all three principalities in a personal union for a short period of time. During his reign‚ which coincided with the Long War‚ these three principalities forming the territory of present-day Romania and the Republic of Moldova were ruled for the first time by a single Romanian leader‚ although the personal union lasted for less than
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Michael Bornstein experienced a life much different than ours. He suffered‚ persevered‚ and overcame all the obstacles that stood in his way. When he began his lecture‚ he talked about his story‚ and his family’s story. He was born in the ghetto around 1940 and only knew a life after war. His dad was an accountant‚ and his mom and grandma had little to no education. During his beginning of life‚ the ghetto (Zarki) was changing from an community to a close community. The dad was the president of a
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