SSLC Karnataka English (First Language) Answer Key 2025 (Available): Unofficial key PDF download

I (1) Walk fast, you are _____ young person, not _____ old man.
The appropriate articles to fill in the blanks are
(A) a, an
(B) an, a
(C) an, the
(D) the, an

I (2) The sun sheds his beams on rich and poor alike.
The figure of speech used here is
(A) Simile
(B) Metaphor
(C) Personification
(Dj Alliteration

(C) Personification

I (3) He couldn't find words enough to thank me, ______
(A) Can he?
(B) Won't he?
(C) Will he?
(D) Could he?

(D) Could he?

I (4) The doctor entrusted the nurse _____ the duty of looking after the patient
The appropriate preposition to be used is
(A) Of
(B) From
(C) With
(D) In

(C) With

I (5) The idea of a balanced diet is very difficult to _____ to anyone who is illiterate.
The correct phrasal verb to be used here is

(A) put through
(B) put across
(C) put in
(D) put up

(B) put across

I (6) They ____ sleeping when the thief _____ the bedroom.
The correct form of words to be filled in the brackets are:
(A) was, enter
(B) were, entered
(C) had, enter
(D) had been, entered

(B) were, entered

II (7) Know: Known:: Wear:

Worn

II (8) Admit: Confess:: Tress:

Hair

II (9) Movable: Immovable:: Utilize:

II (10) Cereal: Serial:: Stationary:

Immobile

III (i) Frame a question to get the underlined words as answers:
Geeta saw her friend in Raja Seat last night.

Where did Geeta see her friend last night?

III (ii) Change the sentence into an Exclamatory sentence:
The Chandrayana 3 is a very great space mission.

III (iii) Change the voice of the sentence:
Pasteur inoculated the young boy with some weak rabics germs.

The young boy was inoculated by Pasteur with some weak rabies germs.