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Answer: Education opens new avenues of employment. It is beyond doubt that an educated person has better chances of landing a high paying job. Even if a person decides to become an entrepreneur, education level helps in doing a business in a better way. Throughout the world, education levels have risen over the years. This has resulted in participation of more people in the workforce. Rising number of women in the workforce can be a clear indicator of benefits which education can impart towards employability. In case of India, many sections of the society which were downtrodden and oppressed since ages have been able to improve their socio-economic status because of education. All these developments have helped in reducing the inequality between the rich and the poor.

Answer: Information relating to health and education expenditure reveals many aspects. It shows the relative number of people who can afford education and healthcare expenses and those who cannot. This figure can be utilized in deciding the current number of available human resources. This figure also helps in deciding about the section of the society which needs help from government agencies. Thus, information relating to health and education expenditure is essential for effective utilization of human resources. 

Answer: It is a fact that an educated person earns higher income than an uneducated manual labourer. In a factory, a shop-floor worker earns much less than people at managerial level and this difference is because of difference in skills and education. To understand it better, we can compare the situation in India with that in Ireland. It is said that Ireland is a country which uses its knowledge economy very efficiently. If India begins to use its knowledge economy as efficiently as Ireland does then its per capita income would improve from current level of $ 1,000 to $ 3,000 by 2020. This illustrates why education is considered to be an important input for the development of a nation.

Answer: Human capital and human development may sound similar but there are differences between them. Human capital considers education and health as a means to increase labour productivity. Human development is based on idea that education and health are integral to human well being because only when the people have ability to read and write and can live a healthy and longer life, they will be in a better position to make choices. Human capital considers human beings as a means to an end. In this case, improved productivity is the end. Human development considers human beings as an end. From the perspective of human capital, if investment in education and health does not result in improved productivity then that investment is unproductive. Human development considers investment in health and education should be increased even if it does not result in apparent productivity.

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• What are the two major sources of human capital in a country?
  
  Answer: Investments in education and health are the two major sources of human capital.
• What are the indicators of educational achievement in a country?
  
  Answer: Some of the indicators of educational achievement in a country are; adult literacy level, primary education completion rate and youth literacy rate.

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Section A – Drama

Question 4:
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Graviter: No, I suppose not. [A pause] By Jove, I don’t like losing this case. I don’t like the admission we backed such a wrong on.
Twisden: Impossible to go on.
(i) Who are Graviter and Twisden? What ‘case’ are they discussing? Why does Graviter feel that he will lose the case? [3]
(ii) What was the latest evidence put forward which convinced them of the thief’s identity? [3]
(iii) How can you say that Twisden is loyal to his profession? What does Twisden ask Graviter to do immediately after this? [3]
(iv) What does Twisden advise Dancy to do? Later, in the play, De Levis calls on Twisden. Briefly state what is the purpose of this visit. [3]
(v) How does Mabel show loyalty to her husband? Mention any one character trait of Ronald Dancy that appeals to you. What happens to him in the end? [4]
Answer:
(i) Edward Graviter is a solicitor. Jacob Twisden is the senior solicitor. They both are professional partners. They are discussing the case of the stolen money of Mr. De Levis stealing case. Considering upon Gilman’s anonymous admission of theft and the happening of new prosecution Graviter feels that he will lose the case.
(ii) The latest evidence was that they got the note which was stolen from De Levis. Graviter had got it from an Italian wine merchant Ricardos who said he got it from Dancy when he paid his daughter before he left her to get married.
(iii) Twisden is quite loyal to his profession as he is quite bound to his professional duty, against good faith of solicitors he can hang deal how big it be. He also propose to inform Sir Frederic about Gilman’s anonymous admission. Twisden ask Graviter to see Dancy at once and to make him a call.
(iv) Twisden advices Dancy to immediately go to Morocco and to further slip on from there. The purpose of De Levis calling on Twisden is to inform him that he has overheard that a warrant is going to be issued and he has no roll or support in it.
(v) Mabel shows her loyalty to her husband by encouraging him to go to Morocco and by promising him to stick with him for ever sleep on loving him with same intensity and she will wait until he return from prison. The most appealing character of Dancy is that he is an honest creditable debtor. In the end Dancy commits suicide with a pistol.

Section C – Prose

Question 9:
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
One day in early summer Squealer ordered the sheep to follow him and led them out to a piece of waste ground at the other end of the farm, which had become overgrown with birch saplings. The sheep spent the whole day there browsing at the leaves under Squealer’s supervision.
(i) Who is Squealer? What are we told immediately after the extract? [3]
(ii) What happens on a pleasant evening, when the animals, after completion of their work, are returning to the farm? [3]
(iii) Narrate briefly the sight that is seen by the animals in the yard. [3]
(iv) What is the effect of what they see on the animals? What do the sheep suddenly bleat out? [3]
(v) ‘That evening loud laughter and bursts of singing came from the farmhouse.’
Describe briefly the scene that was seen by the wonderstruck animals. [4]
Question 10:
How do the pigs, under the leadership of Napoleon, cleverly deceive the other animals of‘Animal Farm’ and slowly but surely, take over its ownership, living royally and luxuriously, while the others sweat it out. Give examples from the text to substantiate your answer.
Question 11:
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
“Has he been in any previous trouble?” the Chairman of Magistrates asked.
A probation officer rose and stepped forward.
“No previous record, Sir. The other boy, the victim of the attack, appeared in this court last month before you; that case of the boy who burnt his mother with the hot poker. He’s under a supervision order for one calendar year.”
(i) Who is ‘he’ in the passage? Where is the incident taking place? Who is the ‘other boy’ mentioned in the extract? [3]
(ii) What are the charges that have been brought against the accused? [3]
(iii) What does the Chairman of Magistrates say to the accused?What is the condition of the accused? [3]
(iv) Narrate the story told by the father of the accused to the teachers about the incident. [3]
(v) What judgment is passed by the Chairman of Magistrates regarding the accused? [4]
Question 12:
With close reference to a few incidents from the story, show how the class, slowly but surely gets rid of their prejudice against their new teacher. [16]

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