Class XII English-Core

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Sample Paper 4
Class XII Exam 2022-23
English-Core (301)
Time Allowed : 3 Hrs. Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions:
1. 15-minute prior reading time allotted for Q-paper reading.
2. The Question Paper contains THREE sections READING, WRITING and LITERATURE.
3. Attempt question based on specific instructions for each part. Write the correct question number in your
answer sheet to indicate the option/s being attempted.

SECTION A-READING SKILLS 20

I. Read the passage given below. 10

1. Millions of people in the United States are affected by eating disorders. More than 90% of those afflicted
are adolescents or young adult women. Although all eating disorders share some common manifestations,
anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating, each have distinctive symptoms and risks. People
who intentionally starve themselves (even while experiencing severe hunger pangs) suffer from anorexia
nervosa.
2. The disorder, which usually begins around the time of puberty, involves extreme weight loss to at least
15% below the individual’s normal body weight. Many people with the disorder look emaciated but are
convinced they are overweight. In patients with anorexia nervosa, starvation can damage vital organs
such as the heart and brain. To protect itself, the body shifts into slow gear: Menstrual periods stop,
blood pressure rates drop, and thyroid function slows. Excessive thirst and frequent urination may occur.
Dehydration contributes to constipation, and reduced body fat leads to lowered body temperature and
the inability to withstand cold. Mild anemia, swollen joints, reduced muscle mass, and light-headedness
also commonly occur in anorexia nervosa.
3. Anorexia nervosa sufferers can exhibit sudden angry outbursts or become socially withdrawn. One in
ten cases of anorexia nervosa leads to death from starvation, cardiac arrest, other medical complications,
or suicide. Clinical depression and anxiety place many individuals with eating disorders at risk for
suicidal behavior.
4. People with bulimia nervosa consume large amounts of food and then rid their bodies of the excess
calories by vomiting, abusing laxatives or diuretics, taking enemas, or exercising obsessively. Some
use a combination of all these forms of purging. Individuals with bulimia who use drugs to stimulate
vomiting, bowel movements, or urination may be in considerable danger, as this practice increases the
risk of heart failure. Dieting heavily between episodes of binging and purging is common.
5. Because many individuals with bulimia binge and purge in secret and maintain normal or above normal
body weight, they can often successfully hide their problem for years. But bulimia nervosa patients-even
those of normal weight can severely damage their bodies by frequent binge eating and purging. In rare
instances, binge eating causes the stomach to rupture; purging may result in heart failure due to loss of
vital minerals such as potassium. Vomiting can cause the esophagus to become inflamed


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and glands near the cheeks to become swollen. As in anorexia nervosa, bulimia may lead to irregular
menstrual periods. Psychological effects include compulsive stealing as well as possible indications of
obsessive-compulsive disorder, an illness characterized by repetitive thoughts and behaviors. Obsessive
compulsive disorder can also accompany anorexia nervosa. As with anorexia nervosa, bulimia typically
begins during adolescence. Eventually, half of those with anorexia nervosa will develop bulimia. The
condition occurs most often in women but is also found in men.
6. Binge-eating disorder is found in about 2% of the general population. As many as one-third of this group
is men. It also affects older women, though with less frequency. Recent research shows that binge-eating
disorder occurs in about 30% of people participating in medically supervised weight-control programs.
7. This disorder differs from bulimia because its sufferers do not purge. Individuals with binge eating
disorder feel that they lose control of themselves when eating. They eat large quantities of food and do
not stop until they are uncomfortably full. Most sufferers are overweight or obese and have a history of
weight fluctuations. As a result, they are prone to the serious medical problems associated with obesity,
such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and diabetes.
8. Obese individuals also have a higher risk for gallbladder disease, heart disease, and some types of cancer.
Usually they have more difficulty losing weight and keeping it off than do people with other serious
weight problems. Like anorexic and bulimic sufferers who exhibit psychological problems, individuals
with binge-eating disorder have high rates of simultaneously occurring psychiatric illnesses, especially
depression.
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below.
i. Majority of people suffering from eating disorders are _____.
(a) adolescents
(b) young adult women
(c) obese people
(d) both (a) and (b)

ii. Obese individuals also have a risk of _____.

(a) heart disease
(b) some types of cancer
(c) gallbladder disease
(d) all of these

iii. How many cases of anorexia nervosa can have fatal consequences?
(a) 90 per cent
(b) Ten out of twenty
(c) 50 per cent
(d) 1 in 10

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iv. “Many people with the disorder look emaciated but are convinced they are overweight. The word
‘emaciated’ here means _____.
(a) fat
(b) skeletal
(c) nervous
(d) depressed

v. According to the passage, which of the following is correct?

(a) Among the suffers of anorexia nervosa, half of them will eventually develop bulimia.
(b) Binge eating disorder is found mainly in children.
(c) People with bulimia nervosa keep themselves in starvation.
(d) More than 90% of those afflicted with eating disorders are men and old-age people.

vi. The word ‘binge’ means _____.

vii. What is the most common consequence due to anorexia nervosa?

viii. To what slow gears do the body shift?

ix. What makes people socially withdrawn?

x. What danger do the people with bulimia who use drugs face?

II. Read the passage given below. 10

1. We sit in the last row, bumped about but free of stares. The bus rolls out of the dull crossroads of the city,
and we are soon in open countryside, with fields of sunflowers as far as the eye can see, their heads all
facing us. Where there is no water, the land reverts to desert. While still on level ground we see in the
distance the tall range of the Mount Bogda, abrupt like a shining prism laid horizontally on the desert
surface, it is over 5,000 meters high, and the peaks are under permanent snow, in powerful contrast to
the flat desert all around. Heaven Lake lies part of the way up this range, about 2,000 metres above sea-
level, at the foot of one of the higher snow-peaks.
2. As the bus climbs, the sky, brilliant before, grows overcast. I have brought nothing warm to wear: it is
all down at the hotel in Urumqi. Rain begins to fall. The man behind me is eating overpoweringly smelly
goat’s cheese. The bus window leaks inhospitably but reveals a beautiful view. We have passed quickly
from desert through arable land to pasture, and the ground is now green with grass, the slopes dark with
pine. A few cattle drink at a clear stream flowing past moss-covered stones; it is a Constable landscape.
The stream changes into a white torrent, and as we climb higher I wish more and more that I had brought
with me something warmer than the pair of shorts that have served me so well in the desert. The Stream
(which, we are told, rises in Heaven Lake) disappears, and we continue our slow ascent. About noon, we
arrive at Heaven Lake, and look for a place to stay at the foot, which is the resort area. We get a room in
a small cottage, and I am happy to note that there are thick quilts on the beds.


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3. Standing outside the cottage we survey our surroundings. Heaven Lake is long, sardine-shaped and fed
by snowmelt from a stream at its head. The lake is an intense blue, surrounded on all sides by green
mountain walls, dotted with distant sheep. At the head of the lake, beyond the delta of the inflowing
stream, is a massive snow-capped peak which dominates the vista; it is part of a series of peak that
culminate, a little out of view, in Mount Bogda itself.
4. For those who live in the resort there is a small mess-hall by the shore. We eat here sometimes, and
sometimes buy food from the vendors outside, who sell kabab and naan until the last buses leave. The
kababs, cooked on skewers over charcoal braziers, are particularly good; highly spiced and well-done.
Horse’s milk is available too from the local Kazakh herdsmen, but I decline this. I am so affected by the
cold that Mr. Cao, the relaxed young man who runs the mess, lends me a spare pair of trousers, several
sizes too large but more than comfortable. Once I am warm again, I feel a pre-dinner spurt of energy -
dinner will be long in coming - and I ask him whether the lake is good for swimming in.
5. “Swimming?” Mr. Cao says. “You aren’t thinking of swimming, are you?”
6. “I thought I might,” I confess. “What’s the water like?”
7. He doesn’t answer me immediately, turning instead to examine some receipts with exaggerated interest.
Mr. Cao, with great off-handedness, addresses the air. “People are often drowned here:’ he says. After a
pause, he continues. “When was the last one?” This question is directed at the cook, who is preparing a
tray of mantou (squat white steamed bread rolls), and who now appears, wiping his doughy hand across
his forehead. “Was it the Beijing athlete?” asks Mr. Cao.
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below.

i. According to the narrator, the advantage of sitting in the last row of the bus is that _____.

ii. What did the narrator see soon after reaching the countryside?
(a) Fields of sunflower
(b) A shining prism
(c) Tall range of Mount Bogda
(d) Green pastures

iii. The word ‘brilliant’ as given in paragraph 2 means

1. dazzling
2. talented
3. ingenious
4. shining
5. virtuous
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 3 and 4
(c) 1 and 4
(d) 2 and 5

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iv. Pick out the options that explains how the scene looked like a constable landscape?
1. The ground filled with green grass.
2. The rising full-moon.
3. The slopes dark with pine.
4. The flowing Heaven lake in the middle of the landscape.
5. A few cattle drinking at a clear stream flowing past mass-covered stones.
(a) 1, 3, and 5
(b) Both 2 and 4
(c) only 5
(d) 2, 4 and 5

v. Which word means the same as ‘steep’ from paragraph 1?

vi. What did the narrator wish for as the bus climbs higher?
(a) That he must not be travelling alone.
(b) That he had brought some eatables with him.
(c) He was scared and thought that he should not have come to this trip.
(d) That he had brought some warm clothes with him.

vii. The pair of trousers that Mr. Cao sent for the narrator was
(a) fitted nicely to him.
(b) very comfortable
(c) too short for him
(d) too large but more than comfortable for him.

viii. The correct antonym of the word ‘arable’ is _____.

ix. Mr. Cao warned the narrator against swimming in the lake because _____.

x. Mantou is a kind of bread, traditionally used in _____.

III. SECTION B- CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS 20

1. Attempt ANY ONE from A and B given below. 5
A. Water supply will be suspended for eight hours (10 am to 6 pm) on 6th of March for cleaning of the
water tank. Write a notice in about 50 words advising the residents to store water for a day. You are
Karan Kumar/Karuna Bajaj, Secretary, Janata Group Housing Society, Palam Vihar, Kurnool.

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B. You are Mahender, Sports Captain, St. John’s School, Lucicnow. Write a notice in 50 words for the
school notice board informing students about an Inter School Football match to be played in your school.
Invite them to watch and cheer the teams.
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2. Attempt ANY ONE from A and B given below. 5

A. The literary club of your society is putting up the play ‘Macbeth. As secretary of the club, draft an
invitation inviting the famous writer Rohit Sharma to be the guest of honour at the function. Write the
invitation in about 50 words. You are Gaurav/Garima.

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B. You have been invited as a judge for a debate competition by New Hope public School. Draft a formal
refusal in about 50 words.

3. Attempt ANY ONE from A and B given below. 5

A. Write a letter to Editor of local daily, New Delhi about water scarcity in you locality suggesting ways to
improve the condition of water supply. You are Bobby/Babita of Ghaziabad.

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B. As a regular commuter by bus from Noida to Delhi, you have been witnessing rash driving by the bus
drivers daily without an exception. Write a letter to the Editor, ‘The Times of India’ drawing the attention
of the General Manager, Delhi Transport Corporation to this problem. You are Priti/Prakash, 15, Udyog
Vihar, Noida.

4. Attempt ANY ONE from A and B given below. 5

A. Incessant rain has caused irrecoverable damage in your area. As an active participant in the flood relief
programme, write a report in 125-150 words on the different flood relief measures carried out. You are
Krishan/ Krishna.


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B. Accidents happen when people violate traffic rules. Careless drivers cause suffering to themselves and
to others. Write an article in 120-150 words on “Safe Driving”.

SECTION C- LITERATURE 40
IV. Read the given extracts to attempt the questions with reference to context.
1. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 1#6 = 6

1.A “I will learn to drive a car,” he answers, looking straight into my eyes. His dream looks like a mirage
amidst the bangles. Every other family in Firozabad, famous for its making bangles. It is the centre of
India’s glass-blowing industry where families have sent generations working around furnaces, welding
glass, making bangles for all the women in the land it seems.
i. The expression, “families have sent generations working around furnaces” signifies that
(a) families were bound to do the same work because of their debt.
(b) all members of the family were into same profession since generations.
(c) they do not know anything except bangle-making
(d) bangle making is a profitable business for them


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ii. The word ‘mirage’ means the same as

(a) reality
(b) certainty
(c) illusion
(d) credence

iii. What function does the glass-blowing industry of Firozabad do?

(a) It makes windows.
(b) It makes crockery items.
(c) It works to mould glass only.
(d) It works to mould glass and make colourful bangles of it.

iv. Who is the author of ‘Lost Spring’?

(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Kamala Das
(c) Maha Devi Verma
(d) Anees Jung

v. ‘I will learn to drive a car:’ What does this statement imply?

vi. Which city is the center of India’s glass making industry?

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1.B It seemed a long way down. Those nine feet were more like ninety, and before I touched bottom my
lungs were ready to burst. But when my feet hit bottom I summoned all my strength and made what I
thought was a great spring upwards. I imagined I would bob to the surface like a cork. Instead, I came
up slowly. I opened my eyes and saw nothing but water - water that had a dirty yellow tinge to it.
i. Why did the nine feet deep pool seemed ninety to Douglas?
(a) Because he was afraid of the water and didn’t know swimming.
(b) Because he didn’t know that the pool is so deep inside.
(c) Because he didn’t know the calculation.
(d) Because the pool’s water is so dirty

ii. The expression “I imagined I would bob to the surface like a cork” implies that
(a) Douglas was afraid to die.
(b) Douglas accepted his failure and ultimate death.
(c) Though Douglas was frightened he was not out of his wits.
(d) Frightened, Douglas was not able to shout for help.

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iii. Choose the word from the given options which means to ‘make a quick, short movement up and down’
(a) Burst
(b) Tinge
(c) Bob
(d) Summoned

iv. The above extract has been taken from _____.

(a) The Last Lesson
(b) Indigo
(c) The Rattrap
(d) Deep Water

v. Where did the given event take place?

vi. ‘It seemed a long way down: What was the author referring to?

2. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 1#4 = 4

2.A In the afternoon the second thing happened. Hana, working hard on unaccustomed labour, saw a
messenger come to the door in official uniform. Her hands went weak and she could not draw her breath.
The servants must have told already. She ran to Sadao, gasping unable to utter a word. But by then the
messenger had simply followed her through the garden and there he stood. She pointed at him helplessly.
Sadao looked up from his book ....
“What is it?” he asked the messenger and then he rose, seeing the man’s uniform. “You are to come to
the palace,” The man said. “the old General is in pain again.” “Oh”, Hana breathed, “is that all?”
i. The messenger had come to Sadao’s house
(a) to talk to him
(b) to arrest Sadao’s wife
(c) to arrest the prisoner
(d) to call Sadao to attend the General who was ill.

ii. The above extract has been taken from

(a) The Third Level
(b) The Enemy
(c) Going Places
(d) Lost Spring

iii. The phrase ‘unaccustomed labour’ means _____.

iv. What was Hana’s fear in the given extract?

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2.B The corridor I was in began angling left and slanting downward and I thought that was wrong, but I kept
on walking. All I could hear was the empty sound of my own footsteps and I didn’t pass a soul. Then I
heard that sort of hollow roar ahead that means open space and people talking. The tunnel turned sharp
left; I went down a short flight of stairs and came out on the third level at Grand Central Station.
i. What does the phrase “I didn’t pass a soul” mean?
(a) That the narrator was dead.
(b) That nobody was there except the narrator.
(c) That there were so many dead souls roaming.
(d) That the narrator was thinking about a ghost.

ii. Which is the only sound that the speaker heard when he entered the corridor?
(a) Chirping of the birds
(b) Voices of the people talking
(c) Sound of the trains moving at the Grand Station
(d) Empty sound of his own footsteps

iii. ‘Began angling’ what does the phrase imply?

iv. To which chapter the given extract belongs?

3. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 1#6 = 6

3.A A thing of beauty is a joy forever

Its loveliness increases,
it will never
Pass into nothingness;
but will keep
A bower quiet for us.

i. Pick out the option that best explains the expression - “A thing of beauty is a joy forever”.
1. Its loveliness decreases day by day.
2. It lasts forever.
3. It makes a person dull.
4. It never passes into nothingness.
(a) Only 1
(b) Both 2 and 3
(c) Only 4
(d) Both 2 and 4

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ii. This poem ‘A Thing of Beauty’ has been taken from

(a) Ode to the West Wind
(b) Ode on Melancholy
(c) Ode to Psyche
(d) Endymion, Book I

iii. What does the poet mean by ‘a bower quiet for us’?
(a) It is as beautiful as a rose.
(b) It is as quiet as a mouse.
(c) It is as cool and pleasant as a quiet lover.
(d) It is as temporary as happiness.

iv. Who is the poet of this poem?

(a) P.B. Shelley
(b) John Keats
(c) Tennyson
(d) Robert Frost

v. What will never pass into nothingness?

vi. When the poet says that a thing of beauty will never pass into nothingness, he means that it is

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3.B Now we will count to twelve
and we will all keep still
For once on the face of the Earth
let’s not speak in any language,
let’s stop for one second,
and not move our arms so much.
i. The number twelve signifies
(a) the twelve days
(b) the twelve minutes
(c) the twelve hours mark on the clock to calculate time
(d) the twelve seconds

ii. The expression - “not move our arms” refers to

(a) sit quietly
(b) not eat anything
(c) be inactive
(d) sit still without any movement


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iii. With reference to the poem “Keeping Quiet”, which of the following is TRUE?
(a) The poet requests people to keep quiet to maintain silence.
(b) The poet’s request to keep quiet is to avoid noise.
(c) By asking to keep quiet, the poet means to be friendly.
(d) The poet request to keep quiet in the hope of becoming more thoughtful and peaceful.

iv. How long is the poet expecting everyone to stay still?

(a) for 12 hours
(b) for 10 minutes
(c) for 15 minutes
(d) for few seconds till we count twelve

v. Who wrote the poem ‘Keeping Quiet”?

vi. In this extract the word ‘let’s’ is used to _____.

V Answer ANY FIVE of the following in about 40-50 words each. 2 # 5 = 10

i. Is the society in any way affected by Aunt Jennifer’s death?

ii. Why did Gandhiji feel that it was useless for the peasants to go to law courts?

iii. For Franz, what was much more tempting than going to school and why?

iv. What different image does the poet use to convey the idea of her mother’s age?

v. Why did the peddler sign himself as Captain von Stahle?

vi. How can suspension of activities help? (Keeping Quiet)

VI. Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 40-50 words each. 2#2 = 4

i. How did the gardener react when Dr. Sadao told him about the wounded American soldier?

ii. If you were to give a different ending to the story, “On The Face of It” how would you end it?

iii. What is common between Zitkala-Sa and Bama?

VII. Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 120-150 words. 1#5 = 5

i. Why is the Champaran episode considered to be the beginning of the Indian struggle for independence?


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ii. How did the peddler betray the confidante reposed in him by the crofter in “Ihe Rattrap’?

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VIII. Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 120-150 words. 1#5 = 5

i. What benefits did Derry reap from his association with Mr. Lamb?

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ii. Describe the difficulties faced by Dr. Sadao when he decided to help the enemy soldier.

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