Class 12 English Sample Paper Set 12
Class 12 English Sample Paper Set 12
Class 12 English Sample Paper Set 12
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Read the following instructions very carefully and strictly follow them:
2. This question paper contains three sections - Section A : Reading Skills, Section B : Creative Writing Skills and
Section C : Literature.
3. Attempt all questions based on specific instructions for each part. Write the correct question number and part
6. A landslide in your area has caused untold destruction. Write an article in 150-200 words on the destruction [5]
caused by natural calamities and the precautions to be taken to prevent them. You are Jai Kant/Jai Kanta.
OR
Recently your school held a Seminar on Conservation of Water as a part of World Water Day celebrations. As the
School Pupil Leader of Maryland School, Gurgaon, write a report in 100-125 words for a local daily. Sign as
Pritham/Preeti.
SECTION C - LITERATURE
7. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow: [6]
I looked again at her, wan,
pale
as a late winter's moon and felt that
old
familiar ache, my childhood's fear,
but all I said was, see you soon,
Amma,
all I did was smile and smile and
smile ...
i. The poem My Mother at Sixty-Six captures the ________ of the narrator.
I. happiness
II. fear
III. dismay
IV. anxiety
Choose the most appropriate option:
a. Only I
b. I and IV
c. II and IV
d. Only III
ii. Identify the phrase from the extract that suggests the following:
She was overwhelmed with emotion and could not speak much.
iii. The word wan in the given context most nearly means
a. pale
b. old
c. unwell
d. anxious
iv. Complete the following analogy correctly. Do not repeat from the example used.
Trees sprinting : personification : : ________ : simile
v. On the basis of the extract, study the two statements, I and II given below:
I. The poet accepts the reality of her mother's declining health and old age.
II. She is nostalgic about her childhood days spent with her mother.
Choose the most appropriate option:
a. I is true, but II is false
b. Both I and II are true
c. II is the reason for I
d. II cannot be inferred from the extract
vi. Explain the following statement with reference to the above extract:
All I did was smile and smile and smile.
OR
Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
In front at the edge of the road where the traffic sped,
A roadside stand too pathetically pled,
It would not be fair to say for a dole of bread,
But for some of the money, the cash, whose flow supports
The flower of cities from sinking and withering faint.
The polished traffic passed with a mind ahead,
Or if ever aside a moment, then out of sorts
At having the landscape marred with the artless paint
Of signs that with N turned wrong and S turned wrong
i. What is the tone of the poet in the extract?
Choose the correct option:
a. optimistic
b. resigned
c. sympathetic
d. indifferent
ii. With reference to the given extract, what harm has been caused by the artless paint?
iii. The city is compared to ________.
a. a landscape
b. signs of N and S
c. a flower
d. a dole of bread
iv. Choose the correct option:
The roadside stand is
a. at the edge of the road.
b. marred with artless paint.
c. like the flower of cities.
d. well maintained.
v. What type of expectations do the stand owners have from the city dwellers who come there?
vi. Complete the analogy with a word from the given extract.
donate: contribute : : dying : ________.
8. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
I was walking home from school one day, an old bag hanging from my shoulder. It was actually possible to walk
the distance in ten minutes. But usually it would take me thirty minutes at the very least to reach home. It would
take me from half an hour to an hour to dawdle along, watching all the fun and games that were going on, all the
entertaining novelties and oddities is the streets, the shops and the bazaar.
i. The entertaining novelties as stated in the passage include (1)
a. A performing monkey
b. Stunt performances
c. Puppet shows
d. All of these
ii. The word dwadle as used in the extract means (1)
a. To Push
b. To walk slowly
c. To delay deliberately
d. To put off
iii. Complete the sentence appropriately, with reference to the extract. (1)
The distance from the school to the speaker’s house could be easily covered within ________ minutes.
iv. What nature of the speaker can be discerned from the given extract? (1)
OR
Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:
Sadao slept badly that night. Time and time again he woke, thinking he heard the rustling of footsteps, the sound of a
twig broken or a stone displaced in the garden — a noise such as men might make who carried a burden.
i. What burden had the men to carry?
a. Dr. Sadao himself
b. Dead body of Tom
c. The General
d. The things they have stolen from Sadao's house.
ii. What quality of Sadao has been depicted here?
iii. Why did Sadao awake again and again?
iv. Who are the men referred to?
a. General and his subordinate
b. Servants
c. Assassins
d. Messengers from General
9. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow: [6]
For a moment I thought of running away and spending the day out of doors. It was so warm, so bright! The birds
were chirping at the edge of the woods; and in the open field back of the sawmill the Prussian soldiers were
drilling. It was all much more tempting than the rule for participles, but I had the strength to resist, and hurried
off to school.
i. Complete the sentence with an appropriate explanation, as per the extract.
The ________ seemed boring to the narrator.
ii. What were the Prussian soldiers doing?
a. Drilling in the open field back of the sawmill
b. Chirping at the edge of the woods
c. Drilling in the open field back of the sand-mill
d. Both (i) and (ii)
iii. On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below.
(1) The narrator gave in to the distractions that day.
(2) The day offered all possible temptations to the narrator.
a. (1) Can be inferred from the extract but (2) cannot.
b. (1) cannot be inferred from the extract but (2) can.
c. (1) is true but (2) is false.
d. (2) is the reason for (1).
iv. Select the suitable word from the extract to complete the following analogy:
Courage: Strength:: Endure: ________
v. For a moment I thought of running away and spending the day out of doors. Why did he think so?
a. Because he was late for school
b. Because he did not prepare anything for the test
c. Because he was afraid of M. Hamel's scolding
d. All of these
vi. Replace the underlined word with its synonym from the extract.
The distractions were alluring to the narrator.
OR
Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
Wherever they find food, they pitch their tents that become transit homes. Children grow up in them, becoming
partners in survival. And survival in Seemapuri means rag-picking. Through the years, it has acquired the proportions
of a fine art.
i. What is the most likely reason some people set up Transit Homes?
This could be because
a. they were vagabonds
b. they travelled in search of food
c. they were hunter-gatherers
d. their practiced slash-and-burn agriculture
ii. Replace the underlined word with its antonym from the extract.
They lost the perfection of doing their job.
iii. On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below.
(1) People in Seemapuri excelled in the art of renovating rags.
(2) The only livelihood in Seemapuri was rag-picking.
a. (1) Can be inferred from the extract but (2) cannot.
b. (1) cannot be inferred from the extract but (2) can.
c. (1) is true but (2) is false.
d. (2) is the reason for (1).
iv. Children who grow up in transit homes become:
a. partners in crime
b. partners in survival
c. friends
d. homemakers
v. Rationalise, to support the given opinion:
Rag picking was a fine art for them.
vi. Garbage is referred to as ________ metaphorically.
10. Answer any five of the following questions in 40-50 words each: [10]
(a) I was frightened, but not yet frightened out of my wits. Says Douglas. Which qualities of the [2]
speaker are highlighted in the above statement? (Deep Water)
(b) On the basis of the poem 'Keeping Quiet' explain, In what ways does man cause harm to mankind and [2]
Nature?
(c) What will happen when aunt Jennifer is dead? [2]
(d) Why did Sophie want to be an actor? [2]
(e) What does the writer mean by the fiery misery of those subjected to make-up in Poets and Pancakes? [2]
(f) What is the position of an interviewer in the educated society of today, according to Denis Brian? [2]
11. Answer any two of the following questions in 40-50 words each: [4]
(a) How does one lose all earthly sense of perspective and time in Antarctica? [2]
(b) How was the Maharaja able to save his kingdom? [2]
(c) How can burning of fossil fuel affect our environment? (Journey to the End of the Earth) [2]
12. The different portrayal of men in the texts The Rattrap and Aunt Jennifer's Tigers offers insights into the [5]
tendency of men to change or remain rigid.
You have been asked to address your peers and share:
The ways these portrayals highlight the willingness to improve and accept mistakes.
The importance of updating and adapting our nature and knowledge according to changing times.
You may begin this way:
Good morning, everyone.
As I analysed the allotted texts...
You may end this way.
To conclude, I’d like to say that
Compose this draft, with reference to the prescribed texts listed above.
OR
Notions of beauty may differ in different contexts.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever
For simple sheep; and such are daffodils
With the green world they live in; and clear rills
That for themselves a cooling covert make
‘Gainst the hot season; the mid forest brake
Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers
Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen,
Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree;
They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.’
Create a conversation between Aunt Jennifer and poet Keats with reference to the above extracts.
You may begin the conversation like this:
Keats: Beauties of nature are like a boon for us. Tell me about your experiences Jennifer.
13. Derry who was always in search of secluded places, finds one in Mr. Lamb's garden. Although his seclusion did [5]
not last for long there as the owner turns up, he ends up being a frequent visitor of this place. Create a diary
entry as Derry reflecting on the qualities of Mr. Lamb that attracted you towards him.
You may begin like this:
The moment I noticed that I was not alone as the old man could see me, I wanted to leave. But an interesting
rather peculiar conversation kept me glued...
OR
In the story, The Enemy, Dr. Sadao faced a dilemma. In an attempt to delineate how he was both a patriotic Japanese
as well as a dedicated surgeon, Hana, his wife expresses her thoughts in a diary entry. Create this diary entry as Hana.
You may begin:
I have been married to Sadao for many years now after falling in love with him in America and I have always known
him to be a man of great intelligence with a complex emotional character. However, the state of dilemma that he
faced because of the enemy American POW…
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