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Suggestions For Class XII, Subject: English, Section-B, (Advance Writing Skills), 1. Design an attractive poster for promoting cleanliness in your, neighborhood., 2. design a poster for the World environment day creating awareness, among the people about the threats of environmental degradation., 3. Water is precious and each one of us must stop its wastage. prepare, a poster in not more than 50 words urging people to employ, various methods of rainwater harvesting in their own locality., 4. Design a poster in not more than 50 words to create awareness, about the safety measures to be taken during an earthquake., 5. You are Arun Das/ Arunima Das, president of Tinsukia. you have, lost a black handbag containing valuable documents while, travelling from digboi to Tinsukia by bus. Draught an, advertisement in not more than 50 words for publication in daily, English newspaper.
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6. Design a poster in not more than 50 words creating awareness, about Covid-19, and measures to be adopted to mitigate/control its, transmission., 7. Write a classified advertisement for the lost and found column of, local newspaper setting the local of your cell phone while, travelling in a local bus., 8. You are Binod/Seema, the cultural secretary of Saint Anthony, College Guwahati. draught a notice in not more than 50 words for, the notice board informing the students about the inter College, song and dance competition that your institution is going to, organise., 9. You are Anil/ Amrita, the cultural secretary of Tezpur Government, higher secondary school. You are planning to organise a cultural, program write a notice for the school notice board inviting names, of students willing to participate., 10., , you are an eyewitness to a road accident in which a look, , school going boy was killed and many passengers were injured. As
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a press reporter of an English daily write a report about accident in, 100-120 words., 11., , You visited some flood affected areas of dhemaji district. As, , a press reporter of an English daily write a report on the flood, situation in 100-125 words., 12., , You have witnessed a train accident in which a Delhi bound, , Guwahati express got derailed. Write a report in 100-125 to be, published in The Sentinel Guwahati., 13., , Your district administration has celebrated Shilpi divorce at, , the district library auditorium recently. Prepare a report on it., 14., , Students of the local college have organised a campaign for, , say no to plastic in your town. Prepare a report in 100-125 words, to be published in an English daily., 15., , Write a letter to the editor of The Assam tribune Guwahati,, , drawing the attention of the authorities concerned to the erratic, power supply particularly during study hours in your locality.
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16., , Write aletter to the editor of an English daily drawing the, , attention of the authorities concerned to the menace of reckless, driving in your town., 17., , You are Arun/Arunima living in Amila Patty, Sivsagar. Write, , a letter to the editor of The Sentinel drawing baton Sen of the, concerned authority to the poor condition of water supply in your, locality., 18., , Write a letter to the editor of a local daily news paper, , expressing your views against the insensitive use of loudspeaker, during festival., 19., , you have seen an advertisement for the post of an English, , teacher in Lakhimpur public school, Lakhimpur. Write a formal, letter to the president of the managing committee of the schoolin, response to the advertisement applying for the popostGive your, details bio-data., 20., , Youhave seen an advertisement for the post of a sales, , executive in a reputed company. Write an application to the
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Regional Director the company is response to the advertisement, applying for the post., Section-D, (Text Books), 21., , “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”, , Questions:, A) How long does the poet want to stay still?, B) Why does he ask us to keep still not use any language?, C) What does the poet mean by not move our arms so much., 22., , “Those who prepare green wars, Wars with gas, wars with fire, Victory with no survivors,, And walk about with their brothers.
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In the shade, doing nothing.”, A) Different kinds of words mentioned by the poet in the passage?, B) What kind of victory do they achieve?, C) Who are the brothers mentioned in the stranger?, D) Find the words in the given stranger that mean “those left alive”, and “win”., 23., , “Perhaps the earth can teach us, As when everything seems dead, And later. Proves to be alive, Now I will count up to twelve, And you keep quiet and I will go”, , A) What can the earth teach us?, B) Why does the poet count up to twelve?, C) What will keeping quiet help us to achieve?, 24., , “Driving from parent's, Home to Cochin last Friday, Morning, I saw my mother,, Beside me.
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Doze, open mouthed, her face, Ashen like that, Of a corpse………”, A) Where was the speaker driving to?, B) What did she notice when her mother sat beside her?, C) Find two words from the passage that mean 'sleep lightly' and, 'dead body'., D) Why was her mother’s face like that of a corpse?, 25., , Answer the following questions: 3×2=6, A) What is the exotic moment the poet Pablo Neruda wishes, for?, B) What is the message that John Keats wants to give through a, thing of beauty?, C) Why has the poet brought in the image of the merry children, spilling out of their homes?, D) Why has the mother been compared to the late winter moon?, E) How is a thing of beauty a joy forever?
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F) Whatis the significance of the parting words of the speaker, and her smile in my mother at sixty six?, G) what according to kids bikes human beings love life in spite, of all its problems and miseries?, H) What is the sadness that the poet refers to in the poem, keeping quiet?, 26., , Answer the following questions: 5×1=5, A) What did Franz think for a moment?, B) What does Saheb look for in the garbage dumps?, C) What position date John Rowntree hold before leaving, Shillong a few days after independence?, D) What was Gandhi’s politics interwind with?, E) Which was the only occasion when Sophie got to see Danny, Casey in person., F) Whom did Gandhi and Shukla wants to meet at Patna?, G) What is the great trouble with Alsace?, H) Which country does Danny Casey play for?, I) Why have Saheb and his family migrated to Seemapuri?
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J) What is the name of the river mentioned in the last lesson?, K) Which country had developed synthetic Indigo?, L) Name the book from which memories of a chota Sahib is, taken?, M), , What position did John Rowntree hold before leaving, , Shillong a few days after independence?, 27., , Answer the following questions: 5×2= 10, A) Why did Franz want to spend his day out of doors?, B) What is the irony inherent in Saheb's full name?, C) Why do the young inhabitants of Firozabad end up losing, their eyesight?, D) Give a brief description of peacock Island., E) What is the significance of banglers in an Indian society?, F) What was the incident that prompted Gandhi to raise his, voice of protest against the British?, G) Why did M Hamel not blame Franz alone for his inability to, learn?
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H) What unusual visitor did Rowntree have in his bangalow one, night?, I) What job is Geoff engaged in? Does he entertain wild and, impractical dreams like his sister?, J) Why did Gandhiji choose to go to Muzaffarpur first before, going on to Champaran?, K) What is a marboat and how is it operated?, L) Solution to the problems of India share properties of, champion found?, M), , Give a brief description of Seemapuri., , N) Was Saheb happy with his job at the tea stall?, O) Write in brief the scene observed by the author from the, veranda of his bungalow on the bank of the Brahmaputra., 28., , Answer the following question: 5×1=5, A) Draw a character sketch of M Hamel as it is shown in The, Last Lesson., B) The battle of Champaran is won, Gandhi exclaimed. Explain, the context in which this was said.
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C) Describe the usual things that Franz noticed on the day of the, last lesson., D) Describe the exploitation of the Indigo sharecroppers by the, English landlords. Did Gandhi help them to get an, honourable settlement?, E) Describe the bangle makers of Firozabad. How does the, vicious circle of Sahukars, the middle man never allow them, to come out of their poverty., F) Describe the character of sophie's father and the role played, by him in the story going places., G) Write briefly on the hazard of working in the glass bangles, industry., 29., , Answer the following questions: 7×1=7, A) “Though both Mr lamb and Derry suffers from a physical, disability their attitudes to the life are different'. justify the, relevance of this statement with reference to the story of on, the face of it?
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B) Bama's experience is that of a victim of the caste system., What kind of discrimination does Zitkala-sa's experience, depict? what are their responses to their respective situations?, C) Write a character sketch of Dr. Sadao Hoki as depicted in, “The Enemy”, D) Compare and contrast the stories of Zitkala-sa and Bama., 30., , Answer the following questions: 2×4=8, A) How did the hundredth tiger take its revenge on the tiger, king?, B) How did Mr lamb try to give courage and confidence to, Derry?, C) What are different sports held on the efficiency of magh Bihu, or maghar domahi., D) Who was Hana? What did she notice coming out of the mist?, E) How is the delicacy “Sunga-pitha” prepared., F) Zitkala sa in tears on the first day in the land of apples?, G) What is it that draws Derry towards Mr. Lamb in spite of, himself?
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H) What did Annan say about his community to the narrator?, I) What did the chief astrologer predict about the Tiger King?, J) When did Bama experience untouchability?, K) Why and how did Derry enter Mr.Lamb's garden., L) What explanation was given by the chief astrologer to the, query of the Little Tiger King?
