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Std : 12th, , ENGLISH, , Time : 3 Hrs., , SECTION - I : PROSE, Q.1 A) Read the given extract and complete the activity given below:, A1) Describe the atmosphere when the Soapy reached near the church:, (a) A soft light glowed through the violet - stained window., (b) -----------------------(d) --------------------------(c) -----------------------(e) ---------------------------, , [12], 2, , Here was an old church, quaint and rambling and gabled. Through one violet-stained window a soft light, glowed, where, no doubt, the organist loitered over the keys, making sure of hismastery of the coming, Sabbath anthem. For there drifted out to Soapy's ears sweet music that caught and held him transfixed, against the convolutions of the iron fence., The moon was above, full and radiant: vehicles and pedestrians were few; sparrows twittered sleepily in, the eaves or a little while the scene might have been a country churchyard. And the anthem that the organist, played cemented Soapy to the iron fence, for he had known it well in the days when his life contained such, things as mothers and roses and ambitions and friends and immaculate thoughts and collars., The conjunction of Soapy's receptive state of mind and the influences about the old church brought a, sudden and wonderful change in his soul. He viewed with rising horror the pit into which he had tumbled,, the degraded days, unworthy desires, dead hopes, wrecked faculties and base motives that made up his, existence., And also in a moment his heart responded thrillingly to this strange mood. A strong impulse moved him, to battle with his desperate fact. He would pull himself out of the mire and would make a man of himself, again; he would conquer the evil that had enslaved him. There was time: he was young yet; he would, resurrect his old eager ambitions and pursue them without faltering. Those solemn but sweet organ notes had, set up a revolution in him. Tomorrow he would go into the roaring downtown district and find work. A fur, importer had once offered him a place as driver. He would be somebody in the world. He would ---Soapy felt a hand laid - in arm. He looked quickly around into the impassive face of a policeman., "What are you doin' here ?" asked the officer., "Nothing'," said Soapy., "Then come along." said the policeman., "Three months on the Island ," said the Magistrate in the Police Court the next morning., A2) Complete the following:, 2, After listening to the sweet and solemn organ notes, soapy decides to:, (a) ----------------------------(b) ----------------------------A3) Guess out the specific meaning of the word "anthem" in the context of the story., 2, A4) Write an incident in which you did something wrong and repented for it later. Write at least two, reasons for your repentance., 2, A5) Language Study:, 2, (a) "What are you doin here ?" asked the officer., (b) Tomorrow he would go in to the roaring downtown district., (Frame a 'Wh' question to get the underlined part as an answer), A6) Vocavulary: Match the following words in column A with their meaning in column B:, 2, A, B, i, Quaint, a, Strong wish / urge, ii, Transfixed, b, restore to life, iii, Impulse, c, to stand with complete focussed attention, iv, Resurrect, d, attractively unusual / old fashioned, e, to bring to views, Q.1 B) Non textual Grammer:, [4], I), Do as directed:, 3, i) My wish is to soar like ------------ bird in -------------- Sky of freedom., (Fill in the blanks with suitable articles and rewrite), ii) He is good ---------------- English. but weak ----------------- Mathematics., (Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions and rewrite), Smart English/03B/2021/01

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II), , iii) LIC is one of the most popular insurance companies in India., (Rewreite your answer beginning with "Very few ------------), Spot the error and rewrite the sentence., i) The sceneries of Darjeeling are very beautiful., , 1, , Q.2 A) Read the following extract and complete the activity given below:, [12], A1) Read the following four statements and find out two most suitable statements that summarises, the extract., 2, i) The extract is about Abraham Lincoln's passion and zest for learning., ii) The extract deals about what school schould do or should not do., iii) The extract speaks about Lincoln's belief that education is a potential tool for building up the all-round, personality of the student., iv) The extract deals with Lincoln's appeal to the teacher to be lenient as well as strict with the students., My son starts school today. It is all going to be strange and new to him for a while and I wish you, would treat him gently. It is an adventure that might take him across continents. All the adventures probably, include wars, tragedy and sorrow. To live this life will require faith, love and courage., So, dear teachers, will you please take him his hand and teach him things he will have to know-but, gently, if you can. Teach him that for every enemy, there is a friend. He will have to know that all men are, not just, that all men are not true. But teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero that for every, crooked politician, there is a dedicated leader., Teach him if you can that 10 cents earned is of far more value than a dollar found. In school, teach him, it is far more honourable to fall than to cheat. Teach him to learn how to gracefully lose, and enjoy winning, when he does win., Teach him to gentle with people, tough with people. Steer him away from envy if you can and teach him, the secret of quiet laughter. Teach him if you can -how to laugh when he is sad, teach him there is no shame, in tears. Teach him there can be glory in failure and despair in success. Teach him to scoff a cynics., Teach him if you can the wonders of books, but also give time to ponder the extreme mystery of birds in, the sky, bees in the sun and flowers on a green hill. Teach him to have faith in his own ideas, even if, everyone tells him they are wrong., Try to give my son strength not to follow the crowd When everyone else is doint it. Teach him to listen, to everyone, but teach him also to filter all that he hears on a screen of truth and take only the good that, comes through., Teach him to sell his talents and brains to the highest bidder but never to put a price tag on his heart and, soul. Let him have the courage to be impatient, let him have the patience to be brave. Teach him to have, sublime faith in himself, because then he will always have sublime faith in mankindm in God. This is the, order, teachers but see what best you can do. He is a nice little boy and my son. ( Abraham Linocoln's, Letter to His Son's Teacher), A2) Complete the following:, 2, i) According to Lincoln child can save himself from imitating the crowd by --------------ii) According to Lincoln adventure means -------------------------A3) Explain:, 2, 'It is far more honourable to fail than to cheat'. Explain the statement about 50 words., A4) Describe your views in about 50 words about teachers/schools contribution in the personality, development of a child/student., 2, A5) Language study:, 2, i) You would treat him gently., (Find out the correct sentence from the given options in which modal auxiliary showing 'advice' is, used and rewrite), (a) You will treat him gently., (b) You need to treat him gently., (c) You should treat him gently., (d) You shall treat him gently., ii) It is an adventure that might take him across continents., (Remove 'that' and rewrite), A6) Vocabulary:, 2, Fill in the blanks with appropriate words given in the box and rewrite., Smart English/03B/2021/02, (crooked, scoff, steer, sublime), a) The whole of Sahyadri mountains are abounding in picturesque and ---------- scenery.

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b) He was trying to involve me in another ------------ deal., c) When planning the boat trip. we had completely forgotten that we needed somebody to -----------d) His enemy ------------- at his 'tear drops'., Q.2 B) Summary:, [3], Write a summary of the above extract in short with the help of the given clues and suggest, a suitable titile., Abraham Lincoln's letter to the teacher - adventures - humanity - honesty - child tackle ups and down in life book reading - not to follow crowd - message - conclusion, , Q.2 C) Mind Mapping:, [3], Read the following extract carefully and present the information in the form of Mind map., A noun is a naming word: it denotes the name of a person, place, thing, language, bird, animal, insect,, creature, day, month, river, hill, mountain, branch of knowledge, quality, idea etc., Nouns are classified as proper nouns and common nouns., (i) Proper Nouns: Gandhi, Ambedkar, Hyderabad, English, Hindi, Telagu, Warangal, Sunday, January,, Philosophy, the Yamuna, the Godavari, the Nilgiris. The Himalayas etc., Common nouns: Father, poet, capital, city, languagem day, month, subject, river, animal, peacock, fish etc., Common nouns can be countable or uncountable. Countable nouns have singular and plural forms: boyboys, girl-girls, town-towns, computer - computers, foot-feet, tooth-teeth, mouse-mice, man-men, womanwomen etc., Uncountable nouns have no plural forms: milk, rice, oil, water etc., Commom nouns based on meaning, are classified into four categories: concrete nouns, abstract nouns,, material nouns and collective nouns. Words which represents objects that can be seen, touched or perceived, are called concrete nouns: a student, a room, an ant, an engine, a building, a house, a pigeon, a parrot, a plant,, a tree etc., Nouns which represent something that cannot be seen or touched, but can only be imagined or felt or, known as abstract nouns. They express/denote an idea, quality, state, action or branch of knowledge: disease,, death, knowledge, taste, smell, softness, war, happiness, neatness, Botany, grammar, beauty divinity, worship, etc., Material nouns are words like gold, silver, iron, mercury etc., Collective nouns are words like herd, committee, police, parliament, jury etc., SECTION II - POETRY AND APPRECIATION, Q.3 A) Read the following extract and do the activities that follows :, [10], No stir in the air, no stir in the sea,, The ship was as still as she could be,, Her sails from heaven received no motion,, Her keel was steady in the ocean., Without either sign or sound of their shock, The waves flow'd over the Inchcape Rock;, So little they rose, so little they fell,, They did not move the Inchcape Bell., The Abbot of Aberbrothok, Had placed that bell on the Inchcape Rock;, On a buoy in the storm if floated and swung,, And over the waves its warning rung., When the Rock was hid by the surge's swell,, The mariners head the warning bell;, And then they knew perilous Rock,, And blest the Abbot of Aberbrothok., The sun in heaven was shining gay,, All things were joyful on that day;, The sea-birds scream'd as they wheel'd round,, And there was joyance in their sound., A1) State whether the following sentences are true or false and rewrite., i) The mariners were blessing the Abbot of Aberbrothok because ----------ii) In the last stanza of the given extract 'wheel around' implies - -------------, , 2, , Smart English/03B/2021/03

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A2) "No stir in the air, no stir in the sea, the ship was as still as she could be "Explain and interprete these lines, from the given extract., 2, A3) In your short life of up to 12th standard you too must have done some to good others for which they must be, grateful to you. Write what it was and why were they grateful to you., 2, A4) Poetic Device :, 2, Identify and explain in the figure of speech in the following line., "The ship was as still as she could be"., A5) Creativity:, 2, Compose the missing lines from the given stanza and write it., The sun in heaven was shining gay, -----------------------------------------And there was a joyance in their sound., , Q.3 B) Appreciation:, Write an appreciation of the poem with the help of the points given below :, Have you Earned your Tomorrow, Is anybody happier because you passed his way?, Does anyone remember that you spoke to him today?, This day is almost over, and its toiling time is through;, Is there anyone to utter now a kindly word of you?, Did you give a cheerful greeting to the friend who came along?, Or a churlist sort of "Howdy" and then vanish in the throng?, Were you selfish pure and simple as you rushed along the way,, Or is someone mighty grateful for a deed you did today?, Can you say to night, in parting with the days that's slipping fast,, That you helped a single brother of the many that you passed?, Is a single heart rejoicing over what you did or said;, Does a man whose hopes were fading now with courage look ahead?, Did you waste the day, or lose it, was it well or sorely spent?, Did you leave a trail of kindness or a scar of discontent?, As you close your eyes in slumber do you think that God would say,, You have earned one more tomorrow by the work you did today?, -Edgar Guest, , [4], , , , , , , , Q.4), A), , About the poem / poet and title, The theme, Poetic style, language devices used in the poem, Message values and morals in the poem, Your opinion about the poem, SECTION III (WRITING SKILL), Complete the activities as per the instructions given below:, [16], Attempt any one of the following:, 4, Draft a virtual Message:, Using information from the dialogue given below. write the message which Surabhi left for her sister, Shweta., Do not leave out any vital information or add any new information., OR, Smart English/03B/2021/04, Statement of Purpose:, Read the personal details given below and prepare a suitable statement of Purpose., Prithviraj Kapoor Dance school is one of the leading educational institute in the field of dance for the, artists all over India. Right from the age of 8 you have been taking a training to become a classical dancer, from Pandit Birjumaharaj. because of him you got an opportunity to perform in some dance shows at, Pune International Dance Festival during Ganeshotsava and even have own a ward at the hands of Hema, Mlaini the well-known dancer and actor of Bollywood. You are very fast in learning the steps and clear, about the instructions. Dancing has helped you in winning many trophies for your college. Prepare a, statement of purpose that will make a way for you to secure an admission in this institute.

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OR, Group Discussion:, A boy whose parents are working at a construction site but are doing no compromise in giving, education to their son. the boy is also studious and hardworking and this year in SSC board exam he has, secured 90 plus percentage. But now as his financial condition is not enough sound, he is thinking to, discontinued his education and work with his parents. For furthe education he needs monetary help. You and, your few friends have come together to find out some solution to his problem. Before this you and your, friends had a group discussion to help him. Prepare four or five of your discussion about it., , B), , C), , D), , Attempt any one of the following:, 4, Email Writing:, A company has been marketing spurious medicines behind claims that its product could be effective in, preventing Covid 19 Corona or other forms of influenza. Write an email to the Drug Controller General of the, Directorate of Health Service. Mumbai examining the claim of the company and explaining the harm these, kinds of claims could cause., OR, Report Writing:, Write a report of a monsoon trek in which you participated as a member of your Junior college contingent., OR, Interview Questions:, Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu are playing against each other in the Common Wealth Games. As a reporter of, the Indian Express newspaper you met and Interacted with Saina Nehwal and learnt about her achievements, and future plans related to badminton. Frame a set of 8 to 10 questions that covers the interview., Attempt any one of the following:, 4, Speech Writing:, Prepare a speech to be delivered in your college on the issue 'Global Warming' and need to address the, growing concern., OR, Compering:, Imagine that you are a compere of 'Gandhi Jayanti Celebration' which is to be celebrated in your junior, college. Prepare a compering script of the programme with the help of the following points.,  Introduction,  Welcome of the guests,  Main events (Speeches of students, skit performance of the students and guest's speech),  Introduction and felicitation of the guest,  Cleanliness drive,  Vote of thanks, OR, Expansion of Idea, Expand the following idea in about 120 words. It must have an introduction, middle and the conclusion., "Fortune Favours Brave", Attempt any one of the following:, 4, Book Review:, Write a review of a book that you have recently read. Write your review based on any four points given, below.,  Name of the characters . (main and supporting roles),  About the story / theme of the book.,  Why did you like or not like the book.,  Special features/ novelties/ novel ideas,  Should others read this book/would you recommend your friend/s to enjoy it/ read this book/why?, OR, Blog writing, Write a blog on the following topic., Write a blog in a proper format on "Rivers Source of Life of Cities." Write your answer in about 150 words., OR, Appeal:, Smart English/03B/2021/05

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Prepare an Appeal in the form of an advertisement on water conservation to be displayed on your college, notice board use attractive slogan. Make use of the following points.,  Persuasive appeal,  Information about the programme to be undertaken,  Ask for contribution,  Need to save the Earth,  Other ideas of your own, , SECTION IV : LITERARY GENRE - (NOVEL), Q.5 A) Do the following as per the instructions:, I) Match the author/novelists given in column 'A' with their work given in column 'B', A, B, 1, Geoffrey, a, Clarissa, 2, Herman Melville, b, Evelina, 3, Frances Burney, c, The Canterbury Tales, 4, Samuel Richardson, d, Billy Budd, , [4], 2, , II) Add a word to the sentence as an answer and rewrite., 2, 1) Setting includes place, period, time, climate or weather and ------------2) The German word 'bildungsroman' indicate -----------3) The realistic novel is also called a novel of ------------4) Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction flourished in the second half of the -------B) Write the answers of the following questions in about 50 words:, [4], 1) Explain how the setting of the extract contributes to the theme of the novel, To Sir with Love', 2) 'When the turn of my class came I sat up anxiously'. Explain the reason for Mr. Braithwaite's anxiousness and, cite some suitable references from the given extract for your study of the novel, 'To Sir with Love'., C) Write the answers of the following questions in about 50 words:, [4], 1) Detective Fix tried hard but could not fix the charge of robbery on Foff. Explain the statement from the point, of view of Fix., 2) The beginning of the extract given for our study of the novel 'Around the world in 80 Days', is a scene in the, prison of the custom house. From there the novel moves further from one place/spot to another. Find out and, explain all the places. spots where the incident took place., D) Write the answers of the following questions in about 50 words:, [4], 1) Write a short character sketch of Major Sholto from the novel/ extract ‘Sign of Four’., 2) Basically the setting of the extract is in London but it has some references of India too. Explain how setting of, the extract contribute to the theme of the novel, ‘Sign of Four’., **********************SSS***********************, Smart English/03B/2021/06