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XII model question paper SET -7, XII ENGLISH, Preliminary examination, Date, , Time: 3 Hrs, , Marks:80, , ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------, , section -I, (Reading for Comprehension, Language study, Vocabulary, Summary and Mindmapping), Q.1 A. Read the given extract and complete the activities given, below:, (12), Soapy left his bench and strolled out of the square and across the level sea of asphalt,, where Broadway and Fifth Anenue flow together. Up Broadway he turned, and stopped, at a luxurious café., Soapy had confidence in himself from the lowest button of his vest upward. He, was shaven, and his coat was trim and his neat, black bow had been presented to him, by a lady missionary on Thanksgiving Day. If only he could reach a table in the, restaurant unsuspected success would be his. The portion him that would show above, the table would raise no doubt in the waiter‘s mind. A roasted mallard duck, thought, Soapy, would be about the thing with a bottle of wine and then some cheese, a cup of, coffee and cigar. One dollar for the cigar would be enough. The total would not be so, high as to call forth any extreme of revenge from the café management; and yet the, meat would leave him filled and happy for the journey to his winter island., But as Soapy set foot inside the restaurant door, the head-waiter‘s eye fell upon his, tattered trousers and decadent shoes. Strong and ready hands turned him about and, conveyed him in silence and haste to the side-walk and averted the ignoble fate of the, menaced mallard. Soapy turned off Broadway. It seemed that the route to the coveted, island was not to be an easy one. Some other way of entering the limbo must be, devised., At a corner of Sixth Avenue electric lights and cunningly displayed wares behind, plate-glass made a shop window attractive. Soapy took a stone and dashed it through, the glass. People came running round the corner, a policeman in the lead. Soapy stood, still with his hands in his pockets, and smiled at the sight of brass buttons., A 1. Complete the Web:, (02), Complete the following web by enlisting food items that Soapy wanted to consume in a, luxurious café.
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A 2. Find Proof:, , (02), , Give two proofs from the extract which show that Soapy had confidence in himself from, the lowest button of his vest upward to enter in a luxurious café., A 3. Guess:, , (02), , Guess the meanings of the following expressions in the context:, I) winter island ii) eye fell upon, A 4. Personal Response:, , (02), , Write any four situations when you felt ‗relieved‘ seeing the cop approaching you., A 5. Language study (Do as directed.), , (02), , 1. If he could reach the table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would be his., (Rewrite it using ‗ unless‘.), , (1), , 2. Soapy left his bench and strolled out of the square.(Make it simple.) (1), A 6.Vocabulary:, , (02), , Give antonyms for the following words from the, extract, i) outside ii) new iii) suspected vi) downward, , Q. 1 B. Language study. (Do as, Directed.), , (04), , 1. ------------distance of two yards and wearing --------mask is essential to keep covid, 19 away., ( Fill in the blanks with suitable ‗articles‘.), , (01), , 2. Excessive use -------- sanitizeris hazardous---------health. ( use suitable, ‗prepositions‘.), (01), 3. The teacher asked the students, ―Do you follow the rules of Covid 19?‖Change it into, indirect speech.), (01)
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4. Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite it., (01), Vaibhav and Kishor distributed notebooks among themselves., Q.2.A. Read the extract and complete th activities given below :, , (12), , The story of Hiwaree Bazaar that began in 1989 will repeat itself in these 38, villages in the years to come. But being named ‗AdarshGaon‘ is far from easy. Villages, had to give a proposal after which a committee headed by Mr.Pawar inspected the, villages. ― The villages had to show dedication in the struggle to fight mediocrity. They, had to follow all the conditions of becoming an ‗Adarsh Gaon‘. We choose villages with a, revolutionary spark,‖Mr. Pawar says., Villages need to follow strict rules. The process begins with effective water, management through the watershed technique and water auditing, taking responsibility, of the village‘s natural resources—planting trees and stopping grazing, contributing, labour for the village work, and then expanding to bring about behavioural changes in, the people for harbouring social change. Hiware Bazaar is free of any kind of addiction, and there are no liquor or tobacco shops in the village. Vasectomy has been made, compulsory, as is the pre-marital HIV test., The ‗Adarsh Gaon‘ model prides itself of being based on the joint decisions made by the, Gram Sabha, where all the villagers are present. Even while selecting the new villages, under the scheme, Mr.Pawar made sure that the decision to become ideal village was, taken by the entire village together., The greatest victory for Hiware Bazaar so far has been the reverse migration that, the village has witnessed since 1989. As many as 93 families have come back to the, village, ―from the slums in Mumbai and Pune‖ Mr. Pawar says. The village of 216, families was completely below poverty line (BPL) in 1989; now it has only three BPL, families., , A.1 Choose:, , (02), , Read the following sentences and choose two most appropriate sentences that., Explain the theme of the extract:, 1) The extract narrates the success story of Hiware Bazaar., 2) The extract highlights the problems of ideal villages., 3) The extract describes the process of selecting ideal villages under AGY scheme., 4) It is about the tree plantation., , A.2 Flow –chart, , (02)
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Find out the process of submission of a proposal and selection of ideal villages, and complete the flow chart, , A3. Explain:, , (02), , ―The villages had to show dedication in the struggle to fight mediocrity‖ Explain it in, about 50 words., , A4. Personal Response:, , (02), , Write any four suggestions for changing Indian villages into ideal villages., A5. Language study, , (02), , Do as directed., (1) They had to follow all the conditions of becoming an AdarshGaon. (Rewrite, the sentence using infinitive form of the underlined word.), (1), (2) There are no liquor or tobacco shops in the village., (Rewrite the sentence using ‗Neither ---nor‘.), A.6 Vocabulary, , (1), (02), , Match the words in column ‗A‘ with their meanings in column ‗B‘, , Column ‘A’, , Column ‘B’, , i) harbour, , a) causing a great change, , ii) graze, , b) nurture, , iii) resourses, , c) feed cattle, , iv) revolutionary, , d) assets available, , Q. 2. B. Summary, , (03)
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Write the summary of the above extract with the help of the points given below and, suggest a suitable title:, Clues---- Hiware Bazaar---ideal village -----the process of selecting villages under AGY---achievements of Hiware Bazaar., Q. 2. C. Mind mapping :, , (03), , Develop a ‗Mind Mapping‘ frame /design to show the ‗Benefits of Games and, Sports‘to the students.You can take the help of the following points to develop each of, them into further branches:, Points-*fitness and stamina, team spirit and sportsmanship, group behavior, killers, instinct, will to win., Section –II (Poetry and Appreciation), Q. 3. A. Read the given extract and complete the activities given below: (10), Weavers weaving at break of day,, Why do you weave a garment so gay?...., Blue as the wing of a halcyon wild,, We weave the robes of a new-born child., Wavers weaving at fall of night,, Why do you weave a garment so bright?...., Like the plumes of a peacock, purple and, green,, We weave the marriage-veils of a queen., Weavers weaving solemn and still,, What do you weave in the moonlight chill……., White as a feather and white as a, cloud,, We weave a dead man‘s funeral shroud., , A 1. Complete the table:, , (02), , The words in the three stanzas of the poem mention different time of a day., Complete the table., , Time of the day, , Words/phrases, , Weavers work, , Early morning, , ……………………, , …………………………..
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Late in the evening, , Fall of night, , ………………….., , Cold night, , Moonlight chill, , ……………………., , A2. Pick out, , (02), , Pick out two words used to describe the weavers in the last stanza. Also state their, importance., A3. Personal Response :, (02), Express your views about the present condition of viewers., A4. Poetic device, , (02), , Name and explain the figure of speech used in the following, lines., i) White as feather and white as a cloud., and still., , ii) Weavers weaving solemn, , A5. Poetic creativity, , (02), , Compose four lines on ‗Importance of Clothes‘., , Q.3.B. Poetic Appreciation, , (04), , Read the given extract and write the appreciation of the given poem based on the, following points:, About the poem /poet, theme, language style, features, poetic devices, message,, values, your opinion about the poem., The buoy of the Inchcape Bell was seen, A darker speck on the ocean, green;, Sir Ralph the Rover, walk‘d his, deck,, And he fix‘d his eye on the darker speck., He felt the cheering power of spring,, It made him whistle, it made him sing;, His heart was mirthful to excess,, But the Rover‘s mirth was wickedness.
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His eye was on the Inchcape float;, Quoth he, ―My men, put out the boat,, And row me to the Inchcape Rock,, And I‘ll plague the Abbot of Aberbrothok‖., The boat is lower‘d, the boatmen row,, And to the Inchcape Rock they go;, Sir Ralph bent over from the boat,, And he cut the Bell from Inchcape float., Down sunk the bell with a gurgling sound,, The bubbles rose and burst around;, Quoth Sir Ralph, ‗The next who comes to the Rock, Won‘t bless the Abbot of Aberbothok.‘, , SECTION –III (Writing skills), Q. 4. Complete the activities as per the instructions given below:, Q4.A. Attempt any one of the following:, , (16), (04), , 1) Drafting a virtual message:, Using information given below, draft a virtual message which Amrita left for her brother,, Sourajit., Shekhar: Is this 28473892?, Amrita: Yes. May I know who is speaking?, Shekhar: I am Shekhar. I want to speak to Sourajit. I am his friend from IHM, Goa., Amrita: I am his sister. Sourajit is not at homeat the moment. Can you ring up a little, later?, Shekhar: I shall be a little busy, Actually,I have got a placement at the Hotel Mumbai,, and will have to join with immediate effect. Sourajit now I am trying to get all the, formalities completed. This is the news that I wanted to give Sourjit. Will you do that for, me? Also tell him that will let him know my new cell phone number as soon as I get one., Amrita: I‘ll do that. Bye and all the best.., Amrita had to leave for the office. So she wrote a note for Sourajit. Draft her message in, not more than 50 words, , OR
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[email protected]., OR, 2) Report Writing:, Write a report of the celebration of ‗ Independence Day‘ in your college., , Points: the time students assembled in college, arrival of chief guest and others,, flag-hoisting, speeches, detailed programme, vote of thanks., , OR, 3) Interview Questions:, Imagine that you are going to interview a well-known social worker in your area. Prepare, a set of 8 to 10 questions to be asked in interview., Use the following points: Introduction, opening question, probing questions, concluding, question, summing up., , Q. 4. C. Attempt any one of the following:, , (04)
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1) Speech Writing:, Prepare a speech on ‗Environment Day‘ for the awareness among the citizens to plant, trees with the help of following points:, , Points: Importance of trees, ways to protect trees, benefits of trees, add slogans., , OR, 2) Compering:, Imagine that you are a compere of prize distribution ceremony of your collage. Write a, script for the same . Make use of the following points: introduction – a brief introduction, of the programme, lighting of lamp, welcome song, welcome of guest, guest speech,, prize distribution, vote of thanks, , OR, 3) Expansion of idea:, ‗The child is the father of the man‘ expand the proverb, give examples, give message in, the proverb., Q 4. D. Attempt any one of the following:, (04), 1) Film Review:, Write a review of a film that you have recently seen. Write your review based on the, following points: story, characterization, music and song, theme, action, special features,, weak points, your opinion about the film., OR, 2) Blog Writing:, Write a blog in a proper format on the topic ‗personality development‘ with the help of, following points:, Points: Explain the term, Give its importance in life, Suggest ways for personality, development., or
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3) Appeal Writing:, Prepare an appeal through your organization for ‗Eye Donation‘. Use the following, points:, i) Use attractive slogans, ii) Make a persuasive appeal, iii) Venue and date, iv) Signature line, v) Contact information., SECTION- IV : Literary Genre-Novel, Q 5. A. Complete the activities given below as per the instructions:, Q. 5.A. i) Match the columns, , (04), , (02), , Column ‘A’, , Column ‘B’, , 1. Murasaki Shikibu, , a) Cervantes, , 2. Novella, , b) Bankimchandra Chattopadhyaya, , 3. Don Quixote, , c) Tale of Genji, , 4. Rajmohan’s Wife, , d) New, , A. ii) Complete the following statements:, , ( 02), , i) The two types of conflict that the plot may have are………….and………….., ii) The word ‗picaresque‘ is originated from…………………, iii) The word epistolary novel presents the narrative through…………… iv), In the eighteenth century middle class could get the time for reading and, discussing the novels because……………………………………….., Q.5.B. Answer in about 50 words to the following questions:, , (04), , B. i) Character, , (02), , Give a brief character sketch of Denham., ii) Plot, , (02), , Write in your own words the entire half yearly report programme of students‘, council., , Q. 5. C. Answer in about 50 words to the following questions:, , (04)
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i) Theme, , (02), , Write 4-5 sentences on the theme ‗Time theme‘ of the extract., ii) Setting, , (02), , Describe the importance of the following places in the development of the plot, and behavior of the characters., a) Liverpool ii) London, , Q. 5. D. Answer in about 50 words to the following questions:, i) Language, , (04), (02), , Elaborate the following line in the light of the novel ‗The Sign of Four‘., ― The letter speaks of giving her justice. What justice she can have?‖, ii) Character, , (02), , Sherlock Holmes is the leading character in the extract. Explain., ******************************************************
