পূর্ণমান - 80
সময় - 3 Hours 15 Minutes
বিষয় - English (ইংরেজি)
শ্রেণী - দ্বাদশ (Class 12)
WBCHSE English Question Paper / Sample Question Paper Class XII English WBCHSE
ENGLISH Question Paper (Group-B)
(a) Complete each of the following sentences, choosing the correct option from the alternatives provided: 1 x 4 = 4
(i) "... a high-pitched female voice near the carriage door," - The 'voice' belonged to
(a) girl's mother
(b) girl's aunt
(c) girl's sister
(d) girl's friend.
(ii) One of the forebears of Kalam's mother was awarded the title of
(a) Bahadur
(b) Veerbahadur
(c) Raibahadur
(d) Bharat Ratna.
(iii) The Tsar helped the hermit by
(a) cooking food
(b) sowing seed
(c) digging groung
(d) washing cloths.
(iv) 'Half-nelson' is a
(a) neck-tie
(b) hard blow
(c) belt
(d) a wrestling hold.
(b) Complete each of the following sentences, choosing the correct option from the alternatives provided: 1×4-4
(i) The tone on which "On Killing A Tree" ends is of
(a) joy
(b) irony
(c) success
(d) achievement.
(ii) The young soldier's bed is soaked with
(a) sweat
(b) blood
(c) sun rays
(d) dew.
(iii) The theme that Shakespeare explores in "Sonnet No.18" is
(a) immortality of youth
(b) immortality of beauty
(c) eternity of love
(d) timelessness of poetry.
(iv) The phrase 'poetry of earth' means music of
(a) nature
(b) bird
(c) grasshopper
(d) cricket.
(c) Complete each of the following sentences, choosing the correct option from the alternatives provided: 1 x 4 = 4
(i) The setting of "The Proposal" is
(a) Lomov's country house
(b) Chubukov's drawing room
(c) Oxen Meadows
(d) Birch woods.
(ii) Before proposing Natalya, Lomov feels as if he were in
(a) an examination hall
(b) a police station
(c) a court
(d) a flower garden.
(iii) Lomov jumps up in his sleep like a
(a) dog
(b) fox
(c) lunatic
(d) rabbit.
(iv) While shelling peas Natalya wore
(a) dress-jacket
(b) apron and negligee
(c) house-coat
(d) nighty.
2. (a) Answer any four of the following questions each in a complete sentence: 1 x 4 = 4
(i) When do the hills look lovely, according to the narrator of "The Eyes Have It?
(ii) Where has "Strong Roots" been taken from?
(iii) How did the Tsar sleep in the hermit's cottage?
(iv) Why could not Roger flee with the purse?
(v) How did the girl's voice seem to the narrator of . "The Eyes Have It"?
(vi) What qualities did Kalam's father possess?
(vii) Why did the Tsar want to know the answers of the three questions?
(viii) What is the full name of the 'large woman"?
(b) Answer any four of the following questions, each in a complete sentence: 1 x 4 = 4
(i) What does the expression 'leprous hide' refer to?
(ii) Where is the sleeping soldier resting his head?
(iii) "... thou wand'rest in his shade" - What is referred to by 'his shade'?
(iv) What has 'wrought a silence' on a winter evening?
(v) What will happen if 'miniature boughs' are unchecked?
(vi) How did the very young soldier die?
(vii) Why does 'every fair from fair' decline sometime?
(viii) What does the person 'half lost' in drowsiness imagine?
3. Answer any two of the following questions, each in about 100 words: 6 × 2 = 12
(a) "The man who had entered the compartment broke into my reverie" Whose 'reverie' is mentioned here? Who had entered the compartment? What was the 'reverie' about? How did it come to an end? 1 + 2 + 2
(b) "Our locality was predominntly Muslim." Who is the speaker here? How does the speaker describe the locality? What picture of communal harmony do you find in the description? 1+2+3
(c) "And he did not want to be mistrusted now". Who is 'he' referred to here? Whose trust did he want to win? When did he not want to be mistrusted and why? 1+1+2+2
(d) "You have already been answered." Who said this and to whom? How had the person referred to been answered? 1+1+4
4. Answer any two of the following questions, each in about 100 words: 6 x 2 = 12
(a) How does a tree offer resistance to its destruction? How does its resistance fail? 3 + 3
(b) How is the valley described in the poem "Asleep In The Valley"? Why is it described so? 3 + 3
(c) What do the rough winds do? What does the poet mean by 'summer's lease"? How is the friend's beauty superior to the summer's day? 1+1+4
(d) What picture of summer is presented in "The Poetry of Earth"? How has it been carried on to the picture of winter? 4+2
5. Answer any one of the following questions in about 100 words: 6 × 1 = 6
(a) "Forgive us Ivan Vasilevitch, we were all a little heated." Who is the speaker? Who are referred to by 'us'? Why were the persons referred to a little heated"? Why does the speaker ask for forgiveness? 1+1+2+2
(b) Discuss the reasons why the marriage proposal is important to all the characters in the play "The Proposal". 6
(c) "Oh, what a burden, Lord, to be the father of a grown-up daughter!" Who is the speaker here? Who is his daughter? Discuss his plight as the father of a grown-up daughter. 1 + 1 + 4
6. (a) Do as directed: 1 x 6 = 6
(i) Not a simple jab of the knife will do it. (Turn into an affirmative sentence)
(ii) Many of them offered bowls of water to my father. (Change the voice)
(iii) The engine's wistle shrieked, the carriage wheels changed their sound and rhythm. (Turn into a simple sentence)
(iv) He decided to consult a hermit. (Use the noun form of 'decide')
(v) Mrs. Jones said, "Now here, take this ten dollars and buy yourself some blue suede shoes." (Change into indirect speach)
(vi) Thou art more lovely and more temperate than summer. (Change into positive degree)
(b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate article or preposition : 2 × 6 = 3
I've come(i)____you, honoured Stepan Stepanovitch (ii)_trouble you_(iii)___ (iv)___ request. Not once or twice have I already had the privilege (v)_applying to you(vi)___help.
(c) Correct the error in the following sentence by replacing the underlined word with the right one from the options given below: 1 × 1 = 1
If I turn you loosely, will you run? [Options: lose/loose/loss]
7. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
If it had been Aladdin's palace, roc's egg and all, I suppose I could not have been more charmed with the romantic idea of living in it. There was a delightful door cut in the side and it was roofed in, and there were little windows in it; but the wonderful charm of it was, that it was a rel boat on dry land.
It was beautifully clean inside and as tidy as possible. There were a table and a dutch clock and a chest of drawers and on the chest of drawers there was a tea-tray which was kept from tumbling down by a Bible; and the tray, if it had tumbled down, would have smashed a quantity of cups and saucers and a teapot that were grouped around the book. On the walls there were some common coloured pictures framed and glazed, of Scripture subjects.
All this, I saw in the first glance after I crossed the threshold of Peggotty's brother's house - and then Peggotty opened a little door and showed me my bedroom. It was the completest and most desirable bedroom ever seen - in the stern of the vessel; with a little window; a looking glass, nailed against the wall, and framed with oyster-shells; a little bed, which there was just room enough to get into; and a nosegay of seaweed in a blue mug on the table. The walls were whitewashed as white as milk. One thing I particularly noticed in this delightful house was the smell of fish. On my imparting this discovery in confidence to Peggotty, she informed me that her brother dealt in lobsters, crabs and crawfish which were usually to be found in a little wooden outhouse where the pots and kettles were kept.
(a) State whether the following statements are True or False. Write 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements. (You need not write the sentences, wrirte 'T' or 'F' only) 1 x 4 = 4
(i) The house of Peggotty's brother was a real train compartment.
(ii) The mirror of the bedroom was framed with carved wood.
(iii) The bedroom was well furnished.
(iv) There was a copy of Hamlet on the tea-tray.
(b) Answer each of the following questions in about 30 words: 2 × 3 = 6
(i) How was the tea-tray kept and why?
(ii) How was the bedroom furnished?
(iii) Why was there smell of fish in the house?
8. (a) Write a report on a seminar on 'Cyber Awarness' organised by your school. Mention the purpose of the seminar, participation, response and so on. (Word limit: 150 words) 2 + 8
Or, (b) Write a letter to the manager of a local nationalized bank to offer you an educational loan for your higher education. (Words limit: 150) words) 2 + 8 = 10
Or, (c) Write a precis of the following passage. Add a suitable title. 2+8=10
Let us accept wholeheartedly that we matter little in this vast universe and therefore, there is no point in building a tiny, false, and pompous self. We can simply be: be who we are, be who we want to be and be free from the pulls and pushes of social conditionings. We can be in a way that makes us happy, content, and free from regrets.
We can also let others be for who they are, and we can be with them in celebrating their unique journeys. Race, religion, political boundaries, linguistic hegemonies, economic divides are nothing but flawed constructions of our narcissistic mind to feel separate and special. When we let go off these divides our hearts blossom with empathy, kindness, and joy. Our eyes see differently, our hearts open and our souls unite in helping one other in finding some meaning and contentment in this insignificant existence in our vast, eternal, unknowable universe.
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