Practice Paper-1
Class-XII
English
M.M.:80
SECTION-A (Reading Skills)
1. Attempt any one from (A) and (B) given below:
(A) Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
1. About one in five of all the people in the world follow the teachings of the Buddha, who lived about 2600 years ago. (He was bom in 563 BC) "The Buddha" is a title, not a name. It means "the Enlightened one who knows'. The Buddha's real name was Siddhartha. He was the son of a Sakya king in Northern India. He and his family were all Hindus and belonged to the Gautama clan
2. Gautama Siddhartha was brought up in luxury. He lived in his father's palace and saw nothing of the outside world until he was a young man. Then, one day, accompanied by his charioteer Channa, Prince Siddhartha went round the city. On his way, he saw some sights that he had never seen before. First, he saw a man who was very old and was bent with age. Then he saw a math who was suffering from a terrible disease, possibly leprosy. And then he saw a dead man who was being taken to the cremation ground. These sights made the prince very sad.
3. Now, a complete change came in Gautama Siddhartha's life. He was filled with a longing to find the cause and cure of human sufferings. He wanted to find the true meaning of life and help his fellow men. Although he was married and had a baby son, he left his home in search of truth. He was then only of 28.
4. First of all, Gautama went to the Hindu priests. He wanted to know from them the cause of human sufferings. But the priests could not give him any satisfactory answer. Now Gautama tried to live the life. of an ascetic. For six years he tortured himself so that he could become indifferent to any kind of pain.
5. He was reduced to a mere skeleton. But eventually he realized that all this was foolish and useless. Then, he sat in deep meditation under a Bo/Bodhi tree near Gaya (in Bihar). Here at last he attained enlightenment and found the answers to his questions. He was then 35 years old.
Based on the understanding of the passage, answer the questions that follow:
(1) Siddhartha saw a man, who was suffering from which disease?
(a) Plague
(b) Leprosy
(c) Alzimer
(d) Hepatitus
(ii) At which age did Gautama Buddha gain enlightenment?
(a) 45
(b) 36
(c) 38
(d) 35
(iii) On the basis of the passage, study the two statements, I and II given below:
(1) At the age of only 28 Gautama decided to leave his home in search of truth.
(II) Buddha attained enlightenment at the age of 36.
Choose the correct option:
(a) I is true Il is false
(b) Both I and II are true
(c) II is true l is false
(d) Both I and II are false
(iv) Who accompanied Buddha at the round of city?
(a) His wife
(b) His charioteer Channa
(c) His mother (Gautami)
(d) His father
(v) To whom did Gautama Buddha visit first?
(a) Hermits
(b) Hindu Priests
(c) Both (a) and (h)
(d) None of these
(vi) Find a phrasal verb/idiom from pars 2 which means 'to care for a child'.
(vi) Replace the underlined word with its antonym. (para 4)
At last he attained stupidity and found the answers of his questions at the age of 35.
(viii) Complete the following sentence:
Then one day, accompanied by his charioteer Channa, prince........ .
(ix) How many people in the world follow the teachings of Buddha?
(x) What did Gautama decide at the age of 28?
OR
(B) Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
1. "All the animals were now present except Moses, the tame raven, who slept on a perch behind the back door. When Major saw that they had all made themselves comfortable and were waiting attentively, he cleared his throat and began:
"Comrades, you have heard already about the strange dream that I had last night. But I will come to the dream later. I have something else to say first. I do not think, Cornrades, that I shall be with you for many months longer, and before I die, I feel it my duty to pass on to you such wisdom as I have acquired. I have had a long life. I have had much time for thought as I lay alone in my stall and I think I may say that I understand the nature of life on this earth as well as any animal now living. It is about this that I wish to speak to you.
2. "Now, Comrades, what is the nature of this life of ours ? Let us face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short. We are born, we are given just so much food as will keep the breath in our bodies, and those of us who are capable of it are forced to work to the last atom of our strength; and the very instant that our usefulness has come to an end we are slaughtered with hideous cruelty. No animal in England knows the meaning of happiness or leisure after he is a year old. No animal in England is free. The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth."
3. "But is this simply part of the order of nature? Is it because this land of ours is so poor that it cannot afford a decent life to those who dwell upon it? No, Comrades, a thousand times no! The soil of England is fertile its climate is good, it is capable of affording food in abundance to an enormously greater number of animals than now inhabit it. This single farm of ours would support a dozen horses, twenty cows, hundreds of sheep apll all of them living in a comfort and a dignity that are now almost beyond our imagining. Why then do we continue in this miserable condition? Because nearly the whole of the produce of our labour is stolen from us by-human beings. There, Comrades, is the answer to all our problerns. It is summed up in a single word-Man. Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished for ever."
Based on the understanding of the passage, answer the questions that follow:
(1) What type of life do animals live in England according to the given passage?
(a) Miserable life
(b) Life like slaves
(c) Happy life
(d) Both (a) and (b)
(ii) On the basis of your reading of the passage, find the incorrect statement.
(a) No animal in England is free
(b) The soil of England is fertile.
(c) The life of an animal is misery and slavery.
(d) All animals in England are happy
( iii) On the basis of the passage, study the two statements, I and II given below:
(I) All the animals were present in the meeting except moses.
(II) Moses was sleeping on a perch behind the back door.
Choose the correct option
(a) I is true II is false
(b) Both I and II are true
(c) II is true l is false
(d) Both I and II are false
(iv) In the words of major why is England fertile?
(v) What has been called for the soil of England?
(a) It is non-fertile.
(b) It is fertile.
(c) It has less water.
(d) It has more humidity.
(vi) Find the antonym of 'Lack of Prosperity' from the text.
(a) Enormously
(b) Abundance
(c) Comrade
(d) Decent
(vii) Why in the words of the speaker the condition of animals do not change?
(a) Because wild beasts snatch their bod
(b) Because nearly the whole of their labour is stolen from them by human beings.
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) All of the above
(Vii) Complete the following sentence:
The life of an animal is misery and....that is the plain.... .
(ix) Why was the meeting convened?
(x) Find the word from the passage which means the same as "command".
(a) Capable
(b) Miserable
(c) Order
(d) Nature
2. Read the passage given below:
I remember my childhood as being generally happy and can recall experiencing some of the most carefree times of my life. But I can also remember, even more vividly, monents of being deeply frightened. As a child, I was truly terrified of the dark and getting lost. These fears were very real and caused me some extremely uncomfortable moments. Maybe it was the strange way things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that scated me so much. There was never total darkness, but a street light or passing car lights made clothes hung over a chair take on the shape of an unknown beast. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw curtains move when there was no breeze. A tiny creak in the floor would sound a hundred times louder than in the daylight and my imagination would take over creating burglars and monsters. Darkitess always made me feel helpless. My heart would pound and I would lie very still so that the enemy' wouldn't discover me. Another childhood fear of mine was that I would get lost, especially on my way bome from school. Every moming, I got on the school bus right near my home-that was no problema. After school, when all the buses were lined up along the curve, I was terrified that I would get on the wrong one and be taken to sorne unfamiliar neighbourhood. I would scan the bus for the faces of my friends, make sure that the bus driver was the same one that had been there in the morning, and even then ask the others over and over again to be sure that I was in the right bus. On school or family trips to an amusement park or a museam, I wouldn't let the leaders out of my sight. And of course, I was never very adventurous when it came to taking walks or hikes because I would go only where I was sure I would never get lost. Perhaps, one of the worst fears I had as a child was that of not being liked or accepted by others. First of all, I was quite shy. Secondly, I worried constantly about my looks, thinking people wouldn't like me because I was tob fat or wore braces. I tried to wear "the right clothes' and had intense arguments with my mother over the importance of wearing flats instead of saddled shoes to school. Being popular was very important to me then and the fear of not being liked was a powerful one. One of the processes of evolving from a child to an adult is being able to recognize and overcome our fears. I have learnt that darkness does not have to take on a life of own, that others can help me when I am lost and that friendliness and sincerity will encourage people to like me. Understanding the things that scare us as children helps to cope with our lives as adult.
Questions:
(a) On the basis of your reading of the passage, make notes on it, using recognisable abbreviations wherever necessary.
(b) Supply a suitable heading.
SECTION-B (Grammar)
3. Attempt any two from each sub-pert:
3.1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate moduls/auxillarles:
(i) .......... our king live long!
(ii) My grandfather to sing classic songs.
(ii) Choose the correct option:
The weather is not fine. We....go to park.
(a) needn't
(b) might not
(c) shouldn't
(d) may not
3.2. Change the narration:
(i) I said, "Boys, don't make a noise in the class."
(ii) She said to me, "Will you take part in günes?"
(iii) Choose the correct option:
He explained, "The thin men are the divers."
(a) He explained that the thin then are the divers.
(b) He explained that the thin men were the divers.
(c) He explained if the thin men were the divers.
(d) He asked that why the thin men were the divers?
3.3. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles wherever necessary.
(1) The birds fly in........... sky.
(ii) You are university graduate.
(iii) Air is important for ... life to exist
(a) an
(b) the
(c) a
(d) x
3.4. Change the voice:
(i) Who will win the elections?
(ii) The mother looks after her child.
(iii) Choose the correct option:
Who broke this cup?
(a) This cup was broken by whom?
(b) By whom was this cap broken?
(c) By whom this cup had broken?
(d) None of the above
3.5 . Fill in the blanks with correct form of verb.
(i) Three persons got out and (disappear) into the night.
(ii) He......... (visit) us next week.
(iii) Choose the correct option:
Look! they....(go) down.
(a) are going
(b) go
(c) goes
(d) could go
SECTION-C (Creative Writing Skills)
4. Attempt any one from (A), (B) and (C) given below:
(A) A Youth Festival is being organised at your school. You are the Secretary of the Cultural Club of your school. Write out a notice inviting names of those who would like to participate in this youth festival. (50 words)
OR
(B) You are Ram Lal of East Punjabi Bagh, while travelling in the DTC bus you left a Black Brief case with some important official documents in the bus unmindedly. Draft a classified advertisement for the local daily. Announce a reward also. (50 words)
OR
( C) With the Digital India Programme, the Government of India is hoping to achieve all-round growth on multiple fronts collectively. As a student of Class XII, draft a poster highlighting the objective of the Govt. to target the nine 'Pillars of Digital India'; giving easy access to government servicesacross the country. (50 words).
5. Attempt any one from (A) and (B) given below:
(A) Your name is Sarvjeet Singh Cheerna. You feel that the present system of examination is defective. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper expressing your views on the present system of examinations.
OR
(B) You are Ashish/Nimmi Dhar B-94 Fort Road, Jammu. You have read the advertisement given below. You are qualified for the job. Write an application along with resume.
India Chemical Industries
Delhi
Requires
Accounts Officers
Qualification: B Com.
Experience: Minimum 4 years
Job requirement: Maintaining books of accounts, preparation of Balance Sheet, etc.
Salary: Best in the industry
Apply to: Managing Director, ICI, B-12 Barakhamba Road, New Delhi
6. Attempt any one from (A) and (B) given below:
(A) Write a paragraph on the topic "Need to Ban Polybags'. (120-150 words)
OR
(B) You are Bhavan/Bhavika. As an active member of the Mountaineering Club of your school, you had participated in a summer camp organised by the Indian Mountaineering Association. Write a report on the camp and its activities for your school newsletter. (120-150 words)
SECTION-D (Literature)
7. Attempt any one of the two extracts (A) and (B) given below:
(A) Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
Driving from my parent's home to Cochin last Friday morning,
I saw my mother, beside me,
doze, open mouthed, her face ashen like that
of a corpse and realised with pain,
That she was as old as she looked but soon put that thought away, and looked but soon
put that thought away,
(i) Name the poem and the poetess.
(a) A Thing of Beauty, John Keats
(b) A Roadside Stand, Robert Frost
(c) My Mother at Sixty-Six, Kamala Das
(d) Keeping Quiet, Pablo Neruda
(ii) It's a/an роem
(a) autobiographical
(b) emotional
(c) confessional
(d) all of the above
(ii) "Her face ashen like that of a corpse." Which
figure of speech has been used in this line?
(a) assonance
(b) metaphor
(c) simile
(d) oxymoron
(iv) What is the tone of the poem?
(a) pleasant
(b) sarcastic
(c) melancholic
(d) persuasive
(v) Find the word or expression which means 'by the side of" from the passage.
(a) away
(b) soon
(c) beside
(d) open
OR
(B) Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
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.
(i) Name the poem and the poet.
(a) Aunt Jennifer's Tigers, Adrienne Rich
(b) A Roadside Stand, Robert Frost
(c) Keeping Quiet, Pablo Neruda
(d) A Thing of Beauty, John Keats
(ii) Complete the following analogy with a word from the given options:
To move with high steps: prance:: polite and helpful: .......
(a) bright
(b) denizens
(c) chivalric
(d) certainty
(iii) On the basis of the extract, study the two staternents, I and II given below:
(I) The story of Aunt Jennifer's life is the common story of almost all married women.
(II) Aunt Jennifer is a typical housewife.
Choose the correct option:
(a) I is true II is false
(c) Bath I and II are true
(b) Il is true I is false
(d) Both I and II are false
(iv) What has aunt Jennifer embroidered?
(a) tigers
(b) elephants
(c) lions
(d) horses
(v) The tigers represent:
(a) courage
(b) bravery
(c) fearlessness
(d) all of the above
8. Attempt any one of the two extracts (A) and (B) given below:
(A) Rend the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
When I passed the town hall there was a crowd in front of the bulletin-board. For the last two years all our bad news had come from there the lost battles, the draft, the orders of the commanding officer and I thought to myself, without stopping, "What can be the matter now?"
Then, as I hurried by as fast as I could go, the blacksmith, Watcher, who was there, with his apprentice, reading the bulletin, called after me, "Don't go so fast, bub; you'll get to your school in plenty of time!"
I thought he was making fun of me, and reached M. Hamel's little garden all out of breath.
(i) Name the lesson from which this passage has been taken?
(a) The Last Lesson
(b) Lost Spring
(c) Deep Water
(d) The Rattrap
(ii) Who was Watcher?
(a) A blacksmith
(c) A soldier
(b) A carpenter
(d) An apprentice
(iii) On the basis of the extract, study the two statements, I and II given below:
(I) The blacksmith was there, with his apprentice.
(II) Watcher was an apprentice.
Choose the correct option:
(a) I is true II is false,
(b) Il is true I is false
(c) Both I and II are true
(d) Both I and II are false
(iv) The use of 'T' in the present extract suggests that the piece is:
(a) Autobiographical
(b) Biographical
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
(v) Why did the little boy, Franz think that the blacksmith was making fun of him?
(a) Because he was laughing
(b) Because Franz was late but the blacksmith asked him not to go so fast
(c) Franz looked bizarre
(d) He did not know anything about participles
OR
(B) Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Subbu was the No. 2 at Gemini Studios. He couldn't have had a more encouraging opening in films than our grown-up make-up boy had. On the contrary, he must have had to face more uncertain and difficult times, for when he began his career, there were no firmly established film producing companies or studios. Even in the matter of education, specially formal education, Subbu couldn't have had an appreciable lead over our boy. But by virtue of being born a Brahmin- a virtue, indeed! he must have had exposure to more affluent situations and people.
(i) On the basis of the extract, study the two statements, I and II given below:
(I) Subbu was the No. 2 at Gemini Studios but he had no formal education.
(II) Subbu being born a Brahmin must have had exposure to more affluent situations and people.
Choose the correct option:
(a) l is true Il is false
(c) Both I and II are true
(b) II is true I is false
(d) Both I and II are false.
(ii) Who was Subbu?
(a) A director
(b) An actor
(c) No. 2 at Gemini Studios
(d) Producer
(iii) "But by virtue of being born a Brahmin....a virtue,indeed."
What is the tone of the writer in the sentence?
(a) Humours
(b) Sarcastic
(c) Pleasant
(d) Serious
(iv) Which feature is true to the make-up boys in general?
(a) they were not much educated
(b) they were lazy
(c) they were cheat
(d) All of these
(v) Complete the following analogy with a word from the given options:
Behaviour that causes physical or mental pain to others and makes them suffer, especially deliberately cruelty:: the state of being in a place or situation where there is no protection from something harmful or unpleasant:......
(a) education
(b) exposure
(c) virtue
(d) matter
9. Answer any four questions in about 30-40 words.
(a) Why did Gandhiji chide the lawyers?(Indigo)
(b) When did the writer join the YMCA pool and why?(Deep Water)
(c) What makes the city of Firozabad famous?
(Lost Spring-Stories of Stolen Childhood)
(d) What did Umberto Eco do after dinner?
(The Interview)
(e) How does Sophie include her brother Geoff in her fantasy of her future ?(Going Places)
10. Answer any two questions in about 40-50 words.
(a) Why does the poet urge us to keep quite?
(Keeping Quiet)
(b) What do the rich people who drive past the stall feel about it?(A Roadside Stand)
(c) How will Aunt Jennifer's hands look when she is dead?(Aunt Jennifer's Tigers)
11. Answer any three questions in about 30-40 words:
(a) Why was the astrologers wonder struck? What prediction did he make?(The Tiger king)
(b) What did Dr Sadao do to help Tom escape to freedom?(The Enemy)
(c) How does Bama describe the scene of threshing?(Memories of Childhood)
(d) What advice does Mr Lamb give Derry about the real beauty?(On the Face of it)
12. Answer any one of the following in about 120-150 words:
(a) What was the order from Berlin? What was its effect on M. Hamel, Franz and the people of
Alsace?(The Last Lesson)
OR
(b) Did Umberto Eco consider himself a novelist first or an academic scholar? (The Interview)
13. Answer any one of the following in about 120-150 words:
(a) Who was Tiger King? How did he get that name?(The tiger king)
(b) What is it that draws Derry towards Mr Lamb in spite of himself? (On the face of it)
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