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Eng XII 03 Aug 2022

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QUESTION PAPER (TERM - I) (2022-23) 2.

But, unfortunately, since the attainment of


CLASS - +2 independence, the youth in the country, have been
going adrift. They have not been associated wit with
SUBJECT - ENGLISH
the contemporary national
rational problems.
Time : 3 hours M.M. : 50 3. We are well aware of the entensive damage that
is being done to the fabric of our national structure
• Note:- All the questions are compulsory.
by the parochial thinking along caste and
Observe word limit whereever prescribed.
communal lines. It is time, we shed partisan
Section-A (Reading) prejudices and worked jointly for the progress of
1. Read the following passage carfully and answer the country.
the questions that follow:- 4. Another, nagging problem that India faces today
1. Youth in any country form its backbone. It is one is that of population explosion. In a country, where
youth's shoulder that the responsibility for change, every minute a child is born, all planning is bound
progress and innovations lies. Youth are starry to come to naught
aught. All economic progress is certain
eyed full of idealism and bubbling with energy to to be multiifed
nullified by the increase in the population
honestly fight for cause. Every age suffers from the with ever- increasing mouths to feed, the
conservation of its elders. It is the youth only who government efforts to strengthen the economic
have the necessary coverage and initiative to situation have yielded poor results.
break the taboos and crippling practices. Mao Tung 5. Another important task that the youth can success
of China realized the latent power and dedication climnate the curse
fully undertake is to eliminate curseof dowry.
of the youth of his country. He, therefore, entrusted Dowry is responsible for a large number of deaths
them with cultural Revlution-a
Revolution movement intended of innocent married girls and harassment of the
to weed out the deadwood
deadword in the party, who stood parents of marriageable daughters.The youth both
for status qno. Again in our own country, our youth boys and girls, should take pledge not to give and
played a significant role in the freedom struggle accept dowry. Also they can force their parents, to
and made
mode considerable sacrifices. stop this undesirable practice
(a) On the basis of your understanding of this (iv) The nagging problem that India faces today
passage, answer the following questions with the as per the passage :
help of given options : (a) The hight death rate
(i) The youth in any country are .............. (b) The uncontrolled birth rate
(a) starry eyed (c) Population explosion
(b) full of idealism (d) Economic progress 4x1=4
(c) bubbling with energy (b) Find the words from the given choices that have
(d) All the above the same meaning :
(i) independence means :
(ii) The cultural revolution of china aimed at ...........
(a) freedom (b) dedication
(a) Maintaining the status quo.
(c) idealism (d) revolution
(b) obeying the orders of Mao Tse Tung
(ii) Remove means :
(c) removing the deadwood in the party
(a) adrift (b) Parochial
parchial
(d) attaining independence
(c) eliminate (d) partisan
(iii) What can cause an extensive damage to
(iii) development means
national fabric?
(a) contemporary (b) progress
(a) Thinking along caste and communal
(c) harrassment (d) deadwood
lines
3x1=3
(b) The partisan
partism prejudices
2. Read the following passage and answer the
(c) Both (a) and (b)
questions that follow :
(d) All working jointly for national (a) Every code of etiquette has contained three
development elements basic moral duties ; practical rules
which promote efficiency, and aritical,
artificial optional (e) In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, a
graces such as formal compliments to wealthy
wealth and lesiured society developed an
superiors on their generosity
geneosity and importance extremely complex code of manners, but the
(b) In the first category are considerations for the rules of behaviour of fashionable society had
weak and respect for age. Among the little influence on the daily life of the lower
Egyptians, the young always stood in the classes. Indeed, many of the rules, such as
presence of older people. In England, until how to enter a banquet room, or how to use a
about a century ago, young children did not sword or handerchief for ceremonial purposes
sit in their parents presence without taking were ireelevant
irrelevant to the way of life of the
permission. average working man, who spent most of his
life outdoors or in his own poor hut and most
(c) Practical rules are helpful in such ordinary
probably did not have a handkerchief,
occurences of social life as making proper
certainly not a sword, to his name.
introductions at parties or other functions so
that people can be brought to know each other. (f) yet
i/et the essential basis of all good manners
Before the invention of forks, etiquette
etiquettic does not vary. Consideration for the old and
directed that the fingers should be kept as weak and the avoidance of harming or giving
clean as possible. Before the handkerchief unnecessary offence to others is a feature of
came into common use, etiquette suggested all socieities everywhere and at all levels from
that, after spitting a person should rub the spit the highest to the lowest.You can easily think
unconspicously underfoot. of dozens of examples of customs and habits
in your own daily life which come under this
(d) Extremely refined behaviour, however
heading.
cultivated as an art of gracious living has been
characteristic only of societies with wealth (a) On the basis of your reading of the
and lesiure, which admitted women as the above passage make notes on it, in
social equals of men. points only using recognizable
abbreivations wherever necessary. You are Simran/Ravi/ Your school organized a
toit.it.
Supply a suitable title of campaign on 'Say No to Polythene Bags' in the
(b) Write a summary of the passage in about surrounding locality. Write a report for publication
80 words. 4+1=5 in a school magazine. 4

Section-B (Writing) 5. You are Ravi Chopra of 26, Civil Lines, Solan Last
week you bought an automatic wherepool washing
Excursion
3. You are Rohit/Rashi. As president of Encursion
excursiontoto Delhi
Delhi machine from Messrs Ram Electronics, Naya
club, you have organised an excusion
Bazaar, Solan.
Solar. Now you find that the machine is
during the summer vacation for the XII students of
not cleaning clothes properly end is making an
your school. Write a notice in about 50 words,
unbearble noise. Write a letter to the dealer
editor,
informing the students about the proposed
complaining about the same and requesting him
excussion.
excursion.
to change the washing machine at the earliest.
Or
Or
You want to sell your house. Write a suitable
Write a letter to the Health Officer of your town
advertisement in about 50 words to be published
complaining against the insanitary conditions of
in the 'For Sale' columns of a newspaper.
your area.You are Pankaj Kumar 125, Mall Road,
Or
Shimla. 4
You have lost your purse while travelling in a bus
6. You are Manoj/Meena. Write an ar ticle in
from Dharamshala to Kangra. Draft a suitable
about150–200 words on 'Work is Worship'.
advertisement to be given in a local newspaper. 3 3
Or
4. You are Vikas, a student editor of your school
Write an article on the topic, 'The Evil of Drug
magazine. Write a report on the seven day special
spereal
Addiction'.
camp, organised by the N.S.S. unit of your school.
Write the report for the school magazine. Or

Or
Water is very precious. Some Scientists even go (c) Her mother's sweet, round face
to the extent of saying that the Third World War may (d) Her mother's pale white face
be fought on the issue of water. Keeping in view (ii) What was hidden behind the smile of the
the need for saving each drop of water, Write an poeters when she was leaving?
article. You are Bipin/Bandra
Bipin/BandnaofofKangra.
Kangra. 4
(a) pair of separation
Section-C Literature (b) love for her mother
7. Read the following extract carefully and answer (c) sympathy for her mother
teh questions given below :
the
(d) all of these three
Fisherman in the cold sea (iii) Which thought did she put away?
would not harm whales (a) The thought of her childhood
and the men gathering salt (b) The thought of her mother's childhood
would look at his hurt hands (c) The thought of her worried parents
Or (d) The thought of her mother's pale and
(i) Name the poem and the poet. aged face 3
8. Answer any of the following questions in about
(ii) What would the fisherman not do?
10–20 words each:-
(iii) What would the man gathering salt do?
1. What had been put on the bulletin board?
Or
2. What is Saheb looking for in the garbage
Answer the following by giving correct dumps? Where is he and where he has come
options:- from?
(i) What does the poet compare to a late winter's 3. Who was Mukesh?
moon? 4. What is the 'Misadventure' that william
(a) Her mother's childhood Douglas speaks about?
(b) Her childhood
5. Why was the crafter so talkative and friendly (iii) What does the third level refer to?
with the peddbr? (iv) Who was Dr. Sadeo? Where was his house.
6. Why did the peddler think that the world was (v) What will Dr. Sadeo do to get rid of the man?
a rat trap? 5x1=5
(vi) What will the Maharaja do to find the required
9. Answer the following in about 125 words:- number of tigers to kill? 5x1=5
How did the instructor build a swimmer out of
Douglas?
Or
Mention the hazards of working in the glass bangle
industry. 5
10. Answer the following question in about 125
words:-
Do you think the third level was a medium of
escape by Charley? Why?
Or
Why is Antarctica the place to go to, to understand
the earth's present, past and future? 5
11. Answer any five of the following in 10–20 words
each:-
(i) Who is Tiger King? Why does he get that
name?
(ii) What are the indications for the future of
mankind?

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