AHSEC| CLASS 12| ENGLISH| QUESTION PAPER - 2020| H.S. 2ND YEAR
2020
English
Times: 3 hours
Full marks: 100
Section- A
(Reading Skill: 10 Marks)
1. Read the following passage carefully:
The next time you take printouts unnecessarily or you throw a paper into the bin, think for a minute as to how many trees have been felled to manufacture something you use so often every day. Can you take out some time from your everyday routine and devote it to starting a simple recycling programme at your school or your neighborhood? Not only would you save our planet from the torture of felling greenery, but you would also reduce generation and dumping of waste into the environment. Using recycled papers conserves natural resources. As our worldwide population grows, the strain on these resources becomes even greater. You can drastically reduce the number of trees cut down for manufacturing paper. In addition to saving landfill space, you cut down on your expenses of trash disposal. There is a reduction in air pollution caused due to incineration. Making papers from discards instead of trees not only saves forests, but it also reduces energy use by up to three quarters and requires less than half as much water. Items that are made of paper and may be recycled are called the loose paper, a few examples are paper bags, magazines, newspapers and cardboard egg-trays. A paper-recycling programme gives a positive image to large corporations or business organizations. Parents can teach their children the importance of recycled paper by bringing about simple changes in their lifestyle. Schools can also train students to make paper products like folders, penholders, material for the display board, lampshades, teaching/learning aids, etc. Students can creatively make their own cards, files, folders, invitation cards Certificates for the school. Working on a paper recycling plant demonstrates the concept of recycling waste into 'wealth'. The real success of such programme is visible in the seemingly simple acts like students exchanging books in a new academic session. indirectly saving paper and thereby, trees. This is amazing that only a single sheet is saved by each child, 40,000 trees could be saved per year by students only. Learning the facts about recycling paper will help you as you fulfil your part to keep the environment green. If we keep our minds focused on the desire to be friendly to our earth and her resources, recycling will become important. After a while, we will be in the habit of recycling the paper that we use in the course of a given day.
On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer
the following questions:
(a) Why do you
need to think before you take printouts unnecessarily? 2
(b) Name some of
the products that can be obtained from recycled paper. 2
(c) How can
parents and schools help in creating awareness about paper recycling? 2
(d) How can
students help in saving trees indirectly?
2
(e) Give a
synonym of 'conserve'. 1
(f) Find a word
in the passage which means “the destruction of something, especially waste
material by burning.” 1
Section - B
(Advanced Writing
Skills: 25 Marks)
2. You are Gautam/Geeta, General Secretary of Radhakrishnan
Guwahati. Your college is organizing an educational trip to Delhi during the
summer vacations. Write a notice for the college notice board giving all the
details of the trip. (Word Limit: 50 words). 5
Or
Design a poster
in not more than 50 words to create awareness about the safety measures to be
taken during an earthquake. 5
3. A team of twenty students from Japan visited your school
as part of a cultural exchange programme. A special welcome assembly was
organized for them. Write a report about the same in 100-125 words for your
school magazine. 10
Or
The students of
the local college have organized a campaign on 'Say no to Plastic' in your
town. Prepare a report in 100-125 words to be published in an English
daily. 10
4. You are Rekha/Ramesh of Barpeta. You have seen an
advertisement for the post of a sports teacher in Lakhimpur High School. Write
a letter to the President of the Managing Committee of the school applying for
the post. Give your detailed bio-data as well. 10
Or
You are Gaurav /
Garima, a resident of Guwahati. Write a letter to the editor of a local daily
expressing your views against the insensitive use of loudspeaker during
festival. 10
Section - C
(Grammar: 20
Marks)
5. Change the form of the narration in the following
sentences: 2x2=4
(a) Alexander
said to Porus, “How do you desire to be treated?" He answered, "Like
a king”.
(b) The boys
exclaimed in joy that they had all passed the test and that they would
celebrate their success the next day.
6. Change the voice of any three of the following
sentences: 1x3=3
(a) The nurse is
looking after this little girl.
(b) Morning
shows the day.
(c) The glass
has not been broken by anybody.
(d) What causes
an earthquake?
(e) The ground
has to be cleared by us.
(f) The Governor
gave him a reward.
7. Rewrite any five of the following sentences using the
verbs given in brackets in their correct tense forms: 1x5=5
(a) My brother
(practise) law these days.
(b) The patient
(die) before the doctor reached.
(c) You (sleep)
when I entered the room.
(d) She (come)
here the day after tomorrow.
(e) They (win)
the match.
(f) We (visit)
the Taj Mahal last year.
8. Rewrite any four of the following sentences filling in
the blanks with appropriate prepositions:
1x4=4
(a) The ship is
sailing _______the shore.
(b) Cut the rope
_______a knife.
(c) I am taller
than you _____two inches.
(d) There was a
bridge ______the river.
(e) We depend
______you.
(f) He begged
______help from me.
(g) I do not
believe _______his honesty.
9. Rewrite any four of the following sentences as
directed: 1x4=4
(a) Why waste
time in this fruitless occupation? (Make it assertive)
(b) It is often
difficult to speak the truth. (Make it negative without changing the meaning)
(c) Being ill,
he could not attend school. (Make it a compound sentence)
(d) On seeing
the lion, he ran away. (Make it a complex sentence).
(e) The students
who are good do their homework. (Make it a simple sentence)
(f) Atul is the
best boy in the class. (Change it into positive degree)
Section - D
(Text Books: 45
Marks)
10. Read the following extracts and answer the questions
that follow:
(a) “Now we will
count to twelve
and we will all
keep still.
For once on the
face of the Earth
let's not speak
in any language,
let's stop for
one second,
and not move our
arms so much.”
Questions:
(i) How long does
the poet want to stay still? 1
(ii) Why does he
ask us to keep still and not use any language? 2
(iii) What does
the poet mean by 'not move our arms so much?
Or
(b) “Sometimes I
feel myself I can hardly bear
The thought of
so much childish longing in vain,
The sadness that
lurks near the open window there,
The waits all
day in almost open prayer
For the squeal
of brakes, the sound of a stopping car.”
Questions:
(i) What is the
childish longing that the poet refers to? Why is it 'in vain'? 1+1=2
(ii) Who waits
near the open window? 1
(iii) What does
the person waiting near the open window pray for? 1
11. Answer any three of the following questions in 30-40
words: 2x3=6
(i) What is the
message that Keats wants to convey through "A Thing of Beauty”?
(ii) What do the
young sprinting trees signify in the poem, "My Mother at Sixty-Six”?
(iii) Why has
the mother been compared to the 'late winter's moon' in the poem, “My Mother at
Sixty-Six”?
(iv) What is the
'sadness' that the poet refers to in the poem “Keeping Quiet”?
(v) What is 'in
the news' as mentioned in the poem “A Roadside Stand”?
12. Answer any five of the following questions: 1x5=5
(a) What,
according to M. Hamel, is the great trouble with Alsace?
(b) What does
Mukesh want to become?
(c) Where was
the original home of Saheb's family?
(d) Why was
Gandhi visiting Lucknow in 1916?
(e) For whom
does Sophie ask Danny Casey an autograph?
(f) What work
does Geoff do?
(g) What
position did John Rowntree hold before leaving Shillong a few days after
Independence?
13. Answer any five in 30-40 words: 2x5=10
(a) Why did
Wachter, the blacksmith, tell Franz that he would reach school in ‘Plenty of
time'?
(b) Give a brief
description of Seemapuri.
(c) Was Saheb
happy with his job at the tea stall?
(d) Why was
Professor Malkani's action of offering shelter to other dreams does Sophie have
besides having a Gandhi “extraordinary'?
(e) What other
dreams does Sophie have besides having a boutique?
(f) Why was
Sophie fascinated by Danny Casey? Was it a one-sided affair? 1+1=2
(g) Write, in
brief, the scene observed by the author from the veranda of his bungalow on the
bank of the Brahmaputra.
14. Answer any one of the following questions in 80-100
words: 5x1=5
(a) How does M.
Hamel make the people realize how they, the students and he have been
responsible for not learning their language well?
Or
(b) Write
briefly on the hazard of working in the glass bangles industry.
15. Answer any one of the following questions in 125-150
words: 7x1=7
(a) Compare and
contrast the stories of Zitkala-Sa and Bama.
Or
(b) Give an
elaborate account of the celebration associated with Uruka, the important part
of Magh Bihu.
16. Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40
words: 2x4=8
(a) How did the
hundredth tiger take its revenge on the tiger king?
(b) Why did the
messenger come to Dr. Sadao?
(c) How did Mr.
Lamb try to give courage and confidence to Derry?
(d) Why did it
take Bama to reach home in 30 minutes instead of 10 minutes?
(e) How did
Annan explain the elder man's action to Bama?
(f) What are the
different sports held on the occasion of Magh Bihu or Maghar Domahi?
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