AHSEC| CLASS 12| ENGLISH| QUESTION PAPER - 2015| H.S. 2ND YEAR
2015
English
Times: 3 hours
Full marks: 100
Section A
(Reading Skills:
10 Marks)
1. Read the following passage carefully:
So, the ships
were brought into the dock and the passengers began to go ashore. But Mr.
Escombe had sent word to the captain that, as the whites were highly enraged
against me and my life was in danger, my family and I should be advised to land
at dusk, when the Port Superintendent Mr. Tatum would escort us home. The
captain communicated the message to me, and I agreed to act accordingly. But
scarcely half an hour after this, Mr. Laughton came to the captain. He said’ I
would like to take Mr. Gandhi with me, should he have no objection. As the
legal adviser of the Agent Company, I tell you that you are not bound to carry
out the message you have received from Mr. Escombe.' After this he came to me
and said somewhat to this effect: 'If you are not afraid, I suggest that Mrs.
Gandhi and the children should drive to Mr. Rustomji's house. Whilst you and I
follow them on foot. I do not at all like the idea of your entering the city
like a thief in the night. I do not think there is any fear of anyone hurting
you. Everything is quiet now. The whites have all dispersed. But in any case, I
am convinced that you ought not to enter the city stealthily.' I readily
agreed. My wife and children drove safely to Mr. Rustomji's place. With the
captain's permission I went ashore with Mr Laughton. Mr. Rustomji's house was
about two miles from the dock.
On the basis
of your reading of the passage answer the following questions:
(a) Who is the
speaker in this passage? 1
(b) What word
has Mr Escombe sent to the captain of the ship? 2
(c) Why did Mr
Laughton come to the captain? 2
(d) What did Mr
Laughton say to the speaker? 2
(e) The speaker
readily agreed to Mr Laughton's suggestion. What does it tell us about the
speaker's character? 2
(f) Find a word
from the passage that means "moving secretly or moving like a
thief." 1
Section
B
(Advanced
Writing Skills: 25 Marks)
2. Write an attractive poster for a cultural show in your
village/town. 5
Or
You are the Personal Manager of
Hotel Taj International, Guwahati. You need two lady receptionists and five
security guards for the hotel. Write out an advertisement for the posts which
is to be published in an English daily.
3. Your School/College has recently celebrated
"Cleanliness week", organising a number of programmes and competitions.
Write a report in about 125 words to be published in a local newspaper. 10
Or
Write an article
on "Mobile Phones: Uses and Abuses" to be published in your
School/College magazine. (Maximum 135 words)
4. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper on reckless
driving. You are Roshan/Divya living in Duliajan. 10
Or
You are Firoz /
Meena. You have seen an advertisement for the post of Sales Executive in a
multi-national company. Write a formal application for the post in response to
the advertisement.
Section
C (Grammar: 20 Marks)
5. Change the form of narration in the following
sentences: 2x2=4
(a) "Where
do you go every Sunday?" I asked the girl. She replied, "I go to the
church".
(b) The teacher
asked Rumi if she had read the Bible. She replied that she hadn't.
6. Change the voice of any three of the following
sentences 1×3=3
(a) She bought
the baby a doll.
(b) They were
refused admission.
(c) He was found
guilty of murder.
(d) The leader
was welcomed by the people.
(e) My watch has
been stolen.
7. Rewrite any five of the following sentences using the
verbs given in brackets in their correct tense forms: 1x5=5
(a) I usually
_______(go) to bed at 10 O'clock.
(b) The teacher
______(know) the boy was lying.
(c) He
______(work) here since 2009.
(d) When I
reached the station, the train _____(leave)
(e) I _____(go)
to Delhi tomorrow.
(f) I
_____(write) an essay now.
(g) When I went
to her house, she _____(sing) a song.
8. Rewrite any four of the following sentences filling in
the blanks with appropriate prepositions: 1×4=4
(a) I have heard
a lot about you _____your class teacher.
(b) His father
is a principal ______a school in Jorhat.
(c) Please sit
down ____a few minutes.
(d) Tom is
addicted ______gambling.
(e) Don't be
afraid ______telling the truth.
(f) Sheila is
proud _____her beauty.
9. Rewrite any four of the sentences as directed: 1×4=4
(a) Kolkata is
the most populous city in India. (Change into comparative degree)
(b) No other boy
is as intelligent as Raju. (Change into superlative degree)
(c) No sooner
did he see me than he began to quarrel. (Change into affirmative)
(d) I know where
he was born. (Change into a simple sentence)
(e) He tried all
plans. (Change into negative)
(f) I shall
never forget you. (Change into interrogative)
Section
D
(Text
books: 45 Marks)
10. Read the following extracts and answer the questions
that follow:
(a) "...
and felt that old
familiar ache,
my childhood's fear,
but all I said
was, see you soon, Amma,
all I did was
smile and smile and smile..."
Questions:
(i) What was
the childhood fear that now troubled the poet?
1
(ii) What do
the poet's parting words suggest? 2
(iii) Why did
the poet smile and smile? 1
Or
(b) "Those
who prepare green wars,
wars with gas,
wars with fire,
victory with no
survivors,
and walk about
with their brothers
in the shade,
doing nothing."
Questions:
(i) What are
the different kinds of wars mentioned by the poet in the passage? 1
(ii) What kind
of victory do they achieve? 1
(iii) What
should the warmongers do? 1
(iv) Find the
words in the passage that mean 'those left alive' and 'win'. 1
11. Answer any three of the following questions in 30-40
words: 2x3=6
(i) Why has the
mother been compared to the 'late winter's moon'?
(ii) What is the
sadness that the poet refers to in the poem "Keeping Quiet"?
(iii) What is
the legend on which the poem 'A Thing of Beauty' is written?
(iv) What,
according to Keats, never passes into nothingness'?
(v) What is 'in
the news' as mentioned in 'A Roadside Stand'?
(vi) Why do the
people who are running the roadside stand 'ask for some city money'?
12. Answer any five of the following questions: 1x5=5
(a) What did M
Hamel write at the end of the class?
(b) What does
the author of 'Lost Spring' find Saheb doing every morning?
(c) What does
Mukesh want to be?
(d) Who is the
'Chota Sahib' in the 'Memories of a Chota Sabib'?
(e) What did
Shukla want Gandhi to do?
(f) Who was Sir
Edward Gait?
(g) Did Sophie
really meet Danny Casey?
(h) Where was it
most likely that Sophie and her friend would find work after school?
13. Answer any five of the following questions in 30-40
words: 2x5=10
(a) What was
Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?
(b) What was the
commotion that Franz anticipated in the classroom?
(c) What
explanation does the author of 'Lost Spring' offer for the children not wearing
footwear?
(d) What is
Firozabad famous for and why?
(e) What was the
belief about the dividing channel between Peacock Island and the main land of
Guwahati?
(f) What does
Roventree state about the large 'Bheel' close to the bungalow at Rajapara?
(g) What other
dreams does Sophie have besides having a boutique?
14. Answer any one of the following questions in 80-100
words: 5x1=5
(a) Give a
detailed account of the scene in the classroom on the day of the last lesson.
Or
(b) 'The battle
of Champaran is won', Gandhi exclaimed. Explain the context in which this was
said.
Or
(c) Describe the
miserable plight of the people of Firozabad.
15. Answer any one of the following questions in 125-150
words: 7x1=7
What impression
do you form of Mr Lamb? How does he look at life?
Or
Describe
Tishani's journey to the end of the earth - the Antarctic region, and her
experiences during that journey.
16. Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40
word: 2×4=8
(a) How did the
Tiger King celebrate the killing of the hundredth tiger?
(b) Why is
Antarctica the perfect place to study changes in the environment?
(c) Why and how
did Derry enter Mr Lamb’s Garden?
(d) How and why
do people comment so painfully about Derry's face?
(e) When did
Bama experience untouchability?
(f) Why did
Zitkala-Sa feel uncomfortable in the dining room?
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