AHSEC| CLASS 12| ENGLISH| SOLVED PAPER - 2021| H.S. 2ND YEAR
2021
English
Full Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 30
Time: Three hours
The figures in the margin indicate
full marks for the questions
SECTION – A
(Reading Skill: 10
Marks)
1. Read the following passage carefully:
Many of us
believe that ‘small’ means ‘insignificant’. We believe that small actions and
choices do not have much impact on our lives. We think that it is only the big
things, the big actions and the big decisions that really count. But when you
look at the lives of all great people, you will see that they built their
character through small decisions, small choices and small actions that they
performed every day.
They transformed
their lives through a step-by-step or day-by-day approach. They nurtured and
nourished their good habits and chipped away at their bad habits, one step at a
time. It was their small day-to-day decisions that added up to make tremendous
difference in the long run. Indeed, in matters of personal growth and
character-building, there is no such thing as an overnight success.
Growth always
occurs through a sequential series of stages. There is an organic process of
growth. When we look at children growing up, we can see this process at work,
the child first learns to crawl, then to stand and walk and finally to run. The
same is true in the natural world. The soil must first be tilled, and then the
soil must be sowed. Next, it must be nurtured with enough water and sunlight,
and only then it will grow, beer fruit and finally ripen, and be ready to eat.
Gandhi
understood this organic process and used this universal law of nature to his
benefit. Gandhi grew in small ways, in his day-to-day affairs. He did not wake
up one day and find himself to be the ‘Mahatma’. In fact, there was nothing
much in his early life that showed signs of greatness. But from his
mid-twenties, he deliberately and consistently attempted to change himself,
reform himself and grow in some small way every day. Day-by-day, hour-by-hour,
he risked failure, experimented, and learnt from the mistakes. In small and
large situations alike, he took up rather than avoid responsibility.
People have
always marvelled at the effortless way in which Gandhi could accomplish the
most difficult tasks. He displayed great deal of self-mastery and discipline
which was amazing. These things did not come easily to him. Years of practice
and disciplined training went into making his success possible. Very few saw
his struggles, fears, doubts and anxieties, or his inner efforts to overcome
them. They saw the victory but not the struggle.
On the basis
of your reading of the passage, answer the following questions:
(a) How do the
great people build their character? 2
Ans:- But
when you look at the lives of all great people, you will see that they built
their character through small decisions, small choices, and small actions they
took every day. He changed his life with a step-by-step or day-to-day approach.
He changed his
life with a step-by-step or day-to-day approach. He nurtured his good habits
and removed the bad habits one by one. It was their small day-to-day decisions
that made a tremendous difference in the long run.
(b) What is
‘organic process of growth’? 2
Ans:- Organic
(or internal) growth involves expansion from within a business, for example by
expanding the product range, or expanding the number and location of business
units. Organic growth is the growth that a company achieves by increasing
production and increasing sales, it does not include profit or growth due to
mergers and acquisitions, but it includes sales growth.
(c) What,
according to the writer, is the ‘universal law of nature’? 2
Ans:- According
to the author, the 'universal law of nature' is that development is gradual.
The author
explains the biological process of development by taking the example of a child
learning to run and the land bearing fruit. He then calls this phenomenon a
universal law of nature, because nature and humans have inherited it through
natural selection.
(d) Which part
of Gandhi’s life is not seen by most people? 2
Ans:-
Practice-Discipline-Self-mastery-Right use of freedom-Working on small things-Learning
from mistakes.
(e) Find a
word in the passage which means ‘intentionally’ or ‘purposely’. 1
Ans:- Nurtured.
(f) What does
the writer mean by saying ‘chipped away at their bad habits’? 1
(i) Steadily gave up bad habits
(ii) Slowly
produced bad habits
(iii) Did not
like bad habits
SECTION – B
(Advanced Writing
Skills: 25 Marks)
2. You are Nandita/ Nandan, President of ‘Green Assam
Club’, Dibrugarh. Your club is organizing a Sports and Cultural Meet for the
school children of your district. Draft an advertisement to be published in a
local daily about it, giving all relevant details. (Word Limit: 50 words) 5
Ans:-
Green Assam Club
This is for the
information of all the students that our club is going to organize a sports and
cultural meet from 10th April to 30th April 2021. Interested participants in
various categories have to submit their names before 5th April. Students from
among them will be selected to represent their stream in various activities of
the programme.
Nandita / Nandan
President of 'Green Assam Club',
Dibrugarh
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