ASSEB| CLASS 12| ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH| QUESTION PAPER - 2025| H.S. 2ND YEAR
2025
ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH
Full Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 30
Time: Three hours
The figures in the margin indicate
full marks for the questions
GROUP – A
(Prose: 40 Marks)
1. Give brief answers to any five of the following questions in full sentence: 1x5=5
(a) What is the
cost of enamel box that Rosemary wanted to buy?
(b) Which
Russian author influenced Katherine Mansfield?
(c) What was the
name of the airport situated in Guwahati in 1949?
(d) What did Hazarika
consider to be his only aim?
(e) How much
money did Albert Eduward have at the bank?
(f) Where from had
the new vicar come?
(g) What did
Rama give free with every item?
(h) What type of
house is “Bina Kutir”?
(i) Which car
brand is mentioned in the story “Bina Kutir”?
2. Answer any five of the following question: 2x5=10
(a) On what
occasion did the verger use his new gown?
(b) What business
did Albert Foreman set up and where?
(c) Why did Rama
have to move his stall two hundred yards away?
(d) What did Rama’s
wife do upon his arrival at night?
(e) How does
Katherine Mansfield portray marriage in “A Cup of Tea”?
(f) Name two
locations that Bhupen Hazarika reminisces about in “The Voyage”.
(g) How does ‘Bina
Kutir’ differ from its surroundings?
(h) Why does
Rosemary like shopping at antique stores?
3. Give answers to any two of the following questions:
3x2=6
(a) Write a
short note on Mansfield as a short story writer.
(b) What did Hazarika
feel upon reaching New York city?
(c) On the day
of the christening, what did the verger compliment the new vicar on?
(d) Why did Rama’s
customers like him?
(e) Why do you
think the speaker imagined the daughter’s name as Bina?
4. Answer any two of the questions given below: 5x2=10
(a) Why was the
verger asked to step down? Do you think this was a fair decision? Give reason.
2+3=5
(b) Justify the
title “The Martyr’s Corner”.
(c) Write a short
note on the character of Miss Smith.
(d) Present your
views on the food and flavours mentioned by Hazarika in “The Voyage”.
5. Explain with reference to context any one of the following
extracts: 5x1=5
(a) ‘Rama watched
the unfolding of contemporary history through the shouts of newsboys, and in
due course tried to return to his corner’.
(b) ‘I drew the
remaining drink with my last sip, and keeping the bottle at the counter,
answerless, I kept looking within its emptiness for a long time’.
6. Give answers to the following:
(a) Write the
meanings of the words given below: 0.5x4=2
(i) clamour
(ii) aisle
(iii) cavern
(iv) stagger
(b) Write the
antonyms of the words given below: 0.5x2=1
(i) dusk
(ii) quiver
(c) Write the
synonyms of the words given below: 0.5x2=1
(i) sufficient
(ii) glib
GROUP – B
(Poetry: 30 Marks)
7. Answer any five of the following questions in full
sentences: 1x5=5
(a) Name the
poet of “Ozymandias of Egypt”.
(b) Who is the
speaker in “Strange Meeting”?
(c) What does
the speaker discover in the underworld?
(d) What do you
understand by the words ‘Sweet music of speech’?
(e) What led the
scorpion to crawl beneath the sack of rice?
(f) What will
purify the flesh and soul of the mother?
(g) ‘We paused
before a House that seemed
A ______ of the
Ground.’ (Fill in the gap)
(h) ‘While I
stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey
I hear it in the
deep heart’s core’.
- Name the poem.
8. Answer briefly any five of the questions given below:
2x5=10
(a) Why does the
poet wish to stay at Innisfree?
(b) What is the
role superstition in the poem “Night of the Scorpion”?
(c) What are the
poetic devices often used by Wilfred Owen in his poem?
(d) What is the
significance of the ‘Setting Sun’ in the poem?
(e) Whose
greatness is actually glorified in the poem “Ozymandias of Egypt”?
(f) What does the
poet mean by ‘titanic wars”?
(g) How does
Selkirk reflect upon the flight of the mind?
(h) What led to
the formation of the giant scorpion shadows on the walls of the speaker’s hut?
9. Answer any two of the following questions: 3x2=6
(a) What does ‘Wrinkled
lip and sneer of cold command’ signify?
(b) Comment on
the significance of the title of the poem, “Because I could not stop for Death”.
(c) What message
did Selkirk want to convey to his friends?
(d) Describe the
condition of the statue that the traveller comes across in the desert.
10. Answer any one of the following questions: 5x1=5
(a) Explain with
reference to the context:
“I parried; but my
hands were loath and cold Let us sleep now…..”
(b) Does the
poem “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” celebrate the theme of escapism? Explain.
(c) What does
the poem “Night of Scorpion” say about a mother?
11. Give answers to the following:
(a) Write the
meaning of the words given below: 0.5x4=2
(i) solitude
(ii) affliction
(iii) sullen
(iv) citadels
(b) Give
antonyms of the following words: 0.5x2=1
(i) haste
(ii) desolate
(c) Give
synonyms of the following words: 0.5x2=1
(i) leisure
(ii) despise
GROUP – C
(Grammar: 10
Marks)
12. Add question tag to any five of the following
sentences: 1x5=5
(a) Rubi is
coming tomorrow, _______.
(b) He speaks French
well, ________.
(c) I am late,
_________.
(d) You should
have done this, ________.
(e) Please ask
the boys to come in, ________.
(f) Don’t go
there, ________.
(g) No book is
allowed, _________.
(h) You seldom
come here, ________.
13. Correct the errors in these sentences and rewrite
them: (any five) 1x5=5
(a) I cannot
continue my study anymore.
(b) She likes
vegetable.
(c) His wonder
knew no bound.
(d) Every boy
and every girl are present today.
(e) Mr. Bose,
accompanied by his wife and children, were present there.
(f) He has five brothers-in-laws.
(g) Fire broke
out in our flat.
(h) I wish I were
him.
GROUP – D
(Writing and
Comprehension: 20 Marks)
14. Choose any one of the topics listed below and write an
essay on it: 10
(a) Women
Empowerment
(b) Knowledge is
power
(c) Global
Warming and Future of mankind
(d) My dream
holiday destination
15. Read the following passage carefully:
Suresh:
How many events have you joined this year? What were they about?
Ranjit: I
have joined more than 10 events so far, most of which were about education.
Suresh:
What was your most memorable event?
Ranjit:
The most memorable for me was an international study conference, in which I was
introduced to some famous universities in Europe to study overseas.
Suresh:
Was it organised indoors or outdoors?
Ranjit: It
was an indoor event.
Suresh:
Who sponsored the event?
Ranjit:
The event organizer was the Education Department of American Center, but the
universities introduced in the conference were the ones who paid.
Suresh:
Who went to the event with you?
Ranjit: I
went there with my friends, who shared the same interest in studying abroad as
me.
Suresh:
What were performances in the event?
Ranjit:
There were not many performances. Each university representative just had a
speech to introduce their school to students and then they hosted Q and A
session.
Suresh:
Was the event shown on TV?
Ranjit:
The event was not aired, but there were television, advertisements for it.
Suresh:
How would someone market an event?
Ranjit:
Taking advantage of social media is a smart way to promote a event.
Answer the following questions
based on your reading and understanding:
(a) Why did
Ranjit attend the international study conference? 2
(b) Who
sponsored the event? 2
(c) How would
you promote an event? 2
(d) Who accompanied
him to the conference? And why? 2
(e) Find a
word in the passage which means – 2
(i) express
publicly
(ii) an act of
presenting a play, concert etc.
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