Sample Paper STD. 12 English

Section A          Reading, Note-making and Summary
1. Read the first activity, read the extract and then do all the
activities : 12
A1. Enlist the area of Chaitanya's interest. 2

Ans: craft, art, music, dancing and sports.

Academically, he was still lagging behind the expected standard of

learning but it was okay. He started developing an all-round interest in

craft, art, music, dancing and sports.

Early in 1997-98, when he returned from state level inter-school

sports, he had two prizes to his credit and a silver medal. He had won his

laurels in athletic events and the silver medal in running race.

When I saw the prizes and read the citation Chaitanya had re￾ceived, I was stupefied, in total disbelief, then - hugged him, kissed him

and cried unabashedly to my heart’s content. That day, I cried for the

first time out of joy and a sense of being vindicated. Without practice he

had competed with approximately 1,800 children drawn from various

schools all over the state. He was subsequently selected for the marathon

race, but he could not participate due to a health problem. “May be next

year, he would”, I assured myself. And I, as his proud mother, would

proudly chronicle his future achievements and success to inspire other   mothers of the world.

Looking back at my own life, I feel that it is the spirit with which

we can accept our life gracefully is what matters ultimately; and it is love

which nourishes us. All other things are unimportant. Chaitanya has made

me look inwards. His handicap doesn’t disturb me any longer. He and I

shall live with it and still be happy. The mental strength which he has

given to me is inexhaustible.

One day, as both of us got onto a public transport bus, Chaitanya

offered to buy the tickets for us.

“One full, one half,” he said to the conductor beaming with joy.

Looking at him, I wondered whether he was really only a half ? An

incomplete person ? Was I really full ? Complete in all respects ? Why do

then normal people feel that they are ‘full’ and others like Chaitanya are

half or incomplete ? Chaitanya’s world is complete in itself, pure and

innocent while our lives are full of deceit, jealousies, ill feelings.

His words have intrigued me ever since. Whenever I think of

Chaitanya, I feel he is complete in himself although a little different from

us. How could I call him only a half ? The half, incomplete person was

myself and not him, The distance for the bus was the same for both of

us. Only the tickets were priced differently.

The day the world sees him the way I do, it will not be a one full or

a one half world. It will be one full world-A world full of love, caring and sharing.

A2. Complete the following statements using correct alternatives.

a) Chaitanya had ........... and ............ to his credit at state level inter-school sports.

b) He got silver medal in a .................. and got laurels in .............. .
Ans: a) Chaitanya had two prizes and a silver medal to his credit at state level inter-school sports.

b) He got silver medal in a running race and got laurels in athletic events  .

A3. Say whether the following statements are true or false . Correct the false statements.

a) Chaitanya asked for one half ticket for him and one full for his mother.

b) Half ticket was for his mother because she was a senior citizen.

c) Half ticket was for Chaitanya himself because he below 10 years.

d) According to mother she was half not Chaitanya.
Ans: a) True b) False, Correct :Half ticket was for Chaitanya himself because he was handicap . c) False : Half ticket was for Chaitanya himself because he was handicap.
d) True 

A4. Give the meanings of  a) laurels b) approximately c) nourish d) beaming
Ans: a) laurels - victory b) approximately- neat about  c) nourish - feed) beaming- outbursting 

A5. Give your opinion about being sympathetic towards special children is enough.

A6. Grammar Do as directed

a) When I saw the prizes and read citation Chaitanya had received, I was stupefied. ( Begin with  ' No sooner did I ......... ')
Ans : No sooner did I see the prizes and read citation Chaitanya had received than I was stupefied. 

b) Was I really full? (Rewrite as a statement )

Ans: I was not really full. 

Q2 (A) : Read the first activity, read the extract and then do all the
activities : 12
1. State whether the following sentences are true or false. (2)
(i) Today 25,000 children die daily around the world from hunger related diseases. (False)
(ii) Finally, a poverty – free world would be  economically less stronger and far more stable than the world today. (False)
(iii) People in the poverty free world would afford health services.
(IV) No free schooling required in that world.


Today 40,000 children die each day around the world from hunger – related diseases. In a poverty – free world, no children would die of such causes. Everybody in every part of the globe would have access to education and health – care services because he or she would be able to afford them. Unlike today,
the state would not be required to provide free or subsidized health – care or schooling.
All state organizations created to provide free or subsidized services for the poor would no longer be required and could be done away with.Thus, no need to welfare, or local welfare agencies, or the national welfare department. No need for hand – outs, no sup – kitchens, no food stamps, no free schools, no free hospital care, no begging in the streets. State – run safety – net programme would have no rationale for existence because no one would live on charity any more. State – run social security programmes, income – support programmes would be unnecessary.Social structures in a poverty – free world would, of course, be quite different from those that exist in a poverty – ridden world. But nobody would be at the mercy of anyone else, and that is what would make all the difference between a world without poverty and one riddled with it.Finally, a poverty – free world would be economically much stronger and far more stable than the world today.


A2.  Everybody in every part of the globe would have access to education and health. Explain(2)
Answer: In poverty free world everybody would be able to afford education and health. Unlike today,
the state would not be required to provide free or subsidized health – care or schooling.
A 3. State the difference between a world without poverty and one riddled with it. (2)
Answer: All state organizations created to provide free or subsidized services for the poor would no longer be required. Thus, no need for welfare, or local welfare agencies, or the national welfare department.Social structures in a poverty – free world would, be quite different from those that exist in a poverty – ridden world. But in that world nobody would have mercy on anyone and it would make all the difference between a world without poverty and one riddled with it.
A4. Give the antonyms of a) stronger b) stable c) national d) social
A5. Suggest some ways to make the world poverty free.(2)
Answer: Employment to all made necessary.Vocational education should be boosted.Curroption be root out.Right to work should be implemented like right to information and right to food.
5. Do as directed: (2)

(i) It became too dark to read easily.(remove 'too')
Ans. It became so dark that one could not read easily.
(ii) I do not remember. (Make it affirmative)
Ans. I fail to remember.

b) Note- making: Read the passage and complete a tree diagram give below it.                      3

Of all forms of transports road transport has shown the greatest growth in recent years. Transport by road may be both vehicular and non-vehicular, Non-vehicular transportation includes both animals and man. Vehicular transport in developing countries include the ancient bullock carts as well as the modern automobiles. The introduction of railways has been vitals in the growth of industrialization. They are useful in carrying heavy bulky goods over long distance water transports is one of the oldest forms of cargo transport. Water transport includes inland and ocean transport. Inland waterways include rivers and canals. Ocean or sea transport is very important for the growth of foreign trade of any country. The greatest advantage of air transport is that it has reduced the time and distance barrier to a great extent. However air transport is costliest means of transport.

Q. III A) Read the following passage and do the activities

A1 Say whether the following statements are true of false .                                                           2

a) The desert is made of sand and rock.

b) The area of Arabia is mostly desert.

c) The sand in desert is too hot to walk.

d) There are spring everywhere in the desert.

A great part of Arabia is desert. Here there is nothing but sand and rock. The sand is so hot that you cannot walk over it with your bare feet in the day time. Here and there in the desert are spring of water that come from deep down under the ground so deep that the sun cannot dry them up. These springs are few and far apart but wherever there is one green grass very soon covers the ground all around it. Soon fig frees and palm trees grow tall and graceful. Such a place is called an oasis.

The Arabs who are not in the cities live in the desert all the year around. They live in tents that can be put up and taken down very easily and quickly so that the can move from one oasis to another seeking grass and water for their sheep, goats camels and horses, These desert Arabs eat ripe, sweet fig and also the dates that grow upon the palm trees They dry them too and use them as food all the year around. The camel is much more useful to the Arab than his beautiful house. However for it is much larger and stronger. One camel can carry as much as or more than two horses. The Arab loads the camel with goods and rides him, took for miles and miles across the desert just as if it were really the ship of the desert which it is often called.

A2. Complete the statements : a)   Arabs in desert live in .......

                                                  b) The Arabs collect their food by........................                         2 

A3. Camel is called the ship of the desert. Give reason                                                                  2

A4. Write form the passage the expressions that mean 1.whole year  2. a fertile spot in a desert      2       

A5.  Write your views about keeping animals                                                                                 2

 A6. Rewrite the following sentences as per the instructions.                                                                                          

a) The sand is so hot that you cannot walk over it with your bare feet in the day time. (Use ‘too---to’)                                                                                                                                                                1

b) The camel is much more useful to the Arab than his beautiful house. (Change the degree)       1

B Summarize the above passage using mains facts regarding the Arabs Give a title.              3

Section B

Poetry

Q. IV A Read the following poem and answer the questions given below it.                                8

She smiled, “I found ‘em out by the tree.

I picked ‘em because they’re pretty like you

I knew you would like ‘em, especially the blue”

I said, “ Daughter I’m sorry for the way I acted today

I shouldn’t have yelled at you that way

She said, “ Oh, Mom that okay I love you anyway”

I said “Daughter I love you too

And I do like the flowers especially the blue”

A1 Write the names of speakers against the dialogues                                                                   2

 Dialogues                                       Speakers                                                      

    1. I found ‘em out by the tree.                  

    2. you would like ‘em, especially the blue       3. I shouldn’t have yelled at you that way

    4. I do like the flowers especially the blue

A2. State what effect the dialogue form gives to this poem                                           2     

A3. “ I picked ‘em because they’re pretty like you” Name and explain the figure of speech.                                                                                  2

A4 Write four poetic lines about your mother                                                             2                                                          

Section III 
( Rapid Reading and Composition)                

Q. V (B) Read the following extract and do the activities that follow

Then two little boys came out of the garden: one of them had a large sharp knife, like that with which the girls had cut the tulips they came straight towards the little daisy, which could not understand what they wanted.

Here is a fine piece of turf for the lark, “said one of the boys and began to cut out a square round the daisy so that it remained in the center of the grass.

Pluck the flowers off said the other boy and the daisy trembled for fear, for to be pulled of meant death of it and it wished so much to live as it was to go with the square of turf into the poor captive larks cage.

No let stay said the other boy it look so pretty”

And so it stayed and was brought into the lark cage. The poor bird was lamenting its lost liberty and beating its wings against the wires and the little daisy could not speak or utter a consoling word, much as it would have liked to do so so the forenoon passed.
A1.  Enlist the characters referred to in the extract.
Prepare a dialogue between the Daisy and the boy           2

Q. V (B) 2. Read the extract and do the activities that follow            4

But at 8 am there was a commotion I heard shout and saw people running every way through out the camp. I caught up with my brothers.

Russian troops had liberated the camp! The gate swung open. Everyone  was running so I did took amazingly all of my brother had survived I’m not sure how But I knew that the girl with the apples had been the key to my survival. My mother had promised to send me an angel and the angel had come.

Eventually I made my way to England where I was sponsored by a Jewish charity put up in a hostel with other boys who had survived the holocaust and trained in electronics then I came to America where my brother Sam had already moved. I served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and returned to New York City after two years by august 1957 I’d opened my own electronics repair shop.
A1 Pick out the sentences that show dramatic element of prediction.       2

A2. Extend the extract by adding an imaginary paragraph of yours.         2 

Section D Writing skill

Q. VI A Letter writing: Write any one of the following letters                                   4

1. Write a letter to the person you like most, appreciating his/her social work foe a good cause and also express in it how he/she is the beacon-light for the youth of today.

Or

2. There is no proper drainage system in your area. Consequently, people are facing hygienic problems. Write a letter to the Health Officer/ Sarpanch to take necessary steps.

B) Write any one of the following as per the linstructions.                                           4

1. Recently An Eye checkup camp was organized in your Jr. College. You worked as a volunteer to make the camp a success. Write a report of the camp in 120 words.

2. Write a dialogue between you and the principal taking help of the following points.

1. You have to take admission in XII Science Electronics

2. You cannot pay full fees at a time

3. Tell reason

4. You will pay in installments

5. Request the principal

6. He grants your request

7. Thanks

C Attempt any one of the following          4

1. Prepare a tourist leaflet about a religious place.

2. Read the view given in favor of village life. Write a paragraph as counter-views.

1. Natural surrounding

2. Eco friendly life

3. Good community life

4. Peace and harmony

5. Minimum expenses

6. Fresh vegetables pure milk

Q. VII A) You have to interview an old woman who lives in an Old –Age-Home (Vridhasharm). Prepare a set of 8 questions for the interview.                                          4

B Prepare your speech in 120 words on the topic “Save trees ___ Trees save " You have to deliver in the speech competition organized in your college.                        3