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Class 12 - English Core

Sample Paper 01

Maximum Marks: 40
Time Allowed: 90 minutes

General Instructions:

1. The Question Paper contains THREE sections.

2. Section A-READING has 18 questions. Attempt a total of 14 questions, as per specific instructions for each
question.
3. Section B-WRITING SKILLS has 12 questions. Attempt a total of 10 questions, as per specific instructions for
each question.
4. Section C-LITERATURE has 30 questions. Attempt 26 questions, as per specific instructions for each
question.
5. All questions carry equal marks.
6. There is no negative marking

READING
Question No. 1 to 10 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the
questions:

Punctuality is a necessary habit in public affairs of a civilized society. Without it nothing could ever be
brought to a conclusion, everything would be in a state of chaos. Only in a sparsely populated rural
community is it possible to disregard it. In the ordinary living there can be some tolerance of
unpunctuality. The intellectual, who is working on some abstruse problem, has everything coordinated
and organized for the matter in hand. He is therefore forgiven, if late for the dinner party. But people
are often reproached for unpunctuality when their only fault is cutting fine. It is hard for energetic,
quick-minded people to waste time, so they are often tempted to finish a job before setting out to keep
an appointment. If no accidents occur on the way, like punctured tires, diversion of traffic, sudden
descent of fog, they will be on time. They are often more industrious, useful citizens than those who are
never late. The over-punctual can as much be a trial to others as the unpunctual. The guest who arrives
half an hour too soon is the greatest nuisance. Some friends of my family had this irritating habit. The
only thing to do was to ask them to come half an hour later than the other guests. Then they arrived
just when we wanted them. If you are catching a train, it is always better to be comfortably early than
even a fraction of a minute too late. Although being early may mean wasting a little time, this will be
less than if you miss the train and have to wait an hour or so for the next one. And you avoid the
frustration of arriving at the very moment when the train is drawing out of the station and being
unable to get on it. An even harder situation is to be on the platform in a good time for a train and still
to see it go off without you. Such an experience befell a certain young girl the first time she was
travelling alone. She entered the station twenty minutes before the train was due since her parents had
impressed upon her that it would be unforgivable to miss it and cause the friends with whom she was
going to stay to meet her. She gave her luggage to a porter and showed him her ticket. To her horror, he
said that she was two hours too soon. She felt in her handbag, for the piece of paper on which her
father had written down all the details of the journey and gave it to the porter. He agreed that a train
did come into the station at the time on the paper and that it did stop, but only to take on water, not

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passengers. The girl asked to see a timetable, feeling sure that her father could not have made such a
mistake. The porter went to fetch one and arrived back with the station master, who produced it with a
flourish and pointed out a microscope ‘o’ beside the time of the arrival of the train at his station. This
little ‘o’ indicated that the train only stopped for water. Just at that moment, the train came into the
station. The girl, tears streaming down her face, begged to be allowed to slip into the guard’s van. But
the station master was adamant: rules could not be broken. And she had to watch that train disappear
towards her destination while she was left behind.

1. Why according to the author, is it better to the platform before the train arrives?
a. It’s better than watching the train leave in front of your eyes
b. It can help you avoid frustrations of work
c. It’s good to waste some time in life
d. You will have time to relax at the station
2. How early did the girl reach the station of her train’s actual time of departure?
a. 2 hours before
b. 20 minutes before
c. Just on time of the train
d. 2 minutes before
3. Who clarified it to the girl that her father had made a mistake?
a. Her mother
b. Timetable
c. Porter
d. Station Master
4. Why the little girl did have tears streaming down her face?
a. She had to watch the train come in front of her eyes
b. She wanted to reach her destination at the earliest
c. The station master let her board the train
d. Her early-coming made no difference
5. Find a word opposite in meaning to clear/obvious in the passage:
a. community
b. industrious
c. diversion
d. abstruse
6. Find a word similar in meaning to display in the passage:
a. nuisance
b. flourish
c. fetch
d. timetable
7. Find a word similar in meaning to "inflexible" in the passage:
a. abstruse
b. adamant
c. Over-punctual
d. energetic
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8. Why is punctuality necessary in a civilized society?
a. To bring things to a conclusion

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b. To avoid chaos
c. To manage public affairs
d. To cause disregard
9. What is the danger of leaving the bare minimum of time for appointments?
a. You will feel comfortable
b. You will not have to wait
c. You will be to avoid frustrations
d. You will be wasting time
10. The over-punctual can be as much a trial to others as the unpunctual
a. There is hardly any difference between the unpunctual and over punctual
b. He believes that the early bird gets the worm
c. He is wasting as much time as the unpunctual ones
d. He has everything coordinated and organized

Question No. 11 to 18 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the
questions:

The Cotton Textile Industry

The cotton textile industry is one of the traditional industries of India. In ancient and medieval times, it
used to be only a cottage industry. India was famous worldwide for the production of muslin, a very
fine variety of cotton cloth, calicos, chintz and other different varieties of fine cotton cloth. The
development of this industry in India was due to several factors. One, it is a tropical country and cotton
is the most comfortable fabric for a hot and humid climate. Second, a large quantity of cotton was
grown in India.
Abundant skilled labour required for this industry was available in this country. In fact, in some areas,
the people were producing cotton textiles for generations and transferred the skill from one generation
to the other and in the process perfected their skills. Initially, the British did not encourage the
development of the indigenous cotton textile industry. They exported raw cotton to their mills in
Manchester and Liverpool and brought back the finished products to be sold in India. This cloth was
cheaper because it was produced at a mass scale in factories in the U.K. as compared to the cottage-
based industries of India.
In 1854, the first modern cotton mill was established in Mumbai. This city had several advantages as a
cotton textile manufacturing centre. It was very close to the cotton-producing areas of Gujarat and
Maharashtra. Raw cotton used to be brought to Mumbai port to be transported to England. Therefore,
cotton was available in Mumbai city itself. Moreover, Mumbai even then was the financial centre and
the capital needed to start an industry was available there. As a large town, providing employment
opportunities attracted labour in large numbers.

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Hence, cheap and abundant labour too was available locally. The machinery required for a cotton
textile mill could be directly imported from England. Subsequently, two more mills, the Shahpur Mill
and the Calico Mill were established in Ahmedabad. By 1947, the number of mills in India went up to
423 but the scenario changed after partition, and this industry suffered a major recession. This was due
to the fact that most of the good quality cotton-growing areas had gone to West Pakistan and India was
left with 409 mills and only 29 percent of the cotton-producing area.

11. India was left with the only ________ of the cotton-producing are at the time of its partition.
a. 15%
b. 35%
c. 50%
d. 29%
12. What factors led to the development of the cotton textile industry in India?
a. favourable climatic conditions
b. All of these
c. Abundant skilled labour
d. cheap and abundant labour
13. What did Britisher export to the mills in Manchester and Liverpool?
a. Cotton garments
b. Raw Cotton
c. Fine cotton cloth
d. Fine threads
14. In which year was the first Modern cotton mill established in India?
a. 1914
b. 1869
c. 1872
d. 1854
15. where was the first Modern cotton mill established in India?
a. Punjab
b. West Bengal

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c. Gujarat
d. Mumbai
16. What factors led Mumbai to flourish as a cotton textile manufacturing centre?
a. All of these
b. Availability of labour
c. It was located close to the cotton-producing area
d. It was a financial centre and capital required to start an industry was available here
17. Where were the two subsequent textiles the Shahpur mill and the Calico mills?
a. Madras
b. Mumbai
c. Calcutta
d. Ahmedabad
18. How many mills were established in India by 1947?
a. 500
b. 700
c. 423
d. 225
WRITING -A

Question No. 19 to 23 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the
questions:

The President of the Cultural Forum of a school writes a notice about an inter-school orchestra
competition on the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the school.

19. Pick the odd one out?

A notice should contain all the necessary details such as:
a. Date and Subject
b. Salutation
c. Authorized signatory
d. Issuing Body
20. Points that should be mentioned in the notice:
a. Name of the sponsors
b. Participants limit
c. The last date of submission of Entry Forms
d. Date and Time
e. Provision of lunch/dinner
f. Venue
a. c, d, e, f
b. b, c, d, f
c. c, d, e, f
d. a, b, c, f
21. Which is the most the way to start the body of this notice?
a. This is to threaten
b. This is to inform
c. Being a regular reader of your newspaper
d. Through the column

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22. Who will sign this notice at the end?

a. The principal of the School
b. All of these
c. Head boy/girl of the School
d. The president of the Cultural Forum
23. Would this notice reflect the name of the name of the school?
a. No, because the title makes it clear.
b. Yes, because it is the issuing body.
c. Yes, because it makes it informal.
d. No, because it is understood through the signature.
WRITING -B

Question No. 24 to 30 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the
questions:

To have a fair complexion is an obsession in our society. Demand for fair brides in matrimonial
columns and the sale of fairness creams are evidence enough. You are writing an article expressing
your views on this topic.

24. Select the option that lists an appropriate title for this article.
i. Fairness: An obsession in society
ii. Beautiful mind, better than a fair complexion
iii. Racism - New package, old thought
iv. Fair complexion is always alluring
a. Option (iv)
b. Option (i)
c. Option (ii)
d. Option (iii)
25. Which among the following options should be apt for this article.
i. To begin with the strongest point
ii. Using long and complex sentences
iii. Abstaining from giving a personal opinion
iv. Repetition of ideas to emphasise a point
a. Option (ii)
b. Option (iii)
c. Option (iv)
d. Option (i)
26. Which of the options needs to be elaborate on for this article?
i. A beautiful mind is better than complexion
ii. Attitude towards life matters
iii. Money knows no complexion
iv. Society's behaviour and mentality
a. i, ii, iv
b. i, ii, iii
c. ii, iii, iv
d. i, iii, iv
27. Which is an ideal sequence for organising the relevant ideas for this article?

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i. Present a complete analysis of the subject matter in question - - refer to some startling facts --
discuss its cause and effect -- use facts and figures to conclude
ii. Open with a precise introduction - present some startling facts/ instances- - a complete analysis of
the subject matter in question - focus on the current scenario and its causes and effect -- conclude
with some art piece
iii. Open with an art piece -- move on to facts and figures -- explanation for the change in taste -- justify
the current scenario- discuss cause and effect of digital media
iv. Long introductory note -- a complete analysis of the subject matter -- present personal views and
suggestions supporting digital media -- end with a quote
a. Option (iv)
b. Option (ii)
c. Option (iii)
d. Option (i)
28. Which clues, from those given below, would be appropriate for this article?
a. Preference of a particular complexion shows the shallowness
b. All of these
c. A new trend followed in the West, people there like be tanned skin
d. Strive to be educated talented the rest will take its course
29. To make this article interesting which of the following can be used?
i. using long sentences throughout
ii. using quotes and instances
iii. asking rhetorical questions
iv. using formal language
a. i and ii
b. ii and iii
c. iii and iv
d. ii and iv
30. Which of the following quotes summarise the central idea of this article?
i. Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. --Plato
ii. White lies always introduce others of a darker complexion. --William S. Paley
iii. It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept and celebrate those
differences. --Audre Lorde
iv. Let us live for the beauty of our own reality. --Charles Lamb
a. Option (i)
b. Option (ii)
c. Option (iii)
d. Option (iv)
LITERATURE

Question No. 31 to 35 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the
questions:

Wherever they find food, they pitch their tents that become transit homes. Children grow up in them,
becoming partners in survival. And survival in Seemapuri means rag-picking. Through the years, it has
acquired the proportions of a fine art.

31. What does the speaker mean by Transit Homes?

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a. None of these
b. Permanent homes
c. Waterproof homes
d. Temporary homes
32. Who are they here?
a. Children
b. None of these
c. Poor people
d. Saheb and his family
33. What does survival mean in Seemapuri?
a. Shoe polishing
b. Bangle-making
c. Rag-picking
d. Begging
34. Children who grow up in transit homes become:
a. friends
b. partners in survival
c. None of these
d. partners in crime
35. What has acquired the proportions of a fine art?
a. None of these
b. Begging
c. Rag-picking
d. Food search

Question No. 36 to 40 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the
questions:

The next I remember I was lying on my stomach beside the pool, vomiting. The chap that threw me in
was saying, "But I was only fooling." Someone said, "The kid nearly died. Be all right now Let's carry
him to the locker room." Several hours later, I walked home. I was weak and trembling. I shook and
cried when I lay on my bed.

36. The author was trembling with ________.

a. fear
b. anger
c. All of these
d. joy
37. Where was the author lying?
a. Beside the pool
b. Beside the sea
c. On the beach
d. On the bench
38. Why was the author vomiting?
a. Because he nearly died
b. None of these
c. Because of drowning inside the pool

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d. Because the chap threw him in the water

39. Where was the author carried to?
a. Hospital
b. Home
c. Swimming pool
d. Locker room
40. Which word from the following it the antonym of stabilise?
a. Trembling
b. Weak
c. Shook
d. Chap

Question No. 41 to 45 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the
questions:

Far far from gusty waves these children’s faces.

Like rootless weeds, the hair torn around their pallor:
The tall girl with her weighed-down head. The paper-
seeming boy, with rat’s eyes. The stunted, unlucky heir
of twisted bones, reciting a father’s gnarled disease,
his lesson, from the desk. At back of the dim class
one unnoted, sweet and young.

41. The gusty waves, most likely, indicate

a. drudgery and dullness
b. animation and alertness
c. verve and brightness
d. survival and struggle
42. The phrase weighed-down head DOES NOT refer to being
a. ashamed at her plight
b. distressed due to difficulties
c. dizzy with a headache
d. burdened by poverty
43. Pick the option that matches the words/phrases with the literary device.
Word/phare Literacy device

(a) like rootless weeds (i) metaphor

(b) paper-seeming boy (ii) pun

(c) reciting (iii) synecdoche

(iv) smile
a. (a) - (iv), (b) - (ii), (c) - (i)
b. (a) - (iv), (b) - (i), (c) - (ii)
c. (a) - (i), (b) - (iv), (c) - (iii)
d. (a) - (ii), (b) - (i), (c) - (iii)
44. Pick the option that enumerates the tone of the poet in this extract.
i. apprehensive

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ii. compassionate
iii. resentful
iv. thoughtful
v. disillusioned
vi. woeful
a. iii, v and vi
b. i, iv and v
c. i, iii and vi
d. ii, iv and vi
45. Which children are referred to in the above lines?
a. Slum children
b. Children of an orphanage
c. Children of an asylum
d. Street children

Question No. 46 to 50 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the
questions:

I...there...I thought this was an empty place. I didn’t know there was anybody here....

46. From which lesson, the following excerpt has been taken?
i. The Third Level
ii. The Enemy
iii. On the Face of It
iv. Should Wizard hit Mommy
a. Option (iii)
b. Option (ii)
c. Option (iv)
d. Option (i)
47. Who is the speaker of these lines?
i. Mr. Lamb
ii. Susan Hill
iii. Derry's Mother
iv. Derry
a. Option (iv)
b. Option (ii)
c. Option (i)
d. Option (iii)
48. With whom, I is talking?
i. Derry's Mother
ii. Derry
iii. Mr. Lamb
iv. Susan Hill
a. Option (ii)
b. Option (iv)
c. Option (i)
d. Option (iii)

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49. Why did I, think that was an empty place?

i. I couldn't see anyone there
ii. I ignored the presence of anyone
iii. I knew, that place always remains empty
iv. I was telling a lie
a. Option (iii)
b. Option (iv)
c. Option (i)
d. Option (ii)
50. Who is the author of this extract?
a. None of these
b. Pablo Neruda
c. Kamla Das
d. Jack Finney
51. The poet asks the reader to count up to ________. (keeping quiet)
a. Fifteen
b. Twenty
c. Forty
d. Twelve
52. What is the impact of the war on the people of Alsace, a district in France, in The Last Lesson?
a. They are deprived of food and clothing
b. They are deprived of their national identity
c. They are deprived of public conveyance
d. They are deprived of education
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53. What does the narrator recall from a story once told by a man from Udipi in the prose Lost Spring?
a. The man's prayer as a boy for a pair of bangles
b. The man's prayer as a boy for a pair of socks
c. The man's prayer as a boy for a pair of shoes
d. The man's prayer as a boy for a pair of glasses
54. According to the prose Deep Water, why did William's mother warn him against learning to swim at
the Y.M.C.A.?
a. Because the Yakima river was very shallow and had very little water
b. Because the Yakima river was treacherous and many had drowned
c. Because the Yakima pool was very dirty and had snakes
d. Because the Yakima river was very small
55. What kind of life do the children living in slums have?(An elementary school classroom in a slum)
a. full of care and warmth
b. all of these
c. hopeless and full of struggle
d. full of love
56. The name of the main character in The Enemy is
a. Yumi
b. Dr. Sadao Hoki
c. Hana
d. The Prisoner of War

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57. In The Third Level, why did Charley need to speak to his psychiatrist friend on discovering the third
level of Grand Central?
a. He felt it was an illusion
b. He informed him his departure
c. Because Sam too had been there
d. He felt that it was a nightmare
58. What does the poet want people to do for a second? (Keeping Quite)
a. To close eyes and dream
b. To sit down
c. To be silent and motionless
d. To sing and dance
59. Why did Hana help Dr Sadao in treating the wounded enemy soldier?
a. Because she liked the American soldier
b. As Dr. Sadao was not perfectly skilled
c. Because Hana was an impeccable wife
d. Because she was persuing nursing
60. Why was the realization painful (my mother at sixty-six)?
a. She noticed that her mother was sleeping with her mouth open
b. Because the poet was driving to Cochin airport from her parents home
c. She thought that her mother was no longer beautiful
d. She realized that her mother was growing old and nearing death

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Class 12 - English Core

Sample Paper 01

Solution

READING
1. (a) It’s better than watching the train leave in front of your eyes
Explanation: It’s better than watching the train leave in front of your eyes
2. (a) 2 hours before
Explanation: 2 hours before
3. (d) Station Master
Explanation: Station Master
4. (b) She wanted to reach her destination at the earliest
Explanation: Her early-coming made no difference
5. (d) abstruse
Explanation: abstruse
6. (b) flourish
Explanation: flourish
7. (b) adamant
Explanation: adamant
8. (b) To avoid chaos
Explanation: To avoid chaos
9. (c) You will be to avoid frustrations
Explanation: You will be to avoid frustrations
10. (c) He is wasting as much time as the unpunctual ones
Explanation: He is wasting as much time as the unpunctual ones
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11. (d) 29%
Explanation: 29%
12. (b) All of these
Explanation: All of these
13. (b) Raw Cotton
Explanation: Raw Cotton
14. (d) 1854
Explanation: 1854
15. (d) Mumbai
Explanation: Mumbai
16. (a) All of these
Explanation: All of these
17. (d) Ahmedabad
Explanation: Ahmedabad
18. (c) 423
Explanation: 423
WRITING -A
19. (b) Salutation
Explanation: Salutation

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20. (b) b, c, d, f
Explanation: b, c, d, f
21. (b) This is to inform
Explanation: This is to inform
22. (d) The president of the Cultural Forum
Explanation: The president of the Cultural Forum
23. (b) Yes, because it is the issuing body.
Explanation: Yes, because it is the issuing body.
WRITING -B
24. (c) Option (ii)
Explanation: Beautiful mind, better than a fair complexion
25. (d) Option (i)
Explanation: To begin with the strongest point
26. (a) i, ii, iv
Explanation: i, ii, iv
27. (b) Option (ii)
Explanation: Open with a precise introduction - present some startling facts/ instances- - a complete
analysis of the subject matter in question - focus on the current scenario and its causes and effect --
conclude with some art piece
28. (b) All of these
Explanation: All of these
29. (b) ii and iii
Explanation: ii and iii
30. (c) Option (iii)
Explanation: “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept and
celebrate those differences.” --Audre Lorde
LITERATURE
31. (d) Temporary homes
Explanation: Temporary homes
32. (c) Poor people
Explanation: Poor people
33. (c) Rag-picking
Explanation: Rag-picking
34. (b) partners in survival
Explanation: partners in survival
35. (c) Rag-picking
Explanation: Rag-picking
36. (a) fear
Explanation: fear
37. (a) Beside the pool
Explanation: Beside the pool
38. (c) Because of drowning inside the pool
Explanation: Because of drowning inside the pool
39. (d) Locker room
Explanation: Locker room
40. (a) Trembling
Explanation: Trembling

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41. (c) verve and brightness

Explanation: verve and brightness
42. (c) dizzy with a headache
Explanation: dizzy with a headache
43. (b) (a) - (iv), (b) - (i), (c) - (ii)
Explanation: (a) - (iv), (b) - (i), (c) - (ii)
44. (d) ii, iv and vi
Explanation: ii, iv and vi
45. (a) Slum children
Explanation: Slum children
46. (a) Option (iii)
Explanation: On the Face of It
47. (a) Option (iv)
Explanation: Derry
48. (d) Option (iii)
Explanation: Mr. Lamb
49. (c) Option (i)
Explanation: I couldn't see anyone there
50. (d) Jack Finney
Explanation: Jack Finney
51. (d) Twelve
Explanation: The poet asked the human race to count up to twelve in the poem. The number twelve
signifies the existence of twelve months of a year and also the twelve hours on the face of the clock.
52. (b) They are deprived of their national identity
Explanation: The war had deprived the people of France, in the city of Alsace, of their national identity
due to the fact that children would be taught only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. Being
Frenchmen, they would not be allowed to have any education in French which implies the fact that
they have been denied their nationality.
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53. (c) The man's prayer as a boy for a pair of shoes
Explanation: The narrator recalls the story of a man from Udipi who used to pray for a pair of shoes
when he was a boy at the temple where his father was a priest. The narrator's encounter with the
barefoot boys relived this memory of the man.
54. (b) Because the Yakima river was treacherous and many had drowned
Explanation: William's mother warned him against his decision to learn to swim at the Y.M.C.A.
because she thought he would be exposed to the Yakima river which was treacherous and many had
drowned in the river. She did not want him to face such a danger and she continually warned him
against it.
55. (c) hopeless and full of struggle
Explanation: The life of school children in a slum school was miserable. They were deprived and
impoverished. They were caught in the vicious circle of poverty and were condemned to a dismal life
forever.
56. (b) Dr. Sadao Hoki
Explanation: Dr. Sadao Hoki is the main Character because the entire story revolves around him. The
plot is woven around his house and the dilemma he faces.
57. (a) He felt it was an illusion

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Explanation: The third level had never been spoken about by any of the railroads' authorities and
there has been the mention of two levels only. Therefore, having visited the third level, Charley felt it
was some kind of illusion that his mind was forcing him into and was so assured by his psychiatrist
friend whom he had consulted about it.
58. (c) To be silent and motionless
Explanation: The poet wanted everybody on this planet to be silent and motionless for a moment for
he strongly felt that it would save the world. The moment would create a sense of togetherness or
oneness which is most desirable for the survival of Earth and its inhabitants.
59. (c) Because Hana was an impeccable wife
Explanation: Hana was an impeccable wife and stood by her husband in all his
decisions. She helped Dr Sadao when he was operating upon the enemy.
60. (d) She realized that her mother was growing old and nearing death
Explanation: The realisation that her mother had grown very old was painful because it brought with
it the distressing thought that she was also nearing her death, whose cruel hands would separate the
poet from her mother.

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