NALANDA INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL, KRISHNAGIRI

ENGLISH CORE (301)

TERM - I key answers (2021-2022)

CLASS: XII

Time: 90 Minutes Max. Marks: 40

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

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1. b. university

2. 26 August

3. a. a weak

4. c. They have many quarries regarding the admission guidelines

5. b. confirmed (for now)

6. d. All of the above

7. a. to help students to get seat in the collages

8. d. a reporter

9. c. Ashok wadia

10. b. T A shiware

11. c. surplus nearly 50 percent

12.b. less than LPA

13. a. Long Term Average

14. b. deficiency of nearly 80 percent

15. b. faced excess rain

16. c. deficiency of rain

17. b. June – September

18. c. 47%

19. b. SOCIAL EVIL Q5.ERADICATION

20. c. salutation

21. b. optional

22. a. Both are Brief and have word limit

23. d. there is no need to write salutation in a notice

24. c. absence of Amul milk booth in Gandhinagar

25. a. the area does not have an Amul milk booth.

26. d. writing a letter to the editor of a local daily drawing the attention of the responsible
authorities

27. d. 06.03.2021

28. d. all of the above

29. b. 70:30

30. d. none of these

31. d. all of the above

32. b. seemed very confident

33. b. Roosevelt

34. a. fear

35.c. death

36. a. fear and its side effects

37. c. a subway station

38. b. in the writer’s imagination

39. b. corridor

40. d. All of the above

41.b. Keeping Quiet

42. d. Silence is not death

43. d. quiet introspection and feeling of understanding

44. a. personification
45. a. malnutrition

46. C. He is considered the black sheep of the family.

47. D. burdens of poverty

48. B. Carrying his father’s disease.

49. d. poverty and exploitation of children

50. b. has an inherited disability

51. d. self- centred

52. c. France

53. D. to show gratitude

54. D. east delhi

55. C. water

56. A. for its originality, versatility and flavour of the soil

57. A. theme of social injustice and class inequalities

58. D. because it creates barriers or obstacles in the form of misunderstanding amongst people

59. C. a psychiatrist and a friend of Charley

60. B. Sadao’s education.