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Class 12 English Core Sample Paper 07
Class 12 English Core Sample Paper 07
Class 12 English Core Sample Paper 07
Sample Paper 7
Class XII Exam 2023-24
English-Core (301)
Time Allowed : 3 Hrs. Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions:
1. 15-minute prior reading time allotted for Q-paper reading.
2. The Question Paper contains THREE sections READING, WRITING and LITERATURE.
3. Attempt question based on specific instructions for each part. Write the correct question number in your
answer sheet to indicate the option/s being attempted.
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below.
ii. Comment on the writer’s inference that collating online teaching materials and personal course content
made by a teacher are investments with dividends even in the future.
iii. List the two ways in which a teacher can make the most of their time preparing and collating online
resources.
1. __________
2. __________
iv. Select the option that conveys the opposite of ‘asynchronous’, from words used in paragraph two.
(a) concurrent
(b) chronological
(c) digital
(d) relative
v. The writer would not agree with the given statements based on paragraph two, EXCEPT _____.
(a) only static content can be maximized while teaching
(b) static content can be supplemented with online resources
(c) teachers should treat dynamic content as having more potential
(d) static and dynamic content can complement each other
vi. Online teaching sessions help in extending the learning of students in different ways. Based on your
understanding of paragraph 3, list another major advantage that these have for both teachers and learners.
vii. Why is it fair to say this about regular interactions between teachers and students- ‘The more you
converse, the better is the depth and graph of their learning.’
viii. Complete the given sentence with an appropriate inference, with respect to the following.
A teacher puts _____ class to hold the interest of the pupils.
ix. How can the solutions, suggested in paragraph four best be described?
(a) ordinary (b) extraordinary
(c) doable (d) far-fetched
x. Select the most suitable option that substantiates the statement: Apply that equivalent rule to your online
classes.
(a) grinning and pleasing
(b) appealing and smiling
(c) welcoming and inspiring
(d) helping and answering
ii. What is the general consensus of opinion about the Bermuda Triangle?
iii. Select the option that conveys the idea of an aeroplane above the Bermuda Triangle.
(a) such a plane would sink downwards with the methane gas exploding in the air
(b) such a plane would suck up the methane gas rising into the atmosphere
(c) such a plane could explode in mid air with the methane gas from the sea bed here, rising into the
atmosphere
(d) such a plane would provide a horrifying experience for the passengers in the plane
v. Select the option that defines the perilous conditions in the sea bottom of the Bermuda Triangle.
(a) The windless waters of the area are the homes of dangerous seaweeds.
(b) The windless waters within the surrounding currents contain dense mats of floating seaweed.
(c) The windless waters within the surrounding seaweed contain enormous amounts of shipwrecked
sailors.
(d) The windless waters contain enormous amounts of currents from the Sargasso Sea.
vi. Give one favourable explanation about the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle and the disappearance of
aircraft.
vii. The explanations provided about shipwrecks at the Bermuda Triangle include _____.
(a) the presence of sharp edged coral and the remains of shipwrecks
(b) the presence of deep seated reefs rising to the surface
(c) the presence of floating masses of shipwrecks that wreck havoc on passing vessels
(d) the presence of a combination of debris from shipwrecks, dead coral and dense seaweed
viii. What is the major takeaway from the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle?
O
B. Mr and Mrs Tiwari want to invite all their friends and acquaintances to the wedding of their granddaughter
Deepika. Design an invitation card for the wedding inventing the necessary details, in 50 words.
O
B. You are Rajat/Raveena, a resident of Gwalior. You feel students should use the Internet mostly for
gaining knowledge rather than wasting time merely on entertainment. Write a letter in 120-150 words to
the Editor of The Economic Times pointing out how schools can control students net surfing at school
and enable them to use the Internet fruitfully.
SECTION C- LITERATURE 40
IV. Read the given extracts to attempt the questions with reference to context.
1. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 1#6 = 6
1.A For once on the face of the Earth
Let’s not speak in any language
Let’s stop for one second,
and not move our arms so much.
It would be an exotic moment without rush,
without engines we would all be together
in a sudden strangeness.
(Keeping Quiet)
ii. Identify the line from extract that advocates, Tor ceasing of words to emit a state beyond the domain of
language itself.’
iii. Which word the poet has used to employ the collectiveness in the poem?
(a) let’s
(b) we
(c) let’s and we
(d) Let’s, we and our
iv. Complete the analogy correctly. Do not repeat from used example.
Without rush : without engines :: Repetition : _____.
v. On the basis of the extract choose the correct option with reference to (1) and (2) given below.
1. The result of keeping quiet will be that there will be togetherness
2. Togetherness will foster harmony and brotherhood
(a) 1 is true 2 is false.
(b) 2 is true 1 is false.
(c) 2 is the result of 1.
(d) Both 1 and 2 cannot be concluded from the extract.
O
ii. The poet has written the poem in free verse and does not use fullstop to _____.
(a) unbreak the thought process in the middle
(b) express the notion
(c) write in patterns of rhyme and meter
(d) enjoy the freedom of writing
iii. ‘_____ standing few yards away, I looked again at her wan pale,’ this displays Das’s persona of _____.
iv. ‘Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground’. The poetic device used in this line matches with
_____.
vi. On the basis of the extract choose the correct option with reference 1 and 2 given below.
1. The poet feels utterly bereft.
2. The poet was alarmed by the sudden realisation that old age had crept upon her mother.
(a) 2 is true 1 is false.
(b) 1 is true 2 is false.
(c) 2 is the reason for 1.
(d) 1 and 2 cannot be inferred from the extract.
2.A Watching him she wondered if the stories they heard sometimes of the sufferings of prison were true.
They came like flickers of rumours told by the word of mouth and always contradicted. In the newspapers
the reports were always that whereever the Japanese armies went the people received them gladly, with
cries of joy at their liberation. But sometimes she remembered such men as General Takima ,who at
home beats his wife cruelly, though no one mentioned it now that he had fought so victorious in a battle
of Manchuria. If a man like that could be so cruel to a woman in his power, would he not be cruel to once
like this for instance?
(The Enemy)
i. Select the suitable word from the extract to complete the following analogy.
Kind : courteous :: Flash : _____.
iii. Based on the extract choose the option which is true for Hana.
1. She appreciates Japanese army
2. She is empathetic about women
3. She points the biased feature of newspaper
4. She wonders about the sufferings of prisoners
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 3, 2 and 1
(c) 1, 2 and 4 (d) none of the above
iv. Rewrite the sentence by replacing the underlined word with its inference in the extract.
‘... would he not be cruel to once like this for instance?
O
2.B Right at the ‘start, it is imperative to disclose a matter of vital importance about the Tiger King. Everyone
who reads of him will experience the natural desire to meet a man of his indomitable courage face to
face. But there is no chance of his fulfillment. As Bharat said to Ram about Dasarath, The Tiger King
had reached that final abode of all living creatures. In other words the Tiger King is dead.
(The Tiger King)
iii. The narrator says, ‘it is imperative to disclose the matter of vital importance about the Tiger King
_____’, The matter which the narrator wants to reveal is _____.
Choose the correct option in reference with context.
(a) The death of Tiger King
(b) The reason of death of Tiger King
(c) The lineage of incidents after the death of Tiger King
(d) None of the above
iv. Replace the underlined phrase in the following sentence from the phrase used in the extract. My
Grandmother passed away yesterday.
3.A My last French lesson! Why. I hardly knew how to write! I should never learn any more! I must stop
there, then! Oh, how sorry I was for not learning my lessons, for seeking birds’ eggs, or going sliding on
the Saar! My books, that had seemed such a nuisance a while ago, so heavy to carry, my grammar, and
my history of the saints, were old friends now that I couldn’t give up. And M Hamel, too; the idea that
he was going away, that I should never see him again, made me forget all about his ruler and how cranky
he was.
(The Last Lesson)
i. Select the proverb that best outlines the moral in the above extract.
(a) Procastination is the thief of time, Collar him ‘
(b) ‘Both positive and negative thinking are contagious.’
(c) An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
(d) The grass is always green on the other side of the fence.
iii. ‘My books that had seemed such a nuisance a while ago _____ were old friends now that I couldn’t give
up.’ In these lines Daudet has cited an example of _____.
(a) Irony : Verbal irony
(b) Irony : Situational irony
(c) Irony : Dramatic
(d) Irony : Conditional irony
v. ‘_____ I should never learn anymore... .’ Protagonist of the story is repented for _____.
(a) Not learning the French Language
(b) Not paying attention in class
(c) Not listening to teacher
(d) Not going sliding on the Saar
vi. The story in the extract matches with the cherishable fable _____.
(a) The Thirsty Crow
(b) The Hare and The Tortoise
(c) The Greedy Fox
(d) The Fox and The Crow
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3.B ‘When I leave,’ Sophie said, coming home from school, ‘I’m going to have a boutique.’
Jansie linking arms with her along the street; looked doubtful.
‘Takes money, Soaf something like that.’
‘I’ll find it,’ Sophie said, staring far down the street.
‘Take you a long time to save that much.’
‘Well I’ll be manager then-- yes, of course.... to begin with, Till I’ve got enough. But anyway, I know
just how it’s all going to look.’
‘They wouldn’t make you manager straight off Soaf’
‘I’ll be Mary Quant,’ Sophie said. I’ll be a natural. They’ll see it from the start. I’ll have the most
amazing shop this city’s ever seen.’
Jansie, knowing they were both earmarked for the biscuit factory, became melancholy. She wished
Sophie wouldn’t say these things.
(Going Places)
i. Select the option which is best fit to Sophie and Jansie in the extract.
(a) Sophie : day dreamer, Jansie : pragmatist
(b) Sophie : down to earth, Jansie : status-pro
(c) Sophie : mature, Jansie : ambitious
(d) Sophie : smart, Jansie : timid
ii. Which of the following would NOT be the example of satire used in the extract?
(a) ‘_____ Well I’ll be the manager then...’
(b) ‘_____ I’ll be Mary Quant...’
(c) ‘_____ they were both earmarked for the biscuit factory’
(d) ‘_____ looked doubtful...’
iii. Write the word from the extract which is synonym of ‘desolation’.
iv. ‘_____ She wished Sophie wouldn’t say these things _____’ What was the significant thing which Jansie
might have wished that Sophie would not say as per the extract?
VI. Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 40-50 words each. 2#2 = 4
VII. Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 120-150 words. 1#5 = 5
i. The peddler believed that the whole world is a rattrap. How did he himself get caught in the same?
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ii. “The order from Berlin aroused a particular zeal in the school.” Comment.
VIII. Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 120-150 words. 1#5 = 5
i. Both Derry and Lamb are victims of physical impairment, but much more painful for them is the feeling
of loneliness. Comment.
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ii. In India, the so-called lower castes have been treated cruelly for a long time. Who advised Bama to fight
against this prejudice, when and how?
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