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12 English Model question Two

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12 English Model question Two with an answer.

 

Compulsory English   Class: XII

Class: XII

Time: 3 Hrs.

Full marks: 100      

Pass marks: 35

 

Attempt all the questions. 

 

1. Read the following passage and answer the questions below:    [5 × 3 = 15]

We were summoned to his room at the end of the day. Under normal conditions, he would welcome us with a smile, crack a joke or two, talk of nothing in particular for a couple of minutes and state the actual business. But today we found him dry and sullen. He motioned us to our seats and said, “Could you imagine a worse shock for me? I came across a student of the English Honours who did not know till this day that “honours’ had to be spelt with a ‘u’. He finished his sentence with a sharp, grim laugh. We looked at each other at a loss to know what to reply. Our Assistant Professor, Gajapathy, scowled at us as if it were us who had induced the boy to drop the ‘u’. Brown cleared his throat as a signal for further speech, and we watched his lips. He began to lecture on the importance of the English language, and the need for preserving its purity. Brown’s thirty years in India and had not been ill spent if they had opened the eyes of Indians to the need for speaking and writing correct English!

(a)  What did Brown use to do in normal conditions?

Ans.   In normal condition, Brown used to smile, crack a joke or two, talk of nothing particular for a couple of minutes and state the actual business of his own.

(b)  Why was Brown in a worse shock that very day?

Ans.   Brown was in a worse shock that very day because he had come across a student of the English Honours who hadn’t known how to honour others with the correct pronunciation of English words. The pronunciation of the word made by the student really shocked him.

 

(c)    What did Gajapathy’s scowling indicate?

Ans.   Gajapathy’s scowling indicated that he didn’t have any agreement with the comment of Mr. Brown of English word pronunciation regarding honour to pronounce the word ‘u’.

 

(d) On what issue did Brown begin to lecture before his college staff?

Ans.   Brown began to lecture before his college staff on the importance of the English language, and the need for preserving its purity.

 

(e)  Summarize the passage in about 40 words.

Ans.   Mr. Brown had become shocked due to the wrong pronunciation of English words by an Indian student. He was worried about the loss of purity of English language there. He emphasized on preserving the purity of English language in both spoken and written form in India.

 

2.Rewrite the following sentences below using ‘must, can’t or might/may‘. [5 × 1 = 5]

(a)       Perhaps she didn’t get what you said.

Ans.    She mayn’t have got what you said.

 

(b)       I’m sure they have left.

Ans.    They must have left.

 

(c)       Maybe the election will be postponed.

Ans.    The election might be postponed.

 

(d)    It’s possible that there will be peace in Nepal.

Ans.    There may be peace in Nepal.

 

(e)   Obviously the gardener was not serious.

Ans.    The gardener can’t have been serious.

 

 

3.  Choose one of the verbs in the list to report each of the remarks below:    [5 × 1 = 5]

urge,    insist,     advise,     suggest,    threaten,    recommend

Example: It’s very important for you to give up drinks.

             Ans:    He urged me to give up drinks.

(a)    I’ll report you to the police if you don’t do what I say.

Ans.    He threatened me to report to the police.

 

(b) Why don’t you start medicine if you can’t bear the pain?

Ans.    He suggested me that I should start medicine.

 

(c)   No, I’ve already told you- I am going to pay.

Ans.    He insisted me to pay the bill himself.

 

(d) You really ought to have your bike serviced, you see.

Ans.    He recommended me to have my bike serviced.

 

(e) You should try it once again. You may win.

Ans.    He advised me to try it again.

 

 

4.  Fill the gaps in the sentences below with ‘for’, ‘in’, ‘until’ or ‘by’. [5 × 1 = 5]

(a)      Last night we talked ……… two in the morning.

Ans.    Last night we talked until two in the morning.

 

(b)   They will be here ……. a couple of hours.

Ans.    They will be here in a couple of hours.

 

(c)    She studied Spanish …….. five years.

Ans.    She studied Spanish for five years.

 

(d)   The food will be ready ………. 9:30.

Ans.    The food will be ready by 9:30.

 

(e)   He learnt to swim ……… three weeks.

Ans.    He learnt to swim in three weeks.

 

 

5.  Write a sentence each using the following information showing right order of the action:[5×1 = 5]

Example :  clean a wound / bandage it

       Yes should clean a wound before you bandage it.

 

(a) Wash your hands / eat.

Ans.    You should wash your hands before you eat.

 

(b) close your windows / go out.

Ans.    You should close your windows before you go out.

 

(c)  have some driving lessons / take your driving test.

Ans.    You should have some driving lessons before you take your driving test.

 

(d)clean your teeth / go to bed.

Ans.    You should clean your teeth before you go to bed.

 

(e) test the temperature of the water / bathe the baby.

Ans.    You should test the temperature of the water before you bathe the baby.

 

 

6. Write a sentence showing how the following pairs of events happened in rapid succession using ‘No sooner’.                      [5 × 1 = 5]

(a)      My grandfather retired / he had a heart attack.

Ans.   No sooner had my grandfather retired than he had a heart attack.

 

(b)  Shama went to bed / Shama heard a strange noise.

Ans.   No sooner had Shama gone to bed than she heard a strange noise.

 

(c)   The plane took off / three hijackers walked into the cabin.

Ans.   No sooner had the plane taken off than three hijackers walked into the cabin.

 

(d) The new exhibition hall was opened / it was destroyed by fire.

Ans.   No sooner had the exhibition hall been opened than it was destroyed by fire.

 

(e)  We had the washing machine repaired / it broke down again.

Ans.   No sooner had the washing machine been repaired than it broke down again.

 

 

7. Join the following sentence together using a relative clause:         [5 × 1 = 5]

(a)   Finally Browne decided to retire.

           Willis had been sharing an office with him.

Ans.   Finally Browne decided to retire with whom Willis had been sharing an office.

 

(b) The old house was finally sold.

           The family had lived in it for 300 years.

Ans.   The old house where the family had lived for 300 years was finally sold.

 

(c)  He proudly showed me round his house.

           He had paid 40 lakhs for it.

Ans.   He proudly showed me round his house for which he had paid 40 lakhs.

 

(d)  He became quite fond of his college.

           He had spent many years of his life there.

Ans.   He became quite fond of his college where he had spent many years of his life.

 

(e)  Harold finally asked her to marry him.

           She had always been in love with him.

Ans.   Harold finally asked her to marry him who had always been in love with him.

 

 

8.Write a paragraph predicting future developments concerning world population, using the ideas below: Birth control, government control, new sources of food, disease, longer life.

 

9.  Suppose that your foreign friend is visiting Nepal in the near future. Write a letter to him or her describing about the places he or she should visit. (Suppose: you are Bidhyapati and your school’s name is Rara Higher Secondary School, Mugu) [1×10=10]

 

10. Write a review for a newspaper of a recent film or a play you enjoyed or a book you read.  [1 × 10 = 10]

 

11. Write a “police description” of a person you know well.          [1 × 5 = 5]

 

12.   Answer any five questions.        [5 × 3 = 15]

(a) How did Alyohin define love?  (About Love)

(b) Why did the boy have to prove who he was? (The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship)

(c) What is the main idea of the essay? (Women’s Business)

(d) Describe the scene when the narrator killed the old man. (The Tell – Tale Heart)

(e)How do the adoption agencies find the potential parents? (The Children Who Wait)

(f)The plan was to go to Porthcawl for the outing. Did they ever reach there? Why?  (A Story)

 

13. Answer any one of the following questions. [1 × 10 = 10]

(a)Sketch the character of Mrs. Mooney. (The Boarding House)

(b) “We are always punished for our sins.” Elaborate this statement. (Purgatory)