English Question Paper' 2020
AHSEC Class 12 Question Papers
Pass Marks: 30
Time: Three hours
SECTION – A
(Reading Skill : 10 Marks)
1. Read the following passage carefully:
The next time you take
printouts or you throw a paper into the bin, think for a minute as to how many
trees have been felled to manufacture something you use so often every day.
Can you take out some time
from your everyday routine and devote it to starting a simple recycling
programme at your school or your neighbourhood? Not only would you save our
planet from the torture of felling greenery, but you would also reduce
generation and dumping of waste into the environment.
Using recycled papers
conserves natural resources. As our worldwide population grows, the strain of
these resources becomes even greater. You can drastically reduce the number of
trees cut down for manufacturing paper. In addition to saving landfill space,
you cut down on your expenses of trash-disposal. There is a reduction in air
pollution caused due to incineration. Making papers from discards instead of
trees not only saves forests, but it also reduces energy use by up to three
quarters and require4s less than half as much water. Items that are made of
paper and may be recycled are called the loose paper, a few examples are paper
bags, magazines, newspapers and cardboard egg-trays.
A paper-recycling programme gives a
positive image to large corporations or business organizations. Parents can
teach their children for importance of recycled paper by bringing about simple
changes in their lifestyle. Schools can also train students to make paper
products like folders, penholders, material for the display board, lampshades,
teaching/learning aids, etc. Students can creatively make their own cards,
files, folders, invitation cards and certificates for the school. Working on a
paper recycling plant demonstrates the concept of recycling waste into
‘wealth’. The real success of such programmes is visible in the seemingly
simple acts like students exchanging books in a new academic session,
indirectly saving paper and thereby, trees. This is amazing that only a single
sheet is saved by each child, 40,000 trees could be saved per year by students only.
Learning the facts about recycling paper
will help you as you fulfill your part to keep the environment green. If we
keep your minds focused on the desire to be friendly to our earth and her
resources, recycling will become important. After a while, we will be in the
habit of recycling the paper that we use in the course of a given day.
On the basis of your reading of passage,
answer the following questions:
a) Why do you need to think before
you take printouts unnecessarily? 2
b) Name some of the products that
can be obtained from recycled paper. 2
c) How can parents and schools
help in creating awareness about paper recycling? 2
d) How can students help in saving
trees indirectly? 2
e) Give a synonym of ‘conserve’. 1
f) Find a word in the passage
which means “the destruction of something, especially waste material by
burning”. 1
SECTION – B
(Advanced writing Skills : 25 Marks)
2. You are Gautam/Geeta, General Secretary of Radhakrishnan College,
Guwahati. Your college is organizing an educational trip to Delhi during the
summer vacations. Write a notice for the college notice board giving all the
details of the trip. (Word Limit: 50 words) 5
Or
Design a poster in not more than 50 words
to create awareness about the safety measures to be taken during an earthquake.
5
3. A team of twenty students from Japan visited your school as part
of a cultural exchange programme. A special welcome assembly was organized for
them. Write a report about the same in 100 – 125 words for your school magazine.
10
Or
The students of the local college have
organized a campaign on ‘Say on to Plastic’ in your town. Prepare a report in
100 – 125 words to be published in an English daily. 10
4. You are Rekha/Ramesh of Barpeta. You have seen an advertisement
for the post of a sports teacher in Lakhimpur High School,. Write a letter to
the President of the Managing Committee of the school applying for the post.
Give your detailed bio-data as well. 10
Or
You are Gaurav/Garima, a resident of
Guwahati. Write a letter to the editor of a local daily expressing your views
against the incentives use of loudspeaker during festival. 10
SECTION – C
(Grammar : 20 Marks)
5. Change the form of the narration in the following sentences: 2x2=4
a) Alexander said to Porus, “How
do you desire to be treated?” He answered, “Like a king.”
b) The boys exclaimed in joy that
they had all passed the test and that they would celebrate their success the
next day.
6. Change the voice of any three of the following sentences: 1x3=3
a) The nurse is looking after this
little girl.
b) Morning shows the day.
c) The glass has not been broken
by anybody.
d) What causes an earthquake?
e) The ground has to be cleared by
us.
f) The Governor gave him a reward.
7. Rewrite any five of the following sentences using the verbs given
in brackets in their correct tense forms: 1x5=5
a) My brother (practise) law these
days.
b) The patient (die) before the
doctor reached.
c) You (sleep) when I entered the
room.
d) She (come) here the day after
tomorrow.
e) They (win) the match.
f) We (visit) the Taj Mahal last
year.
8. Rewrite any four of the following sentences filling in the blanks
with appropriate prepositions: 1x4=4
a) The ship is sailing _______ the
shore.
b) Cut the rope _______ a knife.
c) I am taller than you _______ two
inches.
d) There was a bridge _______ the
river.
e) We depend _______ you.
f) He begged _______ help from me.
g) I do not believe _______ his
honesty.
9. Rewrite any four of the following sentences as directed: 1x4=4
a) Why waste time in this
fruitless occupation? (Make in assertive)
b) It is often difficult to speak
the truth. (Make it negative without changing the meaning)
c) Being ill, he could not attend
school. (Make it a compound sentence)
d) On seeing the lion, he ran away.
(Make it a complex sentence)
e) The students who are good do
their homework regularly. (Make it a simple sentence)
f) Atul is the best boy in the
class. (Change it into positive degree)
SECTION – D
(Text books : 45 Marks)
10. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that
follow:
a) “Now we will count to twelve
And we will all keep still.
Fit 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.”
Question:
1) How long does the poet want to
stay still? 1
2) Why does he ask us to keep
still and not use any language? 2
3) What does the poet mean by ‘not
move our arms so much’? 1
Or
b) “Sometimes I feel myself I can
hardly bear
The thought of so much childish longing in vain,
The sadness that lurks near the open window there,
That waits all day in almost open prayer
For the squeal of brakes, the sound of a stopping car.”
Questions:
1) What is the ‘childish longing’
that the poet refers to? Why is it ‘in vain’? 1+1=2
2) Who waits near the open window? 1
3) What does the person waiting
near the open window pray for? 1
11. Answer any three of the following questions in 30 – 40 words: 2x3=6
1) What is the message that Keats
wants to convey through “A Thing of Beauty”?
2) What do you young sprinting
trees signify in the poem, “My Mother at Sixty-Six”?
3) Why has the mother been
compared to the ‘late winter’s moon’ in the poem, “My Mother at Sixty-Six”?
4) What is the ‘sadness’ that the
poet refers to in the poem “Keeping Quiet”?
5) What is ‘in the news’ as
mentioned in the poem “A Roadside Stand”?
12. Answer any five of the following questions: 1x5=5
a) What, according to M. Hamel, is
the great trouble with Alsace?
b) What does Mukesh want to
become?
c) Where was the original home of
Saheb’s family?
d) Why was Gandhi visiting Lucknow
in 1916?
e) For whom does Sophie ask Danny
Casey an autograph?
f) What work does Geoff do?
g) What position did John Rowntree
hold before leaving Shillong a few days after Independence?
13. Answer any five in 30 – 40 words: 2x5=10
a) Why did Wachter, the
blacksmith, bell Franz that he would reach school in ‘Plenty of time’?
b) Give a brief description of
Seemapuri.
c) Was Saheb happy with his job at
the tea stall?
d) Why was Professor Malkani’s
action of offering shelter to Gandhi ‘extraordinary’?
e) What other dreams does Sophie
have besides having a boutique?
f) Why was Sophie fascinated by
Danny Casey? Was it a one-sided affair?
g) Write, a brief, the scene
observed by the author from the veranda of his bungalow on the bank of the
Brahmaputra.
14. Answer any one of the following question in 80 – 100 words: 5x1=5
a) How does M. Hamel make the
people realize how they, the students and he have been responsible for not
learning their language well?
Or
b) Write briefly on the hazard of
working in the glass bangles industry.
15. Answer any one of the following question in 125 – 150 words: 7x1=7
a) Compare and contrast the
stories of Zitkala-Sa and Bama.
Or
b) Give an elaborate account of
the celebration associated with Uruka, the important part of Magh Bihu.
16. Answer any four of the following questions in 30 – 40 words: 2x4=8
a) How did the hundredth tiger
take its revenge on the tiger king?
b) Why did the messenger come to
Dr. Sadao?
c) How did Mr. Lamb try to give
courage and confidence to Derry?
d) Why did it take Bama to reach
home in 30 minutes instead of 10 minutes?
e) How did Annan explain the elder
man’s action to Bama?
f) What are the different sports held on the occasion of Magh Bihu or Maghar Domahi?
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