Organisation : State Council of Educational Research and Training Tamilnadu
Exam : Higher Secondary Second Year
Document Type : XII Standard – Model Question Paper Download
Category or Subject : English
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TNSCERT XII Standard English Model Question Paper
** The Government of Tamil Nadu has taken a policy decision on reducing the maximum marks for Higher Secondary Board Examination from 1200 to 600 in order to reduce the examination stress of students besides reducing the number of papers for Language subjects from two to one.
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English
Duration: 2.30 Hrs.
Marks -90
Section- A
I) Answer all the questions 20×1 =20
Choose the correct options given below:-
1. Choose the correct expansion of OPAC
a) Online Public Action Catalogue
b) Online Public Access Centre
c) Online Private Access Catalogue
d) Online Public Access Catalogue
2. Choose the synonym of the underlined word in the following sentence.
I had been rudely awakened several times.
(a) slept
(b) roused
(c) bored
(d) disturbed
3. Choose the antonym of the underlined word in the following sentence.
It shall be found that much is omitted.
(a) added
(b) removed
(c) excluded
(d) avoided.
4.Choose the correct combination for the compound word ‘Whitewash’.
(a) Adjective + Noun
(b) Noun + Noun
(c) Adverb + Noun
(d) Adjective + Verb
5.Choose the right combination for the blended word ‘heliport’.
(a) heli + port
(b) helicopter + airport
(c) helicop+ portal
(d) helicopters + portals
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6.Choose the clipped word for ‘suitcase’.
(a) suit
(b) case
(c) suite
(d) suits
7.Choose the meaning of the foreign word in the sentence :
All ‘bonafide’ cases of hardship will receive help.
(a) uncertified
(b) bonded labour
(c) genuine
(d) fake.
8.Choose the suitable meaning for the idiom found in the following sentence :
In spite of being seventy-five, my grandmother is in the pink of health.
(a) severely bad
(b) in a happy mood
(c) weak and thin
(d) extremely healthy, in perfect condition
9. Choose the most accurate one of the four given words opposite to the underlined word:
I found our speech copious without order.
(a)meagre
(b)original
(c)monotonous
(d)complete
10. Choose the correct format of an e-mail id.
a ) XYZ@gmail.com
b) X.Y.Z.@gmail.com
c) www . xyz AT gmail.com
d) xyz@gmail.com
11. A phrase or a word too often used to the point of monotony is called
a) Euphemism
b) eponym
c) cliché
d) idiom
12. Choose the appropriate synonym of the underlined word.
Rockets which struck unheralded by sound or sight…………… .
(a) unannounced
(b)unprepared
(c) unheard
(d)followed
13. Complete the sentence choosing the correct modal verb
Vinoth _________speak seven languages.
a) Might
b) ought to
c) can
d) shall
14. Choose the right definition for the given term ‘anglophobia’
(a) Fear of meeting strangers
(b) Fear of drinking alcohol
(c) Fear of using English
(d) Fear of playing outdoor
15. Form a new word by adding a suitable suffix to the root word ‘radical’.
(a) —ment
(b) —ish
(c) —ly
(d) —ous
16.Choose the correct plural form of “ radius”
a) Radii
b) radi
c) radiuses
d ) radio
17. Choose the correct sentence pattern of the following
Indian won the match.
a) SVC
b) SVO
c) SVA
d) ASV
18. Choose the tri-syllabic word.
(a) unleashing
(b) futility
(c) mushroom
(d) battered
19. Choose the singular form of “ media”
a) Medium
b) medius
c) med
d) median
20. Choose the correct expansion of the abbreviation CCTV
(a) Charged Channel Television
(b) Closed Channel Television
(c) Closed-Circuit Television
(d) Checked – Circuit Television
Section – B
II. Answer any seven of the following : 7×2=14
i) Read the following sets of poetic lines and answer any four (4) of the following: (4× 2 = 8)
21. And looked around like a god, unseeing, into the air,
And slowly turned his head,
(a) Why is the snake compared with God?
(b) Mention the figure of speech.
22. A NOISELESS, patient spider,
I mark’d where on a little promontory it stood isolated,
(a) What does spider symbolise?
(b) Mention the figure of speech in the first line.
23. Tell me not in mournful numbers
Life is but an empty dream
(a) What are mournful numbers?
(b) Is life a dream?
24. “O tongues of fire! You came devouring
Forestes of nightshade, creepers that enmesh”.
(a) What is referred to as ‘tongues of fire’
(b) Mention the figure of speech used in the first line.
25. “As humble plants by country hedgerows growing,
That treasure up the rain,”
(a) What grows by the country hedgerows?
(b) Write out the words in alliteration.
26. “And I thought of the Albatross
And I wished he would come back, my snake”
(a) What did the poet wish for?
(b) What is the allusion here?
ii) Do as directed ( Any three ) 3×2=6
27. Report the following dialogue :
Vijay : Why are you late today?
Ajay : I missed the school bus.
28. Rewrite using if
Were I a bird, I would fly.
29. Combine into a single sentence using a relative pronoun.
Brindha is a teacher. She teaches English.
30. The bag is too heavy to lift. (Transform into a compound sentence)
Section – C
III. Answer any seven of the following : 7×3=21
Part-I :
i) Explain any two (2) of the following with reference to the context: (2 × 3 = 6)
31. Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing,
seeking the spheres to connect them,
32. Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave
33. We should have sat us down to wet
Right many a nipperkin!
Part-II :
ii) Answer any two (2) of the following briefly : (2×3=6)
34. What are the remains of the deserted village of Milam?
35. How does Mark Antony win the public of Rome over to his side?
36. Why does the author refer to the bombing as ‘an unearthly evil’?
Part- III :
iii) Answer any three of the following : ( 3×3=9)
37. Guide Mrs. Devi to the park. Write three instructions using the following road map.
38. Write slogans for the following products.
a) Hair Oil b) Bi-cycle c) Laptop.
39. Expand the following news headlines :
a. Hima wins Gold for India
b. New Scheme for Women announced by the Ministry
c. Temperature falls down by 1 degree this summer
40. Match the proverbs with their meanings: [3 × 1 = 3]
Proverbs Meanings
i. Manners maketh a Man a. Try to read as much as possible.
ii. Reading makes a man perfect b. Never rush up .
iii. Haste makes waste c. Be perfect and respect others
Section- D
IV) Answer the following : 7×5=35
41. Answer in a paragraph (of about 150 words) any one (1) of the following:
a. ‘Gandhi was no advocate of blind adherence to tradition’ – Explain.
b. Gunga Ram’s regard for snakes.
42. Answer in a paragraph (of about 150 words) any one (1) of the following :
a. Bring out the message of the poem ‘A Psalm of Life’.
b. V.K. Gokak’s address to English words.
43. Write a paragraph of about 150 words by developing the following hints:
Giant’s lovely garden – children play happily – Giant returns from friend’s house gets angry – puts up a notice-board – “Trespassers will be prosecuted” – winter stays permanently – Children enter – bring spring along – winter in one corner – giant helps the little boy – realizes his selfishness – wait for the boy – grows old and feeble – finds him one day – journey to paradise.
[OR]
The refugees flooded the new capital – land owners turned beggars – natives annoyed – labourers affected – the pathetic old man – a sympathetic passer-by – offer of silver and a copper coin – bought noodles for his grandson – saved the silver for seeds.