Organisation : Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE)
Exam Name : Higher Secondary Examination (HSE) 2025
Class : Class 12th
Subject : English
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MPBSE Class 12th English Sample Question Paper
Q.1. Read the passages and answer the questions that follow. 1×10=10
The song of birds is one of the loveliest sounds in nature. Sometimes when we are out in the country and we hear birds singing, it seems to us they are calling back and forth, that they are telling one another something. The fact is that birds do communicate with one another, just as many other animals do. Of course, at times the sounds birds make are more expressions of joy, just as we may make cries of ‘Oh!’ and ‘Ah!’. But for the most part, the sounds that birds make are attempts at communication.
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A mother hen makes sounds that warns her children of danger and causes them to crouch down motionless. Then she gives another call which collects them together. When wild birds migrate at night, they cry out. These cries may keep the birds together and help lost ones return to the flock. But the language of birds is different from language as we use it. We use words to express ideas and these words have to be learned. Birds don’t learn their language. It is an inborn instinct with them.
In one experiment, for example, chicks were Kept-away, from cocks and hens so they could not bear the sounds they made. Yet when they grew up they were able to make those sounds just as well as chicks that had grown up with cocks and hens! This does not mean that birds can’t learn how to sing. In fact, some birds can learn the songs of other birds. This is how the mocking bird gets its name.
Questions:
(i) In nature, one of the loveliest sounds is:
(a) the sound of film song
(b) the roar of a lion
(c) the song of a crow
(d) the song of birds
(ii) When wild birds migrate at night, they cry out:
(a) to keep them warm
(b) to keep the birds together
(c) to keep the enemy away
(d) to keep the young lings tight
(iii) We human beings use words:
(a) to express ideas
(b) to express meanings
(c) to express other’s speech
(d) to express talent
(iv) Birds don’t learn their language as:
(a) It is tough to learn.
(b) It is only a quality with human.
(c) It is an inborn instinct with them.
(d) It is developed with extra intelligence.
(v) The adverb form of ‘mocking’ is:
(a) mock
(c) mockery
(b) mockingly
(d) mocked
(vi) The sounds of birds are an attempt to-
(a) to sing a song
(b) to communicate
(c) to fly
(d) to start a meeting
(vii) Which of the following has the similar meaning of ‘a group of birds?
(a) banish
(b) flock
(c) apart
(d) herd
(viii) Which of these is the main idea of the above passage?
(a) importance of nature
(b) necessity of sounds of birds
(c) importance of sounds of birds
(d) importance of ecosystem
(ix) Why does a mother hen make sounds?
(a) to feed her chicks
(b) to protect her chicks
(c) to gather her chicks
(d) both (b) and (c)
(x) Which of the following is true about the birds?
(a) They learn making sounds by themselves.
(b) They know how to communicate with humans.
(c) They can learn sounds of other birds.
(d) both (a) and (c)
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