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Exam : English Sample Question Paper Class XII
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Class : Class XII
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English Sample Question Paper :
Section A : Reading
Max. Marks : 20
1. Read the passage given below and then answer the questions which follow
1. Concern about the effects of television on children has centered exclusively upon the contents of the programmes which children watch.
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Social scientists and researchers do complex and ingenious experiments to find out whether watching violent programmes makes children behave aggressively. But it is easy to overlook the simple fact that one is always just watching television
when sitting in front of the screen rather than having any other experience.
2. Parents who are deeply troubled about the effects of television upon their children have centred their concern on the subject matter of the programmes. A group called Action For Children’s
Television (ACT) was formed in the US not only to reduce the amount of violence in programmes but also to protest against incessant commercial breaks which encouraged children to crave for
fashionable toys and unhealthy foods. One of its founders described its aims “…..parents have the right to ask that programmes aimed at the young should meet the specific needs of children…..”.
But is it the needs of children which are at stake when parents demand better programmes? Surely the fact that young children watch so much television reflects the needs of parents to find
a convenient source of amusement for their offspring and a period of quiet for themselves. Their anxieties about the possible ill effects of those hours of passive, quiet viewing are lessened if
the time spent at least seems to be educational.
3. The real needs of young children are quite different. They need to develop initiative and to find out things for themselves; television provides answers too easily. Children need to acquire
fundamental skills of communication; television retards verbal development because the childis silent while watching it. Television discourages the sort of games that enable the young to
discover their strengths and weaknesses, with the result that as adults they will be less fulfilled.
Their need for fantasy is gratified far better by their own make-believe activities than by the
adult-made fantasies offered on television. Intellectual stimulation is provided more completely
by manipulating, touching and doing than by passively watching and listening.
a) On the basis of your reading the passage answer the questions given below: 9
(i) Why is the ACT against frequent commercial breaks on the small screen. 2
(ii) What are three reasons given by the author to justify the harmful effect 3
TV has on the children ?
(iii) How are adults able to relate to the programme on TV ? 1
(iv) What do you understand by the phrase second-hand world ? 1
(v) How does the author differentiate between the knowledge gained by 2
watching TV programmes and that gained by reading ?
b) Pick out the words from the passage which mean 3
(i) continuous (para 2) 1
(ii) tendency to have a low opinion of people’s reasons for doing things (para 4) 1
(iii) pour out in a stream (para 6)
Section C : Literature Max. Marks : 45
7. (a) Choose any one of the following extracts and answer the question given 4 Marks
below it :
Then he arose and walked straightway across the court,
And entered where they wrangled of their deed of love
Before the priests.
A while he listened sadly; then
Had turned away
(i) Who is ‘he’ in the extract ? 1 Mark
(ii) Who are ‘they’ and what were they wrangling about ? 2 Marks
(iii) Why is he sad ?
So I have learnt many things, son,
I have learned to wear many faces
like dresses-homeface,
officeface, streetface, hostface,
cocktailface with all their conforming smiles
like a fixed portrait smile.
(i) Mention two things that the poet had learnt.
(ii) Explain : like a fixed portrait smile. 1 Mark
(iii) Is the poet happy about what he had learnt ? Give reasons for your answer.
(b) Answer three of the following questions in about 30-40 words each. 6 Marks
(i) Why does Ben Jonson want to be like a lily and not an oak tree ? 2 Marks
(ii) What do you learn about Hardy’s views on war in the poem 2 Marks
‘The Man He Killed ?’
(iii) What is “dwelling in a puppet’s world” according to Tagore ? 2 Marks
(iv) Did the pilgrims empathise with the beggars ? Why did they give alms ?
Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words each. 10 Marks
(a) What plan did Maggie devise to cure her mother of her illness ? 2 Marks
(b) Where did Ernest live and why did he come to town ? 2 Marks
(c) Why does Max Mueller say that India is a good place to study the science 2 Marks
of languages ?
(d) When convicts were first taken to the Andaman Island, all of them died 2 Marks
without exception. Give two reasons for the same.
(e) It is assumed that the possession of material commodities make people happy. 2 Marks
Does Bertrand Russell agree ? Why / Why not ?