QUESTION PAPER

RAMKRISHNA PARAMHANSA JR.COLLEGE DHARASHIV

Preliminary Exam

Subject : - ENGLISH

STD – XII Time :- 3 hours

Date: - 00/00 /2024 Marks :- 80

Section –I – Prose

(Reading for comprehension, Language study, Vocabulary, Summary, Note- Making or Mind Mapping)

Q. 1.A) Read the given extract and complete the activity given below: (12 Marks)

A1 State whether the following statements are True or False and rewrite the false statement after correcting

it.

(i) Bitter problems in day-to-day life can be solved by sweet words.

(ii) Sometimes we get angry on ourselves when we look like a fool at the best and like a dishonest person at the

worst.

(iv) The narrator searched his pockets thoroughly and finally found few pennies to buy the tickets.

I should like to “feature” in this connection my friend, the polite conductor. By this discriminating title I do not intend to suggest a rebuke to conductors generally. On the contrary, I am disposed to think that there are few classes of men who come through the ordeal of a very trying calling better than bus conductors do. Here and there you will meet an unpleasant specimen who regards the passengers as his natural enemies-as creatures whose chief purpose on the bus is to cheat him, and who can only be kept reasonably honest by a loud voice and an aggressive manner. But this type is rare-rarer than it used to be. I fancy the public owes much to the Underground railway company, which also runs the buses, for insisting on a certain standard of civility in its servants and taking care that standard is observed. In doing this it not only makes things pleasant for the travelling public, but performs an important social service.

It is not, therefore, with any feeling of unfriendliness to conductors as a class that I pay a tribute to a particular member of that class. I first became conscious of his existence one day when I jumped on to a bus and found that I had left home without any money in my pocket. Everyone has had the experience and knows the feeling. the mixed felling, whih the discovery arouses. You are annoyed because you look like a fool at the best and like a knave at the worst. Your would no be at all surprised if the conductor eyed you coldly as much as to say, “Yes, I know that stale old trick. Now then, off you get.” And even if the conductor is a good fellow and lets you down easily, you are faced with the necessity of going back, and the inconvenience. perhaps, of missing your train or your engagement.

Having searched my pockets in vain for stray coppers, and having found I was utterly penniless, I told the conductor with as honest a face as I could assume that I couldn’t pay the fare. and must go back for money. “Oh you needn’t get off: that’s all right.” said he. “All right” said I. “but I haven’t a oper on me.” “Oh, I’ll book you through,. “he replied. “Where d’ye want to go?” and he handled his bundle of tickets with the air of man who was prepared to give me a ticket for anywhere from the Bank to Hong Kong.

A2 Describe the situation that made the writer ‘feature’ the polite conductor.

A3 Completion Activity: (2)

(i) Some bus conductors use a loud voice and aggressive manner……..

(ii) According to the conductor the stale old trick is……….

A4 Suggest some ways to encourage people to adopt civil behavior. (2)

(i) I pay tribute to a particular member of that class.

(Rewrite your answer beginning with ‘A tribute……….)

(ii) I couldn’t pay the fare.

(use ‘be able to’ and rewrite)

A6 Vocabulary: (2)

(Intend, aggressive, existence, stray, necessity, inconvenience)

(i) I Sudden closure of the road created a lot of ………..to the pedestrinas.

(ii) In this modern world of science and technology many people disbelieve in the …………of God.

(iii) Next year my friend…….to buy an Apple Ipad.

(iv) Some business minded people feel ………..marketing is one of the best method of selling their products.

Q.1 B) Non-tetual Grammer:

(i) There was farmer who grew superior quality rice and every year, his rice won prizes in state competition.

(Insert an appropriate article wherever necessary and rewrite the sentence)

(ii) Saina Nehwal was introduced…….Karate……….. a tender age but abandoned it when she was told to

stop it.

(Rewrite the sentence by using an appropriate prepositions)

(iii) The quiz master said, “When did Quit India Movement take place?”

(Given below are four options find out correct indirect speech of the given sentence and rewrite it.)

(a) The quiz master said that when Qquit India Movement had taken place.

(b) The quliz master asked that when Quit India Movement had taken place.

(d) The quiz master asked when was Quit India Movement taken place.

(II) Spot the error and rewrite the sentence.

(i) She is more shorter than her brother.

Q.2.(A) Read the following extract and complete the activity given below:

A1 Choose the correct option and rewrite the complete statement:

(i) When Praksh padukone was a little boy his badminton court……near his house.

(a) open ground (b) closed auditorium

(ii) According to Prakash Padukone, there is no substitute to ………

(a) good looks, money, influence and hard work

(b) hark work, determination, high ualification and honesty

(d) perseverance, hardwork, determination and passion

(iii) Prakash Padukone won a prize money of 3000 pounds in the ……………

(a) All England Championship

(b) New England Championship

(d) Open England Championship

(iv) Deepika and Anisha have to learn that……….

(a) hardwork always leads to victctory

(b) to win some, your have to lose some

(d) you should always be a winner come what may

Dear Deepiak & Anisha.

As you stand on the threshold of life’s journey. I want to share with your some lessions that life has taught me. Decades ago. as a little boy growing up in Banglore, I started my tryst with badminton. In those days there where no stadiums and courts where sports people could train. Our badminton court was a wedding hall of a bank near our house, and it was there I learned everything about the game. Every day we would rush ther after school to play to our hearts content. Looking back. I realize that the most important thing about my chihldhood and adolescent years was my refusal to complain about a lot in life, I was tankful for few hours a week we had the opportunity to hit the shuttle back and forth. In face, the foundation on which I based my career and my life was the refusal to whinge and whine about anything. And that is what I want to tell you my children. that there is no subsititute for perseverance, hard work, determination and passion for what you choose to do. If you love what you do, nothing else matters. neither awards nor compensation, not even the gratification of seeing your face in newspapers or television. When I won the All England championship the prize money in badminton became significant- 3000 pounds- a huge amount in those days.

But that did not distract me from the sheer joy of having been instrumental in putting India on the global map of this game. Deepika, at eighteen, when your told us that you wanted to shift Mumbai for a career in modeling, we felt were too young and too unexperienced to be alone in a big city and in an industry we knew noting about In the end, we decided to let you follow your heart and thought it would fbe cruel to not give our child the opportunity to go after a dream that she lived and breathed for If you succeeded it would make us proud, but even if you didn’t, you would have not any regret that you did not try. Deepika I have learned that you can’t always win in life, that everything you want them to. To win some you have to lose some. Your have to learn to take life’s ups and downs in your stride.

A2 Complete:

(i) Prakash Padukone’s reason for not complaining about a lot in life……………

(ii) The qualities that Prakash Padukone wants to inculcate in his daughters……….

A3 Guess:

Guess out from the given extract the reason for allowing Deepika padukone to do what she wanted to do

A4 Language study:

(i) You were too young to be alone in a big city.

(Remove ‘too’ and rewrite the fsentence)

(ii) I learned everything about the game.

(Rewrite the given sentence by making the action more prominent)

A6 Vocabulary:

Use the given words in meaningful and rewrite the sentence.

(i) determination

(ii) instrumental

Q.2.B) Summary:

Write a brief summary of the above extract with the help of the points given below and suggest a suitable title.

Prakash padukone’s childhood life …………. foundation of his life…………… message to Deepika and Anisha………. support to deepika.

Q.2. C) Mind Mapping:

Your and your family are thinking to visit a hill station during this summer. Prepare a Mind Mapping frame for it with the help of the following points.

Place to visit, Mode of Transport. Accommodation,. Stuff to carry with you and anything that come in your mind related to it.

Q. 2. A) Read the given extract and complete the activity given below:

Indian Weavers

Weavers, weaving at break of day.

Why do you weave a garment so gay?

Blue as the wing of a halcyon wild.

We weave the robes of a new born chold.

Weavers, weaving at fall of night,

Why do you weave a garment so bright?

Like the plumes of a peacock, purple and green,

we weave the marriage-veils of a queen.

Weavers, weaving solemn and still.

What do you weave in the moonlight chill…….

White as a feather and white as a cloud,

We weave a dead man’s funeral shroud.

--Sarojini Naidu

A1 Fill in the columns based on your understanding of the poem.

Time of the Day	Type of Garment	Colour of Garment	For whom
Early in Morning	………………..	Blue	New born child
……………..	Marriage veils of Queen	Purple and Green	………………..
In the Dead Night	Dead man’s funeral shroud	………………	Dead Man

A2 Complete the following weavers what weavers compare the garments being woven by them.

A3 Describe in your own words the steps or measures that you would take to solve the problems of weavers.

A4 The rhyme scheme in the first stanza is ‘abab’. Find rhyme scheme in the second and third stanza and also

write down the rhyming pairs of the second and third stanza.

A5 Compose four lines on ‘importance of clothes’

Q.3. B) Appreciation:

Read the given extract and write the appreciation of the given poem based on the following aspects.

Have Your Earned your Tomorrow

Is anybody happier because you passed his way?

Does anyone remember that you spoke to him today?

This day is almost over, and its toiling time is through;

Is there anyone to utter now a kindly word of you?

Did you gie a cheerful greeting to the friend who came along?

Or a churlish sort of “Howdy” and then vanish in the throng?

Were you selfish pure and simple as you rushed along the way,

Or is someone mighty grateful for a deed you did today?

Can you say tonight, in parting with the days that’s slipping fast,

That you helped a single brother of the many that you passed?

Is a single heart rejoicing over what you did or said ;

Does a man whose hopes were fading now with courage look ahead?

Did you waste the day or lose it, was it well or sorely spent?

Did you leave a trail of kindness or a scar of discontent?

As you close your eyes in slumber do you think that God would say.

You have earned one more tomorrow by the work you did today?

-Edgar Guest

. About the poem, significance of the title

. Form of the poem, theme and its significance

. Poetic style, language features, poetic devices

. Inspirational message, values, morals reflected

. Your opinion and critical evaluation of the poem.

Q.4. Complete the activities as per the instructions given below:

(A) Attempt any one of the following :

Virtual Message :

You are Dipika, a personal assistant to Ms. Priyanka. She was away attending a meeting when Mr. George rang up. You spoke to him and jotted down his message in your note-paid.

Draft a message for Ms. Priyanka using the information using the information in your notes given below.

Mr. George- rang up-5 pm- has received the manuscript and CD’s= coming tomorrow- to thank Ms. Priyanka personally- to handover the cheque.

Statement of Purpose:

Read the following personal details and prepare a suitable statement of purpose.

You have always been fascinated by building construction. Once you’re your dad saw you completely engrossed in watching construction work next to your house. After that identifying your interest, he registered your name in designing and drawing class. From that time, you wanted to become a Civis Engineer. You haven taken science stream in your junior college after an excellent score in SSC board examination. In your free time you love reading national and international magazines on designing and construction. Draft a statement of purpose that will help you to get an admission at M. Vishwesharraya college of Engineering Dharwad, Karnattaka.

Group Discussion :

Frame a group discussion amongst three (3) students (Rachna, jSanjay & Smita) and their teacher Rachana who is leaving for England to witness 400^th death anniversary of the greatest dramatist William Shakespaeare.

(B) Attempt any one of the following:

Email Writing:

While on a business trip you had to spend a week at a large hotel. However the poor facilities and rude behavior of the hotel-staff made your stay very unpleasant. Write an email of complaint to the manager of the hotel expressing your fillings of annoyance and suggesting what could be to improve the standard of the hotel.

Report Writing:

Your college had organized an intercollegiate Literary Festival, as one of the organizers of festival, write a report for your college magazine in about 120 to 150 words, using the points below as guidelines.

Date and venue - purpose of the festival – college invited – events – chief guest – inauguration – standard performances – awards won – closing ceremony – experience gained.

Interview Questions:

Write a set of 8 to 10 interview questions to be asked to a social worker. Take the help of the following points.

Childhood – education – service – difficulties – future plans – achievements – message

(C) Attempt any one of the following:

Speech Writing:

Write a short speech to be delivered in your college on “Tree Conservation” on the occasion of ‘The World Earth Day’, with the help of the following points.

. Air, water and noise pollution

. Depletion of natural resources

. Trees prevent soil erosion

. Live in harmony with nature

Compering:

Prepare a script for compering a book release even. The eent is held in an auditorium of your college where the author of the book to be launched

Mr. Avinash Raje has taken his education. You can take help of the following points to write the script.

. Introduction

. Welcome speech

. Book release and distribution of first signed copies by an author

. Speech and few pages reading by the Principal and teacher of a writer.

. Speech by Mr. Avinash Raje

. Free distribution of few signed copies of book to the lucky students

. Vote of thanks

Expansion of Idea

“ Manners maketh Man” expand the idea in your own words with proper examples.

(D) Attempt any one of the following:

Book Review:

Choose any recent book that you have read and give an account of it based on the following points.

Name of the book – theme and plot of the book – critical appreciation – your final assessment

Blog Writing

Write a blog on the following topic.

“Man is free by birth”

Appeal:

Prepare an appeal for making the people aware about the tree – plantation. Use attractive slogan.

Q. 5. (A) Do the following as per the instructions:

(I) State whether the following sentences are true of false and rewrite.

(1) The novel as a literary genre has a history of about two thousand years.

(2) 18^th century new readers from the middle class had more interest in romances and trangedies.

(3) ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’, by John Banyan (1678) and ‘Oroonoka’, by Apra Behn (1688) initiated

the plenteous and Colourful tradition of English novel.

(4) There are five elements essential of ‘Novel’ or ‘Novella’.

(II) Fill in the blanks and rewrite the sentences:

(1) The reader follows the actions of one main character throughout the novel and this character is referred to as

the…………………….. (narrator, protagonist, speaker)

(2) …………………….. is the central idea of the novel which can be expressed in a nutshell.

( Conflict, character, setting, theme)

(3) Utopian is an ………………. community or society possessing the ideal qualities.

(real, historical , imaginary, social)

(4) ………………. Fiction is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with imaginative concepts.

(imaginative, historical, science, psychological)

(B) Write the answers of the following questions in about 50 words:

(1) Write a short note on the character of Ms. Joseph from novel “To Sir with Love”.

(2) Describe the question – answer session that took place at the end of the extract.

(C) Write the answers of the following questions in about 50 words:

(1) Write a short character sketch of Aouda from Fogg’s point of view.

(2) There is a sudden twist in the climax of the novel. Explain by citing some lines and relevant examples

from the extract.

(D) Write the answers of the following questions in about 50 words:

(1) Dr. Watson the narrator is one of the major character in the novel. Explain.

(2) The extract begins when Mary Morstan meets Sherlock Holmes at his house. After that Holmes, Dr.

Watson and Mary visit some places in London. Explain in detail the various places mentioned in the

extract.

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